anaheim-gazette 1921-01-20

In the Days of Long Ago Items of Local Interest Culled from the Files of Former Issues of this Paper. From The Gazette 80 Years Age Today The progressive portion of our citizens are anxiously awaiting further news about the proposed railway from our young though flourishing city of Anaheim to the Anaheim landing. We have no doubt that such an undertaking will not only prove a source of remuneration to the stockholders, but will be a great and lasting benefit to this section of the county, which only wants some such enterprise to make the country around us one of the most beautiful Arcadias that the mind of man has ever conceived. It is to be hoped that our esteemed friend and fellow citizen, who has forever had the welfare of our little community at heart, will succeed in his undertaking, and will meet with that ready response from our townsmen which his kindly talents so justly calls forth. Some three months since a man came to Anaheim and erected a magnificent photograph gallery on Los Angeles street; skylight, exits, entrance and chemical room, were completed in an excellent manner and with the greatest dispatch. Since that time, however, he has not put in an appearance at Anaheim, and there is much conjecture as to "what's up." The house of Langenberger & Co. is From Gazette Files of 26 Years Ago The sugar factory directors held an executive session on Tuesday. There were present Drs. Van Norman and Bartleit and Messrs. Lathrop, French and Fowler. Ex-Secretary Marks of Santa Ana and E. F. Dyer of Los Angeles were also present. It was reported that Gen. Pierce had resigned from the directorate. Mr. Dickel's rain gauge recorded .25 of an inch for the precipitation last Wednesday night, .07 for the shower on Saturday, and .76 for the rain on Monday, a total of 1.78 inches for the storm, and 3.40 inches for the season. A party of men are digging for hidden treasure in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, that was said to have been buried there many years ago, so we are informed by Adolph Rimpah, according to a tradition handed down in his family by his grandfather, the father of his mother, Don Francisco Abilla. The treasure is said to have been buried by Don Francisco when Pio Pico was governor. Don Francisco accumulated about $100,000 in coin and jewels, and fearing bandits, decided to bury it, selecting a canyon in what is now the park. He pointed out the spot one time to his wife, but omitted to tell her its exact location, and died soon after. SUPERVISOR FINLAND SCORES Thinks County Shows Its Rights To Haiti A broadside was Supervisor S. H. Finley His target is the Orange County Harbor lease 1000 feet of port harbor frontage of Long Beach. Finley declares the trol of the best of its Orange county will nothing for the residents will benefit 000 dredging that payment for the lease to Craig. That the county is a foot of frontage dredging operation, money planned undo for rock to be dumped at the new mouth river was diverted among the charges. The proposed Crooked drawn up by Attorneys for the harbor comes in Craig's hands. The statement made Finley touches up policy of the harbor contends that should have devoted to the entrance to dredging inside of Finley's statement. "Editor Register made yesterday in proposed lease of John F. Craig, haunted of Orange." Some three months since a man came to Anaheim and erected a magnificent photograph gallery on Los Angeles street; skylight, exits, entrance and chemical room, were completed in an excellent manner and with the greatest dispatch. Since that time, however, he has not put in an appearance at Anaheim, and there is much conjecture as to "what's up." The house of Langenberger & Co. is making large shipments of wine to San Francisco by way of Anaheim Landing. The frame work of Peter Richard's new two-story building is up, and considerable progress has been made upon it this week. It is expected to be completed and opened by a grand ball on the 22nd of February. We hear a strange rumor that the regular line of steamers is soon to convey passengers to San Francisco at 50 cents each. It is hoped that they will not soon pay people $5 each to go, or it may tend to depopulate our county. When that time comes there will be a vacant situation in the editor's department of this paper. Following is the list of shipments from Anaheim to San Francisco by the steamer Senator, January 17: Ninety-two pipes wine, 1 pipe brandy, 40 hides, 2 bales sheep skins, 1 barrel wine, 1 billiard table, 500 sacks corn, 29 pipes wine, 25 sacks beans, 95 sacks barley, 400 sacks corn, 1 box merchandise, 1 barrel eggs, 1 bale wool. The war news from France is unimportant. Paris has not yet fallon. The siege of Paris and Versailles continues. Large numbers of Americans have been permitted to leave Paris through the aid of the American minister. A rain of projectiles, some weighing ninety-six kilograms (210 pounds) is being continually poured into Paris from Prussian artillery. The bombardment is uninterrupted day and night. Women and children are killed in bed and on the streets. On the night of the 18th, between St. Sulphice and the Museum, shells fell every two minutes, striking hospitals, schools, public libraries and private houses and demolishing the works of art in the Luxembourg Museum. The hospital Valgrace suffered greatly, the wounded beingording to a tradition handed down in his family by his grandfather, the father of his mother, Don Francisco Abila. The treasure is said to have been buried by Don Francisco when Pio Pico was governor. Don Francisco accumulated about $100,000 in coin and jewels, and, fearing bandits, decided to bury it, selecting a canyon in what is now the park. He pointed out the spot one time to his wife, but omitted to tell her its exact location, and died soon after. At about six o'clock last Thursday evening a masked Mexican rode up to the cabin of a Chinaman, Charley Gim, across the road from Captain Schumacher's place in North Anaheim, and calling the Celestial to the door, fired at him with a revolver, hitting him in the right hand at the base of the thumb joint, and causing a slight flesh wound. At first it was thought that robbery was the motive, but the marauder fired as soon as the Chinaman opened the door. The Celestial seized his shotgun that was standing near loaded with bird shot and fired at the form of the rapidly retreating Mexican. Mrs. Alex Wright on Monday underwent a surgical operation upon the arm, in Los Angeles, which was rendered necessary by the improper knitting of the bone as a result of her breaking this member while in the east last year. A new switch has been put in at Fullerton depot to accommodate the increasing traffic, and a branch of the organized there last Saturday evening. Fullerton is going right ahead. The supervisors having rejected all bids for a county jail at Santa Ana advertised again this morning for further bids on amended plans. The Pastime Club initiated five new members at its meeting last Thursday evening. As usual the time was very pleasantly spent, and all enjoyably entertained. Herman Stern regaled the members with a delicious roast pig. The board of audit of the Water company found that the average operating expenses per head of water per hour was this year $1.31. Last year it was 74c. The increased cost is attributed to the fact that the sales of water were for the past year some The statement made Finkley touches up policy of the harbor ley contends that should have devoted to the entrance to dredging inside of Finley's statement. "Editor Register made yesterday in proposed lease of John F. Craig, had attention of Orange matter that appealed great importance. "Since the matter to the Board of S time ago, when you very full report of the promoters of th they thought it so I have been asked persons (when heard that I did not lease) for information side of the subject. "In order to m stood in the matter diligence while I see the occasion will for opposing this le "First, because when Newport is pleasure harbor o 1000-foot section w two most desirable length on the entire nothing more is done now in progress, t ging to be secured this lease would be to anyone in the those owning land whom it is reported and associates who are laregly interested that is to perform. "Second, when th harbor bonds was that there was a f more or less along and acres of publ when filled by the $500,000 would aut valuable public pro "From what little given out, I am of th policy of the p mission is carried will be spent without an interest in a of tide lands made ing operations." The water ditch running westward from the city, along the lines between sections nine and sixteen, and which at present is as crooked as everything else in Anaheim, has been surveyed in a straight line by Dr. Taylor, preparatory to a straightening process to be effected by the Water Company. When the ditch is straightened and properly conditioned, it will serve to irrigate a large tract of country. As to the approaching congressional contest, it is not yet known what it is to be. At Washington there is a disposition to increase the present number of congressmen sixteen per cent above the present number in the United States, thus making the total number 270 instead of 240, the present number. This reform is partly owing to the decrease of population in some states having many congressmen, and the increase in others having but few. Under the proposed arrangement California would have four members. In case of the new idea taking effect Southern California should steadily maintain her right to the additional California member. We are in receipt of a hen's egg, the product of Santa Ana, which measured ten inches in circumference. We will see that it is properly hatched. SUPERVISOR FINLEY SCORES LEASE DRAFT Thinks County Should Not Sign Away Its Rights To Harbor Frontage. A broadside was fired Friday by Supervisor S. H. Finley of Santa Ana. His target is the proposal of the Orange County Harbor commission to lease 1000 feet of the county's Newport harbor frontage to John F. Craig of Long Beach. Finley declares that in losing control of the best of its free waterfront, Orange county will get practically nothing for the reason that private owners will benefit most by the $50,000 dredging that is to be done in payment for the proposed 50 year lease to Craig: That the county is not going to gain a foot of frontage by reason of its dredging operation, that some of the money planned under the bond issue for rock to be dumped on the jetties at the new mouth of the Santa Ana river was diverted to dredging, are among the charges made by Finley. The proposed Craig lease has been drawn up by Attorney Chyde Bishop for the harbor commission and is now in Craig's hands for his signature. The statement made by Supervisor Finley touches upon the dredging policy of the harbor commission Finley contends that the commission should have devoted more attention to the entrance to the bay than to dredging inside of the bay. Finley's statement in full follows: "Editor Register: The reference made yesterday in your paper, to the proposed lease of harbor frontage to John F. Craig, has brought to the attention of Orange county people a pose of it to increase the dredging than we would to dispose of the County Park, with Mr. Irvine's consent, for the same purpose. "Fifth, it seems to have been the policy to get the maximum amount of channels dredged with the Minimum amount of expenditure on more vital parts of the work. "For instance, a definite amount of work was provided in the original plan for the new mouth of the river on which the bond issue was based. Instead of carrying out that plan, the amount of rock used there was reduced, according to official statements, to the extent of 40,000 tons. This, of course, left more money available for dredging purposes. I seriously question the legality of diverting any portion of the money provided for the river outlet to any other purpose until and unless that work has been carried out in its entirety. "What is going to happen in the future if it develops that the additional work provided for becomes necessary? It will probably be found necessary to provide for it a second time by a bond issue or direct tax, to avoid damage suits for injury to lands in the interior. "The dredging of channels is of minor importance to the people of Orange county when compared to that of the river outlet and harbor entrance. "Unless these two things are a success the channels will be useful mainly to private land and lot owners. "These two things cannot well be taken care of by private interests. The dredging can and would be taken care of by landowners benefitting by it when there is a demand for it caught off Newport are said to be a better fish than the herring in quality, flavor and tenderness. The American markets, Lebo said, absorb this kind of product to the extent of about ten million dollars worth a year. When the sardine season shall have ended in May the Newport plant, it is estimated, will have used from 10,000-10,200,000 pounds of this fish, which will be distributed through the Jolber-wholesale grocery trade. The barracuda, under the Lebo process, is salted in brine or dried. It is then packed in wood like the Alaska cod and, it is said, will remain perfectly white and firm indesignitely. Several attempts, Lebo said, have been made to salt barracuda for shipment to Eastern and foreign markets without success, because ordinary salting will not keep it firm and will discolor the meat." Mackerel, too, under the Lebo process, comes out perfectly white, firm and excellent in flavor, it is claimed, and will keep better than any other mackerel, while selling for a lesser price. Because mackerel is discolored in the ordinary saltery, Lebo said, the domestic product has little market, and several thousand cars of white mackerel are imported annually from Ireland. Another product turned out at the Newport plant is sausages made of fish, of a quality which has been received with great favor. The Newport plant is the only one on the Pacific coast equipped with a smoke house that can turn out a fine quality of processed sausages packed in glass, and can produce them, it is claimed, at a lower price than the similar product can be purchased in Norway or France. The heads, tails and other waste The statement made by Supervisor Finley touches upon the dredging policy of the harbor commission Finley contends that the commission should have devoted more attention to the entrance to the bay than to dredging inside of the bay. Finley's statement in full follows: "Editor Register: The reference made yesterday in your paper, to the proposed lease of harbor frontage to John F. Craig, has brought to the attention of Orange county people a matter that appears to me of very great importance. Since the matter was broached to the Board of Supervisors a short time ago, when your paper gave a very full report of the arguments of the promoters of the lease saying why they thought it should be granted, I have been asked by numerous persons (when they incidentally heard that I did not approve of the lease) for information on the other side of the subject. In order to make myself understood in the matter, I ask your indulgence while I state as briefly as the occasion will allow, my reasons for opposing this lease. First, because if the time comes when Newport is a commercial or pleasure harbor of importance this 1000-foot section will be one of the two most desirable frontages of equal length on the entire water front. If nothing more is done than the work now in progress, the additional dredging to be secured by the gift of this lease would be of no practical use to anyone in the county other than those owning land adjacent, among whom it is reported are the lessor and associates whom, I understand, are largely interested in the dredger that is to perform the work. Second, when the campaign for harbor bonds was on in this county, the voters were given to understand that there was a frontage of 35 miles more or less along which were acres and acres of public tide land which when filled by the expenditure of the $500,000 would automatically become valuable public property. From what little information is given out, I am of the opinion that if the policy of the present harbor commission is carried out, the $500,000 will be spent without the county having an interest in a single square foot of tide lands made valuable by dredging operations. "The only look-in for the public that I see is across this privately doled minor importance to the people of Orange county when compared to that of the river outlet and harbor entrance. "Unless these two things are a success the channels will be useful mainly to private land and lot owners. "These two things cannot well be taken care of by private interests. The dredging can and would be taken care of by landowners benefitting by it when there is a demand for it. "I am making this statement not for the purpose of criticising or knocking anybody or anything, but solely for the purpose of performing my duty as a public officer and calling the attention of the public to certain matters for which I might be held responsible should I not do so." NEW INDUSTRY AT NEWPORT BEACH Fish Cannery Now In Operation Employing Forty Persons The first new industry, attracted to Orange county's harbor at Newport Beach by the port improvements undertaken there is now operating, with a payroll at the present time averaging $5000 per month, and every prospect that the business will grow and prosper until the full capacity is reached, when there will be 200 persons on the payroll. This industry is that of the Newport Packing company, operated in the corrugated iron building on the city channel at Newport, and erected several months ago by Mrs. M. S. Lowman of Santa Ana. At the present time about forty persons are employed, including two dozen women and girls. The plant is now working on sardines, and when the sardine season closes in May the barracuda and mackerel season opens. When the "Good Pardner," with Skipper P. Dragligh in command, fastens at the cannery dock, the "catch" is scoop-shoveled into large pails and hoisted by machinery to a raised platform. There the pails of fish are dumped into a revolving drum, into which water is continually pumped. After the fish are washed they go into a sluiceway which carries the fish down to the cutting room where the heads are chopped off and all refuse removed. The refuse is conveyed to the fertilizer department and the fish, after being washed four times, twice in saltAnother product turned out at the Newport plant is sausages made of dish, of a quality which has been received with great favor. The Newport plant is the only one on the Pacific coast equipped with a smoke house that can turn out a fine quality of processed sardines packed in glass, and can produce them, it is claimed, at a lower price than the similar product can be purchased in Norway or France. The beads, tails and other waste materials of the fish, after leaving the cutting room, are conveyed into a revolving drum where the mass is cooked by steam and after being taken out goes into a compress which takes out the oil. About twenty gallons of oil is taken from a ton of sardines. The refuse is then turned into a large steam dryer and when it is taken out provides a fine quality of fertilizer, which it is planned to sell to groups of orchardists who want a pure product, undiluted by shells, sand or other foreign substances which are found in some fertilizers. SUPERVISOR'S PROCEEDINGS The County Auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $300 in favor of J. E. Yieblg, chairman, as an appropriate amount for advertising Orange county at Auto Tourists' Show, to be held at County Park. Personal property belonging to the County of Orange, being one Ford ambulance, was sold to the highest bidder for $450. Resolution to prevent flooding and overflow of streams was adopted. Supervisor Edwards arrives and assumes his duties as supervisor. A resolution was passed in re: Annexation of new inhabited territory to and by the city of Fullerton. A resolution was passed employing L. A. West as counsel to assist the district attorney in conducting the Cases Nos 9641, 10445, 10467, 11326, 8497 and 9228. The board of supervisors canvassed the votes cast at the election for the incorporation of the city of Orange-thorpe.No bids being received for the $5000 issue of Fountain Valley School District Bonds, said matter was continued to Jan. 18th, 1921 at 11:00 a.m.No bids being received for the $17,-000 issue of Paularino School District Bonds, said matter was continued to Jan. 18th, 1921 at 11:00 a.m. When hired by the expendiary of $500,000 would automatically become valuable public property. "From what little information is given out, I am of the opinion that if the policy of the present harbor commission is carried out, the $500,000 will be spent without the county having an interest in a single square foot of tide lands made valuable by dredging operations. The only look-in for the public that I see is across this privately donated land and now they propose to give 1000 feet of it away—not for $50,000 in cash but for a designated amount of dredging to make more channels in front of private property, and the very material taken from the channel will probably be used to improve private property. When the eternal triangle is completed what will be the result? This is what might very easily happen, on the assumption that the recipients of the 1000-foot frontage, the dredging company and adjacent land owners are one and the same which seems to be fairly well established by rumor. "The lands of the syndicate might be filled or otherwise made valuable by dredging adjacent channels paid for by 1000-feet of county-owned frontage. The county might be out and the land owners in, when the circle is completed. "Third, I do not believe the board of supervisors has a legal right to dispose of this land for the purpose of additional work beyond the $500,000 expenditure. The harbor commission was created for one purpose only and that is the expenditure of $500,000 provided by the bond issue. The harbor not specifically states that when it has completed that work it automatically goes out of business. "Fourth, this land was donated to the people of Orange county as a consideration for and an inducement to get them to expend $500,000, and we have no more moral right to dis- is scoop-shoveled into large pails and hoisted by machinery to a raised platform. There the pails of fish are dumped into a revolving drum, into which water is continually pumped. After the fish are washed they go into a sluiceway which carries the fish down to the cutting room where the heads are chopped off and all refuse removed. The refuse is conveyed to the fertilizer department and the fish, after being washed four times, twice in salt water and twice in fresh, go into the secret solution which sterilizes and cooks them. From this solution, they go into wooden containers, where they are packed in a salt and sugar solution for a period of from three to ten days for curing. When cured, they are taken out, washed, and are then packed in glass jars with seasoning spices, such as Jap chili peppers, mustard seeds, bay leaves, etc. The jars are hermetically sealed and are then put in cases for shipment. Before packing the sardines are washed a total of sixteen times, insuring absolute cleanliness. Incidentally, this is the only canopy which sugar-cures sardines and this is also the only plant that packs its product exclusively in glass, according to officers of the company. Morris Lebo, vice-president of the company and in charge of the processing, is the inventor of the secret process which the sardines undergo at the Newport plant. He is a Rumanian and has had many years' experience in the fish industry. His uncle operated a large plant for forty-five years and employed nearly 1000 men. The Newport product, known as "Marinette Sardines," was formerly known as Marinette sardines or herrings, an imported product sometimes made of Alaska herring. In addition to being cheaper, the sardines J.C.Osher, D.D.S., M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT—ORAL SURGERY—GLASSES FITTED SUITE 1 CENTRAL BLDG. PHONE SUNSET 337 OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES PACIFIC 341-M HOME 753-2 J.W. 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