anaheim-gazette 1913-09-25

DROWNING YOUTH SAVED BY A HERO GERALD SIMPSON LEAPS INTO YELLOWSTONE RIVER AND SAVES COMPANION BOY HAD GONE DOWN THREE TIMES, AND WAS NEAR THE END WHEN RESCUED Gerald R. Simpson, aged 24, son of G. M. Simpson of this city, proved himself a hero in Montana the other day by leaping into the waters of the Yellowstone river and rescuing a companion from drowning. Mr. Simpson is physical director of a company of boy scouts at Billings, Mont., and was in camp on the banks of that treacherous stream with a party of young friends when the incident occurred. The Yellowstone has a very strong undertow, and many people have been carried to a watery grave beneath its waters. Simpson's companion had gone down for the third time, when the young hero dived into the water after him and rescued the all but drowned lad. The Billings Journal of September 15, gives this thrilling narrative of the occurrence: "A practical demonstration of the methods of resuscitation taught to boy scouts was given Billings scouts Saturday afternoon when Duncan Thompson, the 15-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Thompson, was taken from the waters of a small inlet in the Yellowstone river after having gone down three times and in an unconscious condition. He was taken from the water fullerton notes The Santa Fe has enlarged its depot here three or four times during the past two years. It was only a few months ago that the building was extended twenty feet. On account of increased business it is now found that other changes will have to be made and the officials have decided to at once enlarge the baggage-room; the business office will also be enlarged and the three train dispatchers, now handling messages for local, San Diego, San Bernardino and Chicago trains, will be brought downstairs to the first floor. As it is now conductors having to send and receive dispatches from Fullerton must go up to the second floor. The signals and switches, installed here at an expense of $35,000, will still be operated by electricity by an expert from the second story. Not only the freight traffic shows an increase here, but the passenger business is gaining every month at the Fullerton depot. The increase on through tickets alone during August was $900 over the same month last year. The California Vegetable Union will begin shipping tomatoes from Fullerton next Tuesday. The price for the first week's output has not been fixed, but as there is an active demand for the product it is known the market will open at a figure that will net the growers a good profit. Tomatoes are not coming in as early as last year, but heavy carload shipments will be under way by October 1, and the season will continue until about January 1. The output in the Fullerton district is estimated at 150 carloads and the crop, at least 1,000 acres, looks well. Building Superintendent Schumacher has filed his report with the city trustees, giving the number of permits issued for new buildings. According to this report the expenditures for improvements in fire districts Nos. 1, 2 WEBER SHOOT TO THE TWO GROWERS EXPERIMENT STATISTICS TEEMAN BANQUET TIN ASSOCIATION EXPLAINS THE REASON OF THE BOARD FOR EXPERIMENTS Requirements for university experiment stations in frostless belt; must where families of men have the advantages and churches; where and other conveniences. Dr. Webber of the Station at Riverside committee of three selections of the State U lect a site for a new of teh speakers at picnic of the Tustin held yesterday afternoon packing house at Tustin above as the location for the new committee of growers re will have a voice in the committee is advisory be chosen by process All will be scored. W tee of which Prof. We has listed all the sites sidered in the least growers' committee w consultation, and whouced to six or seven agreeable to the latter former will make brifts and submit them and the latter will ha A practical demonstration of the methods of resuscitation taught to boy scouts was given Billings scouts Saturday afternoon when Duncan Thompson, the 15-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Thompson, was taken from the waters of a small inlet in the Yellowstone river after having gone down three times and in an unconscious condition. He was taken from the water by Physical Director Simpson of the Y. M. C. A., who accompanied the scouts, and after two or three minutes of work showed signs of life and soon recovered. "A temporary camp had been made by the scouts on this little arm of the river, just east of the poor farm, where the water was shallow and there was no current. Most of the boys were with Mr. Simpson enjoying the sunshine on the warm sands, but several of them had gone to a good swimming hole and were in bathing. The Thompson boy swam as long as he could and then started to wade, but found that he was beyond his depth. He was so exhausted that he was unable to swim to a shallower spot, and the efforts of a companion swimming with him were without avail, as he too had barely strength enough left to get ashore. "When the boy had gone down the second time his companion began to call for help, and Mr. Simpson and Boys' Secretary Abele saw the lad's head go down for the third time. They ran to the spot, which was about 125 yards from where they were, and Mr. Simpson went down after the boy. With the assistance of Horace Wood, another of the scouts, he got him ashore and immediately commenced to work on him. "The boy was apparently lifeless and blue, and no heartbeat could be detected, but after a few minutes' work he began to breathe and was soon walking around supported by his companions. Saturday evening he carried his paper route as usual, little worse for his experiences of the afternoon. "I have always been strongly in favor of the boy scout movement," said Secretary Abele today, 'but my experience of Saturday afternoon makes me more enthusiastic than ever over the possibilities of scoutcraft. That same accident may happen at any time, and we owe the life of that boy to the knowledge of life saving, learned by Mr. Simpson through his study of scoutcraft, which he is teaching the boys. They all learned a lot, as there was no joking about it Satur- YEAR'S PROGRESS SHOWS GOOD WORK Methodist Church Collects Sufficient Funds to Pay All Debts At the First Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday morning service, 20 new members were received. At the same time a special subscription of $650 was given which will enable the church to meet all obligations and begin the year with every dollar paid. On Monday evening the Fourth Quarterly conference met, the district superintendent, Dr. A. Inwood, presiding. The reports from the various departments showed a year of wonderful progress. The Sunday school attendance is more than twice as large as it was a year ago. The Epworth League, under the faithful and efficient leadership of Mr. W. Mason, has had a splendid year. The Ladies' Aid has more than doubled its membership and is a great factor in the social life of the church. Up to the present for this year, the church has received 155 new members, 31 have removed, leaving a net increase of 124, and several more are expected before September 30th, when the year closes. By a standing vote a resolution was unanimously and enthusiastically passed requesting the district superintendent to have the pastor, Bro. Sutherland, returned for the coming year. HIGHEST AND LOWEST All the continents, with the possible exception of South America, contain areas of dry land which are below sea level. In North America, according to will have a voice in the committee is advisory be chosen by process. All will be scored. Tee of which Prof. We has listed all the sites sidered in the least growers' committee will consultation, and wha duced to six or seven agreeable to the latter former will make brief tions and submit them and the latter will ha in the selection. Fred Ahlborn, Henry J. B. Neff, of Anaheim trip to Tustin yesterday see Mr. Webber and to meet with the coction of the Anaheim and Mr. Webber will some day next week. Dr. Webber was scheduled speaker. He did talk along lines and tree diseases. In California grape fruit with those of Florida mitting that the Flor superior to that of Cali that California would the superior fruit. Breeding and experien clared it was up to th evelop this. The Ex would do its share if breeding, but in th evolve on the grower stock. In the matter hoped to see the t would be an instrument farmers could tell moisture in the ground it could be determi should be irrigated. He asked the co-farmers in carrying their co-operation and work of the station w PIPE LINE LAW Declaring that the Commission has no its affairs, under the Associated Oil Co with the State Railway an answer to the summons in the pipe states that it will fills its rates and regulat portation of oil, this protest. All other state amenable to th Standard, which h adthe provisions of th position of the Ass- "I have always been strongly in favor of the boy scout movement," said Secretary Abele today, "but my experience of Saturday afternoon makes me more enthusiastic than ever over the possibilities of scoutcraft. That same accident may happen at any time, and we owe the life of that boy to the knowledge of life saving, learned by Mr. Simpson through his study of scoutcraft, which he is teaching the boys. They all learned a lot, as there was no joking about it Saturday, and every boy paid strictest attention and saw the result. "Boys will go swimming, either with or without the consent of their parents, and our experience of Saturday afternoon seems to me to be a strong argument in favor of allowing them to go off on their hikes under the care and instruction of men who know how to meet such emergencies." FINED $50 Victor Dahlman, the barber arrested by officers in the Los Alamitos blind pig raid two weeks ago, was found guilty of the charge of selling liquor and was fined $50. He is in jail in default of cash to pay the fine. He conducted a barber shop in the Reyes' poolroom and was not engaged in the business of selling booze, but was accommodating enough to sell to patrons when the owner was not in. Eduardo Lugo and Pablo Valencia, gamblers caught at the time of the raid, were each given six months suspended sentences. They were both laborers and just happened to be at the gambling table when the officers swooped down on the Jiminez joint. By a standing vote a resolution was unanimously and enthusiastically passed requesting the district superintendent to have the pastor, Bro. Sutherland, returned for the coming year. HIGHEST AND LOWEST All the continents, with the possible exception of South America, contain areas of dry land which are below sea level. In North America, according to the United States Geological Survey, the lowest point is in Death Valley, California, 276 feet below sea level; but this is a slight depression compared to the basin of the Dead Sea, in Palestine, Asia, where the lowest dryland point is 1,290 feet below sea level. In Africa the lowest point is in the Desert of Sahara, about 150 feet below sea level, but the Sahara as a whole is not below sea level, although until recently the greater part of it was supposed to be. In Europe the lowest point at present known is on the shores of the Caspian Sea, 86 feet below sea level. In Australia the lowest point is at Lake Torrens, about 25 feet below sea level. There are three states which can boast of mountain peaks exceeding 14,000 feet in height above sea level, according to the United States Geological Survey. They are California, with Mount Whitney, 14,501 feet—the highest mountain in the United States exclusive of Alaska—Colorado, with Mount Massive and Mount Elbert, each 14,402 feet; and Washington, with Mount Rainier, 14,363 feet. Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada all have mountain peaks exceeding 13,000 feet in height. The first hearing was Francisco Wednesday exception of the Star Panies began their first common carrier action and declining to g rates. Later hearing ranged as follows:ternoon, Standard October 18, morning, Company; September Amalgamated, Salt Union Companies; Union Oil Company panies. At the hearing Weteresting fact to the world was brought that the General Pee is not a member of Oil Producers' Agency mission under consummation members of the law. This was brought examination of L. H. Dent of the Independent Agency, by Frank H. the Independent Of Consumers' League WEBER SPEAKS TO THE TUSTIN GROWERS EXPERIMENT STATION COMMITTEE MAN BANQUETED BY TUSTIN ASSOCIATION FRIDAY EXPLAINS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR THE NEW EXPERIMENT STATION Requirements for location for University experiment station—good soil, in frostless belt; must be near city, where families of men employed may have the advantages of good schools and churches; where gas, electricity and other conveniences are available. Dr. Webber of the Experimental Station at Riverside, and one of the committee of three selected by the regents of the State University to select a site for a new station, was one of teh speakers at the first annual picnic of the Tustin Hills Association held yesterday afternoon in the lemon packing house at Tustin. He outlined the above as the requirements for a location for the new station. A committee of growers recently appointed will have a voice in the selection. This committee is advisory. The sites will be chosen by process of elimination. All will be scored. When the committee of which Prof. Webber is a member has listed all the sites that are considered in the least favorable, the growers' committee will be called into consultation, and when the list is reduced to six or seven that will be agreeable to the latter committee, the former will make briefs of the selections and submit them to the trustees, and the latter will have the final say. CROP NEWS BY TELEGRAPH In order to give to the farmer immediate news of crop conditions in his own state, and information by which he can compare the state of crops in his own state with the general crop condition throughout the nation, the department about the middle of September will make a test experiment with a new system of circulating crop information by telegraph. The detailed statement giving information by states has hitherto been furnished to the farmers of the several localities in printed form and only by mail. As a result, it took from 7 to 10 days for this information to reach the farmers in distant states through the post offices. This information, the department realizes, to be of real value to the farmers must reach them without delay. The department, therefore, in order to get this news quickly into the hands of farmers, in September will put into effect a test experiment in six states, viz., Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas. Under this plan the crop news for each of these states will be telegraphed to a central point in that state. There the information will be quickly reproduced and mailed to all the newspapers in the state. In this way every paper, not merely the large dailies, but the county seat and small town papers, should be in possession of this information within from 12 to 18 hours after it is issued. As far as possible the information will be sent out so as to reach the small weeklies in time for use in their Thursday and Friday editions. If the contemplated experiment is a success and the newspapers co-operate by publishing this special service information, the plan will be extended eventually to serve the farmers of all the states. CALIFORNIA'S GOLD Production of gold in the United committee is advisory. The sites will be chosen by process of elimination. All will be scored. When the committee of which Prof. Webber is a member has listed all the sites that are considered in the least favorable, the growers' committee will be called into consultation, and when the list is reduced to six or seven that will be agreeable to the latter committee, the former will make briefs of the selections and submit them to the trustees, and the latter will have the final say in the selection. Fred Ahlborn, Henry M. Adams and J. B. Neff, of Anaheim, made a special trip to Tustin yesterday afternoon to see Mr. Webber and arrange for him to meet with the committee on location of the Anaheim Board of Trade, and Mr. Webber will be in Anaheim some day next week. Dr. Webber was held as the last scheduled speaker. He made a splendid talk along lines of propagation, and tree diseases. He compared the California grape fruit and tangerines with those of Florida and while admitting that the Florida product was superior to that of California, thought that California would in time produce the superior fruit. It is a matter of breeding and experimenting. He declared it was up to the grower to develop this. The Experiment Station would do its share in developing and breeding, but in the end it must devolve on the grower to produce the stock. In the matter of irrigation, he hoped to see the time when there would be an instrument by which the farmers could tell the amount of moisture in the ground and by which it could be determined when land should be irrigated. He asked the co-operation of the farmers in carrying out the work of the Experimental Station. Without their co-operation and assistance the work of the station would be a failure. PIPE LINE LAW ATTACKED Declaring that the State Railroad Commission has no right to regulate its affairs, under the new pipe line act, the Associated Oil Company has filed with the State Railroad Commission an answer to the summons in the summons in the pipe line case. It also states that it will file with the board its rates and regulations for the transportation of oil, this, however, under protest. All other companies in the state amenable to the law, except the Standard, which has complied with the provisions of the cat, are in the position of the Associated, and are CALIFORNIA'S GOLD Production of gold in the United States during 1912 amounted to $93,-451,000, a decrease of $3,438,500 as compared with the previous year, and the lowest American production since 1907. The output of silver was 63,766,800 fine ounces, valued at $39,197,500, an increase of 3,367,400 ounces over 1911, the greatest gain being in the State of Utah. The figures were made public in a joint statement by the mint bureau and the geological survey. The decrease in the gold output was caused because Nevada's output lost $4,521,-200 as compared with 1911. George E. Roberts, director of the mint, said yesterday that while the output of gold had decreased in the United States and Australia, there was sufficient increase in South Africa to make world's production of gold for 1912 greater than in 1911. Statistics are not yet available on the world's production. California led the states in gold production, putting out $20,008,000. Colorado came second with $18,741,200, and Alaska third with $17,198,600. PURE WATER FOR ICE The rapid gain in popular favor which artificial ice has made in this country in recent years is shown by the reports of the United States Census. In the manufacture of ice for household purposes and for cooling beverages it is important that the water used should meet all the requirements of potable water in respect to cleanliness and freedom from organic matter and disease germs. Most American manufacturers use distilled water in making ice, in order to get a pure, transparent product. In the plate system, however, which is becoming more and more popular in this country, it is not necessary to use distilled water in order to obtain clear ice if suitable appliances are installed to prevent the occlusion of air and solid particles. Though it is true that the greater part of the bacteria and Commission has no right to regulate its affairs, under the new pipe line act, the Associated Oil Company has filed with the State Railroad Commission an answer to the summons in the summons in the pipe line case. It also states that it will file with the board its rates and regulations for the transportation of oil, this, however, under protest. All other companies in the state amenable to the law, except the Standard, which has complied with the provisions of the cat, are in the position of the Associated, and are contesting the order of the commission. The first hearing was held in San Francisco Wednesday and, with the exception of the Standard, all the companies began their fight, declaring the common carrier act unconstitutional and declining to give schedules of rates. Later hearings have been arranged as follows: September 18, afternoon, Standard Oil Company; September 18, morning, General Pipe Line Company; September 19, Associated, Amalgamated, Salt Lake and Palmer Union Companies; September 17, Union Oil Company and other companies. At the hearing Wednesday one interesting fact to the financial and oil world was brought out and that is that the General Petroleum Company is not a member of the Independent Oil Producers' Agency, nor is its admission under consideration by the members of the latter organization. This was brought out on the cross-examination of L. P. St. Clair, president of the Independent Oil Producers' Agency, by Frank Heney, attorney for the Independent Oil Producers' and Consumers' League of California. WORKING OUT COLOR SCHEME Work will soon be commenced on the new color scheme to be worked out on all of the business blocks on Main street, Seal Beach, as the contract was signed during the past week. The new idea is to have all of the blocks of a uniform color. The official design will be white buildings with the trimmings in green. When this work is completed it will give an admirable approach to the new pavilion from the Pacific Electric main line. Work started this week on the improvements on the portion of Seal Beach lying immediately back of the tracks. Thursday, September 25 The First National Bank OF ANAHEIM United States Depository for the Postal Savings System Capital, $50,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $80,000 Resources over $800,000.00 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. 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