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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST
COMES TO LOS ANGELES
Gaylord Wiltshire and Upton Sinclair
to Participate in Parade and
Make Speeches for the
Radical Party

Gaylord Wiltshire, the millionaire
Socialist who expects to become a
multimillionaire through mining in
terests in California, will come to Los
Angeles next week to make speeches
In the interest of his party,
Mr.. Wiltshire, for whom Wiltshire
boulevard was named, is remembered
as the man who made fortune In Los
Angeles through having monopoly in
billboards. He declared at that time
that he was opposed to monopolies bur
as long as they existed he would do all
he could to amass a fortune with
which to fight the System"
Mr.. Wiltshire is accompanied on his
trip by Upton Sinclair. novelist. So
cialists plan a parade and speaking on
the evening of October 81.
This will be Upton Sinclair's first visit
to the Pacific coast. Mr.. Wiltshire has
hundreds of friends in Los Angeles,
many of whom have no sympathy with
his revolutionary beliefs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
RULES FOR ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED
Board of Public Works Will Revise
Them Before Adoption-Council-
man Dromgold Enters Protest
Against Monopoly

The national code of rules for cleo
trical construction was submitted to
the board of public works by City Elec-
trician Manahan yesterday, but VIII go
through some slight revision before 1t
is adopted.
The only material change in construc-
ton which the new rules provide for Is
the placing of basement wires in iron
pipes in all future construction work,
and where the basement wiring now
in place appears extra hazardous,
1t also provides that all electric signs
must be of metal, but this probably
will be modified before being adopted
by the council. Councilman Dromgold,
who until short time ago was a sign
maker, told the board yesterday that
this feature was useless as preven-
tive of fire, that he had been in the
sign business for fifteen years and had
never known a fire caused by an elec-
tric sign. He said a company manu-
featuring a patent sign had been MAXI
ing every effort to have an ordinance
adopted compelling the use of metallic
signs so that they could have a mon
opoly of the business.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
FINDS WOMAN GUILTY OF
CONDUCTING BLIND PIG"
Mrs. o. Bell, Proprietor of Rooming
House, Pays $50 and Loses Forty
Bottles of Wet Goods for
Violation of Law

Mrs. o. Bell, who conducts room
ing house at 4191s South Los Angeles
street, pleaded guilty in Police JUS
tice Austin's court yesterday afternoon
to conducting a "blind pig" at her
home and was sentenced to pay fine
of $50.
The woman was arrested yesterday
by Patrolmen Busse and Beaumont
and forty bottles of liquor were con-
fiscated.
When Mrs. Bell had paid her fine
and left, Emma Baker, 125 Temple
street, charged with a similar offense,
was arraigned and she gave bonds
ance, October 28.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22

contracted for early last year when
the board of public works bought 10000
barrels of cement with which to begin
work. The municipal cement plant at
Tehachapi is not ready for use. The
contractor is two months behind on the
building and the board does not believe
the city can begin to make it's own
cement until the first of the year.
The 10000 barrels is more than enough
to keep the work going in good shape
until such time as the city can make
it's own cement, so no actual delay is
occasioned by the slowness of the con-
tractor.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
JOSEPH FORD RESIGNS;
EMPLOYED BY FREDERICkS

Joseph Ford, deputy city attorney
and until recently deputy prosecuting
attorney under Thomas Lee Woolwine,
resigned from the service of the city
yesterday to accept a position as
deputy under District Attorney Fred
ericks.
Captain Fredericks denied that Mr..
Ford is to take charge of the dis
trict attorneys cases at the police sta
ton but said Mr.. Ford is to be en-
ployed in the office at the court house.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
LABOREE PAYS ONE DOLLAR
FOR ONE COPY OF HERALD
John H. Paul Tells Court He Wished
to Read News and, Not Having
Money, Took Paper, Intend
ing to Return 1t

For stealing a copy of Wednesday
mornings Herald from a subscriber on
North Main street yesterday morning,
John H. Paul, a laborer, was fined
81 by Police Justice Austin yesterday.
Paul said he did not have the money
to buy a paper. and he wanted to read
the political news before going to work.
He declared he meant to return the
paper on his return from work in the
evening,
The Herald paid a reward of $40 to
Patrolman McFadden, who made the
arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
STONE ON TRACK CAUSES
CAR TO LEAVE THE RAIL S
None of the Passengers Was Injured,
Though Severely Shaken--Win-
dows Were Shattered by
the Sudden Jar

An outbound Washington street car
struck a stone on the track at Wash
ington street and Park Grove avenue
yesterday afternoon and was derailed.
The windows were shattered by the
jar of the car leaving the track and
the trucks were thrown from beneath
the body of the car. While the pas
sengers We're severely shaken none
was injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22

If YOU want to go east. C. Haydock, Agent
III nois Central r. R.. 11s w. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22

A handsome line of new
silk shapes in the latest
hat effect: all the new
shades, including black;
made of fine quality plain
felt: shapes you cannot
buy for less than SO. Here
today at $1.9S.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22

An extensive assortment
Of fancy feathers, breasts,
pompons, coques, birds,
fancy Quill effects and
other fancy feathers and
novelties. Choice today,
regular 75c values, at soc.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-22
A Sale of Millinery
EveryW Can SaveT Oday
Trimmings of All Kinds and Shapes
PlumeS, Novelty Feathers,
Ribbons, etc.
$3.50 Untrimmed Hats $1.48
81 sHAPEs s1.0s

Stylish new shapes of satin and silk; large or
medium sizes; full line of the approved autumn
colors Splendid $3.50 values on sale at $1.4S.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Acres of Yards.

Some idea of the enormity Of the Union
Stock Yards and the packing houses which
are run in connection with the yards may
be CLEANED from the statement that 1900
people are employed on the $50 acres Of
land on which the yards and packing
houses are located. Some of these draw
wages of laboring men and many receive
pay as skilled mechanics and the total
counts into a neat figure each month and
year,
The packers are not the only buyers Of
stock which is brought TO the South Omaha
market for although the packers have been
buying thousands Of head Of stock a day
another force has been at work. making
the market stronger and better. The feed
ers OF the surrounding states, the men
who buy thin range stuff and fatten II
with the products Of their farms, have
learned that this is the best place 20 pur-
chase that class Of cattle and sheep. South
Omaha enjoys facilities not equaled by
any other market for receiving all kinds OF
live stock or the raw material. and as a
distributing point for both the product OF
this industry and for feeders to the great
corn belt Of the central west,
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
More Than Expected.

AT 10 O'Clock my commission man said
sell and we closed out at S65, which was
much better than | expected. Then for
the first time | went 10 the offices at the
exchange building, after seeing my cattle
weighed and inspected by the United States
government inspectors. Then my cattle
went out OF my sight, and I suppose within
an hour most of the beauties I've been
pretty proud Of in life were neatly dressed
hanging in rows i'm the coolers Of the
packing houses.
In the offices, / was told it would re-
quire about two hours to s~tTaighten out
the days sales and make out the checks
so l went through the hog section of the
yards as I had through the cattle sec
tion. The hog section is located south Of
the exchange building, where the offices
of the commission men are located. Here
I found about the same processes I'm action
as in the cattle market. The hogs are
provided with covered sheds as a protec-
ton against sun and storm. In the bag
section care is taken that drives be as
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

1 never knew before how easily every steer
could be accounted for. The commission
men were beginning to arrive or they were
represented by their statesmen. The name
of the commission firm was called first
and then the shipper and the number of the
cars, and the road over which they came.
With the calling of my commission firms
name the Junior member of the firm
stepped forward. He called my name and
we were at once in touch. Being for
warned of my shipment, he lost no time in
going with me to the chutes where l had
seen my stock unloaded. He told me that
he thought the market would be active
and that the cattle buyers of the big pack
ing houses to the south and west Of the
large area of yards, would be out before
s o'clock. For this reason he had his W
drivers take my bunch in name at once.
Sometimes the Union Stock yards drivers
deliver without the presence of the com
mission firm the cattle so consigned to the
proper pens. In my case the cattle were
driven at once to the west section OF the
yards which is the beef cattle section. Here
the drivers, under the direction of the cattle
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Wool Market Helps.

The establishment Of the wool market in
Omaha is looked upon by the commission
men to give an added impetus to the sheep
business in South Omaha. As never before.
the eyes Of the sheep men of the west are
turned toward Omaha and the Indications.
are that this market will in the future get.
a much larger proportion of the sheep
from the ranges of the west. The wool.
market at Omaha will give the sheep men.
an opportunity to clean up on their sheep.
and make arrangements for their wool on,
one trip away from the ranch.
With the increased business at the stock
yards the Union Stock Yards company he's
kept up with the pace and no complaint
is heard from shippers because their stock.
is Lot handled promptly. II an additional
engine was needed to handle the hundreds
of cars as they rolled into the yards. that
engine was bought. Everett Buckingham,
general manager of the stock yards com
pany, is an experience railroad man and
he has completely solved the problem OF
quickly handling all cars Of stock as soon
as they arrive at the yards.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Returned Homo Hnnnx.

"On returning to my home. | nave taken
the liberty to jot down as briefly as may
be my impressions and my interest in
South Omaha as a live stock center. I
must say a word in appreciation of the
treatment I received both from the COM
mission men and from the Union Stock
Yards company. l am thoroughly con-
WINGED that the Omaha packing confer is
as good as any, and more convenient TO a
large area, within a thirty-siX-hour jour
noy by rail Of the great city Of the Trans
missouri country. O. B. CLINTON"
The Union Stock Yards company was
established in 1884 and from the time of its
founding until the present time has grown
and grown until its present capacity is
10000 cattle, $4,000 sheep, 1000 hogs and
l,5oO horses and mules. The officers OF the
company are r. j. Durham. president;
John d. Creighton, vice PRESIDENT; J. c.
Sharp, secretary and treasurer, and f..
buckingham, general manager The board
of directors consists of r. J. Durham. Lee
w. Spratlen, John D. Creighton, +. II.
Davis. Thomas Il. Mcpherson, Samuel Nc
Roberts, V. B. Caldwell, r. c. Howe and
c. +. Henderson.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Found Market steady.

"There were 5000 cattle IN the yards the
morning l arrived, which the commission
man said was about the number to hold
the market steady IL the eastern reports
were good. On this particular morning the
buyers were out early and the selling was
active. The buyers all rode horses, espe-
cially the buyers for the packers. l dis
covered that there were many speculative
buyers on the grounds ready to pick up
good bargains where they were to be had.
Right here / discovered the great advan-
tages of careful feeding and selection OF
stock. In pens next to mine l saw cattle.
which l knew were heavier than mine
and which had been fed corn for a longer
time. They were unkept and looked rough,
however. The bidding for my cattle was
all of 81 per hundred higher than for the
other. My commission man simply laughed
at the first bids for the cattle saving he
would buy the whole bunch himself before
he would let them go az the offer. Per
sOnally / thought the bid pretty good; but
did not interfere. Within half an hour
his Judgment appeared verified; for dur
ing that time three other men came to
look over my cattle and each made an
offer a little better than his predecessor.
Still the commission man told me to wait.
In the mean time the whole wards were
teeming with life and activity. Cattle
were being sold to the packers and to the
feeders in numbers. I had "A chance to
hear the closing OF a dozeI, sales. 1t was
quite a novel experience. l had thought
that matters were conducted on an entirely
different line, and that bidding was a
mere matter Of form. I have made up my
mind so far as local affairs are concerned
tho packers bid on stock for about the
same reason that | bid on them. that is,
for the apparent worth and the antici-
pated prospeCt of a profit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Visited sheep Section.

From the hog section l visited the
sheep barns and, although the season was
not right for the best run of sheep, enough
were received to show plainly how the
business was done every day of the year.
AS with the cattle and hogs, there is one
universal way of buying and selling.
Everywhere is evident the care for the
comfort and the needs of live stock as well
as to get the stock before the purchasers
to the best advantage possible.
Similarly I visited the horse barns, re-
turning to the Exchange building about
noon. l went with my commission man to
the Exchange dining hall and secured a
good lunch, where l witnessed one of the
liveliest scenes of the day. over 200 men
were in the hall and many were going and
coming all the time. The commission men
were comparing notes with the utmost
good feeling. Jokes were passed and
everything was as like a country picnic as
straight business could be.
I'm the Exchange building l found a
branch postoffice which does a very large
monthly business, representing sales
amounting to $1,000 to 5000 monthly. 1
won't to the third floor to the railroad
offices to receive my return transportation
and found offices Of all the local roads
there in active business.
~ the east end of the exchange is To-
Gated the Union Stock Yards National
bank. Its deposits amount to nearly
100000. Three other banks are located
in the business center of the city OF South
Omaha. In all four banks over SIC, 900, 900
is deposited.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

in touch with my commissioner. He said
1 had better go to the chute house for
cattle first, for at such an early hour no
one would Be in the exchange offices. The
chute house 1 found at the west end of the
o street viHduct, which location is familiar
to anybody who happens to visit the
South Omaha yards. 1t was still pretty
early. though many men were about. Most
Of them were the drivers and employees Of
the Union Stockyards company, l was told
that none of my commission firm was on
hand yet. so l walked out along the I'M
loading dock and saw my loads safely off
the cars. They were driven into the nearest
pen to wait the assignment, l asked the,
workmen who were handling my stock
what they thought of their condition and
was assured that they would go pretty high
unless a very large shipment came in, or
unexpected reports from the other markets
caused a slump.
Then l walked back to the chute house
and heard the first assignments announced.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

surround this market and find here a SELL
ing place for their finished products, while
at the same time South Omaha is the near
est market place for the ranges Of
Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, the Dakotas,
Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Indian ter
ritcry. The ranges Of these states furnish
an almost unlimited supply of cattle to he
slaughtered. II in condition or to he fitted
for slaughter by the feeders of the corn
belt. Even Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan look to South Omaha
for their supplies of feeding cattle and
sheep.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Horse and Mule Market.

One charge for Weighing, yardage,
etc, covers the entire cost to the
shipper, no matter how long his stock
may remain at the yards. The weighing
charge is only collected when the stock Is
sold, so If it is shipped from the South
Omaha market to some other market the
only expense incurred is for such amount
of feed as may be given to the stock by
his orders. This is a most valuable arrange
merit for western shippers, for 1t gives
them an opportunity to try two markets
without additional expense. All stock
which is through billed receives the same
care and attention from the companys
employees as though billed locally.
one feature Of the South Omaha market
which has forced recognition for itself dur
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

turns to the owner than the other mar
kets.
More attention has been paid to the
handling Of sheep of late until today
Omaha is the second sheep market of the
world in addition TO being the second hog
market in size and the third cattle market
The rebuilding Of the sheep barns and the
building OF the dipping plant has increased
the business over 800 per cent, the receipts
having reached the million mark in 1898,
and at the same time adding a large
amount of territory to that which had
been considered tributary to Omaha. The
sheep barns were destroyed five years ago
by fire and were replaced by the best con-
structed and -the most conveniently ar
ranged buildings to be found at any mar
ket in the country. These barns accom-
modate $1,000 sheep and are mammoth fire
proof structures covering s 5000 square feet
where, under one roof are scales, sorting
pens, a complete feed station and every
thing necessary to the rapid transaction Of
business. The whole is we'll paved with
v]itrified brick and electric lighted.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

constant home-stayer all my life. Last
week, however, l was persuaded by my
son to accompany a load of steers to South
Omaha for the first time in fifteen years
of stock breeding in Nebraska. l was a
little timid about coming, but my son as
sured ne that l would meet with the most
friendly assistance on every hand among the
stockmen and commissioned Of the pack
iDg district. So after writing my commits
sion firm that l would be in on a certain
date l set out at sunset from my home
town with my care divided between five
carloads of good steers and the commits
sion my wife had placed upon me concern
ing a new dress of black silk, and what
ever in the world l would do in a big city
arriving at 1 a. m. in the morning. l re-
member telling my son / was glad it was
summer time so | wouldn't get cold when
l got off the cars.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

During the afternoon 7 went first to
the main offices of the Union Stock Yards
company and was introduced to Everett
Buckingham, the manager l found him
the most courteous of men, ready with in
formation on any phase of the business.
In my talk of half an hour l learned much
valuable information. Most of this came
because l told him l was seeking informa-
zion. Ordinarily the most busy of men, he
seemed to drop everything to refer to his
records and show me what had been done
slice the opening of the yards.
After my visit at the general office
went through Swift & Cos packing
plant and also the plant of Armour &
Co. In these places discovered the cause
of the activity l had witnessed in the
morning. To my mind each plant, and
they tell me all four packing houses, Ar
mour & Co., Swift & Co, the Cudahy
Packing company and the Omaha Packing
company, are much alike in kind and ca
pacity; each plant is a world of Industry
by itself. Here l saw the transformation
of live animals in the course of a few mo-
ments into products ready for the most
fastidious market, all without waste. ]
must say l realized as never before the
economies necessary in the food produc-
ton of a great teeming population such as
ours has come to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Sought a Commission Firm.

well, l tried his suggestions one at a
time and with caution. l got In connection
with a reliable firm at South Omaha which
has been in the commission business since
the establishment of the yards and asked
them to put me on their list of subscribers
20 the market letters. The reports of the
Department of Agriculture have been in
my home every year since that time. /
have made money at It and recommend the
study.
A this time my ideas of the packing
senter were rather vague, for had beer a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Market Often High.

The instance above recited in which the
top of the market was reached by cattle
at South Omaha is not the only instance
in which stock shipped to South Omaha
has brought larger returns to the shipper
than stock shipped to other markets. Sew
eral cases of split shipments within the
last few months are recorded wherein the
South Omaha shipment brought larger re.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Ventilated barns.

Handsome brick barns. we'll ventilated
and lighted, have been erected and the
stockmen are provided with one of the
finest pavilions in the country for the ac-
commodation of those attending sales.
There are constantly on the market nu-
merous buyers from the east. north and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

ing the last few years is the horse and
mule market. The directors were not slow
to recognize this growing feature ard am
pie space has been provided. Although the
automobile is forging to the fore and for
a time was threatening to crowd the hum
BILE horse and mule off the earth, the fact
still remains that the breeder who pro-
duces good stock Of either draft or road
ster, can get for such stock nearly double
what he was able TO get ten years ago.
This fact makes farmers show more care
in their breeding and the result is that at
better grade of stuff is yearly arriving at
South Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

statesmen, divided my steers carefully into
three buDches, matching them for color,
weight and condition. l had no idea what
a great effect so simple a separation would
have on the general appearance of a drove
Of steers. 1t Is an idea I shall make use
of in buying my feeders hereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Arrived at Daylight.

"Woll, 1 arrived amid a hubub of
whistles and harsh eXhausts Of steam at
sun rise. l had wit enough TO ask the
conductor where l should first go to get
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28
Commodious Horse Section.


Last year several large barns were
erected and fitted for the exclusive use OF
dealers in imported draft stations, Short
horn, Hereford and other pure bred cattle.
Several firms with a worldwide reputation
have located permanently at South Omaha,
keeping a large number OF horses and cat
tie on exhibition each day of the year, Civ
ing farmers and ranchmen a splendid lot
of animals from which to make their selcc-
lions. Farmers and breeders have long
since learned that 1t pays to breed we'll
and to that end the demand for fine bulls
's heavy, making 1t attractive for stock
growers to ship their bulls to the South
Omaha market. The very frequent public
sales of pure bred cattle. coupled with the
large number always on land at the above
mentioned barns, lnsures the prospective
purchaser an opportunity unequaled else
where. Situated as II is in the center OF the
corn belt and in the midst of the feeder
section of the country, the return freight
is not as heavy from South Omaha as from
any other markets.
The following table of summaries for the
last twenty-four years shows the total
stock handled at the yards since the estab-
lishment twenty-four years ago to be
"a, 7SS,972 head. The table shows:
RECEIPTS OF STOCK DURING TWEEN