anaheim-gazette 1919-07-03

SCENIC DRIVE TO SADDLEBACK'S SUMMIT LINN SHAW WANTS ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATURE'S GIFT Lew Wallace, Chairman of Harbor Commission, Makes His Final Report.—Declares Government is Behind the Harbor. Suggestion that an auto road to Saddleback be taken up as the next project by the county organization was made by Linn L. Shaw at the associated chambers of commerce meeting at Balboa Wednesday evening. This has been one of Shaw's pet hobbies for years, and advocacy of its promotion by the chambers has been held in abeyance because of the harbor being the one big issue before the people. "I have a suggestion to make—that Orange county take advantage of its opportunities," said Shaw. "We have allowed opportunities to slip by. We have allowed a grand opportunity to slip by because we did not develop Newport harbor ten or twenty years ago. We will all now get benefits from the harbor." There is one other great asset in obtainable in private aeroplane enterprises. Mr. Miller, one of the men interested in the re-opening of the glass factory at Newport, outlined the plans of the company and declared that all he and his associates were asking at this time was the moral support of the people. He suggested that if after investigation of the men interested in the project, anyone wanted to take a financial interest, the company would be glad to have financial support of those who believed in the possibilities of the enterprise. Lew Wallace, chairman of the harbor committee, submitted his final report to the chambers. "This, indeed, is a pleasurable occasion," declared Wallace. "For many years I have told this body what we hoped to do at Newport. I have reported progress when my heart was in my shoes. A great many people thought that the $500,000 was what we needed. It was not. The greatest thing we needed, and that we have accomplished, was to show that the people of the country were back of the harbor. With 55,000 to 30,000 people back of the harbor instead of 1200 at Newport, we can go before congress with our project with greater force than we ever have been able to do. Politics is the big thing. We now can go before the members of congress, and when we ask for something we will receive attention. Newport has already had a government appropriation of $3500. "I well remember the first time we made application for government assistance to the extent of providing a government survey of the bay. General Birch advised me to ask for..." held in abeyance because of the harbor being the one big issue before the people. "I have a suggestion to make—that Orange county take advantage of its opportunities," said Shaw. "We have allowed opportunities to slip by. We have allowed a grand opportunity to slip by because we did not develop Newport harbor ten or twenty years ago. We will all now get benefits from the harbor. "There is one other great asset in Orange county that has not been touched. All other sections of Southern California have made the most of their scenic possibilities, particularly by the development of their mountain roads. Orange county is the only county in the southland which has not progressed in this line. "Southern California is termed the playground of the United States—we can go further now and say it is the playground of the world. We now have opportunity to open what I believe would be one of the most scenic mountain roads in the world—the building of a highway to the top of Sadleback mountain. "五 years ago the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce took a party of local people to the top of the mountain for the purpose of investigation and observation as to whether a road could be built. We found that it was not only feasible, but that the road could be built at small cost. If we could have a road to Sadleback for pleasure only it would be a wonderful asset. "The view from Saddleback cannot be duplicated at any other mountain point in Souther California. It is a wonderful view of practically all of Southern California. A fine hotel in time would be established there where tourists could admire the beauties of the country, where local people could sit on the porch, perch their feet on the porch rails and gaze out upon Newport harbor and see commerce going in and out by day and a government lighthouse on the jetty by night, where strangers could look over Orange county and see the most wonderful sight they ever saw. No man or woman who takes this view can do otherwise than become a booster for Orange county." The good roads committee was instructed by the body to investigate and report on the suggestion at the meet to be held next month. Elmer Jahraus, of Laguna Beach, our project with greater force than we ever have been able to do. Politics is the big thing. We now can go before the members of congress, and when we ask for something we will receive attention. Newport has already had a government appropriation of $3500. "I well remember the first time we made application for government assistance to the extent of providing a government survey of the bay. General Bixby advised me to ask for something I thought I could get, that the government usually puts more money where it makes a start. I cut my request to $2500. This was forthcoming and later another $1000 was secured. "We can now go ahead with the $500,000 we have voted and improve our harbor and develop our commerce and when we have done this there is no telling how much we can get. The government has laid out a harbor with a 700-foot entrance at the channel San Pedro's entrance is only 400 feet. "Do you think the government would have laid out harbor lines with the entrance channel at 750 feet if it saw possibility of developing it only as a pleasure harbor? When it took part of the Collins Island and laid out a 1500-foot channel, do you think the government did not have the larger view—saw the possibility for the development of a commercial harbor. "I believe the government is back of us. I have always felt that it will come through when the proper time comes. I hope to be able to report as time goes on that we are nearer a government appropriation." PRACTICAL POINTERS FOR RAISERS OF GOOD POULTRY Keep standard-bred poultry. It is more profitable. Don't let roosters run with the hens after the breeding season is over. The hens will lay just as well and the eggs will be infertile and will keep better. Hatch early. Early hatched chicks live better, grow better, and the pullets make fall and winter layers. If you have had little or no experience in poultry keeping, start in a small way. Then increase as your experience and success warrant. Build substantial, comfortable poultry houses, but make them as inexpensive as possible. Be sure the poultry house is dry and free from drafts, but provide plenty for labor, seed, given in the bulb therefore, are various poses of company gestions are directifornia districts, that certain feacreased productivityuable to grower. In two of these visited more than Los Angeles and tillable land is beets, while in hard, over one-third is devoted to the acre yields for ting the period (1915-16) were: tons; Oxnard, 99 tons. The cost period was, for $67.11; Oxnard, $66.45. In general acreage increases while as yield increases, although factors express values are varied hours of man labor, pounds of equipment, and required do not. Beet tops are in the Saminas as considerable value on land, the best when they are on the field. After allowance to rear before the land scattered over one harrowing manures are used areas to enrich exceedingly scarce. For the successful crop necessary to hayed seed bed. Fall is limited ing the winter especially desirable fall plowing. T store large ou a government lighthouse on the jetty by night, where strangers could look over Orange county and see the most wonderful sight they ever saw. No man or woman who takes this view can do otherwise than become a booster for Orange county." The good roads committee was instructed by the body to investigate and report on the suggestion at the meet to be held next month. Elmer Jahraus, of Laguna Beach, asked that the organization go on record as opposing the acceptance of subdivisions along the coast, where those subdivisions come between the ocean bluffs and the coast highway when it is built. He wanted at least one block in every subdivision restricted from building so that the scenic beauty of the ocean shoreline would not be shut from view of tourists along the highway by buildings. He offered a motion that a committee of three be appointed to prepare resolutions for submission at the next meeting, and he was appointed chairman with power to select the other two members. Lieut. Norby, who is here with a flying squadron recruiting for the air service, was introduced by R. L. Blsby, and he made brief remarks on the service. He laid particular stress upon the difference as between enlistment in teh army before and after the war, and called attention to the fact that the personnel of the fighting forces today is very much changed over what it was prior to the war, when the general impression was that men who were looking for easy berths and plenty of cigarettes to smoke joined the regular army. He believes the air service offers the best opportunities and spoke of the possibility of learning the technical features of aviation through government schools—an education that is not Hatch early. Early hatched chicks live better, grow better, and the pullets make fall and winter layers. If you have had little or no experience in poultry keeping, start in a small way. Then increase as your experience and success warrant. Build substantial, comfortable poultry houses, but make them as inexpensive as possible. Be sure the poultry house is dry and free from drafts, but provide plenty of ventilation, especially in summer. Keep the house and yard clean. Provide roosts and dropping boards. Provide a nest for each 4 or 5 hens. Gather eggs daily; market at least twice a week. Grow green crops in the poultry yards if the yard is not in permanent sod. Feed table and kitchen waste to the hens. Give a light feed of grain in the morning. Let the hens help themselves to a dry mash. Give a heavier feed of grain in the evening. Feed grain in straw or other litter to make the hens scratch for it. Keep poultry free fromlice and the house free from mites. Market hens which you do not wish to carry longer as soon as they stop laying and begin to molt in the late summer or fall. Cull the flock so as to eliminate the early molters and other unprofitable producers. Be sure that growing chicks have plenty of feed so that they will make continuous rapid growth. Feed growing chicks a dry mash to which they can help themselves. Preserve eggs in the spring and winter when eggs are scarce and high in price. GOVERNMENT ASSISTS SUGAR BEET GROWERS Investigations and Recommendations Made in Different Fields. To assist sugar beet growers in deciding upon the best farm practices in raising a crop and determining the cost of production, specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture have made a study of four of the most im-States. The department has published portant sugar beet areas in the United four bulletins, one on each of the four areas studied, giving in detail the results of the investigations. The first bulletin deals with the Utah and Idaho area, the second takes up the work in Colorado, the third gives the results obtained in Michigan and Ohio, and the fourth, Bulletin 760, just issued, discusses the practices on 165 farms in three typical sugar beet regions of California. While the requirements of the beet crop in terms of value that prevailed through 1915 and 1916 are dealt with in the recent publication, the authors state that when such requirements are known the cost of producing sugar beets can be ascertained for any given crop year by substituting current rates for labor, seed, water, etc., for those given in the bulletin. The cost data, therefore, are valuable solely for purposes of comparison. While the suggestions are directly applicable to California districts, the authors believe that certain features relating to increased production will be found valuable to growers in other regions. In two of the California districts, visited more than 50 per cent of the Los Angeles and Salinas, on the farmsitable land is utilized in growing back probably the greater part of the American securities that were held abroad, we expect to carry much more of our freight in our own ships and we have loaned $10,000,000,000 or more to foreign governments and corporations. The net result of all this is that there will be a balance of payments in our favor of probably not less than $500,000,000 per year. How do we expect to take payment? This is not a question of the solvency of our debtors, but simply how will they find the means to make payments in this country? Ordinarily international trade nearly settles itself, or if it is one-sided bankers borrow temporarily to settle the differences or ship gold for that purpose, but the war has thrown trade badly out of balance and governments have put embargoes upon the movements of gold, so that exchange rates have shown extraordinary fluctuations. It is evident that our foreign debtors cannot make their payments to this country in gold because not enough gold is produced in the world outside of this country to do it; furthermore we do not want any part of it paid in gold because the effect would be to raise the level of prices in this country, which are high enough already, and the effect would be disadvantageous to our export trade. Neither do we want to take payment by the importation of foreign goods, as if taken in any such quantities they would seriously interfere with our home industries. The talk in Congress is that customs duties will be raised by the next Congress, with a view to reducing importations. Moreover, our people which would increase the trade balances ambitious to increase their exports. Tons of supplies shipped from America to France, 7,500,000. Total registered in draft, 24,234,021. Total draft inductions, 2,810,296. Cost of war to April 30, 1919,$21,850,000,000. Battles fought by American troops, thirteen. Days of battle, 200. Days of duration of Meuse-Argonne battle, 47. American battle deaths in war, 48,900. American wounded in war, 236,000. American deaths from disease, 56,991. Total deaths in the army, 112,422. Under the head of "sources of the army," the report shows that 13 per cent came from the Regular Army, 10 per cent from the National Guard and time weiment assovidingay, Geneskak forget, that moreart. I cut was forth000 waswith theimprove commerce there isget. Thebor withchannel400 feetcent wouldwith theif it sawonly as a cookpartold outa thinkthee largerfor thedeharbor.itis backat it willper timereport asnearerA ROULTRY y. It isthe hensover. Thethe eggsbeg better.hed chicksthe pulletsno experi-irt in ayour exut.table poultenexpenis dry andble plentyfor labor, seed, water, etc., for thosegiven in the bulletin. The cost data,therefore, are valuable solely forpurposes of comparison. While thesuggestions are directly applicable toCalifornia districts, the authors believethat certain features relating toincreased production will be found valuablest to growers in other regions. In two of the California districts,visited more than 50 per cent of theLos Angeles and Salinas, on the farmstillable land is utilized in growingbeets, while in the other district, Oxnard, over one-third of the tillable landis devoted to this crop. The averageacre yields for the three districtsduring the period covered by the study(1915-16) were: Los Angeles,14.52tons; Oxnard,9.53 tons; Salinas,15.59tons. The cost per acre duringthis period was, for the Los Angeles region,$67.11; Oxnard,$54.88; andSalinas,$66.45. In general, the bulletin says,as acre increases acre cost decreases,while as yield increases acre costincreases, although cost per tondecreases. Labor was the principal cost item inthe three districts, amounting to 50per cent of the total cost ofproduction, while the use of the landamounted to 35 per cent. The moreimportant factors which enter into thecostof producing sugar beets are labor,interest on land or rental,seed,water,taxes,and insurance. Whilethesefactors expressed in terms ofmoneyvalues are variable, such itemsashours of man labor, hours of horse labor,pounds of seed, hours of useof equipment, and amount of fertilizersrequired do not fluctuate appreciably. Beet tops are usually plowed underin the Saminas area. They are ofconsiderable value for fertilizingtheland,the best results beingobtainedwhen they are evenly distributed overthe field. After they are cut thetopsare allowed to remain in the rows,butbefore the land is plowed theyare scattered over the field with a harrow,one harrowing being sufficient.Farmmanures are used in theCaliforniaareas to enrich the soil, but theyare exceedingly scarce. For the successful production ofan intensive crop like the sugar beet itis necessary to have a deep,well-preparedseed bed. In regions where rainfall is limited and occurs mainlyduring the winter, as in California,it isespecially desirable to practice deepfall plowing. This enables the soilto store large quantities of water duringtry, which are high enough already,and the effect would be disadvantageous to our export trade. Neither dowe want to take payment by theimportation of foreign goods, as if takenin any such quantities they wouldseriously interfere with our homeindustries.The talk in Congress is thatcustoms duties will be raised bythenext Congress, with a view to reducingimportations.Moreover, our peoplewhich would increase the trade balances ambitious to increase their exports,ance in our favor. This is a very real situation,and this country must meet it intelligentlyor it will find exchange rates runningagainst this country everywhereinthe world, and so heavily that theywillput a check upon exports.At thepresent time for instance there isapremium in Paris upon New Yorkdrafts of about 3 per cent, which meansthat a French importer buyinggoodsin the United States must not onlypay American prices for the goodsplus the costs of shipment, but 5 percentmore to obtain the means ofremittance. This is because the tradeis so one-sided that it is difficulttofind the means of payment.In Italythe cost of obtaining a draft onNew York is about 10 per cent. This is avery heavy handicap upon sales inthatcountry, and it may become higher.The exchange situation betweenNew York and London has been supportedby loans; if they cease a seriousdisturbance is probable. That this situation is not due to lownational credit is shown by the factthat in our relations with somecountries we are in the debtor position ourselves. For example, we oweArgentina a heavy balance, and becauseour government does not permitthe shipment of gold a draft on Argentina costsa premium of 7 per cent.All ourimportations from that country,whichconsist mainly of wool and hides,aresubject to this charge. It happensthat we must have the goods,and sowe stand the charge, but in normaltimes and in goods which are subjectto competitive conditions such a chargewould either divert business to othercountries or would have to be absorbedby the seller. We cannot hope tobuild up an export business againstsuch charges, and the charges areinevitable unless we allow our foreigncustomers to pay by means of securitiesor loans. Days of battle, 200. Days of duration of Meuse-Argonnebattle, 47. American battle deaths in war, 48. 900. American wounded in war, 236,000. American deaths from disease, 56. 991. Total deaths in the army, 112,422. Under the head of "sources ofthearmy," the report shows that 13 percent came from the Regular Army,10per cent from the National Guardand77 per cent from the draft. Attention was called to the fact that"two of every three American soldierswho reached France took part inbattle." NEW TESTING LAW Animals in interstate commerceafter July 1 must be shown freefrom disease,says the California Cultivator.The enforcement of this new regulationwill, it is believed, be of great assistance in preventing the furtherspread of tuberculosis among livestock,and having the work practicallyunder state and federal supervisionat all times will serve to bring aboutuniformity. The department of agriculture,through its bureau of animal industry.is now actively co-operatingwiththe state live stock sanitary officialsand cattle owners of 42 states in theeradication of tuberculosis from livestock. Recent legislation in several ofthestates has made is possible to proceedwith the work where heretoforeit has been impossible to do so.Federal funds available for the work areinsufficient to meet present demands, PRINC For the successful production of an intensive crop like the sugar beet it is necessary to have a deep, well-prepared seed bed. In regions where rainfall is limited and occurs mainly during the winter, as in California, it is especially desirable to practice deep fall plowing. This enables the soil to store large quantities of water during the rainy period and increases the yield by facilitating the development of a beet with a long tap root. On the farms included in the study the depth of plowing ranged from an average of 9.5 inches in the Salinas district to 11.5 inches in the Oxnard district. After the seed bed had been further prepared by rolling, harrowing, and leveling the seeding was done from December 1 to June 1, the time varying according to localities. Cultivating ranged from February 15 to July 15, but in the Salinas district it was practiced chiefly in May, June, and July. The first cultivation preceded blocking and thinning. In the Los Angeles and Salinas areas irrigation is sometimes necessary, but usually only one irrigation is required. FOREIGN LOANS Prior to the war we had an average annual trade balance in our favor on merchandise accounts of about $500,000,000 per year, which was practically offset by interest and dividend payments made upon American securities held abroad, by foreign shipping charges against our commerce, by the expenditures of tourists abroad, remittances to relatives in other countries, etc. The war has made a great change in this account. We have now bought we stand the charge, but in normal times and in goods which are subject to competitive conditions such a charge would either divert business to other countries or would have to be absorbed by the seller. We cannot hope to build up an export business against such charges, and the charges are inevitable unless we allow our foreign customers to pay by means of securities or loans. THE DEATH LIST More than seven and one-half million men were killed or died of wounds during the war, according to the war department. Following is the list, which does not include those dying of disease: Russia, 1,700,000. Germany, 1,600,000. France, 1,385,300. Great Britain, 900,000. Austria, 800,000. Italy, 462,000. Turkey, 250,000. Serbia and Montenegro, 125,000. Belgium, 102,000. Rumania, 100,000. Bulgaria, 100,000. United States, 49,000. Greece, 7,000. Portugal, 2,000. Total, 7,582,300. France suffered more than any other nation from property damage, it being estimated that of $22,000,000-400 blotted out by the war, the French lost $10,000,000,000. American participation is summarized in the report in the following table: Total armed forces, including army, navy, marine corps, 4,800,000. Total men in the army, 4,000,000. Men who went overseas, 2,086,000. Men who fought in France, 1,390,000. VICTORY OIL MOTORS SIZES 12 TO 75 H.P. OPERATE ON LOW GRADE FUELS The Bosch High Tension Magneto Insures Starting and Operation. Let us tell you of its Low Cost and demonstrate its Economy in Operation Made and used in California for 5 years MITH BOOTH USHER CO ESTABLISHED 1893 THE PUMP AND ENGINE HOUSE OF THE PACIFIC COAST LOS ANGELES and now that the cattle owners are finding the work to be of such advantage and importance the demands will increase rapidly. Most activities are in the "accredited-herd" work with the owners and breeders of pure-bred herds of cattle who wish to free their herds from tuberculosis and have them placed on the list as "accredited." GOLD MINING ON THE-LOWER YUKON Placer mining on Wilson and Willow creeks, in the Marshall district, on the lower Yukon, yielded gold amounting to about $700,000 in 1916 and 1917, and claims have been staked on the lodes from which some of the gold may in the Newlands River Regulation Amendment. The Secretary made a statement, and being asked gave his consent to being quoted as follows: "I have followed the legislation known as the Newlands River Regulation Amendment very carefully. I am much impressed with the necessity of appointing the commission provided for in the amendment. However, the President has been so busy with war work, and after the signing of the armistice, so busy abroad with the peace treaty, that he has had no time to give to such matters, but now that he is coming home I hope and believe that this matter will have his early attention." These are substantially the words used by Secretary Houston and it will be good news to the irrigation inter- GOLD MINING ON THE-LOWER YUKON Placer mining on Wilson and Willow creeks, in the Marshall district, on the lower Yukon, yielded gold amounting to about $700,000 in 1916 and 1917, and claims have been staked on the lodes from which some of the gold may have been derived. An examination of the region along the Yukon between Anvik and Andreafski rivers, comprising about 2,000 square miles and including the Marshall district, has been made by George L. Harrington, of the United States Geological Survey, and its results are given in a report just published. The report describes the geography and geology of the region and contains topographic and geologic maps. It includes descriptions of the animal and vegetable life, the settlements, the gold placers, the coal beds on Anvik River, and some notes on a group of mineral springs near Marshall. The report is published as Bulletin 683 of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and can be obtained without charge from the Director of the Survey at Washington. FAVORS THE COMMISSION While Secretary of Agriculture Houston and party were in Riverside on a brief visit Chairman Cuttle of the Tri-Counties Reforestation Committee had an opportunity of discussing with the Secretary the matter of the appointment of the commission provided for appointing the commission provided for in the amendment. However, the President has been so busy with war work, and after the signing of the armistice, so busy abroad with the peace treaty, that he has had no time to give to such matters, but now that he is coming home I hope and believe that this matter will have his early attention." These are substantially the words used by Secretary Houston and it will be good news to the irrigation interests in Southern California to know that Secretary Houston knows the details of the Newlands River Regulation Amendment, the necessity for appointing the commission and that he hopes it may be accomplished at an early date. 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