Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-02
WILL BE AT FOURTH AND
BROADWAY TOMORROW
Man Of Mystery Boldly Tells Where
He viii Operate at a Certain
Hour-openIy Defles
Detection
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car NO S6S l gave my nickel to con-
ductor No. 1897, riding as far as ver-
mont and Washington streets. where
l discovered drug store owned by
H. F. Baas directly on the corner.
A middle-aged, Accomplishment,
bald-headed man heard my story of the
chewing gum, said he didn't want any,
put when L told him it was all free he
jumped to the bat and rapidly Slipped
me one of his drug store labels con-
tanning his name and address.
On the news stand in the front of his
store were number of unsold morning
papers, but among them there were no
Herald's. His answer to my inquiry
was the same as in other places-"We
are all sold out"
Walking back on the other side of
the street to No. 1904 West Washing
ton street l entered BENJAMIN Berres'
confectionery and paper store, where l
bothered Mrs. Berres some little time
In trying to find for me a card bear
ing her name and business address
after l had told her my intention of
sending something for nothing.
Like other news stands in the vicin-
1ty, Mrs. Berries declared she had no
more Heralds, although there were
plenty of the other morning papers
left over for the day on the stand.
Here's Keen One
Walking over to Burlington avenue
and Washington street l boarded Ad-
ans street car No. S24, on which 1 rode
to Tenth and South Hill streets, paying
my fare to conductor No: T24, who was
relieved at Georgia and Sixteenth
streets by conductor No ia
My next try was at Nauman &
SchilPs store, 956 South Broadway,
where 1 found a Los Angeles news
dealer who had never heard of.the Los
Angeles Herald. This enterprisins
merchant is light-complexioned
smooth faced man of middle age, who,
when L interviewed him, was coatless
and wore a butchers white apron.
He was all very much to the keen,
however, on getting a free case of
chewing gum, but when 1 asked for
a copy of The Herald he calmly in
formed me that "it wasn't out yet"
When l asked him what he meant he
asked inquiringly: "Why, The Herald
is a new paper. amt it? 1t must come
out in the afternoon. I'll have to find
out. There's been about fifty other
people in here this morning asking for
The Herald, but I'll be blamed il I
ever heard of it in this town" He was
good enough to write his address on a
slip of paper.
MS VIII ram Fdyne
At 431 East Ninth street 1 gave
Payne the Grocer" the chance of his
life to grab off an easy thousand dol
lars, but ne had evidently forgotten to
set his alarm clock.
payne the Grocer" was burdened
with an overabundance of other unsold
morning papers, but like all others
declared he was all out of Heralds.
Next time I drop around, Payne, you
want to be properly equipped.
1 had a little talk with Hugh A.
Thatcher in his drug store at the south
east corner of Ninth and San Pedro
streets. Mr.. Thatcher was not much
enthused over the prospect of buying
any new-fangled chewing gum, as he
declared he had all the gum he could
chew in the next thousand years, but
even at that he had no hesitancy in
adding his name to my list of prospect
i've customers, particularly when he
discovered it would cost him nothing.
Mr.. Thatcher, unlike the others, was
entirely Sold out of all morning papers,
although he declared he could not un-
derstand why so many people were
trying to buy The Herald.
Thinks Dealers Are Dreamers
At 746 San Pedro street I gave J.
w. Calder, a druggist, the little yelp
on Blue Ribbon. Mr.. Calder was per-
fectly willing to accept a case of
goods provided they cost nothing. Mr..
Calder was all out of Heralds and
even he wondered what caused the eX-
ira demand.
Walking over to Seventh and San
Pedro streets 1 boarded San Pedro
street car No. 221, in charge of con-
ductor No. 1920, with whom L rode to
Fourth and Main streets.
AS matter of fact. 7 think 7 would
be safer among the newsdealers of this
city than among any other class of
people. The idea of a man handling
daily papers not knowing what special
feature in certain newspaper was re-
sponsible for its increased demand.
They will wake up by and by and
then probably the citizens of Los An
they are after on the newsstands.
Girls and Patrolmen Doze
1 arrived at Fourth and Main streets
a few minutes after II o'clock and went
directly to the Lawrence cafe at 120
West Fourth street, which is within an
easy stones throw of the Hotel An
gelus.
In the Lawrence cafe 1 was served
with a cup of coffee and a piece of
cocoanut pie. / was waited upon by
tall brunette wearing nose glasses, who
was in back of the lunch counter.
In passing out 1 paid my dime to
the young lady cashier, who wore
plaid shirt waist, dark skirt and had
a black ribbon i'm her brown hair.
managed to pick up a card from
stand in front of the cash register.
AS / left the restaurant 1 bumped
into policeman No. 147, who was stand
ing i'm the center of Fourth and Spring
streets, and as University car No. 337
came south on Spring street 1 asked
him where I could get a University
car. to all of which No. 147 answered:
"Go up to Third and Spring street."
Instead of doing that, however, l
Jumped on the University car which
was then passing, and handed my
nickel to conductor No. 1905.
RaffIes Invites Capture
Later 1 went into the Western Hard
ware and Arms company store at $50
South Spring street, where l purchased
a Whitley eXerciser from a short,
smooth-faced light-compleXioned sales-
man wearing a dark checked suit and
black derby hat.
/ decided l needed this eXerciser. as
| see strenuous times ahead of me here