anaheim-gazette 1912-05-02

DEVELOPING AN EMPIRE Means Should Be Devised to Assist Settlers in Great Work The biggest industry in the world, in which more capital is invested, and more men are employed, with the exception of the railroads, receives less encouragement from men of finance than any other industry. The western banker will readily grub-stake a prospector in the delusive hope that he will find gold, but shows a marked reluctance to grub-stake the farmer in his search not for the hidden treasure, but for the returns to be derived from tilling the fertile soil. If the financiers who are tinkering with currency legislation would follow the example of other countries and assure substantial and adequate aid to the prospective farmer, more material prosperity would follow the experiment than devotion to any of the other phases of the monetary problem now under consideration. Throughout the entire country every facility is afforded in the way of long time credit for anybody that wants a plano, clothing, city lots, in fact anything to be sold in a city, is sold or leased to the man in town without cash or security on long time, but where are the companies or concerns that lend on long time the necessary capital to grub-stake a farmer. It is not a question of getting the land; that can be taken up or bought on long time and on very easy terms, or even on the crop payment plan. But in what way can the man who wants to leave the crowded city or migrate here form a foreign shore tide himself over until he gets returns? It is perfectly obvious that it takes money to buy transportation, farm implements, seed, necessary live stock, to build a porations have monopolies, through the use of public roads and streets. The consumers must patronize them, or go without the service. Efficiency and cost of water in San Francisco may be used as a test of the Chronicle's argument. It has been admitted by an engineer of the Spring Valley company that the improper construction of its mains was responsible for the destruction of that city by the conflagration that followed the earthquake of 1906. Senator Frank G. Newlands, a large stockholder and former attorney for the company, in an address before the American water works association, speaking of the disaster, said: "The water works, badly constructed in the particular place, gave way, and four hundred million dollars of property was swept away by fire." The water company, as has the street railway and the lighting company, refused to extend its mains to give service to newly-built sections of the city. The property owners had to pay the cost of construction of extensions. The company now makes the same consumers pay increased rates, so it may have interest on this additional capital investment. The pressure and quantity of the water has never been equal to the needs of the city. The engineers of the National board of Fire Underwriters in 1905 condemned the system of the company as being inadequate to furnish proper fire protection. The city has been compelled to expend $5,000,000 for a high pressure fire water system, because of this failure of the water company. In many parts of the city the pressure has been insufficient to force the water into buildings, and consumers had to use hand pumps at night to secure enough water for use. OVERCHARGING THE Public Utilities Committee to Cease Such It has come to the Railroad Company certain public utilities o'ficularly telephone, gas power companies, hail rates since October service over which it has jurisdiction, conti-visions of the public. This act provided ties shall charge rates those in effect on C and that their schedule are directed to file commission shall show they in effect as to a on said day. These apply as to all rates o'f commission has juris-ding rates for all servi-corated territory, all rates, and all telepho-ces in so far as the e-n urban service conncovers territory outside an incorporated city. The provisions cover 10, 1911, were insured utilities act for the venting the public uti-ling their rates before commission could assu- and to prevent the v- some of the public w trying to do. This commission had made its general order tting the public utilities mediately any charges in excess of those in ber 10, 1911, and dir- ties to file with the list of all overcharges 23, 1912, the effective or concerns that lend on long time the necessary capital to grub-stake a farmer. It is not a question of getting the land; that can be taken up or bought on long time and on very easy terms, or even on the crop payment plan. But in what way can the man who wants to leave the crowded city or migrate here form a foreign shore tide himself over until he gets returns? It is perfectly obvious that it takes money to buy transportation, farm implements, seed, necessary live stock, to build a small house and barn, and buy groceries and feed. This outlay must be made with no prospect of being able to pay until the crops are marketed. Again, the average farm proposition requires at least a year to clear the land and prepare it for crops, and, in the case of citrus-fruit groves a longer time is required before returns can be realized. There must be some class of "commercial paper" developed to supply this demand. There is no suggestion of charity in asking a land company or other financial institution interested in the development of a new country to aid worthy settlers. The idea has been approved as a theory, but save in a few isolated instances there has been a decided hang-back in its practice. The "back to the land" cry is right, but there should be provided some agency, governmental or otherwise, to help the settler establish himself. It would be a safe investment for the capitalist; it would be patriotic for Uncle Sam, as he would be helping to build up a nation of free and independent men. France, Germany and Spain give this kind of financial encouragement to its farming class. In fact, Europe is profitably over-run with a system of credit banks, organizations whereby farmers and other men of small resources and credit so co-operate as to secure loans for productive purposes at low interest. It is probably the best economic and truly educational invention of the last century. Seventy per cent of the increased population of the western part of this country were moved on the colonist rates made by the railroads, these corporations using every fair means of exploiting the country and bringing farmers here. But some means needs to be devised to aid the settler to develop and contribute to the growth of this vast agricultural empire between the Rocky mountains and the Pacific ocean. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MOST EFFI- The National board of Fire Underwriters in 1905 condemned the system of the company as being inadequate to furnish proper fire protection. The city has been compelled to expend $5,000,000 for a high pressure fire water system, because of this failure of the water company. In many parts of the city the pressure has been insufficient to force the water into buildings, and consumers had to use hand pumps at night to secure enough water for use during the day. The water furnished by the Spring Valley is impure and unfit for drinking without being boiled. Each month it grows worse, showing more signs of sewage contamination. Typhoid and other water-born diseases are increasing. The rates charged by the company are the highest of any large city in the United States; from two to five times higher than the rates of any of the municipal water plants in California; double the rates in Seattle and Portland; and five times as much as that charged in Los Angeles. In each of these three cities millions of dollars have been expended to get pure water. Because of its purity and the lower charge, many vessels owned in San Francisco procure water for their voyages in Seattle and Portland. On the other hand, the Spring Valley water company, in San Francisco, has for years retained expensive attorneys in the city of Washington, to appear before congress and the secretary of the interior, to prevent San Francisco gaining the right to use the pure waters in government reservations in the Sierra Nevada mountains—and the water consumers of that company have to pay the attorney fees. SAFETY OF PASSENGERS Wooden Coaches to Be Thing of Past The Southern Pacific Company has entered upon a vigorous campaign for the increasing of the safety of its passengers and its employees. Orders have gone out that no more wooden coaches shall be constructed. Special side levers have been provided for the uncoupling of cars, so that any two cars may be disconnected without the brakeman getting between and endangering his life. All of the cars are now equipped with automatic couplers so that it is not now necessary for the brake man to be even near the cars, the impact causing them to couple. This commission has made its general orderting the public utilities immediately any charges in excess of those incurred ber 10, 1911, and dirties to file with the list of all overcharges 23, 1912, the effective public utilities act. Order is enclosed for ion and for such pulp may feel disposed to water. If any increases in your territory they sires to have its attest the matter. Railroad Commission California. By Charles R. Detr DITCH OF THE Water Will Flow In San Juan In the near future flowing from San Juan is strano through a ditto lines of one used ago, and known as the Cornelius Echenique preparing to irrigate res of land about two Capistrano and will tthe creek. Discovere old Padres ditch follow it as near sentimental reasons. ley of Santa Ana w make the survey for at many points along found outlines of th hundred years ago. I very distinct. Whether instruments to guide ing the ditch is not h Col. Finley was tor turned the water out ditch as the course. If they did ments, they certainly ception of levels, for Col. Finley found th perfect in every par At a point three o mile from the creek M old ditch, but run levels showed it shou when he reached th that he was but a fe from the point where th the water out. The acreage which PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MOST EFFICIENT The manager of the Denver tramway company, in a recent article says: "With the question of values, there are the physical, the franchise and the earning values. To prepare a statement (of them) that will be acceptable alike to bondholders, the shareholders, traveling public and the public authorities means a work of art. This is the reason why many companies withhold all information regarding their operations." Yet, the San Francisco Chronicle tells us that the secrecy of public-service accounts cannot be preserved. "Franchise" and "earning" values are the capitalization of receipts in excess of a fair return on the actual money invested. Public utility corporations try to compel the public to pay interest on such fictitious values, so that their watered capitalization may be marketed. In its recent articles against public ownership, the Chronicle says: two controlling considerations mark the degree of success or failure of municipal ownership—efficiency of service and cost of operation — the same as in the purchase of a pair of shoes. It ignores the fact that shoes may be bought of any style and price from any one of hundreds of factories, while public service cor- Orchardists Will Discuss Topic at Pomona Meeting The Santa Fe, Salt Lake and Southern Pacific railways have granted special round trip rates from all Southern California points to Pomona on account of the meeting called by the Citrus Protective League for Friday, May 3, 1912, to discuss the question of orchard frost protection. The special rate is 1 1-3 fare for the round trip. Those desiring to avail themselves of this rate should buy one way tickets to Pomona from their local agent, taking receipt for same. This receipt will be endorsed by the secretary of the meeting and will then entitle the holders to return ticket for 1-3 of the regular fare. OVERCHARGING THE CONSUMER Public Utilities Companies Notified to Cease Such Action It has come to the attention of the Railroad Commission that certain public utilities of the state, particularly telephone, gas, electric and power companies, have raised their rates since October 10, 1911, as to service over which this commission has jurisdiction, contrary to the provisions of the public utilities act. This act provided that these utilities shall charge rates not to exceed those in effect on October 10, 1911, and that their schedules which they are directed to file with the commission shall show the rates actually in effect as to all their patrons on said day. These provisions apply as to all rates over which this commission has jurisdiction, including rates for all service in unincorporated territory, all telephone toll rates, and all telephone exchange rates in so far as the exchange or suburban service connected therewith covers territory outside the limits of an incorporated city or town. The provisions concerning October 10, 1911, were inserted in the public utilities act for the purpose of preventing the public utilities from raising their rates before the railroad commission could assume jurisdiction and to prevent the very thing which some of the public utilities are now trying to do. This commission has accordingly made its general order No. 17, directing the public utilities to cease immediately any charges in such cases in excess of those in effect on October 10, 1911, and directing the utilities to file with the commission a list of all overcharges since March 23, 1912, the effective date of the FIVE HUNDRED NEW SETTLERS IN SIXTY DAYS Expect Population to Double in 4 Months Since the Great Water Discovery in SAN JACINTO, the whole valley is on the move. Had it been a Gold Strike, the excitement could not be greater. It certainly could not have done as much genuine good to as great a number of people. It is a case now of a cozy, thrifty home in one of the most fertile, as well as the most beautiful garden spots on earth, before they are all gone, or the price gets beyond the reach of the average pocketbook. They are bound to treble or more in price, and still be a bargain over anything else with similar advantages. We prophesy that it won't be four months before every foot in the Valley will be selling at a premium. Remember, every acre is at present under a high state of cultivation, great apricot, peach and walnut orchards, the best alfalfa fields in the state, in fact there is no limit to the variety of crops and fruits that can be grown to the very best advantage in this soil. It has been rightly termed the country of the Big Potato. A Committee with autos has been appointed to show everybody around free, and we extend a hearty invitation to all our good neighbors to see this beautiful little Valley of ours in all its glory. Come over on the Santa Fe in the morning, back in the evening. The San Jacinto Board of Trade, San Jacinto, Cal. LOOK for another message in this paper next issue. Send card for photographs and further particulars. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY ELECTION State of California, County of Orange 88. In accordance with law thereunto directing me, I hereby proclaim and give notice that a Presidential Primary Election to be held on said Tuesday, the 14th day filed as a candidate subject to the Presidential Primary Election to be held on said Tuesday, the 14th day PRIMARY ELECTION State of California, County of Orange In accordance with law thereunto directing me, I hereby proclaim and give notice that a Presidential Primary election will be held throughout the County of Orange, State of California, on Tuesday, the 14th day of May, A.D. 1912, and I do hereby certify that the following list contains the name of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed as a candidate subject to the Presidential Primary Election to be held on said Tuesday, the 14th day of May, 1912, and who is entitled to receive votes at such Primary Election, together with a designation of the office for which such person is a candidate and the party or principle he represents, also the addresses of all of said persons: CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT (1) Name. Party. Of the State of Theodore Roosevelt Republican New York William Howard Taft Republican Ohio Robert Marion La Follette Republican Wisconsin Woodrow Wilson Democratic New Jersey Champ Clark Democratic Missouri (2) Candidates for Delegates to go on Ballot in groups with Names Arranged in the Order here presented. Group Preferring Roosevelt for Presidential Nominee: Name. Address. Party. 1. Hiram W. Johnson San Francisco Republican 2. Chester H. Rowell Fresno Republican 3. Meyer Lissner Los Angeles Republican 4. Francis J. Heney San Francisco Republican 5. William Kent Kentfield Republican 6. Mrs. Florence Collins Porter Los Angeles Republican 7. Marshall Stimson Los Angeles Republican 8. Charles S. Wheeler San Francisco Republican 9. Geo. C. Pardee Oakland Republican 10. Lee C. Gates Los Angeles Republican 11. Clinton L. White Sacramento Republican 12. John M. Eshleman El Centro Republican 13. C. H. Windham Long Beach Republican 14. William A. Sloane San Diego Republican 15. Ralph W. Bull Arcata Republican 16. S. G. Beach Placerville Republican 17. John H. McCallum San Francisco Republican 18. Truxton Beale Bakersfield Republican 19. W. D. Tillotson Redding Republican 20. Sumner Crosby Pittsburg Republican 21. Chas. E. Snook Oakland Republican 22. Mrs. Isabella W. Blaney Saratoga Republican 23. Frank S. Wallace Pasadena Republican 24. C. C. Young Berkeley Republican 25. Jesse L. Huribut Santa Barbara Republican 26. Philip Bancroft San Francisco Republician Group Preferring Taft for Presidential Nominee: Name. Address. Party. 1. Abbie E. Krebs San Francisco Republician 2. Ella L. Westland Uplands Republician 3. W. A. S. Foster Northwestern Republician 4. W. C. Patterson Los Angeles Republician 5. Dr. Rae Felt Eureka Republician 6. A. Hochheimer Willows Republician 7. Albert F. Ross Redding Republician 8. E. C. Voorheis Sutter Creek Republician 9. Arthur E. Miller Sacramento Republician 10. A. W. Simpson Stockton Republician 11. E. H. Tryon San Francisco Republician 12. Morris Meyerfeld, Jr San Francisco Republician 13. Charles A. Nelson San Francisco Republician 14. A. J. Martin San Francisco Republician 15. George T. Hawley Oakland Republician 16. George W. Scott Alameda Republician 17. Dr. Chester Rowell Fresno Republician Newport Beach Treasurer Wants to Be Shown Word comes from Newport Beach that City Treasurer Lew H. Wallace has refused to cash the demands on the city treasury bearing the O.K. of Trustee Lee Collins. Wallace is said to be acting on legal advice, there being some controversy as to whether or not Collins is entitled to his place on the board on account of not being a resident of the city. Collins last year built a fine home on Balboa Island, just outside the city limits, where he has since resided with his wife and daughter. His office, however, is within the city limits, and Collins has claimed that he moved to the island only temporarily for the benefit of his wife's health. At the next meeting of the board on May 6th, City Attorney Clyde Bishop will be called on to decide the question of Collins' eligibility. Fresh Eastern Oysters at the National Market. Thursday, May 2 4. Timothy Spellacy Los Angeles Democratic 5. W. E. Duncan Jr. Oroville Democratic 6. Mark L. McDonald Jr. Santa Rosa Democratic 7. M. C. Kerr Quincy Democratic 8. W. A. Dower San Andreas Democratic 9. C. E. MoLaughlin Sacramento Democratic 10. George E. Catts Stockton Democratic 11. Edward R. Taylor San Francisco Democratic 12. Irving Ackerman San Francisco Democratic 13. Thomas E. Hayden San Francisco Democratic 14. Charles W. Fay San Francisco Democratic 15. W. B. Rinehart Oakland Democratic 16. J. Early Craig Oakland Democratic 17. George W. Cartwright Fresno Democratic 18. John K. Law Merced Democratic 19. Hiram A. Blanchard San Jose Democratic 20. B. F. Thomas Santa Barbara Democratic 21. Z. T. Malaby Pasadena Democratic 22. L. A. Handley Los Angeles Democratic 23. Charles Wellborn Los Angeles Democratic 24. Jeff P. Chandler Los Angeles Democratic 25. Albert Schoonover San Diego Democratic 26. George M. Cooley San Bernardino Democratic Group Preferring Clark for Presidential Nominee: Name Address Party 1. Theodore A. Bell San Francisco Democratic 2. Albert M. Stephens Los Angeles Democratic 3. James V. Coleman San Francisco Democratic 4. Charles A. Barlow Bakersfield Democratic 5. Charles B. Andross Marysville Democratic 6. Charles O. Dunbar Santa Rosa Democratic 7. William B. Shearer Yreka Democratic 8. Jo V. Snyder Nevada City Democratic 9. Thomas Fox Sacramento Democratic 10. Hubert R. McNoble Stockton Democratic 11. H. T. Creswell San Francisco Democratic 12. William F. Humphrey San Francisco Democratic 13. James G. Magulire San Francisco Democratic 14. William A. Cole San Francisco Democratic 15. Robert M. Fitzgerald Oakland Democratic 16. Frank C. Drew Alameda Democratic 17. Ed O. Miller Visalia Democratic 18. G. W. Mordecal Madera Democratic 19. John W. Barneberg San Luis Obispo Democratic 20. Wm. H. Rogers San Jose Democratic 21. W. H. Hubbard Pasadena Democratic 22. B.-H. Smith Long Beach Democratic 23. A.-H.Kallmeyer Los Angeles Democratic 24.Milton K.Young Los Angeles Democratic 25.Robert F.Garner San Bernardino Democratic 26.Frank A.Salmons San Diego Democratic That said election polls will be opened at six o'clock of the morning of the day of the election and will be kept open until six o'clock of the afternoon of the same day when the polls will be closed. That the said polls shall be open at the time and for the purposes hereinbefore named and at the places hereinafter designated in the respective precincts of said county: The subject to the primary Election to be held on the 14th day who is entitled to such person is the party or principal also the ad-hoc persons: Of the State of New York Ohio Wisconsin New Jersey Missouri Groups with Names Party. 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Republican Republican Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic By using our flour you boost Home Industry, and gain a silver-spoon premium coupon. One in each and every sack of flour, cornmeal and cereals. Remember the brand. Olive Milling Co. In the Superior Court Of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange. In the matter of the Estate of J. A. Bishop, deceased. Order to Show Cause Why Lease of Real Estate Should Not Be Made. 1599 C. C. P. Upon reading the petition of Dalay Hanns, administrator of the estate of J. A. Bishop, deceased, for an order to lease the real estate belonging to said estate in Orange County, California, it is ordered notice be given that all persons interested in said estate appear before this Court on Friday, May 10, 1912, at ten o'clock a.m., then and there to show cause why that certain real property situate in the Rancho San Juan de Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, and described as follows: Commening at a point on the West line of Section 22, Township 4 South, Range 10 West, S. B. B. & M., 20 chains South of the Northwest corner of said Section, and running thence South 21.24 chains; thence East 10 chains; thence North 21.24 chains, and thence West 10 chains to the place of beginning, estimated to contain 21.24 acres, should not be leased from May 15, 1912, until December 31, 1912. The rental to be paid for in good care and cultivation of said premises according to the usual course of farming practiced in the neighborhood. Said notice shall refer to said petition for further particulars; and it is further ordered that said notice shall be published for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation. Z. B. WEST, Judge of the Superior Court. Dated this 19th day of April, 1912. Apr.25-3t