Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-12
FAIL TO GRASP
LOCAL CHANCES
L. A. MANUFACTURERS TO BUY
ALARM CLOCKS
"AsIeep at the Switch" for the Past
Decade, Home Producers viii Now
Adopt Publicity as Medium to
Eliminate Long HauIs
BY GEORGE HARRIS DoNoHuE

| Now that the ice has been success
| fully broken and the majority OF my
old time guard are aware of my return
| to Los Angeles, want to get speedily
| to business and acquaint you in a brief
way what my advent means as new
conner to this city.
The fact of the matter is discovered
while in the east some time ago that
there were numerous enterprises being
hoated in this city which, for some re-
markable reason or other, were never
given any sort of publicity beyond
practically the city limits of Los An
geles.
That is a remarkable condition, and
1t is my, intention while here to at
least let a few of the bright lights of
this city become acquainted in more
homelike manner with what you really
have here beyond sunlight and large
quantities of various tempered atmos-
phere.
There are number of big financial
deals being put through very quietly IN
this city every day. No one knows
anything about them other than the
banks and such private individuals as
happen to be in on the ground floor OF
the financing end of the proposition.
Right now to my own personal
knowledge there are three Mexican
timber schemes being worked with
swiftness and precision which betoken
an early adjustment of all finances,
and the best end of the ultimate profits
accruing from these very same deals
will go with marked regularity to the
pockets of those eastern capitalists who
are quick to take advantage of the
opportunities opened up for their in
vestments in Southern California and
Mexico.
Figuring that it might be good idea
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same enterprises for the benefit of
Herald readers, I intend advancing
such information as comes my way
from day to day through the medium
of this column. and. should you care to
follow the campaign, chances are you
will be considerably enlightened as to
what is actually happening in this
town before 1 am through with the
work.
Besides the capitalistic propositions
you have some of the most remarkable
real estate transactions on record right
here in this same town of Los Angeles
to say nothing of the eighteen hundred
or more manufacturing concerns of
whose very existence not 10 per cent
of the population is even aware of.
BY and by, after we have been here
bit. you will discover that all these
manufacturing concerns needs is lit
tie publicity and then in all probable
.ity there will be less demand for east
ern products and an elimination of long
freight hauls, all of which should add
Joy, speed and happier frame of
mind to the average consumer, who is
now wasting time figuring on rate and
freight bills.
About all the average tourist discov-
ers when he comes to Los Angeles IS
that you have an alligator and an os-
trich farm, couple of tall mountains
With electric railroads, a half dozen
beaches and a large stout gentleman
wearing blue suit who is good enough
to escort the newcomer through the
wilds of Chinatown at one dollar per
newcomer.
The tourist can also discover for
himself a few right smart hotels, sew
eral up-to-date department stores,
numerous gasoline man chasers fitting
about the crowded thoroughfares, and
an abundance of the city's prominent
citizens constantly and at all times on
the streets.
The man with the patent potato
peeler and the blackboard artist who
hold substantial positions in the down.
town district always command the re-
spectful attention of seemingly highly
appreciative audiences, while the free
moving picture machine show over on
Main street catches the hearty and
continued support of your interested
cliff jewellers.
A little later on when the local man
ufacturers waken up to the fact that
it might be a good idea to let their
fellow townsmen know something of
what's doing, chances are there will
be considerably more demand for home
products
There is one manufacturer I am
going to hunt up today, and that is the
consern which makes the grewsome
looking ''mermaids'' which are to be
found duly stamped and labeled in
every curio store in Los Angeles.
These "mermaids' are all cast off
the same die apparently, even to the
adjustment of an abnormally unnatural
leering eye with which each one of
these tabled sea beauties is adorned.
Just as matter of personal in
formation it might be well, in the
event of your having anything worth
while which you think might interest
the country at large, that you drop
over to the Angelus hotel and tell me
all about it. If / happen to be out
practicing with my new aeroplane, just
call for Walter S. Keller, my sad but
youthful assistant, and you will find
him in a receptive mood at any and
all times except between and o'clock
in the mornings.
While strolling along South Broad
way yesterday afternoon 1 encountered
an acquaintance whom I met at the
hotel the other evening.
This chap declared he was out taking
a little constitutional which he consid-
cred necessary inasmuch as he had
been working with his brains" the
greater part of last night.
Keller promptly caused an icy frost
to permeate the atmosphere by bluntly
inquiring, Hey, how could you be
dom that when you haven't the tools?'
Funny how this boy Walter is always
around with his bon mots.
1t is an interesting fact to me to
note the abundance of broken down
race track followers who are hanging
around this city. Many of these won
der workers" have encountered in the
east and they are always there with
the information that tomorrow" they
will have a bank roll
A couple of these master minds were
discussing the future possibilities of
Los Angeles in my presence yesterday
afternoon and, strange to relate, both
were quite positive that in less than a
year after the track at Santa Anita
was reckoned a thing of the past Los
Angeles would speedily find itself on
the toboggan.
The odd thing about that is that this
season, during the Mardi Gras at New
Orleans. the city never enjoyed such
and patronage.
And there was no racing at New Or
leans this year.