anaheim-gazette 1921-10-20

DEFINITE STEPS TOWARD SHIPPING BY WATER Orange county citrus growers were greatly interested in the information received from Los Angeles, to the effect that definite steps toward the shipment of fruit by water to the eastern markets are being taken by the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. Approval by the directors in Los Angeles of recommendations made by the exchange's special committee, headed by Vice-President C. S. Whitcomb, assures action toward carrying out the preliminary details of securing tonnage guarantees and of financing the water shipping scheme. According to Secretary Earl G. Gazell, the financial arrangements will be left to the board of directors, who will take this question up with the various associations affiliated with the exchange. A tonnage guarantee sufficient to handle 2,000,000 boxes is recommended by the special committee as a minimum to be secured from the shipping companies. Tentative arrangements have already been discussed with these companies by exchange officials, who have been conducting investigations of the ocean shipment plan for a number of months. It is proposed to handle the shipments through the Producers' Steamship company, an organization to be financed by the exchange growers. As outlined in a series of conferences between exchange officials and the American Shipbuilding company, of Cleveland, Ohio, last May, the plan involves the purchase of a fleet of ten vessels, equipped with refrigeration and ventilation facilities to insure the safety of perishable fruit en route. TELLS OF SHIP PLANS THE remaining treasury stock will be held under an agreement by which the exchange shippers will have the option to purchase same at par plus ten per cent at the end of the third year, thereby taking over control of the company. The shippers may have a term of years in which to pay for this stock, and it will go into a "revolving fund agreement" and be handled the same as the stock of the Fruit Growers' Supply company. "The purchasers of the first million or two million dollars of stock, who take the initial risk, shall receive all of the profits earned by the steamship company during the first three years. Also, if at the end of the third year the exchange shippers shall elect to take over the treasury stock, then, and at that time, the first stockholders shall have the option to sell any or all of their stock to the exchange shippers at a price of one hundred and ten dollars a share; this basis would appear to make the first issue of stock attractive from an investment standpoint. "Under this plan the exchange organization need not be involved in the finances of the Producers' Steamship company until after it is a thoroughly established and going concern, and it is to the interest of the exchange shippers to take it over. "Our next letter will develop the plans of operating the steamships." BUT THE WOMEN FAIL TO FOOL UNCLE SAM A woman flounced into the inquiry office of the Milwaukee postoffice, at which reports of lost parcel post packages are made. "I sent an electric lamp to a friend out in the state, and it arrived so damaged that it is a total loss," she said. vision of water treatment of public water carry the headway out of the basin. Plication brings us to: What effect of the headwater on the surface water supply in the lower United States has made a record in the basin has collected marks the occurrence of its parts, from the river to its end. Eventually be incorporated on the geology and entire Mohave dome however, will not notice for some time. In response to including both the testants in the case division of water survey announces report entitled "tions along the Mendardino county," paired by David Grist of the division of the geological survey this report may be available to the copies of it have branch office of logical survey, Los Angeles, in lieu of water right public works, Californiacisco, and in the surveyor, San Benito may be consulted be interested in its availability for distribution. CROP PEACE As outlined in a series of conferences between exchange officials and the American Shipbuilding company, of Cleveland, Ohio, last May, the plan involves the purchase of a fleet of ten vessels, equipped with refrigeration and ventilation facilities to insure the safety of perishable fruit en route. TELLS OF SHIP PLANS In its second letter to citrus associations affiliated with the California Fruit Growers' exchange, the water transportation committee of the exchange gives details of how it is proposed to buy six ships from the United States shipping board for use in transporting citrus fruits from southern California to the Atlantic coast via the Panama canal. The plan of financing is divulged. "Our investigations in the east indicate that we cannot expect any of the established coast to coast steamship lines to furnish a refrigerated fruit service for us, for the following reasons: "First: The oldest and strongest steamship companies now operating are dominated by railroad influence through capital sources and will not compete. "Second: Those steamship lines not dominated by railroad influence are operating U.S. shipping board ships, and have not the capital required to install a sufficient amount of refrigerated space in the number of ships required to give the service. "Under the U.S. shipping laws a foreign built or owned ship cannot engage in coast-wise business. "As soon as the new shipping board was organized with Mr. Lasker as chairman, and Mr. Lissner, of Los Angeles, as one of its members, we opened negotiations with it, having in mind the securing of ships especially adapted and fitted for service as fruit carriers, as well as carriers of other California products, and of products manufactured in the east, and consumed in California. "After many weeks of negotiating we secured a tentative agreement with the shipping board by which it will permit us to select six of its ships for our service. It will install cold air refrigeration in about two-thirds of the space in the ships, and lease the ships to us at a very low rate on a 'Bare Boat Charter,' for five years with plans of operating the steamships." A woman flounced into the inquiry office of the Milwaukee postoffice, at which reports of lost parcel post packages are made. "I sent an electric lamp to a friend out in the state, and it arrived so damaged that it is a total loss," she said. Investigation showed that the lamp was in the condition described and the woman was asked what she had paid for it. She said the cost had been $25. A clerk asked where the lamp had been bought and the woman named a large department store. The woman was required to give a description of the lamp. When the description was read to a representative of the store the latter said lamps of that kind never sold for more than $8.50. When this statement was called to the attention of the women she said she must have been mistaken in trestore in which she bought the lamp, but insisted that she had paid $25 for it. The woman was asked if she would be satisfied if the lamp were duplicated. She said that she would be, and a lamp was bought for $8.50 and given to her. Others who have attempted to "put something over" in the same way have had similar experiences. Uncle Sam, when it is a question of settling for a lost package, is "from Missouri." A fox skin which a man in the northern part of Minnesota had shipped by mail to a furrier to be mounted was lost. The man made a claim for $6, plus the amount of the county and state bounties, which he said he could have gotten if he had not decided to have the skin mounted. Inquiry elicited the information that a raw fox skin of the variety in question was not worth more than $2. Perusal of the laws regarding the payment of bounties showed that the man could not have collected. The claimant received $2 compensation. A woman in Los Angeles mailed to a friend in Milwaukee a necktie she had made herself. The tie was lost and the woman made a claim for $10; she said that the material was worth $4, and she had spent twelve hours in making the tie and that her time was worth 50 cents an hour. Inquiry at a leading furnishing store showed that "After many weeks of negotiating we secured a tentative agreement with the shipping board by which it will permit us to select six of its ships for our service. It will install cold air refrigeration in about two-thirds of the space in the ships, and lease the ships to us at a very low rate on a 'Bare Boat Charter,' for five years with option to purchase, we to furnish the crews and operate the ships. "The ships we desire are of 7500 dead weight tons." "Three decks—fine lines and 15 knots speed. "Refrigerated in two-thirds of their holds each ship would carry a maximum cargo of about 74,000 boxes, but we are estimating average cargoes of 60,000 boxes only, during months of January to October, both inclusive, leaving space in the ship for other cargo to the amount of about 3000 tons east bound. "On the return trip (west bound) the ships would bring general cargo consisting of dry goods, boots and shoes, chemicals, light steel products, etc., for our local merchants and manufacturers. There is plenty of this cargo for all the ships now operating. "We propose, in order to take advantage of the tentative agreement with the shipping board, to organize the Producers' Steamship company of California, capitalized at five million dollars, and to offer not less than one million dollars, nor more than two million dollars, of the stock for sale to the public, preferably the individual members in our citrus industry. Whether the amount of stock offered for sale now is one million or two million dollars depends upon whether we start with five ships or six ships, and" MOHAVE RIVER BASIN Mohave river, in San Bernardino county, the largest stream in the Mohave desert region, is a typical desert river. Although along most of its course there is normally no surface flow, except during floods, water lies not far below the surface at many places and is obtained by wells for irrigating several thousand acres. In addition some land in the basin is irrigated with water taken direct from the river. Projects have been started that provide for the storage of the water and the irrigation of thousands of acres of land, but none of them have been completed. During the last few months interest in these projects has been revived by the filing of an application with the di- ANAHEIM GAZETTE vision of water rights of the department of public works of California to carry the headwaters of Mohave river out of the basin. The filing of this application brings up the important question: What effect will the diversion of the headwaters of the river have on the surface water and ground water supply in the lower parts of the basin? The United States geological survey has made a reconnaissance investigation in the basin of Mohave river and has collected many facts in regard to the occurrence of ground water in all its parts, from the headwaters of the river to its end. These facts will eventually be incorporated in a report on the geology and hydrology of the entire Mohave desert region, which, however, will not be ready for publication for some time. In response to many inquirers, including both the applicant and the protestants in the case pending before the division of water rights, the geological survey announces that a short special report entitled "Ground water conditions along the Mohave river, San Bernardino county, Calif., has been prepared by David G. Thompson, a geologist of the division of ground water of the geological survey. In order that this report may be made immediately available to the public manuscript copies of it have been deposited in the branch office of the United States geological survey, 602 Federal Building, Los Angeles, in the office of the division of water rights, department of public works, Call building, San Francisco, and in the office of the county surveyor, San Bernardino, where they may be consulted by any one who may be interested in them. No copies are available for distribution. CROP PERCENTAGE The average of all crops in California NEW USES FOR RUBBER The old proverb that necessity is the mother of invention is receiving a current illustration in the case of rubber. The slump in the price of raw rubber, which today is quoted at a figure lower than that of pre-war times, has led to varied experiments aiming to find new uses for this material. Even the tremendous expansion in the industrial use of rubber, particularly in connection with automotive development, has failed to keep pace with the vast expansion in production. One of the latest of the new inventions is so-called expanded rubber. This is said to be three times lighter than cork. It is bourant, a non-conductor of heat and cold and impervious to water. This is to be used, according to the ideas of the inventor, to make sheets good for the lining of refrigerating chambers, and will also be useful for floating targets, bathmats, underfelt for carpets, and for wall linings. Still more important, if it proves practical, is a compound rubber which vulcanizes without the use of heat. This may be used for floor and wall coverings, roofing, boxes and cartons, gloves, leggings, shoes, and even for flooring and pavings. It is declared to be better than linoleum and to cost no more. By the cold vulcanizing process, it is asserted that fine fabrics can now be waterproofed without injury. The war brought a great expansion of rubber gum production, particularly in the various tropical countries. In the British colonial plantations alone, the production is now said to total from 350,000 to 500,000 tons annually. If new and cheaper processes can be invented in transforming this raw material, rubber is certain to play a still more important part in supplying the their marketing were completed. R. L. Churchill, of Oxnard, manager of the California Lima Bean Growers' association, stated that the association could borrow all the money it needed from its bank, but it would use the war finance money if that money could be had at an interest rate less than charged by the association's bank. Later the war finance board advised the association that it had made arrangements for the association to be financed, if it desired, by a Los Angeles bank with the interest rate of seven per cent. As this offered no advantage at all to the bean association, all negotiations with the war finance board for the loan were called off. ABOUT WOMEN In Kansas City, Kan., nearly one in every four women and girls more than 10 years of age is employed outside their homes. By having her pre-war dresses altered Queen Mary, of England, is able to keep her clothes bill down to about $1500 a year. The Scandinavian parliaments, the Dutch parliaments, all have numerous women members. Women of fashion in China have heeled shoes and some have even adopted the western skirt and high-heeled shoes and have even gone as far as to bob their hair. It is claimed that it is costing the former Mrs. William B. Loeds more than $1,000,000 a year for her Greek title of Princess Anastasia. By carrying off every athletic honor at the University of California, Miss Iskah Thrall becomes the greatest girl athlete in the state. Working girls in Paris were originally called "grisetts," because they wore gray—"grissette" meaning "little gray one." CROP PERCENTAGE The average of all crops in California October 1, 1921, was 92.4 as compared with 92.3, October 1, 1920, according to the figures available at the Sacramento office of E. E. Kaufman, statistician of the state department of agriculture, dispatches received here stated. The composite condition of all the crops in California October 1, at the time of harvest, was about 4.8 below the ten-year average condition for that date. Last year at October 1 the crops 7.7 below the average for the decade. Warm days, with much sunshine, pleased the prune growers and raisin and fig men, while rice, beans, corn, potatoes and grain sorghum made rapid progress. Slight damage resulted from the heavy rains that fell in some sections during September, but the injury to the crops was by no means general or considerable, Kaufman reported. By the cold vulcanizing process, it is asserted that fine fabrics can now be waterproofed without injury. The war brought a great expansion of rubber gum production, particularly in the various tropical countries. In the British colonial plantations alone, the production is now said to total from 350,000 to 500,000 tons annually. If new and cheaper processes can be invented in transforming this raw material, rubber is certain to play a still more important part in supplying the comforts and necessities of modern life. FEDERAL MONEY TOO HIGH Because the war finance board does not offer to furnish money at an interest rate less than the rate for which it can borrow all the money it needs, the California Lima Bean Growers' association will not avail itself of an offer of assistance in financing the marketing of this year's bean crop. W. C. Jerome, of Santa Ana, an association director, recently received from Congressman Phil D. Swing, advises stating that arrangements could be made through the war finance board for securing money for marketing of walnuts and beans. The walnut associations reported that their arrangements for financing far as to bob their hair. It is claimed that it is costing the former Mrs. William B. Leeds more than $1,000,000 a year for her Greek title of Princess Anastasia. By carrying off every athletic honor at the University of California, Miss Iskah Threlle becomes the greatest girl athlete in the state. 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