anaheim-gazette 1914-05-14

ANAHEIM BONDS BRING LARGE PREMIUM SUPERVISORS GET $16,047 FOR RE-CENT $15,000 ISSUE FOR SCHOOL BUILDING COUNTY CLERK DIRECTED TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE CYPRESS CREEK BRIDGE The board of supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday, May 5, all the members being in their chairs. Demands on the County of Orange were allowed as read. The plans and specifications for the construction of sewers and sewage treatment and pumping works for the county hospital group at the county farm, were adopted, and the clerk was directed to advertise for bids for said work. The county auditor was directed to transfer $5,000 from the current expense fund to the county farm fund. The county auditor was directed to transfer $1,500 from the current expense fund to the county park fund. The sheriff was given permission to purchase 20 rifles for use of the sheriff's office. On Thursday, May 7, the board met pursuant to adjournment. Credits were allowed prisoners confined in the county jail as recommended by the jailor. Supervisor Schumacher was given permission to spend in excess of $300 for road work in Anaheim and Fullerton road districts. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $100 on the advertising fund in favor of Crafton Publishing Corporation for advertising Orange county on the California exposition train. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $50 on the advertising fund in favor of the Elks lodge at Santa Ana for advertising Orange county on the California exposition train. AMA Canal between eastern American cities and Australia. Freights from New York to Sidney now have the choice between the Cape of Good Hope route, 13,395 miles, and the Suez Canal, 13,828 miles. Through the Strait of Magellan the South American route can be reduced to 12.159 miles. By way of the Panama Canal the mileage will be reduced to 9,814. A 4,000-ton freighter of 2,500 horsepower could make the distance from New York to Sidney at ten and a half knots an hour in fourteen days, less time by way Panama than by way of Cape of Good Hope, which is the route most freighters take. The committee of the French chamber discovers that the outlay of such a vessel would average about $579 a day. That is to say, the Panama route would save her owners a cost of over $8,100 for the trip, less the toll rate of say approximately half that sum, besides enabling her to make more trips in a year's time. The same is true of the New Zealand trade. STOCKHOLDERS ELECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Annual Meeting of Building & Loan Association Monday Night The stockholders of the Anaheim Building & Loan Association met in annual session last Monday evening, and after hearing the report of Secretary Backs, and transacting other business, elected the following directors for the ensuing year: N. F. Steadman, F. A. Backs, H. A. Dickel, Herman Stern, J. F. Ahlborn, F. A. Backs, Jr., C. F. Grim, A. E. Schumacher, August Backs, H. M. Adams, E. L. Goodrich. The board of directors afterward elected the following officers: President, N. F. Steadman; vice-president, C. F. Grim; secretary, F. A. Backs, Jr.; treasurer, H. A. Dickel. CREDITS were allowed prisoner confined in the county jail as recommended by the jailor. Supervisor Schumacher was given permission to spend in excess of $300 for road work in Anaheim and Fullerton road districts. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $100 on the advertising fund in favor of Crafton Publishing Corporation for advertising Orange county on the California exposition train. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $50 on the advertising fund in favor of the Elks lodge at Santa Ana for advertising Orange county at the Elks' convention at Denver, in 1914. The district attorney was authorized to institute proceedings for condemnation of certain right of way in the third supervisoral district. Bids were received for the purchase of the Anaheim school district bonds, $15,000 issue, and the bid of Torrance Marshall & Co., of par, accrued interest and a premium of $1,047.00 was accepted. The franchise to lay and maintain a water pipe line in certain portions of Orange county applied for by the California Domestic Water Company, was sold to the California Domestic Water Company for $100, and ordinance No. 112 granting the franchise was passed and adopted. The application of the Southern California Edison Company for a franchise was presented and read, and the clerk was directed to advertise said franchise for sale on June 16, 1914, at 11 A.M. The petition of W. E. Gunnett, et al., to abandon a highway 60 feet wide in Fullerton and Anaheim road district, was denied. The county superintendent of schools was given permission to purchase necessary books for his office. The map of tract No. 7 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. W. M. Ward was given permission to spend $225 for posts and wire for the protection of the Fifth street bridge. A bid was received for the El Toro school district bonds, $8,000 issue, and the bonds were awarded to California National Bank, for par and accrued interest. The bid of S. E. Talbert for the improvement of the approaches to the Talbert bridge was accepted. The clerk was directed to advertise for bids for the construction of Gypsum Creek bridge on section 5 of the River-side road, bids to be opened May 18, 1914, at 2 P.M. The hearing of the petition of William H. Harris, et al., of Orange road district, to abandon a highway 60 feet wide, was set for June 3, 1914, at 11 A.M. The hearing of the petition of C. J. Hinshaw, et al., of La Habra road district, to abandon a highway 40 feet wide, was set for June 3, 1914, at 11 A.M. The claim of Rogers Bros. for highway improvement was referred to the highway commission for a recommendation. Resolution of intention in the matter of road district improvement No. 1 was passed and adopted, Supervisor Leck noting no. Lord Grey, President of the Union Oil Co., Says Coal Is Losing Ground The Right Honorable Earl Grey, former governor general of Canada, but now head of the great Union Oil Company of London, is in Southern California looking after the interests of his company in the oil fields. His lordship thinks petroleum is the fuel of the future, and regards California as the chief source of fuel oil. In an interview he said: "The day is coming,and it is not far distant, when every ocean-going vessel will be propelled by oil as fuel. Petroleum is recognized as the fuel of the future and we are preparing for the change. Our move in securing control of the large production in California, to enable us to transform our ships from coal-burning into the oil-burning type, is but one of many efforts which are now being made in Europe to secure a sufficient reserve of petroleum for use in marine transportation. "I regard my company only as an advance guard of the thousands who will pour through the Panama Canal to this rich, abundant state to aid in the development of its resources, not only oil, but every line of enterprise. "Petroleum has been proved to be admirably adapted for use in marine transportation. It has been demonstrated that one load of oil is sufficient to supply the needs of a ship in completing a tour of the world. The ease with which petroleum may be handled, and the economic operation of petroleum engines has been adequately demonstrated. We have seen the future of California in relation to supplying the world's needs for oil for marine transportation, because this section is essentially the producer of fuel oil, and with this in our mind, we have invested our money to aid in the future development of this state." Earl Grey then told of the organization of the new British Union Oil Company, Ltd. He stated that no change would be made in the local management helps to clear away if allowed to grow easily become a co. Thus it is often used works and pays for same time. It is paying more value of the fleece creasing steadily. Mohair depended on prevailing fashion widely from year to tion, however, is new uses for molasses found from automobiles covers to dress goat hair, and today thaof a reasonably small price of course variety, the very best an average from one pound. The weight very wide range, bage for Oregon wounds and for T count of the greatest damage of shihe Southwest area twice a year—a fact taken into consideration. This practice is in many ways a dustry since it ten age grade of America as good as any can this country, but it is not today considered as the foreign. Ab are annually imported is blended and spun product. Six inch length of fleece usually cause of shearing Texas and New below this standard is allowed to grow average length is best flocks it is not to 20 inches. Rom buck at the El Paso example of what is weighed 18 pounds inches in length. Such fleece is not duct or ordinary coil. It implies a cone care and personal care. The birth rate per cent, but in this has risen on 120 per cent. Since hardly, it is obvious skill and industry season. Otherwise Angoras does not that of sheep. While the Angora tion, it is adapta temperature is com The hearing of the petition of C. J. Hinshaw, et al., of La Habra road district, to abandon a highway 60 feet wide, was set for June 3, 1914, at 11 A.M. The claim of Rogers Bros. for highway improvement was referred to the highway commission for a recommendation. Resolution of intention in the matter of road district improvement No. 1 was passed and adopted, Supervisor Leck noting no. The clerk was directed to advertise for bids for printed delinquent tax list of Orange county, bids to be opened May 18, 1914, at 11 A.M. The map of tract No. 8 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. The clerk was directed to advertise for bids for the improvement of East Chapman avenue road, bids to be opened May 18, 1914, at 2 P.M. Ordinance No. 113 regulating the traffic over public highways in the County of Orange, was passed and adopted. The board adjourned to May 18, 1914, at 10 A.M. DISTANCE AND COST SAVED The French national assembly has been taking an active interest in developing the port of Papeete on the island of Tahiti, nearly midway between the Pacific portal of the Panama Canal and Australia. This port would divide the distance between Panama and Sidney into runs of 4,486 and 3,308 miles, respectively. The port of Papeete is under the French flag and freights between it and Europe are, at present, to all intents and purposes, prohibitive. However, the chief interest for Americans in this agitation in the French chamber comes in the way of light on distances saved via the Pan- ANGORA RAISING PROFITABLE IN AMERICA GOAT FLOURISHES AS WELL HERE AS IN LAND OF HIS NATIVITY OR ELSEWHERE THRIVES ON BRUSH AND IS A VALUABLE AID IN CLEARING LAND FOR CULTIVATION The raising of Angora goats in the United States is now a demonstrated success. The industry is indeed so well established here that growers need not be inconvenienced by the action of South Africa in prohibiting the exportation of Angoras, for the quantity of good blood in this country is already sufficient to meet all requirements. In the opinion of experts the best American fleeces now equal any grown in South Africa or Asia Minor, the original home of the Angora. Although nearly every state in the Union now possesses its flocks, the Southwest and the Northwest are especially well adapted to the industry, in particular the large areas recently logged-off in the Northwest. There the Angora not only thrives himself but helps to clear away the brush which, if allowed to grow unchecked, might easily become a dangerous fire trap. Thus it is often said that the Angora works and pays for its board at the same time. It is paying more and more, for the value of the fleece or mohair is increasing steadily. Formerly the use of mohair depended so largely upon the prevailing fashion that its price varied widely from year to year. This condition, however, is rapidly changing as new uses for mohair are continually right of way clear and attractive. On very rough land the danger of injury to the fleece must, however, be kept in mind. As has already been said, the Angora can be bred sufficiently pure for practical purposes from the stock already in this country, and there is no need of further importations for breeding purposes. Some years ago, however, this was not believed to be the case, and in 1881 the Sultan of Turkey endeavored to preserve for his dominions the monopoly of the mohair trade by prohibiting the exportation of the live animal. His example was followed by South Africa, but it was too late. Some of the best blood was already in America, and today other countries are buying of us, flocks having been shipped recently to Brazil and the Argentine. Various associations have already been formed for the development of the industry in this country, and the quantity of the annual product is increasing rapidly. In 1913 it is estimated that 5,000,000 pounds of mohair were grown in the United States. BUSINESS PICKING UP IN NORTHWEST Sheep and Cattle Pastures in Montana Given Over to Crop Cultivation Clel Simpson returned on Thursday from a three-weeks’ visit to Billings, Mont. He found conditions properous in that state and much building activity at Billings. Sheep and cattle men are moving their herds and flocks to Idaho and other northwestern states, their ranges in Montana being now under crop cultivation. Money seemed to be plentiful and business shows an improvement. A large acreage has been planted to sugar beets, and the crop is looking exceedingly well. The factory is paying $4.50 per ton for 15 per cent beets, which is a reduction of 50 cents per ton from former figures. The cut was necessitated by the new tariff bill. Mr. Simpson found weather conditions delightful, although during the latter part of his stay it was warm, and on his return home passed through much snow in aujoining states. INCUBATOR EGGS SHOULD NOT BE SOLD Will Rot In Cold Storage and Tend to Lower Price to Poultrymen A number of poultry raisers, it seems, are putting on the market infertile eggs that have been tested in incubators from three days to a week. As soon as the breeder finds that the eggs will not hatch he takes them out and sends them to market along with his fresh spring eggs. After the eggs have been in the incubator for this period they are distinctly stale and rot very quickly if kept any length of time. Even when just taken from the incubator these infertile eggs are not fit for boiling or poaching, although they may be used for frying, and are good for cake or certain other baked foods. These eggs when they reach the market, however, are classified as low grade, No. 2. The mixing of incubator eggs with the fresh spring eggs leads the egg packers, who get their principal cold-storage supply in the spring, to cut the price they pay the farmer, department investigators find. The spring eggs designed for keeping for winter consumption must be absolutely good. Moreover, the egg packers in the spring do not candle eggs, but hold them three at a time in the hand and clink them to discover any crack, and then judge their freshness by their fresh, powdery look on the shell. The mixture of infertile incubator eggs with fresh eggs interferes seriously with this clinking and forces the packer to candle the eggs. He then deducts this added expense from the price he offers to the producer. Eggs which have once been subjected to the heat of the incubator can not be stored, even though frozen. The farmer who sells incubator eggs to the dealer, therefore, is very liable to injure his own market for fresh eggs. When dealers find a percentage helps to clear away the brush which, if allowed to grow unchecked, might easily become a dangerous fire trap. Thus it is often said that the Angora works and pays for its board at the same time. It is paying more and more, for the value of the fleece or mohair is increasing steadily. Formerly the use of mohair depended so largely upon the prevailing fashion that its price varied widely from year to year. This condition, however, is rapidly changing as new uses for mohair are continually found, from automobile tops and table covers to dress goods and curled false hair, and today the grower is assured of a reasonably steady market. The price of course varies with the quality, the very best fleeces bringing on an average from 42 to 55 cents a pound. The weight of a fleece has a very wide range, but in 1909 the average for Oregon was found to be 3.7 pounds and for Texas 1.85. On account of the greater heat, however, and the damage of shedding, Angoras in the Southwest are frequently shorn twice a year—a fact which must be taken into consideration in all calculations. This practice of clipping twice a year is in many ways a drawback to the industry since it tends to lower the average grade of American mohair. Mohair as good as any can be and is grown in this country, but the average quality is not today considered to be as good as the foreign. About 2,000,000 pounds are annually imported. Ordinarily this is blended and spun with the domestic product. Six inches is the shortest length of fleece usually desired and, because of shearing twice a year, much Texas and New Mexico mohair falls below this standard. Where the fleece is allowed to grow for 12 months, the average length is 10 inches and in the best flocks it is not unusual to get 15 to 20 inches. Romeo, the sweepstakes buck at the El Paso show in 1910, is an example of what is possible. His fleece weighed 18 pounds, measured 20% inches in length, and sold for $115. Such fleece is not of course the product of ordinary commercial conditions. It implies a considerable amount of care and personal attention. The birth rate is approximately 65 per cent, but in well-managed flocks this has risen on occasions as high as 120 per cent. Since the kids are not hardy, it is obvious that this means skill and industry during the breeding season. Otherwise the management of Angoras does not differ greatly from that of sheep. While the Angora goat needs attention, it is adaptable, and, as far as temperature is concerned, should flour are moving their herds and flocks to Idaho and other northwestern states, their ranges in Montana being now under crop cultivation. Money seemed to be plentiful and business shows an improvement. A large acreage has been planted to sugar beets, and the crop is looking exceedingly well. The factory is paying $4.50 per ton for 15 per cent beets, which is a reduction of 50 cents per ton from former figures. The cut was necessitated by the new tariff bill. Mr. Simpson found weather conditions delightful, although during the latter part of his stay it was warm, and on his return home passed through much snow in adjoinings states. STATE CONVENTION A communication has been received from Horticultural Commissioner A.J. Cook, at Sacramento, relative to the annual state fruit growers' convention, which is to be held in November in some city in the southern part of the state. A number of cities in this part of the state have asked for the meeting, among them being Ontario, the invitation of that city having been seconded by the supervisors of the county. Commissioner Cook, in his letter, sets forth some conditions that must be met by any city which entertains the convention—that a hall suitable for the meeting shall be furnished, and also a short-hand reporter to take the entire proceedings of the convention. Assurance must also be given that the meeting shall be thoroughly worked up to insure a large local attendance. Any city willing to meet the conditions named by Mr. Cook can extend an invitation to the convention. TOUCHING THE WIRE As a result of the abuse of the privilege of sending telegrams at the expense of the government, the United States Senate has been carefully considering withdrawing this delightful perquisite from its own members. It has come to such a pass that a good many public men, who do not have to pay the bill, have grown into the habit of "touching the wire," when the mails would answer just as well. The probability is that a maximum amount will be agreed upon that will cut down some of the profits around the telegraph office at the Senate end of the capital. The rumpus all started last summer when a western Senator was discovered sending out telegrams by the cartload, covering all sorts of political matters in his state. THEY DID WELL A writer in one of the current magazines deplores the fact that the immi- powdery look on the shell. The mixture of infertile incubator eggs with fresh eggs interferes seriously with this clinking and forces the packer to candle the eggs. He then deducts this added expense from the price he offers to the producer. Eggs which have once been subjected to the heat of the incubator can not be stored, even though frozen. The farmer who sells incubator eggs to the dealer, therefore, is very liable to injure his own market for fresh eggs. When dealers find a percentage of low-grade incubator or other eggs in their fresh spring egg supply, they lower the price for all eggs, so that they will be certain that they have covered themselves against losses from this cause. The department's specialists advise farmers to use any infertile eggs they may take from their incubators for home consumption and to send only fresh eggs to market. METAL PRODUCTION The value of the silver, copper, lead, and zinc produced in the Central States in 1913, according to the final figures of J.P.Dunlop, of the United States Geological Survey, was $58,045,927. Of this Missouri and Michigan contributed by far the largest amount, the Missouri production being valued at $29,604,890 and that of Michigan at $21,235,561. These figures show a marked decrease compared to 1912, the total for the Central States in that year being $79,-675,814. President Wilson's snub to the California Shriners was the occasion of much lurid and picturesque language from that bunch of boosters from the Golden State. In passing through Washington en route to Atlantic Saturday the Shriners expressed a wish to greet the president and shake his hand, consequently the California congressional delegation made an attempt to arrange a reception. Mr.Wilson refused, therefore the congressmen agreed to compromise on a bow from the White House veranda while the Californians marched past. This was also refused, and to emphasize his refusal Mr.Wilson slipped off to Chevy Chase golf links where he was engaged in a game when the Shriners passed the White House. OIL NEAR POMONA A wildcat well being drilled by Alvin T.Currier about five miles east of Pomona has had considerable showings of gas at various depths. It is now down about 3,000 feet and still drilling. The operators are rather encouraged by the showings they have had. The birth rate is approximately 65 per cent, but in well-managed flocks this has risen on occasions as high as 120 per cent. Since the kids are not hardy, it is obvious that this means skill and industry during the breeding season. Otherwise the management of Angoras does not differ greatly from that of sheep. While the Angora goat needs attention, it is adaptable, and, as far as temperature is concerned, should flourish in any part of the United States. In Montana the flocks face the heavy snowfalls with equanimity as long as a dry place is provided for them at night, and, though the heat in the Southwest frequently makes it necessary to shear twice a year in order to prevent shedding, it does not otherwise affect the health of the flocks. Dampness, however, is more injurious than either cold or heat. High land is the native home of all goats, and they invariably seek it when left to themselves. Pure water is also an essential. Otherwise the Angora is not particular. It will feed with cattle and sheep, and, though in some danger of being kicked, with horses also. As a matter of fact, however, the goat prefers a certain amount of rough pasture, and is particularly happy when cleaning up brush land. There is one instance of a flock of 600 being allowed free grazing in a California forest reserve in order to keep the strips of cleared land, known as fire breaks, free from weeds and vegetation. Settlers in the North-west find the Angora most serviceable in browsing off the brush on their new lands, and one interurban railway company purchased a flock to keep its THEY DID WELL A writer in one of the current magazines deplores the fact that the immigrants now landing at Ellis Island have not one-third as much money as those who came here from Germany in the eighties. It must be remembered that the cost of transportation was higher 30 years ago and that a man who could save enough money to bring his family over here from the Fatherland would naturally be the type of person who would not come at all unless he had a good start. American enterprise was then in its lusty youth, and the German with his thrift and his cash was soon in on the ground floor. Perhaps everybody should be at the top, but everybody isn't, and, while there is always room at the top, there is also room from the bottom all the way up. The fellow who gets here with only a little money may not travel so far or so fast as the man with a better start, but if he is composed of the right metal he does not remain at the bottom. She—So you are bashful? He—Yep, take after my father. She—Was your father bashful? He—Well, ma says if pa hadn’t been so bashful I’d be two years older. Seven bars of White King soap for 25c, at Fred Marsh’s grocery. FRED MARSH CASH GROCER SPECIALS Buy for Less! 3 PPP Flour $1.59 22 lbs Sugar 1.00 7 Bars White King Soap .25 6 Bars Ben Hur Soap .25 Large Size Crisco .98 California Cheese, per lb .19 Pure Lard, 2 pounds for .25 35c Coffee, per lb .28 These Prices Are for One Week Only PHONE US-329-2174 A Bargain in San Joaquin Valley Land —located near McFarland and as good, if not better than the best land in that locality. Best of alfalfa ranches in neighborhood. Water easily obtainable at a small lift. One mile from station. Neighboring land held at $150 per acre. This contains 120 acres and we will sell same for $80.00 per acre. Will give terms. This needs immediate attention as owner lives in East and has given this price for quick sale. You can sell this piece and make a nice profit in short time. Address: CARL H. ZEUS —located near McFarland and as good, if not better than the best land in that locality. Best of alfalfa ranches in neighborhood. Water easily obtainable at a small lift. 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