anaheim-gazette 1921-01-27

VALENCIA CROP IS A BOUNTIFUL ONE From 1000 to 1500 More Cars In County Than Last Year A bumper valencia orange crop in Orange county for 1921 was predicted Tuesday by L. D. Palmer, manager of the Orange County Fruit Exchange with headquarters at Orange. Palmer based his prediction on estimates made within the past few days. The fruit has set exceptionally well, the crop is large and the fruit will be of superior quality, in the opinion of Palmer. The fruit on the trees is small but there is plenty of time for it to develop before it is picked. Picking and packing will not be in full swing before May. Palmer is optimistic and in addition to predicting an increase in valencia production over last year of between 1000 and 1500 carloads, anticipates ready sale for the crop at fair prices when it is placed on the market. His estimate is for 8400 to 9190 carloads, with the two exchanges in the county shipping between 6500 and 7000 carloads. It was estimated Tuesday that when final returns are in, Orange county's growers of lemons and oranges will have received upward of sixteen and a half million dollars for the crop of 1920. Despite conditions that were... It was estimated Tuesday that when final returns are in, Orange county's growers of lemons and oranges will have received upward of sixteen and a half million dollars for the crop of 1920. Despite conditions that were unfavorable, records show that the returns will be at least one million dollars more than for the year 1919. The increase was made in spite of the fact that total shipments for 1920 were 102 carloads less than 1917. This is cited as convincing proof that the market situation was not as bad as it was generally believed. The state will produce around 24,000 carloads during the coming valencia season, according to estimates of the California Fruit Exchange. The exchange controls about 70 per cent of the crop in the state, with the percentage a little higher in Orange county. "I look for a good season for valencias this year," said Palmer. "We have shown an increase in consumption every year and there will be no trouble in disposing of the state's increased production. "More and more valencias are being used every year. In the East hundreds of orange juice stands are being operated and large quantities of the fruit are being used up in this way. The stands create a desire on the part of patrons for the juice, with the result that it is used more extensively in homes. It used to be that when deciduous fruits came on the markets oranges slumped. That condition has changed. The keeping quality of the valencia has been an important factor in increasing the consumption of orages. "The retailers have learned that the fruit has good keeping qualities and the result is that wholesalers are shipping large quantities of the fruit into the small towns, a trade that was not available in the early history of the orange county industry." "While prohibition has militated against lemon consumption, it has increased orange consumption. In hotels and cafes where liquor formerly was dispensed fruit juices have been submitted and orange juice is used in punches in generous proportions." MOTOR REGISTRATION Automobile registration in California for 1920 broke all records, and indicates figures so high that it may stand for sometime, as the greatest registration of the state. This is according to the report made public by State Superintendent Charles J. Chenn of the Motor Vehicle Department. The registration for the year was 588,929 vehicles, which is 97,699 more vehicles than were registered in 1919. A significant feature of the registration this year is that it greater than the registration in New York in 1919. In 1919, California was third in the number of automobiles registered, New York being first and Ohio second, and Pennsylvania and Ohio were the last two of the nation's first five states. This registration returns the state $5,550,264.60 in fees according to the report of Mr. Chenu. There were 34,078 trucks registered, 2,522 trailers and 20,047 motorcycles. Chauffeurs to the number of 65,699 and 800,000 operators, registered with the department. Although the above is the registration for 1920, the final official figures may be slightly changed because the fiscal year does not end until January, 31. Anaheim Gazette, fifty-two weeks for $1.50. ORANGE COUNTY RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA, IT IS NOW WORLD'S CHOICEST GARDEN SPOT Nature's Prellific Wonderland Described in Pamphlet Issued by Board of Supervisors—Anaheim a Coming City. In poetic language, but adhering strictly to facts, D. W. McDannald, development agent of the county, has written a descriptive folder of Orange county which has been printed by the board of supervisors. From it we extract the following: The story of how an Empire was built has been handed down through many generations of Indian tradition, and the fascination of the legend leads back to where the magic campfires glared and bloomed in the darkness—and Indian folk-song was the only sound to disturb the quiet stillness of the long night. In the unwritten pages of the Red man's history, the story handed down from one dynasty to another, we find the entire Santa Ana Valley was one time a part of the sea. A great dyke began to form at Alamitos Bay, stretched away to the South, like a silken thread in a gossamer web. Snow mantled mountains, far away gave freely of the accumulation of the winter storms. The frozen depths that had lain locked in winters' cold embrace began to drift like a pent up Our reveries lead back once more into the gathering night—and again we see the swollen river pouring its torrent of fertile wealth on the land reclaimed from the sea, and the tree-lined limits of the Santa Ana Valley are extended—foot by foot. The waters of the far away mountain spread over the marshland, leaving a rich deposit of silt where the tules grew. Grasses came in abundance, the ocean reluctantly backed away, yielding a little more land each year. Maybe a thousand centuries, the valley has been in the making—and though its history lies buried in the ages of the long ago, we see it today, a glad reality. Then, animal life came, the old tom frog found a tussock where the tules grew, and from a water soaked perch, sang his melodious marsh song. Ravenous wolves, with fiery eyes crept through the rushes with noiseless feet. Through all the changeful ages, the mosquito sang his blood song, and penetrated every living creature with his steel shod bill. Last came man, with energy and brains—cleared the forest, driened the swamps, decanals to carry the surplus water to the sea, and the transformation has made the Santa Ana Valley Nature's Prolific Wonderland. Orange county embraces the entire Santa Ana Valley, and a portion of the surrounding mountains making a little If you will come with me up to the "Narrows" in the Santa Ana Canyon, I will tell you a story of "water usage" that is unique enough to remember—and maybe you had better stick a pin here for you will want to organized in behalf of the Marshall plan, does not ask any recognition from the official body which may be assigned to investigate the plan. It does not ask or desire access to the funds appropriated for this purpose, nor does it ask participation in the expenditure of this money. "I have prepared this plan. I believe it is feasible and I believe it offers the only possible solution of many fundamental economic problems. The work of the California State Irrigation Association has been to place this plan before the people of California so that, represented by their legislature, they might find out what the plan is worth. "If any one has any idea that this association, or any one connected with it, is moved by any hidden motive or has any secret political purpose or entanglement, or seeks to do anything other than to get a thorough appraisal of this work on its own merits, I want to disillusion them here and now. We are not in politics; we are not trying to pick the lock of the State Treasury; we are not pulling anybody's chestnuts out of fire and there isn't anybody in the background pulling the strings. Let me repeat, once and for all, that the California State..." man's history, the story handed down from one dynasty to another, we find the entire Santa Ana Valley was one time a part of the sea. A great dyke began to form at Alamitos Bay, stretched away to the South, like a silken thread in a goosamer web. Snow mantled mountains, far away gave freely of the accumulation of the winter storms. The frozen depths that had lain locked in winters' cold embrace began to drift like a pent up deluge, a voice of rushing waters filled the canyon to the rim, and the wild murmure stillled only when its source had worn away. The strong currents drifted not with the wind, but against it. Down in the deep-dark valley the rushing Santa Ana swept, carrying its burden of silt and soil, to help raise the valley floor. The dawn of a morrow came, the great dyke steadily grew, and the low-lying dunes stretched farther away, like the white mile-posts along a highway quite new and unfamiliar. Up in the high lands the elements warred, and the warm winds turned the snow drifts into little rivulets that murmured and sang, and the big river rushed toward the sea with its load of silt. Tiny wavelets lapped the shores along the dyke with a fond caress, and the harsh song of the tree frog made the long hours of the night seem hushed and still. A thousand—maybe a million years sped silently by, and with each succeeding season came the siren song of the murky waters as they leaped and laughed and hurried always toward the sea. There was a lurid fascination in the shifting scenes. Winter came, and the snows lay deep on the higher levels and glaciers, grim and fearful, huddled around the mountain crest. After springtime came summer's warmth, and up near the timber line deep rifts were fading, ebbing slowly way, and the river groaned with its growing burden, each wave bowed under a load of loosened earth gathered from the slanting hillsides. The restless waters piled up against the great sea wall, while millions of silt particles, weary of the long journey, let go of their moorings, dropped to the bottom of the basin, and the Empire slowly grew. April pepples are again ablaze on the yellow hillsides, turning all earth a golden glow. Little rivulets went and the transformation has made the Santa Ana Valley Nature's Prolific Wonderland. Orange county embraces the entire Santa Ana Valley, and a portion of the surrounding mountains making a little If you will come with me up to the "Narrows" in the Santa Ana Canyon, I will tell you a story of "water usage" that is unique enough to remember—and maybe you had better stick a pin here for you will want to refer to this again! The lands around Riverside, Arlington and Corona cried for moisture when the long summer months gave no rain, and the Santa Ana heard the call and came forth again to give her treasure to the crying earth. The Santa Ana range, a splendid spur of the Sierra Madre, has been chiseled in twain by the onrushing torrents of the Santa Ana, and a mighty gorge with scenic wonders, marks the river's course in its last lap toward the sea. At one time, the great Santa Ana Valley lay bleak and bare—a desert wilderness in a desert waste. Here, for the fourth time, the river bed has been asked to give up her treasures, and a glimpse over this fertile plain, doted with thriving cities, towns, villages, and hamlets, hundreds of palatial homes, with orchard lined driveways, will tell what the waters of the Santa Ana have done. The Santa Ana river rises near the edge of the desert, far back on the San Bernardino range. Before the waters can run the gauntlet of orchard and garden at Redlands and the adjacent territory, the river has entirely disappeared, leaving only a dry sand wash, bleak and barren. THE MARSHALL PLAN "The state investigation of the Marshall plan must be conducted by the State Engineer or by any other competent person or commission officially chosen." This was the emphatic declaration of Colonel Robert Bradford Marshall, author of the Marshall plan, in an address under the auspices of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce. "I want it understood, once and for all," said Colonel Marshall: "that I do not wish to have anything to do with investigating my own plan. I am ad Groaned with its growing burden, each wave bowed under a load of loosened earth gathered from the slanting hillsides. The restless waters piled up against the great sea wall, while millions of silt particles, weary of the long journey, let go of their moorings, dropped to the bottom of the basin, and the Empire slowly grew. April poppies are again ablaze on the yellow hillsides, turning all earth a golden glow. Little rivulets went rambling toward the great ocean, gossiping with another rill—rippling down another ravine, uncaring what the frogs in the coulee thought or said. Long years before man came to disturb the primitive silence, willows grew, birds sang in the leafless branches, the gray wolf prowled with moccasined feet, and time rolled on unmindful of the years. Autumn came commonwealth of 780 square miles assessed at $96,000,000, the wealthiest agricultural county in the United States of its size. "I want it understood, once and for all," said Colonel Marshall, "that I do not wish to have anything to do with investigating my own plan. I am adverse to the creation of any new commissions, and if, in the judgment of the legislature or the Governor, the investigation should be under the direction of the State Engineer, this will meet with my wishes." "I am not a politician. I have been working over this plan for 25 years. It must stand or fall on its merits. It would be decidedly unbecoming on my part to seek any official participation in the investigation which will determine whether or not my work is sound." "The California State Irrigation Association, which is a public body" USED CAR BARGAINS 1919 Oakland Six, run only 11800 miles - $900.00 1917 Paige 7-passenger, new tires all around - 850.00 1920 Stephens Salient Six. Perfect. Five tires - 2200.00 Two Ford Speedsters, first-class - $400.00 to 475.00 Ford cars at rock bottom prices. "Service That Satisfies" Wickersheim Implement Co. FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA of the Marshall or any recognition body which may be create the plan. It ensure access to the for this purpose, participation in the money. this plan. I believe I believe it offers solution of many nic problems. the California State lon has been to fore the people of represented by their right find out what any idea that this one connected with her hidden motive or political purpose or keks to do anything thorough appraisal own merits, I want here and now. We we are not trying of the State Treaspulling anybody's fire and there background pullat me repeat, once the California State Irrigation Association is not asking the state for money and it is not seeking political prestige or recognition of any kind." Colonel Marshall gave a clear explanation of the Marshall system of canals which would encircle the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, provide water supplies for Southern Califiornia and San Francisco Bay distri­cts and make possible the irrigation of 12,000,000 acres of land. NOTICE On and after February 5, the Meat Markets of Orange Coun­ty will close at 7 o'clock, p.m., on Saturdays. 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