anaheim-gazette 1917-06-28

GOV. STEPHENS APPEALS FOR ACTION TALKS FOR STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE AND RED CROSS AT FAIRYLAND THEATER LARGE AUDIENCE HEAR'S STIRRING EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE FOR AID Eloquent appeals to the people of Anaheim to untie their purse strings, to give liberally, and to make every possible effort to assist in the preparations for war were made at Fairyland theater, Saturday afternoon by Governor Wm. D. Stephens, Mrs. Cable, president of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, by Marshal Stimson a fire-eating patriot from Los Angeles and by Judge Thomas of Santa Ana. Judge Thomas acted as chairman, and in introducing the speakers he sandwiched a few stirring remarks of his own between the speeches. He declared that he was a pacific man and had in nearly every instance endorsed President Wilson's efforts to avoid war, that he loved peace to such an extent that he was ready to fight to the last ditch to secure it. The entire nation is being mobilized for war, he said, and every man, woman and child could assist in its prosecution. While he could not join the boys selected to go into the trenches he could assist in supporting them and providing to the dollars we give and the work we do providing for their necessity and comfort will bring many boys back from France who would die without such aid. I am willing, and I presume you are too, to give the last dollar I possess to safeguard the boys who are going into the trenches to fight for you and me, and to fight for the future liberty of these children. The governor said that while the possibility was remote there might come a time when the people of the United States would be asked to give up meat and wheat bread two days of each week, in order that our soldiers and the soldiers of the allies, might have sufficient food, and he wanted to know how many in the audience were willing to make the sacrifice. The answer was unanimous. Many of our boys, he said were going to make sacrifices in our defense and let us be big enough to sacrifice something in their behalf. EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS DOING GOOD WORK Nearly Ten Thousand Persons Given Jobs During May According to the report just issued by C. B. Sexton, superintendent of the Public Employment Bureau of the State of California, and the municipal bureau of Los Angeles, which co-operates in handling the state's business in the eight southern counties, filed 9923 positions during the month of May, which is the largest number of placements during any given month since California went into the employment business, sixteen months ago. When it is remembered that the Legislature, which established the bureaus, argued that the appropriation for their maintainenec would be fully justified if they would fill 10,040 positions in VALUABLE TO THE GROWTH STATE COUNCIL OF PLANNING FOR AND CONSEQUENCE LABORERS TO BE SENT WHERE MOST Two-thirds of the schools buy their very California import quantities of canned How the schools help remedy this pointed out by the sources and Food San Francisco State Council There was 124,800 enrolled in the sixth grades of schools of California were 50,000 acres activated land within towns of California C. J. Kern of the U.S. College of Agriculture now employ supervisors of Agricultural school boards of school trust pervisors of Agriculture drawing and physical that this expert advises home garden works school children, but of adults who would Mrs. Cable, president of the State Federation of Woman's clubs, and a members of the Woman's Council of Defense, was the first speaker. Today, she said, more than seven millions of women in forty-eight states are mobilizing for the war. They are coming from all societies. They came in response to the National call to service. Women are dedicating themselves to the service. They have always born the burdens of war, and today, for the first time, they are recognized as a force. We are in the conflict. We are warring for conservation and warring against waste. We propose to see that our boys who go to the front have every chance that humanity can give them to come back. Mr. Stimson made a short talk, principally on preparedness. The people of this region, he said, do not yet realize the struggle that is before them. They appear to be all unconscious of the danger confronting us, and are indifferent to the warnings to prepare for defense. It was amid just such surroundings, and because of such indifference that the people of Belgium and Northern France were caught three years ago. They were utterly destroyed because they were not prepared. There can be no German sympathizers among our citizens now. The citizenship of the United States is composed of only two classes—Americans and traitors. It isn't Germany we are going to fight, its Prussian militarism. It is a war of democracy against autocracy. The people of Belgium and France had not offended the Prussian autocrat, but they stood in the way and were destroyed because they were unprepared to defend themselves. Governor Stephens made a strong appeal to the people who stay at home to do the utmost to support those who go to the front. Speaking of the State Council of Defense he said it was composed of thirty men andates in handling the state's business in the eight southern counties, filed 9923 positions during the month of May, which is the largest number of placements during any given month since California went into the employment business, sixteen months ago. When it is remembered that the Legislature, which established the bureaus, argued that the appropriation for their maintenance would be fully justified if they would fill 10,000 positions in one year, the immensity of this month's business is fully realized. Another interesting fact is that during May alone California saved jobless men and women about $20,000 in fees, which they otherwise would have to pay in private agencies. Since the entry of the United States in the world's war there has been much discussion in various parts of the state as to the need of labor for farms, and this problem is being given full consideration by the state bureaues. They are doing "their bit" by exerting all possible energy in filling orders for this work. Of the 8662 men and 1261 women from the state bureaues, 933 persons were taken by employers engaged in agricultural pursuits or 9.4 per cent of all persons placed. This seems a small percentage when there is so much agitation about labor shortage. The main reason for this state of affairs is that the farmer has never relied on the employment agencies to relieve his labor shortage. The state bureaue's percentage of farm labor placements, however, is higher than that shown by private agencies, figures of which were compiled some years ago. Furthermore, the New York Public employment bureaue successfully placed 646 agricultural laborers out of a total of 7596, during May, or only 8.5 per cent. The majority of the placements were for building construction, hotels and restaurants, transportation and public utilities occupations. The May records of farm labor placements at the four state employment bureaus is of interest. At the San Francisco office, of the 3509 placements, 232 of 6.6 per cent were sent to ranchers; at Oakland, 51 or 4 per cent of 1311 placements were farm laborers; Sacramento furnished 307 farm laborers out of the 1126 placements or p7.3 per cent; Los Angeles found jobs for 343 farm laborers of 8.s per cent of the total 3977 placements. Various hotels and restaurants, con- C.J.Kern of the University College of Arts special work is coo-schools of the State boards of school trusts pervisors of Agriculture now employ supernaires drawing and physique that this expert advises home garden workers school children, but of adults who would about home gardens fifths of the boys sixth, seventh and eighth schools would worth of vegetables quarters of a milliof food would be prince California now lynching. The amateur farm puzzled to know how plant. To aid these trying to do their ing the nation's Committee on Rescue Supplies of the Court obtained the followi f for the garden" from Gregg of the Univer-College of Agricul-tory to the amount o f given number of pla-feet or row will m be avoided from ther much seed or too- Prussian militarism. It is a war of democracy against autocracy. The people of Belgium and France had not offended the Prussian autocrat, but they stood in the way and were destroyed because they were unprepared to defend themselves. Governor Stephens made a strong appeal to the people who stay at home to do the utmost to support those who go to the front. Speaking of the State Council of Defense he said it was composed of thirty men and three women. The day after a state of war was declared it was in action and doing good work. For many years, said he, I have personally known a large number of people of Anaheim. I know they are loyal citizens, and I confidently believe that in this call to duty Anaheim will respond one hundred per cent. We didn't want this war, you and I did not want it. President Wilson tried to avoid it, but is was forced upon him. I did not vote for President Wilson, but he is our President now and you and I are going to support him with all our resources and follow him to victory. If we lose this fight God help these children who will never enjoy the freedom and the privileges that we have enjoyed. They will be subservient to a relentless military power and will be confronted at every turning with a uniformed representative of that power. But we are not going to lose this war, we are going to win. There is a probability that the war will last at least three years longer. Germany may collapse at any time, but the best authorities we have who have personally observed and studied the situation declare that the Kaiser will be able to fight three years longer be fore he is overthrown. We who cannot go to war can yet do our part, we can do more than our share, we can do our utmost. The placements at the four state employment bureaus is of interest. At the San Francisco office, of the 3509 placements, 232 of 6.6 per cent were sent to ranchers; at Oakland, 51 or 4 per cent of 1311 placements were farm laborers; Sacramento furnished 307 farm laborers out of the 1126 placements or p.7.3 per cent; Los Angeles found jobs for 343 farm laborers of 8.s per cent of the total 3977 placements. Various hotels and restaurants, construction companies, railroads, mines and lumber companies have been steady customers of the state bureaus since their inception and have found it advantageous to use this public service. That the ranchers of the state may find similar aid by applying for their employees at the state bureaus is evident. The transportation problem is a serious one for the ranchers. The railroads and many of the lumber companies furnish free fare for their employees and the railroads carry summer resort employes at half-fare. The branch bureaus in the large cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles find it impossible to give a maximum of service to employers where the fare is $2.50 or more. If a reduced rate were given it would bring nearly all points within this radius. The Deleware, Lackawanne & Western Railroad in New York State has agreed to loan a proportion of their section hands to the different farmers along their road and give free transpitation to these men. The educated rate would go a long way toward helping the farming community in California. Huge piles of refuse around iron and coal mines in Scotland, regarded for years as worthless, are being utilized for the manufacture of bricks. At least a part farm labor shortage in the harvesting greatly increased offered to the St fense by Hugh E. known colored att les. Macbeth in says that many the workers, equipped stand the extremes the harvest fields in Los Angeles in real labor shortage. The availability and Macbeth's su be used in Imperial fields and in Cent ties, where extreme the use of white vestigated by the Defense. At the request of the State Council the State Market VALUABLE HINTS TO THE FOOD GROWERS STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE PLANNING FOR INCREASE AND CONSERVATIVE LABORERS TO BE MOBILIZED AND SENT WHERE THEY DO MOST GOOD Two-thirds of the farmers of California buy their vegetables. California imports annually vast quantities of canned vegetables. How the schools of California can help remedy this situation has been pointed out by the Committee on Resources and Food Supplies of the California State Council of Defense. There was 124,305 boys and girls enrolled in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the elementary schools of California last year. There were 50,000 acres of unused but cultivated land within the cities and towns of California. Now Professor C. J. Kern of the University of California College of Agriculture, whose special work is cooperating with the schools of the State, proposes that boards of school trustees employ Supervisors of Agriculture, just as they now employ supervisors of music, drawing and physical education, and that this expert advise and direct the home garden work, not only of the school children, but of the thousands of adults who would like information medially investigate the reported inability of onion growers in San Joaquin Valley to sell their crips because of alleged over-production, and also to put the machinery of the State marketing organization into service in aiding the onion growers to sell their products directly to consumers. The Marketing Commission was also asked to investigate whether growers were permitting onions to rot upon the ground, rather than sell them at the prices offered them. According to information gathered by the State Council of Defense growers are being offered from 50 to 60 per cent per bag of 100 pounds by middlemen. This price, it is claimed, is less than the cost of production. Investigation by the State Council of Defense of prices being paid by consumers, shows that they are being charged two and a half cents a pound for the same onions. MINNEAPOLIS TRIES FOR BUSTER CALLAN Buster Callan former manager of the Fullertin club, and now with the Hayden, (Ariz.) club, has received an offer from Minneapolis in the American Association, according to word received here. Callan, who was released from Oakland's catching staff early this season because of a batting slump, has completely recovered and is not only pounding the pill, but is pegging better than ever. The Minneapolis club sent him transportation and a contract, evidently expecting him to report at once. In addition, Callan has received a letter from McCredie, manager of the Portland club, but whether the Beaver chleftain made an offer or not is not known. SUGGESTIONS FOR resorts that are accessible. Here are found the beautiful Cuyamaka Lake. Pine trees and heavy timber around, and one of the most beautiful desert views in the world is obtainable from a point between Juflan and the Lake. Resorts are located at Pine Hills, Descanso, Alpine, Warner’s Witch Creek, etc. Roads are generally good, and there is considerable fishing. San Bernardino Mountains.—The resorts in these hills are easily reached by auto. The majority of motorists are going in via Mill Creek Canyon and returning by way of the West Route. Campers may locate almost anywhere in these hills and may stay as long as they please. Mill Creek and Crest roads are good; Victorville road fair. THE ABSTEMIOUS RABBIT He Seems to Outdo the Camel on the Desert A very curious feature of animal life in the desert of the Southwest is that rabbits, quail, squirrels, deer, antelope, the mountain-sheep and many number of reptiles and insects live at great distances from visible water. The jackrabbit is especially notable in this respect; and, moreover it flourishes in regions without a particle of green food in sight for miles and miles. Westerners assert that the jack rabbit may be found, happy and fat, spending the day under a scrap of bush that makes little more shade than a fishnet. His skin is as porous as a piece of buckskin, and the heat is sufficient to evaporate every drop of blood in his body, yet he seems to get on very nicely. Californians aver that no one has even seen a jack rabbit drink. Those who have camped for days in the deserts C. J. Kern of the University of California College of Agriculture, whose special work is cooperating with the schools of the State, proposes that boards of school trustees employ Supervisors of Agriculture, just as they now employ supervisors of music, drawing and physical education, and that this expert advise and direct the home garden work, not only of the school children, but of the thousands of adults who would like information about home gardening. If three-fifths of the boys and girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the schools would raise ten dollars' worth of vegetables each year, three-quarters of a million dollars' worth of food would be produced on land in California now lying idle. The amateur farmers have been puzzled to know how much seed to plant. To aid these patriots who are trying to do their share toward solving the nation's food problem, the Committee on Resources and Food Supplies of the Council of Defense has obtained the following "sowing table for the garden" from Professor J. W. Gregg of the University of California College of Agriculture. His advice as to the amount of seed needed for a given number of plants, hills or linear feet or row will mean that loss will be avoided from the use of either too much seed or too little. Artichoke 1 oz. to 500 plants Asparagus 1 oz. to 60 ft. of drill Beans, Dwarf 1 lb to 50 ft. of drill Beans, Tall 1 lb to 75 hills Beet 1 oz to 50 ft. of drill Broccoli 1 oz. to 2000 plants Brussels Sprouts 1 oz. to 2000 plants Cabbage 1 oz. to 2000 plants Carrot 1 oz. to 150 ft. of drill Cauliflower 1 oz. to 2000 plants Celery 1 oz. to 5000 plants Chicory 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill Corn 1 lb to 150 hills Cress 1 oz. to 100 ft. of drill Cucumber 1 oz. to 100 hills Egg Plant 1 oz to 200 plants Endive 1 oz to 300 plants Kale 1 oz to 2000 plants Kohl Rabi 1 oz. to 200 plants Lettuce 1 oz to 5000 plants Leek 1 oz to 100 ft. of drill Melon, Kater 1 oz to 30 hills Melon, Musk 1 oz. to 100 hills Okra 1 oz. to 50 ft. of drill Onion Seed 1oz. to 100 ft. of drill Onion, Top Sets .1 lb.to 60 ft.of row Onion, Bot. Sets .1 lb to 75 ft.of row Parsnips .1 lb to 100 ft.of drill SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SUMMER VACATION Automobile Club of Southern California Gives Some Pointers Never in the history of the chug chug car were motoring vacations more popular than they are at this time, and this summer they promise to be "all the go", according to oblals of the Automobile Club of California. Realizing this fact the Automobile Club's Touring Bureau has just issued a list of helpful suggestions as to "Where to go," which, it is hoped, will be of interest and assistance to motivists of this section who are planning a tour by auto this summer. In connection with these suggestions it may be said that practically every foot of the roads running thru the sections here mentioned have been posted by the signing of the Automobile Club. Secretary Mitchell of the Automobile Club suggests that, if more detailed information and maps of any trip are desired, the motorist might call at healquarters of the club, 1344 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, or at any if the Club's branches, where both will be gladly furnished. Distances are from Los Angeles. Grand Canyon of the Colorado—585 miles by way of Williams Arizona. This is a pretentious two-week vacation and is excellent for camping parties. This trip will take four days each way. Five days may be spent at the canyon and time allowed fir the return journey. The roads along this route are good and all have been perfectly sign-posted by the Automobile Club. Yosemite National Park—365 miles via Modera, Raymond, Course Gold and Wawona. This motoring playground is more wonderful this year than ever before, with greater lenency in rules governing automobiles. Here are good, free camping grounds and excellent, reasonable-priced hotels. Westerners assert that the jack rabbit may be found, happy and fat, spending the day under a scrap of bush that makes little more shade than a fishnet. His skin is as porous as a piece of buckskin, and the heat is sufficient to evaporate every drop of blood in his body, yet he seems to get on very nicely. Californians aver that no one has even seen a jack rabbit drink. Those who have camped for days in the deserts in vicinities where the only water for miles around was to be found, and with rabbits everywhere, declare that never does one of the little fellows come to the springs to drink. Men have gone so far as to examine the margins of waterholes in those districts, with never a track of the rabbit disclosed beyond where the grass grew. One man tells of a raid of rabbits one summer that was beyond all conception by an easterner. The animals were so bold that they would come in before sundown. The irrigation ditches maintained by this man contained only the water to be found for miles. He was irrigating sixty acres alone, and was up at daylight and on the ground till dark, when rabbits by the dozen were trying to get to the alfalfa; but, during the three months of extreme heat that then prevailed, when rabbits poured in on him from the dry hills, he declares that never was one of them seen to touch the water. NEW LICENSES ARRIVE Fresh from the presses of the State Printing office, the new 1917 Hunting-Licenses arrived last week, and are being distributed by the Southern office of the Fish and Game Commission among its many agents. As the 1916 licenses expire with this month, lively demand has developed for the new ones, and nearly a thousand have been placed already. The new 1917 hunting license is printed in khaki-color, bearing an excellent vignette of a quail-hunter expectant over his standing pointer dog, with a cock quail in the upper right corner. The hunter is a well-known San Francisco sportsman, F. P. Butler, with his pointer "Ned", reproduced from a photograph taken by W. W. Richards in Marin County several years ago. The usual lines identifying the licenses by height, color of eyes and hair, and residence, with The new 1917 hunting license is printed in khaki-color, bearing an excellent vignette of a quail-hunter expectant over his standing pointer dog, with a cock quail in the upper right corner. The hunter is a well-known San Francisco sportsman, F. P. Butler, with his pointer "Ned", reproduced from a photograph taken by W. W. Richards in Marin County several years ago. The usual lines identifying the licenses by height, color of eyes and hair, and residence, with blank for his signature in case of question, and the customary "non-transferable" warning occupy the fact. On the back of the license stands the admonition; "keep within limit; conserve the game; do not kill in the closed season." Meanwhile, sales of Angling-License continue to go strongly, away ahead of this date last year. The Fish & Game Commission has sold 22,577 licenses thus far to 15,835 on June 19, 1916, about 30 per cent increase despite the war discouragement, and the real season for vacation angling is just beginning. The handling of sporting-goods, hardware and country general merchandise and drug stores has proved very popular with hunters and anglers in Southern California, as it greatly simplifies securing licenses, beside playing the legal ten per cent commission to those who really take the trouble of retailing them. The fiscal year on 1916 Hunting-Licenses which fill expire June 30, will show sales of over 27,000 in the South by the Fish and Game Commission alone, beside the considerable total placed by county Clerks under the old arrangement. Southern sportsmen take much pride in their license-totals, realizing that these dollars are the "sinews of war" against violators, as all propagation and protection work for fish... One-third of the Directors of every Federal reserve bank represents industry, commerce and agriculture, for whose benefit the Federal Reserve system was mainly created. Through them our business men may feel assured that their point of view is represented in the management of our Federal reserve bank. The larger the system the greater will be its benefits to business men. You can directly increase its resources by depositing your money with us, since for your protection we keep on deposit with our Federal reserve bank a part of every depositor's balance with us. Are you doing your share in supporting your system? MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM The First National Bank The First National Bank and game is self-supporting in California through license income and the relative small per centage of fines from convicted offenders. There no longer is any general state appropriation to carry on this work; the sportsmen themselves pay for all that is done, so naturally take a keen interest in it. ORANGE COUNTY BOYS GO NORTH TO TRAIN Seventy-Seven Young Men Enlisted by Master-at-Arms McKelvey Seventy Orange county boys have stepped from their homes last week into the service of Uncle Sam, going into the navy. They have departed from here within the last week, going to Goat Island, where they will train in the branches for which they enlisted before going into active service on war vessels. The men come from Anaheim, Olive Westminster, Huntington Beach, Tustin, Brea and Santa Ana. Master-at-Arms McKelvey, in charge of the local recruiting station the last two months, has enlisted seventy-seven boys from the county in that time. Following is a list of the men who are to report at Goat Island: Harry Smith, Geo. McCormack, Perry Hurst, Ralph Millet, M. J. Schmidt, W. A. Burns, R. C. Walker, J. D. Wolfe, J. A. Vonder, E. Z. Thayer, C. B. M. Thompson, J. B. Trelease, W. A. Garniss, A. M. Caragen, R. P. Buckley, J. E. Bell, S. L. Coffman, C. McAuley, J. Hardy, Jr., W. P. Glasper, P. M. Fuller, J. F. Campbell, D. W. Adams, H. Craig, H. E. Akins, A. McLaughlin, K. N. McKerer, W. R. Ruiz, E. G. Chirus, J. J. DeLong, J. B. Flyman, W. A. Coyle, C. M. Roberts, D. Wiquheart, W. Schilling, W. M. Kubitz, Bob Munger, J. W. Wilcox, W. Stevenson, Troy L. Estes, C. Trotter, Lee Armfield, Roy Osborne. Driven by a two-horse-power motor, a portable machine has been invented than can load 500-pound barrels into railroad cars at a rate of 180 an hour. An Illinois inventor's rat trap is made in the form of a dog; is set by turning the tail down and catches rodents that enter its mouth to get the bait. To enable men to work in gaseous places a mask has been invented that is supplied with pure air through a tube without the aid of additional machinery. A sword and pistol have been combined by a Pennsylvanian, the blade and the firing mechanism being inside the guard. Waterproof fabric has been invented by a Frenchman who has discovered a way to extract the brittleness from thin slices of cork, which then are glued to cloth. For billiard parlors there has been invented apparatus operated by clockwork to record the time a table is in use and the number of games played in a given time. Subjecting a secret chemical solution to unraviolet rays from sunlight, a Danish scientist claims to have invented an economical method for producing electricity. Among the new appliances to help a person learn to swim is a combination of three metal buoys, each resembling a pair of pie plates with their edges fastened together. Experimenters in Europe have found that slag from garbage incinerating plants is an excellent substitute for gravel for mixing with cement in the manufacture of con- PRODUCTS OF GENIUS In the first three months this year, the United States consumed 83,652,907 pounds of cotton fibre in the manufacture of explosives. An observatory in Berlin claims to have the world's most accurate clock, which is kept in an air-tight glass cylinder in a basement. Among the new appliances to help a person learn to swim is a combination of three metal bouys, each resembling a pair of pie plates with their edges fastened together. Experimenters in Europe have found that slag from garbage-incinerating plants is an excellent substitute for gravel for mixing with cement in the manufacture of concrete. 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