anaheim-gazette 1917-12-06

STOCKHOLDERS TO GET MORE WATER WATER COMPANY WILL INCREASE SUPPLY FROM CYPRESS AVENUE DITCH SUPERINTENDENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEES SUBMIT THEIR MONTHLY REPORTS At the regular meeting of the directors of the Anaheim Union Water company Saturday the ditch committee was instructed to investigate and submit plans for supplying more water to stockholders using water from the Cypress avenue ditch. Report of the finance committee was read and approved and warrants ordered drawn in payment of the various demands therein recommended. Report of the treasurer and superintendent were each in turn received and filed. On motion duly seconded the president and secretary were authorized to issue a warrant for $38.37 in favor of the Layne & Bowler corporation. On motion duly seconded the president appointed the superintendent and J. Chas. Thamer a committee to get prices on cement for 1918. On motion duly seconded the pumping plant committee and superintendent were given power to act in contracting with Archer and Alexander for repairs to pit at No. 3. Communication from F. S. Catey giving figures on a 26 inch well on the Gomber tract was received and filed. NO SLACKERS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Santa Ana Boys and Girls Earn $32,000 During Vacation That all the high school pupils were not idle during the summer vacation is evidenced by the fact that 522 of the pupils of Santa Ana high school earned $32,175.39 in actual cash. Most of the other 232 students reported as working on home ranches for which no compensation was received. This information was brought out from questionaires recently filled out by all the students of the high school the purpose being to ascertain just how much money the pupils earned during the vacation. The amounts earned varied from 25 cents in the case of one girl to $317.70 which was earned by one boy with his ybunger brother as a partner. The larger amount was earned by Lyle Mitchell and his brother, Gerald, sons of County School Superintendent Mitchell, and they are still receiving returns from the fruits of their labors. The boys rented ten acres from their uncle, William Mitchell, west of the river, paying $150 rent. Two acres of the tract is set to walnuts, inter-set with peaches. From the walnuts they got returns of $116, and the peaches brought them $37.50 selling green and dried. The year before the tract was planted to potatoes and they cleaned up an even $100 on the volunteer-crop. After it was gathered they planted the acreage to pimentos, from which crop they have already realized $700 and are still gathering. The total returns from the farming operations of the two boys to date is $953.20, with rent, water, team work and hired help citizenship just as he from a church or MF refused to fulfill membership. It is hard to see who is honest in reasonably object to adopt the same before we get through. WILL SUBMIT BOOK FOR STA Growers Will Show Of Produce The private accounters of the Associates of Southern Cities placed in the hand partment of agriculture pose of determining of producing an ad present conditions taken at a meeting of the association. Prof. R. S. Valley experiment station, of the state department assistance of making a cost sure is to be made this state. The reply was to every book that association and that by the directors do the same. THE RAPE C Nothing in the life yet published has creation by H. "The Rape of Bell in New York. It f enconiums it has r is in every respect publication. Hugh Gibson w of the United States sets when the war had exceptional op On motion duly seconded the president appointed the superintendent and J. Chas. Thamer a committee to get prices on cement for 1918. On motion duly seconded the pumping plant committee and superintendent were given power to act in contracting with Archer and Alexander for repairs to pit at No. 3. Communication from F. S. Catey giving figures on a 26 inch well on the Gomber tract was received and filed. On motion duly seconded the Secretary was instructed to write Dian F. Gardiner relative to the settlement of the Fetterman account. On motion duly seconded the president and secretary were authorized to execute the partial release of mortgage covering lots at Prado, which the S. A. R. D. Co., contemplated trading to Mr. Newberry. On motion duly seconded the president and secretary were authorized to sign the agreement for purchase of one I-h.p. motor from the Edison Co. Communication from Jas. H. Malze enclosing deed for r-w for siphon at Flume 8 was received and on motion duly seconded the president and secretary were authorized to execute a warrant in favor of Mr. Maize for $83 covering his expenses. Copy of communication from H. Goodcell, relative to eminent domain in connection with various corporations was received and filed. AMERICAN BOLSHEVIKI An American who has spent three years in Russia assures us that the Bolshevik are like our I. W. W. Imagine America suddenly at the mercy of the I. W. W. element, and at the same time seeking to stem a foreign invasion. Her capable and patriotic elements shut up indoors, hid away in cellars or imprisoned in sheds and hen houses awaiting the subsidence of the political high-jinks in the streets. Imagine, if you will, Woodrow Wilson disguised as a servant girl a corn doctor or a corpse on his way to Iceland for safety; Josephus Daniels locked up by the American Bolshevik in the basement of the navy department, and Secretary McAdoo, in chains, acting as scissor grinder for the Amalgamated Society for the Promotion of Political and Social Harikari. Imagine our battleships manned by I. W. W. buccaneers. Imagine the Statute of Liberty in New York harbor converted into a symbol of chaos and mental and political hydro- NAILS A LIE Persistence of a report that passed from mouth to mouth in various forms, affirming that an attempt had been made to poison the water supply at Camp Kearny, caused Major General George H. Cameron, commander, to issue a formal statement, declaring no foundation whatever existed for these rumors. General Cameron even suggests that pro-German agents may be responsible for the propaganda of alarm. Following is the general's statement: "It is quite evident that either pro-German agents are active in San Diego or else that some of the members of this community are afflicted with a form of hysteria. Two weeks ago I was called upon to deny a rumor that forty men in this cantonment had died suddenly as a result of the use of bad butter." Saturday I was abliged to contra- a corn doctor or a corpse on his way to Iceland for safety; Josephus Daniels locked up by the American Boisheviki in the basement of the navy department, and Secretary McAdoo, in chains, acting as scissor grinder for the Amalgamated Society for the Promotion of Political and Social Harikari. Imagine our battleships manned by I. W. W. buccaneers. Imagine the Statute of Liberty in New York harbor converted into a symbol of chaos and mental and political hydrophobia, and a crazy band of political bandits assaulting the treasury vaults. Poor, torn and distracted Russian Freed from the absolutism she has fallen into the despotism of anarchy. Not to be trusted longer as a constructive factor in the broad democratic movement, victim of a confused and tangled medley of warring factions and forces, she is become the political prey of her enemies and the worry and enigma of her friends. Bankrupting her credit at a time when every appeal of sentiment would have brought her unlimited aid, she flounders in a mire of her own making. The two men strong enough to command foreign confidence, Russia's mad proletariat drives into exile or hiding, while rattle headed human jackals prowl about amid the wreckage in search of those who are sane and therefore persona non grata to the wolk pack that calls itself the state. Such is Russia today. And such is government by the incompetent and politically deranged to whom liberty is license and freedom is contempt for restraint. We can tolerate no class despotism in America. Americans demand representative government. We want government for all of the people. But we can tolerate no class control, be that class rich or poor, learned or ig- Following is the general statement: "It is quite evident that either pro-German agents are active in San Diego or else that some of the members of this community are afflicted with a form of hysteria. Two weeks ago I was called upon to deny a rumor that forty men in this cantonment had died suddenly as a result of the use of bad butter. "Saturday I was abliged to contradict a persistent report that forty men—again forty, possibly because this is the Fortieth Division—had been poisoned by cyanide of potassium in the drinking water, and that the culprit, having been detected, was placed before a firing squad and shot. "Let me assure the good people of San Diego that everything is absolutely normal at Camp Kearny; that reports similar to those quoted are absurd, and that conditions will always be faithfully and correctly described in the local newspapers." DRASTIC BUT RIGHT The British house of commons has voted to disfranchise conscientious objectors to war. This is a drastic step, but if not meant in a vindictive spirit it seems logical and just when you think it over. Citizenship means not only privileges, but obligations. It is generally agreed that the supreme obligation is that of mutual defense. A citizen possesses his civic rights and privileges only because the other citizens protect him in their enjoyment. He has no right to them unless he does his part in protecting his fellow-citizens in their enjoyment of the same blessings. If he refuses, he breaks the implied social pact, and may properly be dropped from cit- Anaheim Gazette izenship just as he would be dropped from a church or lodge or club, if he refused to fulfill the conditions of membership. It is hard to see how any objector who is honest in his pacifism can reasonably object to this action. We may adopt the same policy ourselves before we get through. WILL SUBMIT BOOKS FOR STATE INSPECTION Growers Will Show the Cost per Acre Of Producing Beets The private accounts of the members of the Associated Beet Growers of Southern California will be placed in the hands of the state department of agriculture, for the purpose of determining the exact cost of producing an acre of beets under present conditions. This action was taken at a meeting of the directors of the association. Prof. R. S. Vaile, of the Riverside experiment station, under the employ of the state department, requested the assistance of the association in making a cost survey. This survey is to be made through the entire state. The reply was the turning over of every book that belongs to the association and the formal request by the directors that each member do the same. THE RAPE OF BELGIUM Nothing in the literature of the war yet published has equaled the sensation created by Hugh Gibson's book "The Rupee of Belgium," just issued in New York. It fully merits all the enconiums it has received, because it is in every respect a most sensational publication. Hugh Gibson was first secretary of the United States legation in Brussels when the war broke out and he had exceptional opportunities of witnessing it first hand. STEEL PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES Half the World's Output Now Comes From Our Furnaces The United States is fortunate in having the premier steel industry of the world to rely upon in time of war. The steel furnaces today are producing ingots at the rate of 43,500,000 tons annually. But the total production for the year, according to the estimate of the Iron and Steel Institute, will be 42,600,000 tons which is approximately half of the total production of the world. When the war began, with the United States as a neutral country, the world's production of crude steel was at the rate of 76,000,000 tons annually, and about 55 percent of this tonnage was being produced by the nations at war. Before the United States became a belligerent, the production of crude steel had increased to the rate of nearly 85 million tons a year, of which the Central powers produced about 21½ million tons, and the Entente Allies about 20 million tons. The fortunes of war turned the scales first in favor of the Teutonic nations, and later, when the United States declared war, in favor of the Allied countries. France has lost practically all of her material and means for making steel, and much of her steel making capacity has passed into the hands of the Germans. The French steel output at the beginning of the war was at the rate of about 6 million tons per year. The thriving steel industry of Belgium has been despoiled by the Germans. Famous plants have been dismantled to enrich the industry of the Central powers. Great Britain, it is estimated, is today producing steel at the rate of 10 to 11 million tons per year, but it reduced products required for the manufacture of munitions abroad. It is estimated that the Central powers are now able to produce crude steel at the rate of possibly 24 million tons per year, as they have profited from their conquests in Belgium and Northern France. In 1913, Germany was producing pig iron at the rate of 19 million tons and steel at a slightly less annual rate; while Austria-Hungary produced about 2½ million tons of both pig iron and steel ingots in a year. It is evident that the United States today is producing as much pig iron as Germany, Great Britain, France, Russia and Austria-Hungary combined, allowing for a falling off in the production of both France and Russia. In 1913 these four countries, together with Belgium produced 41½ million tons of pig iron. The steel production was somewhat less. Last year the United States produced approximately 39½ million tons of pig iron and 40½ million tons of steel ingots. This year's output of pig iron will be somewhat less, but the ingot output will be 2½ million tons greater than in 1916. An output of 42½ million tons of steel ingots in a year indicates a total production of 32 million tons of finished roll products. Early in the year there was promise of a larger gain in the United States steel production and had the railroads been able to serve the steel companies adequately furnishing an ample supply of fuel, and had labor been efficient to the full extent of its ability, the United States would have contributed fully 10 per cent more this year to the world's output of crude and finished steel. It is pointed out however, that at the present time it is more a question of the ability of the manufacturers of the country to fabricate all THE RAPE OF BELGIUM Nothing in the literature of the war yet published has equaled the sensation created by Hugh Gibson's book "The Rape of Belgium," just issued in New York. It fully merits all the enconiums it has received, because it is in every respect a most sensational publication. Hugh Gibson was first secretary of the United States legation in Brussels when the war broke out and he had exceptional opportunities of witnessing at first hand the horrible handwork of the Hun in the swathes of atrocities laid across Belgium. He had the advantage of "being on the inside," an actual participant in many of the thrilling scenes he describes. His participation was as the official representative of America, not only in the trying diplomatic situation that developed, but also in carrying out the work of mercy and alleviation that was put on his shoulders by a nation whose great heart was bleeding for the suffering Belgians. In pursuing these various lines of work he was forced sometimes to follow close on the track of the invading German army and the things he saw make your blood curdle, and the things he did make you praise God that you are an American. He watched the German army bombard churches, tear down public buildings, ravaging, devastating, and burning as they went. He has seen them wipe whole towns out of existence over night—shoot innocent men and women as spies. He has seen them batter down the doors of houses, drag out the peaceful law-abiding Belgians, steal everything of value, leave the house in the ruins, the men dead—and the women worse. Moreover, this remarkable historic document, for so it will be regarded by future generations, is not given to the public in the form of a straightaway narrative, but has the unique value of being his daily diary in which he set down the things he saw and did while the impressions and facts were still vividly in his mind and heart. Gibson's thrilling diary will be printed in full with illustrations of important documents and scenes in the Los Angeles Examiner every day beginning next Sunday. The French steel output at the beginning of the war was at the rate of about 6 million tons per year. The thriving steel industry of Belgium has been despoiled by the Germans. Famous plants have been dismantled to enrich the industry of the Central powers. Great Britain, it is estimated, is today producing steel at the rate of 10 to 11 million tons per year, but it required several years of war before such an output was possible. Russia was producing crude steel at the rate of about 4 million tons and pig iron at the rate of about 5 million tons annually when the war began, but just what Russia is doing today is a mystery. The United States, with Great Britain; is producing crude steel at the rate of 53 million tons per year, and these countries are generously supplying the other Allies with not only all of the crude and semi-finished steel required for war purposes, but also with a large proportion of the finish- OUR OIL OUTPUT In its summary of developments for all the California fields, the No- HOLIDAY SPECIAL We are Offering at Greatly Reduced BARGAINS as S In Dining Sets, Rocking Chair VICTROLA A playmate for your children We would like to give you a copy of our special catalog of Victor Records for children. Ask us for it and have us play some of the records for you. Victore and Victrola, $10 to $400. Easy terms. WEBER BOOK AND MUSIC COMPANY In Dining Sets, Rocking Chair TO THE LARGEST LINE Graham Fur The Big Store on the CORNER Get Our Prices WE WILL SAVE Christmas Time Is with us again, and for the holiday trade we have an excellent assortment of Shoes, Slippers, Etc. You can find nothing more suitable or more acceptable as a present than a pair of high grade shoes or a pair of beautiful and comfortable slippers. We have the very best make of shoes for the men, for the women and for the children. We can suit you in quality and style, and our prices are right. JOE LAUTENBACH November Standard Oil Bulletin shows that the Orange county and Whittier field had 15 new rigs in operation, 86 wells being drilled, four of which were completed during the month. Six hundred and ninety three wells were producing oil at the rate of 54,533 barrels per day. February, 1911. "Wells completions totaled 56, yielding an initial daily production of 14,860 barrels; 8000 barrels per day coming from Standard Oil Company No. 3, Baldwin, in the Montebello district." November Standard Oil Bulletin shows that the Orange county and Whittier field had 15 new rigs in operation, 86 wells being drilled, four of which were completed during the month. Six hundred and ninety three wells were producing oil at the rate of 54,533 barrels per day. The general summary states: "October production at 271,331 barrels per day shows a decrease of 3324 barrels daily as compared with September, but is practically the same as was recorded for August. Shipments at 299,082 barrels per day, show an increase of 5731 barrels daily as compared with September. The continued discrepancy between production and shipments resulted in a further stock decrease during the month of 860,892 barrels. Total stocks of California crude oil on October 31, 1917, were 33,795,115 barrels, being the lowest figure recorded since February, 1911. "Wells completions totaled 56, yielding an initial daily production of 14,860 barrels; 8000 barrels per day coming from Standard Oil Company No. 3, Baldwin, in the Montebello district." Mr. and Mrs. B. Hartfield visited friends in Los Angeles Thursday. A Federal license is now required in the United States for the legal possession of explosives, any person having explosives and not holding a license therefore being subject to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year. The purchaser of dynamite must state definitely what the explosive is to be used for when obtaining his license, and will be held accountable for its use as stated and the return of any that may be left. HOLIDAY SPECIALS Slightly Reduced Prices SOME REAL MAINS as SPECIAL'S Booking Chairs, Bed Room Sets, Rugs king Chairs, Bed Room Sets, Rugs OYS GEST LINE IN THE CITY Furniture Co. Trade at Headquarters IT IS SAFE SAVE YOU MONEY