anaheim-gazette 1913-01-23

SOLD’RVAN ZANDT GETS DESERVED PROMOTION POPULAR TRAVELING SALESMAN MAKES FAREWELL TOUR AMONG COUNTRY PUBLISHERS ADVANCED TO RESPONSIBLE POSITION IN LOS ANGELES WHOLESALE PAPER HOUSE Barker Van Zandt, who for 11 years has been making this city once a month as traveling salesman for a Los Angeles wholesale paper house was in town this week on his farewell appearance, having been promoted to assistant sales manager in the establishment. He will henceforth devote his energies to work in the Angelic city, and will continue in his efforts to build up business for the firm which has for so long employed him. Mr. Van Zandt is one of the most popular traveling salesmen on the road, and it is common report among travelers that no man in the business has brought in more orders to headquarters in the past decade than he. A gentleman of kindly deportment, and suavity of address, he has found his way into the hearts of country publishers as few men of the road, and many of them have had a faculty of saving orders for him, even though his coming was not anticipated for many days. One of his strong points, apart from his agreeable personality, is that goods purchased from him were delivered promptly on country publishers, selling them paper for 11 years past. Now he has been promoted to a responsible position in the Los Angeles house and will henceforth devote his energies to boosting the firm’s interests in that city. May good fortune attend him, and may he never again be called upon to seek a night’s repose in the flooded trenches of an army camp. GETS DECISION FOR $3,000 By a decision in the superior court rendered by Judge West, judgment was given for $3,000 and interest to John Bergan against Mrs. Murietta E. Morris. Bergan came to California in 1907, broken in health and in old age. He went to Arbor Vale, above the San Juan Hot Springs. After a time spent there under the treatment of Mrs. Morris, Bergan gave her drafts for $3,000. He said the understanding was that Mrs. Morris should repay him as soon as she got her title to 160 acres on which she lived. After Morris got his patent and turned the title over to Mrs. Morris, Bergan asked for the return of his money. Failing, he brought suit. He had no note to show the debt. A dozen letters written by Mrs. Morris to him were introduced by Attorneys to establish the fact of the indebtedness. The drafts were also presented. Mrs. Morris alleged that the money was given her as a gift. Bergan strenuously denied that to be the case. ORANGE COUNTY BEET SUGAR PERFECT Meets the Most Exacting Demand and Cannot Be Told From Cane Sugar is common report among travelers that no man in the business has brought in more orders to headquarters in the past decade than he. A gentleman of kindly deportment, and suavity of address, he has found his way into the hearts of country publishers as few men of the road, and many of them have had a faculty of saving orders for him, even though his coming was not anticipated for many days. One of his strong points, apart from his agreeable personality, is that goods purchased from him, were delivered promptly on time, and were invariably precisely as ordered by the rural publisher. He will be missed in the country newspaper offices of the Southland, but while regret will be felt on this account, there will be universal pleasure at his deserved advancement. Mr. Van Zandt, besides being a paper dealer of experience and renown, is a patriotic young American as well, and in the Spanish war bore arms in defense of his country. One day while walking down Broadway in New York in the spring of 1898, he read in the newspapers that Spain had declared war against the United States. He was at the time engaged as private secretary to a New York millionaire importer. He read the president's call for troops, and telling his employer he would resign his position, immediately enlisted in the volunteer army, and was in a few days on his way to Tampa, where he later embarked with Shafter's army which drove the Spaniards out of Cuba. He was one of a division of 10,000 men which landed at Siboney, 10 miles east of the port of Santiago, which was at the time under close blockade by the United States navy. After the division landed at Siboney, the troops proceeded inland several miles, when Shafter, with a column of 2,000 troops, started for El Caney, a town garrisoned by several Spanish soldiers, which he captured without great trouble. The remainder of the troops proceeded in the direction of Santiago, under instructions to await the coming of the major general, when that official should have time to regain his division. The troops proceeded to within four miles of Santiago, and waited until the next day. They sent up a balloon to discover the position of the enemy, and were immediately shelled by the Spaniards, who were on San Juan hill not very far away. The balloon was riddled by a connon shot and fell to the ground, its folds enveloping several burros, which were a part of the supply train. The men in the balloon were uninjured. A hot fire was maintained upon the Americans, when orders were given to advance up the hill. Mrs. Morris alleged that the money was given her as a gift. Bergan strenuously denied that to be the case. ORANGE COUNTY BEET SUGAR PERFECT Meets the Most Exacting Demand and Cannot Be Told From Cane Sugar It is not uncommon to hear a housewife declare it to be impossible to preserve fruit or to make confectionery with beet sugar. Others claim that beet sugar is not as sweet as cane sugar and hence more of it is required to render a given degree of sweetness. Some claim to be able to distinguish beet sugar from cane sugar by the size of the crystals, some by the color, others by the length of time it takes a lump of sugar to dissolve in a cup of coffee or other liquid. All of these conclusions are fallacious, for even a chemist, surrounded with all his scientific laboratory equipment, cannot distinguish one from the other. Although derived from different species of plants, the refined product from the juice of the cane and beet is the same in composition, in sweetening power, in dietetic effect, in chemical reaction, in all other respects. Furthermore, if maple sugar were boiled and passed through the process of refining, it would lose its aroma and flavor, which are wholly in the impurities, and the white crystals would be identical with those derived from sugar cane and sugar beets. Pure sugar, whether derived from beet or cane, is as identical as is pure gold, whether mined in the Rocky Mountains or in the Transvaal. It would be as reasonable for a housewife to attribute the failure of her omelette to the fact that hens which laid the eggs were Rhode Island reds instead of Wyandottes, as to attribute the failure of her preserves to the use of beet instead of cane sugar. Inasmuch as one-half of the 17,000-000 tons annual sugar production of the world is derived from European sugar beets, to assume that this sugar cannot be used for preserving fruit or making confectionery is to assume that where beet sugar is produced, the people either go without confectionery and preserves or that they import cane sugar with which to prepare them. For 50 years or more the continent of Europe has depended almost exclusively on beet sugar. Aside from a small amount of French Colonial sugar and some 20,000 tons of cane sugar produced in Spain, the 5,300,000 tons troops proceeded to within four miles of Santiago, and waited until the next day. They sent up a balloon to discover the position of the enemy, and were immediately shelled by the Spaniards, who were on San Juan hill not very far away. The balloon was riddled by a connon shot and fell to the ground, its folds enveloping several burros, which were a part of the supply train. The men in the balloon were uninjured. A hot fire was maintained upon the Americans, when orders were given to advance up the hill. Shafter had not yet arrived, but the Spanish guns had been making it so warm for the Americans that the latter immediately charged the enemy. Many Americans were killed in the ascent of San Juan hill, but as the troops gained the top of the hill, 12,000 Spanish soldiers beat it in the other direction. Their flight was precipitate. They wanted no fight and executed a masterful retrograde movement. The Americans held the hill for two days with little or no food, digging entrenchments and keeping up a constant fire against the city. At the end of two days General Toral sent up a flag of truce. The following day the Americans entered the city. At this time Cervera and his fleet had made their memorable attempt at escape, and his vessels had been shot to pieces and burned on the coast west of Santiago. While the troops were encamped at San Juan hill, Hobson and his comrades were liberated by Toral. They walked into the Amreican lines amid great enthusiasm. Spain sued for peace, and after remaining in Santiago a few weeks, Van Zandt was invalided home. On arriving in New York he was taken with typhoid fever and lay ill for several months. On his recovery he came to the glorious climate of Southern California and here he has since remained. He has been making periodical trips to world is derived from European sugar beets, to assume that this sugar cannot be used for preserving fruit or making confectionery is to assume that where beet sugar is produced, the people either go without confectionery and preserves or that they import cane sugar with which to prepare them. For 50 years or more the continent of Europe has depended almost exclusively on beet sugar. Aside from a small amount of French Colonial sugar and some 20,000 tons of cane sugar produced in Spain, the 5,300,000 tons of sugar annually consumed on the continent of Europe is beet sugar and no more attractive confections or delicious fruit preparation are produced elsewhere. Of the 1,900,000 tons annual sugar consumption of Great Britian, 1,300,000 tons is derived from continental sugar beets. A few years ago 40 per cent of the United States imports of sugar were beet sugar and now from time to time when a shortage of sugar occurs in the West Indies, raw European beet sugar is imported into the United States, and it all emerges from our seaboard refineries as “pure cane sugar.” This is not a misbranding, inasmuch as Worcester’s definition of “cane sugar” is “sugar obtained chiefly from sugar cane, the sugar maple, and beet root, and contained in a great many other vegetables.” From the foregoing, it will be seen that there is no possibility of determining the source, from which a pure sugar crystal is derived and to claim to be able to distinguish one from the other, is to assume the possession of a power of discernment and discrimination which the scientists of the world, aided by all the arts of chemistry and equipped with the most delicate scientific apparatus, have failed to develop. Top notch prices paid for walnut meats and cracked walnuts at Jensen's. ANAHEIM GAZETTE WATER COMPANY AUDITORS' REPORT Anaheim, Cal., Jan. 20, 1912. To the Stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Co. Gentlemen:---Your Board of Audit submits the following report for the year ending December 31st, 1912: Receipts Cash on hand, Secretary, Jan. 1, 1912. $ 1,593.08 Cash on hand, Treasurer, Jan. 1, 1912. 3,311.09—$ 4,904.17 Consumers' acct., (paid for water)... 45,080.26 Oil royalties ... 50,641.62 Bonus on oil lease ... 7,000.00—57,641.62 Rentals ... 1,389.00 Assessment No. 54 (balance) ... 5,591.00 Bills payable ... 39,481.00 Interest, S. A. R. D. Co... 3,750.00 S. A. R. D. Co., refund on interest paid for them ... 1,315.41 For cement, pipe, construction, etc... 3,532.81—$162,685.27 Disbursements Accounts payable January 1, 1912... $ 2,065.83 Bills payable ... 12,500.00 Real estate ... 1,528.25 General expense ... $ 4,662.99 Cleaning ... 5,035.05 Repairs ... 1,976.26 Pumping account ... 8,055.53 S. A. V. I. Co., joint account ... 10.50 Salaries ... 1,705.00 Superintendent and Zanjeros ... 7,185.06—$28,630.39 S. A. R. D. Co., ($1,351.41 refunded) ... 7,650.12 Interest ... 19,093.53 Furniture and fixtures ... 68.75 Tools and implements ... 1,830.80 Cement purchased ... 5,485.85 Less amount charged to Const., etc... 4,760.23—725.62 Oil well salaries ... 1,432.84 Oil well repairs ... 55.18 Oil well expense ... 138.80—1,626.82 Oil well construction ... 16,393.12 Construction ... $33,428.07 Pumping plant No. 1... 2,116.80 P. P. No. 2 (reservoir, $6,838.31) ... 11,632.33 Pumping plant No. 3... 19,887.10—67,064.30 Cash on hand, Sec'y, Jan. 1, 1913... 40.15 Cash on hand, Treas'r, Jan. 1, 1913... 11,094.16 Less accounts payable December 31st, warrants ordered issued ... 7,626.57—3,507.74—$162,685.27 Resources Due from consumers... Due to consumers... Net amount due from consumers... The above old accounts are so long a chance of ever collecting them and assets. We are pleased to state that it is transferred until the account of the stockholders who are careless enough believe it would be a matter of court stockholder when his account becomes due him on the following run, and this. On the General Ledger we find our Due on Pipe City of Fullerton... County of Orange (since paid)... G. Stock... City of Anaheim... N. Yamada... Mattie Taylor... O. A. Blattner... N. F. Morse... Chas. F. Potter Due From O... Byron Jackson Company (cement)... F. A. Kimball Company (labor)... Petroleum Oil Company (damages). Total... We also find due from M.C. Chase uncollectable... Also due from the Mercantile Investor for pipe line since 1910. Total... Recommen... And we recommend, if these termslected, that they also be charged to incurred by people who were then Less accounts payable December 31st, warrants ordered issued 7,626.57—3,507.74—$162,685.27 Resources Real Estate and Improvements (appraised at double the assessed value) Lot and office building, City of Anaheim $ 6,700.00 La Habra reservoir site 400. acres 175,930.00 Tuffree reservoir site 28.02 acres 6,760.00 At pumping plant No. 1 669.65 acres 77,730.00 At pumping plant No. 2 40. acres 3,840.00 At pumping plant No. 3 37.20 acres 2,670.00 Yorba tract 33.12 acres 1,660.00 Yorba reservoir site 81.80 acres 3,000.00 Yorba Linda tract 2.22 acres 270.00 Sundry rights-of-way (in fee simple). .39 acres 100.00—$218,660.00 Other real estate, purchased under contract and not fully paid up, valued at amount paid: Lots in Placentia $ 989.00 Adjoining pumping plant No. 3, 7.19 acres 539.25—1,528.25 Other improvements as follows: Pumping plant No. 1 $ 9,355.68 Pumping plant No. 2 22,056.48 Pumping plant No. 3 21,857.72 Yorba reservoir 53,188.38 Tuffree reservoir 2,500.00—108,958.26 Oil construction 16,368.34 Water rights, ditches, pipe lines, rights-of-way. 800,000.00 Furniture and fixtures 500.00 Accounts Receivable:— From consumers' accounts 4,202.49 From other accounts 1,953.48 From S.A.V.I.Co., joint account 99.75—6,255.72 Stock, S.A.R.D Company 1,400.00 Bills receivable, S.A.R.D Co. 75,000.00 Cash in hands of Secretary 40.15 Cash in hands of Treasurer 11,094.16—11,134.31 Inventory, cement 1,197.42 Inventory, tools and implements 3,742.55—4,939.97 Total $1,244,744.85 Liabilities Capital stock $ 800,400.00 Surplus 106,954.44 Bonds—Issue of 1895 75,000.00 Bonds—Issue of 1905 228,000.00 Bills payable 29,481.00 Accounts payable, December bills 7,626.57 Accounts payable, due consumers 270.84 Accounts payable, various 12.00 Total $1,244,744.85 Royalties Received From Oil—1912 (One-eighth of all oil produced on the Company's leases.) January $ 763.70 February 4,488.85 March 3,702.31 April 3,316.50 May 3,403.08 June 2,227.37 July 4,228.44 August 4,409.82 September 5,276.45 October 7,915.01 November 6,805.38 December 4,104.71—$50,641.62 The following expenses were incurred in taking care of the oil royalties in pumping, and maintenance of pipe line and machinery: Expense $ 138.80 The following expenses were incurred in taking care of the oil royalties in pumping, and maintenance of pipe line and machinery: Expense $138.80 Repairs 55.18 Salaries 1,432.84—$1,626.82 Net amount received from royalties $49,014.80 Bonus received on Tuffree reservoir site 7,000.00 Total $56,014.80 Water Deliveries—1912 January $1,901.95 February 4,999.90 March 1,363.05 April 1,129.05 May 6,610.10 June 6,883.45 July 4,755.60 August 5,605.65 September 4,427.30 October 3,156.25 November 2,945.50 December 2,197.80 Total $45,975.60 Stock We find that there are now issued as per Stock Ledger, 8,004 shares of the Capital Stock of the Company. Bonds The bonded indebtedness of the Company is as follows: Issue of 1895, due in 1915 $75,000.00 Issue of 1905 $300,000.00 Amount of 1905 issue held to provide for issue due in 1915 75,000.00—225,000.00 Total amount bonds outstanding $300,000.00 Consumers' Account—1912 Due from consumers $4,591.41 Due to consumers 275.64—$4,315.77 We have eliminated from the Consumers' Accounts the following amounts: Thursday, January 23 IN AND ABOUT THE CITY Only the best of Los Angeles meats at the National Market. The National Market handles only prime Los Angeles meats. The Big Sale now on at the Stern & Goodman Mercantile Co.'s big store is offering bedding at 20 per cent less than the regular price. N. Schroeder is having a $1,000 residence constructed on North Ohio street which he will occupy with his family when completed. Miss Madeline Whitaker of the post-office force, has sufficiently recovered from a recent attack of the grippe as to resume her position at the postoffice window. Everything in the big stock is now wonderfully underpriced at the Stern & Goodman Mercantile Co. You can buy men's and boys' clothing now for just one-half the regular price. Billy Wallop is wearing an expansive smile as a result of the report of the board of audit, which compliments his administration of the secretary's office, finds his books and accounts neatly and accurately kept and recommends an increase in his salary. Four hobos arrested in box cars at the Santa Fe depot on Saturday night were given sentences of 30 days each in the county jail by Judge Howard on Monday. Two other hobos taken into custody on Tuesday were given out-of-town floaters. Thursday at Fairyland a two-reel broncho feature "In the Ranks." The sergeant wins the girl from the lieutenant and is sent on a mission of death by his vengeful superior officer. How he escapes forms a thrilling story of battle, valor and romance. Walter Dreyfus was in town the first of the week from San Francisco, con- Recommendations We recommend, if these two latter accounts cannot be collated they also be charged to Loss and Gain. These bills were paid by people who were then stockholders and who afterwards took their stock and now refuse to pay the amounts due. Most of this matter of the Company putting in pipe lines in stockholders, or other parties, are to bear part of the ex-find that the prices charged by the Company for a 16-inch varied from 50 cents to 66 cents per foot, and that some of its charges up in these outstanding accounts are disputed on account of overcharges; and we find that this claim appears to be that contract prices on the same size line are about 38 cents. It would seem that if this work can be done satisfactorily correct for the price above named that it would be advisable to plan. We recommend that the Company fix a schedule of prices for this work, and that where a part of the expense is to be borne by the Company that the amount due on such lines be paid to any before the work is done. This will obviate any such loss. 0.00 above mentioned, and will save the Company the trouble of collections, as well as saving interest on about $2,000.00 borrowed money. Also find that there are warrants on the Treasurer amounting which have never been called for, some of which date back and nearly all of them prior to May 6, 1912, and we recom- ment all pay-checks and warrants have stamped or printed across "Void after six months from date." Any warrant not paid in months can easily be allowed a second time if the warrant is valid. Understand that the matter of preparing a map of all ditches, and other rights-of-way of the Company is now contemplated. We record of such property, nor of the real estate belonging to any, and we would recommend that a record giving accurate lists of such ditches, pipe lines and other rights-of-way and real compiled and kept on file in the office of the Company, and describing the ditches and pipe lines that the size of same be so state kind of material used in the construction of ditches. Been unable to make any appraisement as to the value of the land ditches because of the absence of such a record. We recommend that the salary of the Secretary be increased for annum. We believe a Secretary who proves himself effi- ces more valuable to the Company with each year of his life should have some encouragement to remain in the employ company. Also recommend that the salaries of the Directors be increased every day for each meeting attended. They now receive $2.00 which is less than the wages of the meanest Cholo laborers on the ditch. They are either worth more or nothing; and receive, at the very least, enough to pay their expenses. We are two large accounts which we are not able to check because Company has absolutely no check upon production. We pricing and selling two commodities—water and oil. In the case we find that the Amalgamated Oil Company has delivered us we have sold for $50,641.62, and that the Superintendent for oil company has sent in slips to the office covering all of the closed to have been shipped; and that we have permission to reports of shipments from the Pacific Electric Company. Howe- ce is no record of these shipments sent into the office whereby stating Committee can check up these statements of the stated. We make no charge of any dishonesty on the part of Company simply do not know. were given sentences of 30 days each in the county jail by Judge Howard on Monday. Two other hobos taken into custody on Tuesday were given out-of-town floaters. Thursday at Fairyland a two-reel broncho feature "In the Ranks." The sergeant wins the girl from the liecutenant and is sent on a mission of death by his vengeful superior officer. How he escapes forms a thrilling story of battle, valor and romance. Walter Dreyfus was in town the first of the week from San Francisco, considering plans for addition of a second story to his brick building at the southwest corner of Center and Los Angeles streets. He states that building operations will begin in the near future. He returned yesterday to his home in San Francisco. The Concordia Singing Society is planning upon a grand masquerade ball which is to be held in the Anaheim opera house Tuesday evening, February 4. Extensive preparations are making for the event, which it is planned to make the best in the history of the organization. The Anaheim Fire Company has elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Fred Backs, president; William Wallop, secretary; Herman Backs, treasurer; Frank Tausch, chief; E. L. Goodrich, assistant chief. President Fred Backs succeeds N. F. Steadman, who has held the office of president for some time. During the "Great Bargain Carnival" now on at the Stern & Goodman Mercantile Co., you can get groceries for much less than you will elsewhere; 21 pounds cane sugar for $1.00; 2 cans "Sego" milk for 15 cents; 25c can red salmon for 15c; and, remember everything is reduced. L. O. Culp returned Sunday from a months' trip to his old home at Eureka, Ill., where he went about the middle of December upon receipt of advices that his father' was in very ill health. He reports that his father has improved to some extent but is yet in poor health. He says the weather in the East was very pleasant, and chances were good for the most bountiful crops for many years. George Ziegler recently shipped a consignment of walnuts to his son Louis in New York, and has received in reply a letter stating that nuts are the best received in the Eastern metropolis this year. The letter continues: "I received your very valuable package of walnuts in good condition and certainly appreciate eating fresh walnuts as you well know how difficult it is to get good walnuts here, although you might pay a good price for them. There are always some bad ones to be found." on the ditch. They are either worth more or nothing; and receive, at the very least, enough to pay their expenses. We are two large accounts which we are not able to check because Company has absolutely no check upon production. We pricing and selling two commodities—water and oil. In the case where we find that the Amalgamated Oil Company has delivered us we have sold for $50,641.62, and that the Superintendent for Oil company has sent in slips to the office covering all of the closed to have been shipped; and that we have permission to report of shipments from the Pacific Electric Company. Howe- ie is no record of these shipments sent into the office whereby setting Committee can check up these statements of the reported. We make no charge of any dishonesty on the part of Amalgamated Company, we simply do not know. And the same condition in regard to the water deliveries. The record in the office is the reports of the zanjeros of the amount up to each stockholder. There is no record of the amount of produced, nor of the amount delivered to each zanjero. One may give away, one-half of what he receives, and your committee will find it out. There should be a record of each day's produce amount delivered to each zanjero, and of the amount which bears, with regular allowance for seepage and evaporation. and that the business of the Company has grown to such pro- that either the general supervision, or the work in detail, or rather greatly to the determent of the Company due to the smallity in charge of the affairs. There is a vast amount of territory covered by the present force, large amounts of material purchased sold, and a great deal of the time of the Directors is taken up gratuitously to attending to numerous details which should be better by paid employees. The Superintendent now has to look construction of pipe lines and ditches, keep the water running all supervise the zanjeros, has charge of the oil deliveries, and a and one details from one end of the district to the other. It is his business to look after the ditches and the delivery of the which would enable him to report on the amount delivered, to which zanjero and keep a check upon water deliveries. There is a General Manager employed to attend to the detailed work done by the Directors, leaving them free to attend to the broader scope of the Company and to its financial management; the General could also relieve the Superintendent of the oil business, as great many other managerial affairs, leaving him free to look more detailed duties heretofore mentioned. undersigned, members of the Board of Audit, have carefully all books, papers and other records appertaining to the business of the Company for the year ending December 31, 1912, and find same have been kept in a correct, neat, clear and intelligent and that the foregoing is a full, true and complete report taken from books covering the above mentioned period, and the recom- ms are made believing that they will subserve the best inter- ne Company. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR STALEY, GEO. S., TREHER, Board of Audit. George Ziegler recently shipped a consignment of walnuts to his son Louis in New York, and has received in reply a letter stating the nuts are the best received in the Eastern metropolis this year. The letter continues: "I received your very valuable package of walnuts in good condition and certainly appreciate eating fresh walnuts as you well know how difficult it is to get good walnuts here, although you might pay a good price for them. There are always some bad ones to be found. When you eat about six of these nuts you have all yu want, whereas the nuts you get here have nothing in them. I was thinking of your supplying me with them after we got the parcels post system working." OPERA HOUSE CROCERY Carries a full line of Fancy and Staple Groceries, Clothing and Tobacco. General Merchandise R.O.Barrios, A.Morales Opera House Bl'dg Anaheim - California New and Second Hand Store . . For Bargains in New and 2nd hand Goods of All Kinds, call on us Furniture, Stoves, Beds, Baby Buggies, Double and Single—new and old. Household Goods Bought or Exchanged here. J. L. GATES, Prop. 403 E. Center st. Sunset Phone