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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
BUILDING
ORDINANCE Is PASSED
Extra 30 Feet Must Be Built So as
Not to Cast a Shadow on
Street

The amendment providing for the
height Of buildings was passed by the
city council yesterday, and provides
that buildings of class A construction
may be $50 feet high, or twelve stories
but that the cornice line must be main
tanned at $50 and the extra thirty feet
must be built at least twenty-five feet
from the street walls, 50 as not to cast
81 shadow on the street.
Mayor Alexander will return the ord
nance passed by the council last week
providing for buildings 1SO feet high,
but having no restrictions as to cornice
line He will sign the ordinance passed
yesterday, as it is a compromise ac-
Cepted by all factions.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
TEMPORARY BAND STAND IS
WANTED IN CENTRAL PARK
Commission Says Present Structure
is Disgrace and Should Be
Raced as Soon as Possible

The park commission yesterday asked
the city council for funds to build a
temporary band stand in Central park
for the accommodation of the Municipal
band. The band stand now in use is
considered disgrace to Los Angeles.
The council referred the matter to the
finance committee, and that committee
will struggle with the problem of how
to get money where there is none.
Funds have already been provided for
building a handsome band stand in
Central park, and the plans are being
drawn but it will be several months
befobe it can he ready for use, and a
temporary stand is wanted to bridge
the interim.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
TO TAKE 1o.000-MlLE TRIP
IN THIRTY-SlX-F00T BOAT

CHICAGO, Noy. 3o-A 10000-mile
trip in a 36-foot launch is the PROPOSE
ton laid out for Stanley A. Beade
who anchored off the Chicago Yacht
club yesterday. Mr.. Beadle started his
tour Saturday night from Muskegon,
Mich, and intends to return to the
starting point within twelve months
his route taking him through the H.
linois- Michigan canal, the Illinois and
Mississippi rivers, The Gulf of Mexico.
around the Atlantic seaboard to the
Gulf of st. Lawrence, up the st. Law
renee river and through the great lakes
back to Muskegon
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01

in
our Cloth
mandy
giving
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01

If ven want to go east. c. HaydOck, Agt.
I!linou Central r. r.. lis w. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01

Land on the west coast OF Mexico, Sonora
sinaloa.-H A. Smith, $40 Byrne bldg
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
BUSINESS is so LIGHT
COUNCIL ADJ0URNS EARLY
City Fathers Will Meet Today to Pass
Ordinance Reducing Street lm=
provement Restrictions

Something almost unprecedented hap
pened yesterday when the city council
finished its weeks business at noon
and adjourned for the day. Business
was unusually light.
The council will meet at o'clock
this morning to pass the ordinance re-
ducing the street improvement restric-
tiOns.
As next Tuesday is election day, the
council will make no effort to transact
anything but the most urgent business
and will adjourn to Wednesday morn
ing.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
WOULD ABOLISH
GRADE CROSSINGS
COUNCILMAN WALLACE LABELS
THEM A MENACE
RAILWAYS MAY BE FORCED TO
MAKE CHANGE
Data Gathered in Relation to Rose
Hill Crossing and the Killing
of Jacobs Family Used
as Arguments

Councilman Wallace yesterday started
an active crusade for anti-grade cross
ings for railroads. Acting on his sug-
gestion the council instructed the city
attorney to present an opinion as soon
as possible as to the councils power
to. compel the railroads to elevate or
depress their crossings.
Walace's opportunity came when
Councilman Dromgold, chairman of a
special committee, made a report that
his committee had taken up the matter
of an elevated crossing for the Pacific
Electric i'm Mission road at what is
called Rose Hill crossing, and the rail-
way had agreed to pay half the cost.
Dromgold presented some data he mad
secured in his Investigations, showing
that in most of the eastern cities the
railways have to pay the entire cost of
elevating or depressing their tracks.
but in some cases the city has assisted.
Further time was given the committee
to complete details.
Want Quick Opinion
Il am glad the matter of ant-grade
crossings has been taken up said Mr..
Wallace. THE city attorney has been
asked to say whether the city or the
railway will have to pay the cost of the
change in the crossings, but we un-
derstand Mr.. Hewitt has been too busy
to take up the matter, But we must
have q decision right away. II is NOT
the question of the cost, although mil
lions will probably have to be expended
but it is a question of lives. We must
not have any more of these accidents
such as happened last Thursday night
when five members of the Jacobs family
were killed because of grade crossings.
I'VE must begin an active movement
that will protect the lives of our citi-
zens. and it must be done at once.
Grade crossings are a menace to hu-
manity"
Mr.. wallace read a clipping from The
Herald. quoting the words of the
funeral sermon preached over the
bodies of the Jacobs victims.
In his crusade for elevated crossings
Wallace has the support and sympathy
of practically every member OF the
council. and he expects to have the
question definitely settled before his
term expires
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
Mems and Young Mems
Suits and OVerCOatS
Is Ger csat Discount


tneyw Angeles
therefore rel lofa uthorzed a S
HaweSH
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
To Build EIGHT Fountains

The council yesterday authorized the
board Of public works to advertise for
eight drinking fountains to be located
in four Fairgrounds. The funds for
these fountains were provided in the
annual budget,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-01
Nurses, Salaries in Abeyance

Action on the message of the mayor
Vetoing the ordinance increasing the
salaries of the school nurses from SIS to
$50 was postponed two weeks when it
was presented to the council yesterday
morning.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Cost of Education.

One of the greatest of all American
,Edus,ri> is The business OF educat
ing the boys and the girls. The con
duct of this business costs as much as
$l42,OOO,O00 a year. 1t takes $780,
100000 to pay the teachers and $780,
100000 each year to provide buildings.
Over onefifth of the entire population
OF the United States is enrolled as
pupils in the schools. The number of
teachers employed I'm the common
schools in the school year ended
June, 1907, was $4,000. OF. these
10000 were women. The average
school year is now much longer than
In former times, being $50 days.
When we consider the volume of
books, of stationery, of school sup
plies for all this army of 10000. 900
school children, we are impressed
with the enormous economical and
commercial Importance OF the school
system. In speech to normal school
students i'm Georgia the other day,
President Taft said: There is no
higher profession in which self-sacri-
flee is manifested more clearly and in
which more good can be done than
that OF the teacher, and | hope you
will continue 1t through life. Albany
Journal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
The Disappearing CITY Land


New York city with close to 1000
900 people has only 100000 landown-
ers. But one of each seven register
ed voters has an inch of earth he can
call his own. OF every nine families
with the average membership of five,
only one owns lands. The rest are
renters, contributing to the opulence
of landlords, migrating from place to
place as the spirit and the rent collec-
tor impel. Conditions in New York
are scarcely typical, for the contract
ed area, the large percentage of new
immigrants and other abnormal condi-
tons make home owning difficult. II
is, however, true that a surprisingly
small proportion of families in any of
the larger American cities have legal
possession of the roofs that shelter
them. IL is estimated that. taking the
United States as whole. approx
mately half the families own their
own homes, but this comparison is
maintained only because the inhabi-
tants of rural sections largely follow
the example of their forefathers and
are not content until they can call a
home their own. The city Is the
abode of the migrant.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Spare the TonsiIs.

Dilettante doctors in the West are
advocating cutting out every young
persons tonsils, holding that the ton.
sill Is a vestigial organ, hangover
inherited from our root-eating, cave.
dwelling, near-man fore-fathers. While
evolution teaches that this is partly
true the accumulated experience of
old wise physicians has shown that i'm
many cases after removal Of the ton
stls there follows stunning, drawing
of the character. species of emu.
chism. In other words. the tonsil
belongs to- that strange. unknown.
mysterious circle of glands i'm the
head and neck which dominates
growth. yirility and character.-N New
York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
OVER THE FENCE
NcighbOr Says Something.

The front yard fence Is a famous
council place ON pleasant DAYS. Nav
Dc TO chat with some one along the
street, or for friendly gossip with
next door neighbor Sometimes IL Is
only small talk. but other times
neighbor has something really good
TO offer
An old resident of Baird. Texas.
got some mighty good advice this
way once
lie says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly
dead with dyspepsia. kidney disease
and bowel trouble. with constant
pains in my stomach. back and side
and so weak | could scarcely walk.
one day was chatting with one
Of my neighbors about my trouble
and told her / believed coffee hurt
me. Eelghbor said she knew lots of
people TO whom coffee was poisop
and she pleaded with me to quit Il
and give Postum trial. I did not
take her advice right away. but tried
change OF climate, which did not do
me any good. Then ] dropped coffee
and took up Postum
Ny Improvement began immedl-
ately and ] got better every day I
used Postum
Ny bowels became regular and In
two weeks all my pains wore gone
Now / am well aud strong and can
eat anything ] want to without dis
tross. All Of this is due To- my bav-
Ing quit coffee, and to the use Of
Postum regularly.
Ny son, who was troubled with
indigestion. thought that N Postum
helped me so, 70 might help him. II
did. too. and he is now well and
strong again
We like Postum as well as we
ever liked the coffee and use IL alto
gethor In my family in place Of coffee
and all keep well There's Roo.
SON Read "Tho Road to we'll
ville," I'm pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? : ar.
one appears from time to dDc lga
are genuine, true, and fuH ol .....
interest.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
"MENOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.

Any bookseller win tell you that
the constant quest OF his customers
is for "a book which Will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs OF Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar.
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie volume of the great TESTERS
most pungent jokes, comic harangues.
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches OF ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
enusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other DAYS.
These Memoirs" also contain a series
OF adventures and Incidents alternat-
ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the rec
ord of half century OF remarkable
life, In the course Of which the sub
1ect was brought into contact with
most OF the national celebrities of the
day. The book abounds In anecdotes.
humorous and otherwise; and It at
fords clearer view of the inside
mysteries OF show life than any ac-
count heretofore published. Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor of the famous
One Horse Show" was more of a
national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House. 1874 Leonard
street. New York City.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Millions In Automobiles.

While the automobile is of older
use abroad than here, statistics show
that more money is invested in autos
In the United States than in all of
the rest of the world combined. In
the first place, the country is the most
resourceful and prosperous and the
percentage of people able to indulge
In such a costly luxury is much great
er. Over and above this is the nat
ural trait born of the everyday life
OF the American people. AS its bust
ness life is strenuous, so is it's rec
reation. Accompanying the Ameri-
cans active pursuit of money making
is the Willingness to spend 1t for what
appeals to him, and the 1925, 900 900
required to pay for the years output
of automobiles will be forthcoming
without a doubt.-Omaha Bee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
ORIGIN OF THE SPOON
Suggestion Is That 1t Came Originally
From the She'll

Suggestion Is That 1t Came Originally
From the Shell.
The suggestion is offered by a cor
respondent that the domestic spoon
probably owes its origin to the shell.
says the Dundee Advertiser Shells
or the mussel, scallop and oyster, 1t
Is believed, were used in prehistoric
times as spoons and ladies', the han
die being formed of a piece of wood
split at one end to hold the shell firm
ly. Some savage nations make sim
liar spoons up to the present day, and
the old Highland custom of Offering
whisky in shell has been probably
handed down from generation to gen
Grafton for untold ages. Westman. in
his History of the Spoon" gives Ro-
man specimens, which are very simple
In design something like silver caddy
spoons-and are much shorter I'm the
handle than those from Egypt. Those
Tor common use were generally made
OF bronze, iron or brass. They clear
ly show how the shell-shape was re.
tanned and their marine origin is also
preserved in the name for a spoon
cochleare-derived from cochlea, a
shell or cookie. The Celtic spoon also
closely Tesembled the shell in form.
though made of bronze. The horns
OF various animals, such as the OK.
bison and ram were often used as
drinking cups, and as the material
was found suitable, it was sometimes
used with wood, ivory, metal, etc. for
spoonmaking. Hence the ancient ex.
preston ito spoil a horn to make a
spoon"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with it's blessings. must I'M
derstand. quito clearly, that it involves tho
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
Is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute TO living Alright.
Then the use Of medicines may be dis
pensed with TO advantage, but under Or
binary conditions in many instances q
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able If taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co, only, and for sale
bv all leading druggists
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Chinese Scholar On MARRIAGE,

Sir Robert Hart. speaking OF mar.
riage and death customs in the far
east, tells story of great Chinese
scholar and high official. who said
that our foreign way OF letting the
young people fall in love and choose
and the Chinese way of first marry
ing and then making acquaintance re.
minded him of two kettles OF water
the frst-the foreign-was taken at
the boiling point from the fire by mar
riage and then grew cooler. whereas
the second-the Chinese-was n ket
tie of cold water put on the fire by
wedlock and ever afterward grew
warmer and warmer. $50 that" said
his friend. after fifty or sixty years
we were madly i'm love with each
er."-From Tit-Bits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
IDAHO TO FEED ELK.
Effort to Prevent Winter Slaughter by
Tusk Hunters.

An effort will be made by the State
to prevent as far as possible a repeti-
ton OF the wanton destruction of large
numbers OF elk which took place iII
Fremont county last winter.
The animals have been driven bI
extreme hunger to approach the set
Elements. and weak from staryaticll
and struggling I'm the unusually deRD
snow when they reached the lowland1.
we're killed and skinned Tn may
cases reduced to mere skeletons thy,r
meat could not be used.
The idea of the game warden IS VI
arrange II possible TO have cheap hay
shipped into the country where the
elk abound and place II where the anil
mails, when their natural food supply
gives out, will be able to find Todd.
Several Of the ranchers In the Elk
country have put out hay for the ali
mails for a number OF years. and they
have not been long I'm locating III
when the snow gets deep IN the hills
In this manner they are enabled ito
keep i'm good condition throughout the
winter and when spring arrives {e-
turn 10 their usual haunts.
The eastern part OF the State forks
the principal range for these ANNA s.
which tho authorities are endeavorihe
TO protect from the pot hunters and
specimens seeker Stringent laws
have been enacted, which n carried
out will go n great way toward pro.
tecting the king Of North American
game animals
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29

b. Before I had taken one bottle /
was better, and now ] am completely
cured. LENA V. HENRY, Route No.
50. Adrian, Ga.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
hdlf-hearted existence. missing three
fourths Of the joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compounds
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female Ills, and
has cured thousands Of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
alteration. hbroid tumOrs, Irregular
ties, is'riOdlC pains, backache, indiges-
ton, end nervous prOstratiOn.
IF YOU have the slightest doubt
that Lydia ". Pinkham's Vcge-
table Compound will help you,
write TO Mrs. PinkhaSu at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential,
and the advice free.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Pics Knew Him.

The sages OF the general store
were discussing the veracity of old
81 Perkins when Uncle Bill Abbot
ambled in.
What do you think about It, Uncle
Bill?" they asked him. Would you
call 81 Perkins a lair?"
Wall" answered Uncle Bill slowly.
as he thoughtfully studied the ceiling.
Il don't know as I'd go as far as to
call him a lair exactly but | do know
this much: when feedin' time comes.
in order to get any response from his
hogs, he has to get somebody else to
call 'em for him. "-Everybody's Mag.
aZine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Guarantee of penoslts

Whatever differences OF opinion
may exist concerning the propriety
or expediency of government guaran-
tee of bank deposits, it cannot be de-
MED that the experiment is proving
very popular in the States whdce have
adopted guarantee laws. An official
statement issued last week, covering
twelve months of the operation of
such law in Oklahoma, shows con-
clusively that the national banks.
which are not embraced in the opera
ton of the law, are suffering an alarm
ing loss of patronage, their deposits
showing big decrease, while there
has been corresponding increase In
the business of the State banks
Wheeling Register.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Village Ruled by Women.

In the village of Froissy, near
Paris. nearly all the important posts
are filled by women. Passengers
alighting at the railway station are
met by woman. who Is stationmas
ter, while her husband is only 9
guard.
A barber shop bears the notice that
Mile. Jeanne" will "henceforth
shave her customers only on Tues
days and Fridays, as she has under
taken other work" At the postoffice
the local telegraph messenger and
postman. Mime. Lesobre," is met
She walks on an average of 20 miles
day. The municipal drummer is q
woman in her ninetieth year.-Londor
Standard.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
TORE HIS SKIN OFF IN SHREDS
Itching Was Intense-Slcep Was Of
ten Impossible-Cured by Gu
tfcura i'm Three Weeks.

AT first an eruption of small pustules
commenced on my hands. These spread
later TO other parts of my body, and the
itching at times was intense, so much so
that literally tore the skin off in shreds
in seeking relief. The awful itching inter
fered with my work considerably, and also
kept me awake nights. l tried several doc
tors and also used a number of different
ointments and lotions but received prac-
tically no benefit. Finally | settled down
to the use of Cuticura Soap, Cutcura Oint-
ment and Cuticura Pills, with the result
that in n few days all itching had ceased
and in about three weeks time all traces
of my eruption had disappeared. ] have
had no trobule of this kind since. III. A.
Krutskoff, STA Wabash Ave-, Chicago, H.,
November Is and %, 1907"
Potter Drug g. Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
A Blue Rose Possible.

1t is by no means improbable that
some day an enterprising rose grower
may succeed in presenting the world
with blue rose. Not many years ago
the idea of a green rose would have
been ridiculed yet today there is such
a rose to Offset the ancient blue,
which we have not-as yet. That it
will come in time, we may be sure.
For more than half a century flower
growers have been seeking to create
a black rose. In this there has thus
far been only partial success, one for.
eign florist having obtained rose so
deep a crimson as to appear black I'm
ordinary lights, but revealing the
crimson heart when closely examined.
This result the florist obtained, first,
by selecting the darkest roses as
breeders, and, second, by the use of
iron filings in the soil.-Suburban
Life.
Every man has his financial limit
and nearly any woman can make him
20 IT,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29
Cured and Stayed Cured
By DR.. Kennedy's FavOrite
Remedy, the Great Kid
ney and Stomach
Remedy.

In 1882 tho Hon. Albert Merritt, Nom.
Der of the New Jersey State Senate, Prssi.
Dental Eloctor, and now Treasurer and
General Manager of the Consolidated Bag
Co., of $50 Nassau st., New York City, SUI
fered severely from urinary and digestive
trouble. He was advised to use DIR. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and wrotes
''Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remcdy Il
honestly entitled to the undivided credit Qf
nycare. Invent to the very root and source
ofmy trouble" Recently, many years after,
Mr.. Merritt writes that his health still con-
Gnues Gerry good. and says: 81 cannot say
too much in praise of Favorite Remedy. IL
Is certainly wonderful medicine" His euro
was permanent one. There are thousands
of others who have been cured by Favcri..
Remedy years ago, and they stay cured
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-06-29

cause terrible painful attacks. i lost
20 pounds, and as specialists did not
help me grew respondent.
thought l would try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and can't express my delight at
finding they helped me. l kept on
until the trouble was gone, and
though 10 years old / feel strong"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.