anaheim-gazette 1914-03-19

IN A QUANDARY OVER REQUEST FOR WATER PETITION FOR FREE CONNECTION FOR FIRE PROTECTION CAUSES MUCH DISCUSSION TRUSTEE COOK REPORTS PORTION OF SEWER FARM NOW SET TO ORANGE TREES Whether to grant or not to grant a petition presented by J. D. Heitsheusen praying for meterless water connection of a two-inch pipe for fire-fighting purposes proved to be a question which the board of trustees found difficult to solve Thursday night. Mr. Heitsheusen, in addition to the usual plumbing for house purposes, has put a two-inch system of pipes in the Iowa house for fire protection. They traverse the building throughout its length, breadth and height, and have three hose connections. The only thing lacking to make the system efficient and provide quick action in case of fire either in the Iowa house or neighboring properties is the fact that it is not connected with the water main. This connection Mr. Heitsheusen asked for but he objected to the expense of a $60 meter as the pipe would only be used on the occasion of fire, and perhaps that would never occur. Several months ago Mr. Heitsheusen presented a like petition but the board side-stepped it at the time. A majority of the board was inclined to grant the request but Trustee Gates argued that it would be setting a bad precedent. Scores of others would probably ask for a like concession and the board would be powerless to refuse. Plumbers in making repairs, might, through error, connect with the was slack during the past month, only twelve cases and a collection of $20 in fines being reported. Following are the monthly reports of the city officials: Marshal's Report Collected for license...$1,052.75 Rate Collector's Report Collected for light...$ 2,352.35 Collected for water...1,149.35 Total ...$ 3,501.70 Delinquents Collected For light ...$ 140.75 For water ...92.70 Penalties ...17.15 Total ...$ 250.60 Delinquents Reported For light ...$ 142.80 For water ...84.55 Total ...$ 227.35 Treasurer's Report Balance on hand...$13,178.09 Received during month...4,749.35 Total ...$17,927.44 Paid by warrants...5,813.96 Balance ...$12,113.94 Library Fund Balance on hand...$ 1,252.04 Paid by warrants...236.96 Balance ...$ 1,015.08 Summary General fund ...$12,113.94 Improvement fund No. 5...650.00 Improvement fund No. 2...110.25 Improvement fund No. 3...315.00 Improvement fund No. 4...2,190.00 Improvement fund No. 6...610.77 Sewer fund ...4,468.75 Library fund ...1,015.08 Total in treasury...$23,479.53 CITY'S EXCHEQUER Mrs. Marie Pistorius, salary...$ 51.95 Jacob Kroeger, salary...15.50 Cal. Library Association...5.00 H. W. Wilson Co....6.00 Bert Kuebler...26.00 J. F. Sterner...70.50 Graham Furniture Co....24.65 A. L. Lewis, salary...150.00 Hugh McLean, salary...105.00 Jos. Lieb, salary...90.00 Emil Miller, salary...85.00 SILK WORM EFFECTS To Place the Industry Financials The Agricultural will send a small quantity eggs free of charge to co-operate with make silk culture in California. A large number of leading races of sixtous countries where commercially, in Kentucky have been secured interest as large as possible. Thus far the great unprofitable reason it has not strictly because of conditions. The climate in the state is ideal and been grown here even quantities for more crops. As long as the industries are larger than in growing silk, they thrive and should move. Neither the prices of labor are liable to the near future to the cost of silk profitable industry in the usual manner. There is, however, the cost of production issued as has been done in the case of many crops, writes C.W. Wiley issued from the California. The use of the employment methods of handling either of them, be the industry on a scale. We are soliciting attempts to solve problems, the security by testing as great plants as possible. Deevor to develop thrive on some plants of leaves to be cheaper which has hitherto employed in silk production. The production required by breeders individuals that have with the water main. This connection Mr. Heitsheusen asked for but he objected to the expense of a $60 meter as the pipe would only be used on the occasion of fire, and perhaps that would never occur. Several months ago Mr. Heitsheusen presented a like petition but the board side-stepped it at the time. A majority of the board was inclined to grant the request but Trustee Gates argued that it would be setting a bad precedent. Scores of others would probably ask for a like concession and the board would be powerless to refuse. Plumbers in making repairs, might, through error, connect with the free pipes, and it would probably mean loss and trouble. Under the present system property owners are required to purchase the meter and subsequently re-imbursed in water service, but in this case it was impossible to apply the law as water for fire-fighting purposes is free and there would be no "come-back" to the owner. The question was solved for a few moments by a decision to install the meter at the expense of the city, but the city clerk put a spoke in that wheel by announcing that the installation of a two-inch meter required a charge of $3.50 per month against the property owner regardless of the fact that it might never register a drop of water. After arguing the matter to a stand-still the petition was laid over and the dilemma will probably be solved before the next meeting. A bill presented by J. Levin for $32 in payment for eight hundred sacks which were used in building a levee on the river's bank above the Olive bridge during the recent overflow also precipitated a lengthy discussion. Two thousand sacks were used on Sunday morning, February 22, in repairing the break and turning the overflow back into the channel. Twelve hundred of these were sugar sacks donated by the sugar factory, the balance being purchased from Mr. Levin. Gates expressed an opinion that the work performed at the crevasse was time and money wasted as there was no danger of a sufficient volume of water getting through to cause any material damage, besides an inundation was beneficial to the land. Cook grew a little peeved over the discussion and finally stated that he would pay the bill himself if the board would kindly turn it down. He was personally responsible for the bill, he said, as he had authorized the purchase of the bags. It was allowed by a unanimous vote, Gates' objection being, not to the payment of the bill, but to the work performed, which he considered unnecessary. Trustee Cook, who had been appointed a committee of one to superintend improvements on the sewer farm, reported that he had purchased 325 nursery orange trees and they had been set out on the ground prepared for them. The cost was 50 cents per tree. A contract between the city and the L. A. Paving Company for the paving of street intersections on South Lemon street was accepted and the president and clerk instructed to sign it. Mr. Werdin accompanied his contract with two bonds of $3,000 each signed by Charles Stansbury and E. R. Baker. The L. A. Paving Company agrees to finish the work within 282 days. Total in treasury $23,479.53 CITY'S EXCHEQUER Mrs. Marie Pistorius, salary...$ 51.95 Jacob Kroeger, salary...15.50 Cal. Library Association...5.00 H. W. Wilson Co...6.00 Bert Kuebler...26.00 J. F. Sterner...70.50 Graham Furniture Co...24.65 A. L. Lewis, salary...150.00 Hugh McLean, salary...105.00 Jos. Lieb, salary...90.00 Emil Miller, salary...85.00 V. W. Hannum, salary...80.00 W. R. Rannow, salary...80.00 Will Lenz, salary...60.00 John Kellenberger, salary...101.60 Phil Germann, salary...65.00 J. H. Iman, salary...75.00 Clarence Sackett, salary...75.00 J. S. Howard, salary...50.00 Ben Lensing, salary...65.00 Robert Inglis, salary...65.00 H. Bowen, salary...65.00 Fritz Stolte, salary...50.00 John DeWitt, salary...74.00 E. J. Hartung, salary...5.00 Dr. J. L. Beebe, salary...10.00 W. A. Wallace, salary...75.00 E. B. Merritt, salary...125.00 M. Bockeler, labor...20.00 F. Bushe, labor...45.00 Robert Corgburn, labor...25.00 Peter Culland, labor...15.00 V. F. Clapp, labor...13.00 F. M. Dodge, labor...2.00 Wm.Eule, labor...40.00 Mrs.Marie Eule, labor...8.00 John Gottschalk, labor...22.00 Mike Kronson, labor...14.00 C.Kemper, labor...30.00 Fritz Stolte, labor...14.00 R.A.Tomkins, labor...12.00 Wm.Yungbluth, labor...7.50 Rudolf Fossek, labor...52.50 O.E.Steward,surveyor..200.90 Anaheim Fire Co..38.00 Anaheim Truck & T.Co..9.00 Orange Co.Plain Dealer..140.59 Standard Oil Co..783.34 Angell & Redit..20.05 John Bencke..162.50 H.R.Boynton Co..60.06 A.Carlisle Co..144.74 Crane Co..20.08 Cal.Culvert Co..376.56 W.E.Duckworth..513.55 H.A.Dickel..144.43 Chas.Federman..18.50 T.S.Granshans..22:50 Griffith Lumber Co..27:05 Garback Packing Co..2:63 C.Ganahl Lumber Co..1:66 Jas.Jones Co..27:52 W.L.Kreuscher..13:68 M.W.Martenet..1:65 F.Machlieb..7:35 Noris Cafe..29:50 A.Nagel..1:45 Neptune Mfg.Co..78:40 Pioneer Brush Factory..22:50 Pacific States Env.Co..38:98 Pacific Imp.Co..15:00 Valvoline Oil Co..37:86 A.W.Wood..4:50 Westinghouse Lamp Co..167:34 Water Works Supply Co..55:60 Total $4,439.47 A contract between the city and the L. A. Paving Company for the paving of street intersections on South Lemon street was accepted and the president and clerk instructed to sign it. Mr. Werdin accompanied his contract with two bonds of $3,000 each signed by Charles Stansbury and E. R. Baker. The L. A. Paving Company agrees to finish the work within 282 days. Two petitions asking for the installation of street lights on Resh and North Citron streets were presented. The first was signed by A. Kluver, Geo. Ziegler and twenty others, the second by F. A. Maurer and a dozen companions. The request was allowed, Superintendent Lewis being instructed to take charge of the matter and determine the best system to install. Building permits were petitioned for and granted to the following: To Levi Mann, frame building on North Olive street; cost $1,700. To E. P. Squire, frame dwelling on Lincoln avenue; cost $1,000. To Francis P. Kinball, frame dwelling on Emily street; cost $800. To St. Michael's Episcopal church, hall on East Adele street; cost $900. To Herman Stern, frame desidence on Zeyn avenue; cost $4,000. To J. S. Hilend, four dwellings on Chartres street; cost $700 each. To W. J. Elliott, garage on West Center street; cost $50. To Rockwell & Pearson, brick front on Los Angeles street; cost $50. To R. Wilson, brick veneered building on Chestnut street; cost $1,600. The city clerk was instructed to advertise for 10,000 barrels of fuel oil, the bids to be submitted and opened on Thursday evening, April 23. City Attorney Ames stated that he was in communication with Santa Fe railway officials relative to the transfer of title in a 250-foot strip of Broadway. The railroad company wants to deed it to the city. Mr. Ames was of opinion that the city already had a legal title to the strip. He submitted a statement to the railway officials but has not yet received an answer. Business in Judge Howard's court PARCEL POST ABSORBS THIRD CLASS MATTER Classification of mail matter will be simplified after March 16, 1914, by the elimination of what is now known as third class mail and its absorption by the parcel post. This announcement has been received by Postmaster J. W. Duckworth from Washington. Under the new system all bound volumes will be transmitted through the parcel post and at parcel post rates. Books weighing eight ounces or less may be sent at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or a fraction thereof, while those exceeding eight ounces will be handled at the pound rates, with a maximum of 50 pounds in the first two zones and 20 pounds to the outer zones. Only first and second class mail will remain separate from the parcel post, letters being classed as first class and newspapers as second: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The bid of H. W. Johns-Manville Company of $494.40 was accepted by the board of supervisors at their last meeting for furnishing refrigerator for the county hospital. The bid of B. R. Davisson Company of $56,647.46 for the improvement of Laguna road, was accepted. The Tustin-Orange road improved by Geo. S. Benson & Sons was accepted. The petition of T. E. Niles, et al., for a county road in Garden Grove road district, was granted. The $50,000 issue of Orange school district bonds was ordered advertised for sale on March 24, 1914, at 2 P.M. The $12,000 issue of Bay City school district bonds was ordered advertised for sale on March 24, 1914, at 2 P.M. Total ... $4,439.47 SILK WORM EXPERIMENTS To Place the Industry on a Sound and Financial Basis The Agricultural Experiment Station will send a small quantity of silk worm eggs free of charge to any one willing to co-operate with it in its effort to make silk culture profitable in California. A large number of eggs of all the leading races of silkworms from various countries where the silk is grown commercially, in Europe and Asia, have been secured and we desire to interest as large a number of persons as possible. Thus far the growing of silk has been unprofitable in this state. The reason it has not developed here is strictly because of our economic conditions. The climate in many parts of the state is ideal and silkworms have been grown here every year in small quantities for more than a generation. As long as the profits from other industries are larger than those secured in growing silk, this industry cannot thrive and should not be encouraged. Neither the price of silk nor the cost of labor are liable to change enough in the near future to render the growing of silk profitable in this state if carried on in the usual manner. There is, however, a possibility that the cost of production can be diminished as has been done in recent years in the case of many other agricultural crops, writes C.W. Woodworth in a bulletin issued from the University of California. The use of a cheaper food, or the employment of less expensive methods of handling the worms, may, either of them, be sufficient to place the industry on a sound financial basis. We are soliciting co-operation in the attempt to solve the first of these problems, the securing of cheaper food, by testing as great a range of food plants as possible. We propose to endeavor to develop silkworms that will thrive on some plant producing more tons of leaves to the acre and one cheaper to harvest than the mulberry, which has hitherto been exclusively employed in silk production. The production of such a race will require the breeding together of individuals that have less strongly developed day and the rations at each meal, of course, will vary to some slight extent according to the needs of the worms. When it is warmer they may require more food, and when it is cooler less. The optimum temperature is usually placed at 72 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperature is a little higher, they may come to maturity a little more quickly, and if it is lower, they will take distinctly longer to mature. Silkworms are very subject to disease, especially when grown in large numbers, and to prevent this the silkwraisers must exercise the utmost care, particularly in the removal of the droppings of the worms and of the uneaten remains of the food. Neglect in these matters usually results in the starting of an epidemic among the worms, showing itself at each molt, but most fatally just as the worms are about ready to spin. If the conditions are not maintained absolutely sanitary it is not infrequent to lose from 50 to 75 per cent of the worms just as they are about to undertake their labors of silk production. There are quite a number of silkworm diseases recognized by silk-growers, some of which are hereditary, and may destroy the worms in spite of the best of care. Very commonly the loss with amateurs, however, is entirely preventable, and represents simply the carelessness of the grower. The means of cleaning the trays used for silkworms is the use of mosquito net during the first two stages, and a coarse string net when the insects are larger; or perforated paper has proven very satisfactory where it can be obtained. The net is laid over the worms just before feeding, and they will crawl through, leaving the old leaves, which can then be removed. It is a good plan to change them at least once a day, and if the weather is moist the use of disinfectants in the room and about the trays is certainly to be approved. The nets used in changing the food should be under any condition, treated from time to time with antiseptics. Good ventilation should be provided to decrease the liability of excessive moisture, which is one of the conditions under which diseases most readily develop. When the insects are fully fed they begin to wander about, cease to feed, and become much transparent in appearance. These are indications of the approach of the spinning time. We are soliciting co-operation in the attempt to solve the first of these problems, the securing of cheaper food, by testing as great a range of food plants as possible. We propose to endeavor to develop silkworms that will thrive on some plant producing more tons of leaves to the acre and one cheaper to harvest than the mulberry, which has hitherto been exclusively employed in silk production. The production of such a race will require the breeding together of individuals that have less strongly developed the natural repugnance to other kinds of foliage until, finally, if successful, a breed is evolved which will thrive upon some satisfactory forage crop. We have secured as great a variety of races of silkworms as we could, and will test as large a variety of plants as possible, so as to have a great abundance of individuals with diverse food reactions from which to select in making our matings. The greater this variety (and if many co-operate this can be very large) the more probable it would seem that satisfactory races would arise. The care of silkworms is a very simple process that anyone can perform; indeed, in most countries a large proportion of the work is done by children. When only a few are kept together, practically all the directions that are necessary is that they be supplied with fresh food, and that which is not eaten be removed if it does not dry up completely, since the litter should not be permitted to become moldy. The testing of various food plants consists simply in offering them a meal of one kind of leaf and then another, but alternating with mulberry or other known food plant so that the worms will not suffer for lack of food, and finally when something is found that they will relish they may be limited to that food and reared to maturity upon it. While the mulberry is the only leaf used in Europe and Asia for the production of silk, osage orange has been similarly employed in the Mississippi Valley on a small scale, producing silk equal in every respect to that grown on mulberry, and silkworms have often been fed on lettuce for a portion or even the whole of their lives. More than a hundred years ago Anglian investigators had succeeded in rearing them on quite a variety of plants, including blackberry, elm, sweet cowslip, primrose, spinach, and viper grass. There is much difference in their acceptance of lettuce as a food, as shown by different races. We have already this year had worms of three races starve, while those of two other races eat this leaf greedily, and we have had similar experiences in other years. Temperature has been observed to have great influence, caterpillars accepting unusual food much more readily when they are kept in a warm room. The condition of the leaf also has an effect, the young and tender leaves being more freely eaten. The age of the insect makes a striking difference, the older insect becoming less particular as to the character of the food. All of these facts may be of importance in our task of overcoming It is a good plan to change them at least once a day, and if the weather is moist the use of disinfectants in the room and about the trays is certainly to be approved. The nets used in changing the food should be under any condition, treated from time to time with antiseptics. Good ventilation should be provided to decrease the liability of excessive moisture, which is one of the conditions under which diseases most readily develop. When the insects are fully fed they begin to wander about, cease to feed, and become much transparent in appearance. These are indications of the approach of the spinning time. They must now be provided with places for spinning their cocons. The practice in Eurpoe is to furnish them with brush cut in the winter from trees and bound together in such a way that they may be set upon the trays in rows, spreading out hedgelike at the top. The worms limb up into these hedges and spin their cocons between the twigs. A very satisfactory arrangement can be made of lath by laying them edge-wise about three-fourths of an inch apart and tacking other laths at high angles across these to hold them in position. STATE REQUIRES FARM HELP The State Civil Service Commission has set March 28, 1914, as the closing date for the receipt of applications for employment in the service of the state as farm hands, including vegetable gardeners and stablemen. Employment of this class is to be had at the Napa, Agnew, Stockton, Mendocino and Southern California State Hospitals; at the Sonoma Home for Feeble Minded at Eldridge; at the Preston and Whittier State Schools; at the Veterans' Home at Yountville, and occasionally in other parts of the state. At all of these institutions farms of a considerable size have been maintained for some time, and under the plans recently promulgated by the State Board of Control it is anticipated that with the assistance of Dean Hunt of the Department of Agriculture at the State University, the activities of the State Institutions along agricultural lines will increase to a very considerable extent. Several openings exist at the present time. Salaries in this line of work range from $30.00 to $75.000 per month, and found. Candidates are given the opportunity at the time of filling out their applications to specify their willingness to accept employment in any particular locality, and to indicate the minimum wage which they desire to accept. The examination is non-educational in character, and does not require that candidates present themselves at any specified place. They are rated upon their physical ability, training and experience, all of which should be indicated in detail in answer to questions in the application blank. Persons who wish to enter the examination should apply at once to the State Civil Service Commission, Sacramento. Applications should be properly executed and filed without delay, as only those applications received on or before March 28, will be considered for this examination. shown by different races. We have already this year had worms of three races starve, while those of two other races eat this leaf greedily, and we have had similar experiences in other years. Temperature has been observed to have great influence, caterpillars accepting unusual food much more readily when they are kept in a warm room. The condition of the leaf also has an effect, the young and tender leaves being more freely eaten. The age of the insect makes a striking difference, the older insect becoming less particular as to the character of the food. All of these facts may be of importance in our task of overcoming the present natural instinct of this insect. Those who accept the eggs will be expected to do the following: (1) Endeavor to feed the worms on some other kind of leaves than mulberry. (2) Keep a record of the foods tried. (3) Return to us, say, half of the cocoons as soon as spun, together with a record of their feeding, so that we can use the moths produced in our breeding experiments. After these lay, we will be glad to return to those co-operating with us a larger quantity of eggs for their next season's rearing from these especially selected moths. Send a card addressed to Professor C. W. Woodworth, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., asking that eggs be reserved for you, giving your post-office address. The eggs are now held in cold storage and will not be shipped until the mulberries come into leaf, but the sending of a card at this time will insure that eggs will be reserved for you. Ordinarily only a single lot of about a hundred eggs will be sent to one address; however, anyone who is prepared to co-operate on a larger scale may receive more than one lot. Teachers may arrange, for instance, for a lot for each pupil by agreeing to take general charge of the whole set of experiments and to see that the cocoons are promptly sent in for our breeding work. The usual practice is to give the worms chopped leaves during the first two stages, and whole leaves the rest of their life. The number of meals a The examination is non-educational in character, and does not require that candidates present themselves at any specified place. They are rated upon their physical ability, training and experience, all of which should be indicated in detail in answer to questions in the application blank. Persons who wish to enter the examination should apply at once to the State Civil Service Commission, Sacramento. Applications should be properly executed and filed without delay, as only those applications received on or before March 28, will be considered for this examination. A warrant was issued today for the arrest of C. N. Gary on a charge of giving G. H. Marshall of San Juan Capistrano a bogus check for $3.40. Gary got into trouble in San Diego, where he lived. He went through this county by auto, and stopped at the mission town garage for repairs and gasoline. Marshall accepted a check on the U.S. National Bank of San Diego. "I beg your pardon, sir—" "Granted; but it's no use begging for anything else!" Conkey's Starting Food for Baby Chicks Is a ready prepared food that supplies the right elements for proper nourishment and vigor. Its use: Makes Chicks Sturdy Prepares and strengthens them for regular ration. Saves trouble and worry. 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