anaheim-gazette 1918-08-01

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIVE FORAGE CROPS Many Possibilities in the Wild Plants Of Southern California Following the increased interest in the development of forage crops adaptable to Southern California, especially those strongly drouth and frost resisting, will come the response to the great need for volunteer experimenters, believer Prof. B. P. Kennedy, head of the forage crop investigations at the university California, who has been giving a course of lectures in Los Angeles for the university extension summer work. Prof. Kennedy thinks that the possibilities of future development of forage conditions in this section have so far scarcely been realized. He feels that the opportunities are great and the need urgent for not only adapting many varieties of nutritious imported grasses and plants but of bringing under cultivation a large number of native forage crops so far left unconsidered while the rancher has ranged far afield for stock feeds. And to that end he says that the first step is an enlistment for this service as advance guard in experimental work. Many plants native to Southern California which test high in nutritive value and possess highly desirable qualities have so far not been developed even in government experiment stations for two reasons. First, the seed are difficult to obtain, and second, conditions at the government farms already established vary so greatly from those in this section that the plan is not practical. Therefore the work of amateurs willing to cooperate with the state authorities will be valuable. During his weeks in Southern California Prof. Kennedy has done much practical field work, which has led of nourishment. Analysis of many much available and hitherto neglected plant materials might prove a well worth while experiment for ranchers who take the trouble to carry on their investigations in cooperation with the state experiment stations. Deer weed, or wild alfalfa, as it is often called, is another legume making abundant volunteer growth under the most unpropitious circumstances throughout Southern California. Testimony differs widely as to the palatability for stock, the evidence pointing, however, to the probability that the plant may be developed into a profitable stock feed. It grows with especial luxuriance following the burning over of brush land, often reaching a height, under such circumstances of four or five feet. The leaf, though much smaller, is of the form of that of alfalfa as are the yellow blossoms. Though the plant is inclined to be stemmy, improvement in this respect might follow cultivation. The fact that it is a perennial of remarkable drought resisting qualities, making a foot growth of six feet during the first year, makes it well worth investigation in Prof. Kennedy's estimation. There is no seed on the market and much experimenting may be necessary to discover the degree of fertility, together with the many other points concerning planting conditions which must be learned concerning all plants before their practical success can be assured. Perhaps the best known pasture feed which has so far not been placed on a commercial basis is alfileria, usually called fileree. The great difficulty of handling the very small seeds has greatly complicated the development of this splendid feed. It is palatable to all kinds of stock at all stages of its growth, and as hay. On land which has been summer fallowed or plowed in the fall and not planted, the growth attained is often several times that will have a bone dry quality would be the local special purpose. The mood to enter... ed even in government experiment stations for two reasons. First, the seed are difficult to obtain, and second, conditions at the government farms already established vary so greatly from those in this section that the plan is not practical. Therefore the work of amateurs willing to cooperate with the state authorities will be valuable. During his weeks in Southern California Prof. Kennedy has done much practical field work, which has led to a deeper interest in certain wild grasses and plants. He is taking steps to secure seed of several varieties making an especially good growth about Los Angeles, one of which is a tall grass variously known as Indian Arrowhead grass and Giant Rye grass. This grass, which is quite extensively cut for hay in several of the western states, including Idaho and Montana, is found growing luxuriously in a wide variety of soils and conditions here, seemingly resisting all manner of adverse conditions from alkaline land to hard baked, rough hillside land of apparently poor soil value. Evidently the climate is congenial to the plant which is a perennial comparing well with barley in nutrition. While no seed are on the market, the demand for it is great among stock men who have come to realize its value. According to Prof. Kennedy, representatives of the big San Joaquin valley ranching firm of Miller and Lux have more than once expressed a willingness to buy a car load of seed if it could be procured. In a recent trip of investigation Prof. Kennedy discovered acres of this giant grass growing wild at various points in San Fernando valley and Antelope valley. The probabilities are, he adds, that it would prove to be an excellent silage crop. Among the wild legumes native to California are seventy of the 110 varieties of clover not among the bur clovers, many of which are to be found in this part of the state, and are favorably known to stock men, as are also the many kinds of bur clovers. The seeds of the better known of these feeds are now to be had on the markets. These clovers furnish excellent pasturage, especially where mired with grasses, though they are little used as hay. A wild lemuge which commonly grows and is becoming known in Southern California is the Dakota Vetch, a variety of Spanish clover which makes a splendid growth on very dry land. Here again is a promising forage plant offering opportuni- Perhaps the best known pasture feed which has so far not been placed on a commercial basis is alfileria, usually called fileree. The great difficulty of handling the very small seeds has greatly complicated the development of this splendid feed. It is palatable to all kinds of stock at all stages of its growth and as hay. On land which has been summer fallowed or plowed in the fall and not planted, the growth attained is often several feet in height. Though an annual, its ability to seed itself is remarkable and its drought and frost resisting qualities most extraordinary. Its habit of growth make it particularly valuable as a winter and early spring pasture feed, as it starts with the first rains of the fall. PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM Everyone knows that the prosperity of the cities and towns in agricultural sections is measured largely by the production of the farmers of the surrounding country. If the crops are below standard, the volume of shipping from such a community drops off and less money comes in from the outside. The farmers have little money to spend for necessities and none for luxuries, and business is poor for the merchants. Everybody who has either commodities or professional services to sell feels it. When, on the other hand, crops are good, agricultural products of all kinds move regularly out of the city or town and keep the shipers busy. Money flows in and everything goes briskly forward. The farmers have money to spend, and spend it. Prosperity and optimism are in the very air. For the business and professional men and citizens generally in the cities and towns to do their utmost to provide the farmers with necessary labor in the rapidly approaching harvest crisis would, therefore, be common horse sense from a practical business point of view, even were there no bigger and more vital things to be considered. If the growers are allowed to suffer through a preventable labor shortage, every community that is in any degree dependent upon agricultural production for its normal prosperity will suffer as well. In helping the farmers to hold their end of the battle line, the city and town people will not only be helping to overthrow the greatest menace that success can be assured. Now that will have a bone dry quality would be their local special purpose. The mood to enter secure the place on this quest an expense of the special ee a needless water provements new ers contempla treasury cons or four thousand pair the old chest would re employees are for another r and the trust tion before th guessing to se in safe water crease will te and were this proportions s be necessary times and a d as far as poss Rumor hadd by a number be presented ing for more have jusa exp ing spell since raise, but it it ed mechanics to a larger p petition re special meetin It's stran faces from n sees here du more espeai said the Anah equable of an States. This is t didates. The about the same A city oft favor upon th into the old ltees are figu proposed to w shape for occ The seeds of the better known of these feeds are now to be had on the markets. These clovers furnish excellent pasturage, especially where mired with grasses, though they are little used as hay. A wild lemuge which commonly grows and is becoming known in Southern California is the Dakota Vetch, a variety of Spanish clover which makes a splendid growth on very dry land. Here again is a promising forage plant offering opportunity for the home grown experiment station. No seed are on th market, though the demand would be assured if it were available. An especial field for this feed is among the dry land ranchers who are now securing only one crop from their land, such as barley. Prof. Kennedy thinks that the Dakota vetch would prove admirably adapted for sowing with the barley crop, as it would probably make good growth after the cutting of the grain, at a time of year when such acreages are now wholly unproductive. The fact that many entirely useless plants such as dove weed, gourd vines etc., do spring up on these cut over field after harvest time, making rapid growth under continued drought conditions, has long pointed the possibility of discovery of some useful growth of similar habits. At the same time another possibility is always present in the chance of some supposedly useless plants may yet prove to be of real food value. The gourds just mentioned, for instance, have been chopped up and fed to calves in one experiment, to be eagerly devoured. The seeds, which have much the same appearance as pumpkin or squash seed, and which were, in this case, eaten with great relish, might easily contain a considerable amount horse sense from a practical business point of view, even were there no bigger and more vital things to be considered. If the growers are allowed to suffer through a preventable labor shortage, every community that is in any degree dependent upon agricultural production for its normal prosperity will suffer as well. In helping the farmers to hold their end of the battle line, the city and town people will not only be helping to overthrow the greatest menace that ever confronted the liberties and the material welfare of their country, but will be performing a very direct and practical service to their own communities and themselves. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS A deed from H. Eva Beebe for right of way in the Santa Ana canyon road section 3, was accepted and ordered recorded by the board of supervisors Tuesday. Fumigating licenses were ordered issued to R. E. Coffman, H. Hilies and F. Linarez, and a spraying license ordered issued to William B. Dunton on recommendation of...the horticultural commissioner. The Santa Ana Sugar company was given permission to lay a water pipe across Dyer road at a point just west of the Southern Pacific right of way. A primary election was called for August 27, 1918, the polling places were designated and officers appointed for such election. Plans and specifications were adopted for improvement of Santa Ana Canyon road, Section 2, and the Clerk was instructed to advertise for bids in the Santa Ana Register and the Orange Star, bids to be opened August 20, 1918, at 2 p.m. The ultra on Monday and dry proposition veember bas having been latiative petal the conservatists realize the tenable, but regulation of are not avers light wines are way that woult Ito be temp day of the open ground, even are not avers their belt. Tbe been argued some time ba They Say The initiative petition to call a special election to vote on the booze question has been filed with the city clerk. Petitioners claim they have enough signers to make it mandatory upon the trustees to call the election. Another petition, submitting, what is termed a barrel house proposition, to the people, was also filed with the clerk. The city clerk has ten days in which to verify the names attached to the petitions. Should sufficient signature be found the petitions are then to be presented to the council for their consideration. If the petitions are regular and according to law, no doubt they will be presented to the council at next Thursday night's meeting. An interesting state of affairs was brought to light at the trustees meeting Thursday night when it was announced that the increase in the wages of employees during the past couple of months will run almost $4000 per year. The revenue now received by the city from the wet goods emporiums totals upward of $12,000 a year, which a certain element is trying to wipe off the map. Should this come about this loss of funds, together with the wage increase, would total about $16,000, which the city would have to provide for, and which no doubt would be raised by increasing the tax levy, and almost everybody throws a fit when they hear of higher taxes. Now that the people of the state will have a chance to vote upon the bone dry question in November, it would be the height of folly to call a local special election for the same purpose. The taxpayers are in no mood to entertain any proposition to relieve absolute prohibition is not practical, and people are beginning to look with favor upon measures that license and regulate the trade as being the best solution of the matter. The little nest egg laid away by the old board of trustees stands a fair chance of receiving a number of dents during the course of the next couple of months, and should the city revenues be curtailed by the bone dryness now talked of, taxpayers will find a depleted treasury, something that has not occurred here in many years. Of course, this money can be raised by direct taxation, but high taxes have a tendency to scare away investors. A tightwad rushed into a downtown tonsorial parlor the other day and flopping into a chair, ordered a haircut. In placing his order he meanwhile removed his wig, and displaying a fringe of hair encircling his dome, midway between the apex and his ears, he told the artist to proceed, but to be very careful, as he wasn't used to rough treatment. The customer further informed the artist that he did not want a neck shave, because he was afraid of catching the barbers' itch, and for the further fact that his wife always did his shaving. SHOOTING PROPAGANDA Thousands of especially designed rifles for sending propaganda over the enemy lines are now in use in the Allied armies, according to Jas. Kerney, director of the Franco-American committee on public information in Paris. From these rifles grenades are discharged, by means of which tracts and pamphlets may be scattered along enemy trenches at a range of more than 200 yards. For greater distances small balloons made of cloth are used. Each of these lifts twenty pounds of propaganda literature and by means of a prosperity agriculturally by the of the surcrops are one of shipunity drops from the little monne and none is poor for who has professional crops are all of the city papers busy. Nothing goes on it. Prosin the very professional in the citoutmost to necessary ing harvest the common business there no nings to be are allowmentable laliability that is upon agris normal well. hold their city and be helping enace that provide for, and which no doubt would be raised by increasing the tax levy, and almost everybody throws a fit when they hear of higher taxes. Now that the people of the state will have a chance to vote upon the bone dry question in November, it would be the height of folly to call a local special election for the same purpose. The taxpayers are in no mood to entertain any proposition to secure the pulse of the people here on this question, which would entail an expense of at least $600 to finance the special election. This would be a needless waste of funds. Local improvements now being made and others contemplated will reduce the city treasury considerably, and were three or four thousand dollars used to repair the old city hall, the local war chest would receive quite a dent. City employees are said to be ready to ask for another raise in the salary wage, and the trustees will have a condition before them that will keep them guessing to steer the municipal craft in safe waters. Already the wage increase will total about $3500 a year, and were this sum to assume larger proportions a larger tax rate would be necessary. These are strenuous times and a dollar must be made to go as far as possible. Rumor has it that a petition, signed by a number of city employees, will be presented to the city council asking for more wages. The trustees have jusa experienced a short breathing spell since they granted the last raise, but it is said, some of the skilled mechanics aver they are entitled to a larger pay envelope. It is said the petition may be presented at the special meeting tonight. It's strange how many familiar faces from neighboring towns one sees here during the evenings and more especially on Saturdays. It is said the Anaheim climate is the most equable of any point in the United States. This is the open season for candidates. The brand of cigars is just about the same. A city official does not look with favor upon the idea of moving back into the old building, which the trustees are figuring on repairing. It is proposed to put the west room in shape for occupancy as a council room the enemy lines are now in use in the Allied armies, according to Jas. Kerney, director of the Franco-American committee on public information in Paris. From these rifles grenades are discharged, by means of which tracts and pamphlets may be scattered along enemy trenches at a range of more than 200 yards. For greater distances small balloons made of cloth are used. Each of these lifts twenty pounds of propaganda literature and by means of a mechanical device drops these documents at 15 minute intervals. The radius of action of these balloons in a 25 mile wind would be Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and Trieste. The balloons travel at a height of from 600 to 8000 feet. Paper balloons capable of lifting four pounds also are used by the American army for the purpose of distributing literature in trenches and many are set for distance up to 100 miles from the starting point, the director said. These balloons drop a half-pound of material at five minute intervals. They use a fuse release consisting of a slow burning match which is consumed at the rate of one inch every five minutes. The latest devices are planned to employ clock work for their releasing mechanism and the use of trench mortary with a cardboard projectile containing literature is being considered for the future. The director added that steps were now under consideration for the use of French 75-millimeter guns for the diffusion of propaganda in the enemy lines. TRIALS WILL TEST THE NEW ORDINANCE Violators of Supervisors' Dry Law Will Soon Have Hearing The legal definition of the word "distribution" is likely to cut a good deal of figure in some booze cases that are to be tried in the superior court in the next few weeks. The word is found in the new county ordinance prohibiting the transportation through dry territory of intoxicating liquors "for the purpose of distribution or sale." A number of arrests have been made by Sheriff Jackson and three arrests have been made by Officer Myers of Fullerton. The offense is a high misdemeanor, and must be tried in the superior court. So far ers, Reuter's correspondent gives details of their conduct while in possession of Chateau Thierry. The Germans have been in the town some time. When they found they would have to give it up they determined to take the only vengeance in their power. The injuries which have been inflicted on the town are such as could not be the result of shelling, the correspondent points out, as those houses which suffered most were entirely uninjured by shell, shrapnel or bullet. "Those houses," he says, "were magnificently furnished, the walks hung with costly tapestries and admirable pictures. "Today there is nothing that has not been destroyed. The tapestries have been hacked to pieces, the pictures slit from corner to corner, the leather and other chair coverings have been riped, and all the irreplaceable examples of craftsmanship of past centuries have been smashed. There is not a mirror which has not been broken, and the glass and china flung at them lie in fragments before them. "The costly carpets have been soiled and rent in every possible way and ink pots flung at the silken papers on the walls. This vengeful fury has been carried even to the extent of smashing nurseries and doll houses. The fashion in which beds and rooms have been defiled is difficult of description. It would see the work of lunatics." PAST AND PRESENT IN CONFLICT One does not have to read between the lines of President Wilson's Mount Vernon speech to see that the president took that occasion to answer all feelers for a compromise peace, with an emphatic and unqualified ultimatum that America has consecrated herself to the work of cleansing the earth of military autocracy. President Wilson's immediate audience, there in the presence of the This is the open season for candidates. The brand of cigars is just about the same. A city official does not look with favor upon the idea of moving back into the old building, which the trustees are figuring on repairing. It is proposed to put the west room in shape for occupancy as a council room and by the clerk and rate collector and a space is to be partitioned off for the recorder's court. When the latter official has a busy day in court the other city tenants are guessing on a plan to arrange some sort of noise silencer, as there usually is quite a buzz going on when at times some case out of the ordinary is going on. Then besides, when the hobos and riff raff are brought in to receive their medicine perhaps they would bring their cooties with them. The ultra dry federation leaders on Monday announced that the bone dry proposition would go on the Noeember ballot, sufficient names having been received on the initiative petition. Many men of the conservative class of prohibitionists realize that a bone dry law is untenable, but stand for a more strict regulation of the liquor traffic, and are not averse to seeing the trade in light wines and beers carried on in a way that would tend to cause patrons to be temperate. It is said that the day of the open retail place is losing ground, even among the classes who are not averse to putting one under their belt. The liquor question has been argued from many angles for some time back, but many people be PLAYFUL HUNS Evidence accumulates that during their brief stay in the Marne salient the Germans have been indulging again in wholesale acts of vandalism. In a message from French headquart- PAST AND PRESENT IN CONFLICT One does not have to read between the lines of President Wilson's Mount Vernon speech to see that the president took that occasion to answer all feelers for a compromise peace, with an emphatic and unqualified ultimatum that America has consecrated herself to the work of cleansing the earth of military autocracy. President Wilson's immediate audience, there in the presence of the spirit as well as the dust of Washington, was small—a gathering of officials and diplomats of the allied nations—but he spoke to all the world, to all the peoples and nations of the earth. He uttered the logical sequel to his "force without stint or limit" declaration of a few weeks ago when he said: "The Past and Present are in deadly grapple, and the peoples of the world are being done to death between them." "There can be but one issue. The settlement must be final. There can be no compromise. No half-way decision would be tolerable. No half-way decision is conceivable." The address was a new Declaration of Independence, a declaration that out of this conflict shall come security for mankind, for humanity. And not the least pertinent thing said—something of special value and information for those Americans who imagine we are still at war with England—was this: "Here were started forces which the great nation against which they were primarily directed at first regarded as a revolt against its rightful authority, but which it has long since seen to have been a step in the liberation of its own Fordson Tractor made by Henry Ford & Son will be distributed in Orange county by George Dunton. Demonstrators on the way and deliveries will soon start. This is the tractor that has been supplied to the British and French governments in large quantities, and to the State War Boards in this country to increase food production. The FORDSON TRACTOR is the result of extensive trials and experiments conducted by Henry Ford, covering a period of many years. Before placing the tractor or the market, every detail has been thoroughly tried out under actual farming conditions in various parts of the country and abroad. Place your order NOW. GEORGE DUNTON LOS ANGELES STREET AT CYPRESS ANAHEIM Distributor of Fordson Tractor for Orange Co. Tel. Sunset 263-J; Home 1284 GEORGE DUNTON LOS ANGELES STREET AT CYPRESS ANAHEIM Distributor of Fordson Tractor for Orange Co. Tel. Sunset 263-J; Home 1284 Correspondent gives deduct while in possesThierry. have been in the town when they found they give it up they determthe only vengeance in the injuries which have in the town are such as the result of shelling, the points out, as those suffered most were enby shell, shrapnel or heses," he says, "were furried, the walls by tapestries and admiris nothing that has joyed. The tapestries kicked to pieces, the piccorner to corner, the chair coverings have all the irreplaceable ftersmanship of past censmashed. There is which has not been brokass and china flung at ments before them. carpets have been sollvery possible way and that the silken papers on vengeful fury has even to the extent of buries and doll houses. which beds and rooms led is difficult of desould see the work of PRESENT IN CONFLICT have to read between president Wilson's Mount to see that the presioccasion to answer all compromise peace, with and unqualified ultimarica has consecrated work of cleansing the ery autocracy. Wilson's immediate audthe presence of the people as well as the people of the United States." Our participation in the present war is but the fruitage of what our Revolutionary forefathers planted, according to the president, who defined our objects most felicitously in a single sentence: "What we seek is the reign of law based upon-the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind." The President's speech was another notification to the masters of Germany that they "have roused forces they knew little of" and that these forces will not halt until the cause of freedom has been won and guaranteed. We entered this war hesitatingly, reluctantly, but we entered it to stay until the Hun—the monster of the ages—the ruthless invader of our rights and liberties—the despoiler of fair France and beautiful Belgium—the beast that sacrifices women to his lust, maims and crucifies helpless little children, sinks hospital ships, and is guilty of every other fiendish crime—in brief, we entered this war to stay until that monstrous thing called Prussian militarism has been crushed to earth, never to rise again. The president's speech at Washington's tomb made that fact clear in his masterly statement of "the ends for which the associated peoples of the world are fighting and which must be conceded them before there can be peace." The right will triumph in this war, and there shall be no compromise with wrong. That is the meaning of the president's inspiring message to the world, delivered in his Mount Vernon speech, as the head of this great nation and the spokesman for civilized mankind. THE AUTOMATIC HOG RANCH We have self raising pancakes, bread and gates. And now comes the self raising hog. For with a full line self cleaning steel trough, and an automatic ventilating system supplies his quarters with pure air. But having done a good job of raising himself, the pig is at the end of his rope and man must step in and finish the job, for who has ever yet heard of a member of the swine family who had reached the point where he could render his own land and cure his own hams and bacon. The Garden Grove walnut growers' association is building a 10 foot addition to the south side of their present building and making changes in the machinery. Although this change is made necessary by the new grade of budded nuts, that was established by the California Walnut Growers association in 1917, it is quite an improvement, as it will enable them to do more efficient work with less expense and less danger of cracking the nuts. The board of directors voted to use for this purpose the refund money recently received from the California Walnut Growers association. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS R. P. MITCHELL (Incumbent) Candidate for COUNTY SUPERINTENENT Primary Election, Tuesday, Aug. 27. SAM JERNIGAN Candidate for SHERIFF ORANGE COUNTY Primary Election Tuesday, Aug. 27. JAMES SLEEPER Incumbent Candidate for ASSESSOR THE AUTOMATIC HOG RANCH We have self raising pancakes, bread and gates. And now comes the self raising hog. For with a full line of modern equipment, his porkship can almost bring himself up. To begin with, there is the self feeder, long popular and now in even more general use than ever before because it saves labor. One type of self feeder advocated by the champions of natural methods allows the hog to balance his own ration, the different ingredients being delivered as used in separate compartments, from which the pig may choose at will. His tonic of sulphur and charcoal is also constantly before him as an inducement to keep fit, while his physical welfare is further assured by the automatic exerciser, by means of which he grinds his own corn as he needs it, saving the farmer the expense of improving himself at the same time. Should lice become troublesome, he walks over to his oiling post, by means of which he can cover himself with a pleasantly aromatic and very effusive mixture of crude oil and disinfectant. His daily plunge is taken in a cement tank, supplied with running water by an automatic, self oiling windmill, and he lies in the warm sun on the cement floor of his pen to dry himself. His slop is taken from a sanitary, SAM JERNIGAN Candidate for SHERIFF ORANGE COUNTY Primary Election Tuesday, Aug. 27. JAMES SLEEPER Incumbent Candidate for ASSESSOR Primary Tuesday, August 27 JOSEPH M. BACKS Candidate for CLERK OF ORANGE COUNTY Chief Clerk for Six Years. Primary Election, Tuesday, Aug. 27 Save Expenses of one Deputy by Voting For J. H. WHITAKER of Anaheim, Candidate for COUNTY AUDITOR Primaries August 27 W. C. JEROME (Incumbent) Candidate for COUNTY AUDITOR Primaries, Tuesday, August 27 J. C. LAMB (Incumbent) Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR Primary Election, Tuesday, Aug. 27 CAL D. LESTER Candidate for COUNTY TREASURER Primaries Tuesday, August 27th