anaheim-gazette 1913-10-16

LAST PIONEER LAID TO REST SATURDAY FUNERAL OF MRS. CLEMENTINE LANGENBERGER HELD AT ST. BONIFACE CHURCH WAS THE LAST OF THE COLONISTS WHO FOUNDED THE MOTHER COLONY Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Clementine Langenberger who died at the home of her son, Gus Langenberger, in San Francisco on Wednesday morning last, were held at St. Boniface church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Her death was a shock to her immediate friends and a surprise to the community. Mrs. Langenberger had been visiting at the home of her son for six weeks previous to the date of her death and was enjoying good health up to the day before. She was stricken with heart failure, which seldom gives warning, and died at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, October 8. Mrs. Langenberger left Anaheim about six weeks ago for San Francisco accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Langenberger Jones, of New York. After visiting at the home of her brother, Mrs. Jones went on to New York and had been at home but a day or two before the telegram announcing the death of her mother she was unable to re-feet, engaged his especial attention. He said he had often heard of this rare specimen but had never before had the pleasure of seeing one. Mrs. Langenberger was a highly educated woman of rare accomplishments and natural ability. She was sent when a child by her parents, to Europe and studied at Frieberg and Baden under some of the greatest teachers of music in Germany. It was her ambition to become an operatic singer but gave up the idea before embarking in the career. She was an intimate and warm friend of Madame Modjeska and her husband, Count Bozenta, who headed the Polish colony at Anaheim which numbered several people of note in its personnel, among them being Henry Sienkowitz, the famous Polish novelist, author of "Quo Vadas." In the early days she was well acquainted with many of the foremost families of the southland and entertained many of the leading men and women of the last generation who were prominent in the up-building of this part of California. Her accomplishments and genial disposition made the house a popular one among the society people. She was married to August Langenberger in 1875. He was living here when the colony came and was widower, having been perviously married to the daughter of Don Juan Ontiveras, the wealthy Spaniard who owned the land on which Anaheim now stands. The remains of Mrs. Langenberger were brought down from San Francisco on Friday in charge of her son, Gus Langenberger, and Arnold Dickel, who is a student at the State University at Berkeley. The body was taken to the home on Sycamore street and the funeral arranged for 10 o'clock on Saturday. A short service was held at the residence, but the principal service, high mass, was observed at St. Boniface church, Rev. Father Dubbel having charge, being assisted by Fathers Gallagher and Wuelffling. In the death of Mrs. Langenberger Anaheim loses the last of its pioneer colonists. JUDGE WILL TALKS TO AUDIENCE DISCOURSES ON INTERNATIONAL INTOXICATION AT GELISTIC TENTS P. H. KRICK AND ELSE ADD TO ENTERTAINMENT OF THE CRIME The announcement that D. Wilbur, of Los Angeles be the principal speaker quarters of the drys, tent at the corner of La Way, Sunday night, drew and the tent was filled large proportion of the ing from Santa Ana, lerton. The judge's interesting from a certain as it consisted mainly of the cases appearing over which he presides, and attempting most of them were liquor. The foundation of the declaration of St. Peter that "if meat maketh offend I will eat no meat." Judge Wilbur is the Juvenile court in Los Angeles much to do with abated children. He gave several of the cases into his court and thus instance was liquor years on the bench, tried more than two cases and 70 per cent caused by the intemperance cohole. He cited manniness or delirium tro She was stricken with heart failure, which seldom gives warning, and died at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, October 8. Mrs. Langenberger left Anaheim about six weeks ago for San Francisco accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Langenberger Jones, of New York. After visiting at the home of her brother, Mrs. Jones went on to New York and had been at home but a day or two before the telegram announcing the death of her mother reached her. She was unable to return for the funeral, being the only member of the family not present. After a short service at the residence the funeral services were held at St. Boniface church on Saturday morning, Father Dubbel being in charge, assisted by Fathers Gallagher of Fullerton and Wuelffling of St. Catharine's orphanage. A large congregation of old friends gathered at the church to pay the last measure of respect to one who had been an honored citizen of Anaheim since the birth of the town. All her children were present with the exception of Mrs. Jones. They are Gus Langenberger of San Francisco, Mrs. E. R. Turk and Mrs. H. A. Dickel of this city, and Mrs. J. H. Bullard of Los Angeles. The body was interred by the side of her husband who died 15 years ago. The pall bearers were V. U. Simpson, John Brunworth, Gus Strodhoff, R. T. Davies, J. J. Dwyer and Samuel Kraemer. The honorary pall bearers were Richard Melrose, Max Nebelung, John Hartung, F. C. Rimpau, C. O. Rust and Frank Shanley. On the day before her death she visited the California Museum and presented to that institution a costly lace gown which she had worn in her younger years. It was made in the days when many ruffles were in vogue and is a curiosity in the eyes of the present generation. The superintendent of the museum, who was a personal friend of Mrs. Langenberger, accepted the gift with enthusiasm, and it will remain on exhibition as a specimen of the costumes of olden times. Mrs. Langenberger was the last of the colonists who founded the Mother Colony and by her death that band of intrepid pioneers has passed into history, with none left to tell of the hardship and struggles of the first days. At the age of twenty and newly married she and her husband joined the band of hardy colonists and came down to what was then considered almost an undiscovered country, or at least, undeveloped one. They carved a home out of the prairie and made the desert soil blossom as a rose. Mrs. Langenberger, whose maiden name was Clementine Zimmerman, was born in New Orleans on September 2, 1841. She was not only one of the pioneers of Anaheim, but was one of the earliest white settlers of California. The gold fever took possession of the Zimmerman family and with her parents she crossed the Isthmus of Panama and landed in the new town of San Francisco in 1850. She was married to T. E. Schmidt in that city in 1860, and the ambitious young couple were brought down from San Francisco on Friday in charge of her son, Gus Langenberger, and Arnold Dickel, who is a student at the State University at Berkeley. The body was taken to the home on Sycamore street and the funeral arranged for 10 o'clock on Saturday. A short service was held at the residence, but the principal service, high mass, was observed at St. Boniface church, Rev. Father Dubbel having charge, being assisted by Fathers Gallagher and Wuelfling. In the death of Mrs. Langenberger Anaheim loses the last of its pioneer colonists. HENRY CORDES TAKES SANTA ANA BRIDE Wedded to Miss Alma Gerken on Wednesday, October 8 One of the most beautiful and elaborately planned weddings of the autumn season occurred Wednesday at 2 o'clock in the German Lutheran church in Santa Ana, when Miss Alma Gerken, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Gerken, became the bride of Henry Cordes of West Anaheim. The church had been beautifully decorated, a pink, green and white color scheme being carried out. An artistic archway of asparagus ferns had been made in front of the altar and on this were hung three wedding bells with pink ribbons hanging from the clapers. Promptly at the allotted hour, to the strains of the wedding march from Lohengrin, played by Miss Lottie Buntrach, of Anaheim, the bridal party took their places beneath the arch. Two dainty little maids, sister and cousin of the groom, dressed in white trimmed with pink, came first and taking the pink ribbons attached to the bell clappers heralded the coming of the bridal party. Then came Miss Emma Gerken, sister of the bride, charmingly dressed in pink, with a bouquet of pink cosmos, accompanied by Alfred Cordes, brother of the bridegroom. They were followed by Miss Katie Cordes, sister of the bridegroom, prettily dressed in green, carrying a bouquet of green maidenhair ferns, and accompanied by Henry Henricks. Pretty little Dora Gerken, as flower girl, dressed in white, and carrying a basket filled with pink and white rose petals, preceded the bridal couple. The bride was radiantly beautiful, gowned in soft cream colored silk, trimmed with Valenciennes lace and pearl trimming, with a graceful train and a filmy veil enwreathed with lilies of the valley and maidenhair fern. After taking their places beneath the arch, with Rev. W. J. Lankow officiating, the two were made man and wife. The impressive ring ceremony was used. About two hundred friends and relatives witnessed the wedding. As soon as congratulations were over the bridal party left for Hickox's studio, where a group picture and a picture of the bridal couple was taken. While the wedding was taking place a number of friends had decorated the were brought down from San Francisco on Friday in charge of her son, Gus Langenberger, and Arnold Dickel, who is a student at the State University at Berkeley. The body was taken to the home on Sycamore street and the funeral arranged for 10 o'clock on Saturday. A short service was held at the residence, but the principal service, high mass, was observed at St. Boniface church, Rev. Father Dubbel having charge, being assisted by Fathers Gallagher and Wuelfling. In the death of Mrs. Langenberger Anaheim loses the last of its pioneer colonists. Judge Wilbur is the Juvenile court in Los Angeles much to do with abalected children. He gave of several of the cases into his court and that instance was liquor. Years on the bench tried more than two times caused by the internment cohol. He cited mannity or delirium trefoil him where he be incarcerated in order them to wean themselves petite which was to teach their manhood to resell all the cases after release the victable appetite returns its. They were incarnely way to save them from making them up or wipe the liquor earth. There is a 7 insanity (or delirium appearing in his course some of them appearence because they are control themselves by their judge's discourance from most of those in the tent inasmuch body but attempted intemperance and over-indulgence. Her way to save these abnormal appetites saloons out of existence Dr. Chapman in his blind pigs were their police force and said that was strong saloons out was strict dry officials into office. The judge is a public his address was more temperance lecture against his judge. Before Judge Winrostrum Chairman M.M two local speakers present and who dresses on the suburbs H. Krick and Editi Anaheim Herald. E five minutes' space aged to get an abbreviation Anaheim and a few interest into his comparison Anaheim that of Orange and a Orange was 10 years Mother Colony, he sorry to say that it been more rapid and last government had crowded Anaheim t he attributed to that was dry and always Anaheim was exceeded viewied the early high establishment on the present site onists, he said, placed eight acres of gravel tract and built around the town were 50 wincries to Inanaheim but Mrs. Langenberger, whose maiden name was Clementine Zimmerman, was born in New Orleans on September 2, 1841. She was not only one of the pioneers of Anaheim, but was one of the earliest white settlers of California. The gold fever took possession of the Zimmerman family and with her parents she crossed the Isthmus of Panama and landed in the new town of San Francisco in 1850. She was married to T. E. Schmidt in that city in 1860, and the ambitious young couple joined the band of colonists who were journeying into the far southland. Mr. Schmidt was at the time a prosperous business man of San Francisco, conducting a mercantile establishment on Clay street, between Kearney and Montgomery. They secured an allotment of twenty acres of the one thousand acre tract purchased from Don Juan Ontiveras, who owned a large grant of land in this section. Their allotment was at the corner of Lemon and Center streets where a handsome brick residence was erected which was surrounded by beautiful flowers and shrubbery. On this tract the first muscat grapes in the colony were grown. In later years when she moved to the present home of the family on Sycamore street and erected the palatial mansion where she resided for so many years, she surrounded it with an extensive yard filled with beautiful shrubbery. Palms, ferns, flowers and rare trees were brought from India, South America and other distant lands of beautify the place and make it attractive. During the recent visit to her place by Dr. H. J. Webber of the citrus experiment station he marveled at the extent and variety in the garden. One palm tree, towering to a height of 40 As soon as congratulations were over the bridal party left for Hickox's studio, where a group picture and a picture of the bridal couple was taken. While the wedding was taking place a number of friends had decorated the automobile with all the articles characteristic of a popular wedding and this caused not a little excitement when the party left to have their pictures taken. They then returned to the home of Mr. Cordes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cordes, of Anaheim, where a bountiful wedding luncheon was served. It was served at a long table on the spacious porch which had been elaborately decorated with ferns, wedding bells, and little pink Cupids, the original color scheme being carried out. The handsome bride's cake was a feature of the luncheon and each guest was anxious to secure a piece of it. The bride and groom were plentifully showered with rice upon their arrival and the remainder of the afternoon and evening was spent in gaiety. Singing, music of all sorts, and games, were indulged in until 12, when a wedding supper was served on a charmingly decorated table. The bride and bridesgroom returned to Santa Ana and Thursday morning left for a 10-days' wedding trip to San Diego. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Cordes will reside on their ranch in West Anaheim. Sorry to say that it has been more rapid and the last government had crowded Anaheim to be attributed to them was dry and always Anaheim was exceeded by viewied the early history of the establishment on the present site onists, he said, placed eight acres of gravel tract and built around the town were 50 wineries there in Anaheim but they velop. The Santa Ana built through the 1878 in was included years later there were in the corporate twenty years the 623, or 31 per year births it left an immigration of three people 1904 he bought at the corner of Los Angeles started to prosper culturists began to pumpkins. Residence he could get a pretty accent on the business. The year purchased grapes and sold He reported the city officials but in the proprietor they to open up on Co would be easier to Editor Young with his talk. "Blessed talketh briefly, for talk again," was few statistics she AHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913 JUDGE WILBUR TALKS TO BIG AUDIENCE DISCOURSES ON INSANITY AND INTOXICATION AT THE EVANGELISTIC TENT SUNDAY P. H. KRICK AND EDITOR YOUNG ALSO ADD TO ENTERTAINMENT OF THE CROWD The announcement that Judge Curts D. Wilbur, of Los Angeles, would be the principal speaker at the headquarters of the drys, the evangelistic tent at the corner of Lemon and Broadway, Sunday night, drew a large crowd and the tent was filled to the brim, a large proportion of the audience coming from Santa Ana, Orange and Fullerton. The judge's address, while interesting from a certain standpoint, was of little interest to local people, as it consisted mainly in reciting a list of the cases appearing in the court over which he presides in Los Angeles, and attempting to prove that most of them were attributable to liquor. The foundation of his talk was the declaration of St. Paul to Timothy that "if meat maketh my brother to offend I will eat no meat." Judge Wilbur is the head of the Juvenile court in Los Angeles and has much to do with abandoned and neglected children. He gave a short sketch of several of the cases that had come into his court and the fault in each instance was liquor. During his three years on the bench, he said, he had tried more than two thousand insanity cases and 70 per cent of them were caused by the intemperate use of alcohol. He cited many instances of insanity or delirium tremens coming be- persons before the probation court at Santa Ana, 12 were traceable to drink and 9 were from Anaheim. Tonight the tent will be given up to Orange. A delegation from that city will take possession of and speakers will accompany the visitors. Sunday afternoon the farmers and fruit growers will hold a meeting and C. C. Chapman, of Placentia, will be the principal talker. Next Sunday night Dr. Chapman of Los Angeles will again address the people on the "Stainless Flag." Some local poet has taken his pen in hand and written a song for the choir, "Glory, glory, hallelujah! Anaheim is going dry!" was the refrain, and it was loudly cheered, especially by the visitors from neighboring towns. LOCAL GROWER ON COST OF WATER Mr. Neff Makes Interpreting Computations in Answer to Request [This article was written by J. B. Neff of this city for the California Citivator in response to a request from San Bernardino.] The question as propounded is difficult, as a fair price for water in one place will not be a fair price in another place, and water is worth so much in some places for fruit and vegetable growing that it cannot be used profitably for alfalfa growing. By taking into account the cost of producing a ton of alfalfa hay, other than the water, we may determine what we can pay for water to grow hay. Cutting, baling and hauling to the railroad will cost $4 per ton under average conditions. A very moderate interest on the price of the land will add $1 per ton to the cost of the hay, and an allowance of at least 50 cents per ton must be made for the preparation of the land, the seeding and other persons before the probation court at Santa Ana, 12 were traceable to drink and 9 were from Anaheim. Tonight the tent will be given up to Orange. A delegation from that city will take possession of and speakers will accompany the visitors. Sunday afternoon the farmers and fruit growers will hold a meeting and C. C. Chapman, of Placentia, will be the principal talker. Next Sunday night Dr. Chapman of Los Angeles will again address the people on the "Stainless Flag." Some local poet has taken his pen in hand and written a song for the choir, "Glory, glory, halleujah! Anaheim is going dry!" was the refrain, and it was loudly cheered, especially by the visitors from neighboring towns. LIBERTY LEAGUE GETS NEWS OF REDONDO ANNOUNCEMENT OF A WET MAJORITY IS LOUDLY CHEERED AT MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT WALLACE W. WEIDEMAN, OF LOS ANGELES, DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO BIG AUDIENCE When the news reached Anaheim that Redondo would continue wet and C. L. Swope announced at the meeting of the Liberty League at the Eagles' hall Tuesday night that the majority was 195, the large crowd of men and women cheered enthusiastically. The result of the election at Redondo was considered extremely uncertain as it had been announced in the papers that the vote of the men would be evenly divided, consequently the majority either way depended upon the female voters of the town. Many ladies were present to hear the speaker and the Concordia singers and they were vitally interested in the returns from Redondo. There have been many oratorical efforts turned loose upon the people of Anaheim since the opening of the campaign between the wet and the dry factions, but Tuesday night's meeting was the first gun fired by the wets. Wallace W. Weideman, a Los Angeles attorney, was the speaker, and the Concordia Society added to the entertainment by singing several selections. BRIDGE Railroads Hurry in Los Angeles railway of pile proposis the rive be hearty way o of 400 these must this it in a fec Con tions lent p The up th constr nex next, tributu have d doubt the br Judge Wilbur is the head of the Juvenile court in Los Angeles and has much to do with abandoned and neglected children. He gave a short sketch of several of the cases that had come into his court and the fault in each instance was liquor. During his three years on the bench, he said, he had tried more than two thousand insanity cases and 70 per cent of them were caused by the intemperate use of alcohol. He cited many instances of insanity or delirium tremens coming before him where the victims begged to be incarcerated in order to enable them to wean themselves from the appetite which was too strenuous for their manhood to resist, but in nearly all the cases after being sobered up and released the victims of the insatiable appetite returned to their old habits. They were incorrigible and the only way to save them and prevent them from making sots and lunatics of themselves was to keep them locked up or wipe the liquor business from the earth. There is an average of 6 or 7 insanity (or delirium tremens) cases appearing in his court each day and some of them appeal for a prison sentence because they are unable to control themselves by their own self-will. The judge's discourse was different from most of those heretofore heard in the tent inasmuch as he abused nobody but attempted to show the evils of intemperance and the bad effects of over-indulgence. He said that the only way to save these people from their abnormal appetites was to vote the saloons out of existence. He echoed Dr. Chapman in the statement that blind pigs were the result of a blind police force and said that a community that was strong enough to vote the saloons out was strong enough to vote dry officials into office. The judge is a pleasing talker but his address was more in the nature of a temperance lecture than an argument against the liquor traffic. Before Judge Wilbur ascended the rostrum Chairman Mitchell called upon two local speakers of note who were present and who delivered short addresses on the subject. They were P. H. Krick and Editor Young, of the Anaheim Herald. Each was limited to five minutes' space but Mr. Krick managed to get an abbreviated history of Anaheim and a few other sentences of interest into his address. Mr. Krick compared Anaheim's development to that of Orange and stated that although Orange was 10 years younger than the Mother Colony, he was extremely sorry to say that its development had been more rapid and that according to the last government census Orange had crowded Anaheim out of the position of second city in the county. This he attributed to the fact that Orange was dry and always had been, while Anaheim was exceedingly wet. He reviewed the early history and told about the establishment of the early colony on the present site. Those early colonists, he said, planted an average of eight acres of grapes on each twenty acre tract and built a willow fence around the town. In a few years there were 50 wineries transacting business in Anaheim but the city refused to de- Cutting, baling and hauling to the railroad will cost $4 per ton under average conditions. A very moderate interest on the price of the land will add $1 per ton to the cost of the hay, and an allowance of at least 50 cents per ton must be made for the preparation of the land, the seeding and other incidentals before the first crop is produced. This makes the cost of hay without the cost of water, $5.50 per ton on the cars. We often hear of 10 or more tons of alfalfa hay per acre in one year, but it will be much safer to make estimates on a crop of eight tons per acre. The investigations of Prof. King of Wisconsin showed that it takes about 500 tons of water to produce a ton of clover or alfalfa hay, so in order to get eight tons of hay we must use 4,000 tons of water; and this must be used economically, as much is wasted by both under irrigation and over irrigation. Four thousand tons of water per acre is equal to a stream of 100 miner's inches running 18 hours. In order to provide for water that is sure to be wasted we should have a flow of 100 miner's inches 27 hours to each acre during the growing season. Estimating the crop at eight tons per acre and the average price at $15 per ton on the cars, we have a gross income of $120 per acre. The cost without water was shown to be $44 per acre, and if water costs $1 per hour for a flow of 100 inches we will have to add $27, or a total of $71. If water can be had at a less cost the profit will be greater. If there are late rains and the soil is reentive, so that a large amount of the winter rains are held in the soil, less irrigation water will be needed. The best results will always be had by applying water before the plants show the need of water and in sufficient quantity to saturate the soil to a depth of four feet. That is, the soil should be wet to a depth of four feet within 24 hours after the water has stopped running. Nothing is gained and sometimes much is lost by putting on water to go to a greater depth. The United States department of agriculture made some experiments on the University Farm at Davis, which tend to show that too much water can be used on heavy soils. Alfalfa which received no irrigation yielded four tons of hay per acre, while plats receiving 12 acres inches of irrigation water yielded four and three-quarter tons, those getting 24 acres inches yielded six and one-half tons, and those getting 30 acres inches yielded eight tons per acre. This seemed to be the minimum that could be used on that soil to advantage, as an application of 36 acres inches of irrigation water produced only seven and six-tenths tons of hay to the acre. Concordia singers and they were vitally interested in the returns from Redondo. There have been many oratorical efforts turned loose upon the people of Anaheim since the opening of the campaign between the wet and the dry factions, but Tuesday night's meeting was the first gun fired by the wets. Wallace W. Weideman, a Los Angeles attorney, was the speaker, and the Concordia Society added to the entertainment by singing several selections. Mr. Weideman is a smooth, pleasant and forceful talker and his address was mainly devoted to showing up the fallacies of the arguments advanced by the drys and their attempts to show that all the ilis that flesh is heir to comes from the use of alcohol. He ridiculed the statements made by some of their orators and writers and argued that a man was responsible for his own acts and would be held responsible by a just God and it was unreasonable to deprive a community from its privileges because a few were unable to control themselves. Mr. Weideman condemned introxication and the excessive use of liquor. He advocated temperance not only in drinking but in eating and all other acts of man. "They tell us," he said, "that whiskey has ruined many men and caused death of thousands. So has the Pacific ocean. It would be just as reasonable to advocate pumping the Pacific ocean dry because men are drowned in it as to stop the manufacture and use of liquor because some men drink it to excess. More men are killed each year by the railroad trains and street cars than by liquor. Therefore we should abolish the railroads and the street car lines." He paid his respects by Billy Sunday and said, like some of the other agitators, he was out merely for the cash he was able to draw down. The figures he gave of Billy's income were rather startling to some of his auditors but he claimed to have ample evidence to prove his statements. Mr. Sunday, he said, made Wilkesbarre, Pa., dry for a consideration of $24,000. Notwithstanding this more arrests were made for drunkenness in that city in the days following the dry election than previous to the closing of the saloons. But Billy Sunday got his $24,000 and was satisfied. He also charged the city of Canton, Ohio, $14,000 for making it dry, Columbus, Ohio, $13,000, Wheeling, West Virginia, $15,000, Toledo, Ohio, $18,000, but the police court records show that drunks were as numerous after the election as they were before. United States statistics show, he said, that in a given time 2,270 males and 308 females died from the excessive use of alcohol. During that same period 8,400 persons were killed by the railroads and 70,000 died from tuberculosis. Instead of attempting to legislate against the saloons it would be better, in the light of these figures, to legislate the locomotive out of existence and use the money spent in useless prohibition campaigns in building hospitals and homes for consum- NEW ROAD MOVE ON THE BOARDS Highway to Connect Olive and Tustin Is Proposed Another good roads project in Orange county has had its inception. It is now proposed to form a bonding district and raise money for paving Tustin avenue from Fourth street, near Tustin, to Olive, a distance of six miles. The County Highway Commission has five good roads contracts let and roads being built. The state highway is to traverse the county from north to south, bids for part of the work having been received. Up in La Habra Valley a movement is afoot for a district to pave the road that runs the length of the valley. Not content with all this good roads work, comes the Tustin avenue plan. The avenue is as fine an orange growing section as there is in the state. Part of it lies within the city limits of Orange. The south end of the proposed paved road will join the state highway. Mr. Weideman quoted copiously from the Bible and stated there was not a word in holy writ that advocated prohibition but it was full of references to temperate habits not only as to drinking alcoholic beverages but also in eating. The Bible, he said, did not demand the abolition of liquor but it condemned intoxication and gluttony. The man who cannot control himself should be restrained. Mr. Weideman's speech was principally of a humorous nature but it was also punctuated with logical reasons why a prohibition law would be a determent to the community. He also showed by figures that a prohibitory law merely deprived the city of a vast amount of revenue but failed to prohibit the sale of liquor in every instance. The Concordia Society assisted in the entertainment of the large audience by rendering a number of songs in the usual style of that club of excellent musicians but as all of them were sung in the German language most of the auditors were able to enjoy only the melody. BRIDGE PROTECTION WELL IN HAND Railroad Companies Promise Four Hundred Piles For Levee Work J. F. Alhborn and G. L. Dietrich were in Los Angeles on Tuesday interviewing Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railway officials relative to a donation of piles for levee work to protect the proposed new concrete bridge across the river at Olive. They represented the Board of Trade and met with hearty co-operation on the part of railway officials interviewed. A promise of 400 piles was made to them. Before these piles can be delivered orders must come from headquarters, and this it is believed will be forthcoming in a few days. Committees soliciting cash subscriptions are in the field and report excellent progress. The Board of Supervisors will take up the matter of calling for bids on construction of the bridge on Tuesday next, at which time it is believed contributions for dyking the river will have so far progressed as to leave no doubt of the speedy construction of the bridge. RIMPAU’S WILL FILED FOR PROBATE Divides Property Valued at $93,000 Among Children The will of Theodore Rimpau who died at his home in this city on Friday, October 3, was filed Thursday along with a petition of Adolph Rimpau for probate of the instrument. The interests of the deceased in the Rimpau Estate Company, together with personal interests, are valued at $93,000, according to the petition of the executor. The will was made December 12, 1910. The estate consists of 50 shares of stock in the Rimpau Estate Com... Divides Property Valued at $93,000 Among Children The will of Theodore Rimpau who died at his home in this city on Friday, October 3, was filed Thursday along with a petition of Adolph Rimpau for probate of the instrument. The interests of the deceased in the Rimpau Estate Company, together with personal interests, are valued at $93,000, according to the petition of the executor. The will was made December 12, 1910. The estate consists of 50 shares of stock in the Rimpau Estate Company, worth $75,000; household furniture, etc., at Anaheim, $750; twenty shares of stock in the Anaheim Union Water Company, valued at $2,000; conditional ownership in stock, implements, etc., $250; Vineyard lot F6, $15,000. He made provision for his children as follows: To Sophia and Marie Rimpau, Vineyard lot F6; Adolph, F. C., Frank F., John L., Ben A., Jas. A., Sophie and Marie Rimpau, all his interest in the Rimpau Estate Company, as ewil as all other property, with the proviso that if his books show that any of the children have become indebted to him after March 1, or, for money loaned to them the amount or amounts shall be deducted from their share of the estate. To the children of his deceased son, Albert Rimpau, he bequeathed $1 each, with the explanation that his son had received before, at or after his marriage advancements in the way of lands, and after his mother's death had received his share of her estate. The children are well provided for. However, in a codicil under date of October 1, 1912, he bequeathed the grandchildren $1000 each. The grandchildren are Wallace F., Albert E., Rosabel and Marguerite. His son James is to have his gold watch and chain, and all other personal property goes to Sophia, she to make whatever disposition of it that she wishes. FIRST MEETING OF YEAR HELD Parent-Teachers' Association Has an Enthusiastic Session Under the efficient leadership of their new president, Mrs. J. L. Vandeveer, the Anaheim Parent-Teachers' Association, with a large and enthusiastic attendance, held the first meeting of the year Tuesday evening of last week in the Anaheim Union high school auditorium. The gathering was in the nature of a welcome to the new teachers and patrons of the schools and was in every way a decided success. L. O. Culp, in his address of welcome, spoke of the origin of the teacher in the complexity of human life, emphasizing also the necessity of co-operation between parent and teacher for the welfare of the school. Dr. Hauck, the new principal of the high school, in a few well-chosen stream get full and break over its proscribed limits. J. Frederick Ahlborn, who was spokesman for the committee, made an eloquent talk, he said, and raised the point that if the county was responsible for damages after the building of the new bridge and its approaches, it was responsible for the damage already sustained by the property owners on its banks. This raised a question in the minds of some of the members of the Board of Trade and it was suggested that it might stimulate the supervisors to quicker action if parties along the river who had suffered loss heretofore from its overflowing propensities would file a bill with the county board for the damages. Mr. Ahlborn stated that notwithstanding the opinion of District Attorney West the work of protecting the approaches to the bridge, already under way, would continue and without interruption. Supervisor Schumacher had informed him that in his opinion the proposition would be carried through and there was no necessity for ceasing work on the protection project. Chairman Dietrich stated that he was informed by the supervisors that the map recently submitted by H. Clay Kellogg was of no value as it did not establish a definite channel. The map was an old one, made several years ago, but Mr. Kellogg claimed that the river's bed when it was made was the same as at the present time, although he did not pretend to give definite lines and dimensions in the map. He recommended, however, an official channel six hundred feet wide, with a parking of two hundred and fifty feet to hold the overflow waters. The work of protecting the approaches to the bridge will continue notwithstanding the adverse opinion of the district attorney. A. A. Mills suggested that the board of supervisors be solicited to appropriate one dollar toward the work, the balance of the expense being paid by local parties. This would make the board a partner in the matter. A communication was received from the Federation of Women at Yorba Linda requesting that a rest room for ladies shopping in Anaheim be provided. There was no nurse room or sanitary toilet available for ladies in the city, it said, which was a great inconvenience to visiting shoppers. It was decided that the northeast room of the library building should be secured and fitted up for the accommodation of ladies visiting the city and all other conveniences be provided. It is close to the shopping district and is the only place available. An invitation to the California Counties Convention which will be held at Hanford shortly was received and accepted, but as no member volunteered to go at his own expense it is doubtful if Anaheim will be represented. C. A. Caldwell and L. W. Bushard were elected to membership. WHISTLES ANNOUNCE WEDDING OF OCEANS Anaheim Bells and Whistles Join in Rejoicing Over Blowing Up of Dam Promptly at 11 o'clock on Friday morning when all the bells in town began to ring and the whistles to blow, even including the siren at the power house, persons who were not posted were alarmed, thinking it meant a disastrous fire, a Japanese invasion or some other calamity. It was only a salute, however, announcing the blowing up of the Gamboa dam which separated the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific in the Panama Canal. President Wilson at Washington pressed the button at 2 o'clock Panama time, which meant 11 in Anaheim. It had been arranged that when the news was flashed over the wire that the work was accomplished and the waters of the two oceans met, all the bells and whistles in America should join in a one minute's salute. Anaheim did what it could to make a noise all the whiles blowing and the church bells ringing out the tidings.