anaheim-gazette 1884-02-23

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY...FEB. 23, 1854 SUBSCRIPTION, per year, $2. LET US GIVE THANKS. As we write this paragraph the street is filled with rumors of destruction of property in Los Angeles by flood. If these rumors are true, people will unite in extending to the sufferers the sympathy and aid which the circumstances call for. The aid should, and doubtless will, be all the more freely given when it is borne in mind that the same causes which produced the suffering to the few brought prosperity to the many. People are apt to forget, in the exultation born of this lavish rainfall, the serious features of the situation only a few weeks ago. It is not quite true that Los Angeles county is "practically independent of rainfall"—a phrase used by certain writers with the same idea which inspires the small boy to whistle while passing a graveyard about dusk. It is, of course, very laudable in these writers to endeavor to instil courage into their readers, but the fact is that a scant rainfall bears heavily upon the industries of the county—not so much so as in other counties where the facilities for irrigation are wanting, but yet sufficient to be unsatisfactory. Mere existence, the ability to make both ends meet, is not all that the pushing people of these times can content themselves with, and this is what a "dry year" means in Los Angeles county; in other less favored counties, it means that at the end of such a year the people are worse off than at the beginning of it. It ought, therefore, to be a matter of congratulation among the residents of this county that their condition in the dreaded "dry years" is so much better than many of their neighbors. But what we started out to say is that if the value of the property destroyed were multiplied by ten thousand, it would not begin to offset the value to the State of this timely storm. Its good effects will be felt next year and the year after. The whole earth is a reservoir which will yield up the moisture whenever demand is made upon it. Should the rainfall of 1874-5 be scant, good crops will be raised withal, by reason of the TWO OPEN LETTERS. MR. RICHARD MELOSE—Dear Sir: It is certainly very desirable that in the management of the new Union Water Company just formed, there should be a perfect accord between the officers of the company and the stockholders by whom they were elected. It is well known that to the stockholders belongs the privilege of adopting such by-laws for its government as they shall—in a meeting called for that purpose—by a majority decide upon. But it appears that said officers, in connection with a mere half dozen or so of others either in the secret of what was about to be done, or by mere accident, at a meeting held last week, resolved themselves into a stockholders' meeting, and then and there adopted a set of by-laws, in part at least very repugnant to, I am very confident, three-fourths of the stockholders in the original Anaheim and Cajon companies. As far as said action has become known it has created a very bitter feeling of disappointment in our officers, whose only possible justification consists in the fact that the stockholders had not come forward promptly and exchanged their certificates of stock in the old companies for the new. It is called by many sharp practices, and with the little light I have been able to get to bear upon it I must say, though unwillingly, I agree with them; for had there been, as ought to have been done, a notice in the Gazette calling a meeting of stockholders at some subsequent day for the purpose of adopting by laws, and that only those would be entitled to vote who held certificates of stock in the new company, then there would have been no cause for fault-finding had the stockholders neglected their privilege. We are told a two-thirds majority vote is required to annul what they have done. I think the more honorable way would be for those who passed these objectionable measures to come together again by the same authority by which they were convened, and by a reconsideration blot it all out and start anew. E. S. SAXTON. MR. E. S. SAXTON—Dear Sir: The stockholders who object to the manner in which the Board of Directors have perfected the organization of the new company do so because they are misinformed as to the reasons which actuated the Board. They do not additions which interest business policy? If they were bad whiseparate, and yet against them. In stockholders read they will realize their critics and every stockholder not a man on their adopt these by-law other motive than for the best interests lyze the character whether this stare Compare their souls with that of the mor points as being tation against them know you will rai porters of the Boards Superintendent Harry Treasurer jero is no reason kept up which is of a whole commu The records of the inspection of be pleased to expen necessary to perform recorded. And I ment upon the factably in circulation quarters and hearings. They should also was only one could legally accept of the old company all other claimant corporation on a way was followed COO While irrigating fat carp came down stranded in the feet. It subsequently and was protral morsel of w partaken. If it thing for carp to ditches, it benoov best way of dispair is required to ma unless it is proper It is possible that a great sorrow will be injected into our rejoicing over the brilliant prospects opened up by the favorable season. Governor Stoneman has under serious consideration the advisability of calling the Legislature together to consider the railroad tax cases. His mind is not yet made up, but in a letter to Attorney General Marshall he says that he has "had under most serious consideration the policy of convening the 'Legislature to act upon some of the subjects mentioned in your letter, as well as upon others which are not mentioned by you.' Among those who remember the calibre of the last Legislature, the possibility of it being called together again will cause profound gloom. The flooded ones of Alameda street may extract some consolation from this: "The town of Pomeroy, O., is in about as bad a condition as an American town could be placed. The main business street is 10 feet under water and the people have had no newspapers for a week. After the floods have subsided and the streets have dried up the people will probably go to work and read up on the events of the world for February." A Paris telegram gives this interesting bit of news: "A Parliamentary commission to-day considered the proposed construction of an elevated railway from France to England. The Minister of Marine opposed the project, saying that such a work would be dangerous to shipping and any way it was necessary to obtain England's consent." A railway on stilts across the Channel would indeed be a novelty. Politicians and editors find an excess of conscientiousness ever a bar to ambition. Rosecrans is the latest exemplar of this. He has been deposed from the chairmanship of the Democratic National Congressional Committee because he was "too conscientious to be chairman during a Presidential campaign." Sunset Cox had the necessary qualifications and was elected Chairman. The retort discourse is thus given by the Lester Todd trial. It required to annul what they have done. I think the more honorable way would be for those who passed these objectionable measures to come together again by the same authority by which they were convened, and by a reconsideration blot it all out and start anew. Mr. E. S. Saxton.—Dear Sir: The stockholders who object to the manner in which the Board of Directors have perfected the organization of the new company do so because they are misinformed as to the reasons which actuated the Board. They do not know, and therefore cannot appreciate the legal impediments which were met with and had to overcome. Assuming that it was the desire of the people that the new company was not to exist for a day but for all time, they have followed closely and to the letter the advice of eminent legal counsel, (for which they expect to pay a good fee) and disregarded the advice of other counsel not eminent, (which was given to them for nothing.) Lawyers who pretend to know law, but who are in reality profoundly ignorant of its first principles, and stockholders who do not pretend to know anything about law, but who honestly desire to achieve a certain end and are impatient at the sinuosities of the law which prevent them from going to work by direct methods—may find in the proceedings heretofore had much to criticise; but I want to emphasize one fact, and that is that the new organization will withstand any legal assault which may be made upon it; that it is so fortified and hedged about by strict compliance with proved legal procedure, that the boasts and threats which have been freely made upon the streets of Anaheim—to the effect that the new organization will be overthrown and the old order of things be re-established—will be found to be as sounding brass and tinkling cymbal. They will find, if they have the tenacity to attempt an assault upon the company, that their puny efforts will be of no avail, and all because of the wise care and foresight of the Board of Directors whose actions, it is to be inferred from your letter, are being harshly assailed. It was necessary for the Board to adopt a set of by-laws; it was necessary to adopt them at the time and in the manner in which they were adopted. It being necessary to do this, the Board adopted the by-laws which the conference committee had agreed upon, and which the stockholders of the two companies practically ratified when they voted to accept the report of the committee. The tenth clause of the consolidation agreement was this: The stockholders of the Cajon Irrigation, North Anaheim and Anaheim Water Companies agree hereby to aid by all means in their power the adoption of a set of by-laws by the new company similar to those presented herewith. These by-laws "presented herewith" were substantially the by-laws of the Anaheim Water Company, together with additions proposed by a conspicuous member of the Cajon Company. There cannot be required to annul what they have done. I think the more honorable way would be for those who passed these objectionable measures to come together again by the same authority by which they were convened, and by a reconsideration blot it all out and start anew. E. S. Saxton. While irrigating fat carp came down stranded in the feet. It subsequentble, and was protral morsel of w partaken. If it thing for carp to ditches, it benoof best way of dispair is required to ma unless it is proper able fish. A Gen ing method: "It is with no were called on to an original and s eater of Max von Germany, cooke closely following the North America during their cam mere cleaned, w salt and pepper, outside, and ther separately, in a buttered Round was wrapped; th e ments dipped i n placed on a bed Above the four o tatoes, which we In about a half a were ready for th e juice they formed liceous dish, and gether with pota ished even th e n" Pauc If brevity is th e ?—Wheeling Jo It is without a Do you expect Philadelphia Sun Those are th e ington Post. My * * * ! you?—Burlington We —the opp ore are real ??? y well, they off ment at best, an Elevated Railway If you were in grasp you zer , An editor is a puns.—Welcome Much ado abo We should ret such punsters. wicked! Whee we'll apply for th e you fellows.—N That is , d Union. The perpetrati ng highest " rep Politicians and editors find an excess of conscientiousness ever a bar to ambition. Rosecrans is the latest exemplar of this. He has been deposed from the chairmanship of the Democratic National Congressional Committee because he was "too conscientious to be chairman during a Presidential campaign." Sunset Cox had the necessary qualifications and was elected Chairman. The retort discourse is thus given by the London Truth: "Lord Garmoyle wrote to Miss Fortescue that one reason for breaking off his engagement was that the Duke of Richmond said she could not be received at Court. Truth taunts the Duke of Richmond with being the descendant of the illegitimate offspring of Charles II. and a French woman—Mme. Cardwell." President Barrios of Guatemala has improved just a little on the methods of California railroad builders. Instead of demanding a subsidy, he has issued a decree compelling every man in Guatemala to take forty dollars of stock in a railroad he has projected to the Caribbean coast. He expects to raise $8,000,000 at least by these forced subscriptions. The meaning of the cabalistic letters R.S. V. P., usually seen on invitations, is now generally well known, but there was a time when they were a mystery to many people. This gave rise to the rather neat story that down South the letters were generally supposed to mean "Reserved Seats for Virginia People." Red Bluff has legalized gambling by imposing a license tax. The Yuma Indians, on the Colorado river, bury watermelons in the dry sand and preserve them all winter, fresh and crisp. The women of Seattle have presented Mrs. Duniway with a handsome banner, in recognition of her services in securing suffrage for the women of Washington Territory. The stockholders of the Cajon Irrigation, North Anaheim and Anaheim Water Companies agree hereby to aid by all means in their power the adoption of a set of by-laws by the new company similar to those presented herewith. These by-laws "presented herewith" were substantially the by-laws of the Anaheim Water Company, together with additions proposed by a conspicuous member of the Cajon Company. There cannot be anything in the by-laws particularly obnoxious to members of the Anaheim Water Company, because they have been working under these laws quite complacently for a number of years; the additions proposed by the President of the Cajon Company were assumed to be inspired by the members of that company, and were incorporated into the by-laws out of deference to them. The only additions of moment, and which were made necessary by the exigencies of the case, were the following clauses: The acceptance by any stockholder of a certificate of stock in this corporation shall be considered as a ratification by him of any and all transfers of property to this corporation, and especially of any transfer made, or contemplated to be made, by the corporations known as the Anaheim Water Company, Cajon Irrigation Company and North Anaheim Canal Company. The President, Vice President and Directors shall receive a monthly salary of $5 each. Any member of the Board, absent from regular meetings, shall be fined $2 50 for each time so absent. No water shall be sold or used for any purpose on lands not covered by stock of this company; provided, that water may be sold to or used by stockholders on lands not covered by stock, upon the understanding that by the signing of these by-laws each and every stockholder waives any and all rights which might accrue to him by virtue of the provisions of Section 552 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and any and all kindred laws. We repeat, that with the above additions, the by-laws of the North Anaheim and Anaheim Companies were substantially re-enacted. What is there in those by-laws to call forth indignation? Is there anything in the companies practically ratified when they voted to accept the report of the committee. The tenth clause of the consolidation agreement was this: The stockholders of the Cajon Irrigation, North Anaheim and Anaheim Water Companies agree hereby to aid by all means in their power the adoption of a set of by-laws by the new company similar to those presented herewith. These by-laws "presented herewith" were substantially the by-laws of the Anaheim Water Company, together with additions proposed by a conspicuous member of the Cajon Company. There cannot be anything in the by-laws particularly obnoxious to members of the Anaheim Water Company, because they have been working under these laws quite complacently for a number of years; the additions proposed by the President of the Cajon Company were assumed to be inspired by the members of that company, and were incorporated into the by-laws out of deference to them. The only additions of moment, and which were made necessary by the exigencies of the case, were the following clauses: The acceptance by any stockholder of a certificate of stock in this corporation shall be considered as a ratification by him of any and all transfers of property to this corporation, and especially of any transfer made, or contemplated to be made, by the corporations known as the Anaheim Water Company, Cajon Irrigation Company and North Anaheim Canal Company. The President, Vice President and Directors shall receive a monthly salary of $5 each. Any member of the Board, absent from regular meetings, shall be fined $2 50 for each time so absent. No water shall be sold or used for any purpose on lands not covered by stock of this company; provided, that water may be sold to or used by stockholders on lands not covered by stock, upon the understanding that by the signing of these by-laws each and every stockholder waives any and all rights which might accrue to him by virtue of the provisions of Section 552 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and any and all kindred laws. We repeat, that with the above additions, the by-laws of the North Anaheim and Anaheim Companies were substantially re-enacted. What is there in those by-laws to call forth indignation? Is there anything in the companies practically ratified when they voted to accept the report of the committee. The tenth clause of the consolidation agreement was this: The stockholders of the Cajon Irrigation, North Anaheim and Anaheim Water Companies agree hereby to aid by all means in their power the adoption of a set of by-laws by the new company similar to those presented herewith. These by-laws "presented herewith" were substantially the by-laws of the Anaheim Water Company, together with additions proposed by a conspicuous member of the Cajon Company. There cannot be anything in the by-laws particularly obnoxious to members of the Anaheim Water Company, because they have been working under these laws quite complacently for a number of years; the additions proposed by the President of the Cajon Company were assumed to be inspired by the members of that company, and were incorporated into the by-laws out of deference to them. The only additions of moment, and which were made necessary by the exigencies of the case, were the following clauses: The acceptance by any stockholder of a certificate of stock in this corporation shall be considered as a ratification by him of any and all transfers of property to this corporation, and especially of any transfer made, or contemplated to be made, by the corporations known as the Anaheim Water Company, Cajon Irrigation Company and North Anaheim Canal Company. The President, Vice President and Directors shall receive a monthly salary of $5 each. Any member of the Board, absent from regular meetings, shall be fined $2 50 for each time so absent. No water shall be sold or used for any purpose on lands not covered by stock of this company; provided, that water may be sold to or used by stockholders on lands not covered by stock, upon the understanding that by the signing of these by-laws each and every stockholder waives any and all rights which might accrue to him by virtue of the provisions of Section 552 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and any and all kindred laws. We repeat, that with the above additions, the by-laws of the North Anaheim and Anaheim Companies were substantially re-enacted. What is there in those by-laws to call forth indignation? Is there anything in the companies practically ratified when they voted to accept the report of the committee. The tenth clause of the consolidation agreement was this: The stockholders of the Cajon Irrigation, North Anaheim and Anaheim Water Companies agree hereby to aid by all means in their power the adoption of a set of by-laws by the new company similar to those presented herewith. Theseby-laws "presented herewith" were substantiallytheby-lawsoftheAnaheimWaterCompany,togetherwithadditionsproposedbyaconspicuousmemberoftheCajonCompany.Therecannotbeanythingintheby-lawsparticularlyobnoxioustowomenoftheAnaheimWaterCompany,bewereworkingundertheselveslawsquitecomplacentlyforanumberofyears;theadditionsproposedbythePresidentoftheCajonCompanywereassumedtobeinspiredbythemembersofthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateofstockinthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenofanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredbystockofthiscompany;providedthatwatermaybesoldtoroubledystockholdersonlandsnotcoveredbystock,pupilsandstockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenofthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateofstockinthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenofanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredbystockofthiscompany;providedthatwatermaybesoldtoroubledystockholdersonlandsnotcoveredbystock,pupilsandstockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenofthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateofstockinthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenofanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredbystockofthiscompany;providedthatwatermaybesoldtoroubledystockholdersonlandsnotcoveredbystock,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenofthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateofstockinthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenOfanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredbystockofthiscompany;providedthatwatermaybesoldtoroubledystockholdersonlandsnotcoveredbystock,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenOfthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateofstockinthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenOfanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredby股票ontlandsnotcoveredby股票,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenOfthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateof股票inthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenOfanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredby股票ontlandsnotcoveredby股票,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenOfthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateof股票inthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenOfanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredby股票ontlandsnotcoveredby股票,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenOfthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsoutofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditionsofmoment,andwhichweremadenecessarybytheexigenciesofthecase.werethefollowingclauses: The acceptancebyanystockholderofacertificateof股票inthiscorporationshallbesconsideredasratificationbymenOfanyandalltransfersofpropertytothiscorporation,andespeciallyofanytransfermade,或contemplatedtobewarebythecorporationsknownastheAnaheimWaterCompany,CajonIrrigationCompanyandNorthAnaheimCanalCompany. ThePresident,VicePresidentandDirectorsshallreceiveamonthlysalaryof$5each.AnymemberoftheBoard，absentfromregularmeetings，shallbefined$250foreachtimesoabsent. Nowatershallbe Soldorusedforanypurposeontlandsnotcoveredby股票ontlandsnotcoveredby股票,pupils和stockholderswaivedanyandallrightswhichmightaccruetomenhymenOfthecompany,andwereincorporatedintotheby-lawsout-ofdeferencetothem.Theonlyadditions Ofmoment,andWhichWere Made Needed By These Governments To Reach A Decade In The Atlantic And Pacific Areas: "The A.A.C.E.D. Allies & Whites' Tiegraph Of Howard J.L.F. Dall & Doughger Laundry And Fire Buildings Were Built By Sons Of The Board Absent From Regular Meetings Shall Be Fined $2 50 For Each Time So Absent." LONDON,February 16th 2013 SUBFRANCISCO General Manager: The truth of The Atlantic and Pacific Areas: "The A.A.C.E.D. Allies & Whites' Tiegraph Of Howard J.L.F. Dall & Doughger Laundry And Fire Buildings Were Built By Sons Of The Board Absent From Regular Meetings Shall Be Fined $2 50 For Each Time So Absent." LONDON,February 16th 2013 SAN FRANCISCO General Manager: The truth of The Atlantic and Pacific Areas: "The A.A.C.E.D. Allies & Whites' Tiegraph Of Howard J.L.F. Dall & Doughger Laundry And Fire Buildings Were Built By Sons Of The Board Absent From Regular Meetings Shall Be Fined $2 50 For Each Time So Absent." LONDON,February 16th 2013 LONDON,February 16th 2013 SAN FRANCISCO General Manager: The truth of The Atlantic and Pacific Areas: "The A.A.C.E.D. Allies & Whites' Tiegraph Of Howard J.L.F. Dall & Doughger Laundry And Fire Buildings Were Built By Sons Of The Board Absent From Regular Meetings Shall Be Fined $2 50 For Each Time So Absent." LONDON,February 16th 2013 SHILOH'S Care is sold BY Consumption. additions which is not in accord with wise business policy? If the by-laws are bad now, they were bad when the organizations were separate, and yet not a murmur was heard against them. I believe that when the stockholders read this letter of explanation they will realize that their fears are groundless and their criticisms unjust. You know, and every stockholder knows, that there is not a man on the Board who in voting to adopt these by-laws was actuated by any other motive than a desire to do what was for the best interests of the company. Analyze the characters of the men, and see whether this statement is well founded. Compare their social and business standing with that of the men to whom common rumor points as being the inspirers of the agitation against them, and if you do this, I know you will range yourself among the supporters of the Board. Because Tom was not made Superintendent, nor Dick Secretary, nor Harry Treasurer, nor somebody else zanjo is no reason why an agitation should be kept up which is injurious to the interests of a whole community. The records of the company are open to the inspection of any stockholder, and I will be pleased to explain to them why it was necessary to perform the various acts therein recorded. And I ask them to form no judgment upon the false rumors which are probably in circulation, but to come to headquarters and learn the true facts of the case. They should also bear this in mind: There was only one way in which the company could legally acquire the property and rights of the old companies and hold them against all other claimants; only one way to put the corporation on a firm legal foundation. That way was followed. Respectfully, Richard Melrose. Cooking Carp. While irrigating a few weeks ago a large fat carp came downward with the tide and stranded in the field at Mr. Erwin Barr's feet. It subsequently graced the dinner table, and was pronounced the finest piscatorial morsel of which the family had ever partaken. If it is going to be a common thing for carp to float down our irrigating ditches, it benooves the people to know the best way of disposing of them. Some skill is required to make it palatable as food, and unless it is properly cooked it is not an eatable addition which is not in accord with wise business policy? If the by-laws are bad now, they were bad when the organizations were separate, and yet not a murmur was heard against them. I believe that when the stockholders read this letter of explanation they will realize that their fears are groundless and their criticisms unjust. You know, and every stockholder knows, that there is not a man on the Board who in voting to adopt these by-laws was actuated by any other motive than a desire to do what was for the best interests of the company. Analyze the characters of the men, and see whether this statement is well founded. Compare their social and business standing with that of the men to whom common rumor points as being the inspirers of the agitation against them, and if you do this, I know you will range yourself among the supporters of the Board. Because Tom was not made Superintendent, nor Dick Secretary, nor Harry Treasurer, nor somebody else zanjo is no reason why an agitation should be kept up which is injurious to the interests of a whole community. The records of the company are open to the inspection of any stockholder, and I will be pleased to explain to them why it was necessary to perform the various acts therein recorded. And I ask them to form no judgment upon the false rumors which are probably in circulation, but to come to headquarters and learn the true facts of the case. They should also bear this in mind: There was only one way in which the company could legally acquire the property and rights of the old companies and hold them against all other claimants; only one way to put the corporation on a firm legal foundation. That way was followed. Respectfully, Richard Melrose. Desolation in Ohio. Pomeroy, Ohio, Feb. 16.—The relief boat Kate Stocklale arrived here this afternoon. Her intention was to go direct to Ironton after leaving Parkersburg, but the people of Bellville, West Virginia, called the boat in and a quantity of provisions were given out. But six houses remain in the town, and they are nearly all badly wrecked. As the boat proceeded down the stream the broad farming bottoms on each side were gradually being relieved of the water. At Racine, the head of Pomeroy bend, twelve miles long was entered. This bend is narrow bottoms on both sides of the river and contains 20 coal mines, 18 salt works, 12 towns of 30,000 inhabitants, of whom 8000 are laborers. Six of the mines are flooded and will not be pumped out for six or eight months. Eight thousand people are idle, 9000 are homeless and the people are demanding immediate assistance. The river in the bend reached 64 feet. It has fallen 12 feet and is going down at the rate of two inches per hour. On Friday night the water was first cleared from the streets of the town. There are four relief boats helping the bends. The destination from Gallipolia, which place is out of water, is comparatively small. Business of every kind is suspended at Columbus and Hocking Valley. The Toledo railroad and the Ohio Central, penetrating the bend, are all torn to pieces, the trestles, bridges and roadbed being gone. It will be from three to six weeks before communication by railroad is resumed. There are no telegraph wires up. The steamboats Jim Montgomery, Champion, Nora Beil and Chesapeake are distributing supplies. People are stored away in churches, barns and schoolhouses through the country. It is estimated that 500 houses have been swept out of twelve miles of the bend. There are destinate in Camden 300 people; in Middleport 2,000; West Columbia 400; Clifton 70; Mason City 400; Pomeroy 2,000; Minersvilles 600; Hartford City 400; Syracuse 700; Racine 600; Antiquity 100; German Furnace 100. The Stocklale will distribute three tons of provisions here, then proceed to other suffering towns in the bend, then go south. This section is chiefly engaged in shipping coal south. This trade will be stopped for several months. Ten of the mines are large concerns. Help of every kind is woefully needed. The out- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice to Contractors. SEALED PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING A SCHOOL House in Placeutia School District will be received by the Trustees till March 9th. All bids must be accompanied by references as to competency and ability to furnish $8,000 bonds. The trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Bids will be opened on the 10th of March at 2 p.m. Plans and specifications to be seen at Frank Ey's store, Anaheim. All bids to be addressed to W.M.M.Fadden, Anaheim, and marked "Bids for building School House" on back of envelope. W.M.M.Fadden, D.J.KRAEMER, THEODORE STALEY, Trustees of Placeutia School District. Anaheim, Feb. 16th, 1881. FARMERS' DITCH COMPANY. Principal place of business, Orangethorpe, Los Angeles County, California. Delinquent Notice. NOTICE—THERE ARE DELINQUENT UPON THE following described stock on account of Assessment No. 4 levied January 19th, 1884, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders: Names of Shareholders: B.F.Porter K.Cox D.E.Miles Fish Bros A.Gardiner C.S.Miles Miles-estate of: And in accordance with law, an order of the Board of Directors, made on January 19th, 1884, so many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary will be sold at public auction at the Orangethorpe school house on The 8th day of March, 1884, At 3 o'clock P.M., said day to pay said delinquent assessments together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors. C.H.ZEYN,Secretary. Anaheim,February 19,1884. For Sale. ASPLENDID WORK AND BROOD MAKE Perfectly sound and gentle Is an excellent horse for women or children to ride or drive. Inquiry of S.B.SMITH, Anaheim. For Sale. FIVE THOUSAND PEPPER TREES FROM three inches to three feet high. Price from one to fifteen cents each. Also,a large variety of fruit trees,and a few olive cottings. Inquiry at my place near Kraemer's,four miles north set of Anaheim. Febble-2n THEODORE STALEY. A Band of Sheep for Sale. BAND OF FINE SPANISH MERINO EWES While irrigating a few weeks ago a large fat carp came downward with the tide and stranded in the field at Mr. Erwin Barr's feet. It subsequently graced the dinner table, and was pronounced the finest pizzerial morsel of which the family had ever partaken. If it is going to be a common thing for carp to float down our irrigating ditches, it behooves the people to know the best way of disposing of them. Some skill is required to make it palatable as food, and unless it is properly cooked it is not an eatable fish. A German paper gives the following method: "It is with no common pleasure that we were called on to witness the preparation for an original and savory meal which the forester of Max von dem Borne, of Bernenchen, Germany, cooked with consummate skill, closely following the method employed by the North American trappers and sportsmen during their camp life in the vast forests of the western hemisphere. Four plump carp were cleaned, washed, well strewed with salt and pepper, both on the inside and the outside, and thereupon wrapped, each one separately, in a white sheet of paper, well battered. Round this a sheet of newspaper was wrapped; the package was for a few moments dipped in cold water and finally placed on a bed of hot coals on an open fire. Above the four carp came a layer of raw potatoes, which were thus baked in the ashes. In about a half-an-hour the "pepper cups" were ready for the table. Full of their own juice they formed a most tempting and delicious dish, and being handed round, together with potatoes, on large napkins, satished even the most epicurean taste." Punctuation Jokes. If brevity is the soul of wit, how is this?—Wheeling Journal. It is without a . . . New York Enterprise. Do you expect anybody to "." that?—Philadelphia Sunday Mirror. Those are the worst jokes of the . . . Washington Post. My *****! you're pointed as a +, aren't you?—Burlington Enterprise. We -- the opportunity to say that these are real ??? you fellows propound.—Gold. Well, they offer us a $us sort of amusement at best, and — our spirits greatly.—Elevated Railway Journal. If you were in this § of country we would grasp you 20.—Meriden Recorder. An editor is an * his reputation with such puns.—Welcome. Much ado about 0.—Detroit Free Press. We should remark. We would like to £ such punsters. We can hardly withhold a wicked ! When we all get to the hot place we'll apply for the job to put the : to roast你 fellows.—Northwestern Mining Journal. That is , à fuit.—Sicramento Record-Union. The perpetration of such witticisms is in the highest reprehensible. PRESCOTT, A. T., Feb. 16.—A fire broke out at 2:30 A.M. in the Sherman House. There was quite a high wind at the time. It consumed the entire block. In the block have been swept out of twelve miles of the bend. There are destitute in Camden 300 people; in Middleport, 2,000; West Columbia, 400; Clifton, 70; Mason City, 400; Pomeroy, 2,000; Minersville, 600; Hartford City, 400; Syracuse, 700; Racine, 600; Antiquity, 100; German Furnace, 100. The Stockade will distribute three tons of provisions here, then proceed to other suffering towns in the bend, then go south. This section is chiefly engaged in shipping coal south. That trade will be stopped for several months. Ten of the mines are large concerns. Help of every kind is woefully needed. The outlook is very dark, as the distressed in the bend are poor people who have lost everything and are now idle indefinitely. The Standard Nail and Iron Works of Clifton, West Virginia, have been thoroughly soaked and will not resume for four weeks. Six hundred men are idle, and the loss is $40,000. To paint the scene of destruction—the ruined towns, demolished buildings, overturned and wrecked houses, bridges, mud and debris, danbed, outraged land and gutted homesteads--needs simply this one word, "awful!" Let the imagination picture its worst and it will not paint the hand of the flood on this once bright land. A Dry Land Grass. In our issue of March 17th last year we gave an engraving and description of Paspalum Ovatam, a perennial grass suitable for dry lands, and when we deemed worthy of trial in this State. Since that time we have seen records of experience with this grass in the Southern States which lead us to refer to it again, for it seems, from the estimate in which it is held there, to be certainly worth a test under our conditions. We read that it grows anywhere in the sun, will not stand shade, does not seem to crave moist land, grows freely on the poorest old pine fields, forms a tough soil, stands drouth like a camel, and seems to prosper best where most trodden by cattle. It grows close down to the very rut of the wagon in the road, and fills up an old road in a year or two if it is not traveled on. With its good qualities it will not stand the plow, but dies out entirely when the sod is once turned over. Starting from a stool early in the spring, one and sometimes two shoots or bails put out close to the ground, then stretch out flat, taking root at each joint as it grows. It is described as growing from about two feet to thirty inches in length, taking new root at every joint in some instances; on other stems roots took hold about every third joint, or new roots at six places in the length of one foot. The numerous roots give it wonderful capacity for resisting drought. At each joint where it takes root grows several blades resembling that of wild cane. The Paspalum Ovatam will probably endure drought even better than Bermuda Much ado about 0.—Detroit Free Press. We should remark. We would like to £ such punsters. We can hardly withhold a wicked! When we all get to the hot place we'll apply for the job to put the : to roast you fellows. —Northwestern Mining Journal. That is , il fruit. —Sacramento Record-Union. The perpetration of such witticisms is in the highest reprehensible. PRESCOTT, A. T., Feb. 16.—A fire broke out at 2:30 A.M. in the Sherman House. There was quite a high wind at the time. It consumed the entire block. In the block were J. Wilson & Co., clothing merchants, Ellis & Whitney's saloon and billiard parlor, the telegraph office, the law office of M. Howard, J. L. Fisher's grocery store, Randall & Dougherty, undertakers, a Chinese laundry and Fisher's auction rooms. The buildings were blown up to save the town. S. N. Holmes, proprietor of the Daily Miner, rushing in to save some valuable papers, was smothered and burned to death. Kitty Purcell, a sporting woman, rushed into the flames and rescued a child that was crying at a window for its mother. It was an act of bravery seldom equalled, as she barely escaped with her life. This is the largest and most disastrous fire that has ever occurred in Prescott. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.—A. N. Towne, General Manager of the C. P. R. R., denies the truth of the reported extension of the Atlantic and Pacific road to San Diego. He says: "The A. T. and S. F. does not now and never has intended to extend its lines to San Diego. All the stories circulated by the stock boomers among the credulous people of Southern California, from San Diego to Colton, amount to nothing." LONDON, February 14.—Gladstone was subjected to an unpleasant experience this afternoon. He was walking on Bond street, unattended, on his way to the House of Commons. Suddenly a man seized him by the collar and brought him to a standstill. Gladstone, with some difficulty, shook off his assailant and continued on foot to his destination. It is asserted that the man made the attack on a wager. SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It cures consumption. Sold by Wm. M. Higgins.* The Paspalum Ovatum will probably endure drought even better than Bermuda grass. It is perennial, and grows in Louisiana all the year round, and furnishes excellent green feed for stock all seasons, except that the green blades freeze in the very coldest weather, perhaps two or three times in a winter, and then grow out again in a few days' time. Some of these characteristics of the plant would make it very valuable in this State if it exhibited the same manner of growth here. It seems to be very aggressive, something after the manner of Bermuda grass. It is not suitable for hay, but is valuable because of its yield and durable quality in pastures and for its apparent relish for poor, dry soils. This would make it useful on some of our hillsides. It bears its seeds very bounteously, and perhaps some of our readers can get some seeds from their southern friends for trial. The following are a few of the names of localities in and about Hawthorne, Nevada: Cat Creek, Wild Cat Canyon, Little Squaw Canyon, Horsehead Gulch, Whisky Flat, Big Squaw Canyon, Stinking Wells, Dead Camel Mountain, Dead Horse Wells and Rattlesnake Spring. The Winnemucca Silver State says: "The other day five barrels of cast-off clothing arrived here from Boston and New Bedford for the Plutes. An freight charges were paid on these articles the Indians will not have to call on their white friends for money to get them out of the freighthouse." CONSOLIDATION —OF INTERESTS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND— RIMPAU BROS. It is Not True That because everybody is better off to-day than they were last week, that prices have increased at the DRY GOODS PALACE. It is True That prices have been decreased all along the line And defy anybody to compete with our prices and quality of goods; we do not except anybody in Los Angeles County. 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I am now furnishing these Mills with Tanks, Pumps, Pipe, Faucets, etc., and setting them up in complete running order at LOWER PRICES THAN EVER GIVEN IN THIS COUNTY. Do not purchase a pumping unit without first examining my work and price. S. B. SMITH, Anaheim, Cal. "Tis Midnight's Holy Hour" They that Sleep Take no note of time BEDETTE "Bless'd Sleep tired nature's sweet restorer" TWELVE OCLOCK, THAT FELLOW ON THE "BEDETTE" SLEEPS LIKE A LOG. Eureka! Eureka! Eureka! The long desired TEA Free from all poisonous mixtures, that makes a healthy drink, of delicious flavor, can now be had at the Store near the Depot. Call for the "Mayflower" brand and test its merits. Also when there sample the various COFFEES that have been provided for his customers by M. H. CHEESEMAN. OSTRICH FARM. IT HAVING BEEN FOUND NECESSARY TO close the above farm to visitors, notice is hereby given that all persons trespassing on the said farm WILL BE PROSECUTED. 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