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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
HERALD's CHRISTMAS

AT OF much time remains at the dis
posaI of citizens who wish to
~ make contributions to the fund
for The Herald Christmas dinner for
poor children, and we know many of
our friends are anxious to be among
the patrons of this big love feast.
Therefore we urge them not to put off
until tomorrow what they may do to-
day, and to remember their prompt
generosity will be appreciated.
We know human nature well enough
to believe a great many persons will
come rushing forward with subscrip-
lions the day after Christmas, but we
would much prefer to have them a few
days before Christmas. Some of the
foremost financiers OF Los Angeles have
consented to act as an auditing COM
mittee to pass upon all expenditures,
and while of course The Herald will
see to it that all funds are properly
used, we believe the arrangement that
has been made will be recognized as
businesslixe and accepted as ample evil
denee-if any is needed-of the earnest
intention of The Herald to discharge
its duty toward the public in this IN
stance-as in every other Instance
with scrupulous fidelity to its trust.
Preparations which are being made for
the festiyity and celebration at the Y.
M. c. A. and the Simpson auditorium
indicate that the biggest and most sue
cessfuI Christmas feast ever held VIII
be that of The Herald and its friends.
The people of Los Angeles are good.
hearted. generous and hospitable. and
they never exhibited good heartedness'
generosity and hospitality In a better
cause than this.
We regret to have to believe, but
must believe, for there is overwhelming
nroof to convince us or anyone who
cares to make an inquiry, that
in Los Angeles there exists enough
poverty among deserving boys and girls
to warrant everything The Herald is
doing. and every word of urgent APP
neal we write on behalf of the little
ones. -
Nothing is more lonesome than
cheerless Christmas. No human being
can be more woebegope than the little
lad or lass who is forgotten by Santa
Claus. The Herald would like to see
every boy and girl in this city remem-
bered on Christmas day by the bounti-
f,il saint. Let's all help him to remem-
Der them.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
TOY KING

Mt OTHING in modern everyday life
is more supremacy ridiculous than
~ the kings speech over in the
United Kingdom. How on earth legis-
lators can keep their faces straight
while his majesty" pirates away about
my army and my" navy and my
policies is a constant puzzle to Amer
leans.
There is some excuse for an Ameri-
can president talking about my pol
icies, but none whatever for a British
sovereign. To add to the mental be-
wilderment of those who attempt to
comprehend the British paradox, the
king is constitutionally forbidden to
take any part in politics and is not
permitted to exercise the franchise al
general elections or to sit in parlia-
ment or vote in either house or veto
measures.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
COMMITTEE COMPLETES ITS
WORK OF REVISING TARIFF
Ways and Means Members End Hear
ina of EVidence-ActuaI Amend
ments Begun--Carnegie un-
satisfactory to SoIons

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The house
ways and means committee completed
today it's hearings on the proposed
revision of the tariff and the sub-com-
mittee, consisting of the Republican
members of the full committee, beban
the work of revising the present law
into a tariff bill.
This bill is to be submitted to con-
gress at the special session which, it
is understood, Judge Taft will call to-
gether next March.
In order to complete its work "a
time the subcommittee will hold daysy
meetings behind closed doors until che
bill has been formed.
Mr.. Carnegie's testimony yesterday
did not prove satisfactory to the com
mittee. One prominent Republican
member said today that his testimony
was practically nil as far as informa-
ton of use to the committee in its de-
liberations is concerned.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
DAIRY cow MARKS
GROWTH OF COUNTY
IN LAST SO YEARS
Advent of Mixer and Disappearance
of Long Horns Keep Pace with
Marvellous Development
of Los Angeles

The marvellous development in agri-
culture and industries in Los Angeles
during the past fifty years is shown
by the report of w. H. Wright, county
statistician, submitted to the board of
supervisors yesterday.
The earliest report of the county S
condition in this connection was made
in 1857, when cattle raising was the
principal industry. This industry
shows an increase in value, but a
change in character. In 1857 there
were $50 dairy cows and 5S,S15 head
of stock cattle In the county. This
year there are 26,434 dairy cows and
only 1883 head of stock cattle, which
shows the great growth of the dairy
business.
OF sheep there were 2S,741 in 1851
and 42,023 this year.
The most marvellous increase, how
ever, is shown in the number of fruit
bearing trees. Fifty years ago there
were 10,560 bearing trees of all kinds
This has been increased to 3,405, 122.
Principal among these are the or
ange, lemon and walnut trees. The
increase in orange trees is from 251
to 2,1S4567; lemon trees, Is to 800,
and walnut, 21s to 293,1S5.
Other fruits show similar increases,
while hay, grain and vegetables have
| There were no railroad lines in 1857
in the county and hardly any roads.
The best of the latter were little more
than trails. Now there are nearly zoo
miles of steam railroads and nearly
1000 miles of electric lines. There are
now close TO 5000 miles of public high
ways, as good as any in the world,
which will be increased greatly when
the work on the good roads is COM
pleted.
Perhaps, says Mr.. Wright. the most
interesting feature is the growth shown
along manufacturing lines. Our fruits
and climate" he says, ARE justly cele-
brated all over the world. But few
people think of Los Angeles as man.
ufacturing center"
The figures, however, show a very
satisfactory condition of manufacture
ing Industries. with practically unlim-
tied possibilities for future develop
ment. The number of strictly manu-
featuring concerns shown this year is
1885,. This does not include several
lines such as printing, bakeries, etc,
which are placed in the United States
census report. These 4S5 concerns have
II .407 employees and an output valued
at $50. 1886, GIL. which is more than fif-
teen times the total assessed valuation
of the county in 1857.
The total valuation of all kinds of
property. real and personal for the
year 1857 was $1,973,242; now it is
5000 772,917.
In closing Mr.. Wright says; This
brief review indicates something of
what has been done and I trust will
be instrumental in attracting attention
to our resources and beneficial in our
future development"
Big Gold Shipment
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Goldman,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Although as a rule we do not believe
in capital punishment we would cor
daily advise the hanging of the cow
ardly might riders" Indeed, hanging
is too good for ignoble DULLES who
drag weak, inoffensive women from
their beds and scourge them until their
backs are raw and bleeding. There is
altogether too much cowardice in the
United States, both in high circles and
in low. We must beware Of this vice
which betrays men and nations. Some
times it attacks human beings in one
form, sometimes in another; but it
always leads to the came ending.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

A first-rate business firm is advertis-
ing for engravers lat $40 per day."
Now watch some eager brother rush
forward with the announcement that
there is no poverty in the United
States because $40 per day positions
need to be advertised. He will forget
to add the $40 a day proposal will
cover only the holiday season. What
we need is a system of business eco
Monies that will employ people all the
year round at living wages, and not
by fits and starts at fancy figures
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
CAPTAIN MOORE ASSIGNED
TO COMMAND OF COLORADO
Brother of Mrs. C. C. Mccomas of This
City Will Join Admiral Dayton's
Fleet and Family viii Re-
side on Coast

Mrs. C. C. McComas, wife of Judge
McComas. has received word that her
brother, Captain c. B. T. Moore, has
been assigned to the command Of the
first-class armored cruiser Colorado of
the Pacific fleet. The Colorado is one
of the first squadron, first division
cruisers of Rear Admiral Dayton's
feet.
Many persons in Los Angeles remem-
Der the last visit here Of Captain
Moore two years ago, when he was
naval governor of Samoa, a position
he filed with honor Captain Moore
will sail by the way of Panama to take
his new command, and his family win
follow to make their home on the Pa
cific coast.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Chinese government has given the
American government library of $4,000
volumes, containing an encyclopaedia
variety of Chinese information on every
subject under the sun. Now our gov
eminent representatives and senators
will have pleasant way of Willing
away their evenings with new and in
teresting reading, and the COMPRESSION
al Record doubtless will be embellished
by choice quotations from the Chinese
classics.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
ANDY AND TARIFF

4 NDREW CARNEGIE has told the
u ways and means committee the
"A steel industry is in no need OF
protection. While this is probably the
unqualified truth. ordinary human be-
ings cannot help wondering why Car
negie waited until he retired from the
steel making industry before he began
to advise free trade in Steel
Nothing more remarkable has hap
pened in the Industrial and political
history of the United States. Saul
Carnegie also among the tariff reform
prophetsl Well. better late than never.
true tariff reform. for the benefit OF
the people, is bound to come sooner or
later.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUAI-"On the Quiet"
BELASCO-Dark.
HAAEBURGER'S MAJESTIC-"The Substt-
tufe."
Acknowledgement Millions"
BURBANK-"Janice Meredith"
GRAND-'The Toymaker."
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
PEOPLE'S-"Shamus O'Brien."
FTSCHER'S-"'The Arch Schemer."
EMPIRE-"COIlege Days"
UNIQUE-"A Trip to COney Island"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

what obtains in any other city in
America.
History will repeat itself along the
California coast, when once the Pan
anna canal is opened and Atlantic trav-
ell is able to land on this coast. If We
could live forty years to see it we
should see Los Angeles the greatest
playground in the world, with untold
wealth, art, science and literature;
with magnificent homes reaching in
every direction for miles; with great
boulevards and with everything done
on stupendous scale to attract the
leisure classes of the world
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Leather, shoe and tanning companies
have sent letters and kilograms to E..
H. Hartman, protesting against the
freight rates gouge. If the tanning
companies take up the subject with
him in a businesslike and impressive
manner, some results may be obained.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

An attempt to assassinate President
Gomez of Venezuela has added to the
political complications which are per-
picking that republic. Only crude and
immature minds regard assassination
as an act Of craftsmanship. Many of
the politicians of Venezuela are suffer-
ing from defective education.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Supervisor George Alexander, by way
of emphasizing his protest again
against the financial policies of the
solid three. promises to lay before the
grand jury the subject of the purchase
of a secondhand automobile. The
solid three are as solid as ever. Like
the enemies of tariff reform, they are
standing pat"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

The finest and most learned body of
teachers in the world is meeting in Los
Angeles. Our city should appreciate
this fact. No convention could be more
important than the great teachers
council now in daily session.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

The first great athletic event of the
new year will be the Marathon race
from Los Angeles to Venice on New
Years day. The men who have en-
tered are training diligently, and the
result of the contest will show the
moderns can beat the ancients at one
Of their own games.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23
Free Admission

GOOD Only on Date of Issue)
TT HIS entil Free Admission to
ii a South Spring street, be-
hours o o'clock and o'clock m If
at the bottom OF this
The BRACKET SHOWS Guaranteed to The Herald In writ
keeping with The Herald policy
ICharge Heraidl city
Of by older
Wednesday, December %, 1908.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-23

Big Gold Shipment
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Goldman,
Sachs & Co. today engaged 100000 in
gold for shipment to Paris.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06

cupriferous material from
other states, especially that rich in gold
and silver, was treated.
The Ohio and Colorado Smelter also
turned out a little copper matte from
its lead smelter at Salida. and some
copper was recovered from the smelling
of ENCORE cinders by the United
States Smelling company at Canyon.
Some Colorado ore and matte went to
the Salt Lake valley for smelling and
converting. A little Colorado ore, as
well as some Montana ore and matte,
was made into matte in South Dakota.
A small production of COPPER was turn
ed out from Colorado ores at works in
British Columbia. The smelters at
Ironton, Grand Junction, and Silverton,
which were in operation for the whole
or a part of the year. produced matte
which was shipped outside the state
for conversion. Other smelters, includ-
ing those at Pearl and Golden, were
not operated during the year.
Besides handling material originating
within the state, the Colorado smell
tiers treated ores, concentrates, or
matte from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
A report on the production of copper
in 1906. prepared by Mr.. L. c. Grafton,
geologist, has just been published by
the United States geological survey as
an advance chapter from Mineral Re-
sources of the United States, Calendar
Year 1906" Copies of this report may
be obtained by applying to the director
of the survey at Washington, D. c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
May Clear Up Mystery.
COLORADO COPPER COMES
LARGELY AS BY-PRODUCT

The production of blister copper in
Colorado in 1906 from materials origi-
mating within the state was 7,427, 253
pounds. which was derived almost
wholly from the smelling of ores that
were mined primarily for other metals
than copper.
As in 1905 the Leadville district
ranked first in copper production. and
was followed by the San Juan country.
Gilpin, Chaffee, Clear Creek and Do
lores counties contributed smaller
amounts, and nearly every other mine
ing county in the state produced a
little copper. The few districts in
which copper is the chief metal were
inactive or produced very little in
1906. The deposits at Pearl in Larimer
county, at CaShin, in MOntrOse county
and in the plateau region of south
western Colorado are the most impor-
tant of these.
A great part of the copper produced
in Colorado was recovered as matte in
lead furnaces at the large plants of the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany and ultimately appeared as cleo
trolytic copper at the refinery at Perth
Ambcy, y. ]. Much of it was first
converted at Omaha. Neb., where con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
ALASKAN MINES
COPPER OUTPUT.

Alaska produced S,6S5.646 pounds of
blister copper in 1906, an increase of
more than 3,500,0000 pounds over the
output for 1908. The mine production
during the year although well in adj
vance Of that i'm 1905, was much less
than the smelter production, for a con-
siderable part of the smelter output of
1906 was derived from the ores mined in
1905.
The product came chiefly from the
Prince of Wales Island, in the Ketchi-
kan district of southeastern Alaska,
where the only two smelters of the
Territory are located Both of these
smelters were blown in near the end of
1905, but one of them was out of blast
for a long time i'm 1906. Both plants Go
some custom smelling and thus procure
siliceOus material 10 fiuX their own baS-
ic ores. Part of this siliceous ore came
from British Columbia, but develop
Bay, on Portland Canal, furnished
Bay, on PORTLAND Canal, furnished
much of it and may make future impOr-
tations unnecessary. Some ore from
this region was shipped to the Tyse
smelter on Vancouver Island. and the
resulting, matte was forwarded to the
United States for conversion.
Both ore and matte from Prince of
Wales Island were also shipped to the
smelter at Tacoma, Wash, and to the
Britannia smelter on Vancouver Island.
where they were transformed into blist-
er copper The ore of this district is
not of high grade, the copper yield be-
ing as a rule a little over 8 per cent.
Precious metal values are low. Supplies
are costly, wages are high and success
full operation under these adverse con-
ditions is noteworthy.
The second important copper district
of Alaska embraces the country around
Prince WILLIAM Sound, and shipments
i'm 1906 were made from two mines, one
al Ellamar, southwest of Valdez, and
the other on Latouche Island. Most of
the ore sent out during the year aver
aged Z TO s per cent in copper. 1t car
ries a little silver and a moderate
amount of silica. and is rather low in
iron and alumina. A number of other
copper prospects in this region will
probably prove valuable.
The third copper region in the Terri
tory is along Copper River, in the Vi
cinity of Mount WranSell, and especial
ly near Chitina river. The ores of this
district received considerable attention
i'm 1906, the most important work being
done by the Guggenheim Exploration
company Railways connecting this
district with the coast at Seward and at
Valdez will probably be completed in
the near future, and if the deposits of
the district develop as favorably as 1t
is at present expected, the copper pro-
ductiOn of Alaska will be so greatly in
creased as to become an important part
of the total output of the United States.
A report on the production of copper
in 1906, prepared by Mr.. L. c. Grafton,
geologist,- has just been published by
an advance chapter from Mineral Re
sources of the United States, Calendar
Year 1906" Copies of this report may
be obtained without cost by applying to
the Director of the Survey at Washing
ton, d. c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06

Union AeddJ OnICc.
NJ. S. Hanauer. ]. V. Sadler.
1852 So. West Temple. p. o. Box 1446.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
ANNUAL REPORT
OF BOSTON CON.
Over ST., 100000 Spent in De-
veIopment and Equipment
During Past Year.
Especial to The Herald.1

Boston, Jan. 5.-The Boston Consoli-
dated Mining company has issued it's
annual report. The profit and loss ac-
count for the year shows net profits
from operation Of $269. 4S6, after deduct
ing for interest depreciation. etc.
During the year 81, 702, 54S was spent
i'm development, of which S7S2,654 was
for mill construction and the balance
for steam shovel and property develop
ment. Improvement expenditures are
nearly finished and President Samuel
Newhouse in the report says that they
can and viii earn substantial profits at
even the present market price of cop
per.
Engineers have conservatiVely esti-
mated that there are 5S,0o0.000 tons of
workable and payable ore in the mines
now. This means a period of fifty
years of active operations with the
present plant. During the year I34, 1905
tons of sulphide ores were shipped to
the smelters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
The Golden Eissure.

On the Golden Fissure. which is the
south extension of the famous Midas,
there have been opened a number of silici-
fled pOrphyry lodges and where shaft
has been started the owners have uncOV-
cred streak of 500 gold ore in a big
ledge that carries milling values clear
across the shaft
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
COMBINATIONS
RICH PLACERS
Hydraulic Leasing Company
at Round Mountain Soon to
Be Paying Dividends.

The past cold spell froze up the B,J+
line of the hydraulic company operating
Round Mountain Combination territory
so that for week it was necessary TO
suspend operations. The pipe has now
been thawed out and work resumed,
says the Round Mountain Nugget.
Men have been testing the pipe for
leaks before covering It and it was
while this work was in progress that
the big conduit froze. Everything has
been found in good order and it viii be
but a few days before the pipe will be
covered with soil and all further danger
of freezing eliminated.
The big twO-inch giant has been set
and is now tearing down the dirt at the
rate of about four hundred tons every
twenIyfOuT hours. Only one man is
required to handle the big nozzle 50
that this big quantity of dirt is practic-
ally moved by the agency of a single
man.
The dirt that is now being worked is
about six to eight feet i'm depth and very
hard, being d cement-like composition
which requires the full force of the
water to disintegrate. The water then
carries the dirt down the slope of the
mountain at the base of which are set
the sluice boxes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
Eighteen Inches of Hieh-Grade.

The Esmeralds group, owned by Nc
Mahon x McCauley, is another property
that has every indication of making a
rich mine. The ledge is large and pans
well in gold. In sinking on the ledge
they have opened an eghteen-inch streak
that ASSAYS from 500 % 500 70 the ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06
Dirt Worth $500 d Yard.

Since the resumption of work the men
have been entering a shallow gulch
which is cleaning up better than two
hundred dollars per cubic yard.
Messrs. Henry J. Bartlett and Thomas
DRY WASH Wilson, who are constant
ly on the ground, are very much pleas
ed with the success of the big under
taking which they have put through. As
yet, the second giant has not been in
stalled which. when it begins work will
double the present amount Of dirt put
through the slUices. 1t viii only be d
matter of a very short time before the
Hydraulic company will be paying re-
gular monthly dividends. 1t has a two
years lease OF all of the placer ground
and it will take twice that time to run
through all the rich auriferous dirt
which it controls. The White House
fraction of less than five acres is esti-
mated to contain more than fifty thous-
and dollars worth of gold. This frac-
ton was bought by the Round Mount
ain Com bination company for three
hundred dollars.
A great quantity of lumber is already
on the ground for the purpose of con-
structing the fumes which viii carry
the water to the various points where
sluicing will be carried on. The large
main fiume is now being built and will
be used for ground sluicing- This will
be of sufficient size to carry away all
the water and tailings which the giants
will be knocking away next spring.