Show I ER ATUS ItAl WRITES WHITES I LOS nos A ANGELES GELES ly if II H j I F I I Los Angeles Angele Los 23 1924 1923 Dear Editor I IDear So there i th Cali ml l has as been in the li Ii light ne-light for s loan me tIme but recently according accordine to ar- ar articles ar ar in Eastern i nd other papers apers the light seems to have turned 3 sickly preen green n Frn points cast east of of California there f oat back morbid tales of a bubonic drought famine an and other hin equally un- un undesirable undesirable un undesirable desirable tales tb th t would make w us weep over o our mi ml cry if they were not so ridiculous ridiculous- ind nd it if our misery existed Apart from bein ridiculous these stories arc are unfair It t occurs to me meI that as a n former of your city I ou ought ht to g ve ye e your readers some first hand first Like the thc rumors of Mn Mai 1 1 k It Twains Twain's death the rumors of our little pla plagues and droughts are arc gros Bros gross y exaggerated i 1 1 I find myself o 0 it t here in one ot of ott t the he healthiest m st at cheerful and prosperous section of the United United States State Just now the streets are re jammed with C Ch shoppers shoppers mothers mothers have to rat rag their children past the Santa Cl Clauses Clause's uses who stand and ring bells at a almost most verey erey corner comer I It is sunny and w rm and altogether the Southern Calit California I have coneto cone come comeI cometo cometo I to know and like 1 r rIn In spite of this fI 11 read in an hit hit- In-I In In-dina In lina paper o of 10 19 the fol- fol following fol following lowing supposed to be betaken betaken taken from a lottiA- lottiA written by a Los Angeles man matt L st week a mounted policeman was riding along at nt sixth and Sprin Spring streett street when he fell off his horse horae and and diec died died in the street Of 01 I a great gront root cro crowd gathered to see what was the matter but when whon they I found out he had hall the the bubonic plague they ran in every direction It hap hap- happens happens happens pens that the cor corner coer er of Sixth and Sprin Spring is just on block from th the I Head off office ce of Security Trust frust and Savings Bank Dank nail I happen to work orl for the Security l 11 I have seldom seen J moun mound It the Ole me on one unc who o hid hit hie bent r un Ilia His horse s enjoying excellent health too mouth hoof mouth hoof mouth nd-mouth disease I rumors minors to the co cor notwithstanding notwithstanding ling ing ing The Thc story i a deliberate lie Indiana rela rela- relative rela- rela relative relative and and yet it has k pt t an I tive of a n friend 41 f mine from spend spend- spending spending in ing the winter in California as she I had For planned two weeks t I rec recently there were several cases of pneumonia plague in inthe inthe inthe the poorer Mexican quarter of or Los LosI LosAn I An Angeles There Fere pere some deaths but the disease did id not spread out out- outside out outside but si side e the he Mexican Mexica quarter due to qu- qu quarantine qu I and s si precautions precautIOn I and the thing w v s stamped out with with- with with-ing ing two tavo weeks am told that sonic some cities have this every winter in their slum di districts Other stores J either untrue or greatly CJ exaggerated tg er ted have made this a stickers land I Southern California fa we heat heat h have c hid h d a burn off ot their lawns td to t prevent a general Jeneral conflagration conflagration tion lion the lawns lying parched through parched h light candle ht is necessary necessary necessary lack ot- ot ot water sary through la lack k of or electricity an epidemic of threatens through lack ack of green d all in to all hear near blood blood blood ng things about ourselves our our our- ourselves selves and the lives ves loves we lead As aI amatt a I matt matter r of fact grass grass cannot be green green- I greener reen candles have never er r than it is heiy herp been teen necessary green vegetables pIe and as good as r here tore are arc as plentiful I ver-I I had fre re h green peas and oiled onions with my Thanks Thanksgiving iving and dinner and all Sn n all we lead lend very cheerful lives Wat Nat is true i that there was a shortage of rainfall rainfall last season On account of the t tremendous growth of cur population i was thou though h wise to and conserve electricity until light power tower companies companie could add to their facilities This was done by turning off street lights rind ind nd electric signs for forI fora Q I time by askin people not to waste electricity and 1 y v y instituting a skip skip- stop skip lines stop top system on the street car Electric signs a ace now on again peo- peo peo people pIc tle again wast avast wasta electricity as muchas much as is they like like-if they ever stopped slopped wasting it mos of them and them and street streetcars Pars cars again stop nt t every evory corner It is also tru that there was an of hoo mouth and mouth and disease amon among cattle ut due to splendid co co- co operation co-operation operation between n local state and nd federal authorities s the epidemic was completely abat and although there were some loss lossi s these have havo been state largely through and federal aid The total losses inthe in tIle the state amoun cd ed only to little more than 1 per per- cen of the total 1 number or of animals Califor Califor- California's Since the tho w Southern nias nia's has lias grown by leaps and bounds I 1 cal eal estate boomed and subdivisions subdivision n grew rew almost over over- overnight overnight night until in the whole Los Angeles re region ion vas was almost a miracle le leIf of If expansion ai at d il prosperity The in- in intense in tense lense activity i i i isales sales came came to annd an annd nd nd last spring This was not un- un un unexpected expected since no booms last inde inde- inde- inde indefinitely finitely but thieve the e has been practical practical- practically ly y no slump in values An since lag f spring pring several V ew subdivisions ha hails en placed on the market with tl J ly successful r I suIts One t cop 1 d i 4 1 of this ia th J I cope have htwe lived up to their f M kt and faithfully kept s 1 unit nt real real up i Jl payment on j n i itself estate l i is strong evi- evi evidence evidence dence of- of C business and little un- un As fo I mg 19 activity it is still stillwell well abot abo r I a ital alth although not so feverish feverish- W year yeal The monthly building t Los Angeles should be about abou bou 1 J m millions actually it has averd 13 million dollars a month tHia T r During the first three thre qu lu of Jf f this year Los An An An- An Angeles geles he hetal lots l th place among all cities of t tc c try exceeded only by t dc c Chicago and De- De Detroit troit It hai ii cs ded ia more the tha tl Boston and Cleve- Cleve Cleveland Cleveland land ant and note han ban tre trebled led Baltimore St 81 01 Loui ui ui and unu Wa hington D JL C i On this coast coas t been fi five times s great reat ih a eiTher er Oakland S Seattle attle or Portland ii if Jia ha ta almost exactly tre- tre trebled tre trebled bled San Ijo cIsco And th ar xou ou have it I have given ol yoni tYla a few v of ot the facts which di dL j M all aU the tall taU stories about o California I 1 have havo haveY rc t r c V in i the Jn matter of oC ri r umano mane reasons But are at hand t lo-be lo be had fo for y t-y Jig g Id I'd fi f my tny be best best- wishes best wishes to tl toan all m III your your city city through the ex r i 1 ium um of QC your OUr paper With Will Mii i rt girds ards I am ant Sir Sincerely yours li H IL F RAMPTON |