anaheim-gazette 1915-04-29

LITTLE LEAF AND HOW TO AVOID LOSS FOR THE DISEASE If you would avoid little leaf, don't plant peach trees on light or sandy soil or on what used to be a barnyard corral. Lack of nitrogen seems to be found where little leaf prevails. Such are the texts of the following brief warning about this serious disease of fruit trees, just issued by the college of agriculture of the university of California. "This disease of little leaf attacks many different kinds of trees, occurring to a very wide and serious extent in the San Joaquin valley. Especially on peaches it is the cause of very severe loss. Two very common ideas have been in existence, namely, that the disease is due to gall forming nematodes upon the roots, or that it is the effect of crown gall. Extensive examinations by the University agricultural experiment station have shown that while both of these conditions are common in trees or orchards affected with little leaf, still there are many cases where little leaf is not accompanied by either of these troubles. Therefore it must be due primarily to some other condition. Two facts have been found very pronounced as to the occurrence of this disease, namely, that affected trees are usually located either in streaks of sandy or very light soil running through the orchard, or that they are planted in places where corals or barnyards were formerly located. The latter condition is very common and striking in the San Joaquin valley. In the investigations thus far conducted little leaf is always accompanied by a lack of available nitrogen in the soil. This may be due to a lack of total nitrogen, or, as in the case of the corals, to a lack of nitrifying power in the soil. and sawing the firewood and doing other tasks that fall to his share. Let him make the gas engine work for the women, too. A tank that would hold several day's supply does not cost a great deal, and once or twice a week it could be pumped full with the gas engine. If the farmer had to keep the house supplied with water he would soon find a way of doing it without breaking his own back.—Philadelphia Record. OILBURNERS The Nevada and Oklahoma, the two United States battleships which have recently been contracted for, will burn oil exclusively. This is perhaps the most radical development in naval engineering since the advent of the turbine. It has permitted, in the case of these vessels, a reduction of boiler weights, which has made possible the use of heavier armor than has hitherto been employed. The reduction in length of boiler compartments has permitted grouping all the boilers under one stack, which course clears the upper deck considerably and permits more extensive area of fire for the turrets. Aside from the use of oil as fuel under steam boilers it now seems probable that within comparatively few years oil will furnish the principal fuel for all naval vessels. NEBRASKA FARMER FALLS FOR ANCIENT BUNCO GAME OMAHA Neb. April 23.—How Spencer Dominey, a well to do farmer of Johnson, Neb., was swindled out of $1000 in a new version of an old game, was brought out in a story that came to the attention of the district attorney a few days ago. Dominey said he came to town some time ago and met a man who said his name was NEW TAX MEASURE CONDEMN Maintains the P Work Permit Ta County Assessors returned from S appeared before o enue and taxation legged inequalities of the O'Neill rai the tax commission fore the legislature bill if enacted in a pernicious charge of the state. "It will drive politics," declare measure puts ther in charge of state and district asses tion, and county y tax collectors, and city tax collectors mission. That is ous feature, how give the state legal mission authority of taxation. The prevent a change years, every time meets. At presentional amendment tem, and that is th e In the discuss ate committee o f tion, a committee sessors of this st law will mean th visors as a board be done away w ridiculous that so some other part come here and l without any intl the county at all my assessment is "If the law pas running through the orchard, or that they are planted in places where corrals or barnyards were formerly located. The latter condition is very common and striking in the San Joaquin valley. In the investigations thus far conducted little leaf is always accompanied by a lack of available nitrogen in the soil. This may be due to a lack of total nitrogen, or, as in the case of the corrals, to a lack of nitrifying power in the soil. "In view of the lack of specific knowledge of the causes of this destructive disease, the experiment station advises avoiding, as far as possible, planting peaches on the type and condition of soil above indicated. The station is ready to give planters the benefit of their rather extensive inquiries." RUNNING WATER ON THE FARM A paternal, and perhaps we ought to add, a maternal—department of agriculture—has circularized farmers' wives to learn what they want. It has been learned that they want a good many things. Among others, they want to know what is good for insects and babies, that is what will put an end to the insects and promote the well being of the babies. What they want above every thing else is running water in the house. Time out of mind the farm woman have had to draw water by the bucketful and carry it into the house. Occasionally there is a pump in the kitchen, but it is not very common. Of course, the men don't draw water, because they have so much else to do, and then too, keeping the house supplied with water has always been regarded as a woman's work. If any man doubts that it is a severe chore to keep a house supplied with water for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing, let him try it for a while. The farm woman is on the point of revolting against the labor of aquarius and she appeals to the Department of Agriculture to find some way where by she can get all the water she wants by turning a spigot. In New England more commonly than here it was deemed a clever thing to make the raising of water from the well easy by making the task of getting the bucket down hard. The device was known as a well sweep; the bucket depended from a long pole, pivoted near the middle on a perpendicular pole, and loaded at the NEBRASKA FARMER FALLS FOR ANCIENT BUNCO GAME OMAHA Neb. April 23.—How Spencer Dominey, a well to do farmer of Johnson, Neb., was swindled out of $1000 in a new version of an old game, was brought out in a story that came to the attention of the district attorney a few days ago. Dominey said he came to town some time ago and met a man who said his name was Thompson and that he was a farmer, too. They walked around the streets and eventually met an Englishman who gave the name of Lloyd. He spoke with a marked accent, and said that he had yet to meet the Yankee who was his match in games of skill or chance. Of course the talk finally drifted to coin matching, and of course Dominey won about $1000 from the Englishman. The latter then said that before he paid his debt he wished to know if Dominey was good for the same amount in case he had lost. At Thompson's suggestion, Dominey sent a draft home for this sum, which was in due time received. In the meantime his society was cherished by his farmer friend Thompson. When the money arrived, they again met Lloyd. He gave Thompson an envelope purported to contain $1000, which was to be handed to Dominey when the latter had established his own solvency. At this moment Thompson proposed that he alone match against Dominey and Lloyd, the stakes be $1000 against each. Dominey, evidently forgetting that Thompson already had, or should have in his possession, just this amount of Dominey's money, put up the $1000 which he had sent for. Of course, he lost. ORANGE MARKET IN EAST SHOWS PROSPERITY That returning prosperity all over the United States can be seen in the great improvement of the eastern market on oranges, was the assertion of D. Eyman Huff, manager of the Orange County Fruit Exchange, with headquarters at Orange, when asked as to what he ascribed to the improvement in prices. There is always a better period of consumption in the east during April and May," said Huff. "But in addition to this, I am sure that thousands of unemployed all over the country are going back to work and tion, a committee sessors of this state law will mean that visors as a board be done away with ridiculous that so some other part come here and I without any inti the county at all my assessment is. "If the law pass reason why they order that all the taxes here shall be to and there her months, and then the counties. The disadvantage to them. "From what I would go through legislative commite hope to head it o not, the bill will not for a vote, and it decide whether or not a law." LINCOLN'S RANCH OWNED IN MONTGOMERY — Mrs. Sacala Vavis has an ax with a coln made rails. With her uncle, Green county, Inc. has lived in this years, almost here. "Abraham Lincoln William Smith farms in Indiana veer." "Mr. Lincoln ana from Kentuckie and settled near Whee He was 18 years a handy man with llam employed his rails with which and he furnished one use and one Lincoln used hast ever since. The heard that my hux this ax, and durin fair sent a mess that we place it o fused and have to be taken away." "When the war band and I visited then lived in Green that time there was peculiarly here in M ever was a rail s und Uncle William..." and she appeals to the Department of Agriculture to find some way where by she can get all the water she wants by turning a spigot. In New England more commonly than here it was deemed a clever thing to make the raising of water from the well easy by making the task of getting the bucket down hard. The device was known as a well sweep; the bucket depended from a long pole, pivoted near the middle on a perpendicular pole, and loaded at the end farthest from the well with a box of stones. This made the raising of water extremely easy, because the weight was nearly enough to bring the water up. But then, that weight had to be lifted to get the bucket down into the well, and the effort of drawing water was not reduced; it was merely transferred. With a well shallow enough for a suction pump the raising of water was not laborious, as farm labors go, but it was often necessary to go much deeper to get water, and then the popular device known as a chain pump, the merit of which is that if one turn the crank very rapidly about a tenth of the water that is lifted a part of the way actually gets to the surface. But if the crank is not turned very fast no water at all will reach the surface. In any farm houses the considerate husband has a well close to the front door so that his women folks can see anything that may happen to go by on the road when they are drawing water, which they must be doing much of the time. This location of the well shows as much consideration for women as that of the man who prided himself on always getting a light ax for his wife to cut the wood with. Most farm houses are not so placed with regard to a water supply that gravity will carry the water into the house. But in these days nearly every farmer, even the small ones, has a gas engine for cutting the fodder, great improvement of the eastern market on oranges, was the assertion of D. Eyman Huff, manager of the Orange County Fruit Exchange, with headquarters at Orange, when asked as to what he ascribed to the improvement in prices. “There is always a better period of consumption in the east during April and May,” said Huff. “But in addition to this, I am sure that the fact that thousands of unemployed all over the country are going back to work and that people generally are gaining more confidence in coming conditions has a great deal to do with the increase in prices of oranges.” Prices are from 75 cents to $1 per box better than they were thirty days ago, according to Huff. The demand at present is for medium and small sizes. A word of warning to Valencia growers not to dispose of their crops in too great a hurry is given by Huff. “Independent buyers are causing a stampede among the Valencia men,” he said. “Growers are not generally familiar with the fact that the market has greatly improved during the past thirty days; they are under the impression that prices are continuing and will continue somewhat low. The independent buyers are taking advantage of this impression to buy fruit at prices that will mean from a 25 cents to $1 loss than the grower could get if he were to hold his crop for a while.” The present rains are proving a benefit to the oranges. Picking will be delayed for several days but to counterbalance this the fruit will be cleaned to a considerable extent of dust and dirt and the trees will be greatly freshened up generally. Everything points to a satisfactory opening on Valenclas. The Exchange will begin picking and shipping Valenclas in about ten days or two weeks.—Register. When the war band and I visited them lived in Green that time there was specially here in M ever was a rail station and Uncle William ter. "Uncle William beside Mr. Lincoln ax with which I declared Lincoln and tell whether ill." "When he set my uncle, you can stay there until could beat me at trees. He wille little to say. We job he gave he hie in the world, and politics'." Mrs. Vandaveen band was given an ox team fused to part with $2,750,000 IN EXECORD FOR C Secretary Redfittident Wilson at attending his estimated ports for the curreach $2,750,000,000. The secretary meeting tables s of breadstuffs fro in March amount worth as compa in March, 1914. Breadstuffs ex S. since the outb taled $418,000,000 NEW TAX MEASURE CONDEMNED BY SLEEPER Maintains the Proposed Law Would Work Pernicious Change in Taxation County Assessor James Sleeper has returned from Sacramento, where he appeared before the committee on revenue and taxation, in reference to alleged inequalities of the assessment of the O'Neill ranch. He condemns the tax commission measure now before the legislature, and says that the bill if enacted into law would work a pernicious change in the tax system of the state. "It will drive the corporations into politics," declared Sleeper. "That measure puts the state tax commission in charge of state, county, municipal and district assessing and tax collection, and county assessors and county tax collectors, and city assessors and city tax collectors also, under the commission. That is not the most dangerous feature, however. The law will give the state legislature and the commission authority to establish systems of taxation. There will be nothing to prevent a change in system every two years, every time the legislature meets. At present, it takes a constitutional amendment to change the system, and that is the way it ought to be." "In the discussions before the senate committee on revenue and taxation, a committee of the county assessors of this state declared that the law will mean that the board of supervisors as a board of equalization will be done away with. It looks to me ridiculous that some commission from some other part of the state should come here and in a few days' time, without any intimate knowledge of the county at all, say whether or not my assessment is equitable." If the law passes there will be no reason why the commission cannot BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The board met on April 20, pursuant to adjournment. Present, Supervisors Wm. Schumacher, Fred. W. Struck, Jasper Leck, and the Clerk. Absent, Supervisors T. B. Talbert, and H. E. Smith. Supervisor Jasper Leck was elected Chairman pro tem. Demands on the county of Orange on the hospital and highway funds were allowed as road. The map of tract No. 37 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. A spraying license was ordered issued to Barnett & Vogel on recommendation of the horticultural commissioner. The application of El Tovar Rancho Co. to lay a pipe line across N. Tustin Ave. was granted. The map of Stinchfield was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. The petition for the formation of a lighting district to be known as the Buena Park lighting district was granted, and an election called for May 23, 1915, to vote upon the formation of said district. The returns of the election for the formation of El Modena lighting district were canvassed and the district was declared duly organized and the clerk was directed to advertise for bids for furnishing and installing a lighting system, bids to be opened May 5, 1915 at 11 a.m. The county auditor was directed to transfer $476.6 from the current expense fund to the county farm fund. The hearing of the viewers' report on the petition of J. A. Armitage, et al., of Westminster road district, was continued to April 27, 1915, at 2 p.m. The petition of the Hungtington Beach company to vacate portions of Railroad avenue in Garfield street addition to Huntington Beach was granted. The Chicago Bonding & Surety Co. Spineless Cactus I will plant your acrège or lots to the choice varieties of SPINELESS CACTUS, without any immediate cost outlay on your part, if your property is free and clear. 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In witness whereof we have here LINCOLN'S RAIL SPLITTING AX OWNED IN MISSOURI MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo., Apr. 24 — Mrs. Sacala Vandeveer of the assessors hope to head it off in the assembly. If not, the bill will go before the people for a vote, and it will be for them to decide whether or not it is to become a law. "From what I could learn, the bill would go through the senate. The legislative committee of the assessors hope to head it off in the assembly. If not, the bill will go before the people for a vote, and it will be for them to decide whether or not it is to become a law." "Abraham Lincoln and my uncle, William Smith lived on adjoining farms in Indiana," said Mrs. Vandeveer. "Mr. Lincoln had come to Indiana from Kentucky with his mother and settled near Uncle William's farm. He was 18 years old, tall and slender, a handy man with an ax. Uncle William employed him to help him make rails with which to fence his farm, and he furnished two axes, one for his own use and one for Lincoln. The ax Lincoln used has been in the family ever since. The governor of Illinois heard that my husband, now dead, had this ax, and during the Chicago world's fair sent a messenger to us asking that we place it on exhibition. We refused and have not even allowed to be taken away to be photographed. "When the war broke out, my husband and I visited Uncle William, who then lived in Greene county, Ill. About that time there was much doubt, especially here in Missouri, that Lincoln over was a rail splitter. My husband and Uncle William discussed the matter over the marathon with masked imitators. MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo., Apr. 24 — Mrs. Sacala Vandeveer of the assessors hope to head it off in the assembly. If not, the bill will go before the people for a vote, and it will be for them to decide whether or not it is to become a law." "Abraham Lincoln and my uncle, William Smith lived on adjoining farms in Indiana," said Mrs. Vandeveer. "Mr. Lincoln had come to Indiana from Kentucky with his mother and settled near Uncle William's farm. He was 18 years old, tall and slender, a handy man with an ax. Uncle William employed him to help him make rails with which to fence his farm, and he furnished two axes, one for his own use and one for Lincoln. The ax Lincoln used has been in the family ever since. The governor of Illinois heard that my husband, now dead, had this ax, and during the Chicago world's fair sent a messenger to us asking that we place it on exhibition. We refused and have not even allowed to be taken away to be photographed." "When the war broke out, my husband and I visited Uncle William, who then lived in Greene county, Ill. About that time there was much doubt, especially here in Missouri, that Lincoln over was a rail splitter. My husband and Uncle William discussed the mat..." he gazed pityingly on the listless drug store clerk, leaning against the soda counter. "Haven't you any ambition?" he queried, kindly and all that. "No," he replied, with brightening intelligence, "but I have something just as good." Ice Cream Season Will SoonbeHere "White Mountain" Freezers, "Star" and "Chrystal" Refrigerators--Positively the best on earth. AT DICKEL'S DICKEL'S Hurrah! Hurrah! The Big Noise THE Fourth Annual Stag Barbecue OF The Orange County Wine Company MAY 23rd, 1915 Boxing Contests, Racing and Other Sports Anaheim Band-20 Pieces —REGISTER AT— ORANGE COUNTY WINE COMPANY AND RECEIVE TICKET. EVEYTHING FREE. Anaheim Band-20 Pieces —REGISTER AT— ORANGE COUNTY WINE COMPANY AND RECEIVE TICKET. EVEYTHING FREE. There is nothing so refreshing as a glass of Anaheim Beer Delivered to all parts of the city Home 1264 Phones: Pacific 30 UNION BREWING CO. Anaheim Laundry Co. 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