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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
TSETSE

4 DANGEROUS experiment is
u about to be made by the Smith
IA sonian institution. Some of the
skins sent home by the Roosevelt ex-
pedition contain the eggs of the tsetse
fly, the cause of sleeping sickness, and
the wise men of the Smithsonian will
try to have them Matched. Although
it is said precautions will be taken to
prevent the escape of any of the flies
should the eggs hatch. it is not pleas
ant to think of the possible conse-
ouences if a few of the pests should be
turned loose"
Modern history affords numerous in
stances of the havoc wrought as the
result of carelessness on the part of
experimenters. Who would have
dreamed of the potentialities for dam
age of the English sparrows imported
to New York? And when rabbits were
taken to Australia and New Zealand,
were not the consequences as disas-
trous as if the colonists had imported
locusts instead of bunnies? 1t is never
a good policy to disturb the balance
of nature. The tsetse fly eggs should
be left unmatched.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
LIFE SAVER

DR. JOHN R. HAYNES, on his re-
turn from a vacation in the
IL northwest, advocates the appoint
ment- of state railway inspector for
California. He found an official of
this description in Washington and
was much impressed by his usefulness.
Here was an office holder whose office
was easily a vital public necessity. He
is known popularity as the life saver,
and in this title there is true estimate
Of the relation of his work to the COM
munity. DR.. Haynes quotes the reports
which show in 1908 at intervals of only
two hours and fourteen minutes a
railroad trainman was killed, WHILE
AT INTERVALS OF SEVEN MIN
UTES ONE WAS INJURED. This dis
closes a shocking, appalling, barbaric,
outrageous state of affairs which calls
for remedy without delay Delay in
finding a remedy will not be danger
ous," but MURDEROUS.
There should be a life saving rail-
road inspector in every state. The only
condition attached to the creation of
this office in California is that which
naturally suggests itself-it must NOT
be a political office, and the Southern
PACIFIC political bureau must not be
allowed to suggest the appointee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
FANATICISM

n ISPATCHES from ireland explain
why some of the statesmen Of the
- United Kingdom object to giving
the Irish branch of it absolute home
rule. A religious difficulty exists in
Ireland, and is a constant menace to
the public peace. It breaks out from
time to time. always unexpectedly.
Neighbors who have been on terms Of
cordiality, or even of warm friendship,
find themselves at each Others throats.
Houses are wrecked. Human beings
are injured. This condition of fanati-
cism and intolerance in Ireland is sin
gularly unfortunate. II has nothing to
do with politics Indeed, political
friends of the night before, who have
united their voices in cheers for Free
Ireland" may be virulent enemies Of
the morning after.
The riot at Lurgan, a manufacturing
city near Portadowp, is a case in point.
Twenty policemen and many civilians
were severely injured. Business prem
ises We're wrecked. Windows were
smashed. At least one store was looted,
and after it had been ransaclSed an
attempt was made to burn it. Forty
policemen who threw themselves upon
the contepding religionists were at
tackled by both parties and put out Of
commission. The district police inspec-
tor was injured by a rock, the head
constable" was carried to a hospital,
and another officer had his jaw broken.
The city looks as If it had undergone a
siege.
Occurrences such as this, whether
they happen in Ireland or in Pennsyl
vania, are deeply to be deplored, and
should be discouraged by all friends Of
liberty. Violence only gives oppressors
and political bosses" an excuse for
using the methods they adopt to stihe
the voice of the people and to reduce
the workingman to pittance instead
of q wage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
A SUGGESTION

A FTER the Rump convention is over
" and the Rump candidates have
~ been so badly battered and beaten
at the polls their own (politicaD par
ents won't recognize them, why not
ship them off to the north pole, to start
a new colony? The S. P. machine could
have the polar region all to itself. It's
field of activities would be wide. No
pent up Utica would confine it's wits
the whole (metaphorically speaking)
'boundless Arctic circle would be its.
The climate of the north polar circle
is much finer than that of Salt creek.
We cordially advise Don McGarvin and
the Bumpers to do the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs act" invest in a Mayfiower fly
ing machine, and HE them to the
pleasant, remote places discovered by
DR.. Cook. There they can all hold Of
flee, and can run" everything to suit
themselves. and after the transfer is
accomplished, doubtless will Give hap
py ever after" And think what fine
riddance it will be to the machine
bedeviled people of Southern California!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
GOOD WORK

CONGRATULATIONS to R. H
Charlton and his assistants, owing
~ to whose efficiency-combined no
doubt with the interest taken in the
matter by the people-more work has
been done in twelve months on the
Angelus forest reserve than on any
other section of California. Figures for
the official year show the service spent
$13,127 of its own money. Funds con-
tributed by water companies, fruit as
sociations and individuals amounted to
$500. OF this sum $4,000 was OBJ
tanned from Los Angeles county, repre-
sented by c. D. Manning of Pasadena.
During the coming year the state will
contribute $4,000.
Among constructions reported are
thirty-four and a half miles of tele-
phone lines, at a cost of s2865; six
rangers cabins built, s2759; five barns,
1882; nine and a half miles of fire
breaks and forty-four miles of recon-
structed fire breaks. S47S4; nineteen
miles of new rails built, 1T miles of
old rails repaired, $4,000.
To the guardians of the forest South
ern California owes much. They have
increased greatly the value Of the
state by conserving its resources and
by preventing loss caused by human
carelessness or greed, or by fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
POSTOFFICE ACTIVITY

n WING. to the constant and unprece-
dented growth OF Los Angeles
~ there is urgent necessity for the
new federal building work upon which
is now being rushed. Postmaster Flint's
latest report shows why the interests
of Los Angeles demand a transfer from
quarters in which the postal work is
cramped and hindered to one in which
1t is facilitated and helped should be
accomplished as soon as possible. Mr..
Flint's statement shows that during
August 143,22s people called at the gem
eral delivery department for mail, or a
daily average of $500.
Think Of it, A steady procession of
inquirers during the entire working
time of the postof1ce! The clerks did
not have a minutes breathing space.
Clerks who attend to the changes Of
address department had to make a rec
ord of 22,88O such changes. Most vex-
atious and harassing of all postofice
work is the task in which the officials
have 20 combine their other qualities
with those of first rate detectives by
"sleuthing' the owners Of misdirected
mail In August 41s,517 misdirected
pieces OF mail were handled in Los An
geles. Not having the gift of the sec
ond sight, our postofice friends did not
find the owners of all the misdirected
letters and parcels, but they did dis
cover 5s.61s outside the city and 129,921
within the city When it is remembered
that each instance involved first the
discovery the address was wrong, then
the discovery Of the correct address,
and the task of re-addressing the mail
and sending it on, our appreciative con-
seriousness of painstaking official en-
deavor is almost overwhelming, We
gasp and say, How on earth did they
manage it? Well, 1t was a record
breaker, to be sure, but, after ALL was
it not another instance Of the Los An
geles way?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Los ANGELES PRoSPERS

7 OS ANGELES again leads the
cities of California in recorded in
"A crease in bank clearings for the
week and shows prosperity not equaled
by any other city in the far west.
While San Francisco's returns show a
DECREASE of % per cent, Los An
geles returns show an INCREASE of
41.6 per cent. All the signs of the
times in Greater Los Angeles are signs
of prosperity. It is absolutely impos-
sible to find a discouraging report Of
any kind, and if any person tried to
knock" this metropolitan area and this
section of the country we are utterly
at a loss to guess where he could find
his material.
Only a Munchausen could weave
yarn that would please those who are
Jealous or envious Of the wonderful
progress and prosperity of Southern
California and its financial, CONNER
cial, manufacturing, musical artistic,
literary, educational capital and chief
seaport, Greater Los Angeles.
The industries of this state are in a
flourishing condition, and. in our own
district especially, there can be no
doubt there will be a big industrial
boom, the biggest in its history, when
the completion of the Panama canal
and the development of the maritime
opportunities of Greater Los Angeles
combine to widen illimitahly the hori-
zon within which success may be
achieved.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
STILL ISLANDS

I OOKED at in the calm light Of
common sense, after the first glow
"a of enthusiasm, there does not
seem to be much in the statement that
Great Britain and Ireland are no long
er islands. Why aren't they? Any
other country in Europe can be invad
ed on foot at an armys leisure, so to
speak. Great Britain and ireland can
only be invaded by ship-airship or
seaship-and have as big a chance of
fighting off airships as they had of
fighting off seaships. 1t is not real
ly the thought of the difficulty of fore
ing the channel passage that has made
the invasion of the British islands i'm
practicable, but common sense. Ma
poleon and Won Moltke both agreed
Britain could be invaded as easily as
it was when the Normans made the
trip. But both these authorities added:
"The difficulty would be not in getting
an army in, but in getting an army
out" This does not mean the army
would be destroyed, but that, even If
victorious, it would be benevolently as
simulated in the same way that the
British and Irish have "eaten up" and
digested half a dozen invading races
-Saxons, Normans, Danes, Romans,
Phoenicians and Angles-and in the
same way that our republic, the iegiti-
mate successor of Great Britain in
world dominion, is absorbing every
race that lnvades it by way of Ellis
island. Whenever a novelty becomes
an established feature of civilization
look out for TIE twaddler. for he Is
sure to twaddle like all possessed un-
til the common sense Of his at-first-
impressed listeners or readers enables
them to reason him into confusion. Let
us think of the alrship as help to
peace and not as an instrument of
war; and as for this '1sland" business,
wouldn't 1t be as sensible to raise
yowl of alarm over the invasion of the
United States by airship as over the
invasion of any other country? Why
wouldn't it be as easy for fleet of
swift airships to cross the Atlantic as
to cross a firth, strait or channel? And
what is there in this invasion talk,
anyway? Are people here on earth for
the purpose of destroying one another
or of helping one another? Is the
world to end in a general killing
match? Heaven forbid! And we guess
Heaven will.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
DIR. COOK

MO DOUBT as to the success of Dr.
Y Cook disturbs the minds of citi-
~ zens who had the good fortune
to know him and to talk over his arc
tic plans. In interviews published in
eastern newspapers some years ago he
said a man who would find the pole
must leave white companions behind
and train with the Eskimos. H9
held an expedition manned by white
men could hardly be successful, be-
cause it had not only arctic conditions
to contend with, but the physical con-
dition of the members of the party.
DIR. Thomas Detrick, who was sur
geon with the Peary expedition, has
said: "Dr. Cooks grasp of the theory
that a man with the Eskimos can live
indefinitely on the west coast of Ellis
mereland and come out at any point
he chooses shows his knowledge of
arctic conditions"
This accords exactly with statements
made by Dr. Cook in interviews. 1t is
highly probable DR.. Cook reached the
pole,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
USEFUL WIDOWS

DR. CHAPLIN of Cleveland has
I'D broken all records for gratitude.
~ He married a wealthy widow and
has made public acknowledgment of
the plum he received with her. OF his
predecessor, the widows first husband.
he says naively:
"I feel it my duty to speak of Mr.,
Fries. as I owe him indirectly a great
amount of gratitude.
"I have been able to travel and enjoy
a great deal of pleasure that otherwise
I could not have had had it not been for
the many years of hard toll that he
underwent. Many things that am to
do and have done 1 could not have
done had it not been for the financial
help from that source, rendered me by
my wife"
The moral is obvious. Young man,
if you would succeed in life wed u
wealthy widow
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Far and Wide
Silly Season

Silly Season
The former minister of foreign af-'
fairs in Costa Rica is ambitious TO
consolidate all Latin-American repup-
lies into a peaceful country. Wen, so
is left Davis of Arkansas, ambitious
10 become one of our leading states
men.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
ID
Interesting
baltimore social organizations are
discussing the following question; 10
what extent can member be alloWeu
to disgrace himself and still receive
social recognition? 1t IS interesting TO
say the least.-Buffalo Times.
81
Footing Bills
The English peeress who is dancing
publicly on her bare feet at $500 per
night probably considers it an easy
way to foot her bills.-Galveston News,
81
Conservative Poem
Was the poem. "Woodman, Spare
That Tree" the beginning of the move
ment for the conservation of our ma
tionaI resources ?-Boston Globe.
$
Euphemism
One reason the term affinity" is
used so much in print is that the gem
uine appellation would not look well.-
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Seasonable Advice
Be uniformly courteous to the ice
man. You will not get any more ice,
but you will keep cooler, anyway
Washington Herald.
-
Strike Record
The strike fever has gone so far in
Sweden as to attack the farmers. That
is making a new world record.-The
Manchester Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
The State Press
Fake Reports

The Congressional Record, consider
ing its reputation as an accurate tran
script of the proceedings of congress,
has some defects. 1t often contains
verbatim reports of speeches never
delivered, and lately the habit has been
introduced of cutting out remarks
when the sense of the house decides
that they are improper. Better let
them stay in the Record and permit
the people to be the judges of their
propriety or impropriety.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Roosevelt Policies

The action of President Roosevelt in
Withdrawing certain natural resources
from appropriation was taken in the
nick of time to save some remnants of
the peoples heritage, and any reversal
of the Roosevelt policies in this re-
spect is nothing else than criminal.
Any public official or administration
which sanctions further appropriation
in perpetuity of public property of this
character will be an anathema.-Oak-
land Enquirer
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Dear, from this distance far
Thy face l cannot see;
But distance is no bar
'Twixt such as thee and me;
So at the telephone
Contented l may be
To kiss the air alone
That lately hath kissed thee.
(This sort Of lighter line
That maidens all adore
Since TO their hearts like wine
Its liquid measures soar
All poets quickly pen,
And whether bad or worst,
We all know how since when
Old Herrick did it firstD
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Cook is the greatest explorer since
Columbus, and he is having the same
spite of difficulties and dangers, it is
easier to make an important geograph-
ical discovery than to persuade people
to believe in it.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Clifford Pinchot not only is a national
celebrity, but is the foremost living
expert on the subject of forestry, and
his addresses in Los Angeles doubtless
will be reproduced and read in every
part of the United States. Mr. Pinchot
is an excellent example of what bright
man may make of himself who special
ICES on a useful subject.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
The HumOriStS
Shifting Responsibility

A youthful versifier sought the judg-
ment of we'll known critic.
Sir" said the poet Indignantly when
the expert had advised him to burn his
lines, "poets are born. not made!
"Young man." rejoined the critic,
smiling, "do not try to shift the blame
on to your parents! ts!"-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIUM-"Going Some"
MASON-"Paid in Full"
BURBANK-"Ths Great Divide"
BELAsCo-'The Way of the World"
ORPHEUM-YaudeviIle
GRAND-"East Lynne."
Los ANGELES--VaudevilI
FISCHER'S-"A Runaway Honeymoon"
UNIQUE-VaudeVille.
EMPIRE-Musical comedy.
ARROW-Variety.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Los Angeles delegates to the meeting
of the American Bankers association
have set out for Chicago, with the pur-
pose of capturing the convention for
this city in 1910. We believe they will
sncceed
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Curiosity for material investigation
once stated, perhaps mankind will turn
to the spiritual, and the first fruits Of
consideration of the spiritual will be
a determination to make this a world
of fairplay and square dealing.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Influence

We all exert an influence on those
about u.s. and that influence continues
in ways we little think of, in ways
we know nothing of. By some be led
or go astray. Who can calculate the
evils attending such a course upon
that life and upon other lives? By
some act or word of ours some on5
may be influenced to pursue coura-
geous, noble and uplifting career
Morgan Hill Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

An easterner who ate rabbit which
had been killed with bird shot con-
tracted appendicitis. OF many different
varieties of disaster to the human
stomach there is no end.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Father Was Suspicious

"Only a business letter." explained
the blushing daughter as she saw curl
Gus looks cast at the mail
eyes" said her father, sarcastically,
at does look remarkably like a sealed
proposal. al."-Baltimore American.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

President Taft doesn't like the idea
of being banqueted clear across the
continent. But that doesn't let him
out of his Los Angeles feast.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
The Tables Turned

A woman who does nothing but play
whist and attend receptions should De
as ashamed of herself as man who
drinks whisky and plays seven-up.-
Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Now that the pole has been found we
can understand why Alexander wept.
What a blase old chestnut this globe
of ours is getting to be!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
A pleasant ReIlef

"Do you ever really enjoy your
work."
"Well, yes. For two or three days
after coming back from vacation. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Trackless trolleys are popular on the
continent of Europe. In some places
trolleymobiles are taking the place of
automobiles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
At the CharitY sazaar

He-I don't want anything really;
but here's a dollar for your pretty
eyes.
She-rve two eyes, monsieur-Pages
\ EoI1eq
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Missinu Money

The state fish and game commission
so far has refused to make report
of what has been done with the money
collected for hunters licenses. 1t
amounts to over $100, 900, and if all
this money has gone as a reward for
political favors the people want to
know it.-Visalia Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Trolley and Students

An interesting study of the cases of
suspension for delinquent scholarship
at Stanford last year, made by Edwin
E. Slosson, reveals a condition which
seems to be highly favorable to Palo
Alto as a place of residence for stu
dents. The operation of the trolley
line will make it more and more feas-
ible for the number of students living
here to be increased. Alto Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Hint to the Unwise

If you are not saving a portion of
your salary, no matter how small 1t is,
you are not following in the footsteps
Of your rich uncle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Honest Papers

There is no journal anywhere more
thoroughly honest in every fiber than
Jim Barry's Star or Walter Mac
arthur's Coast Seaman's Journal And
it is a question whether the daily press
there has as much positive influence
Sacramento Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
HAVING A LoAE

Vacation days too feeting are
And yet, we must recall
That half a loaf is better" far,
Than not to loaf at all.
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Where's the Organizer?

This is all we know about it, and it
is not much But no one has appeared
who knows any more. Anybody can
advise the growers to get together.
Where is the man who can get them
together Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Good Starter

Later the news came that he was
filling his balloon. Later on the news
came that the balloon had been
wrecked. 1t may be encouraging to
know that Wellman "made perfect
start. .'-Tulare Advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Socialist Premier

The Literary Digest pronounces the
promotion of Aristide BRAND to the po-
sition of premier of France as Social
ism's high water mark in Europe" -
Oakland Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
AT THE TELEPHONE

Are you practicing the Taft smile? -?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Game Hogs

To save the quail of NevaC-o a law
has been enacted there that all magpies
are to be killed. The game hog is not
a magpie, so the law will be ineffec-
tual.-Fresno Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Bless Him

Abolish the tipping habit. If the
waiter is slow, make noise like a
Missouri senator.--Santa Rosa Demo-
crat
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Warning Him

The bureau sounds warning which
should be taken to heart, not to use
medicine without the advice of
trained physician.-Pasadena News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Poor Old Frisco

Well might San Francisco cry out
"Unclean! unclean" as she covers her
face, for the leprosy Of shame is upon
her.-Sacramento Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Strike Record

The strike fever has gone SO far in
Sweden as to attack the farmers. That
is making a new world record.-The
Manchester Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

on all matters pertaining to advertising
ad dress Charles R Gates, advertising man
Rger.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
,aa.nnahIe Aduinn

Be uniformly courteous to the ice
man. You will not get any more ice,
but you will keep cooler, anyway
Washington Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Interesting
Footing Bills

The English peeress who is dancing
publicly on her bare feet at $500 per
night probably considers it an easy
way to foot her bills.-Galveston News
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Conservative Poem

One reason the term affinity" is
used so much in print is that the gen.
uine appellation would not look well.-
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-07
WHY TIE TARIFF Is BEING RAISED;

nsoubls lem tariff
Taft candidate
Topeka that high
and that revision with respect to these schedules should be downward
particular
this that the duty ought
platform, operating
the Republican
tariff they
schedules tariff OF
declarations Adch faith but
partisan grind Senator
Dover presented tables that the cotton schedules had
disputed
dch Lodge other But the Amer
tariff question will the political battle
question
Adrich
little short downright robbery this
the skull the American there will
millions
for this outrage when they appised of its full import
examined this what
When tariff
selling high
will Of
dividends
dividends the
Manufacturing dividends Yet those things
should II
dividend than 6s cent? of the manufacturing cities
Massachusetts Fall
mark Of