NEWS OF NEIGHBORING

CITIESSANTA MONICA

AND VENICE3. j 818 Oregon. Home phone 1878.

NEGROES TOFORM COLONY

PLAN BEACH SETTLEMENT NEAR

PLAYA DEL REV'

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Deal for Its Purchase Is

Now Being Nego.}. Hated;

Special to The Herald.VENICE, March 29.—Plans are under

way for the establishment of a negrocolony on a tract of bluff land on thelino of the Los Angeles Pacific rail-way, about a mile south of Playa delRey. It is said that the agent forthe proposed colony is about to closethe deal for the purchase of the landfrom its present owner, a Los Angelescapitalist.

It is the Intention of the prospectivecolonists to build homes at once for ahundred families, who are to move totho chosen locality. from Los Angeles

and other near-by points. ' ProvisionIs to be made for a camp meetingplot and for a school house, while thecliff or ocean front Is to be terracedand a railway station erected. Theland extends for a thousand feet along

the coast In a strip about half a milewidj. -;y <yy'y-.:; :

Company A, Seventh regiment, N. O.C„ will give a dance and reception atthe pavilion next Tuesday night, underthe direction of General Robert Wan-kowski and Captain A. J. Copp.

GRAB JEWELRY ANDESCAPE IN CROWD

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LOS ANGELES MAN ROBBED OF

DIAMOND PIN

Thieves Get Away with Plunder, butVictim Is Able to Furnish.

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Descriptions *Special to The Herald. * .-i,"-,?\u25a0 &:;\u25a0 \u25a0*-:-':

VENICE, March While boardinga crowded car, bound for Los Angeles,at the Windward avenue station thisafternoon, S. W. Smalley of 721 SouthBroadway, Los Angeles, was robbed ofa diamond scarf pin by an unidentifiedman who, after depriving Smalley ofhis jewelry, disappeared in the crowdand made good his escape. •

Smalley, in company with his wife,

had been spending the day at thabeach. As they boarded the car twowell-dressed, dapper young men Jostledthem in such a manner that they haildifficulty in keeping themselves fromfalling. Before they regained theirbalance one of the men, whom Smalleydescribes as short, slender and wearinga brown suit and a brown derby hat,reached out and grabbed Smalley's pin.The two then Jumped from the car andran down ' the Trolleyway to Zephyravenue, where they turned and randown to Ocean Front. ' .

To this point they were followed byMr. and Mrs. Smalley, but the thieves,

who had a good start on their pur-suers, succeeded in losing themselvesin the large crowd that was listeningto the band. Mr. Smalley reported thetheft to the authorities and describedthe culprits, but up to a late hour thisevening no trace'of them had beenfound. ,*', ' '\u25a0\u25a0'.•-\u25a0 • i*?l

ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING,A OF MURPHY SUPPORTERS

Over 160 Persons Agree to Abstain

from Use of Liquor After At.

tending Bervlce at the

Auditorium ,

Special to The Herald. •

VENICE, March Thomas C.Murphy, grandson of the late FrancisMurphy, and one of the best knownof the younger generation of temper-

ance orators, addressed an audience of1500 persons in the Venice auditoriumthis afternoon. Samuel E. Faroat ofLos Angeles, a member of Francis Mur-phy original "cabinet," and for manyyears * a prominent temperance worker,

presided, while Francis Murphy, jr., an-other grandson of the veteran leader,sang the "Holy City" and a number ofgospel hymns. At the close of themeeting 1.60 persons signed the pledge.

The chief speaker fired some' hot shotat the prevalent custom of drinkingwithin the home and said that this wasa deeper rooted and more perniciousevil than the saloon. He thanked Ab-bott Kinney for the use of the audi-torium and for his other courtesies inhelping to make the meeting a suc-cessful one; spoke feelingly of the aidextended to the cause by Mrs. A. S.Robbins of Los Angeles, and dwelt atlength on the need for additional wom-an workers In the , temperance move-ment. He paid a glowing tribute tothe beauties of Venice.'"

Mrs. Robbins spoke briefly in appre-ciation of the memory of the lateFrancis: Murphy and praised the ef-forts of the - latter's ; living son' andgrandsons.

Thomas Murphy and Francis, jr., will'start on an - extended eastern tour inthe near future. _.LARGE CROWD AT

CRESCENT BEACHES

Amusement - Places Are Thronged by

v Persons Seeking Relief front" Heat of City and In. '

.*'•'.- land Towns

Special to The Herald.OCEAN PARK, March 29,-Over 15,-

--000 \u25a0 persons, called from the :heatedcity;by' the cooling, breezes, nocked tothe '\u25a0•; crescent ,-:*ibeaches * today. Thecrowds, which came in all sorts of con-

\u25a0 "•svances J from • motorcycles , to * trolley_*_\u25a0 .m AA,*. ,/..--,--IT;Jttti.ElllWJJililllßefce L

cars, fairly thronged the strand andthe amusement places from SantaMonica, to Venice throughout the en-tire day and evening. The pleasureseekers began pouring in at an early

hour this morning and by noon morepersons had gathered on the beachthan'these resorts have seen since theclose of last season.

The amusement places all along thebeach did a thriving business. Thacrowd availed itself of the pleasuresof the big bath house, the roller coast-er the miniature railway and. thedance pavilions. The Kinney conces-sions were crowded, while large num-bers of enthusiastic anglers throngedthe several piers. •- j*

SANTA MONICA BRIEFS(special to The Herald.

SANTA MONICA, March 29.—Woman's club Is arranging for a mu-sical treat tomorrow evening in theshape of a vocal solo program by F. W.Seager of Sawtelle, a former SantaMonica baritone, who ls very popularin this city. •

The Good Templars gave an enjoyableapron and necktie social last night atthe home of Mrs. Heard on Fourthstreet. Home made candles were on

sale during the evening and a neat sumwas netted for charitable purposes.Next Tuesday night the Templars willcelebrate the twenty-third anniversary

of the founding of their lodge, with ex-ercises In Hull's hal. A program ofmusic and recitation is being arranged,at the close of which F. G. H. Stevenswill address the company.

The Wednesday Literary club willmeet this week at the home •of Mrs.Isett on Oregon; avenue. - Mrs. A. J.Boston will read a paper on "House-keeping." ' _\u25a0 - '

PASADENA• Office ME. Colorado at.

phonereai Sunaet -740. Home -688.

PATROLMEN PUZZLEDBY EIGHT-HOUR LAW

ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT RECENTORDINANCE

Chief Will Request Commissioners To-day to Say How His Men

Are to Be Af.footed

Special to The Herald.PASADENA, March 29.— Since the

passage of an ordinance at the last ses-sion of the city council which regulatesthe salaries, vacations and privilegesof city employes the point has arisenas to how the new law will affect pa-trolmen and others ln the police . de-partment.

' One section of the ordinance *pro-vides that eight hours shall constitutea day's work. For years past police-men have been working ten hours eachday, and, according to Chief Favour,must continue to work so unless addi-tional m'en are appointed In order togive efficient service.

When asked what he would do sincethe new ordinance has been passedChief Favour replied that he will askthe city commissioners to rule on th*".question at their session tomorrow.

Mayor Earley said It was not the In-tention In putting all ordinances re-lating to salaries in the various depart-ments under one heading to make anychanges In the police department. Forthat reason they, with - the firemen,have a separate ' section to regulat i

their vacations, but the eight-hour pro-vision is made to apply to all depart-ments by the ordinance.

In making up the budget last AugustChief Favour's request for money suf-ficient to place his department on aneight-hour basis was not granted bythe council, so there is' some questionas to the Interpretation the city com-missioners will put on the ordinance.

WELL KNOWN PASTORRESIGNS FROM PULPIT

Special to The Herald. . .PASADENA, March 29.—Rev. Mal-

colm *J. McLeod yesterday afternoontendered his resignation as pastor ofthe First Presbyterian church at aspecial meeting called for that pur-pose.

Rev. McLeod has officiated as" pastorof .this church for the last eight years,coming to this city from the Lincolnuniversity, Lincoln, Pa., where he wasordained. - ' * .'* ~^

The resignation was tendered verbal-ly and 111 health was given as the solecause of his desiring to leave Pasadena."After a short rest Rev. McLeod willanswer a call received a short timeago and go to the Presbyterian churchor Evanston, 111. '

MAKES FAST TIME UPTHE MT. WILSON TRAIL

Special to The Herald.PASADENA, March 29.—Paul Rein-

wald's fast lime up the old Mt. Wilsontrail was equaled today by H. C. Bow-den of San Francisco, a member of theOlympic Athletic club, who expects toenter for the Fox medal to be com-peted for April 29. •-.•••

He arrived at the summit at about11 o'clock, after making the trip in onehour and forty-three minutes.

Ed Norman,' also of the same athleticclub, who is .training for the contest,made the trip .*,up in something * lessthan two hours. Both men stayed: atthe summit several hours, taking lunchat the hotel. •.. * \u25a0->

H. Hanlon, a Pasadena Y. M. C. A.athlete, made the trip to the summit inone hour and fifty-seven seconds.' Heremained at the top about half yahhour. ._' "' : 's-

Women Select DelegatesSpecial to The Heralel. -

COLTON, March 29.—The executiveboard of the Federated Woman's clubsof the southern district of * Californiaheld a meeting here and appointed Mrs.J. C. King of Banning ;a i delegate Ito

the annual state convention- to be heldin Oakland in May, and Mrs. Darlingof Riverside as delegate to the

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tional convention,, to be held in Bostonnext summer./\u25a0 - •',

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LONG BEACHOffice 88 Locust aye.

Phone Home 880.

20 INDANGER WHENBOAT DRAGS ANCHOR

Pleasure Craft,at Lon£ Beach Drifts

Into Breakersls Rescued

- by ; AnotherI ylyiCraft

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LONG BEACH, March 29.—Her en-gine broken down, the launch Sea-bright, Capt. Blue, drifted from theend of the wharf late this afternoonInto the breakers and for some timewas in grave danger . of running

aground. Thirty people were aboard.The crew dropped anchor but this didnot hold the trim craft against thebreakers. :'-*-".

The captain- of the Music, anothergasoline launch, approached the pier

Just as the Seabright's predicamentseemed growing more serious. He puton full speed and went to the rescue.Throwing a line to the Seabright theMusic towed her out of her dangerousposition and" back to the pier.

THOUSAND INVITATIONS SENTOUT FOR HOTEL OPENING

Special to The Herald.LONG BEACH; March 29.—One thou-

sand invitations to the afternoon re-ception and the evening dinner dancewhich will mark the formal opening ofthe Hotel Virginia on Tuesday nexthave been sent out. The afternoon re-ception will be largely attended byLong Beach people. « .

Numerous special car parties fromLos Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood andother cities will attend the dinnerdance, as well as the directors andstockholders of the hotel company andother local folk. The Tuesday nightdinner will be the flrst meal served inthe hotel dining room. All the tableshave been reserved for dinner at 6:30. j

Allen C. Walker, W. M. Brown andJ W. Wright, have been elected to rep-resent the local I. O. O. F. lodge at thestate encampment, which will be heldat Sacramento on May 11. vl**,,

Frank Tyrall is to speak in the audi-torium tomorrow afternoon In the In-terests of the local branch of the Lin-coln-Roosevelt club.

Mrs. B .O. Ward of Oak Park, 111.,will soon start east with her sisters,

the Misses Anna and Maggie Wade,

who were released last week from theguardianship of Dr. J. M. Holden ofthis city. The party will stop for, a re-cuperative stay at Las Vegas, N. M.

F. O. Norman of Mission and FairOaks, Pasadena, has reported to thepolice that while at Alamltos bay yes-terday with the TUton trolley excursioncrowd he lost a wallet containing $300In currency. The police think he wasthe victim of a pickpocket.

While George R. Miller and family of244 East Third street were downtownlast evening thieves broke into theirresidence. A gold watch with Elginmovement and a dog collar set withfourteen amethysts were stolen. >

POMONAOffice IS* W. Second St.

Home Phone 138.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHHOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

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Officers for Coming Year Chosen at

Pomona—Women's Club Will

Discuss Nature Writers

-at Meeting .. \

POMONA, March 29.—A meeting ofthe Times -* club will be held Mondayafternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the homeof Mrs. Geo. Van Every on . WestThird street. The .election of officerswill take place. ! "7,'fi*.

At the annual meeting of the Pres-byterian church, held yesterday, thefollowing officers were elected: L. W.Pierce, H. E. Klmmel, D. K. Donnan,elders;- J. C. Clay, deacon; JosephDouglas, treasurer; F. H. Hyatt, chair-man; T. B. Fredendall, J. H. McKlmm,L. W. Pierce, C. H. Hottel. F. H.Hyatt, trustees.

The Pomona Women's club will holdits regular meeting Monday afternoonat Forester's hall. The subject will be"Nature Writers." - ,

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P. J. Dreher, manager of the PomonaFruit Growers' exchange, is in * SanFrancisco attending to business for theexchange.

Mrs. J. S. Poole and family of Texashave been visiting Mrs. Poole's brother,Dr. C. S. Toland, the past week.

Harry J. Wiley and Lucinda Burtonwere married this afternoon at 1o'clock at the home of the. bride'sparents, corner of Gibbs and Fourthstreets. A number of the Intimatefriends of the families • were present.The ceremony was performed by Rev.Clubb. *

MIGHTY BAD BOY, BUTHE LOVES HIS MOTHER

NEW YORK, March 29.—FloydSehultz, 11 years old, was permitted toplead guilty to petit larceny in generalsessions court. . Floyd Is the boy whobroke into the International Engineer-ing company's factory, next his home,426 Eleventh avenue, wrote his name onan open tpyewrlter and left It there, afine clew for the Ipolice. Floyd stolesome valuable tools and gave them toills father, William H. Sehultz, a bolter,who helped In" the burglary aiid pawnedthe tools for 75 cents. *•

. Floyd's only defence was that hisfather would not work and he had tosteal to help his mother pay the rent.* "Rather an extraordinary case," saidJudge Mulqueen; - then to Floyd, "Myboy, do you know the difference be-tween right and wrong?" . \u0084:'*\u25a0

"You bet. I know the difference be-tween good coin and' queer." answeredthe boy. .'.\u25a0• ...

"Do you ever say.your prayers?" In-quired the judge.*. . ' '. :,"I pray the cops won't get me."Floyd was sent to the Children's so-

ciety, his father pleaded guilty to grandlarceny and was .remanded :to : theTombs. *b Sentence on both was sus-pended. f'riißl'J'_sef?'S»sWKeoß^^- - — \u2666\u2666-•

A Definition* 1"Paw,"' asked a !Kansas ', lad, i wrink-

ling his brow, "what's a pessimist?" .W-a"A pessimist, John J.," i.replied his

father, "Is 1 a'man! who, after it ,'cyclonehas- blown ! his house away, with 5 him ' init, goes back and grumbles at his lot."—Puck. -,t -

THE STORY OF THERELIEF OF LOS ANGELES

FROM GAS FAMINE

BY THE CITY GAS COMPANY OFLOS ANGELES

Being the "First Published Account of tbeBreaking Ob« Monopoly In Lo* Angeles

by the City Gaa Company of Los Angeles,

Which In the Inauguration of Its New

Service Offers Belief From the Wretch-ed Service Imposed Ipen the Gas Con-

i sumers of the City by the ALIEN GASTBUST, the Paclflo Lighting Company,

of SAN FRANCISCO, Through Its LocalBepresentative, the Los Angeles Gas andElectric Company.

IntroductionNo story of civic struggle for relief

from an oppressive and Intolerablemonopoly carries more of interest totho people of Los Angeles than doesthe breaking of the ALIEN GAS

RUST (the Lor Angeles Gas andElectric Company, owned by the Pa-cific -'\u25a0 Lighting Company of SANFRANCISCO) by the City Gas Com-pany, which has just Inaugurated itsnow gas service, insuring the gas con-sumers of this city speedy relief fromthe wretched gas service imposed uponthem in the past. .

The Gao Famine of 1906.1907The gas famine of a year ago Ib of

too recent memory to demand anysave passing reference to some of theinconveniences suffered by the citizensof Los Angeles as a consequence of thisacknowledged incompetency of thePacific Lighting' Company of SANFRANCISCO, through its local repre-sentative, the Los Angeles Gas andElectric Company, to give satisfactorygas service. It was at the very heightof the holiday season, when the citywas entertaining thousands of wintervisitors, that the miserable gas service.which had been growing steadilyworse for months, ; suddenly gave outentirely. Homes were plunged ln dark-ness through the shutting off of light,and those families not supplied withwood or coal stoves were given the al-ternative of eating cold meals or pat-ronizing the restaurants. The seriousinconveniences suffered during the,first few days of this absolutely inex-cusable gas famine soon turned to ac-tual suffering with the setting in ofthe cold rains. 'In a typically weak ef-fort, to placate an outraged public theofficials of the gas trust at this tim 3gave an additional evidence of theirincompetency through the Inaugurationof the "on and oft System."

With an utter disregard of the pub-lic safety, whenever a. sufficient quan-tity of the sulphur-impregnated t gascould be accumulated to fill the mainsthe supply would be turned on. Whenthis supply would become exhaustedwithin a few hours the gas would beturned off. The tragedies incident tothis dangerous folly are still vivid inthe public memory. All complaintsmade to officials of the gas trustagainst this intolerable treatment bytheir patrons were me; with either a.iirritating indifference or a direct in-sult. The situation was rapidly ap-proaching a municipal crisis when theofficials of this ALIEN GAS TRUST,finally realizing the gravity of their de-linquency, in abject despair publiclyacknowledged . their Incompetency to"offer relief. And no relief was offeredbefore the setting in of the warmmonth's, when the demands on thewretched service were necessarilylight. /

Organizing for ReliefIn view of this acknowledgment of

incompetency by the Los Angeles Gasand Electric Company, a groupof representative citizens, fearing forthe future welfare of the city, met to-gether and organized the City GasCompany. The sum of $1,000,000 wasImmediately subscribed as a nucleuswith which to commence the 'buildingof a modern gas plant, capable of pro-ducing and supplying the very bestquality of gas in sufficient quantity tomeet the immedate necessities and fu-ture demands of the city. The readeris respectfully referred to the list ofnames of these gentlemen subscribingto this amount which appears below.No more convincing evidence of thefact that the City Gas Company is ahome enterprise and that only the best.methods will mark its conduct couldbe offered than the names,of thesegentlemen responsible for its organiza-tion. ' , : ;

The City Gas Company was not or-ganized as a money-making corpora-tion only, but also as a municipal ne-cessity. If the Pacific Lighting Com-pany of SAN FRANCISCO, through itsagent, the Los Angeles Gas and Elec-tric Company, had in any'measure metIts obligations to the city of Los An-geles, the City Gas Company wouldfever have been organized. It was thenecessity of saving the city from" con-tinuing at the mercy of this ALIENTRUST which demanded the organiza-tion of a home company, controlled byresidents of Los Angeles who are In-terested in the city's welfare.

Entirely unmindful of the immeasur-able harm they had done ,the city andthe inconsistency of their position inview of their but recent acknowledg-ment of incompetency to give the cityan adequate gas service, the officials ofthe gas trust, otherwise the PacificLighting Company of SAN FRAN-CISCO, opposed the City Gas Companyfrom its very Inception with every in-fluence at their command.! It was notto be supposed that this gas trust,

which had been able to exist throughIts years of imposition on the publicthrough political influence alone, couldconduct an honest, open flght. Spaceforbids at this time the recital of allthe methods employed to prevent th-)

City Gas Company from gaining a foot-hold In bringing relief to the gas con-sumers of the city. *'\u25a0;,'.

The City Gas Company was charac-terized- as a "paper company" in thepublic press, and Illy concealed reflec-tions on the citizens and taxpayers ofLos Angeles were contained In theseadvertisements. Finding that thesetactics were Injuring its > own un-worthy cause, the gas trust assumed arew front In a final attempt to fool anoutraged public. For the first timewithin the memory of the gas consum-ers of Los Angeles Inquiries were madeby representatives of the trust If theirservice "was satisfactory.V Even:-. th*office \u25a0\u25a0 force on Hill street! assumed :anattitude of civility toward the publi".What was responsible "or this unusualconcern? Easily answered. The moatperfectly J equipped gas 5 plant < In"„> thewest, built entirely with i Los Angelescapital, flylnK. the banner of j the «, CityGas ; Company,' was rapidly *;,nearingcompletion down on Santa Fe avenue,and an army of workmen | were layingmiles of,"relief mains" from" this plant.The I officials Iof | the f Los 5*Angeles J Gasand Electric Company realized that th.-time had come when ;they/ must try tolmake i the i public ' forget ) the iindignities

they had. heaped \ upon it. .;But ;ittwillI

take more than this enforced sollcitud;

to deaden those memories.

The Coming of ReliefThroughout this period of harassing

opposition the plant of the City GasCompany, under the direction of themost skillful engineers, was being

rushed through to completion. The or-ders Issued were to erect a plantequipped with every latest Improve-

ment in gas-making machinery. Do-Epite the financial depression an armyof laborers and mechanics was keptworking under rush orders. Today theplant stands without a peer in me-chanical equipment in the west, andwith an initial daily capacity of5,000,000 cubic feet of pure gas. Thiscapacity will be increased as the com-pany's trains are extended throughoutthe city until every gas consumer will.have the opportunity of enjoying con-veniences offered by this ideal fuel il-luminator.

Is it any wonder that at this eleventhhour the Los Angeles Gas and ElectricCompany, agent for the Pacific Light-ing Company of SAN FRANCISCO, ismanifesting a belated interest in tho{.as consumers of the city?

The two great objectives ever keptin view in the designing and erectionof the plant of the City Gas Companywero the manufacturing of a pure gasof exceptional illuminating and heatpower, and a system of distribution in-suring against the Irregularity of pres-sure which has marked the service ofling

against the Irregularity

Electrloc which has marked the service of

Los Angeles Gas and ElectricCompany.

What It Means to Los AngelesThe splendid indorsement of th?

thousands who have already sub-scribed for their service is hereby mostgratefully acknowledged by the CityGas Company. To those consumerswhom the rapidly extending mains ofthe company will"soon reach the fol-lowing facts are presented in respect-fully soliciting their patronage:

The City Gas Company is the onlybona fide home company in Los An-geles. The plant was erected with LosAngeles capital, and the stock of thecompany Is held entirely by home peo-ple.

The Los Angeles Gas* and ElectricCompany is an ALIEN corporation,owned in SAN FRANCISCO. .

The gas supplied by the City GasCompany is the purest gas of the high-

est illuminating and .heat power, andsupplied under even pressure.

The gas supplied by the Los AngelesGas and Electric Company Speaks forItself.

The City Gas Company purposes es-tablishing the most friendly and con-fidential relations with its patrons. Incontrast to the average corporationpolicy, It Invites all of its friends andpatrons to at any time inspect itsmethods of conducting its business.The same relation existing between thegrocer, the butcher, the clothier, etc.,

and his patrons will be cultivated be-tween the City Gas Company and itspatrons. In other words, the City GasCompany is a corporation in nam-only, a strictly -home business enter-prise, founded on a necessity of ourbeautiful city in actuality.

Just a word of warning for ourfriends and patrons in conclusion. So-licitors employed by the Los AngelesGas and Electric Company are en-gaged in their customary tactics of vis-iting patrons along our lines and mak-ing the most willful and maliciousstatements concerning the City GasCompany. You. know the methodswhich have always marked the con-duct of the Los Angeles Gas and Elec-tric Company. The present corps ofsolicitors this ALIEN corporation hasin the field are worthy of their mas-

ters. . What more could be said?

"Lest We Forget"The City Gas Company of Los An-

geles Is a strictly home enterprise, or-ganized by home people to relieve theFas consumers of Los Angeles fromthe Inconveniences of the wretchedservice imposed upon them by thaALIEN GAS TRUST, the PacificLighting Company tof SAN FRAN-CISCO, through Its local representa-

tive, the Los Angeles Gas and Electrlj

Company.- The Los Angeles Gas and Electricc Los Angeles Gas and ElectricCompany, which was responsible for

the gas famine, is owned by the Pa-cific Lighting Company of SAN FRAN-CISCO, which is the title of the gastrust operating nlants in Los Angeles.Pasadena and Edreka, with offices at602 California street, San Francisco.

Which company should you patron-ize, the City Gas Company of Los An-geles, the home company, or the LosAngeles Gas and Electric Company,owned and operated by the PacificLighting Company of SAN FRAN-CISCO?Officers of the City Gas Company of

Los AngelesJ. F.'SARTORI, President.RANDOLPH H. MINER, First Vice

President and Secretary.

M. J. CONNELL, Second Vice Presi-dent.

J. E. FISHBURN, Treasurer. -A ROSS, General Manager.

O'MELVENY, STEVENS & MILLI-KEN, Attorneys.

DirectorsJ. F. SARTORI, President Security

Savings Bank. n

RANDOLPH H. MINER, Manager

Wilcox Estate. .' _\u25a0'W. E. MoVAY, Vice President Ger-

man-American Savings Bank.H. W. FRANK, President Harris &

Frank- _,*

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J. E. FISHBURN, President Na-tional Bank of California.

W. M. GARLAND, Real Estate. - aM. J. CONNELL, Director American

National Bank.CITY GAS COMPANY- LOS

J. CONNELL, Director Americanonal Bank.TV GAS COMPANY OF LOS

ANGELES,Telephones: Sunset' Main 1737; Home

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PLANS TO SHIP CORD WOOD

FROM ARIZONA TO LOS ANGELES

E. W. Spears, proprietor of the Phoe-nix Wood and Coal company, of Tomb-stone, Ariz., has gained control of anImmense tract of land along the Gilariver and around Gila Bend, which iscovered with mesqulte wood.

Mr. Spears will establish a stationfive miles west of that place on theSouthern Pacific railroad and. unlesshis present plans miscarry, will ship150,000 cords of mesqulte wood to LosAngeles. .*..; ' \u25a0

Besides employing a large force ofchoppers, Mr. Spears will buy woodfront the Papago Indians, who have areservation near Gila Bend.

What Did He Mean?For a number of years a bitter feud

had existed between the Browns andPerkinses, next door neighbors. Thetrouble had originated through thedepredations of Brown's cat, and hadgrown so fixed an affair that neitherparty ever dreamt of "making up."One day, however. Brown sent his ser-vant next door with a peace-makingnote for Mr. Perkins, which read:' "Mr." Brown sends his complimentsto Mr. Perkins, and begs to say thathis old cat died this morning."

Perkins' written reply was bitter:;' "Mr. Perkins is sorry to hear , of

Mr. ! Brown's trouble, but he had notheard > that > Mr. Brown was ill."—per's i,Weekly£^_^£^_____-. ,

i, Pillows, purses, mats '. and noveltiesless than cost this week. 514 S. Hill St.

San Bernardino CountyWestminister Hotel.

Home Phone 169.

DYING FATHER SEEKSWORD OF DAUGHTER

Special to The Herald.SAN BERNARDINO, March 29.—De-

tectives here and in Los Angeles aresearching for Miss- Edna King. Heraged father, living in Perris, has beenstricken with fatal illness and his onelast desire is to once more see his lostdaughter. .'•'-'\u25a0. l.v. ..„

Some time ago, wearied by the un-eventful life on the ranch, the youngwoman went away and has since beenIn this city and Los Angeles, and issupposed to be in one of the cities now.

to » to -Committee Named

Special to The Herald.

SAN BERNARDINO, March 29.—Acommittee has been named by Presi-dent J. H. Boyd for working out thedetails of the reorganization of theboard of trade, the committee being

Judge B. F. Bledsoe, G. H. Bublltz, R.C. Harbison, S. S. Draper and A. L.Drew.. ,

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Move to New HomeSpecial **ej The Herald.

SAN BERNARDINO, March 29.—The militia boys of Company X aretoday moving to their new home in thecity pavilion. The interior* has beenfitted up for armory purposes and willmake the company a splendid home,

and more adapted to the wants of thecompany than the old quarters.

REFORESTATION COMMITTEE...;. TO MEET WEDNESDAY

Special to The Herald.RIVERSIDE, March 29.—The next

meeting of the Tri-Countles reforesta-tion committee will be held in thechamber of commerce rooms Wednes-day afternoon of this week.'

During the forenoon the delegateswill be taken for a trip about the city.At noon they will be guests of thelocal chamber of commerce at luncheonat the Qlenwood, and during the after-noon President Francis Cuttle willin.ike a report of his recent trip toWashington in the interest of the re-forestation work.

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Business Man DiesREDLANDS, March 29.—George Bu-

chanan, a prominent business man herofor several years, died suddenly at hishome yesterday, having been ill buta few hours. > He was 45 years of ageand formerly ' resided In Ripley, Ohio.He leaves a wife and one child.

FRENCHMAN EULOGIZESCHICAGO AS MODEL CITY

"0 Queen, O Model City," Exclaims

Editor from Paris, and Creates

Sensation in Pack.. ingtown

CHICAGO, March 29.—"First, Oqueen I must render homage to thyabounding vitality. It seems that thewords 'to grow and beautify' have beencreated to express thy destiny."

Think of naughty, smoke-begrimedChicago, with its holdup men, anar-chists and sudden rich being thus ad-dressed. Yet Henri Labroue of theParis Temps begins a rhapsody in thisstyle In L'Echo Dcs Deux Mondes, alocal French magazine.

The article has created a sensationhere. Nobody appears to have beenaware of the exalted position of thecity, not even members of the ThreeMillion club.

M. Labroue mixes pathos with hisraptures, thus:

"O standard city, model town! Thybuildings are not arsenals and barracks;thy machines are not cannons; thyworkmen are not soldiers, and throughthe vast expanse of the stockyardsthere has been heard only the cries ofi-nimals, not those of human beings.

"That dear Champs Elysees Is heretoo.- How much they broad Michiganavenue reminded me of the ChampaElysees! How strongly thy universityseemed to become the chosen abode ofthe muses! What a miracle of Immen-sity,- speed am', wealth thy stockyardsbecame! How beautiful were thywomen and how tastefully dressed!How perfectly the famous 'mushroomhat' suited their attractiveness! • Andhow certainly v-ere their feet smallerthan those of their rivals in NewYork!" *.'.\u25a0-

The "reporteress" was a new one onhim:

"What could not one say of the cityshould not one try to enumerate all thyadvantages! When the busy reportersand the amiable reporteresses of thy

numerous journals came to bombardme with questions to obtain my im-pressions of thee, I was faced only by,an embarrassment of riches."

His fond farewell is something to re-member:

"Nay, I cannot quit thee. Queen ofthe Lakes, without rendering to thee-the tribute of eulogy to which thou artentitled. I, a eon of the Old World,come from afar to discover thee, *tolook.upon thee, to admire thee, to livefor a while -within thy gates and takemy pleasure there." \u25a0 •\u25a0• ",b M. Labroue spent a few days In Chi-cago early ln February. He is travel-ing as a special envoy of the Frenchgovernment to report upon present rela- ,tions between the United .States andJapan.

LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 30, 1003. 7

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I _\j Interest on Special Ordinary Accounts

1 Security Savings BanK Cat, 2Lndo!S"oo\u25a0 SECURITY Building ASSETS. $2 1 .000,000.00B Brrino and Fifth Street. ~ ' ! \u25a0

I German-American Savings BanK .c*%T9A85NoDoo uoo LUS

E UNION Trust Buildino ASSETS,S3 CORNER FOURTH AND SPRINO STREETS 0.000,000.00M Corner MAIN ano First Streets (BRANCH) , *'"' ' j11 Savin.. Depo.lt. in Savin*. Smnßt are Eaempt from Taju-tton to the:^'J^L-J

Clearing House Banks. NAME OFFICERS

entrai National Bank GEORGE MASON, President.entrai National Hank _\u25a0 B aiaT> ca.nier.

B. E. comer Fourth and Broadway. \u25a0 Capital, $300,000; Surplua. $-Mo.ooa, _TDroadway Bank &Trust Company VVARREN OILLELEN, President."Droadway Bank & Trust Company b. w . kennedt, ca.ht.r.D Capital. $250,000: Surplus and UadTo

$08-810 Broadway, Bradbury building. vlded Proflts. $191.000.

C7T, 71 Tl , -r, _1. R. J. WATERS, Pra.ldent, %HMitizens National Bank A j. waters. ca.hiM.Capital, $300,000. __„,

B. W. comer Third and Main. Surplus and Profit-. $$*~.00». ;

C.,XT .. , -d__i_ W. A. BONVNGE. Pre.ld.nuommerciai National Bank c N- flint. ca.aier.

:\u25a0•"'.\u25a0\u25a0• Capital, $300,000.401 South Bprlng. cor. 4th. Surplu. and Profit.. $4».00>.

". 7~Z -. .. , ,-, _, ISAIAS W HELLMAN, President.

United States National Bank fw. smith. ca_hi«.

Capital. $200,000.S. VS. >-nrner Main and Commercial. Surplu. and Profit., $80,000.

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<">.._-_,..-,.• F. M. DOUOLAS. Prealdent.,he National Bank of "Commerce charles ewino. cuhi«r.

in W^^SU^fand Spring. Capital. $200,000= Surplua. $»,00$.N. W. corner Sixth and Spring. Capital. $200,000; Surplua, $*».00»-

m m- , [ «i .. _ , -3 -•_ 1. W. HELLMAN. President.

Farmers & Merchants National Bank r}IA3, setler. cashier.Corner Fourth and Main. Capital 800,000- Burping and Proflta, $1.700.000.0«.

: "It 7" ,t, i. J. M. ELLIOTT. President.17 irst National Bank w. t. b. hammond, ca.hia».F Capital Stock $1,250,000.00. >

B. K. oorner Second and Spring, Surplus and -proflta, 81,450,0i~.0*t.

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WH. HOLI^IDAT. Prealdent. "",'.,

Merchants National Bank marco h. hellman. ca.hiar.Capital. $200,000.00. -

8. _\u25a0 corner Third and Spring. \u25a0 Surplu. and Proflta. $500,000.

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7 ,r, . W. If. BOTSFORD, President.

American National Hank wm. w. woods, ca«hier..TV Capital., $1,000,000.00.

8. W. corner Second and Broadway. Surplua and Proflt.. $178,000.00.

', . _ , , aa, ... ._ ,V. R. FiriHBURN. President

National Bank of California 0 w, fibhburn. ca.hi.r.Capital $600,000.00. .•..«*„_

*r '/ N. E. corner Fourth and Spring. Surplus and Undivided Profit. 11".i".

- , mm .-, :W. J. WASHBURN, President: WILLIS H.

Equitable Savings -Sank ss_a^3ga».TYou are offered, eMUltt to prior sale, part ot $roo,0(W In Paclflo Reduction company flr.l

««rt™«?o7r cent 20-year GOLD BONDS, Interest payable annually In October. Ten .hare.,5 %£* w^alua $10 .Ich. will given with each bond. Send .or tha December number

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I MERCHANTS TRUST COMPANY~

_07-_O9-21- 80. Broadway. Paid op capital »500,(KK».Q0. Two per, cent onthe daily balances of checking count yy___y_____________.

Columbia Trust Company311 WEST THIRD STREET. "

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