anaheim-gazette 1914-06-18

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. KNOWLAND FOR SENATOR Sentiment among the republicans of this section unquestionably favors the nomination of Congressman Joseph R. Knowland of Alameda, for United States Senator. His candidacy was endorsed unanimously by the Anaheim Republican Club at its last meeting, and if there is any opposition to him it has not yet developed or been made apparent. Mr. Knowland has served his district and the state in the lower house for many years, and the record he has made justifies him in seeking elevation into the upper house. He has always been loyal to California, and his voice has always been raised in defense of the interests of the entire state. He fought against the repeal of the free tolls measure, which was railroaded through congress by administration influence. He made a great speech in opposition to the inequitous Underwood tariff bill, and battled, in season and out, for the maintenance of a protective duty on California products. Mr. Knowland's long years in the house of representatives have familiarized him with the duties of a legislator, and his ability has lifted him to a position in the foremost rank. Should he be elected to the senate he will immediately become a commanding AS IT SHOULD BE The Register has no hesitation about commending the attitude of political parties and factions and citizens generally with respect to certain county office candidacies. That is to say, it is right and wise, good politics and good business, not to try to bring out opposition to those county officers whose official and personal records are conspicuously good. This attitude is an evidence of rising standards and broadening views on the part of the people with respect to the public service. It saves time and money and worry, and prevents strife and promotes peace and good will. Among the candidates who, thus far, are fortunate in this respect are County Clerk Williams, Treasurer Joplin, Assessor Sleeper, Tax Collector Lamb, County Surveyor McBride, Coroner and Public Administrator Winbigler. All of these are conspicuously faithful and efficient officers, men of the highest character and withal good citizens and good fellows. People are asking, "Are they honest and efficient? Do they do their work well? Are they fair and courteous in their dealings with the public? Are their lives clean and wholesome?" And the answer is an emphatic "YES." All of which is emphatically not to be construed as any reflection upon those officers who have opposition or any criticism of those who oppose them. It is the great American privilege of every man—and in California of every woman—to aspire to the honor and emoluments of the public service; and often the ablest and best public officers encounter the most POLITICAL S (By the Innocent) Vote-hunting, the time of politicians, height of the season for judge to township various candidates are the horny-handed sorters, his cousins and der to lay before the candidate's peculiar office such candidate may Every little movement all its own, and civic, religious and political as well as among garden gatherings, the fice-seeker is in evidence the example of that artist, Poker Davis, in the best he can to fulfill for political preference. They're a busy little fice-seekers these first believe me, and the very without being interrupted state of his political pulse, is either travelled hospital ambulance. Look who's here! present city assessor has announced his nomination for county pose "Jim" Sleeper, in a candidate for re-election. Far be it from the tempt to discourage laudable ambition of cure public office, but man-size job for an unfeat Sleeper for this Sleeper's past record. H. Z. OSBORNE FOR CONGRESS Capt. H. Z. Osborne on Saturday before the republican league meeting in Los Angeles, announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress from the tenth district, and accompanied it with a stirring platform of republicanism. Osborne is one of the best known republicans in Southern California. He was formerly editor and proprietor of the Express, and was also chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and is one of the best known men in public life in Southern California. He would add dignity and grace to the house of representatives, and ought to be elected without a single dissenting vote. A REPROACH TO THE COUNTY SEAT The Santa Ana Blade calls upon the board of education of that city to resign, it having so muddled up its schools that a deficiency of $40,000 exists in the treasury, and an election for voting a special tax having been called to raise enough money to pay teachers' back salary warrants. To the reproach of the county seat, its school teachers have not been paid for two months past, and two of the young lady educators, as we are informed, are about to be married, and being without funds are strictly up against it. An election to raise $10,000 will be held next month, and if a favorable vote be had upon the measure, Santa Ana may be able to pay the tutors of its children; but if the vote be unfavorable, there will be confusion worse their dealings with the public? Are their lives clean and wholesome?" And the answer is an emphatic "YES." All of which is emphatically not to be construed as any reflection upon those officers who have opposition or any criticism of those who oppose them. It is the great American privilege of every man—and in California of every woman—to aspire to the honor and emoluments of the public service; and often the ablest and best public officers encounter the most strenuous opposition in their candidacies for re-election. But the fact remains that a disposition on the part of parties and people to allow good public officers to be returned to their positions without opposition is a distinct ethical and political step forward, and clearly indicates that election law of this state, with respect to county offices, is heartily supported by public sentiment.—Santa Ana Register, (Prog.) WHY W. B. WILLIAMS HAS NO OPPOSITION When an incumbent of a public office is an unopposed candidate to succeed himself, it is pretty safe to conclude that his administration of that office has given general satisfaction. As county clerk of Orange county W. B. Williams has succeeded in doing this in marked degree. The county clerk's office is in daily contact with more people than any other in the county. Its service touches the people at many points. Every voter is registered by the county clerk's deputies. Every man, woman or child having business in the courts, as litigant, witness, defendant or prosecutor, is brought in contact with the county clerk or his deputies. Nearly every person having business before the board of supervisors handles that business through the clerk's office. To the clerk's office goes every public official, every person interested in an estate, every applicant for a marriage license—indeed, to enumerate the various points at which the public call for the service of the office would be to recite a large list of the things that bring people to the court house. Mr. Williams has certainly had abundant opportunities to create dissatisfaction. Instead, he has created satisfaction. He has had opportunities to enter just complaint against the growth of the work in his office. But he has not done so. He has gone right on attending to his work, and through all he has not got "fussed." He has withheld no service from any man. Non-partisanship in county affairs is now the law, and Mr. Williams fits ad- Look who's here! present city assessor has announced his nomination for county pose "Jim" Sleeper, in a candidate for re-election. Far be it from the tempt to discourage laudable ambition of cure public office, but man-size job for an unfit Sleeper for this Sleeper's past record. no tellin' from the look how far he can jumpibly Vegely is simply close. The movement to D. Fredericks the unaffected republicans of the error is gaining strength present prospects will long before the date arrives. Republican leaders have openly declared ericks and their actions allowed by similar endowment of the biggest voting capt. Fredericks is win and as he is so there will be warm weather. Long Beach republican impromptu love week and went to visits to tender him ther campaign and in their felicitations O took occasion to strike plumes from Holy Hill the fallacy of the latter is responsible for puern Pacific political business and for the state. "I would rather know my neighbor's support than my strength of strangers," "The cry of the presiCalifornia that he is the spirit of progress absurd. The statement that he put the Southical machine out of easily absurd. The legislature the republic could not be questioned N. Gillett as governor which put the South chine in its grave. "It was the inaugural road commission bill among other things, the cepting of passes. Anything to the railroad cept what they bought to give free transport to the republican party." Judge W. H. Thomas, of the superior court, was in Anaheim Saturday renewing old acquaintanceships and forming new ones. The judge is a busy man on the bench at present and will have little time to devote to the campaign in which he is seeking re-election. Because of a division of the business in the superior court, which was mutually agreed to between Judge West and himself on the establishment of department No. 2 last fall, all civil cases are handled by Thomas, and his calendar is so crowded that it will require all his time until the date of the primaries to clear it up, consequently he will not be able to give his personal attention to a canvass of the voters. Judge Thomas was appointed by Governor Johnson after a warm contest on September 16, and assumed office on the 22d of the month. He has made a clean record on the bench, and is asking a square deal from the voters at the primaries notwithstanding his inability to see them personally. Linn Shaw has climbed Santiago peak, and wants the county to construct an automobile highway thither, which will cost $100,000. Let the county erect an observatory on the mountain. Then Mr. Shaw may see stars. Mr. Williams has certainly had abundant opportunities to create dissatisfaction. Instead, he has created satisfaction. He has had opportunities to enter just complaint against the growth of the work in his office. But he has not done so. He has gone right on attending to his work, and through it all he has not got "fussed." He has withheld no service from any man. Non-partisanship in county affairs is now the law, and Mr. Williams fits admirably to the new order. To do his work fully and well seems to be his ambition. That the people believe he has "made good" is evidenced in the fact that his re-election without opposition is looked forward to as a pre-ordained incident of the election.—Santa Ana Blade. SHORT IN ACCOUNTS C. C. Gill seems to have overlooked a chance to make good an alleged shortage in accounts at the office of the Southern Counties Gas Company at Santa Ana. According to statements made by a gas company man, Gill, who was a book-keeper for that company, was short about $200 when last Thursday he was notified that he could have until Saturday in which to make up the shortage. Gill seemed anxious to have the matter cleared up, and declared he had friends in Los Angeles who would give him the money. He went to Los Angeles and did not return on Saturday as expected. He had not returned up to noon Tuesday. Manager Champion reported the details of the matter to F. R. Bain, president of the company. Tom Saine, Frank Grimminger, Frank McBride and Charley Nevin, employees of the Santa Fe oil wells for many years, were in town on Monday on a business mission. Harry Pearson was down from Downey last week visiting his parents. "It was the inaugural road commission bill among other things, the accepting of passes. There anything to the railroad except what they bought; to give free transport the republican party took 1909, the Espee political dead and the coming son and his spectacular array against the Southlital machine, but a wake." A concerted movement form laws governing its vic in California has been Los Angeles by the City of Southern California way Commission, this jury, the Automobile station and the traffic police department. Undertake it is possible for his family for a ride exceeding twenty miles or jail in course of three outing. In fact there nances in some localities only for imprisonmentlation of the law. This movement in Los Angeles about state legislation what speed may be towns and cities and w country. Col. John G. Maher cratic candidate for braska, recently made which he asked where his present money, and returned the "tainted" to his campaign fund was a candidate for th POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS (By the Innocent Bystander.) Vote-hunting, the time-honored pastime of politicians, is now at the height of the season, and from superior judge to township constable the various candidates are in full cry after the horny-handed son of toll, his sisters, his cousins and his aunts in order to lay before the aforesaid his, the candidate's, peculiar fitness for the office such candidate may aspire to fill. Every little movement has a meaning all its own, and at meetings of civic, religious and political organizations as well as among the common or garden gatherings, the ubiquitous office-seeker is in evidence, emulating the example of that eminent sociologist, Poker Davis, in the way of doing the best he can to further his chances for political preferment. They're a busy little bunch these office-seekers these fine days in June, believe me, and the voter that gets by without being interrogated as to the state of his political temperature and pulse, is either traveling incog or in an hospital ambulance. Look who’s here! Ed L. Vegely, present city assessor for Santa Ana, has announced his candidacy for the nomination for county assessor to oppose "Jim" Sleeper, incumbent, who is a candidate for re-election. Far be it from the Bystander to attempt to discourage or dampen the laudable ambition of any man to secure public office, but it would seem a man-size job for an untried man to defeat Sleeper for this office in view of Sleeper’s past record. However, there’s “Twenty-five years ago the Bryans were poor,” says the statement in part. “Today they are rich. Where did they get it? From the people, of course. What have they produced? Chautauqua lectures, to be sure.” Col. Maher, then charges that in 1904 about $12,000 was sent to Nebraska for use in the campaign. Col. Bryan’s brother-in-law was state chairman. Later when the facts were published Bryan said he would return the money if it was shown to have been subscribed from Wall Street or Tammy. The Congressional investigation showed that the money came from the contributions that Thomas Fortune Ryan made to the democratic funds. Mr. Bryan never returned anything, but he did try to exclude Ryan from the Baltimore convention. Possible complications that may ensue because of Cupid’s pranks with a woman nominee on the prohibition ticket are worrying the leaders of the “drys,” and a way out has been sought of Secretary of State Jordan who is asked what will happen politically if will be either a republican or a democrat. And in order to put themselves squarely on record, a meeting of Roosevelt’s former supporters held at Baltimore last week adopted the following resolution: “Whereas this meeting is composed almost exclusive of men who, as supporters of Theodore Roosevelt, actively participated in the primary campaign for the republican presidential nomination in 1912, and were his supporters in his candidacy before the people in that year; and, whereas, it is the sense of those who participate in this meeting that the next president of the United States will be either a republican or a democrat, and that for many years to come the presidents of the United States will be the nominees of either the democratic or republican party; that in this state the progressive party is without the faintest hope of electing any candidate to public office now or at any future time; that it has ceased in legal contemplation to be a political party in this state; that it is the sense of this meeting that Maryland should not be a one-party state; Look who's here! Ed L. Vegely, present city assessor for Santa Ana, has announced his candidacy for the nomination for county assessor to oppose "Jim" Sleeper, incumbent, who is a candidate for re-election. Far be it from the Bystander to attempt to discourage or dampen the laudable ambition of any man to secure public office, but it would seem a man-size job for an untried man to defeat Sleeper for this office in view of Sleeper's past record. However, there's no tellin' from the looks of a frog just how far he can jump, and then possibly Vegely is simply running for exercise. The movement to make Capt. John D. Fredericks the unanimous choice of the republicans of the state for governor is gaining strength and from present prospects will be successful long before the date for the primaries arrives. Republican leaders in San Francisco have openly declared for Capt. Fredericks and their action has been followed by similar endorsement in many of the biggest voting centers. Capt. Fredericks is in the fight to win and as he is some real fighter there will be warm work if he is defeated. Long Beach republicans got up a little impromptu love feast one day last week and went to visit Capt. Fredericks to tender him their assistance in the campaign and in acknowledging their felicitations Capt. Fredericks took occasion to strip the borrowed plumes from Holy Hiram and expose the fallacy of the latter's claim that he is responsible for putting the Southern Pacific political machine out of business and for the spirit of progress in the state. "I would rather lose this battle knowing my neighbors were strong in my support than to win on the strength of strangers," said Fredericks. "The cry of the present governor of California that he is responsible for the spirit of progress in the state is absurd. The statement that he makes that he put the Southern Pacific political machine out of existence is equally absurd. The legislature of 1909, a legislature the republicanism of which could not be questioned, with James N. Gillett as governor, struck the blow which put the Southern Pacific machine in its grave. "It was the inauguration of a railroad commission bill which forbade, among other things, the giving and accepting of passes. There was never anything to the railroad machine except what they bought by their ability to give free transportation, and when the republican party took over in showed that the money came from the contributions that Thomas Fortune Ryan made to the democratic funds. Mr. Bryan never returned anything, but he did try to exclude Ryan from the Baltimore convention. Possible complications that may ensue because of Cupid's pranks with a woman nominee on the prohibition ticket are worrying the leaders of the "drys," and a way out has been sought of Secretary of State Jordan who is asked what will happen politically if one of their women nominees for the legislature from Los Angeles insists upon marrying after the primary and before the election, which would result in a change of name. Charles B. Burger, chairman of the prohibition state central committee addresses the inquiry to Jordan. The woman nominee has a mind to be married and she is going to be married after the primaries and before the election, no matter what complications the laws may cause. As Burger put it in his letter: "One of our woman nominees for the legislature is to be married after the primaries and she refuses to either hasten or delay matters to suit the convenience of our election laws. There is a possibility of her election, which complicates matters." Jordan ruled the woman must run in the final election under the same name as she appeared upon the primaries, which in this case is her maiden name. Justice certainly nodded in the case before Justice of the Peace Cox recently where H. R. Taylor, a Los Angeles stock broker, charged with driving an automobile beyond the speed limit was let off with a $50 fine and the further penalty of not being allowed to again drive an automobile before January 1st of next year, an additional sentence of 30 days in jail having been suspended. Taylor and a man named Nelson were racing down Main street when their machines collided and the one driven by Nelson swerved from the street and ran into a church, the impact wrecking the church steps and incidentally the machine and seriously injuring a woman occupant of Nelson's car who was thrown out when the wreck occurred. If the case had been left to the first twelve men fitted for jury duty that might have been called upon to decide it, a stiff jail sentence and the limit of fine would probably have been the sentence imposed. Under the present election methods it certainly costs something to run for office. The theory of the primary The recently appointed board of forestry has selected J. M. Grant, of Los Angeles, and appointed him as county forester at a salary of $1,500 a year. A nursery will be immediately established at the county farm at West Orange, where trees for street planting will be propagated in preparation for active work next year. There were 15 applicants for the job of forester at first, but in the elimination contest 10 fell by the wayside and of the five remaining Grant was finally chosen as the best equipped for the place. There is some soreness over the fact that an outsider got the place, but the forestry board probably did the best thing possible under the circumstances. Grant is reputed to be an experienced man with a record for such work reaching all the way from Van Diemens Land to Vallejo and before his engagement here was employed in Los Angeles. Great bodies are proverbially slow in motion, and this applies with peculiar force to the State Highway Commission which is beating all records for tardiness in the matter of securing the right-of-way for the state highway between Santa Ana and the San Diego county line. The chief cause for delay is reported to be the refusal so far of the Santa Fe railway company to give a deed for a right-of-way over a strip of its property just below Capistrano. If the road ever does get under way it may be changed from its original route between Culver's corner and El Toro to run nearer the foot hills than the present survey, as by taking the last named course a long stretch of low-lying country will be avoided while there will be several arroyas to cross, the work will be in the way of bridge building and can be formed... ly absurd. The legislature of 1909, a legislature the republicanism of which could not be questioned, with James N. Gillett as governor, struck the blow which put the Southern Pacific machine in its grave. "It was the inauguration of a railroad commission bill which forbade, among other things, the giving and accepting of passes. There was never anything to the railroad machine except what they bought by their ability to give free transportation, and when the republican party took that away in 1909, the Espee political machine was dead and the coming of Hiram Johnson and his spectacular stamping up and down the state was not a battle array against the Southern Pacific political machine, but a celebration of its wake." A concerted movement to make uniform laws governing automobile traffic in California has been launched in Los Angeles by the Automobile Club of Southern California, the State Highway Commission, the county grand jury, the Automobile Dealers' Association and the traffic branch of the police department. Under the law as at present it is possible for a man to take his family for a ride and without exceeding twenty miles an hour land in jail in course of three or four hours' outing. In fact there are city ordinances in some localities that provide only for imprisonment for a third violation of the law. The purpose of the movement in Los Angeles is to bring about state legislation prescribing what speed may be maintained in towns and cities and what speed in the country. Col. John G. Maher, leading democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska, recently made a statement in which he asked where Bryan got all his present money, and why he never returned the "tainted" coin subscribed to his campaign fund in 1904 when he was a candidate for the senate. Press reports tell us that Roosevelt is hobnobbing with members of the English nobility and may be called in consultation in regard to the Irish Home Rule matter. And while the Big Bull Moose is so engaged it might be of interest to know that his former supporters in Maryland are about through with him as a political leader and are seriously considering returning to the republican fold having decided that Maryland is not a one-party state and whoever may hold office it juring a woman occupant of Nelson's car who was thrown out when the wreck occurred. If the case had been left to the first twelve men fitted for jury duty that might have been called upon to decide it, a stiff jail sentence and the limit of fine would probably have been the sentence imposed. Under the present election methods it certainly costs something to run for office. The theory of the primary system is that it gives any one a chance to be a candidate for any office. So it does, if he have the price. In the recent Pennsylvania primaries, for instance, Senator Penrose, in a contest for his own renomination, swears that he spent $12,867; Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer, democratic candidate for the senatorial nomination, spent $2,541.44; Mr. Pinchot, progressive candidate for the senate, spent $2,753.53 without any opposition in his own party; Vance McCormick, successful democratic candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, spent $33,000—within $7,000 of the salary of the office for the whole four years' term. These are only primary expenses, and equal sums will undoubtedly be spent for the election. Therefore where does the poor man come in under the primary law? And yet this system of nomination and election was intended to favor him. The suit of George and Edward Chafor against Long Beach for $15,500 damages for the death of their wife and mother, respectively, Mrs. Edith E. Cnafor, when the auditorium collapsed during the Empire Day celebration, May 24, 1913, went to trial Monday before a jury in Superior Judge McCormick's court at Los Angeles. This is the first of many actions in which damages of fully $2,000,000 are asked from the city of Long Beach as the result of the disaster. Defense attorneys stated that the city would deny poor or negligent construction of the auditorium, and would allege it was not responsible for the loss of life and injuries because the auditorium was constructed on tidelands which belong to the state. The municipality further asserts that the persons in charge of the celebration had no authority from Long Beach to use the auditorium, and that the catastrophe resulted from the marching of the celebrants to the building in military step, the vibration being responsible for the collapse. Trial of the suit, which in a large measure will test the city's liability in all actions, will occupy about three weeks, according to attorneys. THURSDAY, JUNE 18 Anaheim Dry Goods Store A. E. HILES, PROP. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK (80 seconds walk from the Boston Bakery) Special Sale of Silk Hair Ribbons All the New Colors, 4 inches, 5 inches and 6 inches wide. Absolutely pure silk and brand new Sale Price 15c and 20c a Yard NONE HIGHER Now, Girls, here is a veritable snap, take advantage of it for they are really worth double the money, and then some. Yours very truly, A. E. HILES 26 Years on Broadway, Los Angeles SPECIAL NOTICE: The Remnant Sale is still going on. FATE WAS ON HIS TRAIL Disaster in a double dose came to Edward Gainor, an oil employee of Fullerton, and his wife, late Tuesday afternoon, when his automobile overturned and was then run into by a street car on Stephenson avenue, Los Angeles, between Mott and Marietta streets. A lucky catch at the fender of the car and a tenacious grasp saved him from going under the wheels. CITY AND COUNTY BRIEFSE Frank Borth is preparing for a few days' vacation at one of the seaside resorts. M. F. McMurray and Elda E. Boyce, both of Olinda, have been granted a license to marry. Yesterday, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Blake, occurred the marriage of Walter J. FATE WAS ON HIS TRAIL Disaster in a double dose came to Edward Gainor, an oil employee of Fullerton, and his wife, late Tuesday afternoon, when his automobile overturned and was then run into by a street car on Stephenson avenue, Los Angeles, between Mott and Marietta streets. A lucky catch at the fender of the car and a tenacious grasp saved him from going under the wheels. When Gainor and his wife were examined at the hospital it was found that he had sustained severe abrasions, and may have a fractured rib, while his wife, who was pitched from the motor car, received severe cuts. It is also possible that her pelvis is injured. The Gainors had gone to Los Angeles to purchase a bath tub, and were taking it home in their machine, Gainor steering with one hand and holding the tub on the rear with the other hand. As he passed Mott street on Stephenson avenue, he lost control of the car, he says, and it careened down the street half a block and then turned over, hurling Mrs. Gainor to the street. Gainor held fast to the steering gear. There is a grade at the place and a street car, the motorman of which evidently believed that the driver would clear the track, bore down upon the overturned auto. Before Gainor could extricate himself the machine was lying across the track. The fender struck the engine hood and was torn off, and this Gainor grabbed, which he says saved him from being thrust under the wheels. He was dragged about 20 feet. HIGHER PRICES According to figures published by the Bureau of Statistics (Crop Forecasts), in the recent Agricultural Outlook, the prices of potatoes paid to the farmer on May 1, 1914, averaged 71.4 cents a bushel, which is 23.2 cents higher than the average price for May 1, 1913, or a gain of about 48 per cent. In Maine, where the price this year was 64 cents, there was a gain of 24 cents per bushel over the price of May 1, 1913; in Vermont, with a gain of 10 cents, the price was 77 cents. In Massachusetts there was a gain of 21 cents, New York 23 cents, New Jersey 13 cents, Pennsylvania 27 cents, West Virginia 30 cents. In Virginia and North Carolina there was an increase of 14 cents per bushel, the prices on May 1, 1914, in those states being 88 cents and 97 cents, respectively. South Carolina and Louisiana were the only states showing a decrease, but with a decrease of 14 cents in South Carolina. Frank Borth is preparing for a few days' vacation at one of the seaside resorts. M. F. McMurray and Elda E. Boyce, both of Olinda, have been granted a license to marry. Yesterday, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Blake occurred the marriage of Walter J. Jewell of Brea, and Miss Lois Blake of this city. E. H. Adams was at the court house Tuesday, being a witness in the damage suit of Cain vs. the Pacific Electric company. He was a passenger on the car which killed Mr. and Mrs. Cain. The preachers and school teachers of Santa Ana are to play a game of baseball today, gate receipts to be used for charitable purposes. Our money is on the pedagogues. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Anaheim and Fullerton held memorial services at I. O. O. F. hall Sunday. Rev. Statum of Fullerton, delivered the memorial address. Miss Mary Cox and Miss Christensen, both teachers in the Garden Grove school, were on the California Limited which was so badly wrecked at Bagdad last Friday night. Miss Cox has written a very interesting letter to her father, Justice J. B. Cox of Santa Ana, in which she recounts the experience of herself and companion. Both ladies were badly bruised in the smash-up, but neither received serious injury. Wednesday was the first day on which nomination petitions for the August 25 primaries could be circulated, and a large number of the candidates were on hand early to take out their petitions. County Clerk Williams has figured out from the vote cast at the last election the number of names that can legally be secured by each candidate. The maximum number is 2 per cent of the total vote cast, and the minimum is one-half of one per cent. For county offices that means a maximum of 228 and a minimum of 57. In supervisorial district No. 2 the maximum is 32 and the minimum is 8; in No. 4, 36 and 9; in No. 20, 20 and 5. Street Superintendent Sackett is still on the job cleaning up unsightly manure piles, chopping weeds in the streets and alleys, and will in a few days begin the removal of an accumulation of old tin cans which are unsightly objects in various parts of the city. The ill-smelling manure heaps on the city's main thoroughfares are being placed in large tin receptacles, which have been on hand for a long In every probability the voters of Santa Ana will have an opportunity at the coming city election to express themselves on the matter of Sunday closing of pool rooms and moving picture theaters. Two petitions were filed Monday night, asking the city council to pass an ordinance closing the places of amusement on Sunday, and a motion by McPhee that the petitions be granted was lost for the want of a second. A motion by Alderman that the petitions be referred to a committee to verify the signatures carried. W. L. Grubb presided at the meeting Monday night in the absence of President Ey, and if he expressed the sentiment of the other members of the board such an ordinance will not be passed by the board unless a majority of the voters express themselves as favoring it at an election. There are 2,500 signatures on the two petitions. The Odd Fellows lodge held an interesting meet Tuesday evening when several new members were initiated. After the ceremonies the ladies of Rebekah lodge surprised the brethren with a fine spread, to which ample justice was done.