anaheim-gazette 1919-05-29

Anaheim Gazette ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ... $ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter PHONE COMPANIES WANT CONGRESS TO INTERVENE Declare Government Control is Wrecking the Industries. Declaring that the telephone service is unsatisfactory under federal control and that credit of the companies will be impaired if federal operation continues much longer, the heads of two telephone companies have directed a communication to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives asking that the lines be turned back to private control as quickly as possible. The men making the appeal are Thos. A. Vath president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (the Bell), and G. W. Robinson, president of the United States Independent Telephone Association. Point in their communication indicate that should the systems be returned to private control, conditions which now threaten disruption of the systems will be speedily adjusted. The officials do not mince words in calling to the attention of the national legislators the conditions that obtain and the results that are liable to follow continued effort at government management. "I believe that several service men who returned too late to register especially for this bond election would have found upon investigation that they were already duly registered in 1918 before entering the service," said Backs. "It should be made clear to all returned soldiers and sailors that if they registered at any time after January 1, 1918, and have returned to the same domicile they occupied at the time of registration, they are entitled to vote on the harbor bonds. Of course if the residence has been changed to another precinct than that from which the registration was made, the right to vote would not exist until thirty days after a transfer had been made, and for the harbor bond election such transfers could not be made after May 10. In short, soldiers and sailors who have returned are subject to the same conditions as regards registrations and transfers as if they had remained at home all the time." VOTE THE HARBOR BONDS There has been a great awakening in Orange county in recent weeks regarding the proposed harbor at Newport Bay. People of Anaheim and vicinity are realizing, as they never have before, the benefits which a harbor brings to a large adjacent territory, as evidenced by the rapid growth especially of Long Beach, San Pedro, and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors hurt Anaheim to some extent by giving jobs to several local men, causing them to move from here to the harbor district. The harbor and others. The reports by officers partment heads and have a place on the A grand diamond be held Wednesday patriotic program day evening. An a B. S. Haywood, Miss Shirley Irvine tet and saxaphone Ellis will be the occasion. Mrs. W. S. Ro chairman of the locating arrangement everything is in reasonable meeting. WHAT THE REALITY The annual report Red Cross for the 30, 1918, has just Secretary of War B with the provision charter which requisition to make a full and expenditures to War Department. The fiscal year there priated $105,716,344 work abroad and amount $59,788,672 work in foreign c for work in the Un 557 for relief works tries, as specified $26,286,000 was set capital; and the bas livities of the organ LOCATING BEFORE The American Rite the Bureau of War locate 50,000 benefi Point in their communication indicate that should the systems be returned to private control, conditions which now threaten disruption of the systems will be speedily adjusted. The officials do not mince words in calling to the attention of the national legislators the conditions that obtain and the results that are liable to follow continued effort at government management. Letter in Full. Their letter in full follows: Washington, D. C., May 19, 1919. "To the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: "On midnight, July 31, 1918, under the authority of congress for war purposes, the President took supervision, control, and operation of the telephone systems of the country and has since operated them. The war has practically ceased. The public press is strongly demanding, the general public and the owners of the telephone properties are urging, that they be returned as speedily as possible, that former conditions may be restored and more satisfactory service be afforded. The President and the Postmaster-General have announced that this will be done as soon as adequate arrangements be provided for receiving and advantageously operating them. It remains only for congress to enact such legislation as speedily as possible. "The expenses of these systems have largely increased during the past year, for wages at the rate of more than $20,000,000 per annum. This was inevitable and necessary by reason of larger proportional increases by the railroads and industries of the country. The revenues are inadequate to care for such increases, and the deficit of the government on that account to date is large and steadily increasing. The Postmaster-General ordered that steps be taken to secure adequate revenues, but contentions with the regulatory authorities of the States, not yet settled, have prevented such adjustments. “If such conditions continue, necessarily the credit of the operating companies will be impaired, proper expenses cannot be met, the best operating forces cannot be retained, needed extensions and satisfactory service cannot be provided. A deterioration will ensue which in some in Orange county in recent weeks regarding the proposed harbor at Newport Bay. People of Anaheim and vicinity are realizing, as they never have before, the benefits which a harbor brings to a large adjacent territory, as evidenced by the rapid growth especially of Long Beach, San Pedro, and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors hurt Anaheim to some extent by giving jobs to several local men, causing them to move from here to the harbor district. The harbors helped us some, too, by giving employment to some of our men who still live here and thus spend their money here. How great it would be if we could build an Orange county harbor which would provide jobs close at hand for our people and attract new ones who would live here and add to our growth and prosperity. If, as is quite possible the government should establish a naval training station or submarine base on Newport Bay, the $500,000 bonds we are now asked to vote would be returned to us immediately a hundred fold. Everybody knows that harbors pay, and that Newport Bay offers an ideal site, so it not to be wondered at that the harbor bonds are meeting with favor. Many Anaheim people have taken the trip over the bay and seen the improvements which the little city of Newport Beach has already made, and the excursion is an eye-opener. The county bond money will cut a new channel for the Santa Ana river west of Newport so its silt cannot be longer dumped into the bay, and will provide channel and landing place for boats 16-foot draft at low tide. It will also extend the Newport jetty so the entrance channel will be kept scoured out. This money will provide one harbor unit, complete in every way, and will be sufficient probably for some years to come. At least it will indicate what amount of commerce can be developed through Newport Harbor. The harbor project is feasible from an engineering standpoint, according to Major Chas. T. Leeds and Col. W. H. Heuer, two of the government's best harbor engineers, and its consumption will pay us good returns on the investment in many direct and indirect ways. And there is no doubt that Orange county's sixty millions annual soil production and the requirements of a 60,000 population would provide sufficient commerce to keep a small harbor at Newport busy. LOCATING BEHIND The American Railway Bureau of War Locate 50,000 beneficiaries died in the service reau of Allotment Cross has succeeded cases of 13,000 in May 1. This Bureau agencies used by theance for that purpose. Pacific Division mittees have paid this work and have cure information in which leads to the surance allottees. On account of f address of allottees Risk Insurance expultly in carrying liver checks only to ficiary. After every resea been made by the Insurance Home S duct a more exha Cross workers can hood where the mative lived and in age to get a clue whereabouts. YOSEMITE If the people of the $1,000,000 still tee the construction round highway from semite National Park will make still many provements in theration was made to given out by Fran retary of the Inter The campaign is now in progress tha It will be continue The money is being sale of $5 certifica for automobile en tional Park in lieu regular $5 annual slip may be used o ten years. Secretary Lane but contentions with the regulatory authorities of the States, not yet settled, have prevented such adjustments. “If such conditions continue, necessarily the credit of the operating companies will be impaired, proper expenses cannot be met, the best operating forces cannot be retained, needed extensions and satisfactory service cannot be provided. A deterioration will ensue which in some localities may threaten a recurrence to public ownership or operation in order to care, even inadequately, for public needs. By prompt action congress can prevent this contingency. “Just and speedy settlements should be made for all properties taken under the existing law, that such balances now in the possession of the government may be restored to assist in the upbuilding of and extension of the various systems for better public use. The conditions and regulation of operation should be clearly defined so as to permit the companies to reestablish and maintain a satisfactory service with reasonable rates without discrimination and procure the benefits of legitimate competition. The principal operating companies of the United States are vitally interested in co-operating with congress and the officials of the government to accomplish these results.” WHEN DID YOU REGISTER? Orange county soldiers and sailors who registered after January 1, 1918, and prior to their enlistment and have returned to their former homes, may vote at the $500,000 county harbor bond election on Tuesday, June 10, according to County Clerk Jos. M. Backs. This holds good not only for The thirty-seventh annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California is being held in the First Baptist church of Santa Ana, this week. A strong program has been prepared, with such distinguished and worthwhile speakers as Mrs. Herbert A. Cable of the California Federation of Women's clubs; Mrs. Seward Simons, former secretary of the women's committee of the council of national defense; Miss Marie C. Brehm of Long Beach, Mrs. Hester T. Griffith, Dr. B. S. Haywood, the Rev. James A. Wal- ANAHEIM GAZETTE ton and others. The usual features of reports by officers, committees, department heads and the like also will have a place on the program. A grand diamond medal contest will be held Wednesday evening, with a patriotic program scheduled for Friday evening. An address by the Rev. B. S. Haywood, whistling solos by Miss Shirley Irvine, music by a quartet and saxaphone solos by Miss Eva Ellis will be the attractions of this occasion. Mrs. W. S. Rose is the general chairman of the local committee having the arrangements in hand, and everything is in readiness for a most successful meeting. WHAT THE RED CROSS SPEN The annual report of the American Red Cross for the year ending June 30, 1918, has just been presented to Secretary of War Baker, in accordance with the provision of the Red Cross charter which requires the organization to make a full report of receipts and expenditures to be audited by the War Department. Up to the end of the fiscal year the Red Cross appropriated $105,716,348 to carry on its work abroad and at home. Of this amount $59,788,672 went for relief work in foreign countries, $7,688,856 for work in the United States, $4,945,557 for relief work in various countries, as specified by contributors; $26,286,000 was set aside for working capital; and the balance for other activities of the organization. LOCATING BENEFICIARIES The American Red Cross is helping the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to locate 50,000 beneficiaries of men who the floors in white. It drapes the hollows with glistening festoons. It hangs the pines with snowy laces. It gives us still another national park. "For many years a few hundred persons have gone each winter by rail and stage to see these wonders. There ought to be thousands there, not only from California, but from every part of the United States. And there will be when the Yosemite Valley Highway Association succeeds in its undertaking to raise $1,000,000 to build a paved scenic highway from Merced, through Mariposa, to El Portal. "This project has my heartiest approval. A road which lies below the snow line in all seasons will open this winter glory to motorists. Only seventy miles in length and of easy grades, the road will be stronged with cars all winter; and in summer, too, for it will be the shortest motor route from the San Joaquin Valley into the Yosemite National Park. It will be one of the best roads in the world, a fact which cannot fail to spur the federal government to still greater improvements in the park itself. "I believe that this road should be realized as soon as possible. And I believe that California, one of the leaders of the world in highway construction, will raise the sum required during the campaign from May 22 to June 7." YOUNG CORRILLO DEAD Word was received by the Rimpau family yesterday that Dell Corrillo, the young man who was shot by a Mexican at Prado Sunday, died from his wounds at the Riverside hospital Tuesday night. WANT 500 MEN power so exerted, no matter which political party is at the time in power is tremendous. To offset this advantage the republican national committee might have followed the ancient, if not time-honored custom, of accepting heavy contributions from any source, considering the investment and prosperity threatened by the success of opposing party policies at the polls. Chairman Hays of the republican committee sets a commendable party precedent in this early declaration that the republican party is to enter the coming national campaign financed from the loyal interest and co-operation of its rank and file rather than heavier contributions from business interests believing themselves menaced by democratic statesmanship. In the last congressional elections it was abundantly proven that the democratic party holds its lease of power by an extremely uncertain tenure. President Wilson's partisan appeal in the midst of war was openly resented by a majority of the people of the various congressional districts, proving that a nation, not a political party, was conducting the war, and that a strictly partisan appeal at such a crisis was not broadly American. THE CANYON ROAD County Surveyor J. L. McBride has completed plans and specifications for paving the 3.8 miles of unpaved road in the Santa Ana canyon. Those plans and specifications will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for its approval next Tuesday, and immediately bids are to be called for for the paving. Bids will be opened at the first meeting of the supervisors in July, and whoever takes the contract will probably be on the job by the middle of July. It will take four months to LOCATING BENEFICIARIES The American Red Cross is helping the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to locate 50,000 beneficiaries of men who died in the service. Through its Bureau of Allotment Inquiries, the Red Cross has succeeded in tracing 9,700 cases of 13,000 investigated up to May 1. This Bureau is one of many agencies used by the War Risk Insurance for that purpose. Pacific Division Home Service committees have paid much attention to this work and have been able to secure information in hundreds of cases which leads to the delivery of the insurance allottees. On account of frequent changes of address of allottees, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance experiences great difficulty in carrying out the plan to deliver checks only to the indicated beneficiary. After every reasonable effort has been made by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Home Service sections conduct a more exhaustive search. Red Cross workers canvass the neighborhood where the missing family or relative lived and, in most cases, manage to get a clue to their present whereabouts. YOSEMITE HIGHWAY If the people of California subscribe the $1,000,000 still needed to guarantee the construction of a paved year-round highway from Merced to Yosemite National Park the government will make still more extensive improvements in the park. This declaration was made today in a statement given out by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. The campaign for the $1,000,000 is now in progress throughout California. It will be continued until June 7th. The money is being raised through the sale of $5 certificates, which are good for automobile entry to Yosemite National Park in lieu of the government's regular $5 annual toll. Each entry slip may be used one year for the next ten years. Secretary Lane's statement follows: "Winter creates a new Yosemite." Word was received by the Rimpau family yesterday that Dell Corrillo, the young man who was shot by a Mexican at Prado Sunday, died from his wounds at the Riverside hospital Tuesday night. WANT 500 MEN Five hundred California men are needed immediately t oman ships in the great American merchant marine. A call for the 500 sea recruits, to take the preliminary training aboard the merchant marine training ship "Iris" was issued here today by Henry Avila, supervisor of sea training. The United States' post-war commercial expansion will be seriously handicapped unless the required number of men come forward at once to man the scores of new ships just completed. Every inducement is being offered young men to turn to the sea as a means of permanent livelihood. Men who want to go to sea will be trained in their duties first aboard the ship "Iris," which makes training cruises between San Francisco and other Pacific Coast ports. The training period lasts for six weeks. The recruits are paid at the rate of $30 a month while being instructed in the duties of seamanship. At the expiration of six weeks the embryonic sailors are graduated with the rank of ordinary seamen. They will then receive the prevailing high wages offered by the government. The need for seamen, firemen and stewards is acute. It is the hope of the recruiting service of the Shipping Board that the required 500 men come forward within the next ten days. The minimum age for applicants is 18 years and the maximum age is 35 years. "The Shipping Board encourages young men to work for promotion," said Avila today. "There is nothing to prevent any young man who now enters the service as a sailor from attaining the rank of captain within 5 years. Our sea students are given an opportunity to win a second mate's rating within two years. There is likewise excellent opportunity for the men trained in the fireroom to become engineers at an early date. Some marine engineers earn as much as $3500 a year." The campaign for the $1,000,000 is now in progress throughout California. It will be continued until June 7th. The money is being raised through the sale of $5 certificates, which are good for automobile entry to Yosemite National Park in lieu of the government's regular $5 annual toll. Each entry slip may be used one year for the next ten years. Secretary Lane's statement follows: "Winter creates a new Yosemite. It places snowy crowns upon the majestic brows of Half Dome and El Capitan. It encases the falls with shining ice. It clothes the peaks and carpets CLASSIFIED FOR SALE—Iron Wagon, Bed and Rack, 2 Row Ventura Bean Planter, Sled Bean Cutter, Disk Harrow, Single Cultivators, etc. Dr. Zimmerman Ranch, Phone Fullerton 300-J. WANTED. Ranch work by experienced man with tractor. K. Lybarger. Phone Anaheim 81-J-2. PASTURAGE FOR HORSES Good pasturage for 100 head of horses, on 640 acre tract—not a hoof of stock on range this year. $3 per head per month. Jim Williams' Ranch in Carbon Canyon. May 8-5t Pasturage for 200 head cattle at Jim Williams' ranch in Carbon Canyon. FOR SALE.—One cook house for haybalers. Apply to Jim Williams, Carbon Canyon. Concrete pipe and cement contractor. All work guaranteed. D. Degryse, 241 Kroeger street, Anaheim. said Avila today. "There is nothing to prevent any young man who now enters the service as a sailor from attaining the rank of captain within 5 years. Our sea students are given an opportunity to win a second mate's rating within two years. There is likewise excellent opportunity for the men trained in the firreroom to become engineers at an early date. Some marine engineers earn as much as $3500 a year." Those who want to avail themselves of the opportunity to become seamen may do so by applying at the drug store in their community officially designated as an enrolling station or by writing to the Supervisor of Sea Training, United States Shipping Board, Room 369 Pine street, San Francisco. PLANNING FOR 1920 The republican national committee proposes to accept no campaign contributions in excess of $1000. Those who look to republican rather than democratic statesmanship to work out successfully the problems of reconstruction might easily permit their enthusiasm at this juncture to express itself in heavy contributions to republican success, especially on the part of interests representing considerable business investment. It is very important that business be stabilized. Big business and little business alike have their interests at stake. Widely diffused prosperity and business stability are as important to the labor ranks as to invested capital. As the party in possession of the administrative machinery and organization, the democrats naturally enough will bring to bear in the coming national campaign the pressure of an army of federal agents and employees. The If You Want the Best IN GROCERIES and want them delivered just phone 219. Tell us your wants and we will do the rest. We enjoy the trade of many of the best people of Anaheim. Give Us a Try-out. Edmiston's Grocery Rheumatism? 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The English walnut has found such congenial conditions in the cool, moist climate of Orange County that over two million dollars’ worth of the wholesome nuts are produced annually. Within the last few years the walnut industry has been enhanced nearly one hundred fold by the introduction of new varieties and new methods of cultivation. In the vicinity of Anaheim they are now planting almost exclusively, new and tested varieties, with the assurance of a regular income, not only for the growers, but for their children and children’s children. Forty thousand acres are devoted to bean culture in Orange County and the $2,000,000 coming from this crop adds much to home life conditions and the automobile dealer smiles when the bean harvest begins. To the tourist or homeseeker, Anaheim will be a revelation. Low cost of living midst beautiful surrounding, splendid stores, pure water and modern living conditions, make Anaheim the Home City par-excellence. 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