anaheim-gazette 1917-10-11

FARMERS FAVOR ADVISOR FOR COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN APPOINTED BY ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE DISCUSS PLAN MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT VARIOUS POINTS IN COUNTY TO CONSIDER MOVEMENT Committeemen from various sections of Orange county met at the rooms of the supervisors Saturday for the purpose of considering the advisability of appointing a farm adviser to look after the agricultural interests of the county. The committee, which was selected by the associated chambers of commerce was composed of the following men: Following are the names of the advisory committee selected by the associated chambers of commerce to start a movement for a farm advisor for Orange county: Buena Park—Fred Bastady. Anaheim—Henry Wagner. Cypress—A. S. Fagen. Anaheim—H. S. Druce. La Habra—F. E. Proud. Yorba Linda—C. C. Kinsman. Placentia—S. W. McColloch. Fullerton—F. S. Swombly. Garden Grove—J. O. Arkley. Stanton—William H. Kennedy. Westminster—W. B. McCoy. Olive—Carl O. Heim. der to make dividends in this high capitalization. He will work for the bureau and adviser. W. B. McCoy, of Westminster, will canvass his community, and thinks they are for it. Willard Smith spoke strongly in favor, Henry Campbell said that at first he was against it, but now thinks it best to try it out. W. B. Woodrough and Dean Johnston are strong boosters for the adviser. W. C. Jerome, county auditor, vigorously opposed the movement on the grounds of expense, and said it is a useless peg for another political appointee. However, after what seemed overwhelming demand from those present, and the argument that this was the only indulgence the farmers of Orange county ever asked for from the over-lords at the courthouse, his loyalty to his farmer friends and his position as watchdog of the county treasury was about a tie. Dr. Wherry, of Harper, was an effective speaker in favor of the movement, and pledged all his energy for work in his section. Dr. Jones, of Orange, got immediate returns from Professor Vall when he made some statement derogatory to agricultural professors. The doctor said five out of seven of the orange growers of his section were against the movement. He thought a few books on agriculture would better answer the needs of our people. He left unconvinced. James Smiley, the prosperous all-around farmer, of West Orange, had a grouch against some authority on walnut culture, from Berkeley, who advised him the wrong way to the tune of $2000 damages to his walnut orchard. However, he would not oppose the bureau, some good might result from it. He will do what he can to give it a trial. WATER CENTER REPORT SUPERINTENDENT COMMITTEES SUCH REGULAR STATEMENT CALIFORNIA IRON TO MAKE CORRECTION NEW TRASH Saturday was the day meeting of the Anahi company directors, and Beazeley, McFadden Sherwood were present. Report of the finance received and filed an ed drawn in payment mands therein recommend. Report of the Super Treasurer for the month were received and fished. The Superintendent ing a communication nia Iron Works relations on the trash duly seconded to the superintender act. Request of Geo. W ditch in front of him was referred to the s investigation. On motion duly sent dent and secretary w execute the follow Eugene Allec, and l mentions. The release and the agreements for Orange county: Buena Park—Fred Bastady. Anaheim—Henry Wagner. Cypress—A. S. Fagen. Anaheim—H. S. Druce. La Habra—F. E. Proud. Yorba Linda—C. C. Kinsman. Placentia—S. W. McColloch. Fullerton—F. S. Twombly. Garden Grove—J. O. Arkley. Stanton—William H. Kennedy. Westminster—W. B. McCoy. Olive—Carl O. Heim. West Orange—James Smiley. El Modeno—Wade Flippen. Villa Park—Willard Smith. McPherson—Henry Campbell. Santa Ana—P. H. Norton. Irvine—Arthur McFadden. El Toro—John Osterman. Tustin—W. C. Jerome. Harper—Dr. Wherry. Huntington Beach—W. T. Newland. Talbert—F. P. Plavin. Wintersburg—H. Larter. Smeltzer—andrew Moore. Under date of October 2 the following letter was sent to each of these committeemen by Roy K. Bishop, secretary of the executive committee: "On September 8th, at the Santa Ana city hall, a meeting of the delegates of the associated chambers of commerce was held to consider the question of a farm advisor for Orange county. "At this meeting an executive committee was elected, consisting of W. L. Grubb, chairman, Roy K. Bishop, secretary, H. B. Woodrough, W. Dean Johnston and S. W. McColloch. "This executive committee met on October 1st, and selected an advisory board of twenty five members, being representative farmers from over the county. The executive committee called a meeting of the advisory board to meet at the supervisors room, Saturday, Oct. 6th, at 2 o'clock. "This movement is both a patriotic and economic one—to help produce more and better products, and to better dispose of the products." L. A. West, secretary of the county council of defense, also sent the following to the selected men: "On Tuesday morning, at 9:30 A.M. the county council of defense, of Orange county, with a full membership present, requested that you attend a meeting to be held Saturday, Oct. 6th, at the supervisors' rooms in the court house, at Santa Ana, at 2:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the advisability of procuring a farm advisor for Orange county." James Smiley, the prosperous all-around farmer, of West Orange, had a grouch against some authority on walnut culture, from Berkeley, who advised him the wrong way to the tune of $2000 damages to his walnut orchard. However, he would not oppose the bureau, some good might result from it. He will do what he can to give it a trial. The Women's Council of Defence is solidly in favor of the organization, and will give it all the help that they can muster. It seems now that the movement is fairly launched and its destiny is in the hands of the progressive farmers of the county. President Grugg spoke of the liberal manner in which the county papers generally had received himself and Secretary Bishop in their canvass of the county. The papers of Anaheim and Orange pledged the movement all the publicity its importance demands and assurance is felt that the other papers, when approached, will be quite as liberal. They realize as the prosperity and very existence of every community depends upon the productions of the soil. In addition to the meeting at La Habra on the 8th, arrangements have been made to hold a meeting at Harper on the 9th and at Yorba Linda on the 15th of this month. OFFICIAL WIFE GETS SIX MEN EXEMPTED New Stunt Invented by the Slacker Conscripts "Official wife" to six men to help them escape the draft declaring in each instance that she is "solely dependent" on the men whom she claimed as her husband, is the record alleged to have been set by a woman in Arcadia, who now is being sought by United States authorities. On six separate occasions the woman is alleged to have appeared before exemption boards with a drafted man, and in each instance passed as the wife of the man she accompanied. A report of the case was made to Secretary Seth Brown of the federal board of appeal, and he announced that the federal prosecutors would go on a still hunt for the "official wife." The name of the woman, or rather L. A. West, secretary of the county council of defense, also sent the following to the selected men: "On Tuesday morning, at 9:30 A.M. the county council of defense, of Orange county, with a full membership present, requested that you attend a meeting to be held Saturday, Oct. 6th, at the supervisors' rooms in the court house, at Santa Ana, at 2:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the advisability of procuring a farm advisor for Orange county. "This meeting will be of considerable importance and interest to the farmers of Orange county, and if it is possible for you to be present you are urged to be there at the time appointed and the place." These committeemen met Saturday, and in addition to them Mrs. Dunn of Garden Grove and Mrs. I. D. Mills of Orange, representing the Women's Council of Defence, were present. The chair called for expression from the various delegates, and drew forth many valuable ideas. H. S. Druce most heartily favored the farm bureau idea, and agreed to arrange a meeting in his territory. F. E. Proud, of La Habra, favored the idea and asked to have a meeting held at La Habra on Monday evening, October 8. Arrangements were immediately made for the meeting as per his suggestion. C. C. Kinsman will arrange for a date at Yorba Linda in the near future, date to be arranged later, F. S. Twombly is very much in earnest in his desire to have the bureau organized, and mentioned as a convincing argument the fact that in a county where land sells at from $1500 to $2000 and more per acre, that we need all the advice and information, scientific and otherwise, that we can possibly obtain in or- On six separate occasions the woman is alleged to have appeared before exemption boards with a drafted man, and in each instance passed as the wife of the man she accompanied. A report of the case was made to Secretary Seth Brown of the federal board of appeal, and he announced that the federal prosecutors would go on a still hunt for the "official wife." The name of the woman, or rather the six names she is alleged to have used as the wife of six men, were said to be in possession of the investigators. The story of the deception practiced on examination boards by the woman revealed a plot of daring and cunning that has been unequaled in the draft, the official say. The woman changed her clothes, changed her facial appearance, and changed her hair dress so that it was almost impossible for any one but an expert to detect her. How she accumulated a wardrobe for each separate appearance, how she appeared as an entirely different woman on each occasion, was related to the investigators. Her first appearance was with a man of about 25, it was said. She claimed they had been married several years. The next time she posed as a slightly older woman. So on through the list, the woman managed to deceive the exemption officials. It was said by the investigators that she appeared before the exemption board handling Arcadia cases, and later transferred her activity to other districts. Whether or not the men knew of her other appearances before exemption boards the exemption officials and the investigators could not say. But they accused the woman of off- Available cash, Oct. 1 Expenditures: Stern & Goodman Braun Corporation J. Kellenberger Home Tel. Co. Pac. Tel Co., A. Pac. Tel. Co., F. Panama Lubricating Crane Co. W. R. Jones H. Kuchel Orange Co. Oil Co. Oil Well Supply Co. J. W. Newman A. W. Thomas Peck & Colby E. F. Defever Woodill Hulse Co. Pacific Rock & Gravel F. Trendle Ingram & Fife Standard Oil Co. Fullerton Tribune Schumacher's Garage L. A. Trust & Sav. B Stroup Barnes Co. fering her services a wife" to the men and them out of the draft sideration. Anahelm Gazette WATER COMPANY HEARS MONTHLY REPORTS SUPERINTENDENT AND FINANOE COMMITTEES SUBMIT THEIR REGULAR STATEMENTS CALIFORNIA IRON WORKS AGREES TO MAKE CORRECTIONS ON NEW TRASH REMOVER Saturday was the date of the regular meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company directors, and Messrs. Hale, Beazley, McFadden, Thamer and Sherwood were present. Report of the finance committee was received and filed and warrants ordered drawn in payment of the various demands therein recommended. Report of the Superintendent and Treasurer for the month of September were received and filed. The Superintendent reported receiving a communication from the California Iron Works relative to the corrections on the trash remover. On motion duly seconded this was referred to the superintendent with power to act. Request of Geo. Welton to have the ditch in front of his property raised was referred to the superintendent for investigation. On motion duly seconded the president and secretary were authorized to execute the following agreements. Eugene Allec, and P. Sarthou agreements. The release to O. A. Stovall and the agreements with the Pacific Gibbs Lumber Co. 2.69 Gibbs Lumber Co. Anaheim 15.68 F. James 9.95 M. W. Martenet 14.50 C. R. Farrar 8.12 A. Nagel 19.10 Byron Jackson Co. 303.76 Anahelm Truck & Trans Co. 2.50 Crane Co. 19.71 Brown & Dauser 9.50 S. M. Davis 17.00 Edison Co. 1454.06 Armbrust & Goodrich .50 J. R. Gardiner 124.66 T. L. Longworth 1.00 A. G. Miller 5.00 G. W. Sherwood 6.50 H. H. Hale 17.50 T. L. McFadden 12.50 J. Chas Thamer 9.50 J. J. Dwyer 8.00 E. E. Beazley 18.50 Wm. Wallop, salary 166.65 Wm. Wallop, Exp 6.42 Pay roll, regular 810.00 Pay roll salary 1197.95 Wickershelm Imp Co. 5.10 Total $4041.21 Available cash 12,411.97 Balance on hand $8,370.76 Warrants returned include Santa Fe Co.$13.85; J.A.McLean,$4.50; Standard Oil Co.$142.50; B.D.McAlway,$132.79; J.F.Ahlborn,$43.32; J.B.Neff,$20.00; F.Cuttle,$500.00; Cal.Mut.Water Co's.Assn.,$20.00; Chas.Wagner,$20.20; Interest accounts and bills payable $2595.20, not in last report. SHERIFF WARNS PEOPLE AGAINST INCENDIARIES Ranchers Watch for I.W.W.Invasion Saturday Night Dozens of ranchers in Orange county got out of bed Saturday night about midnight, armed themselves and went out to guard their barns and haystacks. Word had been received from the sheriff of San Diego county that I.W.W.'s were supposed to have reached this county and possibly burnings would occur. ed" by an equal number of Pasadena Home Guards and angry citizens, and deported. Twenty automobiles rolled up to the Brent doors and pacifists were carelessly dumped into the machines and rushed to the outskirts of the city, where they were told to do as they liked. What seemed to move the citizens to the highest pitch of indignation was the absence of an American flag at the pacifist conference.Sensing this, the Rev.Floyd Hardin, accepted and Society weekly. That mands of the univeral and only years old people who instructed per cent in business advance gineering Ranchers Watch for I. W. W. Invasion Saturday Night Dozens of ranchers in Orange county got out of bed Saturday night about midnight, armed themselves and went out to guard their barns and haystacks. Word had been received from the sheriff of San Diego county that I. W. W.'s were supposed to have reached this county and possibly burnings would occur. Wings were loaned to the spreading of the warning by reason of the fact that Thursday night Henry Boosey's barn on the San Joaquin ranch was burned down, possibly through the work of an incendiary. Five fires set simultaneously, and believed to be the work of I. W. W.'s, resulted in a loss estimated at $10,000 Saturday at Costonia, in El Cajon valley, 15 miles east of San Diego. Three of the buildings, a large packing house and two stables, belonging to the Bostonia Fruit Growers and Packers' Association, were burned to ashes, and the schoolhouse and a packing house, owned by the Co-Operative Planting, were partially consumed. Oilsoaked waste was found in these two buildings. The loss would have been much heavier had a large quantity of raisins, awaiting storage in the burned buildings, been in them. Sheriff Conkline of San Diego telephoned to Sheriff Jackson at Santa Ana, and told him that he was satisfied that wholesale burnings had been planned. Conklin advised Jackson to arouse outlying ranchers, and notify them of the possibility. Jackson took the San Diego man's advice, and by telephone and messenger, word was sent to ranchers from Tustin southward. However, no fires occurred. Thursday night Henry Boosey's barn was burned, and with it went thirty tons of hay and ten sacks of beans. So far as is known no one had been around the barn during the daytime, excepting members of the family. Thursday night, Mrs. Boosey thought she heard someone walking in the yard. Soon afterward she saw the blaze at the back of the yard. The horses were all in a corral, and none of them was hurt. The loss was partially covered by insurance. "I do not care to get the ranchers unduly alarmed," said Sheriff Jackson "but I believe that they will do well to watch their properties." Special Home Guards and angry citizens, and deported. Twenty automobiles rolled up to the Brent doors and pacifists were carelessly dumped into the machines and rushed to the outskirts of the city, where they were told to do as they liked. What seemed to move the citizens to the highest pitch of indignation was the absence of an American flag at the pacifist conference. Sensing this, the Rev. Floyd Hardin, accepted leader, quickly procured one of tiny size and tremblingly fluttered it above his head, exclaiming apprehensively: "I stand under the American flag!" "You shan't desecrate it-" a Home Guard shouted. And the deportations began forthwith. When it was over only a few women pacifists remained. The crowd sang "Good Night, Ladies," and dispersed. The Christian Pacifists are planning no further sessions. But Harold M. Storey is said to be seeking professional advice on how to prevent discoloration around his eye. Storey was knocked down when he protested being deported from Pasadena. ETHLY ALCOHOL FROM WOOD There is no reason for discriminating against ethyl alcohol made from wood in favor of that from grain ro molasses, according to the government chemists of the forest products laboratory at Madison, Wis. The amount of impurities in commercial ethyl alcohol, they say is very small, and the impurities are probably less objectionable when wood is used as a base than when grain or molasses is used. The prejudice against the use for some purposes of ethyl alcohol made from wood is probably accounted for, the experts say, by a confusion with methyl or "wood' alcohol, which is poisonous. Both products are derived from wood, but are radically different. The ethyl or grain alcohol is made by reducing the wood to sawdust, treating the sawdust to produce chemical sugars, and converting the fermentable sugars to alcohol by fermentation, as in the case of grain or molasses. Wood alcohol, however, is obtained by condensing certain gases which are liberated when the wood is heated in air tight retorts, os that it decomposes without burning. Ethyl alcohol has, it is stated, been weekly. That mands of the university only years old people who instructional per cent in business advance gineering per cent in half per advancement their occupations. The unnow givingence counsellor astronomer olfo by electrical siotn and chanical nomics, by mathematic guages, n and zoology. Statementment, On the Accel 1912, Of the weekly, at October 1, 1912 STATE COUNTY BEFORE for the personall who having to law the owner that his knowledge (and if a etc., of t he date required embodied and Regis verse of f. 1. That the public and bush Publisher Calif Editor, H iforman Managing alhein Business helm. 2. That names a owners, o name and stockholder cent or e. 3. Other The finance committee submitted the following report: Sept. 1, cash in treasury $9064.44 Same, with secretary 189.00 Water collections 5208.43 Oil well rents 3.00 Repairs 23.00 C. Hansen 57.26 C. Schultz 6.40 L. M. Thompson 10.00 St. Helens Petroleum Co. 940.41 Vernon Oil Refining Co. 8626.50 J. Chas Thamer 345.51 Calif. Oil & Asp. Co. 136.63 A. E. Stoddard 268.71 Auto, Joe Sweet 100.00 Rents, Allec & Phillips 100.00 $25,077.29 Checks cashed and returned $12,660.72 Paid out by Secy. 4.60 Available cash, Oct. 1 $12,441.97 Expenditures: Stern & Goodman $7.58 Braun Corporation 1.50 J. Kellenberger 62.37 Home Tel. Co. 4.25 Pac. Tel Co., A. 7.15 Pac. Tel Co., F. 20.80 Panama Lubricating Co. 8.25 Crane Co. 44.15 W. R. Jones 2.05 H. Kuchel 1.00 Orange Co. Oil Co. 55.57 Oil Well Supply Co. 4.08 J. W. Newman 9.00 A. W. Thomas 1.70 Peck & Colby 21.14 E. F. Defever 150.00 Woodill Hulse Co. 12.02 Pacific Rock & Gravel Co. 13.85 F. Trendle 56.20 Ingram & Fife 1.65 Standard Oil Co. 73.02 Eullerton Tribune 1.60 Schumacher's Garage 22.18 L.A. Trust & Sav.Bnk 1.35 Stroup Barnes Co. 2.30 fering her services as an "official wife" to the men and agreeing to get them out of the draft for a cash consideration. Correspondence courses: The threatened monopolization of education by women is not true of the correspondence courses for which more than 8000 people have enrolled in the university of California. In coeducational universities the proportion of women students is rapidly increasing, and in wartime is a large majority; in the high schools of California, also, a majority of the students are girls; but of the applicants for the correspondence courses given by the university, 60 per cent are men and only 40 per cent women. Of the men, however, 90 per cent apply for courses of direct prantical value, and only 10 per cent for courses primarily of cultural interest. Nearly four times as large a share of the women wish cultural courses. So reports Dr.F.F.Nalder, director of the bureau of correspondence instruction of the U.of C., in the last number of School from wood, but are radically different. The ethyl or grain alcohol is made by reducing the wood to sawdust, treating the sawdust to produce chemical sugars, and converting the fermentable sugars to alcohol by fermentation, as in the case of grain or molasses. Wood alcohol, however, is obtained by condensing certain gases which are liberated when the wood is heated in air tight retorts, os that it decomposes without burning. Ethyl alcohol has, it is stated, been commercially manufactured from wood for several years in this country. It is suitable for any use to which ethyl alcohol from any other source is put. Improvements on the processes which have been developed at the forest products laboratory have made it possible to decrease the former cost of production. Deport PACIFISTS Summarily deported from Pasadena, where they had scheduled the last conference of a three day "peace convention" marked with interference and transitory meeting places, Christian Pacifists have "completed" their "arbitrament of love" program, and some are skeptical as to its efficiency when applied to a throng of more than 100 aroused and patriotic Home Guards. Assembled in the palatial E.A.Brent home at Pasadena for the final session of "peace communion," over 100 of the pacifists were "storm- A Letter From Washington The Food Administrator Writes Us: of baking powder breads made of corn and other coarse flours instead of wheat flour is recommended by the Conservation Division of the Food Administration. The wheat needed for export is thus conserved, and at the same time useful food for our own people is provided. The circulation of recipes proper these uses would be of assistance in carrying out our plans." The following recipes for Corn Bread and Rye Rolls save wheat flour and make attractive and wholesome food for every day when made with ROYAL BAKING POWDER CORN BREAD corn meal flour teaspoons Royal Baking Powder sugar salt milk shortening ly dry ingredients; add milk and melted yeast well; pour into well greased pan hot oven about 25 minutes. RYE ROLLS 2 cups rye flour ½ teaspoon salt 3 level teaspoons Royal Baking Powder ¼ cup milk ½ tablespoon shortening Sift dry ingredients together, add milk and melted shortening. Knead on floured board; shape into rolls. Put into greased pans and allow to stand in warm place 20 to 25 minutes. Bake in moderate oven 25 to 30 minutes. White and blue booklet "Best War Time Recipes" containing additional similar recipes requested. Address Royal Baking Powder Company, Dept. H, J35 William Street, New York. Order of Pasadena city citizens, and homobiles rolled and pacifists into the ma- the outskirts were told to save the citizens of indignation American flag reference. Sensing ardin, accepted and Society, the New York educational weekly. That more than half of these thousands of correspondence students at the university are over 30 years of age, and only four per cent less than 20 years old is also reported. Of 1000 people who applied for correspondence instruction during a recent month, 25 per cent wanted courses to help them in business life, 15 per cent wished to advance themselves in technical, engineering and scientific work, seven Monday dismissal was entered in the action against L. J. Kevlin, who was once charged with breaking up furniture in the Anaheim city jail. Kevlin was on trial in the superior court on the charge, which was dismissed on account of the legal difficulty of proving that the place in which he was confined was a city jail. A second charge, that of battery, was brought FROM WOOD for discriminative alcohol made from grain roe the government at products labors. The amount mercinal ethyl alcohols small, and the only less object used as a base glasses is used. Just the use for any alcohol made accounted for confusion with alcohol, which acts are derivedically different. Alcohol is made by sawdust, treat produce chemical the fermentation, then or molasses. Is obtained by masses which are good is heated in it decomposes is stated, been weekly. That more than half of these thousands of correspondence students at the university are over 30 years of age, and only four per cent less than 20 years old is also reported. Of 1000 people who applied for correspondence instruction during a recent month, 25 per cent wanted courses to help them in business life, 15 per cent wished to advance themselves in technical, engineering and scientific work, seven per cent were teachers and three and a half per cent housewives, all seeking advancement or increased skill in their occupations. The university extension division is now giving more than 200 correspondence courses, including architecture, astronomy, automobile engineering, biology, business subjects, economics, electrical engineering, English composition and literature, freehand and mechanical drawing, history, home economics, hydraulics, journalism, Latin, mathematics, mechanics, modern languages, music, navigation, philosophy, and zoology. Dr. Nalder reports there Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc., Required by the Act of Congress of August, 24, 1912, Of the Anaheim Gazette, published weekly, at Anaheim, California, for October 1, 1917. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) Iss. County of Orange ) Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Henry Kuchel who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the owner of the Anaheim Gazette, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation) etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Henry Kuchel, Anaheim, California. Editor, Henry Kuchel, Anaheim, California. Managing Editor, Henry Kuchel, Anaheim, California. Business Manager, Henry Kuchel, Anaheim, California. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of weekly. Monday dismissal was entered in the action against L. J. Kevlin, who was once charged with breaking up furniture in the Anaheim city jail. Kevlin was on trial in the superior court on the charge, which was dismissed on account of the legal difficulty of proving that the place in which he was confined was a city jail. A second charge, that of battery, was brought against him. That case is now dismissed. A Winton "Six" did some tank performances at the home of F. J. Oehike, according to Oehike's description of what occurred at his place when an automobile driven by a Los Angeles man came tearing into his place Oehike stated at the district attorney's office that the automobile smashed through a gate, tore off pieces of fence and kept on coming and did not stop until it ran well into an orchard. A complaint was drawn up for Oehike5 signature. In that complaint Charles I. Bergey of Los Angeles is charged with driving an auto while intoxicated. The testimony of several police officers, in a case tried in the justice court the other day, when a man was charged with disturbing the peace, was rich and racy in many particulars. The cops had raided the place, but before entering the house heard, as they claimed, conversations between a man and a woman that were just about the limit. When placed upon the witness stand one of the officers refrained from repeating the exact words as he heard them; but he was told to give it just as it occurred right of the reel. He did so, and the large crowd present leaned forward to get an earful. The case dragged along all day but at its conclusion the jury decided to acquit, claiming the evidence was insufficient to convict the defendant, as charged. The police say that a new complaint will be filed, charging a more serious offense. D. W. McDannald, Orange county's representative at the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, has gathered a lot of fruits and nuts to make up and exhibit that Orange county through McDannald, will put on at the California land show in San Francisco, from October 13th to October 28th. "I will have three of four varieties..." OUR BIT WE HAVE DONE OUR BIT FOR THE NATION AND ARE PREPARED TO DO OUR BIT FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BY DOING OUR DEAD LEVEL BEST IN HELPING THEM TO BUILD BETTER HOMES HENRY KUCHEL, Owner. Subscribed to and sworn to before me this 9th day of October, 1917. (SEAL) FRANK R. DOHR. (My commission expires March, 30, 1921.)