Covers the Torrance * District Like a

Blanket,

"There is no Substitute for Circulation."

Tenth Year No. 79 Published Semi-Weekly TORRANCE, CALIF., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 Every Tueiday and Friday 5c Per Copy

NO PROTEST MADE ON SEWER PLANS* * * * * n •* * * * *•* « * * **-C C.M.O. $10,000 Baseball Park Will Be Opened by Sunday Game. L jAPPROVAL IS GIVEN

* SYSTEM * ' »

Engineer's Outline of Sewage Proposal Applauded

by Citizens

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

County Sanitary Expert War­ ren and Three Mayors

Address MeetingThat citizens of this district ap­

prove the $2,000,000 bond issue necessary for construction of the big mains, screening plant and outfall sewer into the ocean, de­ signed to serve this area for years to come, was' indicated Wednesday night when no protest against the plans were made at the hearing held at the Torrance high school auditorium.

The sewer plan was outlined by County Sanitary Engineer Warren, who answered questions of citizens

^.regarding all details of the plan, its financing and purposes.

Mr. Warren asserted that the screening plant would remove from the sewage all matter which would

.JJoat after the effluent reached The ocean. This, he declared, elim­

inates objection to ocean disposal. Mr. Warren stated that land dis­ posal is entirely unadvisable in Southern California.

The cost to the taxpayers of the district, according to Mr. Warren, will be less than that necessary for the construction and main­ tenance of cesspools.

Mayor R. R. Smith of Torrance and the mayors of Inglewood and Hawthorne spoke in favor of the plans as outlined b> the engineer and stressed the need of the dis­ trict for a system of sewase dis­ posal.

Citizens of T.onvitn, Cnrdena, Mo- neta. Huwtho'rnc, Infflewood and Torrance attended the meeting and applauded the address of Mr. Warren. "The board of directors of the

siwer district will shortly set a data for a special election at which voters will be asked to approve of the sewer bond issue. The di­ rectors are (he mayors of each city In (he district iin.l tin- chairman at the board of supervisors, repre­ senting die uninc.»poj;ated areas.

James Burke Is Taken By Death Here Wednesday

Manager of Spurlin Court_Is 'Victim of Heart

TroubleJames Hurke, manager of Spurlin

Court, passed away very suddenly of heart trouble Wednesday after-

yard at the court. Mi. llmUe had u slight attack about a week ago, but Vras apparently In good health when the fatal attack came.

- Horn in Wisconsin. Mi. Hurke lived there all his life until he came to Monrovia foui and a half

a v.-ar a lid a hall a .no Mr. IlurUc" cnl'ne I.) Tommce and. with Inn lainlU, had hv.d at Spiiilln Court ever Mine.' ll.'M.l.s his wife. Mr. IllirUi- lca\c.s two dau::hlcif anil u son in 'roii.in,.'. a' id .< snii who s 'on IMS way n,,',ii \M«-.,,isin

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HEY, MEN, DOLL UP!THEY NOW CHANGE AS RAPIDLY AS WOMEN'S;

WHAT WELL DRESSED MEN ARE WEARING THIS FALL

By MARGERY PICKARDNEW YORK. Oct. 17. Times

are changing. It used to be that men's- fashions weren't. That is they changed once In a decade No^y they change overnight. New York clothiers say men follow fashions nowadays as - closely as

An increasing number of men have felt the need of competing sartorially for recognition with those they meet in the business

What Is the well dressed man wearing this autumn?

Tho English vogue of the past

of the fashion stage. The proper coat is either two- or three-button, has wide shoulders, soft-roll lapels, a rather full body, low-set pock­ ets and widely spaced buttons. Trousers are worn with or without .plaits at the waist and hang .per­

fectly straight from the knee to cuff. The preferred, waistcoat is single-breasted, with blunted ends or conservatively small points.

Double- Breasted Jacket Favored The double-breasted jacket Is

another .Assured favorite for this fall. No well dressed man's ward­ robe is complete without at least one such model. It can bo either a two- or three-button garment, but to be absolutely correct It must have a long soft-roll so de­ signed that only two of the jacket buttons fasten. These two should be set low and spaced rather widely.

Blue undoubtedly appears to be leader, although grays are fast finding favor. Everything from standard navy blue to the much overworked powder blue are being worn. One of the best and one of

Russian Exile Will Speak at

Meeting HereBaroness de Roppe Will

Address Public Meeting Next Tuesday

Haroness Ottiley do Roppe. a member of the old Russian court

lad to fhe from Russia at the time of the overthrow of the czar's government, will talk before the Women's Club of Torrance at the liKh school Tuesday night, Oct. '22, in "What America Means to Me."

Klsie Teal, a newcomer to Tor- ancc. will give, a group of piano lumbers. Miss Teal is very highly

s Mikcn of as a musician by ea.st- -IM critics, and she has been ac- - aimed one of the foremost pian- sts of her se*.

Auto Camp Given Q. K. by Trustees

Trustee R. J. IJeininger reported to tho board of trustees Tuesday n Kht that tho construction work now KoinK mi at the Western ave­ nue auto park of (lilbert. ll.iusen mi I'UKC is in accordance uith (lie pans for which tin- building pcr- nil was grunted. All objection lad been lod.ued with the hoard,

sin lug thai tin- work was not ac- oidlllK to th. plan. > romm'tlcc if tilislees inVestlKal. .1 and liamd he eoiiKlriictlon xallslartoi y in very puiticular.

LAW CLASS OR NOT?

Miss Mli 1! Hall will meet her

.'roel,. at III.- Tonujlce hlKb -r niol. I'llles. the .ill, n.iaiiee in- rc.lHCI* the I-I.I.MI Will I." di.SCOII-Iliucd. Sin I:, at.illahlr oil Moil ai, Tuesday or l-Yila> ev, niiiKr.

1 you wish p.iillunii-nl-ii > 1 iw vm

Money on Monday ni-lii.

'ihe most "pouular shades Is crushed

is novel. An extreme novelty that Is appearing is a lavender shade. It is very subdued, however, and simply gives a rich color tone to tho fabric.

r*T'| -3 -THE. OKSLISH VOtOC Jf*mt^ [ OfTME PKrrStMON ^^fS^kl «'''" V»*->-TH'»T»"-

Club stripes In neckwear are

foulards seem to have retired. The bat-wing bow ties, first Introduced as a novelty, have taken their place, among the conservative ne­ cessities in men's neckwear.

What Wall Street Lik« There is one street which every­

body in the jforld knows Wall street. It Is the symbol of Big Business and its. men have become symbols of success and opulence perhaps because they know that good clothes are an "Investment In

An analysis of 500 of the best dressed men in Wall street recently conducted by a trade , paper dis­ closed some interesting things con­ nected with men's clothes.

Twenty-eight per cent of every 100 men in Wall street wear blue suits, while those who lean toward a cocoa brown are listed at 18 per

cent. Medium brown, grayish brown and light brown are repre­ sented, respectively by 7 per cent, 3 per cent, and 2 per cent. Twenty- three per cent wear single-breasted three-button jackets.

Break Ground For Hospital

In Ten DaysDonors Desire All Work Pos­

sible Done by Local Firms

Ground will be broken for the Torrance Memorial hospital next week, Brian K. Welch stated today.

The splendid new hospital wil be a gift to the Torrance Hospital Association by the heirs of the late J. S. Torrance,

Hids for the construction of the lospital will be opened .Saturday, Hi. Welch stated.

It i.s (he desire of the donors

siblc be done by Torrunce firms.

Torrance Friends Attend Funeral of

Arthur L. StrahleArthur 1.. Strahle, son-in-law of

Hex-. Dr. J. \V. Morris, who died suddenly last Saturday, was burled u Hollywood cemetery on Tues- ay. Mr. Struhle had visited u

numl.ri of dines in Torrance nnd ' nude friends. Dr. Morris olfiei- i ited at the funeral. Mr. Strahle was buried with Masonic honors.

A delegation from T.irrance at- ended, and beautiful tiilmtc.s of OMCIS were furnished by the;

\ elhodlst church, the Kpwortb l.camio. IM.IIIK II. K.iwley, and

(in I.ehall of Mrs. A. 1.. Sirahlc, li. family and friends, Mr. and

Vis. J. W. Morris desire to <-x ness their gratitude to the liii-iids 11 Tonanre for their kindness- In

WILL SEW ALL DAY

:-,uni:eln-.il lunch will b.-ive an . i 1 <la\ .-i, wini, ..1 the Dull'! hall ,|. Wednesday, Del. L'2.

Thousands Are Expected To Attend Opening Game at Fine

New Semi-Pro Park SundayWith h f h ' ~

JM.OOO park of the C.-C. M. O. bal club at Torrance featuring the day's activities, ten fast clubs in the Double A Winter League of the Managers' Association will get away to a flying start Sunday afternoon, when they clash in their first round games.

It will bo a big day here when Eddie Copeland's Oilers and "Speed" Getchel's Inglewood Cham­ pions open tho new stadium, and several thousand fans from the Bay district should be on hand. These teams, two of the strongest in the

great game. The Elks' band from Hedondo will be on hand to en­ liven the proceedings.

.Manager Copeland wishes to thank all those who hax-e assisted in making this undertaking a' suc­ cess, and advises that the ad­ mission charge for tho big open­ ing game, as well as all other games played in the new park, will be only 25 cents.

The new park is located directly- east of tho company's camp site, and large signs along the highway will point you direcHy to it.

The iramu xvill Ite called ut'L>':30.

FREDERICKS AND NATER WILL SPEAK TONIGHT; CLUB TO GET REPORT ON SCHOOL PROBLEM

Capt. Fredericks, congressman from this district, and H. A. Nater, vice-president of the Bank of Italy and director of the State Kxehange Bank here, will speak at the meet- Ing of the Torrance Progress Club tonight. In addition the club will hear a complete report from the committee appointed to inx-cstigate

Work on Alleys And Sidewalks

TO Start SoonNo Protests Lodged; Several

Object to Cabrillo Ave. Paving

The board of trustees Tuesday night ordered the city clerk to ad­ vertise for bids for the construc­ tion of 16,000 feet of sidewalks in Torrance and the paving of alleys In the business district. There were no protests made against tin txvo projects.

Two xvritten protests were lodged against the proposed paving of C'abrillo avenue from Carson street to Camlno Real. One was signed >y John Henderson Griffin an. mother by J. W. Tost and several >ther property owners. As a re­ sult of the protests the hearing on he Cabrlllo ax'enue improx'ement

was continued until Nox-. 3:

Residence Changes And Newcomers to

City of Torranceli. J. Herbert from SIU Kl 1'rudo;

W. H. Hulstead to 2662 Canton: Frank Musters to 1218 Portola: Lee Avaritt to 712-B Amapolu: Mrs. J. S. Miller from apartment J, California Apartments: H. S. Harry from 1827 Gramercy; Ed­ ward Hollis to apartment 1, Levy Aiiailinents: Alien Orsdel from I'ark Terrace; \V. K. Kvans linin _'llil Itedondo boulevard: 1.. J. l.:i I'orle to IStili Plaza del .Mini; it L. Wil. -ox to 213S Itedondo boule­ vard: J. W. riil'lcy to 1637 Cota avenue; (i. S. Welch to ap.'irtment n, Norman Arms; Hoy Hyhorn to apartment U. 802 Sartorl.

Mrs. J. U. Hines of Post avenue was the Kuest of . l.os Angeles

i lends Thursday.

All Torrance See Of Sides 1

All Tonaiice saw Ihe Shenall- oah. silver mituicss of (he sklvs, ail with dignified majesty over uulherii California Thursday noon.

hlll:,da> Illuming of the a|> loach ol NILS nil, en ol (lie II.1V>'* r 'oie.M In bullet IIIH posted by

'lie Herald. ' As the hlltic dirigible floated!

the advisability of secession from the Los Angeles school district.

The dinner xvill bo nerved at 6:30 at Legion hall. Those who cannot attend tho dinner are In­ vited to the meeting, which will open at 7:30.

The public is invited, It being the policy of the Progress Club to make all of Its meetings open.

Elect Torrance Men Directors Of Credit Body

Paxman, Parks and Tomkins Selected By District

Business MenC.1 . A. Paxman. Raymond Tomkins

and F. L. Parks xvcre elected di­ rectors of the Merchants Credit Exchange when 40 business men of Torrance, Lomita, C.ardena and A oneta met here Wednesday night and- perfected the organization by ( H- adoption of by-laws and se­ ed : on of officers.

J. R. Jensen, secretary of the or­ ganization, reported that 82 mem­ bers have Joined. The next meet- nt, will be behl on Friday night.

Oct. -'1, at tiurdena. Othe.r directors elected ' were as

follows: J. \V. llarne.s and S. A. Whent.jJ), of l.oiuita: Hots a rd K. Hlllton and A. K. Stricklin, of 'iar- dena; Frank Xeiglvy and Uert Pen-Ill, of Monetu.

The, organization is designed to fae'lltate mailers of credit for 1 he public and lo protect business men :main.--t nomad ".leadhcuts" who make it more dil'ficnli lor persons w lose credit i.s good to obtain credit at store's where they are

MINSTREL SHOW

"he Hoyul Neighbors will uive i nrnstrel show Wednesday eve-

n nw. Oct. 2!i. ill Moose ball. There u olher amusements phinm-d. nnd ': good time will be had by all."

R. N. FOOD SALE

The Koyal Neighbors «iil hold i cooked food and fancy xvnrl; sad- at the Muddleslon store on Saiton avenue Saturday, Oct. IS.

The sale starts al '.1 a. in. !! ( - er get there early.

s Empress iSoar In Heavens i < a/.l v from Long Ueacb. i-asl ol

ObservationsFrank Wiggins, Veteran Secretary of the Los'Angeles

Chamber of Commerce, Gives Lie to Slump Propaganda About California

1'TWERE has been u. good dcnl of talk throughout the country * during the past few months about the so-called "slack business conditions" in the southwest. Naturally people- who live in the southwest know how groundless is the propaganda that has been spread throughout the east and middle west.

Efforts have been made by various Chambers of Commerce to combat the false reports and some of this matter has bren very effective, but it remained for Frank Wiggins, the veteran sec­ retary' of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, to give the erroneous reports the broadside slap that they deserve.

a clearer conception of what business conditions really are than ias Frank Wiggins. For thirty-three years he has been connected with the Los Angeles chamber as an executive, and for the past twenty-seven years as secretary. He has seen good times and >ad times, he has seen the southwest develop into the wonderful country it is today. He knows what caused that development and the elements that have been brought to boar at various times to hinder that growth. So anything he has to say on the subject may certainly be relied upon. ~ ~ " * * * *

TN.the October issue of Southern California Business, the official magazine of the Los Angeles chamber, Mr. Wigging has this to say about the false reports being circulated throughout the country: "That a persistent and well organized effort is being made throughout the east and middle Vwest to injure the southwest, Los Angeles and Southern California in particular, is evidenced on every side. Some of the propaganda set afloat in the east has been so subtle that it has had perhaps some Influence. Other propaganda has been so palpably silly that It has served as sort of a boost instead of a knock. "Of the latter variety we find supposed interviews from people who have visited California and the southwest and returned to their home towns only to rush into print with statements so false that it leads one to believe they have either not seen much of the country they have visited or that they maliciously have stated things they know are not true."

K * * < /-'ONTINUING, Wiggins says: "One .cannot blame editors of news-

papers for printing these statements, for they have only the word of their townsmen who have returned from the southwest

who have themselves been here ,know that such statements are not true and would, not under any conditions print them, but unfortunately there are too many editors who have ndt been here." The writer then continues by citing the example of a Topeka, Kansas, business man who returned to that city with the tale that he found the "worst possible conditions in the southwest," going on to cull attention to what he terms "disastrous effects resulting from the foot and mouth disease," followed by what he asserts is one of the "worst droughts the southwest has ever . suffered," holding out the impression that the southwest is in

"dire condition." The article in the Topeka paper quotes that business man as saying that many thousands of laborers are walking the streets of cities of the southwest unable to find work or anything to eat and that Chambers of Commerce throughout the southwestern territory are still advertising for more laborers to come.

* -K ¥ * TN anmm to this Wiggins says: "At no time has th* Los Angeles

Chamber of Commerce lent itself to inducing, through advertise­ ments, laboring men to come to California, nor do I believn that any other Chamber of Commerce anywhere in the southwest has done j=o. AH a matter of fact, a sufficient number of laboring men 'are attracted naturally to the Southwest seeking work on their own account, just as thousands upon thousands of laboring men are attracted to other districts without invitation from the pi'ople residing there. TJiele are proportionately no more men out of., work in the Southwest than in u like area anywhere else In the nited States. In fact, I believe (be proportion is smaller here.1 ' Wiggilis then refers to reliable authorities to back up his state- in, -ills as in conditions In die southwest. One of these authorities

is The Nation's llusiness, olfical inagay.illc of the Chaiuber of Commerce of the United Slates. Thai miiKa/im- for scvcial yrats

die past three years South, in Califoi nia. and other sections of Hi. southwest have constituted one of the very few "white spots" in the entire country. The September map showed the only white s ,ot in the I'nited Slates to be the greater part ol the Sonthw. si, . specially California, wilh most ol Arizona, a part of Texas, and a part ol Oklahoma.

* * * + pONTINl'INi: his aitirl,-, Frank WlKtiins says: "How in the fare

if these facts can stories dei rlmi -Illul to the southwest be circu­ lated so widely throughout the country? True it is that bimmcss. while not in bad condition anywhere, is in just a Hide bed. r condition in the southwest than it is in almo-t any other Jiarl of i H. country.

Admittedly, one must Judge business more or less accurately \ bank clearings. The growth in southwest bank rlcnrinrn has been steady for a number of years. The fiist seven months of 1 lis vcnr will show a total far in I \c. ss of die Urines lor til-- same period of last year. In fact it will probably run to a gain .,' more than a billion dollars. Surely this does not look Ilk.- business depression.

Nowhere in the I'niled States has lli.ie 1,-en such building activities as in this section, ami new rccoids uie coiilinuall> heint; .ile.l up. The same may be said of postal nceipls, almost eveiv clu in the southwest showing decided gains. "Ml in all the great southwest has nothing to w.nry about The only reason 1 have nili.lc these slat. -incuts is to satisfy the nun. Is of those who have made inquiries as to the report:* being

,11 ciliated in the east and middle west.";;',«';,, '".To,- l.;" ssunv ",ha', s 'si,o,! !" "••• »»' " « w ' TI"""^. *>•- -ViSH " " ' "» ' Wiiik -' "" '.ii"'t"hV i'l iii',,'i\i, l,ii""'ll'in''l,s'"oJ|"' Ili'e ! Mrs. I'anoll Thompson ol phlla- T|,,,,, ,.,.... ,,i Xoilh Ai limtton ,i\. . , .. .,,,,,, ' de p da Wednesday .-veiling. Mi , ., ,,,,,M, ,,- u olhe, Irlellds. in a

,",,s,",'l b'r ,nd''l',.-,rd"d,e"addM-^ .- ion, in,: i-:,'llloiliin. and has been The, alfnd.-.t the llnninc <;,m, ,' f' Admiral Moflat, del, vend lioin I«»"""K '»" »-.K in r.os Angles di.alre l.or A.,K,-les. wle-ie the- 1 , ,a lie Dilution-. raw HIIIT.X Can-oil's "I'H-i.lnMt- ,

RECEMENT LORAJ.

WELLOil Sand at 4070 Feet Con­

tains Water, Test Shows

WILL DRILL AHEAD SOOft

Jamieson Oil Company Wfll Continue Hunt For

Deep SandThe Jamieson Oil Company yes­

terday rccemented the Lora J. Xo. IT- deep lest well on East Palm" Btrcet at which the company It conducting its important searchfor a productive second sand.

The first cement Job, it Is no* definitely established, was accom­ plished on top of an oil showing- After the cement hardened, how­ ever, it wns ascertained that this oil contained water. The company will reccment and continue to dri* ahead.

Commenting on the L»ra J. : -\ other developments in the II ^ hett, the California OH World i>us»» lishos the following: under dale tfB Wednesday:

"The Jamieson Oil Company <(,.. day was engaged in making :; water test at the Lora J. No. 1, located on East J'alm street, unft if .successful the company plans to> tarry the hole down to 5000 feet tc mak«- a thorough test of the Lo- initii urea, according to official an- . .

Interest has followed develop­ ments at the Lora J. ever Hind- it was learned a deep test wat« ilunncd. With the picking up of

an oil sand lit 1070 feet consider-

operators in tliat vicinity, litit un­ fortunately this sand was found t.v contain water, hence a string ot

"If today's test of (lie water slriivg proves satisfiiclory the i\ :t v will be paved for a real leM ,,r u,'< • Lomila section, which proved 1 It most prnllnc, aldiough (he sln.rt- <f est-live.l. of any portion of the S, Torninee field. 1'pon tills t«r depends the hopes of o|,ei;,r,,,s parliciilarly the little fellows. I.,, a deep sand which would give 1 K field a real 'come-back.'

The Slulr.s deep test, Kettl. i _'_ lail a run nf hard luck ffoin wliief, 1 is trying «i extricate Itself. At

I!i73 feet the Shell ran into a fis i- ing job uhirh has held up drilling, and the fish is now being sl.L-- tracked.

"The Shell's low showed no «.ii.-i belnw HUH feet, anil .since III.- l.,,i ; , J. Is located several blm-ks soiuli. of this wi-ll. officials hcliexe then walei- li-oiibli s ate < nded. T H S icll picked ll|, what looked like a good sand u hllle bc-low ti

Jilll-foot depth, I,||| failed to :- ( production of sufficient imp. r lance to l,e worth the effort «] .,: a lest was maile, hence d.-old. ••! J. cai-iy tin- hide on down. Inn

i Its, thus far have not bi-.-n . i

"Field aetivMv the past In- w.cl;s has ,vii(ei..,i in the sout> e:.:.t :;. ctor, uherc the ( 'onsolld., Vlilllal's Camphcll- se cured a .:•

i i. 1 production. Water Ironi.i t na.i rln.-e developed, and die lisa .1 :-.i.::,ll,-e lurk .-reins to be trail:. 1- * this venture. However. lh<- ,m If rs. to/;, .(her with udier SUM, II JJ

ini.-dic about the future to «... 4| " :.iinl,l, on other veniun-s x 1 l"ll,el of new ||KX have -i.- 1 1 :f

ampbell MllUe uill IN 111.- .:. P.- : jj

o far undeveloped, him 1, t«.. ., |j ! Supeliol JouiHim p,,.|,rlll. .-. .,11 1 *-

lie 1 'anil, bell u, II, ulne", ill. ,!,, .. II m

l.-lclofW, an nit. !.. -.I'd sped . JS n (his poiiion ,.i ih. Held." j

Hear Congressman and School Report at Meeting Tonight 1