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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
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y Lou BRELLAS WORTH TO $3.50

Los Angeles, and the business district
reached only to First street on Spring
and Main. Broadway, then called Fort
street, was entirely a residence street.
and Temple was next in Importance to
Spring and Main. Property owners on
Main street believed that the business
center was so firmly established in
Baker block and vicinity that they re-
fused to make the improvements re-
quired by b. F. Coulter and other large
merchants for the expansion of their
business. When the first cable street
railroad was completed, running west
from Spring on Second street, and the
Hollenbeck block was erected, B. f.
Coulter leased much larger store in
the Hollenbeck building and removed
thereto from the Baker block. This
was regarded by many as moving out
in the country but the rapid growth
of the Vest Second street district, by
means of the cable road and subsequent
erection of the Bonebrake- Bryson
block, made Second and Spring streets
the business center. Temple street,
being narrow and handicapped by a
steep grade at Bunker Hill avenue, lost
its former prestige. When the Temple
street cable railroad was completed to
Union avenue, however that street and
district partially regained their former
Importance, but the excellent cable
roads, extending south and west, ana
subsequently the present magnificent
electric railway lines, diverted the
growth of the city to those districts,
being on the lines of least resistance.
Temple Street and the Northwest
Temple street district and the en-
tire northwest has in the past been
seriously handicapped not only by
heavy grades but also by the lack of 4
good and sufficient water supply In
this connection it is worthy of commenl
that the Northwest Improvement asso-
citation of many years ago fought per
sstently for better water supply aud
on that issue former Mayor Snyder
was elected councilman from the Second
ward. He was successful I'm his efforts
and the same associa tion backed by
Councilman Snyder, started the move
ment for municipal ownership of water
which eliminated in the election of Mr.
Snyder as mayor. and largely through
his efforts the achievement of municipal
ownership which we now possess. The
Northwest Improvement association
also achieved the construction OF the
first electric railroad line to Santa
Monica, via Belleveue avenue. now Sun
set boulevard, after a hard struggle on
account or the heaVy grades and con-
sequent large expense of regarding.
This gave new impetus to the growth
OF this district, but, alas in 1895 the
oil excitement and craze to convert
lots and even homes into oil wells gave
us another hard blow, from which we
have not yet fully recovered.
What of the Future?
"As a resident of the northwest for
over twenty-five years, and greatly at
tached to the hill district, am still
optimistic regarding it's future,
Mature has bestowed her gifts on
this fair portion of our beloved city
with a lavish hand, so that we can
truly say we live in the most beauti-
full, picturesque and healthful part OF
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
CHAUFFEUR INJURED IN
PECULIAR ACCIDENT

Robert Sheldon, a chauffeur, received
a broken right wrist yesterday morning
while cranking an automobile in front
of 80 South Spring street. The engine
back-sparked, throwing the crank back,
and the mans wrist was snapped like
a reed.
Sheldon was taken to the receiving
hospital where his wrist was set. He
was then sent to his home, 306 East
ThiTty-first street.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
Improvement Association

1.-THE bylaws of our association state
as one of it's objects, TO make Sunset
boulevard superior to the best street in
the city of Los Angeles and the ideal
boulevard of the Pacific coast
This is a worthy ambition and I
believe that if we show the same per-
sistent spirit and energetic work that
characterized the old Northwest I'M
proVement association it will be real
lied. The question arises. but when
in one, two or three years? Some one
remarked at the last meeting it may
require five years!' Many of us may
be dead and forgotten by that time.
Do 1t Now
Realizing the slow and uncertain
work of securing the consent and CO.
operation of property owners, l am in
favor of interesting a sufficient number
of northwest and other real estate own
ers and capitalists to undertake this
great work at once and put it through
within one year This could be accom-
plished on a similar plan to that
adopted by H. j. Whitley and others
some years ago in connection with the
Hollywood boulevard and other i'm
provements. That splendid business
organization, through its efficient work
of only a few months, effected within
one year an advance of at least 100
per cent in values of all property in
Hollywood district and in some in
stances double that. Is it not good
plan to emulate? l sincerely believe it
is and therefore would recommend that
the advisory board, together with the
president and secretary, be requested
to investigate the method adopted by
the Hollywood Improvement and De-
velopment company, and report at the
next meeting"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

stella-Did they marry and live hap
PLY forever?
Bella-No; but they lived happily and
married foreVer.-New York sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
WOMAN'S EVIDENCE
CONV|CTS HOLDUPS
EACH MUST SERVE FIFTEEN
YEARS IN PRISON
Men Plead Guilty After Hearing Tes-
timony of Female AccompIice in
neutrality-suspicious. Will
Be Released

Evidence given by one woman, who
had been mistreated and abused by a
man whom she feared rather than
loved, sent James Cronin, alias Jimmy
the Rat, and r. E. Supple to the peni-
tentiary yesterday for terms of fifteen
years each. The entire criminal pro-
ceedings lasted less than an hour.
The woman in the case was Emma
Boutwell,. The man upon whom she
turned in the bitterness of her misery
and shame was Cronin, and today the
two men will go north to begin their
long sentences behind the bars of the
San Quentin prison.
Prosecution of the men was most re-
markable. With barely shred of evil
dence other than that offered by Emma
Boutwell, the two convicted men would
have had a fairly easy time to get
free, but the testimony of the woman
could not be refuted.
When the preliminary proceedings be-
gan yesterday before Justice Rose
of the police court both defendants
were eager to make fight for liberty,
but before the eyes of the woman they
wilted, their defense seemed to fall
away from them and they lost all hope
of escape.
Woman Is Chief Witness
Mrs. Boutwell, took the stand as tho
prosecutions chief witness in the pre-
limlnary examination in the police
court She was a fairly good looking
young woman, 23 years old and had
been living with Cronin for several
weeks.
She told the court Cronin had treated
her badly, how he had compelled her
to live life so degrading that she felt
sometimes that she could not bear TO
live. She stated that one evening she
and Cronin We're walking on a business
street and Cronin compelled her TO
search the pockets OF an intoxicated
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
Worked Ike a charm

Mr.. d. N. Walker, editor OF that spicy
Journal, the Enterprise Louisa, Va, says;
81 ran a nail In my foot last week and
at once applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
No Inflammation followed: the salve SIM
ply healed the wound" Heals sores.
burns and skin diseases. Guaranteed at
DEAN DRUG CO 25c
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

the most charming and enterprising
city in America, if not the whole world
but we must work unitedly, intelli-
gently and unselfshly for its proper
development.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

"You ugly thing" exclaimed the
giraffe
IT may not be a prize beauty" re-
torted the camel, "but I don't look like
a cross between a stepladder and kan
garoo."-Chcago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
LUMBER JACKS UNIQUE FAD.
Men from the Woods Wear Tintypes
I'm GILT Frames on Their Coats.

Men from the Woods Wear Tintypes
I'm GILT Frames on Their Coats.
What does a lumber jack want of a
little round tintype Of himself In a
near-gilt frame to pin on his coati
What does an elephant want of a MILL
tary hair brush? In the latter case
he doesn't, but in the former be thinks
he does. Ask the man who is taking
the tintypes down on Bridge square
II you want to-he doesn't know. II
jacks, for they aren't feeling any too
meek and mild these days, says the
Minneapolis Journal.
When you have S175 or 5000 to spend
in two weeks and theaters and clothes
and other things are not for you, when
you are so constituted that you
wouldn't think of wandering above
Washington avenue-well, maybe that
answers the question of what the lum-
Der jack wants with tintype of him
self to pin on his coat. Whether they
want them or not, they are buying
them.
1t seems to be part Of this years
initiation ritual into the ranks OF the
lumber jacks to wear a tintype In
near-gih frame pinned on your coat. In
this case the spruce young man with
the machine, which looks like a pocket
edition telescope, and In which the pic
lures are turned out, Is the initiator,
and for his services the unorganized
order of lumber jacks pays him on aA
average Of 20 cents a minute. For
fashion Is fashion. even among lumber
jacks, and with tintypes-gllt frame
and all coming at 10 cents each-they
line up and get through with it as fast
as possible.
But even admitting that they want
tintypes In gilt frames, what reason
they have for holding their hands In
front of their faces while the pictures
are taken has got even the policemen
on the beat puzzled.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

moral Judgment Of the community is keen and severe
In this we find just for satisfaction.
In democracy stability depends upon the reign Of rea
son. and It is the fact that people that
gives us assurance for the future Democracy has con-
stanty to struggle against three abuses This is Illus
rated by concerted attempts the part of those who
md themselves ia strong position put Others at
disadvantage by unfair means 1t is the business of
free governments desiring far possible give each
individual fair chance, to Put stop Improper prac
tees designed to restrict the Of opportunity Then
there is the abuse of privileges the gov
eminent itsethe misuse of public franchises granted
condition that they shall be used benefit the
public 1t is the business of free government to Sc
the just of such franchises the public
There is also the abuse of the system government
self by prostituting representative to selfish ad
vantage To guard against these abuses put end
to them where they exist the people be CONSTANTS
alert
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
HONEY BEES.
After Them the Indian Met the
White Man.

After Them the Indian Met the
White Man.
~ the honey bees in this country
having originally been imported from
Europe or Asia, there is no racial diff
ference between the wild ones and the
domesticated; those that live In trees
are simply the descendants of
those that from time to time
have taken French leave" from
their owners hives and reverted
to state of nature The vast bulk
of the wild bees are of the German
or black race, while the standard
domesticated bee Is the italian. but
that, however, is only because the Ger
mans were the first to be introduced
here. Just when the Germans came is
In doubt, but it was some time In the
seventeenth century; certainly 1t was
not until near the close of the eigh-
teenth century that any bees were
found west of the Mississippi.
The Indians used to say they could
mark the advance of the white man by
the appearance Of bees in the woods.
The italian bees were first imported In
1860. Better tempered and more indus
trious THAI the Germans, they have be-
come very popular with apiarists, but
as many still keep the German bee, and
others have the hybrid formed by the
crossing Of the two races, while count
less Italians now have taken to the
woods, there 10 breed more hybrids, 1t
is clear that there is no sure way Of
distinguishing between the wild bee
and the domesticated.-Ou
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

The late Senator Plat Of Connecticut
enjoyed funny stories and could tell a
good many himself. Notwithstanding
his long public life, he always remem-
bered a yarn that he carried from his
school days
One year when the district schools
opened In his town one of the teachers
in making a record of the ages Of her
pupils, as required by law. found that
one little girl, who came from C family
not noted for being especially bright,
was unable 30 say when her birthday
came.
So In order to complete her records
the teaches walked two miles to see the
girls mother one afternoon after
school. Asked II she could remember
just when her daughter was born, the
woman thought for ome little time
and then, with a sort Of puzzled look,
said:
well. the gal was born In later time,
that's sure. but cant member wheth-
er they was a-plantln' on 'em or a-dig-
gin ON EN-. Boston Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
A Capricious Appetite.

"It's awful trying this catering to a
sick girl" Mrs. Douglas confessed to
the friendly visitor who had called to
inquire for Amy.
81 believe this convalescent business
comes harder on me than her real sick
ness continued Mrs. Douglas, with a
deep sigh. I'm that put to 1t to get
something that she'll eat with a relish.
get all riled up sometimes trying to
tempt her"
The visitor murmured something
sympathetic, and thus encouraged. Mrs.
Douglas went on
"Only yesterday" she said, II got her
pork chop and Eve cents worth Of
marshmaIlows for her dinner. and If
you'll believe me she turned up her
nose an said she couldn't eat a mite r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Retaliation.

A man who was guest at one OF
the summer resorts in West Virginia
tells OF a wedding ceremony be wit
messed In the town near by.
The minister was young and easily
embarrassed. 1t was the first wedding
be had ever undertaken. The prospec-
tive bride and groom were both young
er and still more easily embarrassed
than he
When the minister had finished the
service and muttered a few kindly but
hating words to the young couple he
had Just united, the bride looked at
him, blushing. but confident
Thank yer" she said clearly. Its
shore kind o yer % congratulate us
an as long as you haven't ever been
married yit maybe Wen have chance
some day 30 retaliate "-Harper's
Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Cram Hn. 2.ooo. ooo Joint..

The crab known as the scale tailed
apus was believed to have become ex-
tinct In Great Britain 80 years ago,
the last recorded specimens being taken
In the ponds on Hampstead Heath. But
now 1t has turned up again In some
numbers In two ponds on Preston
Merse, near Southwick, In kirkcud-
bridgeshire. About two and a half
inches long. the apus bears a very strik-
ing likeness to that remarkable crea-
ture, the king crab, and this because
the fore part of the body is covered by
a great semi-clrcular shield, or cara.
pace. while, as in the king crab. 1t
swims on It's back. In the great num-
Der of Its legs the scale-tailed apus has
few rivals, while in the number Of the
joints which these share between them
no other creature can compare. The
naturalist Schaffer once essayed the
task Of counting them and made the
magnificent total of l.S02, 604 Latrelle
put down the number at a round 2,00O,-
000.-London Daily Graphic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

far from there being many different roads leading to
there is In fact only oneviz obedience the
divine revealed law No man may think himself excused
from obesirg It, and If loses heaven he alone is
to
divine rule Of conduct involving life and death must
be the for all Ii must be Interchangeable and 1t
mus be might
known the divine law personally and directly to each
Individual man In miraculous and unmstakable man.
If He had wished to do but this not
sary What He actually did was to make 1t known to
certain through the teaching Of Jesus Christ these
were Instructed by Him during three years, and
organized into teaching society called the church. and
He commanded them to go and teach all nations" prom
Using to be with them In their teaching until the end Of
the world"
Jesus Christ has taught that those who Will accept
the teaching of the church those who do not know
what the divine revealed law is-in these plain
mstakabe words IF any will hear the church.
let him be to the heathen the heathen course
those who have not yet learned the divine revealed
law But God will make 1t easy for anyone learn what
that law is and to obey It, thus reach salvation II
he sincerely and humbly begs the divine assistance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

AS result of recent accidents to va
rious navies the British warships viii
have their magazines cooled with re-
frigerating machinery.
A model maker who has been IN New
York City for seventy-two wears saws
that there are at least sixty-seyen mon
IN the city who ire working on perpet-
ual motion machines.
A new turbine torpedo win shortly
be tested In France Of greater snaad
than any at present in existence. cana
Bile of travelling distance Of over go
miles and OF carrying much larger
charge of explosives than any torpedo
now in use.
The largest mica mine in the world
is located at Sydenham. Ont. sixteen
miles from Kingston. The product is
mostly amber mica, with some silver
amber, the highest quality mined. The
mine is one mile from the upper end
of Sydenham Lake, and the mica is
transported In bulk from the mine by
barge to the railroad at Syuenham,
where it is shipped to Ottawa for trim
ming for the market.
Successful experiments were recently
made at Cherbourg with a new tele-
phone device to enable divers to COM
municate by voice with persons at the
surface. telephone receiver Is fixed
AZ the divers ear, after the manner
employed by operators at central Of
fees, and a microphonic speaking appa-
ratus IS arranged In front Of his mouth
inside the, casquette The superiority
! of this plan over the old method of
communicating by signal cords is man.
ifest
At Cheshire, Connecticut, stands an
apple tree which Is known to be 100
! years old. and is believed to be much
/ older than that The trunk is 1715
rect N circumference near Inc ground.
and the height of the tree is about 20
feet There are s large branches. Five
OF these bear fruit one year and the
other 8 next year. One year this re-
markable tree yielded 1870 bushels of
apples The tree is regular In form,
and the circle shaded by its branches
is 100 feet In diameter.
NJ. Lambert proposes. in the British
and Colonial Druggist, to add 6 cent?
grammes of permanganate of potash
to each liter Of drinking water to
purify it. This should be left ten
minutes, after which 10 centlgrammes
Of manganous sulphate should be adj
ded. This precipitates all germs and
impurities to the bottom of the vessel.
Carefully decanted, this will give IVA
ter not containing a single mlcrobe,
limpid, colorless, of pleasant taste, and
even richer in oxygen than ordinary
water"
A singular and very interesting and
useful institution has been established
In the little city of Tarare, near Lyons,
France. 1t Is theological bureau,
where expert judgment is furnishes
concerning mushrooms brought to it for
examination. The country round Ia
rare abounds with mushrooms, many of
which are poisonous. Since the estab-
lishment of the bureau nobody buys
mushrooms which do not carry its tick
ct of Identification and guarantee, and
all the country people from miles
around bring their mushrooms for ex-
animation. One surprising result has
oeen the discovery of scores Of excel
lent edible mushrooms, which before
nobody dared to touch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
owl roreca.t. weather.

Hancock. just over the Lebanon
Mountains west of Pittsteld. on the
New York State boundary, depends
upon a boot owl for its weather re-
ports Every night the villagers listen
for the owl, which roosts In the forests
OF John Taylor's farm. II the owl gives
a series OF long, mournful boots rail-
Is expected the next day; II sharp and
clear are the boots, the weather will be
clear. The owls forecast has never
failed Jet.
The owl Is called Big Ben Its mate
was shot Is years ago and now adorns
the show window OF Frank Hadweirs
store. Robert ]. Gillespie Of New York,
touring through Hancock the other
night. listened to the owl for Aalf an
hour. he says all Washington weather
forecasts have been thrust sside In
Hancock. (Mass) Cor. New
Yak Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

ed down his nose. You amt mad, are
your" he says.
mo says Sam, a-spittin' on his
hands. I hain't mad mite, but I'm
jest goln' to waller you around a spell
to teach you to mind your own affairs
an to quit tattlln' on gals An with
that he lit In an done it"
did he marry the gal afterward?"
inquired Baker
Goose he did" replied Hancock.
why wouldn't he?"
You said he had heap o. sense"
urged the storekeeper.
Not regardin' them matters" said
Hancock. mo man has. But there
wasn't no more wrong about that gal
than there is about any gal. an reck-
on they got erlong about as we'll as
most, her an Sam-mebbe better
Chicago Daily News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

say it don't want for you to git mad
an prance around on your ear
"'Certainly not says Sam. II
you've got anythin' on your mind you
say It,
"'It's about Berthy,' says Ben.
~ hain't goin' to git mad says
Sam. What about Berthyg
~Tt's this away says Zen 4
you'd had The chance 10 know for your.
self jest what kind OF a gal she wus-
But you hain't, an I have 1 hired
out to her paw all through one harvest
an I know what I'm talkin' about.
That gals mighty shif-less, Sam-jest
shifless.'
ais that soY" says Sam.
al wouldn't tell you If it wusn't SO,
says Ben. An l wouldn't say nothln'
against her neither If you wusn't a
friend o. mine. She'll shirk off an
leave her nanny to do the work If she
kin. an If she can't she'll jest about
ha'f do It,
''That's too bad says Sam, lookin'
thoughtful.
1.-The meals she cooks 'ud sicken
you,' says Ben. Harvest time a Teller
hain't partickler, but they sickened me.
An when she's around the house she
amt sllcked up the way she is when
she goes to church soshubble, l tell
you that
"'Shol' says Sam.
eyes, stree, an her temper hain't
none o. the best. seen her belt her
young brother one day an knock him
endways. If you take my advice, Sam,
you'll dror off,
Sam studied a moment an then he
got up an shucked his coat. Ben look
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
OLD COINS NEW TO HER.

Cashier Refused to Take 2-Cent Piece
and Three eagle" Cents.
How little Is known by the general
public of the United States coins which
are not now current was shown the
other day in an uptown restaurant,
says the New York Times when a coin
collector in a spirit of fun handed to
the cashier in place Of q nickel one Old
fashioned bronze tvvo-cent piece and
three small copper-nickeI Lying eagle"
cents. Y
The cashier, a young woman of
about 20, looked disdainfulIy at the I'M
familiar coins, and then refused to &C.
cept them, saying she had never seen
any such money as that before; that
she didn't believe they were good"
and didn't propose to accept them.
The patron protested that the coins
were genuine, and pointed to the In.
scription United States of America"
as q verifioation. But the young wom-
an remained unconvinced and summon
ed the manager. He, too, was dubious
about the authenticity of the pieces,
looked them over carefully, and said
he had never seen anything like them
before. He finally told the cashier to
take them anyhow, and he would re-
lieve her of all responsibility in case
they turned out to be spurious.
The last two-cent piece was issued
by the United States mint in 1873,
while the flying eagle cents were struck
only In 1856, 1857 and 1858. Nearly
25,o00,o00 eagle cents and more than
100000 two-cent pieces were coined.
To collectors it is odd that IN a pc
Rod of fifty years this vast number
of coins should have disappeared to
such an extent that the present genera
ton never heard of them.