anaheim-gazette 1911-05-11

RAILROAD REFUSES TO REDUCE RATES Continued from Page One vestigation and your careful consideration of our request you will readily appreciate the justice of same, and grant the reasonable concession for which we ask. Of your family Commutation rates we make no complaint, and desire you to continue these, but these entire communities feel justly entitled to the concession at least as hereinbefore suggested. "We thank you in advance for the kind consideration we believe you will show us, and beg to remain, Very truly yours, W. T. BROWN, Fullerton. E. H. SMITH, Orange. A. A. MILLS, Anaheim, Committee." "Los Angeles, Cal., March 1, 1911. Mr. W. T. Brown, Fullerton, Cal. Mr. E. H. Smith, Orange, Cal. Mr. A. A. Mills, Anaheim, Cal. Gentlemen: Referring to your joint communication and my reply of Feb. 21, in regard to settlers' round trip excursion rates from Los Angeles to Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange and the northern portion of Orange county. "I beg to say that I have given this matter very careful consideration, and now must advise that owing to the fares all being low between Los Angeles and Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange and as no settlers' rates last complaining of discrimination in passenger fares from Los Angeles to Anaheim as compared with Los Angeles and Santa Ana. You neglected to give us figures. However, from information at hand we find the following: Between Los Angeles and Anaheim, distance via Southern Pacific, 26 miles; distance via Santa Fe 24 miles passenger fare via both lines $0.79. Between Los Angeles and Santa Ana, distance via Southern Pacific 33 miles; distance via Santa Fe 34 miles; passenger fare via both lines $0.99. If our figures are correct, how do you make the passenger fare 100 per cent more from Los Angeles to Anaheim than it is from Los Angeles to Santa Ana? Further information will be very much appreciated. Yours truly, RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CAL. By H. H. Sanborn, Assistant Secy. Anaheim Board of Trade: The foregoing correspondence covers the work done in the matter of attempting to get fair competitive rates from Los Angeles to Anaheim. The real estate men were asked to assist and Mr. Williams of Williams Bros. kindly drafted the first communication. After one trip to Los Angeles it was thought best to ask Fullerton and Orange to join. Several leading real estate firms sent letters to Mr. Byrne. The letter to Gov. Johnson which was forwarded to the State Railroad Commission was for information to lay before this body and not in any account of the sugar beet accounts, sugar beet account, and in the low only the totals credits will be given. The farm is ten miles long, consists of 64 gated land and the ages about one mile." Mr. A. A. Mills, Anaheim, Cal. Gentlemen: Referring to your joint communication and my reply of Feb. 21, in regard to settlers' round trip excursion rates from Los Angeles to Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange and the northern portion of Orange county. "I beg to say that I have given this matter very careful consideration, and now must advise that owing to the fares all being low between Los Angeles and Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange, and as no settlers' rates are made except between points more distant, that we cannot see our way clear to comply with your request. "Settlers' excursion rates are sold from Los Angeles to points in the San Joaquin Valley, or to Imperial or points on the Colorado River, such as Needles, Parker, etc., but no settlers' rates are made to points where the fare is already low, and a few cents more or a few cents less would make no material difference in taking people from Los Angeles to points in that territory. Yours truly, JNO. J. BYRNE." "Anaheim, Cal., March 3, 1911. Mr. J. J. Byrne, Ass't Pass. Traffic Mgr., Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir: In reference to yours of March 1, 1911, we beg to differ with you when you say, "and a few cents more or less would make no material difference in taking people from Los Angeles to points in that territory." The round trip fare from Los Angeles to Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange is slightly over 100 per cent higher per mile than to Santa Ana over the electric road. This makes an immense difference in getting people to these places. "We should like to ask you to reconsider and at least change the day of your one fare round trip from Sunday of each week to Tuesday As far as getting homeseekers the Sunday round trip does us no good whatever. "We should be pleased to have a conference with you on this matter, and would request that you make a date and we will come up and talk the matter over. Yours very truly, A. A. MILLS, Anaheim, W. T. BROWN, Fullerton, E. H. SMITH, Orange." In reply to joint communication of March 3, Mr. A. A. Moore of the Santa Fe called on Mr. Brown of Fullerton, and stated that the road could not grant the request, which was only another way of saving they would do get fair competitive rates from Los Angeles to Anaheim. The real estate men were asked to assist and Mr. Williams of Williams Bros. kindly drafted the first communication. After one trip to Los Angeles it was thought best to ask Fullerton and Orange to join. Several leading real estate firms sent letters to Mr. Byrne. The letter to Gov. Johnson which was forwarded to the State Railroad Commission was for information to lay before this body and not in any wise a formal complaint. As stated in joint letters to Mr. Byrne, March 3, the 100 per cent higher per mile was over the steam road here as compared to the electric road to Santa Ana. Would suggest that a committee take the matter up with the State Railroad Commission and see if we cannot get relief from such unfair and galling competition. As it is now, the work of Mr. McDonnald does us no good, as the real estate men must either bring people in automobiles or pay their fare to get them to look over the country here. A. A. MILLS. As an inducement to new material to join and old members to attend, the board voted unanimously to give another banquet, and the entertainment committee was instructed to get busy. Monday, May 22, is the date agreed upon; and the banquet room of the Odd Fellows' Hall will probably be the place. The matter was left in the hands of the entertainment committee and details will be announced later. A communication from Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State, asking for a pamphlet or statistics of Anaheim and its products was received. The State is issuing its annual Red Book, and the Secretary is gathering figures for it. As the board has no up-to-date literature on hand, Secretary Ahlborn was instructed to write the desired information to Mr. Jordan. The usual stock of letters from parties desiring information about Anaheim was read, and the secretary instructed to answer them. SALE CLOSES MAY 20 Wiley B. Allen Company Selling Many Pianos The temporary store rented by this concern will be given up on the above date. After the present stock of pianos is sold the company will continue to have a representative in feed lots. I pay all assessments and permits. The accounts of this in three main account count, sugar beet account, and in the low only the totals credits will be given. The farm is ten milslings, consists of 64 gated land and the bages about one mile dump. Thirty-two head of horses were used in the place. The census people living on the Ranch Adc Debit—One man, 8 months sage Seed (alfalfa and oak Telephone... Hardware... Lumber and apple b Insurance... Taxes and water as Hay, irrigating, cu feeding... Livery and feed... Extra labor, threshing picking apples... Total... Credit—Hogs... Apples... Alfalfa pasture... 1100 tons hay at $5 Grain sold... Total... Net profit.... The Germans' pro-about made them and their own life family had their o pasture for cow. Sugar Beet Acc Debit—Seed... Drill... Three-fourths to Ge Total... Credit—Received for beet acres... 230 acres beet top to sheep... Total... Net profit... Figuring $45 per and would request that you make a date and we will come up and talk the matter over. Yours very truly, A. A. MILLS, Anaheim, W. T. BROWN, Fullerton, E. H. SMITH, Orange." In reply to joint communication of March 3, Mr. A. A. Moore of the Santa Fe called on Mr. Brown of Fullerton, and stated that the road could not grant the request, which was only another way of saying they would do nothing. The following request was then sent to Gov. Johnson for information: / "Anaheim, Cal., April 26, 1911. Gov. Hiram Johnson, Sacramento, Cal. Dear Sir: During the last session of the legislature I read with interest your message in reference to the inequalities in railroad tariffs. We at Anaheim are suffering from such unjust competition in regard to passenger rates from Los Angeles as our rate here is over 100 per cent more per mile than to Santa Ana. Did the legislature afford any relief, and were passenger rates included? If so, could you have forwarded to me a copy of the law or laws? I remain, Truly yours, A. A. MILLS. "Sacramento, April 27, 1911. A. A. Mills, Esq., Anaheim, Cal. My Dear Sir: Permit me to acknowledge receipt by Governor Joanson of your letter of the 26th inst., relative to the passenger rates from Los Angeles to Anaheim, and to advise you that the Railroad Commission has charge of the fixing of rates passenger and freight. They are at this time engaged in the work of making proper rate adjustments and for that reason your letter has been forwarded to them for their attention. Very truly yours, ALEXANDER McCABE, Private Secretary. San Francisco, May 5, 1911. Mr. A. Mills, Anaheim, Cal. Dear Sir: Your favor of April 26th SALE CLOSES MAY 20 Wiley B. Allen Company Selling Many Pianos The temporary store rented by this concern will be given up on the above date. After the present stock of pianos is sold the company will continue to have a representative in the field with local headquarters in Anaheim where every promise and agreement will be lived up to. The satisfactory business this company has done during their sale has caused them to decide to continue the sale until Saturday night, May 20. The Wiley B. Allen Company has sold to many of our most representative citizens, and to the best people in the surrounding towns and country. This company has stores from Canada to Mexico, and buy and sell the same line of pianos in all of them. It is not difficult to figure that their purchasing power is very great, making it an easy matter to undersell the average piano dealer, quality always to be considered. Their store has been crowded during most of the time with people listening to good music, and a great many of them purchased pianos and player pianos. Their address is on North Los Angeles street, opposite Pacific Tel. office. "But, mother, why do you object to my being pleasant to the young men? You can't hope to keep me with you always, you know. One of them will take me away from you some day." "Take you away from me? Well, if that happens I shall not complain. It is the certainty that none of the young men who have been coming here so far would take you away that has worried both your father and me." All the news while it is news. The Gazette gives it first. PROFITS OF HESPER FARM Montana Man Makes Report of Year's Work A great many of my friends have been interested in the workings of my Hesper farm for the season of 1910-11, so that I have decided to make a report of just what it did for the year April 1, 1910, to April 1, 1911, says I. D. O'Donnel in the Helena (Mont.) World. In the first place I will explain that the sugar beets are all grown by Germans on the shares. They do all the work and furnish nearly all their own stock, machinery, etc., and deliver the beets at dump. I furnish seed and manure. They get three-fourths and I one-fourth. The alfalfa the Germans irrigate, cut, stack and feed for $3.50 per ton, the grain and other things on halves. I keep the orchard trees. I also keep one man the year around at $60 per month and board himself, who looks after the orchard, fences, bridges and roads and cares for the sheep while in feed lots. I pay all taxes, water assessments and permanent improvements. The accounts of the farm are run in three main accounts, ranch account, sugar beet account and sheep account, and in the figures given below only the totals of debits and credits will be given. The farm is ten miles west of Billings, consists of 640 acres of irrigated land and the best ground averages about one mile haul to beet Makes Home Baking Easy ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE ton. Total Ranch account profit... $2,445.00 Sugar beet account... 6,708.90 Sheep account... 4,261.45 Net profit for farm... $13,415.35 Farm land in the vicinity of Hesper farm is valued at about $100 per acre. The above figures show 21 per cent on $100 per acre or 7 per cent on a $300 per acre valuation. Majority Rules At any rate its opinion is worth careful consideration. The opinion of the majority of wagon buyers is that the Studebaker Is the best and most economical wagon. That is why more Studebaker wagons are sold every year than those of any other make. A great many more; Almost twice as many, Over 70,000 a year Farm Wagons Alone Fact—easily—very easily proven. Ever since you were a boy the Studebaker has been the most popular feed lots. I pay all taxes, water assessments and permanent improvements. The accounts of the farm are run in three main accounts, ranch account, sugar beet account and sheep account; and in the figures given below only the totals of debits and credits will be given. The farm is ten miles west of Billings, consists of 640 acres of irrigated land and the best ground averages about one mile haul to beet dump. Thirty-two head of first-class work horses were used in the operating of the place. The census man found 77 people living on the farm. Ranch Account Debit— One man, 8 months at $60...$ 480.00 Seed (alfalfa and oats)...240.00 Telephone...36.00 Hardware...53.00 Lumber and apple boxes...80.00 Insurance...52.00 Taxes and water assessment. 750.00 Hay, irrigating, cutting and feeding...3300.00 Livery and feed...52.00 Extra labor, threshing and picking apples...250.00 Total...$5293.00 Credit— Hogs...$ 468.00 Apples...1070.00 Alfalfa pasture...350.00 1100 tons hay at $5...5500.00 Grain sold...350.00 Total...$7738.00 5293.00 Net profit...$2445.00 The Germans' profit on ranch work about made them their stock feed and their own living clear. Each family had their own gardens and pasture for cow. Sugar Beet Account, 230 Acres Debit— Seed...$ 489.00 Drill...23.00 Three-fourths to Germans ...18,212.64 Total...$18,724.64 Credit— Received for beets, 230 acres...$24,283.54 230 acres beet tops charged to sheep...1,150.00 Total...$25,433.54 18,724.64 Net profit...$6,708.90 Figuring $45 per acre as to total cost of farming and harvesting the ton. Total Ranch account profit.....$ 2,445.00 Sugar beet account....6,708.90 Sheep account....4,261.45 Net profit for farm..$.13,415.35 Farm land in the vicinity of Hesper farm is valued at about $100 per acre. The above figures show 21 per cent on $100 per acre or 7 per cent on a $300 per acre valuation. Typical Plan for Valley I am trying to run the farm on what I think is the typical plan for this valley, that is, sugar beets, alfalfa and stock feeding. In doing this I plow up alfalfa for sugar beets, grow two crops of beets, then fertilize for the third crop. The fourth year it is put into oats and seeded back to alfalfa. The feeding of all alfalfa on the farm gives us the fertilizer to go back on the place. We put out about 2400 tons of manure each year and in that way keep the farm in a high state of fertility. The oats last year averaged over 100 bushels per acre. Beets over 18 tons and alfalfa a little less than five tons. Enough timber is being grown on the farm for the fuel supply. Farmers throughout the state are to have the benefit of important experiments which are to be started immediately at the various experimental stations of the state university, appropriations for which are now available. The sum of $8000 has been set aside for the perfection of a serum to prevent hog cholera; $15,000 has been appropriated for tests to provide grain seeds which will produce larger yields; funds are at hand for investigation of causes and methods of prevention of orange, walnut, tomato and plant diseases in the southern part of the state, and $25,000 is available for purchase of land and the erection of an experiment station for orange diseases at Riverside. Funds also are available for studies in celery blight and for experimentation in methods for improving grape culture. This will be welcome news to ranchers and orchardists in all parts of the state who have been striving to improve their crops or who have vainly been fighting blight and other plant diseases. NO MORE BASEBALL Inability to Retain Grounds Puts Stop Total...$18,724.64 Credit— Received for beets, 230 acres...$24,283.54 230 acres beet tops charged to sheep...1,150.00 Total...$25,433.54 18,724.64 Net profit...$6,708.90 Figuring $45 per acre as to total cost of growing and harvesting the beets, the Germans made a net profit of $7862 on the beets. It required the full force of 32 work horses to put in beet crop and again at harvest. Twelve teams and wagons were required for six weeks to do the hauling to the railroad. Sheep Account Debit— Cost of 8000 wethers, including commission...$26,906.75 Expense bringing to farm, salt and herding...237.10 230 acres beet tops (beet account credit)...1,150.00 Alfalfa pasture (ranch account)...350.00 Yard man, 4 months...240.00 1100 tons hay at $5 (ranch account)...5,500.00 Interest on sheep loan...633.00 Total...$35,016.85 Credit— Received for sheep...$39,248.40 Received for pelts...29.90 Total...$39,278.30 35,016.85 Net profit...$4,261.45 The beet tops at $5 per acre were cheaper feed than alfalfa at $5 per Riverside. Funds also are available for studies in celery blight and for experimentation in methods for improving grape culture. This will be welcome news to ranchers and orchardists in all parts of the state who have been striving to improve their crops or who have vainly been fighting blight and other plant diseases. NO MORE BASEBALL Inability to Retain Grounds Puts Stop to Local Sport Manager Chilly Fisher of the Anaheim ball club said yesterday that owing to inability to retain possession of the grounds on South Los Angeles street, no more base ball will be played here, at least for the present. This will be distressing news to local patrons of the game, who have watched the winning course of the home club for several seasons past. The club has played 25 games this season, winning 19, losing 5 and playing one ten-inning tie game. This is a record possessed by no club in a town of this size in the State. Manager Fisher says with the advent of electric railways, grounds may be secured south of town. If successful in his negotiations, grounds will be enclosed, and games probably resumed for the winter season. Conkey's White Diarrhoea Remedy is a reliable and positive remedy of the most disastrous diseases of the hatching season. 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THE GREATEST Money Saving Piano Sale im and Vicinity has Ever Known, will End Positively Saturday Night, May 20 The best people of your community, including your musicians, have passed upon the quality of the pianos listed for sale, and have pronounced this sale as THE PIANO BUYING EVENT OF THE YEAR Instruments have not only been sold in Anaheim but for miles around. Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, Tuxtin and Oliuda residents have purchased. Some of these buyers had spent days shopping around Los Angeles, both before and after calling at our sale. Call in and we will give you the names of buyers who may live near you. Such pianos as Knabe, Chickering, Packard, Ludwig, around. Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, Tuxtin and Oliuda residents have purchased. Some of these buyers had spent days shopping around Los Angeles, both before and after calling at our sale. Call in and we will give you the names of buyers who may live near you. Such pianos as Knabe, Chickering, Packard, Ludwig, Fischer, Harrington ES $125.00, $150.00, $175.00, $285.00, ETC. Organs Cheap—$15.00 and $25.00. One Square Piano $35.00. Good Come in and hear the Player Piano. We will take your old Piano in exchange. Terms on all goods to suit you. LE CLOSES MAY 20, 1911 we care Pacific phone office, and we will send an Automobile to bring you in. Address North Los Angeles St. Opposite Pac. Tel. Office, Anaheim Wiley B. Allen Company Stores Everywhere in the West SAVINGS BANK ANAHEIM Money to Loan On Real Estate