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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
BEGINS FORESTRY
TO RENEW TIES
PENNSYLVANIA UP AGAINST A
HARD PROBLEM
Half a Million Trees Will Be Set Out
Every Year-Other Roads Retim-
bering Denuded strips.
Railroad News

To meet the continually growing de-
mand for cross ties the Pennsylvania
railroad has begun forestry operations
on a large scale. The company will
raise as many ties for it's own use as
the extent of it's land holdings will per-
nit. From 300 900 to 100000 trees will be
set out every year. T.. A. Sterling, for
merly i'm the government forestry ser
vice. has been appointed forester of
Pennsylvania.
At the same time the Pennsylvania is
going to lengthen the "lives' of its ties
by treating them with creosote. The
officials have studied European methods
of preservation and are convinced that
by proper treatment ties can be made
to last twice as long as at present.
The London & Northwestern railway
in England gets twenty years service
out of it's ties by the use of creosote.
This cannot be accomplished here be-
cause the traffic is so much heavier but
it is calculated that tie which now
serves seven years may be made 10
serve fourteen.
1t is estimated that railroads in the
United States use 110,000,000 new ties
every year. The Pennsylvania lines
east of Pittsburg use 3,500000 annually
and the yearly consumption of the en-
tire system is about 5,500000. The con-
made 1t necessary for the company TO
send further and further away for its
ties. Ties represent IA per cent of the
cost of maintaining roadway of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The forestry departments of the
United States and of Pennsylvania are
cooperating with the railroad company
in it's tree-growing, for the effort is re-
garded as of considerable educational
value. 1t is hoped that railroads
throughout the country will take up the
idea and help to retimber thousands of
acres of land which have been stripped.
In getting rights of way it was often
necessary to acquire land not necessary
for strictly transportation purposes and
a great deal of this land is unsuitable
for agriculture. Every available acre
will be covered with loCusts, white oak,
chestnut and yellow pine. On the lines
west of Pittsburg and Erie and expert
ment with $4,000 catalpa trees is turn
ing out successfully, from which 1t ap-
pears that a new source of tie supply is
about to be opened up.
Economies resulting from tree cult
walton will amount to many millions of
dollars in the course of years. On the
basis of an average cost of 70 cents a tie
and % cents for putting it into the
track, the Pennsylvania system has to
spend more than S5,000,000 on ties every
year.
Last year some 100000 trees were
planted by the Pennsylvania EASTERN
lines, and many more will be set out
this year. In the nursery at Holidays
burg are nearly 10000 which are to be
transplanted within the next tenI
months. The utmost care is taken 20
protect the trees from fire and from in.
sects. Through the tracts where trees
have been planted fire lanes forty feet
Uri6 of lya,, oh ol,,l
bare of vegetable growth. Men are en-
ployed to keep watch over the trees
during the season when there is danger
of fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

when one was starting out on a Jour
ney.
This process is said to have met
with Disfavor on the part of the cats
but in spite of this became very nom
ular and Fashionable. Modern His
torians have been una BILE to decide why
this was considered good luck to the
one who was starting out on the jour
ney. They urge, and not without
reason, that 1t was a very auspicious
event for all who lived in the neigh
borhood of the cat. but fail to see how
the Departing Ones could profit
thereby.
In addition to being sort of tails
man this Process was considered n
Sure Cure for some cases of Insomnia
While the treatment is said by An
Cient Scientists to have been rather
Severe for the cats, Modern Research
has not Substantiated their Findings.
Most of these Ancient Superstitions
have been banished by the Light of
the Present Sophisticated era but.
nevertheless. there are Many People
who, although they do not believe in
Signs, consider it Good Luck to catch
a Musical Cat behind the Left Ear
with a Five Pound Clod before the
Cat has got to the Second Bar of his
nightly Solo.
Cats make Great Pets for the Little
Children, who Love to Fasten Large
Tin Cans TO their Tails and Watch
then run when the Children throw
Rocks at them. Another Innocent
Pastime INDUCED in by Many is that
of Setting a dog on the Trail of a
Large Thomas Cat and Standing far
enough away that the Fur does not
Fly in the Watchers Faces.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
LIMIT PLACED ON "EXcURsIoN"
Tickets Good for More Than Thirty
Days Considered "Tourist"

At last, through a decision of the in
terstate commerce commission, a tech
nical word excursion" as applied to
round trips Offered at reduced rates by
railroad companies, has been inter-
preted to mean a round trip to be made
within thirty days from the time a
ticket is sold. Any length of time
longer than a month and being included
in the time limit of a reduced round
trip rate ticket is termed a tourist"
rate, as contradistinctive to the "eXcur-
sion" rate.
These are the fine interpretations
which the commission has placed on the
words in response to requests by the
railroad companies for enlightenment
Joseph HELEN, general passenger agent
for the Texas e. New Orleans, is au-
thority for the statement that while
the word excursion" is taken to
mean any time less than a month, it
may also be any period of time, no mat
ter whether encompassed within the
twenty-four hours Of one day.
1t was two months ago that the rail-
roads propounded the question to the
commission, asking them fatty what
constituted an excursion" because eX-
cursions were the subject matter of
special regulations designed to prevent
discrimination against others. The
roads wanted to know whether or not
their regular summer rates for sea-
coast and mountain resorts would be
nenaced under the ruling. The COM
mission has answered, and now the
roads are in possession with respect to
the word In the compilation of the
rates for summer travel this year the
rates will be called tourist" rates in
stead OF Excursion" rates, as in years
past. This is so because the rates go
on early in the year and continue in
effect until October /
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

Of next week from San Pedro to Homo
lulu is a splendid beginning of direct
trade and travel between these two
ports. We are anxious to have our Is
land sister so fond of us socially and
commercially as to warrant at an early
day the placing Of dozens of ships in
constant and direct communication. We
feel that we can be as useful and neces-
sary to that beautiful city as she can
be to this.
THE climate of Southern California
is beyond compare. 1t will attract
more and more people as the years go
by. 1t is today our largest asset, and
perhaps will be for all time to come.
As a Winter Resort
"This chamber will not forget to
publish our charms as winter resort,
and will more than ever before sing the
praises of Los Angeles as a summer
resort. Where else in all the world on
hot summer days is even the shade
cool? And where else are coverings
necessary every summer night? I be-
lieve Los Angeles city the most cli-
matically comfortable and best equip
ped summer resort in the world, and it
must be advertised accordingly.
I'm this connection I desire to en-
phasize the opinion of the chamber
that the cleanliness of this city needs
to be given prompt and serious atten-
ton.
I'm conclusion, I feel confident that
the same attention, investigation and
unity of purpose and effort will govern
the action of this board this year as in
past years, and because of such, sue
cess VIII be ours"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
PUSSY CATS HAVE
PROUD ANCESTRY
MORE BLUE BLOODED THAN
DUKE OR LORD
Progenitors of Cat Clubs Prize VIM
ners Held important Places In
Ancient History and
Romance

Cat entl- ,siasts are counting the days
when the great display of choice fe-
lines will begin at Chutes park; and the
beatifc day is not much further off,
as the show opens Thursday. The
elite of catdom, gathered from all over
Southern California, will sit in state
for three days while society, in all its
regalia, gathers at the Chutes park
pavilion to do them homage
To date thirteen cups and almost
three score special prizes have been
promised the managers, all of which
will be bestowed on blue, tortoise,
cream, black and white males, females
and neuters. one fortunate pussy VIII
receive a suit case, another will be
made the proud possessor of dainty
lingerie waist, while a third will in
the future be able to take his liquid
refreshments from a handsome stein
Many of the cats which will assemble
for the delectaton and instruction of
the public have extensive histories, but
a general sketch of the cat family
would read much as follows:
BY HOWARD II. KRUGER.
The Cat is a Carnivorous Quadru-
ped of the Genus Felis. 1t possesses
an Amorous Temperament and a Stri-
dent Voice, both of which it uses freely
occasion. In It's Native State the Cat
is found possessed of an Unsuitable
Longing for youn6 Spring Poultry. 1t
has been found after Experiment that
Poultry and Cats do not Thrive well
in the same Neighborhood, so if your
NeighbOr tries to raise tender Fowls
for the Table by all means get Cat.
This rule must not, however, be con-
strued as working both ways; If your
I h ttNlg
can Probably Get Chickens,
A Curious Habit OF the Domestic
Cat. and one which is frequently pro-
ductive of the Sin of Profane Swear
ing, is it's fondness for Singing in a
high Tenor Voice while the rest Of the
World Is attempting to Woo Morpheus,
Many divers Views are held by the
World at Large as to Why the Cat
sings, and why he chooses so I'm
earthly an Hour. Some Optimistic and
Charitably inclined Persons Hold that
ster are ntenrod to lure from the
Cosy Shelter of her Woodpile the Mate
he desires; but the Opponents of this
View Contend that If such were his
Intentions hc would not choose Fun
eral Dirges to Compass his end.
Why is cat2
Others hold that i'm the Beginning
when the different nimals were given
their respective Shares of Original Sin,
the Cat, not Knowing what was being
given away and being anxious to get
his Share, fell i'm line four times and
got Four Allotments. These scientists
claim that 1t is this which prompts
the Thomas Cat to seek the elevation
of a Shed Roof or Back Fence and
Pour out his Soul i'm Lugubrious Tales
of Love, the whiles less Amorous Lis
teners for whom the Concord of Sweet
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
CONTRACTORS COMPETE
FOR PUBLIC WORK

Recent bids showing cost of public
improvements indicate that there is
lively competition for this work Three
simple contracts from the board of
works files are:
To improve Forty-seve street from
South Park avenue 1850 feet east-R. c.
Lowell proposed $1.55 per lineal foot
for grading and graveling. 35 cents per
lineal foot for cement curb, 13h cents
per square foot for sidewalk. Frank
Moir proposed 81 Is per lineal foot for
grading and graveling. Los Angeles
Bridge and Construction company pro-
posed 81 43 per lineal foot for grading
and graveling.
To curb and sidewalk Bartlett street
from Centennial street to Beaudry ave-
nue-H. II. Curtis proposed 30 cents
per lineal foot for cement curb, IA cents
per square foot for sidewalk. j. N.
PattillO, 36 cents per lineal foot for
cement curb r. G. Lowell, 30 cents
per lineal foot for cement curb. G. r..
Grant, 50 cents per lineal foot for ce-
ment curb. f, w. Whittier, 40 cents
per lieal foot for cement curb. Los
Angeles Bridge and Construction COM
pany, 35 cents per lineal FOOT for ce-
ment curb.
TO curb and sidewalk Fremont ave-
nue. from Second street to Third street
H. II. Curtis proposed 80 cents per
lineal foot for cement curb; Ia cents per
square foot for sidewalk, r. G. Lowell.
37* cents per lneal foot for cement
curb. j. N. Pattillo, S5h cents per lin
cal foot for cement curb. c. E. Groat,
"a cents per lineal foot for cement
curb f. w. Whittier, As cents per
lineaI foot for cement curb. Los Ange-
les Bridge and Construction company,
35 cents per lineal foot for cement curb.
For furnishing and installing cast
iron lighting posts on Carr street, be-
Llewellyn Iron works proposed $3.50 for
ten posts.
It never takes a stranger in Los An
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
TO STUDY MODERN
ALARM SYSTEMS
Police Commissioners viii Look Into
Workings of Foster and Other
Signal Patents for the
Departments Use

Some day this week the board of po-
lice commissioners will take a trip into
the Westlake park district to note the
workings of the signal light system in
use there, invented by Detective Foster
Of Los Angeles.
Changes in the Los Angeles alarm
system have been advocated by some
of the interests in the department while
others have opposed the Foster system,
The mayor and commissioners will try
to reach a conclusion in a few days.
The supply committee of the council
is retrenching in every direction and
every dollar spent on the fire and police
alarm system is subject to rigid audit
ing. The Voters i'n9 que has asked that
no more money be spent on these sys-
tenn until thD principles Of the Foster
system are studied first. on the other
hand IT has been alleged that If the
latter system is used the city viii in
Vitc infringement of patent litigation
The executive committee of the
Voters league recently asked that no
more police signal boxes be installed,
and 10 take the necessary steps to pro-
vide the best police alarm system haV-
ing the most approved appliances neces-
sary to increase the efficiency of the
force.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
STEPHENS LOOKS
FOR GREAT CITY
PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER Is
OPTIMISTIC
Talks of Owens River Project and
Other Civic Improvement Fea-
tures in Address at An
nuaI Meeting

Directing public sentiment in behalf
of Greater Los Angeles, the president
Of the chamber of commerce, William
d. stephens, told forCeful facts In his
address at the annual meeting or the
board of directors Friday night.
1t formed a portion Of the series OF
reports which gave red letter chapters
in the history of the growing organiza-
ton
Mr.. Stephens address was as follows:
Il consider the presidency of the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce the
greatest civic honor that Southern
California can bestow upon citizen.
"The Los Angeles chamber of COM
merCe Is the greatest organization or
it's kind here or elsewhere. 1t has
justly acquired reputation of doing
the right thing in the right way, at the
right time 1t is free from suspicion of
politics or personal gain. 1t is the con-
sistently conservative advocate of the
continuing growth and development OF
this city and section,
Brings People Here
This chamber has directed (and with
wonderful resultS) very general dlttu-
sion Of statistical advertising and eli
matte literature. 1t has been a potent
agent in the bringing of people TO this
favored land. 1t has assisted in the de-
factures and horticultural interests. 1t
has been working with might and main
for a plentiful water supply. 1t Is FUR
thering the cause of good roads. 1t be-
lieVes in the courting of Arizona, New
| Mexico and Nevada business, and is
moving toward Hawaiian and oriental
trade. 1t will labor to bring hitheT new
transcontnental railroads, and will lend
! IT'S aid to the beautifying Of this city
I and county by intelligent and concerted
action.
This chamber has no political pref
crouCcs. II does not, cannot, VIII not
engage in politics, but it win help to
/ direct public sentiment so that honest
able men may serve us in every public
utility, whether municipality or pri-
/ Nd'cly owned.
For Owens River Water
"This chamber has been deeply inter-
cStcd i'm the owens river valley, hoping
| to find there a supply Of pure water
! adequate 70 the immediate and future
needs of this wonderfully growing city
| The recent report of the board of eX-
| perts now makes us sure of the quality
! and quantity of the water and Of the
| feasibility of bringing it here. And
( when the people of This city shall have
\ voted I'm favor of the bond issue ncCes-
H sary to the carrying out Of this great
undertaking, they Will expect this
chamber to materially assist them I'm
safeguarding for them every private
and public use of the water and power
afforded And in the future, as in the
past, the Los Angeles chamber OF COM
merce will do its duty.
THE great outer and inner harbors at
San Pedro and Wilmington have had
constant attention, and plans are now
. being maturcd that Will give an Oppor-
tunity for early relief TO shipping This
chamber stands now, as always, for a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
TO BREAK ARMOUR MONOPOLY

Six hundred refrigerator cars, the
first of a total order of $500, are being
received in Los Angeles by the Pacific.
Fruit Express company, the concern
recently organized 70 displace Armour
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
Consolidation Grows

"Consolidation must go forward now,
until at least Los Angeles, San Pedro
and Wilmington are under one general
control-but not unless San Pedro and
Wilmington are quite willing to be a
part of one greater corporation in
everything that is for the common
good; keeping each for itself, under
some sort of borough plan, local gov
ernment that shall preserve a certain
liberty and identity.
I'VE are alive to the Importance OF
good roads, and this chamber will fur
ther every proper effort to advance
their building. I believe that a COM
mission should be created, authorized to
select from time to time certain streets
and roads for permanent improvement,
and that the larger part of moneys an
nually appropriated for road purposes
should be spent on these selections un-
til finished, and that the lesser amount
only be spent for temporary repairs or
on otner roads.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
LEWIS CAFE

Because II Is the most central and best
conducted restaurant in Los Angeles.
Its prices are acceptable and the music
is the best.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
Geology of the Ore Deposits

The main ledge the
Mining Company really system of six parallel veins the most
five feet apart and is the opinion of Leonard Durrant Syer the
forming one compact body The vein which the Rose Bud
surface but wdened to inches at the 25oot level String
to
and at point the Rose Bud claims the boundary
three hours As these big strikes made within 300
of the Manhattan Cocktail boundary line
veins certainty that the values that
the within
Cocktail and this theory will be by development
be commenced
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

free harbor, and 1t will give freely of
its time and strength to expedite har-
Dor development along lines of general
public good. In the words of the har-
Dor committee, There must be a suffi-
cient area Of land publicly owned and
controlled, and fronting on the estab-
lished harbor lines to assure access to
deep water. and to wharfage facilities
at any time, under reasonable condi-
tions, to responsible and competitive
commercial and transportation inter-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
Good Roads Needed

Good roads in Southern California
will so materially lessen the present
charges of transportation companies
as to save to the people a large part Of
the cost of such roads.
Good roads are needed by our farm
ers, merchants and manufacturers, by
our own pleasure loving people, and by
the thousands Of tourists that come to
us annually, and will come in large
numbers because of them.
1--WE should have ere long not only
our FL Canine Real, winding its way
from san Diego and Capistrano through
Santa Ana, Anaheim, Whittier and Los
Angeles to Ventura and Santa Barbara
but also a broad, macadamized high
way rambling along the foothills
through Pasadena Monrovia, Pomona
and other intermediate and beautiful
cities to San Bernardino. Another to
the ocean at San Pedro that shall come
home via RedondO, Playa del Rey,
Venice, Ocean Park, Santa Monica and
Hollywood. And one to Long Beach,
Naples and Alamitos Bay.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

on a time a pale student from Ga.
Was pinched for being a fa
Said the Judge with a smile:
Young man, for a while
Free Of charge we are going 10 ba."
Yale Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
Dig for Gold and Bore for Gold

We business spending
That why
We
gold We
who has bought of has had
doubled and trebled his
fictitious We list stocks the San Francisco Mining Exchange
sell certificate and i
Manhattan Cocktail will be deveoed and stock will
gerp
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

Or breathes there Man who Listeneth
And in his Bed doth lie,
But longs to Feel within his Grasp
A Rock which he might Shy?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

Sounds has no Charms, seek to Pour
out his Blood. The Poet has Beauti-
fully expressed this Thought in the
following Verses:
But bark, from yonder Woodshed Roof
Comes the Felines Evening Song;
Who dares to say, to Heave a Rock
At such a Time were Wrong?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
Fortlfy the Coast

The war department must be con-
WINGED of the advisability Of more gem
orally fortifying the Pacific coast and
moro particularly protecting from ocean
attack the cities and towns surround
ing San Pedro harbor Every chamber
of commerce, board Of trade and other
mercantile organization, every board Of
supervisors, city council or board Of
trustecs-indeed every organization of
every kind i'm Southern California
should at once petition congress- the
president ana the war department to
Immediately commence fOrtihcations
near Santa barbara, Ventura, Santa
Monica, san Pedro and San Diego.
"Ihe mining districts of Southern
california, and more particularly Of
Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico,
must be cultivated assGuOusly, for they
are alike rich in mineral and mercan-
tile possibilities. Supplies Of all kinds
should go 10 them from this city. An
other commission should study this
problem, and be given authority 10 do
what is necessary 10 join them to us in
such bonds of friendship ana business
as shall make every relationship mu-
tually pleasant and profitable.
Some more definite plans for assist
ing factories, mills and shops TO estab-
lish themselves in this vicinity should
be thought out.
The Imperial valley people must be
helped TO overcome their troubles, for
whom that great valley shall he even
half developed, Los Angeles viii reap
"a thousandfold.
THE chamber Of commerce excursion
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

1t is thought that the Cat is the
Originator of the popular National
Anthem, I'VE Won't Go Home Till
Morning." although this cannot be def
initalv eSta bliShed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18

1t never takes a stranger in Los An
geles long to fnd