anaheim-gazette 1917-12-27

A Deep Cut In Prices LADIES' COATS, SUITS And DRESSES Take your choice of the many beautiful garments. The time to clear them out has come. COATS $15.00 COATS FOR ..... $12.00 $17.50 COATS FOR ..... $14.00 $18.50 COATS FOR ..... $14.80 $20.00 COATS FOR ..... $16.00 SUITS $17.50 SUITS FOR ..... $14.00 $22.50 SUITS FOR ..... $18.00 $25.00 SUITS FOR ..... $20.00 DRESSES $13.50 DRESSES FOR..... $10.80 $16.50 DRESSES FOR..... $13.00 $20.00 DRESSES FOR..... $16.00 ALL OTHER REDUCED IN PROPORTION. COME EARLY AND GET FIRST CHOICE. S. Q. R. STORE LOCAL NOTES Second Lieutenant Isaac D. Jaynes, formerly constable at Buena Park, who is now at Camp Kearny, has been advanced to first lieutenant. Saturday, Dec. 22 Miss Florence Fishel of Los Angeles and Frank Knox of Whittier were married by Rev. A. B. Markle at his home on Broadway. Misses Irene and Edna Mills are spending the holiday vacation with their parents Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mills. Miss Irene is teaching at San Pedro and Miss Edna at Olinda. Allen Melrose came down from San Francisco to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. He left for the north yesterday afternoon. The Servatius 5, 10 to 35 Cent Store wound up its business and closed its doors Monday night. Mr. Servatius has been in Texas for several weeks, where he is manager of a 400 acre ranch, and Frank Maurer has been closing up the business for him. Misses Ruth and Mary Grim are at home spending the holiday season with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Grim. Miss Mary is a student at Notre Dame college, San Jose and Miss Ruth is attending the State University at Berkeley. Tom Warnock came up from San Pedro and spent a few days with friends this week. He is working in the great ship yards at that place where a contract for twenty-seven million dollars' worth of merchant ships for the government is being turned out. Twenty-five hundred men are employed there now, and this num- Monday morning between 3 and 4 o'clock a truck rolled up alongside C. M. Pilgrim's warehouse at San Onofre, 100 yards from the Santa Fe station. A lock was broken off, and when the truck went away it carried eighty sacks of seed lima beans, worth $1200, belonging to Pilgrim and about 300 new empty sacks belonging to Barnard Brothers of San Onofre. Pilgrim's sacks are all marked "Santa Maugerita Ranch." Several months ago six sacks of beans were stolen from Pilgrim. Since then until a few nights ago he has kept a watchman at the warehouse. A few nights ago the watchman got sick and Sunday there was no one at the place. Pilgrim could see that the tracks of the motor truck, leaving the warehouse, went northward. Ell P. Fay of Los Angeles, charged with maintaining a public nuisance at Cypress, was before Justice Cox Monday. Fay was arrested upon a complaint sworn to by Jack Dugan, who said that Fay had been allowing carcasses of dead horses to remain in Fay's pasture, after the skins had been taken away. Dugan says the smell is terrific. Fay pleaded not guilty to the charge against him, and asked for a jury trial. Trial was set for Jan. 15. Fay said he would be represented by a Los Angeles lawyer. "You tell him that the jury is going to be here on January 15, and that we are going to go ahead with the trial," said Cox to Fay. "Some of these Los Angeles lawyers have a great habit of setting a case down for trial, and then about fifteen minutes before time to start, calling up on the telephone from Los Angeles, saying it would be inconvenient for them to be here that day." Several hundred children from all the neighborhoods in northern Orange county enjoyed the entertainment given at the expense of the Anaheim Elks at the New Grand theatre Monday afternoon. Judging from the ap- Tom Warnock came up from San Pedro and spent a few days with friends this week. He is working in the great ship yards at that place where a contract for twenty-seven million dollars' worth of merchant ships for the government is being turned out. Twenty-five hundred men are employed there now, and this number is being rapidly increased. A sprinkle of rain at noon Tuesday caused the people to believe that the weather man was handing this region a valuable Christmas present, but the clouds blew away. It is announced however, that a storm is coming down the coast and may reach this section before it is dissipated. Mrs. H. F. H. Schneider entertained the Elite club at her home, corner of East and Sycamore streets Thursday afternoon. Five hundred was the diversion of the afternoon, Mrs. Fred Heying winning first prize, Mrs. Leon Porter second, Mrs. A. H. Heying third, and Mrs. Herman Schindler the fourth. Luncheon was served at the close of the games by the hostess. Jose Hernandez on Friday was struck by an auto driven by R. C. Sardoris on North Los Angeles street. He received a compound fracture of the left arm above the elbow. Eye witnesses declare Hernandez was inebriated while riding his bicycle and cut in ahead of the machine. Sardoris tried to avoid him but was unable to do so and the accident occurred. Hernandez was taken to the county hospital by Marshal Kellenberger where his injuries were attended to. Several hundred children from all the neighborhoods in northern Orange county enjoyed the entertainment given at the expense of the Anaheim Elks at the New Grand theatre Monday afternoon. Judging from the applause that drifted through the entrance and disturbed the surrounding neighborhood the kidlets appreciated "The Little Pirate" which Manager Head had secured for their especial benefit. Then, too, Santa Claus was there with a truck load of presents which he distributed impartially. The old saint himself was unavoidably detained elsewhere, but R. E. Corcoran was appointed to act as his deputy, and made an admirable substitute. He had a present for everyone. It was an enjoyable affair for the children. Mullinix Drug Store. A bill of sale has been filed in the superior court transferring the Anaheim Hardware store from W. F. Flory to the Kogler Hardware company of Orange, the consideration being $9000. This store is situated at 110 East Center street, and was formerly the Bee-be-Weisel store. Mrs. Clarence Perdomo of New Mexico, is visiting with her mother-in-law. Mrs. Perdomo of North Philadelphia street. The Anaheim boys, who have joined Marines, and who are now stationed at Mare Island, wish to extend their thanks to the people of Anaheim for Christmas gifts received. August Wietalla, Dakota, an old time Eygabroad, was in an age on a visit to the island in all his travels he favorably impressed Mr. Wietalla is wearing extensive property in Dakota, but it is a say that he will buy locate permanently. By a vote of 199 to port Beach Monday or of a proposal to owe $50,000 to be spent in the channel between the harbor and old The $50,000 bond issued is in addition to now being spent in city, which is nearly harbor improvement possible location of there for the governors board of supervisors Ana to consider calling a bond election of $500,000 further improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Center street have spending the Christmas friends in Los Angeles. Miss Stewart of itling with Mr. and son and will remail Years. Mullinix Drug Store Arthur L. Winney, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Winney of East Anaheim, who has been attached to the naval hospital at San Diego for several months, passed through this city at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning for a camp in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Winney went to Los Angeles and met their son previous to his departure for the east. He was a member of a delegation from the San Diego barracks, and goes to a camp where they are 12,000 marines who are ready to uphold the honor of the flag. May good luck attend him. Ouderkirk & Dalany, expert automobile painters and top makers, have opened a shop in the Palm garage, 515 East Center street. Their business is to over haul autos, repaint and re-top them, and make an old machine look like a new one. These gentlemen come from Los Angeles and have established a permanent business in Anaheim. Mullinix Drug Store. Ide Stone, while he has lived here most all his life, says he knows no more about the weather than a tenderfoot. Ide says in 1876 we had two niches of rain in October, and not another drop of moisture fell that season. In 1860-61 just a bare trace of moisture fell during the two years, and cattle died like flies. So far this season the rainfall has been scant, but signs are good it is said for bountiful rains early in the New Year. The Salt Lake railroad is going to have to pay far more money for damages for its right of way through the H. L. Williams Ranch company property north of Fullerton than it will have to pay for the 2.73 acres actually to be taken for the right of way. The jury that heard the case found COUNTY FIREMEN HOLD SESSION AT ORANGE HEAR INTERESTING ADDRESS BY FRED HIRSCH OF THE SEA-GRAVE COMPANY ORDINANCE SUGGESTED PERMITTING LOCAL COMPANIES TO VISIT NEIGHBORING CITIES That the solution of the problem of cooperative fire fighting between the various cities of Orange county lies in the drafting of a common ordinance to be passed by each board of trustees in the cities of the county was the conclusion drawn Friday night at the bi-monthly meeting of the Orange County Firemen's Association, held in the commercial club at Orange. The visiting delegates of the different cities gathered at the Orange fire house at a few minutes before 8 o'clock. After inspecting the Orange apparatus for a few minutes the crowd was led by the fire truck to the Den O'Sweets, North Glassell street, where plates were laid for fifty guests. After a good dinner the chairman announced that the business meeting would be held in the chamber of commerce rooms. Fred S. Hirsch of the Seagrave Company of Los Angeles was called on for the opening address. He gave a very interesting lecture on the history of fire fighting. "Many of you remember," he said, another of its various forms. In that year the first team fire engine made its appearance, a crude apparatus, built horizontally. For the next three or four years many improvements were made, and then another lapse set in and it was not until a few years ago that the modern engine was conceived. You know the rest of the history up to the development of the gasoline driven, piston plunger type that is now used by all up to date companies." The chairman announced that Assistant Fire Chief Tubbs, of Los Angeles had been expected, but that illness in his family prevented his being on hand. The matter of cooperative fire fighting in the cities of Orange county was then taken up. Monte Jackson reported that he had been unable to secure a meeting between the city attorneys and the chiefs of the different municipalities. An ordinance drawn by Attorney Armes, of Anaheim, was read as a sample of what was wanted, and many changes for improvement were suggested. The ordinance authorized a local chief to call for assistance from any other city if he found it necessary, authorized the other chief to call his men and come to the assistance of the city under risk, and provided that the city in which the fire was located should pay the medical bills of any fireman hurt while on the job. The matter of compensation for accidents is the stickler now before the committee. There is no legislation providing for visiting departments, and providing for the industrial compensation in case of accident on the way from one town to another. A fire chief in Venice was hurt recently, and the only thing he received was his hospital expenses, this amount being donated by the city trustees. It was decided that the matter be left in the hands of the committee. The Salt Lake railroad is going to have to pay far more money for damages for its right of way through the H. L. Williams Ranch company property north of Fullerton than it will have to pay for the 2.73 acres actually to be taken for the right of way. The jury that heard the case found that the ranch company should be paid $3500 for the strip of land that the Salt Lake wants. The jury found that the railroad should pay $6040.40 for the general damage that the presence of the railroad would do and for actual damage it would do to the irrigation system and practical working of the ranch. The H. L. Williams Ranch company property lies east of the state highway before the highway turns toward La Habra. There are 150 acres in the ranch. Mullinix Drug Store. The boys at Camp Kearny will soon be eating "fignuts" made in Orange. The California Fignut Company has received an order from the government for supplying ten thousand cases of their product to the camp. The new individual size package, known as "De Luxe," which was designed for dining cars and cafes, and which is proving very popular, was specified in the camp order, which means 120,000 boxes. Immediate delivery was demanded. Mrs. Anna G. Walters of this city, has sworn to a complaint charging S. A. Fox of Los Angeles with embezzling $20,000 from her. Mrs. Walters owns a ranch near Anaheim, and some time ago deeded a portion of it, which she desired to sell, to Fox, who represented that he could make a better deal if the property was in his own name. Fox sold the land for $20,000 and disappeared with the money. He was arrested in Oakland and brought to Santa Ana where he was placed under a $5000 bail bond. August Wietalla of Hecla, South Dakota, an old time friend of Charles Eygabroad, was in town a few days ago on a visit to that gentleman. He is delighted with Anaheim and says in all his travels he has not been more favorably impressed than right here. The matter of compensation for accidents is the stickler now before the committee. There is no legislation providing for visiting departments, and providing for the industrial compensation in case of accident on the way from one town to another. A fire chief in Venice was hurt recently, and the only thing he received was his hospital expenses, this amount being donated by the city trustees. It was decided that the matter be left in the hands of the committee and that more ordinances be drafted. The state is yet to be heard from with regard to compensation. After a vote of thanks to the Orange department, it was decided to hold the next meeting in Fullerton, on February 15. Officers of Santa Ana are trying to locate the owner of an old Brush roadster which has been standing at the corner of Sixth and Ross streets since early Friday evening. Whether it had been stolen and abandoned at that point by the thieves or whether the owner was unable to get it started after stopping and left it to return home has not been ascertained. A mix up in the numbers on the car makes it almost impossible to trace its ownership through the registrations. On the back of the seat is a sign indicating that it is the property of the Anahein produce company. There is no number plate in the front. The plate at the rear contains numbers registered in the name of B. L. Goodrich, of this city. The registration is for a Brush roadster. The number on the poppy used for the 1917 license does not correspond to the number of the plate. The poppy number is registered under the name of Wm. Rollin, Yuba City. It is evident that the owner or thieves had copied the poppy from some other car or the license bureau had issued the wrong poppy plate to the owner. The Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce will give a complimentary dance on New Year's eve, Monday night, Dec. 31, to which there will be absolutely no charge either for admission or for dancing. The dance is given in appreciation of the patronage given by many Seal Beach activities during the year now closing by the people of Southern California. Elaborate decorations in the holiday motif and excellent music will feature the event. Dancing will be in the mammoth Seal August Wietalla of Hecla, South Dakota, an old time friend of Charles Eygabroad, was in town a few days ago on a visit to that gentleman. He is delighted with Anaheim and says in all his travels he has not been more favorably impressed than right here. Mr. Wietalla is wealthy and owns extensive property interests in South Dakota, but it is a safe prediction to say that he will buy a place here and locate permanently. By a vote of 199 to 3 citizens of Newport Beach Monday signified their favor of a proposal to create a bond issue of $50,000 to be spent in dredging out the channel between the entrance to the harbor and old Newport Beach. The $50,000 bond issue which was voted in addition to $125,000 which is now being spent in constructing a jetty, which is nearly completed. The harbor improvements anticipate the possible location of a submarine base there for the government. Today, the board of supervisors will meet at Santa Ana to consider the advisability of calling a bond election for the issuance of $500,000 worth of bonds for further improvements at the harbor. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrison of East Center street have just returned from spending the Christmas holidays with friends in Los Angeles. Miss Stewart of Minneapolis is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson and will remain until after New Years. Mullinix Drug Store. It Germany must be given credit for inventing the original fire engine. It was a crude model of what exists today in many of the smaller towns of the country. It was a system of levers mounted on a wagon and feeding a tube." Working the levers by man powered the water into the tube, but the supply was placed in the wagon tank by a bucket brigade. Over 50 gallons a minute could be pumped as long as the supply lasted. Forty-five to fifty pounds of pressure were developed. "At this time, too, fire legislation began to be written on the statute looks. London annals say that towns enacted laws making it a crime punishable by imprisonment if a man's house caught fire. I cannot help but note the difference between that and today, when it is almost impossible to convict a man of arson. "Right here I want to digress a moment and tell an incident I witnessed in El Paso. You know that Jaurez is just across the border. Well, Jaurez became the victim of a serious fire, and the equipment the city owned was not competent to handle it. A call for help was sent across the border, and El Paso responded with a truck and a lot of good hose. Many carts were driven over it and the El Paso chief got tired. He could see vision of ruined hose. So he called the mayor of the Mexican city and told him unless it was stopped he would take his apparatus back and let the town go up in smoke. In less than ten minutes an order had been issued that the first man who drove across that hose would be stood up against a brick wall to face a firing squad. I don't need to tell you that the hose came back in good condition. "The type of engine I described before held place until 1850, in one or..." To Our Friends and Patrons We extend the very best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year Falkenstein's DEPARTMENT STORE THE CURTIS AMENDMENT It is strange, but it seems to be true taining matter to which many members would otherwise object. The new rule proposed by Senator Curtis will THE CURTIS AMENDMENT It is strange, but it seems to be true that there is need for revision of rules in the United States congress for the purpose of guarding against "Jokers" Action toward that end has been proposed in the Senate by Senator Curtis of Kansas, who would prohibit the introduction of new matter into bills after they have reached the stage of passage where conference committees have them under consideration. The proposed rule has much to commend it. Under a practice that has gradually become common, Congress sometimes passes bills in which, after congress has adjourned, there are found provisions that were not considered in either house of congress. How that can be done will be readily apparent from a statement of the legislative procedure. When a bill has been passed by the senate, for example, it goes to the house, where amendments are made, and is then returned to the senate. If the senate refuses to concur in the amendments a conference committee is appointed, composed of members of both houses, and that committee takes up the differences and tries to reach an agreement. Presumably, the conference committee will keep its deliberations with the questions upon which a difference has arisen, but in recent years there have been a number of instances in which the conference committees have introduced entirely new matter which had not been considered in either house. When a bill so amended is reported back by the conference committee, the report must be accepted or rejected in toto. In the closing days of a session serious consequences would follow the deefat of importants bills as such measures are permitted to go through, even though containing matter to which many members would otherwise object. The new rule proposed by Senator Curtis will make it out of order for a conference committee to introduce new matter, and in case that is done, the new matter can be cut out without interfering with the remainder of the measure. Clarence Wilson, son of Robert Wilson, spent Christmas here. Clarence is in the employ of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and will remain in this section for several weeks. He is obtaining information as to all trackage and switching equipment on the railroads and other matters relating thereto. Charley McAulay, wearing the uniform of the United States navy, came down from Mare Island to spend the Christmas season with his family. He came from Frisco on the steamship Yale, reaching Anaheim Sunday. Charley is studying electrical engineering and in the course of time will be promoted an expert, and most probably will be assigned to some war vessel. He is enthusiastic in praise of the service. He was given a furlough of 15 days. F. W. Vermeulen, proprietor of the Anaheim Pharmacy, one of the young men caught in Uncle-Sam's dragnet is home on a furlough. Mr. Vermeulen is a member of the band at Camp Lewis. The progress made by the Brea Canyon Oil company during the past week has been marked. Two wells are drilling. No. 14 is 3315 and No. 29 is making hole at 3255. Both wells are going good and bids fair to a successful finish. Greetings To all the people of Anaheim we extend the greetings of the season, trusting that 1918 will prove a happy and prosperous year to all. E. A. YUNGBLUTH.