Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-22
NOTES OF INTEREST
FROM LONG BEACH
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Aug. 40. L. McDon-
nell has leased the Long Beach skating
rink at the foot of Locust avenue from
| the Strand Investment company for a
| period of six months, and will utilize the
| building as theater pending the comp,e-
| ton of a theater which he proposes to
| construct at the corner of Third stret
and Locust avenue. II. 9. Wyatt of the
| Mason, Los Angeles, has charge of the
bookings, and eighty shows have already
| been secured, it is said. The first will be
minstrel show Monday night, Sept. 10.
James A. Miller, secretary of the cham
Der of commerce, today received a letter
from w. d. Coolidge, secretary OF the
Pasadena board of trade, thanking him
and the Long Beach chamber of COM
merce for their hearty cooperation and
assistance in making the Pasadena day
picnic at Long Beach last week sue
cess.
e. E. Miller, Director of the Majestic
band of this city. has asked the city trus-
tees for permission to install an American
band in the Auditorium to furnish music,
instead of the Italian band, which plays
at present Director Miller would like to
be appointed as municipal band director.
DR.. A. c. Sellery, DR.. ]. M. Holden and
DR.. E. NJ Freeman resigned last night
from the Long Beach pure food commits
sion. DR.. w. Hartman Jones was named
as chairman of the commission by the
president of the medical society, and Drs
Freeman and Sellery were reappointed.
The old board believed that DR.. Jones'
who lis city health officer should be on
the commission, and resigned as matter
of form. to leave the field clear for the
president to appoint whom he chose.
The city trustees have decided that the
narrow strips of paving recently put IN
between the Pacific Electric and SAT-
Lake tracks along Ocean avenue must pe
torn out and replaced. The strips of paw
ing were put in with gutter effect. 1t
being thought that storm water would be
drained off through such means. 1t mas
been proved, however, that the city fatn-
ers were in error in this instance, FOR the
storm water, instead of draining on,
stands in pools of more exasperating d.
mensions than ever before.
A petition asking that the ordnance
prohibiting bicycle riding upon the sloe-
walk be repealed has been filed with the
CITY trustees More than 800 persons
signed the petition and it will probably be
acted upon favorably.
President John F. Craig of the Craig
Shipbuilding company has written to MS
representative here that the work OF
building the concrete bulkheads around
the ship plant site on the Long Beacn mar
Dor is to begin September Is. Mr.. Craig
has purchased practically all of the ma
chinery for the plant in the east.
Catching his right hand in feed cut
ter at his home in Hynes Monday night,
Glen Lambert, IA years old, received in
juries which will Grippe him for life. The
bones in the middle finger and the thumb
were broken, the tip of the middle finger
was cut off and the thumb was mashed
and ground. The boy is at the Long
Beach hospital.
A 15-pound tuna was caught off the
wharf yesterday morning by Fl. A. Ped
lar who landed it with ease. This eaten
in local waters at this time of the year
caused Pedlars features to glow with
honest pride.
The installation of the new pews In the
First Baptist church has been begun
These pews were recently received after
having been delayed twenty months IN
shipping
\ The Home Bond and Building company
of which w. B. Redburn is president, has
leased the old quarters of the Bank OF
Commerce, at First street and Locust
avenue, and will occupy 1t at once