anaheim-gazette 1918-07-25

RESENT ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE BOYCOTT THE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION ADOPTS RESOLUTION DE-NOUNCING THE PLAIN DEALER’S METHODS EFFORTS TO COERCE BUSINESS MEN INTO SIGNING DRY PETITION STERNLY REBUKED Efforts of Editor Ernest of the Plain Dealer to stir up the people of northern Orange county to antagonism of the business men of Anaheim, and compel those men, by threats of boycott, to join that sheet in forcing a wet and dry election upon this city, met with a stern rebuke at Thursday night’s meeting of the merchant’s association. A resolution was unanimously adopted condemning the Plain Dealer for its insistent campaign throughout this section of the county endeavoring to get signatures to a refusal. Anaheim would have an opportunity of registering their sentiments on the wet and dry proposition at the November election. Irrespective of the vote in the state, he said, if a majority of the people of Anaheim voted dry at that election he would support the dry ordinance. As two other members of the board are avowedly dry this should satisfy the prohibition forces that the will of a majority of the people shall be obeyed. As the election is only three and a half months distant the folly of calling a special election is apparent. Why, then, is Editor Ernest so insistent upon calling a special election before the 5th of November? Merely because it’s a personal matter with him. If he can force a special election and the city votes dry it will be an individual triumph for him. He can exploit himself and his paper and declare that he is a power in the city that all men must reckon with. He came here only a couple of years ago, found a benighted people and a beautiful city going to the demission bowwows. He has enlightened the people and purified the town. He, a stranger, has pointed out the evil of our ways, and by his powerful preaching has converted and redeemed us. But if the people wait to vote on this question with the balance of the state Editor Ernest’s hand will not be in it. The capital he hopes to make out of it will be lost. He cannot present himself with that meritorious DEFIES WOOD DAMAGE STOMACH FORMER ANAHEIMER ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIS ABDON MUSCLES APPENDICITIS AND HAVE NO TERRIBLE THIS HUMAN ODOR Frank Richards, former in an Anaheim packin now serving in the navy to his acquaintances, a man with a cast from frequently boasted of his abdominal muscles to permit, on a wager, automobile carrying fixtures to run over him, proves was careful to step across his belt line. ago he enlisted in the now stationed at San days ago he had himself by Miss Pauline Payne, reporter, and she Dealer to sur up the people of northern Orange county to antagonism of the business men of Anaheim, and compel those men, by threats of boycott, to join that sheet in forcing a wet and dry election upon this city, met with a stern rebuke at Thursday night's meeting of the merchant's association. A resolution was unanimously adopted condemning the Plain Dealer for its insistent campaign throughout this section of the county endeavoring to get signatures to a paper pledging the signers to refuse to patronize the business houses of Anaheim unless the city adopted the system of government which the Plain Dealer advocates. The resolution merely stated that the association denounced the step being taken to force the members to act on the pledge now in circulation for signatures. This was mild but individual expressions of the various members of the association were sourching. Unfortunately Editor Ernest was not present to hear some of the uncomplimentary things said about his method of endeavoring to compel the city to order its government according to his ideas. The wet or dry proposition had nothing to do with this emphatic and almost unanimous action of the merchants. They merely resented the attempt of the Plain Dealer to intimidate the business men of Anaheim by threats of a boycott on the association as a whole or such members of it as refused to line up with Editor Ernest in his efforts at self aggrandizement. Securing signatures to a document pledging the signers to refuse dealings with men unless they subscribe to their demands is a boycott, an attempt at intimidation, and the law of the land declares that the organization of a boycott is a felony, and provides a severe punishment therefor. This naturally aroused the righteous wrath of the business men, as it was a barefaced attempt to frighten them into burying their individual preferences and beliefs and hypocritically supporting Mr. Ernest's pet scheme, the consummation of which, he believes, would lift him onto a pedstal, with a halo of glory over his head. The pledge which originated in the Plain Dealer office and has been industriously circulated among the people of our neighboring towns and communities, might just as well have been worded, "We, the undersigned, hereby decree that we shall have no further business dealings with the merchants of Anaheim unless they pledge What success the Plain Dealer has had in endeavoring to array our neighbors against the business houses of Anaheim we have not learned, but agents within the city who have been trying to secure signatures to the initiative petition, occasionally struck a snag. Some of them circulating among the ladies excited the fire of several by insinuating that they were unpatriotic unless they signed the petition. This word "patriotism" is being over worked. Why a man or woman refuses to subscribe to Editor Ernest's scheme at self-aggrandizement is an unpatriotic American is more than we can comprehend. The population of Anaheim is composed of republicans, democrats, progressives, prohibitionists and socialists, of Protestants, Catholics, Jews and non-communicants, but it is one hundred per cent patriotic. Only a short time ago a speaker or writer from one of our neighboring towns insinuated that Anaheim could do so much more in support of the nation's war measures if it would vote itself dry. Considering that Anaheim has gone far over the top in all the government's demands, that it has subscribed more to the various funds in comparison to its population than any other community in the county, that it has sent more than two hundred of its best young men to the front, a percentage greater than that of any neighboring town, it does not appear that Anaheim has been derelict in its duty to the nation. The people of Anaheim have been working together harmoniously in the past. Individual opinions have been subordinated to public needs, but if Editor Ernest succeeds in creating a division among the people by starting a senseless and unnecessary factional fight, our chances of maintaining the reputation of the city in the next liberty loan drive would be seriously menaced. It doesn't appear to us that it is a patriotic move at this time to divide a man with a cast iron frequently boasted of his abdominal muscles to permit, on a wager, an automobile carrying fighter run over him, proves was careful to stop across his belt line. ago he enlisted in the now stationed at San Diego days ago he had himself by Miss Pauline Payne, reporteress, and she will as follows: The joy of life revived languld lilies with them are losing their ennui. For Sailor Frank A. W. San Pedro Submariner challenged the world to stomach. He has already been super-tummy in Paris; erpool, Manchester; Melbourne and Canada well as in the South Sea. Not to mention Cochicago. But, oh go fallen yet. He has shown any physical effect why A. E. D. Gregg, runner down at the S. who has undertaken this is planning to feed tletic fund through exile. But—the stranges ticklish! "Hundreds of thousands pugilists and the world have hit me admitted, coyly, as he desk of an amazed morning." "But I'd sing girl should tickle me." So let the local D that impulse. "Why," he continued machines run over my I've been hard up for (There is certainly man with a stomach starving.)" "Down at Wilson's lake beach I've had chosen from crowds line up and hit away all afternoon," he said. The Sob Sister gasp control?" she mused. Sailor Richards re-pounds and his 5 feet I haven't got any. A well, I think it's what makes the most difficult was much for food u navy. Like French supporting Mr. Ernest's pet scheme, the consummation of which, he believes, would lift him onto a pedalst, with a halo of glory over his head. The pledge which originated in the Plain Dealer office and has been industriously circulated among the people of our neighboring towns and communities, might just as well have been worded, "We, the undersigned, hereby decree that we shall have no further business dealings with the merchants of Anaheim unless they pledge themselves to hereafter vote the prohibition ticket." The merchants' association as a body is non-political, non-sectarian, and non-factional. The chief object of the association is to work for the best interests of Anaheim. It does not prevent individual members from having opinions of their own, however on all questions, and many are opposed to the calling of a special election which Editor Ernest is attempting to force upon the people. Irrespective of their individual sentiments on the question of wet and dry they recognize the utter idiocy of forcing this expense upon the city and creating a division among the people at this time. The state election is not far away, and everybody knows that the people will be given an opportunity to vote their sentiments on that day. Electors of Anaheim will have an opportunity of expressing their preference at this election. California may vote dry and it may remain wet, but at that memorable meeting of the city trustees when the steam roller so ruthlessly ran over Editor Ernest and Attorney Callor and relegated their bone dry ordinance, on which they had expended so much labor, to the waste basket, Trustee Backs announced that the people of The business interests of a city are the backbone of that city, and it is the duty of a local newspaper to cooperate with the merchants and boost for trade. When a newspaper attempts to organize a boycott against the merchants in an attempt to coerce them into supporting a measure it advocates, that newspaper is an enemy of the town. The Plain Dealer has not always been so pronounced in its dry sentiments. During the greater part of its existence it was radically anti-prohibition, and even since Editor Ernest has been the man at the helm it was supported partly by the liquor houses, carrying ads for all the wholesale and retail dealers in the city up to a year ago, when an order from Washington forced him to drop them or discontinue sending his paper into dry territory. Up to that time the paper had nothing to say about the inquiries of the liquor dealers. Even at the present time the Plain Dealer is carrying ads for Seal Beach resorts, one of them being a saloon and dance hall, another being an exclusive beer garden. His conscience does not probib- it him from boosting accepting their taint. But the question of nothing to do with merchants in their Plain Dealer. Demned the efforts coerce them into seattle threats of a boycott drys and the conservatives on the question an attempt was being them into supply whether they approve and they resented it ing solicited for boy customers of the houses. They had against the merchant tively or individually being used to claw chestnuts out of the AHEIM GAZETT Anaheim, California, Thursday, July 25, 1918 DEFIES WORLD TO DAMAGE HIS STOMACH FORMER ANAHEIMER BOASTS OF ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIS ABDOMINAL MUSCLES APPENDICITIS AND DYSPEPSIA HAVE NO TERRORS FOR THIS HUMAN OSTRICH Frank Richards, formerly employed in an Anaheim packing house, but now serving in the navy, was known to his acquaintances while here as a man with a cast iron stomach. He frequently boasted of the strength of his abdominal muscles, and offered to permit, on a wager, the largest size automobile carrying five passengers, to run over him, provided the driver was careful to steer the wheels across his belt line. Some months ago he enlisted in the navy and is now stationed at San Pedro. A few days ago he had himself interviewed by Miss Pauline Payne, a Los Angeles reporter, and she tells the story. And as for my power—well, it doesn't come from plenty." He chuckled. "But I'll tell you right now—I've been hit in my tummy by everything except a suffragette. And take it from me, I'll certainly run if I ever see one coming. She'd get me." ach to the blows of the cruel world. And he hasn't had even a sensation up to date. "Came the nearest to feeling something when a fellow hit me in Pago Pago," he murmured. "I've never told anyone this before," he hissed. "But I think my strength comes from never having been engaged. And I never expect to be. Girls are alright but it's weakening to take them seriously." "I'm the only man in existence that can take any blow struck on his stomach by the fist of man. If any fellow wants to try let him communicate with Gregg at the Submarine Base right away and arrange for staging a contest. "I'm apt to get mad if you get this wrong." And so he departed—leaving behind him a shivering and very frightened reporteress pounding on her typewriter and praying to Mahomet! DUCKWORTH RESIGNS HIS SECRETARYSHIP Ill Health Compels Him to Give Up SIX CANDIDATES WILL HAVE A WALKAWAY EDEN, WEST, SLEEPER, WHITNEY, LAMB, AND McBRIDE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TIME FOR FILING NOMINATION PAPERS ENDED AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT The time for filing nomination papers for state, congressional, county and township officers passed at midnight Thursday night. Assessor James Sleeper, District Attorney L. A. West, Recorder Justine Whitney, Tax Collector J. C. Lamb, and Surveyor J. L. McBride, are without opposition, and are practically re-elected for another four year term. Walter Eden of Santa Ana is the only candidate filling nomination papers for assemblyman, and his name alone will appear on the Republican, Democratic and Prohibition ballots. N. T. Edwards, present county clerk is the only nominee for supervisor of ten days J. announced against County of Santa Ana. Some raptor the race for C. Metzgar that he wasately after the or three other Last Saturday nomination filed, and the Backs. The other weeks ago: Treasury against Scholl; C. D. Bigger, corroborator; Samantha and Logan Sheriff Jack Supervisor sum against These are they have many Assembly Republican nomination District 'A County A County Whitney County Lamb County Bride. Supervisor T Edwards. a man with a cast iron stomach. He frequently boasted of the strength of his abdominal muscles, and offered to permit, on a wager, the largest size automobile carrying five passengers, to run over him, provided the driver was careful to steer the wheels across his belt line. Some months ago he enlisted in the navy and is now stationed at San Pedro. A few days ago he had himself interviewed by Miss Pauline Payne, a Los Angeles reporteress, and she tells the story as follows: The joy of life revives! Even the languid lilies with the iced feelings are losing their ennui. For Sailor Frank A. Richards of the San Pedro Submarine Base today challenged the world to hit him in the stomach. He has already been hit in his super-tummy in Paris, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Dublin, Sidney, Melbourne and Canadian cities as well as in the South Sea Islands. Not to mention Coney Island and Chicago. But, oh girls, he hasn't fallen yet. He hasn't even ever shown any physical effect. And that's why A. E. D. Gregg, the Marathon runner down at the Submarine Base, who has undertaken to manage him, is planning to feed the sailor's athletic fund through exhibiting him. But—the strangest thing—he's ticklish! "Hundreds of thousands of the huskiest pugilists and wrestlers in the world have hit my stomach," he admitted, coyly, as he leaned over the desk of an amazed Sob Sister this morning. "But I'd simply die if any girl should tickle me." So let the local Deliliahs restrain that impulse. "Why," he continued, "I've even had machines run over my stomach when I've been hard up for challengers. (There is certainly no danger of a man with a stomach like that ever starving.)" "Down at Wilson's on the Chicago lake beach I've had the biggest men chosen from crowds of over 200,000 line up and hit away at my stomach all afternoon," he said. The Sob Sister gasped. "Is it mental control?" she murmured. Sailor Richards re-viewed his 220 pounds and his 5 feet 9 inches. "Say, I haven't got any. And as for diet—well, I think it's what you drink makes the most difference." Never was much for food until I got in the navy. Like French pastry pretty ing a contest. "I'm apt to get mad if you get this wrong." And so he departed—leaving behind him a shivering and very frightened reporteress pounding on her typewriter and praying to Mahomet! DUCKWORTH RESIGNS HIS SECRETARYSHIP Ill Health Compete Him to Give Up His Position With the Merchants Association After serving six years as secretary of the Anaheim Retail Merchants' association, J. W. Duckworth tendered his resignation to that body Thursday night. Continued ill health and the fact that his physician had ordered him to try a higher altitude for a time was the cause of his resignation. The resignation was accepted by the members with keen regret, as Mr. Duckworth has faithfully fulfilled the duties for a number of years. He states that the first of the month he and Mrs. Duckworth will go to Mount Baldy and live on the slope of the mountain for a couple of months. Others afflicted as Mr. Duckworth is have been restored to health by higher altitude, and he expects to return completely cured. J. Lloyd Moore, insurance agent, who occupies a portion of Mr. Duckworth's office, made application for the vacancy. A committee appointed to consider the application, recommended Mr. Moore and he was elected at a special meeting of the association Monday night. Mr. Moore was formerly pastor of the M. E. church at this place. After leaving here he quit the ministry and for the past nine years has been engaged in the railroad business at Kansas City. Only a few months ago he returned to Anaheim and engaged in business. FAKE HAM PEDDLER AGAIN FOOLING PEOPLE George McPhee Offers $5 for Chance To Sprinkle Salt on His Coat Tall The fake "ham" peddler is again in our midst, according to word received by County Sealer McPhee from one of his latest victims, and McPhee is so anxious to get in close touch with the peripatetic pork merchant that he says he will give $5 for information that will bring about a speedy Assessor James Sleeper, District Attorney L. A. West, Recorder Justine Whitney, Tax Collector J. C. Lamb, and Surveyor J. L. McBride, are without opposition, and are practically rejected for another four year term. Walter Eden of Santa Ana is the only candidate filling nomination papers for assemblyman, and his name alone will appear on the Republican, Democratic and Prohibition ballots. N. T. Edwards, present county clerk is the only nominee for supervisor of the fourth district, and will succeed Supervisor F. W. Struck, who was not a candidate for re-election. But few petitions for nominations for state offices were filed in Santa Ana. Of the eight candidates for governor, only two filled any of their petitions in this county, they having secured sufficient names elsewhere. There was an echo of the contest between Gov. Stephens, Republican, and Francis J. Heney, Democrat, for the Progressive nomination. According to dispatches, Stephens did not intend to take any steps to get his name on the Progressive ticket, but when Heney announced his intention of seeking that nomination, Stephens decided that he would also seek it. It is possible that neither of them will be able to get his name on the ballot, because there are but few voters who have registered as Progressives, and a lot of hustling was needed for either of them to come in sight of getting enough Progressives to make up the required number of signatures. In this county J. C. Burke, at Stephens' request, secured a full list of all Progressive registrants, and Thursday J. N. Anderson and H. H. Moye as verification deputies for Stephens secured a list of Progressive signers, getting 40 out of 120 in the county. J. N. Anderson circulated nomination papers for State Controller Chambers and J. F. Craemer of Orange filed a petition for State Treasurer Richardson. Mrs. Stella B. Irvine of Riverside is after both the Prohibition and Republican nominations for congressman. Petitions in both of those parties have been filed for her here. No petition for William Kettner, Democrat, was filed here. It is understood that his nomination papers were all filed in San Diego. There is not a surplus of nominations in any of the parties for members of the County Central Committees, each if which numbers between twenty one and twenty five members. The folio foodstuffs; Fair Price; ministration nor a max fair price are now in Potatoes wholesale; per lb. Onions—wholesale; cents per Flour—wholesale; Corn Male; 62 oz wholesale; Sugar—wholesale; Bread—retail 14 oz retail; 10 oz Milk—7 cts.; per 8 cts.; per it him from boosting these places and accepting their tainted money. But the question of wet or dry had nothing to do with influencing the merchants in their action censoring the Plain Dealer. They merely condemned the efforts of that sheet to coerce them into supporting it by threats of a boycott. The wets, the drys and the conservatives were unanimous on the question. They felt that an attempt was being made to intimidate them into supporting a measure whether they approved of it or not, and they resented it. The people being solicited for boycott pledges were customers of the Anaheim business houses. They had no grievances against the merchants either collectively or individually, but they were being used to claw Editor Ernest's chestnuts out of the fire. George McPhee Offers $5 for Chance To Sprinkle Salt on His Coat Tail The fake "ham" peddler is again in our midst, according to word received by County Sealer McPhee from one of his latest victims, and McPhee is so anxious to get in close touch with the peripatetic pork merchant that he says he will give $5 for information that will bring about a speedy meeting. This "ham" trade was quite a business some years ago, but the arrest and conviction of half a dozen of the crooks put a damper on their further activities at that time, but quite recently the trade has been taken up and within the last month several of these peddlers have been reported as working in this county. "The stuff they sell is represented as 'sugar cured ham,'" says McPhee, "a choice article put up for home consumption, but in reality it is taken from the front end of the pig and is shoulder meat boned and trimmed to look like the real article, but which sells in the market for less than half the price of ham." With the possible margin of profit thus afforded, aided by a smooth tongue and a phony scale, these pork peddlers are enable to do quite a considerable business, and as they work mostly in the suburbs, the chances of detection and exposure are reduced to a minimum." But County Sealer McPhee proposes to put a little pep into the game by offering a reward of $5 for information forwarded to him that will land the first one of these phony pork merchants. There is not a surplus of nominations in any of the parties for members of the County Central Committees, each if which numbers between twenty one and twenty five members. In some of the districts just enough nominations have been filed to fill the ticket. Where no names on the ballot, election will be by the writing in of names. The Republicans have six in No. 1 district, three in No. 2 and four in No. 4, each being a full ticket. No 3 district has but three nominees with six to elect, and there are no nominations made in No. 5 district. The Democrats have a full ticket. The Prohibitionists are short on central committee nominees, and the Socialists made but one nomination, that being Hugh M. Day of Tustin. The county contests are now squared away. Walter Eden is without opposition for assemblyman. During the last week a proposal to run for assemblyman was considered by P. L. Tople, but Tople concluded not to run. A committee of Prohibitionists, five in number signed a statement for Eden's nomination for assemblyman by the Prohibition party, and a Democratic committee signed for his petition for the Democrats. Eden will have no opposition. A number of contests are signalled by the filing of papers. Among the last to develop are those for county clerk and county auditor. Within the last DATES WE A AY WHITNEY, E HAVE ON OMINATION T MIDDAY nomination panal, county passed at midday. District Attender Justine J. C. Lamb, de, are withractically reyear term. Ana is the nomination panal, county clerk supervisor of ten days J. H. Whitaker of Anaheim announced his candidacy for auditor against County Auditor W. C. Jerome of Santa Ana. Some rapid changes were made in the race for county clerk. Recently J. C. Metzgar of Santa Ana announced that he was not going to run. Immediately after that, there was talk of two or three other possible candidates. Last Saturday J. P. Smith took out his nomination papers, which have been filed, and the race is between him and Backs. The other contests were sounded weeks ago: C. D. Lester against County Treasurer Joplin; B. F. Beswick against School Superintendent Mitchell; C. D. Brown against T. A. Winbigler, coroner and public administrator; Sam Jernigan, E. W. Boynton and Logan Jackson all running with Sheriff Jackson; G. W. Moore against Supervisor T. B. Talbert; H. A. Wassum against Supervisor Jasper Leck. These are as good as elected, for they have no opposition: Assemblyman—Walter Eden, with Republican, Democratic and Prohibition nominations. District Attorney—Leonard A. West. County Assessor—James Sleeper. County Recorder—Miss Justine Whitney. County Tax Collector—John C. Lamb. County Surveyor—J. Leslie McBride. Supervisor of Fourth District—Nelson T. Edwards. BOARD OF TRADE OPPOSES BOND ELECTION MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT ON KINDERGARTEN UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED STATE HORTICULTURAL COMMISSIONER ASKED TO RECOMMEND SUITABLE SHADE TREE Anaheim will not vote upon a $25,-000 bond issue for the purpose of erecting a new kindergarten school with the consent of the board of trade. At Monday night's meetings that body listened to the report of the committee recently appointed to confer with the school board, and adopted it by a unanimous vote. The report, presented by Chairman E. N. Cook, was as follows: Mr. Presilent and Members of Board of Trade: "Several weeks ago acting upon a resolution introduced by A. A. Mills, asking the board of trade to approve a bond issue of $25,000 for the erec-tion of a building for a kindergarten FOOD PRICES The following official quotations on foodstuffs, fixed by the Los Angeles Fair Price Committee of the Food Administration as neither a minimum nor a maximum, but as constituting a fair price for the commodities named are now in effect: Potatoes—Fancy locals, 100 lbs. wholesale, $2.25-$2.35; retail 2½-3 cts. per lb. Onions—Fancy Browns, 100 lbs., wholesale, $2.25-$2.35; retail, 2½-3 cents per lb. Flour—First, family, 24½ lbs., wholesale, $1.47; retail, $1.62. Corn Meal—10 lbs. yellow, wholesale, 62 cts.; retail, 74 cts; white, wholesale, 70 cts.; retail, 84 cts. Sugar—Granulated, 100 lb. pack, wholesale, $7.60; retail, 2 lbs. 18 cts. Bread—24 oz. wholesale, 12 cas.; retail 14 cts.; 16 oz., wholesale, 8 cts. retail, 10 cts. Milk—Wholesale, 13 cts. per qt.; 7 cts. per pint; retail, 14 cts per qt., 8 cts. per pint. Listened to the report of the committee recently appointed to confer with the school board and adopted it by a unanimous vote. The report, presented by Chairman E. N. Cook, was as follows: Mr. Presilent and Members of Board of Trade: "Several weeks ago acting upon a resolution introduced by A. A. Mills, asking the board of trade to approve a bond issue of $25,000 for the erection of a building for a kindergarten on the west side, as president of the board of trade you appointed a committee consisting of A. Nagel, A. A. Mills and E. N. Cook, to make an investigation and report back to the board of trade the necessity of such a school. A verbal report was offered but a written one was requested. "This is the report of the majority committee composed of Cook and Nagle, Mills taking the minority view. Our committee met in the Fremont school and the three school trustees and an architect were present. After making a thorough personal investigation, one of the trustees reported that there were vacant seats in every school room of every ward school in the city, that in the Broadway school in the past year there was one vacant room, and in the year previous two vacant rooms, that in the eighth grade of the Fremont school, with a seating capacity of over fifty there would be about twenty six enrolled in the coming season. In the trustees' opinion there was no particular need of any new school buildings at this time. The architect's opinion was not to build little units here and there, but to wait until you are in need and able to build on a large and substantial scale. The trustees' report and the architect's advice, taken together with the opinion of some of the largest taxpayers and prominent citizens of the district, leads your committee to report against the Mills' resolution. In addition to this report we have the following comment to make: "One of the reasons, and probably one of the main reasons, the advocates of a bond issue for a kindergarten on the west side is, that in order to attend the Broadway kindergarten or use the vacant rooms in the Broadway school, is that the children have to cross Los Angeles street and its heavy traffic." If this is true we recommend that the city council be asked to station one of its many policemen at the intersection of Los Angeles and Broad- INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY This war is to be won not by one man or one thousand men or one million people. It is to be won by the united efforts of the individuals of many nations. Every American citizen has an individual duty to perform, an individual share of the responsibility. The more powerful and effective the American forces are the shorter will be the war, and the shorter the war the fewer lives lost, the greater the number of American soldiers who will return home victorious. Every American who economizes in consumption of material, who increases production, who saves and lends savings to the government, does something to help win the war. "One of the reasons, and probably one of the main reasons, the advocates of a bond issue for a kindergarten on the west side is, that in order to attend the Broadway kindergarten or use the vacant rooms in the Broadway school, is that the children have to cross Los Angeles street and its heavy traffic. If this is true we recommend that the city council be asked to station one of its many policemen at the intersection of Los Angeles and Broadway streets for an hour each day in the morning and afternoon to look after their safety. If this is not feasible and a necessity is believed to exist for the taking care of probably not more than twenty or twenty five little children, would it not be good business to rent a three or four room cottage, rather than to issue bonds? "The eastern boundary of the school district is the river. All school children have to cross the Santa Fe tracks, and later on the Salt Lake and Pacific Electric. They say that if the west side needs assistance, they surely do, and will demand their rights which they have up to now never received. "It is only a question of a few years when the tax payers will be asked to tear down and rebuild the Central school at a cost of $50,000 to $75,000. This is food for thought, and is simply mentioned to call your attention to the future. "One lady is reported to have said that when they get the kindergarten (some say nursery) she would have more time to attend to her social duties." "We know nothing as to the truth of this report, but we are of the opin-