anaheim-gazette 1919-09-11

CITRUS MEN HAVE A PROSPEROUS SEASON SHIPMENT DURING YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31 YIELDED TO THE GROWERS $75,600,000. G. Harold Powell's Annual Report Says the Exchange Handled 72 Per Cent of the Total Crop. Operating Expenses Less Than Formerly. Shipments of California citrus fruits totaled 45,692 carloads and returned $75,600,000 to California during the year ending August 31, according to the annual report of G. Harold Powell, General Manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, which was issued recently. The State produced 35,778 carloads of oranges and grapefruit and 9,914 carloads of lemons and the crops of lemons and Valencia oranges were each the largest ever shipped from the State. The Exchange handled 33,082 carloads or 72.2 per cent of the crop. An annual yield of California lemons that will exceed the present combined domestic and foreign supply by at least 50 per cent within the next decade, and the rapid growth of the Valencia orange crop due to recent plantings are predicted in the report. The Fruit Growers Supply Company, which was organized by Exchange shippers to purchase orchard and packing house materials, transacted a business of $6,000,000.00, and after paying 6 per cent interest on capital invested and settling aside a small reserve, refunded $525,000 to its members, in addition to the savings made at time of purchases. The Company recently acquired, in addition to its timber tract at Hilt, California, 41,414 acres of forest in Lassen County, in order to guarantee its members an adequate supply of box shook for 50 years or more. INSURANCE RATES LOWERED Automobile insurance rates, affecting thousands of auto owners throughout Southern California have been lowered twenty-five per cent by the Automobile Club of Southern California, through its insurance department, setting an unheard of precedent for the United States. While Club rates were considered unusually low already, due to the elimination of costly overhead expense and the co-operative plan under which the big organization was conducted, the directors and officials, according to President Fred L. Baker, have decided that an even greater saving may be effected for automobile owners and at the same time maintain the unusual quality of service for which the Automobile Club is noted. It was the Southern California organization of motorists which, in 1912, led the way for other clubs in establishing an insurance department calculated to save individual auto owners large sums annually. So successful was the plan that organizations there are many ranchers of California necessary time for Annual Demonstration Machinery, Los Angeles frightened 21st, inclusive, on on the corner of avenues, Hollywood. Education in the ed in many ways way is by visiting observations where many favorable contractor of stand Coast can be seen also a most co farming machine. A great man off placing orders plements that at the farm in hot tumble, but such anything, they the tone of the... the crops of lemons and Valencia oranges were each the largest ever shipped from the State. The Exchange handled 33,082 carloads or 72.2 per cent of the crop. An annual yield of California lemons that will exceed the present combined domestic and foreign supply by at least 50 per cent within the next decade, and the rapid growth of the Valencia orange crop due to recent plantings are predicted in the report. The operating expenses of the Exchange, in the face of rising costs, were less than they were ten years ago, says Mr. Powell. This year the big growers' organization marketed 14,816,737 boxes of oranges, lemons and grapefruit at a cost of 5.2 cents a box, or 1.04 per cent of the delivered value. There was also spent for advertising 2½ cents a box for oranges and 4 cents for lemons, making the combined advertising and selling cost 1.62 per cent of the fruits' delivered value. The operations are conducted at cost and everything above actual expenses is returned to the grower. The cost of marketing oranges and lemons through the Exchange is lower than the cost of marketing any other perishable food product in America. "Although somewhat reduced by the cold weather in January this year's lemon crop was 70.2 per cent large than that of last year and 22.3 per cent larger than the biggest year on record," according to the report. "This year's shipments of lemons were 17.6 per cent more than the total supply of both foreign and California lemons in 1917-18, and only 3.0 per cent less than the average supply of foreign and domestic lemons during the last five years." "During the last 16 years, the Exchange has returned to California $317,000,000 and the losses from bad debts, uncollected bills and in the transmission of funds have been only about $8000 or about 1-400 of 1 per cent of the f. o. b. returns. "The industry must not be misled as to the net value of high prices" said Mr. Powell. "The advance in prices on all citrus fruits since the beginning of the war has not kept pace with the rise in prices of commodities in general, particularly those purchased by the producer." "A WASTE OF TIME, WOODY President Wilson is on his way to California with the intention of making a few speeches. He wants us to use a club on Senator Johnson and pursue him to vote for the League of Nations and accept the Shantung infamy. 'Sno use, Woody! Hi is an independent cuss. Besides when he gets his mind set on a thing he would rather convert others to his opinion than change his own mind. Hi is agin you, Woody, and you can't change that vote by coming to California. AERIAL FIRE PATROL EXTENDED The airplane forest fire patrol conducted in the National Forests in California by the Army Air Service in cooperation with the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has been extended to cover a portion of the forests in Oregon. Headquarters have been established at Salem, Oregon, and the operating squadron can be used for automobiles for which the Automobile Club is noted. It was the Southern California organization of motorists which, in 1912, led the way for other clubs in establishing an insurance department calculated to save individual auto owners large sums annually. So successful was the plan that organizations throughout America have adopted the idea and as a consequence insurance rates on fire, theft, collision and property damage for automobiles have been forced downward. According to Ralph Reynolds, manager of the Auto Club's insurance department, immediate adjustments of loss through the nineteen branch offices of the club located in all southern counties will be one of the features of the insurance in the future. Motorists in placing their insurance with the Auto Club, it is pointed out, not only will effect the remarkable saving made possible by the co-operative plan, but will aid the southern part of the State in proving that sign-posts and other types of service of special value to the visiting motorists. The great live West is so large grazing lands Forests that these lands is one who eats bees shoes and woolen bulletin of the D nature, "Range Migrational Forests," Inspector of Graison Grazing Exsuits of the four in range managed Service has had charge of the forest. During these vice has been w crease the coun wool and hides b of handling stock will allow as lar sible in the num tle grazed without ests. With this grazing can be n different ranges ples can be put Classification mine the areas transmission of funds have been only about $8000 or about 1-400 of 1 per cent of the f. o. b. returns. "The industry must not be misled as to the net value of high prices" said Mr. Powell. "The advance in prices on all citrus fruits since the beginning of the war has not kept pace with the rise in prices of commodities in general, particularly those purchased by the producer. "The value of citrus property in California may be said to depend very largely upon the success with which each crop is marketed. The distribution of the California citrus fruit crop through the California Fruit Growers Exchange represents the most highly developed system of organized marketing, to be found in American agriculture. After an evolution of 25 years the Exchange growers, through economic necessity, have developed their own distributing and marketing service which they operate without profit as a true industrial democracy. "In the last seven years the Exchange membership has increased from approximately 6000 to more than 10,000 growers, while the combined number of shippers, associations and District Exchanges in the organization has increased from 133 to 216." In an effort to increase the consumption for California citrus fruits the Exchange has become one of the largest advertisers of food products in this country, says the report, which adds that the advertising costs only 1-5 of a cent per dozen. Exchange shippers operate two subsidiary companies for the manufacture of orange and lemon hy-products. The airplane forest fire patrol conducted in the National Forests in California by the Army Air Service in cooperation with the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has been extended to cover a portion of the forests in Oregon. Headquarters have been established at Salem, Oregon, and the operating squadron for the present will consist of five officers and seven enlisted men operating eight airplanes. The city of Portland has donated a landing field and will construct a hangar. Patrol routes in the Oregon and Santiam Forests are now being worked out. One of the army aviators in the firepatrol work recently made a successful flight to the floor of the Yosemite Valley. To make a landing the aviator had to gain an altitude of 11,000 feet and spiral down between the walls of the canyon, which are 5,000 feet high and a quarter of a mile apart. The landing was difficult because of high trees and wires. This exploit was of much interest to forest officers,, as it is thought to have been a step toward the more extended use of airplanes in the forests, where landing places in the mountains are comparatively few. Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas, thinks the Democratic party can be "saved from within." Going to try some internal remedies on Mr. Wilson, the party who is the party? Anaheim Gazatte, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. Classification mine the areas of different classes of portant step tower grazing resources use a different sheep. Sheep are foliage and the grass while cattle compete forage. Cattle vary country, and altitude if she on the range. She range and whee cool. They can to several weeks pending upon the lent weed forage. The amount of need water often two days. Overgrazing is the range which guarded against been difficult to was overgrazed considerable. By the Forest Service discovery of a overgrazing before very far. Certain in the vegetation inence of annual ANAHEIM GAZETTE TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION There are many reasons why the ranchers of California should take the necessary time to attend the Fourth Annual Demonstration of Power Farming Machinery, which will be held in Los Angeles frmo September 16th to 21st, inclusive, on the Rancho La Brea on the corner of Melrose and Crescent avenues, Hollywood. Education in tractors can be obtained in many ways. The most thorough way is by visiting these annual demonstrations where one can make so many favorable comparisons, as every tractor of standing on the Pacific Coast can be seen on the same field also a most complete line of power farming machinery. A great many ranchers have held off placing orders for tractors and implements that are actually needed on the farm in hopes that prices will tumble, but such is not the case; if anything, they will go up, as that is the tone of the metal market today. Among the exhibitors will be the Bean Spray Pump Company, who will just south of La Habra, three men asked for a ride into Fullerton. On account of the uniform, as he is just back from war himself, he gladly stopped and took them aboard. Shortly after getting into the car the men grabbed him, drew him into the back seat, went through his pockets, gagged and tied him and carried him away from the road where they left him. He managed to free his hands and crawled to the roadside where he was uninjured. The police are making every effort to trace the men and the car as the robbery is one of the boldest ever committed in this section. CALIFORNIA NEEDS COTTON WORKERS With its 1919 cotton crop rapidly approaching maturity, Palo Verde Valley, for five year officially recognized by Uncle Sam as the record-producing cotton section of United States, expects to establish a new record for high yield this fall. A total absence of insect pests, together with an abundance of irrigation water from the Colorado river, are the secrets of the success of the planters in this district. Many of the growers have taken over two bales to the acre from the land in past years, the highest individual production being 13 bales from five andone-half acres. The 1919 crop promises to excel all previous performances. A serious labor shortage is causing alarm, and the planers have financed an extensive camp to secure pick- Coast can be seen on the same field also a most complete line of power farming machinery. A great many ranchers have held off placing orders for tractors and implements that are actually needed on the farm in hopes that prices will tumble, but such is not the case; if anything, they will go up, as that is the tone of the metal market today. Among the exhibitors will be the Bean Spray Pump Company, who will exhibit the Bean Pull Orchard Tractor, and a complete line of their Spray Pumps. California Moline Ploy Company will have on exhibit six Universal tractors equipped with grain drill, corn binder, power lift disc harrow, power lift gang plow, both disc and moldboard, and a tractor mower. The Knapp Tracotor and Machinery Company will show for the first time in Southern California demonstrations of STOCK GRAZING IN IN NATIONAL FORESTS Large Increase in Cattle and Sheep on Public Land. The great live-stock industry of the West is so largely dependent on the grazing lands within the National Forests that the right management of these lands is of importance to everyone who eats beef or mutton, or wears shoes and woolen garments. A recent bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, "Range Management on the National Forests," by James T. Jardine, Inspector of Grazing, and Mark Anderson Grazing Examiner, gives the results of the fourteen years' experience in range management which the Forest Service has had since it assumed charge of the forests. During these years the Forest Service has been working steadily to increase the country's supply of meat, wool and hides by developing methods of handling stock on the range which will allow as large an increase as possible in the number of sheep and cattle grazed without injury to the forests. With this bulletin as a guilder, grazing can be made more uniform on different ranges, and the best principles can be put into actual practice. Classification of the range to determine the areas has been revised to the diffrent portion like knotweed, tarweed, and mustard, with a dense stand of such species and lack of variety in species; the predominance of plants which have little or no value for any class of stock; and the presence of dead and partly dead stumps or shrubs. Noticeable damage to tree reproduction and erosion and barrenness have long been recognized as signs of an advanced stage of overgrazing. When the fact of overgrazing has been determined, the next step is to find out the cause. The bulletin takes up the various causes in detail and points out the remedies in each case. Establishment of grazing periods to prevent damage to the range through premature use has had as much to do with range improvement on the National Forests as the prevention of overgrazing, if not more. The repeated removal of herbage year after year during the early part of its growing season causes rapid deterioration of the range. Little damage is done after the plants have mature-seed, but it is not practicable to allow all of the range to go ungrazed until after the seed matures. The problem is to work out seasonal grazing which will result in the maximum production of forage and live stock year after year. The usual way of doing this is to divide the range into several parts and begin tion water from the Colorado river, are the secrets of the success of the planters in this district. Many of the growers have taken over two bales to the acre from the land in past years, the highest individual production being 13 bales from five and one-half acres. The 1919 crop promises to excel all previous performances. A serious labor shortage is causing alarm, and the planers have financed an extensive campaign to secure pickers. It is expected between 5,000 and 7,000 men and women will be needed to harvest the crop, and the growers have agreed to pay two cents a pound for the first picking. This will assure experienced pickers of from $6 to $10 a day. Picking will start September 15, and the season will last until February. The winter climate here is remarkable even for California. There is very little rain, with warm days, and cool nights. Blythe is the principal city of the valley. It is located 250 miles from Los Angeles, in the eastern end of Riverside county. THE GOOSE The following composition on geese was written, according to Cappers Weekly, by a school boy in St. Louis: "Geese is a heavy-set bird with a head on one side and a tall on the other. His feet is set so far back on his running gear that they nearly miss his body. Some geese is ganders and has a curl in his tail. Ganders don't lay or set. They just eat, loaf and go swimming. If had to be a geese I would rather be a gander. Geese do not give milk, but give eggs, but for me give me liberty or give me death." EFFICIENT FIREMEN Absence of the fire chief when a conflagration started in Santa Maria cost that city $5,000, it is said. The fire chief was the only person in the city who knew how to run the expensive new fire truck just purchased, and after vain efforts to get the truck in action citizens had to stand by and see $35,000 of business property destroyed. After vain efforts to start the machine a crowd of citi- crease the country's supply of meat, wool and hides by developing methods of handling stock on the range which will allow as large an increase as possible in the number of sheep and cattle grazed without injury to the forests. With this bulletin as a guilde, grazing can be made more uniform on different ranges, and the best principles can be put into actual practice. Classification of the range to determine the areas best suited to the different classes of stock is the first important step toward the best use of the grazing resource. Cattle and horses use a different sort of range from sheep. Sheep relish tender, green foliage and the grains of many grasses while cattle consume the coarse grass forage. Cattle prefer level or rolling country, and altitude makes little difference if the stock have been raised on the range. Sheep do best on smooth range and where the summers are cool. They can go from several days to several weeks without drinking, depending upon the abundance of succulent weed forage, the temperature, and the amount of rain and dew. Cattle need water oftener—at least every two days. Overgrazing is a cause of injury to the range which must be carefully guarded against. In the past it has been difficult to know when a range was overgrazed until the damage was considerable. Extensive experiments by the Forest Service have led to the discovery of a means of detecting overgrazing before it has progressed very far. Certain "earmarks" appear in the vegetation, such as the predominance of annual weeds and grasses, season causes rapid deterioration of the range. Little damage is done after the plants have mature seed, but it is not practicable to allow all of the range to go ungrazed until after the seed matures. The problem is to work out seasonal grazing which will result in the maximum production of forage and live stock year after year. The usual way of doing this is to divide the range into several parts and begin grazing early on a different portion each year for a series of years. The practical information necessary in carrying out the various principles that govern range management is given in detail in the bulletin. Suggestions are made regarding watering, salting, herding, the establishment of drift fences, the eradication of poisonous plants, the protection of wild life; stock driveways, breeds of stock, lambing grounds, and the proper care of ewes and young lambs. HIGHWAY ROBBERY ON THE BOULEVARD Rudolph Wetzel Left Bound and Gagged by the Roadside. Driven to the Fullerton police station Wednesday night by a passerby who found him lying by the roadside, Rudolph Wetzel, Union avenue, reported that he had been gagged, bound and robbed of his watch, his money and his automobile by three men, two of whom were dressed as sailors. Mr. Wetzel says he was returning from a business trip to Los Angeles and about 11:30 o'clock, as he was Absence of the fire chief when a conflagration started in Santa Maria cost that city $5,000, it is said. The fire chief was the only person in the city who knew how to run the expensive new fire truck just purchased, and after vain efforts to get the truck in action citizens had to stand by and see $35,000 of business property destroyed. After vain efforts to start the machine a crowd of citizens hauled it to the fire, but the flames had got too big a start by that time and four business houses were burned. "Let us show to the world that we are able to do in the affairs of peace what our boys so finely and bravely YOU AND YOUR AUTOMOBILE WE number amongst our customers many of the best business men, professional men and leading men of all lines in this vicinity. They are our customers because they have long found us, fair in our dealings, conscientious in our work and prompt with our service. When you leave your auto with us to be repaired you may rest assured that the work will be done by a competent mechanic. That no particulars will be neglected; no detail overlooked and that when the car is returned to you that all repairs have been made in a workmanlike manner and that costs have been held right down to a minimum. WE are the local agents for DODGE BROS, Motor Cars—a car with the reputation of being a leader in its price class. Dodge car owners will do well to entrust their work to us as our shop has a complete Dodge equipment. Chas. H. Mann "Men May Come and Men May Go, But Mann Stays on Forever." 138 South Los Angeles St. Phone 43 did amid the smoke of battle," writes you suppose he is arguing for? The Fairfax Birch, of Plainfield, N. J., to participation by the United States in the New York World. 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