anaheim-gazette 1917-10-18

WHAT THE STATE IS DOING FOR SETTLERS CALIFORNIA IS LEADING ALL OTHER IN ITS PREPARATIONS TO PROVIDE HOMES LAND SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT WILL PROBABLY BE IMITATED BY OTHER STATES No state which has rich soil and favorable conditions for producing but has been promoted by more or less mistaken or dishonest operators. Cheap lands have been purchased, irrigation systems installed, roadways laid out—sometimes graded—and 25 to 50 per cent selling expense and perhaps 25 to 50 per cent profit has been added, and the "farmers" have been secured from wherever gettable, and the project has too often ended in heartache and ruin for those who have been "promoted", says the California Cultivator. As noted above, some of these promoters have been mistaken. They have been told of certain trees or certain plots of a few square feet, or sometimes of a certain plant which has produced such yields that if an acre or five acres or some other number of acres could be secured it would mean a fortune. They have heard the story told and have told it until they affect at least to believe it, and it is retold to the would-be California farmer who comes to the site. From Circular No.1 we note that the commission is asking for land which must have real agricultural value. In making request for information as to available lands the board gives its plan as follows. The board desires from four to six thousand acres for subdivision, improvement and settlement. This land should either be irrigated or suitable for intensive cultivation and stock raising without irrigation, either in one tract or a few contiguous tracts. Owners of land of the character indicated, and who are willing to sell on the terms hereinafter outlined, are invited to communicate with the board. The board will enter into a contract with the owners under which it will make a cash payment of five per cent and will immediately begin subdivision and improvement of the property, expending whatever is necessary of the state appropriation of $260,000. The land will then be opened for settlement and as settled a cash payment of 45 per cent of the purchase price of the settled portion, making one half of the purchase price, will be made. The remainder will be paid in amortized payments, which may be extended over 36 years as a maximum, interest on deferred payments to be made at the rate of five per cent per annum. Regarding this effort of California to give practical aid to the farmer and to the government a writer in Century says: "When the war is over, it is safe to assume that most of the countries of Europe will turn their attention to the intensive cultivation of the land. England will endeavor to feed herself instead of being dependent upon America and Denmark. Canada was already experimenting with this policy as well as with the taxation of land values to break up large estates, comes from Coronado Wood, who has borne Newport Beach and ed to the Coronado Newport Beach aqua will be in charge of wick, who has been Perris. Rev. J. E. Fischel Park, Los Angeles, Stanton. Westminster church Rev. H. H. Roissy, San Marcos. Seal Beach is to appointment was a press. Bishop Leonard in his presiding elders mus remains in ch Diego district, in w county, excepting t and Rev. E. J. In years pastor of First Ana, is again at the Beach district. DON'T GIVE US FOR AUTOMATION Magazine Thinks Me Is Done East of An eastern magazine recent issue, devoted to an article which glory from Southern glory is due in the bilie thefts. If glory is due a number of autos be day of the week, th right here at home s Auto Club of Southe organization which war to the knife or in this vicinity. According to the v As noted above, some of these promoters have been mistaken. They have been told of certain trees or certain plots of a few square feet, or sometimes of a certain plant which has produced such yields that if an acre or five acres or some other number of acres could be secured it would mean a fortune. They have heard the story told and have told it until they affect at least to believe it, and it is retold to the would-be California farmer who comes to the state with a life's savings which may be only sufficient to make the first "one-third down," with one-third in one year and one-third in two years, at ten per cent. Of course the future payments are always to be met by returns from the land—but the story is too familiar to need repeating. No section of California but has heard it, and for years careful observers have been appealing for a correction of this evil and for honest dealing with ourselves and our would-be citizens. Since Dr. Elwood Mead went to Australia as an irrigation expert and returned after having worked in land settlement projects, he has brought back to California so much information and so much enthusiasm that Californians have been asking: "Can we apply these land settlement methods, partly European and partly Australian, to California conditions?" At first we all denied the practicability of such a scheme. But it was worth thinking about, and we thought, we acted, and finally the legislature acted, and now the land settlement commission is a reality, and in its hands is the sum of a quarter of a million dollars, with a small additional sum for the expense of initiating the measure. At the close of one of the meetings of this board held in Sacramento during state fair week we had the pleasure of a few minutes interview with Chairman Mead as to the hopes of the commission regarding its work. He referred to the fortune and to the happiness brought to many a settler in New Zealand and in Australia because of similar efforts giving opportunity to many people who are capable but have been unfortunate. Homes have been established and capital advanced for equipping farms, and while there have been occasional failures the successes have generally overbalanced them so that the experiment has proven a winner and is even making new capital for the state to use in enlarging its work along similar lines. The government a writer in Century says: "When the war is over, it is safe to assume that most of the countries of Europe will turn their attention to the intensive cultivation of the land. England will endeavor to feed herself instead of being dependent upon America and Denmark. Canada was already experimenting with this policy as well as with the taxation of land values to break up large estates, and will seek to lure settlers not only from Europe, but from the United States * * And partly in anticipation of these conditions, the state of California has created a state colonization commission which is projecting a big program for colonization of home owning farmers in the state * *. "The state aided farm colony plan does not fully meet the agricultural problem. It does not solve the difficulties of marketing or of transportation. It does not provide cold storage warehouses or terminals. Nor does it insure cheap land, which is essential to successful agriculture. It does, however, lend the aid of science to agriculture. It provides education and direction by experts. If offers very cheap credit. Most important of all, ownership awakens ambition and hope. It insures permanency of tenure. It aims to reestablish conditions similar to those which peopled America with land hungry immigrants in the days when land was to be had for the asking, and places agriculture on a firmer foundation of security than that which now prevails." METHODIST CONFERENCE MAKES NEW APPOINTMENTS Several Changes Among the Pastors of Orange County Churches Appointments to pastors of the Methodist Episcopal church in Orange county for coming year, as made by Bishop Leonard at the annual conference, at Long Beach last week were as follows: First Church, Santa Ana—Rev. Harcourt W. Peck. Richland Avenue, Santa Ana—Rev. Stacy A. Smith. Anaheim—Rev. H. W. White. Buena Park—Rev. E. J. Fischer. Fullerton—Rev. H. B. Clark. Garden Grove—Rev. O. W. Reinius. Huntington Beach—Rev. R. I. McKee. Glory from Southern glory is due in the public thefts. If glory is due at a number of autos be day of the week, the right here at home sits Auto Club of Southern organization which war to the knife once in this vicinity. According to the western magazine all the bile thefts of note are where east of the Southern California tioned. It is a knot police circles that no 000 in automobiles wien last year. Already the crop of greatly exceed this annual valuation to date, Auto Club officials, in a humble beginning, one car every two hours have reached fidelity, where now ing of seven or eight day for a week in La. Ten thousand dollars were stolen in and all last month. These ped from about 50 in several instances taken off machines parked by the owners. Despite the vigilant and the Auto club in the continued carelessists in not taking thirts to protect their ing this type of thief profitable for the theftern California. Every ed to secure identifya local club branch them out to be filed theft bureau. These able for instant use Motorists are also stolen cars at once, ment following the th valuable in recovering LIBERTY LOAD The three cardinal every investment, par are safety, marketable How do these require the Liberty bonds? Safety—Behind the debt of about 3 billion ing the first Liberty New Zealand and in Australia because of similar efforts giving opportunity to many people who are capable but have been unfortunate. Homes have been established and capital advanced for equipping farms, and while there have been occasional failures the successes have generally overbalanced them so that the experiment has proven a winner and is even making new capital for the state to use in enlarging its work along similar lines. The plan followed is for the state to purchase a large tract, exporting, if not every acre, at least every plat, determining not only surface conditions but subsolso conditions; a price is fixed according to the estimates of this expert, this price to cover original cost, the cost of irrigation or other improvements, and perhaps $20 per acre added for operating expense. The smallest of these plat sis of 20 acres, and from that they will range up to 100 acre size. The average, however is expected to be not far from 40 acres. One of the first requirements which will be made is that the farmer must agree to conduct diversified farming. He must be a livestock keeper as well as fruit grower. The commission is firm in the belief that this diversified farming is the only means of securing assurance of success. We say that the smallest plat is to be of 20 acres. This is true excepting that near the center of the settlement will be a section of one and two acre plats for laborers' homesites, and presumably this center will also become a social and, to a certain extent, a commercial center. There will be a superintendent or farm agent who must to an extent be an expert in agricultural practices. His services will be at the command of settlers. At present the work of the commission has to do only with selection of First Church, Santa Ana—Rev. Harcourt W. Peck. Richland Avenue, Santa Ana—Rev. Stacy A. Smith. Anaheim—Rev. H. W. White. Buena Park—Rev. E. J. Fischer. Fullerton—Rev. H. B. Clark. Garden Grove—Rev. O. W. Reinius. Huntington Beach—Rev. R. I. McKee. La Habra—Rev. S. Phillips. Newport Beach and Harper—Rev. L. O. Bostwick. Olinda—Rev. H. T. Lewis. Orange—Rev. E. J. Hall. Westminster—Rev. H. H. Roissy. Wintersburg—Rev. C. M. Ross. Rev. F. G. Watson, who has been minister of the Richland Avenue church, Santa Ana, since it was organized two years ago, will go to First Church at Inglewood. Rev. Stacy A. Smith, who has been appointed to the Richland pulpit, has been preaching at San Jacinto, and previous to his appointment there he preached at Highgrove. Rev. Peck was re-appointed for First church at Santa Ana, and there were no changes in the ministers at Orange, Anaheim or Garden Grove. Taken as a whole, there were more than the usual number of changes in the Orange county churches. Rev. H. H. Hocker goes from Fullerton to Redondo, and the pulpit will go to Rev. H. B. Clark, who has been preaching at El Centro. A change in pulpits is made by Rev. R. C. Coyne, who goes from Huntington Beach to Grace church, Riverside, and Rev. R. I. McKee, who goes from Grace church to Huntington Beach. Rev. O. N. Oleson is appointed to San Marcos, San Diego county, and his church at Wintersburg will be presided over by Rev. C. M. Ross, who The three cardinals every investment, parare safety, marketability How do these require the Liberty bonds? Safety—Behind the debt of about 3 billion ing the first Liberty emited wealth of 250 Our present debt per $30, as compared to all before the war of $16275 in Great Britain.capita is now estimated 500, as compared with Britain,$1,519 in Germany in France. Our yearly estimated at about 4000 nual interest charges on debt, including the dollar loan. Marketability—United government bonds have allowed an immediate mark of great financial stress salable that they are bond houses as about that "can be sold on conversion privilege bonds allows the hold pense to him, to exchange into any new bonds issuing war bearing a higher Such a privilege make certain that in the eventment issuing more bonds be sold at par, the house will then be able his bonds.In the event ending in a reasonable bonds should then sell above their present price. Return—In view of the marketability, it is seen the 4% Liberty bonds, Anaheim Gazette comes from Coronado. Rev. John Wood, who has been preaching at Newport Beach and Harper, is assigned to the Coronado church, while the Newport Beach and Harper churches will be in charge of Rev. L. O. Bostwick, who has been preaching at Perris. Rev. J. E. Fischer, goes from Echo Park, Los Angeles, to Buena Park and Stanton. Westminster church will be led by Rev. H. H. Roissy, who comes from San Marcos. Seal Beach is to be supplied. No appointment was announced for Cypress. Bishop Leonard made no changes in his presiding elders. Rev. R. I. Rasmus remains in charge of the San Diego district, in which all of Orange county, except Seal Beach, lies, and Rev. E. J. Inwood, for several years pastor of First Church at Santa Ana, is again at the head of the Long Beach district. DON'T GIVE US CREDIT FOR AUTOMOBILE THIEVES Magazine Thinks Most of the Stealing Is Done East of the Mississippi An eastern magazine, in its most recent issue, devotes valuable space to an article which tends to detract glory from Southern California where glory is due in the matter of automobile thefts. If glory is due anywhere for the number of autos being stolen every day of the week, that glory belongs right here at home say officials of the Auto Club of Southern California, the organization which recently declared war to the knife on the thief gangs in this vicinity. According to the writer in the east-state and local taxes yield a fair return. LARGER APPROPRIATIONS ASKED FOR INDIGENTS Dr. Haynes Says $14 a Month Should Be Provided for Children County boards of supervisors all over the state are being urged to increase their appropriations for charitable work as a result of the report just rendered to Gov. Stephens, by Dr. John R. Haynes, head of the committee on relief of the state council of defense. In his report Dr. Haynes says that because of increased prices, county appropriations for the care of indigents and orphaned children are much too small for the demands which will be made upon them during the coming year. Larger appropriations for the aid of indigent families with small children and orphanages are especially urged. In many cases, says the report, lack of sufficient sustenance, particularly milk, is resulting in many children in the state being slowly starved. The request of the state council to county boards of supervisors is that at least $14.00 a month be provided for the care of each homeless or dependent child. MAINTAINS ITSELF "Orange county is to be congratulated upon its reputation of being the only one of those several counties which comprise the district known as Southern California that maintains itself upon its own industries and products, and does not need the assistance of tourist resorts or other unnatural foundations for the purpose of obtaining its revenue. Much credit States department of agriculture. The first of these purposes is to encourage the eating of the tubers because at that time it is expected that potatoes will be the most available and economical starchy food; the second is to save wheat during this period; and the third is to encourage the general use of potatoes as a wheat substitute by the American householder. It is proposed that consumers make a special effort to eat potatoes prepared in different ways, recipes for which can be obtained from the home economics department of the various state colleges of agriculture, or from the U. S. department of agriculture. It is not proposed that this potato week will of itself have much effect on the potato situation, but it calls the attention of the people to the fact that there is a plentiful supply which should be used in domestic commerce, leaving the more readily transportable grains for export trade. In shipping potatoes about four-fifths of the weight is water; in shipping wheat only one eighth is moisture. Kentucky has a seed law providing that in lots of one pound or more all agricultural seed offered for sale in the state must be accompanied by a statement giving the name of seed, name and address of person, offering it for sale, approximate percentage by weight of purity and approximate percentage of germination. Thomas Askin TEACHER OF SINGING AND DRAMATIC RECITATION glory from Southern California where glory is due in the matter of automobile thefts. If glory is due anywhere for the number of autos being stolen every day of the week, that glory belongs right here at home say officials of the Auto Club of Southern California, the organization which recently declared war to the knife on the thief gangs in this vicinity. According to the writer in the eastern magazine all the "swell" automobile thefts of note are happening somewhere east of the Mississippi, and Southern California isn't even mentioned. It is a known fact in local police circles that more than $1,000,000 in automobiles was the total stolen last year. Already the crop of 1917 bids fair to greatly exceed this amount, as the total valuation to date, as estimated by Auto Club officials, is $896,800. From a humble beginning, when they stole one car every two or three days, auto thieves have reached a surprising efficiency, where now they think nothing of seven or eight machines every day for a week in Los Angeles. Ten thousand dollars worth of tires were stolen in and about Los Angeles last month. These tires were stripped from about 50 automobiles, and in several instances the tops were taken off machines while they were parked by the owners. Despite the vigilance of the police and the Auto club in every county, the continued carelessness of motorists in not taking the proper precautions to protect their property is making this type of thieving particularly profitable for the theft gangs in Southern California. Every motorist is urged to secure identification blanks from the local club branch office and fill them out to be filed with the club's theft bureau. These are then available for instant use in cast of theft. Motorists are also urged to report stolen cars at once, as the first moments following the theft are the most valuable in recovering the stolen car. LIBERTY LOAN FACTS The three cardinal requirements of every investment, particularly bonds, are safety, marketability and return. How do these requirements apply to the Liberty bonds? Safety—Behind the U. S. national debt of about 3 billion dollars (including the first Liberty loan) is an esti- MAINTAINS ITSELF "Orange county is to be congratulated upon its reputation of being the only one of those several counties which comprise the district known as Southern California that maintains itself upon its own industries and products, and does not need the assistance of tourist resorts or other unnatural foundations for the purpose of obtaining its revenue. Much credit for this result must be given the chamber of commerce and the newspapers of the county, for they are always the medium of publicity. Publicity is always the successful foundation of salesmanship even the most finished system of distribution would not avail, regardless of great bulk of production." With this tribute to Orange county, Ira W. Byrns of Los Angeles at a Santa Ana chamber of commerce lunchon, opened an address that was full of pep and full of good business logic on cooperative action in all lines of endeavor. Fair profits and fair wages support of the chamber of commerce and home institutions, he declared, would stabilize the country against panics and poverty. A VOICE FROM MAINE Nearly a month ago the voters of Maine rejected suffrage for women by a vote of neary two to one, and since then speculation has been varied and voluminous as to the causes of it all. Representative Hersey of that state in a speech in the house recently, explained it this way: Six months ago such a result was impossible in Maine. Six months ago two great political parties in my state stood a unit for woman suffrage, recommending it in their political platforms. The legislature of my state, by almost unanimous vote, submitted suffrage to the people of Maine. The great press of my state were almost a unit for suffrage. The voters of Maine six months ago were almost a unit for suffrage. And here, let me say that the men of Maine are intelligent, they are patriotic and, while they are conservative, they always stand for progress in government. But the men of Maine will never forgive the man or the woman who in this time of war and peril and danger in this government will attempt to lay a single extra burden upon or obstruct the president in carrying on this LIBERTY LOAN FACTS The three cardinal requirements of every investment, particularly bonds, are safety, marketability and return. How do these requirements apply to the Liberty bonds? Safety—Behind the U.S. national debt of about 3 billion dollars (including the first Liberty loan) is an estimated wealth of 250 billion dollars. Our preseft debt per capita is about $30, as compared to a debt per capita before the war of $162 in France and $75 in Great Britain. Our wealth per capita is now estimated at about $2,500, as compared with $1,750 in Great Britain, $1,519 in Germany and $1,522 in France. Our yearly income is estimated at about 400 times the annual interest charges on our national debt, including the present 2 billion dollar loan. Marketability—United States government bonds have always commanded an immediate market even in time of great financial stress. They are so salable that they are known among bond houses as about the only bonds that "can be sold on Sunday." The conversion privilege of the 'Liberty bonds allows the holder, without expense to him, to exchange his bonds into any new bonds issued during the war bearing a higher rate of interest. Such a privilege makes it practically certain that in the event of the government issuing more bonds, which must be sold at par, the holder of this issue will then be able to get par for his bonds. 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