anaheim-gazette 1913-03-13

HAROLD POWELL ON GROWERS' EXCHANGE GIVES IMPORTANT FACTS IN CONNECTION WITH ASSOCIATED ORANGE MEN 60 PER CENT AFFILIATED WITH THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS' ORGANIZATION (Contributed to the Gazette) The California orange and lemon crop equals 50,000 carloads, or about 20,000,000 boxes. There are between 10,000 and 12,000 growers engaged in the culture of the fruit. Four-fifths of the growers are organized into co-operative associations, more than 60 per cent of which are federated into the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. The California Fruit Growers' Exchange is an organization which acts as a clearing house in providing the facilities through which 6,500 growers distribute and market their fruit. There are three foundation stones in the exchange systems—the local associations of growers, the district exchanges, and the central exchange. The local associations, the district exchanges, and the central or California Fruit Growers' Exchange are organized and managed by the growers on a non-profit co-operative basis, each of them operating at cost, and each distributing the entire net proceeds to the growers after operating expenses are deducted. The Local Exchange The California Fruit Growers' Exchange comprises 115 local associations, each of which has from 40 to 200 members. The growers usually organize as a corporation without profit, unadvertising campaign to increase the demand for citrus fruit; develops new markets and performs such other functions as are set forth in the contract between the central exchange and the district exchanges. The central exchange levies an assessment against each district exchange for a pro rata share of the expense on the basis of the number of boxes shipped. It declares no dividends. It does not buy or sell fruit or any other commodity, and exercises no control either directly or indirectly over sale or purchase. Its function is to provide facilities for the distribution, and marketing of the fruit for those shippers who desire such facilities. Under the exchange system every shipper reserves the right to regulate and control his own shipments; to develop his own brands of fruit; to use his own judgment 'as to when and in what amount it shall be shipped, to what markets it shall be shipped, and the price he is willing to receive, reserving the right of free competition with all other shippers, including the members of the same organization, uncontrolled by any one. The agent in the market acts directly under the order of the shipper, who determines the prices at which each car shall be sold outside of the auction markets, and all other matters connected with its distribution, the California Fruit Growers' Exchange acting as the medium through which orders pass from the agent to the shipper, but never selling a car or determining the price at which the fruit shall be sold. The exchange is a democratic organization; the growers exercise control over all matters. Membership in the exchange is voluntary; a grower may withdraw from an association at the end of a year; an association may withdraw from a district exchange, and a district exchange may withdraw from the central exchange; these relations being set forth in the various contracts that hold the members together. There is no attempt on the part of the central exchange to regulate shipments to eliminate competitive advantages. MINERAL INDUSTRIAL ASbestos Soon to Be Important Product There are deposits in Inyo, Kern, Mercury San Benito counties developed to some extent by owners of these products owing to the continuing metal it is praised to profitably mine these ores contain other minerals. There has been no ore mined for any California, since 1937. New uses and applications asbestos is still mainly being made from mineral industry, an important one in per cent of the crude United States while many depositions of the mine known in this state that development willance has been undertaken lines. The prices of product vary widely due to the quality of the ore for the year 1912, State Mining Bureau tons, having a spot compared with 125 in 1911. Long fibre to the manufacture is worth as high as Bauxite, the ore used in aluminium is derived in large quantities in California, and small known in other parts ore has been produced date, although the condition is favorable ed uses which are found for this metal antee another addition long list of profits. The Local Exchange The California Fruit Growers' Exchange comprises 115 local associations, each of which has from 40 to 200 members. The growers usually organize as a corporation without profit, under the laws of California, issuing stock to each member in proportion to his bearing acreage, to the number of boxes he ships, or in equal amounts to each grower. The association assembles the fruit in a packing house, and there grades, pools, packs, and prepares it for shipment. The associations are managed by a board of directors through a manager and are conducted exclusively for the benefit of the growers. They declare no dividends and accumulate no profits. The fruit is pooled each month, or in a shorter or longer period, each grower receiving his proportion of the proceeds received for each grade shipped during the pool. Many of the associations pick the fruit, and some of them prune and fumigate the trees for the members. Each association has brands for each grade, and when a carload is ready for shipment it is marketed through the district exchange, of which the association is a member, through the agents and facilities provided by the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. The District Exchange There are 17 district exchanges. These exchanges are corporations without profit. There may be one or more district exchanges in a community, depending upon the number of local associations and other local conditions. The district exchange acts as a clearing house in marketing the fruit for the associations through the California Fruit Growers' Exchange and acts as a medium through which most of the business relations between the exchange and the local associations are handled. The district exchange orders cars and sees that they are placed by the railroad at the various association packing houses; keeps a record of the cars shipped by each association, with their destinations; informs itself, through the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, of all phases of the citrus marketing business; places the information before the associations; receives the returns for the fruit through the central exchange and returns the proceeds to the associations. The exchange is a democratic organization; the growers exercise control over all matters. Membership in the exchange is voluntary; a grower may withdraw from an association at the end of a year; an association may withdraw from a district exchange, and a district exchange may withdraw from the central exchange; these relations being set forth in the various contracts that hold the members together. There is no attempt on the part of the central exchange to regulate shipments, to eliminate competition, divide the territory or business or to influence prices. In this connection its functions are to keep the associations informed daily regarding the shipments from the State; the general movement of exchange cars, the general conditions of the different marketing points; the prices at which the exchange fruit is sold; and in furnishing such other information as will allow the growers and shippers through their association and district exchanges to decide the question of distribution and marketing for themselves. One-third of the entire shipments are sold at public auction, the remainder through unrestricted private competition. There is no uniformity in price in the different brands, because the fruit in each section, on account of soil and other local differences, has an individuality of its own, and every brand sells on its own merits. The exchange is organized into several divisions: Sales, legal, traffic, advertising, insurance, and mutual protection, and a supply department which furnishes the materials used in the packing houses and on the ranches at cost to the members. The exchange does not consign fruit. It is shipped on order; sold f. o. b.; or sold "delivered, subject to usual terms." The exchange maintains district managers in all of the important cities of the United States and Canada. These employees are exclusively salaried agents engaged only in the sale of fruit, in the development of markets, and in handling the local business problems of the exchange. G. HAROLD POWELL Los Angeles, March 10. WANTS HIGH SCHOOL Westminster Asks Admission to Huntington Beach District A petition has been filed with County Clerk Williams by a majority of the heads of families residing in the Westminster school district asking that the district be annexed to the Huntington School District. Bauxite, the ore used in aluminum is derived in large quantities California, and small known in other parts ore has been produced date although it condition is favorable uses which are found for this metal antee another addition long list of profitable products. Production of iron during 1912 amount having a spot value. This is a very noticeable 1911 production was a small output 1893 and nominal a produced intermittent time, the entire period to 1912 amounting 413 tons less than past. Vast deposits distributed through 3 states, are already provements in the state and steel, and there of the iron ranges branch of the mine California should social rank with petroleum value of its output. ABOUT CALIFORNIA It is simply true that is responsible word "winter" in South in land by the eastern Sea, or anywhere Great Southwest. Winter ever gets a reigns supreme, is peak at least a miracle Scientifically, in South we have but two seasons and the rainy season begins about the middle part of until nearly the end nationally the rainy season latter part of March to an end a month liable that showers mornin in the year. We have every month in this California just as every month in this of Wisconsin. The Los Angeles is about a period of 30 years years the rainfall inches, and some ye Normal seasons we rain about November. orders cars and sees that they are placed by the railroad at the various association packing houses; keeps a record of the cars shipped by each association, with their destinations; informs itself, through the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, of all phases of the citrus marketing business; places the information before the associations; receives the returns for the fruit through the central exchange and returns the proceeds to the associations. The Central Exchange The California Fruit Growers' Exchange is a non-profit corporation under the laws of California. It is formed by 17 district exchanges, with a paid-in capital stock of $1,700. It is managed by a board of 17 directors through a general manager, one director representing each district exchange. The function of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange is to furnish marketing facilities for the district exchanges at a pro rata share of the cost. The exchange places bonded agents in the principal markets of the United States and Canada, defines the duties of the agents, and exercises supervision over them. It gathers information through them of conditions in each market, receives telegraphic advices of the sale of each car and furnishes the information every day in bulletin form to the local associations. The exchange business is on a cash basis; it makes prompt accounting of returns to the growers through the district exchanges; it takes care of litigation that arises in connection with the marketing of the fruit; handles all claims; conducts an extensive of the exchange. G. HAROLD POWELL Los Angeles, March 10. WANTS HIGH SCHOOL Westminster Asks Admission to Huntington Beach District A petition has been filed with County Clerk Williams by a majority of the heads of families residing in the Westminster school district asking that the district be annexed to the Huntington Beach Union High School district in accordance with section 1734 of the Political Code of California. The petition was originally addressed to Superintendent of Schools Mitchell, who approves and recommends that it be granted. There were 104 signers. The trustees of the Huntington Beach Union High School are also favorable to the proposition. They have gone on record as agreeing to admit Westminster to their high school district, upon the following terms: The Huntington Beach Union High School district, as it now exists, is to pay all indebtedness incurred up to the present time, both bonded and otherwise, and maintain transportation for the pupils of said Westminster district. After the district is admitted it is to pay its proportion of all future bonded indebtedness and of all expenses for maintenance according to the assessed valuation of property in the district. If you have anything to sell, try a Gazette classified. MINERAL INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA Asbestos Soon to Be One of the Most Important Products in the State There are deposits of antimony ore in Inyo, Kern, Merced, Riverside, and San Benito counties which have been developed to some extent, although the owners of these properties report that owing to the continued low price of the metal it is practically impossible to profitably mine the same unless the ores contain other valuable mineral. There has been no actual production of ore mined for antimony alone, in California, since 1901. New uses and applications for manufactured asbestos products are constantly being made, and this branch of the mineral industry will some day be an important one in California. Ninety per cent of the crude asbestos used in the United States is imported, and while many deposits and surface indications of the mineral have long been known in this state, it is only recently that development work of any importance has been undertaken along these lines. The prices obtainable for this product vary widely, depending upon the quality of the fibre. Production for the year 1912, as reported to the State Mining Bureau, amounted to 90 tons, having a spot value of $2,700 as compared with 125 tons valued at $500 in 1911. Long fibre asbestos, suitable to the manufacture of tapestries, etc., is worth as high as $200 per ton. Bauxite, the ore from which metallic aluminum is derived, has been discovered in large quantity in Southern California, and small deposits are also known in other parts of the state. No ore has been produced and sold, to date, although the outlook for such a condition is favorable, and the increased uses which are continually being found for this metal practically guarantee another addition to California's long list of profitable mineral pro- after that date, resulting in generally excellent crops. The fact that rains sometimes are scant and the necessity of moisture for citrus trees during the summer, when no rain falls, resulted in the development of artificial supplies by storing storm water and the melted snows in reservoirs in mountain canyons, and in the boring of artesian wells. The immense mountain range circumscribing Southern California, and the great tableland behind these where the greater part of the rainfall is precipitated, form natural storage reservoirs for water. This percolates through the rocky strata that form the ribs of the earth, and the whole subterranean area under Southern California is either a series of lakes or of streams. By tapping these we get plenty of moisture for almost all purposes. The beauty of this arrangement is that the agriculturist, whether alfalfa-producer or orchardist, applies moisture as he needs it. With the incoming of the Owens River aqueduct, bringing a veritable river of water to the city of Los Angeles and its environs, together with these other artificial supplies, the section will have absolute insurance against any detrimental effects from dry years. The comfort of living in a region so comparatively rainless, windless and absolutely snowless, as well as almost frostless, is a matter too well known to call for extended comment. It is this climatic condition that has caused the city of Los Angeles to jump from a little frontier adobe town of 10,000 population 30 years ago to a vast metropolitan city of nearly half a million souls at the present day. This influence, too, in the next dozen years will be the chief factor in making this city the metropolis of the Great Southwest, with a population of not less than a million. "So you want to marry my daughter?" "Yes, sir." "Got any money saved up?" "Yes, sir." "Could you let me have $500 on my unsecured note?" "I could, but I wouldn't." "I guess you can take care of her all right. She's yours, my boy, and here's a 5-cent cigar." Ordinance No. 95 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange do ordain as follows: Section 1. There is hereby granted to Anaheim Union Water Company a franchise to lay, maintain, and operate for fifty years, in asid County of Orange, a cement pipe line for carrying water for irrigation and other purposes, along the public highway of said County, as follows: Beginning at a point on the west boundary line of Caroline avenue 348.69 feet south of the north line of Section 19, Township 3 south, Range 9 west, S. B. B. and M.; and running thence by a 22 deg., 10 min. curve to the right to a point in said Caroline avenue 410.19 feet south of said section line and 7 feet east of the west boundary of said Caroline avenue; thence south 4639.67 feet to a point in said Caroline avenue; thence by a 23 deg. curve to the left 296.7 feet to a point in Palm drive 126 feet south 68 deg. east from the west boundary line of Caroline avenue produced, and 7 feet north of the south boundary line of said Palm drive; thence south 68 deg. east 915 feet. Section 2. Said pipe line shall be not more than sixteen inches in diameter, constructed of cement concrete, laid at all points at least two feet below the surface of said highway, and used for carrying water for irrigation and other purposes. Section 3. Said Anaheim Union Water Company, upon the completion of said work, to-wit, the laying of said pipe line, shall leave, and thereafter maintain, the highway over which said franchise is granted in as good condition as at the beginning of said work; and during and subsequent to the construction thereof, said Anaheim Union Water Company shall be responsible for all damages which may accrue to the County of Orange or any person, by reason of the construction, maintenance, or operation of said pipe line. Section 4. Said Anaheim Union Water Company shall, during the life of said franchise, pay to the County of Orange two per centum of the gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of said franchise. No percentage shall be paid for the first five years succeeding this date, but thereafter such percentage shall be payable annually; and in the event said payment is not made, said franchise shall be forfeited. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its passage; and before the expiration of said fifteen days, the same shall be published, with the names of the members voting for and against the same, for at least one week, in the Anaheim Gazette, a newspaper published in said County of Orange. to the manufacture of tapestries, etc., is worth as high as $200 per ton. Bauxite, the ore from which metallic aluminum is derived, has been discovered in large quantity in Southern California, and small deposits are also known in other parts of the state. No ore has been produced and sold, to date, although the outlook for such a condition is favorable, and the increased uses which are continually being found for this metal practically guarantee another addition to California's long list of profitable mineral products. Production of iron ore in California during 1912 amounted to 2,508 tons, having a spot value of $1 per ton. This is a very notable increase over the 1911 production of 558 tons. There was a small output of this mineral in 1893 and nominal amounts have been produced intermittently since that time, the entire production previous to 1912 amounting to 2,095 tons, or 413 tons less than for the year just past. Vast deposits of iron ore, distributed through 31 counties of the state, are already known. With improvements in the metallurgy of iron and steel, and the gradual depletion of the iron ranges of the east, this branch of the mineral industry in California should soon become one to rank with petroleum and gold in the value of its output. ABOUT CALIFORNIA WINTERS It is simply traditional obsession that is responsible for the use of the word "winter" in Southern California in the land by the shores of the Western Sea, or anywhere throughout the Great Southwest. The only spot where winter ever gets a foothold, much less reigns supreme, is on some mountain peak at least a mile above sea level. Scientifically, in Southern California we have but two seasons, the rainy season and the rainless season. The rainy season begins any time after about the middle of September, but may be delayed in its inception until the latter part of November, or even until nearly the end of December. Normally the rainy season ends during the latter part of March, but it may come to an end a month earlier. It is possible that showers may fall any month in the year. The writer has seen rain every month in the year in Southern California, just as he has seen frost every month in the year in the State of Wisconsin. The average rainfall at Los Angeles is about 16 inches, taking a period of 30 years or more. Some years the rainfall is less than five inches, and some years as much as 40. Normal seasons we look for a good rain about November 15 to 35 with population 30 years ago to a vast metropolitan city of nearly half a million souls at the present day. This influence, too, in the next dozen years will be the chief factor in making this city the metropolis of the Great Southwest, with a population of not less than a million. HANDBOOK UPON SCHOOL HOUSE PLANS Superintendent Hyatt Asks Co-operation of School Trustees in State The Superintendent of Public Instruction at Sacramento has invited all the county and city superintendents of the state to co-operate in the preparation of a handbook on school house architecture for the use of the school people of California. Each superintendent will prepare pictures, plans and specifications of one or more of his best school buildings. These will be brought before a committee of eminent school architects from different parts of the state, who will pass judgment on the merits and demerits of the various plans submitted. These plans, with the remarks and criticism of the architects, will be made the basis of a helpful guide book for the use of school boards in future who are about to build houses or improve school property. It should result in raising the standard of public buildings and its effect will become apparent in the future landscape of the state. We hope that our own superintendent takes pains to have our county represented by the best that we have. An enterprising people must put its best foot forward in movements for public improvements. ASSESSOR WILL STICK TO LAW Extract From Political Code, Section No. 3648 "Any property wilfully concealed, removed, transferred, or misrepresented by the owner or agent, to evade taxation, upon discovery must be assessed at not exceeding ten times its value, and the assessment so made must not be reduced by the board of equalization." The above is the law, and Assessor James Sleeper says he is bound to enforce it to the letter, in case he finds property has been reported improperly for assessment. Assessor Sleeper latter part of March, but it may come to an end a month earlier. It is possible that showers may fall any month in the year. The writer has seen rain every month in the year in Southern California, just as he has seen frost every month in the year in the State of Wisconsin. The average rainfall at Los Angeles is about 16 inches, taking a period of 30 years or more. Some years the rainfall is less than five inches, and some years as much as 40. Normal seasons we look for a good rain about November 15 to 25, with another about Christmas time; then normally comes a hiatus, followed by heavy rains in February and March. In the old days, when our prosperity depended almost entirely upon farming, and when that ran largely to stock raising, the matter of rain was a subject of constant discussion any time after the first of October. If we did not get a soaking downpour before Christmas, the appearance of things was blue and the faces of the people became very long from anxious hearts. With the passing of the years and the recording of the rainfall by the signal service, the fact has come to be recognized that there is no need of misgivings because of the failure of the earlier rains. An inch of rain at this time of the season is better than two inches in December, and better than five in November. Furthermore, the "latter rains," as they are referred to in the Bible, written by inhabitants of Palestine, are much less likely to fail than the "former rains." Take this season and last, when the rainfall up to the last week in February was exceedingly light, followed by drenching rains. "Any property wilfully concealed, removed, transferred, or misrepresented by the owner or agent, to evade taxation, upon discovery must be assessed at not exceeding ten times its value, and the assessment so made must not be reduced by the board of equalization." The above is the law, and Assessor James Sleeper says he is bound to enforce it to the letter, in case he finds property has been reported improperly for assessment. Assessor Sleeper has had his field deputies out for a hike and has gone over the citrus belt of the county in order to get a more uniform assessment on the different kinds of property and to give each district an equitable assessment, according to property. Sleeper says he has already found more than one case where property was not properly reported for assessment, owners of automobiles, in particular, not being willing to make proper reports. He says he will stand no foolishness with these people, but will enforce the law where he finds property wilfully concealed, removed, transferred or misrepresented by the owner or agent, in order to evade taxation, which means that he will assess such property at ten times its value. Benevolent Old Lady—What is your son doing now? Auntie Washington—Him? Oh, jest talkin' about what he's gwine ter do. B. O. L.—But your husband—what is he doing? A. W.—Him? Oh, he's jest talkin' what he's done. "The memory of quality lasts long after the price has been forgotten." "San Diego" beer is on sale in every cafe in the City of Los Angeles; in fact, it has taken the lead amongst high class beers. All wholesale dealers in Anaheim sell it in bottles and the Germania Hall saloon has it on draught. Thursday, March 13 Griggs—Your wife no longer objects to your staying out nights. How did you manage it? Briggs—I began smoking in the house the cigars she bought to keep me at home. 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No. 5701 In the Superior Court OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of the Estate of Catherine Eastland, Deceased Notice for Publication of Time for Providing Will, Etc. Notice is hereby given that Friday, the 28th day of March, 1913, at 10 o'clock A.M. of said day, at the Court Room of this Court, in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, has been appointed as the time and place for hearing the application of W. K. Hoyt, praying that a document now on file in this Court, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, be admitted to probate, that Letters Testamentary be issued thereon to W. K. Hoyt at which time and place all presons interested therein may appear and contest the same. Dated March 7th, 1913. W. B. WILLIAMS. County Clerk. ATTENTION, I.O. O.F. Members of Lois Rebekah Lodge No. 268, as well as visiting members of the order, are hereby requested to meet at Odd Fellows' hall, Anaheim, Cal., Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, March 18th, for the purpose of attending the Fairyland theater in a body, accompanied by the members of Anaheim Lodge No. 199, I.O. O.F., as the invited guests of the proprietor of said theater. J. S. HOWARD. Pianos! Pianos! C. T. WEBBER FOR the next thirty days I will make special prices and terms on Pianos and Player Pianos. I take old Pianos in exchange for Player Pianos. Call in and inspect my goods. I will guarantee to Pianos! Pianos! C. T. WEBBER FOR the next thirty days I will make special prices and terms on Pianos and Player Pianos. I take old Pianos in exchange for Player Pianos. Call in and inspect my goods. I will guarantee to save you One Hundred Dollars over Los Angeles prices. “Deal with the Home Dealer.” My stock is first-class. I also have a first-class tuner. 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