anaheim-gazette 1918-08-01

NATION'S POLICY IN HIGHWAY BUILDING GOVERNMENT REALIZES VITAL MILITARY AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE HOUSTON SAYS CONSTRUCTION WORK SHOULD NOT CEASE Governmental agencies dealing with highway problems fully recognize the vital military and economic importance of the country's roads, according to a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston to Arthur H. Fleming, chief of the state councils Section, Council of National Defense. The secretary whose department administers the federal road act, stated also that the government recognizes that it is necessary to construct, reconstruct, or maintain roads essential for military and vital economic purposes and to defer action on roads not of this class; and that it is desirable, wherever possible, to use local materials for road building and maintenance in order to relieve railroad traffic. Important highways, as described in the secretary's letter, include only those utilized, or to be utilized, by the military establishment, those which carry a considerable volume of materials and supplies essential to the fact that road engineers have been provided by the department for each of the army cantonments and for work on roads elsewhere in which military authorities were interested. UNITED STATES CAN FEED OUR ALLIES Hoover Says the Subs are no Longer A Serious Menace Herbert Hoover, U.S. food administrator, told the allied food controllers that the corner in food production and supply has been turned. There is no longer anything to fear from the German U-boats, he declared. In his address, delivered at luncheon at the Mansion house, London, he said: "The submarine menace no longer threatens the food supply. We have turned the corner at last. "During the last 12 months the United States has exported 10 million tons of foodstuffs to the allies. During the next 12 months, with less pressure, we can export 21,000,000 tons, including 3,000,000 tons from Canada. "We have built enough ships to handle the food for the soldiers. "The United States pork output alone will supply meat for the allies. "In contrast to this, hunger is the dominating fact with the enemy. They have been unable to produce the food they need. Starvation rings in the words of the socalled German victory. "These conquered people are being slowly, but surely starved. Their loss of lives through malnutrition and starvation during the next harvest probably will be larger than all the casualties on the west front." Hoover read the following message from President Wilson: ing every opening through might enter; that rat pests be applied voluntarily; ing that need them. U.S. traps also may bring Members of the boards have discussed their budget and are all of them a reduction will be made; tax rate both inside side cities. The prosperity rate will be reduced if cents, and the rate will be the average tax rate tended in this county. Last year the superrate from $1.90 outside and the indications are will be cut this year to. For some years the cities has been forty percent outside city levy being for county. There has been a $10,000,000 in the county and the cut in the rainy made possible. It is of the supervisors as conferences to hold pictures as much as possible war period. It is not ter upon new project. "During the years average county tax said Chairman T. B. board," and the average last ten years has ange county is classes of the lowest tax rates." tial for military and vital economic purposes and to defer action on roads not of this class; and that it is desirable, wherever possible, to use local materials for road building and maintenance in order to relieve railroad traffic. Important highways, as described in the secretary's letter, include only those utilized, or to be utilized, by the military establishment, those which carry a considerable volume of materials and supplies essential to war industries and those which have a bearing on the production and distribution of food supplies, connecting population and shipping centers with surrounding agricultural areas. Attention is called to the formation of the United States highways council. This body was suggested by the secretary to coordinate federal agencies interested in highway problems. The council is made up of a representative each from the department of agriculture, the war department, the railroad administration, the fuel administration, and the war industries board. It will form a unified agency for dealing, on behalf of the federal government, with highway construction, maintenance and policies. It will, of course, through the office of public roads and rural engineering of the department, continue the close contact already established, both formally by law and informally by practice with the state highway commission in each state. The officer of public roads and rural engineering and the highways council will actively consider the supply, for highway purposes, of road oils, asphalts, and other bituminous road materials controlled by the Fuel Administration and the matter of priority production for highway materials controlled by the war industries board. They will also, in contact with the railroad administration, aid in securing, so far as practicable facilities for the transportation of road materials and supplies. Furthermore the office of public roads and rural engineering will act as the medium for furnishing information and assistance on highway problems, especially to state highway authorities, in meeting the various difficulties which they encounter. When the United States entered the war the work of planning state highway systems, so that, as far as necessary and feasible, they would connect with the systems of other states, was well under way. This resulted from efforts to administer the dominating fact with the enemy. They have been unable to produce the food they need. Starvation rings in the words of the socalled German victory. "These conquered people are being slowly, but surely starved. Their loss of lives through malnutrition and starvation during the next harvest probably will be larger than all the casualties on the west front." Hoover read the following message from President Wilson: "The American people will gladly and willingly make any sacrifice in their consumption and production of foodstuffs to maintain the healthy comfort and the courage of the allied peoples. We are, in fact, eating at a common table with them." Present at the luncheon were food controllers of England, France, Italy Belgium and other countries. PRIZES OFFERED FOR LIBERTY LOAN ADS Twelfth Federal Reserve District Offering Money for Copy The Liberty loan jury of awards for the 12th Federal Reserve district which will select the prize winning copy from the seven states in the Liberty loan advertising copy contest has just been announced. This jury will receive the prize winning copy from the seven states in the district and on August 5 will award the grand sweepstakes prizes of $50, $30, $20, and two honorable mentions. The district jury is composed of the following: John A. Britton, chairman of publicity for the 12th federal reserve district and general manager Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Everett Sisson, Pacific coast manager advertising department Curtis Publishing Company. Charles S. Stanton, publisher San Francisco Examiner. F. W. Kellogg, publisher San Francisco Call. Karl M. Anderson, assistant managing editor San Francisco Chronicle. Eugene H. McLean, editor San Francisco Daily News. J. L. Adler, advertising manager San Francisco Bulletin. The state contests for which prizes of $35, $25, $15 and two honorable mentions will be given close July 29. The next loan is expected in October and for six or eight billons. INSANE SO An insane soldier Hartman wrecked there at the county hospital before he was overpowered was taken to the night evening. Wednesday lent, and he made an carnival and did acrobatics to a circus performer Jackson and three men Zalser, arrived. Hard things to pieces in this plaster was off door was barred, and like a Plute. When opened the peep was slashed at him within he held in his hands doors, the barred door and the wood inward, and the wood fast. The sheriff had hinges before he could man to overpower him taken in an autumn turned over to the Camp Kearny. BURDETT'S DON'T There are two days after day, with all its pains faults and blunders ever beyond the reach I cannot undo an ail I cannot unsay a w yesterday. All that life, of wrongs, regain in the hands of these can bring the honey and sweet waters of desert—that love for wrong things right weeping into laugh beauty for ashes praise for the spirit of the morning for night. neering will act as the medium for furnishing information and assistance on highway problems, especially to state highway authorities, in meeting the various difficulties which they encounter. When the United States entered the war the work of planning state highway systems, so that, as far as necessary and feasible, they would connect with the systems of other states, was well under way. This resulted from efforts to administer the federal aid road act, so that the roads of vital importance for economic, military and other purposes should first be dealt with. The federal aid road act—involving an aggregate of five year expenditure directly and from state and local funds of $160,000,000 in addition to at least $200,000,000 spent independently each year by the states—provides that the states must maintain the roads, and that before any money can be expended the roads must be selected and approved and plans, specifications, and contracts submitted. It also provides that the Federal government must inspect the construction of the roads. Soon after the United States entered the war the department of agriculture requested the state highway commissions to join it in directing expenditures only on roads of prime importance for economic and military purposes. In this undertaking the secretary says, the department has received the cooperation of state authorities. The department has been actively cooperating with the capital issues committee in its task of keeping out of the market road bonds the issuance of which was not urgent from the point of view of aiding the nation in winning the war. The secretary also calls attention to Karl M. Anderson, assistant managing editor San Francisco Chronicle. Eugene H. McLean, editor San Francisco Daily News. J. L. Adler, advertising manager San Francisco Bulletin. The state contests for which prizes of $35, $25, $15 and two honorable mentions will be given close July 29. The next loan is expected in October and for six or eight billons. CITIES NEED RAT DEFENSE The city is the great stronghold of the rat, its permanent refuge, and its last line of defense. The rodents might be destroyed in all rural districts and villages, but if not routed in the cities the whole country would soon be repopulated with rats from these centers of infestation. Old wooden wharves, brick cellars, extensive lumber yards, ancient factories, grain elevators, markets and many other institutions of cities attract and harbor rats. As a rule the older the city the more rats are found in it, but even in parts rebuilt after large fires they are still to be found though less abundant. Many large buildings, rat proof as to walls and foundations, have become infested with rodents through carelessness or oversight of owners or occupants and the animals are intrenched behind the fixtures or merchandise. Fortunately it is possible to rout the rats from these hiding places. The biological survey of the U.S. department of agriculture recommends that cities require that all buildings to be erected shall be made rat proof under a rigid system of inspection; that all existing buildings with rat-proof walls and foundations be made really rat proof by closing or screen- ING every opening through which rats might enter; that rat proofing repairs be applied voluntarily to all building that need them. Use of dogs, cats and traps also may bring benefit. SUPERVISORS MAY CUT COUNTY TAX RATE Reduction of Fifteen or Twenty Per Cent May be Made Members of the board of supervisors have discussed the coming year's budget and are all of the opinion that a reduction will be made in the county tax rate both inside cities and outside cities. The prospect is that the rate will be reduced fifteen or twenty cents, and the rate will be well below the average tax rate that has prevailed in this county. Last year the supervisors cut the rate from $1.90 outside cities to $1.70 and the indications are that the rate will be cut this year to $1.50 or $1.55. For some years the county rate inside cities has been forty cents less than the rate outside cities, the forty-cent levy being for county roads. There has been a raise of about $10,000,000 in the county assessment, and the cut in the rate will be easily made possible. It is the desire of all of the supervisors as expressed at the conferences to hold down expenditures as much as possible during the war period. It is not proposed to enter upon new projects. "During the years 1898 to 1908 the average county tax rate was $1.84," said Chairman T. B. Talbert of the board, "and the average tax rate for the last ten years has been $1.595. Orange county is classed as having one of the lowest tax rates in the state." INSANE SOLDIER today carefully measured out to us by the Infinite Wisdom and Might that gives with them the promise, "As thy day, so shall thy strength be," we willfully add the burdens of those two awful eternities—yesterday and tomorrow—such burdens as only the mighty God can sustain—that we break down. It isn't the experience of today that drives man mad. It is the remorse for something that happened yesterday, the dread of what tomorrow may disclose. These are God's days. Leave them with Him. Therefore, I think, and I do, and I journey but one day at a time. That is the easy day. That is the man's day. Nay, rather that is our day—God's and mine. And while faithfully and dutifully I run my course, and work my appointed task, on that day of ours, God the Almighty and All-loving takes care of yesterday and tomorrow.—Robert J. Burdett. LIQUID GAS Dr. H. J. Quayle, entomologist of the citrus experiment station, at the fumigation institute held at Covina on Saturday, July 20, said that the new liquid gas method of fumigation would probably be given a wider try out during the coming season than last year. The machine to be utilized is one that can be carried by one man from tree to tree, and filled with large containers. From charts shown, Dr. Quayle gave a general opinion that the liquid form is as effective in killing strength as the old pot system, or the cyanofumer. The entire day at Covina was spent in talking fumigation, and over 500 ranchers were in attendance at the several sessions. From the many horticultural inspectors who gave four-minute talks, it was obtained that believe it has served time has arrived. NOTICE Board of Equalization Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim will sit as a Board of Equalization at the City Hall at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and will continue in session from day to day until the returns of the Assessor have been rectified. EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk. ORDINANCE NO. 335 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PREScribing THE MAN-NER IN WHICH CLAIMS AGAINST SAID CITY SHALL BE FILED AND ALLOWED. The Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim do ordains as follows: SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, shall not hear or consider any demand in favor of any person, firm, corporation, company or association against said City, nor shall said Board of Trustees credit or allow any claim or bill against said City unless the same be itemized giving names, dates and particular service rendered or supplied or materials furnished or delivered. Such demand shall be verified to be just, and true: That the service therein done has been performed or supplies or materials furnished: That the items thereto annexed are true and correct in every point and particular, and that no part thereof has been paid which has not been credited. SECTION 2. All claims or demands presented to the Board of Trustees of said City shall be substantially in the following form, with all data, items, and information required by this Ordinance inserted in the blank spaces provided therefor: City of Anaheim, Cal... 191... presentes his demand on the City of Anaheim for the sum of $... for STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) City of Anaheim ) I do solemnly swear that the above is a just and true account against the City of Anaheim; that the service therein has been done and performed or the supplies or materials furnished (as the case may be): that the items hereunto annexed are true and correct in every point and particular, and that no part thereof has been paid which has not been credited. Subscribed to before me, this day of... 191... (or other official authorized to administer oaths) By... war period. It is not proposed to enter upon new projects. "During the years 1898 to 1908 the average county tax rate was $1.84," said Chairman T. B. Talbert of the board, "and the average tax rate for the last ten years has been $1.595. Orange county is classed as having one of the lowest tax rates in the state." INSANE SOLDIER An insane soldier named George Hartman wrecked the interior of a cell at the county hospital Wednesday before he was overpowered. The man was taken to the hospital Monday evening. Wednesday he became violent, and he made enough noise for a carnival and did acrobatic stunts equal to a circus performer's. When Sheriff Jackson and three men, called by Dr. Zaiser, arrived, Hartman had torn things to pieces in the cell. Most of the plaster was off the ceiling, the door was barred, and he was yelling like a Plute. When Sheriff Jackson opened the peep window the man slashed at him with a piece of wire he held in his hand. The cell has two doors, the barred door opening outward and the wooden door opening inward, and the wooden door was held fast. The sheriff had to take off the hinges before he could reach Hartman to overpower him. Hartman was taken in an automobile, and was turned over to the military police of Camp Kearny. BURDETT'S DON'T WORRY DAYS There are two days of the week upon which and about which I never worry. Two care free days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday. Yesterday, with all its cares and frets, with all its pains and aches, all its faults and blunders, has passed forever beyond the reach of my recall. I cannot undo an act that I wrought; I cannot unsay a word that I said on yesterday. All that it holds of my life, of wrongs, regret and sorrow, is in the hands of the Mighty Love that can bring the honey out of the rock, and sweet waters out of the bitterest desert—that love that can make the wrong things right, that can turn weeping into laughter, that can give beauty for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, joy of the morning for the woe of the night. PAPER IN GERMANY An advertisement in a Berlin newspaper, reported by the "Information Belge," shows some of the many uses to which paper is being put in Germany: "Paper stuff for dresses and aprons. "Paper stuff for business suits. "Paper stuff for manufacture of suits. "Paper stuff for upholstery and tapestries. "Paper stuff for trunks and bags. "Paper stuff for bags, pillowcases, and mattresses. "Splendidly assorted lot for sale." Judging by the advertisement, paper must be more plentiful in Germany than it is in the United States—either that, or the supply house is fearfully mixed on quotations. THE KAISER INSANE! Dr. James M. Keniston, of Portland, Maine, one of the most notable alien that can be carried by one man from tree to tree, and filled with large containers. From charts shown, Dr. Quayle gave a general opinion that the liquid form is as effective in killing strength as the old pot system, or the cyanofumer. The entire day at Covina was spent in talking fumigation, and over 500 ranchers were in attendance at the several sessions. From the many horizontal inspectors who gave four-minute talks, it was obtained that they believe the time has arrived when annual fumigation is necessary in practically all parts of Southern California. Even with an apparently clean grove, the risk of setting a small crop is too great for the rancher to withhold the expenditure of something like $300 per ten acres, which, in the opinion of many, not only cleans the tree and fruit of scale smut, but aids the tree to a heavier and healthier set of fruit, and makes the tree more sturdy in the face of extreme heat or cold. That there is a stimulating effect to fumigation outside of the actual cleaning of the tree of pests is a statement that is being made. The meeting was held under the auspices of the county farm bureau, with the experiment station assisting. It is intended that one of these meetings and demonstrations will be held in every citrus growing county in the state. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the Anaheim Gazette, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed, published and circulated in said City and thirty days from and after its final passage it shall take effect and be in full force. The foregoing Ordinance is signed, approved and attested by me this 25th day of July, 1918. J. J. DWYER, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. (SEAL) Attest: EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE JSF City Anaheim I, Edward B. Merritt, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim on the 15th day of July, 1918 and that the same was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of said City, held on the 25th day of July, 1918, by the following vote: AYES, Trustees: Dwyer, Stark, Backs, McFadden and Gibbs. NOES, Trustees: None. Absent and not voting, Trustees: None. And I further certify that the president of the Board of Trustees signed and approved said Ordinance on the 25th day of July, 1918. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said city this 25th day of July, 1918. EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. The board of supervisors has joined in the movement started by Mrs. Eleanor B. Parks of La Jolla for each community to join in prayers every noon for the success of the United States in the war. The board passed a resolution addressed to each community of the county asking that seven taps of a bell or seven blasts of a Save for the beautiful memories sweet and tender, that linger like the perfume of roses in the heart of the day that is gone, I have nothing to do with yesterday. It was mine; it is God's. And the other day I do not worry about is tomorrow. Tomorrow with all its possibilities, adversities, its burdens, its perils, its large promise and poor performance, its failures and mistakes, is as far beyond the reach of my mastery as its dead sister, yesterday. It is a day of God's. Its sun will rise in roseate splendor, or behind a mask of weeping clouds. But it will rise. Until then, the same love and patience that held yesterday and hold tomorrow, shine with tender promise into the heart of today. I have no possession in that unborn day of grace. All else is in the safe keeping of the infinite Love that holds for me the treasure of yesterday. The love that is higher than the stars, wider than the skies, deeper than the seas. Tomorrow—it is God's day. It will be mine. There is left, for myself then, but one day of the week—today. Any man can fight the battles of today. Any woman can carry the burdens of just one day. Any man can resist the temptations of today. O friends, it is only when the burdens and cares of "Paper stuff for bags, pillowcases, and mattresses." "Splendidly assorted lot for sale." Judging by the advertisement, paper must be more plentiful in Germany than it is in the United States—either that, or the supply house is fearfully mixed on quotations. THE KAISER INSANE! Dr. James M. Keniston, of Portland, Maine, one of the most notable allies of this country, says Kaiser Wilhelm is insane. "The allies are fighting a ruler who is just as hopelessly insane as any of the unfortunate in our state institutions," he says; and adds that "Germany is hurling her manhood into the shambles of the Wesetern front and winning for herself the contempt of the world in obedience to the will of a madman." As proof that the kaiser is a paranolac—"the greatest paranolac in history"—Dr. Keniston cites his apparent versatility, his remarkable gift of volatility, pronounced self-consciousness, and colossal egotism; a person whose attitude always is, "I am right, I always am"; a person who believes he is supreme, knows it all, can do no wrong, and tries to dominate all who come into contact with him; reasoning logically, but from false or incorrect premises, fluent in speech and writing—and wants to be the whole show, including the spotted dog under the wagon. And, by the same token, if Dr. Keniston says much more on that subject somebody at Oyster Bay will be suing him for libel. Nevertheless, it is doubtful if the kaiser's paranoia fully accounts for the war, unless he bit and inoculated scores of thousands of German "higher ups." But there is no doubt that WILLIAM G. LORIGAN (Incumbent) Candidate for Associate Justice of the State of California LOCAL NOTES The board of supervisors has received notice from the state railroad commission that the hearing of the petition of the Southern California Edison company for a raise of its rates has been set for public hearing at room 205, Union League building, Los Angeles, at 10 a.m., August 19. Protests will be heard at that time. The petition is based upon "the increased cost of labor and materials." A similar hearing in relation to the petition of the South Sierras Powers company and the Holton Power company is set for hearing at the same place at 10 a.m., August 21. Benjamin W. Elliott, of La Habra, known as "Walking" Elliott, is to be tried on September 24 upon a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder Constable Ashley at La Habra. Elliott pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set upon agreement between his attorney, Clyde Bishop, and Deputy District Attorney Koepsel. Friday morning when in court, Elliott failed to do the talking. When he was arraigned he insisted on breaking into the remarks of his attorney, and though his attorney asked him and ordered him to keep still, Elliott said his say. It is estimated by the attorneys that it will take two days to try the case. Elliott is to be tried for shooting at the constable who went to NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals or bids will be received at the office of the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim in the City Hall of said city up to eight o'clock P.M., of Thursday the 1st day of August, 1918, for a Street Sprinkler and two ton attachment truck in accordance with specifications thereof, which said specifications were adopted by the Board of Trustees of said city on the 11th day of July, 1918, and are on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City of Anaheim and are hereby referred to and are by this reference made a part hereof. Each proposal or bid must be accompanied by a certified check or bond, executed by two sureties or by a corporation authorized to execute bonds and undertakings by virtue of the laws of the State of California in a sum equal to 5 per cent of said bid, the same to be forfeited to the City of Anaheim if within ten days after the awarding of said contract the successful bidder should fail to execute a contract for the delivery of said Street Sprinkler and truck and furnish the bonds required. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish another and additional bond in a sum equal to 50 per cent of the contract price conditioned that said Street Sprinkler and truck shall conform to said specifications and be free from all latent defects. Said bond shall be executed by two sureties who shall justify in double the amount of said bond in unencumbered property within the State of California, or by a surety company as provided by law. The Board of Trustees of said city reserves the right to reject any and all bids; and bidders may submit proposals for the furnishing of said truck in conjunction with said Sprinkler or may make separate proposals therefor, and the Board of Trustees of said city reserves the right to accept or reject any bid on either said Sprinkler or Truck separately or in combination. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, Dated Anaheim, California, July 11, 1918. 7-13-31 Fred Epps of Los Angeles paid two fines of $15 each at Santa Ana after he had plead guilty to two charges against him. One charge was that he used scales that had never been tested by the county sealer and the other was that he sold meat that weighed less than he said it did. Epps was in charge of an automobile full of shoulder hams which he was selling in this county as hams. A party of Los Angeles men were in town Thursday leaving initiative pe- at the above is against the City service therein has or the supplies the case may reunto annexed every point and heart thereof has been credited. City Clerk needed to administing Demand demand as Ordinance shall creditor of said contract or liquidated or unnances and parts with the prosection, subsecphrase of this season held to be paid such decision validity of the reordinance, the ordinance, and sentence, irrespective of more sections, claims or constitutional. Clerk shall certify Ordinance and published once in weekly newspaper, printed, pubter its final pass and be in full force is signed, appence this 25th day. J. DWYER, the Board of the City of City of Anaheim. City Clerk of the hereby certify that he was introduced to the 15th day of same was passed meeting of the said City, held on 18, by the followver, Stark, Backs, Trustees, None. Trustees, None. that the presitructees signed and on the 25th day EOF. I have here affixed the seal day of July, 1918. B. MERRITT, City of Anaheim. Advisors has joinedorted by Mrs. EleJolla for eachin prayers everyus of the UnitedThe board passeded to each com-asking that sev-seven blasts of aand his trial was set upon agreement between his attorney, Clyde Bishop, and Deputy District Attorney Koepsel. Friday morning when in court, Elllott failed to do the talking. When he was arraigned he insisted on breaking into the remarks of his attorney, and though his attorney asked him and ordered him to keep still, Elllott said his say. It is estimated by the attorneys that it will take two days to try the case. Elllott is to be tried for shooting at the constable who went to Elllott's room to arrest him after Elllott had shot Eugene Young. Young had gone to Elllott's room to make him kiss an American flag. Elllott shot him. Elllott stood off all officers until Motorcycle Officer Carr arrived from Santa Ana, and to him Elllott surrendered his revolver. The county has secured a right of way for the proposed new road around Sulphur Slide in the Santa Ana canyon, and plans and specifications are in shape so that bids can be received at the earliest possible moment. The deed to the property was secured by a committee consisting of District Attorney West, Surveyor McBride and Supervisor Struck from Mrs. M. Eva Beebe and Dr. J. L. Beebe of Anaheim. For damage that will be done by fills and cuts, the county is to pay Mrs. Beebe $550. The agreement over the right of way hastens the time when work of building the new road will commence. At a special meeting of the board of supervisors the deed, which was signed Friday, was accepted and recorded. A party of Los Angeles men were in town Thursday leaving initiative petitions for the anti-usury law which it is proposed to put on the ballot this fall. Yesterday was the last day for signatures. People have been considerably stirred up by the incident that came to light in Los Angeles a few weeks ago when it was revealed that a widow had borrower $200 from a Shylock, had paid him in three years $600 in interest and was about to lose her home under foreclosure proceedings for a balance of $711. That two hundred dollars had grown to more than thirteen hundred within three years. Indignant citizens assembled at the usurer's office at the hour fixed for the sale, forced him under threats of lynching to cancel the mortgage, and return $297.50 of the money he had filched from the widow. A law that will prevent such thievery is demanded. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Van Patton have received word from their son, Harold, who is stationed at San Pedro with the naval reserve, that he has been promoted to a petty officer. Your War Savings Pledge Our boys make good their pledge. Are you keeping yours? Ganahl Lumber Company Our boys make good their pledge. Are you keeping yours? 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