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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

= the millions OF English speaking
children few. n any, will fall TO rec.
- ognze the foregoing verse. and IN
doing so their thoughts will naturally
wander 10 the great Frozen North where
the reindeer browses for sG4 days and
nights In each year husbnndIng their
strength for the gruelinR drive on Christ
mas Eve with merry Old Kris Kringle as
their pilot
Not so many years ago Old Kris paid
= visit to Uncle Sam and laid before him
the dilemma In which he found himself
SO frequent has been the visits OF the
stork to American homes in the past cen.
tury that Santa Claus task IN making
his yearly rounds to the ireplaces In this
country nlone. where dlminutive stock
ings are hung each Christmas Eve, bad
become So hercuean that unless he could
double and treble and quadruple his stock
of reindeer he would be unable 10 visit
all the homes wherein he was expected.
Uncle Sam saw the Justice OF his argu-
ment. and rather than disappoint any
one OF his million or more little niPces
and nephews be promised Old KRIS that
hereafter reindeer would be supplied him
from Uncle Sans own stock farm. which
was TO be established within his own do
main.
Accordingly. Alnska. or that portion OF It
belonging 10 the United States. was Sc
lected as the spot where reindeer would
he established aud propngated Ennis
saries were sent TO LapIand. and there
purchased a number OF stays and hind
and exported them TO Alaska Several
Laplanders were induced TO accompany
the herd TO Alaska. and arriving there
they have spent years In instructing the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
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stock, operated by storage batteries, are
popular. and these are so complete 10
every detail that they are sold at prices
ali the way from S25 to $500 Then, too,
the automobile is another popular toy for
the little sons of the rich. and these are
being shown this year at prices ranging
from 500 to $1,000.
Walking and talking dolls are ever popu'
lar ana very expensive. visit TO the
principal toy shops will prove that doll
of this description finds ready sale, and
these bring anywhere from S25 to $1,000.
Each year the toys are becoming more
elaborate. more complicated and more ex-
pensve The man who, when a child,
would have thought his cup OF happiness
full to overtowing had Santa Claus
dropped a jackknife into his woolen'
home-knitted sock and who has since
made his pile, thinks nothing of spending
thousands of dollars for toys for his OF
spring at Christmas.
Dolls, and not mechanical dolls al that,
are sold as fnst as they can be manu-
factured, at prices ranging from 10 cents
for those Of the china and -"g varieties
to hundreds OF dollars, where faces are
OF the finest grade of French china, hand
painted and supplied with wardrobes that
would dazzle child of lie tenement dis
tricts One well-known firm in New YORK
employs 80 or 60 seamstresses all the year
round. who do nothing else but make
dolls clothes. All the little friils ana
furbelows, exquisite lingeri' and gowns
that bear the marks of the latest Partisan
modes are turned cut from this work
room each day, and aside from this they
constantly receive orders for a complete
change of costumes from their little Gus
toners, who watch the change in styles
and desire to have their dolls always ar
rayed In the very latest styles.
Santa Claus is compelled to invest bill
lions each year now for his stock OF toys,
and the end is not IN sight, for Young
America Is annually becoming more cap
tious and more exaetinE In the seleetioa
OF his playthings.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

the toy animals make a speciality of some
particular animal, and for years be works
only on that especial pattern. Men who
have been turning out horses for, per
haps, 25 years could not pattern COW
If their lives were at stake. One man
speRds his life In turning out horse rings,
another cow rings and so on through the
entire menagerie. no one man devoting his
time to more than one pattern. Seeming
ly. they never tire Of their work. have Nc
desire to branch out In other work, and
they are apparently perfectly satisfied II
the fruits of this years labor compare Ia
vorably with that of the last.
Perhaps, the most interesting class or
toymakers nre those who manufacture
that style OF animal Of the furry or teecy
tribe For instance, there are hundreds
of families on New YOrks East Side who
manufacture thousands of toy sheep each
year. These are covered with fleece, anu
are made to bleat when their little sides
are pressed. Every part OF the WORK Is
done at home. The fleece is bleached aud
carded at home and then glued to the III
tie wooden frames. that also are turned
out In the tenements. The same apphes
to the Teddy Bears. although the latter
became such craze that factories de-
voted exclusively TO their manufacture
sprung up all over the country one wom
an who had been left with several chill
dren to support following her husbands 5
death found that all she had ielt
from the wreck was $1,000 In the form
of life insurance This she used In start
ing a Teddy Bear factory, and In three
years she cleared close to Sloo'OOO on her
Investment Of $1,000.
The mechanical toy industry is tre-
mendous one, and one In which many
millions Of dollars are invested. OF course,
each OF these little devices has some real
mechanical or inventive L.erlt. and they
are to be had at prices ranging all the
way from penny to $1,000. Fortunes
are spent each year in the purchase OF
these toys. Railroads, equipped with
trackage. switches. block systems, myri'
ads of electric signal lights and rolling
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
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must be expert workmen for the reason
that the main portion OF the result Of
this work-can only be seen when 1t
nears completion. 1t is not until the
block is cut apart that the turner can
discover an error II one has been made
II such is the case, he must throw away
the entire block, and this would entail
waste. which, to the stolid Teuton.
mind. would be little short Of sinful.
They must turn away the wood not only
from the outer side OF the various anil
mails they are fashioning. hut from the
inner sides as well, and they must do
this In such manner as not only to
produce a lifelike shape when the ring
is cut. but so as to avoid leaving some
too thin.
All mechanics engaged in turning out
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too these wood turner's supply the noun
taineers with little rings Of wood so
fashioned that 1t is possible to turn out
wide variety Of animalS from them.
The ring maker cuts from the end of
a stick of round timber a disk Of wood
the thickness equal to the desired height
of the animal later to be made, and then.
mounting the disk In a turning lathe,
he begins work on the body OF the wood
at the disks outer rim, turning away
the material in such shapes that when
the rim IL finally finished and cut apart
1t will show. and, of course, wherever
it is cut, the outline Of the animal thus
fashioned In It.
The turning of these rings is the work
of expert mechanics, who become so
proficient at their task that the amount
Of waste is infinitesimally small. They
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

An alloy that sends out showers NJ
sparfs when struck with another metal
consists OF Iron cerinm and anthanium
and one other very rare metal The dis
covery was made ~ the noted German
chemist, Herr Auer Won Welsbach. who
invented the Wesbach gas mnntels He
hopes to use the discovery In connec-
tlon with igniting blasting charges OF
powder. dynamite. nitro gycerin. etc.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
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More rnpid than eagles his coursers they
came,
them by name:
Now. Dasher! now, Dancer! now. Prancerl
now, Vixen
On. Comet! on. Cupid! on. Dunder and
Blitzeni
TO the top OF the porch. to the top of the
wall,
Now, dash awayl dash awayi dash away
allvi
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
MONETA AVENUE SQUARE
MEETS WITH BIG SUCCESS

Patton and Longley, who are hand-
ling Moneta avenue square, say they
are meeting with phenomenal success
with that tract.
Ten lots were sold Sunday and Mon
day and sales have continued through
out the week. Moneta avenue square
consists of 250 large lots with five-foot
cement walks and curbs with streets
graded and oiled Palms and acacia
trees are also planted in front of each
lot. Water is piped throughout the
tract All of these improvements are
of the highest order.
The fact that Moneta avenue square
is located on Main street boulevard and
Moneta avenue, and is between the
city and the harbor, has gained atten-
ton, both by homeseekers and in
vestors.
This is the nearest in subdivision on
Moneta avenue, has a five-cent car
fare and is being sought fy an excel
lent class of people, who are buying for
a home and at the same time getting
the benefit of the rise in value, which
is sure to come. -
Sales for the week amounted to $6175
and were as follows:
Thos. Fitzgerald one lot near Main
street boulevard, $500. He will build a
five-room cottage at once.
A. B. Buchanan, two lots on Seventy
sixth street. near Moneta avenue, $1,000.
]. o. Conway, one lot on Moneta ave-
nue.. $3.50.
Alfred Alsen, one lot near Moneta
avenue, $575.
]. johnson, two lots on Seventy
eighth street. $1060
A. b. Meyer, one lot on Main street
boulevard, $500.
AL Makinson, two lots near Moneta
avenue on Sixty-ninth street. $1lOO.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
HOLLYWOOD PERMITS
ENTER THE C. CLASS
INSPECTOR CONTRASTS PAST
WITH PRESENT
First Building Under City Ordinance
Was a Barn Erected in 1907,
Last Business Block
Costing $4,000

Ellet P. Parcher building inspector
of Hollywood, issues the following
interesting report
1.-THE first building permit issued by
the city of Hollywood was dated No
vember Z, 1907, for the alteration of a
barn at a stated cost of $50. The last
permit to be issued was for $2O,OOO
business block of class c construction.
But it is not of the business growth
that Hollywood is proud (for the above
is only the second permit that has been
issued for a business block, but the
number of high class dwellings.
''At the time the building ordinance
was adopted Qess than two years ago)
Hollywood had population of about
$500 persons. Since then over 525 per-
mits have been issued, aggregating
$3.50 900, divided as follows:
Zone hundred and thirty-eight per-
mits for sherds, garages, etc, $25,0OO; l3l
permits for alteration and repairs, $44,-
COO: eight permits for churches, store
buildings etc, s35, 900; 250 permits for
dwellings, $6S0,000.
This means an average price of
about $4,000 house, the greater number
of which were built for and occupied by
the owner, and of those built for sale
lit is a noticeable fact that they are
sold almost as soon as completed.
1.-THE situation may be summed up
in that Hollywood is a home town of
the better class and has, from the
number of dwellings erected and occu-
pied, added about 1900 persons to its
population in less than two years.
"It may nat be inappropriate to say
that of the $50 dwellings erected under
the building ordinance only one has
been destroyed by fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
CONSOLIDATION AIDS
MANCHESTER HEIGHTS
TRACT GROWS IN POPULARITY
AND NUMBERS
Street Improvements, Convenient Car
Service and Nearness of Agrcul-
tural Form Valuable Assets
for Legitimate Boosting

The consolidation of San Pedro and
Wilmington with Los Angeles, the inn
provement of Agricultural park; which
will be started at once, and where $780,
900 will be spent by the city, county and
state, is causing great activity at Man
chester Heights. The tract is located
in the growing southwest at the south
west corner of Vermont and Manches-
ter avenue, with two rapid electric car
lines, the Strawberry park car, via
Sunnyside, and the Los Angeles Inter-
urban, one going to Redondo and the
other to San Pedro, and has mag
nificent view of Los Angeles and the
mountains.
The streets have been highly I'M
proved with cement curbs and side
walks, shade trees and water piped to
all the lots.
The Grider-H -Hamilton- Oswald com
pany reports eleven lots sold in the
last week at Manchester Heights to
the following purchasers:
To J. H. Senter, lots 329 and the east
one-half of 328 on Seventieth street,
near Budlong avenue, for $56250 Eu-
gene H. Cohn, lot ISL, on Seventy-fourth
street, near the corner of Budlong ave-
nue., for $3.50; Guillaume Casteran, lot
173. on Seventy-fourth street, near Nor
mandie avenue, for $375; Fred r.
Barker, lot 1892, on Seventy-siXth street,
near Budlong avenue, for $375; I. IS.
Gordon, lots 1863 and the east one-half
of $40, on Seventy sixth street, near
Budlong avenue, for $63750; Margaret
Hopkins, lots 34S and the east one-half
of 347. on Seventy-sixth street, near
Budlong avenue, for $637.50; P. G. Hud-
son, lot 1894, on Seventy-sixth street,
near Budlong avenue, for 1915; Andrew
Full, lot 372, on Seventy-sixtr street,
near Vermont avenue, for $425; Ella
Full, lot 372, on Seventy sixth street,
near Budlong avenue, for 1915.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
VERMONT SQUARE
SHOWS GROWTH
THIRTEEN NEW HOUSES ARE
ADDED
CONTRACTS LET INDICATE MORE
IMPROVEMENTS
Tract but Recently Opened Presents
Illustration of Rapid Strides Be-
Ing Made in Upbulding
of Southwest

AS illustrating the rapid growth OF
the new southwest, the building situa-
ton in Vermont Square may be cited.
Though the tract has been open but
a short time and the street work very
recently begun, thirteen new homes
are either completed or building, with
contracts let for several more to be
begun at once. The respective home
builders are:
Mary F. Hammer, on Normandie
avenue between Vernon avenue and
Forty-fifth street.
Delbert H. Crook, on Forty-fifth
street between Normandie and Hall
dale avenues.
Henry P. Conrady, on the northwest
corner of Normandie and Forty-hfth
street.
Rev. M. Rentchueller, on the north
west corner of Forty-sixth and Nor
Fl, ]. McClintock, on Forty-sixth
street between Normandie and Hall
dale avenues.
C. A. Frear, on Forty-sixth street
between Normandie and Halldale ave-
nues. as
of Forty-sixth street between Norman
die and Halldale.
Walter F. Bailey, on the south side
of Forty-sixth street between Nor
mandie and Halldale.
Ella M. Hickling, on the north slde
of Forty-sixth street between Denker
and Halldale.
Martha A. Hamlin, on the north slde
of Forty-sixth street between NOR
mandie and Halldale.
George A. Garrison, on the north slde
of Fortv-sixth street between Halldale
and Normandie.
N. q. Olton, on the south side of
Forty-sixth street between Denker
and Halldale.
Matt f. Mancha, on the south side
of Forty-sixth street between Harvard
boulevard and Denker avenue
The Olton Frear, Rentchueller and
Hammer homes are already completed
and occupied.
THE cement work in Vermont Square
is being pushed as rapidly as possible,
with large force at work.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
MONSTER APARTMENT
BUILDING PLANNED
Block VIII Front on Eighth Street In
Double II Design, with Drive
ways, Roof Gardens and
Ball Room

Architect A. L. Haley. S1-539 citizens Ma
tional Rank building. is preparing plans for
what will probably be the finest apartment
house in the west. 1t is to be erected for T.
Weisendanger on the Eben Smith property on
West Eighth street. Mr.. Weisendanger now
owns thirty-siS apartment houses in this city,
and he intends to erect this building as
monument to himself.
The building will have a frontage ON Eighth
street of $50 feet and will extend back 200
feet. 1t Will be Venetian in STYLE and the
construction VIII be of reinforced concrete
with steel beams floor slabs, trussit metal and
tile, in every way similar in construction TO
the Thomas Higgins building, at Second and
Main streets, which was designed by and is
being erected under the supervision of Mr..
Haley.
The property on which this structure will be
erected rises from Eighth to Seventh streets.
and consequently the building VIII be SIX
stories in height toward Eighth street and four
stories in height toward Seventh street
The ground floor Of the Eighth street 'front.'
age will be divided into storerooms' and all
upper floors will be arranged for apartments.
There will be 200 apartments consisting OF
one room kitchen and bath and 100 consist
ing of two rooms kitchen and bath All VIII
be equipped with the Haley sanitary seat and
couch bed, manufactured by the Southern
California Hardwood and Manufacturing com
pany. ,
The two-room apartments viii be in the
enst wing and the intention is to carry out
with these the New York idea OF leasing
apartments TO the tenants by the year. Also
these apartments will be so arranged that
should tenant desire an apartment OF four
or ave rooms they may be combined without
the necessity Of including more than one oath
or the loss Of any room space. The interior
nnish of the structure will be mahogany and
hard wood throughout. All bathrooms Will nave
tiie floors and wainscoting, and all plumbing
fixtures will be porcelain
one striking feature win be the large roof
garden and the large dome which viii be
constructed on the roof and contain dancing
payilion 100 feet in diameter
At present a driveway passes through the
beautiful site on which this building is to be
erected The structure will be built in the
form of a double H-that is with wings on
the east and west frontages and one in the
90 oenter-and another novel feature in It's CON
struction will be the perpetuation OF this
driveway by means Of a paved passage for
automobiles through the center wing. ON
either side Of this drive will be located garages
and storage rooms for motor cars.
some OF the conveniences which will be in
corporated into the construction Of this nam
moth apartment house will be steam heat
vacuum cleaning system, freight and passen-
ger elevators, dumb walters and garbage con-
veyors The estimated cost Of the project Is
$3.50 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
MCCARTHY TRACT
SALES INCREASE

The Mccarthy company reports nu-
merous recent sales in its new Nor
mandie Avenue Square tract, located
on Normandie avenue, Fifty-hrst
street, Fifty-first place and Fifty-sec-
ond street, and among the many homes
being built in the Mccarthy COM
pany's Moneta Manchester avenues
and Main street tracts. Also many
other scattering sales of modern priced
home lots and bungalows as follows;
In the Mccarthy company's NOR
mandie Avenue Square tract sales
were:
Frank Hook, lot 45x1SO feet on Fiji
ty-first street between Halldale ave-
nue. and Denker avenue; $76O.
Dena Peasant, lot 42X136 feet on Hall
dale between Fiftieth and Fifty-hrst
streets; $725.
ty-first street between Halldale and
Normandie avenues; $3.50.
Pacific Paint company, lot 4Sx1SO feet
on Fifty-first place between Halldale
and Normandie avenues; $3.50.
j. l. Dougherty, lot 42x1S5 feet on
Normandie avenue between F1ftieth
and Fifty-first streets; $500.
j. H. Hoover, lot 41x131 feet on FIJI
ty-first street between Normandle ana
Halldale avenues; $775.
In the Mccarthy company's Moneta-
Manchester avenues and Main street
7 Bryant, lot 5ox10S feet on
Eighty-ffth place between Main and
Moneta $475
Mabel B.. Norton, bungalow and lot
ON Fighty-fifth place between Main
street and Moneta avenue; 1880.
Mrs Nellie Nordquist, bungalow and
lot on Eighty-hfth place between Main
street and Moneta avenue; $lSSO.
IN the mccarthy companys Florence
Avenue Heights tract sales were:
T. w. Petit, lots on Seventy sixth
street between Vermont and Hoover;
$1400.
Mrs. Jennie Ruchworth, house ano
lot on Avenue Fifty-seven north, near
New York street; $2500.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
INSPECT
UTAH OIL FIELD
BELIEVE 1T AMONG RICHEST
IN WORLD
REPORT EXPENDITURE OF HALF
MILLION DOLLARS
Location of District on Colorado River
Makes Pipe Line Proposition
Easy-one Well Produces
600 Barrels

What gives every promise of becom-
ing one of the most extensive and the
richest oil fields in the country. if not
in the world, lies in Southern Utah and
has lust been visited by some of the
best known oil experts, among which
is DR.. Landon r. Ellis and 7. r. Sy-
mons of San Francisco. They spent
four days making thorough examina-
tion of the district and say that close
to S500,000 have been spent in develop
ing a portion of this territory. They
also say there is no moree generously
responsive and richly blessed oil field
in the world than this
The new field is located twenty-four
miles from Bluff on the branch line
of the Santa Fe railroad, which runs
from Williams to the Grand Canyon of
the Colorado. The new field is just 125
miles distant. Surveys have been made
between these points and it has been
shown that the grade is persistent and
the oil found being a liquid. 1t can be
piped the entire distance by gravity
without the installation of a pumping
plant at any point. The original well
was driven to a depth of 266 feet ana
it is estimated the production of this
we'll will range from 900 to 800 barrels
daily. This well was a gusher and es-
tablished confidence in the new Held,
which has been emphasized as eacn
new well was driven to results.
There are now sixteen wells down
among the first sands and not a dry
one is in this number. There are now
five new wells being driven, which,
when completed, will make total of
twenty-one producing wells.
Not Fully Appreciated
This field is not generally appreciated
and quite naturally the attractiveness
of the product is still less realized. The
oil has a strictly paraffine base. being
1875 per cent of the weight of the crude
oil. The oil as it comes from the wells
is utilized for lubricating purposes on
the machinery and with proper care
can be burned in lamps without refine
ment.
1t is estimated that with pipe line
the owners will get $3.50 a barrel at
the mouth of the we'll Fortunes stand
ready to back up the expert opinions of
many of the best oil men in the land.
The district is yet new, but arrange
ments are being made to take care OF
the ever increasing number of visitors
hurrying to the new field.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
ARCHITECTURAL CLUBS
WILL MEET IN NORTH
Plans Are Perfected for Portola Fes=
tival at San Francisco
October 10

The architectural clubs of San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Sc
attic will hold a convention in san
Francisco on October IS. the date of
the opening of the Portola festival, to
be followed by an exhibition by the
architectural clubs comprising the Ar
chitectural League of the Pacific coast.
This will the first meeting of
architects ever held in the west. 1t
is expected that some of the leading
men in the profession from Denver,
Salt Lake, Los Angeles, Santa Bar
bara, San Diego and cities of the
northwest will be in attendance. In
yitations have been sent to the vari-
Gus chapters. of the A. l. A. in the
eastern cities and to some of the lead
ing architects Individually.
The date selected for the convention
coming the same week as that of the
opening of the Portola festival, which
is San Franciscos first large celebra-
ton since the fire, | tbs expected that
this event will help persuade a great
many of architects to visit San Fran
cisco.
The first of the -four exhibitions that
the league will give, is to open in
San Francisco under the direction of
the san Francisco Architectural club
and will last two weeks. The other
exhibitions will be held at Los Angeles
under the direction of the Architect
uraI club of Los Angeles, about jan
nary 1: Portland in February. and
Seattle in April. The local members ol
the league are Myron Hunt, treasurer;
Alfred F. Rosenheim and Albert r
Walker. members of executive council
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
PORTABLE HOUSE MAN
ENJOYS A BUSY WEEK

H. J. Brainerd, manufacturer and
builder of sectional and ready made
portable houses, 507 Chamber of Com
merce building, reports an active week
in the sale of his houses. Sales are:
A garage to George A. Rathbun, to
be erected on his lot, 1151 Fourth ave-
nue.. This garage is to have chauf-'
feur's room and is to be an up-to-date
garage in every way.
Bungalow for Miss Anna Fisher,
Ocean Beach, near San Diego.
Two-room bungalow to S. Bartholo-
mae, 1856 East Forty-first street.
Mr.. Brainerd says wherever he places
his houses the customers are satisfied
and he gets further orders from their
loyalty to him. His buildings find
favor wherever he places them.