Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-24

open-air plunge. All right; no complaint.
Built Masonry Wall
But of sudden we find him building a
solid masonry front across Horizon ave-
nue., where he had received permission
only to use that piece of ground, 7Ox4O. to
lay an approach to his proposed pleasure
pier.
"Of course we would not stand for that,
and any court OF law, 1 believe, will up
hold our position in that matter. We
notified him to quit trespassing on the
property, and he has been engaged ever
since in stirring up strife among the peo-
pie of Ocean Park
ut has come to be a plain case of
Kinney sitting behind the scenes and
working the wires which control paid
hirelings to go out and inflame the minds
of unthinking people
There has not been one illegal act nor
one instance of persecution in the history
of the present administration; nor has
there been a single evidence of graft.
What man is idiot enough to lay the
foundation of municipal scandal at his
own feet in the city where all his in
terests lie-where all his money is in
vested, and where he expects to live his
entire life?
This board" continued Mr.. Burks,
growing little warmer, has never found
it necessary to hire a press agent or
apologist, and l do not understand why
the press of Los Angeles is endeavoring TO
| thresh out a lot of petty jealousies OF an
outside faction.
Says Kinney Bluffs
Kinney is making a big bluff and gets
people around him by crying from the
rooftops: Look what 1 have done-I won't
| spend another cent unless you destroy
your present government That's what
he is saying in effect
Just one other subject want to speak
of-the new fire station. A volunteer fire
department is maintained at Venice.
There has never been any intention of dis.
continuing it, but when we proposed put
ting another department on Rose avenue,
the center of the most densely populated
district, a great hue and cry went up be-
cause it was not to be located at Venicel
Not one member of the board has prop
erty in that neighborhood, and even If
such were the case the proximity of a fire
department would have no effect on
property values.
why, the whole thing is silly and
absurd. / don't even want to think about
it. But set 1t down as a certainty that
Ocean Park, after four years of prosper
ity, will not be disincorporated."
and done by the present administration
there is evidently feeling of determine
ton on the part of the ants.
Law Provides Way
The law provides methods by which a
city Of the Ocean Park class may be dis
incorporated, and the Kinney company
has already engaged legal counsel with
view to forcing the trustees to act under
orders from the judicial bench There is
an ominous sound in the final paragraph
Of the now widely circulated protest. 1t
says:
The people of Venice and Ocean Park.
in largely attended meeting of their
chamber of commerce, unanimously and
enthusiastically voted their hearty friend
ship and support of all sections and of all
interests on this bay. Our people believe
that all and every legitimate enterprise on
this beach aids every other interest and
that the great future before us all should
not be held back or the time and energy
of our people wasted by the selfish and
blind tyranny of a handful of malignant
men or of foolishly led dupes. We want TO
be relieved of board of trustees which
betrays our interests and in which we
have no confidence"