anaheim-gazette 1914-03-26

LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING TIME ORANGE COUNTY ABUNDANTLY FORTUNATE IN HER WATER SUPPLY D. W. McDANNALD GRAPHICALLY DEPICTS THE BEAUTIES OF THIS MATCHLESS DISTRICT Down by the sunset sea to the south of Los Angeles, between the brown line of the Temecula hills and the warm tides of the Pacific, where golden lime trees fruit and flower forever; where the largest walnut orchards in the world spread their branches to the sun as it rises in the east amid groves of oranges, or sets in the west beyond green fields and broad pastures, in which the cattle of Holland and the horses of Kentucky stand knee deep in blooming clover; where unnumbered miles of broad avenues, bordered by the trees of every clime, cross and checked the broad valley, the waters of whose rivers and artesian wells have been turned into gold; where the spring time always lingers, where winter never enters, and where the last rose of summer is never seen; where mingle together the grapes of Italy and the Rhine, the figs of Smyrna and the olives of Spain; there, where the palms of the south bend to northern pines, and the richer foliage of the tropics blends with the flowers of all the zones; where rains fall gently and ocean winds breathe softly under the blue of the western sky and in the glow of the setting sun; there is Orange county. This beautiful section of the Golden State of California has been aptly called sessed at $1,000,000, the highest valuation placed on any one oil well in the United States. More than 1,000 men, mostly experts, are employed in the oil fields, with a monthly pay roll of $90,000. The lima bean industry in Orange county is a plant of recent growth. The first experiments were made on the San Joaquin ranch. They have become so profitable that 19,000 acres are grown in one field—the largest bean field in the world. The 1913 crop in the county will aggregate 35,000 acres, and return the farmers a bank account above $2,000,000. Beans can be grown continuously on the same land, as they do not impoverish the soil, and the profits vary from $60 to $80 an acre. Southern California is the only place in the United States where lima beans are grown in commercial quantities, hence we have an unlimited market. In 1913 the citrus groves of Orange county will reach in wealth well above $3,000,000. While not so large in carload shipments as the 1912 crop, the prices have been much higher. “Fancys” in 1912 brought $500 a carload. In 1913 they sold for $1,000 and better acar. Last January was the coldest in 40 years. After the “cold spell” eastern papers teemed with misinformation in regard to the damage done. Bradstreet’s commercial agency, an authority admitted reliable, after careful investigation, published the information that Orange county would this year market 80 per cent of her orange crop. The loss of one-fifth of one crop once in 40 years is not a bad record, and I doubt if any other section of the world can equal it. In Orange county is produced more largely of the Valencia orange than in any other citrus district of the state. According to packing house reports the navels average less than $1.00 a box, while the Valencia exceeds $2.00, therefore, to anyone who feels the lure of an orange grove it is well to know where the best paying varieties finds most congenial conditions. Our Valencia lates hang on the trees and are shipped for the autumn market, often bringing $8.00 to $10.00 a box. C. C. Chapman’s “Mission Brand” of Valencias have brought him $12.00 a box in carload lots. These are carload record prices for California or... have been turned into gold; where the spring time always lingers, where winter never enters, and where the last rose of summer is never seen; where mingle together the grapes of Italy and the Rhine, the figs of Smyrna and the olives of Spain; there, where the palms of the south bend to northern pines, and the richer foliage of the tropics blends with the flowers of all the zones; where rains fall gently and ocean winds breathe softly under the blue of the western sky and in the glow of the setting sun; there is Orange county. This beautiful section of the Golden State of California has been aptly called the "Land of Eternal Spring Time." It is a valley of rich alluvial soil, sloping gently to the southwest from the foothills and mountains which border it on the north and east and protect it from the cold north winds, to the shores of the Pacific ocean, which tempers the cold of winter and the heat of summer, the result being a wonderfully equable and delightful all-year climate. Covering this valley are thriving cities and villages surrounded by beautiful groves of oranges, lemon, walnut, olive and other fruit trees, great fields of corn, beans, celery, sugar-beets, and berries and vegetables of almost every known variety. In the mountains are beautiful canyons with groves of live-oak and sycamore, and sparkling streams and mineral springs, fern covered hill sides and sweet smelling plants and flowers; all easy of access from every part of the country, affording many delightful spots for a day's picnic or a month's outing. Along 35 miles of sea-shore are many beautiful seaside resorts on bay and ocean front, with clean, sandy beaches or picturesque, rocky cliffs and shores, with boating, bathing and fishing advantages that cannot be surpassed. These places, also, are easy of access from any part of the county, by carriage, automobile or electric cars. The water supply of any section of the southwest is the best criterion of its possibilities. Orange county is abundantly fortunate in her water supply. The Santa Ana river, a magnificent, never falling stream, furnishes the bulk of the gravity supply. The Anaheim Union Water Company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company divide its flow. The two systems have ample water for a district embracing 25,000 acres, the gem of the citrus belt. The amount of wealth taken from orchard and vine far exceed a "King's Ransom." Many smaller streams flow from the higher elevations, and more than 600 pumping plants supply other sections equally fruitful and prosperous. The cheapest water in the world is furnished by artesian wells. Orange county has an abundance of them. An ancient proverb reads, "A nimble penny is better than an idle sixpence." In Orange county's 25 banks, according to the last official report, $10,000,000 were on deposit. Our bankers find active demand for ready cash to handle the many improvements always under way. Besides the annual expenditure of $100,000 from the tax levy, Orange county has begun work on a boulevard system of 107 miles coating $1,270,000. In Orange county is produced more largely of the Valencia orange than in any other citrus district of the state. According to packing house reports the navels average less than $1.00 a box, while the Valencia exceeds $2.00, therefore, to anyone who feels the lure of an orange grove it is well to know where the best paying varieties finds most congenial conditions. Our Valencia lates hang on the trees and are shipped for the autumn market, often bringing $8.00 to $10.00 a box. C. C. Chapman's "Mission Brand" of Valencias have brought him $12.00 a box in carload lots. These are carload record prices for California oranges. Oranges and lemons are not the only tropical fruits successfully grown in Orange county, for the avocado, sepaota, Japanese and Chinese persimmon, cherimoya, feijoa, loquat, kumquat and guava find congenial climatic and soil conditions and will, in the very near future, rival the orange in the harvest of wealth. I wish to emphasize this thought, there is no section of this beloved land of ours where the orange, "king" of all fruits, ripens and flowers to a more perfect state than in Orange county. THE OBSTACLES TO FARM CO-OPERATION Wherever farmers have been getting together the past winter, the subject of co-operative methods has been discussed. Is the farmer too independent and isolated a personality to co-operate successfully? He can toil in the hayfield from dawn to dark, with wonderful industry and persistence. But long solitudes have made him an intense individualist. Sure of food and fuel in his little homestead, he defies the world of commerce and society. Farm co-operation is not new in this country. Abortive efforts have been made at it for years. They encountered a spirit of suspicion. The moment he put out of his hands the function of marketing or buying, the farmer saw crookedness. If his neighbor, by better methods, produced a superior article, he got better prices, which less successful competitors attributed to favoritism. A recent writer in the Saturday Evening Post, describing conditions formerly existing in the lumber business, told of the discrimination against the product of the smaller dealers. It is very easy for an unfair grader to slip up the product of the big man, and slip down the product of the little fellow. Of recent years, as the result of the forming of trade associations, the sentiment of that business is against unfair discriminations. Similarly the farmers can avert such abuses in co-operative work, as other trades have done, by cordial union, frank discussion of errors, insistence on the square deal. No man ever gets ahead who is too suspicious of his fellow-men. There are plenty of bright, square men who can handle farm cooperation honestly and efficiently. The farmer must find them and trust them, or forever suffer from the limitations of the individualist. CONSERVING STORM WATERS Signor Nathan, then City of Rome, has pointed at the expoition as America soon to dedicate site. The Italian parliaments propriated $400,000 and interest, which Italy over the expoition became an expression. It is reported that its tensions are now being resolved among Italians and that the attending country will be excepted. One of the most unmethods of transport for handling expositions one which will effect problems of transport crowds from the ferry exposition grounds. Known as the roller is similar to that we use in factories for this will be the first mechanism to passenger. The cars will operate vated trestle, having feet to every hundred rollers are placed at feet; allowing the cars At intervals of four car will be lifted by a declivity to a height at the lowest point of it and will then coast to station. The entire system $350,000 and the experience will be slight. Stations will be nectaric but each cable but each smaller motor than an ordinary street car. A sight that never visitors to the expoition that of a train free out of a nearly-finished While all the entrances enough to admit locus proportions of things are such that they not realize this. Spedition terminal railway palaces and are transporting lumber construction to the fixtures. Later these trains in the installation of the expoition openers be covered over, and visible until the closing when they will. The Argentine I made an appropriation (gold) for an exhibition intimated that it would amount later. The exhibit will be by which Argentina has important factor in co-food supply of the wheatpected it will be one markable ever shown American nation. More than nine thousand space have been Argentine farmers. Agriculture, large will be devoted to wheat and corn. Ports more chilled more than any other country Its wheat production plants supply other sections equally fruitful and prosperous. The cheapest water in the world is furnished by artesian wells. Orange county has an abundance of them. An ancient proverb reads, "A nimble penny is better than an idle sixpence." In Orange county's 25 banks, according to the last official report, $10,000,000 were on deposit. Our bankers find active demand for ready cash to handle the many improvements always under way. Besides the annual expenditure of $100,000 from the tax levy, Orange county has begun work on a boulevard system of 107 miles costing $1,270,000, and to this sum may be added $100,000 for concrete bridges. The state will soon begin work on a highway 45 miles long, extending the length of Orange county, north and south. When these systems have been completed Orange county will have as good, if not the best net work of good roads of any county in the state. The English walnut is not indiginous to English soil, but gained the name by English merchants introducing them to the trade. They are native to Persia but have been successfully grown in France for more than 200 years. Many new and superior varieties have been propagated since their introduction into Southern California. Experts claim our walnuts are the richest in flavor and having the highest food value of any grown in the world. One of the most promising new varieties, and yielding the largest crop at an early age is the Garden Grove Prolific. A two-acre orchard of these trees, at five years from the bud, yielded 60 pounds to the tree. In 1912 Orange county produced more than one-half of the walnuts of the state, and brought the growers nearly a million and a half dollars. Not many years ago the walnut was regarded as a luxury, only to be eaten during the holidays. New they are almost as staple as flour, and are made into many valuable food products. Walnut orchards pay from $75 to $350 an acre, owing to the care given the trees. The crude oil industry of Orange county is an easy winner in the race for wealth. The 1913 output will exceed $9,000,000 and many new wells just ready to be turned loose. So great is the value of these properties, that one well in the Fullerton field is as Similarly the farmers can avert such abuses in co-operative work, as other trades have done, by cordial union, frank discussion of errors, insistence on the square deal. No man ever gets ahead who is too suspicious of his fellow-men. There are plenty of bright, square men who can handle farm cooperation honestly and efficiently. The farmer must find them and trust them, or forever suffer from the limitations of the individualist. CONSERVING STORM WATERS The Water Conservation Association is still spreading nearly as much water at the mouth of the Santa Ana river as immediately after the recent rain storm. At the present time 12,000 inches of water is being diverted from the natural channel of the Santa Ana and spread on the dry gravels. This is all of the water that is flowing in the river at that point. W. E. Pedley, a member of the Tri-Counties Reforestation Committee, has consented to prepare a paper giving his idea of the best method of increasing the work of spreading storm water along the base of the San Bernardino mountains. This paper will be read before the Tri-Counties Reforestation Committee at their next meeting which takes place in Orange county, May 14, 1914. Mr. Pedley is an authority on this question, which is now being given careful attention wherever water is used for irrigation. The paper should be of especial interest and value. It is probable that the meeting will be open to the public. On last Sunday morning, Rev. C. L. Yeoman of Anaheim preached at the Congregational church at Villa Park, the pulpit of which has been vacant for some time. Mr. Yeoman was accompanied from Anaheim by Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, residents of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. Stiles, who are spending the winter here. All these good people are from Anandale, North Dakota, where Mr. Yeoman was pastor of the Methodist church. They were guests at Villa Park of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Cauldwell, who were also members of Mr. Yeoman's church at Anandale. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips favored the congregation with a vocal duet. The exhibit will be by which Argentina is important factor in co-food supply of the world; it will be one markable ever shown American nation. More than nine thousand of space have been Argentine farmers in Agriculture; the large will be devoted to wheat and corn. The ports more chilled than any other country; its wheat production that of Russia, and was Australia. The exh sheep from the Argentine of the most interesting stock department of A large space has Argentine in the Park and Social Economy; will show Argentine pulsory voting, of the government-owned systems, parcels possessions utilities. In addition shown the model she Argentine governed last year 60 mille A special exhibit writting the method in handles immigration treatment of immigrants received as guests of and lodged at the until they can be paid or labor for which After being properly placed in position transported free to In many instances with land and stock for which they may installments. RURAL CARP The rural mail office county met at the Hedges of Anaheim ing. The regular roar carried out and then resulted in the follo George M. Tedrick president, C. W. He secretary, Fred M. ton. An item of news t NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO Argentine Preparing Vast Exhibit for Panama Pacific Exposition A varied and beautiful floral display will be made by Holland at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, in 1915. In addition to Holland's exhibit in the Palace of Horticulture, the open-air gardens surrounding the palaces will be devoted to a display of gorgeous lilies, tulips, narcissus and gladioli of The Netherlands, A. Van Vliet, the artist who planned the gardens surrounding the Peace Palace at The Hague, will have personal charge of the exhibit until the close of the exposition. Arnold Kruckman, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, is now making a tour of the United States in an endeavor to definitely decide upon control stations for the great exposition circum-aviation race around the globe for prizes now guaranteed of $300,000 and which may aggregate more than a half million dollars. It is the intention of Mr. Kruckman to inspect the entire course as laid out and it is probable that with this end in view he will sail for Europe in May. An international congress on viticulture will be held in San Francisco in June, 1915. Delegates from more than 25 nations interested in grape culture will attend the congress. This will be one of the largest congresses held during the exposition. Prince Sealea, of the Italian Ministry, has advised officials that Italy will participate in the exposition and will expend $400,000 on an elaborate and comprehensive national exhibit. Signor Nathan, the former mayor of the City of Rome, has accepted the appointment as Italian royal commissioner to the exposition and will leave for America soon to dedicate his country's site. The Italian parliament recently appropriated $400,000 for participation and interest, which has been keen in Italy over the exposition, immediately became an expression of enthusiasm. It is reported that steamer reservations are now being made by hundreds of prominent Italians for the year 1915 and that the attendance from that country will be exceptionally large. BUENA PARK NEXT IN LINE On March 31 Bids Are to Be Opened for Building Connecting Highway The next section in line for county good roads work is Buena Park. The county highway commission has reported to the board of supervisors that all preliminary work is completed on three pieces of road in the Buena Park district, and that bids may now be received. Accordingly, March 31 at 2 o'clock was set as the time for receiving the bids. One of the roads is that known as Commonwealth avenue, west of Fullerton. There will be 1.25 miles of that road and one-fourth of a mile known as 'Orangethorpe avenue Section No. 2, to be paved. The main portion of the contract consists of 1.25 miles of road running through Buena Park, with Northam station at the north end, and also the road running parallel with the Santa Fe railroad from Northam station to the Los Angeles county line. This will be one of the roads connecting Orange county's good roads system with the Los Angeles roads. A conference has been held between the supervisors and District Attorney West. They are anxious to clear up all the right-of-way matters along the state highway. It seems they had expected that before now a deed to the right-of-way would have been received from James Irvine. None of those present knew why the deed had been held up. There was intimation that a condemnation suit might be the quickest method of getting the title desired. MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL The Number of Students to Be Limited to 150 After September Next Since 1911, when the State Board was appreciated was the announcement that their salaries had been raised to $1,200 per year. Nearly all the carriers in Orange county and their wives were present. After the business meeting a social time was enjoyed and at a late hour the guests departed after voting Mr. and Mrs. Hedges the very best host and hostess to be found. J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours 11 to 12 A.M.; 2 to 4 P.M.; 7 to 8 P.M. Suite 1-2-3 Nagel Building Corner Center and Claudina Streets ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Office Phone | Residence 121 Kroeger 341-J | Phone 341-L Home Phone 2093 NIGHT CALLS FROM RESIDENCE H. V. Weisel Roger C. Dutton WEISEL & DUTTON Attorneys and Counselors at Law Special Attention Given Probate Matters. German Language Spoken Notary Public 2d Floor Mullinix Bldg Phone Main 110J Anaheim, Cal. F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Odd Fellows' Block, Center Street Anaheim, Cal. J. JANSS, M. D. Physician & Surgeon 523 W. Center St., Anaheim Office Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P.M. Both Phones J. W. UTTER, Physician and Surgeon Office Hours, 2 to 4 P.M.; 7 to 8 P.M. Phones: Pacific 151J; Home 1712 Office at Residence 156 S. Los Angeles Street Signor Nathan, the former mayor of the City of Rome, has accepted the appointment as Italian royal commissioner to the exposition and will leave for America soon to dedicate his country's site. The Italian parliament recently appropriated $400,000 for participation and interest, which has been keen in Italy over the exposition, immediately became an expression of enthusiasm. It is reported that steamer reservations are now being made by hundreds of prominent Italians for the year 1915 and that the attendance from that country will be exceptionally large. One of the most unique and original methods of transportation ever devised for handling exposition crowds, and one which will effectually solve the problem of transporting the enormous crowds from the ferry building to the exposition grounds. The new method known as the roller conveyor system is similar to that which has been in use in factories for years, although this will be the first application of the mechanism to passenger traffic. The cars will operate upon an elevated trestle, having a fall of three feet to every hundred, and along which rollers are placed at intervals of a few feet, allowing the cars to coast easily. At intervals of four hundred feet the car will be lifted by a cable up a steep declivity to a height of 12 feet above the lowest point of the trestle track, and will then coast to the next similar station. The entire system will cost only $350,000 and the expense of maintenance will be slight. Twenty motor stations will be necessary to operate the cables but each will require a smaller motor than that used on an ordinary street car. A sight that never fails to amaze visitors to the exposition grounds is that of a train of freight cars speeding out of a nearly-finished exhibit palace. While all the entrances are large enough to admit locomotives and cars, the proportions of the immense buildings are such that the spectator does not realize this. Spurs of the exposition terminal railway system enter all the palaces and are now in daily use transporting lumber and materials for construction to the interior of the edifices. Later these tracks will be used in the installation of exhibits. When the exposition opens every track will be covered over, and will remain invisible until the close of the celebration, when they will again be used. The Argentine Republic recently made an appropriation of $1,300,000 (gold) for an exhibit in 1915, and has intimated that it will add to this amount later. The exhibit will illustrate methods by which Argentina has become an important factor in contributing to the food supply of the world, and it is expected it will be one of the most remarkable ever shown from a South American nation. More than nine thousand square feet of space have been reserved for the Argentine farmers in the Palace of Agriculture, the larger part of which will be devoted to the exhibition of wheat and corn. The Argentine exports more chilled meat and more corn than any other country in the world. Its wheat production is second only to West. They are anxious to clear up all the right-of-way matters along the state highway. It seems they had expected that before now a deed to the right-of-way would have been received from James Irvine. None of those present knew why the deed had been held up. There was intimation that a condemnation suit might be the quickest method of getting the title desired. MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL The Number of Students to Be Limited to 150 After September Next Since 1911, when the State Board of Education granted to the University of Southern California the right to issue recommendations for High School Teachers' Certificates, the Preparatory School has gradually been transformed into a model secondary school. In furnishing classes for graduate students, who are required by law to have a semester's experience in practice teaching, it has become an integral part of the department of education. The school, as now organized, is conducted under the direction and tuition of the Head Professor of Education, a competent principal, a supervisor of class instruction, and a faculty of assistant instructors, who hold one or more degrees from colleges and universities of first-rate rank. The patrons of the school, who at first naturally felt inclined to discredit the character of the instruction, are learning to appreciate the advantages of a large faculty, small classes, and instruction given under expert supervision. In order to provide for this model school, a select class of students, the board of trustees has recently authorized the president of the university, beginning September, 1914, to limit the number of students to 150, and, in place of the regular requirement of a tuition fee, to charge a nominal registration fee. Hereafter students of high school grade who desire admission to the model school will be required to procure from the principal a blank form of application on which they will state their scholastic attainments and references as to moral character. All applications will be placed on file in the order in which they are received. Those that come in after the limit has been reached will be placed on the waiting list. The present constituency of the preparatory school have already been informed of this new departure and advised of the necessity of making early application for admission to next year's classes. It is expected that under these new and favorable conditions the limited number will be reached by the second week in September. LABOR BUREAU INVESTIGATORS The California State Civil Service Commission announces an examination for special agents and investigators of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to be held on April 4, 1914. The California State Bureau of Labor employs some 14 special agents to carry on its investigations of the conditions surrounding the employment of labor. These agents receive from $100 The exhibit will illustrate methods by which Argentina has become an important factor in contributing to the food supply of the world, and it is expected it will be one of the most remarkable ever shown from a South American nation. More than nine thousand square feet of space have been reserved for the Argentine farmers in the Palace of Agriculture, the larger part of which will be devoted to the exhibition of wheat and corn. The Argentine exports more chilled meat and more corn than any other country in the world. Its wheat production is second only to that of Russia, and wool second only to Australia. The exhibit of cattle and sheep from the Argentine will be one of the most interesting in the live stock department of the exposition. A large space has been taken by the Argentine in the Palace of Education and Social Economy, where the exhibit will show Argentine's system of compulsory voting, of the management of government-owned railways, of tram systems, parcels post, and other public utilities. In addition there will be shown the model schools, for which the Argentine government appropriated last year 60 million dollars (gold). A special exhibit will be made illustrating the method in which Argentine handles immigration and its paternal treatment of immigrants who are received as guests of the government and lodged at the government hotel until they can be placed in the trade or labor for which they are suited. After being properly classified and placed in position, immigrants are transported free to their destination. In many instances they are provided with land and stock and equipment, for which they may pay in small yearly installments. RURAL CARRIERS MEET The rural mail carriers of Orange county met at the home of C. W. Hedges of Anaheim last Friday evening. The regular routine business was carried out and the election of officers resulted in the following: Persident, George M. Tedrick of Anaheim; vice-president, C. W. Hedges of Anaheim; secretary, Fred M. Lutschg of Fullerton. An item of news to the carriers that... 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