anaheim-gazette 1915-12-02

HAS SECRET METHOD OF KILLING STUMPS Matt Sweetzer of Garden Grove, destroys them by mysterious method. Matt Sweetzer, well known resident of Garden Grove, doesn't pose as a wizard, but he claims to have a stranglehold on a stunt that'll put him pretty well up in the Herrmann and Houdini class, his bid for fame being his alleged ability to treat eucalyptus stumps with some secret patent preparation that will rot and disintegrate them in from eighty to one hundred and eighty days from the date of application. The modus operandum is to drill holes in the stump and pour in the preparation, which is in liquid form, one and one and one-half inch drills being used, the number and depth of the holes being regulated by the size of the stump. Then the hole is corked up and like a certain well known patient medicine, the treatment is guaranteed to work while you sleep, and to do its work so faithfully and efficiently that in a very short time the land is ready for the plow. Mr. Sweetzer is supervising the clearing up of some 125 acres of land near Garden Grove, the property of Mrs. Clara B. Thurton of Los Angeles, which, when Mr. Sweetzer began the work was covered with a thrifty growth of eucalyptus which is being manufactured into stove wood, forty acres of the ground being cut over already. It is proposed to plant an orange grove on this land, and as much time must ordinarily elapse from the da o of clearing of a gum grove until the stumps are removed and the land made ready for the plow, it may be easily understood how much figure Mr. Sweetzer and his new-fangled 806 cars over September of this year, October also hung up a new record for the largest loadings in any one day. This record, 6418 cars, was established October 17 and broke a record that had stood since October, 1912. Except in grain and perishables, the October loadings in all departments of traffic exceeded all previous records. The loading of miscellaneous freight was 94,042 cars, compared with 83,579 cars in October, 1914; the loading of stock was 14,133 cars, as against 12,765 cars last year; of coal 10,779 cars, as against 10,623 cars last year; of oil 7324 cars, as against 6352 cars last year; and of lumber 6853 cars, as against 5149 cars last year. However, the heavy loadings are looked upon by officials of the Santa Fe and other railroads with some prehension, as the continued increase of car demands is rapidly depleting the supply. Throughout the East the situation is acute, according to railroad officials, with the demand for cars the greatest in years, and all Atlantic ports congested with freight for export. Recently many of the railroads had to place embargoes on all freight for movement to New York, because of the congestion of terminals, while requests to hold back shipments for export have been spread broadcast throughout the East. In connection with the heavy loadings, the following circular has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission: "Informal complaints to the commission indicate that the annually recurring failure of transportation facilities, known as car shortage, has again appeared. The commission urges on all shippers and all carriers that close attention to methods of loading, unloading, moving and promptly returning to use the cars now available will go far towards making the commencement of young Orange county day of December passed and the nearing the privilege o will go into effect. On that night tha and the entertain heard for the first ry makers will rev their celebration of New Year's eve. W. H. Young, ov It is proposed to plant an orange grove on this land, and as much time must ordinarily elapse from the da of clearing of a gum grove until the stumps are removed and the land made ready for the plow, it may be easily understood how much figure Mr. Sweetzer and his new-fangled stump-deestroyer necessarily cut. Mr. Sweetzer is naturally reticent as to the composition of the stump destroyer, but says it will do the work all right and that skeptics will have an opportunity to see him at work and to see the results very shortly. For he has had a number of holes bored by a common augur and the stumps treated with the secret mixture and has satisfied himself that it does all he claims for it and now he is ready to put in operation a labor saving device that will do the work of fifteen men, the outfit being a five-horse-power engine and an electric generator with which power drills will be driven and everything will be in readiness for real business this week. And as a further evidence of good faith, Mr. Sweetzer says he proposes to take a ten-inch square block of Oregon pine and treat it with his stump destroyer and deposit it, and at the expiration of four months will cheerfully eat all the sound wood that may be left, and he hasn't much of an appetite for Oregon pine either. FIRE AT BREA A fire broke out at Brea in the office of the Brown-Dauser lumber company Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock, completely destroying the building and contents. The flames spread to the lumber yard, destroying several hundred dollars' worth of lumber. Stern & Goodman's warehouse adjoining, also caught fire and was totally destroyed with contents, including a lot of groceries and provisions. The loss on both buildings is about $3000, partly covered by insurance. The Fullerton fire boys rushed to Brea with the chemical truck and saved Stern & Goodman's big store and the adjoining buildings. A high wind was blowing at the time and the business section was threatened. The cause of the fire is unknown. CAR LOADINGS ANOTHER AUTO ACCIDENT The lives of seven occupants of an automobile were endangered Sunday night when a speeding roadster driven by a Mr. Edwards of Los Angeles, bumped it in passing and caused it to turn turtle on the state highway. Hanigan Moberly of Orange has one hip severely injured. It may be dislocated. L. C. Gates and his wife and three children and Mrs. Moberly were also pinned under the overturned car. They escaped with deep bruises and superficial cuts. Mrs. Gates held her 18-months-old baby on her lap. As the car went over she clung tightly to the baby and the baby escaped with only a slight bruise upon the forehead. Edwards and two others passed the automobile driven by Gates. Edwards swerved too quickly to the right, and the rear of his machine touched the front of Gates' and it went over. Edwards had gone nearly a mile before he knew of the accident. A boy riding on the rear of the machine, looking back, saw what had happened and told Edwards. Edwards returned and offered his aid. Mrs. Moberly was the first to crawl out from under the car. In frantically trying to raise the car she sprained her wrist. Lillian Gates suffered slight concussion of the brain. Her sister, Bernice, aged 9, was only slightly bruised. SEAL BEACH WILL BE PARTIALLY WET Trustees . Pass . Ordinance . Granting CAR LOADINGS BREAK RECORDS Figures on Prosperity Issued by Santa Fe. October Shows the Biggest Freight Business in History Establishing a new high-water mark of prosperity, 147,539 cars of revenue freight were loaded on Santa Fe rails or received form connecting lines during October, according to a statement issued by the road's freight department. In addition to showing increases in loadings of 10,978 cars over the corresponding month of 1914 and of 17. YOU are invited to visit West and finest Xmas or Diamonds, Cut Glass, Store, even if you have "IF IT'S FROM WITM ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, DEC. 2 ANSCO CAMERAS & SPEEDEX FILM FOR Christmas give that boy or girl of yours an Ansco. Picture-taking will open a new and varied world, an outdoor life that trains a youngster's observation. Plenty of inexpensive models that give splendid results. Look them over here. Ansco Cameras range from $2 to $55. HEYING'S PHARMACY Ansco Van-Packat No. 1 commencement of a new era for the young Orange county city. The last day of December will then have passed and the new ordinance creating the privilege of the table licenses will go into effect. On that night the tinkle of glasses and the entertainer's song will be heard for the first time, and the memory makers will revel unrestrained their celebration of Seal Beach's first New Year's eve. W. H. Young, owner of one of the SEAWEED FERTILIZER Some of our garden owners have means close at hand for supplying their gardens with free fertilizers. All seaweeds and kelp have a heavy garden value, especially in potash. Used in gardens liberally supplied with stable manure the results should be excellent. Just now there is a marked shortage of potash in every form, owing to the fact that formerly Germany supplied the world. In medicinal forms potash has doubled in retail price since the war in Europe started. The seaweeds of the Pacific Coast are the richest in potash of any found. It should be an easy matter for those living along the coast to try some very interesting experiments in garden fertilization. It matters not in what form the seaweeds are applied, as they are of equal value in any form and the potash cannot be destroyed. Many will ask: "If the seaweeds are so valuable why are they not made wider use of?" The great value has only of late been demonstrated, since the German supply of potash has been cut off. It capital was invested in the industry and found to be a profitable investment, what would be the attitude of the German potash interests when the war closes? Germany has always enjoyed a monopoly of this fertilizer. To what extent would they cut prices in order to kill competition? The uncertainty deters capitalists from risking any money in such enterprises, no matter how promising the outlook from a local standpoint, and people of smaller means certainly would be still less justified in investing. Therefore it devolves upon the individual garden or ranch owner to demonstrate the great value of California kelp and seaweeds. It may be possible that such demonstrations would eventually lead to a gigantic industry, even as the first orange tree was needed to proclaim the establishment of a new cit- commencement of a new era for the young Orange county city. The last day of December will then have passed and the new ordinance creating the privilege of the table licenses will go into effect. On that night the tinkle of glasses and the entertainer's song will be heard for the first time, and the mercy makers will revel unrestrained in their celebration of Seal Beach's first New Year's eve. W. H. Young, owner of one of the biggest cafes on the Zone at the San Francisco exposition, will get the largest slice of the cafe business, according to the present outlook. Young is reported to have closed a deal for big cafe opposite the dance hall in the main pavilion on Ocean avenue at Seal Beach. The Seal Beach Inn is also slated for a license, and a man whose name is withheld, who expects to erect a hotel in the center of town is after the other. The Seal Beach councilmen, however have granted none of the licenses as yet. Seal Beach is already wrestling with the jitney problem. The Pacific Electric has cut its car service from Long Beach to Seal Beach down to one car an hour because of the activities of the nickelodeons. The Seal Beachites are prone to take a stand against the passenger-carrying automobiles in favor of the street cars because of their more dependable service. An ordinance is being drawn up to charge a $200 license for the operation of any jitney on or through the streets of Seal Beach. FOREST FIRES DECREASE Statistics just completed by Supervisor R. H. Charlton of the Angeles national forest show that during the fire season of the present year there were 113 fires, compared with 153 in 1914 and 132 in 1913. Of the fires during the season just closed, two were caused by railroads, seven by lightning, three were of incendiary origin, eleven were caused by brush fires, sixty-six by campers, and thirty-two from unknown causes. The rapidity with which the forest rangers and fire fighters act is shown in fact that the average time consumed in making a report on the fires was but three minutes, and that an average of eleven minutes was employed in getting to the blaze. The average duration of the fires was two risking any money in such enterprises, no matter how promising the outlook from a local standpoint, and people of smaller means certainly would be still less justified in investing. Therefore it devolves upon the individual garden or ranch owner to demonstrate the great value of California kelp and seaweeds. It may be possible that such demonstrations would eventually lead to a gigantic industry, even as the first orange tree was needed to proclaim the establishment of a new citrus kingdom.—Times. MUST WEIGH THE BERRIES Now that the time of the year has come when there are thoughts of cranberry sauce—along with other good things to eat—George McPhee, county sealer of weights and measures, has given warning to dealers in that marsh production (that requireh three sugars to one cranberry then adheres to its unconquerable bitterness) that such fruit must be sold by the pound and not by the quart as has long been the custom. He explains that the liquid quart contains about ten cubic inches less than does the dry quart hence when cranberries are sold by the quart, dry measure should be used. Dry measure is a legal measure, however but is not used in Southern California, and when cranberries are sold by the liquid quart, the consumer receives about 15 per cent less than he is entitled to receive. McPhee issued the same warning last year and thought it was understood and respected, but already this season he has found two dealers offering cranberries by the liquid quart. THE OCEAN'S DEPTH A very small area of the ocean, about 7 per cent, is less than 600 feet in depth, and more than 60 per cent is more than two and a half miles in depth. About forty-three places have been discovered in the ocean where the depth is over three and a half miles. The deepest spot so far discovered was located by the United States cable ship Nero, near the island of Guam where the water was six miles deep. The general impression given from sea bathing is that the temperature of the water is comparatively high. As a matter of fact, the scientists estimate that 92 per cent of sea water is below 40 deg Fahrenheit. The water on the surface is considerably warmer, BOYS AND PLAYGROUNDS I do not know of any better way to teach a boy to be honorable and straight than to give him a chance to to visit Witman’s Jewelry Store Kmas display of exclusive Silver Glass, Etc., ever shown in And you have no intention of buying WITMAN’S IT’S GOOD.” Night and Day SERVICE Our Motto: "SERVICE" Your AUTOMOBILE Repaired so that Your Holiday Vacation WILL BE a Vacation You haven't an automobile come and see the "SAXON SIX" Every day is a Holiday when you have a Saxon. THE Range County Service Station does auto repairing, well work, machine work large or small. All work guaranteed. 220 W. Center St. ANAHEIM, CAL. Announcement The Anaheim Truck and Transfer Co. beg to announce to their many friends and patrons that they have moved their office to the City Hall building. Both Phones. Same Numbers Same Prompt and Reliable Service PLAYGROUNDS of any better way to be honorable and give him a chance to amrades, says Justice playground he elands gestion of rebellion and precept andarna because he does not else to cheat him, the boy that does not establish standards we must maintain in particular in our there is one thing more than another it is basis among our citair play, that willing-take, that generosity at lack of assertive-ness in victory which identify with true sport, and which is learned best of all in childhood upon the playground. The 1915 open season on doves and sage hens closed yesterday, under the new state game law. Although the season just closed has been a month longer than last year, local sportsmen are of the opinion that the longer season has not resulted in killing a greater number of doves, for the reason that the quail and duck season were open at the same time, with the hunters devoting most of their effort to securing good bags of duck and quail. Celebrated home cooking at the Cherry Blossom. In a recent issue of The Commoner, Mr. Bryan says: "The elections of 1915 ought to serve as a warning to the democratic party. They indicate that the progressives have returned to the regular republican party and that the democrats can no longer hope to win by division in the ranks of the opposition. Neither can the democrats afford to daily with vital issues. In Massachusetts our candidate for governor, an able man with a splendid official record, was defeated." In other words, Mr. Bryan sees the hand-writing on the wall, and it spells defeat for a party whose administration has been a financial failure from the very first. Expert piano tuning, F. W. Schmidt.