anaheim-gazette 1918-10-17

UNCLE SAM'S ADVICE ON FLU U. S. Public Health Service Issues Official Health Bulletin on Influenza. LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT. Epidemic Probably Not Spanish in Origin—Germ Still Unknown—People Should Guard Against "Droplet Infection"—Surgeon General Blue Makes Authoritative Statement. Washington, D. C. (Special.)—Although King Alphonso of Spain was one of the victims of the influenza epidemic in 1893 and again this summer, Spanish authorities repudiate any claim to influenza as a "Spanish" disease. If the people of this country do not take care the epidemic will become so widespread throughout the United States that soon we shall hear the disease called "American" influenza. In response to a request for definite information concerning Spanish influenza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the U. S. Public Health Service has authorized the following official interview: What is Spanish Influenza? Is it something new? Does it come from Spain? "The disease now occurring in this country and called 'Spanish Influenza' resembles a very contagious kind of 'cold' accompanied by fever, pains that in this disease the number of white corpuscles shows little or no increase above the normal. It is possible that the laboratory investigations now being made through the National Research Council and the United States Hygienic Laboratory will furnish a more certain way in which individual cases of this disease can be recognized." What is the course of the disease? Do people die of it? "Ordinarily, the fever lasts from three to four days and the patient recovers. But while the proportion of deaths in the present epidemic has generally been low, in some places the outbreak has been severe and deaths have been numerous. When death occurs it is usually the result of a complication." What causes the disease and how is it spread? "Bacteriologists who have studied influenza epidemics in the past have found in many of the cases a very small rod-shaped germ called, after its discoverer, Pfleffer's bacillus. In other cases of apparently the same kind of disease there were found pneumococci, the germs of lobar pneumonia. Still others have been caused by streptococci, and by others germs with long names. "No matter what particular kind of germ causes the epidemic, it is now believed that influenza is always spread from person to person, the germs being carried with the air along with the very small droplets of mucus, expelled by coughing or sneezing, forceful talking, and the like by one who already has the germs of the disease. They may also be carried about in the air in the form of dust coming from dried mucus, from coughing and sneezing, or from careless people who spit on the floor and on the sidewalk. As in most other catching diseases, a person who has only a mild attack of the disease himself may give a very severe attack to others." What should be done by those who catch the disease? "It is very important that every person who becomes sick with influenza." FOREIGN TITLE World prices coA compilation by Bank of New York age import prices 1918 of a large numresenting product of the world, showthan those of 1911 ceeded those of fiscal year 1914, a the war. These average of the great article an exceptionally measuring broadl world prices. The article brought in reports its selling from which expetStates. As the age of any given article cases the product countries and coof importations thathe United Stats through the entire annual import prfigures may be acbarometer of worticle. The "average arquoted by the bad of this question are the entire import fiscal year of the showing total quanas reported to thaby dividing the ouivalue the average unit of quantity foobtained. If the a port price is desirutilizing the month the same process, these annual or n port price figures preceding periods s barometer of aver- Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases As Dangerous as Poison Gas Shells In the head, eyes, ears, back or other parts of the body and a feeling of severe sickness. In most of the cases the symptoms disappear after three or four days, the patient then rapidly recovering. Some of the patients, however, develop pneumonia, or inflammation of the ear, or meningitis, and many of these complicated cases die. Whether this so-called 'Spanish' influenza is identical with the epidemics of influenza of earlier years is not yet known. "Epidemics of influenza have visited this country since 1647. It is interesting to know that this first epidemic was brought here from Valencia, Spain. Since that time there have been numerous epidemics of the disease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic of influenza, starting somewhere in the Orient, spread first to Russia and thence over practically the entire civilized world. Three years later there was another flare-up of the disease. Both times the epidemic spread widely over the United States. "Although the present epidemic is called 'Spanish influenza,' there is no reason to believe that it originated in Spain. Some writers who have studied the question believe that the epidemic came from the Orient and they call attention to the fact that the Germans mention the disease, as occurring along the eastern front in the summer and fall of 1917." How can "Spanish influenza" be recognized? "There is as yet no certain way in which a single case of 'Spanish influenza' can be recognized. On the other hand, recognition is easy where there is a group of cases. In contrast to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs and colds, which usually occur in the forceful talking, and the like by one who already has the germs of the disease. They may also be carried about in the air in the form of dust coming from dried mucus, from coughing and sneezing, or from careless people who spit on the floor and on the sidewalk. As in most other catching diseases, a person who has only a mild attack of the disease himself may give a very severe attack to others." What should be done by those who catch the disease? "It is very important that every person who becomes sick with influenza should go home at once and go to bed. This will help keep away dangerous complications and will, at the same time, keep the patient from scattering the disease far and wide. It is highly desirable that no one be allowed to sleep in the same room with the patient. In fact, no one but the nurse should be allowed in the room. "If there is cough and sputum or running of the eyes and nose, care should be taken that all such discharges are collected on bits of gauze or rag or paper napkins and burned. If the patient complains of fever and headache, he should be given water to drink, a cold compress to the forehead and a light sponge. Only such medicine should be given as is prescribed by the doctor. It is foolish to ask the druggist to prescribe and may be dangerous to take the so-called 'safe', sure and harmless' remedies advertised by patent medicine manufacturers. "If the patient is so situated that he can be attended only by some one who must also look after others in the family, it is advisable that such attendant wear a wrapper, apron or gown over the ordinary house clothes while in the sick room and slip this off when leaving to look after the others. "Nurses and attendants will do well to guard against breathing in dangerous disease germs by wearing a simple fold of gauze or mask while near the patient." Will a person who has had influenza before catch the disease again? "It is well known that an attack of measles or scarlet fever or smallpox usually protects a person against another attack of the same disease. This appears not to be true of 'Spanish influenza.' According to newspaper reports the King of Spain suffered an attack of influenza during the epidemic thirty years ago, and was again stricken during the recent outbreak in Spain." How can one guard against influenza? "In guarding against disease of all kinds, it is important that the body be kept strong and able to fight off disease germs. This can be done by having a proper proportion of work, play and rest, by keeping the body well clothed, and by eating sufficient wholesome and properly selected food. In connection with diet, it is well to re-" Showing total quantity reported to them by dividing the value unit of quantity obtained. If the port price is desired utilizing the month's same process these annual or market price figures preceding periods barometer of average article in question. In nearly all of imported, 1918 avail stand at the top of prices dating fro as an example, o are drawn from m countries and represent division of the worlthe average import 54c per pound agn in 1917, 28c per po per pound in 1915. aged in 1918, 61c per p per pound in 1917, 1916 and 25c per per wool averaged in against 29c in 1917, 1916, 17c per pound. In copper, of which drawn from a dozen representing Europe America, Asia and price of the import form of pigs, ingot pound against 19.4 and 13.4c per pound practically doubled riod. Raw silk, silk-producing areas aged in 1918, $5.28 $4.61 per pound in 1916 and 1915. Raw sugar avera pound against 4.3c per pound in 1915 and 2c per drawn from every ing area of the wo fiscal year 1918, against 40.0c per p in 1916 and 32.4c in which imports 000,000 pounds, avound in 1918. Canada, Mexico, lands Argentina Africa and half countries, averages pound against 30.1916 and 17.3c in Goat skins, impo How can "Spanish influenza" be recognized? There is as yet no certain way in which a single case of 'Spanish influenza' can be recognized. On the other hand, recognition is easy where there is a group of cases. In contrast to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs and colds, which usually occur in the cold months, epidemics of influenza may occur at any season of the year. Thus the present epidemic rages most intensely in Europe in May, June and July. Moreover, in the case of ordinary colds, the general symptoms (fever, pain, depression) are by no means as severe or as sudden in their onset as they are in influenza. Finally, ordinary colds do not spread through the community so rapidly or so extensively as does influenza. In most cases a person taken sick with influenza feels sick rather suddenly. He feels weak, has pains in the eyes, ears, head or back, and may be sore all over. Many patients feel dizzy, some vomit. Most of the patients complain of feeling chilly, and with this comes a fever in which the temperature rises to 100 to 104. In most cases the pulse remains relatively slow. In appearance one is struck by the fact that the patient looks sick. His eyes and the inner side of his eyelids may be slightly 'bloodshot,' or 'congested,' as the doctors say. There may be running from the nose, or there may be some cough. These signs of a cold may not be marked; nevertheless the patient looks and feels very sick. In addition to the appearance and the symptoms as already described, examination of the patient's blood may aid the physician in recognizing 'Spanish influenza,' for it has been found "In guarding against disease of all kinds, it is important that the body be kept strong and able to fight off disease germs. This can be done by having a proper proportion of work, play and rest, by keeping the body well clothed, and by eating sufficient wholesome and properly selected food. In connection with diet, it is well to remember that milk is one of the best all-around foods obtainable for adults as well as children. So far as a disease like influenza is concerned, health authorities everywhere recognize the very close relation between its spread and overcrowded homes. While it is not always possible, especially in times like the present, to avoid such overcrowding, people should consider the health danger and make every effort to reduce the home overcrowding to a minimum. The value of fresh air through open windows cannot be over emphasized. When crowding is unavoidable, as in street cars, care should be taken to keep the face so turned as not to hale directly the air breathed out by another person. It is especially important to be aware of the person who coughs or sneezes without covering his mouth and nose. It also follows that one should keep out of crowds and stuffy places as much as possible, keep homes, offices and workshops well aired, spend some time out of doors each day, walk to work if at all practicable—in short, make every possible effort to breathe as much pure air as possible. In all health matters follow the advice of your doctor and obey the regulations of your local and state health officers." Cover up each cough and sneeze, if you don't you'll spread disease." FOREIGN TRADE RECORD World prices continue to advance. A compilation by the National City Bank of New York, showing the average import prices in the fiscal year 1918 of a large number of articles representing production in every section of the world, shows prices even higher than those of 1917, which in turn exceeded those of 1916, 1915, and the fiscal year 1914, all of which preceded the war. These average import price figures of the great articles of commerce are an exceptionally accurate method of measuring broadly the advance in world prices. The import price of each article brought into the country represents its selling value in the country from which exported to the United States. As the aggregate importation of any given article represents in most cases the product of several different countries and covers large numbers of importations through many ports of the United States, and extending through the entire year, the average annual import price based on these figures may be accepted as a reliable barometer of world prices in the article. The "average annual import prices" quoted by the bank in its discussion of this question are obtained by taking the entire importation for the entire fiscal year of the article in question showing total quantity and total value as reported to the custom house, and by dividing the quantity into stated value the average import price per unit of quantity for the entire year is obtained. If the average monthly import price is desired, it is obtained by utilizing the month's import figures by the same process. A comparison of these annual or monthly average import price figures with those of the preceding periods supplies an accurate barometer of average world prices in membered, the wholesale prices of the articles in the country from which exported to the United States. ORANGE COUNTY APPLES The Newport mesa is rapidly developing into one of the best apple districts on the Pacific coast, and the day is apparently not far distant when the Newport mesa apple will be classed with the Wenatchee and North Yakima, Wash., and Hood River, Ore., districts. Those who are interested in the culture of this great staple fruit should drive over to the Newport mesa and inspect the model orchards of Donald J. Dodge. Mr. Dodge resides on a high section of ground, just west of the Harper post office, and he has something that is worth going a long distance to see. Perhaps it is well to state that Mr. Dodge may not be entirely responsible for the unbounded success that he is attaining at fruit growing, as Mrs. Dodge is an energetic little woman who appears to be equally interested with her husband in the work about their splendid orchards. The Dodge apples are never sold to commission houses as it is said that the dealers want the fruit picked too green for first-class table use. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge test their apples for sugar contents as do the sugar factory representatives the beets before harvesting. Their fruit is sold direct to consumers who appreciate quality. Mr. Dodge is now growing Banana, White Winter Permain, Delicious and Bellefleur for the market. He has some other varieties, but they are not entirely satisfactory. He is specializing on Bananas and White Winter Permains, and has some of the finest four-year-old trees of these varieties that any one can hope to see anywhere. The Banana variety will be ready state board of control are in sympathy with the action taken by State Treasurer Richardson. The social insurance commission has held no public hearings since they were appointed. Little or nothing has been done in the way of investigating the need of a system of health insurance in this state, or of consulting interests who would be affected by such a system. Offices have been opened in San Francisco and in Los Angeles and a number of employees installed. Large sums have been spent for this and for railway travel, and the entire effort has been to promote and advocate the proposed amendment to our constitution, which is a different law from that which appropriated the money the commission is using. A bureau of publicity was established with the object of advocating the passage of the proposed amendment, and a great deal of money has been spent with newspapers and public organizations. The commission therefore has become one of advocacy rather than one of investigation. In other states where similar commissions have been appointed they have taken the ground that they were appointed for investigation only; and that if they appeared as proponents of the subject their investigations necessarily would be biased and would lose all value to the public. At a meeting of commissions of social insurance of a number of states, held in Cleveland, Ohio, in May of this year, this was very sharply brought out, some of the commissions stating that they would lose their usefulness if they appeared in public speeches and public writings as advocates of health insurance. The average citizen and voter will heartily agree with this attitude and will seriously object to the expenditure in California of the taxpayers' money for any purpose except that specified in the title of the act making the appropriation. showing total quantity and total value as reported to the custom house, and by dividing the quantity into stated value the average import price per unit of quantity for the entire year is obtained. If the average monthly import price is desired, it is obtained by utilizing the month's import figures by the same process. A comparison of these annual or monthly average import price figures with those of the preceding periods supplies an accurate barometer of average world prices in the article in question. In nearly all of the important articles imported, 1918 average price figures stand at the top of the ascending scale of prices dating from 1914. Take wool as an example, of which the imports are drawn from more than a score of countries and representing every grand division of the world; of clothing wool, the average import price in 1918 was 54c per pound against 36c per pound in 1917, 28c per pound in 1916 and 23c per pound in 1915. Combing wool averaged in 1918, 61c per pound against 39c per pound in 1917, 29c per pound in 1916 and 25c per pound in 1915. Carpet wool averaged in 1918, 40c per pound against 29c in 1917, 22c per pound in 1916, 17c per pound in 1915 and 1914. In copper, of which the imports were drawn from a dozen different countries representing Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa, the average price of the importation of 1918 in the form of pigs, ingots, etc., was 26.2c per pound against 19.4c per pound in 1916 and 13.4c per pound in 1915, being thus practically doubled in the four-year period. Raw silk, representing every silk-producing area of the world, averaged in 1918, $5.25 per pound against $4.61 per pound in 1917, $3.61 per pound in 1916 and $3.09 per pound in 1915. Raw sugar averaged in 1918, 4.8c per pound against 4.3c per pound in 1917, 3.7c per pound in 1916, 3.2c per pound in 1915 and 2c per pound in 1914. Tin, drawn from every available tin producing area of the world, averaged in the fiscal year 1918, 54.6c per pound against 40.0c per pound in 1917, 35.3c in 1916 and 32.4c in 1915. Mackerel, of which the imports of 1918 were 18,000,000 pounds, averaged 20.72 per pound in 1918 against 10.98c per pound in 1914. Cheese, drawn from Canada, Mexico, the West Indian Islands, Argentina, Australia, French Africa and half a dozen European countries, averaged in 1916, 41.6c per pound against 30.8c in 1917, 23.5c in 1916 and 17.3c in 1914. Goat skins, imported from a score of investing. Their fruit is sold direct to consumers who appreciate quality. Mr. Dodge is now growing Banana, White Winter Permain, Delicious and Bellefleur for the market. He has some other varieties, but they are not entirely satisfactory. He is specializing on Bananas and White Winter Permains, and has some of the finest four-year-old trees of these varieties that any one can hope to see anywhere. The Banana variety will be ready for picking in a short time, and those who would like to see these trees at their best should visit the orchard soon. Mr. Dodge has twenty acres in apples, fifteen being at their home and five acres a short distance east, upon which are growing 300 magnificent trees of the Banana variety, heavily laden with fruit of wonderful beauty and uniformity of size. About one-half the apples that originally set on these trees were thinned out when the fruit was quite small, which accounts for the large size and perfect quality of the remaining apples. Besides the increase in size occasioned by the thinning, the quality is improved on account of the spray falling over every apple on the tree, as no clusters are left when the thinning is done. FOOD VALUE OF NUTS. In Connection with the campaign for gathering nut shells for gas masks, it should be borne in mind that nuts are among the richest and most wholesome of our foods. Wherever possible the kernels of the native nuts should be added to the home supply of foods. The hard shells, not the husks, of black walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, Persian (English) walnuts, Japanese walnuts, and the seeds of such fruits as peaches, plums, prunes, apricots and olives are exceedingly useful in the making of carbon for gas masks: The shells of pecans and almonds cannot be used. Seven pounds of hard nut shells, of two hundred peach pits, will make enough carbon for one gas mask. Thousands of tons of coconut shells and shells of cohune nuts from tropical America, and carloads of fruit pits from the Pacific Coast are being used. Still the supply is not sufficient. Nuts which cannot readily be cracked, those which have become stale with age, or those which have failed to develop plump kernels should be turned over to the Red Cross. Black walnuts and butternuts which Ohio, in May of this year, this was very sharply brought out, some of the commissions stating that they would lose their usefulness if they appeared in public speeches and public writings as advocates of health insurance. The average citizen and voter will heartily agree with this attitude and will seriously object to the expenditure in California of the taxpayers' money for any purpose except that specified in the title of the act making the appropriation. The action of Mr. Richardson is to be commended and it is hoped that taxpayers generally will write him approving of his action and suggesting that a complete inquiry be made as to expenditures of this social insurance commission. Why offices should be rented and thousands of dollars paid for salaries, printed matter, railroad and hotel expenses is certainly a subject of valid inquiry. ORANGE COUNTY TAX ONE OF THE LOWEST Total Assessed Value of All Property in County is $81,678,936 Printed Sheets just received by County Assessor James Sleeper from State Controller J. C. Chambers show that but one county in the entire state of California has a tax rate for this year that is lower than the tax rate set by the Board of Supervisors for Orange county. Orange county's tax rate is $1.05 inside cities and $1.45 outside. San Luis Obispo has the same rate. Los Angeles county has a rate of 80 cents inside cities and $1.20 outside. When one looks down the columns of figures on the sheets and sees the tax rates in other counties, one realizes that the rate in this county is indeed exceptionally low. Here are a few of the rates: Alameda,$1.32 and $1.72; Amador,$1.60 and $2.; Butte,$2.45 and $2.90; Calaveras,$1.70 and $2.10; Contra Costa,$1.55 and $1.95; Fresno,$1.46 and $1.86; Imperial,$1.55 and $2.15; Kern,$1.35 and $1.65; Kings,$2 and $2.60; Madera,$1.75 and $2.10; Marlin,$1.37 and $1.75; Mendocino,$2.20 and $2.80; Riverside,$1.93 and $2.53; Sacramento,$1.56 and $2.16; San Bernardino,$1.80 and $2.19; San Diego,$1.89 and $2.59; San Francisco,$2.41; San Joaquin,$1.45 and $1.85; Santa Barbara,$1.90 and $2.50; Santa Clara,$1.50 and $1.92; Tulare,$1.80 and $2.40; Ventura,$2.35 and $2.65. The statistics given for Orange against 40.0c per pound in 1917, 38.3c in 1916 and 32.4c in 1915. Mackerel, of which the imports of 1918 were 18,000,000 pounds, averaged 20.72 per pound in 1918 against 10.98c per pound in 1914. Cheese, drawn from Canada, Mexico, the West Indian Islands, Argentina, Australia, French Africa and half a dozen European countries, averaged in 1916, 41.6c per pound against 30.8c in 1917, 23.5c in 1916 and 17.3c in 1914. Goat skins, imported from a score of countries, averaged in 1918, 41.6c per 1918 against 26.2c per pound in 1914. Cotton cloths drawn from Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Netherlands and Japan, were much higher, the average price of the unbleached being in 1918, 25.7c per yard against 9.5c per yard in 1916, while the figures of the month of February, 1918, were still higher than those of the full year, averaging for that month 49.9c per yard against the annual average of 25.7c per yard. Pig iron shows for 1918 an average of $119.42 per ton against $35.87 per ton in 1914, and bar iron in 1918, 5.3c per pound against an average of 1.9c per pound in 1915. Manilla hemp averaged in 1918, $353 per ton against $180 per ton in 1915; and flax in 1918, $1,037.71 per ton against $290.37 in 1914. In a few articles, very few, prices are lower. The average import price of the coffee brought into the country in 1918, and representing all the coffee-producing sections of the world, was 9c per pound against 11.1c per pound in 1914. Tobacco suitable for cigar wrappers was $1.21 per pound in 1918 against $1.28 per pound in 1914, while potatoes imported in June, 1918, averaged $1.02 per bushel against $2.27 per bushel in June, 1917. All of the above are, it should be retwo hundred peach pits, will make enough carbon for one gas mask. Thousands of tons of coconut shells and shells of cohune nuts from tropical America, and carloads of fruit pits from the Pacific Coast are being used. Still the supply is not sufficient. Nuts which cannot readily be cracked, those which have become stale with age, or those which have failed to develop plump kernels should be turned over to the Red Cross. Black walnuts and butternuts which are not to be cracked may be sent in without removing the outer husk. Arrangements of gathering and shipping nuts, nut shells and fruit pits can be made through the local Red Cross. MISSUSE OF STATE MONEY Last Friday, September 20, as reported in the Sacramento Bee and the Sacramento Union of the 21st, Mr. Richardson, state treasurer; held up one or more of the expense bills of the state social insurance commission on the ground that the commission was exceeding its authority in using the money of the state for propaganda and promotion work, when the money was appropriated for another purpose. Chapter 312 of the statutes of 1917 made an appropriation of $22,500.00 for the use of the social insurance commission in investigating and making a report to the next legislature on the subject of social insurance. A great share of this appropriation has been expended in advocating the adoption of an amendment to our state constitution—a totally different legislative enactment from that of chapter 312. It is understood that Mr. John S. Chambers, state controller and the Number of acres of land assessed—445,292. Value of real estate—$33,902,985. Value of improvements on real estate—$11,199,240. Value of personal property—$26,799,270. Money and solvent credits—$9010. Value of non-operative property—$71,910,605. Value of property assessed on operative roll—$4,991,705. Total value of property as returned by auditors—$76,902,310. Value of railroads as assessed by State Board of Equalization—$4,776,626. Grand total of all property—$81,678,936. Funded debt—$1,202,000. Total county indebtedness—$1,202,000. SOME HOSPITAL Manager Hale, of the Pacific Division, American Red Cross, writing from France, says one of the American base hospitals which he visited is so large the nurses have to make their rounds in it on bicycles. There are 20,000 beds in it. He Came Out of The Jaws of Death Alfred G. Anderson has just returned from Germany, bringing with him photographs of scenes and conditions which he witnessed. He tells of the crippled men and the hungry women and children. He was in danger of being shot as a spy. He was searched by Prussian officers. He brought back with him bills-of-fare from Berlin restaurants, ration cards, etc. These articles passed by the U. S. Government. They begin next Sunday in the Los Angeles Examiner Order YOUR copy Now H. A. NEFF, Anaheim Examiner delivered daily for 85c a month. H. A. NEFF, Anaheim Examiner delivered daily for 85c a month. School Shoes Now is the time to outfit the kiddies, big and little, with footwear for the coming winter. We’ve got just what they want. We carry the best, and the prices are the lowest. $2.00 and up According to size. Come in and make your selections now. JOE LAUTENBACH Cor. Lemon and Center AUTO OWNERS WARNED AGAINST TIRE THIEVES Protect Your Spares or Bid Them Good Bye Unusual activity on the part of the tire and accessory thief in all portions of Southern California is reported by Detective John Powell of the Theft Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Auto Club sleuth warns motorists to protect spare tires adequately or else bid the rubber fond adieu. The latest practice on the part of the crooks consists in driving a car with one or two spares several blocks from its parking place and helping themselves to whatever Auto Club now has seventeen branch offices in addition to a number of information bureaus. A number of Southern California motorists lose their cars each year because they have neglected to keep a record of part numbers and other peculiar marks of identification. The identification bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California, from main headquarters and the seventeen branches of the club, will gladly furnish to any owner, whether a member of the Auto Club or not, a special identification blank designed to balk the success of the thief who endeavors to disguise the cars which he steals. Unusual activity on the part of the tire and accessory thief in all portions of Southern California is reported by Detective John Powell of the Theft Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Auto Club sleuth warns motorists to protect spare tires adequately or else bid the rubber fond adieu. The latest practice on the part of the crooks consists in driving a car with one or two spares several blocks from its parking place and helping themselves to whatever movable property can be found on the machine; 34x4 tires are especially popular with the thieving gentry. Recently a pair of crooks succeeded in removing an expensive top from an automobile standing in the down-town district of Los Angeles, this feat accomplished in broad daylight. Much of the pilfering could be avoided if everyone would lock his car securely upon leaving it at the curb, many careless persons still persisting in leaving their keys in the lock. The Automobile Club of Southern California is requesting motorists to keep in mind the new "common sense" code of arm signals recently approved by the major motoring organizations of the state. The code reads as follows and is being used by all progressive drivers, arm extended upward—turn to the right; arm extended horizontally turn to the left; arm extended downward—slow down or stop without turning. The club house being built for the Santa Monica Bay District Branch of the Automobile Club of Southern California is about completed. Members of the Auto Club are urged to make themselves at home in this new branch office, located at Santa Monica, when driving in the bay district. The cause they have neglected to keep a record of part numbers and other peculiar marks of identification. The identification bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California, from main headquarters and the seventeen branches of the club, will gladly furnish to any owner, whether a member of the Auto Club or not, a special identification blank designed to balk the success of the thief who endeavors to disguise the cars which he steals. FEED COWS LEGUME HAY In co-operation with the extension department of Purdue University the United States Department of Agriculture last year made an investigation of the cost of producing milk in 16 dairy herds in Porter county, Indiana. In that study it was found that when other conditions were the same the dairymen who fed the largest quantity of clover, alfalfa, and other legume hays used 38 per cent less grain without lessening the production of their cows. That is, the dairymen who fed legume hay obtained as much milk from 62 pounds of grain as the others obtained from 100 pounds of grain. Such a saving is certainly worth while. Patriotism demands increased production; the high cost of living demands economical production; both those demands are met when all our good cows are kept, and when their milk flow is maintained at low cost. The Kaiser wants more territory—Let's give him hell! Yanks fight rain or shine. Don't let the weather interfere with your buying another bond.