anaheim-gazette 1915-02-25

Mr. Lew Wallace of Newport Beach, who is said to consider himself a great parliamentarian, speaking at the meeting of the associated chambers of commerce at Yorba Linda three weeks ago, and flicking proponents of the coast boulevard in hopeless minority, changed his vote from nay to aye on adoption of the majority report of the highway commission, and gave notice that he would call the matter up again for further consideration at the meeting of the associated chambers at Balboa last evening. We have not at hand as we write a report of last night's meeting, which will appear adequately reported in our next Thursday's issue, but we desire to take exceptions to Mr. Wallace's contention in the premises. It is true that in legislative bodies, where great parliamentarians like Mr. Wallace have a knack of covorting a round, votes are at times changed from aye to nay, and vice versa, and notice of reconsideration given on the following day. But when Mr. Wallace, acting in his capacity as a great parliamentarian, seeks to stay action upon an important matter by changing his vote and thus holding up further consideration for a month, his action seems to get a neck hold upon the ludicrous and it seems to us that he is entirely out of order. This would be so, it appears to us, even though the associated chambers of commerce were the final arbiters of the proposition, Mr. Lew Wallace of Newport Beach, the great parliamentarian of the body, threw a back action somersault, changed his vote from nay to aye, and thus the whole thing went up into the air for another month. Now all this seems to us like trifling with the people and taxpayers of the county. The county does not desire an additional half million dollars of bonds for the coast boulevard, and the people do desire that the supervisors take up the reports of the highway commission and act upon them. Either the majority report of the highway commission should be taken up and acted upon, or the people should be given the reason why the supervisors refused to so act. Certainly the temper of the people of this portion of the county has been greatly aroused. They are in no mood longer to be trifled with. They demand that their public servants carry out their wishes, and if this is not done, and done forthwith, they stand for the invoking of the recall. A SQUARE DEAL, GENTLEMEN The associated chambers of commerce are billed as we write on Wednesday afternoon, to meet at Balboa for the regular monthly session on Wednesday evening, February 24, beginning at 8 o'clock. As this edition of the Gazette is just off the press at this moment, we have no report of the deliberations of this body. But to those gentlemen who are scheduled to be present at this meeting, the following figures of moneys expended in the various supervisor districts, should be of interest. The figures are from a report some weeks ago made to the highway commission by Engineer Finley: District 2. Total moneys expended on roads, $315,491.34. Total assessed valuation of district $6,582,560. Miles of road constructed, 20.53. Percent of expenditure compared with total as... When Mr. Wallace acting in his capacity as a great parliamentarian seeks to stay action upon an important matter by changing his vote and thus holding up further consideration for a month, his action seems to get a neck hold upon the ludicrous and it seems to us that he is entirely out of order. This would be so, it appears to us, even though the associated chambers of commerce were the final arbiters of the proposition, but as that organization has nothing whatever to do with action of the board of supervisors upon the report of the highway commission, we fail to see how Mr. Wallace's parliamentary ground and lofty tumbling can throw this matter up into the air for a month, unless there seems to be some funny colored gentleman around in close proximity to the wood pile. At a meeting of citizens and taxpayers held at Fallerton a month ago, which meeting is said to have been called at the suggestion of Supervisor Schumacher, who seems to have a knack of calling meetings of the dear people to consider matters which positive action on his part would seem to render unnecessary, the proposition of expending the $246,000 surplus in the hands of the highway commission, was referred unanimously to that body. The meeting adopted a vote of confidence in the integrity of the highway commission, and the position of Commissioner McFadden, who knew nothing about the calling of the meeting, and who entered the hall for the purpose of locating a gentleman for whom a telephone message had been sent to the Masonic hall in the same building, was upheld, after he had gone into the merits of the situation, and had told the meeting that the highway commission was opposed to a further issue of half a million dollars for constructing a paved ocean boulevard. The matter of the two reports submitted to the supervisors by the highway commission, was referred to the associated chambers of commerce a month ago at suggestion of Chairman Talbert, when, as we are informed, action by the board of supervisors at that meeting in approving the majority report of the highway commission, and proceeding to the paving of roads thereunder, would have met with cordial endorsement on the part of the people. Mr. Talbert had at that meeting of the supervisors, a number of coast boulevardiers present, who in answers to question proposed to those gentlemen who are scheduled to be present at this meeting, the following figures of moneys expended in the various supervisor districts, should be of interest. The figures are from a report some weeks ago made to the highway commission by Engineer Finley: District 2. Total moneys expended on roads, $315,491.34. Total assessed valuation of district $6,582,560. Miles of road constructed, 20.53. Percent of expenditure compared with total assessed valuation .47 14-100. Expenditure par $100 of assessed valuation, $4.79. District No. 3. Total amount of money expended, $325,171.56. Total assessed valuation of district, $19,723.825. Miles of road constructed, 34.03. Per cent of expenditure compared with assessed valuation .16 11-100. Expenditure per $100 of assessed valuation $1.65. Of this amount $30,000, voted for paving the road between this city and Olive has not yet been expended, and therefore the sum actually expended in this district is probably $295,000, $20,000 less than the amount actually expended in the second district. District No. 4. Money spent on roads $109,733.18. Total assessed valuation $6,088,815. Miles of road constructed 14.87. Per cent of expenditure compared with assessed valuation .17 72-100. Expenditure per $100 of valuation $1.80. District No. 5. Money spent on roads $293,745.20. Total assessed valuation $15,270,295. Miles of road constructed 28.17. Per cent of expenditure compared with assessed valuation .18 92-100. Expenditure per $100 of assessed valuation $1.92. Added to the fourth and fifth districts is the assessed valuation of the city of Santa Ana, which is largely in excess of the valuation of municipalities in either the second or the third districts. Thus the amount of moneys actually expended for roads in the fourth and fifth districts per $100 of valuation should actually show a larger amount expended than is here given. While all the incorporated cities of the county bear their burdens of taxation for payment of road bonds, a true statement of figures actually expended in each of the four supervisor districts can be made only by excluding all of the assessed valuation of these municipalities from these several districts. It would then be seen that appropriations of money in the sec- Instead of moving the majority report commission as was ervor Schumacher this district, who foy report of the high was just and fair and tlem permitted to gain time by re-procedures to the associated chambers Yorba Linda three that body had nothing with the matter u- associated chambers of commerce a month ago at suggestion of Chairman Talbert, when, as we are informed, action by the board of supervisors at that meeting in approving the majority report of the highway commission, and proceeding to the paving of roads thereunder, would have met with cordial endorsement on the part of the people. Mr. Talbert had at that meeting of the supervisors, a number of coast boulevarders present, who in answers to question propounded to them by him, pledged their respective coast communities to the support of an additional half million dollar bond issue, most of which was designed for construction of a 32-mile coast boulevard, and which proposition has met with positive and unqualified opposition on the part of people of the county. Mr. Talbert thereupon requested that the matter of this colossal bond issue, as well as both majority and minority reports of the highway commission, be referred to the associated chambers of commerce at the Yorba Linda meeting, for the purpose of obtaining an expression of opinion from representative men of the county upon these important propositions. He got that expression of opinion, unqualifiedly and unreservedly. The meeting voted against this proposed half-million dollar bond issue for the coast boulevard, and it voted emphatically in support of the majority report of the highway commission submitted to the supervisors by Commissioners McFadden and Pixley. Mr. Talbert and his associates then asked that the entire matter be referred to a mass meeting of the people, but when it was pointed out by Mr. Hale and others that no more representative meeting of the people could probably be held, and that the more than 200 representative men present at the Yorba Linda meeting were entirely competent to pass judgment upon the matter, then Mr. Talbert asks for $50,000 from the surplus of $240,000 now in the hands of the highway commission for construction of more paved roads in his district. It matters little to him how he gets this money so long as he gets it. He does not care whether this amount of money be taken away from us, whether he secured it from the current expense fund, or whether having taken this amount from construction of roads in the northern part of the county, an election for voting special taxes for paving our roads to be referred to a vote of the people. We are opposed to each and every one of these propositions. We believe Mr. Talbert has already secured his just proportion of road money, and we believe the board of supervisors should stand up like men and see to it that the interests of the people of this section are at least partially respected. All we ask for is a square deal, that is all, gentlemen of the associated chambers of commerce. J. G. Quick, W. P. Quarton and C. F. Grim have been appointed appraisers in the matter of the estate of the late Fred Schmidt. J. G. Kuick will ascertain by appraisal, whether there will be any inheritance tax to come from the estate. In the fourth and fifth districts per $100 of valuation should actually show a larger amount expended than is here given. While all the incorporated cities of the county bear their burdens of taxation for payment of road bonds, a true statement of figures actually expanded in each of the four supervisor districts can be made only by excluding all of the assessed valuation of these municipalities from these several districts. It would then be seen that appropriations of money in the second district have actually been much larger in proportion to assessed values than are here given. Mr. Talbert asks for $50,000 from the surplus of $240,000 now in the hands of the highway commission for construction of more paved roads in his district. It matters little to him how he gets this money so long as he gets it. He does not care whether this amount of money be taken away from us, whether he secured it from the current expense fund, or whether having taken this amount from construction of roads in the northern part of the county, an election for voting special taxes for paving our roads to be referred to a vote of the people. We are opposed to each and every one of these propositions. We believe Mr. Talbert has already secured his just proportion of road money, and we believe the board of supervisors should stand up like men and see to it that the interests of the people of this section are at least partially respected. At a later meeting supervisors Mr. Talbert to procure another for paved roads initted the following learn from well audited of the proceedings: (1.) That the higher its majority will $50,000 additional his district, and to ANAHEIM GAZETTE KEEPING THE RECORD STRAIGHT County Highway Commissioner McFadden has handed us the following note, for publication, and we have pleasure in presenting it herewith to our readers: Anahelin, Feb. 18, 1915. Editor Gazette.—In your issue of today is the following statement: Following the supervisors' meeting Supervisor Schumacher, of this district called up Highway Commissioner McFadden by telephone on Wednesday last, and requested that gentleman for an alteration of the majority report of the highway commission. In justice to Supervisor Schumacher I think you should correct this, as it is not the case. Mr. Schumacher did say that the supervisors were going to refer the majority report to the Highway Commission for alteration. In their meeting they informally discussed plans whereby approximately $50,000 could be expended in Supervisor Schumacher's district to the highway fund. However Mr. Schumacher assures me that he is opposed to the referring of the report back to the Commission for any such alteration. Respectfully, B. MCFADDEN, Member Highway Commission. Inasmuch as we have heard so many reports, during the past month, of the purpose of the board of supervisors to refer back to the highway commission its reports concerning expenditure of the $246,000 surplus now in the hands of the commission, and have published but a title of these disturbing rumors, perhaps it may be necessary in justice to the members of the highway commission submitting a majority report to the supervisors to refer to this matter again. We have no desire to misquote the highway commission resident here, who has stood loyalty for the righteous interests of the people in this important proposition; but that there has existed for a month or more past on the part of the board of supervisors a purpose to ask the highway commission for an alteration of its majority report, giving Supervisor Talbert $50,000 for paving roads in his district which has already had the lion's share of the million dollars expended for paved roads in this county and to which Supervisor proposed paved highway on Crowther avenue in Placentia, or to eliminate the canyon road. (2.) To include in a supplemental report by the highway commission an appropriation of $60,000 from the current expense fund, the money to be expended in Mr. Talbert's district and the highway commission to stand sponsor for this outlay. (3.) To approprie $50,000 for paved roads in the second district, and the supervisors to call an election for the voting of a special tax in that amount to provide for the paving of roads in this portion of the county, money for construction of which, already set apart by the highway commission, to be taken for paved roads in the second district. To each and all of these respective propositions the highway commission dissented, and we have failed to observe anything on the part of Supervisor Schumacher in forebice protest of these propositions. We have the statement of Commissioner McFadden that Supervisor Schumacher called him up over the telephone, following the original meeting of the supervisors when those matters were discussed, asking for a conference, which was carried on over the wire and in which Schumacher made the statement that the supervisors would ask the highway commission for an alteration of its report. Mr. McFadden, was emphatic in his statement that he would stand for no such alteration, and in a subsequent conference with Mr. Pixley, both agreed to stand firm for the right, in opposing any alteration of their report, which had been arrived at after weeks of discussion and careful consideration. That Supervisor Schumacher said at this time that he was opposed to any alteration has quite escaped our memory. In this relation we might justifiably ask how this gentleman stands on Mr. Talbert's other propositions, to take $50,000. Local Notes The heirs of the Alleyer estate have petitioned the court to have each and every item in the account of the administrator of the estate allowed and approve the first and final account in the matter. The estate was inventoried at the round sum of $21,074.92 when it was appraised. Herman Alloyer, the administrator, also prays that the estate be distributed to the heirs and that he be relieved of his trust as executor. A shipment of 2,000 deodars, the Himalayan cedar, has been received by the county board of forestry from France. The deodars were ordered a year ago, but were delayed and had been about given up. The trees are from 1 to 2 feet in height. They will be set out soon, probably being planted chiefly along the state highway. Mrs. E. H. Adams has been seriously ill for a week past at her home on South Claudina street, but was yesterday improving and will doubtless be restored to her usual good health. B. F. Porter had a pleasant visit again last week from a sister whom he did not know was living until about a year ago. Like many another family the Porters scattered in various directions when home ties were broken and lost all trace of one another. When she sister visited him last year it was like a vision from the dead. She is a woman of means and this time drove across the country from Hollywood in a high-powered machine. The Fullerton section will have a large crop of black-eye beans this season. The planting will begin May 1. Peter Nicolas will plant to beans 200 acres; D. J. Bastanchury, 400 acres; Mr. Recota of the Emery ranch, 300 acres; Gaston Bastanchury, 500 acres. missioner resident here, who has stood loyalty for the righteous interests of the people in this important proposition; but that there has existed for a month or more past on the part of the board of supervisors a purpose to ask the highway commission for an alteration of its majority report, giving Supervisor Talbert $50,000 for paving roads in his district which has already had the lion's share of the million dollars expended for paved roads in this county and to which Supervisor Schumacher, so far as we have heard, has entered but little objection. There can be not a particle of doubt that Chairman Talbert and his associates on the board of supervisors have employed every means in their power to defer action upon the report of the highway commission. Much of the action of the board of supervisors in these proceedings has been taken in executive session, but from well authenticated reports we gather the following facts incident to this discussion. Mr. Talbert, at an open meeting of the board of supervisors a month ago, had a delegation of coast boulevardiers present in support of an additional half-million dollar bond issue suggested by Commissioner Newland in his minority report, most of which would have been used in construction of a coast boulevard 32 miles in length, from Bay City to Serra. In our humble opinion this road cannot be built for much less than half a million dollars. These coast boulevardiers pledged what might be taken to be a unanimous vote of their respective localities in favor of this additional bond issue, when, as we have shown, they do not poll 5 per cent of the entire county vote, and stand to receive all, or nearly all, of this amount, while the remainder of the county, as near as we can gather, was and still is practically a unit against this bonding proposition. Instead of moving the adoption of the majority report of the highway commission as was expected of Supervisor Schumacher by residents of this district, who felt that the majority report of the highway commission was just fair and square, that gentleman permitted Chairman Talbert to gain time by referring the entire proceedings to the meeting of the associated chambers of commerce at Yorba Linda three weeks ago. While that body had nothing whatever to do with the matter under consideration, missioner resident here, who has stood loyalty for the righteous interests of the people in this important proposition; but that there has existed for a month or more past on the part of the board of supervisors a purpose to ask the highway commission for an alteration of its majority report, giving Supervisor Talbert $50,000 for paving roads in his district which has already had the lion's share of the million dollars expended for paved roads in this county and to which Supervisor Schumacher, so far as we have heard, has entered but little objection. There can be not a particle of doubt that Chairman Talbert and his associates on the board of supervisors have employed every means in their power to defer action upon the report of the highway commission. Much of the action of the board of supervisors in these proceedings has been taken in executive session, but from well authenticated reports we gather the following facts incident to this discussion. Mr. Talbert, at an open meeting of the board of supervisors a month ago, had a delegation of coast boulevardiers present in support of an additional half-million dollar bond issue suggested by Commissioner Newland in his minority report, most of which would have been used in construction of a coast boulevard 32 miles in length, from Bay City to Serra. In our humble opinion this road cannot be built for much less than half a million dollars. These coast boulevardiers pledged what might be taken to be a unanimous vote of their respective localities in favor of this additional bond issue, when, as we have shown, they do not poll 5 per cent of the entire county vote, and stand to receive all, or nearly all, of this amount, while the remainder of the county, as near as we can gather, was and still is practically a unit against this bonding proposition. Instead of moving the adoption of the majority report of the highway commission as was expected of Supervisor Schumacher by residents of this district, who felt that the majority report of the highway commission was just fair and square, that gentleman permitted Chairman Talbert to gain time by referring the entire proceedings to the meeting of the associated chambers of commerce at Yorba Linda three weeks ago. While that body had nothing whatever to do with the matter under consideration, President Taft's withdrawal of oil lands in California and Wyoming in 1909 without empowering legislation, was upheld by the supreme court and entry claims of individuals and corporations valued at hundreds of millions of dollars annualled thereby. President Taft withdraws the lands as a conservation measure and on June 25,1910, congress passed a law ratifying his action. Oil corporations entered many tracts between the two dates and no such alteration, and in a subsequent conference with Mr. Pixley, both agreed to stand firm for the right, in opposing any alteration of their report, which had been arrived at after weeks of discussion and careful consideration. That Supervisor Schumacher said at this time that he was opposed to any such alteration has quite escaped our memory. In this relation we might justifiably ask how this gentleman stands on Mr. Talbert's outer propositions, to take $50,000 from the current expense fund for roads in the second supervisor district, and to vote a special tax in this amount to pave roads already recommended by the highway commission, and which roads are to be cut out of all consideration. The money being allotted to Mr. Talbert's district and roads in this portion of the county to be held in abeyance until such special tax may be voted by the people. If the special tax be good enough for the people of the third supervisor district, why is it not good enough for paving roads in Mr. Talbert's district? Why give Mr. Talbert $50,000 out of the current expense fund, when his district has already had expanded $4.79 on the $100 of his district's assessed valuation, while we have had in the third supervisor district $1.65 upon the $100 of our assessed valuation? Is Mr. Talbert's influence so potent upon the board of supervisors that he can secure this large additional appropriation for paved roads from the public funds of the county? What does Mr. Schumacher think of this appropriation? Does he favor it, and will he vote for it as supervisor from this district? Let the board of supervisors discuss these questions in open meeting, and not behind closed doors, and we shall exert an earnest endeavor to keep the record straight. UPHOLDINGS President Taft's withdrawal of oil lands in California and Wyoming in 1909 without empowering legislation was upheld by the supreme court and entry claims of individuals and corporations valued at hundreds of millions of dollars annuulated thereby. President Taft withdraws the lands as a conservation measure and on June 25,1910, congress passed a law ratifying his action. Oil corporations entered many tracts between the two dates and no such alteration, and in a subsequent conference with Mr. Pixley, both agreed to stand firm for the right, in opposing any alteration of their report, which had been arrived at after weeks of discussion and careful consideration. That Supervisor Schumacher said at this time that he was opposed to any such alteration has quite escaped our memory. In this relation we might justifiably ask how this gentleman stands on Mr. Talbert's outer propositions, to take $50,000 from the current expense fund for roads in the second supervisor district, and to vote a special tax in this amount to pave roads already recommended by the highway commission, and which roads are to be cut out of all consideration. The money being allotted to Mr. Talbert's district and roads in this portion of the county to be held in abeyance until such special tax may be voted by the people. If the special tax be good enough for the people of the third supervisor district, why is it not good enough for paving roads in Mr. Talbert's district? Why give Mr. Talbert $50,000 out of the current expense fund, when his district has already had expanded $4.79 on the $100 of his district's assessed valuation, while we have had in the third supervisor district $1.65 upon the $100 of our assessed valuation? Is Mr. Talbert's influence so potent upon the board of supervisors that he can secure this large additional appropriation for paved roads from the public funds of the county? What does Mr. Schumacher think of this appropriation? Does he favor it, and will he vote for it as supervisor from this district? Let the board of supervisors discuss these questions in open meeting, and not behind closed doors, and we shall exert an earnest endeavor to keep the record straight. To protest against proposed cutting on prices of milk received from districts outside Los Angeles by dealers in that city, a meeting of the dairymen or Orange county was held at the Old Newport schoolhouse Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. It was proposed at this meeting to appoint a committee to call on dairymen at Chino, Whittler, Pomann, Burbank, Lankeraheim and all points within a radius about fifty miles of Los Angeles. It will be the duty of this committee to arouse the dairymen at these points to organize the majority report of the highway commission as was expected of Supervisor Schumacher by residents of this district, who felt that the majority report of the highway commission was just and fair and square, that gentleman permitted Chairman Talbert to gain time by referring the entire proceedings to the meeting of the associated chambers of commerce at Yorba Linda three weeks ago. While that body had nothing whatever to do with the matter under consideration, except as it lay in its power to pass judgment of a representative body of citizens upon it, it voted emphatically in favor of sustaining the majority report of the highway commission. It likewise voted as emphatically against Mr. Newland's proposed half-million dollar bond issue. Mr. Talbert then proposed that the matter be referred to a mass meeting of citizens to be called at a later date, but when this was objected to, because the representative gathering at the associated chambers meeting was considered quite sufficient to pass judgment, Mr. Wallace of Newport Beach in a ground and lofty tumbler act, changed his vote from nay to aye, in support of the highway commissioners' majority report, and gave notice that he would again call the matter up at the next meeting of the associated chambers a month in the future. This, it seems to us, was catching us a-coming and a-going. At a later meeting of the board of supervisors Mr. Talbert, in his desire to procure another large appropriation for paved roads in his district, submitted the following proposition as we learn from well authenticated reports of the proceedings of the supervisors' executive sessions: (1.) That the highway commission alter its majority report to give him $50,000 additional for paved roads in his district, and to cut out either the President Taft withdrew oil lands in California and Wyoming in 1909 without empowering legislation, was upheld by the supreme court and entry claims of individuals and corporations valued at hundreds of millions of dollars annulled thereby. President Taft withdrew the lands as a conservation measure and on June 25, 1910, congress passed a law ratifying his action. Oil corporations entered many tracts between the two dates and have resisted attempts of the government to put them out. The government defended...the withdrawal, partly as being for preserving the oil supply for the navy. Justice Lamar announced the court's decision, from which Justice Day, McKenna and Vandevanter dissented. The case has nothing to do with the enforceability of the prevailing oil leases, which is involved in another case. BURGLARY AT SEAL BEACH The office of Sheriff Jackson was called up Tuesday and a person giving the name of McGee, asked to have an officer come, in a hurry, to Seal Beach, as his office had been burglarized. He said he was in the real estate business, and had to keep his money and valuables in a safe. Under-sheriff Jack Iman responded to the call, after telling McGee, who talked very excitedly over the phone, not to touch anything in the office until the sheriff had an opportunity to reach the place. Iman found that the office of Mr. McGee was also the room where many of his workmen stored their tools during the night, and it was these tools which the thieves wanted to steal. They got away with nearly $100 worth of fine carpenter tools. There is no clue as yet to the perpetrators of the robbery. on prices of milk received from districts outside Los Angeles by dealers in that city, a meeting of the dairymen of Orange county was held at the Old Newport schoolhouse Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. It was proposed at this meeting to appoint a committee to call on dariymen at Chino, Whittier, Pomona, Burbank, Lankersheim and all points within a radius of about fifty miles of Los Angeles. It will be the duty of this committee to arouse the dairyment at these points to organize and to work against the proposal on the part of Los Angeles dealers to lower the prices on milk. The Great West well No. 2 will be given a test in a day or two, as soon as the sand can be cleaned out. It is now believed this company's well as good producer as No. 1. Collapsed casing has caused the Amalgamated Oil company to hold up work with the probability of abandonment of two wells. No. 2 and No. 28. These wells have been giving the company all sorts of trouble and it has now been determined to abandon the work on them. CAT STARTS FIRE Prowling around a pumping plant on the Hewes ranch, a cat Sunday afternoon received a jolt of 10,000 volts and started a fire. The tabby was ignorant of electricity. He stopped on terminals of high voltage wires, and stopped right there. The short circuit set the woodwork of the corrugated iron building afire. The plant is located near Prospect avenue. That the place was ablaze was telephoned to the Orange fire department, and a run was made in the fire truck. The flames were quickly extinguished with chemicals. No great damage was done to anything except the cat. The cat was cooked. SEEDS All kinds, by the package or in bulk, at Petermann's Phonit 212 BUENA PARK ITEMS February 17th Was E. C. Cady's 68th birthday and his 7 children living in and near Los Angeles came out in full force and gave him and his wife a complete surprise. These are Dr. Frank Cunningham, his wife, Helen Cady Cunningham and Frank, junior, E. D. Cady and wife from Pomona, Florence and Grace Cady from Hollywood, W. S. C. Noble and his wife Jenny Cady Noble and two children, from Sunset Boulevard, T. W. Williams and wife and two children, and Jean Cady all from Los Angeles. Such a roaring reunion of the Cady clan had not been held before in the three years past. The immense dining table fairly groaned under the feast of good things prepared for this festal occasion. The decorations proclaimed the patriotic instincts instilled into the Cady family, being carried out in the American colors, red, white and blue. In the center of the table was a miniature cherry tree in full flower and the favors at meaning of the three letters used in the distress signal, "S. O. S." There seems to be a general opinion that the letters are the abbreviation for three separate words with a definite meaning. Person of an imaginative trend will tell you that the letters stand for "Save our ship," "Send out succor," "Sink or swim," or some such meaning. The letters signify nothing but that a ship is in distress and in need of assistance. The call is used by all nations as an universal code, so that any wireless operator, regardless of the language he speaks, can immediately intercept the call of distress. Inasmuch as the call is in use by all countries, it can be seen that the signal can have no meaning in any language. The character of the code makes it a call that can be picked out easily from other signals being composed of three dots, three dashes, three dots. COMMUNICATION FROM ANAHEIM BOARD OF TRADE COMMITTEE citified him last year from the dead, She cranes and this time country from Holly-covered machine. section will have a back-eye beans this long will begin May will plant to beans anchury, 400 acres Emery ranch, 300 anchury, 500 acres been selling well every season. With the output here this several hundred 75c underwear 45c Dry Goods Store. Supreme Court California eight-hour laying it applied to manufacturing andiments except the ing of fruit, board-graduate nurses in Saturday at 2 P. M. size kitchen brooms on sale Saturday 15c each. One to a children, see window store. the world the name is now ready to distribution to the horiz of the country in the apple that has re-The apple is a up on the home a. R. C. Fellows, at streets. The tree and has borne prollears. The apples less and have only few seeds. it proposed cutting received from dis-Angeles by dealers king of the dairymen was held at the Old Tuesday morning was proposed at this committee to call mino, Whittler, Poenkershelm and allulus of about fifty es. It will be the teettee to arouse the points to organize The Martha Washington tea party given by the Ladies Mutual Aid on Monday evening was a great success financially and otherwise. Mr. Geo. L. Thomas as George Washington carried himself with dignity and Mrs. Miller made a perfectly beautiful Martha Washington. A fine program was rendered and dainty refreshments were served. Miss Thelma Sinclair of Los Angeles is the house guest of Miss Wanita Simpson for the past week. Mrs. Geo. A. Dungan has been of the sick list for some time past, but is now convalescent. Mr. Fred Bustady's little daughter Lily was brought home from the Angelus hospital in Los Angeles Sunday, where she has been for the past three weeks recuperating from a very dangerous operation in her ear. The Fraternal Aid Union will give an entertainment in Masonic hall on Friday evening, February 26th, in honor of the Centralla school Fraternal Aid. The committee in charge has prepared a little farce entitled a "Finished Coquette," with ten young people in the cast. After the play there will children, and Jean Cady all from Los Angeles. Such a rousing reunion of the Cady clan had not been held before in the three years past. The immense dining table fairly groaned under the feast of good things prepared for this festal occasion. The decorations proclaimed the patriotic instincts instilled into the Cady family, being carried out in the American colors, red, white and blue. In the center of the table was a miniature cherry tree in full flower and the favors at each guests' place was a dainty hatchet, containing the choice candy and confections. An immense turkey, the national bird, flanked one end of the table, at the other escalloped oysters and every imaginable good thing to eat, such as would tempt the palate of the guests in lavish abundance. It was a genuine surprise to Mr. Cady which made it all the more an occasion long to be remembered. The None-Such Five Hundred club, to which the Cadys belong followed this family reunion, by surprising him on the next evening and after enjoying a perfectly elegant supper played Five Hundred until near midnight. It might be well to say that this committee was appointed because the river had just previous to this broken over and a number of the people asked the Board of Trade to take action. The Committee did its work without pay. It circulated a petition and secured many more signatures than was necessary according to the law. It carefully marked out the boundaries with the aid of competent engineers, and with the co-operation of the county Board of Supervisors, the County Engineer surveyed the boundaries along the river and the committee secured the right-of-way along the river front, consisting of a strip of land three hundred feet wide, extending from the Santa Fe bridge to three-eights of a mile below the Olive bridge. This strip of land will not cost our district one penny if the necessary improvements are made. In accordance with the petition, the Board of Supervisors called an election and three men were elected to act as Trustees of this Protection district. It now appears that these men were elected for the express purpose to undo what has already been done, and the only thing that they have done is to call an election to disincorporate the district. If this is the people's wish, well and good, but we do not believe that the public is well acquainted with the situation. First, the bed of the river at the Olive bridge is over fifty feet higher than at the corner of Los Angeles and Center streets in this city. Second, whereas the river was from twelve to fourteen feet deep when the Olive bridge was built, it has filled in The Tuesday morning was proposed at this committee to call in the Whittler, Poenkershelm and all of about fifty men. It will be thetee to arouse the points to organize the proposal oneles dealers to low-milk. The Fraternal Aid Union will give an entertainment in Masonic hall on Friday evening, February 26th, in honor of the Centralla school Fraternal Aid. The committee in charge has prepared a little farce entitled a "Finished Coquette," with ten young people in the cast. After the play there will be dancing and refreshments. To simply cover the expense incurred the ladies are charging an admission fee of 15 cents. Everybody go and spend a pleasant evening. The funeral of the mother of S. B. and B. B. Wintera was held Saturday. Notwithstanding the inclement weather a large circle of friends was in attendance to pay their last respects. The remains were buried at Forest Home cemetery, near Tropico. The Chamber of Commerce at its last regular meeting transacted considerable business. The petition for a lighting district is to be submitted to vote in the near future and a representative from the Edison Company is now looking over the territory, and the Park will dobtless have gas very soon. At the next meeting of this body, a short program and refreshments will follow the business meeting. Wm. Schumacher was re-elected president of the chamber and James Bishop was chosen secretary. Childress dresses and rompers regular 50c quality, only 25c at the Opera House Dry Goods Store. MEANING OF "S. O. 6." In talking with the wireless operator many ship passengers ask the If this is the people's wish, well and good, but we do not believe that the public is well acquainted with the situation. First, the bed of the river at the Olive bridge is over fifty feet higher than at the corner of Los Angeles and Center streets in this city. Second, whereas the river was from twelve to fourteen feet deep when the Olive bridge was built, it has filled in till it's now less than four feet deep. Third, the river has broken across in days past when there was a well-defined channel. What is there to prevent it from doing so now, if a heavy storm strikes the upper valley? It may not do you any harm, but if the river breaks away and does damage as it certainly will, the unfavorable advertising will not increase the value of your property. Fourth, with the right-of-way already secured without cost, and the preliminary work of surveying and forming this district already done without cost, why should we disincorporate? The cost of the entire project would be a trifle over fifty cents on one hundred dollars of assessed valuation if made in one assessment, costing the owner of the average house and lot between two and three dollars. Remember that certain men in this community have made up their minds to kill this project regardless of reason, and they will be active on election day. Vote against disincorporation, for it is for your benefit. J. W. DUCKWORTH, E. A. Day, F. C. KRAUSE, W. M. WELLMAN, E. N. COOK. Boys' Overalls 25c and 50c at the Opera House Dry Goods Store.