anaheim-gazette 1911-08-31

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 TAFT WILL BE PRESENT Coming to San Francisco to Participate in Fair Ground Breaking (Correspondence of The Gazette) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.—Now that President Taft has practically promised that he will come to San Francisco to participate in the ground breaking ceremonies of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition some time in October, the directors of the 1915 project are planning for a big celebration. It is thought that the festivities will last a week and that it will be on the order of the Portola celebration held two years ago. As soon as President Taft announces the day that he can come here, President Moore will name his committees and arrangements will be made for the breaking of ground at a place to be selected by the officials of the fair. "Panama-Pacific International Exposition Day," at the Sacramento fair will be participated in by the commercial organizations of San Francisco. A special train, bearing the directors of the exposition company and prominent citizens and their families will leave San Francisco at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, and is scheduled to arrive in Sacramento at 1 p.m. The whole state is invited to join the excursion. The exposition excursion to Oregon under the auspices of the chamber of commerce of San Francisco, was well worth while. The directors did their share to cement the friendship already existing between California and Oregon. The promise was made by Oregon boosters that their state 1915 is shown in a letter to the exposition company from Felton Taylor secretary of the San Francisco convention league. "I have to inform you," says Taylor, "that the validating ticket office reports to us show that the travel to San Francisco of those taking advantage of convention rates between April 4, 1911, and this date have exceeded last year's validations by about 33 1-3 per cent. This means that one-third more people have visited San Francisco from April 4th to date this year on account of conventions being held in San Francisco than the number visiting San Francisco last year on account of conventions being held here." Frank Clemens and his remarkable American white-tailed deer team, with which he is traveling through the country boosting the Panama-Pacific international exposition, will arrive in this city today. He had planned to travel overland from Astoria to San Francisco, but feared it would be too great a task for his young animals to make the trip. He therefore informed the directors and members of the excursion to Astoria that he would come to this city by boat and would then resume his journey across the continent. The two deer, which were captured when only one day old, near Pend d'Oreibo, Idaho, on July 12, 1910, have been trained to do almost every conceivable stunt accredited to the most intelligent performing animals. Their education was started in a padded room with a phonograph and a pair of bears, the former to accustom them to human ways and the latter to make them seek their captor for protection and thus to inspire confidence in him. UNIQUE MARKET San Diego Pro Exhibition (Correpondee SAN DIEGO les have canvases mained for this operation and this country. The Panama-Pacific Exposition, is San Diego and features of this floral and When it came and means of amount of flowers necessary the mayed to find possible to secure sired without a pense-and gathery state in the It remained D. C. Collier by declaring the pagated right in Diego, a tract in which the Panama-Pacific city park commits the proposal w enthusiasmally.tect, John Clark fell in with these was easy. The right two huge acres were agation work m ports were called gan. Thousand plants were set mission called o city for cutting millies will leave San Francisco at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, and is scheduled to arrive in Sacramento at 1 p.m. The whole state is invited to join the excursion. The exposition excursion to Oregon under the auspices of the chamber of commerce of San Francisco, was well worth while. The directors did their share to cement the friendship already existing between California and Oregon. The promise was made by Oregon boosters that their state would appropriate $500,000 for exposition purposes. The excursion was so successful and did so much to develop a wider interest in the 1915 project, that it is now planned to form a "Flying Legion," an organization made up of representatives of California, who will participate in future boosters excursions. It is the intention to send a special train to British Columbia, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and other states, to bring about a greater interest in the fair. There are but twenty-two counties outside of the southern tier which have formed an organization to work together and which have not taken action in the matter of levying the tax for fair purposes, and, from advice received at the fair headquarters, it seems quite certain that those counties will make the levy when the tax rate is fixed the third Monday in September. The following counties have already taken advantage of the great opportunity which the exposition offers to display their products and manufactures: Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera, Humboldt, Mendocino, Merced, Napa, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba. Ten counties in the southern part of the state have organized an association to act together, making thirty-six counties in all. The exposition officials have assurances from most of the few remaining counties that when their boards of supervisors meet in September, they will make the levy. As the tax rate is fixed on the third Monday in September this will be the last opportunity to make the levy until another year has elapsed. John A. Hammersmith, who was leader of the Olympic athletic club in this city for sixteen years and chairman of the athletic committee of the Portola festival and the Native Sons of the Golden West festival, and who has been one of the leaders in the across the continent. The two deer, which were captured when only one day old, near Pend d'Oreiblo, Idaho, on July 12, 1910, have been trained to do almost every conceivable stunt accredited to the most intelligent performing animals. Their education was started in a padded room with a phonograph and a pair of bears, the former to accustom them to human ways and the latter to make them seek their captor for protection and thus to inspire confidence in him. They are now driven to wagon with the simplest form of halter reins, will take their owner anywhere that the nimble cayuses could carry him, and do all sorts of tricks on the street. They are said to be perfectly docile in the presence of automobiles, and, in fact, enjoy automobile rides. All Californians who are interested in the exposition of 1915 should attend the state fair at Sacramento on August 29th to participate in "Panama-Pacific International Exposition Day" which will be held on August 29th. It is planned to make it a "Boosters" day. Ribbons and buttons will be distributed for the purpose of advertising the coming exposition. Addresses will be delivered by President Charles C. Moore and other directors of the company. Secretary Flicher has arranged a special program of aviation, horse racing, fire works, athletic sports and other interesting events. A special train bearing representative men of San Francisco and their families, will leave San Francisco for the state fair. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION Ask Suggestion as to Proposed Routes for Roads The first step taken by the State Highway Commission which was appointed a short time ago by the governor, in the matter of getting into action upon the selection of highway routes under the $18,000,000 highway bond issue, was taken at Sacramento on Saturday. It was in the form of a communication to the boards of supervisors, chambers of commerce, civic bodies and auto clubs. The commission desires to secure from these bodies suggestions as to proposed routes for the state highway system through the different sections of the state. From these suggestions the commission expects to base its final action. The communication follows: "For the purpose of more quickly obtaining all data possible, upon which to base our final decision as to the most feasible city park commute proposal we enthusiastically detect, John Clark fell in with them was easy. The right two huge acres were agitation work marts were called gan. Thousand plants were set mission called city for cuttings. They were forth men weeks to say that they "scarry Since the farm reage has been threefold and plains in all parts of t sands of trees such a manner tion opens Janu form a perfect grounds. Such geraniums, which in profusion out rosees, one million acres of Cali little golden yellow wild all over the Matilija popples white flower thantain sides skirtin a flower, by then been successfully one hundred therifferent varieties of black acacia creeping vines al in like proportionthe items of San A huge lath l which when com acres of groundin use extend o hot house where are nursed as t mals could possi tains half a millriety. These mtil they take ro they are transpla air, where their my has been ther rabbit and the e both of which park. Opening the farm has had one expected, it has erintendents on th result that San the most wonder flowers and parls ever saw. As a ment, and an eco nursery has been of supervisors meet in September, they will make the levy. As the tax rate is fixed on the third Monday in September this will be the last opportunity to make the levy until another year has elapsed. John A. Hammersmith, who was leader of the Olympic athletic club in this city for sixteen years and chairman of the athletic committee of the Portola festival and the Native Sons of the Golden West festival, and who has been one of the leaders in the development in athletics on this coast, has submitted to President C. C. Moore, a plan for the holding of athletic events during the fair. "From past experience," said Hammersmith, "It would take, in my opinion, at least six months or a year to make arrangements for local games, but for world's championship events, such as the Paris exposition, St. Louis, Athens and London Olympian games, preliminary arrangements by all means should begin at least 3 years in advance." President Moore is considering the very important feature. Congressman J. R. Knowland has made the novel suggestion of exhibiting some of the old French machinery used at the time the French government attempted to make a waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. "The thought has occurred to me," says Knowland, "that it might be an excellent plan to have at our exposition an exhibit of some of the old French machinery. There are tons upon tons all along the line of the canal, much of which is being sent to the United States to be sold as old iron. What would be of particular interest are the old French bucket excavators, the small French locomotives, and the tiny dump cars." The importance of making San Francisco the "Convention City" from now to the close of the exposition in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Burk's Big Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. will exhibit at Anaheim, Saturday, Sept. 2. Nothing like it ever seen here before; this is the first time here that the public will have an opportunity of seeing this great play produced as it should be, with the same great cast and scenic and mechanical effects that has delighted the mighty multitudes in the large cities in the east. It will do you good to take a brief respite from the cares of life—visit this entertainment which will give yourself and family the most enjoyment. Opposite Palace Stables. Many a good resolution has been shattered by a "smile." It is said that writer's cramp more often affects the stomach than the wrist. UNIQUE MUNICIPAL FARM San Diego Preparing Horticulturia Exhibits for Fair (Correspondence of The Gazette) SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.—Many cities have canvassed the idea of starting a municipal farm but it has remained for this city to put one in operation and this farm is unique in this country. The Panama-California International Exposition, is to be held in 1915 in San Diego and two of the principal features of this exposition are to be the floral and horticultural exhibits. When it came to considering ways and means of procuring the huge amount of flowers, vines and trees necessary the projectors were dismayed to find that it would be impossible to secure the quantities desired without going to enormous expense and gathering them from every state in the union. It remained for Director General D. C. Collier to solve the problem by declaring that the plants be propagated right in Balboa Park in San Diego, a tract 1400 acres in extent, in which the Panama-California International Exposition is to be built. The city park commission was called in, the proposal was made and adopted, enthusiastically. The landscape architect, John Clark Olmstead, at once fell in with the idea. After that it was easy. The city purchased outright two huge nurseries. Over thirty acres were prepared for the propagation work necessary at once. Experts were called in and the work began. Thousands and thousands of plants were set out. The park commission called on the people of the city for cuttings of every description. $201,933.43, making a total investment of $316,375.75 for supplying electricity to that city. The valuation of all the property as stated is alleged to have been made for the Southern California Edison Company by Bion J. Arnold of Chicago. A Los Angeles paper says of the case: The Southern California Edison Co. brought an action in equity in the United States circuit court, to enjoin the board of trustees of the city of Santa Ana from enforcing an ordinance adopted March 20 last, purporting to fix the minimum and standard quality of gas, and the rate therefor, and the minimum and maximum rate for electricity in that city. The defendant board of trustees is made up of Frank Ey, George McPhee,, O. B. Alderman, W. A. Greenleaf and W. L. Grubb. The suit is to prohibit the defendants from bringing any action against the plaintiffs to compel compliance with the terms of the ordinance complained of. The rate fixed by the ordinance is for 8000 or more kilowatts of electricity, 1 1-2 cents per kilowatt hour; for the consumption of energy of 250 or more and less than 8000 kilowatts per hour, 7 cents per kilowatt hour; minimum for the month, 50 cents. It is alleged that at the time of the passage of the ordinance, the defendants had taken no testimony in regard to the value of the plant of the plaintiff, or any estimate as to the value of the same, the cost of production, etc. MILLIONAIRE MISERS There are two other odd and rather important things to be said about them. The first is this, that withuary 24, 1911. The response was gratifying; and the result was a full-fledged organization, with Mrs. Robertson as leader. A vice president at large was elected, Mrs. L. Crozier-French, of Knoxville, and a vice president for each of three divisions of the state, Mrs. Thomas Scruggs, West Tennessee; Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, Middle Tennessee, and Mrs. S. A. Mynders, East Tennessee. The workers in the last division secured the cooperation by affiliation of almost every other organization in the eastern part of the state. In three months the congress enrolled 1200 members in fourteen cities in different parts of the state. The newly organized congress immediately set itself to the task of promoting the child-protection bills before the legislature, and received cordial response to its letters sent to state legislators asking the utmost attention to all bills for child welfare. It has also secured the cooperation of the state free library commission,and whose new traveling librarian will carry the congress work with hers, establishing parent-teacher associations in the rural schools throughout the state and recommending courses of reading for mothers and children. The Tennessee mothers' congress has asked the state department of good roads to appoint and to salary a member of the mothers' congress to travel over the state for the purpose of forming clubs in the interest of good roads between homes and the schools and of other needs of the child. A crusade for dental inspection in the public schools has been arranged, and the legislative committee has in preparation two bills for the next ses- city park commission was called in, the proposal was made and adopted, enthusiastically. The landscape architect, John Clark Olmstead, at once fell in with the idea. After that it was easy. The city purchased outright two huge nurseries. Over thirty acres were prepared for the propagation work necessary at once. Experts were called in and the work began. Thousands and thousands of plants were set out. The park commission called on the people of the city for cuttings of every description. They were forthcoming. It took 100 men weeks to set these out and see that they "scarred" properly. Since the farm was started the acreage has been increased almost to threefold and planting has been done in all parts of the huge park. Thousands of trees have been set out in such a manner that when the exposition opens January 1, 1915, they will form a perfect forest around the grounds. Such items as one million geraniums, which in this climate grow in profusion outdoors; one million red roses, one million white roses, twenty acres of California poppies, the little golden yellow beauty that grows wild all over the state; five acres of Matillja poppies, a large, beautifully white flower that grows on the mountain sides skirting the Perris Valley; a flower, by the way, that has never been successfully grown elsewhere; one hundred thousand palm trees of different varieties, the same number of black acacia, and all sorts of the creeping vines and ornamental shrubs in like proportions, these are some of the items of San Diego's flower farm. A huge lath house is being built, which when completed will cover ten acres of ground. The frame already in use extend over five acres. The hot house, where the baby cuttings are nursed as tenderly as little animals could possibly be, and contains half a million plants of one variety. These must be protected until they take root and even after they are transplanted into the open air, where their most destructive enemy has been the succulent cotton-tail rabbit and the equally succulent quail, both of which abound in the big park. Opening the municipal exposition-farm has had one result that was not expected, it has put all the park superintendents on their mettle, with the result that San Dlegans are enjoying the most wonderful exhibitions of flowers and park improvement they ever saw. As a municipal improvement, and an economy, the exposition nursery has been a great success so minimum for the month, 50 cents. It is alleged that at the time of the passage of the ordinance, the defendants had taken no testimony in regard to the value of the plant of the plaintiff, or any estimate as to the value of the same, the cost of production, etc. MILLIONAIRE MISERS There are two other odd and rather important things to be said about them. The first is this, that with this aristocracy we do not have the chance of a lucky variety in types which belong to larger and looser aristocracies. The moderately rich include all kinds of people—even good people. Even priests are sometimes saints; and even soldiers are sometimes heroes. Some doctors have really grown wealthy by curing their patients, and not by flattering them; and some brewers have been known to sell beer. But among the very rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money, you must be dull enough to want it. Lastly, the most serious point about them is this, that the new miser is flattered for his meanness and the old one never was. It was never called self-denial in the old miser that he lived on bones. It is called self-denial in the new millionaire, if he lives on beans. A man like Dancer was never praised as a Christian saint for going in rags. A man like Rockefeller is praised as a sort of pagan stolic for his early rising or his unassuming dress. His "simple" meals, his simple clothes, his simple funeral, are all extolled as if they were creditable to him. They are disgraceful to him; exactly as disgraceful as the tatters and vermin of the old miser were disgracful to him. To be in rags for charity would be the condition of a saint; to be in rags for money was that of a filthy old fool. Precisely in the same way, to be "simple" for charity is the state of a saint; to be "simple" for money is that of a filthy old fool. Of the two I have more respect for the old miser, gnawing bones in an attic.—London Daily News. CHINESE ROBBED A house on the vegetable ranch of Sing, a Chinese who for a number of years past has sold vegetables in this section, was burglarized some time on Friday during Sing's absence and $180 The Tennessee mothers' congress has asked the state department of good roads to appoint and to salary a member of the mothers' congress to travel over the state for the purpose of forming clubs in the interest of good roads between homes and the schools and of other needs of the child. A crusade for dental inspection in the public schools has been arranged, and the legislative committee has in preparation two bills for the next session—one asking state-wide probation for delinquent children, and another asking state pension for widows having young children who are dependent on daily toll or charity. Let Us Tell You that good Cement, Lime, Sand, Plaster, etc., are insurance against much future expense. When you buy building materials from us the first cost is the last for a long time to come. When you buy the inferior your building will always be needing something done to it. The best is the cheapest in the end and more satisfactory as well. Griffith Lumber Co. South Los Angeles St. NEAR SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT LUMBER, CEMENT, BRICK ARDEN PLASTER MILL WORK Beveled Well Curbing C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY CHAS F CRIM. Manager Boston Bakery and Confectionery STEPHEN KISTLER, Proprietor Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies daily. Chris topher's Chocolates and Bonbons Opening the municipal exposition farm has had one result that was not expected, it has put all the park superintendents on their mettle, with the result that San Dlegans are enjoying the most wonderful exhibitions of flowers and park improvement they ever saw. As a municipal improvement, and an economy, the exposition nursery has been a great success so far, and promises to surpass all the predictions made for it. That it is not operated for profit from the sale of products makes it an unique enterprise and the commission estimates that it will save at least a quarter of a million dollars before the gates are thrown open for the Panama-California international exposition New Year's day, 1915. EDISON COMPANY BRINGS SUIT Seeks to Declare Santa Ana Lighting Ordinance Void Alleging that an eight-cent rate for lighting will not give it a fair rate of income, the Southern California Edison Company began suit in Los Angeles against the city of Santa Ana, asking 'hat a lighting ordinance recently adopted by that city be declared void. Complaint recites the valuation of all the steam and water power generating plants of system and the transmission lines and other property of the company which are necesarily used in order to furnish electric service to the city of Santa Ana, which constitute a total of $11,932,262. The proportion of this sum alleged to be property chargable to the Santa Ana business of the company is given as $114,442.32, to which is added the property which is used exclusively for the distribution of electric light and power in that city, which is put down as having a value of CHINESE ROBBED A house on the vegetable ranch of Sing, a Chinese who for a number of years past has sold vegetables in this section, was burglarized some time on Friday during Sing's absence and $180 in money and a $75 gold watch taken. The ranch occupied by the celestial is south of town near the river bridge. Sing's brother and six other chinks were at work in the field near the house, and saw no one enter. When Sing returned in the evening he discovered his loss. Along with the valuables the celestial's certificates of registration were stolen. Officers were notified. HOW IT HAPPENED The Way a State Congress of Mothers Was Started The rapidity with which the mother's movement will become established in a community when once its broad purpose and great need are understood is well illustrated by the organization of the new state congress of mothers in Tennessee. It needed only the energy of an interested mother. This was Mrs. Kate Campbell Robertson of Jackson, to whom a revelation was made of the really distressing waste of child life and need of trained priesthood in her home town and throughout the state. Work in local charities and the child labor conditions stirred her to activity. Resolving to bring the women of the state together to work for child welfare, she issued circular letters, which were sent to mayors of towns, superintendents of schools and prominent women in the large places, appointing a meeting at Nashville, Jan- Back East Excursions via Santa Fe August 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30. 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