anaheim-gazette 1912-08-08

PAVING FACTS OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE PASADENA CITIZENS MAKE COMPLAINT OF WORK BY BARBER COMPANY WORK ON STREETS IN THAT CITY SUBJECT OF VERY MUCH OPPOSITION Property-owners in Anaheim will be interested in the subjoined articles about paving which were taken from Pasadena and Los Angeles newspapers of recent date. Consideration of these facts is recommended to their careful attention: A Pasadena paper of date October 27, 1911, has this to say of bitulithic pavement as laid down in that city by the Barber company: "Fully one-half of the wealthy property-owners along South Orange Grove avenue are up in arms over the condition of the finished portion of the bitulithic pavement being laid down in the boulevard between Colorado street and Columbia street, and intend to lodge a protest with the city council before they will pay for the work. "The Barber Asphalt Company, in charge of the work is the butt of much severe criticism and it is hinted that one of the worst quarrels anent poor street work, between a contractor and owners of property, in the history of the city probably will commence and echo in the chamber of the city council before the completion of the contract." An investigation undertaken lately brought to light that the finished porenetrate the rock base more than an inch, the rest of the base being dry when, according to the specifications, it should penetrate so as to form a solid mass. The mixture is being laid in a rough, unworkmanlike manner, without regard to proportions, and as a result an uneven surface has been attained which is the principal cause of dissatisfaction among the residents: "It was represented to us that the Warren people did not figure on a cent of profit in doing this work as they intended to point to Orange Grove avenue as a sample of their work in securing contracts in other cities. "City Engineer Van Ornum was called into the discussion and explained that he never was present at meetings of the improvement association only except when samples of the bitulithic process in North Los Robles avenue were shown. "'The way the paving is being laid in Orange Grove avenue is not conducive to getting an even surface,' said Mr. Van Ornum. 'The paving, already mixed, is put down and rolled, while in building an oil macadam road four layers of creeings are put down and each rolled separately making a smoother pavement, than the bitulithic.'" "Asked by the mayor what he thought of the South Orange Grove job, Street Commissioner May, who attended the council session in the company of Street Commissioner Johnson, replied: "'If a smoother surface can be gotten I should like to see the Barber people compelled to do it.'" Mr. Johnson explained that the commission had taken up the matter of uneven paving with the contractors and was told that no smoother pavement ever had been laid down under the bitulithic process." A Los Angeles paper in its correspondence from Santa Monica of date July 31, this year, publishes the following: "The Barber Asphalt Company, in charge of the work is the butt of much severe criticism and it is hinted that one of the worst quarrels anent poor street work, between a contractor and owners of property, in the history of the city probably will commence and echo in the chamber of the city council before the completion of the contract. "An investigation undertaken lately brought to light that the finished portion of S. Orange Grove avenue has an unusual surface. From Colorado street for several blocks along the boulevard the bitulithic pavement is uneven. In fact it is so billowy that a passing automobile rocks almost continuously. This is the main reason why the property-owners are complaining." The same Pasadena paper in its issue of November 7, 1911, contains the following in reference to the same subject: "As an aftermath of recent statements regarding street conditions in South Orange Grove avenue, Ernest E. Lockwood, member of the West Side Improvement Association and representative of wealthy property-owners along the famous "mile of millionaires," appeared before the city council to voice the protest of his clients over the alleged unsatisfactory paving operations there by the Barber Asphalt Company. Mr. Lockwood characterized the so-called bitulithic pavement as 'the roughest, most uneven pavement in the city of Pasadena and full of inequalities.' Following his criticism of the work, the council, following an open discussion of Mr. Lockwood's declarations, resolved to visit the boulevard in the company of the street commission. If a smoother surface can be gotten out of the Warren-ite process it is the intention of the city body to compel the contractors to make a surface commensurate with the high price paid by the residents for the work. In presenting his argument to the council Mr. Lockwood said that the residents on the West Side were dissatisfied with the manner in which the pavement was being laid in the avenue and stated he considered it a wise move on part of the council to see that the work is done as well as other streets in the city which cost half the price to lay down. "I have inspected South Orange Grove avenue thoroughly,' Mr. Lockwood said, 'and it does not compare with the work on El Molino avenue, which I inspected last night, nor other streets in the city."" "A Los Angeles paper in its correspondence from Santa Monica of date July 31, this year, publishes the following: "City councilmen last night put Santa Monica in the van of street improvement work by passing ordinances of intention of paving seven streets and giving their sanction for the improvement of six more thoroughfares, a total of twelve miles of street work or the last month the city attorney has been laboring on specifications and grades for the paving with asphalt or oil macadam of almost every principal street east of Ninth街. The cost will total more than $100,000. Eighth, Ninth, California, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Fremont, Garfield, Lincoln, Central, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth streets will be paved as soon as the council can award the contracts and accept the bids. Lincoln avenue, which is designed for a boulevard from the end of Pico street, Los Angeles, to the sea, will be paved with asphalt from the ocean to the eastern city limits. The eastern end of Oregon avenue will be improved, to the delight of the residents on that thoroughfare. The contract for the paving of Nineteenth street was let to J. D. Kneen. The new specifications for street work, Nos. 44 to 49, were accepted. In these specifications all mention of bitulithic paving is conspicuous by its absence."" CITY TRUSTEE UNDER ARREST Santa Monica Man Accepted Bribe From Paving Company The same Los Angeles paper here quoted prints in its issue of June 26, 1912, the following account of the arrest of City Trustee Baker, of Santa Monica, on a charge of bribery: "Caught in a trap especially laid for him, Daniel W. Baker, City Councilman of Santa Monica and owner of a large butcher business there, is in jail charged with taking a bribe from the agent of the Bitulithic Paving Company of Cincinnati. The arrest was made yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in front of the Westminster Hotel. Half an hour later, sitting in the office of the district attorney, Baker, dejected, said: I did wrong and I was clean summer fallow; and the use of first-counters of barley is known originally imported from year this variety yielded els per acre and this is more severe conditions; els as against a yield oley of 20 bushels. Throof of the university this week be secured from several growers; and farmers correspond with Professor Berkeley, with referent distribution and use of experiments have been direction of Dr. Shaw who of the agronomy invests in the department of agriculture. Shaw holds that the crop grain production still follows grain growers are not half the yields possible for scientific handling of that increase in yield obtained at an increased about one-fourth. Thirty acres of land proved methods at this time new grain as 200 acres of old methods otherwise used and in close proximity. Birds Feasting on Grasshoppers were found fearful damage to alfalfa blies. Several areas of near vicinity of Los Angeles total destruction of alfalfa. The grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis that vicinity 20 to 30 yards and stripped every alfalfa and defoliated these trees, including the Bryant examined the large numbers and varied to see how many grasses were devouring. He found burrowing owl had covered grasshoppers than any ome amined, the remains of 20 in the creature's stomach however, more red-winged than owls in the neightherefore the former mu satisfied with the manner in which the pavement was being laid in the avenue and stated he considered it a wise move on the part of the council to see that the work is done as well as other streets in the city which cost half the price to lay down. "I have inspected South Orange Grove avenue thoroughly," Mr. Lockwood said, "and it does not compare with the work on El Molino avenue, which I inspected last night, nor other streets in the city." "This is a very expensive improvement and we expect a first-class piece of work, which we are not getting. During the first of our meetings held a year ago we considered various kinds of paving. Our first intention was to have a concrete base, which we considered the strongest, and we drew up resolutions to that effect at one of the meetings, but it was represented to us that the bitulithic process made a better and cheaper pavement. We were told it was a monolithic pavement, or in other words, the asphalt would permeate the rock base and make one strong, solid mass, every bit as satisfactory as concrete. "I believe Superintendent of Streets Beyer and City Engineer Van Ornum were present when we discussed these features. "Samples of the new process were submitted for our approval and they appeared to us just what we wanted. However, the pavement being laid down in South Orange Grove avenue is entirely different to that shown us at our meetings. "To begin with, the Warren Brothers' patented mixture, supposed to be mixed in exact proportions, is being put on the street about one gallon to the square yard. The mixture does not Monica, on a charge of bribery: "Caught in a trap especially laid for him, Daniel W. Baker, City Councilman of Santa Monica and owner of a large butcher business there, is in jail charged with taking a bribe from the agent of the Bitulithic Paving Company of Cincinnati. The arrest was made yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in front of the Westminster Hotel. 'Half an hour later, sitting in the office of the district attorney, Baker, dejected, said: 'I did wrong and I was caught.' He would say no more. "Stories have been carried to the district attorney's office for some weeks past and have been laid before Chief Trial Deputy Horton, in charge of the grand jury work, that some member or members of the city council at Santa Monica demanded money to pass ordinances. Horton put the matter in the hands of Chief Detective Browne, who found that Baker was associating with contractors and their agents in the paving business. "Santa Monica is about to let paving contracts for fifteen miles of streets and is the center of interest among contractors all over the country, many of whom have agents on the ground, because such jobs are not snapped up every day. Among the concerns interested in securing the contract, if possible, is the Bitulithic Paving Company of Cincinnati, owner of a patent mixture called Warrenite, or bitulithic pavement. This company's agent here is G. E. Galene. He has been staying at the Westminster. "The story reached Horton that Galene had said Baker could be bought. Detective Browne went after Galene and he admitted that he had said this. 'Then buy him,' said Browne, and he (Contnued on page 8.)" Mr. Bryant made a rook of the number of grasshoppers stroyed per square mile bird population of that area basing his computations on age number of insects fourferent birds' stomachs. It almost 400,000 grasshoppers stroyed on every square mile this rate the birds were small percentage of the infestation there are about seventy-fifth million grasshoppers mile in the infested district. The curious fact is that region of the grasshopper ordinarily eat this insect diet to accord with the Killdeer, horned larks and instance, do not natural DRY FARMING PROVES BIG SUCCESS SCIENTIFIC METHODS IMPROVE THE YIELD OF WHEAT GREATLY EIGHTY TO ONE HUNDRED AND THREE BUSHELS OF BARLEY PRODUCED PER ACRE Modern dry farming methods at the University Farm at Davis are resulting in a yield of from 80 to 103 bushels of barley per acre as against a yield on untreated land of 20 bushels an acre. This is the story which the harvesting and threshing on the experimental tract at Davis just completed gives. The results have been secured without either irrigation or the use of fertilizers and in a season with only about one-half the normal rainfall. The main factors contributing to the improved yield are a rational application of the principles of moisture conservation involving deeper plowing and sub-packing to secure a firm under-soil, the maintenance of a clean summer fallow, drill seeding, and the use of first-class seed only. One of the very best of the newer varieties of barley is known as the Beldi, originally imported from Alegria. Last year this variety yielded over 93 bushels per acre and this season, under more severe conditions, about 90 bushels as against a yield of ordinary barley of 20 bushels. Through the efforts of the university this variety can now be secured from several progressive growers; and farmers are invited to correspond with Professor G. W. Shaw. grasshoppers, but in this region they live on them almost entirely. The question which is engaging the attention of the State Fish and Game Commission is whether the various varieties of birds usually condemned for their depredations on crops really counterbalance the harm by the good they do in destroying the bothersome grasshopper. ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT The Council of Administration has located the Twenty-fifth Annual Encampment at Huntington Beach, commencing Tuesday, August 13th, and ending August 23, 1912. All honorably discharged Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, of the Civil War, Spanish War, Mexican War, or of the regular army, their sons and grandsons, are eligible to membership, and are invited to enroll their names on our camp registers. Members of the Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. R., wives of Veterans and of Sons of Veterans, and all affiliated orders, are invited to become members of our Woman's Auxiliary organization. While the Veterans and their families are to have an outing of ten days on the beach at Camp A. F. 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R. as follows: The Wells-Fargo Express Company quote the following rates on baggage picked up in Los Angeles within the free wagon delivery limits: 50 cents for each trunk and 25 cents for each grip, telescope, or other hand baggage, Los Angeles to Huntington Beach. Return rate to be the same from Huntington Beach with free delivery wagon. For points outside of free delivery limits a nominal charge will be made. Rates on all baggage coming on the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Salt Lake lines will be handled for 25 cents for tunks, 25 cents for grips, etc., Los Angeles to Huntington Beach. All points outside of Los Angeles the rates will be the same as baggage picked up in the city of Los Angeles by Wells-Fargo wagons. The officers are Jason J. Shepard, Commander, Pasadena; W. H. Turner, Senior Vice, Los Angeles; S. J. Dyer, Junior Vice, Glendora; D. W. Hasson, Surgeon, Buena Park; J. H. Henry, Chaplain, Tropico; R. Heffelfinger, Adjutant, Los Angeles; 446 South Broadway; A. B. 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The Newest and Best Beach on the Coast This most picturesque part of the earth had long been borne in mind by the residents of Southern California, who remembered the happy days they had passed at Old Santa Ana Camp, and when the opportunity came to them to buy large lots fronting on Fisherman's Cove, Coward's Cove, the Bathing Cove, or opposite Seal Rocks, Abalone Point and Coffee Shell Beach, and large lots on the gentle slopes back of the famous points of interest, all of them picturesque view lots, AT VERY LOW PRICES AND ON EASY TERMS, they came in droves. 100 OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LOTS WERE SOLD THE FIRST DAY, AND WE NOW HAVE 150 MORE, THE BEST OF ALL, WHICH WE HAVE PLACED ON SALE AT VERY LOW PRICES UNTIL AUGUST 1ST NEXT, WHEN PRICES WILL BE ADVANCED 25 PER CENT. Now is the Time to Buy for the reason that large improvements are under way, notably a splendid hotel upon the cliffs opposite Seal Rock, a country club house and athletic grounds, and railway communication is not far distant. IMPROVEMENTS BOOST PRICES.—Fortunes have been made in ocean fronts. It is a safe and sane place to invest. WATER IS UNDER PRESSURE ON THIS TRACT.—The moral therefore is obvious: Buy today and profit by the raise. Act today, make your deposit upon a lot and obtain choice of locations. Sold on Easy Terms All lots $400 and under, 10 per cent down and $10 per month. All lots over $400 up to $800, 25 per cent down, balance in six, twelve or eighteen months. All lots over $800, one-third down, one-third in six, falfa and defoliated the young shade trees, including the eucalyptus. Mr. Bryant examined the stomachs of large numbers and varieties of birds to see how many grasshoppers they were devouring. He found that the burrowing owl had consumed more grasshoppers than any other bird examined, the remains of 28 being found in the creature's stomach. There are, however, more red-winged blackbirds than owls in the neighborhood, and therefore the former must be considered the most efficient grasshopper destroyer. The meadow lark, killdeer, oriole, and butcherbird come next in order. Mr. Bryant estimates that a flock of 200 red-winged black birds feeding on the infested areas were destroying over 500 grasshoppers an hour and over 5,000 a day. At this rate such a flock would be able to clear up almost an acre and a half of the worst infested districts a month. Meadow larks were found to be taking an average of 16 hoppers every four hours. Mr. Bryant made a rough estimate of the number of grasshoppers destroyed per square mile by the total bird population of that area in a day, basing his computations on the average number of insects found in the different birds' stomachs. It appears that almost 400,000 grasshoppers are destroyed on every square mile. Even at this rate the birds were getting only a small percentage of the insects because there are about seventy-seven and a half million grasshoppers to the square mile in the infested district. The curious fact is that birds in the region of the grasshoppers who do not ordinarily eat this insect changed their diet to accord with the food supply. Killdeer, horned larks and orioles, for instance, do not naturally eat many IMPROVEMENTS BOOST PRICES.—Fortunes have been made in ocean fronts. It is a safe and sane place to invest. WATER IS UNDER PRESSURE ON THIS TRACT.—The moral therefore is obvious: Buy today and profit by the raise. Act today, make your deposit upon a lot and obtain choice of locations. Sold on Easy Terms All lots $400 and under, 10 per cent down and $10 per month. All lots over $400 up to $800, 25 per cent down, balance in six, twelve or eighteen months. 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Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "THE ANAHEIM NATIONAL BANK," in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange, and State of California, has compiled with all the provisions of the statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking; Now, therefore, I, Lawrence O. Murray, -few Lucky Days left No. 10228 TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY Washington, D. C., July 17, 1912. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "THE ANAHEIM NATIONAL BANK," in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange, and State of California, has complied with all the provisions of the statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking; Now, therefore, I, Lawrence O. 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