anaheim-gazette 1917-07-19

ORANGE TREES MUST HAVE FRUIT TO FEED New Bloom Appearing on Navel Trees Gives Growers in Upper Valley A Ray of Hope Is the vitality of the orange trees of Southern California, which lost their crop in the June heat wave, forcing a new bloom because it has no fruit to feed? Start of bloom in the orchards at Glendora, reported to A. J. Wilkins, well known fruit man, and at Upland and Highgrove, reported to J. P. Coy, county horticultural commissioner, has given rise to hopes of many growers. According to Coy it is possible there will be a general bloom and a re-setting of fruit. Wilkins has the theory that it is only natural that the trees should re-blossom and points to the season of 1909, when various sections, including the Chase orchards at Riverside shipped good fruit from a July bloom. "John Brunjes, manager of the Glendora citrus association, telephoned to me that a new bloom has started in the foothills," said Mr. Wilkins. "In 1909 much fruit was harvested from a July bloom. The trees have no fruit to feed, and I believe a new bloom will be forced." "I cannot say whether there will be a bloom of any considerable consequence or not," said Mr. Coy. "It is possible there will be. Blossoms at Upland were reported to me, and I investigated the situation at Highgrove, where some growers believe a new bloom is about to come. A new growth is starting, that is certain. It may bring with it a new bloom. "Where orchards have not had water for some time, it is reasonable that a new bloom would be forced by irrigation. I fear, however, it is too late attempt Fancy pedigreed stock is not required for meat production. Rabbits are easily kept. They eat hay, grass, lawn cuttings, and green vegetation of many kinds. Females should be allowed to breed when 8 or 10 months old, and during the year should raise four litters of about six young each. Well fed, the young reach marketable size when 3 to 4 months old and average from 5 to 6 pounds live weight. The department has published a bulletin on raising rabbits which will be helpful to those who wish to engage in this pursuit. DEATH OF CENTENARIAN Mrs. Severona Garcia, probably the only centenarian in Orange county, died Sunday evening at her home at Yorba, where she had been a resident for the last thirty years. She is survived only by a son, P. Coronado of Yorba who is 70 years of age. Mrs. Garcia had been in failing health for the last two months having been confined to her bed during that time. Funeral services were held at the Yorba Catholic church in charge of Father Dubbel and burial was in the Anaheim cemetery. Mrs. Garcia was born in Sonora, Mexico. MEDICAL STUDENTS MAY BE EXEMPT Pre-medical students will probably be exempted from draft or furloughed in order to continue their studies. Such is the prediction made by Dr. W. F. Snow, writing in behalf of the medical section of the council of national defense, in a letter just received by President Benj. Ide Wheeler of the University of California. While pre-medical students are not exempted by the terms of the con- al crops. This region once inhabited by a number of dentary peoples, who reported themselves partly by a primary Civilized occupation did not begin until the last century, when a canns settled near the Simon creek. America first grazed their here valley about 1867. Erosion have so devastated recent years that it now a comparatively small tle. Since the discovery water in 1910, there influx of settlers and been drilled. Aside for types of agriculture it proposed within San irrigation farming but by water from arid farming, dry farming irrigation with flooded water, and dry farmed by the use of the for grazing. A careful and thorough artesian and other gates the valley has recently by the geological Arizona agriculturalization. This study was to furnish reliable information inquiries from United States and to help to the settlers' water supply and effectively. The total number vicinity of San Simon The flow of these waters less than a gallon to a minute, and the a 116 wells measured gallons a minute. To of the 127 wells, if tinuously, would be feet, or 6,700 gallons parison of the flows It is possible there will be. Blossoms at Upland were reported to me, and I investigated the situation at Highgrove, where some growers believe a new bloom is about to come. A new growth is starting, that is certain. It may bring with it a new bloom. "Where orchards have not had water for some time, it is reasonable that a new bloom would be forced by irrigation. I fear, however, it is too late in the season for a general attempt to bring a new crop by cutting off the water until the trees are dry, and then irrigating." The county horticultural commission said growers had different opinions about the possibility of a new bloom. He said, however, that for several seasons there had been blooms, of which the 1909 re-blossoming was the heaviest, which indicated it was not beyond the realm of possibilities that a new bloom would set. A new bloom of any consequence would save millions of dollars to Southern California growers. It is recalled by growers that after the severe freeze several years ago, when in many sections it was thought the crop was greatly damaged, trees later took on vigor by proper fertilizing and irrigation, and produced fair crops in face of the apparent damage. An orange tree is capable of performing marvelous things when given encouragement. One Placentia grower in particular is now giving his trees an extra good dose of fertilizer, even though the new fruit settings have not been affected to any great extent. He realizes that the trees have gone through a severe test and naturally need a stimulant. Money spent in fertilizer is a good investment from a horticultural viewpoint, and growers would no doubt profit by using the nourishing ingredients plentifully. During a freeze the sap in a tree is sent downward, consequently the fruit is injured. If the case is not too severe, and if the ice in the fruit does not thaw out too quickly, much of the crop can be saved, by giving the trees careful attention. RAISE RABBITS FOR MEAT Rabbits, which have proved a valuable source of food in Europe during the present war, may well be raised more extensively in America by way of keeping them on the ordinary farm. Pre-medical students will probably be exempted from draft or furloughed in order to continue their studies. Such is the prediction made by Dr. W. F. Snow, writing in behalf of the medical section of the council of national defense, in a letter just received by President Benj. Ide Wheeler of the University of California. While pre-medical students are not exempted by the terms of the conscription bill, Dr. Snow states that the president has authority to appoint tribunals to decide who shall be exempt, and that it is the belief of the committee on legislation of the council of national defense that either through these tribunals or by direct order of the secretary of war, pre-medical students will be exempted or furloughed in order to continue their studies. It is the opinion of the greatest experts throughout the country that it is exceedingly important that young men who are studying medicine should continue their studies, in order that an ample supply of well trained army medical men may continue to come forth from the medical colleges to aid the nation's armies. WOULD CATCH ALLY SLACKERS A measure that will appeal to the sense of justice of all the people has been presented to the house of representatives by F. A. Britten of Illinois. It makes all persons who are subjects of a country at war with a country with which the United States is also at war liable to be drafted into the military service of their native land. The secretary of war is authorized to make regulations for the operation of such a draft. The passage of Congressman Britten's measure would effectually take care of the foreign residents in this country who have come to our shores to escape their military duties abroad, and compel them to assist in the defense of our country which has offered its protection to them. LOCAL GARAGE MAN ADVOCATES STRAIGHT RUN GASOLINE "You hear a good deal of talk lately about the quality of gasoline being sold," said E. A. Beard, a local garage man. "Unsatisfactory results with motor fuel are due to the great number of mixtures being offered the public in water supply and effectively. The total number vicinity of San Simon The flow of these waters less than a gallon to a minute, and the area 116 wells measured gallons a minute. To the 127 wells, if tinnuously, would be feet, or 6,700 gallons parison of the flows used in 1913 and 1922 years the aggregate wells decreased 45 individual wells so flow ranging from 2% decrease is attaching the filling of the urethane sand and the caving wells, but in part of the artesian supplement geologists regard most importance to oil of the valley that easily caused to the bottom ing and fitted with should be closed without needed." RAISE RABBITS FOR MEAT Rabbits, which have proved a valuable source of food in Europe during the present war, may well be raised more extensively in America by way of reducing the drain on the ordinary meat supply, according to biologists of the United States department of agriculture. The business of growing rabbits, the specialists point out, can be carried on by youths and adults not engaged in military or other national service, or in regular industrial employment. The animals may be raised in back yards of cities and towns as well as on farms. The Belgian hare, says a statement by the department, breeds rapidly, matures quickly, and produces a palatable and highly nutritious meat. The cost of production is less than that of any other meat, not excepting poultry. The supply can be greatly increased within a few months without requiring space that may be needed for the production of crops. Practical experience has demonstrated that rabbit meat can be produced in unlimited quantities at a cost of about 6 cents a pound, and by utilizing lawn cuttings and other vegetation that would otherwise be wasted the cost can be made even lower. The Belgian and Flemish giant rabbits are recommended for meat production, as the ordinary tame rabbit is smaller and develops more slowly. Stock of Belgian hares may be bought from breeders in nearly all the states at $1 to $3 each. They may occasionally be had from pet stock dealers. LOCAL GARAGE MAN ADVOCATES STRAIGHT RUN GASOLINE "You hear a good deal of talk lately about the quality of gasoline being sold," said E. A. Beard, a local garage man. "Unsatisfactory results with motor fuel are due to the great number of mixtures being offered the public in the guise of gasoline. Mixtures cannot be as good motor fuel as straight run gasoline because mixtures cannot have a continuous chain of boiling points. Easy starting, quick and smooth acceleration, power and mileage all depend absolutely on the boiling points of a gasoline. And straight distillation only can give gasoline the correct, unbroken, gradually rising series of boiling points. Incidentally, gravity is a worthless test for gasoline. Gravity tells nothing at all about boiling points." ARTESIAN WATER IN ARID AZIZONA VALLEY Perhaps no part of the arid Southwest has attracted more general attention in recent years than San Simon Valley, in southeastern Arizona and adjacent parts of New Mexico, in which a new epoch of agricultural development was started in 1910 by the discovery of artesian water. In or near this valley have been found fragments of pottery, stone implements, awls and needles of antelope and turkey bone, ancient irrigation ditches, prehistoric ruins containing corn, beans, and native cotton, and cleared tracts which may have been used for cultivation of aborigin- Anaheim Gazette al crops. This region was evidently once inhabited by a more or less sedentary peoples, who must have supported themselves partly by hunting and partly by a primitive agriculture. Civilized occupation of the region did not begin until the sixties of the last century, when a colony of Mexicans settled near the mouth of San Simon creek. American cattlemen first grazed their herds in San Simon valley about 1867. Overgrazing and erosion have so devastated the valley in recent years that it now sustains only a comparatively small number of cattle. Since the discovery of artesian water in 1910, there has been a rapid influx of settlers and many wells have been drilled. Aside from grazing, the types of agriculture now practiced or proposed within San Simon valley are irrigation farming by surface water or by water from artesian wells, dry farming, dry farming supplemented by irrigation with flood water and pumped water, and dry farming supplemented by the use of the adjacent range for grazing. A careful and thorough study of the artesian and other ground waters of the valley has recently been completed by the geological survey and the Arizona agricultural experiment station. This study was made in order to furnish reliable information to numerous inquirers from all parts of the United States and to give all possible help to the settlers in conserving the water supply and in utilizing it most effectively. The total number of wells in the vicinity of San Simon in 1915 was 127. The flow of these wells ranged from less than a gallon to about 300 gallons a minute, and the average flow from 116 wells measured in 1915 was 52 gallons a minute. The combined yield of the 127 wells, if they flowed continuously, would be about 15 second feet, or 6,700 gallons a minute. Comparison of the flows of 12 wells meas- and revel in its berg dotted lake. Other shelter cabins will be found on the Triple Divide and at Red Eagle Lake. AVIATORS WANTED FROM ORANGE COUNTY Government Asks That Eighty Men Be Recruited From Here Our navy is calling upon Santa Ana and Orange county to provide eighty men for the navy aviation corps. They will form part of the force of 2000 airmen the navy expects to put into the war zone inside of seven monthh, and will be part of the air force with which the world expects the United States to win the war. This is the opportunity long desired by a number of Orange county boys wanting to get into aviation work for the government, and the recruiting office of "Jimmie" McKelvey at 106½ West Fourth street over Matee's drug store, at Santa Ana, will be a busy place the next few days while applications for the naval flying corps are being received. Orange county has provided large numbers of fine men for all branches of the naval service except aviation. Now the navy department is calling upon us to provide eighty men for the air fleet, and a telegram ordering McKelvey to recruit this number from the local territory has just been received. Unlike other branches of the aviation service, the navy does not require students to show three years of college work, as flying ability will be the first and most important requisite. The requirements for commissions in the naval flying corps is that men must be Americans in perfect physical condition. The men chosen will be used to man the great fleets of seaplanes and dirigibles to be turned loose over the kaiser's Transcontinental motorists are rapidly discovering that though they come westward, over the Lincoln highway or any other route from that one south, they connect directly with the network of highways provided by the thirteen Southern counties. Taking the Lincoln highway, they may turn southward over the Midland trail, already sign posted by the Auto Club, and reach Los Angeles direct through the scenic Owens River Valley. It is further pointed out in the president's report that the paved highway of the Southern counties each connect with thousands of miles of highly improved dirt highways which lead to the scenic mountain resorts, and that hundreds of miles of the paved routes serve as the western terminals to the transcontinental roads after they enter the state. MAKING PRISONERS USEFUL The precedent established by the police department of Los Angeles in utilizing city prisoners to raise garden truck and hay, thereby saving taxpayers hundreds of dollars and at the same time increasing the available food supply, is recommended to Orange county by the state council of defense. Under the direction of Chief of Police John L Butler, the Los Angeles department secured a lease on 150 acres of uncultivated land on the outsnirts of the city. It was cleared off, and now not only vegetables and other produce to supply the needs of city and county jails are being raised, but an immense hay crop which will be utilized to feed horses belonging to the police squad is now being harvested. The only eligible for jail consumption which is not raised on the new "prisoners' farm" is meat, and this shortcoming is soon to be remedied, for plans are now in progress to utilize The total number of wells in the vicinity of San Simon in 1915 was 127. The flow of these wells ranged from less than a gallon to about 300 gallons a minute, and the average flow from 116 wells measured in 1915 was 52 gallons a minute. The combined yield of the 127 wells, if they flowed continuously, would be about 15 second feet, or 6,700 gallons a minute. Comparison of the flows of 12 wells measured in 1913 and 1915 shows that in two years the aggregate yield of these wells decreased 45 per cent and that individual wells showed decreases in flow ranging from 20 to 80 per cent. This decrease is attributed largely to the filling of the uncased wells with sand and the caving of the walls of the wells, but in part to the depletion of the artesian supply. The government geologists regard it of the utmost importance to the future welfare of the valley that all wells be properly cased to the bottom with heavy casing and fitted with valves which should be closed when the water is not needed. UNlike other branches of the aviation service, the navy does not require students to show three years of college work, as flying ability will be the first and most important requisite. The requirements for commissions in the naval flying corps is that men must be Americans in perfect physical condition. The men chosen will be used to man the great fleets of seaplanes and dirigibles to be turned loose over the kaiser's forces during the next few months. The course of instruction for airmen for quartermaster (seaplane) will be grouped under the following heads: Shopwork, lectures, free ballioning, captive ballooning, hydrogen generation, motor erecting shop, seaplane erecting shop, joiner shop, copper-smith shop, blacksmith shop, fabric shop, baloons, scouting, aerial navigation. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S SPLENDID ROAD SYSTEM 2368 Miles of Paved Highway in 13 Counties That the thirteen counties of Southern California have almost twice the mileage of paved and macadamized highways of the entire state is the official report issued by the touring bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. In accordance with a request from President Fred L. Baker, the club's touring information bureau has secured accurate data from practically every county in the state as to the number of miles of paved and macadamized highway to be found in California. This information was secured by wire from each county, and is to be used in the club's campaign to attract eastern motorists to Southern California over the Lincoln Highway, the National Old Trails road and other transcontinental routes. Devoid of all propaganda, the resultant figures show that this part of the state has established itself permanently as a touring field without a peer in America, both from the actual miles of highly improved road and from the scenic attractions offered, the latter fundamentally including the coast and mountain tours. In the thirteen Southern counties, which include, Inyo, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, San Diego State Beach, Tulare and Venice local territory has just been received. ON THE TRAIL IN GLACIER PARK Department of the Interior Building Shelter Cabins at Convenient Intervals Wanderers over the magnificently scenic trails of Glacier national park this summer will find their travel easely by the new shelter cabins under construction by the national park service, department of the interior. Instead of camping in the open, the hiker and trail rider will find at convenient intervals picturesque log cabins awaiting them. Here they will find shelter from storm and wind. The cabins are equipped with tables, chairs and a satisfactory cook stove provided with large pots and pans of the sort that is inconvenient to lug around. There will be two of these cabins on the celebrated Gunsight Trail, the route over the Continental Divide between Lake McDermott on the east and Lake McDonald on the west. One of these is located just south of Plegan Pass, a natural resting and lunch spot for travelers in both directions. The other is at the foot of Gunsight lake, with Gunsight Pass outlined against the western sky. OUR BUSINESS IS THAT OF Assembling Homes OUR REAL BUSINESS IS TO HELP YOU BUY. DO YOU GET THAT? That is why we study the quality of the merchandise used in building. That is why we visit the various factories manufacturing building appliances. That is why we observe the new ideas All that we may be equipped to furnish you, free of charge, suggestions, plans, ideas and information on all branches of the building industry. GIBBS LUMBER Phone Pacific 201—Home 2664. East Broadway There will be two of these cabins on the celebrated Gunsight Trail, the route over the Continental Divide between Lake McDermott on the east and Lake McDonald on the west. One of these is located just south of Plegan Pass, a natural resting and lunch spot for travelers in both directions. The other is at the foot of Gunsight lake, with Gunsight Pass outlined against the western sky. This site has a picturesque history. A chalet camp was originally built there several years ago by the company operating the east side hotels. Long after the close of the first season and just before hibernating time, a big hungry grizzly bear broke in and devoured everything eatable. He then proceeded to smash into bits everything in the chalet which was smashable. Not a piece of furniture was left undemolished. The next season the hotel company refitted the chalet and took care of the summer's business; but that following winter an enormous avalanche slipped down the eastern slopes of Mount Jackson and demolished the entire structure as completely as the grizzly had demolished the furniture. This discouraged the hotel company the chalet was not rebuilt. But a rest-house was badly needed at this spot, so the department of the interior is replacing the chalet with a shelter cabin. The materials for the building of the cabin are conveniently at hand. Another of the shelter cabins will be found at Iceberg Lake, that wonder spot so near to Lake McDermott. It will serve as the luncheon kitchen and rest house for thousands who make the amazing one day trip from McDermott to gaze upon its gigantic gorge, explore its mimic glacier, ant figures show that this part of the state has established itself permanently as a touring field without a peer in America, both from the actual miles of highly improved road and from the scenic attractions offered, the latter fundamentally including the coast and mountain tours. In the thirteen Southern counties, which include, Inyo, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura, there are 2,368 miles of paved highways. In the entire state of California, excepting these Southern counties and Alpine, Amador, Del Norte, Lake, Lassen Modoc, Plumas, San Francisco, Sierra and Trinity counties, from which no reports were made, there are 1,878 miles of paved highway—illustrating the great work done by Southern California in the matter of road building. Among those counties which have taken their place in the sun as highway constructionists are Alameda county, with 123 miles of paved road; Kern with 179 miles; Los Angeles with 1,099 miles; Monterey with 167; Orange with 250 miles; Riverside with 139 miles; San Bernardino with 190 miles; San Joaquin with 414 miles; San Diego with 153 miles. Other counties, of which there are 39, have each built on an average of 45 miles of paved road. Los Angeles county stands out as the undisputed leader and pioneer in highway construction. 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