anaheim-gazette 1911-02-23

TILLERS OF THE SOIL HEAR EXPERTS TALK FARMERS INSTITUTE HELD AT PLACENTIA FRIDAY J. B. Neff, Representative of The University of California, the Conductor — Horticultural Commissioner Bishop, and H. Culberson, of El Cajon, the Chief Speakers—C. C. Chapman and Crowther's Orchestra Also Contribute to the Entertainment—Interesting and Instructive J. B. Neff who, as representative of the University of California, has been conducting farmers institutes throughout the southern half of the state for several years, and endeavoring to teach the agriculturists and the horticulturists the value of applying scientific principles to their business, finally remembered his own neighborhood and held a meeting at Placentia last Friday. The schoolroom in which the institute was held was crowded when he called for order at 1:30 o'clock and announced the first number on the program, music by Crowther's orchestra. This orchestra is a product of the soil of Placentia, and deserves to be numbered among the other high-grade productions of that prolific region. C. C. Chapman was on the program for an introductory speech and talked a few minutes. The great universities, he said, were branching out and endeavoring in many ways to educate the masses, and the wonder is loose soil. This demonstrated that in the sandy soil rows of vegetation should be planted closer together if only one irrigating furrow was to be used. He was emphatic in recommending the use of the shovel. Dig down and see where your water is going, he said, and if it has penetrated far enough stop. It is a mistake to think that the more you put on the ground the more benefit you will receive from it because if it penetrates deep enough to meet the surface or ground water it will be forced back bringing alkali with it and thus injure or destroy the land. The ideal method is to put on just sufficient to nurture vegetation without adding to the ground water. It also frequently happens that there is hardpan beneath the surface, and in that case the water is held and the tree or plant will get too much water. When an orange or lemon tree turns yellow and looks sickly that tree is getting too much water. Another point Mr. Culberson dwelt upon was that the entire surface of the ground should not be covered with water. This would pack the soil, fill up the pores and prevent the air from penetrating. If the water came gently from beneath the soil crumbled, the pores were opened, allowing free circulation of the air among the roots of the plants or trees. Flushing the ditches also caused a great waste of water, because in flushing the sediment accumulated by the rushing stream stopped up the pores, the ground was packed, and a greater part of the water was lost. He showed by his chart that water in a flushed ditch penetrated only nine inches while in another ditch 50 PER CENT Land Values to Ease Assess From $40 a farm property at the county Los Angeles street raise placed upon City Assessor Measures taxation this year advised so to do b and when he begin assessment lists M owners will note increase in valuation crease as he moves corner, which is business section of holdings will be decrease. The total of land in town in return this year fall far short of year's total assess $1,114,995. This probably come close. Under provisions 1, which exempts corporations from city will lose $160 Mr. Merritt expects make this up by improvements. Mr. Merritt is following communal state board of equities. Your attention important changes in assessment and brought about by location at the general Nov. 8th last of amendment No. 1 paration of the s those of the coun announced the first number on the program, music by Crowther's orchestra. This orchestra is a product of the soil of Placentia, and deserves to be numbered among the other high-grade productions of that prolific region. C. C. Chapman was on the program for an introductory speech and talked a few minutes. The great universities, he said, were branching out and endeavoring in many ways to educate the masses, and the wonder is that so many of us, who are always complaining because it is so difficult to make our business pay, refuse to spend a few hours listening to these expert speakers and learning how to make it pay. I am glad, he continued, that Mr. Neff, who is making a wide reputation for himself, has finally discovered that Placentia is on the map, and that we, of Placentia, can still learn new ideas. Let us old fellows lay aside the accumulated prejudices and ideas of years and listen to the new methods which will be presented, and feel free to profit by them. R. K. Bishop, horticultural commissioner, spoke on "The Control of Scale in Citrus Fruit." "There are three primary insects in this section," he said, "the black, the purple and the red scale. I am at all times opposed to spraying for this pest, because it is absolutely useless, and the only excuse anyone can give for spraying is that it is cheaper than fumigation. Spraying with the ordinary 10 per cent kerosene solution injures at least 75 per cent of the trees. Fumigation is the only practical method of destroying the scale, and if properly handled there is no excuse for poor work." He recommended the block system which is being adopted in many sections—that is, forming blocks of several hundred acres each, the owners clubbing together, purchasing their own tents and material, and hiring experts to do the work. Under the present competitive system the price had been beaten down so low that fumigators could not afford to do first-class work. The best time to fumigate for the black scale, he said, was from the day he hatched until three-fourths grown. Red scale can be killed at any time but the best season is the fall and winter. October and November were the best months to fight the purple scale. Shrubbery was a breeding-place for scale and it would also live for a time on weeds. Orange county, he continued, contained about one million citrus trees. Flushing the ditches also caused a great waste of water, because in flushing the sediment accumulated by the rushing stream stopped up the pores, the ground was packed, and a greater part of the water was lost. He showed by his chart that water in a flushed ditch penetrated only nine inches while in another ditch during the same period, with a gentle stream turned on it had gone to a depth of nineteen inches. In gravelly soil the irrigating furrows should not be more than twenty-eight inches apart, but in some clay soil ten feet is close enough. As a rule the furrows should be as far apart as the soil will permit. Mr. Chapman again made a few remarks before adjournment. He said that he had been doing a great deal of irrigating in the past and now found that he had been doing it wrong. He often wondered what caused some of his trees to turn yellow and sickly and he had just discovered the cause. HOME RULE FOR COUNTIES Bill Before Legislature Permitting Them to Frame Charters Perhaps no other measure introduced during this session of the legislature has been of such immediate interest to counties as the constitutional amendment providing for home rule for counties. Much important legislation of a general character has been considered this year, but this particular measure applies directly to every county and will act as an incentive to progressive men to canvass the field for the right men to frame an organic law. The necessity for home rule for counties has been emphasized by the fact that something like seventy-five per cent of the legislation attempted each legislative session has been occasioned by purely local needs. When something has been wanted by a certain county, special legislation has been demanded because of the constitutional provision that all legislation should be uniform in its application. This has given rise to a great mass of bills at each session, little regarding which has been known to the majority of the members. The republican state platform and the governor's inaugural address emphasized the need of the proposed change in the constitution. The platgently from beneath the soil crumbled, the pores were opened, allowing free circulation of the air among the roots of the plants or trees. Your attention is important changes in assessment and communication at the general Nov. 8th last of the amendment No. 1 paration of the state those of the county constitute constitutional whereby the state be raised by four as aid to the Panical exposition, Francisco upon the Panama canal. By virtue of this ment, the property public service company on a gross earnin property used exerciation of the bioropations is to be other forms of taxification of the constitutional amendments with the ment renders it old ad valorem shall continue for least for the purse $5,000,000. Your attention to the language sition amendmen "The said taxes seceded, and collected and character of California no tion under the laction on the 1st in the same man method, as other vied, assessed, the law, as the 1st day of July, It is therefore classification of the jurisdiction further, to show such property have, therefore,erty under nine viz: Class A—Local real estate, imperial property, incl water company franchises, is to same manner able subject to local district tax of interest and for the sta low that fumigators could not afford to do first-class work. The best time to fumigate for the black scale, he said, was from the day he hatched until three-fourths grown. Red scale can be killed at any time but the best season is the fall and winter. October and November were the best months to fight the purple scale. Shrubbery was a breeding-place for scale and it would also live for a time on weeds. Orange county, he continued, contained about one million citrus trees, covering 12,000 acres. It would require 1000 tents to properly fumigate these trees but there are not half that many in the county. The county must have more tents and the cooperative or block system should be adopted. He spoke at some length on the various ways of carrying and distributing the scale. Pickers carried it on their clothing and pickingsacks, and it was also frequently carried in boxes. H. Culberson of El Cajon, an expert on irrigating, spoke on "The Economical Use of Irrigating Water". He dwelt on the fact that a large portion of the water used in irrigation was wasted, and that in their greed for water a large number of growers use too much and thus injure the land. "I know of an 8000 acre tract which has been practically destroyed by the owners' greed for water," he said, "and it will cost more than it is worth to remove the surplus water and make it useful again." He displayed a chart showing the depth and spread of the same amount of water on various soils. On loose, sandy soil he demonstrated where, after twenty-four hours of irrigation, the water had spread only twenty-eight inches but had gone to a depth of four or five feet. On heavy, clay soil the same amount of water had penetrated only two feet in depth, but had spread more than twice as far as on the Potato Dip, Mullinix Drug Store. 50 PER CENT INCREASE Land Values to Be Raised by City Assessor From $40 a front foot to $60, for property at the corner of Center and Los Angeles streets, will be the raise placed upon land valuations by City Assessor Merritt for purposes of taxation this year. He has been advised so to do by the city trustees and when he begins making out his assessment lists March 1st property owners will note a 50 per cent increase in valuations. Values will decrease as he moves away from this corner, which is the center of the business section of town, but all land holdings will be subject to this increase. The total assessed valuation of land in town is $359,075, and the return this year will probably not fall far short of $600,000. Last year's total assessment amounted to $1,114,995. This year the total will probably come close to $1,500,000. Under provisions of Amendment No. 1, which exempts railroads and other corporations from local taxation, the city will lose $160,000 in values, but Mr. Merritt expects to more than make this up by the increase in improvements. Mr. Merritt is in receipt of the following communication from the state board of equalization: Your attention is called to the important changes in the method of assessment and computation of taxes brought about by reason of the ratification at the general election held on Nov. 8th last of senate constitutional amendment No. 1, providing for a separation of the state revenues from those of the counties, and alsoSenate real estate and improvements of insurance companies will be assessed by the county assessor and subject to same taxes as set forth in class A. Class I—The franchise, roadway, roadbed, rails, and rolling stock of all steam railroads operated in more than one county, will be assessed by state board of equalization and apportionment made to counties in the same manner as heretofore. Upon these assessments the only taxes leviable are taxes for the past bonded indebtedness and for the Panama exposition tax. CHARGED WITH FELONY Holbrook Accused by J. S. Perry with Passing Fictitious Checks R. I. Holbrook, who accomplished the feat of cashing a check at Santa Ana in amount $20.75, that had been through the banks and was marked "paid," faces a more serious charge, that of issuing a check when he had no funds in the bank, which crime is a felony, punishable by not over fourteen years in the penitentiary. J. S. Perry, storekeeper at Buena Park last week swore to a complaint charging Holbrook with the felony. He cashed two checks for Holbrook, one for $15 and the other for $50. These checks and a $5000 draft presented to the First National bank of this city were returned by the bank at Escondido, marked, no account. ORANGE SHOW Finest Fruit to Be on Exhibition at San Bernardino Meeting The first exposition of citrus industries in the United States will be held in San Bernardino at the Na- Mr. Merritt is in receipt of the following communication from the state board of equalization: Your attention is called to the important changes in the method of assessment and computation of taxes brought about by reason of the ratification at the general election held on Nov. 8th last of senate constitutional amendment No. 1, providing for a separation of the state revenues from those of the counties, and also Senate constitutional amendment No. 52 whereby the state voted $5,000,000 to be raised by four annual tax levies, as aid to the Panama Pacific international exposition, to be held in San Francisco upon the completion of the Panama canal. By virtue of the former amendment, the property of the so-called public service corporations (excepting water companies) is to be taxed on a gross earnings basis, and all property used exclusively in the operation of the business of such corporations is to be exempt from all other forms of taxation. But the ratification of the Panama exposition constitutional amendment cotemporaneously with the separation amendment renders it imperative that the old ad valorem system of taxation shall continue for four years at least for the purpose of raising said $5,000,000. Your attention is particularly called to the language of the Panama exposition amendment, quoted as follows: "The said taxes shall be levied, assessed, and collected upon every kind and character of property in state of California not exempt from taxation under the law, and subject to taxation on the 1st day of July, 1910, and in the same manner, and by the same method, as other state taxes were levied, assessed, and collected under the law, as the same existed on the 1st day of July, 1910." It is therefore necessary to make a classification of the property to show the jurisdiction for assessment; and further, to show for what taxes all such property may be liable. We have, therefore, grouped such property under nine subheads, or classes, viz.: Class A—Local property, otherwise real estate, improvements and personal property, including all property of water companies, excepting their franchises, is to be assessed in the same manner as heretofore, and will be subject to the usual county and local district taxes, taxes for payment of interest and redemption of bonds, and for the state tax in aid of the for $15 and the other for $50. These checks and a $5000 draft presented to the First National bank of this city were returned by the bank at Escondido, marked, no account. ORANGE SHOW Finest Fruit to Be on Exhibition at San Bernardino Meeting The first exposition of citrus industries in the United States will be held in San Bernardino at the National Orange show, starting Monday evening, March 6th, and continuing through the week until Saturday, March 11. The show will consist of gorgeous displays of the finest citrus crops from the different sections surrounding San Bernardino together with an exhibit of the mechanical devices used in the growing and the packing of the fruit for shipment, and will be the first of its kind ever held on a national basis. Fruit growers all over Southern California are supporting the show and competitive exhibits of oranges, lemons and grapefruit will be displayed in a mammoth tent. Packing houses in operation, pre-cooling plants running full blast and all the other minor industries connected with California's golden fruit culture will be shown as a part of the extensive mechanical division of the exposition. The convention of the California Citrus Growers will be held in that city during the National Orange Show week, and greatly reduced rates will be prevalent on all railroads into San Bernardino at that time. Preparations for the entertainment of the visitors at the orange show are being made on a large scale, and the city will take on a festive appearance in keeping with the spirit of the exposition. Oranges and lemons and their products will be distributed freely to the crowds. An invitation has been sent to Theodore Roosevelt to stop off in San Bernardino at the orange show on his western itinerary, and it is probable the city will entertain the distinguished guest during the week. ESTUDILLO JOLTED Proposed Junket Bill Turned Down in Upper House Senator Estudillo's bill to require an annual convention of road supervisors, street superintendents of cities, and other officials working in the highway construction, failed of passage in the upper house, after a storage with the county clerk or said county one hundred and sixty-five civil cases. And, Whereas, during the year 1910 the Honorable Z. B. West presiding there were filed with the county clerk of said county three hundred and twenty civil cases, showing an increase in the civil business alone of Orange county of nearly one hundred per cent since Judge West took the office. And, Whereas, in the year 1909, eighteen informations were filed with the county clerk in eighteen criminal cases, while in the year 1910 thirty informations were filed therein, besides fifty-three juvenile matters, showing an alarming increase in the criminal business of said county during said year, this in addition to the new duties required of the judge of said court in naturalization and insanity matters required by new statutes enacted by our legislature. And, Whereas, there is a continual increase of business in said county and in said court along all lines. And, Whereas, the cases already set for trial at this time cover the full time of said court until July 10, 1911, and that there are at the present time sixty cases at issue, which if they were all to be set for trial now would occupy all of the time for the balance of the year 1911, this without making any provision whatever for new business, including criminal matters which must be tried and disposed of during said time. And, Whereas, the greater portion of the expense of all civil cases is borne and paid by the litigants themselves, and not by the taxpayers, and in view of the further fact of the great increase of business in said court, and as stated that the larger portion of the expense incurred in civil cases is borne by the litigants as aforesaid, such litigants are entitled to an early hearing and disposition of their cases, which in many instances involved personal liberty and in many other cases involves all the property rights, and the amounts involved in such causes at this time are in many instances ten times greater than they were in similar cases in 1902. And, Whereas, we are fully convinced that careful consideration of causes and a strenuous effort at all times towards doing justice in all matters coming before a judge should not be sacrificed by him for speed, it being clear that no one man can properly care for said business with efficiency and despatch at present,and further that we do not believe that a mere mercenary matter,the slight additional expense should be held ESTUDILLO JOLTED Prproposed Junket Bill Turned Down in Upper House Senator Estudillo's bill to require an annual convention of road supervisors, street superintendents of cities, and other officials working in the highway construction, failed of passage in the upper house, after a stormy battle. The bill provides that all counties and cities shall pay the expenses of the officials to such an annual convention and per diem besides. Estudillo said it was intended to educate the officials in road building. Strobridge of Alameda said it was like some other measures that had "slipped through" committees and that it represented "reform gone crazy." "These fellows are to be paid for meeting and having a good time, and the only thing accomplished is a raid on the public treasury," said he. "Educate your officials before you elect them." Stetson agreed with Strobridge and declared that a most reprehensible organization is that of county officers who have the purpose of making their work easier and their pay greater. He condemned the sheriffs and auditors associations for such a policy. Estudillo made an indignant rejoinder, and censured Strobridge for saying the bill had slipped through. When the roll call time approached about ten senators left the chamber which forced Estudillo to demand a call of the senate. The vote was a tie, 17 each way, and Estudillo changed to the negative and gave notice of a reconsideration. For first class photography call on Agnes Schuler. Studio 1st door west of opera-house. And, Whereas, we are fully convinced that careful consideration of causes and a strenuous effort at all times towards doing justice in all matters coming before a judge should not be sacrificed by him for speed, it being clear that no one man can properly care for said business with efficiency and despatch at present, and further that we do not believe that a mere mercenary matter, the slight additional expense, should be held above manhood, womanhood, and property rights. Therefore, be it Resolved, by the Bar Association of Orange county, California, that the best interests of all persons concerned, particularly of those having business before said court and the taxpayers of Orange county, would be best served by providing for an additional judge. 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