anaheim-gazette 1904-05-26

VOLUME XXXIV. J. M. Griffith Co. A Corporation Lumber Dealers Los Angeles St. near S. P. Depot Keep constantly on hand Doors, Windows, Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath and Cement. HENRY M. ADAMS, Anaheim Agent WITH A FULL LINE OF Drugs, Stationery, Sponges, Etc., Etc., We are ready for any emergency. Do not fail to call if in need. : : : : : HUTCHINSON'S Drug Store. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE CALL AND SEE US FOR ALL KINDS OF improved and unimproved orchard, farm and city properties, amongst which we have some real bargains. How about that place you wish to sell? Come in and list it with us, we are here to give you reliable service, and protect your interests. What can we do for you? SANDILANDS & BACKS, or. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts., Anaheim. C. G. McKinley Los Angeles street, Anaheim PETERS' DIAMOND BRAND SHOES O.S.DAVIS DISTRIBUTER ANAHEIM. LADIES' PATENT COLT LOW-CUT SHOES CHEAP FOR CASH : TENNIS AND RU BER BOOTS All Cheap for Cash at Davis' Palace : Meat : Mark W. E. HOUK, Proprietor. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Fresh and Salted Meats, Hams, Bacon, Sausage, Lard, CALL AND SEE US FOR ALL KINDS OF improved and unimproved orehard, farm and city properties, amongst which we have some real bargains. How about that place you wish to sell? Come in and list it with us, we are here to give you reliable service, and protect your interests. What can we do for you? SANDILANDS & BACKS, or. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts., Anaheim. C. G. McKinley Los Angeles street, Anaheim Dealer in Hay, Grain, Wood, Coal, Illuminating and Lubricating Oils Native and Imported Sulphur Agents Aetna Mineral Water Call and get prices. .....Wilbur's and Grant's Animal Foods DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE IN FEDERMAN BLK UP STAIRS HOURS 9 to 5 ANAHEIM CAL. jy15tt Herbert Allan Johnston, M.D. Office and Residence: Corner Los Angeles St. and Broadway Hours 1-12 a.m. 2-4 p.m. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Dr. A. W. Bickford OFFICE AT RESIDENCE 309 West Center street. Telephone 101. ANAHEIM, CAL. FRITZ RUHMANN'S Germania Halle. B CKS' NEW BUILDING LOS ANGELES STREET Keeps on hand a Large and complete stock of liquors, wines and cigars. Cold beer always on draught Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery Kistler, Proprietor F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer In Palace : Meat : Mark W. E. HOUK, Proprietor. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Fresh and Salted Meats, Hams, Bacon, Sausage, Lard, Prompt attenton given to all orders. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ANAHEIM OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: W. F. BOTSFORD, PRESIDENT JOHN HARTUNG, VICE PRESIDENT C. E. HOLCOMB, CASHIER FRANK SHANLEY AND PETER WEISEL Drafts sold direct on all European Countries Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars THE PEERLESS A. FUHRBERG, Proprietor Los Angeles Beer on Tap ANAHEIM - - - Californi Anaheim Bakery, PETER SYRE, PROPRIETOR. FRESH BREAD CAKES & PIECONFECTIONERY, ETC. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. Los Angeles and Cyprus City Stables W. C. WARN Telephone Main 83 CENTER ST. Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery Kistler, Proprietor F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Dr. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts. RICHARDMELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public. Special attention given to Probate Matters. —Center Street, Anaheim. DR. W. W. ADAMS, Osteopathic Physician. Graduate of A. S. O., Kirksville, Mo. Office and Residence—130 Philadelphia St., Anaheim, California. We practice in Acute and Chronic cases and Obstetrics. City Market! F. W. FLEISCHMANN, Proprietor, CHAS. GELDERMANN, Manager. Fresh and Salted Meats. Special attention given to all orders, which will be filled promptly. Roman Wisser Favorite Saloon. Finest of Wines, Liquors & Cigars Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building, Center St., Anaheim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1.50 Per Year. Six months...$1 Three months...$1 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates,$1 per inch per month. The GAZETTE is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Time of Arrival and Departure of Trains. March 16, 1904. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles. Daily...7:52 am Daily...3:52 pm From Los Angeles. Daily...9:49 am Daily...6:14 pm Pass Loara Station: To Los Angeles. Daily...7:56 am Daily...3:56 pm From Los Angeles. Daily...9:45 am Daily...6:10 pm LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS: Leave Anaheim...9:38 am Arrive Anaheim...8:00 am TUSTIE BRANCH: Leave Anaheim...9:49 a.m. Daily except Sunday. NEWPORT BEER RAILWAY. Daily a..jule. Leave Anaheim...9:49 a.m. Arrive 7:59 p.m. Santa Fe Time Table Effective Dec. 1, 1903. Trains on the Santa Fe Route leave Anaheim for points named as follows: To Los Angeles...7:55 am 9:57 am, 12:09pm, 5:20pm. TOs an Diego—9:20 a.m 2:50 m. To Santa Ana—9:20 am., 2:50 pm., 5:54 pm. To Riverside and San Bernardino am., 5:54 pm. To Redlands—*11.35 am. To San Jacinto and Hemet—*11:35 am. To Escondido—*2:50pm. To Fallbrook—*9:20 am. To Redondo Beach—7:55 am.. Trains marked with a * are daily Sunday. All others daily. Nasal Catarrh quickly yields ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which ably aromatic. It is received through nostrils, cleanses and heals the wha face over which it diffuses itself. Dell sell the 500c. size; Trial size by cents. Test it and you are sure to o the treatment. Announcement, To accommodate those who are to the use of atomizers in applying into the nasal passages for catarrh blues, the proprietors prepare Cream liquid form, which will be known Liquid Cream Balm. Price includes spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggin mail. The liquid form embodies itsinal properties of this solid prepara ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY. MAY 26.: 1904. THE GOLDEN STATE A Few Plain Unvarnished Facts Concerning the Greatest and Best of all the Commonwealths The state lies in latitudes corresponding with Spain, Italy, the Mediterranean region and the Holy Land, and the products peculiar to those countries find a congenial home in California. The northern boundary is in the 42d parallel of latitude. Projected east, it emerges on the Atlantic ocean near Boston. The southern boundary (parallel 32 degrees 32 minutes) projected east emerges on the Atlantic ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. The coast line of about 850 miles (1000 miles if we follow the actual coast) makes an eastern trend from north to south of over seven degrees—nearly 450 miles. The principal harbors are Humboldt bay, on the north coast; the bay of San Francisco, about midway; Wilmington, the harbor for Los Angeles, and the bay of San Diego, at the extreme south. Intermediate there are a numerous of small inlets, roadsteads, estuaries, bays and harbors of more or less value to the coasting trade. The coast is generally abrupt and inaccessible from the sea, but is interspersed with stretches of sandy beaches, offering attractive features for summer pleasures and picturesque homes. Of navigable interior rivers there are few. The Sacramento river and its tributaries, the San Joaquin and Feather rivers are the principal streams. The importance of these rivers to the commerce of the state has been fully recognized by the gen- the characteristics of whose citizens are often quite distinct and peculiar to the states from which they come. Remembering that the attractions of California have appealed to the more intelligent classes, and many of her industries have called for skilled labor and more than ordinary knowledge, it is not too much to claim for the population a higher degree of general intelligence than has been necessary in the development of her sister states of the great west. The increase of population in the state from 1890 to 1900 was 276,923. There are many evidences that the state is filling up at a much greater ratio than during that decade. It has been often assumed by statisticians that the school census gives a close approximation of the population by multiplying it by 44. The school census for 1903 gives 390,141 children between five and seventeen years of age. Applying the rule just stated it will appear that since the last census year the state has added 270,581 to its population, or nearly as many as came during the decade ending 1900. The population today cannot vary much from 1,750,000. The assessment roll for 1903 shows that there was added in three years $380,310,769 to the assessable wealth. FUNSTON SWAM THE BAGDAD Intrepid American Gives Facts Bearing Upon Historical Episode. Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, in a dictated statement given out regarding the story telegraphed from Topeka to the effect that scholars in the high school there will no longer be taught that he was the hero of the Bagdad river incidents, says. "I do not attempt to deny the fact that White and Trumbull are entitled to great rights." IDAHO'S CONQUERANCE The Government's Irrigation Will Make Waste Blossom in That State The vast and forbidding Idaho, in the drainage basin Snake River is to be transformed into a green garden of productive new national irrigation land is one of the most promising decided upon by the government engineers. At an expenditure of which has been set aside for construction of great impoundment and diversion canals, above Idoka Rapids, fully $12,000, able property will be created basin. Taking as a basis this sus agricultural figures for 120,000 acres to be reclaimed this project will, when set irrigation, represent the latter while the annual earnings will amount to about $2,000, this area cut up into 1,400 as is proposed by the governor rural population will be creased 000, which will bring with it population of probably and/or 14,000 people. This Snake desert basin, gated, will afford an ideal western stock-raising under mane and profitable method feeding. On many of the eastern ranges the cattle are leased for themselves, the year tailing, during severe cold great loss of stock and always brute suffering. Around the basin, extend vast stretched claimed land, which must main useful solely for grazing." Of navigable interior rivers there are few. The Sacramento river and its tributaries, the San Joaquin and Feather rivers are the principal streams. The importance of these rivers to the commerce of the state has been fully recognized by the general government through liberal appropriations for their improvement. The Sacramento river rises near Mount Shasta and flows south midway through the Sacramento valley into Suisun bay, an arm of the bay of San Francisco; it is navigable for large river steamers to the capital city, Sacramento, to which the tide reaches, 125 miles from San Francisco; it is navigable for smaller steamers to the town of Red Bluff, 274 miles by river from San Francisco. The Feather river, a tributary of the Sacramento, is navigable thirty miles from its mouth, to the city of Marysville. The San Joaquin is navigable from its mouth for large steamboats thirty-eight miles—to the city of Stockton, and during the winter and spring navigation is practicable to Hill's Ferry, ninety miles further; the ordinary head of navigation, however, is Stockton. The streams above named reach into and traverse the two great agricultural valleys of the state, and may always be relied upon to regulate freight charges to the seaboard. On the east the Sierra Nevada mountains form a natural boundary line. They rise to a height of from 8500 to 14,000 feet—far above the snow line; this mountain range falls off abruptly to the Nevada plateau, itself 4000 feet above sea level. On the north the Siskiyou mountains connect the coast range with the Sierra Nevada, and on the south of the San Joaquin valley the Tehachapi mountains connect these two ranges and form a dividing line between the northern and southern portions of the state. The Sierra Nevada range continues southeast, and is known as the Sierra Madre and San Bernardino mountains. East lie the Mojave and Colorado deserts, and west is that attractive country known as Southern California. This high, broad mountain range, the Sierra, reaching into the Arctic regions, is a prime factor in giving us exceptional climate, for it deflects and stands off the cold winds that sweep down over the deserts lying east. The Coast Range mountains form a broad belt, running along the entire length of and parallel with the coast; they are higher in the north than in the south, but generally reach 3200 feet, and consist in places of two or three parallel ranges, between which lie numerous fertile valleys. Along the west slope to the sea are large areas of rich arable land, especially adapted, by reason of the moist and equable climate, to the dairy industry. A wide and immeasurable number of small inlets, roadsteads, estuaries, bays and harbors of more or less value to the coasting trade. The coast is generally abrupt and inaccessible from the sea, but is interspersed with stretches of sandy beaches, offering attractive features for summer pleasures and picturesque homes. Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, in a dictated statement given out regarding the story telegraphed from Topeka to the effect that scholars in the high school there will no longer be taught that he was the hero of the Bagdad river incidents, says. "I do not attempt to deny the fact that White and Tremblly are entitled to all the credit that can be given them for bravery. Most of the confusion in the public mind regarding my promotion in the Philippines came from the fact that two engagements in which I participated came very close together. "The Bagdad river affair simply amounted to the fact that on April 25, 1899, five enlisted men and myself swam the river in order to get near the enemy's line. There was a desultory fire going on, which did not amount to much, and there was nothing particularly dangerous about the feat. That was the only swimming I did. "Two days later, on April 27th, a very heavy fight was going on at Calupit on the Rio Grande river. I asked for volunteers from men among my regiment to swim the river in the face of the fire and attach a line to the other side in order that we might use it in ferrying troops over on a raft we had found. From those who offered their services we selected Privates Edward White and William B. Tremblly of Company B, Kansas City. A heavy fire was going on while they were taking their perilous trip across the river. They made the trip in safety. "The raft was hauled forward and backward until we had gathered a force of 45 men under the enemy's trenches, which we charged, and after a very hard fight drove the enemy out in disorder. Generals MacArthur and Wheaton were eye-witnesses of the exploit, and it was on the strength of what they saw that I was recommended for promotion to Brigadier-General and also to receive the medal of honor. White and Tremblly both received medals of honor with an offer of commissions in the volunteers, but they declined the latter. "The danger to which I was exposed was no greater than that to which the others were subjected who crossed on the raft. With our 45 men we routed 500 Filipinos. We fought at very close range, and it came very near being a bayonet battle. These affairs on the Bagdad and Rio Grande rivers were two separate instances, and were cabled to the United States at the same time by the newspaper correspondents who were with the army. When published the two affairs seem to have been confused or interwoven. The reason why I received my promotion and medal was for attacking 580 Filipino soldiers with such small force. "From the tone of the telegram sent from Topeka the public might infer I FUNSTON SWAM THE BAGDAD Intrepid American Gives Facts Bearing Upon Historical Episode. Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, in a dictated statement given out regarding the story telegraphed from Topeka to the effect that scholars in the high school there will no longer be taught that he was the hero of the Bagdad river incidents, says. "I do not attempt to deny the fact that White and Tremblly are entitled to all the credit that can be given them for bravery. Most of the confusion in the public mind regarding my promotion in the Philippines came from the fact that two engagements in which I participated came very close together. "The Bagdad river affair simply amounted to the fact that on April 25, 1899, five enlisted men and myself swam the river in order to get near the enemy's line. There was a desultory fire going on, which did not amount to much, and there was nothing particularly dangerous about the feat. That was the only swimming I did. "Two days later, on April 27th, a very heavy fight was going on at Calupit on the Rio Grande river. I asked for volunteers from men among my regiment to swim the river in the face of the fire and attach a line to the other side in order that we might use it in ferrying troops over on a raft we had found. From those who offered their services we selected Privates Edward White and William B. Tremblly of Company B, Kansas City. A heavy fire was going on while they were taking their perilous trip across the river. They made the trip in safety. "The raft was hauled forward and backward until we had gathered a force of 45 men under the enemy's trenches, which we charged, and after a very hard fight drove the enemy out in disorder. Generals MacArthur and Wheaton were eye-witnesses of the exploit, and it was on the strength of what they saw that I was recommended for promotion to Brigadier-General and also to receive the medal of honor. White and Tremblly both received medals of honor with an offer of commissions in the volunteers, but they declined the latter. "The danger to which I was exposed was no greater than that to which the others were subjected who crossed on the raft. With our 45 men we routed 500 Filipinos. We fought at very close range, and it came very near being a bayonet battle. These affairs on the Bagdad and Rio Grande rivers were two separate instances, and were cabled to the United States at the same time by the newspaper correspondents who were withthe army. When published the two affairs seem to have been confused or interwoven. The reason why I received my promotion and medal was for attacking 580 Filipino soldiers with such small force. "From the tone of the telegram sent from Topeka the public might infer I Los Angeles and Cyprus glions is a prime factor in giving us our exceptional climate, for it deflects and stands off the cold winds that sweep down over the deserts lying east. The Coast Range mountains form a broad belt, running along the entire length of and parallel with the coast; they are higher in the north than in the south, but generally reach 3200 feet, and consist in places of two or three parallel ranges, between which lie numerous fertile valleys. Along the west slope to the sea are large areas of rich arable land, especially adapted, by reason of the moist and equable climate, to the dairy industry. A wide and important break in this range at the bay of San Francisco admits the trade winds into the interior valleys of Sacramento and San Joaquin, greatly modifying its climatic conditions. Between the Sierra Nevada and coast range and north of Tehachapi lies the great central valley of California. It is about 400 miles long and fifty to sixty miles wide and embraces fully one-ninth of the state; the northern portion, through which the Sacramento river flows, is called the Sacramento valley, and the southern, through which flows the San Joaquin, is called the San Joaquin valley. A glance at the map will aid this description, and it will be noticed that numerous creeks and rivers flow from the Sierra heights into this great valley from Shasta to Tehachapi; they have prodigious importance in the development of the state. In their waters repose mechanical forces, now rapidly being utilized sufficient to operate railroad trains, factories, all the agricultural appliances to which power can be applied, street car lines in the cities, plants for lighting streets and houses, and after these forces are extracted from the falling waters, they are made to do duty in irrigating the lands of the valley. It is doubtful if similar or so advantageous conditions exist anywhere else on the globe on so grand a scale. Already many of the valley cities and towns are lighted from these sources, and much power is conveyed by electric plants. The population of California is, perhaps, more cosmopolitan than that of any other state in the union. Its kaleidoscopic character is due not only to the many foreign nationalities here represented, but to the immigration from various parts of the United States, with our 45 men we routed 500 Filipinos. We fought at very close range, and it came very near being a bayonet battle. These affairs on the Bagdad and Rio Grande rivers were two separate instances, and were cabled to the United States at the same time by the newspaper correspondents who were with the army. When published the two affairs seem to have been confused or interwoven. The reason why I received my promotion and medal was for attacking 560 Filipino soldiers with such small force. "From the tone of the telegram sent from Topeka the public might infer I was promoted on the strength of the newspaper stories cabled by the correspondents. This is not the case. My promotion was based on the reports of General MacArthur, division commander, and General Wheaton, brigade commander, to the War Department. My promotion was cabled back in three days. The reports of the correspondents were accurate, but I do not think their home offices understood that there were two engagements, and that is what has caused all this confusion." Cofonization Bureau. A committee appointed by the Western Passenger Association of San Francisco is investigating colonization conditions in California, with a view to establishing a colonization bureau in this state. The report of the committee will urge that a number of land agents be given credentials by the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and their connecting lines in the East to establish such a bureau, to be under the jurisdiction of officials of the Western Passenger Association. The new bureau will take care of the travelers on their arrival in California. It is the outcome of the invasion of colonists who have taken advantage of low colonist rates maintained for two months in the spring and fall during the present and preceding seasons. Nearly 75,000 homeseekers journeyed to California last year over the lines of the Southern Pacific alone, and the present season has already shown an increased colonist travel westward. The bureau will bring more immigrants than ever before to California, and increase the business of the railroads, as well as aid in the development of the state. A promising feature of this station work in Idaho is that all of the great Minidoka traction projects will deal directly with Sam and will pay no profit to dleaner, or in other words, lator. Too many of the land plated for reclamation by government in other sections have been taken up into private land, and are being held by people percept, when the government them, to take their profits men who will occupy and fathom. The engineering features of Idoka project are somewhat undoubtedly attractive as the work progresses point where the water is taken from the Snake river, just off of the Minidoka rapids, then cut its way, during countless through a bed of solid black sand. A dam is to be constructed high and canals run on one of the river. The dam will draw water of the Snake for some 35 miles. The survey shows that it will be irrigate by gravity about 100 good land. In addition possible to divert about 300 of water per second, and be back into the river to get 17,000 horse power, which will require for pumping and to supply irrigate about 53,000 acres above the gravity canals. The dimensions of the dam meet in height and 575 inches above the desert land act nor tectation clause of the homestead be utilized for entering lands of these government irrigation projects, but only the oldtime law requiring actual residence provement for the full period years. Were it possible for erasure to withdraw all lands which will ever be irrigate from entry, under other than the original home it would be best thing wipe happen for the future homes for the nation which must be great West as a home for grants and for the poor of those cities who can be induced to land and found homes selves. A promising feature of this station work in Idaho is that all of the great Minidoka traction projects will deal directly with Sam and will pay no profit to dleaner, or in other words, lator. Too many of the land plated for reclamation by government in other sections have been taken up into private land, and are being held by people percept, when the government them, to take their profits men who will occupy and fathom. The engineering features of Idoka project are somewhat undoubtedly attractive as the work progresses point where the water is taken from the Snake river, just off of the Minidoka rapids, then cut its way, during countless through a bed of solid black sand. A dam is to be constructed high and canals run on one of the river. The dam will draw water of the Snake for some 35 miles. The survey shows that it will be irrigate by gravity about 100 good land. In addition possible to divert about 300 of water per second, and be back into the river to get 17,000 horse power, which will require for pumping and to supply irrigate about 53,000 acres above the gravity canals. The dimensions of the dam meet in height and 575 inches above IDAHO'S CONQUEST The Government's Irrigation Law Will Make Waste Places Blossom in That State The vast and forbidding desert of Idaho, in the drainage basin of the Snake River is to be transformed into a green garden of productiveness under the new national irrigation law. This is one of the most promising projects decided upon by the government irrigation engineers. At an expenditure of $2,600,000, which has been set aside for the construction of great impounding dams and diversion canals, above the Minidoka Rapids, fully $12,000,000 in taxable property will be created in this basin. Taking as a basis the last census agricultural figures for Idaho, the 120,000 acres to be reclaimed under this project will, when settled under irrigation, represent the latter value, while the annual earnings of the land will amount to about $2,000,000. With this area cut up into 1,400 new farms, as is proposed by the government, a rural population will be created of 7,000, which will bring with it an urban population of probably another 7,000 or 14,000 people. This Snake desert basin, when irrigated, will afford an ideal example of western stock-raising under the humane and profitable method of winter feeding. On many of the great western ranges the cattle are left to shift for themselves, the year round, entailing during severe cold seasons, great loss of stock and always untold brute suffering. Around the Minidoka basin, extend vast stretches of unreclaimed land, which must always remain useful solely for grazing purity. NEWELL WILL INVESTIGATE Government Engineer In California Looking Over Irrigation Works F. H. Newell, chief engineer of the reclamation service of the department of agriculture has arrived in California and has taken up the investigation of irrigation work at Imperial. He will probably remain in California several weeks. "Much information for congress has already been obtained through investigations and surveys made on the Colorado river," said Mr. Newell referring to this subject. "The irrigable lands along this stream have been carefully mapped, and various dam sites examined, and diamond drill holes have been put down at various points to ascertain the character of the foundation for hydraulic works. The surveys have also been extended into the Imperial country. "The water users of the Imperial country have taken up the question of government ownership and have held public meetings, asking the secretary to consider acquisition of the present canals under terms of the reclamation act of June 17, 1902. The investigations to be made by me will take into consideration the wishes of the people and a thorough study will be made of the situation from physical, legal and human sides. "The secretary of the interior has already approved plans for the expenditure of $3,000,000 for the construction of a dam and headworks for the irrigation system in the Colorado river above Yuma. Its construction is contingent upon securing certain agreements, or concessions, from holders of vested rights, and the plans will be subject to modification according to the wishes of the people in the Imperial..." BOOM IN BEACH PROPERTY Half Million Dollars Invested in Lands Fronting Ocean—Range from Ocean Park to Newport Beach. One of the largest movements of reality is now in progress in beach property along the coast line of Orange and Los Angeles counties. The building of Huntington's line of electric railway is the forerunner of this activity, and before many weeks are past the entire ocean frontage from Long Beach to Newport on the south, and stretching to Ocean Park on the north, will probably be in the hands of new purchasers. Many new townsites are projected, and land values are jumping after the fashion of boom times. During the week work has progressed steadily upon the bridge spanning the channel at Anaheim Landing, and graders for the electric road are nearing Bolsa Chica. It is expected rails will be laid to Newport by July, when cars along the finest stretch of coast line in Southern California will begin making half hourly trips. Within the last thirty days syndicates have purchased over five and one-half miles of ocean frontage, representing transactions amounting to $545,000, and the sale of individual lots during the same period of time foots up the surprising total of $357,-000. The demand has been so great that in the case of the New Ocean Park Strand tract of 300 lots, almost the whole tract was sold before it had even been surveyed. From the preliminary survey, made years ago, a rough map was drawn, cutting the tract into lots of 35 foot frontage, showing a general idea of streets and alleys. No advertising was done and the cheapest lot sold for $750. This boom in beach property means more than appears on the face of it, as the purchases by the individuals have not been made for the purpose of speculation, but to build on, and all of this stands for the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in building material, street improvements, etc. The phenomenal growth has been made possible by the inroading of the steel rails of the electric railroads which by July 15th will constitute an almost unbroken chain from Santa Mouca to Newport Beach—the low rate of fares and the rapid transit service of the Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles and Pacific rapidly making the beach towns the popular suburbs of Los Angeles not only for the summer but for the year round. The latest and largest deal between syndicates leaked out a few days ago. G.E. Hart representing a syndicate of BOOM IN BEACH PROPERTY Half Million Dollars Invested in Lands Fronting Ocean—Range from Ocean Park to Newport Beach. One of the largest movements of reality is now in progress in beach property along the coast line of Orange and Los Angeles counties. The building of Huntington's line of electric railway is the forerunner of this activity, and before many weeks are past the entire ocean frontage from Long Beach to Newport on the south, and stretching to Ocean Park on the north, will probably be in the hands of new purchasers. Many new townsites are projected, and land values are jumping after the fashion of boom times. During the week work has progressed steadily upon the bridge spanning the channel at Anaheim Landing, and graders for the electric road are nearing Bolsa Chica. It is expected rails will be laid to Newport by July, when cars along the finest stretch of coast line in Southern California will begin making half hourly trips. Within the last thirty days syndicates have purchased over five and one-half miles of ocean frontage, representing transactions amounting to $545,000, and the sale of individual lots during the same period of time foots up the surprising total of $357,-000. The demand has been so great that in the case of the New Ocean Park Strand tract of 300 lots, almost the whole tract was sold before it had even been surveyed. From the preliminary survey, made years ago, a rough map was drawn, cutting the tract into lots of 35 foot frontage, showing a general idea of streets and alleys. No advertising was done and the cheapest lot sold for $750. This boom in beach property means more than appears on the face of it, as the purchases by the individuals have not been made for the purpose of speculation, but to build on, and all of this stands for the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in building material, street improvements, etc. The phenomenal growth has been made possible by the inroading of the steel rails of the electric railroads which by July 15th will constitute an almost unbroken chain from Santa Mouca to Newport Beach—the low rate of fares and the rapid transit service of the Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles and Pacific rapidly making the beach towns the popular suburbs of Los Angeles not only for the summer but for the year round. The latest and largest deal between syndicates leaked out a few days ago. G.E. Hart representing a syndicate of POWER COMPANY FAIRS. W.D. Woolwine, vice-president of the Southern California Savings bank of Los Angeles, was last week at Riverside appointed receiver for the Riverside Power company. The appointment grows out of the foreclosure suit recently filed, of the Mercantile Trust company of San Francisco. The Riverside Power company recently issued bonds to build its power plant west of the river, but the construction of the plant required so much time that in the opinion of the city attorney, the original contract lapsed. Riverside has declined to enter into a new contract. The city's refusal to tie itself up for a term of years precipitated the suit. FULLER SUIT. Judge B.F. Bledsoe in the superior court of Riverside county last week denied the motion for a new trial in the case of the Anaheim Union Water company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company versus O.B. Fuller et al. This makes an end of the matter in the lower court and leaves it in good shape with the injunction in full force and the public lands covered by it. Neither the desert land act nor the commutation clause of the homestead act can be utilized for entering land under any of these government irrigation projects, but only the oldtime homestead law, requiring actual residence and improvement for the full period of five years. Were it possible for the government to withdraw all the public lands which will ever be possible to irrigate from entry, under all laws other than the original homestead law, it would be the best thing which could happen for the future homemaker and for the nation which must look to the great West as a home for her immigrants and for the poor of the crowded cities who can be induced to go upon the land and found homes for themselves. A promising feature of this irrigation work in Idaho is that practically all of the great Minidoka tract is today public land, so that the future homemaker will deal directly with Uncle Sam and will pay no profit to the middleman, or in other words, the speculator. Too many of the lands contemplated for reclamation by the government in other sections have already been taken up into private ownership and are being held by people who expect, when the government improves them, to take their profit out of the men who will occupy and farm them. The engineering features of the Minidoka project are somewhat unusual and will undoubtedly attract great interest as the work progresses. At the point where the water is to be taken from the Snake river, just at the head of the Minidoka rapids, the Snake has cut its way, during countless centuries, through a bed of solid black lava rock. A dam is to be constructed about fifty feet high and canals run on both sides of the river. The dam will back up the waters of the Snake for a distance of some 35 miles. The government surveys show that it will be possible to irrigate by gravity about 68,000 acres of good land. In addition to this it is possible to divert about 3000 cubic feet of water per second, and by turning it back into the river to generate over 17,000 horse power, which can be used for pumping and to supply water to irrigate about 53,000 acres of land lying above the gravity canals. The dimensions of the dam will be 50 feet in height and 575 inches in length, a solid material, street improvements, etc. The phenomenal growth has been made possible by the inroading of the steel rails of the electric railroads which by July 15th will constitute an almost unbroken chain from Santa Moulea to Newport Beach—the low rate of fares and the rapid transit service of the Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles and Pacific rapidly making the beach towns the popular suburbs of Los Angeles not only for the summer but for the year round. The latest and largest deal between syndicates leaked out a few days ago. G.E. Hart, representing a syndicate of prominent citizens of Los Angeles whose names cannot as yet be made public, has purchased of the Alamitos Bay Company one and three-quarters miles of frontage at Alamitos bay for the stated price of $150,000. The property is the split of land lying between the ocean and the bay, and will be subdivided into between 700 and 800 lots. 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