anaheim-gazette 1905-12-21

CANDIDATES HAVE A CHILL Prospective Postmasters In Southern California Receive Jolt in Recent Washington Dispatch Aspirants to positions as postmasters in Southern California may have to look to their fences before getting in line for a plum-tree windfall, according to a recent Washington dispatch, which reads as follows: "Washington, Dec. 14.—It was a sad day for the new congressmen from California when they descended upon the postoffice department to learn where they really stood at the patronage counter. Only two of the California delegation in the lower house, Needham and McLachlan, and one of the senators, have served in congress previously. Senator Perkins went with them, a sort of genial guardian angel. "They hunted up First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock and tles have called their county instu at Berkeley, insuring the atten of some 3500 teachers, while the o of President Barr to provide a gram that will attract the other have been so successful that even Greek theatre will be severely to provide accommodations for crowd that will attend the gener sions. These sessions will be be Wednesday and Friday afternoon two o'clock. President Wheeler speak on Wednesday afternoon subject being, The Relation of Parts of the Whole in California cation. He will be followed by D E. Winship of Boston, editor of Journal of Education, who will on Fads and Fancies vs. the three The selection of the place of me and new officers for 1906, with business, will follow the addresses Friday afternoon Dr. Winship speak again, Twentieth Century dards being his theme, and Superintendent L. D. Harvey of the Training Schools at Menomonio, consin, will speak on Industrial cation. The sessions of the Council of cation, the main working committe the teachers' association, will begin Tuesday morning, December 26." day for the new congressmen from California when they descended upon the postoffice department to learn where they really stood at the patronage counter. Only two of the California delegation in the lower house, Needham and McLachlan, and one of the senators, have served in congress previously. Senator Perkins went with them, a sort of genial guardian angel. "They hunted up First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock and found him all smiles, all warmth. Representatives McKinley and Knowland felt that they indeed had found a friend, and the conversation ambled on and on in agreeable paths for a time. The question of postoffice patronage was broached. Then came a chill which caused the steam to congeal in flowery frost on the window panes. "The Californians intimated that as they had made certain ante-election promises to various hard-working gentlemen who nursed postoffice aspirations, they would like to be able to tell them something definite about the probable time the incumbents would retire and they might step into their shoes. "In icy tones Mr. Hitchcock informed the Californians that they were likely to be disappointed in at least some instances. No changes will be made in the postoffices by Postmaster General Cortelyou, he said, unless there are good reasons. If the postmasters perform their duties satisfactorily and want to hold on, they may do so unless there is some good cause for making a change. The president had placed it out of their power to make good their promises, and as the president can do no wrong, the disappointed office seekers would have to make the best of it." How this dispatch affects the fight over the local postoffice is what men on the rialto are now trying to figure out. Postmaster Littlefield, the incumbent, feels sanguine of reappointment, while J. W. Duckworth never felt surer of anything in his life than that he will knock the persimmon. Duckworth is understood to have Congressman Smith's endorsement for the place. He was chairman of last year's Republican county convention and introduced Smith to the delegates. He was later a member of the congressional delegation from this county and voted for Smith after the retirement of Wood business, will follow the addresses Friday afternoon Dr. Winship speak again, Twentieth Century standards being his theme, and Superintendent L. D. Harvey of the Training Schools at Menomonio, consin, will speak on Industrial cation. The sessions of the Council of Cation, the main working committee the teachers' association, will begin Tuesday morning, December 26th last all day Tuesday and until noon Wednesday. They will be held in Philosophy building and many important topics, such as the Development and Maintenance of Professional Standards among Teachers, the Tenure Office of Teachers, the Training Teachers for Country Schools, and Supervision of Rural Schools, will discussed. On Tuesday afternoon there will be a general session in Albambra theatre, in San Francisco with addresses of welcome. The Francisco teachers will hold session Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon regular department work will begin at Berkshire high school teachers of English assembling in California hall, teachers of mathematics in North Carolina teachers of physics and chemistry in South hall, the teachers who are interested in the commercial departure in the Entomology building, while department of music will hold its session in the Presbyterian church. The section on county board organization will hold its first session Tuesday afternoon in the observatory, theories under discussion being the Citation of Teachers by county board education to high schools. At same hour, 2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, the department of nature science with the State farmers institute in Hearst hall. Dr. A. C. T director of the office of experimental stations of the department of agriculture at Washington, will deliver address on the timely subject, W the friends of agricultural program believe that agriculture should taught in the public schools. The discussion of this subject will be led Professor Hilgard. On Thursday morning at 9:30 Governor Pardee address this joint session of farm and teachers of nature study and ag Postmaster Littlefield, the incumbent, feels sanguine of reappointment, while J. W. Duckworth never felt surer of anything in his life than that he will knock the persimmon. Duckworth is understood to have Congressman Smith's endorsement for the place. He was chairman of last year's Republican county convention and introduced Smith to the delegates. He was later a member of the congressional delegation from this county and voted for Smith after the retirement of Ward from the contest. Duckworth is also friendly with Senator Flint and has a nodding acquaintance with Senator Perkins of the northern citrus belt. On the other hand Littlefield, having been given the overlook by Smith, laid his case before the postoffice department at Washington, and Mr. Hitchcock has undoubtedly been placed in possession of all the facts in the case. Littlefield has never been beaten in a political fight, and has gone through some strenuous political struggles; always coming out a winner. He is not without his friends at home and abroad, and before Duckworth gets the office he will probably know he has been to a footrace. Educational Conventions During Christmas week there will be five notable educational gatherings at Berkeley. The California Teachers' Association will hold its thirty-ninth annual session, and affiliated with it will be the meeting of the Library Association of California, the State Farmers' Institute, the School Board Convention, and the Seventh Annual meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America. The Berkeley meeting of the teachers' association promises to be the largest gathering of the kind ever held in the state. Fifteen coun- LOCAL WATER COMPANY IN GOVERNMENT REPORT Pictures of Upper Ditch Appear in Recently Issued Pamphlet. A recently issued report by Walter C. Mendenhall, upon the development of underground waters, published by the department of the interior, Washington, D.C., makes interesting references to irrigation in this section. Two half-tone engravings showing sections of the upper ditch appear. We quote from the accompanying article as follows: According to the report of William Hall, formerly state engineer of California, the Anaheim Union Water Co. is the successor to the earlier rights held by the Anaheim Water company, the Kramer ditch, and the North Anaheim Canal company and its predecessors, the Cajon Irrigation company and share, and the present (1904) value is about $65 a share. The water company is not applied to the land, but may be bought independently. The main canal, of cement construction, has a capacity of heads of 100 miner's inches each; minimum supply is given as a miner's inches. Hall gives that of the main canals and branches 100 miles, and the officers of the company state that about 35 miles are cemented. One share of stock entitles them to one head of 100 miner's inch one-half hour during each run out the summer season of supply. When water is abundant is no time limit, and all the water the irrigator desires to purchase be taken out. The Future of Anahei EDITOR GAZETTE.—As the proaches when the ratepayer city will be called upon to their franchise in the electing client and qualified men who share the destiny, in a large measure future of Anaheim in their power becometh the people to be stricter and see if suitable men can be Follow the addresses. On moon Dr. Winship will twentieth Century Stanlis theme, and Superind. Harvey of the Stout tools at Menomonio, Wispeak on Industrial Education of the Council of Educin working committee of association, will begin on December 26. and tuesday and until noon on They will be held in the building and many imporsuch as the Development pace of Professional Stateachers, the Tenure of teachers, the Training of country Schools, and the Rural Schools, will be on Tuesday afternoon general session in the atre, in San Francisco, of welcome. The San achers will hold sessions and Thursday afternoons. Afternoon regular dewill begin at Berkeley, ol teachers of English California hall, the thematics in North hall, physics and chemistry the teachers who are incommercial department ology building, while the music will hold its first Presbyterian church. County board organizats first session Tuesday the observatory, the topsion being the Certifibers by county boards, on of county boards of high schools. At the o'clock, Tuesday afterment of nature study will hold its first joint State farmers institihall. Dr. A. C. True, the office of experiment department of agriculington, will deliver an timely subject, Why a agricultural progress agriculture should be public schools. The dissubject will be led by ward. On Thursday Governor Pardee will joint session of farmers nature study and agriculture engravings showing sections of the upper ditch appear. We quote from the accompanying article as follows: According to the report of William Hall, formerly state engineer of California, the Anaheim Union Water Co. is the successor to the earlier rights held by the Anaheim Water company, the Kramer ditch, and the North Anahelm Canal company and its predecessors, the Cajon Irrigation company and the Canyon de Santa Ana Water com­pany. The Kramer ditch was the oldest of the water rights acquired. It had taken water from the river several years before the founding of Anaheim in 1857, and had used those waters to irrigate the Kramer tract. For its rights, the Anaheim Union Water Co. gave 20 shares of nonassessable stock. The Los Angeles Vineyard society, organized in 1856, secured 1165 acres of land from the Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana and a water right based on the riparian rights of the rancho. It built a ditch and diverted sufficient water to irrigate nearly 2000 acres. In 1860 all the water rights, ditches, canals, and rights of way belonging to the society were conveyed to the Anaheim Water company. The Cajon canal was begun in 1875, under the authority of the Bush act of 1874, which provided for the organization of irrigation districts in Los Angeles county, under the supervision of a county superintendent of irrigation. District No. 1 was organized and built a small ditch, about 3 feet wide on the bottom, to the mouth of the canyon; District No. 2, formed later, joined the first district and the canal was enlarged to its present size. After an expenditure of $40,000 the work was abandoned. In 1876 the Stearns Rancho syndicate organized the Canyon de Santa Ana Water company, with a capital stock of $200,000, and took possession of the canal. No work, however, had been done at the end of two years. In 1877 seven landowners organized the Cajon Irrigation company with a capital stock of $20,000. They filed on 4320 miner's inches of water at the head of the partly completed Cajon canal, took possession adversely to the claim of the Canyon de Santa Ana company, and brought suit to quiet title. The suit never came to trial, but possession on the part of the new company was not proven. The Future of Anaheim EDITOR GAZETTE.-As the proaches when the rate payer in city will be called upon to their franchise in the electing client and qualified men who share the destiny, in a large measure future of Anaheim in their position becometh the people to be stu­died and see if suitable men can be ed upon to take the reins of ment and see if we here in Anaheim can keep abreast of our neighbor­and cities and hold out more elements to incoming settlers to lose our city, "The Mother Colony," is styled. Yes! A model motif she been? Don't think so. So going along in the "old rut" with children (sister cities) around it going ahead in such fashion shame "The Mother Colony." Not intend to criticise the doing present trustees, only this farm a vote is taken at a trustee man every man should vote, and not back and not vote at all, for he would offend some of his friends like to see a man "show his love and stand by them. We have good men in now. Now, suppose a prospective man was to arrive in Anaheim, on Sunday from some clean, tidy city of thе The first thing that would move eye and ear would perhaps shouting of a battle royal between opposing baseball teams. He makes his way down toward thе and unless he keeps well out at the center of the sidewalk, thе weeds that have been growing amer on vacant lots, will mussel clothes. Further on he goes. He billiards and poolrooms in full Then comes the saloons—one three, and How many more? He to himself. All open in full swing Sunday. Well, what kind of a woods place have I struck? he He inquires what time the next leaves and that is the last set prospective buyer. Whereas, if our city was clear a bit, if the weeds on the vacant that "shroud" the city hall, and weeds on other vacant lots we by the trustees' orders, and change to the land, it would be better observance of Sunday as a day the office of experiment department of agricultion, will deliver an timely subject, Why agricultural progress agriculture should be public schools. The dissubject will be led by hard. On Thursday Governor Pardee will joint session of farmers nature study and agrisity. True will present a form of agricultural educalifornia—Elementary, nursery. Evening at 6 o'clock re-union of University teachers, librarians and assemement of Hearst hall. President Wheeler, and others will speak. There will be a recepett. A portrait of the California school sysby Mrs. Richardson, to the university, to library. Appropriate made by President others. On Wednesday things the citizens of deep open house in Throughout the day provided to escort visit of interest about the who expect to engage in Berkeley should D. Waterman before him. Information for steamships and railm F. K. Barthel of railroad secretary of association. A car of Wellington no slack, no dust. pile by using some goes further. C. G. dec7-tf In 1877 seven landowners organized the Cajon Irrigation company with a capital stock of $20,000. They filed on 4320 miner's inches of water at the head of the partly completed Cajon canal, took possession adversely to the claim of the Canyon de Santa Ana company, and brought suit to quiet title. The suit never came to trial, but possession on the part of the new company was never strongly resisted by the older but less active organization. The stockholders of the new company although not wealthy men and having a hard struggle to raise the necessary means, managed to continue construction upon their canal. At the time they were most deeply involved, they sold one-half interest to the Anaheim Water company for $20,000, and with these funds continued the work. In 1882, because of defects in their original organization, the reorganized, taking the name of the North Anaheim Canal company, whose rights had been purchased for $500 in 1878. This last named company was organized in 1872 to irrigate land northwest of Anaheim. Its ditch, with a capacity of 1500 miner's inches, rarely received water except in winter. The joint ownership of the Cajon canal by the Anaheim Water company and the Cajon company was never a satisfactory arrangement. Disagreements about the division of water led to lawsuits, and in 1884 a consolidation, resulting in the formation of the present Anaheim Union Water company was effected. Under its present organization, which was completed in January, 1884, the $1,200,000 capital stock of the company is divided into 12,000 shares, of which 8004 shares, representing 8004 acres under irrigation. have been sold, the balance being held as treasury stock. The par value of the stock is $100 a Sunday. Well, what kind of a woods place have I struck? he He inquires what time the next leaves and that is the last se prospective buyer. Whereas, if our city was clear a bit, if the weeds on the vacant that "shroud" the city hall, and weeds on other vacant lots we by the trustees' orders, and charged to the land, it would be better observance of Sunday as a day would be a step in the right direction. All these things are noted by serers when looking for a location home. Have heard it remarked since ing to California: that Anaheim only a place of saloons. Such a MINBER 21, 1905 NUMBER 9 Minutes of Water Board ANAHEIM, Cal., Dec. 16, 1905 Regular meeting of the board of directors of the A. U. W. Co. The ditch committee reported that Mr. Nenno and Mr. Young have been granted permission to connect a pipe line with our ditch as requested in their petition. The committee reported that on Broadway and Cypress streets the city of Anaheim has charged us for cleaning franchise, whereas there are underground pipes in those places and over a large part of the same city has placed cement sidewalks. The matter of this taxing of our franchise was referred to our attorney. The committee reported favorably on the matter of putting in the Sparkes ditch, etc. on the same terms as were formerly offered to the Southern Pacific railroad. A communication from H. Kroeger, jr., asked that the company rent to him the water-alley between lots C1 and D1 in Anaheim. On motion of Kramer, seconded by Hale the president and secretary were authorized to rent the said alley to Kroeger as requested for the sum of one dollar per annum. A communication from the Western Gas Engine company protested strongly. Future of Anaheim AZETTE.—As the time aphen the ratepayers of our we called upon to exercise raise in the electing of efficially qualified men who shall hold in a large measure, of the Anaheim in their powers, it the people to be stirred up suitable men can be prevailtake the reins of governnece if we here in Anaheim preast of our neighbor towns and hold out more inducecoming settlers to locate in the Mother Colony," as she Yes! A model mother has Don't think so. Still jogen the "old rut" while her later cities) around her are d in such fashion as to Mother Colony." We do to criticise the doings of the stees, only this far: when kken at a trustee meeting, should vote, and not hang at vote at all, for fear he had some of his friends. I a man "show his colors" by them. We have some now. Choose a prospective buyer in Anaheim, on Sunday, mean, tidy city of the east. ing that would meet the would perhaps be the a battle royal between two baseball teams. He then may down toward the city, he keeps well out toward of the sidewalk, the high have been growing all sumant lots, will muss up his rather on he goes. He sees poolrooms in full swing. In the saloons—one, two, how many more? he says All open in full swing on ell, what kind of a backhave I struck? he muses. what time the next train that is the last seen of a buyer. If our city was cleaned up weeds on the vacant lot "the city hall, and if the her vacant lots were cut, less' orders, and charged up it would be better. An Sunday as a day of rest A communication from H. Kroeger, jr., asked that the company rent to him the water-alley between lots C1 and D1 in Anaheim. On motion of Kramer, seconded by Hale the president and secretary were authorized to rent the said alley to Kroeger as requested for the sum of one dollar per annum. A communication from the Western Gas Engine company protested strongly against the action of this board in tendering to said company as final payment on account a sum $169 less than their bill calls for, and claimed that the item cut out was a just one. Moved by Hale, seconded by McDermont, that the secretary be and he is hereby instructed to answer the communication of the Western Gas Engine company by saying that this board sees no reason for reconsidering its action on that matter. Carried. Different parties having offered to the board the loan of different amounts aggregating $5200, the president and secretary were authorized to accept the same and issue notes of the company therefor. An indemnity bond was presented by A. E. Nutt asking that a new certificate be issued in lieu of one now lost. On the reading of the bond it appeared that the same did not bear the date, wherenup it was ordered that a new certificate be issued by the secretary as soon as the said bond was put in proper shape. Wm. Crowther offered to rent at $2 per acae all the land owned by this company and lying between the sand-wash and Orangethorpe avenue. On motion the offer was accepted. A decree was presented from the superior court ordering that the J. M. Meredith stock, consisting of 47 shares be transferred as follows: To Mrs. H. A. Keiley 10 shares, H. W. Chynoweth 20 shares, and to Albert Staples 17 shares. On motion the secretary was ordered to make the transfers in accordance with the decree. On motion of Bradford, the reservoir committee was instructed to go ahead with its investigations regarding that portion of the Yorba reservoir site which it is proposed to use for a night reservoir for Anaheim, and that the committee employ Mr. Sherwood to get the necessary lines. 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