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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-18

only and no record is Kept mere 81
prices.
There are many other items of ex-
pense which we cannot verify for this
eason that the same are entirely I'M
known so far as any records here are
concerned, the charges being made
only in the san Francisco books.
We notice a charge of $40,675.36 for
instrument rental. We understand
that the telephones are the property OF
the Bell Telephone company and are
rented to the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company. Assuming this to
be the case, the company should not
claim the telephones as assets belong
ing to 1t; hence If this charge of $4O,-
675.36 is allowed to stand 1t certainly
should not be allowed to claim as part
of the Los Angeles investment the sum
of $305,000, the alleged value of the
telephones.
(Since writing this report we are in
formed by the general manager that
the telephone rental is charged only on
the receiver and transmitter, and that
this rental is approximately $3.50 per
year for each instrument. Also that
the instruments claimed as part of
their assets and valued at $305,000 are
the property of this company
The statement of the operating ex-
penses shows also an item of S2,S96.S9
for interest It develops that the COM
pany has a bonded and floating indebt-
edness of over $12, 900 on which 1t
pays interest at the rate of per cent,
and the arbitrary charge of Is per cent
of this sum is made against the Los
Angeles branch, which gives $685. 1927
as the Los Angeles portion of the float
ing and bonded indebtedness
Now the company is asking for 6 per
cent on an alleged investment of
$3.50, 900, and If we add to this the
above item, which the company pro-
poses the Los Angeles branch shall as
sumo, it means that it asks interest on
a total investment of $6,337,927. Has
the company any such investment in
this city?
In it's sworn statement made by the
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph COM
Lany, it's predecessor in interest, made
one year ago, the assets of the COM
pany are stated as follows:
5000 telephone instruments. IS 217,950
425 telephones ................ 2,125
1125 telephones ....... 2,S12
Underground system, includ-
ing cable and conduits and
attached aerial cables. 396,S60
Interior equipment, including
switchboards, Office furni-
ture and fixtures. ............ $4,000
Fole lines carrying wires and
cross arms INSTRUMENTATION. 232,O 39
Real estate .................. 148,918
----
Total ...................... Slj5 l9, iu4
Eliminating
$4,000 telephone in
struments ...........$21595
425 telephones ........ 2,125
1125 telephones ........ 2,812 222,SS7
For phones which it does not
own and upon which 1t is
paying rentals leaves. ....... 81, 092, 1927
as its investment in the city of Los
Angeles.
The sworn statement to the assessor
for the current year shows:
Real estate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $120, 460
Personal property Including
Guiding telephones) ........... 5s5,595
total .................... ..$fOo,Uo0
the telephones. 49,. 1904
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-18

HOTEL GREEN, European rate
s1.50 per day; American rate $3.50 per
day upward.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
AUTOMOBILES

AUTOMOBILE for sale; a new 90 b. D. COlum-
bia as good as the day it left the shop; color
brown top, Rushmore lamps presto tank, ex-
ira tubes and outside castings and full equip
nSnt; seats =; cost s.. 900; will sell for 50 900
Tor cash az once Ask for MR. WHEELER,
lleT Washington St. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

APARTMENT house; "a apartments all nicely
price $4,000; HALF cash; rents over ali ex-
penses win pay purchase price in 2Is years.
EDWARDS, SILVER & CLOVER, nc,
MnrtCaEe Loans. Real Esrafe. s. GearV st.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

A GREAT bargain--A z passenger touring car,
4 Thomas flyer. IN ine condition. FRED C0US-
TETTE. RenStrom's garage. Stanyan st. near
] 0at-
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
EMPLOYMENT wANrED-mare-co,

| YOUNG man, 10 years old, speaking little Eng
lish, wants position to do homework at small
! wages. Address A. D., P. o. box 543. S. F.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
moNTARA REAL ESTATE

MONTARA-
GRAND EXCURSION on New Ocean Shore
railroad to Montara and return. including dlr-
ner 800; new houses new hotel. side
walks. large lots. acres; win build houses fDt
home seekers on easy terms NONTARA Of
ices. 26l Van Ness av.: San Frane.sco
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
LoDeINe HOUsEs rOR sALn-cs..
ATTORNEYS


ATTORNEYS Estates probated: divorres; guard
ianshIp: tti-s in property and burnt records
restored: corporations organized; bankruptcy;
uar.SarSiiD agreements. deeds; wills. mort
cages and all legal papers carefully drawn
collections. no delay. all legal matters en-
trusted 10 MS receive careful prompt and Der-
sonal attention; fees moderate best refer.
tnces. practice IN all courts; open evenings
ROOM 3 SO TIH ST. opposite pOstofice.
AA--ltNORCE. costs. Si2: quick quiet: advice
free DO charge unless successful; title TO req
estate restored; bankruptcy; Urobating OF es
tares; general practice JOBS Market ST. -
A-NATIONAL Law and Collection Co. 23OI
Pine 81. corner Fillmore: phone West 1896
MARC ANTHONY, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Dean Bldg, 966 Market St; tel. Franklin 1902
HARRIS q HESS. attorneys at law; ". T.
Hess. notary public. Rooms 4O7-z09 Call bldg
ADVICE free; divorce costs SO: all other cases,
opea evenings Room & 1890 Fillmore st.
A DIVORCE FOR So: square dealing. Room 2
2o5S Sutter ST. near Fillmore
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
MARIN COUNTY REAL ESTATE

FOOTHII-I. nouaes; lots: acreage building sites;
fruit and poultry ranches. T. W. MCINTOSH
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

CYLINDER 40 hp. Rambler for sale; 1907
model; fully equipped throughout; a bargain
good reason for selling. Apply Owner, 1856
Ilth ST., Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
HOTELS FOR SALE

HOTEL of $50 rooms. all nicely furnished and
most al time occupied: restaurant and good bar
rooni hne office or reading room;. most central
locatlon; on q leading street. Box 210l, Call.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
AGENTS WANTED

WANTED-Sales agent to handle full line OF
opal. amber and flint druggists, pharmacists
and packers glassware in San Francisco and
vicinity; il is ware that sells. Apply by let
ter, stating facilities TO handle. box 2103. Call
AGENTS--A big snap; diamond dust polish at
cost: great seller. \. I. Co. 2lS Pierce ST
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

I AM going to sell 40 acres Of the richest fruit
and garden land in Alameda county in one
acre lots easy terms; only one qnarter
cash. balance In three years. price $500 and
5000 per acre: yyitain 90 minutes ride OF Oak
land on the electric car line between Oakland
and Hayward. surrounded BY nice homes
Now is the chance to get an acre home cheap
over 100 OF these lots have already been dis
posed OF to a desirable class OF residents u
you wish 10 buy an acre lot OF more that viii
grow ANYTHING thar land will produce. see
this property at once. For full particulars
apply to J. W LAYMANCE.
eos Broadway. OaHand. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

BUICK-Bargsins in 1907 new runabouts; also
several snaps in guaranteed second hand tour
ing and runabouts.
HOWARD AUTO COMPANY.
Phone Market 1885, $50 Golden Gate aT.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
BARRIERS AND SUPPLIES

SECOND hand chairs, all makes, cheap; easy
terms mirrors. poles, washstands; shops fitted
up. Z. NJ. DRAKE, 1880 Franklin St
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

BARGAIN-I90T model passenger, high grade
touring car; run only a short time and guaran-
teed an perfect condition; fully equipped and
eost-over $1,000; will be sold for less than half
price; will consider good real estate in ex-
change Pacific Auto Exchange, 465 Golden
Gate ar
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
BGRKER CHAIRS.
BARKER PEDESTAL AND PORTABLE


SOLD On 1NSTALLMENTS.
Shops furnished up on easy payments. The
best is always the cheapest. and quality counts
when you paying your hard earned money fol-
1t. We have the quality.
JAMES BARKER,
Phone Franklin 1899. "a Turk St
EUGENE PANARIo, Manager.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18

at is not necessary to revert to the
civil war to prove that American ne
groes are faithful, devoted wearers of
uniforms once said a man who has
seen service in both the army and the
navy. There are at the present time
four regiments of negro soldiers In the
regular army of the United States
two outfits Of cavalry and two of in
fantry. All four Of these regiments
have been under fire in important In
dian campaigns, and there is yet to
be recorded a single instance Of a man
In any of the four layouts showing the
white feather-and the two cavalry
regiments of negroes have on several
occasions found themselves in very
serious situations. While the fact is
well known out Oh the frontier, don't
remember ever having seen it mention
ed in the east that an American Indian
has a deadly fear of an American
negro. The most utterly reckless,
daredevil savage of the copper hue
stands literally in awe Of negro,
and the blacker the negro the more the
Indian quails. can't understand why
this should be, for the Indians decline
to give their reasons for fearing the
black man-but the fact remains that
even a very bad Indian will give the
mildest hammered negro imaginable all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
cYNICs AND PEssIMISTS.
By Rev. A. Mac Donald Re


Because an excellent spirit was in
him.-Daniei vi, 3.
AN excellent spirit in a man is Of
more Importance than anything else.
The men of spirit are the men who do
things.
1t is an old story, but it will always
be true, that the honeSt-hearted with
sling and pebbles will Stay the giant
where strong men In ponderous armor
quail and fee. An excellent spirit is
the best armor. Even the golden rule
avails little unless it is applied in the
golden spirit"
The spirit may become diseased as
well as the body. The cynic and pes
simist, unlike the poet, are made, not
born. The sweet spirit of the child is
twisted and warped and knotted untit
at length he is turned loose among men
like Samson's foxes, with brands ut
their tails. doing harm wherever they
go. This is nothing less than an un-
pardonable crime. We have institutions
for the criminal and the insane and the
sick: why not have them for the men
of gloom and dependency and sour
ness? Let such be subjected to forci-
bic though kindly treatment until the
maladies of the spirit are corrected.
The cure Of the spirit is possible
The thoughts we dwell upon are the
food and medicine Of the spirit. Dwell
on the failings, injustices and infelici-
ties OF life and you will have despon-
dent, critical and sour spirit. Dwell on
the noble, the good, the true, and your
spirit will take on buoyancy and elias
ticlty of these things and the Joy OF
elevated thoughts will be yours. My
mind to me kingdom is will not only
pass for good rhetoric but it consti-
tutes a splendid practical working basis
for every ambitious spirit. When the
farmers fields do not yield satisfactor-
ily he plows deeper and releases the
pent-up powers of the soil. Then the
harvests come in fullness.
We need some mighty thought to go
down deep into the subsoil of our spirit
and release the imprisoned powers of
our being. The multitude of ordinary
thoughts only scrape the surface, and
the yield is scant. The greatest thought
ever presented to the mind of man is
the thought of the Father above work
ing out through sacrifice the redemp-
ton of human spirits. This thought
comes seeking entrance to the human
mind. Behold, | stand at the door
and knock" it says. 1t is the king or
all thoughts, yet it comes as quietly as
a peasant might come. Once granted
admittance to the mind, the true kingli-
ness of it appears and all other
thoughts declare themselves it's sub
jects Then new thoughts and energies
make themselves felt.
Such man reaches out n restful,
kindly hand to the world, and when an
explanation is sought for the benefi-
cent influence of his life men cast up
the accounts and say, because an ex-
cellent spirit was in him"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18

ueighbor's. Many who seem to us ID
be exempt, and in perpetual sunshine OF
happiness, may be in the keenest ans
guish from causes kindly hidden from
human view.
There is only one place in the unf-
verse free from trouble-that is heaven.
He that is born into that country shall
escape trouble forever, for Jesus has
said: LET not your heart be troubled.
Ye believe In God, believe also in Me.
In My Fathers house are many man.
sions. If it were not so, 1 would have
told you. l so to prepare a place for
you. And If / go and prepare place
for you, l will come again and receive
you unto myself, that where l am there
We may be also" We shall surely es-
cape all trouble there, for God shall
wipe away all tears from our eyes, and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain, for the former things
are passed away"
Most men would like to be rich with
out the trouble and pains Of making
the money. They would like to be good
and great without the grinding pro-
cesses out of which goodness and great
ness grow. And they would like the
charm of grace of refined and beautiful
character without the essential pro-
cesses without which such an attain"
ment has never been reached. The best
growths require sunshine and shadow,
daylight and darkness. If the sun OF
Gods countenance shines upon us, we
may well be content to be wet with the
rain of affiiction. How often we have
seen the heavens overcast with clouds
and tempest, no sun appearing to COM
fort, but when the clouds are exhaust
ed and the shadows have rolled away
how much brighter all nature seems
and in the clearer light Of the returning
sun we bless God for the shower and
its shadow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

Never permit mold to accumulate IN
the damp, dark corner of the COW
barn.
Not one COW in fifty that is connned
in the dairy barn gets as much wafer
as she needs.
A strange dog running through a
herd in n field will lessen the milk now
for the next milking from 3 to 10 per
cent.
Cow barns should be whitewashed
inside Mt least three times year, and
this lob should include every foot or
+ba stalls and managers.
A milking room should never be To-
Gated under the hay loft, because more
or less dust is always sitting down ana
will fall into the milk.
Even with perfect ventilation It IS
nord 70 keep disagreeable odors out
of the cow barn Without ventilation
n Is entirely out of the question.
4 hooking COW is always dangerous
4 COW will seldom attack a man, put
+hov have been known to kill women.
Every calf intended for the dairy
sho,,d have it's horns eliminated by the
,,sa ~ caustic when a week old
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
A Night Panic in Georgia.

On the 4th Of July, 1864, our regi-
ment, the Twenty seventh Indiana, had
been marching and skirmishing with
the enemy between Marietta, Ga, and
the Chattahoochie river. Night over
took us while we were passing through
a piece of timber with a dense growth
of brush up to the edge Of the road on
either side. We were ordered to stack
our guns and lie in such positions as
to get them Immediately on the least
alarm, with all our accouterments on.
This we did by lying in line Of battle
in the rear Of our guns, and, being tired
and sleepy from constant skirmishing
and maneuvering around KeneSaw
mountain for the past few days, were
soon far away in the land of dreams !;
but about an hour after lying down,
the most of us were aroused by the
hurried commands of Fall in, steady,
men!' accompanied by the cracking Of
brush and the laundering Of d cavalry
charge Cas- we then thought) on the
opposite side of the road from where
climbed in small trees to keep from be-
ing run over, and some of the most eX-
cited fired their guns at the supposed
enemy and the officers called out,
STEADY; don't fire until commanded"
For few seconds suspense was
dreadful, but we soon found that the
enemy was as badly scared as we, and
were fast increasing the distance be-
tween us. On investigation we learned
that the scare was all brought abo1t
driving in bunch of cattle, and some
of the cattle, no doubt, while browsing
in the brush in the roadside, ran onto
some weary soldier, who, being thus
unceremoniously reused out of his
slumbers, in trying to get away, rau
onto some one else, who in turn, ran
onto some one else, and so on, and the
cattle, getting alarmed at the racket,
went off pellmel in the opposite iii
rection.
Thus was the alarm mutual and our
4th Of July celebration complete with
no casualties save a few black eyes
and broken noses, caused by the first
ones who got alarmed running over
those who were more slow in getting
reused up. At the time we were dread
fully alarmed, but after it was all over
we were inclined to be ashamed of it,
and / presume some Of them are
ashamed yet, for have never seen any
we be ashamed? 1t was very natural
inference.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
noNrs FOR cHURcHMEN.

Don't try to hide from God who sees
all men just as they are.
Don't go to church expecting good IL
YOU have not spent the week preparing
for it.
Don't pretend to spirituality for there
is no pretense that will more quickly
disclose the hypocrite.
Don't expect the minister to make up
for your shortcomings which you have
not had courage enough to overcome.
Don't charge against the brethren the
GOODNESS that you feel because you have
neglected your religious duties and your
God
Don't blame the minister il you are
not benefited by attending church. until
you have made certain 1t is not your
own fault
Don't attempt to force your way into
fellowship with the spiritually minded,
for entry is gained only through your
own spirituality.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
TROUBLE A BLESSING.
By Rev. Duncan J. Mcmillan, D. D.

TeXt.-"Call upon me in the day of
trouble, ana l will deliver thee and
thou shalt glorify me. Psalm l.: 10
The Bible was not written for saints
in heaven. 1t is for the struggling sin
ners here on earth who are tempted
and tried. 1t is thus book for every
body, the outcast as well as the saint,
for touble is universal and this text is
for everybody 1t takes it for granted
that everybody will sometimes have
trouble, and it tells us all what to do
and how to see deliverance In the day
when trouble comes. We need not envy
anybody else, for all have their trou-
bles. Trouble is not only universal, but
it has a thousand forms, ready fitted to
every condition in ife. Every man has
his burden to bear, and he thinks his
burden is bigger and heavier than his
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18

with the bottom of the joist which will
allow it to project above the floor 3
inches. 1t will also extend out Z inches
0t each end. This = in. X 8 in. forms
plate to which the rafters and roof
boards are nailed The finch extern
sion of the plate at the ends supports
the lower corners Of the roof, which
otherwise would be easily split off.
These KISS, besides strengthening the
house, raise the rafters and roof boards
nailed to them at least 8 inches off the
floor and thereby materially increase
the floor space and the capacity of the
house. If the house is to be used in
extremely cold weather movable door
is necessary. The illustration shows a
door feet wide and 2 TT. 6 in. high,
made to slide up and down and held
in place by cleats. 1t is suspended by
a rope which passes through pulley
at the top, and is fastened to cleat
at the side near the roof.
Another important feature Of this
house is the ventilator, which is a
small cap covering a hole at the top
and the center Of the roof. The hole
is made by saving off opposite ends of
two roof boards and covering it with
a cap.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18

the room he wants, and to spare, as
any old regular army soldier who has
frontiered will tell you. The Indians,
fancy, attribute uncanny and eerie
qualities to the blacks.
1.-THE Sioux will hand down to their
childreI's children the story of d
charge that a couple of the negro cav
airy troops made during the Pine
Ridge troubles. 1t was at the height
of the fracas, and the bad Indians
were regularly lined up for battle.
These two black troops were ordered
to make the initial swoop upon them.
You know the noise one black man can
make when he gets right down to the
business of yelling. Well, these two
troops of blacks started their terrific
whoop in unison when they were
mile away from the waiting Sioux, aid
they got warmed up and in better
practice with every jump their horses
made. give you my solemn word that
in the ears Of us of the white outfit
the yelps those two negro troops of
cavalry gave sounded like the carnival
whooping Of 10000 devils. The Sioux
weren't scared a little bit by the ap-
preaching clouds of alkali dust, but,
all the same, when the two black
troops were more than quarter Of a
mile away the Indians broke and ran
as if the old boy himself were after
them, and it was then an easy matter
to round them up and disarm them.
The chiefs afterward confessed that
they were scared out by the awful
bowling of the black soldiers.
Ever since the war the United
States Navy has had fair representa-
ton Of negro bluejackets, and they
make first-class naval tars. There is
not ship in the navy to-day that
hasn't from six to q dozen, anyhow, of
negroes on its muster rolls. The
negro sailors names very rarely get
enrolled on the bad conduct lists.
They are obedient, sober men and good
seamen. There are many petty offic-
ers among them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
Constancy of the Bee.

win regard to the general belief
'"a' bees. and more especially hive
Gees, visit only one species of flower
:" single journey, we may quote an
interesting observation made by w.
"'Sche, and recorded by him in a
paper read before the Royal Micro
%oP'cal Society, Mr.. Wesche has been
studying insects with the microscope,
%0u among other things has made in
"'eSInS observations on their food.
y worker bee, for example, was found
" nave its abdomen full of several
.t'''ts of pollen. The inference Is
,A't 1t had visited several species %
"oFe@ in single Journey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
Lees Surrender.


The last gun was fired, the last roll was
called,
Half starved, half naked, grim, gaunt,
unappalled,
Stained with blood and powder, the old
army stood;
II have done all things for your good "
Thus spoke their great leader, deep grief
on his face,
While halo of glory illumined the place ;
Some trailed their muskets, and some
sheathed their swords,
They had smiled at Grants cannon, they
wept at Lees words.
And Grant was courteous as the grand
knights of old.
No glad shouts were uttered, no loud
drums were rolled;
And the victors saluted those gaunt men
in gray,
And the fire-winged tempest died slowly
away.
Unknown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-18
Good Hog Cot.

The A-shaped hog cot has been modi-
Cad and improved to adapt 1t to both
srmmer and winter conditions. The
,n,nroyed form has permanent floor, a
door IN each end, and ventilating
o,stom. 1t is constructed by mailing
,nch boards on six joists, 2 in. X 4 in,
Q feet long for the floor. Beneath the
noists are nailed three stringers,
. IN 6 in.. 8 feet long, which serve as
miners for moving the house. Next is
sniked n piece 2 in. In, 9 TT. 4 in.
long nj the ends of the joists, having
+be bottom of the in. s in. even