anaheim-gazette 1919-08-28

SCHOOLS ASKING BIG-SPECIAL TAXES FULLERTON HIGH'S REQUEST MAY BE OPPOSED BY STANDARD OIL COMPANY Wants $130,000 Above the Regular Levy—Anaheim High Asking for $23,000—Anaheim Common School Wants $10,900. Fullerton Union High School has asked that the Board of Supervisors give that district a special high school tax by which the district may raise $130,000 more than will come into the district's funds by the usual taxation channels. In making this request for a special fund, Fullerton High is asking for more special money than is asked by all of the other high school districts of the county combined. At the courthouse it is declared that Fullerton's request for this large amount may disturb the efforts of county authorities to secure a compromise with the Standard Oil Co., which is threatening to sue the county for the return of portions of the $550,000 personal property tax collections made this year by County Assessor James Sleeper. The taxes were paid under protest. Meetings had been held with Attorney Oscar Lawler and other representatives was taken from Lowell joint district and was split up among the four districts. Lowell joint got all the worst of the move, for this year its trustees are requesting that a 30-cent special tax be put on so that it can get money enough to run the district. Fullerton seems to have secured the lion's share of the division, for the high school district's assessed valuation jumped $40,000,000. Last year Fullerton high got a special tax rate of 48 cents to raise $84,782, the amount its trustees asked. This year only a 32-cent rate will be needed to raise the $130,000 that is asked. Of course, the bulk of the $130,000 will be paid by the oil companies and those who are trying to persuade the Standard Oil Company officials that they ought not to bring a suit against the county say that the big sum sought by the Fullerton Union High School District is not going to look very good to the Standard Oil officials, who will point out that last year the company had none of the special high school tax to pay and who have already repeatedly expressed resentment at the change of boundaries, which change the Standard representatives say was made for the purpose of revenue only, not because there was the slightest benefit to anyone living in the territory concerned. There is little question but what the Standard will endeavor to have the boundary lines put back where they were a year ago. The amount asked by high-school boards of the county, bearing the recommendation of the county school superintendent, have been turned in to County Auditor Jerome. Jerome has figured out the tax rates necessary to raise the amounts requested as follows: Anaheim Union, 45 cents; Fullerton, 32; Huntington Beach, 55; Orange, 50; Santa Ana, 57; Anaheim At the courthouse it is declared that Fullerton's request for this large amount may disturb the efforts of county authorities to secure a compromise with the Standard Oil Co., which is threatening to sue the county for the return of portions of the $550,000 personal property tax collections made this year by County Assessor James Sleeper. The taxes were paid under protest. Meetings had been held with Attorney Oscar Lawler and other representatives of the Standard Oil, and compromise efforts were well along when a temporary halt was called by the disability of Lawler, injured in a bombing outrage in Los Angeles. Throughout the negotiations the Standard officials contended that there was an evident attempt in this county to gouge that company to the fullest extent in taxation. They were not so much fighting Sleeper's assessment figures as they were tax rates. Their richest properties lie inside Fullerton city limits, and by a transfer of boundaries last winter they were changed from a school district with almost no special school taxation to common school districts with high special taxes, and were put into the Fullerton Union High School District. The Standard declared that Fullerton's city tax rate was made much higher last year than it had been led to believe it would be. The rate of $1 last year gave Fullerton a big sum of money. This year with a greatly increased valuation a 90-cent rate has been fixed, and that rate will give Fullerton far more money than it has ever had. While the Standard has protested that Fullerton city and school districts have not been keeping their tax rates down anywhere near as low as they could and still have plenty of money to go on, the request of the high school district for $130,000 this year is declared at the court house to be another point that will have to be overcome before the Standard Oil officials are persuaded to give up their intention of suing the county. The trustees o fthe Fullerton High School District estimate that the district for the next year will need $181,180, of which $51,180 will come in the usual channels. Estimates filed by the school trustees with County School Superintendent Mitchell show that the total of $181,180 includes $70,000 for salaries of thirty-seven teachers, $43,780 for the purchase of property and The amount asked by high school boards of the county, bearing the recommendation of the county school superintendent, have been turned in to County Auditor Jerome. Jerome has figured out the tax rates necessary to raise the amounts requested as follows: Anaheim Union, 45 cents; Fullerton, 32; Huntington Beach, 55; Orange, 50; Santa Ana, 57; Anaheim asked for $23,500 over and above the amount to be raised by usual sources of income; Fullerton, $130,000; Huntington Beach, $29,950; Orange, $35,338; Santa Ana, $43,463. Thirty-five of the common school districts of the county have asked for special tax funds. Sixteen districts have found that they will have money enough from usual sources, such as state and county school apportionments, to run them without any special funds. Some of the districts asking for special funds are to use them for paying additions to teachers' salaries some for repairing buildings, some for other school purposes. The requests approved by Mitchell, as made by common school districts, follow: Anaheim, $10,900; Brea, $8235; Bolsa, $750; Buena Park, $1266; Cypress, $500; El Modena, $2500; El Toro, $500; Fullerton, $12,200; El Toro, $500; $3000; Harper, $1538; Huntington Beach, $6150; Katella, $2200; Laguna, $1500; La Habra, $12,415; Loara, $1090; Lowell Joint, $1845; Magnolia, $450; Newhope, $450; Newport Beach, $3500; Ocean View, $1000; Olinda, $1000; Olive, $1660; Orange, $9500; Orangethorpe, $850; Placentia, $18,500; San Juan, $1000; Santa Ana, $22,263; Savanna, $450; Silverado, $200; Springdale, $861; Tustin, $9000; Villa Park, $1260; Westminster, $500; Yorba, $500; Yorba Linda, $1498. Districts have asked for and have Mitchell's approval for special kindergarten funds as follows: Anaheim, $2500; Brea, $1350; Fullerton, $4810; Huntington Beach, $2045; La Habra, $2230; Olinda, $1200; Orange, $3400; Santa Ana, $6600; Tustin, $3700. Special building fund rates are to be put on to provide building funds as follows: Bolsa, $375; Fullerton, $14.000; Garden Grove, $1000; Huntington Beach, $3200; Orange, $2500; Placentia, $6500; Santa Ana, $9000. The trustees ofthe Fullerton High School District estimate that the district for the next year will need $181,180, of which $51,180 will come in the usual channels. Estimates filed by the school trustees with County School Superintendent Mitchell show that the total of $181,180 includes $70,000 for salaries of thirty-seven teachers, $43,780 for the purchase of property and $18,000 for paving, curbing and sidewalks. Last year the salary total was $48,979.16. There is a disposition among some of the county authorities to refuse Fullerton's request. It has gone to the Board of Supervisors with the recommendation of the county school superintendent that it be allowed. That may end the matter, for there is a question as to whether or not the supervisors have any power to reduce the amount after it has the superintendent's recommendation. Mitchell made the recommendation after he had gone to Fullerton and had met with the trustees of the district. The disposition to cut the request seems to be based largely upon the fact that the county is attempting to secure a compromise with the Standard Oil Company, which this year paid its personal property taxes under protest. A year ago the Standard's valuable Murphy lease wells were not inside the Fullerton School District. Those wells were inside the Lowell joint school district, which had so much money that it had had all the money it could use when given a one-cent special school tax. Fullerton, La Habra, Orangethorpe and Buena Park got through a move by which the boundary lines were changed and the rich garten funds as follows: Anaheim, $250; Brea, $1350; Fullerton, $4810; Huntington Beach, $2045; La Habra, $2230; Olinda, $1200; Orange, $3400; Santa Ana, $6600; Tustin, $3700. Special building fund rates are to be put on to provide building funds as follows: Bolsa, $375; Fullerton, $14,000; Garden Grove, $1000; Huntington Beach, $3200; Orange, $2500; Placentia, $6500; Santa Ana, $9000. WANTED TO PROVE THE WORLD IS ROUND Nine-Year-Old Boy Starts Out to Circumnavigate the Globe. Johnnie Harrison, 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Harrison of Hawthorne was picked up at Seal Beach Tuesday by Chief of Police Harry Mayer shortly after he drove into the city with his father's horse and wagon which he tried to dispose of for $5. He would give no account of his parents other than that his father was a railroad man and he told so many conflicting stories that the chief turned him over to the juvenile officers at Santa Ana. Last night the chief read an account of the boy's leaving home and giving a description of the horse and wagon and at once notified the parents of the lad's whereabouts. Johnnie's mother sent him to deliver some milk Sunday morning and had not heard of him again until last night. When he left home, which was the second time, he left a note saying: "Don't worry. I won't be back for some time. One of my friends has me and we are going across the ocean. I read that the world is round I want to see if it is. I couldn't see..." Notes from St. Michael’s Messenger The month of August is among all the churches the month of vacations for both minister and people. There is the usual slackening of interest and activity in the various lines of work in the church. The Rector has been absent from the services for two Sundays but the church has been kept open through the willing and ready assistance of Mr. Whitaker. The Sunday School has also continued its sessions for which we are indebted to both Mr. Whitaker and the teachers. We are looking forward to a renewal of our energies in the coming months and hope to have the ready response and co-operation of all our members. One by one the boys who have enlisted in the service of their country in the great war have been returning to their homes, glad to be back again to Southern California, which has become more dear to them than ever, and glad to feel that they have at least tried to do their duty in a great crisis. Some have been overseas and some have not but we welcome them home alike and wish them godspeed in their work whatever it may be. From what we have seen of them we are sure that the experience has been worth to them more than money could buy and they have no regrets for having gone into military or naval service. We should like to give them a formal welcome at church some time but it has been impossible to get many of them at home at the same time. At the head of the list of our St. Michael’s boys who went to the front stands Victor Loly who had the distinction of going over the top several times and in the Providence of God has returned to us have been spared to return to their home in perfect health. Morris Martenet, Hans and Jean Storm have also done good and loyal service where duty and opportunity called them, and Paul Comstock is home again after a long absence overseas in active and honorable service. Dr. W. W. Davis, one of our communicants is also one of our honored “boys” who rendered valuable service overseas in our Base Hospitals. St. Michael’s Messenger on behalf of the whole parish welcomes them back and congratulates them on having returned to their homes in health and with honor. The most important matter before the American church today is the nation-wide campaign that is to be undertaken this fall. Have you been reading anything about it? You will find something of interest in this number. During the summer the Rector has been preaching a series of sermons on Old Testament characters and will continue them till the end of October. We have found those characters so full of interest and so instructive that we decided to continue them, for Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. We have at last succeeded in having the church reshingled, and now we wait for the painters. How long it will be before we can get them no one can tell, but we hope it will be soon. The improved condition of the church will be very welcome when we are fortunate enough to have it completed. The case decided was one brought against the Pacific Light & Power Company; and arose out of the following circumstances: The power company purchased a right-of-way for its The Traction Engine and Implement Dealer's Association of Southern California will endeavor to make this the most interesting from an educational standpoint of any tractor demonstration ever held in the past. The demonstration this year will be held on the Rancho La Brea on the corner of Melrose and Crescent avenues, from September 16th to 21st inclusive, at which time all the tractor and implement men will endeavor to show the rancher every kind of work that a tractor can be put to. The tractor industry today is one of the greatest industries in the world, and the man who is planning on going back to the soil as a business will profit greatly, by attending this practical working demonstration, as he can get at this time all data that he needs to know about the tractors and implements that goes with them at this time. Ranchers that already own tractors are always ready to spend from three to five days at these demonstrations, as they are very beneficial in improving his knowledge on power construction field, this model is equipped with Remy system of ignition and lights. Willard storage battery and electrical controlled governor. C. L. Best Gas Traction Company will show for the first time their new 60 H. P. Tracklayer, also their small 25 H. P. The Holt Manufacturing Company will have their usual exhibit of the 40-75 H. P., 22-45 H. P., with their full line of plows and land levers. The Avery Company will show the following: 40-80 H.P., 18-36 H.P., 14-28 H.P., 8-16 six cylinder new model, six cylinder new model 5-10 H.P., new model cultivator and Avery separator. The visitors at this demonstration can witness working operations of hay balling, feed cutting, sylo fillers, pumps bean threshers, separators, harvesting machines and in fact every working condition of a tractor. There will be also an excellent exhibit of accessories such as spark plugs, magnetos, piston rings, carburettors lubricating oils, and trucks and a great many other useful articles that are absolutely necessary to keep all forming machinery in operation. (Map furnished by courtesy of the Automobile Club of Southern California.) the man who is planning on going back to the soil as a business will profit greatly, by attending this practical working demonstration, as he can get at this time all data that he needs to know about the tractors and implements that goes with them at this time. Ranchers that already own tractors are always ready to spend from three to five days at these demonstrations, as they are very beneficial in improving his knowledge on power farming machinery. The Killifer Manufacturing Company will show their Standard Subsoller, Tractor Chisels, Orchard and Field Cultivators, Automatic Disc, and for the first time at any demonstration their Automatic Subsoiler. The Samson Sales Company will have on exhibit the Samson Slive Grip Model S25, their new Model 30X, this will be the first appearance on the dem from the back porch of our house." The boy was a bright, witty little chap and when questioned by the chief in regard to where his parents lived he said: "Oh, we only live a short time in each place. Three days here and three days there." When they landed here the poor old horse was about fagged out and no doubt had had very little to eat since Saturday. The boy's father is a fireman on the Southern Pacific, was learned later. The plan to take twenty billion dollars of the people's money, buy the railroads with them, and turn the roads over to those on the payroll of these lines to operate them, calls for a division of the "profits" between the government and the employees. Under government operation the railroads, with vastly increased passenger and model cultivator and Avery separator. The visitors at this demonstration can witness working operations of hay balling, feed cutting, sylo fillers, pumps bean threshers, separators, harvesting machines and in fact every working condition of a tractor. There will be also an excellent exhibit of accessories such as spark plugs, magnetos, piston rings, carburetors lubricating oils, and trucks and a great many other useful articles that are absolutely necessary to keep all farming machinery in operation. The demonstration field can be reached by the Pacific Electric Railway on either the Gardner Junction or Sherman car line. There will be something to interest you from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at this demonstration and one need not leave the field to get lunch as there will be an excellent restaurant on the field at city prices. freight rates, are operating at a loss. Who will divide the losses? Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. SANTA FE TIME TABLE (Corrected to Date) NORTHBOUND Lv. Anaheim Ar. Los Angeles 6:19 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 11:58 A.M. 12:50 P.M. 4:00 P.M. 4:50 P.M. 5:43 P.M. 6:30 P.M. SOUTHBOUND Lv. Los Angeles Ar. Anaheim 8:00 A.M. 8:52 A.M. 9:00 A.M. 9:50 A.M. 2:05 P.M. 2:52 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 6:42 P.M. 11:59 P.M. 1:03 A.M. VICTORY OIL MOTORS SIZES 12 TO 75 H.P. OPERATE ON LOW GRADE FUELS The Boch High Tension Magneto Insures Starting and Operation. 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Mr. Schauer further stated that this is the first case to this knowledge which has arisen under the Torrens Law in the United States where the courts have been called upon to decide the effect and value of a Torrens certificate. Property owners and investors throughout the state will watch this case with great interest, because, of the Supreme Court upholds the decision of the trial court, a Torrens certificate will be of no greater value than a deed, and it will be necessary for persons dealing with property to examine into all of the records to ascertain whether or not the holder of a certificate has title to the land. This development will be a great surprise to property owners who have had great faith in this law, and have registered their property believing that the Torrens certificate would be accepted as final. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. 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