Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-23
MAKES PLEA FOR
MISS GOOLBRITH
JAMES TALKS OF GOLDEN
GATE TRINITY
We'll Known Asther AppssIs fer Aid
for Aged Writer whe avasrsd
severe Lsss In can Fran
cisco DIsasssr

Three thousand dollars at ieas,
should be the amount Of money raised
20 build home for Miss Ina D. Cool
brith." said George Wharton James in
an interview yesterday.
Miss Cooibrith lost all her property
and valuable manuscripts that she had
been preparing for publication, among
which were several pertaining to Calf
fornia." continued Mr. James. And
notwithstanding her age. sixty years,
ffsshs can be provided with home. she
will have the courage to gather up "a
a certain extent that which she has
lost and have her works published sub
stantIally as originally intended.
"The raising Of this money should
be accomplished for the benefit OF such
a worthy woman and author. 50 that
she will not be embarrassed for want
of a home and finances in her declining
years.
TN the furtherance Of this good cause
auction sales probably will be held in
the disposition of some Of the works
of noted authors, and other methods
will be devised. and the proceeds will
be applied TO the fund"
HGolden Gate Trinity"
Mr.. James spoke at the Fellowship
meeting before a large audience yes
terday morning in Blanchard hall, and
in the course Of his remarks made a
plea for California's gifted writer. His
address was entitled "The Golden Gate
Trinity" He said:
Previous to 1869 the people of Cali
fornia knew but little Of California
literature. Today California leads,
excepting in the New England states.
We have now a clean cut literature,
due much to the literary efforts of the
trinity, Bret Harte, Charles Warren
Stoddard and Miss Ina d. Cooibrith.
"Bret Harte was very distinctive in
his literary works and at times some Of
them were assaiIed vigorously by min
listers and others. But after a certain
round Of criticism, he came out as one
of the great leaders in the literature of
California and received large offers
from publishers in the east"
Mr.. James read several poems of
Bret Harte, and then turned his ad-
dress with reference to Mr.. Stoddard.
the second in the trinity
The speaker referred 70 Mr.. Stoddard
as an author and writer Of much merit.
adding that he was now in California
writing on the missions
Regarding Miss Coolbrith, the last
Of the trinity, Mr. James spoke OF her
literary work Of forty years, much Of
which had been destroyed In the San
Francisco disaster.
At the close Of the service a goodly
amount was raised for the fund TO Sc
cure a home for Miss Coolbrith, pre-
sumably in Los Angeles.
Studies SaIton Sea
Mr.. James has been making a study
of the Salton sea for several weeks. He
is preparing a book on the subject and
also magazine articles. He has dis
covered some interesting things there,
which will make good reading. He
found small island in the lake where
he caught two hungry coyotes. which
were hemmed in by the waters many
months ago, and have been living ever
since on a constantly decreasing strip
of land.
The Salton lake is now a rough piece
of water 1t has the appearance Of the
ocean and a natural swell that comes in
like the waves OF the Pacific There is
in It's deepest parts depth of seventy
eight feet. 1t is eighteen miles wide
in some places and sixty miles long.
The Colorado river has recently reached
its high water mark and much water is
flowing into the lake, which is still ris-
ing.
This rise IN the waters has forced
the Southern Pacific to change its
tracks again, the old line and the tele-
graph lines being moved to an eleva-
tion Of fifty feet above the old line.
About forty miles Of track was moved.
The poles Of the first telegraph line are
now out Of sight. The lake is very
quiet az q. rule I'm the morning, but be-
fore noon winds spring up and IL is then
a dangerous piece of water
So much water has run into the lake
that II is now quite clear and free OF
salt. At first there was from II to %
per cent salt in the water, but now II
can be used for drinking water II neces-
sary. II is full ~ fish Of all sizes. and
some weighing over twenty-five pounds
have been caught.