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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
GIRLS! SEE THAT
STUNNING HAT MADEOf
PORCELAIN DISH PAN
Hardware Store Displays Modish Mill
Iinery-Frayed Rope and Dog
Collars Prove Attrac-
tive Trimmings

A whole volume on Home Millinery
or How to Make an Easter Bonnet with
a Chunk of Coal and Pickle Bottle,
is to be read in the window OF local
hardware company. And hundreds of
women stopped before this display yes
terday and learned their first lesson in
trimming hats, or how the homeliest
things may be made beautiful.
The center of attraction in the win
dow is a clothes dummy. She wears
modish gown and an ultra -modish hat
The hat is made of one inch rope
twined and twisted until it assumes a
fashionable shape. This hat is trimmed
with rope ends, frayed, until they look
for all the world like those funny
French pompons. The hat is held on
by screw driver hat pins.
On standard in front of the dummy
is an exact duplicate of one of these
work basket hats that are so popular
this spring. 1t is made of a deep por-
celain dish pan, trimmed with dog
collar and a couple of egg heaters. Yes
terday afternoon a dear young thing
and a nice young man stopped to look
at this window. This dishpan arrange
ment attracted her attention especially.
She eyed it critically for few minutes,
then the dimpleS began 10 SHOW anu
she giggled:
"Oh, isn't it the most ridiculous thing
you ever saw"
He looked at the hat in the window
and then he looked at the new spring
bonnet she was wearing. The one in
the window was made of hardware, the
one on her head was made of straw.
He looked again at the hat in the Win
dow and again at the one she was
wearing, and then he answered, very
slowly and very firmly:
Eyes, it isl"
Now she wonders what he meant. If
it was her nice new Easter bonnet
Well, Just wait till she gets him home.
These hats are made of every con-
ceivable material. A most effective lid
is a cuspidor trimmed a la mode, and
the chopping bowl with rope passamen-
terie looks just as if it was the very
latest thing for the seaside.
There is a pretty good conundrum,
with the answer in the window See if
you can guess it.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
SHOT WHILE ENDEAV0RING
TO BREAK INTO RESIDENCE
Mystery of Mestere's Wound Explained
Intruder Arrested as Being
Insane Person

Alexia Mestere, who was shot in the
back of the head and slightly wound
ed Tuesday night by P. H. Lane While
leaving the home of the latter at 34l2
Althea street, will be taken before the
insanity commission that his mental
condition may be examined.
Mestere had entered the Lane home
by breaking open a rear door The
noise awakened Lane, and he got his
revolver. Seeing the intruder just as
the latter was leaving the place. Lane
fired four shots at him, but on account
of the darkness could not tell whether
he had hit him.
Mestere made his way to a poolroom
near the Los Angeles railway car barns
on Avenue Twenty-eight. There his
condition was discovered and he was
taken to the receiving hospital.
He was unable to give an account of
how he received his wound and the
mystery was not cleared up until yes
terday morning, when Lane notified
the police that he had shot a burglar.
Mestere is a F'renchman and de-
clares he entered the house, thinking
it was vacant. IT hunt gold in the
Garvanza hills at night so that the
people won't see me-" he told the hos
pital attendants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
BUILDER FINED TWICE
IN DAY; TWO 0FFENSES
Daniel Rordan, First Sentenced to
Jail, Is Released on Prom
Use to Pay

Daniel Riordan, manager of the Bos-
ton Building company, with offices in
the Crosse building, was sentenced to
the county Jail for one day by Justice
Stephens yesterday after Riordan had
been adjudged guilty Of contempt in
failing to respond to citation last
week The justice later changed the
sentence to a fine of $25, which Riordan
promised to pay within five days.
Immediately after his release Rior-
dan was rearrested on a complaint
charging battery issued to Deputy
Constable A. Jackson by Police JUS
tice Chambers. According to Jackson.
Riordan struck him when he served
the citation several days ago, and ii
was necessary to use force to bring
him to the justice court. Riordan
pleaded guilty in police court and paid
fine of $40.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
HARBOR TRIP TO
BE MADt BY ALL
CONSOLIDATION COMMITTEE
TO BE OUT IN FORCE
CAPT. FRIES ISSUES FURTHER
LETTER OF INVITATION
Asks San Pedro Representatives to
Join Him in Visit of Inspection
to Occur Some Day
Next Week

Every member of the consolidation
committee has arranged to go on the
inspection trip of the harbor,' said
Secretary A. p. Fleming of the Los
Angeles consolidation committee yes
terday. The committee will leave Los
Angeles at o'clock this morning and
will pass the entire day at the harbor
as the guests of Captain Amos A. Fries.
When the invitation was extended
President Stoddard Jess and Secretary
Fleming personally urged each member
to so, but it was hardly expected that
fifteen prominent men would all be
able so to arrange their affairs as to
make the acceptance unanimous. The
interest shown by the members of the
committee and their appreciation of tho
Importance of the movement for con-
solidation are evidenced by the sacri-
fees made by a number to assure a
complete representation.
Captain Fries has invited the San
Pedro and Wilmington committees on
consolidation to make similar trips OF
inspection at such time as Will suit
their pleasure. The following invita-
ton was sent by Captain Fries to Dr.
w. A. Weldon, chairman of the san
Pedro consolidation committee, and the
following letter extending a like inri-
tation was mailed to F. S. Cary. presl-
dent of the Wilmington committee:
Dear Sir nave lINlleu tLS 1oS
Angeles consolidation committee to &C
company me on an inspection of the
harbor of San Pedro, and they have all
accepted. l have done this because l
believe that in taking up the question
of consolidation it is to the advantage
of the harbor that every one connected
with it should have the fullest posi-
BILE grasp of the entire situation be-
fore active work is undertaken.
1.-THE Los Angeles consolidation COM
mittee will make the trip Thursday
April 8, going by way of Long Beach
and the inner harbor, and thence out
to the breakwater.
81 shall also be glad to have as many
of the members of the San Pedro con-
solidation committee as can be accom-
modated in the government launch ac-
company me over the harbor some day
next week that shall be convenient to
the members of the committee. Very
respectfully, AMOS A. FRIES,
Captain Corps of Engineers.
Stoddard Jess. president of the Los
Angeles consolidation committee, and
A. P. Fleming, it's secretary, will as
sist Captain Fries in pointing out the
harbor features on today's trip. The
other members of the committee are
Joseph Scott, William D. stephens, f
w. Braun, o. e. Parish, ]. NJ. Schnei-
der. Leslie r. Hewitt, Homer Hamlin,
NJ. H. Newmark, Frank Simpson, j. A.
Anderson, NJ. P. Snyder, II. Jevne and
T. ]. Hart.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
interpretations

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in the county clerks
office yesterday:
Sanborn Bros Successors, drugs
capital $3.50, 900: directors, Minnie H.
Sanbor, City of Mexico; Frank A.
Sanborn, City of Mexico; F. A. San
born, Los Angeles: E. r. Osborn, Los
Angeles, and Clair S. Tappan, Pasa-
dena.
Hopper MacFarland Construction
company; capital, $4,000. directors,
Charles B. Hopper, A. H. MacFarland
and Bert Campbell.
Cooperative Association of the Egg
Producers Association of Southern
California: membership fee, 81: direc-
tors, C. w. Stephenson, Gardena; G..
A. Mills, Fullerton: ]. F. Dignum, Los
Angeles; Charles H. Kline, Burbank;
S. ]. Jackman, Santa Ana; c. M. Wal
ton, Glendale; J. j. Feagan, Buena
Park; C. P. Eldridge, Hynes, and H
F. Cannon, Pasadena.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
News Of the Courts
OF PURE
FOOD LAWS APPEAR
FOUR DEALERS ARRAIGNED IN
JUSTICE COURT
Two Plead Guilty and Pay Fines OF
$25 Each, While Others viii
Fight Their Cases

Four persons charged with violating
the pure food laws appeared in Justice
Lings court yesterday, two pleading
not guilty and two others pleading
guilty and paying fines of $25 each.
N. w. Tilden, San Pedro, charged
with selling adulterated lime juice, and
E. w. Swift of Hollywood, charged
with selling a preparation known as
"Yelkoline," containing coal tar, paid
SIS fines.
Arthur Leaver, charged with selling
mislabeled root beer, and w. NJ. Pitt
man, who handled a strawberry flavor
said to contain coal tar, pleaded not
guilty. and their trials were set for
April 16. The men, both of whom live
at Sawtelle, were released on $50 cash
bail
A large number of other complaints
on which. warrants have already been
issued We're filed yesterday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
WALLIS MUST PAY FINE
FOR SHOOTING CONDOR

Failing to pay fine of $50 imposed
by Justice Summerfield several months
ago, the salary of Sam Wallis, former
deputy game warden who shot and
killed the last but one of the huge
condors that made their home in Ea-
toms canyon, was attached by the dis
trict attorney yesterday, and Wallis
will he compelled to pay the fine or
give some satisfactory explanation why
he should not do so.
wallis is now employed in the county
assessors office.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
DAVIS RICHARDSON TO LIE
IN ROSEDALE CEMETERY
President of Yaqui Land and Water
Company Will Be Laid
to Rest

The funeral of Davis Richardson
former president and general manager
of the Yaqui Land and Water COM
pany, who died Monday at the Pa
cific hospital, will be held this morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the family resi-
dence, 1869 West Adams street. Burial
will be in Rosedale cemetery.
Mr.. Richardson had resided in Los
Angeles eight years. He was AZ years
old at the time of his death.
Recently he organized the Yaqui
Land and Water company, with a capt.
tai of 5000, 900. He was also the pres
ident of the Richardson Construction
company.
Decedent leaves a widow, Annie G.
Richardson; two daughters, Mary and
Jane Richardson; a son, Fred Rich
ardson; three brothers, w. E., L. r.
and Frank Richardson, and a mother,
Mrs. Jane B. Richardson, all Of this
city
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
WENTWORTH HOTEL CO.
AGAIN SUED ON DEBT

Stockholders of the wentworth Ho-
tel company again were made defend
ants yesterday in a suit for debts con-
tracted by the corporation nearly three
years ago, when a complaint to enforce
payment of a 1888 promissory note
and $500 interest was filed in the su-
perior court by the Oak Knoll COM
pany.
The latter company loaned the money
to the hotel company In July, 1906, and
yesterdays suit seeks to recover the
money from the stockholders. thirteen
Of whom are named as defendants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Assets Cut No FIGURE

Horace ]. Prince, a Los Angeles
broker in his petition in voluntary
bankruptcy filed in the United States
district court yesterday, gives his liza
bilities at $12,689.S4 and his assets at
only $780, OF the liabilities listed
$78S9.84 are unsecured claims.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Changes His Plea

William r. Lizer of Long Beach, who
pleaded not guilty several days ago to
a charge of mistreating a young girl,
changed his plea yesterday and admit
ted committing the offense. He asked
for a probationary sentence, and wit
nesses will be examined on this petit
ton by Judge Wilbur on Friday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Case Submitted

After lengthy arguments the case of
NJ. j. Ely against Charles L. Heart
we'll for recovery of $500 paid under
alleged false representations for stock
of the Citizens Savings bank of Long
Beach was submitted to Judge Conrey
of the superior court yesterday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
British DESTROYER Sunk

LONDON, April THE British tor
pedo boat destroyer Blackwater was
sunk last night off Dungenness as the
result of a collision with the steamer
Hero The crew of the Blackwater was
saved. The Hero had her bow stove in.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08

DR.. Wells. osteOpath. 1917 8. Spring.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21

/. The cadets of Washington
State College will encamp at the
exposition and take prominent
part in the exercises. a number.
of departments of the big school
will have creditable exhibits show.
ing probably a greater variety Of
work than any school in the west
All of these will attract the at
teCion of visitors to the magnitude
and Importance of the college and
Pullman, the town in which it is
located. Every Pullman visitor to
the exposition should be booster
for the college and the town Of
Pullman. This town ought to get
a number of desirable citizens
from the large number of visitors
to the big fair at Seattle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21
WON PAY THE BOND

The bonding company which has
guaranteed that Ortis Hamilton. as
attorney general, would do his
duty. obey the laws and constitu-
ton and pledged itself to be re-
Sponslble for his financial acts in
the sum of $4,000 refuses to make
good the amount stolen, or any
portion of it and is preparing to
fight the state in its attempt to
collect from the surety company
for Hamilton S alleged defalca-
tons.
Why the state accepted surety
bond IS past understanding. No
one has ever been able to collect
from a surety company in this
state. c. G. Raby, the defaulting
county auditor of this county. was
bonded by bonding company.
which refused to pay the bond and
won out III the courts. There have
been many such instances. These
bonding companies are, as a gen
eral rule, nothing bat confidence
game and gang Of graftcrs. They
solicit the state, county and pri-
waite business and collect large pre-
mlums fer furnishing bonds, but
when the person bonded fails to
"make good" the company
promptly repudiates the obliga-
ton, takes it into court and gencr-
ally wins. Thus these companies
are making enormous profits while
taking no risks The state treas
urer is bonded by one Of these
companies and the state paid ST.
600 premium on the bond, We
venture the assertion that if the
treasurer defaults the state will
not be able to collect one cent from
the surety company. These bonds
have generally proven a farce.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21
FLED FROM THREATENED WRATH
Conscience Must Have Worried Men
Who Eavesdropped.

Two boys were out picking nuts,
and they wanted to divide them
equally between them, so they went
over the fence into the cemetery and
sat down among the tombstones to
count out the nuts. While going
over the fence they dropped two nuts
but didn't stop to pick them up, A
man came along and heard them and
stopped to listen and heard them say
ing: "One for you and one for me-"
"One for you and one for me" and he
became badly frightened and ran away
down the road, and met another man.
who said: whats the matter?" The
first man said: The devil and the
Lord are up in the cemetery dividing
up the people, and the second man
said: "Oh, no, that couldn't be!' The
first man says: Yes, they are;
heard them The two men went back
to the fence to listen and heard them
saying: "One for you and one for me-"
"One for you and one for me; now
that's ALL" and the other boy says:
Except the two at the fence, and that
will be one for you and one for me-
The two men ran away as fast as they
could.-The News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21
GOOD CROP PROSPECT
Western Whitman County Claims
Bright Outlook for Grain
Crop this Year

NJ. f. Darden, of Endicott was in
Pullman the first of the week Whom
seen by the Herald reporter Mr. Oar
den said: THE crop outlook in our
country is above the average. Fall
wheat has seldom been better at this
time of the year, although there is
some fear of weeds iniuring the crop
where it is not thick enough on the
ground. A sort of mustard weed
with yellow blossom, is quite pre-
yalent in some fields and is now in
bloom. 1t is thought that this will
not do much damage, however, and
as a rule the winter wheat is fine.
Spring wheat is far ahead of this
section and if we have a few moro
rains before harvest, will be at least
dn average crop. l think the pros
pect for grain is fine all over the Pa
louise country.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21


,o .. iVl ''Seu 70 alloW the county
PrIh' NY 10 90 TO a Syndlcafe OF
'oCi''9 papers ana clalmS tiiat de-
I Ii i'I ',.S Vhe pruning IN the
fleI"iu thiS year lliegal. lhe
i"I'S "'e tlaI me courts knocked
OUT 'he pIo o. the syndicate OF
P'PelS 9V'duSe IT was inc hlgheSt
, -, 'ildoe ana 'He court held that
I''e eoIitrarl must De let 10 the
i"WVsV olducr foIIoWlhg that de-
I =, inc con tract win the CoifaA
> VAGUE "a, "iI'n was lhe hlgheSt
p ;, III I"iS case would be
''lr ~, OUT ny the court
1T "d1eV'e, III I'S SpaSni' ac,
'a ,. tue ileraid Oh peIIg a rat
once ana says; me Gazette
Pays rs printers union wages ana
a" d, IT aSNS Is lair compensation TOT
,'' ""rN "|''e' II VIII De news
10 we l'eoP'c Oh oliaN ana wen
NY .'at the n4zrtte mas PRINT
'''i' 'i'' ''o ""Htl'c t''N
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ii''ie shoP' we WIZ venture the
ASSERTION 'iia, IN" Herald pays I'VE
''llleS DIS 'HU[h III wages as Ihe ga
zelVe "oeS' IN tio''Hg the Hazetle
hleilI'oh' tAe eccchtrlelt'es or
I u present eoi'?f ol Tue eralu.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21
THE COUNTY PRINTING

The ColfaX Gazette, personal or
gan Of the county commissioners
Of Whitman county, threw a fit
and had II kinds Of spasms in its
last issue over the exposure made
by the Herald in regard to the
county printing, but pleads guilty
to the charge made by the Herald
that there has been collision be-
tween the two ColfaX papers, the
Democratic Commoner and the Re-
publican Gazette, by which each
gets the county printing alternate
years. The Gazette says: The
Gazette did not bid on the county
printing last year. The Common
er did. " This is one Of the facts
stated by the Herald which also
stated that. "The Commoncr did
not bid on the printing this year. y
The Gazette did
Do the people need any further
evidence that there has been col
fusion between the two ColfaX
papers to secure the county print
ing between them at higher price
than other county papers would
charge for it? The Herald offered
to do the printing for 20 cents
per inch on a guaranteed crcula-
ton of $500 and showed that 1t is
now being published by the Herald
with a circulation in Whitman
county Of nearly 5000 copies. The
commissioners chose to give IT to
the Colfax Gazette which only
claimed 100 circulation. at p
cents per inch per Insertion.
That the Herald bid was not re
iected because the circulation had
not been sworn to as stated by the
Gazette, is shown by the fact that
the three county commissioners
gave three separate reasons Tor
not accepting the bid of the Her
aid. Had there been a legal rea-
son for rejecting the Herald's bid
all of the COMMISSIONS would have
given that reason and the records
would have shown that the Ga
zette had been awarded the PRINT
inc because its bid was legal and
the Herall's was not The state
ment of the chairman Of the board
that Many citizens of Colfax and
vicinity thought we did very
wrong in taking the county print
inc from the county seat and CIV
inc it to Pullman, ," is not a legal
reason.
The Gazette cites an instance
from Stevens county wherein the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21

Farm land is worth from $500 TO
$1,000 per acre. What can the
farmers raise that will give profit
on land selling for those prices?" was
asked. "They raise everything that
we 10 in America, except corn" said
Mr.. Rattenberg. They raise wheat
and sugar beets largely. Wheat Yields
from so to GO bushels per acre and
Il sells for about 50 per bushel Sugar
beets yield from % to 20 tons per
acre and the farmers receive about
IL horens or sos per ton for them.
Dairying is one of the leading indus
tries of the country"
Asked why the laboriug men re-
main in that country ana work for
the wages allowed, Mr. Battenborr
said They ,ant get away. a an
working for 40 Or 80 cents a day
and boarding. himself cannot save
enough money in a life time 10 come
to America. 1t costs abou' $500 for
man and his wife tc cone here.
That is what it cost me and my wife
when we came here five years ago.
Many of them would be glad to
como to this country bat they can
not save the money to pay their pas
sage
Speaking of farming methods there
Nr. Battenberg said, THE farmers in
Holland cultivate every foot ot the
land. You never see fence ccruers
Idle, but every foot OF the land is
made to produce something. The soil
| is kept fertile by the use of manure
and other fertilizers and in this way
it neveo wears out, but they get bet
ter crops there after the land has
been farmed nearly 1000 years than
we get in this country. All of the
work is done Ivy hand, Few horses
are used On a farm of Toe acres,
which is a large farm there, from
II to 20 men are kept at work all
tivateu by haLG aud they cultivate
their crops much better there than
in America The laboring people
there live en- potatoes, bread and
other vegetables. milk and cheese
THEY seldom have meat, which is
only for the rich, but they do lots
of work, both the men and the wo-
men"
Readers, com pare these conditions
with those surrounding us :her think
of the wonderful possibilities of this
country. What woulc our farmers
here .hiak of employing 2 to 20 men
on farm of TOO acres? We are be-
ginning to think that land is high at
$50 to So per acre, yet the people
of Holland make profits on land
worth 10 to Is times as much per
acre Who can imagine Whitman
county cut into farm OF 10 to 100
acres and supporting a population a.
dense as that of Holland, yet it is
possible and the time is probably not
nearly SC far off as many of rs imag-
inc.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-21
FARMING IN HOLLAND
Startling Difference Between Me
thods and Prices There and
In America

Few people realize the vast differ
ence between conditions here and in
Europe, and the difficulties under
which the agricultural classes of the
older countries labor Few Of the
farmers IN Europe own their own
farmers in Europe own their
fear that the soil in the Inland EN-
pire is wearing out" should remem-
Der that the soil of European coun-
tries has been cultivated steadily for
from 1000 to 1000 years and is to-
day yielding much heavier crops than
the soil of this country This is due
to better methods of farming. Moth
ing is wasted in those countries where
land is worth from $500 TO $1,000
per acre and every foot of it farme1
and made to produce heavy crops
every year
a Battenberg, who is farming one
of President Bryans farms near Pull
man, came from Holland five years
ago. To the Herald editor Mr.. Bat
tenberg gave some interesting infor-
nation on conditions in Holland,
where he was born and raised. Farm
laborers and other working men there
earn 40 to so cents of Ameri-
can money per day, cut they must
board themselves from this meagre
wage. Living is high and meat is
luxury the poor cannot afford. He
says that boiling beef sells for about
40 to 45 cents per pound and the
pest steaks at rs cents per pound. A
man with family, only earning 40
to so cents per day cannot afford
many steaks, roasts or boils at these
prices He says that beef steers bring
about 300 florens, or $120 per head,
while good milch cows sell for from
300 to $50 florens, which is from
1920 to $40 per head. Cheese, of
which a great deal is made, sells for
about the same prices as in America,
namely about 20 cents per pound for
good cheese.