anaheim-gazette 1921-12-01

IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Items of Local Interest Culled from the Files of Former Issues of This Paper From the Gazette, Dec. 2, 1871. We have had an elegant sidewalk laid in front of the Gazette office, so that our subscribers can have a nice clean place to walk when they come to pay for their paper. We have been shown by John Fischer a remarkable cluster of ears of corn which grew in his field on the east side of the city. It consists of eight ears, all growing together in one bunch, a large one in the center and seven others around it. Henry Bremmerman and C. Mossman, both old residents of Anaheim, returned by the last steamer from San Francisco. Mr. Bremmerman brings with him a portion of the furnishings of his new hotel, which he expects to open by New Year's. Mr. Mossman formerly owned the place now owned by Mr. Bittner and we are glad to learn he now intends to remain permanently with us. We have recently had the pleasure of a call from Daniel Kraemer, who resides four miles east of the city. Mr. Kraemer is the fortunate owner of 3800 acres of land where he resides, 70 of which is under cultivation. He has 20,000 bearing vines and his success is but a fair sample of what any good man can accomplish in our fertile valley. From the Gazette, Dec. 3, 1896. Count Bozenta and Madame Modjeska have returned to their home in Santiago after an absence of some weeks at San Francisco and Monterey. The Madame’s health, her many friends will be pleased to know, is considerably improved and she will soon be quite herself again. Dr. Clark and wife, of Fullerton, and Supervisor Potter and E. B. Foster, of Centralia, attended the barbecue at Capistrano on Saturday. Cards are out for the marriage of Harry D. Carter, of Denver, Col., to Miss Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Kennedy, at Willow ranch, Magnolia, on Thursday afternoon next at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Josephine Butler, of Los Angeles, who visited with Mrs. Ernest Browning several days last week, took her departure for her home on Monday afternoon. Billy Berdrow had his sprinkler out yesterday afternoon for the first time since the rain. Miss Flora Davis visited with friends in Santa Ana several days the past week. Prof. Keren and the teachers of the city schools attended the teachers’ in- OPPOSES RAILING The Star labors it appear a good thing ($375,000 is the co-railroad people, a postponed calculation would be a debt of twenty years, and Angeles would then plea to pay it and times its present value.” The advanced roads are placed the city of Los Angeles exactly the thing taxed heavily to that are after all city and are of little value to us of the county to whom it difference if railroad from Los Angeles to the Monte. We see for the building of shall be a great obligation to help pay not take into account Branch Railroad the whale “Anahegull us into swallow scheme because this would be of very sequence to us, and bid for our support suit to our dignity December 2, 1871. MR. OLDEY Anahegull Editor Gazette: As circumstance into a somewhat in the defense of county against that of one Phineas Bay no apology for proing proposition to Angeles county. Notice on our prairie We have recently had the pleasure of a call from Daniel Kraemer, who resides four miles east of the city. Mr. Kraemer is the fortunate owner of 3800 acres of land where he resides, 70 of which is under cultivation. He has 20,000 bearing vines and his success is but a fair sample of what any good man can accomplish in our fertile valley. A valuable colt, Grand Turk stock, two and one-half years old, belonging to H. Polhemus, was shot on Thursday evening last by some unknown parties and is likely to die. Even if farmers deem it necessary to shoot worthless and unmanageable wild horses which eat up their substance, and have no responsible owners, there can be no excuse for killing a gentle horse belonging to a neighbor, where reparation could easily be had for any damage the animal had done. The new Planters hotel, which now graces the spot left vacant by the flery exit of its predecessor, will be dedicated to the cause of hospitality by a grand ball on Saturday evening next. Tickets for gent and ladies including supper only $3. The Anaheim (Cal.) Gazette, now published by Chas. A. Gardner, comes to us in a much improved condition. It is highly appreciated as one of our exchanges—City Paragraph, Milwaukee, Wis. Session of the common council met Nov. 27th, 1871, at 3 o'clock p.m. Present Messrs. Champlin, Boege and Pres. Zeyn. The following bills were ordered to be paid: F. Rimpau, $36; T. T. Hill, $25; Gazette, $2; C. F. Lehman, $16. Reports of treasurer and marshal for month of October approved. The mayor reported that he had caused a brand of the letter "A" to be made for the city pound, same was on motion accepted. Bill of P. Davis and Bros. referred to finance committee. The city attorney was requested to draw up an ordinance concerning the storage of hay within the fire limits of the city. The council then adjourned to Dec. 11, 1871. T. Rimpau, clerk. Santa Ana, Nov. 26, 1871. Editor of Gazette: I have heard dog stories, fish stories, etc., and I propose to tell you a pumpkin story. Wm. Tedford, of Newport district, raised on his Billy Berdrow had his sprinkler out yesterday afternoon for the first time since the rain. Miss Flora Davis visited with friends in Santa Ana several days the past week. Prof. Keren and the teachers of the city schools attended the teachers' institute at Santa Ana the fore part of the week, and are now in attendance upon the meeting of the Institute in Los Angeles. Miss Nellie Browning entertained her young friends at her home on Saturday afternoon last in honor of her sixth birthday. Miss Helen Benchley entertained her friends with a delightful dinner last Monday at her home in Fullerton in honor of her friend, Miss Margaret Guenther, of Orange. The dining table was profusely decorated with holly. Those bidden to meet the guest of honor were the Misses Allie Fay, Edith Fay, Bertha Lee, Lillian Robinson, Fritzie Heimmann, Mable Langenberger, Winifred Melrose and Jessie Melrose. On Saturday the Republican hosts of Orange county wended their way down into the Independent municipality of San Juan Capistrano for the purpose of presenting Don Marco Ferster a silken flag emblematic of the banner Republican precinct of the county. At the recent election San Juan cast 83 votes for McKinley and 21 for Bryan—four to one—and is thus entitled to the honor of being classed as the banner Republican precinct of the county. About 200 people joined the excursion to attend the barbecue. Intimations had been given out that Don Marco had sent his vaqueros out for days looking for the fattest beef in his vast herds to prepare for the barbecue. Arriving at Capistrano the visitors headed by a life and drum corps marched to the home of Alcalde Egan, where Judge Ballard in a neat speech presented the banner to Don Marco, who thanked those present for the flag and bade them welcome to his home, promising to make an earnest endeavor to retain the banner at each successive election, "until I die," said this grand old patrician nobleman. The guests Davis and Bros. referred to finance committee. The city attorney was requested to draw up an ordinance concerning the storage of hay within the fire limits of the city. The council then adjourned to Dec. 11, 1871. T. Rimpau, clerk. Santa Ana, Nov. 26, 1871. Editor of Gazette: I have heard dog stories, fish stories, etc., and I propose to tell you a pumpkin story. Wm. Tedford, of Newport district, raised on his farm in the Williams settlement a pumpkin that weighed 173 pounds. I hauled it to my farm, cut a hole in it, and put one of my children in it. Seeing there was more room, I put in the second child, which is over two years old, the other being nearly five years old and they were not much crowded either. Respectfully yours.—G. L. RUSSELL. Again it becomes our sad duty to record the death of one of our fellow citizens, of one who was first in the adventurous band of pioneers to settle upon the broad wild plain where new stands Anaheim. In September, 1869, Mr. Rehm in company of Philip Hammes came to Anaheim, they two being the first of the settlers to come here. So they go, our brave old pioneers who subdued the thorns of the wilderness and planted roses, whose fragrance we now enjoy. We had quite a plentiful supply of rain the past week. Mr. Alfred Metcalf and family have arrived and are now living at the Coyote house. The first white frost of the snow appeared on Tuesday morning. Arriving at Capistrano the visitors headed by a life and drum corps marched to the home of Alcalde Egan, where Judge Ballard in a neat speech presented the banner to Don Marco, who thanked those present for the flag and bade them welcome to his home, promising to make an earnest endeavor to retain the banner at each successive election, "until I die," said this grand old patrician nobleman. The guests were soon seated at long tables under the trees and many white aproned muchachos waited upon the throng. The menu consisted of tortillas, tamales, cabezatatema, trips de leche, barbecued beef and mutton, frijoles and other tempting viands without number. The afternoon was devoted to impromptu speeches, a visit to the old mission and other points of interest, including Judge Egan's handsome home and Judge Bacon's supreme court. The day-was one long to be remembered and it passed all too quickly. As the evening shadows fell the line of march was taken for the station and bidding the hospitable host and hostess au revoir, the happy throng took the train for their homeward trip. Herman Stern took a photograph of the McKinley show window display at his establishment on Monday. The old folks at home may have a chance to see what artistic window displays are like out here in the wilds of California. Shipments of oranges from the Placentia orchards will begin next week. Miss Phebe Jones attended the session of the Christian Endeavorers at Pasadena on Friday and Saturday last. OPPOSES RAILROAD SUBSIDY The Star labors desperately to make it appear a good thing to give $650,000 ($875,000 is the correct figure) to the railroad people, and makes the postponed calculation that the result would be a debt of only $650,000 in twenty years, and that the city of Los Angeles would then have 250,000 people to pay it and "many hundred times its present value of taxable property." The advantage of the proposed roads are plausibly set forth for the city of Los Angeles. Now this is exactly the thing we object to, being taxed heavily to build improvements that are after all to benefit only the city and are of little consequence to the county at large. Certainly of no value to us of the southern part of the county to whom it makes no earthly difference if railroads are ever built from Los Angeles to Owens river or to the Monte. We should bo no richer for the building of these roads, but we shall be a great deal poorer if we are obliged to help pay for them. We do not take into account the tub "Compton Branch Railroad" thrown out to the whale "Anaheim" to endeavor to gull us into swallowing their railroad scheme because that road if ever built would be of very little, if any, consequence to us, and we regard this small bid for our support rather as an insult to our dignity.—From our issue of December 2, 1871. MR. OLDEN'S LETTER Anaheim, Dec. 1st, 1871. Editor Gazette: As circumstances have forced me into a somewhat prominent position, in the defense of the people of this county against the dishonest schemes of one Phineas Banning, I shall make no apology for presenting the following proposition to the people of Los Angeles county. It is a common practice on our prairies to fight with fire, best manner. As only a part of these roads will pay from the start, it will be necessary to offer some inducement to secure their prompt construction. I would suggest that the stock of the city and county in the L. A. & S. P. R. R. be donated and that this be supplemented to make our gift equal to two thousand dollars per mile on the proposed 150 miles. In making this proposition, I wish to see if the people north of the San Gabriel are willing to act fairly with our people. If they are not the ract adds another to the many arguments in favor of "Secession," and we will at once proceed "to fire the southern heart. It will be perceived that this proposition is honest! There is no "cat in the meal bag," "no nigger in the fence," no "Phineas Banning," no $5,000 per mile, "no dredging machine for the Wilmington hog wallow," nothing but a fair and honest proposition, if we do the subsidy hunting schemers will have no foundation to stand on, our railroad will have been built, and until this is done we will have no security from the schemes of those scoundrels. The Hon. B. D. Wilson gave his approval to this plan, and will sustain a petition for the purpose of furthering it. Yours truly, WM. R. OLDEN. THE GALLATIN MEETING (From the Gazette, December 2, 1871.) The meeting at Gallatin on Saturday last was a most prompt and determined move in the right direction, in two points of view, viz: Inaugurating a concerted movement for county division and giving utterance to another powerful expression of the will of the people against the subsidy movement of Banning and Co., Dr. J. E. Fullon was made chairman and S. H. Butterfield, secretary. A committee composed of Messrs. J. H. Burk, W. Standifer, S. J. Davis and John Doland drafted be created at the last election being 1039). This petition was adopted unanimously, and copies will be circulated for signatures. Resolutions were then passed condemning and denouncing the passage of the subsidy resolutions at the Anaheim convention and requesting the representatives of this county to aid in a division of the county and use all honorable efforts against any subsidy to the L. A. & S. P. R. R. Co. Mr. Olden submitted the following protest and resolutions, which will also be circulated throughout the county for signatures: Protest. "To the Honorable; the Senate and assembly of the Legislature of the State of California: We, the people of Los Angeles county do hereby record our solemn protest against the attempt of one Phineas Banning and his aldes and abettors to obtain the authority of your honorable body to permit this county to vote an enormous subsidy to certain railroad schemes; and we beg leave to offer the following resolutions, which embody our opinions on the question of railroad subsidies: Resolved That we, the people of Los Angeles county, are unalterably and entirely opposed to the present system of voting subsidies to railroad corporations by the general vote of the people of a county. "Resolved, That only those who pay tax on property to the value of $300 should have the right to vote for the expenditure of money for the benefit of private individual corporations." "Resolved, That we the people of Los Angeles county (warned by previous experience) are entirely opposed to granting one dollar of our money for any purpose whatever to said Phineas Banning, or his aldes, abettors or employees." The meeting adjourned until Wednesday noon, 20th inst., at Enterprise hall, Anaheim. MR. OLDEN'S LETTER Anaheim, Dec. 1st, 1871. Editor Gazette: As circumstances have forced me into a somewhat prominent position, in the defense of the people of this county against the dishonest schemes of one Phineas Banning, I shall make no apology for presenting the following proposition to the people of Los Angeles county. It is a common practice on our prairies to fight with fire, and I now propose to fight and oppose a threewing subsidy by the substitution of an honest one. I hereby suggest to the people of this county the construction of the following described system of county railroads, which will be fairly distributed and will benefit equally all parts of the county. First, a main through line extending from the San Fernando valley to Los Angeles, 20 miles, thence to Anaheim, 30 miles, thence to San Juan Capistrano, 30 miles, from Los Angeles to San Bernardino line, El Monte, 30 miles, from Anaheim Landing through Anaheim to San Bernardino county line, 25 or 30 miles, from Newport landing to junction with the main line, about 12 miles. Total 152 miles. Said roads to be of 3 feet guage and equipped in the meeting at Gallatin on Saturday last was a most prompt and determined move in the right direction, in two points of view, viz: Inaugurating a concerted movement for county division and giving utterance to another powerful expression of the will of the people against the subsidy movement of Banning and Co., Dr. J. E. Fullon was made chairman and S. H. Butterfield, secretary. A committee composed of Messrs. J. H. Burk, W. Standiffer, S. J. Davis and John Doland drafted a petition to the legislature praying for the creation of a new county to be called Anaheim county, out of the eastern part of Los Angeles county, with the following boundaries: Commencing on the coast of the Pacific ocean at the mouth of the old San Gabriel river, following the coast in a northerly direction to the San Bernardino line, thence southerly to the northern boundary of San Diego county, thence westerly to the coast. Thence along the west coast to the place of beginning and showing that the new county would contain about 1,500 square miles, and represent taxable property to the amount of about three millions of dollars, with a population of 8000 people. (The number of votes cast in the county should have the right to vote for the expenditure of money for the benefit of private individual corporations. "Resolved, That we the people of Los Angeles county (warned by previous experience) are entirely opposed to granting one dollar of our money for any purpose whatever to said Phineas Banning, or his aides, abettors or employes." The meeting adjourned until Wednesday noon, 20th inst., at Enterprise hall, Anaheim. HER CHOICE The father, who was head of the firm, had been noticing that his son took a certain unofficial interest in his private secretary. The young man had recently joined the staff of the firm to learn the business. One day the private secretary, a very modest young woman, announced to him that his son had proposed to her and that she had accepted him. "Well, I really did think you might have seen me first," said the father. "I did," she replied, "but I preferred your son." "Work" rhymes with "shirk," but there is no other affinity. 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