anaheim-gazette 1917-10-11

Y.M.C.A. LEADERS HAVING BUSY DAYS GERALD SIMPSON TELLS WHAT IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED AT THE PRESIDIO MORALLY AND PHYSICALLY THE BOYS ARE BEING LOOKED AFTER BY TEACHERS Editor Gazette: Since you and several of my other friends have asked me to write about the Y. M. C. A. work with the soldiers, I will endeavor to tell you of some of the things we are doing. There are somewhere between 12 and 16 thousands troops stationed at the Presidio, the number varying accordingly as troops are moved in and out. Some are stationed in the permanent brick and cement barracks of the post, and some in tents. The post, including Forts Mason and Scott, covers about 800 acres of land, adjacent to the city of San Francisco, and lying just south of the bay at the Golden Gate, also including the world's fair grounds. Several of the fair buildings still stand. Some of the men stationed here have had foreign service, and a good many were on the border, but the larger portion seem to be men of recent enlistment. There is a general bustle and hustle in camp all the time. places, formerly thought to be fit only for lovers to stroll upon and in. So far, I have not been able to promote much physical work among training camp men. Their daily program consumes the daylight hours, and our gymnasium is too small to accommodate very many. On the whole, the Y. M. C. A. program is designed to supply in the life of the soldier some of the things he has had to leave at home. When the boys get lonely and homesick, as they frequently do they know they can always find friends and wholesome activities at the Y. M. C. A. The "bright lights" (and others) of the city are sufficiently attractively around pay day especially, so that it is necessary for the Y. M. C. A. to conduct a pretty strong program, in order to interest the soldiers. While it is against the law to sell liquor to a man in uniform, and the soldier is not allowed to wear anything else, booze and other attractions down town manage to keep our hospital wards pretty well filled up, in spite of the work of other agencies. I could tell you a lot about the things the Y. M. C. A. is doing and trying to do, but in short it is this: with the approval and authorization of the war department and President Wilson, the Y. M. C. A. has tackled the moral problem. I believe firmly in the great work the Y. M. C. A. is doing and hope my friends will support it both financially and morally. Very truly yours, GERALD R. SIMPSON. STATE GEOLOGISTS STUDY WAR MINERALS The situation with regard to meeting the demand for petroleum products and other war minerals is being given Give an airplane stair carry thousands of tions. Enable an aeroplane heavy enough to turn gun's missiles. Send torpedoes at Practically double steam engines. For if he has, it's all a war is as good only so, but the future fuel supply is nothing. The nature of the vention or whatever announced. The sum of a "free energy" whether it is along of that prisoner in a Mexico penitentiary since planned to gath of the air, we can owe. The feature that invention has complete committee on patent special, and unusual authorized to demonize effit of other official. Nothing could be just now than someone make it possible to send 5000 airplanes cavort directing them to fill the kaiser's camp prince's tent and booth the skies, until they would run up the wh Nicholas Romanoff. ORANGE COUNTY The subject of now being considered chambers of commen county, as well as chambers of commen county improvement Some of the men stationed here have had foreign service, and a good many were on the border, but the larger portion seem to be men of recent enlistment. There is a general bustle and hustle in camp all the time. Companies are at drill during morning hours, and early afternoon. The cavalry, field artillery, ambulances and quartermaster's trucks seem to be on the go constantly. There is a splendid spirit among the men, yet through it all there is a seriousness which grips a fellow pretty tightly. The Y. M. C. A. has one big cement building of four floors, one frame building and three big tents, located at convenient places about the camps. There are about 30 employed officers on the Y. M. C. A. force at this post. In our main building we have a big lobby, with pool tables, reading and writing tables that will accommodate a couple of hundred men at a time. The "Y" as the boys call it, furnishes free stationery, which encourages the boys to write home. At the one building, an average of better than 1000 letters per day is written. On the top floor there is an auditorium large enough to seat 600 or 700 men, and this is filled every night of the week by picture shows, vaudeville and local talent shows. All are staged free of charge to the soldiers by our social committee. One floor is used largely by the educational and religious departments. There are classes in French, mathematics, stenography and many other subjects which are well patronized by the soldiers. The religious department has its club rooms, where discussion groups meet for lectures and Bible study. They are endeavoring to teach a type of religion that will stand up in the trenches. Let me add right here, that many of the soldiers realize that it will take a pretty verile type of religion to stand up under the heavy fire they are expecting to face. On the bottom floor are located the gymnasium, shower baths, dressing rooms and special exercise rooms. We also have a restaurant, tailor shop, savings bank and candy store in the building. In the other building, as in the tents, the letter writing, social programs and Sunday meetings are the big features. STATE GEOLOGISTS STUDY WAR MINERALS The situation with regard to meeting the demand for petroleum products and other war minerals is being given careful consideration by many branches of the Federal and state governments. The annual convention of the American Association of State Geologists has been called to meet at St. Louis for this particular purpose, and in view of the important position which California occupies relative to this matter, Gov. Stephens has authorized State Mineralogist Fletcher Hamilton to attend and offer the hearty cooperation not only of the state mining bureau, but of the mining public of the state. The council of national defense has called upon the states for aid in encouraging the further development of raw materials which are vitally necessary in forwarding the national war program, and it is believed that the conference mentioned will be fruitful of beneficial results. It is Mr. Hamilton's intention to particularly emphasize the conditions existing in the petroleum industry in California where stocks are being rapidly depleted in the face of unprecedented drilling activity and the widespread demand for gasoline and similar derived oil products. In many ways California is responding wonderfully to the demand for substance heretofore produced to a small extent, if at all. The tungsten output for 1915 was valued at $1,005,467, for instance. Steel manufacturers require considerable amounts of this metal in making armor plate, munitions, etc., and the 1916 production for the state increased to $4,571,521. With the 1917 figures not yet compiled, it is well known that a further increase will be recorded. Similarly, the value of chrome in 1916 was $717,241 as compared with $38,044 the previous year. Magnesite jumped from $283,461 to $1,311,893; quicksilver from $1,157,449 to $2,003,425 and manganese from $49,-098 to $274,601. The state mineralogist hopes to return from St. Louis with a definite idea of the further demands which will be placed upon the operators and producers about 800 acres of land, adjacent to the city of San Francisco, and lying just south of the bay at the Golden Gate, also including the world's fair grounds. Several of the fair buildings still stand. This is not to get tha Let me add right here, that many of the soldiers realize that it will take a pretty verile type of religion to stand up under the heavy fire they are expecting to face. On the bottom floor are located the gymnasium, shower baths, dressing rooms and special exercise rooms. We also have a restaurant, tailor shop, savings bank and candy store in the building. In the other building, as in the tents, the letter writing, social programs and Sunday meetings are the big features. As my title of "physical director" implies, my duty is to superintend the athletics and physical activities. Our athletic teams are organized on the company basis. Almost every company has either a basket ball or baseball team, and some have both. We are conducting leagues in bgh, and are having some high class sport. We are having most satisfactory cooperation from the army officers. Two, of the colonels, who are regimental commanders, are turning their men over to us, two and four companies at a time, for a couple of hours' athletic training. They realize the value of having their men in good physical condition. Then, too, athletics play a big part in developing a good company spirit. The relay races obstacle races, wall scaling and tug of war events have been very popular. With a group of men three times the population of Anaheim, you can imagine my two assistants and myself are kept pretty busy. It is nearly as bad as a busy day in the real estate business in Anaheim. We have a splendid organization among the commissioned officers, which we call the athletic council. Without this council, it would be impossible for the three of us to accomplish very much along athletic lines. As it is, we often have as high as twelve games of baseball going on at one time. We have learned to play baseball on the sandy beach, on the side hill, in the woods and in other figures not yet compiled, it is well known that a further increase will be recorded. Similarly, the value of chrome in 1916 was $717,241 as compared with $38,044 the previous year. Magnesite jumped from $283,461 to $1,311,893; quicksilver from $1,157,449 to $2,003,425 and manganese from $49,-098 to $274,601. The state mineralogist hopes to return from St. Louis with a definite idea of the further demands which will be placed upon the operators and producers of this state, as well as with the solution of related problems which may have been solved in other portions of the United States, but which have as yet received only slight attention here. ALMOST PERPETUAL MOTION Every generation has had its near-genius who thought he would develop or discover the secret of starting something that would never stop, until perpetual motion has been a butt of jest and ridicule in all times and in almost all lands. Yet a Boston scientist has challenged the attention of congress and official Washington by the announcement that he has something which, while not claimed as perpetual motion, is that in effect, for any power or energy that would send an aeroplane around the globe without rest or fuel supply is either perpetual motion or a miracle in mechanics. The remarkable thing is that so well based are his claims that, even in the rushing hours of a closing congress, he was able to command the attention of wearied congressmen, and now a special committee is seriously investigating whether this student, after 26 years of study, has something which will: Drive a battleship any distance without stop for fuel. Propel an airplane around the world. Anaheim Gazette Give an airplane strength enough to carry thousands of pounds of munitions. Enable an aeroplane to wear armor heavy enough to turn any anti-air craft gun's missiles. Send torpedoes at greater speed. Practically double the speed of steam engines. For if he has, it's all off with Germany. The war is as good as won, and not only so, but the future of the world's fuel supply is nothing to worry about. The nature of the discovery or invention or whatever it may be is not announced. The suggestion is made of a "free energy generator," but whether it is along the line of work of that prisoner in an Arizona or New Mexico penitentiary who a few years since planned to gather electricity out of the air, we can only guess. The feature that commands attention is the fact that in secret tests the inventor has completely won the house committee on patents and now by special, and unusual, authority he is authorized to demonstrate for the benefit of other official Washington. Nothing could be more acceptable just now than something that would make it possible to send a fleet of 10,000 airplanes cavorting over Germany directing them to find the location of the kaiser's camp and the crown prince's tent and bombard them from the skies, until the Hohenzollerns would run up the white flag and follow Nicholas Romanoff into seclusion. ORANGE COUNTY HARBOR The subject of most importance now being considered with the several chambers of commerce throughout the county, as well as with the associated chambers of commerce, has to do with county improvement of a commercial Southern California, and there will still remain for the craft yet to come such abundance of safe moorings as will result in a specific attraction. The spirit of preparedness is fast being adopted by the people of the West, as it is already adopted in the East, and the requirements of expansion in business, in farming, in home management, in shipping, in finance, in production, in management of civic affairs, in progress of community interest, and in the political economy of the city, the county, the state and the nation, are fast compelling an enlargement of ideal that can only be satisfied through the result of greater achievement. NEW RECORD IN MINERAL PRODUCTION The total value of the mineral production of the country in 1916 was more than 3½ billion dollars, increasing 1 billion or 45 per cent over the 2½ billion recorded for 1915, and exceeding the former record year (1913) by more than 1 billion dollars, according to figures compiled by the U.S. geological survey. Practically all the minerals shared in this increase, gold being the only one of the more important products that showed a decrease in value, although silver and anthracite showed decreases in quantity, but increases in value. The metals established a new record in 1916, exceeding for the first time one billion dollars and approximating a total of one and a half billion. Pig iron and copper contributed more than 78 per cent of the total increase of 628 million dollars, but large gains were made in zinc, lead, aluminum, ferroalloys, and tungsten ores. As compared with the figures large part of the current expenses will be taken care of by taxation. Subscribing in a Liberty bond is sound business. It is an investment which has for its surety the riches of our United States. It is our patriotic duty to do that which is now within our power and which counts for most at present. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The method of financing of the office of the farm adviser is based on an idea to which public expression was first given by President Taft in an address in Kansas City in which he advocated that each of the 2000 or more agricultural counties of the United States should have an agricultural instructor financed jointly by the federal, state and county governments. Not only has this method of financing been found to be sound, but experience has shown that other methods of flancing, such as money appropriated by commercial organizations, chambers of commerce, or associations of farmers, are unsound and sooner or later lead to difficulties of more or less serious character. Too much emphasis can not be placed on the fundamental character of this joint method of financing and upon the type of organization which follows from it. As time progresses and the significance of this unique relationship becomes better understood, it will probably have a marked influence on governmental policies in general. Under the arrangement now constituted by law the funds for the support of the farm advisers are appropriated (1) by the congress of the United States, (2) by the state legislature, and (3) by the county supervisors. Neither the congress of the United States nor the state legislature is charged with the execution of laws. ORANGE COUNTY HARBOR The subject of most importance now being considered with the several chambers of commerce throughout the county, as well as with the associated chambers of commerce, has to do with county improvement of a commercial harbor at Newport Bay. The discussions are being entered into with more than common interest, and are calculated to result in educational measures that will still further identify the people of Orange county with the progressive element of other communities. When the law was made effective establishing Orange county as a harbor district, within 30 days after the petition was opened for signatures the franchised freeholders had affixed their names in more than the unmber required, expressing the request that the board of supervisors at once appoint a harbor board. The commission at once employed its efforts in investigation of conditions physical and material, and find the development of a commercial harbor feasible, and when their report is completed and returned to the board of supervisors, it will so advise. Since the subject was first presented, developments have obtained in rapid succession until estimated possibilities have become established results. The expressed intention of the City of Newport Beach, to improve the bay as a pleasure harbor, has long been held in contemplation, while today the active work of this improvement is being definitely prosecuted. The city of Newport Beach has qualified. By almost unanimous ballot it voted bonds in the sum of $125,000 for the construction of a jetty at the mouth of the bay, and has passed the third reading of intention to vote $50,000 for dredging channels from the intake to the western limits of the harbor lines. Through this improvement ample protection will be made available to all the pleasure craft in This is the time to get that roof up THE DOLLAR A YEAR MEN Since the entrance of the United States into the war, there has grown up a large body of men in the government service who are becoming known as the "dollar a year men." These are men with special qualifications who donate their services to the government, but, who, in order to place them legally and technically in the government service, must be regularly employed at a stipulated salary, and the compensation is placed at a dollar a year. Many of these men are of national and world wide reputation for business ability. They have been accustomed for many years to the handling of large affairs; the direction of large business transactions, and the supervision of the work of large numbers of men. They are not merely captains of industry, they are colonels, and major generals in the leadership of the great armies of American industry. They have been trained in the efficient school of experience. It is much to the credit of these men that they have volunteered their service in the time of their country's need, especially since their private affairs demand their attention more urgently now than ever before. Partial abandonment of private business will mean financial loss in no small degree. They are laboring with no unique relationship becomes better understood, it will probably have a marked influence on governmental policies in general. Under the arrangement now constituted by law the funds for the support of the farm advisers are appropriated (1) by the congress of the United States, (2) by the state legislature, and (3) by the county supervisors. Neither the congress of the United States nor the state legislature is charged with the execution of laws, but separate branches of the federal adn state governments are created for such purposes. The execution of this particular law is in the hands of the United States department of agriculture, representing the congress of the United States, and the colleges of agriculture, representing the state legislatures. In the counties there is no legally constituted agency which stands in the same relation to the appropriating agency as does the United States department of agriculture to the federal government or the college of agriculture to the state. It has been the policy therefore to look upon the farm bureau, although it is not legally so constituted, as standing in the same relation to the interest of the county as the college of agriculture to the state, or that of the United States department of agriculture to the federal government. The general policy concerning the work within a county is worked out with the advice of the directors of the farm bureau. The supervisors determine whether it is a movement which they desire to support by an appropriation. If, after trial, the movement does not seem to be valuable, the supervisors may not reappropriate funds at the expiration of their contract, since, the appropriation is entirely a voluntary matter. This actually happened in Ventura county. After the farm bureau system there had been in operation for two and one half years, the farm adviser was promoted to the position of assistant state leader and a new man assigned to the county as farm adviser. The board of supervisors promptly discontinued the work despite a written agreement made by them with the college of agriculture to continue the work for three years. This action may be expected to occur in different counties from time to time. Unless the farmers feel a definite and positive interest in the system after a thorough trial in a given county, it may well be ques- This is the time to get that roof up in shape before the winter rains start to find the leaks. Pioneer Roofing Pioneer Leader Roofing Odd lots of Roofing at Special Prices GIBBS LUMBER Phone Pacific 201—Home 2664. East Broadway and major geenrals in the leadership of the great armies of American industry. They have been trained in the efficient school of experience. It is much to the credit of these men that they have volunteered their service in the time of their country's need, especially since their private affairs demand their attention more urgently now than ever before. Partial abandonment of private business will mean financial loss in no small degree. They are laboring with no expectation of pecuniary profit, and little, if any, hope of such reward as fame can afford. Their names will be overlooked while credit is being accorded to other men of far less ability, who were chosen to fill cabinet positions and to draw the salaries and share the honors. LIBERTY LOAN FACTS Men, munitions and money, these are the sinews of war. At the present moment the greatest need of the United States is money. She must have it to render the best possible help to herself and her allies. The government can get that money in two ways, by borrowing and by taxing. At present both methods are being used. Borrowing is the more direct way. Borrowing by means of the Liberty bond is a method of securing immediate funds for the prosecution of the war and spreading the burden of repayment over a period 25 years. Taxation does not bring in funds so readily but it does help to pay off immediately a large part of the current expenses of the government. To put the burden of our share in this struggle for democracy as far as possible on the present generation, rather than shift it to our children, is the government's avowed intention. Hence, the Liberty bonds are issued with a maturity of 25 years, and a IN ANYTHING YOU COOK requiring milk you'll get much better results if you use ours. It is far richer than the ordinary article and the extreme care with which it is handled from cow to bottle will give added satisfaction in the knowledge of its absolute cleanliness. Anaheim Sanitary Dairy Anaheim Ice Company Building on Chartress Street We Want You To Know That your account is welcome at this Bank, regardless of size. Big fortunes have small beginnings. Get the habit of saving and your future welfare and prosperity are assured. Call at any time. Anaheim National Bank We Have Moved We Have Moved OWING to the necessity for more room we have moved our store into the Mitchell building. You will find us on Los Angeles street, first door north of Heying’s pharmacy, where all our old customers as well as new ones will be welcomed. We are still handling the best brands of coffee and tea on the market, and are selling at a price that cannot be lowered by any dealer. Ours is an Anaheim institution and we ask the people of this city and vicinity to give our goods one trial. If they are not satisfied they have a comeback. Great Western Coffee & Tea Co. cumbent and appoint another farm adviser. In the first instance a public hearing was held to determine whether the farm adviser was satisfactory to the farm bureau members. The hearing indicated that the farm adviser was eminently satisfactory, and the supervisors not only accepted the verdict of the people but have since made an appropriation for an assistant farm adviser. In other words, the policy is to remove the farm adviser from a county if after a thorough public investigation he is found not to be serving the best interests of the county as determined by the farmers them- not try to direct or control the actions of any person and whose duty under the law is to discover the truth and disseminate it. It is essential that the farm adviser's position and his promotion shall depend upon the efficiency with which he carries out the purposes of this agency. An automobile accident which might have resulted seriously, happened on West Chapman avenue, between the Santa Ana river bridge and the county hospital, early Wednesday morning. The Crown Stage, which leaves Orange at 6:30 a.m. for Anaheim, turn- The farm adviser was satisfactory to the farm bureau members. The hearing indicated that the farm adviser was eminently satisfactory, and the supervisors not only accepted the verdict of the people but have since made an appropriation for an assistant farm adviser. In other words, the policy is to remove the farm adviser from a county if after a thorough public investigation he is found not to be serving the best interests of the county as determined by the farmers themselves. There are inherent reasons why the legislative or appropriating power should be separate from the appointing and executive power, as is the case in the federal and state governments but which has not heretofore been the case in county governments. For example, the farm adviser, acting under instructions of the federal and state agency, may be advocating cover crops while a member of the board of supervisors in that county may be a fertilizer agent who feels that his business is not promoted by such advice. A supervisor may be a real estate agent. The farm adviser in the pursuit of his duty may pass adversely on a tract of land so far as it relates to the needs of a particular individual. A farm bureau may embark upon some policy such as pooling cream, which is contrary to the business interests of some relative of the supervisor. The board of supervisors may be supporting a chamber of commerce whose interests are not identical with those of the members of the farm bureau. All such points of contact are passible elements of friction and misunderstanding. It is obvious that such conditions cannot be permitted to determine the appointment or continuance of a farm adviser. One of the most important facts concerning a farm adviser is that he represent san agency which does An automobile accident which might have resulted seriously, happened on West Chapman avenue, between the Santa Ana river bridge and the county hospital, early Wednesday morning. The Crown Stage, which leaves Orange at 6:30 a.m. for Anaheim, turned turtle as a result of wet paving in attempting to pass a man on a bicycle. In passing, the machine turned completely around and then turned turtle, the top miraculously saving its occupants, who came through the mishap with but slight cuts and bruises. E. S. Palmiter, of Orange, who was one of the occupants of the car, stated that the car was traveling at a moderate rate of speed when the accident occurred. Only two passengers and the driver were in the car at the time of the spill. The defendants have filed answer in the suit for right of way being brought by the Salt Lake Company against the H. L. Williams Ranch Company at La Habra. The answer states that the land will be cut off from water, if the Salt Lake goes through and that damages will amount to $27,000. The state council of defense is starting a campaign of careless waste of gasoline by motorists. The circular received by District Attorney L. A. West, secretary of the county council of defense, advises that motorists traveling for pleasure, cut down the mileage of their trips, and that all auto owners cut out little extravagances in the use of gasoline. The circular states that the demand for gasoline by the government has caused this movement of the council.