anaheim-gazette 1918-05-16

FOOD PROBLEM BEING SOLVED BY U.S. FEEDING OUR ARMIES AND THE ALLIES IS MERELY A QUESTION OF SHIPPING FOOD ADMINISTRATOR HERBERT HOOVER EXPLAINS WHAT MUST BE DONE IN MATTER The United States food administration is purely a war institution, says Herbert Hoover. Its first and primary concern is the feeding of our own people and those of the Allies and thereby the maintenance of the strength of all the men, women and children both there and here, and thus the strong arm of our soldiers. The necessity for the creation of food administrations in all the countries at war with Germany arises solely from the situation in overseas shipping. Over one third of the world's carrying capacity has been diverted directly and indirectly to military purposes, and of the remainder there has been an unceasing loss during the war. There is an abundance of food accessible to the seas but there are not the ships to carry it from every point and to still conduct the war. The first adjustment of this situation has been to isolate the more remote markets. There are today national consumption to our need, and thereby increase our exports. SUPERVISORS GRANT PETITION FOR NEW ROAD Last Week's Session Largely Devoted To Highway Affairs The petition of J. H. Morningstar and others for a new county road in the third district was granted by the supervisors Wednesday. The petition of David Hewes Realty Co., et al, for vacation and abandonment of a portion of a county road in the 4th road district was set for June 5, 1918 at 10 a.m., notice to be given in the Orange Dally News as required by law. Supervisors Struck and Finley were appointed a committee to investigate the amount to be paid for post mortem examinations. The hearing of the petition for organization of Newport Mesa Irrigation district was set for May 21, 1918, at 10 a.m., notice to be given as required by law in the Santa Ana Daily Register. The petition of Hugh La Rue, et al, to vacate portions of certain streets in Cypress Park, was granted. The petition of O. E. Gunther, et al for a county road in the 4th district was granted. The county auditor was directed to transfer $141.40 from the general road fund to the 4th district road fund; $90 from the general fund to the county general fund and $1000 from the county general fund to the harbor fund. The resignation of C. L. Neuschwanger as constable of Seal Beach township was accepted to take effect May 1, 1918. Supervisor Talbert was authorized to expend in excess of $300 and less than $500 in construction and improve- Over one third of the world's carrying capacity has been diverted directly and indirectly to military purposes, and of the remainder there has been an unceasing loss during the war. There is an abundance of food accessible to the seas but there are not the ships to carry it from every point and to still conduct the war. The first adjustment of this situation has been to isolate the more remote markets. There are today abundant stores of food in Australia, the East, and in South America. Ours and Canada's are the nearest supplies to the Allies, and better protection from submarines can be given to ships on the Atlantic lane than on other sea routes. Roughly every 5000 tons of food to the Allies requires 15,000 tons of shipping from Australia, 10,000 tons from the Argentine and only 5,000 tons from North America. Every steamer we can save from these long journeys means the possibility of an additional shipload of soldiers and munitions to France. If the Allies were compelled to go to these more remote markets for their whole food supply today it would require over 2,500,000 tons more shipping than at present in use for this purpose. If North America could next year produce the whole of Allied necessities we could save 1,500,000 tons of shipping. Every ship we save is a ship built. The weight of our blow against the Germans will be limited not alone by the ships we build, but by the ships that we save. The measure of ships saved by food supplied directly from North America is, until our shipping expands, the measure of ships for our own soldiers. If the Allies were forced to rely wholly upon the remote markets for their food, we would have no soldiers in France today. Nor will the burden grow less in the near future, for every ship we build will be needed to replace losses and to increase our army at the front. This is conservation of ships as well as of food. Therefore the whole war food problem is simply and solely a determination of the amount of food that can be spared from North America; the marginal amount must be drawn from the more remote markets. From this, spring the broad administrative issues: First: the amount of food we can send without injury to our people; and the method of securing it. The county auditor was directed to transfer $141.40 from the general road fund to the 4th district road fund; $90 from the general fund to the county general fund and $1000 from the county general fund to the harbor fund. The resignation of C. L. Neuschwanger as constable of Seal Beach township was accepted to take effect May 1, 1918. Supervisor Talbert was authorized to expend in excess of $300 and less than $500 in construction and improvement of the coast road in the 2nd road district. Supervisor Leck was authorized to expend in excess of $300 and less $500 in construction and improvement of McKinley avenue in the 5th road district. The application of the trustees of the Villa Park Congregational church for permit to lay pipe line across center drive to the church grounds in Villa Park was granted. The application of F. G. Ellermeier for permit to lay pipe line across Collins avenue was granted. The application of Mrs. E. C. Yorba for permit to lay pipe line across Riverside boulevard was granted. The application of O. H. Greenwald for permit to lay pipe line across the county road three fourths mile northwest from the county hospital was granted. Supervisors Leck and Finley were appointed as a committee on the county garage. The hearing of the petition for organization of the Newport Heights Irrigation district was set for May 7, 1918 at 10 a.m., notice to be given in the Newport News as required by law. HOUSEWIVES TAKE NOTICE HERE'S A NEW ORDER Wheatless Breakfast is the Latest News From Washington "Corn bread for breakfast until the end of the war," is a new slogan of the food administration, under new instructions just received by Mrs. A. J. Lawton, Woman Director of Food conservation for Orange county. The department urges everyone to substitute corn bread for white at the morning meal as a patriotic contribution to the successful ending of the war. A strict economy in the use of wheat products will have to be practiced if this government is to fulfill the obligation imposed upon it and which is... Therefore the whole war food problem is simply and solely a determination of the amount of food that can be spared from North America; the marginal amount must be drawn from the more remote markets. From this, spring the broad administrative issues: First: the amount of food we can send without injury to our people; and the method of securing it. Second: the economic measures we must adopt to protect our people from the disturbances to nutrition and commerce by this drain of supplies. North America is the greatest factor in the Allied food pool and in the final analysis it might become necessary for the Allies to live practically on North American supplies. It is therefore of importance to review our possibilities in this direction. Our ability to supply the Allied world with food lies in four directions. First, the United States usually produces a small surplus of food for export over and above our normal consumption. This surplus we can export without economic disturbance. Second, we have for years exported to other countries than the Allies. By partial or complete embargo of these shipments we can slightly increase the supplies available to the Allies. Third we can expand the area planted and if our harvests are normal we can thereby enlarge the surplus for export through increased production. Fourth, our normal consumption and waste of food are anywhere from fifteen to twenty per cent more than is necessary to maintain our own public health and strength, and we can in an emergency restrict the na- OUR BIG GUN The German "wonder gun" isn't such a wonder after all, in comparison with an American gun now being manufactured. The German gun shoots about 76 miles. The American gun is calculated to shoot 114 miles; and though it has not yet been tried out, its designers have no doubt as to its range. The published details are not very specific owing to the censorship. It is stated, however, that the weapon is made at the Midvale Steel Works and CITY CLERK MERRITT'S ANNUAL REPORT FROM MAY 1 1917, TO MAY 1, 1918 RECEIPTS Cash Balance on hand May 1, 1917... $28,027.82 Collected by Marshal for License ... 14,439.50 Rate Collector for Water ... 17,668.15 Rate Collector for Light and Water 33,611.20 Rate Collector for Supplies ... 256.35 Rate Collector for Penalties ... 173.10 Tax Collector for City Taxes ... 30,823.20 Tax Collector for State Taxes ... 428.56 Assessor for Personal Prop. T. 1,594.35 Supt. Streets for Street Work ... 2,064.10 Clerk for Sundries ... 2,602.96 Clerk for Building Permits 88.35 Clerk for Sewer Account... 595.00 City Electrician for Permits & Inspec. 161.95 Inspt. Plumbing for ... 114.25 Inspt. Gas for ... 77.10 Inspt. Sewer for ... 320.00 Recorder for Fines Collected... 1,314.50 106,331.62 EXPENDITURES Waterworks Account ... $19,192.91 Electric Light ... 29,211.10 City Teams ... 5,150.05 Public Streets ... 18,405.93 Expense ... 8,262.19 Salary ... 2,760.00 Legal Service ... 1,594.98 Public Library ... 2,669.78 Interest and Redemption ... 12,506.77 Fire Department ... 3,166.35 Sewer Service ... 2,610.71 Dumping Grounds ... 361.22 City Farm ... 348.83 Liberty Loan Bond, 1917 ... 10,500.00 Deposits Returned ... 50.00 116,790.82 Cash Balance on hand May 1, 1918 $ 17,568.62 Liberty Bonds $ 10,500. Balances in the Following Funds VICTOR CEMENT AGENCY GIBBS LUMBER East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. ury department, G. A. Davidson, director of the National War Savings Committee for Southern California, calls attention to the standing of Southern California as fifteenth in the list of fifty seven districts in per capita contributions to the government in war savings and thrift stamps. "It is certainly not a cause for rejoicing," said Mr. Davidson, "that we are somewhat ahead of the northern part of the state, which ranks twentieth. We have the wealth, and we have the patriotism, practical and unflinching. But something is lacking to arouse our people to the pressing need of a steady income for the government, to be met through the sale of war savings and thrift stamps. This nation has to raise $2,000,000,000 before the end of the year in war savings stamps and thrift stamps. The money is needed to pay the expenses of our shipping program and our treasury department counts on the money." The standing of the states in the fifty one districts and the per capita contributions to the war fund raised through the sale of W. S. S. and Thrift stamps is as follows: Grade State Per Capita 1 Nebraska $11.06 2 District of Col... 3.73 3 Missouri... 3.14 4 Kansas... 3.11 5 Oregon... 2.23 6 Washington... 2.12 Legal Service - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,504.78 Public Library - - - - - - - - " " 2,669.78 Interest and Redemption - - - - " " 12,506.77 Fire Department - - - " " 3,166.35 Sewer Service - - - " " 2,610.71 Dumping Grounds - - - " " 361.22 City Farm - - - " " 348.83 Liberty Loan Bond, 1917 - " " 10,500.00 Deposits Returned - " " 50.00 116,790.82 Cash Balance on hand May 1, 1918 $ 17,508.62 Liberty Bonds $ 10,500. Balances in the Following Funds General Fund $11,103.68 Library $675.15 Improvement No. 2 $89.25 " " " 3 $715.50 " " " 4 $2,070.00 " " " 5 $600.00 " " " 6 $180.54 " " " 7 $1,856.25 " " " 8 $278.25 17,568.62 Received for Electric Service 1917-1918 $33,611.20 Received for Electric Service 1916-1917 $29,496.65 Increase $4,114.55 Received for Water Service 1917-1918 $17,668.15 Received for Water Service 1916-1917 $16,782.25 Increase $885.90 Received for License 1917-1918 $14,439.50 Received for License 1916-1917 $14,610.75 Decrease $171.25 City Teams average $3.85 per day per team. Road Oil Cost $319.25 on car received. Building permits issued represent improvements amounting to $88,350. Sewer system to date cost net $105,434.65, comprising 976 connections and 104,568 feet or 19.80 miles of sewer pipe. Purchased from the Southern California Edison Company 994,800 k.w.h.of electrical energy costing $8,953.22. Fire Department received 18 calls; estimated losses $17,010. Elgin motor street sweeper cost $5350. Bonded indebtedness $137,887.50. $4,962.50 redeemed each year. Real estate and other property owned by the City of Anaheim not including streets and alleys amounts to $332,499.02. Two hundred and twenty million gallons of water was pumped during the past year. mounted by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and weighs over 200 tons. In spite of its size and weight, it is mobile, whereas the German cannon is stationary and requires a heavy concrete emplacement. The first of the type has been completed and shipped to the coast for final tests. Nine more are being built. Needless to say, this monster will not be used as the German guns are. It is not intended for shelling defense-less cities, demolishing churches, She was just beaming on every one. Imagine! I never came as near making a fool of myself in my life. I felt like throwing my arms around her and weeping for joy. As it was, I managed to salt up my chocolate a bit—only a drop or two that I couldn't help rolling off my cheek. If I ever paint an angel it will look just exactly like that little Red Crossie. They would be worth their weight in gold if they did nothing but just be here. Every now and then some plano players in amusement places light in and play a few measures of the Star Spangled Banner, sandwiching the national anthem between some of their ragtime medlews. They should mounted by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and weighs over 200 tons. In spite of its size and weight, it is mobile, whereas the German cannon is stationary and requires a heavy concrete emplacement. The first of the type has been completed and shipped to the coast for final tests. Nine more are being built. Needless to say, this monster will not be used as the German guns are. It is not intended for shelling defense-less cities, demolishing churches, blowing up hospitals and killing women and children in their homes. It is meant primarily for coast defense. The military effectiveness of such a weapon, for any purpose, is still doubted by many experts. At so great a range a gun must necessarily be fired blindly. A warship a hundred miles off the coast, or half that distance, is necessarily invisible, both because of the misty air and because of the curvature of the earth. It is doubtful whether aviators could signal the position of a ship, a fort or any other object at such a distance, and whether the projectile could be aimed with any certainty if the exact position of the target were known. WORTH HER WEIGHT IN GOLD An Aviator's Letter Tells of What a Red Cross Nurse Is Worth As for the American Red Cross—well, I could never in a thousand years express my appreciation and admiration of those American women I worship them. I guess all, the men do. The first day I came into camp—and my morale was right low; I'll tell you about it some time—well, I went into the American Red Cross, and there, standing behind a nice clean counter, was a little round faced Red Crossie. She was just beaming on every one. Imagine! I never came as near making a fool of myself in my life. I felt like throwing my arms around her and weeping for joy. As it was, I managed to salt up my chocolate a bit—only a drop or two that I couldn't help rolling off my cheek. If I ever paint an angel it will look just exactly like that little Red Crossie. They would be worth their weight in gold if they did nothing but just be here. WAGES OF WOMEN An order fixing a $10 weekly minimum wage for women employed in professional and general offices has been issued by the state industrial welfare commission, it was announced at San Francisco Monday. It is to become operative July 2. The commission fixed the minimum wage for beginners over 18 years at $8 a week for the first six months and $9 minimum for the second six months. The $10 minimum must be paid after a year's employment, the order stated. The number of women beginners permissible was set at not more than 25 per cent of the total number of employees. The lowest wage for minors under 18 years by the new terms is $7 a week with a minimum of $10 after 18 months' employment. In case of physical disability permission for the payment of a wage lower than the fixed minimum must be secured from the commission which will fix the wage of the individual. WE'VE GOT TO GET BUSY Making public an official report received from the United States treas- OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES PACIFIC 341-M HOME 753-2 J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON HOURS 11-12; 2-4; 7-8 GERMAN AMERICAN BANK BLDG. Cor. Center and Los Angeles Sts. ANAHEIM, CAL. J.C.Osher,D.D.S.,M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT—ORAL SURGERY—GLASSES FITTED SUITE 1 CENTRAL BLDG. PHONE SUNSET 337 Hours: Sunset Phones 10 to 12 Office 569-J 2 to 5 Res. 569-M Dr. John P. Brastad PHYSICIAN and SURGEON EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT, LUNGS SCIENTIFIC FITTING OF GLASSES Office Suites 3 and 4 ODD FELLOWS BLDG. Anaheim, Cal. Dr. G. A. Neth General Drugless Practitioner SUITE 4, CASSOU BLDG., ANAHEIM Our treatments are especially advantageous for alliments of the Nerves and pains in the muscles and joints. Acute or chronic diseases of the various organs often yield with surprising alacrity to our modalities. Fees reasonable. APPRECIATES EFFORTS OF THE NEWSPAPERS Chairman Bisby Tells What He Thinks HOTEL VALENCIA Modern in Every Respect Finest Hotel in Orange County Accommodations Unsurpassed By any hotel in the Southland and prices reasonable. Corner Lemon and Center Sts Anaheim, California Rates, $1.00 per night, up. Special Rates by the week or month. Anaheim Cash Market A Good Place To Trade J. E. STROUP, Prop. Home 282 Pacific 300 109-111 N. Los Angeles St. APPRECIATES EFFORTS OF THE NEWSPAPERS Chairman Bisby Tells What He Thinks Of Their Work Editor Gazette:—Publicity is the silent salesman. The newspapers enter the home and impress upon the consciousness of the reader the policy of the paper. In the Third Liberty Loan the papers of Orange county have impressed upon the citizens of this county the value of loyalty to such an extent that the Third Liberty loan in this county was oversubscribed to the amount of $541,400. A great deal of this work upon the part of the papers was a labor of love or really an expression of the individual ideas of loyalty of their respective owners, and it was this expression that brought results. It is useless for any man or set of men to try to express to another man or set of men, his appreciation for their cooperation, so I find that the hardest thing I have to do, is to tell the people what I really think of their splendid cooperation during this last campaign, yet I feel that it is my duty to attempt it, so you will please accept this letter as an attempt on my part to express to the newspapers of Orange county my appreciation for the most excellent manner in which they have handled the publicity for this campaign. You have moulded the opinion of the people along the line of expressing their loyalty by subscribing to these bonds and in most cases the matter of selling was easy. Once again expressing to you my appreciation, and hoping that we may all know one another better as time goes on, I am Yours for no peace without victory, R. L. BISBY, Chairman Orange County Liberty Loan Committee. GERMAN NO LONGER REQUIRED As a result of action by the academic senate and President Wheeler of the university of California, matriculation credits in the German language and literature are no longer required. Good Place To Trade J. E. STROUP, Prop. Home 282 Pacific 300 109-111 N. Los Angeles St. American Fruit Distributors of California CITRUS FRUITS, CANTALOUPES, WALNUTS AND VEGETABLES LOS, ANGELES, CAL. C. W. OSBORNE, Orange County Agt. PHONES Packing House, Fullerton 105-W. Residence, Anaheim 250-W. SMASHED KAISER'S SLATE According to Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, who is stumping the country against Germany, the kaiser's minions had their plan for world control figured down to the finest point. He says that secret service men who raided the home of former German Agent Franz Bopp found documents indicating that Bopp was slated to become governor general of British Columbia and E. H. Van Schaack was to have REMEMBER YOUR FORTUNE MUST BE BUILT FROM THE MONEY YOU ARE NOT SPENDING FROM NOW ON. THE MONEY YOU SPEND WILL NEVER FIGURE INTO IT. MEN AND WOMEN DO NOT HAVE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE LONG HAD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. The First National Bank of Anaheim OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS C. E. HOLCOMB, President Frank Shanley, Vice-Pres. Samuel Kraemer, Vice-Pres. A. S. Bradford Edgar J. Hartung, Cashier M. C. Goff, Assistant Cashier C. A. Boege, Assistant Cashier.