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The Washington herald., 1909-01-31
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From the ArE1rs1t.
At one time there were two members
Of the House Of Commons named Mon
tagu Matthew and Matthew NontRgu:
the former a tail. handsome man, and
the latter a little man. During a session
Of Parliament. the speaker. having ad-
dressed tie latter as the former Mon
tsgu Matthew observed that ii was
strange he should make such a mistake
as there was as great a difference be
tween them as between a horsschestnut
an g chesnut horse.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-31
Advertlsing TINT Paid
ON the Dothan tAia.l Eagle.

EIom lne DOinan tlAla.f EaSlf.
We have been arguing FOR a long time
that advertising paid Here a few months
ago one OF the boys in the Office lost a
pen, necklace. loclxet, or It might have
beer a diamond stud. Anyway ne in
serted an ad in this paper and let It Tun
several times. snd here the other day.
during the Christmas clearing up, he
found il In the Office.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

When the canal vas finished Il fur
nished an easy and cheap mode Of trans
Dortation to market in Richmond and
Lynchburg. taking the crops of the far
mers from barns built on its banks into
freight boats When a farmer desired
10 ship twenty or thirty hogsheads OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

WANTED : LADIES', GENTS CLOTHING.
HIGH PRICES. $40 8. SPRING. MAIN 1887;
T6es6 6-25-6mo
JAMES r. ROGERS, EX- EXAMINER u. s.
patent office Patents. 423 BYRNE BLDG.
Los Angeles Cal S-2l-tt
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
3tockhoIders Meet

POMONA, Sept. 6.-The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Indian
Hill citrus association occurred yester-
day at the association packing house at
North Pomana about $50 members be-
ing present. The annual repo-t of Man
ager w. H. Schureman showed a sue
cessful seasons business, nearly 700
carloads of oranges having been
shipped.
The officers and directors elected were
as follows: e. G. Robinson, president;
w. A. Fox. vice president; w. H.
Schureman. secretary and anagers;
A. T. Currler, treasurer; D. c. Crook
shank, r. f. Lasher, Chauncey S. Shell
don and l. F. Wire. At the annual
meeting of the San Dimas Orange
Growers association the managers an
nual report showed total of $50 cars
Of oranges shipped during the. season, a
sixth more carloads than the previous
year. d. c. league was elected presi-
dent; w A. Johnstone, vice president;
7. B. Landon, secretary: ]. P. Roberts,
treasurer; James Drumm, manager.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
THOUSAND DOLLAR BULL
DOG IS DEAD OF POISON
Valuable Canine Owned by Woman IN
Sanitarium Falls Victim to
Dose of Strychnne

PASADENA, Sept. 4.-Latest OF the
dog poisoning cases in which the ofh-
GERS of the Pasadena Humane society
are engaging themselves was the Kill
ing last night by a dose of strychn1ne
placed in a piece of meat of the $lOoV
bulldog which was the property of Mrs.
N. P. Lee, the Pasadena woman re-
Gently ordered placed in private sanl-
tarium by the Los Angeles courts after
an examination into her sanity.
The dog, a registered animal, was
allowed to roam the premises of Mrs.
Lees mother at 260 Bellefointaine
street, and this morning was found
dead near the front door, to which IL
had apparently crawled after taking
the poison offered it.
The officers of the Humane society
have so far been unable to learn
whether this poisoning of dogs in the
city is the work of a burglar seeking
admission to the guarded houses or OF
a fiend similar to the one whose work
a year ago rid the city of so many OF
its prize dogs and tabbies.
At that time an effort was apparently
made to poison every dog and cat Of
value in the city, and so lavishly was
the strychnine distributed that even
children were found playing with the
poisoned sausage cast on front door
steps and into the yards.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
BELIEVES BOTH COOK
AND PEARY SUCCEEDED
IN GETTING TO POLE

LAWRENCE, Kans., Sept. 6.-Prof.
Lewis Lindsay Dyche of the University
of Kansas declared today there was
no reason to doubt that either Cook
or Peary reached the north pole. He
has travelled with each of these men
in the Arctic regions.
He was with DR.. Cook in 1894 and
has a close personal acquaintance with
the discoverer. The vessel on which
they sailed penetrated far up the
Greenland coast but was twice caught
in the ice and damaged so badly that
the explorers were forced to land.
These and other accidents prevented
extensive exploration schemes being
carried out.
1t was year later that Prof Dyche
was sent by the American museum of
natural history of New York to make
a collection of wild game and to find
Peary's party. The mere fact that
Peary found no trace of Dr. Cook is
not evidence of a fake on the part of
either, according to Prof. Dyche, who
says the ice drift of mile a day
would account for it
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
SAYS HARTMAN
NOT IMPROVED
DOCTOR CLAIMS RAILWAY MAG
NATE SUFFERED RELAPSE
TRAINED NURSE is SUMMONED
TO ATTEND PATIENT
Transportation King Is Believed to Be
in Serious Condition, and Two
Fetes at Summer Home
Are Postponed
rBv Associated Press. !

ARDEN, N. Y, Sept. &c. H. Harri-
man is not as we'll as he was a week
ago, the day his personal reinsurance
led the newspapers of the country to
abandon the watch maintained for four
anxious days about the home at Tower
Hill. DIR. w. G. Lyle, Mr.. Harriman's
physician, tonight gave out the follow
ing bulletin:
"Mr. Hartman has suffered a re-
lapse. He had a sharp attack of in
digestion Sunday, but rested comfort
ably today. We hope for the best"
DIR. Lyle appeared anxious that Har-
riman's condition should not be ex-
aggerated The physician was besieged
with telephone inquiries following a
day of rumors which apparently had
started in New York and disturbed
Wall street.
Two incidents at Arden seemed to
indicate Mr.. Harriman's condition
again is believed to be serious. A
trained nurse was hastily summoned
A second incident was the sudden post
ponement of lawn picnic arranged by
Mr.. Harrimans daughters for the chill
dred of the Episcopal church here to-
day.
DR.. Lyle admitted a trained nurse
had been brought from New York.
"But this incident should not be ex-
aggerated," he insisted. "It is only
natural that sick man should want a
nurse"
Arden tonight was full of rumors that
Mr.. Harriman's relapse was serious. II
was reported that several of the spe-
cialists who attended the conference at
the Hartman home a week ago were
with the i'll man again.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
ANNUAL FOREST
DRAIN IS HEAVY
TWENTY BILLION CUBIC FEET
USED YEARLY
TOTAL AREA MAY BE REDUCED
1oo,ooo,ooo ACRES
Nation, State and Individual Land
Owners Must Work Together to
Regulate Consumption
of Timber

"The total yearly drain on our for
ests, not counting losses from fires,
storms and insects, is some twenty bill
lion cubic feet" says r. S. Kellogg, as
sistant forester in charge of the office
of forest statistics, in a publication
Just issued by the forest service on
THE Timber Supply of the United
States"
Our present forest area of $50 mil
lion acres may be roughly estimated to
consist of 200 million acres of mature
forests, in which the annual growth
Is balanced by death and decay; OF 250
million acres partially cut or burned
over on which, with reasonable care,
there is sufficient young growth to pro-
duce in the course of time a merchant
able, but not full crop of timber, and
100 million acres of more severely cut
and burned over forests on which there
is not sufficient young growth to pro-
duce another crop of much value.
Annual Growth Small
"Taken as a whole, the annual growth
of our forests under these conditions
does not exceed twelve cubic feet per
acre. a total of less than seven billion
cubic feet. That is, we are cutting
our forests three times as fast as they
are growing. There is menace in The
continuance of such conditions. While
we might never reach absolute timber
exhaustion the unrestricted eXplo1ta-
ton of our forests in the past has al
ready had serious effects, and 1t VIII
have much worse if it i5 allowed to
continue unchecked.
white pine, for instance, which was
once considered inexhaustible, has raj
len off seventy per cent in cut since
1890. and more than forty-five per cent
since 1900 The cut of oak, our most
valuable hardwood lumber has de-
creased sixteen per cent since l9OO, ana
that of yellow poplar twenty-five per
cent The same story will be told or
Ither woods if they are not conserved
Must Work Together
"The fact that timber has been cheap
and abundant has made us careless OF
It's production and reckless in Its use.
We take 250 cubic feet OF wood per
capita annually from our forests, While
Germany uses only thirty-seven cubic
feet and France but twenty-five. On
the other hand, Germany, who has
learned her lesson, makes her state
forests produce an average of forty
eight cubic feet of wood per acre. we
have as fast-growing species as Ger
many, or faster and as good or better
forest soil If we protect It,
"The necessity for more farm land
may eventually reduce our total forest
area to 900 acres less than 1t Is
at present. 1t is entirely possible, how
ever to produce on 450,000O00 acres as
much wood as a population much
greater than we have now Will really
need If all the forest land is brought
to it's highest producing capacity and
if the product is economically and COM
pletely utilized. But to reach the neces-
sary condition of equilibrium between
timber production and consumption
will take many years of vigorous ef-
fort by individual forest owners, by
the states and by the national govern
ment. None of them can solve the
problem alone; all must work to
gether."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
SOUTH PASADENANS OBJECT
TO DAYLIGHT FREIGHT CARS
Business Men Say Trains Are Left
Standing In Obstruction
of Traffic

PASADENA, Sept. 6.-Citizens of
South Pasadena, particularly the busi-
ness men in the stores and offices about
the corner of Mission street and Fair
Oaks avenue, are up in protest against
the action of the Pacific Electric rail-
road in using the trackage in that city
for its freight service during the hours
of the day. Recently several trains
have been allowed to stand at the cor
ner for some time, to the hindrance, it
is said, of the traffic in the streets.
1t is probable the board of trustees
will be asked tomorrow night to take
some action compelling the company
to handle it's freight traffic through the
city in the hours between o'clock at
night and o'clock the next morning,
such action having recently been
passed by the Monrovia trustees. The
company has no franchise for a freight
business in South Pasadena
Another source of complaint which
will probably be brought up at the
same time lies in the failure of the
company to comply with the recent re-
quest of the trustees to erect a station
at the corner of Mission street for the
accommodation of its passengers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
PASADENA NOTES

PASADENA, Sept. GA special
meeting of the members of the Jeffer-
son School Improvement association
has been called for Tuesday evening.
All members of the district are invit-
ed to attend. Matters dealing with the
improvement of the school grounds will
be taken up.
Miss Julia E. Lamb, So years old,
died at 1915 o'clock this morning in
the home of her brother-in-law, Sam
uel McClay of 6S5 South Hudson street,
where she has had charge of the
household since the death of her sister,
Mrs. McClay, about one year ago. She
was formerly resident of Lincoln,
Neb. One brother, the Rev. S. G..
Lamb of Etiwanda, Cal, survives her.
Friends and relatives of Miss Myrtle
Randolph and Harold G. Newman of
this city gathered this afternoon in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Meyer of
Cypress avenue to attend the ceremony
which united in marriage this popular
young couple. The house was prettily
decorated and the bride attractively
gowned. Rev. Matt S. Hughes of the
First Methodist church was in charge
of the ceremony.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
POMONA
lI5 South Thomas.
Home Phone 1796.
RFDlANDs NOTES

REDLANDS, Sept. 6.-Funeral serv-
ices were held in Redlands this morn
ing for Torrance E. Goodwin, killed in
the Holton power plant at HoltV1lle,
Thursday The body arrived this morn
ing in charge of Goodwin's sweetheart
Miss Mary Arnold of Redlands, to
whom he was to have been married in
a few days. She hurried to Holtville
on receiving notice of his death. Burial
was at Hillside cemetery.
Hiram Clark, owner of Clark's ranch
in the Santa Ana canyon, has just COM
pleted two mountain cabins on the road
at the foot of Clark's hill for the accom-
mediation of travellers to Bear valley
and Bluff lake. There also are large
barns, and Clark has arranged to house
the travelsr who make the place an
overnight stop, climbing the grade ear
ly in the morning, instead of in the
heat of the afternoon, as heretofore by
the stage trips. A new road is being
built up Clark's hill by the county and
the grade reduced to per cent, and
the road will be much more popular as
a result Last year 1t was permanently
built through the narrows at a cost of
$40, 900.
C. .. Chestnut, organizer of the Home
Gas and Electric company and presi-
dent and general manager for three
years, later local manager OF the san
Bernardino Valley Gas company, fol-
lowing the sale Of the local plant to the
big corporation, has resigned and will
devote his energies to the Chestnut
drug store. He is succeeded by D. w.
Campbell as manager of the local plant.
Word has been received that the Jap
anese excursionists now touring the
country win be in Redlands November
10, and the board of trade will entertain
the party with a banquet.
Work has been resumed on the new
Santa Fe station. after a several days
lay-off to await changes in plans fol-
loving an inspection of officials of the
company.
Tdward C. Hopkins of Los Angeles
has been engaged as organist and choir
director of Trinity Episcopal church,
and began his service today, taking
charge of the boys big choir.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
KNIGHTS OF PASS KEY
ACTIVE IN PASADENA
THREE BURGLARIES REPORTED
TO POLICE
Robber Unlocks Door OF Family OUT
of City and Is Believed to
Have Made Rich
Haul
Especial to The Herald. ]


PASADENA. Sept. 6.-Three bur-
glaries, in one of which the extent of
the loot is believed to be large, were
reported to the police late last night or
early this morning, all in the northern
section of the city where the burglaries
have been thickest in the past two
months. Apparently, in the house of
]. d. Howell of 16S Chestnut street,
the haul was a good one, although the
fact that the family is passing a va
cation at San Diego has as yet made
it impossible to learn the full extent
of the list of property stolen.
Neighbors late this afternoon discoV-
cred the rear door was open and an
Investigation disclosed the fact that
man equipped with a pass key had en-
tered the house during the night, ran
sacking every drawer and possible MD
ing place in the building. What he
got can only be copjectured as 1t may
be the silver and jewelry, noticably
absent, was hidden or taken with them
by the members of the family.
At the house of Mrs. I. T. Randall,
in the same neighborhood, an entrance
was effected by the use of a skeleton
key and a lodger there, Mrs. Bertha
Martin, robbed of a long gold chain,
a ring. stickpin and several old coins,
the total value amounting to 500. Iha
chain was afterwards found IN the
shrubbery around the house.
August Hanser of 240 West Walnut
street was also on the burglar calling
list. He lost a gold watch valued at
S35 after the thief had cut his way
through a screen window in the rear
of the house.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
FIVE MEN INJURED WHEN
MOTOR CAR STRIKES PIPE
Passengers Thrown Forward When
Axle of Machine Comes in Con-
tact with Tube

LONG BEACH, Sept. 6.-When a
Mitchell touring car going twenty miles
an hour collided with heavy piece of
pipe protruding from the roadway just
far enough to strike the axle, five men
who had started from this city for
drive and an investigation of some real
estate were thrown forward in the car
and slightly injured. They were: DR..
r. P. Huff of Corona, owner and driver
of the car; John Dewey, George F.
Salisbury and George Neece of this
city, and George Wentzell of Norwalk.
DR.. Duff was hurt about the stom-
ach. All the men were bruised about
the knees by being thrown forward,
and Salisbury and Neece suffered in
juries to their hands.
The accident happened at a point
four miles northeast of the Los Ala
mitos sugar factory. The machine was
damaged so that in attempting to run
1t homeward the men went into a ditch.
Later the machine was righted The
front axle was badly sprung.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
BELIEVES POPULATION OF
COUNTRY is 1O0,OOO,OOO
Statisticians Predict Census to Be
Taken Next Year Will Show
Big Increase

NEW YORK, Sept. 6-Statisticians
who are eminently qualified to form
estimates believe the United States
census to be taken next year will show
a population of between 90,000,000 and
95, 900, 900 persons. They would not be
surprised if the figures ran as high
as 100000, 1000.
The department of agriculture at
Washington estimates the number of
farms in this country has increased
from 4,564,641 in 1890 to 100000 in 1908;
the toal acreage has increased from
623, 100000 in 1890 to more than 1,000,-
100000 in 1913, and the capital of the
farmtrs in form of lands, buildings,
improvements. live stock, implements
and machinery is now computed at
$4,000, 100000 which represents IAN in
crease of rs or 80 per cent over 1890.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
oskaIoosans Picnic

LONG BEACH, Sept. 6.-Seventy-
five former residents of Oskaloosa, Ia,
members of the OskaIoosa association
of Southern California, picnicked here
today. A reception was held this morn
ing at the Ebell club house. After q
surf bathing party, basket dinners
were served on the club house tables
and program was given. John Green
of Pasadena, Howard Johnson of
Whittier and Miss Rose Lewis, a re-
turned missionary from Japan, were
among the speakers. The Misses
Thornburg of Whittier played a piano
duet and Mrs. J. A. Rominger of this
city gave a reading.
The following new officers of the So
ciety were elected: President, Prof
Albertson, Whittier; vice president,
Clifford Johnson, Whittier; Miss Edna
Thornburg, also of Whittier, secretary
and treasurer. The society will meet
in Whittier on this date next year.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
SAN BERNARDINO
office ss4 E Street
Phones, Home zee. Sunset Main 1853.
FORMER CHIEF WILL
FIGHT LIQUOR CASE
F, w. Seccombe Declares Officers Had
No Right to confiscate Parapher-
MALTA of Fraternal Order of
Arrowhead
Especial to The Herald. ]

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 6.-Deter-
mined to bring into play every legal
doubt in their alleged violation of the
county liquor ordinance, F. W. Sec
combe, former chief of police, and c.
A. Landers, arrested Saturday night as
the result of a raid by the sheriff on
the club rooms of the Fraternal Order
of the Arrowhead at Chino, the two
former Officers have secured the serv-
ices of Attorney Frank B. Daley to
defend them in the court.
Mr. Seccombe is very forcible in his
of the action of the sheriff
and his deputies in confiscating the
charter bylaws and other ritualistic
claiming the officers
had no right to raid their club rooms
and take their so-called secret work.
although he admits the booze, of which
there was nearly half carload, was
found in the rooms.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
TO USE LONG SET LINE
TO CAPTURE JEWISH
Man Famous for Getting Monsters
Will Exert Extra Efforts
This Year

LONG BEACH, Sept. 6.-Early next
week Clarence Owen of the Pacific
fish market will put out a setline 4SO0
feet long, or 400 feet longer than the
line he used last fall. owen is famous
for his catches of jewish, and the line
which he is about to put out will be
used for capturing these large fish
Several Jewish strikes have been re-
ported in this vicinity and he considers
it time now he was getting after them
owen caught and brought to the pier
twenty nine Jewish in one month last
year. They ranged in weight from rs
to 800 pounds, very few weighing less
than 200.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

4 FTER many years as a landsman,
u during which he eased a restless
n spirit and longing for the chang
ing scenes of a sea life by moving his
sea chest from one house to another
in limited territory, "Tom," better
known as Admiral" Murphy, bailiff
in Judge James department of the
superior court, has indeed become a
landlubber. He has just completed the
building of a handsome, shipshape and
taut little bungalow at lngleWood,
where he will make his home during
his declining years.
Whether or not he will break bot
tie of wine over the prov of his new
home, the walls of which are adorned
with relics reminiscent of peaceful
voyages and the more stirring events
of civil war times, the admiral is
still undecided, and his decision as to
this time-honored ceremony will not
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING

SAN PEDRO, Sept 6.-The steamer Geo.
W. Elder Captain Jessen, arrived from Port
land this morning with large list of pas
sengers and a cargo of freight to the North
Pacific Steamship company The vessel will
sail for the return trip tomorrow night.
The steamer william H. Murphy, Captain
Corning arrived from Eureka this morning
with a cargo of S25O0O feet Of lumber con-
signed to the Pacific Lumber company. Cap
tain Corning reports fog prevailing during
the greater portion of the passage
The steamer Olsen and Mahoney, Captain
Payne, arrived this morning from Tacoma
with a cargo of 100000 feet of lumber to
local wholesalers
The u s. revenue cutter McCuloch, Cap
tain Daniel, arrived from San Francisco this
afternoon and on cruise is anchored in the
cutter harbor.
The steamer ]. e. stetson, Captain Benni-
field sailed this morning for Grays harbor,
via san Francisco, with passengers and in
ballast to reload for this port.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07

WHITE SEWING MACHINES,
1854 S. SPRING. Main 21O5; F6757 e-s-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
Churches May Consolidate

LONG BEACH, Sept. "a meeting
was held tonight by the pastor, the
Rev. Shelton BisselI, and the officers
of the First Congregational church, and
a report was agreed on to be submitted
10 meeting of the entire congregation
tomorrow night regarding the future
of the church. AS a meeting is called
for the membership of the Plymouth
Congregational church for Wednesday,
it is believed the consolidation of the
two churches is to be attempted. Of
flcers of the first church are non-com-
initial regarding their plans so far.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
Automobile Turns Turtle

REDLANDS, Sept. Elm an auto ac-
cident on Garden street Roy Kendall
and Herbert Gowland narrowly escaped
death. the Ford runabout in which they
were riding turning turtle and throw
ing them to the pavement of the street.
Both were painfully but not seriously
injured. The machine apparently was
ali right and running at fair speed
when the bed suddenly became loose
from some break and slid against one
of the front wheels, causing the ma
chine to turn completely over. 1t was
badly wrecked, having the wheels
front axle sprung, tires ruined
lamps broken and body damaged.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
LIFE GUARD RESCUES TWO
BATHERS FROM HIGH SURF

OCEAN PARK, Sept. 6.-The extra
heavy seas that are running are prov
ing too much for many OF the more
daring swimmers who frequent the
crescent bay beaches, Life Guard Louis
Marcoux being called on twice today
to go into the current and bring help
less victims of the huge rips to safety:
In the instance of Mrs. McGurry OF
Buffalo, N. Y, the task was hard
one, as the woman was so far gone
thew were carried toward the threaten
ing piles of the pier several times be-
fore he was able to get her to the
beach. The other case was that of
man who refused to give his name. He
went beyond his depth and was carried
out to sea.