anaheim-gazette 1910-06-23

HOW TO DESTROY WEEDS Malvern W. Iles of The Palms Offers Novel Suggestions Herbicide is the scientific name used for any agent employed to destroy weeds. A weed is a vague and yet quite comprehensible thing. Strictly speaking, any plant which grows wild in cultivated ground, choking crops and exhausting the soil, is a weed. The chemist knows of many agents that will destroy vegetable life, but for the practical farmer the chemical should be both cheap and effectual. The writer can easily name many agents that will kill weeds, but so far he has found but one that he can recommend, more especially to the California gardener and farmer, and that is, California Distillate, No. 1. This is the substance obtained from the California oils, and so generally used for running the so-called "Distillate Engines," also for fuel purposes. This product sells for about four cents a gallon, and it is best to buy it in quantities of not less than fifty gallons, which the several companies ship in specially prepared galvanized iron cans. I use this distillate exactly as it leaves the factory, there being no dilution or addition of any chemicals. It is best applied by spraying directly upon the weeds, the hotter the day, and the nearer noon, the better the result. This product has been found to effectually kill all forms of weeds, grasses, and indeed all vegetable life. There has been but one thing I possibly should except, and that is, young plants of the Pepper Tree, (Schimus Molle.) I use a small hand sprayer to which is attached an air-pump, which can be procured from any of the large covered they should be sprayed with some good herbicide quickly before they spread. To repeatedly plow does kill them sometimes, but often, in experienced hands it but helps to spread them. The Cultivator has treated fully on this point in a recent issue, and has awakened an interest in one of the most valuable and far-reaching subjects now before the agriculturist. Young clover growing in clover will not be killed by the iron or copper solution, and there has always been a great need of some simple herbicide about the house. In distillate we have a sure vegetable destroyer; it will kill every form of weed I have so far tried, and I live near a factory where the seed of weeds are hurled into the open, and the birds of the air, and the cows afar come and feast thereon. It is useless to add that the birds drop a variety of seeds, and as we enjoy the feathered songsters, and encourage them to draw near, there are many kinds of weeds I destroy with distillate. In cleaning lima beans, and also barley for the market, it is customary to use rapidly revolving fans that withdraw the weed seed and debris, and this is belched into the air. Sometimes there is a partial effort to save this seed, on the same principle as the bag house so successfully used at the lead smelters. These seeds do possess a value if saved, as they are highly nitrogenous, and possibly they could be used for extracting a crude oil, or ground and mixed with molasses, fed to cattle. Usually this seed is burned, which surely is not a bad idea, still, it seems a pity to destroy any nitrogenous substance, the necessary food for plants, for lack of knowledge to convert it into a useful article. The plow, the harrow, the hoe, the spade, are all good weed killers. MIDWAY OIL WEEKS One of the most serious well fires in the historic troleum industry of just been conquered genalty. In boring Midway district, near Taft, the Standard Oil ened up an enormously terrific pressure gas wrecked the derrick bustible immediately consumed the wrecks workmen helter-skel scene. The heat from nace was so intense of the workmen were ground about the well that a workman who was badly burned before gain his feet. He was a hospital at Taft. Several attempts to flame were immediate without success. The column of fire leaped feet, lighting up the night for many miles, flaming torch. The sight was an enticing one and attracted ple from miles about tracordinary spectacle. Pressure shot the gas with such a terrific force prevented from burning score of feet from that height it spread into a violet flame whir or twenty feet high golden yellow. The constant change the roaring, twisting, uma of flame was when Heat waves shimmered. It is best applied by spraying directly upon the weeds, the hotter the day, and the nearer noon, the better the result. This product has been found to effectually kill all forms of weeds, grasses, and indeed all vegetable life. There has been but one thing I possibly should except, and that is, young plants of the Pepper Tree, (Schimus Molle.) I use a small hand sprayer to which is attached an air-pump, which can be procured from any of the large seed supply houses. On brick walks, paths and drives it has been found most effective. It kills Johnson-grass effectually, and as soon as a gardener or farmer notices a particularly obnoxious weed or grass, it should be treated to a dose of "distillate." Occasionally the second spraying is necessary, but it will kill out even Lippia Repens in loosely constructed brick walks, and can be used on Lippia Repens lawns to destroy the water grass, blue grass, and clover. The Lippia Repens will soon grow over the bare spot. I have used iron sulphate (Copperas) also, to kill weeds, but it is troublesome to prepare, and is prone to chemical change, depositing a basic sulphate of iron. Of course by the addition of a small quantity of sulphuric acid, this can be prevented, but in the use of herbicides it should not be forgotten that the farmers and gardeners are not chemists, and it is best not to embarass them with technical data. I have also used copper sulphate, (blue stone), but while this has long stood at the head of effectual herbicides, yet in my opinion, its chief objection lies in the fact that both metallic iron and zinc will decompose it, causing a deposit of metallic copper. A sulphate of copper solution does not stain the hands or clothing or implements, like sulphate of iron. For brick walks, sulphate of iron is not permissible where there are good house wives, for it leaves a disfiguring stain. The writer has not tried carbolic acid, but strong brine is good, especially if hot. English gardeners use dry salt. Arsenic salts are sometimes used, but obviously have their objections. Sal soda, as also the arsenate, of soda, and kerosene have all been used with varying degrees of success. The most satisfactory copper herbicide is made by dissolving one pound powdered sulphate of copper in four gallons of water. If we spray forty gallons of this solution per acre value if saved, as they are highly nitrogenous, and possibly they could be used for extracting a crude oil, or ground and mixed with molasses, be fed to cattle. Usually this seed is burned, which surely is not a bad idea, still, it seems a pity to destroy any nitrogenous substance, the necessary food for plants, for lack of knowledge to convert it into a useful article. The plow, the harrow, the hoe, the spade, are all good weed killers. To pull up weeds by the roots is also a sure way, but all of these are slow in process, and back-breaking as well. I have used many forms of weed pullers, and each year sees some improvement in these little devices. Could one be sure of always living in a community where weeds were detested by all, and not allowed to grow to the right and the left; to the north and the south, then resort would not have to be made to chemicals in order to have a weedless home. Leafy crops which thickly cover the soil, prevent the lodgment of many weeds, by excluding air and light. For this purpose the best and most practical in California seems to the writer to be Lippia Repens, which once established, defies the weeds, and makes a beautiful, long-enduring ground covering. Sweet Alyssum sown thickly where weeds are apt to gather, will keep them away, and, with its abundant white bloom, is far more sightly and attractive than a motley crowd of weeds. PUT IT ON THE PIG War of 1812 Was Caused by a Porker Stuck In Rail Fence Champ Clark, the minority leader in the house of representatives, says he hopes to write some day a book about what a margin of one vote has caused to happen in the history of this country. One of the instances of what one vote will do he describes as follows: The war between this country and England in 1812 was caused by one vote, and, stranger still, the small margin came from a pig's getting his head stuck in a rail fence. It was a Rhode Island fence, at that, but built much like a Virginia worm fence. They were having an election of members of the legislature in Rhode Island. One federalist put off going to the election and left himself just time enough to get there before the polls closed. Just as he got on his horse and started for town he heard a pig squeal. He looked around into extraordinary spectacle. pressure shot the gas with such a terrific force prevented from burning score of feet from that height it spread into a violet flame whorl or twenty feet high golden yellow. The constant change the roaring, twisting, uma of flame was with Heat waves shimmery light as they were with the gentle night break kaleldoscope effect to nar body, continually appearance of its shape. The huge torch oak and roared for seven means was devised to put an end to the tree. This was accomplished into service six 40-hour Four lines of steam from as many sides of gas jet. Safety down, and when the capacity of the boiler the steam was project flow. The mixture of the gas shut out the great flame sputtered finally died out, congealinguity. The well has been gas will be utilized in lighting purposes in fields. EXPERT IN EUROPE Returns from Australia of New Spice R. S. Webb, who lives last year to study eucalyptus now unknown which grow there after of the high mountains returned to the United States. The statement was time ago, while Mr. Wiping in Hawaii to stop growing there, that seeds which he is bring him of which he has sold pounds, bear the guar sor Maiden, government Australia, that they are not wishing to have statement stand, Mr. from Seattle that truly true. "Seeds that I brought three years back were his direction and guar name," says Mr. Wei- The writer has not tried carbonic acid, but strong brine is good, especially if hot. English gardeners use dry salt. Arsenic salts are sometimes used, but obviously have their objections. Sal soda, as also the arsenate, of soda, and kerosene have all been used with varying degrees of success. The most satisfactory copper herbicide is made by dissolving one pound powdered sulphate of copper in four gallons of water. If we spray forty gallons of this solution per acre, it will kill such weeds as charlock, penny cress, wild radish, shepherd's purse, etc., without permanently injuring the crops among which they grow. When sulphate of iron is used, a stronger solution is required than when using the copper solution, viz: one pound of the iron salt to one gallon of water. In this connection it must not be forgotten that the iron salt is much cheaper than the copper salt, indeed in many large cities, New York, and particularly Baltimore, the sulphate of iron can be purchased at less than one cent a pound, as it frequently occurs as a by-product in the fabrication of many articles. Of course it is also true that some of the large copper mines of the west have at times allowed vast quantities of iron to go to waste, but this is not now so frequent. If fields are well sprayed with either the copper solution, (one pound to four gallons water), or the iron solution (one pound to one gallon water) the weeds will surely be killed, and the method has been successfully and repeatedly tried in England, France, Germany, and some part of the United States. When Johnson grass, or any such grasses are dis- England in 1812 was caused by one vote, and, stranger still, the small margin came from a pig's getting his head stuck in a rail fence. It was a Rhode Island fence, at that, but built much like a Virginia worm fence. They were having an election of members of the legislature in Rhode Island. One federalist put off going to the election and left himself just time enough to get there before the polls closed. Just as he got on his horse and started for town he heard a pig squeal. He looked around into that old rail fence, and anybody who knows anything about hogs knows that the hogs would have eaten that pig up if it hadn't been rescued. The farmer stopped long enough to liberate that pig, and when he got to the polls they were closed. He was too late. The result was that a democratic member of the legislature was elected from that district by one vote, and he would not have been elected if that federal had got there on time. In the legislature a democratic United States senator was elected by one vote and that democratic legislator who had been elected by one vote voted for him. In the United States senate they voted for the war of 1812 by one vote, and that Rhode Island democratic senator who had been elected because that pig got caught in the fence voted for the war of 1812. Under the heading "cruel and unusual" a country contemporary reports the suit of a Miss Craker against the Northwestern railroad, and makes the statement: "Miss Craker asserts that she took a freight train at Reedsburgh and was kissed on the caboose by the conductor." MIDWAY OIL WELL FIRE Spectacular Blaze Put Out by Yankee Ingenuity One of the most spectacular gas well fires in the history of the petroleum industry of California has just been conquered by Yankee ingenuity. In boring for oil in the Midway district, near the town of Taft, the Standard Oil company opened up an enormous gas reservoir. The terrific pressure of the escaping gas wrecked the derrick. The combustible immediately caught fire and consumed the wreckage, driving the workmen helter-skelter from the scene. The heat from the raging furnace was so intense that a number of the workmen were overcome. The ground about the well became so hot that a workman who tripped and fell was badly burned before he could regain his feet. He was rushed off to a hospital at Taft. Several attempts to subdue the flame were immediately made, but without success. The huge, roaring column of fire leaped heavenward 200 feet, lighting up the countryside at night for many miles, like a massive flaming torch. The sight was an entrancingly beautiful one and attracted throngs of people from miles about to view the extraordinary spectacle. The enormous pressure shot the gas out of the well with such a terrific force that it was prevented from burning lower than a score of feet from the ground. At that height it spread out and burst into a violet flame which, some fifteen or twenty feet higher, changed to golden yellow. The constant changing of colors of the roaring, twisting, snake-like column of flame was wierdly beautiful. Heat waves shimmered in the moon- EXPERT IN EUCALYPTS Returns from Australia With Seeds of New Species R. S. Webb, who went to Australia last year to study varieties of eucalyptus now unknown here, but which grow there amid the snows of the high mountain altitudes, has returned to the United States and now is at Seattle. The statement was made some time ago, while Mr. Webb was stopping in Hawaii to study eucalyptus growing there, that the eucalyptus seeds which he is bringing home with him, of which he has several thousand pounds, bear the guaranty of Professor Malden, government botanist of Australia, that they are true to name. Not wishing to have an erroneous statement stand, Mr. Webb writes from Seattle that this is not entirely true. "Seeds that I brought over about three years back were tested under his direction and guaranteed true to name," says Mr. Webb, "but these J. C. LAMB Candidate for the republican nomination for COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16. W. M. SCOTT Of Santa Ana Candidate for the republican nomination for COUNTY ASSESSOR Subject to the action of the primary election August 16th. BERT ANNIN Of Fullerton Candidate for the republican nomination for SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16, 1910. H. H. HALE Of Placentia Candidate for the republican nomination for SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT, Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16. HOWARD A. WASSUM Candidate for the republican nomination for SHERIFF Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16, 1910. JOHN HAHN of Anaheim Candidate for the republican nomination for SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT. Subject to the decision of voters at the primary election Aug. 16. W. B. WILLIAMS Incumbent Candidate for the republican nomination for COUNTY CLERK Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16. FRANK S. TRICKY of Santa Ana Candidate for the republican nomination for COUNTY AUDITOR Subject to the decision of the primary convention August 16. S. M. DAVIS Announces himself as a candidate for DISTRICT ATTORNEY of Orange County Subject to the decision of the republican voters at the primary election. GEORGE E. PETERS CLYDE BISHOP Of Santa Ana Candidate for the republican nomination for ASSEMBLYMAN Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16. NOTICE TO VOTERS Under the State Law a new registration of voters has to be made every even numbered year. All voters must register prior to July 27, 1910, and must have declared the political party with which they intend to affiliate (as provided in Sec. 1366 a, Political Code) who desire to vote at the primary election to be held August 16, 1910. If you do not so register and so state your party affiliation you cannot vote at this primary election at which all State and County Officers will be nominated. Registration Clerks in Anaheim are Joseph Helmsen and E. B. Merritt. And in adjacent precincts are as follows: R. C. Mann, West Anaheim. Andrew Ipsen, Placentia. A. S. Bradford, Placentia. J. F. Velasco, Yorba. R. C. Marquez, Yorba. J. S. Perry, Buena Park. Hugh La Rue, Cypress (Buena Park precinct.) W. A. Goodwin, Orangethorpe. Maurice Ray, Olinda. W. B. Williams, County Clerk. 4-28-7-27 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES For Nominations for COUNTY OFFICES H. C. HEAD For District Attorney THEO. LACY, Sr. Incumbent For Sheriff J. C. JOPLIN Incumbent For Treasurer B. F. BESWICK For Superintendent of Schools ED. TEDFORD For Auditor H. E. W. BARNES, M. D. For Coroner and Public Administrator growing seeds which he is bringing home with him, of which he has several thousand pounds, bear the guaranty of Professor Maiden, government botanist of Australia, that they are true to name. Not wishing to have an erroneous statement stand, Mr. Webb writes from Seattle that this is not entirely true. "Seeds that I brought over about three years back were tested under his direction and guaranteed true to name," says Mr. Webb, "but these seeds in question have not been tested under the direction of Mr. Maiden. Most of them were procured under contract with Mr. Laseron, who is government collector for the technological museum at Sydney. The others were collected by a man who was educated to his work by Mr. Maiden, and who was recommended to me by him. This man collects for Mr. Maiden considerably." Acute Heart Trouble "Yes, I remember him," said Alka-ll Ike. "He died very sudden." "Heart disease?" asked the Eastern tourist. "Waal, now, I don't know as you kin say it was the heart any more'n the club, spade or diamond. Anyway, he dealt himself four aces." "Do you think, doctor, that science will ever be able to revive the dead?" "Not any of my patients." Visitor—Is there any other cure for a snake bite except whiskey? Colenel Bourbon—Who cares whether there is or not? "How do you distinguish the waiters from the guests in this cafe? Both wear full dress." "Yes, but the waiters keep sober." Thursday, June 23 SPECIAL UNION BREWING Company of Anaheim Brewers and Bottlers of the CELEBRATED Anaheim Beer Bottle Beer, doz. (large) - 90c Bottle “doz. (small) - 60c NOT INCLUDING BOTTLES Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Family Trade solicited Phone Pacific 301 - Phone Home 1264 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE County of Orange, State of California J. D. Wlens, Plaintiff, vs. Henry J. Martens, Martha A. Fast, J. C. Fast, John Doe, Richard Roe and Salille Doe. W. Harold Wickett, M. D. Res. Phones, Main 8X3, Home 863. Herbert A. Johnston, M. D. Res. Phones, Main 82, Home 862. Drs. Johnston & Wickett Office Hours, 11-12, 2-4, 7-8. Office Phones, Main 81, Home 861. Offices, 310 8. Los Angeles Street IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE County of Orange, State of California J. D. Wlens, Plaintiff, vs. Henry J. Martens, Martta A. Fast, J. C. Fast, John Doe, Richard Roe and Sallie Doe. Defendants. Action brought in the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, and the Complaint filed in the office of the Clerk of said County of Orange. MELHORE & AMES, Attorneys for Plaintiff. The People of the State of California send Greeting to Henry J. Martens Martha A. Fast, J. C. Fast, John Doe, Richard Roe and Sallie Doe, Defendants. You are hereby Directed to Appear and answer the Complaint in an action entitled as above, brought against you in the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, within ten days after the service on you of this Summons, if served within this county; or within thirty days if served elsewhere. And you are hereby notified that unless you appear and answer as above required, the said plaintiff will take judgment for any money or damages demanded in the complaint, as arising upon contract, or he will apply to the Court for any other relief demanded in the complaint. Given under my hand and the seal of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, this 12th day of March, A.D. 1910. W. B. WILLIAMS, Clerk [SEAL] Apr. 7-2m Oranges - Walnuts 1500 Fine Valencia Orange Trees 250 Grafted Walnuts (Placentia Perfection) Apples, Peaches, Plums, Pears Apricots, Etc. Golden State Greenhouses 151 South Pixley St., Phone 773 ORANGE, CAL 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 S Good Positions may be secured by fitting yourself as an accountant or stenographer at Orange Co. Business College W. Harold Wickett, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 8X3, Home 863. Herbert A. Johnston, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 82, Home 862. Drs. Johnston & Wickett Office Hours, 11-12, 2-4, 7-8. Office Phones, Main 81, Home 861. Offices, 310 S. Los Angeles Street J. L. BEEBE, M.D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and res. cor. Center and Palm Sts Office hours: 2 to 4, 7 to 8 p.m. Both Phones. ANAHEIM CAL DR. W. W. ADAMS STEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate of American School of Osleopathy of Kirksville, Mo. Office and Residence: 116 Philadelphia St. Office Hours: 10 to 12; 1 to 4. Phones: Main 463; Home 1134 VICTOR MONTGOMERY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Attention given to Probate Business Commercial Bank Building. Santa Ana Cal. Tel. 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MONEY can be borrowed on more favorable terms from the SAVINGS, LOAN and BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF ANAHEIM than from any similar institution in the State A Home Institution... conducted by home men If you want to borrow money at a low rate to pay off your present mortgage or to build a home or to improve your present one address or call on Fred A. Backs, Jr. Secretary Anaheim R. C. SPOERL Gunsmith & Mechanician Guns, Sporting Goods, Base Ball and Tennis Goods. Electric Furnishings, Batteries, Wiring, Etc. RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC Office Center St Special attention given to Probate Matters ANAHEIM LLOYD W. WELLS, Osteopath Physician. In Anaheim Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:1 m. to 5 p.m. Office, 212 N. Lemon, one block north of P. O. Residence Fullerton. Phone, Main 1811. Anaheim, Pacific Main 2071 JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer Furniture and Bedding. Repairing Done Phones—Pacific M.93 Home 1062 EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS $1.00 buys enough Wall Paper for 121t. room —Sides, Ceiling and Border .091.2 for 36 Inch Colored Eurlap. .20 for Sanitos Wall Oil Cloth. ALBERT L. WALTER 627 So. Spring St., Los Angeles