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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
GIRLS STOCKING LURES
CASH TO AID A CHURCH
SCHEME WORKS BEAUTIFULLY
AND MAKES MONEY, TOO
Pttsburgers Who Are coyIy Invited
by Young Women to Put Something
Into Their Hosiery Are Given
Short-Lived and Costly Shock
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PITTSBURG, March 17.-"Won't you
please put something in my stocking?'
This startling request hurled at
business man by a neat and pretty
young woman today made him
gasp. He was about to express a will
Iingness to do anything in reason, when
he saw that the young woman was
very much in earnest and not little
embarrassed.
In her hand she held a beautiful
stocking, perhaps about the size she
wore herself. Instead of garter at
the top there was "a beautiful draw
string woven in and out. The business
man was shown how he could neatly
undo the draw string and put some
thing into the stocking-a coin, for III
stance-and he did.
The young woman was but one OF
few dozen from the Methodist Protest
ant church on Fifth avenue. They
conceived the novel idea of collecting
in this way to pay off chuch debt
of $500 and are meeting with great
success. though some of the older mem
hers look on the move with horror.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
BLIND GIRL A PRODIGY
Though She Cannot See, She COM
poses and Sings Like One
of the Old School
Special to The Herald.


Special to The Herald.
HARTFORD Conn, March 17.-Alice
HaloWell, q 15-year-old pupil at the
kindergarten for the blind in this city,
is pronounced a musical prodigy. She
is sliilful pianist, a singer of promise
and a composer. She has just pub
lished a polka from the sale of which
she hopes to get money to help her in
getting a musical education.
Ever since she came to this city six
years ago from her home in Windsor
Locks she has been devotedly fond of
music. All her spare time has been
given to studying music. She reads
music as quickly as singer who has
the advantage of eyesight. She reads
having once learned q composition has
no trouble in singing it,
Her voice is n soprano with range
21a octaves, and in the light tones she
can sing C natural, although her teach
ers here prefer that she shall not sing
above A fiat, until she grows older,
for fear of straining her voice.
She can quickly name chord when
struck on the piano. tell the notes that
compose it and whether played by the
right or left hand. Her skill and
power of memorizing are shown by
the fact that she can sing and play
the accompaniment to Mendelssohn's
"On Songs Bright Pinions" and va
rious other classical songs.
Personally, the blind girl is attrac-
tive. She is slender and does not look
Is years old. She is frail, and her
golden hair seems to accentuate this.
She has an intelligent face.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
SEE TOO MANY CHURCHES
So Memphis Football Playing Students
on Tour Leave Their Pro-
fessor in Europe
special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 17.-Giving
az the reason for suddenly abandoning
their tour over the European continent
that they objected to the too frequent
visits to religious editices insisted on
by DR.. Swigart professor of modern
languages, several students at Sewanee
university have returned home.
Capt. Scarborough of the football
eleven, Greer the right end, and Shaf-
fer. the star halfback, were among
those who left the party.
"It is true we went abroad for in
struction," said one of the returning
party, "but we thought we might be
permitted to sprinkle little fun along
with the general life. We were taken
into churches by the wholesale. We
enjoyed the famous old-style architec-
ture and the wonderful cathedrals at
Milan, Rome, Cologne and Notre Dame,
Paris, but we had to draw the line at
the frequent visits to the little
churches that were of no interest to
us. Therefore we packed up our
trunks and sailed"
1t is said that the faculty will in
vestigate the trouble, although the trip
was started when the students We're
not under the direct jurisdiction of the
university.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
TRANSFORMATION
OF EAGLE ROCK
BUSTLING ACTIVITY ATTRACT
ING ATTENTION
Striving to OutrivaI Hollywood and
Other Picturesque Home Places.
Plan for Extensive Ina
provements

To those accustomed for wears to
ENJOY the pretty drive through Eagle
ROCK, between Pasadena and Glendale,
the present scene Of bustling activity
must seem a strange one. Colorado
street, but yesterday a rough and mar
row road, is being transformed to a
loO-foot boulevard, graded in the mid
die for the extension of the Univer-
s1ty car line. On the right of Colorado
street, going in from Pasadena, the
beautifully sloping foothills are beinr
laid out in large residence lots, 'front.'
ing on seventy-foot streets. This foot
NIL property, being for the most part
IN highly improved orchards. now
bursting into bloom, is likely to prove
most attractive to lovers of country
life.
The awakening of Eagle Rock, un-
Goubtedly one of the most beautiful
valleys in California and only six miles
from Los Angeles, is directly due to the
car line in course of construction. In
fact, one could hardly find a more
striking illustration of the immense
value OF electric car service than is
afforded in this instance. Here is a
valley where nature has been most
lavish as climate, soil, elevation and
diversified scenery; nearer than Holly
wood to the city, and which until the
certainty of q car line, remained a
valley of orchards and vegetable gar
dens.
Since the commencement of grading
operations for the car line more than
one-third of the valley has changed
hands, one real estate firm alone hav-
ing sold over a quarter Of million dol
lars worth of acreage during the last
sixty days. With the change of own
ership has come a change of spirit. and
with the organization of the Eagle
Rock Improvement association it is
safe to predict that beautiful Holly
wood will soon have a dangerous rival
as choice residential suburb.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
VENICE DEALERS

The Guaranty Realty company is
getting their numerous properties in
shape for a grand spring opening which
will take place in the near future.
This firm has done great deal to-
ward the upbuilding and advancement
of Venice and may justly be placed
among the foremost real estate dealers
on the coast.
A. c. Wattes &c Co. have a number
of good buys of Venice and Ocean
Park properties at real bargains. Be
fore purchasing it will pay to investi-
gate them.
The Venice of America Land COM
pany report number of sales for the
past week, In their now famous East
Venice of America tract This tract
Is one of the ideal home site tracts
along the ocean, and terms for the
buyer are most liberal.
II. l.. Miller & Co. always get their
share of Venice business. Mr.. Miller
reports the sale of several good lots
to- eastern parties last week.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Below are the leading building per-
mits granted during the past week:
Sixth street, 2006 West-A. B. Cohn,
Third and Main streets, owner; Dun
comb Construction company, builder;
two-story, ten-room apartments, $45O0.
Ensign avenue, 726-George w. Pal
mer ga Fay building, owner; F. S.
Williamson & Co., builders; one-and-
a-half-story, seven-room residence,
$4,000.
Twenty-first street 2288 west-Henry
Hart, GAG Wall street. owner; ]. A.
Kemp, builder; two-story, eight-room
residence, $3.50.
Berkeley square, between Western
and Hermosa streets-WilIiam D.
Burke, city, owner; Alta Planning Mill
company, builder; two-story stable
$250O.
La Sale street, 8O12-Amelia Hide
brandt, 2712 Brighton avenue, owner
and builder; one-story, six-room resi-
dence, $4,000.
Flower street, 2O5-2O7 North-C. p.
Mathison, 1913 North Eastake avenue,
owner and builder; three-story, sixty
room apartments, $4,000.
Lake street, 1133-Hugo Hoffman.
1873 1-2 South Spring street, owner; G.
Hanson, builder; two-story twelve
room residence, $4,000.
Alameda street, 900-Kerclthoff-C Cuz-
ner NJ. & L. company, owner and
builder; one-story planning mill, $4,000.
Dana street 1444-Mary Slevering,
143S Dana street, owner; Frank Siever-
ing, builder; two-story, eight-room
residence, $25OO.
Olive street, 716-722 South-F. F.
Brown (Home Telegraph and Tel
ephone company, owner; three-story
telephone office. 100000
Lyon street. 956-Maier Packing COM
pany. t49 North Spring street, owner
and builder; two-story office building,
$4,000
Malvern street, 14O2-Lura S. Beyrie,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

all the improvements in this tract are
completed. The Pacific electric line
from San Pedro to Wilmington will
parallel the tract on the south to Long
Beach.
f. e. Shaw, the sale agent for Bel
mont Heights property, reports the sale
OF l6S lots in this tract in the past two
weeks. The property is owned by the
Alamitos Land company. The streets
are all graded, sidewalks and curbing
laid; i'll fact all improvements are COM
pleted. The tract is valued at 81 ,5OO,-
600. Mr.. Shaw also reports the sales of
lot 4 on block o and lot in block r
Of the Mira Mar tract, and part of lot
z In block 40 at Alamitos Beach.
The Kansas Real Estate company are
grading tract that they will soon be
placing on the market
F. w. Stearns g. Co. has sold over
$4,000 of property during the last ten
days in Belmont Heights, overlooking
Naples. The firm has also sold about
$4,000 worth of close-in lots during the
past week. Frank f. Strong of the
Stearns company is giving special at
tention to business property and close
in lots and has made number of sales
during the past week to Los Angeles
people.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Ocean Park, Venice, San Pedro, Long Beach
REALTY DEALERS REPORT INCREASED ACTIVITY

walks put down and water piped to
each lot. Pacific avenue will be 100
feet wide, and prices will range from
5000 to $1,000, third cash, balance In
six and twelve months. payments at
per cent interest. Mr.. Peck reports
the realty market very active.
McDermott e. Simon report the de-
mand for business property in excess
OF the supply and predict q bright
future for the town. r. Irwin says
that 1t is simply impossible to obtain
property for some of their eastern pur-
chasers, as the big tracts are held
closely by the owners, but as soon as
some of the ranches are opened up
San Pedro it will ease the
strain and have a tendency to bring
more outside capital into the town.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
REALTY AT SAN PEDRO

To say that San Pedro is experiencing
great activity in the real estate market
would be but mildly expressing the
point. 1t is in the midst Of a regular
boom such as has never been eX-
perlenced by the harbor city before.
There is great call for acreage and
business property and property at
very conser- -ative estimate has ad-
vanced fully 100 per cent during the
last year and each day sees 1t going
still higher The cause of this great
demand for property is the fact that
the public is beginning to realize that
San Pedro bids fair to become the
second seaport city of Importance on
the Pacific coast and is the natural
gateway to Los Angeles and its tribu-
tary towns. Another feature in favor
of San Pedros steady growth is the
fact that the government is eXpending
millions of dollars on its harbor. and
when the work is completed it will
rival San Francisco and Seattle FOR It's
share of the oriental trade. TO show
the building activity we give as an
illustration the Alexandria building,
Just completed at a cost of $4,000. 1t
Is a three-story brick, designed for
Offices and stores and extends from
Beacon and Front, between Fifth and
Sixth streets. Five other brick build
1nSS are ulluSl CDiiSAA anu N''N
contract has just been let for a four
story brick hotel, work to commence
at once.
George H. Peck started last week to
open up and subdivide the Pacific I'm
movement tract. This tract lies just
south of the city limits of San Pedro.
Starting at Twenty-fifth street it runs
to Thirty-sixth street and west from
Pacific avenue to Reno street Of the
Grand View tract No. 2. The Pacific |
Electric company started Friday to
build a line through this tract on
Pacific avenue to the lighthouse and |
from the lighthouse to White Point,
thus giving car service to all pur-
chasers Of this property. The lots will
be 25, As and so feet in width, with an
average depth Of 125- feet. The streets
will be graded, curbed, cement side !
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

for Mrs. Jessie A. Ogg. A storeroom
will occupy the ground floor and five
room apartment above.
Morgan & Walls are preparing plans
of a three-story brick bank building
75x100 feet, to be erected at San Pedro
for George H. Peck. The front will be
faced with glazed terra Gotta and have
plate glass windows, marble staircase,
tiled lobby, concrete vault with all
modern appointments.
He is also making plans for two
story building to contain two siX-room
fats to be erected at Long Beach for
f. G. Wood. He has also prepared
plans for a large fourteen-room resi-
dence to be constructed for w. w.
Everhardy at the northeast corner of
Eleventh street and Elden avenue. 1t
will have pressed brick stone and Ce-
ment exterior The interior will be fin
ished in hardwood, with polished floors.
1t will be strictly up-to-date in every
detail.
He has also prepared plans for a
fifty-room hotel and dining room,
10Ox40 feet, to be erected at the mining
camp of the Lowell Mining company
at Palmdale A fifty-stamp mill will
also be added to their plant in the near
future.
He has also in preparation plans for
a three-story building tc ontain twelve
three-room apartments to be built on
the east side of Westlake avenue, near
Seventh street, for H. E. c. Webb. 1t
will have hot and cold water, gas and
electricity, private baths and other
modern features.
e. A Goodale is preparing plans for
the addition of three large class rooms
to the Sawtelle school, making it when
finished an eight-room building. New
stairways and fire escapes will also be
added.
The same architect is also drawing
plans for a one-story and basement
store building, 51X60 feet, to be built
at Sawtelle for c. b. Tibbetts 1t will
have cement walls up to first floor line
and hollow concrete blocks above. 1t
will be built of sufficient strength to
sustain an additional story. There
will be two storerooms with plate
glass fronts, etc.
He is also preparing plans for two
story ten-room frame residence to be
built on Kensington road for Mrs.
Lowe. 1t will have a brick fireplace,
large living and dining rooms, buffet,
polished floors, nickel plated plumbing
and pergola.
He is also making plans for a rail-
way station and waiting room to be
constructed at Belle Vernon station on
the line of the Southern Pacific COM
pany
A. b. Benton is preparing plans for
a four-story and basement building,
G0x16O feet to be erected on the west
side of Hill street, north of Third
street, for the Young Women's Chris
tian association.
The same architect is making plans
of an orphanage to be erected on a fif-
teen-acre tract at Toluca for the Flor
ence home. 1t Will be a two-story and
basement frame structure, with dormi-
tories for the accommodation of forty
inmates. Every convenience for a
building of this character will be in
stalled.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
LOTS AND ACREAGE SOLD
Big Bunch of Sales Closed by the
Edwards G. Winters
AGENCY

Among sales of lots and acreage by
Edwards & Winters during the past
week were the following:
For Mary A. Lewis to a local in
vcstor, with the cooperation of A. r.
Jergins & Co., lot 65x12O feet on the
south side Of West Third street, be-
tween Flower and Figueroa,, unim-
proved: consideration, $4,000. For
Anne p. Marmon to Edward Stuetz,
45x120 feet on the north side of Jeffer-
son street, between Brighton and Hall
dale unimproved; consideration, 1880:
bought for Improvement For Otto G.
Wilder to Edgar Deardon, 50X150 feet
on the east side of Third avenue, be-
tween Sixteenth ad Pico streets: con-
sideration. $120O; Mr.. Deardon will i'm
prove with siX-room modern bun
galOw. For II. ID. Reynolds to M. C.
Gehres, five-room cottage, 1457 East
Fifty-seVenth street: consideration
$500. For l.. f. Dunbar to C. l..
Lauden, 5Ox121 feet on the east side of
Budlong avenue, between Alams and
Twenty-seventh streets; consideration,
$500; Mr.. Lauden will improve with a
modern eight-room residence to cost
about $4,000. For Mrs. James Scott to
Marshall Finch, two-story, seven-room
modern residence, 1921 Oxford avenue;
consideration, $500.
Among the acreage deals made by
the Edwards & Winters company in
Eagle Rock during the past week are
the following: For Thomas Brooks. jr.,
to A. M. Latimer forty and one-half
line and running up to the foothills,
line and running up to the foot hills,
together with valuable water rights;
consideration, $23,0O0. For w. ii. Ell
lenwood to a local syndicate thirty-four
and one-half acres of foothill land,
fronting about 1000 feet on Colorado
street and commanding a magnificent
view of the entire country; considera
tion approximately, 500, 900,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

nue. to Mr.. Cooper of Los Angeles. A
consideration of $4,000 is said to have
closed the deal.
The MilIer-Pike Land company is
now making a special inducement to
prospective purchasers of acreage by
offering tracts of irrigable land in
Kings county on small cash payments
and monthly installments of $40 or less
The property ON which neither taxes
or interest is assessed is said to be
meeting with q ready sale.
D. S. Barda has sold the store build
ing and site adjoining the seaside the
ater on the west to L. P. Straight OF
De Smet, N. D. The consideration is
stated at $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Water Pipe Contract

The Mccarthy company has closed a
contract for $4,000 feet of water pipe
for its new Greater Los Angeles tract
The system will be put in under the
Los Angeles city water rules and con-
nected with the famous Tomkinson
well. one of the largest wells south of
Slauson avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
FIGURES SHOW
RAPID GROWTH
MARCH PROMISES TO BREAK
RECORDS IN BUILDING
ITO Date Gain Of More Than 100 Per
Cent Over 1eo5-Improvements
Multiply in Every
Direction

March 1906, is forging ahead in build
ing improvements at pace that has
caused most favorable comment.
Think of it! Only about half the
month gone and the permits granted
foot up $50, authorizing Improvements
valued at $1,231, $50! For the same
period last year 43S permits were is
sued for $591,OSO, being a gain of over
100 per cent. The remainder of the
winter may bring the total valuation
of improvements close to $200O,O0O. In
every direction building is active, and
architects are rushed with orders for
plans for new structures.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

The past week has been one of in
creased inquiry and activity In beach
property,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
New Plans by Architects

Since March II architects have
planned new buildings for Los Angeles
and vicinity reported to the Builder
and Contractor, as follows:
C. c. Rittenhouse has prepared plans
for an eight-room residence to he erect
ed on El Molino street, between Ninth
and Tenth streets, for Harry r. Dixon.
f. Parmentier is drawing plans for
three-story frame building, with
plastered exterior, fronting 120 feet on
Also street, 1872 feet on Summit avenue
and "A feet deep.
Charles f. Shattuck has made draw
ings for a twO-story eight-room resi-
dence to be built on Brand boulevard,
between Berchum and Doran avenues,
Glendale, for Price Brown.
Kavanaugh & Barnes are preparing
plans of a part one and two-story
factory building 15OX3OO feet to be
built in the industrial district for the
Railway Axle Manufacturing and Ma
chine company. 1t will be of brick
frame and plaster construction, and
have railway trackage through it with
moving cranes for handling rolling
stock.
s. Tllden Norton has prepared plans
for three frame buildings, each to con-
tain two six-room flats, These build
ings will be erected on the southwest
corner of Westlake avenue and Sixth
street for A. B. Cohn. The exterior
will be of rustic and blue brick. They
will have beamed ceilings in halls and
dining rooms and paneled wainscoting.
White tile floors and wainscoting in
bath rooms, in which first-class nickel
plated plumbing will be installed. Other
features will be added making these
buildings thoroughly modern.
A. l.. Haley is preparing plans for
a two-story eight-room frame resi-
dence to be built at San Diego for the
Bartlett estate.
Scott Bros. have drawn plans for a
store and dwelling to be built at the
corner of Temple and Figueroa streets
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

and builder; two-story, eight-room
residence, S4500.
Olive street, 4O06 South--L. L. Blake,
S01 East Thirty-siXth street, owner and
builder: observation-disclosures twelve
room double residence, $30O0
Figueroa street, 4517 South-S. T.
Exley, care Harper, Reynolds & Co.,
owner; w. c. Miller, builder; one-and-
a-half-story, seven-room residence,
$270O.
Western avenue, 2S15-Anderson
Bros, 215 Mercantile place, owners; w.
w. Anderson, builder; one-story six
room residence, $1,000,
West side Arlington avenue beteen
Twelfth and Pico streets-John Howe,
H. w. Hellman building, owner; F. O..
Engstrom Co., builder, two-story elev-
en-room residence, $14,732
Forty-first street, 6S5 East-Jissey
Vernon, $40 Crocker street, owner; John
Mellirh, builder; -a-halt-story'
fve-room residence, $1,000,
Towne avenue. CIV. H. Cowne at
lot, owner and builder; three-story thlr-
ty-room apartments, $500.
San Pedro street, 11391145-J. M
Nickerson, S11 East Fifth street, owner
and builder; one-story four-room
stores, $4,000.
Fifty-fourth street, 1926 Vest. F.
Pettrie, Fifty-third street, owner; w.
A. Hicks, builder; one and one-half
story six-room residence, $2750.
Lyon street, 956-Maier Packing Co.,
145 North Spring street, owner and
builder; four-story slaughtering house
$22 500.
Lyon street, 956-Maier Packing Co.,
149 North Spring street, owner and
builder; two-story barn, $3S0O.
Lyon street, 956-Maier Packing Co.,
149 North Spring street, owner and
builder; three-story cold storage, $4,000.
Lyon street, .956-Maier Packing Co.,
149 North Spring street owner and
builder; one-story two-room power
plant, $4,000.
Harvard boulevard. 714-J. f. john
ston, owner; John Herman, builder;
two-story eight-rOom residence, $34GO.
Kensingtcn road, S79-Kathleen EN-
erson, Kensington and Douglas streets,
owner; O. L. Seelye and son, builder;
one and one-half-story seven-room
residence, $230O
Ninth street, West 2636-J. F. Tala-
NANTES, police station, owner; w. II.
Gilbert, builder; one and half story six
room residence, $2350.
Orange street, 1O55-M. A. Cope, 1115
Ingraham street, owner; James f.
Langston, builder; two-stOry sixteen
room residence, $747O.
Twenty-ninth street, 2O57 West-Net-
tie NJ. Smith, 1130 West Twenty-ninth
street. owner; H. E. Smith, builder;
one-story siX-room residence, $4,000.
East of Date and south of Alhambra
street-Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co,
1O5 South Broadway, owner and builder;
addition to present building, $500.
Mateo street, 559-577 American-En-
glish Foundry Co., 546 Water street,
owner; F. o. Engstrom Co., builder;
two-story pattern shop, $4,000.
Fortieth street, BOG West-Olive Burl-
hardt, 53S Macy street, owner; S.
Brossmer, builder; two-story eight
room residence, $2500.
Turner street, 742-W. Moody COM
pany, 1855 South Union avenue, owner;
j. A. Klaequist, builder; two-story pie
factory, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Talk o-Phone free. See the proposition
In today's Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
TabuIated suIIdlna Statement

Below are the official figures since
March 1, 1906 from the office of the
building superintendent
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Ward improvements

Following is the report by ward for
the past week;
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Principal Building Permits

Total ..............1SO ;3s5,2;