anaheim-gazette 1917-07-26

GREATER SEQUOIA PROJECT IS PLANNED TEHIPITE VALLEY AND KINGS RIVER CANYON MAY BE INCLUED IN NATIONAL PARK WHEN ENLARGED, THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK WILL COM BINE MAXIMUM OF FOREST, CANYON AND PEAK The demand for what is popularly known as Greater Sequoia National Park is rapidly growing. Several of the larger mountain climbing and outdoor clubs have become enthusiastic for it, and inquiries of the department of the interior concerning the magnificent country north and east of the present Sequoia national park are increasing. The fact that America possesses an area of unsurpassed scenic magnificence heretofore unsuspected by the public has become generally known only recently. Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the United States, has been only a name and an altitude. The Tehipite valley and the Kings river canyon have been scarcely known even as names. The Kern river canyon is hardly known in California. The fact that all of these represent sublimity, each of its own kind, interests the public; and the project to join, in one national park of sixteen hundred square miles, the maximum canyon seem to be softer, the valley floor broader, the river less heroic. If the keynote of the Tehipite valley is wild exuberance, that of the Kings river canyon is wild beauty. The one excites; the other lulls. The one shares with Yosemite the distinction of extraordinary outline; the other shares with Yosemite the distinction of extraordinary charm. The three valleys are in a class by themselves. WEED OUT EVIL INFLUENCES IN SCHOOL In an effort to protect the school children of the state from the influence of those few unrestrained youths whose habits are flagrantly vicious, and, like the bad apple in the barrel of good ones, liable generally to be contaminating, the state board of education at its last meeting passed a resolution calculated to add more power and penalty to the authority of the school principal in the handling of recalcitrant youths. The new section added to the rules and regulations of the state board reads as follows: "Principals of public schools, elementary or secondary, shall exercise careful supervision over the moral conditions in their respective schools. Gambling, frequenting pool rooms, immorality or the use of narcotics or alcohol, either in or out of school, shall not be tolerated; any pupil guilty of these offenses or any of them shall be immediately suspended by the principal of the school such pupil is attending and shall not be again received into any public school of the state until satisfactory assurance is given by said pupil and his parent or guardian that such offense shall not be repeated while such pupil is in attendance upon the public schools of this state. For violation of such assurance the principal shall suspend" LEGISLATURE DOES NOT TO WOMEN OF Wife Placed on Equal Band in Matter of F Mrs. H. W. Cable, p. Women's Federation of congratulated State Co. S. Chambers upon his sitting through the legislature the governor signithe wife upon an equiv husband in the matter tax as applied to property of either. Community property gathered together by wife during marriage, affect property owned fore marriage or proper come to either by wife California inheritance very unjust to the wife the husband died she compelled to pay a tax of the community property, but also upon here she helped to accumulate the husband on the do not only retained his payment of a tax of an as a matter of course kept the wife's half cular property and paid on. The women agitated a number of years, bcess Chambers first ter in 1914, but soon time was too short for through the 1915 legisl as considerable oppose therefore campaigned vigorously, educating ticularly the women, the situation, and so legislature met he wi do effective work. a complete victory fo public has become generally known only recent in the United States, has been only a name and an altitude. The Tehipite valley and the Kings river canyon have been scarcely known even as names. The Kern river canyon is hardly known in California. The fact that all of these represent sublimity, each of its own kind, interests the public; and the project to join, in one national park of sixteen hundred square miles, the maximum of mountain top and canyon scenery with the maximum of forest luxuriance as represented in the present Sequoia national park has caught the national fancy. In several respects the Greater Sequoia, when it becomes a national park, will be unique. Two of these great canyons, the Tehipite valley and the Kings river canyon, may properly be classed with the Yosemite valley. Not that they resemble or repeat the Yosemite or each other; each is highly individual and different. But they all have much in common, including a largeness, a personality and a quality that set them apart from all other of the "many Yosemites" which John Muir ascribes to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each of these canyons, like the Yosemite valley, is overlooked by granite rocks of great height and marked personality. The Tehipite Dome guarding the Tehipite valley on the north, is even loftier than El Capitan of the Yosemite; while Mount Harrington, directly opposite, rises nearly two thousand feet higher than Half Dome rises above the Yosemite valley's eastern end. In the Kings river canyon, North Dome and the Grand Sentinel are heights of commanding grandeur. Tehipite Dome is a true Yosemite feature. It points its granite finger at the zenith. It is not so massive as ElCapitan, and to that extent is less impressive; but it is superb. It has its own august personality, and, if it stood in the Yosemite, would share with those famous rocks the incomparable valley's highest honors. From the floor of the valley, outlined against the sky, it towers hugely. It needs no maps to convince Tehipite explorers that many of its abrupt castillated walls exceed Yosemite's in height. The sky line is fantastically carved into spires and domes, a counterpart in gigantic miniature of the great Sierra of which it is the valley climax. The Yosemite measure of sublimity perhaps lacks, but in its place is a more rugged grandeur, a shall not be tolerated; any pupil guilty of these offenses or any of them shall be immediately suspended by the principal of the school such pupil is attending and shall not be again received into any public school of the state until satisfactory assurance is given by said pupil and his parent or guardian that such offense shall not be repeated while such pupil is in attendance upon the public schools of this state. For violation of such assurance the principal shall suspend such pupil for the remainder of the current school term. This rule shall be permanently posted in a suitable and conspicuous place in each school building." The board feels that it has ample constructive authority in law for this action in addition to the unquestioned moral right and duty to safeguard the welfare of the great majority of public school children. KEEP HUMAN FOOD OUT OF GARBAGE The fact that all garbage is fed to chickens or pigs does not necessarily mean that no human food is being wasted in that household. It is true economy to feed to chickens and pigs material that cannot be eaten by human beings, because such material is returned in part by the animal as human food. It is not true economy, however, to feed to animals stale bread or other material which could be made into left over dishes and used directly as human food. It must be remembered that the hog returns only one third of such food as human food and that when bread is fed to chickens nine tenths of the food is completely lost to the table. Those who really wish to avoid waste of food will not let anything useful for feeding human beings get into their garbage, but at the same time will see that all parings of vegetables, bones, inedible meat trimmings, and such material does go to feed animals. To make such material most useful for feeding animals, every housewife must take pains to see that no glass, metal, paper, burnt matches, string or other material dangerous to animals gets mixed with kitchen garbage. Bird lovers at the front have, from time to time, supplied many delightful stories about the strange ways of the birds in the neighborhood of the firing line. One of the latest, from a "gunner," is worth quoting, if only because Chambers first terrier in 1914, but soon time was too short for through the 1915 legislaion as considerable oppoort therefore campaigned vigorously, educating particularly the women, the situation, and so legislature met he wi to do effective work. A complete victory fo VAST SUMS EXPENDITORY More Than $12 Per State Indebted For the fiscal year June 30th, 1917, State S. Chambers issued representing a grand total 139.73. This huge resented payments for such as the state's co-support of the school bond refunds to cover as well as the expere government proper where around $20,000. The total expenditure last year by the state,the cities amounted and the receipts threese figures represent and payments for all affecting the three ment. From 1911 to 1916 es increased 100%, oes 106% and city oes making an average average of receipts son the city increase tively small percent already was very h ing this period, fron clusive, the populai increased between 28%the total of the asses counties 37%. As an indication of money went, thie government in Californi 1916 upon highway $33,544,733.52; over interest upon a total of $225,041,735.33; ad purposes $37,540,561$12 per capita. COUNTY EXPENDITORY LIMITED parable valley's highest honors. From the floor of the valley, outlined against the sky, it towers hugely. It needs no maps to convince Tehipite explorers that many of its abrupt castellated wails exceed Yosemite's in height. The sky line is fantastically carved into spires and domes, a counterpart in gigantic miniature of the great Sierra of which it is the valley climax. The Yosemite measure of sublimity perhaps lacks, but in its place is a more rugged grandeur, a certain suggestion of vastness and power unequalled elsewhere. In fact the floor itself offers no suggestion of Yosemite's exquisiteness. Instead, it offers rugged spaciousness. In place of Yosemite's peaceful woods and meadows, here are giant studded thickets and mountainous masses of enormous broken talus. Instead of the quiet winding Merced, here is a surging, smashing, frothing, cascading, roaring torrent, several times its volume, which fills the valley with its turbulence. Once step foot on the valley floor and all thought of comparison with Yosemite vanishes forever. This is a different thing altogether, but a thing in its own way no less superlative in its distinction. The keynote of the Tehipite valley is wild exuberance. From this it is difficult to differentiate the Kings river canyon, which lies a few miles south. They are similar and yet very different. Perhaps the difference is chiefly that of degree. Both lie east and west, with enormous rocky bluffs rising on either side of rivers of quite extraordinary beauty. Both present nearly perpendicular castellated walls of exceptional boldness of design. Both are heavily and magnificently wooded. Both possess to a high degree the quality of even the Sierra's glacial valleys. But the outlines of the Kings River such material most useful for feeding animals, every housewife must take palms to see that no glass, metal, paper, burnt matches, string or other material dangerous to animals gets mixed with kitchen garbage. Bird lovers at the front have, from time to time, supplied many delightful stories about the strange ways of the birds in the neighborhood of the firing line. One of the latest, from a "gunner," is worth quoting, if only because of the glimpse it affords of somewhere in France, which, like so many other somewheres, some British soldier has come to know its every stone and tree. "The marshes," the gunner says, "are occupied by many waterfowl. Coots and moor hens are supremely indifferent to gunfire, and I know of several pairs nesting in a marsh not a hundred yards from the German front line trenches. The marsh contains a lakelet, and an ancient gnarled hawthorn tree which has, somehow, escaped destruction, and in this a wood pigeon has built a nest and is sitting. In pools and reedy marshes to our left, numerous wild ducks live. Early every morning they fly over the German lines, returning in the evening."—Christian Science Monitor. Rats destroyed over $30 worth of goods in a large department store each night. Trapping and other control measures here stopped losses that would have amounted to $10,000 a year. Organize your community to get rid of rats—wasteful, costly and dangerous pests. The United States department of agriculture will tell you how to deal effectively with rats in your home or store, on the farm, or under town conditions. As an indication the money went, the government in Calif., 1916 upon highway $33,544,733.52; over interest upon a total of $225,041,735.33; a purposes $37,540,561 $12 per capita. COUNTY EXPENDITURE LIMITED Attorney General Cannot be Invoked New Against consider which developed to the 1917 legislature a bill known as the thorization law, there is to limit county governmental purpose one year they shall of the previous year 5%. Provision is no emergencies, the thorization having the pooled county to exceed the judgment an emerger. The board of autof two members of control, State Controller, R. E. Collins board of equalizatio member to be appoñor. The law will July 31st, and while visions can not be a year on the partici in the law, still tha has ruled that tha should be compiled of the dates. Many prominent posed this law be the limitation of LEGISLATURE DOES JUSTICE TO WOMEN OF CALIFORNIA Wife Placed on Equality With Husband in Matter of Inheritance Mrs. H. W. Cable, president of the Women's Federation of clubs, recently congratulated State Controller John S. Chambers upon his success in getting through the legislature and having the governor sign a law placing the wife upon an equality with the husband in the matter of the inheritance tax as applied to the community property of either. Community property is all property gathered together by husband and wife during marriage, but does not affect property owned by either before marriage or property which may come to either by will or gift. The California inheritance tax law was very unjust to the wife in that when the husband died she was not only compelled to pay a tax upon his half of the community property if willed to her, but also upon her own half which she helped to accumulate; whereas the husband on the death of the wife not only retained his half without the payment of a tax of any kind, but also as a matter of course, took over and kept the wife's half as his own peculiar property and paid no tax thereon. The women agitated this matter for a number of years, but without success Chambers first took up the matter in 1914, but soon realized that the time was too short for him to get it through the 1915 legislature inasmuch as considerable opposition existed. He therefore campaigned the state quite vigorously, educating the people, particularly the women, to the facts of the situation, and so when the 1917 legislature met he was in a position to do effective work. The result was a complete victory for the women. YELLOWSTONE, BUFFALO BILL'S OLD HOME THE TOURIST WILL SEE PICTURES QUEUE SHOSHONE DAM, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD ROAD LIES THROUGH SHOSHONE CANYON, WITH ITS FANTASTIC RED SANDSTONES The eastern gateway to the Yellowstone national park is called the Cody entrance, because at Cody, Wyo., the traveler leaves the train for a ride of 63 miles by auto to the park boundary. Cody was founded many years ago by the famous scout, the late Col. Wm. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," and is a typical western plains town. It is situated on a bench or shelf above the Shoshone river and below the table land that stretches away toward the east. It is therefore invisible to the traveler on the roads from Thermopolis, Basin, Powell, and other Wyoming towns to the eastward until he comes very near the limits of the town. Leaving Cody for the trip to Yellowstone park, the road leads into the Shoshone gorge, across the Shoshone river, and thence to the Burlington station on the plain opposite the town. From here the road turns southwestward through the plains and runs for several miles through an arid, treeless waste. The sulphur mill on the east side of the river stands out prominently a short distance from Cody. The wonders of the trip to the park wonderful natural features appear on every side. The mountains are composed principally of red sandstone and have been carved into a million fantastic shapes by wind and water. Signs attract the attention of visitors to the peculiarly shaped formations, the most interesting of which are Holy City, Chimney Rock, Clock Tower, Hole in the Wall, Dead Indian, Elephant's Head, Duck, Malmed Hand, and Pinnacle Point. As the park boundary is approached the mountains become more rugged and timber becomes heavier. The principal species of trees are Douglas fir and Engleman spruce. Just after crossing the Middle Fork of the Shoshone river and leaving it to the right, as the road proceeds up Middle Creek, Pahaska Tepee is reached. This is an old hunting lodge built and owned for many years by Buffalo Bill, and is very beautifully situated in the forest. Supplies of various kinds may be obtained at this point. Two and four tenths miles farther up Middle Creek the park boundary at the Easter nGateway is reached. THE NEW GRAND Dorothy Phillips will be the star of "The Rescue" when that newest Bluebird photoplay is exhibited at the New Grand theatre, Anaheim, Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, with Lon Chaney and William Stowell leading a supporting company that otherwise includes Gretchen Lederer, Molly Malone, Gertrude Aster and Claire Du Bray, four of the prettiest girls in moving pictures. "The Rescue" is a society drama, illustrating the divorce problem from new angles. It tells how a divorced woman was tricked into again marrying her ex-husband, A peculiar Santa Ana inary exa cess Chambers first took up the matter in 1914, but soon realized that the time was too short for him to get it through the 1915 legislature inasmuch as considerable opposition existed. He therefore campaigned the state quite vigorously, educating the people, particularly the women, to the facts of the situation, and so when the 1917 legislature met he was in a position to do effective work. The result was a complete victory for the women. VAST SUMS EXPENDED YEARLY IN CALIFORNIA More Than $12 Per Capita for Total State Indebtedness For the fiscal year which ended June 30th, 1917, State Controller John S. Chambers issued 39,233 warrants representing a grand total of $34,886,139.73. This huge expenditure represented payments for all purposes such as the state's contribution for the support of the schools, highway work, bond refunds to counties and cities, as well as the expenses of the state government proper which run somewhere around $20,000,000 a year. The total expenditures in California last year by the state, the counties and the cities amounted to $175,868,482.94 and the receipts to $181,300,935.07. These figures represent expenditures and payments for all kinds of purposes affecting the three forms of government. From 1911 to 1916, state expenditures increased 100%, county expenditures 106% and city expenditures 48%, making an average of 84% against an average of receipts of 79%. The reason the city increase is at a comparatively small percentage is because it already was very high in 1911. During this period, from 1911 to 1916 inclusive, the population of the state increased between 25% and 27%, and the total of the assessment rolls of the counties 37%. As an indication of where some of the money went, the three forms of government in California expended in 1916 upon highway and street work, $33,544,733.52; over $10,000,000 in interest upon a total indebtedness of $225,041,735.33, and for educational purposes $37,540,561.18, or more than $12 per capita. COUNTY EXPENDITURES NOW LIMITED BY STATE LAW Leaving Cody for the trip to Yellowstone park, the road leads into the Shoshone gorge, across the Shoshone river, and thence to the Burlington station on the plain opposite the town. From here the road turns southwestward through the plains and runs for several miles through an arid, treeless waste. The sulphur mill on the east side of the river stands out prominently a short distance from Cody. The wonders of the trip to the park begin with the entrance to the Shoshone canyon, the stupendous gorge through which the Shoshone river takes its course. On the right lies Rattlesnake Mountain and on the left Cedar mountain. The two constituted a singel mountain until the river cut a deep, narrow gash through its center of solid rock. The walls of the canyon are nearly perpendicular, and yet along the face of Rattlesnake mountain the reclamation service of the department of the interior blasted from the solid rock a splendid road eight miles long. In many places the road passes through tunnels in the granite walls. This is the road that is traveled through the gorge and out to the park. The government found it necessary to construct this road through the apparently inaccessible canyon in order to provide the means of transporting materials to construct the great dam of the Shoshone reclamation project. At the upper end of the canyon the Shoshone dam itself is reached. This dam is the second highest in the world, 328 feet from the lowest foundation to the top of the parapet, being 48 feet higher than the Flatiron building in New York. At its base it is 108 feet thick up and down stream and only 80 feet long. On top it is 180 feet long and 10 feet thick. The cost of its construction was $1,356,585, but the value of the crops raised by the use of the stored water in 1916 was $601,000, and only about one-sixth of the irrigable area was cropped last year. The irrigation system is being rapidly extended and several thousand acres will be thrown open to homesteaders during the autumn. Leaving the dam, the road follows the shore of the beautiful Shoshone lake which was formed by closing, with the great wedge of concrete, the narrow gash in the rock walls of the canyon. Scientists state that this lake occupies the basin of an ancient body of water which existed thousands Grand theatre, Anaheim, Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, with Lon Chaney and William Stowell leading a supporting company that otherwise includes Gretchen Lederer, Molly Malone, Gertrude Aster and Claire Du Bray, four of the prettiest girls in moving pictures. "The Rescue" is a society drama, illustrating the divorce problem from new angles. It tells how a divorced woman was tricked into again marrying her ex-husband, through the intrigue of a girl of "sweet sixteen" who aroused her jealousy and spurred the divorcee to action. Also a Mack Sennett Keystone comedy in two parts will be shown. Magnetic Edith Storey is co-starred with Antonio Moreno and William Duncan in the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature,"Aladdin from Broadway" which is the attraction at the New Grand theatre on Sunday only, July 29. The role of a girl of Mecca offers Miss Storey opportunities for displaying her versatility, which she has never had before, although her parts have been varied one. She is cast as a little spitfire—as a girl who is brimming over with independence and who is forced into a marriage with a wealthy diamond merchant, who is much older than herself and whom she learns to detest. When some act displeases her she goes into a tantrum and anything lying nearby is thrown with amazing rapidity at her devoted husband. Although Miss Storey has always termed "The Bernhardt of the Screen," this role proves her right to that complimentary title. Two splendid reels of comedy will also be shown. Whether or not a girl can enter the business world and attain success without losing her feminine charm is the issue involved in "Her Father's Keeper," a Triangle play, which will be shown at the Grand Monday and Tuesday, July 30 and 31. Irene Howley is seen as the girl who tires of motoring, dancing and gracing social functions. She possesses the business acumen of her father, a Wall street financier, and she desires to enter his office. He refuses to permit her and declares he will never speak to her again if she persists in following a career. But his determination is matched by his daughter. She disappears from home and later emerges as a secretary in his office. A clever use is made of the dicta As an indication of where some of the money went, the three forms of government in California expended in 1916 upon highway and street work, $33,544,735.52; over $10,000,000 in interest upon a total indebtedness of $225,041,735.33, and for educational purposes $37,540,561.18, or more than $12 per capita. COUNTY EXPENDITURES NOW LIMITED BY STATE LAW Attorney General Ruled Referendum Cannot be Invoked Against the New Law Against considerable opposition which developed toward the close of the 1917 legislature, that body passed a bill known as the state board of authorization law, the purpose of which is to limit county expenditures for governmental purposes so that in any one year they shall not exceed those of the previous year by more than 5%. Provision is made, of course, for emergencies, the board of authorization having the power to permit a county to exceed the 5% limit if in its judgment an emergency exists. The board of authorization consists of two members of the board of control, State Controller John S. Chambers, R. E. Collins, chairman of the board of equalization, and one other member to be appointed by the governor. The law will become effective July 31st, and while some of its provisions can not be complied with this year on the particular dates set forth in the law, still the attorney general has ruled that the various provisions should be complied with regardless of the dates. Many prominent school people opposed this law because they feared the limitation of expenditures might affect their revenue, and they started to invoke the referendum against the measure. The attorney general has ruled, however, that the referendum cannot be so invoked because this particular law relates to tax levies, which under the constitution can not be tied up by the referendum. Controller Chambers has sent out a copy of the attorney general's letter to all the county auditors in the state so that they may be advised of the ruling and their duties under the law. Irene Howley is seen as the girl who tires of motoring, dancing and gracing social functions. She possesses the business acumen of her father, a Wall street financier, and she desires to enter his office. He refuses to permit her and declares he will never speak to her again if she persists in following a career. But his determination is matched by his daughter. She disappears from home and later emerges as a secretary in his office. A clever use is made of the dicta phone in the office scenes. The obdurate father, having declared he will not address his daughter again, uses this apparatus for dictating letters to her. Dorothy Dalton will be seen as a selfish woman of the world when she appears in "The Dark Road," a Triangle-Kay Bee play, directed by Chas Miller under the supervision of Thomas Ince, at the New Grand, Wednesday and Thursday, August 1 and 2. As the modern siren who believes herself a reincarnation of Cleopatra, Miss Dalton contributes a vivid lineation to the screen. Magnificent gowns, indicating the temperament of Cleo Murison, are worn throughout the production. Devold of ideals and all sense of honor when her husband goes to France to take his part in the great war, she makes indolent love to his younger brother, Cedric. Later on the lad, too, responds to his country's need, so she turns to a man who, in the guise of a Spanish art collector, is acting as a spy for Germany. Cleo is infatuated with him, and through her indiscretion he obtains news pertaining to the movements of the English in France. After a series of dramatic incidents, Captain Murison learns of his wife's duplicity and returns to take revenge upon her and her lover. "A-1 Quality" FORD Universal Auto Co., Spokane "have been using Zerolene for several months—A-1 quality." BUICK J. D. Lauppe, Sacramento "We have found Zerolene to be a satisfactory lubricant for Buick Automobiles." DODGE Eaton & Campbell, Seattle "our experience with Zerolene has been entirely satisfactory." MERCER Mercer Pacific Coast Age'y, San Francisco—"Zerolene has proven very satisfactory." ZEROLENE The Standard Oil for Motor Cars Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors because the records of their service departments show that Zerolene, correctly refined from California asphalt-base crude, gives perfect lubrication—less wear, more power, least carbon deposit. Dealers everywhere and at our service stations. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) For tractors, Zerolene Heavy-Duty is especially recommended. IN THE JUSTICE COURT A peculiar situation arose in the Santa Ana justice court in a preliminary examination that was held as the result of the use of an automobile belonging to John Scott, Jr., of La Habra. Merl Farmer, aged 15, probable loss, which they will sustain on next year's crop, resulting from the severe heat wave in June. The demand, brought about by war has resulted in the United States becoming the largest shipbuilding country in the world, having constructed, during the first six months of 1917. IN THE JUSTICE COURT A peculiar situation arose in the Santa Ana justice court in a preliminary examination that was held as the result of the use of an automobile belonging to John Scott, Jr., of La Habra. Merl Farmer, aged 15, Bud Kern and Carl Miller, grown-ups, were charged with stealing Scott's automobile. The evidence brought out by Deputy District Attorney Koepsel developed the fact that there was no intent to steal the automobile, but that it was proposed to take it without the owner's permission. The 15-year-old boy did the driving. One of the men cranked the machine. Merl's legs were too short to reach the clutch, so one of the men shoved it down for the boy. The trio started off for a ride, and did not get far before the machine wsa driven into a bank, and the ride ended. Merl was ordered to appear in the juvenile court. Koepsel construed the evidence as good ground for holding Kern and Farmer for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, in that it showed that they had helped the boy take the machine. The two men were held to answer to that charge. THE HAPPY BEE There was a happy B, as any one could C, Who never heaved a sigh of any siill. He would fly among the pppp. The nectar there to cccc, And gather pollen on his little thiiil. With neither haw nor G, he'd fly away to T, And there the honey he'd begin to uuuu. Living always at his eeee, With no one who would tttt, He never had to mind his pppp and qqqq.—St. Nicholas SOUTHERN CALIF. CROPS BEAT RECORD BY $25,000,000 Banker Declares That With Shipbuilding and Other War Activities Southland Has Unusual Advantages Exceeding by $25,000,000 the production of any preceding year, this probable loss, which they will sustain on next year's crop, resulting from the severe heat wave in June. The demand, brought about by war has resulted in the United States becoming the largest shipbuilding country in the world, having constructed during the first six months of 1917, 240,000 tons of shipping. Great Britain constructed during the same period only 238,000 tons. According to the commissioner of navigation, E. T. Chamberlain, steel ships now building and to be built in the United States within three years, will cost $800,000,000, the largest outlay in one period in the history of any country in the world. Los Angeles is procuring its share of the benefits to be derived from the activity of this industry. The Los Angeles Dry Docks and Shipbuilding company, whose great plant is now being built at the harbor, has the contract to build steel ships to the value of $10,000,000 and will employ 5000 men. Two other Los Angeles shipyards are doubling their capacity and a fourth is under construction. Iong Beach shipbuilding plants are working to capacity on contracts for submarines. It is safe to say that all shipbuilding concerns, wherever located in this country, will have al lthey are able to handle for some years to come. Orders are now being placed and about to be filled, totaling 537 steel vessels, aggregating 2,035,000 tons, and 167 wooden vessels, with a tonnage of 214,711. The Emergency Fleet corporation has an apporpriation from the government of $750,000,000 to be used for the purpose of building for the government 3,000,000 tons of shipping, in addition to what American and foreign owners are building in the private yards in the United States. It is reported that a contract is about to be entered into—if not already consummated—involving the expenditure of $600,000,000 for the construction of aeroplanes, to be built at a plant to be erected at the Los Angeles harbor. SOUTHERN CALIF. CROPS BEAT RECORD BY $25,000,000 Banker Declares That With Shipbuilding and Other War Activities Southland Has Unusual Advantages Exceeding by $25,000,000 the production of any preceding year, this year's crops grown by the seven counties of Southern California will yield approximately $100,000,000 according to an estimate made by Dr. M. N. Avery, president of the Guaranty Trust and Savings bank of Los Angeles. In a letter issued to employees of the bank, of which Dr. Avery is the head, he lays considerable stress on the growing importance of the shipbuilding industry, especially as it applies to Southern California. Dr. Avery's statement follows: This year's crops grown by the seven Southern counties of this state, are estimated to yield $100,000,000—a sum $25,000,000 greater than for any preceding year. Oranges, lemons, deciduous fruits, and vegetables of various kinds, chief of which are celery, cauliflower, peppers, cabbage, potatoes and cantaloupes, have enriched the growers by many millions. This year's acreage, planted to cantaloupes in the Imperial valley alone, is 13,800 acres, from which the valley expects to realize the sum of $2,000,000 in cash. The total value of citrus fruits produced in Southern California this year exceeds $45,000,000—the excess of which, over ordinary years, will go far toward compensating growers for the THRIFT THOUGHT Don't throw away stale bread, Madam Housewife. It can be used in many ways in preparing your family's meals. Here is one use suggested by the department of agriculture. Breakfast Rusts—Dry or slightly toast slices of bread and ends of loaves on the back of a stove or in a slow oven. Crush with rolling pin and serve the fragments with milk or cream and sugar, and fruit, if desired, as a breakfast food. This product closely resembles some commercially prepared breakfast foods and is obviously less expensive. BETTER ADJUST THAT LIGHT Friday of this week the new "anti-glare" law of the motor vehicle act goes into effect, and officers have sent out notice that it will be strictly enforced. The law prescribes that the direct ray of light from the headlights must not be over 42 inches above the ground 75 feet in front of the car. Also that cars having spot lights must have them permanently fixed so that they cannot be raised above that level. As the law provides a stiff fine for violation, motorists would do well to have their lights adjusted before venturing out at night after the 27th.