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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF

inmate of the poor farm of Blooming
ton, Mclean county, ILL.,, becomes heir
to the formers fortune of 100000. The
legatee is 80 years old and has been
sick, penniless and friendless for some
time. He had been employed at
local hotel as porter for several years,
but he suffered an attack of rheuma-
tism six months ago and was compelled
to go to the poor farm.
Prefers Navy to Ease-Lorlng
L. Gillespie, able seaman on board the
cruiser ST. Louis, which arrived at
San Francisco Sunday, prefers hard
life at sea to easy life on shore, and
has refused to quit the navy to enjoy
a bequest of $4,000 left by his father
in Chicago, where the Gillespies lived
at 1921 Lake avenue. The young blue
Jacket has six months yet to serve, and
at the expiration of his enlistment will
study marine engineering and return
to the navy after he is qualified to
take an engine room position.
Arrests 200 Rowdies - Police
Commissioner Baker got busy Sunday
and put through a raid on subway
elevated and ferry rowdies in New
York. Complaints have been coming
thick in the last few weeks and the
interborough confessed that the stu
alton was getting out of its hand.
When the police got through they mad
200 arrests to their credit, with Magls-
trate Krotel sending as many to the
workhouse as he could find evidence
against to warrant the punishment.
Fines of $5 and $40 were the rule.
Bees Cure Paralysis-By al
lowing swarms of bees to sting him on
the bare arms and legs, J. B. Webster
of Roxbury, Mass, is recovering from
an attack of paralysis and already mas
regained the use of his left arm and
can walk a mile. Four months ago
Webster could not walk at all and nad
no use of his left hand. He heard that
bee stings were efficacious cure for
paralysis and rheumatism. He hesi-
tated for some time to try such eX-
treme measures, but finally decided to
do so and today he is apparently a
we'll man.
Attentive to Duty-A story OF
remarkable fortitude and devotion to
duty of one of Uncle Sans blujackets
was brought to San Francisco by the
cruiser St Louis, which returned Mon
day from Hilo. Robert G.. West, Is
years old, after losing two fingers and
suffering a crushed hand through the
falling on it of 100-pound she'll
SWabbed up the blood, tluleu up Iio
deck and lifted the shell into its place
again before he sought the surgeon
to have his manned hand dressed.
West is a Californian and seaman on
the st. Louis.
Prisoners Treated Cruelty
Charges that boys in the Randalls
Island house of refuge of New YORK
were treated cruelty are confirmed III
the report of the state board of chart
ties committee appointed at the request
of Governor Hughes. The committee
asserts the inmates were assigned to
disciplinary divisions for trivial Of
fenses common to boys of their age;
that those under discipline were de-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

A TOUCHING plea by Joe Margolis
IA induced the police commission TO
IA break one of it's rules last night,
after a fashion, although it was the
kind heart of Chief Dishman that SET
the fashion.
The usual method of procedure Tor
new applications for any kind OF permit
is to refer them to the chief of police
and give him one week in Whlch 10
report. A large number of junk col
lectors' applications were before the
commission last night and referred to
the chief in the usual way.
"Wait a minute, gentlemen" sald
Margolis, who had been waiting all
evening. There is one application L
would like to haze you think on again.
1t is j. Kaplan. He collects junk in
Ocean Park and Santa Monica, and he
sells it to junk dealers in Los Angeles.
He has a. license in Ocean Park, but
none in Los Angeles, and Saturday he
was arrested because he had no
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

Laundrymen Convene - More
than 1000 persons arrived in Chicago
Sunday to attend the annual conVen-
ton of the Laundrymen's National AS
sociation of America to be held here
this week.
Reid to Retain Post-Ambas-
sador Whitelaw Reid stated Sunday he
would return to England late IN Sep
tember and he would retain the am
bassadorship as long as he has prom
ised to. Relative to his successor, he
could say nothing. "There is only one
person who can answer that question,
said Mr.. Reid, land his name is Taft
Saloons Not Closed-What-
ever communications were exchanged
between District Attorney GOldenberg
and Attorney General Wilson, relative
to closing saloons at Atlantic CITY, n
j.. Sunday, there was no evidence the
demands of the delegation of ministers
and citizens interested in the crusade
had been impressed on any of the 25o
license holders of the city.
Many Have tuberculosis -
That twenty-eight school children in
every 100 from the poor districts of
New York are afflicted with tuberculosis
is indicated by the observations maze
this summer at the Sea Breeze nome
maintained at West Coney Island by
the Association for Improving the Con-
dition of the Poor. All Children ad-
mitted to the home were supposed TO
be well.
Cows Afflicted-An outbreak
of anthrax in the dairy herd at the
farm of the University of Wisconsin
at Madison developed last week. The
authorities at the college of agriculture
have taken every precautlon TO check
the disease to prevent the turther
spread. The death OF cow III a
pasture aroused suspicion The sale
Of milk was discontinued and the
dairy herd was placed under strict
surveillance.
Rather Fish Than Work-Be-
cause the fish are biting good, the
steel corporations plant at Granlte
City, ILL.,, is in a bad way. Inc IN
habitants of the ri-cities-Venice'
Madison and Granite City-are so
wrapped up in the pastme that they
refuse to be lured from the cool banks
of the streams to the heat of the fur
naces. Offers of $6 a day each do not
tempt the workmen. Consequently the
mills are at standstill.
Swallows $5-A handsomely
gowned young woman whose name she
said was Virginia Wallingford. was
taken to the emergency hospital in
San Francisco Sunday by taXicab
chauffeur who asked the surgeons to
use the stomach pump on her, as she
had swallowed $5 which she owed him
as her fare. The young woman at first
was inclined to submit, but at sight
of the apparatus, she fatty refused.
How she came to swallow the coin was
not divulged.
Pauper Becomes Wealthy
Through the death of oliver Newhouse
Of Indianapolis Albert Newhouse, an
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
JUVENILE HOME
NEEDED SOON
JUDGE WILBUR MAKES PLEA TO
SUPERVISORS
Old WILLS HOMESTEAD SAID TO
BE BEST OPENING
Temporary Building to Cost $4,000 is
Planned to Give Way Later
to Three Permanent
Structures

Judge Wilbur was before the board
of supervisors yesterday to urge haste
in the matter of providing a juvenile
detention home. Three sites have been
considered favorably, the most advan-
tageous, on account of its accessibility
and proximity to the court house. be-
ing what is known as the Wills prop
erty, Buena Vista and California
st: eets, which, it was stated, could be
procured for $4,000. The expense OF
placing buildings Oh this land will cost
the county a much larger sum but, for
the present, a temporary building, COST
ing about $4,000 is planned.
Another site is located on Adobe.
Yale and College streets. 1t is bare OF
buildings and for this reason its pur-
chase appealed TO some members Of
the board, as the necessity for replac-
ing structures would be eliminated.
This land has been offered for $25, 900.
The French hospital site also was
mentioned with favor, but the PROPOSE
tion to purchase this site did not meet
with anything approaching hearty in
dorsement.
Efforts, it was stated, had been made
to enter into negotiations for the Brad
bury property, Hill and Court streets,
which is regarded as an ideal place for
the institution, but not so easy of ac-
cess as the Wills property. Difficulty
also was encountered in the matter Of
cost, a suggestion to the Bradbury es-
tate that 100000 was a proper figure
being turned down.
The matter was left in the hands of
the supervisors who will look over the
different sites and make their decision
later.
Three buildings, according to Judge
Wilbur will be necessary for the con-
duct of juvenile work in Los Angeles
county. He explained the necessity of
having the site near the court house
by saying, that eventually Los Angeles
will have a separate court devoted to
Juvenile matters exclusively and that
the sessions of this court will be held
in a building located on the same
ground as the home.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
BOOM FOR ANGEL CITY
APPRECIATED IN DENVER
Methods of Charles A. Fellows to
Show That Los Angeles Is Real
Town Wrings Out a Story

Charles A. Fellows of Los Angeles,
last year second vice president of the
transmissssippi commercial congress,
was one of the main figures at that
body'S national convention at Denver
last week. He endeaVored to bring the
convention to Los Angeles for next
year, but was unable to capture it.
The Denver Post says of the manner
in which Mr.. Fellows doomed Los
Angeles:
&C. A. Fellows may be classed as
the beauty of the convention. This
gentleman drifted in from California
yesterday. He is second vice president
of the congress and was genuinely
peevish because he hadn't been able
to find a room. No hotels in town,
he explained right in the wondering
gaze of Sam Dutton. No; Los An
geles is the only convention city in
this country. Hundreds of hotels, all
lit up like the capital city of the
alyphse-whateve its name was,
or is
Mr.. Fellows. who is a good one,
wearing his fannels and ice-creamy
lingerie, with the grace of Wenzel
hero, was trying to keep up his cour-
age like a frightened boy who whis-
ties in the dark He had hoped
great things for Los Angeles at this
congress. He had written to The cham
ber of commerce of that city that it
should get busy, send the strongest
delegation it could hand-pick to Den
yer that the next congress might be
taken to Los Angeles. But Mr. Fell
lows. good sort that he is, who never
counts his money forgot to put re-
turn stamps in these three yoop-it-up
letters to his chamber of commerce,
which seems to be first cousin to the
old maiden lady c. of c. of Denver
When he got here and made his
boasts that he knew where the next
congress would meet and asked for his
mail to prove what was coming, there
wasn't single letter in the bunch
bearing a i. o. c. of c. label"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
WILL MAKE PRIVATE TEST
OF NEW BATTERY TODAY
Public Exhibition of Local Mans In-
vention Will Be Given in This City
Wednesday Afternoon

The percolating apparatus by which
the primary wet cell, invented by Ju-
lius Krohn, will be operated was set up
at the laboratory, 105 ord street, yes
terday evening, and a private test of
the battery composed of twenty cells
will be made today.
Wednesday afternoon a public eXhi-
btion will be made of the cell, for
which Krohn claims a voltage of 2h
and an amperage of almost 80. Don S.
Rae, the Los Angeles agent for the
Yuma Electrical Development compa-
ny, which is backing KTohns inven-
tion, expressed his utmost belief in the
success of the demonstration, and pre-
diets that the new cell will create a
complete revolution in the electrical
world.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
1OO-DAY JAIL SENTENCE
FOLLOWS SALOON FIGHT

p. L. Darez was sentenced by Police
Judge Williams yesterday to pay a
fine of $100 or serve 100 days in the
city Jail on a charge of battery. Darez,
it was alleged, entered the Market sa
loon at 662 Buena Vista street and
took drink with three friends, Two
of his companions became involved in
quarrel. and when the bartender,
Michael Bunich, attempted to separate
the combatants. Darez is said to have
struck Bunich on the head with heavy
beer glass and inflicted several deep
gashes in the head of the bartender.
Darez was unable to pay his fine and
was sent to Jail to serve his time.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
ACCUSES HUSBAND
OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE
Mrs. Belle Barrett Says Man Contrib
uted but Sixty Dollars in
Ten Months

That her husband had contributed
but $50 for the maintenance of herself
and children since last November is
the story in substance of Mrs. Belle
Barrett of 1918 East Twenty seventh
street, who testified in Police Justice
Chambers court yesterday afternoon
against her husband, j. A. Barrett, a
miner, on a charge of failure to pro-
vide.
Mrs. Barrett declared her husband
left her in November and went out on
the desert to work a mining claim,
leaving her to support herself and
three children.
After hearing number of other
witnesses, Justice Chambers continued
the case for further hearing until 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
REPUBLICANS FILL 65
COMMITTEE VACANCIES
Executive Branch o: City Central
Body Holds Meeting in Coulter
Building

The executive committee of the Re
publican city central committee held a
short meeting in the German-Ameri-
can alliance rooms in the B. F. Coul-
ter building yesterday afternoon and
filled siXty-five vacancies in the list of
committeeman.
1t was decided to hold a meeting of
the entire city central committee Fri
day evening in Old Native Sons hall,
2111a West Second street, when the date
for a convention for Endorsement of
candidates for the city election will
be fixed. 1t is probable this date will
be September 20.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
China to Construct Assembly Hall

PEKING, Aug. 23.-The throne has
given orders that it be supplied with
estimates for the construction of an
imperial assembly hall, to occupy the
site of the ancient, hall of eXamina-
tions. The rules to govern the first
national assembly of China also are
being drafted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Peru and Bolivia Become Friendly

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Peru- has
not sent to Bolivia an ultimatum in
the boundary dispute between the two
countries. From all reports 1t appears
the two governments are approaching
one another in this matter in a spirit
of GOOD understanding.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Saws Nevada Is LOOKING Up

Dick Colburn, one of the live ones
of Goldield, is at the Alexandria ho-
tel He will remain in Los Angeles in
definitely Mr. Colburn says business
Is improving in Nevada.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
sperrv to Be Retired

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Rear Ad-
miral c. s. Sperry, who took the At
lantic 'battIeship fleet on it's cruise from
san Francisco to the Philippines and
through the Suez to Hampton Roads,
will be retired September 3. He will
have reached the age of 81 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
undeIlvered TeIearams

There are undelivered kilograms at
the Postal telegraph office for Charles
Hoodley, H. II. Barrows, w. Lears, Z.
r.. Buttolph w. G. White, j. Latta
Shedd, Alex G. Anderson.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Shah Has Native Tutor

TEHERAN, Aug. 2S.-The Persian
has dismissed General
Smirnoff, the Russian tutor of Ahmed
Mira, the young Persian shah, and
has appointed Hodiasenah, a native, to
teach the shah political science.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
woolwine Home from Vacation

Thomas Lee Woolwine, former city
prosecutor, returned last night from
vacation spent at Avalon. He has
opened new offices in the stimson
building,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

prived of religious instruction and eX-
ercise in the open air; that the Off
GERS slapped the boys faces and struck
them with their fists.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

Nottingham a II d
French net curtains
with pretty, dainty
Battenberg edges.
You'd never in the
world guess them at
so little as 81 pair.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

Fine heavy cable net
curtains in a splendid
line of pretty patterns
some in the clever ma
dras and stock weave,
Curtains that you will be
wonderfully enthusiastic
over at $2.75 pair.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03

eh? My Mary is waiting for me now;
she'll be in terrible fright till l get
back
The Pollies and Marys of this world
nave been guilty of melting mems
hearts before now, and the mans talk
about his Mary softened me. He was
cute enough to count out five sover-
elgns and hand them to me before the
clearing-up operations began. After
which helped him with a will, and
was very civil and obliging while do
Ing 1t. He kept on talking about his
remorse and his hopes for the future,
in way that nearly made me weep;
l told him l had never before been
IN the company of genuine penitent,
and was glad of the experience.
felt so kindly toward him, indeed,
and was so pleased to think he was
out OF the wood, that I volunteered to
carry his bag on leaving. After I had
put on my boots we crept out through
the back yard, and at the end of the
alley behind he relieved me of the bag
and left me with final word of graft
tude
watched him out Of sight. Then I
grew sensible-by degrees. Why had
the man carried heavy bag in de-
parting? While had been clearing
up he had been slowing things into
1t with startling celebrity Why had
he used chisel and hammer?-a bank
manager would have been in posses
sion Of keys!
grew hot and cold in turn; by the
time | was relieved by the sergeant l
had made up my mind to say nothing
about the matter. But the five pounds
seemed to be burning hole in my
pocket.
1t turned out that the burglar was
one of the most expert and resourceful
bank thieves Of that time, his story
was a clever ruse that put me off the
scent, and even pressed me into his
service. He got clear away with prac-
tically the entire contents of the bank
coffers-with the exception of the one
solitary safe at which he was work.
ing when l disturbed him-and l had
helped him to carry the plunder the
first hundred yards. l was raw be-
ginner then, and doubtless came with.
In an ace Of disgrace and dismissal
but the experience of that night
proved tremendous spur to my wits
which Is perhaps one reason why to-
day l am one of the crack detectives
Of the service-Philadelph Tele
graph.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03
Killing Quacls Grass.

A Michigan farmer gives these In
structions for killing quack grass:
Plow five or six inches deep in the
growing season, say April, May and
June. Give it a good digging, then
cultivate with a cultivator that has
teeth close enough so they will cut
the roots two or two and one-half
inches under the ground. The secret
is to keep it from getting to the sur
face. 1t wants holding down six
weeks. 1t does not take expensive
tools. I use an old-fashioned culti-
vator that was bought fifty years ago.
1t has seven teeth three in front, four
in rear; each tooth cuts six inches
wide. 1t is good to drag it over after
three or four days. | cultivate once
week for six weeks; it has never
failed me yet The roots will be dead
as hay. 1t is good for Canada thistles
If one is doubtful, take rod or more
square and keep it down for six
weeks and see how it works. This was
done with a hoe on two acres, and 1OO
bushels Of smutnose corn were raised
to the acre, planted in drills one foot
apart and hoed to kill.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03
Changing Bees,

The common busy bees may be grad
ually replaced by the Italian or Cypr,.
an varieties, by removing the old
queen and substituting a new fertil.
lied queen of either kind preferred.
If she is carefully guarded in a small
cage for few days the bees soon
recognize her, and in the course of a
few months the old bees will all be
dead and the new ones will be of the
desired kind The queen is compelled
to lay numbers of eggs daily in order
to supply the great loss constantly
recurring by the destruction from
birds, storms and other difficulties.
There should be left plenty of honey
for a winter supply, and the hives
should be well protected from storms.
What the beekeeper should aim to do
Is TO SOW such crops as will enable
the bees to lay in large supply of
honey, and he can we'll afford to do so
If he has number of hives.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03

The substance left in the ground
after the fertilizer has decayed is
known as "humus." In order to Sc
cure the greatest results from the fer
tilizer and to get the largest possible
quantity Of humus, 1t is necessary that
the soil be moist when the fertilizer
Is plowed under. Only a small amount
of humus Is obtained from the turned
under fertilizer should the ground be
dry.
When the fertilizer Is allowed to lie
upon the surface for a period, exposed
to the sun, much good Is lost from
the fact that 1t forms but a small
amount Of humus when plowed under.
Therefore 1t Is important that the soil
should always be moist when fertilizer
Of any kind is plowed under.
In many ways humus benefits the
soil. In the first place, 1t makes the
soil lighter as we'll as looser. This
condition allows good ventilation and
gives chance for poisonous gases to
escape. The soil does not become over
heated, and, in clay territory, the
ground Is lightened, making 1t more
easy to work. 1t is equally beneficial
In sandy soil. inasmuch as 1t as
sists in binding it together, allowing
more substance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03
Digging Potatoes.

The time Is near when farmers will
be digging their potatoes, and then Is
the time to select the seed for another
year; when hill of nice, smooth po-
tatoes Is found, free from scab or rot.
and goodly number are just the
shape and size wanted for table use,
put them one side. At night gather
them up and put them away for seed
next spring. You will be surprised to
see how you can change the type and
improve them in few years, says a
vermont contributor to the American
Cultivator We do this every year,
and, while our townspeople are COM
planning of their potatoes running out
and buying of us to renew their seed,
we are planting potatoes (Green
Mountains) that started from the seed
that was bought for S. bushel when
they first came around. If farmers
would take as much pains in selecting
their seed potatoes as they do their
seed corn, we would not hear so much
complaint about potatoes running out
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03

Some farmers think that straw
rick is good place for the sow and
her brood to sleep. This is a mistake.
1t Is best to keep them away from the
straw pile winter and summer. In the
winter the pigs will burrow beneath
the straw, get too warm and take cold
when they come out into the freezing
atmosphere. Coughing and wheeling
is the result, and the pigs do no good
or die. Besides, If burrowed beneath
the straw they are liable to be stepped
on and seriously injured or killed by
the stock running to the rick.
During the summer months especial
ly should the SOW and her young be
fenced from the straw pile. II they
burrow down into the half rotted
straw they will be very apt to con-
tract some disease.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03
ALL A DREAM.

When you've sung all the songs, lad.
When you've played all the tunes.
And mixed with all the throngs, lad,
And mastered all the runes
or life-lived through the shadow
days,
And lived through days of gloom
And when at last deaths shadow
strays
Toward you twill seem a dream.
Twill seem a dream, the battle fought,
Perhaps you failed to gain.
The goal so passionately sought
Through years of toll and PAIN
The empty task, the sordid round.
Life's coronal Of thorns.
The happines you've never found.
The faith a cynic scorns.
Twill seem a dream-'tis better so,
And when you stand at last
And wait the call, prepared to go
Where those before have passed.
That hour with so much anguish
weighed
For ell the human band
VIII find you calm and not afraid
To face the shadow land.
Birmingham Age Herald.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-03

lid These feathers are just long
enough to reach the floor of the box
with little left over. The eggs are
laid on the bottom, just beneath the
feather tufts, and when the lid Is
closed each egg is inclosed in cluster
Of down that makes very good imi
tation hen. AS each egg is Matched
out the lid can be lifted for second
and the chick removed without the
difficulty that would attend his remov-
al from the old-style brooder, the in
terror of which Is reached from one
end.