anaheim-gazette 1910-03-31

San Bernardino Mountain and Conservation of Water By George Robertson of San Bernardino Mountains are Nature's watch-towers, where one may welcome the daydawn or farewell the setting sun. Their ideals of strength and beauty have been favored themes for painter's brush and poet's pen. Their moods please us, What exquisite colors of blue, steel-grey, rose-pink, green, brown and white. But there is more than beauty in their sculptured rockfolds, adorned with many varieties of shrubs and trees. Value, as well as beauty, is bound up in yonder peaks and slopes and canyons whose streams roll and plunge to the cultivated valley below. The San Bernardino Mountain is vitally related to the welfare of these three counties and is bound to attract more and more the attention of the people as the years go by. The mountain is part of the Sierra Nevada system, which is about six hundred miles long, seventy miles wide, and from seven to fifteen thousand feet high. This mountain watershed comprises the southern portion of the range, beginning at Cajon Pass and ending at Gorgonio Pass. Botanists have studied its plants, but we have no systematic botanical survey of its flora to compare with that of San Jacinto mountain made by Prof. Harvey Munroe Hall of the state university. Zoologists are familiar with its animal life, but here No one can compute the amount of water the capillary fissures of our San Bernardino mountain rock are capable of conserving. As an example of the liquid-absorbing power of rock, Prof. N. S. Shaler may be quoted. He writes about a bed of shale, "In the valley of the Ohio, extending over a region over one hundred thousand square miles in area, and averaging over one hundred feet thick. As it contains about one-seventh of its bulk of substances that can be distilled into coal-oil, it is equal to a lake of oil three times as large as Lake Superior, having a depth of about fifteen feet." What a reservoir that shale would make, were it spread over our mountain and over the Santa Ana basin. But let us remember, we have an equally valuable deposit, with more liquid-absorbing power, in this wonderful garden of the Lord. But percolating water deserves special notice. Water by its percolating currents carries dissolved minerals and dead parts of living structure down into rock material and back into the outer world. This moisture falling on the mountain, sinks into the strata to become enriched with plant food and comes out into irrigating systems to feed the orange and lemon, and to beautify parks and gardens. As the blood circulating through the body carries food and warmth to the miles long, seventy miles wide, and from seven to fifteen thousand feet high. This mountain watershed comprises the southern portion of the range, beginning at Cajon Pass and ending at Gorgonio Pass. Botanists have studied its plants, but we have no systematic botanical survey of its flora to compare with that of San Jacinto mountain made by Prof. Harvey Munroe Hall of the state university. Zoologists are familiar with its animal life, but here again we have no complete knowledge or systematic arrangement of its fauna. No one has yet told us all our animal or insect friends or foes of the mountain. Geologists have done almost no work on these mountain strata, or studied its structure minutely. It yet remains for some one to study this mountain, its rocks, fauna and flora, in order to place before the public an intelligent, historical, scientific and economic view of its rocks, plant and animal life. It may be of interest to the members of this committee to give the mountain its proper place in the geological history of the American continent. During the growth of this continent four mountain-making epochs took place. The first saw the rise of the Laurentian mountains of Canada. During that long age of nearly thirty million years, a sedimentary deposit of about six miles deep was placed on the Laurentian seamargin. The second period defined the Atlantic coast and gave us the Appalachian range. The third period saw the rise of the Rocky mountains and witnessed the birth of the Sierras. During that age the San Berardino mountain came slowly into being. The first uplift of our watershed must be placed at the end of the Cretaceous period. The Coast mountains, which are called the baby mountains of the world, mark the four mountain-making epoch. This great upward movement of the Pacific sea-floor took place just before the glacial period, and caused a second up lift of the San Bernardino mountain. It was at that time that the original Bear Valley lake was destroyed. The mountain continued to resist the attacks of rain and drought, heat and cold, wind and acids. This war of elements, begun years ago, will continue until the mountain has been reduced to sea-level; or a new elevation takes place. This has always been the plan of the evolution of nature, a fundamental law of the Almighty. The Creator is never in a But percolating water deserves special notice. Water by its percolating currents carries dissolved minerals and dead parts of living structure down into rock material and back into the outer world. This moisture falling on the mountain, sinks into the strata to become enriched with plant food and comes out into irrigating systems to feed the orange and lemon, and to beautify parks and gardens. As the blood circulating through the body carries food and warmth to the whole being, so percolating water conveys nourishment to all plants and animals. SQUATTERS IN FORESTS Bona-Fide Jumpers Will Have More Liberal Treatment Secretary Wilson has just issued an order providing for a more liberal treatment of bona-fide squatters upon unsurveyed land which has been included within National Forests since the time of actual occupancy of the land by the squatter. Under the homestead law it is impossible for any one to secure legal title to unsurveyed public land, but occupancy pending survey is recognized as giving a prior claim to the land after survey, under what is known as "squatters' rights." A squatter who had, in good faith, taken possession of a piece of national forest land before the national forests were created is not dispossessed of his claim by the forest service, and if he lives upon it and cultivates it until the land has been surveyed, he is able to get his homestead just as though he had seettled on any part of the unreserved public domain. But since the passage of the act of June 11, 1906, which permits the secretary of agriculture to list for settlement land which he finds chiefly valuable for agriculture, it has been possible for squatters to apply for the listing of their lands under this act, and to thus obtain title prior to the government survey. The object of the new order of the secretary is to provide for the listing of the full amount of land which the occupant would receive if he exercised his option of awaiting the government survey, irrespective whether or not the entire area is cultivable; provided the claim is bona-fide and the land is not more valuable for its timber than for agriculture. Secretary Wilson's order is as follows: "A person who has settled upon and continuously occupied unsurveyed land" Orange City—Ernest Range. San Juan Township ter, San Juan Capistrano. Santa Ana Township Beach City and Santa Mrs. Leila E. William R.F.D. 4. Newport Beach City er, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, Worthy, Santa Ana, H. Santa Ana City, W E. McCarter, Santa Ana Santa Ana City, W Binckley, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, W Slaback, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, W ace Fine, Santa Ana. Westminster Town Garden Grove and Boh Miss Mollie I. Warner F.D. 3. Westminster Towns said township outside and Bolsa Precincts—Garden Grove. Yorba Township Township (part of) cinct—Abe Roberts, SANTA A After months of de bondes of the Delhi d were sold last week sale the assurance is acres of swamp and d of Santa Ana will be pasturage and soggy productive fields. T rounds the Southern company factory, and of the lands when d made to grow sugar This district was ago, and $25,000 bond The ranchers were m when no bond buyers for their 5 per cent men subscribed. They run through the alkaline dino to the head of M Shipments of navel finished in this locali weeks, and shipment nean sweets will comm have been getting fr $1 a box for their na Marriage licenses: zell, 37, and Fannie of Los Angeles; Jack 22, and Edythe Foster Los Angeles; Daniel L and Addie H. Brown Angeles; John Tyson Beckett, 27, both of It was at that time that the original Bear Valley lake was destroyed. The mountain continued to resist the attacks of rain and drought, heat and cold, wind and acids. This war of elements, begun years ago, will continue until the mountain has been reduced to sea-level; or a new elevation takes place. This has always been the plan of the evolution of nature, a fundamental law of the Almighty. The Creator is never in a hurry. "The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small." The San Bernardino mountain has a southeasterly trend. Its elevation varies from 5000 to 11,485 feet, and its area is nearly 750,000 acres. The rock formation at the mouth of Mill Creek, Plunge Creek, City Creek and Santa Ana River, and other streams, consists of alluvial fans made up of boulders, pebbles, gravel, sand and clay. It remained fora member of this committee to show that these sand deposits were designed to absorb and preserve great quantities of the ground water. The foothills contain vast out-croppings of conglomerate sandstone, metamorphic shale and deposits of later sedimentary material. In the higher levels we have metamorphic shale, schists, gneiss and some marble, all resting on the great granite rib. These rock materials are well adapted to conserve water. They abound in joint and deposit cracks, cleavage planes, fissures, especially capillary fissures. Such rock structures should possess remarkable water-absorbing power, especially when protected by a forest cover. But when this most valuable geological quality of rock structure is injured by being filled by alluvium carried in the run-off, the absorbing power of the rock is greatly reduced. In fact the rock surface becomes in this case often impervious to water. "A person who has settled upon and continuously occupied unsurveyed land within a national forest before its creation and is at the present time occupying such lands in good faith and is in all respects complying with the homestead law, has the right to include within the lines of his homestead 160 acres after the land is surveyed. Therefore, if the land is occupied for agricultural purposes and is not more valuable for its timber than for such purposes, and there are no circumstances which would in the opinion of the district forester tend to discredit the bonafides of the claimant, he should be allowed to make application for the patenting of such lands under the act of June 11, 1906, and the examination for listing should be made with a view of listing 160 acres of land where possible. The tracts as listed should conform so far as practicable to the form of the public land surveys. The listing of lands as above should not in any way govern the determination of the total area or amount of non-cultivable land listed for applicants under the act of June 11, 1906, who were not residing upon the land before the creation of the forest. "In cases where less than 160 acres of land has been listed to a person who settled upon the land prior to the creation of the forest, an additional area sufficient to complete the homestead entry may be allowed upon proper application." CENSUS ENUMERATORS Men Who Will Take the Census In Orange County The following names have been selected as enumerators of the decennial census in Orange county, having passed the exams successfully: Anaheim Township Excl. Anaheim Town, Fullerton township, (part of) Orangethorpe precinct—Albert A. Huelster, Anaheim. Anaheim town—Max Nebelung, Anaheim. Buena Park Township and Los Alamitos Tp.—Mrs. Margaret Mason, Santa Ana. Fullerton Township Excl. Fullerton City and Excl. Orangethorpe and Placentia precincts—John L. Nichols, Santa Ana. Fullerton City—S. Guy McMasters, R.F.D. No. 5, Santa Ana. Huntington Beach Township Incl. Huntington Beach City—Christian P. Pann, Huntington Beach, R.D. 1. Orange Township (part of), Olive precinct and West Orange precincts—Louis A. Vortz, Olive. Orange Township (part of) El Modena and Silverado precincts—George L. Boyer, Orange. Orange City—Ernest W. Cosart, Orange. San Juan Township—John O. Foster, San Juan Capistrano. Santa Ana Township Excl. Newport Beach City and Santa Ana City — Mrs. Leila E. Williams, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 4. Newport Beach City—Milo A. Tucker, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, Ward 1—Elmer T. Worthy, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 5. Santa Ana City, Ward 2—Francis dividual associations will gain financial backing and a better understanding of their problems through a correlation with other allied organizations. It is also claimed that so much duplicated machinery can be eliminated that the cost of soliciting membership and collecting udes will be reduced 25 to 50 per cent; furthermore that the total revenues may be increased by a concerted and systematized appeal. Economy in distributing health literature and facility in advertising and arranging schedules for lectures are other favorable features claimed for the plan of affiliation. Under the present arrangement the ten or more state-wide associations which are working for public health in California plan membership canvasses, eucational campaigns, and lecture schedules individually. As a result a good deal of the ground is covered many times at multiplied cost. There is always the possibility of conflicts in meetings, lectures, and conventions. By the time a business man has been "signed up" by four or five of these associations he is apt to consider himself a heavy plunger in public health activities. Also the reports of the different associations are adding appreciably to his mail. Under the proposed arrangement one presentation of the matter would be sufficient to give this man an opportunity to subscribe to one, or to a number, or to all the listed associations. Membership to all of the affiliated associations could be given at a rate considerably less than the aggregate of the individual membership. Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treatment by the agreeable, aromatic Ely's Cream Balm. It is received through the nostrils and cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it diffuses itself. Druggists sell the 50c. size. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment till relieved. Announcement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Orange City—Ernest W. Cosart, Orange. San Juan Township—John O. Foster, San Juan Capistrano. Santa Ana Township Excl. Newport Beach City and Santa Ana City — Mrs. Lella E. Williams, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 4. Newport Beach City—Milo A. Tucker, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, Ward 1—Elmer T. Worthy, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 5. Santa Ana City, Ward 2—Francis E. McCarter, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 4. Santa Ana City, Ward 3—Wm. C. Bineckley, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, Ward 4—Lester Slaback, Santa Ana. Santa Ana City, Ward No. 5—Horace Fine, Santa Ana. Westminster Township (part of) Garden Grove and Bolsa Precincts—Miss Mollie I. Warner, Santa Ana, R.F.D. 3. Westminster Township (part of) all said township outside Garden Grove and Bolsa Precincts—Miss Nora Fry, Garden Grove. Yorba Township and Fullerton Township (part of) Placentia Precinct—Abe Roberts, Santa Ana. SANTA ANA After months of delay, the $25,000 bonds of the Delhi drainage district were sold last week, and by their sale the assurance is given that 7000 acres of swamp and damp lands south of Santa Ana will be converted from pasturage and soggy fields to highly productive fields. The district surrounds the Southern California sugar company factory, and a large share of the lands when drained will be made to grow sugar beets. This district was formed a year ago, and $25,000 bonds were voted. The ranchers were not disheartened when no bond buyers appeared to bid for their 5 per cent bonds, and local men subscribed. The main ditch will run through the alkali beds of Pollo-dino to the head of Newport Bay. Shipments of navel oranges will be finished in this locality in about two weeks, and shipments of Mediterranean sweets will commence. Growers have been getting from 80 cents to $1 a box for their navels. Marriage licenses: William H. Frizzell, 37, and Fannie Jones, 39, both of Los Angeles; Jacob A. Wissing, 22, and Edythe Foster, 20, both of Los Angeles; Daniel M. Schartz, 44, and Addie H. Brown, 41, both of Los Angeles; John Tyson, 30, and Annie Beckett, 27, both of Los Angeles. The reports of the different associations are adding appreciably to his mail. Under the proposed arrangement one presentation of the matter would be sufficient to give this man an opportunity to subscribe to one, or to a number, or to all the listed associations. Membership to all of the affiliated associations could be given at a rate considerably less than the aggregate of the individual membership. THE WOMAN OF FORTY Compensations That Come As The Years Advance “Can there possibly be any real compensations for being 40?” many women will ask. “With threads of gray threatening bright hair, figures that have lost something of past elegance, and the coming of the crow’s foot not to be concealed—can there be any compensations?” “As we have sown so we shall reap,” and the harvest, therefore, depends on ourselves—and somewhat also on the weather—which, in plain language, means circumstance. If we have not squandered those gone-by years of our youth we shall have acquired at least some small amount of power and influence, the gift of swaying destiny, if only in a tiny corner. The wish that all women have to be beautiful generally comes from a desire for this power and influence. What else did such a woman as Mme. de Stael mean when she said she said she would give all her brains to be beautiful? A really lovely woman knows that her influence is well-nigh limitless. The advance of well-spent years means with certainty an increase in wisdom and understanding. These bring reliability in their train. To be no shirker, but wise, tactful and reliable, means to be fit to handle the difficult things of life. Be ready to grapple with responsibilities, and they will soon crowd about you. Once fitted and ready and longing for the battle, you always find the fight at your own door. The knowledge which brings power is not bookish knowledge, which often lies in the brain, a useless, unwieldly mass. To be learned is not necessarily to be wise. It is the wisdom which has come through combined intuition, observation, experience and a good heart which gives the woman just entering on middle age her unique value in society. She finished in this locality in about two weeks, and shipments of Mediterranean sweets will commence. Growers have been getting from 80 cents to $1 a box for their navels. Marriage licenses: William H. Frizzell, 37, and Fannie Jones, 39, both of Los Angeles; Jacob A. Wissing, 22, and Edythe Foster, 20, both of Los Angeles; Daniel M. Schartz, 44, and Addie H. Brown, 41, both of Los Angeles; John Tyson, 30, and Annie Beckett, 27, both of Los Angeles. When the time arrived for the trial of the damage suit brought by Mrs. Marie Dasque against City Marshal Edwards, the plaintiff was not present nor represented. Judge Oster of San Bernardino, sitting for Judge West, gave judgment and costs to the defendant. Mrs. Dasque's complaint asked $5000 damages on the ground that the marshal unlawfully searched her restaurant and lodging-house last July. The marshal acted under a warrant issued by the city recorder in a liquor case. At present this county is without a commissioner in bankruptcy. H. G. Ames recently resigned. Two petitions have been sent to Judge Wellborn of Los Angeles, one asking the appointment of H. C. Head and the other of B. E. Tarver. Whatever bankruptcy hearings there are from this county are being held in Los Angeles at present. HEALTH OF THE STATE Associations to Meet at Sacramento to Consider a Merger Representatives of the leading California public health associations will meet April 18 in Sacramento to consider the merging of health interests in a general organization—"The Affiliated Public Health Associations of California." The point most strongly urged by promoters of the project is that in- fitted and ready and longing for the battle, you always find the fight at your own door. The knowledge which brings power is not bookish knowledge, which often lies in the brain, a useless, unwieldly mass. To be learned is not necessarily to be wise. It is the wisdom which has come through combined intuition, observation, experience and a good heart which gives the woman just entering on middle age her unique value in society. She has lived. She knows, and she can help. At 40 one is keenly interested in life, the world and the world's ways. Twenty years later there begins to come a sense of weariness, a longing for quiet, a vivid recollection of the past to obscure the present. Rest time grows nearer. But at 40 a woman has scarce reached her mental prime, so wisely and kindly have the gods decreed that the height of brain power shall follow on the passing of youthfulness. And Mme. de Stael would have told us with much emphasis that brains do count—after all. In one of Anthony Hope's most popular novels there is a society matron who reaches the age in question.She puts off all vestige of youth by taking to bonnets and mantles and combing back the fringe which was worn by all smart women in those days of the story. Was she renouncing the world? Oh, no; far from it. But the influence that the ordinary bright woman exercises did not suffice. Hers should be a powerful authority with a hearty certainty about it.The bonnet, the mantle,the solid folds of velvet were her insignia of office,the trappings of a person of weighty importance. McCormick hand and self-dump rakes are made right. Look at the wheel construction on these rakes. Wm. F. Lutz Co., Santa Ana. 3-17-tf Is Your Money at Work for You? 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Center and Claudina Sts., - Anaheim, California A Timely Tip To Travelers About Eastern Excursions From Los Angeles and other points from which same fares apply, round trip tickets will be sold by Southern Pacific via direct lines, as follows: DESTINATIONS Atchison and Leavenworth, Kan., Council Bluffs and Pacific Junction, Ia., Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., Omaha, Neb. $60.00 Chicago, Ill. 72.50 St. Louis, Mo. and Memphis, Tenn. 67.50 New Orleans, La. 67.50 Houston and Mineola, Texas 60.00 Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C. 107.50 Boston, Mass 110.50 New York, N.Y. and Philadelphia, Pa. 108.50 Montreal, Canada 108.50 Duluth, Minn. 79.50 St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. 73.50 Toronto, Canada 95.70 Other cities in proportion. The above fares apply only via direct routes—through San Francisco and Ogden, through El Paso or through New Orleans. For tickets one way via Shasta Route and Portland fares will be $24.50 higher from Los Angeles and $25.50 higher from Riverside, Colton and San Bernardino. DATES OF SALE To Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, New York and Boston, April 6, 7, 8, 1910, and to all points named above, on May 11, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, June 2, 3, 4, 24, 25, 26, 30, July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, 27, August 1, 2, 3, 4, September 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14. GOING AND RETURN LIMITS Going transit limit of all tickets will be fifteen days to The above fares apply only via direct routes—through San Francisco and Ogden, through El Paso or through New Orleans. For tickets one way via Shasta Route and Portland fares will be $24.50 higher from Los Angeles and $25.50 higher from Riverside, Colton and San Bernardino. DATES OF SALE To Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, New York and Boston, April 6, 7, 8, 1910, and to all points named above, on May 11, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, June 2, 3, 4, 24, 25, 26, 30, July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, 27, August 1, 2, 3, 4, September 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14. GOING AND RETURN LIMITS Going transit limit of all tickets will be fifteen days to final Eastern destination and return limit three months after date of sale, but not exceeding Oct. 31, 1910. EXCEPTION—On tickets to Atlantic Coast points, sold in May and June in connection with tickets to Europe, return limit will be four months, but not exceeding Oct. 31, 1910. STOPOVERS Stopovers will be allowed on going trip within transit limit, at any point outside California as far East as Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, etc., and on return trip at any point up to original starting point. In addition to foregoing regular excursions will be reduced fares for various. CONVENTIONS New Orleans—Mystic Shrine. Fare $67.50. Sale dates Apr. 6, 7, and 8. On same dates tickets will be sold, good via New Orleans if desired, to St. Louis at $67.50; Chicago, $72.50; Washington and Baltimore. $107.50; Philadelphia and New York, $108.50; Boston, $110.50. CINCINNATI—Women's Clubs. Sale dates May 2 and 3. BOSTON—N.E.A. Sale dates June 24, 25, 26. SARATOGA SPRINGS—B.Y.P.U. Sale dates June 30, July 1, 2, 3. DETROIT—B. P. O. E. Sale dates July 4, 5, 6. MILWAUKEE—K. of P. Sale dates July 25, 26, 27. ATLANTIC CITY—G. A. R. Sale dates Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14. Fares for above named Conventions may be obtained from any Southern Pacific ticket ag't as soon as decided upon. Steamship Tickets to all parts of the world. Southern Pacific Is the Way Phone J. M. PICKERING, Auaheim, Cal. Pacific 1231, Home 1724. ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE