anaheim-gazette 1919-10-23

HEALTHY GROWTH IN THE ANAHEIM HIGH SCHOOL VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR SHOW A GREAT GAIN OVER LAST WINTER Enrollment of 325 Students, Increase of 60.—Many Branches are Overcrowded.—Extra Classes for Accommodation of Overflow. The several departments of the Anaheim Union High School show an unprecedented growth for the year 1919. With the completion of the indexing of the registration cards, there has been brought to light much interesting data relative to the numbers of students in the various departments of the school work. These cards show a total registration of 325 students, an increase of 60 over the year 1918. A survey of the departments shows the English Department to have such a large registration, that three extra classes have had to be formed to accommodate the overflow. In the commercial department, there is a gain of 50 students in the bookkeeping classes, while the stenographic classes. MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE OIL REGION Big Strike Claimed on the O. M. Thompson Lease. What promises to be another gusher, a rival of the Chapman well, was struck on the O. M. Thompson property about one-quarter mile east and one south of the Chapman well just before the day shift was to go off duty Wednesday evening. The oil forced its way up through the mud in the pipe to the top of the well, when the men immediately capped the well and ceased further operations for the time being. They struck a heavy, coarse oil sand. It was evident from the action of the well that had it not been immediately capped the oil would have gushed out, as there must have been great pressure to force the heavy oil through the mud to the top. The land on which this latest strike was made is owned by O. M. Thompson, the well known garage man, and indications are that he will not have to worry any more whether autos and tires are manufactured. The well is 2983 feet in depth and was drilled by the General Petroleum Company, who had secured the lease from Thompson. No further work will be done on the well until the tanks and other equipment can be constructed to care for the oil. It will probably be two weeks yet before they will be ready to bring the well in. According to oil men familiar with the local field, this new well promised Organizations, which feized Mr. Houston board is made up of agricultural o However, Long be dissipated some ing influences of the Farmer and a member of who, apparently v of Mr. Houston, h delegate to the co Georgian. He wheat, and he r of F. O. at the per he discussed them with George and once offered ther ture by the later He believes that never been social and never can b their homes in are absorbed and for them to asses that all personal in the State. "If ing together to d tions and to pro rest which can no gathering is do clares Mr. Barre be depended upon from ruin. It will its duty by sugge been tried and b are doomed to fail little of useful ac government office conference a poli A survey of the departments shows the English Department to have such a large registration, that three extra classes have had to be formed to accommodate the overflow. In the commercial department, there is a gain of 50 students in the bookkeeping classes, while the stenographic classes are almost doubled in numbers. The Manual Arts Department cannot accommodate those wishing this work for lack of benches. The Fine Arts Department finds the same situation—the maximum in numbers and the minimum in accommodations. The Glee Clubs and Chorus are classes of such proportions that they have to hold their sessions in the assembly, thus forcing the study hall pupils to seek quarters where they may study without interruption. Many physical changes are to be found in the buildings with the beginning of the school year. The Domestic Science building has been thoroughly renovated and now offers delightful quarters for the students following the domestic arts. With operations in the re-enforcing of the faulty roof to the assembly hall completed and the re-decoration nearly completed, the assembly hall will no longer be a menace to the safety of the students' lives. The following table of figures is self-explanatory and will serve to show the patrons of the High School actual gains for the year 1919. Department | 1918 | 1919 | Gain ---|---|---|--- Arts— Domestic | 27 | 40 | 13 Manual | 78 | 94 | 20 Fine Art | 36 | 56 | 20 Dramatic | 17 | 40 | 23 Music | 31 | 53 | 22 Commercial— Bookkeeping. Stenography | 131 | 281 | 150 History | 154 | 110 | 44 Languages— English | 174 | 251 | 77 French | 21 | 30 | 9 Spanish | 104 | 136 | 32 Latin | 62 | 56 The well is 2983 feet in depth and was drilled by the General Petroleum Company, who had secured the lease from Thompson. No further work will be done on the well until the tanks and other equipment can be constructed to care for the oil. It will probably be two weeks yet before they will be ready to bring the well in. According to oil men familiar with the local field, this new well promises to be a terrific gusher. They claim this is proven from the fact that the oil was forced up through the mud. Everyone in the oil industry has been looking for a gusher to rival the Chapman as they felt certain that the Chapman hole could not have struck the only great oil pool in that district, and this latest well may be the one to out do the Chapman. When news of the striking of oil in this well spread about the field there was a rush of visitors to the well and the industry generally was stimulated. HOUSTON'S MARCH HATTERS Why has Secretary of Agriculture Houston selected an aggregation of March Hatters to represent agriculture at the Industrial Conference to be held in Washington this week?" is a question the American farmers are asking. It is said that Mr. Houston has named to represent the farming interests at this conference a wild-eyed variety of theoretical farmers who couldn't tell ensilage from fertilizer if put to the test. Chief among these bug-eyed Bolshevists selected by Secretary Houston is mentioned one, J. Weller Long, who appears to have acquired his crop knowledge from an intensive study in early life of the subject of osteopathy, which might possibly qualify him as an authority on bone fertilizer. While he has never been suspected of owning or working a farm, he has talked farming with his city friends, and has visited city markets. After graduating in his abstruse subject he hung out his gilded shingle in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, just about time the Populist movement was about to yield a bountiful harvest of thistle-down theories. Long quickly joined the move. CANNOT DELIVER VESSEL A Power That Will To a League The Constitution States, as it was written of the Convention, 132 years ago. Congress the poorest and that brief and ing has remained. The decision of document was not without debate. The Senate would tory of the war, the House "would such deliberation." When Pierce Billa suggested that ed in the Preside port whatever, acc Journal of the pr bridge Gerry of N ed that he "never a republic a mot Executive alone. In the end she was put where itington said, in histhe President of friends of our coor and desired that we war, peace and trfully and effectuai Government it. It must be admission was not allog convention before made. Some me much power in th executive that was th qualifications o f of the Senate. He to have occurred cautious of the m that some time, s One reason for the high cost of living and an inkling as to what becomes of the money raised by bond issues is furnished in the salary list of the administrative force for the government hotel erected to accommodate the hordes of war workers in Washington. The "hotel" is a group of dormitories in the vicinity of the Capitol. A Miss James, the superintendent, gets in salary and maintenance $6,404. Compare that figure with $5,000, the compensation received by most of the principal bureau chiefs in the executive departments. The Commissioners of the Indian Bureau, and the Land Office, the Chief of the Weather Bureau, and the assistant secretaries of the Treasury each gets $5,000. Miss Davis, the assistant manager, receives $5,904; the private secretary to the superintendent gets $2,464; the register, $2,184; the head bookkeeper, $4,500; four assistant bookkeepers, $2,304 each; the head of the office force, $2,100; and so on. Needless to say the hotels are not self-supporting. It must be admired was not altogether convention before made. Some much power in the executive that was to the qualifications of the Senate. He to have occurred cautious of the matter that some time, suggest—yes, demand war power of these Government institutions. Still, with the few times suggests pre-The convention yet precious powers seized Congress that non-abroad until the Overthrown. OLD TIMES A few years ago planted to sell to were looking for his claimed by parties industry in this Grove was a "rich" Times have changed few years and ins groves being pli-money-makers and safest investments in this section. As an evidence groves are consider fact that many of buying them. That the investment for the old-timer or self to get "stung" One of the most orange groves ANAHEIM GAZETTE Organizations, which has severely criticized Mr. Houston in the past. This board is made up of the best minds in the agricultural community. However, Long's mephiticisms may be dissipated somewhat by the refreshing influences of C. S. Barrett, President of the Farmers' National Union and a member of the National Board, who, apparently without the knowledge of Mr. Houston, has been selected as a delegate to the conference. Barrett is a Georgian. He helped fix the price of wheat, and he represented the N.B. of F.O. at the peace conference, where he discussed the future of agriculture with George and Clemenceau. He was once offered the portfolio of Agriculture by the late Theodore Roosevelt. He believes that the farmers have never been socialistic, never will be, and never can be, because they have their homes in which their interests are absorbed and it will be impossible for them to assent to the proposition that all personal property be merged in the State. "If the conference is coming together to discuss academic questions and to propose remedies for unrest which can not be applied, then the gathering is doomed to failure," declares Mr. Barrett. "Agriculture may be depended upon to save the world from ruin. It will not be diverted from its duty by suggestions that have not been tried and by experiments which are doomed to failure." and he sees little of useful accomplishment "if high government officials are to make the conference a political cats-paw." CANNOT DELIVER POWER HOTEL CRILLON PRESENTS ANOTHER LITTLE BILL But American Peace Commissioners Offset It. Now that the American peace delegation is winding up its activities in Paris, it has been confronted with a bill by the proprietor of the Hotel Crillon, American peace headquarters, according to a report reaching London. Over and above the rent agreed upon when the hotel was requisitioned for the housing of the American plenipotentiaries and their staff, the following charges were included in the bill: To loss of clientele, $90,000. To demoralization of staff by having accustomed them to receive wages above the ordinary standard, $45,000. To these demands the American peace delegation has not replied directly, but they in turn sent in a bill to the proprietor of the Hotel Crillon, the main items being: To advertisement of hotel by making it American headquarters, $90,000. To improvement of staff by teaching them American methods of work, $45,000. Sofar the hotel proprietor has not found a reply to this counter from the Yankees. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES CANNOT DELIVER POWER VESTED IN CONGRESS A Power That Will Not Be Transferred to a League of Nations. The Constitution of the United States, as it was signed by the President of the Convention, George Washington, 132 years ago, vested in the Congress the power to declare war, and that brief and unmistakable wording has remained unchanged. The decision of the framers of the document was not arrived at hastily or without debate. Pinkney believed that the Senate would be the best repository of the war making power; that the House "would be too numerous for such deliberations." When Pierce Butler of South Carolina suggested that the power be vested in the President he found no support whatever, according to Madison's Journal of the proceedings, and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts declared that he "never expected to hear in a republic a motion to empower the Executive alone to declare war." In the end the power to declare war was put where it belonged. As Washington said, in his message that day to the President of the Congress, "The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace and treaties * * should be fully and effectually vested in the general Government of the Union." It must be admitted that apprehension was not altogether lacking in the convention before the decision was made. Some men feared putting too much power in the hands of the executive that was to be. Some doubted the qualifications of the House; others, of the Senate. But there seems not to have occurred to even the most cautious of the men the possibility that some time, some man might sug- The growth is very dense. Underneath and in open spaces, grows what is known as mesquite grass that resembles Bermuda grass. It grows from root cuttings and spreads by creeping along the ground and rooting at the joints. Unlike Bermuda it is easy to get rid of by plowing or cultivation. This country along the Rio Grande is at times very dry and crops cannot be successfully grown without irrigation. This section with its dense growth, with dead grass underneath, never suffered from forest fires. No one ever took pains to put out a fire; they were set indiscriminately everywhere; they never spread. I have seen a mesquite log smoulder along for a week and the fire from it never spread more than 20 to 30 feet. Immense brush piles would only burn a narrow circle around them. We cleared 200 feet and started fires under all sorts of conditions but they never spread. The mesquite grows under arid conditions, even in the Imperial Valley. Under irrigation it is a beautiful tree, resembling the pepper with its pendulous branches. The mesquite grass is valuable for pasture and forms a dense mat. In time of drought it simply suspends business and is ready to start with the first rain. I have seen it under five to eight feet of water for two weeks. It grew vigorously as soon as the water receded. Planted in rows it spreads and forms a dense mat, making a good lawn in a short time. The forestry department has a nearly clean slate in the San Dimas Canyon and San Gabriel country. May we not take a page from nature's book and grow something on our mountains that will not burn so readily? Mesquite grass will make a grass mat that will prevent washing. YOSEMITE PARK Yosemite National Park is to become the world's greatest year-round playground, under plans now being formulated by officers of the Yosemite National Park Company. It was announced recently. Those interested in the development of California's scenic wonderland declare that in future years the season It must be admitted that apprehension was not altogether lacking in the convention before the decision was made. Some men feared putting too much power in the hands of the executive that was to be. Some doubted the qualifications of the House; others, of the Senate. But there seems not to have occurred to even the most cautious of the men the possibility that some time, some man might suggest—yes, demand—the transfer of the war power of the United States from this Government to a council of nations. Still, with the foresight which sometimes suggests providential assistance, the convention vested this and other precious powers so completely in the Congress that none can deliver them abroad until the Constitution is itself overthrown. OLD TIMERS BUYING A few years ago orange groves were planted to sell to eastern people who were looking for investments, it being claimed by parties familiar with the industry in this State that an orange grove was a "rich man's plaything." Times have changed within the past few years and instead of the orange groves being playthings they are money-makers and considered the safest investments that can be made in this section. As an evidence of the way orange groves are considered now, it is a fact that many of the old timers are buying them. That in itself shows that the investment must be gilt-edged, for the old-timer does not allow himself to get "stung" very often. One of the most extensive dealers in orange groves in this part of the YOSEMITE PARK Yosemite National Park is to become the world's greatest year-round playground, under plans now being formulated by officers of the Yosemite National Park Company, it was announced recently. Those interested in the development of California's scenic wonderland declare that in future years the season in Yosemite will not be limited to the summer months. Californians, tourists and globe trotters are to be invited to visit Yosemite any day in the year. The general national conception regarding Yosemite is that it is accessible and attractive only from May to August. Vacationists and outdoor enthusiasts who have visited Yosemite at all seasons of the year declare that the scenic gem is fully as alluring in January and February as in June and July. Tentative arrangements are now being made for intelligent countrywide exploitation of the year-round wonders of Yosemite. When this educational campaign is undertaken thousands of additional tourists will be attracted to California. Every part of California will benefit directly from the influx of visitors. During the present year thousands have become aware of the fact that the autumn months in Yosemite are the most inviting. Figures compiled on October 11 showed there were twice as many people within the confines of the park on that date than on the corresponding date of any other year. In addition to motoring parties, hundreds are going to Yosemite now by rail, traveling time from the coast to the valley via the Merced River canyon, being only one day. 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