anaheim-gazette 1919-09-25

PHONE COMPANY SAYS RATE NOT EXCESSIVE WILL FIGHT BEFORE RAILROAD COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT BURLESON CHARGE Hearings to be Held at Santa Ana and Other Points Throughout the State. —Orange County Mutual Company Buys Franchise. Declaring that the present telephone rate established by Postmaster Burleson is not excessive, and must be maintained if the company is to continue in existence and pay the expenses of operation, the Pacific company has announced its intention of fighting against a re-adjustment by the railroad commission. Attorney Walter Eden, representing the phone users of Orange county, so stated on his return from the conference held at San Francisco last week. The conference was merely for the purpose of discussing plans for adjusting the present rates, and it was definitely decided to have an appraisement of the property of the company in this state by the Railroad Commission engineers and engineers repre- ober 21st and will be for lands in San Diego county only. The Surveyor General reserves the right to reject any and all bids. In San Bernardino county there are 274,871 acres of vacant state school lands; 73,293 acres in Riverside county and 27,508 acres of said lands in San Diego county. A pamphlet giving information and containing a description of the different tracts of vacant school lands may be obtained free of charge from W. S. Kingsbury, Surveyor General, Sacramento, California. These tracts contain from 40 to 640 acres. The terms of the auction sales will be ten per cent on date of sale and 6% interest on balance until paid. The full amount may be paid at any time. Proceeds from these sales are used for the support of the public schools of the State of California. The first auction sale of this class of lands under the new law held at Los Angeles on August 22nd was largely attended and the bidding was brisk. RED CROSS ROLL CALL Chester J. Smith, Director of Publicity and Speakers, American Red Cross, has been named manager for the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2-11. This announcement was made by Division Manager, George Filmer, with the approval of the advisory board. Smith has just returned from a conference of division managers and roll call managers held at national head- representing the phone users of Orange county, so stated on his return from the conference held at San Francisco last week. The conference was merely for the purpose of discussing plans for adjusting the present rates, and it was definitely decided to have an appraisement of the property of the company in this state by the Railroad Commission engineers and engineers representing the company. It probably will require a couple of months for this work and following reports by the engineers a date will be set for hearings. A hearing will be held in Santa Ana and other points in the state, at the request of representatives of communities present. There were about twenty in attendance as representatives of as many sections. Attorney Shaw, of the telephone company, asked by the commission as to what attitude his company would take in the matter of rate adjustment declared that it would seek to maintain the present tariffs—that the rates were absolutely necessary to the existence of the company. He maintained that wage advances had increased the expense of the company at least $2,000,000. It is the opinion of some of those in attendance that under present rates the company is making a big profit. The government schedule was promulgated as a means for decreasing the use of phones by the general public and to conserve material needed by the government. It was announced at the time of its practical application. The exchange and installation rates were made high for this purpose, and it is pointed out that if that was the case, the schedules were considerably more than necessary to place the system on a profit producing basis. That the company has lost a good number of county subscribers since the higher rates went into effect and the free tolls eliminated in Orange county, is indicated by the showing of subscribers in the new telephone directory just issued as compared with the old directory. In a rough estimate it appears that at least 600 subscribers were lost within the Santa Ana exchange. The loss in the Anaheim exchange was about 300 and Placentia 170. All exchanges lost in about the Chester J. Smith, Director of Publicity and Speakers, American Red Cross, has been named manager for the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2-11. This announcement was made by Division Manager, George Filmer, with the approval of the advisory board. Smith has just returned from a conference of division managers and roll call managers held at national headquarters, Washington, D.C. His announcement of the roll call plan calls attention to the fact that the drive for national fund of $15,000,000 is to be made by Red Cross Chapters preceding the opening date for the Roll Call, Red Cross Sunday, November 2. Unanimous membership for the American Red Cross is the slogan for the roll call. Each community is expected to enroll every adult citizen during the membership campaign. In the preliminary plans, libraries, churches, fraternal organizations, foreign societies, women's clubs and all organized bodies have pledged unqualified support to the chapter organization. Each of these bodies is expected to turn over to the chapter roll call manager a full list of its membership as Red Cross members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call. RESTORING THE MISSIONS The movement to restore and preserve the California missions is taking definite shape, and is meeting with such universal approbation that the work will probably shortly begin. Orange county is very much interested in this move because its one mission, Capistrano, was the most beautiful of the chain and is now in the most ruinous condition. The Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 by Father Junipero Serra. A previous attempt had been made to establish a mission in the little village fifty-eight miles from Los Angeles, where the mission now stands, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Until the successful attempt made by Father Serra in 1776 the only mark on the spot was a cross. San Juan Capistrano Mission is situated in a group of hills overlooking a beautiful valley midway between Los Angeles and San Diego. It is directly AUCTION OF SCHOOL LANDS Surveyor General W. S. Kingsbury will hold three public auction sales of state school lands unsuitable for cultivation during the month of October, 1919, in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties. The first auction sale will be held in the city of San Bernardino at the entrance of the Court House at 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday, October 14th, which sale will be for lands in San Bernardino county only. On October 17th an auction sale of the lands in Riverside county will be held at the Court House in Riverside at 9:00 a.m. The third and last auction sale for the month of October will be held in San Diego at the Court House at 9:00 a.m., on Oct- The Columbia, S. C., State sheds crocodile tears over the story that the Chaplain of the House is not permitted to pray on such subjects as the tariff, the league of nations and the currency question. Wonder what would happen to a chaplain who would deliver a Republican political prayer in the South Carolina legislature? LARGE ARMY OPPOSED BY GEN. LEONARD WOOD Says War Department's Estimate of 576,000 Men For Permanent Force Altegether Too High. Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of the Central Department, appeared before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs to give his views concerning the reorganization of the army. He disagreed entirely with the recommendation of the Secretary of War that the standing army should consist of 576,000 men, which Senator Wadsworth has indicated would prove but a skeleton for an army of 1,250,000. Such an army, the General said, would be an unnecessary waste and extravagance in time of peace. He said he thought 225,000 or 250,000 men would be sufficient to meet all the needs of the government. Asked by Senator Chamberlain if he had been consulted in the slightest degree by the General Staff or the Secretary of War in regard to the reorganization plans, he said he had not been asked a single question during the past two years. He proposed a separate aviation department and called attention to the fact that England turned out in July 2,000 new planes, that France finished 800 of them and that the United States completed a grand total of fourteen... Asked what would be the use of the creation of thirty-two new brigadier generals of the line, as recommended by General March and the Secretary of War, he replied: And They Say —A guy in a big car crowded a man driving a Ford on East Center so hard that the latter was forced to biplane his machine over the sidewalk and into a vacant lot to get out of harm's way, but Elizabeth kept going, wheeled around, and again regained the street, came up strong, without missing a cylinder. On coming up to the other yellow, who stopped, the Ford owner let fly a string of words at his speeding annoyer that would not look good in print. A Ford will tackle anything and no doubt if it had wings would fly. There are a lot of citizens and tax payers who incline to the opinion that there are several very essential municipal units; the city needs that should be exploited, before embarking upon problems upon which the people are hopelessly divided. These squealing profiteers, who have warehouses groaning under the weight of foodstuffs hoarded there, now say they must still further increase their prices to consumers in order that they may make a reasonable profit upon their investments, as the added costs for long storage necessitates the raise. Now wouldn't that jar you! Rumor has it that a West end delegation will be on the job bright and early next Tuesday morning distributing circulars regarding a venture in their midst which they demand must be remedied. He proposed a separate aviation department and called attention to the fact that England turned out in July 2,000 new planes, that France finished 800 of them and that the United States completed a grand total of fourteen. Asked what would be the use of the creation of thirty-two new brigadier generals of the line, as recommended by General March and the Secretary of War, he replied: "To draw pay." They were entirely unnecessary, he said. The regular army of 250,000 men should be used to garrison the island possessions and also to protect this country. He said it should form the nucleus for the training of a citizen soldiery through universal service of youths of nineteen years for a period of six months from April to October. The war, he said, had been the most democratizing force in American history and was in itself, so far as the American soldiers were concerned a refutation of the prediction that militarism would result here. He said the drafted and volunteer men were all glad to get out of the service and wanted no more of it; that the service did not make Prussians out of them, but bettered them physically and gave them a higher appreciation of law and order. As an overseer of Harvard College, he said the universities would all recognize that the two months lost in schooling would be made up many times by the advantages of military training. He told of the agricultural and other instruction welcomed by the boys of his own camps. FORTIFYING HAWAII To keep pace with the plans of the war department for the future military strength of Oahu, the constructing quartermaster's office of the Hawaiian department has now well under way a program which will represent an out lay of $2,250,000 within the next 12 months. In charge of the big project is Col. R. McA. Schofield, constructing quartermaster of the department. In an interview the colonel sketched briefly the program now under way for construction in the coming year. prices to consumers in order that they may make a reasonable profit upon their investments, as the added costs for long storage necessitates the raise. Now wouldn't that jar you! Rumor has it that a West end delegation will be on the job bright and early next Tuesday morning distributing circulars regarding a venture in their midst which they demand must be remedied. Some curious "bulls" at times creep into neighborhood papers doing city printing, but when the City Clerk's name is wrongly spelled—that's bad. Trustees then have to back up and do it all over again. There was a time when the male species were wont to sing that the dear females could wear their hats and shirts, but never their pantaloons. Fashions now have changed. A country editor joyfully announces that he offers the people a real chance to save money by reducing his subscription price to seventy-five cents a year. Why stop at six bits? The jail and steel tanks located in the old city hall building together with the high cement walls forming an enclosure in the rear of the structure has cost the city about $10,000. Of late the calaboose has lost much of its charm as a housing adjunct. A local society note has it that trips skyward via airplane are coming into fashion. Good morning, have you flown? One or two city employees put up the argument that they are unable to support their families with the wages received, owing to old high cost, and threaten to quit. This is a wide world. The Jap fruit men continue to give the white man a run for his money. Quite a number of men have taken to the idea that another water well would be alright. While President Wilson was telling Middle West audiences that the league The Jap fruit men continue to give the white man a run for his money. Quite a number of men have taken to the idea that another water well would be alright. While President Wilson was telling Middle West audiences that the league of nations covenant was certain of adoption and that it meant an end of wars and militarism, his chief of staff was informing the House Military Affairs committee that President Wilson approved the War Department's plans for a standing army of 576,000, supplemented by universal military training. Which proves that you can fool some of the people all of the time if you work at the job hard enough. One of the items in a Presidential expense account is thirteen thousand dollars for entertaining Sir Eric Geddes and party. It was the Democratic national platform of 1912, we believe, which demanded "a return to that simplicity and economy befitting a democratic government." Frank E. Bethel, 22, employed as a brakeman by the Southern Pacific company, has been missing since January 20, when he was seen at River-side, according to a report made to Sheriff Jackson by Bethel's wife, Mrs. Louise R. Bethel, 277 North Glassell street, Orange. The missing man, his wife states, is a member of the Rosedale, Cali., lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He is 5 feet, 6 inches in height, weighs 155 pounds, and has brown curly hair and dark brown eyes. WORKERS ANNOUNCED Ranges from $5 to $9 a Day, Preserves Open Shop, Provides Mediation. A copy of the oil wage scale agreement between the California oil operators and the California oil, gas and refinery workers, as drawn up at Los Angeles on September 9 and forwarded to the Secretary of Labor for final approval, has been made public. The agreement, which was debated at hearings before President Wilson's mediation commission, provides for the $5, minimum wage; eight hours a day in all crafts and unskilled labor; for twenty-five cents daily bonus to be paid to employees, except roustabouts and some other classifications; for an adjuster—Hywell Davies—who will have full powers to determine the facts and adjudicate any disputes between employees and employers; for the charge by the operators of not more than $1.27 a day for board; and also provides that "there shall be no cessation of work through strikes or lockouts during such period of time," the agreement being for one year ending June 30, 1920. The status of some 15,000 oil field, pipe line and refinery employees is defined by the agreement. Back pay from January-1, 1919, to July 1, 1919, at the rate of fifty cents a day is allowed and the agreement is to run for one year. The bonus of twenty-five cents a day for the year ending June 30, 1920, must be paid to men entitled to it within forty-five days after that date. Overtime is to be paid for on the general basis of time and a half. No rent shall be charged workmen Big Crowds at the Tractor Demonstration Show Marked Interest in the wonderful work done by the Fresno Scraper drawn by a COLINE UNIVERSAL TRACTOR WE are headquarters for both WE are headquarters for both the Fresno Scraper and the Moline Universal Tractor as well as a complete line of all the farm implements manufactured by the Moline Plow Company. —WE MEET THE RANCHERS’ NEED IN EVERY LINE. CULTIVATORS, PLOWS, DISCS, HARROWS, PLANTERS, MOWERS, BINDERS, SOWERS, DRILLS, REAPERS, HAY LOADERS, SEEDERS, CUTTERS, MANURE SPREADERS, TRACTORS, TRUCKS, AND VEHICLES. —FOR OVER 50 YEARS MOLINE IMPLEMENTS HAVE GIVEN SATISFACTORY SERVICE TO THE FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD. WHEN YOU BUY, BUY THE BEST—MOLINE ALWAYS Wickersheim Implement Co. 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