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Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
A TIMBER FAMINE NEXT 2

A rather startling statement comes
officially from the federal bureau of
forestry at Washington. 1t is to the
effect that. this country consumes
times more wood than all of it's for
ests grow in the meantime" The
logical conclusion follows that 'if this
is continued the result will be timber
famine"
With the object of checking the tim
Der famine thus forecast it is said that
"a policy of government control and
regulation is recommended as a rem
edy." 1t is high time, indeed. The fact
has been a matter of public notoriety
for years that the large forests, which
are chilly the property of the federal
government, have been the prey of tim
ber vandals. Why the authorities have
so long deferred drastic action is one
of the mysteries peculiar to the cob
web public service at Washington.
The European governments did not
delay forest protection until they were
confronted by timber famine. In
every country of Europe the forests
are preserved by laws which require
the planting of a forest tree to replace
every one that is felled by the ak, and
those laws are enforced most rigor-
ously. The European forests would
have been as bald as a turnip hun
dreds of years ago if they had been at
the mercy of such vandals as have
denuded our American forests.
Fortunately the time seems to be
drawing near when substitutes for
wood will be of quite general use. The
cheapening of steel to about the former
value of iron, together with the use of
concrete, gives promise of superseding
wood, to a great extent, in structural
work. For instance, the use of wood
in railway construction has already
been displaced by steel and concrete,
excepting for ties, and the same is true
III great measure concerning large
modern structures of all kinds.
The passing of wooden structures,
however, is in accordance with the
rule that necessity is the mother of
invention" For example, it would be
impossible to furnish an adequate sup
ply of white paper for the publication
of newspapers if it were necessary To
depend upon rags for stock, as was the
case a generation ago. The discovery
that wood pulp made a good substi-
tute for rags solved the paper prob
lem. The solution of many other
economic problems, as a result of in
yention's response to the cry of neces-
sity, will be readily recalled.
But the government cannot too soon
awake to the Importance of saving the
forests, irrespective of their timber
value, as they are primary factors in
the conservation of water and in pro-
lection from disastrous floods.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
A WONDER

A number of military men in a Wash
ington hotel were giving an account o1
an incident of the Civil War. quiet
man who stood by at last said:
Gentlemen, I happened to be there,
and might be able to refresh your
memory as to what took place in ref
erence to the event just narrated"
The hotelkeeper said to him:
"sir, what might have been your
rank?"
IT was a private"
Next day the quiet man, as he was
about to depart, asked for his bill.
mot a cent, sir; not cent" an
swered the proprietor. You are the very
first private ever met. Boston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
TEMPUs FUeIT

Do not stop to kiss your wife
Hurry!
There's car! Drop fork and knife,
Hurry!
When you go to get your lunch,
Push and struggle with the bunch,
Anything will do to MUNICH,
Hurry!
If you wish to catch a train.
Hurry!
One may never come again,
Hurry!
If you are a second late
And you find they've shut the gate,
Climb the fence-but never wait,
Hurry!
Now remember, life is brief, d
Hurry!
Even though you come to grief.
Hurry!
Save a minute, time is cash;
Grab your hat and make a dash,
Don't care If you come to smash,
Hurry
Bohemian.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
KISSES AND THEIR VALUE

The public demonstration during the
lecture of Senator La Toilette Monday
night in disapproval of Senator Frank
p. Flint's course in the senate on
measures relating to the regulation of
railways was neither surprising nor
unexpected.
Every Democrat in California and
many Republicans have been aware
that Senator Flint is classed in eastern
journals as a friend of the railroads
and they are painfully conscious of the
fact that he was chosen to the senate
by and with the advice and consent Of
the railroad interests of California.
But all Californians had hoped he would
burst through the inauspicious char
acter of his surroundings and demon
strate that he is as good a friend of
the people politically and officially as
he is personally. In this there has been
disappointment. The senator has not
seized the opportunity and has done
little in this regard to meet the ex-
pectations of his friends.
In fact the people seem unable to
put their finger upon any measure in
volving railroad interests in which the
senator from Los Angeles has inn
pressed his individuality in behalf of
public rights.
Take the case of San Pedro harbor.
We have no indication that the sem
ator made much of a oise in congress
in behalf of the harbor and it's popular
calmly states that congress will do
nothing as long as individuals and cor
porations own the harbor privileges,
there are many who accept it as an
announcement that the railroads in
tend to lock UP the harbor at San
Pedr, and transfer all business to San
Francisco, the pocket borough of E.
H. Hartman.
The whole trouble lies in'the political
conditions existing in California. The
politics and government of the state
are owned and managed by the South
ern Pacific railroad. That giant octo-
pus would not allow an man to go
to congress from California-either to
the house or senate-who is not con-
sidered by it "a friendly Indian" And
not even Senator Flint can deny that
Everybody knows the remedy. 1t did
not need messenger from Wisconsin
to tell the people of California that they
are owned and governed by the rail-
roads. 1t did not need a radical Re-
publican leader to aCvise us that the
people must take public affairs into
their own hands. The information is |
always important, oil course, but it |
isn't news. During the last campaign, |
and during a score of previous cam
paigns, the people Of California have
been advised and warned, and warned |
and advised, but ever and always they
fall into line under the banner of the
Southern Pacific and Old Glory and
vote always the machine-made Re-
publican ticket, knowing it to have
been conceived in infamy and born
in iniquity."
AS an act of public disapproval |
misses may have their value, but
they "butter no chestnuts" if not fol- |
lowed by action-the kind of action
that begins at the bottom and reforms
political conditions from the core out
ward.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

62-x7S-inch soft, fluffy white
wool blankets that have just
enough cotton in the warp to
prevent shrinking-full size for
double bed-pink or blue bor-
ders-$4 a pair; worth SIS.
62x7s-inch thick, fluffy white
wool blankets of excellent
quality with 2-inch silk bind
ings-pink, blue or red borders
$3.50 a pair; a dollar under
value.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
THE GREATEST SURPRISE

What will cause the greatest surprise
to the thousands of eastern visitors who
next week will see Los Angeles for the
first time?
Not so much the glorious climate;
they have all heard and read about
that, Not entirely the floral luxuriance
nor the beautiful lawns that afford
emerald settings for cozy homes, for all
that is anticipated by the visitors. Not
what the French call the bonhomie of
our people-the cordial. hospitable char
acter that distinguishes the Angeleno-
for that also is well known abroad.
The greatest surprise to the coming
visitors will be the discovery that Los
Angeles is not dependent for support,
as some sinister friends up north main
tain, upon oranges and tourists"
The chief surprise will be in learning
that the tourist inflow, important as it
unquestionably is, constitutes only one
element of the city's resources and that
1t is not an essential element.
The climax of surprise will be the dis
covery that Los Angeles, first and fore
most, is a business city, having man
ufacturing and mercantile establish
ments commensurate with a community
approximating a population of 100000
The output of smoke from scores of tall
chimneys and the screech of as many
steam whistles at certain hours tell the
story of the industrial charactec of the
city. And the busy wholesale and re-
tail thoroughfares speak for the COM
mercial feature.
This phase of the situation in
Los Angeles is presented succinctly in
certain statements made by prominent
local banker, which appeared in last
Saturdays Herald. For example, I'VE
are more than self-supporting at pres
ent, with the many manufacturing en-
terprises now firmly established, with
the rich agricultural and horticultural
sections tributary to the city, to say
nothing of the wealth flowing in con-
stantly from the rich mining camps"
The notion is almost universal in the
east, excepting with persons who have
visited Southern California, that Los
Angeles is merely delightful place of
residence with a health-restoring eli
mate. That notion was derived from
conditions prevailing dozen or more
years ago, when the city's population
was only one-fourth or less the present
population.
But the Los Angeles of today is the
city of dozen years ago only in name.
The transformation that has been
wrought meantime is almost suggestive
of Aladdin's exploits. The business
streets of the former period were lined
with stores and shops, chiefly, of the
class now distinguished as "shacks." In
place of such buildings we now see
lofty structures of the latest metropoli-
tan type, housing business concerns
equal to the best examples in leading
eastern cities. And the whirl of in
dustry in hundreds of manufacturing
establishments mark as strikingly the
change that has made the city a great
and rapidly growing center of such in
dustry.
Los Angeles today is tourist city in.
cidentally, not fundamentally. That
briefly and concisely expresses what
will be revealed to the coming visitors
as the most surprising feature of their
experience in the City of the Angels.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

In his address at Stanford university,
Prosecutor Francis J. Heney said: "W.
F. Herrin is responsible for graft in
San Francisco. Abe Ruef was merely
ting quite close to the top in the search
for 1.-The men higher up" But Mr..
Heney's mere assertions will avail
nothing if he allows the subject to drop
at that point. Only indictments and
prosecutions really count.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

72xS0-inch extra heavy white
wool blankets that will launder
well-particularly desirable for
hotels and rooming houses
$3.50 a pair; well worth $6.
7Ox8O-inch blankets of close
ly woven white wool, carefully
hnished-a blanket that you'd
consider rare value at $3.50
now SIS pair.
Full size down cornforters,
covered with French sateen, at
$5-some of the lot worth as
high as SO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Denver made strong inducements for
the shriners to stop over on their way
to Los Angeles. but the wise Shriners
said: NAY, nay" After they have
spent their money here, however, Dem
yer is welcome to entertain them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
The Disadvantages Of Schools

"Why have you taken your son out
Of school without asking permission 2"
Father "a grocer)-But they were
running him. I wish to bring him up to
carry on my business, and they were
teaching him that there are sixteen
ounces in pound.-n Motto per
Ridere."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Los Angeles has two theaters in
which a special committee appointed
for the purpose could find no fault or
omission. Can any other city say as
rnuch2
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

The march of the Shriner hosts will
and under the shade of hanging bas-
kets of mustard and geraniums. Won't
they stare?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Permits for both the Y. W. C. A. and
the Y. M. c. A. buildings. to cost to-
gether half million dollars, were is
sued yesterday. That's big sum in
one lump for Goodness and uplift.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Street Improvement has become fash
ionable at last, thanks to the energy
of the board of public works and city
council and the enterprise of the citi-
zens Of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

1t is all explained; these clouds are
the outer edgs of the dust raised by the
Shriner camels in crossing the burning
sands on their way to the big doings
here
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Senator La Toilette says California
doesn't own it's railroad commission. OF
course not; the Southern Pacific owns
it. Who ever doubted that?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Bank clearings for April have broken
the record of Los Angeles banks, total
ing $56,SS6,217, as against $5O,O2S,94S for
April of last year and $40, 1923, ,431 for
April of 1905. Steadily and surely the
progress and development of this great
city moves forward.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Colonel Watterson is praising the
presidents courage" He means
nerve"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

The Chicago Tribune has come out
fat footed against another term for
Teddy, as it opposed a third one for
Grant. The Tribune evidently wants to
see the Republicans win next season.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Boss Herrin was closeted with H. e.
Huntington yesterday. The latter and
Hartman must be getting together on
that big station at Eleventh and Main
streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Building permits in Los Angeles yes
terday exceeded half million dollars
in value That's doing very well for a
backward spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

All the east is coming, expecting
Los Angeles to be decorated in flowers,
as the news has been flashed back
there. Do your part to make this come
true
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

June II, when bonds for Owens river
will be voted, is to be a half holiday
But that won't permit the man who is
not registered vote.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Give the streets a bath; they need it.
Also patch the holes. The camels
might stumble.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Meanwhile, do not forget that the
Owens river water bonds will come ur
for vote next month.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

And the rumble of the special trains
can be plainly heard from the down
east direction.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

The present douma doesn't seem to
that it is little slower in action.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Evidently Elihu won't root for any
one but Root.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Begin decorating today; the time
grows short.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Milwaukee has had a snow storm.
That will help the Milwaukee Shriners
enjoy their visit here all the more.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Schmitz offers to confess and get out
if only he is not put in Jail. But will
he give bond never to come back?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Betwixt Big Bill and False Alarm
Foraker, who can blame Elihu for ask
ing, where do 1 stand?"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Attend to your registration; you viii
want to vote "yes" on the Owens rivel
bonds.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Wollaber seems to have pushed dem
clouds away" Bully for Wollaber.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Flowers and flags and lights make
the ideal decorative scheme.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Saturday and Sunday. May I an
sociation of Southern Caltforni
Green Dragon, BRUNO SEIBEL
Bird. 10 other races. The most
Twenty-Five and 50-mile races st
d. m. 1.OO-A -Admission-$1.0O 90.
be donated to the betterment OF
NOTE-No vehicle or auto v
closure after the beginning or
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Fix I'D the streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Population of Los Angeles. 100000

Decorate!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
6 cAutorrlobile Races

ices Automobile Dealers AS
BARNEY OLDFIELD and His
'evil, HANDSUE and His REQ
. ever on the Pacific coast.
l.; other events begin at 2:30
proceeds of this meeting will
ornia roads.
to cross the track into the in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
.GRICULTURAL PARK

| 5, under auspice:
a-The Great BAL
and His Red Devi
famous drivers e
art at 1880 p. m;
The entire net pr
Southern Californi
i'll be permitted to
he second race,
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brought over to take the place Of the
strikers, at better conditions and
wages than they enjoy in Europe, and
yet below the American standard, But
here the immigrants were to take the
places OF nobody. The places were va
cant for want of labor, and we under
stand that one of the provisions of
the alien contract law admits of max
ing contracts with foreigners when
there had been every effort made to
fill the places with home labor, and it
had failed. That is certainly true of
the Southern mills
So we trust that not only those that
have the material interests of the
South at heart, but those also who are
interested In the lasting reform Of
child labor conditions, will use every
influence to see that the immigration
Of the right sort of laborers is en-
couraged. A news item speaks of a
shipload now on the way to New York
for a Georgia mill center. 1t may be
that these will be held up also. 1t is
time and opportunity for Southern
men. with any Influence with the ad-
ministration to present this side of the
case for considerable attention. The
South needs encouragements on this
matter and not black eye at the
hands of the national government
From the Atlanta Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-03
GLASTONBURY ABBEY FOR SALE.

Or. Wilkinson Trying to Raise Money
to Buy 1t for the Church,
Glastonbury Abbey is in the market.
1t Is the properly OF Stanley Austin,
ana he has already advertised 1t for
sale There has been for some months
constant fear that this picturesque
and historic place may be purchased
bv some wealthy American for a pri-
waite residence. But the Rt Rev. Or,
Wilkinson. the Anglican N Rshep of
Northern Europe, is now sending forth
an appeal Tor funds t. enable him to
purchase the Abbey and its adjoining
lands f6f the purpose of restoring the
Abbey and some Of its old buildings,
with view to its becoming a college
for education Of ergymen ordained
for foreign work. He reminds us that
Beresford Hone purchased st Angus
tines, Canterbury, under similar cir
cumstances The hlsrop appeals to
Americans who have placed memorials
in the parish church at Stratford-on-
Avon, st Margsrets, Westminster,
anu w G6lltllllGlSI NAbp0Ss Ill w 4AhAAl
son promises the first $4,000, and says
he will be glad to hear from any ane
who may be Interested In the scheme
if they will write to him, addressing
the Rt, Rev Bishop Wilkinson, Brad
ford Court. near Taut2n. Eng.
Glastonbury has a special claim on
Protestant Eplscopalians IN evrey part
of the world, for at the time when 1t
was not surpassed in revenue by any
of the abbeys Of England, except West
minister and exceeded in size all the
cathedrals of England except old st.
Pauls in London, 1t was desooiled by
that monster of Protestation. King
Henry VIII. It's last abbot, Richard
Whiting, venerable man was con-
demned for high treason at Wells,
drawn from that city to Glastonbury
on a hurdle, and despite his age was
har=ed with two of his monks on the
abbey grounds. From that date, 1910,
the noble monastery fell to decay, and
new it is likely to come under the
hammer Of the autioneer, to be sold
to the highest bidder, unless English
speaking Christians of every land re-
spond to Bishop Wilkinson's plea.
glastonbury is a great historic NOM
ument. which establishes the fact
thaat there was a British church in
England long before the landing of
Augustine in sos. According to tradi-
ton, Joseph the rich man of Arima-
thea, landed in England and preached
the gospel, and chapel dedicated to
st. Joseph still stands among the ruins
of Glastonbury. This tradition has Of
ten been regared as a fabrication, but
1T is a curious fact that at the coun-
ell of Basel, in the year 1484 the Eng
lish bishops claimed precedence before
those of Spain on the ground that an
cient Britain had been converted to
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THE TROLLEY TO SHERMAN.

The announcement that application
Will be made to the Connecticut general
assembly for a trolley Inc charter this
winter to connect Danbury, New Fair
field, Sherman, Gaylordsville and We
botuck Is but an indication of the gem
eral trend for better transportation ia
cilities and rapid transit. A similar
charter granted eight years ago, was
permitted to lapse, but the time was not
ripe then for the realization of this
project. The fact that another charter
will be asked for shows eonclusively
that the former grantees were far
sighted men who favored progress,
Though the granting of such char
ter may not mean the immediate con-
struction and equipment of road, new
ertheless it Is pretty certain that the
road will be built some time or other.
1t will mean much to the countryside
through which 1t passes. The value of
property in Sherman and Webotuk will
be increaced dating from the date when
the first shovelful Of dirt is turned in
the enterprise by the graders. Owners
of the snug farmhouses all along the
line will welcome the purring of the
electricity on the overhead wires andre
joice as the gliding cars pass within
convenient distance.
It occurs to us that the building of
this line, should the incorporators mean
business, will make available sooner or
later the Rocky Hill water power, ly-
ing at New Milford's gateways and ac-
eessible TO the needs of this enterprise,
have attracted some attention to capt
talists this season, and the owners OF
the Hine mill site water power have
had inquiries from commercial centers
for blue prints of the property and de-
tails of the water power, With the
storage capacity of this mountain riy-
ers watershed and the power that can
be stored up handily by a twenty-foot
dam, the adaptability of the Rocky riv-
er for turning the wheels of trolley
road as planned for Sherman and We
botuk is obvious.
A civil engineer a year or two ago
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COUGAR AFRAID OF MAN.
Not a Brave Beast and Wrongly Re-
garded as Dangerous.

Not Brave Beast and wrongly Re-
garded as Dangerous
Regarding the cougar, the largest
member of the feline family in the Uni
ted States, 1t may be said that it is
blessed with more than rightful share
of names. In one section it is the pam
Their, somewhere else 1t is termed
mountain lion, and the old time back
woodsman viii tell you blood curdling
stories of the painter. In northeastern
Washington 1t is generally spoken Of as
tina cougar.
The writer, in a long life spent With
rife and trap, has hunted and killed
these animals in their native haunts
and can bear witness to one truth re-
garding them all-wherever found or
under whatever name, their habits are
identical.
Among many people-and this in
cludes those who should know better
this animal is looked upon as very dan
gerous. Awe-inspiring stories are told
of the cougar springing from rocky
ledge or an overhanging tree and rend-
ing the hapless wayfarer passing be-
meath. These anecdotes have been
heard by all and believed by many, nor
will I deny that such things may have
occurred, but it iss safe to say that
practically all these stories are exag-
gerated and many of them are down
right lies.
Thirty years ago, in company with an
old and experienced frontiersman, I
was shooting deer, elk and bear and
selling the meat to a gang of the cut
ters in the Rocky Mountains, Cougars
We're more abundant than I ever saw
them elsewhere; yet it was perfectly
safe to roam the woods at will. Rolled
in my blankets, have passed many a
night under the sheltering branches of
some big tree without even a fire to
scare these animals away
I was never attacked by one unless it
was cornered or perhaps SO badly