anaheim-gazette 1912-06-06

PUBLIC WELFARE EXPOSITION League of California Municipalities Planning for an Important Meeting A deplorable lack of knowledge on the part of the general public undoubtedly exists as to the importance of pure food, the best methods of sanitation, and the most advanced ideas of administering municipal government. This condition has prompted the League of California Municipalities and the State Board of Health to foster an elaborate exposition of pure foods, modern sanitary devices and municipal machinery and supplies to be held during the annual meeting of the above named bodies at the University of California, in Berkeley, September 23 to 28, 1912. Through these conventions, making possible comparisons one municipality with another, their notable accomplishments of the past and their plans for the future, a spirit of rivalry and civic pride is developed which has accomplished much for the advancement of municipal betterment in California. This country has only recently come to recognize the fact that the character of a city's government may have a great bearing on its commercial prosperity. Educate the public on matters municipal, and progress in the direction of efficient city government would be speedy and substantial. The exposition will be open to the public every day and evening, free of charge, and being easily accessible from all the bay cities, will undoubtedly be attended by thousands of people. All the railroads have reduced rates for this occasion to one the convention and exposition a complete success. Engineers, architects and contractors are as much interested in these gatherings of city and town officials as the students of the university. The consideration and adoption of a model building ordinance for municipalities will constitute one of the most important numbers of the pro-program, while a complete exhibit of building materials and supplies will be one of the features of the exposition. Among the subjects of discussion and the exhibits for exploitation are the following: Charters and Forms of Government The consideration of the various forms of commission and other systems of municipal government. Non-partisan elections for city government. Combining of legislative and executive functions and tax-levying and tax-spending powers in one small body. Short ballot. Abolishing ward lines and electing at large. Municipal Accounting Modern methods of municipal bookkeeping. Reports and publicity giving comparisons one year with another and making possible comparisons one city with another. Budget making. Paving and Care of Streets Street paving. Material and manner of construction. Macadam and bituminous macadam Oiled roads and methods of caring. have a great bearing on its commercial prosperity. Educate the public on matters municipal, and progress in the direction of efficient city government would be speedy and substantial. The exposition will be open to the public every day and evening, free of charge, and being easily accessible from all the bay cities, will undoubtedly be attended by thousands of people. All the railroads have reduced rates for this occasion to one and a third fare for the round trip. M. E. Jaffa, M. S., director of the state food and drug laboratory, will supervise a large exhibit of food products, where there will be shown many of the principal food products together with the adulterated article, displayed side by side. The general public has no idea of the amount of food adulteration still practiced in this country, in spite of our stringent laws and sincere efforts at their rigorous enforcement. Coffee, flour, flavoring extracts, cat-sup, sausage meat, and spices, are among the principal food products to which the adulterer devotes his attention, using such ingredients as shells, dirt, sand, coal tar dyes, sulphur dioxide and other poisons to accomplish his nefarious work. This pure food show will undoubtedly form one of the leading attractions of the exposition and, dealing as it does with a subject of such vital importance to our every day life, will attract the attention of thousands of visitors besides the many state, county, and city officials attending the convention. Manufacturers and dealers whose goods are absolutely pure, and who are anxious to make this known will by participation in this exposition, have a better opportunity than ever presented before to acquaint the public with the knowledge of that fact. All the railroads have granted the special exposition rates for all exhibits, that is, free reshipment of exhibited goods. Experts and students of municipal government of recognized ability will attend the convention, which will be in session throughout the entire time of the exposition, and addresses will be made and important subjects discussed by city and town officials from all parts of the state. Many city officials from the cities and towns of Oregon and Nevada will also be in attendance. It has long been recognized in Europe, but only recently considered in this country, that the attractions of Municipal Accounting, Modern methods of municipal bookkeeping. Reports and publicity giving comparisons one year with another and making possible comparisons one city with another. Budget making. Paving and Care of Streets Street paving. Material and manner of construction. Macadam and bituminous macadam Oiled roads and methods of caring for natural surface roadways. Improved machinery for modern road making. Paving repairs and municipal asphalt plant. Street cleaning, showing modern equipment and organization best adapted. Street lighting, artistic modern methods adapted to cities and towns. Parks, Playgrounds and Social Welfare Care and beautification of parks and boulevards. Improved equipment for children's playgrounds. Public baths. Municipal employment agencies. Health and Sanitation Model sanitary ordinances. Sewage and sewage disposal plants. Prevention and suppression of epidemics. Garbage collection and disposal. Pure foods. Hospital appliances. Control of the rabies. Taxation Equalizing taxation. Method of collecting taxes. Special assessment tax Personal property tax. Home rule in taxation. Uniform tax ordinances for small cities. Home Rule.—Restriction of city's powers of self government by state legislature. Restriction on indebtedness of cities. Public Utilities.—Control of public service companies by city and state. Indeterminate franchise. Municipal ownership. Street lighting. Water systems. Meters. City Beautification.—Making cities attractive and wholesome. Landscape architecture and public buildings. Civic centers and boulevards. Tree planting and preservation. Civic and Commercial Organizations.—Real assistance to a city government. Scope of their work. The things every citizen should know about his city. Relations to municipal government. Schools.—Building on scientific principles. Public care of children. Medical inspection. Health more im- typical of the type which will be judged with a acres of modIt will commenfrom the high sition grounded in the immense The plans are structure of o 220 feet in size cita." The a was decided w of Bertram G architect of th erica's foremost Colonial archi The building feet of floor s ever given form On the ground exhibits, inclu packing plant, olive oil, al its from the f Angeles, Ventu ange, Imperial Diego. On th e fine arts, s her features. The plans were Southern Calif mission and w or er by member who were enth rangement which splendid indoor exhibits. It is instance, a plan fruit that thrives niia and to have grounds to exp e the growing of it. Plans are bel l a manner that t cities of California to four other g fre, and thus the comprehensively y products of the displayed so tha as a whole wh ich each individual the limits of th make an exhibit be distinct and As planned by cials at this time o f the Tehachap ed in such a wa y of the San Joaque one group; those valley another, o f the bay of Sa n and the counties valley a fourth, combined Southe ties will make u Experts and students of municipal government of recognized ability will attend the convention, which will be in session throughout the entire time of the exposition, and addresses will be made and important subjects discussed by city and town officials from all parts of the state. Many city officials from the cities and towns of Oregon and Nevada will also be in attendance. It has long been recognized in Europe, but only recently considered in this country, that the attractions of a city are as definitely valuable to the growth and prosperity as are its railway facilities or available markets. Therefore, no matter what may be your occupation, you are interested in making your city wholesome and beautiful. Other features of the exposition will be made up of exhibits furnished by manufacturers and dealers for the purpose of exploiting their individual lines. Necessarily these exhibits must be limited to manufactured products and materials available for municipal use. It will, however, in addition to standard necessities for the building and up-keep of a city in all its departments, embrace a wonderful variety of ingenious, interesting and educational features. The University of California has the finest machinery on the Pacific Coast for testing materials, and practical demonstrations of the methods of testing paving rock, cement and other building materials will be one of the features of the program. President Wheeler has kindly placed the necessary university buildings and grounds at the disposal of the organizations named, and has promised to do all in his power to make attractive and wholesome. Landscape architecture and public buildings. Civic centers and boulevards. Tree planting and preservation. Civic and Commercial Organizations.—Real assistance to a city government. Scope of their work. The things every citizen should know about his city. Relations to municipal government. Schools.—Building on scientific principles. Public care of children. Medical inspection. Health more important than education. Successful methods of teaching. Kindergartens and day nurseries. Police and Fire.—Police and police courts. Juvenile courts and the probation system. Preventing and fighting fires. Building ordinances. Libraries.—How a library can assist a city government. Manufacturers, dealers, contractors and engineers have never before been offered such a practical method of promoting their business interests in such a substantial manner and incidentally the public welfare, as is provided for them by this exposition, where their exhibits will be inspected by thousands of visitors interested in the most approved exemplification of material advancement. Official representatives of cities and towns from all parts of California will be present. Not alone for the purpose of participating in the convention, but also to take advantage of the object lessons afforded by the varied exhibits. Applications for space should be made at once. An idea of the value of this exposition may be obtained from the letters of those who exhibited at the Santa Barbara convention last year, which was a small affair in compar- ANAHEIM GAZETTE TION for an Imion with the exposition to be held at Berkeley. Full information may be obtained upon application. J. F. Sellig, director of exhibits, 962-964 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. STATE HIGHWAYS 2000 Miles to Be Completed by 1915 State Highway Engineer Austin B. Fletcher at Sacramento this week, announced that by 1915 there will be completed approximately 2000 miles of state highways in California, including the main state highway, connecting with the boundaries of Oregon and Arizona and Mexico, and the laterals, connecting the counties and county seats east and west from the main highways. Fletcher also announced that by the first of January, 1913, there will be between 200 and 300 miles of the grading completed in the several sections of the state for the highway system. SO. COUNTIES BUILDING To Be Notable Feature of San Diego Exposition The plans for the Southern California building at the San Diego exposition have been adopted by the commission representing the southern counties. This insures the exhibit of practically all of the industries typical of this region in a building which will be beautiful and commodious, with a setting of eight to ten acres of model groves and gardens. It will command a splendid view from the highest point on the exposition grounds, being situated near the immense statue of Balboa. The plans show a Spanish-Colonial structure of cement and steel, 185x220 feet in size, with a patio or "placita." The addition of an arcade was decided upon at the suggestion TELEPHONE RATES CUT Horizontal Slash Administered In Northern Cities The State Railroad Commission has obtained from the Pacific telephone and telegraph company a cut of 33 1-3 per cent in the toll charges between San Francisco and the cities of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. The present rate is 15c for a conversation of three minutes. Beginning July 1st, this rate will be cut to 10c for a conversation of three minutes. E. C. Bradley, vice president and general manager of the telephone company, is authority for the statement that this will mean a reduction of $90,000 a year in the telephone bills of the people in San Francisco and the three cities in Alameda county. The proceedings which brought about the lower charges were instituted by the Commission itself. The matter was brought to the attention of the state board entirely informally through a verbal communication from a representative of an improvement club in Oakland. The commission referred the matter to H. H. Sanborn, its rate expert, who, together with J. T. Shaw, the telephone specialist in the employ of the commission, began an investigation. They figured the cost of the local switching service and the trans-bay service, and came to the conclusion that the charge for the latter should not be more than twice the former. In reaching this conclusion, they took into consideration the higher cost of operating by means of cable across the bay. The matter was then taken up through the medium of an informal conference with E. C. Bradley of the Pacific telephone company. Several conferences were necessary before an FREE STATE TEXT BOOK Question to Be Considered at November Election In a communication to The Gazette State Superintendent of Schools it att says: "I am very sorry, indeed, that superintendents and professors must be attending at Los Angeles on April 13, and council of education, should have undertaken a campaign for a substitute to the Shanahan free text-book endment. "Recognition for the principle-free text-books is a very important matter to every child and every person in the State. It is not so important what is the particular form of recognition as it is to get the recognition in some shape upon our statute books to build upon. The Shanahan amendment distinctly gives this recognition. It was prepared and fought through by a very sincere and earnest man and adopted by two-thirds vote in a very sincere and earnest legislature. It has the support of the state administration. The things give it a good chance to adopt by the people at the polls next November. It is a matter of greatest difficulty to get this question to a vote of the people. It has never before in the history of this state succeeded in getting upon this ballot." "Now, at this juncture, for a few representatives of one branch of one special calling to cloud the free text-books issue, divide its friends and make a rallying point for its enemies, is most unfortunate." typical of this region in a building which will be beautiful and commodious, with a setting of eight to ten acres of model groves and gardens. It will command a splendid view from the highest point on the exposition grounds, being situated near the immense statue of Balboa. The plans show a Spanish-Colonial structure of cement and steel, 185x220 feet in size, with a patio or "placita." The addition of an arcade was decided upon at the suggestion of Bertram G. Goodhue, supervising architect of the exposition and America's foremost authority on Spanish-Colonial architecture. The building will have 44,000 sq. feet of floor space, the largest space ever given for the purpose intended. On the ground floor will be general exhibits, including a model orange packing plant, curing and pressing of olive oil, a cotton gin, and exhibits from the following counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Orange, Imperial, Riverside and San Diego. On the second floor will be the fine arts, sculpture work and other features. The plans were presented to the Southern California exposition commission and were carefully gone over by members of the commission who were enthusiastic over the arrangement which will permit of such splendid indoor as well as outdoor exhibits. It is desired to show, for instance, a plantation of every citrus fruit that thrives in Southern California and to have an expert on the grounds to explain every detail of the growing of that fruit. Plans are being prepared in such a manner that the remaining counties of California may be formed into four other groups if they so desire, and thus the entire state will be comprehensively represented, and the products of the whole commonwealth displayed so that it may be viewed as a whole while at the same time each individual county may, within the limits of the space allotted to it, make an exhibit for herself that will be distinct and complete. As planned by the exposition officials at this time, the counties north of the Tehachapi line will be divided in such a way that the counties of the San Joaquin valley may form one group; those of the Sacramento valley another, the counties north of the bay of San Francisco a third, and the counties of the Santa Clara valley a fourth, and these, with the combined Southern California counties will make up the five divisions ing service and the trans-bay service, and came to the conclusion that the charge for the latter should not be more than twice the former. In reaching this conclusion, they took into consideration the higher cost of operating by means of cable across the bay. The matter was then taken up through the medium of an informal conference with E. C. Bradley of the Pacific telephone company. Several conferences were necessary before an adjustment could be reached. The conclusion of the negotiations came shortly when Bradley announced the telephone company would be willing to accede to the demands of the commission. At the same time, he stated that it would mean a reduction of about $90,000 a year in the telephone bills for service across the bay. It is estimated that the bay toll service yields approximately $300,000 a year and the reduction of 33 1/3 per cent will therefore mean a curtailment of revenues or saving to the users of telephones of something under $100,000 a year. This is a benefit which will accrue directly to the public and cannot be absorbed by any middleman. In insisting upon the reduction, the Commission maintained in the first place, that the service did not warrant more than a 10c charge. It held, in the second place, that the lower rate would prove such an incentive to business that the telephone company would be reimbursed through the greater use of the telephone system. The Commission regards the adjustment in this case as one of the most important that has been brought about through its influences. The amount saved to the public will not only reach to a substantial sum, but it will be widely distributed and affect to a more or less degree nearly every one of the 500,000 inhabitants on this side of the bay and the 300,000 in the cities of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. FIVE SUITS DISMISSED Actions Against Pacific Electric for Overflow Damages are Dropped Dismissals were entered in five damage suits brought by ranchers against the Pacific Electric in the superior court this week. These suits grew out of the overflow of the Santa Ana river in Oregon. WAS NOT NEAR ANAHEIM Los Angeles Realty Shark Was Taken Down a Peg R. B. Herman went to Los Angeles the first of the week to call upon a realty dealer who advertised in a paper of that city that he had a desirable piece of ranch property for sale, the same being, so his advertisement read, near Anaheim. Mr. Herman found no difficulty in locating the man's office, but upon inspecting his offer found the land was not near Anaheim, but fifty miles away, in San Bernardino county. Pretending that he was a tenderfoot from the east, Mr. Herman asked the chap concerning Anaheim. "Have you been in Anaheim lately?" he asked him. No I have never been there," was the answer. "Still this land is better than any near Anaheim. The climate is more pleasant; and there are no fogs which mar the climate in or near Anaheim. We have no fogs in Los Angeles, while at Anaheim they have more or less fog during the entire summer." "Look here," replied Mr. Herman, with emphasis. "I'm from Anaheim, and I'll give you a dollar for every fog we have which you do not have here in Los Angeles, if you will give me a half dollar for every fog which we have which you do not have here. Moreover, they are health-giving and about the pleasantest things I ever saw." The realty man collapsed, and when charged with sharp practice in advertising land for sale near this city, when it was half a hundred of miles away, had nothing to say. Mr. Herman, however, considers it a compliment to Anaheim to have land advertised near here, as all such bargains are speedily taken up. He intended to purchase the tract, but finding it too far from Anaheim returned home without it. No trouble to give Conkey's Roup Remedy. Just a pinch in drinking-water. The fowls take their own As planned by the exposition officials at this time, the counties north of the Tehachapi line will be divided in such a way that the counties of the San Joaquin valley may form one group; those of the Sacramento valley another, the counties north of the bay of San Francisco a third, and the counties of the Santa Clara valley a fourth, and these, with the combined Southern California counties will make up the five divisions which will provide the California section of the fair. This plan is now being presented to the various boards of supervisors of the northern California counties by commissioners of the San Diego exposition. PAINFULLY INJURED Miss Nettle Aubert Breaks Shoulder Bone Miss Nettle Aubert sustained painful injuries on Tuesday of last week, when she fell from a stepladder at her home on South Los Angeles street and broke the right shoulder bone in several places. She was engaged in cleaning the ceiling when the accident occurred. She was taken to the sanitarium, where the severed bones were bound together, incision into the flesh being necessary. Miss Aubert was resting easily yesterday, with every hope of complete recovery. You can't afford to be without Conkey's Whote Diarrhoea Remedy. It is a positive relief from this disease which kills thousands of the chicks yearly. Price 50c. H. H. Gardner Co., 114 N. Los Angeles St. FIVE SUITS DISMISSED Actions Against Pacific Electric for Overflow Damages are Dropped Dismissals were entered in five damage suits brought by ranchers against the Pacific Electric in the superior court this week. These suits grew out of the overflow of the Santa Ana river on January 1, 1910. But one of the five cases was tried, that in which E. L. House was plaintiff, and that case on second trial resulted in a verdict for the railway. The first trial brought a disagreement of the jury. The five plaintiffs were E. L. House, Santa Jersey Farm, Allen McDowell, Chuya Onisha and Perry Neely. The first four cases involved the same set of facts, and to that extent the judgment in the House case applied to the Jersey Farm, McDowell and Onisha cases. These plaintiffs asked for damages on the ground that the Pacific Electric was responsible for the overflow in that its bridge caught debris, turned the water out of the channel, caused it to flow across West Fifth street and down upon the lands of plaintiffs. The McDowell jury refused damages. In the Perry Neeley case a settlement was reached, and he only received damages. Neeley's case was different from the others. His property was further down the river, and his case was based upon the assertion that his lands were flooded because of an embankment put up by the railway. Settlement was reached out of court, and dismissal was entered as in the other cases. Mr. Herman, however, considers it a compliment to Anaheim to have land advertised near here, as all such bargains are speedily taken up. He intended to purchase the tract, but finding it too far from Anaheim returned home without it. No trouble to give Conkey's Roup Remedy. Just a pinch in drinking-water. The fowls take their own medicine. For sale by H. H. Gardner Co., 114 N. Los Angeles St. A Letter Received by O. M. Skinner & Son, Reo Agents for Northern Orange County Having the auto fever I visited several different firms who showed me the real good things about each. After careful judgment I decided to invest in a 5 passenger Reo. Never sitting behind a wheel before, I took my first lesson and after driving 200 miles by the spedometer, loaded in my trunk and pharaphernalia, which weighed about 400 pounds, and my wife and I started out of Sacramen-to for Los Angeles, fording rivers, climbing mountains, driving through deep sands and reached Los Angeles without a dollar of expense to the machine excepting gas. Sometimes I would go as far as 70 miles on 4 gallons. I have no rake off to get for writing this statement, other than that I am better satisfied than ever with the car. Very respectfully, F. L. Smith. (Stopping with F. A. Cotter, Fullerton.) MICHELIN TIRE PRICES Reduced Effective May 30th Substantial Reductions on all sizes Size NEW PRICES Old Prices 34x4 $33.25 $35.75 36x4½ 43.75 47.25 37x5 54.00 58.75 THE SUPERIORITY OF THE MICHELIN TIRES IS RECOGNIZED ALL OVER THE WORLD In Stock by P.J. Weisel & Co. 114 South Los Angeles St. PLACENTIA PICK-UPS Contractor A. I. Caumer began $130 as the net proceeds of the ban-work Monday with a crew of men. PLACENTIA PICK-UPS Contractor A. I. Caumer began work Monday with a crew of men on the Yorba residence on the Tuffree tract. This house will have cement foundations and will be substantially built in true eastern manner. A two-story block in 30 days is again the record of "Bill" Stradley in Placentia. He has rushed the structure through here, that he has had under construction, faster than anywhere else. The new Stradley block will see its thirtieth working day on Saturday evening, with the building practically completed in every detail. Chapman finished picking the St. Michael last Saturday and the Mediterranean Sweets on Tuesday of last week. They began picking Valencias last Thursday. Grape fruit is now bringing over $5 per box. Tomato growers are signing up contracts for the coming year at $8 per ton. Dr. W. H. Wickett has started work on a neat bungalow on his ten-acre ranch. Thirty-one members of the Round Table met at the club house Wednesday afternoon, with Mesdames Sarah Pendleton and Elizabeth McFadden as hostesses. Members responded to roll call by quoting proverbs of different lands. The banquet committee reported $130 as the net proceeds of the banquet furnished the associated chambers of commerce. The entertainment committee, Mrs. C. C. Chapman chairman, reported having secured Ernest Phillips of Santa Ana to present a program for the closing entertainment of the year, which will probably be given the middle of June. Mr. Phillips will be assisted by Miss Deardorff, a pianist of more than local reputation. A splendid paper on "Tennyson, the Poet," was presented by Miss Lillie Strain. Mrs. Clara Chapman gave a delightfully humorous reading which was much appreciated. The Round Table Times, an annual institution, was presented by the editors of the several departments, and caused much merriment. After adjournment dainty refreshments were served by the hostesses. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the directors of the Southern California Sugar Co. was held at Santa Ana on Wednesday. Two members of the board were dropped, and the directorate reduced to seven. These are: R. J. Blee, F. H. Case, H. W. Hinze, Dr. J. M. Raugh, Dr. H. S. Gordon, J. A. Turner, F. P. Nickey. Officers elected are: F. H. Case, president; F. P. Nickey, vice-president; C. A. Riggs, secretary; Dr. J. M. Raugh, treasurer. GLASSES Fitted at YOUR HOME PHONE 88J GEORGE L. 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