anaheim-gazette 1916-06-01

ASKED TO RESIGN, FRIENDS BACK TALBERT SUPERVISOR OF SECOND DISSTRICT CALLED ON BY TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE TO QUIT OFFICE NO SPECIFIC CHARGES MADE, TALBERT REFUSES, FRIENDS PLEDGE SUPPORT Supervisor Thomas B. Talbert of Huntington Beach, representing the second district upon the board of supervisors, was on Thursday made the object of as despicable an attack by the so-called Taxpayers' League of Santa Ana, as was ever perpetrated in the history of the county. He was called upon by that organization to resign his office, which he promptly refused to do. This action was taken by the Taxpayers' League at a meeting held at Santa Ana some days previously, and a letter was dispatched to Talbert which he received on that day. No specific charges were made by the Taxpayers' League against Talbert, and S. J. Jackman, president of the league, said that the objections to the supervisor were of a general character. Following the request for Talbert's resignation, he was visited on Friday evening by a large delegation of citizens of Garden Grove, who pledged them his support. On Monday evening a large delegation of Santa Ana citizens visited his home man, J. A. Knapp, F. C. Thompson, N. B. Underwood, Jay Frye, Frank Anderson, Earl Butler, J. H. Sandman. THE APHIS A Pest Among Plants That Needs Prompt Treatment The very prevalent custom of beginning the treatment of plant lice when it is seen that injury is being done to the plant or tree is not the best method of handling this pest, writes Burr R. Jones. Just as soon as the aphis are found on the plants to any extent early in the season treatment should begin. Of course, if only a few of the insects are found, the growers are always in hopes that they will not become numerous enough to be of any importance. They are allowed to remain, and very soon hundreds of them are found where but one was before. The plant has grown larger also, so that much more surface requires treatment to reach them all, and before the numerous pests can thoroughly controlled the plant is beyond recovery for the season. My object in writing this article is to arouse every grower of trees or plant life to begin at once the treatment of this most numerous family of plant insects, even though he can find only a few of them. In the case of cabbage plants, tomato plants, lettuce, etc., which are to be taken up from the seed bed for transplanting in the permanent truck plots, usually a few aphis can be found at transplanting time, and they may be dipped in an insecticide (being sure to wet every part of the plant above the root) and the danger of future infestation very largely eliminated. For this purpose I would recommend a strong soap suds, into two gallons of which a teaspoonful of 40 Talbert which he received on that day. No specific charges were made by the Taxpayers' League against Talbert, and S. J. Jackman, president of the league, said that the objections to the supervisor were of a general character. Following the request for Talbert's resignation, he was visited on Friday evening by a large delegation of citizens of Garden Grove, who pledged them his support. On Monday evening a large delegation of Santa Ana citizens visited his home at Huntington Beach, denounced the action of the Taxpayers' League, and pledged him their confidence and support. A member of the Taxpayers' League, speaking of the league's action at Santa Ana this week, said it was based upon the fact that the Huntington Beach bank, of which Talbert is a director, had held some of the county funds, along with the other banks of the county, which the league at a recent meeting demanded be returned to the county treasury. This money is now being returned to the treasury from all the banks in the county. It was pointed out by a Santa Ana banker that if Talbert was technically guilty of felony, as the member of the Taxpayers' League who referred to this object stated, that all the other bankers of the county were similarly guilty of felony. The action of the Taxpayers' League is denounced by Talbert's friends as malicious, promulgated by men who have sought to defeat him in the past and whom he has himself defeated at elections held in his district. Receipt of the letter was the first intimation Talbert had that such action was contemplated by the league, and after perusing it he emphatically declared that he had no intention of acceding to the demand. "I know of nothing upon which a legitimate demand for my resignation could be based," declared Talbert. "Not being conscious of any wrong that I have done as supervisor, I certainly shall not resign." The letter states that a reasonable time will be given him to turn in his resignation; but neglects to say what further action will be taken in case he refuses to comply with the request. Friction has existed between the board of supervisors and the league for some time. In fact the league has been indulging in criticism and making demands on other officials for some months, and this last act was In the case of cabbage plants, tomato plants, lettuce, etc., which are to be taken up from the seed bed for transplanting in the permanent truck plots, usually a few aphids can be found at transplanting time, and they may be dipped in an insecticide (being sure to wet every part of the plant above the root) and the danger of future infestation very largely eliminated. For this purpose I would recommend a strong soap suds, into two gallons of which a teaspoonful of 40 per cent nicotine sulphate should be stirred. I recommend this kind of tobacco extract because I can always be sure of its exact strength. There are in the market two brands. The first is known by the name given above and the other as "Black Leaf, 40." Either of these can be used in the above proportion. This solution can be used with success for all kinds of aphis. On peas and beans, melons, cucumbers, etc., the only requirement is treatment begun early enough. If it is not begun until the aphis begin to injure the plant, the prospect of successful treatment is very slight and such treatment is more expensive as the plants become larger. In addition to this treatment for aphis on beans, a dusting of very fine sulphur is often of great benefit to get rid of the minute spider mites known as red spider, which sometimes ruin the vines. This should be done usually before the pods begin to form. On apple trees in many sections several forms of aphis have often proven very destructive, and a close watch for their first appearance and prompt treatment are very important. On citrus trees, while quite young or soon after being budded, the black aphis is often a serious pest and should be given attention as soon as it apears, though on older trees and where the leaves have become mature they will do little injury. The black peach aphis is one of the varieties which spend part of the year out of sight beneath the surface of the ground, but when the new growth starts in the spring, particularly on the light sandy soil of Southern California, they often appear in such numbers that the foliage for the time being is practically all killed, the tree looking as if it had been exposed to a fire except for the masses of insects which still cling to the branches. In the places where these insects are first appearing they always seem to be more destructive than others. not resign." The letter states that a reasonable time will be given him to turn in his resignation; but neglects to say what further action will be taken in case he refuses to comply with the request. Friction has existed between the board of supervisors and the league for some time. In fact the league has been indulging in criticism and making demands on other officials for some months, and this last act was the culmination of its activities. Perhaps the league has some plan mapped out for future action if Mr. Talbert persists in refusing to resign, but it is not made public. Friday evening a large delegation of Garden Grove citizens motored over to Huntington Beach for the purpose of expressing to Mr. Talbert personally their confidence in him and advising him to ignore the demand of the Taxpayers' League. The visitors adopted the following resolution while in Huntington Beach: Whereas, We have always found T. B. Talbert to be honest, faithful and conscientious in his work as a citizen and public official; and Whereas, He has been asked by the Taxpayers' League to resign; be it Resolved, That we express our firm belief in his integrity and honesty, and declare to him our full confidence in him and our appreciation of the good work he has done for Orange county, and, further, we declare that we are intensely pleased with his prompt decision to remain in the position to which he was elected. Signed: Dr. C. C. Violett, Thomas Niles, H. A. Lake, W. W. Dungan, C. S. Holt, Wayne Holt, George Reyburn, William Mills, Roy Mills, S. H. Ayres, Kellar Copeland, W. E. Kenyon, John Mitchell, T. C. Natland, F. H. Cloyes, F. N. Refsnyder, Roy Green, Frank Mills, C. K. Lee, S. R. Fritz, P. M. Ger- out of sight beneath the surface of the ground, but when the new growth starts in the spring, particularly on the light sandy soil of Southern California, they often appear in such numbers that the foliage for the time being is practically all killed, the tree looking as if it had been exposed to a fire except for the masses of insects which still cling to the branches. In the places where these insects are first appearing they always seem to be more destructive than where they have been in evidence for two or three years or more, owing, perhaps, to the fact that lady birds, lace-winged flies and other predacious insects find and control them more readily in a place wheer they have been during the years before. In almost every case, however, the orchardist will be well repaid for treating them with the solution mentioned above made one-third stronger and applied thoroughly to the tops of the trees, about one-half as much solution as the top receives being placed in a basin about the root of the tree to be absorbed by the soil and percolate about the roots for their control there. When once established they will perhaps never be eradicated, but a little attention will keep them in excellent control. What has been said regarding black aphis would also apply to the woolly aphis of the apple tree. They can be treated exactly the same, being also a root inhabitant. Sometimes damage is done to the walnut orchards, but as the trees are very large, making treatment quite expensive, probably comparatively few of the orchards could be profitably given treatment for them. None of these insects, particularly while young, are difficult to kill if a proper spray is applied to every one. Through work in applying should be ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY; JUNE 1 POLITICS BACK OF ATTACK ON TALBERT MEN DEFEATED BY HIM IN PAST ELECTIONS, CLAMOR FOR HIS RESIGNATION LETTER FROM CARLISLE THOMAS THROWS LIGHT UPON COST OF ELECTION SUPPLIES IN ALAMEDA CO. Back in 1908, the records of Orange county will show, George W. Moore, of Wintersburg, was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Orange County. Since that time, however, T. B. Talbert, of Huntington Beach, has become the supervisor from the Second Supervisorial District. Mr. Talbert was appointed to the board to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Moore, the latter having resigned to enter the celery business. Since the time of first receiving the appointment to membership on the Board, Mr. Talbert has twice been elected to membership in that body. In 1910 Mr. Talbert was up for election as a member of the board. One of his opponents was Sterling Price, of Bolsa. Mr. Price was decisively defeated by Mr. Talbert. Mr. Price is now a member of the Taxpayers' League which is out after Mr. Talbert's scalp. In 1914 Mr. Talbert was again a candidate for election to the board. One of his opponents was George W. Moore, who was again seeking memorials per set, gradually dropping in price through the medium sized counties up to the larger counties, at $5.00 per set, but our average price throughout the state for a county of your size is $6.00 per set." In a great many instances these supplies are billed through local dealers at the request of the county-clerk ordering, and of course we do not know what price these local dealers have been charging the respective counties. "Now, as to the Alameda county matter, this is a long and troublesome story. "Approximately 30 days before the May primary the board of supervisors entered into a contract with J. B. Lanktree, of Oakland, who represented us for the supplying of the election supplies for the three elections this year aggregating 1245 sets at $4.30 per set. This contract was awarded by an unanimous consent of the Board and was entered into the minute books of the board of supervisors. "We had all our copies prepared for the ruling and printing of the various forms that go to make up the sets of election supplies, and immediately upon this award we started in ruling and printing. Approximately two weeks later, after we had all the forms ruled and printed the trouble started. "One of the large newspapers in Alameda county that wields considerable influence, seemed to think that this order should be left with an Oakland firm, and immediately started to get busy and started an awful rumpus politically, to which we understand, several members of the board were compelled to answer, as they contemplate being candidates to succeed themselves at the fall election. "To make a long story short, the upshot of the matter was that the board had a special meeting and recollected theiridding award of con- was paid to the Orange officials—and in Los Angeles county the number is far greater than here. Orange county paid for the rental of election booths $4 per day. Los Angeles county paid $6. It was also proposed by the Taxpayers' League that it would be a good idea to have one person from each town bring in the returns from all the voting places in that vicinity. The cost in connection with the bringing in these returns was one of the items held against the board of supervisors in connection with the recent elections. The election laws of California cover that matter as follows: California Election Laws—1916 Returns to be Delivered to One Member of the Board Section 1263. The sealed packages containing the register, lists, papers and ballots, must, before the board adjourns, be delivered to one of its number, to be determined by lot, unless otherwise agreed upon. Returns Must be Delivered to County Clerk Section 1264. The member to whom such packages are delivered, must without delay, deliver such packages without their having been opened, to the County Clerk, nearest postmaster, or sworn express agent, who shall endorse on such package the name of the party delivering them, and date of such delivery. If delivered to a postmaster or express agent, such postmaster or express agent shall forward the packages by the first mail or express to the county seat. After the votes had been counted at Newport Beach at the last election, one of the officials there mailed the returns. It cost the county $6.00 to take this package out of the postoffice. Had these returns been brought in it would not have cost the county half that much. In several in- In 1910 Mr. Talbert was up for election as a member of the board. One of his opponents was Sterling Price, of Bolsa. Mr. Price was decisively defeated by Mr. Talbert. Mr. Price is now a member of the Taxpayers' League which is out after Mr. Talbert's scalp. In 1914 Mr. Talbert was again a candidate for election to the board. One of his opponents was George W. Moore, who was again seeking membership on the board. The decisive defeat of Mr. Moore received in that election is well remembered by the voters of the county. Mr. Moore is now a member of the Taxpayer's League which is out after Mr. Talbert's scalp. L E. Smith, secretary of the Taxpayers' League, was a candidate for supervisor from the Fourth District at the last election. He went down to defeat Fred W. Struck. Mr. Smith is now out after Mr. Talbert's scalp. A short time ago the Taxpayers' League held a meeting at which the board of supervisors was attacked for alleged extravagance in the purchase of supplies for the elections. Strenuous objection was entered on the part of the league to the spending of $6.00 for supplies in each precinct. Since these figures have been given out by the league, County Clerk Williams has gone back through old warrants, which have been turned over to him by County Auditor Jerome, for the purpose of discovering what previous board of supervisors were in the habit of paying for these same supplies. Back in 1908 when George W. Moore was a member of the board of supervisors the county was forced to pay $8.22 per set for the election supplies. This bill was approved at a meeting of the board, held on November 4, 1908. The minutes of the board show that Mr. Moore was present at that meeting, but it does not show that Mr. Moore objected to paying the bill on the grounds that it was excessive. Records also disclose the fact that in the Santa Ana city election of April, 1915, as we learn from the Blade, at the time C. D. Lester was city clerk, the price of $8.00 was paid for the election supplies. At the Taxpayers' League meeting when this question was brought up a letter was read from Alameda county able influence, seemed to think that this order should be left with an Oakland firm, and immediately started to get busy and started an awful rumpus politically, to which we understand, several members of the board were compelled to answer, as they contemplate being candidates to succeed themselves at the fall election. "To make a long story short, the upshot of the matter was that the board had a special meeting and resigned their previous award of contract for these 1245 sets of supplies to J. B. Lanktree and gave uot that they would receive new prices on these supplies. "This left us in an extremely awkward position. As you know, all our election supplies for the May primary were dated and named for the special election, and we had over 400 sets made up for Alameda county, which, if we could not receive the order for, would result in a material financial loss. The newspaper in question made considerable noise about it being able to make up these supplies, thus keeping the work at home. Of course, those familiar with the election supply business know perfectly well that they could not make up all the supplies itself. It also gave out that it was going to cut the price to a ridiculous figure so as not to take a chance on this work getting away. "We considered for a while endeavoring to insist that the board abide by the original contract, inasmuch as we had accepted the same in good faith and had proceeded to make up the supplies under this contract, but on the other hand to do this would necessitate our going to court, and it has been a long standing policy of the house not to sue or fight with a good customer if possible to avoid it. We sell quite a little merchandise every year to Alameda county, and, of course, if we got snagged up with the board of supervisors in a suit the chances were that we would not get much business from them in the future and only tend to antagonize things. "We decided therefore, it would be best for us to bid these supplies in at a ridiculously low figure irrespective of what they cost us so as not to take a chance on losing the order, figuring it would be better for us to stand part of the loss instead of suffering a total loss. So our agent in Oakland, when the matter came up again, of such delivery. If delivered to a postmaster or express agent, such postmaster or express agent shall forward the packages by the first mail or express to the county seat. After the votes had been counted at Newport Beach at the last election, one of the officials there mailed the returns. It cost the county $6.00 to take this package out of the postoffice. Had these returns been brought in it would not have cost the county half that much. In several instances the returns are sent in by express, but there are only a few stations in Orange county where there is a sworn express agent. Section 4025 of the Election Laws of California provides for a "reasonable charge for the transmittion and return of the same to the proper officers." It costs the county comparatively nothing to send;the material out to the voting places as the county machine is used and one of the deputies from the county clerk's office does the distributing. 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