From Mines and Oil FieldsMINING MEN ACTIVE

AFTER COSTLY FIREConflagration Put Two Score of

Consolidated Stamps Out

of Business

(Special to The Herald.)

GOLDFIELD, Nev., April 24.—starting of seventy stamps of the Con-solidated mill within less than eight

days after the disastrous fire is re-

garded by mining men as a remarkableachievement on the part of the man-agement. From the first reports given

out it was expected that the plantwould be idle for at least fifty days,

and the resumption of 70 per cent of theequipment was the result of plansperfected by J. H. Mackenzie, assistedby John Fleming and Daniel Bosqui.

Officials of the company state thatduring the reconstruction period ship-ments of high grade ore from the Cler-mont and Mohawk workings will besent to the smelters in sufficient volumeto return a sum of money equal to the jadditional 30 per cent in productionnow prevented by the suspension of ,thirty stamps. The work of repairing .the plant is going forward rapidly, andwithin thirty days the entire plant will,be operating at full capacity.

TREATMENT OF OKK

The Florence-(3oldfield mine Is main- ,taining its established daily treatment Iof 150 tons, the mill heads ruuuing over j$22 a ton. The main shaft at the mill !

Is being enlarged from the 630 level ;to the 350 point, and after that levelIs reached and while the upper part I

of the shaft Is being enlarged to twocompartments and manway by raising,the mill will be supplied with ore fromthe Little Florence shaft and the ore ;

conveyed over an aerial tramway whichhas been in use for some time past.Development In the mine continues to

add largely to the ore reserves at manypoints, and upon the completion of themain shaft to the 530 level several ofthe best ore shoots In Florence ground,which have heretofore been exploredonly above the 350 level, willbe opened

up at deeper levels to the 800 and it I

will thereafter be a simple matter tosink another lift and seek these de- jposits at even greater depth.

Developments on the CombinationFraction are pronounced by the man-agement to be of satisfactory nature, ;and it is becoming more and more ap- jparent that this property will shortlyresume operations on a paying basis.

On the 500-foot level the ore body ex-posed some time ago has been followedfor some distance, and sill floors arebeing prepared in readiness for stopingon a large scale.

Shipments are being made regularlyfrom the Annex workings on the' Pole-verde claim of the Jumbo Extension. i

The raise from the 800-foot level is allin ore, so that the entire break is jhoisted to the shipping bins and the i

average value of the product is around$30 a ton. This ore has been followedon the same level in drifts east andwest, and trends directly toward theclaims of the Goldfleld Merger Minescompany, where several leases areworking actively on the Velvet and St.Ives, claims. C. B. Higglnson and as-sociates are working from a shaftsunk three years ago by lessees and ina direct line with the strike of the An-nex vein. The Codd lease is equippedwith a high power hoist ami will sinkthe 550-shaft to a depth of 1200 feet or

more. Shipping ore has been exposedon the Commonwealth, Blue Bull, Sim-merone, Daisy, Sandstorm, Gold Barand Black Butte, and a strong vein,carrying from two to three feet of $35ore, has been exposed at a depth of150 feet by Weber & McLaughlin, whoare leasing on the south nd of the |Booth.

CALIFORNIA IS RICHIN MINERAL DEPOSITS

Forty-seven commercial minerals aremined in California and while gold hasbeen mined for more than half a cen-tury it is stated by experts that the ]best of California's gold mines have not Iyet been found. New mines are being |developed In many districts formerly |thought to be devoid of gold, and manyold mines which were abandoned yearsago because they were thought to beworked out have been reopened andfound to be' great producers.

Large bodies of copper are found inall the' northern counties of the state,

and new discoveries are being made .nearly every month. Coal Is being |mined in many parts of the state. The |largest body of iron ore in the worldlies in California mountains, this orebody having never been worked orclaimed until very recently.

The petroleum beds of California arethe largest in the world with the ex-ception of those at Baku, Russia, andnew fields are being found in parts ofthe state formerly thought to be de- |

void of oil. This petroleum is furn-ishing cheap fuel for manufacturing,and many factories have started up

since the development of the oil fields.Large bodies of cements an.l clays

are found and these are being devel-oped. There is good opening for newpotteries in California, for the claysare especially adapted to this work.Magneslte and borax are found in large

beds and are being mined in large

quantities.Tourmaline and kunzite, two new

gems found only in California, arerecent discoveries, and in many partsof the state rare gems are to be found.The discovery has instituted a new in-dustry, and gem stone cutters are find-ing occupation in several counties.

Practical miners, either in preciousmetals or in non-metallic substances,

will find much opportunity In Califor-nia to develop new discoveries, and to

work on those already developed.

FABULOUSLY RICH GOLD

STRIKE IS MADE BY NF.GRO

SAN BERNARDINO, April 24.-Theports have been brought in from theBlodgett's tanks region, twenty-seven

miles east of Mecca, in Riverside coun-ty, that a fabulously rich gold strikehas been made by a negro. The ne-gro, it is said, has been prospectingin the region for months. Messrs.Langford and Rlcketts of this city,

who bring the news of the strike, say

that $50,000 has been offered for theproperty. The rock, it is said, is veryrich with free gold. -.

It's **easy to Becuro a bargain ,ln a used

automobile, through want advertising, as It

Used to be-and still l»-to iiocure a hors.fc,..i carriage.

CALIFORNIA OIL RECORDFROM 1870 TO 1909

The annual output of California oili wells, In barrels, with the value, for

each year for a period covering thirty-

nine years, is shown in the followingtable. Although oil was produced in1870. it was not until 1896 that the an-nual output exceeded 1,000,000 barrels.

Year. llurreW. Value.1870 3,000 8,1,12.11871 5,800 1,3701872 0,500 • 9,8101873 1,200 10,9201871 1,700 11,8491,75 8,400 12,0001870 0,800 15,4101877 18,760 18,1401818 13.227 22,1801879 111,838 20,812

. 1880 42,389 68,450! 1881 09,802 130,618I 1882 128,030 112,130

1883 142,857 201,51011884 282,000 428.000

1885 B*B,ooo 613,920! 1880 811,145 a (112,78.-,

1881 018,512 r 1,357,1411888 880,888 1,380,66618811 808,880 368,0181880 807,880 884,8001801 823,000 401,2811882 385,049 881.3331883 410,119 608,69218114 188,018 1,064.52118115 1,245,339 1,000,8*8

.18110 1,281,180 1,180,198[ 1891 1.011,509 1,018,268

18118 2,249,088 2,316,420I 1899 2,677,815 2,680,193j 1900 8,880,880 4,152,928

li,ol 8,154,500 1.481,000j 1902 18,913,300 10,209,8851008 24.3,11,828 18,521,4001904 28,476,023 19,886,702

; 1805 " 35.811.000 23,381,1301906 36,414.000 26,029,155

I KNIT' " 88,285,200 28,108.150! li)08" ....... 45.516,500 82,109,620j 190ll!!..'. 66,982,010 33.000.000

Valuations are based on selling price attidewater.

OIL IS FAR AHEAD OFGOLD IN OUTPUT

The ascendancy of oil over gold isset forth in the following table whichsinews the value of the state's productyear by year since 1887:

inir. OH. Oold.1887 81,351.144 818.888,8111888 1,880,888 12,150,0001889 368,048 11,212,9131880 384,200 12,800,7931881 401,284 18,728,8891882 881,8.18 12.571,9001893 808,002 12,422,8111894' 1,084,521 13,923,2811805' 1,000.23.1 15,334,3111886' 1,180,188 11,181.562

IMI 1,018.208 15.811,4011888- 8,878,488 16,808,4781899' 2,880,7118 15,336,0311900' .4,188.988 15,888,8581,,!,!'" 2.081. 18.0811.041inn.'' 4,898,188 16,010.820\u25a0Mi

"" 7.313.271 18471.884j lfl4 8,311.809 19,1011,600

JiOl .... 8,007.888 19,197.013!iOB ... 0.238.020 18,132,452

\u008407 18.783.943 18.727.(128,„,i " . . 28,588.181 18,781,589

'.'..'.'....... •35,000.000 '20,000,000•Approximate. .\u25a0 -.

VAST SUMS INVESTED *IN OIL PROPERTIES

The amount of money Invested in

oil properties of the state exclusive of

bind is roughly estimated at $113,000,-

--000, apportioned as follows:Four thousand two hundred wells,

$42,000,000; 2100 miles of pipe lines, $12,-

--600,000; thirty-five tank steamers. $12,---250,000; thirty-five refineries, $18,000,000;5,000 tank cars, $6,000,000; 20,000,000 bar-rels of oil in storage, $10,000,000; fieldequipment, pumping machinery, etc.,$12,250,000.

The value of the hind and the money-

sunk In wells that never paid wouldbring the total to a still more stupen-dous figure. When one begins to fig-ure the Interest on the money InvestedIn oil the dividends do not seem so farout of proportion.

OIL IN PIPES IS COMINGOVER THE TEHACHAPI

The Southern Pacific Railroad com-pany announces the construction ofa ten-inch pipe line from Bakersfleldthrough the Tehachapl mountains toMojave, the cost of which will be in theneighborhood of $2,000,000. There will

be a large number of tunnels coveringthe most rugged portions of the moun-tains, and the succession of pumpingstations will force the oil from thevalley through to the desert towns,doing away with the long haul by tankcars over the steep mountain grades.Consulting Engineer E. E. Adams,

! who has made a preliminary survey ofj the line, has made his report and basedupon that the plans of the railroad are

I announced. Pumping stations will berequired every ten miles, and the costof construction will be in the neighbor-hood of $15,000 a mile.

LAKEVIEW STILL GUSHINGBakersfleld Echo: Reports from the

j Lakevlew gusher yesterday were thatthe flow is still increasing. The streamof oil flowing from the well to thereservoirs last week was two feet wideand six inches deep. Yesterday theoil was flowing half an Inch deeper

in the trench.Probably this means an increase of

an eighth of an Inch in the flow. Thecolumn of oil Is not rising so highabove the ground, but the great gusherIs certainly not losing its grip.

SANTA FE CUTS OIL RATE

SAN BERNARINO, April 24.—TheSanta Fe has made .still a further cut

in the oil rate from the Olinda, LosNietos and Los Angeles fields, It wasannounced today that the new ratewas 80 cents per ton. Several weeksago in. cut of from $1.70 to 95 cents

was announced by the Santa iv Afew days ago the Southern Pacific cut

from $2 to 95 cents, and today comesthe further deduction.

THE CAPACITY OF THE EARTH

It has been estimated that the fertilelands of the globe amount to 28,000,000square miles, the steppes to 14,000,000and the deserts to 1,000,000. Fixing 207persons to the square mile for fertilelands, ten for steppes and one fordeserts, as the greatest population thatthe earth could properly nourish, theconclusion has been arrived at that,when the number of inhabitants reachsabout 8,000,000,000 our planet will bepeopled to us full capacity. At presentIt contains a little more than one-quarter of that number, If the rateof Increase shown by recent censusesshould be uniformly maintained, it isthought that the globe would be fully

peopled about the year 2072.—Harper'sWeekly.

FOUGHT FOR RIGHTSAND EFFECTED MERGER

Los Angeles and San FranciscoOil Operators in Hot

Contest

In the recent organization of theBarnedon Oil company, a $10,000,000concern, the warring factions thatclaimed conflicting Interests on theBuena Vista front, east of the Midwayfield, have merged their holdings andwill proceed to the development of alarge tract of land which they believeto be oil bearing.

William M. Erb has Interested E. L.Doheny, C. A. Canfleld and T. A.O'Donnell of the American Oilfieldscompany in a large acreage, but whenhe endeavored to secure the land fromoriginal locators he bumped up againsta set of men who would not take aback seat. They were Captain Johnliarneson, E. J. de Sabla, Jr., T. C.Talbot and Mark Requa of San Fran-cisco, and J. M. McLeod of Los An-geles. '.

\u25a0" ...There were strenuous times In the

fleld during which armTSd men pa-trolled the covete^ land. Then thewhite dove of peace came to the res-cue, and Instead of bloodshed therewas a compromise. J. M. McLeod wasthe man to bring this about, and theresult was the formation of a com-pany In which both sides to the con-troversy merged their financial Inter-ests and the name of the companywas made to represent the names ofthe leaders of the two factions.

The land involved, which now be-comes the property of the new com-pany, subject to settlement with theclaimants. Includes all of sections 4,10, 14 and 24, the southwest quarterof section 3, 31-23, and all of section30, 31-24. In this big tract there areover 3000 acres of land.

SKY LORE

These days of flying machines anddirigible balloons recall the most note-worthy attempt to live and move aboutIn the air ever made by man. It wasup to that time, and even up to CountZeppelin," the most daring feat everperformed In its size and conceit. In1563 a balloon of two hundred thousandcubic feet capacity was constructedat Paris. It was named "The Giant,"and was Intended to show the greatpossibilities of the air. The car at-tached consisted of a small two-storyhouse fitted with every modern com-fort—lavatories, dining rooom. kitchen,bedroom, parlor, etc. Thirteen passen-gers made the first ascent, but thejourney was of only four hours' dura-tion. The last ascent was for seven-teen "hours and was abruptly termi-nated by a high wind, which, when theballoon descended, dragged the littlehouse bumping over the ground. Theremains of this giant of the air were for

a long time exhibited in the Crystalpalace.

Hepworth says in regard to soundsin higher atmosphere that a dog's barkmay be heard as far up as two miles,while the sound of a train can be dis-tinguished four miles up, but that inthe higher regions absolute silencereigns. "\u25a0*:'

If the time ever comes when the airis filled with flying machines and diri-gible balloons it is not too great a sup-

position to advance the suggestion thatth ire will be floating grocery stores,

barrooms and police patrols a mile orso up. One reason is because a landingIs going to continue to be th'1 hardestthing for an airship to do, and if itcan get Its supplies en route it canmake long Journeys without comingdown and can do so In faster time.Then look at the business propositionto the air department storeno license,

no rent, high prices for its goods, nofix d "stand"—for if business gets dullin one place it can move elsewhere at a

minimum of cost.If perfected to the extent of great

travel and transportation, city govern-ments will have to provide for floatingsearchlights high up in the air, for, tain "highways" that must be keptop n, for an aerial hospital and a lifesaving station, by means of which nets.an be shot out under an airship orits occupant* falling from a great

height. A new department of the crim-inal and civil law will spring up wherethere will be no precedents to quoteand no old practitioners of same to lookdo vn on the young upstart in aeriallaw.

The man on the ground, not being

built for looking up continually, willprobably have a circular mirroraround his neck or an eyeglass attach-ment for searching the skies wheneverhe ventures forth, so as to be able tosearch the skies without breaking hisneck, y-y

THE TAMING OF LEANDERAs evidencing the ingenuity exercised

by animal trainers and attendants insubduing Intractable beasts, there maybe cited the method employed in awestern zoo by a man who was former-ly a showman.

The zoological institution had pur-chased a magnificent lion named Lean-der. He was obtained at a low pricefrom a circus because of his viciousdisposition, he having a record of twomen killed while with the circus.

At first the ex-showman would puthis foot or his hands into Loandor'scage, but from the way the lion wouldleap at him he knew that to put him-self entirely in its power would be sui-cide. Nothing he could do to establisha friendly relationship between himselfand the lion had any favorable result.

•Some originality, therefore, beingcalled for, the attendant exercised hisInventive genius by taking some oldclothes, stuffing them with rags, andthrowing them into the cage. The lionin a jiffytore the old clothes to pieces,thinking that the dummy was a humanbeing.

Next day and the next day and thenext the ex-showman continued tothrow into the lion's cage stuffedfigures, and the lion continued to de-stroy them. But the time came whenthe animal ceased to put any "heart"Into his work, and in the end it gaveup altogether these attacks upon thedummies; It would simply play withthem, or else Ignore them entirely.

Now was the ex-showman's time. Heopened the cage one morning, walkedIn boldly and slapped the lion familiar-ly on the back. It gave him a friendlyglance and purred, taking him for an-other dummy not worth botheringabout. Thus Leander lived seven yearswith the ex-showman and became asgentle as a kitten.—Harper's Weekly.

SHE APPROVED"What's 'at?" Inquired 3-year-old

Marian, with her linger on an uglybeast in her new picture book.

"A hippopotamus," answered hermother.

Marian gazed at the animal critic-ally, then nodded. "Oh, yes," she criedwith evident approval of the nomen-clature, "so 'tis."—Harper's Bazar.-;\

Burbank Offers a Treatin "Brewster's Millions"

SHIRLEY OLYMPIUS

IT'S getting Interesting to contem-plate spending $1,000,000. Every-

body has a particular and an ex-pensive hobby, hence a method of get-ting rid of perfectly good coin. Thetask looks simple, easy of accomplish-ment and exceedingly pleasant. But, Ifthe spending Is hedged about withsome such conditions as getting ridof all the money ln twelve months,keeping the secret and not letting asoul in the world know the reason forthe spendthrift ways, not being ableto give to charity, and- not being al-lowed to spend ln a reckless manner,the undertaking becomes at once aformidable one. '.-.7.

Just such a task with Just suchconditions falls to the lot of Mont-gomery Brewster in "Brewster's Mil-lions," the play produced yesterday atthe. Burbank [theater. As compensa-tion for bankrupting himself of ameasly million dollars, Monty is to re-ceive $7,000,000. He succeeds in ac-complishing the task, difficult as it Is,

by buying chorus girls tiaras, becoming'angel" for musical comedies, hiring all

hla friends as an office force, sending

bunches of orchids to men, women,children and Janitors, giving first aid toInjured financiers, and taking every-body he happens to like or dislike ona cruise half 'round the world. Onepart of the task Is that he gets Intono entangling matrimonial alliances. Asa result he very nearly loses a sweetgirl, destined to be his wife.

Monty Brewster's method of spendingmoney Is really frenzied extravagance.

One Is at a loss to know whetherGeorge Barr McCutcheon, who wrotethe novel from which the comedy wasobtained, used his Impossible story asa rather satirical method of exposingreckless expenditure by the idle rich or

whether he meant the story as a pureamusement maker. If the latter viewis taken, Mr. McCutcheon succeededadmirably.

Harry Mestayer. to whom fell therole of Monty Brewster, spent hismoney ln an exceedingly convincingmanner. Mr. Mestayer's portrayal ofthe character was excellent, Indeed.His comedy was broad but refined andmirth-provoking. He kept the audiencelaughing all the time nearly. Therewere no false notes in Mr. Mestayer

acting, although a little more pugna-cious spirit might have marked thescene in the third act when he was

seized by his friends and forcibly

locked up. The fault may have beenhis "friends' " as much or more thanhis. Mr. Mestayer lifts "Brewster'sMillions" onto a high plane by his clev-erness. ; .' ...

Marjorie Rambeau In the rather dif-ficult part of Margaret Gray is strong

and likable. Ethel yon Waldron as

the girl who believed in Platonic loveuntil she fell In love herself, was excel-lent. Lovell Alice Taylor was "chatty,

Just what her role called for. LouiseRoyce gave the proper touch to Mrs.Dan de Mllle. David Landau, Henry

Stockbridge and others of the menwere excellent, with the possible excep-

tion of Leo Pierson, who seemed a bitweak as Nopper Harrison. The scenein the second act when Harrison ad-mits a defalcation was quite convinc-ing. In the last act he redeemed him-self John W. Burton should purchase

a new evening dress coat. The one hewore yesterday misfitted him.

From a scenic standpoint, the Bur-bank production Is equal to, If not bet-ter than any offering ever made in

Los Angeles by a traveling company.Particularly is this true of the thirdact. The detail of the scenery on boardthe yacht is remarkably perfect.

Using the usual commercial criter-ion of the theater "Brewster's Millions-is a two-dollar offering at stock prices.

It is one of the Burbank's best offer-ings.

# . ."The Rich Mr. Hoggenhelmer", be-

gan the third week of Its runlast night at the Majestic theater by

the Kolb and Dill company. The open-ing last night breaks the record ofruns of musical productions in LosAngeles.

< . .The new Empire theater, under di-

rection of Edward Lampson of Chi-cago, opened Saturday with crowdedhouses witnessing the first productionof "The Astronomer," a musical ab-surdity demanding the full strength ofthe big cast engaged for the summerseason. . -It required the energetic work of

three comedians, two soloists, a livelysoubrette and the New York singing

and dancing girls to fill out the plot of"The Astronomer," which seems tohave been written for amusement only.

Marie Nelson's best work wan In thesolo, "Havana," wherein her hightones were displayed to advantage.

She pleased ln other numbers,

especially when she sang the ob-ligate in "What Makes the World Go-Round" with Fred Whitfield, the lead-ing man and baritone.

Harry Garrity, of whom much was

expected because of his country-wide

reputation, did not disappoint the au-diences. Charles Schory, the eccentriccomedian, seemed to talk with hishands feet, face and arms. Virginia

Lawrence, Harry Gordon and othersrounded out "The Astronomer."

• • •\u25a0 Miss Grace George in her new play,"AWoman's Way," will be seeen at theMason opera house tonight' and for

the balance of the week, including aSaturday matinee. '2XX^

"A Woman's Way" Is a bright andbreezy comedy, and Miss George and

Clarence Drown, manager of theOrpheum theater, has been notified byMartin Beck, general manager of theOrpheum circuit, that 1853 aspirantsfor playwrlghting honors submittedbids for the $250 prize offered by Mr.Beck for the best one-act play for theActors* Fund fair, and that some were

from Los Angeles., Manuscripts poured in from every

state except Nevada, and nearly ascore came from Europe. Fix playswill be selected for presentation at thefair.

A play was submitted on almostevery conceivable subject, from thecontemplated visit of the stork to thereappearance of Caesar's ghost. Overone-third of the plays concerned thedomestic triangle. Less than 100 were

free from the element of love andnearly half ended with a kiss. Therewere three plays in Yiddish, one inItalian and one in German.

her company play It for all it Is worth.• • •

At 3 o'clock today during the after-noon tea at Levy's Cafe Chantant thenew olio for this week will receive itsinitial presentation. The RustlcanaTrio, vocalists and instrumentalists, ingrand opera selections; Levere andPalmer, with new selections; Amour-ette, the dainty soprano, in an artisticsketch, and La Estrelllta, giving Span-ish numbers, are on the bill.

The reserved seat sale will open thismorning for the engagement of WalterDamrosch and his New York Sym-phony orchestra and the return en-gagement of Maud Allan, the classicdancer, Seats may be secured at eitherthe Bartlett Music company's or theAuditorium box office.

• a •The Flonzaley quartet closed a very

successful week In San Francisco yes-

terday afternoon. The quartet willgive one recital In this city at Simpsonauditorium next Thursday evening.

• • •Rather startling Is the new headline

act at the Orpheum opening at thematinee today. The new act is called"La Petite Gosse," and is really a de-pletion of Apache life In Parts. TheApache Is not comparable with anyspecial class in this country, his near-est compeer being the Bowery Boy,though the latter Is not nearly sobloodthirsty as Is the Parisian. In por-traying his life the .stage has found anew set of characterizations, and Inoffering this bit at the Orpheum aglimpse of the real Parisian under-world is given. Mile. M. Corlo and a

cast of twelve are the company, andthe famed Apache dance- is a featureof the act. Others on the new bill areStelling and Revell, unique comlqucs onthe horizontal bars; Nonette the love-ly gypsy violiniste, and Witts' "Girlsfrom Melody Lane," a feminine quar-tet of unusual quality. "His LastAppearance" is the playlet while IBerg's Merry Girls, Avery and Hart andMme. M. Morichini, the prima donna,

stay over. ..."The Price," George Broadhurst's

newest play, will have Its initial pro- Iduction on any stage at the Belascotheater tonight.. Concerned in theBelasco performance will he Mr. Stone,

Mr. Camp. Mr. Scott. Miss Oakley,

Miss Farrington, Miss Lewis and MissSullivan "The Price" bids fair toprove the strongest play Mr. Broad-hurst has ever written. Certa n it isthat from a literary and purely dra- |matlc viewpoint it will bring to this .well known playwright new laurels.

The Belasco players underwent anall-night rehearsal of "The Price lastnight and this morning. Mr. Broad-hurst personally directed the rehearsaland expressed himself as eminently

satisfied with the prospect for a fin-ished performance tonight.

Frederic Thompson, the New Yorkmanager. last night wired Manager

Blackwood of the Belasco theater that"The Spendthrift" Is now playing tobig business at the Hudson theater.New York. Thais Magrane, who cre-ated the chief feminine role in thePorter Emerson Browne piece when Itwas originally produced at the localBelasco theater some months ago, hasbeen the recipient of much praise. T.Daniel Frawley, also a Los Angelesfavorite, Is a member of the cast. Hehas the role that was played at theBelasco by William Yerance.

George M. Cohan's national song

show "George Washington Jr.," wasgreeted by two packed houses again

yesterday. "George Washington Jr..which will close Saturday night, will

be followed by the Bostonians' famoussuccess, "Robin Hood." for which Mr.Hartman has received hundreds of re-

quests, and which will serve for thereapppearance of Georgianna Strauss,

who will sing Alan-a-Dale. •One of Europe's most famous troupes

of acrobats. The Schlavonys, will headthe new Sullivan & Consldine vaude-ville bill opening at the Los Angeles

theater this afternoon. Others on thenew program are Henry Keene andOlive Briscoe, offering the timely farce,

"A Trial Marriage;" Hal Kelly andFlo Wentworth in "The Village Lock-up;" Ralph Whitehead in his seriesof character delineations; Miller andRussell in their hilariously funny skit,

"The Lunatic and the Girl;" Georgia

Nelson, a charming comedienne, andnew motion pictures on the Laugh-o-scope.

PRINCE REGENT WINS A BET

One of the best stories in connectionwith the history of the king's speech,delivered at the opening of each freshsession of parliament, says Every-

body's, is told of George IV, whenprince regent.

The prince, it is well known, took hisresponsibilities lightly, and on one oc-

casion Is said to have bet Sheridan 100guineas that either owing to the mag-

netism of his personality or the flutterwhich the occupants of the lordschamber were in, so little attentionwas really paid to the verbal char-acter of the speech he was delivering

that he could make any Interpellationhe liked without it being detected.

The bet was taken and the princeregent agreed to introduce the words,

"Baa, baa, black sheep," In the middleof the speech.

"Ifanybody smiles or looks startled,

he said, "I lose my bet."This exploit actually came off, and

at the close of a weighty allusion, com-posed by Lord Liverpool, to Wellesley's

difficulties in Spain, the regent clearedhis throat, said "Baa. baa, blritksheep," hurriedly, and went on, with-out apparently exciting any remark.

Sheridan related the royal audacity

to Canning. /"It Is perfectly amazing to me, he

said "that no notice was taken. Didn'tyou hear him distinctly say 'Baa, baa,black sheep?' " "-

"I did," rejoined Canning, "but ashis royal highness looked you full inthe face at the time, I took It as apersonal allusion, and my delicacy

forbade me to think more about it."

It's as easy to secure a bargain In a usedautomobile, through want advertising, as Itused to be—and still ls-to secure a horse

tad 'unlage.

| WHERE KNOWLEDGE WAS BLISS

A certain professor of histology who

delivers lectures in one of the easterncolleges, says Harper's Weekly, is notaverse to a quiet bit of diversion on

the side, as instance his wife dis-covery. \u0084

"See here. Robert!" said she to thedoctor as she fumbled in his pocketsafter his late arrival home, "what areall these red. white and blue disks Ifind here in your pocket?"

"Eh? Yes—why—tose—are—that is__hl—l mean disks—to illus-trate my lectures on the blood. Yousee, the white ones represent the whitecorpuscles of the blood."

"And pray, what do the blue onesrepresent," v

"Eh? The bluiVrmes? Oh!—yes—h'm—why—er—certainly—they repre-

sent the corpuscles of the venousblood."

Well, maybe, she believed him, andmaybe—well, he quit playing poker,at any rate.

AN UNGALLANT OUTLOOK"Again the ungaliant outlook of some

husbands causes divorce," said formerGovernor Penny-packer In a wittyafter-dinner speech in Philadelphia.

"It Is amazing what an ungaliantoutlook some men have. : I said one dayto a Bucks county farmer: -

" 'Have you got a wife, Hans?'

" 'Why, vps, to tell the truth, I have,'

Hans answered. 'For the little bit thecritters eat it ain't, worth a man'swhile to be without one.' "—Washing-

ton Star. ' yzyZ- «r*-«e

When possible we should always

avoid paying our bills, for we have toright to take the bread out of themouth of some honest bill collector.—Puck. \u0084-,..

LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY . APRIL- 25,. 191.0. :8

CLEARING HOJJSEBANKS" £ SXmjT ~~~ ' ~ ~ OFrgKBS _ 1

———; —— r— 3. F. ZOMBRO, President. aentral National Bink james b. hist. cashier. f'XT' •'.. ... • Capital. $300,000. ..,.-»»l

B. a. corner Fourth and Broadway. Bug' * Undivided Fronts, 1243.000j;—T-TL <_, WARREN CII.I.ICLFN. President. 1

roadway Bank & Trust Company A . w. redman, cashier. \Capital, $260,000. \u25a0"\u25a0 \u25a0 : I30S-SlO Broadway. Bradbury building. Burplua & Undivided Fronts, _r.,f10».

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[SAIAS W. HELLMAN. President. , 1nited States National Bank F. w smith, cashier.

Capital, $200,000. 7, \X. 8. E. corner Main and Commercial. surplus and Fronts. $73,000.—— rr—; rrr—r— . li. ,i WATERS. President. I

itizens National Bank * wm. w. woods, cashier.'Capital, $1,000,000.

U 8 W. corner Third and Main. , ""' Surplus. $500,000. ___.

C.\u25a0„— .„ , . ' W. A. BONYNOE, President. •,

ommercial National Bank . newman ehsick, cashier.

f"•"'•- ' Capital $200,000. '..rnnnMl S. Spring, corner Fourth. '\u25a0' Surplus and Undivided Fronts. $45.000.

~~"—"""————————\u25a0 ' _t . .r, . I. W.- Hl')LI.MAN. President.armers & Merchants National Bank charles seyler. cashier.Farmers & Merchants National Bank chahlhs bbylkb, caahier.

Capital, 11.500.000.Corner Fourth and Main. Surplus and Fronts, $1.000,000.

F—: ——; rrr—; — .1. m. i:i.i,ictt. president .irst National Bank . w. t. a hammond. cashier.

Capital stock, $!.»'.

S. E. ee.rner Seconel and Spring. Surplus an.l I'i..tils. *'\u25a0'-''""' ," — "T, 7~r . W. It. HOLLIDAY, President. , sjv

erchants National Bank chas. cireene, cashier.Capital, $200,000. _—\u25a0-»

S. K. corner Third and Spring. ~< Surplus A Undivided Front., 8880,088.

N.~ ' . _

\u0084, '. J. E. riSHDURN, Presidentational Bank of California h. b. mckee, cashier.

;.',*>, Capital. 1800,000, xy. \u25a0

N. K. corner Fourth and j Spring. Surplus A Undivided Fronts. SIWMXW.

'•LOS ANGELES SAVINGS BANKS ,

ECIIRITY ;

largest and Oldest in Southwest

*«««"* $28,000,000.00Pays the highest rates of Interest and on the most liberal terma consistent withsound, conservative banking. (, ».i f

Money to Loan on Improved Real EstateI Security Building Spring and Fifth Streets^

£[RIUHAHEMCANI&VINCS BANKZW*"* THE BANK WITH THE •"-SJMP™

EFFICIENT SERVICEmTF>RING ANU FOURTH STS. m

LOS ANGELES TRUST COMPANIES

Merchants Bank and Trust Co. SUji™ ££? SsooIStteatt. Hoover street. 209-11 S. Broadway gjgj^gSlJ^j

@10 Reasons A [|brings you gnl.l anel sllver\^M^

«- free If they are the 1" best 37ll reason why any one or every one II

ff should carry an account with us 11la and why an.l how we have obtained fg

I • |].!.-('.'»eii(i in deposits In 16 months see .M and will have 12,500,000.00 In two "Ikwf years. There are more than 10 rea- ~Bli sons. Send them to us. We give 11\u25a01 tvan prizes. Ist. 525; 2d, W. M, X: MMU Ith, Mi sth, $3; «th, 12. and 7th, 11. IIIf Read all of our ails from 411 to Vl\u25a0 407. Contest closes May 3. Write IIm for rule's of contest. Address Con- JI (H test Department. mi{allnmnmu

'HMsP' 6th & Spring Sis. *<•« *$&£/_j

California Raisin Day April 30.EAT RAISIN BREAD.

A TripYouOughtTo Take

is the most delightful in allSouthern California. Trainleaves Arcade Station dailyat 8:55 a. m. and returns at7:10 p. m. Round trip fareis $3.00, with 8-day limit,and$2.05 on Sundays. Good forthe day. 'Tis the "InsideTrack" trip to

RedlandsVia

RiversideOver the

SOUTHERNPACIFIC

Tickets and Information at 600 SouthSpring street and station.

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Verdugo Canyon Land Co.Uas Just Issued the Most Beautiful and Ar-,tlitle Illustrated Booklet ever published toU>s Angeles. Call or send for one.

JNO. A. PIRTLE

10c a Button, $1.00 a RipDutchess Trousers

at 'F. B. SILVERWOOD'SSixth and Broadway )

tCANCER CURED

We cure external cancer la afew weeks without fall. Investi-gate our method. We will referyou to many of our former pa-tients who have been absolutely

cured. (Breast cancers a spa-cialty). MRS. H. J. SMITH,

244 SOUTH BROADWAY, ROOM t.Hours 10 to 4. Phone Main ««!». iaal-tarlum. Temple 4»r _Shoes Half Price and LessOver two hundred big display bargain

tables are displaying shoes for men. women»nd children, on sale In many instances forhalf price and less. Convince yourself andcome to the ..

*\u0084.'" MAMMOTH SHOE HOUSE,,6111 South Broadway.;...- ,

FREE.A BIRDSEYE VIEW MAP OF

MIDWAYTHIS BEATS THEM AM, 'id

IT IS A CRACKKKJACK AM) ITS COR-RECTNESS Mil.l PLEASE AND

ASTONISH YOU1 SECURE ONE (II THESE. FREE MATS

/ [flthe next best thing to an actual trip

to America's greatest oil Held. At oneglance and Immediately before you It thefamous Lakavtew gusher. Nine miles In

the distance Is seen the Mays gusher. Thismap la for stock Investors or those Inter-est...l In oil—and IT'S KREE.THE DEMAND Wll.l. BE I.ARtiK—

SUPPLY SMALL. •\u25a0 'Call early this week or write for a PR-11lCOPY EVERYBODY WILL WANT ONE.

SO HURRY.•

WAY C. WEST711 Story Building,Los Angoles, Cal.

Midway Provident Oil Co."The Company that has the Best Start."

Midway 20C Stock

523 Central Bldg.. Sixth and Main Sta.

Our board of directors has authorised \u25a0

public offering of our treasury stock at

35 Cents a ShareLos Angeles-IMittrick Oil Co.221 I. W. Hellman Bldg., Fourth and Main.

I BUY NOWFIFTEEN CENTS A SHARE, STOCKTHAT IN SIX MONTHS MIDI 111 UKWORTH ONE DOLLAR. %

HYGRAVITY OIL CO.404 STORY BLDO. '.;;..' J

6 Cents a ShareThe Price of Second Block

Mldwny-Maricopa Crude OU Co.INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CO.,

1012-13-11 Union Trust Bldg., Fourthand Spring sts., Los Angeles.. i

OIL Stock 15c a ShoreThe ROCK ISLAND OIL, CO. announce thatfor a short time only Its treasury stock willbe offered for l&o a share. "A HundredBarrel Well Is Worth *100,000." ROCK IS-LAND OIL CO., 415-411 Laughiin Bldg., SISSouth Broadway.

I MIDWAY CHIEF OILTreasury stock 16c. Well down 1600feet In North Midway. Also 20 acresproven territory ln Maricopa. Maps, listdividend paying stocks and particularson request. A. F. PARKER & CO., 721--721 Story Bldg.. Sixth and Broadway.I'hone Home F3398. |.

[ Oleum Development CompanyThe best speculative purchase of all theoil stocks. Full Information furnished,and orders executed by v - ;' :y.Fielding J. Stilson Company

303 11. W. Hellman Building.A2647 Main 106.

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