anaheim-gazette 1915-04-15

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR...$1.50 SIX MONTHS ...$1.00 THREE MONTHS ...$ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. A COMEDY OF ERRORS Santa Ana held its municipal election on Monday, and because of an error in printing the ballots, it is probable that every ballot voted at the election is invalid. The verification number which the law requires shall be printed upon the perforated slip, was inadvertently printed upon the ballot, and the error was not discovered until some 400 or more had been voted. This verification number which should have been printed upon the perforated slip must appear upon the outside of the folded ballot when it is handed to the inspector after being stamped and folded by the voter. Following verification by the inspector, when this number corresponds to that of the voter in the precinct register, the perforated slip is torn off and the ballot is voted. It was not until some 400 or more ballots had been voted that the error was discovered. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out by the superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Leester was directed to it, and he went to each of tropolis across the raging Santa Ana river are to the effect that no contest will result from irregularities in printing the ballots, and that unless Col. Heathman shall cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war all will be lovely and serene as a midsummer night's dream. Its election officers will probably not be charged with felony for mutilating ballots, they will not be sent to the penitentiary, and as we go to press every thing seems to be as beautiful as the flowers that bloom in the spring. POLITICS AND BUSINESS Theodore Roosevelt in a recent interview made the statement that he would "support any candidate for president the republican convention may nominate, except Taft." Here's guessing that he is likely to withdraw even that exception, and, along with 4,000-000 voters who went after strange gods in 1812, vote for any candidate the republicans may nominate, even if that candidate be Mr. Taft. There has been a change of sentiment throughout the country during the past two years; voters are beginning to realize that politics and business go hand in hand, and the best policy is to restore the party to power whose name is synonymous with prosperity. Along these lines, the relations of business and politics, a San Francisco paper says: It is a fearful jumble of ideas in the modern American brain which makes men think and talk of business and politics as two distinct, separable things. They are neither distinct nor separable. Politics is simply the means through which we regulate those aspects of our common life which seem most important, and no physical thing is more important than business, which kets us everything outside it. Metzgar first left of the man in one him away. The man Mr. Metzgar then wield window, and not three screen he saw a man was struck with the t man had not fled because termined to fight it o cided to shoot first down, and the police Bielma says he and Icans had been intoxicated not know how he cam gar's place. Bielma pre He served eighteen Quentin for stabbing djos in the back, and shot in the face at a Bielma is an orange STOLE TWO CASES OF G Three Mexicans had a Are Now Paying Thursday evening cans named Beltoro Rios and Jose Guittter Mea of securing a sup without going through of paying for the same ed the Exchange saloon Benny Rees, the bart and had a number look after. Two of them bar while the thir to the rear. In passi however, he picked up gin 24 pint bottles of ried it with him. As to have an eye on his trick so easy that carried off another c The matter was re lice the next day. Mann arrested the landed them in jail. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out by the superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Lester was directed to it, and he went to each of the polling precincts and advised that the number so appearing upon the ballot should be removed by the election board after the ballot had been stamped by the voter. This was accordingly done with the remaining ballots cast at the election. Inasmuch as the law specifically provides that no ballot shall be torn or mutilated in any manner, and as this would seem to be nothing less than a mutilation of the ballot, it follows that these ballots are indubitably invalid and that the persons so mutilating them placed themselves in danger of being charged with felony. As these mutilated ballots cannot be legally counted, it would seem they would have to be thrown out in an election contest brought in superior court. Thus, whether a ballot be voted with the distinguishing verification number upon it, or whether it be mutilated by the severance of this number it would follow in either case that the ballot was illegal and could not be counted in the contest. County Clerk Williams, who exercises a fatherly perogative in election disputes of this character, was appealed to by the election boards, and he repaired to the polling places for an investigation of the troubles. Seeing the blunder, which inevitably nullified every vote which had already been cast, and which by mutilation would nullify those that followed, he plainly stated that the election was a city election, not a county election; that he had had nothing to do with the preparation or printing of the ballots, had never seen them before, and that it was quite impossible for him to advise election boards what to do in the premises. He added that the law specifically provided that mutilation of ballots was a felony, and that in his opinion it would seem that the severing of verification numbers from the ballot amounted practically to its mutilation. District Attorney West was appeal-ed. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out by the superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Lester was directed to it, and he went to each of the polling precincts and advised that the number so appearing upon the ballot should be removed by the election board after the ballot had been stamped by the voter. This was accordingly done with the remaining ballots cast at the election. Inasmuch as the law specifically provides that no ballot shall be torn or mutilated in any manner, and as this would seem to be nothing less than a mutilation of the ballot, it follows that these ballots are indubitably invalid and that the persons so mutilating them placed themselves in danger of being charged with felony. As these mutilated ballots cannot be legally counted, it would seem they would have to be thrown out in an election contest brought in superior court. Thus, whether a ballot be voted with the distinguishing verification number upon it, or whether it be mutilated by the severance of this number it would follow in either case that the ballot was illegal and could not be counted in the contest. County Clerk Williams, who exercises a fatherly perogative in election disputes of this character, was appealed to by the election boards, and he repaired to the polling places for an investigation of the troubles. Seeing the blunder, which inevitably nullified every vote which had already been cast, and which by mutilation would nullify those that followed, he plainly stated that the election was a city election, not a county election; that he had had nothing to do with the preparation or printing of the ballots, had never seen them before, and that it was quite impossible for him to advise election boards what to do in the premises. He added that the law specifically provided that mutilation of ballots was a felony, and that in his opinion it would seem that the severing of verification numbers from the ballot amounted practically to its mutilation. District Attorney West was appeal-ed. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out by the superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Lester was directed to it, and he went to each of the polling precincts and advised that the number so appearing upon the ballot should be removed by the election board after the ballot had been stamped by the voter. This was accordingly done with the remaining ballots cast at the election. Inasmuch as the law specifically provides that no ballot shall be torn or mutilated in any manner, and as this would seem to be nothing less than a mutilation of the ballot, it follows that these ballots are indubitably invalid and that the persons so mutilating them placed themselves in danger of being charged with felony. As these mutilated ballots cannot be legally counted, it would seem they would have to be thrown out in an election contest brought in superior court. Thus, whether a ballot be voted with the distinguishing verification number upon it, or whether it be mutilated by the severance of this number it would follow in either case that the ballot was illegal and could not be counted in the contest. County Clerk Williams, who exercises a fatherly perogative in election disputes of this character, was appealed to by the election boards, and he repaired to the polling places for an investigation of the troubles. Seeing the blunder, which inevitably nullified every vote which had already been cast, and which by mutilation would nullify those that followed, he plainly stated that the election was a city election, not a county election; that he had had nothing to do with the preparation or printing of the ballots, had never seen them before, and that it was quite impossible for him to advise election boards what to do in the premises. He added that the law specifically provided that mutilation of ballots was a felony, and that in his opinion it would seem that the severing of verification numbers from the ballot amounted practically to its mutilation. District Attorney West was appeal-ed. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out by the superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Lester was directed to it, and he went to each of the polling precincts and advised that the number so appearing upon the ballot should be removed by the election board after the ballot had been stamped by the voter. This was accordingly done with the remaining ballots cast at the election. Inasmuch as the law specifically provides that no ballot shall be torn or mutilated in any manner, and as this would seem to be nothing less than a mutilation of the ballot, it follows that these ballots are indubitably invalid and that the persons so mutilating them placed themselves in danger of being charged with felony. As these mutilated ballots cannot be legally counted, it would seem they would have to be thrown out in an election contest brought in superior court. Thus, whether a ballot be voted with the distinguishing verification number upon it, or whether it be mutilated by the severance of this number it would follow in either case that the ballot was illegal and could not be counted in the contest. County Clerk Williams, who exercises a fatherly perogative in election disputes of this character, was appealed to by the election boards, and he repaired to the polling places for an investigation of the troubles. Seeing the blunder, which inevitably nullified every vote which had already been cast, and which by mutilation would nullify those that followed, he plainly stated that the election was a city election, not a county election; that he had had nothing to do with the preparation or printing of the ballots, had never seen them before, and that it was quite impossible for him to advise election boards what to do in the premises. He added that the law specifically provided that mutilation of ballots was a felony, and that in his opinion it would seem that the severing of verification numbers from the ballot amounted practically to its mutilation. District Attorney West was appeal-ed. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid for the election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one of the ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regarding the choice of the voter and would therefore probably be thrown out bythe superior court. When the error was discovered, the attention of City Clerk Lester was directed to it, and he went to each ofthe polling precincts and advised thatthe numberso appearing uponthe ballotshouldberemovedbytheelectionboardaftertheballothadbeenstampedbythevoter.Inasmuchasthelawspecificallyprovidesthatnoballotshallbemtornormutilatedinanymanner,andasthiswouldseemtobethenothinglessthanamutilationsoftheballot.itfollowsthattheseballotsareindubitablyinvalidandthatthepersonssomultilatingthemselvesindangerofbeingchargedwithfelony.Assethesemultilatedballotscannotbelegallycounted.itwouldseemtheywouldhavetobewhrownoutinan选举contestbroughtinsuperiorcourt.Thuswhetheraballotbevotedwiththedistinguishingverificationnumberuponit，或 Whetheritbemutilatedbytheseveranceofthisnumberitwouldfollowin eithercasethattheballotwasillegalandcouldnotbecountedinthecontest. County Clerk Williams, who exercises a fatherly perogative in election disputes of this character, was appealed to bythe election boards，andhe repairedtothepollingplacesforaninvestigationofthetroubles.Seeingtheblunder，whichinevitablynullifiedeveryvotewhichhadalreadybeencast，andwhichbymutilationwouldnullifythosethatfollowed，heplainlystatedthattheelectionwasacityelection，notacountyelection；thathehadhadnothingtocdowiththepreparationorprintingoftheballots，hadneverseenthembefore，andthatitwasquiteimpossibleforkimtoadviseelectionboardswhattodointhepremiers.Hewaddedthatthelawspecificallyprovidedthatmultilationofballotswasafelony，andthatinhisopinionitwouldseemthattheseveringofverificationnumbersfromtheballotamountedpracticallytoitsmutilation. District Attorney West was appeal-ed. Thus all these ballots are undoubtedly invalid forthe election law providing for secrecy in voting was thereby nullified. In an election contest each one ofthe ballots bearing these numbers will furnish indisputable evidence regardingthechoiceofthevoterandthecommonlifewhichseemmostimportant,andnophysicalthingismoreimportantthanbusinesswhichgetsuseverythingthatkeepsusaliveandcomfortable.Everyrepresentativegovernment,从thetimeofthePharohsdowntothepresentadministration,hassenabregulatorofbusiness.Governmentshavenootherelsetodobutregulatebusiness.musthederegulatemorebusinessthantheyusedto;butin doingthistheyaremerelyextendingoldpowers,不 takingonnewones.Businessispoliticsandpoliticsisbusiness,andifthereistobedemocracy,bothmustbecademocraticallycontrolled. Both labor and capital attestthe truthofit,andbotharegivingassurancesofbeingwillingtoreturntopowerrepresentativesofrepublicancprinciples.ThedemandthatAmericanproductionbegivenfirstconsideration;thatweseetoitthateverythingpossiblewillbeproducedhereathome;thatwe sellallwecanandbuyabroadaslittleasiss possible,andbythatsystemfurnishworktotheworlddemandforit,intsteadofseeinghundredsofthousandsseekinglaborthatnoonehastogive. Nationally,thebitternessof1912isgoneandalmostforgotten.HereinCaliforniaunusualconditionshavefannedtheembarsofpoliticaldivision;butheisapoorreaderofthesignalsofthetimeswhocanseeinthenanyforecastexcepttheirresistablendtreasure towarda sweeping victoryforthenomineeoftherepublicanconventionin1916.whetherhebeTaft—whosenameisnowmostfrequentlymentioned—oranyoneofhalfa dozenotherleaders.who mayhaveallhisstrengthwithouttheantagonismsthathisname might still suggest. REALTY TRANSFERS Fred F. Mitchell et ux to Charles Arthur Boege—Lot 3,Villa Place addition; $10. Yolo county from boundary at Yuba Wheatland,tree $19,943.07;E.E.R.Revenue Wheatville,$19,985.573. Yolo county from proach of The Yolo miles; estimate,$523. he had had nothing to do with the preparation or printing of the ballots, had never seen them before, and that it was quite impossible for him to advise election boards what to do in the premises. He added that the law specifically provided that mutilation of ballots was a felony, and that in his opinion it would seem that the severing of verification numbers from the ballot amounted practically to its mutilation. District Attorney West was appealed to and while he declined to express off-hand an official opinion upon the matter, he maintained that mutilation of the ballot was, under the election laws, nothing short of feligny. City Attorney Heathman, on being appealed to, gave it as his opinion that there was nothing for the election officers to do but to count all the ballots and then refer the whole matter to the superior court. This course was taken, and the entire matter will probably be shifted into the courts. Whether the present city officials of Santa Ana will hold over under the statute which provides that they shall retain their offices until their successors are elected and qualified; whether the court will decide that every ballot voted at the election is null and void, and that no legal election was held, and whether the election officers severing verification numbers from ballots will face a felony charge, with long sentences in the pennitientary before them, are matters which have not yet been determined in the cloudy state of political affairs now provailing at the county seat. City Clerk Lester, who was defeated at the election, claims the error is referable to the printer. The printer retaliates by stating that Leaster gave him an O.K. on the job. Who is to blame for this comedy of errors it is impossible at this writing to say; but from the evidence so far adduced it would seem that both the city clerk and the printer are to blame. Late advices from the purturbed me- REALTY TRANSFERS Fred F. Mitchell et ux to Charles Arthur Boege—Lot 3, Villa Place addition; $10. Charles Arthur Boege et ux to Fred F. Mitchell—Lot 10, Villa Place addition; $10. Charles Arthur Boege et ux to T. L. Baxter—Lot 4, Villa Place addition; $10. Susan L. Beebe to Bird V. Beebe et ux—Lot 43, block 13, Bay City; $10. Myrtle Bock, thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bock, died at the family home on Diamond street Monday night of diphtheria. Two other children of the family are suffering from the same disease. Dr. Truxaw, city health officer, was notified the next morning and immediately placed the home under quarantine. He also directed that the child be buried immediately without funeral services. She was buried in the Anahelm cemetery at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. SHOT A MEXICAN Belleving Porfiro Bielma to be a burglar, J. H. Metzgar, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Santa Ana, fired a bullet at him at 2 o'clock Monday morning. Bielma went down with a wound through the shoulder two inches above the heart. Mrs. Metzgar was awakened by a flashlight glaring through a window of the bedroom occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Metzgar. She awakened her husband and the banker quickly armed himself with a revolver that he kept in a closet. He went to the north window of the room and saw a man standing The repairing of roads is to be handled Highway Commission a highway commission body goes out of ex when it has finished to be built with the sue money, the repair hands of the BooThis, in brief, is was given the Bos by District Attorney publication that the tenance work had bthe highway comm concluded that it wto continue the com ANAHEIM GAZETTE outside it. Metzgar fired a shot to the left of the man in order to frighten him away. The man disappeared. Mr. Metzgar then went to the east window, and not three feet from the screen he saw a man. Instantly he was struck with the thought that the man had not fled because he was determined to fight it out. Metzgar decided to shoot first. The man went down, and the police were called. Bielma says he and two other Mexicans had been intoxicated, and he did not know how he came to be at Metzgar's place. Bielma probably will live He served eighteen months in San Quentin for stabbing Bernardino Sandijos in the back, and recently he was shot in the face at a Mexican dance. Bielma is an orange picker. STOLE TWO CASES OF GOOD WHISKEY Three Mexicans had a Free Drink but Are Now Paying the Penalty Thursday evening last three Mexicans named Beluto Ortega, Miguel Rios and Jose Guitteriz conceived the Mea of securing a supply of wet goods without going through the formality of paying for the same. They entered the Exchange saloon at a time when Benny Rees, the bartender, was alone and had a number of customers to look after. Two of them lined up at the bar while the third passed through to the rear. In passing the warroom, however, he picked up a case containing 24 pint bottles of whiskey and carried it with him. As nobody happened to have an eye on him he considered the trick so easy that he returned and carried off another case. The matter was reported to the police the next day. Deputy Phil Germann arrested the three men and landed them in jail. One of the stoilers was found on Lemon street the roads are all built. That is not the case. When the road building is finished, the commission will go out of existence. When the repair outfit was bought and a month's work done by it, the question as to the fund from which the expenses should be paid came up, and was put up to the district attorney. An advantage derived from the transfer at this time is that the expense will be paid out of the county good roads' fund, which is well supplied with money, and not out of the general fund, which will be low before the end of the fiscal year. ANAHEIM MEETS L.A. HIGH IN DEBATE Final Clash for Championship at Manual Arts Auditorium May 21 Anaheim and Los Angeles high schools will meet in final debate for the championship of Southern California at Manual Arts auditorium the evening of Friday, May 21. Anaheim's debaters will be Frank Schacht and Fred Owen who defeated Los Angeles at the high school auditorium in January. Anaheim has three victories to her credit, having defeated San Pedro, Los Angeles and San Diego, while Los Angeles has won two, having lost one to this city. Anaheim leads Los Angeles by nine points, but this will avail the locals nothing, as the final debate is for the purpose of testing the merits of each school without reference to the number of points won in the season's debates. A large delegation of local students will attend the debate, and if L. A. high doesn't believe it has been through a whirlwind fractus," we are going to miss our guess. Local Notes Arthur Porter was in town the first of the week from Placetnia. He has 200 acres planted to barley on the water company's land, and because of recent lack of rainfall looks for a light crop. He has recently been on a trip through the Trabuco and other hay and grain sections of the county, and says that owing to lack of rainfall crops will be short in all localities. Seed peanuts. Halley & McClellan. After Easter prices on trimmed hats at Cables, 107 S. Los Angeles St., next to S. Q. R. Plano tuning by Charles D. Smith, Fullerton. Phone Sunset 164-W. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. To keep cool try out ice service. H. H. Gardner Co., both phones. Lawn Mowers ground and put in shape for the summer work. Called for and delivered, just phone. W. H. Houts, 138 W. Center street. Seeds for field or garden. Largest stock in the county. H. H. Gardner Co., 114 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim. Your plano needs tuning. F. W. Schmidt the local man will do it right. Oat, barley and alfalfa hay in large or small quantities. H. H. Gardner Co., Both phones. Plano tuning by local expert. F. W. Schmidt, 222 E. Center St. Sunset 202, Home 64. Eastern Seed Corn. See us. Halley & McClellan. After Easter prices on trimmed hats the bar while the third passed through to the rear. In passing the warroom, however, he picked up a case containing 24 pint bottles of whiskey and carried it with him. As nobody happened to have an eye on him he considered the trick so easy that he returned and carried off another case. The matter was reported to the police the next day. Deputy Phil Germann arrested the three men and landed them in jail. One of the stolen cases was found on Lemon street near Judge Shanley's place. Six of the bottles were empty. The men plead not guilty before Judge Howard Monday, and were returned to jail on their failure to put up $250 bond each, which the Judge imposed. They will be tried at a date fixed by the district attorney. It is reported the Mexicans established themselves in the boot-legging business and sold a quantity of "bottled-in-bond" whiskey at reduced prices. CONTRACT IS LET FOR STATE HIGHWAY Los Angeles Firm Will Build Balance Of Orange County Section Contract has been let for a four-mile strip of state highway in this county between section 32 and Serra by the State Highway Commission. The contract was signed Wednesday in Sacramento, and the contract price was $31,632.70. Brashear, Burns & Company being the lucky bidders. The State Highway Commission opened bids Saturday afternoon on six units of state highway, including the Orange county unit. It found 56 firms had put in bids for the various pieces of road and that in nearly every instance, the figures of the lowest bidder were considerably below those of the State Engineer. The cost of the six units between the materials supplied by the State and the contract price, amount to more than $325,000. The units, with the lowest bidder and the engineers estimate follow: Yuba county from the southerly boundary at Yuba crossing into Wheatland, three miles; estimate, $19,943.07; E. E. Reddan and Son of Wheatville, $19,985.50; material, $14,573. Yolo county from Davis to the approach of the Yolo causeway, five miles; estimate, $62,253.70; materials, $62,253.70; ballet and McGrade of San Francisco. DR: JAMES McLAREN TO LECTURE AT HIGH SCHOOL The people of Anaheim are to be offered a treat in the way of a lecture by Dr. James McLaren, known as the Dramatic Orator of California. Dr. McLaren is a speaker of uncommon ability and is especially prepared to deliver the lecture which he does. He will lecture at the high school, Thursday morning beginning at 11 o'clock on Robert Burns. Mr. McLaren is of Scotch ancestry and he will dress in Scottish costume. This lecture on one of the greatest poets, by a man who is a scholar, will undoubtedly prove to be very entertaining and instructive as well. All desire to know more about the great writers, and this is the best way possible to become better acquainted with them. Scotch songs will also be sung. The admission will be ten cents and no one should miss this opportunity to hear the 'rarest treat on the American platform. PAGEANT OF LONG BEACH Depicting the history of Long Beach in one of the most spectacular pageant dramas ever presented in America and the largest ever produced west of the Rocky Mountains, 1219 people will appear in Bixby park on the evenings of May 20, 21, and 22. Oat, barley and alfalfa hay in large or small quantities. H. H. Gardner Co., Both phones. Plano tuning by local expert. F. W. Schmidt, 222 E. Center St. Sunset 202, Home 64. Eastern Seed Corn. See us. Halley & McClellan. After Easter prices on trimmed hats at Cables, 107 S. Los Angeles St., next to S. Q. R. P. J. Welsel & Company have consolidated their automobile and garage business in the building owned by Miss Sophie Rimpau on South Los Angeles street, having vacated the former premises in the Kraemer building, which they have until recently occupied. The company has been occupying both buildings, but is now located in the former. It is reported the Kraemer building will shortly be occupied by local agents for another automobile company. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Franz and family and Mr. and Mrs. Allen of Rapid City, Dakota, enjoyed a 120 mile automobile ride on Sunday, in the former's touring car. They visited Alhambra, Glendale, Universal City, Los Angeles and other points of interest, returning by way of Long Beach and Bay City. See us for black-eye beans. Halley & McClellan. HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT A concert will be given tomorrow, (Friday) evening at the high school auditorium by high school girls' glee club, the boys' quartet, the high school orchestra and the treble clef. Admission free, and everybody is invited. Following is the program: The high school glee clubs, Miss Esther Lorraine Gibbs, Director. At the piano Margaret Junge, Luna Wellman and Marjorie Rains. PART ONE Feld Cornet ...Orchestra The Brownles ...Nertwich Girls' Glee Club (a) Watch the Corners ...Fearis (b) Song of the Light Canoe ...Marks Boys' Glee Club The Daffodils ...Hermes The Treble Cleff The repairing of the county paved roads is to be handled by the County Highway Commission while there is a highway commission, but when that body goes out of existence, as it will when it has finished building the roads to be built with the $1,270,000 bond issue money, the repair work goes into the hands of the Board of Supervisors. This, in brief, is the opinion that was given the Board of Supervisors by District Attorney West. Since the publication that the good roads maintenance work had been transferred to the highway commission, some have concluded that it would be necessary to continue the commission even after PAGEANT OF LONG BEACH Depicting the history of Long Beach in one of the most spectacular pageant dramas ever presented in America and the largest ever produced west of the Rocky Mountains, 1219 people will appear in Bixby park on the evenings of May 20, 21, and 22. Beautiful scenes, hundreds of actors in gorgeously colored costumes, vivid lighting arrangements, and dramatic episodes will bring to the present a wonderful review of the past, woven into an exciting and interesting drama. Among the enormous cast will be seen Indians, Franciscan friars, Spanish explorers, settlers, and cowboys, sheep shearers, handsomely dressed girls, who, in allegorical scenes, represent sandsprites, seamalds, rosemalds, and spirits of progress, morality, etc. The pageant was written by a Long Beach young man, Glenn A. Hughes, now a Junior at Stanford university. The action begins in the time when the territory had been unvisited by any white man in the Tibahagnic Indian village which stood there. Tracing on through the years it reviews the time of Cabrillo, the Spanish explorer and adventurer, the early Spanish land lords, who in one scene are shown in the famous quarrel over land grants and church rights, the horse race between the rival ranchos Los Cerritos and Los Alamitos, sheep shear scenes, and the first auction of Long Beach land. The last episode is allegorical and presents the future progress of the city. Jose Torres, who was charged with disturbing the peace near this city, was given a 90-day suspended sentence by Justice Cox of Santa Ana Monday. He was recently released after serving a six months' sentence. PART ONE Feld Cornet ... Orchestra The Brownies ... Nertwich Girls' Glee Club (a) Watch the Corners ... Fearls (b) Song of the Light Canoe ... Marks Boys' Glee Club The Daffodils ... Hermes The Treble Clef Pilot Lan' de Boat ... Allen Boys' Quartette (a) Croon, Croon ... Rich (b) Down in the Dewy Doll ... Smart Girls' Glee Club Love's Old Sweet Song ... Molloy Boys' Glee Club Merry June ... Vincent Girls' Glee Club Mazurka ... Orchestra PART TWO Cantata—Summer ... Franz Abt Girls' Glee Club Sunrise ... Chorus Hark! Hark Hark! I hear ... Recitative Vivian Tower My Shepherds' Life... Shepherd's Song Inez Elliot With Happy Hearts ... Recitative Vivian Tower Wandering Song ... Chorus Glee Club The Golden Orb ... Recitative Vivian Tower Come Sisters... It is Sweet ... Chorus and Duet Glee Club, Miss Elliot, Miss Tower The Wind Is Shrieking, Recitative Song Carrie Evans All is Calm ... Chorus Glee Club The Day is Fading ... Recitative Vivian Tower Sunset ... Chorus Glee Club Again it is proved that there are more rainbows in the fish stories than on the trout. Thursday, April 15 1,000 1,000 1,000 One Thousand Remnants ON SALE THURSDAY AT THE OPERA HOUSE DRY GOODS STORE WE ARE GOING TO MOVE We buy these Remnants and Mill Ends In case lots of 600 to 1,000 each. This is the very finest lot we have ever had and at such prices that they will be "real blessings" to the mothers of boys and girls. We know that money is hard to find just now but it always comes creeping out when it will buy REAL BARGAINS These Remnants are all perfect and run full measure. They consist of Table Linen, Crash Towelling, Gingham, Chevolt Shirting, Crepe, Chambrey, Galatea, Outing Flannel, Curtain Swiss, Muslin, Sheeting and Pillow Casing. Also odds and ends in every department. SPECIAL NOTICE: All Blankets Absolutely Half Price Come to the Opera House for Genuine Bargains all the Time A. E. HILES. PROP. 26 Years on Broadway, Los Angeles Latourette’s Quality R. I. Reds BRED TO LAY Baby Chicks.....$10.00 per 100 Eggs for Hatching.....75 cents per 15 Incubator Lots.....$4.00 per 100 R. I. Reds BRED TO LAY Baby Chicks... $10.00 per 100 Eggs for Hatching... 75 cents per 15 Incubator Lots... $4.00 per 100 Book Your Orders Now for Winter Layers J. H. Latourette's Red Ranch 114 Thalia St., bet. Center St. and Lincoln Ave. WEST ANAHEIM Phone Pacific 388-W COMPLETE FIGURES SANTA ANA ELECTION All Parties Seem Satisfied, No Contest Looked For Following are complete figures of Santa Ana's municipal election held on Monday. It was at first considered probable that election contests would result because of irregularities in printing the ballots, but this now seems improbable. For City Clerk—G. B. Brown, 373; A. P. Dresser, 243; Cecil Du Bois, 213; M. L. Lane, 120; Cal. D. Lester, 304; A. G. Lucas, 216; Chas. P. Mattern, 119; Chas. S. Shaw, 326; Frank S. Trickey, 717; E. L. Vegeley, 1036. For City Marshal—S. A. Clark, 1203; Clinton Imes, 155; Sam Jernigan, 2149. For City Attorney—Clyde Bishop, 1172; W. F. Heathman, 1212; G. H. Scott, 1238. For City Treasurer—Mrs. Olive Lopez, 2845. For City Recorder—J. P. Spaulding, 1429; J. A. Willson, 1942. For Trustee, First Ward—D. G. Cole, 1344; A. J. Visel, 2042. For Trustee, Second Ward—E. E. Cooley, 1279; John W. Tubbs, 2120. For Trustee, Third Ward—O. B. Alderman, 1314; J. S. House, 723; O. H. Maryatt, 1527. For Trustee, Fourth Ward—J. W. T. Kimball, 1282; George McPhee, 2193. For Trustee, Fifth Ward—E. C. Brockett, 409; Walter Greenleaf, 1845; Lucien A. Sweet, 1212. For Member Board of Education—F. L. Andrews, 2696; A. J. Crookshank, to supply the food requirements of the United States, besides about 90,000,000 bushels needed for seed. So that the surplus remaining for export was, roughly, 357,000,000 bushels. On January 30 about 210,000,000 bushels had been exported, which left, at that time, 40,000,000 more bushels available for export than the average at that time during the last five years. So that Mr. Farmer, much as he may deplore the war and the slaughter, may at least be thankful that something prevented him from finding himself with what would have almost been a drug on the farket on his hands. Instead, he finds himself with the highest price in years for his big-money crop. Little chickens should be started right. We have starting food and chick feed. Also a full line of poultry remedies. H. H. Gardner Co. Both Phones. A FREAK STORM Southern California was visited on Monday by one of the freakiest storms in its history. Wind, rain, hall and even snow characterized what reports from every section of Southern California designate as an almost unprecedented atmospheric disturbance. Apparently the weather clerk began his pranks about 3 o'clock Monday morning two miles west of Monrovia. Quickly the intermittent combinations of everything in Jupiter EXPORTS OF WHEAT That 1,000,000 bushels of wheat a day can be exported until July 1, in addition to supplying this country's needs, is the reassuring statement from the agricultural department. Before July 1, the department points out, the new wheat will be coming in; so there need be no fear of a shortage which will actually deprive the people of this country of bread. Had it not been for the war, with the closing of the Dardanelles, which locked up Russia's surplus, and had it not been for a world's shortage, outside of the United States, estimated at $400,000,000 bushels, the farmers of the United States, instead of selling their wheat at high prices, would really be in a serious condition, the department experts say. They would be looking eagerly for buyers of their wheat, with prices probably way down below the cost of production. The 1914 crop of the United States was estimated at 891,000,000 bushels. In addition to this, it was estimated that the amount of wheat carried over from he 1913 crop was 76,000,000 bushels; so that there was on hand a total of about 967,000,000 bushels. The normal consumption of wheat in this country is about 5.3 bushels; so that it would require 520,000,000 bushels. Southern California was visited on Monday by one of the freakest storms in its history. Wind, rain, hall and even snow characterized what reports from every section of Southern California designate as an almost unprecedented atmospheric disturbance. Apparently the weather clerk began his pranks about 3 o'clock Monday morning two miles west of Monrovia. Quickly the intermittent combinations of everything in Jupiter Pluvius' repertory journeyed eastward to San Bernardino. After this the whole country was involved. The disturbance was decidedly spotty, for while .44 of an inch of rain fell at Pomona, only a light sprinkle was reported from Culmo. In the former district there was a great crackling of telegraph poles before the onslaughts of the sweeping wind. In Claremont many lines were put out of commission for a time when a high power wire fell on the telephone lines and blew out a battery of fuses. Between Los Angeles and San Bernardino for fully half an hour traffic on the Pacific Electric was tied up as the result of the storm, all the power going off suddenly all along the line. A motor on a car at Alta Loma was burned out and the freight crew was sent out from Pomona with a relief motor. At Pomona a shower of hall accompanied the heavy downpour, and for a few minutes the ground was white with particles of ice. In the San Antonio canyon it is reported that the storm reached almost the proportions of a cloudburst. Hall also fell at Redlands, and snow was reported in several of the mountain resorts. Much damage was done along the coast both to vessels and piers. At Anaheim the wind came down from the north and was high during the greater part of the day. Rain fell in the morning but the precipitation was light.