anaheim-gazette 1919-12-25

MILITARY CONQUEST EASY IN MEXICO But Intervention Would Prove Costly, Says Major Marks. Intervention in Mexico and a thorough cleaning of the land below the Rio Grande would be a comparatively easy job from a military standpoint, according to Major E. J. Marks of Fullerton, during the war a member of the general staff at Washington, where he had the special detail of keeping track of Mexican conditions. "Military intervention would not be a serious task," says Major Marks. "The Mexican soldiers cannot and will not fight, they can't shoot, they have little modern equipment and the loss of life in our army would be comparatively small, should the government decide to send a force into Mexico." "Previous to our entry into the European war the general staff estimated that an army of 450,000 men would be necessary to occupy the country and keep open the lines of communication. Conditions now are such that a force considerably smaller could do the job successfully. We are better equipped in many ways. We have more airplanes and aviators, more artillery and more supplies of every sort. "It is probable that at least three columns would be thrown into the country. One from the sea coast, starting at Vera Cruz, and two from our southern border following the railway lines." "The most difficult feature of the HARVARD WILL PLAY AT THE CROWN CITY To Meet Oregon University at Pasadena New Year's Day. Harvard has accepted the invitation of the Tournament of Roses Association to meet in a football game on January 1 the team of the University of Oregon, which has made the best showing in the west during the past season. For the first time one of the "Big Three," Harvard, Yale and Princeton, has agreed to come to the Pacific coast for a trial of strength. Harvard's original acceptance of the invitation was joyfully received all over Southern California and then the coal strike and the curtailment of train service forced Harvard to cancel and joy was turned to gloom. Leading men of California from Governor Stephens down, bombarded the government officials to secure a permit a train for the trip, and such permission came just prior to the settlement of the coal strike and then Harvard again agreed to come, and its wonder team is expected in Pasadena about Christmas. Strong teams from leading institutions have come before but it has remained for the coming Tournament of Roses contest to cap the climax and firmly establish this as the great football classic of the east and west. It will undoubtedly be the greatest football game ever staged this side of the Rocky mountains. hTe already large grandstands at Tournament park have been enlarged by the addition of 5,000 seats for the application by secretary of state sell stock and is granted it there will be an ing of the stock by financiers to Hotels are much than at any time not seem to make ence where there any town, city ed to the doors. The Fullerton outlay of some one of the fines The brokers with the stock had a man-Benchley th posed hotel will option expired Messrs. Chapman offered $50 per property than but they refused intention to let property at the which is equivive the company of Local capital们 have signified ting heavily of insure a handsome city. MORE ACCIDENTS THE Automobile Club Dangerous Ca "It is probable that at least three columns would be thrown into the country. One from the sea coast, starting at Vera Cruz, and two from our southern border following the railway lines. "The most difficult feature of the job would be carrying the railroads ahead and keeping them open. The country, especially in the northern part, is desolate and presents many natural difficulties. "The newspaper talk about the Mexican people rising en masse to repel the invader is pure pifle. The better classes would welcome intervention as the solution of their troubles. "But I have been speaking of only the military side of the situation. There are other grave facts to be considered. In the first place, intervention would be a most expensive undertaking and would cost this country hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. "It would also work great hardship in the case of reservists, men who were formerly in the service and who are now back in civil life but on the reserve list of the army. "Many of these men are just getting a business start since their return and to be called away again and be compelled to give up everything only to make another new start some time in the future would be a terrible hardship in many cases. "I have not heard of any reserve officers being ordered to prepare for possible call, but some enlisted men have received notification to be prepared to rejoin the colors on twenty-four hours' notice. "While this notice has probably been sent as a precautionary measure, it shows that anything is liable to happen." Major Marks is himself a reserve officer, but has had no intimation that he may be called into service." Strong teams from leading institutions have come before but it has remained for the coming Tournament of Roses contest to cap the climax and firmly establish this as the greatest football classic of the east and west. It will undoubtedly be the greatest football game ever staged this side of the Rocky mountains. hTe already large grandstands at Tournament park have been enlarged by the addition of 5,000 seats for the big game of January 1. BUENA PARK NOTES After a thorough discussion of the Japanese question at the Buena Park Farm Center Monday evening, the resolutions adopted by the directors of the farm bureau in favor of the exclusion of Japanese from membership in the farm bureau and in favor of stopping Japanese immigration into the country at large, were unanimously approved by the membership of the Buena Park Farm Center. Dr. Schofield gave a very complete report on business taken up by the county directors. H. H. Covell reported for the drainage committee, stating that the committee had obtained some information regarding the drainage of Coyote Creek. As no farm bureau meeting is held at Artesia, Covell did not have a public hearing with the property owners of that district. It is the sentiment of the Buena Park people that the Artesia district should unite with them in developing a drainage district whose outlet should be the Coyote creek. Farm Advisor Wahlberg discussed the various potato diseases which are confronting the potato growers of the Buena Park district. He stated that to a large extent the poor condition of the potato crops this year and last was due to a large extent to infested seed and to a late blight. The new officers elected for the coming year were: Dr. Schofield, director; Roy Mathews, president and vice director; G. E. Cole, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Motorist, annual accident investigator Did you know your car in Southern California there are no road mile than 20 miles? This may sound propaganda, but it is a statement and emanating from Club of Southern California an investigation of students which arrived every day on local roads. In its accidents down the death points out that most accidents can be Southern California through a vital recklessness is too stead of the excelsior. That this party probably pull out loud with a "clean attempt to remedy there is going suffering during this period." In the meantime led to co-operate with southern urban cities like motor race work" on this by reporting over the law. In addition, berserkship of the order called upon to set by careful driving of the rules of thieves names authorities, it will cause, and the auction takes proper ports on the same for drastic action. WHY NOT ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF RANSOM With a keen appreciation of conditions in Mexico, the Philadelphia "Public Ledger" suggests that the Administration at Washington might do well to create a ransom ministry to redeem Americans seized and held by Mexicans. It is an excellent idea, although not likely to be adopted. But, if our authorities persist in declining to make like and property of our citizens in Mexico reasonably secure, some such step should be taken and continued until stronger hands have charge of affairs. Of course, what every American the world over desires is assurance that if he is mistreated in another country this government will do its utmost to obtain justice for him. For seven years there has been very little evidence of this form of virile Americanism and it now seems hopeless to expect a change for the better. So until this Administration is ousted the wise course might be to designate some one at Washington to attend to the ransom business. A maximum and minimum schedule for various classes of citizens would inform Mexican bands exactly what they might expect after carrying off an American. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. CONGRESS TO TAKE HAND Some one, with an idea of cutting down government expenses, has been looking into the number of civilian employees in the various departments. A comparison between pre-war times and the present shows that while before the war three were about 35,000 such employees with salaries aggregating $40,000,000, there are now 107,000 drawing salaries amounting to $160,000,000. It is said that Congress has decided to inform the heads of departments that they must reduce their forces or they will find themselves without funds to pay the salaries. It is time some such move was made. FULLERTON'S NEW HOTEL The board of directors of the Fullerton Hotel Company has elected the following officers: F. C. Krause, president; G. W. Finch, vice-president; Thomas Eadington, secretary, and E. K. Benchley, treasurer. ANAHEIM GAZETTE WN CITY at Pasay. Invitation Association game on university the best the past one of Yale and due to the strength. ance of received and then ment of to cango gloom. from Govded the per and such the set and then ame, and in Pasainstitutus has renirement climax the great and west, greatest side of lands at enlarged for the Application has been made to the secretary of state for permission to sell stock and when this permission is granted it is not believed that there will be any trouble in disposing of the stock, as it is considered by financiers to be a good investment. Hotels are making more money now than at any time in history. It does not seem to make any particular difference where the hotel is located, in any town, city or hamlet, it is crowded to the doors. The Fullerton hotel will mean an outlay of some $200,000, and will be one of the finest hotels in the State. The brokers who propose to handle the stock had an option on the Chapman-Benchley tract where the proposed hotel will be located, but their option expired on December 10. Messrs. Chapman and Benchley were offered $50 per foot more for the property than the option called for but they refused it and declared their intention to let the company have the property at the first option price, which is equivalent to a present to the company of some $5,000. Local capitalists, it is understood, have signified their intention of buying heavily of the stock, which will insure a handsome new hotel for the city. MORE ACCIDENTS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE Automobile Club Declares this is the Dangerous Age in Southern California. Will readers who may make these tests report the results in the Cultivator?—R. R. Snowden. INCREASE IN YIELD OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Secretary Houston Shows that Output Per Acre Gradually Grows. In reviewing agricultural production in the United States Secretary Houston gives interesting facts as to increased crop production to the acre during the past 25 years. He says: "In view of the facts it is singular that the notion should still be disseminated that American agriculture has been deteriorating and that there is ground for pessimism about the future. It is true that the production of some of the staple commodities has not kept pace with population, but this in itself may be of little significance. The advance in agriculture has revealed itself not so much in the expansion of the staple commodities as in a greater diversity of products, in the appearance of new crops, in the rise of minor crops to large proportions, and the availability of supplies throughout the year. But even in reference to the staple products as measured by one important test, there has been a very marked upward movement. The yield per acre of crop production in the United States has gradually increased. The average rate of this increase for the past 25 years has been small, it is true, being only one-half of one per cent a year, but the aggregate results have been enormous. This upward trend is not read." and remove stems, and put with the walnut meats through food chopper. Mix together thoroughly, and press firmly three-fourths inch thick into a small buttered pan. Cut in squares and wrap in wax paper or shape in small balls and roll in powdered sugar. Makes one and one-half pounds. Costs 94 cents. Fudge Squares One cup walnut meats, two squares chocolate, one-half cup butter; three eggs, one ucp sugar, three-fourths cup bread flour, one-half teaspoon baking powder, one-half tepidpoon vanilla. Melt chocolate, add butter, stir until butter melts, and set aside. Beat eggs, adding gradually one cup sugar. Mix and sift bread flour with baking powder and salt. Add to eggs with walnut meats chopped fine and vanilla, then add chocolate mixture. Spread in shallow pans, bake about ten minutes and cut in squares while warm. Makes 25 squares. Costs 63 cents. Nut Macaroons White of one egg, one cup brown sugar, one cup walnut meats, one-fourth teaspoon salt. Beat white of egg until stiff and add sugar gradually while beating constantly. Fold in walnut meats, finely chopped and sprinkled with salt. Drop from tip of spoon, one inch apart, on a buttered and flowered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven until delicately browned. Makes 20 macaroons. Costs 33 cents. Marguerites One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup water, five marshmallows, two egg whites, one-fourth teaspoon MORE ACCIDENTS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE Automobile Club Declares this is the Dangerous Age in Southern California. Mr. Motorist, have you had your annual accident yet? Did you know that you are operating your car in the "dangerous age" of Southern California history and that there are more accidents to the road mile than ever before? This may sound like Bolshevist propaganda, but as a matter of fact, it is a statement based on statistics, and emanating from the Automobile Club of Southern California following an investigation into the type of accidents which are actually happening every day on local boulevards. In its accident campaign, to cut down the death toll, the auto club points out that nine out of every ten accidents can be avoided and that Southern California is passing now through a vital transition period when recklessness is the general order instead of the exception. That this part of the country will probably pull out of the present period with a "clean record" so far as the attempt to remedy affairs is concerned, there is going to be quite a bit of suffering during the operation. In the meantime, the club has offered to co-operate with the police of the southern urban centers in protecting the lives of motorists by doing "vigilance work" on the streets and road by reporting overt offenders against the law. In addition, the entire membership of the organization has been called upon to set a sterling example by careful driving and by observance of the rules of the road at all times. Where names are submitted to the authorities, it will be for sufficient cause, and the authorities can then take the proper action. Repeated reports on the same individual will call for drastic action, so be careful. throughout the year. But even in reference to the staple products as measured by one important test, there has been a very marked upward movement. The yield per acre of crop production in the United States has gradually increased. The average rate of this increase for the past 25 years has been small, it is true, being only one-half of one per cent a year, but the aggregate results have been enormous. This upward trend is not readily observed in yields from one year to another, owing to the wide yearly variations caused by the differences in seasons. But when averages are obtained for a series of years it is readily observed. During the seventies and eighties, when there was a vast expansion in farm area in the West and crops were grown on a more extensive scale, the tendency of yields was downward. Since the early nineties, however, it has been upward. For the ten years ending with 1890 the average yield per acre of wheat in the United States was 11.8 bushels; for the ten years ending in 1918 the average yield was 14.8 bushels, or an increase of 25 per cent. In the first period the average yield of corn was 23.4 bushels; in the second 25.8, or an increase of ten per cent; of oats 25.9 in the first period, in the second of 32.2, or an increase of 24 per cent; of potatoes 72.9 bushels for the period and 96.8 for the second, an increase of nearly 33 1:3 per cent. Cotton, notwithstanding the ravages of the boll weevil, increased from an average of 169 pounds in the first period to 175 pounds in the second, an increase of 3½ per cent. All other field crops have likewise improved in yield, the average for the ten years ending in 1918 being 16 per cent greater than that for the period ending in 1890. This tendency is general throughout the Union. It is not due to the shifting of production. For example, in the older state of New York the increases for the two periods were as follows: Corn, 24 per cent; wheat, 44 per cent; oats, 21 per cent; barley, 24 per cent; buckwheat, 43 per cent; potatoes, 30 per cent; hay, 10 per cent; weighted average of all, 18 per cent." Fold in walnut meats, finely chopped and sprinkled with salt. Drop from tip of spoon, one inch apart, on a buttered and flowered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven until delicately browned. Makes 20 macaroons. Costs 33 cents. Marguerites One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup water, five marshmallows, two egg whites, one-fourth teaspoon vanilla, one cup walnut meats, saltines. Boil sugar and water until syrup will spin a thread. Remove to back of range and add marshmallows cut in pieces. Pour slowly, while beating constantly, onto stiffly beaten egg whites; then add vanilla and walnut meats cut in pieces. Spread asaltines with mixture and bake in a moderate oven until puffed and delicately browned. Serves 24. Costs 54 cnets. Chocolate Circles One-half cup walnut meats, one-half cup figs, one-half cup almond paste, grated rind one orange, one-fourth teaspoon salt, two squares unsweetened chocolate, orange juice, sugar. Put walnuts, figs and almond paste through food chopper, add orange rind, salt and enough orange juice to make mixture of consistency to handle. Knead on a board or marble slab sprinkled with sugar, cut in circles, brush with chocolate melted over hot water, and decorate with walnut meats broken in quarters. Serves 36. Costs 53 cents. Chocolate Walnu Caramels One cup sugar, one-half cup white corn syrup, one and one-half cups boiling water, one teaspoon vanilla, one-third cup powdered whole milk, three squares chocolate, one cup walnut meats. Put sugar, corn syrup and water in saucepan, stir until sugar is dissolved, bring to boiling paint, and boil until mixture will form a very firm ball when tried in cold water. The caramels when cold will be of the same consistency as this firm ball. Do not beat, as beating may cause the candy to become granular. Add vanilla, powdered milk siften, chocolate grated and walnut meats cut in large pieces. Pour caramel into a buttered pan seven inches square. CHLORIDE OF LIME CURE In the year 1899 I advised the Southern California Fruit Exchange to wash the fruit with a weak bluestone solution as a preventive measure against fungi. They could not afford to do it, but sometime afterward this same advice was given by a government expert, and they found that they could afford it and are now doing it with good results. About the same time I advised the use of chloride of lime for bleaching walnuts. I note that it is now being done successfully. Now will someone try chloride of lime as a wash about the base of trees likely to be attacted by borers (peach and other fruit), and fungi (citrus)? By the action of carbon dioxide in the air this material will slowly give off chlorine, which is a most deadly gas to both vegetable and animal life; But I am tolerably certain the trees themselves will not be affected unfavorably. This ought to be tested on a few trees before risking many. I want to advise further that a very small ball of this material thrown in the holes of squirrels or of gophers will either kill them or drive them away. If it will accomplish this it would probably be the cheapest way of getting rid of these pests. NEW RECIPES FOR MAKING NUT CANDIES Taken from Booklet Issued by Walnut Growers' Association. Here are some fascinating recipes from the booklet of walnut recipes just issued by the California Walnut Growers' Association. Read them, try them, then write to the California Walnut Growers' Association, Los Angeles, for a copy. The recipes are collected by the principal of the Boston School of Cookery and include 100 recipes for bread, meat and vegetable dishes, salads, desserts, candies, etc. Walnut Date Bars Two eggs, one cup brown sugar, five baking powder, few grains salt, one cup chopped walnut meats, one cup dates. Beat eggs until thick and lemon colored, add sugar gradually and beat, add flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt, chopped walnut meats and dates cut in small pieces. Spread in greased pan seven by ten inches and bek in a moderate oven. When cool cut in bars. Serves 20. Costs 57 cents. Fruit Nut Caramels One cup figs, one cup dates, two cups walnut meats. Wash and stone the dates, wash figs, solved, bring to boiling paint, and boil until mixture will form a very firm ball when tried in cold water. The caramels when cold will be of the same consistency as this firm ball. Do not beat, as beating may cause the candy to become granular. Add vanilla, powdered milk siften, chocolate grated and walnut meats cut in large pieces. Pour caramel into a buttered pan seven inches square. When cool cut in squares and if desired wrap in wax paper. One and one-half cups cream may be used instead of boiling water and powdered milk. Makes one pound three ounces. Costs 39 cents. Sugared Walnuts One cup walnut meats, one cup sugar, one-half cup water, one-half teaspoon vanilla. Put walnut meats in a saucepan and keep in a warm place. Put sugar and water in another saucepan, stir until sugar is dissolved, and boll without stirring, until candy forms a soft ball when tried in cold water. Hold pan of walnuts several inches above the fire and shake vigorously while slowly pouring syrup over the nuts. Occasionally stir the nuts, then add remaining syrup drop by drop until all is used. Nuts should be evenly covered with a coating of sugar. If coating is not thick enough, more sugar and water may be boiled and added as before. Makes three-fourths pound of candy. Costs 32 cents. If, as the Democratic orators and editors said for so many years, the protective tariff was the mother of trusts, the breeder of strikes and the ancestor of profiteers, it has certainly been having an awful crop of posthumous children. LONDON NEWSPAPERS GIVE SOME VIEWS ON WILSON "President Wilson's enthusiasm for impractical ideals got the world into a terrible mess," in the opinion of the London Post, expressed editorially. The Post declared: "We cannot help but admire the United States Senate for the stand it has taken in defending itself as a sovereign power and in its determination to look after its own affairs and its own defense. It is idle to disguise the fact that Wilson's enthusiasm for impractical ideals got the world into a terrible mess. We hope the abortive covenant will be separated from the treaty and dropped into deserved oblivion." The Express declared that "the President's attempts to set back the clock may convulse Europe." The Daily Sketch declared: "Fortunately the world is fool proof and unsinkable. Wilson's fourteen points look like rusty barbed wire." The Manchester Guardian, commenting editorially on the American attitude toward the peace treaty, says: "Whatever the result it is essential for Europe to understand that American opposition it not the outcome of narrow nationalism or lack of imagination and still less political maneuvering. It is rooted in the faults of the treaty itself." The New Statesman says: "What is really serious, we think, is not the Senate's behavior, but the fact that the Senate apparently represents the attitude of the American people." Good Things to Eat For the Holiday trade our stock is unsurpassed. We have Plum Puddings, Fruit Cakes, Seedless Raisins, Dates, Candies, Nuts, Etc. And everything else the trade demands. 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