anaheim-gazette 1905-07-06

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Telenphone Main WALLOP BRO'S It's Nice when you have good maple syrup eat on them. Buckwheat can course. And there's nothing relished by the average pers breakfast. We have the best made from the Vermont sugar size cans from 25 cents up. Or want to make some molasses butter Scotch or caramels, we ha the right kind for each of the you're uncertain what kind of you need, leave it to us; you'll here at all times. What shall today. WE ALSO CARRY Panocha Drips, Poppy Drips, Caso Corn rup, Santa Claus Syrup, Crystal Corn Sy ALL ORDERS DELIVERED PROMPTLY LEAF FROM EARLY HISTORY County Division as Proposed by Major Max Strobel, Broad-axe Wiseman and Other Notabilities From Professor Guinn's History of Southern California By an act of the legislature approved March 11, 1889, the territory now forming Orange county was cut off from the southeastern portion of Los Angeles county. The movement to form a new county out of that portion was begun twenty years before it was accomplished. The late Major Max Strobel of Anaheim was the originator of the scheme. In the fall of 1869 he drew up a bill creating the county of Anaheim and making the town of Anaheim the county seat. The dividing line between the old and the new county began at a point in the Pacific ocean, three nautical miles southwestward from the mouth of the old San Gabriel river, thence running northeasterly, following the channel of that river to an intersection with the San Bernardino base line; thence east on that line to the division line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. Strobel had enlisted to his scheme the active cooperation of some of the wealthiest pioneers of the country. William Workman of the of aristocratic lineage. A co-riot of Carl Schurtz and Sigel the German revolution of '48, or failure of that movement, Sigel, his intimate friend, he flies this country. He drifted down Nicaragua, and for a time filibustered with Walker. He finally landed in Anaheim, where he bought vineyard and engaged in wine-making. But the life of a vineyard was too narrow and contracted his genius; he was consummating branching out into new projections of the state. 1867 he sunk a great hole in canyon, where, if he did not oil, he did strike the bottom of purses of those whom he enlisted his scheme. Even in this period his ill luck followed him. He immediate vicinity of where he ed for oil thirty-four years ago gushers abound today and for have been made in oil. After his failure to divide county he started a newspaper Anaheim. It was to be the first county division. It succeeded dividing the divisionists into factions, the Strobel and the Strobel, who waged a word against each other. Strobel venture was the sale of Santa Lina Island to European capital. Supplied with funds by the ers and rich mineral specimen the island, he sailed to England located in London. He succumbed in convincing a syndicate of capitalists of the mineral and other resources of the the old San Gabriel river, thence running northeasterly, following the channel of that river to an intersection with the San Bernardino base line; thence east on that line to the division line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. Strobel had enlisted to his scheme the active cooperation of some of the wealthiest pioneers of the county. William Workman of the Puente, Temple, Rubottom, Fryer, Don Juan Foster, Ben Dryfus, A. Langenberger, and others, favored his project. Armed with numerously signed petitions and abundantly supplied with coin, Strobel appeared in Sacramento at the opening of the legislative session of 1869-70. Early in the session his bill passed the assembly with but little opposition. The hopes of the divisionist rose high, the new county was assured. Anaheim became a political Mecca for office-seeking pilgrims. Statesmen of Los Nietos and place hunters from San Juan counseled with the patriots of Anaheim, and parcelled out the prospective county offices among them. Then came a long delay. Opposition to the scheme had shown itself in the senate. The people of Los Angeles city had awakened to the fact that they were about to be left with a large area of mountains and deserts, and but very little else. The new county took in all of the fertile valleys of the Los Nietos, the San Jose and the Santa Ana. The delay lengthened. Strobel was hopeful, but the opposition was working most vigorously. Gold would win, and gold he must have or all would be lost. The envious and uncharitable queried as to what had become of all the coin Strobel had taken with him, and intimated that he had been fighting the tiger in the jungles of Sacramento and that the tiger had the best of it. But the faithful gathered together their hard earned shekels, and the proceeds of many a gallon of wine, the price of many a broncho and many a bullock were sent to Strobel that he might convince the honest Supplied with funds by the ers and rich mineral specimen the island, he sailed to England located in London. He succ in convincing a syndicate of capitalists of the mineral and other resources of the island and negotiated its sale for a dollars. A contract was drawn and an hour set on the ne w when the parties were to sign the money to be paid. Wh hour arrived for closing the action Strobel did not Search was made for him. I found in his room dead, dead very eve of success, for the island would have ma rich. Negotiations for them were broken off by the de Strobel. Nearly twenty years his death it was sold for one-of what he was to receive. Strobel might be said to rather of Orange county. I the progenitor of the schen resulted in its creation, although died years before it was born ter the death of Strobel, th agement of the county scheme was placed in the ha committee. The nam changed from the county o heim to the county of Oran committee arguing that imm would be attracted by th forgetful of the fact that th only about fifty other places Orange in the United State northeastern boundaries of tpective county were contra as to leave out the San Jose the people of that valley ele remain in the old county creating the county of Oran introduced into the legislat ion of 1872, but it never re vote. In 1873 the division o drifted into politics. A cou vision convention was held heim, and a man by the Bush from Santa Ana was had become of all the coin Strobel had taken with him, and intimated that he had been fighting the tiger in the jungles of Sacramento and that the tiger had the best of it. But the faithful gathered together their hard earned shekels, and the proceeds of many a gallon of wine, the price of many a broncho and many a bullock were sent to Strobel that he might convince the honest legislators of the richness and resources of the new county. Another long delay and anxiety that was cruel to the waiting statesmen on the banks of the Santa Ana. Then one day in the ides of March the lumbering old stage coach, with its tri-weekly mail, rolled into the embryo capital of the new county. The would-be officeholders gathered at the postoffice, eager for the latest news from Sacramento. It came in a letter from Strobel. The bill had been defeated in the Senate, but he was working for a reconsideration and would be sure of success if more money were sent. To Strobel's last appeal even the most faithful were dumb. Major Max Strobel, the originator of the division scheme and its most earnest advocate in its early stages, deserves more than a passing notice. A soldier of fortune and a Machiavel in politics, he was always on the losing side. He was a man of versatile genius and varied resources, a lawyer, an editor, a civil engineer, an accomplished linguist and a man of education. He was a German by birth and reputed to be the people of that valley eleven remain in the old county. creating the county of Oran introduced into the legislation of 1872, but it never really vote. In 1873 the division drifted into politics. A counsellor vision convention was held inheim, and a man by the Bush from Santa Ana was A compatince lineage. A compatment of Schurtz and Sigel in the revolution of '48, on the that movement, with ultimate friend, he fled to France. He drifted down to England for a time filibusterer. He finally located where he bought a land engaged in wine making life of a vineyardist now and contracted for it. He was constantly out into new projects. Of the pioneer petrol-actors of the state. In a great hole in Brea there, if he did not strike the bottom of the nose whom he enlisted in the army. Even in this project followed him. In the vicinity of where he borished forty-four years ago, oil found today and fortunes made in oil. The failure to divide the startled a newspaper in It was to be the organ division. It succeeded in the divisionists into two Strobel and the anti-wo waged a wordy war on other. Strobel's last sale of Santa Cata- to European capitalists, with funds by the own- mineral specimens from the sailed to England and London. He succeeded using a syndicate of English of the mineral wealth resources of the island, edited for the assembly. The policy of the divisionists was to force one or the other of the political parties to place Bush on its ticket to secure the division vote. In their conventions neither the Democratic nor the Republican party took any notice of Bush's candidacy. Ignored by both parties, he made an independent campaign, received a few votes and then passed out of the political arena forever. In the legislature of 1874, Wiseman, nicknamed the "Broadaxe" from the vigorous way he hewed the Queen's English, appeared as the champion of county division. Neither his pathetic appeals for the oppressed people of the prospective county of Orange nor his superlative denunciations of their oppressors, the county officials of Los Angeles, convinced the lawmakers at Sacramento that the people were suffering for the want of a new county. Another change was made in boundaries and name. The northern line of the prospective county drifted southward to the new San Gabriel river. In 1878 a bill to create the county of Santa Ana and making Anaheim the seat of its government was drafted. The name was a concession to Santa Ana; a concession, however, that failed to conciliate. The town of Santa Ana, that had no existence when Strobel promulgated the division scheme in 1869, had now grown to be a formidable rival of Anaheim. It was ambitious to become a county seat itself, and vigorously combated the division projects Strobel's last sale of Santa Cata to European capitalists with funds by the own mineral specimens from the sailed to England and London. He succeeded in a syndicate of English resources of the island, dated its sale for a million contract was drawn up four set on the next day parties were to sign and be paid. When the bid for closing the transbobel did not appear, he made for him. He was his room dead, dead on the success, for the sale of it would have made himotiations for the island off by the death of nearly twenty years after it was sold for one-quarter it was to receive. The said to be Orange county. He was director of the scheme that its creation, although he before it was born. Affiliate of Strobel, the man of the county division placed in the hands oftee. The name was from the county of Anaheim county of Orange, the arguing that immigrants attracted by the name, of the fact that there were fifty other places named the United States. The turn boundaries of the pro-session were contracted so out the San Jose valley, of that valley electing to the old county. A bill the county of Orange was into the legislative session, but it never reached a the division question to politics. A county discretion was held in Anaheim man by the name of Santa Ana was nominated government was drafted. The name was a concession to Santa Ana, a concession, however, that failed to conciliate. The town of Santa Ana, that had no existence when Strobel promulgated the division scheme in 1869, had now grown to be a formidable rival of Anaheim. It was ambitious to become a county seat itself, and vigorously combated the division projects of its rival. Local jealousies and the opposition of Los Angeles defeated the measure in the legislature. In 1881 another division effort was made. Anaheim patched up a truce with her rival, Santa Ana. The vineyard city was to have the seat of government for two years, then it was to be a free-for-all scramble among all the towns and the one that could corral the most votes was henceforth to be the capital of the county of Santa Ana. Bills were introduced in both the senate and the assembly, but died on the files, smothered by "slickens" (mining debris), the absorbing question of that session. The question of county division fell into a state of "innocuous desuetude." The rivals, Anaheim and Santa Ana, were preparing for the final struggle. It came in 1889. Col. E. E. Edwards, a resident of Santa Ana, was elected one of the members of the assembly from Los Angeles county. He introduced a bill to create the county of Orange and leaving the location of the county seat to a vote of the people of the new county. The northern boundary line had again drifted southward. Coyote creek had become the Rubicon, and it was only four miles north of Anaheim. Santa Ana in the change of boundaries had outgeneraled her rival and virtually decided the county seat question against her opponent. For twenty years Anaheim had contended for county division. Now she opposed it, but in vain. The bill passed and was approved by the A Matter of Health There is a quality in Royal Baking Powder which makes the food more digestible and wholesome. This peculiarity of Royal has been noted by physicians, and they accordingly endorse and recommend it. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.