anaheim-gazette 1921-04-14

CALIF. AVOCADO ASSOCIATION The California Avocado Association will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, Calif., on May 6th and 7th. There will be an experience meeting on Friday afternoon on the growing of avocados, which is sure to be interesting and instructive, following which a display of fruits will be exhibited which promises to be larger than any yet shown. The usual informal dinner in the Palm room of the hotel will be followed by speeches by representatives of various horticultural papers; J. C. Knollin, Orchard and Farm; E. A. Street, California Cultivator; N. L. Chapin, Rural World, and a representative of the Pacific Rural Press. On Saturday morning papers will be read by E. N. Chace, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Los Angeles; Prof. M. E. Jaffa, University of California, Berkeley; Dr. J. Elliot Coit, Los Angeles, and L. W. Albright, Los Angeles. President William H. Salmon, of Chula Vista will deliver his annual address at the Saturday afternoon session, which will be devoted to a business meeting, for members only. UNIFORM AUTO LAWS. California auto owners will be the first to operate under a motor vehicle act molded along the lines of the national movement toward uniform motor vehicle legislation if the Lee assembly bill passes at Sacramento within the week. This bill, according to officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California, who are actively engaged in an attempt to secure its passage, exemplifies the recent attempt made at a national conference at Washington, D. C., to make all state laws throughout America alike in their provisions for the governing of motor water conservation. (By J. L. Matthews, Member State Water Commission and Editor Covina Argus.) Sixty per cent of the land in California is not being irrigated because the people have not found a way to conserve water. Only twelve per cent of the possible hydro-electric power of the state has been put into use, for the same reason. While we have been busy congratulating ourselves on the splendid growth of California industry and population we have remained in ignorance of the fact that we have been practising the policy of the easiest way in agricultural progress. We have been fighting with intensity for the ownership and use of the summer overflow of streams, and have allowed more than half, probably more than two-thirds of the rainfall to escape into the ocean during the flood periods. The biennial report of the state water commission just issued, states that a point in the progress of the state has been reached where we most have conservation of our water resources if we are to make further progress in agricultural development. And it is of course a truism to say that prosperity in the state depends upon the prosperity and progress of its agriculture. Great stretches of land lying in all parts of the state are pointed out as non-profitable because there is no irrigating water with which to grow intensive crops. This is a fallacy. There is irrigating water for these idle acresages. It only remains to conserve it. The report indicates that there is an insistent demand on every stream in the state for irrigating water, a demand far in excess of the natural summer flow of those streams. On Sacramento river alone there is 300 This bill, according to officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California, who are actively engaged in an attempt to secure its passage, exemplifies the recent attempt made at a national conference at Washington, D.C., to make all state laws throughout America alike in their provisions for the governing of motor driven vehicles, so that visitors from one state to another would not become confused as at present under the great diversity of such individual state regulations. The Automobile club has been actively engaged in bringing to bear individual expressions from its 56,000 members in the southern part of the state upon legislators at Sacramento by means of direct appeal through the mails. The reason for this action on the part of the club, according to Secretary Mitchell, is because careful consideration has convinced its board of directors that the proposed motor vehicle act originally introduced by Ira Lee is considered the best possible at the present time and that it will go far toward furthering the general desire of the nation for uniform law. All motorists who are not members of the club or of any state organizations are also requested to write their representatives at Sacramento urging them to favor the passage of the bill. This bill comes up tomorrow in the assembly committee for final consideration. Local auto owners and officials of the Motor Car Dealers' association as well as members of commercial car organizations are expectantly hoping for favorable action by the committee. FALL OF A SEQUOIA. When one of the giant sequoias falls in the Sierra the world sees the death of one of its most aged inhabitants. These trees are the oldest as well as the largest and grandest of living things. It is seldom that one falls, since their vitality is extreme, their resistance to decay, insect enemies and fire well night perfct, and their enormous roots are knotted among the rocks over a wide area of ground. Therefore, when one does come down it is the ruin of a patriarch. Popularly the age of these trites has been exaggerated. But even after the extra thousands op yeads added by the enthusiasm of megalomania have been subtracted the sequoia still remains parts of the state are pointed out as non-profitable because there is no irrigating water with which to grow intensive crops. This is a fallacy. There is irrigating water for these idle acreages. It only remains to conserve it. The report indicates that there is an insistent demand on every stream in the state for irrigating water, a demand far in excess of the natural summer flow of those streams. On Sacramento river alone there is 300 per cent in excess of what is now apportioned can be made available by a more efficient use of the natural stream-flow, but the greater portion of the required additional supply must be developed by the construction of storage reservoirs and by the regulation of the stream flow, holding the storm water run-off of winter for use during the summer periods of low natural flow. The future work of the water commission must be viewed in the light of these water problems now before the people of the state. The significant statement is made that of first importance to the development of the state is the question of assuring capital everywhere that it can come and invest in the state and be sure of water as well as land titles. A land title is merely the ownership of a piece of bare property that is unproductive and nearly useless unless the water title appertaining to that land is equally good with the land title. All over the world land titles have been fundamental in the stability of governments. But California with other irrigation states, has a condition peculiarly its own, in that it necessary to clearly define the ownership of water, or that right to use it just as definitely as land titles are defined. Without this definition, progress in the state halts, so far as agriculture is concerned, and agriculture is the basic influence in all prosperity. The report states that the working out of a comprehensive plan of development based on surveys, physical data and engineering studies is not a difficult matter. The state water commission has cleared many obstacles to the progress of agriculture and power development, but it has reached a point where it must have more authority from the people to further clear obstacles. If the people understand, even in a superficial way, the plans and the possibilities, there will be no hesitancy in granting more power to the commission. Well advised capital is not only asn- It is seldom that one falls, since their vitality is extreme, their resistance to decay, insect enemies and fire well night-perfet, and their enormous roots are knotted among the rocks over a wide area of ground. Therefore, when one does come down it is the ruin of a patriarch. Popularly the age of these tries has been exaggerated. But even after the extra thousands of yeads added by the enthusiasm of megalomania have been subtracted the soquola still remains sufficiently full of age to stand venerable beyond anything else that grows. Ring counts on the stumps of large trees have shown that they certainly reach 2,000 years, while exceptional specimens have undoubtedly seen 3,000 summers and winters or even more. Critical opportunities for determining the age of large sequolas have been rare. The fall of the Lafayette tree in the Calaveras grove may offer such a chance. It is probable, if a section is obtained and a count made, that this tree will prove to have been at least a sapling before the star appeared in the sky at Bethlehem. It was a well-grown tree when the barbarian Angles and Saxons landed in Britain and a mighty forest column when William the Conquerer overthrew the Anglo-Saxons at Hastings. By the time Columbus discovered America it was already a venerable giant, and to this tree the time since white men first saw its mountains has been but an hour of its last day. FOR SALE—Ford curtains; Oliver Tractor plow; Disc, Harrow, Trailer Pump, Jack and casings. Want berry plants. Phone Plac. 152 J. HARRY FELLINGE FARM WANTED.—Wanted to hear from owner of farm or good land for sale for fall delivery. L. JONES Box 551 Olney, Ill. ANAHEIM GAZETTE BOY SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) SCOUT COURT ENDS QUARREL Scouts Philip Grzywa, 12 years old, and Ray Moon, 14, living next door to Philip, in Omaha, Neb., had a quarrel and each vowed to "get even" at the first opportunity. The quarrel developed into a fight in which one of the boys was pretty badly hurt before friends separated them. "No good scout will hold a grudge against another," said Patrol Leader Roy Fredlund, 14 years old. With the formality of a regular court of justice a Boy Scout court was called. Following the hearing, which lasted an hour, the "jury" reported a "verdict" as follows: "We find that both boys are to blame for the trouble." "Each is sentenced to do the other two good turns every week for four weeks." "The boy who quits the troop because of the trouble, or who fails to do the good turns, will be considered the most guilty." The verdict read, Philip and Ray sprang from their seats and shook hands, agreeing to forget their past differences and be "pals" again. They left the meeting arm in arm amidst the cheering of their fellow scout members. ALL COMFORTS OF HOME. RAILROADS VS. STAGES. Commenting on the campaign, started by District Attorney Frederick Swart of San Mateo county, California, to regulate auto stages and force them to obop the traffic laws, the Salinas (California) "Index," in an editorial states that the movement will receive full support from the people at large. "The railroad companies of the United States," says the "Index," "are required by law to place at least five highly-trained employees on every train they run. These men are required to pass examinations periodically, and to demonstrate their fitness for their positions every hour of the day. One fall down and some one else gets their job." "The stage companies, on the other hand, will pick up any untried youngster with a chauffeur's license, who knows enough to shift the lovers on a big auto bus, and send him out as engineer, fireman, conductor, brake-man and flagman, with a dozen or more lives in his keeping, and trust to luck and All-Wise Providence that he gets to the end of his run without killing some one." Continuing the "Index" states: "在 all this bullabaloo about the railroads, making so much money, and tyrannizing over the people, is it not well to remember the standards required for other branch of the country's transportation systems are vastly different. What a howl would go up if railroad trains were permitted to run wild on their own steel rails, to say nothing of monopolizing magnificent highways built by tax-ridden people. We can just imagine the petitions to Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission that would follow a continuous series of late trains, or coaches so packed that passengers must perforce sit upon each others laps, or in the windows, can't you? Mr. Swart plans to see that the traffic rules of San Mateo county and the State of California are given a strict observance by the auto stage drivers. We hope to see other counties in the state take up a similar line of action. And in time we expect to see a more strict regulation of the auto stages, examinations and higher qualifications for their mechanicians and drivers, and rigid adherence to time cards and capacity loading. The owners owe it to themselves as well as to the state that has provided them with the finest roadway ever builted on which to compete with companies that have spent millions laying steel rails, and hundreds of thousands every year to keep those same rails re-enished, and properly tamped to secure the maximum service for their patrons. SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS. Bids were opened for the improvement of McKinley Ave., in the Fifth Road District. It was ordered that all bids be rejected and checks returned to bidders. Spraying licenses were ordered issued to C. E. Douglas, Charles F. Logan, E. M. Farwell and Lester Baker upon recommendation of the Horticultural Commissioner. Warrant No. 16009 was ordered cancelled, same being duplicate charge. Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map of Tract No. 146 and said map was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Specifications/plans and profiles, as presented by the County Engineer, with his recommendations for the improvement of Certain streets in Yorba Linda, Road Dis. No. 3, were adopted by the board. Notice for bids for doing said work to be given publication in the Placentia Courier. Bids ALL COMFORTS OF HOME. In the Woods Ready Invention Supplies Most of Our Customary Appliances. ALL WOULD BE BOYS AGAIN. Dan Beard at a recent scout rally In Scranton told the boys that they must not be afraid or overawed by "the bunch of clergymen, dignified judges and confidentially that there is not a man in the crowd who would not be willing to change places with the greenest tenderfoot among the scouts present." This remark seemed to hit both the boys and men very favorably, and Robert L. Graham was moved to send these lines to the scout commissioner: I'd like to hit the good old trails, And tramp the woods near home till sore. I'd like to be with old-time pals, I'd like to be a boy once more. I hear the bugle calling, It's calling me back again— Back to the land of "Yesterday." To the camp of "What-has-been." I think I see the bugler, His name is "Memory." And he's calling for this "good scout" quired for other branch of the country's transportation systems are vastly different. What a howl would go up if railroad trains were permitted to run wild on their own steel rails, to say nothing of monopolizing magnificent highways built by tax-ridden people. We can just imagine the petitions to Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission that would follow a continuous series of late trains, or coaches so packed that passengers must perforce sit upon each others Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map of Tract No. 146 and said map was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Specifications, plans and profiles, as presented by the County Engineer, with his recommendations for the improvement of Certain streets in Yorba Linda, Road Dis. No. 3, were adopted by the board. Notice for bids for doing said work to be given by publication in the Placentia Courier. Bids Job Print Why not leave Job Printing at the Office? We can print a for you and the work is always true Our prices are the quality of the We Print Letter Heads Envelopes SCOUT OATH GAVE MOST HELP. A Boston paper offered a prize for the paragraph that had given the greatest inspiration and help. Lines from Tennyson and others were sent in by the hundred. The letter that gained the prize was as follows: I am only a boy, and boys' opinions are not respected by most grown-ups, but we have them just the same. The paragraph which helps me the most is the Boy Scout oath, as follows: On my honor, I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. SCOUT'S DAILY GOOD TURNS. Cleaning of an old graveyard which was an "eyesore" to the town and erecting a town flag and a service flag were the things that a troop of boy scouts in Ellizabeth, Pa., did for their community. Scout Troop No. 43, in Washington, D.C., has a boy scouts' band, which has without cost played day after day for the funds of the Red Cross, sick soldiers, Liberty loans, and also for churches and poorhouses. "Only One Ada Roach" This Is Familiar Saying About Noted Entertainer Who Comes to Chautauqua With Ruth Freeman "Only one Ada Roach" has grown to be a familiar saying in the Chautauqua world. This inimitable entertainer has truly reached the top round in her profession. When Ada Roach smiles, every one smiles with her; when she sings, every heart sings with her; her stories and impersonations have the sparkle of true genius. Ruth Freeman, "running mate" with Ada Roach for years, is abundantly able to present a complete program alone. She combines real talent as a violinist with exceptional ability and as an unusual artist in minicery and dialect numbers. to be received up to 10:00 A.M. April 26th, 1921. The annexation of the elementary school district of Yorba to the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. In the matter of Draining District Improvement No. 2, resolutions of intention No. 2, a resolution and order was passed as to work to be done. Hearing on same being set for the 10th May, 1921 at 10:00 a.m. Printing Do not leave that order for printing at the Gazette Job Can print any kind of job and the quality of our always the very best. Prices are consistent with quality of the work done. After Heads Envelopes prices are consistent with liity of the work done. nt ter Heads Envelopes Catalogues Booklets Posters Blank Forms o Job too Difficult reciate Your Business