anaheim-gazette 1917-10-25

CALL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT TRUSTEES BUENA PARK-CYPRESS STORM WATER DISTRICT WILL VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOV. 19 BUS COMPANIES ASKING PERMISSION TO EXTEND THEIR LINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY Tuesday, Nov. 19, is the date fixed by the supervisors for the election of trustees of the Buena Park-Cypress storm water district. Notice of election is printed in this issue of the Gazette. The election officers are A. S. Feagan, inspector; H. Larue, judge; and Fred Bastady, clerk. Demands on the county of Orange on the hospital fund and on the general fund for the detention home, were allowed as read. Permitting licenses were ordered is to David S. Fairbairn and Robert Hayes, and a spraying license was ordered issued to Hauster & Ward on recommendation of the horticultural commissioner. The hearing of D. Degryse to lay a pipe line across the Garden Grove road near the Catholic cemetery was granted. The hearing of the application of the Valley Stage line for permission to operate a stage line over certain public TELEPHONE SITUATION IS DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE Eden and Garrett Appointed to go Over Evidence Presented The case of the Pacific Telephone company, supposedly closed, may be reopened, if the local attorneys follow plans arranged Thursday morning at a meeting held in the offices of Walter Eden, over the Farmers & Merchants' Bank, Santa Ana. L. W. Wilson, telephone engineer for the railroad commission, was present at the meeting, and gave information on subjects of which the local men were in ignorance. That it will be the disposition of the commission to hear every bit of competent evidence available, it is thought. The time for filing briefs has not been set, and the local attorneys will start at once on the work of getting a new hearing, at which evidence will be presented. Already several things have come to light which show that the company is apparently misrepresenting the case to the railroad commission. In the schedule of proposed rates, as sent out by the commission, the company is supposed to be charging a 10 cent toll between several stations in Orange county where there has never been any charge made. An instance of this, as shown by H. A. Lake of the Garden Grove Lumber company, is the exchange rate between Garden Grove and Anaheim on the Home system. Although the rate card of the company, as filed with the commission, shows that a toll of ten cents is now being charged, no such charge is being made. Local men say this is simply a ruse on the part of the company to show visit Whittier Nov., men as Geil who tions of the world Africa on the equacross China a hal man alone on the L $250.00 per night a usually sell from iture. He will be best lectures four ing the Laymen's tion and the only men and 50c for entire three days will be four other great in their line er splendid talent can afford to miss convention will aff CHANGE MEETING OF FRUIT Orange County Annual Meeting Here The orange and represented in the Fruit Exchange have to change their correspond with the annual meetings, s within the next few ed as usual, it is time the directors a later date, proba ary, when the ann presented. This action was oing similar action to County Fruit Exchange meeting held last wthe date of the an exchange was adva January 1. The reason change is that th The hearing of D. Degryse to lay a pipe line across the Garden Grove road near the Catholic cemetery was granted. The hearing of the application of the Valley Stage line for permission to operate a stage line over certain public highways in Orange county was set for Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. The hearing of the application of the White Bus Line for permission to extend its lines from the City of Anaheim to the City of Santa Ana was set for Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. The returns on the election for the formation of Tustin lighting district were canvassed and said district declared established. The returns on the election for the formation of El Modena lighting district were canvassed and said district declared established. The board ordered the purchase of $25,000 of Liberty bonds, and the county auditor was authorized to draw a warrant for the same. The B. F. Goodrich company was granted permission to erect signs in county highways under supervision of the county surveyor. J. A. Coleman was appointed constable of Tustin judicial township for the unexpired term. The petition for the formation of road improvement district No. 2 was denied. The hearing of the petition of the David Hewes Realty company, et al, for abandonment of a portion of Palmyra avenue in Orange road district was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. Notice to be published in the Fullerton News. Wells & Bressler, contractors for the MASS MEETING TO CONSIDER CONSERVATION Representatives From Three Counties Will Meet at Riverside Pursuant to instructions from the general committee, the executive com- David Hewes Realty company, et al., for abandonment of a portion of Palmyra avenue in Orange road district was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. Notice to be published in the Orange Semi-Weekly Star. The hearing of the petition of Lee Utley, et al., for abandonment of a portion of Los Angeles street in Carlton townsite, was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. Notice to be published in the Fullerton News. Wells & Bressler, contractors for the improvements of Section 3, Irvine boulevard, were granted an extension of 30 days to complete their contract. Wm. Russell Coleman, constable of Santa Ana judicial township, was granted a leave of absence from the state for four months from Nov. 5. The time for opening bids for construction of approximately 3000 linear feet of 16 foot concrete pavement on San Juan Hot Springs road was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m., notice to be published in Santa Ana Register. The time for opening bids for construction of approximately 1600 linear feet of 16 foot concrete pavement in Laguna Beach, was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m., notice to be published in Santa Ana Register. The time for opening bids for construction of approximately 850 feet of 18 foot concrete pavement near Olive station, was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m., notice to be published in the Anaheim Herald. The time for opening bids for construction of approximately 5300 linear feet of 18 foot concrete pavement at Buena Park, was set for Nov. 7, at 10 a.m., notice to be published in Fullerton Tribune. The hearing in the matter of exclusion of uninhabited territory from the city of Newport Beach, was set for Nov. 7, at 2 p.m., notice to be published in the Santa Ana Blade. The acceptance of the contract of H. Clay Kellogg on the Santa Ana Canyon road was continued to Oct. 29. MASS MEETING TO CONSIDER CONSERVATION Representatives From Three Counties Will Meet at Riverside Pursuant to instructions from the general committee, the executive committee of the Tri-Counties Reforestation committee met at the office of the Riverside Water Company Wednesday at 10:30, for the purpose of arranging for a mass meeting of all interested parties in the counties of San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange to consider conservation of water, reclamation and flood control. At the meeting of the general committee held at the Glenwood hotel on the 11th inst., it was decided that the experimental work for the accomplishment of better conservation, flood control and reclamation had been successfully carried to such a point that if all of the known means were now utilized in a comprehensive plan for flood control the flood waters of our streams could be made a great asset instead of a menace and a liability. It is with this object in view that arrangements are being made for this mass meeting. Boards of supervisors, members of councils and boards of trustees of cities, representatives from different commercial organizations and all corporations and individuals who are interested are invited to attend or send representatives. The meeting will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Building, Riverside, at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16. If you are interested in turning flood water into profit instead of a loss, plan to be present. MEN WHO SEE THINGS That is the class of men who will Anaheim Gazette visit Whittier Nov. 14, 15, and 16. Such men as Geil who has visited 57 nations of the world, repeatedly crossed Africa on the equator and tramped across China a half dozen times. This man alone on the lyceum platform gets $250.00 per night and seats to hear him usually sell from 50c to $2.00 per lecture. He will be heard in some of his best lectures four or five times during the Laymen's Missionary convention and the only charge is $1.00 for men and 50c for women to hear the entire three days' program. There will be four other specialists just as great in their line, together with other splendid talent. Certainly no one can afford to miss such a treat as this convention will afford. CHANGE MEETING DATE OF FRUIT ASSOCIATIONS Orange County Exchange Will Hold Annual Meetings January 1st Hereafter The orange and lemon associations represented in the Orange County Fruit Exchange have found it advisable to change their annual meetings to correspond with the calendar year. The annual meetings, scheduled to be held within the next few days, will be called as usual, it is stated, and at that time the directors will adjourn until a later date, probably early in January, when the annual report will be presented. This action was decided upon following similar action taken by the Orange County Fruit Exchange at its regular meeting held last week, at which time the date of the annual meeting of the exchange was advanced to about January 1. The reason given for this change is that the report issued at summer, over all previous records, that the statement just issued by the geological survey, on production in 1917 compared with 1916 is particularly timely. In commenting on this report prepared by the statisticians of the survey, Director G. A. Smith points out that the shortage is not due to the failure of the soft coal mines to produce more coal than in the past, for the country on Sept. 1 was about a month ahead of last year in output and is expected to finish the year with an increase of 10 per cent over 1916, the banner year, and of 25 per cent over 1915. The tremendous increase in manufacturing and transportation activity this year has created a demand for soft coal in excess of any in the past, an increase in demand that is difficult to measure in terms of tons but that is certainly more than the 10 per cent by which production has increased. To meet this demand the mines have been producing soft coal at a rate never before equaled. In the second week of July, 1917, the average daily production was more than 1,900,000 tons, the highest point yet attained; in the middle of August the lowest rate for the summer, 1,638,000 tons, was recorded; and in the last week of September the daily rate was 1,823,000 tons. In the first eight months of 1917 the output of soft coal was 363,-500,000 tons, or 37,000,000 tons more than in the first eight months of 1916. In the same period shipments of anthracite increased 16 per cent over those of 1916. In the bulletins just issued by the survey, the figures of comparative shipments regularly collected and shown in part in the monthly and weekly reports are converted into tons of total production, in order to satisf- time the directors will adjourn until a later date, probably early in January, when the annual report will be presented. This action was decided upon following similar action taken by the Orange County Fruit Exchange at its regular meeting held last week, at which time the date of the annual meeting of the exchange was advanced to about January 1. The reason given for this change is that the report issued at the present time would split the Valencia season into two parts. By holding the meeting about the first of the year the Valencia crop will be harvested and the navel season will just be opening; so that it will be possible to give a complete report of one crop before the other starts. THE GOOD OLD DAYS "Twenty years ago," says the Pike County (Ill.) Republican, "ladies wore bustles. Nobody swated the fly. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody sprayed orchards. Cream was five cents a pint. Most young men had livery bills. Cantaloupes were muskmelons. Milk shake was the favorite drink. The hired girl drew one-fifty a week. The butcher 'threw in' a hunk of liver. Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke. Nobody listened in on a telephone. You stuck tubes in your ears and hear a phonograph and it cost a dime." Perhaps it was a little more than 20 years ago. But it wasn't so long ago that most of us grown-ups can't remember most of the details distinctly, and a thousand others that go with them. And, compared with the present, it makes us think of the dark ages! Those were the good old days! Preferable to these times, in some respects, but on the whole so undesirable from the present point of view that it's a rash and reactionary man or woman who ventures to express a preference for them. COAL MINES DOING THEIR BIT So much is being said about the shortage of bituminous coal, and the general public realizes so little the important gains in output made by the operators under trying conditions, last 1917 the output of soft coal was 363,500,000 tons, or 37,000,000 tons more than in the first eight months of 1916. In the same period shipments of anthracite increased 16 per cent over those of 1916. In the bulletins just issued by the survey, the figures of comparative shipments regularly collected and shown in part in the monthly and weekly reports are converted into tons of total production, in order to satisfy the demand for information on the part of those not familiar with the coal industry. AVOCADO VARIETIES The California Avocado association has just issued circular No. 1, which is filled with information of the highest importance to all avocado growers. In view of the fact that 140 varieties are being grown in California at this time, it is pointed out, there has been no little confusion as to what varieties are best adapted to California conditions. The circular gives a list of 15 varieties which are specially recommended for planting, this list having been selected carefully by the special committee appointed to do this work. The committee recommends that only seedlings of the hardy Mexican avocado should be used for budding and grafting stocks, other root stocks having been found to be too tender for the best results. COST OF THE WAR The war is costing the belligerent nations of the world at the rate of $160,000,000 a day—$6,500,000 an hour—and the United States is paying at least one fourth of this staggering sum, according to estimates made by the Mechanics' National bank of New York. The estimated daily cost at the beginning of the war was $50,000,000 and a year ago it was $100,000,000. This country's rate of expenditure is greater than any other nation, Great Britain being second and Germany third. By next August, according to the bank's figures, the total cost to the world will be $155,000,000,000. Already expenditures have exceeded $100,000,000,000, of which all but a fraction has been translated into permanent national indebtedness. Interest on public debt is now calculated to be more than 10 per cent of the normal income of the German people, as compared with less than one-half of 1 per cent in the case of the people in this country. The developed national wealth of the allies is placed at $600,000,000,000 by the bank, while that of the Teutonic powers is given as $130,000,000,-000. About 53,000,000 men are today engaged in the war. To what extent the entente allies have gained super- 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 Griffith Lumber Co. SEE US FOR YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL In Any Amount, Large or Small South Los Angeles St. H. M. ADAMS, Mgr. Buy Security of Life and Investment YOUNG men are lending their lives; older men and women their labor. All can lend their money. You have thrived because of liberty. 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