anaheim-gazette 1913-04-24

MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IN STATE WATER ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ADEQUATE LAWS NECESSARY TO PREVENT FURTHER MONOPOLY OF POWER Of all the natural resources, there is none more valuable, more necessary to present and future generations of California than water. For domestic use, for navigation, for irrigation and for the generation of electrical power it is essential for the present and future prosperity of this State. From the mountain streams of California there may be developed, it is estimated, upward of 5,000,000 electrical horsepower. At present, the developed power from that source is in the neighborhood of 350,000 horsepower, with new developments constantly being made. Water-generated electricity runs our street cars, operates our mines, lights our streets and buildings, moves our machinery, pumps water for irrigation and other purposes, and is steadily being put to new and more extended uses. It is entirely safe to say that, within the next quarter of a century, electrical energy, developed by falling water, will be used for the commonest activities of every-day life. It will do most of the farmer's work; it will save the housewife much of her present drudgery; it will be necessary in every household and in every activity of our daily lives. It is estimated that 5,000,000 electrical horsepower are equivalent to the steam power produced by right to use water and have not put that right to any use that is beneficial to the public. Those unused rights, if used, would be valuable to the public. Those who have obtained them consider them as valuable assets, and the public is compelled to pay returns upon those unused rights to use the water belonging to the public. To illustrate: An electric power company appropriates, for nothing, the right to use a certain quantity of the water belonging to the people. In order to develop electrical power by the use of that water, the company expends a million dollars in pipe lines, dams, ditches, buildings, generating machinery and transmission lines. On that million dollars, the company should, as a matter of course, be permitted to collect even generous returns from the public who use the power generated and transmitted by the company's property. But the company, very naturally, considers that the monopolistic right to use that water, given away for nothing by the people, is valuable—worth, say, another million dollars. The company therefore proceeds to collect from the public returns upon two million dollars—one million of actual investment, another million represented by the used water right, which the public gave away for nothing. The public, therefore, is charged double rates for the product of the use of its own water, with the title to which water it never has parted and never can part. And this is not all; for if there be, as there generally are, other water rights which may be used in competition with those already appropriated and put to a beneficial use, the company very naturally proceeds to appropriate them and thus keep them from being used in competition with itself. These other monopolized water rights, given away for nothing by the public, the power company, very naturally, considers as valuable assets. It, therefore, demands that the public shall pay it returns upon that value. The public, therefore, is compelled to pay the company CONVENTION W.C.T.U. LAST WEEK COUNTY DELEGATES ESTING SESSION AT AND VILLA ANAHEIM UNION RCIAL MENTION AND ED PRIVILEGE The 24th annual convention Orange County W. C. T. day and Friday, April at El Modena and Villal at El Modena and Villal the first day at the first and the second day named place. It was a large convivial interest was my president's address with portant number on the first morning. She spotted stories won during the state and national cause. She said that she been closed in Californi Wylie law. All local presidents ing a net gain of five place on the program the only union who ha as a result the president Norman, gave "speech the Anaheim delegation Owen, the president union, gave her report things she spoke of contest, after which th contest, Mrs. Gervais were introduced to the Mrs. Sutherland repoem, after which th tion each presented Mrs. Foster with a boo and other purposes, and is steadily being put to new and more extended uses. It is entirely safe to say that, within the next quarter of a century, electrical energy, developed by falling water, will be used for the commonest activities of every-day life. It will do most of the farmer's work; it will save the housewife much of her present drudgery; it will be necessary in every household and in every activity of our daily lives. It is estimated that 5,000,000 electrical horsepower are equivalent to the steam power produced by the burning of 100,000,000 tons of coal per annum, worth, at present California prices, at least $1,000,000,000. The utilization of all of California's water power will save many millions of dollars annually to the people of this State, according to the report of the State conservation just received at this office. A monopoly, therefore, of our water-generated electrical power would put the power-requiring industries and the people of this State at its mercy. Already such a State-wide monopoly is in process of formation. Already there are such monopolies in the northern and in the southern part of this State. Such attempted monopolies are, from the very nature of things, inevitable; because more money can be made by combination into larger companies of a number of smaller ones. But the public, of course, does not get its share of the benefits derived from such combinations, although the public has given, for nothing, the use of the water necessary for the profitable operations of these monopolies. It is true that the State can regulate such monopolies after they are formed. But the regulation will be all the more certain and satisfactory if the water by means of which the electrical power is developed is not permitted to fall unregulated into private control and the right to use it is not permitted to become private property. An ounce of monopoly-prevention is worth a pound of monopoly-cure. It is also true that large amounts of electricity are generated in California by steam power, with oil and coal as fuel, and that much steam power, especially in railroad locomotives, is generated by means of oil fuel. But oil is not inexhaustible, and cannot be as cheaply produced or transported as electrical energy can be. For similar reasons and because of the coal monopoly coal is high in price. Therefore the price at which electrical power is sold in California is higher than it would be if the use of the water by which it is now generated had not been permitted to become private property. Furthermore, claiming the right to divert and use water, a rich, and therefore powerful corporation could, without complying with any requirement of the law, scare off any other proposed appropriator by threatening to annoy and harass him in the courts, at great cost of time and money to the bona fide, would-be appropriator. In these ways it was formerly possible, and still is on old appropriations, for the appropriator of the use of water for power and other purposes to monopolize and cold-storage the most valuable, and constantly becoming more necessary, natural resources of this State. The last extra session of the Legislature passed a statute creating a State Water Commission, to which all applications for permission to appropriate the use of water for power purposes shall be made. The same act also limited to forty years the term for which generally are, other water rights which may be used in competition with those already appropriated and put to a beneficial use, the company very naturally proceeds to appropriate them and thus keep them from being used in competition with itself. These other monopolized water rights, given away for nothing by the public, the power company, very naturally, considers as valuable assets. It, therefore, demands that the public shall pay it returns upon that value. The public, therefore, is compelled to pay the company returns on, say, three millions of dollars—one million of actual investment, one million of monopolized, used water rights, one million of monopolized, unused water rights; although the public gave away both used and unused water rights for nothing. It is true that the law of this State provides that no water right shall become private property unless the appropriator shall, within a certain specified time after he posts his notice of appropriation, commence work upon the project and prosecute the work diligently and uninterruptedly to completion. But nothing has prevented appropriators of the right to use water from holding appropriations, year after year, without doing much, if any, work upon them. Furthermore, as soon as one appropriation lapsed because of a failure to do any work upon it, the same appropriator was permitted to post and file a new notice of appropriation. Thus year after year, a very valuable public asset and natural resource could be, and often has been kept in cold storage and monopolized without rendering the public, who gave it away for nothing, any benefit whatever. Furthermore, claiming the right to divert and use water, a rich, and therefore powerful corporation could, without complying with any requirement of the law, scare off any other proposed appropriator by threatening to annoy and harass him in the courts, at great cost of time and money to the bona fide, would-be appropriator. In these ways it was formerly possible, and still is on old appropriations, for the appropriator of the use of water for power and other purposes to monopolize and cold-storage the most valuable, and constantly becoming more necessary, natural resources of this State. The last extra session of the Legislature passed a statute creating a State Water Commission, to which all applications for permission to appropriate the use of water for power purposes shall be made. The same act also limited to forty years the term for which generally are, other water rights which may be used in competition with those already appropriated and put to a beneficial use, the company very naturally proceeds to appropriate them and thus keep them from being used in competition with itself. These other monopolized water rights, given away for nothing by the public, the power company, very naturally, considers as valuable assets. It, therefore, demands that the public shall pay it returns upon that value. The public, therefore, is compelled to pay the company returns on, say, three millions of dollars—one million of actual investment, one million of monopolized, used water rights, one million of monopolized, unused water rights; although the public gave away both used and unused water rights for nothing. It is true that the law of this State provides that no water right shall become private property unless the appropriator shall, within a certain specified time after he posts his notice of appropriation, commence work upon the project and prosecute the work diligently and uninterruptedly to completion. But nothing has prevented appropriators of the right to use water from holding appropriations, year after year, without doing much, if any, work upon them. Furthermore, as soon as one appropriation lapsed because of a failure to do any work upon it, the same appropriator was permitted to post and file a new notice of appropriation. Thus year after year, a very valuable public asset and natural resource could be, and often has been kept in cold storage and monopolized without rendering the public, who gave it away for nothing, any benefit whatever. Furthermore, claiming the right to divert and use water, a rich, and therefore powerful corporation could，without complying with any requirement of the law，scare off any other proposed appropriator by threatening to annoy and harass him in the courts，at great cost of time and money to the bona fide，would-be appropriator. In these ways it was formerly possible，and still is on old appropriations，for the appropriator of the use of water for power and other purposes to monopolize and cold-storage the most valuable，and constantly becoming more necessary，natural resources of this State. The last extra session of the Legislature passed a statute creating a State Water Commission，to which all applications for permission to appropriate the use of water for power purposes shall be made. The same act also limited to forty years the term for which generally are，other water rights which may be used in competition with those already appropriated and put to a beneficial use，the company very naturally proceeds to appropriate them and thus keep them from being used in competition with itself. These other monopolized water rights，given away for nothing by the public，the power company，very naturally，considers as valuable assets. It，therefore，demands that the public shall pay it returns upon that value. 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But oil is not inexhaustible, and cannot be as cheaply produced or transported as electrical energy can be. For similar reasons and because of the coal monopoly coal is high in price. Therefore the price at which electrical power is sold in California is higher than it would be if the use of the water by which it is now generated had not been permitted to become private property. There can be no doubt but that, based upon the private ownership of the right to use water, the capitalizations of many, if not all, of the quasi-public power companies of California have been enormously inflated or "watered," and that the public, from whom the right to use the electricity-generating water was obtained, is, therefore, compelled to pay higher prices for electrical power than would have obtained had the public not given away into private ownership the right to use that water. Under the organic law, the property right to water itself can not be taken away from the public. But California, from the very beginning of her existence as a State, has permitted the right to use water to become, by appropriation and later by riparian right, private property. The very natural result has been that appropriation rights have been capitalized, and the people who gave away those rights for nothing, have been compelled to pay to private parties returns upon their ever-enhancing values. Not only that, but private parties have appropriated, for nothing, the appropriator of the use of water for power and other purposes to monopolize and cold-storage the most valuable, and constantly becoming more necessary, natural resources of this State. The last extra session of the Legislature passed a statute creating a State Water Commission, to which all applications for permission to appropriate the use of water for power purposes shall be made. The same act also limited to forty years the term for which the use of water can be appropriated for such purposes. It also declared to be unappropriated all water or the use of water which has not been put, with due diligence in proportion to the magnitude of the work, to a useful or beneficial purpose. Petroleum in Southern California A bulletin covering this subject has just been issued by the State Mining Bureau and is available for distribution. The book covers the oil fields of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties; gives various methods of analysis of typical oils in the several fields; gives a history of the development of the fields and describes wells and operations in the different localities. The book contains 430 pages, cloth bound, is well illustrated and is accompanied by six maps of the different fields. The price of this publication has been fixed at $1.50, with an additional 22 cents for postage, and may be obtained by applying to the State Mining Bureau, Ferry building, San Francisco. CONVENTION OF W.C.T.U. HELD LAST WEEK COUNTY DELEGATES HOLD INTERESTING SESSION AT EL MODENA AND VILLA PARK ANAHEIM UNION RECEIVES SPECIAL MENTION AND IS ACCORDED PRIVILEGES The 24th annual convention of the Orange County W. C. T. U. met Thursday and Friday, April 17th and 18th, at El Modena and Villa Park, meeting the first day at the first named place and the second day at the second named place. It was a large convention and unusual interest was manifested. The president's address was the most important number on the program the first morning. She spoke of the victories won during the last year, both state and national, for the temperance cause. She said that 685 saloons had been closed in California under the Wylie law. All local presidents of unions making a net gain of five were given a place on the program. Anaheim was the only union who had done this and as a result the presiding officer, Mrs. Norman, gave "special privilege" to the Anaheim delegation. When Mrs. Owen, the president of the Anaheim union, gave her report, among other things she spoke of the membership contest, after which the winners of the contest, Mrs. Gervais and Mrs. Foster, were introduced to the convention and Mrs. Sutherland read an original poem, after which the Anaheim delegation each presented Mrs. Gervais and Mrs. Foster with a bouquet of flowers. BIRD LOVERS FIGHT MILLINERY TRUST Seek Passage of National Measure Barring Importation of Plumage of Wild Birds The destruction of great numbers of native birds which are the natural enemies of insects has at last aroused the law-makers. The fight is now being waged in Congress by bird-lovers, scientists and farmers on the one hand and the millinery interests of New York, Boston and Philadelphia on the other hand. The point at issue is the passage of a provision in the tariff act which prohibits the importation of "aigrettes" and the plumage of other wild birds into this country, except ostrich plumes and the feathers of domestic fowls. The ways and means committee has reported favorably on this section of the tariff act, but the wholesale milliners have combined and are using every effort to defeat it. The trade in plumage of native birds is now illegal in some states, but not in others. As long as the government permits the importation of goods which are contraband in certain states, it is practically impossible to prevent the use and sale in other states. “If our school children, teachers and bird-lovers will write immediately to their senators and congressman asking for their assistance in the passage of this measure, we can at one stroke accomplish one of the greatest steps in wild bird protection that has ever been taken. We can save untold numbers of our song, insectivorous and plume birds from one end of the nation to the other,” said T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies. “The demand for plumage of wild birds for millinery purposes during the past twenty-five years has grown to enormous proportions. In an effort to supply the markets, our woods, fields CUT OUT THE SLANG “Yes I've cut out the slang stuff,” Nell was telling her latest 'gentleman friend.' “Gee, but my talk was gettin' fierce! I worked up a line o' fable material that had George Ade backed off the map and gaspin' for wind but I've ditched all that now. I seen it was up to me to switch onto another track. Jammed on my emergency brakes one day and says to myself, ‘You mutt, where do you think you'll wind up if you don't slough this rough guff you're shovin' across on your unprotected friends? You never will land a Johnny-boy that's got gray matter in his cupola to want a real bang-up flossy lady for his kiddo instead of a skirt that palaver like a brainstorm with a busted steerin'-gear.’ Any girl can talk like a lady, even if she never gets closer to one than to stretch her neck when some swell dame buzzes past in her gas-wagon. I says to yours truly, ‘It's time to reformate your grammar, little sister,’ and you betcher sweet life I've cut the mustard.” Sperry Flour! It rises well, bakes well, eats well and that is why it sells well. Try a sack. Competition is destructive, not constructive. BUSINESS CARDS J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. Office Hours 11 to 12 A.M.; 2 to 4 P.M.; 7 to 8 P.M. Phone Pacific 341. Sultes 1 and 2 Nagel Building NIGHT CALLS FROM OFFICE J. W. UTTER, M.D. Office Hours, 2 to 4 P.M.; 7 to 8 P.M. Phones: Pacific 151J; Home 1712 Office at Residence as a result the presiding officer, Mrs. Norman, gave "special privilege" to the Anaheim delegation. When Mrs. Owen, the president of the Anaheim union, gave her report, among other things she spoke of the membership contest, after which the winners of the contest, Mrs. Gervais and Mrs. Foster, were introduced to the convention and Mrs. Sutherland read an original poem, after which the Anaheim delegation each presented Mrs. Gervais and Mrs. Foster with a bouquet of flowers. At noon luncheon was served in the Sunday school room of the church and after all had partaken of a bountiful repast, Mrs. E. Mills of Santa Ana was introduced as toastmistress and with well chosen words called forth many interesting speeches from different ladies, having for the foundation of their remarks the three magical words that has permeated the work of the W. C. T. U. all through its history,—agitate, educate, legislate. The afternoon of the first day was mostly given over to work among the Spanish. This is a work that is practically new with the W. C. T. U. and was given special notice during this convention. Mr. Davis, of Santa Ana, gave a very exhaustive talk on work he was doing with the Mexican boys in his school along the line of manual training. Other teachers from the Spanish schools of Santa Ana were introduced and spoke of the work from their point of view. A demonstration was given by the El Modena Spanish school children. Several interesting papers were read pertaining to child life. A silver medal contest was held in the evening. Friday morning the convention was again taken up at Villa Park. Mrs. Blanchard, state president, of Los Angeles, was present and in the afternoon gave an inspiring address that had the ring of a true White Ribbon from start to finish. Mrs. Blanchard made a strong plea for faithfulness to our cause. She also urged every woman who wore the White Ribbon to vote for the man who upheld those principals. She said it was time politics was being taken into our W. C. T. U. A new corps of officers was selected with the exception of the recording secretary. They were as follows: President, Mrs. Belle Rogers, Santa Ana; first vice-president, Mrs. Rawlings, Tustin; second vice-president, Mrs. Durham, El Modena; corresponding secretary, Mrs. D. Gervais, Anaheim; treasurer, Mrs. Alma Kellogg, Santa Ana; recording secretary, Mrs. Lea Warren, Santa Ana. "The demand for plumage of wild birds for millinery purposes during the past twenty-five years has grown to enormous proportions. In an effort to supply the markets, our woods, fields and sea coasts have been combed systematically by plume hunters to get bird wings and breasts to use in the millinery trade. Many varieties of birds are in the best plumage during the breeding season and they are killed at this time and the young are left in the nest to die of starvation. "The investigations of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture shows that the greater number of our wild birds are of benefit in protecting crops," continued Mr. Pearson. "This fight is clear-cut and we believe the farmers, fruit growers and others throughout the country will raise their voices against the millinery trust which seeks to depopulate the bird world." JAIL-BREAKER BAGGED AGAIN Dug His Way Out Up North in Sensational Escape After a year's freedom, Bert H. Marsh, former prize fighter, jail-breaker and bigamist, is again in custody, and will be taken back to Conconuty, Washington, to serve a term in the penitentiary. Marsh's arrest at Arch Beach one night last week by Deputy Sheriff J. J. Turner of Garden Grove resulted in a recital by Marsh of the details of his escape from the Conconuty jail. He had been sentenced to from two to five years in the penitentiary at Walla Walla for bigamy. He has a wife and three children at Garden Grove in this county and another wife in Idaho. Marsh and another man under sentence occupied a cell in the jail. With the head of an axe they pried up the floor and dug a tunnel eighteen feet long. Finding that they were to be taken to prison sooner than they expected, Marsh wrote a letter and asked the jailer to mail it. While the jailer was gone the two men went out of the tunnel, got into a sixteen-foot rowboat and went 300 miles on the Columbia River in it. This was a year ago. Marsh returned here about six months ago after six months spent in time politics was being taken into our W. C. T. U. A new corps of officers was selected with the exception of the recording secretary. They were as follows: President, Mrs. Belle Rogers, Santa Ana; first vice-president, Mrs. Rawlings, Tustin; second vice-president, Mrs. Durham, El Modena; corresponding secretary, Mrs. D. Gervais, Anaheim; treasurer, Mrs. Alma Kellogg, Santa Ana; recording secretary, Mrs. Lea Warren, Santa Ana. ST. LOUIS LOSES LUZON Spanish Gunboat Too Big For Maneuvering About the Mississippi The Isle de Luzon, one of the Spanish craft sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay nearly fifteen years ago and later refloated and used for American naval purposes, is to be returned to sea duty after having been in the service of the Missouri Naval Reserve since last summer. The Luzon was found too large and unwieldly to be maneuvered about the Mississippi river and the Naval Reserve will be supplied with a more suitable vessel. The old Spanish sea fighter, which was taken to St. Louis last summer, will be floated down the stream as soon as high water comes. The highest mountain in the Philippines is Mount Apo, on the Island of Mindanao. The height of this mountain above sea level is given in the Encyclopedia Britannica as 10,312 feet. Top notch prices paid for walnut meats and cracked walnuts at Jenson's. Finding that they were to be taken to prison sooner than they expected, Marsh wrote a letter and asked the jailer to mail it. While the jailer was gone the two men went out of the tunnel, got into a sixteen-foot row-boat and went 300 miles on the Columbia River in it. This was a year ago. Marsh returned here about six months ago after six months spent in Salt Lake and Arizona, and has been living with his first wife. Deputy Sheriff Turner has been on his trial for several weeks, but Marsh eluded him until recently. A Specially Conducted Excursion "Come, my son," said the stern but fond parent, as he tore a shingle from the roof of the henhouse and strode in the direction of the woodshed, "let us take a little trip." "What kind of a trip," nervously asked the dutiful son. "Oh, we will go a short whaling trip." Floyd Davidson Friday pleaded guilty to battery and was given probation. Davidson was arrested for firing a bullet through a wall at Brea, the bullet striking Charlie Wolf who was on the other side of the wall. Davidson was merely shooting up the town and had no intention of hitting anybody. Judge West fined him $1000, and withheld execution, which means that Davidson had better keep to the straight and narrow path. The First National Bank OF ANAHEIM United States Depository for the Postal Savings System Capital, $50,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $52,000 Resources over $700,000.00 Officers: JOHN HARTUNG, Pres. FRANK SHANLEY FRANK SHANLEY, V. P. A. S. BRADFORD A. S. BRADFORD, V. P. EDGAR J. HARTUNG, SAMUEL KRAEMER EDGAR J. HARTUNG Cashier We offer every facility consistent with Sound and Conservative Banking 4 PER CENT PAID ON TIME CERTIFICATES ANAHEIM SANITARIUM FOR Surgical, Medical, Maternity and General Sanitarium Cases All kinds of Baths and Sanitarium Treatment, including Carlsbad Electric Light, Turkish, Russian, Super-heated Air, Nauheim, Oxygen Baths, Salt Glows, Fomentations, Packs, Douches, Sprays, Etc., Swedish or German Massage given in accordance with Battle Creek methods, by a graduate from Battle Creek. Ladies' department and Lady Attendant. Medical and Surgical Staff—DRS. JOHNSTON, BEEBE, CLARK, DAVIS Pacific 200; Home 221 Office Hours 2-4 and 7-8 P.M. Visitors welcomed 2-4 P.M. For information and rates address All kinds of Baths and Sanitarium Treatment, including Carlsbad Electric Light, Turkish, Russian, Super-heated Air, Nauheim, Oxygen Baths, Salt Glows, Fomentations, Packs, Douches, Sprays, Etc., Swedish or German Massage given in accordance with Battle Creek methods, by a graduate from Battle Creek. Ladies' department and Lady Attendant. Medical and Surgical Staff—DRS. JOHNSTON, BEEBE, CLARK, DAVIS Pacific 200; Home 221 Office Hours 2-4 and 7-8 P.M. Visitors welcomed 2-4 P.M. For information and rates address MARSHALL E. BEEBE, BUSINESS MANAGER St. Joseph’s Academy ANAHEIM, CAL. Conducted by the Sisters of St. Dominic A Boarding Academy and Select Day School. Complete Academic course. Special course in Music, Painting, Embroidery and Languages. For rates and information apply to SISTER SUPERIOR Electric Power Is The Cheap Power Because: Cost of installation is less; labor for operating is saved; less floor space is required; friction and wear and tear are reduced to a minimum; repair bills are obviated; injury to building by vibration is eliminated; there is no loss in the shafting and pulleys; no energy lost in getting started; always ready; always reliable; service is always perfect. Southern California Edison Co. HAY Barley, Oat and Alfalfa AT H. H. GARDNER CO. 114 N. Los Angeles St., Anaheim Phone—Sunset 9 Home 1542 BARLEY, OUT AND ANAHEIM AT H. H. GARDNER CO. 114 N. Los Angeles St., Anaheim Phone—Sunset 9 Home 1542 The Star Theatre ORANGE COUNTY'S MOST POPULAR PICTURE THEATER WHY? Because we run the latest Pictures. Because we pay more for service than any other Theater in the County. We have the Operator and Machines, and give you a Picture without ruining your eyes. We dont pay tribute to any trust. NOTICE I have a block of LOS ANGELES MIDWAY OIL STOCK which I will offer for sale at 2c per share or will exchange at 3c per share for vacant or improved property. GEO. A. SKINNER 403-4 Long Beach Bank Building LONG BEACH, CAL. Commercial Hotel FIRST-CLASS DINING ROOM AND BAR Handsomely Furnished Rooms Everything neat and clean A home for the Traveling Public A trial will convince JOHN ZIEGLER, Manager