anaheim-gazette 1906-09-06

VOLUME XXXVI ANAHEIM Death of Miss Sarah Crowther Miss Sarah Crowther, daughter of William Crowther of Placentia, died at the Fullerton hospital as a result of a surgical operation, on Tuesday morning, at 5 o'clock. News of her death came as a great shock to her many friends throughout this community, where she had passed her girlhood and where she numbered her friends on all sides. The funeral will be held from the family home on Placentia avenue on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend. Deceased was born at Santa Clara, Cal., December 24, 1864. She had lived with her parents at Placentia since the family come here from the north, and was exteemed highly by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The untimely death of this popular young lady is cause for keen regret on the part of all who knew her in her lifetime. Deceased was past matron of Chespa chapter, O. G. S., of this city, and the funeral will be under the auspices of that order. Creamery May Close Manager Marx of the American fair. Everybody is expected to day's rations for themselves enough more for their friends. People are expected to bring a load of melons, peaches, grape other fruit. Any person, old or who ever lived in Kansas who husband or parents lived in Kansas now live in Orange county, or eastern California, or who are visiting this section, are invited to attend gathering. The committee on program will vide a day's entertainment for young that will make your heart with joy. The old woods will with "hot-time" and with a shy gram of speech and song. Aner, a business meeting and the aration of the roster of residents sans ready for the printer will order. The organization of a society of native sons and daughters Kansas, the renewal of old-timelescences of Kansas days will c a day's enjoyment for the old while there will be games and moments of all kinds for the young. The untimely death of this popular young lady is cause for keen regret on the part of all who knew her in her lifetime. Deceased was past matron of Chespa chapter, O. G. S., of this city, and the funeral will be under the auspices of that order. Creamery May Close Manager Marx of the American Dairy company informs us that because of inability to procure sufficient milk and cream to supply the creamery recently opened here, the same may be closed and a new field looked for at Imperial. Since the construction of the electric railway west of town milk and cream have been shipped each morning to Los Angeles in such quantities that little if any has been left. Better prices have been offered and many contracts have been made. During the past month the county has been overrun with agents for creameries anxious to make contracts for milk and cream. Mr. Marx offers to pay the highest market price for cream and milk, but finds he is unable to secure a supply sufficient to justify him in continuing the creamery. Regret will be felt at the closing down of the creamery, but the cause is due to the widespread shortage of milk and cream throughout Orange county. Kansas Picnic The fourteenth annual Kansas picnic will be held at the Orange county park on Friday, September 14. This is to Land Fight in Prospect A number of residents of this and Los Angeles, said to seventy-five, have engaged attorneys make a fight for possession of slice of the holdings of the Ranch Co. on the theory that final grants were faulty and holding illegal. This question is no new one range county. The Southern Pine one time carried a suit to the Court and there dropped it, having covered that even if the case developed that the patent of theinal holders had been fraudulently the railway company could get thereby. There has also been passed out is understood, by act of whereby innocent purchasers orerty shall not be made to suffer is to hold where there was concerning old Mexican grant at the best were very indisfirient at times being bounded manner that stretching was legal Men who have looked carefully records say that the Irvine Railroad is well covered behind the law. The fight over the Irvine hoist a ghost that has arisen more once. Now it bids fair to be once for all. When Grover Cleveland w Is the only Flour; we are sole agents in All kinds of fruits, melons and vegetab in season. Anaheim Cash Grocer Center Street - - - Opp. Boston B W. A. WALLACE, H. H. GARDNER & CO. Coal, Wood, Hay and Grain. Oils, Gasoline and Pa Poultry Supplies of all Kinds. Cement Concre Hollow Concrete Building Stone and Cement Concrete Watering Troughs. 111-113 N. Los Angeles St., Anaheim. Gas Engines. Electric Motors Noisy Can’t use fuel Dirty No troubles Inefficient No noise—No dirt Not Reliable A child can operate Uncertain Runs itself Keeps you waiting Always ready Large investment Reliable Large interest Very efficient Large insurance Small investment Large depreciation Small interest Big repair bills Small insurance Troubles Small taxes More troubles No depreciation Write, or telephone Main 46 THE Edison Electric Co SANTA ANA, CAL. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1904 fashioned basket dinner anybody is expected to take a meal for themselves and be for their friends. Ranch expected to bring a good sons, peaches, grapes and any person, old or young, died in Kansas whose wife, parents lived in Kansas and Orange county, or South Asia, or who are visiting in are invited to attend this committee on program will provide entertainment for old and will make your hearts beat The old woods will ring time” and with a short prosech and song. A big dinners meeting and the pre-poster roster of resident Kanfor the printer will be in the organization of a county native sons and daughters of renewal of old-time remi-Kansas days will complete payment for the old folks, will be games and amuse-kinds for the young people. Fight in Prospect of residents of this county Angeles, said to number dent he sent a man from Washington to investigate. That man was John R. Collins, special agent of the general land office and the treasury department. His report is interesting reading. It is still on file in Washington. The railroads once took a hand in the game, but withdrew in the first blush of battle, when they found that it would not benefit them as much as they supposed to win. A group of twelve or fifteen men more than twenty years ago endeavored to do what a hundred are now trying. They lost in the lower courts, and did not carry it farther. One of the old-timers, bitterly reminiscent of the land-feuds in those days, said recently: "Old Jim Irvine was rich, and he had a pull. Now the pull is gone, and we may see a different result." Then there was a man named Chilton, who maintained his right to a part of the land now to be fought over. He lived on it two years, and suddenly decamped. Rumor says he was bought off. But with all the immensity, there was a limit. No grant could be larger than ten leagues. Ten leagues are 44,000 acres, as we now measure land. In the country that is now Orange county there were many of these grants, whose names are preserved on the maps even today. This fight affects part of the Lomas de Santiago grant. Broadway Widener The one topic of discussion Broadway this week has been port of the widening commissing property-owners on in what they feel are excessive for widening that thorough tween Los Angeles and Lemonthe sum assessed against owners in the three block fashionable street east of L streets, is $889.91. Publica report of the commission p a young indignation meet resulted in a delegation of citizens appearing before thetees, which honorable body capitulated to them, tangl matter worse than ever. The widening commission ed of Frank Shanley, M. Ne E. W. McCollum. The has worked long and earn away with an unsightly je thoroughfare at the corner way and Los Angeles street found necessary to take a st wide for a distance of 560the front line of property Wm. Konig, W. S. Tipton DesGranges. The commission clare the very best bargain property-owners was made no lower figures could hav Fight in Prospect of residents of this county Angeles, said to number have engaged attorneys to set for possession of a large holdings of the Irvine on the theory that the origi were faulty and present legal. Action is no new one in Or. The Southern Pacific at carried a suit to the Supreme Court dropped it, having dis- even if the case finally that the patent of the origi had been fraudulent that company could get nothing also been passed a law, it good, by act of congress, innocent purchasers of propot be made to suffer. This where there was confusion old Mexican grants which were very indisinite, propes being bounded in such stretching was legitimate. Have looked carefully into the that the Irvine Ranch Co. hired behind the law. Over the Irvine holdings is that has arisen more than it bids fair to be laid low over Cleveland was presiFLOUR le agents for it and vegetables Grocery pp. Boston Bakery. WALLACE. Prop. But with all the immensity, there was a limit. No grant could be larger than ten leagues. Ten leagues are 44,000 acres, as we now measure land. In the country that is now Orange county there were many of these grants, whose names are preserved on the maps even today. This fight affects part of the Lomas de Santiago grant, which lies about two miles nearly east of Tustin. Tustin is a little ways east of Santa Ana. One of the grants was one of the limit ten leagues, called San Joaquin. In the course of time it came into the possession of James Irvine, and is still the main possession of his heirs. It lies along the coast for many miles, between Newport Beach and Goff Island, and runs inland to the Santa Fe railroad. Northeast of it was another grant, the famous Lomas de Santiago. Now, according to the men who are forcing the fight, this was originally a small grant of four leagues, about 17,000 acres. It was made to Theodocio Yorba by the Spanish crown. By him it was sold to William Wolfskill, who sold it to Llewellyn Bixby and a man named Flint. It is stated that through these transactions the grant was always called of four leagues. Later it came into the possession of James Irvine as a grant of eleven leagues. There is the crux of the trouble. Several times during the past three decades this discrepancy has been the corner-store of attempts to take from Irvine part of his holdings. It is charged that he wanted a piece of land lying north of his San Joaquin grant and next to the Lomas de Santiago grant. He could not add it to his own grant, because that was already the limit. So he bought the Lomas de Santiago, which was under the limit, and found a complaisant surveyor. The surveyors in those days were not always painfully exact. They sometimes went to the top of a hill, and said, "Your land will run to about that tree across the valley." And the tree became the boundary. Among those surveyors this particular man was notorious for his free and easy way of annexing a young country to a grant. Thus, say the foes of Irvine and his heirs, it happened that the Lomas de has worked long and earn away with an unsightly j thoroughfare at the corner way and Los Angeles street found necessary to take a st wide for a distance of 560 the front line of property Wm. Konig, W. S. Tipto DesGranges. The commission clare the very best bargain property owners was made no lower figures could have cured. One of the com speaking about the matter said. "These property-owners along asked for widening t and now that they have they don't want to pay for commission gave public no meetings held by it, and owners on that street were appear before the comm state their objections to things, if any they had. Fe so, we went ahead and close ter up on the very best terr able. Our report was sub city trustees and was by th ed. There I submit our lab "What are you going to making another report, as the city trustees?" he was a "I'll tell you. They will time before they get ano out of me." When the report of the had been accepted and The surveyors in those days were not always painfully exact. They sometimes went to the top of a hill, and said, "Your land will run to about that tree across the valley." And the tree became the boundary. Among those surveyors this particular man was notorious for his free and easy way of annexing a young country to a grant. Thus, say the foes of Irvine and his heirs, it happened that the Lomás de Santiago grew in a night from 17,000 acres to nearly 50,000. The land upon which Irvine has cast his eyes was transmuted from a public domain to a Spanish grant. Now the hundred men are anxious to see it transmuted back again. The supervisors were in session at Santa Ana on Tuesday and spent their time in auditing bills. Tuesday was pension day and some three hundred vouchers were presented to County Clerk Lester to be forwarded by him to San Francisco. Cash in the county treasury was counted on Tuesday and the same was found to foot up $74,745.22. Anaheim Laundry Company J. T. SHEA, Proprietor I have opened a Laundry at No. 525 South Lemon street, and am prepared to do all kinds of Laundry work. Call up telephone No. — and I will call for your work. Prices will be found Reasonable and all work strictly first-class. Broadway Widening The topic of discussion on this week has been the re-issue of the widening commission as property owners on that street they feel are excessive amounts owing that thoroughfare between Angeles and Lemon streets. An assessed against property in the three blocks on that single street east of Los Angeles is $889.91. Publication of the commission precipitated an indignation meeting, which led to a delegation of Broadway appearing before the city trustee, which honorable body promptly asked to them, tangling up the worse than ever. Widening commission is composed of Frank Shanley, M. Nebelung and McCollum. The commission took long and earnestly to do with an unsightly jog in that faire at the corner of Broadway Los Angeles streets. It was necessary to take a strip 20 feet by a distance of 560 feet along that line of property owned by Donig, W. S. Tipton and Mrs. Jones. The commissioners devised very best bargain with these property owners was made, and that figures could have been se- Broadway clansmen awoke one morning and realized they would have to pay for widening their street. Forthwith they proceeded to the city hall, where the trustees were in session. The latter, hearing of the coming storm, promptly threw down the commission. They voted to reconsider their action in approving the commission's report, and later referred it back for amendment. The prevailing sentiment on Broadway is that the district formed for paying the costs of widening the thoroughfare should be enlarged. Said one of its leading citizens. "I'll see the commission in Timbucco before I pay any such assessment. The commission erred in making the district too small in the first place. Why cannot Broadway be opened all the way through to West street? Then let the district be enlarged to enclose Center street on the north and Santa Ana street on the south. That would equalize the assessment." When this proposition was made to property owners on Center street they objected. One of them said: "We are trying to pave Center street, and will have to go to large expense to do it. Pay for widening Broadway? I didn't know it needed widening. Jog at the corner of Los Angeles street? Never heard of it." long and earnestly to do with an unsightly jog in that safare at the corner of Broad-Los Angeles streets. It was necessary to take a strip 20 feet by a distance of 560 feet along the line of property owned by Donig, W. S. Tipton and Mrs. Huges. The commissioners devised very best bargain with these owners was made, and that figures could have been seized. One of the commissioners, about the matter this week, property-owners have all asked for widening their street, so that they have it, it seems don't want to pay for it. The commission gave public notice of the held by it, and property-on that street were notified to before the commission and their objections to the proceeding they had. Failing to do so went ahead and closed the mat on the very best terms procurement report was submitted to thetees and was by them acceptance I submit our labors end." It are you going to do about another report, as required by trustees?" he was asked. Well you. They will wait a long before they get another report. The report of the commission then accepted and filed, the Frank Eastman and Burt Annin returned yesterday from a week's deer hunt in the Capistrano hills. The remainder of the party, composed of George Dutton, Bob Sparks and George Nelson, will remain another week. Mr. Eastman says he saw two deer, but they were too far off for a shot. There were plenty of evidences of deer, but the game was unusually wild. The directors of the water company had no quorum at their meeting on Saturday, and adjourned to Tuesday. At their meeting on that day they paid bills and adjourned as a mark of respect to the death of Chairman Crowther's daughter. 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