anaheim-gazette 1916-02-17

WINTER DISEASE CAUSES MANY DEATHS 10 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO DIE IN UNITED STATES CARRIED OFF BY PNEUMONIA PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AT WASHINGTON ISSUES A BULLETIN ON THE SUBJECT Ten per cent of the deaths in the United States result from pneumonia. It is estimated that during the past thirty days this rate has been doubled in some sections. Tuberculosis and heart disease, each causing one-ninth of all fatalities, are the only diseases which outrank pneumonia among the legion of the men of death, but in certain cities pneumonia is steadily increasing and even has surpassed the mortality from tuberculosis. Seventy per cent of all cases occur between December and May. It is distinctly a cold weather infection, seemingly brought on by wintry blasts, but especially prevalent during the winter season only because its victims are rendered more susceptible at that time by exposure, debilitating influences and the presence of predisposing infections. Pneumonia principally affects those at the extremes of life, but no age is exempt. It is invariably a germ disicule rule. Whether this is due to the increased virulence of the organism or to other causes is unexplained. It is, however, recognized that avoidance of the factors so briefly enumerated will in large part diminish individual susceptibility and therefore the incidence of the disease. BUILDING HIGHWAY TO ROOF OF CALIFORNIA Scheme on Foot to Construct Road to Summit of Mt. Whitney Mt. Whitney, in Southern California, the highest mountain in the United States, is actually to be climbed by a highway of first class construction and work is to commence on it very shortly. As a good roads project the Mt. Whitney highway was carefully considered by officials and directors of the Automobile Club of Southern California, and the Kern county board of trade several months ago. Following deliberations upon its feasibility a group of prominent California business men, automobile club officers and state and county representatives climbed the peak and formed the Mt. Whitney Highway association. The activities of this organization and the residents of Kern county who are anxious to attract thousands of visitors to Southern California each year have resulted in the determination of Kern county to build all of the highway lying within the confines of that county at an approximate coat of $40,000. With the full force of the prestige of the Automobile club behind it, it is expected that action will be taken to secure Federal and state aid 10r the completion of the marvel road up into the virgin forests. In order to secure Federal aid it Pneumonia principally affects those at the extremes of life, but no age is exempt. It is invariably a germ disease. The predisposing and exciting organisms are so numerous that it would be futile to attempt their enumeration. Many of them are constantly present in the mouths and throats of healthy persons and it is only through the aid we unwittingly extend to them that they are transformed from harmless organisms to one of man's most powerful enemies. The presence of other diseases is the great predisposing cause of pneumonia. They prepare the soil for invasion. Holding first rank in this category is influenza, the increased incidence of pneumonia at this time being largely due to the present epidemic of la gripe. Individuals suffering from this infection are peculiarly susceptible to respiratory complications and should properly observe every hygienic rule. Inflammation of the upper air passages, pharyngitis, bronchitis, and tonsillitis, often predispose to the development of the disease, particularly among the aged and infirm. The acute contagious diseases of childhood, more especially measles and whooping cough, frequently prepare the way for pneumonia. Anyone who through neglect or carelessness permits the spread of these infections is therefore open to the severest condemnation. Exhausting disease of whatever nature, is often sufficient to reduce our resistance that we are unable to cope with organisms which should be easily overcome, and hence predisposes to the infection. Debility, either temporary or chronic, developing from any cause, increases susceptibility. Because of this the disease most often attacks those at the extremes of life. Among debilitating influences must be mentioned cold, exposure to penetrating winds, and the chilling of body surfaces as a result of wetting. The combination of lack of food and fatigue proves particularly disastrous during the winter season and is a condition to be avoided whenever possible. RAILROAD USES RAFTS The Santa Fe railroad is relying on the water to transport material for visitors to Southern California each year have resulted in the determination of Kern county to build all of the highway lying within the confines of that county at an approximate cost of $40,000. With the full force of the prestige of the Automobile club behind it, it is expected that action will be taken to secure Federal and state aid for the completion of the marvel road up into the virgin forests. In order to secure Federal aid it will be necessary to send delegates or special representatives to congress, and action of this kind is seriously being considered at this time. The completion of the Whitney highway, it is pointed out, will prove of inestimable value to the southern part of the state, providing, as it will, the only drive superior to that built up Pike's Peak and the one along the Columbia River. A complete survey of the part of the route lying in Kern county has been completed, showing that this 13 miles can be built for about $40,000. The construction of this part of the highway will take the route to the summit of the table lands from Welden, and no grades there will exceed 8½ per cent, as shown by the survey. With the completion of the Mt. Whitney route, one of the most wonderful drives in the world will be provided, starting in Los Angeles and passing northward to Bakersfield over the justly famous Ridge route and over the new desert highway. From Bakersfield the highway will continue through Weldon and up to the table lands. Proceeding from there the highway will penetrate the deep woods, where game abounds and where fishing is unexcelled, Mt. Whitney's sides being the home of the golden trout. The most difficult part of the construction work will be accomplished when the thirteen miles in Kern county is completed, as there the engineers will be confronted by the most strenuous problems in building grades which will be easily negotiable. This fact indicates that the remaining 85 miles of roadway can be built for a comparatively modest sum. When completed; additional thousands of motorists will be annually attracted to Southern California. It would be greater economically that free full competition; competition, competitive competition indicated by experience. Even able to form markets open cheap labor from the American thus weakening at the same time petitor is strength dictated when they was enacted due administration, and prediction. Me collections of 18 no evidence on Facts regard the Underwood similar nature months of the balance of United States w 000, while dur period under them and befo rethe balance of 000,000, or a re This represents that sum, for a productive enterprise times a year a 10 months' industrial loss 000,000. Advocates oently unable to detect tariff e nd permanent not with competition and our own councils A the same tariff shuts ourduction, it ene come to tl ment in producethe foreign m his market in his investment ic, developing from any cause, increases susceptibility. Because of this the disease most often attacks those at the extremes of life. Among debilitating influences must be mentioned cold, exposure to penetrating winds, and the chilling of body surfaces as a result of wetting. The combination of lack of food and fatigue proves particularly disastrous during the winter season and is a condition to be avoided whenever possible. Bad housing, mental or physical harassment, and overwork are alike the advance agents of the infection. Overcrowding in street cars, theatres and other public places, is unquestionably in part responsible for the spread of pneumonia in cities, as far greater opportunity is thus offered for the dissemination of the predisposing diseases through indiscriminate coughing and other means of droplet infection, as well as the directly injurious effects which inevitably result from exposure to such environment. The overheating of rooms is also seemingly harmful. Promiscuous expectoration may be, and probably is, a factor in infection and consequently should be avoided by every citizen. A remaining most important agent should be mentioned alcohol. It is in truth the handmaiden of pneumonia, and there is none more certain or more sure of success, especially if liberally and continuously used. While the foregoing facts constitute in part our knowledge of the reasons for the widespread dissemination of an infection which carries with it a mortality of from ten to thirty per cent, it should be remembered that our scientific data are not yet complete. There are problems connected with immunity, predisposition, and the occurrence of epidemics which are yet to be solved. It is known that pneumonia frequently attacks those who are perfectly well, and who apparently have observed every hygen- This fact indicates that the remaining 85 miles of roadway can be built for a comparatively modest sum. When completed; additional thousands of motorists will be annually attracted to Southern California. RAILROAD USES RAFTS The Santa Fe railroad is relying on the water to transport material for repairing the $2,000,000 damage to its line between Fullerton and San Diego. Unable to run trains with any success the road is operating tugs with rafts of ties and rails, which are beached at various points along the coast, where the track is near the ocean. Locomotives at Oceanside exhausted the fuel supply and burned wool until Saturday, when a steamer landed oil at Oceanside. The railway expects to open the line into San Diego by the first of March. Three miles of track between Elsinore and Perris were entirely obliterated and the track is being rebuilt. Additional crews of men were sent out this week. The lack of German dyes in the United States has caused a cahng in the color of some of our postage stamps. Director Ralph of the bureau of engraving says: "The red 2-cent stamps are lighter. The 8-cent stamp, which used to be olive green, is yellowish green. We have been forced to use what you might call adulterated colors. I recently paid $1 a pound for reds in New York. One year ago I bought for 25 cents." Let us either get busy and make some dyes of our own, or let us do without and make the stamps plain black and white. This business of being dependent upon another people for so much we need is very humiliating, and the American inventive genius should provide speedy relief. ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, FEB. 17 "After driving more than 10,000 miles, I couldn't find enough carbon to fill the hollow of your hand." That motorist was writing about Zerolene. Practically all who use it have the same experience. That's because ZEROLENE the Standard Oil for Motor Cars Is made from selected California crude—asphalt-base. Zerolene that gets into the explosion chamber doesn't "split up" into gummy, carbon-forming deposits, but after completing its efficient work, is consumed and passes out on exhaust. Next time you empty the crank case, refill with Zerolene. Standard Oil Company (California) .Anaheim CONSTRUCTIVE COMPETITION DESIRED It would be difficult to conceive If you want a bargain in Wood or Coal Cookstoves CALL AT DICKEL'S 30 % Discount on these stoves. CONSTRUCTIVE COMPETITION DESIRED It would be difficult to conceive greater economic folly than the theory that free trade promotes healthful competition. Free trade promotes competition, certainly, but a destructive competition. That this is so indicated by reason and proven by experience. Every thinking man should be able to see that throwing our markets open to the competition of cheap labor from abroad will deprive the American producer of business, thus weakening the home competitor at the same time that the foreign competitor is strengthened. This was predicted when the democratic tariff law was enacted during the Cleveland administration, and results justified the prediction. Men whose personal collections of 1893 are still clear, need no evidence on that subject. Facts regarding experience under the Underwood act of 1913 are of a similar nature. During the last 10 months of the republican tariff law, the balance of trade in favor of the United States was more than $605,000,000, while during the corersponding period under the democratic tariff law and before the outbreak of the war, the balance of trade was about $345,000,000, or a reduction of $260,000,000. This represents not merely a loss of that sum, for each dollar expended in productive enterprise is respent a dozen times a year, which means that in a 10 months' period we suffered an industrial loss of not less than $2,600,000,000. Advocates of free trade are apparently unable to understand that a protective tariff establishes the only real and permanent competition—competition not with foreign producers but competition among the producers of our own country. A the same time that a protective tariff shuts out gods of foreign production, it encourages foreign capital to come to this country for investment in productive enterprise. When the foreign manufacture rfinds that his market in America is shut off and its investment rendered correspondent, because of the high standard of living we have established in this country. Such competition, however, is ruinous to American industry. For healthful, constructive competition and that is the only kind of competition we should desire, we must depend upon a protective tariff which encourages investment of capital. THE GAZETTE has a large and bona-fide circulation. THE GAZETTE is a good advertising medium. tective tariff establishes the only real and permanent competition—competition not with foreign producers but competition among the producers of our own country. A the same time that a protective tariff shuts out gods of foreign production, it encourages foreign capital to come to this country for investment in productive enterprise. When the foreign manufacture rfinds that his market in America is shut off and his investment rendered correspondingly unprofitable, he necessarily searches for new opportunities for investment and finds in the protected nation the opportunity he desires. Instead of letting his capital remain idle, he naturally sends it to the country from which his products have been cut off, and invests it in a factory such as he has been accustomed to operate. Under a low tariff or free trade in pocket knives, for example, we purchase those articles made in Germany. A protective tariff law will not preclude whatever of good quality German ingenuity can make, but will merely result in the German manufacturer coming here to set up his establishment, where he will bring his best experts and employ laborers who will be similarly trained to produce an article to be sold in competition with factories already here. Then it becomes a question of the survival of the fittest, the success of the competitor who can produce the best article at the lowest price. The difference is—and it is an all important difference—the money paid for wages will be paid in America for the support of American homes, for the purchase of American food products, for the maintenance of American institutions and for the promotion of American industry. For a short period of time after its enactment, a free trade tariff law results in intense competition which results favorably to the foreign producer, because of the high standard of living we have established in this country. Such competition, however, is ruinous to American industry. For healthful, constructive competition and that is the only kind of competition we should desire, we must depend upon a protective tariff which encourages investment of capital in competing industries within our own borders, with assurance to the investor or that his capital will not be destroyed by competition with low paid labor from abroad, and with assurance to the American workman that when he has acquired skill which enables him to earn a relatively high scale of wages, he will not be thrown out of employment for the benefit of a competing laborer across the ocean. Dr. E. W. Hauck was one of the speakers at the meeting of the county school masters' club at Santa Friday evening. Dr. Hauck's subject was "Preparedness," but his remarks were directed to preparedness in Orange county—the care of the flood waters which occasionally do great damage. He believed that the Santa Ana river should be curbed, and that it should be done at the expense of the entire county. He advocated a system of dikes throughout the Orange county portion of her liver. eH also urged the school men to interest themselves in local affairs an dto become a part of the community in which they reside. Mr. Rockefeller has ordered his employees to be economical in the use of gasoline. Possibly we might be able to induce him to join the movement for lower prices. With the accent on the "perhaps." NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER EXECUTION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Of the County of Los Angeles State of California E. H. PLATT, Plaintiff A. J. SNODGRASS Defendant Sheriff's Sale. Under and by virtue of an execution issued out of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, wherein E. H. Platt, Plaintiff, and A. J. Snodgrass, Defendant, upon a Judgment rendered the 6th day of December, 1915, for the sum of One Hundred Eleven and 20-100 Dollars, besides costs and interest; and that the sum of $113.05, with interest, is now actually due on said Judgment. I have levied upon all the right, title, claim and interest of said defendant in and to the following described real estate, to-wit: Situate, lying and being in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, and more particularly described as the Southerly 50 feet of Lot 12, of the Original Town of Anaheim, as per map thereof recorded in Book 4, Page 629 of Deeds Records of Los Angeles County, California. Notice is hereby given, that on Friday, the 10th day of March, 1916, at 10 o'clock A.M. of said day, I will proceed to sell in front of the court house door, South Entrance in the city of Santa Ana, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States, all the right, title, claim and interest of said defendant, if, in and to the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise sufficient to satisfy said judgment with interest and costs. Given under my hand this 10th day of February, 1916. C. E. JACKSON, Sheriff. F. G. HENTIG, Attorney for Plaintiff. 2-17-3t F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Nagel Block, East Center Street Anahiem, Cal. Don't purchase the material for your house, if you contemplate building, until you get an estimate from us. Griffith Lumber company. How Many Times Have You Renewed the Loan on your house at considerable expense? Why not take a loan with us on small monthly payments that is paid off in 128 months? Home Mutal Building and Loan Association 419 North Main St, Santa Ana, Calif. PURE DELICIOUS When you purchase Bottled Beer, Wines, Whiskies, Cordials, you naturally wish quality and quantity—so patronize us and be certain of achieving your desires. Our prices are really moderate—we know you cannot obtain better When you purchase Bottled Beer, Wines, Whiskies, Cordials, you naturally wish quality and quantity—so patronize us and be certain of achieving your desires. Our prices are really moderate—we know you cannot obtain better goods at better prices anywhere. Orange Co. Wine Co. Orange County's Greatest Liquor House. 133 W. Center St. NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS OR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals or bids will be received by the board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, at the Office of the City Clerk, of said city, up to 8 o'clock P.M. of Thursday, the 10th day of February, 1916, for the furnishing of all labor and material in constructing and completing the following described sewer work in and upon Walnut Street, Pythias Avenue and a certain private right of way in said city, to-wit: 2448 feet of six-inch vitrified salt-glazed sewer pipe, including specials; 102 6x4-inch branches; 3 manholes and 3 flush tanks, all in accordance with the plans, specifications and profiles for said work, which said plants and profiles are designated as "Plans No. 3" prepared by O.E. Steward, City Engineer of the City of Anaheim, and which were filed in the office of the City Engineer of said city on the 13th day of January, 1916, and which specifications are marked and designated "Specifications for the Construction of Sanitary Sewers in the City of Anaheim, California," prepared by O.E. Steward, City Engineer of the City of Anaheim, and which were filed in the Office of the City Clerk of said city on the 11th day of November, 1915. All proposals or bids offered must be accompanied by a check payable to the City or Anaheim, certified by a responsible bank within the State of California, in the sum of $100.00 or by a bond for the said amount so payable, signed by the bidder and two sureties who shall justify before any officer competent to administer an oath, in double the said amount and over and above all statutory exemptions, which said bond shall be approved by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. Said check or bond shall be forfeited to the City of Anaheim, as liquidated damages, in case the successful bidder shall fail to sign a contract and furnish the bonds required, within ten days after the contract is awarded to him. The successful bidder shall be required to give a bond to the City of Anaheim for one-half the amount of the contract price specified in his bid, with two or more sureties who shall qualify that they are worth double the amount of said bond in free and unincumbered real property over and above all status- DIRECTORY OF LODGES XX X ANAHEIM LODGE, 207, F. A. M.—Regular meetings, third Monday in each month. M. W. MARTENET, W. M. Wm. H. Chambers, Secretary. XX X CDD FELLOWS LODGE—Meets every Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellows Hall. N. G., W. P. WEBB. C. W. Hedges, Secretary. XX X ROYAL NEIGHBORS, ROSEWOOD CAMP—meet 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons, at 2:30 p.m. at Odd Fellows Hall. MRS. CARRIE HUELSTER, Offdale. Mrs. Eva H. Boyd, Recorder. XX X WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT, ANAHEIM CIRCLE—Meet 4th Tuesday afternoon, at 129 South Olive. MRS. M. E. COONS, Guardian Neighbor. Mrs. Eva H. Boyd, Clerk. XX X ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 105, Knights of Pythias—Meets every Wednesday night. Everybody welcome. PYTHIAN SISTERS—Meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. MODERN WOODMEN—Meets second and fourth Monday each month. SANTA FE TIME TABLE Effective May 12, 1915 NORTH BOUND Leave Anaheim Arrive Los Angeles 6:05 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 7:85 A.M. 9:85 A.M. 11:58 A.M. 8:57 P.M. 4:50 P.M. 5:40 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 9:04 P.M. SOUTH BOUND Lv. Los Angeles Ar. Anaheim 11:59 P.M. 1:08 A.M. 7:00 A.M. 7:50 A.M. 8:10 A.M. 9:06 A.M. 1:15 P.M. 2:02 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 2:42 P.M. 5:25 P.M. 6:14 P.M. SOUTHERN PACIFIC—Going South Leave Anaheim Ar. Los Angeles 6:55 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 12:44 p.m. 1:55 p.m. 8:35 p.m. 4:50 p.m. Lv. Los Angeles Arrive Anaheim 8:55 a.m. 10:02 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11:57 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:12 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 6:30 p.m.