anaheim-gazette 1917-01-18

WANT INSPECTOR FOR MOUNTAIN RESORTS TRI-COUNTIES REFORESTATION COMMITTEE ALSO ASKS AP-PROPRIATION FOR CONSERVATION WORK CHAIRMAN CUTTLE DELIVERS INTERESTING ADDRESS ON PAST WORK AND FUTURE AIMS The Tri-Counties Reforestation committee met at Riverside Thursday, the Orange county members present being O. E. Steward and J. J. Dwyer of Anaheim, E. E. Keech and M. Nisson of Santa Ana, Samuel Armor of Orange, A. Pierotti and J. H. Newell of Placentia, G. W. Sherwood of Fullerton and John Dunston of Tustin. The foremoon was spent by the committee in inspecting the state experiment station, and after luncheon at the Mission Inn a business session was held. It was voted to send a man to Washington to work for the passage of the Newlands-Broussard bill, and the chair was authorized to ask the legislature for an appropriation of $5000 for conservation purposes, with the understanding that the Forest service would appropriate a like sum for improving the water shed. It was also proposed to ask for a health inspector especially for the summer months for the purpose of preventing the pollution of the Santa Ana river established there were approximately 400 bucks killed on the forest. The following year 61 were killed and this year 85." I believe that it would be well for this committee to call the attention of the State Fish and Game commission to the suggestion of Forest Supervisor Chariton of having "checkers" employed during one month of the year so that hunters will not feel that they are being deprived of their rightful privileges under the law and thereby secure the cooperation of this class of people for the enforcement of the law. Referring again to the conservation of water which, while done by another organization, is really the handiwork of this committee, the records of the Water Conservation association show that during the past year there was spread 10,982.23 acre feet of water, which would mean 274,555.93 inches for 24 hours or 2,287.96 inches for the irrigating season of 120 days. During the heavy floods of January, 1916 the works of the Water Conservation association were very heavily damaged so that little water could be spread until the floods had subsided to such an extent that it was possible to replace the dams that were washed away and to rebuild portions of the contour ditches that had been destroyed. At present time practically all water reaching our conservation works is being spread and sunk into the debris cone, although this amount is considerably less than we have spread in years past, at the present time there being between 3,000 and 4,000 inches diverted into our contour ditches. In additional to the practical work that is being done in preventing destruction of the water shed cover by fire and the spreading and conserving of storm water, your Chairman has been actively engaged with others working along similar lines to ensure state and national legislation that will bring about the cooperation of the state and national governments in these problems which all admit are too large for solution by local interests, and which, if carried out on a comprehensive scale, would redound to the benefit and profit, not only of our particular locality, but to the whole state and nation. This work is known just at this time. I am giving you these subjects just as without attempting information or them to suit what I believe is the presentposed state and nature. Under date of Decem your Chairman wrote Graves, United States ing if the forest service set aside $2500 per year for special work on a shed, in the event that be secured by state applause the present session owe and under date of Decem are in a receipt of from Mr. Graves in writing. "Your letter of Decem received. "I shall be very glad cooperation which has for several years passed grees makes no reducipiation of the fee improvement work matter up by wire wester DuBois at San informs me that an ad during each of the ten be provided under he have stated and written that an equal available each of the state appropriation. Am thoroughly in sys protective improvements being accomplished between your commest service and applance which you are making work. Contingent uction by Congress repropriations, therefore assure you that as aside for the fiscal also the fiscal year. If agreeable to therwill be introduced a sion of the legislature appropriation of $5,000. For the first time this organization waence on hand at therAs our bills have bretary's report shoance amounts to $75 there should be due the $75 which the teeof this organi It was voted to send a man to Washington to work for the passage of the Newlands-Broussard bill, and the chair was authorized to ask the legislature for an appropriation of $5000 for conservation purposes, with the understanding that the Forest service would appropriate a like sum for improving the water shed. It was also proposed to ask for a health inspector especially for the summer months for the purpose of preventing the pollution of the Santa Ana river waters by campers. Francis Cuttle was again elected chairman, G. W. Sherwood, recording secretary, C. J. Keatleing corresponding secretary and W. B. Clancey treasurer. Chairman Cuttle delivered the following address: Ten years have elapsed since this committee was first organized and began its work. When the committee was organized little or no attention was being paid to fires that broke out on the water shed from which we received our supply of water, excepting where such fires endangered timber that might be valuable for commercial purposes, neither was any attention being paid to the conservation or storage of flood water of any of the streams flowing from the water shed in which we are interested. By cooperation with the federal government and keeping our needs before the departments of the government that have charge of this water shed, and by securing state and national legislation, we have very materially changed conditions so that now there are few fires of any consequence on our water shed and water is being conserved from the main stream, the Santa Ana river, in such a way as to materially assist in maintaining the supply of water necessary during the summer months. It is a difficult matter to give in exact figures the amount of water so conserved or the benefits derived. By contrasting the conditions now with that that existed ten years ago, there can be no doubt that the supply of water is more uniform now than it was then. This is attested to by the number of pumping plants along the Santa Ana river not now in use that were used for three and four months during the summer time of the years about ten years ago. With reference to work done on the local water shed through the forest service during the past year, Forest Supervisor Charlton says: "We did the following work in the San Bernardino mountains for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916: "New trails constructed, 10.5 miles; Old trails repaired and made passable, 132 miles; Fire breaks constructed, 6 miles; Fire breaks cleared, 13.4 miles; Telephone lines constructed, 3 miles; Telephone lines repaired and replaced in working order, 27.5 miles." That is being done in preventing destruction of the water shed cover by fire and the spreading and conserving of storm water, your Chairman has been actively engaged with others working along similar lines to secure state and national legislation that will bring about the cooperation of the state and national governments in these problems which all admit are too large for solution by local interests, and which, if carried out on a comprehensive scale, would redound to the benefit and profit, not only of our particular locality, but to the whole state and nation. This work is at times very discouraging as it is a particularly difficult task to arouse public sentiment to the degree of enthusiasm that will demand from our state and national legislators such laws as are necessary to take such care of our rivers and forests as will prevent damage from floods and bring about the greatest utilization of the waters of our country, which all thinking people admit is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all our natural resources. At the special meeting, May, 1915, the matter of securing state legislation for the control of floods was discussed and your Chairman was instructed to take the matter up with the state water problems conference which had just been appointed by the legislature of this state, to study this problem. Acting under these instructions and by invitation of the state water problems conference, your Chairman appeared before that conference and advocated the enactment of laws for the control of river flow. After consultation with members of the state water problems conference, particularly those from the Southern part of the state, it was thought best to call a meeting of the people from the Southern part of the state interested in this problem so that we might harmonize conflicting ideas and, if possible, concentrate all of our efforts to secure legislation along the same lines. A meeting was called in Los Angeles and an organization effected under the name of the Southern Counties Flood Control association of which your Chairman was elected vice president and later succeeded to the presidency on the death of the president. An executive committee of this organization was appointed with instructions to prepare a bill to be submitted to the present legislature. The county of Los Angeles kindly offered the services of Assistant County Counsel Charles E. Haas who has had charge of the preparation of such bills for the county of Los Angeles, and Mr. Haas has given a great deal of hard work and thought to the preparation of this bill. It has had the attention also of the state railroad commission, state water commission and Henry O. Melveney, who is the authority on the validity of bonds in Southern California, and possibly as good an authority on this subject as there is in the United States. A meeting of the Southern Counties Flood Control association was called in Los Angeles for January 8th, 1917. To assure you that aside for the fiscal year also the fiscal year will agreeable to them will be introduced as sion of the legislature appropriation of $5,500. For the first time this organization will ance on hand at tha As our bills have retary's report sho ance amounts to $75 there should be do $75 which she t hee of this organi should be expended in tha forest service fio f an exhibit at tha San Bernardino inn will leave $237.33 ried over to this yea The matter of fin H. Maxwell in his e passage of the New attention of tha tee during tha year tion was authoriz ed organizations in F rributing now to thi seem that it would committee to make this very important BEST TREATMENT DAY Expert Tells How lous A bulletin from County Horticulture of Los Angeles, hie say of ills to whi trees are subject, The black scalp pest unless citrus are growing near it will be of adv trees with a view there is no San Jo distillate spray is use in a power sprit by diluting 30 de distillate) with slume of water, as a machine will ke well mixed, but sprayer, strong s substituted for tha spray liquid shou itted. If much San J on on trees, wethhe lime sulphur cent of tha com As this is an exce standard remedy will usually con we would give it on peach trees either kind of so With reference to work done on the local water shed through the forest service during the past year, Forest Supervisor Charlton says: "We did the following work in the San Bernardino mountains for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916: "New trails constructed, 10.5 miles; Old trails repaired and made passable, 132 miles; Fire breaks constructed, 6 miles; Fire breaks cleared, 13.4 miles; Telephone lines constructed, 3 miles; Telephone lines repaired and replaced in working order, 27.5 miles." Mr. Charlton further says: "As you will note, we have not done a great deal of new work. This is because we have not the money with which to do it. It takes practically all of my funds to maintain the improvements we already have and this we would be unable to do if it were not for the state appropriation. *** As for fires, we have been particularly fortunate this year. The season closed a month earlier than usual and we have no large fires in the San Bernardino mountains. In part I attribute this to the fact that we are now requiring camp fire permits. On these permits are instructions which, if followed, will eliminate all fires resulting from campers. Our greatest trouble now lies with the automobilist who invariably throws out of his machine his cigar or cigarette stub or a burning match. Because of the speed with which these fellows travel and the great number of machines on the road, we have difficulty in catching the offender. At that, however, we have this year prosecuted about 20 cases. "The game refuge has worked out admirably with the exception of the clause in the bill which prohibits the transportation of game through it, and which has worked a hardship on a few people. *** This could be obviated if the State Fish and Game Commission would, for the period of one month during the deer season, employ "checkers" to be stationed at the two most important roads entering the refuge and who could check game killed outside and being brought in. I also believe that the refuge has served to reduce the number of unexisting camp fires previously left by hunters. That the deer must be on the increase is evidenced by the fact that the year before the refuge was sel Charles E. Haas who has had charge of the preparation of such bills for the county of Los Angeles, and Mr. Haas has given a great deal of hard work and thought to the preparation of this bill. It has had the attention also of the state railroad commission, state water commission and Henry O. Melveney, who is the authority on the validity of bonds in Southern California, and possibly as good an authority on this subject as there is in the United States. A meeting of the Southern Counties Flood Control association was called in Los Angeles for January 8th, 1917. At this meeting the provisions of the bill were briefly discussed, it being impossible to consider the bill as a whole for the reason that Mr. O'Melveney had not yet completed his recommendations for the features of the bill relating to bonded indebtedness. It also developed that the parties who secured the enactment of the so-called "Baker Bill," having for its purpose flood control in Los Angeles county, are very much interested in the provisions of this bill and as there is to be a bond election in Los Angeles on February 2nd under the Baker bill, it is feared that any action to secure the passage of any other flood control bill prior to the election of those bonds, may bring about a conflict of the parties in Los Angeles county who are for or against the bonds under the Baker bill and that such controversy might endanger the passage of the flood control bill prepared by the Southern Counties Flood Control association. Under the circumstances it seems advisable to not attempt at this time to secure action by the legislature on the new flood control bill until after the vote has been decided on the bonds in Los Angeles county under the Baker bill. With reference to the Newlands-Broussard bill which has had the attention of this committee at several of its meetings, little information has reached your Chairman with reference to its status in the present congress of the United States; in fact, the last information had through Mr. Maxwell is not encouraging as to its passage. Mr. Maxwell says that the River and Harbor bill in all of its former "pork barrel" strength is now pending before the congress of the United States and it seems likely that it may pass, and the fate of the Newlands bill is unIn a statement by the United States effort is made rereous opinions public regarding to the report practically works gasoline when value for use what is the preter of some o gard the report. "It seems m definition of g Anaheim Gazette known just at this time. I am giving you the information on these subjects just as they came to me without attempting in any way to color them to suit what I should like to believe is the present status of proposed state and national legislation. Under date of December 7th, 1916 your Chairman wrote to Henry S. Graves, United States Forester, asking if the forest service would again set aside $2500 per year for two years for special work on our local water shed, in the event that a like amount be secured by state appropriation from the present session of the legislature, and under date of December 16th we are in a receipt of a communication from Mr. Graves in which he says: "Your letter of December 7 has been received. "I shall be very glad to continue the cooperation which has been in effect for several years past, providing congress makes no reduction in the appropriation of the forest service for improvement work. I have taken the matter up by wire with District Forester DuBois at San Francisco and he informs me that an allotment of $2500 during each of the next two years can be provided under the condition I have stated and with the understanding that an equal amount is made available each of these two years by state appropriation. As you know, I am thoroughly in sympathy with the protective improvement work which is being accomplished by the cooperation between your committee and the forest service and appreciate the efforts which you are making to continue the work. Contingent upon favorable action by Congress regarding our appropriations, therefore, I am very glad to assure you that $2500 will be set aside for the fiscal year 1918 and also the fiscal year 1919." If agreeable to the committee a bill will be introduced at the present session of the legislature providing for an appropriation of $5,000. For the first time in the history of this organization we have a cash balance on hand at the end of the year. As our bills have been paid the Secretary's report shows that this balance amounts to $312.33. From this there should be deducted, however, the $75 which the Executive committee of this organization authorized based on the percentage that distils over between specified temperatures, when the distillation is carried out under specified conditions. This distillation test, speaking in non-technical terms is a measure of the freedom with which the gasoline will vaporize. The gasoline must not vaporize too freely for two reasons—one that it would not be safe, and secondly, its loss in storage by evaporation would be too great. Hence, the specifications may have to contain limitations of the percentage distilling over below a certain temperature, coupled, perhaps, with a proviso that certain percentages shall distill over below other fixed temperatures, in order that requisite amounts of low-boiling constituents shall be present to insure easy starting of an engine. Likewise the specification must contain a provision that all must distil over below a certain maximum temperature in order to exclude from the gasoline the heavier petroleum distillates, such as kerosene." The report also informs the public that it must not expect the Bureau of Standards to take hasty action in formulating a gasoline test. It says: "It is extremely important that we proceed with the greatest caution and in the light of the fullest technical information. There is only one way, or at most a very few ways, of doing the right thing, while there is an infinite number of ways of doing the wrong thing. A mistake of any kind, such as a specification that is unnecessarily restricted and which might unduly limit competition, will disturb economic and manufacturing conditions, and might only result in imposing greater burdens on the consuming public. "There are two aspects to the question under consideration, one local, the other national. There is no doubt that the advantages that would result from a satisfactory standardization of gasoline by the national government are many. Not the least of these would be its influence on state and municipal legislation relating to this question, and its effect in making such legislation more nearly uniform throughout the country. Legislative bodies are beginning to take up this question, and much of this legislation is certain to be ill advised, although enacted with the best intentions, because it cannot in the nature of things..." BEST TREATMENT FOR DECIDUOUS TREES Expert Tells How to Spray For Various Pests A bulletin from the office of the County Horticultural Commissioner, of Los Angeles, has the following to say of ills to which deciduous fruit trees are subject, and the remedies: The black scale is not usually a pest unless citrus or pepper trees are growing near. In such locations it will be of advantage to spray the trees with a view to its control. Where there is no San Jose scale present the distillate spray is usually used. For use in a power sprayer, it can be made by diluting 30 deg. distillate (stove distillate) with sixteen times its volume of water, as the agitator in such a machine will keep that combination well mixed, but if used in a hand sprayer, strong soap suds should be substituted for the water, and then the spray liquid should be thoroughly agitated. If much San Jose scale is present on the trees, we should recommend the lime sulphur spray, about 10 percent of the commercial preparation. As this is an excellent fungicide, is the standard remedy for peach blight and will usually control peach curl leaf, we would give it serious consideration on peach trees for the control of either kind of scale. Tom Sharkey Suspicioned: Some one in Los Angeles thinks that Tom Sharkey, the man alleged to have been one of those who robbed the San Jacinto post office recently, was one of the three men who robbed the State Bank of Newport Beach about five years ago. One of the Los Angeles papers states that Sharkey has been partially identified as one of the men. The robbery of the Newport Beach bank, which was looted after the vault had been blown open with nitro-glycerine, a battle ensued, and one of the robbers was wounded. None of the trio was captured at the time. A fisherman mistaken for a robber, was shot, but recovered. Several months later an ex-convict named Bill Davis was arrested in a shack at El Modena, and was identified as being one of the robbers of a saloon at Anaheim. At that time C. E. Rudock was sheriff and Sam Jernigan, now city marshal of Santa Ana, was jailed. Davis was questioned, but he refused to give any information concerning his companions. The officers had partial descriptions of the men concerned with Davis, and had their suspicions as to who the men were, but had no conclusive evidence. Bill Davis died in the county jail a short time after he was arrested. He was in the last stages of tuberculosis when he was taken to jail. Local officers do not believe that it is possible at this late date to connect Tom Sharkey with the Newport Beach robbery. If much San Jose scale is present on the trees, we should recommend the lime sulphur spray, about 10 per cent of the commercial preparation. As this is an excellent fungicide, is the standard remedy for peach blight and will usually control peach curl leaf, we would give it serious consideration on peach trees for the control of either kind of scale. For peach blight a strong fungicide, Bordeaux mixture, is the best, applied about the time the leaves drop. Peach twig borers, that make the fruit wormy, live during the winter out of sight in the thick bark at the crotch of the branches or in the thick bark about wounds where limbs have been cut off. They can be detected by the little piles of residue thrown out of the burrows by which they have entered the bark. They begin to come out just as the bloom appears in the spring, and then is the time to spray the trees thoroughly with lime sulphur, about 10 per cent of the commercial product, and this is practically the only time effective treatment can be given, so far as we know. Some of the earliest bloom may be killed, but this is comparatively unimportant. GOVERNMENT BUREAU ISSUES STATEMENT RELATIVE TO GASOINE In a statement recently given out by the United States bureau of standards effort is made to correct two erroneous opinions generally held by the public regarding motor fuel. According to the report, specific gravity is practically worthless as a check on gasoline when it is desired to gauge its value for use in motor cars. Just what is the proper test is still a matter of some doubt, and in this regard the report states: "It seems most probable that the definition of gasoline will have to be At the annual meeting of the Orange County Farmers' Mutual Insurance company last week Secretary McNaught's report for the year 1916 showed a total of $5,992,424.45 insurance in force, a net increase of $290,129.31 in the past year. Insurance written during the year was $1,194,875.00, $501,085.00 of which was new business. Number of members 3,250. Losses paid during the year 1916, $4,563.20. Average cost of insurance for the year .146 cents per $100. The company was organized June 30, 1898, and has paid losses since organization amounting to $35,721.89. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, T. H. Smith, Tustin; Vice president, W. Dean Johnston, Westminster; Secretary, C. W. McNaught, Santa Ana; Directors, H. H. Hale, Placentia; C. S. Holt, Garden Grove; A. C. Tiede, Santa Ana; R. W. Jones, El Modena; J. A. Smiley, West Orange. But one change was made in the directorate, Smiley succeeding R. M. Hargrave. Will Drain 3000 Acres: Fred Bixby, manager of the Hellman ranch, was granted a petition by the supervisors to dig a drainage ditch beside the Westminster road from the Los Alamitos road east as far as the Effective October 15th, 1916 NORTHBOUND Leave Anaheim Arrive Los Angeles 6:05 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 7:35 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 11:58 A.M. 12:50 P.M. 3:57 P.M. 4:50 P.M. 5:43 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 9:04 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 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