Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
LOS ANGELES NOW
A MODEL CITY
EXODUS OF RACING SPORTS A
WELCOME FEATURE
Local Merchants Making Ready for
Record Breaking Business-Show
Windows Replete with Mar
velous Displays
BY GEORGE HARRIS DoNoHUE


1t was noted without fearful regret
last evening that many of the well
known racing men who have been max
ing Los Angeles their winter headquar-
ters, were packing up their few belong
ings and were busy treking out of town.
Around the Hollenbeck, Lankershim,
Alexandria. and the Angelus, however,
there was but slight traces of an air
of gloom apparent, as it was generally
admitted that the absence of the rae
ing profession would speedily restore
an air of peace and quiet to this city,
such as it has not enjoyed for several
months
All this strikes me as more than odd,
as when l was in New York recently
the prevalent opinion among the class
of wise people who are supposed to
know quite a bit about such matters
that the moment the race track closed
in this city the greater part of the
floating population would decamp
with IT,
That such is not likely to be the case
is apparent from the way the local
tradesmen are going about the task of
displaying their salable articles in the
show windows along the principal busi-
ness thoroughfares. Yesterday after
noon there were more people on the
street than at the same hour last week,
all of which goes to demonstrate, and
in a conclusive manner at that, that
the people of this city care practically
nothing whether there isssuch thing
as a race meet held here or not.
In fact the promoters of the local
racing association are now bewailing
the lack of interest shoWered upon their
enterprise by the real home folks of
this city. They declare without reSer-
walton that had the people of Los An
geles showed even the slightest inter-
est in the furtherance of the racing
game here there would not have been
an anti-racing law passed in this state.
However, now that 1t is all over it
will be a matter of much interest to
note the exact element of depreciation,
both in the matter of population and
the weekly bank statement, as is issued
with great regularity every Saturday.
Another new feature was added to
the Hamilton pharmacy last night in
the shape of a revolving electric sign,
which claimed the attention of the pass
ers-by at Fourth and Spring streets.
The design is new one, one circle
revolving in an opposite direction to
smaller circle, the whole forming one
huge lighted transparency.
Over In the mining exchange in the
Hellman building yesterday morning !
moters whom have encountered about
town during the past week. / noticed,
however, that they were not dealing
very extensively in any of the listed
stocks, but were contenting themselves
with the utterance of supposedly sage
remarks concerning the different values
represented on the board.
Next week these same promoters will
be busy explaining to the unfortunate
victim who may be compelled to listen
just how near they came to picking up
thirty or forty thousand of such and
such stock on Saturday.
This mining proposition is certainly
great thing to keep away from.
I intended presenting list of live.
wideawake manufacturers in this col
umn today, but after some considera-
tion I determined that 1t would be just
as we'll for me to wait bit until l
discover whether after all they are as
bright and up to date as l at first
figured them to be.
In couple of days there will be-
couple things in this column which will
appeal directly to the ladies. l have
run across a little story which in its
telling will cause some CONSERVATION
and alarm to dwell in the minds of a
few people located here, who may not
exactly appreciate the story as it is
written.
Watch The Herald and catch this
story. 1t will be worth your while, par
ticularly If you are a resident of the
southwest section.
Several automobile dealers 'phoned
me yesterday in reference to my state
ment that within a short time there
would be seen on the streets of this city
not fewer than seventy-five taxicabs.
The main query was as to where re-
ceived my information.
That is one of the features of this
column I am keeping under cover That
there will be seventy-five taxicabs in
operation here within very short peri
cd there is no doubt, and my suggestion
to the worried automobile dealers is
that they get in line and follow the gen.
eral news of the day, and then per-
haps they will be able to keep up with
current events as they happen, and at
the same time get an inkling of what is
about to happen in the particular field
in which they are engaged
Harry Loomis, proprietor of the Hotel
Angelus, sprung an entirely new one on
me yesterday when he asked in all seri-
BUSINESS: Suppose the mercury in a
thermometer registered two degrees
above zero, what would it register if it
were twice as cold ?"
ways. but finally had to give it up as
somebody rushed into the hotel and told
me that my youthful assistant, Walter
S. Keller, had just slipped on a banana
peel and sprained his thumb
This afternoon I intend taking look
at the beaches around this section of
the country. At one place distin-
guished mining man has asked me to
call and look over his prospectus. Fun
ny how these promoters are anxious to
get into print, but then-they are not
getting into this column until discover
something worth while for the public
to ponder over.
That's all for today. Don't worry,
and above all don't bother about the
aqueduct.
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