anaheim-gazette 1913-10-09

EXTERMINATION OF SQUIRRELS BY POISON THOUSANDS OF RODENTS BEING POISONED BY THE FOREST SERVICE MEN EACH YEAR OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO UNCLE SAM'S WOODS AND PLAINS During July, August, and September the Biological Survey has had a force of 28 men under the direction of Dr. Ned Dearborn engaged in poisoning California ground squirrels on the Monterey, Santa Barbara, Kern, and Sequoia National Forests. The dry year has been particularly favorable to this work, and the squirrels have been almost completely exterminated over the entire range of Dr. Dearborn's operations. The work was ended September 30. The poison used in this work was prepared according to the following formula: Strychnine (pul. alkaloid), oz. 3 Starch, pint 1/2 Barley, gallons 15 Water, pints 3 The water is placed over a fire and heated to boiling; the starch is dissolved in a half-pint of cold water, and added to the boiling water, which is mounted on the west side of the north fork of Feather River, and was extinguished at 7 A.M., September 8. It burned over approximately 500 acres, and cost the government $372.33. Very little damage was done to National Forest timber, as most of the land is steep hillside covered with brush and scrub oak. Forest Notes The railroads of the United States use about 150,000,000 wooden ties each year. Cadillac, Mich., is reported to be the foremost city in the country far varied and close utilization of forest products. More than one-fourth of all the sheep in the 11 states nearest the Pacific Coast are grazed on the National Forests. The National Forests contain water powers with an aggregate estimated capacity of 12,000,000 horsepower, available for use under permit from the Secretary of Agriculture. Much of the piling, wharf material, and lock gates of the Panama Canal are made of greenheart, said to be the most durable wood known for these purposes, which comes mainly from British Guiana. The western forestry and conservation association will hold its annual conference about December 15. This year it will meet at Vancouver, B. C., and will give its main consideration to the problem of forest fire prevention and control. MINERAL WATERS MAY BE FRAUDULENT MINERAL WATERS MAY BE FRAUDULENT Department of Agriculture Warns Public to Be Careful in Buying The United States Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Chemistry, has issued the following warning to the public in regard to the so-called radioactive mineral waters offered for sale in bottles: There are indications of the beginning of an attempt to perpetrate a great fraud on the American people through advertising certain mineral waters as possessing radioactivity. These waters, in some cases, are taken from springs the waters of which as they come from the ground do possess certain radioactive properties. Examination of many of these waters by the department's specialists indicates that whatever radioactivity they possess at the spring is due almost entirely to radium emanation rather than to the presence in the water of any substance possessing radioactivity. These emanations in the form of gas quickly disappear from the water and as a result, after the water has been bottled a short time, it will possess practically no radioactivity. The belief long held by many people that some mineral waters used at the springs are more effective than when bottled has been explained by some authorities on the ground that the beneficial effect of these waters is due to radioactivity. As the radioactivity disappears soon after the water is taken from the spring, any effect due to the radioactivity must be lost in a short time. If the radioactivity of a water in a spring is 100, four days after bottling it will be only 50, and 12 days after bottling 10. In a month it will be practically nothing compared with the original radioactivity of the water at the spring. The public, therefore, is warned to regard with suspicion any water advertised as possessing radioactivity. As far as the government's specialists have been able to ascertain, no bottled water, no matter how radioactive it may have been at the spring, retains this radioactivity for any length of time. Perhaps never before had heroic and systematic efforts forth on the part of the grower crop to shield that crop from tion. While it is necessary to figures largely on estimates, stated that something like tens of a million smudge pots in the possession of the clerers of this section before weather sets in. Added to this is the intermate that the next few weeks between three and four millions of fuel oil in storage in the ready for instant use in c sudden advent of cold wear year the growers paid about per gallon for their oil, so item of expense along will consideration. It is estimated that the area which the grower will pay heaters is 65 cents. Going supposition that there will neighborhood of 7,000 acres for smudging in the Pomona alone, it will be seen that for smudge pots will be new million dollars. This is based supposition that one smudge be used to every tree, or all dred to the acre. Then, aside from the pots the growers and exchanges ing storage tanks. The Powers' Exchange alone has a total capacity of a quarter gallons of oil. These tank being filled. The Indian Horton at North Pomona has capacity of 100,000 gallons are also large storage tank mont, Lordsburg, Laverne Dimas. Already over 40,000 five-age cans, to be distributed groves, have been ordered cerns here are busy filling tanks. One shop alone has tanks, the aggregate capacity is 300,000 gallons. Of the ber of orders, 2,000 are for galon reserve tanks which in the orchards at regular Many orders have also been for the larger storage tank in size from 2,000 to 5,000. All of the expenditures above being made to gu an enemy which, stat shown, has appeared only once in 20 years. How they may be ready for every precaution is being As a result at a moment pots can be lighted in the est Service, for leaving a campfire unextinguished on National Forest land. They appeared before Justice Dunham in Pasadena and were fined $50 for thus violating the state law. Marx also caused the arrest of W. J. Hornby for the same offence; he was tried before a jury and was fined $50. On September 13 Forest Ranger Mendenhall swore to a complaint against two men named Hansen and Gilmore for leaving a campfire burning on the Angeles National Forest; one of them was fined $25 and the other released. On September 20 the supervisor of the Angeles Forest caused W. Fallis and R. M. Davenport to appear before Justice of the Peace Dunham, in Pasadena, for having violated the state law by leaving a campfire unextinguished. Fallis was fined $50 and Davenport was released. R. T. Reese and H. C. Bird, two boys from Beloit, Wisconsin, were brought before the United States Commissioner, J. B. Webster, at Stockton, charged with carelessness in letting a forest fire start from their campfire on the Plumas National Forest along the Western Pacific railroad near Big Bar. They pleaded guilty, and after reprimanding them and impressing upon them the importance of care in the handling of fire, the commissioner paroled them with orders to report to the proper authority at regular intervals for one year. Reese and Bird are Eastern city boys, unused to mountain travel. They had made a campfire to cook some bacon, without first having prepared the ground for a fire, and the ground litter and dry grass caught fire; starting a forest fire almost immediately, as there was a heavy wind. The boys were frightened and ran away, but on being caught admitted their guilt without hesitation; and as the trespass was proved to be an innocent one they were not fined. This fire started at 11:30 A.M., September 4, on the southeast slope of the MISSION APARTMENTS Corner West Chartres and Lemon Sts. New and Cosy. PREPARING TO MAKE FIGHT ON JACK FROST RUS GROWERS IN POMONA WILL TAKE NO CHANCES THE COMING WINTER FREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON SMUDGE POTS AND FUEL In a wonderful effort to equip therus groves in and near the Pomona valley for a successful fight against possible and unexpected visit of Jack Frost, nearly three-quarters of a million dollars is being expended, it is rated, by the growers and the various associations and exchanges for smudge pots, oil storage tanks, fuel oil for the fires and the other necessities for use in the work. Perhaps never before has a more noctic and systematic effort been put forth on the part of the growers of any crop to shield that crop from destruc-tion. While it is necessary to base the crops largely on estimates, it is further noted that something like three-quarter of a million smudge pots will be the possession of the citrus growers of this section before the winter weather sets in. THE CHILI PEPPER The troubles in Mexico, where large quantities of chili peppers are usually grown, have so reduced the planting, cultivation, harvest and shipment from that country that they are now exceptionally high priced. Quantities of the early green chilis ready for the vegetable garden markets brought 5 to 7 cents per pound in Los Angeles. The green ones being prepared and put into small cans for the retail trade of adjoining states. There are approximately 700 or 800 acres in Orange county, largely shipped from this locality to the canneries. The yield will be from 1,000 to 1,500 tons, which are mainly put up by three Los Angeles canneries. The yield per acre varies from 5 to 15 tons, possibly averaging 8 to 10 tons. Very many growers contract their crops to the canneries early in the season before planting, making sure of a market for same. Average price is about $18 per ton. Possibly not one-half of the crop is shipped green but is left to mature on the vines for drying. If all are allowed to ripen the dried product would possibly vary from 1,500 to 3,000 pounds per acre, prices ranging from 10 cents upwards. The process of drying is by burning crude oil of a low grade of distillate. The old custom of drying in the sun is not now common, as many of them are injured by the rains while drying. The drying usually commences in October running into the winter months. The stringing is usually done by women, both old and young. By the absence of rains, Orange county is nicely adapted to the pepper. One canning company running two TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA: We, the undersigned land-owners, residing within the district hereinafter named, hereby petition your Honorable Board to form a "PERMANENT ROAD DIVISION" to be known as Anaheim-Fullerton Division of Orange County, and we respectfully represent: First—That the said proposed Permanent Road Division is bounded on the north by the southern limits of the City of Fullerton, in this county, on the south by the northern limits of the City of Anaheim, on the west by a line running parallel with and one-quarter mile west from the center line of the main public highway running from Anaheim to Fullerton, and on the east by a line running parallel with and one-quarter mile east of the center line of the main public highway running from Anaheim to Fullerton and that the boundaries of said division extend one-quarter mile on each side of said main public highway from east to west and from the northern limits of the City of Anaheim to the southern limits of the City of Fullerton from north to south, the boundaries of the said division are also more particularly shown by a plat or map of said division, attached hereto, to which reference is hereby made. Second—The number of acres of land contained in said proposed division is 394.63, and the assessed valuation of the said land, according to the last completed assessment roll of Orange County is $53,345. Third—The value of the improvements on said land or real estate in said proposed division is $78,595, and the value of the personal property therein is $191,555, according to the last completed assessment roll of said Orange County. Fourth—The number of inhabitants of the said proposed division, as near as can be ascertained, is 118. Fifth—The exact and particular location of the said road is shown on the said map or plat attached hereto, to which reference is hereby made, and it is the regular State Highway, and that portion thereof lying between the northern limits of the City of Anaheim and the southern limits of the City of Fullerton, in this County of Orange, and it is proposed to improve said portion of said State Highway by paving a portion or strip on each side of the paved portion of the said State Highway, to make a paved roadway fifty feet in width, including curb, and on each side of said paved roadway to construct a cement or concrete curb. That it is necessary to form this Road Division and to perform this work in that this Road Division is an international as well as an inter-state roadway, on which travel from Mexico to Canada, and from Oregon to Arizona must pass; it is likewise the main artery of travel for all traffic from San Diego and Orange counties. While it is necessary to base the prices largely on estimates, it is further noted that something like three-quarter of a million smudge pots will be the possession of the citrus growers of this section before the winter weather sets in. Added to this is the interesting estimate that the next few weeks will see between three and four million gallons of fuel oil in storage in the same area, ready for instant use in case of the sudden advent of cold weather. Last year the growers paid about 3 cents per gallon for their oil, so that this sum of expense along will be a big consideration. It is estimated that the average cost which the grower will pay for his waters is 65 cents. Going upon the proposition that there will be in the neighborhood of 7,000 acres prepared for smudging in the Pomona Valley one, it will be seen that the outlay for smudge pots will be nearly half a million dollars. This is based upon the proposition that one smudge pot will be used to every tree, or about a hundred to the acre. Then, aside from the pots and oil, the growers and exchanges are erecting storage tanks. The Pomona Grower's Exchange alone has a tank with a total capacity of a quarter of a million gallons of oil. These tanks are now being filled. The Indian Hill Association at North Pomona has a storage capacity of 100,000 gallons and there are also large storage tanks at Claremont, Lordsburg, Laverne and San Francisco. Already over 40,000 five-gallon storage cans, to be distributed in the groves, have been ordered here. Concerns here are busy filling orders for tanks. One shop alone has orders for tanks, the aggregate capacity of which is 300,000 gallons. Of the total number of orders, 2,000 are for the eighty-four reserve tanks which are placed in the orchards at regular intervals. Many orders have also been given here for larger storage tanks ranging in size from 2,000 to 5,000. All of the expenditures mentioned above is being made to guard against an enemy which, statistics have shown, has appeared only at intervals once in 20 years. However, that may be ready for that "once," every precaution is being taken. As a result at a moment's notice the pots can be lighted in the groves and per acre, prices ranging from 10 cents upwards. The process of drying is by burning crude oil of a low grade of distillate. The old custom of drying in the sun is not now common, as many of them are injured by the rains while drying. The drying usually commences in October running into the winter months. The stringing is usually done by women, both old and young. By the absence of rains, Orange county is nicely adapted to the pepper. One canning company running two sets of machinery are putting out 32,000 cans per day, or over 3,000 per hour, or about one every second. These products going into the hands of the wholesale agents immediately go into the various markets of Arizona, Texas and other states. TO PROMOTE GOOD ROADS The third American road congress, which was held in Detroit, Mich., on September 29, was a gathering of unusual character. The place was well chosen, for Detroit is the center of a great automobile manufacturing industry. But it is not to be assumed that the automobile interest will be the whole thing at the congress. On the contrary, while due recognition is given to the importance of having good roads for motor cars, it is seen that the matter is of far wider scope. Farmers and others who use the highways are more deeply interested than the ordinary automobilist, who rides mainly for pleasure. The extent to which the congress focuses public sentiment that favors better highways is seen in the number of organizations in more or less close co-operation. In the congress there will be parties representing 26 bodies affiliated with the American Highway and the American Automobile Associations, points out the Times of Troy, N.Y. So great is the interest in better roads that the American Bar Association, the American Bankers' Association and the National Grange have indorsed the congress and the movement thus represented, and members of these organizations will participate in the proceedings at Detroit. The national government also has lent powerful support to the good-roads cause, and the Secretary of Agriculture will be at the congress and open the proceedings, while the director of the office of public roads, which has become a prominent division of the Department of Agriculture, will have an active part. In response to an invitation Premier Borden of the Dominion of Canada has sent word that officials of his government will attend. This is additionally significant of the interests which the two countries share in common. Canada is moving for improved roads and she will meet many of the highways of the United States at the boundary line and continue them through her own realm. The impetus this must give to the travel and to closer business and social connections is self-evident. The "Quebec-to-Florida" predicted highway for instance. That it is necessary to form this Road Division and to perform this work in that this Road Division is an international as well as an inter-state roadway, on which travel from Mexico to Canada, and from Oregon to Arizona must pass, it is likewise the main agtery of travel for all traffic from San Diego and Orange counties to Los Angeles and most of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, it likewise carries all traffic from Santa Ana, Orange, Garden Grove and all southern Orange County to Fullerton and the Oil Well district, as well as from Buena Park, La Habra, Brea, Placentia, Yorba and Orangentepe to Anaheim and southern Orange County, and the paved portion of the State Highway is not wide enough to accommodate the travel passing over this road division, and another reason that makes it necessary to improve this road is that the natural formation over which this division passes is a sandy loam on which it is difficult to maintain an unpaved road, and the State Highway, unless the sides thereof are paved to a curb, as herein proposed, will be cut up and destroyed and extremely difficult to maintain. Respectfully submitted, A. A. Mills Geo. A. Gray Wm. Champlin Frank R. Baxter Kate C. Chamberlin A. V. Vall Pamella H. Mills Mrs. M. A. Weber Henry Wilke W. A. Wadwin Virginie Babinger E. E. Beazley J.C. Williams Emma M. Hill Wm. F. Brace Julia L. Orr Elizabeth Fellows J.H. Pfeninger W.D. Niver Mrs.S.Rorden G.A.Mills EmmaC.Pfeninger F.A.Cotter M.Anton H.G.Melser Notice is hereby given that the above petition will be presented to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, and said Board will be asked to consider the same, at a special meeting of said Board called for the purpose of receiving and considering said petition, to be held at the court house in the City of Santa Ana, at 10 o'clock A.M. on Tuesday the 14th day of October, 1913. A.A.MILLS, Committeeman. Notice to Creditors In the Superior Court of the State of California In and for the County of Orange In the Matter of the Estate of Michael H. Cheeseman, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, H. Clay Kellogg, executor of the last will of Michael H. Cheeseman, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within four (4) months after the first publication of this notice, to the said H. Clay Kellogg, executor of the last will of said Michael H. Cheeseman, deceased, at the office of Leonard Evans, attorney for said executor, at No. 105 East Center street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, that being the place designated for the transaction of the business of said estate in said county. Dated September 25th, 1913. Date of first publication, September 25th, 1913. H.CLAY KELLOGG, Executor of the last Will of Michael H. Cheeseman, Deceased. LEONARD EVANS, 105 East Center St., Anaheim, California; Attorney for said Executor. Railway Time Table SANTA FE—GOING NORTH Leave Anaheim Ar. Los Angeles 6:18 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 8:28 a.m. All of the expenditures mentioned above is being made to guard against enemy which, statistics have known, has appeared only at intervals once in 20 years. However, that they may be ready for that "once," every precaution is being taken. As a result at a moment's notice the roots can be lighted in the groves and the latter protected. In this way it is now known for a certainty that the citrus belt of Southern California can never suffer so great a loss as was the case last winter, for what is being done in the Pomona Valley is being done in the other citrus growing districts as well. It is believed that four or five times as much acreage will be protected this season as there was last winter. With the present valuation on orange and lemon groves, the cost of good heating equipment is a comparatively slight additional investment to the total value of the grove, even though the equipment is never used. 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