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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 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
times.
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
/ 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. / do belong to
one or two clubs where the women
never go, but l think they would be
better if the women did frequent them
not that l 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.
1.-THE women are our comfort, our
guide, our inspiration. The sweetest
names on English tongue are mother,
wife, woman.
I'VE come to meet and to greet YOU"
Talks of Road Work
Many undoubtedly went with the ex-
pectation of hearing DR.. Burdette tell
how ennobling and inspiring it is for
man to be in the company of beautiful
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
sensical 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 aRy
other person.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
BURDETTE SAYS AUTO
WILL GIVE IMPETUS TO
GOOD ROAD MAKING
Mr.. Burdette said:

Mr.. Burdette said
I had prepared a finished Grafton on
subject dear to the heart of every Cal
ifornian the native born and the
adopted, 1.-The Glorious Climate of Cal
ifornia." Under the circumstances [
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 gang of
farmers under the direction of a road
master making a road or mendlng 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 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
ATdTdI, II SttllS W me IlloI L ave
either heard or else invented it myself,
which is the same thing, that the last
copy of the Ante-DeluVian showed n
picture of an ancient roadmaster pun
lshing a slave for putting good, clean,
hard gravel on Il road when there was a
miry clay bank and a swamp of aluVial
deposit only mile away from which he
could have hauled good road material.
In modern road making the alluVial de-
post 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
embattled 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 in 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
nard 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 and flattencd out, will last
as a movable landmark for ten years.
A black hen thus silhouetted on clear
lust-White country road looks like an
mpTessionst picture of the German
coat of arms, A dog who suffers mar
lyrdom under the wheels of the chug
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
FIatiron Block Sale

Gustave Brenner of San Francisco
has paid $4,000 spot cash for lot of
the fiatiron 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..
Brenner who is 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
Flatiron block will be to Los Angeles
much the same as Herald square is to
New York The transaction was made
through the agency of R. A. Rowan &
Co.
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 official
Iy 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
previous city council, whereas the
present counI has refused permission
even to the Auto Dealers association
to sell liquor in the cafe at its one
weeks show.
lad News for Ascot
This will be sad news to the jockey
club people inasmuch as they felt that
they We're safe in continuing the pres
ent meeting through the advertised
season. including all the privileges that
usually go with the track, of which the
uuuor concession is a valuable one.
The Jockey club withdrew it's 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
track meeting be not intterfered with
in the present racing season,
Most of the clubs officers regarded
it as a tacit understanding that the
liquor selling would not be interfered
with and that a 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 1T simply confirms
what we practically knew, but we want
a record. Mr.. Curry simply wrote us
I'm brief that thereappears to be some
trouble over the certificate. The secre-
tary goes on to say that he ordered
telegraphic information sent to us i'm
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
HELPS HIMSELF TO SOUVENIRS
Stranger Thinks Postal Cards Dis
played by Business Firm
Are Free

T, j. Brown Is a new arrival i'm 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.
He 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 charge of petty lar
ceny.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
LITTLE BOY MAKES MUNCHAUSEN !,
LOOK LIKE GEORGE WASHINGTON

to Los Angeles. She told me / would
have to make my own way in the
world after I arrived here. / arrived
i'm San Francisco Friday night at s
o'clock and left there an hour later
for Los Angeles"
Police Fooled by Story
The boy told a Straightforward story
and thinking It 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 i'm company
with an officer, but had barely reached
the corner when an excited man rushed
into the station and asked If 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 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
81 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 well 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
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, banquet was held under the
auspices of the local branch of the
organization at Levys cafe last night.
About thirty members of the asocia-
tion were present.
Addresses We're 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 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-
ber 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 certiti-
cate of annexation election had been
filed. If they have been waiting for
anything further they have done so
under a misrepresentation. AS mat
ter of fact 1 am not required to give
even that notice.
"The certificate signed by City Clerk
Harry Lelande was received In this
office on November 22 to be filed. Prior
to that was served with a 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
IL 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 1 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 IL the authorities there have de-
layed in taking jurisdiction of the am
nexed territory on that account II is
their own fault In not understanding
the needs of the case.
"I certainly have no interest in keep
ing open a race track and Ii is foolish
to raise such charge"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

Agent illinois Central r. r.. iis W, sth.
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
$2,500000, cause general gossip in real
estate and business circles. 1t Is limited
that il 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 mag
nificent station for the Los Angeles.
Pacific electric railway system, and by
others ii 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 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
$2500,000, are not making any state
ments whatever, except the admission
that they are in telegraphic communi-
cation with Mr.. Huntington, who is In
New York, in reference to the purchase
of the property.
Figuring on Valuation
Look here" said a realty dealer yes
terday to Herald representative. Let
us figure on the possible cleanup on
the Childs estate block, in case Mr..
HuntingtcL consents to accept $780,,
900. The block is 700 feet long and 900
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
140 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 S1,700,0 600. Put the frontage
valuation at $4,000 a foot and the total
would be S5,60O,000 for the 140 lots, CIV
ing profit of $3 100000 on the $2,50O,0
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
COYNE
DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY

Of
a
medicinal properties
CAUTION-When you ask your druggist grocer dealer
for Duy Pure Malt Whkey be get the genuine It's
the absolutely medicinal malt whisky and sold only
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Chemist the label and make the seal the cork
broken Price $0 illustrated medical booklet and doctors ad
vice free Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.. Rochester N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
TIGHT KANSAS CITY LID.
Wholesale Arrests Cause Merchants
to Observe Sunday Closing Law.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 4.-Never be-
fore in the history Of this city was the
Sabbath SO strictly observed by the
business interests as it was Sunday.
All the merchants who have hereto
fore defed the attempts of Criminal
Judge William H. Wallace to enforce
the state law forbidding unnecessary
labor on Sunday, obeyed the Sunday
closing order. The theaters, however,
were open as usual, Is they are pro-
tected by injunction proceedings pend
ing in the federal court.
The decision of the merchants to
obey the law was brought about by
the wholesale arrests during the last
"a hours of those persons who were in
dicted by the grand jury Saturday for
refusing to comply with the law dur
ing the two previous Sundays. The
persons arrested were placed under
bonds ranging from sou to $1,000
each.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
|TE MALON[YS make UP
DAUGHTER ELOPED WITH "A
YOUNG ENGLISHMAN.
MOTHER IS IN A skNlTARIUM
Family Had Recognized Girls Mar
rage to Herbert Osborne-Heard
Il After Clarkson Affair.

Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-Helen Ma
loney, daughter of Martin Maloney,
the wealthy financier Of this city and
wife of Herbert Osborne, who eloped
with Samuel Clarkson, a young Eng
lishman, on Oct. 4, has had a recon
ciliation with her father and is either
in America or on her way there.
Mr.. Maloney is said to be still In
Europe, although he may return at
any time. Mrs. Maloney is in a sani-
tarium in this city and the condition
of her health Is such that she has
been denied to her closest friends.
These facts were learned from an
intimate friend of the young woman,
who further declares that Herbert Os-
borne renowned his religion and be-
came a Roman Catholic when he mar
ried Helen Maloney and this marriage
had been recognized by the Maloney
family, although it took place two
years ago and they knew nothing OF
it until after the Clarkson affair. The
reconciliation between Mrs. Osborne
and her father took place some time
before Samuel Clarkson returned to
London and took up bachelor apart
ments in that city.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
ACCUSED OF MOCK MARRIAGE,
Police Say Married Man "Wedded"
Actress in Los Angeles.

New Orleans, Nov. &c. M. Bark.
ley, alias ]. G.. Jackson, who says he
is the son Of a wealthy resident of
California, is held by the police here
on the charge of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses by cashing worth
less checks. The man arrived here
several days ago and took apartments
at one of the most fashionable hotels
under the name Of ]. C.. Jackson. He
introduced himself as prominent IN
several fraternal organizations and
in this name obtained Endorsements
on the checks of a Los Angeles saw
ings bank. The checks were cashed
here, but were declared by the Los
Angeles institution in a telegram TO
be mo good"
A dispatch from Los Angeles states
that the police say the man lived at
a rapid rate in that city during last
September, and went through a cere-
mony of marriage with an actress
while his wife was living there. He
disappeared a week after the alleged
marriage.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
STAY An AG[D WOMAN
MURDERERs TAKE $500 SAVINGS
OF OLD COUPLE.
POLICE ARE ALL AT SEA
Husband and Dozen Boarders Are
Taken Into Custody and Held
for Examination.

Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-Marina Car
mella Mongolluzzo, an aged Italian
woman, was murdered and robbed of
$500, the savings of herself ana hus-
band, while she was at work Monday
in q shed in the rear of her home In
Southwest Philadelphia. The wom-
ans husband, Malta MongolluZzo. left
her at the washtub when he went to
work Monday morning and when he
returned home he found her lying In
the shed with her throat cut from ear
to ear. Six hundred dollars which
the couple had saved was sewed in
the woman's dress and nearly $100
additional was in her purse.
When Mrs. MongolluZZo's body was
found, the pocket containing the mon
ey had been cut from her dress and
the purse was gone.
The couple lived in an Italian board
ing house, but had the use of a shed
in the rear Of the place. The police
are at sea in the case, though they
believe someone familiar with the cou-
pies habits committed the murSer. A
dozen boarders in the house, togeth-
er with the husband, were taeen into
custody by the police for examination.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
ELECTION RESULTS.
DEMOCRATS WIN NEW JERSEY,
RHODE ISLAND, MARYLAND.
Indications Point to the Election Of
Republican Governor in Ken
tucky-Tom Johnson Re-elect-
ed by Increased Majority.

New York.-The elections through.
u the country passed off in COMPARE
tive quiet today. The returns from all
sections up TO IL o'clock tonight give
the following results:
In Massachusetts, Gov. Guild, Repub-
lican, has an estimated plurality OF u.s..
900 and is elected. His plurality in
1904 was 30,233.
In New Jersey the returns OH the
gubernatorial race are coming in slow
", but q report from the State capital
indicates that Katzenbach, Democratic
candidate for governor, may have a
plurality of 10, 900. In 1904 Stokes. the
Republican candidate for governor,
had a plurality of 81 900.
In Pennsylvania. Sheath, who leads
the Republican ticket for State treas
urer, is elected by a majority estimated
at 10000. In 1906 the plurality for
Stuart, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, vas 1925.
In New York State Edward T. Bart
lett and William Willard Bartlett, who
ran jointly on the Republican and Dem
ocratic tickets, are elected as judges OF
the court of appeals over the candi-
dates of the INDEPENDENCE League.
In New York city the Tammany can
didates are leading those of the INDIE
pendence League by large majorities.
In Rhode Island. Higgins, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, is making
gains, but the race is close. In 1906
Higgins had a plurality of 1918.
In Maryland the county returns indi-
cate that ex-Gov. Smith wins in the
senatorial primaries. The early returns
on the governorship indicate a Demo
cratic victory.
In Kentucky, Wilson, Republican
candidate for governor, is making gains,
and there is a possibility of his v
coming the Democratic majority Of 1903.
At Cleveland at a late hour the cleo
ton of Tom Johnson, Democrat. was
conceded by the Republicans over Theo-
dore Burton, Republican, for mayor.
At Salt Lake City the American, or
anti Mormon party, is leading.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
CONTRACT JUMPERS INELIGIBLE,
Baseball Association Adopt Resolu-
ton Barring Certain Players.

New York, Nov. AT the final ses
Professional Baseball Clubs Thursday
afternoon a resolution OF j. P.
O'Rourke of Bridgeport, Conn, was
adopted, by which all players adJudged
guilty of contract jumping and play
ing upon the ineligible list by the ma
tional association shall be forever de-
barred from playing with any clubs
of the association except of the Tri-
State League. The Tri State League
was excepted on account of the agree
ment by which it came to the associa-
ton. twenty-five players are affected.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
ADVANCE CASH TO EMPLOYER.
Workmen Lend Henry G. Dawson Cur
rency to Meet Two Pay Days.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Payroll wor'
ries are not among the cares of Henry
G. Dawson, manufacturer of nantes
A score of his employees, all working.
men. surprised him by offering him
enough currency, about $4,000, to car
ry him through two pay days. II Mr.
Dawson shall need more money be-
ore the furry in the market is a thing
of history men on the other side OF
his desk will bring more. Last week
Mr.. Dawson made several deposits,
which would have carried him through
if he had kept the money in his own
safe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-09
Missourian Is Promoted

Washington, Nov. 4.-William Wal
ter Bishop of Missouri, formerly pro-
lessor of Greek in the Missouri Yves
leyan college at Cameron, has succeed
ed David Hutcheson as superintendent
of the reading oom of the Library of
Congress. Before his appointment Mr..
Bishop was chief cataloguer anu chief
reference clerk Of Princeton univer-
sity. He is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Michigan and of the American
School of Classic Studies at Rome.