Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 3 | Millionaires Have Grief

MilLIONAIRES HAVE GRIEF Troubles of San Francisco S1 burb From Bad To Worse BY LEO OVER fA CO Correspondent of ot The be Examiner Copyright 1813 1923 19 3 SAN FRA FRANCISCO No Nov 94 24 24 Popular b belief lIet that troubles come onlY to tho the poor and that rl riches rice os in quantity can cure eure most any evil no longer can be said to hold water WIlter Witness tho the case of Atherton municipality of ot million million- millionaires ln in aires In aggregate we Ith a II real roal billionaire Just community community just outside San Francisco's cosmopolitan bor- bor borders borden bor borders den ders Atherton today Is ts a shining example of ot how things can go wrong one one dern dera thing right after another To start with Atherton Is ox- ox ex almost most painfully so Ninety per cent of ot Its population can write a check for tor a million and not get an 0 overdraft notice e But Dut- Butlers jar lers buttle In every home homo and the tho Atherton household that doesn't boast 30 rooms and at least tour four motor cars Is exceedingly passe But Dut even oven tho have woos woes THEIR TROUBLES d START Atherton's Atherton troubles about a 11 month ago nhen hen the but much more town toon ot of Menlo park decided to annex onnex It Menlo Park had been furnishing Atherton with electricity Its police helped prevent watchmen guard the sleeping millionaires and mit- mit mil and whenever there thero therea aas no a tire fire Menlo Menio Park Parks Park's department turned out and helped subdue It It If IC this arrangement was to be con con- continued con continued Menlo Menio Park announced Atherton must b be bo annexed Atherton said It would consider the matter But It look looked d no fur tur- further fur further ther than Menlo Menio parks ParK rag reg- regIstrar reg The he annexation otter offer wa promptly and ond Indignantly rejected Menlo Park was not so easily dissuaded It anted n anted Ath Atherton erton eiton even It if Atherton didn't want It it It decided on annexation any any- anyway anyway way Atherton's only escape was to In- In incorporate In Incorporate corporate municipality of ot Its own TM Incorporation meeting con con- convened con convened In the spacious garage ot of otone one one of ot Its ItIS wealthiest residents residents- residents one who keeps seven motors Mem Men Members Members bers of ot the fairer sex assembled In fashions fashion's latest dictates The gar gar- garage gar gat garage age AlIe proved too email l so 10 dY repaired to an adjoining lawn where Incorporation was duly I voted Menlo Menio Park Pork had a representative at the meeting As soon as ns It was WILB wa over he hastened d to a and all sit ot of Atherton's Atherton electric lights were put off oct For two night nights until a big pow power r company rushed to Its relief the billionaire community burned candies old styled jampi amps and een t e en lanterns NO POLICE PROT PROTECTION ON Menlo Menio Park next withdrew Its police protection A night or two afterward wh when n thereas there na mas as a small firo It notified Atherton on politelY that Menio M Parks Park's tire fire d department was solely tor for the b benefit of Menlo Park resident Atherton retaliated with lawn party at ot which It ed cd eda a mul multimillionaire physician Vb as combined police and fire tire chief chief He was Instructed to purchase TO re fighting paraphernalia and nd also e 8 ewas was allowed a 2000 a mon Ii 1 deputy chief t to care for tor or sue suc rough work as pinching vagrants speeders and burglars The new police fire chief Was buy busy ordering new fire tire fighting apparatus and new police uniforms when the new city elty clerk notified hint him that the city city's sole solo funds con con- consisted con consisted of ot two to dollars derived from the sale ale of ot a building permit FIre department plan plans ent nent nt Into abey abey- abeyance abey- abey abeyance abeyance ance The police tire fire chief rough stuff promptly resigned d As It to rub salt nit Into Atherton's wound Menlo Menio Park Pork threatened to tie up the only oDIT available water n suPply Now effete and exclusive Ather Ather- Atherton Atherton ton Atherton ha has hes dJ discovered that the build build- building ing Ine building permit which brought the lone two dollars Into the city treasury was for lor s a bun bunch h ot of o shacks shack which are to bouse houe Japanese laborers Verily pride goeth b before tore II a hilt 00