anaheim-gazette 1917-03-22

SEED SALEMEN MUST OBSERVE THE LAW LOS ANGELES HOUSES HAVE BEEN SHORT WEIGHING CUSTOMERS IN THIS COUNTY COUNTY SEALER McPHEE ISSUES A WARNING TO PURCHASERS OF ORANGE SEED Orange county nursery men and others of the purchasing public who have occasion to buy orange seed are notified to see that they get what they pay for when making their purchases, for the custom in Southern California has been to give eight liquid gallons for a bushel, and at the rate of six dollars a gallon it figures out somewhere about eight dollars a bushel shortage to the purchaser. This condition was brought to the attention of County Sealer of Weights and Measures George McPhee last year and after repeated warnings to a Los Angeles seed house that such practices would not be allowed, McPhee brought a prosecution charging short measure and on a plea of guilty as charged, a fine of ten dollars was imposed and paid by the defendant. That settled the matter of short-measure shipments of orange seed to this locality so far as could be ascertained by McPhee, but this season again came the same old story that view. Aside from the qualities of the soil, which are beyond dispute, and the possibility of almost unlimited expansion of acreage, Mr. Evans has been dealing with the Canadian transportation question, in its relation to world markets. Passing quickly over the possible rivals of the Dominion as raisers of breadstuffs, he points out the great advantages in Canada's favor. For example, a grain carrying vessel plying between a Canadian Atlantic port and Liverpool could deliver twice as much wheat in a shipping season as if it ran from either an Argentine port or a port in British India to the same market. This advantage puts Canada in a position to bid all competitors for agricultural immigrants. There are, confronting Canada at the present time, problems of more immediate interest than that of immigration; but there is no secondary question of greater magnitude in the Dominion than that of peopling, and people rightly, the immense domains that stretch from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. Canada has found herself, and nothing can be more certain than that, with the return of peace, an expansion movement will set in for which no parallel, other than that which took place south of the line in the decades immediately following the war between the states, is recorded in modern history. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN TELEPHONE BUSINESS Nearly Twenty Million Miles of Wire In Use Last Year The growth of the Bell Telephone System in toll wire mileage, in subscribers and in telephone connectionscules of Pomona 128 feet 3 inches than he ever the performance of spectators into a from Christie, co. and Cromwell w Adkinson was a CALIFORNIA The comptroller cently issued his the 66th and 67th June 30th, 1915, respectively. W increased taxation new fields for present administration. From this report recommended buoses for the next $41,735,247.31, a $5,738,100.84 over years. The actual case the state for 1915-14. The disbursement of the state for $47,054,399.69. For 1915-16 the raised the sum Grand total for cities of Californi Estimating the state at 2,750,000 penditures by th and the cities of amounted to near that any such a for the proper oernmental function organizations named vate business co affairs were man and Measures George McPhee last year and after repeated warnings to a Los Angeles seed house that such practices would not be allowed, McPhee brought a prosecution charging short measure and on a plea of guilty as charged, a fine of ten dollars was imposed and paid by the defendant. That settled the matter of short-measure shipments of orange seed to this locality so far as could be ascertained by McPhee, but this season again came the same old story that orange seed purchased from Los Angeles seedsmen and shipped here was found short of the quantity indicated by the bill, and as the commodity came C. O. D., and the express charges were collected at the time of delivery of the goods, the purchasers of the short-measure seed called upon McPhee to help them out of their trouble, with the result that last week two complaints were filed against Los Angeles seed men charging them with selling orange seed at short measure and in each case the defendants pleaded guilty and paid a fine of twenty-five dollars. This orange seed comes from Florida and is known as "sour stock" orange seed and the explanation given for selling it by liquid measure was that it was a "trade custom" that had been in vogue for thirty years, but Judge Cox seemed to think that the custom should be changed and in assessing the fines he plainly indicated that as his firm conviction. According to the United States standard capacity measures, there are 2150.42 cubic inches in a bushel, and eight gallons liquid measure contain 1848 cubic inches, a difference against the purchaser of 302.42 cubic inches on each bushel bought at the rate of eight liquid gallons to the bushel. County Sealer McPhee had several other cases ready in case the two brought had failed to bring satisfactory results, but since the defendants plead guilty and promised to change their selling methods these cases will not be prosecuted, as the results aimed at will have been fully attained, and no matter what the fines might be in the township court in case of conviction, the purchasers who complain of short measure will not be recouped for their alleged losses and will have to content themselves with the assurance that full dry measure in orange seed will be the rule in the future. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN TELEPHONE BUSINESS Nearly Twenty Million Miles of Wire In Use Last Year The growth of the Bell Telephone System in toll wire mileage, in subscribers and in telephone connections is shown by President Theodore N. Vail's report for 1916 to have been larger than in any previous year. The number of telephone stations on Dec. 31, was 9,847,192, showing an unprecedented increase during the year of 695,971, of which 577,380 were owned by the Bell companies, 118,591 were Bell connected stations. The total mileage of wire for exchange and toll service was 19,850,315 miles, an increase of 1,344,770. Fifty-eight per cent of the wire mileage is underground, and 2,682,910 miles were toll wire. The number of daily telephone connections increased to an average of 29,420,000, or at the rate of 9,789,200,000 a year, which is approximately 100 calls for every man, woman and child in the United States. The unprecedented business activity of the country threw a heavy burden of traffic on the Bell System, taxing its resources to the utmost and necessitating a rapid increase in facilities. As a result, over $66,000,000 was added to the plant, which was $9,000,000 more than was estimated at the beginning of the year. Advance construction and surplus facilities saved the service from breakdown and estimates are made for $90,000,000 to be used in plant extensions this year. This is the largest program ever attempted, but the funds have already been provided by the sale of bonds and the issue of stock. The report presents the operations of the American Telephone & Telegraph company and associated companies, that is the Bell System as a whole, with inter-company duplications excluded. In round numbers the total operating revenues of the Bell System were 0264,600,000, an increase of $30,151,000 or 12.9% over the year before. Of these revenues depreciation and maintenance consumed $84,556,000 an increase of $8,798,000 or 11.6%; traffic expenses consumed $53,749,000, an increase of $7,693,000 or 17.4% commercial expenses $25,699,000, an increase of $2,116,000 or 9%. General CANADA AS A FOOD PRODUCER It is put down by those who have given thought to the subject, as beyond dispute that Canada, of itself, is perfectly capable of feeding the entire British Empire. As the Dominion is neither prepared nor disposed to enter upon any such contract at the present time, however, it will probably be content with the knowledge that it could do so if it would. What it is prepared to do, and what it appears to be bent on doing, is more to the purpose. East and West there is another call, the third since the outbreak of the war, for an increase of acreage and of cultivation this spring, and the response promises a bumper harvest. Everybody in Canada, it may be said broadly, has learned something useful in the last two and a half years, and the Canadian farmer is no exception to the rule. He knew as little of the real resources of his country in August, 1914, as did the miner, the manufacturer, the merchant, or the financier. Canada has been a surprise to one and all and a revelation. But what Canada is doing in soil production today is only an earnest of what it can and will do in the near future. The chairman of the Georgian Bay Canal commission, W. Sanford Evans, has recently been addressing the farmers of Alberta on the agricultural opportunities of the country, and his remarks exhibit that comprehensive grasp of the question which is typical of the newer and larger Canadian panies, that is the Bell System as a whole, with inter-company duplications excluded. In round numbers the total operating revenues of the Bell System were 0264,600,000, an increase of $30,151,000 or 12.9% over the year before. Of these revenues depreciation and maintenance consumed $84,556,000 an increase of $8,798,000 or 11.6%; traffic expenses consumed $53,749,000, an increase of $7,693,000 or 17.4% commercial expenses $25,699,000, an increase of $2,116,000 or 9%; general and miscellaneous expenses $11,902,000, an increase of $853,000 or 7.7%; taxes assignable to operations $14,916,000, an increase of $1,915,000 or 14.7%. The "total gross income," using the term officially provided by the Interstate Commerce Commission, was $79,353,000, an increase of $9,787,000 or 14.1% over 1915. Out of this $22,-114,000 was paid for interest, rents, etc., leaving $35,160,000 for dividends and over $22,000,000 to be carried into surplus. LOWERS BEEBE'S RECORD Ray Adkinson, graduate of the Santa Ana high school and now attending Pomona college, won additional honors at the Pomona-Berkeley track meet at Claremont, and lowered the Southern California record for the 880-yard dash. He covered the distance in 1 minute 56 1-5 seconds, lowering the record held by Buck Beebe, two-fifths of a second. Beebe is an Anaheim boy. Adkinson is from Santa Adkinson was also first in the mile run, doing it in 4 minutes, 33 seconds. The University of California squad upset the dope sheets and captured the meet in a score of 80½ to 50½. Some of the Pomonans did the unusual and made records better than they had ever made before. Green of Pomona grabbed third place in the hammer throw, out tossing the famous Liversedge. Willess, the young Her- Construction of gasoline plant in about to be started Products company been announced located on the H managed by Tho whom the company dence. A big gain of the Graham Le been completed. Anaheim Gazette CALIFORNIA TAXES The comptroller of the state has recently issued his biennial report for the 66th and 67th fiscal years ending June 30th, 1915, and June 30th, 1916, respectively. While he deplores the increased taxation he glibly recites the new fields for state taxes which the present administration has exploited. From this report one finds that the recommended budget for state purposes for the next two years is fixed at $41,735,247.31, a modest increase of $5,738,100.84 over the two preceding years. The actual cash disbursements of the state for 1915-16 were, $35,562,485.14. The disbursements of the counties of the state for the same period were $47,054,399.69. For 1915-16 the cities of California raised the sum of $68,305,640.66. Grand total for the state, counties and cities of California, $150,922,525.49. Estimating the population of the state at 2,750,000, the per capita expenditures by the state, the counties and the cities of the state, for 1915-16, amounted to nearly $56.00. To assert that any such amount was necessary for the proper discharge of the governmental functions of the three organizations named is absurd. No private business could exist a year if its affairs were managed as recklessly ascules of Pomona, heaved the discus 128 feet 3 inches, ten feet further than he ever threw it before. The performance of Adkinson threw the spectators into a frenzy and remarks from Christie, coach for the university, and Cromwell were to the effect that Adkinson was a world beater. JUSTICE FOR ALL IN REGENERATED RUSSIA New Government Publishes Statement of Proposed Policies The Czar of Russia, the Czarina and the Czarovitch are prisoners in a fortress far removed from the capital. All the former ministers and traiterous advisers of the emperor have been arrested or have disappeared. Some of the dispatches that creep out of Petrograd hint that two or three of the most notoriously treasonable officials were immediately put to death upon arrest, but M. Kerenski, the new minister of Justice, makes this statement: "Our comrades of the second and fourth Dumas who were banished illegally to the tundras of Siberia will be released forthwith. In my jurisdiction are all the premiers and ministers of the old regime. They will answer before the law for all crimes against the people. Comrades, regenerated Russia will not have recourse to the shameful methods utilized by the old regime. Without trial, none will be condemned. All prisoners will be tried in open court." The new cabinet will base its policy on the following principles: First—An immediate general amnesty for all political and religious offenses, including terrorist acts and military and agrarian offenses. Second—Liberty of speech and of the press; freedom for alliances, unions and strikes, with the extension of these liberties to military officers within the limits admitted by military requirements. Third—Abolition of all social, religious and national restrictions. Fourth—To proceed forthwith to the preparation and convocation of a concules of Pomona, heaved the discus 128 feet 3 inches, ten feet further than he ever threw it before. The performance of Adkinson threw the spectators into a frenzy and remarks from Christie, coach for the university, and Cromwell were to the effect that Adkinson was a world beater. BUSY DAYS BUILDING TIME! REPAIRING TIME! BEFORE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS DEFINITELY FOR STARTING THAT NEW HOUSE OR BARN OR GARAGE OR A JOB OF TINKERING, BETTER DROP IN AT OUR YARD AND INSPECT THE NEW STYLES IN LUMBER. WE'VE ALL THE LATEST "CUTS"—DIRECT FROM ALL THE LUMBER "STYLE CENTERS"—INCLUDING A FULL AND TIP-TOP STOCK OF GOOD DRY OREGON PINE YOURS FOR BETTER HOMES GIBBS LUMBER PACIFIC 201 HOME 2664 Broadway AND VINE STREETS, ANAHEIM Dr. H. A. Johnston Dr. J. L. Beebe Dr. G. C. Clark Dr. W. W. Davis Dr. W. H. Wickett Dr. J. A. Jackson Offices in Anaheim Sanitarium ANAHEIM, CAL. OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES PACIFIC 341-M HOME 753-2 Grand total for the state, counties and cities of California, $150,922,525.49. Estimating the population of the state at 2,750,000, the per capita expenditures by the state, the counties and the cities of the state, for 1915-16, amounted to nearly $56.00. To assert that any such amount was necessary for the proper discharge of the governmental functions of the three organizations named is absurd. No private business could exist a year if its affairs were managed as recklessly as those of the public are managed. The comptroller's report discloses the fact that there are departments, commissions, bureaus and institutions to the number of fifty-eight, all supported by the state of California and constituting a part of the governmental system. Each of them must be padded with employees whose salaries and emoluments are generous. The cost of the governor's office alone, for two years, was $91,600,00 and the same amount is fixed for that office in the budget for the next two years. That this expenditure is excessive beyond all reason is apparent to every one who gives the subject any thought. The comptroller, while apologizing for the amount paid out as interest and installments of principal on bond issues, insists, in every other breath, that the people voted for the bonds issued, which fact can hardly be denied. But the query arises, who persuaded them to so vote? The party in power is directly chargeable with the heavy expenditures made during that party's ascendancy and it cannot hide behind the cry that the people authorized the expenditures. How long can even the good state of California stand up under such annual expenses as she is at present subjected to? DOES BACKACHE WORRY YOU Some Anaheim People Have Learned How to Get Relief How many people suffer from an aching back? How few know the cause? It if hurts to stoop or lift— If you suffer sudden, darting pains— If you are weak, lame and tired, Suspect your kidneys. Watch for nature's signal. The first sign may be headache or dizziness, Scanty, painful or too frequent urination, Second—Liberty of speech and of the press; freedom for alliances, unions and strikes, with the extension of these liberties to military officers within the limits admitted by military requirements. Third—Abolition of all social, religious and national restrictions. Fourth—To proceed forthwith to the preparation and convocation of a constitutional assembly, based on universal suffrage, which will establish a governmental regime. Fifth—The substitution of the police by a national militia, with chiefs to be elected and responsible to the government. Sixth—Communal elections to be based on universal suffrage. Seventh—The troops which participated in the revolutionary movement will not be disarmed, but will remain in Petrograd. Eighth—While maintaining strict military discipline for troops on active service, it is desirable to abrogate for soldiers all restrictions in the enjoyment of all social rights accorded other citizens. The provisional government desires to add that it has no intention to profit by the circumstances of the war to delay the realization of the measures above mentioned. COMPLICATED CASE IN SUPERIOR COURT Chester Spencer Declares His Signature to Several Notes was Forged By His Son Several photographs were introduced at the hearing before Judge West in which Chester Spencer of Chino declares that he never signed the documents filed in the estate of Christina E. Romer by his son, Attorney F. C. Spencer, now dead. The contention of Attorney H. G. Ames, representing Spencer, is that the attorney forged his father's name to the documents, and carried the estate along through the courts by continued and frequent forgery. The petition of Malcolm Baxter, Jr., an heir of Mrs. Romer, for an order compelling Spencer to produce $1800 shown by the records as belonging to the estate, takes the view that while some of the signatures were written by F. C. Spencer, yet the ones that made his father administrator were... How many people suffer from an aching back? How few know the cause? It if hurts to stoop or lift— If you suffer sudden, darting pains— If you are weak, lame and tired, Suspect your kidneys. Watch for nature's signal. The first sign may be headache or dizziness, Scanty, painful or too frequent urination, Nervousness or a constant, dead-tired feeling. Avert the serious kidney diseases, Treat the weakened kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills. A remedy especially for sick kidneys. Endorsed in Anaheim by your friends and neighbors. A. E. Muckenthaler, retired farmer, 300 N. Citron Street., Anaheim, says: "Many years of hard labor on the farm weakened my kidneys and caused lame back. 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Spencer, is that the attorney forged his father's name to the documents, and carried the estate along through the courts by continued and frequent forgery. The petition of Malcolm Baxter, Jr., an heir of Mrs. Romer, for an order compelling Spencer to produce $1800 shown by the records as belonging to the estate, takes the view that while some of the signatures were written by F. C. Spencer, yet the ones that made his father administrator were genuine. Handwriting testimony may decide the case. The photographs are in two groups, one showing admittedly check was made to Chester Spencer, and the other showing the disputed signatures. Handwriting experts are to appear on each side of the case. One set will testify the signatures are genuine and the others they are forgeries. Usually when handwriting testimony is called into the courts a condition of that kind arises. Judge West has numerous cases in which handwriting testimony was offered, and doubtless if necessity arose he could qualify as a handwriting expert himself. One of the documents introduced at the trial was a bank cashier's check for $1377, given by Charles A. Boege to the estate on May 16, 1911. This check was made to Cehster Spencer, administrator of the estate of Christina E. Romer." On the back of the check appears an endorsement in the words designated on the face, and there also appears the signature of F. C. Spencer, who received the money. The contention of Attorney Ames is that the Chester Spencer signature on the back of the check is very plainly a forgery, although it was accepted unnoticed by the bank. The case is now ready for the handwriting experts. They are due to go on the stand on April 6 at 1 o'clock, to which time the hearing was continued. DAYS G TIME! 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