anaheim-gazette 1911-05-04

NEW FIRE APPARATUS WANTED BY LADDIES TRUSTEES GRANT PART OF THE SEVERAL DEMANDS Seven More Building Permits Granted by Board—Water Main Extension Ordered on Olive and South Sts.—Application for Wholesale Liquor License Laid Over for Future Consideration—Santa Fe Contract for Sewer Rights Held Up for Change The Anaheim Fire Department, through its representative, Will Wallop, presented the Board of Trustees Thursday evening with a list of new apparatus which, the boys figure, is needed by the fire laddies for the protection of the city from possible fires in the future. The list included a wagon with chemical attachment, costing $1600, a 20-foot extension ladder, one dozen ladder straps, a $65 simian, and one thousand feet of canvas hose. Previous to the presentation of this list a letter from an insurance inspector who recently made an inspection of the department was read. He reported that the service was inadequate at present as the hose was old and rotten and unless one thousand feet of new hose was added to the equipment a universal raise of insurance rates would result. Mr. Wallop reported that one 500-foot reel of the present hose was good, but the other was rotten and practically useless. On motion of Nebelung the clerk was instructed to advertise for one thousand feet of hose, one Attorney Ames was instructed to look up the old Los Angeles county records and learn whether or not the city has authority to sell it. A map of the new Eygabroad subdivision on the west side was presented by Engineer Steward and accepted by the board. Demands against the city for $42 were reported approved by Chairman Gates of the finance committee. COUNTIES COMMITTEE Will Convene at Eureka June 2 for Important Session The fifteenth semi-annual meeting of the Counties Committee of the California Development Board is to be held in the city of Eureka, on June 2, at which time the executives of the principal public promotion bodies in the state will assemble to work out questions of vital moment to their work for the ensuing half-year. Each chamber of commerce, board of trade, or promotion league in the state is entitled to five delegates so that the representation will include not only the commercial executives, but in many instances the leading business men behind these organizations will attend. In the past these conclaves have been highly successful in the interest shown and the attendance, and the results have been very helpful to those partaking in the session. Borad contacts are made between these men whose efforts are directed on one line of work, and the spirit of co-operation thus established tends to concentrate endeavor and produce large results. The most important work of the California Development Board in STATE ROAD BAY Courts May Be Called Upon Investigation raised by District Evans of Riverside County of State Frank Coyle covered that the $18,000 way bonding proposed to the voters of the vember election, was of the enrolled bill pledisature of 1909 and signed by Gillett. This discovery raises to the validity of the discrepancy were the courts, would s foundation upon whi highway act, passedession and signed by Gillett is based. The discrepancy wiled by the board o Riverside county, where District Attorney Evans certain clause in se $18,000,000 bondingmitted to the peoplewould give the enginement power to purchase take action necessary tenance of highways county bond issues w prior to the adoption. It is not known history came about. I changing of a periodthe assembly bill 97of the statutes of 1909which makes the parread as an exceptionfollowing, instead of He reported that the service was inadequate at present as the hose was old and rotten and unless one thousand feet of new hose was added to the equipment a universal raise of insurance rates would result. Mr. Wallop reported that one 500-foot reel of the present hose was good, but the other was rotten and practically useless. On motion of Nebelung the clerk was instructed to advertise for one thousand feet of hose, one simian and one dozen ladder straps. The new chemical wagon will be purchased later. Written agreements from the Santa Fe and S. P. railroads granting sewer rights across their rights of way, were presented for the signatures of President Rust and City Clerk Merritt. The Southern Pacific paper was accepted but the Santa Fe was referred to City Attorney Ames with instructions to secure modification if possible. It gives the company the right to order the sewer taken out any time without cause or reason. According to Engineer Steward's plans the sewer will pass through the Olmstead lumber yard and directly under the baggage room of the Santa Fe depot. A communication signed by Bruce Anson, L. E. Miller and others asking that the Anaheim Union Water Company be ordered to pipe an open ditch on East Cypress street from Olive to the Santa Fe track, was read. Mr. Steward said that this ditch was exactly over the line where the Anaheim sewer pipe would run, consequently it would have to be abandoned by the water company. Building permits were granted to the following persons: To C. H. Jones, frame dwelling on Resh street; cost $1400. To Joseph Fiscus, barn on South Los Angeles street; cost $100. To J. E. Valjean, alterations on residence on Chartres street. To Clem Westerman, frame dwelling on Melrose street; cost $1650. To Mrs. Cora Dugdale, frame dwelling on Olive street; cost $100. To F. J. Fiall, frame residence on Helena street; cost $1300. Also a $1200 residence on Illinois street. Fred H. Miller, a former resident of Anaheim, who is desirous of re-locating here, made application for a wholesale liquor license, his business to be opened in the new Mitchell block. The application was laid over for consideration at the next regiment of the department was read. In the past these conclaves have been highly successful in the interest shown and the attendance, and the results have been very helpful to those partaking in the session. Borad contacts are made between these men whose efforts are directed on one line of work, and the spirit of co-operation thus established tends to concentrate endeavor and produce large results. The most important work of the California Development Board, in the minds of many of its constituents, is the focusing of the efforts of the many commercial bodies of the state into a unified force. This has been the dream of the past and has been realized as the one way to eliminate waste and to avoid inefficiency. Great progress has been made during the year in arranging a permanent and official affiliation between the various publicity organizations in the state. As an expression of this spirit of co-ordination, a larger and more enthusiastic attendance is expected at the Eureka meeting than has ever had before. The highest authorities on development matters will be on the program to discuss the general theme of the meeting, which is, "The Development of the Northern Part of California." Ample opportunity will be given at this semiannual conference for the discussion of topics of general interest, in which all may take part. The day following, June 3d, will be given over to the entertainment of delegates who will be shown the wonders of Humboldt county's redwoods, mountains and bays during the day and be banqueted at night. The delights of a trip to Eureka in June, through the Redwoods by way of an automobile stage, or if preferred by steamer, insures the semiannual meeting a large attendance. BELIEVES IN ASSOCIATION Sold Wainuts at 25 Cents in Iowa, When Growers Got 5 Here A. C. Tiede, secretary of the Santa Ana walnut ass'n, was in town the first of the week. Mr. Tiede is one of the leading association men in Southern California, and has done much to bring growers together. Without co-operation, he says, prices for walnuts would drop to prices ruling fifteen years ago, from 4 to 5 cents. He was then in the grocery business in Iowa and although growent power to purchase all supply chinery and to do necessary or proper maintenance highway. With these public highways been permanently bound issues within them to the adoption of thic lic highways within twithin the right of whighway as determine by the department shall be and she same a part of the right state highway, without being paid therefor; ing herein contained a state to maintain any or on said right of wcompletion or acquisition manent improvement by this act." The certified copy of voters read as follows: "The department shall have full power to purchase all supply chinery and to do necessary or proper maintenance highway. With these public highways been permanently bound issues within them to the adoption of thic lic highways within twithin the right of whighway as determine by the department shall be and she same a part of the right state highway, without being paid therefor; ing herein contained a state to maintain any or on said right of wcompletion or acquisition manent improvement by this act." Under the law ame positions submitted To Mrs. Cora Dugdale, frame dwelling on Olive street; cost $100. To F. J. Fiali, frame residence on Helena street; cost $1300. Also a $1200 residence on Illinois street. Fred H. Miller, a former resident of Anaheim, who is desirous of re-locating here, made application for a wholesale liquor license, his business to be opened in the new Mitchell block. The application was laid over for consideration at the next regular meeting. J. J. Malone, inspector for the Hartford Fire Insurance company, submitted a report of his inspection of the boilers at the power house. He found them in satisfactory condition. Residents on South street who have been endeavoring to secure an extension of the water service from the Olive street terminus to their residences were present and again presented their petition. Mr. Lewis reported that it would require approximately 1700 feet of pipe to carry the water to that neighborhood and would cost $280. On motion of Nebelung the request was granted on condition that the petitioners pay half the cost, the advance to be returned in water service. Marshal Kellenberger was instructed to notify property owners along the proposed alleys north and south of Center streets to remove all obstructions and clean up the alleys. Stephen Kistler addressed the board relative to the city lot in the rear of his residence which he has been occupying for several years. He said he could not obey the order to remove the buildings from it because there were no buildings there to remove. This lot was presented to the city in 1881 for some particular purpose which has been forgotten, and City Sold Walnuts at 25 Cents in Iowa, When Growers Got 5 Here A. C. Tiede, secretary of the Santa Ana walnut ass'n, was in town the first of the week. Mr. Tiede is one of the leading association men in Southern California, and has done much to bring growers together. Without co-operation, he says, prices for walnuts would drop to prices ruling fifteen years ago, from 4 to 5 cents. He was then in the grocery business in Iowa and although growers received the lowest prices ever ruling, the retail price east was 25 cents per pound. There was a loss to growers of not less than $200 per ton. At the present time the associated growers receive fair prices for their crops, and the retail price east is not materially above that ruling when growers received next to nothing. INCREASE IN MINE PRODUCTS Value in California for Year Estimated at $100,000,000 California's yield of minerals will probably attain a total value of $100,000,000 for the present year, according to a report issued by Lewis E. Aubury, state mineralogist. The report comments on the rapid advance in the mineral industry in the last five years. "In five years," it says, "the total production of petroleum has grown from $9,.007,820 to $32,398,187. Gold has advanced from $19,197,043 to $20,237,570. In 1909 copper amounted in value to $8,478,142, as against $2,650,605 in 1905." There has been an average increase of almost $8,000,000 a year in the aggregate value of mineral products for the last five years and the ratio of increase has been advancing. Under the law amends positions submitted must be the same as before passed by the law the changing of the price a different meaning from what was decided legislature to be sub people, attorneys state matter for judicial whether the discrepancy serious to invalidation of bonds. The matter rests upon ing of a period to a capitalization of a letter be recalled that an elegant legislature was held supply the omission in the taxation amendments. If the bonds are in reason for the Chandler organizes the engineers and provides for a state engineer, ceases to exist. CATCH ANY TIME Count the Little Fellow Into the Str The game commissary the new law on games to trout to mean th caught count on whether kept or thrown stream. Some fishermen hau STATE ROAD BONDS VOID? Courts May Be Called Upon to Decide Upon investigation of a question raised by District Attorney Lyman Evans of Riverside county, Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan has discovered that the $18,000,000 state highway bonding proposition, submitted to the voters of the state at the November election, was not a true copy of the enrolled bill passed by the legislature of 1909 and signed by Governor Gillett. This discovery raises a question as to the validity of the bonds, and, if the discrepancy were held serious by the courts, would sweep away the foundation upon which the Chandler highway act, passed at the recent session and signed by Governor Johnson, is based. The discrepancy was first discovered by the board of supervisors of Riverside county, who had inquired of District Attorney Evans whether a certain clause in section 8 of the $18,000,000 bonding proposition submitted to the people in November would give the engineering department power to purchase material and take action necessary for the maintenance of highways improved under county bond issues within three years prior to the adoption of the state act. It is not known how the discrepancy came about. It is due to the changing of a period, in section 8 of the assembly bill 990, chapter 389, of the statutes of 1909, to a comma, which makes the provisional clause read as an exception to the matter following, instead of to matter pre-idea that if they throw a small fish back in the stream, it does not count on their string. Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner Robinson makes this announcement for the benefit of those who indulge in the pleasing pastime of angling for the toothsome speckled beauties that abound in the streams of Orange county. Under the old law trout five inches or less in length were thrown back into the creek, and complaint was made against this provision because 75 per cent of those thrown back did not live, the operation of extracting the hook killing them. The new law also provides for the protection of cottontail, and this will be rigidly enforced. The open season is from August 1 to February 15, and all deputies have been given strict orders to see that no rabbits are killed during the closed season. Six or seven years ago there were plenty of rabbits in the mountains, today there are hardly any, and protection has been given in the interest of the sport. PEAT AS A FUEL Report Issued by the United States Geological Survey In a country so richly endowed with mineral fuels—coal, petroleum, and natural gas—as is the United States, it would at first glance seem unlikely that peat should ever become a widely used fuel, at least not for many generations. It is true that European countries manufacture peat fuels to the value of $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 annually, but this is done for communities that are remote from coal deposits. However, peat TINKERING THE TARIFF Citrus Growers Lining Up to Preserve Schedule G. Harold Powell, manager of the California Citrus Protective League, is trying to get the Florida growers lined up with the Californians in setting forth facts which shall be indisputable as a basis upon which to claim the maintenance of the present tariff on citrus fruits. Writing to the Florida Citrus Exchange recently, he said: "It looks as though an attack will be made upon the citrus-fruit schedule when the next congress opens. The tariff board is accumulating data on the cost of production of the different articles that enter into the agricultural schedule, and I look to see an attack made on the present duty on oranges and lemons. If it had not been for the fight to raise the duty on lemons when the Payne-Aldrich bill was passed, the duty on oranges would probably have been reduced to three-fourths of a cent per pound, as that was the intention of those having the bill in charge. We are taking the matter up in California and are preparing to accumulate a large amount of data on the cost of producing both oranges and lemons, and will secure the data along these lines: 1. Cost of production up to the time of picking. 2. The cost from the picking to the car. 3. The freight rates. 4. The cost of selling and distributing. "We will make this investigation in two ways: First we will take ment power to purchase material and take action necessary for the maintenance of highways improved under county bond issues within three years prior to the adoption of the state act. It is not known how the discrepancy came about. It is due to the changing of a period, in section 8 of the assembly bill 990, chapter 389, of the statutes of 1909, to a comma, which makes the provisional clause read as an exception to the matter following, instead of to matter preceding. Reference to the enrolled bill, signed by Governor Gillett on March 22, 1909, now in the archives in the capital, shows a period, instead of a comma, which crept into the statute as well as into the certified copy which was issued by the former secretary of state, and which was malled to each voter. The enrolled bill was as follows: "The department of engineering shall have full power and authority to purchase all supplies, material, machinery and to do all other things necessary or proper in the construction and maintenance of said state highway. With the exception of those public highways which have been permanently improved under county or permanent road division bond issues within three years prior to the adoption of this act; all public highways within this state lying within the right of way of said state highway as determined and adopted by the department of engineering, shall be and the same shall become a part of the right of way of said state highway, without compensation being paid therefor; provided, nothing herein contained shall require the state to maintain any highway along or on said right of way prior to the completion or acquisition of the permanent improvements contemplated by this act." The certified copy submitted to the voters read as follows: "The department of engineering shall have full power and authority to purchase all supplies, material, machinery and to do all other things necessary or proper in the construction and maintenance of said state highway, with the exception of those public highways which have been permanently improved under county or permanent road division bond issues within three years prior to the adoption of this act; all public highways within this state," etc. Under the law amendments or propositions submitted to the voters Geological Survey In a country so richly endowed with mineral fuels—coal, petroleum, and natural gas—as is the United States, it would at first glance seem unlikely that peat should ever become a widely used fuel, at least not for many generations. It is true that European countries manufacture peat fuels to the value of $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 annually, but this is done for communities that are remote from coal deposits. However, peat may yet come into considerable local use as a fuel in the United States, and sooner, perhaps, than most people expect. It is estimated by the United States Geological Survey that of the great unreclaimed swamp area of the United States 8 per cent constitute workable beds of fuel peat, with a total content equivalent to 12 billion tons of air-dry fuel. It is somewhat singular that the regions containing these peat beds lie almost entirely outside of the territory in which coal and other natural mineral fuels are known to exist in abundance. With the perfection of peat-briquetting machinery these beds may play no inconsiderable part in furnishing at least a supplementary or auxiliary fuel for local consumption. As a fuel peat is no makeshift; it is highly efficient and desirable and the practicability of its use is controlled principally by the cost of production. In an advance chapter from Mineral Resources for 1909 Charles A. Davis remarks that in spite of the fact that the use of peat as a fuel has been almost entirely neglected in the United States, there has been nevertheless since 1903 a considerable and persistent interest in the question of utilizing the great peat deposits of the country, and many attempts, some of them involving the expenditure of large sums of money, have been made to place fuel peat on the market in commercial quantities. The failure to bring about this result, Mr. Davis thinks, has been due not to the nature of the peat itself, but to other factors, such as overenthusiasm, lack of understanding of fundamental principles of economical production, too little capital, and too much confidence in poorly designed and untried machinery. The fact that there is a market for peat has not been questioned, for the small quantity of the product offered has always been sold readily and at good prices. The report describes a considerable large amount of data on the cost of producing both oranges and lemons, and will secure the data along these lines: "1. Cost of production up to the time of picking. "2. The cost from the picking to the car. "3. The freight rates. "4. The cost of selling and distributing. "We will make this investigation in two ways: First, we will take the records that are already kept by the growers, and will get general averages from these; second, we propose to put on one to two hundred groves at the same time a simple cost-accounting system, and will have the grower keep a daily record of the labor and the expenditures that enter into different operations. These records will be sent to our office weekly, and the ledger work will be done here. Now it has seemed to me that all the states that are engaged in citrus-fruit growing should begin to accumulate data along these lines, so that if the orange schedule comes up we will have given the matter serious consideration. You may be interested to know that the exports of oranges from Spain last year amounted to 40,000 carloads. "The grapefruit schedule and the orange schedule affect you vitally,and I am writing you to see whether you would not consider it advisable to put some one in charge of an investigation of this kind. As I see it, you ought to have this data on both grape fruit and oranges, and if you can not do it by making a constructive cost investigation along the lines that I have outlined, some one should take the data that is available from growers in all parts of the state, bring it together, digest it, and from that prepare a general statement of the status of the Florida industry." LOW RATES TO SAN DIEGO Transportation lines Will Carry Many to Fair Celebration (Correspondence of The Gazette) SAN DIEGO, May 2.—Transportation companies, both railroad and steamship are preparing for the task before them in carrying the thousands of visitors who will attend the carnival and pageantry celebration at San Diego July 19-22 and are making low rates and big preparations for the event. The Santa Fe railroad was the first purchase all supplies, material, machinery and to do all other things necessary or proper in the construction and maintenance of said state highway, with the exception of those public highways which have been permanently improved under county or permanent road division bond issues within three years prior to the adoption of this act; all public highways within this state,” etc. Under the law amendments or propositions submitted to the voters must be the same as the actual measure passed by the legislature. While the changing of the punctuation reads a different meaning into the section from what was decided upon by the legislature to be submitted to the people, attorneys state that it is a matter for judicial determination whether the discrepancy is sufficiently serious to invalidate the issuance of bonds. The matter rests upon the changing of a period to a comma and the capitalization of a letter, but it will be recalled that an extra session of the legislature was held last fall to supply the omission of three words in the taxation amendment. If the bonds are invalidated, the reason for the Chandler act, which reorganizes the engineering department and provides for a state highway engineer, ceases to exist. CATCH ANY TROUT? Count the Little Fellows Thrown back Into the Stream? The game commission interprets the new law on game as it applies to trout to mean that every fish caught count on the day's limit, whether kept or thrown back in the stream. Some fishermen have gained the result, Mr. Davis thinks, has been due not to the nature of the peat itself, but to other factors, such as overenthusiasm, lack of understanding of fundamental principles of economical production, too little capital, and too much confidence in poorly designed and untried machinery. The fact that there is a market for peat has not been questioned, for the small quantity of the product offered has always been sold readily and at good prices. The report describes a considerable use of peat as a fertilizer and a fertilizer filler, and of peat moss as a stable litter and even as an ingredient of stock food. The production and consumption of peat in 1909 was 1145 tons used for fuel, valued at $4145; 26,768 tons used for fertilizer, valued at $118,891; and 1245 tons used for stable litter, valued at $46,000—a total of 29,167 tons, valued at $127,042. There was also imported 9408 tons used as stable litter, valued at $47,227. TO REPAIR CHURCH The superintendent of the Christian Church Sunday school, Mrs. Markle, has asked the different classes to enter into a contest to raise money to fix up that church building on the corner of Center and Helena street. The I. T., meaning “I Try,” class has the smallest enrollment of any and their teacher has to work out for her living, so if any one wishes to help this class, just send your donation whether large or small to the teacher, Mrs. M. E. Jester, and it will be greatly appreciated and used to the best advantage. Take your watch and jewelry repairing to Theo. Roberts. He does only first-class work. Transportation lines Will Carry Many to Fair Celebration (San Diego, May 2.)—Transportation companies, both railroad and steamship are preparing for the task before them in carrying the thousands of visitors who will attend the carnival and pageant celebration at San Diego July 19-22 and are making low rates and big preparations for the event. The Santa Fe railroad was the first to meet the exigency, making a less than half rate, $3 the round trip between Los Angeles and San Diego. Fare from other points will be in the same proportion. The Santa Fe will put on all special trains needed. The Southern Pacific is now arranging an excursion rate from points on its lines to be used with the rate of the Santa Fe and with the steamer connections. The same is true of the Salt Lake route. One of the large steamship companies is discussing installation of a set of steamers to ply between San Pedro and San Diego twice daily, to connect with the urban trolley lines of Los Angeles and Southern California and the steam lines from the city of Los Angeles itself. It is entirely probable that the steamer excursion will be one of the easiest, most pleasant and cheapest trips ever arranged in this country. Complete information as to rates and train and steamer dates will be published as soon as made. Baby chicks should not be pestered to death with the head lice nuisance. It means heavy loss to you if you don't get rid of the pest. Conkey's Head Lice Ointment at H. H. Gardner & Co. will save you dollars. It's so easy to use. Ask for Conkey's Poultry Book—no charge. THURSDAY, MAY 4 CROSS THE STREAM OF ADVERSITY ON A BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNT ADVERSITY START IT NOW A. D. Brown, president of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., St. Louis and Boston, clerked when he was a boy. He saved his money. He bought an interest in his old employer's store. He is now worth over 10 millions. Thousands of men work for him. 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