anaheim-gazette 1920-08-12

COUNTY REGISTRATION OVER TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND More Than Fourteen Thousand Voters Are Republicans Twenty-two thousand and twenty-five Orange county voters are registered for the August 31 primary election, according to figures given out by County Clerk J. M. Backs. Practically two-thirds of the total is made up of voters affiliated with the republican party, the total republican registration being 14,060. The party having the next highest registration is the democratic with a registration of 4702. Registration by other parties follows: Prohibition 948; progressive 25; socialist 228; non-partisan 59; independent 129; decline to state 1874. Registration for the August primary shows a gain over the May primary registration of 2590, and the increase over the registration for the November, 1918, general election is 325. Backs estimates that in the neighborhood of 3000 voters have not yet registered but he expects them to do so in time for the November election. Every registered voter who goes to the polls on August 31 will be entitled to vote upon judicial offices. Party affiliation has nothing to do with the judiciary, so that non-stated voters can have a part in selecting judges. There will be no separate party tickets for prohibitionists and progressives, but those who have registered with those parties can vote on the judiciary. Republicans, democrats and socialists can vote upon their own party nomination for United States senator, congressman, state senator, and assembly and upon the selection of members of their own county central committees. cutting two channels to the Salton Sea which are now known as the New and Alamo rivers. The flood carried 160,000,000 cubic feet of water which it emptied into the Salton Sea, freshening the water, raising its level, and greatly extending its area. Several years after the flooding of the Salton Sea the salt water mullet, a desirable food fish, of the identical species found in the Gulf of California and other Pacific waters from Monterey southward, made its appearance in the sea. Two theories are advanced by scientists to account for the occurrence of the fish. The first is that they had swum from the Gulf of California into the fresh waters of the Colorado river, and were carried down into the Salton Sea by the flood. This theory, however, does not seem acceptable, inasmuch as the fishmen declare there is no authentic record of the salt-water mullet swimming up into the fresh water of streams. The second theory, and the more plausible one, is that the Salton Sea was stocked with fish by the white pelicans. These great birds inhabit the sea by tens of thousands, rearing their young on the several volcanic island, and making daily excursions to the Gulf of California for their food. Isolated mountain lakes are known to have been thus stocked with trout, and probably the fish of the Salton Sea were carried there in the same manner. In a short time a considerable colony of fishermen began to appear on the shores of the Salton Sea. Experiments by several large packing plants at Los Angeles with the canning of mullet also met with a high degree of success. Due to the terrific summer heat of the Salton basin the temperature often going as high as 125 degrees, the fish are leed aboard the fishing boats as soon as they are takedown for either one of two hydration (evaporate vegetables to replenish products, or as a rain damage, to be used unfavorable suction). Until recently evaporates (except apple drying) belong insurance" gave time evaporates have the center o' properly dehydrate (these words meet fruits are superior to sun dried art as a rule underditions and there etc., and are less infestation than they require much in many cases since Therefore, there is food faddists to this content. Dehydration with more of the does sun drying more quickly, at and out of contact those who have evaporator comes section of an efficient machine. The Q "Shall a comment be purchased or built?" If a commercial chosen, the purchaser gate to assure him chasing an efficient First of all these excessive in cost show that a cost per green tons can prunes or grapes Secondly, it should operate both as r consumption. NEW WEED PEST A weed which deserves the appellation of "worst" in a number of eastern states, Canada provinces and European countries has made its appearance in the Santa Ana delta, no doubt introduced in imported sugar beet seed. This is the perennial sow thistle, Sonchus arvensis. A report to this effect has been issued by the state department of agriculture. Continuing the report says: "It is a rapid-spreading plant because of its running rootstocks, which, like the wild morning glory, send up shoots at intervals. In addition, it produces a quantity of seeds provided with a tuft of silky hairs which enable them to be carried long distances by the wind. "The young plants form a rosette of leaves close to the ground. The plant is filled with a milky juice, and before the flower stalk is formed may readily be mistaken for either of its comparatively harmless relatives, the spiny sow thistle and the common sow thistle, which are often known as milkweed. The dandelion-like flowers of the perennial sow thistle make it readily distinguishable from the annual species since they are much larger and of a brighter orange color, and the flower stems and flower cups are recovered with yellow glandular bristles, while those of the annual species are nearly smooth." County Horticultural Commissioner Earl L. Morris of Orange county, is keeping the weed well in check in the county. It is a dangerous and altogether undersirable alien, and farmers should be on guard against it, particularly on the rich moist lands along the rivers. START FISH INDUSTRY IN THE SALTON SEA Eriny Pool in California Desert Being Made Profitable CROPS WILL TELL Responding to the crop situation in the middle west, flour has slumped from 70 to 75 cents on the barrel atably the fish of the Salton Sea were carried there in the same manner. In a short time a considerable colony of fishermen began to appear on the shores of the Salton Sea. Experiments by several large packing plants at Los Angeles with the canning of mullet also met with a high degree of success. Due to the terrific summer heat of the Salton basin the temperature often going as high as 125 degrees, the fish are leed aboard the fishing boats as soon as they are taken from the water. The fishermen work in canopy-topped boats, and in the water as much as possible for the purpose of keeping cool. The fish are landed on Mullet Island, where the receding of the sea has made possible the building of a motor road connecting it with the land. They are then trucked to Niland, on the Southern Pacific line, for shipment to the canning plants and markets. Just what the future of the Salton Sea fishing industry will be, no one can say until an accurate water survey and analysis of the water is made from samples taken from various portions of the lake and extending over a period of years. At present, the sea has a maximum depth of about 45 feet, and it is already well known that the salinity varies at different depths as well as in different localities according to the distance from sources of fresh water supply. If the Salton Sea should ever again attain the degree of salinity that it possessed prior to the flood of 1905, it is probable that the fishing industry would be automatically terminated by the perishing of the fish. The fishermen and old residents about the sea, however, scoff the idea that the sea will ever go dry, or even recede to the point of increasing salinity beyond the endurance of the fish. They believe that the water is now holding its own against evaporation losses. Last year the sea receded 4½ feet, and then without any apparent reason rose again two feet. With the constantly increasing irrigated area of the Imperial valley and the development of additional irrigation projects along the Colorado river, an ever-increasing volume of overflow water will be drained into the Salton Sea to freshen its waters and maintain its level. If a commercial chosen, the purchaser gate to assure his chasing an efficient First of all these excessive in cost show that a cost per green tons can prunes or grapees Secondly, it shows operate both as r consumption Third, it must heat supply and distributing that More evaporators of insufficient heat reason Fourth, the heat evenly to the fright trays in the stage evenly, in order for sorting and not result Fifth, it must be cultivation. Heat in most dryers bore rapid air flow. Ed evaporator through the dryer water removed per age conditions feet of air per m² heat required. Moisture only allows amount of air is failed because latter figure for air flow across at least 300 feet evaporators Sixth, the dryer Hollow tile consists on this account at cost Seventh, and does see one of pose to build unleast 24 hours or builders of evaporation themselves, and drying a tray or constructions. Apried in four hours require 12 to 48 evaporator loaders of the present traced to this fact. HARDING'S Although Marlins known as an "opbe interesting to where know START FISH INDUSTRY IN THE SALTON SEA Eriny Pool in California Desert Being Made Profitable Developing a profitable fishing industry, and marketing ocean food fish from a brine-pickled pool of constantly varying salinity and water levels, far below the level of the oceans and in the midst of a blazing desert, is an accomplishment of man that is worthy of attention; says an article in Popular Mechanics Magazine. This newest of American fisheries, which has recently commanded the attention of both state and federal scientists, is in the Salton Sea of Southern California, where the industry has grown up under some of the most adverse and extraordinary conditions existing in any fishing enterprise. The Salton Sea is one of the most mysterious of all the world's inland brine pools. With its surface at this writing 257 feet below ocean level, and its waters at times approaching six-fold the salinity of sea water, it has often been termed the Dead Sea of America. It is the lowest body of water on the face of the western hemisphere, and the lowest on earth with the exception of the Dead Sea of Palestine. Little is known of the fish life of the Salton Sea prior to the last break in the Colorado river dikes. It is definitely known, however, that at the time the sea was something like six times as salty as ocean water, and this fact alone would have precluded the possibility of fish living in its waters. In 1905, the river overflowed its banks, CROPS WILL TELL Responding to the crop situation in the middle west, flour has slumped from 70 to 75 cents on the barrel at the sources of manufacture. A wheat yield which is considerably larger than that of last year is augmented by a surplus of 109,318,000 bushels carried over from last year. The quantity carried over is 60,757,000 in excess of that carried over from 1918. With this enormous supply on hand, there can be but one result, namely, an early reduction in the price of flour here. Retailers who are loth to lower their prices, can not long hold out against an adequate supply and falling market. The law of supply and demand, long suspended, will operate as of old from now on because of a disposition on the part of the public to be governed by it. DEHYDRATION OF FRUITS During the past two years interest in the drying of fruits by artificially applied heat has increased to a most remarkable extent. A number of very large installations for the evaporation of both fruits and vegetables have been established; still others are under process of construction. Several of these represent investments of over $200,000 each. In addition to these very large plants, smaller units costing from $1,000 to $25,000 are being built in such numbers that we have been able to keep in touch with but a small proportion of them. Those smaller plants are being built Although Marlin known as an "opener" be interesting to where to know labor unions to ten years or so first, was that of its formation when G. Harding, manager of The now the republican nee. But that is noitor Harding, whator, however, bof a daily news; little city, set Star building and the sole use of the printers have held and have had them out paying rent. "I understand anxious to talk about the candidates," "That's what we tell them a lot ing's record o want to tell them paid his men al that they theme on and how, in living costs, the paper has disrega it had with the wages until even has been able to living. "Our wages cost of necessary all that we have is that we give the wages we re ANAHEIM GAZETTE on Sea and 160,- which it fresh-el, and ing of muillet, identical California Montenance advance the occaits that of Cali- of the dnd down. This from accemmen record rising up. The aussible stock-milicans sea by young and Gulf of isolated have had proba were er. ole col-ear on Experi-plants ning of degree of summer tempera-25 deard the mere takfor either one of two purposes—the dehydration (evaporation) of fruits and vegetables to replace the sun dried products, or as an insurance against rain damage, to be used only in years of unfavorable sun drying weather. Until recently practically all fruit evaporates (except those in use for apple drying) belonged to "rain dam-age insurance" group, but at the present time evaporators for every day use have the center of the stage. Properly dehydrated or evaporated (these words mean the same thing), fruits are superior in several ways to the sun dried article. They are dried as a rule under more sanitary conditions and therefore carry less dirt, etc., and are less subject to insect infestation than the sun dried fruit. They require much less sulphuring and in many cases sulphuring is omitted. Therefore, there is less objection from food faddists to their sulphurous acid content. Dehydration produces fruit with more of the fresh fruit flavor than does sun drying because it is dried more quickly, at higher temperatures and out of contact with the sun. To those who have decided to build an evaporator comes the problem of selection of an efficient and satisfactory machine. The question also arises: "Shall a commercially built machine be purchased or shall a machine be built?" If a commercially built machine is chosen, the purchaser should investigate to assure himself that he is purchasing an efficient machine. First of all the drier should not be excessive in cost. Our investigations show that a cost of more than $750 per green tons capacity per charge of prunes or grapes is excessive. Secondly, it should be economical to operate both as regards fuel and labor consumption. And a little investigation revealed that the printers and all others in Senator Harding's employ are contented and happy and are as proud of their "boss," who doesn't find it necessary to do much "bossing," as he is of them. WATER POWER ACT FAVORED Already applications for more than one-half million horsepower have been filed with the forest service of the United States department of agriculture in connection with the water-power bill signed by the president on June 11. The increasing cost of fuel and the difficulties of its transportation have put a premium on water power, say forest service experts. It is expected that the legislation will mark the beginning of a new era in power development in the United States. Big developments are to be undertaken in the near future in the east, south and west. The act applies to all power sites on public lands and reservations and on the navigable waters of the United States, including international boundary waters. The administration is charged to a commission comprising the secretaries of war, interior, and agriculture. Full details of the act, such as licenses, rates, and service, may be had upon application to any of the departments named. DECISION FAVORS HIGHWAY Use of federal road funds to increase the interest rate on state highway bonds was held legal by a decision of the third district court of appeals. The decision was made in a suit by W. R. Ellis, former secretary of the highway commission, directed against Governor Stephens and the state department of engineering. A feature of the fair will be the auto-truck-tractor show, for, for which a large tent was recently secured, and the poultry and net stock tent will also have a greater exhibit than ever before. D. W. McDannald will probably be engaged to gather exhibits of rare fruits and vegetables and unusual specimens of farm produce for the coming fair. A. U. W. COMPANY Following is the report of Supt. W. T. Wallop for the month of July, made to the directors of the water com- If a commercially built machine is chosen, the purchaser should investigate to assure himself that he is purchasing an efficient machine. First of all the drier should not be excessive in cost. Our investigations show that a cost of more than $750 per green tons capacity per charge of prunes or grapes is excessive. Secondly, it should be economical to operate both as regards fuel and labor consumption. Third, it must have an adequate heat supply and ample facilities for distributing that heat to the fruit. More evaporators have failed because of insufficient heat than for any other reason. Fourth, the heat must be delivered evenly to the fruit in order that all trays in the stack or on the car dry evenly, in order that excessive cost for sorting and rehandling trays shall not result. Fifth, it must have adequate air circulation. Heat is carried to the fruit in most dryers by air, hence the need of rapid air flow. If it is a fan operated evaporator there should pass through the dryer for every pound of water removed per minute under average conditions at least 1,500 cubic feet of air per minute to furnish the heat required. To carry away the moisture only about one-seventh this amount of air is needed. Some have failed because they have chosen this latter figure for air flow. The speed of air flow across the trays should be at least 300 feet per minute in fan evaporators. Sixth, the dryer should be fireproof. Hollow tile construction is excellent on this account and is not excessive in cost. Seventh, and above and beyond all else, see one of the dryers you propose to build under operation for at least 24 hours on a full load. Many builders of evaporators have deceived themselves, and customers as well, by drying a tray or two at a time in demonstrations. Apricots that may be dried in four hours in small lots will require 12 to 48 hours in the same evaporator loaded to capacity. Much of the present dissatisfaction can be traced to this fact. HARDING'S LABOR RECORD Although Marion, Ohio, commonly is known as an "open shop" town, it will be interesting to laboring men everywhere to know that among the first departments named. DECISION FAVORS HIGHWAY Use of federal road funds to increase the interest rate on state highway bonds was held legal by a decision of the third district court of appeals. The decision was made in a suit by W. R. Ellis, former secretary of the highway commission, directed against Governor Stephens and the state department of engineering. It also is declared to have been within the legal discretion of the state engineering department to order the federal money to be credited to the surplus fund of the state treasury, to be utilized for the purpose of facilitating the sale of highway bonds. The opinion was written by Judge E. C. Hart and concurred in by Associate Justice A. G. Burnett. Superior Judge J. A. Plummer of Stockton, who was acting as the presiding justice, dissented. The result of this decision immediately is to restore the organization of the state highway commission and enable the resumption of work so far as practicable, which was halted on June 8, last, when Ellis sued out a writ of mandate seeking to prevent further expenditure of highway funds. It was charged by Ellis that the treasurer of the United States deposited to the state treasurer checks aggregating $329,011 of highway money which the state should not expend. In the opinion it states it is clear that the transaction involving the sale or exchange of the bonds must be measured by the market conditions, as like securities existing at the time such transaction is had; that the said provision intended to place no further restriction upon the board of control in the sale or exchange of such bonds than to prohibit said board from consummating such sale as that the transaction would result in a net loss to the state. In concurring with Justice Hart, Justice Burnett said: "The federal government has donated to the state a certain sum of money to aid in the construction of highways, with the single limitation that the scheme or project have in view such construction as shall be approved by the federal authorities. Such condition is fully met in the present instance." "The money has been made available to the state authorities, the plan for said public improvements has met with the approval." HARDING'S LABOR RECORD Although Marion, Ohio, commonly is known as an "open shop" town, it will be interesting to laboring men everywhere to know that among the first labor unions to be organized there ten years or so ago, if not actually the first, was that of the printers and that its formation was encouraged by Warren G. Harding, principal owner and manager of The Marion Star, who is now the republican presidential nominee. But that is not all the story. Senator Harding, who was not then a senator, however, but just the publisher of a daily newspaper in a flourishing little city, set aside in The Marion Star building an assembly room for the sole use of the union and there the printers have held their meetings since and have had the use of the room without paying rent. "I understand the democrats are anxious to talk about the labor record of the candidates," said a Marion printer. "That's what we want. We want to tell them a lot about Senator Harding's record on that subject. We want to tell them how he has always paid his men above the union scale that they themselves have agreed upon and how, in the face of advancing living costs, the management of his paper has disregarded the contract that it had with the union and has raised wages until every man in his shop has been able to say he has a decent living. "Our wages have gone up as the cost of necessaries has gone up and all that we have been asked in return is that we give good production for the wages we receive." "The federal government has donated to the state a certain sum of money to aid in the construction of highways, with the single limitation that the scheme or project have in view such construction as shall be approved by the federal authorities. Such condition is fully met in the present instance. "The money has been made available to the state authorities, the plan for said public improvements has met with the approval of said government, and the money is about to be used in the projected scheme, as pointed out by Justice Hart. If the course contemplated by the state authorities cannot be taken then the object to be achieved by the donation will be defeated and instead of aiding in the construction of highways the money contributed by the government will virtually operate to prevent the state from carrying out its beneficent scheme of public improvements." BAKERS TO COMPETE Bakers of Orange county, noted for their fine bread and pastry, are going to have a chance to "show off" the niceties of their art this year where all may see, at the Orange county fair at Huntington Beach, Oct. 7, 8 and 9, and every baker will be invited to compete for prizes to be offered, according to a decision of the fair committee this week. There was a pastry department of last year's fair, but only for housewives, and some of the bakers were disappointed that they could not exhibit examples of their product. The bakers shall have a chance to exhibit this year, the fair committee decided, and a new culinary department especially for bakers has been created so now the bakers may pompete among themselves and the housewives among themselves for baking honors. fair will be the snow, for, for which gently secured, and stock tent will exhibit than ever will probably be exhibits of rare tiles and unusual produce for the COMPANY report of Supt. W. month of July, made the water company Saturday: Superintendent and zanzeros $1315; oil well salary $135; pumping plant repairs $456; ditch cleaning at head, $395; ditch cleaning at Navarro $567.-25; well No. 2C $474.50; well No. 3D $200.50; back $154; work on pipe yard and broken ditch $149.74; hauling to water well at oil wells $2.78; yardman $135. Total $3,985.27. Construction: Stewart pipe line $31.28; making pipe at yard $728.70; hauling gravel at yard $170.38; general trucking (cement, crush rock) $102; A. Rannow $1.11; C. G. Sparks $7.78; hauling gravel on new ditch at head $258.50. Total $1299.75. Water pumpers $360. Repairs: East street ditch $2.78; Graves ranch $0.56; Palm and Sycamore $188.50; Garden Grove road at Rannows $45.62; Bridge, Yorba reservoir $5; ditch, Palm and Kraemer avenues $2.22; Dripps pipe line $3.89; Raymond and Chapman crossing $13.-89; F. Rickers ranch $0.56; Palm street, Anaheim $3.33; Palm drive $5.01; Ross street open ditch $0.56; South branch at Spadra $5; West and Sycamore $1.67; two bridges on main ditch at Correa's $10. Total $288.99. Grand total $5,923.61. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. Fordson TRADE MARK Farm Tractor The farm, just as in the big factories in the city, the machine way of things is quicker, easier, better. The Fordson way is the machine farming. It will help you to raise more per acre, thus increasing income. It will help you to do more work in a day. It will lighten work; and make your work easier for you. 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COOK OF ANAHEIM announces himself as a candidate for Supervisor of announces himself as a candidate for Supervisor of the Third Supervisorial District of Orange county, subject to the decision of voters at the Primary Elecn August 31, 1920.