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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
WASTE PAPER RECEPTAcLEs
Herald Reader Tells How the City of
Detroit Has Solved the Per-
plexinq Problem

LOS ANGELES, Nov. N.-GEditor
Herald; l have been reading in your
paper the news regarding the waste
paper on the streets. I know one city
that has solved the problem in relation
to it's downtown streets, at any rate.
That city is Detroit, Mich.
/ have visited many of the large
cities and l have yet to see one having
as clean a business section as Detroit.
On every corner and in the middle of
each block is placed very neatly
painted barrel about three feet high
and two feet in circumference at the
base and two and one-half feet in cir
cumference at the top. The barrels
are evidently made specially for the
purpose, as they have cover on hinges
at the top and there is neat lettering
painted on them to the effect, II l re-
member rightly, Detroit Public Works
Waste Box"
l don't believe 1 ever saw the cutters
filled with miscellaneous papers and
waste matter. Before ever going there
] knew of its reputation for cleanliness
and took particular notice when L got
there to see if it justly were entitled to
it, and l found it to be so.
There has been something said about
cans being used as receptacles for the
waste paper in this city. Now, have
seen cans used in other cities for the
same purpose, and they do not look
anywhere as neat and attractive as
those wooden barrels in Detroit. De-
troit's waste paper receptacles are
painted a glossy red and are not an eye
sore like the waste paper cans 1 have
seen in other cities. If cans are de-
cided upon for this city / predict they
will prove eyesores to art-loving citi-
zens
l would suggest to the authorities
having this affair in charge to COM
municate with the Detroit public works
and get particulars about their method
of collecting waste paper. 1t will pay
them. Yours for art as well as useful
ness FRED DUTRA.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
DEVELOPMENT FUND GROWS
D. M. Linnard Tenders Banquet at
Pasadena to Fifty Interested
Citizens

That Angelenos stand together, is
simply testified by the fact that $4,000
of the 100000 which the Development
society of California expects to raise
by noon Saturday had been pledged up
to o'clock yesterday.
The business men of the city have
begun to take an active interest in the
movement, and 1t is likely that the
100000 mark will be far exceeded.
Pasadena has awakened, and D. M.
Linnard of Hotel Maryland has invited
fifty prominent citizens to meet the
directors and advisory board at ban
quet to be given by him tonight (Thurs-
day.. A private car will take the Los
Angeles members to Pasadena, leaving
the Huntington building at GAS.
During the day letters of indorse-
ment and acceptances of positions on
the advisory committee were received
from Abbot Kinney of Venice, ]. A.
Driffill of Oxnard, Robert Marsh of Los
Angeles, j. A. Fitch of Pomona and
Dr. T. 70. Ellis of Elsinore.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
LATE EDWARD C0LGAN
A STURDY NATIVE SON
LOS ANGELES FRIENDS oRIEVED
BY HIS DEMISE
Reelected a Fourth Time to the State
controIIership, Popular Californian
Fought BraVely Against III Health
to Finish His Work

Advices from San Francisco Indicate
that the late Controller Edward p. Col
gan fought bravely against death and
filled his state office till he was physl-
cally unable to continue longer. News
of his death caused grief to many
friends in Los Angeles.
Colgan died in the Adler sanitarium
in San Francisco, where he had been
| taken last week
Mr.. Colgan had spent the summer in
the mountains of Placer county in the
hope of bettering his health, which had
been poor for more than q year.
Despite his Ill health he had stuck
bravely to his heavy duties as con-
troller and a member of the state board
of equalization. Finally his condition
became so weak that he had to seek a
rest in the hills, but few weeks ago,
when the equaliZers were finishing up
their work of railroad assments, he
came down to the capitol to cast his
vote with his colleagues.
Edward p. Colgan was a sturdy son
of the Golden West. He was a native
of Sonoma county and was one of the
organizers of the order of the Native
Sons of the Golden West.
I In his youth he learned blacksmith
ing and worked at that business for a
number of years in Santa Rosa, or until
the Republicans of Sonoma county
took him up and made him the sheriff.
Next he was made state controller and
at the late election he was reelected
to that important office for the fourth
time.
IF there is in California a more pop
ular man than Ed Colgan was he
has never been discovered" said more
than one Los Angeles friend yesterday.
"If there was a man with a bigger
heart who was more genial in his ways
he has never yet come to the 'front.'"
| Mr.. Colgan is survived by wife and
several children
Controller Colgan's successor will be
appointed by Governor Pardee, who has
the power to fill vacancies in state Of
fees
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
THE FORTUNE IN AUTOMOBILES

The 200, 600 automobiles now in use,
including 10000 motorcycles worth not
more than 5000 on an average, will
scarcely amount to more than 200,00O,-
900 in value. With a production in
creasing about twenty-five per cent
every year, they represent the output
of three years manufacture. The in
vested capital in automobile building
may therefore be estimated at about
$67 900, 900 on the assumption, which
holds good approximately in similar in
dustries, that the capital reproduces
itself, gross, every year. The total
valuation of the industry to date, in
rough figures, is about $275, 100000. Yet
to buy and operate all the automobiles
in the world would cost less than one
fourth of the amount spent for alco-
holic liquor in the United States for one
year.-The Worlds Work
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
HOMECOMING OF SCHMITZ

1t was not publicly known why Schmitz
left home several weeks ago. At. the
time of his disappearance it was under
stood in San Francisco that the mayor
needed rest from official labors and
that he had gone to Europe in quest
thereof. Only after certain startling
disclosures was it generally suspected
that Schmitz left home because the
climate of San Francisco was getting
too warm for his health.
Quite as strange as the circumstance
of Schmitz' leaving home is the an
nouncement that his return to the city
will be the occasion of dual public
cal admirers will meet him at the
ferry, according to the program, whence
'he will be escorted in triumph to his
home"-the home containing the $500
rug that he is alleged to have bought
with savings from his mayoral salary
of $4,000 a year.
But that will be only one of two
greetings awaiting i'm. Officers of the
law, with warrants for his arrest, also
will meet Schmitz at the ferry, to re-
lieve other officers who are said to have
been shadowing him in Europe for
several weeks and down to his arrival
in New York. Whether his arrest was
made in that city on his arrival there
yesterday, or deferred until his advent
in California, is not material.
There will be another greeting to
Schmitz, however more subdued but
more suggestive than either of the
others. 1t will be the meeting of the
mayor with his senior partner in the
alleged business of wholesale grating.
Schmitz and Ruef are two of a kind,
according TO San Francisco testimony,
the only difference being that the size
of the two men as grafters is the re-
verse of their size physically.
If only small percentage of the
criminal charges stand the test in court,
Schmitz and Ruef will ere long be
practicing the lockstep in San Quentin
prison, in the striped garb peculiar to
such institutions This outcome will be
in many respects analogous to the fate
of the notorious Tweed ring that
despoiled Few York of 2OOOO.OOO by the
wholesale grating process. Tweed also
left home, but was captured In Spaia
and returned to New York. where he
died miserably in jail. pending a trial
that would have sent him to state
prison. probably for life.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
PRESENT CHILD TO CHURCH

A beautiful and attractive service
was that witnessed at the Temple Bap-
tist prayer meeting last night, when
Maj. j. f. Elwell and wife presented
their little daughter, Edith Katherine,
for "the name and conservation SER
vice"
Rev. Mr., Burdette is one of the first
II not the first, Baptist ministers to
establish this service of conservation
and naming the small children of the
church by a religious rite.
II differs from similar services In the
other churches, IN that no water is
used Just the admonition TO the
parents, prayer and the naming OF the
child, and eOnseerating the little life tc
the care and service of the Lord.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
ToDAYs BOND rLncTloN

Today's election to decide upon the
county bond issue recalls the saying,
Some things are right that are not
expedient." It may be conceded that
all the projects contemplated In the call
for county loan Of 100000 are desir-
able. None Of them can be regarded as
emergent. The need Of a hall of records
is obvious to all who are acquainted
with present conditions at the court
house, but that is the only one Of the
five propositions that appeals especially
to voters. Even in respect to that
feature the bond call at this time Is
inexpedient We need a hall Of records
but we are not actually suffering for It,
The specific point raised by The
Herald is that the cali at this time for
bond issue approximating a million
dollars is a distinct error of judgment.
Bearing in mind the official record OF
the board of supervisors it is a ques-
tion, in fact, whether the error of judg-
ment did not have a less excusable
foundation.
Every member of the board of super
visors must have known that the
dumping of a 100000 loan upon the
market at this time might initiate
against the marketing of the large
water bond issue that is almost in
sight. There could be no good reason
for projecting the county loan at this
time except the apprehension that the
floating of the water bonds would make
it difficult to flo. the county bonds
subsequently.
That possible explanation of the un-
plies greater solicitude for the pro-
iected county Improvements than for
the pre-eminently important water
proposition. But that supposition is not
surprising, in view of some things that
have gone upon the official record to
the discredit of the present board of
supervisors.
To speak still more plainly, it looks
as if the chief concern of the super
visors, or rather the power that con-
trolls a majority of the board and that
will exercise similar control of the new
board is the handling of that big $780,
GOO wad of public money. The record
of the boards achievements in other
matters of that kind warrants that in
ference. If any voter has doubts on
that subject let him look up the record
of costly blundering in Jail and hospital
building, of comparatively recent date,
and then note the present call for
large loans wherewith, to construct ad-
ditions to both Jail and hospital
But, waiving the record of the board
of supervisors and assuming that they
need 100000 for county building ex-
pansion, The Herald persists in it's con-
tention that no loan for such purpose
should be placed upon the market prior
to the issue of the first big INSTALL
ment of bonds for the Owens river
water project
And The Herald voices the judgment
of discerning Los Angeles business mer
generally in declaring that it would bc
wise, in view of the facts here pointed
out, to. vote mo- on all the proposi
tions involved in today's election.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
YOUNG ZlONISTS TO
DISCUSS RUSSIA

Jews of Los Angeles belonging TO the
Young Zionists' association have Sc
lected the topic, What shall we do for
our brethren in Russia in their pres
ent perilous situation?" for discussion
at mass meeting to be held at the
synagogue, on Olive street, near Tenn
pie, tonight at o'clock.
The speakers for the occasion are:
Rev. DR.. S. Hecht |. Meyers. Leon AL
bum, Victor Harris and Drs. S. S.
Ginsburg and L. Saylin.
A lively debate participated in by
the audience is also expected to follow
the speeches.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The fact that city Clerk Lelande
had already mailed to the secretary of
state the certificate Of election on the
shoestring annexation and that the
same had been received by the secre-
tary of state before the restraining
order was Issued by the superior court,
may fatten out the Ascot injunction for
a season. But nobody expects the
racetrack lawyers to quit with single
effort.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Ascot park is playing for time. Its
effort to restrain the contamination of
the ''shoestring" annex means nothing
more than fight for the privilege of
holding the present meet, scheduled 10
begin on Thanksgiving day. 1t is the
last note of the dying swan.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
Funny

she-What are you thinking about?
He-Nothing.
She-Nonsense! One can't think of
nothing. Tell me what you We're
thinking about!
He Qmpatiently)-Oh, I was think
ing about the same thing you were.
She (blushing furiously)-Oh how
awfllli-Le Rire.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The advice given by Francis B.
Loomis to Los Angeles to "seek the
Panama canal trade" sounds familiar.
We have heard something like il he
fore. and bless your dear life. Bsotier
Loomis, Los Angeles is already g0ing
after that particular trade in such haste
that its coattails are standing straight
out We certainly ought 70 catch the
canal trade by the time 1t opens.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
CARBON BRIQUETS

Coal and Wood are known
think of something twice as good
at half the price and you have
Carbon Briquets.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
Pi-LineS amid Pick-UpS
BUY and euv

PA, when Is Christmas coming?"
My little youngster asks,
As, coming Ger his lessons
He looks up from his tasks.
PA. when is Christmas comingq"
answer with a sigh
The while the mother waits It:
Buy and buyw
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
A WHolnshln MART

Even the business interests Of Los
Angeles do not seem to realize the
rapidity Of the city's metropolitan
progress, The process of evolution has
been almost startling within the last
few years.
Only a short look backward recalls
Los Angeles as city not yet in the
class OF large wholesale trade, exten-
sive manufacturing industries and vast
transportation equipment Three OF
four years have changed the whole as
pect Of business in these lines. In or
der to comprehend the change in that
brief period II Is only necessary TO
note such conditions as were reported
in Wednesdays Herald.
For lack of adequate warehouse ac-
commodation both mercantile and
transportation interests are crippled.
The building Of new warehouses has
not kept pace with the fast increasing
demand for storage room, At the
present time immense quantities Of
winter goods are arriving for the stores
and shops and they cannot be received
by merchants fast enough to prevent a
vast accumulation of loaded cars. AS
consequence great lines of cars have
to be sidetracked i'm the freight yards,
greatly to the Inconvenience of both
railway officials and merchants.
This situation results largely from
the fact that Los Angeles has become,
almost suddenly, wholesale business
mart This condition is due mainly to
the extraordinary natural growth of
the city, but also in considerable part to
the accident which diverted the in-
mense volume of trade from San
Francisco to this city. AS stated by
railway official, 1.-The San Francisco
disaster has caused an enormous in
crease in Los Angeles freight receipts
and shipments; the large territory that
had been served by the San Francisco
wholesalers turned to this city for its
supplies"
Los Angeles Is a wholesale mart and
manufacturing city now, with a
future in those lines more promising
than that of any other western city.
The congestion here noted in transpor-
tation is merely an evidence that the
growth of such business is so rapid
that facilities for handling it are not
keeping up with the demand. That is a
situation that will soon adjust itself.
however, just as water seeks it's level.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Lee c. Gates says; IF am elected
mayor l shall enforce exactly and with
out prejudice or discrimination all the
laws and ordinances of the state ana
city" What more could the people
ask? A mayor is not the maker of
ordinances. His sworn duty is to en-
force all Of them, without fear or favor.
And this is what Lee c. Gates win do.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

With the Platt scandal and the i'm
pending Thaw trial, New York, so far
as nastiness goes, has Pittsburg sing
ing small The worst the Pennsyl-
vania town can produce is an eloping
widow of 65
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

In the light of Carmen" and "Tro-
vatore" the opera management is re-
minded that singers who can sing and
don't sing should be made to sing
not occasionally, but every time they
appear
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
. The Christmas Magazines

The Christmas magazines are come,
The brightest of the year,
Full of the Yuletide stories bright,
Astounding with good cheer.
But it takes all the merriment
When you know, as do 1,
The stories sweet of snow and ice,
Were written-last July!
w. Il q
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

or not Lindley suits Boss Parker; il
is, does he suit Los Angeles?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The health of Los Angeles is won-
derfully good. Wouldn't it harm the
city's reputation to put a doctor at
the head of it's government?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Now watch the real genuine Cali
fornia weather resume business at tn,
old stand
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

DR.. Devine, head of the Red
Cross, is in poor business when he
defends Ruef and Schmitz. Maybe he
wants an investigation, too
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

idential timber No. a root is scarcely
up to the timber line, anyhow
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

With Henry E. Huntington and other
members of the chamber of commerce
behind the Universal Peace exposition
it cannot fail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Hammel couldn't serve as chief with
a clear conscience; Auble could only
stand it a year. Can Kern keep his
skirts clean under the present regime ?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

and the promises of Harper that
Gates strength most appears.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

This city is big business concern
and needs a business mayor such as
Lee Gates will be, at it's head. 1t is
not sick and has no need for a doctor.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Count Boni has been offered job
as waiter. Hash-slinging is just
about his style.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Judging by the republlcations from
past issues contrary TO their present
policies couple of warning local pa
pers have some Banquo's ghosts of
their own.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Chief Kern may serve only few
weeks, but every minute will be a
busy one if he does his duty while in
office
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

any other, so remember that when you
vote for bonds or against them today
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Chief Kern may not last long, but
he can do lot of good work while
he does-if he will.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The city needs no punk pills for poor
people, doc" Lindley.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

worlds fair. That insures it's success;
he never fails.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Still, Witte would rather be bonn
barded with slander than slammed
with bombs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

"Llndley suits me"-Boss Parker.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Wouldn't DOC" Lindley be worse Il
take than are the doses he gives?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

doc" Lindley is not needed; the
city's health requires no physician.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

1t might be appropriate to advise
doc" Lindley: Physician, cure thy
self"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
Minnesota Society Note

A crowd of young people gathered
at e. Kopacek's last Saturday evening
assisting each other to some Hamm's
extract. All went home at an early
hour except those who were unable
Olive (Minn.) Review.
We may now sing the vice presi-
dents favorite hymn: From Green
lands Icy Mountains"
OliVe-I must get new china set,
Pine-Fighting with your wife again :?
London Truth says America will be
the greatest nation in twenty years
truth is like all the rest in Britain
twenty years behind the times.
It's funny to say that tramp is
going to the dogs when he does his
best to avoid them.
The minister's salary is all to the
good, but not very much at that.
Marie Corelli is not coming to
America. Now we can celebrate
Thanksgiving.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Me and walter''-the other Walter
--elther one.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Governor Magoon let's lot of steam
escape from under that Cuban lid.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Cuba wants a protectorate. Next it
will cry for statehood.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Think before you vote today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
Population of Los Angeles, Isl. .463

The Walters stand together.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Mrs Hill, state president of the Cali
fornia Federation of Women's Clubs,
says: Let every woman before sign
ing petition or placing herself on the
side of any Legislative cause, first go
home and talk the matter over with
her husband or other men Of her fam
ily." That's excellent advice, truly.
But it occurs to the mere man that
at home attending to the business of
their lives they wouldn't have to so
there to talk over matters that belong
essentially to the mere man.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22


PA, when is Christmas coming?"
/ answer with sigh.
The while the mother waits 1t:
Buy and buyw
The fact that robbers who have been
infestlng Pittsburg recently have been
more or less successful upsets the the
ory that Pittsburg millionaires spend
all their money on frivolities in New
York city.
The Philadelphia Inquirer uses as an
editorial headline the statement that
there is mo Broad Street Subway I'm
Sight" But isn't that the way with all
subways?
When the financial column conveys
the information that money is easier"
one cannot help wondering what it has
been uneasy about
Hearst continues to be proud of the
enemies he has made, but he shows
signs of regret that there are so many
of them.
Poppy-Does she get her complexion
from her mother?
Magnolla-No, her father; he's
druggist.
The corset maker stays well, but the
cobbler lasts longer.
Hearst is to be a private-he was
always among the ranks"
Gorkys new book is the "best seller"
in Chicago. 1t denounces New York.
Palm--Do you consider marriage
lottery?
Pepper-No; you don't have to keep
a lottery ticket.
A Cincinnati mans new language is
called "Ro." Like most of them;
two thirds rot.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
California Finds a Friend

The Japanese are kicking up a racket
because the state authorities Of Califor-
mia will not open the doors of their pub
lie schools to the yaller-bellies of the
orient. We glory in the spunk of Cali
fornia and love her all the more on ac-
count of barring her doors against the
evils arising out of mixed schools
Wise (Va.) News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Jenkins (humorously)- do you or
your wife rule in the household?
Benedict (seriously)--Neithsr. We live
under a provisional government by the
cook
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

In suggesting noise for balloons to
make they might use campaign
speeches. Both are hot air.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The Philadelphia Inquirer uses as an
editorial headline the statement that
there is mo Broad Street Subway In
Sight" But isn't that the way with all
subways?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Orange-How does your wife get off
a joke?
Lemon-The same way she gets off a
car.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
HEARST AND HIS STRING OF YELLoW.REp NEWSPAPERS

responsibility These
Omen and Influence
From" Minneapo
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

The only way to- touch the con-
science of the yellow, the red and the
streaked newspaper is through its
pocket-book; the only way to reach it's
pocket-book is through its advertising
receipts and the only way for business
men to affect the advertising receipts
is to absolutely refuse to be represent
ed in newspapers which fall below the
required standard in the character Of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

A man and his wife are never one
to the hotel keeper.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22

Gorky's new book is the "best seller"
in Chicago. 1t denounces New York.