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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
SEE THE UNITED STATES FIRST

The Salt Lake chamber of commerce
is busy over it's new movement to
impress the people of this country
with the exceeding great advantage
of seeing the United States before
touring Europe and the Orient.
The wisdom of the plea cannot be
denied and will not be questioned.
There is nothing in Europe that can
surpass the natural and marvelously
beautiful scenery of this country.
Nothing to excel the mountains, the
valleys, the rivers, oceans and plains
want 10 see the falls of Zambesi who
have never seen Niagara; too many
who will rush across the sea to gaze
upon the beauties of the Rhine when
the beauties of the upper Mississippi
and the Hudson are just as foreign
to them; too many insist upon seeing
Paris who have never seen New York,
San Francisco or Los Angeles; too
many who overlook New Orleans for
Mediterranean cities; too many who
rush off to the Riviera when they can
find a better climate and more sur
passing scenery in Southern Cali
fornia and Arizona.
Railroads, of course, must do the
work of turning the tide of travel
Chambers OF commerce can by their
literature and personal effort attract
attention, but it comes up to the tran
sportation companies at last to give
the finishing touch of success. And
the roads that center in Los Angeles
are already doing tremendous service
in this direction. They have the most
perfect train equipment, both in beauty
and utility; they have personally con-
Quoted tours; they have cheap rates
at certain seasons. AS a consequence
they are reaping a rich harvest ant
the countries they pass through are
prospering to the fullest extent.
The next thing to do is to teacE
all the transcontinental lines, and the
middle western trunk lines, that q
campaign on behalf of Seeing the
United States first" will prove tn,
greatest blessing to the railroads anc
to the entire country. 1t is well tC
see Europe, but such a tour is money
and time wasted until you have be
come thoroughly familiar with you
own country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
WALSH, CHICAGO AND SHAW
From Golfers Weekly.

From Golfers Weekly.
Secretary Shaw's emotions. as elicit
| ed by the failure of John r. Walsh
have not risen to the heights demanded
| in the town where Wal: . was known
Chicago desired for her conspicuous
citizen no coat of holiness, nor even
the Whitewash brush Hers was not
the moods to enjoy the famous solo:
All Banks Look Alike to Me-" Un-
| less recent history is seriously at fault
the band of civic malefactors inhab-
iting Mr.. Walsh's bank building and
secured of public moneys and other de-
posits some twenty-siX million dollars.
And they were subject to federal su-
pervision and control. that very pal
ladium of our liberties, If we are TO
listen TO glad noises from our capital.
These gentlemen lent to themselves
between thirteen and fourteen million
dollars, in defiance both of law and de-
cent practice. At length, after many
years, the all-seeing inspecting eye at
Washington dropped it's binder, and
observed. The other Chicago banks
came 10 the rescue of n situation pro-
duced by Republican-patriots- -with-a-
pull, thereby saving the depositors and
the community from n disaster imm-
nent on account not only of the wick
edness of Walsh ct al, but also on ac-
count of the bat-eyed blindness of our
treasury department. And right here
is the entrance of our good secretary
with his little solo, "All Banks Look
Alike to Me-" For if printed words
are to be believed, he sees nothing
criminal in the fact that the Walsh
outfit sutted the banks. by lending half
the deposits, or 500 per cent of their
capital, to themselves, and he sapiently
compares that feat with the ordinary
fact that banks do occasionally ex-
ceed the limit of lending ten per cent
of their capital to one customer
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
OUR AGITArrD NrIGHBoRs

Considerable activity Is manifest IN
the eastern section Of Southern Cali
fornia over propositions to form new
counties. II is alleged that this activity
has been occasloncd. by the movement
for a Greater Los Angeles, which pre-
supposes a limited territory for this
city and lot OF unused territory out
side which, with additions Of territory
farther eastward. might be sufficient FOR
the formation Of at least one new
county.
San Bernardiuo, "our next door
neighbor" is at once the victim and
the object Of all these plots and coun-
terplots and in order TO prevent the
consummation Of the designs already
anoat she has appointed committee
Of citizens, including the board Of su-
pervisors, to sec that she is not de-
spoiled Of her rlghtful territory.
The proposition appears to center
around Pomona which asplres to be a
county seat Aiding and abetting Po-
mona are Ontario, Chino and Uplands,
whose interests in new county are
not hard TO discover. In order to form
a county in which Pomona would be
the central feature, it would be neces-
sary to cut off the eastern and north
eastern end Of Los Angeles county and
portion of the extreme western end
of San Bernardino, going probably as
far north as johannesburg and south
to the Riverside county line.
But whittier has violent and natural
objection to being cut out of Los An
geles county and placed in a county
where its people would have to travel
eastward to reach the county seat.
Not that Whittier loves Los Angeles
If one may judge by the attitude of its
newspapers-but it does not wish to
play second fiddle to Pomona. It con-
siders itself Just as good as any
body, even Los Angeles" Hence Whit
tier has a standing committee to see
that nothing is done in any direction
that will interfere with Whittiers in
terests.
Even Pasadena is beginning to talk
county seat. The Pasadena Star swells
out it's chest and says ut is not be-
lieved that anything will happen which
will work to the disadvantage of Pasa-
dena, for there is no danger of Pasa-
6ena consolidating with Los Angeles,
though it is possible that Pasadena
may eventually become the capital of
a county"
If our neighboring cities and towns
will be quiet long enough to find out
what this city has to propose in the
shape of a Greater Los Angeles, per-
haps all these heartburnings and grim
aces at one another may be found to
be wholly unnecessary. There are
riches enough in Southern California
for all, and no reason exists why our
good friends should quarrel over the
division of them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
A DREAM OF oPULENCE

Were ] a multimillionairc
I'd have a lot of things;
My pomp and splendor should compare
With earth's most potent kings.
"a build score Of churches great
In which 1 seldom knelt:
I'd own a forestCd estate
Whose shade i never felt
ia have a. payroll fun Of names
OF folks | never knew,
And pictures set I'm massive frames
Which l would seldom View
I'd build great palaces with rooms
Where / might walk alone,
And splendid gardens rich with bloonl,
Which died TO me unknown.
A lot Of colleges ia rear
Whose precepts I'd not heed;
And libraries both far and near.
With books ia never read
Awake or dreaming. night or day.
I'd nurse my golden store
Where others worked eight hours u dav
ia toll the twenty-four
Washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
CASH VALUE OF CLIMATE

For every person who cam to Cali
fornia because OF gold discoveries. n
Sordidly to make money or as rest
less adventurer ten persons came be-
cause they were in love with the
weather. And this is not said in dis
paragement of the marvellous material
resources of the state.
This statement is made in an article
on The Cash Value of Climate" by
William II. Simpson, in the January
number of the Pacific Monthly. 1t is
the kernel of the article, and 1t we'll
merits deep consideration.
When the marvellous growth and
wonderful prosperity of Los Angeles is
discussed abroad-and even in Califor-
MIA, north of the Tehachapi-the out
lander is prone to say with a sneer,
"Oh, what has it but climate?" OF
course, Los Angeles has much more
besides the most perfect of climates
known; anyone familiar with the city
must admit this. But, suppose, for the
saks of argument, that climate is it's
one and only asset-what then?
Mr.. Simpson says this asset is the
greatest of all-the superlative. Many
wise financiers, he declares, are will
ing and glad to pay 81 for the soil and
SO for the azure blue above it, out in
California. Mr.. Simpson asks
Why did you come to California? Z?
Why did your neXt-door neighbor
come, and the pleasant friends across
the street, and the acquaintances in
the adjoining block? In the last an
alysis 1t was because of a more perfect
climate Note the use of the compara-
tive. There is no flawless climate any
where. But in California, where every
month is June, the weather conditions
are more nearly ideal than in any other
of Uncle Sans United States of Amer
lea. The scientists who manage the
weather bureau can glibly tell just
why mountains and desert and trade
winds have here combined to produce
climate which is nearly 100 per cent
pure. They can explain why this same
section is both warm in winter and
cool in summer. What you and l are
more interested in is the unusual fact
itself, not the why and wherefore.
Then he makes the remarkable as
sertion first quoted.
That Mr.. Simpson is right 200. 900
Angelenos are willing to testify.
Charmed and fascinated by the golden
sunshine the perpetual summer, the
grand clear air, the plenteous ozone,
they have been drawn here Just by
them. From lands where it is a strug-
gle to keep warm half the year and
to cool off the rest of it; where the
overcoat and the blanket are swapped
for the duster and gauze; where the
coal bill in winter is offset by the
ice bill in summer; where the
changes are sudden and the trials in
cessant-from all these they have fled,
and here they have come, to live in a
never-ending spring time, TO pluck
roses and strawberries at Christmas
and to gaze at snow-clad mountains in
July, and find rest for their bodies,
peace for their minds and joy for their
souls.
True, most of these people have
found prosperity here, also-even more
ahundantly than back east" How
could they help it? But that is only
the natural outcome; what fetched
them here was climate, and climate
holds them here, and draws their
friends
Climate as an asset? The best that
ever was! Bless God, we have it. in
abundance!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

prosperity ON commerce. and in the last
analysis, commerce is most profitable
with nations which cannot, or at least
do not. produce competing products
China, Japan and the orient generally
are thus eagerly sought by the COM
merce OF the manufacturing lands. OF
these n-manufacturing countries, few
arc left, and every foothold in every
remaining one, no matter how small,
is OF infinite value.
No other part of Africa is so near
Europe as Is Morocco. None, save the
south end, is so well suited to white
mems occupancy outside Abyssinia
and the desert, only Morocco yet re-
mains unappropriated by a European
power-and that means its trade Is
yet unrestricted Germany started late
i'm the land grabbing game, and her
pauCity Of foreign soil Is n thorn In
her flesh. There is so little left TO
grasp, and SO many to seek IT,
Those arc the reasons why Germany
stands SO firmly even to the point of
war, for the open door In Morocco, for
international police. for equal OPP
portunity for exploitation TO the
United states, the puny trade may
seem, even IN toto not worth seeking
To Germany, inuinsically 1t Is nothing;
theoretically and prospectively It is
the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

The supreme court of Tennessee has
decided that newspaper reports of pro-
eeedings in courts of justice are per-
missible If fair and accurate. The only
surprising thing about this decision is
that it had to be made in face Of a con-
trary opinion by lower court. 1t will
be sorry day for the American people
when any department of the govern
ment begins to abridge the liberty of
the press-not the license. but the
liberty.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
GIRLISH GAYETY
oh

Oh!
"Why do you stare at me, sir? DO
you think you know me?"
mo; l merely think I'd like to-
Houston Post.
SWore Truly
She-You've been out every night
since l married you, and you swore you
would be as true as the stars above.
He-Well, amt the stars above out
every night, too?-Judge.
Mutual Sympathy
"The bride and the bridesmaids all
cried at the wedding
The bride was sorry for the brides
maids, probably, and the bridesmaids
We're sorry for the bride. Chicago
News.
She Trusted Him
what" queried the fair maid, lis
the difference between a trust and a
rinG?"
I'm afraid / cannot explain the diff
ference in so many words" replied the
young man in the case. but if you'll
put your trust in me III blow myself
for the ring tomorrow"
And she put her trust in him.-Chi-
Cago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Pi-LineS and Pick-UpS
In a Magazine

There were motor-cars a-plenty,
OF all sorts and makes and styles;
All the newest kinds of corsets
Shown on ladies who wore-smiles!
Plans for building cosy houses,
That no architect would plan;
Stunning suits of shopmade clothing,
Hung on poster artist man!
New built stoves and ice cream freezers
Schemes for banking done by mail;
With typewriters by the hundred
No machines!-that are for sale.
Page on page of advertising
SWEETEST 1 have ever seen.
And I-really!-found a story
In a monthly magazine!
The senators won't thank the Red
Men for giving Teddy another club and
tomahawk. Their scalps are in danger
enough now.
What we need in Panama is more
money paid out in wages and less in
salaries.
If Bigelow stirred up all this mess
after forty-eight hours at Panama,
what'd happen If he went down for a
week?
Orange-so he's dead, eh? What
were his last words?
Lemon-Last words? His wife was
at his bedside, y'know.
Rogers may not be famous as a
linguist, but there are very few men Of
our day who can keep still in as many
languages as he can.
A snake was seen in a street car in
Louisville-in Louisville, remember.
Notice how quiet these nights are?
Cats all at the show! Let's have u
show all the time,
Engineers say New York is not a
good fire risk. SO do the preachers
A New York chorus girl is suing a
stocking maker for picturing her legs
in an advertisement. My, but our
chorus girls are getting finicky in these
millionaire days.
The Springfield, Mo, man who first
set fire to some dynamite and then
kicked it because it was not burning
fast enough will never do any more
kicking, on any sort of provocation.
They are still picking him up.
1t is understood that the official who
caused the arrest of Prince Cupid of
Hawaii is a married man. OF course.
But II. IL. Rogers may believe that
"silence is golden" and hate to lose
the money.
Palm-She gets her good looks from
her mother.
Prune-Stingy old dame, eh?
If sewing machine can do the work
OF a dozen women, how many can
real up-to-date phonograph do the talk
ing for?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

The oregonians and Chicagoans en-
joyed a pleasant yet strenuous day at
Long Beach yesterday where the
chamber of commerce and citizens sue
cessfully did the honors. Today they
will rest and possibly contemplate the
fact that the past week has been one
of the most charming series of events
in the history of their lives.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

The city council wants the people
to vote bonds to the extent of $3.50. 900
for storm drains and sewers. What's
the use? The council refuses to act on
the appointment OF a board of public
works and the bonds would be up in
the air Let the council do its duty
first The people of this city are always
ready to do their part.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Warped Wisdom

Time is money yet tho man who hur-
ries seldom goes broke.
A woman always sees a joke-if ii ism
one.
Because man is lantern-jawed he need
not be lght-headed,
Woman poses and man proposes
She is a smart girl who can look pretty
when she isn't.
The poor man is i'm luck one way; he
doesn't have high priced diseases,
Many sorrows are drowned, but not in
water.
The aeronaut sometimes takes "a drop
too much" also.
Time will tell so viii the woman ii she
knows.
DO others today. ere they do you tomor-
row.
When the cats away the hen party is
Quiet. w. III. q.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

January promises to be a record
breaker in the way of building opera
tions in Los Angeles. Thus far during
the month 500 building permits have
been issued, with s8S2,S1S valuations. If
these figures are maintained the valu-
ations for the month Should run close
to 81 100000. Last week the Sixth ward
regained its position at the top, having
81 permits. with the Fifth ward second
and the Ninth ward third.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Statements by conservative real es-
tate operators indicate that this week
may make a banner record in the way
of transactions. Millions of dollars
worth Of property are booked to change
hands and plans are being prepared
for new business blocks that will cost
many millions Los Angeles has quit
doing things by thousands. 1t is now
in the million class.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Leonard Wood, M. D., major general
by the grace and boosting of the presi-
dent of the United States, is to have
command of the Philippines. It's
great thing to have a president to
push you along in the army; normally
Wood ought to be a captain surgeon.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

OF course, that rainy, muddy weather
would have made the "Webfoot" Port
landers feel at home, but naturally
Los Angeles wanted to do the square
thing by her Chicago guests, who came
much farther, and hence this sunshine.
And how those Chicagoans are enjoy
ing a thaw-out and a chance to see
Old Sol without looking through a
smoke cloud.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Lincoln Steffen threatens to write on
graft in Frisco. But Frisco doesn't
care; 1t knows the task is so great
Steffen can never do it justice, All
Frisco fears is justice.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
DOINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST in
BUSY WHIRL OF NEW YORK CITY

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1a.-Thcrc is some
expectation here that Mabcllc Gilman
VIII return To the comic opera stage
and abandon her cherished dream of
shining as star i'm grand opera. color
Is lent to this fact that Miss Gilman
has approved of a light hit entitled
cleo written by Rodcric &. PEN
field, known To fame as the co-uuthor
with John kendrick Bangs of Lady
Teazle,' IN which Lillian Russell has
lately shOnc The scenes are laid ON
the shores Of the lauguorous Nile and
the part designed for Miss Gilman is
that Of charming Egyptian girl. Miss
Gilman Is now reposing i'm the peace
ful shadows Of her art somewhere ON
the north coast of the Mediterranean
maturing her talents under the ablest
instructors I'm Europe. Opinion among
managers here as TO her future in
grand opera is divided Some 60 so far
as to say that her field lies on the
comic opera stage and nowhere else
Frltzi Scheff Grace Van Studdiford.
Eleanor Kent and other equally famous
singers now seem to be content with
this
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

1t would have been difficult to find a
more fitting head for Occidental col
lege than John Willis Baer. and both
the city and the college are to be con-
graduated on his coming
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

One branch of the union mine work.
ers refuses to recognize the other be-
cause the latter took the formers
jobs in a strike There's a specimen of
union brotherhood for you.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Helen Gould was asked for s15oO00O
In one week. What a watch these rich
people have to keep over their pocket
books that they may continue rich.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
POpuIatlOn Of los AnqeIes 2OI,249

That Panama Colon may be period
in Bigelow's literary career.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

France may not blockade, It seems,
Did foxy Castro know this when he
got TO acting up so?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Governor General Wright is to be our
first ambassador to Japan. May he be
the Wright man for the place.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Tides Of Broadway

No clocks are needed to tell the time
on Broadway. Between and 6 O'Clock
the flow Of the current is uptown and
marks the swiftest movement of the
tide In the whole twenty-four hours
BY 6:l5 there is a marked decrease in
the volume of this tide, and at $50 one
notices countless little whirls and
flourishes of the tide as the first of the
pleasure seekers begin to make their
way TO the various restaurants. Then
the flood begins again, this time pour
ing up from the subway station at
Longacre square, out of the street cars,
hansoms and motor cars, coming in
tributary rills from the elevated sta
tions and the side streets. This move
ment Is like no other of the currents
for it moves up and down, debouching
into the brilliant entrance of the the
aters in such a volume that by $3.50 the
sidewalks seem comparatively deserted,
BY o'clock they are almost totally so,
and for two hours again the current is
at slackwater Eleven o'clock wit
nesses the final furry of this tide that
lasts for another half hour. Between
the restaurants and the home-going
crowds the tide is absorbed. From
11:30 to 1890 is a faint movement of the
current After 1890 whisper it softly,
Broadway is quiet as any sleep-loving
citizen would wish
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

John ]. Fay, jr, will likely succeed
himself on the water board. BY all
means; no one would make better one.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Photographers in ouandary

Society women nowadays seem to
prefer photographers who keep their
studios far away from the public eye.
The man who shows his art in a case
outside the shop is apt to be passed
by. The fastidious are always afraid
that their pictures will some day ap-
pear on advertisements extolling the
virtues of the "Sure-Catch Fly Paper"
It may not he a matter of common
knowledge, but it is q fact that very
many amiable and mice" little women
have been imposed upon in this way.
1t must be said in defense of news
papers that editors are very careful
about printing unauthorized pictures.
Many n man ION the city desk" has
devoted much time to secure permis-
sion for the reproduction of photo
graphs There is more yellow business
in commercial advertising than i'm the
hard and little appreciated work of
supplying the public with its informa-
ton on current events.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Fancy Dancing Taboo

The increase of stage dancing" at
private affairs held here by the younger
people has moved many papas and
mammas to enter vigorous protest.
Smart alecll dancing teachers are go
ing too far in such details as kicking
and swinging. The square dance is
almost dead. The plea is made on the
part of the defense that all this is
done under the mantle of privacy, but
old-fashioned mothers are inclined to
pooh-pooh this excuse, since at least
100 young people attend all these "pri-
vate" dances. The girls are mostly to
blame. They are eager for new forms
of excitement and urge the dancing
masters to trot out new steps, The
men follow obediently and manage to
struggle through the new tricks. Such
protests as are heard from the pulpits
should be taken seriously, for the
preachers know what is doing in this
matter. 1t is safe to say that if GER
tain fashionable dances were to be-
come the vogue in Chinatown and
along the Bowery, or even at the Hay
riarket, the police would put a stop to
the festivities. Hosiery exhibits are
frowned upon In the public dance
halls.