anaheim-gazette 1912-09-12

VOLUME XXXXII FOUR MILES OF PAVING NEAR AT HAND LOS ANGELES STREET READY FOR THE COMING OF THE STATE HIGHWAY BROADWAY AND LEMON UP FOR PAVING ENTIRE LENGTH OF EACH THOROUGHFARE That property owners of this city are eager to keep abreast of the spirit of progress everywhere apparent in Southern California, is made evident this week by the fact that more than four miles of street paving will be signed up within a few days, and the city trustees will be asked to proceed with the work immediately under provisions of the state law. Four main thoroughfares are today ready for paving. These are the unpaved portions of Los Angeles street, Broadway, Lemon and Philadelphia streets. was in town from Los Angeles on Saturday, spoke enthusiastically of the benefits accruing to Anaheim from street pavements already laid down here. "It is the greatest factor in developing the prosperity of this city that was ever accomplished," he said. "I signed up for my Lemon street frontage, 500 feet, and am ready to sign up for paving on other streets in my tract. Clean and well kept streets are a great advertisement of a progressive town. They create lasting impressions with visitors, and I have no doubt your paved streets have done more to bring new people here than any other one factor. Muddy and ill-kept streets repel visitors. They see paved streets in other cities of Southern California and when they see them here, your other natural advantages get a grip upon them, and they remain and become a part of your community." Another non-resident property owner who gave similar views was Emil B. Dreyfus, of San Francisco, who was in town this week, and marveled at the progress made here in recent years. He advised that paving be continued to the end that Anaheim place itself in the front rank of towns in the State. Philadelphia street is practically signed up for paving and property owners on other cross streets will are eager to keep abreast of the spirit of progress everywhere apparent in Southern California, is made evident this week by the fact that more than four miles of street paving will be signed up within a few days, and the city trustees will be asked to proceed with the work immediately under provisions of the state law. Four main thoroughfares are today ready for paving. These are the unpaved portions of Los Angeles street, Broadway, Lemon and Philadelphia streets. A number of other streets among them Olive, Kroeger and Melrose street from Center to Broadway; Chartres and Cypress street, from Los Angeles to Lemon and Clementina street from Broadway to Cypress are also in line for improvement and property owners on those thoroughfares now have the matter under consideration. With frontages signed up on the four first named streets, it is apparent that more than three miles of paving will in the near future be under construction here. Los Angeles street is ready for the coming of the state highway. Work upon which will, in all probability, be in progress before the end of the year. State surveyors have been at work in the southern portion of the county and are preparing specifications and running a line for the road. On North Los Angeles from Sycamore to North street, property owners have signed the entire west frontage, and owners of east frontages will probably do likewise in the near future. A majority frontage is easily in sight, and the city trustees could order the work proceeded with at once if they chose so to do. The distance is an eighth of a mile. On South Los Angeles street from Santa Ana to Broad street, similar conditions prevail. Mr. Gervais, who returned this week from a months' trip to Lake Tahoe, announced his readiness to sign up his large frontage, and J. D. Lavin, who will return shortly from his Eastern trip, has given assurance that his large frontage is ready for signing up. Other property owners on the street entertain similar progressive views, and a majority frontage will doubtless be signed up within a few days. The distance is three-quarters of a mile. A notable addition to the paving area on Lemon street was made this week when C. E. Holcomb announced his readiness to sign up from Sycamore street to North, a distance of an eighth of a mile. Mr. Holcomb has already signed up his frontage on Los Angeles street, amounting to 800 feet. It had been expected that Lemon street would be paved to Sycamore street them, and they remain and become a part of your community." Another non-resident property owner who gave similar views was Emil B. Dreyfus, of San Francisco, who was in town this week, and marveled at the progress made here in recent years. He advised that paving be continued to the end that Anaheim place itself in the front rank of towns in the State. Philadelphia street is practically signed up for paving and property owners on other cross streets will doubtless follow the example set by residents of this thoroughfare. RETURNS FROM EUROPE C. O. Rust and Family Home From Five Months' Tour Abroad C. O. Rust, Mrs. Rust and Percy Rust returned last week from a five months' tour of Europe. They are glad to be home again, and say that while they visited many interesting places, there is no place which has as many attractions for them as Anaheim. Mr. Rust states the scenery in Switzerland and the art galleries and museums of Italy were among the most interesting sights of his tour. He regards Wisbaden and Dresden as the two most beautiful cities seen on the trip. He and his party landed at Gibraltar and made excursion through Spain and Portugal. He later sailed for Naples and visited many scenes in Italy, as well as Switzerland, Germany and France. He crossed the English channel and visited London and other cities in England. He and his family returned in the best of health and report having had a most interesting and instructive trip. Miss Elsie Rust remains in New York for an indefinite stay and will take up the study of manual training. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES All who attended the Sunday school picnic last Friday seemed to thoroughly enjoy the day. The most excellent dinner spread for all present was one worthy of special mention. All who have heard Brown and Curry at Fullerton speak of them in the highest terms. Hear them this week if you have not been over before. The mid-week meetings on Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 are of great interest as well as instructive. Come and hear the continued story. Bible school next Lord's day as usual at 9:45. Come. Preaching and communion at 11. Morning subject: "What Should Be Preached in a Union Meeting." Come and enjoy the Endeavor meeting at 6:30. The meeting will close That the convergence platform strongly exceeds with no mention ofCEPT perhaps, to co-operation, is the co-arrays among regulars. There will not submit to upon unseating of gates, it will call for the part of regular other convention, favoring Taft, and central committee. As the Roosevelt convention, they won a complete moose or mittee, even naming men in precincts won at the primary time immemorial it tice to permit precinct name their own committees seems to be the purveyor velters to name a slave committee county. The purpose of this name Roosevelt elicited them upon the office of the regular Republic nation, will also meet test on the part of your community." A notable addition to the paving area on Lemon street was made this week when C. E. Holcomb announced his readiness to sign up from Sycamore street to North, a distance of an eighth of a mile. Mr. Holcomb has already signed up his frontage on Los Angeles street, amounting to 800 feet. It had been expected that Lemon street would be paved to Sycamore street but Mr. Holcomb's enterprise takes the area to the northern city limits. On South Lemon street, Judge Shanley continues his efforts to place the thoroughfare upon the map. His petition bears more than 2,000 feet of property frontage signed up, and with promises from the Southern Pacific railway, the steam laundry and other large owners, paving will be carried from South street to Cypress. One of the largest property owners on this street is H. Deutsch, of Los Angeles, who recently signed up 500 feet at the corner of Center and Lemon. This leaves only a stretch of two blocks to cover from Cypress to Sycamore street and this, it is confidently expected, will be signed up without delay. The distance covered is more than a mile. On Broadway, Alexander Henry has matters well in hand, the frontage signed being sufficient to carry paving from East street to Lemon. On West Broadway, A. W. Wood and Godfrey Stock are interviewing property owners and are making excellent progress. Jacob Wittmer is one of the paving enthusiasts, and is ready to sign up 300 feet if paving shall continue to the western city limits. The Union Brewing Company and other large property holders on West Broadway have the matter under consideration and will doubtless sign. The distance on Broadway now in sight for paving is a mile and a half. Mr. Deutsch, who O. Lagman has prepared plans and specifications for a church building to be erected on the southeast corner of Lemon and Broadway streets for the German Baptist congregation. It will contain main auditorium, Sunday class room, libraries, gallery, basement, etc., and will have a seating capacity of about 400. The interior walls will be of smooth hard wall plaster prepared for painting, ample provision is made for light, ventilation, ingress and egress, heat and other important points which should embrace all public buildings of this character. Bids are called for and work will be commenced immediately. The cost will be about $4,000.00. The mid-week meetings on Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30 are of great interest as well as instructive. Come and hear the continued story. Bible school next Lord’s day as usual at 9:45. Come. Preaching and communion at 11. Morning subject: “What Should Be Preached in a Union Meeting.” Come and enjoy the Endeavor meeting at 6:30. The meeting will close promptly at 7:20 so as not to infringe upon the time for the preaching service and also give any who desire an opportunity to attend preaching service elsewhere in town. Evening sermon is the fourth of the series on the Christ and His Teachings, — “Characteristics of Christ’s Teachings.” Come and hear these special themes and receive the hearty welcome awaiting you and you will surely feel you are at home with the Lord’s people, (unless you make for the door and get away before anyone can speak to you and then go away and say we are not sociable.) Special music. C. R. MOORE, Minister. O. Lagman has prepared plans and specifications for a church building to be erected on the southeast corner of Lemon and Broadway streets for the German Baptist congregation. It will contain main auditorium, Sunday class room, libraries, gallery, basement, etc., and will have a seating capacity of about 400. The interior walls will be of smooth hard wall plaster prepared for painting, ample provision is made for light, ventilation, ingress and egress, heat and other important points which should embrace all public buildings of this character. Bids are called for and work will be commenced immediately. The cost will be about $4,000.00. The party chasm will in this county for widens daily. Should prevent use of the city’s designation for Pubs they openly assert supporting Wilson for Progressives will, unstances, support Tafters refuse to support bolt threatens, and time in the history of such procedure situation has grown wreck of the party inflicted. To argue for a between the factions, is extreme futility. Not come out of it. The at war with one another ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1912 BOLT THREAT A POLITICAL STARTLER BULL MOOSE AND STAND-PAT IN DEATH GRAPPLE AT SATURDAY'S CONVENTION STEAM ROLLER METHODS TO UNSEAT DELEGATES REGULARLY ELECTED SIGNAL WALK-OUT That a widening chasm exists in the ranks of the Republican party in Orange county is indicated by prevailing rumors of the extreme probability of a bolt by regulars in the county convention next Saturday. The two factions met at last week's primaries and victory perched upon the banners of the Rooseveltens. They will control the convention by a majority of 20 delegates out of a total of 200 chosen. In a number of precincts votes cast by Democrats for Republican delegates were inadvertantly counted for Repubof reconciliation offers opportunity for healing the party breach. It seems to be a fight to the finish and that the warfare will be carried to the polls in November adimts of little doubt. CITY SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY New Names Added to Faculty in Grammar and Primary Grades Grammar and primary grades of the city schools will open for the fall term on Monday. School buildings have been placed in excellent condition and the attendance will probably be larger than ever before in the history of the city. Extensive repairs have been made to Central Grammar school under supervision of Trustee Chambers. Steel ceilings have been placed in two of the rooms, where plastering had become loosened. All the buildings are in first-class condition and a successful school year is confidently anticipated. Teachers in the newly selected faculty are as follows: Supervising principal, J. L. Van Derveer; domestic science, Bertha Kimball; art, Bessie M. Edwards; music, Ada L. Brown. Central School—Bertha Schmidt, principal; Estelle L. Churchill, Flora Hallway, Lillie M. Zeus, Eleanora A. Parker, Ruth Moritz, D. Ethel Betz. EMIL DREYFUS LOOKS INTO FUTURE SAYS CALIFORNIA WILL IN TEN YEARS BE MARVEL OF THE WORLD HAS GOOD WORD FOR THIS CITY, AND LOOKS FOR GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY "In ten years' time California will be the marvel of the world," said Emil B. Dreyfus, the San Francisco millionaire who was in town on Monday in company of Samuel C. Wiel, of that city. "We are making marvelous progress in San Francisco since the fire six years ago and I see Anaheim is keeping up with the spirit of progress along with the other towns of this state. Everywhere throughout California progress is the watchword of the hour, and millions are being made by the That a widening claim exists in the ranks of the Republican party in Orange county is indicated by prevailing rumors of the extreme probability of a bolt by regulars in the county convention next Saturday. The two factions met at last week's primaries and victory perched upon the banners of the Rooseveltens. They will control the convention by a majority of 20 delegates out of a total of 200 chosen. In a number of precincts votes cast by Democrats for Republican delegates were inadvertantly counted for Republicans. Also a number of Democratic votes cast for Republican candidates were counted for them and Republican votes cast for Democratic nominees were counted for the latter. This was owing to unfamiliarity of the election boards with the new primary law. It is given out that contests will be made before the committee on credentials at Saturday's meeting and the opinion prevails in some quarters that in close contests regularly elected delegates may be excluded from the convention. In other instances, contests are promised in precincts where it is said electionering was done within the prescribed limits of such precincts. One of these contests is said to be scheduled for one of this city's precincts, where regular delegates were elected by a safe majority. Should these delegates be unseated by the majority, it will probably be a signal for a bolt from the convention. That the convention will adopt a platform strongly endorsing Roosevelt, with no mention of Taft's name except, perhaps, to condemn his administration, is the consensus of opinion among regulars. This, of course, they will not submit to. And failing to bolton upon unseating of some of their delegates, it will call for a leave-taking on the part of regulars, who will hold another convention, adopt resolutions favoring Taft, and naming a new county central committee. As the Roosevelters will control the convention, they will probably name a complete moose county central committee, even naming such committees in precincts where the regulars won at the primary election. From time immemorial it has been the practice to permit precinct delegations to name their own committeemen, but it seems to be the purpose of the Roosevelters to name a full set of progressive committeemen for the entire county. The purpose of the Progressives to name Roosevelt electors and place them upon the official ballots under the regular Republican party's designation, will also meet with strong protest on the part of the Progressives. A. Nagel Starts Erection of New Store —Bank to Occupy Present Premises Work began on Monday upon the two-story and basement brick structure to be erected by A. Nagel on East Center street adjoining his building at the corner of Claudia Street. "In ten years' time California will be the marvel of the world," said Emil B. Dreyfus, the San Francisco millionaire who was in town on Monday in company of Samuel C. Wiel, of that city. "We are making marvelous progress in San Francisco since the fire six years ago and I see Anaheim is keeping up with the spirit of progress along with the other towns of this state. Everywhere throughout California progress is the watchword of the hour, and millions are being made by the advancing prosperity everywhere apparent. It is with great pleasure I note the progress making in Anaheim and I am very glad to hear that you are about to pave a number of your principal streets. Your paved thoroughfares have been the greatest factor in your recent progress, and the greater the number of paved streets you have, the greater will be your advancement and prosperity. When the Panama Canal opens I look for an immigration from Europe and the Eastern cities hitherward of hundreds of thousands. In ten years the population of California will, I believe, be more than doubled. The greater part of this influx of immigration will be investors and home seekers and they will form a very desirable addition to our population. "When we can ship iron and steel down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf and bring it to the coast through the canal, I look for this state to become one of the greatest manufacturing commonwealths in the Union. We have cheap and abundant fuel in the oil fields, and the development of that industry has placed California among the foremost ranks of producers in the world. Railroad rates from the East are necessarily high, for the fixed charges upon the roadbed and rolling stock amount annually to hundreds of millions. With the opening of the canal we shall have a water route furnished by the Almighty free of cost. "There is going to be a lot of money made right here in Anaheim and Orange county. You have the best town and the best county in the state, and I think your population will more than double in the next ten years. The canal will bring you tens of thousands of home seekers and there will be great advancement in property values hereabouts. Some of the old-timers may not see it in this light but that is the way I look at it and I think I am right. San Francisco, Oakland and the other cities in the north are making great advancement, and for two years past the increase in population and valuation has been marked. The fair won at the primary election. From time immemorial it has been the practice to permit precinct delegations to name their own committeemen, but it seems to be the purpose of the Roosevelters to name a full set of progressive committeemen for the entire county. The purpose of the Progressives to name Roosevelt electors and place them upon the official ballots under the regular Republican party's designation, will also meet with strong protest on the part of the regulars, whose legislative candidates will meet at Sacramento and name a full set of Taft electors. An injunction will be sought preventing the use of the Republican heading for Roosevelt electors and suit will be brought in the supreme court of the state seeking to prevent the Progressive's program. Regulars do not regard Roosevelt as a Republican, but a man who bolted the National Republican convention, started a third party movement and is now the candidate of that organization. An attempt to endorse him at Saturday's convention on the part of his supporters, will lead inevitably to a bolt by regulars. The party chasm which has existed in this county for four years past, widens daily. Should the regulars fail to prevent use of the Republican party's designation for Roosevelt electors, they openly assert their intention of supporting Wilson for president. As Progressives will, under no circumstances, support Taft, so will the regulars refuse to support Roosevelt. A bolt threatens, and as it is the first time in the history of Orange county that such procedure is probable, the situation has grown tense and the wreck of the party is freely anticipated. To argue for a compromise between the factions, is characterized by extreme futility. Nothing can possibly come out of it. The two factions are at war with one another and no hope given much more careful advice as to course, etc., on that day than on Monday, September 16. NEW BUILDING BEGUN A. Nagel Starts Erection of New Store — Bank to Occupy Present Premises Work began on Monday upon the two-story and basement brick structure to be erected by A. Nagel on East Center street adjoining his building at the corner of Claudina street. Bender & Silbernagle have the contract. The building will cost $9,000. It will be completed in 90 days. It will be occupied when finished by Mr. Nagel's hardware store, and the premises at the corner will be remodeled for use by the newly organized Southern County Bank. The new building will be an ornate structure of pressed brick, with plate glass front, and will be one of the handsomest in this neighborhood. RUN INTO BY AUTO Young Lad Painfully Injured When Machine Strikes Him Walter Schneider, aged 12 years, was run into by an auto driven by Frank Hogan of the oil wells on East Center street, Friday evening last at 6 o'clock. His left arm was broken above the elbow. Schneider was riding a bicycle and was going east at the time of the collision. Hogan was on the left side of the street and is said to have been traveling 25 miles per hour. He collided with the lad, who was thrown under the machine, his left arm being broken as stated. The bicycle was caught under the wheels and was badly wrecked and twisted. Hogan brought his machine to a stop instantly. He extricated the boy from under the auto and carried him to the hospital where his injuries were attended to. Mr. Dreyfus came south to look into his property interests here. He and his brother, Walter Dreyfus, are among the largest contracting firms in the northern metropolis. Their business was entirely destroyed by the fire which swept that city six years ago, but they have entered largely into the work of rebuilding the city. During the past year they have completed 10 large structures and have at the present time many buildings under contract. In company of Joseph Helmsen and Adolph Thomas, Messrs. Dreyfus and Wiel drove to the oil fields in the afternoon. Both are interested in oil ZETTE NUMBER 12, 1912 DREYFUS BKS INTO NUTURE CALIFORNIA WILL IN TEN BE MARVEL OF THE WORLD ORD FOR THIS CITY, FOR GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY A time California will be the world," said Emil B. in Francisco millionaire town on Monday in comC. Wiel, of that city. Marvelous progress co since the fire six see Anaheim is keepspirit of progress along towns of this state. Throughout California watchword of the hour, being made by the and may make investments in oil lands in this vicinity. Mr. Dreyfus believes the oil industry is in its infancy, and with his customary optimism, sees a great future here for that industry. He is interested also in cane sugar in the Philippine Islands, and says that in the next few years sugar will be produced there in large quantities. Recently a business associate placed an order with Eastern manufacturers for a half million dollar sugar mill to be erected there, and other mills will also be placed in operation. BOARD OF TRADE WELCOMES VISITORS COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENTERTAIN REDONDO BOOSTERS DELEGATION PETITION CITY TRUSTEES TO SWEEP STREETS AT NIGHT IN INTEREST OF HEALTH A suitable welcome and the extension of a glad hand to the delegation of Redondo boosters, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the $90,000 SEWER SYSTEM NEARS COMPLETION SEPTIC TANK READY FOR USE NEXT WEEK, CONNECTIONS WITH MAINS TO BEGIN EIGHTEEN MILES OF PIPE LINES COVERING ALL PORTIONS OF THE CITY A step marking the rapid progress of the city is the completion of the $90,000 sewer system which will be in use next week. At the Ferguson ranch half a mile west of the western city limits, Contractor C. E. Chamberlain has a force of 10 men engaged in the construction of a septic tank which will be completed early next week. Connections with the sewer mains will immediately begin, and a score or more will be joined to the system by the end of the week. The septic tank is 25x35 feet 8 inches. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENTERTAIN REDONDO BOOSTERS DELEGATION PETITION CITY TRUSTEES TO SWEEP STREETS AT NIGHT IN INTEREST OF HEALTH A suitable welcome and the extension of a glad hand to the delegation of Redondo boosters, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the city, which visited Anaheim yesterday, was the chief consideration before the Anaheim Board of Trade Tuesday night. A member of the Redondo chamber was in the city Monday acting as advance agent, and stated that several automobile loads of boosters from his town would visit Anaheim Wednesday for the purpose of gathering information about our recent municipal improvements and profiting by them if they found them worthy of emulation. The street paving, the sewer system and the Polytechnic High school were among the improvements, the fame of which has gone abroad, which the boosters desired to study. On motion of A. A. Mills a committee of four was appointed by President Quarton to take charge of the visiting delegation and to provide a list of speakers capable of expounding the various municipal advancements of the past two years. The chair appointed Mayor Nebelung, A. A. Mills, J. F. Ahlborn and C. E. Chamberlain on the committee. The committee was instructed to secure speakers conversant with the subjects on which the visitors desired information. A unanimous and loud objection was made, introduced by Mr. Martenet, to the sweeping of the streets in the mornings when the dust raised thereby is carried into the stores. While he was advocating the question of petitioning the trustees to have the sweeping done in the evening and at night, Mayor Nebelung arrived, and after the matter had been explained to him he agreed to lay it before the board. The recent demand of the Board of Health that all premises should be thoroughly cleaned and all fly breeding matter destroyed, was also discussed and several flagrant violators of the order reported. It was suggested that the trustees be asked to appoint a committee of the Board of Trade to assist in abating nuisances, but the chair thought that each member might constitute himself a committee of one report to the Board of Health or to the marshal anything of a disease breeding nature coming into contact with public health. A step marking the rapid progress of the city is the completion of the $90,000 sewer system which will be in use next week. At the Ferguson ranch half a mile west of the western city limits, Contractor C. E. Chamberlain has a force of 10 men engaged in the construction of a septic tank which will be completed early next week. Connections with the sewer mains will immediately begin, and a score or more will be joined to the system by the end of the week. The septic tank is 25x35 feet 8 inches in area and the excavation goes to a depth of 12 feet below the surface of the ground. In each of the four corners are sludge digesting pits, 9x11 feet and sinking to a depth of 11 feet below the concrete floor. The tank is being constructed of cement, crushed rock and sand. Three hundred barrels of cement and 300 tons of rock have been used in its construction. The plan is that of Professor Imhoff of Berlin, a noted sewage expert of Germany. Professor Imhoff has a patent upon the process, and the city pays him $250 for use of the same. Specifications were forwarded to him at Berlin for his approval and upon their return with his sanction, work upon the tank began two months ago. The tank is located in a gum grove 20 acres in area which was purchased last December from Mr. Ferguson, a resident of Los Angeles. The price paid was $11,000. The tract lies two miles east of the Gilbert ranch of 73 acres which the city purchased a year and a half ago for $23,000. Incorporation of the town of Stanton, which includes the Gilbert ranch within its boundaries, rendered it impossible to locate the septic tank thereon, and the Ferguson tract was accordingly purchased. The tank is being constructed along most improved sanitary methods. Water will run from exhaust pipes continually and this will be as near pure as the Imhoff process can make it. In other tanks, water is permitted to remain for days at a time, and when released carries with it necessarily more or less odor. According to the process here employed, water will flow from the tank a few hours after entering, and as the sludge is precipitated into the four digesting pits, the water will be as near pure as sanitary methods can make it. The digesting chambers will be sluiced out through iron pipes at intervals of three or four months. No odors will arise from the tank and persons driving by along the roadway will not be aware of it presence. Walls of the tank are a foot thick, made of concrete, sand and rock, and the tank will have a covering of like Health that all premises should be thoroughly cleaned and all fly breeding matter destroyed, was also discussed and several flagrant violators of the order reported. It was suggested that the trustees be asked to appoint a committee of the Board of Trade to assist in abating nuisances, but the chair thought that each member might constitute himself a committee of one to report to the Board of Health or to the marshal anything of a disease breeding nature coming within his notice. The people living on the Golden State tract want a road to Anaheim that is passable at all times. A communication received by the secretary stated that they preferred trading in Anaheim to any other point, but the road was execrable, consequently many of the people went to other points. The road to this point is an extension of Palm avenue, and Messrs. Krause, Mills and Chamberlain were appointed a committee to make an investigation and suggest a remedy at the next meeting. The proposition before the supervisors, which has met with the favor of that body, to levy an assessment of 10 cents on the hundred dollars of taxation for the purpose of building a road along the sea coast connecting the beach towns, as a salve for losing the state highway, was opposed by the board. On motion of Ahlborn, Mr. Mills was instructed to embody the sentiments and opposition of the board in a resolution which will be discussed at the next meeting and, if adopted, will be presented to the supervisors. The assessment would cost the county $38,000 per year, and a very small percentage of the population would derive any benefit from it. R. S. Plummer is making a $1,000 addition to his bungalow on East Center street, which he calculates, will be, when completed, one of the handsomest on the east side. Henry Hansen and family drove to Ocean Park in their auto on Sunday and viewed the ruins of the recent fire which destroyed that resort.