anaheim-gazette 1914-07-02

TRUSTEES SHY AT ADVERTISING SCHEME GUARDIANS OF PEOPLE'S CASH WANT MORE LIGHT BEFORE APPROPRIATING $2,000 CITY ATTORNEY AMES MAKES REPORT ON COST OF INSURING CITY'S EMPLOYES The advertising proposition of the Grafton Publishing Company endorsed by the board of trade Monday night, was submitted to the city trustees at Thursday night's session, but met with something of a frost. H. M. Adams, chairman of the advertising committee of the board of trade, in a few brief remarks advised the trustees of the action of the board and introduced Mr. Grafton of the publishing house who outlined the plan and told of the advantages of his scheme. Mr. Grafton's plan has already been printed, and discussed twice before the board of trade, consequently it was pretty familiar to the trustees. He proposes to issue a number of pamphlets descriptive of Orange county, each of the five supervisor districts receiving an equal share of the space. His proposition was that Anaheim should pay $2,000 for 33,000 copies, on the back of the cover of which would be printed an advertisement for the local board of trade. An effort would also be made to secure another thousand dollars by private subscription outside the city, or some portion of it and the number of books would be increased proportionately to the amount subscribed. These books would be distributed on the exhibition train which will be sent throughout the east. The trustees were of opinion that this scheme should be fathered entirely by the supervisors and the county should pay for the work. It would mean, under Mr. Grafton's plans, that municipal will not leave in a body the request was granted. Petition for an electric light at the corner of his property in the Zeyn tract was made by Herman Stern. He agrees to put up an ornamental post at his own expense, and the board agreed to extend him the juice. WALTER JOHNSON TAKES HIM A WIFE Famous Ball Player Weds Daughter of a Nevada Congressman Walter Johnson, formerly prominent on the diamond here, and now hero of the baseball fans of Washington, and Miss Hazel Lee Roberts, one of the prettiest girls in the congressional set, only daughter of Representative and Mrs. E. E. Roberts, of Carson City, Nov., were married Wednesday night at the home of the bride's parents. Only members of the immediate family were present. The event is the culmination of a romance which began on the baseball diamond a year ago when the star pitcher of the Senators and the pretty little congressional bud were introduced by her father, who is an enthusiastic fan. Wednesday afternoon she was present when Walter pitched the Senators to a 2 to 1 victory in the second game of a double header with the Philadelphia Athletics. The honeymoon will be postponed until after the end of the ball season. Johnson's contract with Washington expires at the close of this season's series and it is said the Federal League is prepared to offer him $100,000 for three years. He has purchased a ranch near Coffeyville, Kansas, and expects to eventually desert the diamond and settle down to raising wheat; and corn, and alfalfa, and hogs, and hens. STATE EXAMINATION FOR GENERAL CLERKS State Civil Service Commission An- an advertisement for the local board of trade. An effort would also be made to secure another thousand dollars by private subscription outside the city or some portion of it and the number of books would be increased proportionately to the amount subscribed. These books would be distributed on the exhibition train which will be sent throughout the east. The trustees were of opinion that this scheme should be fathered entirely by the supervisors and the county should pay for the work. It would mean, under Mr. Grafton's plans, that municipalities would be compelled to pay for advertising the property of ranchers free of cost as nobody believed that a sum of any consequence could be raised by subscription. Besides raising the $2,000 was a difficult problem. It could not be paid from the general fund as that would be taxed to its utmost capacity to pay for street work and other extras during the year, and increase the tax levy would be a very unpopular move. Mr. Grafton then proposed circulating a petition among the taxpayers asking the trustees to appropriate this money but he was told that should it be made known that granting the petition meant an increase in taxes there would be very few signatures secured. It was apparent that the board looked upon the matter with disfavor, and on motion it was unanimously laid over for future consideration. In the meantime a petition will probably be circulated which, if it meets with favor, will be presented at the next meeting. City Attorney Ames, to whom he had been delegated the duty of learning the cost of insuring the city's employer under the Employer's Liability act, reported that the following is the cost of insurance on each $100 of salary paid: Clerks, 16c; teamsters, $1.50; electrical workers, $6.94; librarians, 16c; policemen, $5.89; public building employees, $1.81; other municipal employees, $1.85. All employees of the city must be listed if insurance is taken as the state board will not issue a policy on only part of them. Moreover, the city is not permitted to deal with a private company until its application is denied by the state board. The city attorney and clerk were instructed to figure up the actual cost under these figures and report later. Seven oil companies submitted bids for furnishing the 1,500 barrels of road oil recently advertised for. The bids were as follows: Square Oil Co., f.o.b. L. A.,...75c to 95c Associated Oil Co., f.o.b. Anaheim..90c Union Oil Co., f.o.b. Los Angeles..80c Rodemite Oil Co., f.o.b. L. A.,...68c Tarr & McComb, f.o.b. Anaheim..$1.09 Standard Oil Co., f.o.b. Anaheim..95c W.-F. Hewett Co.,...$1.49 This last company agreed to distribute the oil on the street under the above price. Bid of the Rodemite Co. being the lowest the contract was awarded that firm. A representative of one of the blinding firms endeavored to show that Rodemite had undoubtedly made a mistake but the board could three years. He has purchased a ranch near Coffeyville, Kansas, and expects to eventually desert the diamond and settle down to raising wheat; and corn, and alfalfa, and hogs, and hens. STATE EXAMINATION FOR GENERAL CLERKS State Civil Service Commission Announces an Examination The California State Civil Service Commission announces an examination for general clerk, to be held in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, to provide a register of eligibles from which to make certification to fill vacancies as they may occur in positions as general clerk in the service of the state. The entrance salaries range from $50 to $100 per month. There are at present four vacancies to be filled. The state employs clerks in nearly every branch of its service, and although the number of vacancies is now small, applicants who successfully pass, the examination will be in line for certification to future openings. All citizens of the state, 18 years of age or over on July 25, 1914, who comply with the requirements, are eligible for the examination. Application blanks and further information may be secured by applying to the State Civil Service Commission, State Capitol, Sacramento. Applications must be properly executed and filed with the commission on or before July 20, 1914. FOREIGN SEEDS FOR U.S. FARMERS One Order of 44 Ton Placed by Government With English Firm The United States government each year distributes, by order of congress, enormous quantities of seeds throughout the United States free of cost. The orders given are sometimes very large, as may be judged from the fact that Messrs! Kelway & Son, wholesale seed growers and merchants, of Langport, Somerset, England, (who have for some years been amongst the successful competitors for a portion of this order), have this year received from the United States government from Washington an order for flower seeds and vegetable seeds alone totalling in weight nearly 44 tons. This is probably one of the largest orders for flower and vegetable seeds ever received by one firm from one customer, as it is not composed even in part of agricultural seeds or of large seeds such as peas and beans. Many hundreds of acres must have been planted three years. He has purchased a ranch near Coffeyville, Kansas, and expects to eventually desert the diamond and settle down to raising wheat; and corn, and alfalfa, and hogs, and hens. Mr. Raiston has seen in the assembly an as a representative mountain counties, large mining interests business man, and that there are people think California de administration, to from lawyers and law haps because of his rivals are attorneys. But he thinks that present campaign taxation and extravagation administration, and I the same forthright handles everything." "I consider tax question before the palign," said he. "Every taxpayer lily interested in this." "The expenditure tration of the state's presented in a concord with the taxpayer." "As these expend proportionately does crease." "It is only by comp able to make dec form our opinions." "The method of vogue in the state o f from the method us." "Adopting me ad valorem tax on o f the state which pre depletion of ser amendment No. 1, for comparison th e ing past three y figures: "1911—Total value 603,344,963; rate (per cent from valuai law), $0.501. "1912—Total value 921,277,451; rate (per cent), $0.456. "1913—Total value 114,136,640; rate (per cent), $0.498." "From the fore learn that while th e state has incre med 000 between ye t yet we find the tax $0.498, as against $0." "Comparing th e three administrations three years of each a figures for 1914 being and that under th e Governor Pardee, 1914 inclusive, the tax rate der Governor Gillee 1909, both inclusive $0.403, and under o from 1911 to 1918; tax rate was $0.485." "When you add to th e county and m ust rate begins to assume that it makes people their money in i improving their pro Square Oil Co., f.o.b. L. A...75c to 95c Associated Oil Co., f.o.b. Anaheim...90c Union Oil Co., f.o.b. Los Angeles...80c Rodemite Oil Co., f.o.b. L. A...68c Tarr & McComb, f.o.b. Anaheim...95c Standard Oil Co., f.o.b. Anaheim...95c W. F. Howett Co...1.49 This last company agreed to distribute the oil on the street under the above price. Bid of the Rodemite Co. being the lowest the contract was awarded that firm. A representative of one of the blinding firms endeavored to show that Rodemite had undoubtedly made a mistake but the board could not see it that way, and awarded the contract to that company. Building permits were granted to the following persons: To Theodore Roberts, frame residence on Lemon street; cost $1,300. To M. V. Downing, frame residence on Alberta street; cost $2,000. To Fred Mitchell, frame dwelling on Adele street; cost $1,000. To Frank Gates, garage on Illinois street; cost $150. To Mrs. H. Bowen, frame residence on Melrose street; cost $1,400. To R. Spoerl, brick block on East Center street; cost $6,000. Ordinance No. 276, creating a fire apparatus fund, was introduced. This was in accordance with a suggestion of Wm. R. Staats Company, the firm which purchased the fire bonds. Ordinance No. 277, prohibiting the gathering of crowds on the streets and providing that pedestrians shall move on when so ordered by a policeman, was also introduced. The penalty for failure to keep moving may be a fine of $200 or 60 days imprisonment. Ordinance No. 278, amending ordinance No. 176, places the license on auto stages at $5 per quarter for the first vehicle and $2.50 per quarter for each additional stage. It will pass at the next meeting. The Southern California Edison Co. sent a check for $107,31 being a percent of the earnings in this city for the year ending May 14. As it was not accompanied by an affidavit as required by law the check will not be accepted until the verified statement is received. E. H. Adams asked permission to grant 10 days' vacation to the employes at the power house. As the men wholesale seed growers and merchants, of Langport, Somerset, England, (who have for some years been amongst the successful competitors for a portion of this order), have this year received from the United States government from Washington an order for flower seeds and vegetable seeds alone totalling in weight nearly 44 tons. This is probably one of the largest orders for flower and vegetable seeds ever received by one firm from one customer, as it is not composed even in part of agricultural seeds or of large seeds such as peas and beans. Many hundreds of acres must have been under cultivation for the production of the weight in question. How large an area such an enormous quantity of seeds would sow seems almost past human computation. Of the four other European firms who (in addition to the Langport firm) are this year favored by the United States government with their order for seeds, one is English, two French and one Holland. FARM LAND IN ANGELES FOREST Reports submitted by experts of the Bureau of Soils and the Forest Service on the Cajon and Tejunga land classification projects, on the Angeles National Forest, have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. The total area of the Cajon project is 143,333 acres, of which 32,806 acres are privately owned. None of this land is classified as agricultural under present conditions, although final classification of 7,147 acres was suspended pending further consideration of watershed features. The total area of the Tejunga project in round numbers is 164,000 acres, of which 21,800 acres are in private ownership; 141,772 acres were classified as non-agricultural, and final classification was suspended as to 767 acres pending the result of further investigation. Only 310 acres situated in townships 2 and 3 north, range 14 west, were classified as chiefly valuable for agriculture under present conditions. These areas will be listed with the Department of the Interior to be opened to entry by the first qualified applicant at the Los Angeles land office after the land is restored to entry. When you add to the county and must rate begins to assume that it makes people their money in an improving their proUnless the saving their money to a goat at a fair rate of interest compelled to cut doTERest paid to their will prove to be a thousands of people. When Dull Till “If through the taxation, general and does not expand tal comes into the stands still and dult prevail.” “We are told that tion of the state's b being conducted in manner, and espe ment made and de chairman of the bo public speeches, ye amount approprial appropriation tenance of the state in 1911 we find th $161,700, while th ateated for the old stat iners in the year 1911 which is an increase 261.2 per cent. “The appropriation o officers, clerks, of examiners in 1 while for the state in 1911 it is $64,200 for an increase of nearly “The amount app traveling and conti tthe state board of was $1,500, as again state board of contr “The state board an appropriation of expressage, etc., in state board of control” WASTE OF STATE FUNDS SHOWN BY RALSTON REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR SHOWS JOHNSON'S EXTRAVAGANCE OPPOSES EIGHT-HOUR BOGIE LAW AND STATE WIDE PROHIBITION—A GOOD MAN W. C. Ralston, of San Francisco, one of the leading republicans of Northern California and for 25 years a man of affairs in that part of the state, was in town this week in the interests of his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor in the approaching primaries. Mr. Ralston is one of the most forceful and positive men in California public life. He always has an opinion on public matters and does not hesitate to declare it, which is something to admire even if one does not entirely agree with the opinions themselves. Two planks in the Relston platform are opposition to the universal eight-hour law and opposition to the prohibition amendment. He thinks they are both bad for the material interests and development of California, and does not hesitate to say so. It must be conceded to Mr. Ralston that he has declared himself more openly on some of these matters of present discussion than any candidate for any party's nomination. Mr. Ralston has served long periods in the assembly and the state senate, as a representative of some of the mountain counties, in which he has large mining interests. For he is a business man, and suggested recently that there are people in the state who think California deserves a business administration, to some extent freed from lawyers and law-makers, this perhaps because of the fact that most of his rivals are attorneys. But he thinks the main issue of the present campaign is the question of money fund of $75,000 in 1911 and also in 1913. "The state board of examiners served as such under the Pardee and Gillett administration, but was merged into the state board of control in 1919." "The increase in the general appropriation bills of the Johnson administration over the Gillett administration is $5,849,961, or 32.42 per cent." "The increase in the special appropriation bills as between the same administrations is $24,933,184, or 83.70 per cent." "The foregoing figures are authentic and certainly should make every taxpayer pause and consider how long he can stand the strain and if it is not high time a halt was called. Taxpayers should inform themselves on this all-important question." "There has been a large increase in salaries in nearly every department of the state." "It is safe to say that were the affairs of the state of California managed in the same way as a competent business man would handle his own affairs, fully 30 per cent of the expenses could be eliminated and twice the efficiency obtained." JAP BERRY BOXES STILL SHORT WEIGHT But You Must Pay Him for Full Measure or Eat No Fruit Japanese berries are still marketed in Anaheim, in boxes two or three ounces short of the regulation weight, and the housewives who are compelled to purchase them and pay for something they do not receive, can see no remedy ahead. Our wily little brown brother, who is an adept in ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, can fleish from four boxes enough to make a fifth and thus short-weight his Anaheim customers because there is no law in this city compelling him to give the consumers of his berries a square deal. In purchasing a couple of boxes or so for table use the loss to the buyer is insignificant, amounting to perhaps because it makes the best floor at a moderate price. A complete stock of it on... Mr. Ralston has served long periods in the assembly and the state senate, as a representative of some of the mountain counties, in which he has large mining interests. For he is a business man, and suggested recently that there are people in the state who think California deserves a business administration, to some extent freed from lawyers and law-makers, this perhaps because of the fact that most of his rivals are attorneys. But he thinks the main issue of the present campaign is the question of taxation and extravagance in state administration, and he discussed it in the same forthright manner that he handles everything else. "I consider taxation the paramount question before the people in this campaign," said he. "Every taxpayer in the state is vitally interested in this question." "The expenditures in the administration of the state's affairs are seldom presented in a concise, brief form to the taxpayer. "As these expenditures increase, so proportionately does the tax rate increase. "It is only by comparison that we are able to make deductions, and from them form our opinions." "The method of taxation now in vogue in the state of California differs from the method used before the year 1910. "Adopting the method of levying an ad valorem tax on all the property of the state which prevailed previous to the adoption of senate constitutional amendment No. 1, to 1910, we obtain for comparison the state tax rate during the past three years the following figures: "1911—Total valuation of state, $2,603,344,963; rate (after deducting 5 per cent from valuation as required by law), $0.501. "1912—Total valuation of state, $2,921,277,451; rate (after deducting 5 per cent), $0.456. "1913—Total valuation of state, $3,114,136,640; rate (after deducting 5 per cent), $0.498. "From the foregoing figures we learn that while the total valuation of the state has increased over $510,000,000 between the years 1911 and 1913, yet we find the tax rate to be in 1913 $0.498, as against $0.501 in 1911. "Comparing the tax rate of the last three administrations, taking the first three years of each administration (the figures for 1914 being not at hand), we find that under the administration of Governor Pardee, 1903 to 1905, both inclusive, the tax rate was $0.528. Under Governor Gillett, from 1907 to 1909, both inclusive, the tax rate was $0.403, and under Governor Johnson, from 1911 to 1918, both inclusive, the tax rate was $0.485. "When you add to this state tax rate the county and municipal taxes, the rate begins to assume such proportions that it makes people hesitate in investing their money in new ventures or in improving their property." Sealer of Weights and Measures McPhee secured the passage of an ordinance at Santa Ana regulating the size of berry boxes and several Japs have paid small fines into the city treasury there for short-weighting their customers. He recommended the same law to the Anaheim trustees, but whether they considered the matter of little consequence or feared international complications no action was taken on the question. As a consequence, it is said, Japs who were wont to sell their short-weight boxes in Santa Ana are now marketing them in Anaheim. There is one Jap grower, it is reported, who sells his fruit in Anaheim who always give his customers value received. But he stands alone in this respect. CONTRACTS LET FOR ROAD WORK Los Alamites and Bay City Highway. Will Soon Be Under Construction The bid of Conner Contracting Company for the improvement of Los Alamitos and section 2, Bay City road, was accepted by the board of supervisors at their last meeting. The bid of Conner Contracting Company for the improvement of Los Alamitos and section 2, Bay City road, for $29,887.18, was accepted. Section 1: Riverside road, a part of the Orange county highway system, was accepted. Petition of George R. Reyburn, et al., to lay sidewalk at Garden Grove, was granted. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $300 on the advertising fund in favor of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, for an exhibit at the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. The matter of bids for the Westminster school district bonds was continued to July 8, 1914, at 10 A.M. The matter of bids for the Delhi school district bonds was continued to July 8, 1914, at 10 A.M. FIRST-CLASS DINING ROOM AND BAR Handsomely Furnished Rooms Everything neat and clean A home for the Traveling Public A trial will convince JOHN ZIEGLER, Manager Carpet Cleaning We will clean your carpets and rugs for 5c peryd. Will call for and deliver. All kind of rugs made out of your old carpet. American Rug & Mfg. Company Phone 239 W 1 block North Santa Fe ORPHANAGE REPORT The following boys have been admitted into the St. Catherine's Orphan Asylum since the last publication: Mattenzo, Ramon ... 10 years 2 mo. Mattenzo, Harny ... 8 years 11 mo. Mattenzo, Harry ... 5 years 8 mo. A train of cars seven thousand miles long would be required to move the gigantic crops of America this year, according to the calculations of a Southern Pacific official in Portland, Ore., recently. Approximately 584,000 acres of land in California and Oregon have been set aside by Secretary Lane of the Interior Department under the enlarged homestead act, it was announced recently. The designation includes nearly 300,000 acres in California and 284,-000 acres in Oregon. J. M. Hazard has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of Alice Collins, who died on April 2, leaving $900 in the bank at Placentia, Tipton & Callor are attorneys for the petitioner. New Englanders' Picnic The New England Society of Southern California extends to all New Englanders, their families, descendants and guests, a cordial invitation to participate with them in a patriotic celebration and basket picnic at Sycamore Grove, in Los Angeles city, Saturday, July 4th, 1914. Social hour to 10 to 12 o'clock. Invocation and picnic at 12 o'clock. Speaking 1 o'clock. Good music. Coffee will be served at the tables free. And dishes should be brought with the contents of each basket. Appropriate badge with membership certificate furnished upon receipt of dues. Permission has been granted by the park commission to occupy the speaker's stand and the north portion of Sycamore Grove. A marriage license has been issued to Jesus Sanchez and Marinna Nunez, both of this city. Also to Cornellus Nachtigall of Brea and Noma Bush of Olive, and to Charles H. Putnam and Merle I. Dalton, both of Olive. THURSDAY, JULY 2 The First National Bank OF ANAHEIM United States Depository for the Postal Savings System Capital, $50,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $80,000 Resources over $800,000.00 Officers JOHN HARTUNG, Pres. FRANK SHANLEY FRANK SHANLEY, V. P. A. S. BRADFORD A. S. BRADFORD, V. P. JOHN HARTUNG EDGAR J. HARTUNG SAMUEL KRAEMER EDGAR J. HARTUNG, Cashler We offer every facility consistent with Sound and Conservative Banking 4 PER CENT PAID ON TIME CERTIFICATES WE ARE NOT AFRAID to let the most particular customer test our goods. We carry the best brands in the market and guarantee that we can please you. Whiskies, Brandies and Wines of all grades to let the most particular customer test our goods. We carry the best brands in the market and guarantee that we can please you. Whiskies, Brandies and Wines of all grades and various kinds of Bottled Beer. Orange County Wine Co. 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