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Miss Ruth Berrett, who has beer
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Will leave tomorrow for her home in
Sykesvllle. Md.
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Miss Rebecca Mears is visiting rel
atives in Richmond.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
DARIUS AT A DISCOUNT

mHE most remarkable aerial contest
in the history of nations is at an
Il end and we appear to be not far
from the solution of the question in
which the mythical Darius Green failed
so |disastrously.
Germany, France. England and
America were represented in this great
contest. Several of the most famous
inventors and navigators of aerial craft
in the world participated in this event
of international import Every balloon
and its appurtenances were as nearly
perfect devices as : the ingenuity OF
their inventors and manufacturers
could produce. The airline flight of
the Pommern, a German balloon, which
traversed the greatest distance from
the starting point. measured as the
estimated to have been $50 miles; that
of the French balloon, which made the
second best record, is estimated to have
been S75 miles. Third honors were
taken by another German balloon.
American entries secured fourth and
fifth places.
The contest was not undertaken for
sport, though many thousands Of per-
sons found much genuine and novel
enjoyment in the big race. 1t was a
contest of scientists entered into for
the purpose of determining, among
other things, the staying qualities" of
their several balloons and their ability
so to maneuver them as to take ad-
vantage of aerial currents.
To call any of these mechanical con-
trivances airships would be hardly
proper. Airships must be able to make
headway against adverse winds; bal
looms simply drift with the currents
Of air.
The next great aerial contest OF
worldwide interest doubtless will be
one in which the participants are navi-
gable airships, equipped with motors
and steering appliances. Its outcome
will be watched with even more in
tense interest than that Of the event
Of the past week.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

concentrated
upon this, one of the most difficult
problems which the world has ever
seen.''
The apprehensions of the inhabitants
of the Pacific coast appear to have
found parallel in once complacent
England, judging from the dubious
tone of the utterances Of the London
paper quoted. The Significance Of the
movement looking toward Asiatic ex-
clusion not only in the United States
but in Canada, Australia and South
Africa, all dominated by Great Britain,
is at last appearing to the British
critics. What was once problem af-
fecting the United States alone has
now involved the Anglo-Saxon race on
three continents.
Viewed through an economic tele-
scope. while so remote as to contain
no features calculated to inspire a
feeling of uneasiness, the Asiatic prob
lem could we'll be discussed as a mat
ter of most Indifferent interest to the
English, as the sorrows of Satan might
be viewed by one assured of complete
safety from the malign influences of
that past master of speciosity; but at
closer range, with the integrity of the
white race at home face to face with
what is conceived to be distinct and
immediate menace, it is far more easy
to discern it's alarming, but once OBJ
scure, characteristics.
A policy at the bare mention of
which tolerant England not long since
held up its hands in horror and the
fulfillment of which is still regarded
by the London News as apparently
Impossible will be viewed as not
utterly beyond the realm of accom-
plishment as racial complications ma
ture on the Pacific coast of Canada, in
Australia and in that portion of the
British empire in Africa. In economics,
as in politics and in husbandry, it
makes some difference whose OK is
gored. Meantime we rejoice that rays
Of light have penetrated the sanctums
Of London editors.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
RUFF THE IMMORTAL
BE RUFF has filed a demurrer

BE RUFF has filed a demurrer in
| N suit to which he was a party,
IA in which he makes use of this
extraordinary and inexplicable Ian
guage:
"The complaint is uncertain in that
| it cannot be ascertained therefrom
what is meant by the word grating
used therein
1t is quite evident that the public
has been suffering from serious mis-
apprehension in regard to this term
as employed by the writer's OF the best
English used on the Pacific coast. We
had supposed that Ruef, being the
original near great CRATER Of Cali
fornia, was therefore in large measure
responsible for the modern adaptation
of this much-abused word. But If 1t
is not satisfactory to him. as indicated
in his demurrer, why not insert In the
next edition of the California diction-
ary some newly fiedged term which
will not admit Of equivocal use? Mac
Colonel Boycott was equally as gen
erous, various scientists have freely
donated the use of their names, devoid
of capital letters; even Colonel Boyle,
the silent partner in the exhilarating
game of golf. has never uttered word
of dissent to the use of his name
Now why will not Ruef cut a little
niche for himself in the Hall of Fame
or shall we say the Hall Of Infamy?-
and beneath the marble-hearted cam
opy that shields his oountenance from
the sterilizing rays of publicity strain
and tug at his ill-fitting aura while
his name is being immortalized with
a chisel and lower case ''r"?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
FATEFUL LETTER "R"

TT OW many persons have made a
III note of the constructive poten-
IL tialities in the letter R? How
many have discovered how important
figure Cor letter. it cuts in the COM
position of the names of the men and
institutions involved in the wild f1nan-
ciering which has undone some and
threatens the undoing of more of the
men responsible for the conditions
which have ripened during the past
few days?
In the first place this letter with the
trilling-it might with some propriety
be called thrilling is very much
in evidence in the almighty dollar"
Naturally ''Wall street" is not COM
plete without it. 1t is necessary to
the construction of the words 'specula-
tor" gambler" 'ticker,'' market"
and Securities" of both protective"
and ''tariff," of "frenzied" and "hnan-
ciering," of graft" 1t helps to spell
failure" and ruin" court" trial."
Jury" verdict" and prison"
In the name of Thomas Misfortune
Ryan it appears twice. 1t is also
found in the names Of Morgan, Perkins,
Rockefeller. Rogers Brady. Hartman.
Archbold and Mayer & Co.; of Cortel-
you, who is trying to save the trem-
bling thrones of the corrupt money
kings; of Ridgeley, who foresaw what
was coming in time to stand from
under.
The first great corporation to suffer
from the effects of the recent wizardry
in stocks was the Metropolitan Secur-
tiles company, in the name of which
the fateful letter appears twice. 1t is
found thrice in the name of the Knick-
erbocker Trust company. the first of
the big institutions to respond to the
assault upon $4,000 per cent imitation.
1t figures in "Pittsburg," the first city
whose stock exchange failed to open
after the dredging of the, market. The
name of the Bank of Commerce cannot
be entered upon the record without this
letter. Among the first banks outside
of New York to wiggle when their in
vestments in mercurial securities were
in jeopardy were those OF the Hickey
outfit-=and the name of Hickey begins
with an "R."
BY the way, is it worthy of COM
ment in passing that this eighteenth
letter in our alphabet cannot be dis
cerned in the name of Fish or Gould,
who seem not to have become affiliated
with the disease now epidemic in one
quarter of the financial world?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
IS THE GAME PROTECTED?
os ANGELES county sportsmen

II OS ANGELES county sportsmen
to the number of 10.458 have paid
- the fee for hunting licenses under
the recent act of the state legislature.
OF these six are aliens, paying $25;
eight are non-residents. paying $40, and
10,444 residents, paying 81. This makes
s11. 900.
This is a pretty good indication that
sportsmen believe the law to be a good
one. They are led to understand that
the money will be devoted to protection
OF the game. over 100000 will prob
ably be paid into the state treasury
for hunters licenses. How will this
money be disbursed? What steps have
been taken to protect the game? Dill
gent inquiry among over one hundred
hunters who returned to the city Sum
day night failed to reveal anyone who
had seen d warden. Two men driving
toward the city on the road from
Toluca solemnly declared they had
seventy-two quail. They had spent
two full days shooting in the San Fer
nando valley and believed they were
entitled to twenty-five birds apiece
each day. When the law was quoted
to them one man declared he had hunt
ed here ten years and had never seen
a warden. He said he killed quail all
through the dove season and knew
many. Others who did the same.
what Is being done to protect the
gamer Apparently very little.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
MARVEL OF GROWTH

A SPECIAL report by State Con-
III troller Nye showing the values
"a of property in each county in
California for the year 1907 contains
figures that will prove particularly
gratifying to the inhabitants of Los
Angeles county. OF the total real es-
tate valuation of the state, 81, ,055, ,222,-
0s3, Los Angeles county is accredited
with 20S,92S,520, standing second to
San Francisco county only among the
counties of the state, San Francisco
county's valuation is given at $780,
6S9, 1906.
The population of Los Angeles county
is now variously estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000. At the time when
Controller Nye received the returns
upon which his recent report is based
it is not probable that our population
exceeded the smaller figure. On this
basis the proportions between both the
population and the real estate valua-
tion of the city and of the state were
practically the same-between 10 and 20
per cent. But when the area of the
state the ratio Of the one to the ether
is as 21a to 100. In other words, Los
Angeles county, containing but az per
cent of the area of the state, shows
a real estate valuation of approximate
| ly one-fifth that of the entire state.
! But Controller Nye's report contains
figures that are still more intensely in
teresting to the inhabitants of the
county andeof the state. During the
year for which statistics have been
prepared the total volume of improve
ments on real estate is given as having
had a value of $s74,3S1.141. Notwith-
standing the unparalleled amount OF
work in this direction that has been
necessitated in San Francisco on ac-
count of the catastrophe of April, 1905,
real estate improvements during the
year in San Francisco county aggre-
gated but $66,815,201, as compared with
$S4, ,05S, ,O20 in Los Angeles county during
the same period! This is a showing
which doubtless will amaze many in
habitants of this section, and it GER
tainly will be the source of much won
derment to persons residing elsewhere
who are interested in what is going
on in California's southland.
In this connection the, phenomenal
growth of Alameda county. in which
the city of Oakland is situated, is
worthy of note. The total value of
real estate Improvements in that coun-
ty during the period in question was
$46,474.o05. about $2O,OOO,0OO only less
than the value of San Francisco coun-
ty's operations, but about $S7,500,000
less than the value of the improve
ments accredited to this county.
I. In the matter of personal property
Against which taxes were assessed Los
Angeles county ranks first with total
valuation Of $S6,O21, 445, San Francisco
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
CRISP AND CLEAN
REDUCED PRICE

1.-TWO cents daily, 8 cents Sum
day, 40 cents month. This
- is the new price of the Los
Angeles Herald. To all subscri-
bers who have paid in advance
expiration dates will be extended
to cover the new rates. The rate
to those who wish to continue
magazine premium contracts will
be 50 cents a month.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
county second with s6S,3S1,1bs. Alameda
county third with $22,35S. 4sS.

county third with $22,35S.4sS.
If the late Ben Ward, county as
SCISSOR of Los Angeles county, needed
any further testimonial as to the value
of his services as public official, and
If the people of the state at large de-
mand any further evidence as to the
powerful influence welded by the rail-
roads which have entered into politics
in this state, 1t will be found in Con-
troller Nyes figures relative to the
value of railroad property as assessed
by the state board Of equalization of
taxes. The showing in this respect,
comparing the weight of this atrocious
influence in the two richest counties in
the state, is astounding.
When the state board of equalization
had concluded it's adjustment of the
figures handed in by the assessors of
the various counties those for the two
greater counties stood like this: Los
Angeles county, ss,332,3ss; San Fran
cisco county, $239,766. The Herald can
not see that the argument found In the
simple presentation Of these remark
able figures can be strengthened by
the use of mere words. The figures
in themselves speak emphatically
enough 1t is evident, however, that
Ben Wards presentment was so cogent
and the mood of the inhabitants of
Los Angeles apparently so dangerous
that the railroad-dominated state Of
ficiais (among whom Controller Nye
is most decidedly persona non grata)
dared not let their contumacy run
away with their discretion.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

And now the price Of beans is emu
tional affair which began in st. Louis
and ended almost anywhere. 1t is in
the air. Save your spare beans.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

tiful green velvet. When the sun
shines the picture grows more and
more enhancing each day to the happy
fasteners who have arrived in time to
escape the snow, ice and slush Of the
winters in the east.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

Inasmuch as the Lincoln Roosevelt
Republican league was born in Los
Angeles, what SO natural as that 1t:
Los Angeles parents should be the
first to offer a rebuke to one of the
wayward children? Ryan's politica
acumen should have keener edge
after the reading Of that call to duty
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

A good motto for the Los Angeles
Boosters clubs badge: Owens river
aqueduct bonds: Gilt-edged in every
market" Who dares whine? Is there
anybody who doubts that Los Angeles
is in a class by itself?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

"A Whittier citrus grove has been
sold for $4,000 per acre, the highest
price ever paid for similar property
in that part of California. And the
man who sold it did not "hand a
lemon to the purchaser at that.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

A cold plunge once in a while is just
as beneficial for Wall street operators
as for any other gamblers who have
sat up all night trying to "beat the
game.' 1t causes a momentary spasm,
but the reaction is fine for them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

Four more men have been killed by
an explosion in powder mill. That
business Is getting to be as dangerous
as running street car in San Fran
cisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

Bostonians are making much over a
new beverage-the lobster cocktail
Aspirants for presidential honors will
nota bene, likewise beware.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

"Have faith In your home town." ad-
vises the Humboldt Standard. We
have
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

These delightful April showers, al
though they come in October, are car
peting the hills and valleys with beau
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25

They are using California crude oil
as fuel along the Panama canal Now
watch the dirt fly!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
HOTELS AND BEACH RESORT S
NOTEL WOODWARD

Il NEW. MODERN AND FIREPRooF.
Phones FIAT; MloOk,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-10
Webster, choate and Edmunds.

once heard the distinguished SEN
Eator EdmHnfls from Nermont, when h.
he was leader in the senate, tell this
story of his young days;
He was a student of law and was
making his first visit in the city OF
Washington. OF course the supreme
court interested him greatly The law
library was close at hand and was by
far the finest law library which the
young man had ever SEEN When he
was not listening in the courtroom, he
was apt to be reading in the library.
One day he was sitting happy in an
alcove, reading in a black letter trea-
tise which he had never seen before
There entered from the courtroom
without observing him, two gentlemen
in earnest conversation. These We're
Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate.
eagerly discussing some intricate point
They had come in from the courtroom
to talk it over. They paid no attention
to the young man who sat reading, but
he could not help but hear, and think
he had Il right to listen. AT a critical
moment in the discussion he turned
over the leaves of the quaint old book,
put his finger on an essential passage
and handed it to Mr.. Choate. Choate
read it quickly, as he did everything,
and passed it to Webster for it wholly
confirmed his argument
II am very much obliged to you.
young man." he said
Webster read it in his turn and
passed it back to Edmunds II am NOT
obliged to you at air. he said, with his
own sweet smile Edward Everett
Hale in Woman's Home Companion
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-10
The Round Robin.

The round robin" had its origin sew
eral centuries ago in France.
1t was used there by officers of the
army as method of expressing their
dissatisfaction with the course of the
king OF his ministers. BY signing in a
circular form the leaders of the move
ment could not be ascertained and
singled out for punishment.
The first instance on record of the
use of this form of protest in the navy
occurred in 1925. AT the instigation of
the Duke of Buckingham, the kings
favorite, an English feet, under Adj
miral Bennington, was dispatched to
Rochelle to assist in the coercion of the
Protestant subjects of Louis XIII. of
France. But the English tars, in COM
mon with their fellow countrymen,
looked with favor upon the resistance
of their coreligionists against the pros
elyting zeal of the French king. and
they signed a round robin express
Ing their determination not to fire a
shot against them, and without wait
Ing for a reply they weighed anchor
and brought their ships back to Eng
land. The admiral, however, received
peremptory order to return to
Dieppe, whereupon the whole of the
crews quilted the ships without fur
Their parley.-London Standard.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-10

A few doses of this remedy will in
variably cure an ordinary attack of
diarrh9a.
1t can always be depended upon,
even In the more severe attacks Of
cramp collie and cholera morbus.
1t is equally successful for summer
diarrhoea and cholera infantum in
children and is the means of saving
the lives of many children each year.
When reduced with water and
sweetened 1t is pleasant to take.
Every man Of family should keep
this remedy in his home. Buy it now.
PRICE, csc. LARGE SIZE, soc.
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Effect of lmaoination.

When Sir Joseph Fayrer was with
his ship in the Bahamas he landed on
an island. left the boat on shore and
went inland exploring Presently. to
his dismay, he saw. the boat drifting
out to sea. He rushed down to the
waters edge, Invested himself Of all
but some cotton underclothing and
plunged in. AS he swan something
appeared to seize his leg, and he re-
membered in an instant that the sea
swarmed with sharks. He nearly
sunk with horror, fully persuaded that
his leg was gone. But, mastering his
fear, he swan on to the boat. Then
he found that his alarm had been
caused by tape with which his under
clothing was tied below the knee. 1t
had come unfastened, and the sup
posed shark bite was only wet tape
winding and unwinding about his leg.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-10
The "slackfeIIow" Doctors.

Dr. A. w. Hewitt in his Native
Tribes of Southeast Australia gives
an interesting account of those medi-
cine men called the "blackfellow doc
tors" The blackfellow relies upon the
supernatural for his effects, but he ID
believed to be wholly sincere, as he
lives among people not yet civilized
to the point of understanding nature
fakir." DIR. Hewitt says of him. "He
Is everywhere believed to have received
his dreaded power from some super
natural source or being or from the
spirits of ancestors. This power en-
ables him to inject diseases, as it were.
into people at a distance, as we'll as to
cure disease by striking at It's secret
originator, who is usually a rival metlI-
cine man in neighbOring tribe He
can also preserve people from disease
He works with charms, and individual
medicine men or groups of them pos
sess charms peculiar to themselves In
all cases the blackfellow doctor Is
credited with being able to ;sas men in
their incofpOreal state eithes tempo
rarily as a wrath or permanently sepa-s
rated from their body as a ghost which
Ia invisible to other eyes. He can
ascend to ghostland beyond the sky or
can transport himself or be transport
ed by the ghosts from one spot OF
earth to another at will, much after
the manner of the Buddhist Arhat. He
can, 1t is also thought, assume animal
forms or control the elements"
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ITALIAN.
enough money in either bank to meet
a run, but the First National will help
the Provident. ! shall have to sus-
pend until can recall the money on
deposit in the city,
II think see," mused Degnon.
Both banks need money. The Provi-
dent can get it from its sister bank
Your Union will have to admit its in
ability to pay depositors They turn
shaky about your bank and 90 to the
rival institution
THAT'S part of the scheme. The rest
is this: Next week the interest accrues
II there is a run and. the money is
withdrawn, this interest is lost to the
depositor The First National will get
the use Of the money until the scare is
over. They announced tonight that
their interest would be paid. When
the scare is over they will cut off the
interest and send the money back to
their savings bank, while in the mean
time the standing of my bank is lost
There Is just one thing to be DONE"
said DegnOn, producing blank form.
Put electricity into your bank"
"How will that help?" asked the
banker. ut is sign Of enterprise,
but am afraid in a few days shall
have no bank to light"
DegnOn smiled
Il have an idea,' he explained. "I
think 1t is good One.''
With trembling hand Morrow signed
the contract, and Deknon rose to 60.
In the hall he stopped to say good
night to Daisy and explain that he had
to see some one on business on his
way home; hence his haste.
The some one was the mayors sec
rotary, and as result Of the visit a
permit was issued the following morn
Ing as soon as the Office opened to tear
up the street for the purpose of INSTALL
ing the light service In the Union bank
Already a little knot OF depositors
had gathered in front of the two saw
ings banks when the construction gang
put in an appearance The First Ma
tional, in which Ridgley was silently
interested, occupied corner building,
and the Union, Morrow's bank, adjoin-
ed it. Ridgley's savings bank, the
Provident, stood diagonally opposite.
and it was in front of the Provident
that the men began to dig to tap the
main feeder. The men worked stolidly
on, unmindful of the excitement around
them. AT the Union, Morrow was pay