anaheim-gazette 1920-07-08

Anaheim Gazette ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ... $.50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter OFFICIAL CITY PAPER MANGO LIVES DOWN REPUTE The East Indian mango is one of the great fruits of the world. To those who have really tasted the good sorts of it the peach loses its place of highest honor. But the early travelers were more interested in describing its peculiarities than in extolling its wonderful fragrance and the depth of its flavors, for they told the plum and cherry eating inhabitants of the British Isles that the mango resembled a ball of tow soaked in turpentine and molasses, and said further that in order to eat it you must undress and climb into a bathtub and that after you ate it you must comb its yellow hairlike fibers out of your teeth. No other fruit in the world has been so maligned. The mango trees, which are now loaded with their golden fruits in south Florida are so valuable that the mayors of towns of south Florida are being beseeched to keep the boys from stealing the fruit from the trees, not because they are balls of tow soaked in molasses and turpentine but because, as they hang on the tree, they are worth 25 or more cents apiece, and a boy can eat up a five-dollar bill's worth in the time it takes to tell about Sand Key—having nothing on it but a few weed; and another coral reef, unnamed. Until two weeks ago a corporal and five marines were stationed at Dry Tortugas, occupying quarters in the old, abandoned fort. They were placed there by the Key West naval station to prevent smuggling of whisky from Cuba to the states. During their six weeks' stay, however, the alleged smugglers changed their tactics, with the result that the marines did not succeed in intercepting a single swallow of liquor. Before that time and at intervals since the regular garrison of 300 men was removed in 1908, the guards were sent to prevent smuggling from Cuba and Mexico to avoid payment of duty. Fort Jefferson in its day was the most formidable fortification in America. Built in 1845 it had two decks of 126 cannon each, of six inches. Surmounting the ramparts were forty ten-inch cannon. A moat thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep surrounded the fortress with drawbridge and all the emoluments of an ancient castle. While it served as a penal station in the hands of the United States government it was the abode of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, one of "the Lincoln conspirators," who was sentenced to hard labor for the rest of his life on the island. He remained there, however, only four years, obtaining his pardon from President Johnson by reason of Mudd's heroic service to other prisoners and to his captors in the yellow fever epidemic that wiped out almost everybody in the fort in 1869. Mudd was a country doctor living in Charles county, Maryland, twenty-five miles from Washington, during the Civil war. Although he was in sympathy with the South's cause, he and his companions dared any connection with The success of solidated stands on the small oil company the unproved disruption. It was only a few this company still piece of property that was not consigned an oil property. Quid wealth began creased as the hull strong showing cemented. A few plugs was drilled oately filled with some 20 feet over ing. Yesterday they ed up and a new to the field by a has developed along and under good conditions. The Placentia-K has a well drillingerty at Yorba Linda ing some of the theremain made in these three weeks was completed on feet of hole made. The wonderful Richfield Consolidation increases the Richfield-Yorba trouble has held her ber of months. Redouble the effect Yorba to get its drill. The Santa Ana drilling a well ower in Santa Anita with success after hole was drilled. Ana Canyon com- aged and is geo another well as so maligned. The mango trees, which are now loaded with their golden fruits in south Florida are so valuable that the mayors of towns of south Florida are being beseeched to keep the boys from stealing the fruit from the trees, not because they are balls of tow soaked in molasses and turpentine but because, as they hang on the tree, they are worth 25 or more cents apiece, and a boy can eat up a five-dollar bill's worth in the time it takes to tell about it. The office of foreign seed and plant introduction of the United State department of agriculture has assembled, through the work of its explorers and through exchange with the British East Indian departments of agriculture, one of the largest collections of selected mango varieties in the world. There are now fruiting at the plant introduction field station, Miami, Florida, about 20 varieties this year, and these represent the selections from more than 70 sorts of this great fruit. Some of these have scarcely more fiber in them than a freestone peach and can be cut open lengthwise and eaten as easily with a spoon as a Rocky Ford cantaloupe. They have an indescribably agreeable aroma reminiscent of pineapples. The mango tree, when it is in bearing, is a gorgeous sight, for it is a large long-lived tree and the golden-yellow fruits as they hang in great clusters from the dark-green foliage make one of the great tropical plant sights of the world. To anyone living within reach of the Miami plant introduction garden on Brickell avenue it would be worth a long motor ride to see this remarkable sight. The mango has come as a tree crop in Florida and, although it is tender and cannot be grown above the line of heavy freezes, it is destined to add greatly to the charm of life in the tip end of the Florida peninsula. DRY TORTUGAS FORT IS NOW A RUIN Once America's Greatest Fortress, But Is Now Untenanted There is one place, anyway, where the 1920 official census returns will not excite the least interest, even though the returns are pretty apt to set a national record—for decrease in population. He remained there, however, only four years, obtaining his pardon from President Johnson by reason of Mudd's heroic service to other prisoners and to his captors in the yellow fever epidemic that wiped out almost everybody in the fort in 1869. Mudd was a country doctor living in Charles county, Maryland, twenty-five miles from Washington, during the Civil war. Although he was in sympathy with the South's cause, he and his relatives decried any connection with the plot to kill Lincoln and Secretary Seward. At any rate, at 4 a.m., on January 16, 1865, Mudd answered a rap at his door and found two horsemen, one of whom had suffered a broken leg. The doctor set the fractured bone, persuaded the men to remain there until afternoon and then, at their own insistence, allowed them to depart. The next day Dr. Mudd received the news that President Lincoln had been assassinated the night before and that Wilkes Booth, the assassin, had broken his leg in trying to escape. He had hardly read the newspapers before a company of soldiers visited his home in search of Booth and his confederate. Two days later, after Booth had been killed in a barn in Virginia and his confederate had surrendered, Dr. Mudd was arrested and charged with being a party to the conspiracy. Although he pleaded his innocence, he and four others were tried and sentenced to prison for life. Five of the conspirators were hanged. The cost of constructing Fort Jefferson is locally estimated at "$1 a brick," or $26,000,000. Most eleborate plans were carried out, including a system of cisterns, dungeons and hidden gun slots. Officers' quarters—quite extravagant for those days—were constructed at one side of the drill ground in the enclosure. Dock's, a coaling station and a narrow gauge railway for transporting munitions and supplies were part of the equipment. But Dry Tortugas is no more a living thing. Its last inhabitant has departed. Only the blinking of the Loggerhead lighthouse at night and the continuous fluttering of bird's wings by day relieve the monotony and lonenessess. THE OIL FIELDS Improper feed close confinement of many failures. When on free run busy most of the feed. Here they and lack of exercise are often subjectrant of their was plentifully supplied grasshoppers; and if the weather is plan is to allow themselves. It however, to have night, and if dry certain place ee soon learn to coo. When, on accor or unfavorable n advisable to rai coop method, man ee to their feed. Successful turn different kinds gested by the emment of agricul lists follow: Hard-boiled e cornbread crumpled and then whole stale bread, soaked dry, for tha then common o milk seasoned pepper, cornbread "pinhead" oats cracked corn; meal and wheat portion of 3 to 12 and bran or milled Egyptian coo and hulled oats. In addition to buttermilk with excellent is to keep the poults during t during the aff DRY TORTUGAS FORT IS NOW A RUIN Once America's Greatest Fortress, But Is Now Untenanted There is one place, anyway, where the 1920 official census returns will not excite the least interest, even though the returns are pretty apt to set a national record—for decrease in population. That is Dry Tortugas Island, Florida—yes, you'll need your maps and microscopes. Or in the decade just closed Dry Tortugas' decreases has been just exactly 100 per cent. In 1910 there were fifty-four "inhabitants" on the island; today there is not one. But if Dry Tortugas (have you found it yet?) may not glory in its present solitude, it may well harken of the old days when, in its heyday, it boasted of the 1,200 souls living in the enclosure of its ancient Fort Jefferson. In those days it was the key to the Gulf of Mexico and the main defense of the United States coastal line from Key West to Brownsville, Texas. Later it was seized by the Confederates and held for a brief period, only to be retaken by Federals and converted into a prison where opponents of the Union were confined. Dry Tortugas Island is about seventy miles west and north of Key West. It is the largest of a group of five small coral keys that form the most southwesterly point of Florida. But in area its extent is only eleven acres, nine of which are covered or enclosed by the five-sided fortress that gave the place what importance it had. Around it and within two miles are the other four keys: Loggerhead—sporting a lighthouse; Bird Key—with a population of something like 1,654,098 birds; But Dry Tortugas is no more a living thing. Its last inhabitant has departed. Only the blinking of the Loggerhead lighthouse at night and the continuous fluttering of bird's wings by day relieve the monotony and lonenessess. THE OIL FIELDS Development of the Richfield-Placentia district from a single produc-well to a field of gushers within a period of approximately 15 months reads like a chapter from the scenario of a motion picture drama. A little over a year ago Placentia-Richfield was practically unknown to the oil industry of California. Today it is a magic field where liquid wealth flows at the touch of the drill. Billions of dollars have been made in oil since the Union Oil company opened the field with an 8,000-barrel gusher on the Chapman property a year ago last March. As a result of the wonderful work that has been done in development during the year, the big wells that have been brought in and the tremendous activity that has pervaded the field. Placentia-Richfield stands out today as one of the most remarkable oil fields in the state, whose possibilities and opportunities for wealth are unparalleled and seemingly unlimited. The small companies have played and are playing just as important a part in the development of the Placentia-Richfield district as the big companies. In fact, it is said that many of the bigger concerns like to see the little fellows go out and do the scout and wildcat work. The little companies in the new field certainly performed a wonderful work. The farm builts things to accommodate more soils our centers, and prove our agriculture to improve their business. I have always favor of more children leave Man is a very lets make our capitality and good. As to agricultural portunity is unknow so little mentals, that should be made study center. Now it is said a rancher works at night to stuThe only way not to work here were part of the equipment. But Dry Tortugas is no more a living thing. Its last inhabitant has departed. Only the blinking of the Loggerhead lighthouse at night and the continuous fluttering of bird's wings by day relieve the monotony and lonenessess. THE FARMER ANAHEIM GAZETTE The success of the Richfield Consolidated stands out and shows what the small oil company wildcattling in the unproved district can accomplish. It was only a few months ago that this company started drilling on a piece of property north of Richfield that was not considered very much as an oil property. At 2900 feet the liquid wealth began to show up and increased as the hole deepened. With the strong showing of oil the well was cemented. A few days ago the cement plug was drilled out, the hole immediately filled with oil and flowed out some 20 feet over the top of the casing. Yesterday the new well was opened up and a new producer was added to the field by a small company that has developed along conservative lines and under good management. The Placentia-Richfield Central now has a well drilling on the Foss property at Yorba Linda that is recording some of the fastest drilling time ever made in the field. In a little less than three weeks the rigging up work was completed on the well and 1800 feet of hole made. The wonderful showing that the Richfield Consolidated has made greatly increases the possibilities of the Richfield-Yorba to get an oil well. Pipe trouble has held this well up for a number of months. The new strike will redouble the efforts of the Richfield-Yorba to get its well into the sand. The Santa Ana Canyon company, drilling a well on the Crowther property in Santa Ana canyon, has not met with success after some 3400 feet of hole was drilled. However, the Santa Ana Canyon company is not discouraged and is getting ready to start another well as soon as possible. PROPER FEED DECREASES LOSSES IN YOUNG POULTS Two women and a man, all of Los Angeles, were near drowning at East Newport Monday afternoon, when they got out beyond a ledge resulting from the recent storms and became exhausted attempting to get back to shore. Those involved in the harrowing experience were Anna Angelotta, Dorothy Bell and Reuben Serranno, a moving picture man, all of Los Angeles and guests over the Fourth of Mrs. Delancy Wilson of East Newport. Miss Bell was brought to shore by DeLancy Wilson, Jr., and the other two were brought in by Dr. Burke of Redlands, who heard their cries for help. Both Miss Angelotta and Serrano were unconscious when brought to shore but were revived by Dr. Burke and another physician who was near. Ed Rodger, Kenneth Goodykoontz and "Bill" Cubbon responded to a call for the pulmotor but by the time they could get the apparatus through the automobile jam to the beach, the instrument was not needed. All three were taken to their homes and last night were reported to be getting along O.K. IT MUST BE TRUE Modern historical experts pronounce untrue the story that Marie Antoinette remarked on hearing that French peasants had not enough bread, "Why don't they eat cake?" This leads us to wonder whether historical experts of 140 years hence will pronounce untrue the story that Attorney Penal Palwer, on hearing that the price of meat was too high for American laborers, re marked, "Why don't they buy cheaper cuts?" It is a pity to lose a good story. Yet it must be admitted that historical experts present AND THEY SAY The manner in which steers are killed in a certain slaughter house is PROPER FEED DECREASES LOSSES IN YOUNG POULTS Improper feeding, combined with close confinement, has been the cause of many failures in turkey raising. When on free range the poults are busy most of the day searching for feed. Here there is no overfeeding and lack of exercise, such as the poults are often subjected to by those ignorant of their wants. If the range is plentifully supplied with green feed, grasshoppers, and other insects, and if the weather is favorable, the best plan is to allow the poults to feed themselves. It is usually advisable, however, to have them come home at night, and if driven up and fed at a certain place every night they will soon learn to come up themselves. When, on account of rainy weather or unfavorable range conditions, it is advisable to raise the poults by the coop method, more care must be given to their feeding. Successful turkey raisers use many different kinds of feed. Some suggested by the United States department of agriculture poultry specialists follow: Hard-boiled egg chopped fine and cornbread crumbs for the first week, and then whole wheat and hulled oats; stale bread, soaked in milk and squeezed dry, for the first few days, and then common chick feed; clabbered milk seasoned with a little salt and pepper, cornbread crumbs; equal parts "pinhead" oats, whole wheat, and cracked corn; cracked wheat; corn meal and wheat bran mixed in the proportion of 3 to 1 and baked into bread; and bran or middling one-half, cracked Egyptian corn one-quarter, wheat and hulled oats one-quarter. In addition to the above, skim milk and buttermilk are quite often fed, with excellent results. A good plan is to keep the milk in front of the poults during the morning and water during the afternoon. If grit and heavy rain occur, the eggs should be rinsed out before being remarked on hearing that French peasants had not enough bread, "Why don't they eat cake?" This leads us to wonder whether historical experts of 140 years hence will pronounce untrue the story that Attorney Peneral Palwer, on hearing that the price of meat was too high for American laborers, re marked, "Why don't they buy cheaper cuts?" It is a pity to lose a good story. Yet it must be admitted that historical experts present almost unanswerable evidence of the apocryphal nature of the Marie Antoinette ancedote. For if the tale were true, it is impossible to see how Marie could have escaped the brilliant and statesmanlike idea of instituting a "save on bread week." FATALITIES ON THE FOURTH One person is dead, another is at the point of death, and several others are suffering from more or less serious injuries today, as the result of accidents in Orange county over the July Fourth holiday period. One of the most distressing accidents was that of Saturday evening in which George McKay, aged 66, and father of William McKay, circulation manager of the Register, was struck and fatally injured by a Ford automobile driven by Samuel Millen, aged 18, son of Charles Millen of 510 West Santa Clara avenue, Santa Ana. The accident happened at the corner of Broadway and Third streets, as McKay was walking across Broadway toward the west and young Millen was driving south. The other fatal accident occurred Saturday night on the state highway to San Diego, near the San Diego county line, when a San Diego sailor, riding a motorcycle, was killed in a crash with an automobile. The motorcycle engine had become disabled, it is reported, and was being towed toward San Diego by an automobile. In passing between two other machines, the auto made it safely, but the motorcyclist was hit and almost instantly killed. The body was taken on to San Diego and when Coroner C. D. Brown and county motorcycle officers arrived no details could be learned. The oldest eating place in Fullerton in point of continuous service, closed its doors Saturday night forever and the building will be torn down to make due to high blood pressure, and was for a time quite ill. He is getting along as well as could be expected and probably will soon be again. AND THEY SAY The manner in which steers are killed in a certain slaughter house is not of the most humane method. A sledge hammer is used to hit the animal in the head, but sometimes it requires several blows before the poor beast is dead. This is not right. The other day when a federal officer came here for a bootlegger who had been gathere in, together with two live-sized bottles of liquid, he asked the local force how they knew the stuff was whisky. "It might be tea," he averred. Whereupon the testing committee were summoned, and after examination the contents were declared the real article. All those who went in on the committee hold up hands. Reports from the seacoast give the impression that the ocean is not only wet spot in certain areas. A quartet of highflyers passed a brief time at one cafe and it is said their bill was $69. They must have been onto the ropes. Anaheim oranges have been bringing very fancy prices in the eastern markets recently. Local growers are wearing broad smiles. Report has it that an enterprising firm up the road is making a drive on small-sized stills, and incidentally tell you that distilled water is the best for your automobile as the ordinary fluid has a tendency to rust. You hear that many are being converted to the idea of using distilled water. A local compatriot is looking forward when a five-gallon jug of orange juice comes in. What's the chances? A man is in town whose business it is to see that all repairs are honestly made upon your auto when it is run into a garage. Play the game fair. A man counted 350 cars going THE FARMER MUST STUDY AS WELL AS LABOR The farm bureau centers have two things to accomplish; one is to promote more social fellowship within our centers, and the other is to improve our agriculture and horticulture, to improve the financial end of our business. I have always been very much in favor of more social life on the farm. The lack of it is chiefly what makes children leave the farm for the city. Man is a very friendly animal. Then lets make our centers a place for hospitality and good times. As to agricultural education, the opportunity is unlimited. We all of us know so little even about the fundamentals, that every center can, and should be made into an agricultural study center. Now it is said, and truly, that after a rancher works all day he is too tired at night to study. The only way to correct that, is not to work hard. But many say, we In passing between two other machines, the auto made it safely, but the motorcyclist was hit and almost instantly killed. The body was taken on to San Diego and when Coroner C. D. Brown and county motorcycle officers arrived no details could be learned. The oldest eating place in Fullerton in point of continuous service, closed its doors Saturday night forever and the building will be torn down to make room at some future time for a modern structure to keep pace with the fast growing city. The place referred to is the Brandle restaurant on South Spadra, and when the doors closed after serving the evening meal Saturday night, it was just 27 years lacking four days since the place started. During all of this time the place has been conducted by Mr. Brandle and his family. The present restaurant building will be torn down and part of the lumber will be used in the construction of a couple of bungalows Mr. Brandle will build on lots adjoining the home he recently purchased. Last fall Mr. Brande purchased the lot adjoining the restaurant building with a view to erecting a modern business block on the two lots, but he has not decided as yet when he will start construction. The organization of a boy scout troop in Anaheim is advocated by a number of men interested in the welfare of the rising generation. Dr. J. E. Waters is taking the initiative in arousing interest in the project and signifies his willingness to teach the boys signaling, military tactics and radio telegraphy. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. A local compatriot is looking forward when a five-gallon jug of orange juice comes in. What's the chances? A man is in town whose business it is to see that all repairs are honestly made upon your auto when it is run into a garage. Play the game fair. A man counted 350 cars going south on the state highway during one half hour Sunday morning. And there seemed to be no let up. Monday evening there was a solid line of cars coming back, and it looked as though they would never stop coming. Owing to the shortage of gasoline it was reported thousands of cars were stalled along the highway. Tia Juana resembled a beehive. One young lady was heard to tell another her best fellow would not walk home with her Saturday night. Don't worry, the friend said—boys are like street cars, one every five minutes. Retail merchants in the principal cities of the county have agreed to close at 7 o'clock Saturday evenings, beginning July 17. Get in early and avoid the rush. It was noticed that few, every few, people rushed to the fire Saturday. That's right; they had no business there anyway. Let the firemen do it. BOY SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) SCOUT COURT ENDS QUARREL Scouts Philip Grzywa, 12 years old, and Ray Moon, 14, living next door to Phillip, in Omaha, Neb., had a quarrel and each vowed to "get even" at the first opportunity. The quarrel developed into a fight in which one of the boys was pretty badly hurt before friends separated them. "No good scout will hold a grudge against another," said Patrol Leader Roy Fredlund, 14 years old. With the formality of a regular court of justice a Boy Scout court was called. Following the hearing, which lasted an hour, the "jury" reported a "verdict" as follows: "We find that both boys are to blame for the trouble." Each is sentenced to do the other two good turns every week for four weeks. "The boy who quits the troop because of the trouble, or who fails to do the good turns, will be considered the most guilty." The verdict read, Philip and Ray sprang from their seats and shook hands, agreeing to forget their past differences and be "pals" again. They left the meeting arm in arm amidst the cheering of their fellow scout members. ALL COMFORTS OF HOME. Showing an increase of $16,944,485 over the assessment roll of the county for 1919, the 1920 assessment roll was turned over to the board of supervisors by County Assessor James Sleeper Tuesday. The assessment for 1920, the largest in the history of Orange county, totals $108,905,125, while the roll for 1919 amounted to $91,960,640. Both rolls include the assessments against operative properties and also soldier exemptions. Sleeper attributes the increase principally to the great amount of building done during the past year and also to the increased value of a large number of orchards which were placed on the roll this year for the first time. Sleeper pointed to the fact that the increase cannot be attributed to the oil fields this year. Oil production in Orange county during the past year has fallen off $1,310,045 barrels. Operative properties of the county have shown a material gain over last year, when they were assessed for $4,501,500. They are assessed this year for $5,498,275, a gain of $996,-775. Soldier exemptions have also taken a jump from $29,240 in 1919 to $339,390 for 1920, an increase of $110,-150. Minus the assessments against the operative properties and the soldier exemptions the assessment roll for 1920 shows $103,067,460 as compared to $87,129,900 for 1919, a gain of $15,-938,560. Speaking of the assessment roll for 1920, Sleeper declared there has been a general increase all along the line in practically everything except oil production. His figures for 1919 showed that Orange county wells produced $5,624,336 barrels of oil, while the ALL COMFORTS OF HOME. In the Woods Ready Invention Supplies Most of Our Customary Appliances. ALL WOULD BE BOYS AGAIN. Dan Beard at a recent scout rally in Scranton told the boys that they must not be afraid or overawed by "the bunch of clergymen, dignified judges and confidentially that there is not a man in the crowd who would not be willing to change places with the greenest tenderfoot among the scouts present." This remark seemed to hit both the boys and men very favorably, and Robert L. Graham was moved to send these lines to the scout commissioner: I'd like to hit the good old trails, And tramp the woods near home till sore. I'd like to be with old-time pals, I'd like to be a boy once more. I hear the bugle calling, It's calling me back again— Back to the land of "Yesterday." To the camp of "What-has-been." Speaking of the assessment roll for 1920, Sleeper declared there has been a general increase all along the line in practically everything except oil production. His figures for 1919 showed that Orange county wells produced 45,624,336 barrels of oil, while the 1920 production fell to 14,323,291 barrels. "There has been a general increase in property values," said Sleeper, "and many orange, walnut and lemon groves were placed on the roll. The building boom which has been general throughout the county also played its part in boosting the assessment," he said. Sleeper went through the formality of presenting the assessment roll to the board of suvivors both Monday and Tuesday. The law provides the assessor must present his books to the board the first Monday in July, and District Attorney L. A. West held the board and Sleeper to this program even though Monday was looked upon as a legal holiday. The board of supervisors will not sit as a board of equalization for ten days to hear protests against the assessments. It is not expected that many protests will be filed. Mr. al Mrs. Foster Chambers of Anaheim, who were recently married, the bride being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Miles of Fullerton, departed last week with her parents and also her brother and his wife on an extended auto tour which will take them through California, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, expecting to be absent about two months. They have a complete cmaping outfit with them and they are looking forward to a delightful vacation. George and Elmer Greder, who left here several months ago for their former home in Iowa, returned to this city on Saturday and will remain. There is no such thing as unalloyed happiness in this world. Jess Vrooman recently purchased a small cottage on West Santa Ana street, and since acquiring it he has spent considerable time bragging about his operative properties and the soldier exemptions the assessment roll for 1920 shows $103,067,460 as compared to $87,129,900 for 1919, a gain of $15,-938,560. patriot is looking for gallon jug of orange What's the chances? own whose business all repairs are honour auto when it is age. Play the game ted 350 cars going state highway during Sunday morning. And be no let up. Monte was a solid line of, and it looked as if never stop coming. hortage of gasoline it thousands of cars were highway. Tia Juana live. well known business around a county seat famly aver they saw spinning around over count of a persistent tell 'em. dry was heard to tell fellow would not her Saturday night. Friend said—boys are one every five minuants in the principal county have agreed to kick Saturday evenings, 7. Get in early and that few, every few, do the fire Saturday. They had no business get the firemen do it. This remark seemed to hit both the boys and men very favorably, and Robert L. Graham was moved to send these lines to the scout commissioner: I'd like to hit the good old trails, And tramp the woods near home till sore. I'd like to be with old-time pals, I'd like to be a boy once more. I hear the bugle calling, It's calling me back again—Back to the land of "Yesterday." To the camp of "What-has-been." I think I see the bugler, His name is "Memory." And he's calling for this "good scout" To come back and happy be. SCOUT OATH GAVE MOST HELP. A Boston paper offered a prize for the paragraph that had given the greatest inspiration and help. Lines from Tennyson and others were sent in by the hundred. The letter that gained the prize was as follows: I am only a boy, and boys' opinions are not respected by most grown-ups, but we have them just the same. The paragraph which helps me the most is the Boy Scout oath, as follows: On my honor, I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. SCOUT'S DAILY GOOD TURNS. Cleaning of an old graveyard which was an "eyesore" to the town and erecting a town flag and a service flag were the things that a troop of boy scouts in Elizabeth, Pa., did for their community. Scout Troop No. 43, in Washington, D.C., has a boy scouts' band, which has without cost played day after day for the funds of the Red Cross, sick soldiers, Liberty loans, and also for churches and poorhouses. George and Elmer Greder, who left here several months ago for their former home in Iowa, returned to this city on Saturday and will remain. There is no such thing as unalloyed happiness in this world. Jess Vrooman recently purchased a small cottage on West Santa Ana street, and since acquiring it he has spent considerable time bragging about his home, his neighbors and his environmen, but last week a Mexican, who owns a Mexican wife and nine Mexican children, purchased a home adjoining and has moved his family into it. August Hiltscher, who recently sold his meat market on Commonwealth avenue, Fullerton, retiring from business, will move with his family this week to a ranch he recently purchased adjoining that of his brother, southwest of Fullerton. Mr. Hiltscher recently sold his residence to Adam Brandle. Department of agriculture specialists explain that "bulk line" is the line that marks the point on a scale of costs about which the price of a commodity must hang if an adequate number of producers are to be kept in the business. The more generally farmers study their costs and adjust their production on the basis of costs and prices the more readily will economic forces operate to maintain production on a profitable basis. The farmer needs to know his costs. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance.