anaheim-gazette 1913-12-04

G. WASHINGTON'S SURVEY IS PERFECT NOTWITHSTANDING CRUDE INSTRUMENTS HE DREW HIS LINE WITHOUT AN ERROR GOVERNMENT MAKING NEW SURVEY BECAUSE OF PURCHASE OF FORESTS AND WATER RIGHTS Government surveyors, who have just been checking up some of the lines reputed to have been run by George Washington in his days of chain and compass work, have found them good. About 1751, according to tradition, George Washington, then 19 years old, ran out for Lord Thomas Fairfax the line between what was then to be Augusta and Frederick counties, Virginia, this being only a part of a great deal of surveying which he is said to have been engaged upon at that time. These two counties were separated from what was then Orange county, and the grant to Lord Fairfax was supposed to extend westward to the Pacific ocean. Subsequently these large tracts were further subdivided, so that the "Fairfax line," as it is generally known, runs now between Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, with the original Augusta and Frederick counties to the south and north respectively. In the organic act for the formation of the two counties, or "parishes" as they were then called, it was required growth over the old wounds shows them to have been made at the time Washington was surveying. One very strange thing about these blazes is that they are several feet higher than those put on trees by woodsmen of today. This fact has given rise to a sort of superstition that Washington, known to have been very tall, was actually a giant. Other authorities have said that Washington did much of his work on horseback, and made his blazes with a long-handled ax from the saddle. The town of Whitepost, Clarke county, Va., takes its name from a post presumed to have been set by Washington as one of his survey marks. The post, formerly exposed, is now covered by a protecting case which shelters it from the weather, and from the despoiling hand of the vandal tourist. Why the Line Is Retraced The reason that this old Washington survey line is being retraced is because the federal government is purchasing lands in this neighborhood, in connection with the new Appalachian forests which are being acquired at the headwaters of navigable streams, under the terms of the Weeks law, designed to protect these water-sheds from the evils of deforestation. The government requires a clear title before the land can be paid for. In making sure of the titles it is necessary, in many cases, to go back to original royal grants, or colonial records, and to have recourse to surveys before the facts of ownership can be indisputably established. According to Mr. Mellen, a railroad manager is a man who takes orders and then gets fired for carrying them out. PICTORIAL OF A G VINEY WINE INDUSTRY CALIFORNIA TO ON CAN SEVERAL ANAHEIM LARGE PLANT OF VINEYARD CO Several Anaheim plants the big plant of the Association at Guasquit Sunday to see the mills the great plant thrives. These pictures were pose of educating the state and nation to a wonderful development the grape and wine region. About 200 visitors state representatives official family of Los Angeles and county officials o and a group of business men gathered production, which led pression of the magnificence as developed at section of the state will be shown before legislators and to Representatives at total by way of paving intelligent legislation o To most of those automobile to From what was then Orange county, and the grant to Lord Fairfax was supposed to extend westward to the Pacific ocean. Subsequently these large tracts were further subdivided, so that the "Fairfax line," as it is generally known, runs now between Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, with the original Augusta and Frederick counties to the south and north respectively. In the organic act for the formation of the two counties, or "parishes" as they were then called, it was required that the line should be a straight one from the head spring of Hedgman river, one of the sources of the Rappahannock, to the head spring of the Potomac. Since it was required that the line should be straight it was first necessary to get the approximate course by building large bonfires on the intervening high points. Then starting from the top of the Massanutten mountains, the line was run straight away over intervening mountains and rivers toward the northwest. The Fairfax Stone Away off across a part of what is now West Virginia there is a large rock known today as the Fairfax stone. It is the monument which marks the southwest corner of Garret county, Md., the southeast corner of Preston county, W. Va., and prominent points in the boundaries in two other West Virginia counties. A line from Orange court house, coinciding with the Shenandoah and Rockingham county line, passes through this Fairfax stone, which gives the name to a nearby station, Fairfax, on the Western Maryland railroad. It has been assumed that, in running this line, a high peak northwest of Orange court house was the starting point, and that from here it was possible to see a distant peak in the north mountain range over the top of the intervening Massanutten mountain. Washington, of course, used a simple compass, and his line could not be expected to check absolutely with that obtained by the government surveyors who have retraced his survey, using high-power transits and all the refined and accurate methods which modern instruments allow. Nevertheless, the line was run so carefully in the first place that but little variation has been found in it. Even without instruments it is possible to distinguish the course of the line with surprising distinctness. From the top of Middle Mountain in the Massanutten range, the Shenandoah-Rockingham, or Fairfax line can be readily followed by means of the boundary fences dating from earliest days, and by the blocks of timber, alternately cleared away or making sure of the titles it is necessary, in many cases, to go back to original royal grants, or colonial records, and to have recourse to surveys before the facts of ownership can be indisputably established. According to Mr. Mellen, a railroad manager is a man who takes orders and then gets fired for carrying them out. TURKISH TOBACCO A NEW PRODUCT Southern California Will Produce a Million Dollars Worth in 1914 Five million dollars a year is spent in Los Angeles for the purchase of Turkish tobacco, according to leading dealers. Here's reducing the cost of living—and smoking. Turkish tobacco cigarettes, now sold at from 15 to 25 cents the box of ten, are to drop in price to 5 and 10 cents, experts predict. For California, which has gradually usurped the trade powers of so many foreign nations, is today growing the purest of Turkish tobacco in the Southland. Import duty is wiped away and the tobacco is raised here cheaper than over in the land of the Sultan and harems—its native land. Armenian tobacco growers, the experts of Turkey, have this year produced $250,000 worth of the sweet weed here and are preparing to grow a crop worth $1,000,000 in 1914. Exhibits of the tobacco, which is of finer blend even than that imported at almost fabulous prices, are on exhibition. Experiments conducted within the past year have proved beyond contradiction that the California soil and climate are not only equal but superior to Turkey's for raising Turkish tobacco. And in California are 10,000 Turkish tobacco growers ready and anxious to demonstrate by their work in the fields that they can produce Turkish tobacco cheaper than they can in the land of Mohammed. Five years ago the first experimental seed was planted. The early endeavors of the Armenian planters were watched with guarded interest by the men back of the experiments. Experts have been sent to Visalia field from several of the monopolists, and they have lent their aid and knowledge. To most of those automobiles to their stretching across their levy, the extensiveness one of the largest in revelation. The visit to the officers of the company Secundo Guasti and president and secretary. They were then shipped plant, beginning on their form where the grape vineyard, are run three times and then to the vault with a capacity of 1,000 a time. The refrigerating shop which was open force of men for a press the visitors with branch of the business; the great storage house where 5,000,000 gallons carried at this season were all places of work. After the thorough these things, the visitor an additional surprise of a dining-room in served. One of the seats with long rows of 20 chairs carrying the finest table was thrown open were ushered to tables. Each large bar by four smaller ones placed individual tables were used at. The feast was elated with the usual Italian dining through a courtyard ravioli and ending with chicken desired. Seven wines were served in after the true style in choice fruits, nuts and California products menu. This completed, at one end of the loft this was cast for the motion pictures showing pure wines, including laboratories, gauges and revenue figures and other points of interest. and accurate methods which modern instruments allow. Nevertheless, the line was run so carefully in the first place that but little variation has been found in it. Even without instruments it is possible to distinguish the course of the line with surprising distinctness. From the top of Middle Mountain in the Massanutten range, the Shenandoah-Rockingham, or Fairfax line can be readily followed by means of the boundary fences dating from earliest days, and by the blocks of timber, alternately cleared away or left standing, which comes up from either county and stop at the line, like squares in a checkerboard. Then if one turns to the southeast the same demarkations are plain across the valley of the south fork of the Shenandoah, cutting straight through the present Page county, which is made of land formerly in Shenandoah county, belonging to the Fairfax grant, and partly from land formerly in Rockingham. Thus, as far as the eye can see in either direction, this old line shows plainly. The Washington compass, now to be seen at the United States National Museum in the city named for its owner, is presumed to be the same one used in running this line more than 160 years ago. Washington's Survey Marks The Fairfax stone stands as a permanent monument. In addition, there are throughout that section of the country, various other records of these Washington surveys. For example, a large white oak which stands at the corner of a farm about 1½ miles from Lost City, Hardy county, W. Va., was, according to a persistent story of that section of the country, marked by Washington. Survey blazes cut into trees, and since grown over, have been cut away, and a count of the annual layers of tobacco growers ready and anxious to demonstrate by their work in the fields that they can produce Turkish tobacco cheaper than they can in the land of Mohammed. Five years ago the first experimental seed was planted. The early endeavors of the Armenian planters were watched with guarded interest by the men back of the experiments. Experts have been sent to the Visalia field from several of the monopolists, and they have lent their aid and suggestions to the production, with the result that the past season 600,000 pounds of the purest Turkish tobacco was raised on the fertile acres of Tulare county alone. Cured tobacco sells here at 50 cents the pound. Turkish tobacco requires little irrigation and the success of the crop depends on the thorough saturation of the soil at the time of planting, after which little water is used. But the plants must be persistently cultivated. Six hundred pounds of the cured product can be grown on an acre of ground. This yields $250 an acre. If the cost of cultivation were as high as $100 an acre, which it is not, there would still be a net profit sufficient to pay off the indebtedness on mortgaged land. With increased acreage the cost of handling the crop can be reduced 50 per cent. And down in the Imperial Valley they are also experimenting and predicting great things, including the abolition of imported Turkish tobacco in the United States and the substitution of better California Turkish tobacco within a decade. Eugenics for school children seems altogether unnecessary in view of the opportunity for instruction presented through a study of modern politics. PICTORIAL VIEW OF A GREAT VINEYARD WINE INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO BE SHOWN ON CANVAS SEVERAL ANAHEIMERS SEE THE LARGE PLANT OF THE ITALIAN VINEYARD CO. SUNDAY Several Anaheim people motored to the big plant of the Italian Vineyard Association at Guasti, near Pomona, Sunday to see the moving pictures of the great plant thrown on canvas. These pictures were made for the purpose of educating the people of the state and nation to a realization of the wonderful development and extent of the grape and wine industry of this region. About 200 visitors, among them state representatives, members of the official family of Los Angeles, the city and county officials of San Bernardino and a group of business and professional men gathered to witness the production, which leaves a vivid impression of the magnitude of the business as developed at this time in this section of the state. These pictures will be shown before the California legislators and to the Senators and Representatives at the national capital by way of paving the way for intelligent legislation on the subject. To most of those who traveled by automobile to the vast vineyard SCHOOL TEACHERS' PENSION LAW Educators Are Paying $1.00 Per Month Into Retirement Fund The State Board of Education, sitting as a Retirement Salary Fund Board at Sacramento last week, discussed at length and decided the various uncertain points in the so-called Teachers' Pension Law. A circular covering the whole situation has been printed and is now being distributed to the teachers of the state through the various county superintendents of schools. The following points in the circular are of general interest: 1—A teacher may receive a retirement salary of $500 per annum upon furnishing legal proof of having taught in the public schools for 30 school years and of having paid to the state $1 per month for the whole period. No year shall be counted unless it includes at least six months' actual teaching. 2—a teacher who retired from the profession more than two years ago is not eligible. 3—Fifteen of the 30 years' teaching must be done in California. 4—Experience gained in private schools, Indian schools, normal schools of other states, federal schools, etc., may not be counted in the 30 years required for retirement. Only teaching done in public schools, under legal certification, or in California state normal schools, will be accepted. 5—Teachers under employment when the law was approved last June must file notice of intention to accept and be bound by the provisions of the law, before January 1, 1914, or be forever barred. Teachers of the state are very generally assuming the burden of paying this $1 per month to the Retirement ENLARGED FEDERAL POWER Absolute control of the water power on all streams which are navigable in any portion of their course is declared to inhere in the United States by a recent decision of the supreme court. Hitherto it has been considered that the jurisdiction of the United States extended only to the navigable portion of streams, and then only to matters affecting their navigability. But this decision carries control clear to the headwaters and includes water power and all other use of the streams. As establishing in the United States supreme ownership and control of all water power on navigable streams this is a far-reaching decision. It only has to be made operative and effective by legislation to put practically all water power under federal regulation. Only such streams as are not navigable at any point can come under private ownership by riparian rights, so that private parties may do as they will with the water power. But this is not the only effect of the decision. It is plain that it puts into the hands of the Federal Government all the power needed for the control of floods by impounding waters at the sources of streams, by creating vast reservoirs along their courses, and even by diverting the streams into new channels. The subjects of river control and water-power development are thus combined, and the Federal Government may deal with them as closely related to each other, with no obstacle in the way in the form of private riparian rights and power locations to prevent doing whatever is necessary to control the flood waters and provide for better navigation of the rivers at all seasons of the year. This crystallizing of the federal power in matters so clearly of federal import, while it may not please the ancient states rights theoremists, means much for future development and conservation. The supreme court has and county officials of San Bernardino and a group of business and professional men gathered to witness the production, which leaves a vivid impression of the magnitude of the business as developed at this time in this section of the state. These pictures will be shown before the California legislators and to the Senators and Representatives at the national capital by way of paving the way for intelligent legislation on the subject. To most of those who traveled by automobile to the vast vineyard stretching across the Cucamonga Valley, the extensiveness of the winery, one of the largest in the world, was a revelation. The visitors were met by the officers of the company, headed by Secundo Guasti and J. A. Barlotti, president and secretary. They were then shown through the plant, beginning on the receiving platform where the grapes arrive from the vineyard, are run through the crushers and then to the vast fermenting vats with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons at a time. The refrigerating plant, the cooper shop which was operated with a full force of men for a few hours to impress the visitors with the size of this branch of the business alone, and then the great storage houses and cellars where 5,000,000 gallons of wine are carried at this season of the year, were all places of wonderful interest. After the thorough inspection of all these things, the visitors were given an additional surprise in the matter of a dining-room in which they were served. One of the storehouses, lined with long rows of 20,000 gallon casks, carrying the finest vintages of the place was thrown open and the guests were ushered to tables made of barrels. Each large barrel was flanked by four smaller ones which took the place of individual tables. New packing boxes were used as seats. The feast was elaborate, beginning with the usual Italian relishes, running through a course of spaghetti, ravioli and ending with all of the roast chicken desired. Several of the rare wines were served in drinking glasses after the true style in sunny Italy and choice fruits, nuts and other typical California products concluded the menu. This completed, a sheet was spread at one end of the long room and on this was cast for the first public view the motion pictures showing all of the various operations necessary for making pure wines, including the chemists' laboratories, the government gauges and revenue officers' quarters and other points of interest. It also may not be counted in the 30 years required for retirement. Only teaching done in public schools, under legal certification, or in California state normal schools, will be accepted. 5 — Teachers under employment when the law was approved last June must file notice of intention to accept and be bound by the provisions of the law, before January 1, 1914, or be forever barred. Teachers of the state are very generally assuming the burden of paying this $1 per month to the Retirement Fund, as it is a highly advantageous form of life insurance. Copies of the circular may be had of the county superintendent by those interested. FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS With 64,000 delegates appointed to the congress of the National Good Roads Association recently in session in St. Louis, and with 5,000 announced as sure to attend, only a few hundred were present. This would on the surface indicate that the subject of improvement of the roads has not taken so strong a hold upon the masses of the American people as the publicity given it in recent years has led us to believe. Surely, if those who selected the delegates had been careful to ascertain in advance the degree of their interest in the subject, more than one in ten would have taken the trouble to attend. It must be that more than one in 200,000 or 300,000 of the population of the United States are sufficiently interested personally or as public-spirited citizens, to attend such a congress. If not, there is much work yet to be done of an educational nature before federal aid on a large scale can be secured for road making. It has naturally been assumed that all intelligent farmers are enthusiastic supporters of the good roads movement. The bulk of the argument has been directed at them, or else has been made in their name to the general public. They have been told repeatedly, with statistical evidence of an overwhelming nature, of the value to them of roads over which they might economically haul their products at all seasons. Of the year, visit town for social, business, religious and educational purposes easily, and go readily from farm to farm. And the public has been told that for these reasons the farmers are demanding large sums of money to be expended upon the roads. If all this is true, why, then, do not the farmers show more interest in such a congress as this, one whose declared purpose is to get from the Federal Government a large appropriation for road making? Why are there not several thousands of farmers in attendance? General Government may deal with them as closely related to each other, with no obstacle in the way in the form of private riparian rights and power locations to prevent doing whatever is necessary to control the flood waters and provide for better navigation of the rivers at all seasons of the year. This crystallizing of the federal power in matters so clearly of federal import, while it may not please the ancient states rights theoremis, means much for future development and conservation. The supreme court has taken advanced ground in the matter of enlarging federal powers in recent years, notably in the matter of railroad and food regulation and now in this matter of river control. We have been a long time coming to the point of recognizing the absolute need of greater federal power for the common welfare, but we are reaching it step by step. It will have to be used in its broadest scope if we are to do the vast amount of river work needed to protect the lowlands from floods, improve navigation and redeem valuable tracts from natural overflow. This decision seems to clear the way for all this work, while at the same time putting an end to fear of a water-power trust. MINISTER CONVERTED Many people believe that a newspaper falls together without work or concerted action or pain. Rev. McLeod, a Presbyterian minister at Pasadena, was of the opinion, and asked to be allowed to edit an edition of the Pasadena Star. The editor gladly accepted the opportunity to go fishing, and the minister took up his duties in the newspaper office. This is how he felt when he found himself at the end of the task, which it must be said, had been done most creditably. "My time is almost up as I pen this last line; my hand is almost paralyzed; my brain is befuddled and I am free to confess that I am right glad to vacate the holy spot. Such rush and riot and disarray. Such a jumble of potpourri; it strikes me as the effort to bring order out of chaos, and to do it lightning quick. "I am reminded of the memorable words, 'The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the waters.' Never shall I criticise newspaper men more. I shall pray for them. They will have my heart's forbearance henceforth and forever. They are the hardest worked, shortest lived, poorest paid brain workers on this weary old world of ours." after the true style in sunny Italy and choice fruits, nuts and other typical California products concluded the menu. This completed, a sheet was spread at one end of the long room and on this was cast for the first public view the motion pictures showing all of the various operations necessary for making pure wines, including the chemists' laboratories, the government gauges and revenue officers' quarters and other points of interest. It also showed the school erected for the 200 families that make their home at Guasti through the year and a portion of the 1,700 men who are employed at the height of the harvesting season. Dr. Joseph Bonelli, special representative of the Italian government and correspondent for several of the principal publications of his native country, who is in California studying various fruit growing industries, was on hand and expressed his intention of securing the films for production in Italy. Representative Lyons will endeavor to secure them for use at Sacramento during the next session of the Legislature and before either of these things are done, the views will be shown the official world at Washington. The afternoon was passed in racing inspecting the homes of the workmen, going over various portions of the large ranch and visiting with the hosts of the occasion. There were about 40 machines in the parade that left Guasti for various points in Southern California when the afternoon's entertainment came to a halt. Motion pictures are to be introduced on ocean liners. These and a few more lifeboats ought to make travel very safe and pleasant. It is true enough that the farmers as a class need and actively advocate improvement, but they have not yet come into mental accord with the most prominent and most often heard road boomers. The remark made recently by a prominent delegate that it would only cost $300,000,000 for a great highway from coast to coast gives an index to the lack of enthusiasm on the part of farmers on such occasions as this. Were that sum expended in that way it would do very little to settle the road problem as the farmer sees it. Only the few farmers living along the route would be directly benefited. The same sum expended upon the multitude of small roads the farmers actually use, if a like amount were added by the states and another by the counties, would put into fine condition for the most economical and extensive service every farm road and public highway in the country. This is the farmer's point of view of the road question, and is sufficient to account for his absence from the congress, aside from the fact that he was largely overlooked in seelcting delegates." "I am reminded of the memorable words, 'The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the waters.' Never shall I criticise newspaper men more. I shall pray for them. They will have my heart's forbearance henceforth and forever. They are the hardest worked, shortest lived, poorest paid brain workers on this weary old world of ours." A voice from Louisville says that Kentucky needs missionaries. Yes; some of those benighted mountaineers still dance the old fashioned round dances. 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