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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

powder in it, life in Dodge City became
Under Trying Condition
The first attempt to restrain the
spirits of the hundreds of cowboy Wis
itors, who clattered in at all hours of
the day and night was the posting of
signs at the town limits calling on all
persons to refrain from bearing fire.
arms while in Dodge. These signs
were rddled with bullets by con-
temptuous cowboys and guns were even
more aggressively displayed than be-
fore. Under such circumstances young
ED" Masterson assumed the duties of
sheriff. He understood the cowboy
character thoroughly and did not at
tempt to carry his authority to ex-
treme limits. But he was firm in de-
manding that all weapons should be
left at the door of every dance hall in
the town. More fatal shooting affairs
had started in the dance halls than
anywhere else, and the young sheriff
realized that in order to keep down
the lawlessness of Dodge he must be-
gin in these ramshackle halls of mirth.
One night a band of particularly OBJ
noXious cowboys rode up to dance
hall and refused to give up their
weapons at the door. Word came to
the young sheriff that his authority
was being openly defed. He went to
the dance hall and ordered the leader
of the gang to give up his revolver.
The answer was a shot fired unex-
pectedly at close range, fatally wound
ing the sheriff. AS ED" staggered into
the street Bat came rushing to the
scene and comprehended the situation
at a glance.
Bat" rushed into the dance hall and
opened fire on the cowboys who had
not succeeded in escaping, and he soon
put several of them where the atten-
tion of a doctor was necessary, but out
in the street Ed" Masterson was
dying, and with his last breath it was
said that Bat Mastersons heart
broke, AT any rate, never since has
Bat" been the same man and much
OF his taciturnity can doubtless be
ascrbed to the death of the individual
who stood closer to him than any
other being on earth.
When "Bat" Was Sheriff
After the death of Ed" Masterson
the shrieValty Of Ford county passed
to several other celebrated fighters, in
Guiding Bat" himself There was lit
tie Pat" Shugrue, blacksmith, who
in point of height did not have much
advantage over five foot tape meas
ure, but whose courage Is a byword in
Dodge today. pat was rather scorn-
tul Of the gun as a weapon, preferrlng
TO trust to the hypnOtizing gaze of his
keen Irish blue eyes or to the strength
of his gorillalike arms when it came to
pinch. When Pat" went after a
hilarious cowboy he simply walked up
to the offender and said:
young feller consider yersilf under
artist"
The cowboy moment before might
have been declaring his belief in his
ability to whip anything in the world,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
oLcoTT GUITAR RECITAL

Miss Ethel Lucretia Olcott will pre-
sent a program of guitar numbers, con
sisting of selections from classical
evening in Dobinson hall. Miss Olcott
is we'll known in this city as a teacher
and composer. She is a niece of
Chauncey Olcott and clever musician.
Added to the music program will be two
numbers, "A Southern Story" and
Scenes from Dickens" in costume,
given by the Dobinson students.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
MAY DAY OPERETTA

"a May Day in Dear Old England, "
an operetta soon to be put on by sew
enty of the children of the Fellowship
Sunday school, is said to be produc-
tion of unusually fine scenic effect.
The play was written by Mrs. ]. F.
Willard of Oakland and has a natural
and interesting plot. A little maid is
stolen and after the usual wanderings
through field and forest is finally re-
stored to her grieving mother. Some of
the features of the play are of special
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
CONCERT THE
EVENT OF THE WEEK

will unite with the local choruses on
choral day.
one of the unique features will be
the night known as American or mill
tary night. With a regiment of soldiers
passing in review, the firing of salutes,
the band drum corps, ffers and flags.
the @. A. II. and ex-confederates all
uniting the evening promises to he
most impressive.
The reserve seat sale begins Monday
at the Union Pacific ticket Office, at
which time season tickets may be OBJ
tained at reduced rate.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

will he Miss HEARTS first appearance
i'm Los Angeles since her return. While
in New York she studied under Oscar
Saenger and Isidore Luckstone. Miss
Heart will be assisted by Mrs. NJ. II.
Robinson, accompanist, and Miss Marie
Thresher, violinist
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
LOS ANGELES CHORAL SOCIETY

The last concert of the season to be
given by the Los Angeles Choral So
ciety under the direction of Professor
jain will take place on Friday evening,
June 8, at Simpson auditorium.
For the coming concert, choral num-
will constitute the greater portion of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
Grand Old Man of Spain

light during the four hours that the
procession lasted.
Don Jose Echegaray, to use the fore
shortened name by which he is best
known to the world of letters, began
his career at twenty three as professor
of mathematics in the Madrid School
of Engineers. He rapidly rose to be
the most eminent mathematician of his
age and country. His problems of
Analytical Geometry" opened to him
the doors of the Academy of Sciences
in Madrid, and he justified the election
Ey remarkable treatise on Modern
Theories of the Physical Unity of
Material Forces" GS6O. Joining the
Society of Political Economy, he help
ed to found La Revista and became an
ardent advocate of free trade doctrines.
The revolution of 1868, which dethron-
ed and exiled Queen Isabella, hurled
him into politics. Between that year
and 1874 he acted as Minister of Edu-
cation and of Finance.
Upon the restorat ton of the Bourbon
dynasty he withdrew from politics and,
at the age of thirty-nine, won new
reputation as poet and dramatist. Dur
ing the next twenty-five years he pro-
duced nearly fifty plays. The earliest
of these were romantic tragedies in
verse, the latter were often in prose
and dealt with psychological problems
in the manner of Ibsen, of whom he is
evidently a great admirer and close
student.
OF his first mentioned the most no.
table are LA Esposa del Vengador''
c'The Wife of the Avenger," 1870, a
play remarkable for it's unbridled ex-
travagance and clever stagecraft; En-
ell Puno de la Espada" GIN the Hit
of the Sword" 1870, tragedy that
strews the stage with corpses and
combines the chivalrous and the mar
velous, and EN- ell Seno de la Muerte''
C"Death on the Lips" 1870 historical
drama founded on the life and death
of Servetus, whom Calvin burned at
the stake in 1868.
On the plays produced in his later
period, when the melancholy and dis
content of the meditative North had
reached his home of sunshine and easy
emotions, the most famous is "El
Gran Galeoto' ('The Great Galeoto,'
1882, study in the psychology of
temptation, which is generally re-
garded as his masterpiece A French
version was successfully produced at
the Comedie Parisienne in 1897, under
the patronage of Queen Isabella of
Spain.
The influence of Ibsen is even more
marked in "El Hijo de Don Juan''
which the problem of heredity is dis
cussed along the lines laid down in
Ghosts" and lei Loco de Dios''
Goods Place. 1900, which might
almost be taken for an unintentional
parody of Ibsen's symbolism. The
same influence pervades Mariana
QS92), which won favor in Spain, but
was unsuccessful on its English pro-
duction.
Though his plays have not as a rule
borne translation into any other lang
uage than Norwegian, Echegaray's
popularity at home is unbounded. Not
only in Spain but in every land where
Spanish is spoken, he has met with an
appreciation incomparably beyond that
accorded to any other dramatist of
the nineteenth century.
In December, 1898, he emerged tenn
porarily from his literary secluson to
deliver a public address at the Madrid
Ateneo, on the lessons of the war with
the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
MR.. HATFIeLp,s LECTURE

More than usual interest seems to be
manifested in the lecture to be given
by Charles M. Hatfield in Simpson
auditorium May IL. His theme will
be Artificial Attraction of Moisture
Laden Atmospheres. The lecture is
under the auspices of the Los Angeles
Fellowship
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
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the program, only arias and parts of
oratorios will be rendered. Harry Lott
will be one of the soloists and arrange
ments are being made for several other
we'll known singers to participate.
Professor jain promises an excellent
evening of music as the finale for this
seasons work.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
The YsAYE CONCERT

At Simpson auditorium, May 20 and
"a, Ysaye, the famous violinst, will be
heard in concert. Several years ago
this talented violinist visited Los An
geles and delighted large audience
There is probably no violinist in the
world today who has such complete
mastery over his favorite instrument
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
FELLOWSHIP CONCERT

The Fellowship Choral union will
give a concert Friday, June 2, in Simp-
son auditorium when 1.-THE Holy City"
will be presented under the leadership
of Louis f. Gottschalk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Dobinson hall Friday evening, May IL,
at which time Miss Heart will be
heard in numbers by Richard Strauss,
Schubert, Greig, Massenet, Delibes,
Chamionade and several songs of lead
ing modern American composers. This
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
MISS HEARTS RECITAL

The many friends of Miss Estelle
Heartt, who has just returned from a
two years course of study in New
York city, have arranged a recital at
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The new United States marshal, Bat"
Masterson was the recipient of long story
of woe by gambler who had met a series
of severe reverses. Mr.. Masterson stood the
story OF, the fckleness of fortune as long as
politeness demanded, and then broke in
with:
Say, old man. what If fortune is down on
you? All she can do is to make you lose a
whole lot. but | defy her TO make You paw.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Yes, give the devil his dues. He
gives a man good reasons for every
evil deed into which he leads him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Nothing accrues to our credit with
God until our debts to man have been
deducted.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

as Ysaye and his programs promises
much to music lovers.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-06-01
Grating Wax.

Everybody with an orchard
should practice grating. The
Rural New Yorker gives the fol.
lowing receipt Tor making graft.
ing AJAX To four pounds of
resin and one ri bccswaN add
one pint OF linsccd oil. Pa, IN a
heavy pot, r el, slowly and mix
we'll. Pour into a tub OF cold
water and pull by hand until i,
assumes a light color. Work
into sticks. and keep in a cool
place until wanted. In using, oil
the bands, work the wax until
soft and press II tightly around
the gratis and over the cracks.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-06-01

The machine should be closed
when the first eggs pip and not
be opened again until the hatch
is we'll ove The young ducks
then are removed TO a brooder
and get their first feed. consist
ing of | part hard boiled eggs, /
parts stale bread crumbs.
After feeding this the first / or I
DAYS. change to equal parts OF
cogn meal and wheat bran mixed
with boiled vegetables and a
little beef scrap, gradually IN.
creasing the beef scrap. Feed
five times daiiv.
Grit should always he mixed
with The mash. Never iced TIL
YOU have filled their drinking
vessels with fresh water. The,
should be led al regular times
tive times a dav, at first feeding
sparinglv and at the end oi the
second week they should be get
ting all they will cat up clean IN
ten minutes.
When ten weeks old they
should weigh five pounds each
aud nc fully tcathcred. They
arc then ready 10 kill. They
are hlcd IN the mouth, dry pick
cd. allowed 10 thoroughly cool.
and pas kcd IN barrels with brok.
On i1c. a large block usually be.
ing placed on the top. The bar.
rtls are headed with \ sack
which IL hoopcd on. II IL pre-.
ierahlc 10 ship them al nigh,
when possible.
The breeding stock should
have Tor iced ! par, whoa, bran.
| part ground oats. | par, corn
meal. : per cent. beet scraps and
ttyc per cent. grit gravel. and
al the green stuff they wilt cat.
Feed twice daily.
Correspondence will he gladly
entered INTO with any ono dcsir.
tng further Information along
TIM. bnr
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-06-01

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22

1t is worthy of remark that in all
this line of postmasters there has not
been single scandal, nor has the gov
el nment been out a dollar. The pub
lie has certainly received an honest
service and, in the main, an efficient
one as well.
Postmaster George j. Clarke, briefly
referred to in the foregoing, in his
private transactions could not always
congratulate himself on his good for
tune. In 1869. in company with Ben
G.. Truman, Robert Polk and James
Hayward, he built the first stamp mill
III Southern California near Rowena,
i'll the Soledad canyon, the partners
losing $6SOOO, They sold the mill to a
party of Englishmen, who made paper
pulp out of yucca and shipped it to
London. This mill is still standing.
Col. j. Drew Gray
And as to this yucca thereby hangs
a tale. Antelope valley, as far as the
eye can see on either side of the
Southern Pacific railway, is covered
with this curious and fantastic growth.
In addition to the Englishmen who
dlckered with Clarke, Truman and
Hayward for their mill and who ham
died yucca, other Englishmen, nearly
twenty years later, made a second ven-
ture of the kind. About that time one
of the most interesting Englishmen
that ever came to Los Angeles spent
his time between Antelope valley and
this city. This was the celebrated
Col. j. Drew Gay, who was covered
with all sorts of Turkish and other or
ders. He was nephew of the Marquis
OF Salisbury and a newspaper man of
note. He was the London Evening
Telegraphs correspondent in the
war and later in the
Russo Turkish war; in the latter hold
ing the rank of colonel in the sultan's
army. He was one of the most popu-
lar of men and his popularity was
fully shared by his wife, a beautiful
German lady. Their marriage involved
quite a romance Gay went to the
Franco-P Prussian war originally as the
Telegraphs correspondent with the
French army. He was taken prisoner
and his paper at once sent him creden-
tials as head of its German corre-
spondents. 1t was under such circum-
stances that he won his wife.
j. Drew Gay came here instructed
by Levy of the Telegraph to buy one
hundred thousand acres Of Antelope
valley lands upon which the yucca
palm or yucca cactus grew. He carried
out his instructions, getting the land
at an extraordinarily low figure. If
my memory is not at fault he only
paid fifty cents an acre for this enor-
NOUS tract He at once began to strip
the yuccas and, after treatment at
the mill, ship the staple to Mr.. Levy at
London. After a few months orders
came to stop shipments of prepared
Yucca and to let up on the trees. These
SHIPMENTS were not intended to be
converted into printing paper, but into
narchment. For some reason, which
was never explained to Drews friends
here the plan was not successful, at
least as a money-getter. and the enter
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
LOOSEN UP A BIT
Physician Gives Warning Of the Danger
of TIGHT Clothing

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
LAS the months of chill approach it's
we'll to warn people to unloosen a bit,
lest they suffer colds and possibly
pneumonia from the folly of being too
tightly bound" observes DR.. A S.
Barnes, jr. "Of course, 1 refer to
clothing. No tight clothing should be
worn at any time, but especially is
this true of the fall and winter months,
when the impeded circulation result
ing at whatever part of the body the
tightness of wearing apparel is per-
mitted to exist may result In one OIL
those disagreeable and often danger
Gus ailments ensuing to the individual.
"A tight collar or neckband prevents
the blood from flowing back and forth
in the veins and arteries of the head
as freely as 1t should, and cold In
the head is reasonably certain to re-
suit from such folly. A man may wear
loose fitting collar during the day,
and in the evening, when he dons
dress suit, perhaps put on dress
collar a size too small. He must in
deed be of a hardy nature If he es-
capes a cold as a result of the expo
sure without the circulation in his
head that it is ordinarily accustomed
to. Tight shoes will result in cold feet.
and cold feet are one of the contrlpu-
tory causes TO many more Ut lSsS SO
rious colds, to say nothing of the IN
convenience one must suffer from the
chill in the extremities.
"A teamster will often put on extra
heavy socks, forcing his feet down
into his shoes and forcing back the
blod because of the pressure. Then he
wonders why his feet are cold, and on
severe days, perhaps, are even FROST
bitten. An exposed naked foot is less
ant to freeze under such conditions If
the blood is kept flowing freely through
it than if warmly clad and with circu-
lation reduced from so to rs per cent.
Do away with tight clothing and peo-
pie of all degrees will suffer less in
cold weather."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
ENORMOUS ga

TTNHE ENORMOUS gap at the corner
Of Spring and Temple streets
which is soon to be filled by the
million-dollar new postoffice is just
now pretty much of an eyesore, but to
the initiated it is a historic spot.
L saw Sam Prayer looking over the
ground in a reminiscent mood the other
day. He pointed out to me tuft of
grass or weeds in the middle of the lot
on which once stood a store room
very modest One-stOry building from
which. tifty-One years ago, he sold
goods i'm the general merchandise line
That was many years before the re-
Gently demolished Dowuey block had
been erected.
Even then, over half a century ago,
business was brisk in Los Angeles
Prayer informing me that he had sold
as much as $4,000 worth of goods in one
day.
The new postoffice will be quite close
to the site it occupied when / first
knew Los Angeles. 1t was then located
in Temple block, opposite the Star
office. 1t was later moved to the odd
Fellows building near the corner of
Spring and First streets. 1t next went
into a building especially built for the
purpose by l. w. Hellman on the west
0AuG u MAIL STREET, ulIetlly opposite
the Baker block. 1t was domiciled here
when, in 1887, in the height of the
boom, a fierce and successful war was
made to have it carried down to the To-
cation offered for it free of rent by V.
Dol on Broadway, near Sixth. The
struggle over this removal was a bat
tie royal, and the enterprlslng and sa-
gacious men whose unflagging labors
have made Broadway a great business
street won out with their usual splen-
did dash. Somebody asked Banker
Hellman why he did not fight the re-
moval from his property with NOR,
vigOr. He answered with a laugh that
they could not take it anywhere with
out getting near his property which
was neat retort as we'll as a true
one. Many people then looked upon
the Dol site as almost out of town,
which indeed it was.
This removal was soon followed by
an agitation for the erection of a gov
ernment building which would accom-
modate the postofice and other fed
eral officials as we'll and which result
ed in the erection of a wretched trav-
esty of a federal structure at the cor
ner of Main and Winston streets,
whose dilapidated ugliness may be en-
Joyed by our citizens and the strangers
within our gates today. This unique
building, proving utterly inadequate
for the purpose for which it was de-
signed, was abandoned and temporary
quarters were found for Uncle Sans s
postal officials in the building corner
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
Early POstnasfers of Los Angeles


Dunkelberger was succeeded by Ed
Preuss, the first Democratic pOstmas-
ter since the war. That was a long
sap between 1860 and 1854. e. A. Preuss
for years kept a drug store next door
to and under The Herald office. In his
young days he was a great athlete and
was for some years instructor of the
TurnVerein Germanla. He married one
of the two handsome and accomplished
daughters of old John Schumacher and
sisters of Frank G.. and John Schu-
macher. Preuss is still a comparative
ly young man, but seems to have re-
tired from active business to an ele-
CANT cottage at Santa Monica, Wherr
the otium cum dig act can be carried
out under peculiarly favorable circum-
stances, as he is a man of means. 1t
is pleasant to his friends to know that
all his connections are in the same
category as the large properties left
by old Mr. Schumacher on Broadway,
Spring street and elsewhere have been
kept intact and handled judiciously.
One of the handsome modern blocks
on Broadway, near Franklin, covers
the site of the old Schumacher man
sion.
Later Postmasters
Postmaster Green succeeded Ned
Preuss and was graduated from the
| Southern Pacific railway offices into
| that position. His son Charley was
! Senator Stanford's private secretary
and was doubtless responsible for his
fathers appointment. The old gentle
man had agreeable manners and dis
charged the duties of the office to the
satisfaction of the department and Of
. the people of Los Angeles. He has long
been dead. His son Charles is one of
the executors of the estate of the late
Colonel Crocker and has been engaged
| in building such hotels and other man.
moth edifices as the st. Francis in
San Francisco.
The election of Cleveland to a second
term in 1892 gave the people of Los
Angeles an opportunity of looking at
another Democratic postmaster for a
time, whereof the memory of man
scarcely ran to the contrary. This was
in the person of Gen. John r. Mat
thews. This gentleman has held nu-
merous positions of trust acceptably
and is now being spoken of for one
even more important than any he has
hitherto held, viz, a member of the
board of public works, which, amongst
other things, will have the handling
of the millions to be spent on the
Owens river project.
The regular Republican procession
of postmasters was resumed by Judge
Croft, who made an official of the su.,
perfne order and is continued by Mot
ley Flint, who seems to be a Republi-
can politician of the Admirable Crich-
ton grade.