anaheim-gazette 1912-06-20

FORETS AND FLOW OF STREAMS Recently Issued Government Report of Interest Of particular interest to irrigators in Orange county, where reforestation for conservation of water supply is a subject now engaging their attention, is a report just received at the Gazette office from Washington, dealing with beneficial effects of forests on stream flow in the White Mountains. That the forest cover of the White Mountains has a distinct and measurable effect upon the navigable rivers and streams which head in that region is the unequivocal and emphatic statement in the report referred to. The director of the geological survey has filed his preliminary report on the White Mountains with the National Forest Reservation Commission, and, as earlier announced, the findings are favorable to the purchase of lands under the Weeks law. The report is based on the results of exhaustive investigations and specific field tests which have been carried on during the last year. While the survey has been subjected to frequent criticism and even bitter attacks, owing to its refusal to submit a perfunctory report assuming that a known and definite relation exists between forests and stream flow, the outcome of its investigations must not only satisfy the most radical forest enthusiast, but it precludes the possibility of criticism by those who have opposed the acquisition by the government of any forest lands, on the theory that forest preservation does not affect stream flow. The investigations are believed, indeed, to solve definitely a problem that... GELERY ACREAGE SHORT Growers Will Plant Decreased Acreage Coming Season That the acreage to be planted to celery next season by members of the Orange County Celery Growers' Association would be but 750 acres as against 1400 acres the past season was one of the facts brought out in the reports made one day this week at the annual meeting of the association at Smeltzer. A quorum was present at the meeting, which was adjourned from the Monday previous. The report of Secretary C. C. Johnson showed that the association during the last season received an average of a little better than thirty-three cents per dozen bunches for its celery, which was the best price ever received in the history of the celery industry in this county. Five directors whose terms end this year were re-elected. These were G. W. Moore, C. C. Johnson, Chas. F. Ward, T. Chino and J. J. Terada. The last two are the Japanese growers who were placed on the directorate three years ago. H. Larter was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of R. B. Fowler, who has gone out of the celery raising business. The three hold-over directors are C. F. Hell, Edw. Moore and Sherman Buck. The board of directors organized by re-electing the officers of the last year: G. W. Moore, president; C. F. Ward, vice president; C. C. Johnson, secretary; First National Bank of Santa Ana, treasurer. Interesting and instructive talks were made to the growers at the recent meeting by H. S. Hazeltine of the California Vegetable Union, which is the selling agent of the association, and by Mr. Green, New York representative of the vegetable union. The contract of the vegetable union with the celery association runs for another year. W. H. Bentley, who represented the growers' association in the east, gave an interesting resume of the situation in the east as to celery. That hte association has proven of great worth to the growers and has been run in an excellent manner and of 207 days, against 15,864 men for an average of 236 days in 1910. The average production per man was 711.-7 tons in 1911, against 755 in 1910. The average daily production was 3.44 tons, against 3.2 tons. These three cities over all the water power industries in the whole county administration does not affect stream flow. The investigations are believed, indeed, to solve definitely a problem that has long been a source of strenuous contention among scientists, including the friends of forest conservation, and while these investigations have direct reference to the entire White Mountain area, they establish a principle which is of far wider application. The Weeks forest reservation law places upon the geological survey the responsibility of establishing, before purchase, the fact that forest lands have an effect upon the navigability of navigable streams, and the law provides that the survey shall make a field examination of every tract offered to the government for sale thereunder. The survey has insisted on following the plain mandate of the law and making such examinations, not at an office desk but actually on the ground, in a thorough going, scientific manner. In the southern Appalachian Mountains tracts aggregating 1,962,800 acres have been certified to by the geological survey as affecting the navigability of streams by reason of the excessive erosion which follows deforestation in these areas. Owing to the geologic conditions in the White Mountains, no excessive erosion, according to the survey geologists, can be shown to follow deforestation. Therefore the survey carried forward its further investigation in the White Mountains along the lines of trying to show that deforestation and subsequent burning of the forest mulch results in a more rapid run-off and therefore tends to make unstable the flow of streams. During the period of these storms Burnt Brook (deforested) contributed a much greater volume of water to Pemigewasset river than did Shoal Pond brook (forested.) "The stream of the forested basin is observed to be the steadier of the two and in proportion to its drainage area it tends—at least during the spring months—to promote a steady flow of water in the master stream of which it is a tributary." During the period of these storms Burnt Brook (deforested) contributed a much greater volume of water to Pemigewasset river than did Shoal Pond brook (forested.) "The stream of the forested basin is observed to be the steadier of the two and in proportion to its drainage area it tends—at least during the spring months—to promote a steady flow of water in the master stream of which it is a tributary." The conclusions of Director George Otis Smith, of the survey, are as follows: "The comparison between two adjacent basins during critical periods is presented in this preliminary statement as a sufficient showing for the purposes of the national forest reservation commission. While data covering longer periods for both these and other basins in the White Mountains have been collected and will be available for the more complete report, the particular case of the Burnt brook and Shoal Pond brook basins is typical for the region and establishes the general conclusion that a direct relation exists between forest cover and stream regulation. "The results of the Burnt Brook-Shoal Pond Brook studies are held to show that throughout the White Mountains the removal of forest growth must be expected to decrease the natural steadiness of dependent streams during the spring months at least." Local and Los Angeles bottled beer at brewery prices. Rust's winery. Don't let lice eat up your valuable poultry when it's so easy to get rid of them. Conkey's Lice Powder, Lice Liquid, and Head Lice Ointment are guarannteed to do the work quickly. Get a practical poultry book free from H. H. Gardner Co., 114 N. Los Angeles St. FOR SALE—Fine navel orange trees cheap. J. S. Howard, Anaheim, Cal. WATER POWER MONOPOLY Gift of Creator is Siezed by Corporations Through the neglect of the people, water power, or "white coal," has come almost exclusively under the control of private corporations in every State. This beneficent gift of the Creator, by means of which power may be produced that will operate machinery on the farm and in the factory, mines, railroads, and illuminate streets and buildings hundreds of miles distnat from the stream where the water flows, has been almost lost to the people upon whom He bestowed it. Of the 6,000,000 horsepower of hydro-electric development in the United States, but five per cent, or 300,000 horsepower, is owned by the cities, as shown by the Report on Water-Power Development in the United States of Corporation Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith. Los Angeles owns the larger part of this—120,000 horsepower. Seattle furnishes its people with electricity from a 35,000 horsepower plant, and Tacoma does the same with its newly constructed 32,000 power plant. These three cities own 62 per cent of all the water power now owned by cities in the whole country. If the Taft administration does not rob San Francisco of its rights in the Hetch-Hetchy, 60,000 horsepower will be developed by it in that region when the water plant is in operation. Commissioner Smith well says:—"Our public policy must recognize the need for utilization of this power, and the dangers of monopolistic control, and take effective action on both. If nine cars were shipped in May. The Edison electric light company has voluntarily agreed to go to the expense of moving lits lines and poles from the old to the new route of Spadra road to the Whittier road in order that the city may make improvements and secure a new right-of-way. E. K. Benchley of the Farmers & Merchants' Bank and Will Benchley have returned from a fishing trip in Ventura county. Assistant Cashier Glenn Crandall and wife will laeve Tuesday for an eastern trip, including the old home in Michigan. FOR SALE WOOD—Dry walnut wood for sale in quantities to suit, $6 per cord. C. E. Holcomb. Anaheim Bakery Peter Syre, prop. Fresh Bread Cakes and Pies Confectionery, Etc. Wedding Cakes a Specialty Los Angeles and Express Sts. MICHELIN Quick Detachable Clincher Easiest to fit on any Q.D. Clincher Rim These three cities own 62 per cent of all the water power now owned by cities in the whole country. If the Taft administration does not rob San Francisco of its rights in the Hetch-Hetchy, 60,000 horsepower will be developed by it in that region when the water plant is in operation. Commissioner Smith well says:—“Our public policy must recognize the need for utilization of this power, and the dangers of monopolistic control, and take effective action on both. If we take water power by itself there is but one effective method of control, in so far as the power sites are still public property. The public can neither develop and operate the site, selling the energy at market rates, or lease the site at a rental fairly representing its natural value. “Assured public control is peculiarly desirable,” he continues, “because water power is inexhaustible and permanent, and therein differs from almost all other natural resources; which are expended in their using. Water power is unlike most other natural resources in that it is not diminished by use, nor is it conserved by nonuse. The real conservation of water power is its use. The real waste of water power is its non-use, while its development effects a conservation, not only of water power, but of our fuel supply as well. “The total power now used to operate industrial enterprises and public utilities in all of the stationary power plants in the United States is 30,000,000 horsepower, of which 6,000,000 is produced by water. It is estimated that this water power used equals a saving of at least 33,000,-000 tons of coal every year. “The water power industry, by its very nature, tends particularly towards concentration, unified operation and monopolistic control of the source itself. The far-reaching importance of these conditions is greatly emphasized by the fact that consolidations of water power companies and the street railway and lighting companies are seen on every hand. “The important fact is that an entire community of people is dependent on a private monopoly for the means of transit and light, and the character of service that shall be given. A common control of the agencies of passenger traffic and distributing light in our cities, on the one hand, and of the sources of energy for operating these utilities on the other is a fact of great public importance. “If the public permits private par- Quick Detachable Clincher Just as superior to other tires as Michelin Red Inner Tubes are to other tubes IN STOCK BY P. J. Weisel & Company 114 S. Los Angeles St. Summer Excursions East--1912 SALE DATES April 25, 26, 27 (St. Paul and Minneapolis only). May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1s, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 56, 27, 28, 29, 30. June 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. July 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31. August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31. September 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12. Going limit 15 days. Return limit October 31, 1912. 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