anaheim-gazette 1914-03-19

HUSBAND SUPPLY OF WATER, PRECIOUS INEXCUSABLE WASTE OF IRRIGATION WATER SHOULD STOP VICE-PRESIDENT OF REICHSTAG LECTURES THROUGH REGENT HELLMAN'S GIFT Wasted — inexcusably wasted—that is what becomes of more than half the water of many California irrigation systems. Two or three times as much land might be irrigated with the same amount of water, and everybody be better off. Thus does the University of California appeal to the people of the state to husband their precious supplies of water, and make them give life to the greatest possible area of the deep and marvelously fertile soils of California. Striking evidence of the present extravagant waste is given in a circular by Bernard A. Etcheverry, head of the Department of Irrigation Engineering, on "Increasing the Duty of Water," just issued by the College of Agriculture. How may the loss and waste of irrigation wasters be cut down from say 76 per cent to say 27 per cent? Here are some of the ways Professor Etcheverry suggests: Where the value of the water will justify the investment, concrete ditch linings will reduce conveyance loss, he says, from sometimes as much as 40 per cent to about 5 per cent, and water-logging of soils be prevented beside. Oil or clay puddle lining may be used, though good solid concrete is apt to be actually cheaper in the long run. If short furrows or runs be used in cultural development committed to him in Australia would suffer irreparably if his guiding hand should be withdrawn. The regents of the University have regretfully consented that Professor Mead shall remain in Australia,—a serious loss to the state. 7,000 STUDENTS IN FARMING AND OTHER MAIL COURSES There are now more correspondence students of the University of California than there are regular students, yet the University of California is second in size of American universities. Sven thousand people are now taking University of California courses by mail—a work first begun only a few months ago. Six thousand of these are at work in correspondence courses in agriculture, while the rest are enrolled for university extension correspondence courses in English, mathematics, political science, languages, domestic science, drawing, education, music, stenography, anthropology, zoology, philosophy and a wide variety of other subjects. Poultry-raising is the agricultural course which has enrolled the largest number. Those who complete the 16 lessons of this poultry course prove eager to re-enroll at once for a correspondence course in some other farming subject. The alfalfa course comes second in popularity. Other free agricultural courses now being given are those in citrus fruits, the fig, grape-growing, the onion, and the walnut. Swine-raising and barley-growing correspondence courses will start early in March. A number of additional agricultural courses are in preparation, each dealing with one of the great staple crops or fundamental livestock industries of California. The wonderful popular response to these new opportunities is expected by the university to result in widespread use of improved methods in farming which will add richly to the yield of California farms and the well-being of California families. The earnest work being done in the correspondence courses in college subjects is helping a thousand ambitious people to fit themselves for happier, better informed, and more useful working and living. SMUGGLING GREAT IS BETTER Some of Boldest Smuggling in Police Federal officers assail arrest Saturday of Cliff deputy constable of Diego county, and four spirators in a smuggle ending with the captain band Orientals, they caught the cleverest arouse smuggler on the Bottom. Though Culver has veilance more than asserted by immigrant he has perpetrated ming that period and time and cunning alone he from earlier arrest. Twenty-nine of the nese who were landed almost in the shadow custom-house Friday custody and the office capture the remainder. Ninteen contraband by Patrolman C. W. Mimington shortly after ed and six more were various points. Those accused of pauconspiracy are Clinton William Freeman, of Bing and Loy Sing, nese, and Ed Mason, feur. Several of them about to board Ma when Patrolman Wick. A visit by immigration Orchard hotel, on street, strengthened case, when it was ascender and Chu Bing room there Thursday gling craft, the name been definitely ascended San Pedro harbor earning, but owing to a lack of the alleged conspirion were kept under the until late Friday night ers essayed to land t Mason, the chauffeur landing was not How may the loss and waste of irrigation wasters be cut down from say 76 per cent to say 27 per cent? Here are some of the ways Professor Etcheverry suggests: Where the value of the water will justify the investment, concrete ditch linings will reduce conveyance loss, he says, from sometimes as much as 40 per cent to about 5 per cent, and water-logging of soils be prevented beside. Oil or clay puddle lining may be used, though good solid concrete is apt to be actually cheaper in the long run. If short furrows or runs be used instead of long ones, and larger heads of water, 25 per cent of waste from excessively deep percolation can often be saved. Loss by evaporation can be cut down by deep-furrow irrigation, which permits cultivation soon after irrigation, a great preventive of evaporation wastes. Waste by surface run-off can largely be prevented by skill in preparing land for irrigation and in applying water. These improved methods enrich the whole community, Professor Etcheverry points out, by making possible the irrigation of two or three times as much land as before with consequent great expansion of the community's production. Besides this, they aid the individual land-owner by preventing the water-logging of his land and the coming of alkali troubles from over-irrigation and seepage wastes. To correct such avoidable troubles, once they have occurred, means expensive drainage systems, now a crying need in large areas of valuable California land. A distinguished German statesman is to be brought from Berlin to lecture at the University of California on the governmental institutions of Germany, thanks to the gift of $2,500 to the University by Regent Hellman for this purpose. This visitor from abroad is Dr. Hermann Paasche, first vice-president of the German Reichstag, and the generous giver of the lectureship fund is Isaias W. Hellman, the San Francisco banker, a regent of the University for now 33 years. Scholarships, a Fountain, Lectures, Are Gifts to University Poor students for centuries to come will be aided toward a sound training for life by the gift of $6,000 just made to the University of California by Mrs. Edith P. Hambrook, of Santa Cruz, to endow the Forestus Phelps Memorial Loan Fund. This endowment is to help poor students from Santa Cruz county who would otherwise be unable to acquire an education. From Levi Strauss & Company the University has just received $1,750—their semi-annual gift to support the Strauss scholarships. Raphael Weill, dean of San Francisco merchants, has given $150 for lectures by F. Baldersperger of Paris, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne. A friend has given $355 for training the women students for the "Parthenela," the dramatic masque written each year in verse by a woman student, and to be presented on April 14 under the oaks of Strawberry Canyon. The class that is to graduate in May has given $600 for a marble drinking fountain. The beautiful design is by Irving Morrow, a graduate of the wonderful popular response to these new opportunities is expected by the university to result in widespread use of improved methods in farming which will add richly to the yield of California farms and the well-being of California families. The earnest work being done in the correspondence courses in college subjects is helping a thousand ambitious people to fit themselves for happier, better informed, and more useful working and living. PHILATHEA CLASS ENTERTAINS GUESTS St. Patrick's Day Party at Home of Miss Esther Schnitger A delightful St. Patrick's Day party was given Saturday evening by the Philathea class of the M. E. Sunday school, at the home of Miss Esther Schnitger on South Helena street. The class entertained as guests the Baracca class. The rooms were very prettily decorated in green crepe paper with a tangled net of Shamrocks and pipes. After a short business meeting games were played which were enjoyed by all. About 30 were present. An interesting feature of the evening was a handkerchief shower given Miss Laura West, who leaves shortly for her home in Kentucky. Dainty refreshments were served, carrying out the colors of the occasion. After a very pleasant evening a vote of thanks was extended the hostess and all went home promising to be in their classes on time Sunday morning. APPORTIONMENT OF STATE SCHOOL FUNDS In a pamphlet received from Superintendent E. Hyatt, of Sacramento, the second semi-annual apportionment of state high school funds, up to March 3, 1914, for Orange county, is as follows: Daily attend. Amount Anaheim .168 $1,380.00 Fullerton .163 1,352.95 Huntington Beach...99 1,006.71 Orange .173 1,407.05 Santa Ana .570 3,554.82 Total .1,173 $8,701.53 SANTA ANA CANYON ROAD CLOSED All automobilists, take notice. The road in the Santa Ana Canyon is closed, and if you want to go to River-side you will have to go by way of Brea Canyon and Pomona. The county has let a contract to Contractors Sharp & Fellows for building two and a half miles of road in the Santa Ana Canyon. The canyon road can be used as far up as the southwest end of this contract, Davisson's contract being the two and a half miles this side of the Riverside county line. Owing to the mountainous character of the country it is not possible to build temporary roads around the work that is to be done. Assistant Engineer A visit by immigrant or Orchard hotel, or street, strengthened case, when it was ascended and Chu Bing room there Thursday gling craft, the name been definitely ascended San Pedro harbor earling, but owing to a lack of the alleged conspire were kept under the until late Friday night essays to land t Mason, the chauffer landing was not night because his arm had been engaged by man to haul the Chi-gles became stuck way to the harbor and return to this city. A launch, known under suspicion and being made to local docked at the harbor,the smuggling craft put in,and after they curied it could not be gliding boat,when for fiscated,together we cylinder car operated FACTS REGARDING ALFALFA With Proper Care May Be Reduced The irrigation in United States Department have been elements to determine available for alfalfa of th Sacramento V use of water on at Gridley. Care were taken of the selected tracts ranging to 67 acres.The water applied on the and three-tenths acconjunction with th determinations were after each irrigationthe depth of penetration,and the percation in the soil before sgation.In many districts the water from the surface and drainage is not the water-logged best returns from sg The average yieldthe tracts under tons per acre from eral fields showed per acre for an increasethe average yield for siderably reduced ionof grasshopper gust.Water for tis supplied by the Companywhich takesthe Feather Riverto irrigators at any per yearwith their contracts，which are year. received $1,750—their semi-annual gift to support the Strauss scholarships. Raphael Weill, dean of San Francisco merchants, has given $150 for lectures by F. Baldersperger of Paris, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne. A friend has given $355 for training the women students for the "Parthenela," the dramatic masque written each year in verse by a woman student, and to be presented on April 14 under the oaks of Strawberry Canyon. The class that is to graduate in May has given $600 for a marble drinking fountain. The beautiful design is by Irving Morrow, a graduate of the School of Architecture of the University. This fountain is to stand just northeast of the $40,000 granite and bronze Sather Gate, itself a notable gift to the University. That the students thus join in a gift to their Alma Mater represents a growing tendency, for of recent years an increasing number of gifts from alumni are coming to the University, ranging from a book, an Indian basket, or a scientific collection up to E. V. Cowell's great bequest of three-quarters of a million for a gymnasium, a stadium, and a student hospital—the most munificent gift any alumnus has yet made to the University of California. Australia Wins Irrigation Expert From California Having been offered the highest salary provided for any professor in the University of California, the distinguished irrigation engineer and agricultural statesman, Elwood Mead, recently accepted an invitation to become professor of rural institutions in the University of California. Formerly he was chief of the bureau of irrigation investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, and for five years past he has been in Australia as chairman and chief engineer of the rivers and water supply commission of the State of Victoria. But when Professor Mead tendered his resignation, the Australian authorities promptly offered him three times the annual salary to be paid him by California, and not only that, but the premier of Victoria wrote a long personal letter to President Wheeler appealing to the University of California to release Professor Mead, on the ground that the vast affairs of irrigation and agriculture have received $1,750—their semi-annual gift to support the Strauss scholarships. Raphael Weill, dean of San Francisco merchants, has given $150 for lectures by F. Baldersperger of Paris, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne. A friend has given $355 for training the women students for the "Partheneela," the dramatic masque written each year in verse by a woman student, and to be presented on April 14 under the oaks of Strawberry Canyon. The class that is to graduate in May has given $600 for a marble drinking fountain. The beautiful design is by Irving Morrow, a graduate of the School of Architecture of the University. This fountain is to stand just northeast of the $40,000 granite and bronze Sather Gate, itself a notable gift to the University. That the students thus join in a gift to their Alma Mater represents a growing tendency, for of recent years an increasing number of gifts from alumni are coming to the University, ranging from a book, an Indian basket, or a scientific collection up to E. V. Cowell's great bequest of three-quarters of a million for a gymnasium, a stadium, and a student hospital—the most munificent gift any alumnus has yet made to the University of California. Australia Wins Irrigation Expert From California Having been offered the highest salary provided for any professor in the University of California, the distinguished irrigation engineer and agricultural statesman, Elwood Mead, recently accepted an invitation to become professor of rural institutions in the University of California. Formerly he was chief of the bureau of irrigation investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, and for five years past he has been in Australia as chairman and chief engineer of the rivers and water supply commission of the State of Victoria. But when Professor Mead tendered his resignation, the Australian authorities promptly offered him three times the annual salary to be paid him by California, and not only that, but the premier of Victoria wrote a long personal letter to President Wheeler appealing to the University of California to release Professor Mead, on the ground that the vast affairs of irrigation and agriculture have received $1,750—their semi-annual gift to support the Strauss scholarships. Raphael Weill, dean of San Francisco merchants, has given $150 for lectures by F. Baldersperger of Paris, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne. A friend has given $355 for training the women students for the "Partheneela," the dramatic masque written each year in verse by a woman student, and to be presented on April 14 under the oaks of Strawberry Canyon. The class that is to graduate in May has given $600 for a marble drinking fountain. The beautiful design is by Irving Morrow, a graduate of the School of Architecture of the University. This fountain is to stand just northeast of the $40,000 granite and bronze Sather Gate, itself a notable gift to the University. That the students thus join in a gift to their Alma Mater represents a growing tendency, for of recent years an increasing number of gifts from alumni are coming to the University, ranging from a book, an Indian basket, or a scientific collection up to E. V. Cowell's great bequest of three-quarters of a million for a gymnasium, a stadium, and a student hospital—the most munificent gift any alumnus has yet made to the University of California. Australia Wins Irrigation Expert From California Having been offered the highest salary provided for any professor in the University of California, the distinguished irrigation engineer and agricultural statesman, Elwood Mead, recently accepted an invitation to become professor of rural institutions in the University of California. Formerly he was chief of the bureau of irrigation investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, and for five years past he has been in Australia as chairman and chief engineer of the rivers and water supply commission of the State of Victoria. But when Professor Mead tendered his resignation, the Australian authorities promptly offered him three times the annual salary to be paid him by California, and not only that, but the premier of Victoria wrote a long personal letter to President Wheeler appealing to the University of California to release Professor Mead, on the ground that the vast affairs of irrigation and agriculture have received $1,750—their semi-annual gift to support the Strauss scholarships. Raphael Weill, dean of San Francisco merchants, has given $150 for lectures by F. Baldersperger of Paris, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne. A friend has given $355 for training the women students for the "Partheneela," the dramatic masque written each year in verse by a woman student, and to be presented on April 14 under the oaks of Strawberry Canyon. Owing to the mountainous character of the country it is not possible to build temporary roads around the work that is to be done. Assistant Engineer Stearns of the highway commission stated recently that there is nothing to do but close the road to the public. Since there is but one road up the Santa Ana Canyon, all vehicle traffic will be shut off over the two and a half miles covered by the contract. It will be several weeks before the road can be opened. The plans call for the reduction of grades and straightening out of this road. It is not to be payed. About 200 feet of concrete base on the Santa Ana-Huntington Beach good road is to be replaced. This decision was reached yesterday by County Highway Commissioners Pixley, Finley and McFadden on their trip of inspection over the two sections of the Santa Ana-Huntington Beach good road. The defective piece lies on the road opposite the Huntington Beach cemetery. Just why this bit of base failed to hold up has not been discovered. Defective material may have been the cause. The thickness is according to specifications. Whatever the cause, it is up to the contractor to replace it, and that work is to be done before the road is accepted. The commissioners also directed some minor reshaping of the sides of the road. The commissioners looked over the concrete bridge that the Los Angeles Bridge & Construction Company is building under contract with the county. This bridge is on the Talbert road across the Santa Ana river just south of the P.E. bridge. The recent storm waters interfered with the progress on this bridge considerably. It will be three or four months before it is completed. However, it will be finished before the sugar beet hauling starts. Registrar Lacking 15 nails voters in Orange night carried 13,000 weekthe Republic additions as againgressives.The fi night are as followRepublicanDemocratProgressiveDeclineto stateProhibitionSocialistIndependentFederation Total Mrs. Thompsonously ill. He's h now.Laundress—Pool him bad? SMUGGLING GANG IS BROKEN UP Some of Boldest Smugglers on Coast in Police Net Federal officers assert that in the arrest Saturday of Clinton C. Culver, a deputy constable of Oceanside, San Diego county, and four alleged co-conspirators in a smuggling expedition ending with the capture of 29 contraband Orientals, they finally have caught the cleverest and most dangerous smuggler on the Pacific coast. Though Culver has been under surveillance more than three years, it is asserted by immigration officials that he has perpetrated many crimes during that period and that his ingenuity and cunning alone have saved him from earlier arrest. Twenty-nine of the 30 or more Chinese who were landed at Wilmington, almost in the shadow of the San Pedro custom-house Friday night, were in custody and the officers expected to capture the remainder within 24 hours. Nineteen contrabands were arrested by Patrolman C. W. Wickland at Wilmington shortly after they were landed and six more were picked up at various points. Those accused of participation in the conspiracy are Clinton C. Culver and William Freeman, of Oceanside, Chu Bing and Loy Sing, Los Angeles Chinese, and Ed Mason, a public chauffeur. Several of the Chinese were about to board Mason's automobile when Patrolman Wickland appeared. A visit by immigration inspectors to the Orchard hotel, on North Main street, strengthened the government's case, when it was ascertained that Culver and Chu Bing shared the same room there Thursday night. The smuggling craft, the name of which has not been definitely ascertained, put into San Pedro harbor early Thursday evening, but owing to a hitch in the plans of the alleged conspirators the Chinese were kept under the vessel's hatchway until late Friday night, when the leaders essayed to land them. Mason, the chauffeur, said that the landing was not effected Thursday IN AND ABOUT COUNTY Sale Confirmed Judge West has confirmed the sale of 50 acres of citrus fruit land at Olive to the University of Redlands by the Will C. Crawford estate. The Baptist institution offered $100,000 for the property, $40,000 cash and $60,000 mortgage. No raise of that amount was made in court, and the order of sale to the University of Redlands was signed. The Baptist university buys this land as an investment, believing that the ranch will bring a greater income than would be the case if the money were loaned out at 7 per cent. School Elections School districts throughout the county excepting Santa Ana will hold school elections April 3. In many of the districts but one trustee is to be elected, for a term of three years. Pollerino district, a new district, is to elect three directors. In those districts where the average daily attendance is over 400, the polls must be open from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. In districts where the average daily attendance is under 400, the polls must open not earlier than 9 A.M., and must be kept open for four hours. County Superintendent of Schools Mitchell sent out notices of election to the various school districts. Santa Ana elects its board of education at the same time as other city officers are elected, the next election being in April, 1915. Robinson on the Job County Game Warden W. K. Robinson states that he has received instructions from the fish and game commission to be lenient with enforcement of the new angler's license law up to April 1, but after that date to make arrests of all persons without licenses found fishing for game fish. The commission has taken it upon itself to say that the law is not to be enforced against fishermen on wharves, but there is no such exclusion in the law. The law plainly says that those fishing for certain game fish must have a license. There is no question about the should pay the money back out of the earnings of the plant. Should she die he should have the choice of the factory or $25,000. In 1911 this contract was reaffirmed. Mrs. Conn died and Dr. Royer put in a claim of $25,000 against the estate, which is valued at $100,000. D. N. Kelly, the executor, stood suit, declaring the signatures were forged. The judge declared that he is thoroughly satisfied with the signatures, but ruled that Dr. Royer gave no consideration for the contract, and that therefore as against the heirs the contracts do not hold. Mrs. Conn meant the money to go as a bequest, but she failed to mention it in her will, and the provision she had made was not testamentary. The gainers by the decision are nine heirs who live in the East. Rapid Progress When the twentieth century broke on Southern California all that country embraced in Imperial county was either a desert or a wilderness. There are today over 300,000 acres under irrigation in the valley, and the new highline canal is to bring water to 47,000 acres recently purchased from the Southern Pacific Company and just opened for settlement by the Imperial Valley Farm Lands Association. It is estimated that in a short time more there will be 400,000 acres under irrigation in this wonderful valley. It is just like the Nile country, and the last city to be located there is christened Niland. The soil and the climate are similar to those of the Nile Valley. The waters running in the canals do work of the Nile, and the products are much more Egyptian than the gipsies. Grateful to Judge Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bryan, who live in Brea, came before Judge W. H. Thomas several weeks ago, in divorce proceedings. The judge at the time gave them some good advice, told them to go back home, think it over, and find out if they could not patch up the difficulty in some manner, without resorting to a divorce. They must have followed his advice, for on Saturday Judge Thomas received a letter from Mrs. Bryan, in which she said she A visit by immigration inspectors to the Orchard hotel, on North Main street, strengthened the government's case, when it was ascertained that Culver and Chu Bing shared the same room there Thursday night. The smuggling craft, the name of which has not been definitely ascertained, put into San Pedro harbor early Thursday evening, but owing to a hitch in the plans of the alleged conspirators the Chinese were kept under the vessel's hatchway until late Friday night, when the leaders essayed to land them. Mason, the chauffeur, said that the landing was not effected Thursday night because his automobile, which had been engaged by Culver and Freeman to haul the Chinese to Los Angeles, became stuck in the mud on its way to the harbor and was forced to return to this city. A launch, known as the Clara L., is under suspicion and an effort now is being made to locate it. The boat docked at the harbor about the time the smuggling craft is alleged to have put in, and after the Chinese were captured it could not be found. The smuggling boat, when found, will be confiscated, together with the large six-cylinder car operated by Mason. FACTS REGARDING ALFALFA IRRIGATION With Proper Care Amount of Water May Be Reduced One-Third The irrigation investigators of the United States Department of Agriculture have been conducting experiments to determine the duty of water available for alfalfa in various parts of th Sacramento Valley. Studies of the use of water on alfalfa were made at Gridley. Careful measurements were taken of the water applied to 14 selected tracts ranging in size from 7 to 67 acres. The average amount of water applied on these farms was three and three-tenths acre feet per acre. In conjunction with this work, moisture determinations were made before and after each irrigation in order to show the depth of penetration of each irrigation, and the percentage of moisture in the soil before and after each irrigation. In many parts of the Gridley district the water table was only a few feet from the surface, due to irrigation, and drainage is necessary to relieve the water-logged lands to receive the best returns from alfalfa growing. The average yield of alfalfa from the tracts under observation was 6.2 tons per acre from five cuttings. Several fields showed yields of two tons per acre for an individual cutting and the average yield for the year was considerably reduced, owing to an invasion of grasshoppers in July and August. Water for the Gridley country is supplied by the Sutter Butte Canal Company, which takes its supply from the Feather River. Water is delivered to irrigators at a cost of $2 per acre per year, with the exception of early contracts, which are $1 per acre per year. Robinson on the Job County Game Warden W. K. Robinson states that he has received instructions from the fish and game commission to be lenient with enforcement of the new angler's license law up to April 1, but after that date to make arrests of all persons without licenses found fishing for game fish. The commission has taken it upon itself to say that the law is not to be enforced against fishermen on wharves, but there is no such exclusion in the law. The law plainly says that those fishing for certain game fish must have a license. There is no question about the intention to enforce the law so far as trout anglers are concerned. More Oil Symptoms High grade oil sand has been found in the well that is being drilled on the Delmer Woodward place by the North American Oil Company. The hole is now down 2,900 feet and the drillers hope to bring in a good producing well within a few days. Many gas pockets were encountered after a depth of 1,000 feet was reached. This well is only 300 feet from the gusher recently brought in on the Basten place by the Calokla Oil Company. Woodward has 11 acres in the tract which he purchased three or four years ago for only $2,800. He recently refused a spot cash offer of $6,000 an acre. Since the new well was brought in on the Basten property, land in that immediate vicinity has more than doubled in value. She Wouldn't Answer Helen Butler, aged 14, had the justice court stumped last week. She was the principal witness against her stepfather, Herbert Dyer, charged with felonious mistreatment of the girl. When Attorneys Weisel & Dutton began cross-examining her she balked. She refused to answer their questions. Justice Cox instructed her to answer. She refused. The attorneys suggested that she be fined for contempt. It developed she had no money. The attorneys suggested that she be sent to jail for contempt. "She is already held at the Detention Home, and that is the only confinement we can impose upon her at her age," said Cox. The hearing resulted in holding Dyer to answer on a bond of $5,000. Seeking a Compromise State Building and Loan Commissioner G. S. Walker was in Santa Ana Wednesday making an effort to secure a compromise settlement of the affairs of the Orange County Building and Loan Association, wrecked by its secretary, N. A. Ulm, who committed suicide on November 19. Walker interviewed Dr. C. D. Ball, W. L. Duggan, W. C. Roberts and others who were directors of the association, to see if the directors would consider a settlement whereby shareholders would receive 50 cents on the dollar. Ulm's shortage was about $55,000. The principal creditor is the First National Bank, which holds a note for $17,000. That note may be rejected by Walker. At the time of Ulm's suicide Dr Ball Robinson on the job Grateful to Judge Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bryan, who live in Brea, came before Judge W. H. Thomas several weeks ago, in divorce proceedings. The judge at the time gave them some good advice, told them to go back home, think it over, and find out if they could not patch up the difficulty in some manner, without resorting to a divorce. They must have followed his advice, for on Saturday Judge Thomas received a letter from Mrs. Bryan, in which she said she was writing for both herself and husband, and in which she thanked the judge for his kindly advice. She said they had followed it to the letter, and had made up and were now happy. La Habra Church Dedicated Dedicatory services for the handsome new Methodist Episcopal church at La Habra were held Sunday. Three services were conducted, beginning with the morning service, and continuing throughout the day. Dr Matt S. Hughes of Pasadena delivered the dedication address in the afternoon. In the morning Dr Alfred Inwood, superintendent of the San Diego district, was in charge of the services. At the evening session the pastor, the Rev. H. H. Stranberg, was assisted by the Rev George Coultas, pastor of the Whittier Methodist church. Special music was rendered at all services by a chorus of 30 voices. The church building constructed at a cost of $7,080, is of mission style of architecture. It is of reinforced concrete with red tile roof. The building contains a spacious auditorium, Sunday school rooms, pastor's study, choir loft and church parlor. Heavy Loquat Crop One of the best loquat crops that this section has had in years is being marketed. The fruit is abundant and of good quality, while the opening prices are good. The C. P. Taft ranch, north of Orange, which is said to have the largest loquat orchard in the world, is figuring on marketing about 100 tons of this palatable fruit. The earliest of the shipments brought from 15 to 18 cents per pound; but these prices will probably decline to 3 or 4 cents for the best fruit before the crop is harvested. Mr Taft has for the first time been obliged to prop the limbs of his trees because of the weight of fruit, which threatened to break them down. That is an unusual condition, because the loquat wood is tougher than that of most fruit trees. This section furnishes a great deal of loquats to the local and coast markets. The interior and eastern markets are not yet generally available, owing to difficulty in transporting the fruit in good condition. It is, however, a popular table fruit at this season of the year on the coast. Standard Adding Stills The Standard Oil Company is doubling the number of stills at the refinery in order to take care of the additional oil which it is receiving from the wells of the Emery lease and the La Habra Valley. The production has The average yield of alfalfa from the tracts under observation was 6.2 tons per acre from five cuttings. Several fields showed yields of two tons per acre for an individual cutting and the average yield for the year was considerably reduced, owing to an invasion of grasshoppers in July and August. Water for the Gridley country is supplied by the Sutter Butte Canal Company, which takes its supply from the Feather River. Water is delivered to irrigators at a cost of $2 per acre per year, with the exception of early contracts, which are $1 per acre per year. The soil in general is a silt loam and very fertile when carefully handled. The usual method of irrigation is to apply water once after each cutting of alfalfa. An irrigating head of 10 to 15 cubic feet per second is used, and the average amount turned into each border check varies from 2.5 to 5 cubic feet per second. Observations this season indicate that for shallow soils containing much clay, the best results are obtained by applying water before and after each cutting, using in each case a smaller amount than when one irrigation is applied. It is believed with a better preparation of land and a more careful handling of water the amount now used in many cases can be reduced a third. REGISTRATION Lacking 15 names, the register of voters in Orange county Saturday night carried 13,000 names. In the past week the Republican party has had 408 additions as against 164 for the Progressives. The figures to Saturday night are as follows: Republican ... 5,278 Democrat ... 2,781 Progressive ... 2,159 Decline to state ... 1,184 Prohibition ... 1,005 Socialist ... 515 Independent ... 62 Federation ... 1 Total ... 12,985 Mrs. Thompson—My husband is seriously ill. He's having a consultation now. Laundress—Poor man. Do it hurt him bad? Wednesday making an effort to secure a compromise settlement of the affairs of the Orange County Building and Loan Association, wrecked by its secretary, N. A. Ulm, who committed suicide on November 19. Walker interviewed Dr. C. D. Ball, W. L. Duggan, W. C. Roberts and others who were directors of the association, to see if the directors would consider a settlement whereby shareholders would receive 50 cents on the dollar. Ulm's shortage was about $55,000. The principal creditor is the First National Bank, which holds a note for $17,000. That note may be rejected by Walker. At the time of Ulm's suicide, Dr. Ball, president of the association, stated that his signature to that note was a forgery. His signature to the original note, of which the $17,000 note was a renewal, was genuine, and the indebtedness was admitted by the directors. Walker recently instructed Attorney H. J. Forgy to bring suit against the city for $75, which Ulm paid by an association check. The sum was for Ulm's city license to conduct the Grand Opera house. The city has refused to return the money. Eells Gets Divorce George Eells, a Garden Grove nurseryman, was on Saturday granted a divorce from Edith Eells, a Los Angeles attorney. Eells is also given clear title to a ranch at Garden Grove, upon which the woman had slapped a homestead. Eells declared that the woman became intoxicated. In her answer she said Eells had treated her cruelly. Royer Loses Suit Dr. D. F. Royer, of Orange, who has been suing the heirs of the late Mrs. Catharine M. Conn for $25,000, lost his case Saturday when Judge Willis, of Anglese, sitting in the superior court at Santa Ana, denied his claim. The judge declared that he is satisfied with the good faith of both Dr. Royer and Mrs. Conn in signing two documents entered in the case, but that while Mrs. Conn intended to make a gift to Dr. Royer she failed to make legal provision. In 1907 Mrs. Conn agreed to advance Dr. Royer $25,000 with which to establish a factory, agreeing that loquat wood is tougher than that of most fruit trees. This section furnishes a great deal of loquats to the local and coast markets. The interior and eastern markets are not yet generally available, owing to difficulty in transporting the fruit in good condition. It is, however, a popular table fruit at this season of the year on the coast. Standard Adding Stills The Standard Oil Company is doubling the number of stills at the refinery in order to take care of the additional oil which it is receiving from the wells of the Emery lease and the La Habra Valley. The production has doubled during the past few months, due mostly to the big gusher which was brought in during November. Other big producers are expected to be brought in on the Emery lease within a few weeks and the company has doubled its pipe-line capacity, hence more stills will be needed. Immediate increase to a capacity of 20,000 barrels daily is the plan. This will take care of the immediate needs and further enlargements can be made as called for. When the company first began work at El Segundo it purchased a tract of 840 acres, which allow room for almost unlimited expansion. Republican Co. Central Committee Albert P. Dresser was elected secretary of the Republican County Central Committee on Saturday to take the place of J. C. Burke, who resigned. Burke's resignation was presented a month ago. At the time he stated that he would unable to attend to the duties of the office. The committee meeting was held at the city hall, in Santa Ana, and was presided over by W. W. Wilson of East Newport, chairman of the committee. Dresser had no opponent for the position of secretary. Samuel Armor, of Orange, prepared a paper on the history of political parties in the United States which was read and evolved expressions of approval. This paper was full of interest, and was listened to with close attention. The officers of the Santa Ana Republican Club are making efforts to secure a date for a speech in Santa Ana by United States Senator Borah of Idaho, who will be in Southern California soon. Thursday, March 19 St. Joseph’s Academy ANAHEIM, CAL. Conducted by the Sisters of St. Dominic A Boarding Academy and Select Day School. Complete Academic course. Special course in Music, Painting, Embroidery and Languages. For rates and information apply to SISTER SUPERIOR "San Diego" THE QUALITY BEER The Quality Beer is a pure food product, prepared with scrupulous cleanliness from the choicest grains that grow, distilled water, in a big, modern, sanitary brewery. The QUALITY BEER is virtually liquid bread — nourishing, refreshing and stimulating. It is an ideal food for the convalescent and a splendid tonic for old and young, and IT’S MADE IN SAN DIEGO WANT RIGHT OF WAY W. Lewis Clark, division engineer of the State Highway Commission, has WANT RIGHT OF WAY W. Lewis Clark, division engineer of the State Highway Commission, has sent a letter to District Attorney West, and says that the letter is "self-explanatory." The letter recites the fact that N. D. Darlington, of the State Highway Commission, has had an interview with James Irvine, relative to the Irvine Company's right of way for the location of the state highway. The interview was not very satisfactory. Lewis complains that the supervisors of Orange county had promised certain rights of way for state highway, on a location between Satna Ana and the Los Angeles county line. These rights of way have not been secured, and yet the work is progressing rapidly, on the strength of these assurances from the supervisors. The State Highway Commission wants these rights of way, and the time in which they may now reasonably be expected to be deeded. FOREST NOTES Connecticut has one and a half million acres of timber land, mainly in farmers' woodlots. India is developing an important turpentine industry, though it does not yet supply the home market. Only one wood, Spanish cedar, is commonly used for cigar boxes. Sometimes a cheaper wood may form the basis of the box, with paper-thin veeers of the tropical cedar over it. It has been suggested that certain kinds of timber on the national forests be reserved for the needs of the navy. This recalls the fact that the first forest reservations in this country were made for naval material. The department of agriculture is trying to eliminate the danger to cattle from poisonous plants on national forest ranges. Of these plants, larkspur loco weed, death camas, and water hemlock are the most poisonous. Larkspur does the most harm, because it is so widely distributed and is particularly bad for cattle. Ordinarily, horses will not eat larkspur, and sheep can eat it without apparent injury. The revised rates of the Wells Fargo Express Company as fixed by the railroad commission went into effect last week and will affect millions of dollars worth of business in California. The new rates are materially lower than those now in effect, the cut in some instances being more than 50 per cent. The industry most affected is the dairy business, the value of the output of which in 1913 was $32,000,000. There The revised rates of the Wells Fargo Express Company as fixed by the railroad commission went into effect last week and will affect millions of dollars worth of business in California. The new rates are materially lower than those now in effect, the cut in some instances being more than 50 per cent. The industry most affected is the dairy business, the value of the output of which in 1913 was $32,000,000. There are 15,000 dairies and 200 creameries in the state, all of which will benefit under the new rates. The butter output last year totaled 55,542,709 pounds. As examples of the reduction in express rates on milk and cream—the old rate for a ten gallon can, weight 100 pounds, from El Centro to Los Angeles, was $1.25—the new rate now is 54 cents, a reduction of 71 cents. WANTED WANTED—A chance to demonstrate the following line of used cars to you: One 1913 Hupmobile 32, six passenger and fully equipped; one 1913 Ford, five passenger, will pay difference on larger car; one 2-passenger Studebaker 30, like new; one 5-passenger Auburn 30; two 5-passenger Reos; one 5-passenger Carter-car; one 4-passenger Buick 20; one 5-passenger Overland 30; one Ford delivery car; one 5-passenger Jackson; one Brush runabout. The above cars can be seen at the Guarantee Garage, Second and Bush streets, Santa Ana, or phone for demonstration. OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE—If you really want to sell, we solicit a listing of your property. Post card to us will bring a description blank. We will then send man to make thorough investigation, take photographs, etc. We have cash buyers NOW for Orange County lands and groves. NEWBURY, DEEBLE & NEWBURY, corner Ocean and Locust, Long Beach, Cal. Sunset 1252, Home 1655.