anaheim-gazette 1900-03-22

The fight between the Bolsa settlers and the Bolsa gun club is simply the attempt of a rich corporation to ruin a number of poor men by flooding the land from which they derive their livelihood. And this for no other or better reason than that the game preserves of the aforesaid corporation may afford its members better "sport" during the shooting season. It is simply a shameful attempt on the part of a few rich men to override and trample upon the just rights of a few poor men. This being the case, the sympathies of this paper are, and have been, with the settlers. Their cause is just, and every fair-minded man in Orange county should sympathize with them in their efforts to obtain fair play. And the man or men who refuse it to them will find out some of these days that the people of Orange county fully understand the merits of the case and will govern themselves accordingly. Stuff and nonsense! The Bolsa gun club has not the right to damage the property of a single citizen of the county as much as one farthing's worth; nor will it be upheld by any one in any attempt whatsoever to injure the most lowly farmer in the Peat. Judge Ballard's decision (of which we presume the Blade has heard) settles the matter of the dock being a "public nuisance." He has decided that it is not such. Now let the farmer who has been damaged proceed to bring suit for the recovery of his loss—that is the manner by the statutes in such cases made and provided. If Mr. Cole or Mr. Hazard or any other farmer can prove the gun club has damaged him, he will find the people of the county standing as one man against the "rich corporation" "flooding the nothing but the pleasantest feelings towards a corporation which stands for much in the work of the development of that section of Orange county. The contract of Heldmaier & Neu for the San Pedro breakwater has been annulled by the War Department on recommendation of Capt. J. J. Meyler, the engineer in charge of the work, and Brig.-Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, U. S. Army. Capt. Meyler has been notified to prepare a new advertisement and specifications immediately, and there is every indication that all possible haste will be made to complete the work which has dragged along so unsatisfactorily. The firm of Heldmaier & Neu will lose heavily, some placing the firm's loss as high as $750,000. ED KRAEMER'S TRIP TO PARIS He Gives it up, and Entertains His Friends at a Bull's Head Breakfast. Ed Kraemer entertained a number of his friends at his home at Placentia on Sunday at a bull's head breakfast, which lingers in the memory as one of the delightful things that were. Ed was going to Paris, to see the exposition, but found it impossible to get away, and considered the next best thing to do was to treat his many friends to an old-fashioned feast of beeves' heads baked in the ground. The heads were put on the coals at 4 o'clock on Saturday, afternoon, and were served at noon on Sunday, having been in the pit 20 hours. The table was spread under the branches of the trees next the household. One of the features of the spread was a huge loaf of bread, prepared by Kraemer for the occasion. It was baked in the pit before putting in the smaller of the two heads. There were also pickles, beets, olives, hard-boiled eggs, sausage, cheese and numerous other delicacies, besides sundry kegs of lager. Some thirty guests sat down at the festal board, their appetites whetted by a tramp after rabbits since 7 o'clock in the morning.. The rabbit drive began at the tank near the Ford place on the county road south of town. The route BOARD OF ENGINEERS' REPORT On the Effect of the Construction of Bolsa Chica Dam on the Drainage of the Adjacent Peatlands. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 16, 1900. W. E. Dunn, Esq., Attorney of Bolsa Chica Gun Club, Potomac block, Angeles—Dear Sir: At your request, the undersigned, constituting a body of hydraulic engineers, have spent several days last past in examining dam and other works constructed by Bolsa Chica gun club, and in studying the general conditions in this central country affected by these waters for the purpose of ascertaining and terminating definitely what influence construction of the dam has had on the general drainage of this river. Complaints have been made by some adjacent land owners to our city that the dam has injured their property by interfering with the main drainage conditions, and sufficient fluence has been brought to bear on the county authorities to induce them to authorize an action at law brought by the county to declare dam a public nuisance. Your city have sought engineering advice on subject prior to the trial of these cases in this capacity we have made examinations and present the preliminary report of our observance. The Bolsa Land company are owners of some 2000 acres of swammerdale lands (including channels), bordering on and connected by the tidal estuary known Bolsa Bay. About one-fourth this area is in the slough and chapel of the estuary, and the greater portion of the remainder is land which is to construction of the dam, where merged at extreme high tide lands so submerged are valuable cultural lands if they can be recalled and have a variety of tillable soil of which is peatland of equal value—the most productive of the celeryy ing peatlands of the county. The company is desirous of reclaiming lands for tillage, and at the same purpose converting the salt estuary into fresh-water channels as a prince for wild game, which will be attested by the conditions to be established—the change from salt to fresh water. In pursuance of this plan of relation, the company has erected a stantial dam, 500 feet long, across narrowest point of the estuary—a half mile above its mouth, which a spillway has been built feet in length, for discharging fresh water coming into the river from adjacent country. The this spillway is about two feet low-tide level in the estuary. It widened with nine gates that close... Now let the farmer who has been damaged proceed to bring suit for the recovery of his loss—that is the manner by the statutes in such cases made and provided. If Mr. Cole or Mr. Hazard or any other farmer can prove the gun club has damaged him, he will find the people of the county standing as one man against the "rich corporation" "flooding the land of poor men" and depriving them of their means of livelihood. He need have no fear of that. That statement is a bald untruth on the part of the Blade—we doubt if the editor of that paper was ever upon the ground to inform himself of the situation. As a matter of fact, the water in the bay is lower now than ever, and from Bolsa Chica bay there runs into Anaheim Landing bay a stream, by actual measurement, of from 16,000 to 17,000 miners' inches—last week we said this stream was estimated, at low tide, at 12,000 miners' inches. Accurate measurements, by competent hydraulic engineers, show that these figures, while approximating the correct volume, were under the mark rather than above it. This water flows at the rate of 4½ feet per second, and drains the bay perfectly. Moreover, the incoming tide is at times one, two, three and even four feet higher outside the dock than on the inside. The Blade will remember that it made a great to-do over the positive sentiment of Survior or Blakey, who averred water would not run from Bolsa Chica bay to Anaheim Landing bay, because it was uphill! It is a singular coincidence that on the very day the Blade publishes this balderdash Superior Judge Ballard throws the suit, brought at the instance of the Supervisors for the purpose of removing the "obstruction" in the Bolsa Chica bay (not the dam, or dock), practically out of court. Judge Ballard's decision is that the maintenance of the dam is not a public nuisance, as represented by Cole, Hazard and Larter, and coincided in by a Board of Supervisors with not sufficient backbone to withstand the onslaught of half a hundred farmers up in arms against the club—many of the farmers being, as we verily believe, incited by the inflammatory language of these three leaders to regard the gun club of harboring a purpose to "overflood their lands," and thus deprive them of their "means of obtaining a livelihood." Judge Ballard does not say that no one farmer in the Peatlands has not sustained loss or damage by the fact of the existence of the dock The table was spread under the branches of the trees next the household. One of the features of the spread was a huge loaf of bread, prepared by Kraemer for the occasion. It was baked in the pit before putting in the smaller of the two heads. There were also pickles, beets, olives, hard-boiled eggs, sausage, cheese and numerous other delicacies, besides sundry kegs of lager. Some thirty guests sat down at the festal board, their appetites whetted by a tramp after rabbits since 7 o'clock in the morning.. The rabbit drive began at the tank near the Ford place on the county road south of town. The route was through the brush and cactus country skirting the river to the Olive bridge, thence northward through the Chinese garden and on to Richfield; thence countermarching to Kraemer's to make the assault upon the feast. During the morning and afternoon hunts about 100 young jacks yielded up the ghost. This will be the last drive until October. Arriving at Kraemer's a consultation of war was held, at which it was decided that the assault upon the provender was proper course to pursue. First one head was lifted from the pit, the ashes being first carefully removed with a shovel. When the head was exposed, wrapped in cloths and bound with wire, it was lifted out carefully, the cloths removed and passed over to the carver. The hide was removed, revealing the fat, juicy meat. The tongue, brain and other meats were placed upon plates and set upon the table. Then you ought to have seen that hungry crowd lay siege to it. The meat was delicious. The heads were baked to a turn, being rich, sweet and juicy. The dinner continued for upwards of an hour, and when the meal was over, enough remained to feed the crowd again, although some of the party did their best to render a second assault unnecessary. After dinner it was voted to go to the Kraemer reservoir, where a number of coyotes had their lair in the thick growth of underbrush covering the bed of the reservoir. Two coyotes were started from their cover. It remained for Ralph Hunter to carry off the honors of the day—that is, that opportunity fell to his lot. The larger coyote ran within 100 feet of him. He shot twice, toppling the varmint over each time. However each time the coyote staggered to his feet, and wobbled off, his head thrown back to see what all the commotion was about. A dozen hunters were yelling like mad, but it was Hunter's shot. Hunter shouted: "I've got him! I've got him!" Then his cartridge snapped five times. The coyote ran swiftly, yet steadily, and turning a knoll in the foothills was soon lost to view. After beating about the brush that fills the reservoir for more coyotes and failing to find any, the party took carriages for Richfield, where the brush was beaten back in the direction of Kraemer's in search of rabbits. At 4 o'clock, on arriving again at the scene of the repast, another bite of lunch was partaken of. After again satisfying the inner man, the crowd In pursuance of this plan relation, the company has erected a stantial dam, 500 feet long, a narrowest point of the estuary a half mile above its mouth, which a spillway has been maintained in length, for discharging fresh water coming into the river from the adjacent country. That of this spillway is about two feet low-tide level in the estuary. It vided with nine gates that close to the incoming tide from the ocean are opened at low tide. The construction of the dam ran in the closing of the mouth of that arry with sand, so that temp there was no direct outlet to that and fresh water accumulated at the dam to a height of about 14 above its present level before it was finally obtained by the excision of a canal from the estuary bed into the head of the Anabee. This canal was constructed by way in December last at a cost of $200 is 1200 feet in length. It has an width of about 16 feet and a depth to 12 feet. The bed of the cannage highest point is 1.5 to 2 feet below floor of the spillway. Through canal the tide sweeps both ways with great velocity, and with a depth of water of nearly six feet ing to that fact that the bed of this considerably higher than low in Anabee bay, the length of it at each tide is about eight hours;the flood is about four hours. About five minutes from the tide turned from flood to ebb, with mean velocity of the water canal to be 1.33 feet per second rate of discharge 93 cubic feet ond. This increased within four hours to about 230 cubic feet ond, or 11,500 miners' inches, with pressure and continued rate for more than four hours any diminishing to about 900 feet. The probabilities are very mean outflow of the canal during time of ebb each 24 hours equivalent to a constant discharge 5000 or 6000 miners' inches. This is rapidly scouring its bed; more than half its length at this end is over 4 feet deep at last. This scouring action is also well canal. When the entire scoured down to about 3 feet below lowest part (which may take time, unless it is assisted by sewer work of deepening), it will sible to lower the water above 1.5 to 2 feet below its present nearly low-tide level. It is pose of the club to do this as possible. The erection of suits gates in the canal will then enclave club to make a permanent through the dam some two feet away from spillway floor,and maintain water in their property at level or but slightly above. This result effectually reclaiming tides lands and add largely to able valuation of the county. The existing conditions of this as we find them are shown by lowing levels of relative elevation Assumed low tide Floor of spillway Water surface inside dam March 14th, 1900 High water outside dam March 14th, 1900 Highest water mark 300 feet cast of boat-house prior to construction of dam Highest water mark noted Judge Ballard does not say that no one farmer in the Peatlands has not sustained loss or damage by the fact of the existence of the dock erected across the channel — that matter has not yet been entered into. He decides that the "obstruction" to the free sweep of tide waters through Bolsa Chica bay is not a public nuisance. His decision denies the right of the Supervisors to saddle the cost of this suit upon the taxpayers of the county, many of whom are quite as "poor men," and incidentally entitled to the protection of the law quite as fully, a these three inflammatory Webfooters. It was infamous to bring this suit, at the expense of the people. What interest do the people of this district, for instance, have in the affairs of the gun club and Mr. Cole? If the Bolsa land company, or gun club, his damaged Mr. Cole (he says it has quietly makes an offer on their sale for $8000), let him bring an action against the company. And let him fight his own battles, and pay his own bill of costs as well. But let us hear no more of the purpose of the Bolsa Land company, or the gun club, to ruin the farmers owning property next to them. The company is undertaking a vast scheme of public improvement—it has in contemplation the expenditure of a quarter of a million of dollars in the development of one of the grandest enterprises ever conceived in Orange county. They do not desire to "ruin" the land of a single farmer—very far from it. And the rot which the Blade has been printing has no other effect than needlessly to alarm the farmers of a section which we believe entertain shouted: "I've got him! I've got him!" Then his cartridge snapped five times. The coyote ran swiftly, yet unsteadily, and turning a knoll in the foothills was soon lost to view. After beating about the brush that fills the reservoir for more coyotes and failing to find any, the party took carriages for Richfield, where the brush was beaten back in the direction of Kraemer's in search of rabbits. At 4 o'clock, on arriving again at the scene of the repast, another bite of lunch was partaken of. After again satisfying the inner man, the crowd gave three cheers for Kraemer for his hospitality. The party again took carriages and drove to the open country southward, where they deployed and resumed the hunt toward town, where they arrived at dusk. And all the members of the party voted Ed Kraemer a good fellow, and all are glad that he did not go to Paree after all. City Well Pit. Mr. Fay has been engaged by the City Trustees to prepare plans and specifications for the deepening of the well pit at the city water works. The board has decided to act upon his advice and deepen the pit, rather than to employ compressed air, which had been recommended to them some weeks ago. The pit is 24 feet deep, and will be deepened to the water level, 21 feet below the floor. Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves has caused severe pains in the back of the head. On using Electric Bitters, America's greatest blood and nerve remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired and alluring you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by Paul A. Derge, druggist. Real Estate for Sale. Several 20-acre tracts; also all unsold land of the Stearns Rancho Co. in the Rancho San Juan Cajon, Rancho Los Bolsas, Rancho La Bolsa Chica. For prices and terms inquire of JACOB STERN, of the firm of Stern & Goodman, Fullerton. Oil Stock for Sale. Dividend paying oil stock. Apply to the agent, E. T. EAST, Anaheim. The volume of water which the estuary from the drainage and the springs rising in the river so large that it will effectually create possibility of stagnation of water or creation of a "malarial hatch" such as has been suggested as ace to public health. We flow from the main drainage diary Freeman creek combined, as at a point inside the fence line company's property to be about miners' inches, while "Blue o'carried about 300 inches." The definite way of determining thieble inflow from all sources, by rate at which the pond raises the dam was closed, an app computation was made, show rate of inflow of 3,500 to 4,000 inches. This may have been what increased subsequently by tion from artesian wells. The water-shed tributary to Chica bay does not exceed 30 miles, all very flat, and consists open porous soil. The maximum runoff to be expected from this with rainfall of 24 inches, which EFFECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOLSA CHICA DAM ON THE DRAINAGE OF THE ADJACENT PEATLANDS. ANGELES, Cal., March 16, 1900. E. Dunn, Esq., Attorney of Bolsa Gun Club, Potomac block, Los Angeles—Dear Sir: At your request undersigned, constituting a boardraulic engineers, have spent several last past in examining the and other works constructed by Bolsa Chica gun club, and in studying general conditions in the adjacency affected by these works, the purpose of ascertaining and defining definitely what influence the construction of the dam has had upon general drainage of this region. Stains have been made by some of adjacent land owners to the effect that the dam has injured their property by interfering with the natural drainage conditions, and sufficient incidence has been brought to bear upon county authorities to induce them authorize an action at law to be right by the county to declare the public nuisance. Your clients sought engineering advice on the effect prior to the trial of the case, on this capacity we have made our determinations and present the following preliminary report of our observations: The Bolsa Land company are the owners of some 2000 acres of swamp and flowed lands (including water channels), bordering on and intersected by the tidal estuary known as Bolsa bay. About one-fourth of the area is in the slough and channels the estuary, and the greater portion the remainder is land which, prior to the construction of the dam, was subjected to extreme high tide. These so submerged are valuable agricultural lands if they can be reclaimed, have a variety of tillable soil, some which is peatland of equal value to most productive of the celery-grow-peatlands of the county. The land company is desirous of reclaiming these lands for tillage, and at the same time converting the salt estuaries fresh-water channels as a preserve wild game, which will be attracted to the conditions to be established by exchange from salt to fresh water. On pursuance of this plan of reclamation, the company has erected a substantial dam, 500 feet long, across the lowest point of the estuary, about half mile above its mouth, through which a spillway has been made, 72 ft in length, for discharging the fresh water coming into the estuary in the adjacent country. The floor this spillway is about two feet above tide level in the estuary. It is proposed with nine gates that close against reached in this section, would probably not exceed 100 cubic feet per second. This amount added to the normal inflow of, say, 4,000 inches or 80 second feet, would give a total of 180 second feet as the probable amount of water to be disposed of at the maximum, while the canal has a greater capacity than this, without estimating anything for the water disposed of by evaporation. We examined the drainage ditches carefully and found them so overgrown with vegetation, and so much choked up with tules and weeds, as to prevent free drainage. If these ditches are kept clean they have sufficient fall to carry off all the water that they have to carry at a considerably lower level. The obstructions offered by the weeds forces the water to rise much higher than it otherwise would, and so keeps the water plane at a higher level than necessary. This is the cause of the damage to the lands from back water at present, if any damage is suffered thereby, which we are inclined to doubt. One thing is certain, the drainage ditches continue to flow constantly now, and are unchecked by back water, whereas, before the dam was built, they were checked back for a mile or more at every high tide. In reality, the drainage of the peatlands is better now than ever before, even with the choked ditches, and could be greatly improved if the ditches were kept clean. We have established gauges for observing the height of the water in Anaheim bay, at the dam at both sides, also at the mouth of Freeman creek, and given directions for a daily record to be kept of the water on these gauges. We recommend that a careful set of check levels be run connecting these gauges with the permanent government gauge at San Pedro; that a contour survey be made to show the lands that would be submerged at extreme high tide; that all high water marks which we have found be connected by levels with the same plane of reference, and that the slope of the water plane be tested by pits extending back some three miles in the direction of Anaheim, for future study of the effect of varying levels of water in the bay upon the water plane in the peatlands. We have observed that the cultivation of these peatlands year after year has the effect of reducing their surface level. The peat settles as it decays and is worked over by cultivation. Of course, the water plane does not settle correspondingly, but must maintain nearly the same position. This settlement of the lands must account in a measure for the apparent rising of the water plane, and suggests that some, if not all, of the cause of the complaint probably comes from this source and reached in this section, would probably not exceed 100 cubic feet per second. This amount added to the normal inflow of, say, 4,000 inches or 80 second feet, would give a total of 180 second feet as the probable amount of water to be disposed of at the maximum, while the canal has a greater capacity than this, without estimating anything for the water disposed of by evaporation. We examined the drainage ditches carefully and found them so overgrown with vegetation, and so much choked up with tules and weeds, as to prevent free drainage. If these ditches are kept clean they have sufficient fall to carry off all the water that they have to carry at a considerably lower level. The obstructions offered by the weeds forces the water to rise much higher than it otherwise would, and so keeps the water plane at a higher level than necessary. This is the cause of the damage to the lands from back water at present, if any damage is suffered thereby, which we are inclined to doubt. One thing is certain, the drainage ditches continue to flow constantly now, and are unchecked by back water, whereas, before the dam was built, they were checked back for a mile or more at every high tide. In reality, the drainage of the peatlands is better now than ever before, even with the choked ditches, and could be greatly improved if the ditches were kept clean. We have established gauges for observing the height of the water in Anaheim bay, at the dam at both sides, also at the mouth of Freeman creek, and given directions for a daily record to be kept of the water on these gauges. We recommend that a careful set of check levels be run connecting these gauges with the permanent government gauge at San Pedro; that a contour survey be made to show the lands that would be submerged at extreme high tide; that all high water marks which we have found be connected by levels with the same plane of reference, and that the slope of the water plane be tested by pits extending back some three miles in the direction of Anaheim, for future study of the effect of varying levels of water in the bay upon the water plane in the peatlands. We have observed that the cultivation of these peatlands year after year has the effect of reducing their surface level. The peat settles as it decays and is worked over by cultivation. Of course, the water plane does not settle correspondingly, but must maintain nearly the same position. This settlement of the lands must account in a measure for the apparent rising of the water plane, and suggests that some, if not all, of the cause of the complaint probably comes from this source and reached in this section, would probably not exceed 100 cubic feet per second. This amount added to the normal inflow of, say, 4,000 inches or 80 second feet would give a total of 180 second feet as the probable amount of water to be disposed of at the maximum, while the canal has a greater capacity than this, without estimating anything for the water disposed of by evaporation. We examined the drainage ditches carefully and found them so overgrown with vegetation, and so much choked up with tules and weeds, as to prevent free drainage. If these ditches are kept clean they have sufficient fall to carry off all the water that they have to carry at a considerably lower level. The obstructions offered by the weeds forces the water to rise much higher than it otherwise would, and so keeps the water plane at a higher level than necessary. This is the cause of the damage to the lands from back water at present, if any damage is suffered thereby, which we are inclined to doubt. One thing is certain, the drainage ditches continue to flow constantly now, and are unchecked by back water whereas, before the dam was built,they were checked back for a mile or more at every high tide. In reality,the drainage ofthe peatlands is better now than ever before,even withthe choked ditches,and could be greatly improved ifthe ditches were kept clean. We have established gauges for observingthe heightofthewaterinAnaheimbay.atthedamatbothsidesalsoatthemouthofFreemancreek,andgivendirectionsforadailyrecordtobekeptofthewateronthesegaussWerecommendthatata carefulsetofchecklevelsberunconnectingthegausswiththepermanentgovernmentgaugeatSanPedro;thatacontoursurveybemadebyshowthedirswhichwouldbesubmergedatextremehightide;thatallhighwatermarkswhichwehavefoundbeconnectedbylevelswiththesameplaneofreference,andthattheslopeofthewaterplanebetestatedbypitsextendingbacksomethreemilesinthedirectionofAnaheim,forsuturestudyoftheeffectofvaryinglevelsofwaterinthebayuponthewaterplaneinthepeatlands. We have observed thatthe cultivationofthepeatlandsyearafteryearhastheeffectofreducingtheirsurfacelevel.Thepeatsettlesasitdecaysandisworkedoverbycultivation.Ofcourse,thewaterplanedoesnotsettlecorrespondingly,bustmustmaintainnearlythesameposition.Thissettlementofthelandsmustaccountinamasurefortheapparentrisingofthewaterplane,andsuggestsatomeifnotall.ofthecauseofthecomplaintprobablycomesfromthissourceandreachedinthissectionwouldprobablynotexceed100cubicfeetpersecondThisamountaddedtothenormalinflowof,say4000inchesor80secondfeetwouldgiveatotalof180secondfeetastheprobableamountofwatertobedisposedofatthemaximumwhilenoweverbeforeevenwiththechokedditches,andcouldbecalledmuchimprovediftheditcheswerekeptclean. FortheWeekEndMarch19，1900. FurnishedbytheOrangeCountyTitleCompany,SantaAnna. B.G.BalcomandElizabethBalcom,C.F.MansurandC.L.MansurtoRozininaA.Cleaver—Lot16ofCrookshank&Wakeham'saddition;$10. MaryA.Vandermeulen，CharlesF.ObsorneandAliceV.ObsornetoRobertM.Baker—9.43acresnortheastofSantaAnna. RobertM.BakerandFrancesA.BakertoMaryA.VandermeulenandCharlesF.Obsorne—18.86acresnortheastofSantaAnna. HattleA.Proctor,AbbieL.PackardandHowardR.WilsontoC.D.Wilson—NofNeOfSEofNEofNEofSEC-10.3-9;$1. Geo.A.Betts，LauraG.Betts,his wife,andMatildaDudley,forgreatlyA tough,ToughFlushfish seemtohave no sensing,and many people believeangryandenergeticmovementfishwhenitiscaughtaredueannoyanceatlosingitslibertany senseof pain.IcanconbecauseIhaveoverandovakenanunderizedplikethatonceortwice caughtandputthewater.UpononeoccasionthreeoffoftheOldbrigade—werefishsmallpoolinan narrow,slugge Jones caughta smallplkewasundersized.beingpoundshecutthehooksoutletandthrewthefishinagainor30secondsJones caughtfish againOncemorehecuchedhooks,andthistimehehadmuchimprovementOncemorehecuchedhooks,andthistimehehadmuchimprovement The construction of the dam resulted in the closing of the mouth of the estuary with sand, so that temporarily there was no direct outlet to the ocean, fresh water accumulated back of the dam at a height of about 14 inches, giving its present level before relief was finally obtained by the excavation of a canal from the estuary below the dam into the head of the Anaheim bay. This canal was constructed by the club December last at a cost of $2000, and 1200 feet in length. It has a bottom width of about 16 feet and a depth of 5-12 feet. The bed of the canal at its highest point is 1.5 to 2 feet below the floor of the spillway. Through this canal the tide sweeps both ways with great velocity, and with a maximum depth of water of nearly six feet. Owing to the fact that the bed of the canal considerably higher than low water Anaheim bay, the length of the ebb beach tide is about eight hours, while flood is about four hours. Within about five minutes from the time the turned from flood to ebb, we found the mean velocity of the water in the canal to be 1.33 feet per second and the rate of discharge 93 cubic feet per second. This increased within half an hour to about 230 cubic feet per second, or 11,500 miners' inches, under 4-inch pressure, and continued at that rate for more than four hours, gradually diminishing to about 90 second set. The probabilities are that the mean outflow of the canal during the one ebb each 24 hours would be equivalent to a constant discharge of 800 or 600 miners' inches. The canal rapidly scouring its bed, and for more than half its length at the upper end is over 4 feet deep at low tide. This scouring action is also widening the canal. When the entire canal is poured down to about 3 feet below its lowest part (which may take some time, unless it is assisted by some further work of deepening), it will be possible to lower the water above the dam to 5 to 2 feet below its present level, or slightly low-tide level. It is the purpose of the club to do this as rapidly as possible. The erection of suitable tides in the canal will then enable the club to make a permanent opening through the dam some two feet below the spillway floor, and maintain the water in their property at low-tide level, or but slightly above. This will result in effectively reclaiming their lands and adding largely to the taxable valuation of the county. The existing conditions of the water, we find them, are shown by the following levels of relative elevation: assumed low tide...0.00 feet pool of spillway...2.00 meter surface inside dam, March 14th, 1900...2.44 high water outside dam, March 14th, 1900...3.42 higher water mark 300 feet east of the boat-house prior to construction of dam...5.01 highest water mark noted That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used the slope of the water plane be tested by pits extending back some three miles in the direction of Anaheim, for future study of the effect of varying levels of water in the bay upon the water plane in the peatlands. We have observed that the cultivation of these peatlands year after year has the effect of reducing their surface level. The peat settles as it decays and is worked over by cultivation. Of course, the water plane does not settle correspondingly, but must maintain nearly the same position. This settlement of the lands must account in a measure for the apparent rising of the water plane, and suggests that some, if not all, of the cause of the complaint probably comes from this source and the foulness of the drainage ditches. Our attention has been called to another fact in connection with this estuary, which has an important bearing. It is stated by authentic witnesses that the mouth of the estuary has been closed by natural action of the ocean currents more than once within the memory of residents. In this event, it could only open again after the accumulation of a much greater height; of water than the dam has ever held back or is now holding. Such a natural closure would result disastrously to the peatlands, and cause damages of incalculable amount. The possibility of such a disaster will, however, be prevented by the dam and canal. Respectfully submitted. JAS. D. SCHUYLER, ARTHUR HADAMS, A. H. KOEHBERG, J. B. LIPPINCOTT, Board of Engineers. Dried Fruits. Simon Hanauer, Vice-Consul-General to Frankfurt, has written to the State Department that the German papers have said nothing for months about the San Jose scale. While the false alarm he says, concerning the introduction and ravages of the San Jose scale has vanished, its ill-effects in the nature of the administrative measures against the importation of American fruit have continued. The hardships of these proscriptive ordinances are making themselves so acutely felt that the German trade circles and consumers are beginning to protest. The Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg says on this subject: "The station which last year was opened in this city for the purpose of investigating the presence of the San Jose scale on American fruit has a laboratory where two trained experts with fourteen assistants have steadily pursued these investigations in the most circumspect manner. While there may not be any objection to examining 'raw fruit,' the continuation of the investigations in regard to 'dried fruits' must be considered an utterly unnecessary hindrance to trade. The sanitary experts, whom Imperial Government Department of Health, as well as the Belgian Government, sent last year to California, have fully confirmed the statements made by the German fruit importers that the drying methods followed in the United States effectually kill the insects. Therefore, the scales found on dried fruit from America are dead. The trade suffers great damage from the examination, stricter here than elsewhere, and this Chamber of Commerce regrets that this unnecessary annoyance and harmful practice was not at once discontinued when the facts became known. We have sent urgent petition to the authorities praying for immediate action." Pride of the Poor. Mrs. Clarence Burns, who known for her philanthropy says that in all her experiences she tenured at the pity she has never been asked Mrs. Burns has made a business fitting the poor with hope them whenever she saw that it almost impossible to really deserving poor acknowl they are in need of anything. One day she visited a farm alluded together in cold room, and their face pinched she knew they were But in response to her off them the mother said: "No, thank you. The child had something today. I am work soon." After questioning as to what the children had had Burns found that they had for three days on a few driest bread. This experience is repeated frequently—Tribune. She Hadn't Dropped. Della! Yis, ma'am. I am very tired, and I am lie down for an hour. Yis, ma'am. If I should happen to drive me at 5 o'clock. Yis, ma'am. So my lady lies down hands, closes her eyes and land of dreams. She lay by the clock striking 6 and nantly: Della! Yis, ma'am. Why didn't you call me as I told you to do? Shure, ma'am, yeould me if ye had dropped off. I looked at 5, and ye hadn't dropped Ye was lyn on the bed in place, sound asleep!" Mutually Agreeable One day last summer a small middle age, fussy woman The spillway floor, and maintain the water in their property at low tide, or but slightly above. This will result in effectually reclaiming their land lands and add largely to the taxable valuation of the county. The existing conditions of the water, we find them, are shown by the following levels of relative elevation: - Assumed low tide: 0.00 feet - Water surface inside dam, March 14th, 1900: 2.44 - High water outside dam, March 14th, 1900: 3.42 - Highest water mark 300 feet east of the boat-house prior to construction of dam: 5.01 Highest water mark noted shortly after the dam was closed, staple driven in 4th pile from north end of dam: 5.95 Top of dam: 7.67 These levels indicate that the high-tide that has occurred since the building of the dam would have covered the bay to a depth of 3.51 feet above the present level of the water above the dam. This high tide would have been about 2.2 feet higher than the highest level reached by the water held back by the dam before the canal was opened, and would have flooded all the lands below that level with salt water, but for the dam, which would have been very disastrous to farming interests. In our opinion, the dam is not a present injury to the peatlands adjacent to the company's property, and is not a menace of future injury, but on the contrary, it will be a constant safeguard and protection against foundation from tidal backwater. The declamation work which the land company is doing, should be encouraged as public benefit rather than prosecuted as a public nuisance. The volume of water which enters the estuary from the drainage canal and the springs rising in the marsh, is large that it will effectively prevent the possibility of stagnation of the water creation of a "malarial hot-bed," such as has been suggested as a menace to public health. We found the new from the main drainage ditch and freeman creek combined, as measured at a point inside the fence line of the company's property to be about 1,400 miners' inches, while "Blue channel" carried about 300 inches. There is no definite way of determining the probable inflow from all sources, but from the rate at which the pond raised after the dam was closed, an approximate computation was made, showing the rate of inflow of 3,500 to 4,000 miners' inches. This may have been somewhat increased subsequently by irrigation from artesian wells. The area of the water-shed tributary to Bolsa Bica bay does not exceed 30 square miles, all very flat, and consisting of open porous soil. The maximum flood noff to be expected from this shed, with rainfall of 24 inches, which is rarely That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25c. Money back if not cured. Sold by P. A. Derge, druggist. Improving Each Shining Hour. "That little boy seems as busy as a bee." "Yes, he has the hives." 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So my lady lies down hands, closes her eyes and lands on the land of dreams. She lies by the clock striking 6 and nantly: "Della!" "Yis, ma'am." "Why didn't you call me as I told you to do?" "Shure, ma'am, ye told me if ye had dropped off. I looked at 5, and ye hadn't dropped Ye was lyn on the bed place, sound asleep!" Mutually Agreeable One day last summer a small middle aged, fussy woman of the smoking seats in an subway. Next to her who was smoking a cigar that, the woman sniffing out that the man had been lions. Still more than that the strongest kind of suspicion had been drinking beer." fussed and wriggled and got and looked at the man Presently she could endureger. She looked squarely said: "If you were my husbands give you a dose of poison!" The man looked at her your husband," said he,"—Boston Transcript. An Insult Well Hand You can always trust the woman to take care of her friends of a girl who lives eighth street are telling that an adventure which befell ernoon within the fortnight standing, this Eighteenth shthe corner of F and Eleventh waiting for a girl friend per young man,a stranger town-for most Washingtoo well aware of the girl's nence to venture on any lily to her—stepped up,bowing alrly: "Waiting for somebody?" The girl turned to look at "Guess you've forgotten went on with growing fan saw you at a dinner last week The girl looked at him st moment. "Oh, I remember now," she was at Colonel Blank's.Y nel Blank's butler,of course don't know of anybody wint butler.Have you tried ment agencies?" 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We are doing the largest Cash Grocery trade here. BARLEY, WHEAT, CORN, and other mill products at cheapest market rates. FRANCIS NEWMAN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY RABBITRY CARGILL & SCOTT, Props. PRANCIS NEWMAN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY RABBITRY CARGILL & SCOTT, Props. Dealers in high-grade Belgian hares. Young for sale from imported bucks as SIR STYLES, LORD LURGAN (son of Lord Banbury), and others. Correspondence solicited and special attention paid to mail orders. Two Miles East of Anaheim. ADDRESS: BOX 1674, ANAHEIM, CAL. YOU CAN SAVE TIME Trouble and Risk by Subscribing for PERIODICALS and PAPERS through my Agency Joseph Helmsen O, R, LUEDKE JEWELER and OPTICIAN Watches, Clocks, Silver Novelties and Jewelry Optical Goods Latest styles and Lowest prices; you cannot do better elsewhere TRY US Center street Opposite Commercial Hotel A Mysterious Password. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts was once shopping in Paris and was passed from one department to another by the shopmen, always with the remark, "Two ten." She was escorted from counter to counter, and everywhere the caballistic words "two ten" were repeated. Struck by the peculiarity of this reflection, the baroness asked the proprietor. FOR CITY CLERK. M. Nebelung (present incumbent) respectfully announces himself as a candidate for re-election to the office of CITY CLERK At the ensuing election on April 9, 1900. FOR CITY CLERK. So my lady lies down, folds her hands, closes her eyes and is soon in the land of dreams. She is awakened by the clock striking 6 and cries indignantly: "Dellia!" "Yis, ma'am." "Why didn't you call me at 5 o'clock, as I told you to do?" "Shure, ma'am, ye tould me to call ye if ye had dropped off. I looked in on ye at 5, and ye hadn't dropped off at all! Ye was lynn on the bed in the same place, sound asleep!" Mutually Agreeable. One day last summer a sour visaged, middle aged, fussy woman got on one of the smoking seats in an open car in the subway. Next to her sat a man who was smoking a cigar. More than that, the woman, sniffing, easily made out that the man had been eating onlons. Still more than that, she had the strongest kind of suspicion that he had been drinking beer. The woman fussed and wriggled and grew angrier and looked at the man scornfully. Presently she could endure it no longer. She looked squarely at him and said: "If you were my husband, sir, I'd give you a dose of poison!" The man looked at her. "If I were your husband," said he, "I'd take it!"—Boston Transcript. An Insult Well Handled. You can always trust the American woman to take care of herself. The friends of a girl who lives in Eighteenth street are telling these days of an adventure which befell her one afternoon within the fortnight. She was standing, this Eighteenth street girl, at the corner of F and Eleventh streets waiting for a girl friend. A very dapper young man, a stranger doubtless in the town—for most Washingtonians are too well aware of the girl's social eminence to venture on any impertinence to her—stepped up, bowed and said alrily: "Waiting for somebody?" The girl turned to look at him. "Guess you've forgotten me," he went on with growing familiarity. "I saw you at a dinner last week." The girl looked at him steadily for a moment. "Oh, I remember now," she said. "It was at Colonel Blank's. You are Colonel Blank's butler, of course. No, I don't know of anybody who wants a butler. Have you tried the employment agencies?" And then, slowly and calmly, she walked away.—Washington Post. A Mysterious Password. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts was once shopping in Paris and was passed from one department to another by the shopmen, always with the remark, "Two ten." She was escorted from counter to counter, and everywhere the caballistic words "two ten" were repeated. Struck by the peculiarity of this refrain, the baroness asked the proprietor as she left the establishment: "Pray what does 'two ten' mean? I noticed each assistant said it to the other wherever I went in your shop." "Oh, it is nothing," he replied, "merely a password that they are in the habit of exchanging." But the baroness was not satisfied with this explanation. So in the evening, when the porter, a young boy, brought home her purchases, she said: "My boy, would you like to earn 5 francs?" Of course he had no objection. "Tell me," said the lady, "what does 'two ten' mean, and I will give you 5 francs." "Why, don't you know, ma'am?" said he, evidently astounded at her ignorance. "It means, 'Keep your two eyes on her ten fingers.'" The mystery was solved. The shopmen of the Trois Quartiers had taken the richest and the most generous woman in Great Britain for a shoplifter.—Tit-Bits. A Cinch. Wealthy families in China who have marriageable daughters whom they desire to keep at home advertise for desirable sons-in-law. The son-in-law thus secured does not take his bride away, but merely hangs up his traps in his wife's home and becomes one of the family. The length of the Grand canal from Tien-tsin to Hang Chow, in China, is 650 miles. It connects great ports with rich coal regions. FOR CITY MARSHAL. R. C. Mills announces himself as a candidate for CITY MARSHAL At the city election, April 9, 1900. R. C. MILLS. FOR CITY CLERK. M. Nebelung (present incumbent) respectfully announces himself as a candidate for re-election to the office of CITY CLERK At the ensuing election on April 9, 1900. M. NEBELUNG. FOR CITY CLERK. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for CITY CLERK At the election to be held April 9, 1900. J. S. GARDINER. FOR CITY CLERK. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the position of CITY CLERK And respectfully ask the support of the voters Monday April 9th, 1900. Yours to serve. Edward B. Merritt. PUBLIC AUCTION OF HORSES, COLTS, WAGONS AND HARNESS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned will, at 12 o'clock Mr., on Wednesday, the 8th day of March 1900, at the lumber yard of the J.M. Griffith Company, Anaheim County of Orange, California, sell at public auction for the highest obtainable price, U.S. gold coin, the following personal property (or so much thereof as may be necessary) to-wit. One sorrel horse, white face and white legs, aged 9 years; one 2-year old gray horse colt; one two-year old Buckskin filly; one gray yearling horse colt; one top buggy and harness; one four-spring wagon and double harness; one light three-quarter buggy. Said property may be inspected at the corral in the above number yard. The proceeds will be applied to the payment of a promissory note in the sum of $130.35, with interest thereon accrued and to accrue from Oct. 12, 1899, at the rate of 1 per cent per month, and to the necessary expenses of sale, all in U.S. gold coin, including counsel fees not exceeding 10 per cent upon the amount due upon said note, and the surplus, if any, to F. Shanley Esq., trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of J.B.Pierce, or according to the order, if any order be made of the Hon.Ray Billingsley, Referee in Bankruptcy. J.M.GRIFFITH COMPANY, Mortgagee. By F.T.GRIFFITH, Secretary.