anaheim-gazette 1909-07-08

Thursday, July 8 The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION.....$1.50 Per Year Six Months.....$1.00 Three Months.....50 Cts The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Has the Largest Circulation SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Comparatively few California farmers have been in a position to know the number and variety of experiments which are being conducted on the University Farm at Davis, with the aim of improving the quality and yield of farm crops. The cereal department alone has fifty acres devoted to such experiments. These include simple variety tests of hundreds of varieties of wheat, barley, rye and oats; over eighty varieties of alfalfa, and about one hundred and thirty varieties of legumes. Numerous fertilizer tests are under way; some of them aiming to discover the effects of different amounts of the same fertilizer, others to discover the effects of different combinations, upon the composition and yield of the grain group. Still other experiments are testing the value of certain crops in rotation with wheat, toward improving the quality of the grain. In this way horsebeans, peas, rye, vetch and burr clover are being investigated. By a method of soil and seed exchange with other parts of the state and other states, the effects of soil and climate upon the composition of wheat are being studied. Tests of the comparative value of deep and shallow plowing are under way; also experiments to compare the results of drilling and broad-cast seeding in both SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Preparing to Instruct Students At State Farm at Davis Part of the equipment of the University Farm for good work in both educational and experimental lines is a young orchard, whose value for both purposes becomes greater every year. It has been planted with the idea of having representatives of all the standard varieties of deciduous fruits that flourish in the Great Valley of California; peaches, apricots, plums, pears, prunes and early apples. Besides 15 standard varieties of peaches, about 70 other varieties are being tried out, with the idea of developing new ones to supplement the standard, and thus make a longer and steadier peach season. In almonds, about 12 varieties are under experiment, to determine the possibility of increased yield through cross-pollenizing. In time a large number of hybrids will be developed. The aim is to secure a greater regularity in the almond yield by development of new varieties. About 25 varieties of walnuts have been planted, with the intention of developing trees able to resist the heat of the interior valleys, and with a tendency to resist blight. It is also planned to develop methods of pruning adapted to climatic conditions in the Great Valley. These methods will be different from those suitable elsewhere insofar as the conditions are different. The orchard will be used to the fullest extent for demonstrations in the Horticultural work of the School of Agriculture. For practice in pruning investigations in the diseases of fruit trees, the study of harmful insects, spraying, etc., as well as for the details of preparing fruit for market, an orchard is essential; and for these purposes the new orchard will be used. CHILDREN RAISE New York, July 19th American boy great child army resources of the project of a campaign gun in this city direction of the Audubon Society to try to reach every million school over the continental to an active and for the feathered butchery is now cultural wealth tions. Already the children of rolling in the rainy array of boys and Audubon official est hopes of future birds. To muster the South into the land and girl army, retary of the Audubon today gone to will lecture to seers at their summation of birds to best methods of infant subject in endowment of $ hoped may be obeyed body Fund next education will be ded throughout till every child become an active proper protection resources. From Ohio it is the boys of Cinema heading an extension in that state by es for the birds shelter in the robbing birds' with wheat, toward improving the quality of the grain. In this way horsebeans, peas, rye, vetch and burr clover are being investigated. By a method of soil and seed exchange with other parts of the state and other states, the effects of soil and climate upon the composition of wheat are being studied. Tests of the comparative value of deep and shallow plowing are under way; also experiments to compare the results of drilling and broad-cast seeding in both deep and shallow plowed soil. There are investigations into the rates of seeding, from 75 to 120 pounds to the acre, in both deep and shallow plowed ground. And there are tests of the effect of water upon growing grain crops, as applied at different stages of maturity. All these experiments are those of a single branch of the work done at the University Farm. They must be repeated for several years in order to get conclusive results. When these results are ready, they will be sent to those to whom they properly belong—the farmers of California. ECONOMY THE WATCHWORD President Taft's expressed wish for economy in the administration of the government is being carried out in the most practical manner by his Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. McVeagh has just announced that there will be no increase of salaries in the customs service until the deficit in the federal revenues is made up. As the last Congress added considerably to the appropriation for customs services and authorized increases in the salaries of a number of inspectors in the Customs House at New York it was thought that a number of salaries would be raised on July 1st the beginning of the next fiscal year, but Mr. McVeagh has decided that these increases will not be made until the Treasury Department is able to make a better financial showing. He has announced his intention, however, to reward efficient employees in the customs service as soon as the Treasury receipts warrant it. QUEER CHICAGO CHILDREN There are about 10,000 school children in Chicago who will have exactly ten days' summer vacation. Having left school last Friday, they will return next Tuesday morning, in many The orchard will be used to the full extent for demonstrations in the Horticultural work of the School of Agriculture. For practice in pruning investigations in the diseases of fruit trees, the study of harmful insects, spraying, etc., as well as for the details of preparing fruit for market, an orchard is essential; and for these purposes the new orchard will be used. MORE WOMEN AUTO DRIVERS Those who walk along the streets where automobiles are driven most have noticed recently that more and more women are driving cars in the cities. On Broadway, Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive machines are to be seen with women at the wheel. In the first few days of warm weather recently there were lots of women in autos with chauffeurs apparently teaching them how to run the cars. One man counted fifteen such automobiles in a walk of about two hours. A good many cars also are now to be seen in which women alone are the passengers. A woman at the wheel taking her friends about seems to be the explanation. The women drivers don't seem to be afraid in the least of accidents, and apparently are prepared to handle any situation that may arise or do any repairs that are necessary. Only a little while ago a woman driving a car would have been the object of much public notice, but now folks are getting used to it. Furthermore, it is not only the older women that drive. One car the other day, a big imported car, too, had a girl in short dresses driving with some friends of about her own age in it. The women are to be seen in the thickest of the traffic on Fifth avenue, a place that will try the soul and the skill of the best driver. Not long ago only the electrics were handled by women, because they are easy to manage and are clean, but now all sorts of autos have feminine chauffeurs driving for their own amusement. A man in the automobile trade said recently: "More and more women come to us to buy cars for their own use. Any one who ever has had a car knows that ten times as much fun can be had in driving for one's self as in being driven. Once let a wo- QUEER CHICAGO CHILDREN There are about 10,000 school children in Chicago who will have exactly ten days' summer vacation. Having left school last Friday, they will return next Tuesday morning, in many cases to the very building where they spent the winter term. And they are doing it of their own free will. The Board of Education this year begins its first experiment with a municipal "all the year round" school system. In seventeen buildings in various parts of the city vacation school classes will be opened on Tuesday under the direction of the board and at five more free classes will be maintained by private agencies, with teachers from the regular system in charge. Failure to enclose tinseled or frosted post cards in tightly sealed envelopes to prevent the escape of particles of tinsel, mica and the like, as required by postal regulations, is causing from fifteen to twenty thousand of such cards to be sent to the dead letter office daily. The flimsy transparent envelope supplied for enclosing the cards falls to prevent the escape of the particles, which fill the air in the postal cars, causing inflammation of the eyes of mail clerks. Orange county shows a gain of two million dollars in the assessed valuation this year. Good for the tiny county of the southland. long ago only the electrics were handled by women, because they are easy to manage and are clean, but now all sorts of autos have feminine chauffeurs driving for their own amusement. A man in the automobile trade said recently: "More and more women come to us to buy cars for their own use. Any one who ever has had a car knows that ten times as much fun can be had in driving for one's self as in being driven. Once let a woman see what enjoyment may be had out of driving an automobile and she will insist on doing it. "It is a pretty severe test for a woman driver to get along in the crowded streets in the city, but some of them are marvels. As cool as any one could want, they are, too. Even the slightest and frailest of them appear to have the nervous energy needed to drive a car skillfully. "They don't stay within the speed limits to any extent, either, I can tell you. They let it out when they can, even some places where the bicycle policemen are near at hand. I don't know just how they come out with the cops. "I suppose they depend upon being nice to the policemen to get them out of difficulties. You know a cop is after all human and when you're nice to him he isn't apt to be so vindictive. "Then again there are lots of girls who think it looks very dashing and sporting to drive a car and they want to do it for that reason. It takes a lot of worrying and fussing to run an automobile right, and some of them come in from the first trip or so all up in the air through nervousness."—New York Sun. Besides the great interest which these feathered songstress country, they must lize that their native barren in a few eating birds are increased. This has work of national hope to rally them to its active supporter. SALE OF CORONA, July Bixby ranch at pending, the White of Los Angeles man Collier of Cincinnati includes 237½ acres are in orange twelve in walnut calyptus. There barns and other supply is a gravy mountains, where nels and two resilies is highly improve about $125,000. present superintendent Engineer H. C. to the City Trust rodmen here are while in Orange be procured for $ Justice Ling Friday fined W walk $30, and beside of seventy cruelty to a horse mercifully because law." The jail was suspended, if he is ever coanimals again. ANAHEIM GAZETTE CHILDREN RALLY FOR BIRDS Army of Young Americans Forming to Protect Songsters New York, July 2.—To enlist every American boy and girl in one great child army to guard the bird resources of their country is the object of a campaign that has been begun in this city today. Under the direction of the National Association of Audubon Societies it is planned to try to reach every one of the twenty million school children scattered over the continent and form them into an active and united fighting force for the feathered crop guards whose butchery is now threatening the agricultural wealth of coming generations. Already it is reported that the children of many states are enrolling in the ranks of this national array of boys and girls on whom the Audubon officials base their brightest hopes of future protection for the birds. To muster the children of the South into the vanguard of this boy and girl army, T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the Audubon association, has today gone to Knoxville where he will lecture to several thousand teachers at their summer school on the relation of birds to agriculture and the best methods of teaching this important subject in schools. With an endowment of $100,000, which it is hoped may be obtained from the Peabody Fund next fall, this branch of education will be pushed and extended throughout the southern states till every child in this section has become an active advocate of the proper protection of its valuable bird resources. From Ohio it is reported today that the boys of Cincinnati are already heading an extensive child movement in that state by building 1200 houses for the birds who sadly need their shelter in the parks. Instead of robbing birds' nests of their eggs, DECIDUOUS FRUITS Northern Counties Harvesting Bumper Crop FRESNO, July 3.—Indications are that the green fruit shipments from this state this year will be the largest in many years, and in some lines the largest shipments recorded are looked for. A bumper crop of malaga grapes is on the vines, and probably 1000 cars of this variety will be shipped east, against about two-thirds of that amount last season. A local shipper states that 5000 cars of peaches will probably be shipped from California this year, against 1500 last season. Conditions in the valley have been favorable for good crops, and have had their effects on many fruits. Thompson's seedless and tokay grape crops are both reported large. Reports show one of the largest crops of figs yet raised in the state now on the trees. Shippers have bought peaches this season on speculation, paying $20 to $25 per ton for them in the field, and procuring considerable amounts. A total of about 3000 acres of watermelons is being handled, with good opening prices. IMMENSE PROFITS OF GERMAN FORESTS In view of the general interest in municipal or communal forests, as advocated in this country by the American Civic Association, the report obtained by S. B. Elliot, of the Pennsylvania Forestry Reserve Commission, concerning the practical value of such woodlands in Germany is a remarkable document. This shows the actual profits obtainable from public forests. As an instance of the communal forests, the city of Baden has 10,576 acres, the income from which is $100,471, as against an outlay of $33,391, so that the net profit is $66,080, or approximately $6.25 an acre. In Frieden. LAST RITES FOR MODJESKA Stage Notables Send Wealth of Floral Tributes to New York Church NEW YORK, July 2.—Funeral services were celebrated today for Mme. Helena Modjeska at St. Stanislaus Church, 107th street. The Rev. Father John H. Strzelecki, pastor of the church, read the mass, assisted by other priests from the Polish churches of New York. Monsignor Michael J. Lavelle, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, delivered a sermon in English, while the Rev. Father Wroblewski, a famous preacher from Poland, who is here on a visit, spoke in Polish. Floral tributes from numerous Polish societies, from the Lambs' and Players' clubs, and many men and women prominent in the theatrical profession, covered the coffin of the famous woman. Count Bozenta Chlapowski, Modjeska's husband, and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Ralph Modjeska, attended the services. They will accompany the body to Cracow, Austrian Poland, and it will be placed in the vaults of the Wawel, where the bodies of Poland's kings and national heroes repose. SOIL EXPERT RESIGNS SACRAMENTO, July 3.—W. Wackie, chief of the bureau of soils for the Pacific Coast which is under the United States Department of the Interior, has resigned his government position and accepted a position with the Rindge syndicate near Stockton. In his capacity as manager and general overseer of the syndicate, Wackie will have charge of 21,000 acres of rich farming land in the island district. His successor has not been named; but it is announced that a man will be sent to this coast from the east. Wackie was an authority on soils and has made soil maps of all districts in the Sacramento Val- FROM OHIO IT IS REPORTED TODAY THAT THE BOYS OF CINCINNATI ARE ALREADY HEADING AN EXTENSIVE CHILD MOVEMENT IN THAT STATE BY BUILDING 1200 HOUSES FOR THE BIRDS WHO SADLY NEED THEIR SHELTER IN THE PARKS. INSTEAD OF ROBBING BIRDS’ NESTS OF THEIR EGGS, THE BOYS AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS ALL THROUGH THE COUNTRY ARE NOW INTERESTED IN THE EQUALLY INTERESTING OCCUPATION OF MAKING AND PLACING THE SHELTERS IN THE TREES WHERE THEY WILL BE PATRONIZED BY THE NATIVE FLOCKS. SUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN GERMANY FOR A LONG TIME WITH SPLENDID RESULTS. ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND IN NEW ENGLAND THE CHILDREN ARE NOW READY TO ORGANIZE FOR THE WORK OF GUARDING THE BIRDS IN WHICH THE ELDERS ARE ACTIVELY INTERESTED. IN NEW YORK STATE HUNDREDS OF thousands OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE KNOWN TO BE EAGER TO ENLIST. THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF ILLINOIS ARE also reported to be preparing to make up a good large section of the young army. Thousands of pamphlets showing the children the uses and habits of over sixty American bird species have been distributed in the schools over the entire country by the National Association of Audubon Societies during the past year in preparation for this movement by the American boys and girls. If sufficient funds become available for this educational campaign it is planned to spread the knowledge of every bird in the land in this way to every schoolhouse on the continent. “We must depend on the little folk to take up this battle for the birds which we have waged for years all over the country,” said William Dutcher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies at its headquarters, 141 Broadway today. “Besides the great sentimental interest which the children take in the feathered songsters of their home country, they must be taught to realize that their native land will become barren in a few years if the insect-eating birds are not protected and increased. This is a great and vital work of national education and we hope to rally thousands of parents to its active support.” SALE OF BIXBY RANCH TAINED AFTER S. B. Elliot, of the Pennsylvania Forestry Reserve Commission, concerning the practical value of such woodlands in Germany is a remarkable document. This shows the actual profits obtainable from public forests. As an instance of the communal forests, the city of Baden has 10,576 acres, the income from which is $100,471, as against an outlay of $33,391, so that the net profit is $66,080, or approximately $6.25 an acre. In Friedburg, the forests cover 8085 acres, representing a total income of $84,166, with an outlay of $37,330, or a profit of $46,836, or $5.79 an acre. In Heidelberg, the forests cover 6860 acres. The income is $39,834 and the outlay $27,199, showing a profit of $12,635. Heidelberg still is acquiring land, and that expense necessarily reduces its net income. In the village of Braunlingen, which has 1601 inhabitants and 4507 acres of forests, there is an allowance to the citizens of firewood and 100,000 board feet of lumber is given to churches, schools, and other public institutions. From the timber sold, the net income is $21,600, and Braunlingen not only is free from all communal taxes, but is enabled to establish electric plants, water works, and other public improvements. Even in the village of Aufen, with only 220 inhabitants, there are 163 acres of timberlands. This gives 2000 board feet of firewood to each citizen, and the 85,000 board feet of timber sold nets more than $1400, which is sufficient for all expenses of the little community. MUNICIPAL FORESTRY Although the Pennsylvania Legislature held one of the briefest sessions in years, officers and members of the American Civic Association conducted a vigorous campaign among members for the enactments of important forestry legislation. This was mainly a campaign of education, but one measure of interest was passed and probably will have Governor Edwin S. Stuart’s approval. This proposed law will permit Pennsylvania municipalities to acquire or purchase lands for the establishment of municipal forests, a plan which has been introduced by Representative Edgar R. Kiess, himself a staunch advocate of forestry conservation, the American Civic Association explained the advantages of this legislation to position and accepted a position with the Rindge syndicate near Stockton. In his capacity as manager and general overseer of the syndicate, Mackie will have charge of 21,000 acres of rich farming land in the island district. His successor has not been named; but it is announced that a man will be sent to this coast from the east. Mackie was an authority on soils and has made soil maps of all districts in the Sacramento Valley. EXPERIMENTAL Quite recently an old friend of the Browns went to see them at their new country home. As he approached the house a large dog ran out to the gate and began barking at him through the fence. As he hesitated about opening the gate, Brown’s wife came to the door and exclaimed: “How do you do! Come right in. Don’t wind the dog.” “But won’t he bite?” exclaimed the friend, not anxious to meet the canine without some assurance of his personal safety. “That’s just what I want to find out,” exclaimed Mrs. Brown. “I just bought him this morning.” A case in which a crop mortgage failed to satisfy the note has found its way into the superior court. The First National Bank of Fullerton is plaintiff and F.W. Snell defendant, Head & Marks appearing for the plaintiff. On May 6, 1908, a note for $1476 07 was given the bank and a crop at Fallbrook was mortgaged. Part of the crop was destroyed and a part failed to mature. The remainder was sold and $773 25 realized. There remains $702 82 on which suit is brought and judgment asked. A school where progressive thought is merged with sound business sense. The only Commercial school in Orange county. Endorsed by Chamber of Commerce and Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Santa Ana, and leading business and professional men. Summer term of 8 weeks begins July 5. Individual instruction. Our classrooms are cool and pleasant. Cheap board—low tuition—catalogue free Besides the great sentimental interest which the children take in the feathered songsters of their home country, they must be taught to realize that their native land will become barren in a few years if the insect-eating birds are not protected and increased. This is a great and vital work of national education and we hope to rally thousands of parents to its active support." SALE OF BIXBY RANCH CORONA, July 2.—The sale of the Bixby ranch at Temescal is now pending, the purchasers being Ben White of Los Angeles and Assemblyman Collier of Corona. The property includes 237½ acres, of which forty are in oranges, seven in lemons, twelve in walnuts and thirteen in eucalyptus. There are a ranch-house, barns and other buildings. The water supply is a gravity flow from the mountains, where there are four tunnels and two reservoirs. The property is highly improved, and is held at about $125,000. Henry Daniels, the present superintendent, will remain. Engineer H. C. Kellogg has reported to the City Trustees that chain and rodmen here are allowed $2.50 daily, while in Orange county such labor can be procured for $2. Justice Ling of Los Angeles on Friday fined Walter Luther of Norwalk $30, and imposed a sentence beside of seventy-five days in jail for cruelty to a horse, which he beat unmercifully because it was an "outlaw." The jail part of the sentence was suspended, but will be imposed if he is ever convicted of cruelty to animals again. This proposed law will permit Pennsylvania municipalities to acquire or purchase lands for the establishment of municipal forests, a plan which has been introduced by Representative Edgar R. Kiess, himself a staunch advocate of forestry conservation, the American Civic Association explained the advantages of this legislation to members of the General Assembly and the measure was approved without opposition. By the provisions of this measure, Pennsylvania municipalities and communities will be empowered to acquire lands to be maintained as forests, receiving the increasing profits from the sale of mature timber and, in this manner, tending to reduce the burdens of taxation, as has been the effect in Germany. FARMERS PROSPEROUS Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture, recently returned to Washington from the West, made the statement that throughout the West the farmers are seeking in vain for laborers to cultivate their farms, and that there was not one of the great agricultural states but could furnish employment to thousands of laborers on the farms. If labor leaders seeking work for the 2,000,000 unemployed members of their organizations could induce an exodus from the cities, they could not only supply the demand in the agricultural sections, but would accomplish an incalculable good by relieving the congestion in the cities. Big Reductions in All Departments We pay 25c for your Old Shoes. Wear them in and get 25c off on a New Pair Ladies Goods Shirt Waists, big assortment, 12 different kinds $1 Each Big Slash on all Suits and Dresses (at your own price) 90c to $20 Misses, Childrens and Infants Straw Hats 12½c up to $2 All Figured Lawns 20 per cent off For Men Good, clean up-to-date suits, $8.50 to $20 Big line of straw hats priced at 1-2 Boys Summer Wash Suits at 20 per cent discount Work and Dress Trousers for Men 20 per cent discount Silks a Specialty The "S.Q.R." Store Schumacher, Quarton & Renner Phones: Home 1604; Sunset 541 - AT DICKEL'S - Fruit Jars and Fruit Cans Jelly Glasses and Canning Supplies and Fruit Cans Jelly Glasses and Canning Supplies AT DICKEL'S Cool Underwear FOR Hot Weather Also a nobby line of Men's and Young Men's Outing Suits & Trousers YUNGBLUTH & KROEGER Phones—Home 1044 Main 294 127 W. Center St. Peter Stoffel HEADQUARTERS FOR FRESH VEGETABLES Kansas Hard-wheat Flour Consignments of Staple and Fancy Groceries Received Daily. Phones Sunset 237 Home 1103 PETER STOFFEL Prop. HEADQUARTERS FOR FRESH VEGETABLES Kansas Hard-wheat Flour Consignments of Staple and Fancy Groceries Received Daily. Phones Sunset 237 Home 1103 PETER STOFFEL, Prop. Palace Meat Market Schumacher & Schneider Proprietors DEALEPS IN Choice Fresh and Salted Meats Telephone Main 51 Meats Delivered to all parts of city HENSHAW, BULKLEY & CO. 262-64 So. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles IRRIGATION PLANTS INSTALLED COMPLETE MACHINERY of all kinds, including road making machinery, levelers, scrapers, hardpan ploughs, etc. Full stock always on hand. GASOLINE ENGINES CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS