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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-07-07

ia shouldn't have said you could
A're all the brains you need for $25 a
week." said the New York politicians
friend.
why not?"
Because it's merely an invitation
70 comebody with only six dollars
worth OF brains to come along and
vueat you" -Washjpgton Star.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-07-07
For Ladies Fair

We have Toilet articles and prepa-
ration rich and rare. The many years
of experience which we have had in
the business has enabled us to select
such articles as will meet with the
approval of the public. Our assert
ment of toilet articles consists of ev-
erything in Toilet waters, Tonics,
Face Powders, Toilet Powders, Face
Cream, Tooth Powders, PeIfumery,
Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Brushes, etc.
We have also a large and complete
stock of proprietary Medicines.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

Then she dug little passage from the
outside, up through the floor Of the
Great Hail. This was the Entrance of
Honor. Then she proceeded to decorate
the palace, and her decorations were
wonderful to behold. She put lot of
water and little bit of sand in her
tin pail; then, taling a handful of this
sand and water, she would let it ooze
drop by drop from her grasp. BY hold
ing her hand very steady, this dropping
would pile up into the most fantastic of
shapes, like stalagmites in a cave or
like the strange steeples of Hindu pa
godas. The general effect was really
very pretty.
One day Dorothy built a palace that
surpassed all her previous efforts. The
central dome ascended to the incredible
height Of at least two feet, and 1t was
surmounted by a minaret of sand al
most six inches higher. All round were
nine subsidiary minaretS of a pattern
that was most startling and graceful.
'efore the Entrance of Honor rCSe . n
Arch of Triumph no less than three
inches high and one inch wide. And
the whole edifice was as richly covered
with ornaments and curlycues as
richly iced wedding cake, which, In
fact, it greatly resembled.
Dorothy surveyed her completed work
with delight. Then she noticed a Curl
Gus thing. On the sand had been Ioi-
tering a sand-crab, which tle little girl
watched, thinking she would put it in
the palace, when she noticed that 1t
wasn't crab at all, but little lady.
She was dressed in seaweed and wore
on her head a small shell. When she
saw Dorothy's establishment she ad-
vanced and said. "Well, have had a
time making you see me in my right
shape"
81 thought it was sand-crab," said
Dorothy.
ITO be sure you did," replied the little
lady, "and so does everybody else, but
since you know how to build such Won
derful palaces the beach fairies thought
we would let you come to the ball we
are holding in your latest. So we let
you see us in our real shapes"
Beach fairies!' exclaimed Dorothy.
'I didn't know there were such things"
"That shows how your education has
been neglected" said the beach fairy.
But come along and you will see the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

they represented the best practices of
their times. When they chopped the
New York-Queenstown passage down
close to the six-day notch in 1S87-88
they merited each an ovation, and each
got it. In twenty years from the Etru-
ria'S mark of six days one hour and
fifty-five minutes the Lusitania cut nine
hours under five days for the trip.
Invention, the art of outfitting and
the audacity of builders have SO adj
vanced as to make marvels of the
twentieth centuray steamship Two
S50-foot monsters are under way for
the Atlantic service; some of us expect
confidently to see giants 1000 feet long
making the ferriage to London in not
more than four days. Apparently the
expansion of the craft is to be limited
only by dockage space and the neces-
sary adaptation of draught to channel
depths. But what miracles of con-
struction and equipment can we inn
agine or expect which twenty-five years
from now should send to the bidders
market the Baltic, the Adriatic, the
Mauretania, the Lusitania, the George
Washington, the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria or any others of today's levia-
thans, even as the two discharded boats
at Birkenhead now are sent?
In the hour of their rejection and re-
tirement the Etruria and Umbria have
still a notable margin on the modern
battleship, which, costing three times
as much, may be twice as quickly out
of date.-New York World.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

whole tribe" And she made a gesture
inviting Dorothy to enter the sand pal
ace. "Of course, you can't enter at your
present size, but you will shrink to my
size If you will stand on one toe and
hold your longest curl straight up and
then say:
Power of the briny,
Make me tiny.
Dorothy did as she was told and
presently found herself the same size
as the beach fairy. The pair passed
under the Arch of Triumph and
through the Entrance of Honor and
presently found themselves in the
Great Hail. Dorothy had no idea that
she had made it so fine, and very like
ly the beach fairies had contributed
to it's splendor. The walls were hung
with rich green tapestries, and the
floor was paved with Cape May dia-
monds. From the ceiling hung illumi-
mated pearls On a mother
throne sat the queen of the beach
fairies, surrounded by brilliant
court. At the opposite end on plat
form a band OF fiddler crabs performed
delightful music. Dorothy's hostess
presented her to the queen and then
led her ts- the ref-eshment department,
where an attendant handed her shell
full of what looked like gelatine, but
was really a slice of jelly fish. Dorothy
tasted it and found it excellent. Then
Dorothy was introduced to handsome
young gentleman fairy. The band
struck up a waltz and Dorothy and her
new acquaintance took their places on
the floor. AS they danced the gallant
fairy said the most charming things,
and Dorothy felt that she was having
the incest time Of her life.
Suddenly there was a loud noise and
the building trembled. The fairy part
ner cried, "The rising tideI' Then all
was confusion. The musicians stopped
playing, the refreshment table was up
set, the queen fled from her throne.
The lights went out. Dorothy could
hear the swish of water. Her partner
whispered in her ear 'Hold on to 10;
[ will save you" The pair hurried
through dark galleries, jostled by the
retreating multitude. The sound of
water came nearer. She felt it wet
her feet. Just as she left the palace
she stumbled and fell forward. She
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
CLEVELAND AND CHILDREN
There Was Always a chIdren's Hour
at the White House in His Time

MIR CLEVELAND could do small
N things well, no less than large.
LII His fine and sensitive hand
writing recalled to his friends a light
ness OF touch surprising in a man OF
such large mold. He was an adept
in the manipulation Of delicate tools
and of fishing tackle. 1 remember his
spending hours at Gray Gables repair
ing a whirling sailor weather vane for
the amusement of the children. He
was apt to have on hand some nice
piece of work of this sort. In the sum-
mer of 1901 he spent a day or two at
Riverside farm, Tyringham, changing
a damaged complicated multiplying
reel into a serviceable simple one.
The performance gave him much sat
isfaction, He told how he had used
up various nail files, and finally sue
ceeded only after several good ones had
been brought to him from the village
store The job required considerable
engineering and patience, shifting and
contriving. The very difficult, not to
say unnecessary, character of the labor
Che said he must be the possessor al
ready of twenty reels in alb appeared
to give him pleasure, and nothing more
than the production of something Sim
ple''-that quality so characteristic OF
his mental habit. His little Richard
was a helper when 1t came to trying the
line on the reel.
He had peculiar sympathy with little
children-his neighbors' as well as his
own-and 1t was delightful to see him
in their company and to hear the tones
of his voice in talking with them. AT
birmingham we used to see him sitting
out on the piazza at Riverside solemnly
engaged in mock fishing with Richard,
consulting his companion gravely as to
proper bait and other important details
of the sport, the boy being n apt pupil
in the gentle art. Writing to the father
of one of his boy acquaintance, Mr..
Cleveland said:
1T was really very much touched by
Georges gift and I am much comforted
by his steadfast friendship. I ffatter
myself 1t takes a pretty good man to
gain and keep the good opinion of such
a boy"
There was a "children's hour at the
White House during his second tie, m,
when in the twilight a little child would
be brought into the executive office, and
the work of the government would be
suspended and much ink would be law
ished while two big hands helped two
small ones in making pictures on sheets
of writing paper spread out upon the
presidents desk.--The Century.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 am going to write you few lines
to thank you for the pleasant trip 1
had down at Redondo Friday, Septem-
Der 10.
1 hope that I may win another prize
or have three honorable mentions, so
1 may meet the Juniors again, as L
think they are very nice. am going
to call on some of them some day
when 1 have the time, if they don't live
too far from me. l should be pleased
to have those that read this letter come
and visit me. 1 should be glad to have
you come out and take tea with us
whenever it would suit you and you
could find time.
l hope to see you before long, and of
course 1 want to win a prize soon as
1 can. My pictures have not been put
in yet, but 1 am going to keep on try
ing, and maybe 1 will be successful.
From your loving niece,
LUCILLE MULDOON.
sos East Twenty ninth street; Twen-
ty-eighth street school, grade B4; age
10 years.
Thank you so much for the kind in
vitation, Lucile.- 1 should like to ac-
cept it some time. There must be sew
eral Junior girls in your school and you
will undoubtedly find them soon.
Lear Aunt IduIles
want to thank you for the book you
sent me. 7 appreciate It very much,
1 have not had much time to read it
yet, but the pictures are interesting.
do not study music at all, but in
tend to. II 1 said anything at all about
music 1t was about taking vocal les
sons. 1 am going to take them soon.
am going to write some more for
The Herald soon again.
LEOTA TURNER.
Whittier, Cal, age 1s: grade 8.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
l received the check a few days ago
and thank you very much for it. VIII
try and write a story some time later
when 1 am not so busy. 1 remain as
ever, your loving niece,
EDNA MURPHY. g.,
Long Beach.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
am in receipt of the check today
and am very proud of it. 1 wish to
thank you very much, not only for the
check but for the kind words of en-
couragement Gratefully yours,
RIDLEY SMITH.
1908 North Main street, Santa Ana;
Santa Ana high school, grade 12B.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
Contradictory Proverbs

The first player gives a well-known
proverb, the next must quote one of
as nearly an opposite meaning as pos
sibie.
AS an illustration. "Out of sight out
of mind" quickly offset by the equally
familiar saying, absence makes the
heart grow fonder."
A list of these seemingly contradic-
tory proverbs might be written upon
folded cards and one given to - each
player, who must write upon the OPP
posite page the proverb that contra
diets the one given.
Here is a list of some of them: "A
stitch in time saves nine," "a tear is
an accident, a darn is premeditated
poverty"
"a rolling stone gathers no moss"
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try
again."
Beauty unadorned is adorned the
most" zone might as well be out of
the world as out of the fashion"
Marry in haste and repent at leis-
ure," Happy the wooing that is not
long ADDING"
Nothing venture, nothing have"
Discretion is the better part of
valor."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
BEACH FAIRIES SHOW
DOROTHY GREAT HONOR

VIZ HILE Dorothy was down at the
w seashore last month she had an
extraordinary experience. She
met some beach fairies. This is how it
happened.
Dorothy's favorite occupation was to
go underneath a pavilion near the
waters edge and build palaces of sand.
She nnally became quite an expert at
this sort of thing. She would find an
empty box which she turned upside
down. This made the Great Hall of
the palace. Then she covered it with
mound of sand, which she dampened
just enough to make it keep it's shape.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

shut her eyes and shrieked, for she
thought she was lost.
Then she heard voice say, And has
my little girl gone to sleep on the
beach? ?' 1t was mothers voice. Dorothy
looked around and found herself lying
on the sand. She was the same size
she had been before she met the beach
fairy. Mother said she had fallen
asleep, the tide had risen and an ad-
vancing wave had just touched her
shoes. The same wave had struck the
sand palace and reduced it to ruins.
But Dorothy is not sure that her ad-
venture was only dream, and neither
am I.-Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
No FaVoritism

"Now. my boy, you deserve a good
whipping for your disobedience; shall
give 1t to you or will l leave it to
your mother to punish you?"
st don't like to say, father; but I
guess you had better settle that be-
tween you and ma"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
THE OLD SHIPS THAT PASS

To the highest, or perhaps to the
quickest, bidders will go the Umbria
and Etruria, queens and record holders,
pigmies now to the 790-foot Lusitania
and Mauretania. When these old boats
were new, quarter of a century ago,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
Grammar Defined

Teacher-James, what is grammar?
James (aias Jimmie)-Grammar is that
there science which learns us how to speak
correct
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-16
EDISON COMPANY HAS
ABANDONED ITS SUIT
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST CITY
SUDDENLY DROPPED
MunieipaIity's Chief Attorney Thinks
Matter at an End, but Corpora
TONS Counsel Takes Entirely
Different View

PASADENA, March 15.--City Off
cials are awaiting with anxiety tue
return of City Attorney j. Perry WOOD
from Washington, d. c., whittier he
went to take care of the case brought
by the Edison Electric company
against the city of Pasadena. The
case, brought by the company to COM
pei the city to abandon it's municipal
lighting plant as an infringement on the
companys rights under the constitu-
ton, was to have been argued before
the supreme court this week, but to-
day, to the surprise of everybody, 1t
was dismissed at the request OF the
plaintiff.
Mr.. Wood, in a telegram sent Mayor
Farley, declares it as his opinion that
the company was afraid to press the
case, and that nothing more will be
heard of the matter.
Attorney Trowbridge of Los Angeles,
legal adviser for the Edison people,
puts another construction on it. He
says the case, as it stands at present,
does not cover all the points the COM
pany desires to bring out, and that
it was deemed best to drop this ac-
ton and bring another which will set
out the companys contentious more In
detail. The case went up to the su-
preme court on a demurrer, after haV-
ing been for year and a half in the
California courts.
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SANTA ANA
Office SIS N. Sycamore
Homa Phone Bic.
TOWNSHIP JUSTICE
GETS SALARY RAISED
COURT HOLDS OFFICER EN-
TITLED TO ADVANCE
Auditor Had Refused to Pay Monthly
Allowance at Santa Ana for
Cities of More Than
5000 Persons

SANTA ANA, March 15.-By over
ruling a demurrer to the complaint IN
the mandamus suit brought by justice
of the Peace Pfeiffer of Orange 1udlclal
township to compel County Auditor
Lester to issue a salary warrant ior
$50 instead of $25, and allowing de-
PENDANT ten days to answer, the court
has practically settled the question at
issue. 49, =.
The state law provides that IN
iudicial townships with more than 5000
population the salary of the toWnship
Justice shall be $50 a month, but in
townships with population of more
than 5000 and less than $4,000 the salary
shall be $25 monthly.
At the last election the vote LOT
presidential electors was 1888, Wnich
number, multiplied by five, according
to manner of computation adopted py
the supervisors for arriving at the
population, made more than 5O0O as
the population of the township.
Pfeiffer demanded the raise, but
Auditor Lester, on the advice OF the
district attorney refused to issue the
warrant. and the suit followed. Inc
demurrer was interposed on the ground
the state law provides the salary OF
a county official shall not be raised
during his incumbrancy, but the court
this morning ruled adversely Con-
stable Miller of Orange has also
brought suit to compel the auditor TO
issue him a salary warrant for 500, as
did Justice Pfeiffer, and the decision IN
the case this morning will decide MIL
ler's contention.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-16
ANTl-TUBERcULoslS SOCIETY
HAS NEW VICE PRESIDENT

PASADENA, March 15.-Because OF
the resignation of S. Hazard Halstead,
first vice president of the Pasadena So
ciev for the Study and Prevention OF
Tuberculosis, a Encouragement OF the
officers has been found necessary and
DR.. Charles Lee King has been elected
as his successor, c. 3. ScoYille belng
installed as third vice president.
The board was completed by the cleo
ton of the following new directors
DR. Garrett Newkirk, DR.. Ernest b.
Hoag, Dr. s. j, Mattison, Mrs. {. J.
Wnlett, w. C. Baker, Mrs. Crews,
Mill Alden, DR.. F. C. e. Mattison, j.
d. Mersereau, Miss Abbott, Miss At
wood.
The president appointed the standing
committee of the society as follows:
Finance committee-C. B. Scoville, w.
c. Baker, j. p. Mersereau. Member
ship committee-Mrs. w. d. Turner,
DR.. Garrett Newkirk, Mrs. Fordyce
Grinnell, Miss Abbott Press and pub
Lefty committee-Dr. f. c. E. Matti-
son, Mrs. w. f. Knight, Mrs. CreWes.
Legislative and law enforcement com
mittee-Mrs. Calvin Hartwell, DR.. S. +.
Black, DIR. F. c. e. Madison. Literary
and publication committee-Dr. e. B.
Hoag Mrs. c. J. Willett, Mrs. Revel
English. Miss Atwood. Hospital and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

MIDDOUGH- sHIvELEY - William Mid
dough, age %. native of Canada, and
Gertrude shiveley, age 20. native OF III
nois: both residents Of Los Angeles.
CADD-STIDMAN-Ciare C. cadd. age
81. native of California. and Gladys G.
Stdham, age 10. native OF Utah; both
residents OF Los Angeles.
ASHLEY-SNEDAKER = Welcome Ashley.
age %. native OF Nebraska, and Maud
Snedaker, age is. native of Illinois; both
residents OF Pomona.
LEWIS BRiGGS-Wiliam G. Lewis. age
"a, native of Kansas and Ida NJ. Briggs.
age 90, native OF Oklahoma; both resi-
dents of Santa Monica.
age 81, native Of Germany. and A. Marie
Machris, age S. native OF Belgium; both
residents of Los Angeles
ESTRELLAS- MURIN-Selso Estrellas age
25, native of Mexico, and Catalina Murin.
age II. native of Mexico; both residents
of Los Angeles.
RUBIO- BARCINA-Julian Rubio, age so,
native of Mexico and Teresa Barcina. age
o. native of Mexico; both residents of
Los Angeles.
HULL McMII4L Hull. age 30.
native OF Iowa, and Lou Mcmillan. age
90 native of California; both residents OF
DAVIS Neutrality-suspicious. J. Davis. age
81, native OF California, and Olga II.
weinhagen age 16. native of washington;
both residents of Los Angeles.
STRoUT- NORTH-Ernes A. Strout. age SO.
Guanajuato. Mex. and Helen X. North.
age 20. native of California. resident of
Los Angeles.
MAILER SPRUILL-Harry A. Mailer. age
23. native of Ohio and Bertha b. Spruill.
age 81, native OF Ohio; both residents of
Los Angeles.
DY-TRoUT-walter A. Kennedy,
age 90, native OF Illinois, resident of Po-
mona, and Matte J. Trout, age II, native
OF Missouri. resident of Covina.
LP-HUNT-George w. culp. age 20. ma
tive of Nebraska and Vessie II. Hunt. age
90 native Of Texas; both residents Of Los
Angeles.
FILLMORE sHEPPARD-Nathan &C. Gill
more, age So native of New York, resi-
dent Of Victorville. and Lillian e. Shep-
pard, age 80. native of Missouri, resident
OF Los Angeles.
WHITE PATTERSON-Roy A. white, age
81 native of Iowa. resident OF Lancaster.
and Ethel M. Patterson, age 20, native or
Iowa, resident of Los Angeles.
BARCKDALL-DOWNS D. Barck-
dali, age 20. native OF Indiana and Bethel
L. Downs age II. native OF Illinois; both
residents OF Los Angeles.
MISCONCEPTIONS Regula, age "a.
native of Indiana. and Gertrude L. SOM
mer age 49, native OF Pennsylvania; both
residents OF Los Angeles
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SANTA ANA BRIEFS

SANTA ANA March 15.-John r.
Keene, who pleaded guilty to burglar
izing Hawley's gun store, today was
sentenced to serve five years at san
Quentin. The maximum penalty for the
crime charged is fifteen years lmprls-
onment. A doubt arose in the mind 81
the Judge as to whether the store was
entered before sunset Sunday evening
or after midnight Sunday night, and
the prisoner was therefore given the
benefit of the doubt.
Trinidad Estrada, the Mexican VINO
Saturday evening stabbed a country
man with a dagger, D. Dominguez.
while the two were picking oranges
near Tustin, was arraigned this morn
ing and his preliminary examination
set for March %.
Clyde Taylor, charged with stealing
an automobile from Former Superior
Judge J. w. ToWner on the night of
March 4, today was arraigned. He
pleaded not guilty and his trial was
set for April s.
Plans for rcclaiming forty acres of
land as an addition to Collins island
in Newport bay have been completed
and a derdger purchased to make the
necessary I'll, and work will be COM
menced as soon as the map of the
property, filed today by Col. II. S. Fin
lev, can be submitted to the superVls-
ors for acceptance.
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POMONA
POMONA BREVITlES

POMONA, March 15.-The rapid
growth of Pomona last year is evil
denced by the increase in business at
the local postoffice, which shows a
total Of $119, 409.72 in money order re-
ceipts, or a gain of over $4,000, or az
per cent, over the previous year.
Postmaster Avis now has two rural
routes emanating from the local Of
fee. one covering about tWenty-seV
miles and serving 21O families, and the
other covering twenty-five miles, 24C
families being served
Contractor Thomas Crawford, who
has the contract for grading Hunting
ton boulevard in the Ganesha Park
tract, from Holt avenue to Ganesha
rark. the thoroughfare which will be
used by the Pacific Electric railway fol
it's line, has teams now on the work
He has also commenced the construc-
ton of a residence on Huntington
boulevard
The local w. C. T. U. has elected
officers as follows: Mrs. $. c. w
Bowen, president; Mrs. Mabel Adams
vice presidents Mrs. Alice Hewett, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. j. B. Ransford
corresponding secretary; Mrs. e. M
McComas, treasurer.