anaheim-gazette 1910-09-29

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 THOSE RURAL ROOSTERS Among the able country editors who were present at the $10 per plate blowout at the Hotel Potter at Santa Barbara a fortnight since, at which it was resolved to whoop 'er up for the $5,000,000 direct tax upon the people of California for the San Francisco fair in 1915, we notice those of our esteemed contemporaries the Downey Doughnut, the Norwalk Bazoo, the Eagle Rock Tail Feather, the San Fernando Cream Puff, the Watts Lament, the Lancaster Valley Gazelle, the Venice Nighty, the Huntington Park Liberator and the Tomato Springs Constitution. These able editors, after getting outside a bountiful feed, resolved in favor of the direct tax, $1,250,000 per year for four years, and they politely request all other able editors to come to their assistance in the good work of saddling more taxes upon the backs of the already overburdened citizen. We had persuaded ourselves to be private owners would everywhere shoulder their reasonable share of the burden, the public would gain both through more general forest conservation and through relief from the necessity of paying for the protection of private timber in order to protect its own. LOWEST DEATH RATE ON RECORD The death rate in cities and states of the United States dropped to 15 per thousand of provisionally estimated population last year, according to the forthcoming United States census bureau's bulletin on mortality statistics for 1909, which has been submitted to Director Durand by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief statistician for vital statistics. In 1908 the death rate in the census bureau's registration area was 15.4 per thousand and in the bureau's annual report for that year, issued last spring, it was stated that it is evident an era of low mortality has begun. The death rate for 1909 is, the bulletin states, lower than that for any previous year of registration and probably is the lowest that ever occurred in the history of the United States. It is stated that the mortality was distributed with more than ordinary uniformity throughout the year 1909 and no epidemics of other than a very local extent were found to have occurred. It is a fact of much interest, the bulletin states, as showing the gen- NOW FOR THE Dr. Blue Camping or serious Quarrels Dr. Rupert Blue, with yellow fever mosquitoes and the bubonic rats of San Francisco, the California ground next foe to be attacked. "In the campaign sease-spreading and rodents," he says, and county officialservisory and director conjunction with land first step will be to on the habits of these flea by means of frecon lectures deli- and state health offeation of yellow fe- ceans, and of bubonii Francisco were similar educational measures it was demonstra-tic can be relied upon gent and vigorous affacts concerning a s-smitted for their con- believed that putting ly before the people necessary legal steps county supervisors w-concerted squirrel eries on the part of th- "The state board sent out letters to stu-ty administrative office attention to the speci- extermination of rodding plans for work o- The federal govern- NO STATE BONDS—NO FAIR TAX Orange county's portion of the $5,000,000 direct tax for the San Francisco fair, should the people vote in favor of the indebtedness, will amount, as calculated by the Santa Ana Blade, to the tidy sum of $67,000. Proponents of the fair tax tell us the burden will be "insignificant;" but we apprehend it will be found to be burdensome in the extreme. Moreover, there is an $18,000,000 bond issue for state roads to be voted upon in November, and San Francisco is exempted from paying a cent of the $20,000,000 interest fund upon these bonds. Will our esteemed Santa Ana contemporary have its statistician tell us how much Orange county will pay of this $38,000,000 of indebtedness; and how much of the other bond issues now before the people of the state—to say nothing of the proposed $1,500,000 of county bonds for roads? Anaheim will in the near future vote upon a bond issue for sewers, and within a year or two another bond issue for public schools. These local betterments are necessary and should come first. If all the state bonds now before the voters carry, Orange county will be mulcted in more than a million of dollars—and this would build a pretty fair system of county roads. Do we want bulletin states, lower than that for any previous year of registration and probably is the lowest that ever occurred in the history of the United States. It is stated that the mortality was distributed with more than ordinary uniformity throughout the year 1909 and no epidemics of other than a very local extent were found to have occurred. It is a fact of much interest, the bulletin states, as showing the general prevalence in 1909 of extremely favorable conditions for human life, that the death rate of England and Wales for that year was 14.5 per thousand, which was also the lowest on record for that country, while the rate of 14 for the city of London was even lower and demonstrates the fallacy of the belief that high death rates are necessarily found in large cities. The total number of deaths returned from the registration area for 1909 was 732,538, an increase of 40,964 over the number, 691,574, returned for 1908. Of the total number in 1909, there were 398,597 deaths, or 54.4 per cent among males, as compared with 54.3 in 1908. The largest number of deaths returned for any month in 1909 was 70,093 for March. With the great majority of the registration states and cities it is the month having the largest number of deaths, while June is the month of lowest mortality. The provisionally estimated aggregate population of the registration area of the United States in 1909 is 48,776,893 or 53.3 per cent of the total estimated population of continental United States. The official death registration area is composed of those states and cities which require the registration of a death before the issuance of a burial permit and which have complied with other requirements imposed by the census bureau as conditions precedent to inclusion in this area whose death returns are annually collected, tabulated, analyzed, and presented in bulletin and report form by the census bureau. In 1909 the death registration area included the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin... state—to say nothing of the proposed $1,500,000 of county bonds for roads? Anaheim will in the near future vote upon a bond issue for sewers, and within a year or two another bond issue for public schools. These local betterments are necessary and should come first. If all the state bonds now before the voters carry, Orange county will be mulcted in more than a million of dollars—and this would build a pretty fair system of county roads. Do we want those state bonds and direct tax? We should rather think not. FIGHTING FOREST FIRES One of the lessons which will finally be drawn from the trying experience of the present forest fire season, in the behalf of officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is the need of wider organization among private owners of timber to safeguard their holdings. It is pointed out that already in the northwest, both on the Pacific coast and in Montana and Idaho, timberland owners have formed themselves into associations which assess the members on an acreage basis and thus meet the cost of maintaining a regular patrol and fire-fighting organization. Only by getting together can private owners usually assure themselves protection, for fire is no respecter of boundary lines and the man who undertakes to keep it out of his own timber will want it kept out of his neighbor's too. Wherever possible the government's forest officers cooperate with the force put in the field by the associations, so that the employees of the government and those of the private owners are handled practically as a unit in fighting the common enemy. This cooperation is advantageous to both sides. Protection of the national forests necessarily carries with it a good deal of protection of adjoining or interior holdings. If the precedent to inclusion in this area whose death returns are annually collected, tabulated, analyzed, and presented in bulletin and report form by the census bureau. In 1909 the death registration area included the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. In addition to these, returns of deaths were received from 54 cities in non-registration states, in which the registration under local ordinances is considered satisfactory. The District of Columbia, which is coterminus with the city of Washington, is not included in the list of separate registration cities. For most purposes it is treated as a city, but in the table showing groups of registration states the District of Columbia is included as a state area. THE MOOD OF A FAN "Why do you watch the baseball bulletins so carefully?" asked one woman. "My husband is an enthusiast over the game," replied the other. "And I make it a rule never to discuss household or millinery expenses with him except on days when the home team wins." WHAT HE GOT Some children were telling their father what they got at school. The eldest got reading, spelling and definitions. "And what did you get, my little man?" said the father to a rosy cheeked little fellow. "O.I dets readin', spellin' and spankin'." We recommend Nyal's remedies because we have faith in them and know what they are made of. Heying Brothers, druggists. promptly popularize will relieve them from scourge of long stares same time protected from the dangers of... NOW FOR THE SQUIRREL Dr. Blue Camping on Trail of Pestiferous Quadruped Dr. Rupert Blue, vanquisher of the yellow fever mosquito in New Orleans and the bubonic plague spreading rats of San Francisco states that the California ground squirrel is the next foe to be attacked. "In the campaign against these disease-spreading and crop devastating rodents," he says, "Federal, state and county officials will work in supervisory and directory capacity in conjunction with land holders. The first step will be to inform the people on the habits of the squirrel and the flea by means of free public stereopcon lectures delivered by federal and state health officers. The eradication of yellow fever in New Orleans, and of bubonic plague in San Francisco were similarly preceded by educational measures. In both instances it was demonstrated that the public can be relied upon to take intelligent and vigorous action if all the facts concerning a situation are submitted for their consideration. It is believed that putting the case clearly before the people will result in the necessary legal steps being taken by county supervisors which will insure concerted squirrel eradication measures on the part of the land holders. "The state board of health has sent out letters to all county and city administrative officers calling their attention to the special law for the extermination of rodents, and suggesting plans for work during the winter. The federal government will proba- be sufficient to run the government only six months. It means that, excluding Sundays and holidays, there is spent at Washington every day in the year the enormous sum of $3,567,685.56. It means for every man, woman and child in the country we spend each year $10. It means that for every family in the United States that the yearly expenditure at Washington is $55. If the waste at Washington is $300, 000,000 a year, as Senator Aldrich intimated, every American family suffers by this profligacy to the extent of $16.66 every twelve months. This is enough to buy a suit of clothes. It will buy an overcoat or a cloak. It will buy a good dress. It will furnish a room. It will buy nearly three tons of anthracite coal. It will buy four or five pairs of shoes. It will buy two or three barrels of flour or 300 loaves of shortweight bread. The cost of one battleship—$12,000,-000 to $18,000,000—needless and an incentive only to jingoism and war, would endow a great university, establish and maintain a dozen fine hospitals or equip and maintain forever 100 good libraries. TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES Trade between the United States and the Philippine islands increased 84 per cent during the first year's operation of the new tariff law, which provides for free interchange of merchandise between those islands and the United States. Imports from the islands doubled during the period UNIVERSITY FARM Outline of Programme for Week of October 10-15 This is the rally time for all the Short Courses given at Davis during the autumn. It is the time of all others when farmers should come to see and learn the latest things in agriculture and to talk over the year's progress. Briefly the features of the week are: Five lectures on California forage crops, by Professor E. J. Wickson. Four lectures on fruit growing, by Professor W. T. Clarke. Three lectures on viticulture, by Professor F. T. Bioletti. Three lectures on grain culture, by Professor G. W. Shaw. Two lectures on insect troubles, by Professor C. W. Woodworth. Five demonstrations in stock judging, by Professor E. W. Major and assistants. Five lectures on farm dairying, by Professor H. A. Hopper. Five lectures on soils, by Professor C. B. Lipman, Professor I. P. Roberts of Palo Alto and Professor F. H. King of Madison, Wisconsin. Three lectures and demonstrations on live stock diseases, by Drs. C. M. Haring, Chas. Keane, state veterinarian, and Geo. W. Baker of San Francisco. Two lectures on irrigation, by Professor B. A. Etcheverry and Mr. F. Adams. Four days of work in household economics with lectures on composition of foods, by Professor M. E. Jaffa; household sanitation, by Professor C. believed that putting the case clearly before the people will result in the necessary legal steps being taken by county supervisors which will insure concerted squirrel eradication measures on the part of the land holders. "The state board of health has sent out letters to all county and city administrative officers calling their attention to the special law for the extermination of rodents, and suggesting plans for work during the winter. The federal government will probably select some one county as a point for beginning its attack. Santa Clara county may be selected because it constitutes part of the only land route for squirrels from infected counties to San Francisco; and because two cases of human plague have occurred in that vicinity during the past four months—a Mexican dying of buonic plague presumably contracted from squirrels in June, 1910, near Hollister, San Benito county, and a young American woman contracting the disease at Coyote, Santa Clara county, on August 25th. The latter patient will recover. This last case may be taken to illustrate the possibilities of infection by fleas from diseased squirrels. The victim is a young woman 18 years of age who lived in a district surrounded by big grain fields which have been found by federal field workers to be infested by bubonic plague infected squirrels. This girl frequently went with her father to the field where there are numerous squirrel burrows, and it is presumed that she was bitten by fleas from some of the diseased rodents. Upon the death of a diseased squirrel the fleas leave the body and search for a new host. If the new host happens to be a person instead of another rodent there is danger that bubonic plague infection will follow. "The devastation of crops of all kinds by ground squirrels has always been a serious handicap in the development of agriculture in this state, and it is believed that farmers will promptly popularize a movement that will relieve them from an economic scourge of long standing and at the same time protect their families from the dangers of disease." UNCLE SAM IS SPEEDY Gets Rid of a Pot of Dinero Every Year National expenditures for the ensuing year made and authorized by concession amounted to $1,098,847,184—contablish and maintain a dozen fine hospitals or equip and maintain forever 100 good libraries. TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES Trade between the United States and the Philippine islands increased 84 per cent during the first year's operation of the new tariff law, which provides for free interchange of merchandise between those islands and the United States. Imports from the islands doubled during the period in question and exports thereto increased about 70 per cent. The new tariff act went into effect Aug. 6th, 1909, and the figures of the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, stating the trade with the islands from Aug. 1, 1908, to July 31, 1910, show: Total imports from the islands during the year ended July 31, 1909, $9,167,525, and during the year ended July 31, 1910, $18,917,372; total exports to the islands, year ended July 31, 1909, $10,650,869, and in the year ended July 31, 1910, $17,517,675. The articles which show the principal increases in imports are sugar, manila hemp, cigars and cigarettes, copra, fibers other than manila, and hats, bonnets, etc. Sugar increased from a little over one million dollars in 1909 to five million in 1910; cigars and cigarets from $5374 in 1909 to over 1-3-4 million in 1910; manila hemp from 7-1-3 millions in 1909 to 11 millions in 1910; while copra, fibers, and hats, bonnets, etc., show smaller increases. On the export side increases occur in a much larger number of articles. Iron and steel manufactures increased from 2-1-3 million dollars in 1909 to 3-1-2 millions in 1910; cottoncloths from less than a half million to 2-1-2 million dollars; flour, from $325,000 to one million; boots and shoes, from $230,000 to $531,000; explosives from $917,000 to over one million; and meat and dairy produces, from $477,000 to $652,000; while numerous other articles also show an increase. The trade of the United States with the Philippine islands exceeded in 1910 that of any earlier year. Exports from the islands in the fiscal year 1910 amounted to $17,317,897 against $12,657,904 in 1905, the former high-record year, and $5,971,208 in 1900. Exports to the islands in 1910 were $16,832,645 against $11,461,732 in 1908, the former high-record year, and $2,640,449 in 1900. Prior to 1900 exports to the islands had never reached $500,000 per annum, while tablish and maintain a dozen fine hospitals or equip and maintain forever 100 good libraries. H. King of Madison, Wisconsin. Three lectures and demonstrations on live stock diseases, by Drs. C. M. Haring, Chas. Keane, state veterinarian, and Geo. W. Baker of San Francisco. Two lectures on irrigation, by Professor B. A. Etcheverry and Mr. F. Adams. Four days of work in household economics with lectures on composition of foods, by Professor M. E. Jaffa; household sanitation, by Professor C. G. Hyde and Secretary State Board of Health Dr. W. F. Snow; insects injurious to health, by Professor W. B. Herms; ornamenting home grounds by R. E. Mansell, and daily demonstrations in cooking by Miss Clara Palmer, instructor in domestic science, California polytechnic school at San Luis Obispo. Thursday, October 13th, will be devoted to a conference on rural life with W. A. Beard of Sacramento, as chairman, and with live discussions on the topics: Farm labor, cooperative marketing, health and sanitation, the country church, the country problem as it presents itself to the farmer's wife, rural schools, and social and educational organizations. General lectures will be delivered by Judge Peter J. Shields and President Benj. I. Wheeler. On Saturday, October 15, the Sacramento valley development association will hold its monthly meeting, with the question of good roads discussed by prominent speakers. The university glee club will give a concert Friday evening, October 14th. A unique exhibit of farm implements and machinery will be on display during the entire week. It consists of pumping machinery, traction engines, plows, harrows, spraypumps, levelers, graders, wagons and trucks. The week begins at 1 o'clock Monday, October 10, and continues until Saturday afternoon. Everything is free and everybody welcome. The railroad companies give a round-trip rate of one and one-third fare. PANDORA'S BOX Pandora as a woman fair,and that is why I wish The contents of that box of hers were very much like this: A recipe for apple-pies. A recipe for jelly. Some motor goggles for her eyes. A novel by Corelli. A pattern for a summer hat. In manner Chantlelery; Two switches and a fluffy rat. For purposes capillary. UNCLE SAM IS SPEEDY Gets Rid of a Pot of Dinero Every Year National expenditures for the ensuing year made and authorized by congress amounted to $1,098,847,184—considerably more than a thousand millions. Let us see what the result means: It means that we are spending every year nearly 1 per cent of our national wealth—$120,000,000,000; or, nearly one-half of the national wealth of Switzerland—$2,400,000,000; or of Portugal—$2,500,000,000; or more than one-third of the national wealth of the thrifty Netherlands—$5,000,000,000. It means that we are spending every year more than the entire assessed valuation, real and personal, of most of the states in the union, in only four of which is there property in excess of a thousand millions. It means that we are spending in one year almost as much money as all the farms, city lots and buildings in so great and rich a state as Indiana are worth for taxation—$1,110,391,650. It means that we are spending in one year one-third of the entire output of all our gold mines in 120 years—$3,063,787,000. It means that we are spending every year more than the entire capital of all the national banks in the United States—$918,143,825—and nearly one third of all our savings bank deposits—$3,713,405,708. It means that we spend in one year one-third of the value of our foreign commerce—$3,055,115,138. It means that we spend each year our entire corn crop—2,668,651,000 bushels—and our wheat crop for a single year, 665,602,000 bushels—would The trade of the United States with the Philippine islands exceeded in 1910 that of any earlier year. Exports from the islands in the fiscal year 1910 amounted to $17,317,897, against $12,657,904 in 1905, the former high-record year, and $5,971,208 in 1900. Exports to the islands in 1910 were $16,832,645, against $11,461,732 in 1908, the former high-record year, and $2,640,449 in 1900. Prior to 1900 exports to the islands had never reached $500,000 per annum, while imports therefrom averaged from five to six millions, exceeding, however, in exceptional years, 10 millions per annum. Mr. Honeymoon Jones—Our room is very cozy, Mrs. Ozone. The Landlady—Ah, sir, what a blessin' twould be if all my boarders were on honeymoons. They'd never notice anything. Wife—I suppose if you should meet some pretty young girl you would cease to care for me? Husband — What nonsense you talk. What do I care for youth and beauty? You suit me, all right. He's a terrible drunkard, isn't he? Yes, but he's a good citizen. How can that be? Every time he has jim jams he goes to the courthouse and pays taxes on a pack of pink and blue dogs. Jack—I hear you had some money left you. Tom—Yes; it left me quite a while ago. Mrs. Caudle—Henry, did you miss me the night I was away? Mr. Caudle—No, I went to a lecture. How rich is he? Immensely wealthy. He's had every operation the doctors could think of." Husband—Does that new novel turn out happily? Wife—It doesn't say. It only says they were married. PANDORA'S BOX Pandora as a woman fair, and that is why I wish The contents of that box of hers were very much like this: A recipe for apple-pies. A recipe for jelly. Some motor goggles for her eyes, A novel by Corelli, A pattern for a summer hat In manner Chantielery; Two switches and a fluffy rat For purposes capillary. An "ad" for Monday's bargain sale, A list of the Best Sellers, Some samples for a chiffon vell In blues, and pinks, and yellers. A copy of a garden book Called Fifty-seven Roses; A clipping—How to Give the Hook To Freckles on Our Noses. A box of rouge, a powder-puff, A kit for manicuring; A collarette, a piece of ruff To make herself alluring. A piece of satin and some lace, A recipe for pickles; Some Anti-Sunburn for the face, Two pennies and some nickles. An invitation for a tea, With bridge to follow later; A roll of ribbon and a key; Some buttons for her galter, Some printed plates of glad array All in the latest fashion; A ticket for the matinee Of some new play of passion. The advertisement of a jade Who wanted a position As waitress or as parlor maid. Or maybe, in the kitchen—A list so very long, I fear, It never knew a stopping Of sundry things Pandora dear Was after in her shopping. These are the things, I'll bet a hat, Pandora lovely carried; And base my guesses one, and all, on well, you know I'm married. Union Brewing Company is selling bottled beer at 90 cents per dozen. Thursday, September 29 CONSERVATION BY THE ANCIENTS The maryels of a world in which there is nothing new are illustrated and emphasized by recent discoveries as a result of government work at El Paso, Tex., in the interest of a great irrigation project there. Excavations have brought to light along the Rio Grande valley remains of an ancient irrigation system not unlike those which have been built under the direction of modern engineers and with the aid of modern machinery and modern power. Sands of ages now cover the long canals once dug with infinite patience and incredible labor, often through solid rock. No doubt they were used by a pastoral people when the light of Christianity was beginning to break over the world. When Coronado and his adventurous band swept through the country of the Pueblos, in a vain search for the seven fabled cities of Cibola some of these canals were still in use by the people whose civilization perished with the coming of the conquerors. After the passing of centuries whose intellectual attainment has been buried in oblivion even as the sands of the desert have buried the work of the hands of an ancient civilization, the government project will restore to its old-time glory the valley of the Rio Grande. Hundreds of miles of canals will be constructed to distribute water over the now parched plains and thousands of acres will be transformed from desert to garden. The reservoir storing the water which will accomplish this TO BE CANDID With you we are much surprised ourselves to be able to offer you Such Smart Apparel For So Little Money Somebody is losing money, we are sure. It is not we and it certainly won't be you if you Buy One of Our Suits at Present Prices We know you cannot duplicate the same goods at our prices. Come in and look over our line of Wisconsin. and demonstrations uses, by Drs. C. M. ane, state veterinW. Baker of San irrigation, by Proeverry and Mr. F. Work in household ecores on composition essor M. E. Jaffa; on, by Professor C. Petetary State Board F. Snow; insects m, by Professor W. enting home grounds and daily demonning by Miss Clara in domestic scilytechnic school at 13th, will be reference on rural life card of Sacramento, with live discusstion Farm labor, coophealth and sanitachurch, the country presents itself to the local schools, and socal organizations. will be delivered Shields and Presheeler. On Saturthe Sacramento valassociation will meeting, with the roads discussed by urs. The university be a concert Friday 4th. bit of farm impletery will be on disentire week. It conmachinery, traction arrows, spraypumps, wagons and trucks. at 1 o'clock, Monand continues until n. Everything is only welcome. The give a round-trip third fare. A TREAT IN STORE Mamma (at dinner)—Willie, don't you stare at Mr. Blank that way. It isn't polite. Small Willie—I was just watchin' to see him tackle his glass of water, mamma. I heard papa say that he drinks like a fish. READ OVER Your list, please. A new novel just published should be added. Pardon our calling your attention to it. When read you'll thank us for reminding you. Books and Stationery Like other things, wear summer garbs. Somebody is losing money, we are sure. It is not we and it certainly won't be you if you Buy One of Our Suits at Present Prices We know you cannot duplicate the same goods at our prices. Come in and look over our line of MEN'S SUITS And Overcoats And you will agree with us that what we say is so. Then we also have a nice line of Dress Shoes We stand back of every pair we sell. L. Z. KROEGER THE LEADER Better Goods & Lower Prices 128 W. Center St. PHONES Home 2132; Pacific 2103 ART OF LONGEVITY The doctors who met in St. Louis where they were entertained in a much more lively fashion than most of them wished, beguiled their passing moments by giving advice on the subject of longevity. One suggested that we would live to be over a hundred if we would not smoke, wouldn't drink, would retire at 10 p.m., arise at 6 a.m., never worry about making money, live a simple life, do everything in moderation, never get excited, and never eat unless we felt like it and READ OVER Your list, please. A new novel just published should be added. Pardon our calling your attention to it. When read you'll thank us for reminding you. Books and Stationery Like other things, wear summer garbs. We have them fresh from the makers, bright, fresh, new. Our books are splendid companions for home or travel, and for correspondence our stationery is unexcelled. Joseph Helmsen I went fishing the other day and forgot my glasses, said the near-sighted man. Well, can't you drink out of a bottle? demanded the man with the impressionistic nose. Look and See THE NEW ARTISTIC TAILOR IN The NewHart Block On East Center Street Next Week. That's All.