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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
Municipal Affairs
MAJORITY AGAINST
DEFREES ST. PAVING
FIRST WORK TO COME UNDER
NEW HAMM0N ACT
Union Avenue Improvement Said to
Have Enough Indorsers to Make
Sure of Passage by City
Council

The first public improvement begun
under the new Harmon act in the city
of Los Angeles is to be defeated by a
majority protest which will be pre-
sented to the city council today. The
Improvement proposed is to grade and
gravel Defrees street from Sunset
boulevard to Del Mar, and the work
was to proceed under the new Harmon
act, which is an Improvement of the
Vrooman act in one respect and owes
its being to Percy V. Harmon, men,
Der of the state legislature from Los
Angeles
Under the Vrooman act damages can
be claimed for a change of grade when
that necessitates cut of five feet or
more in a lot, but under the Hammon
act such damages cannot be claimed
unless the damage exceeds the benetlt.
AS a inauguration of the Harmon
act the city officials We're anxious that
this Improvement be carried through,
and it will be with much regret that
the majority protest will be received.
Under the law the council is compelled
to abandon proceedings when major
ity of the property owners IN the as
trict protest against 1t.
But while the council will be sorry to
have the improvement of Defrees street
knocked out, it will be delighted to
learn that the protest against the inn
provement of Union avenue, from
Eleventh to Washington street, is not
a majority. This will be reported to
the council by the city engineer at the
meeting today. 1t is proposed to pave
this street, but the city engineer does
not know whether the council wants
asphalt or macadam. In case the pro-
test is denied he wants information as
TO what kind of paving is desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
MAYOR WILL LISTEN
TOPROPFRTY OWNERS
DOES NOT SIGN WASHINGTON
STREET ORDINANCE
viii First Find If Residents Want
Thoroughfare Near Figueroa
Given over to Busi-
ness

Believing property owners would OBJ
ject, if they were fully aware of the
councils action, Mayor Alexander yes
terday refused to sign an ordinance
passed by the city council last Tues
day eXempting a certain portion oil
Washington street from the operation
of the residence district ordinance,
The exemption extends from Figueroa
to Estrella on Washington and was
the suggestion of President Pease,
who represents the district in which
Washington street is situated.
While the ordinance does not place
this district on purely industrial
basis it does permit certain kinds oi
business that would be objectionable il
district where the property owners
have their homes and intend to keel
their property for residence purposes
While there are a number of kinds OF
business in the district which 1t is
proposed to exempt, there also ART
many residences and Mayor Alexander
believes these residents would protes
strongly if they knew their district
was to be given over to business pur-
poses exclusively.
1t is to give these people an oppor
tunity to express their desires to the
council that the mayor has held vi
the ordinance. Should the protest
prove large and we'll founded, it i.
probable he will veto the ordinance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
SAYS MOTHERS RESPONSIBLE
FOR RUlNATIoN OF GIRLS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. % [Edltor
Herald: I have read with interest
several of the letters referring to the
Magdalenes of our city, and the ques-
ton is being asked by all serious
minded persons, Why are there so
many of them? The careless person
will say, "Why, there always nave peen
such persons and always Will be, ana IL
is the natural outcome of large city. ="
If I thought this to be true 1 should
pray increasingly that Los Angeles
should grow TO more. Others claim
that most of these girls have come to
the city expecting to find money lying
around loose, being disappointed, are
a ready prey to the procurcrs.
Still others claim it is the result or
low wages. child labor and children
growing up without mothers care
We also hear it laid at fashions door.
The girls have been robbed OF their
mothers. dependent on servants for
guidance until arriving at the age or
womanhood, then taken to the ball
room, given cards and wine for amuse-
ments, and the basest of men many
times for company, hence become
Magdalenes through no fault of their
own and could be restored to normal
womanhood with the proper assistance.
Personally l know there is truth in
all these reasons. | have been stu
dent of child life in this city for about
eleven years. I have seen girls going
TO the bad from the foregoing reasons,
also where the parents were well
enough situated as to means, but just
let their girls run on the street with
other children who did not turn out
bad. Some are put out because father
mas insserted and the mother must get
out 10 work. Other mothers are SO
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
WILL HOLD PICNIC LAST
sATURDAYsIN SEPTEMBER

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 29.-[Editor
Herald: "Carlotta" announced that
she would not attend the picnic, be-
lieving that distance lends enchant-
ment to the view" AS she had not seen
any of us, presume she was passing
judgment on herself. There were ten
women to five fortunate men, which
perhaps was not so bad a showing,
considering that all sorts of PROPOSE
tions had been made looking to change
of place and date. l was commissioned
to inform readers that the next picnic
would be held at the same place, Syca-
more park, the last Saturday in Sep
tember, when it is hoped regular ar
rangements will be made for winter
sessions.
Whoever thinks the woman suffrage
question, liberty vs. authority, and
crime and the treatment of criminals
were not thrashed out in the three
hours discussion has another guess
coming. Many of the most constant
contributors to the Letter Box were
there, and | believe every one enjoyed
herself and himself enormously.
1 am inclined to think that. although
outnumbered two to one, the men did
most of the talking, but whether this
is a proof of sex superiority l have my
doubts. T. K. G.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
BIG RINGLING SHOW is
COMING TO LOS ANGELES
Eighty-fiVe Cars of CIRCUS Joy Will
Be Shown Two Days in Sep
tember

Miss Yak of Asia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Monk and infant of the Hotel de
Monk" RinglingVille; liberal mouthed
Mike, the hippo: the Giraffe family OF
Africa and los cages of other jungle
creatures will visit Los Angeles two
days. beginning Tuesday Sept. p. At
the same time will also come IS cars
of circus joy, 1880 men, women and
children from every part of the globe;
$50 housekeeping horses in silver
mounted harness. three miles of pa
rade glories and 40 elephants, one of
which bears the proud distinction of
being the first mountain of meat ever
owned by Ringing Brothers.
The present season marks the twen-
ty-siXth milestone in the Ringlings
career as showmen, and program of
exceptional excellence has been ar
ranged to celebrate the occasion. All
that is new. startling and wonderful
has been gathered from every country
On the globe. The program is made
up of 100 numbers and twenty new
European features and Will be pre-
sented here identically as given at
New York city during the early part
Of this season.
The entire performance of Ringing
Brothers circus this season is one of
originality, novelty and artistic COM
pleteuess. All of the 375 performers
of the old world. The sixty riders are
headed by Daisy Hodgini and the Nc
Cree-Davenport troupe the sixty aer-
ialists have as their feature the ten
flying Jordans, whose acts fairly fill
the arena with flying forms; chief
among the trained animal acts is
Schumann's German horse circus.
These educated creatures smoke pipes,
drink from glasses and roll one an
other about in huge beer barrels. and
above all, for the limit of daring, Is
the double someTsaulting automobile.
This feature consists of a meteor-like
descent of a huge auto car in which
Mile. Roche is carried into space,
where her charger somersaults twice
before righting and crashing on the
hippodrome track This act marks the
first time in history that either BIZ
cycle or automobile has described two
complete revolutions in midair.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
CONTENDS THAT MAJORITY Is
UNsELFISH TO POINT OF IDlocY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.-[Editor
Herald: G. L. Robertson writes that
1--WE as a people are too selfish to en-
tertain any combine plans at this
time" Will he tell us what the trust
magnates who do combine are, If they
are not "people?" And do they combine
because they are unself1sh or because
it is to their self interest to do so? IL
a principle is such a success applied
to a few, might it not, with advantage,
be extended to the whole people?
But l did not start out to say these
things, but to contend that the ma
jority of 1--WE people" are unseltish. We
have a Fourth of July fiction at least
that the majority of the people rule in
this country, and this majority allows
4S per cent of the population to own
951h per cent of the wealth of the coun-
try while this said ruling majority
gets along with 41a per cent. This un-
selfish people works and produces all
the wealth and allows a few who do
not work to take almost three-fifthS
of it, they walk or hang to straps that
a few may ride in Pullmans and au-
tomobiles; they give their children to
be worked into profits that a few may
enjoy European trips and monkey dim
ners; they give their girls to the fac
tories and brothels that few other
girls may buy titled husbands.
Selfish! Why we are unself1Sh to the
point of idiocy-or is it that we are
ignorant that there is a better way
way of enlightened self interest ad-
vantageous to all? If we were selfish
as pigs, would we stand aside hungry
while a few overfed porkers ate all the
swill? That is what we do now.
GEORGIA X.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
ANNEXATION PETITION
is FILED WITH CLERK
COLEGRnVE AND ARLINGTON
ARE APPLICANTS
Documents Filed with Lelande Con,
tain 7o11 Signatures and State
Law Requires Only
$3.50

The petition for the annexation of
the Colegrove and Arlington Heights
district was filed with the city clerk
yesterday. The petition contains Toll
signatures. To be effective under the
law and compel the council under the
special election for the annexation the
city clerk must find that $3.50 of these
signatures are those of qualified cleo
tors of the city of Los Angeles.
The proceedings for this annexation
will be carried on under the general
annexation law. which is different from
the law under which the consolidation
of Los Angeles with San Pedro and
Wilmington was effected. The differ
ence lies in the fact that the territory
which desires to come into Los Angeles
is adjacent to the city limits and no
portion of it is an incorporated city.
Work of checking the signatures on
the petition will begin this morning,
and the city clerk estimates he can de-
eide in ten days whether or not the
petition is sufficient. If it is, the coun-
ell must call a special election, al
though the time when that election will
be held is optional with the council.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
BIDS FOR UNIVERSITY
POLICE STATION OPENED
Lowest Estimate for New Quarters is
Submitted by J. A. Crook at
Cost of $25,79S

The board of public works yesterday
received bids for the construction of the
new sub-police station to be located in
the University district The lowest bid
submitted was by j. A. Crook who pro-
posed to do the work for $25,7SS. There
were seven bidders, and the highest
asked S34,500.
While Crook submitted the lowest
bid, his proposal is in excess of the
amount appropriated by the council to
erect the building. The budget COM
mittee allowed $4,000 to the police de-
partment fund to put up the new
police station, but it was anticipated
that the building would cost more, for
Councilman Dromgold, a member of the
budget committee, announced more
money probably would have to be ap-
propriated from the general fund.
The new building is to be constructed
on the site of the old one, as the city
owns the land. During its erection the
University police department will be
housed in building directly across the
street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31

connect the name and personality of
Pinchot with the practical issue. 1t
seems natural for Americans to take
sides, and therefore it's to be deplored
that their characteristic hurry prevents
their looking into facts with some thor-
oughness before expressing opinions.
Those who have read their country
history as it has been made know the
importance OF the subject, just as does
the man whose name has been brought
before the people controversially while
in pursuance of his duty.
In order to comment intelligently on
the events of today we must know
something of past history-not simply
as regards persons, but the face of the
country itself To appreciate Mr.. Pin
chot we must know more than is evil
denced by an apology for him!
Every American ought to be inter-
ested in the conservation of America S
natural resources, and in this connec-
ton l would suggest that the teachers
in the earlier grades of our pubIc
schools should be supplied with suit
able literature to take the place now
given to the reading aloud by the
teacher of any story book that happens
along. Our young people would De
more edited by some OF the wonder
tales of our own country and It's won
derful resources-by which l do not
mean statistics. l am told that history
and civil government do not appeal 10
the majority of our young people IN
school, yet every day we see the neeu
of a grounding in political economy on
the part of many of our contemporaries
that must be given the coming genera
tions If American ideals are to be up
held by future Americans.
Toward supplying this need in my
own family I subscribe for the Herald
and read aloud the editorials, together
with the news items to which they CO.
relate, and am thankful for such
newsnaper. SUBSCRIBER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
SPEAKS IN DEFENSE OF
HER MISGUIDED SISTERS

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Aug. 2S.-tEditor
Herald: The campaign pro and
contra Mary Magdalene seems to have
slackened up somewhat, but 1 suppose
the present humble lines are going TO
pour oil on the smouldering embers'
that is, provided you print them.
To begin with, let me tell you how
sorry | am this was not written be-
fore. | am utterly ashamed TO thlnk
that ii was a MAN who first had the
nerve to break lance for Mary Mag
dalene, while all her sisters seemed
to follow the Hit her again for SHE
deserves it" theory. (Not a word
about HIND.
Is il really credible that a number
of women in this twentieth century or
ours are merely capable of blindly at
lacking one of their own sex because
she has the courage to expose What
she very easily might have concealed
i'm order to give warning to the trust
ing" warm-hearted, warm blooded
Young girl of the present generation.
threatened as she always has been and
always will be both from within ana
without? Men are not all angels yet
and supposing one of them got the
best of your daughter on account OF
the very Innocence of her heart anu an
your own lack of wisdom to put hei
body called her names?
Once more. is it possible that wom-
anhood Should have so little compre-
hension, as little charity and what Is
n ore than all should be SO unjust to
her own kind? There is a picture III
NV mind of a brood of chicks, SOFT
fluffy, spotless little things housed in a
coop surrounded by wire netting. one
of the number, the smartest of all
began to long for the great green
world outside and it's mother being
only a blind mechanical incubator, II
thoughtlessly tried to get through the
netting and scratched its little PINK
toe on thorn of the wire. And what
do YOU think the soft fluffy, spotless
sisters did? At the sight of the blood
the whole herd bore down on 1t and
ate 1t up! All sisters! sisters! when
will we learn how to stand by each
other We will never accomplish any
thing for the good of our cause un-
less we do. And do you wonder that
there are men who think that woman
is but a pretty, tinkling, empty toy
to be used as such, If we show as little
brain and depth and comprehension
Now, Mr.. Editor, print this letter OF
throw it in the wastepaper basket
the main thing is that the foregoing
is out of my system; for whether
am bending over the washtub or bath
ing my first-born or scrupblng the
floor or giving a curtain lecture to my
buhhv who sometimes deserves it,
this desire of protesting against what
7 think is cruelty unjust is botherins
the life out of me and therefore, dear
Mr.. Editor, I'll pass it on to you'
MODERN YOUNG MOTHER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
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The Purest and Most De-
liciOuS Soda

Puritas Sodas are really quite out of
the class of ordinary sodas, because
of their delicious fiavoring-not too
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them.
No fear in giving them to the
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1t pays to get the best. And Puri-
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
[The Herald Letter Box is the Peoples FOrums

authorize the issue of bonds enough to
construct double track railroad from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and for an
other from some point on the lakes to
the Pacific, and also enough to put our
waterways in a condition that would
be of benefit to the country. But the
way they are conducting things now is,
In my opinion, of no use except to the
corporations. They have been at 1t for
years and where is the benefit? 1 have
no doubt the people would vote for
such bonds almost unanimously If they
had a chance. Let preparations for
war go for awhile; our big warships
will be old junk in few years at best.
Put that money into improving our
country, and if some foreign foe should
ever land on our shore, drive them out,
which we can, and then make them
pay the cost. 1t is said that to be pre-
pared for war is the best way to in
sure peace. I take notice that foreign
countries, being always prepared for
war, have more trouble than we do,
and again, We never have been pre-
pared for war when it came, but we
have always come out at the top of
the heap. SIMPLE JIMMIE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
WOULD PUT MONEY FOR NAVY
INTO NATIONS IMPROVEMENTS

MONROVIA, Cal, Aug. G.-[Editor
Herald: I see by The Herald that the
owner of the United States-Oh, excuse
me---the railroad king" has shut him
self up and refuses to be interviewed
and the stock market (and the people)
are going wild. Is It not rather hu-
initiating to this great country of ours
that such fuss should be made over
a man that the country could get along
without, to say the least? l also see
another humiliating feature-conven-
tions meeting to discuss plans to reduce
freight rates and other things equally
absurd.
Who owns these commissions? Don't
look into the matter too closely or
there may be big surprise for the
dear people. Now, it looks to man up
q tree as if these commissions would
take up the matter of the people own
ing themselves instead of being owned
by corporations-i. g.: urge congress to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
FIRST BUILDING PERMIT
ISSUED FOR WILMINGTON
Goes to F. S. Cary for Four-Room Cot
taqe-AndreW Peterson Wants
Job as San Pedro Janitor

The first building permit for the con-
solidated territory was issued by Mark
Cohen, chief deputy building Inspector,
yesterday The permit went to f. ).
Cary of Eighth and Main streets, VIII
mington. and is for the erection of a
four-room cottage on G street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth. In cele-
bration of the event, Cohen filled out
the application for the permit himself,
only asking Cary to sign it.
Andrew Peterson has applied to the
council for appointment as janitor OF
the city hall at San Pedro. He has held
this position for number of years
and gives a number of substantial men
of San Pedro as his references. If he
is appointed it will be under the emer-
gency clause of the charter, and he will
have to take the civil service eXamina-
ton, which in the case of janitors is
not severe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
SAYS CHRISTIANITY
SIGNIFIES MORALITY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S.-lEditor
Herald: / hate controversies and dis
putations for mere mounting sake yet
believe that a discussion carried on in
a loving spirit may be productive OF
much good, and although the writer
could not agree with "Lineman, l GER
tainly accepted his letter in the spirit II
was given-a spirit of kindness-and
with a desire for the dissemination OF
truth as he saw 1t.
1t is undoubtedly true that some con-
fuse morality with religion. But as
regarding the Christians faith the two
are inseparabe. While man may be
a moral man without being Christian
he cannot be a Christian without being
a moral man.
A writer (Wardlaw) has said that
morality is religion in practice" The
word religion" signifies to rebind or
to bind anew, and that implies break
or breach, to disunite, to estrange, 70
ALLEVIATE.
The Christian cogniZes the fact that
bv one mans transgresion the Whole
human family became alienated from
the life of God, bringing death into the
world the destruction of the body, even
to those who do not transgress after
tbe similitude of Adams transgression
And his sole desire is to obtain that life
from which he has been severed. Hence
his love for the Christ, who came to
"bind up" the broken hearted" to "blno
up the breach of his people and heal
the stroke of their wound" 1t being
likened to the stroke of a serpent, tor
the sting of death is sim"
II is true, as "Lineman" says, that
the efforts of interpretations of re-
veaied precepts have been varied and
conflicting" but this only proves the
truth of the scriptures. We are told
that in the time of the end (of the
Gentle dispensation) knowledge should
increase we have come to that time,
Note we'll the words of the messianic
prophet Isaiah on this point: More
over the light of the moon shall be as
the light of the sun, and the light OF
the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light
of seven days, in the day that the Lord
bindeth up the breach or his people
and bealeth the stroke of their wound.
J. r. KITS. -
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31

busy keeping house, receiving ana
making furbelows for their children
that they gladly allow them to spend
most of their time with forbearing
neighbors to give time for the things
they consider so very important. Each
day these little girls come home ap-
parently all right until by the time
thew are 10 to Is years the mothers
consider them quite capable of TAX
ing care of themselves and they trust
them to do it. They have never had
time to send them to Sunday school
nor to take them to church-oh, no, the
lodge is good enough for them. And
when their eyes are finally opened they
are the most surprised of any one in
the neighborhood and probably nave
the least patience with those girls,
when maybe lot of patience and very
much mother love might save them.
CRUSADER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
SAYS FORESTRY SHOULD
BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS

DOLGEVILLE, Aug. 2S.-[Editor
Herald: May the appeal Of Conspectus
to the people result in good. The ques-
ton has only lately become one. with
names attached, but has been before
the American people many years, con-
fronting them ssEiausly before Roose
welt (the Hsg5 president who knew or
western conditions and their import
ance to the nation) made 1T possible to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31
T. K. G. SCOUTS PROPOSALS
TO POSTPONE BOXERS PICNIC

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 27.-[Editor
HeraldJ One correspondent wants a
picnic in Central City park, another
thinks Long Beach would be the place.
One says next month, and another
would put it off to the very end of Sep
tember-that there may be time for
arrangements. One proposed a red
cross, and another that we should have
able names. And there is even a writer
who thinks we need a male and female
chaperone.
For my part / shall rendezvous at
Sycamore park Saturday, August 2S, 2
p. m. And / shall bring my own sun
flower and chaperone. T. x. G..