anaheim-gazette 1917-02-08

NEW GR THEATRE BEAUTIFUL SAFÉ AND SANITARY Thos. H. INCE pre THE MOST DARING ANI “CIVIL IN TEN WONDERFUL REELS. SPECIAL ORG Nothing so stupendous ever conceived the eye. Mysterious and tremendous, thrilli IN TEN WONDERFUL REELS. SPECIAL ORGANIZATION Nothing so stupendous ever conceived by the eye. Mysterious and tremendous, thrilling. (The New Grand shows "Civilization") Prices: Night 25-35-50 PRICES MATING Tickets now on sale at New Grand Theatre. In the THOROUGH SYSTEM OF GERMAN WAR METHODS Returned Belgian Relief Man Tells Many Good Stories Prof. Frank P. Brackett, who holds the chair of mathematics and astronomy at Pomona college, has lately returned from Belgium, where he was sent as a member of the relief commission. He is under oath not to talk about Belgian conditions and for that reason has not been able to state the things which the American people want to know. Professor Brackett has a fund of good stories at hand, which do not bear in any way upon the forbidden subjects. He tells this story as indicative of the thoroughness of Teuton investigations, and the conscience of the soldiers: An American reporter was suspected of spying by the German officers. The German method in such cases is not to wait until harm has been done, but to stop any such action as might lead to harm. So the American was taken into custody at a time when he was thought to have papers in his possession which were valuable to the Teuton military forces. He was taken to the home of one of the commandants and was there subjected to a systematic searching. Every vestige of his clothing was removed, and he was given a rug about fourteen inches square on which to stand while he was waiting for his clothing. The officers went over the state mining bureau under the direction of Fletcher Hamilton, state mineralogist. The geological formations found in this state are shown in twenty-three colors and symbols. The new map is 50x60 inches, on a scale of 12 miles to one inch, and represents over two years of painstaking compilation from all available published reports and maps, both governmental and private, as well as much previously unpublished data both official and personal. An entirely new base map of the state was drawn for the purpose, and is strictly up to date as regards county boundaries, post offices, railroads, highways, roads, power transmission lines, oil pipe lines, aqueducts, etc. In fact, it contains much more detail of this nature than is ordinarily placed on a geological map. The map is truly a fine example of draughtsmanship and of the engraver's art. The geology is given in detail, consistent with the scale of the map, and is the resultant work of many years on the part of James Perin Smith, the well known geologist. The map is available at $2.50 per copy mounted on cloth with moulding at top and bottom for wall hanging, and $1.00 per copy unmounted. These prices represent the cost of printing and distribution. Address: State Mining Bureau, Ferry building, San Francisco. FIND SUSPICIOUS HAT as might lead to harm. So the American was taken into custody at a time when he was thought to have papers in his possession which were valuable to the Teuton military forces. He was taken to the home of one of the commandants and was there subjected to a systematic searching. Every vestige of his clothing was removed, and he was given a rug about fourteen inches square on which to stand while he was waiting for his clothing. The officers went over every piece of clothing, fingering and feeling of each seam, to detect any hidden papers. During the process, the American stepped off the rug onto the bare stone floor. One of the searchers cried out, "Get back on that rug, don't you know that we are directly responsible for your health and that you might catch cold standing on that stone?" DEFENSE SOCIETY A call has been issued to 300,000 high school boys in the country by the American Defense Society urging them to enroll at once for military training, it was announced in New York. Enrollment will be in an organization to be known as training detachments of the Junior American Defense Society. The step has been taken after a conference between Major General Leonard Wood and the military education committee of the society. The executive council of the National Civic Federation will meet in New York to consider the question of its cooperation with the committee on industrial mobilization of the National Council of Defense, it was announced, to discuss how best they can serve the country. GEOLOGICAL MAP A new geological map of the state of California has just been published by Smith, the well known geologist. The map is available at $2.50 per copy mounted on cloth with moulding at top and bottom for wall hanging, and $1.00 per copy unmounted. These prices represent the cost of printing and distribution. Address: State Mining Bureau, Ferry building, San Francisco. FIND SUSPICIOUS HAT David Claremoore, arrested for vagrancy, and for having a concealed weapon on his person, will now be tried on a far more serious charge. Officer Maxwell has brought in a hat which tallies exactly with the hat which Claremoore wore at the time of his arrest, and which had the trademark cut from it to prevent identification. The hat which Maxwell brought to the District Attorney on Monday is its exact counterpart, with the same lot and shipment number, costmark, etc., and was one of those stolen from Stern & Goodman's store in Fullerton. The officers believe they have thus located at least one of the men who have been committing burglaries in this county. Further evidence is expected in this same case. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Renner and son, Mrs. George McKinley, Miss Edith Bannerman and Miss Alice Robinson motored up to Ventura Sunday to visit Rev. and Mrs. Stone. Mrs. McKinley lives in Honolulu, while Miss Bannerman's home is in British Columbia. They were both former residents here, and the four ladies of the party were all old school mates. Miss Edith Bannerman of Kauloops, British Columbia, is visiting Mrs. O. H. Renner, Miss Bannerman attended school here some years ago. The value of this plan the saving it makes farms ready for cultivation of leaving each one of three hundred settlers and labor and money one to build a house him how to prepare irrigation, all this is one competent business by buying material paying cash can save nearly half the cost of The next help to it enables him to use better advantage. He to pay in cash the house or for levelling about one third of the has twenty or thirty pay the remainder. More money with which cows and farm implement. The third advantages are given practice how and when to place in other words, it is of scientific farm management. One attractive feature onstation is that it is portunity for the larger use of the farm the purchase price of paid by a loan from expected that this located at 5% interest and payment on principal cent, so that by pay a year for somewhere and forty years the Anaheim Gazette GRAND E AND MILITARY PLAYHOUSE PERFECT Sunday, Mo Feb. 1 TWICE DAY INCE presents his MILLION DOLLAR SPECTACLE ING AND APPEALING PRODUCTION OF MO ILIZATI REELS. — DEDICATED TO THE L ORCHESTRA --- SPECIAL M conceived by the brain of man. A production that appeals to dous, thrilling and inspiring. All Christians will be stirred by REELS. — DEDICATED TO THE BALLET ORCHESTRA --- SPECIAL MUSIC conceived by the brain of man. A production that appeals to hardous, thrilling and inspiring. All Christians will be stirred by shows "Civilization" in advance of its return engagement to Majestic Theatre. 35-50c. All Seats Reserved. (BALL) MATINEE 25-35c. CHILDREN 15c. Any theatre. In the evenings either call in person or telephone Home 612; Pacific LAND COLONIZATION AND RURAL CREDITS The most important recommendation in the report of the state colonization commission was that the state, acting through a board should buy about 10,000 acres of land, subdivide this land into allotments, improve these allotments so as to make them habitable and productive and sell them to settlers at cost. A bill to carry this recommendation into effect has been introduced by Senator Breed of Oakland. The plan to be followed is outlined in the commission's report. Anyone reading this report will see that what is proposed is in no sense an experiment but is a carefully thought out system which has been perfected by trial in countries as widely separated in climate and conditions as Germany and Australia, Denmark and Uruguay, Ireland and New Zealand. Everywhere it has been a remarkable success. It has given families of little capital a chance to own farms, who could never have hoped for this otherwise. It has broken up big estates and put an end to the twin evils of non resident landlords and tenant farmers. The commission not only believes that it ought to be adopted here, but that there is no place in the world where it would do more good or be a greater success than in California. The value of this plan to settlers is the saving it makes in getting their farms ready for cultivation. Instead of leaving each one of two hundred or his farm. In other words, under this system settlers will be able to buy land at its productive value and by paying interest rates similar to those enjoyed by other industries will become owners of their homes. This plan will enable young men to marry and enter on a life work where they will be sure of a living, be their master and provide a home for old age. It will keep many young people on farms who would otherwise drift into salaried positions in cities. It is the best kind of a savings bank because the money paid draws compound interest. Already many have expressed a desire to obtain farms if the bill becomes a law. Another feature which needs to be understood is that it is to cost the state practically nothing. Ten thousand dollars is asked to meet the administration expenses of buying land and making it ready for settlement. A revolving fund of $250,000 is to be provided, which will be loaned settlers or spent on houses and preparing land for cultivation. For this money the settlers will pay 5%, while the state will receive 4%. The whole of the $250,000 with 4% interest is to be returned to the state in amortized payments extending over 50 years. When one compares these long time payments, low interest rates, the saving of mistakes to the inexperienced by having with them a practical man as adviser, with the obstacles which have confronted settlers in recent years in the way of interest rates, short time payment and the cost of im-chased, subject to the governor's approval. It has been suggested that there be two 5000 areas, one in the Northern and one in the Southern half of the state. GRAPE FRUIT AND ORANGES That citrus fruits, especially pomelos and oranges, grow to greater toothsomeness in Imperial Valley than elsewhere in the state is affirmed by C. A. Hagerty, who has some 50 or 60 orange, lemon and grapefruit trees, mostly seven years old. Certain it is that the oranges picked by the writer late in January could scarcely be equalled for flavor, sweetness, tenderness and juiciness, though the texture of their skins was not above the average. And Imperial county pomelos are well known as being delicious to eat out of hand; which has never been said of any other pomelos except some from Florida. Mr. Hagerty's trees had been suffering from the cold weather, the pomelo foliage was somewhat yellow and dormant, the lemon foliage slightly mottled, but all but three of the navel trees had a healthy color. Grapefruit picking commences in mid November. Navels are sweet by the first of December, even before they look ripe, and lemons for Mr. Hagerty all come in one crop later in December. Harvesting continues as long as fruits are left, but they keep in good condition on the trees through the winter. Everything is sold locally at higher prices than imported fruit. There was last week were killed ing to distal of For houses w Nanto w fire. have hoped for this otherwise. It has broken up big estates and put an end to the twin evils of non resident landlords and tenant farmers. The commission not only believes that it ought to be adopted here, but that there is no place in the world where it would do more good or be a greater success than in California. The value of this plan to settlers is the saving it makes in getting their farms ready for cultivation. Instead of leaving each one of two hundred or three hundred settlers to waste time and labor and money looking for someone to build a house for him and tell him how to prepare his ground for irrigation, all this is looked after by one competent business manager who by buying material at wholesale and paying cash can save to the settler nearly half the cost of getting started. The next help to the settler is that it enables him to use his capital to better advantage. Instead of having to pay in cash the whole cost of his house or for leveling his land, he pays about one third of the cost in cash and has twenty or thirty years in which to pay the remainder. This leaves him more money with which to buy horses, cows and farm implements. The third advantage is that the settlers are given practical advice about how and when to plant and cultivate. In other words, it is the application of scientific farm management to land settlement. One attractive feature of this demonstration is that it will furnish an opportunity for the settler to make a larger use of the farm land bank. Half the purchase price of the land will be paid by a loan from the bank. It is expected that this loan will be obtained at 5% interest and that the yearly payment on principal will be one percent, so that by paying 6% per cent a year for somewhere between thirty and forty years the settler will own When one compares these long time payments, low interest rates, the saving of mistakes to the inexperienced by having with them a practical man as adviser, with the obstacles which have confronted settlers in recent years in the way of interest rates, short time payment and the cost of improvements when each settler works alone, it is easily seen that this will open up a new and broader opportunity for land seekers who have only a little money. It is likely that all the allotment in this demonstration will be applied for by young men and women from this state, but the fact that California is the first American state to conceive and carry into effect this liberal policy will cause many to come here who would otherwise never think of doing so. It only remains therefore for private colonizing enterprises to adopt the same methods and policies to bring the state the best and largest rural progress it has ever had. A reputation for creating opportunities will do more to promote colonization than costly advertising and excessive commissions to land salesmen. Perhaps the most enduring value of this demonstration will be the influence which it will exert on the methods and policies that control private colonization in pointing out exactly how aid can be most effectively extended in putting the settler in a position to prosper and earn the money with which to meet his payments. The final question is as to where this demonstration settlement would be located. The bill provides that the board will by publication ask owners to submit land. These lands will be inspected and the area or areas that are thought most desirable will de pur- Grapefruit picking commences in mid November. Navels are sweet by the first of December, even before they look ripe, and lemons for Mr. Hagerty all come in one crop later in December. Harvesting continues as long as fruits are left, but they keep in good condition on the trees through the winter. Everything is sold locally at higher prices than imported fruit brings. A two year pomelo tree yielded 25 large fruits last season. Pruning might help the trees; only dead brush and suckers are cut out of the pomelos and oranges. Lemons are pruned more severely. But there is no lack of manure fertilizer. Hen manure was scattered about the trees while they were young, and the farm manure is applied heavily. Ten loads had recently been applied to 24 trees and plowed under, making this hard heavy land quite mellow, at least on top. But the subsoil is a yellow clay. Frost has never hurt the grapefruit trees at all; though during the big freeze a lot of orange and lemon trees were frozen back nearly to the trunk and some of them never recovered. Lemons proved tenderest. The ground was plowed both ways, in December, as deep as two horses could pull a single plow within six feet of the trees, but without striking any roots. He used to cut them at Riverside, and he believes their greater depth in Imperial county is due to more efficient irrigation. His idea is to get the ground wet way down in winter and then irrigate weekly through the summer to prevent the trees drying out or the leaves wilting. In this soil, the water does not seep sideways very much, though it seems to go down pretty well. Three trees where the dirt was higher than usual y, Monday, Tuesday feb. 11, 12, 13 CE DAILY, 2:30 & 8:00 R SPECTACLE N OF MODERN TIMES TION" TO THE MOTHERS OF MEN. IAL MUSIC that appeals to the intellect as well as to be stirred by "Civilization." TO THE MOTHERS OF MEN. SPECIAL MUSIC that appeals to the intellect as well as to be stirred by "Civilization." Majestic Theatre, Los Angeles) (BALCONY SEATS 75c.) 15c. Any Seat. Home 612; Pacific 494, or Anaheim Music Co. Pac. 202 for day sale above the furrows showed the need of something which Mr. Hagerty said was water. They are irrigated late in January; as an irrigation last year when just coming into bloom is blamed for the blossoms falling without setting. STANDARDS OF LIVING The department of agriculture has averaged the reports from 1000 farms in 14 states, and finds the average cost of food, fuel and use of residence to be $624, of which $424 is produced on the place. This does not include clothing and other expenses, and therefore does not show what must be the actual average cash earnings of a farm to maintain the farmer's family. It does show, however, that food, fuel and rent cost but $53.50 a month for a family of five persons, two-thirds of it produced at home. There we must conclude that the average farm family lives in much better style than the average mechanic's family, figured on the basis of cost. GREAT CALAMITIES NOW APPEAR SMALL There was an earthquake in Japan last week. Three hundred persons were killed and many injured, according to dispatches from Taihoku, capital of Formosa. It is estimated 1,000 houses were destroyed. The city of Nanto was damaged extensively by fire. 895 will be apportioned as follows: 1917-18 ... $7,164,604 1918-19 ... 11,596,919 1919-20 ... 20,869,713 1920-21 ... 25,655,348 1921-22 ... 27,570,224 1922-23 ... 12,466,429 1923-24 ... 12,497,153 Announcement of this program coming on the heels of the bill which will double the fighting capacity of the American fleet, has created great interest here. This interest has been considerably heightened by the contention of a large section of the Japanese press that the naval expansion of the United States is directed at Japan. As for Japan's determination to strengthen her sea power, even if her national debt must suffer, there are arguments aplenty both for those who would justify her move and others who insist it is an aggressive action. ANIMALS AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING How many have thought that the high cost of living is affecting the animals of the country as well as the men and women? The price of grain and hay has reached a point where thousands of men will be compelled, either to sell their horses, cattle, swine poultry or try to pull them through the winter on greatly curtailed rations. In ordinary times thousands of animals suffer from lack of sufficient food; this year many will be kept on starvation allowance. GREAT CALAMITIES NOW APPEAR SMALL There was an earthquake in Japan last week. Three hundred persons were killed and many injured, according to dispatches from Taihoku, capital of Formosa. It is estimated 1,000 houses were destroyed. The city of Nanto was damaged extensively by fire. Before the European war started, such a calamity as this earthquake would have been counted as one of the great disasters of the world's history. But now it was given but a few words in the press of the nation and world. There are greater avenues of death in which to walk than can be compared with any measly little earth quake which kills a paltry three hundred people. That number would scarcely make a target for one of the big guns now before Verdun. The world is no longer amazed at calamities which deal death by the hundreds. It must reach the thousands to be interesting reading now. So has the public conscience become calloused by the great war. 130 MILLION'S PLAN Japan's new naval construction program calls for an appropriation of $130,320,895. It is proposed to build three battleships of the super-dreadnaught type, two battle cruisers and several light cruisers, destroyers, auxiliary vessels and submarines in the seven fiscal years beginning 1917-18. With the conclusion of this program the Japanese naval authorities will have realized their long cherished ambition of establishing eight battleships and four battle cruisers as the unit of the nation's fleet. The total appropriation of $130,320,- How many have thought that the high cost of living is affecting the animals of the country as well as the men and women? The price of grain and hay has reached a point where thousands of men will be compelled, either to sell their horses, cattle, swine poultry or try to pull them through the winter on greatly curtailed rations. In ordinary times thousands of animals suffer from lack of sufficient food; this year many will be kept on starvation allowance. The plea is often made against the humane societies that, in taking away the poor man's half fed, broken down horse, they are taking away the support of his family. But why should we allow a man to violate an anticruelty law by using a suffering horse to earn a living, any more than for the same purpose to violate any other law? The man who cannot afford to give his horse proper food and shelter ought not to have a horse at all. He would better find another means of providing bread for his family. Humane societies the land over should be particularly on the watch this winter to guard against the starving of animals. These patient creatures can write no letters to the newspapers, call no conventions, start no strikes. Unless the societies organized for their protection make them their special care, who is going to befriend them when they have fallen into the hands of merciless owners? Beans and beets form the leading crops in the state of California. In 1915 the state raised 123,000 acres of beets; in 1916 the area was 144,000. The production of 1915 was 1,255,000 tons of beets; in 1916 it ran up to 1,439,000 tons. This year the growers received $6.44 a ton while last year it was only $5.86. The beans planted were 225,00 acres in 1915 and in 1916 253,000 acres.