anaheim-gazette 1917-09-20

PATRIOTIC TALKS AT ANAHEIM THEATRES FOUR-MINUTE MEN TELL WHY WE ARE IN WAR AND WHO OUR ENEMY IS PROF. PRINCE SPEAKS AT NEW GRAND AND F. GRANT WHITE AT THE FAIRYLAND In every theatre in California a four-minute patriotic speech was delivered at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night. The object was to enlighten the people on the subject of the war—our reasons for being in it and what our enemy really is. The committee, or the powers that made the selections were particularly fortunate in the choice of speakers at Anaheim. Prof. C. R. Prince made the talk at the New Grand and F. Grant White was the orator at the Fairyland. Both these gentlemen managed to crowd a lot of information into a four-minute talk. Prof. Prince said: "Ladies and Gentlemen: I am permitted to speak to you for a few minutes this evening through the courtesy of the management of this theater and under the direction of the Committee on Public Information of the United States government. I am instructed to speak on the topic 'What our enemy really is.'" "The president of the United States has well said, 'We have no quarrel with the German people. It was not upon their impulse that the government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge we might and where we might not sail our ships upon the high seas. When officials of the German government who were received as the guests of this nation, lived with us to bribe and terrorize, defying our law and the law of nations, we contented ourselves with securing them safe conduct home. We received and believed her promise that she would respect international law the flags of neutral nations. She repudiated this promise with less than twelve hours warning, and as the last straw promised to Mexico our own fair sister states of Arizona and New Mexico if she would attack us. Human patience could endure no more. "We look forward to the time when the great German people shall recall for the good of mankind their wonderful genius which is now being prostituted to the base interests of a narrow and selfish ruling class. But until that time shall come we fight for two things: That the world shall be safe for democracy, and that the spirit that might makes right shall perish from the earth." PERTINENT TALK ON CONTROL OF RIVER Continued from Page 1 years ago north of the Olive bridge, encountered a hard boulder strata at from 13 to 15 feet. Comparatively few of the 30 foot piling placed in the river by the Yorba protection district last winter could be driven to full penetration of 24 feet. From these facts and from the data gathered from soundings made along the line of the proposed work, the committee feel that their recommendation of 22 foot piling with an average penetration of 16 feet is fully justified. As to the fire hazard from the proposed brush protection, experience has shown that brush placed along the west bank of the Santa Ana river, soon fills up with drift sand from the channel, blown there by the Santa Ana winds. This removes all fire hazard and greatly adds to the strength of the levees. Thanking you for your attention to this matter, I am, Yours truly, O. E. STEWARD, Engineer for the Committee. In answer to this Mr. Harris wrote DECIMINATING B The ranks of the leagues will soon be 30 per cent of the big league have had half a dozen ready. The next draft deep inroads. Managers citing themselves to ber of players reduce from the usual twenty-sixteen or seventeenably be in luck if they first class players avail. It is possible, indeed be no big league ball That possibility is with bated breath; facts might as well. It would not be so tion, however, as m at first blush. The free to attend profes will be greatly reduc There will be about in training camps a THE OIL S Increased output developed oil fields slightly reduced the consumption and state a large. The Montebello o Los Angeles, promising importance to the oil section. The field along the strike a "Ladies and Gentlemen: I am permitted to speak to you for a few minutes this evening through the courtesy of the management of this theater and under the direction of the Committee on Public Information of the United States government. I am instructed to speak on the topic 'What our enemy really is.' "The president of the United States has well said, 'We have no quarrel with the German people. It was not upon their impulse that the government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval.' 'What, then, is this enemy which we are pledged to fight to the death I believe that question may be answered by the use, of two phrases. First a Feudalistic system of government, and second a spirit fostered by this system which is in complete opposition to the general trend of modern thought and civilization. "While the German Empire, it is true, is a constitutional monarchy, it can not be truly said that the German people are a self governed nation. The German parliament or congress consists of two houses: the Bundesrath or senate, and the Reichstag or lower house. The Bundesrath is a body with sixty-one members, meeting in secret, and appointed by the kings, princes and rulers of the twenty-five states that go to make up the German Empire. They are responsible to their monarchs alone. Practically all bills originate in this house, and any bills passed by the lower house must have the approval of this body before becoming law. The Emperor as King of Prussia appoints seventeen of the members and controls three more. Fourteen only are necessary to veto any proposed change. It can be easily seen who rules the German Empire. "By the constitution the Emperor declares war and makes peace with the nominal consent of the Bundesrath, unless the war be defensive, when the Emperor has sole power; and he is sole judge of whether a war is defensive or not. He used this power of decision when he declared the present war, and only informed the Bundesrath of it officially three days later. "The Reichstag has 397 members, of which 236 are Prussian, chosen in single districts by manhood suffrage. The districts established in 1871 have never been changed. The Prussian delegation in the Bundesrath has vetoed every attempt to redistrict. This means that the great industrial cities grown up since 1871 are practically without representation. "In Prussia voters are divided into three classes according to wealth. A rich man's vote may count for as many as 10,000 laborers. Four per cent of the wealthy class actually count for as much as 82 per cent of the poor. In the election of 1900 the labor party actually cast a majority of the votes and only elected seven representatives out of a possible total of 400. It is not necessary for me to tell you that feudalistic form of government" As to the fire hazard from the proposed brush protection, experience has shown that brush placed along the west bank of the Santa Ana river, soon fills up with drift sand from the channel, blown there by the Santa Ana winds. This removes all fire hazard and greatly adds to the strength of the levees. Thanking you for your attention to this matter, I am, Yours truly, O. E. STEWARD, Engineer for the Committee. In answer to this Mr. Harris wrote the following to Mr. Steward: Published by Permission Los Angeles, Cal. September 12th, 1917. File 1984. Mr. O. E. Steward. Anaheim, California. Dear Sir: Your letter of the fifth, stating in detail why the estimate given in my letter of the twenty-first ult. to Mr. W. G. Mason, concerning the protection of the Santa Ana river would not apply. I also have a letter from Mr. G. F. Collins on the same subject, and am giving him a copy of this letter for his reply. I know my estimate is high, and I intended that it should be, making it so that it would cover the worst conditions. If you have less bank to protect than I estimated; if some of it is now protected by willows, and if you have a reliable contractor to give you a figure less than I estimated, then, of course, any figures which I may have given would not apply, and your total estimate may furnish all of the money that you need. I am convinced that some protection along this river must be made. If, as you state, the people do not feel that they can stand an ideal protection of the most expensive type, then, of course, they must accept a less expensive one. In our railroad work it is quite often the case that we are not able to get the money to do permanent and absolutely safe work, in which case we have to get along and do the best we can with the money available. In my letter to Mr. Mason I wrote as follows: "Any protection work along the Santa Ana river would, in my judgment, require individual treatment, and I would not attempt to offer a solution without going into the matter thoroughly, which I do not have time to do at the present writing." The same condition applies now, and I did not intend that Mr. Mason would use my letter as an argument for or against the protection, it being written to him for his personal information. I am also giving Mr. Mason a copy of this letter, requesting that he discontinue using any of it except for his personal information, for the reason that without a personal investigation I do not know that any of it would apply to the district in question. Increased output developed oil fields slightly reduced consumption and produced large. The Montebello o Los Angeles, promise importance to the oil section. The field is along the strike field will be of considerable omenal, are heavy piles can grants. No question arise between thego holders of these land of the holders to take A few days ago Circuit Court of Applicant) rendered a demerter to oil men written by Judge E Angeles, one of the court. The decisioncision of the United Court for the Southern Ifornia. It recognizes the rights of a locally begun development President Taft der was made.Inof claims totaling 10 ion also holds that upon one 40 acres shall be construed work upon the wha statement of them as they appear in Ju even a layman with soundness and justi Undoubtedly there cases pending which affected by the rec Circuit Court of Applicant) LIGHT DAWNS ON A change has suited newspapers in this first time they show derstanding regarding war aims and ideals time they appear to ment with the govemment The change is sent ment on the preside pope's peace note.been effected by tureture of that reply. In Prussia voters are divided into three classes according to wealth. A rich man's vote may count for as many as 10,000 laborers. Four per cent of the wealthy class actually count for as much as 82 per cent of the poor. In the election of 1900 the labor party actually cast a majority of the votes and only elected seven representatives out of a possible total of 400. It is not necessary for me to tell you that this feudalistic form of government can not continue to exist peacefully side by side with the peaceable democracies of modern civilization. "It is efficient, even brutally so; but as a choice between autocracy and efficiency, or liberty and democratic inefficiency, I will always choose the latter and be most willing to pay the price, and I believe that all of you agree with me or you would not be here in this land of the free tonight." This is one phase of the real enemy; an autocratic bureaucracy, which recognizes no higher law than its own will, no higher international morality than that called for by the craziest self-seeking nationalism. "This system of government in its self seeking has created a psychologic state of mind in those who are caught in its delusive snares, which is without parallel, I believe, in the history of mankind. The spirit of the ruling class in Germany is the long outgrown one of Feudalism, of the castle on the hill, of the one chosen by God to rule the many. This class has created that most stupendous of all myths the superman, and by analogy the Supernation. Its spirit is that might makes right. It would impose the rule of this supernation upon the world for its own good. We will not be governed by such a theory and it must not be allowed to endure or civilization's last twenty centuries of slow advance will be for naught. The leaders of this nation have been patient beyond anything that might have been expected. We stood by and saw our citizens, men, women and children sent to the bottom of the sea, and contented ourselves with a protest. We endured the humiliation of having a Prussian soldier tell us where have time to do at the present writing." The same condition applies now, and I did not intend that Mr. Mason would use my letter as an argument for or against the protection, it being written to him for his personal information. I am also giving Mr. Mason a copy of this letter, requesting that he discontinue using any of it except for his personal information, for the reason that without a personal investigation I do not know that any of it would apply to the district in question. Yours truly, G. W. HARRIS, Chief Engineer. Misses Ida Heitsheusen and Kate Cordes were visiting friends in Los Angeles Monday. Charles Conliffe with a force of mechanics has adorned the frontage of the Paschall apartments with some artistic cement foundations and stairway leading to the building, replacing the wooden veranda. After a couple of weeks serious illness Judge Frank Shanley is again able to circulate among his friends on the street. W. L. Diemling, manager of the Edison company's business in Orange county, was over from Santa Ana last Friday on business connected with his company. Ducks are reported as being plentiful at the sea coast, and hunters are promised fine sport when the season opens. William A. Dolan, president of the Anaheim National bank, has purchased a lot with one hundred feet frontage on Broadway at the corner of Citron street, and is preparing to erect a beautiful new residence. Anaheim Gazette DECIMINATING BALL TEAMS The ranks of the major base ball leagues will soon be shattered. About 30 per cent of the big league players have already been called for military examination. Inasmuch as ball players are, from the requirements of their occupation, about as nearly physically perfect as any class of men in the world, it is likely that few of them will be exempted. The government is tolerant while the season lasts. But after that, the clubs will dwindle pretty rapidly. Many of the sixteen big league clubs have had half a dozen men drawn already. The next drawing will make deep inroads. Managers are reconciling themselves to having the number of players reduced next season from the usual twenty-five per club to sixteen or seventeen. They will probably be in luck if they have that many first class players available. It is possible, indeed, that there may be no big league ball at all next year. That possibility is to be mentioned with bated breath; but it exists, and facts might as well be faced. It would not be so great a deprivation, however, as might be imagined at first blush. The number of fans free to attend professional ball games will be greatly reduced next season. There will be about 2,000,000 of them in training camps and trenches. THE OIL SITUATION Increased output in some of the developed oil fields of the state has slightly reduced the difference between consumption and production in the state a large. The Montebello oil field, east of Los Angeles, promises to be of great importance to the oil producers of this section. The field is being extended along the strike and development GOVERNMENT ADVISERS USING CHEAPER FEED Great Loss in Feeding Grain to Growing Animals It is time to quit shoveling grain indiscriminately into live stock. Good live stock farming demands it and the need of more food requires it. Feeding grain to meat animals with a lavish hand is responsible for one of the greatest feed losses on the farms of this country. Hay, fodder, silage and pasture are the cheapest feeds and will carry animals along with a minimum of grain. Keep the frames of the young animals developing on these cheap feeds. Withhold the full grain ration until the finishing period arrives. Breeding cattle may be wintered on the cheaper feeds. This advice of animal husbandry specialists of the United States department of agriculture to stock feeders is not emergency advice only; it is the sound logic of meat production, which American farmers must learn if they are to compete successfully with European meat producers in the coming generations. These are good days to learn the lesson of feed conservation. In Farmers' Bulletin 873, "The Utilization of Farm Wastes in Feeding Live Stock," specialists tell how to use these cheaper feeds in rations for cattle, sheep and horses. A tremendous waste of feeding stuffs occurs annually on American farms, according to figures presented in this publication. In 1914 about 120,000,000 tons of straw were produced in the United States. Of this amount 55 per cent was fed to live stock, 15 per cent was burned, 8 per cent sold, and 22 per cent plowed under or otherwise disposed of. Corn stover produced in the United States is estimated at 245,253,400 tons, of which 81½ per cent is fed to cattle and other stock. No figures were obtained, puts a poser to the chairman of the federal reserve bank at San Francisco, in response to the suggestion that a second Liberty loan is about due, and that the co-operation of the newspapers is expected. For it is to be remembered, says the San Bernardino Sun, that the newspapers only cooperated in the last bond campaign, their services being asked for by the government, and granted gratis so far as it was concerned, although local bankers in San Bernardino—and possibly elsewhere—did assume 50 percent of a part of the advertising, the papers giving the other half of that particular feature, and 100 per cent of all other publicity. Now listen to Mr. Allen: "In connection with the Liberty bond sale I tried in vain to send either a telephone or telegraph messages about it without paying. I assumed that inasmuch as the newspapers were doing everything for nothing the telephone and telegraph companies were doing likewise. Nothing doing. Likewise, even the postmaster defused to send a letter about it, without being paid in advance." Which furnishes Mr. Allen the basis for what he says following, with reference to the sale of bonds: "The newspapers simply ask that forthcoming bond issues be advertised just as other selling campaigns are advertised; that the government do business on a business basis, dealing with newspapers selling their only commodity—space—on the same basis they do with manufacturers, farmers and others having commodities for sale. Manufacturers simply sell their commodities to the government for certain prices. That is all. The government gets their commodities, the manufacturers get the government's money. And it is all eminently right and proper it should be even so. The newspapers simply ask the government to pay for their advertising for..." THE OIL SITUATION Increased output in some of the developed oil fields of the state has slightly reduced the difference between consumption and production in the state a large. The Montebello oil field, east of Los Angeles, promises to be of great importance to the oil producers of this section. The field is being extended along the strike and development work, successfully under way, points to the fact that the oil yielding measures are of unusual depth and that the field will be of considerable width. Oil wells in this district, while not phenomenal, are heavy producers. Most of the land here is patented under Mexican grants. No question can therefore arise between the government and the holders of these lands as to the right of the holders to take oil therefrom. A few days ago the United States Circuit Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit) rendered a decision of great interest to oil men. The decision was written by Judge E. M. Ross of Los Angeles, one of the justices of that court. The decision reversed the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. It recognizes and protects the rights of a locator who had actually begun development work before President Taft's withdrawal order was made. In case of a location claims totaling 160 acres, the decision also holds that development work upon one 40 acres of the 160 acres shall be construed as development work upon the whole claim. From the statement of the facts of the case, as they appear in Judge Ross' opinion, even a layman will recognize the soundness and justice of his decision. Undoubtedly there are many other cases pending which will be favorably affected by the recent ruling of the Circuit Court of Appeals. LIGHT DAWNS ON GERMAN PRESS A change has suddenly come over the spirit of the German language newspapers in this country. For the first time they show a glimmer of understanding regarding the nation's war aims and ideals. And for the first time they appear to be in virtual agreement with the government. The change is seen in their comment on the president's reply to the pope's peace note. It has evidently been effected by the convincing nature of that reply. Our German-American farms occurs annually on American farms, according to figures presented in this publication. In 1914 about 120,000,000 tons of straw were produced in the United States. Of this amount 55 per cent was fed to live stock, 15 per cent was burned, 8 per cent sold, and 22 per cent plowed under or otherwise disposed of. Corn stover produced in the United States is estimated at 245,253,400 tons, of which 81½ per cent is fed to cattle and other stock. No figures were obtained to show the percentage that is wasted in the feeding, but at least 35 per cent of the total amount produced represents actual waste. This waste of corn stover can be checked, it is said, through use of better methods of feeding fodder and stover and it can be almost entirely stopped through the use of silos. Straw and stover are best utilized for feed when accompanied by concentrates, such as cottonseed meal. If the large amounts of cottonseed meal ordinarily used for fertilizer in the south were, instead, fed to live stock and the manure used for fertilizer, the value of the meal would be increased from 50 to 85 per cent. Practical experience as well as experimental work has taught that straw and stover can be used very economically in the rations of almost all kinds of live stock. They can be used in the fattening ratios of all farm animals except hogs and should compose the larger part of all wintering or keeping ratios of cattle, sheep and horses. Breeding herds of beef cattle or dry dairy cows can be successfully kept on rations composed largely of these roughages. Flocks of breeding ewes do well on such feeds when some grain is added. Horses doing very light work or no work at all need very little grain if given a plentiful allowance of clean, light straw or stover. Under certain conditions, of course, grain should be added to the ration, but now it should be conserved as largely as possible for human consumption. The bulletin mentioned suggests various rations which are made up principally of these waste feeds. PERSHING'S SPIRITUAL KEYNOTE Following is the message of Gen. John J. Pershing to the men of his command, which message is to be inserted in the khaki bound pocket testaments provided for our boys at the front: with newspapers selling their only commodity—space—on the same basis they do with manufacturers, farmers and others having commodities for sale. Manufacturers simply sell their commodities to the government for certain prices. That is all. The government gets their commodities, the manufacturers get the government's money. And it is all eminently right and proper it should be even so. The newspapers simply ask the government to pay for their advertising, for the newspaper's commodity." Of course, it costs money to sell bonds and there is a business way to sell them an extremely small margin. If a big corporation wishes to sell a bond issue it places the issue in the hands of bankers and brokers, pays them an almost infinitesimal percentage for their trouble, the selling agency advertises the bonds and the public buys them if they are good. That's the way Uncle Sam ought to do—and will, if the newspapers refuse to give away the only thing they have for sale. ESTIMATED WHEAT REQUIREMENTS In department of agriculture circular 75, which recommends the sowing of 47,337,000 acres to winter wheat and 5,131,000 acres to rye this fall, is given the following statement regarding the estimated requirements of the United States and the allied and neutral countries of Europe for 1917-18. To supply the estimated needs of the United States, of the allies and in part of the neutral countries of Europe next year, it would be necessary to plant in the United States for 1918 about 48.7 million acres of winter wheat, 19 millions acres of spring wheat, 5.6 million acres of rye, 7.9 million acres of barley, 45.2 million acres of oats and 111.5 million acres of corn. Compared with 10 year average, the proposed acreages represent increases of 43% for winter wheat, 5% for spring wheat, 29% all wheat, 124% rye, 7% barley, 22% oats, and 7% corn, or a total increase of 22% over the 10 year average of these cereals combined. Compared with 1917, these acreages represent increases of 22% for winter wheat, 15% for all wheat; 51% for rye, and 5% for oats, and decreases of 6% for barley and of 8% for corn, or a net increase of 4.5% over the total 1917 acreage of these cereals combined. With A change has suddenly come over the spirit of the German language newspapers in this country. For the first time they show a glimmer of understanding regarding the nation's war aims and ideals. And for the first time they appear to be in virtual agreement with the government. The change is seen in their comment on the president's reply to the pope's peace note. It has evidently been effected by the convincing nature of that reply. Our German-American editors begin to understand at last that the United States is fighting for what it has all along professed to be fighting for, that it has no desire to dismember and crush Germany, that it has no hostile and malign purpose against the German nation, that it seeks only the safety of the United States and the rest of the self-governing world from German aggression, that its quarrel is with militarism and the unscrupulous masters of Germany who make it a menace against mankind. They begin to understand that we are warring unselfishly upon a group of imperial criminals and the evil system that gives them power—that all we want is the abolition of that system and the removal of the criminals from further capacity for harm, and that we would rather have the German people accomplish the reform than do it ourselves by force of arms. And our Teutonic editors, once grasping this fact, are already expressing the hope that the German people themselves may learn the unwarnished truth and understand it, as the shortest way to peace. This is the most hopeful sign yet. When the truth really penetrates to the inner consciousness of our German editors, there is hope that in time the Germans at home will understand it. PERSHING'S SPIRITUAL KEYNOTE Following is the message of Gen. John J. Pershing to the men of his command, which message is to be inserted in the khaki bound pocket testaments provided for our boys at the front: "Aroused against a nation waging war in violation of all Christian principles, our people are fighting in the cause of liberty. Hardship will be your lot, but trust in God will give you comfort. Temptation will befall you, but the teachings of our Savior will give you strength. Let your valor as a soldier and your conduct as a man be an inspiration to your comrades and an honor to your country." It would be difficult to frame so vital and practical a sentiment, including the ground it covers, in fewer words. It rings a patriotic note that goes to the right spot and cannot fail to stir in each man a proper sense of the essential righteousness of the cause for which his country is fighting—the cause of human liberty. Its appeal to personal moral responsibility and true Christian valor and manliness is admirable. In this brief message is a sermon so deeply patriotic, so practically serviceable and so broadly inspirational as to entitle General Pershing's offering to be rated as a gem.—L. A. Tribune. WELL, WHY NOT Assemblyman Crombie Allen, of Ontario, likewise president of the associated dailies of Southern Californias language newspapers in this country. For the first time they show a glimmer of understanding regarding the nation's war aims and ideals. And for the first time they appear to be in virtual agreement with the government. The change is seen in their comment on the president's reply to the pope's peace note. It has evidently been effected by the convincing nature of that reply. Our German-American editors begin to understand at last that the United States is fighting for what it has all along professed to be fighting for, that it has no desire to dismember and crush Germany, that it has no hostile and malign purpose against the German nation, that it seeks only the safety of the United States and the rest of the self-governing world from German aggression, that its quarrel is with militarism and the unscrupulous masters of Germany who make it a menace against mankind. They begin to understand that we are warring unselfishly upon a group of imperial criminals and the evil system that gives them power—that all we want is the abolition of that system and the removal of the criminals from further capacity for harm, and that we would rather have the German people accomplish the reform than do it ourselves by force of arms. And our Teutonic editors, once grasping this fact, are already expressing the hope that the German people themselves may learn the unwarnished truth and understand it, as the shortest way to peace. This is the most hopeful sign yet. When the truth really penetrates to the inner consciousness of our German editors, there is hope that in time the Germans at home will understand it. BUILDING A BETTER HOME WE SHOW IN OUR SPLENDID CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW BOOK MANY BEAUTIFUL AND PRACTICAL MODERN HOME PLANS. THESE BOOKS ARE READY FOR YOUR USE, AND THE ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE FOR SECURING PLANS FOR YOU IS WORTHY OF YOUR INVESTIGATION CALL OF PHONE GIBBS LUMBER Phone Pacific 201—Home 2664. East Broadway MILLS IS OPPOSING ABOLITION OF FREE TOLLs Is Preparing a Brief for Presentation To Railroad Commission Editor Gazette:—I will file with the Railroad Commission a brief or statement in defense of a county-wide no toll telephone system for Orange county. To fight the merger now the contending parties are working together, thereby eliminating any possible competition, is absurd. The mayor of Los Angeles city has just made a report that for the two switch boards in the city hall, Los Angeles is paying over $52,000 per year, when with one it would cost only a little over half this amount. With the two systems still in existence here with the same men controlling the stock in both companies or working under a "gentleman's agreement" thereby eliminating competition, Orange county people would be in the same position as is Los Angeles city, viz: paying double for no benefits. In this statement or brief I will say that the returns to the telephone company being the same under tolls or not tolls then every subscriber in the county would prefer the no-toll system, unless some subscriber notifies me to the contrary. The telephone companies claimed that they are operating at present, and have been for five years past, at a loss and ask that rentals on phones be raised and especially on the suburban subscribers, from $1.50 to $2.50 per month. In this respect I will say that in any readjustment of rates the residence phone should not be raised at all but should remain at $1.50 per month; that any necessary increase in revenue, if such there be, be borne by the business and professional phones and that these pay under a measured service. Say that for 1000 calls per experience. This will give the resident phone with its few calls a day a reasonable rate and will place the greater burden on those who in business use them more, (the more business, the more calls) with the charge where it properly belongs. At the present time business and professional men are paying for two phones where after the merger they will need but one. If there are any who object to this I should be glad to hear from them. I will also state that in arriving at the proper returns for the telephone company that the commission eliminate the item of depreciation entirely or reduce it to a nominal amount as the whole system is kept in perfect repair for which users pay by either a maintenance or a repair charge. If any part wears out, rots out or is destroyed in any other manner it simply is replaced and charged to one of the foregoing accounts. If there is a necessary change or improvement in the system which there has been and may be again, then the extra cost should be charged to capital stock, while the cost up to the original, less salvage, should go to maintaince. The telephone company had a charge of 6.64 per cent for depreciation which would mean that the telephone users must build and equip a new plant every 15 years besides keeping in perfect order the plant already in operation which is in as good condition at the end of the 15 years as it ever was. On any or all of these points I solicit suggestions through the aid of your paper. A. A. MILLS, Anaheim, September 18, 1917. Motor Cop Carr was coming into Anaheim one evening last week when he met a motorcycle going without lights. Carr turned and gave chase. The chased machine accumulated speed, and so did Carr. The leader turned After returning from your vacation and again taking up the duties of housekeeping you will need coffee and tea. Try the special brands handled by the Great Western Coffee and Tea Co. We absolutely guarantee our goods. Orders taken by phone and purchase delivered at your door. Double Green Trading Stamps on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Give our goods a trial. We intend to make you a satisfied customer. Great Western Coffee & Tea Co. 119-W. Center St., Anaheim Great Western Coffee & Tea Co. 119-W. Center St., Anaheim CONDENSED STATEMENT OF German American Bank FROM REPORT TO SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, AUG. 31, 1917. Resources Loans ... $391,921.85 Overdrafts ... 82.14 Bonds ... 32,054.10 Bank premises, furniture and fixtures ... 55,926.00 Other real estate owned ... 3,500.00 Cash and sight exchange ... 64,030.38 Liabilities Capital ... $50,000.00 Surplus ... 9,250.00 Undivided profits ... 4,828.41 Deposits ... 483,436.06 Total resources...$547,514.47 Total liabilities...$547,514.47 Savings Accounts Interest allowed at the rate of 4% credited semi-annually on January 1st and July 1st. Safe Deposit Boxes For rent at $2.00 and up per year.