anaheim-gazette 1914-04-16

See Our New AUTOMAT SAVE Wall Paper from 10 cents a All New Patterns Large New Line of Porch Furniture and Just Arrived GRAHAM LOS ANGELES AND CHARTRESS STS. Large New Line of Porch Furniture and Just Arrived GRAHAM LOS ANGELES AND CHARTRESS STS. PREVENTION OF OVERFLOW IS EASY EXPERT ENGINEER TELLS HOW IT MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY LITTLE WORK WATERS NOW LOST WOULD ALSO BE CONSERVED FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES Speaking on the subject of the conservation of the flood waters of the Santa Ana, San Gabriel and other Southern California rivers, W. E. Pedley, an expert English engineer who has had many years' experience in India and other lands, tells how the work can be accomplished by a system which not only prevents inundations on the lower rivers but stores the immense floods of water now flowing into the ocean and going to waste. The method I advise is to build a boulder dam about ten feet high, made of boulders enclosed in wire net, made of heavy wire with six-inch meshes, clear across the wash, so that the water instead of flowing in one channel 50 feet wide and 10 feet deep is spread over the full width of the wash and flows over the top of the dam a thousand feet wide and six inches deep in an ordinary flood, says Mr. Pedley. Three-quarters of a mile lower down on the wash a similar dam, and at least four more at intervals, thus spreading the water over the wash and irrigating as much of it as possible. These dams will weigh over 5,000 tons apiece, and there is no chance of their being moved; the water cannot tear the boulders out of the net bag. The result will be to fill in the space behind each dam with boulders, gravel and sand. When full, build another similar dam on top, resting on the filled-in material, but joined to the first. Gradually as the dams are raised the places will be filled in gradually and the surface rendered more smooth. There are some creeks, such as Eaton Canyon, which have not enough wash to absorb the entire flow. In such cases there should be check dams to hold back the gravel and sand, so that, freed from this burden and somewhat reduced in volume, the water may follow its natural channel without being so likely to overflow. Some protective and improvement work on such channels may be necessary, or by going back into the mountains and spreading the water by small ditches with many outlets at times of high flood, much may be kept back so as to relieve the main channel, also systematic improvement of the main channel, and all its hundreds of feeders in the mountains, will not only prevent the heaviest floods, but will increase the summer flow. This work is along the same lines—dams in the main channel to arrest the traveling debris, thus creating gravel beds which will absorb a part of the floods and gradually drain out afterwards. In the little streams a tree trunk or a few large boulders may be used to form a dam which will double the size of the pool above it and consequently double the seepage into the ground, at the same time forming a gravel bed, because the waterfall or rush of water which maintained the pool will not be able to keep the larger pool clear of gravel and sands. The sand and gravel will afford additional lodgement for the roots of willows and brush, which in turn protect the snow and form a heavier leaf mat to absorb and give back the flood water. In these cases a great effect can be achieved by the accumulated results of a vast number of small improvements, each insignificant in itself but equally small in cost, since one man can put in perhaps 50 in a day. My contention is that this is not only 95 per cent the cheapest way, but it is the only way in which it can be successfully done, besides which it will enormously increase our underground water supply. CANNED EGGS IS NEWEST PRODUCT Government Heartily Endorses the In- Three-quarters of a mile lower down on the wash a similar dam, and at least four more at intervals, thus spreading the water over the wash and irrigating as much of it as possible. These dams will weigh over 5,000 tons apiece, and there is no chance of their being moved; the water cannot tear the boulders out of the net bag. The result will be to fill in the space behind each dam with boulders, gravel and sand. When full, build another similar dam on top, resting on the filled-in material, but joined to the first. Gradually as the dams are raised the wash will be changed to a series of gigantic steps having almost level flats of gravel and sand above such step, so that it will be very much easier to irrigate. The water will pour over these steps, but as the lower dams will be over a mile long, it will be in a very thin stream and quite easy to control. A crew of men should be there to take care of it, just as we send out a man to irrigate our alfalfa whenever the water is turned on. The danger of the water getting away and injuring adjoining valuable lands would be very much less than it is at present, because when spread out in a shallow sheet it can be readily controlled along the banks by a crew of men, and much of the force of the current is destroyed by falling over the dams. Moreover, the water will be sinking into the gravel, so that, as it advances, its volume is continually shrinking. Of course channels to distribute the water, either natural old channels or partly artificial channels, must be made beforehand to help the irrigating crew to spread the water in a fan-shaped sheet from the first dam, a thousand feet wide, to the second, which would be much wider and similarly to reconcentrate the water to pass through bridges. Especially at first, the water, once cleared of gravel and sand, will pick it up again from the bed of the stream, and to some extent from the banks, but as the check dams grow, the fall will be more and more absorbed at these dorps, and the water will be robbed of its power to cut, and being forced to flow in a shallow sheet, it will have very little power to cut. It will be very difficult to spread the water at first, because the wash is torn into many deep, rough channels of irregular shapes, but by using many small checks in the channels to arrest the traveling sand and gravel, the low haps 50 in a day. My contention is that this is not only 95 per cent the cheapest way, but it is the only way in which it can be successfully done, besides which it will enormously increase our underground water supply. CANNED EGGS IS NEWEST PRODUCT Government Heartily Endorses the Industry After Investigation The Department of Agriculture is doing much to encourage the canning of eggs and claims that there are more logical reasons for canned eggs than for almost any other food product now sold in tins. For one thing canned eggs will be cheaper than eggs in the shell for they will have been put up in the great egg producing farm corn belt at a time when hens are laying and fresh eggs are almost a drug on the market. The cans can be shipped in refrigerator cars closely packed and there will be no waste space for cardboard packing, while the present 10 per cent loss for breakage will be saved. Before the department endorsed the canning of eggs its specialists made a long and thorough bacteriological study of eggs to determine what changes they underwent and what factors made them spoil. This spoiling was found to be due almost entirely to growing bacteria in the egg—a little warmth and a little air, and the damage was done. With other products the secret was found to be absolute cleanliness and heat. With eggs it is the same cleanliness combined with good grading and cold. Canned eggs have been tested after having been kept in storage a year and their quality and flavor found unimpaired. As one investigator put it, the chief difference was that you opened them with a can opener instead of a spoon. They come to the consumer frozen and when melted they look and smell like fresh eggs broken into a bowl and stirred until the whites and yolks are mixed, except that they are a little thicker. Similar experiments have been made with dried eggs or egg powder, and this, too, will keep for months provided it is kept at a low temperature. It is hardly possible, "The intellect of man is equal, if not that of men," says Dr. Chinese minister to an Oriental Diplomacy men are good convoy many of them are bowled with 'the gift' the cleverest and who spoke at a public question. The writers, and their wits insight and wide range women cannot play second fiddle great influence, and 'they rule the roost' tioned that their humility to their tactful obey their command that they are servants any married woman her husband being sent to take a lesson America." ANAHEIM GAZETTE The New Electric W MATIC REFRIGERA SAVE THE ICE BILL cents a Roll Up. atterns Furniture and Hammocks We make window sha job. Garland gas Large Stock of Reading L Save the Eyes. WAHAM FURNITURE COMPANY therefore, that canned or dried eggs will be ever displaced on store shelves. An egg canning plant, which the department regards as a standard looks more like the modern operating room of a hospital than a commercial institution. The eggs on their arrival at the plant are sent to a chilled room and kept there for 24 hours at a temperature a few degrees above freezing. Then they are candled and all suspicious ones are discarded. The graded eggs then go to refrigerated room that is as aseptic and as well lighted as it is possible to make it. No dust or flies can get in and the temperature never rises above 65 degrees. It is water tight and steam proof so that it can be washed and steamed throughout. The utensils for breaking the eggs are all metal so they can be sterilized in live steam. Before beginning work the operatives sterilize their hands much as a surgeon does before beginning an operation. The similarity also extends to the donning of clean white caps and gowns. Each egg is broken into a separate cup and inspected before being put into the sterilized cans. Every doubtful egg is discarded, the cup again sterilized and the operative hands washed before touching another egg. In order to make certain that each egg gets sufficient attention the egg breakers are not allowed to exceed a definite number of eggs per hour. The canning of eggs is of immense benefit to the farmer because it provides him with a steady market at a time when warm weather makes it imperative that he dispose of his product in a hurry. It is also a market for small eggs, dark-shelled eggs and other varieties that do not sell well in the shell. WU TINGFANG ON AMERICAN WOMEN "The intellect of the American woman is equal, if not superior, to that of the men," says Dr. Wu Tingfang, late Chinese minister to the United States, in "America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat." "American women are good conversationalists, and many of them 'are eloquent and endowed with 'the gift of gab.' One of the cleverest and wittiest speeches I have ever heard was from a woman who spoke at a public meeting on a public question. They are also good writers, and their work shows profound insight and wide culture. Naturally more pitiful than an oversew child, cold, practical and sometimes cynical. The prosaic adult who would undelude children of their fond imaginings at a time when they contribute both to their pleasure and their symmetrical development would commit little less than a crime." CHAPMAN WILL BUILD It is announced that Hon. C. C. Chapman will at once erect a two-story modern brick building with a frontage of 75 feet on his corner lot south of the Christian church on North Spadra street. When completed it will be one of the finest buildings in this end of the county. There is a great demand for business buildings in Fullerton and it is said the new store rooms have already been rented for a large furniture store, which will be opened immediately after the building has been completed. The new building will have an up-to-date and attractive front. The esteemed Weather Bureau has sprung a new one. It is the word "smog," and it means smoke and fog. The bureau explains that very frequently there are times when this mixture is apparent in the atmosphere, and it considers the new word a great little idea. Very well, "smog" let it be but why end there? Let's call a mixture of snow and mud "smud." A mixture of snow and soot "snoot." A mixture of snow and hail "snail." Thus we might have a weather forecast: "Snail today, turning to snoot tonight; tomorrow smoggy with smud." ADVANCE INFORMATION The state could give no better service to fruit growers than to secure and disseminate advance information as to the quantity and quality of the coming crops. One of the principal weapons used by the buyer who wishes to bear the market is his knowledge, or at least claimed knowledge, of crop conditions, which it is not always easy for the grower to secure, says the Cultivator. The state horticultural commission has made one of the features of its work the securing from the county horticultural commissioners a general line on conditions, distributing the information at times through its monthly bulletin to the farm papers. The Cultivator has made it its policy for several years to secure reports from growers, horticultural commis- EXAMINATIONS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE Positions Open For Men Who Can Qualify For Fish and Game Wardens The California State Civil Service Commission announces three examinations to be held May 1st for fish and game wardens in the employ of the State Fish and Game Commission. One examination will be for valley wardens, or for wardens whose work lies almost wholly in the valley districts of the state, a second will be for mountain wardens, whose work takes them into the mountains of the state, while the third will be for coast and bay wardens who work along the coast and in the bays and other waters of the state. The entrance salaries range from $75 to $100 per month and expenses. Candidates may take any one or more of the examinations and may specify the locality or localities in which they are willing to work. The three examinations will be held simultaneously at Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno and Los Angeles. Further information and application blanks may be secured from the State Civil Service Commission, state capitol, Sacramento. Completed applications must be filed with the commission by April 27, 1914. Two Draftsmen Examinations In order to supply the demand in the state service, for draftsmen who are willing to accept positions at low salaries, in order to obtain practical experience, as well as the demand for experienced men, the California State Civil Service Commission announces that two engineering craftsmen examinations will be held on May 8th and 9th, one for engineering draftsmen, grade 1, in which salaries range from $600 to $1,200 per year, and one for engineering draftsmen, grade 2, in which salaries are from $1,200 to $1,800 per year. The examination in the first grade should appeal particularly to men who have just completed a course in some school or college but who lack practical experience in drafting, and to those who have had practical experience, but whose education has been limited. The second grade examination will WU TINGFANG ON AMERICAN WOMEN "The intellect of the American woman is equal, if not superior, to that of the men," says Dr. Wu Tingfang, late Chinese minister to the United States, in "America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat." "American women are good conversationalists, and many of them 'are eloquent and endowed with 'the gift of gab.' One of the cleverest and wittiest speeches I have ever heard was from a women who spoke at a public meeting on a public question. They are also good writers, and their work shows profound insight and wide culture. Naturally such women cannot be expected to play second fiddle. They exercise great influence, and when married 'they rule the roost.' It should be mentioned that their husbands submit willingly to their tactful rule, and gladly obey their commands without feeling that they are servants. I would advise any married woman who complains of her husband being unruly and unpleasant to take a lesson from the ladies of America." PARENTAL TRUTH AND CHILDREN The stork myth is as injurious to children as the Santa Claus myth, in the opinion of a speaker before the Northwestern Iowa Teachers' Convention at Cedar Rapids, and the speaker argued that parents who impose these myths on the children will be made out prevaricators when the prosocial facts are learned. It would be interesting to know whether there has ever been a boy or a girl who left a loss of confidence in parents upon discovering the truth about either the stork or Santa Claus. When an individual reaches an age when childish myths are put away he recognizes what delightful make-believe they were, how they brightened his childhood and filled the world of his activity with fairy beings, whose like he will never see again, except when by aid of imagination he himself plays child with children. The dull persons who assail the Santa Claus myth on moral grounds know nothing of children and very little of morals, in the highest sense. The normal development of children finns great need for a world of make-believe. A child naturally can have few practical activities, and it is well that this is so. It dwells in play land, a wonderful land, peopled with the most beautiful creatures of fancy. Nothing is coming crops. One of the principal weapons used by the buyer who wishes to bear the market is his knowledge, or at least claimed knowledge, of crop conditions, which it is not always easy for the grower to secure, says the Cultivator. The state horticultural commission has made one of the features of its work the securing from the county horticultural commissioners a general line on conditions, distributing the information at times through its monthly bulletin to the farm papers. The Cultivator has made it its policy for several years to secure reports from growers, horticultural commissioners and shippers. But none of these methods has secured as complete information as growers should have. According to our usual custom we have this year been sending out requests for information, and the answers are just beginning to come in. In another week practically every portion of the state will be represented in the reports. Until some more effective means of obtaining crop estimates is taken up by a thoroughly organized force, we will do the best we can for our readers. To the end that reports may be as complete as possible we ask every reader to send in estimates not only of the apricot crop, but the present outlook for peaches, pears, prunes, almonds, in fact all kinds of fruit. Next to thorough organization, a thorough knowledge of probable output and marketing conditions give the most efficient aid in meeting the question of crop disposal. BIG TANK COLLAPSES Poor construction is said to be responsible for the collapse of a water tank of 26,000 gallons capacity which fell at Placentia shortly before noon Sunday. It was erected about a year ago, and formed a part of the Placentia Domestic Water Company, supplying the business and residence sections of the town. Another tank remained standing, and the convenience of the users was not affected by the accident. It is said the tank was not properly braced to sustain the immense weight of such a quantity of water and although plenty of material was used, it was not placed in a way to protect the structure. Construction of a new reservoir of 50,000 gallons capacity, it is announced, will be proceeded with at once, to afford protection to the town from fire, which was the main purpose for the tank which fell. Civil Service Commission announces that two engineering draftsmen examinations will be held on May 8th and 9th, one for engineering draftsmen, grade 1, in which salaries range from $600 to $1,200 per year, and one for engineering draftsmen, grade 2, in which salaries are from $1,200 to $1,800 per year. The examination in the first grade should appeal particularly to men who have just completed a course in some school or college but who lack practical experience in drafting, and to those who have had practical experience, but whose education has been limited. The second grade examination will be particularly of interest to those draftsmen who have had both an educational training and some practical experience. Application blanks and announcements for either of these examinations may be obtained at the office of the Civil Service Commission, state capitol, Sacramento. Completed applications must be filed with the commission not later than May 4, 1914. Bank Examiners Desired by the State The California State Civil Service Commission announces an examination for bank examiners, to be held in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles on May 29, 1914, to provide a register of eligibles from which to make certification to fill positions as bank examiners in the state banking department. The entrance salaries range from $150 to $200 per month. This examination is open to all citizens of the state, 25 years of age or over on the date of the examination, who comply with the requirements. Candidates will be examined in general bank functions, bank accounting, procedure in a hypothetical case, letter writing, training and experience, and personality and fitness. Application blanks and further information may be secured from the State Civil Service Commission, state capitol, Sacramento. Persons who wish to enter this examination should file completed applications with the State Civil Service Commission before 12 M. on May 23, 1914. 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Halesworth, gardener in charge of Birch Park, has just completed the construction and planting of a fernery that is going to become one of the attractive features of Birch Park. The fernery is located near the northeast entrance of the park. With rocks and dirt, a mound has been made. In this ferns of various kinds, begonias, coleus and other plants have been planted. The fernery is under the shade of a large palm tree and other trees, and is bound to be a success. Halesworth completed work on the fernery all week. Within 24 hours some of the malden hair ferns were taken away. Tracks in the soft earth indicated that the person who had taken it was a woman. Halesworth then put up a fence, which will be covered with vines. According to an announcement made by State Horticultural Commissioner A. J. Cook, 75 million ladybugs will be distributed to California farmers this spring, to fight insect pests. Over 50,000,000 have already been distributed and 150,000,000 could be used. Imperial county alone will get 30,000,000. The ladybugs are collected during the fall and winter by the state insectary, placed in cold storage and distributed free to county horticultural commissioners in the spring. The county commissioners in turn supply the demand made by farmers. LOCATED STOLEN WHEELS Bicycles belonging to J. Schenken and E. A. Putnam, of Santa Ana, which were stolen Saturday for enoon last have been located at Capistrano. Mr. Schenken's wheel is a Miami, and brand new, and worth $40. It was sold to Ben Garcia at Capistrano for $10. The wheel was stolen from the curb in front of the Smart Shop. Putnam's wheel was taken from the curb at the Athletic Club. The name of the purchaser at Captistrano is not known. It is believed two Los Angeles boys, probably escapes from Whittier, were responsible for the thefts. They rode the wheels to Capistrano, reaching there late in the afternoon, and after selling them took a train back to Los Angeles. The two boys believed to be responsible are under arrest in Los Angeles, but what the charges against them are local officers do not know. BELGIAN POTATOES BARRED An inspection of 1,370 sacks of Belgian potatoes arriving at New York on March 25 caused the Federal Horticultural Board at Washington to order the quarantine against Belgium resumed and all later billings from that country will be barred. $100 REWARD I will pay $100 reward for information leading to the identity of the person who poisoned my dog, Spot. The dog was at Joe Backs' place in Anaheim at the time. PETE NICOLAS.