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Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
]. FORD JOHNSON.


In our announcement column
this week we present for the consid-
Grafton Of our readers the name of
Ford johnson of Hope, who has
authorized us to announce him us q
candidate for the Office of Sheriff
and Collector of Hampstead county,
subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic party.
j. Ford johnson is u native Of
the county and is well known from
one end Of 1t to the other, and there
Is no maa more il}}offssll,tr. lie is a
man of fine business qualifications.
and as every one knows, thoroughly
qualified for the duties of the office
to which he aspires. Mr.. johnson
served fer several years as county
and probate clerk and his admin
lstratlon of the affairs of this Office
Is record of his efficiency, well
known to all. Mr.. johnson is one
OF us; has the best interest Of the
cor ty ever before him, and should
he be elected to this Office, there is
no man who knows him but would
feel that the affairs of the office
were III the hands Of man to be
depended upon in any emergency.
and one vino wonld prove a faithful
eiliclent and accommodating public
servant; n man who would dis
charge his duly without fear or
favor, and treat every man right |
who had business with the office.
Ii Is unnecessary to say that Mr.
johnson has always been Dem
aelat for he knows nothing else. /
mas always stood i'll tia ranks as
tAe man BahInd the g IN, shouldsT7i
to shoulder with his fellow citizens
and worked without ceasing. for
the success, Of ais party.
We ask our readers to give the
of Mr., johnson their
careful consideration when casting
their vote for sheriff, resting as
sured that they san make no mis-
take should they favor him with
their vote, and should he be elected
they will have O man and official to
whom they can point with pride.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
NEVER DlSAPpOlNTS

"Mnny extensively advertised
remedies are failures when put to
the test. Hunts Lightning Oil Is
an exception. Confidence in it is
never Disappointment
never follows its use. 1t is surely
the grandest emergency REMEDY
now obtainable. For cuts, burns,
sprains aches and pains, | know
no equeal. =
GEORGE Il. PADDOCK,
Doniphan, NJ.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
]. 0. WILLIAMS DEAD.
Died at His Home Here Last
Tuesday.
Tuesday.

Mr.. J. o. Williamson, foreman
of the Washington Gin & Lumber
Company plant died at his home at
this place Tuesday evening, after
an illness of only IA few days from
conjestion.
The remains were carried to
Prescott W ednesday, accompanied
by the family.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

fla cough once gets into your
system it acts ON every muscle and
fibre of The body, ahd makes you
ache all cv-r 1t especially affect
he mites tines and makes you con.
stipated, SO in order to SGT rid of
cold thoroughly and without delay
you should not take anything thai
will tend TO c1nstipate, kennedy's
Laxative Cogsh Syrup acts upon
the howtls asu3 thereby drives the
cold out Of the system. II col
taips,n0Apbttss7 is pleasant to
axe and is hi bly, recommended.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
ROAD WORKING
Series OF Articles by G0yer1m mt
Experts.
Experts.

Next week we will commence
a series of articles on public roads
which will be published in this
paper from time to time during
the year. The articles are written
by government experts and are
thoroughly practical. These articles
contain information Of great value
to all who have to use our public
roads as well as those who have to
do with Keeping them in repair
ana should be read by all
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
A. II. GARLAND
MONUMENT fund
TIE LOCAL CAMP HODlHEN OF THE
WORLD EliLl
GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT
Several New Nambers viii
Be- Addsi To Peozran n
OfLast J EEK.
GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT


On account Of III extremely in
clement weather 81 last Friday
evening many Of on citizens were
prevented from attending the enter
tainment at the Wotslnml hall, and
have requested the arrangement to
repeat the entertain nent, so as to
glvethem an opportunity of enjoy
ing the very inter- sting program
The committee haye agreed to
repeat the entertaiiiflent with the
understanding that j small admis-
sion fee be charged aid that the
proceeds Of the entertainment be
donated to the propsl party to 90
to the fund to erect suitable mon
ument over he grave Of the late la
mented ExU. s. Attorney Geuelal
H. Garla9M, in Mt. Holly
c4metary at Little I49ck, Arkansas.
Several good nunb bers will be adj
ded to the program 4 and the enter
tainment will be gi1 Ii atthe, Wood
man hall on Fridas - 1,---I.,.,-4 L. {
1;5ets. w.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
THE BANK CASE
At MINERAL SPRINGS,
NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE
SURETY COMPANY.
AMOUNT OF LOSS NOT KNOWN
At This Time Only $540.l6.
Found On. Opening.
The Safe.
AMOUNT OF LOSS NOT KNOWN

The safe Of the bank at Mineral
Springs has been opened and the
books of Cashier Austin are now
being checked up. No statement
as to the exact amount lost by the
bank has been given out, but it
is thought to be less lhan ten.
thousand dollars-possibly not
over seven thousand.
The account of Cashier Austin
cannot, be found, as the page in
the ledgdr containing it had been
taken out.
WhefG, tie bank officials sue
ceeded in getting into che safe
they found @249.l6ln tls. vault, all
other money havi1s bsea dis
posed Of.
Allnotas and papers were foundi
in the safe as well as e5t IN re-
celpts~upon which money had BEEN
borrowed.
The baall is insured in thA sum
of SO oa0. and tLe Representatives.
= s.y,,tglI ss---...,s-.,
on the books to find Tie ainonnt Of Z
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

When You want the best, get
De Witt 5 Carb4lized Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t is good for little or big
GUS, boils or bruises, and is espec-
tally recommended for p.les.
Sold by 7. J, Garner.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

If the japanese were n)D Y
suffering people, they mig h
very easily construe this PROPOSE
ton to sell them the Philippines
in to an "unfriendy act"
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
A CARD OF THANKS

i, .is |. !. .z.z.. - .i.sz-s ta.n!.z
10 the people Of Washington for
services rendered and the kind
attention given during my hus bads
recent illness.
Mrs. j. 0. Williamson.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

y bottle &C PBcKLY ASH BITrras
kept in the house and used ocaSi-
onaly means good health to the :
whole household.
I. j. Garner, Special Agent.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

L. depends upon the pill you
take. DeWitt's Little EARLY Risers
are the best pills known for con-
stipation and sick heaQache..
Sold by L. J. Garner.
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
Wanted.

Wanted Local representative
for Washington and
vicinity to look after renewals and
increase subscription listof prom
inent monthly magazine, on a,sala
ry and commission basis. Expert
epce desirable bat not necessary.
Good opportunity for right person.
Address Publisher, Box 50, Station
O, New Yub
Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17

Tlere seems to be the customary
modestY among statesmen about
thaas ting taanselves forward 70.
the vice Presidency.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
MUNICIPAL AFfA|RS|fI2.1',I:A'!I1
TO GET PARKS WOULD
AMEND VROOMAN ACT
COMMISSIONERS WANT CITY
COUNCIL TO ACT
Ask That 1t Recommend to State Leg
isIature Change Whereby Prop
erty Owners May Be COM
PEELED to Contribute

That park sites be secured by the
same method as that by which street
Improvements are made is the sugges-
ton the park commission will ask the
city council to recommend to the state
legislature.
The matter came before the commits
sion at its meeting yesterday at the in
stance of Commissioner Humphreys.
who has studied the question carefully.
The commission has been cropping
about in legal darkness for several
years. trying to find some plan whereby
property owners in district can them
selves pay for park sites and them
over to the park department for main
tenance The only manner in which
this can be done now is for the prop
erty owners to purchase the land by
subscribing money, and it has always
happened that when anything of this
nature has been attempted certain
property owners, who would be bene-
flied as much as any others have re-.
fused to contribute, and the entire bur-
den has been left to a few public
spirited citizens.
If the Legislature can be induced to
amend the Vrooman act so as to permit
of district assessments for the purchase
of park sites, as is now done on street
improvements, all property owners Will
be forced to contribute in proportion to
the amount they are benefited.
Should such an amendment be made
to the law there are number of dis
tricts in Los Angeles which Immediately
will take advantage of the opportunity
and little parks will spring up all over
the city.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
TOURISTS COME
IN BY SHOALS
HOTELS ALL REPORT GREAT
RUSH OF BUSINESS
Marked Increase of Visitors as Conn
pared with Last Winter, Attrib-
uted to Improved Finan-
cial Conditions

That the winter rush of visitors has
begun in earnest in Los Angeles is
plainly evidenced by the great num-
Der of tourists and people who have
arrived this week, intending to make
Los Angeles their winter home. Last
night the rush at the hotels was great
er than it has been since the tourists
began to arrive in September
A tour of all the leading hotels
showed unmistakable signs of pros
perity, if such can be judged from the
number of visitors from all sections of
the country. The clerks all voiced the
sentiment that, although the usual rush
to Los Angeles did not occur as early
this season as in past years, when it
did begin it set in steadily, this week
being the banner one.
AT the Van Mugs hotel rooms have
been spoken for far in advance, and
Chief Clerk A. j. Petersen is authority
for the statement that there arc not
sufficient accommodations in the hotel
to meet the present demand. A similar
state of affairs exists at the Alexan-
dria, the Hayward Hollenbeck, Lam
kershim. the Westminster and other
leading obstetrics.
Many reasons are assigned for this
great improvement over the conditions
of a year ago, but the most important
factor is generally accepted as being
the return of confidence and prosperity.
Business men with large interests at
stake who dared not leave their affairs
year ago are now enjoying Los An
geles' climate and hospitality.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
AUTO HITSCYCLE;
RIDER MAY DIE
WHEELMAN HURLED UNDER
MOTOR CAR
Motorcycle Going at Great Speed Runs
Into Car at Street Corner.
Cycist Sustains Brain
Injuries

While riding motorcycle at Yer
mont avenue and Washington street
William +. Turner 30 years. old, 75l
DAILY street, collector for the Los An
geles Light and Power company was
struck by an automobile driven by H.
L. Ferguson of 1907 Church street and
sustained a basal fracture of the skull
conclusion of the brain and was bruised
about the body. He probably will die.
The right front wheel of the motor
icar struck the motorcycle and threw
Turner beneath the heavy auto, the
wheel passing over his body. He was
dragged several yards before the ma
schipe7 could be stopped.
+ The injured man was taken to the re-
ceiving hospital.
II was going east on Washington
street at the rate of eight or ten miles
an hour" said Ferguson. Turner was
going much faster and was riding
north on Vermont avenue There was
nothing to obstruct his view and he
could see me while $50 feet away He
evidently misjudged the distance and
the speed of his motorcycle, for he
made no effort to change his course,
When short distance from him ! shut
off the power and applied the brakes,
hoping the diminished speed would al
low him to pass The brakes held fast
and the wheels of my auto slid on the
pavement.
III did all in my power to avoid a col
lision and am sorry the accident hap
pened.
5Turner was suffering greatly from
shock and was unable TO tell how the
accident happened. Later he was re-
moved to the emergency hospital and
late last night was resting comfortably
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
"SHOESTRING" STRIP
MAY BE REMEMBERED
NEEDS CONSIDERED BY BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Railway Company Stands Ready tc
Furnish Light if City Will Un-
dertake Task of Installing
Lamps Required

improvements for the "shoestring'
strip have got as far as the board of
public works, and there is hope that
some time i'm the future the property
owners who have made it possible for
the city limits of Los Angeles to reach
San Pedro harbor will receive a share
of benefits for the taxes they have
paid in to the city treasury.
r. II. Manahan city electrician, rec
commended to the board yesterday that
five clusters of electric lights be placed
in this territory. Some difficulty has
been encountered in securing these
lights, as their locations are far re-
moved from the wires of the electric
companies.
Mr.. Manahan reported that the lbs
Angeles e Redondo railway would
furnish the light if the city would in
stall the lamps. The cost of installing
each lamp will be IS. and the Juice
will be furnished for SO a month each.
Five lights are recommended at the
following intersections: Forty-eighth
and Western, Sixty third and Hoover
Sixty-eighth and Hoover, Eightieth and
Moneta and Eighty-second and YER
mont.
These lights will be installed as soon
as it is possible to dc so.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
CITY HALL NOTES

The park commission will ask the
city council to purchase a runabout
auto for Park superintendent John
Morley.
Two letters were received by the
animals for the Eastlake park ZOO. One
was from Mexico and asked the city
to purchase a variety of wild animals,
such as wildcats, hogs, mountain lions
and birds of brilliant plumage. The
other letter was from Sawtelle offer
ing two Alaskan bears at $500 for the
pair. Both offers were declined.
The park department wants to sell
the band stand in Westlake park and
has asked the council to advertise It
for sale to the highest bidder. As soon
as the old stand is sold new one will
De erected.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
OWNERS PROTEST AGAINST
WIDENING STREET, AND WIN

The board of public works yesterday
sustained the protest against the widen
ing of Vermont avenue from Washing
ton to Sixteenth. The protest is signed
by a large majority of the owners of
frontage feet
Vermont avenue between these two
streets is only sixty feet wide and a
movement had been started to make
the width 100 feet. 1t is a 100-foot
street north of Wiltshire boulevard, but
south of that street it is only sixty
feet wide.
While the board always is willing to
widen streets the members declared
yesterday it would only be patchwork
TO widen it between sixteenth and
WASHINGTON and leave it sixty feet be-
tween Sixteenth and Wiltshire boule-
ward
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
STREET Department TO
SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT
Receipts for Past Twelve Months
Show Gain of $6726.97, While
Permits Issued Exhibit In
crease of 1876

The street department has finished its
annual report, which will be submitted
to the council in the general report of
the board of public works next Mon
day.
This report shows some interesting
figures. A gain of &C. 1851 in receipts
of the street department is shown and
one in permits issued of 1915.
More than half the permits issued
were for excavating improved streets,
but the department has been so rigor-
Gus in it's demands that streets be left
by the excavators in as good condition
as before that but few complaints have
been received.
The expenditures are as follows;
Street department, $2SS, 592.45.
Street sweeping. s7,424.S2.
Street sprinkling. $115.611.76.
Garbage. sec, 751.07.
The garbage account contains an
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
SUNSET BOULEVARD WILL BE
BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED

Property owners on Sunset boulevard
are determined to make that thorough
fare one of the best as it is one of the
longest in Los Angeles. Not only is
the entire street to be paved with
asphalt concrete. for which the final
ordinance has been passed, but it is to
be brilliantly illuminated.
The board of public works yesterday
granted the petition of property owners
on the street to place electric lights
along the thoroughfare at a distance Of
$50 feet apart. The city will pay the
cost of construction and material and
the property owners will pay for the
maintenance of the lights.
Artists outfits, typography materials.
Sanborn, Vail d Co., 434 and 1871 S. Bdway.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10

Artists outfits, typography materials.
Sanborn, Vail d. Co., 434 and 1871 S. Bdway.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10

item of $1250O paid on the city incin-
orator, and this is the last payment
to be made.
The dead animal figures show bal
ance in favor of the city of $1,173, which
is brought about by the payment of
fees to the city for collecting dead ami
mails.
A total of S15,260.7S was collected by
the entire department in fees for eX-
cavating, house moving and other mat
tiers for which fees are charged.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
ACCUSED OF GIVING OPIUM
TO PRISONER; is REMANDED
Young Girl Who Struggled Soporific
to Friend in Jail is Held in
$500 to Superior
Court

June Raymond, pretty and attract
i've young woman, was held yesterday
to answer to the superior court by Po-
lice Justice Chambers on a. charge of
smuggling opium to a prisoner at the
city Jail. Her bonds were fixed at
$780,
The case was continued for a day
in order to allow a chemist, employed
Ny the defense, to make an analysis of.
the substance. He did not testify when
the case was called yesterday.
The woman is accused of having con-
cealed opium in sacks of tobacco ard
given it to her friend, Ralph Buchanan,
serving a term in the city Jail for
Vagrancy.
The Angeus grill has excellent SER
vice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-10
Nevadan Ends Life on Ship

NEW YORK. Dec. 9.-Benedict I'M
dorf of Tonopah, New. committed sui
eide November 30 by shooting while on
board the steamer Finland, which ar
rived from Antwerp today. He was a
cabin passenger and had been Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05
The woman and the Collar.

bnC SbStuaU anu buc Soii0Is
Society may assume that the sign Of
woman's emancipation from the seclu-
sion Of the harem OF the slavery of the
savage tribe is her education, or her
domestic responsibility. Not at all. The
symbol OF her freedom to do as she
pleases and to be what she pleases is
her possession Of the right to wear the
masculine linen collar. Comfort, trim
ness responsibility, dignity are all en-
trenched behind the spotless white of
the carefully Numbered band. Safe in
its firm grasp, woman may be active
or idle, warm or cool, calm or excited.
The history of the collar is interesting.
In its present form 1t is. OF course. =
modern device. Those who would
trace II to the necklace of teeth col
lected by the savage mistake its real
Significance. 1t began its existence in
civilization, not in barbarism. The run
invented to hide a royal scar evolved
into the lace ruche and the linen band.
The Byronic collar proclaimed laxity
OF morals, as the white stock declared
for the stern virtue Of the Puritan.
But the conventional modern collar
has encircled the neck Of the modern
freeman for many years. and has ap-
parently established its claim as
kind Of insignia of liberty. Let the
woman beware how the charms Of
lingerie or lace beguile her from her
right In the plain linen collar, urges
the Youths Companion. When her
role is that of princess or queen. she
may don the necklace or the runle.
When she claims her right to fair
partnership. good days work and a
share Of the profits-be they gold or
truth or iove--iet her wear happily the
white linen yoke, at once buckler and
badge
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

You got me into this mess. You know
l don't like dress affairs, and hate
dress suits. Working clothes suit me
best. So there!"
Everyone had looked at one another
Understandings and smiled when the
eminent scientist and inventor had
been led into the room. Guy, craning
his neck In sudden desire 10 see this
entry, had confused picture of a
man with shock of white hair and
long eyebrows. from beneath which
glared eyes of great restlessress, and
also remembered that the dress suit
which had caused SO much worry was
stained with freshly spilled chemicals,
and that even as he came the inventor
was furtively wiping a pair Of grimy
hands on his handkerchief. But It was
not the man nor the suppressed tit
tiers of laughter that he recollected
best; 1t was the girl who escorted
him.
She came leading her father by the
arm, the daintiness Of her costume
enhanced by the marks of the work
shop on his coat She walked smiling
ly forward, completely self-possessed,
with head thrown back, and making
no apologies. Had 1t not been for the
conversation at the door. overheard
within the room. none would have
supposed that she wished more cere-
monious appearance. She challenged
with her eyes as she passed her
guests, and to Killers surprise, bound
in conventionality as he always had
been, 1t suddenly seemed that in all
of 1t there was nothing inappropriate
nor incongruous.
Then came that later hour when he
was introduced to the savant, and the
latter had looked him squarely In the
eyes and given him a handshake that
was surprisingly strong. And the
girl! At the first word spoken by her
his heart gave great leap. insistently
demanding that he should know her
better. 1t had been easy to yield to
Its call, and he made occasion to be
as near her side throughout the even
Ing as was possible. He was to learn
later that she always was with her "a
Their, nearly always inaccessible, and
sometimes wrapped in such thought
that he could scarcely probe her mind. |
The evening of their meeting had
ended as do all evenings; but thence
'orth he had sought her. Their &C.
- Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

Convention requires that the writer
Of letter shall at the beginning and
end of his epistle express, If he does
not feel. respect for the person whom
he addresses. Sarcasm. vituperation
and virulent hostility may be intro
duced by Dear sir" and followed by
Very respectfully. yeur obedient serv.
ant The writer's Of "baboo" English
tn India-some of them, at least-are
more consistent. A sympathizer with
the sedition now in progress in India
lately wrote letter to an English Of
ncial, which is printed in q London
paper. which begins. it is true, With
Dear SIR" but concludes with this
sentence; Hoping you are not In good
health. I am your enemy. Gemaji Tim.
all"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

AT recent special session the Geor,
Rfa legislature passed a law which vir.
tually ends the convict-lease system.
Heretofore men convicted Of penal Of.
lenses have been leased to contractors
for work of certain kinds. They were
forced to toll in chains. were poorly
fed and III clothed, and in many cases
subjected to hideous cruelty. The sys-
TEN also tended toward corruption In
the administration Of the laws, and
was altogether evil. Georgia il to BE-
congratulated upon having I'D Itself Of
tie system.