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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
FOR THE ENSUING TERM

Last evening the Comrades club of
Trinity Methodist church, SOUTH held its
regular monthly business meeting, and
the regular semi-annual election of Off
GERS, at which the following officers were
elected: Walter C. Marston was re-
elected president; Lewis c. Johnson,
vice president Don c. Burt, secretary;
Theron L. Vivrett, treasurer; Clinton H.
Burt, class editor; Joseph w. Jones, SER
geant-at-arms.
The above officers will be installed AT
the next regular meeting in August, when
the following officers will retire: Gideon
L. Vivrett vice president; Lewis c. John
son, secretary; Clinton H. Burt, treas
urer; Dallas McGreggor, class editor; E
z. Price, sergeant-at-arms.
General satisfaction was expressed by
all present at the result of the election
A departure from the old custom of the
society was taken when Walter C. Mars
ton was reelected president.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
JUDGE GRANTS THREE
DEGREES OF DIVORCE
DupIan, zieger and Hart Families
Divide When AggrieVed Parties
Carry Troubles Into
Court

Three more unhappy marriages We're
terminated by Judge Rives in department
two of the superior court yesterday.
Mary NJ Duplan was allowed a decree
from Augustus M. Duplan on the ground
of desertion. No contest was made by the
defendant.
Helen Ziegler charged that August zieg-
Ter had not supported her for more than
two years, but as August was not in court
the reason could not be determined so
Helen was freed of the irksome matri-
monial bonds.
Herbert F. Hart asked to be divorced
from Agnes Hart on the ground of deser-
ton, and as the two could not forget old
animosities and forgive each other the
decree was granted.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
DETAILED TO INSPECT
FOREIGNERS COURTS
Sanitary Inspector QueiroIo, Who
Speaks Three Languages, Will
Do Special Work for the
Housing Commission

Because Sanitary Inspector Nick Quei-
relo speaks three languages he was yes
terday detailed by the health board to
regularly inspect house courts where for
eigners live.
Under the housing commission the old
disease-breeding courts with no wood
floors and no plumbing were ordered
torn down and more sanitary places pro-
vided. 1t will be the inspectors duty
to see that sanitary and ventilating ar
arrangements are good, sinks are kept
clean and every arrangement made for
the comfort of the inmates, especially the
children.
Queirolo will be expected to devote his
spare time to sanitary department work
but as the city grows the board will or
der him to confine his work entirely tc
the foreign settlements, which are the
2esrest approach to the tenements anc
slums of the east.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
ACCIDENTALLY CUTS ARTERY
AND BARELY ESCAPES DEATH
Prompt Action by Physician Saves
Mans Life

Edward Diehl, an employee of the
Lagarmasino company, wholesale liquor
dealers on North Main street, while
Gaping wine bottles in the basement
of the establishment yesterday after
noon cut an artery in his left wrist
and bled nearly to death before he was
relieved.
Diehl was cutting a cork with a
sharp bladed knife and it slipped and
punctured his arm, making a cash an
inch long and laying open the main
artery in his wrist.
The blood gushed forth in great
spurts, and before he was given assist
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18

ance he had lost such a quantity that
his life was despaired of. DIR. Ed
ward Palette who happened to be in
the store at the time, was called and he
applied a tourniquet after which the
injured man was sent to the receiving
hospital.
Doctors Garrett and Goodrich tied
the artery and used normal saline solu-
ton to replace the blood lost and ad-
ministered the usual heart stimulant
with hot applications until he was pro-
nounced out of danger.
Later the patient was removed to his
home on Kohler street, where he was
resting easy at a late hour last night.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
WILL HOLD TEACHERS
EXAMINATIONS SATURDAY

Teachers who aspire to a position in
the Los Angeles schools will have an
opportunity to demonstrate their abilities
July 20 when the superintendent of
schools will hold written examination
at the Grand avenue school building, at
Eighth street and Grand avenue.
The examination will begin at $3.50 a. M
The date originally set was the first
Saturday in August, but this has been
changed to July 20.
The oral examination of applicants
from outside the city will be held the
same day at the office of the board of
education. This will occur at 8 p. m.
The date for the oral examination of
local applicants will be announced by
Superintendent Moore the day the written
examination is held.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
WORTH MONEY TO HAVE
STAND NEAR CHAMPION
Cigar Dealer Sues Jim FERRIES Be-
cause Latter Changed Location
of Saloon and Refuses
New Lease

In suit filed yesterday in the superior
court James ]. Jeffries champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, is made
defendant with Jack Ripper by motifs
Berkowitz, who asks $4,000 damages for
alleged breach of contract.
Berkowitz is cigar dealer and claims
to have had a ten year lease on the cigar
stand in front of the defendants saloon,
3O4 South Spring street, ana the plalii, III
claims that they refuse to renew his
contract. .o-o
Figuring that the lease was worth SSSO
a month, or 5000 in excess of the rent paid.
he asks that the defendants be mulcted
for the aggregate sum for the term OF
the lease.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
FINE HIGH OFFICIALS

Suspension for sixty days for Lieut.
George Williams and four months for
Desk Sergeant George Sparks with loss
of pay for each was the penalty as
sessed by the police board on these Off
Gals for their acts in connection with
the charges brought by Attorney Brad
ner Lee and Kenneth Preuss.
These were the two officials on duty
at police headquarters the night Com
missioner Schenck ordered arrests of the
two we'll known men
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
ADVISED WARDS DISCHARGE

On the motion of Prosecuting Attorney
r. ]. Fleming, the case against rleu
ward charged with violating the quor
ordinance. was dismissed in the police
court yesterday.
Ward was arrested January 26 and was
tried April s. At the trial the jury as
agreed and new complaint was MED
Fleming said the first trial had been
conducted before he took office, and that
was the reason he requested 1t be as
missed,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18

Immediately become headquarters for all
visitors from the mining towns and
mining camps. Possibly central
ground-foor room will be leased. where
mining papers will be on file and book
kept open for the signatures of visitors
The committee after the conference to-
day may be able to submit plan of
organization that will meet with general
approval.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
GIRL WITH DIsLocATED
NEcK is STILL ALIVE

Miss Dawn Mcpherson, the young
woman who was caught in a folding
bed and sustained dislocation of the
spinal column near the base of the
brain, is lying at the Good Samaritan
hospital in an unchanged condition.
According to the surgeons in charge
of her case it may be month before
she RECEIVERS from the effect of the in
jury which she received.
At the present time her condition is
critical
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
CITY CORPORATIONS ASK
ASSESSMENT REDUCTION

The principal new cases before the city
equalization board are those of the Los
Angeles Gas and Electric company,
which asks that it's franchise now as
sessed at S4O1,S5O be assessed at NOM
inal sum.
The Los Angeles Brewing company also
wants its figures reduced.
The board will hold a session this
morning in the council chamber
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18
SENDS UL7YlnATLlM
no DEPARTMENTS
CITY AUDITOR WILL ADHERE TO
LAW STRICTLY
Clashes with Board Of Works and Fire
Fighters, but Council Finally
Approves Irregular De-
mands to Clear Books

City Auditor w. c. Mushet, the fire
department and the board of public
works have clashed over irregular de-
mands.
Unwilling to K certain demands the
auditor transferred the responsibility to
the city council with the warning that
he would approve no further demands
unless the ordinance was strictly com
piled with therein.
The council at it's special session yes
terday approved the demands over the
auditors head.
The items presented by the fire de-
partment for which no acquisitions had
been obtained in advance were:
Edison Electric company, $751; Home
Telephone company, $40; Edison Electric
company, $1420; Los Angeles Gas and
Electric company, $3.50 and $2215; C.
Ducommun, $15.13; Diamond Coal com
pany, s1205O; Globe Grain and Milling
company, $2176O
Street sweeping fund-Lee Kirk, s14O.6O;
Hugh Curran, $10010; Philip Gies, s112. so;
M. Knudson, $780,
Street departmental. F. Malone, $S4.S5
M. j. Sullivan, 500; l.. Kennedy, $65 co.
Accompanying them this comment was
indorced by the auditor:
In these cases the street department
is employing help which is not pro-
vided for in the city ordinance gov
erning positions in this department
If you will reapprove these demands
and the board of public works will
certify that the labor has actually
been performed and that the price is
reasonable, l will number and register
them and pass them out for payment.
have notified the board of public
works, however, that from now on
l shall absolutely refuse to approve
any demand for salary that does not
strictly conform to the ordinance.
Miss Blondlock-How dare YOU tell
people my hair is bleached? You know
it is false.
Miss RaYenWing-Yes dear I know
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-18

Miss Blondlock-How dare you tell
people my hair is bleached? You know
it is false.
Miss Ravenwing-Yes dear, 1 know
it is. I told them it was bleached be-
fore you got it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21
STOPPED THE IT,
ONE ADVERTISING SIGN PUT TO
GOOD USE.
Truthful Weary William Rhoades Tells
How He Saved Lives and Prop
erty That Were Flying
70 Destruction.

yes" said Weary William RhOades,
president of the Amalgan ted Order
of Fatigued Itinerants, firmly planting
his foot on the third rail under the bar,
pride surely goeth before a fall, or
rather it wenteth before an Indian
summer in my case
The wolf had taken up such a
menacing position toward my door that
| was compelled to seek en- loyment
I secured a job as a sandwich man
Not an ordinary sandwich man, but
an advanced-One might say club sand
wlch man.
i did my work at night and the
signs | carried on my back an manly
chest were composed of electric light
bulbs, the storage batteries for the
illumination of which l carried in my
pockets.
The signs read, Stop, Danger!' on
the front an Avoid loose false teeth
we guarantee ours as nOn-swallow-
able. Snatchem & Fillem, 'Steen
Umpty umpty street. on the rear end.
Il mingled with the theater throngs
on the gay thOroughfares in the even
In an my unique signs attracted E
deal OF attention. By pressin' on GER
tain buttons Of my specially prepared
suit | could make the signs flare up
an go out at will.
The portable, intermittent an
n0uncemcnt was my own idea, an
was rapidly putting the Indian sign on
the wolf when the warm weather of
Indian summer brought on an acute
attack of wanderlust
Il battled with the tourist mlcrobe
for several evenin's. One night I got
Off my course an the first thing
knew the liquor trade winds had blown
me down to the freight yards at Sixty
sixth street
I could not resist the fascination
OF the jug-a-rum of the switch frogs in
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21

the nations first saw Stephenson's
steam engine pull it's first train of
cars from London to Liverpool
This latest prodigy, the Renard
train, is train of passenger or freight
vehicles headed by a steam or gaso-
line locomotive, which travels over
country roads and town or city streets,
says the Technical World MAGAZINE.
The ordinary railway train calls for
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21

throughout the entire length of. the
train, from which shaft a pair of
wheels on each vehicle of the train
are driven
The locomotive becomes, thus. a
travelling power house furnishing pow
er for each of the eight or ten cars
of the train, and transmitting this
power by means of the shaft to each
car.
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21
NEEDS NO LINE OF RAILS.
France Leads World in New Method
of TRANSPORTATION.

France has formally presented to
the world of passenger and freight
transportation the most novel and in
teresting type of highway locomotion
that has appeared since the days,
three-score and ten years ago. when
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21

steel rails and a special right-of-way:
the Renard train has no necessity for
either of these, but shares the COM
mon highway with the horse-drawn
vehicle.
Unlike the steam railroad train, the
Renard locomotive does not pull or
drag its train of cars after it; each
car of the train does its own propell-
ing by means of continuous drive
shaft extending from the locomotive
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21

II. r ~,
nov
y act nor
or I-a ila w mites I was
scual 21lccr.
When I awcka ! found the car in
which I had entrained had been cut
out an placed on a sidin' for some
cause an l was miles from any place
of real Importance. The wind had
risen an was merrily whistlin' fam
tasium through the Marcel wave on
my face
Il got down on the ground, preparin'
to walk in some direction. | sure was
some distance from my base of sup
plies an in heavy marchln' order with
my sign strapped to me-
''As 1 moved away from the string of
box cars a more sturdy gust O wind
than the rest blew down the tracks an
with creakin' an groanin several of
the cars were blown down the sidin'
toward the main track, over the derail.
Instead of the derail throwin' the cars
down the banks a couple Of box cars
were thrown directly over on the main
track
Il decided that I'd best be on my
way Suppose there should be a bad
wreck? They would blame me, the
poor, friendless tramp. Therefore,
started to run up the track, in my
nervousness clutching convulsively at
the buttons on my coat.
T-o-o-t, t-o-o-t, toot, toot!' came the
whistle of train in the distance,
redoubled my speed, but instantly the
midnight express shot viciously around
the curve. l jumped to one side to let
the train pass, but to my surprise the
train slowed down as it passed me an
came to stop within few feet of the
derailed cars
"Glancin' at my breast, | saw the
lights on the front side of my sign
were blazin forth in the night. The
words, Stop Danger!' set forth by
the electric bulbs had attracted the at
tentiOn of the ever watchful engineer
an unconsciously I had saved hun
dreds from a terrible death-oh,
thanks, bartender, I shall always re-
member you gratefully" and, fixing the
evening paper inside his waistcoat so
that the 6x9 type of the headlines
could better shield him from the cold,
Weary William slipped out into the
night.-N. Y. Sun
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21


Hen music is egg-cellent.
What has happened to the Belgian
hare craze?
Borrowing trouble, like borrowing
tools, is a bad practice.
The dairyman who says that dairy
ing doesn't pay is ten to one boarding
several COWS of that kind in his herd.
Experiments have proved that it
does not pay to keep a hen after her
second molt.
The selection of the ram is the most
important thing in connection with
sheep raising.
Alfalfa fever may be called a
healthy disease. Have you become
inoculated yet?
Bushel crates are handy Have
plenty of them to store the vegetables
in when putting in the cellar, and it
will save handling them twice
The breeding yards for the turkeys
should be gotten ready and the birds
occasionally yarded so that they will
get used to their laying quarters.
The false profit which the farmer
needs to look out for is the penny
overcharge which may cause him to
lose a dollar customer.
There is no good reason why there
should not be bathroom and running
water in every farmhouse. Believe
it? Then why have you not supplied
the convenience for your own house
A good use to make of potatoes, tur-
nips, apples, pumpkins ETC., that are
small and unmarketable is to cook
and feed to the COWS, poultry, hogs or
fattening beef cattle.
Fifty-two pounds of butter in 21 days
is the record claimed for the COW be-
longing to a Mrs. J. B. Wright, of Ham
ilton township, Sullivan county, Hi
nois Certainly the COW is all (W) right
too
Experience by practical dairymen
has demonstrated that the closed shed
or covered barnyard for the COWS dur
ing the day and using the stables only
at milking time gives cleaner COWS,
more sanitary milking stables and
hence cleaner milk.
Where running water is not abun-
dant on the farm it should be secured
by other means. Water may be pump
ed by windmill, gasoline engine, hy-
drauIic ram, or some other power, to
suitable reservoir, where it will
supply all needs by gravity
In onion culture all the soil must
be utilized to obtain the best re-
suits. Twelve to Is inches between
the rows and four to four and-one-half
inches between the plants in the row
is about right, and will give a yield
per acre from 100000 to 10000 or
The Winslow mail., 1907-12-21


with tar paper, and that not a tree
was touched, and the paper seemed
as good as ever for tree protection
this winter
The agricultural department has
found new type of red clover in Rus
sia, which in a test with the native
clGvers of the United States gave a
better yield than any of them, was
more upright, branched more freely,
and was free from the hairs which
characterize most of our strains.
Poultry raising is especially adapt
ed to women, and the women of the
farm have it in their power to make
as great success of poultry raising
as their husbands make of raising
horses, cattle, sheep or hogs. Clean
liness and faithfulness are two es-
sentials in successful poultry raising,
and here is where women excel.
A farmer was overheard the other
day to remark that he had a seed
UIlli ludC lie udu uSGu IOI 0U years,
and that it would not have lasted ten
years if he had not kept it in the
she'd That is, the careless farmer
would have had to bear the expense
Of two more machines. 1t is not hard
to figure how the careful farmer
makes farming pay.
Farming is authority for the state.
ment that a taint of tuberculosis con-
tanned in a tela
in Missouri has b. ..i
Gated by crossing ii "
man wild boar Efforts a.e no;
made to breed back this cross as th
meat producing qualities of the Ameri
can hogs were impaired, in breeding
the new type.
One of the vexatious things about
/ farm machinery is the tendency of
the bolts to work loose and get lost.
This can be prevented by occasionally
examining the nuts and tightening
them if they need it. The winter time
! gives good opportunity for overhaul
ing all the farm machinery and be-
ing sure that it is in good condition
for next seasons work. Don't put it
off. Spring work will be upon you
almost before you realize it.
It's happy, contented hen which
is kept busy. Feed small grain in
/ the morning in the litter so that the
hens will be kept busy until time to
feed the mash. Then about an hour
before roosting time in the afternoon,
+ give a feeding of cracked corn for
them to go to bed on. Be sure the
hens have fresh water, grits, char
| coal, and keep the hen house free
/ from droppings and you will have
healthy chickens, and will get eggs
in the winter time.
Even in North Dakota they are
raising alfalfa. Seed sown on the ex-
/ pertinent station farm in 1901 and
| 1902 passed through the winters in
! good condition, and is still making Wig
I OrOus grOwths. On June 27 Of this
/ year the first crop of Turkestan al
falfa was So inches high, and yielded
2.37 tons per acre. The second growth,
! which was as heavy as the first, was
/ allowed to ripen seed. Grimm al
falfa, as compared with Turkestan,
had finer stems and produced more
branches and leaves.
\ A bushel measure (circular) is 1872
/ inches in diameter and eight inches
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-23
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Y. \ 91 49,
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TIL board Of education s slowly
l taking up the important work Of
caring for the 10000 or more crippled
children In Greater New York who
nave hitherto been dependent for in.
atruction upon private charity The
Oldest and largest Of the schools,
founded by the Guild for Crippled
Children, Is In Montgomery street
Since last September teachers have
been provided for this school by the
board Of education. and similar aid Is
to be afforded the school established
under the same auspices in large
building In Madison avenue Teachers
and school supplies, however, are all
that the board 81 education viii BE-
able 10 do for some time 70 come, and
while a material reduction In oXpcndi.
tures on the part Of the societies fol.
lows thc impression has got out that
the scAoo. authorities are bearing the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-23

A PHILOSOPHER once said that in
"a a great city, such as New York,
each day has distinctive odor He
began with Sunday which, according
to tradition. if not in fact, was per
yaded with the odor Of sanctity, and
distributed among the other six days
their peculiar smells ! don't rcmcm
Der the exact list, but if was making
a list appropriate TO New York | know
wcll enough what odor ! would ascribc
to Monday | should call It the wash
d. amcll Those whose days are
spent in the congcstod districts of low
or New York lost this most grateful
Of metropolitan odors, but the forum.
ate ones whose lines are cast In upper
Manhattan and the outlying districts
can testify that on Monday the frag
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-23
MODERN HOTEL TO BE
BUILT FOR SAILORS

w HEN Jack Tar returns to this port
w after being tossed on the brine,
there is always welcome beacon
light cleaning for him. Latchstrings
are always on the outside for the ma
riner because. with his roll he is
always a mark for the "landlubber.'
But the sailor is becoming wise, and
God is on the sea as we'll as the
land" In other words the sailors are
rapidly becoming imhued with the re.
ligious spirit. The battery station OF
the Seaman's Church Institute is now
a mecca for the salts when they arrive
in port The sailors, for whom the
institution began its first activities
five years ago, baked at the church
for time but they found that IL was
managed on business principles and
gladly accepted it, The building near
Battery park will soon be supplanted
by n great hotel to cost almost $500
600. This will be devoted exclusively
to the use OF the sailors, and Jack will
call it his home. The proposed struc-
ture is TO tower from CoontiCs slip and
its plan calls for what is considered
the most complete establishment OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-23
NEGRO BUYS HOME NEAR
ENRACED MILLfONAIRES

FASHIONABLE Washington Is agog
over the purchase OF home in one
Of the most exclusive sections of the
city BY Alonzc Ware, negro. Ware
started TO mot~ into his new home,
1856 T street, bu. was enjoined The
matter Is now awaiting hearing on It's
merits, and extensive real estate hold.
ers will make an effort to have the in.
junction made permanent
John NJ. Henderson sold the house
70 James f. Leath for $4,000 Leath.
white man, said he was soon to mar,
ry and wanted a home, After the deal
was closed Leath turned over the title
TO Ware for $40, and 1t 10 noy alleged
that Ware was the real principal in
the transaction Henderson owns
100000 worth Of property in the imme.
diatr neig. oorhood. he says, and has