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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
LONGACRE.

A large and high class entry list is reported for the annual show of the Pune Tree Kennel club, of Portlano. Me. The show opens today and con, tinues over tomorrow.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
Editorial Comment
Has Monopoly a Divine Right?
(From ,,aturday's Daily.)

(From Saurday's Daly)
 holidays Miner published
 The prospect there being municipal tickets in the field be him op portunity featd he will feel had the sided prevailed only people year permitted competition clec tre hshtins7 It will be interesting to find just how the nd the Council the various tickets aloned
 few later the following communication received:
 Editor of the Journal Miner;
 clipping appeared paper this ii that stated the 'uc correctly; in fact, that have clearly mis stated it.
 The I il shall pro'o, permitted competition lighting shall the municipal owncr'hipi'
 good many ourselves progressive and public spirited citizens would be glad legitimate competition m monopoly, nevertheless do not believe that is right according tho principle dcn for the City fran chi.e individual allow him ahead and his money n business n and then about and destroy what he has built by terng into direct competition with him
 the just psace will laid the communication aside Under ordinary would the basket evidently being afraid disclose his identity b" laeous that the Journal Miner deemed i duty puucu rul receive attention the hand of any newnrc The man who dare editor identity skuIs behind plumc akin the ran who would tat the back the burglar who breaks into house under \ darkness
 probably exactly this hut is cvden sympa,b with corporation that ob the citizens by virtue franchise Perhaps the monopoly his wlcl ct, for his mAniai smsmus Cizen n city individual n corporation achsc nndln competition with him \ q donated franchise public utility privilege a valuable ssntcd on would made of continuous iner municipality. There hardly city in the United where such franchises granted except upon inc condition thai the xhSsu pay of the income to the city the PAID NOTHING tlis vHlu sbe priyiQe the franchise my n elusive him monopoly nnd he a' squeezed c lemon to limit.
 Later MT handed him silver platter and again the transaction Being citizen in our midst public from n patron barely About vFea thc 'lndcpendcut which r tis territory und the Consolidated Telegraph and Telephone system is owned by Epc Randolph and with w. e. HnchciTo Arizona antqntcd method of ringing bell to hail "Ccnra sl prevails
 of Inc franchise this being simply taken
  CT the impression legitimate the lighting The franchise hardly cold before gned by grantee tho Prescott Electric and then appeared the the woodp another Additional license milk tho people contained of its into tho City ' fhesar
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
NEW YORK GAINS
 THOUSAND A DAY
Phenomenal Growth of the Metropolis in
 l9O6- 6--Nieht and Day Lawyers For Those Who Need Them--District
 Attorney Disappoints Insurance Men.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.--According to universal New York's custom, Father Knickerbockcr has been taking ac. count of stock, and finds occasion to congratulate himself that in 1906 his city of Gotham has broken all records for growth of big cities. Its totnl in. crease in population hns been 375,000, or over ,000 new inhabitants for every day in the year. The floating popula. ton visitors and others whose stay in the city K temporary, whose homes are the hotels and lodging houses, and whose presence gives the air of hustle and rapid life to tho shopping district and the Great White way, is number. ed at 10000 to 100000. To the city and it's suburbs during the year has come an increase in rcal estate values of s600,000,0 0,000-a tri1c, to bc sure, but nearly three times the property valuation of inc entire State of Ne. vada in 1901, nearly equal to that of Arizona and Wyoming combined, far greater than that of New Mexico, Idaho or Utah, and just about equal to the entire property valuation of South Da. ko'a in that year. For the ycar's work on rapid transit projects, the total out. lay has been O0,00O,00O, and the work already under way will cost sl,0Oo,0O0 by the time ii k completed. Just to keep in touch with things. the old gentleman in the powdered wig has broken another record that for tcle. phone installations. Within radius of about thirty.fve miles of the City Hall, there arc now in service some 3s9,00o telephones; so that now New York has in service more telephones than London and the ten other largest cities of Great Britain combined; more than France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland combined; and more tcle. phoncs than are to be found in the twenty largest cities in Germany. The new installations in the territory in and near New York for the year numbered G7 GOO or nearly 900 n dny
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

Don't blanc people for having silly thoughts; anything is better than vacuum.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

The New Yorker to inc manor born expects to shuttle off his load of care and get home to Molly and the baby some time before breakfast the next morning; but the Sunday School sup. erintcndent from the interior who comes 10 town once year or once a lifetime with n high steam pressure and neat little roll of the long green ones in his right hand trousers pocket, expects to stay right on tho job until he sees n finish. Less than n year ago night and dny bank was started to look nftcr his financial needs, but seemed only to increase his demand for other similar convenienccs. So now . company has been formed to furnish legal aid in all sorts of emergencies at any hour of the day or night. All that is necessary K to ring up the of- fec from the hotel and then pay the bill Not long ago hus,ling business man remembered that he was engaged to be married in an upstate city the next day, and that n steam yacht wns n necessary part of the equipment. lt was after office hours, and the ones. tion was to find n lawyer qualified to draw up lease for this particular kind of matrimonial craft. An other sources having failed, application to the all night law company brought inc dc. sired result, Al the hour of i a. m., the lease was signed. sealed and delivered, and at x the bridegroom steamed away up the Hudson, blissfully unconscious of thc fact that railroad runs SO closc along the edge of the river that sometimes it falls in.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

The Journal Miner has three times tho circulation of any paper in North. &rrl Arizona.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

The Journal, Miner stands up for Prescott and Ysvspai county.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

Battered Posomc Prescott, of
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
TOWN OF BEAUMONT
SOLD FOR $225, 900
CHICAGO INVESTOR NOW OWNER
OF 1900 LOTS
Townsite Located on Southern Pacific
Railroad at Foot of San Jacinto
and Grayback Noun
tains

Clarendon B. Eyer, formerly of Chica-
go, but now resident of Los Angeles,
with offices in the Hellman building, has
become the owner of the old town OF
Beaumont. The purchase was made from
the German Savings and Loan society OF
San Francisco through A. T. Jurgtns Dc
Co. The property acquired embraces the
entire townsite of Beaumont, CAL, COM
prising 1900 town lots, size go by $50 feet;
the town water company, it's pipes, res
ervoirs, water rights and appurtenances;
the Beaumont hotel, a building of 100
rooms and out buildings, and 4200 acres
of land, of which $500 acres are now I'M
der cultivation
Beaumont is STATED on the main line
of the Southern Pacific railroad, eighty
miles southeast of Los Angeles, at an
altitude of $500 feet, at the foot of the
San Jacinto and Grayback mountains, in
what is known as the San Gorgonio val
ley. Beaumont was put on the map
some twenty-odd years ago by DR.. Ed
gar, who laid out the streets 80 by 100
feet wide, running from the railroad
track to the mountains on the north.
DR.. Edgar added greatly to the beauty
of these fine boulevards by lining them
with evergreen trees, consisting of pep
per, cypress, various kinds of eucalyptus
and palms, and now, after twenty years.
growth, beaumont has some of the most
beautiful avenues in Southern California.
During the panic of 1887 and 1888 this
was taken over by the German
Savings and Loan Society of San Fran
cisco, and has been held intact by that
company for all these years. Regardless
of this fact. Beaumont has become wide
ly known for its health-giving qualities,
its pure water and it's delicious fruits.
At the purchase price of $225,OO0 it is
considered by those who are acquainted
with Beaumont and the conditions sur
rounding it to be great bargain.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Eyer to build
an adequate irrigating system for the
purpose of irrigating these lands, and to
subdivide the same into plats of five, ten
and twenty acres, in accordance with the
great demands in Southern California
for small acreage, good soil and abun-
dance of water.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
BUYS
ON EAST FIFTH
INVESTORS WILL RESIDE AT
HOLLYWOOD
Nat Goodwin, the Actor, Acquires More
Frontage at Ocean Park to
Develop Tropical
Garden

Among the notable sales of the past
week demonstrating the continued in
terest of capitalists in investment proper
ty, particularly in the vicinity of the
Arcade depot, was the following:
Through r.. A. Rowan & Co. a vacant
lot on the south side of East Fifth street.
between Towne and Ruth avenues, was
sold by ]. Hatcher for S23500 to B. s..
Phelps, ]. r. Hubbard and ]. H. Stafford
Mr.. Stafford and Mr.. Phelps are from
Rock Island ILL.,, and have been specu-
lating in Los Angeles real estate very
successfully during the past eighteen
months, both in business and subdivision
property Mr.. Hubbard is a recent ar
rival from Minnesota, and has purchased
a fine home at Hollywood.
The property on the northeast corner
of Central avenue and Sixteenth street
has been sold by Andrew Anderson to
Carl Leonardt for $4,000 through F. j.
Steele & Co. The lot is 42x150 feet, and is
improved with a frame structure that is
used as a laundry. The rental value is
$120 a month.
Jules Andrews has purchased from Anna
Leonardt the property at 244 North Breed
street for $4,000. The lot is 125x176 feet
in size and is improved with ten-room
house
Charles NJ Stewart of Long Beach has
paid j. M. Carter 500 for the lot 14ox146
feet on the northwest corner of Sixteenth
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
VALLEY HOME ACRES
SOLD ON EASY TERMS
Acreage Near Fresno Available at 500
for Five-Acre Tract, Five DOL
lars Down and Five a
Month

One of the finest opportunities to Sc
cure productive land in California on
easy terms is offered by d. l.. Peters,
whose office is in the H. w. Hellman
building Mr.. Peters controls a large
body of land in Fresno county, twenty
five miles northwest of the city of Fres-
no, which has been subdivided into five
acre tracts, that are on the market at
$1OO a tract, terms five dollars down and
five dollars a month.
San Joaquin valley land is widely
known to be highly productive and home
seekers have learned by experience that
comparatively few acres in the valley
are required to produce a good living for
a family, with assurance of soon attain
ing a competency as a result of Industry
and the application of intelligence in
raising products that find ready mar
ket in any part of the world. 1t Is
claimed that every acre of MIR. Peters
holdings will be worth 500 within short
time. The soil is a rich, fertile loan,
particularly adapted to the growing of
raisin grapes, which industry it is stated
is paying the farmers of Fresno county
$3.50 to $400 an acre. All kinds of fruits
corn, grain, sugar beets, potatoes, etc.,
are produced. 1t is claimed that five
acres In the valley are worth more than
100 acres in the east.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
MIDDLE WEST MAN TO
LIVE IN LOS ANGELES

Following are among the sales closed
at the office of the Althouse Bros:
Ralph Kaiser to Mrs. Charles snyoea, aeas !,
Budlong avenue. The house Is modern
and contains hardwood floors. paneled
walls, beamed ceilings, bookcases ana
window seats. The grounds are hlsnts W 10y
imnroved with shrubs, etc. Lot so by 1S5
feet; consideration $4,000.
A. A. Graft to ]. S. Stems, an unim-
proved lot on the southeast corner OF
Washington and Western avenue; lot oV
NV 130 feet. Mr.. Stems is a wealthy man
ufacturer from Nebraska and intends TO
improve this lot in the near future; con-
sideration $4500.
Althouse Bros. and Arnold & Dodge to
Mary A. Cushing, an unimproved lot in
Ramona Park, on the north side of Sec
ond street, $50 feet west of Glendon way;
lot so by 153 feet. Mrs. Gushing will i'm
prove this lot with modern two-story
nine-room residence for her future home,
to cost about $3.50; consideration $3.50.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
OMAR STREET PROPERTY
GOES AT BARGAIN PRICES

The Robert Mitchell company reports
the sale of the property located at 5ll
Omar street for Rosa Levy to Anna Y.
James and Chan Kun Sheck. M. w.
Lewis represented the purchasers The
property consists of lot 80 by 100 feet,
improved with seven-room house of
nominal value. located on the west side
of the street.
The same company just sold the prop
erty across the street known as Sl4 to
316 Omar street, consisting of lot 90 by
11O feet, improved with two houses, for
$1O,500 These were both considered ex-
ceptionalIy good buys for such close in
property.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
PROMISING MINE
is NEAR PASADENA
PRINCESS GOLD MINING COMPANY
INCORPORATED
Camp in Little Tejunga Canyon, TWen-
ty-two Miles from Los Angeles.
General Johnstone Jones
President

1t is announced by the Pasadena papers
that with considerable development work
already done and opening up rich vein
of chloride quartz, the Princess Mining
and Milling company has every reason
to believe that the properties which the
company owns within twenty miles of
Pasadena will become one of the leading
mines of the state.
An immense body of ore discovered
within two and half miles of the forks
of the Tejunga canyon sixteen years
agoe will soon begin to run through the
mills of the company and deposit it's gold
in the cyanide tanks erected to reap the
golden harvest.
Fourteen claims are owned by the COM
pany. The claims lie in a sort of granite
! porphyry formation and the ore is soft
and easily nilled. Assays taken of tho
ore have run as high as S275.50 to the
ton. A collection of clippings taken to
form a good average of the ore values
shows an assay figure of $36 per ton. Two
tons of the ore run through mill in Los
Angeles, plated and afterward cyanided,
gave returns of 81 a ton on the plates and
total return of $1160 per ton on the
plates and from the cyanide tanks.
Surrounding the group of fourteen
claims owned by the company are some
sixteen other claims which only goes to
show the immensity of the ore deposits.
Development work, beside the develop
ment of water and of roadways to the
mine, includes a tunnel eighty feet into
the hillside on level 100 feet above the
mill site. A 210foot development trench
has also been run.
At present the company is pumping
water from the stream a half mile below
the mill, but plans for the development
of the property by the installation of
pipe line tapping the stream from above
the mill level and running the water
down by gravity will be perfected in the
near future.
Machinery is now purchased for the
installation of a mill capable of handling
forty tons of ore at the mine in day.
The plan of developing the ore is to
tunnel in on the S0-foot drift to dis
tance of 155 feet. A short crosscut will
then probably be run and the mining
operations begun by sloping up into the
ore body This will make it almost en-
tirely gravity proposition to deliver the
ore at the mills
The company is incorporated under the
laws of Arizona with a capitalization of
100000 and 100000 shares of stock at
par value of 81 each were issued.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
ADVOCATES NEW DEPOT
FOR WILLOWBROOK TOWN
New President and Secretary Elected
for the Water Company-J. S.
Wolfe Is Presi=
dent

There was a large and very enthusi-
astic meeting of property owners at Will
lowbrook, Friday evening, the object of
which was the election of directors for
the Willowbrook Water company. The
following nine directors were elected:
Harvey H. Duryee, F. w. Flint Jr., j.
V. Baldwin, H. D. Lombard, E. S. But
terworth, j. s. Wolfe, G. w. Barber, b.
B. jerks, F. r. McReynolds.
Mr.. Duryee rendered his resignation as
president of the company and e. S. But
terworth as secretary. They are sue
ceeded by ]. S. Wolfe, president, and F.
r. McReynolds, secretary.
The matter of building a school house.
churcnes, and a new depot vas dis
cussed, with the result that the very
near future will see the erection of these
desired improvements.
Several new houses are in the course
of construction and substantial improve
ments are being rapidly added to this
beautiful suburb.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

Below are the leading building permits
granted during the past week:
Twenty-fifth street, 1910 West-Nichols
G. Clark, owner and builder; two-story
eight-room residence; $30O0
Gramercy place, 1504-G. Paghano,
owner; ]. ]. Marino, builder; two-story
nine-room residence; $1,000.
Avenue 20, 254 North-R. w. Brydon,
owner; ]. A. Klarquist builder; two
story two-room factory; $6350
Washington street, 236S West-O. c.
Schmidt, owner; j. d Holman, builder;
one-story six-room residence; $500.
Twenty-seventh street, 2130 West-H. c.
Buford, owner; A. l.. Parker, builder;
one-story six-room residence; $1,000.
Main street, 359 South-I. N. Van Nuys,
owner; b. V. Collins, builder; alterations
to building; $4,000
Soto street, 400 North-R. o. Gill, owner
and builder; two-story eeven-room resi-
dence; $2500.
Forty-ninth street 4S6 West-John Ho-
fer, owner; M. Burgbacker, builder; two
story eight-room residence; $3025.
Forty-seventh street, 1126 West-G. T.
Iberson owner; B. Goldenberg, builder;
two-story seven-room residence; $500. :
Grand avenue, 954-58 South-A. Haas,
owner; w. ]. Hatton, builder; one-story
three-room residence; $S950.
Fortieth street, 1910 West-William o.
Fox, owner; J. c. Lucas, builder; one
story six-room residence; $500.
Rice avenue. 116-S. Kavis, owner; HI.
e. Reeve, builder; two-story eight-room
residences; $2450
Twenty-eighth street, 1857 West-F. e.
Whitaker, owner and builder; one-story
seven-room residence; 5000.
Forty eighth street, 1042 West-W III.
Kirby, owner and builder; one-story five
room residence; $500.
Avenue Twenty-second, 311, North
Merceran Construction company, own
ers: Alta Planning company, builders; two
story. twelve-room residence, $45OO
Arapahoe street, 1023-M. Wright, own
er; Anderson Mill company builder; two
story eight-room residence, $500.
Commercial street, 4321s-Wiliam Law
renee owner; Pozzo Construction COM
nanv. builder; alterations to residence,
$780,
Leoti avenue 2517-A. b. Nash, owner
and builder; one-story, five-room resi-
dence, $1,000.
wall street 3667-Lilian Nordica, own
er; w. ]. O'Neil, builder; two-story SIX
teen-room flat building, S46OO,
Fifty-seventh street, $50 West-Mrs' 10
Higman, owner and builder; one-story'
six-room residence s275O.
Arapahoe street. 9S0-Little Summons
owner; c. ]. Nordquist, builder; Two
story, ten-room residence; $4,000.
Arapahoe street, 9S6-Albert Sherer'
owner; C. j. Nordquist, builder; two
story, nine-room residence; $4,000.
Forty-seventh street, 1132, East-Mrs.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

and Toberman streets. The lot is i'm
proved with a two-story store building.
The Moritz property at 124b South
Flower street has been sold to II. f. and
Marion Starke by o. A. Vickery & Co.,
the consideration being $4,000. The lot
is so by $50 feet to an alley, improved with
fine dwelling of ten rooms.
Nat Goodwin, the actor, has added to
his holdings at Ocean Park by the pur-
chase of the Gilman property, adjoining
his home place. The lot has forty feet
frontage and cost $500 Mr.. Goodwin will
install a tropical garden at an outlay of
$4,000
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
MANY FINE DWELLINGS
IN BERKELEY SQUARE

Four handsome residences are being
erected in Berkeley square near Western
avenue. One is about finished. 1t is the
property of William r. Burke and is an
Imposing colonial mansion. Chester Mont
gomery of Montgomery Bros is building
at a cost of $4,000, a magnificent house,
and Mrs. Anna S. Y. Leeds has szo'ooo
dwelling in the hands of the contractor
E. A. Phillips also has purchased large
frontage in the square and will soon begin
work on home, which, it is estimated.
will cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
LOT ON EAST FOURTH
SOLD FOR $4,000 CASH

Josephine L. Swift has sold to DR..
Henry Fenimore a vacant lot on the
north side of Fourth street, between
Towne and Central avenues for $4,000
cash. The property has frontage of
75h feet and a depth of 100 feet. 1t is
understood the property was purchased
for an investment
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
PAID FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOR
WEST TENTH PROPERTY

The L. Reabo apartment house, at 1421
West Tenth street, has been purchased
t. r, Roberts through the w. H. Obear
agency. The consideration was $4,000.
The property is between Albany and Val
encia streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

Mary McKing, owner and builder; one
story, six-room residence; $4,000.
Mateo street, 5T7-Union Oil company,
owner; F. o. Engstrom, builder; one
story warehouse; $4,000.
Twenty-nnth street, 2055-Abbott &
Jenes, owners and builders; one-story,
six-room residence; $4,000.
Westlake street, 1236-F. Speed owner
and builder; two-story, eight-room resi-
dence; $200c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
Contract Let for Bridge

The contract has been let by the Salt
Lake Railroad company for the con-
struction of bridge to span the San
Gabriel river at Long Beach. There will
be 900 submerged piles and three con-
cretA piers for support.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
BUILDING FIGURES
INDICATE ACTIVITY Y
NO CESSATION IN CONSTRUCTION
OF HOMES
Total Permits for Nine Days in August
21a-valuation, $235, ,371-New
Homes Number
113

The report of the chief inspector of
buildings for the first week in August
indicates that the eighth month of the
present year is to be one of the most
active in the line of improvements for
the midsummer season.
The tabulated statement shows that
thus far 21S permits have been issued,
authorizing improvements valued at $685.
81, as compared with 225 permits and
$306, ,556 in valuation for the same period
in 1906 Greatest progress is in the build
ing of new homes, the total for the first
nine days of the month being 11S, an av-
erage of over twelve a day.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
walnut Ranch for Five Thousand

Recent sales reported from Whittier in
clude five-acre walnut ranch of the
Landreth estate, bought by j. 3. Dish
man of Walla Walla, at $1,000 per acre;
also a two and one-half acre tract by
DR.. r. T. Carney to James Dice for $500.
buyer to build $1,000 residence.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
twenty-five Thousand for Home

The property at 154S East Forty eighth
street has been sold through the Cornell
company by F. A. Speicher to Lurena
Bloomfield for $25OO. The lot is 5Oxl20
feet and is improved with rev five
room cottage.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

II you want TO go east, C. Haydock.
Agent Illinois Central r. r.. lis w. 6tns
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
Full Classified Statement

| Following is the complete classified
statement of improvements in Los An
geles to August &:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
Building Permits Granted

Total .............................2lS .2lS
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
Report by Wards

Below is the report of improvements b.
wards in the city since August /: