Covina Argus from Covina, California • Page 6

CENSURE WITHOUT ACCU3AL Grand Jury Believes Much Incompetent Work Has Been Done in County Road System. When the county stops to consider that $100 was spent for every mile of road in Anselc-s for patching and general repairs during the year 1910, and that, the statement of the road overseers proves that little more than one-third of the mileage was actually worked in any way. bringing the average cost up to $300 per mile, the tax-payers have a real and legitimate kick coining in rotation to unsatisfactory methods of maintaining the roads of the county. The county grand jury hns completed a report which shows this matter tip. To spend $300 a mile on roads for the simple work of re-oiling and filling in holes, secerns in the estimation of the grand jury, an enormous expenditure with little returns.

In the report submitted last week to Judge Rordwell, the grand jury goes into the matter thoroughly. In speaking of the work on the "good roads," wr-ieh came out of the bond issue of the grand jury says that the people should not censure anyone for the fact, that all the road projected In the first, place IH not to be The report says that the cost of these roads, pertaining to crusher! rock, hauling and the general expenditure could only be estimated in advance, and that great undertakings of this kind must, necessarily be done with some element of latitude. In condemning the. the commission that went out of the ground that much work was done in an ill-advised way, the grand jury stipulates that the discrepancies were caused by incompetent expenditure and not through any dishonesty. The jury has deliberated on the subject of oil, and thinks that its use should be restricted, only enough being used on the surface to keep the road in good condition and free from dust.

The grand jury recommends a complete inventory of all machinery and tools. The report says: Eighty-five thousand, two hundred and nine dollars and twenty-one cents was expended in five and one-half years from January 1, 1000, to June 30, liill. for tools and implements to be used in the road work. A system of inventory should be in effect in each road district and each road foreman should account for the county property in his possession. A competent clerk should be employed to keep a complete record of all such county property on hand, and to have a complete list of such property or what it consists of in each road district.

Then a representative of the supervisors should make each road overseer exchange all of the larger and more expensive implements, such as graders, crushers, oil wagons, and outfits of this kind should be made to cover larger territories, and the work done in larger gangs. Our best information leads us to believe that very large losses have occurred In implements and tools and the loss will continue until some good man can be installed to look after the county's interests in detail. There may have been a time supervisors could have gotten fairly good results for that considerable portion of the taxes levied for roads and there may have been a time when their other duties permitted them to give this part of their work the necessary attention. If so. it must have been years ago when the road mileage was small, and when only a small amount of taxes were collected for the work.

There is no one thing, except schools, for which taxes are levied, which is of such general interest to the public as good roads, and there is no public improvement so widely or so generally profitable; it is for this reason that the changes should be made to meet the changed conditions. Some good roads are being constructed near San Fernando out of decomposed granite from the county eiuarry, and eight and one-half miles of road built of wash beginning at the north end of Coalinga Pass and running north towards Ventura, is a splendid piece of work. Work of this sort should be continued wherever funds are available. This county has a valuable asset in the Pacoima quarry. think the decomposed granite lying south of the rock quarry is worth more than the rock, and, in fact, it will be worth many times more.

It is from such deposits as this that cheap, good roads can he built. A Bird's Barbed Wire There may be seen along the rotd- iWes In Central America a brown wren the size of a canary which builds a'nest out of all proportion to its apparent needs. It selects a small tree with horizontal branches growing close together. Across two of the branches It lays sticks fastened together with tough fiber until a platform about six feet long by two feet wide has been constructed. On the end of this platform nearest the tree trunk It then builds a huge dome shaped nest a foot or so high with thick sides of interwoven thorns.

A covered passageway is then made from the nest to the end of the platform in as crooked a manner ns possible. Across the outer end ns well as at short intervals along the inside of this tunnel are placed cunning little fences of thorns with just space enough for the owners to pass through. On going out this opening is closed by the owner by placing thorns across the gateway, and thus tho safety of the eggs or young is assured. A Detective Story. I like detective stories; I read them, I write them, but I do not believe them.

The bones and structure of a good detective story are so old and well known that It may seem banal to state them even in outline. A policeman, stupid, but sweet tempered, and always weakly erring on the side of mercy, walks along the street, and In the course of his ordinary business finds a man in Bulgarian uniform killed with an Australian boomerang In a Brompton milk shop. Having set free all the most suspicious persons In the story, he then appeals to the bulldog professional detective, who appeals to the hawklike nmnteur detective. The latter fjnds near the corpse a boot lace, a button boot, a French newspaper and a return ticket from the Hebrides, and so relentlessly, link by link, brings the crime home to tho archbishop of K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News.

A Hand at Whist. "That was a remarkable hand you held just now," said the commercial traveler to his companion at cards. "Pretty fair, pretty fair. But I've, held a more wonderful hand than that." "Really?" "Yes. Once I was playing whist and dealt myself a hand of thirteen trumps." "Great Scott!" "And the funniest part of the matter is that I only took one trick." "Impossible!" "No, It's not.

I played last and trumped my partner's ace. He was a hasty man, and before I could explain matters he lost his temper, and the game broke up in a row there and then. Funny game whist, isn't --it? My deal, I think." NEW PASTOR CHOSEN. Presbyterians Make Choice of Leader Who Has Directed Work at Bethesda Church. At a joint meeting of the Presbyterian session and the board of trustees, the officers and members decided to call Dr.

C. D. Williamson, formerly pastor of the Bethesda Church of Los Angeles. Dr. Williamson will commence as a stated supply on Nov.

1, and will continue here for three months, after which a call may be given him to become the regular pastor. Dr. Williamson has been an active man in the work in Los Angeles, where he is well known for his earnestness and eloquence. He has a pleasant and forceful personality, and makes a favorable impression with bis congregation. Dr.

Williamson is at the high tide of his usefulness. He is thirty-five years old and fully settled in his life-work. Together with his wife and little son, he will move to Covina on the first of next month. A sermon will be preached by Dr. Williamson on the coming Sunday, and a full account of services during the day will be found in another jjlace of this paper.

Diversions of Earlier Georgia. Mlcajah Williamson kept a licensed tavern In the town of Washington. In front of this tavern was a large picture of George Washington hanging as a swinging sign. John Clarke (governor 1819-23) used to come to town and, like most men of his day, get drunk. They all did not "cut up," however, as he did on such occasions.

He went Into stores and smashed things generally, as tradition says, but he always came back and paid for them like gentleman. Once he came into town Intoxicated and galloped down Court street and fired through the picture of General Washington before the tnvera door. This was brought up against him later when he was candidate for governor, but his friends denied Mucon Telegraph. A 2nd Carload of Eight Model Fords Will Arrive Next Week The First Carload Arrived in Glendora Two Weeks Ago and Has All Been Sold, and We are Now Receiving Deposits on the Second Carload. If You Hope to Possess One Out of This Carload, We Advise You to Immediately Call on Us and Make the Necessary Deposit.

The Ford is the car of all around efficiency, that is, it is suitable and adaptable to every demand while the price puts it in a class by itself. Model Touring Car $765 Model Roadster FORMERLY $875, REDUCED TO $765 FULLY EQUIPPED, NO EXTRAS. As in everything else, quality in a motor car is art absolute necessity. Quality first, price afterwards No higher quality in motor car building has been attained that we give you in the FORD Model fact, when quality in materials is specified, there is no other motor car whose entire steel construction is of Vanadium Steel, at once the strongest and most expensive steel in the world. Before you buy a car, do a little comparing, investigating.

Let us explain to you more fully the simplicity of construction, simplicity of control, cheapness of operation of FORD Model cars; let us give you a ride in one to show you how smoothly, safely and comfortably you can travel, and let us demonstrate to you how the FORD Model is not only a pleasure car, but a business car. Ford Delivery Car $775 IV. H. White Local Agent For Ford Phone 67 Glendora or Central Garage, Cotiina $665 FORMERLY $775, REDUCED TO $665 FULLY EQUIPPED, NO EXTRAS. THE CAR SOLD WITHOUT EXTRAS The purchaser of a FORD Model gets a WHOLE car; there are no pieces lacking.

He gets an Extension Top, he gets his Magneto built into the motor where there is no trouble, he gets his Speedometer, Automatic Brass Windshield, Gas Lamps and Generator, Oil Lamps, Horn, Tools equipment that many other manufacturers sell as "extras," at an expenditure of anywhere from $250 to $300. MODEL TOURING CAR, $765. INVENTIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL. Looking For Them. Major d'Arlnudes, like many another French soldier, was tired of waiting for promotion nnd opportunities to distinguish himself, lie sCyKted an opportunity to enjoy a little excitement and at tho same time remind Louis XVI.

of his baflled ambitions. lie made a balloon ascension, which nt that time was thought to be a very risky affair. The king promptly reproved ului for his rashness. "Your majesty will pardon mtv I hope," said the officer, "but the fact la the minister of war has made me so many promises in the air that I went up to look for some of them." Her Triumph, "Maria," Mr. Dorkins said, with a note of exultation In his voice, "I turned a trade today that netted ine a clean "Il'mph," ejaculated his spouse In her loftiest you make me tired manner, "I went out today to hunt up a first class cook, and I got her, got Tribune.

"I h'-ar thc-y are wearing nothing but old at PUmkvilk-riiiK-r-TiK'! Peak. the plm for uiid me to po. I t.akc seven of old clothes. If old are the rackt-t, 1 can make- a Louis-, vie Courier-Journal. Got His Fill.

"Did you like the party, Rufus?" "Yes, mother." "Then why didn't you stay till It was over?" "What was the use? I couldn't eat any more." No Exception. Miss Young Iii Turkey a doesn't know her husband till after she's married him. Mrs. mention Turkey Transcript. The Greater Blessing.

my boy, it's a fine thing to have a friend whom you can trust, a jolly sight better to have one who will trust you, old man. Brother of A. M. Seeley, Who Married Covina Girl, Has Made Important Discoveries. When a man begins to "strike his gait," it is always well to remember that, he came from your old town, or that you knew him well in the old days.

And this may be said of James E. Seeley, brother of A. M. Seeley of Covina, that he is well known in Covina, where he used to live, and that his recent successes in electrical inventions recall him to mind. Mr.

Seeley has been an inventor all his life, and has made fortunes from the devices thnt were turned out by his genius. He was born in 1876 in Summerhill, Illinois. The first year that he spent in California, he lived at the Covina ranch of his brother, and became well acquainted with the people of the valley. He married Miss Ada Raymond, the daughter of J. B.

Raymond of Covina. One of the first things he invented that was a success wa.s the artificial limb made of the fibre of the yucca plant, but he has turned out a number of inventions since that time that have had worldwide significance. The Corbin automobile Company won the world's record with the Seeley ignition system, a device for sparking gas engines. Another of the inventions is a dry concentrator for the segregation of values from gold ores, and his machinery is being Installed at the present time in a gold mine in Gold Park, near San Bernardino, operated by a company of which Judge E. Winnie is president.

One of his inventions which is causing a good deal of a flurry in the world of invention is his perfection of the machine for producing ozone. Dr. Gradenwitz of the University of Berlin invented a machine which was practically a life-work, which produced ozone to purify the atmosphere of assembly halls, theaters and great meeting places, but this machine was bulky, and contained only about five per cent of efficiency. Seeley's new I machine has a fifty per cent efficiency. He believes that it will solve the problem of disinfecting sick rooms.

Mr. Seeley lives at 401 Avenue 66, Los Angeles. Angeles, State of California, to show cause why an order should not be granted to the administrator of said estate to sell so much of the real estate of said deceased as may be necessary. And that a copy of this order be published at least four successive weeks in the Covina Argus, a newspaper printed and published in said County of Los Angeles. JAMES C.

RIVES, Judge of the Superior Court. Dated Oct. 11, 1911. 11-11 Notice To Creditors Estate of Abner Alfred Davis, deceased. Notice is hereby given by thq undersigned Executrix of the Estate of Abner Alfred Davis, deceased, to the Creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said Executrix, at the office of Messrs.

Gail Pence, attorneys for said Ex. ecutrix. at rooms 5, 7 and 8, Reed Block, in the City of Covina, in the County of Los Angeles, California, which place is designated as the place of business of said estate. Dated this seventh day of October, A. 1911.

AUGUSTA A. DAVIS, Executrix of the will of Abner Alfred Davis, deceased. Gail. Pence, attorneys for Executrix- 10-29 I Monarch Steel Ranges Quick Meal Gasoline and Fine line Wood and Coal Ranges. Four leading Styles in Washing Machines.

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Order To Show Cause Why Order of Sale of Real Estate Should Not Be Made. Strenuous. "fie to be a straight enough yonni; chap. What made him get oronked?" "Trying to make both ench seet. I In the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Lo.s Angeles.

In the matter of Estate of Eliza- i belli J. W. Koch, deceased. It is ordered, by the court, that all i interested in the estate of said appear bi-fnre UK- said Su-' on the day of 1'Ml. at o'clock a.m.

of said day. at the Court Room of said Supfi'- I ior Court, theivof, in the I Court in said of Los! We, the uncrersigned, Andrew W. Fiest and Win. Meriaru Coman. do hereby certify that we have heretofore associated ourselves together as and now constitute a partnership for the purpose of conducting the business of contractors and builders and other business incidental thereto under the firm name of "Feist Coman." That the names in full of all the members of said partnership and their places of residence respectively are as follows: Andrew W.

Feist, whose place of residence is the city of Covina, in Los Angeles County, California; and Wm. Meriam Coman, whose place of residence is Rowland Township, in said County and State. That the principal place of business of said partnership is the City of Covina aforesaid. Witness our hands this 30th day of September, 1911. ANDREW W.

FEIST, WM. MERIAM COMAN. State of California, County of Los Angeles, ss. On the 30th day of September, 1911, before me, F. W.

Gail, a Notary Puu- lic within and for said County and State, personally appeared Andrew W. Feist and Win. Meriam Coman, do' known to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing in-! strum em and each acknowledged that lie executed the same. Notarial Seal) F. I Notary Public in and for; Los Angeles County, Cal-! iforuia.

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