anaheim-gazette 1921-06-09

SANTA ANA WOMAN VISITS CANAL ZONE Describes Some of the Scenes She Witnessed to Reporter. "It is a good thing to travel about a bit in the world, occasionally, if only to convince ourselves anew that in all the world there is certainly no place more delightfully livable than California, and there are no people more universally envied by those living in the remote places of the world, than Californians. "Everywhere one hears the same expression: 'Oh, do you live in California? That's where we are going to live after we get through here.'" "Always there is the same apparent conviction that California is the promised land where comfort and peace await those who seek it." These statements were made by Alice Fessenden Peterson, wife of B. D. Peterson, who returned Friday evening of last week from a three months' trip to the Panama canal zone. Mrs. Peterson is a nature story writer of considerable prominence who contributed to many magazines. She is also the author of children's stories published in book form. Her trip to the canal had a two-fold purpose, one to visit a daughter residing at Gatun and the other to penetrate the jungles in search of material for stories. Discussing her trip and experiences, the writer said: "A voyage down the west coast from San Pedro to Panama, unless made in one of the new crack boatas that cover the distance in nine or ten days without stopping anywhere, ordinarily takes about twenty-two days. During this time four ports of Mexico are visited. Stops are made at Guatemala, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Interest; every possible effort is apparently made to keep the people busy and make them forget the discomforts of the climate. "The married quarters consist of four-family houses that resemble huge bird cages more than anything else, do most screened-in tropical houses. There is little privacy, as the houses are quite close together and doors and windows are never closed. If mother is obliged to spank the baby the whole street can follow the process if it chooses, but it seldom does, being too busy with its own affairs to attend to anyone's else unless something unusual transpires. There are many amusing features in this mod of living, but as a rule the people enjoy themselves and find many compensations in their isolation. "A favorite amusement is 'hiking' in the jungle, a diversion not unattended with danger. A walk of a mile or so will bring one into the midst of the 'bush,' where wild animals, more or less dangerous, poisonous snakes, reptiles and insects abound, and, although the so-called 'senitated zone' extends back from the canal for five miles, the Panama government periodically issues warnings to adverturous hikers unfamiliar with the risk of penetrating the jungle. The fascinations of butterfly, orchid and game hunting have lured many to their death, for once lost in the jungle the chances of getting out after nightfall are very slim. "The marine strike was a real calamity to the canal zone, dependent as the people are there upon steamship traffic to bring them a large part of their food supplies, as well as mail. The United Fruit company's boats were, for awhile, the only ones that made reliable trips, and even they had difficulty in keeping schedules. They were obliged to take inexperienced ones." Discussing her trip and experiences, the writer said: "A voyage down the west coast from San Pedro to Panama, unless made in one of the new crack boats that cover the distance in nine or ten days without stopping anywhere, ordinarily takes about twenty-two days. During this time four ports of Mexico are visited. Stops are made at Guatemala, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The coast scenery grows wilder and more picturesque the farther south we go. Great volcanoes tower against the sky, some of which throw out puffs of black smoke at short intervals, and from one column of lava was flowing that was sliding straight down into the ocean, where great valumes of steam arose at the contact of the hot lava with the water. "It was a weird sight, with apparently no one to look at it but an awed group of persons on a solitary ship steaming southward. The Pacific is a lonely ocean and Central America is a lonely country, with great stretches of wild rugged wastes where there is no sign of habitation. The temperature steadily rises and the humidity of the tropics soon makes itself felt. The nights are only slightly cooler than the days and one is apt to long for a breath of bracing California air. "Mountainous lower Central America is a region of frequent earthquakes, and in Salvador and Nicaragua the earth quivers nearly every day. Walking about in the narrow streets of the little cities of these countries, one constantly feels the menace of those towering cones, visible through every vista of the crowded streets, that are always reminding the people of what they might do at any time and have already done to many cities and settlements of that remarkably volcanic country. "The canal zone is a strip of the United States in a foreign setting, where Uncle Sam has wrought wonderful things, and from the moment one's steamer turns in at the portals of the canal at Balboa going toward the Atlantic to the docks at Cristobal there is no lack of thrills and interesting sights and experiences. "The country is wonderfully lovely on both sides of the canal, with rolling hills covered with tropical jungle growth, palms, banana thickets and unfamiliar trees growing in strange profusion. "The famous locks are water stairs once lost in the jungle the chances of getting out after nightfall are very small. "The marine strike was a real calamity to the canal zone, dependent as the people are there upon steamship traffic to bring them a large part of their food supplies, as well as mall. The United Fruit company's boats were, for awhile, the only ones that made reliable trips, and even they had difficulty in keeping schedules. They were obliged to take inexperienced crews, and one of their steamships was disabled off Havana by unskilled engineers and had to be towed ashore and passengers and crew and baggage were obliged to wait there for the next boat to take them on to New Orleans. "The next steamer, the 'Atenas,' leaving Cristobal May 16 for New Orleans, had an exciting trip with a 'scratch' crew that continually threatened disaster to the ship. A cargo of 43,000 bunches of bananas, valued at $200,000, was taken aboard at the plantation at Almirante in northern Panama. The refrigerating plant, necessary to preserve the fruit until delivery at New Orleans, was disabled a short distance out, threatening the entire cargo. The firemen balked on their job, refusing to work in the boiler rooms, the steam would go down and the ship would stop. Many times this happened on the trip north. "Fortunately the weather was ideally calm and the sea smooth. There was continual friction among the crew that threatened several times to break out into serious trouble. The feed was almost uneatable because of inexperienced cooks secured at the last moment of sailing, and on arrival at the docks at New Orleans a riot was looked for from the strikers, as the night before, so the wireless informed the ship's officers, a fruit company steamer had been boarded by strikers, the crew beaten up and an attempt had been made to sink the vessel by opening up the stockpocks, the action being discovered just in time to save the ship from foundering at the dock. "The Atenas was not molested, owing no doubt to the presence of a long line of armed policemen and the harassed passengers were finally allowed to land, after an unusually long and anxious voyage." The country is wonderfully lovely on both sides of the canal, with rollings hills covered with tropical jungle growth, palms, banana thickets and unfamiliar trees growing in strange profusion. "The famous locks are water stairs carrying the ship up to the 85-foot elevation of the artificial Gatun lake, from which is pass down stairs through the great Gatun locks to the level of the Atlantic ocean. The locks and the creation of the immense Gatun lake saved the labor and expense of digging a sea level canal and expense digging a sea level canal through from ocean to ocean, which was what the French tried to do in the early days and failed to accomplish. The graveyards scattered about at intervals in the canal country are pathetic reminders of what those unfortunate pioneers went through. "Housekeeping in Panama is a unique experience. All government employees, and most of the army people, buy their household supplies from so-called commissaries, which are like the country 'general store,' where they sell everything from shoes to sugar. Not even a needle can be bought for cash. All purchases are made by coupon books issued only to government employees and army people. "Each community has its commodious club house, where all social community events take place, including movies, every night, with free movies every Sunday evening, preceded by a community song service. There are all kinds of social activities, swimming clubs, gymnasium classes, plays, pageants, excursions to various points of..." ANAHEIM GAZETTE SALT LAKE RUMORS Register: Coincident with frank statements by Salt Lake railroad officials that the transfer of the control of the company to the Union Pacific means an expansion of development of operations, numbers of Santa Anans are inclined to the belief that the building of the proposed Salt Lake line to Santa Ana is not far distant. According to information which the Register has obtained from a reliable source, the Salt Lake will in the immediate future renew construction work on its line into this city. It is believed that the end of 1921 will see Salt Lake trains running into Santa Ana. It is recalled here that before war curtailment put a stop to the project, the Salt Lake had acquired most of a right of way from Pico, a station near Whittier, through La Habra and Fullerton to Anaheim, and for all of the right of way from the Southern Pacific tracks at Stafford street in Santa Ana to a point beyond East First street. It was said that the company's right of way in Orange county represented an investment of approximately $800,000. Statements were published to the effect that the Salt Lake would build its line to Anaheim and would use the Southern Pacific track from Anaheim to Santa Ana, where at Stafford street the rails of the proposed Salt Lake yards in Santa Ana would be used. So far as known here, none of the rights of way acquired by the Salt Lake have been disposed off. In Santa Ana just previous to the time the war put a stop to railroad building operations, the Salt Lake cleared its right of way in Santa Ana and the strip has remained unoccupied since that time. Ever since railroads were returned to private control there has been conto give even to the federal government itself. "The menace in the situation is obvious. The country may view with tolerance the doubtful genesis of the American Farm Bureau Federation. It may show only a passive interest in this class grouping of a large part of the population. It may not, in view of the unfair burden resting upon the farmer, object to the federation's growing political power, but if the federation's committee of seventeen and its national sales agency attempt to carry out any plan to control through a so-called holding company the grain of the nation, the issue must be met in behalf of all the people and not a class." The writer, who we quote above, very evidently does not know either the spirit back of the Farm Bureau movement or the caliber of the men who are leading this movement. He does not understand that the eagerness to give all possible publicity to the progress of the movement is explained by the absolute sincerity of the leaders of the movement and their desire to secure the co-operation of the business men. He does not understand, furthermore, that the attempt to control the country's product is based on a desire to help the consumer as well as the producer. He does not understand that acquiring political power is the last thought in the minds of the members of this organization, their only desire being to improve the social and economic welfare of the farm family. The business men of this country should take enough time from their business to really study the fundamental importance of agriculture in its relation to business, and to study the significance of such movements as the Farm Bureau movement. As a matter of fact, the business man should be quite as much interested in seeing the VETERANS ARE AIDED BY VOCATIONAL BILL Dependents May Now Receive Money Directly Instead Of From the Wounded Soldier Changes in the rehabilitation law which will redound to the interest of the malmed veterans of the world war are recommended to congress by Senator Kenyon, chairman of the senate committee on education and labor, in a report in which he says: "We have inserted the following proviso: And provided further, That if deemed advantageous or necessary to insure proper accommodations and service, the board may, upon a proper reduction in the allowance for maintenance and support otherwise payable, furnish in dormitories or other quarters secured, maintained, equipped, and operated by it, or operated under its direction, necessary board and lodging direct to persons undergoing training. The board for vocational training is maintaining some training centers and will have to maintain others where trainees are housed and boarded. At present the board is having to give a revocable license to ah outside agency. If the board can furnish this direct to the men with maintenance allowance it would be more satisfactory and will relieve the government of the necessity of dealing with a third party. We also insert the following: "Payments to be made as herein provided for the support and maintenance of persons dependent upon any trainee may in discretion of the board be paid either direct to such dependent or dependents or to the trainee upon whom they are dependent. This is made necessary by the fact that some instances have arisen where men are drawing dependency pay for fathers and mothers who have died. There are not many of these in..." "We also insert the following: "Payments to be made as herein provided for the support and maintenance of persons dependent upon any trainee may in the discretion of the board be paid either direct to such dependent or dependents or to the trainee upon whom they are dependent. "This is made necessary by the fact that some instances have arisen where men are drawing dependency pay for fathers and mothers who have died. There are not many of these instances, but it is well to place in the hands of the board the power to guard against them. "In some quarters persons are asking unreasonable fees to assist men whose papers they fill out for training. The war-risk insurance law allows $3 to a lawyer for filling out application papers for an applicant. This would seem enough to charge for filling out applications for vocational training We have therefore inserted the following: "That no claim agent shall receive for his services in filling out and presenting applications for training, more than $3 per application" FEAR FARM BUREAU GROWTH Orange County Farm Bureau members will be interested in the following article brought to our attention by the California Farm Bureau Federation, which has reached the Farm Bureau office recently. We are interested in noting in the March issue of the magazine known as "Industry," which speaks for the commercial interests of the country, numerous articles which present the growth of the Farm Bureau movement as a serious menace to the American people. Inasmuch as a statement of this sort will command the attention of business men, such magazines as "Industry" should be set right before the business world is lined up to fight the program of the Farm Bureau movement. To quote the magazine mentioned above, the editor writes: "The American Farm Bureau Federation, it will be seen, has some potentialities for good and undoubtedly some for evil. It has grown like a noxious weed which may in time choke power is the last thought in the minds of the members of this organization, their only desire being to improve the social and economic welfare of the farm family. The business men of this country should take enough time from their business to really study the fundamental importance of agriculture in its relation to business, and to study the significance of such movements as the Farm Bureau movement. As a matter of fact, the business man should be quite as much interested in seeing the Farm Bureau made a success as is the farmer. If the business man will try to put intelligent thought into the question of putting agriculture on the right basis in its relation to other industries, he will discover the fact that he should get squarely behind intelligent farmers of the country, and he help them to carry out such ambitions as the Farm Bureau members possess. He certainly will not attempt to hamper the growth of this movement if he really comes to understand it. It is true that the growth in organization of farmers could be turned into the necessary machinery for one of the greatest forces, politically, in this country—a course which could ruin agriculture as well as the other industries. But we can assure businessmen that this force will never be used, unless the business man compels the farmer to give himself a square deal." WOMEN ARE FOR DEFENSE BY ARMY AND NAVY Pass Resolutions Which They Send to Senate as Protest Against Pacifist Tendency That the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion is behind the effort of the Republicans in congress to maintain adequate army and navy for national defense is evidenced by a resolution which was read to the senate. Whereas, through the publicity given the views of certain well-meaning women the impression is gaining ground that the women of the nation desire immediate disarmament; and Whereas, there is no body of women with greater right or better qualified to speak on this subject than the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of veterans of the world war, such as those who compromise the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion; and Whereas, although such women, having freely risked and in thousands of cases lost their loved ones in the service of our nation must therefore fully realize the horrors of war, the blessings of peace, and the desirability..." this sort will command the attention of business men, such magazines as "Industry" should be set right before the business world is lined up to fight the program of the Farm Bureau movement. To quote the magazine mentioned above, the editor writes: "The American Farm Bureau Federation, it will be seen, has some potentialities for good and undoubtedly some for evil. It has grown like a noxious weed which may in time choke the legitimate garden of agriculture. It was conceived under un-American policies, and has had the most amozing and rapid growth known in history. It is, moreover, or may become, a two-edged sword of which one edge will injure the general public and the other its creators and followers. "The facts are public, in truth, the federation officials are eager to have its activities known throughout the length and breadth of the country. That is one of the amazing features of the situation, a feature which convinces one that either the tremendous potentialities of the movement are not entirely patent to the leaders of the federation, or that the leaders are so convinced of their impregnability that they do not fear criticism or the possible stoppage of their plans. "The situation presented to the country is clear enough. Having failed to take cognizance of the plight of the farmer, having failed to realize the inevitable effect upon the whole people of an absolute injustice done a part of the population, the nation is now confronted with a serious problem. "There is no question that this problem may mean a possible future control of the country's food products by a small group of leaders who hold in their hands a power which the American people have persistently refused "Whereas, there is no body of women with greater right or better qualified to speak on this subject than the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of veterans of the world war, such as those who compromise the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion; and "Whereas, although such women, having freely risked and in thousands of cases lost their loved ones in the service of our nation must therefore fully realize the horrors of war, the blessings of peace, and the desirability of disarmament when the proper time comes, nevertheless these women, above all others, are impressed with the facts: First, that it took the United States a year to prepare a coordinated army and navy for effective service in the world war; second, that had we not powerful allies fighting for us during that period of preparation, the result might have been disastrous in loss of lives and possible defeat to our unprepared forces; third, that primarily wars are not the result of armaments, but, contrariwise, wars existed before armaments, and armaments are the result of the desire not to be defeated in probable wars; fourth, that the present international situation, as well as past history, gives no promise that the dreams of the ultra-pacifists are about to be realfzed and the days of war to end; fifth, that other nations, some of whose armaments exceed that of the United States, are not disarming; now, therefore, be it "Resolved, That the women who have been so closely touched by war prefer to pay for armament of a size and efficiency which will make all nations hesitate to attack us, rather than to pay vastly more dearly not only in money, but in lives, in a war of unprepared against well-prepared forces." GEESE ARE GRAZING STOCK Geese have an important part in the endless war on waste. They are in a class with chickens in utilizing waste grain about stables and feeding pens. In a larger measure than chickens or any other kind of poultry they are a grazing stock, getting their living in large part from the ordinary grasses of the pasture, say poultry specialists of the United States department of agriculture. When it is considered that the demand for geese is steady, and extended over almost the whole year, not confined to holidays, as in the case of turkeys, that geese excel all other poultry as producers of fat, the importance of geese in the poultry scheme is realized as important. New Meat Market We are now open for business in the Hartman Block at Olive and Center and invite the housewives to get our prices and inspect our meats. WE DELIVER To any part of the city, and take orders at your door. Satisfied customers are what we are striving for. 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