anaheim-gazette 1914-06-04

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION...$1.50 Per Year Six Months...$1.00 Three Months...50 Cts. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. MR. NEEDHAM'S CANDIDACY An old-line republican, a grower of citrus fruit, who has voted the republican ticket since attaining his majority many years ago, and who is pursuaded that the many and varied interests of this district can best be represented by a republican at Washington, writes asking us whether in our opinion Mr. Needham's residence here dates from so recent a time as to impair his availability as a candidate for this high office. This gentleman supported Mr. Needham in 1898 and again in 1900, and while he feels personally a high regard for him, wishes to know whether another man, one longer a resident in the district, could not more adequately represent us at Washington. We see the point which is made by our correspondent, and shall answer his question, so far as our limited powers will permit. The great value of Mr. Needham as our representative in congress is due in large part to the fact that he was for nine years a member of the committee on ways and means, by far the most important committee of congress to residents of this district where protection provides the life blood of our products of the soil, sugar beets, citrus fruits, walnuts, raisins, poultry congressman more in the light of a man who can secure things for their exposition and their harbor rather than for the protection of the many industries of the other counties of the district. To these people, who have savagely ambushed the party's candidate for congress in the past, and who see nothing of the necessity for protection for our citrus and other industries; who cannot look above the porcine hogshead, to which they seem to be irrevocably wedded, the republicans of the eleventh congressional district throw down the gauntlet. If San Diego shall persist in these tactics, it will be a fight of the people of the district unitedly against them, and may the devil take the hindmost. Mr. Needham will protect the interests and industries of San Diego county along with the other counties of his district, but he will be a congressman of and for the whole district, not for its exposition and appropriations for its harbor alone. We believe the rank and file of San Diego republicans will support him manfully. This the republicans of the other counties of the district will insist upon, and we believe Mr. Needham will be triumphantly elected. We invite them to his support. There are big men in the party in that county, and we believe they are willing to rest their claims for recognition with their party's nominee. We hope we have answered our friends' question adequately, and we feel assured that he will be from this time forth an enthusiastic supporter of this gentleman, who is undoubtedly the most commanding figure in California politics today. THE DOUBLE TELEPHONE CINCH That the two telephone companies operating in Orange county are owned We see the point which is made by our correspondent, and shall answer his question, so far as our limited powers will permit. The great value of Mr. Needham as our representative in congress is due in large part to the fact that he was for nine years a member of the committee on ways and means, by far the most important committee of congress to residents of this district where protection provides the life blood of our products of the soil, sugar beets, citrus fruits, walnuts, raisins, poultry and other products, and which under the present free trade tariff bill are so seriously crippled as to threaten their ultimate annihilation. Mr. Needham rose from the place of the 14th republican member of this committee to be the 6th member, and if he shall be returned to congress again this year, will take his place as the 5th member. Under the next administration, and we are going to have another administration, he will if elected be the 4th member, and his name has already been prominently mentioned in connection with the chairmanship of that committee. He is a republican who believes implicitly in a protective tariff, as much for the varied interests of this district as those of other portions of the land. That was his attitude during his 14 years of membership in the house, and he grew to be probably the most potential figure in congress west of the Mississippi River. His candidacy furnishes a great opportunity to the people of this district to elect a member of this committee. It would probably require ten years for a new man to secure a position upon this committee, and it would indeed be necessary for him to be a man of forceful political character and commanding stature in the party to receive this honor in this time. California never in its history had another member upon this committee. Mr. Needham will take his place immediately as the 5th member of the committee, and the probability of his selection as its chairman would invest him with more importance and more power than any man in the west. That is the reason why we shall hope our friend will get vigorously behind him and start campaigning for him at this very instant. This we know him well enough to readily believe he will do. He has no other candidate in view. Indeed there is no other republican candidate in the district and we believe he is the one man who can adequately lace Mr. Kettner. This we are going to do. Mr. Needham has lived in this district since last year, and is as much a legal resident today as though he had lived here twenty years. We know in that county, and we believe they are willing to rest their claims for recognition with their party's nominee. We hope we have answered our friends' question adequately, and we feel assured that he will be from this time forth an enthusiastic supporter of this gentleman, who is undoubtedly the most commanding figure in California politics today. THE DOUBLE TELEPHONE CINCH That the two telephone companies operating in Orange county are owned and controlled by one set of capitalists, was the astonishing statement made by a gentleman at the meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Fullerton last Wednesday evening. As if this were not enough of a cinch, another gentleman made the equally astonishing statement that towns in this county having only one telephone exchange are granted inter-switching privileges, while cities like Anaheim, supporting two telephone exchanges, are not granted this privilege. The double telephone exchange is a burdensome hardship upon subscribers, and when to this is added miserable service, the load seems to be a trifle too hard to bear. Of what benefit is it to Anaheim to maintain two telephone systems, and have no inter-switching privilege, while towns like Orange, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, which have only one telephone exchange, are accorded this privilege? Let the board of trade investigate these reports made at the associated chambers' meeting, and let us see whether we cannot rectify this wrong. Let us see if we cannot ease up this cinch. THE EARTH, THE SUN AND THE MOON Class in astronomy stand up. What causes these misty, moisty mornings? Sun spots? Who knows? There are spots on the sun, astronomers tell us, larger than the earth's surface, bunches of them. This indicates deterioration on a part of the orb of day. The sun is a million and a half times the size of the earth, and if it were placed where the earth is now, it would reach in all directions twice as far as the moon. Great, great, isn't it? Yet it will one day burn itself out, and we shall be in darkness. This, however, will not occur before the primary election, August 25, when the light of a number of budding candidates will be extinguished, or we'll be blowed. NO SNIPERS Friends of Judge Thomas are jockeying for a position in the primaries, feeling that there is danger of his Mr. Needham has lived in this district since last year, and is as much a legal resident today as though he had lived here twenty years. We know of our own knowledge that he has at different times in the last sixteen years expressed a desire to live in the southern counties, and we know a cordial welcome has been invariably extended him for he has all along been believed to be too big a man to permanently remain in one of the obscure counties of the north. He was for fourteen years the most powerful man California had in congress, and it is to be doubted whether the state was ever represented by so potent a factor in the halls of national legislation. When the federal census of 1900, added two congressmen to the state's delegation, Mr. Needham was transferred to an upper district, but always remained a commanding figure in congress from this state, and he never lost sight of the fact that he once represented the southern counties at Washington. He was always on our side in discussions of the tariff, and he never forgot us when his voice and vote were needed in our behalf. He was the biggest man in the delegation, and it was to him more than any other, that we relied upon to see to it that free traders did not invade with threatening annihilation our industries, our business and our homes. He has been endorsed enthusiastically by republicans of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial counties, and has consented to become a candidate for the office. Mr. Kettner may have the support of San Diego pork barrelers, who regard a place where the earth is now, it would reach in all directions twice as far as the moon. Great, great, isn't it? Yet it will one day burn itself out, and we shall be in darkness. This, however, will not occur before the primary election, August 25, when the light of a number of budding candidates will be extinguished, or we'll be blowed. NO SNIPERS Friends of Judge Thomas are jockeying for a position in the primaries, feeling that there is danger of his being low man and thus facing elimination in the discard. A number of sacrificial candidates have been suggested as runners-up or snipers for the judge, but latest reports from across the raging Santa Ana are to the effect these men cannot run and wont snipe. Boss Jackman will bust a suspender to save the judge's bacon, but if Roaring Bill Heathman ever gets after it with his razor, he'll slash the liver out of it. NO NEGLIGENCE Judge Thomas has given a decision for the defendant in the suit brought by M. Nasitir for his son against Wm. Cochems of the Vienna bakery for $7,-635 because the boy lost his hand when he collided with Cochems' automobile. The decision stated that there was little question as to the exact conditions. Cochems was going out of an alley at a rate of three or four miles an hour when the boy, shoving himself along on one skate, ran into the machine. Cochems stopped in half a length. The boy's hand became tangled in the driving chain. The judge finds that there was no negligence on Cochems' part, that the boy was not watching ahead, but had his eyes on the sidewalk. FITTING "Aren't some of the hats women wear absurd?" "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne; "and yet when some people put them on they do look so appropriate." POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS (By the Innocent Bystander.) A Moses to lead a way out of the wilderness is wanted now by the Santa Ana board of education, and unless one is soon found to undertake the job there will be trouble all along the line. For money talks and common or garden conversation cuts absolutely no figure when cold cash is concerned, and it requires a considerable amount of the realm to settle the accounts of the directing body of the Santa Ana school system, the estimated deficiency being in the neighborhood of forty thousand cold plunks. Last week representatives of the board of education called upon the supervisors and asked that a raise be made in the county school rate from 23 cents as at present to 30 cents in order that more money might be available for the needs of the Santa Ana schools, but County School Superintendent Mitchell is reported to look upon the plan with disfavor, or at least to be against a greater raise than to 27 cents, as that will furnish sufficient for the uses of all schools outside Santa Ana, and it would be manifestly unfair to tax the people to raise more money for school purposes than is really necessary. Even if the supervisors shall grant the request of the Santa Ana board of education, a special election will be required to vote on a special tax for school purposes, and in anticipation of this there has already been much adverse comment with the chances strongly in favor of defeat for the plan if carried into execution. ever since that engagement when Jackman came off victorious, both Keech and Ball have played but an inconspicuous part in the deliberations of the battlers for the Lord, and they do say that when it comes to a final showdown both Keech and Ball may head a rebellion that will bury Jackman clear out of sight. In the meantime there is the more or less edifying spectacle of a house divided against itself, and a little bunch of Christian soldiers scrapping over local issues instead of girding on their armor for the grand stand at Armageddon next November. The Underwood tariff bill, that promised panacea for about all the ills that have beset us for lo, these many years, is not fulfilling the glowing promises its sponsors made for it. Figures are cited to show that the tariff has not, in any measurable degree, lowered the cost of living. On the contrary, it is said to have resulted, indirectly, perhaps, in throwing many thousands of persons out of employment, through retrenchments in many lines, due to uncertainty as to the effect of the law. In the beet-sugar industry the injury is marked. Announcement is made that the sugar-beet growers, centered largely in California, Colorado and parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, will be unable to contain in business because the removal of the tariff makes it impossible for them to pay customary wages. Some other effects of the law may be summarized as follows: According to Representative Fordney of Michigan, himself a lumberman, there are 800,000 employed in 372. Here is a total depreciation of $583,873,044 in twenty shares of companies engaged in industrial production and in transportation that has taken place since the presidential election of 1912 gave notice to the country that the long-approved policy of protection was to be displaced for four years by the long-discredited policy of free trade. Of course, the twenty issues of shares which show a lost value of more than half a billion dollars represent only a small portion of the industrial and transportation properties of the whole country. The Gazette-Times estimates at "fully two billions" the grand total of depreciation resulting from free trade. CITY AND COUNTY BRIEFSE Mrs. O. A. Mullinix was visiting friends in Los Angeles last week. Rate Collector Wallace is out in a new suit of clothes. How about it? Frank Fox is still very ill with kidney complaint. Miss Irene Mills came down from Los Angeles Sunday on a visit to her parents. Jake Schumacher went up to Bakersfield last week to look after property which he owns in that region. Mrs. M. E. Berringer has sold her apartment house in Long Beach and returned to Anaheim. Street Superintendent Sackett was up before daylight the other morning flushing down-town pavements. He keeps right on the job despite threats to recall him. E. J. Hartung yesterday received a letter from his father, announcing his Capt. John D. Fredericks of Los Angeles, seems to be the best bet for the republican choice for candidate for governor, as notwithstanding his published declination of the honor sought to be thrust upon him, his friends in Los Angeles and elsewhere are to put him at the head of the state ticket. Capt. Fredericks is undoubtedly the logical candidate and the strongest man for the place in the south, but it is understood that he shies at being made the candidate of a faction of the republican party, and prefers to efface himself from the contest rather than jeopardize the party strength by allowing himself to be the bone of contention between rival newspapers. Sentiment that seemed to favor Sam Shortridge for United States senator has apparently shifted to Congressman Knowland, and at a meeting of the Anaheim Republican Club Monday night the Alameda man was endorsed as a starter and the action will be followed soon by other republican political organizations throughout the county if half of what one hears be true. Why the switch came about has not been revealed, but it has been suggested that "alliteration's doubtful charm" may have had something to do with it, as Knowland and Needham slips more smoothly from the tongue than any other combination. A Los Angeles stockbroker named Taylor and a Santa Anan named Nelson, principals in an automobile race that ended disastrously a few days ago, will be called into court to answer to a charge of exceeding the speed limit, and may get clear with a nominal fine. The machines while being driven at furious speed down Main street collided opposite the Congregational church, and the one driven by Nelson left the road and ran into the front of the church, smashing the machine and seriously injuring a woman passenger, incidentally wrecking the buttress of the edifice, breaking the stone steps and scattering fragments of them broadcast. The injury to the woman is the most serious count in the charge against the defendants, the uncertainty as to the effect of the law. In the beet-sugar industry the injury is marked. Announcement is made that the sugar-beet growers, centered largely in California, Colorado and parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, will be unable to containue in business because the removal of the tariff makes it impossible for them to pay customary wages. Some other effects of the law may be summarized as follows: According to Representative Fordney of Michigan, himself a lumberman, there are 800,000 men employed in sawmills of the country when running full capacity. At present about 25 per cent of these men are out of employment. The report of the Home Market Club of Boston says that on March 2 the last out of the American Woolen Mills reporting their condition, 27 per cent of the looms were closed down. This industry has a total of 168,000 employees, of which about 27 per cent are out of employment. About two weeks ago the packing plants of Chicago laid off approximately 3,000 men. Many of these were clerks, indicating that no early improvement was looked for. A Chicago firm taking the product of 2,800 Wisconsin dairies and manufacturing condensed milk will be forced to reduce wages materially or retire from business. Removal of the tariff permits Japanese and Swiss condensed milk manufacturers to underbid them in their own market. In a letter to Representative Moore, the secretary of the Builders' Exchange of Philadelphia says that building conditions there are at a standstill. Carpet mills in that vicinity are running 20 per cent less than at this time one year ago. The Brill Car Company of Philadelphia is running on 70 per cent of its capacity. The Baldwin Locomotive Works on January 1, 1913, had 19,300 employees; on January 1, 1914, it had 10,464, and on March 7, last, it had 8,433. The Ford Motors Company of Detroit has laid off 6,000 employees, explaining, however, that it is the customary seasonal adjustment and does not indicate any depression in the automobile business. The administration rather reents this action by the Ford company, and has intimated that an investigation will be made to see if the men were dismissed as a rebuke to the Wilson administration. The Ford company announces that it heartily welcomes any sincere investigation and will gladly co-operate in any feasible plan, consistent with business conditions, to employ men Jake Schumacher went up to Bakersfield last week to look after property which he owns in that region. Mrs. M. E. Berringer has sold her apartment house in Long Beach and returned to Anaheim. Street Superintendent Sackett was up before daylight the other morning flushing down-town pavements. He keeps right on the job despite threats to recall him. E. J. Hartung yesterday received a letter from his father, announcing his arrival at Naples. Mr. Hartung is at this time probably visiting in Germany. Harrison Kuebler has been cited to appear before Judge Thomas on June 12 to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for failing to pay his wife, Owega Kuebler, $60 as ordered by the court. Etienne Oyharzabal of San Juan Capistrano has petitioned the superior court to distribute the estate of his brother, Domingo, to him. Etienne is named as sole legatee. The estate contains real estate worth $273,380.20 and personal property worth $46,264.69. County Clerk Williams on Tuesday prepared his statement of registration, to be sent to the secretary of state. The figures show: Republican, 6,630; progressive, 2,558; democrat, 3,401; prohibition, 1,299; socialist, 693; declines to state, 1,508; independent, 87; federation, 1. Total, 16,177. Foster O. Dudgeon has been arrested on a charge of practicing dentistry at Brea without first having secured a state license. Dudgeon gave $100 bail. The crime of which the man is accused is a high misdemeanor, and must be tried in the superior court. The preliminary examination was set by Justice Cox for June 10. Health Officer Truxaw announces there will be a clean-up day in this city in near future, when all property owners will be requested to clean up their premises and keep them clean. Dr. Truxaw is doing good work as health officer, and has ordered the removal of many privies, outhouses, manure piles, and other unsightly and ill-smelling impediments. In an action brought in superior court by Fairbanks-Morse Co. against W. A. Zimmerman, damages of $1,725 was given Zimmerman. The pump company sued for $1,082 pay for a pump installed on Zimmerman's ranch at Tulare. Zimmerman's cross-complaint alleged that the pump did not work, and that Zimmerman lost his crop for lack of water,and for that he got judgment. He asked $3,000. Peter Daniels is home from the Ba- and may get clear with a nominal line. The machines while being driven at furious speed down Main street collided opposite the Congregational church, and the one driven by Nelson left the road and ran into the front of the church, smashing the machine and seriously injuring a woman passenger, incidentally wrecking the buttress of the edifice, breaking the stone steps and scattering fragments of them broadcast. The injury to the woman is the most serious count in the charge against the defendants, the damage to the church being considered of minor importance, it being quite possible that when a former pastor of the flock shook the dust of its portals from his feet in his hurried departure the foundations may have been jarred to their permanent impairment. Incidentally the Los Angeles stockbroker is the man who is reported to have taken over the stock of an automobile insurance company organized here less than a year ago with several local financiers and other prominent citizens as sponsors, which company is also reported to have gone on the rocks shortly after its launching. A local banker and a superior judge were among those who figured as stockholders, but neither are kicking and neither are believed to have been losers by the transaction, as both are said to wear asbestos mittens when handling such hot stuff. There have been no further outward developments in the case of P. L. Tople, marked for the slaughter by Warwick Jackman as a candidate to oppose W. B. Williams for the county clerkship, but it is understood the kingmaker has given his ultimatum on the subject and that is all there'll be to it. For Jackman is the whole thing since he routed Attorney Keech and Dr. C. D. Ball and made them go 'way back and sit down in the scrap over the appointment for the superior judgeship in which Sam Davis was sidetracked for W. H. Thomas. And not indicate any depression in the automobile business. The administration rather resents this action by the Ford company, and has intimated that an investigation will be made to see if the men were dismissed as a rebuke to the Wilson administration. The Ford company announces that it heartily welcomes any sincere investigation and will gladly co-operate in any feasible plan, consistent with business conditions, to employ men who want work. Heavy reductions have been made in the steel mills at Gary and other points, although nothing has been made public regarding these recent reductions. At Joliet mills, instead of laying off a large number of men, they have been put upon shorter time. Last year the railroads centering in Chicago sent out more than 40,000 men for repair and construction work. This year the number falls under 1,000. Another effect of the tariff is shown in the condition of the treasury customs revenue. Up to May 26, total revenues from customs were $265,516,624, as compared with total customs revenue to the same date last year of $290,969,538. In April, 1914, exports aggregated $162,368,852, as compared with $199,813,438 for April, 1913, a loss of $37,434,586 for the month. The imports for April, 1914, were $172,649,724, as compared with $164,194,461 in April, 1913, showing a gain of $26,446,263. The depressing effect of the Underwood tariff measure is also shown by the Pittsburg Gazette-Times, which recently published a list of ten industrial shares and an equal number of railroad shares of stock, giving their respective market values in October, 1912, and in May, 1914. The contrast is startling. In the ten industrial shares mentioned there was a depreciation in value amounting to $293,929,672, while in the ten railroad shares the depreciation was $289,943, In an action brought in superior court by Fairbanks-Morse Co. against W. A. Zimmerman, damages of $1,725 was given Zimmerman. The pump company sued for $1,082 pay for a pump installed on Zimmerman's ranch at Tulare. Zimmerman's cross-complaint alleged that the pump did not work, and that Zimmerman lost his crop for lack of water and for that he got judgment. He asked $3,000. Peter Daniels is home from the Bakersfield oil fields where he was so unfortunate as to have his right arm and right leg broken when a frame building in which he was working collapsed. Six other men were working in the building, three of them being killed and the other three sustaining injuries of broken bones. Pete was sent to a hospital and has just been able to get out. He is now convalescing. A badly damaged automobile standing at the roadside near the Southern Pacific crossing south of town Sunday morning caused considerable speculation as to what had occurred. It was learned through its registered number that the machine belonged to Mrs. Mary L. Wood of Santa Ana, and it later developed that it was being driven by Ernie Wood when it collided with another auto Saturday night. All parties connected with the accident had disappeared and it is presumed nobody sustained serious injury. George McPhee, county sealer of weights and measures, on Tuesday, explained to the board of supervisors the necessity of an ordinance proposed by McPhee. The ordinance is the same as that being passed by Santa Ana, making it a misdemeanor for any dealer to sell wood by the cord unless the cord has 128 cubic feet of wood closely packed. McPhee's berry ordinances are in use in various cities of the county, and have had a decided effect upon the quantity and quality of berries supplied the public. WITHDRAWAL ORDER OF TAFT REVERSED Federal Court Declares Invalid Decree Setting Aside Oil Lands The withdrawal orders of President William H. Taft, September 27, 1907, by which he sought to set aside 2,871,000 acres of California oil lands to provide for a great source of supply for fuel oil for the use of the navy, were declared invalid by Judge Dooling of the federal district court of San Francisco, who heard the case in Los Angeles. This is the celebrated "Billion Dollar Oil Suit." Dooling's decision leaves the Midway Northern Oil Company in undisputed possession of the lands. The application of the government for the restraining order and a receiver under which to take control of the disputed lands is denied. The main suit of the government to enforce the withdrawal orders of President Taft is by this decision dismissed. The lands which, by this decision, are still to be held under private ownership are worth an enormous sum, estimated at nearly one billion dollars. Vast development has been brought about in these fields by oil companies which filed on the lands in defiance of the presidential orders. The properties are teeming with oil wells and gushers of a great industry. They are owned principally by the Midway Northern and Standard Oil Companies. By the decision of Judge Dooling the fate of four other suits brought by the government to enforce the withdrawal orders is sealed. ed by the sores and produce no seed. In other cases the fungus penetrates the pods and enters the seed, causing dark, sunken specks or spots. In these diseased seeds as well as in the refuse from diseased plants the fungus is propagated from season to season. The bean blight differs from anthracnose in several ways. It is caused by a bacterial organism. On the leaves it produces irregular, diseased areas which at first have a water-soaked appearance, later dry out and become brown and brittle. The entire margin or half of a leaflet is often affected. On the pods the disease starts as slightly raised and watery pustules, which later enlarge, become of WANT MORE NAMES W. M. Wellman, E. N. Cook and E. A. Day, the committee appointed some time ago by the Anaheim board of trade to secure signatures to a petition for the formation of the Anaheim protection district, were before the board of supervisors this afternoon with a petition and map of the proposed district. The purpose of forming the district is to raise funds for making improvement in the Santa Ana River that will prevent the overflow of the Santa Ana River in the winter months and save damage to property. The petition was signed by about 80 property owners and the committee was advised by the board to get more signatures and the suggestion was accepted. The committee will endeavor to secure the names of 200 or 300 owners before the next meeting of the The bean blight differs from anthracnose in several ways. It is caused by a bacterial organism. On the leaves it produces irregular, diseased areas which at first have a water-soaked appearance, later dry out and become brown and brittle. The entire margin or half of a leaflet is often affected. On the pods the disease starts as slightly raised and watery pustules, which later enlarge, become of irregular shape and amber color with yellow centers. Infected seed show yellow diseased blotches or are entirely yellowed and shriveled. Both diseases cause serious losses in the snap bean trade. Diseased pods are unmarketable and must be sorted out. If but a few slightly spotted pods are packed in a basket, the disease may spread during shipment, causing additional loss and necessitating extra sorting before the beans can be sold to the consumer. In the seed bean trade all beans must be hand-picked to get out the discolored diseased seeds. From 15 to 50 per cent of diseased beans are frequently sorted out, involving heavy loss of beans as well as the cost of sorting. Diseased beans used for seed usually give a poor stand and result in the production of a badly diseased crop. It has been conclusively demonstrated that anthracnose can be avoided by a careful system of seed selection. Save seed from perfectly healthy pods, selected with great care for entire absence of spotting. Carefully keep them away from diseased pods, shell by hand to avoid reinfection, and plant on clean land. Pull and burn any plants showing disease. By planting the seed thus secured enough disease-free seed can be secured to plant the whole crop. In the absence of such disease-free seed (1) secure for planting, seed having the least possible amount of disease, as shown by actual examination; (2) all seed should be hand-picked and no seed showing the slightest discoloration should be planted; (3) practice crop rotation, never plant beans on land where the same crop grew the previous season; (4) do not cultivate or walk through the bean field or pick beans while wet with dew or rain. If the disease is present it is then easily spread from one part of the field to another. The bean blight is more difficult to control than anthracnose, but the same methods will give the best results as present available. KNEW ALL ABOUT IT "He looks like a fool!" BEAN DISEASES The blight and anthracnose of garden and filed beans caused a loss in Michigan alone estimated at $2,000,000 or 20 percent of the crop of 1913. This state does not stand alone for similar conditions obtain in other bean-growing sections. It is becoming more difficult each year to secure bean seed free from one or both of these diseases. In view of these facts, it is highly important that the diseases be more thoroughly recognized and that the best available methods of control, some of which must be begun in the early cultivation of the plants, be understood and put into practice. Bean anthracnose is caused by a fungus which attacks the stems, leaves, pods and seeds of the plants. On the stems and leaf veins it causes elongated, sunken, dark-red cankers, sometimes killing young plants and often producing deformed and yellowed leaves. Rounded or irregular sunken spots with a slightly raised rim are produced on the pods. The spots usually have pink centers surrounded by a darker reddish border. In severe cases the pods may be entirely covered with a petition and map of the proposed district. The purpose of forming the district is to raise funds for making improvement in the Santa Ana River that will prevent the overflow of the Santa Ana River in the winter months and save damage to property. The petition was signed by about 80 property owners and the committee was advised by the board to get more signatures and the suggestion was accepted. The committee will endeavor to secure the names of 200 or 300 owners before the next meeting of the board two weeks hence. The outline of the district is from a point about half a mile south of the Olive bridge, west to Garden Grove road, north to North street, Anaheim, east to the Santa Fe bridge north of Olive, thence south to the point of beginning. KNEW ALL ABOUT IT "He looks like a fool!" "But, papa, he has asked me to marry him." "He has? Well, don't ever tell me I can't size up people." Political Announcement VIOLA S. 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