anaheim-gazette 1920-02-12

MUST REPLACE NITRATE TAKEN FROM THE SOIL Prof. J. W. Nelson Gives Instructive Talk on the Subject. That orchardists must replace the nitrate drawn from the soils in crops, if the orchard is to continue to live and thrive, was emphasized in recent Farm Bureau demonstrations in Orange county by J. W. Nelson, professor of soil technology at the College of Agriculture, University of California. "In many orchards," said Nelson, "but eighty per cent of the area used by the trees is irrigated. Water is run so far from the rows that tests show four feet about the trunk is not wet during irrigation. This is therefore useless ground during the growing period. In the winter, after rains, this space becomes saturated and we have a 100 per cent growing area. But it is not then needed Fall blooming often results from this stimulus to working roots nearly dormant during the summer. This so-called false blooming is highly injious." "I know a citrus orchard that was badly affected with mottle leaf. The owner was advised to run water down furrows about ten inches from the trees. This he did and in six or seven years the mottle leaf had entirely disappeared, though the case was a bad one. "If we do not properly handle our soils the orchard areas may be back in grain in 50 years, for that is the history of many orchard sections in other states. Kansas is a notable example. You must replace the ni- BRITISH BACK HOOVER FOR THE PRESIDENCY Concerted Movement Aided by Wilson, to Secure His Nomination by the Party. That President Wilson and his friend Colonel House are prime instigators of the movement to land the Democratic nomination for Herbert Hoover, who never cast a vote in the United States and spent twenty years of his adult life in England, is revealed by facts which have been brought to light in Congress. The Hoover boom was launched at a luncheon given in New York by Colonel House. At that dinner were the British Ambassador, Viscount Edward Gray, Ralph Multizer, owner, and Frank I. Cobb, editor, of the New York World, Cleveland H. Dodge, Wall street financier, who contributed largely to the Wilson campaigns, and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, owner of the Saturday Evening Post and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It is significant that up to the time of the luncheon, which has taken on the proportions of a naational scandal Hoover had not been seriously mentioned. The presence of the British Ambassador at a gathering to discuss the making of an Amreican president may be explained by the great importance to the British empire of having as head of the United States a man who could be depended upon to be perfectly friendly to it at a time when the empire will be beset by financial and other troubles. The New York World has long been the mouthpiece of President Wilson. The friendliness of Dodge and Curtis toward England are BRITAIN Recent dawn throw new life Great Britain her mandatorian man colonies. The latest dismounced the Rival to America announced American produced Great own dominion commodities. As a resultain came into Africa and Othe former vowed desired because of British to southern point of the Nile. In the planned railroad was line, between must pass o The route and was chosen German Eastical reasons. been construc colony, but it eventually thw will be divers to traverse Africa. A railroad from Beira, on nel, inland to connect with and provide main road a portion of the crosses Portugu owner was advised to run water down furrows about ten inches from the trees. This he did and in six or seven years the mottle leaf had entirely disappeared, though the case was a bad one. "If we do not properly handle our soils the orchard areas may be back in grain in 50 years, for that is the history of many orchard sections in other states. Kansas is a notable example. You must replace the nitrates drawn out by the crops. Organic matter must be introduced. Keep up the supply of nitrogen. Every time you plow or cultivate you lose nitrogen and in some way you must put it back. "Double cover crops will solve many serios orchard problems. After a winter cover crop is turned under the surface seven inches of soil shows a temperature of 120 to 130 degrees in warm spring weather. This is bad for humus, which is burned out through exposure, for heat oxidizes the organic matter and summer cover crops keep the soil cool and bacterial activity is good. Moreover, summer tillage is not needed and so the cover crop is not an added expense. I know of one case where a reddish brown cemented soil was converted to a fine soil in seven years. In 48 hours the water would go down but 20 inches. Seven years later it would reach 48 inches in 24 hours. This was under double cover cropping and the soil was also doing its own fertility work. Where no water is available for summer cover crop apply barnyard manure if you can get it. "Now that the farm bureau movement is so well organized we should hire a man to buy up all the farm manure in six or eight Western states. Maine potato growers are shipping it from these states and if they can afford to do so for potatoes we can afford to do it for our orchards. We should have it shipped in solid trainloads. "Care for manure; 65 per cent of the value of stable manure s in the liquids and this may be washed away. Also lime your soils. Lime being easily soluble is one of the first things carried away after soil is stirred. We cannot too much advise on experience gained at the state farm at Davis for At any rate the World soon appeared with a big blast for Hoover for President. So did the Saturday Evening Post and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Ledger printed the following under a Washington date line: "Herbert C. Hoover is Woodrow Wilson's candidate for the Presidency. That assurance was given to the Public Ledger correspondent tonight from a quarter which bears every indication of being well informed. Beyond question, Mr. Hoover is the choice of Mr. Wilson for the Presidency, and he will to a large extent secure the support of all the devoted followers of President Wilson and all the supporters of Mr. Wilson's followers." At the Jackson Day dinner, President Wilson declared in his letter that the issue in the coming campaign is to be the League of Nations and the peace treaty generally, without the crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i." Republican Senators have for months been contending that the league is a British document, drawn to use the vitality of the United States to perpetuate the boundaries of the British empire. They also have said that his reasoning concerning the league is as specious as his declaration at Shadow Lawn in 1916: "These gentlemen (the Republicans) will not get us into war because they will not have the opportunity." Political Washington is aghast at what appears to be a clumsy attempt to put over a British candidate as President of the United States. In addition, Hoover is said to have made $10,000,000 while in England, and very wealthy men are not popular as Presidential candidates. "Where a man's treasure is, there will his heart be also," quotes Senator Reed of Missouri, who goes on to say: "As the organizer at a gathering to discuss the making of an Amreican president may be explained by the great importance to the British empire of having as head of the United States a man who could be depended upon to be perfectly friendly to it at a time when the empire will be beset by financial and other troubles. The New York World has long been the mouthpiece of President Wilson. The friendliness of Dodge and Curtis toward England are well known. At any rate the World soon appeared with a big blast for Hoover for President. So did the Saturday Evening Post and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Ledger printed the following under a Washington date line: "Herbert C. Hoover is Woodrow Wilson's candidate for the Presidency. That assurance was given to the Public Ledger correspondent tonight from a quarter which bears every indication of being well informed. Beyond question, Mr. Hoover is the choice of Mr. Wilson for the Presidency, and he will to a large extent secure the support of all the devoted followers of President Wilson and all the supporters of Mr. Wilson's followers." At the Jackson Day dinner, President Wilson declared in his letter that the issue in the coming campaign is to be the League of Nations and the peace treaty generally, without the crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i." Republican Senators have for months been contending that the league is a British document, drawn to use the vitality of the United States to perpetuate the boundaries of the British empire. They also have said that his reasoning concerning the league is as specious as his declaration at Shadow Lawn in 1916: "These gentlemen (the Republicans) will not get us into war because they will not have the opportunity." Political Washington is aghast at what appears to be a clumsy attempt to put over a British candidate as President of the United States. In addition, Hoover is said to have made $10,000,000 while in England, and very wealthy men are not popular as Presidential candidates. "Where a man's treasure is, there will his heart be also," quotes Senator Reed of Missouri, who goes on to say: "As the organizer at a gathering to discuss the making of an Amreican president may be explained by the great importance to the British empire of having as head of the United States a man who could be depended upon to be perfectly friendly to it at a time when the empire will be beset by financial and other troubles. The New York World has long been the mouthpiece of President Wilson and all the supporters of Mr. Wilson's followers." At the Jackson Day dinner, President Wilson declared in his letter that the issue in the coming campaign is to be the League of Nations and the peace treaty generally, without the crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i." Republican Senators have for months been contending that the league is a British document, drawn to use the vitality of the United States to perpetuate the boundaries of the British empire. They also have said that his reasoning concerning the league is as specious as his declaration at Shadow Lawn in 1916: "These gentlemen (the Republicans) will not get us into war because they will not have the opportunity." At the same cans will not that under the league of nat Britain came in 803,000 square man territory, square miles in 800 square miles been divided o but of which least her share little far to ass obligate itself great possessio pire, by becoming nations in Britain and he "Care for manure; 65 per cent of the value of stable manure in the liquids and this may be washed away. Also lime your soils. Lime being easily soluble is one of the first things carried away after soil is stirred. We cannot too much advise on experience gained at the state farm at Davis, for soils very much and their amelioration is a local problem for each farm center. "Plant cover crop last of August or early September. If no rains come, irrigate. If soil is hard and rains light lime will open your soil and a series of check dams or deep furrows will hold the water. Disc cover crops in if soil is double cropped, but if only single crop is used, turn it in deeply, one foot if possible. See that soil is filled with water during winter as a base for lighter applications during summer. Do not merely irrigate every 30 days or any other specific period if you have any choice. Use the soil auger to determine when water is needed. Cover crops may be of cow peas or Mellilotus alba. These annuals are generally better than alfalfa, for the latter usually is harvested, though the deeper rooting is highly beneficial." PETROLEUM PRODUCTION The United States has produced more than 61 per cent of the world's crude petroleum since the discovery of that product, and at latest reprots was producing more than 69 per cent of the world's annual supply. Compilation of production statistics just issued by the geological survey shows that from 1857 to and including 1918 there were produced throughout the world 7,503,147,138 barrels of crude Petroleum, of which the United States supplied 4,608,571,719 barrels. Russia furnished almost 25 per cent. In the latest yearly statistics, those of 1918, the United States produced 355,927,-716 barrels, while Mexico furnished more than 12 per cent and Russia almost 8 per cent. Political Washington is aghast at what appears to be a clumsy attempt to put over a British candidate as President of the United States. In addition, Hoover is said to have made $10,000,000 while in England, and very wealthy men are not popular as Presidential candidates. "Where a man's treasure is, there will his heart be also," quotes Senator Reed of Missouri, who goes on to say: "As the organization of the league is now constituted, there will be twenty-three votes in the assembly, outside of the nine council members. Great Britain already controls a majority of these non-council members, so that no such thing as a decision against Great Britain is ever possible. Such are the conditions existing as we are asked to place our neck under the infamous and treatherous yoke. If we are to enter the British league of nations, will it not advantage us to have a near-British subject as our President; so why not all be for Mr. Hoover?" OUR DUTY We are heard days from fat-headed peter America's duty to the allied races. But we are head duty to herself the duty of others. Our President the strange notion super-man, dividing the conduct of the extent this aged and humorous will there be he will amongst me to the world is BRITAIN'S SPOILS OF WAR Recent dispatches from London throw new light upon the advantages Great Britain will gain by reason of her mandatory power over former German colonies, particularly in Africa. The latest dispatch on the subject announced the "Opening of Africa as a Rival to America," and it is specifically announced that the high price of American cotton and tobacco has induced Great Britain to look to her own dominions for her supply of those commodities. As a result of the war, Great Britain came into control of German East Africa and German Southwest Africa, the former vast territory being greatly desired because it completes a stretch of British territory from the most southern point of Africa to the mouth of the Nile. One of the great regrets in the planning of the Cape-to-Cairo railroad was that a small portion of the line, between Rhodesia and the Sudan, must pass over non-British territory. The route across the Belgian Congo was chosen in preference to crossing German East Africa, for obvious political reasons. The road has already been constructed far into the Belgian colony, but it is altogether likely that eventually the main line of the road will be diverted as formerly desired, to traverse what was German East Africa. A railroad is under construction from Beira, on the Mozambique Channel, inland to Lake Nyasa. This will connect with the Cape-to-Cairo line, and provide additional traffic for the main road across the continent. A portion of this tap line from Beira crosses Portuguese territory, and will CASE TRACTORS —Why did the world's largest farming syndicate select CASE Tractors. Read this: Thomas D. Campbell, President. Frederick W. Stevens, Vice President Theodore Rousseau, Secretary and Treasurer John S. Johnston, Asst. Secy and Asst. Treas. MONTANA FARMING CORPORATION One Hundred Forty Broadway New York Hardin, Montana, Oct. 14, 1919 Mr. E. J. Gittens, Vice-President. J. I. Case, Threshing Machine Co., Racine, Wisconsin. Dear Mr. Gittins: I have just returned from Fort Peck and cannot refrain from writing you in regard to the new 22-40's, as I am more enthusiastic over them than ever. They truly are remarkable engines and I consider them the finest gas tractor of their size made by any manufacturer in the United States. Our four have run continually all year without any maintenance or repair expense and it certainly was a joy to see them traveling along a good three miles an hour pulling three 10-foot harvesters in a heavy field. A railroad is under construction from Beira, on the Mozambique Channel, inland to Lake Nyasa. This will connect with the Cape-to-Cairo line, and provide additional traffic for the main road across the continent. A portion of this tap line from Beira crosses Portuguese territory, and will serve to promote Portuguese business interests, but the larger advantage will be to the British railroad connecting Capetown and Cairo. The dispatches say that "there is every reason to believe that the resultant potential gain to this integral part of Mozambique and to Portuguese colonial interests will be hardly less valuable than the direct outcome to the Nyasaland protectorate (British) in broadening the planting there, notably cotton and tobacco." It is also stated that extension of railroads in Southern Egypt, where there are vast regions suited to cotton growing, opens up hitherto unexplored territory to British traders. All of which will be of interest to America, pleasing in some respects, and conducive to sober reflection. It is desirable that Africa be opened up to suche development as twentieth century such development as twentieth century Britain desired to build a Cape-to-Cairo railroad, and found German control of a portion of the most desirable route an impediment, most Americans would be glad to have the impediment removed. At the same time, however, Americans will not lose sight of the fact that under the peace treaty, with its league of nations appendage, Great Britain came immediately into control of 803,000 square miles of former German territory, of which about 700,000 square miles is in Africa. Some 224,000 square miles of other territory has been divided on terms not yet known, but of which Great Britain gets at least her share. It does seem going a little far to ask the United States to obligate itself to protect all these great possessions of the Britist Empire, by becoming a party to a league of nations in the assembly of which Britain and her colonies and depend Port Peck and cannot refrain from writing you in regard to the new 22-40's, as I am more enthusiastic over them than ever. They truly are remarkable engines and I consider them the finest gas tractor of their size made by any manufacturer in the United States. Our four have run continually all year without any maintenance or repair expense and it certainly was a joy to see them traveling along a good three miles an hour pulling three 10-foot harvesters in a heavy field of flax. They are just the right size for us for seeding, harvesting and cleaning up lands and I am sure must be the most economical size for the average farmer to use, as they seem able to pull four 14-inch plows in any kind of soil. We expect to buy more of them next year. With best wishes and good will for the company and a great deal of respect for your designing engineer, I am, Very cordially yours, Thomas D. Campbell, President. H.C. SEYMOUR, Distributor Case Tractors, Case Automobiles, Reliance Trailors 311 E. Center St. Phone 26 Anaheim, Calif. THE CASUALTY LIST Completion of the record of casualties on the American Expeditionary Forces in the world war has been announced by Adjutant General Harris, with issuance of a final revised list of "old casualties." Since the review of the American Expeditionary Forces records practically have been completed, it was said, no addition or corrections were anticipated. Total casualties to date follow: Killed in action, including 382 at sea, 34,844. Died of wounds, 13,960. Died of disease, 23,738. Died from accident and other causes, 5102. Wounded in action (over 85 per man) ARE DILATORY IN FILING RETURNS Collector Carter Warns Persons to Send in Income Tax Statements. In a statement made to the press by Collector of Internal Revenue John P. Carter, he lays particular stress on the fact that income tax returns to be filed by corporations, partnerships and individuals subject to the provisions of the income tax law are not being received at his office at this time as fast as they should be. The blank forms of return were mailed to all taxpayers of record about the middle of the month of January, and although three weeks time has elapsed since the date of mailing the forms, the number received has been alarmingly small. The Collector and his deputies are anxious and willing to assist taxpayers OUR DUTY TO THE WORLD We are hearing a great deal these days from fatuous sentimentalists and fat-headed politicians concerning America's duty to the world, America's duty to the allies, and America's duty to all the races and kindreds on earth. But we are hearing little of America's duty to herself and nothing at all of the duty of other nations to America. Our President apparently cherishes the strange notion that he is a sort of super-man, divinely chosen to regulate the conduct of the world, and to just the extent this hallucination is encouraged and humored to just that extent will there be hell on earth and bad will amongst men. America's duty to the world is to stay at home and man territory, of which about 700,000 square miles is in Africa. Some 224,000 square miles of other territory has been divided on terms not yet known, but of which Great Britain gets at least her share. It does seem going a little far to ask the United States to obligate itself to protect all these great possessions of the British Empire, by becoming a party to a league of nations in the assembly of which Britain and her colonies and dependencies have six votes to America's one. If Great Britain can execute immense commercial enterprises in Africa, securing there a source of cotton and tobacco supply which will make her independent of America, well and good; but American money, American soldiers and American diplomacy should not be pledged as a guarantee of the success of the enterprise. Abe Blumenthal and E. L. Lipschutz, on trial in Los Angeles last week charged with profiteering in sugar, were found guilty, and Judge Bledsoe assessed a fine of $2500 against each of them. Blumenthal and Lipschutz were found guilty on the first and third indictments against them. The first point alleged conspiracy to exact unreasonable profit and the third cited a specific re-sale at high prices. The fine of $2500 was made on the first count. Judge Bledsoe announced that when the money is paid, he will assess a nominal sum as punishment on the third count. The California State Mining Bureau has inaugurated a technical employment service which is offered free of charge in the hope that practical benefit will result to those interested in the mineral industry of this State. are not being received at his office at this time as fast as they should be. The blank forms of return were mailed to all taxpayers of record about the middle of the month of January, and although three weeks time has elapsed since the date of mailing the forms, the number received has been alarmingly small. The Collector and his deputies are anxious and willing to assist taxpayers in the preparation of their returns, but it will be impossible to furnish this assistance unless the taxpayers ask for it now rather than wait until the last ten days or two weeks prior to March 15th. It will be readily seen that if the majority of taxpayers postpone the filing of their returns until within the month of March that practically no assistance can be given them on account of the large number of people who will be desirous of filing returns at that time. The Collector suggests that as many who will be required to file returns as possible file their returns now and not wait until the last moment. Those that wait to perform this duty some times wait too long and as a consequence are subject to the severe penalties denounced in the law." It appears that some of the Eastern cities are also congested with a surplus of people. Officials of the city of Cleveland have just issued an edict forbidding persons sleeping in the cemeteries. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50; payable in advance. 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