| Show I HE SAYS FREIGHT AGREEMENT EXISTS J Ross Clark of Salt Lake Route Discusses Great Railway Conspiracy Expose FIESTA FUND VERY SHORT SHORTAll Al All tw time If thu cek cekIn 11 In The City I lt of tho Son I Cal I lorti in Special Correspondence Los Loa Angeles Jan of every description In this city cud al all allover over Oer southern California are thorough h IY up over the Q of the Interstate Into the Harriman merger Thu Tho surprise here Is IK lil the alleged conlU ion or affairs existing In southern Cal Call ornia n anti the tho Sat Salt Lake Lako Which are vigorously denied by J Hoss Clark second vice president of at the Sni Salt Lake Houte and brother of nf Senator W V A Clark presIdent ot of the tho company As an offset to the tho charge that Sena Senator tor tOI Clark entered Into an agreement wIth iti agreement forced b 13 tile the maintain the hue sale Samoa freight rates as thu th lines tot tor US 99 years J Clark SOS says That ThaI Is I a mistake I It Is unfaIr to IHY ally that Ie we tire uro hound bound to observe the Bume sanle rates IU as tho ho Souther Southern c The Tho only agreement that haR hin beet heen made mude for fora a perIod ot of 99 90 years Is that the Still Pedro Ls Los Angeles Snit Lake rai roll way Is to haVe the tho use ot of the HarrIman Oregon Short Line yards nt at Snit Lake City for tal that thal period ot of time on am I a t I pel per percent cent basis They lust must have twIsted that part art ot of the In report reportIng reporting Ing the testImony before the tho interstate commerce commission yesterday Al A Ato to freight Iles rates we have havo only 1 a Inter interchange change chango agreement such ns as mIght be made mudo al ally railroad We Vc have hae an agreement wIth the Santa Fe I It II is not a written one as wih with the man Jnes lInes but In no eUe case are W we bound to charge the same rates Iato 1 us another road roal such as could be construed to he be beIn hein In restraint ot of trade EQUAL OW ER OUI Our freight Interchange l wih with the Southern Is ns as I r re remember member I it suet such that It cnn cap bo be can canceled cancelled celled b by us lt at six months or 01 1 a years notice The Th Souther Southern do does s not control out OUI freight rte rate schedules now nor has hns It ever eer controlled them I It Is I a wel well known fact that E H Harriman and his associates ln wn ono one halt bait the capItal stock of oC te the Salt Lake road The directorate Is evenly dl di tided Mr never his ut at attempted tempted to dictate the policy of f the Suit salt Luke le lie novel has attempted to 16 so cure curo use ot of the lie funds ot of the Salt Lake for tor other othel raIlroad purchases Ho He did not gaIn gnu part art oWnership b by threats but the tho Oregon Shor Short Lint Line which lie he cn eon had buit bulit al as fat as and two to through that country would be suicide to 10 both I It la is not true that 10 vo hn had no oute outlet except aHal connection We e agreed because It was u a to o al all cOncerned RAT SHOW A CO COMBINE IDNE Te freight r te tea of 11 all the roads are Identical which naturally 1 a combine said M 1 A ot of ofA I IA A Co wholesale grocers ot of this city The entrance ot of the Salt Salt Lake Route taUt Los Angeles has not resulted In hl freIght rates being reduced In nn d degree gree So far as alleged compe competition among railroads Is concerned It rates his has resulted In no reduction of freight RAILROADS ALWAYS DE DEThe The comIng comins of the Salt Lake Route Hout gave us but one facilIties for tor transportation There was 10 no change In rates The In interstate held hero here some time Igl ago dId not Ie re suit In au any changes save that we now nrc routing out oat fruit salt said B A manager ot of the CalIfornia Fruit Gr Crowds exchange Fruit ship shippers pets pers of southern California still are ure p paying the tho annie rates that have hae pro pre called for 20 years aled hlo there then mar na JU have bren been slight changes lit In the freIght tates in some been Ild ad advance Instances instance there his has no general vance or reduction ton sInce he Salt Lake built Into Los J Angeles 1 a member buit ot of Hns lia s Co wholesale grocers The Southern Sant Santa le o and Salt Lake Route noute maintains the lame same freIght rates hut but liS as It Is 1 a mat matter mattot tot ter supposed to bo be governed h by the tho In Interstate commerce commission wo we have not concerned ourselves bout about It JOKING IN FACE OF 01 DEATH I wan want t n a bed to die dlo In quIetly re parked WillIam 20 years old to the authorities at the Angelus hO hos rital last Friday lie He had take 1 a dose of atry with suicidal Intent and tiled 20 o minutes later Inter aCer after laughing and joking with the tho doctors who ut at attempted tempted to Inc save hil his lo life The suicide w was a student The Tho ot of the Los Angeles lost Is nearing the tho record mArk In It cities of the caI claps Money lone receipts receipt totaled last year car nn an increase of at 64 over ver the previous year Last month broke I IL record showing receipts of oC OF POLICEMEN The night squad of 33 32 at atthe atthe the University substation refused the theother other nIght to 10 receive or 01 tere serve Indel under Sergeant tV D 13 Crl CraIg the tho Inter latter lied had not lint refuted grave rao charges his bitt character City Attorney W V D B Mathiews left leU tot tOj New New York cIty last Int Saturday night In Inthe Inthe the Interests ot of the tho Los Ios aque aqueduct duet duct He Ha will 11 consul consult wih with Dion Dillon bout experts the Iho I issuance or of bOld bonds amounting tl to nearly for carrying Olt out the Owens liver sutter lter project ShOWING WAS Although tIm Iho building record for DI Dc c cli behInd that thatto to fOI any other month of at last Iet year thin showing tot rOI the rul full calendar year rits 11 exceedingly good The ho total ot of from rein Jan Jam 1 t to Dee Dec 31 1906 WIH Ald and the tho total ton Wl vita IS 58 O thIs hll time nerge average lt at issued up to the tho average II to This is 18 the tho host hest record recon oer eVer made 1110 In the tho history of Ll Lou Angeles December Wi the tho only months In which the value n of now new buildIngs fel fell below tho thit mark the thc total for tor that mouth being nO 4 rho rhe ot of permits was which also less huh that 1 for Iny any othet mouth jit In the tho year Tho records for tor each ench ot of thin tho precedIng months how however ever ld had been so 0 bIght Ih that t this ot off 11 had little effect QI oi the rl Ir ic The ln Fiesta tune fund 11 is very cry short ot Or thio Iho II carry the pro PI been J 1 M l of the tho Mer fIe anti tion JI Jus 1 ii lon which lie ho hopes 1 lit ot or UI thin A JAWUAN TIm Local business men ar for 0 tn II to InS aint wil j lel 28 25 ho farO wil will hit ho e to tn bd h by the tho of t by the holding ot of Its annual TW TWENTY NY lEl MEN KEEP MEAT CLEAN are now some 20 or 1010 noro g gee who keep renn clean the tho meat or of ni all LOl Los Angeles uell II inh doIng busIness the state ThIs tact hal lies beet Inlo made known ut nt the tho ot of In u tr IC In n a whIch shows OWA that 13 last 1 years change In Ii thue Iho cat which hOUAS instituted In Ii their goo goods to 1 it Two In le sate ly b the Ilme ones who the 1 at Glendale Merl several 1111 days ago once blew hie open the safe ato nt at the State ot of II a suburb ot of this city lt at 1230 tile lost week cek obtaIned 1 00 II Iii en cash h nd escaped 11 In II a hlll tho they Il stole lo froth Deputy P POST of DetectIVes 1111 favors the ot of 1 a whip whipping ping VOlt post nt at the cIty til tot the pun punI pilI I ot of lt like Johl John Bake who hl has refused to 10 do any wor work ho he was pitt In jaIl three wee weeks I Ago go Soe SU It Is n to t ot of n a Cel fellow man but I with thel theta contends tInt captain I 1 would be wIllIng wIllIngto to make 1 a wager that make would Ie ho n as hard ni am Iny any man II In the If tie he were Yere gIven I it good OO thrashIng two tw or three limos a day t r rits 11 its many clays At ICer titter It 11 ot of months month of anti explanations tho tl Ios Io Al An Ankeles keles OU Cau Electric company admits through Ia Its that It lEt Is nut able uble to 10 keep its consumers wih with gas The he has gone beyond control and tIle the gas nR COl company pan attea every other argument t explaIns that its Is too to supply anythIng beyond the normal demand REAL HEAl ESTATE IS ACTIVE Keith estate dealers began the new year with plenty of enthusiasm Last year was 1 a splendid Ole one and there II Is no reason ut at this waiting to say other thul than that this city wl wIll have hao the greatest growth In during lOOT New ew are aro being added l to the city daily nl ad the city Is rap rapidly idly seaward One of oC thI the larger largel deals co closed ed last weck was to for Dr Jarvis Bar BarloW BarloS loW loS und and the Adams company ild I a lot i the east side aide ot of Main street Sixth and Seventh streets fert feet to nn an aie ahoy to 10 thu Title company A handsome improvement Is planned for tOj forThe The Te LOl Los chamber ot of mines has perfected Is Its 1 fl Is president amid amidE E V is IK temporary secretary ot of the tue organization and the board ot of dl di directors rectors IRI is a follows John n 11 Fred Ired A Hines Itol Hol V V J House C r f Shannon J IV A Or Ott Willard P lIntel V I 11 Wison Wilson E W Gi Gil Gilmore more I H Z Osborne E A E V Peck E V Giet Wi Will A Harris J nose Hoss Clark Walter G Dar Parr larrs wel vell A D Myers erl Epes K Rule Hul the Merchants association n George GeorgeH H representing the Lo Los An Angeles geles chamber of commerce Mr I It H M f Dennet Bennett ot of the firm rm ot of I Ii M r lennet Co announces that his fIrm wi will only bundle auch eh IS nit are aro recommended by the Chamber ot of Mines 1 nes J HS lEEN BEEN AG AGIN Lucks been me since th th San Francisco earthquake and I to todie die cried Iames Mathews as us hn he struggled to get free from Crom the he doctors In the receivIng hospital last Saturday nIght ThE The fought the oc ors but In am antidote wa was adminIstered Ild and he be recovered Commerce Commissioner J I Lane Ione Is due hele here Feb 5 3 to investigate lie allegations of I a rate between the Southern Pact te tie antI Union railroads Tile The tiomi las hs some ome evidence to present to toLan toLan ton Lan The Tho fruit 1 also be Invited to oter otter evidence SCOTTYS MINE UNE rs IS LOCATED TED The much talked about mine ot of al altel tel ter Scot Scott beter better known al as Scot Scotty the Death Valley miner has been lo ho located wih with the recorder ot of San Berar dint dine county under the annie ot of The he 1 It Is a placer place proposition The eyes eos ot of al all union nen In Calior ala for the next two wi vIll bo be cen centered on Stockton whre tIme of the two strongest labor or In the acute the StAte Building Trades counci council and the State ot of Labor wi wili hold forth STATE SAE MEDICAL LAW ATTACKED The validity ot of the state medical In law Is attacked In tG 46 different man suits against the state ledl cal hoard board which wi will be fIled Il Ills iii ls Ios Angeles and part In Sun FrancIs FrancIsdo C do Scot Scott was wa unanimously elect elected elected ed ot of the tho new board ot of edu education caton cation It at Its first meeting hell held In ii the chamber of commerce building last Monday Mr Scott wal was also elected ot of the high school board I Emmett I H Wison Wilson resIgned from thc board owing to his appointment to a position In the tt city attorneys and J 1 M 1 was ILS elected to 10 take hits his place Although the coal coni famine hero here Ils hitas not been It hal has been badly Jolted rho Che WOOl wood Is also 1 ii little elS elSler ens ensher her ler So far stationary nut shipments arc arriving arriving over oer ni all raIlroads dul daily CH IN OFFICERS The ho elt city and county government I Inow is isnow now nosing under tinder tle tile nOw Promptly n nt last Monday th the In henl heads took place The of et office b by Mayor Informal The Tho old aol Wit was very eo Ind nel mayors met In the Inor mayors and Mayor laor turned over OCI his keys to Mayor 01 Wil was im immediately mediately bl besieged I Rd wih with OiS I At 2 In the afternoon Mayor Harpers fIrst was pre presented to th the cl city council I It dealt with condl condi conditions existing In thud thO It amid ant on COLONY News Nells wait relIed lt at local ml this week seek that the tho Idaho colonists wh settled ete lt at G Gridley 0 inter II Io time the Sacramento valley to i organIzed and President J 3 I E Rohl hll shortly In pay n a At t In ent Elders Eldor A 4 r P Mc McCart 11 Cart of Sail an l 5 r Johl I 11 Show of Sa llo are II at Gril John who ulo Is AccordIng to llon II helo tresh rot tile Iho colony hUl lie rs GO I a mla III lIre are loin Ill a ho t I it V 1 I thao l has l tm from Ls Los An eler to 10 nm where ht he wil net act nit as pre pie I Ider ot of that Eider I A T i 1 ot cit I FrancIsco nl lidi hero lS nit lIre siding Th The chango Is agreeable al t Eider Ehler Mccarthy has IH el I doing dut In the Golden late city for til Il 21 months N BUSY nUS J E ol just no toa Is quIte hu hUSY Last lie ho Ih ut do day quie In 1 Dt Diego 1 1111 thin at ito n II Is lit Si I o le lie w I be 0 Ib absent II our toul or Ire dl latticIng 1 it IL tour lt of Rail Si ii FrancisCO and SR JOSl Jose 1 Eider son n a tl wark II lie nt at aln Diego 11 beforE lea for the tho othi othiA A Wil was received nt at loal local head honl Keilor John E ENelson J I Nelson lt at The battier stated lint wits WUI A AIrell tree Irell w for the 1110 little ones unit 33 13 ec heil enl n HJo AN lJ PHO Jur Jesro N 11 h and arf who by this tIme Iro In or or neal near Sal Salt Lake Cl CIty spent ono one dl duty It itt mission hee In l week Thu rho re reside llo 11 in MexIco while Ihle they thoy did not openly sy say so tl the inference here 1 Is that the they wi will try und and rul 1 money 10 In Iii Snit Halt Lake 1 for tor tit Ih o Ut ot 1 It pint part o Or nIl of the tho big 40 mIles square San In thin the Morn 1010 lant is needed 1 for tor colonists In the tho ot of COI Coican can MexIco from Smith camp came Time The olon there thero now numbers 00 souls ArT DEI SUNDAY Ion lieu iV NIbley ot of Salt Lake Ike Cl CIty b by his two terms cervices ot 1 til the lh street last Sabbath The let left for tor hOle home Sunday ht The part here at Ocel Ocean Park one or of tho Cl bench reSorts Mr AIr made mude a few Cow at al the service lID S LAST LAWr ESAGE The ho lesage ot of George O C PortIco n was IS sent to II the leI lature last Tuesday Thier vO lg very IItti n ne II It Oo 00 11 I Jumel MortI wits Insl installed loll lt at on V A has hUK passed hero here In tl lic city council chain hors hers durIng se Castro LUlo I it Indian hail lug frau the hal much firewater last 10 He WI was locked up tot tor tOU ht he might aught scalp tour hits and latet was waK flied R 1 for tor duila doln 1 a war Main chance streets lt itt the corne corner ot of First anti DA BANIS KS MAKE llE FEW ClAO ChANGES S halt their meetings ot of this week Pew Few vere made Al All banks r ra pelted I a splendId and there WIN saM general good fooling eoln on ot the part ot of and alilce WILl ILL lIOI S Thin The United States grand JUT jury which b by limitation Saturday ot of thin weel will 11 be succeeded b a new lieu jur jury which wi tig dig deeper Into the railroad rebate questions than the present JUT jury has done Tlc The charter went vent down and out under 1 a vote ote or of to ST Si at the election held nt at San Pedro last Moo lon da clay That consolidation with Loa An gobs geles will speedIly follow is IK accepted as al c certaIn II h the tue residents ot of the liar bol bor elt city POPULATION ASI just completed show that Population about In 1906 A heavier |