anaheim-gazette 1919-08-21

THIRD TIME SOLD IN 3 WEEKS' TIME PHENOMENAL RISE IN VALUE OF AN ORANGE COUNTY CITRUS GROVE Two Middle Men made Several Thousand Dollars Profit on the Deal.—Example of Real Estate Activity. What is considered as one of the most remarkable real estate transactions ever taking place in Orange county has just been consummated, with the property concerned changing ownership three times in as many weeks, the buyer on each occasion paying several thousand dollars more than the price paid by the preceding purchaser, says the Register. The property which figures in these transactions, which are looked upon as verging upon the phenomenal even during the present period of high values on real estate in this section, is located a mile and a half east of Orange on Chapman avenue. Prior to its recent rapid change in ownership it was the property of Peter Goddickson. Three weeks ago the property, which consists of eighteen and a half acres, ing of these waters for use during the irrigating season. Farmers of Orange county generally are aware of the decreasing supply of underground water and the increase in newly developed land. It is needless to say that water conservation should be a matter of great concern. Preparedness, the byword of the day, can well be applied here. The water supply of the past will not meet the requirements of the future. Steps must be taken to provide for more by saving the waste of millions of gallons of water which have been allowed to run off and be lost to the thirsty land and crying crops. Francis Cuttle was invited by the farm bureau to present the subject of "Water Conservation" to the farmers of the county. A large crowd of people attended the meeting and were amply repaid for their time, receiving valuable information regarding this all important subject... BANKS FACING RESPONSIBILITY Never before in history have the banks of the world wielded greater power or faced bigger responsibility than they do today. Before the war, few people really came in contact with banks, the great mass of the people considering them merely for the benefit of the rich. At the beginning of the war there were only about 350,000 investors. Now our billions of dollars of Liberty Bonds are held in the hands of 30,000,000 people, many of whom have thus been brought in close contact with a bank for the first time. An investor or a bank depositor is not likely to be a Bolshevik or a So... The property which figures in these transactions, which are looked upon as verging upon the phenomenal even during the present period of high values on real estate in this section, is located a mile and a half east of Orange on Chapman avenue. Prior to its recent rapid change in ownership it was the property of Peter Goddickson. Three weeks ago the property, which consists of eighteen and a half acres, upon which, in addition to a residence, there are bearing Valencia oranges, and four acres of lemons, was sold by Goddickson for $50,000. A. E. Bowe of Orange was the first buyer. Shortly after his purchase he turned over the property to Albert Rohrs, of 306 West Palm avenue, Orange, and Albert Heinicke, also of Orange. The price paid by Rohrs and Heinicke was $56,000. Two days later the property was sold for $60,000 to H. C. Schnackenberg, who came to Orange four weeks ago from Davenport, Nebraska. W. A. Phillips and S. B. Edwards of Orange were the agents in the transactions. Following his sale of the property, Bowe purchased twenty acres set to two-year-old Valencias on Flower street, West Orange, paying $35,000. The property was purchased of Henry J. Gerken, partner of Otto Kolberg, in the Orange County Garage Company. Bowe will build a residence on his newly acquired holdings, it is stated. While the rapid change in the ownership of the property formerly belonging to Goddickson is regarded as remarkable, it would have been looked upon as doubly remarkable, if not altogether impossible as short a time ago as December of last year. Remarkable as these sales are, however, it is pointed out that they are entirely in keeping with the present high prices being paid for citrus lands in this county. Valencia orange groves and good citrus lands in this district are selling at from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent more than they were in January of the present year. The price of good citrus orchards has increased since the beginning of 1919 from $1000 to $1500 more per care than was being paid previously. One reason why orange groves are bringing such high prices is that the crops are bringing from $1000 to $1500 per acre. When the Goddrickson property was few people really came in contact with banks, the great mass of the people considering them merely for the benefit of the rich. At the beginning of the war there were only about 350,000 investors. Now our billions of dollars of Liberty Bonds are held in the hands of 30,000,000 people, many of whom have thus been brought in close contact with a bank for the first time. An investor or a bank depositor is not likely to be a Bolshevik or a Socialist. The leading banks of the nation realize that the time is here to get in closer touch with the great mass of the people in order that these people may become acquainted with banking methods and be brought to realize that the safety of the nation including rich and poor alike, and not merely the funds of the rich, depend upon sound banking institutions. Progressive banks are exerting every effort to teach depositors that banks exist for protection and assurance of any worthy and responsible man or woman and not merely for a selected few. The war has given Socialism and more radical movements an impetus never before thought possible and working people of foreign countries oppressed for centuries have gone wild with freedom which they do not understand. In many cases banks have been pillaged, simply because they were supposed to be the deposit vaults of the rich. American banks are profiting by this object lesson. They are endeavoring to bring the individual laborer and the capitalist together on common ground by having the funds of both in the same bank, thus teaching that the bank is for the protection and assistance of both. The banks themselves face the great responsibility of educating the people and thereby consolidating their own position with the masses. **AQUATIC BIRDS ARE GAINING IN NUMBER** State Ornithologist Edward H. Forbush of Boston, who has just returned from a week's trip along the southern shores and islands of the State to study conditions affecting the shore birds, reports an encouraging situation regarding the four species of terns and the two species of gulls which are of the most importance and interest. These are increasing in numbers under the protection of the law. Formerly the public generally collected the eggs of some of these birds. Horace Greely "Go west, you young been revised and pretation by the ing service of the pling Board, on falling the burdens' great new" "Go to sea ye vice the Shipping formians between age. Hundreds now to man Uriers. Unless once the opera completed at Pallidously handicap Henry Avila, Board sea trail Coast, made and here today. The exist for seame cooks. Avilla does offers a livelihood suit any young goes to sea now tunity to become engineer officer Men who volle be assigned to training ship I on the Pacific on the Iris for citrus lands in this district are selling at from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent more than they were in January of the present year. The price of good citrus orchards has increased since the beginning of 1919 from $1000 to $1500 more per care than was being paid previously. One reason why orange groves are bringing such high prices is that the crops are bringing from $1000 to $1500 per acre. When the Goddrickson property was bought by Schnackenberg there remained from $6000 to $8000 worth of oranges on the trees, it is stated. This was after the grove had had several previous pickings. Such instances as this are pointed to as being partially the reason for the phenomenal gain in citrus land values in the county. WATER IS KING SAY CONSERVATIONISTS Francis Cuttle of Riverside Delivers Splendid Address at Santa Ana on Water Storage. The Orange County Farm Bureau has been thoroughly alive to the importance of water conservation in this county. Its directors know better than anyone that water is king here, and that any movement to better the supply ought to have the solid backing of an institution that is looking to the best interests of the county as a whole. Because it does believe that water is of paramount importance, the farm bureau arranged for a public address to be given in Santa Ana last Friday afternoon at the Santa Ana city hall by Francis Cuttle of Riverside. Cuttle is a conservation expert. Water users of Orange county learned from him the importance attached to the control of winter water in the surrounding watersheds—and the stor- State Ornithologist Edward H. Forbush of Boston, who has just returned from a week's trip along the southern shores and islands of the State to study conditions affecting the shore birds, reports an encouraging situation regarding the four species of terns and the two species of gulls which are of the most importance and interest. These are increasing in numbers under the protection of the law. Formerly the public generally collected the eggs of some of these birds. The eggs of the herring gull are nearly as large, Professor Forbush says, as turkey's eggs, and are edible. Eggs of some of the other species are about as large as pullets' eggs, but those of the least tern are hardly worth collecting. Since the law went into effect, the number of the birds has increased. The blackheaded gulls were so much reduced that Professor Forbush says that the only survivors, so far as known, were 12 pairs on Muskeget Island, but now they are becoming numerous again, and are found as far north as Maine. Professor Forbush says that the Audubon societies have been a great help in the protection of the shore species. Under the protection of the law, they have improved much, especially on the islands, where they are immune from the cats, skunks, and foxes which ravage them on the mainland. Arizona has 115,000 acres of cotton, which, judging from July 1 condition, would give, according to Field Agent Harrison, 44,000 bales American-Egyptian long staple and 20,000 bales short staple. Last year the yields were American-Egyptian 36,000 bales and short staple 20,000 bales. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. Men who volunteer to train ship IX on the Pacific on the Iris for mariners are now deep water vessels now paid in the marine. The men training per capita in no small sponse that Board's call for not be operated. The new Americans is for American cans (native be permitted to take Californians are asked to mation at Room 3 Francisco, or all stores in their been designated agents. $103,480,999 Cash dividends by the Standard Chartered year 1918 and which is the during any year excepting 1913 disbursed, including by the Standard Chartered Jersey from m subsidiaries. During the amount paid w ANAHEIM GAZETTE SENATE VOTES FOR MEXICAN INQUIRY Foreign Relations Committee is authorized to make sweeping investigation of Alleged Outrages Against Americans. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, by a unanimous vote, yesterday, reported the resolution introduced by Senator William H. King, Democrat, of Utah, calling for a most sweeping investigation of the damages and outrages suffered by American citizens since the end of the Diaz regime. An important feature of the proposed investigation is that the lead was taken by Administration Democrats. The resolution, which was adopted by the Senate without debate, follows: "Resolved. That the Committee on Foreign Relations, or any sub-corporate thereof, is authorized and directed to investigate the matter of damages and outrages suffered by citizens of the United States in Mexico, including the number of citizens of the United States who have been killed or who have suffered personal outrages in Mexico, and the amount of proper indemnities for such murders and outrages; the amount of damages suffered on account of the destruction, confiscation, and deprivation of the use of lands and the destruction of improvements thereon; the number of citizens of the United States residing in Mexico at the time Porfirio Díaz retired from the presidency of Mexico, and the number of citizens of the United States at present residing in Mexico, and the nature and amounts of their present holdings and properties in said country; and" WANTS TO CAPITALIZE THE COUNTY'S SCENERY Santa Ana Theatre Man Says Producers Should be Taxed. That Orange county's natural scenery should be capitalized through the taxing of moving picture producers who come into the county and "cop" one of Orange county's greatest assets without in any way remunerating the commonwealth, is the opinion of C. E. Walker, proprietor of the Princess theater. He believes that a license should be charged to outside producers who come here, or that companies should be made to locate establishments within the county in order to avail themselves of the scenery to be found here appropriate for the backgrounds of their productions. "This county should capitalize its scenery, either by placing a license tax on the producers or securing the establishment of moving picture plants within the county, with the use of the scenery limited to the local companies," declared Walker. "The producers are 'coping' one of our best assets and we get neither advertising nor compensation for it." Newport Bay cannot be duplicated anywhere on the coast as a place for producing plays where water scenes are necessary to the proper staging of such productions. The movies should be compelled to pay at least $1000 per day for the privilege of using that bay. It is now county property—it is destined to be a big asset, and we shouldn't let the companies come here and walk off with the big stuff without compensation. "Orange County Park, the mountains..." "GO TO SEA, YOUNG MAN" Horace Greely's famous injunction "Go west, young man, go west," has been revised and given a new interpretation by the officials of the recruiting service of the United States Shipping Board, on whose shoulders is falling the burden of manning America's great new merchant marine. "Go to sea young man," is the advice the Shipping Board is giving Californians between 18 and 35 years of age. Hundreds of men are needed now to man Uncle Sam's cargo carriers. Unless they come forward at once the operation of bottoms just completed at Pacific ports will be seriously handicapped. Henry Avila, supervisor of Shipping Board sea training on the Pacific Coast, made an appeal for sea recruits here today. Thousands of vacancies exist for seamen, firemen, stewards, cooks. Avila declares the sea now offers a livelihood attractive enough to suit any young man. The man who goes to sea now is given every opportunity to become a licensed deck or engineer officer within two years. Men who volunteer for the sea will be assigned to the merchant marine training ship Iris, which is stationed on the Pacific Coast. After training on the Iris for six weeks the student "Newport Bay cannot be duplicated anywhere on the coast as a place for producing plays where water scenes are necessary to the proper staging of such productions. The movies should be compelled to pay at least $1000 per day for the privilege of using that bay. It is now county property—it is destined to be a big asset, and we shouldn't let the companies come here and walk off with the big stuff without compensation. "Orange County Park, the mountains to the east of town, Laguna Beach and numerous other places in the county offer the very best natural scenery for filming pictures. The big picture industries are located in other cities, which derive all the benefit of the vast forces they maintain and the big disbursements they make in wages and the purchase of equipment for producing. "We have scenery here that they cannot get any place else in Southern California. They have worn out the scenery in the places where they have been producing and the refilming of the same places in different pictures becomes monotonous. The movie fans quickly recognize the same location of scenes in different pictures. The producers must seek new fields for making their plays and now they are coming into Orange county with the utmost regularity. Banks, stores and the court house in this city are being filmed more frequently. "In my opinion Orange county should get busy and locate a big film producing company somewhere, and reserve our scenery for one or more companies that might locate here. I believe that legislation by the Board of Supervisors should remedy the situation and bring about a condition where our scenery could be capitalized." IN KEEPING WITH ITS NATURAL ATTRACTIVENESS A. S. Bradford, of the Board of Forestry, Urges Park Be Made Not Too Artificial. At a meeting of the County Board of Forestry recently, A. S. Bradford, of Placentia, chairman of the board, was commissioned to go before the Board of Supervisors and express to the board the opinion of the forestry board that in the improvement of the county park that the plans adopted be in keeping with the natural attractiveness of the park." H. For returned southern State to the shore situation oerns and such are of interest. Numbers unrally colisee birds are nearer says, as Eggs of about as ease of the collectfect, the increased so muchush says far as Muskeget becoming and as far that the great the shore on of such, especi-ly they are banks, and the mainof cotton, condition, held Agent American-Egyptianales short holds were sales and earn $103,480,916 IN DIVIDENDS Cash dividend disbursements made by the Standard Oil companies during the year 1918 amounted to $103,480,916, which is the largest payment made during any year since the dissolution, excepting 1913, when $107,795,361 was disbursed, including $39,335,362 paid by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey from repayments of loans by subsidiaries. During the last quarter of 1918 the amount paid was $24,035,252. A. S. Bradford, of the Board of Forestry, Urges Park Be Made Not Too Artificial. At a meeting of the County Board of Forestry recently, A. S. Bradford, of Placentia, chairman of the board, was commissioned to go before the Board of Supervisors and express to the board the opinion of the forestry board that in the improvement of the county park that the plans adopted be in keeping with the natural attractiveness of the park. The forestry board was moved to take this action by reason of the fact that a number of public bodies and officials have appeared before the board with suggestions as to what ought to be done at the county park. Some have in mind the making of a city park out of it, others of making it a "pike" with merry-go-rounds and shooting galleries. In brief, the opinion that Chairman Bradford will take to the supervisors will be that nothing should be done in relation to the County Park that will in the slightest mar its attractiveness as a national park. People go to the County Park and enjoy it because of its oaks, its sycamores, its hills and its out-of-doors. They love city parks, with mowed lawns and tennis courts, for the attractions of the Santiago canyon in its "wild" state. Artificiality should not be allowed to creep into the plans any more than is absolutely necessary to accommodate the people in their enjoyment of the place as a natural park. In building for the future, oaks should be grown where many years ago some imported park trees, foreign to this section, were planted, and the foreign trees removed. First of all, what is needed is more room. Useless underbrush should be removed, trees that are comnig on should be given every chance to grow, and trees that are in PROTECT FRUIT GROWERS A bill which will do much to help farmers' and fruit growers' marketing organizations everywhere has been introduced into Congress by Representative Barbour of Fresno. It is designed to protect the producer from possible prosecution under a narrow interpretation of the Sherman or Clayton antitrust laws. Orange, walnut, bean, milk and butter producers have combined to market their products efficiently, and it is with a view of making clear the status of these beneficial organizations that the bill is being introduced. The organization of the producers throughout the State has been fostered by the Federal and State officials through the farm bureau system, and efficient methods of marketing and the reduction of waste have resulted in more money to the producer without adding proportionately to the burden of the consumer. Throw Away Your old washing machine, tubs, buckets and rubboards. —Call our wagon and have us do your laundry work. Save your wife the drudgery of the washtub. Patronize a home concern. Anaheim Laundry Company Phone 18 Building is Brisk Since the government lifted the restrictions on material, and if you are among the many who contemplate putting up a new home or repairing an old one, let us make an estimate for you. 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What is what the farmer is selling when he gets together with other farmers and places his goods in the most favorable market. A SUCKER WAS SAVED A city man got a very glowing circular fret a Chicago "development company" offering him ten acres of land in Florida for the surprisingly small sum of $2500—a "peanut unit" the circular called it. He could grow, the circular said, a thousand bushels of peanuts on his ten acres and could sell the peanuts—allowing for low prices—of $2 a bushel. The city man was impressed; but he sent the circular to the United States Department of Agriculture with a query as to whether or not the investment was a good one. Following are some sentences from the letter he got in reply: "The literature is of the kind designed to deceive city people in the North and West who do not know anything about farming." "The average return from ten acres of peanuts would not exceed $300 to $100." "You could buy a 100-acre farm in almost any of the counties of Western Florida, including the one mentioned in the circular, for the price these people ask for ten acres." "The whole 'unit' system, whether it is pecan, peaches, figs, cane, peanuts, hogs or what not, is simply a means of selling land at three to five times what it is worth to ignorant or unwary." To pay $2500 for this ten acres of land would stamp you as a 'sucker' of the rankest class." "All this is without reflecting in any way on Florida, for it is a good State and lands are comparatively cheap there."