anaheim-gazette 1917-02-22

POSTPONE ACTION ON PROTECTION DISTRICTS GARDEN GROVE AND BUENA PARK CYPRESS PETITIONS WILL BE HEARD MARCH 2 SUPERVISORS GRANT EXTENSION OF TIME TO ROAD AND BRIDGE BUILDERS Hearing of the applications for the formation of the Garden Grove and Buena Park storm water districts was continued by the board of supervisors until May 2. It is believed the legislature will enact a law at the coming session authorizing the establishment of a tri-counties district, which would probably put an end to local work. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $500 on the advertising fund in favor of A. S. Bradford, chairman of committee for advertising Orange county at the national orange show at San Bernardino. The application of E. R. Halesworth for position as gardner was referred to the forestry board. The county treasurer was directed to forward sufficient money to Kountz Bos., New York, for payment of highway bonds and interest coupons due March 1, 1917. The chairman of the board was directed to sign applications to the state sell manufactured goods in South America and the Orient. Whenever demand for the products of our factorless lessens, labor will be the first sufferer, and a decrease in the purchasing power of labor will precipitate trouble in mercantile circles. BIRD LOVERS SEEK MIGRATORY TREATY With the introduction of the enabling act for the enforcement of the terms of the migratory bird treaty with Canada simultaneously in the senate and house, the fight is now on between the bird protectionists of the country on one side and, on the other, plume dealers and sportsmen and others opposed to the Federal interference with wild fowl extermination. T. Gilbert Pearson, who as secretary of the National Association of Audubon societies, with headquarters in New York, has been urging the thousands of members of that organization, and others, to exhort congressmen to support the bill, has redoubled his efforts and the senate committee on agriculture and the house committee on foreign affairs, to whom the enabling bills have been referred, will probably bedeluged with letters from bird lovers all over the country, insisting on the passage of the bill. The enabling act gives to the Secretary of agriculture authority to enforce the terms of the treaty and carries an appropriation of $170,000 for that work. Dr. E. W. Nelson, chief of the biological survey, who will be in direct charge of its enforcement, said the treaty will take the place of the federal migatory bird law, now under consideration by the supreme court and will be more effective than that it finds that the wages of the workers are not protect them from the need, and that "loss or illness reduces more families to destitution cause." And it reasonable conclusion that should be established sal plan wherein the employee, and the state in providing relief and women of small distress and povertyness. The commission wi California Legislature the desirability of her state policy. As investigations, the commission imminously concluded thatance would meet a plan it would protect the need it, stimulate industry, and by position and improving proto the advantage of effective, the report sururance must be convate companies, oper must not be allowed. While the report administrative detail standard bill for insurance now before authorities, nevertheless to the successful pean countries with laws operating undeions for local mutual medical and cash be important and procountries," the rep possesses the most coinsurance systems." CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE FOR ADVERTISING Orange county at the national orange show at San Bernardino. The application of E. R. Halesworth for position as gardner was referred to the forestry board. The county treasurer was directed to forward sufficient money to Kountz Bos., New York, for payment of highway bonds and interest coupons due March 1, 1917. The chairman of the board was directed to sign applications to the state railroad commission for railroad crossing at Clay street, adjoining Huntington Beach and at La Bolsa. The Myford road was accepted as completed by Max L. Hubermann, contractor. H. Clay Kellogg was given an extension of thirty days for completion of West Chapman avenue bridge. M. T. Shafer was given an extension of thirty days for completion of Placeutia Yorba road No. 2. M. T. Shafer was given an extension of thirty days for completion of Lemon street. The hearing of the petition of R. Mapson, et al, to vacate a portion of Esplanade avenue was set for March 20, 1917, at 10 a.m. The petition of David Holder, et al for county road in Buena Park road district was granted, deeds having been given for right of way. CONDITIONS AFTER THE WAR Those amiable minded citizens of America who think that this country will not suffer from a commercial war when the present conflict of nations ends must have received a severe mental jolt when our government awarded to a British manufacturing firm in England, over the bids of our own manufacturers, a contract, running into millions of dollars, for shells for our big guns. The fact that the British government refused, for military reasons, to allow the bidder to enter into the contract, does not alter the economic question involved. If a British manufacture, while his country is in her present condition of indebtedness, engaged in a war for her very existence and harassed on land and sea by difficulties never before experienced by any nation, can underbid an American manufacturers on shells, the British people, as well as the people of France and Germany, will be able to underbid our manufacturers in many things which the American people need. THE ENabling ACT GIVES TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICulture authority to enforce the terms of the treaty and carries an appropriation of $170,000 for that work. Dr. E. W. Nelson, chief of the biological survey, who will be in direct charge of its enforcement, said the treaty will take the place of the federal migatory bird law, now under consideration by the supreme court and will be more effective than that law. The latter was inadequate, Dr. Nelson says, largely for lack of sufficient appropriation and means of its enforcement. Only $50,00 has been appropriated, annually, for bird protection under this law. New York alone spends $300,000 for game protection, a number of states, according to Dr. Nelson, spending more for game protection within their respective boundaries than the amount Congress allotted for national enforcement of game measures. Dr. Nelson said, with the appropriation allowed him, he was able to employ only 16 inspectors to cover all the states and Alaska, and that the work of these men was handicapped in that they had not the power to arrest and conviction was impossible without evidence showing that the inspector had actually seen the game shot. The catching of a hunter with his gun and game shot out of season was not sufficient under the migratory bird law, to bring about a conviction. In spite of the many weaknesses of this legislation, however, Dr. Nelson said the three years of its imperfect enforcement resulted in wonderful increases in the game of the country, as shown by reports from all sections, and that with the passage of the enabling act for the new treaty, not only is there positive assurance that extermination of certain species will be prevented but there will be more than ample game birds of all kinds for the sportsmen throughout the country during the open seasons. ADVERTISED LETTERS Tonio Martinez Trinidad Maldondo E. Winship & Son Mrs. J. H. Bee S. Louise Stanley Antonio Martinez Mr. H. R. Spackman Mr. Chas E. Smith Isidora A. Acosta CALIFORNIA HAWAII California is going off other states in eleven and prepared for eleven By authority of the commission at least will be spent in mine for hydro-electric power Capital has been extent of $25,000,000 will be expended on work and extensions Substantially even corporation in the state is preparing eating plants. In Southern California is being undertaken been more agitations of this kind The people are best that encouragement in hydro electric wisest policy. Employment of investments in pro- dams, power hose sion lines employ lions The electric en- only big payrolls o f equipment that plies, but for all t disbursements. The generation Lake Spaulding by Electric company, employment for those they must be fed The Western Strictic company will power capacity bu equip plants in ma- San Joaquin valley Come war or peace or bad, California of these expenditure industries and pilfer before. NEW PORTLAND Southern Californi If a British manufacture, while his country is in her present condition of indebtedness, engaged in a war for her very existence and harassed on land and sea by difficulties never before experienced by any nation, can underbid an American manufacturers on shells, the British people, as well as the people of France and Germany, will be able to under bid our manufacturers in many things which the American people need. It must be remembered that the American merchants are not philanthropists, any more than is the American government a philanthropist. Like the government, our merchants will buy in that market in which they can make the best terms. The American people must, sooner or later, realize that the easy money that has been coming to them during the past two years will no longer come to them when the war ends. Under the extravagant habits of all of our people, acquired while the wealth of Europe has poured in upon them, the vast accumulation of riches now possessed by America will fall away, when the inflow of gold from Europe is cut off, much more rapidly than it was accumulated. If we are going to endeavor to hold the markets which we have won, during the war, with nations not engaged in the struggle, we will be compelled to sell to them just as cheap if not cheaper than other nations sell to them. Should the war end immediately, the surplus food supplies which America will have to dispose of in 1917 will sell readily, because there is a world-wide shortage of such products. There would, in case of the ending of the war, also be a demand for the products of our forests and, possibly, a demand for steel and iron. But our manufactured goods would not be in demand and we would soon be crowded by European nations in our efforts to ADVERTISED LETTERS Tonio Martinez Trinidad Maldondo E. Winship & Son Mrs. J. H. Bee S. Louise Stanley Antonio Martinez Mr. H. R. Spackman Mr. Chas E. Smith Isidora A. Acosta Mr. A. E. Timmons Van Pelt & Sarkow Mr. E. V. Thurston Mr. A. J. Schneider Mr. J. L. Thompson Mrs. Ruth Rudolph Mr. Ellige Rudolph Andrada Guzman J. C. Manock Amado Lopez Mr. J. Hemmerling E. R. Gresswell Mrs. Mary Feagan Mr. E. E. Dyer Juan Carillo E. E. Creed Henry Domrese Paul Allec Elijjo Martinez. HEALTH INSURANCE IS RECOMMENDED In the first state report of its kind ever issued in America, the official legislative commission of California favors legislation for compulsory health insurance. It concludes that "through its beneficial effect upon two-thirds of the population, health insurance would mean a tremendous gain in public health. Health insurance of wage earners would mean a tremendous step forward in social progress." This pioneer report, just out, goes extensively into the individual, social, and industrial conditions that are responsible for the rapid growing health insurance movement in this country. Anaheim Gazette It finds that the wages of the majority of the workers are not sufficient to protect them from the hazard of sickness, and that "loss of earnings due to illness reduces more wage earning families to destitution than any other cause." And it reaches the "inevitable" conclusion that health insurance should be established under a universal plan wherein the employer, the employee, and the state become partners in providing relief to working men and women of small means who face distress and poverty because of sickness. The commission was created by the California Legislature to inquire into the desirability of health insurance as a state policy. As a result of its investigations, the commission has unanimously concluded that health insurance would meet a pressing need; that it would protect the workers who most need it, stimulate better conditions in industry, and, by preventing destitution and improving public health, work to the advantage of the state. To be effective, the report insists, health insurance must be compulsory, and private companies, operating for profit, must not be allowed to participate. While the report questions certain administrative details suggested in the standard bill for universal health insurance now before many state legislatures, nevertheless it calls attention to the successful experience of European countries with health insurance laws operating under similar provisions for local mutual administration of medical and cash benefits. "The most important and progressive foreign countries," the report states, "also possess the most comprehensive social insurance systems." It finds that the wages of the majority of the workers are not sufficient to protect them from the hazard of sickness, and that "loss of earnings due to illness reduces more wage earning families to destitution than any other cause." And it reaches the "inevitable" conclusion that health insurance should be established under a universal plan wherein the employer, the employee, and the state become partners in providing relief to working men and women of small means who face distress and poverty because of sickness. The commission was created by the California Legislature to inquire into the desirability of health insurance as a state policy. As a result of its investigations, the commission has unanimously concluded that health insurance would meet a pressing need; that it would protect the workers who most need it, stimulate better conditions in industry, and, by preventing destitution and improving public health, work to the advantage of the state. To be effective, the report insists, health insurance must be compulsory, and private companies, operating for profit, must not be allowed to participate. While the report questions certain administrative details suggested in the standard bill for universal health insurance now before many state legislatures, nevertheless it calls attention to the successful experience of European countries with health insurance laws operating under similar provisions for local mutual administration of medical and cash benefits. "The most important and progressive foreign countries," the report states, "also possess the most comprehensive social insurance systems." It finds that the wages of the majority of the workers are not sufficient to protect them from the hazard of sickness, and that "loss of earnings due to illness reduces more wage earning families to destitution than any other cause." And it reaches the "inevitable" conclusion that health insurance should be established under a universal plan wherein the employer, the employee, and the state become partners in providing relief to working men and women of small means who face distress and poverty because of sickness. The commission was created by the California Legislature to inquire into the desirability of health insurance as a state policy. As a result of its investigations, the commission has unanimously concluded that health insurance would meet a pressing need; that it would protect the workers who most need it, stimulate better conditions in industry, and, by preventing destitution and improving public health, work to the advantage of the state. To be effective, the report insists, health insurance must be compulsory, and private companies, operating for profit, must not be allowed to participate. While the report questions certain administrative details suggested in the standard bill for universal health insurance now before many state legislatures, nevertheless it calls attention to the successful experience of European countries with health insurance laws operating under similar provisions for local mutual administration of medical and cash benefits. "The most important and progressive foreign countries," the report states, "also possess the most comprehensive social insurance systems." It finds that the wages of the majority of the workers are not sufficient to protect them from the hazard of sickness, and that "loss of earnings due to illness reduces more wage earning families to destitution than any other cause." And it reaches the "inevitable" conclusion that health insurance should be established under a universal plan wherein the employer, the employee, and the state become partners in providing relief to working men and women of small means who face distress and poverty because of sickness. The commission was created by the California Legislature to inquire into the desirability of health insurance as a state policy. As a result of its investigations, the commission has unanimously concluded that health insurance would meet a pressing need; that it would protect the workers who most need it, stimulate better conditions in industry, and, by preventing destitution and improving public health, work to the advantage of the state. To be effective, the report insists, health insurance must be compulsory, and private companies, operating for profit, must not be allowed to participate. While the report questions certain administrative details suggested in the standard bill for universal health insurance now before many state legislatures, nevertheless it calls attention to the successful experience of European countries with health insurance laws operating under similar provisions for local mutual administration of medical and cash benefits. "The most important and progressive foreign countries," the report states, "also possess the most comprehensive social insurance systems." E. H. Sothern will appear at the New Grand matinee and night Sunday in "The Man of Mystery." At the present time Mr. Sothern is counted the world's most famous actor and it was only through a deep desire to leave his work to posterity that prevailed upon him to accept this engagement with the Greater Vita-graph. Mr. Sothern played in three pictures of which "The Man of Mystery" was the second filmed, the first being the great success, "The Chattel," and the last "An Enemy to the King." He was born in New Orleans and is the son of the late E. H. Sothern of "Lord Dundreary" fame. He was educated in England and following his father's footsteps, he appeared first in Boston in a playlet called "Brother Sam," which the elder Sothern was producing. He then played with the late John E. McCullough for a season, later going to London and appearing in productions there. Returning to the United States, he toured the country in repertoire of plays, following which he was seen repeatedly in New York theatre in various plays as leading man, mostly in romantic dramas. In 1903 he became co-star with Julia Marlowe under the direction of Charles Frohman, which was practically the beginning of his career as a Shakesperean star. In the first part of the "Man of Mystery" Mr. Sothern is seen as an elderly and somewhat pompous gentleman with a great growth of beard, crooked neck and baggy eyes. His ap- CALIFORNIA HAS PROSPERITY California is going to be in advance of other states in electric development and prepared for electrifying railroads. By authority of the public utilities commission at least twenty millions will be spent in meeting the demand for hydro-electric power. Capital has been authorized to the extent of $25,000,000 and most of this will be expended on new construction work and extensions. Substantially every electric power corporation in the northern half of the state is preparing to add to its generating plants. In Southern California not so much is being undertaken because there has been more agitation against investments of this kind. The people are beginning to realize that encouragement of private capital in hydro electric enterprises is the wisest policy. Employment of engineering corps, investments in property, construction of dams, power houses and transmission lines employ labor at high wages. The electric enterprises mean not only big payrolls and large purchase of equipment that the country supplies, but for all time to come, more disbursements. The generation of 60,000 h. p. at Lake Spaulding by the Pacific Gas & Electric company, means not only employment for those white horses but they must be fed and housed. The Western States Gas and Electric company will not only double its power capacity but take over and equip plants in many new towns in the San Joaquin valley. Come war or peace, come good crops or bad, California will get the benefit of these expenditures and will build up industries and pile up wealth as never before. NEW PORTS OF EXPORT Southern California ports are to be obtained to plant the entire cotton growing area of the valley in 1918. If the substitution of the new variety for the one now grown is then believed to be desirable. The variety of Egyptian cotton now being grown in the Salt River valley is the first new type developed in this country and is known as the Yuma variety. The Pima cotton produces a longer, finer and lighter colored fiber than the Yuma and for this reason should command a better price per pound in the market. Even were there no difference in the value of the fiber, however, the Pima variety should be the more profitable to produce since it is more productive and earlier, has larger bolls, and is more easily picked owing to the greater freedom of the plants from vegetative limbs. The Pima variety originated in 1910 with a plant selected out of a field of Yuma cotton grown at the cooperative testing and demonstration garden at Sacaton, Ariz., and has been carefully tested since. It is much more uniform and truer to type than the Yuma. The Pima was given its first tests on a field scale in 1916, when 275 acres were planted. The plantings in 1917 will be in a continuous area so as to avoid cross pollination with Yuma cotton. Egyptian cotton is especially liable to cross-pollination between types, an occurrence which contaminates and is likely to ruin a good variety. The planting of the Pima cotton in a continuous area will also facilitate ginning under conditions making possible the avoidance of the mixture of Pima and Yuma seed. THE SILVER STATE The Story of MINING I. N EVEADA A gripping history of the Comstock, Tonopah, Goldfield, Rochester, and other districts, relating the true story of the enormous fortunes made in mining in Nevada. With this story we will send a FREE MAP of the Silver State, showing location of all the rich mining districts, railroads, etc. Both mailed FREE on request. F. G. COX & COMPANY I. W. Hellman Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Julia H. Simmons, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Julia H. Simmons deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to file them with the necessary vouchered in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Orange. State of Missouri exhibits to exhibit the same with be obtained to plant the entire cotton growing area of the valley in 1918. If the substitution of the new variety for the one now grown is then believed to be desirable. The variety of Egyptian cotton now being grown in the Salt River valley is the first new type developed in this country and is known as the Yuma variety. The Pima cotton produces a longer, finer and lighter colored fiber than the Yuma and for this reason should command a better price per pound in the market. Even were there no difference in the value of the fiber, however, the Pima variety should be the more profitable to produce since it is more productive and earlier, has larger bolls, and is more easily picked owing to the greater freedom of the plants from vegetative limbs. The Pima variety originated in 1910 with a plant selected out of a field of Yuma cotton grown at the cooperative testing and demonstration garden at Sacaton, Ariz., and has been carefully tested since. It is much more uniform and truer to type than the Yuma. The Pima was given its first tests on a field scale in 1916, when 275 acres were planted. The plantings in 1917 will be in a continuous area so as to avoid cross pollination with Yuma cotton. Egyptian cotton is especially liable to cross-pollination between types, an occurrence which contaminates and is likely to ruin a good variety. The planting of the Pima cotton in a continuous area will also facilitate ginning under conditions making possible the avoidance of the mixture of Pima and Yuma seed. According to the story: From her dying uncle Beverly Clarke receives a chest containing papers of great value and importance. This box she entrusts to her new friend, William Montgomery Strong, a young millionaire. An order known as the Secret Seven covets the papers and, by means of the powers at the command of the several masterful leaders, makes attempts upon the lives of Strong and Beverly. The latter’s visit to Strong’s apartment causes a breach between him and his fiancée. Deeply grieved by this he sends Beverly from his home. But he sets out in search of her when told by her mother that the girl has disappeared. Dressed as a thug, Strong after many fights with the henchmen of the order locates her in a dive. Beverly is being questioned about the papers which are miss- NEW PORTS OF EXPORT Southern California ports are to be placed on an equality with San Francisco in the matter of transcontinental traffic, the Santa Fe has announced. General Freight Agent Anewalt says that instructions will be issued at Los Angeles Harbor, Wilmington, Long Beach, Redondo Beach and Oakland, naming them as ports of export. Here- F. G. COX & COMPANY I. W. Hellman Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Julia H. Simmons, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Julia H. Simmons deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to file them with the necessary vouchers in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, or to the same with the necessary vouchers to the said Excoteat of his place of business, at the City Hall in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange, within four months after the first publication of this notice. Dated this 16th day of February, 1917. OLIN E. STEWARD, Executor of last Will and Testament of Julia H. Simmons, Deceased. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In and for the County of Orange In the Matter of the Estate of Julia H. Simmons, Deceased Order for Publication of Notices of Hearing Petition. Upon reading and filing the petition of O.E. Steward, the Executor of the last Will and Testament of Julia H. Simmons, deceased, praying that an order be made authorizing and directing him, the said O.E. Steward, as such Executor, to convey to Charles H. Newcombe and Leora E. Newcombe, certain real property situate in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, and which is hereinafter described, pursuant to the provisions of a contract in writing (a copy of which said contract is included and made part of said petition), and good cause appearing therefor: It is Ordered that Friday the 23rd day of March, A.D. 1917, be, and the same is hereby appointed as the time for hearing said petition, and the Court Room of Department One of said Superior Court, in the Court House in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, is hereby appointed as the place for hearing said petition, and It is Purchased Ordered, That a copy of this notice be published at least four successive weeks before such hearing, in the Anaheim Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California. Said property is situate lying and being in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, and is described as follows: Lot Twenty Four (24) in Block "B", of the Center Tract. as shown in Book 14, page 13 of Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County, California. Dated this 16th day of February, A.D. 1917. Z. B. WEST, Judge of the Superior Court. several masterful leaders makes attempts upon the lives of Strong and Beverly. The latter's visit to Strong's apartment causes a breach between him and his fiancee. Deeply grieved by this he sends Beverly from his home. But he sets out in search of her when told by her mother that the girl has disappeared. Dressed as a thug, Strong after many fights with the henchmen of the order locates her in a dive. Beverly is being questioned about the papers, which are missing from the box stolen by the thugs. The paper are safe in the hands of the detective Strong has called in. Also on this date, February 22, will be shown Julius Steger, peer of picture players, in "The Stolen Triumph" Julius Steger is a favorite with all classes of amusement lovers. As a light opera star he made a name for himself by his acting as well as his singing. He won his spurs in the spoken drama. And then he gained great popularity in motion pictures. So when a screen patron sees Steger's name that patron will realize that an unusually good production is in sight. Friday and Saturday, February 23, 24, Franklin Farnum, in a great five act comedy drama, "The Man Who Took a Chance," will be the offering. If you don't believe in love at first sight, this play will convince you. Monty never did know how to explain it all—it happened as though someone had mapped it all out. After reaching the hotel, Monty just having landed from China, bumped into an old college chum, Wilbur Mason, who insisted upon Monty visiting him in his room. There Monty met his fate. He fell desperately in love with a photograph, and Monty having fortified himself with credentials set out to win the fair maiden. He could hardly recount all the exciting things that followed but one thing he knew when the excitement ended—Constance Lanning $15.00 SUITS That compare with clothing of much higher price. Suits with real style, that's the kind we offer. If YOU DON'T SEE OUR $15.00 SUITS you have done yourself an injustice. You will always find the greatest variety of $15 Clothing at this store, between Los Angeles and San Diego. Men's Hats for Spring $1.50 & $2.50 For the Rainy Season a Good Rain Coat 40c to $9.00 JACKSON'S MEN'S WEAR SHOP "The Only Exclusive $15.00 Suit House in Orange Co." Fisher Building, Anaheim HERE NOW Tractor Attachment For FORD CARS Will do the work of four horses and can be put on or taken off your car in 20 minutes. HERE NOW Tractor Attachment For FORD CARS Will do the work of four horses and can be put on or taken off your car in 20 minutes. COST ONLY $150.00 L. A. Tractor Co. Sales Distributor Phone Pacific 314. 312 West Center St. Anaheim, Cal. LIVE STOCK GRAZING IN NATIONAL FORESTS Seven Thousand Head Died on California Ranges During Past Year Notwithstanding efforts on the part of the forest service and stockowners to reduce the loss of livestock on the national forest range in California a recorded loss of almost 7,000 head of cattle and sheep was reported during 1916 according to a statement given out by District Forester DuBois. It is estimated that this reported loss was not more than one-third the actual loss, and indicates, it is said, the necessity of closer cooperation of stockmen and government bureau in obtaining more accurate figures. Analysis of the reports show that 1,246 head of stock died from disease, 1,552 from poisonous plants, 2,249 from predatory animals, 380 from accident and 1,465 from miscellaneous and unknown causes. The number of head of stock grazed on the national forests in California in 1916 was 417,045 sheep and goats and 194,892 head of cattle and horses. The diseases responsible for forty-two percent of the cattle loss are black it is said, can be prevented if stock men will practice systematic vaccination on all young stock each year in communities where the disease is known to be prevalent. An experiment on the Inyo national forest during the past season showed the value of the serum vaccine treatment for anthrax. One thousand fifty cattle were treated out of a herd of 2000. After the period of incubation, 5 days, only three head of the treated cattle died, while 25 head of the untreated stock were lost before being removed from the allotment. The serum vaccine treatment for anthrax can be obtained from commercial laboratories such as the Cutter laboratory in Berkeley. "Raise more sheep, and thereby reduce the high cost of living." That is the slogan going out over the United States on this new year, and it ought to bring forth fruit, says an exchange. It is particularly significant to us here in California. The state was once one of the great sheep raising districts of the country, and may be so again. All we have to do is to imitate the practice of Ohio farmers, and keep a few sheep. It would reduce the cost of living in more ways than by lowering the cost of mutton. It would also reduce the price of wool, making clothing cheaper and give us a supply of skins from which leather might be made. FOR SALE—A-1 Oat hay. Address Alfred Hansen, Hansen station. CRAWFORD SHOES FOR MEN We sell them at the lowest possible prices. The Crawford is the best quality shoe. REPAIRING of all kinds by modern machinery at lowest prices JOE LAUTENBACH