anaheim-gazette 1915-03-18

KEEP AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES ALIVE Germans Start Wheels Humming in Captured Factories to Provide More Guns and Ammunition "War is business," and the Germans with characteristic system and thoroughness, are proceeding to apply those business principles not only to the running of their armies but to the administration of the occupied parts of France and Belgium in order to keep agricultural and manufacturing enterprise alive and to make the occupied territory contribute to support of the armies. Business commissions have been organized at various points, says a dispatch from the general field headquarters of the German army. The duty of these is to provide for the continuance of work in field and factory and to gather up such supplies as may be required for the use of the armies or may be available for shipment to Germany. Within a week or two after the Germans had occupied Liege, the great arms factories there were turning out ammunition and arms for the German armies; coal mines in Southern Belgium soon resumed operation for the account of the German government and the commissions have now opened a wide field of activity in the rich industrial region of Northern France. The problem for the commissions in Belgium and France were widely similar. In Belgium they were confronted with a superabundance of labor and few raw materials; in Northern France great masses of raw material have been found but the labor of the occupied region put in their idle hours farming. One special line of work undertaken by the business commissions has been the alleviation of life in the trenches for the German soldiers. Sawmills have been established or taken over to saw lumber and timber for making brick proofs. At one place a battery of kilns for burning charcoal has been built; it produces 240 tons weekly, which is used for heating the subterranean dwellings of the troops, charcoal giving no smoke to betray the location of the trenches to the enemy's artillery. Most of the French stove industry was concentrated in Northern France; the German shelters are therefore well heated. A sugar factory has been converted into fields dotted with hugs stacks of ushed in the trenches for preparing coffee and other drinks. Provision is also made for lighting the bomb proof. For this purpose an electrical generating plant has been established in a cave; and now the soldiers in trenches only a few yards distant from the enemy can spend their off hours with ample light for reading or playing games. PROPOSED TO TAX ENTIRE COUNTY FOR MAINTENANCE OF HIGH SCHOOLS The Plan Would Lower the Rate in Some Districts, and Increase it In Others Proposed legislation now pending at Sacramento should it become law will make the support of the five high schools of Orange county a matter to be taxed against the entire county instead of according to the present plan of taxing only the property within the district. If wheat remains figure or continues and if there is any crease in the prices in U.S. department, the ordinary house vantageous to eat less bread. With a bushel, 10 cents' will give the constellation nourishment loaves of bread at protein and fat and clobly larger amount but the potatoes willish more carbyhydrate units. Carbohydrates on the energy value of potatoes are rich that wish to expend best advantage as consider whether more extended use easy to cook and different ways can replete to the winter vegetables are hard other foods relate hydrates, however eaten with foods in protein, such as eac., and with food and meat fat to the body needs. Under normal conditions America the bread as a carbohydrate prices change suitable desirable from a view, there is no potatoe should not sumed operation for the account of the German government and the commissions have now opened a wide field of activity in the rich industrial region of Northern France. The problem for the commissions in Belgium and France were widely similar. In Belgium they were confronted with a superabundance of labor and few raw materials; in Northern France great masses of raw material have been found but the labor to work them up is lacking. Much of the Belgian raw material in peace time, except iron and coal was imported from abroad. The markets for the finished products were also abroad and cannot be reached owing to the war. The problem in Belgium is therefore to find work for the superabundant labor supply. In France, on the other hand, the mobilization took practically every ablebodied man into the army and there is a great scarcity of native labor in the region occupied. Whatever work is undertaken there must be done by women, children and the aged and infirm, sometimes even by German soldiers. Some of the business commissions there are even discussing plans for bringing in farm laborers from Germany. The occupied region is the richest part of France. While it contains 3.7 per cent of the total area, it has one-sixth of the population and wealth. Embraced in it are 80 per cent of the iron and 70 per cent of the coal industries of France, and there are also very large woolen and cotton industries here. Large supplies of raw materials for these and other industries were on hand, while there was no labor to operate the factories. Those materials were therefore largely taken over by the Germans and sent to Germany. From Lille and its vicinity, it is said, about $125,000,000 of raw wool and woolen yarn was thus confiscated and shipped to Germany—an amount equal to a full year's consumption of all the German woolen mills. Rubber in large amounts was found elsewhere. Coal mines around Lille are now operated by the Germans to produce fuel for the railways in the occupied region. This strip of France is a fertile and highly cultivated agricultural region. One of the principal tasks of the business commissions has been to The Plan Would Lower the Rate in Some Districts, and Increase It in Others Proposed legislation now pending at Sacramento should it become law will make the support of the five high schools of Orange county a matter to be taxed against the entire county instead of according to the present plan of taxing only the property within the district. It is proposed to raise a sum equal to $60 per student in daily average attendance, and the state board will appropriate $2000 flat to each of the schools in addition to the money raised within the county. The state funds remaining over and above the $2000 apportioned to each high school are to be distributed among the districts on a basis of the daily average attendance. There are five high schools in Orange county, and the new law is enacted with a mean saving to each of the schools. This of course, will result from the fact that the money raised for the schools instead of coming as now from each district, will be raised on property in the entire county and apportioned by the county. The following figures as rate of cents on the dollar, have been prepared by the state board of education and submitted for this county: District Rate Under Proposed Plan Anaheim, 48c; Fullerton, 39c; Huntington Beach, 48c; Orange, 22c; Santa Ana, 34c. County Rate on Proposed Plan All the districts of the county 18c on the dollar. Total Rate Under Proposed Plan Anaheim, 66c; Fullerton, 57c; Huntington Beach, 66c; Orange 40c; Santa Ana, 52c. Hight School Rate 1913-14 Anaheim, 85c; Fullerton, 50c; Huntington Beach, 50c; Orange, 50c; Santa Ana, 90c. Tax Reduction H. S. District Anaheim, 10c; Fullerton, increase 7c; Huntington Beach, increase 16c; Orange, 10c; Santa Ana, 38c. 1915 FRUIT CROP GREATEST, IS PREDICTION Santa Fe Railway Order for $750,000 Refrigerator Cars indicate Record Shipments was thus confiscated and shipped to Germany—an amount equal to a full year's consumption of all the German woolen mills. Rubber in large amounts was found elsewhere. Coal mines around Lille are now operated by the Germans to produce fuel for the railways in the occupied region. This strip of France is a fertile and highly cultivated agricultural region. One of the principal tasks of the business commissions has been to provide for threshing the wheat crop. Threshing machines were brought in from Germany and worked till late into December without being able to thresh it all. There are still great fields dotted with huge stacks of wheat, which will hardly be threshed before spring. The military authorities have taken over grain, meat, wool and other supplies and paid for them in either cash or with notes collectable after the end of the war. This is also their system in taking over food products for immediate consumption by the army, like meat. They did not need to bring any meat from Germany itself, it is said, till toward the end of last year, having lived up to that time upon the herds of France. The business commissions have established dairies at various places and supply the military hospitals with milk from French cows. Colts are taken over and sent to Germany to be reared for use as army horses. The commissions imported about $250,000 worth of agricultural machinery from Germany. Steam and other motor plows have been brought in to prepare the fields for sowing to wheat to ward off the famine that the British navy is trying to bring upon Germany. In the greater part of the occupied territory, it is said, some 80 to 90 percent of the usual autumn grain was duly planted, and efforts will be made to put in as much spring wheat as possible. Cavalrymen and the guards 1915 FRUIT CROP GREATEST, IS PREDICTION Santa Fe Railway Order for $750,000 Refrigerator Cars Indicate Record Shipments Anticipating the greatest deciduous fruit crops in the history of California, the Santa Fe road has placed an order for 600 refrigerator cars which will cost approximately $750,000. Word to this effect has been received. The order was placed from the main offices in Chicago. All of the western railroads are making many preparations to handle an enormous quantity of fruit from California this year. The latter part of this month or the first of April the movement of the deciduous fruits from this state to the markets of the world will begin. Early reports are to the effect that the peach and apricot output this year will break all records. The grape output will be about the same as last year. The movement of this season's citrus fruits now under way points to a record-breaking mark. Lemon shipments for 1915 up to the present time have already passed the shipments of the corresponding time last year. NEW SOCIALIST COLONY IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY It is reported that 30,000 acres in the Antelope Valley have been acquired by a colony of Socialists, operating as the Llano del Río Cooperative colony. Membership is limited ANAHEIM GAZETTE to 1,000 persons and all the activities of the colony are to be on a co-operative basis. POTATOES IN PLACE OF BREAD If wheat remains at its present high figure or continues to rise in price, and if there is a corresponding increase in the price of bread, scientists in U.S. department suggest that the ordinary household will find it advantageous to eat more potatoes and less bread. With potatoes at 60 cents a bushel, 10 cents’ worth, or 10 pounds will give the consumer a little more actual nourishment than two 1-pound loaves of bread at 5 cents each. The protein and fat are present in appreciably larger amounts in the bread, but the potatoes will be found to furnish more carbyhydrates and more heat units. Carbohydrates contribute greatly to the energy value of any diet, and since potatoes are rich in these families that wish to expend their money to the best advantage are recommended to consider whether they can not make a more extended use of them. They are easy to cook and when prepared in different ways can be made to lend variety to the winter diet when green vegetables are hard to obtain. Like other foods relatively rich in carbohydrates, however, potatoes should be eaten with foods correspondingly rich in protein, such as milk, meat, eggs, eac., and with foods like butter, cream and meat fat to supply the fat that the body needs. Under normal conditions in Europe and America the potato ranks next to bread as a carbohydrate food. If the prices change sufficiently to make it desirable from a financial point of view, there is no scientific reason why potatoes should not be substituted to THE PARIS OF EASTERN EUROPE Warsaw, the chief city or Russian Poland, which the Germans are making a brave attempt to capture, was originally not a Polish city at all. When we first heard of it in the ninth century, it was the residence of the Dukes of Mazovia, and Mazovia did not belong to Poland until 1526, although the inhabitants of both regions were probably of the same stock. Not long after 1526, however, Lithuania, which is the region that lies to the eastward of Prussia, was also united to Poland; and Warsaw, because it was more centrally situated Cracow, the capital of old Poland, or Vilno, the chief city of Lithuania, became the capital of the enlarged kingdom. Such it remained through the century when Poland was at the height of its power, and through the years of slow numiliation that led to its downfall. When Poland was divided among the nations Russia got possession of Warsaw; but singularly enough, in 1795, the city was handed over to Prussia, which is now figuring so hard to get hold of it again. Napoleon delivered Warsaw from the hands of the Germans, and made it the capital of an independent duchy. But the duchy did not last long. After the failure of Napoleon’s Moscow campaign, Russia then overran the country, and reasserted a sovereignity that has never been successfully challenged—although the Poles have never acquiesced to it. The riots and uprisings that have disturbed the city during last century have been many. The most tragic was that of 1863, which not only failed to restore the independence of Poland, but which brought down on the unhappy Poles the most terrible punishment and the loss of whatever surds of nationality had been left to HOW SHALL DEMOCRACY AND EFFICIENCY BOTH BE WON How shall the public get expert service. Give governors and city councils a freer hand in appointments and dismissals and recall them if their appointies fail to give good administration. That is a cure for some extravagancies and wastefulness advocated by Thomas H. Reed, associate professor of government in the University of California, in a volume just published on "Government for the People." Complete disorganization now marks state government in the United States, he declares. What else could be expected, he demands, when a state governor has no real control over most branches of the state's vast and complicated business. The remedy he proposes that the American state should elect only the governor, lieutenant governor and legislature, and that the governor should appoint and remove his own state cabinet. His bureau chiefs, then, responsible to him for efficiency and good administration, would be a secretary of state, a controller, a secretary of corporations and labor, an attorney general, a director of public health, a director of charities and corrections, a director of public works and a secretary of natural resources. If this be great power to entrust to one man, it is no greater than the president of the United States exercises, eaten with foods correspondingly rich in protein, such as milk, meat, eggs, eac., and with foods like butter, cream and meat fat to supply the fat that the body needs. Under normal conditions in Europe and America the potato ranks next to bread as a carbohydrate food. If the prices change sufficiently to make it desirable from a financial point of view, there is no scientific reason why potatoes should not be substituted to a great extent for bread. In addition the potato, like many fruits and vegetables, helps to neutralize an acid condition in the body. This is another reason for its being eaten in combination with meat, fish, and other animal foods. Warsaw, in spite of its vicissitudes and misfortunes, has always been prosperous. It is the natural centre of a large and productive region. It stands on a great navigable river—the Vistula—and business has inevitably flowed in upon it. It has increased in population during the last century from 125,000 to 900,000. One third of that number are Jews. It is a great center for manufactures in iron and steel, leather, clothing, tobacco, sugar, and objects of art. As the chief city of a numerous cultivated, and enterprising people, it is well built, with many handsome public squares and gardens; and the animation and charm of its social life have led its admirers to speak of it as the "Paris of Eastern Europe." No other Russian city has the attractiveness and modishness of Warsaw. Petrograd is gloomy; Moscow is odd and half Oriental; Warsaw is a busy and beautiful modern city. It has a university, but the natural growth of that institution has been much interfered with by the Russians. They suppressed it entirely from 1832 to 1869, and then refused to permit its professors to teach in Polish. By insisting on making it wholly a Russian university, they have alienated the support of the Poles without gaining for it the attendance of many desirable Russians. It is, however, much resorted to by the Jews. Warsaw has many interesting and some beautiful buildings. Among them are the old royal palace, begun several centuries ago by the Mazovian dukes; the Church of the Holy Ghost, in which lies buried the heart of Chopin; the musician; the Church of the Transfiguration, which John Sobleski His bureau chiefs, then, responsible to him for efficiency and good administration, would be a secretary of state, a controller, a secretary of corporations and labor, an attorney general, a director of public health, a director of charities and corrections, a director of public works and a secretary of natural resources. If this be great power to entrust to one man, it is no greater than the president of the United States exercises, and national affairs Professor Reed declares far better administered than the business of the individual states. Such a system the professor beloves should be strengthened by the building up of a system of the employment of experts in positions of permanent tenure. A city ought to advertise for a qualified business manager, instead of electing some business man mayor and expecting him to know how to run a city's complicated business. Let us distinguish, he argues, between political and expert positions, between representative and administrative functions. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that it is unlawful to dump any brush, cans, or any rubbish or material of any kind, upon the streets or alleys in the city of Anaheim from the 16th of each month to the 10th of the following month. J. W. SACKETT. Supt. of Streets of the City of Anaheim. 2-18-1mo. Lawn Mowers ground and put in shape for the summer work. Called for and delivered, just phone. W. H. Houts, 138 W. Center street. FOR EXCHANGE—Nice residence lots in Riverside, for lots in Anaheim. A. G. Pence, Gazette Office. CALIFORNIA LIMA BEANS— 120,000,000 POUNDS According to Mr. Charles Donlan, president of the Ventura county Lima Bean Growers' association, the production of limas in 1914 was 1,500,000 bags of 80 pounds each, valued at more than $6,000,000. All available acreage will be planted this year and an even higher market price is expected, on account of the European war. You Are Not a Spoke in the Wheel of Time Unless You Save Part of What You Earn! Never mind how little you earn— Save some of it—put it in the bank We Pay 4 Per Cent on Term Deposits Anaheim National Bank Electric Power Is The Cheap Power Because: Cost of installation is less; labor for operating is saved; less floor space is required; friction and wear and tear are reduced to a minimum; repair bills are obviated; injury to building by vibration is eliminated; there is no loss in the shafting and pulleys; no energy lost in getting started; always ready; always reliable; service is always perfect. Southern California Edison Co. SAN DIEGO BEERS Are made from the best materials obtainable by the most scientific methods, with the result that here—in San Diego—are produced Lager Beers equal to the best produced anywhere in America. Each and every brew is weighed to the pound. The process employed is minutely the same throughout, and this accounts for the strongly increasing demand for San Diego, "The Quality Beer" SAN DIEGO BEERS Are made from the best materials obtainable by the most scientific methods, with the result that here—in San Diego—are produced Lager Beers equal to the best produced anywhere in America. Each and every brew is weighed to the pound. The process employed is minutely the same throughout, and this accounts for the strongly increasing demand for San Diego--"The Quality Beer" Old Mission Lager--Traditionally Good Healthful Invigorating Satisfying Accept no substitute if the best is desired. SAN DIEGO Consld Brewing Co. San Diego, Cal., U.S.A. 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