anaheim-gazette 1915-12-23

Our Earnest Wishes for a Hearty Old Fashioned Christmas Season with Peace and Prosperity throughout the New Year and Prosperity throughout the New Year H. A. DICKEL Yuletide Greetings and a Bountiful New Year to You and Yours Bountiful New Year to You and Yours Central Garage Cox & Burkhard, Props. 114 So. Los Angeles St. NURSES WANTED The state civil service commission announces another examination for graduate nurse, to be held in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles, February 8-9, 1916. The examination is to be held in conjunction with the board of health and applicants who are successful in the test will be state of California as well as be eligible for appointment to positions in the state service. Entrance salaries range from $50 to $55 per month, with room, board and laundry in addition. All registered nurses in the state, or candidates for the examination to be given by the state board of health, are eligible for this examination, provided they are 20 years of age or over on the date of the examination. A. H. Heying was in Los Angeles on business Friday. SPINELESS CACTUS That spineless cactus has a value when used as food for farm stock has been amply proven by many who have grown it and fed it. Spineless castus has been grown and used for stock food for more than 40 years in Italy, according to a resident of Santa Clara county who has a hedge of it planted about his vegetable gardens from stock brought over from the old country. When Luther Burbank announced that he was prepared to furnish several varieties of spineless cactus, some of which excelled in the production of fruit and others of forage, interest in this plant began to grow. At first the cost of slabs or cuttings for planting was too high to permit of any large planting for stock feeding, but with the rapid growth of the plants, stock for planting may now be obtained at reasonable rates. Experience in growing and feeding will undoubtedly in the next year or two be a guide as to best methods of planting harvesting and feeding. It has been recommended that the cactus should be planted on lands that were worthless for any other crops or where for any reason ordinary farm crops did not pay, having in mind the rough, steep and rocky lands that are of little value even for stock. Mr. Tyson W. Lockerman of Pentz, Butte county, gives reasons why spineless cactus will be the coming forage plant: It is easier and cheaper to grow and is better than any other forage under similar conditions. It needs no irrigation and produces over fifty tons per acre per annum of forage. It thrives on land that is useless for other crops. It makes non-irrigated lands produce location in the growth of cactus. If one has rocky waste land the feed from cactus grown there would seem to be clear profit except the cost of the first planting and cutting when wanted for feeding. WANT A JOB AS FISH CULTURIST The California state civil service commission announces an examination for fish culturist in charge of hatchery (superintendent.) January 3, 1916 to provide a register of eligibles from which to fill vacancies as they may occur in state service. Entrance salaries range from $125 to $175 per month, with residence, fuel, light and water in addition. Applicants must have had at least five years' recent experience in practical work of propagating and rearing fish of such varieties as are hatched and reared in California, and must have a good general knowledge of business methods. Successful applicants will be eligible for appointment to one of the hatcheries of the fish and game commission. No written test will be required. Further information and application blanks may be secured from the state civil service commission, Forum bldg., Sacramento. Completed applications must be completed on or before Jan. 3rd. A NEW INVENTION Germany's latest scientific contribution to war is electrically heated underwear. The inventors are Max Beck, professor of technical electricity, University of Innsbruck, and lieutenant of engineers; and Professor von Schrotter of the University of Vienna. The electrically heated underwear is made of non-conducting material interwoven with a system of fine wires. For each series of trenches it is nec- Mr. Tyson W. Lockerman of Pentz, Butte county, gives reasons why spineless cactus will be the coming forage plant: It is easier and cheaper to grow and is better than any other forage under similar conditions. It needs no irrigation and produces over fifty tons per acre per annum of forage. It thrives on land that is useless for other crops. It makes non-irrigated lands produce as much as similar irrigated land. It reproduces itself immediately from the original planting. It may be harvested at any season of the year, hence it requires no barns to store it. It requires only from three to five inches of annual rainfall. The spineless cactus has proven its value in every way and if fed with alfalfa meal or bran will prove to be a balanced ration for cows or hogs. A great many testimonials have been received as to the value of spineless cactus as a food for poultry, cows and hogs, all of which are favorable to its use as forage, and claim that in addition to its intrinsic value as food it provides a succulent ration unvaryingly winter and summer. The prickly pear, it is found, contains approximately 10 per cent of dry matter, the remainder being water. If it is assumed that the nutritive values of different kinds of feed vary in direct proportion to their content of dry matter, one pound of sorghum hay equals 15.9 pounds of prickly pear when the latter is fed in large quantities, and 10.1 pounds when fed moderately. One pound of sorghum silage was found to equal 2.6 pounds of prickly pear and one pound of cotton seed hulls equal 5.8. From 60 to 100 pounds of prickly pear, 3.6 of sorghum and one of cotton seed meal a day made a maintenance ration for a Jersey mature cow when dry. If no sorghum hay is available the amount of prickly pear should be increased to 110 pounds and the cotton seed meal to two pounds. Experiments show, however, that it is best to feed not more than from 60 to 75 pounds of prickly pears a day. When 120 to 150 pounds were fed, excessive scouring followed, and in addition the Jaxative effect of the feed made it extremely difficult to keep the stable in a sanitary condition. In general it may be said that cows like prickly pear and eat it with relish. The feed, according to the expert A NEW INVENTION Germany's latest scientific contribution to war is electrically heated underwear. The inventors are Max Beck, professor of technical electricity, University of Innsbruck, and lieutenant of engineers; and Professor von Schrotter of the University of Vienna. The electrically heated underwear is made of non-conducting material interwoven with a system of fine wires. For each series of trenches it is necessary to install an electrical plant, from which conducting wires are carried. When a soldier feels cold, all he has to do is connect up his underwear with the current wires. The gwment offers special facilities for warming the hands merely by placing them in the pockets of the trousers. One possible danger of the heated underwear is a short circuit, but the inventors are confident they have practically eliminated this possibility by a secret system. As now perfected it will be possible for soldiers to warm themselves with this electrical clothing in trenches about 400 feet in front of the electrical plant in isolated advance posts, the underwear may be warmed 1,500 feet away. A transformer located in the trenches regulates the degree of warmth. A full wired pair of drawers weighs less than two pounds and costs only $20. They will be extensively used on the Russian front this winter. Orange Growers Organize— The orange growers of Garden Grove met at Mr. Knapp's office last Tuesday night. By laws weer adopted and an organization completed. Another meeting was held Saturday night at the same place, at which time the matter of how the fruit would be handled, was discussed, whether direct from a plant to be located in Garden Grove, or through the Orange association located at Orange. At the meeting a committee was appointed to canvass the growers in that vicinity to find out how many will sign up. The officers elected were J. O. Arkley, president; Fred Andres, vice president, Eyman De Huff, secretary and treasurer. The directors are: J. O. Arkley, W. W. Dungan, J. W. Crill, C. A. Westgate, W. L. Russell, Fred Andres and Ed Dozien. President Arkley says that there are 1000 acres of oranges under cultivation in the vicinity of Garden Grove and that many of the trees are three and four years old, and coming into bearing. He feels be increased to 110 pounds and the cotton seed meal to two pounds. Experiments show, however, that it is best to feed not more than from 60 to 75 pounds of prickly pears a day. When 120 to 150 pounds were fed, excessive scouring followed, and in addition the laxative effect of the feed made it extremely difficult to keep the stable in a sanitary condition. In general it may be said that cows like prickly pear and eat it with relish. The feed, according to the experiment conducted by the department of agriculture, causes an increase in the quantity of milk produced but a slight decrease in the total production of butter fat. This decrease becomes more pronounced as the quantity of prickly pear in the ration is increased. Butter produced on a prickly pear ration is highly colored, but neither its flavor nor the keeping quality of the milk is noticeably influenced. The feeding of prickly pear appeared to have no influence on the offspring of the cows nor on the condition of the mothers after birth. The cost of feeding prickly pear will depend naturally on local conditions. There is no great difference between the spiny and the spineless varieties in their values as feed, but the cost of harvesting the latter is less. On the other hand, the spiny varieties yielded a larger tonnage to the acre in Bronsville, Texas and are not so susceptible to insect depredation. They are also more hardy and can be grown on much larger areas. The cost of singeing the spines off was approximately 50 cents a ton. The most common method of removing them is by singing with a strong gasoline torch, a machine specially constructed for this purpose being on the market. From the foregoing evidence it would appear to be safer for anyone who has use for stock food to calculate as to the merits of his particular officers elected were J. O. Arkley, president; Fred Andres, vice president, Eyman De Huff, secretary and treasurer. The directors are: J. O. Arkley, W. W. Dungan, J. W. Crill, C. A. Westgate, W. L. Russell, Fred Andres and Ed Dozler. President Arkley says that there are 1000 acres of oranges under cultivation in the vicinity of Garden Grove and that many of the trees are three and four years old, and coming into bearing. He feels confident that the time is not far distant when that neighborhood will have the largest acreage in Orange county. If enough signers can be obtained, a building will be built or leased and machinery installed, and thus will be added another enterprise to the fast growing and prosperous town of Garden Grove. This year's orange crop will be heavy, the trees are loaded and the quality is good, and indications show that the prices will be good, in fact everything looks favorable for the growers. Let us hope that the committee appointed to induce the growers to sign up will meet with success. Mrs. Frank Claudina of Fullerton was called to her back door recently by two rough looking men whom she thought at first to be Italians wanting to buy some hay. She was startled, opening the door, being told by one of the men who carried a club that he wanted money and wanted it at once. Mrs. Claudina said, "Well I will see the landlady." She stepped to the phone and called her husband, and then getting a six-shooter, went back to the door and held the one man at the point of a gun until her husband arrived. Jack Hartigan is the name given by the man, who was arrested and given a thirty day sentence in jail. Expert plane tuning. F. W. Schmidt. Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with all the blessings of peace, plenty, and prosperity. Griffith Lumber Company prosperity. Griffith Lumber Company Henry M. Adams, Manager A Motto For the New Year: Trade at Home and Keep on Boosting for Anaheim. Greetings THIS is the Season of good-will. We extend ours to everybody; to those who buy our goods, and to those who THIS is the Season of good-will. We extend ours to everybody; to those who buy our goods, and to those who don't, even to those---if there are any---who say they never will buy them. There is always room in this world for good wishes, and we want you to accept ours. Here's to you and your family, may you live long and prosper. Fisher Wine Co. 119 N. LOS ANGELES STREET