anaheim-gazette 1921-12-29

Pre-Inventory Sale Every Coat Wool Dress and Suit In Our Entire Store Offered At Great Discount. Great Discount. All PURSES and BAGS Twenty-five Pct. Off THE S. Q. R. STORE Allan Melrose came down from San Francisco to spend Christmas with the home folks. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Duckworth were hosts to a number of friends Monday at a Christmas dinner. Charley Osborne has been appointed Fullerton manager of the American Fruit association, succeeding his brother, A. H. Osborne. Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnston entertained a number of relatives Monday, a Christmas tree being one of the features of the enjoyable affair. D. G. Wettlin, of Orange, has been appointed deputy district attorney by District Attorney Nelson, taking the place of Roland Thompson, resigned. He begins his duties January 2. Notwithstanding a rainy week Anaheim merchants all report a very satisfactory Christmas trade. In fact, it is claimed the business was the heaviest in the history of Anahelii. The Anaheim Realty Board will hold an important meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms tonight. A dinner at six o'clock will precede the business session. Hart's Peerless orchestra has staged a dance for Odd Fellows' hall on Saturday night. New Year's Eve. This will be one of the most enjoyable hops of the winter, and if you like dancing don't miss it. The music will be first-class. Mr. and Mrs. Hite W. Prewett have returned from their honeymoon, which was spent at Santa Barbara. Mr. Prewett has resumed his position with an oil company at Signal Hill, and Mrs. Prewett is again at her desk in the office of the water company. V. L. Steward and family have come down from Washington and will make their home in Anaheim in the future. Mr. Steward is a brother of City Manager O. E. Steward. His wife has been in poor health for some time, and it is hoped the climate of this section will prove beneficial to her. T.C.Little is being guilty jail pending his pre-trial before the justice of Huntington Beach on a charge of highway violation worth $1200 and a fine according to Citizenship, Law and Order, slightly intoxicated and alleged robbery. He knocked Jones down before robbing him. Later at a rooming house and money were recovered. W.H.Ihrer, who re-entered Anaheim, purchasing property at the corner of on streets, manifested his spirit on Saturday he visited the homes he had to ascertain if any were supplied with and when he located trees, he suggested that trao one which he wished with extra trimming. He disposed of several manner and caused different homes. Mr.father-in-law-of Dr.Zion Dent of the county hotel. Miss Lillian Dumke and Mrs.William DuPont and Raymond Potter, DID YOUR ROOF LEAK? Our roof coating will stop that leaky roof. Durable and Lasting. Fully Guaranteed. 75c. per gallon. In five gallon cans. B. F. SPENCER 166 West Center St. Phone 27 We Give Green Trading Stamps. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dyer entertained a few relatives and friends at a delightful Christmas dinner party on Sunday afternoon. The city is now prepared to handle garbage without letting a contract to private individuals. A truck with trailer has been purchased, and is on the job. Mrs. William Harkins died suddenly at her home on Elm street Monday morning of heart failure. She leaves an infant eight days old, besides two other children, one two and the other fourteen years of age. She was 36 years of age. Telephone service in a portion of the city was interrupted Tuesday by the breaking of an underground cable on South Los Angeles street. Three hundred and fifty phones were out of commission during the day. A force of men came down from Los Angeles to repair the break. Anaheim has been drenched by the heaviest rain storm recorded in this section for many years. It began a week ago Saturday night and at eight o'clock yesterday morning Max Nehoulung's guage showed a precipitation of 7.60 inches. Almost two inches had fallen previous to this storm, making the season's fall about 9.50. Chapman No. 1, a well that will live as long as oil is produced in southern California, is having its reverses. Drilled originally to 3045, Chapman No. 1 came in doing 8000 barrels daily, dropped to 5000 in a day and held this figure for almost half a year. In two and a half years the big producer declined to 500 barrels. Sand seems to be bothering the well now and it is off production, being washed and cleaned out. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police attracted a good house at their vaudeville entertainment at Fairyland theatre Tuesday night. The equipment used my these famous manhunters on display in the lobby of the theatre also proved an attraction, as hundreds stopped to inspect the guns, masks and other paraphernalia. Of a total 1920 California production of 5,501,738 pounds of honey, worth $1,441,999, the seven southern California counties of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, Imperial and Los Angeles, produced 2,906,182 pounds worth $605,136, or more than 50 per cent of the output of the state, according to the last census report. Among the pleasant family reunions of the holiday season was that on Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gates on North Claudina street, when the children and grandchildren gathered to celebrate the day with a beautiful Christmas tree and an old-fashioned Christmas dinner at which the center of attraction was the large turkey with all that goes with it. Ralph Loomis, salésman for Chas. H. Mann, was seriously injured when struck by a delivery wagon at the crossing of Chartres and Lemon streets Tuesday evening. Mr. Loomis was crossing the street when the wagon, going at a high rate of speed, it is said, crashed into him, hurling him a considerable distanace. Both legs were severely lacerated and his right knee injured. A couple of weeks ago this office received a sack of garden seeds from Washington through the courtesy of Senator Shortridge. Some days later another sack, bearing the frank of Congressman Swing arrived, and still Chapman No. 1, a well that will live as long as oil is produced in southern California, is having its reverses. Drilled originally to 3045, Chapman No. 1 came in doing 8000 barrels daily, dropped to 5000 in a day and held this figure for almost half a year. In two and a half years the big producer declined to 500 barrels. Sand seems to be bothering the well now and it is off production, being washed and cleaned out. At Tuesday's meeting of the Kiwanis club Wallam T. Wallop was elected president for the year 1922. The club decided to take a hand in conservation of water and river protection, and a committee was appointed to take charge of the matter. The committee is composed of J. F. Ahlborn, A. B. McCord, George Ross, D. Jessurun, Eugene Durfee, Charles Eygabroad, W. J. Sieman, J. A. Clayes, and F. M. Gibbs. T. C. Little is being held in the county jail pending his preliminary hearing before the justice of the peace at Huntington Beach on December 29, on a charge of highway robbery. Little is alleged to have assaulted Laurence B. Jones, of Riverside, on the Huntington Beach pier late Wednesday night and relieved him of a diamond ring worth $1200 and $25 in cash. Little, according to City Marshal Jack Tinsley, of Huntington Beach, was slightly intoxicated at the time of the alleged robbery. He is said to have knocked Jones down with his fists before robbing him. Little was arrested later at a rooming house and the ring and money were recovered. W. H. Ihrer, who recently located in Anaheim, purchasing the Parson property at the corner of South and Lemon streets, manifested the real Christmas spirit on Saturday evening, when he visited the homes in that neighborhood to ascertain if all the households were supplied with Christmas trees, and when he located one without the trees, he suggested that he had an extra one which he would gladly donate with extra trimmings for their use. He disposed of several trees in that manner and caused much joy in the different homes. Mr. Ihrer is the father-in-law of Dr. Zaiser, superintendent of the county hospital. Miss Lillian Dumke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dumke, of this city, and Raymond Potter, of Orange, were crossing the street when the wagon, going at a high rate of speed, it is said, crashed into him, hurling him a considerable distance. Both legs were severely lacerated and his right knee injured. A couple of weeks ago this office received a sack of garden seeds from Washington through the courtesy of Senator Shortridge. Some days later another sack, bearing the frank of Congressman Swing arrived, and still later a small quantity of flower seeds was received from Judge Swing. These seeds are for free distribution and will be given away. We have only a small supply of flower seeds, therefore if you want a package call early. A membership campaign is being carried on under the auspices of the Orange county farm bureau, with the aid of about one hundred Orange county farmers. The success of the campaign is very marked and many new members are being secured. A quota of 2500 members is set to be attained before January 1. The entire county has been divided into a series of districts, and workers are covering these areas in a house-to-house canvass. Every district is going "over the top," according to R. D. Flaherty, secretary-manager. Fritz Kleuwer's new lunch counter and barrel house is now open to the public and already doing a thriving business. It is situated in the rear of the Dew Drop Inn cafe, with the opening on the alley. Pure Watsonville cider is on draught here at 5 cents per, and sandwiches, pie and other short order eatables can be purchased for a nickel, the same that costs ten cents around the corners on the street. This place is bound to become popular when people learn that they can get fifty cents worth of grub for two-bits, just like pre-war days. Charles Weeks, known as founder of the Weeks poultry system, is completing the purchase of 900 acres between Newport Beach and Anaheim Landing, near the right-of-way of the proposed state boulevard and will subdivide so that anyone interested in poultry raising may buy half an acre or an acre, raising his own green feed. Other feed will be furnished, it is understood, at carload prices. Weeks will lecture at the colony once a week, so that the beginner may and when he located one without the trees, he suggested that he had an extra one which he would gladly donate with extra trimmings for their use. He disposed of several trees in that manner and caused much joy in the different homes. Mr. Ihrer is the father-in-law of Dr. Zalser, superintendent of the county hospital. Miss Lillian Dumke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dumke, of this city, and Raymond Potter, of Orange, were married at Salem Evangelical church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. F. Doeschler officiating. For several days the young ladies of the church had been engaged in the work of decorating for the occasion, and the building was artistically and beautifully draped with flowers and greenery. Two hundred friends of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony and afterward enjoyed a wedding supper in the bungalow at the rear of the church. The bride has been a nurse at the sanitarium for the past three years. Another step in the $2000 "dog slaughter" damage suit being waged in the superior court by M. L. Simms and A. J. Folger, of Westminster, had been taken Friday with Simm's answer to Folger's cross complaint, filed late Thursday through Attorney W. F. Menton. Simms originally demanded $2000 actual and exemplary damages from Folger because the latter shot a valuable Airedale dog belonging to Simms. Folger retorted with a cross-complaint for $1 actual damage because, he said, the dog trespassed on his premises and worried his rabbits and poultry. To the $1 claim, Folger added an additional $2000 for exemplary damages. In his answer Simms denies the trespass charge and objects to an award of damage to Fogler. Charles Weeks, known as founder of the Weeks poultry system, is completing the purchase of 900 acres between Newport Beach and Anaheim Landing, near the right-of-way of the proposed state boulevard and will subdivide so that anyone interested in poultry raising may buy half an acre or an acre, raising his own green feed. Other feed will be furnished, it is understood, at carload prices. Weeks will lecture at the colony once a week, so that the beginner may learn the business under proper guidance. Poultry exports of Orange county and men interested in poultry and egg product on a large scale are deeply interested in Week's project. Employees of the Southern Counties Gas company who had been on the monthly payroll for more than six months on last Christmas were presented with $1000 life insurance policies by the management of the company. For the 1921 Christmas present these same employees together with a number of new employees who have been in the service of the gas company for six months or more, will receive certificates showing that their policies are paid for another year. The policies were written with the Connecticut General Life Insurance company. It is the plan of Ferdinand R. Bain, president of the Southern Counties Gas company, to pay the premium on said policies as long as the gas representatives remain in the employ of the company. This gift, on the part of the company, is looked upon very highly by the gas company employees. Why isn't it possible oftener for those who inherit wealth also to inherit the brains that produced the wealth? PAGE FIVE URSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY End of the Year Specials In Every Department. ALKENSTEIN'S ALKENSTEIN'S ST NATIONAL BANK AND American Savings Bank OF ANAHEIM EXTENDS TO YOU A Happy New Year With Best Wishes for New Year With Best Wishes for Your Prosperity During 1922 OFFICERS MAN, President UEL KRAEMER, Vice-President CHAS. A. BOEGE, Vice-President H. H. BENJAMIN, Vice-President O. E. HANSON, Assistant Cashier L. A. MUCKENTHALER, Assistant Cashier M. D. CLARK, Assistant Cashier ZITZMAN, Cashier American Savings Bank