anaheim-gazette 1917-05-31

STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE ACTIVITY MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE ITS ORGAIZATION SIX WEEKS AGO STEPS ALREADY TAKEN TO INCREASE THE FOOD SUPPLY 30 PER CENT Here are the things which the California State Council of Defense has accomplished since April 6, when it was organized by Governor Stephens: Increased forthcoming crop production in California more than 30 per cent, thereby insuring millions of pounds of additional foodstuffs for both the United States and the allied armies. Formed county councils of defense in all of the 58 counties of the state which will have supervision over and co-ordinate the efforts of local organizations and individuals in putting the entire state on a systematic and unified preparedness and defensive basis. Through its committee in scientific research, utilized scores of heretofore wasted by-products and made them available for industrial purposes. Through its secret service department given material aid to the federal government in the repression of enemy plots. More than 200 persons have already been interned in California. By co-ordinating federal, state and municipal free employment bureau efforts and patriotism into a systematized and unified preparedness program. Toward this end there have been organized in every county in the state county councils of defense which have been subdivided into committees similar to those of the state council of defense, and which are taking up on a smaller scale the same defense problems which met the state council on its inception. Under the jurisdiction of the county councils, of which the presiding judge of the superior court is chairman, are all county organizations which have preparedness as their objective. In hundreds of cities and towns local councils of defense have been formed and these municipal organizations are carrying out locally the defensive steps initiated by each county council. In practically every county in the state from two to half a doze home guard companies have been organized and are being drilled; steps have been taken to properly safeguard water, power and other public utilities; peace officers have gotten together for the purpose of concerted effort in the repression of enemy plots; growing crops are being watched over to prevent destruction by fire or by the blowing up of irrigation gates and dams; relief work and the training of nurses for war purposes are being carried on under the direction of the Red Cross; home gardening is being encouraged on a wide scale by practical public instruction and in many places cities are providing free water, and scores of other lines of defense activity are being followed out. One of the most important works and one which will have its effects after the war is over is being carried on by the committee on scientific research, which has for its object the supplying of much needed chemicals and similar products through the utilization of patriotic spirit into a systematized and unified preparedness program. Toward this end there have been organized in every county in the state county councils of defense which have been subdivided into committees similar to those of the state council of defense, and which are taking up on a smaller scale the same defense problems which met the state council on its inception. Under the jurisdiction of the county councils, of which the presiding judge of the superior court is chairman, are all county organizations which have preparedness as their objective. In hundreds of cities and towns local councils of defense have been formed and these municipal organizations are carrying out locally the defensive steps initiated by each county council. In practically every county in the state from two to half a doze home guard companies have been organized and are being drilled; steps have been taken to properly safeguard water, power and other public utilities; peace officers have gotten together for the purpose of concerted effort in the repression of enemy plots; growing crops are being watched over to prevent destruction by fire or by the blowing up of irrigation gates and dams; relief work and the training of nurses for war purposes are being carried on under the direction of the Red Cross; home gardening is being encouraged on a wide scale by practical public instruction and in many places cities are providing free water, and scores of other lines of defense activity are being followed out. The actual work of planning on a strictly militaristic basis has necessarily been in the hands of the military. By fostering the home guard companies as calities, however, we be able to build up a secondary military defense which would be valuable in time Practically 250 of such companies have been formed out of the state and more than them have complied with laws them amenable to call for. Many of them are effectively armed and will cure needed guns, this military organization will toward defensive preparation estimate, figuring 150 men to each home there would be available in this branch of service. Steps for the handling of forthcoming activities through fied preparedness and defensive basis. Through its committee in scientific research, utilized scores of heretofore wasted by-products and made them available for industrial purposes. Through its secret service department given material aid to the federal government in the repression of enemy plots. More than 200 persons have already been interned in California. By co-ordinating federal, state and municipal free employment bureau systems, county councils of defense, the farm bureau of the University of California and farmers organizations, taken steps to provide for quick mobilization of available farm labor and the prevention of any shortage of needed help at harvesting time. Secured legislation which permits water and irrigation companies to furnish surplus water to crop raisers outside of their own districts. Through county councils of defense, taken steps for the prompt and efficient carrying out of the provisions of the government's selective draft plans. Supervised and encouraged the formation of more than 250 companies of home guards, more than half of which have taken the necessary oath which makes them available as a secondary reserve defense for the state. Through the state marketing commission, taken tseps for the prompt handling and disposal of increased crop and food production. Through the enthusiastic co-operation of newspapers throughout the state along all lines, and through women's clubs and similar organizations, successfully waged a campaign for food conservation and prevention of waste. Created on April 6 by Gov. Stephens for the purpose of preparing California for war the state council of defense in approximately five weeks of operation has put the state on a basis to cope adequately with almost any emergency which might arise and at the same time has established California in the front rank as one of the most quickly and efficiently prepared states in the nation. In a resume of its activities just given out, the state council shows that in addition to co-ordinating individual and local patriotic effort into systematized and unified lines for defensive organization, it also has brought about increased food production throughout California which will insure millions of pounds of badly needed foodstuffs and for the One of the most important works and one which will have its effects after the war is over is being carried on by the committee on scientific research, which has for its object the supplying of much needed chemicals and similar products through the utilization of heretofore wasted by-products. When it is said that this committee has discovered a desert plan which grows in profusion and which can be used as a substitute in the manufacture of rubber, some understanding of the value of their work is given. The results that they have already secured have been of vast importance from an industrial viewpoint. Many big mining projects which were tied up through inability to secure cyanide again are in operation. And in utilizing waste products for making cyanide, not only mining work, but the citrus growers and hundreds of farmers have been aided. Steps are now in progress for the utilization of waste and the manufacture of by products which will give California industries more than a score of chemicals, the securing of which had been practically cut off by the war in Europe. Apropos of the work of the secret service department of the state council of defense, for precautionary reasons little can be said. Sufficient is the fact that more than 200 persons are now interred in this state, practically all of them for attempts to carry out enemy plots within our borders. We are working with the closest cooperation with the federal government in these matters. Having urged farmers throughout the state to plant increased crops, it has been contingent upon the state council to see that there would be sufficient labor to harvest these crops when they were ripe. Toward this end a complete survey of the forthcoming crop production not only has been made, but a comprehensive survey of all available labor for farm work is now near completion. This will include not only labor which is regularly available in each locality, but a careful count of California's floating labor population. Coincident with the crop and labor surveys, steps already have been taken to coordinate the efforts of the courageated on a wide scale by practical public instruction and in many places cities are providing free water, and scores of other lines of defense activity are being followed out. What is claimed to be vitality on oranges, even peared in the Keokau March 21, 1865, says Press. It reads: "Orange—The attempt to remove lesions in California is coming more successful pal groves are at Low half a dozen men are business. Oranges are places in the state bens and for private In a resume of its activities just given out, the state council shows that in addition to co-ordinating individual and local patriotic effort into systematized and unified lines for defensive organization, it also has brought about increased food production throughout California which will insure millions of pounds of badly needed foodstuffs for home consumption and for the allied armies abroad, and that in the line of military defensive steps it has fostered and brought into existence a home guard force estimated at 37,500 men, which when properly armed through federal channels, can be used as a secondary defensive line in military emergency. Summing up the activities of the state council of defense and the results which have been obtained since its organization little more than a month ago, A. H. Naftzger, vice-chairman, says: Our initial efforts immediately after organization were directed toward increased food production. Through our committee on resources and food supplies and the agricultural department of the University of California, which has been of incalculable aid, practically every farmer in the state has been induced to plant largely increased crops. In every county of the state, through the University of California farm advisers, farmers have been advised as to what crops would be most needed and every possible assistance given to them. The result is that the forthcoming crop production in practically all lines will be from 35 to 50 per cent greater than in former years. Next to increased crop production, our most important problem was the co-ordination of individual and local when they were ripe. Toward this end a complete survey of the forthcoming crop production not only has been made, but a comprehensive survey of all available labor for farm work is now near completion. This will include not only labor which is regularly available in each locality, but a careful count of California's floating labor population. Coincident with the crop and labor surveys, steps already have been taken to co-ordinate the efforts of the federal, state and municipal free employment bureaus, county councils of defense, the farm bureau of the University of California which has agents in every county, and farmers organizations, toward making the available labor supply more mobile and toward getting both laborers and employers in better touch with each other. In order to accomplish this latter requisite it has been necessary for members of the state council to assimilate the viewpoints of both the farmer and the men who work as farm hands. With already available data on the number of men who can be utilized for farm work, and with the improvement of the living conditions and with the paying of the same wage that is offered for common labor by railroads, construction projects and others, we do not believe that there will be any difficulties encountered by farmers in securing necessary help to harvest their forthcoming crops. Practically every farmer in the states already aware of legislation enacted by the state legislature at the request of Gov. Stephens, which will permit water and irrigation companies to sell their surplus water to crop raisers outside of already defined irrigation districts, without jeopardizing their future rights in such matters. Thousands of acres of increased crops are being produced through these steps. What is claimed to beplicity on oranges, even peeled in the Keokee March 21, 1865, says Press. It reads: "Ornia—The attempt to remove lemons in California a coming more successful pal groves are at Low half a dozen men are business. Oranges are places in the state borough and for private about 60,000 oranges on grown last year. This year nearly 100,400 lemons have been vicinity. The orange larger and in every last year's crop and at three dollars per largest growers are at Mission San Gabriel last year amounted to angles, besides a quail. In those days the angles by actual cow carloads; and the P guess that the growers were timid lest they get. Now we ship loads from the state find a market. CULTIVATING V In order to encourage of vacant lots in county, the county census has taken steps to pay for irrigation, accounted to the state West district attorney. "All cities and the county have elevators or are providing persons cultivating clares District Attorneys report." Anaheim Gazette Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim. Through county councils of defense, steps already have been taken by the state council through its newly created state registration bureau, of which Ralph P. Merritt is head, for the prompt carrying out of the provisions of the recently enacted national selective conscription law. With the receiving of definite instructions from Washington, California is ready to carry out the necessary registration work with all possible speed and accuracy. The actual work of putting California on a strictly military defensive basis has necessarily been left largely in the hands of the military authorities. By fostering the organization of home guard companies in different localities, however, we have been able to build up a secondary line for military defense which would be extremely valuable in time of emergency. Practically 250 of such home guard companies have been formed throughout the state and more than half of them have compiled with the provisions of the state law which makes them amenable to call by the governor. Many of them already are effectively armed and with ability to secure needed guns, this branch of military organization will be a big asset toward defensive preparedness. At a rough estimate, figuring an average of 150 men to each home guard company, there would be available 37,500 men in this branch of service. Steps for the handling and marketing of forthcoming crops are being through the state marketing NOTICE OF INTENTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO FORM A STORM WATER DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that a Resolution was passed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California on the second day of May, A.D. 1917, declaring its intention to form a storm water district in the County of Orange, State of California, to be known and designated as the "BUENA-PARK-CYPRESS" STORM WATER PROTECTION DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY." That the exterior boundaries of said proposed storm water district are described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly line of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company with the West city limits of the City of Fullerton; thence southerly along the line of said west city limits and continuing along the line between Range 10 West and Range 11 West S. B. B. & M. to the northeast corner of the South one-half of Section Twelve (12) Township Four (4) South Range Eleven (11) West S. B. B. & M.; thence westerly along the East and West center line of said Section Twelve (12) and continuing along the East and West center line of Section Twelve (11) Township Four (4) South Range Eleven (11) West S. B. B. & M.; to the Northwest corner of the East one-half of Section Fifteen (15) Township Four (4) South Range Eleven (11) West S. B. B. & M.; thence southerly along the North and South center line of said Section Fifteen (15) to the East and West center line of said Section Fifteen (15); thence westerly along the East and West center line of said Section Fifteen (15) and continuing along the East and West center line of Section Sixteen (16) Township Four (4) South Range Eleven (11) West S. B. B. & M.; to the East line of Section Seventeen (17) Township Four (4) South Range Eleven (11) West S. B. B. & M.; thence southerly along the said Ranch line to its point of intersection with the boundary line between the counties of Orange and Los Angeles; thence northerly along said boundary line to its point of intersection with the southerly line of the right way of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company in Section Twenty-Six (26) Township Three (3) South Range Eleven (11) West, S. B. B. & M.; thence southerly along said southern line of said right way to the point MRS. ROSA PRESSEL SUING HER HUSBAND Alleges That She was Handel a Lemon in Marriage Settlement Mrs. Rosa Pressel, who married G. Fred Pressel on April 5, has filed suit in superior court against her husband, alleging that he defrauded her in the transfer of three acres of ground situated at the corner of Santa Ana and Palm streets. In an action begun Friday Mrs. Pressel asks the court to order the deed reformed to read as Mrs. Pressel says it should read. The paragraph of the deed that has brought the suit is one that states that she shall have no interest in the property unless she continues to live with Pressel as his wife for the rest of his life. The complaint filed by Los Angeles attorneys, alleges that previous to the marriage the project of the deed was talked over. Pressel deeded the property to C. A. Boege, upon an arrangement whereby Boege should deed it back to the couple. The complaint states that on March 20 Pressel proposed marriage and said he would deed the three acres to the woman. When the deed was made she took it to an attorney, who told her it was a community property deed, and she should get half-interest in it. She brought this matter decidedly to Pressel's attention, and he gave her a note for $2500 in lieu of the other half interest. Mrs. Pressel alleges that she was told by Pressel, and she had faith in him at that time, that the deed read as she wanted it to read. When it actually got of record the paragraph stipulating that she must live with Pressel else forfeit her right in the property was there. After the couple married, came trouble. Mrs. Pressel says that Pressel's three grown children set out to make things disagreeable for her, and succeeded. Without reading the deed, Mrs. Pressel had placed it in a safety deposit vault, and, in the period of her confidence in Pressel, had given him the key. When difficulties arose, she EARLY ORANGE PUBLICITY What is claimed to be the first publication on oranges, ever published, appeared in the Keokuk Constitution, March 21, 1865, says the Riverside Press. It reads: "Oranges in California—The attempt to raise oranges and lemons in California is every year becoming more successful. The principal groves are at Los Angeles, where half a dozen men are engaged in the business. Oranges are grown in other places in the state but mainly in gardens and for private use. There were them amenable to call by the governor. Many of them already are effectively armed and with ability to secure needed guns, this branch of military organization will be a big asset toward defensive preparedness. At a rough estimate, figuring an average of 150 men to each home guard company, there would be available 37,500 men in this branch of service. Steps for the handling and marketing of forthcoming crops are being taken through the state marketing commissioner, and are now being worked out. Inculcating the public mind with the idea that food conservation and the prevention of waste was absolutely necessary to prevent a serious shortage in the food supply now available, the newspapers throughout the state have been our most valuable ally. In fact, along every line of state organization for defense, the aid of the newspapers has been enthusiastically and spontaneously given. The quick and efficient results which have been obtainable so far can be directly attributed to their cooperation. In the prevention of waste, with the cooperative and state wide aid of women's organizations, publicity has been productive of splendid results. There are many other problems on which we are working and which are integral parts toward efficient, state wide preparedness, but which are less important than the problems mentioned. Taken as a whole, however, the preparedness work already accomplished in California puts us in a position to cope successfully with almost any kind of an emergency which might arise. We are being called upon daily to furnish information about the organization work already accomplished in California for the guidance of councils of defense being formed in other states. W. B. WILLIAMS. County Clerk of the County of Orange, State of California, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the said Board of Supervisors 5-10-6 NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS OR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals or bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. At the office of the City Clerk of Anaheim, up to eight o'clock P. M. of Thursday, the 31st day of May, 1917, for the furnishing of a four-cylinder motor-driven street sweeper for said City, in accordance with specifications therefor which said specifications were adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees of said City at a regular adjourned meeting held on the 15th day of May, 1917, and are marked on designated "Specification for Four-Cylinder motor-driven street sweeper for the City of Anaheim" and are on file in the office of the City Clerk in said city, and are hereby referred to and are by this reference made a part hereof. Each proposal or bid must be accompanied by a check certified by a responsible bank or a bond executed by two good and sufficient sureties, who shall justify in double the amount of said bond, in unencumbered property within the State of California (other than property exempt from execution) or by a corporation authorized to execute bonds and undertakings within the State of California, which check or bond shall be equal to ten per cent of the amount of such bid and shall be made payable to said City of Anaheim, and the same shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages, if within ten days after the acceptance of any such bid, the bidder falls into a contract with the City of Anaheim for the delivery of said sweeper and to furnish the bond required. The successful bidder shall be required within ten days after the award of the contract to him, to enter into a contract with said City of Anaheim, to furnish and deliver a motor-driven street sweeper in conformity to these specifications and to furnish to said City bond equal to 50 per cent of the amount of such bid What is claimed to be the first publicity on oranges, ever published, appeared in the Keokuk Constitution, March 21, 1865, says the Riverside Press. It reads: "Oranges in California—The attempt to raise oranges and lemons in California is every year becoming more successful. The principal groves are at Los Angeles, where half a dozen men are engaged in the business. Oranges are grown in other places in the state but mainly in gardens and for private use. There were about 60,000 oranges and 30,000 lemons grown last year at Los Angeles. This year nearly 100,000 oranges and 40,000 lemons have been raised in that vicinity. The oranges this year are larger and in every way better than last year's crop and sold at the groves at three dollars per hundred. The largest growers are two Frenchmen at Mission San Gabriel, whose crop last year amounted to about 25,000 oranges, besides a quantity of lemons." In those days they figured the oranges by actual count instead of in carloads; and the Press ventures the guess that the growers of that day were timid lest they swamp the market. Now we ship some 50,000 carloads from the state and all of them find a market. CULTIVATING VACANT LOTS In order to encourage the cultivation of vacant lots throughout Orange county, the county council of defense, has taken steps to provide free water for irrigation, according to a report made to the state council by L. A. West district attorney. "All cities and towns throughout the county have either reduced their rates or are providing free water for persons cultivating vacant lots," declares District Attorney West in his report. "The result is that hundreds succeeded. Without reading the deed, Mrs. Pressel had placed it in a safety deposit vault, and, in the period of her confidence in Pressel, had given him the key. When difficulties arose, she ANAHEIM BEER IS THE BEST BEER WHY NOT USE IT? THE ANAHEIM DOLLAR YOU PAY FOR OUTSIDE BEER NEVER COMES BACK TO ANAHEIM FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS Union Brewing Co. Germania Halle A SPLENDID LUNCH EVERY DAY. BEST BRANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS FOR THOSE DESIRING THEM, COLD BEER ALWAYS ON TAP. YOUR POTRONAGE IS SOLICITED. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF KENTUCKY DEW WHISKEY Famous San Diego Beer J. D. Heitshusen made a legal demand upon him for the key, got it, opened the safety deposit box and discovered the clause to which she objects. Evidently Mrs. Pressel does not intend to live with Pressel so long as he shall live, and the court is asked to order the deed changed so that she gets a half interest in the property. 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