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The Lamar register., 1906-10-31

cisco. There was time, indeed.
when the stun piled up to such an
extent as to paralyze the operation
of the roads Five thousand cars of
freight were congested at San Fran
cisco and Oakland. BY heroic eff.
forts the lingering freight was dis
posed of and serious situation re-
lieved. Now that the railroads are
able to look after their own business.
they are expanding great sums in
permanent Improvement. which will
/ facilitate the reconstruction Of the
city.
Insurance Situation Hurts.
The insurance situation at San
Francisco is exasperating to those
who happened to have policies in
shaky or dishonest companies. but
on the whole the lapses of these com.
panies have not affected the city
as seriously as early reports indi-
Gated. Nearly one.half of all losses
has been paid. Considering the fact
that insurance records. as well as
| everything else went up in smoke.
this is a fairly good showing for five
inohths' Payments are oeihs maue
throush the banks at the rate OF near
~ Si'oVo'ooo uay' money s'es
into circulation for the most part,
and the resulting activity overshad-
1--WE 'he iact tha' hunui Gus VI o'he'
poi'y 'oiuers are "'''''' ''' oe'
tlement.
ine Peopie OF san r'ah''S'" per
'on"iis anu 'hrous" t"eii 'on'iiioi 'i"i
VI s""i~"''ohS' are "a''h'ns ,'e '"'ut
a"'o companies WI" 'ed,o"' eSo'
ooiiPahies that come W 'he front
VII" money are ieap'"s n"' 'est 81
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ing up hst OF honest ana uishonest
companies me ,aiii'orhia ueiesation
i" CONGRESS- win ha'e Soiiie'i'hs "
say on 'he subject next winter ne
names Oh deiauitihs COMPANIES are
world. and the opinion Is universal In
Gan r'shcisco t"ai 1" ''o 'oas ,u"
''e ue,""'t'hB COMPANIES vi"
'o''' ,ha' ."ey p,aye" a. 'os'nt gam.
mn,n 'ne, "e''"uu'u p'"'' "o'u''' "a
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insurance litigation promises 10
become great. Polcy hoihers VINO
nave money enough TO hsht are not
SLOW IN INVOKING the ana Oh the courts
One or two important cases already
nave been decided. nut inc critical
question Is yet to be passed upon.
by the earthquake IN causing hre
losses foicies are Various'y word
cd, Dut III the mann they pro'iue that
payment snail rot be made II the
loss Is caused directly or indirect'
~ ny earthquake or other act OF
TOD. VI course II there had been
no earthquake there would nave been
no lire. but the man whose house was
consumed three days after the
quake does not think the Indirect
cause Is quite close enough to the
effect TO Justify the insurance COM
panies In repudiatlng all liability.
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During the disaster the good hufilor
and selfpossesson OF San Francis
cans astonishcd the world. Now, in
the long tug of disposirg of the
ashes and rebuilding the city. this
good humor mover deserts them. and
they are as confident as though they
were beginning n city for the first
time. There is inspiration in NUM-
bers. comfort in common trouble. and
spirit of brotherhood that has not
deserted them. although it is not as
marked as it was during times OF
danger. The love of good cheer in
The Lamar register., 1906-10-31

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toc east The answer Is That S-S
Francisco liz now being rebuilt IL !"
not p question OF the distant future.
me process IL Visibe TO the haked
eye every steel building that "as
under construction at the ume Oh the
disaster is being rushed 10 conhple-
ton. o.her Dhiidihgs nave pech con.
The Lamar register., 1906-10-31

\ to me for place a bookkeeper
in big place where friend Of mine had some IN
iluspcc. and ! said ''lou can't nc a bookkecper
You only porter" and he replied;
We'll, lets start for the bookkeeping lob snl
maybe well land some job between that and
cold throw-down.
He had the hi,>h-youF-vagOa-i o-a-ssar' :dca,
u Fisht
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
MAY ERECT ENGINE HOUSES
Failure to Vote Bonds Issue VIII Not
Prevent Officials From
Actinu

In spite of the failure of the bond
issue providing for five new engine
houses, to be voted on favorably by the
people at the bond election last spring.
it appears that before the present coun-
ell is out of office the five engine houses
will be erected, anyhow, the funds TO
come out of the general treasury.
Yesterday afternoon the council au-
thorized the city attorney to prepare
an ordinance advertising for blds LOT
an engine house site near the corner
of Mohawk street and Sunset Doule-
ward This ordinance will be similar
to two others that have passed the
council providing for lot not to ex-
ceed $4,000
Bids were opened by the council yes
terday for an engine house site near
the corner of Main. Moneta and Vern-
on avenues Eleven proposals, ranging
i'm price from $1,000 to $4,000, were re-
ceiyed. The fire commission will be
given the privilege of selecting the lot
which best suits it that comes under
the maximum price allowed by or
dinance
A lot was recently purchased by the
council near Fifty-third and Central
avenues for an engine house. The lot
provided for yesterday is the third pro-
posed engine house within the last SIX
weeks. Before the present council Is
out of office 1t Is entirely probable that
the Ave engine houses asked for In the
bond issue will be well toward COM
pletion.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

would not have been granted had the
attention of the property owners and
the councilmen been directed to this
point
"This specific instance caused the
board to make it's recommendation of
last week regarding the filing Of maps
when spur track privileges are request
ed in order that the locations might
be definitely understood before the
franchise is granted. 1t was not in
tended in any way by this recommen-
dation of the board that any jurisdic-
ton or power should be given or con-
ferred upon this board in the matter
of spur track franchises. The object
of the communication was solely that
some means should be provided by
which the parties interested could by
inspection of map see definitely what
was requested and the exact lines of
the spur track, and it seemed to the
board that the proper office In which
that should be filed was that of the
city engineer. However, the same OBJ
ject could be accomplished If the map
was filed with the city clerk at the
time the petition was filed.
1.-The board further recommends that
i'm connection with the filing of this
map or maps notice should be given to
the public of the filing of these petit
tions, either by publication or by post
ing upon the street affected or both,
prior to the hearing of the petition"
The communication of the board was
referred to the committee of the whole
for sinvestigation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
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pumping the concrete into the metallic
molds will be only a few hours, and the
rest of the time will be consumed in
drying out and hardening.
Mr.. Edison says the plan will be car
ried out in such detail that dormer
windows, chimneys. spouts and orna-
mental details will be moldel with the
whole, and that inside cupboards, fire.
places, stairways with ornamental BAN
listers, mantelpieces, and even bath
tubs, will be formed in the cast in
which the house proper will be made.
The original cost of each mold, with
all its component parts, the inventor
estimates at $4,000.
Croake & McCann report the sale of
a lot, 60X145 feet, on the north side of
Thirtieth street, between Hoover street
and Orchard avenue, from Charles E.
Kuster to Catherine O'Brien. The pur-
chaser will Immediately erect a sixteen
room double house to cost $6500.
Other sales by the same agency are:
Lot 46x12S feet on the west side of
King street. between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. j. E. Russell to Sc
baStian Simon, $1100: investment.
Lot 45x150 feet to alley, on the north
west corner of Oregon and Dominguez
streets. Josephine r. Lecouvreur to p.
M. Bannon, SS75; investment
Lot 45x135 feet, on the west side of
Halldale avenue, between Forty-sixth
and Forty-eghth streets, E. L. Left
child to Thomas Hickey, $3.50; invest
ment.
Lot 52hx1S6 feetfi on the east side OF
Rosetta street. between Prospect and
Franklin, Jeanette M. Campbell to A
K. Lush, $1,000; investment.
Seven-room residence at 1912 oxford
avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, M. v. Huff to #. M. Runkle,
$4500 bought for home.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
ARE
OUT ON STRIKE
SEVERAL HUNDRED FAIL TO
GO TO WORK
Contractors Say Men Will Go Back
to Work in Few Days at
the Same Old Wages
and Terms

Several hundred union carpenters re-
fused to go to work yesterday, because
the master builders would not accede
to their demands of wages of $4 a
day and a Saturday half holiday.
The spokesman of the Los Angeles
branches of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners denied there
was a strike. They preferred to place
the burden of the partial suspension of
building operations upon the master
builders.
w. A. Sexton of the carpenters union
said: There is no strike. We will
simply not work unless our wages are
raised to fifty cents an hour.
1--WE are willing to work only five
and a half days a week and do not
ask pay for the time we do not work
Contractors should bear i'm mind the
fact, we can send all our men to San
Francisco. where they will receive an
advance of $3.50 day over what is
being paid here"
According to Carl Leonardo, one OF
the largest contractors in the west
no formal demand has been made on
the builders.
Several of our workmen are willing
to work." he said, but hesitate be-
cause of the attitude of their fellow
laborers. They struck without giving
us any notice and we will not grant
any of their demands. The architects
and property owners have agreed tc
stand behind us.
"None of the jobs | have contracted
for is tied up. although we are a little
short of carpenters. We have taken
no steps to fill the places, because we
think the men will return to work in
a short time"
Conservative property owners do not
believe the strike, which the unions
say Is not a strike will last long.
The labor union leaders believe their
demands will be granted by the MAJ
jority of contractors. In that case
the idle carpenters viii go back to
work
A large number Of union men drifted
to union headquarters I'm San Pedro
street and remained there almost all
day, discussing the situation.
II was stated the differences be-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
INSIST ON MAP
Of SPUR TRACKS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
GIVES REASONS
Council Asked to Pass Ordinance
Compe Hing Applicants to File
Blue Prints With City
Engineer

In a lengthy communication to the
council yesterday the board of public
works again asked that an ordinance
be passed compelling applicants for
spur track franchises to file a map
of the proposed spur with the city
engineer. The board gave the follow
ing reasons for making this request:
"The board would call the attention
of your honorable body to the follow
ing facts in connection with this mat
ter of the spur track: The Santa Fe
Railway company made application to
have a portion of Stephenson avenue
vacated. which aroused violent oppo-
sitlon on the part of the property own
ers on Santa Fe avenue. This opposi-
tion was withdrawn finally upon the
Santa Fe company agreeing to dedicate
an additional twenty feet on the east
side of Herrick street, between Ste
phenson avenue and Fourth street,
making Herrick an 'eighty-foot street {;
also the widening of Fourth street
from HerT-ick street to the viaduct, and
certain other concessions made by the
railway company. The understanding
of the citizens and of this board was
that this twenty feet would be used
for traffic purposes, No sooner, how
ever, was the vacation of Stephenson
avenue accomplished than the Santa
Fe Railway company applied for spur
track across the north end of that
portion of Herrick street which was
dedicated by the Santa Fe Railway
company and crossing the old intersec-
tion of Herrick street and Stephenson
avenue, and this petition was granted.
The practical effect of this Is to re-
duce the width of the street at the
angle formed by Stephenson avenue
and Herrick street to less than sixty
feet, in so far as the same is available
to the public for street purposes. This
left It in worse condition than 1t would
have been II Herrick street had been
left In it's original condition but with
out a spur track. No one would know
from reading the petition or the ordi-
nance that this track crossed the angle
of Stephenson avenue and Herrlck
street In the particular manner In
which II does. and the board Is satis-
fled that your honorable body was not
aware OF the fact and that the petition
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
TRIES TO KEEP YOUNG
GIRLS OFF THE STAGE
THEATER PROPRIETOR DEFENDS
CASE IN COURT
Humane Society Officer Alleges cIev-
er Little Actress Is Only ID Years
of Age-Law Places Legal Age
at 16

H. w. Oviatt, proprietor of the Lyric
theater, was on trial before Police JUS
tice Rose yesterday afternoon charged
with permitting a girl under sixteen
wears of age to perform upon the stage
According to the testimony of Ed
ward P. r. Dearborn of the Humane
society, Hazel Salmon, living at SoS
Gladys avenue. gave singing and
dancing act at the Lyric theater on the
night of August IL, although only four
teen years of age.
Employees of the theater swore that
the girl told them that she was more
than sixteen years old and that her
mother also was positive on this point
The girl a slim little child, clad in
a red frock, sat in the court room as
an interested spectator.
She is said to be clever little actress
and appeared at the Lyric on three
different occasions, winning laurels on
amateur nights.
This was the third of the cases to
be tried In the police court Of alleged
employment of children upon the
stage.
The managers of the Unique theater
in Broadway were found guilty of
employing young girl at that theater.
A case against the local management
of the Orpheum was dismissed in Po-
lice Justice Austin's court for lack of
evidence.
The Humane society is prosecuting
its cases with vigor, its officers say, In
order to keep from the stage young
girls and boys.
The court found the defendant guilty
as charged. The case will probably be
appealed to the superior court.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
BIC CONVENTION
HALL PROMISED
LOS ANGELES SHRlNERS IN
ACTION
Modern Assembly Building Will Com.
bine Many Desirable Features.
Edison Would Mold Con-
crete Houses for People

If present plans do not miscarry, the
erection of another big convention hall
will soon be commenced in Los Angeles.
Local Shriners are negotiating for a
suitable plot of ground on West Jeffer-
son street, short distance from
Figueroa, but the committee Will not
divulge the exact location of the site
until the negotiations have been COM
pleted
The committee of fifteen who have
the entire matter in charge are plan
ming a large building which shall con-
tain a great assembly hall. a garage
for Shriners and their friends ano
various lodge and club rooms.
The convention hall, which VIII seat
between 5000 and 10000 people, Will be
so arranged that 1t can be used for
public meetings and conventions, and
will result in making that section OF the
city lively factor in the outlying dis
tricts.
Besides working out the plans for the
building the members are also trying tc
have the Grand avenue car line ex-
tended west from Grand avenue and
Jefferson to Wesley, that the new hal
may have car service ON two lines.
If the negotiations now under way
are oonsummated work will probably
be begun in the very near future, as II
is the desire of the members to have
the structure completed when the i'm
peral council comes to Los Angeles
next May.
Solid Concrete Dive llings
Thomas A. Edison has evolved a new
scheme, or invention, that will be OF
special interest to wage earners and
others striving TO secure comfortable
homes at the smallest outlay. Whole
houses nodded In single casting out OF
solid concrete, which will provide cozy
homes for workingmen at cost OF
from $500 to $500, is the plan Mr. Edison
will demonstrate In the near future
in his new industrial town in Warren
county, N. Y.
Four days is the period Edison esti,
mates VIII be necessary to cast and
turn out whole houses with from eight
to ten rooms each, complete in almost
every detail and ready to be furnished
and carpeted. The actual time for
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
RINK MANAGERS ARE
GIVING SPECIAL PRIZES

Special interest attaches to the skat-
ing at the Angelus rink this week as a
result of the prizes which the manage
ment is giving each night.
Every evening ten prizes are awarded
those whom popular acclaim declares
the best skaters on the floor, and sat
urday night grand contest will be
held with the winners of the week
skating against each other. The win
ner of this contest will receive grand
prize in addition to the prize which
each. successful contestant during the
week wins
The floor of the Angelus rink is on
ceded by skaters to be the finest In
the west. II not in the world. But
though the surface seems as smooth
as II can possibly be made, scarcely a
day passes without some Improvement
being undertaken to make 1t even bet
ter. As result of the care bestowed
upon the skating surface, the attend
ance has steadily increased, and indi-
cations point to a delightful as well as
profitable season at the popular rink.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
PARTICULAR JAPANESE
STARTS ROUGH HOUSE

The refusal of a japanese to drink
a glass of beer in which a fly was
swimming about led to fight Monday
night in saloon in Los Angeles street,
according to evidence introduced In
court yesterday.
NJ Sakato said he went into tbs
saloon where one K. Ito was bartender
and asked for a glass of beerA When
the foaming beverage was paced or
the bar the critical eye of the GUS
toner espied a fly struggling in the
beer and started an argument with Ito
which led to a fight.
Both men were released on promise
of future good behavior.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

The new office boy was found sitting
in his chair with the telephone trans
mitter in his lap.
What in the world are you doing?"
asked the boss.
"A fellow called up little while
ago." replied the future head of the
firm. ''and told me to hold the phone till
he called again. August Lippincott's.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

tween the employers and carpenters
would be settled peaceably.
AS one labor union sympathizer ex-
pressed it: I'VE ask certain things,
among them a closed shop and fifty
cents an hour wages. Some contrac-
tors will concede those points and the
carpenters will go back to work at
such places. On the other hand no
union men will work for contractors
who ignore our demands"
The situation remained unchanged
last night.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05
Literal

| Big locomotive collision at Agricul-
tural park, only six days from today,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

Ffber-Grusa and Basket Suit Casea
$3.50 to $500. in our leather goods de-
partment. Good things for the beach or
mountain trips. Sanborn. Vail a Co..
e67 So. Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

Big locomotive collision at Agricul-
tural park. only six days from today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

Big locomotive collision at Agricul-
tural park. only six days from today
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

IEC For Children's
O~ Emblem Sets
The very thing to put on
the little girls dresses and
the boys blouses and jack
cts; ask to see our emblem
set of three pieces at 15c.
T0~ For Three Papers
SOS Machine Needles
For today only three pa
pers of two each of any
make of sewing machine
needles; they always retail
at sc a paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

F0Io For Peroxide Hy-
S<2C drogen Worth 25c
The genuine Hayden"
brand; absolutely pure and
indispensable as an anti
septic.
ON For Tooth Brush
&OS and Cream
An excellent tooth brush
that usually retails at Csc,
together with a tube of DR..
Burg's tooth paste, which
is unrivaled anywhere; the
combination today zoe.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-05

An assortment of glace taffeta and
plain taffeta ribbons, which have
sold in the regular way at 25c 29c
and 35c. and because the color as
sortment is broken will be priced
today at 15c yard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-12-11
AN INTELLIGENT TRAMP CAT.

The little black and white kitten
which has claimed the Central police
station as its home since it wandered
night several months ago, is declared
by the officers and men to be the most
intelligent cat in Louisville and has
won their affection as perhaps no
other cat could do, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Puss' chief claims
to the consideration ami admiration
of the policemen lies in her pro
nounced aggressive qualities, which
however, are only exhibited when
dogs of the nondescript variety
emerge from the alley at the side of
the police station and attempt to force
their acquaintance upon her or at
tempt an exploration of the subter-
ranean passages of the city hall.
When one of the unwelcome visitors
comes within puss' reach there is a
hiss and snarl, the flash of white,
outssretched raw and a badly fright
ened dog Sinking off down the alley.
Puss loses no time in insututing hos
tilities against her enemies, and dogs
large and of forbidding appearance,
who formerly frequented the neigh
borhood IF city hall square, now give
that region a wide berth at night, for
it is between midnight and the dog
watch that puss keeps her vigil. When
not en- gagged in keeping ours away
from the station house, puss generally
may be found curled up and purring
eonten.edly in the lap of one of the
officers.
"old John" the negro janitor of the
station. who usually begins his daily
routine at two o'clock in the morn
ing. has trained the kitten to awaken
him at that hour each morning This
the kitten aceomplishes by licking his
face, and when he feels its soft, warm
touch on his cheek he knows that ii
is time to get up and doing, for the
officers and station keepers rooms
must be cleaned and put in order be
fore the day squad comes on duty.
During his night vigil, John Heinz
man, the station keeper insists that
he finds the kitten excellent company
/ when there are few calls for the pa
troll wagon, and there is little to claim
/ his attention. Puss' favorite couch
is on the telephone exchange board
md she will lie there contentedly fol
ours when not awakened by dogs OF
alls on the telephone, at which hel
lr bristles with interest until the pa
troll wagon has proceeded on its way