anaheim-gazette 1917-01-25

GRAND JURORS FINISH WORK, ADJOURN NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AFTER SESSION LASTING FIFTY-THREE DAYS REPORT DECLARES A HALL OF RECORDS TO RELIEVE COURT HOUSE CONGESTION IS NEEDED After fifty-three days of work the Orange county grand jury completed its labors and adjourned Friday. George Huntington was foreman of the jury and James S. Rice secretary. The division of the jury into the several committees was as follows: Books of board of supervisors, treasurer and auditor: H. L. Wakeham, John Cochren, John Crawford and Oliver Hill. Books of other county officers: J. S. Rice and J. E. Liebig. Books of Santa Ana city: Geo. Huntington and George Reyburn. Books of municipalities, excepting Santa Ana: J. H. Ehearl, A. Pierotti, Wm. Berkenstock, W. L. York, M. Quigley. School buildings, public roads, public buildings, justices and constables: O. B. Bridgeford, W. D. Seeley, J. L. Knesel, G. G. Williamson, H. W. Smith, G. D. Toothacker. The jury recommends another deputy for the treasurer's office, also an extra deputy for the sheriff and one in be retired and cancelled, dollar for dollar, to meet the new issue of smaller denominations. "The demand for paper currency of the smaller denominations," said the department's announcement "always has been regarded by the treasury as an index to business conditions. For months there has been a constantly growing demand for one and two dollar bills, until now it is impossible to meet the country's needs in this respect by means of silver certificates which, for more than thirty years, have been the only form of paper currency issued in one and two dollar denominations." THE BEE IS HELPFUL TO FRUIT GROWERS Experiments Prove That the Insect Carries Pollen and Fertilizes Blossoms If you want your prune trees to bear more prunes, then keep plenty of hives of bees in your prune orchard—such is the new glory won for the industrious bee by experiments made by the University of California. It was found that a French prune tree visited in blossom time by numerous bees which visited also an Imperial prune tree matured fruit from five times as many of its blossoms as the trees of the orchard as a whole, and from eighteen times as many as another exactly similar tree from which all insects had been excluded at blossom time. Such is the discovery made public in a bulletin on "The Common Honey Bee as an Agent in Prune Pollination," written by A. H. Hendrickson, instructor in pomology in the University just published. These experiments were undertaken by the university when the orchardists in the Santa Clara valley asked part of equipment and gratituitously to all the border, or where needed. In addition goggles, speckles will be issued to all mobile drivers. BOGUS CHECK ARTWORK Passes Worthless Reeks and Gets Retu Check artists have in this section of the months, but Frank O'Brien through last week, smoothest man who this county. In Art off a bogus check on a perfectly good one he passed to another carrying away $114 coln as change. All ceeded in passing a hardware store with the name of the mended it for him. In Anaheim his villa Clellan, Collins, w name of Fred Bartle machine from C. A him a check for $12 a check for $14.50 change. This he paid for tier of wood in cash. Reeks did check given him frequently he stopped one he had issued. At Fullerton he w Hardware store and Bruce Moore for a s tendered a $16 check change. He carried but the next morning standing in a doorway Books of municipalities, excepting Santa Ana: J. H. Ehearl, A. Pierotti, Wm. Berkenstock, W. L. York, M. Quigley. School buildings, public roads, public buildings, justices and constables: O. B. Bridgeford, W. D. Seeley, J. L. Knesel, G. G. Williamson, H. W. Smith, G. D. Toothacker. The jury recommends another deputy for the treasurer's office, also an extra deputy for the sheriff and one in the jail. It recommends that the salary of the lady deputy in the sheriff's office be raised from $60 to $75 per month. Because of the congested condition of the court house the report recommends the erection of a new county building on the northeast corner of the court house block to be called the hall of records. This is to be paid for with a bond issue. It recommends the creation of a register to be kept in the auditor's office to handle all drainage districts in order to prevent errors. Recommends a padded cell for the incarceration of insane persons at the county hospital. Condemns the practice of holding elections in school rooms when it is necessary to dismiss school for the purpose. Recommends that the supervisors enforce the law relative to plowing by the roadsides and flooding the same. That the official county advertising and the printing of election supplies be let by competitive bids as far as is practicable. That the district attorney and county superintendent of schools be instructed to enforce the laws relative to the illegal operations of school house doors and sanitary conditions. School buildings, public buildings, county roads, and the books of the county, and of the municipalities of the county have undergone a thorough examination at the hands of the present body of jurors. They have had the assistance of W. S. Gregg, although a provision is made whereby they may hire an auditor at the rate of $10 per day. It has been considered that this expense was unnecessary. In the report there is no indictment brought against a county official or a private citizen. This, in the history of grand juries is remarkable, but is a tribute to precedent in Orange county. There is not a single instance, in the memory of the men who are now holding office, when a grand jury has trees of the orchard as a whole, and from eighteen times as many as another exactly similar tree from which all insects had been excluded at blossom time. Such is the discovery made public in a bulletin on "The Common Honey Bee as an Agent in Prune Pollination," written by A. H. Hendrickson, instructor in pomology in the University just published. These experiments were undertaken by the university when the orchardists in the Santa Clara valley asked why their prune crop was in some years unexplainably scanty. To test the value of the inter-planting certain varieties of prunes for inter-pollination, the division of pomology last spring placed two tents of white mosquito bar over two pairs of adjoining French and Imperial prune trees, as nearly as possible of the same age and size. When twenty-five per cent of the blossoms had opened, a hive of bees was placed under one tent, and kept there throughout the blossom season—five days. All insects were excluded from the second tent. The French prune tree under the first tent matured fruit from eighteen per cent of its blossoms, the tree from which all insects were excluded matured fruit from only one per cent. The French prunes in the rest of the orchard matured fruit from only 3.59 per cent of their blossome on the average. Some prune growers who have heard the results are planning to keep swarms of bees, permanently in their orchards. Others expect to keep their bees in the foothills for most of the year, bringing them into the orchards during the blossoming period, while others plan to hire hives of bees from the beekeepers and scatter them through the orchards, about one hive to the acre, during the blossoming period. The latter is believed the most practical plan, in the light of successful experience in the Southern California orange orchards. GAS CO. EMPLOYEES FORM ORGANIZATION Object is Closer Co-Operation in Ascertaining Needs of Consumers Orange county employees of the Southern Counties Gas Company, met at Santa Ana Thursday evening and listened to an interesting address given by S. W. Todd, district agent of the company. The object of the gathering was to change. This he prefers for tier of wood in cash. Reeks did check given him frequently he stopped one he had issued. At Fullerton heHardware store and Bruce Moore for a tendered a $16 check change. He carried but the next morning standing in a doorway pleious he examined found that his own to it. Collins appears to ware stores almost cashed one of his in Santa Ana, and to Nagel's in this city; him it looked suspicious to take it. Collins nant at such treatment nation didn't soften clerk. GOVERNMENT An experimental establishment in northwestern agriculture government specializes many kinds of fur well as native, as to domestication. Important lines of wool will be that of de-strains by selective farm is outgrown conducted with milk during the past year and the National D.C. THE NEXT The next Congress a negative congressgress may see in Europe. The man have to take up the nomic laws that nature'of the United States. Why should they with practically no ability to put a clive, with no power coercion on the control the house? which hopes to be which aspires to rethe commercial successes in pea- REVIVAL OF THE SMALL GREEN-BACK A new issue of the one and two dollar green backs of Civil war days, discontinued more than thirty years ago, will be put into circulation probably about February 1, displacing similar United States notes of larger denomination to provide relief from the unprecedented demand for small paper currency. The treasury department has announced that the issue had been decided on because silver certificates, the ordinary bills of one and two dollar denomination, could not be issued under the law in sufficient quantities to meet the demand. A limit of $346,641,916 to the amount of outstanding Federal notes, was fixed by law in 1878 after the green back had become an issue in politics and had resulted in the birth of a new national party, backed largely by the farmers of the West and South. No green backs have been issued since 1885, and the amount of outstanding one and two dollar notes of that variety is now slightly over $3,000,000. There are, however, $102,445,300 outstanding notes of $10 denomination and higher. A portion of these will assistance of W. S. Gregg, although a provision is made whereby they may hire an auditor at the rate of $10 per day. It has been considered that this expense was unnecessary. In the report there is no indictment brought against a county official or a private citizen. This, in the history of grand juries is remarkable, but is a tribute to precedent in Orange county. There is not a single instance, in the memory of the men who are now holding office, when a grand jury has brought in an indictment in this county. GAS CO. EMPLOYEES FORM ORGANIZATION Object is Closer Co-Operation in Ascertaining Needs of Consumers Orange county employees of the Southern Counties Gas Company, met at Santa Ana Thursday evening and listened to an interesting address given by S. W. Todd, district agent of the company. The object of the gathering was to form a permanent organization of the Southern Counties Gas Company employees in Orange county to enable the attaches of the several offices in the county to cooperate more closely in ascertaining the needs of the consumers, and to serve them with maximum efficiency. Officers elected for the ensuing year were: President, S. W. Todd, Santa Ana; vice president, E. L. Adams, Anaheim; treasurer, Miss Ethel Parks, Orange; corresponding secretary, J. C. Hayden, Santa Ana. After the election of officers Todd told how when he came to Santa Ana six years ago the working crew consisted of two men and a horse, and it has grown until forty employees are required to handle the business in Orange county. F. R. Bain, president of the entire Southern Counties Gas company, was unanimously elected honorary member of the association. GOGGLES FOR SOLDIERS The sun and sandstorms on the border have made it necessary for troops doing service in the environs of Mexico to have goggles. At first the men purchased the goggles from their private funds, but they have proved so useful as preventatives of serious eye trouble that the war department has decided to class them as a necessary Anaheim Gazette BOGUS CHECK ARTIST WORKS THE COUNTY Passes Worthless Paper on C. A. Reeks and Gets Good One in Return Check artists have been numerous in this section of the county for many months, but Frank Collins who passed through last week, was probably the smoothest man who ever operated in this county. In Anaheim he worked off a bogus check on one man, getting a perfectly good one in exchange. This he passed to another business man, carrying away $11.50 in Uncle Sam's coin as change. At Fullerton he succeeded in passing a forged check at a hardware store which actually bore the name of the merchant who cash-ed it for him. In Anaheim his victim was Rollo McClellan. Collins, who was using the name of Fred Bartley, rented a sewing machine from C. A. Reeks, offering him a check for $16.50. Reeks wrote a check for $14.50 giving it to him as change. This he passed to McClellan for tier of wood, receiving $11.50 in cash. Reeks discovered that the check given him was bogus, consequently he stopped payment on the one he had issued. At Fullerton he went into the Dean Hardware store, and negotiated with Bruce Moore for a small oil stove. He tendered a $16 check and received the change. He carried away the stove but the next morning Moore found it standing in a doorway. Becoming sus- was found guilty upon each of the charges of forgery. At the trial he did not take the witness stand. Friday morning he told Judge Thomas that the reason he did not go on the stand was that he would be asked questions by the deputy district attorney that might lead to the location of his mother in Los Angeles. He said that his mother is old and ill, and he does not want her to know anything about his trouble. For an hour and a half Attorney Clarkson argued in favor of a new trial for Mann. Efforts along that line were without results. After Judge Thomas began questioning Mann, the offer of probation was made. Mann said he believed he could get a job by writing some letters. The judge told him he could have the use of his stenographer. Mann replied that he preferred to use his own handwriting. He intimated that he would feel better about it if his letters were not read by the sheriff's office before they were sent out. ORANGE COUNTY NOTES Orange isMovieless: Since January 1 Orange has had the distinction of being the only city of its size in California without a moving picture show, the lone movie house being closed at that time because the manager could not make a financial success of a business based upon expenses for seven days and receipts for only six days, an Orange city ordinance prohibiting moving picture shows on Sunday night. During the past year or two several managers had tried the same game and one and all failed to make the Orange movie house a "go." ary 15 was set as the date for the election upon incorporation and for the naming of five trustees, and the atmosphere is fairly teeming in that city with arguments for and against the proposition. Must Conform to Law: The state milk inspector has his eye on the small dairy men around Brea and the oil fields, and has ordered them to conform with the state regulations or get out of business. A few days ago L. C. Stocking who has been conducting a dairy in Brea canyon for several years discontinued his business. The size of his business would not warrant the expense of making the changes required by the state. The movement will affect a number of persons who keep a few cows and sell milk to neighbors. The law requires all cows of dairies to be tested for tuberculosis, else the milk must be pasteurized. Files Suit Against Sheriff: Mrs. Elizabeth McCardle brought suit Thursday against Sheriff C. E. Jackson for $450. Her complaint, filed by Attorney B. E. Tarver, states that on March 2 the sheriff entered upon her ranch and removed an electric motor and two transformers that were attached to a concrete base imbedded in the ground. The sheriff took possession of the articles mentioned upon a proceedings against W. J. McCardle, son of Mrs. Elizabeth McCardle, and in his act he was protected by a bond given him in the proceedings. About the same time an automobile was attached, and an action brought by Mrs. McCardle resulted in returning the automobile to her. Burglar Fire Building: change. This he passed to McClellan for tier of wood, receiving $11.50 in cash. Reeks discovered that the check given him was bogus, consequently he stopped payment on the one he had issued. At Fullerton he went into the Dean Hardware store and negotiated with Bruce Moore for a small oil stove. He tendered a $16 check and received the change. He carried away the stove but the next morning Moore found it standing in a doorway. Becoming suspicious he examined the check and found that his own name was signed to it. Collins appears to be working hardware stores almost exclusively. He cashed one of his checks at Nickey's in Santa Ana, and tried to float one at Nagel's in this city, but the clerk told him it looked suspicious and refused to take it. Collins was highly indignant at such treatment, but his indignation didn't soften the hard-hearted clerk. GOVERNMENT FUR FARM An experimental fur farm has been established in northern New York by the biological survey of the department of agriculture. At this farm the government specialists expect to test many kinds of fur animals, foreign as well as native, as to their adaptability to domestication. One of the most important lines of work to be taken up will be that of developing improved strains by selective breeding. This farm is the outgrowth of experiments conducted with minks and martens during the past year at Linden, Md., and the National Zoological Park, D.C. THE NEXT CONGRESS The next Congress is bound to be a negative congress. The next congress may see the ending of the war in Europe. The next congress may have to take up the problems of economic laws that will spell the future of the United States for a generation. Why should the republican party, with practically no power, with no ability to put a check on the executive, with no power of persuasion or coercion on the sanate, seek to control the house? Should the party which hopes to be reunited in 1920, which aspires to restore to the Union the commercial supremacy which it deserves in peace as well as in war picture show, the lone movie house being closed at that time because the manager could not make a financial success of a business based upon expenses for seven days and receipts for only six days, an Orange city ordinance prohibiting moving picture shows on Sunday night. During the past year or two several managers had tried the same game and one and all failed to make the Orange movie house a "go." Seeing large crowds of Orange young folks leave the city every night to attend shows in other cities and consequently spending their money in these cities, did not set well with the Orange business men, and at its last meeting the Orange Merchants' association by a practically unanimous vote, passed an indorsement of Sunday night moving picture shows, and authorized the circulation of an initiative petition asking the council to revoke the present ordinance prohibiting Sunday shows. If the council refuses to repeal the ordinance, it is stated the matter will be put to a vote of the people, and a hot fight between the ultra-religious and the liberal elements is expected. The show managers claim their expenses for films and other necessaries for a show include the seven days a week, and the loss of receipts for one day prevent the continuation of the show. Meanwhile Orange is movie-less and those seeking the pleasure of seeing Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and the other stars of the screen are paying nightly visits to the shows of other cities. Woolen Factory at Santa Ana: Probably within the next ninety days a manufacturing plant financed by local people, representing an investment of probably $50,000 or $60,000, giving employment to forty or more people, and maintaining a payroll of $30,000 or more a year for a period of five years, will be in operation in Santa Ana. The industry will be started by the Mission Woolen Manufacturing company, yet to be incorporated. The incorporators will be A. E. Bennett of Tustin, his brother, W. R. Bennett, of Santa Ana, P. A. Robinson, his son, Charles A. Robinson, and J. F. McAfee of Long Beach. Incorporation will be with a capitalization of $74,000. Funds for institution of the factory have already been provided and Burglarars Fire Building: Burglarars, it is believed, were responsible for causing a fire which Wednesday destroyed the Harper store, on the Newport road, causing a loss estimated at $35000. Both building and stock were entirely destroyed. Neighbors worked heroically to quench the flames but their efforts were in vain. The stock of the store was owned by H. O. Garlock. The building, which also contained the Harper post office, was the property of W. R. Ozment of Santa Ana. Insurance was carried on both building and stock. The former was valued at $2000 and the latter at $1500. Ozment carried $600 insurance on the building. There was nothing inflammable in the store. There was no stove and no electric wires into the building. These facts lead to the belief that the fire must have been started by some one entering the premises after Garlock and Newton Alleman of Santa Ana, with whom he was talking, left early in the evening. Edison Company's Tall Towers: The Southern California Edison Co. is putting in a cement foundation for an electric wire tower near the Pacific Electric crossing on the river a few miles southeast of Los Angeles. This is where the floods played havoc last winter during the heavy rains. The Edison Co. is going to erect an immense steel tower high enough and strong enough to eliminate several of their present towers and carry the wires across and beyond the danger territory. That's practical safety-first work. W. L. Diemling, the district agent of Santa Ana has erected some such a tower near Olive that carries the heavy voltage wires entirely over and across the river bed to a solid foundation. This tower is extremely tall polls, anchored to a group of piling driven into the ground for over thirty feet, and then reinforced at intervals with strong braces, and it does the work. Nine farmers university's them to vice once they were there for farming ed 1902 by the f rthe year's farm in population to f body in ing as 1849. Here year's r advisers Thirtey tested n Why should the republican party, with practically no power, with no ability to put a check on the executive, with no power of persuasion or coercion on the sanate, seek to control the house? Should the party which hopes to be reunited in 1920, which aspires to restore to the Union the commercial supremacy which it deserves in peace as well as in war times, accept the responsibility for a democratic administration? MANN RELEASED ON PROBATIONARY SENTENCE Judge Thomas Gives Him His Liberty Provided He Gets a Job James Mann, who was convicted in Superior court on two charges of passing fictitious checks, has been given a probationary sentence which holds good provided he goes to work. Mann is the name given by the stranger who was arrested at Anaheim a few weeks ago after he had passed two forged checks at Jackson's and Leslie's. Several blank checks were found in his possession. He asked for and secured a jury trial, and period of five years, will be in operation in Santa Ana. The industry will be started by the Mission Woolen Manufacturing company, yet to be incorporated. The incorporators will be A. E. Bennett of Tustin, his brother, W. R. Bennett, of Santa Ana, P. A. Robinson, his son, Charles A. Robinson, and J. F. McAfee of Long Beach. Incorporation will be with a capitalization of $74,000. Funds for institution of the factory have already been provided and no stock is being offered at this time, and if offered at all it will be after the plant has been in operation for a period. The factory will start with the manufacture of woolen blankets and piece goods and will increase the variety as the business grows. Conclusion of negotiations for the starting of this manufacturing enterprise was made and the directors of the Santa Ana Industrial Fund, Inc. The directors met Tuesday afternoon and entered into the agreement with the men who are responsible for the project. The contract between the directors and A. E. Bennett, P. A. Robinson and J. F. McAfee provides that in consideration of the factory people starting their enterprise there they will be given a site at the corner of Washington avenue and Santiago street, valued at $1600 and $6000 in cash, the latter to be used in the erection of a building. Brea Will Vote Feb. 15:— The board of supervisors last week passed a resolution accepting the boundaries of the city of Brea in accordance with the petition filed several weeks ago. After the petition had been filed several property owners petitioned to have their holdings excluded from the city. None of the lands were excluded and the boundaries are now definitely decided upon. February wires across and beyond the danger territory. That's practical safety-first work. W. L. Diemling, the district agent of Santa Ana has erected some such a tower near Olive that carries the heavy voltage wires entirely over and across the river bed to a solid foundation. This tower is extremely tall polls, anchored to a group of piling driven into the ground for over thirty feet, and then reinforced at intervals with strong braces, and it does the work. Orange County Country Club:— Crowning the rugged bluff at Port Orange, overlooking bay and ocean and commanding a view of a scenic panorama that is unsurpassed on the Entire South Coast, stands the pictureque bungalow clubhouse of the Orange County Country Club. A familiar landmark from the sea and land for miles around, the glistening whiteness of, the gabled roof shines forth as a beacon which serves to attract the pleasure-seeking public from every city of the Southland. The Orange County Country Club is an institution of which Orange county is justly proud. Growing out of the old Santiago Gulf Club, organized and promoted by the indomitable energy of the directors of the newly formed organization, the Orange County Club was incorporated in April, 1914, with the following officers: C. G. Twist president; E. V. S. Pomroy, vice-president; Harry L. Hanson, treasurer; George B. Shattuck secretary. No better tribute can be paid to the ability and integrity of these men than the fact that after three years of unparalleled success, the members have each year shown their appreciation of their faithful officials by reelecting them to office. The officers of the Country club today are the same men who took office three years ago OUR Anniversary Sale Begins Saturday January 27 Dont Miss this Opportunity! Big Reductions On High Class Shoes Joe Lautenbach Corner Center and Lemon Sts. and although the club has grown from 50 to 285 members, there is no thought of a change. The first Federal census taken in California was in 1850, there being but 27 counties in the state at that time. However, the returns from San Francisco were destroyed by fire, and those from Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties were lost, leaving but 24 counties that can be referred to today. According to that census, the empire county at that time was Eldo- ial county, with over 4000 cows to be tested, and a popular campaign launched to persuade the National government to stabilize the water supply of the Imperial valley. To improve the heredity of the hogs of Kern county, 24 farmers are going to buy cooperatively a carload of pure bred Berkshire hogs. New plans of crop rotation have been proposed for mountain farms of Madera county which are expected to double the yield of those farms without cash outlay for their improvement, and a cream-poo The first Federal census taken in California was in 1850, there being but 27 counties in the state at that time. However, the returns from San Francisco were destroyed by fire, and those from Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties were lost, leaving but 24 counties that can be referred to today. According to that census, the empire county at that time was Eldorado, with a population of 20,057, followed by Calaveras, with 16,884, and Yuba was third, with a total of 9,673. Los Angeles was ninth, with but 3,530, which included Orange county and other areas at that time. The population of Eldorado county at the last census was 7,492, being but little more than one-third what it was 60 years prior to that time. That of Calaveras was 9,171, almost one-half less than at the initial Federal enumeration. Yuba was reported to have 10,042, a gain of 368 in 60 years. The population of Los Angeles county in 1910 was 504,131, showing an increase for the 60-year period of 500,601. The census of 1860 indicated a population of 56,802 in San Francisco county and 11,333 in Los Angeles county. Of course, the decline in population in these counties is due to the fact that in 1850 almost everybody in California was engaged in mining, as the discovery of gold was in 1849. FARM ADVISERS Nine thousand times did California farmers last year send for the university's county farm advisers and ask them to visit their farms and give advice on their problems, 5142 farms were thus visited on invitation from the farmer, and 94,000 farmers attended 1902 different meetings conducted by the farm advisers—such are some of the results told in their reports for the year ending December 31, 1916, by the farm advisers now stationed by the University of California in counties where one fourth of the farmers will join the farm bureau and the supervisors will provide two thousand dollars a year for local expenses, the university and the United States providing the adviser's salary. Here are some other features of last year's results as reported by the farm advisers: Thirteen thousand cows are being tested monthly, to see whether they tested, and a popular campaign launched to persuade the National government to stabilize the water supply of the Imperial valley. To improve the heredity of the hogs of Kern county, 24 farmers are going to buy cooperatively a carload of pure bred Berkshire hogs. New plans of crop rotation have been proposed for mountain farms of Madera county which are expected to double the yield of those farms without cash outlay for their improvement, and a cream-pooling plan has been joined in by 70 dairymen who milk 1500 head. Demonstrations of improved methods of pruning have been given in Napa county, and farmers on 122 different farms have been led to install septic tanks costing less than $35 each, and safeguarding the health of the farm home. Certain vines in Placer county doubled their yield when pruned by the farm adviser. The farmers' organization of San Diego county have been helped by the adviser, the vegetable and small fruit men, for instance, being aided in solving their marketing problems. The result of the formation of a cream pooling association in San Joaquin county, the dairymen combining to sell their cream under contract to the highest bldds, is that now a single cream collecting wagon has replaced six wagons from six competing creameries. How to restore old orchards to fertility through supplying humus has been shown by demonstrations in Solano county, and a method worked out for destroying, by distillate a wild artichoke which had become a dangerous pest. During the year only one single hog died in Solano county from hog cholera, thanks to a hog cholera prevention campaign, whereas two years ago thousands of dollars were lost by the swine raisers by this preventable disease. How to control grape mildew was demonstrated to the farmers of Stanislaus county, and the number of silos tripled and brought to 306. The farmers of Ventura county have saved about six thousand dollars a year by buying their squirrel poison cooperatively, and have greatly lessened their losses from squirrels by killing off more than sixty per cent of them. Successful cooperation has been developed among the lima bean growers in the marketing of their crops. The seedless raisin yield of a number of demonstration plats in Yoilo county has been increased from 50 to 100 per cent, by new methods of trellis pruning. Beyond the danger of tactical safety-first training, the district has erected some alive that carries entirely over bed to a solid cover is extremely to a group of ground for over reinforced at in-races, and it does Country Club:— Red bluff at Port Bay and ocean view of a scenic surpassed on the stands the picture-house of the Orchy Club. A farm on the sea and land, the glistening rubbed roof shines which serves to attract public from southland. Country Club which Orange had. Growing out Gulf Club, organically the indomitable owners of the newly formed was incorporated with the following president; E. V. Hildent; Harry L. George B. Shatman can be paid to the men after three years less, the members in their appreciative officials by re-race. The officers today are the same three years ago. Can be paid to the men after three years less, the members in their appreciative officials by re-race. The officers today are the same three years ago. The farm advisers have reported to the university as part of the past year's work: Farm doctor aid is what the farmers of Alameda county ask oftenest from their farm adviser—advice on the diseases of animals and plants. A thousand head of cattle were vaccinated against blackleg by the Alameda adviser, or at his suggestion. The grain sorgum acreage was tripled in Glenn county and the yield was worth a hundred thousand dollars. Fifty-five demonstration plats of alfalfa were planted in Humboldt county, and more than fifteen hundred calves treated with a chloroform cure for lung worm suggested by the adviser, with only one calf reported lost. The largest cow testing association in the world was organized last September by the farm adviser in Imperial year by buying their squirrel poison cooperatively, and have greatly lessened their losses from squirrels by killing off more than sixty per cent of them. Successful cooperation has been developed among the lima bean growers in the marketing of their crops. The seedless raisin yield of a number of demonstration plats in Yo-lo county has been increased from 50 to 100 per cent, by new methods of trellis pruning. San Luis Obispo and Sacramento counties have completed farm bureau organizations and have asked their supervisors to launch the county farm adviser plan, and Fresno, San Bernardino, Tulare and Santa Cruz counties are all actively at work organizing county farm bureaus, in order to obtain farm advisers who will help them to greater prosperity and to better cooperation of all the forces for the advancement of country life in California. By reason of the fact that he has been appointed upon the fish and game, the county government, the irrigation, the libraries and the oil industries committees of the assembly, Assemblyman J. C. Burke will be in a position to watch carefully legislation that may be suggested of special interest to this county. The fish and game committee is important to this county because of the necessity of protecting the Orange county commercial fishermen. It is needless to say that membership on the irrigation and oil industries committees is of consequence to this county. Registration for the second half of the Anaheim schools for the first grade and kindergarten will begin Monday of next week.