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Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
THE COMING BUILDING
MATERIAL

Concrete is composed of cement,
sand and fine rock or gravel. Its
manufacture is as old as the Roman
Empire, but it is only of late years
that Portland cement has been
known; and that the wonderful COM
bination of cement and steel-re-
inforced concrete-has become an
important factor in building opera
tions, especially in supplanting struc-
tural steel. So far as the supply is
concerned and likewise the value of
concrete as building material, it's
position as a competitor of stone or
as supplement to stone in building
operations is in most instances un-
assailable, while the reinforced con-
crete beam and column have, in the
opinion of many engineers, great
advantage for certain purposes over
steel framing. The constituents of
concrete are not only unlimited in
quantity, but they are widely dis
tributed, so as to be cheaply pro-
durable in every section of the
country; and when properly made
it seems to be not only the equal,
but in many respects the superior,
of the very best building stone, ex-
cepting probably the question of ap-
pearance. Moreover, it is useful in
a score of ways where stone and
brick cannot be economically en-
ployed. Sand and rock or gravel
are, of course, present in every
State in the Union in absolutely in
exhaustible quantities, and the ma
terials for the manufacture of ce-
ment are only slightly less widely
distributed and plentiful. From
New Tests for Building Construc-
tion," by Guy Elliott Mitchell, in
American Review of Reviews for
August.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
WHY WOMEN ARE GROWING
UGLIER
Women are growing uglier and

Women are growing uglier and
cleverer.
There are two types. One is
body without soul. She is the
beautiful woman with a childlike
mind. The other is all soul without
a body, the intellectual giantess.
The most beautifully moulded
face have ever seen was owned by
an intellectual pigmy. The most
intellectual woman | ever met had
a hatchet-shaped face. To a large
extent beauty is an elastic word.
Woman, by natures design, was
beautiful in facial contour, but in
growth of her mentality she is grow
ing uglier.
Accepting the fact of the increas-
ing ugliness of women according to
old standards, and the operation of
the law of compensation in endow-
ing her with one form of attractive
ness when she loses the other, we
come to the reason why the intel
lectual woman cannot be beautiful.
The placid beauty of the babe
changes as it begins to notice things.
The lines and burrows of the face
gradually develop as the mind grows.
This continues as life and experience
goes onward, engraving the face
with lines of sorrow, mirth, the
multiplicities of human emotion,
and that which is collateral with
them, thought.
The crux of the transformation is
this: Every mental effort is the
displacement and Encouragement of
an atom of the brain, creating
greater blood circulation there, and
abstracting it from other parts of
the body. Every thought has it's
pole in the face. If the thoughts
are feeble and disconnected they
leave but little impression on the
face. If they are direct, continuous
and forceful, the poles become more
and more apparent.
Intellectual effort thus disturbs
facial contour. The brows, knitted
in thought, become contracted. In
tentness of occupation develops q
compression of the lips. The in
creased depth Of breathing induced
by greater cerebral circulation en-
larges the size of the nostrils. The
brain cells require nourishment
from the body. The fat of the
cheeks is absorbed to supply this
demand. Briefly this would epi-
tomize the local process, but as in
tellectuality is the result of heredi-
tary condition and environment, we
must look for the cause of these
changes to evolutionary tendencies.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
DRESS REFORM NEEDED

Mrs. j. Gardiner Merritt, the
sculptor, is very fond of illustrating
the need of dress reform for women
by the following experiences:
i heard young man, rather
lazy young man, tell a pretty girl
the other day that he envied woman
her idleness, that he would like to
have been born woman.
The girl, tossing her head and
snorting, answered:
You'd like to be a woman!
Oh, yes! Just try it for a day!
Fasten blanket and counterpane
round your legs; buckle a strap
round your waist so tight you can't
draw full breath or eat hearty
meal; have your hair all loose and
fluffy, so that it keeps tickling your
ears and getting into your eyes;
wear high-heeled shoes and gloves
a size too small for you; cover your
face with a veil full of spots, that
makes you squint; fix a huge hat on
with pins, so that every time the
wind blows it pulls your hair out by
the roots; and then without any
pockets, and with a three-inch
square of lace to blow your nose
with, go for a walk and enjoy your
self. You would like it?'"-Judge.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
RANGER SCHOOL AT FLAGSTAFF

A school for the instruction of
Forest Rangers will begin Septem-
ber 1st on the Coconino National
Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Each of the six districts into
which the Forest Service in the
West is divided has provided for
the instruction of rangers,
but the school to be established
by the Albuquerque Office is unique
in that it is to be located in the
forest itself. The schools in the
other districts are held at some
university and many of the courses
will be given by university instruct
ors, who conduct such work as does
not require familiarity with techni-
cal forest matters. In the school
on the Coconino, instructions will
be given entirely by officers of the
Forest Service.
While the courses in theoretical
forestry are given careful attention,
the greatest stress is put upon in
struction along practical lines, such
as surveying, estimating timber,
mapping, road and trail making,
office routine, camp practice and
packing, and the men will put into
actual practice, under field condi-
tions, the theories and principles
taught in the lectures.
The student body of this school
will be composed entirely of ran
gers from the twenty-one national
forests in the Southwest. Owing
to the pressure of work on the Ma
tional Forest, only forty rangers
can be spared this summer. These
men will be detailed in clases of
twenty each, one class during Sep
tember and one during October.
The men will have to work extreme
ly hard because of the short time
at the disposal at the school and the
wide scope of the subjects to be
covered.
The school will be under canvass,
and will serve as an illustration of
a model camp.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
DON'T BE A GUTTER

Blessed is the man who sticks to
his work, for he shall rejoice in its
accomplishment.
Blessed is the man who hangs on
to his job, for the end thereof is
full knowledge of the way the work
must be done.
Blessed is the man who puts his
whole heart into his task, for at the
end of the day his work will sing to
him.
Blessed is the man who is not
ashamed of dirt, CRIME and labor
stain, for when his work is done,
clean will be the money in his pay
envelope.
Blessed is the man who maketh
the work at his hand a stepping
stone to better things, for under the
stimulation of work well done will
come energy to rise to the higher
place.
Blessed is the man, who through
patience and industry, comes to the
end of his day, for his sleep shall
be sweet and his dreams divine.
The gutter is not SO!
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
THE GREAT GUNNISON
TUNNEL

When President Taft late this
summer opens the Gunnison tunnel,
on the western slope of the Colo
RADIO Rockies, he will mark the COM
pletion of the most spectacular pro-
ject undertaken by the Government
under the Reclamation Act.
The Uncompahgre project, as this
stupendous irrigation feat is known,
will reclaim more than 1901 acres
of land in the Uncompagre Valley,
water from the Gunnison River be-
diverted, through six mile tunnel,
under a 2,000-foot mountain, to
make the reclamation possible. The
project is fifth in Importance among
the twenty-seven irrigation works
begun by the Government under
the Reclamation Act, figuring the
number of acres to be reclaimed.
1t is third in cost, it being estimated
that the expense of constructing the
tunnel and the necessary canals will
amount to nearly $4,000,00O. 1t is
the first of the larger projects to
near completion, and it has been
visited by irrigation experts from
foreign governments, who have been
amazed at the natural difficulties
that have been overcome.
The situation that has made nee
essary the Gunnison tunnel is pecul-
lar in the extreme. For thirty
miles the Gunnison and Uncom-
pahgre rivers are parallel, separated
by low-lying mountains and high
mesas. The Gunnison is one of the
large rivers of Colorado and has a
tremendous natural flow which is
little diminished during the hot
months of summer. The river flows
through narrow valley, however,
which offers little opportunity for
the rancher, even in it's widest
vistas. Generally the Gunnison
roars and foams at the bottom of
uSSP AVShy S1iAyollo. Lie lOuSeSI
OF these is the celebrated Black
Canyon of the Gunnison, which is
traversed part way by the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad. A long
stretch of this canyon, however, has
defied the hardy engineers of the
railroad service. 1t is a narrow
gorge, whose cliffs rise perpendicu-
larly to height of 1000 feet. This
gorge is hardly 100 feet across at
the top, in places, showing how alb
ruptly it drops to the foaming river
1000 feet below. This part of the
Black Canyon has been traversed
only once, when A. l.. Fellows and
a party of Government hydrograph-
ers and topographers risked their
lives by making the survey of the
Uncompahgre irrigation project.
From Watering the Uncompahgre
Valley, by Arthur Chapman, in the
American Review of Reviews for
August.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
ALFALFA FLOUR

The millers of the Gila Valley are
constantly complaining that the
farmers do not plant wheat enough to
keep their mills going. These COM
plants will now cease, for the rea-
son that alfalfa can now be made
into flour, and as great crops of al
falfa are raised every year, the
mills will be kept busy, day and
night, grinding alfalfa into -four
that makes a most palatable and
nutritious bread.
The following article may prove
interesting to the up-to-date Gila
Valley miller, who will no doubt
take advantage of the experiments
now being made in the new pro-
duct from alfalfa, and keep his mill
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

rolling the sheets into the form of a
cigar
Paper bottles and grain bags are
made in Philadelphia. A recent in
vention is the paper horseshoe
which, according to the inventor,
is more durable as well as lighter
than the iron shoe and eliminates
all danger of injury to the hoof as
it is attached, not by nails, but by
cement. Scientific American.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

Two hundred women employees
in a New York shirt waist factory
went on strike the other day, be-
cause the management posted a no.
tice prohibiting the women the ex-
ercise of their tongue. Serves the
management right. The idea Try
ing to prevent the women from
talking? How ridiculous.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
The woman of the future will

The woman of the future will
have thinner lips, the lips that have
descended to her through line of
ancestors addicted to concentration.
Her eyes will be deeper set, but
they will still be beautiful, because
intelligence will give them a greater
rejecting power. The brow will be
broader and fuller. The cheeks
will be thinner, but not paler, for
the intellectual woman will know
the necessity of regular and suf-
ficient exercise. Carlton Simon, M.
D., in the Los Angeles Examiner.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
WHAT Is BEST FOR INDIGESTION

Mr.. A. Robinson, of Drumquin,
Ontario, has been troubled for years
with indigestion, and recommends
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets as the best medicine ever
used" If troubled with indigestion
or constipation give them trial.
They are sure to prove beneficial.
They are easy to take and pleasant
in effect. Price, Is cents. Samples
free at the Stafford Drug Co. S store.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13
AUGUST 10. 1909.
R0cKEFELLER's PROTEST

following protest against the in
come tax to the press of the coun-
try:
When man has accumulated a
sum of money within the law, that
is to say, in a legally honest way,
the people no longer have any right
to share in the earnings resulting
from that accumulation. The man
has respected the law in accumula-
ting the money. Ex-post-facto laws
should not apply to property rights.
Mans right to undivided ownership
of his property, in whatever form,
can not be denied him by any pro-
cess short of confiscation.
Mr.. Rockefeller's idea of accumu-
lating money in a legally honest
way" are well known throughout
the country. Crushing all competi-
ton by the most despicable and un-
lawful methods, he has acquired a
fortune so immense that no man,
even if he lived for a thousand
years, would be able to obtain such
wealth by honest methods.
The legally honest ways" of
Rockefeller and the Standard Oil
Company are the ways of the crook
and the old-time pirate, who, when
caught, was hanged to the yard
arm. The prostitution of our courts
were only a part of the great plan
of this modern pirate, and even
when prosecution was successful
against this octupus of lawbreakers,
the common people, who had to use
its products, paid the fine. Witness
the conviction and fine in the Texas
court of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co.,
part of the Standard Oil Co., the
price of oil went up.
In the $29, 900, 900 fine levied by
Judge Landis, which was never paid
by the Standard Oil Co., the fine
was easily collected by raise in
the price of its products, and not
having to pay this fine, the money
was put into the treasury and divid-
ed up into dividends, no doubt, for
the Rockefellers and his associates
in modern piracy.
A few days ago Rockefeller re-
ceived as birthday gift from the
Standard Oil Co. a paltry $2,400, 900
as his dividend. At the same meet
ing the price of crude petroleum
was raised one cent per gallon.
Such are the legally honest ways"
of accumulating wealth adapted by
Rockefeller and his associates.
1t is plain that the income tax is
disagreeable to Rockefeller, for he
realizes that by its enforcement he
would have to give up some of his
stolen wealth, and Notwithstanding |
the fact that he can easily raise the |
amount of the tax on his income |
for the passing year by the legally
honest Rockefeller way" of raising
the price on oil, the time would
come when this feat of piracy would
be impossible.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

The latest test to find out if you
are nervous is to close your eyes
tight, stiffen your index finger, then
jab the end of your nose. Try it.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

Every girl who can play the piano
at all, can play a bar or two of
wedding march.
In our particular section of coun-
try, we have good crops, good prices
and good people,
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

We always avoid the man OF
whom it is said, He must have his
little joke" We become so tired
of jokes.
In every neighborhood there is a
man who, when he has his back
turned, is referred to as Old Tight
Wad.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13

Now that good flour can be made
from alfalfa, it is expected that the
price of wheat -four will come down.
Graham guardian., 1909-08-13


The Joe Corder alfalfa
ranch. consisting of III
acres. all under cultivation.
Good water rights. Will be
sold at a bargain. Part cash,
balance on long time at 8 per
cent.
The Z. c. Prina ranch, 100
acres, all under cultivation.
Plenty of water for irrigation.
Terms, SISo per acre: part
cash. balance at 8 per cent.
Fine 45-acre alfalfa ranch.
Two shares of San Jose
water. Price, $1,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14

Santa Ana
20 acres good land two blocks from electric
car line; plenty water; $50 per acres Ia
cash, balance per cent Los Angeles Real
Estate ana Home Seekers Co., 21s o. T.
johnson bldg.
Southern California
>1sO acres alfalfa land, 200 inches water s.
room house, barn: SIPS per acre. E. A. Nor
gan, 2O6 Delta bldg. F2511.
Tulare Co..
Alfalfa land miles from Tulare; pumping
plants Emil Firth, s1s w. Fourth st. Aslo5,
Main 2543.
TuG Co..
40 acres good rich level land. 40 shares of
water; $4,000. C. NJ. Wooster Co., 293 w. Sec
ond st. AS1OS; Bdway. 1885,
Upland
20 acres orange land 20 shares San An
tonic water stock, center best orange dis
trict $4,000. w. ]. Bodenhamer, Upland
Upland
10 acres fine orange land with water
u mile from packing houses; $4,000. We
have other orange lands with and without
water. w. J. Bodenhamer, Upland.
Venice Short Line
10 or l5 acres at $3.50 per acre. [.
Allen, 2S Zephyr ave. Venice
Whittier, near
10 acres first class soil; 10 shares water;
S270O; 4 cash. c. NJ. Wooster Co.. 22S w.
Second st. As1O9; Bdway. 1885
Whittier, near
20 acres, leveed and ready to seed to al
falfa: 20 shares water; s2S5 per acre. C. NJ.
Wooster Co., s2S w. Second st. AS10s Bdway.
1885.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
4 OS ANGELES
l. LOTS


Alexandria ST. and Second
6Ox12o lot; $115o. Lawrence b. Burck Co..
1888 S. Hill st.
Arapahoe st. and Tenth
7O-ft front lot; $500. Arthur w Kinney
Co., Merchants Trust bldg. A9242 Main 1898.
5oxis0 lot; s14OO. Lawrence B. Rurck Co..
s33 S. Hill st.
Ardmore ave. and 4th st.
50x160 lot; $500. The Lawrence b. Burck
Co., 333 s. Hill st.
Ardmore ave. near Sixth ST.
75x150 lot; s5000 Victor @. Kleinberger Co.,
302 H. w. Hellman bldg. A45S9; Main 2669.
Ardmore ave. near Fifth st.
75x150 lot; $4,000. Joseph Reed Co.,
222-23 Security bldg, F10S7, Bdwy. 1897.
Ardmore ave. near Fourth
5ox150 lot; $1,000. Joseph Reed--Co.,
222-23 Security bldg, F10s7 Bdwy. 1907.
Ardmare ave. near Sixth St.
75x15o lott $500. Joseph Reed Co..
222-2s Security bldg. Flos7 Bdwy. 1907.
loxis5 lot; $1,000. F. G. weik Co.. H.
w. Heman bldg
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14

Porter st. near Ninth and Santa Fe-
360x140 lot Salt Lake trackage; $4,000; $1,000
cash, bal. I per cent interest net. Erken-
brecher Syndicate, Ltd, 122 w. Sixth ST.
Southeast
S7xlf5, Improvements worth $7oOo; good IN
come; s p traekage; 10000; $1,000 down;
terms. Leusehner & Co, S26 s. Spring st,
Southwest
fine income per MONTH $32, 600. Geo. A. Cor
teyou Co, 52i Bradbury bldg.
Southwest
2-story block, income SlS5 per month; sl7,-
SEQ Geo. A. Cortelyou Co., 524 Bradbury bldg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
I OS ANGELES
IL APARTMENT HOUSES

40-room apt house, $3.50 per month
rooms H. Jerome Toy & Co., 407S
Chamber OF Commerce bldg.
Flower St.
1OO-room apt. house, corner low rental.
H. Jerome Toy Co, 407-S Chamber of
Commerce bldg
Hill St
15O-room apt. house. outside rooms. H.
Jerome Toy & Co, 4O7-S Chamber of
Commerce bldg.
South Hope St.
45-room apts.. brick, $3.50 per month
rooms H. Jerome Toy & Co, 407-S
Chamber of Commerce bldg
South Spring st.
5O-room apt. house, clear 5000 per
month; $4,000. Decker. 452iA S. Bdwy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14

Pasadena, South Wilson ave.
6-room modern bungalow 60xi4 lot well
improved close to Throop Polytechnic In
stitute new grounds. east front; ss600 part
cash; a bargain Don Furgeson, 81 North
Raymond ave-, Pasadena, Cal.
Pasadena, I block west of Hotel Raymond
7-room cottage. conveniently arranged, COX
150 lot, west of Avoca ave-. block to Los
Angeles car line: $4,000. Don Furgeson, 81
North Raymond ave-, Pasadena, Cal.
Pasadena, 500 North Raymond ave-
S-room, 2-story, new, modern bungalow
all conveniences garage for two autos, good
lot. well improved; $500. Don Furgeson, 81
North Raymond ave-, Pasadena, CAL
Santa Ana
az acres in city limits, 5-room house. barn.
water stocked, covered with fruit trees, a
splendid little home: $780, Exchange Realty
Co. 316 E. 4th ST., Santa Ana, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
LEMON GROVES

Corona
acres lemons 12-year-old trees close
IN; s6500; hest bargain in Corona. Daniel
Lord, Corona
Corona
acres lemons. 1o-year-old trees. yield
ing big crops, good water right, fine loca
ton; s5Oo3. Daniel Lord. Corona.
Ell Cajon Valley
az acres. 20 acres in lemons. acres
plowed ground, 9A hillside tillable land.
900 gal reservoir, orchard piped
throughout, 9-room house, large barn and
outbuidings, acetyline gas plant complete
set wagon and implements; $4,000; X
J. Widney, 5000 Lankershim bldg, MAIN
$500.
Ell Cajon Valley
40 acres, Is acres lemons, 10 acres or
anges l acre assorted deciduous fruits,
10 acres grain land, 4 acres unimproved'
ample water 5-room house. horses,
wagon, picking boxes and all implements
needed for running the place; sl5,ooo.
r. j. Widney, 50o-3 Lankershim bldg,
Main $500
Ontario
10 acres full bearing lemon grove; $4,000
5-acre full bearing lemon grove; $1,000. Terms
on both. Extra good buys. Ontario Realty
Co.. Ontario Cal.
Orange
acres lemons, income $1,000 to $500;
$500. S. NJ. Craddick, Orange.
Otay. National ave-
12h acres, 10 bearing lemons. other 21a
would make fine building site. good
ping station, II. p. engine; $500. r.
\ J. Widney, 5OO-S Lankershim bldg, Main
$500.
Suburban-
SIk acres. set in lemons; full bearing; 10
miles from Los Angeles; s-room modern
house; income $4,000; terms. Los Angeles Real
Estate and Home Seekers Co., 2l9 o. T.
Johnson bldg.
Rialto--
1O-acre lemon orchard 1880 trees, dou-
BILE cement fumes, yield 600 boxes per
month; $S000 clear. Hagerty & Hempel,
314 H. W. Hellman bldg.
San Diego, near
1O-acre lemon grove, * in lemons, bal.
in oranges and assorted fruits; $4,000.
r. j. Widney, 5OO-3 Lankershim bldg,
Main $500.
71h to s-acre 17-year-old lemon grove,
plenty water; $4,000. Terms IL desired
Walter E. Brown. 527 Bradbury bldg,
ASCOT, Main 1902.
Upland
10 acres lemons In fun bearing; 100000
W. ]. Bodenhamer. Upland.
Whittier
5 acres Eureka lemons one year old, Groom
new bungalow near foothills overlooking city
and valley one of the finest locations in
Whittier $s50O, good terms. s. w. Barton