anaheim-gazette 1912-05-09

Thursday, May 9 Taft’s Nomination Certain The victory for the president in Massachusetts removes any remaining doubt that Taft will be renominated at the Chicago convention. Including Massachusetts, the president has today 461 votes, including the six from Nevada. Taft needs but 79 votes to insure his nomination while Roosevelt must have 327 in addition to those he now has. Three states, Ohio, Texas and New Jersey, will give Taft 116, two more than enough to nominate. In other states that have not already held primaries, Taft will increase his number of delegates 230 making his support at the Chicago convention approximately 746 delegates, or more than 200 majority. The result in Massachusetts is highly gratifying by reason of the fact that this was the first battleground where the issues were squarely presented between Taft and Roosevelt. After enduring with infinite patience, not only because of the high dignity of the office he holds, but because of the personal friendship he had enjoyed with Roosevelt, president Taft finally resented the misrepresentations of his actual position on public issues the untruths which have been uttered as to his official actions and to the conduct of this campaign and attacks upon which not infrequently involved his personal honor as a man, as well as his integrity as president of the United States. The president and his campaign managers have sought throughout this campaign, by a dignified and fair course of conduct, to maintain the republican party as militant power for good in the land with a view to another triumphant victory at the polls next November. On the contrary, Roosevelt and his friends and backers have conducted an organized campaign to wreck the Republican party, not only by engendering personal animosities by attacks on individual leaders of the party in the various states, but by offering and supporting a national platform which is rank socialism. Taft broke his silence in reference to these attacks in the campaign in Massachusetts. Despite a complication in the ballot that lost to the Taft delegates at large approximately 10,000 votes, the victory was so decisive as to insure the renomination of Taft. The states yet to speak include Ohio with 48 delegates, Texas 40 New Jersey 28, California 26, Minnesota 24, North Dakota 10, Idaho 8, Montana 8, Utah 8, and Porto Rico has 2. PREPARING FOR THE FAIR Landmarks at Harbor View Are Being Torn Down (Correspondence of The Gazette) San Francisco, May 7.—Houses are being dismantled and removed from the exposition site in preparation or the 1915 universal exposition. Workmen are now actively engaged tear-campaign and attacks upon which not infrequently involved his personal honor as a man, as well as his integrity as president of the United States. The committee on concessions of the exposition is ready to receive offers of bids for the pre-exposition souvenir spoons and jewelry concessions. All offers should be sent immediately to the exposition building, Pine and Battery streets, San Francisco, Cal. The work of constructing a fence around the grounds will be inaugurated within another month. WATER RESOURCES Government Making Titigation California's matter in large part been water supply development days of '49 its first result of finding bottom, and through days the rapid growth was made possible moment of water sewer placer mining. 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Workmen are now actively engaged tearing down structures that were landmarks in the Harbor View district. These buildings will be replaced by exposition palaces, that are being planned by the foremost architects of this country. Homes that were valued at three and four thousand dollars are being moved to other sections of the city and on the land they occupied will arise magnificent buildings that will cost in the neighborhood of $500,000 each. The filling in of the overflow land comprising 71 acres on the Harbor View site at the foot of Webster St. is progressing rapidly. The giant dredger John McMullin is pumping mud from the bay fronting the site through pipes half a mile in length. As soon as his property is filled in work for improving the same for exposition purposes will be taken up and put through expeditiously. It will go on rapidly and President Moore and the directors have given positive assurances that when doors of the fair open on February 20,1915, the world will see a complete exposition. The board of supervisors of Humboldt county have set aside $90,000, for that county's participation in the fair. W. F. Clark, vice president of the bank of Eureka and one of the largest real estate owners of that city, and J. F. Coonin, a prominent attorney of Eureka have been appointed commissioners and visited this city last week or conference with the exposition officials. President Charles C. Moore has appealed to the members of the ways and means committee to accompany the advertising association of San Francisco on its trip to Dallas, to attend the eighth annual convention of the associated advertising clubs of America, which is to be held in that city May 19 to 23. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox arrived in this city on Tuesday, May 7. He was the guest of honor at the annual banquet given by the California Development Board and the 1915 universal exposition in The committee on concessions of the exposition is ready to receive offers of bids for the pre-exposition souvenir spoons and jewelry concessions. All offers should be sent immediately to the exposition building, Pine and Battery streets, San Francisco, Cal. The work of constructing a fence around the grounds will be inaugurated within another month and thousands of visitors will journey to the site to see the exposition palaces in course of construction and to watch the thousands of men at work. The concession is deemed a valuable one. Those who secured it at previous world's fairs reaped a harvest. WAGE EARNERS INTERESTED The wage earner, the man of moderate means, and the tillers of the soil, big or little, have a vital interest in the campaign for president. California has attained her magnificent material prosperity because of political measures and policies advanced and advocated by republican administrations. No other state is so dependent for advancement in an agricultural way upon a proper and just tariff protection for citrus fruits and other products of the soil. President Taft and his administration stand for these things as against pronounced free trade tendencies on the part of those who are seeking to overthrow Taft. President Taft has shown his friend ship along these lines in his veto of democratic wool, cotton and free list as unfair, unscientific and destructive of the republican principle of protecting. He has declared that he will veto any measure inimical to the tremendous citrus and deciduous fruit industries of California. The wage earner, the man of moderate means who is seeking to pay for his home or small farm on the installment plan, and the farmer, are interested in the continued material prosperity of the state. Nothing is so disturbing to business as a presidential campaign, especially if that campaign carries a strong prospect for a change of administration. All interested in the continued development of California should rally to the support of Taft at the primaries May 14. Public opinion compels the repub- Secretary of State Philander C. Knox arrived in this city on Tuesday, May 7. He was the guest of honor at the annual banquet given by the California Development Board and the 1915 universal exposition in the court of the Palace Hotel. During his stay in this city the distinguished cabinet officer was in conference with the officials regarding exposition affairs. He remained in San Francisco until Thursday morning, when he left for Los Angeles. He then journeyed to Williams, Arizona and thence to the grand canyon of Colorado. He will return to Washington on Wednesday, May 15. Accompanying Secretary Knox in his private car will be his wife, Governor Clark and wife of Alaska, and Congressman Burke of Pittsburg. Forty yachts of the Corinthian yacht club flew the exposition burgee on the annual opening cruise of the season last Sunday. The yachts attracted a great deal of attention and the flying of the 1915 flag was favorably commented upon by thousands who watched the boats skim over the bay. The burgee is the official flag of the exposition and will be flown on the yachts of the world. President Moore inaugurated this exploiting feature by flying a pennant on his yacht Evian. When the steamship Cleveland entered this port it flew the exposition flag and the ships of many steamship lines have adopted the flag to exploit the exposition. It reads, "P.P.I.E. 1915, San Francisco." All interested in the continued development of California should rally to the support of Taft at the primaries May 14. Public opinion compels the republican party to stand or fall at the election in November upon the record of the Taft administration for the last three years. To change candidates upon any pretext now would be to confess failure and to throw away in advance a prospect of success. The republicans cannot win in November unless Taft is nominated in June. The idea of replacing the statesmanship of Taft with the Caesar-like ambition of Roosevelt, and of attempting to win an election in November with the fearful handicap of a third term candidate, is too absurd to be given serious consideration. Taft now has within 79 votes of enough to insure his nomination. Two states soon to hold primaries will give him two more than enough to insure nomination. And enough other states are in the Taft column to give him 200 more than enough to renominate at the Chicago convention. Why should not California fall in line and add her 26 votes to the man who has done so much for the state. In addition to best flour that can be milled the Olive Milling Co. places in every sack of their flour and cereals, a silver spoon premium coupon. Use no other. Texas have each more acres. Idaho has more acres; Utah 600,000,000; Washington 1,000,000; Arizona 800,000; Arizona shows teh least dry-farmment of any western state gives promising amount with years. Owing to moral conditions, only one of Oklahoma is dry farmed estimated that about one hundred in this manner. The report says: "The fall in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri and nearly sufficient to raise one year with another from personal experience observation that it is most any year to increase crops, by deep plowing and compacting tenance of a soil mulch 15 per cent. During closed some farmers mentioned secured from cent greater yields timing methods. Their mean adding millions dollars to the income these so-called humid greatly augmenting theduction." The annual handbook by the dry-farming conspiracy this report is a part year's progress of dry states and 10 nations and contains more detail dealing in detail with of the great science w changing the western can from treeless desolous farms. WATER RESOURCES OF STATE Government Making Extensive Investigations in California California's material progress has in large part been measured by its water supply development. In the days of '49 its first great boom was the result of finding gold in a creek bottom, and throughout the early gold days the rapid growth of California was made possible by the development of water supplies for use in placer mining. Later came the great irrigation activities, and especially in Southern California have the agricultural products become so valuable that in that part of the state water is probably worth more than it is anywhere else in the country. All through the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys water has the same relatively large values for irrigation. Still later came the recognition of the enormous importance of California water powers. In a very few years California's water power development has grown until the state ranks second only to New York, the total installed horse power in the year 1911 being over 500,000. It is apparent that in a state so thoroughly dependent upon its water supplies investigations which will reveal the amount of water available in the streams and beneath the ground constitute the most important work of a preliminary kind that can be carried on. The people of California have recognized this and for many years have through their legislature cooperated with the United States geological survey in the determination of stream flow and the location of underground supplies. The geological survey has just issued Water-Supply Paper 271 entitled PROSPEROUS YEAR AHEAD Crops of All Kinds Promise Well in All Parts of State April on the whole was a favorable month for crops in California. The temperature was somewhat below the normal and the season cool, which, however was advantageous. The rainfall was nearly normal and much above that of last year, and the two preceding Aprils. This April rain is a very important factor in the matter of crop yield. While the rain this season has been deficient in quantity, it has fallen in such a way that there has been no loss. It is hard to see how rains could have been more timely. There have been no floods, no heavy run-offs and little, if any, waste. The snow cover, however, is very light and the outlook for water during the late summer months is not as good as it may be, but will be sufficient for needs with careful husbandism. There were some frosts in the fruit belt, but the damage done was very light. With most crops the frost period is practically over. The winds were mostly from the south; there was less fog than usual and few storms. Travel in the mountains will be possible much earlier than last year. The discouraging weather condition early in the season have given place to brighter prospects for agricultural and horticultural crops and the realization of predictions for a prosperous year seem to be well justified. Subdivision for colonization purposes of large tracts continues to attract the attention of investors in every section of the state. The railroads are enlarging their equipments and improving their facilities for a been found that the best results are obtained from ordinary, porous cement tile, both mains and laterals, connected all the way round, with the water supply at the highest point and the drainage valves at the lowest point. It is very simple and the cost will range from $25 to $50 per acre, depending on the nature of the soil. This irrigation project will be on the line of the Dodge City-Colmore cutoff now being built through southwest Kansas by the Santa Fe railroad. Of all the territory to be traversed by this new road, Morton is especially blessed. Besides the possibility of irrigation from the flood waters of the Cimarron, Morton county has an abundant supply of artesian water and an inexhaustible underflow. The artesian water is struck at 600 feet and affords a very cheap and highly satisfactory means of irrigation. The underflow is tapped at from 50 to 200 feet. The head of water is great, and it rises in the well... veal the amount of water available in the streams and beneath the ground constitute the most important work of a preliminary kind that can be carried on. The people of California have recognized this and for many years have through their legislature cooperated with the United States geological survey in the determination of stream flow and the location of underground supplies. The geological survey has just issued Water-Supply Paper 271 entitled "Surface Water Supply of California, 1909." The report contains the results of measurements of California rivers made during the year 1909 at regular stations maintained by the survey in cooperation with the office of the state engineer. All the important rivers of the state were covered in this investigation, and in addition many of the smaller tributaries and irrigation canals. There are in all 83 stations for which data are reported in this publication, and work has been carried on in a way that affords for almost every stream reported a daily record of the discharge. A copy of the report can be procured free of cost on application to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. DRY FARMS IN WEST Millions of Acres Yield Crops Without Irrigation There are nearly 30,000,000 acres of land in the western United States now under cultivation by dry-farming methods, according to a report submitted to the international dry-farming congress, whose next great convention and exposition will be held in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, in October, 1912, and just published by the congress in its annual hand book. Colorado, it is said, heads the list of states with between 8,000,000 and 12,000,000 acres devoted to crop produce without irrigation. Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Montana and Texas have each more than 2,000,000 acres. Idaho has more than 1,400,000 acres; Utah 600,000, Oregon 1,200,000; Washington 1,000,000; New Mexico 800,000; Arizona 235,000. Nevada shows teh least dry-farming development of any western state, with but 6500 acres under cultivation, though the state gives promise of quadrupling this amount within the next two years. Owing to more favorable local conditions, only a small portionlier than last year. The discouraging weather condition early in the season have given place to brighter prospects for agricultural and horticultural crops and the realization of predictions for a prosperous year seem to be well justified. Subdivision for colonization purposes of large tracts continues to attract the attention of investors in every section of the state. The railroads are enlarging their equipments and improving their facilities for a better handling of shipments. The outlook for the oil industry continues to brighten. Cereal crops promise well with added acreage from spring sowing. The new plantings of deciduous and citrus fruit trees has been very large. It is estimated that 1,000,000 fig trees have been planted in the San Joaquin valley in the last three years. The dairy, poultry and livestock industry have been much extended. A dairy and creamery ranch in Tulare county has been purchased for $130,000 and will be much improved. The orange crop is paying well. The shipments are in full blast now. 21,284 carloads up to the 22d inst., or 6415 carloads less than up to April 24, 1911. Melon shipments from Imperial county will reach 2000 carloads. TO SAVE KANSAS WATER Government Asked to Aid in Conserving Cimarron River If an amendment introduced by Senator Charles Curtis in the senate of the United States is passed, the government will construct an experimental plant in Southwest Kansas, utilizing the waters of the Cimarron river, for subirrigation. An appropriation of $1,500,000 is provided for by this amendment. The government reservoir sites have already been reserved on the Cimarron river, and ditches will lead from these reservoirs along the highest general levels in Morton county to subirrigation tile conduits. The Cimarron river is one of the remarkable underflow streams of southwest Kansas. At flood tide it is about one-half mile wide, and will average 3 feet deep and will flow, at a conservative estimate, five miles per hour. Taking this as a basis of calculation, the flow of water during a flood will be 3,484,800 cubic feet of water per minute, or 5,018,112,000 cubic feet will pass a given point every versed by this new road, Morton is especially blessed. Besides the possibility of irrigation from the flood waters of the Cimarron, Morton county has an abundant supply of artesian water and an inexhaustible underflow. The artesian water is struck at 600 feet and affords a very cheap and highly satisfactory means of irrigation. The underflow is tapped at from 50 to 200 feet. The head of water is great, and it rises in the well to within from 30 to 60 feet of the surface. The existence of this underflow in Southwest Kansas has been known for years, but until recently feasibility of utilizing it on a profitable basis for irrigation purposes has been doubted, owing to the lift being too great and the expense corresponding high. Within the last year the practicability of this method of irrigation in Kansas has effectually passed the experimental stage. The United well works of Garden City, which company has been putting in the pumping plants around that place, has now taken the matter up in Morton county, and a wonderful development is expected along this line within the next few years. GOES TO IMPERIAL Will Think of Cooling Fogs When Thermometer Rises Altitudinously J. W. Walls left on Saturday for Imperial, where he will engage in the wholesale liquor business, having been granted the only license ever issued in that town. So favorable did the trustees of Imperial regard his business standing and capability that a license was granted him in competition of a score or more of other applicants. A number of these were wholesalers from Los Angeles, and applicants were present representing Kentucky distilleries. Mr. Walls shipped four carloads of liquor to his new location, and will follow with other consignments with a view to opening one of the largest wholesale liquor houses in Southern California. His establishment will be the only one in Imperial county, and he hopes by strict attention to business to build up a large and lucrative trade. He pays a license of $150 per month, and his permit to sell liquors extends for two years. "The weather will be warm at Imperial this summer," said he, "and I may pine for return to the cooling braska, the Dakotas, Montana and Texas have each more than 2,000,000 acres. Idaho has more than 1,400,000 acres; Utah 600,000, Oregon 1,200,000, Washington 1,000,000, New Mexico 800,000, Arizona 235,000. Nevada shows teh least dry-farming development of any western state, with but 6500 acres under cultivation, though the state gives promise of quadrupling this amount within the next two years. Owing to more favorable local conditions, only a small portion of Oklahoma is dry farmed, it being estimated that about 10,000 acres are handled in this manner. The report says: "While the rainfall in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana is ordinarily sufficient to raise good crops one year with another, it is known from personal experience and direct observation that it is possible almost any year to increase the yield of crops, by deep plowing, thorough discing and compacting and the maintenance of a soil mulch, from 10 to 15 per cent. During the season just closed some farmers in the states mentioned secured from 50 to 75 per cent greater yields through dry-farming methods. Their adoption would mean adding millions on millions of dollars to the income of farmers in these so-called humid states without greatly augmenting the cost of production." The annual handbook just issued by the dry-farming congress, of which this report is a part, covers the year's progress of dry-farming in 18 states and 10 nations of the world, and contains more than 80 articles dealing in detail with every branch of the great science which is today changing the western half of American from treeless desert to prosperous farms. The Cimarron river is one of the remarkable underflow streams of southwest Kansas. At flood tide it is about one-half mile wide, and will average 3 feet deep and will flow, at a conservative estimate, five miles per hour. Taking this as a basis of calculation, the flow of water during a flood will be 3,484,800 cubic feet of water per minute, or 5,018,112,000 cubic feet will pass a given point every twenty-four hours during the flood period. These floods generally last for three or four days, and sometimes as many weeks at a time, and occur from three to five times during the spring and summer. This flow of water, in one week's time, will cover 806,239 acres to a depth of 12 inches. This vast amount of water at present passes down the river, and is wasted, and does great damage to those living below in the Cimarron valley. The government is asked to appropriate $1,500,000 to construct a dam, two reservoirs and ditches leading from these reservoirs to subirrigation tile conduits. It is proposed to use the Bishop automatic system of subirrigation. Don Van Wormer, a real estate operator of Richfield, who represents the Bishop system, says that it has now been thoroughly demonstrated that subirrigation is the most economical and scientific method of applying water to the soil, especially in the semiarid regions where the available water for irrigation purposes is limited, as by the sub method the capacity of the water is increased from six to ten fold, there being no loss by seepage or evaporation after the water is applied to the soil. Bishop's patent covers the use of all kinds of tile and conduits, but it has low with other consignments with a view to opening one of the largest wholesale liquor houses in Southern California. His establishment will be the only one in Imperial county, and he hopes by strict attention to business to build up a large and lucrative trade. He pays a license of $150 per month, and his permit to sell liquors extends for two years. 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The divorce record for the month of April shows that only one nuptial knot slipped, as there was only one divorce granted, this being probably the best showing made in months