anaheim-gazette 1909-12-02

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 BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS We have been asked by a number of friends in this city and other portions of the county when The Gazette will favor an issue of bonds for good roads. These gentlemen are favorable to a bond issue at this time, while we have contended the time is not opportune for bonding the county for that purpose. Nor do we think an election could be carried at this time in support of such bonds. To these questions our answer is, in brief, that when the state election next year shall have passed upon Gov Gillett's proposition to bond the state for $18,000,000 for good roads, whether the voters be for or against that measure, it will be time enough for Orange county to take the matter up for earnest discussion. The governor, it might be added, is personally favorable to this state bond issue, and has already made one campaign in its favor. He will again take the matter up next year, and will make an appeal to the people in behalf of his proposition. If these bonds carry, and it is idle to dismiss the subject as one having no chance of approval, Orange county will in all probability receive a half million dollars for the construction of a main road. SHALL SAN DIEGO NAME THE CONGRESSMAN? Politicians at San Diego are negotiating for a congressman from that county to represent the new Ninth district which will be formed out of the five southern counties after the federal census next year. The state will be probably entitled to two new congressmen, when the great increase of population is taken into account, but a desire on the part of Congress to keep the numerical strength of the lower house down to its present number will probably result in giving us only one new representative at the national capital. Yet the state may have two after all, and in that event the southern district will be the Tenth; with Los Angeles forming the Eighth and Ninth. Whether the five counties of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial shall have sufficient population to erect themselves into a congress district, or whether a portion of Los Angeles county will be included, or whether other counties of the present district will be retained, is as yet too early to determine. Probably the politicians wish to see Los Angeles make a part of the district, so that the machine might be better able to handle affairs. For years past Los Angeles has had very little to say about the selection of a congressman from this district. The people would prefer to see this condition of affairs continued, but is it better to have the district wagged by Los Angeles or San Diego? That is the question now up for consideration. San Diego has its mitt stretched forth for so many things from the federal government that a congressman from that district may be tempted to give the rest of the district the overlook. It wants appropriation. ter up for earnest discussion. The governor, it might be added, is personally favorable to this state bond issue, and has already made one campaign in its favor. He will again take the matter up next year, and will make an appeal to the people in behalf of his proposition. If these bonds carry, and it is idle to dismiss the subject as one having no chance of approval, Orange county will in all probability receive a half million dollars for the construction of a main highway through the county. Then, if a local bond issue, say a half million dollars be called, for construction of other roads here, the measure will doubtless engage the favorable attention of our people. The constitutional amendment exempting railroads from local bond issues, which will be voted upon at next year's general election, should be defeated, and with this out of the way, an opportunity for building good roads will appeal more favorably to taxpayers in general. With the election of a new board of supervisors, insuring the appointment of a highway commission of men competent to disburse a bond fund, chances for carrying a bond issue will be vastly improved. The Gazette stands for good roads, and has all along so contended. But we doubt if bonds should be carried on the eve of a state road-bond election. Let the people be educated for good roads, but let them see to it that the times are right, and that the bond fund will be honestly expended by men competent to hold office upon the highway commission. HONESTY IN POLITICS THE BEST POLICY Perhaps it has dawned upon the intelligence of the astute observer that Orange county offers no inviting field for crookedness in politics. This unclean state of affairs may find an abiding place in some quarters—notably in San Francisco and Punktown—but it finds no welcoming lodgment here. The chill blast of the popular breath turns it into wither and decay, and saltpeter cannot save it. The recent elimination of Hotfoot Jack, the bad man from the El Modena wilds, is one of the many cases in point. This Jack, the Trout-Killer, drew salary at $100 per as deputy fish and game commissioner. A consignment of several thousand trout for Trabuco creek never found theirgressman from this district. The people would prefer to see this condition of affairs continued, but is it better to have the district wagged by Los Angeles or San Diego? That is the question now up for consideration. San Diego has its mitt stretched forth for so many things from the federal government that a congressman from that district may be tempted to give the rest of the district the overlook. It wants appropriations for its harbor, for a coaling station, for a navy yard, for additional fortifications and for its proposed "world's fair" in 1915. But there are other things which enter into the political computation at this time, and which will have to be reckoned with San Diego has a political skeleton in its closet which will not remain in hiding, but stalks forth pointing its honey finger at its past decades of political treachery. The county's rejection of its own candidate, Bowers, after he had served several terms in congress, was an act of a political harlot and a renegade. Instead of giving him a majority of 2000, it voted for Castle. While the other counties of the south loyally supported him, San Diego ambuscaded him to his political death. In later years its treachery to Daniels showed the county had not gotten over its bad political tricks. When Daniels defeated the San Diego candidate in the republican convention, that county resolved to knife him, and knife him it right royally did. The time has not come for a pardon for these sins. Orange county has good political timber, and at the proper moment may be prevailed upon to present the name of a candidate for consideration. Orange county has never yet had the honor of naming a state or federal officer. It has gone on rolling up majorities for the ticket, but never a bit of recognition has it received in return. It is time that the claims of the county upon the party be recognized and this is especially true when it is known that Orange county can present as able a lot of men as can be found anywhere in the state. This county will have something to say about the congressman from the new district. ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS Hold Banquet at Fullerton on Tuesday ably in San Francisco and Punktown—but it finds no welcoming lodgment here. The chill blast of the popular breath turns it into wither and decay, and saltpeter cannot save it. The recent elimination of Hotfoot Jack, the bad man from the El Modena wilds, is one of the many cases in point. This Jack, the Trout-Killer, drew salary at $100 per as deputy fish and game commissioner. A consignment of several thousand trout for Trabuco creek never found their way into that mountain stream, but instead, were deflected into San Juan creek, which had already had its allotment from the state hatchery. Why was this, not to say porque? Not satisfied with this bit of funny business, Hotfoot Jack last year packed the county committee with Angostura Bitters pikers whom he lined up against republican primaries in this county. At the Thirty-ninth senatorial district convention he turned his undershirt for Miguelito Estudillo. He sidestepped a clean men's caucus. He got his when he aspired to go higher. Mr. Windy Walker, erstwhile Espee bosslet, also ran. They laid him away in the cold, dark, dank political grave of commerce. Two-spot Miguel was also in the fracas. He crept into office by the cuticle of his molars. A normal republican majority in the district of over 3000, he succeeded in boiling down to a scant 100. He has been measured for his political coffin, and political bells will toll for his funeral before long. Honesty is the best policy, after all, in politics as in everything else. R. H. Gilman was in town on Tuesday from South Pasadena for a brief business visit. He attended the banquet of the associated chamber of commerce at Fullerton in the evening. Miss DeWolf of Fullerton and Allen Mathewson of Santa Ana were on Tuesday adjudged to be insane and were committed to the Southern California hospital for the insane at Patton. Miss DeWolf was laboring under the delusion that she was being pursued by someone who wanted to kill her. Mathewson had many delusions, such as burying pumpkins, under the impression that they were of great value, and cutting limbs off the orchard trees and talking to them as if they were people. He thought himself in danger of being robbed and murdered. Neversweat club meets regularly morning and evening at usual place. Fine fire provided by the Landlord. ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS Hold Banquet at Fullerton on Tuesday Evening The Associated Chambers of Commerce of Orange county met at Fullerton on Tuesday eveing, the attendance being 150. A large banquet was given, and more than $000 roses were used to decorate the tables. Fullerton ladies had charge of the supper. The chambers endorsed the matter of getting out 20,000 pamphlets to advertise the county, and voted against the encouragement of bringing more Japanese to this country. The next meeting will be held at Huntington Beach on December 29. Buena Park was admitted to the county chambers. Miss DeWolf of Fullerton and Allen Mathewson of Santa Ana were on Tuesday adjudged to be insane and were committed to the Southern California hospital for the insane at Patton. Miss DeWolf was laboring under the delusion that she was being pursued by someone who wanted to kill her. Mathewson had many delusions, such as burying pumpkins, under the impression that they were of great value, and cutting limbs off the orchard trees and talking to them as if they were people. He thought himself in danger of being robbed and murdered. Neversweat club meets regularly morning and evening at usual place. Fine fire provided by the Landlord. Atlantic to Pacific To U.S. Pacific To Hawaii ... Total ... These figures all of the comm Panama route, ma by the Pac bound, and more carried to foresteamship line competition wital railroads. Only $1,500,000 was carried by eastbound, and segregate this infantic commerce holds true as in less than $700 coast products. In other works affords practical the products o no practical o transcontinental. The Tehuantepec 000,000 worth chandise eastw $24,000,000 work. The principal traffic on the Hawaiian sugar fact that an steamship line connection w route, is owned terests and wailly to carry Sprig wall. For this reason even the A does not compete FEDERAL SHIPS A NECESSITY BANEFUL EFFECTS OF STIFLING COMPETITION ON ISTHMUS Traffic by Panama Railroad Shows Effect of Railroad Monopoly, While That of Tehuantepec Shows Steady Growth — Interesting Figures Traffic by Isthmian Routes 1907 Panama route ... $12,000,000 Tehuantepec route ... 27,000,000 1908 Panama route ... $9,500,000 Tehuantepec route ... 38,000,000 1909 Panama route ... $10,500,000 Tehuantepec route ... 51,500,000 The foregoing figures strikingly tell the story of the need for a federal line of steamships on the Pacific coast between Panama and United States ports. They are the figures representing the amount of traffic carried over the two Isthmian railroads since the Tehuantepec route was opened for business. They show that while the Tehuantepec route carried more than double the traffic of the Panama route in the very first year of its existence, in two years it had almost doubled that traffic, while the Panama route has gone backward. Today the Tehuantepec route is carrying almost five times as much traffic as is the Panama route. And the reason is because the Panama Mall Steamship company, owned by the Southern Pacific, does not afford sufficient competition to carry traffic by the Panama route. These figures are given in a bulletin just issued by the department of commerce and labor. It is stated that might with the transcontinental railroads on eastbound traffic. The American-Hawaiian line naturally makes its rates no lower than is necessary to get the traffic it desires, and it therefore does not need to go as low as would be the case were there competition between water lines. STATE TAXES INCREASED California state and county taxes increased this year nearly $4,000,000. Today the Tehuantepec route is carrying almost five times as much traffic as is the Panama route. And the reason is because the Panama Mall Steamship company, owned by the Southern Pacific, does not afford sufficient competition to carry traffic by the Panama route. These figures are given in a bulletin just issued by the department of commerce and labor. It is stated that the Panama railroad is only 40 miles long, while the Tehuantepec railroad is 190 miles long, so that the rail haul by the Tehuantepec is almost five times that by Panama. The Tehuantepec railroad is owned partly by British capital and is controlled by the Mexican government while the Panama railroad is owned outright by the United States government. Yet the Mexican railroad carries most of the commerce of the United States between its east and west coasts. This, taken in connection with the astounding fact that the government ships on the Atlantic, between New York and Colon, now go east carrying old iron for ballast, presents an incontrovertible argument in favor of federal steamships on the Pacific. If such a line were established, the growth of business by the Panama route would more than keep pace with that of the Tehuantepec; the government's ships would be loaded eastbound on the Atlantic, and the public would be greatly benefitted. The bulletin issued by the department of commerce and labor also shows the destination and origin of the commerce of the Pacific side, as follows: **Panama Route** Atlantic to Pacific— To foreign ports ... $5,000,000 To U. S. Pacific ports ... 4,000,000 Total ... $9,000,000 Pacific to Atlantic ... 1,500,000 **Tehuantepec Route** Atlantic to Pacific— To U. S. Pacific ports ... $24,000,000 To Hawaii ... 3,000,000 Total ... $27,000,000 Pacific to Atlantic— From U.S. Pacific ports... $6,000,000 From Hawaii (sugar) ... 18,000,000 Total ... $24,000,000 These figures indicate that nearly all of the commerce carried over the roads on eastbound traffic. The American-Hawaiian line naturally makes its rates no lower than is necessary to get the traffic it desires, and it therefore does not need to go as low as would be the case were there competition between water lines. **STATE TAXES INCREASED** California state and county taxes increased this year nearly $4,000,000 as compared with last year. This fact is made clear from the reports of the fifty-eight county auditors, which have just been compiled by State Controller Nye. The amounts of taxes charged up for state and county purposes in 1908 and 1909 compare as follows: For State purposes—In 1908, $7,960,935.84; in 1909, $8,879,813.29. For county purposes—In 1908, $24,201,805.21; in 1909, $27,132,863.68. Total for state and county taxes—In 1908, $32,162,741.05; in 1909, $36,012,676.97; increase this year over last year, $3,849,935.92; percentage of increase, 11.9. The taxpayers in this part of the State who have paid their taxes have already found out that their illbs were higher than last year, and the controller's figures are only a sort of mournful confirmation of a piece of sad news. For this privilege of paying more taxes we are largely indebted to the state board of equalization; and we shall not forget their raise for some time. **LAND LOTTERY** Seattle, Wash., Nov. 20.—Charged with conducting a land lottery as secretary and manager of the Sound Pacific land company, a $100,000 corporation, L. E. Rader, who served as a member of the state legislature, was arrested yesterday by a deputy sheriff. From its offices here, it is alleged, the company flooded Seattle and the western half of the state with circulars announcing a gigantic land drawing, by which 1500 acres of land in the Chehalis valley was to be placed on the market. F. G. Parmenter is here from Boston, accompanied by his wife and two children, guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Brown. Mr. Parmenter is a marine engineer, and is looking over Atlantic to Pacific— To U. S. Pacific ports ...$24,000,000 To Hawaii ..... 3,000,000 Total ..... $27,000,000 Pacific to Atlantic— From U.S. Pacific ports..$6,000,000 From Hawaii (sugar) ..... 18,000,000 Total ..... $24,000,000 These figures indicate that nearly all of the commerce carried over the Panama route, and taken from Panama by the Pacific Mall, was westbound, and more than half of this was carried to foreign ports, where the steamship line does not come into competition with the transcontinental railroads. Only $1,500,000 worth of freight was carried by the Panama route, eastbound, and the report does not segregate this into foreign and domestic commerce. But if the same ratio holds true as in westbound commerce, less than $700,000 worth of Pacific coast products were taken that way. In other words, the Pacific Mail affords practically no outlet at all for the products of California—it gives no practical competition with the transcontinental railroads. The Tehuantepec line carried $6,000,000 worth of Pacific coast merchandise eastward, and it brought $24,000,000 worth westward. The principal item of eastbound traffic on the Tehuantepec route is Hawaiian sugar. This is natural from the fact that the American-Hawaiian steamship line, which operates in connection with the Tehuantepec route, is owned by the Spreckels interests and was established primarily to carry Spreckels sugar from Hawaii. For this reason it is possible that even the American-Hawaiian line does not compete as strongly as it from its offices here, it is alleged, the company flooded Seattle and the western half of the state with circulators announcing a gigantic land drawing, by which 1500 acres of land in the Chehalis valley was to be placed on the market. F. G. Parmenter is here from Boston, accompanied by his wife and two children, guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Brown. Mr. Parmenter is a marine engineer, and is looking over Southern California for a new home in the glorious climate. He was six years ago and finds many evidences of improvement. Mrs. Parmenter is a niece of Mr. Brown. CARD OF THANKS The undersigned desire to extend their heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kind assistance rendered and for sympathetic interest exhibited in the hour of their recent bereavement, consequent upon the illness and death of husband and father. Mrs. Carl Bennerscheidt and Family. OFFICE OF Anaheim Landing Mining and Development Company ANAHEIM, CAL. There is delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of an assessment levied on the 15th day of September, 1909, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective share-holders. as follows: Henry C Jensen, Certificate No. 99, 500 shares amount, $4.80. J. A. Kellerman, Certificate No. 48, 200 shares amount, $4.20. And in accordance with law and an order of the Board of Directors, made on the 30th day of November, 1909, so many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary will be sold at public auction, at the Banking Rooms of the German-American Bank, in the City of Anaheim, California, on the 16th day December, 1909, at 4 o'clock p.m. on such day, to pay delinquent assessment thereon, together with cost of advertising and cost of sale. A Reliable Remedy FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses, soothes, heals and protects the diseased membrane resulting from Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts; at Druggists or by mail. Liquid Cream Balm for use in atomizers 75 cts. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. CHRISTMAS IS COMING Do your Christmas shopping early while our stocks are complete. Give something useful in the line of Neckwear, Gloves, Suspenders, Clothing, Overcoats, Shoes, Suit Cases, Blankets, Toys, Dolls, Ladies' Gloves, Sweater Coats, Suits, Waists, Handkerchiefs, Table Linen Remember we are Santa Claus’ headquarters, and our stock of Dolls and Toys is more complete than ever before. The S.Q.R. Store RUB-NO-MORE WASH POWDER 25 CENTS PER PACKAGE. With Each Package a Half Dozen Spoons and a Cake of Rub-No-More Soap Given Away Free. 25 CENTS PER PACKAGE. With Each Package a Half Dozen Spoons and a Cake of Rub-No-More Soap Given Away Free. FRESH BLOATERS AT DICKEL'S STUDEBAKER E.M.F. 30, $1,400 The second lowest price and lowest powered car in the Phoenix race wins third place, defeating the $3100 Kisselkar, $6000 Isotti, $3000 Pennsylvania, $2650 Elmore, $3900 Franklin, $2650 Dorris. Beating last year's record by 5 hrs., 29 minutes, 20 seconds. Don't you think that this shows that the Studebaker is the greatest 30 horsepower car made regardless of price? Such consistent running can only be the result of perfect workmanship and the finest materials. Now then, think of the price—$1400 complete with magneto and gas lamps. Isn't it wonderful that you can get a car like this for the money? Let us show you. BEEBE - WEISEL CO. AGENTS ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Phones, Sunset Main 1171, Home 1291 Palace Meat Market AGENTS ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Phones, Sunset Main 1171, Home 1291 Palace Meat Market Schumacher & Schneider Proprietors DEALEPS IN Choice Fresh and Salted Meats Telephone Main 51 Meats Delivered to all parts of city HOLBROOK & ROSE SUCCESSORS TO Anaheim Hardware STORE Have just received a new line of Fancy China, which we invite your inspection, and beginning Monday, Nov. 29, will give with each 30 cent purchase, a Souvenir Calendar Plate For Artistic Job Work-Gazette office