anaheim-gazette 1911-06-22

BREAKING EXPRESS MONOPOLY Bill Introduced in Congress for Parcels Post Government ownership and operation of express companies is the novel plan proposed by Representative Davis J. Lewis of Maryland for establishing a parcels post. The Maryland congressman has recently returned from a trip through European countries, where he picked up a lot of facts relative to the business of carrying parcels. For one thing he learned that the charges for carrying express matter in this country are 16 times as much as for carrying freight, while the average in other countries is only five times as much. American express companies, declares Representative Lewis, are making 50 per cent profit on capital invested, this enormous profit coming out of the pockets of the people because of the existing monopoly. With government control, he says, the people will enjoy a reduction of more than one-half on small packages, while the country districts, which at present are denied service, will receive the benefits of the service through rural delivery. Representative Lewis already has introduced a bill embodying his ideas. In it he provides that the express companies' contracts with the railroads be acquired by the government through condemnation, and that bonds be issued by the government to raise the necessary funds. Section two of the bill provides that it shall be the duty of the president, on the first day of July, 1912, to take charge and possession of all the property of condemned express companies and thereupon it shall be take a street-car over-the line once or twice, and then run through the recharging station and out again in three minutes." "That's it exactly," replied Mr. Edison, with enthusiasm, "or there could be small recharging stations along the line, where batteries might be recharged as much as they needed in a minute or less. The beauty of this battery is that the power can be put into it in small quantities or large without waste of time." Mr. Edison told of a truck to which he had attached the battery, which, he said, would run sixty miles without being recharged and which can be recharged in five minutes or less. FARMERS' ROAD TO SUCCESS Rotations carefully planned and systematically arrived at insure satisfaction. Residus turned under instead of being burned add humus and organic matter to the land as well as conserve plant food. Returns from our fields will be in proportion to the amount of brains used as manure, and the amount of intelligence applied to our labor. Energy applied intelligently and diligently never falls to bring success. Education toward our life work makes that work easier, more pleasant and more profitable. Essentials to success are labor and study, as much in farming as in other lines of business. Seed well selected, stored, tested and graded, goes far toward a profitable crop. Soil conditions studied, corrected, and aided, bring prosperity. Science is organized common sense. Untiring attention to details that help to make better and larger yields ishable fruit or vegetables apply to those hard-working or other occupying the handling of objects after the same be perishable. The opinion was munication to Comma McLaughlin of the statistics in answer by him relative to construction of the which reads as follows: "An act limiting of females employing mechanical equipment, laundry, or telegraph or telegraph or transportation company. The difficulty of photographers and officers the absence of word "establishment" word "telephone." a comma there would made the law apply this regard, the says, in part: "It is a general in the construction situation may be difficult rule does not mean repunctuate a statistic its meaning, when perfectly clear. In division of employees acts refers is made the legislature had act should apply to clerks in all offices placed the words 'or restaurant. We are not sure the scope of this..." Representative Lewis already has introduced a bill embodying his ideas. In it he provides that the express companies' contracts with the railroads be acquired by the government through condemnation, and that bonds be issued by the government to raise the necessary funds. Section two of the bill provides that it shall be the duty of the president, on the first day of July, 1912, to take charge and possession of all the property of condemned express companies, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the postmaster-general to employ said property and facilities as hitherto employed, in conjunction with the postal service, and to thereafter conduct the express service. Among the duties imposed upon the postmaster-general by the provision of the bill are the following: "To devise classifications of parcels and other shipments of postal-express matter, and to regulate the forms and conditions for shipment thereof. "To base postal charges upon the amount of service to be rendered, considering distance transported and other service elements and risk involved therein, with a purpose of making the charges wholly adequate to paying the cost of the service, including interest charges. "To establish from time to time, and in such places as he may by rule determine, rural collection and delivery. "But from any action of the postmaster-general appeal shall lie to the interstate commerce commission, which shall have power to revise and amend the said regulations. "Immediately after the passage of the act it shall be the duty of the interstate commerce commission to appraise at their true market values the contracts, franchises and equipment, condemned and appropriated by the United States, and award to the respective express companies just compensation therefor." Section seven directs the secretary of the treasury to issue the bonds of the United States in a sum equal to the aggregate valuation of such express companies, as determined by the awards; said bonds shall be payable within 40 years from the date of issue, and bear interest at the rate of two and one-half per cent per annum. EXIT THE TROLLEY Edison Predicts That It Will Soon Be Passed Education toward our life work makes that work easier, more pleasant and more profitable. Essentials to success are labor and study, as much in farming as in other lines of business. Seed well selected, stored, tested and graded, goes far toward a profitable crop. Soil conditions studied, corrected, and aided, bring prosperity. Science is organized common sense. Untiring attention to details that help to make better and larger yields bring such yields. Unthinking farmers are poor farmers, and poor farmers are undesirable. Labor intelligently directed, and diligently applied, is a force that is irresistible in producing large crops. Legumes grown and used on a farm is one of the first and best indications of intelligent, progressive, profitable farming. Live stock husbandry will postpone soil depletion for a longer period of time than grain farming, but it will not prevent depletion. Limestone corrects soil acidity and aids in the growing of legumes. Training for one's life work is an essential in agriculture as in medicine. Tillage is manure, is a maxim true only where tillage is intelligently and persistently practiced. Treatment of tired or wornout soil, smutty oats or wheat and scabby potatoes is as necessary to make a productive soil, perfect grain and good potatoes as is treatment necessary to restore a sick man or animal to their normal condition. Testing seed corn is an easy way to make bushels of corn or dollars. Science applied in farm operations reduces labor and increases yields. Soil and shower, seed and season, science and sense, combined with labor, surprise the farmer because of the results secured. POINTED PARAGRAPHS The under dog welcomes intervention. A mouse thinks he is more important than an elephant. Many a man who has a lofty aim in life is shy of ammunition. A man who says he never made a mistake is just an ordinary liar. Most of us buy a lot of experience that we never can use and cannot sell. A woman may think a man is a good match even if he can't match a ribbon. The way of the transgressor may not seem hard if he can afford pneumonia. EXIT THE TROLLEY Edison Predicts That It Will Soon Be Passed Thomas A. Edison, whose name is part of nearly every big electric light plant in the United States, attended Thursday afternoon for the first time in his life a session of the National Electric Light Association. He made his visit memorable by announcing that he had perfected a new storage battery for surface cars and trucks that would revolutionize the street traction business. When asked about the success of the storage battery, recently invented, which is now used to run the surface cars on Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, Manhattan, he said: "I have done far better than that now, and nothing has come out about it. I have perfected a battery which can be recharged in three or four minutes and which will run fifty or sixty miles without being recharged." "The trouble with the first battery was that the recharging took a long time. When charged a car would run all day, but then it took the better part of the night to recharge it and get it ready for the next day. But I have done away with all that. I have now a battery which can be put into a suitcase, it is so small and light, and it can run a car, truck or automobile, or vehicle of any kind, until the power is used up, and then recharged in less than three minutes, ready for service as before." "I suppose," said one of the electric light men present, "that one of these new batteries could be used to Many a man who has a lofty aim in life is shy of ammunition. A man who says he never made a mistake is just an ordinary liar. Most of us buy a lot of experience that we never can use and cannot sell. A woman may think a man is a good match even if he can't match a ribbon. The way of the transgressor may not seem hard if he can afford pneumatic tires. There are others besides the theoretical manager who spend a lot of money to make a show. A man has to make a lot of noise in the world in order to convince people that he has brains. When all your neighbors speak well of you you may expect to hear a barber speak well of a safety razor. The difference between "wash" and "laundry" depends upon whether a woman does it at home or sends it down town. A policeman who attends strictly to his own business is apt to interfere with the pleasure of a great many other people. The distressing thing about a broken engagement is that the girl in the case is expected to relinquish her hold on the solitaire. EIGHT HOUR LAW Stenographers and Clerks in Offices Not Specified Are Exempt In an opinion handed down this week Attorney General Webb rules that the recently enacted eight-hour law for women wage workers in this state does not apply to stenographers or clerks in offices other than those of telephone, telegraph, express and transportation companies. On the other hand he rules that the law's exemption of women engaged in the "harvesting, curing, canning or drying of any variety of per- The election to owe Stewart Reyburn, burn of Philadelphia Pennsylvania district house membership young man, but the body. He succeeds and steps into the ther occupied at the minated for mayor been some criticis which his nomination having been deter ular vote, but by clo f his father, he h educated, both acade tensive travel. He experience in public ber of the state leg which was at first was finally dropped Henry Bauer, his ent, was not much. The new congress succeeds to the d e "baby of the h the present time, new deal, has bee F. Murray of Mass ANAHEIM GAZETTE isnable fruit or vegetable” does not apply to those handling other perishable goods, nor to those employed in canneries who are engaged in labeling or other occupations accompanying the handling of fruits or vegetables after the same have ceased to be perishable. The opinion was given in a communication to Commissioner John P. McLaughlin of the bureau of labor statistics in answer to inquiries made by him relative to the precise construction of the act, the title of which reads as follows: “An act limiting the hours of labor of females employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel or restaurant, or telegraph or telephone establishment or office, or by any express or transportation company.” The difficulty concerning the stenographers and office clerks arose over the absence of a comma after the word “establishment” following the word “telephone.” The presence of a comma there would manifestly have made the law apply to all offices. In this regard, the attorney general says, in part: “It is a general rule of law that, in the construction of statutes, punctuation may be disregarded, but this rule does not mean that a court may repunctuate a statute, so as to change its meaning, where its meaning is perfectly clear. In this statute, the division of employments to which the acts refers is made very clear. If the legislature had intended that the act should apply to stenographers and clerks in all offices, it would have placed the words ‘or office’ after the words ‘or restaurant’ in all probability. We are not at liberty to extend the scope of this act by adding a be 30 the coming September. His senior by nine days is Byron P. Harrison of Gulfport, Miss., who was elected a district attorney at the age of 24, and after serving two terms in that position was elected to congress last fall. He is a product of the primaries, having been nominated over two strong fellow democrats whom he led by 1500 votes. The fourth of tender political years is Sydney Anderson of Lanesboro, Minn., who is 30. Robert J. Bulkley of Cleveland is about 13 months older than Murray. They were students at Harvard at the same time, though Bulkley was a junior when Murray was a freeshman. He also received the degrees of master of arts from his alma mater, but obtained his legal education in Cleveland. Thomas F. Konop of Kewaunee, Wis., is only 31, and a self-made man. He had to struggle for an education and did not receive his law degree from the University of Nebraska until he was 25, but has served two terms as district attorney, is married and is the father of four children. The seventh youngest of the new representatives is Claudius Ulysses Stone, and the third of those mentioned with a Spanish war record, Murray and Anderson being the other two. Two of the seven are Harvard men; Reyburn is a graduate of Yale and the universities of Minnesota, Nebraska and Louisiana claim one each. All of these new members are younger than Luke Lea of Tennessee, the “baby of the senate,” and there are said to be about 25 in the house who are under 40, an unusual infusion of new young blood. To a considerable extent the direct primary is responsible for this, though in the case of the newest and youngest member the Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Anaheim School District that sealed bids will be received by said board up to 8 o'clock p.m., June 27, 1911, for furnishing all material and labor and do the work of making cement sidewalks and curbings, commencing at the southeast corner of Broadway and Olive Streets. Said sidewalk and curbing to be laid on the east side of Olive Street to a point parallel with the south line of the Primary school grounds. Also cement sidewalk and curbing to be made commencing at the southwest corner of Broadway and Melrose Streets, said sidewalk and curbing to be made on the west side of Melrose Street to a point parallel with the south line of the Primary school grounds. Also one-half of width of alley on the southwest and southeast corners of said Primary school grounds. Plans and specifications for said work are those adopted by the City of Anaheim. All bids received will be opened by said board at a meeting to be held at the Primary School building on June 27, 1911, at 8 o'clock p.m. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. All bids must be accompanied by a duly certified check payable to the Board of Trustees of the Anaheim School District in the amount of not less than ten percent of the amount of the bid which check will be forfeited to said board if the successful binder shall fail to enter into a contract for the work in accordance with the terms of his bid. The successful binder will be required to furnish security to said board for the performance of his contract in an amount of twenty-five rule does not mean that a court may repunctuate a statute, so as to change its meaning, where its meaning is perfectly clear. In this statute, the division of employments to which the acts refers is made very clear. If the legislature intended that the act should apply to stenographers and clerks in all offices, it would have placed the words 'or office' after the words 'or restaurant' in all probability. We are not at liberty to extend the scope of this act by adding a comma after the word 'establishment'. To do so would be direct legislation by the judicial branch of the government. I am of the opinion that stenographers and clerks working in offices are not subject to the provisions of this act." Numerous authorities, including the United States supreme court, are cited by Webb in support of his opinion in this regard. Section 1 of the act states in part "that the provisions of this section in relation to the hours of employment shall not apply nor affect the harvesting, curing, canning or drying of any variety of perishable fruit or vegetable." A GOOD SAMARITAN "Hi there, mister," said Witherbee as his car stuck in the mire to a passing farmer, "What'll you charge me for the use of your team to pull this car out of the mud?" "Why," returned the farmer, scratching his head in a puzzled sort of fashion, "I'm not the kind of a feller as could charge a sufferin' feller-being anything at all for the helpin' him out o' trouble." "That's mighty nice of you," said Witherbee. "No, sir," said the farmer. "My conscience wouldn't never rest if I done a thing like that. Jest couldn't look my wife or the parson in the face I took pay for bein' a good Samaritan." "By George," said Witherbee, "it does my heart good to hear a man talk that way these days." "Wa-al, its been a rule o' mine every since I was a boy," said the old man. "I wish there were more people like you," said Witherbee. "Pity there ain't," said the farmer; "but I don't take any pride to myself of it. Giddap." "But I say," said Witherbee, "where are you going? You haven't helped me out of the mud yet." "Why," said the old man, "you hain't made me any offer." "What for?" demanded Witherbee. JOHN STOPPED THE GAME How Snover and a Stand of Bees Called Time on Sunday Ball The Modesto Herald tells the following good story of John Snover, former well known resident of Old Newport, but now of Stanislaus county, which will be appreciated by those who know Uncle John: John Snover lives some five miles south of Ceres and is a staunch dairyman who believes that the Sabath should be kept as a day of rest, according to the old Puritan ideals. He recently became converted and assisted in organizing a new Congregational church at Central, of which he is a deacon. The boys of the neighborhood have been in the habit of congregating at the Snover ranch on Sunday mornings and warming up the diamond in a game of baseball. Snover, who has several grown boys, had kindly requested the youngsters not to so descrate the holy day; but his gentle injunctions have not yet taken deep root in the minds of the would-be baseball sports. Last Sunday morning as the time approached for services at the little schoolhouse across the way, a lively game was being pulled off on the local diamond, and from the noise that ensued several homeruns were being made. Just then John appeared, bible in hand, headed toward the place of worship, with that pious look upon his countenance and reverential feeling in his heart that only a new deacon can look and feel. A hundred yards from the house he was in full view of the game. He stopped short, viewed the field before him, and his voeie rang out: "Boys, didn't I kindly request that you cut ven are Harvard men; Reyburn is a graduate of Yale and the universities of Minnesota, Nebraska and Louisiana claim one each. All of these new members are younger than Luke Lea of Tennessee, the "baby of the senate," and there are said to be about 25 in the house who are under 40, an unusual infusion of new young blood. To a considerable extent the direct primary is responsible for this, though in the case of the newest and youngest member the direct opposite of that method was employed. The rule governing nominations for congressional vacancies in Philadelphia is that they shall be determined by the members of the city committee representing the different wards composing the district and these were all personal and political friends of the mayor and his son. Palma's wife was in court with her two babies, one aged 15 months and the other aged 2 months. The woman and the oldest of the two babies showed bruises and marks upon their faces. The woman's father was so pleased with the justice's handling of the case that he offered him-$5. The judge refused it. Mrs. Palma said she feared Palma would return to her after his jail sentence ends. "If he does and you can establish in this court that he has bothered you I will send him to jail for another six months," said the justice. DICK FERRIS ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy in Lower California Insurrection Dick Ferris of Los Angeles was arrested in San Diego on Thursday on a charge of conspiracy to hire and retain persons in the United States to enter the service of a foreign people as soldiers. It is believed he will be tried for his alleged part in promoting rebellion in Lower California. The arrest is the result of an indictment by the federal grand jury in Los Angeles. Bail was fixed at $2,-500. Ferris may be taken to Los Angeles for a preliminary hearing on Monday. The arrest, it is said, is in connection with the arrest of member of the Mexican liberal party's junta in Los Angeles. Ferris is general-manager for the ground breaking celebration of the Panama-California celebration at San Diego on July 19-22. OH SEE THE DINERO Oxnard Brothers Made Such a Wad in Sugar Trust WASHINGTON, June 18—Half a million profit was garnered by the Oxnard brothers overnight when they Worral, its been a rule of mine ever since I was a boy," said the old man. "I wish there were more people like you," said Witherbee. "Pity there ain't," said the farmer; "but I don't take any pride to myself of it. Giddap." "But I say," said Witherbee, "where are you going? You haven't helped me out of the mud yet." "Why," said the old man, "you hain't made me any offer." "What for?" demanded Witherbee. "For the team," said the farmer. "I cain't charge ye nothin' for helpin' ye, but I'll sell ye the hosses for fifty dollars a head." BABIES OF CONGRESS Youngest Member, 27, Has Just Been Admitted The election to congress of William Stewart Reyburn, son of Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia, from the Second Pennsylvania district, adds to the house membership not only another young man, but the youngest in that body. He succeeds the late Joel Cook and steps into the place that his father occupied at the time he was nominated for mayor. While there has been some criticism of the way in which his nomination was secured, it having been determined not by popular vote, but by close political friends of his father, he has been broadly educated, both academically and by extensive travel. He has also had some experience in public affairs as a member of the state legislature. His youth, which was at first urged against him, was finally dropped as an issue, since Henry Bauer, his democratic opponent, was not much older. The new congressman is 27, and succeeds to the distinction of being the "baby of the house," which up to the present time, under the recent new deal, has been held by William F. Murray of Massachusetts, who will game was being pulled off on the local diamond, and from the noise that ensued several homeruns were being made. Just then John appeared, bible in hand, headed toward the place of worship, with that pious look upon his countenance and reverential feeling in his heart that only a new deacon can look and feel. A hundred yards from the house he was in full view of the game. He stopped short, viewed the field before him, and his voice rang out: "Boys, didn't I kindly request that you cut out your Sunday ball playing? Why haven't you done it? I will see that you do it at once." With a smile he laid off his Sunday hat, slipped a bee cap over his head and stepping over to the apairy, picked up a stand of bees and gently carried it into the diamond where he took off the top cover, gave it a few gentle kicks and dumped it over. Consternation followed. The umpire did not stop to call the game off. The pitcher made a curve for the barn. A man making third landed in the shrubbery, bases were vacated, while the air for a hundred yards around was filled with fighting bees. WIFE-BEATER SENT TO JAIL Santa Ana Justice Hands Out Stern Rebuke "If the law would let me do it, I would send you to jail for sixty years," said Justice Cox of the Santa Ana township court on Tuesday to Manuel Palma, who pleaded guilty to hitting his wife with his fist and to slapping his fifteen months old baby until the infant's face was bruised. "As it is, the law will not let me send you to jail for over six months and to jail you go for that period of time. 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Shares Due Leonie C. Bettannier 3246 22 $22 00 S. Carizosa 1202 1 1 00 Lucy J. Devonshire 3756 14 14 00 And in accordance with law and an order of the Board of Directors made on the said 6th day of May, 1911, so many shares of each parcel of said stock as may be necessary will be sold at the office of the said Board, Anaheim, Orange County, California, on the 30th day of June, 1911, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. of said day, to pay the delinquent assessment thereon together with the costs of advertising and expense of sale. H. S. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. April n., June 12, 1911.