Oxnard Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 1

OXNARD COURIER Volume? Oxnard, Ventura County, California, Friday, February 15, 1907 Number? CALIFORNIA URGED TO JTAKE PART Commissioner for the Alaska Yakon-Pacific Exposition Before Legislature Seattle, Feb. Interest to manifested here at present In action California will take tbto winter toward making an appropriation for a build Ing and an exhibit at tbe Yukon-Pacific i i which will be beld at Seattle In 1900. Beott Galliano, corporation oonnael, boa bean appointed commissioner genera) to California and will appear baton governor the atate lagtolatun in tba intaraats of the exposition. Kenneth Mackintosh, praaeaatlug attonwy, baa bean commissioner to California. It to the of tbe exposition mao- aceoMnt and the people of that Oallfornls will opportunity tbat the coming world's fair to exploit her reeounea aad Oregon boa already an appropriation of 1100,000 wftb the promise of a aupplementarj sum at next meeting of legislature.

atato of Waeblngton haa appropriated 00,000, and the capital stock of to $800,000, of' which waa ntoad by citizens to day. exposition, which will bald primarily for the of exploit ing Northland and ooaatrtoa bordering upon Pacific Ocuuu, afford an unparalleled nuance to advarttoa bar n- aooroas aad patonttelltiea, to got in tench with tba Ataakon and Ortojstaltndu. One of objects of tbe to to briag at tba Pacific Ocsan closer together commercially. This will dow tbroaffb of wllfeieai trtes. The nhijbi attanfbn- tonrs of eectlon show tba aaWaaw dV araVunf 4aVd bow to aod hold tba Clafc of Weahtogtoa la working bard to farther the ex peetUon's interests la club, which hot a mam'berahlp of epvefaJ hundred penona, to OOMPH of fin aim neideata oattvaa California.

Nearly every ta tbe Union la nprsoated-liy a aonlety In Seattle, all of which an working for aepropriatiooa for an from their atete. Tbeoffioaraoftbe California Club an: XL Morgenetorn, Aadnw Vekandn, eeoretary; P. Jeffery, treaanrer. It to that at laaat 250,000 penona from oast of the Boeky will visit the exposition in 1909. Men than 120,000 to the aad Clark exposition at Portland.

With tbe Portland gave to tbto aaetion to work OB, tbeeatlBHte considered vary conservative. Tbwa visitors wbo will country aad ita people, fttody ooodltlona and tab of aahtofwmaala, will ntnrn with deered of very haxioeaa In regard to the Pacific Ooaet. will busms live, talking for tbla eentlon. Thli BMn for Iniartmanl. Colifisr- te expeoteil to ahan to a A fMBnV lm OHNDOlml lefMNIL A complete exhibit of atato 1 attroc- at exposlUaa to moay of tba vMtan to toar of Uiteftlgatloa ibieagk atato.

Furtber.tbe dtbat MM ratara by wav Gwllfarnta. fiXPoemoK NOTES. PiaaUant J. K. Cbllben of Alaaaa.YakM-Padflc to D.

to tba Mil tbat haa Introduced into appnariatlag lor tba pattlalpatloa of Alaaka, Hawaii aad at 1 WO fair. It hi nlonnod to ban Bay at MpasfUaB. la edwcu tloBol balMiog will hlblt of work of pwnto eaotsttas all onr Wllllom ft forreet of to Europe for atpoalllon. He win travel abroad two A Mil tor latndaced la tbtMlaoosote leglBMwm (Mfroy JUICE PROMISED TO OJAI VALLEY (Nordboff Ojal) It will, Indeed, be a great boon to tbe valley If an electric shall become a reality. Many bate delayed putting acetylene or gasoline plants In tbelr homes In tbe that electricity will aoon be available: and wfao an now using plant" look forward to tbe advent of electric power In tbe Ojal.

Wa do not to enoonnge tbis faith In of tba electric company, for we can see no Incentive fur be tbalr proBlaaa they la good faith. Whan nan of ataodlDg aa J. A. Drlfflll, praal daot of tba Vantara Powar company (tTa aa their In a baalaeat way, we an inclined to oooalder it Mrioaaly. Mr.

W. L. Tbaeber aobmlti, for pablioation, the following letter, wblob he recently received: Aa aleotrlo aya- tam for tba Ojal Valley, beg to advlee tbat oolaaa aomathlng nnforaaaan rente, we will be able to friiDlab oor- nntfor llgbtlng about April Ifth. Toe ncent atorma ban mneb de- land oar oonatraotian work, and will put aa back at laaat month. It bad ay original plan to rtart tbe eoaMtnution work of the Nordboff rpianMbW tat under pnaent we will not ftbie to take thla op before middle of Haroh.

will ptolnbly tbe lloe BMO aetttng poke and atringlng win tbe latter pact of roary. We bare plenty of material on bud for tble work, and aa aoon we oafi apan the atew frop tbla dlTfalon will them to Nordboff. I bag to aaaan yoa tbat wfU pea onr beat to gin yon electricity at eerilert -H, Power Co. soon to RiNa sngagamaat to annonaaed of MUs Eugenia of Boston to Dr. Albert BOM of tbto aity.

Mias Upbam, wno to a beautiful young lady, to atopping at Mrsv witb bar aunt, Atvpod, mUo of Bpatoo. dlwt will ring next month So Says tone Rimor. It to ramond op tba riaJte tbat the muoD-mooted and higMy daalnble "ssaall project to to beeotne a reality inatead of a bitzy tboagb nay dream in our valley. It la aatd that certain caplullats-local and otberwlae--intend to bay ap a'large trad of toad near Oxnard witb a flew to euttlng It ap Into email for aale or reat. Whether or, not tben to any truth In rumor n- maine to eeen.

con eoly Misictl Recftal. A maetral noltol by will on Friday waning. Febroery 22, nttbe Bepttotebarch, this city. Admtostoa, Papito their will admitted free of Mrs, C. Coultaa returned toat Monday from tba Braughten pita), when bad undergoae a for Bpaeial aommtMloner to tbat atato, tbat far Ita William Bryan, In hto apaaob befon Wovhlntgoa ton neantly, nwartlly eaidoreed aad it would ba to Pacific Northwest aovenor of New York favorable ataattoo of tba exposition la hta minsgi to tbe to expected tbat New York will ap- iwpriwta otMaat for fair.

widely ad- nrtlalag tbe axpoaltlon In tbalr printed owny of them boofcMta dereted entirely to vxpoeltloo. Alton, baa ap- pototod dlnctoor of works of tba to fnsa Chicago with bsgia MafM UM WHITTIER AND IONE REFORM SCHOOL GOVERNMENT Important Legislation is Proposed on This Point--Stetson Direct Primary Bill Delayed in Assembly Committee. Spectre of Pardee Hangs Like Nemesis Over the Southern Pacific Machine. Sacramento, Feb. very Important plwe of propoaad leglalatloD la tbat for tba racaatlng of the lawa gowning tbe two reform achoola at lone and WhUtler, The new draft tbe old law aa to general atroctnn, bat bu rltal of great Importance to tba deliqoont and dependent of atato.

Tbla to worthy of aerlona oonalden- tlon on behalf of tbe people aa well aa tba legiautan, for It la oat of, tbe dependent and delinquent of today tbat tbe atnl peop- of tomorrow are made. bar- dan of la California la griarona to ba borne, ben to tbe place to lighten it, new meamre waa prepared through the Joint of aacretary of tba atato board of obarltlaa and eor- raetloWLand tbetraateaa of tbe two atoto Mboola far deUiiqiwnt children yodtba. It la a good After laying oat general groand work of and providing for appointntant by trnataaa of aaperlatandent, and giviog the liaataea appoint a treaannr and mm aaatotank aaparln- uodeot, at their dlaoretloa, law amMlfioBlly gins yjDwer to all ondap him to lor anoeass under hto 3 ezoepUoo la to tbto. ruto and toot to a ezeeptloo. Tbto to the appointing tba traatoaa of Wnitttor atoto aahod of the matron of giria' and pattlag Into her tfae power to ealoot -bar own Next to OB aafln aapantloa of tbe two aefaooto tbto to beat thing tbat can be Heretofore the position of matron of deportment often bean a man narqaiaite of with girla' aebool baa bad thirteen In fifteen yean and boa practically been failure.

All peraona in atate Intereated In daJlnqnant girlhood aboald to their lagto- totore to Inatot on retention of tbto prortolon. Tban to likely to opposition to It. No one to lose power or patronage, and tba nnaant aaperiateodeot Wbittler la not likely to pron an exception to the general rale. Tba law prodvlea tbat there proper fadllltlea and it for laatraetlon In Sloyd and tnlning. Pneton aebool baa tbto Md abooid ban bad It fifteen ago, and eaaM bed It if then bad baea any nallslag of indtopeo- aibillty of it for tbe of dormant mlnda and tbe raformatioa of ebanrten.

Trade ia etrtttttwn to provided for. Tban boa bow aoBMtblng of tbto all along-with joet llttto of tU aplrit In It clraaoMttanoaa would permit. Cblldrea of both euee 7 and 1C may committed to Wbittler forariOMto taoxala until tl dtocbaried or paroled. Wlllfal and babitaal betwew 7 aod faeeommitted to WbiUier win. Dependant cbildrea aMy be eo Ittod by oaarto or ea- perlor far Inoorriblllty and vkioae ooodact, or wbere for any i aaiun auy cblld baanc proper tbe father la an bafcltwl mother oaonot gin cblM and pto- toetloa, or wbere father baa abandovwd hto family and tbe caiM to In danjvr idle aod Ilia, may com- Itnd man old and all to raaiala in of vaill SI Boya transferred to Pnaton aebool at 16 and mast be at 18.

A system of mark Ing and graduation for parole to pro vlded for In tfae bill, but a parole officer not compulsory, wbiob an oversight. It la an Indlspenslble oeoMBity. to Preston school an to be only of boys bom 16 to 20, bat once there, then to limit for tbetr eentence to partly Indeterminate. They must lurk out tbetr or never flat and tbieto erit eboald It to of to and a criminal year -u tben go ant manly is a older. It will be ap to him, Ik saanld to say now long etey.

Youtha eeateaoed to atote priaon for laaa than or under dootb penalty, may transferred to either of tbe reform aaboola and If cannot bandied they to court to be to other penal in- atitatlon. No conviction to either aebool aboil be regarded snob an atlgaw to' revolt In deprivation of of ettlttMbip. tangoing an outline of tbe itial feotant of tbe ad control and Paaatife and keep out- of the and batter work will ba thaw bu bora heretofore, provided tbat trnstsaa and Uic raperintoadonta can themselvee tall of that auhtpola are for oblldnn and not children for tbe schools, form, tba abopa or to aupply jobs to needy and frieadi of political Toot to a besetting danger and dlffioult of with kind political system we have IB thla itate, a system based upon human stomach of upon tbe bamaa heart. Tbe MtetaoD direct primary bill ia delayed In committee in tba bly, partly because -of tbe by of Mr. Stetson.

If I refer to tbla measure occasionally it to because Ita aiuwtmment into law will enablto (be to for their own legislators next time area wbo will not reach oat to gnb every thing in aigbt; to choose tbelr own city officers at next city election, tbelr own United States eenatora and congraaaman, and tbalr own candidate to voted for foi president at next national convention. In abort, It emancipation. Stead for It What an kaown "organization" men, wbleb, bolog Interpntod, means man elected to represent Mr. Horrin and Southern Pacific company, an slightly more among In state aeoate than tbe so-called "long baira" or free RepabUeana. Tberefore, wbeavrer the "organization" in doobt as to power to oarry measure through, or defeat one, it calbj a party oaucoa, "long hairs" into It, out-votee them there and binds to their meosun by mak.

log party meaaan. Tbroagh this means ensblei minority of senate, representing minority of tbe people at borne (and even minority of Republicans of tbe state) to oatwit and outvote majority In tbe aenate and so mtorsp- a majority of tba people at home. not one a hand red tbat to a perty are, end if questions were presented eo tbeif wltfa free to rota tbalr convictions, tba Demo- mimbafa woatd generally vote witb ftttd good togtohUaai would win. Therefore, at aboald write to tbalr RopaMtvwB to at WITH SPORTIER VESTS THAN EVER Coiooel P. W.

Train, former editor of tbe Courier auJ now paste pot manipulator of tbe Exeter Sac and general all-round teaJ estate boomer at that peaceful Tulare county bamlet, pasted through our eeotioti tbis week, dazziing bie old frleodo witb tbe lor id hriliiaucy of a complete new outfit of fancy waintonata. Tbe colonel was looking bale and hearty naual and while He admitted tbat It did heart good to get a look at Oxnard--and Loa Aogelea--ooce more, be Btill atoutly avera tbat Exeter it tfae garden apot of tbe world. He talks wlaely of a boom that going to bit little inland pueblo cometlme next aammer and iutimatea that when that ocean he will ID all probability be ID a poaltlou to poll up bin tent and ipend the net of bU daya orniaiug tbe Aegean Sea in own yacht, with no heavier can In life than that of watching the In long-atemmed glaaaea. FREE READING ROOM HAS BEEN CLOSED The Free Reading Room cloaed Toeeday, February 1Mb, after au eilaUnoe of nearly a year. It to with much aattofactlon that tbe of Civic League will preeeot to pobllc library literatare, oonaiatlog of 166 bound 38 of tbe leading magazine! of 1906-OrT, and all tbe for- vbtafa can ba oaa of in building.

Of what bentflt tbla InaUtntlon baa bean to public may ba determined by following brief nummary: Number of nenona holding oafda, ISO; aamberof loaned, IvaO; average number of peraoaa ing tbe room for of Ing, 7. It la witb moat far tbe fotan of oar beaatifal raw library toat Free Bawling Room Ita doora and OBMM Into hto- tory. RaiM Trttsporuttai. record for railway tranaporta- Uon between ben and Nordboff baa bean broken. Tbe eowammation of faet tnnl ud lotelllcwt, expedl- tiooa handling of bean reached.

Twentieth Century atandard of annillla- tlon baa reached a height hitherto undreamed of In tbe annala of aclenoa and of Indaatry. Tbe baa delivered a paroel of from the Hotel at Nordboff to tbe Oxnard Steam Laundry hi the fncndlhly abort time of one week flat. Think of it, gentle reader, tbuik of it! Twenty niilea in 7 daya! of aolenoe and invention. of Foltoo and Bea Franklin 1 Verily, tbe world doea move. Hewly Imported Stock.

Toe much-admired Penberon horaaa brongbt to thia valley a few yean ago by tbe Oxnard Importing Stallion company nan proved to little light to meet and two aaot, with Ford Rouaaey charge, to City Sunday laat. They will replaced by two heavier direct from Europe, wbleb now on way ben. tbe end malotain tbelr liberty. oao-caa mighty dto- nputable it to nearly alwaya employed In latenata of tyranny. There to owe apectre which, aleep- ing end waking, bauota tbe Repobli- can like nemeala, aod tbat fe tbe apectre of George C.

Pardee. I happen to know tbat bin one abmlUoa to return to ato medical practice and attend to it for tbe reat of bla life, enjoying tbe general eateum be baa won, and giving to only inch atteotlco good citizen ought, but tbe "organ- izatlon" to afraid of bia popularity witb tbe people, and tbat one terror will defeat all real primary legtola- tlon tbe people their legtlatora koow bow tbey feel about it. A more direct method of nominating public ta of a tbouaaod tlmeii men importance to tbe people of CallfonM any man la the ctate, and ta tbto petvaaal to to to tbe ccnexHiwedtb. ARTHDRJ. PILLSBURf.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S Sixteen High School Students Organize Under Name of Swastika Tbe Swastika Club, ao organization made ap of sixteen pupils of the grammar acbool, held Its Initial meet- log at tbe borne of Harry Witmen, on street Jait Friday night. Hearts was tbe game provided for ibe amusement of tbe gaevts, and proved a particularly happy choice at this valentine season-tba idea being farther emphasized ID the score cards, wbleb were valentines. Aaron Ely waa the prize winner. Before the guests sat down to euppsr, a guessing contest wai thoroughly enjoyed. Twenty minutes given In which to write oamaaof trees indigenous to California.

Miss Laura Denton proved her familiarity with tbe flora of her by carrying off honors. After a boantifal anpper the club adjourned, voting worthy of name they bad selected. Tbe members an: Thatcher, Easel and Both Nlehole, Laura Denton, Altoene Walker, Ruth Ely, Margaret Myers, Aaron Ely, Robert Snow, Edwin SnafBn, Tharton Mathers, IraKtonte. Cbarlee Roy Bellab and Harry WItmaa. FINISHING TOUCHES TO BIG BUILDINGS new ite cement floor for the lobby and lie ood floor for the with lookers, or furniture la sight, and tbe drawers, etc.

will probably all ba la place by first of Manb. flnlablng In rich pll-staln waloat and la a credit ooatneton, Myen end Abplanalp. library building, everybody knows, to an ornomwii to Oxoard that we shell proud of. It to simply a work at art that BOOM bat artist In wood and osoMOt could attempt. ball In the to especially and coovenieot aa well aa roomy, with splendid finproof vault, opart roam id oouwjll chamber.

tjt- In having Tom CanroU aa oontnotor In of tbto. V. C. P. offloaa an not qnlte eo far along but an doing CHINESE CELEBRATE THEIR BIG FESTIVAL Chinatown boa been In during past weak, and merry pop of tbe festive finoraoker boa beard contlauoualy from mom to dewey eve.

Hospitality baa bean order of tbe day throughout tbat portion of torn which on north by Seventh stnet and on by Savlera nod. vlaltor boa weioonM and received wtth right royal Oriental courtesy and grwtest Cblnen festival boa witb all the graceful and ceremonies wufcb on cribed acoompalmant. Every bee been adorned with ita appropriate New Year decontlona, and and liquid goad ebarr bave gladdwwd heart of every passing guest Tbe Ctrcilittif Ubrary. The meeiban of library mot at tbe Masonic club rooms last Tboraday efternona and prepared to dlsedve and turn their onr a gift to free public library soon to reedy for fcasinees. of tba flrst things done was a vote of thanks to Mr.

Braddocfc for bis opening, arranging and cloelnc the club for tbeif- A vote st thanks woe aleo tendered to Mr. Sorton, tbe stationery and express agent, for fain klsdnew iu giving lor books. A similar vote was Imously a of tbe a i a i for Ibfir notiring labors mafeicg work and for tbe pertat baraony which existed this feed work inaugurated two ago. B. president.

Mies Lixcie Olds, vtos C. J. Elliott, seee-eury. Koapp,.