anaheim-gazette 1920-03-18

WHEN COVER CROPS REACHES ITS BEST Farm Advisor Wahlberg Gives Some Advice on the Subject. "The cover crop reaches its greatest value just about the time it comes into bloom," declared Farm Advisor H. E. Wahlberg in a talk at the El Modena Farm Center meeting Monday evening. Over 250 people attended the El Modena meeting. The auditorium was packed. With the matters of farm center business and the addresses on farm matters was an excellent program. The officers elected were: President, W. P. Read; vice-president, G. L. Carlton; secretary-treasurer, Clate Stanfield; director, W. T. Chapman. Farm Advisor Wahlberg spoke on the subject, "When Should a Cover Crop be Turfed Under." "The cover crop reaches its greatest value just about the time it comes into bloom," said he. "The nitrogen content has reached its maximum at that time and the plant is in a semi-suculent condition which when turned under rots in a reasonably short time and becomes available to the tree roots the same season. In this condition it also encourages the greatest bacterial action which is necessary for breaking down the chemical compounds of the soil into available plant food elements." Wahlberg urged the use of the soil auger. "Other factors that must be taken into consideration when plowing under a crop," said he, "are the moisture content of the soil and the blooming period of the tree. It is better to turn the crop sometimes lands to lie fallow, or plant them to barley. Another factor in the threatened further decrease in the bean acreage is the unsatisfactory price conditions. The situation is such that thousands of acres of bean lands are being planted to beets, upsetting early calculations as to this crop in certain districts. More bean lands will be planted to the sugar-making vegetable unless more than the usual amount of rain falls. In 1918 the State acreage of beans was 597,000, and the production was 8,594,710 bushels. In 1919 there were 386,000 acres and the crop was 4,399,000 bushels. This year the acreage will probably be less than 300,000, according to leading bean men. In the Sacramento Valley where the bulk of the white, pink and blackeye beans are raised, the deficit of moisture is even greater than in Southern California, and few beans will be raised there. Bean farmers of Southern California usually seed their tracts in April and rains falling after that month will come too late to be of much benefit to the crop. "Many farmers who ordinarily plant lima beans will put in sugar beets this year," said R. L. Churchill, president of the Lima Bean Growers' Association of California. "The rains have penetrated to a depth of but eighteen inches on the average in the lima bean districts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and we need a penetration of at least three feet. On the hillsides there will be few beans planted unless moisture conditions improve. The forecast is for the smallest acreage of beans in many years unless at least five inches of rain fall during March." Out of the California production of est bacterial action which is necessary for breaking down the chemical compounds of the soil into available plant food elements." Wahlberg urged the use of the soil auger. "Other factors that must be taken into consideration when plowing under a crop," said he, "are the moisture content of the soil and the blooming period of the tree. It is better to turn the crop sometimes previous or after the main blooming period so as not to disturb the feeder root system at a time when the tree requires the maximum amount of nourishment. "Also study the moisture content of the soil. Use the auger and see what is down three or four feet below the surface where the root area is. Too many of us farm supercilly. We go by surface indications only instead of knowing actual facts where the tree roots work and feed." W. Dean Johnston, president of the County Farm Bureau, complimented the chairman on the large attendance. He told of experiments in soil moisture tests, and the good results following application of plenty of water at the right time. He urged every rancher to become a member of some Farm Center and share in its privileges. The program was a laugh from the start to finish. Here is a review of it: The Spanish grade gave a lively action song. Portia Friedenbloom told how to court a girl. The Boys' Glee Club made a hit with its song of the "Burglar and the Old Maid." Helen Trickey gave her idea of geography and told how she found it so interesting that she often remained after school to "study it some more." Howard Triplett breaks up the Sewing Society by giving the members a taste of their own medicine. Ruth Wing, Hazel Boggs, Grace Triplett, Esther Erwin, Clarinda Honey and Ida Michael represented the various ones of the gossip circle. "The Animal Band" was presented by Second and Third grade children. The little ones always "make good." Jennie Standfield won the applause of every one by her song of the "History Lesson." Her facts were a strange mixture, but of one date she was very sure—1492. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER FOR BEAN GROWING Crop in California This Year Expected To Be Exceedingly Short It is indicated that California will fall out of the list of leading bean grazing states this year unless at least five inches of rainfall favors the principal bean growing sections during March. Up to last year, California for many years held the lead in bean production. On account of unfavorable moisture conditions in Southern California, Michigan raised and shipped more of the legumes than the Golden State in 1919, when the production fell of 48 per cent in California. Bean growers now assert that, unless heavy rains penetrate the earth for at least three feet in March, they will allow their having put in a crop of barley hay because of conditions bordering on drought. In the Sacramento Valley last year, 123,000 acres of Bayo, Garbanzo, red kidney, pink and Lady Washington beans were seeded. The crop was a fair one, for the rainfall total was nearly normal. Two years of sub-normal rainfall, ending with an actual drought such as now affects the growers of the delta region have discouraged bean growers, who are thinking of planting other crops. Bean planting in the Sacramento Valley is usually deferred until May or early June. If copious rain falls during March, April and May the acreage may approximate that of last year, but the yield is almost certain to be lower. The bean growers of the State, in expectations of fair prices this year, have plowed and harrowed their lands since the first rains, but unless more than the usual amount of rain falls during the next two months, they will plant other crops. Some of those who have water available will plant beets; those who have no irrigation plants will plant a barley hay crop and be satisfied with a small return rather than pocket a loss. Agriculturists are urging farmers who have irrigation systems to plant beans, stating that every irrigated section has its particular variety which does well. In the Chino district, the farmers who scorn sugar beets are talking of raising the Henderson bush lima, and in the Imperial Valley many ranchers will try pinks this year. At any rate, present indications are that farmers having irrigated lands will be rewarded with good prices and will have fair prospects for a good bean crop, which will robably be an unusually short one in unirrigated districts this year. Humanity Irritation Pictures must not be esque. Nothing astonishes much as common sense ing. All great actions simple and all great pleasures Transfiguration by Raininent example of this picture calm, benignant beauty all this picture, and give the heart. It seems easy by name. The sweet Jesus is beyond praise appoints all fond experience familiar, simple home tenance is us if one friend.—Emerson. FEW OWE FAILURE TO FATE Man Who Has "Lost Out" Generally Unjust in Blaming the Fact on Circumstances. "He who is bitter is beaten. This is distilled from a life," said a wise observer of his kind, a writer in Philadelphia Ledger remarks. Often one meets the map who has become soured by his own life through his own fault—though he blames it all on the chances and circumstances of destiny. He will not admit that the hand of a bad habit dragged him down or kept him from rising; that he made a misstep or took the wrong turn of the road. He prefers to charge impersonal fate with his personal failure. But he had the same right to struggle and win that we all have. The man whom he regards with envy had to prove that the stuff was in him against odds. The old proverb says that fortune favors the brave—but that saying really means that fortune plays no favorites and confers her gifts only upon those who fight, and fight hard. Success is not hereditary. We must qualify on our own merit. Any fool can inherit money and be parted from it quickly. The respect of the community, which is life's chief reward, goes to him who earns it on his own account. In that continuing effort the fragrant memory of a noble family tradition and a plaus and honest parentage is a valuable asset and a great inspiration. CAME DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Pretty Belief Existing in India Concerning the Origin of the Beautiful Emerald. Scientists say that the emerald's lovely grass-green color is derived from a compound of silica alumina herylite. GIRLS WHO USE CUSS WORDS Singular Admission Said to Have Been Made by the Members of a Graduating Class. It has long been the fashion at colleges and schools to take a census of graduating classes to determine such vital facts as these: What is your favorite flower? How tall are you? Do you smoke? Are you a prohibitionist? At a girls' seminary a recent inquiry was more sweeping. To the interrogation: "Do you swear?" 200 of the 215 girls answered yes. But admitting that they swear is not proof that these feminine lips do utter oaths. So at least says the law in New York state, writes "Grlant" in the Philadelphia Press. "Four or five people" must hear you swear, not for a second or two, but "for about-five minutes"—that's the law in North Carolina. Down in Alabama they don't expect a man to swear from the housetops, but the law says that if three or four persons hear, you just once, good-night! In Tennessee it is not necessary to repeat the offensive words when a culprit is indicted for swearing. I saw on the veranda of a country club seventeen women of whom twelve were drinking an intoxicating liquor and seven were smoking cigarettes. But if that census at the girls' seminary is an index, more women swear than daily with John Barleycorn or Lady Nicotine. Query: Why do women insist on being so much like men? OWED MUCH TO STEREOSCOPE How Commanders During the Great War Got Information of Vital Importance. The old-fashioned stereoscope If the hard-boiled fans would just put on their spectacles and lay aside their hammers for a moment and forget a couple of bad errors and a wild throw to first, they would agree with many others with a heart that De Fate, who played short for the Anaheim Tigers Sunday, and who it is said has been hooked up with the Detroitts., really was the big noise in this game when they went up against the Goodyear Tire aggregation, who showed symptoms of having been in fast company before reaching this well-known ball center. The game was a Jim-dandy and the locals nosed out with a 6 to 5 score. Of course before going on with the story, mention should be made of Manager Riley who through the mysteries of his ouija board annexed Roof's Garden Angora, and was permitted to walk to first in the second inning when the bases were full, sending De Fate home for the first tally. In the sixth De Fate scored again on Lewis' two-bagger. Home fans took on considerable joy ballast and began laying down a joke barrage about Roof and his hook. Salveson singled and when Riley again answered roll call instead of sending up his usual mystic message, hit the pill square on the nose for a two bagger, and Lewis and Salveson came home, hitting the high places. The Goodyear bunch of rooters, both male and female, took on an ominous session of silence and gave evidence of being tongue-tied. But the real sensation of the day came in the ninth inning, when it began to look like the rubber nice, but being when Glenn warmed up order in Salveson must have when high fliers dropped Reardor even though few times best he The boo pectancy Boston B number of this neck good catch COST H Mr. Trav mated "I can prize fights an hour received Friday and it, haven hodded on board have fe mourned, to regret rived hom Travers, gestion t next few uniss. Mr. most CAME DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Pretty Belief Existing in India Concerning the Origin of the Beautiful Emerald. Scientists say that the emerald's lovely grass-green color is derived from a compound of silica, alumina, beryllia, magnesia, soda, water and some organic matter unknown; others say that it is simply a compound of carbon and hydrogen resulting from organic matter; but the ancient inhabitants of India knew better than the modern scientists. They believed the emerald came from heaven. Says Forbes in his "Oriental Meadows:" "A person was watching a warm of fireflies in an Indian grove one moonlight night. After hovering at time in the moonbeams, one partler firedly, more brilliant than the rest, lighted on the grass and there remained. A spectator, struck by 16 city and approaching to ascertain the cause, found not an insect, but an emerald, which he appropriated and coined in a ring, and ever after the Indians believed that the fireflies were sacred insects which upon dying on the grass turned to emeralds for the adoration of man and the glorification of Buddha." That is perhaps the reason why the priests of Buddha regaled the emerald with such veneration. Of course no firefly can now make an emerald, but emeralds certainly do make the money fly. When the Sun Was Blue. A blue sun has been recorded only once. That was in August, 1883, in Java, says the Kausas City Star. A day or two before there was a very violent eruption of a large volcano about a hundred miles from Batavia. The eruption ended with an explosion in which a range of mountains was destroyed, a vast cavity being left in its place, more than a thousand feet deep at one point. Billions of tons of rocks, mud and dust were thrown high in the air and the sun was obscured over a large area. At Batavia the darkness became so deep that street lamps had to be lighted in the middle of the afternoon. That condition prevailed until toward sunset. Then the volcanic cloud began to clear away, leaving the sun visible. Instead, however, of it being red, as it usually is when viewed through a smoke cloud, it appeared as a magnificent deep blue disk, remaining that color until it sank below the horizon. The phenomenon was seen by everyone within 30 or 40 minutes at an index, more women swear than daily with John Barleycorn or Lady Nicotine. Query: Why do women insist on being so much like men? OWED MUCH TO STEREOSCOPE How Commanders During the Great War Got Information of Vital Importance. The old-fashioned stereoscope played an important part in the world war. It supplied an angle to photographs, snapped from airplanes, that could not be obtained from the ordinary camera lens. Before its use the pictures all seemed flat, but the stereoscope added height and thus steep slopes, that appeared in pictures like flat ground, were shown in their true characteristics, and the lives of men who would have to cover the ground in attack were saved. The airplane camera looks directly down on the spot to be photographed, making a picture as a one-eyed man would see it. A stereoscopic camera, in which the lenses are two and three-quarters inches apart, would not produce the stereoscopic effect. Photographers decided to take pictures 100 yards apart to give a view, just as a giant, with eyes 100 yards apart, would see it. These pictures were put on cardboard, and viewed through the stereoscope. At first a cottage looked like a tower, a bucket like a well, a trench like a canyon, etc. The officers soon learned to translate these eccentricities, and the problem was solved. True pictures, giving just the exact information desired, were then obtained by the airplane photographers. The "Biblers." The Czecho-Slovaks, having attained national independence, attain also the privilege of reading the Bible in the national tongue, so the British Bible society is planning to print Czech Bibles purchasable for 50 cents each. Austrians and Italians have long called the Czecho-Slovaks "Biblers." The Czech Bible was first printed in 1475, but when the Czechs came under Austria the printing and reading of the Bible in their own language was forbidden. Copies of the Czech Bible were printed in other lands and smuggled in, but were burned if discovered. Religious persecution, dating back to the time of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer of the fifteenth century, combined with political persecution to make the Czech Bible rare, but all the more highly valued. Although, in modern days, the Austrian government permitted the circulation of the Czech Bible in the army, it continued about Roof and his hook. Salveson singled and when Riley again answered roll call instead of sending up his usual mystic message, hit the pill square on the nose for a two bagger, and Lewis and Salveson came home, hitting the high places. The Goodyear bunch of rooters, both male and female, took on an ominous session of silence and gave evidence of being tongue-tied. But the real sensation of the day came in the ninth inning, when it began to look like the rubber goods defenders would snatch victory out of defeat, for one of their men made as pretty a home-run as ever was seen. In the eighth, besides scoring two men in the seventh and one in the first half of the ninth, making five. In the seventh for the Tigers, De Fate and Hillman scored, running the total up to six. In the first half of the ninth the Goodyears began to jam up their players between second and third while another batter was hot-footing it to first. Here is where De Fate showed class and tagging the gent who tried to get back to second, threw the ball to first as straight as an arrow just ahead of the runner, making a brilliant double play and retiring the side. For a few minutes it was froisy, you bet, the gang began to move off the lot and the auto boosters went home firm.believe that Manager Riley is up on occult science besides having a fast bunch of ball tossers. Pick-ups and Throws. A large crowd of lady fans accompanied the visitors and showed real signs of being baseball enthusiasts when their favorites did something Birds Hold Dances. Many of the birds of South America have the regularly formed habit of meeting periodically in the same place for the purpose of dancing. Some sing as they dance, others accompany the refrain by something very like instrumental music. The rupicola dances alone, says the Detroit Free Press. Birds of this species range themselves in a circle round level, mossy or soft ground, and one of them, bright with orange and scarlet plumage, leaves the circle and advances to the center of the space with the dignity of a courtier dancing a minuet, his wings spread and tall like a fan. He begins slowly, gradually increasing the speed of his gyrations until he terminates his performance by leaping and whirling. Humanity In Art. Pictures must not be too picturesque. Nothing astonishes men so much as coupon sense and plain dealing. All great actions have been simple and all great pictures are. The Transfiguration by Raphael is an eminent example of this peculiar merit. A calm, benignant beauty shines over all this picture, and goes directly to the heart. It seems also to call you by name. The sweet, sublime face of Jesus is beyond praise; yet how it disappoints all fond expectations. This familiar, simple, home-speaking countenance is as if one should meet a friend.—Emerson. Americans Eat Little Mutton. In Great Britain about 22 per cent of all meat consumed is mutton. In France it is about 11 per cent. In Canada it is not quite 7, and in the United States is only about 3½ per cent. Last year (1918) the consumption of dressed meat (lard excluded) in the United States averaged 150 pounds per person, of which only 5 were mutton and lamb. The British, the Canadians, and the French—all similar types of people and having habits of life similar to Americans—use less meat than Americans do, but a much larger proportion comes from sheep. The United States gets its meat principally from cattle and hogs. Pork consumption is about 14 times, and beef consumption about 13 times, as great as our use of mutton and lamb. These are the annual averages for last year. Bag Changes Into a Float. A British invention for the relief of aeronauts making voyages over extensive stretches of water consists of a more or less circular gas bag in the center of which is stretched a "floor" of heavy fabric. Ordinarily, the raft is carried by the airship in the deflated state; but in the event of accident it can be inflated in a few minutes to form a most serviceable raft. The bag is really a series of bags, each being inflated through a separate air valve. Simple oar locks and a pair of oars are provided for propulsion purposes. BALL ans would just and lay aside moment and forors and a wild would agree with heart that De it for the Anaand who it is up with the Dedig noise in this up against the regation, who having been in reaching this. The game the locals nosed Of course bestory, mention anger Riley who of his ouija Garden Angora, walk to first in the bases were home for the De Fate scored bagger. Home sole joy ballast a joke barrage look. Salveson again answerending up his hit the pill a two bagger, on came home, The Goodyear male and feous session of ence of being real sensation of ninth inning, like the rubber nice, but took on that melancholy feeling whenever they didn't. Glenn Callan had three or four pretty put-outs to his credit, but had no kick coming when the ump. called him out when he tried to get back to first on a rush. Lewis was good after he got warmed up and showed class of the A1 order in drops and curves. Salveson—that old-time reliable—must have been eyeing the fair visitors when he went after a couple of high flies; and, do you believe it, he dropped them. Reardon refereed the game alright, even though he got his wires crossed a few times, evening up the slips as best he could. The boys are on the tip-toe of expectancy awaiting the arrival of the Boston Bloomer Girls. There are a number of good-looking bachelors in this neck of the woods who would be good catches. COST HIM MORE THAN FIFTY Mr. Travers Had Not Properly Estimated His Losses on That Little Fistic Encounter, "I can't afford to lose $50 on a prize fight," mourned Gelatine Travers an hour or so after the shock he received over the wires that fatal Friday afternoon. "But you have lost it, haven't you?" we asked, and he nodded disconsolately as he climbed a homebound car. He must have felt a premonition as he mourned, for it is unlike Mr. Travers to regret his losses; and when he arrived home he broke the news to Mrs. Travers, along with the implied suggestion that a little economy for the next few weeks would come in amiss. Mrs. Travers said nothing ir her most gruppatic manner and the placed, for when Wachter awoke, he found his pants but no money. A burglar had entered the house during the night and had systematically "gone through" the trousers. The burglar wasn't well-shod and Wachter's shoes fitted him, so he took a pair of shoes; he was hungry and helped himself in the pantry, and he felt the need of a timepiece so took Wachter's watch. Entrance was gained to the Wachter home through a bathroom window. GAZETTE—SIX In honor of their fourteenth wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borchard of Olive were tendered a surprise party by a group of Anaheim friends who motored over, laden with gifts and good things to eat. After a delightful season of visiting together a delicious supper was served. The self-invited guests included Mr. and Mrs. R. Borchard and family, Mrs. Borchard, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Jwm. Sandersfeld and family, Mrs. J. Hilbers and son, Julius; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Borchard and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hein and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cotte and family, Chas. Borchard. Because of the illness of Judge Crow of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara county, Judge Z. B. West of Orange county has been called to Santa Barbara to assist in taking care of a heavy court calendar in that county this week. Judge West left Monday afternoon for the north. The calendar in the Orange county courts this week is such that the work can be handled by Judge Williams alone. FULLERTON MAN WRITES OF MEXICAN BANDITRY Was Sleeping in Adjoining House When W. C. Wachter of Olive went to sleep Sunday night, he did so with entire confidence that ten dollars in money would be in his pants pocket in the morning when he woke up. But the man's confidence was sadly misreceived over the wires that fatal Friday afternoon. "But you have lost it, haven't you?" we asked, and he nodded disconsolately as he climbed board a homebound car. He must have felt a premonition as he mourned, for it is unlike Mr. Travers to regret his losses; and when he arrived home he broke the news to Mrs. Travers, along with the implied suggestion that a little economy for the next few weeks would not come in unmiss. Mrs. Travers said nothing in her most sympathetic manner, and the evening's conversation covered topics wholly foreign to prize fights. At the breakfast table next morning Mr. Travers had no taste for anything the morning paper might have to say, and Mrs. Travers gained possession of it without the usual contest. Glancing through the paper rapidly Mrs. Travers tore out a square section from page 2, and another from page 11. Then at one of those unexpected moments every woman knows breakfast is replete with, said: "So you could lose $50 on a prize fight. Well, well. Here is a sale I have been awaiting for a long time. And strange to say, here is another just across the street—one is on suits and the other on gowns. And the strangest of all, we happen to have accounts at both those stores. Fifty dollars, you say, you lost? Was it an even fifty?" And so it was that the breakfast dishes at the Travers' home went unwashed Saturday morning because Mrs. Travers was obliged to catch an early jitney downtown and commence operations.—Kansas City Star. When W. C. Wachter of Olive went to sleep Sunday night, he did so with entire confidence that ten dollars in money would be in his pants pocket in the morning when he woke up. But the man's confidence was sadly misreceived over the wires that fatal Friday afternoon. "But you have lost it, haven't you?" we asked, and he nodded disconsolately as he climbed board a homebound car. He must have felt a premonition as he mourned, for it is unlike Mr. Travers to regret his losses; and when he arrived home he broke the news to Mrs. Travers, along with the implied suggestion that a little economy for the next few weeks would not come in unmiss. Mrs. Travers said nothing in her most sympathetic manner, and the evening's conversation covered topics wholly foreign to prize fights. At the breakfast table next morning Mr. Travers had no taste for anything the morning paper might have to say, and Mrs. Travers gained possession of it without the usual contest. Glancing through the paper rapidly Mrs. Travers tore out a square section from page 2, and another from page 11. Then at one of those unexpected moments every woman knows breakfast is replete with, said: "So you could lose $50 on a prize fight. Well, well. Here is a sale I have been awaiting for a long time. And strange to say, here is another just across the street—one is on suits and the other on gowns. And the strangest of all, we happen to have accounts at both those stores. Fifty dollars, you say, you lost? Was it an even fifty?" And so it was that the breakfast dishes at the Travers' home went unwashed Saturday morning because Mrs. Travers was obliged to catch an early jitney downtown and commence operations.—Kansas City Star. FULLERTON MAN WRITES OF MEXICAN BANDITRY Was Sleeping in Adjoining House When W. W. Adams Was Kidnapped That W. W. Adams was kidnapped by Mexican bandits from a house adjoining his own, is one interesting statement in a letter from C. J. Pinson, superintendent of a mine near Avalos, state of Zacatecas, Mexico, received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pinson of Fullerton. "Adams was manager of the mine here and was sleeping in the house next to us," Pinson writes. "We did not know a thing about it until the next morning. Naturally, we were all wildly excited until he was released, which was in about one week, after the ransom had been paid. Adams came back to the mine but left soon after so we are all alone now. Things are very quiet here at the present time and outside of a little thing like the above every day is just alike." Pinson has been employed by the mining company for fifteen years and frankly confesses he does not like to stay in Mexico, declaring he would like to get a good nut orchard in Southern California and have a home where "we could take a long, deep breath." Considerable anxiety was felt for Pinson and his wife until the arrival of the letter. AUCTIONISOVER He bought high grade Jewelry, and Silverware at ridiculously aces. The enormous stock has produced to some extent but le bought high grade Jewelry, and Silverware at ridiculously ces. The enormous stock has reduced to some extent, but we have a large selection of Solid Gold Lavelliers and Watches which for sale at prices lower than the wholesale price. Take advantthis opportunity now as we have the store by April 1st, and we king every effort to reduce our a minimum. Bear in mind that e only the best quality Jewelry article is guaranteed by the makers. Theodore Roberts JEWELER