anaheim-gazette 1909-10-21

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 OUR FORTIETH VOLUME The Gazette enters today upon the fortieth year of its publication. It has completed thirty-nine years of its existence, and faces resolutely forward for the work incumbent upon it in another year. It feels confident it will meet the issues with the same unflinching courage which has characterized its course in the past, and will continue to be a purveyor of news to its thousands of readers while yet it's news. That has been the glory of the Gazette in the years that have sped into history. It has been ever a newspaper, printing the news as it finds it, with an opinion of its own upon current topics and a disposition to express them in each recurring issue. What a brood of recollections go trooping by as one sits in the quiet of the evening and looks back into the abysm of the past, these thirty-nine years. Orange county was unthought of then, and Los Angeles was a sparsely populated pueblo of a few thousand souls. Los Angeles had no newspaper then which is published today. Those which were published there are gone to do penance for their sins on high. Anaheim was the only town between that city and San Diego if we except the mission estimate is rather under the mark than over it. Col. Finley stated last year the road to Huntington Beach would cost twice the sum of other roads, so that the distance of 22 miles is practically doubled. Figure up the cost of the five main highways leading into Santa Ana from the east, south and west, at $8000 per mile, and double this amount for the Huntington Beach road, and tell us how much will be left out of a million dollars to construct roads just as badly needed in the northern part of the county. THE MACHINE HOLDS FAST The impending appointment by the supervisors of Hotfoot Johnny Morrison as horticultural commissioner, in defiance of a unanimous protest on the part of citrus-fruit growers throughout the county, must serve its purpose as indicating their selection of highway commissioners, in altogether improbable event of their being requested so to do. Morrison is the pet of the railroad machine, much as he may stand in disfavor with the rank and file of the party in this county. He takes orders from headquarters in Los Angeles. It was he who, more than any other one man, lined up the pinto delegates for Estudillo in last year's senatorial convention. Acting under instructions from the usual authority, he refused to go into caucus with the clean men of the delegation, and he lined up with him five of the thirteen delegates, who refused to stand by their instructions, and violated their pledges and their solemn promises to the party. By devious arts of side-stepping throughout the campaign, he sought to shield his course, until the final measure of the infamy was pulled off at Riverside in a convention which stained, and still stains, the political history of the Thirty-ninth THE SAN Arthur Pillsbury California Weekly Sandlapper," who vicissitudes beseech gators in their later upon their first years ago: Through runs the skein or trancing interest of life at the unrace at Emeryville throws his rider's sorority girl of after entreaties to don a jockey's place. In her yidden Roanoke victory in Tulare are descendants of placable enemies has subsisted fro more than fricety at Berkeley La Roanoke is present Clayton as a man their exhausted wins the race but hastens back to oously incensed acting that she She instructs that permit Clayton stairs, throws his hands and gives way to Clayton follows her vants aside, leans down her door, tells her that he with him a wad a link of weiner We fancy we ham"the hero oofof the character self. Although wvthe gifted author reproduce himself picture, yet Pillsbury editor of the The much to do with the irrigation la trooping by as one sits in the quiet of the evening and looks back into the abysm of the past, these thirty-nine years. Orange county was unthought of then, and Los Angeles was a sparsely populated pueblo of a few thousand souls. Los Angeles had no newspaper then which is published today. Those which were published there are gone to do penance for their sins on high. Anaheim was the only town between that city and San Diego, if we except the mission of San Juan. The stage ride from Anaheim to San Diego occupied nineteen hours. The trip to Los Angeles by stage occupied more than four hours. The stage left before daylight in winter, and the Coyotes rancho was reached by sunup. It was cold sledding for travelers in the rumbling old stage coach. The return was long after nightfall. From the stage descending the valley from the foothills at the Coyote House, the glimmer of the farmers' lights could be seen in all directions. For even at this early day there existed a movement of population to this enchanted valley. Mall came but once a day. It took a fortnight to hear from San Francisco. Anaheim Landing was a port of call for coastwise steamers and much freight and many passengers were landed at that point. The pioneers landed at San Pedro and drove overland to the new colony. In later years they established shipping facilities at the landing and the port did an extensive lighterage business. An effort was made to organize a company for the erection of a wharf at Bolsa Chica, but the project was abandoned. Santa Ana was at that time unknown, nor was Riverside, and a score of prosperous cities which have sprang into life in Southern California during the past thirty years. Nor had Editor Clarke come down the pike, astonishing the natives awearing of his suspenders outside his waist. Many newspapers have been born and died in the southland since the Gazette first set sail upon the sea of journalism. In Anaheim five "long-felt wants" have climbed the golden stair, in Orange county more than a dozen, in Southern California hundreds. Into these early days of pioneering in Southern California, the Gazette was projected, and has been regular- to go into caucus with the clean men of the delegation, and he lined up with him five of the thirteen delegates, who refused to stand by their instructions, and violated their pledges and their solemn promises to the party. By devious arts of side-stepping throughout the campaign, he sought to shield his course, until the final measure of the infamy was pulled off at Riverside in a convention which stained, and still stains, the political history of the Thirty-ninth district. Did these men prostitute their manhood for nothing, or were they assured the mother love of the machine would take care of them in their old age, when the biting winds of popular disfavor beset their course? Morrison was already ensconced in a warm political billet, and now seeks to go higher. Having proven his unfitness for the position he now holds, and being upon the point of dismissal, he is seeing to it that he may yet fall into another political berth at advanced salary. That he will land the office admits of little doubt. Last year's fight against Estudillo was the hardest, indeed the only fight, republicans of this county ever openly waged against the railroad machine. In it the push had administered to it the severest rebuke possible for free voters to bestow. Estudillo was badly beaten in Orange county, and but for combinations and a liberal use of money in his home county would never have been elected senator, although his predecessor in office carried the district by more than 3000 votes. Estudillo's nomination was rejected by the Orange county republican convention, which pledged its senatorial delegates not to support him under any conditions. Six of the delegates stood by their instructions; seven disobeyed them. Estudillo's nomination was made possible only by their treachery. These men stand ready to receive their reward. Morrison will be named as county horticultural commissioner, and will turn the patronage of the office over to the push. Ralph Fuller will in all probability be made deputy fish and game commissioner, which position Morrison will vacate to take on the better job, and to save himself from dismissal. These offices are useful to the push; but the highway commissioners are of far greater importance. Let Many newspapers have been born and died in the southland since the Gazette first set sail upon the sea of journalism. In Anaheim five "long-felt wants" have climbed the golden stair, in Orange county more than a dozen, in Southern California hundreds. Into these early days of pioneering in Southern California, the Gazette was projected, and has been regularly issued once each week until the present time. It was an ambitious venture, yet the paper has ever since sought to keep a bit ahead of the procession, and to give its readers a larger and better paper than its opponents in the publishers' field. With this purpose in mind, the Gazette starts today upon its fortieth volume, sending greeting to its thousands of readers, thanking its friends for their support in the past, and soliciting a continuance of friendly relations for the future. COST OF PAVED HIGHWAYS A. A. Mills has been in consultation with the highway commission of Los Angeles county and finds that the engineer in charge of road-building in that county estimates the cost of Macadam roads at from $7000 to $8000 per mile. This is somewhat higher than Col. Finley's estimate two years ago of $6000 per mile. Inasmuch as the cost of less than two miles of paved streets in this city is $46,000, we may accept the advanced figures with equanimity. True our streets are wider than the sixteen-foot strip contemplated for county roads, yet we think under existing conditions the Los Angeles engineer's These offices are useful to the push; but the highway commissioners are of far greater importance. Let the push name these commissioners, who in turn name subordinates not only willing but anxious to take orders, and the party will be hopelessly within its clutch for a generation to come. Saltpeter could not save it. These pinto senatorial delegates having shown their fealty to the push, now stand in position to receive their portion of the loaves and fishes. Three highway commissioners might be easily selected from the number who have not as yet been provided for. The fight against Estudillo was the severest jolt ever given the railroad machine in this county. The machine stands ready to reward its friends, if not indeed to punish its enemies. The machine must do this; it must not forget its friends who were friends to it in time of need. Nor will it forget these friends. It cannot afford to do so. To so act would destroy the machine. Who will compose the highway commission, in the improbable event of a highway commission being selected? Scan the list of these pinto delegates, and be enlightened. Editor Hackholz of the Ontario Doughnut says 30 in stepping down from the tripod. Hoping it doesn't mean 23 for the Doughnut. ANAHEIM GAZETTE THE SANDLAPPER Arthur Pillsbury is writing in the California Weekly a story called "The Sandlapper," which deals with the vicissitudes besetting the Tulare irrigators in their efforts to bring water upon their fields some twenty years ago. Through the serial there runs the skein of a love story of entrancing interest. There is a glimpse of life at the university and a horse race at Emeryville in which Roanoke throws his rider. Helen Singham, the sorority girl of the story, consents, after entreaties by Clayton Brayton, to don a jockey's suit and take his place. In her younger days she had ridden Roanoke to at least one other victory in Tulare county. The two are descendants of men who are implacable enemies, but between them has subsisted from the first a feeling of more than friendship. Their money at Berkeley has become short, and Roanoke is pressed into service by Clayton as a means of replenishing their exhausted exchequer. Roanoke wins the race by a nose and Helen hastens back to her lodgings grievously incensed at Clayton for insisting that she ride the race. She instructs the servants not to permit Clayton to enter; goes upstairs, throws herself upon her bed, and gives way to violent weeping. Clayton follows her, brushing the servants aside, leaps upstairs, breaks down her door, and for the first time tells her that he loves her. He has with him a wad of bills bigger than a link of weinerwurst. We fancy we see in "Sillas Singham" the hero of the story, a replica of the character of Pillsbury himself. Although we would not charge the gifted author with an attempt to reproduce himself in such heroic stature, yet Pillsbury, as the aforetime editor of the Tulare Register, had much to do with the enactment of the irrigation law with which the OUR FORGOTTEN ORATORS How an Anaheim Man Disconcerted Senator White The age of oratory is past in California. Thirty or forty years ago there was not a village in the state but could contribute its orator, and no slouch at that. In the late seventies, for instance, Los Angeles was nothing more than a country village, but the town could boast of half a dozen public speakers, any one of whom could give cards and spades on the stump to the best that California can produce today. There was that marvelous master of style, Colonel E. J. C. Kewen, on the democratic side, and handsome Jim Eastman on the republican end. There were, besides, the masterful Volney Howard, "Black Jim" Howard, Frank Ganahl and others. Stephen M. White was just beginning his career in those days and great as he became he was outclassed as an orator by most of the men I have named. A Primitive Audience The people of that day used to travel miles to have part in a big political powwow and the orator was a popular hero. In those days the roads in Los Angeles county were simply beds of shifting sand and at Downey City the Missourians would flock in from the country along about 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon and squat down in the soft and warm sand in front of the hotel, smoking corncob pipes and waiting for Frank Ganahl to come along about sundown and expound to them the democratic law and gospel from the balcony. Nobody ever thought of hiring a hall. September was the campaign month and all political functions were held outdoors. Stephen M. White's Voice You could hear Stephen M. White's voice a block away. You did not hav We fancy we see in "Silas Singham" the hero of the story, a replica of the character of Pillsbury himself. Although we would not charge the gifted author with an attempt to reproduce himself in such heroic stature, yet Pillsbury, as the aforetime editor of the Tulare Register, had much to do with the enactment of the irrigation law with which the story deals, and he had much to do with the formation of the Tulare irrigation district. More than any other man is his credit for evolving the plan which finally brought the district out of the choas of financial difficulties which at one time beset it. In the days of the seventh congressional district, before the last census, Pillsbury was a candidate for congress and his name was presented to the convention which met at Newport Beach. The nominee chosen was Jas. C. Needham, now congressman from the sixth district. It was Needham's first entry into California politics and he has been continually with the game ever since. Congressman Smith was present in the convention as a delegate, and he presided at the Coronado convention two years later, when Needham was renominated: Smith was looking in at the game, and when Daniels rounded out his career, he climbed into the hand wagon. Gov. Pardee appointed Pillsbury secretary of the board of state examiners during his administration, and the former editor acquitted himself with cleverness and ability during his term. Pillsbury has not been successful in politics—he has been running newspapers too long in California for that; but as a writer of luminous English he ranks with the foremost. His story, which is still incomplete, promises to develop into the best bit of fiction of the year. TAXABLE WEALTH AND ROAD BONDS Here is a list of the six incorporated cities of Orange county, with their total assessed valuation; all of which is subject to assessment if a road-bond issue carries: Santa Ana ... $3,948,500 Anaheim ... 717,655 Fullerton ... 1,029,250 Orange ... 998,075 You could hear Stephen M. White's voice a block away. You did not hav to attend the meeting. All that was necessary was to open the windows and listen. That marvelous voice of White's, with which in later years he was able to control national conventions, gained its pitch and compass by practice in open air speaking. It was a form of political enthusiasm of that period to explode anvils. One anvil was placed on another and a charge of powder was ignited between them with a deafening report that made the windows rattle. White was speaking one evening at Anaheim and an indiscreet and enthusiastic democrat insisted on exploding anvils at intervals all through the speech. The fireworks artist regarded it merely as a delectable form of applause, but the sudden and repeated reports nearly drove Steve out of his wits and reduced his nervous system to a frazle.—E. F. Cahill in San Francisco Call. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. W. F. Crist et ux to S. A. Ruddy et ux. Lot 10, Block 22, town of Los Alamitos. $1,500. Ella Levy to James B. Maxwell, Lots 16 & 18, Block 110, Huntington Beach. $10. J. A. Thorpe et ux to Belle Clemens, 20.54 acres in Lot 11, Anaheim Ext. $10. George Kaminski to William A. Harrison, e half of s half of Lot 14, Block K, Kraemer Tract. $10. John C. Boege to W. H. Thomas et al, n half of nw quar, of ne quar. of sw quar. of Sec. 14, T. 4 S. R. 11 W. $10. W. H. Thomas et ux to Kate Leonard, same description. $1. Cora A. Heartwell et conj. to Abbie A. Haws, Lots 1 & 3, Block 407, Huntington Beach. $10. F. M. Graham et ux to Ola Graham, Lots 1 and 3, Block 610, Huntington Beach. $10. Huntington Beach Co. to Gates Brothers Co., Lots 26 to 28, Block 312. L. A. Banker of Los Angeles, was injured possibly fatally. The automobile was wrecked. Banker formerly drove a machine in auto races. Banker left Los Angeles at two o'clock with three other men, bound for the San Mateo canyon for a hunt. They passed Gockley's place and came to a grade where there is a double curve. Banker evidently expected one curve only, and before he realized how the road lay the machine went off the embankment. Banker was pinned beneath the machine. He was the only man seriously hurt. He was brought to Richard Egan's home here, and Dr. Burlew was summoned from Santa Ana. Banker was sent to Los Angeles by the next train. He was hurt internally. The accident occurred about 6 o'clock Sunday morning. FULLERTON A large number of growers in the Fullerton district are getting in readiness to plant the coming cabbage crop. Some of them who marketed large quantities last season will drop out but, as there will be many new ones, who will engage in the business this year, it is believed that the shipments the coming season will be fully as large as they were last year. The producers last season received fairly good returns for the total output, which footed up several hundred carloads from this community. F. K. Kirker and wife have been called to Katlettsburg, Ky., on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Kirker's father. Orangethorpe avenue has been graded and oiled and will be in first class condition in a few weeks. THE PROPAGANDA SPREADS To the little brown hen said the big red rooster: "You don't lay eggs as often as you useter." And the little brown hen said: "No, you bet. I'll have you to know I'm a suffragette." F. BACKS Undertaker Dealer in Furniture, Wall Paper Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils, and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies Corner Los Angeles and Chartres 8 TAXABLE WEALTH AND ROAD BONDS Here is a list of the six incorporated cities of Orange county, with their total assessed valuation; all of which is subject to assessment if a road-bond issue carries: Santa Ana ... $3,948,500 Anaheim ... 717,655 Fullerton ... 1,029,259 Orange ... 998,075 Huntington Beach ... 606,185 Newport Beach ... 436,180 Total ... $7,795,845 Here are figures showing their territorial area, in none of which can a dollar of road-bonds be expended: Santa Ana—8 1-4 square miles. Anaheim—2 5-8. Fullerton—16 1-2. Orange—2 5-8. Huntington Beach—4. Total—34. Newport Beach may be figured at the same area as Huntington Beach, so that the total area in which no bond money can be expended within incorporated cities in this county is 38 square miles. About these cities center the bulk of the travel in the county. They will pay a great part of the bonds, should they carry, and yet not a dollar of this money can be expended within their limits. Funny, isn't it? President Taft drank of the waters of the Hassayampa. And yet Arizonaans went into raptures over what he said about statehood. Taft and Diaz have shaken hands across the Rio Grande. Viva. Viva. John C. Boege to W. H. Thomas et al, n half of new quar, of ne quar. of sw quar. of Sec. 14, T. 4 S. R. 11 W. $10. W. H. Thomas et ux to Kate Leonard, same description. $1. Cora A. Heartwell et conj. to Abbie A. Haws, Lots 1 & 3, Block 407, Huntington Beach. $10. F. M. Graham et ux to Ola Graham, Lots 1 and 3, Block 610, Huntington Beach. $10. Huntington Beach Co. to Gates Brothers Co., Lots 26 to 28, Block 312, and Lots 13, 15, 19, 21 and 23, Block 315, Huntington Beach. $10. George A. Ruddock et ux to Alvin Johnson, Lot 8, Block 18, Townsite of Fullerton. $10. Wm. H. Wallace et ux to William Cruickshank, Lot 27, Block 4, Bay City. $10. J. B Lossing et ux to Frank S. Watrous, n 150 ft. of Lots 16 and 17, Town of Westminster. $10. R. L. Huffman et ux to Ben E. Turner, und. half interest in Lot 12, Brock's Re-Sub Laguna Beach. $10. P. G. Beissel et ux to same, und. half interest in same property as above $10. Same to R. L. Huffman, und. half int. in Lot 14, Brock's Re-Sub. $10. Drying preparations simply develop dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions, which adhere to the membrane and decompose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs and use that which cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely's Cream Balm will master catarrh or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. All druggists sell the 50 cent size. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. The Balm is used without pain, does not irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irritated and angry surface, relieving immediately the painful inflammation. Ely's Cream Balm contains no cocaine, mercury nor other harmful drugs. F. BACKS Undertaker Dealer in Furniture, Wall Paper Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils, and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies Corner Los Angeles and Chartres 8 The Candy Girl Never gets tired of our sweets. Our chocolates, caramels and other dainty confections have a flavor of which one never tires. The Candy Man Who makes our confectionery is a wizard in getting up combinations of sugary sweetness that excell all other candies sold at anywhere near our prices. Try a small box today. You'll want a bigger one tomorrow. Joseph Helmsen Thursday, October 21 Get in the Well-dressed Circle Wear Schwab St. Louis Clothes HOW do you like this style at $15? It's a suit that any man would be proud to wear—substantially tailored and trimmed, perfect in fit; choice, select fabrics. 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