anaheim-gazette 1917-08-09

COUNTY TAX RATE TO BE LOWERED THIS YEAR INCREASED VALUATION WILL ENABLE THE SUPERVISORS TO MAKE REDUCTION COUNTY AUDITOR JEROME INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES Anxious to keep the county tax rate down as low as possible, the board of supervisors is planning for as few expenditures for the coming year as it will be advisable to get by with. This spirit marked a conference held by the board with County Auditor W. C. Jerome, who was authorized to proceed to make up a budget to be submitted to the state board of authorization. Tentatively, a schedule was agreed to that will reduce the county tax rate from $1.95 to $1.70 outside incorporated cities and from $1.55 to $1.30 inside cities. At the conference County Auditor Jerome said that there was still a question as to whether or not the referendum upon the tax limit law would be effective. The secretary of state has filed the petition, by which it is thought the new law is held up. The attorney general has made a ruling to the effect that the law cannot be stopped by referendum, and it is likely that an action will be brought in court to stop the referendum's effect. However, he and the board thought it well to get out a budget to be submitted to Hewes residence on Main street, Tustin, and several other properties there. The Hewes residence is one of the landmarks of Orange county. Huff stated that the company expects to realize from $175,000 to $200,000 from the sale of the properties. When the 100 acres are sold there, will be 575 acres of land in the county remaining in the hands of the fiewes company. Desire on the part of the company to be able to concentrate more fully on development of its business property in Los Angeles and San Francisco is given by Huff as the reason for the proposed sales. RAISES THREE CROPS ON ONE PIECE OF GROUND Fullerton Man is Making a Record Also a Roll of Money Following out the suggestion of President Wilson to all farmers to utilize every available acre of ground for the production of foodstuffs, Roy D. Pratt of Fullerton will this year grow three crops on one piece of ground. The third crop is walnuts. From 80 acres he will gather crops that will bring him between $21,000 and $25,000. Pratt is a renter on the Bastanchury ranch; the location of his place being about two miles west of Fullerton. The trees in the walnut grove are young, producing a few nuts last year, with indication for a light yield this year. Last November Pratt set out cabbage between the rows of trees, and the yield was about an average of seven tons to the acre. The crop is being handled through the association and full returns have not yet been received. In the early part of the season some of the cabbage was sold as high as $110 per ton, while in the latter part of the season the Be a Hot Time" off of "Push All Your Nice mat and Chew, Chew "Grandpa's Raising Country." These "hymns" are actualular in the camp of diers, the dispatches EDUCATIONAL CAUSE Demonstrations are Preservation For the purpose campaign of educationation of foods among Orange county, to be raised by pop Headquarters for defense and war council are to be plans for vigorous work are to be carried Addresses are to women from a speeered by the state ustrations in canning fruits and vegetable in all of the community. The above is an suits of a joint meeting the county council woman's auxiliary. Mrs. A. J. Lawt auxiliary, opened tha was called to order West, chairman of defense.State by women represent pervisorial districts there should be st demonstrations in vegetables and fruit of a campaign of phasized by Mrs. L. Delmling discussed securing lecturers bureau of the state Jerome said that there was still a question as to whether or not the referendum upon the tax limit law would be effective. The secretary of state has filed the petition, by which it is thought the new law is held up. The attorney general has made a ruling to the effect that the law cannot be stopped by referendum, and it is likely that an action will be brought in court to stop the referendum's effect. However, he and the board thought it well to get out a budget to be submitted to the board of authorization, in case one is demanded by the law, should it remain effective. Jerome stated to City School Superintendent Cranston, F. L. Andrews and J. L. McBride, members of the Santa Ana school board that the attorney general has ruled that the tax limit law does not prevent the levying of special taxes by school districts. The committee was present to see if the county board would allow a special tax for the Santa Ana schools. Decision upon the matter was postponed for a week that Supervisor Finley of that district, who is away on a vacation trip, will be present. Item by item, the supervisors went over the tax rate schedule, and wherever it was possible they cut the rate from what it was last year. Their decision throughout was in favor of economy, yet it was their expressed desire not to hinder the departments that needed funds. Some of the items are beyond the control of the board. For instance, the interest and sinking fund is a set charge. Last year that fund called for a 28-cent rate. This year but 20 cents will be necessary. The county school and the high school rate are not under the control of the county board. The law says that a rate must be put on to raise a certain amount per pupil, per teacher and to cover transportation. County School Superintendent Mitchell reported that a county school rate of 23 cents for the grammar schools and 21 cents for the high schools would cover the fixed sums, $131,701.69 and $122,869.49. Last year 25 cents for the first and 24 cents for the second were necessary. Although the state asked that a 25 per cent raise be made in the levy for the care of dependants, no such raise was necessary in the hospital fund. Still, there will be ample to care for whatever emergencies the state contemplated might arise, for there is a good sum left in the hospital fund. The trees in the walnut grove are young, producing a few nuts last year, with indication for a light yield this year. Last November Pratt set out cabbage between the rows of trees, and the yield was about an average of seven tons to the acre. The crop is being handled through the association and full returns have not yet been received. In the early part of the season some of the cabbage was sold as high as $110 per ton, while in the latter part of the season the price went down to $17 per ton. When the final returns are in Pratt expects his crop to show an average of better than $30 per ton, or about $16,000 for the crop. Deducting the space occupied by the trees, Pratt had about 59 acres of cabbage. Following the harvest of the vegetable crop, Pratt planted the acreage to beans and expects to get better than $100' an acre for his crop. The beans will have been harvested before November so that if Pratt desires to again plant cabbage he can do so. PRICES ON PETROLEUM ARE SOARING SKYWARD Thirty-Sir Per Cent Premium Oven Field Prices Paid at Auction Sale L. B. Valla, Sasta Ana commercial agent of the Southern Pacific, received the following telegram from San Francisco in regard to the oil situation: "The seriousness of the oil situation in California which the oil companies have been insisting on, and which was sustained by Governor Stephens' committee, was shown in San Francisco by a receiver's sale at which all records for California oil prices went by the boards. "The sale was held in the offices of Howard Payne, who is a receiver for properties of a number of companies involved in the so-called withdrawal suits. Under the direction of the court, Payne is operating the properties and selling the oil, the proceeds going into the bank to await final judgment. "This is the first auction sale of oil made by the receiver and brought about by the requests of the defendant companies, and the Southern Pacific company, as the largest consumer of fuel oil in the state, that open auction bidding on all large lots of oil be permitted, Judge Bledsoe so ordered. "Two lots of oil were sold, one of the fixed sums, $131,701.69 and $122,869.49. Last year 25 cents for the first and 24 cents for the second were necessary. Although the state asked that a 25 per cent raise be made in the levy for the care of dependants, no such raise was necessary in the hospital fund. Still, there will be ample to care for whatever emergencies the state contemplated might arise, for there is a good sum left in the hospital fund from last year. With the Yorba bridge to be paid for and other bridge work necessary, the bridge rate was raised from 6 cents to 7. The advertising fund was reduced a third of what it was. The salary fund was reduced from 16 cents to 12, and the county general fund from 42½ cents to 33 7-10 cents, the forestry from 5 mills to 3 mills. A county park rate of half a cent was put on, and the maintenance department was raised from 2 cents to 4 cents. The total amount to be raised by this year's tax rate will not be in excess of last year's total, although the assessed valuation has gone up about 20 per cent as shown by Assessor Sleeper's figures. HEWES LAND TO BE SOLD Announcement that the David Hewes Realty company will dispose of part of its Orange county holdings was made by D. Eyman Huff, manager of the company's Orange county interests. In all 100 acres will be sold. Eighty acres face on Prospect avenue, between Fairhaven and La Veta avenues. Twenty acres face on Chapman and Esplandade avenues. In addition to these properties the company will dispose of the old David proceeds going into the bank to await final judgment. "This is the first auction sale of oil made by the receiver and brought about by the requests of the defendant companies, and the Southern Pacific company, as the largest consumer of fuel oil in the state, that open auction bidding on all large lots of oil be permitted, Judge Bledsoe so ordered." "Two lots of oil were sold, one of 15,000 barrels per month from the Spreckels Oil company, property on 32-12-23 of the Midway field; the other, 30,000 barrels per month of the Annex company, on the same section. "The General Petroleum company, the Richfield Oil company, the Wilshire Oil company, and the Southern Pacific company participated in a spirited bidding which resulted in the General Petroleum company getting both lots for one year. "The Annex oil brought a premium of 30 cents per barrel over field market price of $1.09 at the present time. The Spreckels Oil company brought a premium of 36 cents per barrel over the field market price of $1.02 at the present time, the same to vary with fluctuations of the market prices. The premiums are constant. "This is the high water mark in California oil sales and indicates the strait to which markets and consumers are being driven." The inherent ability of Americans to coin new and startling phrases is illustrated by a dispatch from France which states that the men of Pershing's expeditionary force are singing an attractive ditty entitled, "I Did Not Raise My Son; He Had Four Aces." Among other war songs which bid fair to back such old timers as "There'll The grape and tallowia's unique taste a special subject of University of Californi is between October 3. Five days will live study of grapes lectures every day of the vineyardist choose a location. How to treat a young vine stake, trellis and much does it cost be expected. Will be feared, and be treated. Practical work nursery in proposing grafting over treatment of disease hours of each day will be devoted to questions prop course students. The problems taken up on Saturday the whole day be cession of method pruning, and suitable to California ods of pickling w and illustrated. A BUSY The fines collected this month amount more than has been other month this came from automobil civil fines and $11 Only $423 was tions of the most month, and during Anaheim Gazette EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN BEGUN BY WOMEN Demonstrations are to be Given in Preservation of Food For the purpose of carrying on a campaign of education in the conservation of foods among the housewives of Orange county, the sum of $500 is to be raised by popular subscription. Headquarters for the county council of defense and woman's auxiliary council are to be established, and plans for vigorous and systematic work are to be carried out. Addresses are to be given men and women from a speaker's bureau fathored by the state university. Demonstrations in canning and drying of fruits and vegetables are to be given in all of the communities of the county. The above is an outline of the results of a joint meeting last week of the county council of defense and the woman's auxiliary. Mrs. A. J. Lawton, head of the auxiliary, opened the meeting, which was called to order by Judge Z. B. West, chairman of the county council of defense. Statements were made by women representing the various supervisorial districts to the effect that there should be steps taken to have demonstrations in the preservation of vegetables and fruits. The necessity of a campaign of education was emphasized by Mrs. Lawton. Mrs. W. L. Delmling discussed the advisability of securing lecturers from the speakers' bureau of the state university. These months of this year less than $250 was collected. In February, the shortest month, $90 was collected, which proves that less traveling is done at that time of the year. Justice Cox reports that the fines always run up in the summer time because of the many tourists who pass through the county. FULLERTON PHYSICIAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Auto Containing Dr. Clark and Son Struck by Train That the lives of Dr. George C. Clark and his son both of Fullerton, were imperiled when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a train at Bandini station on the Santa Fe, between Los Angeles and Los Nietos, became known last week. Through the shock to his nerves, Dr. Clark has been confined to the Anaheim Sanitarium, and he has been unable to take up his duties as a member of the exemption board of District No. 2, which meets at Fullerton. Dr. Clark, who was coroner and public administrator of this county from 1895 to 1903, and his son were in an automobile approaching the Bandini crossing recently, at night. The son was driving. Seeing the headlight of an approaching train, the doctor cautioned his son to look out, a train was coming. The son did not hear the warning, and was almost upon the track when Dr. Clark called out: "Aren't you going to stop?" The son threw on his brakes and the car stopped, squarely on the tracks. Instantly the driver threw the gears into reverse, and the car was backing off the tracks, and was almost safely clear of the tracks when the engine sideswiped the front fender and one front wheel and tore them off. The automobile continued to back on the hub from which the spokes had been torn. eon bill includes an item that king George and Lloyd George do not have today—pure white bread. The big flour magazines are stuffed with sacks of unadulterated flour and when the white clad bakers have cleaned up the last of it there will be more coming from the United States. The parent ship supplies the destroyers with bread. It also contains the department store where sailors replenish their lockers. There is a barbershop fitted out with white enamelled equipment. And there is a hospital where human repairs go on while the workshops are fixing damaged vessels. There's a laundry, a bank, a post-office, a miniature ice-cream factory, an electrical shop, a carpenter shop—there's even a pail for offending citizens of the floating community. The submarine hunters may see aboard ship the best American movies—often better than those shown at night in the single movie show which the base town supports. The English would call her a depot ship. To the American navy she is a parent ship and the submarine fight over there has proved the fore-sight of her builders. A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP One of the most novel friendsships ever known is creating wide interest in Pomona and the surrounding ranching vicinity. It is the friendship of a small black cat and a large black garden snake on the ranch of George Warner who lives a short distance from Pomona. Warner discovered the friendship several months ago after noticing his cat made a regular morning visit to an old dugout on the place. Following the animal he found it was met by the snake and the two played together for an hour or more. Warner followed the cat every day and witnessed the friendly frolic between the was called to order by Judge Z. B. West, chairman of the county council of defense. Statements were made by women representing the various supervisorial districts to the effect that there should be steps taken to have demonstrations in the preservation of vegetables and fruits. The necessity of a campaign of education was emphasized by Mrs. Lawton. Mrs. W. L. Deimling discussed the advisability of securing lecturers from the speakers' bureau of the state university. These speakers would have to have their expenses paid. There would be other items of expense. County Horticultural Commissioner R. K. Bishop said that any organization toward more effective marketing through cooperation would be encouraged by the state market commissioner. Various lines of discussion were carried out. Throughout was the insistence that money would be needed to carry on the work. Expenses would have to be paid, though time and energy would be given free. Altogether it was thought that several hundred dollars would be needed to carry out the work as outlined by the women. The desirability of having some headquarters with a telephone and desks was brought out, so that there could be better organization in the work, with the result that it was decided to name a committee to procure headquarters. On that committee are J. A. Cranston, Sheriff Jackson and T. E. Stephenson. On the suggestion of Supervisor Talbert, it was decided to raise $500 immediately in the county for the campaign of education. Those named to raise the money, each with power to add to its own committee, are: First Supervisorial District, R. L. Bisby; Second, R. E. Larter; Third, T. L. McFadden; Fourth, J. R. Porter; Fifth, John A. McFadden. GRAPE AND OLIVE ARE SHORT COURSE SUBJECTS The grape and the olive, two of California's unique treasures, are to be a special subject of instruction at the University of California farm at Davis between October 29 and November 3. Five days will be devoted to intensive study of grape growing, with four lectures every day on such problems of the vineyardist as these: How to choose a location. How to propagate track when Dr. Clark called out: "Aren't you going to stop?" The son threw on his brakes and the car stopped, squarely on the tracks. Instantly the driver threw the gears into reverse, and the car was backing off the tracks, and was almost safely clear of the tracks when the engine sideswiped the front fender and one front wheel and tore them off. The automobile continued to back on the hub from which the spokes had been torn. No one was hurt but the fright was so great that Dr. Clark suffered intensely, and had to go to a sanitarium where is still is. WANTS SCHOOLS OPENED LATER Believing the garnering of the harvests at this time one of the most vital propositions confronting the people of the state, Mr. Geo. H. Hecke, state horticultural commissioner, has asked the state council of defense to employ its influence in delaying the opening of the term of school for one month. The plan to open the schools on or about the first of September would serve to withdraw hundreds from the various fields pertaining to agricultural endeavor and allied industries and might result in a material loss in the state's production. He has particularly in mind the college and high school students. Members of the state council received the idea with general favor. Their investigations bear out the statements made by Mr. Hecke in his communication. That the labor problem will prove a more serious one before the final harvest period is the opinion of all who have investigated conditions with any degree of thoroughness, and for this reason Mr. Hecke's appeal will be received with general favor in all sections of the state, more especially those concerned in agriculture. PARENT SHIP IS FLOATING WORKSHOP Entire Community Maintained on Big War Vessel "We can make most anything a destroyer wants, from an anchor to a needle." An American soldier, doing his bit aboard the big parent ship that looks after the brood of destroyers, delivered himself of this tribute to It is the friendship of a small black cat and a large black garden snake on the ranch of George Warner who lives a short distance from Pomona. Warner discovered the friendship several months ago after noticing his cat made a regular morning visit to an old dugout on the place. Following the animal he found it was met by the snake and the two played together for an hour or more. Warner followed the cat every day and witnessed the friendly frolic between the two. Warner has become so interested in the unique situation of a cat and a snake becoming pals that he has posted notices on the ranch that only rattlesnakes are to be killed, lest some one inadvertently will kill the cat's friend. VALUABLE PUPS Sidney Harris of Altedena, who is stopping at Balboa for a summer outing, phoned City Marshal J. A. Porter Friday evening that $2,000 worth of dogs had been stolen from his place and for a short time, the telephone wires were kept hot informing the various police departments in that section of the state of theft. Someone reported that they had seen a man board one of the P. E. cars with a suspicious looking bundle which was undoubtedly the missing puppies, so a sleuth at Huntington Beach was wired to be on the look-out and make a search of the car. In the meantime a more diligent search of the premises was made and the pups were found under the house. The owner of the bow wows is a great dog fancier, says the pups in question, which he values at over $2,000, are full blooded Pekinese stock, and he was quite naturally greatly alarmed when he thought they had been stolen. NOTICE Board of Equalization Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim will sit as a Board of Equalization at the City Hall on MONDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1917 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of sald day, and will continue in session from day to day until the returns of the Assessor have been rectified. EDWARD B. MERRITT, 8-2-3 City Clerk The grape and the olive, two of California's unique treasures, are to be a special subject of instruction at the University of California farm at Davis between October 29 and November 3. Five days will be devoted to intensive study of grape growing, with four lectures every day on such problems of the vineyardist as these: How to choose a location. How to propagate the vine. How to plant, cultivate and treat a young vineyard. How to prune, stake, trellis and graft vines. How much does it cost. What profit can be expected. What diseases are to be feared, and how are they to be treated. Practical work in vineyard and nursery in propogating, bench grafting, grafting over, pruning and the treatment of diseases will take up three hours of each day. One hour a day will be devoted to informal discussion of questions proposed by the short course students. The problems of the olive will be taken up on Saturday, November 3, the whole day being devoted to discussion of methods of propagation, pruning, and cultivation especially suitable to California Improved methods of pickling will also be discussed and illustrated. A BUSY MONTH The fines collected by Justice Cox this month amounted to $801, which is more than has been collected in any other month this year. Of this, $762 came from automobile fines, $28 from civil fines and $11 for criminal fines. Only $423 was collected from violations of the motor vehicle act last month, and during most of the other PARENT SHIP IS FLOATING WORKSHOP Entire Community Maintained on Big War Vessel "We can make most anything a destroyer wants, from an anchor to a needle." An American soldier, doing his bit aboard the big parent ship that looks after the brood of destroyers, delivered himself of this tribute to the great war vessels as he filed away at a big piece of brass. The metal had been cast right there on the ship to make a propeller for a small boat and he was now taking some of the rough edges. The destroyer that wanted that propeller didn't have to go ashore to get the work done. Instead the order was sent to the floating workshop which was turning out the screw in quick time and with the very best guarantee of superior workmanship. On another deck William Cline, ex-chef at the most expensive hotels in America, was standing at his table ladling food for the lusty young American sailors. Stewarts were filing to his table with empty trays, having them refilled, and then scurrying back to the mess-room where hungry young sters moved in a cafeteria line to get their lunch. "I cooked in hotels in Atlantic City where the charged fancy big prices," said Cline, "but the food was not better than what we are serving this minute to the boys on this ship. Rattles are unknown. The luncheon bill was: vegetable soup, cold ham and beef, plenty of bread and butter, tapioca pudding and coffee. The sailor Oliver Twist may keep on coming back for more till he has had enough. This lunch- OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. 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Pac. 217 Home 1751 37 SACKS OF BARLEY TO ACRE Thirty-seven sacks of barley to the acre, such was this year's average yield of barley at the University farm at Davis, as compared with fifteen sacks to the acre, the average in 1908. The increase is due to summer fallowing, rotation, good seed and early seeding. An enormous increase in the production of food in California would come about if the farmers of the state would take advantage of the improved grain growing methods demonstrated by the university at the farm. To further this, special demonstrations will be given on ways of increasing grain yields, in the farmers' short courses at the farm, from Sept. 24 to Nov. 2. One piece of land on the farm this year produced over forty sacks of barley to the acre—4,871 pounds to the acre. This piece of land had been continuously pastured or grain farmed ever since it was first plowed. Last year it was summer fallowed and kept cultivated to conserve the moisture, and seeded about Dec. 15. 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