anaheim-gazette 1918-06-13

LOST PROPERTY BY TORRENS TITLE COURT DECIDES PACIFIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY'S INTEREST IS VOID TRANSFER OF LAND LEFT THE CORPORATION WITHOUT TITLE TO ITS HOLDINGS A number of local people interested in Torreens land titles are much interested in an article appearing in last week's Financial News of Los Angeles. The article is evidently written from the standpoint of those who are not favorable to the present Torreens law in California. It reads as follows: "A recent decision by the superior court of Los Angeles county will have the effect of calling the attention of the public to the dangers of he Torreens law. The case decided was that of Follette vs. Pacific Light & Power corporation, in which it was held that although the defendant was in the continuous possession of property for which it held a valid deed, duly recorded, nevertheless, its possession and ownership was void against the holder of a Torreens certificate where the certificate failed to set forth the interest of the power corporation. "But few believe that a law so imminent to the interests of the public will be permitted to remain upon our statute books. The general impression of the public has been that the Torreens title" If the plan above suggested is observed by taxpayers, the necessity of the part of the government of having to redeem these certificates when they fall due will be obviated, and the taxpayer who observes the suggestion will be rendering a patriotic service to the government at the present time, and specially so if the tax is paid before dut date. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS MOST HELP TO NATION Because They Come Out of the Daily Earnings Instead of the Surplus A subscription to the purchase of War Savings stamps, which is based on daily savings, daily created, is worth at least twice as much to the country as one that is based on bank credit or on sales of securities. The man who has borrowed money from the bank has simply promised to contribute to the Liberty Loan. The actual contribution comes when he pays for it. The man who sells stocks or bonds in order to contribute to the Liberty loan is merely converting one kind of property into another. He makes it a little easier for the government to raise capital, and a little harder for corporations whose work may be almost as essential to the safety of the country as that of the government itself. The man who buys War Savings Stamps, but does not pay for them out of savings, contributes little to the government. But the man who has earned his money to subscribe to the Liberty Loan, or who has saved his money to put into War Savings Stamps, has helped to meet the real cost of the war, because he has actually created that much new money by his efforts. If he has increased his earnings in order to subscribe, he has furnished gales bear from 400 fruits each, which will rent prices of $50 to a handsome income. Must however, be conditional and of little introspective planter. It is however, that at this for fruit an income would be considered. There are app trees in nursery stock will be planted this year conditions large seery stock is not poor the fact that Mexican imported. Native growth increasing and of the industry will affected. It will be before the production will begin to increase newly planted orchard into full bearing until there is no doubt but will increase with the ocado has the highest any fruit cultivated, to become a standard ticle as the knowledge and use is exten DATE Food chemists and agree that each accre more people than crop, and in view of it are so few parts of this crop is successful seems to be no doub mand will always fairly. In the ten years it has been grown in ley there has neverure, the fruit ripen and carrying a sugar 54h to 70h which although the defendant was in the continuous possession of property for which it held a valid deed, duly recorded, nevertheless, its possession and ownership was void against the holder of a Torrens certificate where the certificate failed to set forth the interest of the power corporation. "But few believe that a law so imminent to the interests of the public will be permitted to remain upon our statute books. The general impression of the public has been that the Torrens statute was a dead letter and would soon die of disuse. The law is little known, but by reason of the recent decision it may be made use of in the future by conscienceless persons who seek to wrongfully deprive others of their rightful interests in property. "The power corporation in the case just decided obtained a deed from the original owner and had the deed properly recorded. The deed granted a right of way to the power corporation to erect its poles and run its wires across property in the discharge of its duties as a public service corporation. After giving the power company the deed in question, the owner had his property placed under the Torrens law, and, it was alleged by the defendant, intentionally omitted the interest of the power company in the land, and also concealed this fact from the court, with the result that a Torrens certificate was issued, giving the former a fee simple in the property and depriving the power company of its right of way. The power company had no notice or knowledge of the action of the owner of the property, and was not aware that it had been deprived of its interest in the property until it had passed into the hands of an innocent purchaser for value, the purchaser having relied upon the title as evidenced by the Torrens certificate and having no knowledge that the power company had any interest in the land. "The holding by the court that the power company had lost its interest in the property will do much to disturb established property rights; when unscrupulous persons learn that there is such a law that will permit the virtual stealing of the land of another, it is to be expected that they will use the Torrens law as the instrument to accomplish their nefarious work. "The power corporation will undoubtedly appeal the case to the supreme court and have a final ruling on this question involved as it is government itself. The man who buys War Savings Stamps, but does not pay for them out of savings, contributes little to the government. But the man who has earned his money to subscribe to the Liberty Loan, or who has saved his money to put into War Savings Stamps, has helped to meet the real cost of the war, because he has actually created that much new money by his efforts. If he has increased his earnings in order to subscribe, he has furnished the country some of the labor power it needs. If he and his household have diminished their consumption in order to subscribe, they have saved the country some of the supplies it needs. The surplus of a worker's earnings over a worker's consumption represents an actual net income available for war purposes. This is why it is even more important to have a loan widely distributed among the people than to have it taken up by large corporations. It means that we are doing what we pretend to do; paying the real cost as well as the money cost of war finance. No citizen, rich or poor, laborer, artisan or capitalist, can afford to ignore the call of the War Savings stamp. It involves the stability of the government itself, for on the winning of the war depends the life or death of the republic. The war cannot be won by a passive public for that kind of a public would soon let the soldiers languish on the field without supplies or ammunition. It must be won by a fighting public, fighting as valiantly and as faithfully with the sinews of war as the heroes of the country are battling with their rifles in France. Every dollar is a silver bullet and every dollar invested in a War Savings Stamp out of the labor of today, is a brand new dollar added to the wealth of the nation, just as much as if it was mined right out of the earth and handed bright and new to the government. That is the dollar the government needs and must have in 'this great struggle of humanity against the beast of Berlin. That is the kind of a dollar that was sought by President Wilson when he declared that two billions of new wealth should be created by the people themselves, and subscribed by the people themselves for the use of the government in the prosecution of the war. The War Savings Stamp campaign is now on and cannot be declared off until every penny of the allotment assigned to this district shall have been agreed that each adult more people than a crop, and in view of this crop is successful seems to be no double mand will always failly. In the ten years it has been grown in this ley there has never matured, the fruit ripening and carrying a sugar 54b to 70b, which is indefinitely. There is in Coachella valley ported palms and moss seedlings. About 10 date seeds are being season. The Deglet produce from 100 tree and the quality its sugar content surely grown in its oases of the San tire crop finds a real standard price of $1. Imperial Valley portance in this incroach Mr. B. Suryleh, or ley Investigation conditions of Imperial of the perfect rlpent first class packing shipped to discriminative have commanded suproval that it has b fill last season's oil now growing in Imports palms, and W. Waite, horticulture of Imperial county, seedlings, of which ing. HOME PASTEURIZATION The pasteurization so much thought o formed by elaborate not be a matter of f that such equipment Milk may be pasteurized very simplest Pasteurization consisting posing milk texture. All the equipa metal pail, a ple punched in the boometer. The proper depth with v in the bottles in which placed in it, the pl placed at the bottom calculation of water The power corporation will undoubtedly appeal the case to the supreme court and have a final ruling upon the question involved, as it is of the greatest importance to all property owners and particularly to the large public service corporations that have large investments in right of way." TREASURY CERTIFICATES GOOD Collector of Internal Revenue John P. Carter, has just received instructions from the Honorable Commissioner of Internal revenue to call the attention of income tax payers to that provision of the law which provides that U. S. treasury certificates of indebtedness may be accepted in payment of income and excess profits tax. It is very much desired that those who have such taxes to pay by June 15th, and who may now have certificates of indebtedness in their possession, use these certificates to pay their income taxes, instead of making payment by cash or check. If taxpayers have no certificates of indebtedness at the present time, it is requested that they make arrangement with their bank to purchase enough to pay the taxes, in whole or in part. Accrued interest at the rate of 4% will be paid on the certificates from the date of issue up to and including the day when they are turned in to the government in payment of taxes. THE AVOCADO While the raising of avocados is still in its infancy, it promises to become a popular industry in the state. According to the report of the California Avocado association there are approximately 25,000 budded trees in the state planted in orchard form. Of this number probably 15,000 are of what would be considered first class marketable varieties. The better known trees in the vicinity of Los An- gales bear from 400 to as big as 2000 fruits each, which when sold at current prices of $50 to $1.00 each, give a handsome income. Such returns must however, be considered as exceptional and of little interest to the prospective planter. It should be stated however, that at the present prices for fruit an income of $200 per tree would be considered ordinary. There are approximately 35,600 trees in nursery stock of which 20,000 will be planted this year. Under present conditions large plantings of nursery stock is not possible because of the fact that Mexican seed cannot be imported. Native grown seed is rapidly increasing and the development of the industry will not be seriously affected. It will be several years before the production of good avocados will begin to increase rapidly as the newly planted orchards will not come into full bearing until that time, and there is no doubt but that the demand will increase with the supply. The avocado has the highest food value of any fruit cultivated, and is certain to become a standard commercial article as the knowledge of its cultivation and use is extended. DATES Food chemists and medical experts agree that each acre of dates will feed more people than any other known crop, and in view of the fact that there are so few parts of the world where this crop is successfully grown, there seems to be no doubt but that the demand will always far exceed the supply. In the ten years in which this crop has been grown in the Coachella valley there has never been a crop failure, the fruit ripening to perfection and carrying a sugar content of from 54% to 70% which insures it keeping WOMEN WANTED Twenty-five thousand women are called to the colors. They are wanted at once. Twenty five thousand nurses are needed by the United States government for immediate war service. The Red Cross has been asked to recruit them. Before midsummer has ripened the meagre harvest over there, men will be suffering for want of woman's nursing. There will be "dirth of woman's care" unless the registered nurses of America respond at once to the call of the surgeon general of the army, who has made the summons through the Red Cross. Twenty five thousand women are needed to help men get well, and to help them die with as little agony as necessary. Soldiers, then needed, for the one who does either of these things is a soldier. It is not a cheerful task to which these women are called. It is not bearable for many to do the things which they will have to do. It is not pleasant to see a man the most marvelous work of God, crushed and mutilted, smacared with blood in which he has weltered for hours or days. It is horrible to hear him moan in anguish inconceivable or lie white and still till the angel of the deeper brink whispers, "come." But it must be done. Somebody must be there when the broken things that once were men are brought in from the smashed parapets and perfidious ambuscades. That the registered nurse of the country may respond to the exigency, the public is asked to dispense with nurses as much as possible. This appeal is made to persons who have in the past employed nurses more as companions or luxuries than as vital necessities. Unless your life or the life of some member of your family the outlook is one for great activity. The period has been one of expansion but not of inflation. While there was a considerable liquidation of investments to pay for the first national loan the resources of the banks are still available for the needs of the state and for future requirefents of the national government. The banking power of the banks of California is increasing amazingly. The combined assets of state banks as disclosed in the report June 20, 1917, was $929,224,088.73, an increase over the previous year of an astonishing aggregate of $111,429,739.03. During the year the aggregate of individual deposits in state banks increased over the total of the preceding year in the astounding total of $89,065,148.79, the entire sum of individual deposits being $768,371,340.45. In the fiscal year 1914-15 the increase in individual deposits over the preceding fiscal year was something less than six million dollars; in the fiscal year 1915-16 the increase over the preceding year was almost ninety eight million dollars, and in the period under discussion the increase was more than eighty nine million dollars. The record is epochal. Of the great total of individual deposits $596,325,059.04 are savings deposits and $172,046,281 are commercial deposits. There are in the state banks 1,584,940 depositors, an increase of 109,526 individual depositors for the year. Savings deposits in the banks of California have increased with bewildering rapidity. In the fiscal year 1914-15 savings deposits increased in the sum of $9,466,788.12; in the fiscal year 1916-16 savings deposits surpassed those of the previous year in the enormous aggregate of $70,201,819.54; and in the fiscal year 1916-17 savings deposits showed a growth over the total of the preceding year of $67,414,-811.81. more people than any other known crop, and in view of the fact that there are so few parts of the world where this crop is successfully grown, there seems to be no doubt but that the demand will always far exceed the supply. In the ten years in which this crop has been grown in the Coachella valley there has never been a crop failure, the fruit ripening to perfection and carrying a sugar content of from 54b to 70b, which insures it keeping indefinitely. There are now growing in Coachella valley about 40,000 imported palms and nearly one million seedlings. About 100,000 pedigree date seeds are being planted this season. The Deglet Noor palms often produce from 100 to 150 pounds per tree and the quality of the fruit and its sugar content surpass the same variety grown in its original home in the oases of the Sahara and the entire crop finds a ready market at the standard price of $1.00 per pound. Imperial Valley is second in importance in this industry. According to Mr. B. Suryleh, of the Imperial Valley Investigation station, climatic conditions of Imperial Valley permit of the perfect ripening of the palms of first class packing dates, which are shipped to discriminating markets and have commanded such unqualified approval that it has been impossible to fill last season's orders. There are now growing in Imperial valley 1000 imported palms, and, according to F. W. Waite, horticultural commissioner of Imperial county, there are 26,550 seedlings, of which 1,090 are in bearing. HOME PASTEURIZATION OF MILK The pasteurization of milk has been so much thought of as a process performed by elaborate plants that it may not be a matter of common knowledge that such equipment is not necessary. Milk may be pasteurized at home with the very simplest of paraphernalia. Pasteurization consists merely in exposing the milk to a high temperature. All the equipment necessary is a metal pail, a pie pan with some holes punched in the bottom and a thermometer. The pail is filled to the proper depth with water and the milk, in the bottles in which it is delivered, placed in it, the pie pan having been placed at the bottom to allow free circulation of water under the bottles must be there when the broken things that once were men are brought in from the smashed parapets and perfidious ambuscades. That the registered nurse of the country may respond to the exigency, the public is asked to dispense with nurses as much as possible. This appeal is made to persons who have in the past employed nurses more as companions or luxuries than as vital necessities. Unless your life or the life of some member of your family hangs in the balance, do not employ a nurse, urges the surgeon general. Physicians and surgeons, too, are asked to assist in the drive for the nurses. They have been impressed to discourage the habit of having graduate nurses for any but the gravest cases. This will release thousands of nurses who otherwise would feel that they were needed at home. The nurse's conscience is delicately hinged. She would not want to seem to be deserting her immediate duty for the distant one. To prevent her from entertaining qualms of this kind, the public and the physicians are to be accomplices in a little intrigue suggested by the Red Cross. Every nurse who offers her services is rewarded in terms of life's deepest satisfaction. She goes to help relieve the greatest agony the world has ever known. She will realize her opportunity and achieve her purpose in fullest measure. All registered nurses, except those exempted, are expected to report to their local Red Cross chapters where they will be registered locally. When called upon for active duty they will be required to take the oath of allegiance specified in army regulations. Only graduate nurses may be appointed to the army and navy nurse's corps. About 8,000 Red Cross nurses are on military duty, at home and abroad, as members of the army and navy nurse corps. But this number is woefully inadequate to meet the demand made by the suffering of the wounded in the terrific offensive now being presented by the enemy. The need is pressing, it is as urgent as the S. O. S., which comes out of the air to ships at sea. It is poignantly piercing, a cry of distress. Will the womanhood of America respond. Well, will it. It is the call for which nurses have been cupping their hands to their ears for many months. Savings deposits in the banks of California have increased with bewildering rapidity. In the fiscal year 1914-15 savings deposits increased in the sum of $9,466,788.12; in the fiscal year 1916-16 savings deposits surpassed those of the previous year in the enormous aggregate of $70,201,819.54; and in the fiscal year 1916-17 savings deposits showed a growth over the total of the preceding year of $67,414,-811.81. FIREWORKS ARE EXPLOSIVES The manufacture, sale, exportation, importation and purchase of fireworks of all kinds and in any quantity will be under license. No licenses will be required, however, for the purchase at retail of Chinese fire crackers, American firecrackers, toy torpedoes, serpents, sparklers, or toy paper caps when costing not more than 10c per package. None but the following varieties of fireworks will be manufactured: Firecrackers imported and domestic (not over 5 inches by % inch.) Roman Candles, not over 20 balls. Rockets, not over 3 pound size. Wheels of all kinds at present manufactured. Railroad fuses, colored lights and all safety signals. Serpents. Sparklers. Toy torpedoes (including "Vesuvius" and "Son-of-a-gun" torpedoes. Fountains. Jack-in-the-box. Colored shells (up to 6 inches in diameter) not containing detonating compound. Mines. Lances. Paper caps. All rockets and Roman candles of greater size than above and all shells up to 6 inches in diameter, which have been manufactured prior to November 15th, 1917, and are now stored at factories or in the hands of jobbers or retailers may be sold under license. Licensing agents are authorized to issue a special purchaser's license limited to the purchase and use of fireworks and so stated in the body of the license to minors not less than 16 years of age when they are children of American citizens who are known to be loyal. Retailers of fireworks will require a vendor's license. Location of licensors, or other information regarding the federal ex- Milk may be pasteurized at home with the very simplest of paraphernalis-Pasteurization consists merely in exposing the milk to a high temperature. All the equipment necessary is a metal pail, a pie pan with some holes punched in the bottom and a thermometer. The pail is filled to the proper depth with water and the milk, in the bottles in which it is delivered, placed in it, the pie pan having been placed at the bottom to allow free circulation of water under the bottles an dto prevent bumping. A hole is punched through the cap of one of the bottles and the thermometer inserted. The pail is then placed on the stove or over a gas burner and heated until the thermometer in the milk shows not less than 145 or more than 150 degrees Farenheit. The bottles are removed from the water and the one with the punctured cap covered with an inverted cup. The thermometer, meanwhile, has been placed in the water in the pall and cold water added until the temperature of the water is between 145 and 150 degrees. The bottles are then replaced in the water covered with a towel and held thus for from twenty to thirty minutes. The final process is to run cold water into the pall until the milk is reduced to the temperature of the tap water. The milk is then pasteurized and should be immediately placed in the refrigerator, preferably with ice packed around the bottles. It must be remembered that pasteurization does not destroy all bacteria and that even pasteurized milk must be kept constantly cold. Where pasteurized milk can not be purchased and where conditions under which the raw milk is produced are unknown, home pasteurization is recommended by the United States department of agriculture. THE BANKS OF CALIFORNIA The cardinal feature of the fiscal year for the banks of California is the behavior of these institutions under conditions of financial and industrial abnormalism provoked by the war. There has been a measurable redistribution of credits but no disturbance of healthy relationships in finance and industry. There has been an enormous increase in banking assets but there has been conservatism and discretion exercised in their use. Industrial and manufacturing communities have made new and exceptional demands upon banking capital to meet national emergencies but these have found a response equal to their needs. The year has been one of expanding opportunities of increasing production and of augmented industrial, agricultural and manufacturing output. General business has been good; the crops generally have been heavy; industries have been active; construction, particularly in engineering and building, has been stimulated; bank clearings have increased; foreign trade is improving money rates have shown no perceptible advance; labor is fully employed; agencies of transportation are abundantly occupied; Licensing agents are authorized to issue a special purchaser's license limited to the purchase and use of fireworks and so stated in the body of the license to minors not less than 16 years of age when they are children of American citizens who are known to be loyal. Retailers of fireworks will require a vendor's license. Location of licensors, or other information regarding the federal explosives act can be obtained by communicating with John M. Griffin, U.S. Explosives Inspector, Madera, Cal. PATRIOTIC YOUNGSTER IS DOING HIS BIT George X. Hickerson, 6 Years Old, Is A Four-Minute Man One of the youngest four-minute men in Uncle Sam's service is George X. Hickerson of Los Angeles, grandson of Mrs. Julia Hickerson of this city. In a contest recently in his school, the youngster, who is only six years of age, won second prize and was placed on the roll by the government as a four-minute man. The boy who won first place is double his age and in a much higher grade. Following is the little speaker's thrift stamp oration: We are only little children. It seems as if we can't do much to help win the war, but if everyone helps it will amount to a great deal. Some of the ways I made money to buy Thrift Stamps was by collecting papers and selling them, and raising pigeons and selling the squads, and raising garden and selling that. Raising garden helps in two ways. You are raising garden ANAHEIM FEED and FUEL CO. Successor to R. W. McClellan Wood, Coal, Hay, Grain Seeds and Flour Choice Seed Potatoes Phones: Pacific 317, Home 294 R. W. McClellan, W. D. Grafton, Props. Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim. : : : Cal The Best Meats of All Kinds always in stock City Cash Market Schneider Bros., Props. Sunset 20 and 362 Home 1053 Griffith Lumber Co. SEE US FOR YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL In Any Amount. Large or Small Griffith Lumber Co. SEE US FOR YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL In Any Amount, Large or Small South Los Angeles St. H. M. ADAMS, Mgr. Buy War Savings Stamps! NICKELS WILL "STOP" THE KAISER! If America will invest enough nickels in WAR SAVINGS STAMPS his progress will stop and his armies be thrown back to Berlin. Are your nickels working? Ganahl Lumber Co. SANTA FE TIME TABLE (Corrected to Date) NORTHBOUND Lv. Anaheim Ar. Los Angeles 6:19 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 11:58 A.M. 12:50 P.M. 4:06 P.M. 4:50 P.M. 6:43 P.M. 6:30 P.M. SOUTHBOUND Lv. Los Angeles Ar. Anaheim 8:00 A.M. 8:52 A.M. 9:05 A.M. 9:50 A.M. 2:05 P.M. 2:50 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 6:42 P.M. 11:59 P.M. 1:03 A.M. so you won't have to eat the food that the government wants for the soldiers, and you are raising garden so that you can make money to buy Thrift Stamps. A Thrift Stamps costs only 25 cents and 16 Thrift Stamps cost $4. And in five years the government will pay you $5. In four months I have CLEAN THE STREETS CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Anaheim, Cal., May 16, 1918. You are hereby notified that Section 1 of Ordinance No. 96 makes it the duty of any person or persons who owns or controls any real property within the limits of the City of Anaheim to keep the street or streets upon which the real property is located, free from and remove all grass, weeds or vegetation from the outer edge of said street or streets adjoining such real property and the parking, up to the center line of such street or streets. You are further notified that if the provisions of this Section 1 of said Ordinance are not complied with by you within ten days from this date the City of Anaheim will eradicate and remove at your expense, all grass, weeds or vegetation, which may be on any street or streets adjoining such real property and the parking, owned or controlled by you in the City of Anaheim, according to the provisions of said Ordinance of the City of Anaheim. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. EDWARD B. MERRITT. Clerk of the City of Anaheim. May 16, 3t. American Fruit Distributors so you won't have to eat the food that the government wants for the soldiers, and you are raising garden so that you can make money to buy Thrift Stamps. A Thrift Stamps costs only 25 cents and 16 Thrift Stamps cost $4. And in five years the government will pay you $5. In four months I have bought five War Savings Stamps. They cost me $20.70. In a little less than five years the government will pay me back $25. I'll get near $5 interest and at the same time I am loaning my money to the government. It isn't what you do, nor what I do that amounts to very much but it is what all do that counts. "It isn't the individuals Nor the army as a whole But it's everlasting team work of every blooming soul" You may think you are patriotic, and maybe you are, but simply waiting a flag isn't patriotic. Now you have a chance to show your patriotism by buying Liberty Bonds. "You've waved me for years and hailed me with cheer, When war was not here to affect me— BUT What part have you shown in the Liberty Loan? How much will you give to protect ME?" "The potato is a good soldier. Eat it, uniform and all." "The newest fighting corps—the 'potatriots.' Join the ranks and spud the kaiser."