anaheim-gazette 1914-12-10

A Pierce Bicycle for Father Iver-Johnson Bicycle for Mother A National Bicycle for Brother A Savage Bicycle for Sister Stilleto Motorbike for Sweetheart WALTER JOHNSON SWITCHES TO FEDERALS WILL RECEIVE $20,000 PER YEAR HEREAFTER AS TWIRLER FOR THE CHICAGO TEAM LITIGATION FOR POSESSION OF FORMER ANAHEIMER IN THE COURTS, IS THEREATENED Walter Johnson's meteoric career has finally landed him in the courts of the land. At least he is the bone of contention over which the American and Federal leagues are aquabbling, and a suit to determine which shall get him is threatened. Johnson claims that his contract with the Senators expired with the close of the last season, consequently he was free to transfer his allegiance to any team he pleased. He has been flirting with the Federal league for some weeks, first with the St. Louis team and finally with Chicago, and last Wednesday he signed a contract with the latter, his salary to be $20,000. This is by many thousands the highest figure ever paid to a base ball player, the famous Ty Cobb receiving only $15,000. Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington club, does not intend to give Johnson up without a struggle. He heard with out great surprise, but with frankly admitted regret, of the famous pitching deal with Ohio while the game is going on. Of course half the time he is on the bench, so he really gets $10 every minute he stands on the rubber. But Johnson has a kick coming. He has to bat for nothing. However, the former Anahelmer likes to make fast ones out of the other pitcher's slow ones, so that he has told his manager that he will throw in his batting for nothing. Johnson throws about 100 balls in every game he pitches. During the season he will average slightly less than this amount, for he has wonderful control for the speed he gets on the sphere. That means that the fans watch a five spot speed to Johnson's hip pocket every third time the ball leaves his hands. Still they should not grow jealous for he has to do his warming up for nothing. Then, again, he does not get paid during his spring training season. This terrible baseball trust in both the organized and Federal faction does not pay the players to get in shape. All they do is to take the player and his wife, install them at a hotel where the rates range from five to $10 a day and board them for nothing. Then they have to get out on the field and take off the accumulation of fat caused by a winter of luxurious idleness. CROP ESTIMATE Basing its figures on observations made November 1, the department of agriculture announces that the California orange crop is 92 per cent of a full crop. Last year at the same date the condition was 80, and in 1912 it was 90. Lemons are 95, as compared with 65 last year and 92 two years ago. Both oranges and lemons are more promising than on October 1. The Florida orange crop was 100 in 1912, 88 in 1913, and its present condition is 82. Florida has no lemons; but the condition of the lime crop in Florida is 85, as compared with 90 last year. the Federal league for some weeks, first with the St. Louis team and finally with Chicago, and last Wednesday he signed a contract with the latter, his salary to be $20,000. This is by many thousands the highest figure ever paid to a base ball player, the famous Ty Cobb receiving only $15,000. Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington club, does not intend to give Johnson up without a struggle. He heard with out great surprise, but with frankly admitted regret, of the famous pitcher's deal with the Chicago Federals, and declared he had an option on Johnson's services for another year and would "sue him to the end of the earth" before he would allow it to be broken. "There was a provision in the 1914 contract," said Griffith, "whereby I obtained an option on Johnson's services for the 1915 season. Twenty-five hundred dollars of the $12,000 salary which he has received was given for the specific purpose of reserving an option in 1915 upon him. I am convinced that he has violated the agreement." On the other hand President Gilmore of the Federal league, expressed himself as follows: "The best legal talent in the country examined Walter Johnson's 1914 contract with the Washington league team and advised us that the star pitcher was free to sign with any club he pleased for 1915. In reply to the threat of the Washington club officials to appeal to the courts to prevent Johnson from jumping to the Federals. We would prefer not to go to court about it, but if the Washington club insists upon spending money for litigation we will meet them. Johnson will play with the Chicago Federal League team next year and the year after, as his contract with us is legal and will stand every test." Walter Johnson began his baseball career in this vicinity and all sport lovers in Anaheim have been interested in his phenomenal success. He pitched for the Anaheim team a decade ago, and his remarkable ability was shown at that time. He has been the star and prop of the Washington team almost ever since he began his major league career here in 1908. Beginning as an awkward country youth, his wonderful ability quickly developed and by the end of his fourth season he was hailed by many critics as the greatest of all pitchers. For five years he struggled along pitching remarkable ball for a losing team, a hopeless tailender. When Clark Griffith took hold of the team in 1912 and turned it into a winner, Johnson came into his own and started to smash records for games won, scoreless innings and strike outs, etc. The strengthened team became a pennant contender, jumping from the bottom to second place the first year. It finished second again in 1913, and third this year. Johnson started his professional career with the Tacoma club in 1905. Basing its figures on observations made November 1, the department of agriculture announces that the California orange crop is 92 per cent of a full crop. Last year at the same date the condition was 80, and in 1912 it was 90. Lemons are 95, as compared with 65 last year and 92 two years ago. Both oranges and lemons are more promising than on October 1. The Florida orange crop was 100 in 1912, 88 in 1913, and its present condition is 82. Florida has no lemons; but the condition of the lime crop in Florida is 85, as compared with 90 last year. The condition of grapefruit in Florida is 89. No figures are given for California. The production of pears in California is 87 per cent of a full crop; of almonds, 85; of walnuts, 78; and the condition of olives is 88 as against 76 a year ago and 72 in 1912. The ralsin grape yield is 7,300 pounds per acre. Last year it was 4,000 pounds. The production of raisins grapes is 91 per cent of a full crop, and the quality is 96. The condition of table grapes is 93 per cent. A PLUM WITHIN REACH China is certainly becoming civilized on the western plan. Not only is it using California oil in large quantities, but many cities are considering use installation of electric-lighting plants. More than this, there is a big demand for scenic railways, merry-go-rounds and typewriting machines. Always clean, the Chinese are asking for more American made soaps, now that the war has cut off their supply, which formerly was filled by Austria and Germany. From a recently published report of the department of Commerce at Washington one learns that, in addition to the things mentioned, the Chinese are on the lookout for all sorts of goods from electric fans to steel rails. They want marine motors and also condensed milk. Inquisitive people, they are willing to try out American patent medicines, and they also are looking this way for fancy prints in variegated colors, which they used to get from Germany. It would appear, then, that American exporters should keep a most watchful eye on the Chinese market. China has been spoken of as a great giant awakening from a long sleep. He is stretching himself and reaching out his long arms in the expectation that he will find a friend in America. The giant wants many modern things, all of which he can be encouraged to obtain from this country, particularly now that the European countries are almost shut to him. Our Consul-General at Canton reports that in his district there is a demand for almost every article that is made in the United States and good business could be worked up if American manufacturers would send to China experienced and capable salesmen. The Chinese critics as the greatest of all pitchers. For five years he struggled along, pitching remarkable ball for a losing team, a hopeless tailender. When Clark Griffith took hold of the team in 1912 and turned it into a winner, Johnson came into his own and started to smash records for games won, scoreless innings and strike outs, etc. The strengthened team became a pennant contender, jumping from the bottom to second place the first year. It finished second again in 1913, and third this year. Johnson started his professional career with the Tacoma club in 1905. He was drafted by the Welser (Idaho) club and played with that team until secured by Washington. In 1913 he elapsed the shut out record held by Jack Combs of the Philadelphia Athletic club by pitching fifty-six innings without being scored upon. In forty-seven games in 1913 Johnson permitted his opponents to cross the plate for an average of only 1.09 runs per game, attaining the pitcher's record for the season. He pitched 346 innings, faced 1242 batsmen, allowed 230 hits, 54 runs and struck out 243 batters. His passes numbered only eighty-three. This was his most successful year. An expert has figured it out that every time Johnson throws a ball in a scheduled game in the Federal league during the next two years he will pocket a $5 bill. The big blonde pitcher is getting more money for less work than any other man in baseball. It is learned on reliable authority that Walter is to haul down $45,000 for playing with the Federals two years. This includes the bonus given to him for jumping the ranks of organized baseball and for his work on the diamond. Giant though he is, the speed-ball artists will work in about only forty-five full games a season. During the two years he will work ninety complete games. This means a mere trifle of $500 a game for the leading citizen of Coffeyville, Kan. Scribes do not kick about long-drawn out games when Johnnie works. He pitches fast and throws few wide ones. Figuring that each game will average one hour and forty minutes this means $5 every sixty seconds, awakening from a long sleep. He is stretching himself and reaching out his long arms in the expectation that he will find a friend in America. The giant wants many modern things, all of which he can be encouraged to obtain from this country, particularly now that the European countries are almost shut to him. Our Consul-General at Canton reports that in his district there is a demand for almost every article that is made in the United States and good business could be worked up if American manufacturers would send to China experienced and capable salesmen. The Chinese don't buy "on sight, unseen." They want to see samples, to know prices and to be shown how to operate machinery. Theirs is the inquiry mind. It is the belief of the Canton official that if the American manufacturers go at it intelligently, in a few years the United States would be able to get a very large share, if not the control of the trade in a region where there is a swarming population and where the annual value of the principal imports and exports amounts to no less than $60,000,000. This is what is known as the Canton Delta. That is the ideal time for America to capture that trade. Transportation to and from America is better now than for many years. The Chinese merchants are in a receptive mood and anxious to do business. But they must be wooed. German and British firms, the latter particularly, are rivals of American houses and they put more energy into getting after the oriental trade. Of course the German firms cannot supply goods from their own country to any extent, but they are buying in neutral lands and edeavoring to maintain their hold on the Chinese market till the war ends and they are enabled to resume business in the same old way. The reason why American have shown less energy than their rivals is because they have not felt so anxious to secure the Chinese trade as the Europeans. If they want it and will use it, but a medium of the hustle for which they are famous they can get it, for it is a fact well known and appreciated in the Orient that American goods are usually the better quality than those from the continent of Europe. And quality counts with the Chinese as well as with Caucasians. On the request estry, the board at an ordinance that stops roadsides upon trees, bridges structures upon roads and upon which includes tiny farm and co-op Hereafter the adjoining roads were upon private property. The forestry law was a major dererion of ordinance meanor for any person put up a poster; any sign upon it except that the bill grant permits one be for the purpure public. The only erected without any warning or safety or convenience. The ordinance visions for the parks. It will be any person to help protective structures erected around any person who damages any of them be held responsible. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS KERN CYCLE CO. 122 W. Center SANTA FE WANTS LOGAL FARES RAISED RAILROAD COMMISSION FOR AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN INCREASE ON TICKETS WOULD ADD FIVE CENTS TO THE PRICE NOW CHARGED FROM HERE TO SANTA ANA The Athclison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company has filed an application with the Railroad Commission requesting authority to increase its passenger fares between certain points on its Los Angeles division, as follows: Between Santa Ana Present Proposed and: Fares. Fares. Irvine .25 .30 San Onfre .1.00 1.05 Don .1.25 1.30 Pacific Beach .2.60 2.65 Old Town .2.70 2.80 Santa Fe Springs .55 .65 Anaheim .20 .28 Los Flores .1.30 1.25 Between Alliso and: El Toro .35 .40 San Juan Capistrano .60 .65 Serra .70 .75 Mateo .80 .90 San Anofre .95 1.05 Don .1.20 1.30 Los Flores .1.25 1.35 Solwyn .2.35 2.40 Ladrillo .2.50 2.55 Pacific Beach .2.50 2.55 Notice to Property Owners Notice is hereby given that all assessments due for street paving in the City of Anaheim are payable on or before Jan. 2, 1915, to E. J. Hartung, Treasurer of the City of Anaheim, at his office at the First National Bank. Property owners may ascertain the amount of their assessment on application at the City Treasurer's office at the First National Bank. E. J. Hartung, City Treasurer. Anaheim, Cal., Dec. 9, 1914. THE TORRENS LAND LAW The title companies of Orange county are not at all worried over the fact that the Torrens land act was carried by vote of the people at the general election and that it will become law within a month. Some of the title company men state that they doubt if the provisions of the law will be of popular use. It will be 6 weeks before the handling seats in its membership. The longer term usually accorded members of the upper house has also had this selective effect. It is therefore not strange that a consideration of the abolition of one of the legislative houses should be considered, and it is said that the bill which saw the light in the last session of the legislature dealing with that subject is to be revived this coming THE TORRENS LAND LAW The title companies of Orange county are not at all worried over the fact that the Torrens land act was carried by vote of the people at the general election and that it will become law within a month. Some of the title company men state that they doubt if the provisions of the law will be of popular use. It will be weeks before the handling of business under the new law will reach the county recorder's office. Miss Justine Whitney, recorded-elect, states that her office will take whatever steps are necessary to handle the business under the new land title law. "I have not looked into the matter thoroughly as yet," said she. "Next week I am to have a conference with Recorder Logan of Los Angeles. He is already taking steps to take care of the business. From what I have learned of the law, there will be plenty of time for me to get record books after I get in office." One reason advanced for the statement that the general public will make no great use of the system are that it costs too much for a small property owner to put his land under the system. Another reason is that there is no provision for escrow, an important feature of the title business. Under the act, any person may place his property under the system. To do so he must bring an action to quiet title to his own property. He sues "To Whom It May Concern," and gets judgment in the superior court. That judgment is turned in to the county recorder's office and is the starting point of the office to keep the records concerning that particular piece of property. Thereafter a recorder's statement of the title, etc., can be made, and for it the owner shall pay a nominal fee, fifty cents for a mortgage and $1 for a deed. One suit to get judgment may cost $160. It may be less, depending upon attorney's fees. The property owner will have to pay filing fee, $6; for publishing summons, attorney's fees, examiner's fees, and some other costs. One of the best informed men in the county upon the operation of the system is O. W. Humphrey of the Abstract and Title Guaranty Co. of Santa Ana. For a number of years he was chief deputy in a recorder's office in Oregon, where the system was in operation. "During the last year I was there," said Humphrey, "only 11 entries were made in the office where I was employed, and where I had full charge of the system. It was generally conceded to be too expensive to start with. It worked out that purchasers of property demanded title company certificates anyhow. Even when one of the state certificates was secured, a title company certificate was also secured. If anything, the system increased the work of the title com- seats in its membership. The longer term usually accorded members of the upper house has also had this selective effect. It is therefore not strange that a consideration of the abolition of one of the legislative houses should be considered, and it is said that the bill which saw the light in the last session of the legislature dealing with that subject is to be revived this coming spring. It provides that the legislative body to be known as "the legislature of one state of California," composed of forty members, serving four year terms. The state will be re-distributed in providing for the election of this proposed body. The lieutenant governor is to remain president of the body; the process of law making is to remain the same; and the governor still retains the power of veto. It is interesting to note that the committee of the Commonwealth club of California, in reporting on the advisability of holding a constitutional convention, while reporting against the needs of such a convention, reported also that should one be held, one of the changes in the present document would be provision for a legislature of a single house, unlimited in power except by the governor's veto and the referendum, and serving a long term, subject to recall. ORANGE COUNTY'S SPLENDID SHOWING Stands Fourth in Assessed Valuation Among Southern Counties In assessed valuation Orange county stands fourth among the counties of Southern California, and her tax rate is next to the lowest. The figures for the eight Southern counties are as follows: Los Angeles $849,991,595 San Diego 75,866,729 San Bernardino 63,345,022 Orange 64,548,951 Santa Barbara 34,498,872 Riverside 34,055,577 Ventura 30,971,620 Imperial 25,757,829 Los Angeles has the lowest tax rate among the Southern California counties and Riverside the highest. The figures follow: Riverside $2.25; San Bernardina $2; Santa Barbara $2; Imperial $1.90; San Diego $1.85; Ventura $1.76; Orange $1.45; Los Angeles $1.25. JAPAN PREPARES TO PROTEST Will Enter Objection to Anti-Aslatic Legislation by California and Washington WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Japan is preparing to call the administration's attention to the Pacific coast land disturbances once again, because of the anti-Japanese result in this NO ROADSIDE SIGNS Supervisors Pass Ordinance Prohibiting Advertisements Along Roadside On the request of the board of forestry, the board of supervisors passed an ordinance that is designed to put a stop to roadside advertising, at least upon trees, bridges, fences and other structures upon the rights of way for roads and upon any public property, which includes the county park, county farm and court house grounds. Hereafter the advertising that is done along the roads will have to be placed upon private property. The forestry board concluded that the law was a much needed one. Under the ordinance it becomes a misdemeanor for any person to erect a sign, put up a poster, placard or to paint any sign upon the public highway, except that the board of forestry may grant permits only for signs that will be for the purpose of directing the public. The only signs that can be erected without a permit are temporary warning or danger signs for the safety or convenience of the public. The ordinance also contains provisions for the protection of highway trees. It will be against the law for any person to hitch an animal to the protective structure that may be erected around any of the trees that will be planted along the roadside, and any person who allows an animal to damage any of the roadside trees will be held responsible. PROSPEROUS CONCERN Cash dividends handed out this year by Standard Oil companies of the United States will aggregate close to $66,000,000, the total to date being within less than $340,000 of this amount. Last year the Standard passed out $107,828,725, but $40,000,000 of this was an extra dividend declared by the New Jersey company out of a surplus accumulated from the liquidation of debts by former subsidiaries. Hence this year's decrease is not over two million dollars, a very favorable showing in view of the war conditions. TO ABOLISH THE ASSEMBLY The cumbersomeness of the legislative session is becoming more and more noticeable throughout the United States and the old checks and balances argument of our fore-fathers is having less weight all the time. When every bill passed by the legislature must be considered three times by each house, and must be passed in identical form by both houses to be legal, a great deal of time is wasted on form, which might better go to a careful consideration of legislation. It has also been found that in England as well as the United States the large representative assembly is full of medico-men with few prominent leaders; while in the United States, the smaller body in our legislatures has become more select, and men of much greater ability are willing to seek THE CLOSE OF THE EUROPEAN WAR Probably will see a great emigration from Europe to the United States. Many of those who come will be most desirable persons whom this country cannot afford to refuse admittance. On the other hand, Japan will have strong diplomatic assistance to force her claims, because of the readiness with which she joined the allies when they requested her help. The most serious factor in the situation at the present is the idleness of Japan's armed forces. Her navy is scouring the Pacific for a small squadron of German ships. Her army has captured Tsing Tau, and there appears to be nothing else for it to do in the war unless it is transported across Siberia into the eastern theater of Europe to join the Russians. Winchester, Remington, Colts, Savage and Stevens Rifles, Shotguns and Small Arms, Croquet Sets, Tennis Goods, Foot Balls, Boxing Gloves, Cutlery, Etc. NEW METHOD OF DESTROYING SCALE Writer in Eastern Scientific Journal Poison Sap of Trees A writer in a recent issue of Science gives the following new and effective method of destroying tree scale. His system consists in poisoning-the sap of the tree, but it would be well for citrus growers to use caution in adopting it and first ascertain beyond doubt that it does not injure or poison the fruit. He says: "I have in my ground a plant of Spanish broom about a dozen years old and with a trunk about four inches in diameter which has for several years been seriously affected by cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchas). I have tried various sprays, have put scale-eating beetles on the tree, and at one time cut off all the branches and sprayed the trunk several times in the attempt to get permanently rid of this scale, but up to last winter it seemed that all attempts were in vain. In February of this year, when the broom was very thickly covered with the scale I bored a 3-9 inch hole in the trunk to a depth of about three inches, filled the hole nearly full of crystals of potassic cyanide, and plugged it up. In two days the scale began to fall from the tree and in a few days all appeared dead. Others hatched and attacked the tree, but lasted only a short time, and the tree has since been free from scale and very vigorous." At the same time I bored a similar hole in an old peach tree which seemed to have passed its usefulness and put a like charge of potassic cyanide in it. The tree has since seemed more-vigorous than before, and raised a fair crop of peaches. Membership. The longer recorded members of the was also had this select- not strange that a of the abolition of one of houses should be con- is said that the bill light in the last session picture dealing with that one revived this comingides that the legislative town as "the legislature California," composed ers, serving four year will be re-districted in the election of this pro lieutenant governor resident of the body; the making is to remain the governor still re- rer of veto. tating to note that the One Commonwealth club a reporting on the ad- holding a constitutional report against the convention, reported one be held, one of the present documention for a legislature of unlimited in power ex-governor's veto and the serving a long term, l. NTY'S SPLENDID SHOWING in Assessed Valuation Southern Counties evaluation Orange coun- among the counties california, and her tax the lowest. for the eight Southern follows: $849,991,595 75,866,729 63,345,022 54,546,951 34,496,872 34,055,577 30,971,620 25,757,829 has the lowest tax Southern California riverside the highest. low: Riverside, $2.25; $2; Santa Barbara; .90; San Diego,$1.35; Orange, $1.45; Los RES TO PROTEST section to Anti-Aslatic by California and Washington N., Dec. 7—Japan is all the administration's Pacific coast land once again, because of of potassic cyanide, and plugged it up. In two days the scale began to fall from the tree and in a few days all appeared dead. Others hatched and attacked the tree, but lasted only a short time, and the tree has since been free from scale and very vigorous. "At the same time I bored a similar hole in an old peach tree which seemed to have passed its usefulness and put a like charge of potassic cyanide in it. The tree has since seemed more-vigorous than before, and raised a fair crop of peaches. After feeding some of them to chickins and a rabbit with no apparent ill results, I ate some of the peaches, and could find nothing wrong with them. I have since put a similar charge of the cyanide in an orange tree with no apparent bad effect. "It would seem from this experiment that it is possible in some kinds of trees at least, to poison scale and sap-eating insects without injury to the tree. The method would seem to be especially adapted to killing various kinds of borers and insects which, like the pine beetles, burrow beneath the bark." An English officer is making a considerable income by giving the correct pronunciation of "Przemysl" to inquiring individuals at the rate of one dollar a pronounce. He certainly earns his money. J. E. Stroup and wife wore visitors in Los Angeles Thursday. Dr. J. W. Utter was attending the meeting of medicos in Los Angeles Thursday. 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