anaheim-gazette 1919-12-25

USE OF BORAX IN FERTILIZER IS DANGEROUS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ISSUES A WARNING TO THE USERS. Scarcity of Potash Resulted in Its Use in Harmful Quantities.—The Danger is Pointed Out to Manufacturers of Fertilizers. The United States Department of Agriculture issues the following statement on borax in fertilizers: The disastrous results experienced in 1919 by farmers in some sections of the country, where fertilizers containing borax were unwittingly applied, has aroused apprehension that the experience may be repeated in the spring of 1920. This substance, which is highly toxic to crop plants, is not known to have been present in appreciable quantities in the materials commercially available for fertilizer uses prior to the war. The scarcity of potash during the war, which still continues to a considerable extent, brought into use a product, derived from at least two new sources, which carried enough borax to be harmful to crops if applied in the usual quantities by the methods pounds of borax per ton, it is thought that it may be safely used, provided proper attention is given to the method of application and the amount applied per acre. If it contains 0.2 per cent of borax, 1,000 pounds per acre may be used in the drill without exceeding the two pounds per acre, the indicated limit of tolerance. If it contains 0.4 per cent, 500 pounds in the drill would not exceed the apparent limit of safety. If, on the other hand, the fertilizer is broadcasted and contains 0.5 per cent borax, then a ton may be applied broadcast without exceeding the limit, of 10 pounds per acre of anhydrous borax, the indicated limit of safety for this mode of application. If it contains 1.0 per cent of borax, then an application of 1,000 pounds per acre broadcast could be made without exceeding the indicated limit of safety for this method. It is expected that, since the producers of raw fertilizer materials have been advised of the vital importance of this matter, they will hereafter pay the strictest attention to the method of preparing the materials and to the purification of them, so far as possible, through the elimination of borax. It is also evident that the manufacturers, for their own protection, will buy materials for their different grades of fertilizers on the basis of their borax content, as they now do for the fertilizer constituents of which their different brands are composed. A strict compliance on the part of manufacturers with the department's ruling, and the intelligent use of the fertilizers in the manner above indicated, should protect the farmers from the Yosemite valley say nothing of a hail. During the height season last summer themselves in the villa to get a room in any who were camping herded from one park another with mighty on the part of the employees. All told there is no for improvement in commodation at the For one thing, the price but one garage on valley is absurd. Humans are inconvenient last season by this fact. A BACKWARDS Australia wonders turns to Canada, Australia instead of fertile spaces of continent. It is Australia has had so ennermint intended to vidual enterprise. They tell us about the most area and great nature that country. The received more immigrant Australia has welcomed years. Australia is size and shape as what it principally independence, browning fostering of business class legislation directs. known to have been present in appreciable quantities in the materials commercially available for fertilizer uses prior to the war. The scarcity of potash during the war, which still continues to a considerable extent, brought into use a product, derived from at least two new sources, which carried enough borax to be harmful to crops if applied in the usual quantities by the methods generally practiced. If there were available sufficient supplies of non-contaminated material to meet the agricultural needs of the country, it would probably be safer for farmers to reject all fertilizers containing appreciable amounts of borax, except in those cases where the applications are relatively light and can be broadcasted or very thoroughly mixed with the soil. It appears, however, that a large proportion of the potash salts available for fertilizer use in the spring of 1920 contain more or less borax. Recently, also, it has been discovered that nitrate of soda as imported contains some borax. As these conditions have become known, the United States Department of Agriculture and some of the state experiment stations have been actively studying the subject and conducting experiments with a view to determining the extent to which fertilizers containing borax may safely be applied. While the observations and tests of a single season can not be regarded as final, it appears to be well established that, under intensive use, where the fertilizer is put in the row or hill and the seeds or plants are brought into virtual contact with it, about two pounds per acre of anhydrous borax marks the limit of safety. Where it is broadcasted or thoroughly mixed with the soil, ten pounds of anhydrous borax per acre may be regarded as within the limit of safety. The department is now making a very comprehensive survey of all the ordinary fertilizer materials with a view to ascertaining whether any of the commercial grades carry injurious amounts of borax or whether mixtures of any two or more of these materials will give rise to excessive quantities of borax in mixed fertilizers. OUR FRIEND, CARRANZA Evidence that radicals in Mexico with the knowledge and support of President Carranza plotted to instigate a revolution in the United States and to seize the border States acquired by the American government in 1848 is contained in the memorandum presented to President Wilson by Senator Fall, of New Mexico, chairman of the Foreign Relations subcommittee investigating the Mexican situation. Plans for the proposed revolution were obtained by the subcommittee from the minutes of a meeting last October 15, in Mexico city of Lodge No. 23, an organization of extreme agitators and members of the Industrial Workers of the World. The Mexican President is linked most directly with the plot through correspondence in which he recommends three men for special consideration because of their connection with "the plan which they desire to put into practice in the State of Texas." These men, the committee states, have been identified as active agents of Lodge 23. The memorandum, which contains an abstract of the evidence collected by the subcommittee, was delivered to the President by Senator Fall Friday night, of last week, and was made public Monday. The notes of the October 15 meeting of the radical lodge declare "there appeared three delegates, two Americans and one Mexican who had arrived from the United States, and who claimed that 'the society' would be it also evident that the manufacturers, for their own protection, will buy materials for their different grades of fertilizers on the basis of their borax content, as they now do for the fertilizer constituents of which their different brands are composed. A tsarist compliance on the part of manufacturers with the department's ruling, and the intelligent use of the fertilizers in the manner above indicated, should protect the farmers from loss and damage to their crops while the whole matter is being further investigated by the department by the state experiment stations. According to them, the Railroad Commission opyer granted by the public utilities preciated by the people. This is indicated by informal complaints trained by the twelve months between July 1, 1919, to this department 229 being made by phone some by telegraph, and others by per office of the commission formal complaints on ableness or correctness service; deamnd overcharges; better extensions or resumes safety in utility accounts of deficits and scores of other results from a diary between consumer hydrated borax per acre may be regarded as within the limit of safety. The department is now making a very comprehensive survey of all the ordinary fertilizer materials with a view to ascertaining whether any of the commercial grades carry injurious amounts of borax or whether mixtures of any two or more of these materials will give rise to excessive quantities of borax in mixed fertilizers. In the meantime, and while these investigations are proceeding, in order to protect the people of the United States and to conserve the food supply, the department, on October 24, 1919, addressed a letter to all brokers, fertilizer manufacturers and dry mixers, who are under license under the Control Act of August 10, 1917, stating that the department would not permit more than two pounds per ton of anhydrous borax in mixed fertilizers, unless the presence of an excess of this amount is plainly indicated on the container. It was further stated that the purpose of this regulation was to insure that no fertilizer application which would add more than two pounds of borax to the acre would be made by farmers without their knowledge. The secretary of agriculture, on December 6, 1919, issued a formal order prohibiting the sale of mixed fertilizer containing borax in excess of one-tenth of one per cent, unless the containers are so labeled as to show the percentage of borax present. This action was designed to protect the farmer in the use of as much as a ton of fertilizer per acre, applied in the drill, or to give him notice that the material contained borax. If the fertilizer contains more than two an abstract of the evidence collected by the subcommittee, was delivered to the President by Senator Fall Friday night, of last week, and was made public Monday. The notes of the October 15 meeting of the radical lodge declare "there appeared three delegates, two Americans and one Mexican, who had arrived from the United States, and who claimed that 'the society' would be able at the beginning of next November (that is, November, 1919) to call a general strike of all men and metal workers in the United States; thus they have 3,000,000 adherents in that country, where they will be able to seize one Western and two Atlantic ports; that a large number of American soldiers were preparing to take sides with them, and that they proposed to establish a capital of a reformed government of the United States in the State of Colorado; that when such a revolution was successful, to the Mexicans rendering their assistance the border States which were acquired by the United States under the treaty of 1848 would be returned to Mexico." YOSEMITE VALLEY Anyone who has ever been in the Yosemite valley will welcome the news that the California Congressional delegation at Washington has declared war against the past policy of the department of the interior in granting monopolistic concessions in the valley. But the delegation should go a step farther. It should instist on a more liberal policy toward all concessionaires. The lack of accommodations of all kinds in ANAHEIM GAZETTE the Yosemite valley is a disgrace, to say nothing of a hardship. During the height of the motoring season last summer persons found themselves in the valley and unable to get a room in any hotel. Motorists who were camping found themselves herded from one part of the park to another with mighty little ceremony on the part of the government employees. All told there is considerable room for improvement in the matter of accommodation at the Yosemite valley. For one thing, the policy of allowing but one garage on the floor of the valley is absurd. Hundreds of motorists were inconvenienced during the last season by this fact alone. A BACKWARD UTOPIA Australia wonders why immigration turns to Canada, Australia and the Argentine, instead of to the immense, fertile spaces of the great southern continent. It is primarily because Australia has had so much class government intended to discourage individual enterprise. The near socialists tell us about the model laws of Australia—but they do not go to Australia nor do immigrants from anywhere in great numbers, despite the immense area and great natural resources of that country. The United States received more immigrants in 1913 than Australia has welcomed in fifty-three years. Australia is almost the same size and shape as the United States. What it principally lacks is economic independence, brought about by the fostering of business enterprise. If class legislation directed against the ACCIDENTS IN STATE ARE GROWING LESS Industrial Accident Commission Makes Its Annual Report. A reduction in the total number of industrial injuries for the year 1918, as compared to 1917, is a feature of the report of the California Industrial Accident Commission, which report is in the hands of Governor Wm. D. Stephens. In 1918 there were 104,767 industrial injuries, as compared to 109,988 for 1917, a reduction of 5,221. This is gratifying news, especially when it is recalled that more men were employed in 1918, and many of them in hazardous occupations. Unfortunately there were 80 more industrial deaths in 1918 than in 1917, as shown by the total for each year: 1918, 706 deaths; 1917, 626 deaths. The permanent injuries for 1918 numbered 2,100 as against 1,942 for 1917. The temporary injuries were 101,961 in 1918, as compared to 107,420 in 1917. A brief survey of the 706 industrial deaths shows that 59 occurred in shipyards of California, 40 on the high seas, 38 were electrocuted, and 19 were killed by improperly guarded gears and cogwheels. There were 8 women killed while at work during 1918. The production of motion pictures caused three deaths, and 6 policemen and 2 firemen were killed in the discharge of their duties. A summary of dependency following the 706 industrial deaths shows that there were 817 total dependents as the result of 364 fatalities; 153 partial dependents were left in 80 of cloth to an iron bedpost and tied the other end of the improvised rope around his neck. Perkins was nearly strangled before he was discovered. Attempts at escape and at suicide are said to be admissible as evidence, indicating possible guilt on the part of the accused. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE In the Matter of the Estate of Patricio Yriarte, Deceased. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Upon reading and filing the petition of Fred C. Rimpau, administrator of the estate of Patricio Yriarte, deceased, praying for an order authorizing and permitting him as such administrator to lease certain real property belonging to said estate, and which is hereafter more particularly described, and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS ORDERED that said petition be, and the same is hereby set for hearing in Department One of said Superior Court, in the Court Room of said Department One, in the Court House in the City of Santa Ana, in the County of Orange, State of California, on Friday, the 2nd day of January, 1920, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all persons interested in the said estate, be, and they are hereby required to appear before Department One of said Superior Court, in the Court Room of said Department One, in the Court House in the City of Santa Ana, in the County of Orange, State of California, on Friday, the 2nd day of January, 1920, at the hour of ten o'clock a.m., then and there to show cause, if any they have, why said real property belonging to the estate of Patricio Yriarte, deceased, should not be leased for the period of three years, beginning on the 2nd day of January, 1920, and ending on the MANY SEEK AID OF UTILITY BOARD Railroad Commission called on to Settle all Kinds of Service Disputes. According to the annual report of the Railroad Commission the regulatory opyer granted to the commission by the public utilities act is fully appreciated by the people of the State. This is indicated by the record of the informal complaint department maintained by the commission. In the twelve months between June 30, 1918, and July 1, 1919, there were filed in this department 2290 complaints some being made by phone, some by letter some by telegraph, some by post card and others by personal call at the office of the commission. These informal complaints covered the reasonableness or correctness of charges for service; deamnd refunds for alleged overcharges; better quality of service; extensions or resumptions of service; safety in utility construction work; accountings of deficits in disputed bills and scores of other things that usually result from a difference of opinion between consumer and utility. President Wilson must be right in his claim that he is the exclusive manager of American foreign affairs. The Japanese government follows rather closely the German model, as that was before the recent German revolution. The ministers, or members of the cabinet, are responsible to the emperor, and not to the Diet. The members of the upperhouse are either nobles by birth or are appointed by the emperor. Only men over twenty-five, who pay taxes of at least $7.50 a year, are allowed to vote for members of the lower house. These taxpayers number only twelve in each 1,000 of the population. Servants of the emperor's household, priests, soldiers, sailors, policemen, bankrupts and criminals can not vote even if they do pay $7.50 taxes. The American Legion is organizing a post in Fullerton. There are plenty of service men in northern Orange county to make two good posts, and all should belong to one of them. The alleged fact that S. A. Perkins, 65, tried to kill himself may be used against him in proceedings taken in connection with charges brought by S. L. Hoge, father of a seven-year-old killed while at work during 1918. The production of motion pictures caused three deaths, and 6 policemen and 2 firemen were killed in the discharge of their duties. A summary of dependency following the 706 industrial deaths shows that there were 817 total dependents as the result of 364 fatalities; 153 partial dependents were left in 80 fatal cases; in 246 fatal cases there were no dependents, and in 16 fatal cases the degree of dependency was unknown. The average age of the widows was 37.6 years. The dependent children averaged 8.4 years. Life pensions were awarded in 13 cases of serious and permanent injuries. There were 21,969 injuries that caused a time loss of 11 days, or longer. The remaining temporary injuries did not last longer than the 10-day waiting period. There were 8 life pensions awarded in 1917. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT R. Y. WILLIAMS, Judge of the Superior Court. SECTION TWO WATER COMPANY A Corporation, Location of Principal Place of Business, Anaheim, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the directors of said Section Two Water Company, a corporation, held on the 3rd day of March, 1919, an assessment of two and one-half dollars ($2.50) per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company, Anaheim, California, R. F. D. 3, Box 108. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 15th day of January, 1920, will be delinquent and advertised for sale, at public auction, and unless payment is made before, will be sold on Saturday, the 31st day of January, 1920, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors. California Oil Stocks WILL SELL Richfield Consolidated . . at 65c Richfield-Yorba . . . at 95c Beatty Oil . . . . at 65c Allied Petroleum Corp. . at $1.00 J. C. BURCH & COMPANY 619 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Phone Broadway 2812 TRAINING COURSE FOR NURSES Home Service Workers in Red Cross Chapters who expect to continue their activity will be interested in the University of California anouncement of a fifteen week training course for Community Social Workers. The course which commences January 20, 1920, will be given at the University in Berkeley. It is open to anyone interested in practical social work. Some Red Cross chapters in the Pacific division are taking advantage of this opportunity to secure training for a local home service worker by paying the expenses of some member of the home service section. The cost of the training course is nominal including only necessary living expenses and about $25.00 for books. There is no entrance fee and no entrance requirement other than some practical experience. Applications should be made immediately to Dr. L. J. Richardson, University Extension Department, University of California, Berkeley. The class is limited to 25 students. Dr. Jessica B. Peixotto and Dr. Solomon Blum are in charge of the course and Dr. Francis Green will supervise the field work. The course includes lectures on theory and demonstrated field work in the offices of established social agencies in the bay region. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. Sixty years ago last August, Col. Edwin L. Drake, the pioneer of the petroleum industry of the United States made his discovery in the famous Oil Creek District of Northwestern Pennsylvania, and from that beginning on down through the years to the present day the demand for the products of the oil well has been on the increase, until today it has become the agency for motive power on land and sea the world over. This demand has become greater of late owing to the high cost of mining coal and the difficulty of managing labor. There is no fuel known to mankind that can be landed at the boilers of industry with so little manual labor as oil. The increasing demand justifies the assertion that this product will never be cheaper. Invest in whatever there is the greatest demand for and you seldom go wrong. Persons should first study the safety of the kind of property they wish to invest in, to see if the section in which their money is to be placed is a good locality for the enterprise; also to see if other reliable concerns are located in that immediate center. There is no fuel known to mankind that can be landed at the boilers of industry with so little manual labor as oil. The increasing demand justifies the assertion that this product will never be cheaper. Invest in whatever there is the greatest demand for and you seldom go wrong. Persons should first study the safety of the kind of property they wish to invest in, to see if the section in which their money is to be placed is a good locality for the enterprise; also to see if other reliable concerns are located in that immediate center. The "PLACENTIA-RICHFIELD CENTRAL" has good neighbors among whom are the biggest in the United States. There are the Standard, the Union, the General Petroleum, the Amalgamated, the Petroleum Midway and others, all out in the same Placentia-Richfield district, as we are. Do you want to buy for 75c per share before a well is put down in a proven field or pay many times that price after oil is struck? We have the balance left from 50,000 SHARES OF THE "PLACENTIA-RICHFIELD CENTRAL," a California Corporation, which we are offering at 75c; par value $1.00. Phone 63351. Call or write McFadden, Collins & Johnson 1000-1 Hibernian Bldg. Los Angeles, Calif. Also for sale by Tobin & Durkee, Anaheim. WHY Everybody Eats at the Dew Drop Inn Cafe Dew Drop Inn Cafe Excellent Service and Good Eating A. KLUEWER, Prop. You can have the finest quality of Homebrew full bodied BEER Made From the Very Best Malt and Hops at a cost to you of only 20c a gallon. 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