anaheim-gazette 1912-03-07

Motors Company Is Up In The Air General Royer is the First Man to Turn the Proposition Down Why did Santa Ana take on the preposterous Amalgamated Motors Company after Anaheim had rejected its offer to locate its factory here with an output of 1000 automobiles a year? This question is being asked here and at Santa Ana, and the answer is not far to seek. Santa Ana embraced Mr. Shafer and his coworkers simply because the county seaters were afraid Anaheim might add a great manufacturing enterprise to its resources, having heard that Gen. Royer would back the company with his unlimited fortune, and thus keep it away from Santa Ana. The merchants and manufacturers association of that city took a long chance, and in its efforts to keep the motors company out of this city entered into negotiations with the sleekest gang of get-rich-quickers who ever blew into the county. At the time Santa Ana went into negotiations with them Anaheim had turned them down. A little light upon the history of this concern will be of interest at this time. Several months ago Gen. J. O. Royer learned that the Durocar people were anxious to move their works from Los Angeles to one of the outlying towns. It was represented to him that their lease would soon expire, and that largely increased rentals would be asked of them. They desired more room, and while this could be procured in the city, it could be secured only at prohibitive figures. ordered the first one then and there. He hasn't got it yet. A free site of three acres was voted Mr. Varney. Also a purse of $500, good money. Also a note for $1500. Mr. Varney negotiated the note early the next morning. The deed to the land contained a restrictive clause limiting its use to auto manufacturing purposes. Failing in this the land reverted to Nate Ulm. Mr. Varney found in a day or two that the site was not large enough. Would the merchants' association consent to its transfer for a larger site? Certainly, quoth Mr. Ulm. A trade was made, and the restrictive clause wasn't worth a cent. A great banner was flung to the breezes across Fourth street, telling the world the Amalgamated motors company had come to town. The banner has been taken down and laid away for future use. When Nate saw it being taken down he wept bitter tears. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aero-least one thousand present year. The new company—the people here together with authorized by the spond with the fement that even would be fulfilled. And on the side made, the Santa manufacturers arer to the new acres of land, in cash and a mired dollars just faith. The prophethe merchants perly safe-guarded by the Amalgam pany. But a cloud nudinary automobile the clear sky and Steinke, selling pany, at length picions to Attor was not right, as once started prothat the Amalgam pany was largel fertile brain of Shafer. For word had a contrent on the sale led by him, and Duro car plant as scheduled in new company's quality inventories $70,000 according by the Duro car. The investigatfact that the coed cash received mentes and that in such shape t lawyer couldn't certain by it ho been issued. Several months ago Gen. J. O. Royer learned that the Durocar people were anxious to move their works from Los Angeles to one of the outlying towns. It was represented to him that their lease would soon expire, and that largely increased rentals would be asked of them. They desired more room, and while this could be procured in the city, it could be secured only at prohibitive figures. Gen. Royer called into conference Richard Melrose and H. A. Dickel of this city, and an interview was had with Messrs. Varney and Shafer. They placed their case before these gentlemen, saying their works would pay dividends of 25 per cent per annum. Gen. Royer informed them that if they could give reasonable assurance that seven per cent, not twenty-five, could be earned, he would invest $25,000 in the plant proposed to be located in this city. Messrs. Melrose and Dickel also offered to make liberal subscriptions on these lines, and others of this city made similar offers. At this point the matter was referred to the board of trade of this city. Gen. Royer suggested that if he were to put his money in an enterprise which meant so much to the future welfare of this city, its business men should respond in kind, giving it at least their moral support. Varney and Shafer came here and held several conferences with the board of trade. In a personal investigation General Royer proved the Amalgamated motors, which had taken over the Durocar company, to be altogether unfit. A financial rating showed them to be $30,000 in debt. The company was understood to be in financial straits, and their statement of resources was possessed of fishy aspect. It was learned that in addition to a free site the motors people asked a great slice of promotion stock, from $60,000 up, which should forever be non-assessable, Mr. Shafer asked a commission on all sales of stock. At this time he is said to be in possession of a contract with the motors people, permitting him to charge 20 per cent commission on stock sales. Gen. Royer politely bade the motors company good morning. Papers showing their rating were forwarded here for use by the board of trade. These papers were printed in the Gazette, when the motors company went up in the air. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aeroplanes. Then A. C. Black made matters worse by attaching the motors lot on East Fourth street for money owing him. What right had he to do this, when the motors meant so much to the future welfare of Santa Ana? McPhee and Black ought to be suppressed. They are dangerous characters to be about, especially when a nest of fakirs are abroad in the land. Go it, George; sick 'em, Black. The devil take the hindmost and tickle him with his pitchfork. The Santa Ana Blade in a recent issue gives the following story of the motor company which went up into the air: The Amalgamated Motors company, a corporation formed for the ostensible purpose of manufacturing automobiles here in Santa Ana in a factory which was to employ from the start at least one hundred and fifty men and within a year employ at least five hundred, and which was to manufacture one thousand automobiles within the current year, has done the aeroplane act and gone kiting skyward with no possible chance of its ever touching ground again. And today the last act is arranged to be played in Santa Ana, when the property given the company by the merchants and manufacturers' association will be reconveyed to the original owners and provision made for refunding five hundred dollars in cash and the return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to the company by the merchants association as a bonus for the establishment here of the automobile factory. Shafer, Varney and Parker composed the Amalgamated Motors company and the trio of financiers dropped in here last December looking for a place to locate their plant. They told the unsophisticated citizens that they had made a trade with the Duro car company of Los Angeles, by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock, and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aeroplanes. Then A. C. Black made matters worse by attaching the motors lot on East Fourth street for money owing him. What right had he to do this, when the motors meant so much to the future welfare of Santa Ana? McPhee and Black ought to be suppressed. They are dangerous characters to be about, especially when a nest of fakirs are abroad in the land. Go it, George; sick 'em, Black. The devil take the hindmost and tickle him with his pitchfork. The Santa Ana Blade in a recent issue gives the following story of the motor company which went up into the air: The Amalgamated Motors company, a corporation formed for the ostensible purpose of manufacturing automobiles here in Santa Ana in a factory which was to employ from the start at least one hundred and fifty men and within a year employ at least five hundred, and which was to manufacture one thousand automobiles within the current year, has done the aeroplane act and gone kiting skyward with no possible chance of its ever touching ground again. And today the last act is arranged to be played in Santa Ana, when the property given the company by the merchants and manufacturers' association will be reconveyed to the original owners and provision made for refunding five hundred dollars in cash and the return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to the company by the merchants association as a bonus for the establishment here of the automobile factory. Shafter, Varney and Parker composed the Amalgamated Motors company and the trio of financiers dropped in here last December looking for a place to locate their plant. They told the unsophisticated citizens that they had made a trade with the Duro car company of Los Angeles, by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock, and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aeroplanes. Then A. C. Black made matters worse by attaching the motors lot on East Fourth street for money owing him. What right had he to do this, when the motors meant so much to the future welfare of Santa Ana? McPhee and Black ought to be suppressed. They are dangerous characters to be about, especially when a nest of fakirs are abroad in the land. Go it, George; sick 'em, Black. The devil take the hindmost and tickle him with his pitchfork. The Santa Ana Blade in a recent issue gives the following story of the motor company which went up into the air: The Amalgamated Motors company, a corporation formed for the ostensible purpose of manufacturing automobiles here in Santa Ana in a factory which was to employ from the start at least one hundred and fifty men and within a year employ at least five hundred, and which was to manufacture one thousand automobiles within the current year, has done the aeroplane act and gone kiting skyward with no possible chance of its ever touching ground again. And today the last act is arranged to be played in Santa Ana, when the property given the company by the merchants and manufacturers' association will be reconveyed to the original owners and provision made for refunding five hundred dollars in cash and the return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to the company by the merchants association as a bonus for the establishment here of the automobile factory. Shafter, Varney and Parker composed the Amalgamated Motors company and the trio of financiers dropped in here last December looking for a place to locate their plant. They told the unsophisticated citizens that they had made a trade with the Duro car company of Los Angeles, by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock, and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aeroplanes. Then A. C. Black made matters worse by attaching the motors lot on East Fourth street for money owing him. What right had he to do this, when the motors meant so much to the future welfare of Santa Ana? McPhee and Black ought to be suppressed. They are dangerous characters to be about, especially when a nest of fakirs are abroad in the land. Go it, George; sick 'em, Black. The devil take the hindmost and tickle him with his pitchfork. The Santa Ana Blade in a recent issue gives the following story of the motor company which went up into the air: The Amalgamated Motors company, a corporation formed for the ostensible purpose of manufacturing automobiles here in Santa Ana in a factory which was to employ from the start at least one hundred and fifty men and within a year employ at least five hundred, and which was to manufacture one thousand automobiles within the current year, has done the aeroplane act and gone kiting skyward with no possible chance of its ever touching ground again. And today the last act is arranged to be played in Santa Ana, when the property given the company by the merchants and manufacturers' association will be reconveyed to the original owners and provision made for refunding five hundred dollars in cash and the return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to the company by the merchants association as a bonus for the establishment here of the automobile factory. Shafter, Varney and Parker composed the Amalgamated Motors company and the trio of financiers dropped in here last December looking for a place to locate their plant. They told the unsophisticated citizens that they had made a trade with the Duro car company of Los Angeles, by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock, and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory, which some years ago cost Santa Ana $125,000. Then that scoundrel George McPhee, who never had a bit of sense, butted in and spoiled it all. George smelled a mice. He is always smelling things. He said Varney and Shafer and the whole lot of them were framing up a skin game. He said the motors were nothing but aeroplanes. Then A. C. Black made matters worse by attaching the motors lot on East Fourth street for money owing him. What right had he to do this, when the motors meant so much to the future welfare of Santa Ana? McPhee和Black ought to be suppressed. They are dangerous characters to be about, especially when a nest of fakirs are abroad in the land. Go it, George; sick 'em, Black. The devil take the hindmost and tickle him with his pitchfork. The Santa Ana Blade in a recent issue gives the following story of the motor company which went up into the air: The Amalgamated Motors company, a corporation formed forthe ostensible purposeof manufacturingautomobileshereinSantaAnasfactorywhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwastoemployfromthestartatleastonehundredandfiftymenandwithinyearemployatthestalfunded,andwhichwasto employs fromthe start at least one hundred and fifty men and within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash and return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory, but a soda factory; which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred and fifty men and within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash and return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory; but a soda factory; which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred and fifty men and within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash and return of a note for fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant and interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; and that they were nothing but aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw, not a motor factory; but a soda factory; which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred and fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream. He saw，not a motor factory；but an soda factory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace. Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor factory；but an soda factory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car company of Los Angeles; by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at least one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at least five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at less than one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at less than five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at less than one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at less than five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at less than one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at less than five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale with Duro car公司ofLos Angeles;by which they took over that company's plant和 interests by giving one share of Amalgamated for two shares of Duro stock; 和that they were nothing但 aeroplanes. The rude awakening came on apace。 Pap Nickey had a dream。He saw，not a motor Factory；but an sodaFactory；which some years ago cost Santa Anasfactory which was to emply fromthe start at less than one hundred和 fifty men和 within year employ at less than five hundred dollars in cash和returnofa notefor fifteen hundred dollars given to thievery six dollar street where coined up after sale fer asked a commission on all sales of stock. At this time he is said to be in possession of a contract with the motors people, permitting him to charge 20 per cent commission on stock sales. Gen. Royer politely bade the motors company good morning. Papers showing their rating were forwarded here for use by the board of trade. These papers were printed in the Gazette, when the motors company went up in the air. Shafer and Varney, finding the jig was up here, went to Santa Ana. The merchants' association there, seeking to slip one over Anaheim, had one slipped over them. A friend of the Gazette living at Pomona wrote urging care in dealing with these sharpers. The incident seemed closed, when of a sudden Santa Ana took the bait. A banquet was served at the armory. Shafer and Varney and their co-workers were there, in all their hot-air effulgence. They were going to put up a reinforced concrete building 250x300 feet, several stories high, at great cost, in 30 days. They were going to turn out 1000 autos the first year. John Beatty arose and asked if it were true that they had come to Santa Ana because it was a wet town—beg pardon, dry town. Mr. Shafer, who had a faculty for taking a snifter in Anaheim whenever he got a chance, said such was the facts of the case. He wanted nothing to do with a wet town, he said, and Mr. Beatty sat down comforted, wiping the beads of perspiration from his manly brow. John McFadden asked how soon the first motor truck could be turned out. Mr. Shafer said in a month after the works were opened. Mac ANAHEIM GAZETTE least one thousand cars within the present year. The new company would deliver to the people here a formal statement together with a signed statement authorized by the company to correspond with the first mentioned statement that every promise made would be fulfilled. And on the strength of promises made, the Santa Ana merchants and manufacturers association turned over to the new company nearly three acres of land, five hundred dollars in cash and a note for fifteen hundred dollars just as evidence of good faith. The property turned over by the merchants association was properly safe-guarded by a bond executed by the Amalgamated motors company. But a cloud no bigger than an ordinary automobile soon gathered in the clear sky and Messrs. Bisby and Steinke, selling agents for the company, at length confided their suspicions to Attorney Forgy that all was not right, and investigation at once started proved beyond a doubt that the Amalgamated motors company was largely a figment of the fertile brain of Promoter W. A. Shafer. For word had come here that Shafer had a contract for twenty percent on the sale of all stock handled by him, and that instead of the Duro car plant being worth $117,000 as scheduled in the inventory of the new company's assets it was in reality inventoried by the owners at $70,000 according to an invoice made by the Duro car company. The investigation also laid bare the fact that the company's books showed cash received but no disbursements and that the stock book was in such shape that a Philadelphia lawyer couldn't understand it or ascertain by it how much stock had been issued. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE Few of the remnants of Phoenician architecture which remain today present such objects of interest as the towers or tower pillars erected by the adventurous merchants of Tyre on the coasts of the many lands visited by those hardy mariners. These towers were frequently circular in form, as were most of the Phoenician architectural works, possibly, it has been suggested, because no shape is more natural or more agreeable to the vision. That the Phoenician towers possessed a religious significance is also shown by the fact that it was usual to place two such erections in front of the principal entrance of a temple. Josephus relates that Solomon, during the building of the temple, employed one Hiram, of Tyre, to erect before the porch of the building two hollow pillars, to which the king gave the names of Jachin and Booz respectively, and which the Jewish historian says were to the height of 18 cubits. Lucian, in his treatise, "Perites," describes a temple of Atargath as having in front two similar columns, each 30 cubits in height, to the top of which the priests at times ascended to converse with the gods. In the early days of the Christian era it was customary to build churches and monasteries upon the sites which were once covered by heathen temples, and also in those localities which had been connected with the worship of pagan deities; and it is said that St. Simon Stylites and the Christians of his day endeavored to disconnect the pillar from its heathen associations, and to attribute to it a Christian origin. Frequently pagan temples were taken ov� MULE-FOOT HOGS LATEST Promoter Sued for $21,407 in Get-Rich-Quick Enterprise J. C. Yancey, promoter of a mule-foot hog association, is defendant in a suit brought in the superior court at Santa Ana. Plaintiff in the action is F. A. McCormick, represented by Attorneys Scarborough & Forgy. The suit is on three notes, each one given by Yancey to Minnie N. Taylor of Santa Ana. One of the notes is for $1000, given on Jan. 22, 1910. The other was for $4000, given on March 25, 1910, and the third was for $15,000, falling due on Feb. 25, 1912. With interest and principal the judgment asked is $21,407.75. These notes have all been assigned by Minnie N. Taylor to F. A. McCormick. Yancey came into notice at Santa Ana about a year ago as the promoter of a mule-foot hog association. The plan was to sell a hog. The owner must leave the animal on the farm, and the profit would come on from the sale of offsprings. Yancey is still connected with the mule-foot hog business as a private enterprise, and considers the mule-foot hog as the best hog. MODJESKA DEFENDANT Felix Modjeska, son of Madame Modjeska, is one of the defendants in a suit brought at Santa Ana for judgment on a note of $312.13. Plaintiff is Samuel T. Chase and the defendants are Etienne de Szymanski and Modjeska, and the suit is on a note given by Szymanski in Chicago on May 2, 1910, Modjeska signed the note as guaranteeing payment. The complaint states that Modjeska is a resident of or may be found at Bay Island. Since the death of Madame Modjeska, the famous tra- Duro car plant being worth $117,000 as scheduled in the inventory of the new company's assets it was in reality inventoried by the owners at $70,000 according to an invoice made by the Duro car company. The investigation also laid bare the fact that the company's books showed cash received but no disbursements and that the stock book was in such shape that a Philadelphia lawyer couldn't understand it or ascertain by it how much stock had been issued. That the minutes of the board of directors had not been written up since the date of organization and that the entries at that time showed conclusively that Shafer had already received 110,000 shares of stock for which he had agreed to pay $10,000 but that he had never paid one cent. The investigation was made by N. A. Ulm, secretary of the merchants association, who was promised that the property given the company by the merchants association would be reconveyed and that the cash and note also turned over would be made right and that all the bills incurred by the chamber of commerce and the merchants association in connection with promoting the new company here would be squared up at once. Then W. M. Varney came down here and attempted to make arrangements for reorganizing the company with the understanding that Attorney Doyle and Shafer be given the grand bounce, but these two worthies refused to be bounced and then Varney got cold feet and backed square out of the whole matter, agreeing however that he would pay all the bills and settle everything satisfactorily. This settlement was to include the taking up of the stock purchased in Santa Ana, some thirty thousand dollars worth, on which some two thousand dollars cash had been paid. And this afternoon, Mr. Varney is here, and the first thing he did was to pay A. C. Black the balance due for erecting the big sign on East Fourth street property, to secure which the property was attached yesterday, and next he arranged with the Spurgeon realty company to reconvey the six acres on East Fourth street to that corporation, under the terms of an agreement that the Spurgeon company will reconvey to the merchants the three acres at the corner of Washington avenue and C street and make good the five hundred dollars in cash and the note for fifteen hundred dollars given the In the early days of the Christian era it was customary to build churches and monasteries upon the sites which were once covered by heathen temples, and also in those localities which had been connected with the worship of pagan deities; and it is said that St. Simon Stylites and the Christians of his day endeavored to disconnect the pillar from its heathen associations, and to attribute to it a Christian origin. Frequently pagan temples were taken over by the Christians and all existing mural sculptures and paintings were effaced by plaster or other paintings representing scenes in the life of the founder of the new religion. The famous round, conical capped towers of Ireland afford striking instances of where a Christian origin is attributed to a style of architecture undoubtedly eastern, and therefore pagan. For, assuming the Irish round towers to be oriental in character, it follows that they must have been erected prior to the introduction of Christianity to these islands. They are not Roman, since Rome had no settlements in Ireland, if, indeed, the Roman legions ever set a foot upon her shores. If it had been the custom of the primitive western Aryans to build such towers it is but reasonable to suppose that specimens of their handwork would have remained to us today—scattered over the whole extent of the territories they then occupied. The cylindrical pillar must have been regarded as a religious symbol with some people prior to its appearance in Ireland, and it can scarcely be attributed to any early barbarous inhabitants of the island. From the point of view of the archaeologist, the tower at Clionmacnois is the most beautiful Irish round tower in existence. At its base is a little church, or oratory. It is built entirely of cut stones, and the roof is made of lozenge shaped stones, fitted so closely and finished so well that time and weather have left it almost as perfect as when completed by its builder. The round tower of Kildare is another fine example of Cyclopian architecture and is one of the tallest in Ireland, being 130 feet high. A round tower of great antiquity is to be seen in the grounds of Peel castle in the Isle of Man, and is supposed to date back to pre-Christian times. It is now generally conceded that Phoenicians penetrated as far west as these islands, and it has al- Fourth street property, to secure which the property was attached yesterday, and next he arranged with the Spurgeon realty company to convey the six acres on East Fourth street to that corporation, under the terms of an agreement that the Spurgeon company will reconvey to the merchants the three acres at the corner of Washington avenue and C street and make good the five hundred dollars in cash and the note for fifteen hundred dollars given the Amalgamated motors company, and at a late hour this afternoon he was reported to be looking up Amalgamated motors stockholders with a view of handing them back their money and taking over the stock. But the automobile factory for the present is away up in the air. French Family Courtesy The reason that the French people enjoy the well-earned reputation of being the politest people in the entire world is because "la politesse", or good breeding, is an accomplishment they always acquire at home and in childhood. A Frenchman, his wife, and a couple of children will observe all the most exquisite social amenities in the privacy of their own home and the family life presents all the social advantages they require. A French boy of even the humblest parentage does not wait to go out in the world to learn how to offer a woman a chair, give an elderly gentleman his arm, invite you to dine, or discover the topics of conversation that engage your interest. He has lived from his babyhood in an atmosphere of family deference and cheerfully unselfish consideration, and he is charmingly polite by precept and example wherever he may find himself. The round tower of Kildare is another fine example of Cyclopian architecture and is one of the tallest in Ireland, being 130 feet high. A round tower of great antiquity is to be seen in the grounds of Peel castle in the Isle of Man, and is supposed to date back to pre-Christian times. It is now generally conceded that the Phoenicians penetrated as far west as these islands, and it has also been stated that they colonized along the western coasts of Europe as far as Norway. WARM REBUKE FOR SARCASM Western Senator Who Made Many Enemies was Given Good Advice by a Friend For many years there served in the United States senate, from the west a man of brilliant mind and a fine intellect, but who was forever estranging many with whom he desired to be friendly by reason of his incurably sarcastic manner both of speech and action. Once an intimate friend wrote the senator urging the appointment of another friend to a minor position in the government. The senator returned a most sarcastic reply, declining to recommend the appointment. It is said that he never forgot the merited rebuke he received from the friend who had suggested the appointment. "My Dear Senator: I think it would be well for you to reserve your sarcasm for the rapidly increasing number of your enemies, instead of offering it to the decreasing number of your friends, of whom I am one." ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY Fitted with the most up-to-date machinery for turning out the best work on short notice and at moderate prices. Patronize home industry, especially when you get just a little bit better service here than you can get anywhere else. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY J. E. FISHER & CO., Props. SOUTH LEMON STREET Anaheim, Cal. ANAHEIM Cigar Factory ARNOLD & SON, Props. West Center St., Anaheim. Manufacturers of The Anaheim Eagle and Rosebud Cigars. We make a Specialty of Private Box Trade. INTERIOR FINISH We furnish the finest interior finish promptly. 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