anaheim-gazette 1919-11-13

NEW HOLIDAY IS OBSERVED BY NATION AMERICANS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF ARMISTICE Anaheim Post, American Legion Effects Permanent Organization with 125 Members.—Preparing for a Grand Ball on New Year's Eve. Celebrating the first anniversary of the day on which Germany's representatives affixed their signatures to the document acknowledging their defeat in battle and promising reparation and indemnities to devastated and outraged countries. stripes, badges, medals, croix de guerre, distinguished service medals, battle pins and insignias that he is entitled. An entertainment committee, composed of Edlie Backs, Jimmie Sutherland and Harry Ustick was appointed to make arrangements for the ball. Tuesday was a peaceful day here, a majority of our people being away from home. The only noise heard in town was Captain Alexander Henry's cannon, which began shattering the atmosphere at daybreak and continued for an hour. It was some contrast to the eleventh of November a year ago. On that day, when the news flashed over the wire that the war was ended Anaheim went mad, and each individual citizen tried to outdo his neighbor in making a noise. There was no demonstration staged or advertised, but thousands of autos suddenly appeared on the streets and paraded with a continuous tooting of horns, thousands of citizens crowded the sidewalks yelling like a bunch of intoxicated Carwachs. Celebrating the first anniversary of the day on which Germany's representatives affixed their signatures to the document acknowledging their defeat in battle and promising reparation and indemnities to devastated and outraged countries, practically all the business institutions throughout the United States closed up Tuesday. It was the first observance of what promises to be the world's greatest holiday with the exception of Christmas. Celebrations were held in many places, staged mainly, or participated in by the American Legion. Owing to the fact that Anaheim Post had not yet shed its swaddling clothes, no attempt was made by the boys to hold a public demonstration, but some of them went to Los Angeles or elsewhere and assisted in the doings. Most of them have been surfeited with noise and the pomp and circumstance of glorious war, and have so recently returned from field and camp, that they prefer peace and quiet for the present, and shy at any demonstration or display. All are promising, however, that next year Anaheim post will stage a celebration worthy of the town that sent so large a percentage of its young men into the service. Anaheim Post No. 72, American Legion, perfected its permanent organization at the Mother Colony club rooms last Tuesday evening by electing officers and arranging committees for future work. Over 125 boys are on the charter member roll, and it is expected that the membership roll will be doubled within the next year. Officers elected for the coming year are: President, Wm. P. Webb, Jr. First Vice-President, Joseph P. Collings. Second Vice-President, Ed. wire that the war was ended Anaheim went mad, and each individual citizen tried to outdo his neighbor in making a noise. There was no demonstration staged or advertised, but thousands of autos suddenly appeared on the streets and paraded with a continuous tooting of horns, thousands of citizens crowded the sidewalks yelling like a bunch of intoxicated Comache Indians. JUDGE WILLIAMS DENIES APPEAL FOR INJUNCTION Declares Mrs. Claudia Alling has Interest in Furniture of Cherry Blossom. In an action to make permanent a temporary injunction compelling Mrs. Claudia Alling to stay away from the Cherry Blossom candy kitchen, Grover Deakins, who recently purchased the business of W. T. Alling, lost in Superior Court Saturday. Mrs. Alling is the defendant in a suit brought by Deakins for an injunction and for $200 damages which he had alleged to have sustained because of Mrs. Alling's presence in the confectionery. At the hearing before Judge Williams on the question of whether a temporary restraining order should be made permanent testimony was given by Deakins, W. T. Alling, husband of Mrs. Alling, and H. S. Jayne. It was brought out at the hearing that Alling had sold the Cherry Blossom to Deakins on a contract calling for the payment by Deakins of $10 and $50 per month. The court called Alling's attention to the fact that the fixtures of the confectionery and the household goods in the rear of the premises, where the Allings live, is community property and that therefore Alling had no right to dispose of it without Mrs. Alling's consent, which Alling appeared... cers and arranging committees for future work. Over 125 boys are on the charter member roll, and it is expected that the membership roll will be doubled within the next year. Officers elected for the coming year are: President, Wm. P. Webb, Jr. First Vice-President, Joseph P. Collings. Second Vice-President, Edward Backs. Secretary, E. E. Smith. Treasurer, M. W. Martenet. Executive Committee: Howard E. Gates, Edwin Miller, Wm. W. Hamilton, Rollin R. Rosselet. The question of a club room was taken up as one of the first duties confronting the post and a committee, consisting of Leo McGavren, Ernest Braunlich and Earl Crist, was appointed to look for a location and report to the executive committee. Harry Whitaker, secretary of the board of trade and Mother Colony club, offered free use of the club rooms provided the post would join the club in a body, and promised that a special rate on dues would be made. This proposition met the approval of a great many of the boys, but no action was taken at the time. It was decided that the post should hold a grand New Year's ball, where the old year could be escorted to the jumping off place and ceremoniously bidden a fond farewell while the new one was joyfully welcomed to our midst. Each boy is expected to wear his uniform on this occasion and to decorate himself with all the FOOTBALL NOTES The Fullerton high school football eleven easily defeated San Diego at Fullerton on Saturday afternoon by a score of 35 to 0. This was Fullerton's fourth straight victory in the county league. The eleven plays Whittier at Fullerton on Saturday for the last game in the county series. If Fullerton should win, it will meet other clubs in semi-finals for the championship. On the local gridiron Friday afternoon the Anaheim high school defeated Fullerton seconds by a 37 to 12 score. Although the Anaheim boys were crippled by a broken rib which Fullback Cook was carrying they out-played their opponents and won easily. Anaheim scored five touchdowns, Fullerton one. Santa Ana and Pomona fought a desperate battle at Santa Ana, Friday, the Santa Anans winning by a 7 to 6 score. NAHEIM GAZET Anaheim, California, Thursday, November 13, 1919 HEFFERN DRILL BREAKS INTO OIL SAND STRONG SHOWING OF OIL IN WELL FRIDAY MORNING INDICATES A STRIKE Wonderful Development in the Orange County Fields During Past Six Months.—Forty New Rigs at Richfield Within Past Few Days. Reports from the Heffern well last Friday indicated that the hopes of its owners would be realized and the company rewarded for the money, time and labor expended in drilling this wild-cat hole. At a depth of 3190 feet oil began coming in days ago in the Imperial valley. In the older districts, such as Montebello, Ventura and Whitier, a steady development is reported. There seems to be no doubt whatever that oil in greater quantities than ever dreamed of is impounded in the earth in streaks and pools beneath the surface of Southern California. Men are getting rich boring for oil in Southern California. FALKENSTEIN'S STORE TWENTY YEARS OLD Big Anniversary Sale Begins Saturday, November 15, Lasting Ten Days.—Celebrating Its Twentieth Birthday. Falkenstein's store is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its establishment by inaugurating a big special sale which begins Saturday of this week and continues ten days. When this store was started twenty years ago it was not as big as it is at present, but it has MITCH RECALLS OLD TIMES IN THIS SECTION EMPLOYED TIBURCIO VAS QUEZ AS FOREMAN OF SHEEP SHEARERS AT LAS BOLSAS Discredits Published Statement that Vasquez was Formerly a Member of Joaquin Murietta's Outlaw Band. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Mitchell were in town this week from their home at Long Beach, having just returned from a two months' visit with relatives in Ohio, Indiana, and other points east. At Gary, Ind., they were guests of their son-in-law, Dr. J. Reports from the Heffern well last Friday indicated that the hopes of its owners would be realized and the company rewarded for the money, time and labor expended in drilling this wild-cat hole. At a depth of 3190 feet oil began coming in showing beyond the possibility of a doubt that the well will be a producer. Work of the drill was immediately stopped in order to clean it out. The hole will be deepened and just what kind of a flow will be struck at a greater depth is a matter of speculation. Some oil men predict that it will be a gusher, but there is no doubt in the minds of any now that the hole is an oil well. Much interest has been taken in this well by Anaheim people who have watched its development because it opens a new field near this city, and places us in the oil belt, also because it is owned largely by Anaheim people. If it turns out to be a heavy producer many wells will be drilled nearer the city, and in all probability Anaheim will shortly be an oil city. One of the greatest oil development periods in the history of the oil industry in Southern California is predicted by Los Angeles experts who have been watching the trend of events for the last six months or more. Ever since the Chapman gusher was brought in by the Union Oil Co. a few months ago in the Richfield district on the ground of a fruit orchard, the "irrepressible leaser" has been busy for miles around buying up oil rights or endeavoring to secure leases on some sort of royalty basis. Since the Chapman gusher began pouring forth its oleaginous wealth, the Union Oil Co. has set up six more rigs on the same side of the road, and it is understood that others are to Falkenstein's store is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its establishment by inaugurating a big special sale which begins Saturday of this week and continues ten days. When this store was started twenty years ago it was not as big as it is at present, but it has steadily grown with the town, and is now one of the city's biggest and solidest institutions. Many business enterprises have been started since its birth, but have given up and gone away. The store was started by Harris & Falkenstein, its first place of business being the Metropolitan block, on West Center street, below Lemon. Mr. Harris sold out to I. Asher and the store was moved to the Mitchell building, corner of Center and Los Angeles streets. For many years the firm name was Asher & Falkenstein, but Mr. Asher disposed of his interest in his partner and retired from the business. When the Cassou building was erected some years ago the ground floor was fitted up especially for Mr. Falkenstein according to his own plans, and he moved into it and is now doing business there. It is a splendidly-appointed store, differing considerably from the Harris & Falkenstein establishment which began business in the Metropolitan block twenty years ago. SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT MAN W. L. Finney Drops Dead of Heart Disease at Long Beach — Moved to that City Monday. Anaheim friends of W. L. Finney were shocked Friday to hear of his death which occurred early that morning at Long Beach. Mr. Finney last week sold his residence property here and on Monday he and his family moved to Long Beach, expecting to make that city their home. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Mitchell were in town this week from their home at Long Beach, having just returned from a two months' visit with relatives in Ohio, Indiana, and other points east. At Gary, Ind., they were guests of their son-in-law, Dr. J. A. Little, who had recently erected a large building to be occupied as a general merchandise store. Before the stock could be brought in the steel strike came on, and General Leonard Wood arrived with 2,000 regulars and occupied the store as his headquarters. The general is there yet and has the stgike situation well in hand. His men parade the streets with six shooters strapped to their belt and a rifle over their shoulders. These men shoot to kill and the strikers, many of whom are Russians, have a very keen respect for the boys in khaki. On their way back to California their train was run into by a Wabash express, which demolished their rear car, but as the express was not running fast there were no fatalities. In 1870 Mitchell and Fred Goodrich had 8,000 sheep at Las Bolsas. Tiburcio Vasquez, who became afterward a notorious bandit and highwayman, was foreman of the sheep-shearers' gang. After Vasquez had turned outlaw, Mitchell met C. E. French of Santa Ana in Los Angeles and French told him that he was going to take $2,000 in gold to the San Joaquin ranch, where he had a band of sheep. The latter was afraid of Vasquez, but Mitchell told him to put the money in a bucket, hide it under the rear seat, and he would come with him on the trip. At Los Nietos, they met Vasquez and his gang, who galloped by on horseback. Mitchell waved his hand to his former employee, saying "Hello, Vasquez!" Vasquez returned the salutation. of a fruit orchard, the "irrepressible leaser" has been busy for miles around buying up oil rights or endeavoring to secure leases on some sort of royalty basis. Since the Chapman gusher began pouring forth its oleaginous wealth, the Union Oil Co. has set up six more rigs on the same side of the road, and it is understood that others are to be erected soon. Meanwhile, the Standard Oil Co., just across the road to the southward, has set up eight rigs, two of which have developed gushers and one or two others are said to be getting close to oil bearing levels. On Oct. 28, oil men were electrified when the news was flashed forth that the cap had blown off the General Petroleum Co.'s new well and another big gusher had added to the fame of the Richfield district. Interest is not entirely centered on the operations of these three established companies. All around the properties of these companies other groups of operators are either drilling or preparing to drill wells, each group confidently believing their calculations to be accurate. Within the last few days 40 rigs are said to have been erected within a radius of approximately one square mile in the Richfield district, and scores of other rigs are going up in different localities throughout Southern California. Two wells were reported recently from the Coyote district and two wells came in a few Heart Disease at Long Beach — Moved to that City Monday. Anaheim friends of W. L. Finney were shocked Friday to hear of his death which occurred early that morning at Long Beach. Mr. Finney last week sold his residence property here and on Monday he and his family moved to Long Beach, expecting to make that city their home. Friday morning, apparently in his usual health, he went out to the garage to get his car, intending to drive to Anaheim, but fell by the side of the car and expired almost instantly. Heart disease was the cause. He was aged about 60 years. Besides a wife Mr. Finney leaves two daughters, Mrs. Roger C. Dutton and Miss Evalyn Finney. He had been a resident of Anaheim for the past fifteen years and was a rancher, owning an orange ranch between this city and Fullerton. He was one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of the city. Many friends from here attended the funeral which was held at Long Beach at 9 o'clock Monday morning. The remains were interred in Calvary cemetery, Los Angeles. Dismissal has been entered by Attorneys Norton and Rhodes of Los Anegels in an action on claim and delivery, brought in August, 1918, by V. R. Cooper against Fred Koepsel and in which was involved $500 worth of amusement and cigar store fixtures, which Koepsel was alleged to be withholding from Cooper. The latter was afraid of Vasquez, but Mitchell told him to put the money in a bucket, hide it under the rear seat, and he would come with him on the trip. At Los Nietos, they met Vasquez and his gang, who galloped by on horseback. Mitchell waved his hand to his former employee, saying "Hello, Vasquez!" Vasquez returned the salutation, and continued on his way. French reached the San Joaquin in safety, and paid off his men. In an eastern magazine some weeks ago, appeared a very interesting story about Joaquin Murietta, the highwayman who operated in California in the fifties. Murietta was the most famous outlaw who ever operated in the west, but Vasquez ran him a close race as robber and murderer. Murietta was killed by Harry Love near Paso Robles, and Vasquez was killed by a posse under Sheriff Burns of Los Angeles near Santa Monica. Emil Harris was the man who shot and killed the highwayman. In the magazine article referred to the author states that Vasquez, first name was incorrectly spelled, was a member of Murietta's gang, but Mitchell doubts the accuracy of this statement and so do other old timers here. When Vasquez worked as a sheep shearer for Mitchell, he was aged about 35, and as Murietta operated some 20 years before this time he must have been very young to have been a member of the gang, if indeed he ever operated with that cut throat bunch. Mitchell states that Prof. In- RECALLS TIMES IN SECTION TIBURCIO VAS FOREMAN OF SHEARERS AS BOLSAS Published Statementez was Formerly a Joaquin Murietta's land. TIBURCIO VAS FOREMAN OF SHEARERS AS BOLSAS Published Statementez was Formerly a Joaquin Murietta's land. TIBURCIO VAS FOREMAN OF SHEARERS AS BOLSAS Published Statementez was Formerly a Joaquin Murietta's land. COMPANY FORMED FOR HANDLING LAND Will Buy, Sell and Cultivate Citrus Acreage in this Section—Supervisor Schumacher is President of Organization. The Citrus Orchards Company, with headquarters at Fullerton, is a new organization formed for the purpose of buying and cultivating oranges, who is writing a history of Southern California, will shortly visit Anaheim in search of data on early times hereabouts. Ingersoll has a photograph of Mitchell driving a four-horse stage from Wilmington to this city in 1870. The picture has been filmed, and the professor throws it upon a screen during his lectures. The picture was taken by Mrs. General Phineas Banning at Wilmington just as Mitch was starting on his trip to this city with a load of passengers just arrived by boat from San Francisco. COUNTY SYSTEM AWAITS COURT ACTION INJUNCTION HEARING ON MUTUAL PHONE PROJECT HELD NEXT WERK Board of Trade Starts New Membership Drive—Committee Reports $435 Subscribed Toward the Band Fund—Michiana Gamut Expenses Paid. Although little has been heard lately of the county mutual telephone system, and some people have been led to believe the project had fallen through, it is just as much alive today as it ever was. The directors of the Orange FOR HANDLING LAND Will Buy, Sell and Cultivate Citrus Acreage in this Section — Supervisor Schumacher is President of Organization. The Citrus Orchards Company, with headquarters at Fullerton, is a new organization formed for the purpose of buying, selling and cultivating citrus land. Robert Strain of Fullerton, is father of the movement and worked out the plans. Five hundred shares will be issued, and already more than a hundred have been sold. At a meeting Friday night a board of control of seven members was elected as follows: Robert Strain, William Schumacher, E. J. Marks, D. S. Linebarger, John Gardiner, W. L. Benchley and H. A. Schreiner. Officers elected are, William Schumacher, president, E. J. Marks, secretary, Thomas Eadington, treasurer, Robert Strain, manager. The company is a mutual cooperative association of Orange county men who will combine their buying power for the purpose of handling orange properties. The company will buy and sell and will also hold and cultivate groves and sell the crops. Shares are on a basis of payments of $20 a month for five years. The number of units already taken is almost a hundred. The limit of units is placed at 500 which means that if they are all taken the company will have a paid up capital stock of $600,000 in five years. The idea back of the company was worked out by Robert Strain, who has long been engaged in the orange business. He realized that orange lands are so expensive that the average man can do very little toward handling them. He worked out the idea that if a number of men combined, they could provide a sum of money which would make it possible to go into this line of business to the best. Although little has been heard lately of the county mutual telephone system, and some people have been led to believe the project had fallen through, it is just as much alive today as it ever was. The directors of the Orange County Farmers & Merchants' Association have been waiting for a court decision before proceeding with the actual work. At the meeting of the board of trade Monday night Charles Eygabroad, chairman of the board of directors, made the statement that an injunction filed by the Pacific Telephone company seeking to restrain the association and prohibit the organization of a new system, would probably be heafed by the supreme court within a week. The decision would in all probability be favorable to the Orange county association. Should permission be granted there will be no delay in proceeding with the work. Mr. Eygabroad stated that the preliminary expense has been fixed by the directors at 10 cents per phone. Anaheim's share of it being $111. This sum the board of trade assumed and directed paid. W. H. Schureman, manager of the Anaheim Citrus Association, announced that each member of his association would be assessed ten cents as a contribution toward paying this sum. Other associations throughout the county are doing the same, and it is expected all of them will follow suit. The committee recently appointed to raise a fund for the relief of the Anaheim band reported cash to the amount of $435 raised. As the band boys asked only $400 the $35 surplus was used in paying expenses incurred in staging the Michana Gamut, which was pulled off before being put on. The board is now in the midst of another membership drive RED CROSS DRIVE MEETS WITH SUCCESS Over 1300 Members Reported Tuesday Morning with Two Days Yet to Work.—Want 2000 Names. Excellent success is reported by the army of Red Cross workers who have been laboring since November 2d in the membership drive. The Anaheine chapter was expected to enroll a membership of two thousand, which was a pretty big undertaking. Comparatively few people were encountered who gave an unqualified refusal to join. In addition to the teams of solicitors working given precincts, stands were set up on busy street corners in charge of young ladies who nailed passers by and disposed of many a button thereby. Headquarters were maintained at the First National Bank during the drive, where committee workers reported. Many business houses and institutions reported one hundred per cent, every member of the firm and employee having joined. Held to answer on a charge of uttering a fictitious check for $25, Harold Patterson was in the county jail today, awaiting trail in superior court. At Patterson's preliminary hearing Hugh LaRue, proprietor of a grocery at Cypress, was the complain witness. The check in question was introduced in evidence. Testimony was given by LaRue, W. H. Musser, Mrs. Lizzie E. Musser and A B. McCord. Bail was fixed at $1000. Deputy District Attorney W. F. Menton handled the case.