El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

!, beach shoes with the costume and
some don't
Although Ocean Park is still on the
map as one of the more important os
the beaches near Los Angeles. II no
longer exists as an official munich
pality. The territory has been divided
between the townships Of Venice and
Santa Monica for administration and
police purposes. Venice getting the
major portion Of what was formerly
Ocean Park The division strikes a
barbecue lunch stand directly in the
middle. The clerk stands in Venice
and serves barbccued sandwiches to
patrons at the counter in Santa Mon
lea The sidewalk out front shows
plainly where the dividing line oc-
ours. It is red on the Santa Monica
side and white on the Venice side.
Before July 1, Venice was sNetD
and Santa Monica fsdry.1 This
made over half OF Ocean Park
''wet.5 The red sidewalk was on
the dry side.
Venice is far and away ahead of
any OF the other California beaches In
the line of amusements and is con-
stantly adding to its list All the pier
is now taken up with amusement con-
cessions Of one sort or another. over
q score having been added this year.
Ocean Park has added a small, new
bath house. It is. a couple of blocks
down towards Santa Monica from
Pier avenue and has no plunge.
Rents at the California beaches
have increased more largely in pro-
portion than any other increase in the
cost Of living. Quarters that formerly
brought S55 a month now bring 500,
It is asserted.
Where hamburger steak signs
formerly cluttered mp the CalifOr-
mia beaches, you see Liberty
sandwich. signs these days No
body sells hamburger, but II
tastes just the same.
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There Is a restaurant in Los An
geles that sells you a table d'hote
dinner for 81 II you eat everything
you order from the bill OF fare. but
charges you SIPS II you leave any
thing on your plate. You have your
choice Of eight or nine meats and as
II you eat it-but II you don't eat all
you order, you pay extra for the
waste.
The Salton Sea in California IS fast
disappearing but Is still a rather good
sized lake. It has receded some dis
lance from the S. P. tracks as a result
come out from Imperial valley to fish
there. and the Salton Sea station does
a pretty fair business in tickets for
a desert locality.
California picture theaters have
quit fighting over the relative
merits OF their pictures and are
now squnbblinE Sver which has
the finest organ and the best or
Eanist.
One OF the biggest money makers
on the Crescent beach Is the little
''jitne" electric line operating cars"
between Venice and Ocean Park piers
and between Ocean Park and Santa
Monica The fare Is five cents be-
tween either destination and the cars
are filled all the time. The passen-
gers sit sidewise on the cars" and /
are crowded on as thick as sardines l
in a can.
The electric chairs that formerly |
operated on the beaches have disap- /
peared. It is said people used to rent /
them and, instead Of returning them, /
would sidetrack them somewhere I
along the beach and leave them, so
that II took all the time OF the at
tendants TO hunt them up. They were 1
propelled by electricity and carried \
two people and rented for a dollar an I
hour. One Of the passengers operated 4
the chair