anaheim-gazette 1920-10-28

FULLERTON LOST IN ANNEXATION CONTEST COURT DECIDES ELECTION EXTENDING CITY LIMITS TO SEWER FARM ILLEGAL. Our Northern Neighbor Finds Itself Blocked in Its Efforts to Secure Sight For Septic Tanks—Anaheim, Being In the Same Predicament, Extends Sympathy—Both Cities Facing A Serious Problem. Fullerton's efforts to solve its sewer problem by running a short string down a country road a few miles and connecting with a ranch which it was proposed to incorporate within the city limits of Fullerton, has been blocked in the courts. The ranch is situated in the west country, some where near the Gilbert ranch on which the city of Anaheim made an abortive time the case is field, and the time the arguments are heard? "It is the opinion of the court that the action by the plaintiffs was brought in sufficient time to enable this court to review the case, and that the procuring of the certificate of jurisdiction does not nullify the authority of this court to review the election." Residents of the Orangethorpe, Brookhurst, and part of the Buena Park districts, Friday took further action to protect themselves permanently against the location of the Fullerton sewer farm in their section by filing with the board of supervisors a petition for incorporation, the proposed city to include, among other territory all those districts which Fullerton recently tried to annex. The petition was filed through Attorney M. B. Wellington, of the firm of Bishop and Wellington of Santa Ana. The new municipality will be known as the "City of Orangethorpe." The population at present included within the district totals 550. The petitioners include more than 50 of these residents who are qualified voters. The newly organized district contains practically all of the territory lying in the quadrangle between Fullerton, Anaheim, Stanton and Buena Park. Fullerton's efforts to solve its sewer problem by running a shod string down a country road a few miles and connecting with a ranch which it was proposed to incorporate within the city limits of Fullerton, has been blocked in the courts. The ranch is situated in the west country, some where near the Gilbert ranch on which the city of Anaheim made an aborative attempt to establish a septic tank some years ago, which scheme was blocked by the indignant residents of the neighborhood running a boundary line around the tract and a few other farms, incorporating it and naming it the city of Stanton in honor of Phil Stanton, who is a large property owner in the neighborhood. There are five other voters living on the Fullerton ranch, and at a recent election they voted unanimously for annexation to Fullerton, but the Orangethorpe and Brookhurst people rose up in their wrath, put on their war paint and started something. They first held indignation meetings and then carried the matter into court. The case was heard Thursday before Judge R. Y. Williams, and the court decided that the election was illegal, consequently the project falls through. The contention of the attorneys for the Fullerton trustees was that the court did not have the right to review the case for the reason that Fullerton had assumed jurisdiction over the disputed territory, and that cases on record held that there could be no action upon a writ of review where de facto jurisdiction had already been established. Major M. B. Wellington, presenting the case for the Orangethorpe residents, showed that at the time the writ was applied for, the Secretary of State of California had not issued a certificate to the city trustees of Fullerton confirming the election and authorizing Fullerton to assume jurisdiction. Although such a certificate was, in fact, obtained after the suit had been filed by the Orangethorpe residents, but before the case came up for argument, the contention of the plaintiffs was that the filing of the suit before Fullerton had assumed jurisdiction automatically gave the court the right to review the proceedings. Judge Williams, in rendering his decision, stated that the opinion of the court was that the alleged annexation of the Brookhurst and Buena Park Ana. The new municipality will be known as the "City of Orange-thorpe." The population at present included within the district totals 550. The petitioners include more than 50 of these residents who are qualified voters. The newly organized district contains practically all of the territory lying in the quadrangle between Fullerton, Anaheim, Stanton and Buena Park. The new incorporation will permanently prevent Fullerton or any other city from obtaining jurisdiction over any of the land included in the new municipality, and thus entirely remove the possibility of a sewer farm being located in that district. Our Flag—No Jag. Referendum Two. Vote Yes, You. ORANGE COUNTY HONEY Of the 300 tons of honey produced in Orange county this year, a banner year for honey, all but some fifteen or sixteen tons have been sold at very good prices. The crop this year has brought him in more than $160,000 to beemen of this county. Nearly every honey producer in this county belongs to the Orange County Honey Producers Co-operative Exchange, which is affiliated with the California Honey Producers Co-operative Exchange which sells the honey for the co-operative producers of this state. This year the state exchange handled 6,400,000 pounds of honey. Under the plan of organization honey is marketed in pools. All the honey of a certain grade goes into one pool. For instance, there are the white orange pool, the sage pool, and the alfalfa pool. This year the best table grades have been bringing twenty cents in bulk, and the darker honey, such as alfalfa, has sold for around fifteen and sixteen. Many Orange County beemen have sold a good deal of their honey in small quantities to local users. Altogether the county exchange members have marketed 236 tons through the state exchange. The honey remaining in the county is practically all in the hands of producers who are not exchange members. Last spring and early summer made a wonderful honey season in this Although such a certificate was, in fact, obtained after the suit had been filed by the Orangethorpe residents, but before the case came up for argument, the contention of the plaintiffs was that the filing of the suit before Fullerton had assumed jurisdiction automatically gave the court the right to review the proceedings. Judge Williams, in rendering his decision, stated that the opinion of the court was that the alleged annexation of the Brookhurst and Buena Park district by a strip of land 60 feet wide did not fall within the meaning of the "State Annexation Act of 1913," which permits a city to annex only contiguous territory. The court also sustained the contention of the plaintiffs that the three tracts annexed did not constitute one parcel of territory, but three parcels, and that the three therefore could not be rightfully joined in one election. "There is only one point in question in the court's mind, and that is, has this court the right to review the proceedings of the Fullerton trustees in calling and holding the election. I am satisfied that the annexation does not fall within the meaning of 'contiguous territory.' The Supreme court has repeatedly decided adversely on similar cases. This suit is however, really a suit brought by a quasi-public corporation, the Orangethorpe School district, its electors and taxpayers, against a public corporation, the City of Fullerton. "Now I realize that had a certificate of jurisdiction been issued to Fullerton previous to the bringing of this suit, and had Fullerton already had de facto jurisdiction, this court would not have the right to review the case. But this jurisdiction was not, and could not lawfully have been exercised at the time this suit was filed. The question is, are defendants able to head off the plaintiffs in their suit by procuring such certificate between the Many Orange County beemen have sold a good deal of their honey in small quantities to local users. Altogether the county exchange members have marketed 236 tons through the state exchange. The honey remaining in the county is practically all in the hands of producers who are not exchange members. Last spring and early summer made a wonderful honey season in this county. Weather conditions were ideal. There was an unusual bloom in the mountain sections, and the bloom continued well into the summer. One of the conditions that adds to the general success of the season is the fact that in addition to the honey taken out of their stands, producers have a good hold-over supply in the stands for winter feed for the bees. Last winter the producers had a good deal of trouble during the sugar shortage in getting honey at fair prices for feeding their bees during the season when the bees had no bloom on which to feed. "I have a lot of honey left in the stands," said Roy K. Blahop, "and it is my intention to leave it there until spring. If weather conditions are right and the bees get to working early and are able to feed themselves, I will extract them. I think that most of the beemen have kept honey for feeding purposes. Andrew Japlin told me he figures there is about two tons of honey left in his stands." Just now there is very little bee feed of any kind. The sunflowers are gone, and only a little clover is left here and there. It will be about six weeks before eucalyptus begins to bloom. Eucalyptus bloom is a valuable source of honey supply." AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, October 28, 1920 MAKE NO MISTAKE—VOTE FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST HARDING----COOLIDGE----SHORTRIDGE HARDING---COOLIDGE--SHORTRIDGE A vote for Harding and Coolidge, for Shortridge and Swing, is a vote for America First, for the preservation of our constitution, for a sane, safe and economical government, and for a tariff law affording protection to the work of your hand and brain. Don't make a mistake—vote for your own interest. Samuel M Shortridge, republican nominee for United States senator, and Gov. William D. Stephens wound up their campaign in Southern California at a monster rally at Santa Ana Saturday night. It was the greatest and most enthusiastic political meeting ever held in Orange county, 5000 people, it is estimated crowding Birch park to hear these distinguished gentlemen speak. All day Saturday was spent in Orange county by Mr. Shortridge and the governor, speeches being made at Tustin, Anaheim, and Orange. A delegation of one hundred republicans, with county chairman A. E. Koespel in command, met the party at San Juan Capistrano as they crossed the county line, and accompanied them throughout the county. The party arrived at Anaheim at noon and took lunch at the Oyster Loaf cafe. At 1:30 o'clock, a large crowd of people gathered at the westside band stand where both the governor and Mr. Shortridge spoke. Both gentlemen were emphatic in their declaration in favor of anti-Japanese legislation, and Mr. Shortridge devoted some time to a discussion of the tariff. He said in part: "Afraid of the tariff issue and of the damage that the Underwood free-trade law has done and is doing to California, the Democrats are now attempting to belittle the question, ridiculing the lemon industry and by false propaganda attempting to fool the people of the State by the statement that the tariff is not longer in the hands of Congress, but will be settled by a tariff commission. "The Democratic candidate has spoken earnestly of the lemon industry as a poor little orphan, or words to that effect Another Democratic leader branded the issue as a joke. And now they come with misleading words to tell you that the tariff is out of the hands of Congress. You know better; ; I know better. The tariff commission is merely an advisory appointive body, and the fate of your lemon industry and of every other great industry in California rests in the hands of your chosen representative to that of 1776 it is 1793 when Washington advised that we avoid entangling alliances with foreign countries. That doctrine and the Monroe doctrine are our mainstays of government today as they have been for scores of years. "I favor in the nation the same humanitarian laws that have been found useful in California. "I stand on the Republican platform and with President Harding upon the issues of this campaign. I am for America first. "If I am ever called upon to act for this nation," he said, "I shall never consent to allow any foreign council to tear one son from an American mother to be sent into Siberian snows or upon a European battlefield in any war that does not concern us." This declaration brought forth great applause. "To vote for Senator Warren G. Harding with one vote and to vote for a Democratic Senator with another vote is but a betrayal of Harding for with the one vote the voter approves of a Hrding and indicates his wish that Harding shall have control of the government and put into effect his policies end with the other vote for a Democratic candidate for the Senate the voter votes to cripple Harding and prevent him from putting his policy into effect; to take away from the Reublican party upon which Senator Harding must rely for the support of his policies, the control of committees and the majority of the vote in the Senate that the Republican party should have with Senator Harding as our President." Raymond Benjamin, assistant to Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and chairman of the California Republican State Central Committee, thus emphasizes the necessity of electing Samuel M. Shortridge to the United States Senate from California in order that the next President, a Republican, have the proper support in carrying out Republican policies. Mr. Benjamin's statement continues as follows: "I want the people of California to know that Senator Harding desires the election of Mr. Shortridge." The Democratic candidate has spoken earnestly of the lemon industry as a poor little orphan, or words to that effect Another Democratic leader branded the issue as a joke. And now they come with misleading words to tell you that the tariff is out of the hands of Congress. You know better; I know better. The tariff commission is merely an advisory appointive body, and the fate of your lemon industry and of every other great industry in California rests in the hands of your chosen representatives in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. "With a Republican President, Senate and House we shall return to the protective tariff policy to foster, aid and encourage our industries, return to the policy of our great leaders from the days of Washington—a policy that has brought untold prosperity to our nation." "Orange county's lemons, beans and walnuts cannot compete with foreign products, where low wages are paid. You must have protection or those crops will pass out of your hands. George Washington was a protective tariff advocate. Throughout the history of this country tariff has brought prosperity, and a failure to follow that policy has brought us hard and difficult times. "You have been told that tariff is not an issue, that the tariff commission will handle all this. Don't be mislead. Every bit of tariff legislation must be initiated in congress. The commission is merely an organization to gather information. If a Republican congress is elected the suicidal Underwood bill will be wiped out. Be assured of that. "Let us think of Europe less and exclusion of Japanese more. I want to keep California to the type and standard of citizenship it has always maintained. Harding will start negotiations for a treaty to exclude Japanese, and if no treaty is possible he will see that the exclusion act is passed. "Harding will seek advice and will need it, for he recognizes that we live under a constitutional government and that the presidential chair is not an autocratic throne. "If any date in our history is second in importance "I want the people of California to know that Senator Harding desires the election of Mr. Shortridge and that by the election of Mr. Shortridge we will insure favor for California of the next President. The decision rests with us whether we will give Senator Harding the control of the Senate so essential to him and thus make sure of his gratitude, or whether we will present the sorry spectacle of being so impractical as to elect Senator Harding to do the work for us and then prevent him having that instrumentality through which the work must be done. "The Republican party has a majority of just one vote in the United States Senate today and any un-toward accident to one Republican Senator would leave the party without control of the Senate. "Any person who should vote for Senator Harding should vote for Shortridge. There is no excuse for doing otherwise and certainly no justification for doing otherwise. "If the wheels on the right side of an engine are going in one direction and the wheels on the left side of the engine are turning in the opposite direction the engine can but spin in a circle and get no where and this condition would be borne out by having a Republican President and a Democratic Senate. "All of the policies necessary to the protection of our state have been espoused by and are the policies that Mr. Shortridge will contend for. For more than 20 years he has been an advocate of Japanese exclusion and has written and spoken on that subject. All of his life he has been a firm advocate for protection of California industries and production. All of his life he has been a student of history, both national and international and he is a gentleman of scholarly attainments." ORANGE COUNTY'S RARE FRUITS Hundreds of visitors went home from the Southern California fair, recently held at Riverside, deeply interested in the strange, exotic fruits that were featured in the Orange county booth in the agricultural tent. All of these curiosities were grown in Orange county and in their native countries are regarded as staple products. They have been brought to this country from the south of Europe, the semi-tropical regions of Asia, the center of South America and the islands of South America and the islands of the sea and in many cases there is no reason why they should not prove valuable crops in Southern California. There was, for instance, the candle nut from China from which tong oil is made. Tong oil is the most delicate lubricating oil known, extensively used in airplanes. The United States government has contracted with China for all of the tong oil she can produce. The husk of the candle nut yields a high grade varnish. This product of dual usefulness could well be made a revenue producer in Southern California. The sacred apple is highly prized in Queensland, Australia, as a marmalade fruit. Finer than dates are the Chinese Jujubes and anyone can raise them in the back yard. From Uruguay comes the feljoa, the big celebration promised on Nov. 11 EVERYBODY JOINING HANDS TO HELP AMERICAN LEGION BOYS JUBILATE Armistice Day Observance Promises to be Biggest Thing Ever Seen in Anaheim—Every Home in the City Expected to be Decorated With Patriotic Colors—Splendid Attractions At The Five Days' Carnival. Every house in Anaheim, it is expected, will be decorated with national colors on Armistice Day, Thursday, November 11. Merchants and owners of buildings in the business district have been requested to lay in a supply of bunting and flags in preparation for the day, and an appeal is made to the patriotic people to show their colors by decorating their residences. If the plans and the request of the American Legion Post are heeded by the people not a house in town will remain undecorated on ment has contracted with China for all of the tong oil she can produce. The husk of the candle nut yields a high grade varnish. This product of dual usefulness could well be made a revenue producer in Southern California. The sacred apple is highly prized in Queensland, Australia, as a marmalade fruit. Finer than dates are the Chinese jujubes and anyone can raise them in the back yard. From Uruguay comes the feljoa, the fruit that is said to embody the flavors of all other fruits. Even the skin is edible. This fruit is high in pectin and makes the most delicious of jellies. The sepoto blanco from South America is highly prized as a fruit to eat out of hand and the same is true of the garden peach from India. Persian pomegranates grow larger than any other variety and they have been famous in history and literature since ancient times. Avocados weighing three pounds are not unusual, but few people have seen the tiny ones that weigh less than an ounce. They are an unpollenized variety with an excellent flavor and suitable for use in salads. The cherimoya is a Peruvian product better known as the custard apple, a delicious table fruit. Carissa grandiflora or natal plum was brought from South Africa and another variety of the same fruit comes from Egypt. The roes apple from Hawaii and the tree tomato from Persia both have commercial possibilities. Seedless sapotas from South America were brought from what is probably the only tree in the world. Well known is the St. John's bread or carob tree pod. The sugar content of the carob bean is 54.4 per cent, far above that of the sugar beet which is only 20 per cent. Some day some enterprising Yankee is going to discover a process for extracting the sugar from the carob bean and then—! Klondike walnuts attain an appalling size and bring a goodly price on the market. Japanese grape fruit half matured are as large as the fully grown grapefruit raised in Southern California. They are bright green in color and never turn yellow. Pound pears weigh much more than a pound apiece and Black Bishop grapes are a particularly fine variety. In the vegetable line the chayote from Mexico, the crown squash and the cushow squash are little known varieties that are unusually palatable. Every house in Anaheim, it is expected, will be decorated with national colors on Armistice Day, Thursday, November 11. Merchants and owners of buildings in the business district have been requested to lay in a supply of bunting and flags in preparation for the day, and an appeal is made to the patriotic people to show their colors by decorating their residences. If the plans and the request of the American Legion Post are heeded by the people not a house in town will remain undecorated on that memorable day. This is our first Armistice Day celebration, and it is going to be the greatest thing of the kind ever seen in this city. At the request of the Post every lodge and society in Anaheim has signified its intention of taking part and a monster parade is planned. Merchants, generally, have agreed to furnish floats and some of the societies also will have floats in the parade. As this is the only city in the northern end of the county holding a celebration, the Legion boys of Fullerton and Brea will join with the local Post, and several hundred of the soldier boys will be in line. Streamers will wave over the business streets, and the city will have colored lights strung across the thoroughfares. Speakers will be present to orate for those who care to hear, and it is promised they will be spell-binders. They will be solder boys, of course, who participated in the great war that ended on that day two years ago. The carnival will be in full swing on Thursday as it begins Tuesday and ends Saturday night. The Venice amusement company will bring over some of the greatest attractions on the road and the people will be able to see something worth while in the nature of freaks, curiosities, shows, etc. There will be nothing objectionable in any of the concessions, consequently every man should make calculations on gathering his wife, his children, the baby and the family dog about him and seeing everything at least twice. The Anaheim Elks band has been engaged to furnish the principal part of the music, but there will be orchestras and other musical attractions to assist. The carnival is given under the auspices of the Legion boys. Referendum Two. November Two. Vote Yes, You. Japanese grape fruit half matured are as large as the fully grown grape-fruit raised in Southern California. They are bright green in color and never turn yellow. Pound pears weigh much more than a pound apiece and Black Bishop grapes are a particularly fine variety. In the vegetable line the chayote from Mexico, the crown squash and the cushow squash are little known varieties that are unusually palatable. ATTACKED BY DOGS Fred P. Jayne, president and general manager of the California Crate company, has virtually recovered from injuries received when he was bitten by a big staghound while he was walking with Mrs. Jayne near Modjeska's four weeks ago Sunday. According to Jayne, he and Mrs. Jayne were walking past in a canyon in which the dogs, said to be owned by Thomas Johnson, were kept. The dogs rushed out and attacked them, and although Jayne succeeded in beating off one of the doks, the other managed to sink his teeth in the back of Jayne's knees, making six incisions. The dogs are said to have attacked other people before, but have never before been known to have inflicted an injury. Jayne warns people to beware of the dogs, which have been moved since the occurrence, to a canyon near Santa Ana. Judge J. S. Howard, president of the Republican club, has called a meeting of the club at the chamber of commerce room tonight. The purpose of the meeting is to arrange for election day, to appoint workers and secure autos in which to bring out the tardy voters. There should be a large attendance. The Anaheim Elks band has been engaged to furnish the principal part of the music, but there will be orchestras and other musical attractions to assist. The carnival is given under the auspices of the Legion boys. Referendum Two. November Two. Vote Yes, You. SECOND ANNUAL FARM BUREAU CITRUS INSTITUTE Field Demonstrations, Oct. 27-28-29 At W. R. Ward Ranch, East Center and Placentia Ave. Anaheim. Wednesday, Oct. 27th. 10 A.M. "Pruning the Lemon"... Dr. H. S. Reed, Citrus Experiment Station. 2 P.M. "Pruning the Orange" Dr. H. S. Reed Thursday, Oct 28th. 10 A.M. "Fumigation—Principles, Injuries, and Late Observations." H. S. Woglum. "Red Spider and Aphis Control"--Prof. Ralph Smith. 2 P.M. "Fertilizer and Cover Crops" Dr. I. G. McBeth, Mgr., Leffingwell Rancho, Whittier. "Standardization of Barnyard Manures" Prof. Geo. P. Gray, State Department of Agriculture. "The Future of the Organic Fertilizer Supply" A. E. Barnes, California Fruit Exchange. Friday, Oct. 29th. 10 A.M. "Tractor vs the Horse" "Cost of Producing the Orange" Prof. R. S. Valle, Citrus Experiment Station. 2 P.M. "Treatment of Citrus Diseases" Dr. H. S. Fawcett, Dr. J. T. Barrett Citrus Experiment Station.