anaheim-gazette 1919-05-29

BIG WALNUT CROP INDICATIONS THIS YEAR GENERAL MANAGER THORPE ESTIMATES THE YIELD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT 25,000 TONS. Crop on the Trees is Unusually Heavy and Uniform.—Growers Urged to Use Plenty of Water to Develop the Nuts. Prospects for a $15,000,000 crop of walnuts in Southern California this year is the cause for great rejoicing among the 4,000 ranchers who are now engaged in the walnut-Growing business. Last year with its 18,000-ton yield, valued at about $12,000,000, broke all records, but the present season promises to establish an entirely new record for production. Results of a preliminary survey by the California Walnut Growers' association show that the setting of nuts is very uniform in practically all sections. Almost every new twig that has come out on the trees is bearing a few nuts. The average setting appears to be two to a cluster, with about as many ones as threes. There are many more fruiting branches on the trees than have ever before been observed. Commission as soon as the money needed is at hand. The total cost of the road will be $1,700,000. Seven hundred thousand dollars has been assured from Federal and State sources. CONSOLIDATE PRECINCTS FOR ROAD BOND ELECTION Supervisors Close Portion of Garden Grove Road During Repairs. The supervisors directed Wednesday that certain precincts in the cities of Orange county be consolidated for the forty million dollar good roads bond election to be held July 1. The election officers for the several precincts were appointed. Ordinance No. 160, amending ordinance No. 134, and fixing the salary of the County Aid Commissioner and Expert Accountant at $150.00 per month, was passed and adopted. The application of A. J. Kuss for permit to operate stage line between Santa Ana and Serra, was granted. Spraying licenses were ordered issued to N. E. Erwin, Edwin O. Hauser and E. M. Christensen on recommendation of the Horticultural Commissioner. Bids were received and opened for paving one third mile of Santiago Boulevard, and all bids were rejected, and it was ordered that said work be done by day labor under the supervision of N. T. Edwards, Supervisor. The application of the Union Oil Company of California for sale of franchise for pipe line and telephone privileges, was continued to June 4, 1919, at 2 p.m. It was ordered that the portion of Garden Grove Road which is being leased to one drilling says offered a car and one-eighth rooFurther alleging have threatened transactions to any other and thus spoil and might attempt to danger of sufferage for his land by the operations joining properties of $25,000 damage to prevent the defiance any claim to his CONGRESS TO TAKE Republicans Plancessities of Loth One of the first reform to be put publican Congress of the luxury tax revenue law enaision of the Democracy It is contended many of these purposes unnecessary burden of the ordinance and unduly add For instance, it is now difficult to stantial pair of men or women, for the law declares which costs moreury and is so tax good quality of which formerly But the revenue urity if more than it is true on all shi Results of a preliminary survey by the California Walnut Growers' association show that the setting of nuts is very uniform in practically all sections. Almost every new twig that has come out on the trees is bearing a few nuts. The average setting appears to be two to a cluster, with about as many ones as threes. There are many more fruiting branches on the trees than have ever before been observed. C. Thorpe, general manager of the association, says the state should produce not less than 25,000 tons, or 50,000,000 pounds, of walnuts this season. This estimate, he says, will likely hold good if judicious irrigation is practiced by the growers. This is rated as one of the driest seasons in recent years, and a heavy walnut crop cannot be expected unless the trees are given sufficient moisture to develop the nuts. They will not carry more nuts than they can nourish, and where droughty conditions prevail a serious "June drop" may be expected. When moisture is lacking the yield is likely to run heavily to No. 2s, which do not sell readily, and for this reason, if for no other, the growers are being urged on all sides to use plenty of water. "Walnuts," says Mr. Thorpe, "will do about all of their growing between now and June 20. When the shell commences to harden the growth for size will cease. A good irrigation now should put enough moisture in the soil to develop walnuts sufficiently as to size, but toward the last of June or the first of July the ground will be dry enough to require a second irrigation which should be applied in the interest of plump, full-meated nuts. "A light application of water the last of August or early in September will prevent a great deal of 'mold' which, in the past, has lowered cracking percentages and caused some lots of nuts to be qualified as near-grades. Late irrigation also insures a clean and uniform drop of nuts. It causes the husks to open so that but little husking in the field is necessary. At least three irrigations in the walnut groves this summer will pay big dividends." YOSEMITE VALLEY ROAD Certificates issued by the Yosemite Valley Highway Association in its campaign to raise the $1,000,000 still need Bids were received and opened for paving one third mile of Santiago Boulevard, and all bids were rejected, and it was ordered that said work be done by day labor under the supervision of N. T. Edwards, Supervisor. The application of the Union Oil Company of California for sale of franchise for pipe line and telephone privileges, was continued to June 4, 1919, at 2 p.m. It was ordered that the portion of Garden Grove Road which is being improved, be closed while under construction. The County Auditor was directed to cancel Warrant No. 3271 for $8.80 payable to Southern Counties Gas Company, same being a duplicate. The Tax Collector was given permission to publish the delinquent tax list on the basis of description, provided the total does not exceed the county rate of advertising. The Purchasing Agent was authorized to purchase a vertical map filing case for the County Surveyor, the price not to exceed $300.00. The Purchasing Agent and Supervisor Edwards were authorized to purchase one or two Holstein cows for the County Farm. Deeds for rights of way for road were accepted from R. E. Vaughn, and George Clothier, et al. The application of L. Fred Edmiston to lay a pipe line across the Anaheim Road, was granted. The application of W. L. Salisbury to lay pipe line across Chapman avenue, one-fourth mile west of Garden Grove, was granted. The Redondo Construction Company was granted an extension of time until July 3, 1919, to complete their contract for improvement of Los Alamitos Road. H. E. Hart was appointed Justice of the Peace of La Habra Township for the unexpired term. The application of C. R. Clapp, et al., to vacate a portion of Cypress avenue, Laguna Beach, was denied. The hearing on the petition of S. W. Price, et al., for a county road in the Second Road District, was continued to June 17, 1919, at 2 p.m. The petition of Edmund G. Stone, et al., to vacate a portion of Maple street, Westminster, was granted. It was ordered that $649.00 be charged to Fullerton City, $472.00 to Santa Ana City, $35.00 to Stanton City and $63.00 to Seal Beach City, for collecting municipal taxes for the year 1918- and unduly add it. For instance, it is now difficult to stantial pair of men or women; for the law declares which costs more and is so taxable good quality of which formerly cost But the revenueury if more than $3. One of the shirts in the chased before them now costs $3. Therefore under law become a purchaser must pay Not many women costing $15 a these days of high declares any costs more than and must be taxed of the Republican control of the W committee in the Hole Committee in what they term the law. Representative Virginia, a memorial man, has plan: "Reduction say, from 25 to 2 separate the abmal expenses so I should consider of the government met by taxation and telephone loss the large army nugency and similar regard as abnormally bond issues. mutual expenses of ment similar to between $1,000,000 interest on $800,000,000 and $500,000,000. This to be derived from $3,000,000,000 and WILL ENTER All of the Calange County hawaii Late irrigation also insures a clean and uniform drop of nuts. It causes the husks to open so that but little husking in the field is necessary. At least three irrigations in the walnut groves this summer will pay big dividends." YOSEMITE VALLEY ROAD Certificates issued by the Yosemite Valley Highway Association in its campaign to raise the $1,000,000 still needed to guarantee the construction of a paved highway from Merced to Yosemite National Park can be used for automobile and motorcycle entry into Yosemite during the present season. Assurances to this effect have been made by the National Park Service following inquiries made by thousands of motorists throughout the entire West. The campaign for highway funds opens Thursday, May 22nd and continues up to and including June 7. It will be waged in every community in California. A unique scheme has been devised for raising the $1,000,000 still needed. Certificates will be sold by the Yosemite Valley Highway Association, which will cost $5 each. Each certificate will be good for one season's automobile and motorcycle admission to Yosemite in lieu of the government's annual toll of $5. The certificates will be redeemed by the government for 10 years, according to Director of National Parks Stephen T. Mather. The proposed highway will permit easy access to Yosemite every day in the year. Entrance to the scenic wonderland can now be gained only at the most favored seasons. The highway will be 70 miles in length and will be constructed by the State Highway Laguna Beach, was denied. The hearing on the petition of S. W. Price, et al., for a county road in the Second Road District, was continued to June 17, 1919, at 2 p.m. The petition of Edmund G. Stone, et al., to vacate a portion of Maple street, Westminster, was granted. It was ordered that $649.00 be charged to Fullerton City, $472.00 to Santa Ana City, $35.00 to Stanton City and $63.00 to Seal Beach City, for collecting municipal taxes for the year 1918-1919. Magnolia avenue as improved by Redondo Construction Company, contractors, was accepted. PETRIE FILES SUIT FOR HEAVY DAMAGES Owner of Property in Golden State Tract Sues Oil Company. Oil Company. Suit for $5,000 actual damages and $20,000 punitive damages has just been filed here by J. B. Petrie of Long Beach against W. C. Heffern, L. B. Pugh, and others, as a result of oil drilling operations by the defendants in the Golden State tract, east of Anaheim. Attorneys Hibbard and Kleindienst of Los Angeles represent the plaintiff. Petrie alleges he owns land in the Golden State tract, and that the defendants, members of an oil company hold oil leases on land entirely surrounding the Petrie property and are drilling for oil. He alleges that defendant Heffern and his associates "unjustly and unlawfully conspired together to slander and incumber plaintiff's title" and that following out this conspiracy, they claimed to hold a lease upon the Petrie place and thus prevented Petrie from giving an oil WILL ENTER All of the County have for a monstrous boys of Orange been returned for vice. The motto "E or Welcome, Every will be carried Knights of Columbus war work in the try and on the b Committees have the different seas and arrangement the largest Cat ever attended good program of ment is being arra that has been in is urged to attent PERMA Camp Kearny The War Depart ned to make thentent camps of them forward plans to most active ones used for a dem reason that p from the States Camp Kearny This same police other parts of the bilization camps lease to one drilling concern which he says offered a cash payment of $5,000 and one-eighth royalty. Further alleging that defendants have threatened to make similar statements to any other prospective lessee and thus spoil any deal which Petrie might attempt to arrange, and is in danger of suffering irreparable damage for his land being drained of oil by the operations of defendants on adjoining properties, Petrie asks award of $25,000 damages and an injunction to prevent the defendants from making any claim to his land. CONGRESS TO REDUCE TAXES ON LUXURIES Republicans Plan to Prevent the Necessities of Life Being Classed Otherwise. One of the first measures of revenue reform to be put forward by the Republican Congress will be a reduction of the luxury tax provisions of the revenue law enacted at the last session of the Democratic Congress. It is contended by legislators that many of these provisions impose an unnecessary burden upon the purchaser of the ordinary necessities of life and unduly add to the cost of living. For instance, it is pointed out that it is now difficult to buy a good and substantial pair of shoes, whether for men or women, for less than $10. Yet the law declares that any pair of shoes which costs more than that is a luxury and is so taxed. The derby hat of good quality of the average man, which formerly cost $5, now costs $8. But the revenue law defines it a luxury if more than $5 is paid. The same is true on all shirts costing more than as fast as possible, depending on the return of the men of the locality served. GOOD FLOW OF WATER IN SANTA ANA RIVER Flow During the Summer is Expected to be Normal. There is a good flow of water in the Santa Ana river at this time with a fair prospect for normal flow during the summer. The pumps of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company will be started just as soon as the irrigators of the company can use more water than is supplied by the gravity from the river. "It is rather peculiar," said H. Clay Kellogg, engineer for the S. A. V. I. Co., and the Anaheim Union Water Co., which companies divide the surface flow of the Santa Ana river, "but true that the river always flows stronger in May than it does in April. The melting of snows has something to do with it, and I think also that the seepage channels get to going well in May and absorption areas are well filled by that time. "The S. A. V. I. Co. has been following a policy for years of getting their irrigators to soak their orchards thoroughly during the winter months, so that if there is any shortage of water during the summer, those orchards will get through the summer with less suffering. The company has been spreading just as much water as possible. Its pumping plants are ready to go just as soon as the water can be added to the ditches." While some of the best rains of the winter shied off from Orange county, the fall in the San Bernardino moun and unduly add to the cost of living. For instance, it is pointed out that it is now difficult to buy a good and substantial pair of shoes, whether for men or women, for less than $10. Yet the law declares that any pair of shoes which costs more than that is a luxury and is so taxed. The derby hat of good quality of the average man, which formerly cost $5, now costs $8. But the revenue law defines it a luxury if more than $5 is paid. The same is true on all shirts costing more than $3. One of the most popular makes of shirts in the country could be purchased before the war for $1.50, but now costs $3. Ordinary shirts have therefore under the Kitchin-Simmons law become a luxury, for which the purchaser must pay an additional tax. Not many women would consider a hat costing $15 a luxury, especially in these days of high prices, but the law declares that any hat of this sort which costs more than that sum is a luxury and must be taxed. Hence the object of the Republicans who are to take control of the Ways and Means Committee in the House and the Finance Committee in the Senate to remove what they term these absurdities of the law. Representative Bascom Slemp, of Virginia, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and himself a business man, has proposed this financial plan: "Reduction in taxes, I should say, from 25 to 33 per cent. I should separate the abnormal from the normal expenses so far as can be; that is, I should consider the necessary running of the government in a way similar to what it was before the war, the interest on the public debt and a sinking fund therefor as normal expenses of the government. These should be met by taxation. Railroad, telegraph and telephone losses, public highways, the large army necessary for the emergency and similar expenses I should regard as abnormal and to be borne by bond issues. I will assume the normal expenses of running the government similar to before the war to be between $1,000,000,000 and $1,500,000,000 interest on the public debt to be $800,000,000, and the sinking fund to be $500,000,000. This would bring the total to be derived from taxation to below $3,000,000,000 annually." WILL ENTERTAIN THE BOYS All of the Catholic parishes of Orange County have united in arranging irrigators to soak their orchards thoroughly during the winter months, so that if there is any shortage of water during the summer, those orchards will get through the summer with less suffering. The company has been spreading just as much water as possible. Its pumping plants are ready to go just as soon as the water can be added to the ditches." While some of the best rains of the winter shied off from Orange county, the fall in the San Bernardino mountains was good. The effect of a year of light rains here is shown in fact that Santiago creek has little water in it. However, the Serrano Water Co. and the John T. Carpenter Water Co., which draw their gravity flow from the creek, have good wells to augment their water supply. PUTS END TO HER LIFE WHILE SITTING IN AUTO After Two Unhappy Marriages Orange Woman Suicides. Recurring visions of the ruins of her castle of dreams, relics of two unhappy marriages, are believed to have led Mrs. R.H.Wallace, former wife of Clyde Bishop of Santa Ana, to self-destruction by drinking poison early Wednesday. That her act was premeditated and carefully planned was indicated by three notes which she left, in one of which she disposed of her estate and in another of which she gave directions for her burial. Three weeks ago Mrs.Wallace came to the conclusion that her life's romance was over, and separated from her second husband, a well-to-do rancher near Orange. She went to live with her twin sister, Mrs.E.E.Cope of that city. Wednesday morning she left the home about 9 o'clock, saying she was going to Santa Ana to shop. She drove her automobile through Santa Ana to a point about one mile south on the Dyer road, parked her machine and is thought to have swallowed the contents of a two-ounce bottle at once. Passerby found Mrs.Wallace in a semi-comatose condition and telephoned the sheriff's office. When the sheriff and a physician arrived, they made efforts to save the waning life, but were unsuccessful. In a short note to her husband she told him he did not love her, and she could not live without him. DISTRIBUTING MEDALS TO THE LOAN WORKERS Captured German Cannon Being Made Use of to Reward Service. Medals made from captured German cannon are being distributed through the county chairmen by the government to all who assisted in floating the Liberty Loans. The medals are about the size of a half dollar. On one side is a picture of the treasury building at Washington and the words, "Victory Liberty Loan." On the reverse is the inscription, "Awarded by U.S.Treasury Department for Patriotic Service in Behalf of Liberty Loans. Made from captured German cannon." The editor of the Gazette received one through the mail, accompanied by the following letter: Santa Ana, Calif. May 22, 1919. Dear Sir: The armistice was signed on November eleventh, nineteen eighteen. That marked the close of the actual fighting on the fields of France. The Victory Loan was over-subscribed on May tenth, nineteen nineteen. That marked the close of the popular campaigns for financing the government. The military branch of the government is giving to the soldiers and sailors who displayed unusual heroism, badges of honor in the form of Croix de Guerre and D.O.S. and other medals. I am enclosing you herewith a medal given you by the government as a slight recognition for your loyalty and patriotism on the financial battlefields of America. It is said that this medal is made from captured German cannon, purchased by the blood of our soldiers on the battlefields of France, and our Liberty and Victory Loan dollars secured in the different campaigns. It is my honest desire that you may enjoy this medal, not for the intrinsic worth, but for the happiness it will bring you in knowing that you enlisted in the same cause of Justice and Freedom, and that your efforts have contributed to the making of the world "a better place to live in." Sincerely yours, R. L.BISBY, Chairman Orange County Liberty WILL ENTERTAIN THE BOYS All of the Catholic parishes of Orange County have united in arranging for a monstrous Catholic picnic for the boys of Orange county that have been returned from government service. The motto "Every Soldier and Sailor Welcome, Everything Free to Them", will be carried out as it was by the Knights of Columbus in all of their war work in the camps of this country and on the battle fields of Europe. Committees have been appointed from the different sections of the county and arrangements are being made for the largest Catholic picnic that has ever been attempted in the county. A good program of sports and entertainment is being arranged and every man that has been in Uncle Sam's service is urged to attend. PERMANENT CAMP Camp Kearny will not be abandoned. The War Department has always planned to make this one of the permanent camps of the army and is carrying forward plans to make it one of the most active ones. It will cease to be used for a demobilization camp for the reason that practically all the men from the States which sent troops to Camp Kearny have been returned. This same policy is true of all the other parts of the country and demobilization camps are being eliminated CONFORMING TO LAW Orange county hay balers just beginning the baling season, are starting out to conform to Assemblyman Eden's hay baling bill just signed by Governor Stephens, although it does not officially become effective until the latter part of the summer. Already one set of scales has been condemned by County Sealer George McPhee and several outfits have purchased new scales to be used in the field as the hay is baled. There are about twenty-five hay baling outfits in the county which are affected by the new law. Assemblyman Eden's bill provides that hay must be sold by avoirdupois weight and that 2000 pounds shall be a ton. The correct net weight will be indicated by a tag on each bale. 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