Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-15
Entertainment at Home

Entertainment at Home
An entertainment was given by the
women of the Eastern star at the Ma
sonic home I'm San Gabriel last night.
Matron Akin was in charge.
Held on Robbery Charge
Al Mason, accused Of robbing a
farmer of a pocketbook containing
S140, was held to answer to the su-
perior court by Justice Young yester-
day.
To Instruct Masons
William Harvey Edwards, grand
lecturer of the Masonic grand lodge,
will visit Los Angeles officially Sat
urday and Sunday, December 16 and u
respectively, and will hold his annual
lodge of instruction" at Masonic
temple on Hill street, mornings and
afternoons.
Civic League VIII Meet
A meeting Of the Civic league will
be held next Monday evening at s
o'clock. J. w. Kemp will speak on
"The Civic League and its Objects '
Judge Curtis d. Wilbur will speak on
Practical Education" and l.. G. Gates
will speak on ascot Park" The
league expects to circulate petitions
asking the supervisors to eliminate
gambling at Ascot
Sales on East sldo
George Hart has sold lot 72xt44 feet
on the northwest corner of Tenth and
Wall streets to W. d. Stephens for
S12,500; b. N. Smith to George Slaught-
or, lot 50x150 feet on the northwest
corner of Tenth street and Maple ave-
nue., $4,000; L. c. Esbey to NJ. CasWeil,
n lot 50x150 feet, on the east side of
Maple avenue. between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, S6200.
U. S. C. Formal Opening
The formal opening of the Uni
versty of Southern California will be
held Tuesday afternoon and evening,
January 2. In the evening the Metho-
dist social union will attend. DIR. John
II. Goucher, president of the womans S
college of Baltimore will be the guest
of honor and will make an address,
The building will be open for inspec-
ton during the afternoon.
Bridge CoIlapses
The west wing of the Also street
bridge over the Los Angeles river col
lapsed yesterday morning and brought
all traffic to a standstill. The hole
that was left extends half way across
the street and is dozen feet wide
and more than a foot deep. Author-
ties state that the filling was not
properly flooded before the pavement
was put down and the damage was
caused from the settling of the dirt.
Mrs. Buss Fined $25
The charge of assault with Il deadly
weapon which was entered against Mrs.
Annie Buss was changed to that of as
sault yesterday and plea of guilty
was entered by the woman. She was
arrested for refusing to Vacate a lodg
ing house at SIS East Fifth street and
Il complaint was made against her for
threatening with a revolver the deputy
sheriff who attempted to eject her from
the rOoming house. Justice Pierce,
who tried the case, fined the woman
$2J.
Baker Block Sold
The Isaacs Bros. have sold the Baker
block at 449-451 South Spring street to
Il syndicate including O. Fl. Churchill,
George w. Wilson, Ben Mayer and A.
b. McCutcheon; consideration $175,000.
The lot has frontage of forty feet
upon which is three-story brick
block. Less than six months ago 1t
was purchased by the Isaacs Bros. for
S14S000. The building is under a three
years lease. At the expiration of the
lease the syndicate proposes to add
two stories to the building.
To Establish Missions
III Inc WIN lne extensive lIHpTONe-
ments being carried on in Christ church
parish is the announcement made by
Rev. Baker p. Lee, the rector that
three missions will soon be established
by the church in order to reach all in
the different parts of the city. One
mission will be established in the new
club house of the Mems league of the
parish which is hoped to be completed
in six months. This club house, which
will be located OH Hoover street, near
Tenth will cost about 100000 Other
missions will be located in the Eighth
ward and on West Pico street.
Will Examine Foreign Parcels
Customs house officials have in
structed Postmaster Flint that all
foreign mail packages supposed to con- |
tain dutiable goods must be opened in
the presence of the addressee and a |
customs official and the contents eX-
amined. Such packages will be sent |
to the Franklin street sub-station near
the customs house and will be examined
there. No foreign mail is received in
Los Angeles direct, but most of it |
comes through New York or San Fran
cisco. Any packages, which the postal |
authorities at either of these places
believe to contain dutiable articles, are
marked "SIIDDOSnd dutia bile gOOdS'' and |