anaheim-gazette 1916-05-18

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. SCUTTLING THE PHILIPPINES The magic of Wilson's name seems to have lost its power in the house of representatives. In spite of an urgent letter from the White House in favor of the bill to scuttle from the Philippines, the democratic caucus revealed 28 recalcitrant members who will not support the measure. The bill now seems to be on the rocks. Time was when Wilson's nod swayed all action on Capitol Hill—but that was before the pie had been distributed and when the democratic majority was so huge that it required widespread revolution to overcome it. With a more slender margin now and with a keener sense of responsibility now that a national election is at hand, congress shows a disposition to do a little thinking on its own account. We wish there might be more of it. No matter who is president, it is no good condition of affairs when the White House can draft and pass all the legislation. The constitution is a sturdy and useful and sensible document in spite of the efforts of those who seek to make it appear that our progress is hampered by constitutional impediments. The three divisions into which the framers of the government separated the national machinery should be kept apart, as the Fathers intended. If it requires a political revolt within a party to emphasize this fact, then we welcome revolution. CITY EXPENSES WILL BE REDUCED Trustees hold Secret Session to discuss the Problem. Radical changes are to be made in the city government, it is rumored, but definite information cannot be secured at this time. It is said that some of the employees of the city will be displaced by others, some will be lopped off entirely, and the salaries of others will be changed. Just what the trustees contemplate is not known, as they refuse to give out information, but enough has leaked out to make it certain that changes are to be made. An executive session was held by the trustees yesterday. It was not an official meeting, consequently the public was barred and definite action could not be taken. None of the members would talk and what action was decided upon is not known. Prior to the meeting yesterday one of the trustees said: "This meeting is not official. It is merely an informal conference to talk over the affairs of the city, to look into the affairs of the various departments, and try to devise some means of reducing the expenses. There is a feeling that the city can be run efficiently at less cost, and the object of this meeting is to determine where we can economize without impairing the service, if such a thing is possible. There will be no appointments made at this meeting, as we can do nothing official." Applications are on file for all the appointive offices, some of them being wanted by two or three besides the present incumbents. It is believed some changes will be made, also White House can draft and pass all the legislation. The constitution is a sturdy and useful and sensible document in spite of the efforts of those who seek to make it appear that our progress is hampered by constitutional impediments. The three divisions into which the framers of the government separated the national machinery should be kept apart, as the Fathers intended. If it requires a political revolt within a party to emphasize this fact, then we welcome revolution, no matter where it occurs. 211,000 U. S. PEACE ARMY, 718,500 FOR WAR FAVORED Revised figures on the army reorganization bill as agreed upon by the house and senate conferences and submitted to the senate Tuesday by Chairman Chamberlain show that the new army bill will be even larger than announced when agreement was reached last Saturday. Careful analysis shows the maximum strength in time of peace will be 211,000 officers and men, including 25,000 staff troops, Philippine scouts and unassigned recruits and that the war strength will be 236,500 officers and combatant troops, which with staff troops, scouts, etc., added, will bring the aggregate maximum strength of the regular army to 261,500. The national guard as reorganized would total 457,000, making a total of 718,500 available. According to the department of commerce definition a can of army beef stew is not a war munition. The department admits that shrapnel is a munition of war. A can of beef stew fill a soldier full of "pep," a can of shrapnel fills him full of holes, and yet a soldier cannot properly handle the latter unless he is comfortably full of the former. According to the narrow definition of munitions given by the department of commerce $5,000,000 worth left this country in March for Europe. That includes firearms, cartridges and explosives. This is quite a concession for the department to make, because $50,000,000 represents one-eight of our total exports for the month of March, last. Estimates on the 1916 walnut crop in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties give but 50 per cent of last year's crop. The walnuts are now well set there is a feeling that the city can be run efficiently at less cost, and the object of this meeting is to determine where we can economize without impairing the service, if such a thing is possible. There will be no appointments made at this meeting, as we can do nothing official." Applications are on file for all the appointive offices, some of them being wanted by two or three besides the present incumbents. It is believed some changes will be made, also some salaries reduced. At the close of the conference yesterday the trustees were as mute as a basket of clams regarding what had transpired. "This meeting," said Trustee Stark, "was merely for the purpose of discussing ways and means of reducing the city's expense account. We cannot make appointment until the next regular meeting." Local Notes P. H. Krick was a business visitor in Los Angeles yesterday. J. D. Heltshusen went to Los Angeles yesterday on a business trip. Messrs Webb and Amack were delegates to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows which convened at San Diego last week. Leo Sheridan has invested in a brand new Ford and now can shine on the boulevard with the best of them. Ollver Hill attended the Odd Fellows grand lodge meeting held at San Diego last week. Mrs. Hill accompanied him. California should induce more people to go into poultry and egg production instead of promoting higher prices for the products. Deputy District Attorney Koepsel of Santa Ana was in town on Tuesday on legal business. Martin F. Witt, the cement pipe maker, reports a brisk business in his line. Mr. Witt guarantees all of his pipe and is kept busy constantly. June 7 was set as the date for the sale of $30,000 bonds voted for a new school house by the Placentia-Richfield district. Estimates on the 1916 walnut crop in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties give but 50 per cent of last year's crop. The walnuts are now well set and there is no great abundance. Despite this fact, growers expect a very good year, as reports from the East indicate that the market will demand a heavy supply and prices are likely to rule higher even than last year. Growers state that though there is not a large crop in sight, the nuts appear to be well shaped and a crop of large nuts is expected. Seeds, Ice, Poultry supplies, Hay, Grain and Fuel, Gardner's, 114 S. Los Angeles street. On the report of the county highway commission, roads at La Habra and Brea, built under the direction of the commission, were accepted by the board of supervisors. Start a bank account in the Anaheim National Bank, and add to it, and you will never be broke. The demand of the Anaheim Sugar Co. for a return of $1,064.14 taxes paid into the Anaheim-Fullerton road division was rejected by the supervisors Tuesday. The demand was a formal one, it being a part of the sugar company's procedure in its plan to defeat the road division, organized to do paving on the state highway between Anaheim and Fullerton. 1 lb Royal Baking Powder 40c 2 lb Arm and Hammer Soda 15c 4 Pa. Corn Starch 25c 4 Pa. Gloss Starch 25c 3 cans Snyder Soup 25c Dr. Price’s Vanilla 22c 1-2 lb Ridgway Tea 33c 1-2 lb Lipton’s Tea 33c Grape Juice, pints 20c Cocoa Hershers 1 lb 33c Blue Star Matches 3 boxes 10c 2 Pa. Macaroni 15c Rain Water Crystals large 2 35c Edmiston’s Grocery Pac 219 PHONES Home 1091 Sunset 20 and 362 Home 1053 City Meat Market Schneider Bros., Props. Try us on our delivery service. We insure prompt delivery and courteous treatment. FROM THE CARE OF THE COWS to the final handling of their milk every step is taken with strict regard to cleanliness and sanitation. Nothing is left undone that will aid in preserving its purity and wholesomeness. This makes our a safe milk whether it is for the baby, the invalid or the entire family. Anaheim Sanitary Dairy 116 South Claudina St. J. E. WOOD GETS NO RELIEF IN SUPERIOR COURT No Claim Against Supervisors, and Statute of Limitations Prevents Prosecution of Claim Against Drainage District District Attorney West had no trouble, in Judge Thomas’ court on Tuesday, in proving to the judge that J. E. Wood, who sued the supervisors for $11,000, for injuries sustained by having his tractor engine fall through a bridge, had no ground for action against the supervisors. Judge Thom- City Meat Market Schneider Bros., Props, Try us on our delivery service. We insure prompt delivery and courteous treatment. ADVERTISED LETTERS FOR MAY 15th 1916 Mr. D. B. Bowler, Mrs. Myrtle Blakely, Mr. L. E. Burkholder, Mr. W. A. Blakeley, Mr. Wesley Bruyn. Mr. H. Clemens. Mr. and Mrs. Darnis, Mr. Antonio Durgas, Mrs. E. Dale, Mrs. N. Dixon, Chas. S. Epperson. E. Florez. Mrs. Mauriza Garcia, Mrs. E. Garrison, Camilo Gaurra, J. C. Garcia, Luero Gonzales. Mr. R. W. Houck, Nin Huckaby, G. E. Hartwell, Mr. Hanson, Wine Grower. Mr. Elmer Jones. Mrs. B. Lane, Mrs. N. Lea, Mr. Otto Long. Mr. Alejando Morales, Mr. McGinnis, Ester Montoya. Mrs. J. Nentremann. Mr. Gerald H. Puddy. Jose N. Rojas, Ambrosio Ribas, Mr. W. M. Roch. Mr. Eugene Schwab, Fred D. Stanly, C. Servantez. Miss Floy Thornton. Mr. Earl Willsey, Mr. A. F. Wilber, Walter S. Wilson. Anaheim Business Men Association. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL The state normal school at San Diego is about to enter upon a unique and an interesting experiment with the opening of the first term of the summer session, July 5. Under the authorization of the state board of education and the state board of control, the school will be in continuous session throughout the academic year of 1916-1917. The school year will consist of four quarters. The first, or summer quarter, will be made up of two terms, the first term beginning June 5 and extend. Roland Thompson an attorney of Marysville, Yuba county, has located permanently in Placentia and has associated himself in the practice of law with T. L. McFadden, a well known attorney, with offices in the Kraemer building. Mr. Thompson studied law in the University of California, and was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, in all courts of the state, January 11, 1911. He has been actively engaged in the practice of law for the past five years. Speed maniacs are coming in for deserved censure from all quarters and rightfully so. The recent terrible accident at Irvine station, when three little girls riding in an auto were killed in a collision with a rapidly moving train, serves as a frightful lesson to auto drivers. Upon all occasions a machine should be brought to a stop, or nearly so, when approaching a railroad crossing, especially when the tracks are partly obscured upon either side. Many fatalities would thus be avoided. Santos Carrisosa has a force of 15 men engaged in shearing sheep near Pomona. He was in town over Sunday, and returned to Pomona on Monday morning. He is engaged in shearing a flock of 300 sheep for Mona Toussou. Santos says there are not 15,000 sheep in Orange county, while in the early days they numbered more than 100,000. A half mile south of Los Alamitos the skeletons of two persons are reported to have been found in the bottom of Coyote creek. It is supposed that the skeletons are those of victims of floods. Sheriff Jackson and Coroner Winbigler have little information concerning the skeletons, which were found by L. Brumfield, and E.M. Statute of Limitations Prevents Prosecution of Claim Against Drainage District District Attorney West had no trouble, in Judge Thomas' court on Tuesday, in proving to the judge that J.E.Wood, who sued the supervisors for $11,000, for injuries sustained by having his tractor engine fall through a bridge, had no ground for action against the supervisors. Judge Thomas ordered a non-suit, and Wood left court without relief. Wood testified that on October 19, 1914, he was running a traction engine along the road that runs east from Wintersburg. He came to a bridge across a drainage ditch. The bridge looked all right, and he drove his engine out on it. The bridge gave way, and in the smash up, Wood had one leg badly injured. The case brought out a number of interesting factors that go to make up a personal damage case against members of the board of supervisors of any county in California, if the case is based upon injuries received by reason of a faulty bridge or bad road. In his motion for non-suit, District Attorney West stated that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the road upon which Wood was driving a tenon tractor when he drove upon a bridge across a ditch of the Talbert Drainage District was a public road; that because he did not examine the bridge before driving upon it with the heavy tractor, Wood was guilty of contributory negligence; that no actual notice of the condition of the bridge had ever been given the board of supervisors, which actual notice is necessary before the members of the board can be held personally liable for damages; that it had not been shown that the road district or county had funds with which to make the necessary repairs or to give the bridge needed strength. Another point urged by the district attorney was that the state law makes it obligatory upon a drainage district to build and maintain bridges across its ditches, and that for reason the county was not responsible for the condition of the bridge that gave way under the tractor driven by Wood. Inasmuch as the suit should have been against the drainage district instead of against the county supervisors, the fact that the time in which a damage suit against the drainage district could be brought has gone by and Diego is about to enter upon a unique and an interesting experiment with the opening of the first term of the summer session, July 5. Under the authorization of the state board of education and the state board of control, the school will be in continuous session throughout the academic year of 1916-1917. The school year will consist of four quarters. The first, or summer quarter, will be made up of two terms, the first tem beginning Junly 5 and extending to August 15. A vacation of one week will ensue, and the special summer term will begin August 21 and end September 29. The second regular quarterly session will open October 2, the third January 8, and the fourth April 9th, closing June 27, 1917. The first term of the summer session, July 5 to August 15 offers a program of special interest and benefit to teachers now in service, either in California or in other states. Credit toward graduation from the school will be given for approved work during this term. A wide range of subjects is offered, consisting of courses in education, cultural subjects and courses in the content of the elementary school curriculum. The training school will be open for demonstration and observatio during this term. Full particulars may be obtained by addressing the Registrar, state normal school, San Diego, California. Try Purity Egg Mash. Money back guarantee. Gardner's, 114 S. Los Angeles St. Have your mower put in first class shape, ground so it will cut. W. H. Houts. Chick foods and all other accessories. Gardner's, 114 S. Los Angeles St. A half mile south of Los Alamitos the skeletons of two persons are reported to have been found in the bottom of Coyote creek. It is supposed that the skeletons are those of victims of floods. Sheriff Jackson and Coroner Winbigler have little information concerning the skeletons, which were found by L. Brumfield, and E. M. and James Trapp of Los Angeles. The three men wrapped up the skeletons and carried them with them to Los Angeles, where they gave notice to the sheriff's office of that place. Coroner Winbigler went to Los Angeles after the gruesome remains. So far as the authorities here can learn, no one who was drowned on Coyote creek in recent years is missing. One report received was that one of the skeletons appeared to be that of a man and the other that of a woman. W. H. Clark who lives on East Street, between Broadway and Santa Ana, steps in to say that the dust on that thoroughfare between the two blocks is almost unbearable to the residents there. A large quantity of silt had been deposited upon the street, last January and now it having dried and being ground to a powdery substance, upon each occasion of the passing of an auto or vehicle, the dust flies at an awful rate. Mr. Clark says it's a fright. Lawn mowers ground, not filed, on a machine especially constructed and all work guaranteed, called for and delivered any where in the city. W. H. Houts. It it's for chickens, we have it. Gardner's. While the plaintiff was still examining witnesses, the district attorney was allowed to put on three witnesses out of order so that they could go to their homes. Those witnesses testified that Wood was driving a tractor used in a threshing outfit owned by a partnership composed of M. Erreca, A. Yriarte and M. Franches, and that after he was injured he made a claim against the partners for damages. The claim was settled for $300, and Wood signed for that amount. This receipt was presented in court. The evidence showed that when the tractor went through the bridge, Wood had one leg badly crushed. The decision shuts him out of any damages against the supervisors, and the statute of limitations prevents him prosecuting whatever claim he might have had against the drainage district. Wood was represented by F. C. Spencer of this city. A safe deposit box in our fire and burglar proof vaults for $1.00 a year. The Anaheim National Bank. Bert Simpson was a business visitor at Los Angeles on Monday. Planting? See us for seeds, if you want the best. Gardner's. 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DICKEL'S NO. 6481 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The First National Bank at Anaheim, in the State of California, at the close of business on May 1st, 1916. RESOURCES Loans and discounts ... $411,353.86 Total loans ... $411,353.86 U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) ... 50,000.00 Total U. S. bonds ... 50,000.00 Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits ... 3,000.00 Bonds and securities pledged as collateral for State, or other deposits (postal excluded) or bills payable ... 27,000.00 Securities other than U. S. Bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged ... 1,100.00 Total bonds, securities, etc ... 31,100.00 Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve Bank ... $6,000.00 Less amount unpaid ... 3,000.00 Value of banking house (if unencumbered) ... 22,400.00 Equity in banking house ... 22,400.00 Furniture and fixtures ... 10,000.00 Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank ... 14,044.40 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis ... 1,529.09 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities ... 63,265.65 Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than included in 10 or 11) ... 1,325.52 Outside checks and other cash items ... 5,525.13 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents ... 198.71 Notes of other national banks ... 2,150.00 Federal Reserve notes ... 11,125.00 Coin and certificates ... 23,769.20 Legal tender notes ... 105.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer ... 2,500.00 Other assets, if any ... 300.00 Total ... $653,691.56 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ... 50,000.00 Surplus fund ... 50,000.00 Undivided profits ... $24,431.62 Reserved for ... 24,431.62 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid ... 8,248.46 Circulating notes outstanding ... 16,173.16 Net amount due to approved reserve agents in other reserve cities ... 49,995.00 Net amount due to banks and bankers ... 6,920.57 and due from U. S. Treasurer ... 2,500.00 Other assets, if any ... 300.00 Total ... $653,691.56 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ... 50,000.00 Surplus fund ... 50,000.00 Undivided profits ... $24,431.62 Reserved for ... 24,431.62 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid ... 8,248.46 16,173.16 Circulating notes outstanding ... 49,995.00 Net amount due to approved reserve agents in other reserve cities ... 6,920.57 Net amount due to banks and bankers (other than included in 29 or 30) ... 13,658.34 Individual deposits subject to check... 285,372.41 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days ... 59,959.41 Certified checks ... 225.00 Cashier's checks outstanding ... 31,063.46 Postal savings deposits ... 2,094.54 State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by items 3d and 4c of "Resources" ... 24,000.00 Total demand deposits, Items 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40... 402,714.82 Certificates of deposit ... 59,229.67 Total of time deposits, Items 41, 42, and 43 ... 59,229.67 Rediscounts with Federal Reserve Bank ... 5,000.00 5,000.00 Total ... $653,691.56 State of California, County of Orange, ss: I, C. E. Holcomb, President of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. E. HOLCOMB, President. (SEAL) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of May, 1916. HOMER G. AMES, Notary Public, Correct-Attest: SAMUEL KRAEMER, F. SHANLEY, A. S. BRADFORD, Directors, NITROGEN GATHERING PLANTS The power of the soy beans and cow peas to gather nitrogen from the air the large amount of organic matter they are capable of producing and their beneficial effect upon the tilth of heavy soils are qualities which commend them in the highest degree, to say nothing of their value as feeding stuffs. The soy bean is far more important and has far greater possibilities as a summer legume than most people realize. The soy bean makes splendid hay. The hay is richer than alfalfa and just as palatable when properly cured. Soy beans may be planted between the rows of corn, but its greatest usefulness is to plant in rows on good land, where it can be cultivated occasionally. For hogs, cows, sheep, horses and mules, soy beans make fine hay.