Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
SUPERVISORS
FILL POSITIONS
"PETE" WILSON'S MACHINE is
SMASHED
Pridham Gives Indications of Allowing
His Constituents to Have Voice
in Granting or Refusing
Licenses

It was appointment day at the meet
ing of the board of supervisors yester-
day and many minds which have been
disturbed by uncertainty for sometime
past were lulled to rest last night with
the satisfying assurance that the own
ers would still hold their positions for
some years at least. There were some
disappointments, however, and the
major portion of these will be found
in the Fourth supervisorial district,
where former Supervisor Wilson had
carefully built up a strong political
machine. With four exceptions, this
was wiped out by Chairman G. j. Mel
lis, successor to Wilson.
The most important appointments
made yesterday were for offices in va
riouS county institutions. They were
as follows: DR.. Ward B. Rowland,
county veterinarian; John Davis, GUS
todian Of the court house; w. B. Nor
gan, game warden; Robert A. Hay
hurst, steward at county hospital, to
succeed Arthur A. ~Hebbard; A. S.
FenneIl Waterman at the court house,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Thomas Plots; Andrew F. Wade,
superintendent of the county farm;
Raymond G. Osborne, county cement
tester; J. P. ThurstOn, superintendent
of the detention home; Mrs. Anna
Hyatt, matron at the Parental home,
and Miss Jessie Mcdonald, to succeed
Mrs. Hyatt as matron at the detention
home.
Hire Cement Tester
The office of cement tester is a new
creation. A. Osborne, the first APP
pointee, is a graduate of Stanford uni
versity and is regarded as the leading
cement tester of the county. In the
past the county has always called upon
Mr.. Osborne to do this work.
Another new office, county machinist,
was created a. the suggestion of Super
visor McCabe. The salary will be $125
a month and the man who fills the po-
sition will be expected to look after
all county machinery, including auto
mobiles. The office is still vacant and
no indication of the appointee'S identi-
ty was made known.
Because the Union Hollywood Water
company was not ready to submit the
figures showing its receipts and ex-
penditures, the hearing on the petition
of South Hollywood residents for a
change in water rates was continued
until February 9. Petitioners say the
rates charged by the company are ex-
cesSive and that promises to make re-
auctions have been broken. Compare
sons, showing the rates charged by the
Union company and others were also
submitted TO the DOdrQ.
Smashes Wilson's Machine
Nellis' smashing of Wilson's machine
was the feature of the days happen
ings. 1t was not a surprise, for the
road foremen in the Fourth district
proved the strongest factor in Wilson's
fight for denomination, a contest which
almost defeated NelliS.
Following is the list of Nellis' aP-
pointments for road foremen as an
nounced today:
Ballona district Ed c. Hall, vice G.
Kidson; Artesia, Thomas Hurley, vice
NJ R. Mckinney; Catalina, Edwin
George SAVERS, vice ]. T. Leftnitch;
Clearwater, Thomas Cook, vice w. c.
Thomas; Compton, M. P. Mcdonald,
vice A w. Miller; Downey, William
Lex, vice James Brookshire; Florence,
J. n. Stone, vice c. NJ. Thaxter; Fruit
land, S. D. Focht, reappointed; Gar
dena, d. n. TOwne, vice ]. M. Hard
wick; Green Meadows, John Dunkin,
vice V. F. Humbert; Hyde Park, A. w.
Nelson, reappointed; Lomita, George
w. Town, vice E. Kettler; Long Beach,
Frank Mankin, vice J. J. Hough; Los
Alamitos, c. w. Cassaboorn, vice ]. E.
Boyle: Moneta, M V. Ribely, reap
pointed Montebello, Albert Taylor,
vice w. p Temple; Norwalk, James
Pendleton, vice J. G. Eckstein; Re
dondo, not appointed; San Antonio,
Charles H Balzer, vice r. B. Harper;
Santa Monica, Robert Mcpherson, vice
Charles NJ. Brown; Wilmington, Louis
VigneS, vice H. D. Parsons; WiSeburn,
not appointed.
r. w. Pridham, whose declared in
tention to have the road foremen in
his district chosen by the people of
the road districts. met with much
favor last week, indicated a new policy
yesterday with reference to liquor Ii
censes and road houses in the Fifth
district. When the application for
hotel liquor license at Lankershim was