anaheim-gazette 1920-06-24

A POINT OF VIEW By ALBERT ABBOTT Listen to This, Will You? Kansas as a winter resort, taken one year with another, is the best state in the union. For, we have zero weather just often enough to let us know what it is. We have enough snow to make the wheat, and always we have the blessed sunshine. No wonder the Kansas man in heaven wears all the buttons off his vest hanging over the battlements looking at home.—William Allen White, the famous Sunflower state journalist. I wonder if this fellow knows the war is over! I wonder if he ever heard of California! Hasn't the advertising campaigns of the chambers of commerce of California percolated to this man's town? California men don't go to heaven—they remain in heaven; California IS heaven. The Cat is Out of the Bag A reason advanced for the city to institute a public park in the downtown section of the city is that a public comfort station is needed. That Anaheim has long since needed a comfort station cannot be denied. BUT, to go to the expense of buying costly land, establishing a creditable park, and keeping the park creditable, is rather a stiff proposition for the taxpayers of Anaheim. WHEN a public comfort station can be established downtown without the extra expense of purchasing suitable land and the overhead expense of up- teachers, carefully prepared and competent persons, whom we have starved out of the schoolrooms, we have a multitude of lisping misses of the flirtatious age who are hardly distinguishable from their pupils in the lower grades. Truancy becomes more and more a problem and the cause of it is not altogether the lawlessness of the child, as shortsighted pedagogues would have us believe, but the hard, unanswerable fact that under present conditions the child can learn more at work than he can at school. Down and Out, But Up Again A week ago Tuesday morning an ornamental lamp on Center street was seen demolished on the sidewalk. On Wednesday morning (next day) a brand new lamp was in the position where the demolished lamp post formerly stood. This was quick repairing work. Presto, change, in twenty-four hours we have a new street lamp. The department of the city government that is responsible for this slight of hand trick is certainly up on efficiency. A Philosophy All His Own Here's a man who guards $100,000 every day. The $100,000 is made up of automobiles which are parked in his care. His name is Frank M. Mitchell. He's 74 years old and proud of it. "Businessmen leave everything with me. I watch coats, dogs, autos and groceries they went out at noon to buy for friend wife," says Mr. Mitchell. "I like them all, these Minneapolis businessmen. They're always in a hurry, but they're so good-hearted. All day long I sit around and watch the cars and think. It's great to have a job where you can do some thinking. Too many men are so busy they don't park. I investigated was charmed with hours no one about all the shrubbery. It did the people do parks any more. The reason for the sidewalk was beautifully kept soon destroy my care to bring the perfection. Even an edge of shado down, which, now keepsers the next cern and consider place the spoiled Fullerton estate one to be used on the order of yard to LOOK at to and have a g By the way, gave some fine did they play on band they have a better place If Fullerton had band concert put been a fine improved And calls it a park designed its park the form of a dignified band p rangements, its a park would ha There were no band concert after been. The reason close to the bus city and consequent to go for a cow son can run up again without any ogy of which is long enough to lic comfort station is needed. That Anaheim has long since needed a comfort station cannot be denied. BUT, to go to the expense of buying costly land, establishing a creditable park, and keeping the park creditable, is rather a stiff proposition for the taxpayers of Anaheim. WHEN a public comfort station can be established downtown without the extra expense of purchasing suitable land and the overhead expense of upkeep. Let's look around'a bit. Orange has a public park in its downtown section, yet there is no public comfort station in the park. Orange's public comfort station is a block or so away from the park. If Anaheim really wants to establish a public comfort station there is a good example of how to do it—see Orange's way of doing it. Springfield, Massachusetts, has a public park in the center of the business district, but the public comfort station is across the street from the park. Los Angeles has a public park in the center of the business district, but the public comfort station is on the edge of the sidewalk. Other cities can be mentioned to show that a public comfort station can be maintained without the adjunct of a park. Now, let's get home. If Anaheim had established a public downtown park twenty-five years ago, to now build a public comfort station in that park today would be proper, but to go to work and build a park just to have a public comfort station therein is far fetched, BECAUSE, Anaheim can build its very urgent and much-needed public comfort station without a park. For instance, it is no secret that Anaheim has a worthy ambition to erect an imposing new city municipal administration building on the lot now occupied by the old city hall. And there is an undercurrent of feeling that this contemplated addition to the "boulevard" (Center street) be speedily attended to. Very good! Other successful cities have public comfort stations in conjunction with their city halls. Ontario, California, is one instance close by. Anaheim can do the same. And can have a mighty fine public comfort station right in the heart of the business district. Then again, other cities have public comfort stations in the basement of their public libraries, the entrance to He's 74 years old and proud of it. "Businessmen leave everything with me. I watch coats, dogs, autos and groceries they went out at noon to buy for friend wife," says Mr. Mitchell. "I like them all, these Minneapolis businesses. They're always in a hurry, but they're so good-hearted. All day long I sit around and watch the cars and think. It's great to have a job where you can do some thinking. Too many men are so busy they don't have time to think." "You know I've never been in a war, but there's one thing about soldiering that I like—that's the salute. I salute 'em all. It's dignified and friendly, all in one. They call me 'Dad,' and I salute. That means I like it." "I think we ought to have universal military training, so as to be ready for whatever may happen. If our allies hadn't held the Hun off, we would have had Prussian soldiers in Minneapolis, just because we weren't prepared. We must be prepared from now on." "I'm a religious sort of a chap in a way. Don't go to church much, though. I work at religion six days a week and rest Sunday. A great many men rest in their religion six days a week, and don't work at it very hard the seventh day, either. Religion consists in doing good to and for humanity. Thus a great statesman who tries to settle the problems of humanity, as President Wilson is doing, could be called a religious man." It's never too old to be a thinker. The Church Is Even Jazzed The church is not dying as an organization. No one conversant with church conditions in our great cities will deny that church accommodations on our avenues are many times insufficient. But no one pretends that the church as a power and an influence is what it formerly was. Why? Because this jazz generation has turned the church from its special business, which is not to rival the concert hall in its choir lofts, nor to rival the lecture platform and public forum in its pulpits, nor yet to run competitor to the dance hall in its parish houses, but to stand by its own specialty, which is spiritual religion, and in which alone it can lead all competition. Jazz has come into the church in all its departures band arrangements, its park would have been. The reason close to the bus city and consequent to go for a cowson can run up again without anyogy of which is long enough to make line appreciation of the park. If Anaheim is why not learn for other cities? We park, not an exotic not have a park when anyone needs other parts of town from Anaheim? Park they have Greek theater be the park the first saw? Can Anaheim municipal esthetics build a park that and envy of other world? Anaheim ting to be a big making Santa Claus notice. But they tinctive, charach achievement in Anaheim is co proposition at all be known through creation of an while city park ambition, or too establish something thing to spend distinct value to an advertising city known to all of artistic achieve. I am not agaiont Inasmuch now a park, I am proposition that to the same old palities have done that will be post. There isn't an of California the has a display of on their streets This indicates that of the population environs rides. would be BODE templated addition to the "boulevard" (Center street) be speedily attended to. Very good! Other successful cities have public comfort stations in conjunction with their city halls. Ontario, California, is one instance close by. Anaheim can do the same. And can have a mighty fine public comfort station right in the heart of the business district. Then again, other cities have public comfort stations in the basement of their public libraries, the entrances to these stations being from the outside of the building, and so designed that no objection can be raised against them. Long Beach public library building is an instance. Anaheim has a public library building that very nicely lends itself to the establishment of public comfort station on either the north or south side, or both, or in the rear, without interfering with the library work proper. The total cost of the two possible locations for public comfort stations in Anaheim would be much less than the establishment of a park for just one comfort station. The desire to have a public comfort station is a worthy one. And Anaheim will be doing a great public civic courtesy to its floating population by establishing such accepted modern conveniences. Also the two locations I have here suggested are worthy of consideration. American Public School System Lagging Behind Once upon a time we prided ourselves on our public schools, but that pride exists no more. With severer school laws and higher educational budgets has come utter incompetency of the school system to fulfill its function. In the place of the 140,000 church as a power and an influence is what it formerly was. Why? Because this jazz generation has turned the church from its special business, which is not to rival the concert hall in its choir lofts, nor to rival the lecture platform and public forum in its pulpits, nor yet to run competitor to the dance hall in its parish houses, but to stand by its own specialty, which is spiritual religion, and in which alone it can lead all competition. Jazz has come into the church in all its departments, and now that great imitations of the war money drives are in progress, and the church finds all her funds in the control of bodies not noted for their respect for the old and safe anchorage, we may expect to see raised against her also the warning Hand—"Thus Far, and No Farther!" Another Park Reason Advanced Another reason advanced by those desiring a park in the business section of Anaheim is that ranchers coming to town require a place to rest between purchasing expeditions. An investigating expedition to other cities will not substantiate this assertion. Take Orange and Santa Ana for instance. Every day you will see the same certain few that habitually make use of those parks. Ranchers, who come to town, don't hang around public parks in other cities. The chances are they won't in this city. So, that leaves the park for the habitual town loafers. I attended this season's first band concert in Fullerton's city park on Commonwealth avenue. That's a mis-statement. The band was not IN the park. It was on the sidewalk of Commonwealth avenue. Now, Fullerton has a fine, very fine ANAHEIM GAZETTE park. I investigated it thoroughly. I was charmed with it all. BUT I was there all alone. For two hours no one else seemed to care about all the beautiful flowers and shrubbery. It did seem a shame that the people don't appreciate public parks any more. The reason for the band locating on the sidewalk was that the park was so beautifully kept up that a crowd would soon destroy months and months of care to bring the park to its present perfection. Even where the band was, an edge of shrubbery was trampled down, which, no doubt caused the park keepers the next morning great concern and considerable expense to replace the spoiled rose bushes. Fullerton established a park, but not one to be used very much. It is more on the order of a neighborhood front yard to LOOK AT, and not to get into and have a good time. By the way, Fullerton's city band gave some fine music. Not one piece did they play of a jazz nature. The band they have in Fullerton deserves a better place than on the sidewalk. If Fullerton had designed its park for band concert purposes it would have been a fine thing. But it didn't. It simply improved a few lots, that's all. And calls it a park. If Fullerton had designed its park with a section in it in the form of a Greek theater with a dignified band platform and seating arrangements, its effort in establishing a park would have been worth while. There were not as many out to the band concert as there should have been. The reason is the park is too close to the business section of the city and consequently is not "a place to go for a couple of hours." A person can run up to the park and back again without any effort, the psychology of which is that they don't stay long enough to really get into a genus eat his lunch in. I'm in favor of being hospitable, but I'm also in favor of serving the citizens of one's community, and not waste their money on useless bric-a-brac ornaments. A park in the downtown section of Anaheim located in any other block than in either one of the blocks first touching the intersection of Los Angeles and Center streets would never be used by strolling ranchers to rest in. People who come to town in automobiles will not walk more than a block for anything. Santa Ana has a park within one block of the main street of the city, yet it is not patronized by the strolling rancher. Go ahead, Anaheim, and build your downtown park! But mark my prediction: If you place it in any block that is more than one block away from the flagpole you will have something in your hands that you did not calculate—an unnecessary expense. I know what I am talking about. I have been a student of and investigator of civic affairs for many years, knowing pretty nearly all the large and many of the small cities all over the United States. I have traveled in my day, but I have learned and studied as I roamed about. There is no available space in either of the four blocks first touching the intersection, so a downtown park for Anhelm seems to be superfluous. This being the situation, why not get behind the proposition of a city-edge park, and make it an achievement that will be a joy and pleasure to the inhabitants of the community as well as being a factor of renown for the city? I have not said the last word on the park idea. When you are ready for more, I'll be on the job! The Home Function Jazzed East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. Say It With FLOWERS Howard E. Gates FLORIST Phone 121 Cor. W. Center and Illinois ATHLETIC TRYOUTS AT PASADENA JUNE 25 Picking Men to Compete in Olympic Meet in Belgium Because of the growing number of entries for the Olympic game tryouts at Tournament park in Pasadena on the afternoon of June 26, the city, Tournament of Roses association and California Institute of Technology have combined to enlarge the training quarters. By working men continuously the already complete building which has been built to house the athletes, will be more than doubled in size. Over 150 of the greatest athletes in the west will compete at the tryouts on June 26. Tryouts are to be held simultaneously in Pasadena, Chicago and Philadelphia. Pasadena has the western end of the games, Chicago the middle west and the tryouts in the Quaker City are for the eastern athletes. The winners of all three will meet in the Harvard stadium and the winners there will make up the track and field team to go to Europe for the great Olympic games to be held there. When Pasadena invited the Amateur Athletic Union to consider the Crown City as a place for the western tryouts the city offered to build a special field and grandstands for the event. All of the gate receipts go to the A.A.U. to be used in defraying the cost of sending the western winners to the final competition at the Harvard stadium and then abroad to compete with the athletes of the world. The city has spent more than $10,000 in preparing for the tryouts and has a running track which is said to be one... There isn't another city in the state of California the size of Anaheim that has a display of automotive vehicles on their streets as has Anaheim. This indicates that the major portion of the population of Anaheim and its environs rides. So, a park downtown would be RODE BY. Why not establish a park at some one of the city's limits so that people could make reasonable-time trips there o'evenings to listen to a band concert. A small park downtown, when a band concert is held, always is the cause of traffic congestion. Anaheim's traffic congestion downtown is bad enough as it is. A park at the limits of the city in an opposite direction would be a means of drawing some of the traffic away from the center of the town. A park at the edge of the city would serve the purpose I just mentioned, and would serve many other purposes. The various schools could go there for picnics and nature study, and get back home in a reasonable time. The county park is alright for a day of it, but for an afternoon, it is too far away for small children to go to. A downtown park does not serve any of these purposes. Even Fullerton's fine little park is so nice that one is afraid to muss the place up. This is supposedly to be an age of utility. So, why not create a park to be USED, not to be scared that you will soil its garments. I'm out for the city of Anaheim getting all the use out of a park for the money that it will put into it. No use sinking money in a downtown park just because one traveler out of ten thousand wants a front yard to come a letter from a tram and hotest man, the first to admit the real reason why public dinners have lost their appeal to him. Of course, the letter was from Marse Henry Watterson. He informed the New York Press club, which plans an annual dinner in May, that "the thought of a long journey to a dry carouse is little short of appalling." Marse Henry suggested an enterprise of a more public-spirited nature. "Why don't you get up an insurrection?" he asked. He analyzed his own characteristics at eighty as follows: "I am a prohibitionist—with modifications; a female suffragist—with limitations; but not wholly a damd fool. I am still, let me say, one of the boys—a bit battered and out of the ring—but I can e'en sit up and take notice, and I like to see it going on. Goob-by, boys; good luck and God bless you!" Mexico's Real Curse A railroad man who had been stationed in Torreón for a number of years was relating some of his experiences in the peppery republic to a few companions in the hotel lounge. Finally one of the listeners asked: "Well, tell me, what is the matter with Mexico, anyway?" "Oh, Mexico is all right," replied the other; "the only trouble with it is that it is so overrun with Mexicans." Meditations on... Youth For the last month or so I have been observing the youth of the community. Also in connection with this observation I have been continually confronted with a billboard that says a Crown City as a place for the western tryouts the city offered to build a special field and grandstands for the event. All of the gate receipts go to the A.A.U. to be used in defraying the cost of sending the western winners to the final competition at the Harvard stadium and then abroad to compete with the athletes of the world. The city has spent more than $10,000 in preparing for the tryouts and has a running track which is said to be one of the fastest in the west. The dressing and training building has showers and other accommodations for 150 athletes at one time. One of the athletes to compete is Charles Paddock of the University of Southern California, who won the international sprints at Paris in the inter-allied games. It is thought almost certain that Paddock will be one of the western athletes who will go to the finals in Belgium. RUMORS OF STRIKE Is there to be a strike in the oil fields of northern Orange county? That is the question being asked throughout the district, where, it is stated on good authority, union oil workers are prepared to present a demand on July 1 for a twenty per cent increase. Organized workers in the oil fields claim that eighty per cent of employees identified with the oil industry in the northern part of the county are members of unions. It is certain that the union men run into the hundreds and a strike would result seriously, it is believed. Union drillers, tool dressers, refinery workers and others are planning to ask a twenty per cent increase over PHONES SUNSET 341-J. way, Cor. Claudina E PHONES HOME 753-2 KAW. M. D. ND SURGEON 12; 2-4; 7-8 E BANK BLDG. Los Angeles St. M, CAL. D.D.S.M.D. ND SURGEON AND THROAT— RY—GLASSES TED NTRAL BLDG. UNSET 337 A. Neth Practitioner BLDG., ANAHEIM are especially adments of the Nerves muscles and joints. liseases of the varyield with surprisr modalities. Fees OS ROOFING BBS BER roadway IM CAL. t With WERS E. 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