Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-06
has been there since the opening. His
blonde hair earned him his nickname.
oAD-TIMER ASKS FOR
THE Plco HOUSE

oAD-TIMER ASKS FOR
THE PIco HOUSE
/ Twenty-four years I'm Los Angeles is
equal to fifty years in any other city,
accor ling to M. B. Dweley of Walla
Wu,ia, Washington. Mr.. Dwelley ar
rived at the Westminster with his
} family yesterday, and it is just twen-
ty-four years since he was here the
. last time.
"I do not know what to make of this
place." said he, after a walk through
the principal business streets. "I cam
not find out where any of the old
places 1 used to know are now, and
there is hardly a landmark left. To
realize that little old Los Angeles
should have become such a great big
city is almost impossible. If we had
talked or even dreamed about all these
fine buildings in those days people
would have thought us crazy.
where is the Pico house?" 1 heard
him ask one of the clerks, and after
searching his memory the clerk finally
recolected that he had heard about
the Pico house once being the most
/ fashionable hostelry in the city.
Has Auto Bus
Down at the Lankershim everyone
from the chief clerk down or up is
simply bursting with pride. The cause
of the elation is an automobile bus,
which henceforth will carry the Lam
! kerShim guests to and from the trains.
The automobile is the first of the kind
In the city and of course the hotel
people feel like patting themselves on
the back. The picture of 1t arrived
i yesterday and the original is expected
today. but the picture was quite
enough to throw the clerks and bell
boys into an ecstsy of delight The
automobile will seat fourteen people
and a liveried chauffeur will drive it.
1t was made in Cleveland, Ohio, by the
! White company.
Had Pleasant Trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Billings and
i their daughter who are at the West
minister hotel, have just had trip that
was filled with interesting Incidents
Mr.. Billings is a capitalist and mining
} man of Chicago and he had to go to
, Mexico to look after some mining prop
critics. Mrs. Billings and her daughter
went with him, and for three weeks they
enjoyed roughing it in true western
style. They covered miles of rocky
ground on burro- back, and slept out of
doors and in a tent all the time
All declare they got just enough of it
to make them want more.
VIII Stay Here
DR.. T. A. Poole, a prominent physi-
clan of Baltimore, is at the Lanker-
SHIN, and DIR. Poole says he is not go
ing back. back to Baltimore" The
reason is the same old story, Climate"
The doctor thinks Los Angeles just the
finest place he has found yet and says
If he does go back it will only be for
long enough to tell all his friends to
come to Los Angeles.
Prominent Fasteners
A party Of prominent easterners who
are on their way to the far east for a
pleasure trip and are registered at the
Lankershim is composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. V. p. Lumpkins and Miss Nell
Lumpkins of Cincinnati Ohio, Miss
Janey Rogers of Kalamazoo, Michigan,
Mrs. A. A. Adams and Miss Josephine
Adams They are going to visit the
Philippines, Japan, China and other
islands.
A. H. Butler, a promoter and capt.
talist of New York, is at the Alexan-
dria.
C. A. Mathewson and Roy A. Math-
ewson of Chihuahua, Mexico, are at the
Angelus.
Henry H. Jacobson, jewelry manu-
facturer of New York city, is at the
Alexandria.
H. A. Jones of the Southern Pacific
company. from San Francisco, is at
the Alexandria.
w. Alberger, general traffic manager
of the Santa Fe, has arrived from Chi
cago and Is at the Hayward.
Jacob E. Ridgeway, a Philadelphia
capitalist with mining interests in the
west, is at the Westminster.
j. s. Branford and his wife of Salt
Lake City, have taken apartments at
the Lankershim for the winter
Miss Busley, leading woman of "In
the Bishops Carriage" company, and
her maid are at. the Alexandria.
DR.. Phelan, a United States army
surgeon, stationed at San Diego, is at
the Westminster for few days.
Fl. j, Kennedy OF Cincinnati, largely
interested in some of the flower mills
or that city, is at the Alexandria.
r. L. Forsythe, formerly of Clark &
Forsythe, owners of the Broadway
Van Nuys hotel, is at the Hayward.
B. p. Cheney, capitalist of Chicago,
ana one of the heavy stockholders IN
the Santa Fe and his wife are at the
Van Nuys.
DR.. C. Leeper of New York and DR..
Craig OF Denver are prominent ply
sicians at the Lankershim. With DR..
} Craig Is his wife.
Admiral and Mrs. McCalla of Santa
Barbara are at the Van Nuys for a
! few days on their way to Coronado,
where they are going for visit.
A. B. G. Dohrmann of San Francisco,
of the firm of Parmalee q Dohrmann,
and also one of the heavy stockholders
in the st. Francis hotel, Is at the Alex
andria.
party of prominent Chicago people
, at the Alexandria Is composed OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Dupee. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gale Thompson, p. Thompson and Miss
, Goodrich.
z Miss Margaret r. Haley daughter of
/ Architect A. l.. Haley, has returned
from Minneapolis, Mimi, accompanied
> by her aunt and cousin Miss A. Buck
, ham and Miss FTazal TuQkham