anaheim-gazette 1916-09-21

LOAVES OF BREAD MUST BE FULL WEIGHT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES GIVES FIGURES SHOWING PROFIT OF BAKERS WILL ASK SUPERVISORS AND CITY TRUSTEES TO ADOPT ORDINANCES MAINTAINING LAW Notwithstanding the fact that the cost of baking material has advanced within the last few months, it is proposed by the weights and measures department at Sacramento that the ultimate consumer shall have a run for his money and to that end State Superintendent of Weights and Measures Charles G. Johnson has made exhaustive investigation of the subject and as a direct result has provided and fixed a standard weight for bread at twelve ounces avoirdupois for the small loaf and twenty-four ounces for the large loaf. This applies only to the varieties known as milk, white, rye and graham bread, and not to raisin bread, French, or twist loaves, the exemptions also including crackers, pretzels, biscuits, buns, scones, or loaves of fancy bread weighing less than one-fourth of a pound avoirdupois, or to what is commonly known as "stale bread" sold as such, provided the seller shall, at the time of sale, expressly state to the buyer that the bread so sold is stale Sugar . . . .35 5 lbs. Yeast . . .62½ 2½ lbs. Salt . .05 3 lbs. Water .00 100 lbs. Labor . .3.50 $12.87½ 311½ lbs. Less allowance for evaporation in batterer in weight ...10 lbs. Net weight of batter ...301½ lbs. 16 ounces to a pound—301½ lbs. is equal to 4824 ounces. 13½ ounces of batter bakes out a 12-ounce loaf, making 357 twelve-ounce loaves to the barrel at a net cost (exclusive of rent, delivery, fuel and taxes) of $12.87½. 357 loaves at a selling price of 5¢ per loaf equals $17.85, or a profit of $4.97½, an average profit of 38½% on cost of commodities, together with cost of labor. "The argument used by Los Angeles and San Francisco bakers that the small profits of the business are responsible for the recent failures of several of the larger bakery concerns in the northern part of the state is answered by the assertion that these failures were due to the failure of a plan to effect a trade combination to control the manufacture of bread in the bay cities. A majority of the large bakeries entered into the plan, and in order to influence the others, a trade war was inaugurated to force them to join or go out of business, and during this period the Golden Sheaf bakery entered into competition with the San Francisco bakers by offering a 24-ounce loaf for five cents. The survival of the contending bakers against this combination caused a great financial loss to the promoters and the retirement of the concerns associated with them. "It may also be remarked in passing in flight. The new er cut. On one woman. Over the word "Liberty the date. The coin has a bundle tied together tight a strong oak stitching is the Latin bus unum." BIG CIRCUS DA Unusual Amount Centered on Barnum The day of all of the small boy and the youngster anxiously counting circus day. It leaves a large percentage lation, both your present at one o'clock when the Barnum Show on Earth ends Sept. 29. Not in several years interest been event as has been seen in the comics Earnum & Bailey used that the show new and novel foe fore, including 10 rope. The principal Oriental spectacle or the Thousand great display, while 1,350 persons, and elephants and canyons cary the famous lan Nights. In N this pageant was time this Spring. This applies only to the varieties known as milk, white, rye and graham bread, and not to raisin bread, French, or twist loaves, the exemptions also including crackers, pretzels, biscuits, buns, scones, or loaves of fancy bread weighing less than one-fourth of a pound avoirdupois, or to what is commonly known as "stale bread" sold as such, provided the seller shall, at the time of sale, expressly state to the buyer that the bread so sold is stale bread. The ruling also provides that the seller shall weigh the bread sold to a customer when requested to do so, the idea being to place it beyond the possibility of doubt that the full standard weight is given as required by law. County Sealer of Weights and Measures George McPhee, who was in town this week when asked for information as to the extent of the movement for standardization of the bread loaf said: "Risturbing rumors and public agitation relative to a contemplated advance in the cost of bread, by reduction of the weight of the loaf, has created a general protest from the people all over the state. "An effective campaign in this respect seems to have been inaugurated by the executive committee of the California Master Bakers' association, apparently due to the influence of wheat speculators and flour brokers who are endeavoring to establish an unwarranted market price on these very common commodities. "The Master Bakers' association met three weeks ago in San Francisco and decided to advance the cost of bread by reducing the weight of the 12-ounce loaf, which weight has been established and commonly adopted as a standard weight of the loaf of bread selling at five cents. They further resolved that they would fix and establish a definite standard of weight for loaves of bread selling for five and ten cents each for the state of California. "The contemplated action on the part of the Master Bakers being in the opinion of the state superintendent of weights and measures in conflict with the powers and authority of the latter, who is authorized under Sec. 6 of the weights and measures law to establish a standard weight for common commodities, and bread coming clearly within the meaning of common commodities, State Superintendent Johnson instituted a general investigation of present conditions affecting the war was inaugurated to force them to join or go out of business, and during this period the Golden Sheaf bakery entered into competition with the San Francisco bakers by offering a 24-ounce loaf for five cents. The survival of the contending bakers against this combination caused a great financial loss to the promoters and the retirement of the concerns associated with them. "It may also be remarked in passing that two years ago the bakers in the northern cities fought for and endorsed a standard weight of five cent bread at 12 ounces net weight. If this standard weight served to establish honest competition then, it is just as important to the people now that this standard be maintained. The elimination of the standard weight loaf would greatly facilitate the possibility of unfair competition resulting eventually in the sale of buns instead of loaves. "If the bakers want to combine to raise the price of bread they should do so by advancing the price on the standard loaf at the established weight and not by reducing it." Sealer McPhee added that he proposes to ask for the adoption of an ordinance regulating the weight of bread by every incorporated town in the county and will also ask the board of supervisors to adopt such an ordinance so that the regulation may be effective all over his district. McPhee said he proposes to go slow however, as while he does not anticipate any opposition from the bakers, he is desirous of meeting them to talk the matter over before any decisive steps are taken and incidentally he feels disposed to await the settlement of the question in Los Angeles before taking any new departure. AMERICAN EAGLE OCCASIONALLY WAKES UP After trimming the feathers and otherwise disguising their mascot eagle, the United States Marines attached to the American Legation at Peking, China, recently succeeded in matching their bird of freedom to fight a previously undefeated cock which was the pride of the Chinese sporting element. Upon being placed in the pit, the eagle went to sleep. The cock, full of pepper, bravely handed his adversary two blows. This was too much for the Marine mascot; he awoke from his foreground, including 10 rope. The principal Oriental spectacle or the Thousand great display, whichever person is carved cancelling the famous lan Nights. In New York this pageant was time this Spring, most gorgeous and display ever paved. Among the forces to be seen for this son are four Chinese performers: The Great Hanneke Signor Pagonghi, trian from Italy; plion jumper of the two troupes of this host of other novelties to mention individual. The Barnum & Traveling this season made up of 89 persons are carrie partitions of this also included an 108 cages and a brilliant new parade will be held during the morning first performance. ORANGETHORP Twenty Shares George B. Kirk His At the meeting Saturday Director that S. Schulte part of the Orange piped, and on this was referred mittee. Director Sherwin an extra pipe u Anderson's property slider toward flood waters and ended the superliedered to place an ex ditch. On motion duil intentient was immediately with S. Kraemer's proquest of Ge "The contemplated action on the part of the Master Bakers being in the opinion of the state superintendent of weights and measures in conflict with the power and authority of the latter, who is authorized under Sec. 6 of the weights and measures law to establish a standard weight for common commodities, and bread coming clearly within the meaning of common commodities, State Superintendent Johnson instituted a general investigation of present conditions affecting the cost of material and production of bread in the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento with the result that the following were found to be the standard prices under date of Aug. 25th: Fancy Calif. Family... $7.20 per bbl. Calif. Bakers No. 1 ... 6.60 per bbl. Calif. Bakers No. 2 ... 6.20 per bbl. Calif. Bakers No. 3 ... 4.80 per bbl. Eastern hard wheat flour under their respective brands were quoted as follows: Belle Brand, per bbl. ..... $9.20 Gold Belt, per bbl. ..... 8.90 Mammoth, per bbl. ..... 8.45 Dreadnaught, per bbl. ..... 8.00 Arrowhead, per bbl. ..... 8.20 These are all North Dakota flours. The prices above are for No. 1 best brands of flour. "The Eastern flour is not used exclusively in making bread. They are blended with lower grades of flours of approximately $6.75 per barrel. This blend makes he best average baker's flour, which costs the baker not more than $7.75 per barrel. These figures are on the market of this date, and based on the highest quotations that flour has yet reached. "In the production of bread the following ingredients at present market values establish the cost of the standard loaf of bread selling at 5c. 1 Bbl. flour (best) ... $7.75 196 lbs. Shortening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 lbs." If you get hold of a strange coin the chances are that it is not a counterfeit. Uncle Sam, in accordance with custom of changing the design of silver coins every twenty years, has been very busy at his mints for the last few weeks turning out the latest fashion in half dollars, quarters and dimes. Some of them are said to be in circulation already. The design of the new half dollar is considered more artistic than the previous design. The markings are not so prominently cut and the coin has a smoother appearance. On one side is the Goddess of Liberty holding in one arm a bunch of olive branches. Above the figure are the words, "In God We Trust;" below is the word "Liberty." On the opposite side of the coin is a spread eagle grasping an oak twig in his talons as he stands upon a rock. At the top is printed "The United States of America" and at the bottom "Half Dollar." One side of the new quarter has the full figure of a woman coming through a gate in a wall. On opposite side there is pictured an eagle ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 BIG CIRCUS DAY DRAWS NEARER Unusual Amount of Local Interest Centered on Coming of Barnum & Bailey The day of all days in the calendar of the small boy has almost arrived and the youngsters of this vicinity are anxiously counting the hours until circus day. It looks now as though a large percentage of the local population, both young and old, will be present at one of the performances when the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth exhibits in Santa Ana Sept. 29. Not in several years has so much local interest been evinced in a circus event as has been displayed this season in the coming exhibition of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. It is promised that the show will display more new and novel features than ever before, including 100 new acts from Europe. The principal feature is the new Oriental spectacular pageant, Persia, or the Thousand and One Nights. This great display, which is portrayed by 1,350 persons, and hundreds of horses, elephants and camels, depicts in pageantry the famous tales of the Arabian Nights. In New York city, where this pageant was produced for the first time this Spring, it was announced the most gorgeous and astonishing Oriental A Talk About Jackson's $15,00 Suits THE BEST $15.00 SUITS MADE, THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY —WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM YOU WILL SAY THE SAME FALL STYLES READY—SEE THEM NEW HATS FOR FALL—$1.50 AND $2.50—WORTH LOOKING AT. YOU WILL LOOK BETTER UNDER ONE OF THEM NEED A SWEATER? MANY NEW STYLES TO SHOW YOU IN ALL THE COLORS. PRICES $1.00 TO $8.00. FOR BOYS—PANTS, HATS, WAISTS, SWEATERS, ETC. WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR WOOL UNDERWEAR WE HAVE IT DON'T FORGET WE SHOW A FINE LINE OF GOOD TRUNKS AND BAGS —SOMETHING DIFFERENT Jackson's Men's Wear Shop Fisher Building, Anaheim Cement Pipe at Lowest Price Martin F. Witt, Phone 42-M, Placentia FULL POCKETBOOKS FOR BEAN GROWERS Improved Marketing Conditions Cause For Gain in Revenue Growers of beans in general in Southern California and of lima beans Martin F. Witt, Phone 42-M, Placentia FULL POCKETBOOKS FOR BEAN GROWERS Improved Marketing Conditions Cause For Gain in Revenue Growers of beans in general in Southern California, and of lima beans in particular, are confidently looking forward to full pocketbooks in the near future. While it may be a trifle early to compute the profits of the growers of other varieties, the growers of lima beans are expecting to receive more than $7,500,000 for a crop estimated at 1,800,000 eighty pound bags. This will be between $750,000 and $1,000,000 more than they received last year. To improved marketing conditions, rather than to greatly increased production, is attributed this gain in revenue. Growers, looking over their rapidly ripening fields, are contrasting present prices of $5.30 to $5.42½ a hundred with $4.15 to $4.25, the price received a year ago. Those in touch with conditions credit the increase to the shortage in the Michigan crop of white pea beans, for which 7½ cents a pound is being offered and also to the small "carry-over" this year as compared to that of last year. On September 1, 1916, there were nearly 40,000 eighty-pound bags of 1915 beans in the hands of growers and dealers, the former holding probably 25,000 bags. They were held because some believed the price would reach 7½ cents a pound and not because there was no market. And some sales were made at 6 cents and 6.6 cents a pound. The conditions were different in 1915. The carry over amounted to about 150,000 bags, the jobbers were well supplied, only a little more than 4 cents a pound was offered and there was small demand. The acreage devoted to lima beans in California—which means practically Southern California, as few if any limas are grown north of the Tehachapi—is between 90,000 and 100,000 acres, of which Ventura county has about 45,000 acres. A ton to the acre is a fair estimate of the average crop in that county and the cost of planting and harvesting is figured by Last year's crop of blackeyes in Southern California was estimated at 320,000 bags, with an average price of $3.75 a hundred pounds, although some sold as high as $4.50. The present quotation is $3.25. This year's crop is expected to equal last year's. CHARLEY NEWCOMBE JUMPS FROM A BIG BALOON Drops From a Height of 3000 Feet In A Parachute Charley Newcombe is always happiest when he is doing some daredevil stunt, such as driving his auto one hundred miles an hour in a race, or sailing around the moon in an aeroplane. His latest exploit is told by the Seal Beach Post, as follows: "Sunday and Monday were both big days, and the jolly crowds that gathered here seemed to enjoy themselves until a late hour in the evening. The Sunday night balloon flight that was Director Sherwood reported that an extra pipe under the ditch at N. Anderson's property would help considerable toward taking care of the flood waters and on motion duly seconded the superintendent was instructed to place an extra 42 in. drain under the ditch. On motion duly seconded the superintendent was instructed to proceed immediately with the pipe line along S. Kraemer's property. Request of Geo. Barfoot to have the crossing at the corner of East and North streets, lowered was referred to the ditch committee. Application of A. Toussau for a lease on the La Habra reservoir site for farming purposes was referred to the Oil committee with power to act. On motion duly seconded the action of the president and secretary in issuing a certificate of stock for 20 shares to Mary F. Key in lieu of the 20 shares held by Geo. B. Key was approved. On motion duly seconded the board agreed to go up the river Monday, Sept. 25, 1916. On motion duly seconded the action of the secretary in accepting the bond of Mrs. Browning, guaranteeing the company against loss in authorizing the L. A. Trust & Savings bank to pay Mrs. Browning the amount of the two coupons lost or destroyed by her was ratified. On motion duly seconded the following transfers of stock were granted: 3 shares from C. L. Montgomery to M. Ipsen, 40 from H. Ray to J. Stern and 19 from H. Ray to Sol Goodman; 5 from P. R. Donohoe to C. Johnson. Here is an opportunity for sportsmen. A lion is said to be roaming about the heights of Saddlerock mountain. He has not been seen, but he leaves a track measuring three and three quarters inches in diameter. The acreage devoted to lima beans in California—which means practically Southern California, as few if any limas are grown north of the Teachapi—is between 90,000 and 100,000 acres, of which Ventura county has about 45,000 acres. A ton to the acre is a fair estimate of the average crop in that county and the cost of planting and harvesting is figured by ranchers at from $27 to $38 per ton. F. A. Shipley, manager of the California Lima Bean Growers' association, recently predicted that by November 1 the growers would have received in part payment at least $1,500,000. He bases his prediction on the net return to the growers of $6,202,000 last year on a crop of 1,750,000 eighty-pound bags at $4.43 a hundred pounds, believing that this year's estimated crop of 1,800,000 bags will total as high as $7,632,000, supposing the price averages $5.30 a hundred. Reports from the Irvine ranch in this county, where threshing is now in progress, state that the yield is from two to five sacks more an acre than last year. The production of limas last year, by counties, follows: Ventura, 1,100,000 bags; Orange, 360,000 bags; Santa Barbara, 100,000 bags, and San Diego county, 115,000 bags. Blackeye, white and pink beans are of less commercial importance in Southern California than are the limas, but the acreage devoted to their production is gradually being increased. Although probably not more than 5000 bags of pink and white beans were grown in Southern California last year, the development of hill farms has brought this year's yield up to an estimated 20,000 bags. Charley Newcombe is always happlest when he is doing some daredevil stunt, such as driving his auto one hundred miles an hour in a race, or sailing around the moon in an aeroplane. His latest exploit is told by the Seal Beach Post, as follows: "Sunday and Monday were both big days, and the jolly crowds that gathered here seemed to enjoy themselves until a late hour in the evening. The Sunday night balloon flight that was on the program failed to materialize on account of the heavy fog, which was the heaviest in days, but the visitors realized the fact and were not at all disappointed. "Monday night Daredevil Newcombe, the pride of Orange county, demonstrated to his many friends that there was no yellow streak in him by climbing into the parachute harness and riding the giant balloon as high as it would go. Charles has been in the aeroplane and automobile racing game and is not afraid of any of the daredevil stunts. We Seal Beachers are not afraid to tell friends of the great attractions that are to take place when they are under the supervision of Wayne Abbott. "Charles Newcombe's home is at Anaheim, at which place his parents have lived for a great many years. He has had most of his daredevil experience in this county and hardly a man living here but what has seen him in some thrilling stunt. He took Mr. Abbott's place in the flight almost at the last minute, owing to the fact that Mr. Abbott was busy getting ready for the evening fireworks." "The Monday night ascension was scheduled to take place at 8 o'clock, but the Amusement department of the Bayside Land company was afraid of the heavy fogs and turned the trick at 6:30 which made it much nicer for the visitors." H. A. DICKEL Carries a Complete Line of Aluminum ware Granite and Steelware Also Stoves and Heaters "Arrangements are being made by the Bayside Land company with Mr. Wayne Abbott for several balloon ascents, by Billy Little, Charles Newcombe and Mr. Abbott himself, to take place during the next three months." Newcombe was 3000 feet high when he cut loose, and fell 175 feet before the parachute opened. OUR BIGGEST RECRUIT The tallest recruit in the United States army is Roy O. Ulrey, son of an Ontario dairyman, it was announced at the Presideo. Ulrey who is nineteen years old and still growing, stands six feet four and one-fourth inches, weights 218 pounds, has a forty inch chest which, with a deep breath he can expand to forty-five inches; measures sixteen inches around the neck, calf and bicep and has a reach without stretched arms of 77 inches. He enlisted in Eureka for service on the Mexican border and has announced his intention of trying for an appointment to the military academy at West Point. There are 17,860 school teachers in the kindergarten, elementary and high schools of California against 16,794 for the previous year, showing a gain of 1066 for the last school year. Marked increase in enrollment at the close of the current school year is expected. There are 543 teachers in the state's kindergartens, a gain of 101 over last year; 13,318 in the primary and grammar schools, a gain of 349, and 3999 in the high schools, a gain of 616, more than double the gain in the lower grades. Intermediate schools, a new institution in the California educational system, are responsible for the great gain in high school teachers. Cooked Food Sale Saturday, Sept. 23 Given by the C. E. SOCIETY OF THE First Christian Church Remember the Date and Place Barfoot’s Grocery West Center Street