anaheim-gazette 1920-03-04

TEACHERS TO GET INCREASE IN SALARY SUPERVISORS AGREE TO RAISE TAX RATE FOR BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY EDUCATORS. Superintendent Mitchell Makes Plea for the Pedagogues and Wins Out. Each Teacher will Get $300 More in His Pay Envelope. After a review by County Superintendent of Schools R. P. Mitchell, of the teachers' salary situation in Orange county, the board of supervisors have agreed to provide a sufficient tax rate to give each teacher in the county, both in the high schools and elementary schools, an aggregate of $300 per teacher per year increase in salary, during the next school year. Should the supervisors decide to adopt Superintendent Mitchell's suggestion, it will mean an increase of from $300 to $400 per year in the yearly salary of each high school teacher in the county. Superintendent Mitchell explained briefly to the supervisors how high school revenues are provided under the law. He stated that the state provides approximately $12 per pupil, that the county provides a minimum of $60 per pupil and that each high in Burns will be at the office every week day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. He is going to take a forty-five minute noon and will leave his office promptly at 12 o'clock whether the room is full of waiting people or not. "I have to eat although some seem to think that I should not," said Burns, "and I am going to take my noon meal promptly on time." While the deputy is glad to give whatever assistance he can, those having returns to make are requested to call at the office and make a start at filling in their own reports. When they get puzzled they can ask questions. The deputy's time is pretty much taken up with the taking of reports filed by those who have made them out completely or partially so, and cannot give his time to assisting anyone in making out their full report. It is some big job for the average man, or woman to make out reports unless they have kept books on their incomes and expenses during the year, and a great deal of it has to be estimated or dug up from memory. This makes the process slow. There will be one more deputy in the county the last fifteen days of the period, and his time will be divided between Orange, Anaheim and Fullerton, and at these points will be available to parties near those cities. VALUE OF BEET TOPS Here is an interesting resume on the values of certain foodstuffs: Hay—When fed to livestock is an ordinary ration of 15 pounds per day Here is what our Minnesota: After a sale of fancy prices, the Commerce of Michigan highest priced heation in their frost days. President move his office give the voted ca The bankers of giving the dairyman in financing the stock for the purchase their respective b The Farm Burden numerous sales, all buyers are invited ing sections of the West states. DRIVE IS COMING JEW Orange County is $25,000 During V "Orange county ing the first countr formia to be organi the American Jew be held the week c state." This announcem headquarters in L by Campaign Chal man. It is expect San Diego and Im effect their organ end of the week. The quota for it is $500,000. Orang ed to raise $25,000 following are the adopt Superintendent Mitchell's suggestion, it will mean an increase of from $300 to $400 per year in the yearly salary of each high school teacher in the county. Superintendent Mitchell explained briefly to the supervisors how high school revenues are provided under the law. He stated that the state provides approximately $12 per pupil, that the county provides a minimum of $60 per pupil and that each high school district is taxed between 50 cents and 60 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. Superintendent Mitchell told the supervisors that during the present year approximately 200 of the 447 teachers in the county are teachers who have not previously taught in the county. This means, he said, that close to half of the teachers who taught in the county last year left for other fields where remuneration was higher. Mitchell said that the teachers in this county are not adequately paid, and that the only way in which satisfactory teachers are to be retained in the county is to increase salaries. Mitchell proposed to the supervisors that in place of the 15-cent high school rate obtaining in the county at present, they allow an increase of 5 cents in this rate. If this were done, Mitchell stated, it would mean an increase of approximately $43,500 per year with which to pay teachers' salaries; or, an increase of from $300 to $400 per year on each high school teachers' salary. Should this increase be allowed, it would not naturally follow that each teacher's salary would be increased from $300 to $400 per year, but it would mean that adjustments would be made by the boards of trustees of the various high school districts, as each board saw fit, it was pointed out. As to funds for the elementary schools of the county, Mitchell stated unofficially that the board of supervisors always have allowed the aggregate amount of money asked for. It was presumed by Mitchell that the board will grant what he termed "a considerable increase" for which he is prepared to ask the board in connection with elementary school funds. In his remarks to the supervisors Mitchell said that inasmuch as the period, and his time will be divided between Orange, Anaheim and Fullerton, and at these points will be available to parties near those cities. VALUE OF BEET TOPS Here is an interesting resume on the values of certain foodstuffs: Hay—When fed to livestock is an ordinary ration of 15 pounds per day per steer, together with other foods, bay from one acre of good land will feed 10 head for 50 days. Wheat—Bran a by-product of wheat when fed to cattle or hogs in a ration of ten pounds per animal per day, will ration ten animals for 6 days. Shorts, fed in ration of one pound per day per animal, will feed 10 pigs 20 days. In other words, the by-products from one acre of wheat will ration ten animals for 26 days. Beets—Beet tops gathered from an acre of sugar beets, have a value when siloed, of $5 per ton and will feed ten head of cattle 50 days. Beet pulp, which is procurable from sugar factories at a nominal cost, will feed ten head of cattle 8 days. Both by-products together will therefore feed ten animals 58 days. Thus the by-products from an acre of sugar beets in addition to the big cash return from the beets, will produce as much, or more, meat and dairy products as one acre of alfalfa hay, and much more than by-products from an acre of wheat. It is any wonder western farmers are turning to sugar beets? PURE BRED COWS WANTED FOR BREEDING PURPOSES Dairymen of County Will be Called Together Soon to Discuss Matter. There is an unusual interest in the purchase of pure-bred cows for dams at this time. The farmers are fast learning that it pays to build up the blood of the herd. Farm Advisor Wahlberg will call another meeting of the dairymen of Orange county in the near future to discuss the advisability of importing pure-bred stock into the county. He will invite the local bankers to this As to funds for the elementary schools of the county, Mitchell stated unofficially that the board of supervisors always have allowed the aggregate amount of money asked for. It was presumed by Mitchell that the board will grant what he termed "a considerable increase" for which he is prepared to ask the board in connection with elementary school funds. In his remarks to the supervisors Mitchell said that inasmuch as the various high school districts now are taxed between 50 cents and 60 cents in each $100 of assessed valuation, it would not be logical to ask these districts to bear additional taxation for high school purposes. Rather, Mitchell said, it would be logical to increase the high school tax rate in the county as a whole. Members of the board of supervisors in discussing the matter Wednesday said that they believed arrangements should be made to make raises in salaries for teachers in high schools and grammar schools where the pay is not already adequate. DEPUTY COLLECTOR BURNS IS VERY BUSY MAN All Income Tax Reports Must Be Filed Before March 15. As the final hour approaches for the filing of income reports, people are rushing into the office of Deputy Collector E. B. Burns with their returns and for information. Burns is making his headquarters during working hours in the council chamber at the Santa Ana city hall. After March 1 and until the 15th, by which time all reports must be there is an unusual interest in the purchase of pure-bred cows for dams at this time. The farmers are fast learning that it pays to build up the blood of the herd. Farm Advisor Wahlberg will call another meeting of the dairymen of Orange county in the near future to discuss the advisability of importing pure-bred stock into the county. He will invite the local bankers to this meeting to obtain from them an expression of their attitude towards assisting in the building up of this all important industry. The Farm Bureau has always been alive to the importance of animal husbandry with relation to the other agricultural industries of the county. With the organization of a strong dairy department in the Farm Bureau, which will materialize no doubt after the next general dairymen's meeting, there will be an impetus for improving the dairy herds of the county. Some of the dairymen have expressed a desire of co-operating for the purpose of purchasing cheap feeds during the harvest season. There is also considerable agitation among the dairymen now to send an expert dairyman east to purchase pure-bred stock in carload lots. These matters will be taken up at the next dairymen's meeting. It is planned to conduct a cow judging demonstration and to have Dean Van Norman of the University Farm at Davis present to discuss the importance of building up the dairy herd. This meeting will be held about April 15th. The farmer has received encouraging expressions from bands in the East in boosting the dairy industry. During the recent Porous dam which Water Conservation right angles across River had its first ten feet high, from the when originally built 100 feet long. Half day to fill from dam to the top after ed it and on Saturday the time the water in the river, it flow 4 feet over the top entire length. This about one foot over a day afternoon and a dam was intact so far. There was no pool at it had all been filled gravel and boulders who were present when the highest expressed the dam never can be this be true it means effective way has been construction of weirs across the Santa Ana. A mass flood control be held at Ontario in at which time and place the construction of structures, as well as flood control and was will be considered. Ting to which the flooding held a Anaheim adjourned to meet at chairman. Anaheim Gazette payable in advance. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Here is what one bank is doing in Minnesota: After a sale of purebred stock at fancy prices, the National Bank of Commerce of Mankato placed the highest priced heifer calf on exhibition in their front window for ten days. President John Hohmann will move his office fixtures in order to give the voted calf "more rope." The bankers of the Middle West are giving the dairymen all possible help in financing the purchase of purebred stock for the purpose of building up their respective herds. The Farm Bureau are conducting numerous sales, almost daily, at which buyers are invited from all the farming sections of the Central and Middle West states. DRIVE IS COMING FOR JEWISH RELIEF FUND Orange County is Expected to Raise $25,000 During Week of March 14. "Orange county has the honor of being the first county in Southern California to be organized completely for the American Jewish Relief Drive to be held the week of March 14th in this state." This announcement was made from headquarters in Los Angeles recently by Campaign Chairman H. M. Halderman. It is expected that Riverside, San Diego and Imperial counties will effect their organization before the end of the week. The quota for Southern California is $500,000. Orange county is expected to raise $25,000 of this amount. The following are the quotas for the other SWARMS OF INSPECTORS One of the most outstanding and costly features of present day governmental tendencies is touched upon in the current issue of the Tax Payers' Journal, which, under the heading "Governmania, the Passion to Inspect," says in part: "State, county and municipal governments, represented by inspectors, follow each other around in almost every field of activity, in a carnival of interference, duplication and confusion. The tax payers pay for it, and those who are thus over-inspected suffer much more than mere annoyance." As evidence in support of its statement, the Journal reproduces two pages of the January issue of a little paper published by the McKinley Home, of Gardena, Los Angeles county. This paper is edited by Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, one of the foremost women of California, who writes an earnest complaint relative to the activities of inspectors. Mrs. Porter declares that the following 19 agencies inspect that McKinley Home: State Board of Control, State Board of Charities and Corrections, State Board of Health, County Health Department, L. A. City Health Department, L. A. Fire Department, L. A. City Nursing Department, L. A. City Medical Board of Education, L. A. City Nurses, L. A. City Milk Inspector, County Social Service, County Outdoor Relief Workers, County Grand Jury, County Juvenile Protective Association, L. A. City Probation Officers, County Veterinary Board, L. A. City Social Welfare Committee, Volunteer Workers and Building and Plumbing Inspectors. OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 3J1-J. Req. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES PACIFIC 341-M HOME 753-2 J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON HOURS 11-12; 2-4; 7-8 GOLDEN STATE BANK BLDG. Cor. Center and Los Angeles Sts. ANAHEIM, CAL. J.C.Osher,D.D.S,M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT—ORAL SURGERY—GLASSES FITTED SUITE 1 CENTRAL BLDG. PHONE SUNSET 337 Dr. G. A. Neth General Drugless Practitioner SUITE 4, CASSOU BLDG., ANAHEIM Our treatments are especially advantageous for alliments of the Nerves and pains in the muscles and joints. Acute or chronic diseases of the various organs often yield with surprising alacrity to our modalities. Fees reasonable. J.M. ASBESTOS ROOFING GIBBS LUMBER East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. Say It With FLOWERS This announcement was made from headquarters in Los Angeles recently by Campaign Chairman H. M. Halderman. It is expected that Riverside, San Diego and Imperial counties will effect their organization before the end of the week. The quota for Southern California is $500,000. Orange county is expected to raise $25,000 of this amount. The following are the quotas for the other counties: Los Angeles, $250,000; San Bernardino, $25,000; Riverside, $15,000; San Diego, $40,000; Imperial, $15,000; Ventura, $10,000; Santa Barbara, $20,000, and Inyo, $2,000. A letter was received at headquarters of the American Jewish Relief Committee from Dr. Major I. H. Davis of the American Red Cross in Poland describing the deplorable conditions of thousands and thousands of Jewish inhabitants of the central European countries. "In the city of Pinak I saw hundreds of children, women and inmates of hospitals who did not have a piece of bread for four days," writes Dr. Davis, "and the bread they were asking for—a filthy mixture of a little flour with the bark of trees or sawdust and God knows what. What do you think of a diet of wild horse chestnuts for those sick with the typhus or of warm water with a little corn meal mixed with it. Here are Jewish orphan children by the thousands slowly starving to death. Here are thousands and thousands of children, old men and women without clothing, without food, and without shelter, huddled together in synagogues almost too weak to stand up or move about, piteously stretching their hands towards American aid. It is to the American Jewish Relief work that the hope of these people is now fixed." POROUS DAM HAS BEEN TESTED During the recent rains the Pratt Porous dam which was built for the Water Conservation Association at right angles across the Santa Ana River had its first test. The dam was 6 feet high, from the bed of the river, when originally built and approximately 100 feet long. It took about one L. A. City Health Department, L. A. Fire Department, L. A. City Nursing Department, L. A. City Medical Board of Education, L. A. City Nurses, L. A. City Milk Inspector, County Social Service, County Outdoor Relief Workers, County Grand Jury, County Juvenile Protective Association, L. A. City Probation Officers, County Veterinary Board, L. A. City Social Welfare Committee, Volunteer Workers and Building and Plumbing Inspectors. Mrs. Porter also writes that, although the Home made general repairs to buildings and plant during 1919, many troublesome demands were made by the various inspectors. A few of these she lists as follows: "Put 28 boys out of the Home. "Dismiss an employee who has given us faithful service for five years. "Install a resident nurse. "Pull down partitions in cottages. "Spend hundreds of dollars—Fire Department. "Connect with the outfall sewer, later changed to install flush toilet. Last order is outside screened toilet to be built. "Enamel kitchen and dining room. "Put 1x6 board around the wash room to prevent the towels touching. "Remove all cracked or chipped dishes from the Home—this includes tooth brush dishes. "Superintendent's attention called to three flies on the kitchen table. "Other demands and criticisms too foolish too mention. "These requirements are impracticable." After further discussion of the subject, declaring that the inspections are approaching persecution, Mrs. Porter makes the concluding statement that the Home has decided to dispense with state aid for nine of the boys who live there, in order to be rid of the visits of some of the inspectors, adding: "It being less expensive to maintain these boys than to meet the unreasonable demands made by these agents." REAL ESTATE DEALS The C. B. Berger Company has purchased from E. H. Adkinson of Santa Ana, the latter's orange grove in the POROUS DAM HAS BEEN TESTED During the recent rains the Pratt Porous dam which was built for the Water Conservation Association at right angles across the Santa Ana River had its first test. The dam was 6 feet high, from the bed of the river, when originally built and approximately 100 feet long. It took about one-half day to fill from the bottom of the dam to the top after the water reached it and on Saturday afternoon, at the time the water was the highest in the river, it flowed approximately 4 feet over the top of the dam the entire length. This had receded to about one foot over the dam on Monday afternoon and at the time the dam was intact so far as could be seen. There was no pool above the dam as it had all been filled in with sand, gravel and boulders. The workmen who were present when the water was the highest expressed the opinion that the dam never can be washed out. If this be true it means that probably an effective way has been devised for the construction of weirs or check dams across the Santa Ana River. A mass flood control meeting will be held at Ontario in the near future at which time and place the matter of the construction of more of these structures, as well as other means of flood control and water conservation will be considered. This is the meeting to which the flood control meeting held a Anaheim October 9, 1919, adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. REAL ESTATE DEALS The C. B. Berger Company has purchased from E. H. Adkinson of Santa Ana, the latter's orange grove in the Peralta Hills, near Olive, known as Lot 30 of Peralta Hills Tract No. 2. This property, which is solid to three-year-old Valencia oranges, is one of the sightiest groves in the tract, commanding a splendid view of the Santa Ana valley and mountains. The sale by the C. B. Berger Company last week of the J. Dick Wilson forty-acre tract cornering on the Ball road and Placentia avenue, southeast of Anaheim, to the Latimers of Ontario, for $127,500, makes a total of 100 acres of Valencia grove property sold by the company to the Latimers within the past year. The first was the sale of the Roy Johnson twenty acres for $46,000 and the forty acre grove of Haster brothers for $75,000. The first property is west of Anaheim and the other south. The Latimers have a number of groves near Ontario, where they maintain their own-packing houses. The company has sold the Frank H. Keeler orange grove, formerly known as the Lemon place, and situated just south of Anaheim on the state boulevard, to D. M. Peshak, of Spring Valley, Minn. The property consists of 8.63 acres, which is solid to bearing Valencia oranges, excepting that portion occupied by the buildings and gardens, and is known as one of wonderful opportunity to gain valuable experience. Very profitable. Make application by letter in own handwriting to Circulation Manager, "California" Magazine, The Examiner, Los Angeles, California. 10-16-t10 the most beautiful locations between Los Angeles and San Diego. The Keelers have purchased a home in Anaheim, which they will take possession of as soon as it is completed. The Orange Realty Company, composed of C. G. Richards and W. G. Hagen of Orange, put over one of the biggest deals reported this week, in the sale of the White Bros.' twenty-acre Valencia grove to A. Richards for $60,000. The property is located on Placentia avenue southeast of Anaheim, and has no house improvements. The buyer has been a resident of Orange for many years and has purchased the property as an investment. He has seen the development of the section in which the grove is located from a non-productive to one of the fine orange sections of the county, and is evidencing his faith in its permanency by investing $60,000. The trees are nine years old and the orchard has been a good producer, it is reported. DR. H. J. WEBBER RETIRES FROM UNIVERSITY WORK Goes to South Carolina to Raise Cotton and Corn. Dr. H. J. Webber, until recently dean of the University Citrus Experiment station at Riverside, and now Family Washing SAVE your wife the drudgery of the washtub by sending us your family washing. It costs you very little when compared to the pleasure it will bring to your wife—put the burden on us. Send us your shirts and collars Immaculate linen is the mark of a gentleman. You get the best work here. Patronize a home concern. Anaheim Laundry Company Phone 18 WE KNOW MEATS “Every man to his own business” is a well-known saying—and we believe that this applies to us. Our business is buying meats as well as selling meats—upon the buying depends the success of the business. That’s why we buy only the best meats—and we know the best meats. Any piece of meat that you buy in this shop has been selected by us because we know that it is a good piece of meat, meat that you can eat with satisfaction. Upon this basis we ask your patronage. WE KNOW MEATS “Every man to his own business” is a well-known saying—and we believe that this applies to us. Our business is buying meats as well as selling meats—upon the buying depends the success of the business. That’s why we buy only the best meats—and we know the best meats. Any piece of meat that you buy in this shop has been selected by us because we know that it is a good piece of meat, meat that you can eat with satisfaction. Upon this basis we ask your patronage. Anaheim Cash Market 109-11 N. Los Angeles St., Anaheim J. E. STROUP, Proprietor Building Material If you contemplate building new or repairing an old building, let us figure on your material. We handle everything you need, and our prices are right. Griffith Lumber Company South Los Angeles St. H. M. ADAMS, Mgr. ANAHEIM FEEDand FUEL CO. DEALERS IN Wood, Coal, Hay, Grain Seeds and Flour PUBLIC WEIGHING SCALES Phones: Pacific 317, Home 294 A. V. Vail, W. D. Grafton, Props. Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim. : : : Cal Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim, Cal CITY CASH MARKET 117 W. Center St. “Quality, Price and Service” Our Motto We handle nothing but the choicest of meats. We deliver. Phone your orders early. Pacific 20 ED. W. SCHNEIDER Proprietor director of all the university experiment stations in the state, announced at the closing session of the citrus institute Saturday afternoon that on July 1st he will sever his connections with the university and will take up commercial work. This official statement from Dr. Webber confirms the rumors which have been current for the last two months regarding his plans for the future. Dr. Webber has accepted the position of general manager of the Pedigree Seed Company of Hartsville, South Carolina, and it is there that the Webber family will reside. Dr. Webber will return to the work in which he was engaged before entering the field of university extension activities, that of breeding cotton and corn seeds for commercial purposes. The pecuniary returns, needless to say, far exceed anything that the university might be able to offer. Discussing the irreconcilable position of Mr. Marshall and Mr. Bryan, the New York World, which has deserted President Wilson, says: "It is impossible to reconcile such pronouncements as these. The fact that they were uttered by a man hailed everywhere as a Democrat shows once more the impending bankruptcy of the organization." And the World assisted in the bankruptcy proceedings. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance.