[1]In April, 1872, officially named Franklin Street.
[2]Thom died on February 2d, 1915.
[3]After an absence of thirty years, Judge Sepúlveda returned to Los Angeles, in 1914, and was heartily welcomed back by his many friends and admirers.
[4]George Hazard died on February 8th, 1914.
[5]Mrs. Meyer died on September 4th, 1914.
[6]Marks died on July 9th, 1914.
[7]Often spoken of as Don Louis.
[8]Verandas, spoken of locally as corridors; from which fact I may use both terms interchangeably.
[9]Recently razed.
[10]Translated by Perry Worden for the centenary of The Song of the Bell:
Through each hand close-joined and waiting,
Emulating,
Flies the pail.
[11]History repeats itself: in 1915, ranchers at Zelzah were accused of appropriating water from the new aqueduct, under cover of the night, without paying for it.
[12]Died, June 9th, 1914.
[13]Died, August 7th, 1914.
[14]Lichtenberger died some years ago; Roeder died February 20th, 1915.
[15]Julio Chrisostino Verdugo died early in March, 1915, supposed to be about one hundred and twelve years old.
[16]Señora de Rúbio survived her husband many years, dying on October 27th, 1914, at the age of one hundred and seven, after residing in Los Angeles ninety-four years.
[17]Mexican corruption of the Aztec chapollin, grasshopper. Cf. Chapultepec, Grasshopper Hill.—Charles F. Lummis.
[18]Louis Roeder died on February 20, 1915
[19]Died November 19th, 1913.
[20]Twelve and one-half cents.
[21]Destroyed by fire on September 22d, 1915.
[22]A term locally applied to tugs.
[23]"The Faithful of this Parish, to the Queen of the Angels."
[24]Captain Thom died on February 2d, 1915.
[25]Died, January 22d, 1915.
[26]Fifty years after this unpretentious venture in Arcadia Block, that is, in the summer of 1915, the half-centenary of M. A. Newmark & Company and their predecessors was celebrated with a picnic in the woodlands belonging to Universal City, the holiday and its pleasures having been provided by the firm as a compliment to its employees. On that occasion, a loving-cup was presented by the employees to M. A. Newmark, who responded feelingly to the speech by M. H. Newmark. Another, but somewhat differently inscribed cup was tendered Harris Newmark in an address by Herman Flatau, bringing from the venerable recipient a hearty reply, full of genial reminiscence and natural emotion, in which he happily likened his commercial enterprise, once the small store in Los Angeles Street, to a snowball rolling down the mountain-side, gathering in momentum and size and, fortunately, preserving its original whiteness. Undoubtedly, this Fifty-Year Jubilee will take its place among the pleasantest experiences of a long and varied career.—The Editors.
[27]Died on April 6th, 1915.
[28]Died on September 30th, 1914.
[29]Died on September 13th, 1915.
[30]Died, February 9th, 1914.
[31]Blown down, in a wind-storm, on the night of April 13th, 1915.
[32]Not the Spanish Alejandro; a variation doubtless suggested by the Italian Repetto's forename.
[33]Executive Committee of the Memorial Fund: M. P. Snyder, Chairman; Joseph Scott, Secretary; James C. Kays, Treasurer; F. W. Braun, A. B. Cass, R. F. Del Valle, I. B. Dockweiler, W. J. Hunsaker, M. H. Newmark and H. G. Otis.
[34]Died, January 13, 1915, in the ninetieth year of his age.
[35]Died on October 27th, 1915.
[36]May 1st, 1914, the J. W. Robinson Dry Goods Co. contracted to move to Seventh Street between Grand Avenue and Hope Street. This is one of the notable examples of leapfrog that real estate operators have played in Los Angeles, to the detriment perhaps, at times, of the town itself.
[37]In 1915, in recognition of historical work, the King of Spain conferred upon Lummis the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabel la Católica.
[38]On June 21st, 1914, Mr. Ralphs lost his life in a deplorable accident in the San Bernardino Mountains, being crushed by a huge bowlder; although his wife escaped by springing from the rolling rock.
[39]Died on October 10th, 1915.
[40]Largely destroyed by fire, November 29th, 1915.
[41]Bearing the name of Frank McCoy, who died on March 4th, 1915.
[42]Dr. Burdette died on November 19th, 1914.
[43]Installed, of late, in the County Museum.
[44]Died on January 12th, 1915, aged seventy-eight years.
[45]President, M. H. Newmark; First Vice-President, J. O. Koepfli; Second Vice-President, C. C. Reynolds; Third Vice-President, F. W. Braun; Treasurer, L. C. Scheller; Secretary, Charles Dwight Willard; Directors: H. R. Boynton, J. Baruch, P. A. Benjamin, A. Douglass, I. A. Lothian and D. Wiebers.
[46]One of Dr. Alliot's most recent accomplishments is a comprehensive Bibliography of Arizona, recently published—the result of Dr. J. A. Munk's liberal provision.
[47]On July 5th, 1915, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lazard celebrated their golden wedding, Mrs. Lazard being the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newmark to enjoy the privilege—almost unique in a single family, and that will become the more remarkable if Mrs. Eugene Meyer (the fourth daughter) and her husband live to commemorate, on the 20th of November, 1917, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage.
[48]The Supreme Court of the United States, on June 8th, 1914, affirmed the decision of the Interstate Commerce Court, and thus was obliterated this very iniquitous charge.
[49]On June 1st, 1914, the Library—directed by Everett R. Perry, who came to Los Angeles in the fall of 1911, from the staff of the New York Public Library—was removed to the Metropolitan Building at the northwest corner of Broadway and Fifth Street, its shelves, a month later, holding 227,894 volumes.
[50]In 1914, Fredericks was the Republican candidate for the Governorship of California.
[51]Even while this manuscript is being revised, the name of another Angeleño—that of the lamented A. C. Bilicke, a self-made man of large accomplishments, who perished on May 7th, 1915, in the awful destruction of the Lusitania—is added to the scrolls of the ill-starred.
[52]The formal dedication took place on November 5th, 1913.
[53]During the night of January 21st, 1914, Willard died—on the anniversary of his birth.
[54]Died on November 1st, 1914.
[55]The present officers are: President, Dr. Norman Bridge; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Clara B. Burdette, Joseph Scott and J. S. Torrance; Founder Emeritus, Charles F. Lummis; Treasurer, Stoddard Jess; Curator, Hector Alliot; Directors, Dr. Norman Bridge, Robert N. Bulla, Mrs. Clara B. Burdette, E. P. Clark, Charles F. Lummis, Dr. J. A. Munk, M. H. Newmark, Joseph Scott and J. S. Torrance.
[56]On December 6th, 1913, the corner-stone for the building already looming large was laid by the Rt. Reverend Thomas J. Conaty—the broad-minded, scholarly and much-respected Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, who died on September 18th, 1915—and by General Chaffee.