Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-15
.HAMFORD TO
HEAD LEAGUE
CALIFORNIA CITY OFFICIALS
ELECT OFFICERS
NEXT CONVENTION TO BE HELD
AT SACRAMENTO
Addresses of Great Interest to Men,
bers Read by Prominent Author
tes--A. B. Nye to Speak
Today
Pasadena Agency.
n North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907, Home 2124.


PASADENA, Nov 14-The League of
California Municipalities tonight elected
as president Mayor j. j. Hanford of
San Bernardino; first vice president,
Councilman w. L. PEPPER Of San Jose;
second pvice president, Assemblyman A.
e. Orr of Visalia; secretary, II. A. Ma
son of Mountain View.
Sacramento was selected as the place
for holding the convention in 1908. All
officers were elecetd by acclamation.
Several cities were mentioned in the race
| for next years convention, including
Monterey, Petaluma, Sonora and Ber-
kelley.
| The department fengineers and street
superirtendents this afternoon elected r.
! c. Irvine of Sacramento, president; s.
| j. Van Ornum of Pasadena, vice pres
ident; C. B. Lewis, Watsonville, secre-
| tary.
| Tonight's sessions was given over to
the library association of the fourth dis
trict, which was addressed by Ernest
Bruncken of the legislative reference IL
brary at Sacramento. He told of the
uses of the books and the class of pa
irons at the state capital Mrs. H. M.
Faulder of Covina reported progress of
the libraries of the southern section of
| the state.
At the afternoon session delegates to
the convention of librarians heard a
talk by Prof. e. l.. Larkin of the Mt.
Lowe observatory, who told of works
on scientific subjects under his control.
Secretary H. A. Mason advocated cer-
| tificates for librarians, and suggested
that the matter of examinations be
| brought to the attention of the legis-
| lature.
| Bookkeeping of city accounts was dis
cussed by Auditors M. L. Hanscom OF
Berkeley; Auditor B. J. Edmonds of Sar
Diego and Auditor c. R. Stebbins OF
| Riverside. Auditor w. c. Mushet of Los
Angeles told of the methods in vogue
| in eastern cities in handling accounts
The subjects were thoroughly discussed
| R. G. Irvine, superintendent of streets
of Sacramento, told of the success Of
that city in handling garbage by means
| of an incinerator. He said the apparatus
cost the city $4,000. and that it is guar
anteed to burn 40 tons of garbage in o
hours and that since its operation IL
has exceeded this guarantee by dispos.
| ing of SO tons in 13 hours. He said
the city has done away with threatened
damage suits from the dumping. of dead
animals by incineration at cost of less
than 80 cents a ton. :
| This discussion was of Importance to
the city OHlclalS OF Pasadena VINO are
now dealing with the garbage question.
At the session of the city attorneys
bond issues were the subjects discussed
at length. H. A. Staats of Petaluma ad-
vocated long term bond issues for small
cities because. of the reason that the
coming generation would be afforded an
opportunity of sharing | the expense OF
the Improvement of which they receive
the benefits. Mr.. Stats pointed to the
fact that the city of Los Angeles is wei
advertised throughout the east because
| it's bonds are of high value and are held
by many investors who regard them as
| gilt edged security.
The clerks and auditors look forward
to the session of tomorrow mornig with
added interest from the fact that State
Auditor A. B. Nye will be present to
tell them of his ideas of state super
vision of municipal accounts.