Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26

Raisn day Is to be observed in Los
Angeles with q vengeance If the wishes
of the corps of enthusiastic boosters
who are here from Fresno have their
way about things, and from the way
they are going at 1t they will do Just
that. They have interested the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce In their
proposition and Secretary Frank Wig
gins has sent out the following letter
to the hotels about town requesting
their cooperation:
Dear Sir:
about a year ago we addressed the
restaurants and hotels on the subject
of boosting 'Raisin Day and the sue
cess that followed the efforts of our
people in this line warrants US to
again ask you to use your best efforts
in boosting raisins on April 30, desg-
mated as 'Raisin Day by the growers
of Fresno.
"If 1t meets with your pleasure and
does not seriously interfere with your
regular menu, will you not in your
menu of that day include as many
dishes as possible wherein raisins are
a factor, and call attention to the fact
that that day is known as 'Raisin Day
all over the United States.
IT trust you appreciate the fact that
in doing this you are aiding In the dis
tribution of one Of Californias great
est products"
Undoubtedly the hotels will fall in
with the spirit Of the thing and serve
raisins to their guests April 30. AL
ready several managers have signltled
their willingness to do this so the
guests NAV expect .raislns in every
form imaginable when the annual
raisin day rolls round.
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WASHINGTON and Bond, room clerks
at the Lankershim hotel, are the pest
of friends yet just once In Wrlle
they have a few words. One Of these
"once in a while" occasions occurred
the other night and consisted of about
the following dialogue:
Bond Ito a guest)-"You VIII nave % 10
ask old man Washington over there
about that"
Washington-"Fat chance you've got
calling me old man. Why, you old fos-
sill, you were chief clerk for Moan IN
the ark"
Bond-"How do you know?"
WASHINGTON" Cause l hoped bells
for him myself"
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A guest, who had been taking on
a few a little too freely, wandered into
the Alexandria the other night, enter
ed the elevator and went to his room
without securing his key. In minute
the telephone rang and he asked the
clerk to send it up at once. A front
carried the necessary article up to the
man, but hardly had he returned TO
the lobby when the phone rang again;
Johnny Mills, front clerk, answered
"yyhat is it now?" he asked.
"What in-hic-am / to do with this
kew" came over the wire.
"Why, unlock your room and go 10
bed. of course" said Johnny.
"Ah. 90 on" said the befuddled man
dismally. Tell that hop to bring UP
a keyhoe too, I can't get in without
a keyhole to put the key In
The front" put him to bed
There was an old fellow stopping IN
the Hollenbeck last week who appeared
at the desk the morning after he ar
rived and stated that he had been rob
bed of two $50 bills He explained that
when he came in the night before ne
had been so tired that he neglected to
deposit his hundred with the cashier.
That morning when he arose the blils
We're gone. ,,
The clerk called Manager Mitchell
and explained the case to him.
what did you do with the bills last
night?" asked Mr.. Mitchell. -
"WeIl. YOU see," said the man,
was afraid to leave them in my pocket
or TO lace them under my pillow, ana
having no place else l slipped them IN
nv shoe. | locked both the WlndoW
and the door and am sure this morn
ing that the transom had not oeeh
to1ched. OF course I don't hold you
fellows responsible, but l can't hgure
how anyone could have gotten them
Lets go up and investigate" said
Mr. Mitchell.
They went to the room, looked in
every conceivable place, even examln-
ing the mattress, but to no avail; the
bills were gone. -.
"Are you sure they are not IN your
shoe?" asked Mr.. Mitchell. ~
"You bet l am" replied the man. I
almost tore all the lining out OF that
shoe trying to find those bills. Ihey
are not there, l am sure
The bills were not found and the next
day the man left town. Before he leIt'
however, he promised to let Mr.. Mltch-
ell know if he found the bills and the
latter promised him that diligent
search would be kept up to discover
the culprit.
Mr. Mitchell was aroused out of bed
about 12 o'clock that same night: "A
small boy handed him telegram from
the man. 1t read:
Don't give me away. The bills were
in the other Shoe"
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After a prosperous and busy winter
season the Alpine tavern on Mount
Lowe is having a little lull in busl-
ness, and taking advantage of this luil
is making preparations to handle the
crowd of visitors who flock to Mount
Lowe each summer. There are ABOUT
thirty permanent guests at the tavern
at present, but it is expected that be-
ginning May all accommodations will
have been taken. Already reservations
are coming in for rooms and cottages,
some as far ahead as the middle OF
August being spoken for.
The transient visitors still continue
10 arrive in large numbers, the list of
guests who register daily at the tavern
being on the average between eighty
and 100 persons. Among those who
registered Sunday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
F. e. Hawkin, Toronto, Canada; Mrs.
r. O. Lewis, Watertown, N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. Will Stephens, Mr.. and Mrs.