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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
CUPID HAS HANDS FULL
IN CITY OF PASADENA
Two Weddings viii Be Solemnlzed at
Crown City Today and One Was
Held Friday Evening

PASADENA, Aug. Two weddings
are set to be solemnized in this city
tomorrow. Miss Alpha NJ Parret,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. B. Par
ret of 100 Summit avenue, will become
the bride of Asa f.. Barnes at the
home of the brides parents, the cere-
mony being set for 2 o'clock in the af-
ternoon
The other wedding will take place in
the evening at the home of Mr.. and
their daughter. Miss Velma, will be-
come the bride of Clay Johnson of
Olinda.
A church wedding of last evening was
that of Miss Hara Williams, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Williams to Ray
mond G. Thompson. The service was
in the Lincoln Avenue Methodist
church. with the Rev. DR.. Lamport, a
former pastor of the church, assisted
by the Rev. F. d. Mather, officiating.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
HANDSOME CHURCH
DEDICATED TODAY
METHODIST EPISCOPAL EDI-
FlCE COMPLETE
Bishop Edwin n. Hughes to Make
Principal Address of Ceremony.
Big Chorus to Furnish Mu-
sicaI Selections
Especial 10 The Herald. ]

LONG BEACH, Aug. THE new
Methodist Episcopal church, at Fifth
street and Pacific avenue, which has
Just been completed at a cost of more
than 100000, will be dedicated to-
morrow morning. The program will
begin at 10:45 o'clock. The address of
the day will be delivered by Bishop
Edwin II. Hughes. After an organ pre-
lude by Miss Theta Mae Lynn, Sc
lection will be given by sixty voices,
under the direction of Rev. J. w. Pat
terson. DIR. A. w. Atkinson, district
superintendent, will lead in prayer and
the chorus will render the Hallelujah
chorus from "The Messiah" Responsive
readings will be followed by the ad-
dresses of Bishop Hughes and the
building will be presented by the trus-
tees.
Elaborate floral decorations have been
prepared and the pulpit will be draped
with a large flag, presented to the
church by the Woman's Relief corps.
The new church is one of the hand
soonest on the coast and contains a
very large auditorium The building
covers a lot $50 feet square, which was
purchased three years ago for 1000
The structure is built of granite-faced
stone, and contains fifty rooms, which
will be used as Sunday school rooms
and class rooms. The floors are car
peted with handsome green velvet Will
tons.
There are several handsome art win
dows In the church. among the most
beautiful being the one which depicts
Christ in the Temple" The mural
decoration is all in cream and tan. The
pipe organ used in the old church has
been remodeled and enlarged and in
stalled in the new church.
Norman e. Marsh of Los Angeles was
the designing architect and has super
vised the construction. while Crandall
and Scott had the principal building
contract
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
EST News from NeighbOrit1g Cities

intendent of the Christian Bndeavor
mission, with A. V. Culver as his hrst
assistant.
Bishop Edwin F.Hughes of San Fran
cisco is visiting his brother, the Rev.
Matt S. Hughes of the First Methodist
church of this city. He will be given
a reception at the picnic at Long Beach
next week.
Many Pasadenans today attended the
Catholic picnic at Long Beach, six cars
being required to carry them. Father
Reardon accompanied his parishioners.
The Esperanza team will play the
Highland Park team on the grounds
of that team tomorrow afternoon.
Harry Henderson, state student
secretary of the Y. M. c. A. will de-
liver on open air address in Library
park at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow after
noon, taking as his topic, Success
and Failure"
George Woodbury. of East Pasadena,
who was seriously injured Thursday by
a blow from the handle of a well
windlass, Is reported as greatly i'm
proved.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
COLONY OF TRAMPS
ESTABLISH CITY IN
VICINITY OF DESERT

! SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. T. =
= Constable Johnson arrived this !.
! morning from Barstow, bringing i
= news of town which has sudden \
! ly sprung up between Barstow and !.
= Daggett, a colony of some fifty !.
= hobos having taken up their !.
i abode along the railroad track and !.
! appear to be conducting affairs !.
y much after the methods of a 4
! municipality. Surrounding towns !.
! are feeling the effect of the !.
i tramp town presence and the Of :.
j. ficers are planning a general raid X
j on the new colony. 4
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
AGED WOMAN is SEVERELY
HURT BY FALL DOWN STEPS
Mrs. n. M. Loud of Los Angeles Suf-
fers Sprain of Right Arm and
Severe Bruises

LONG BEACH, Aug. Mrs. II. M.
Loud of Los Angeles, who is nearly 70
years old, suffered a severe sprain of
the right arm and a cut and bruise
above the right eye, last night, when
she fell down the long fight of steps
which lead from the auditorium down
to the foot of Pine avenue.
Mrs. Loud had just come from the
auditorium and was walking around it.
Being unfamiliar with the place, she
did not notice the steps and walked off
into space She fell face forward and
rolled over and over, almost the entire
length. The cut was caused by the
breaking of her glasses. She was as
sisted TO the Long Beach drug store,
where DR.. ]. w. Wood attended her.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
GIRL KILLS DEER AND
MONSTER RATTLESNAKE
Young Woman Stays Reptile with
Nineteen Rattles and Seven
Feet in Length

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. Miss
Myrtle Shay of this city shot and
killed deer in Bear Valley yester-
day. and a few moments later slew an
immense rattlesnake. which has nine
teen rattles and measured seven feet
in length. The reptile caps the record
in length, being the longest rattler ever
seen in this locality, and, in fact, the
books fail to tell of longer snake
of the species captured anywhere.
The young girl was returning to
camp with Mrs. Al McRae, when a
deer came bounding down hill, pur-
sued by several Ontario men. Miss
Shay quickly raised her rifle and firing,
shot the deer through the brain. Within
few feet of where it fell she en-
countered the snake, which coiled for
a spring, when she shot its head off.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Woman Gives Fire Test

LONG BEACH, Aug. Am audience
which filled the sun parlor to its ca
pacity last night listened to the tests
given by John Slater, who occupied the
entire evening.
Tonight Mrs. Mary Suydam Green
gave her fire test demonstration by
bathing her unprotected hands and face
in fire. Tomorrow's program will in
clude an address in the forenoon by
Mrs. Lucy Beckham Stevens. an ad-
dress by DIR. M. A. Schultz in the after
noon on his work among children, an
address by Mrs. Schultz, messages by
John Slater and a lecture at night by
George H. Brooks, with more of the
Slater tests.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
EXTRAORDINARILY LOW TAX
RATE APPROVED BY COUNCIL
Levy Will Be Seventy-one Cents on
the Hundred Dollar Vaiu-
alton

LONG BEACH. Aug. THE city
council today approved an expense
budget for next year Of 1892, ,602.9O. The
council provided a scent levy for i'm
provements in new territory which may
be annexed; granted the petition OF
taxpayers to set aside one mill on the
dollar for an advertising and amuse-
ment fund, and thus brought the tax
levy to II cents on the $100 valuation
For ordinary expenses the assessment
would have been but 65 cents.
The new rate will be extraordinarily
low and it causes general satisfaction
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Garden Hose Prevents Serious Fire

PASADENA, Aug. Fire, the origin
of which is unknown, this afternoon
threatened to destroy several barns
and sheds in the rear of 100-10S South
Catalina avenue, and only the presence
and prompt action of 4. w Lawson
prevented a serious fire. When the
alarm was spread through the neigh
borhood he seized a garden hose at
tached to an outside faucet and from
the roof of the shed on his property
kept the fire from doing much damage
before the arrival of the department
The blaze was then speedily extin-
guished. The burned shed was the
property of L. p. Larson.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
GERMAN AnVENTISTS BEGIN
THEIR ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT I

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. THE fifty
ninth annual camp meeting of German
Seventh Day Adventsts of Southern
California began today near Santa
Monica and western avenues. 1t is
estimated that $50 persons occupy the
450 tents on the ground. Nearly 1000
persons attended today's meetings.
An all-day temperance rally will be
the feature of tomorrow's encampment.
Prominent temperance advocates will
make addresses.
The camp meeting will continue a
week. and 1t is planned to have some
thing doing every hour of each day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
MEMBERS OF H0LLENBECK
HOME ARE GIVEN OUTING

PLAYA DEL REY, Aug. About
seventy-five members of the Hollen-
beck Old Peoples home were the guests
of Manager Pierce of the Balloon Route
excursions, at an outing here today.
The aged persons certainly enjoyed the
day to the best advantage, camping
on the beach and inhaling great drafts
of fresh sea air, sleeping on the sand
or digging in it like children.
At noon the party sat down to q
dinner in the pavilion and over the
delicious repast discussed the kindness
of the host. His praises were on every
tongue and some of the gentle old
souls cried softly to themselves in
their enjoyment.
At o'clock the members of the party
embarked for Los Angeles in special
train, tired from their unwonted dis
sipation, but every face shone with
peaceful satisfaction.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
LONG BEACH ITEMS

LONG BEACH. Aug, 7.--The board
of health, acting under authority from
the council. has appointed j. P. Carlin
sanitary inspector for one month. He
will begin work Monday. The police
commission will be asked to grant spe-
cial police powers to the new inspector
Because a boy standing on street
corner looked hungry, he was ques-
toned by the police and found to be
Robert Colvin of Santa Ana, a runaway
for whom the police have been search
ing since last Sunday. A deputy sher-
iff came over from Orange county and
took the boy home.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
WOULD CHANGE NAME OF
OCEAN PARK TO VENICE

VENICE, Aug. IA petition is being
circulated among the voters of Ocean
Park and Venice asking that an cleo
tion be called to learn the will of the
voters regarding the changing of the
name of the city of Ocean Park to that
of Venice.
The petition reads in part as follows:
1--WE the undersigned duly qualified
electors of the city of Ocean Park here
by request that the name of the city
of Ocean Park be changed to the city
of Venice and hereby petition your
honorable board to call an election as
provided by law for the purpose of sub
mitting to the electors of the said city
of Ocean Park the question as to
whether the name shall be changed as
has been requested"
A large number of signatures have
already been appended to the instru-
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Assessment Increases

REDONDO BEACH, Aug. THE to-
tai valuation of personal and real prop
erty, together with the improvements
of the latter as compiled by city Clerk
Vreller, show an increase of $154,000
over last year.
The amounts are as follows: Real
estate, S1,444, $50; improvements, $3.50,
POI: personal property, $451,3 1853; fran
chises. $13,500. making grand total of
$2.460.074. Personal taxes to the amount
of $1,000 have been collected and the
city clerk is authority for the state
ment that this is the record amount
for this city.
The city council will begin their ses-
sions as a board of equalization Mon
day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
OCEAN PARK
tA Pier ave.
Home 4ol5 sunset 1891.
SANTA MONICA GWEN
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
from Senator Frank p. Flint
in Washington

SANTA MONICA, Aug. AFTER
years of partisan contest and con-
tinued discussion, as well as an enor-
nous amount of work. the order has
finally been given for free mail de-
livery in this city.
A telegram was received today from
Senator Flint, which read as follows:
Washington, d. c., Aug. T.
Fl. y. Goetz, President Board of Trade,
Santa Monica, CAL:
The order for free delivery for Santa
Monica will be made today.
FRANK p. FLINT.
AS all of the preliminary arrange
ments for the service have been made,
it is expected it will be in operation
within the next ten days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
NAV Build Polytechnic

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. THE matter
of building polytechnic school came
up for a short discussion at the meet
ing of the trustee board of the Holly
wood union high school this afternoon.
No definite action was taken, but at
the September meeting, it is expected,
the plans for it will be formulated.
In order to gather data as to the ma
ture of the buildings to be erected a
committee has been appointed to visit
other cities to gather ideas. This COM
mittee will report it's findings at the
September meeting.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
SANTA ANA
Office 315 N. sycamOTp,
9ome Phone 315.
ASK Letters Of ADMINISTRATOR

SANTA ANA, Aug. 7.-Petition for
letters of administration in the estate
of William B. Lockett was filed TINS
morning by a son, j. B. Lockett of I'm
perial. The estate is valued at $4600O,
of which $4,000 is in bank stock, $26,oO0
in secured and unsecured notes, $3.50
in mining stock and the remainder is
represented by an automobile and
household furniture.
Petition for letters of administration
in the estate of William Billlngsley was
filed today by Ray Billingsley. The es-
tate is value at $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
To Preach to Baptists

LONG BEACH, Aug. 7-Dr. Arthur
S. Phelps of Los Angeles will preach
tomorrow morning and evening at the
Baptist church. The summer school
for mission work, one of the depart
ments of the Baptist assembly which
has been in progress for two weeks,
closed this morning.
Next Monday morning a union Sun
day school institute will be begun, to
continue three days. j. II. Deere, r.
w. Thornton, Albert Hatcher Smith
and others will participate in the pro-
gram. DR.. A. c. Dixon of Chicago
gave his last address before the as
semblY this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
SAND STORM SWEEPS
DEATH VALLEY REGION
BELIEVED GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
OCCURRED
Towns Miles Away from Scene oi
Disturbance Experience Rain of
Dust-Lightning Accom-
panies High Wind
Isneclal to The Herald. ]

SAN BERNARDfNO, Aug. RE
ports received from the desert describe
d furious sand storm with severe cleo
trical disturbances which swept the
Death Valley region Friday. 1t is be-
lieved at BarstOw that loss of life and
much damage to property has resulted.
Pioneer mining men who saw the
storm from a distance declare it sur
passed in violence anything they had
known before.
All day the sky over the valley was
overcast with sand clouds, the wind
taking the sand in immense quantities
to a great height.
During the afternoon desert towns
miles removed from the scene of dis
turbance experienced the unusual ex-
perience of rain of sand.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Fruit Concern Incorporates

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. ARTICLES
of Incorporation were filed with the
county clerk today for the Highland
Protective Fruit association, a new
fruit packing company, organized by
Highland orange growers,a who have
bought the Cleghorn paving house.
The company is incorporated for $4,000,
of which $1140 has been subscribed by
T. j. S. Clapp. r. E. Sing, E. A. ".
Vahey, C. B. Monaghan. L. Parker L..
P. Hid, C. Larsen and e. MacGowan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Fail to Secure Quorum

SANTA ANA, Aug. 1.-THE ad-
iourned meeting of stockholders of the
Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company
set for today at Orange failed to secure
a quorum, and in consequence ad-
iourned sine die without taking up
officially the question of increasing the
company's capital stock. There were
1917 80 shares of stock represented, and
it takes S67390 to constitute quorum
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
To Pave c Street

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. Prop
erty owners residing along G street met
last night with Mayor S. w. McNabb
and the city council to discuss ways
and means of financing the scheme to
pave their street, the decision being to
raise the funds by a bond issue, which
will amount to a lien against the 'front.'
ing property. Each lot will be covered
by a separate bond, making it possi-
BILE for the owner to pay off the in
debtedness when able.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
SANTA MONICA
Cor Oregon ave. snd Third street
Home phoas l17s.
To cremate swifte,s Body

OCEAN PARK, Aug. 1.-The body
of Charles B. Swifte, who died OF
heart disease in the surf at Venice
Wednesday, is to be cremated at the
Los Angeles crematory, by order of his
father a magistrate of Ireland, who is
now in Hamburg, Germany, where he
expected to be Joined by his son at an
early date
e. H. De Manual of San Francisco
cousin of the dead man, arrived here
today and took charge Of the body,
acting for the Swifte family. The
aches will repose in Rosedale until
final instructions are received regard
ing their disposal
Swifte was 27 years of age and a
graduate of Trinity college of Dublin
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Two Wildcats Killed

REDLANDS, Aug. I'll. o. Duniway
returned today from hunting
trip to Mill Creek canyon and reports
the killing of two wildcats, one of
which, he says. is the largest killed
in the local mountains in many years.
He first wounded a small cat and fol-
lowed it to it's den under the water
flume on the mountain side. there
killing it. The mother cat became
enraged and when Duniway wounded
her she charged upon him and was In
the act of leaping when he shot and
killed her a few feet away. He brought
the skins to the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Horse and Huaqy Abandoned

during last night an unidentified man
drove horse attached to buggy up
to a haystack on the premises of ]. II.
Orcutt of Garden Grove, and this
morning departed on foot, leaving the
horse tied at the stack. The animal is
a small mouse -colored mare and the
buggy is well-worn top buggy. 1t
is believed the rig was stolen.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Fishing in San Gabriel Poor

PASADENA, Aug. Trout fishing
is poor even in the opper reaches of
the San Gabriel, according to fisher
men from this city who returned to-
day. Charles S. Gilbert of Altadena,
who made a trip through the arroyo,
around Mount Washburn and Pine
Flats and came out by way of the
San Gabriel, says he could raise moth
Ing but small fish throughout the en-
tire trip and that these were hard to
tvaf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Long Trip by WAGON

RBDLANDS, Aug. 7.--John Harris
and Leslie Mahor. two high school
boys, have returned from a 1250-mile
trip by wagon and mules that required
eight weeks. They went through the
Mojave desert and past Owens lake,
thence to Carson, Lake Tahoe. Yosemite
and then to Bakersfield, where they
left the wagon to return home, Paul
Edwards, their companion, coming
home in it in few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
Charmed with Murder

SANTA ANA, Aug. Information
was filed today in the superior court
charging Valentine Zuniga with MUIR
der. and August 26 was set as the date
to answer
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

The committee in charge of the out
ing were Reynold +. Blight. minister;
Edwin NJ. Williams, Charles Kabiscour
Walker Schneider, Samuel ]. Dickson,
Vera Hileman and Beth Cist.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
RIVERSIDE NEWS

RIVERSIDE. Aug. flames Porter
and Andrew Silvas, jr.. the two delin-
uuent boys who were arrested recently
on charge of burglary, were brought
before the juvenile court this morning
and committed to probation by Judge
Oster of San Bernardino. The boys are
aged IA and Is respectively. and We're
held on the charge of stealing revol-
vers and ammunition from stores at
Casa Blanca.
DR.. G. F. Holt. pastor of the First
Baptist church, was rendered recep-
tion last evening in honor of his return
from six weeks vacation trip to Alas
ka and other northern points.
The bank clearings for the week end
ing today footed up to $292,S54.
It's as easy to secure a bargain in a used
automobile, through want advertising as it
used to be-and still is-to secure horse
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
PASADENA

Circulation Dept.-Home 26Sb. Sunset 27tc.
Correspondent. las s. Los Rohles Ave.
Day-Both Phones 90. Night-Home 1858
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

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"A PLACE OF REFUGE.
Behind the Barrieade of the Atlantic is
America. Saws Prof. Wheeler.

Berlin, Nov 26.--P Prof Benjamin tle
Wheeler, president Of the university Of
California, was the chief speaker at tie
Thanksgiving banquet here last evening
He restated the Monroe Doctrine huss
"America began her career as place
Of refuge behind the barricade Of tie
Atlantic and such it remains. MAY it
ever remain in wider sense Of that
well affirmed American doctrine by which
communities west OF the Atlantic shall
develop their own fate in freedom from
arbitrary ruling 81 conditions east Of
the Atlantic Liberty is freedom from
the arbitrary and the foreign and we
ask that for communities Of states as
well as for individuals.
Prof. Wheeler added that the world
lad not yet recognized, as it eventually
would, how the mixtures Of races and
creeds in America must yield guar
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peace between the disordered elements
ia Europe Americas early history
Was determined BY It's position On tile
Atlantic. Its future would be deter
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The hanquetters generally took this
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