anaheim-gazette 1918-05-02

NEW BOARD TAKE CONTROL OF CITY AFFAIRS Continued from Page 1 a man's sized job to administer its affairs, said the city clerk. Mr. Wallace also addressed the council in reference to duties devolving upon him and he had his hands full. Mr. Wallace said some people believe all he has to do is to collect the money coming in during the six days, but he said that was grossly in error. He has to make out the receipts, arrange for collection of delinquents, write each month the names of all consumers upon his report to the council, and attend to other duties. The collections run up to $5500 per month, the entire sum is charged to him by the clerk, and he has to see that it is all collected. Mr. Wallace has conducted the office in excellent manner the past several years, and those who know, including Clerk Merritt, say he doesn't loaf on the job either. However, the board is to give the appointment further consideration, with Wallace hanging in the balance. Upon motion of McFadden, seconded by Backs, Judge J. S. Howard was reappointed as city recorder. On motion of Backs, seconded by Gibbs, O. E. Steward received reappointment as city engineer. Upon motion of McFadden, seconded by Gibbs, Mr. Steward was also appointed as superintendent of streets. In accepting the positions Mr. Stewart, and upon the second violation the liquor license of the guilty one will be revoked and very few questions asked. Trustee Gibbs at this juncture said complaint had been made to him that the owners of the Valencia cafe were alleged to have violated their privilege in regard to sale of liquor. This matter will be given further attention by the board at a future meeting. It was also reported, even by Trustee Stark, that some of the wholesale liquor dealers permit liquor to be consumed upon their premises. This is a direct violation of the city ordinance. In each case where such complaint is made in the future and the charge is substantiated, the offender's license will be revoked at once. It can be plainly seen that the new board of trustees are going to handle the liquor question in a strict manner and the revocation of licenses will surely follow any violations of the new ordinance. Complaint was made regarding the way the suds and hard liquor has in the past been handed out to auto parties who chanced to pass through the town, and stop to wet their whistles. The men folks go inside and put away a few and then carry out a tray of gloom chasers to the women folks. Ben Stroup says he has it front and back and all hours of the day and night. It's fierce. Some Saturday it looks like a continuous procession, especially when the weather is warm, and it's a long ways to the next water hole. Ben hopes for a change in the landscape when the new cops come ambling down the pike. Trustee Backs asked "when is a man intoxicated?" That has been puzzling people all over the country for many a day. Trustee McFadden allowed that the parties in charge of the thirst gauges should exercise a little horse of the public county, a group tions under state to represent type of convicts in studied. One hundred children in the city, the county which ceptionally unsuspecting were men number sixty two ble minded and classed as border feeble minded a cent of the total schools; the best per cent. In a separate kindergarten approximately 50 to be feeble minded. Of those four per cent had fled The ratio of feeble children was only 1.9 per cent. The survey of form schools pro children test slaughter average, than did for age. In the intelligence age children and mothers were elderly group 6 per minded. Of these mothers, 5 were. According to son of those resister social groups ratio of feeble than 16 times Quentin conviction at large, that those of ex directly responsible fourth of the total quency and crime mindedness. board is to give the appointment further consideration, with Wallace hanging in the balance. Upon motion of McFadden, seconded by Backs, Judge J. S. Howard was reappointed as city recorder. On motion of Backs, seconded by Gibbs, O. E. Steward received reappointment as city engineer. Upon motion of McFadden, seconded by Gibbs, Mr. Steward was also appointed as superintendent of streets. In accepting the positions Mr. Steward said he had outside duties to perform as an engineer, and in taking the additional duties of street superintendent, he said he would have to give up his engineer pursuits outside the city domains. A question of additional salary would have to be considered in that event. He would gladly accept both positions provided he received proper remuneration. His case is to be made a special order of business with the finance committee, which will be announced by the first of the month. B. W. Hannum, upon motion of McFadden and Gibbs, received the appointment of superintendent of the power house. The chairman announced that appointment of city attorney was next in order, and a buzz of conversation went the rounds of the large audience present. Stark said let's have the roll call. Upon roll call Dwyer and Gibbs went for Callor. Stark voted for Weisel. McFadden and Backs for Ames. There was no choice. Another buzz went around the hall, and presently McFadden asked the chair to again submit the question and be over with it. Upon the second ballot Dwyer and Gibbs voted for Leonard Evans. Stark quickly switched to Ames and McFadden and Backs, also voting for the present city attorney, Ames was declared elected. Mr. Ames arose and briefly thanked the board for the honor conferred upon him. He said he would discharge the duties of the office to the best of his ability, and would ever have the best interests of the city in view. For city marshal Trustee Dwyer voted for A. W. Wood, Stark for Kellenberger, Backs declined to give his choice, while McFadden and Gibbs voted for Woods. Mr. Woods was declared elected. All the new appointees will take office the first of May. At the conclusion of the business so far transacted Trustee McFadden it looks like a continuous procession, especially when the weather is warm, and it's a long way to the next water hole. Ben hopes for a change in the landscape when the new cops come ambling down the pike. Trustee Backs asked "when is a man intoxicated?" That has been puzzling people all over the country for many a day. Trustee McFadden allowed that parties in charge of the thirst garages should exercise a little horse sense, and not permit a man to be propped up before the mahogany to receive another into his intake. That's got to stop. Engineer Steward as street superintendent, will have the hiring of a number of men in that department. His appointments, however, will have to receive the approval of the board of trustees. These include the street sweeper driver, city teamsters, the broom men and others. Whether there is to be any changes has not as yet been announced. Fire Chief B. Goodrich addressed the council relative to giving the motor fire truck driver 24 hours off duty once a week. The job is very confining, and gets on a man's nerve. The position formerly paid $80 per month, but recently the trustees gave a ten dollar raise, the money to be used if desired by the driver to secure a relief man occasionally. At times it is hard to get a competent man to sub for a day. The matter was referred to Trustee Backs. A plan has been suggested whereby two or three sleeping rooms may be fitted up for extra men, they to have the sleeping apartments free and in turn to relieve the driver one day a week. If the city can get the right kind of men the plan ought to work out all right. Fred Gresswell asked, while the asking was good, to stretch a Chautauqua banner from the apex of the old city hall across the street to the Boston bakery building. Mr. Gresswell is always doing something for the good of the town and the councilmen capitulated. Mr. Gresswell received the request smilingly- and offered thanks. City Clerk Merritt was greatly vexed to think that an attempt would be made to discharge Wallace as he is thoroughly efficient and has his office in good clerical shape. Some discussion arose as to the loss of some delinquents; but this was explained in part by the fact that after a meter has been read in a dwelling, tenants have moved in and then moved out before the expiration of the month but using of the office to the best of his ability, and would ever have the best interests of the city in view. For city marshal Trustee Dwyer voted for A. W. Wood, Stark for Kellenberger, Backs declined to give his choice, while McFadden and Gibbs voted for Woods. Mr. Woods was declared elected. All the new appointees will take office the first of May. At the conclusion of the business so far tarnished Trustee McFadden asked in reference to resolution now in effect relative to police officers in uniform entering saloons and drinking. The same provides that any officers so offending may be summarily dismissed from the force. McFadden said the other day he went into a saloon and there saw a police officer in uniform tipping one over. He said the officer was Phil Germann. McFadden severely condemned the practice and wanted the law enforced. It was also said that soldiers wearing uniforms have also been seen upon the streets in an intoxicated condition. This, however, is a question for the federal authorities. Trustee McFadden says he is not averse to an officer taking a drink in his own home when off duty, but should not upon any occasion do so in a saloon when in a uniform. It is not right. McFadden said if we have laws upon the city statute books they ought to be enforced. He suggested that the new incoming marshal instruct his men to bear this in mind. Trustee McFadden moved that the city attorney at once draft an ordinance prohibiting a saloon man or his barkeepers from selling liquor to an intoxicated person. The same was carried. The ordinance will be introduced at the next regular meeting. For first offense a fine is to be pro- City Clerk Merritt was greatly vexed to think that an attempt would be made to discharge Wallace as he is thoroughly efficient and has his office in good clerical shape. Some discussion arose as to the loss of some delinquents but this was explained in part by the fact that after a meter has been read in a dwelling, tenants have moved in and then moved out before the expiration of the month, but using the water and light meantime. This was hard to regulate. However, this sum does not total $200 a year. Mr. Merritt, who is a painstaking official, believes were a change to be made, with a view of reducing the cost of collection of these water and light rates, that the efficiency of the department would be impaired. MAKING TESTS FOR FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN Mental Defectives Said to be Increasing in the Schools Surveys of mental defectives in public schools, orphanages and prisons in California made under the auspices of the state board of charities and corrections reveal the ever increasing number of mentally defective and the increasingly urgent need for additional provision for their care. A report of the surveys directed by Dr. Lewis M. Terman, professor of education at Stanford University, Dr. J Harold Williams of the department of research of the Whittler Reform school and Dr. Grace M. Fernald, head of the department of psychology, Los Angeles state normal school, has just been made public. In making the surveys the children ANAHEIM GAZETTE of the public schools in a certain county, a group of children's institutions under state supervision, chosen to represent types of children, and the convicts in San Quentin were studied. One hundred and seventy-four children in the city and rural schools of the county who were making exceptionally unsatisfactory school progress were mentally tested. Of this number sixty two were certainly feeble minded and twenty nine were classed as border zone cases. The feeble minded amounted to 4.24 per cent of the total enrollment of these schools; the border zone cases 1.98 per cent. In a separate investigation fifty one kindergarten children were tested and approximately 5 per cent were found to be feeble minded. Of those found feeble minded 75.7 per cent had foreign born parents. The ratio of feeble mindedness among the children of American parentage was only 1.9 per cent. The survey of orphanages and reform schools proved that the orphan children test slightly lower, on the average, than do many children, age for age. In the intelligence tests 150 orphanage children and twelve of unwed mothers were elected. In the orphanage group 6 per cent were feeble minded. Of the twelve of unwed mothers, 5 were feeble minded. According to the report, comparison of these results with tests of other social groups indicates that the ratio of feeble mindedness is more than 16 times as high among San Quentin convicts as in the population at large. The report also says that those of extreme inferiority are directly responsible for at least one fourth of the total amount of delinquency and crime. The ratio of feeble mindedness was far higher than the fine, if he proceeded without a license, would be not to exceed $300 or 90 days in jail. The employer told the man to go to jail or get out of it the best way he could. This he did. He had collected $12 and he gave this sum to the marshal and left $30 worth of pictures of Fullerton houses and $60 of Anaheim houses with the marshal and returned to San Diego, where, he said, he was due to report at nine the next morning to the exemption board and be trained for Camp Lewis on Friday. The marshal has the $12 and the pictures, and proposes to keep them until a license is paid. GOVERNMENT NEEDING MANY TRAINED MEN 20,000 Specialists Wanted in Army And Navy Civilian Branches How many of us realize what would become of our forces in France if the organization at home for producing the material of war should fail? Charging armies and thundering battle ships are easy to visualize, but not so easy to accomplish. There can be no going over the top, no paralyzing broadsides, unless, to sustain the blow, there is material in abundance to back up the human effort. Right now the civilian branches of the army and navy are in urgent need of thousands of highly trained workers, and before this year passes these branches must be increased by at least 20,000. The ordinance department of the army needs great numbers of men who are trained as mechanical engineers, mechanical and other kinds of draftsmen, chemists, metallurgists, and like. Literally thousands of inspectors are also wanted for the work of passing upon the quality of everything conceivable in USE TREE PROPS AND SAVE THE FRUIT GIBBS LUMBER East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. our own people is the important consideration, and we must plan energetically to prevent its loss by fire. "I am greatly interested in this movement to establish organized fire protection bodies throughout our state. I hope grain farmers everywhere will keep their plows in good condition, chains and stretchers ready, and horses or tractors quickly available to plow lanes around an incipient fire. Where feasible and practicable we want fire apparatus provided such as proved so successful in Solano county last summer. I hope the people can be interested in all the counties to exert a greater vigilance against fire and to be prepared for prompt and organized effort to put them out." "The sweep of a blaze across one grain field can easily nullify the efforts of a thousand patriotic families in food conservation. The Germans would gladly expend a thousand shells to effect as much damage. If submarines dealt as great a loss, Berlin might exultantly chronicle the fact." The plan of organization followed is to divide the county into 22 districts, each headed by a chief who will be designated a fire warden by the state forester, and a deputy sheriff by the sheriffs. His duties will be to ask eleven neighbors to join his company, to equip the company with a light truck, which will carry barrels, buckets, tools, fire extinguishers, and other equipment for it both when needed and when required." LOCATED STOLEN CAR BUT COULDN'T GET IT Mexican Thief Protected by Authorities Across the Border City Trustees Albert Sitton of Fullerton, proprietor of Sitton's garage and distributor of the Overland car, returned Tuesday evening from Mexicalla, where he went to locate Salvador Diaz Garray, a Mexican who decamped from Fullerton two weeks ago leaving a string of bad checks back of him and taking a car that Mr. Sitton had given him in exchange for a small Dodge car, a $300 worthless check and a contract for $150. The Dodge car was all right, but the check and the contract were worthless, as Garay had only 56 cents in the Anaheim bank on which he had given the check. Mr. Sitton located Garay at Mexicala with the car doing a jitney business. He complained to the authorities there and got Garay into the Mexican court and related the escapades of Garay in Fullerton, Los Angeles and Anaheim. But the story had no effect on the Mexican judge. Garay told the judge in the Mexican language that this fellow, pointing to Sitton, was there to get him back for the draft. That settled it, because they protect every Mexican from the U.S. draft; it seems to be the sworn duty of the judges there to protect the Mexicans from the draft, and they are doing it. The Mexican said he had plenty of money in the bank to take care of Sitton's check, but that they were holding it here to force him into the draft. PHOTOGRAPH FAKIRS ARRESTED AT FULLERTON Right now the criminal branches of the army and navy are in urgent need of thousands of highly trained workers, and before this year passes these branches must be increased by at least 20,000. The ordinance department of the army needs great numbers of men who are trained as mechanical engineers, mechanical and other kinds of draftsmen, chemists, metallurgists, and the like. Literally thousands of inspectors are also wanted for the work of passing upon the quality of everything conceivable in way of ordinance, ammunition and munitions. For office work the Ordnance department wants a great many statisticians, accountants, experts and assistants in business administration, and clerks trained in special lines, such as clerks qualified in business administration, index and catalogue clerks, and clerks qualified in statistics or accounting. The quartermaster corps of the army is in need of several thousand examiners and inspectors of everything that enters into the personal and camp equipment of the soldier. Passenger and freight rate clerks are also wanted in this branch. The signal corps of the army is short of aeronautical mechanical draftsmen. The navy has an unlimited number of places for draftsmen of various kinds and for a long list of technical workers. Practically all branches of the service are in need of stenographers, typists, bookkeepers, statistical clerks, multigraph operators, and calculating machine operators. The United States civil service commission, whose duty it is to fill these civilian positions, urges, as a patriotic duty, that qualified persons offer their services for this work, work vital to pushing the war. Good salaries are offered, and the work is all in the United States. With the exception of a few of the clerical positions, applicants will not be assembled for written examinations, but will be rated upon their education, training and experience, as shown in their applications, supplemented by corroborative evidence. Representatives of the civil service commission at the post offices in all cities are prepared to furnish definite information and application blanks. NEED MORE TURKEYS, TOO. With but little additional outlay to farmers, many more turkeys could be raised, poultry specialists of the U.S. department of agriculture say. The small number of turkeys per farm in effect as much damage. If submarines dealt as great a loss, Berlin might exultantly chronicle the fact." The plan of organization followed is to divide the county into 22 districts, each headed by a chief who will be designated a fire warden by the state forester, and a deputy sheriff by the sheriffs. His duties will be to ask eleven neighbors to join his company, to equip the company with a light truck, which will carry barrels, buckets, tools, fire extinguishers, and other paraphernalia for extinguishing fires. The company is drilled in fire fighting. It takes charge of such fires as arise, investigates their cause, inspects all property in its district with reference to fire risk, attends to necessary plowing around grain stacks and backs the prosecution of those responsible for fires. PART PLAYED BY GOOD ROADS IN THE GREAT WAR When the history of this war has been written, it will be more fully realized what a vital part good roads have played in the great struggle. At the start motor trucks leaped to the front as the modern pacemaker of flexible transportation and ever-increasing war needs have demanded new roads and better roads as most necessary for the proper backing up of fighting forces. Moto rtrucks by the thousand will contribute an enormous advantage to United States road engineers now engaged in new construction back of our lines. It is estimated that 1200 miles of highways will be built in 1918 by American road engineers in the rear of the firing line in France. To the special road building battalion is delegated the important task of keeping lines of communication constantly open, and American trucks working in conjunction with modern American road machinery, will help to build new strategic lines and keep communicating roads in constant repair. The truck fleet will consist of several thousand dump trucks, hot road oilers, pressure sprinklers for making water bound macadam, gasoline tank trucks, printing press trucks for printing plus prints, instructions, plans, reports, etc.; machine shop trucks, blacksmith and tool repairing trucks. Although France is particularly well endowed with good roads, it is often necessary for military reasons to construct many new lines. An estimate places the present mileage of PHOTOGRAPH FAKIRS ARRESTED AT FULLERTON City Marshal French Confiscated His Stock and Asked Him to Leave The fellows referred to in the following from the Fullerton Tribune, pulled off their stunt in Anaheim, but so far as we are able to learn they found slim pickings: Some two weeks ago a man by the name of R. W. Gilbert dropped into town with a camera and began taking pictures of the interior of business houses. He claimed that there would be no charge and that the pictures were to be used in a magazine. This artist said he represented the American Utility Company of Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Last week a man giving the name of A. W. Smeade, and claiming to represent J. C. Stade of San Diego, was found by the city marshal in the act of delivering and collecting for pictures made from the negatives taken by Gilbert. The marshal insisted on the man paying a license and the fellow said he was given the picture for this place and Anaheim and was hired to deliver and collect. This wouldn't go with French and the man telephoned to his employer at San Diego and asked what he should do. He said the license is $200 a year, and NEED MORE TURKEYS, TOO. With but little additional outlay to farmers, many more turkeys could be raised, poultry specialists of the U.S. department of agriculture say. The small number of turkeys per farm in the United States is surprising. According to the census of 1910, which is the latest that has been taken, only 13.7 per cent of the total number of farms reported any turkeys at all, and on these farms an average of but slightly more than four breeding turkeys was found per farm. Some farms by the nature of the crops grown on them or because of unfavorable surroundings are not adapted to turkey raising, but most farms are, and could to 15 hen turkeys and a tom, raising to 15 he nturkeys and a tom, raising from 75 to 150 turkeys each year at a good profit. Farmers' Bulletin 791, "Turkey Raising," describes the most successful methods of breeding, feeding and management. It can be obtained free upon application to the department of agriculture at Washington, D.C. ORGANIZE FOR FIRE PROTECTION In a recent speech on the subject of fire protection in agricultural districts, Gov. Stephens said: "It is essential that we develop production to a maximum. It is equally essential that we protect our growing crops and the harvested product. Our cattle ranges and property of every kind must be safeguarded. Food for our soldiers, for our Allies, and for several thousand dump trucks, not road oilers, pressure sprinklers for making water bound macadam, gasoline tank trucks, printing press trucks for printing plue prints, instructions, plans, reports, etc.; machine shop trucks, blacksmith and tool repairing trucks. Although France is particularly well endowed with good roads, it is often necessary for military reasons to construct many new lines. An estimate places the present mileage of French roads at one mile of road for each one and one half square miles of ground surface. The tremendous task of keeping these roads in perfect condition and building new ones at the same time can well be imagined when it is realized that so far as wear and tea rare concerned war traffic is ten times as great as that on Fifth Avenue, New York. Most of the roads in France are built of water bound macadam. The peculiar nature of the French soil, which is a limestone formation, lends itself readily to compaction under the road roler and makes a very good road building material, although it requires constant maintenance. The British, however, introduced the tar surfaced road, and an increased mileage of that type is found back of the British lines. One of the principal objections to the water bound macadam road near the front is the dust which rises from it in dry weather under heavy war traffic. Clouds of dust draw artillery fires from the enemy, and for this reason United States engineers, in planning road construction and maintenance near the American front, probably will utilize great quantities of tar coating, which is freely obtained in France. Of course, the pressing object of American road construction is to OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. 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When Caesar's legions poured through Gaul into Britain and returned to Rome again, they left in their wake military roads so carefully constructed that many sections remain today as permanent monuments of their presence. American system and modern methods likewise promise to contribute many enduring benefits to France. Our road building battalions are going about their work scientifically and with an object fully as far reaching as the work of Caesar. All is not destruction that comes out of war, and many American built highways will remain to become of immensurable value to France in conducting her commercial and social intercourse. Mrs. Theodore Roberts was visiting in Los Angeles Wednesday. Patriotic Numbers at the ANAHEIM CHAUTAUQUA Which Commences TUESDAY CHAUTAUQUA Which Commences TUESDAY MAY 7 include Captain Fallon Lieutenant Lougher Harriet Bird Warren The Marr Entertainers "Liberty's Torch," the Children's Play. For Complete Program See J. H. Whitaker Secy.