Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-12
Newspaper Man In City

Newspaper Man In City
L. e. Bontz, vice president and man
ager of the Sacramento Union, is at
the Westminster.
Wants Missing Brother
e. B. WEIGH. 30 Granite street, Glou-
cester Mass, has asked the authorities
to assist him in locating his brother,
A. o. WEIGH, whom he last heard of In
Los Angeles in 1906.
Declared Bankrupt
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
yesterday with the clerk of the federal
district court by B. F. Stewart, car
penter, living at Arroyo Grande, San
Luis Obispo county, Cal.
To Hold ALI Day Meeting
An all-day meeting will be held
Thursday by the women of the First
Congregational church. Rev. J. L.
Male, superintendent of home mis-
sions, will make an address.
Name New Camp
The new mining camp located five
miles the other side of Barnwell on the
Santa Fe has been named Hit. The
camp, while only a few weeks old, is
attracting the attention of numerous
prospectors.
VIII Install New Tracks
The Southern Pacific company will
install new team tracks at Eighth and
Alamenda streets, where cars will be
| set out that are to be unloaded by
teams. This will greatly lessen the
hauling and heavy freight.
| Old Resident Dies
Mrs. Lucy o. Robinson died yester-
day at her home, 222 Brook street. The
| funeral will be held at the residence
Thursday at 1890 a. m, the interment
| to be in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs.
Robinson had resided in Los Angeles
| twenty-five years.
File Notice of Appeal
Notice of appeal was yesterday filed
| in the superior court by the attorneys
| for John II. Sheffield. the conductor of
| the Los Angeles Interurban railway
who was sentenced to San Quentin for
| ten years last week. He will remain in
| the county jail pending the appeal.
viii Probated
A petition for the probate of the will
| of the late James Forbes of Pasadena
was yesterday filed In the superior
court by William Forbes, who is named
as executor. James Forbes died Feb
ruary 5, leaving an estate valued al
| $50, 900. The heirs live mostly in Pasa-
| dena.
Held for Examination
William B. Harvey, who was arrested
Monday, charged with having forged
the name of the department manager
of the Central department store to re.
| turned G. o. ID. checks, was arraignec
| in Police Justice Roses court yester-
| day and was held for a preliminary
hearing.
Annual Meeting Date Changed
| Owing to the change in the date OF
annual meeting of the chamber OF
commerce. from the first Friday after
the second Wednesday in February, tc
the Wednesday preceding February %
the annual meeting will be held a weel
from today, or Wednesday, February
| 10, at 4 p. m.
Receive Fine Specimens
| DR.. Palmer, curator of the South
west museum, and his assistants are
engaged sorting and cementing piece
| of pottery that were recently takei
| from the ruins of the cliff jewellers a
| Santa Fe, N. M. DIR. Palmer says the
| collection contains some of the fines
| specimens ever assembled.
Tries Two Cases at Once
Two civil cases were being tried be-
fore Judge DIN Wellborn of the federal
court yesterday afternoon, N. D. ALI
son ct al VS.. Quincy, an equity hear
| ing, and the petition for discharge In
the case of Wilson and Carlson, bank
rupts. F. r. Mcclure and G. N. Sears
appeared for the bankrupts; George L.
whitaker and Franklin P. Bull, OPP
| ponents.