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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
HAS ANANIAS BEATEN TO A
WHISPER
Tells Police His Naughty stepfather
Would Not Support Him and His
Mother Turned Him Out
in the Cold World

MY stepfather would not support
me and mamma put me on a boat and
sent me to Los Angeles from Seattle to
shift for myself" moaned a little O.
year-old boy who was found sleeping
in the barn of the City dye works at
Ninth street and Central avenue early
last night.
The lad was well dressed and excep-
tionally bright He was found by j.
J. jenkins, proprietor of the City dye
works. When asked for his story the
boy said:
My papa's name was George Smith
We lived at els Cherry street i'm Seat
tie. He was a cabinet maker. He died
about two years ago. Mamma then
married a man named Jones, who
works for the owl gambling house in
Seattle.
"He was not willing that I should
stay there so last week my mother
gave me steamship ticket to San
Francisco and Sc with which she told
me to buy a ticket from San Francisco
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
AUTOMOBILE WILL
BRING GOOD ROADS
BURDETTE SEES PROMISE IN
MOTOR CAR
Lectures on Subject Before Banquet
Given to Women at the Union
League-Gates Toasts
Feminine Guests

There was a ladies night" dinner at
the Union League club last night, but
Dr. Robert j. Burdette took occasion
to turn the event into a good roads
agitation and iollihcation meeting.
Wives, daughters and sisters Of
members and possibly sisters of other
men who are not members but who
accompanied members, were there in
great number and in charming COS
tunes.
Lee C. Gates was called upon by
Byron l.. oliver, the toastmaster, to
make the toast to the women.
He said in part: "I have heard Moth
ing could be closed without gates, but
gates to close have to be hung.
"If there are any persons to whom
I stand committed it is the ladies and
we are here tonight to greet you.
1--WE come to our club, not to get
away from the ladies. 1 do belong to
one or two clubs where the women
never go, but | think they would be
better if the women did frequent them,
not that / believe the women would
be better for going.
you have been gracious enough to
come at this time and l hope you Will
come often. Come when you are in
vited, and come when you are not.
"The women are our comfort, our
guide, our inspiration. The sweetest
names on English tongue are mother,
wife, woman.
1--WE come to meet and to greet you.'
Talks of Road Work
Many undoubtedly went with the ex-
pectation of hearing DIR. Burdette tell
how ennobling and inspiring it is for
man to be in the company of beautitul
and high minded women and listen to
him indorse the divine sentiment that
it is not good for man to be alone.
They did not hear the speaker eX-
press any such sentiments however
much he entertains them, but instead
they heard him tell all about how not
and when not to make roads, and they
seemed to enjoy it as much as if the
entire address was on topics nearest
the feminine heart.
Dr. Burdette went back to antedelu-
Wan times to point moral to the non
senscal plan of building or repairing
roads just previous to the rainy rea-
son. and he poked all manner of fun
at many Of the present-day methods OF
making and unmaking streets and
thoroughfareS. He expressed the
opinion that the automobile eventually
would be the cause of bringing about
an era of good roads which would be
of more benefit to the farmer than apy
other person.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
FIatiron Block Sale

Gustave Brenner of San Francisco
has paid $4,000 spot cash for lot of
the flatiron trace, situated between
Eighth and Ninth streets, fronting
thirty feet on Spring street and thirty
one feet on Main street, with an aver
age depth of forty-seven feet Mr..
Bremen, who is a wholesale merchant
of San Francisco, bought this property
as a permanent investment and states
that he would not part with 1t at any
price, believing ultimately that the
Flatron block will be to Los Angeles
much the same as Herald square is to
New York. The transa ction was made
through the agency of R. A. Rowan &
Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
BURDETTE SAYS AUTO
WILL GIVE IMPETUS TO
GOOD ROAD MAKING
Mr.. Burdette said:

1 had prepared a finished Grafton on
a subject dear to the heart of every CAL
ifornian, the native born and the
adopted, THE Glorious Climate of Cal
ifornia.'' Under the circumstances L
have changed my mind and will address
you briefly and nebulously upon sub
ject concerning which Southern Califor-
mia is entirely ignorant, Good Roads"
The secret of making good roads is
an open one. To look upon a gang or
farmers under the direction of road
master making a road or mending one
always impresses me as it does to
watch a well-meaning and persistent
woman trying to drive a tenpenny nail
into a cement wall with a banana. My
knowledge of the methods of making
country roads is not derived from
theorists or the books or any second
hand information, but it is from exact
observation.
The proper time for repairing the
country roads is just before the rains.
This is a time honored custom through
out the United States. Its antiquity is
SO great that it would be a proclamation
of the tradition to change it. | have
no doubt that in the olden days men
began working the roads just one month
before the flood that they might be
bottomless when the sun shone' down on
Ararat. 1t seems to me that | have
either heard or else invented it myself,
which is the same thing, that the last
copy of the Ante-DeluVian showed a
picture of an ancient roadmaster pun
ishing a slave for putting good, clean,
hard gravel on a road when there was a
miry clay bank and a swamp of alluVial
deposit only a mile away from which he
could have hauled good road material
In modern road making the alluVial de-
posit left by the storms of the preceding
winter in the bitches on either side of
the roadway is carefully preserved
against road mending time, and the
ambattled farmers just before the
season of the rains with reluctant scoop
heap this material up over the middle
Of the roads, through which the wagons
will ploW and the automobiles will stall,
the result in profanity being the nth
power i'm each case.
Dead Animals in Road Making
1t is also customary in keeping up
good roads to add some material during
the summer months, when the road is
hard under the uncertain dust. A good
hen that has lost her teeth and reached
The boarding house age, which is some
eight years past the camp meeting
limit, that has been run over by an
automobile ana fattened out, viii last
as a movable landmark for ten years.
A black hen thus silhouetted on a clear
1ust-White country road looks like an
mpressionist picture of the German
eOat of arms. 4 dog who suffers mar
Lyrdom under the wheels Of The chus
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
MAY STOP ASCOT
LIQUOR SELLING
CHIEF OF POLICE MAY ACT
TODAY
City Attorney Officially Notified That
Race Track Is Within Limits of
City and Under Police
Jurisdiction

Late Yesterday afternoon City At
torney Leslie Hewitt received letter
from Secretary of State c. f. Curry
that establishes the location of Ascot
park as being within the city limits OF
Los Angeles.
Today Mayor Harper Will be ofhclal-
ly notified, as will Chief of Police Kern.
Around the city hall it is predicted
that Chief Kern will at once stop liquor
selling at the track in view of the fact
that the right to sell was precarious
one. depending on the good will of a
previous city council, whereas the
present counI has refused permission
even to the Auto Dealers association
to sell liquor in the cafe at it's one
weeks show.
Lad News for Ascot
This will be sad news to the jockey
club people inasmuch as they felt that
they were safe in continuing the pres
ent meeting through the advertised
season, including all the privileges that
usually go with the track, of which the
liquor concession is valuable one.
The Jockey club withdrew its in
junction proceedings at Sacramento,
which might have held up the shoe
string annexation, and in return won
the Endorsement Of the consolidation
commission, whose members came on
the floor of the council TO ask that the
track meeting be not intterfered with
in the present racing season.
Most of the clubs officers regarded
1t as a tacit understanding that the
liquor selling would not be interfered
with and that temporary license
might win favor at the city hall.
Mayor Harper, according to his
friends, does not regard the liquor
selling as part of the city's pledge.
Hewitt Feels Relieved
On receipt Of the letter Mr.. Hewitt
breathed q sigh of relief.
81 have been waiting for this a long
time" said he. ut simply confirms
what we practically knew, but we want
a record. Mr.. Curry simply wrote us
in brief that thereappears to be some
trouble over the certificate. The seere-
tarv goes on to say that he ordered
telegraphic information sent to us inn
mediately, but there seems to be a
hitch somewhere
While the Los Angeles authorities
have used the mails, telephones and
telegraphs I'm an endeavor to get into
communication with the license GUS
todian all was silence in Curry's office
until now.
Nevertheless the secretary makes a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
LITTLE BOY MAKES NUN CHAUSEN !,
LOOK LIKE GEORGE WASHINGTON

to Los Angeles. She told me l would
have to make my own way in the
world after I arrived here. l arrived
i'm San Francisco Friday night at
o'clock and left there an hour later
for Los Angeles"
Police Fooled by Story
The boy told a Straightforward story,
and thinking 1t would be best to report
the matter to the police Mr.. jenkins
took him to the station. There the lad
repeated his story. Officers familiar
with Seattle questioned him, but he
was able to tell them nearly as much
about the northern city as they knew.
At last IL was decided to send him
to the detention home and take the
matter up with the Seattle authorl-
ties.
The boy left the station in company
with an officer, but had barely reached
the corner when an excited man rushed
into the station and asked if a boy
named Harold Smith had been found.
He said the boy was years of age
and at once described. the lad who had
been in the station but a few minutes
before.
He said the boys mother had given
him % cents with which to get his hair
cut early yesterday morning and that
the little fellow had left his home at
St1 East Sixth street and not returned.
He was greatly surprised when told
the story the boy had given. and said
the reason the lad had been able to
describe Seattle so we'll was that the
family had lived in that city for a
number of years and came to Los An
geles but a few weeks ago. He then
went to the detention home and re-
turned with the infantile Munchausen.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
HELPS HIMSEl.F F TO SOUVENIRS
Stranger Thinks Postal Cards Dis
played by Business Firm
Are Free

n. j. Brown is new arrival in Los
Angeles. He has heard a great deal
of the souvenirs which are given away
here.
While walking on Spring street near
Second last night he saw number OF
postal cards bearing pictures of build
ings and streets in this city Brown
at once decided they We're souvenirs,
lie did not waste any time but helped
himself While doing so he was spied
by Special Policeman Spencer and was
at once placed under arrest. He was
was booked ON a charge Of petty lar
Ceny.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
GOSSIP CROWS
ON REALTY DEAL
DETAILS OF SALE OF BIG
BLOCK NOT CLOSED
Agents Identified with $2,5oo,ooo Prop
osition Not Ready to Give Names
of Members Of Syndicate.
Speculation

Negotiations pending for the purchase
of the Childs estate property, eight
acres, lying between Main and Hill
streets, South of Eleventh street, from
Henry E. Huntington, at valuation of
$2,500,000, cause general gossip in real
estate and business circles. 1t is limited
that if the property is sold to the syn
dicate making the offer at the price
named the block will be used by the
Hartman interests as a site for a mag
nlficent station for the Los Angeles.
Pacific electric railway system, and by
others il is assumed that the acreage,
which embraces two business blocks,
will be subdivided, with streets cut
through lengthwise or across the CEN
ter from Main to Hill streets. 1t is
also asserted that a plan has been de-
vised to open Broadway straight
through the block, which would great
ly enhance the value of all frontage
below Tenth street.
julius r. Black and r. S. Rowan &
Co., who are negotiating the deal for
the syndicate making the offer of
$500, 900, are not making any state
ments whatever, except the admission
that they are in telegraphic commune
cation with Mr.. Huntington, who is In
New York, in reference to the purchase
of the property.
Figuring on Valuation
Look here" said realty dealer yes
terday to a Herald representative. Let
us figure on the possible cleanup on
the Childs estate block, in case Mr..
Huntingtc-I consents to accept $780,
900. The block is 700 feet long and 600
feet WIDE extending from Eleventh to
Twelfth streets. If Broadway is ex-
tended through the block from Tenth
street, making a street sixty feet wide
in the center the present frontage of
the block would be doubled producing
14O business lots each 20x135 feet. Plac-
ing the frontage valuation low, say at
$500 a front foot, the block would be
worth for business purposes $4,200,000,
giving the purchasing syndicate a
profit of $1,700,000. Put the frontage
valuation at $4,000 a foot and the total
would be $5,6OO,0OO for the 140 lots, Civ
ing a profit of SO, 100000 on the $2,500,000
offer"
1t is indeed a fascinating proposition
and the possible safe of the block has
already caused values to boom to high
figures down Main, Hill and other
streets to Washington, while owners of
frontage on cross streets are also fig
uring on the amounts they should add
to their holdings.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
RETAIL GROCERS BANQUET
Honor President and Secretary of the
Association Who Are on Their
Way to Convention

In honor of the arrival in Los An
geles of A, A. Jost of Sacramento and
Frank b. Connolly of San Francisco,
president and secretary respectively of
the California Retail Grocers' asso-
citation, a banquet was held under the
auspices of the local branch of the
organization at LeVy's cafe last night.
About thirty members of the asocia-
tion We're present.
Addresses were made by Mr. Jost
and Mr. Connolly, as we'll as by several
of the local members, The two Off.
GERS are on their way to Dallas, Tex,
to attend a convention OF grocers
which is to be held there this week
They viii leave Los Angeles this morn
ing at 10 O'clock
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

statement explaining the situation and
in the nature of a defense for himself.
Sacramento advices indicate that
Secretary of State Curry shifts The
blame for the trouble on the city attor-
ney of Los Angeles.
Ascot park has been legally within
the limits of Los Angeles since Decem-
Der 27, he says, as far as the acts of his
office are concerned.
Up to Authorities
--.It is for the Los Angeles authorities
to act as they choose" said Curry.
"They were notified promptly, more
than two weeks ago, that the certifi-
cate of annexation election had been
filed. II they have been waiting for
anything further they have done so
under a misrepresentation. AS mat
ter of fact / am not required to give
even that notice.
"The certificate signed by City Clerk
Harry Lelande was received In this
office on November % to be fled Prior
to that was served with telegraphic
order of court restraining me from
filing the documents. / turned the mat
ter over to the attorney general and as
soon as the court proceedings instituted
by Thorpe were dropped the papers were
returned to me and the certificate was
filed.
",This was on December 26. Although
ii is not necessary to do so / telephoned
and telegraphed this information on
December 27 to the Los Angeles city
attorney. Upon being informed yester-
day of the question raised sent notice
by mail OF the filing or the certificate.
mo certified copy Is required by the
city of Los Angeles from this office. If
one be demanded 1t can be furnished,
but If the authorities there have de-
layed in taking jurisdiction of the an
their own fault in not understanding
the needs of the case.
Il certainly have no interest i'm keep
ing open a race track and It is foolish
to raise such a charge"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10

the questions a. 20 whether pro1oE1asaE
= - Bszr1ziss are CT are not animal sub
stances and Ehslhsr rboa03s1dr0as made
into a salad co1tzEn as mach 10zrzEhDez1
a. When yzt fn1o the soup
Aati-Eaee11A1ton has TINE and tine again
furnished an sFpet1Eing 6iscusz5on during
The dinner hours and sArr11e5s1lF tnelf1sd
nezbsFs have Displayed their marks with
Evnch pride AZ HezdeIberg ErDdeut his
scars Fres love has not been froEDed
upon a. a soTac q, the hour and has reached
the dignity q E1sreoptcoa views On the
side. and there isn't q single phAss Of So
eiAlism fro1n the conservative sort 20 the
kind lhaa sktrseks for the time when every
body shan be housed under one gigantic
roof and when every body shall get even
body e2ss's breakfast
In bsu of these reports Il Was suggested
hat the visitors from The sun don Asbes-
were net In Use for ne ThAr trial were
l0A3ed for the evening il was al On Ac-
cou1t OK this sane ThA@ tT&Hl thai the
Bruaag1F Central hotsl was chosea for the
meeting ErCuna Il was oec55sd. hv the
comUirtes q arTanEene11s thai The kn0Ei-
edge q twelve jurors In S1ch close pToxin-
~ Eu1l5. give certain tang 10 the event
De S1zr1se dub has no special locale
for lrs Dee1nEs. hut lenas the prestige OF
its presenee 70 many spotE- TIE oaly di1sz-
snce- as explained ~ enc q the members.
being hat IN some places they hare 70 81
closer 70 each ether than A. others Ths
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10

s-tsnssszx 1Hce. zh0 4 s.sz . bs ths T.
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cub believes - cou1enc3ng TIE ed1cz-ion
q fhs young Al the cradles edge K Was
STATED thAt whatever fortune he nade -.
q tbs void be devoted % the poor
A1other oe5shr1ty IhEt EIsnehsd AIN n
TIE attsuroa excited waS 4 woman who had
TAXA CookSs toar and zazrTsed q poet
II IL sd they are psEfsctlY happy hat
svsry sEsEiug she reads HIN her diary q
ths rrip and he rsAds hsr = posn-
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rusA - with trays lz5sn With bofrles znd
glazsaS Z,hs bot1les c0zrAi1 Woroes.er-
SHIRE tobazc0 ana t1uA1O ketckup, The
glasses are for ths See EztsE. q ~h5cA The
elre pE-rAkes Win = ss8sr01s zbaa5o1
No vie 0r othsr EEir1ts l. 6rHk
Topp1zg the NEW Is n miniature q
IhonA1 Pane II Is tia 1IsIh Enaivsrsary
q his natAl day and the Sunrise elah has
E-Acs thA1 ths exuuss for tts dlnaer.
"A he sees Ebou1 collecting the money
for the cinnsr during tie soap oOurss-A
wise preeGurloA- Considering The nunbsr q
our-of-t0Ezers-<hs master e esremousss
explains ths pop1Aar1ty & the evening
Shown ~ re excess q guests ~ stating
that not oAly ths sunrasers are present
bot the MAnhArlAn Liberal caub ana TIE
PAa1s Gzsoc1zraaa q BzO0kly2- Ths Mar
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10

BE aads as an addsasuz1 th.at ths Visitors
mast ~ AID 11t - TO grsatlT shocksd
Thsy are q rs-1euher thAs the Su1riNs
el1b EgeliE Trugrss - "a rhunsEAc- n-lit
aod thAz II 10 aa1y 10 rs al thAf z-snkir.d
70 bsd z1o1E TIE pa1h q aevRncs thruuEh
the u-I5erErUwzh q fz1sehoa6 and rou7-
He vouis have EEid Dors On this Eutsect
had hs n1E ben 1n1er7uEtss ~ . you1g
thf-E q so11e fry E-=DHrS. NO sid Ehs
fust bowed dub types and thai q hey
nses5ed her she would reG1e q ts-rlh1y
wicEsd ode q Edwin MzrkhHzn-
Tie press5snf q rWo ca three wonan's
eluh,s b CRESTED nsxx hy the -lRs1sr q
eerez1urfes. he looks asksnce al Der new
lsne Wztst & ire rsnA3ssznce rsrfsry a.
bang hardly oo1sis-ent win an Inherent
bellsf IN TIE absolute sDaDcipariun q
women from the thrzu % man-
Afts- rhs lace waist people ooze along
- fast that ycu cant tAnT then TIE
mn s-e safhe- baldheaded OF wear Ehisa-
era bzf TIE Esps4-sur1ry q The latter nEnnsi
is proven ly the far1 hat Wine the hsld
hsAds are an q oas szESeSa. TIE whizksrs
va-T frun the sGAIeEsd b3sAA eaEed- gus
sstsd sszme6 aid pa1ksd styles 1hrough
the E4rluf o. long and shor1- Esds and fr0nt-
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10

He taught rs 70 keep = leash On TIA
2asss0as~ Lead spplznss fro1a the cro-
ton crops and The Accordion raeA1S-
He demanded greater freedom for
wornea- Smiles FROM the one woman
speaker and Sa1ume.
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with the majority IL Is tine 70 resd5usf
your conclus5ons- Applause from al ana
See water passed around
The cunnoup1Ane mar IL mt q Ee1i1s--
Cheers from the h BroEs-
when we see n potato vine IN the cellar
We know that TIE grsEtess sccuUE3Artu0 %
growth VIII h,e found toward Ehe Eight
RezuzTk By the young nan W1o doesn't
want his nAos printed. That's TIE way the
gas hills AocunulEts. rpo-~
when men keep Elsooe knOEsatge ocrea
tncrsAses- Approval shown by q burst
q courerxas5oa and hE1dClaPTanz-
Al tins p16uf the s1h1Tksaziles awake
and consul1 Etmep6eces- II - 1h1sa AZ
twenty-five minutes 20 u there are only ths
visitors and half doEs1 members I'm. Who
eAths- abort ne preferred Stock tahis and
conrenue 10 form E1oths- cllh. ThsF
elsc1 each ether 70 al the ufIees q EEht
and agree On a 6uElA- dinner Cue TheF
VII BE called 81 may - rnsnHon@t fer ths
saIks q ANXIOUS o1es. The Pzi0es Braneh-~
Frazn The few hnshsd Sentences that pens-
srA.ed the gloom Il WAS Learned that they
intended 20 BE a. radical as tie Sunrise
club ana that they would svsa 80 further
AID. = necessary. Epsl progrsss VITA c1ly
cne s-prugreA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10

other rszsa- for the choire q rhs R-oa6-
way Ce1lrai lay IN the fac1 that beng egui-
distant f-uzn 1he Brsokly1 hrsdEs and Tie
CEr-stcphsr street ferry u Would zl0N
iAe Sexl ESy cares Eho i've n Hzcks1-
sAck AND Wiliz-lsburg an equal chanae-
FS1 could ten Es soon a. yO1 cane m
AIDE The DOR thEi sansthilg WAs % b
doin'- he beIltoT pron11noe6 Tie EGrc
suzEzss az Il 4 had Unholy meanings a.
tzrhea. and a. ths TOP q ths STATS ths
master e uerenon3es had hls sE,ectAHles
pashed hsH way ID HIS H hrO~-
Not knowing thai The S11 MAS reprs-
scented. rhe master q oerernouies tod s1Uls
peri ely ripSt1' things ab0ut ths cil1sr %
- IN tie Interval 81 waiting
he sid 1rEz o. al that a EaAzd AZ ne
end & the e1rrsdsr w0uia eheek ne ga
lsshes as ssoz As shs sd IhrozEh G1ing
some rooEls uEStA1rs. and ths reAsoa TIE
Cub vas oaned Sunrise VAS because II
frfqnently hAPpenG that ths members Eh0
nFed in PouptOn. NJ saw ths dash BE-
fore thsy reached that placs
he Aaso nslriu1sd very i1c1asntAIly, thA1
the otzner wo-ld cost g. - each per bead
an thai Strangers Zust know q msnber
q rhe cab When he fCun1 that he
strangers ci3 net know any member q TIE
c1ub hs $40 that they we've Just As vel
came, but thAt ths rules had q BE ezforuaa
and II wcIld BE E-E spseas