anaheim-gazette 1913-08-21

PREPARATIONS MAKING FOR BIG SHOW GREATEST NIGHT PAGEANT EVER SEEN IN AMERICA A FEATURE OF PORTOLA FESTIVAL NOTED ENGLISH SCIENTIST PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA A big force of men is working might and main on the greatest night pageant ever prepared in America, to be one of the principal features of the Portola Festival at San Francisco, October 22 to 25. Cruising through the streets of San Francisco reproductions of twenty vessels, giving the history of the marine development of the world, will fire cannon balls of confetti over holiday crowds and flash messages to the seven seas from real wireless telegraph apparatus. This feature is to be especially elaborate as the fiesta will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific ocean by Vasco Nunez de Balboa. This night pageant, with the ships outlined in electric lights and manned by lads from the Yerba Buena naval training station, will include thousands of costumed revelers between the floats. The crews will be garbed according to the period of their ships, ranging from the trireme of the anci- ships were constructed by Balboa under enormous difficulties, the materials being brought from Cuba and carried across the Isthmus of Panama. Sir Clements portrays Balboa as a masterful man, struggling victoriously to win the confidence of the natives after their maltreatment by his predecessors. "He was recognized at once as a born leader," says the Markham paper. "He had a magnetic influence over men, who were led to feel confidence in him. Even the fierce Francisco Pizarro, who was older and actually in charge, at once became his follower." That was the manner of his reception at the fort in the Gulf of Darien, which he saved from disaster. Not the least of his achievements was the establishment of friendly relations with the Indians. From their chiefs, he received the hint of a sea beyond which led to the discovery of forest and over mountain in September of 1513, with 190 Spaniards and 1,000 Indians. According to Markham, "the name of Pacific ocean is due to the young son of the chief of Comogre, who gave Vasco Nunez information of its existence. He said that the other great ocean was always smooth, and never rough like the Caribbean sea." ELECTRIC POWER FOR OROVILLE Lands in Plumas National Forest Being Used For Development A water power permit has been granted recently by the secretary of agriculture to the Oro electric corporation, of California. By this permit the company is allowed to use certain This feature is to be especially elaborate as the fiesta will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific ocean by Vasco Nunez de Balboa. This night pageant, with the ships outlined in electric lights and manned by lads from the Yerba Buena naval training station, will include thousands of costumed revelers between the floats. The crews will be garbed according to the period of their ships, ranging from the trireme of the ancients to the latest dreadnought, including Columbus' Santa Maria, a viking ship, men-of-war of the era before steam, one of the clipper ships that helped build up California, and such modern developments as the submarine and the torpedo destroyer. The Portola builders are now at work converting trolley cars into platforms which will carry the ships. The craft themselves will be set in large tanks of water, which will give an effect of speed through the use of novel devices. Each float will be ten feet longer than any ever before used in an electric pageant. Verisimilitude will be carried down to the smallest detail, and there will not be an item historically incorrect, for the plans have been prepared by a committee of experts. All will be correct from the trireme's prow to the wireless apparatus. The ships will engage in a broadside battle last ing two hours, every gun firing each half minute. A total of 3,360 shells will be fired per hour, exclusive of the rifle engagement of the marines. Showers of confetti will be scattered over a wide area at each shot. The floats are being built at special shops at Thirteenth avenue and Irving street, where have been assembled some of the biggest electric flat cars in the country, loaned for the festival by the United Railroads. One of the foremost of England's men of science has turned his attention to Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the 400th anniversary of whose discovery of the Pacific ocean is to be celebrated in the Portola Festival. In a paper published in the Geographical Journal (London), Sir Clements R. Markham, K. C. B., F. R. S., not only pays tribute to the explorer, but tells how misfortune read in the stars became actuality, bringing Balboa to a tragic and untimely death at the hands of a rival for power and fame. Sir Clements is ex-president of the Royal Geographical Society, before which his paper was originally read. He is the only surviving founder of the Hakluyt Society, formed in 1846. This is how, in his paper, he tells of Balboa's strange defeat by the stars ELECTRIC POWER FOR OROVILLE Lands in Plumas National Forest Being Used For Development A water power permit has been granted recently by the secretary of agriculture to the Oro electric corporation, of California. By this permit the company is allowed to use certain lands of the Plumas national forest, near Oroville, Cal., in the development of hydro-electric power. The plant provided for by this permit, together with one other, is being operated by the company in the supplying of power for lighting and other uses to Oroville and vicinity. To increase its power output the company is constructing another plant on Yellow Creek, a tributary to the north fork of the Feather River, and it is probable that as soon as the market demands other water power sites will be developed. A portion of the land needed for the Yellow Creek development is within the boundaries of the Plumas national forest. Permission to use this land was granted by the secretary of agriculture on March 13, 1912. Under the new permit the power is developed at what is known as the Lime Saddle plant, to which the water is conveyed by means of the Miocene and Nickerson ditches through the Kunkle reservoir. After equalization in this reservoir it is carried to the plant by a pressure pipe about a mile long, where a static head of 478 feet is obtained. The power house is equipped with two 1,000 kilowatt units, driven by two Pelton wheels at a speed of 400 revolutions per minute. At the generators the voltage is 2,300, this being increased to 30,000 volts for transmission to the market. CONDEMN INCUBATOR EGGS Bureau of Foods and Drugs Severe on Impure Goods About 100 samples of different foods, food materials, drugs, etc., have been examined by the State Food and Drug Laboratory during the past month. Quite a number of samples of eggs have been tested in connection with the investigation of the sale of eggs which have been in the incubator. Reliable information has been received at the laboratory to the effect that certain parties are selling for human consumption, what are called "streaked" eggs. These eggs are those which have started to incubate, but for some reason nucleus herd of 15 animals bred and reared zoological park. They readily selfes to their new area upon which they within the zone affected fever tick and during years following their constant care and wint forest officers prevent loss of the herd. The animals were daily to determine whether infested with and were placed in cages and sprayed intervals of from 15 notwithstanding these conditions which were added animals died. Gradual enclosures in which confined were freed and there is a possible buffalo adapted them new environment less immune to the disease from Texas fever but several years, and thus quadrupled in number tablieshed. The fact that they increased more rapidly preponderance of characteristic of their activity that a cow is as valuable as a bull. Prevent Fly Breeding and Avoid Mites One of the great pearlar education in heat is to inform the public people to action, with due fear or unwarranted with personal freedom typically true that they a nuisance; that severe have been proved to deadly diseases present parts of the world; house fly in this o proved to be a factor diseases causing children, and to a less ing the spread of typhoid other diseases. But discoveries do not w Sir Clements is ex-president of the Royal Geographical Society, before which his paper was originally read. He is the only surviving founder of the Hakluyt Society, formed in 1846. This is how, in his paper, he tells of Balboa's strange defeat by the stars as he was almost ready to satisfy his commanding passion to be the first to navigate the ocean he had discovered: "A Venetian astrologer had once told Vasco Nunez that when he should see a certain star which he named, in a certain part of the heavens, his life would be in danger. One evening after the ships were ready to sail he saw the fatal star in the quarter indicated by the astrologer. He laughed at the prediction, for was he not on the high road to fortune? The very next day he received an urgent message from Pedrarias requiring him to come at once to Acla, as his advice was needed on a question of importance. Quite unsuspicious of any treachery, Vasco Nunez set out at once to obey the summons. Just outside the settlement of Acla he was arrested and bound by his former friend and follower Francisco Pizarro. The great discoverer exclaimed, 'What is this, Francisco? You were not wont to come out in this fashion to receive me!' "We need not dwell on the particulars of the murder. It was not even a judicial murder, for the Judge Espinosa protested. It took place in 1517, when Vasco Nunez was in his 42nd year." Pedrarias, with powerful friends at court, had been sent to supersede Balboa in command. He used the ships Balboa had built and in 1519 sailed along the Pacific coast to a bay where he founded the city of Panama. These food materials, drugs, etc., have been examined by the State Food and Drug Laboratory during the past month. Quite a number of samples of eggs have been tested in connection with the investigation of the sale of eggs which have been in the incubator. Reliable information has been received at the laboratory to the effect that certain parties are selling for human consumption, what are called "streaked" eggs. These eggs are those which have started to incubate, but for some reason or other the life has been killed, either from lack of vitality of the egg, or from over-heating, etc. Such eggs should never be used for human consumption under any circumstances, and the sale of such is in direct violation of the California Pure Foods Act of March 11, 1907. All persons selling such eggs will be prosecuted under the provisions of this act. During the past month the State laboratory has co-operated with the State Fish and Game Commission in the analyses of sewage and wastes from gas plants, etc. A considerable number of samples from the different state institutions were received and results of said examination reported to the institutions submitting the samples. About 40 samples of condensed or evaporated milks have been analyzed at the laboratory with the result that no sample has been found to contain a lower percentage of fat than that required by the provisions of Food Inspection Decision 131. In only three cases were the total solids found to be below the requirements, 26.5 of said food inspection decision. Only one sample was found to contain less than 25.5 per cent solids. A money lending shark in New Jersey was sentenced to remain out of the business three years, and bang went 300 or 400 per cent in his financial prospects. With personal freedom significantly true that there is a nuisance; that several have been proved to deadly diseases present parts of the world; house fly in this case proved to be a factored disease causing their children, and to a lessening the spread of type other diseases. But discoveries do not warrant that the human die out at once if not combat the fly. Flies earning their livelihood their species and annals since the beginning they have been the agents all these years and their part toward less numbers of persons race has not been Having discovered fighting the fly, we shall battle in a business-lessist until we succeed this source of spread pending this final rebellion be no panic nor exasperate element of danger associations with each summer. The movement for days is growing year-round eradication of fly breeding properly a part of the "cleanup" campaign phases, however, shows on the disease-carrying fly. The human body odors of defense against disease. The viewpoint people should be that within his army he does not want the enemy his lines at any point throws up defences and points, placing sentri parties to advantage; GOVERNMENT'S BUFFALO HERD INCREASED 48 FULL BLOODED BUFFALOES MAINTAINED BY GOVERNMENT ON WICHITA REFUGE ALL ANIMALS IN SPLENDID CONDITION BUT INCREASE IS SLOW BECAUSE OF FEW COWS The birth of 10 calves in the buffalo herd maintained by the government on the Wichita national forest and game refuge, near Lawton, Oklahoma, has been reported by the game warden in charge. The herd now contains a total of 48 head of full blooded buffalo, or, more properly, bison, of which 27 are males and 21 females. All of the animals are in splendid condition. In 1907 the American Bison Society donated to the federal government a nucleus herd of 15 animals which had been bred and reared in the New York zoological park. The animals were transported to the Wichita national forest which is also a game refuge and placed under the care of the forest service. They readily adapted themselves to their new habitat, but the area upon which they were placed was within the zone affected by the Texas fever tick and during the two or three years following their transfer only the constant care and watchfulness of the greatly worried if some of these outer defences are driven in. It is so with the human body. Flies may walk over our food or ourselves, thereby transferring whole armies of invisible "germ" enemies to positions of attack upon our outer defences, yet under normal conditions of health and resistance, these attacks will be futile. The realization of this fact prevents any unwise worry or foolish action in fighting flies, but it does not in any way lessen the importance of persistent, effective, warfare upon the house fly, and of steady progress in screening foods, babies and sick beds from the fly and other insects. Among the popular beliefs that have come down to us in word and book is the danger of breathing "night air." Like most of our household beliefs that have stood the test of time, there is a basis of truth in it, and in its proper time and place it has played its part in protecting the human race from a certain amount of disease. But the discoveries of science have modified the application of this belief. It has been found that under certain precautions the "night air" to be feared is not the outdoor but the indoor night air. In the past, the most striking diseases thought to be caused by night air, were those now known to be transmitted by mosquitoes, which fly about at night in search of food (blood). By degrees it has been demonstrated that the outdoor night air itself has a most beneficial effect upon people, both the sick and the well. Conversely it has been proved that indoor night air has opposite effects, and aids such less spectacular diseases as tuberculosis. Incidentally it has been proved that sewer gas and other similar disagreeable odor-laden airs are only of slight in- SOME SUCCESSFUL LOBBIES The greatest opposition to the tariff bill has come from small manufacturers and farmers' organizations. Not all the lobbies that have been uncovered are opposing the bill. Great emphasis has been laid on the fact that Louisiana cane planters and Colorado beet growers have lobbied against free sugar; the soft pedal has been placed on the disclosure that the Sugar Refining Trust has lobbied just as assiduously for free sugar. California and Florida lemon growers have been sailed because they have sought to prevent free lemons; the fact has been practically overlooked that Messina (Italy) lemon exporters and New York importers raised a fund to secure free lemons. Have we, in the Sugar Refining Trust, at last found the long-sought "good" trust? Has it been generously spending its money for the sole purpose of getting cheaper sugar for the consumer? Or is it possible there is some truth in the charge that it is for free sugar because with beet-sugar competition eliminated, it can secure still greater profits? Monday afternoon a stranger stopped at the home of Martin Guerra and tried to sell a pair of pants. Unable to do so he asked for something to eat. Mrs. Guerra stepped from the room, and the man stole $55 from her handbag. Guerra caught the man, but did not search him. While waiting for officers to arrive, the stranger gave Guerra the slip and got away. Sheriff Ruddock and Under Sheriff Law searched Anaheim for the man, but could not locate him. THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES nucleus herd of 15 animals which had been bred and reared in the New York zoological park. The animals were transported to the Wichita national forest which is also a game refuge and placed under the care of the forest service. They readily adapted themselves to their new habitat, but the area upon which they were placed was within the zone affected by the Texas fever tick and during the two or three years following their transfer only the constant care and watchfulness of the forest officers prevented the complete loss of the herd. The animals were examined almost daily to determine whether they had become infested with Texas fever ticks and were placed in specially designed cages and sprayed with crude oil at intervals of from 15 to 30 days, but notwithstanding the extreme precautions which were adopted three of the animals died. Gradually, however, the enclosures in which the buffalo were confined were freed from fever ticks and there is a possibility that as the buffalo adapted themselves to their new environment they became more or less immune to the disease. No losses from Texas fever have occurred for several years, and the herd has almost quadrupled in number since it was established. The fact that the herd has not increased more rapidly is due largely to the preponderance of male calves. This characteristic of the buffalo is so pronounced in all of the herds now in captivity that a cow is considered twice as valuable as a bull. VALUABLE HEALTH HINTS FROM STATE BOARD Prevent Fly Breeding by Cleanliness and Avoid Mosquitoes One of the great problems of popular education in health conservation, is to inform the public and rouse the people to action, without causing undue fear or unwarranted interference with personal freedom. It is scientifically true that the fly is more than a nuisance; that several species of files have been proved to be carriers of deadly diseases prevalent in certain parts of the world; that the common house fly in this country has been proved to be a factor in distributing diseases causing the deaths of many children, and to a lesser degree, in aiding the spread of typhoid fever and other diseases. But these scientific discoveries do not warrant the deduction that the human race is going to those now known to be transmitted by mosquitoes, which fly about at night in search of food (blood). By degrees it has been demonstrated that the outdoor night air itself has a most beneficial effect upon people, both the sick and the well. Conversely it has been proved that indoor night air has opposite effects, and aids such less spectacular diseases as tuberculosis. Incidentally it has been proved that sewer gas and other similar disagreeable odor-laden airs are only of slight indirect importance in aiding disease. These things being true, it becomes an obvious duty to urge the people to avoid unwholesome indoor air, to sleep in outdoor night air protected from insects, and to interpret obnoxious airs as harmless indicators of insanitary conditions which should be remedied. Some one has said that through ordinary channels of general education, it requires ten years to popularize a scientific truth and demonstrate to the people its practical application. Thereafter the people lose no time in putting it into operation. 1,000,000 ACRES OPEN President Wilson by proclamation has authorized the disposal, under the registration plan, of about 1,000,000 acres of surplus land within the Fort Peck Indian reservation, Northeastern Montana. All applications for registration must be sworn to and presented at Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre or Miles City, Mont., between September 1 and 20. Secretary Lane of the interior department has issued regulations for disposal, under the registration plan, of about 44,000 acres of land within the former Fort Niobrara military reservation, Nebraska. Applications must be presented at Valentine, Neb., between October 13 and 25. THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES Bring Suffering to Many an Anaheim Reader Pain is nature's signal of distress. A warning not to be ignored. Those sharp twinges in the back— Those sudden, stab-like pains when stooping, Are frequent signs of kidney trouble; Signs that must not be neglected. To remove kidney pains, you must assist the kidneys. Use a tested and proven kidney remedy. None more highly endorsed than Doan's Kidney Pills. William Boyer, retired rancher, 189 S. Schaffer St., Orange, Cal., says: "Some years ago while living on my ranch, I began to suffer from sharp twinges through my back. If I caught cold, it settled in my kidneys and made me worse. I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills, and they proved to be just what I needed. They strengthened my kidneys and relieved all the pains. I now keep a box of Doan's Kidney Pills in the house. I know they will cure me of any attack of kidney trouble." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other.—Adv. Notice of Assessment No. 3. American Orr Concrete Pole Company, a corporation, with its principal place of business located in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the directors, held on the 9th day of August, 1913, an assessment of twenty-five cents (25c) per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation, payable immediately, in gold coin of the United States, to the secretary, at the office of the company, No. 229 North Lemon street, City of Anaheim, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 11th day of September, 1913, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction, and, unless payment is made before, will be sold on the 4th day of October, 1913, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. GEO. W. TERRY, Secretary. 229 North Lemon Street, City of Anaheim, California. Railway Time Table with personal freedom. It is scientifically true that the fly is more than a nuisance; that several species of files have been proved to be carriers of deadly diseases prevalent in certain parts of the world; that the common house fly in this country has been proved to be a factor in distributing diseases causing the deaths of many children, and to a lesser degree, in aiding the spread of typhoid fever and other diseases. But these scientific discoveries do not warrant the deduction that the human race is going to die out at once if nothing is done to combat the fly. Flies have been busy earning their livelihood, perpetuating their species and annoying the public, since the beginning of history. They have been the agents of disease during all these years and have contributed their part toward the death of countless numbers of persons, but the human race has not been exterminated. Having discovered good reasons for fighting the fly, we should go about our battle in a business-like way and persist until we succeed in eliminating this source of spreading disease; but pending this final result there should be no panic nor exaggerated fear of the element of danger in the personal associations with a few million flies each summer. The movement for annual "cleanup" days is growing year by year. The eradication of fly breeding places is properly a part of the work of these "cleanup" campaigns. Undue emphasis, however, should not be placed on the disease-carrying activities of the fly. The human body has many methods of defense against the invasion of disease. The viewpoint held by the people should be that of the general within his army headquarters. He does not want the enemy to get within his lines at any point, and therefore he throws up defences at many distant points, placing sentries and skirmish parties to advantage; but he is not WHEN A FELLOW tells you that times are hard and the peach crop a failure, argue with him. When he says that the country, the people and the times are alright stay with him; he's a booster. These are the fellows who make two blades of grass grow where one grew before. When you tell a woman her baby is pretty she'll wash its face and it is pretty. All babies are pretty. When you furnish a carpenter good lumber and shingles he'll take a pride in building you a good house. It's just human nature that causes boosting to get results. Try it. Help us to boost this town and county. We'll make everything right if you buy of us. 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If it were practicable for a housewife to come to our gas manufacturing works and buy a pail of gas, we would need no city franchise to deliver our product. We would not have to make a large investment in street mains, service pipes and meters, franchises and state taxes, nor would we have to employ a force to inspect and read the meters. Under these conditions we could sell GAS at a much lower price than we now sell GAS SERVICE. Were it possible to handle gas in the way that groceries and coal are handled, we could install several automobile expresses larger than the largest trucks in your city for a ridiculous fraction of the cost of our distributing system. But forced to accept certain "things as they are," we have to invest more money in our gas DISTRIBUTING equipment than for our MANUFACTURING apparatus. Sunset 166 PHONE Home 614 Southern Counties Gas Co. STILL WE GROW WHY? BECAUSE: This is a strong, careful, safe and successful institution. 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