Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-19
PASADENA TABLE LAND GAY
WITH FLOWERS
Sabbath Crowds Gather MuItltudes of
the Golden Poppies-An Effort
VIII Be Made to Check
Vandalism
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1141.

there has been q steady stream VI pS'
pie going to and coming from the Won
derful poppy fields of the mesa be-
tween Altadena and the mountains ana
this in spite of the fact that it Is only
the beginning of the poppy season. But
the warm sun and the plentiful rains
of the past ten days have brought up
inultitudes Of the little cups OF golu
and in many places the field Is liter-
ally covered with them. Everybody
carried great punches Of poppies on
their return and late corners were
prone to ask whether any were lett Tor
them. But the picking did not seem
very seriously to diminish the abun-
dant supply. However, during the past
week It has been often complained of
scores of bows overrunning the fields
and carelessly pulling up whole poppy
Wants, roots and all, and bearing away
baskets full of blossoms to sell to tour
lists in the city. Then. too. much of the
territory formerly covered each year
with the flowers has been plowed up,
graded and plated into building lots
and here the poppy has not come UP
this year. 1t is said that Altadena
contemplates taking steps to preserve
the poppy fields and to prevent van
dalism by law.
Interrupt Fan-tan Game
Officers Coping, Pierce and Long,
ley were passing along Pico. street at
midnight last night on little detail OF
Investigation when they heard the click
of chips and the clink of money, a COM
bination which suggested the nearness
of some sort of gambling place. Inc
noise came from one of the houses IN
the little Chinatown just off of South
Raymond avenue. With a rush the
police broke open the door of the place
and discovered four slant-eyed Celes-
tials engaged in noisy game of fan
tan and the table almost covered with
colored dominoeS and the money. one
of the players promptly Knocked a
lamp from the table eXtinguiShing it,
but the police gathered their men just
the same scraped the money on the
table into q capaciaus pocket, and with
their prisoners made for the station.
Here there was bedlam for time until
a friendly cookee from an Orange
Grove mansion came to the rescue with
his better supply of the English IAN
guage. Then the Chink having the
most money about him put up $40 each
for three and the next wealthiest put
up $40 for himself and they were re-
leased until tomorrow morning, when
they will not likely appear. The men
gave their names as Hung Chang, All
Yung, All Wung and Charley Sing.
About $100 was found on the table and
in their possession.
Are They Rivals?
Will the horse show announced for
early in April at Los Angeles hurt
Pasadena's show of a month previous?
This is a question which is bringing
both Affirmative and negative answers
when propounded to the men interested
in booming the local show. Those most
active In preparing for the Pasadena
show during the second week in March
assert that both shows can work to-
"a
benefit, that the two shows so near
together as regards time will enable
horsemen to bring their strings of ami
mails from greater distances with
greater show of financial remuneration,
and that there are enough lovers of
the horse in this section to crowd both
shows. There are some, however, who
insist that the contrary is true and that
sooner or later one of the shows must
give way and that the Pasadena affair,
in spite of the fact that it does not
rely upon the gate receipts to keep it
alive, is the one that will be crowded
out. Meanwhile every effort is being
put forward to insure a bigger show
than the very successful one of a year
ago. Members are sending in their ap-
plicationS for seats and boxes, as these
must be in the secretary's hands be-
fore the date of the drawing, March /,
at p. M, at the board of trade rooms.
Discuss Storm Water
There is to be meeting of the East
Pasadena Improvement association
Thursday evening of next week for the
purpose of discussing the storm water
district proposition now before the
board of county supervisors. 1t seems
that the plan contemplated meets with
approval among the residents of this
section and the desire is that some
united steps be taken to convince the
supervisors of this fact and to assist
in bringing about its early adoption
Now that the demand for better school
Facilities has been met IN a degree and
another school building is a certainty
TWO important questions demand at
tention by the association, annexation
and the storm waters. Annexation, is
still being quietly discussed and there
appears to be gradual Welding to-
gether of the factions with an united
petition likely to appear at no distant
date. With the development of the
water supply in the dry northeast the
opponents of annexation both in East
Pasadena and in Pasadena itself are
slowly giving way But until the two
sides unite the question of disposing
or the storm water will stand as the
one needing the most attention. The
place for Thursdays meeting has not
yet been chosen.
sgnboards in Position
During the past week two or three
signs have been placed in position in
prominent places about the city direct
Ing the stranger as to the way to the
missions along the Kings highway. on
the Union Savings block and on the
east building at Throop can be read the
statement that the San Fernando mis-
sion is twenty-four miles distant and
La Canyada six miles distant in the
one direction and the San Gabriel mis-
sion five miles and Mission Lake two
miles in the opposite direction. The
signs were put in place by the local
organization Of El Canine Real and
are intended to give the route of this
celebrated highway as IT enters the
city from the south, through the
grounds OF the country club South
Lake avenue, East Colorado street 10
the Raymond avenue corner. and pass
ing out to the northwest by Chestnut
street and Lincoln avenue to the La
Canyada road, Senator Ben w. Hahn
Is president of the local association and
intends calling meeting of the ex-
ecutiVe committee shortly for the
purpose of paying for the signs now In
place and arranging for a half dozen
more along the route.
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