Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Not Strong on Banouets

Not Strong on Banquets
No, thank you; ham and eggs look
pretty good to me after all these cleo
ton feeds" was the mayors response
to an invitation to join the spread, and
he was back to business.
Leonard Merrill, president of the
board. introduced Mr.. Garland as
told many things of interest about the
growth of the board and of Los An
geles.
Tonight there is no west-what was
west is east; and even Billy Garland is
not right prophet if he does not raise
that 100000 population figure for 1910,
for it will not nearly cover the popu-
lation at that time" said Mr. Merrill
THE men here must do much to
make Los Angeles keep pace with the
pace she has set. 1t is the swiftest
have ever known. The men who are
moving the dust in Los Angeles are
doing it in hurry"
Mr.. Garland predicted, and in all
charity to San Francisco, that this will
soon be a larger city than the sister
city of the northern bay and after tell
ing a feather clothed" story, as he put
it, he introduced Rev. Baker P. Lee.
Says They Need a Parson
"If there is anyone, boys, who really
needs a parson it is you fellows" said
Mr.. Lee Real Estate in Heaven is
my subject and l have not been in
heaven but 1 have lived in Los Angeles
for two years and thus l think l have
some idea of real estate in heaven. 1
have only one hope that the boom up
there won't be quite so fast and furi-
Gus and that corner lots won't come
quite so high, that L may have chance
of getting in.
"Two years ago if anyone had told
me l would go west of the Mississippi
to live | would have told them they
were crazy. l will never cease to be
thankful to the man who told me to go
out west where the broad democratic
spirit lives and where one can grow up
with the country
Sow the wind and reap the Whirl-
wind" was the guise in which Lee c.
Gates said number of things.
Objects to Restrictions
In Los Angeles it is more like cast
ing your crumbs upon the water and
watching the loaVes come back" said
Mr.. Gates. Courage and credit is all
man needs to make money in Los
| Angeles. He only has to have a few
crumbs and all the rest is easy.
There are some things that are not
as they should be-" and then Mr.. Gates
took occasion to rap the building re-
striction plan imposed on much of the
! property of Los Angeles He declared
| that because of these building restric-
tions in some parts of the city Los An
geles is being held back from the at
tainment of the growth which she
might enjoy. He said that in many of
the residence subdivisions the city has
grown 50 far beyond the hopes of the
men who laid them out and first placed
the restrictions that the restrictions
have been outgrOWn.
IN many sections said he, "busi-
ness blocks are needed and because of
the building restrictions there is no
property where these business houses
can be erected. | believe in restrictions
but l think they should be made to
meet all conditions that might arise.
think this question should be looked
! into.
Has Found Needed Thing
Los Angeles has had everything she
needed to make her the wonder city
of the world but one thing, and now
she has found that" said he. "That was
water-water we needed tive knew
we needed It, we had to have it, We
hunted for it and now we have found it.
There is no limit to our possibilities"
Then followed a toast to water and
to owens rivera toast that brought
/ forth the cheers Of every man.
"Ah, thou sparkling drops, thou con-
SerVator of the peace Of the world; thou
/ sparkling drops that flash back at men
/ all the hues of the rainbow; thou spark
| ling drops with which the Savior per
! formed his first miracle. Thou sparkling
| drops that moved by power divine,
confessed its god ana blushed itself into
| wine.
"Thou sparkling drops that have
| kissed every brow ana laYed every keel
| Irnrn Cnlnmhns 10 DnMnN-tha1 haNn