anaheim-gazette 1912-11-14

CITY'S SCHOOLS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ANAHEIM SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW EMPLOYS TWENTY-FIVE TEACHERS HAS FOUR BUILDINGS, ALL IN USE AND ALL DOING VERY GOOD WORK The Anaheim school district this year employs 25 teachers and the four school buildings house upwards of 600 students. Before the year is over the total registration will probably reach to the 800 mark. The total registration for last year was 750 and the average attendance was 589. In the year 1909-1910 16 teachers were in charge of the schools in three buildings. The next year there were 18 teachers in three buildings and two outside rooms were rented. Last year the old high school building was secured and four teachers were added to the number, making the total 22. This year another teacher was put on at Katella and a room added to the build- of the club are: President, Harry Clabaugh; vice-president, Clare Cavanaugh; secretary and treasurer, Darroll Webb. Under auspices of the club, basketball teams have been organized by the boys and girls and regular practice is indulged in. The captain of the boys' team is Clare Cavanaugh and of the girls', Miss Lola Morthland. Later in the year track and baseball teams will be organized and the members of the school are planning on carrying away the banners at the county triangle league contests to be held in Santa Ana toward the last of the school year. The furniture and woodwork of all the buildings was revarnished before the opening of school this year and other needed improvements made so that trustees and teachers can now say that the school buildings are in the best condition in their history and better than the ordinary grammar schools of the state. Trustee Chambers, to whose efforts the excellent condition of the schools is largely due, says that the woodwork is in such a slick and shiny condition that if Mr. Fly should manage to get into the rooms he would surely slip, fall and break his neck. After inspecting the schools, we fully agree with him on this point. Prof. Van Derveer cordially invites parents and friends of the students to visit the schools at any time and see them at work. He promises that visitors will see the students total registration will probably reach to the 800 mark. The total registration for last year was 750 and the average attendance was 589. In the year 1909-1910 16 teachers were in charge of the schools in three buildings. The next year there were 18 teachers in three buildings and two outside rooms were rented. Last year the old high school building was secured and four teachers were added to the number, making the total 22. This year another teacher was put on at Katella and a room added to the building to accommodate the increased number of students. Two other teachers were added in town, making the total number 25. This number is divided among the buildings as follows: Katella 2, Fremont school 6, Central school 8, Broadway (primary) school 4. Besides these there are four special teachers for music, drawing, domestic science and manual training, and Prof. J. L. Van Derveer, supervising principal with office in the Fremont building. Grades 1 and 2 are taught in the Broadway school, 1, 3, 4 and 5 in the Central school and 6, 7 and 8 in the Fremont. Nothing over the sixth grade is taught at Katella and seventh and eighth grade students from this section attend the Fremont school. At this building, affairs are run upon an entirely different plan than in previous years. All work is carried on under the departmental plan. The school day is divided into periods of a half hour each and at the close of each period the teachers change rooms, each teaching a special subject to each of the rooms in turn. In the basement are sewing and cooking rooms for the girls and a large manual training room for the boys. The girls of the school have a choice of sewing, cooking, music and drawing, two of these subjects being required. Boys have a choice of two from manual training, music and drawing. In the manual training rooms work in cardboard and wood, and instruction in mechanical drawing is given, and the boys here learn to make many handy and useful articles for the school and home. Miss Bertha Kimball, in charge of the cooking classes, is doing excellent work, and under her direction the students are learning to bake pies, make bread; cook all manner of vegetables, preserve fruit, wash dishes and all other activities associated with the culinary art. The writer had the pleasure of partaking of an apple pie baked by an eighth grade student and can vouch for the good work being done in the cooking classes. The school kitchen is fitted up with all manner of cooking whose efforts the excellent condition of the schools is largely due, says that the woodwork is in such a slick and shiny condition that if Mr. Fly should manage to get into the rooms he would surely slip, fall and break his neck. After inspecting the schools, we fully agree with him on this point. Prof. Van Derveer cordially invites parents and friends of the students to visit the schools at any time and see them at work. He promises that visitors will see the students working and not "showing off." The rooms are always open to visitors and all will be assured of a hearty welcome by the teachers in charge. NINETY DAYS FOR BATTERY Francisco Ventura Escapes More Serious Charge of Robbery Francisco Cota, a resident of Yorba, came to town on Wednesday of last week to meet his friends and have a good time. He had worked long and arduously in the foot hills of the upriver section and had saved eleven dollars and six bits of good money with which to see the sights of a great city. He saw them; and returned to Yorba quite contented. He met Francisco Ventura, a strong-armed denizen of the wilds, and with him had a number of snifters of the red blood of the grape. Ventura enticed him into a yard in the rear of a beverage emporium, and Cota declares his new-made friend took from him what money was left after paying for several rounds of drinks. When Cota entered a mild protest, at being separated from his dinero, Ventura gave him a beating. Officer Germann arrested Ventura, and also took with him Alberdo Ruiz as a witness to the alleged robbery. In court on Thursday, Ruiz proved an unsatisfactory witness and Cota was unable to establish a charge of robbery against Ventura. Judge Howard did the next best thing and sentenced Ventura to 90 days in the county jail for disturbing the peace. Charles Brand and Thomas E. Park, two Weary Willies of the road, were sent to the city rockpile for 10 days to reduce their weight. SANDS BURY GRADE STAKES Doubt Concerning Portion of Dividing Line Between San Bernardino and Riverside After a controversy of months' standing between San Bernardino and Riverside counties regarding the boundary line between the two counties in the vicinity of Chino, the state is to settle the matter. W.S.Kingsbury state surveyor-gen- Miss Bertha Kimball, in charge of the cooking classes, is doing excellent work, and under her direction the students are learning to bake pies, make bread, cook all manner of vegetables, preserve fruit, wash dishes and all other activities associated with the culinary art. The writer had the pleasure of partaking of an apple pie baked by an eighth grade student and can vouch for the good work being done in the cooking classes. The school kitchen is fitted up with all manner of cooking utensils, dishes, a gas range and hot water tank. The room is kept in spick and span condition by the girls themselves and they take turns in washing dishes, doing other cleaning and inspecting the work done by members of the class. The sewing classes are doing fine work and are learning to make, by making, articles of wearing apparel which are beautiful and useful. Twenty-five aprons were made by the girls of the sewing classes to be sold by the Ebell ladies at their bazaar. The aprons were made by the girls at home and in sewing classes, entirely by hand, and are very neat and pretty. Members of the eighth grade have organized an agricultural club along lines suggested by the University of California agricultural college and on plots of ground at the Fremont and Broadway schools are studying the growth of plants by actual work with them. As far as possible all work is practical and theory is to a degree eliminated. Along athletic lines, the members of the schools are evincing considerable interest and the Fremont Athletic Club has been organized and members of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades are eligible for membership. Officers SANDS BURY GRADE STAKES Doubt Concerning Portion of Dividing Line Between San Bernardino and Riverside After a controversy of months' standing between San Bernardino and River-side counties regarding the boundary line between the two counties in the vicinity of Chino, the state is to settle the matter. W. S. Kingsbury, state surveyor-general, has just completed an inspection of the disputed territory, in company with Shirley Bright, county surveyor of San Bernardino, and George W. Pearson, county surveyor of Riverside. The sands have buried a number of the original survey stakes set out during the early days, and property owners near the line do not know whether they are in Riverside or San Bernardino county, where to vote legally or where to pay their taxes. The surveyor-general will announce his decision as soon as he checks the figures. ROAD BONDS OFFICIAL COUNT The official count on the $1,270,000 good roads bonds was made by the supervisors Tuesday. Bonds yes lost 16 votes in the count and bonds no gained 89, but the bonds are to the good by a vote of 286 over and above the necessary two-thirds to carry, and the no vote is 286 short of the necessary one-third to defeat the bonds. The official count stands: For the good roads bonds, 5290. Against, 2236. The unofficial returns were 5306 for the bonds and 2157 against. Louis Denni was in town Saturday afternoon, driving over in his auto from Signal Hill. AHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1912 THIEVES CAUGHT IN PASADENA BURGLARY CONFESSED TO ROBBERY OF S. Q. R. STORE SOME THREE WEEKS AGO WERE IN REAR YARD WHEN THE WINDOW LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF Wearing clothing, hats and shoes which they stole from the S. Q. R. store three weeks ago, two young men were taken into custody at Pasadena while in the act of burglarizing a store at 1 o'clock Friday morning. A man passing the place at that hour heard the cash register bell ring, and believing that burglars were in the store, called a policeman who entered only to find a brace of pistols poked in his face. Each of the men were armed with two revolvers, but neither had the nerve to shoot. They were taken into custody and locked up. They gave the names of John Sisko and Floyd King and are youths who recently arrived. RETURNS FROM TRIP TO CANADA Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baxter returned some days ago from a six months' tour of Canada and the Northwest. They visited friends in Toronto and Alberta, and also spent some time in Michigan, Idaho and other Northwestern states. Mr. Baxter states he had not been in Canada for 27 years, and found so many changes there that he was glad to return to his home in this city. He found the Alberta country immeasurably prosperous, although corn and other crops were shortened by unfavorable weather during the season. He found the biggest crops in North Dakota, where great yields of wheat and other cereals were harvested. He was in Alberta on the Fourth of July, when farmers from the entire country side came to town wrapped in heavy overcoats and furs because of the cold weather. He states there was very little celebration of the national holiday across the line, although the many Americans resident there lost no time in jubilating over the historic event. An unfortunate occurrence of his trip East was the fact that his 15-year-old son, Joe, was stricken with spinal menengitis while visiting relatives north of Grand Rapids. The youth was entirely paralyzed in both limbs and is a bed-ridden cripple. The best physicians of the section were called in but BOARD OF TRADE WILL RECEIVE PARK OFFERS CITY COUNCIL DESIRES PEOPLES' ENDORSEMENT BEFORE TAKING STEPS TO SECURE SITE PAPER FACTORY DESIRING TO LO-CATE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS ANAHEIM As a new departure from the ordinary Board of Trade meetings, members of the board were the latter part of last week sent letters inviting them to be present at the next meeting to be held Monday noon, November 11, at the Commercial Hotel banquet room. It was announced that luncheon would be served and would be followed by the regular business session. That the new plan was a success was conclusively shown by the fact that 35 members were present, almost three times the number that usually attends the meetings. During the luncheon, piano selections were given by Earle Frazer, and were much appreciated. President Quarton and Vice-President while in the act of burglarizing a store at 1 o'clock Friday morning. A man passing the place at that hour heard the cash register bell ring, and believing that burglars were in the store, called a policeman who entered only to find a brace of pistols poked in his face. Each of the men were armed with two revolvers, but neither had the nerve to shoot. They were taken into custody and locked up. They gave the names of John Sisko and Floyd King and are youths who recently arrived from the East. They confessed to the burglary of the S. Q. R. store and also that of a store at Santa Ana. Learning of the arrest and the men's confession, the proprietors of the S. Q. R. store on Saturday telephoned Dave Schumacher, who is a student at U. S. C. to go to Pasadena and converse with them with a view to getting a further confession. On arriving at the Pasadena jail, he found the men wearing clothing bearing the label of the burglarized store. Their hats and shoes also bore similar labels. Both men proved to be in talkative mood. They freely confessed the burglary which they said was done about 10 o'clock at night. "We were in the rear yard at 9:30," said one of the pair, "ready to break into the store when someone entered through the front door and turned off the window light. After he had gone, we took out the lower pane of glass but were unable to enter. We then took out an upper pane of glass and effected an entrance." "We were in the store at 6 o'clock that evening sizing up the premises. We were the last ones in the store as the doors were closed when we left. We made no purchases, but were there merely for the purpose of getting an idea as to interior of the premises." The men jocularly suggested that another bar be placed across the door as they had no difficulty in climbing over the topmost one. The men said that following the burglary they went to Garden Grove, where they took an electric car for Santa Ana. There they remained several days, committing one burglary of a clothing store. They then went to Los Angeles and Pasadena and were arrested there as stated early Friday morning. Oscar Renner, of the S. Q. R. store, and Officer Phil Germann went to Los Angeles Monday afternoon and interviewed the two young burglars at the county jail. Mr. Renner saw at once that both men were attired in clothing taken from his store. This included suits of clothes, sweaters, shirts and shoes. The men were aged about 25 and 19 years and are said to have re-weather. He states there was very little celebration of the national holiday across the line, although many Americans resident there lost no time in jubilating over the historic event. An unfortunate occurrence of his trip East was the fact that his 15-year-old son, Joe, was stricken with spinal menengitis while visiting relatives north of Grand Rapids. The youth was entirely paralyzed in both limbs and is a bed-ridden cripple. The best physicians of the section were called in but afforded little if any relief. The lad was brought home in charge of two nurses, being quite unable to care for himself. Since arrival here he shows slight improvement, and it is believed that in the balmy air of this section his condition will show great improvement. LARGE REALTY DEAL Walter S. Halliwell, of Kansas City, Buys Property Northeast of Town Another evidence of the fact that the glorious climate and the business opportunities of Southern California are the lodestones which draw to this favored valley some of the veterans in finance and commerce is illustrated in the decision of Walter S. Halliwell, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., to make his future home near this city, which is one of the wealthiest and most productive sections in the State of California. Mr. Halliwell, although he has been in Southern California but a few months, has purchased a splendid orange grove of forty acres northeast of town, paying $130,000 for the acreage. Here Mr. Halliwell will make his country home and witness the harvest of the big yellow oranges which with special brand will be sold extensively to the nabobs of the Eastern cities, including Kansas City, where for many years he has been president and active manager of the Halliwell Land Company of Missouri. Mr. Halliwell has formed many business and personal friends in Anaheim who will be gratified to learn that he has decided to join the California booster fraternity. KETTNER RETURNS THANKS Appreciative of Work Done in His Behalf by Orange County Voters The following telegram received from Congressman-elect William Kettner, of San Diego, by Attorney H. C. Head, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Central Committee, is self-explanatory: "San Diego, Cal., Nov. 7, 1912. H. C. Head, Santa Ana, Cal." Oscar Renner, of the S. Q. R. store, and Officer Phil Germann went to Los Angeles Monday afternoon and interviewed the two young burglars at the county jail. Mr. Renner saw at once that both men were attired in clothing taken from his store. This included suits of clothes, sweaters, shirts and shoes. The men were aged about 25 and 19 years and are said to have reform school records in the East. They admitted their theft, saying they had walked into town from Los Angeles, arriving here at 6 o'clock. Mr. Renner does not believe the previously circulated report that they were in the store during the afternoon of the robbery. The men said they were in the rear yard of the store at 7 o'clock when the front door was opened and two persons entered. This was Arthur McAulay who returned at that hour to exchange a pair of shoes for a customer. They were in the yard at 9:30 when Mr. Renner entered the store and turned out the window lights. Both men entered the store shortly after that hour. After looting the establishment they walked to Garden Grove, where they took an electric car for Santa Ana. They remained there several days, robbing a clothing store. They went to Los Angeles where they disposed of the stolen goods to pawnshops and small out-of-the-way stores. One suit of clothing valued at $25 they sold for $5. Their entire plunder, valued at $300, brought them $25. They were penniless when taken into custody at Pasadena. They will be tried in Los Angeles for the Pasadena robbery and will probably be sent to prison for long sentence. KETTNER RETURNS THANKS Appreciative of Work Done in His Behalf by Orange County Voters The following telegram received from Congressman-elect William Kettner, of San Diego, by Attorney H. C. Head, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Central Committee, is self-explanatory: "San Diego, Cal., Nov. 7, 1912. 'H. C. Head, Santa Ana, Cal. Will you accept my sincere thanks for the good help you have given me and publish this little card of thanks to the people in the Orange county papers? I wish to express in all sincerity, and with all my heart, my thanks for the work which my friends all over the 11th congressional district have done for me in this campaign. The almost overwhelming odds against me at the start, as indicated by the registration figures, show what this service was. I believe that I have demonstrated in this campaign my ability to 'rustle' and I want to assure the people of the district, all the people in every section of it, that I will use the same energy in working for them. Again, I want to express my heartfelt thanks and the assurance that I will do my very best at all times to merit the great confidence that has been placed in me, and to answer right for the great responsibility that has come to me. WILLIAM KETTNER." Clara, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Parrett, has recently been ill with scarlet fever and the place has been quarantined since October 15. The little girl is almost well and the quarantine will probably be lifted this week. The matter of disposal of waste water was then taken up and City Engineer Steward was called upon to state whether the sewer farm could adequately take care of this or not. He said that it could not for two reasons. First, chemicals in the water would interfere with the action of bacteria in the septic tank, and secondly, the present sewer farm is not large enough to use such a large continuous stream. The officials of the company said they did not know whether the chemicals would injure plant life or not. After some discussion during which A. A. Mills remarked that our sewage problem was not yet settled and suggested that Anaheim, Fullerton and the sugar company officials get together and settle the question once for all, it was moved and carried that the matter be left with the manufacturing committee for further investigation and a report received from them at the next meeting to be held the evening of November 25 at the Board of Trade rooms in the library building. The matter of a park was next taken up, and City Trustee Hamler, on behalf of the city council, said that that body had received several offers of a city park site, but desired the endorsement of the board of trade and other civic bodies before taking definite action upon the matter. A communication from H. Deutsch was read, offering the city the northern half of the block just west of the postoffice, 184x320 feet, at a cost of about $11,000, with a first payment of $1525 and eight annual additional payments of $1180, interest at 6 per cent per annum. Dr. Johnston repeated his offer of the block bounded by Center, Clementina, Helena and Oak streets, 350x330 feet in extent, at a ZETTE MER 14, 1912 NUMBER 4 OFFICIAL COUNT MAKES NO CHANGE SCHUMACHER DECLARED WINNER OF SUPERVISOR CONTEST BY PLURALITY OF 2 VOTES BRUNWORTH UNDECIDED WHETHER TO BRING LEGAL CONTEST IN COURT Official count of ballots in the election for supervisor in the third district by the board of supervisors on Monday resulted in declaring Wm. Schumacher, the Republican nominee, elected by a plurality of 2 votes over John Brunworth, his Democratic opponent. The count made no changes in figures already reported. It gave Schumacher 1605 and Brunworth 1603. Since the election, there have been rumors of a contest by Brunworth and that gentleman was present in the supervisors' room as the count proceeded. He was accompanied by Attorney H. C. Head and a party of friends. Schumacher was also present with R. Y. Williams as his counsel. A number of his HOME FROM TOUR OF GERMANY William Hanke Saw Many Changes During Absence of 38 Years William Hanke returned last week from a years' tour of Germany, glad to get back in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Mr. Hanke had not seen the Fatherland in 38 years, having emigrated to this country shortly after being mustered out of the German army following the Prussian victory over France in 1870. He was among the first of the Prussians to cross the line and saw much hard fighting during the short but decisive struggle. He lived in this section a number of years, and a year ago, having sold his ranch on the east side, he decided to visit the country of his birth. He saw so many changes, following his long absence, that he resolved to return here and remain permanently. He has purchased a ranch northeast of the city and will raise Valencia oranges and other fruits. "I saw many changes," he said in speaking of his trip, "but I expect the country and its conditions were much the same as when I left there. The changes were mostly in me. I had lived so long in America that I could not become accustomed to them again. The friends whom I knew so long ago had all passed away. I found few of my relatives living, but saw many familiar places. What got onto my nerves, however, is that one meets many titled personages in the streets. Everybody over there who amounts to anything has some sort of a title. You have to get out of his way on the sidewalk, lift your hat and bow to him politely, whether you know him or not. It seems strange to me after living so long in this free country. It made me think of America where every man is the equal of the man he meets. I stood it for nearly a year and then came home." Mr. Hanke has been welcomed home by many of his friends living here about. He will devote his attention to horticulture on his east side ranch, and will try to forget all manner of sprigs of gentility, who crowd a man off the sidewalk and expect him to lift his hat and bow politely to them, whether he has them on his calling list or not. PARENT TEACHERS' MEETING Gathering of Those Interested in Child's Welfare Held Last Week. The Anaheim Parent Teachers' Association met in the High School auditorium Tuesday evening of last week with Mrs. L. E. Walker presiding. macher, the Republican nominee, elected by a plurality of 2 votes over John Brunworth, his Democratic opponent. The count made no changes in figures already reported. It gave Schumacher 1605 and Brunworth 1603. Since the election, there have been rumors of a contest by Brunworth and that gentleman was present in the supervisors' room as the count proceeded. He was accompanied by Attorney H. C. Head and a party of friends. Schumacher was also present with R. Y. Williams as his counsel. A number of his friends also attended the hearing. Tally sheets were carefully gone over and the result announced as is here indicated. Schumacher received congratulations of his friends over his victory. Brunworth announced after the count he was undecided whether to contest the election of his opponent. Rumors of many ballots being thrown out in some of the precincts have been current but there is little authentic information concerning them. The fight between Schumacher and Brunworth was stubbornly contested. The normal Republican majority is 500. Brunworth, by an energetic canvass cut this down to 2. Schumacher also put up a hard fight, his large majority in his home precinct of Buena Park contributing materially to his election. Brunworth carried Anaheim by a vote of 668 to 299 for Schumacher, his majority in the four precincts being 369. West Anaheim gave Brunworth a majority of 15, and East Anaheim 4. The six local precincts gave him a lead over Schumacher of 388. Buena Park gave Schumacher a majority of 145, cutting down Brunworth's lead to 243. Fullerton gave Schumacher a majority of 88, which reduced Brunworth's majority to 155. Olinda gave Schumacher a majority of 55 and Placentia came in with a majority for Schumacher of 41. Orangethorpe gave the Buena Park man a majority of 25, and La Habra added 4 votes to his total. With all precincts in except Brea, Brunworth led Schumacher by a majority of 35 votes. At midnight Tuesday a report reached this city that Brea had given Schumacher a majority of 27. This gave Brunworth a lead of 8 votes in the district. Later a report reached the city that Brea had given Schumacher 37 majority. This report was not verified until 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, when final count in the district gave the contest to Schumacher by a majority of 2 votes. The total vote in the district was Schumacher 1605, Brunworth 1603. The vote by precincts was as follows: For Supervisor Third District PARENT TEACHERS' MEETING Gathering of Those Interested in Child's Welfare Held Last Week. The Anaheim Parent Teachers' Association met in the High School auditorium Tuesday evening of last week with Mrs. J. F. Walker presiding. A highly entertaining program was rendered and was much enjoyed. The occasion was in the nature of a get-acquainted meeting and reception to the new teachers. A large number of parents and teachers were in attendance and a general hand-shaking and getting acquainted session was indulged in. During the evening the following program was given: Violin duet, Clarence Chamberlain and Miss Helena Goodale; prayer, Rev. C. H. M. Sutherland; reading, Miss Veda Walker; vocal solo, Mrs. E. M. Bartlett; address of welcome to the teachers, Prof. J. F. Walker; response, Prof. J. L. Van Derveer; song, Grammar School Girls' Chorus; vocal solo, Miss Ada Brown. Upon conclusion of the program, a short business session was held and reports from secretary, treasurer and various committees were received. Following this the refreshment committee made its report by serving guests with punch and wafers. Mrs. Gordon Raymond came in from Portland, Ore., Saturday on a visit to Mrs. Raymond and daughter, Miss Louise, and will remain until after the holidays. ASK $10,000 DAMAGES A. Z. Megede, E. L. Olmstead and H. R. Klauser have brought suit for $10,000 against Henry D. Tuffree, Mrs. Caroline B. Pittman, C. H. Griffin and E. D. Long. The plaintiffs allege in their complaint that on June 24, 1912, the defendants agreed to give him an oil lease on property owned by the defendants at Placentia. Megede declares he paid $1500 on the lease. After receiving the money, he declares defendants refused to carry out the agreement. For failure to perform the alleged contract, the plaintiffs ask for $10,000 damages.