anaheim-gazette 1919-01-09

ORANGE COUNTY WON'T DELAY SHIPPING CITRUS MEN DON'T AGREE WITH RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT RIVERSIDE MEETING DAMAGE IN COUNTY SLIGHT, NO JUSTIFICATION FOR DELAY IN PACKING FRUIT At a meeting of representative growers and shippers of fruit from all sections of the citrus belt held at Riverside immediately following the cold snap last week it was decided that frosted fruit should not be shipped out of California, and it was also agreed that no oranges or lemons should be sent to market for a period of two weeks. This would give ample time for detection of the damaged fruit. Reports from all sections of the citrus belt indicated that the loss was not great, being in the neighborhood of 5 per cent. Orange county growers and shipners however are not in accord with yet. Fruit on the north side may be as badly damaged as that on the south side. The damage will appear later. "From the observations and investigations I have made, I don't believe fruit in Orange county has been very hard hit, but I would not attempt at that time to make an estimate. I don't know that the north-side fruit will show up damaged—I hope it won't. If it doesn't, the injury in the county will be practically nil. "From the telegram I received from Deputy Commissioner Weldon, I can see that I will have to use my own judgment in passing on fruit now. Dry cells will not be in evidence so strongly now as later. When I find approximately that percentage of cells damaged, even though they are not dry, shipment will be stopped. One of the first symptoms of frost damage is the discoloration of cells—they change from a rich yellow to lemon yellow. Drying and puffing of the cells is another indication, but the latter do not show as quickly. "The state has put a law on the statute books for the purpose of protecting the reputation of the California citrus industry, and it is up to the various county commissioners to see that the law is enforced. I will do it here and I believe every other commissioner will do the same." JUMPED FROM SNOWDRIFTS INTO LAND OF FLOWERS Orange county growers and shippers, however, are not in accord with the resolution adopted at Riverside. The loss in this county from frost is very slight, and our citrus men are of opinion that it is not necessary to cease shipments at this time to determine the amount of frost damage. A conference of the growers and shippers was called by Horticultural Commissioner Morris which met at Orange Friday. A good attendance of association and independent shippers was present, and practically all the citrus acreage in the county was represented. While independents were the principal objectors to suspension of picking and packing for a couple of weeks some of the association men took the same position. No effort was made to introduce a resolution similar to that adopted by the Riverside growers and shippers, because the tenor of the sentiment of those who expressed themselves did not seem to warrant the introduction of such a resolution. Navels are all that are being shipped at this time. It will be some months before Valencias are ready for the market. Navels in Orange county are a very small percentage of the total orange crop, not being over ten per cent, or between 125 and 150 cars. For this reason, the attitude of this county with reference to non-shippings for the period of two weeks, will have no bad effect on the situation. The general plan of the shippers is to continue to pick and pack oranges grown on the inside of the trees and which were protected. It is the opinion that no ill effects on the market or reputation of the county will result from such procedure. Oranges on the outside of trees will not be picked for ten days or two weeks, or until such a time as it can definitely be decided whether they have been damaged or not. It will take a week or ten days for the damage to show up, as fruit cut at the present time may seem uninjured while in a few days' time broken cells will develop and dry up. County Horticultural Commissioner Earl Morris stated that it was his in- JUMPED FROM SNOWDRIFTS INTO LAND OF FLOWERS J. L. Troutman and Family Arrive Here From Iowa Sunday J. L. Troutman and family arrived in Anaheim Sunday evening from South English, Iowa, and expect to make their home here. When they left Iowa several days ago the thermometer registered six degrees below zero. They took the Southern Pacific route in order to escape the winter weather of the Middle West, but down in Southern Texas, near El Paso, their train was blockaded several hours with snowdrifts. They finally ploughed through, however, and landed in California, the land of perpetual summer. Here they found vegetation green, trees laden with golden fruit, beautiful flowers in bloom, gardens flourishing, birds singing, busy bees humming and the thermometer pointing to good old summer weather. Mr. Troutman visited Anaheim four years ago. He was so pleased with the city and its surroundings that he could not forget it, consequently some months ago he requested his father to purchase a residence for him here. Dad found a suitable place on Emily street, and in this the young man and his family will make their home. Their farm in Iowa has been leased, but it is not probable they will ever care to return to it. CITRUS INSTITUTE FOR ORANGE COUNTY Dr. H. J. Webber is to Direct Program of Growers at the Convention The Citrus Fruit Institute, at which leading experts on culture and other problems of the industry, will deliver lectures, will be held in San Bernardino in conjunction with the Ninth National Orange Show, to take place at San Bernardino February 14 to 23. Dr. H. J. Webber, dean of the citrus experiment station at Riverside, has accepted the position of chairman of the convention, and will at once arrange the program. There will be no other citrus convention held in other indication, but the latter do not show as quickly. "The state has put a law on the statute books for the purpose of protecting the reputation of the California citrus industry, and it is up to the various county commissioners to see that the law is enforced. I will do it here and I believe every other commissioner will do the same." The complete cost of managing has already been calculated and there will be no need when the building is finished. The equipment is known to packers of the labor-saving equipices which are to be built in large cement steps patterned after one of these missions and the design. Fronting on the map as it does, the new park attracts a great deal of the travellers who pass city, and this idea was when the directors of this institution drew up the special structure. The association will management of G. W. has built up the reputations from nothing to highest in the country time, and who was one of the famous Supreme Court justices has been owed construction of the new would add to the convenience of the plant. Of the building where celved from the wagon been provided and a car will be installed which reputation of the county will result from such procedure. Oranges on the outside of trees will not be picked for ten days or two weeks, or until such a time as it can definitely be decided whether they have been damaged or not. It will take a week or ten days for the damage to show up, as fruit cut at the present time may seem uninjured while in a few days' time broken cells will develop and dry up. County Horticultural Commissioner Earl Morris stated that it was his intention to enforce the letter the law with reference to the shipping of frozen fruit. He wired State Commissioner Hecke for definite interpretation of the regulations covering the point. Morris and his five deputies will keep close tab on shipments and will condemn any fruit that does not come up to the standard. The state commissioner has been asked for an interpretation in order that there may be a standard to which all commissioners may work. The county commissioner and his deputy have full power to condemn and stop the shipment of fruit that does not come up to the standard. Morris and his deputies conferred on the matter and when time comes for action they will work to a uniform standard and will exercise the utmost care to see that fruit that will injure the reputation of the county is not put on the market. The deputy for the Anaheim district is S. S. Collins. "I have been cutting open oranges right along," said Morris. "I find that oranges on the south side of trees, where the sun strikes them, show the injury more than those on the north side. The quick thawing of fruit brings the injury to the surface quicker than does slow thawing. If there is any frozen fruit on the north side of the trees it does not show perceptibly as The Citrus Fruit Institute, at which leading experts on culture and other problems of the industry, will deliver lectures, will be held in San Bernardino in conjunction with the Ninth National Orange Show, to take place at San Bernardino February 14 to 23. Dr. H. J. Webber, dean of the citrus experiment station at Riverside, has accepted the position of chairman of the convention, and will at once arrange the program. There will be no other citrus convention held in the state this winter. The program will occupy two days, to be designated later. Dr. Webber is now arranging the program and selecting the speakers. There will be various topics of vital importance to citrus fruit growers which will be under discussion during the session. The growers participating in the session will have an opportunity to study the citrus fruits which are awarded the high honors at the Orange show. NOTICE OF MEETING OF ORANGE COUNTY IOWA ASSOCIATION Having conferred with the ballance of the officers of the association, we have agreed upon Saturday, January 18, 1919, as the date for holding our picnic, in the Birch Park at Santa Ana. Bring your baskets filled well and come with a good, broad Iowa smile. From 10 to 12 o'clock will be the visiting time and get acquainted; at noon our picnic dinner. Then afternoon will be given up to a business meeting with speaking and music. T. L. Baxter, formerly editor of the Brea Progress, has been at the Anaheim sanitarium for the past two weeks, having recently been operated upon. He is slowly regaining his health. Nothing has been done on construction of the new would add to the convenience of the plant. Of the building where received from the wagon been provided and a door will be installed which boxes of fruit from trucks to the basement washing and drying located. The same one the empty boxes to where they are again trucks without loss of On the south side we discharged for shipment kets, an arrangement out whereby five freight loaded at one time was city of moving them once spotted. All of these materially to the efficiency of the house. The sweating room located in the basement departments where done, leaving nothing sorting and packing departments on the map. The comfort of the c been overlooked in either. Rest rooms have been provided with veniences of home and been well provided for. The front end of tains all the general rectors' room and cascade of a banking room. It is expected that it will be reday to pack AHEIM GAZETT Anaheim, California, Thursday, January 9, 1919 RAPID PROGRESS ON PACKING HOUSE HOME OF ANAHEIM'S NEW CITRUS ASSOCIATION WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH HAS A CAPACITY OF ONE THOUSAND CARS WITH PROVISION FOR ENLARGEMENT Within a couple of months Anaheim will be the seat of the most beautiful packing house in Orange county, and possibly in the entire citrus belt. The walls are rapidly being built now, and some time in March it will be completed and ready to handle the big Valencia crop which will be marketed by the stockholders of the Anaheim Orange & Lemon Association, owner of the new building. Its capacity is 1000 cars, and this season, the first of the association's history, it is estimated that 700 cars will be shipped. It is fitting that this beautiful house should be built in the frostless belt, in the heart of the most Valencia district and in the city. dle of March. Mr. Sandilands stated that the building was now ahead of schedule and that there is no doubt but that it will be completed on time. WILLIAMS ON BENCH Monday morning Orange county's new superior judge, R. Y. Williams, appointed by Gov. Stephens to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Judge Thomas to the appellate bench, sat upon the bench for the first time. The case was a juvenile action, involving a minor Mexican girl, and was soon disposed of. Judge Williams still speaks with a husky voice as the result of a severe cold contracted last week as he was returning from Wichita Falls, Texas. "Wichita Falls is in an oil boom," said he. "'Rainbow's End' that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post two or three weeks ago describes the conditions. The place is full of men. There aren't beds or rooms enough to go around. A man gets out of bed and another takes his place, day or night. Many sleep in chairs in the hotel. I finished my business there as quickly as possible, and started home in a blizzard. Engines would run awhile and then stop. Engines all seemed to be out of order—government control. Water would run down on the fire and put it out. The whole train would get bitterly cold. The engine would fire up, and we would go on again, until some BEACHITES WILL NOT OPPOSE SEWER MERELY WANT TO RESTRAIN IN-LAND CITIES FROM CREATING A NUISANCE ARMISTICE DECLARED AT JOINT MEETING OF COAST AND IN-LAND COMMITTEEMEN And now comes members of the South Coast Improvement Association, representing the city governments of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, with the declaration that the coast line residents have no intention of opposing the proposal of the inland cities to carry their sewage to the ocean. The beachites merely want a strangle-hold on the situation in order that, should the inlanders attempt to dump unsepticized and objectionable matter into their back yards where is would prove a nuisance, they could choke it off and protect themselves. As the inlanders recognize the justice of this contention it is probable that an agree- possibly in the entire citrus belt. The walls are rapidly being built now, and some time in March it will be completed and ready to handle the big Valencia crop which will be marketed by the stockholders of the Anaheim Orange & Lemon Association, owner of the new building. Its capacity is 1000 cars, and this season, the first of the association's history, it is estimated that 700 cars will be shipped. It is fitting that this beautiful house should be built in the frostless belt, in the heart of the great Valencia district, and in the town that ships the finest oranges in the world to the Eastern markets. It will be two full stories, giving the most floor space of any packing house in the county and will be of the old mission style of architecture and constructed of hollow tile blocks with a plastered exterior. The front on South Los Angeles street will be of attractive designs with two towers on either side of the main entrance which is very pretentious with large cement steps. The front is patterned after one of California's old missions and the deception is complete. Fronting on the main thoroughfare as it does, the new packing house will attract a great deal of attention from the travellers who pass through the city, and this idea was carried in mind when the directors of the new association drew up the specifications for the structure. The complete cost of the new building has already been completely raised and there will be no debts to pay off when the building is finished. The equipment is the most modern known to packers of fruit. Some of the labor-saving equipment and devices which are to be installed will not be found in any other packing house in the country as they are of very recent design. Everything to cut the cost of the handling of the fruit has been provided, which speaks a great deal for the enterprise and forethought of the local growers. The association will be under the management of G. W. Sandilands, who built up the reputation of the Valencias from nothing ten years ago to the highest in the country at the present time, and who was the originator of the famous Supreme brand. Nothing has been overlooked in the construction of the new house which would add to the convenience or efficiency of the plant. On the north side of the building where the fruit is received from the wagons, a shelter has been provided and a conveyor system will be installed which will carry the There aren't beds or rooms enough to go around. A man gets out of bed and another takes his place, day or night. Many sleep in chairs in the hotel. I finished my business there as quickly as possible, and started home in a blizzard. Engines would run awhile and then stop. Engines all seemed to be out of order—government control. Water would run down on the fire and put it out. The whole train would get bitterly cold. The engine would fire up, and we would go on again, until something else happened. It took ten hours to go 112 miles. I caught the worst cold I ever had." Judge Williams has appointed Mrs. Birdle Swanwick, of Orange, as his office stenographer. She has been assistant chief clerk at the local exemption board. When Eugene Stanley, who is with the Grizzlies, returns, he will be court reporter for Judge Williams' department, No. 2. EXCHANGE GRILL DOES FLOURISHING BUSINESS Visitors Find It Convenient Place to Lunch and Rest Whatever else it may have or may not have accomplished the bone dry ordinance has worked considerable change in the appearance of the room formerly occupied by the Exchange Bar at 120 West Center street. The room has been leased by Fritz Kluewer, who has transformed it by repairing and refitting, and turned it into a grill. Tables and comfortable seats have been installed, and the proprietor is making it especially attractive to the ladies. There is a ladies' rest room in connection with the place, something that has long been needed in Anaheim, and as it is located in the heart of the business center, it will prove very convenient. Persons coming into town to trade and who are in need of refreshments will find everything first-class at the Exchange Grill. Short order lunches will be served promptly and drinks of all kinds can be had—that is drinks that cheer but do not inebriate. It is the intention of the proprietor to give his customers the best that can be procured. GOT COLD FEET The story of a movie "dare-devil" who didn't dare, and a Newport Beach fisherman who saved the day for an Armenian relief picture being made by The Selig company, is being related with the declaration that the coast line residents have no intention of opposing the proposal of the inland cities to carry their sewage to the ocean. The beachites merely want a strangle-hold on the situation in order that, should inlanders attempt to dump unsepticized and objectionable matter into their back yards where is would prove a nuisance, they could choke it off and protect themselves. As the inlanders recognize the justice of this contention it is probable that an agreement will be reached between the two factions and there will be no obstacle in the way of building a joint outfall sewer to the sea. City officials of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach met with the intercity committee at Santa Ana Friday night, and after the attitude of the beach cities was made clear it was believed that an amicable agreement could be reached without any difficulty. Lew Wallace, of Newport, was spokesman for his party and explained the situation as follows: "There seems to have been some misunderstanding as to the position of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach," he said. "Our attitude is not inimical to the project. Our cities are pleasure resorts and it is our duty to protect them against anything that might be objectionable and that might work a hardship on them. "We realize that the ocean is the natural outlet for sewage, but we must keep our eyes open and see that it is handled correctly. We have no objection to scepticized sewage. We want to protect ourselves and see that a disagreeable odor does not arise or that disagreeable deposits of raw sewage are made along the beach. "We have had no such experience since Santa Ana has been dumping her sewage into the ocean. But we have had our beach littered with beet pulp from the sugar factory. "We do not doubt for a moment that the men of the present boards of Trustees of the four cities would look to every detail with reference to the proper treatment of sewage. We want to protect ourselves against future boards. The time may come twenty or twenty-five years hence when the contemplated system will be inadequate to the requirements of the cities." "Negligent boards—men who might give economy precedence over our interest—might not be so scrupulous as the boards of today. It might be they disregard our rights and dump raw sewage on our beach rather than incur the additional expense that required us to enrol or in- Nothing has been overlooked in the construction of the new house which would add to the convenience or efficiency of the plant. On the north side of the building where the fruit is received from the wagons, a shelter has been provided and a conveyor system will be installed which will carry the boxes of fruit from the wagons and trucks to the basement where the washing and drying rooms are to be located. The same conveyor returns the empty boxes to the platform, where they are again loaded on the trucks without loss of time. On the south side where the fruit is discharged for shipment to the markets, an arrangement has been figured out whereby five freight cars can be loaded at one time without the necessity of moving them after they are once spotted. All of these features add materially to the efficiency and output of the house. The sweating room for lemons is located in the basement, as are all the departments where mussy work is done, leaving nothing but the clean sorting and packing and managerial departments on the main floor. The comfort of the employees has not been overlooked in this new building either. Rest rooms for the women have been provided with all the conveniences of home and the men have been well provided for. The front end of the building contains all the general offices and the directors' room and carries the appearance of a banking room. It is expected that the new building will be reday to pack fruit by the mid- GOT COLD FEET The story of a movie "dare-devil" who didn't dare, and a Newport Beach fisherman who saved the day for an Armenian relief picture being made by the Selig company, is being related with much gusto. The "dare-devil," representing an Armenian girl escaping from a band of cruel Turks, was supposed to ride his horse down a steep bank at Balboa Palisades, leap off the horse and dive off a high rock into the bay. Then he was to swim back to the point where the "hero" was to rescue his "Armenian darling" from the waves and the Turk. But at this point the "dare-devil" took a deep look into the swirling waters about the devil's blow hole, and his heart failed him. Then it was that Harry Johnson, a fisherman living at Balboa, volunteered to make the dangerous leap, and after being dolled up as an Armenian lassie, furnished the camera with another thriller, completing the film, which is to be rushed to New York for use in the relief campaign. The waters and shores of Newport Bay are popular with the movie folk, and many are the outdoor stunts pulled off here to furnish amusement and entertainment for theater attendants all over the world. Theodore C. Kistner, the San Diego architect, was in town for a few hours Friday calling on his old acquaintances. He was on his way from San Diego to Long Beach. "Weegligent boards—men who might give economy precedence over our interest—might not be so scrupulous as the boards of today. It might be they would disregard our rights and dump raw sewage on our beach rather than incur the additional expense that would be required to enlarge or increase the septic tanks for the proper treatment of sewage. We want to be in position under an agreement where we could say to such a council that you remedy the defect at once and abate the nuisance, else we will rescind our contract. We don't want to have to take such a matter before the State Board of Health because of the long delay that would be occasioned by the course such procedure would have to take." My idea would be for us to take some step to protect ourselves against some council running over us in the future. I would encourage the joint outfall rather than throw anything in its way, and protection for the future is all we ask, and it seems to me that proposition would best be afforded by incorporation of the strip, under which we would have a written agreement and under which we could protect ourselves against possible negligent boards of the future." Trustee French of Huntington Beach expressed the opinion of his city by stating that his people had no desire to block the wheels of progress in Orange county, and if the sewage was handled right nothing would be thrown in the way of the plan. Other members of the councils of both cities expressed themselves as favorable to tha WILL PURPOSE ESTRAIN INCREATING D AT JOINT AND INEEMEN sewer project provided the sewage was properly treated. Representatives of the councils of the four cities gave assurance that everything possible would be done to prevent the possibility of complaint coming from the beach cities. J. P. Greeley then introduced the following resolution which was seconded by Wallace and duly passed: "Resolved, that in view of the assurances here given by the representatives of the cities of Fullerton, Anaheim, Orange and Santa Ana as to the method of construction and method of use of the proposed outfall sewer and treatment of the sewage, that Newport Beach and Huntington Beach offer no objection to the proposed plan." CITRUS MARKET The Fruit World says: The after-holiday market on California navel oranges has held up in splendid shape. The trade are keeping the tracks closely cleaned up and the situation is pleasing to all concerned. F. o. b. quotations on Southern California navels continue to range from $4.00 to $4.50, according to district and a satisfactory volume of business is reported on that basis. At the present time, the extent of the damage by the cold weather is the main topic throughout the trade and it will be several weeks before shippers know definitely just where they stand. PERPETUAL CARE IN SIGHT FOR CEMETERY SUFFICIENT MONEY SUBSCRIBED TO START THE WORK, BUT IT IS NOT YET COLLECTED ELECTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF NEW BY-LAWS WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15 On Wednesday, January 15, the Anaheim Cemetery Association will hold an election for the purpose of adopting a new set of by-laws. The election will be held at the office of H. V. Weisel in the Golden State bank building, but most probably most of the votes will be cast by proxy. It is stated, however, that proxies are coming in slowly, indicating that probably a large number of lot owners prefer to attend and vote personally. Should the office prove too small to accommodate those who attend, a larger room will be secured in which to hold the meeting. The present board of trustees is composed of A. G. Langenberger, chair- the coast line of opposition and cities to the ocean. The strangle-hold that should dump unmanable matter there is would choke it less. As the injustice of this that an agreement between the two faces no obstacle in joint outfall. Port Beach and with the inter-Ana Friday attitude of the ear it was be-agreement at any difficult Newport, was and explained been some the position of Huntington attitude is not Our cities are our duty to anything that and might ocean is the but we must see that it is have no obsewage. We and see that is not arise or uses of raw sew-beach. each experience in dumping her But we have with beet pulp or a moment present boards of trees would look reference to the age. We want against future come twenty once when the will be inade-ness of the cities. men who might be over our inscrupulous as might be they rights and dump which rather than expense that warrants or in The trade are keeping the tracks closely cleaned up and the situation is pleasing to all concerned. F. o. b. quotations on Southern California navels continue to range from $4.00 to $4.50, according to district and a satisfactory volume of business is reported on that basis. At the present time, the extent of the damage by the cold weather is the main topic throughout the trade and it will be several weeks before shippers know definitely just where they stand. There is no question but that there has been considerable damage to fruit from the cold of the last few nights. It is impossible to get any idea of the extent of it, but the temperatures reported one night or another from nearly all districts were sufficiently low to cause damage. It would appear that the conditions were different from 1913 and that temperatures were generally higher on the higher lands and not as low in general as in 1913. The situation is bound to make good fruit valuable and except for that now in the houses, there should be no reason why any fruit should be shipped until the extent of the damage is apparent. Government and State laws are inactive against shipping frosted fruit. Poorly equipped groves and those in which there was no heating, caught the brunt of the blow. Groves located in the lowest points of the valleys and those in the most exposed places were hardest hit. Foothill fruit escaped in most cases. Shippers will not experience such difficulty in handling damaged fruit this year as they encountered in 1913, when the water separator was first brought into use. The exact extent of the damage will not be fully determined for from three to five weeks. The navel crop in Tulare county is practically all shipped. The remaining fruit consists of Valenglas. Orange county experienced temperatures as low as 22 degrees above. Just what effect this has had on late Valenglas is impossible to estimate at this time. The market on California lemons is generally lower. The trade have been kept supplied with stock up to this time to take care of their entire wants and California shippers have had the situation practically to themselves. There are only 30,000 boxes of foreign lemons available for sale within the next thirty days, of which 17,000 boxes are scheduled to sell this week. Lemon groves have been hurt most held at the office of H. V. Weisel in the Golden State bank building, but most probably most of the votes will be cast by proxy. It is stated, however, that proxies are coming in slowly, indicating that probably a large number of lot owners prefer to attend and vote personally. Should the office prove too small to accommodate those who attend, a larger room will be secured in which to hold the meeting. The present board of trustees is composed of A. G. Langenberger, chairman; Henry Hetebrink, Mrs. R. H. Seale, Joe Wagner, Joseph M. Carroll, H. V. Weisel and H. V. Keallher, with M. Nebelung as secretary. This board has been doing excellent work during the past year in promoting the perpetual care plan. More than sufficient money has been subscribed during the past year for the purpose, and a campaign to collect it is being inaugurated. Twelve thousand dollars will be sufficient to begin with, and the directors believe this sum can be secured. Every person in Anaheim is interested in this movement and should help the board whether he owns a lot or not. Lot owners also should remember that their stock is non-assessable, and no further payment will ever be required of them. Their lots will be kept in excellent condition for all time without costing them a dollar, and they will have the satisfaction of knowing that the lots will always be cared for should they be unable to personally attend to the matter. Regarding the election to be held on Friday next the trustees have issued the following: About four years ago the by-laws of the Cemetery Association were either lost or stolen, and you will realize the importance of calling a special meeting of the lot owners to adopt new by-laws, so that the Cemetery Association may be preserved, and its legal continuation assured. The directors, after a good deal of effort, have succeeded in compiling a list of the lot owners. In order to adopt new by-laws, the law requires a two-thirds vote of all members owning lots not less than ten feet by twenty feet. Owners of lots of smaller dimension have no vote. In view of this fact you will understand how important it is that the vote of every proper member should be obtained. The board of trustees are gradually overcoming the great obstacles that lay in the way of improving and putting the cemetery on a firm and permanent footing. Upon adoption of new by-laws such rules and regulations will be put in force, as will be We want to come twenty once when the will be inadees of the cities. When who might be over our inscrupulous as might be they rights and dump both rather than expense that enlarge or infor the proper We want to be agreement where a council that at once and we will re-don't want to better before the because of the be occasioned procedure would For us to take ourselves against over us in therage the joint new anything in for the future aims to me that best be afford-the strip, under written agree-we could propossible neglige." Antington Beach of his city by had no desire progress in Orde sewage was could be thrown. Other mem-both cities ex-favorable to the The market on California lemons is generally lower. The trade have been kept supplied with stock up to this time to take care of their entire wants and California shippers have had the situation practically to themselves. There are only 30,000 boxes of foreign lemons available for sale within the next thirty days, of which 17,000 boxes are scheduled to sell this week. Lemon groves have been hurt most by the cold. The button size lemons are dropping off and growers believe that the 10,000 carload lemon crop will be reduced by dropping during the next few weeks. California was in position this season to take charge of the entire needs of the country for lemons and shippers were prepared to push the sale of California lemons as never before. The lemon crop in the Santa Barbara district came through the cold wave unharmed, according to reports from growers in the Carpinteria, Montecito and Goleta districts. Many other districts saved their fruit by heavy smudging. The San Fernando district came through in fine shape. The extent of the damage is impossible to determine this early. W. S. S. AGENTS Of interest to all agencies representing the United States government in the sale of War Savings Stamps, is the following statement pertaining to the status of these authorized agents for this new year. "Sales agents of the first class and cash agents of the second class, duly appointed for the sale of War Savings Certificates and War Savings Certificate Stamps, Series of 1918, may act as such agents, respectively, for the sale of such certificates and stamps, series 1919, without further applications, and they will, by the receipt or sale of War Savings Certificates or War Savings Certificate Stamps, Series of 1919, or by the receipt or sale of United States Thrift Stamps after December 31, 1918, be conclusively presumed to have assented to all the terms and provisions thereof." This ruling from Washington interpreted by State Director G. A. Davidson, means that all authorized agents for 1918 automatically renew their appointments for the year 1919 by the receipt or sale of War Savings securities of the current issue.