anaheim-gazette 1920-08-26

Anaheim Gazette ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY Henry Kuohel, 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 FOOLED LLOYD GEORGE Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic nominee for the vice presidency, is stumping the extreme northern states, and doing yeoman service for Harding and Coolidge. May his tribe increase. One day last week he made the statement in a Montana speech that all the senators who refused to subscribe to Mr. Wilson's international covenant are crooks. Of course the people who do not agree with Mr. Wilson are getting used to being called pigmy-minded, pro-Germans and a few other pet names, and the thick-skinned republicans morelp smile at such allegations, but the twenty-six democratic senators who failed to see the light as the president sees it probably will not relish being denounced as crooks by their party candidate for the vice presidency. In a subsequent speech Mr. Roosevelt made the statement that at the Versailles conference President Wilson hood-winked, bamboozled, hornswaggled, befooled and slipped one over on David Lloyd George. This is good news, if true. We read with humiliation at the adjournment of the conference that George went home laughing in his sleeps because he had horse-power of the heavy cars be cut down, and could not the cheaper and lighter cars be so equipped as to get all the speed desirable from a very much smaller amount of gasoline than is now used." The gasoline problem will be solved but it will take the intelligent cooperation of all persons interested in it to solve it. ORANGE COUNTY SETTING PACE What is indicated as a state-wide movement to limit the capacity loads of commercial vehicles on the highways in order to prevent further disintegration of the roads has been started throughout Southern California. The significance of the move to motorists and trucking interests in this, according to officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California, that the state law in regard to the capacity loads of motor vehicles can be superceded by each individual county until the size of the loads can be greatly reduced. At the present time the maximum load on a four-wheeled vehicle is 30,000 pounds—or 800 pounds to an inch of tire width. If your tires are seven inches wide then your load can be seven times 800 multiplied by four. On metal tires, the load is limited to 600 pounds per inch of tire width. These restrictions did not please Orange county, and so the state law, as quoted above, was modified there as follows, going into effect on August 7: The maximum load in Orange county is now 23,400, with a limit of 700 (instead of 800) pounds to an inch of tire width for pneumatic tires. On solid rubber tires the limit is 650 pounds. On metal tires the limit is 600 pounds to the inch. Eden Sho Keep Walter Eden In view of the imminent change County will miss fails to elect Walters Senator. There are two members State Senator. The and H. B. Woodrow. EDEN IS NOT A UNTRAINED MAN this county at Sacramento semblyman, and he well. State Treasurer in Orange County "Walter Eden was active men of the sent back as State enter upon his work ed standing. He appointed and no new man could at Sacramento Dependence, mature rough training as California needs me at Sacramento." By all means, Oran which the country past seven years for a cumulative ship payment of the debt the act reads "'The sinking furthereto are hereby the payment of us at maturity, or for ably will not relish being denounced as crooks by their party candidate for the vice presidency. In a subsequent speech Mr. Roosevelt made the statement that at the Versailles conference President Wilson hood-winked, bamboozled, horn-swaggled, befoiled and slipped one over on David Lloyd George. This is good news, if true. We read with humiliation at the adjournment of the conference that George went home laughing in his sleeve because he had made a cat's paw of Wilson in securing six votes in the league council for the six autonomous units composing the British empire whereas the forty-eight autonomous units composing the United States were entitled to but one vote between them. But Mr. Mr. Roosevelt tells us that the United States, were it a member of the league, would control thirteen votes, all but one being cast by small republics in the western hemisphere. Moreover, Mr. Roosevelt says he himself, was carrying two votes in his vest pocket until he quit the navy department, and these are now in keeping of Secretary Daniels. These are the votes of Haiti and Santo Domingo, the two black republics in the island of Haiti. What assurance has Mr. Roosevelt that these votes would be delivered to the United States? The men governing these countries today may be hanged or on the run tomorrow. A promise, a pledge or a bond from any of them would be of little value. Their votes could probably be purchased with a bottle of booze, and alas, the United States has no booze with which to subsidize the free, independent and patriotic representatives of these sister nations. Mr. Roosevelt's statement, nevertheless, recalls to mind that the little island of Haiti, people by three million semi-savage negroes, would have twice as potent a voice in the government of the world under Mr. Wilson's league of nations as the United States with its 110 millions of civilized and intelligent people would have. THE GASOLINE SITUATION Never have the production and consumption of petroleum been so great as at present. But the consumption is increasing more rapidly than the production. It may be of interest to you to know that the American Petroleum Company did not please Orange county, and so the state law, as quoted above, was modified there as follows, going into effect on August 7: The maximum load in Orange county is now 23,400, with a limit of 700 (instead of 800) pounds to an inch of tire width for pneumatic tires. On solid rubber tires the limit is 650 pounds. On metal tires the limit is 600 pounds to the inch. What one county has done, any other county can do—such is the law. Attorney Kelso of the automobile club has looked into the case of Orange county, and found that there they are going to protect their roads from unusually heavy traffic by a straight limit. Consideration has been given the subject in other counties, notably San Bernardino, Tulare and Ventura. Commercial motor vehicles loaded to capacity in Los Angeles county, for instance, setting out for Santa Ana must see that the load does not exceed the legal requirements as they exist in Orange county. THE REAPPORTIONMENT BILL What would you say, Mr. Voter, if some one were to tell you that while Los Angeles and San Francisco will form their new senatorial districts in the reapportionment bill to be enacted next year upon a basis of a population of 80,000, that Orange and Riverside counties with a population of 112,000 will be placed in a senatorial district together? And what would you say, as if this excess population of 32,000 were not enough, Imperial county would be added to the district, giving us a combined population of 157,000 people, or an excess population of 77,000? Yet, this is just about what is going to happen. The state constitution prohibits the joining of a part of one county to another in the formation of senatorial districts, but this plan may be adopted in the formation of congressional districts. As neither Orange, Riverside, nor Imperial county has sufficient population for a senatorial district the three may be joined in the new 39th senatorial district. Los Angeles and San Francisco will form their senatorial districts upon the basis of 80,000 population, while our district will show this enormous excess of population. There seems to be no possible help for it, but this is a squeeze which we are coming to in the reapportionment bill to be enacted to 600 pounds per inch of tire width. These restrictions did not please Orange county, and so the state law, as quoted above, was modified there as follows, going into effect on August 7: The maximum load in Orange county is now 23,400, with a limit of 700 (instead of 800) pounds to an inch of tire width for pneumatic tires. On solid rubber tires the limit is 650 pounds. On metal tires the limit is 600 pounds to the inch. The sinking fund thereto are hereby the payment of such at maturity, or for purchase thereof by the secretary of the prices and upon suctions as he shall pay be available until notes are retired." "It will be observatory is bound to not later than the when each issue will lie. Aside from this ever, he is clothed toocratic power to make the sinking fund whatever amounts it may let the fund reach billions of idle in the treasury Bond maturity date may, on the first year, take the annual sinking fund avail and immediately buy market or redeem owners if their re- been passed. The payments involved would cost them millions of dollars latter plan. The lion to the discretion oual at the head of ment whether thered that unnecessarily. "Now, the republic believes that it has man in the countryside candidate, and a most competent his secretary of ther shall have been fundamentally at vican principles t however capable, tic powers as ther secretary unde act. It is equally publicanism to de plain language oft to take purely legal from the people's tives in congress." THE GASOLINE SITUATION Never have the production and consumption of petroleum been so great as at present. But the consumption is increasing more rapidly than the production. It may be of interest to you to know that the American Petroleum Institute has addressed a letter to the 5,000 members of the Society of Automotive Engineers, containing the following: "A careful study of the statistics in the memorandum will show that the amount of crude oil available during the period of very low-priced gasoline was so great as to excuse for the time being any great expenditure of effort on the part of the automotive engineer to conserve fuel. That time is past. The time has now come when, from the oil man's aspect, it would seem as though the problem of the automotive engineer is to build engines that instead of going from seven to twelve miles on a gallon of gasoline will go twenty to thirty miles on the same amount, and that the problem is not to build engines to burn refined oil, or some product of petroleum other than the present motor fuels, as at the present time there is not enough petroleum to go around and to meet all requirements. "With the speed limits of automobiles fixed at about 25 miles an hour, and with the crowded condition of our city streets and roads today, making it unsafe to drive very much faster, why is it not necessary, advisable, and practicable to cut down very materially the consumption of gasoline by all types of automobiles, by the more efficient use of fuel? Should not the congressional districts. As neither Orange, Riverside, nor Imperial county has sufficient population for a senatorial district the three may be joined in the new 39th senatorial district. Los Angeles and San Francisco will form their senatorial districts upon the basis of 80,000 population, while our district will show this enormous excess of population. There seems to be no possible help for it, but this is a squeeze which we are coming to in the reapportionment bill to be enacted next year. The constitution gives this great advantage to the larger counties, and Los Angeles and San Francisco will control the state legislature for the ensuing ten years. This seems to be nothing short of a political crime, but we have had so much of it in our decennial reapportionment bills that we are coming to be quite used to it. Probably we shall alternate the state senator with Riverside and Imperial counties for the next ten years, and in the meantime what are you going to do about it? SERIAL BONDS AND WHAT THEY WILL DO Substitution of a specific program of debt liquidation for the slipshod provisions of the democratic law, through a single serial bond issue, is advocated by the Republican publicity association, through its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the following article: "In the victory loan act of March 3, 1919, is found the provision of law under which our war debt is to be repaid. Passed by a democratic congress and approved by a democratic president only a day before the end of that party's control of the legislative branch of the government, it is a typical example of the loose laws and autocratic administration under Eden Trained and Tried Should be Kept on Job Keep Walter Eden on the job. In view of the important matters in which this county is interested, Orange County will make a mistake if it fails to elect Walter Eden as State Senator. There are two men in the race for State Senator. They are Walter Eden and H. B. Woodrough. EDEN IS NOT AN UNTRIED AND UNTRAINED MAN. He has served this county at Sacramento as its assemblyman, and he served the county well. State Treasurer Richardson visiting in Orange County last week said: "Walter Eden was one of the strong active men of the assembly. If he is sent back as State Senator he will enter upon his work with an established standing. He will get committee appointments and have an influence no new man could have. In his work at Sacramento Eden showed independence, mature judgment, and thorough training as a public official. California needs more men like Eden at Sacramento." By all means, Orange County should have a State Senator who has ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT HE CAN DELIVER THE GOODS. The assemblyman and state senators from our districts are going to have a fight on their hands at the next legislature to prevent Orange County from being swallowed up by either San Diego or Los Angeles in their scramble to get another congressman. The next legislature will pass a bill re-districting the state into congressional, state senatorial, and assembly districts, and for that very thing Orange County should not fail to send Eden to the State Senate, for Eden is experienced in handling legislation and can look after our interests effectively. Eden knows Orange County's needs. He was born and brought up on a farm. He knows the farmer's viewpoint thoroughly. Farmers of Orange County have always gotten the squarest kind of a deal from Walter Eden, and they always will. Because of his experience and ability and attitude upon moral affairs, voters of Orange County should KEEP EDEN ON THE JOB. which the country has labored for the past seven years. After providing for a cumulative sinking fund for the payment of the billions of our war debt the act reads as follows: "The sinking fund and all additions thereto are hereby appropriated for the payment of such bonds and notes at maturity, or for the redemption or of agriculture to read, "Set a bug to catch a bug." The Calasoma Beetle, imported into this country to fight the gypsy moth, is more than making good in its warfare, and now, whenever a report comes into the department to the effect that the gypsy moth has appeared in any region, a detachment of beetle tions of the country in the possibility of producing their own sugar on the farm by some simple process or of establishing and operating their own sugar mills. Owing to the scarcity and high price of sugar numerous inquiries on the subject are being received by the bureau of plant industry of the United States department of agriculture. According to specialists of the bureau who have made a close study of all phases of beet sugar production, there are several fundamental features to be taken into consideration in the establishment and operation of sugar mills. In the first place, no simple or inexpensive method of making sugar from beets on a home or small scale has been devised. Therefore a fully equipped sugar mill is necessary in producing sugar from beets. The smallest beet sugar mill, say the bureau specialists, to be successful should slice not less than 500 tons of beets a day for a period of 100 days each year. Since the average yield of beets in the United States is 10 tons per acre, not less than 5000 acres. NOTICE INVITING BIDS Santa Ana, Cal., Aug. 24, 1920. In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California, adopted August 24, 1920, directing this notice, notice is hereby given that said Board will receive at its offices at the Court House at Santa Ana at or before the hour of 11 o'clock am., September 14, 1920, sealed bids or proposals for the paving of 94,928 square feet of asphalt pavement on Euclid Avenue and 13,938.00 square feet of asphalt pavement on Broad Street, all in the Third Road District, Orange County, California. Pavement to be 18 feet wide 5 inches thick laid in two course. Bids must be made on the form provided for the purpose, addressed to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, Cal., marked "Bid for Euclid Ave and Broad St." The work is to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans and specifications adopted by the Board of Supervisors on file in the office of said Board and in the office of the County Engineer in the Court House. Each bidder must submit with his proposal a satisfactory check, certified by a responsible bank and payable to the California needs more men like Eden at Sacramento." By all means, Orange County should which the country has labored for the past seven years. After providing for a cumulative sinking fund for the payment of the billions of our war debt the act reads as follows: "The sinking fund and all additions thereto are hereby appropriated for the payment of such bonds and notes at maturity, or for the redemption or purchase thereof before maturity by the secretary of the treasury at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as he shall prescribe, and shall be available until all such bonds and notes are retired." "It will be observed that the secretary is bound to redeem the bonds not later than the maturity date fixed when each issue was sold to the public. Aside from that limitation, however, he is clothed with complete autocratic power to make payments from the sinking fund whenever and in whatever amounts he may see fit. He may let the fund accumulate until it reaches billions of dollars and remain idle in the treasury until a Liberty Bond maturity date is reached, or he may, on the first day of each fiscal year, take the annual increment to the sinking fund available on that date and immediately buy bonds in the open market or redeem them from their owners if their redemption date has been passed. The additional interest payments involved in the former method would cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars more than the latter plan. The law leaves it wholly to the discretion of the single individual at the head of the treasury department whether the people shall be taxed that unnecessary amount or not. "Now, the republican party firmly believes that it has chosen the best man in the country for its presidential candidate, and that he will select a most competent financial expert for his secretary of the treasury after he shall have been elected. But it is fundamentally at variance with republican principles to clothe any man, however capable, with such autocratic powers as those now wielded by the secretary under the Victory Loan act. It is equally contrary to true republicanism to depart so far from the plain language of the Constitution as to take purely legislative powers away from the people's chosen representatives in congress and place them in agriculture to read, "Set a bug to catch a bug." The Calasoma Beetle, imported into this country to fight the gypsy moth, is more than making good in its warfare, and now, whenever a report comes into the department to the effect that the gypsy moth has appeared in any region, a detachment of beetle reserves is shipped to that point and released. The beetle is a handsome warrior in its suit of steel blue mail. Its back has a metallic blue-green luster, its head is dark blue and its under parts are a bluish-black. If the observer notices one of these species in his neighborhood he should withhold the heavy hand, for that blue beetle is a knight-errant, bound to succor plants in distress. (Authorized Publicity) JUDGE SLOANE FOR SUPREME COURT On May 1, 1920, Governor Stephens appointed Hon. W. A. Sloane of San Diego an associate justice of the supreme court of California, to succeed the late Justice Henry A. Melvin. Under the constitution, Justice Sloane holds office until the general election in November next, when the voters will elect a candidate to fill Justice Melvin's unexpired term of two years. Justice Sloane has qualified as a candidate for this unexpired term and his name will appear on the ballot at the primary, on August 31, 1920. The undersigned members of the San Francisco bar cordially recommend his election. In the ten years of his judicial career Justice Sloane has proved himself a judge of exceptional merit, and one possessing great capacity for the efficient dispatch of judicial business; and he is a man of the highest character and intergrity. Justice Sloane has been a resident of San Diego for thirty-two years. He was appointed judge of the superior court of that county by Governor Johnson and was subsequently twice elected to the position, holding it for eight years. He later served as associate justice of the district court of appeal at Los Angeles from January 1, 1919, until May 1, 1920, when he became an associate justice of the supreme court. Because of his judicial experience, for the paving of 98,520 square feet of asphalt pavement on Euclid Avenue and 13,933 square feet of saphalt pavement on Broad Street, all in Third Road District Orange County California Pavement to be 18 feet wide 5 inches thick laid in two course. Bids must be made on the form provided for the purpose, addressed to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, Cal., marked "Bid for Euclid Ave and Broad St." The work is to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans and specifications adopted by the Board of Supervisors on file in the office of said Board and in the office of the County Engineer in the Court House. Each bidder must submit with his proposal a satisfactory check, certified by a responsible bank and payable to the order of the County of Orange, for an amount not less than five per cent of the aggregate sum of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if the same is awarded him and in event of failure to enter into such contract, said check shall become the property of the County. The amount of the bond to be given to secure a faithful performance of the contract for said work shall be 25 per cent of the contract price thereof, and an additional bond in an amount equal to 50 per cent (60%) of the contract price for said work shall be given to secure the payment of claims for any material or supplies furnished for the performance of the work contracted to be done by Contractor, or any work or labor of any kind done thereon, and also will be required to furnish a certificate that he carries compensation insurance covering his employees upon work to be done under contract which may be entered into between him and the said County for the building of said roads. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange State of California. J. M. BACKS. County Clerk. 8-26-3t shall have been elected. But it is fundamentally at variance with republican principles to clothe any man, however capable, with such autocratic powers as those now wielded by the secretary under the Victory Loan act. It is equally contrary to true republicanism to depart so far from the plain language of the Constitution as to take purely legislative powers away from the people's chosen representatives in congress and place them in the hands of a man who has never received the endorsement of the voters, but is merely an appointee of the president. "Senator Harding, in his speech of acceptance, intimated that, if elected, he would take steps to restore Liberty Bonds to par. One of the means by which that could be done would be the refunding of all the Liberty issues into a single issue of serial bonds at a higher rate of interest but involving no additional total cost to the people. Such a plan would not only restore to bondholders of the country approximately $2,000,000,000 lost through depreciation, but it would restore to the people's representatives in congress control over money in the national treasury. It would repeal the slipshod debt payment provisions now in the law, and substitute for them a specific program of debt liquidation at a minimum cost. By reference to it the people could ascertain at once and at any time the exact amount remaining unpaid, the amount of each annual payment, and the precise time when the last dollar of war debt would be canceled, impossible under the present democratic law." A BUG-KNIGHT-ERRANT "Set a thief to catch a thief" has been paraphrased by the department Justice Slocane has been a resident of San Diego for thirty-two years. He was appointed judge of the superior court of that county by Governor Johnson and was subsequently twice elected to the position, holding it for eight years. He later served as associate justice of the district court of appeal at Los Angeles from January 1, 1919, until May 1, 1920, when he became an associate justice of the supreme court. Because of his judicial experience, known ability, and high character, we heartily endorse his candidacy to fill the late Justice Melvin's unexpired term, and in the public interest we recommend that he be elected. Jeremiah F. Sullivan, Frank P. Deering, Frank D. Madison, W. H. Humphrey, Joseph Kirk, William Thomas, James P. Langhorne, Charles S. Wheeler, Jared How, Wm. B. Bosley, Matt I. Sullivan Thos. E. Haven, Alfred Sutro, Percy V. Long, Charles J. Heggerty, Wm. H. Jordan, Beverly L. Hodghead, John S. Partridge, John F. Neylan, Percy E. Towne, Francis V. Keesling, James M. Oliver, Sidney M. Ehrman, H. U. Brandenstein, Thos. W. Hickey, Hugh Goodfellow, M.C. Sloss, Charles W. Slack, Warren Gregory, O.K. Cushing, E.S. Heller, A.F. Morrison, W.I. Brobeck, P.F. Dunne, Garret W. McEnerney, Gavin McNab, E.S. Pillsbury, Samuel Knight, M.S. Wilson, John J. Barrett, George H. Mastick Wm. F. Humphrey, W.H. Orrick, Max J. Kuhl, Stanley Moore, Eustace Cullinan, Ira S.Lillick, Randolph V. Whiting, H.C.Lucas, J.M. Mannon Jr., Cyril R.Tobin, T.C.Coogan. BEET GROWERSWOULD HAVE SUGAR MILLS Keen interest is being evidenced by sugar beet growers in various sec- of beets must be grown annually for each mill of this size. A smaller acreage would probably cause the mill to operate at a loss under normal conditions. There is almost always a larger or smaller loss of beet acreage during the season in every community where beets are grown, hence in order to bring 5000 acres of beets to maturity it would be wise to plant about 5500 acres. In order to insure the production of from 5000 to 6000 acres of beets annually in a given beet area there should be available in that area at least from fifteen to twenty thousand acres of good beet land, so that proper crop rotation can be practiced. This acreage should be so located that from 25 per cent to 50 per cent of the beets grown can be delivered at the sugar mill by wagons, and the remainder of the beets should have a freight haul of less than 100 miles, in order to avoid heavy freight charges. The construction and equipment of a mill of 500 tons slicing capacity would cost under present conditions approximately $750,000. This is about 50 per cent above pre-war costs owing to the increased price of materials and the higher scale of wages. In addition to the initial cost of the mill approximately $500,000 of working capital would be required in cash for overhead charges and operating expenses until returns can be expected from the sale of the sugar. POPULATION 20 YEARS AGO In 1900 there were nine townships in Orange county as compared with eighteen in the census this year. They were Anaheim with a population of 2261—now 6936; Buena Park, then 995—now 947 (this shows a loss—probably suffered by loss of territory); Fullerton, 1719—now 5037; Los Alamitos, 253—now 620; Orange, 3293—now 8134; San Juan, 905—now 1064; Santa Ana, 6680—now.17,777; Westminster, 3300—now 4181; and Yorba 290—now 563. Twenty years ago there were only three incorporated towns—now there are seven. Brea is the only one not incorporated ten years ago. In 1900 Anaheim had 1456—now 5526; Orange 1216—now 4884; Santa Ana 4933—now 15,485. Orange county total: in 1900—19,696; in 1910—34,436; in 1920—61,375. Officer Tex Choate is off duty this week and spending his vacation at Big Bear. Close Relationship There is a close, friendly feeling existing between the officers and depositors of this bank—a condition which enables you to feel free at all times to consult them on financial matters. This enables you to get the greatest benefit from your bank. There is a close, friendly feeling existing between the officers and depositors of this bank—a condition which enables you to feel free at all times to consult them on financial matters. This enables you to get the greatest benefit from your bank. Golden State National Bank ANAHEIM OFFICERS and DIRECTORS ADOLPH THOMAS, President LOUIS DENNI, Vice President E. M. EVERETT, Assistant Cashier FRED KOESEL, Vice President C. F. GRIM E. E. SMITH, Cashier WM. STARK W. A. BOYNGE William Schumacher of Buena Park announces himself as a candidate of Buena Park announces himself as a candidate Supervisor from the Third Suvisorial District of Orange unty, subject to the decision of voters at the Primary Election august 31, 1920.