anaheim-gazette 1919-02-27

OLIVE SCHOOL BONDS OFFERED FOR SALE Supervisors Order Plans Prepared For Paving W. Broadway Outside City The clerk was directed to advertise for bids for the sale of $12,000 bouls of the Olive school district, bids to be opened March 18, 1919, at 11 A. M., as required by law. Application of Nathan Robbins to lay a pipe line across the county road on North Batavia street, was granted. Hearing on the petition of S. W. Pri e. et al., for county road in the second road district, was continued to March 5, 1919, at 10 A. M. Bids were opened for improvement of Edinger street in the fifth road district, and the contract awarded to Wells & Bressler for $8,831.65. Hearing of the amended report of the harbor commission for the improvement of Newport harbor was set for March 18, 1919, at 2 P. M. The easement from the Pacific Electric Railway Company on Buena Vista street on La Habra line was accepted. E. H. Paddock was appointed horticultural deputy, and Geo. W. Wardwell was appointed inspector and superintendent of rodent control, their salaries being fixed at $5 per day. Hearing on the application of Highway Transportation Company for permit to operate an express and freight transportation line between Los Angeles and Santa Ana, was continued to March 5, 1919, at 2 P. M. The county clerk was directed to advertise for bids for re-surfacing Los Alamitos road in the second road district, bids to be opened March 18, 1919, at 11 A. M., as required by law. The purchasing agent was authorized to purchase 5000 good road circulars. PIERCE FOUND GUILTY, GETS LIFE SENTENCE Slayer of Mrs. C. H. Frazier Barely Escapes Hanging Marshall A. Pierce, on trial in superior court last week for the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. C. H. Frazier, at her home near Orange, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, the jury fixing the penalty at life imprisonment. The jury was out from 1:35 Thursday afternoon until 2:12 the following morning, ten of them favoring the death penalty and two contending for life imprisonment. Pierce nursed a grievance against his mother-in-law because she refused to sign over her property to his wife. While intoxicated one night he went to her home with the evident intention of killing her. He shot her in the presence of his wife without preliminary words, then fired a bullet into his own head. Mrs. Frazier was brought to Anaheim sanitarium where she died several days later. Pierce was taken to the county hospital. His wound was not serious. There were a number of unusual features in the trial of this case. Neither of the two persons now living who were present when the shooting occurred was placed upon the stand, and the dying statement of Mrs. Frazier was not presented. Under the law, neither Pierce nor Mrs. Pierce could be called by the prosecution, and neither was called by the defense. Mrs. Frazier had made a statement after she was shot, but the wording of it was such that it could not be admitted as evidence in the trial of the case. COTTON AS INDEX Experiments which conducted in all parts of Valley have apparently fact that cotton is an growing as an intercrop orchards and vineyard. Disastrous results extensive plantings of lilies in the citrus district; who were attracted by almost without except investments for seed, tion a complete loss; suits were, for the most enforced by owners of had attempted to same. On the other hand hardly a reported fall as an intercrop from San Joaquin Valley to J. E. Krause, a Dinky yard owner, planted an intercrop in his vine which was put in on matured November 30th a very high grade pounds, the crop being nature, and received little and seed. In the Sanger district son put in long-staple with his fifteen-acre which the trees are He picked 13,000 pound being ginned. The crop one sufficiently profit young grove until it making on its own accl. Growers who have complete success of the San Joaquin Valley practice to put in three between vines, where latter are twelve fives ample room for the same time the you- HEAVY EXPENDITURE FOR NEW HIGHWAYS United States Will Spend $300,000,000 During the Year About $300,000,000 will be put into road building this year, according to estimates by experts of the department of agriculture, submitted to the division of public works and construction development of the department of labor. It is estimated that about half this amount will go to labor. The $300,000,000 of construction estimated will not be sufficient to make up deferred war construction, it is believed, for normally the amount spent on roads in the United States is not far below $300,000,000, and during war times road building came almost to a stop in many localities. Estimates prepared for the following states are considered accurate within 1 or 2 per cent, according to officials of the department of agriculture: Maine ..... $1,500,000 Rhode Island ..... 90,000 Connecticut ..... 4,000,000 New York ..... 12,000,000 New Hampshire ..... 175,000 Kentucky ..... 1,500,000 Alabama ..... 1,000,000 West Virginia ..... 16,000,000 Illinois ..... 9,000,000 Iowa ..... 15,574,000 Louisiana ..... 4,674,000 Texas ..... 20,000,000 Nebraska ..... 1,657,899 North Dakota ..... 3,000,000 Wyoming ..... 653,000 Colorado ..... 3,900,000 California ..... 20,000,000 Arizona ..... 900,000 Nevada ..... 1,148,850 Idaho ..... 1,000,000 New Jersey, Maryland and Montana are expected to make considerable expenditures on roads this year. SOUTHLAND'S QUOTA Southern California's war savings quota for 1919, it is announced by State Director G. A. Davidson, will approximate a total of $17,981,120 assigned to this district last year. He picked 13,000 pounds being ginned. The crew one sufficiently profited young grove until it made on its own acclimatization. Growers who have complete success of the San Joaquin Valley practice to put in three between vines where latter are twelve feet gives ample room for the same time the young grove edited by the shade can system, about fifteen the acre will be redeciduous trees the four rows of cotton. Early sowing is the as all varieties require season for the highest the consequent highley districts the seer normal seasons, put Thorough irrigation the soil is essential must be moist. Theinate in about seven sixty to eight inches should be thinned our careful cultivation she narrowest shoveler so set as to the slightly about the cultivation should be noous to provide a good conservation of the after the first one should be comparation is most effecttween the rows, using for a thorough soaking with very as soon as condition permit. Cultivation used at intervals untimely matured. Cotton has severely by-product to the or not the least of which it is not damaged by nary California wean will stand a great latitude provided they are followed by the Thus far there have which have caused Finally it requires care and no equipment afforded by the aver EVIDENTLY THE FLU GOT THIS MAN'S GOAT Eminent Jurist Rambling in Mind Like "Nobody Home" That the end of the world is at hand for a vast proportion of the people of the earth and that the second coming of Christ and the millennium with its thousand years of peace, will quickly follow, are the convictions of Judge H. T. Dewhirst, who retired from the superior court bench of San Bernardino county January 6. On retiring from the bench, Judge Dewhirst filed and ordered placed on the records of the court a long pronunciation containing many passages from the Bible. At that time he refused to explain what he meant. Since then he has consistently refused to have his hair cut or face shaved, has quit the practice of law and has devoted his time to drawing Biblical charts in support of his theory that the millennium is at hand. He declares the wave of influenza is the beginning of a new series of plague to last seven years, after which the coming of the Lord will usher in the thousand years of peace. Discussing his pronunciamento filed when he retired from the superior bench, he declared that it was but a prelude to his preaching, and that he filed it to make some official record of his revelations as a commencement to his new career. Study of influenza epidemic indicates a third wave of the disease is imminent in California, says a warning the state board of health sent to county and city health officials. Early isolation of suspected cases was urged. Five hundred cases were reported to the state board during the past week as against 1500 the week previous. SOUTHLAND'S QUOTA Southern California's war savings quota for 1919, it is announced by State Director G. A. Davidson, will approximate a total of $17,000,000 as against $21,981,120 assigned to this district last year. This $17,000,000 to be raised in Southern California by the sale of war savings stamps and certificates this year will be pro rated among the nine southern counties. While definite figures are not yet available, it is estimated that Los Angeles city and county will be given a quota for 1919 of an approximate $12,000,000, or about three million dollars less than that for last year, with other counties having a proportionate amount. The treasury department in the campaign for 1919 has planned for monthly quotas, each of which will be for an increased amount, with December as the maximum quota for the year. Following are the monthly quotas assigned by the government to the 12th federal reserve district, of which J. K. Lynch is governor: January ... $4,200,000 February ... 4,800,000 March ... 5,400,000 April ... 6,600,000 May ... 6,600,000 June ... 7,200,000 July ... 7,800,000 August ... 8,400,000 September ... 9,600,000 October ... 10,800,000 November ... 12,000,000 December ... 13,200,000 This gives a total of $96,000,000 for the 12th federal reserve district, while the aggregate for the entire country is $1,600,000,000. MORE AUTOCHRONIC Julius Barnes, he ministration's Grail asked Congress, thru riculture Committee powers to Mr. Wilson making effective a guaranteed price for crop. He asked for an least $1,000,000,000 borrow more if necessary and property of the and authority to land and wheat produce abroad for cash or credit. He also asked the given import and exports authority to storage facilities to millers and elec exchange trading preferential rail services and stealing cereals to re-abroad. If there are any left out, we fail to collect. If this sort of Wilson will have that will make those look like thirty cents. Two items in this have close connection side by side. Onecence of interest in America. The Belgium alone 17 orchards have been France 500,000 f... COTTON AS INTERCROP Experiments which have been conducted in all parts of the San Joaquin Valley have apparently established the fact that cotton is an ideal product for growing as an intercrop for young orchards and vineyards. Disastrous results followed the extensive plantings of beans, especially in the citrus district, where growers who were attracted by the high prices almost without exception found their investments for seed, labor and irrigation a complete loss. Equally poor results were, for the most part, experienced by owners of olive groves who had attempted to same crop. On the other hand there has been hardly a reported failure with cotton as an intercrop from one end of the San Joaquin Valley to the other. J. E. Krause, a Dinuba district vineyard owner, planted long-staple as an intercrop in his vineyard, and seed which was put in on May 30 was fully matured November 30. The lint was of a very high grade. He picked 1325 pounds, the crop being experimental in nature, and received $160 net for the lint and seed. In the Sanger district G. W. Johnson put in long-staple as an intercrop with his fifteen-acre orange grove, in which the trees are two years old. He picked 13,000 pounds which is now being ginned. The crop promises to be one sufficiently profitable to carry the young grove until it comes into profit-making on its own account. Growers who have made the most complete success of this intercrop in the San Joaquin Valley find it the best practice to put in three rows of cotton between vines, where the rows of the latter are twelve feet apart. This gives ample room for the cotton and at the same time the young vines are benighted by gunfire and by the Germans. It is evident that American orchardists will be called upon to fill a great void in the European fruit market, and that they are getting ready to grasp the opportunity. ADVERTISING SCHEME FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Two and a Half Million Dollars to Be Spent in Campaign For the purpose of advertising Southern California in the East, and with the hope of preventing the tide of travel to turn from the West to Europe, prominent publicists, financiers and business men of the south end of the state have organized the Southern California Publicity Board. The prime motive of the organization will be to conduct a five-year advertising campaign during which it is the intention to spend a minimum of $2,500,000 in placing the attractions of this section of the state before the people of the nation. At a meeting in Los Angeles, officers elected were: Jonathan Dodge, president; D. M. Linnard, Stoddard Jess, W. B. Clancy, Vernon Goodwin and William Clayson, vice-presidents; W. D. Longyear, treasurer; E. K. Hoak, secretary and general manager. The idea behind the movement is to centralize Southern California's efforts in the way of advertising. At present each section has conducted advertising campaigns in a more or less haphazard fashion, bring to the attention of the prospective tourist the attractions of its own community exclusively. Under the proposed plan inaugurated recently the appropriation from each section will be pooled and an advertising campaign launched which will present the advantages of the whole of this section of the state horses" and all "beggars might ride" for the wishing. It means that, even with waiting time, with a car for everybody's disposal, there are half enough. And there was never half enough of anything, for everybody, in the world before. This gives a mobility to life such as the world never knew before. Hitherto most men have necessarily been fixed to one spot by the sheer lack of vehicle to move them. The "man on horseback" became a symbol of power because there were horses enough for only a few. There were never wagons and carriages enough in the world to carry more than an insignificant fraction of the population. Most people had to stay at home, most of the time. There have never been ships enough, on all the seas, to permit the emigration of the population of one continent. Machine Tools Woodworking Equipment Steam Plant Equipment Irrigation Plants Contractors Equipment Oil and Mining Equipment Transmission Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Supplies Etc. Write for Complete Catalogs He picked 13,000 pounds which is now being ginned. The crop promises to be one sufficiently profitable to carry the young grove until it comes into profit-making on its own account. Growers who have made the most complete success of this intercrop in the San Joaquin Valley find it the best practice to put in three rows of cotton between vines, where the rows of the latter are twelve feet apart. This gives ample room for the cotton and at the same time the young vines are benefited by the shade created. With this system, about fifteen pounds of seed to the acre will be required. Between deciduous trees the usual practice is for four rows of cotton. Early sowing is the important factor as all varieties require a long growing season for the highest grade of lint and the consequent high prices. In the valley districts the seed should be in normal seasons, put in about April 15. Thorough irrigation and preparation of the soil is essential as the seed bed must be moist. The seed should germinate in about seven days. When from six to eight inches high the stalks should be thinned out with the hoe. A careful cultivation should follow, using the narrowest shovels on the cultivator, so set as to throw the soil up slightly about the cotton. Shallow cultivation should be sufficiently continuous to provide a good dust mulch for conservation of the moisture, although after the first one the cultivations should be comparatively shallow. Irrigation is most effective when done between the rows, using plenty of water for a thorough soaking of the soil and following with very shallow cultivation as soon as condition of the ground will permit. Cultivation should be continued at intervals until the bolls are fully matured. Cotton has several advantages as a by-product to the orchard or vineyard, not the least of which is the fact that it is not damaged by any of the ordinary California weather conditions. It will stand a great deal of rain in this latitude, provided the long wet periods are followed by the average sunshine. Thus far there have been no pests which have caused serious concern. Finally it requires very little expert care and no equipment other than that afforded by the average ranch. MORE AUTOCRATIC POWERS Julius Barnes, head of the Food Administration's Grain Corporation, has asked Congress, through the House Ag-centralize Southern California's efforts in the way of advertising. At present each section has conducted advertising campaigns in a more or less haplazard fashion, bring to the attention of the prospective tourist the attractions of its own community exclusively. Under the proposed plan inaugurated recently the appropriation from each section will be pooled and an advertising campaign launched which will present the advantages of the whole of this section of the state in a way that cannot help but bring big returns. Eight counties are included in the organization. They are Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Orange and Imperial. All these counties will have representation in the organization and will contribute their quota of the expenses, but no county is to be asked to pay more than its share. In order that the expense may be fairly distributed, it is to be based on a direct taxation and assessment method. The state law now permits counties to levy a tax of 2 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for advertising purposes, and active work will begin immediately to induce boards of supervisors of the various counties included in the scheme to take advantage of the power thus vested in them. The banking institutions of the counties will be asked to assess themselves one-fifth of 1 per cent on the amount of their deposits. A number of details are yet to be worked out, and D. M. Linnard will give a dinner at the Hotel Green at Pasadena to the board of directors within a week or ten days, when these details will be discussed. R. L. Bisby, of Santa Ana, and T. B. Talbert, of Huntington Beach, have been named as members of an advisory board which, when completed, will number 144. AN AUTOMOBILE AGE If there is an automobile to every ten persons in Orange county, as Assessor Sleeper tells us, that means enough cars to haul the entire population in two trips. It means a car to every second family. It means that everybody either has a car or can borrow a ride from his next-door neighbor. It means that, if used co-operatively and worked double time, these cars could do all the riding that all the people wanted to do, even if "wishes were most men have necessarily been fixed to one spot by the sheer lack of vehicle to move them. The "man on horse-back" became a symbol of power because there were horses enough for only a few. There were never wagons and carriages enough in the world to carry more than an insignificant fraction of the population. Most people had to stay at home, most of the time. There have never been ships enough, on all the seas, to permit the emigration of the population of one continent to another. And if not one-half, but one-tenth of the population of America should suddenly take a notion to travel by rail, most of them would have to use freight and cattle cars, and there would not be enough room, on floors and roofs together, even then. Never until the advent of the automobile were there vehicles enough to carry all the people all the time. The automobile in California alone will carry more passengers than all the ships on all the seas. The automobiles in Orange county alone would carry as many people in eight trips as all the ships of America, England and France were able to transport per month, at the time when the need of speed was so desperate that whole populations were literally starved in order to press every possible ship into the service. The American railroad system was swamped, and the distribution of essential commodities was embargoed to provide cars to carry only a few more people than the automobiles of Orange county alone could carry. It is the automobile age, and Orange county is one of the centers of it. GROUP GOVERNMENT Group government eventually extinguishes the middle group or class, said Senator Sherman in a recent speech in the Senate. It destroys the state governments and all their reserved powers. It concentrates that power in a centralized capital, and the states become mere provinces. It is the propelling power back of all government-ownedship schemes. Sub-consciously the employee shouting for political ownership feels he and his group will distate the terms of their own service. The employment service supported by taxes is thereby degenerated into a perverted instrument to unionize every employee in the United States. Scarcely one can work for the United States now in any skilled manual labor unless he belongs to a union. This condition MORE AUTOCRATIC POWERS Julius Barnes, head of the Food Administration's Grain Corporation, has asked Congress, through the House Agriculture Committee, to delegate broad powers to Mr. Wilson as a means of making effective the Government's guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat crop. He asked for an appropriation of at least $1,000,000,000, with authority to borrow more if necessary on the credit and property of the Grain Corporation, and authority to buy and sell wheat and wheat products at home and abroad for cash or for credit. He also asked that the President be given import and export embargo powers, authority to build or requisition storage facilities and to license dealers, millers and elevators, control over exchange trading and authority to give preferential rail service on American railroads and steamships in transporting cereals to markets at home or abroad. If there are any autocratic powers left out, we fail to locate them. If this sort of thing continues, Mr. Wilson will have autocratic powers that will make those of the late Kaiser look like thirty cents. Two items in the news are seen to have close connection, when placed side by side. One point to a recrudescence of interest in the raising of fruit in America. 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NO REDUCTION IN SALARY By a census taken by Eugene Davis it is proven that Justice of the Peace C. W. Warner and Constable G. S. Bergey, both of Huntington Beach township, are entitled to a salary of $25 a month apiece. When the changes of salaries of township officers became effective on January 1, there was some question as to whether the Huntington Beach township officers should remain at $25 or be dropped to $10. In order to get $25 a month, the township population must be 3,000 or over. Multiplying the number of registered voters by two and a half gave 2980. That was a basis of judging population that was suggested. It was so close that it was decided to order a census taken of the township. Eugene Davis was appointed to make the count. Monday his report was filed, giving the name of every resident of the township, which includes Huntington Beach, Wintersburg and Talbert precincts. The population is 3141. Mrs. Lillie Wick has applied for letters of administration on the estate of her husband, Frank Wick, who died October 30. The property is estimated at $7,500. B. C. Baxter, of Placentia, has presented the boys at Camp Kearny with a fine thoroughbred Poland China pig, provided they take it home in an airplane. Baxter is a breeder of pure bred Poland Chinas. An interlocutory decree of divorce has been given Annie Gow from Jas. Gow, by default. GRAND OPENING Saturday, March 1st Is the date fixed for the formal opening of the Exchange Grill The management extends a cordial invitation to all the people of Anaheim and vicinity to call and get acquainted. Souvenirs given away. Excellent Music will be furnished from 7 o'clock until closing time. Ladies are especially invited to attend this opening. A. KLUEWER, Prop.