anaheim-gazette 1921-06-23

IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Items of Local Interest Culled from the Files of Former Issues of This Paper 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The following resolution relative to county division, were numerously signed by leading citizens: Whereas, there has been no possible expression of the sentiments of the people of the southern part of this county upon the county division question; and, whereas, the undersigned Democrats and Republicans believe that the people are almost a unit in favor of this measure and are ready and willing to act; and, whereas, they believe that the time has come when to further the best interest of our section a division becomes of necessity; they do, therefore, invite you to organize in the several precincts and districts and elect delegates to a people's convention to be held at Masonic hall, Anaheim, at one o'clock p.m., July 15, 1871, the purpose of said convention to be to devise ways and means for carrying into effect the said county division measure. One of the most extensive and damaging fires ever witnessed in Anaheim occurred between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock yesterday morning, which only rendered the magnificent Planters' hotel building to ashes, but caused much damage to adjacent buildings, and particularly the store of Mr. Calisher. When first discovered the fire in the hotel had got under such headway as to render all efforts to save it entirely useless, and the citizens who gathered en masse addressed them. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The large brick warehouse on the Botsford ranch at Placentia was entirely consumed by fire that was discovered shortly after midnight last Friday morning. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been incendiary, a recently discharged employee of the ranch being supposed to be the author of the flames. The loss is estimated at $10,000, with the insurance $1500. Z. B. West, of Santa Ana, has been admitted to practice in the United States circuit court, on the recommendation of United States Attorney Denis. Judge West is running a neck-and-neck race with Judge Ballard for the Republican nomination for county judge. Miss Mabel Langenberger visited with Madam Modjeska at her home in Santiago last week, and reports the Madam's health as improving with the warm weather. The friends of the distinguished tragedienne have hopes that she may yet recover sufficiently to enable her to return to the stage. Miss Kate Rea is one of the lengthy list of graduates of the San Diego high school. She will continue her studies at Stanford university. Gu Strodthoff and Orville Lochman are at Catalina taking in the sights and making themselves generally ornamental at that famous water- One of the most extensive and damaging fires ever witnessed in Anaheim occurred between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock yesterday morning, which only rendered the magnificent Planters' hotel building to ashes, but caused much damage to adjacent buildings, and particularly the store of Mr. Calisher. When first discovered the fire in the hotel had got under such headway as to render all efforts to save it entirely useless, and the citizens who gathered on masse addressed themselves to the task of saving the buildings of P. Davis & Bho., the Metts block, the store of Langenberger & Co., the store of M. Calisher, and the residence of Tim Boege. In half an hour after the first discovery of the flames the building was reduced to ashes, and now there remains in its stead but a black and desolate spot, and Anaheim is without a hotel. Upon the hotel and stables there is an insurance of $6000. The citizens of Santa Ana are going to celebrate the Glorious 4th of July with all the pomp and circumstances required by the occasion. Salutes will be fired, Declaration of Independence will be read by a well known lady, and an oration will be delivered. A pavilion will be constructed for dancing, and lastly a high old lunch will be spread for all, beneath the gigantic sycamores of upwards of six hundred years growth. The only feasible plan yet thought of for getting rid of grasshopper is that a state reward of ten cents each be offered for their scalp. We will support the candidate pledged to work for this measure in the next legislature. If a grasshopper candidate is not already in the field let him announce himself. It would be a great convenience as well as an appreciable enterprise if continuous sidewalks could be constructed along the streets of the business portion of the city. The hop-up-and-down-and-break-neck condition of the south side of Center street should convince everyone of this necessity. We must commence to consider the sidewalk subject. If the property owners are required by ordinance to meet one-half the expense of construction the city should meet the balance of the insignificant cost. Let us have continuous walks by all means. Richard Egan, Esq., has just completed the census of school children at... Richard Egan, Esq., has just completed the census of school children at Capistrano and found 160 between the ages of 5 and 15. During this week we have had thunder, lightning, rain and a brilliant aurora borealis at Anaheim—and the grasshoppers have not left. We understand the Presbyterian festival, the arrangements for which have been in charge of the ladies of Anaheim for some time past, is to come off in about two weeks. Persons wanting tea seed for experiments in tea raising, can procure a quantity free of charge by calling upon Harper & Dalton, Los Angeles. Daniel Kraemer and family, of Anaheim, are visiting at the Capistrano Springs. The trustees of the Anaheim Cemetery association held a meeting Monday night and adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, that H. E. Boldt and R. Luedke constitute a standing committee for general improvements. That from the first of July, 1871, the large lots, known as "Family Lots," shall be sold only at $20 each. Judge Pierce turned perceptibly gray headed Tuesday morning in attempting to unravel the mysteries of the case of the people vs. Theresa Dench and her son, John. The complaining witness was Erdman Heinrich, whose son, Herman, aged 13, had became involved with Mike Dench over a bicycle, and a dozen or more members of both families were present to give testimony. For a day or two reports have been current that an effort was being made to change the location of the post-office from its present place in the Federman block to the Deutsch block. FARMS AND FARM PROPERTY IN CALIFORNIA The number of farms in California in 1920 was 117,670. These farms contained 29,365,667 acres, of which 11,878,339 acres were improved land. From 1910 to 1920 the number of farms increased 33.4 per cent; the total acreage, 5.1 per cent; and the improved acreage, 4.3 per cent. In 1920, 29.5 per cent of the land area of the state was in farms, and 40.4 per cent of the farm land was improved. The number of white farmers in 1920 was 111,184, of whom 76,995 were native and 34,189 foreign born. Of the native white farmers, 60,264 were owners, 3,913 managers, and 12,818 tenants. Of the foreign born white farmers, 26,073 were owners, 887 managers, and 7,229 tenants. The 6,486 colored farmers comprised 1,243 owners, 149 managers, and 5,094 tenants. The number of female farmers was 5,774, including 6,406 owners, 52 managers and 316 tentnts. The value of all farm property in 1920 was $3,431,021,861, as compared with $1,614,694,584 in 1910, an increase of 112.5 per cent. The value of land and buildings in 1920 was $3,073,811,109; of implements and machinery, $136,-069,290; and of livestock, $221,161,462. As compared with 1910, the value of land and buildings in 1920 showed an increase of 111.9 per cent; of implementas and machinery, 272.9 per cent; and of livestock 73.3 per cent. The average value of land and buildings per farm was $26,122 in 1920, as compared with $16,447 in 1910; and that of land alone per acre was $94.77 in 1920, as compared with $47.16 in 1910. The value of the 37,338 farms for which complete mortgage reports were secured in 1920 was $764,166,011, and the amount of the mortgage debt was $224,063,903, or 29.3 per cent of the value. The average rate of interest paid was 6.6 per cent. In 1920, 55.0 per cent of all farms operated by their owners were mortgaged, as compared with 40.5 per cent in 1910. VALUE OF FIELD CROPS, ORCHARDS AND VINEYARD Value of Crops 1919 1909 All crops $587,600,591 $146,526,151 Cereals 108,570,469 28,039,826 Other grains and seeds 38,349,277 7,318,211 Hay and forage 96,121,846 42,206,252 Vegetables 47,377,921 12,121,958 Rrruits and nuts 270,910,698 50,706,869 Other crops 26,270,380 6,133,035 Acreage and Production of Principal Crops 1919 1909 Wheat, acres 1,086,428 478,217 Bushels 16 866,882 6,203,206 Barley, acres 987,068 1,195,158 Bushels 21,897,283 26,441,954 Rice, acres 230,367 Bushels 6,926,313 Dry edible beans ,acres 471,674 157,987 Bushels 6,552,961 3,328,218 Hay and forage ,acres 2,202,853 2,534,235 Tons 4,494,940 4,331，885 Hay crops ,acres 2，l38，412 2，503，467 Tons READING AS A SENTENCE BOOSTING THE SOUTHLAND Boosting of southern California as an all the year round home place is proposed at an annual advertising expense of around $300,000 under plans being developed by the All-Year club of southern California. The money will be spent in advertising and will be raised, it is expected, by contributions from organizations in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Santa Barbara. J. C. Metzgar, secretary of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, stated that at a meeting of the commercial secretaries' association of southern California, held week before last at Mt. Lowe, the proposed advertising campaign was discussed and a committee was appointed to make an investigation of the plan and report either to a special meeting of the association or at the next regular monthly meeting. The purpose of the All-Year club, it is said, is to raise a fund of $1,000,000 to be used over a period of three to five years in advertising southern California as a desirable place to maintain residence the year round. The campaign is designed to offset big advertising campaigns being conducted by San Francisco and the north coast and at Seattle. to prosecute the packers criminally and to begin action against them civilly under the then, as well as present, existing laws. "The committee on agriculture of the house had had about fifty days' hard work in hearings on the subject, when, like a clap of thunder out of a clear blue sky, came the announcement that the department of justice had cured all the evils in the packing industry by what is now the famous consent decree entered into between the packers and the department of justice, without reference to any existing law or to any precedent for such a decree. This was followed by the attorney general's appearance before the agricultural committee, in which he took the firm and unequivocal stand that congress should not pass any legislation; that his decree had removed all the evils; and that in the future there would be no trouble about the packers. "Personally, I had the pleasure of telling the attorney general at that time that in my judgment the decree would do more harm than good; that the interests of the great masses of the people were not at all considered in the agreement; that the decree was a camouflage to stop legislation and to protect the packers; and that the great hopefuls have been thrown into this situation." READING AS A SENTENCE A unique sentence was recently imposed upon a flushing boy charged with disorderly conduct. The magistrate sentenced him to three months of reading in the public library. In imposing sentence, the magistrate declared the boy ought to be ashamed of himself for standing about on the streets. He declared that he ought to get acquainted with Dickens and Thackery and Hawthorne. Consequently the delinquent was given three months of "hard reading" in the library. If the bay has the faintest aptitude for reading, the experience is likely to represent a rather heavenly sort of captivity. It must be conceded that the magistrate possessed a bold imagination. The result of the confinement may be to impose upon the boy a permanent library taste, if this were the case, he could look back upon his youthful aberration as one of the happiest circumstances in his life. The magistrate's idea possesses some elements of soundness. It has frequently been pointed out that college students are more likely to pick up a literary taste than those outside college clique because they are thrown more constantly in the company of books. Many people go through life without developing the reading habit, not because they lack the reading turn of mind, but because chance has not thrown them into contact with books. They have never acquired the book-buying habit; and they lack the initiative to go to the public library in search of books. In the case of the boy just mentioned, the magistrate has seen to it that he will be thrown in the company of books for three solid months. If his literary taste, during the course of his servitude, does not ignite, it will be because he is hopelessly without aptitude for reading. If he is at all normal, he is likely to find himself—perhaps against his will—growing enthusiastic first about one book and then about another. UNEARTH PALMER BUNK IN LENITY TO PACKERS Tinchner, of Kansas, Tells House of Camouflage to Prevent Legislation by Congress How Attorney General Palmer, under the Wilson administration, made a grand bluff at bringing the meat packers to justice and failed to such an extent that the Republican congress was compelled to come to the rescue is told by Representative Tincher, of Kansas, a member of the house committee on agriculture. He says: "The department of justice commenced an investigation, under the direction of A. 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