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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-31
MAINE BORDER sMuGGLERs.

Devices That Have Been Used to Beat
 the Custom Officers.
 Any person that lives nthe border between Maine and New Brunswick and doesn't know anything about smuggling must be deaf and dumb and blind. There are many ways to evade the officers
 In the Madawaska country, between Van Buren and Fort Kent, the settlers are the French Acadians, and all the customs officers in Maine, with the Sturgis deputies thrown in if they were there, could not prevent them from get ting their gin from across the river was there once, when the good women of Aroostook backed up by the law, sent a band of officers to prevent the poor Frenchman from spending his money for gin, writes Parkhurst man in the Lewiston Journal The water was high; there was no fording and every boat and ferry for miles was watched, It happened that Xavier G-was out of gin. He kept a public-house, and nothing for his guests to drink did not suit him at all.
 But he had something up his sleeve to fool the officers. A barrel of gin from the Canadian side was hauled through the woods to the river, dashed to the under side of log with hay wire, and sent adrift with a man on the log, Now, a. log can be held at certain angle in the river and the current will carry it across as it does a ferryboat-river- men often cross in this manner and it excites no suspicion. There was plenty of gin and molasses at Xavier's that day for dinner.
 And that very morning man with a double team was there loading wood: the blue jays in the trees probably mo- ticed that he was building a funny load
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nicipal ownership has been unqualified ly successful and here it would not cost much and would be profitable as shown by the big dividends of the pres ent companies. The roads are four times over capitalized on their con- templated profits so they could be ob- tained for a low price
 The city need only pay for the com pany as a going concern, as shown by the purchase of the Long Island Water company by Brooklyn. The roads could probably be bought for about $2000OO, 900. The profit would relieve the taxation, congestion and do away with much of the graft"
 The Yale men contended that it must be considered as a local question. The English cities are no parallel, Here II would be unproftable, evil and unne- eessary. All the evils of the present system can be renedied by regulation without the attendant evils of munich pal ownership. The poor service and | overcrowding can to a large extent never be remedied. But as far as IS 1 possible these evils are actully being | bettered by regulation.
 l As for the profit, the roads would cost $5O0,O0O,00O and, making every al | lowance, New York would lose over | S20,0OOOO a year. This money could l better be spent on school and other ne l eessities. In addition continuity is ne cessary in the operation of a large con- cern, thing impossible in New Yorl administration. Tim Sullivan has saic | that municipal ownership would be fine thing, as Tammany would still b' doing musiness at the millennium.
 In the rehuttals Yale demanded re form by the only possible means, regu- lation. In getting the roads the fran chises would have to be paid for, ant the city is not economically able to car
 ry the deal to it's end, since the cit! must pay the market value for tn road.
 Harvard insisted that, according tt the leading authorities, private owner ship of pubic utilities Is at the bolton of the present graft and corruption The city could get the roads for mucl
 less than their present value an
 operate them at profit. Then opera
 ting the system for the public, man much needed reforms could be carrie out. At present New York city is a
 the mercy of the monopoies, and it
 ony savation lies in municipal owner ship.
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in his big sled box; it was hollow in the. middle with Woodpiles at the sides and ends, and perhaps they noticed that every time the pung load of shout ing boys came down the hill they brought a chest of tea. The load was carefully covered with wood, taken to a village merchant, driven in the back yard and deposited in the cellar.
 One of my neighbors once suddenly had call to preach and finally went over into New Brunswick to spread the gospel. In thre weeks he returned and when he came back he hitched his old horse in the village street, near the custom house, and had prayer meet ing in the street, but no one istrusted that he had fifty costly silk dress pat terms in the bottom of his old wagon
 MT. A. had a farm that ran to the boundary line, His buildings were forty rods from the line, but his gran ary was only forty feet. Mr. B's farm buildings were close by on the. Cana dian side, road ran between the gran ary and B's buildings, the road was on the line. A raised about 600 bushels of oats each summer and put them in his granary. Each winter he sold about 5000 bushels. Of course things looked very suspicious. The custom officers l hid behind fences and rock piles and shivered many a winter night. Spotters and spies were hired, and Govern ment detective loafed around the line saloons for month in plain sight of the magic little granary, but discover ed nothing. It was dark and deserted nights, but in the morning A would come and help load his team. The de- tective would sometimes saunter over and ask foolish questions, peek into the bins and look for tracks in the snow and then go back more puzzled than ever.
 will tell how the Government was outwitted. Between the granary and lB's building was culvert under the road, wooden spout was made of boards about a foot square, and some dark stormy night at the beginning oi winter the snow was cleared away, an6 the spout laid close on the ground ir the culvert, under the road under fences and into As granary, A bell with cups attached ran inside the spout and crank in Bs barn was turr ed to carry the grain. As sit3was dowr hill a very little effort would carry 6 stream of oats into As granary fool square. A blustry night would oblter- ate all tracks.
 A pile of brush cut from apple trees was piled between the granary and tht road fence; this covered with a drift of snow hid the place where the spou entered the granary on the outside, an( on the inside 1t was covered by sliding
 back a wooden window. This was al
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ways pushed back over the hole in tho wall when they were loading oats, to- admit light, there being mo other win-i dow. When it was closed the bin was ifl darkness and the hole could not be seen Of course the oats were delivered in BIS barn in New Brunswick. When the snow began to melt in the spring the spout was removed and packed away until the next winter.
 The day dawned bright and clear and by g o'clock the ,trotting park aitsl lower end of the town was sWarmine with people to SC the races. Half a mile away across the fields was a sa- loon on the boundary line. The thirsty looked at it with Wistful eyes, but to walk there for drink through tho grass and grain was too much and to go around by the road by team where officers were thick as flies was notto bA thought of.
 Behind the parkfence, close to alittIn brook shaded by thick alders, was a dance floor and a little booth where lemonade and soft beer were sold There was soon a noisy crowd at this place, and by noon the town and lookup were full of trunks. More officers were sworn in, the saloons were searced, and men were sent through the crowds to look for pocket pedlers, but none were found The guards on the line road reported all quiet in their direction, and trunks when questioned where they got their. booze, refused to tell
 It was nine days wonder, but at last 1t leaked out Some farmers lnear
 the line were preparing to lay an Aque-
 duct. They had piled up several large
 rolls of half inch lead pipe. The con- spirators had taken this and with the aid of plumber had laid 1t in the
 grain and grass from the line saloon to the dance floor and botth near the
 racecourse The pipe came out under the counter in the booth and served
 both as conductor and speaking tube The night before digger load of empty bottles had been smuggled into the ald- CTS, and inside of twenty-four hoursa a thousand of them had been distribu- ed among the 1000 people at the celk- bration, filled with liquor, besides all that was sold by the glass.
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sTJsTAINs ANSWER.

Judge R. H. Tyner in the civil side of the city court has sustained the an- swer ofathe defendant in the suit Of k. Cavalerro vs. M. Gevertz on an alleged conversion of property claim.
 A demurrer had been filed in the case by Attorney Philip Pond in behalf Of the plaintiff. The answer as it was made is sustained by the court.
 LEFT TWO WILLS.
 In all probability the will left by Mrs. Christian Kuhn Oeleiein, who died recently at her home in Alling- town, West Haven, and drawn to make invalid a previous document, will in itself be found to have no standing in cuort probably. The two wills are in the custody of Judge Cleaveland and there will be a hearing on them April
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NorRE DAME LADY.

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TWO DIVORCE CASES.

Judge Thayer in the superior court yesterday afternoon granted two de- crees of divorce.
 A decree was granted to Giovanni from his wife, Lottie White Cofrances- co, on the ground of intidelity.
 The couple were married on October l1, 1904.
 The defendant was a party in raid made by the police few months ago.
 Also to Mary E. Fleming, of Meriden, from George ID. Fleming, of Danbury on grounds of intolerable cruelty and incompetence. They were married or October 4, 1883.
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charged with violating the liquor law two weeks ago Sunday by inviting two Yale students into his saloon, was fined $50 and costs of $171S.
 Alexander Barlta, charged with evad- ing payment of railroad fare, was fiil- ed $10 and costs.
 Thomas Brennan for begging was sent to jail for thirty days.
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BRADLEY GETS $SO IN ALL.

Game Warden Bradley yesterday took sSO as his fees for arresting seven Oak street fishmen for selling pike out of season. Judge Tyner allowed three of the cases to be nolled because of the financial condition of the people. Those who paid 1925 for the offense were Jacob Cohen, Maymen Davis, Morris Quinto, and Paul Levine From each of the four cases Bradley took $2O allowed by the statute for the conviction.
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CITY BANK IS LOSER.

Judge Bennett, of the Common Pleas court, yesterday rendered a Judgment in favor of the defendant for costs in the sui. of the City bank against Frank A. Shaffer, a Bristol plumber. This was a suit for three hundred dollars damages growing out of the failure of the E. s. Wheeler company. The firm borrowed money from the bank and as collateral security gave it's claims against people alleged to owe it money. This the bank undertook to collect
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TrTDGE TYNBR AND CHEAP
 DANCES.

"Music hall dances are not good for girls said Judge Tyner in the city court yesterday morning in disposing of inc night walking cases against Eliza hath Gehike and Margaret D. Sullivan, who are seventeen and eighteen years old respectively. These girls left home last Thursday and have been rooming ,n tbe Aldrich house and attending the theaters and dances until they were ar rested by the famous flying squadron.
 Judge Tyner found that the flying squadron had not made out case against the girls because they failed to show that they had evil intentions He commended the squadron, stating that +bev acted wisely in bringing the girls in He discharged the Sullivan girl stating that she had never been before tbs ,s'-s9 court before, and the Gehike girl was @ mt in Probation Officer Preston's charge until May 30.
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vance scale was paid, he would resign. The vote was almost unanimous, al- though Vice President Lewis took a vigorous position against it.
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F1NED FOR SELLING BOB VEAL.

David Fleischeer, a peddler, was talk an into custody yesterday morning by Health Inspector Gibbons, Inspector O'DonnelI and Policeman Landy on a charge of selling bob veal to a butcher, in Wooster street, and he was fined $1O and costs.
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IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
JURORS WHO WILL SERVE ON
 CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT.

i'd Good Will and Business and Then
 Started Opposition - Judge Thayer
 Grants Two DiyOrces-City Bank
 Sustains Loss-Left Two WilIs--
 Other Court Notes,
 Papers were returned to the superior court yesterday morning in an injunc- tion suit brought against Martin Jols- ky, restraining him from maintaining a blacksmith shop in Orchard street and asking damages of two thousand dollars. The case is brought by Jacob Wienstein through Attorney Charles Brooks and is returnable at the nedt term of court.
 It is alleged in the complaint that on January F Jolsky sold out his smithing business at 502 Orchard street to the plaintiff, Jacob Wienstein. In the bill of sale was included his good will, etc, and en agreement not to start rival business within thirty city blocks of the new owner. Jolsky is alleged to have tented a building opposite and started opposition, hence the suit.
 JURORS FOR SUPERIOR COURT.
 The following named jurors have been summoned to serve at the April term of the criminal superior court, which apens in this city, with Judge Roraback on the bench, next Tuesday;
 Roderick E, Harrison, Newton H Snow, North Branford; Theophilus Ba- ton, Lewis l. Fowler, Hector W. Storrs North Haven; George Hofer, John T. Clark, p. c. Russell, Orange; Charles B. Johnson, Franklin Nichols, Smith c Wheeler Oxford; Minor Blackman Charles s. Fenn, Prospect; Wilbur Bas- sett, c. H. Jones, George A. Devine Seymour; Henry Davis, Oliver w Smith, Southbury.
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 nois and Ohia to submit the wage diff ferences to arbitration. Where a coal operator owns mines in different dis tricts the scale must be signed for all the properties at the same time before any of his mines will be allowed to run
 The action of the convention proba- bly will bring out of the mines of the
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OTHER CITY COURT CASES. Ernest L. Miller of Goffe street
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--HA s
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The style of Hats for Spring and Summer 1906 vary considerably from the conventional styles which have been in vogue for several years. For correct style and comfort we recom- mend the John D. stetsOn--SpeeIal- John 0. Wilson Hats--The Guyer-. flexible Hats-Young's Hatp. We nrc agents for all these makes and have complete lines of sizes, shapes and shades. Let us fit you this season.
 BrOokS-Co|Iins Co.
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 Just Below Orange strest.
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ID MEET MINERS.

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
REALTY ORATORS
CAPTURE FRESNO
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS BY ANGEL
CITY DELEGATE
Topic, "csilfornla the Real Estate
Paradise"--lrrlgatlon and Other
Points Under Discussion at
the Convention

The second annual convention Of the
California Realty Federation, held at
Fresno, closed Saturday evening.
The attendance Of representative real
estate operators from all principal cities
in the state was large. and after the
submission of reports by state officers
many topics Of interest to the members
of the fraternity were taken up in
order and discussed.
The principal address was given by
Julius r. Black Of Los Angeles, whose
subject was California the Real Estate
Paradise" The speaker enlarged upon
the wondrous growth of Los Angeles,
called attention to increasing value of
business frontage on the principal
thoroughfares, the erection of numer-
GUS ten-story class A buildings, the
rapid building Of homes and the prog
ress of plans to bring pure mountain
water in unlimited supply from the
owens river to Los Angeles.
F. N. Crandall Of the San Jose Realty
board spoke on What Irrigation Means
to Real Estate"
The question box was opened at the
smoker" held Friday night.
The delegates we're entertained in a
princely manner by the Fresno frater-
nifty They were given excursions to the
raisln seeding plants, to Clovis Sunny
side, Kearney park and Selma.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
BUNGALoWSAND VACANT LOTS
Sales Last Week in Fine Locations
Aggregating nearly
$4,000

The Edwards & Winters company re-
port the following sales for the week:
For Mrs. M. Moltry to Mrs. c. Inger-
soil, lot 50x150 feet on the west side of
Fourth avenue, between Pico and Six
teenth streets, consideration $1,000; pur-
chased for an investment.
For G. J. Heyler to A. Macdonald,
lot 50x145 on the east side of Los An
geles street, between Twenty-third and
Washington, $4,000; purchased for an
Investment.
For e. Florence to M. ]. Miller, lot
50x130 on the east side of Sixth avenue,
between Washington and Twenty-third
streets, $1400; purchased for an invest
l1ent.
For Geo. Goldworth to j. H. Nc
Cutchen, lot 5Ox150, improved with an
eight-roonf residence known as 242S
Budlong, $1,000; purchased for a home.
For Miss E. Wolley to Lawrence Ed
wards, lot 50x15O on Tenth avenue, be-
tween Adams and Washington, $1,000;
bought for an investment.
For Stanley Larman to H. G.. Crook,
lot 50x150 on the west side of Sixth ave-
nue., between Twenty-third and Wash
ington street, $l40O; purchased for an
vestment. .
For ]. A. Bowden to w. o, McCubbin,
lot 5Ox125, improved with six-room
uuhS oiO" hho"u dS GoVo rllnI avenue,
$500; purchased for home.
For G. A. v. Meulen to w. ]. Law
renee, lot 50x125 on the south side of
Flint avenue, between Cimarron and
Durango, $3.50.
For H. Wildey to J. Stigman, lot Ask
1876, improved with an eight-room resi-
dence known as 1856 East Twenty-sev-
enth street, $4,000; purchased for al
home.
For H. e. Newl to the California
Bungalow company, lot 5Ox11S on the
west side of Oxford avenue, between
Washington and Sixteenth streets
5000; purchaser will improve with an
eight-room modern residence.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14

ed by the national government will
provide a water supply for more than
million acres Of arid lands
The report says these are certain to
cause an influx Of settlers into west
ern America during the next few years.
The report discusses arid soils and
water supplies generally and describes
how to locate and build farm bitches,
prepare land to receive water and how
much water to apply.
Experience throughout the arid re-
gion," the report says, sis determining
that the great danger to irrigated
lands is lack Of drainage
water applied to crops raises the
ground wat0r, which brings with it all
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
WATER MAINS GOING
IN EAGLE ROCK VALLEY
CONTRACT TO BE LET FOR OIL.
ING WIDE STREETS
Annandae Reservoir Water Now In
Use for Domestic Purposes-Rapld
Development Of New Residence
Seeton--Lot Valuations

The Eagle Rock Improvement asso-
citation has decided upon the grades for
Colorado street and Central avenue.
The former is to be 120 feet wide and
the latter 100 feet. Bids are now being
secured for the grading and oiling OF
these two thoroughfares. A sixty day
limit is to be placed upon all contracts.
SO that the miserable, dusty condi-
tions now prevailing along the route
OF the Eagle Rock car line will soon be
at an end.
The water mains Of the Eagle Rock
Water company are being rapidly ex-
tended throughout the valley and
water is now being pumped by the
company to their Annandale reservoir.
Eagle Rock Sales
The Edwards & Winters company re-
port a heavy inquiry for Eagle Rock
building sites. Despite the unsettled
and dusty condition of the streets, due
to the double tracking Of the car line,
large numbers Of people continue to
look over the valley. Among the sales
by the company last week are the fol-
lowing:
In KeniIworth tract-To Mrs. Julia
r. Smith. lot 40, 50xl85 feet. east front
on Kenilworth avenue, $3.50. bought for
improvement with an expensive bunga-
low. TO Charles T. Dye, lot 40, east
front ON Kenilworth avenue, 50xls5
$780, bought for investment. TO c. I
Green. lot SO and north half Of lot 81,
being 75x1S5 feet on the east side OF
Highland avenue, S1O50. To Godfrey ed.
wards. lot 81 and the south half OF loi
so. being 75x1S5 feet east side OF High
land avenue, S1050. The last two pur.
chaaerg Will improve at once with
eight-roOm residences and will CO.
operate In improving their large
In Mayfair Park
IN their Mayfair Park tract, placed
on sale last week, the firm have solo
the following lots TO George w. Ward
lot As, east front on Royal drive, $3.50
bought for Investment. To Lawrence
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G. Edwards. lots "a ana Is. being look
i6O, west front on Royal drive $500,
bought for improvement with a coun-
try home. To G. !. Fowler lot 26. 5ox
1850, on the east side OF Royal drive,
front on Royal drive, 5ox160, $3.50,
bought for Improvement. To Mrs. M
A. Hickson, lots IS and 10, being look
160 west front on Royal drive, $500.
To Alphonse Charbonneau, lot 2s. be-
ing the southeast corner Hill avenue
and Royal drive, 60xi60, 1920 Mr.
Charbonneau will later on improve
with a large story and a half bungalow.
on Royal avenue, 5Ox160, $3.50, bought
for Investment,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14

the salt dissolved from the soil; ca
pillarity brings this water to the sur
face where it evaporates, and the salts
accumulate until all vegetation is de-
stroyed.
''The only insurance against this is
proper drainage but anything, as
economy in the use of water and thor
ough cultivation-which will check
the rise of ground water or lessen evap-
Grafton, will decrease the DANGER
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
BIG PROFIT IN. FOUR YEARS
Eleven Acres In Wiltshire Boulevard
Sold for $127, 900 to J. o.
WAIlAs

One Of the Interesting transactions Of
the past week was the. sale of eleven
acres on Wiltshire boulevard by H. T.
Crowell toJ. d. Welles, jr., closed by
Strong & Dickinson and Lee McCon-
nell. The consideration was $127,O00.
Four years ago Mr.. Crowell paid
81, 900 for the land. The acreage is To-
Gated just west of Vermont avenue and
is in one Of the exclusive residence
sections Of Los Angeles, where many
fine dwellings have been erected at a
cost of $4,000 to 100000.
Mr.. Welles bought the tract for SUBJ
division and will ask $40 to 500 a front
foot for lots. The building restrictions
will be $4,000 to $4,000.