anaheim-gazette 1922-03-23

VOLUME LI RETAINS RANCH BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO B. F. PORTER SETS FINE EXAMPLE TO THOSE WHO WOULD OWN THEIR OWN HOME ...Drove Herd of 3300 Cattle From Texas to California—Lost Many of Them In Gila River Stampede—Recovers Remnant and Came to Orange County—Is Today One of Its Wealthiest Residents. That B. Frank Porter, the pioneer Orangethorpe avenue horticulturist, has set a splendid example to those who are now urging people to own their own homes, is evidenced by the fact that, while he bought his present 40-acre ranch at an outlay of $20 per acre in 1870, it can not now be purchased for much less than a quarter of a million dollars. Mr. Porter is the only pioneer who bought land in the northern portion of Orange county in those days who still retains his pro-county division campaign in 1889. His memory is clear regarding the happenings of the long ago and he recalls with great interest the efforts for county division in the early '70's, which have been recently referred to in these columns. The Gila river stampede cost him $20,000, and the cold spell of 1913 put a crimp in his bank roll. For his fine nursery stock was very harshly dealt with, but as he suffered losses, so he made gains and can now sit under his vine and fig tree, and reviewing incidents which have passed has the satisfaction of having his many friends tell him that he has made good. The buy-a-home idea is more prevalent now than ever before in this section. And let those who hesitate look at the record of this grand old man, who, while adversity came and losses were not infrequent, still held fast and wouldn't let go. SPLENDID OUTLOOK FOR BIG WALNUT CROP Prediction that the Santa Ana valley will this year produce the largest crop of walnuts in the history of the industry was made by Harry W. Lewis, president of the Santa Ana Walnut Growers' association. The forecast is based on the fact that many young orchards in the county are just beginning to bear That B. Frank Porter, the pioneer Orangethorpe avenue horticulturist, has set a splendid example to those who are now urging people to own their own homes, is evidenced by the fact that, while he bought his present 40-acre ranch at an outlay of $20 per acre in 1870, it can not now be purchased for much less than a quarter of a million dollars. Mr. Porter is the only pioneer who bought land in the northern portion of Orange county in those days who still retains his property, and more than that he has materially added to his resources, until now he is one of the wealthiest men in Orange county. Other settlers purchased ranches in the neighborhood, but all of them disposed of their holdings, which are now sub-divided and held by other owners. He has lived on his ranch since acquiring it and gives it constant attention. Although he is interested in the banking business at Fulerton and is engaged in other enterprises. He has set another good example to those who would follow him, in the fact that he and his wife have raised a family of fifteen children. All of whom survive except one son, who was unfortunate drowned while hunting ducks in the Big Bear country five years ago. All of his children are prospering and are a comfort and a joy to their parents in their advancing years. A few days after his marriage to a Texas belle in 1870 he started for California, driving a herd of 3300 cattle ahead of him. He had 40 well armed men in his party, for the Apaches were bad and he feared a raid. There were also many cattle thieves along the route, who took heavy toll from him before his journey's end. Approaching a pass in the Gila river in the summer of that year, his cattle were forced to go without water for two days and nights, when they smelled the waters of the river eighteen miles distant and bolted in a great stampede. At this critical juncture he issued instructions to his men to save their horses, and although the greatest of care was taken to preserve them, forty of them perished before the cattle were overtaken. Hundreds of the cattle were drowned, miring down in the quick sand in the river, and when he finally succeeded in getting the remnant of his herd on this side he had less than 1200 head remaining. More than 2200 head were lost in the river and driven off by Apaches and other marauders. While the Indians were bad they refrained from attacking his well armed party. Prediction that the Santa Ana valley will this year produce the largest crop of walnuts in the history of the industry was made by Harry W. Lewis, president of the Santa Ana Walnut Growers' association. The forecast is based on the fact that many young orchards in the county are just beginning to bear heavily and that the light output of the past two or three years will be conducive to a record breaking crop. Unusual climatic and weather conditions during the past winter have not injured the trees, in the opinion of Lewis. He stated that he believed that the heavy frost this year would in no way impair the production of nuts in Orange county. Carlyle Thorpe, general manager of the California Walnut Growers' association, has even pointed out that following the freeze of 1913, the walnut trees budded heavily and the crop was the largest ever harvested up to that time. "We have had a maximum production in the valley for several years," Lewis stated. "It is safe to assume that barring unusual conditions, such as a continued heat wave in the early summer, the trees are ready to bear as heavily as they ever have. That is the experience in walnut growing." "After several years of small production, the trees invariably bear heavily." "I believe that this year indications point to the fact that the valley will surpass all other marks in respect to production." Lewis stated that none but nuts that average 80 per cent or better, that is, 80 good nuts out of 100, would be shipped by the local association this year. That is expected to be the action of the directors. "Last year we had a light crop and the demand was unusually heavy," he said. "For that reason we not only shipped the Diamond brand, but some simply marked California walnuts as well. They did not go very well and some expressed dissatisfaction." "I have heard that many persons think that last year's output did not move very well and that we still have some of the best brands left. That is not true. All of the Diamond brand has been sold. Only some of the lower grade nuts are left." save their horses, and although the greatest of care was taken to preserve them, forty of them perished before the cattle were overtaken. Hundreds of the cattle were drowned, miring down in the quick sand in the river, and when he finally succeeded in getting the remnant of his herd on this side he had less than 1200 head remaining. More than 2200 head were lost in the river and driven off by Apaches and other marauders. While the Indians were bad they refrained from attacking his well armed party. Several days later he swam the Colorado river and reaching California soil, drove 500 head to Los Angeles, where he sold them for enough money to pay his entire expenses and losses on the trip. He returned to the river and drove the remainder of his cattle through Julian to Bolsa Chica in this county, where they were pastured for a time. But he was unable to dispose of them advantageously, and he drove them back to Wickenbug and sold them for enough to pay the expenses of the trip. He came to Anaheim with his party and bought forty acres of land on Orangethorpe avenue. Others in his party also purchased ranches, but they disposed of them after holding their land for a number of years. He improved his property and it is now second to no ranch in southern California. He has dealt extensively in nursery stock and in other ventures and has been uniformly successful. He was in town this week with Mrs. Porter and his two strikingly beautiful daughters. In talking of the early days he said the pioneers had many hardships to contend with, and hard times seemed to come on every hand, but he persevered, held fast to what he possessed, and constantly added to his resources. For many years he has taken an active part in public affairs and was one of the wheel horses in the BIG ELK HERE Expressing himself as confident that the coming year will find the lodge taking even more rapid steps forward, John D. Saxe, state president of the Elks' association, was a visitor in the county last week. The California chief arrived at noon and spent two hours meeting officials and members of Santa Ana lodge No. 794. He is on a tour of all of the fifty-six lodges of the state. “What I have seen of Orange county has impressed me very much,” Saxe stated. “It looks like an extremely prosperous center. “I believe that this year will find the Elks’ clubs in the state making rapid progress. The membership is growing more rapidly than it has in any former period in the history of the organization. “There are now fifty-six lodges in California, the two most recent being Ventura and Hollister. I have found the southern California lodges very prosperous and taking up all forms of participation such as ritualistic contests, golf and baseball. “The lodge is planning for the biggest state convention in history at Santa Monica, October 13, 14 and 15. I am of the opinion that 1000 delegates will be present as against 700 last year at Santa Cruz.” AHEIM GAZETY Anaheim, California, Thursday, March 23, 1922 FIRST ELECTION IS TO BE HELD TOMORROW CHAMBERS AND ELLIOTT WILL CONTEST FOR SEAT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD Big Vote is Expected to Be Polled, as Fight is a Warm One—High School Election on March 31, and Sewer Bonds to Be Voted for Tuesday, April 4—Fight Over Election of Three City Trustees on April 10, Will Probably Get Out a Full Vote. The first of the many elections to be held this spring is staged for tomorrow at Central school building. Little attention has been paid to the school elections until about a week ago people woke up to the fact that there is a fight on for grammar school trustee, and that two candidates are running neck and neck for the one vacancy on the board. William H. Chambers is the retiring member of the board. He has filled FARMERS AND MERCHANTS WIN IN PHONE TEST Appellate Court Upholds Decision of Judge Williams Sustaining the judgment of Superior Judge R. Y. Williams, the appellate court has handed down a decision in the test case brought by Charles Knowlton, of Fullerton, and others against the Orange County Farmers' and Merchants' association to set aside a franchise, granted by the board of supervisors, giving the association the right to operate and maintain a telephone system. Judge Williams held that the association is legally entitled to operate such a system and the appellate court affirmed the judgment. The suit was instituted for the purpose of having it adjudged that the defendant is unlawfully "usurping, holding and exercising" the right to construct and operate a telephone system and to use the public highways and streets in the constructing of such a system. The plaintiff sought to have the defendant association excluded from the use of the streets and roadways by the franchise granted by the supervisors. In rendering its decision the appellate court points out that the telephone system was to be operated for the exclusive use of the members of the association, that it is a non-profit ANAHEIM PEOPLE AGAINST STATE BOND ISSUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTORS ENDORSE THE ECONOMY LEAGUE Amendment to Be Voted on in November is Very Unpopular Here—Many Deem it Unwise to Bond the State for Half a Billion Dollars at This Time—Leonard Evans, Chairman of the C. of C. Legislative Committee, Gives His Views. The proposed constitutional amendment, authorizing the water and power commission of the state to issue bonds to the amount of five hundred million dollars for the development and state control of hydro-electric power, is meeting with hard sledding in this neck of the woods, and indications are that the sentiment prevailing in Anaheim is general throughout the state. People here are progressive and enterprising, and believe in developing the The first of the many elections to be held this spring is staged for tomorrow at Central school building. Little attention has been paid to the school elections until about a week ago people woke up to the fact that there is a fight on for grammar school trustee, and that two candidates are running neck and neck for the one vacancy on the board. William H. Chambers is the retiring member of the board. He has filled the thankless position for twelve years, serving faithfully, conscientiously and only, and is a candidate for another term. Some good citizens have been pitted against him in past elections, but he always won out and continued on the job. W. J. Elliott has announced himself as a candidate against Mr. Chambers and as Mr. Elliott is also an excellent and popular citizen and a man fully qualified for the position, the race is bound to be close and exciting. It is reported that the Abernathy affair has erupted again, and that the friends of Abernathy have been busy grinding up their axes for the past two years and waiting for an opportunity to use them on Chambers. It is said that friends of Abernathy are going to make a determined effort tomorrow to defeat Mr. Chambers for reelection. People will remember that J. R. Abernathy, superintendent of the city schools, was summarily discharged by the board a couple of years ago, on the ground that his conduct of the schools was not satisfactory. Twenty-five of the twenty-nine teachers in the schools at that time upheld the board and some of them were bitter in their criticisms of the superintendent. Abernathy brought suit for salary under his contract, and was given judgment on the ground that he had not been legally discharged because the board had not notified him of the charges against him and given him an opportunity to defend himself. The people generally upheld the board, although Abernathy’s friends stood by him. It is now rumored that Abernathy and his friends are after Chambers’ scalp, and will do their utmost to get it at the polls tomorrow. On Friday, March 31, two members of the high school board will be elected. E. A. Sparks and H. E. Carter are the two retiring members, and both have filed nomination papers for reelection. There are no other candidates, and both will be elected. On Tuesday, April 4, the sewer bond election will be held, in which an ef- struct and operate a telephone system and to use the public highways and streets in the constructing of such a system. The plaintiff sought to have the defendant association excluded from the use of the streets and roadways by the franchise granted by the supervisors. In rendering its decision the appellate court points out that the telephone system was to be operated for the exclusive use of the members of the association, that it is a non-profit organization and not organized under the code provisions relating to telephone and telegraph corporations. The appellate court also holds that a permit from the state railroad commission is unnecessary. Attorney General U. S. Webb, his deputy, and Marks and Launer, of Fullerton, represented the appellant, Chas Knowlton. Head and Rutan, of Santa Ana, are attorneys for the respondent. THE PARENTAL HOME Construction of a county parental home is both an investment and a saving. It is an investment in citizenship and a saving in money and morals. By preventing the development of criminals it will eliminate much of the tremendous financial burden which develops upon the county in apprehending, prosecuting and confining criminals. Such is the viewpoint of Superior Judge R. Y. Williams, who presides over the Orange county juvenile court. “Give the dependent children a chance,” is the plea of Judge Williams in connection with the proposal to build a parental home. He maintains that it is much better to steer boys and girls away from crime than to punish them after they have committed crime; likewise cheaper. The parental home would not only save many children but would save the county many more dollars than it would cost.. This is not a general theory, Judge Williams holds, but applies to a problem which directly confronts Orange county, face to face, demanding an answer. “The proper place to start to erasing crime is naturally, at the beginning,” he says, adding: “The county is confronted with a really serious situation. Our dependent children are entitled to a chance to develop under normal, wholesome conditions that are not possible under present arrangements. “These are not vicious children.” The proposed constitutional amendment, authorizing the water and power commission of the state to issue bonds to the amount of five hundred million dollars for the development and state control of hydro-electric power, is meeting with hard sledding in this neck of the woods, and indications are that the sentiment prevailing in Anaheim is general throughout the state. People here are progressive and enterprising, and believe in developing the natural resources of our wonderful state, but at the present time when so many claims incident to the war are necessitating extraordinary taxes, they deem it unwise to vote an unnecessary expenditure of half a billion dollars upon themselves. Practically all the business men of the city are opposing the measure, and the Chamber of Commerce directors adopted a resolution at the last meeting denouncing it. Leonard Evans, chairman of the legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, has the following to say relative to the proposition: “I am against the proposed water and power act because it is a dangerous and radical departure from our time-honored principal of representative government. No state in the union has ever voted blanket authority to an autocratic board or commission to issue bonds and spend money that I know of without first defining to the legislature, the people’s properly constituted representatives, what the money is to be spent for. In addition to being given the authority to issue bonds and invest the proceeds thereof on their own initiative and judgment, this commission is given authority to make raids upon the state treasury, and the tax collecting machinery of the state is commanded to collect each year such additional sums as is necessary to repay the treasury for amounts taken by this commission. I think the people had better stick to the good old Anglo-Saxon custom of letting their representatives in the legislature appropriate the public moneys. “In the face of a great war crisis the congress of the United States voted one million dollars to be spent by the president as he saw fit and without any accounting. That action was criticised because of creating a bad precedent and without any reflection on the wonderful man to whom the authority was granted. If that was a dangerous precedent for the nation, what is a vote of five hundreds times that amount to an un- stood by him. It is now rumored that Abernathy and his friends are after Chambers' scalp, and will do their utmost to get it at the polls tomorrow. On Friday, March 31, two members of the high school board will be elected. E. A. Sparks and H. E. Carter are the two retiring members, and both have filed nomination papers for re-election. There are no other candidates, and both will be elected. On Tuesday, April 4, the sewer bond election will be held, in which an effort will be made to vote bonds for the construction of an outfall sewer in conjunction with the city of Santa Ana. Registration rolls show that 2212 citizens are eligible to vote at this election. There is not much opposition to the bonds, as people generally realize that the outfall sewer is a necessity. There are persons, how-who vote against all bond issues, and as a two-thirds vote is necessary to carry, friends of the proposition should not let over-confidence or apathy prevent them getting to the polls. Seven candidates are in the field for the three places to be filled on the board of trustees, and indications are that there is going to be some scrap on the 10th of April. Charles H. Mann and F. N. Gibbs, members of the present board are standing for re-election, and the five others who have filed nomination papers are Godfrey J. Stock, E. H. Metcalf, A. H. Pape, W. P. Quarton and R. R. Pember. Nominations closed Tuesday, consequently the three trustees will be picked from these seven candidates. The Kansans of southern California will hold a picnic at Sycamore Grove park, Los Angeles, all day Saturday, April 1. All persons who have lived in the Jayhawker state are invited to attend. Mrs. Ralph McFadden entertained the members of the B. G. N. club at a luncheon Wednesday afternoon as a farewell party for Mrs. Henry Tuffree and Mrs. E. C. Normandy, who leave Saturday on a trip to Hawaii. The guests played Five Hundred, beautiful prizes going to Mrs. Henry Tuffree, Mrs. Arthur Mann and Mrs. Herbert Sullivan. Decorations for the four course luncheon were acacia boughs and greenery and favors and place cards of green and white, hand-painted. At the close of the meeting, Mrs. Percy Bradford, as president, presented the guests of honor with a book from the club, and a package of letters to be read on the boat trip. Fourteen members were present, and three guests, Mrs. Joe Wagner, Mrs. McLellan and Mrs. Carrie Ford, of Fullerton—Courier. Seats in the rogues' gallery are the most expensive in the house. In the face of a great war crisis the congress of the United States voted one million dollars to be spent by the president as he saw fit and without any accounting. That action was criticised because of creating a bad precedent and without any reflection on the wonderful man to whom the authority was granted. If that was a dangerous precedent for the nation, what is a vote of five hundred times that amount to an uncontrolled commision in the state of California; I think it is simply absurd." The People's Economy League has been organized throughout the state to fight the amendment, and the following prominent citizens of this city have signed a resolution endorsing the league: Dr. H. A. Johnston, J. Frederich Ahlborn, George Dunton, Charles Eygabroad, J. E. Stroup, V. W. LaMont, H. M. Adams, Harry D. Riley, Thos. L. McFadden, Malcolm Fraser, Geo. Rebman, W. M. Wellman, James Carroll, E. S. Sandilands, Chas. E. Jones, Wm. Dolan, A. B. McCord, Adolph Thomas, Romaine Berger, Leonard Evans, E. Zitzmann, Wm. P. Goodrum, Wm. Falkenstein, G. M. Simpson, Wm. P. Webb, Jr., J. T. Lyon, F. T. Edmiston, S. E. Prince, Wm. Jackson, H. H. Benjamin, Wm.J.Siemann, E.M.Chalmers,H.E.W.Barnes Jr.,H.M White,Geo.M.Ross,M.Eugene Durfee ,E.Bowers,C.F.Grim and Fred A.Backs Jr. Following his assault on Russell Renner, the 17-year-old son of O.H.Renner, Harry Baldwin, one of the newly-appointed policemen, resigned his job. Chief Steadman appointed L.O.Whalten to the vacancy. Mr.Whalten has been suffering with the flu, but will be on the job in a day or two. Garden May Fullerton ange a Hunt school en sch Ruth M with G SCATTERED NO-FUND CHECKS AND LANDED IN JAIL Walter Hodges Facing Trial in Superior Court on Serious Charge Word reached here Saturday that Walter Hodges, salesman for the Golden State Motor company, was in jail at Imperial facing trial in superior court on a charge of passing worthless checks. He left here Tuesday last for San Diego, presumably in company with two automobile men from the southern city. Information is that when he reached the border town he attempted to promote the cause of temperance by drinking up all the bootleg whiskey on the market, and financed the enterprise by scattering no-fund checks about the city. The checks were drawn on an Anaheim bank in which he had no money, and the sums secured on them aggregated between $500 and $600. From San Diego he went to Imperial, where he was placed under arrest after it was ascertained that the checks he had issued were worthless. Hodges is a printer and worked at the trade in this city for a couple of years. He finally quit the business and engaged as salesman for the J. E. Walter company. Afterward he was agent for the Hupmobile, and for some months past has been salesman for the Golden State Motor company. He had been prominent in the auto- VALUABLE LOOT SECURED BY BURGLARS THREE HOMES IN THIS CITY ARE RANSACKED WEDNESDAY EVENING Residences of Frank Tausch, W. E. Duckworth and E. E. Brus Visited by the Thieves—All the Victims Were Away From Home at the Time—Gang Traveling In an Auto Supposed to Be Responsible for All Three Jobs. Burglaries, supposed to be following the circus, ransacked three homes in this city while the families were absent last Wednesday night and got away with clothing, jewelry and money to the value, probably, of a thousand dollars. The houses looted were those of Frank Tausch, on North Lemon street; W. E. Duckworth, North Los Angeles street, and E. E. Brus, on Koeger street. All these burglaries are supposed to have been committed by a gang of three men who were Indoor Ball League Girls of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove. Tustin and Huntington Beach high schools have organized an indoor baseball league. The pennant race will open on March 30. The schedule for girls' indoor baseball as made by the coaches is as follows: March 30. Fullerton at Anaheim; Santa Ana at Orange; Huntington Beach at Garden Grove, Tustin bye. April 13. Anaheim at Orange; Santa Ana at Fullerton; Garden Grove at Tustin; Huntington Beach bye. April 20. Anaheim at Huntington Beach; Orange at Tustin; Garden Grove at Fullerton; Santa Ana bye. April 27. Tustin at Anaheim; Orange at Garden Grove; Huntington Beach at Santa Ana; Fullerton bye. May 7. Garden Grove at Anaheim; Fullerton at Huntington Beach; Tustin at Santa Ana; Orange bye. May 11. Orange at Huntington Beach, Fullerton at Tustin; Santa Ana at Garden Grove; Orange bye. May 18. Santa Ana at Anaheim; Fullerton at Huntington Beach; Orange at Tustin; Garden Grove bye. Huntington Beach is the latest school to join the league making seven schools in all. Twenty-five girls are out under the direction of Miss Ruth Munro. Their first game will be with Garden Grove March 30. Oil Land Suit Diego he went to Imperial, where he was placed under arrest after it was ascertained that the checks he had issued were worthless. Hodges is a printer and worked at the trade in this city for a couple of years. He finally quit the business and engaged as salesman for the J. E. Walter company. Afterward he was agent for the Hupmobile, and for some months past has been salesman for the Golden State Motor company. He had been prominent in the automobile business in this city, and is considered one of the best salesmen in the county. He has a wife and four children, and the family's friends here sincerely hope that the court will be lenient in passing judgment upon him. Hodges is now at home, having arrived here late Tuesday. He states that early reports of his trouble were greatly exaggerated, and declares he never was in jail. Indoor Ball League Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts, $16.50; two razors, $18; gold pen, $12.50; gold pencil, $7.50; underwear, $8; silk stockings, $4.50; belt with silver buckle, $7.50; Colt revolver, pearl handle, $45; gold jade ring, $25; alarm clock, $4; neckties, $7. Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts, $16.50; two razors, $18; gold pen, $12.50; gold pencil, $7.50; underwear, $8; silk stockings, $4.50; belt with silver buckle, $7.50; Colt revolver, pearl handle, $45; gold jade ring, $25; alarm clock, $4; neckties, $7. Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts, $16.50; two razors, $18; gold pen, $12.50; gold pencil, $7.50; underwear, $8; silk stockings, $4.50; belt with silver buckle, $7.50; Colt revolver, pearl handle, $45; gold jade ring, $25; alarm clock, $4; neckties, $7. Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts, $16.50; two razors, $18; gold pen, $12.50; gold pencil, $7.50; underwear, $8; silk stockings, $4.50; belt with silver buckle, $7.50; Colt revolver, pearl handle, $45; gold jade ring, $25; alarm clock, $4; neckties, $7. Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts, $16.50; two razors, $18; gold pen, $12.50; gold pencil, $7.50; underwear, $8; silk stockings, $4.50; belt with silver buckle, $7.50; Colt revolver, pearl handle, $45; gold jade ring, $25; alarm clock, $4; neckties, $7. Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur, $100; man's broadcloth coat, $100; two silk petticoats, $15; three suits of silk underwear, $15; two silk shirts, $28; three shirts，$16.50；two razors，$18；gold pen，$12.50；gold pencil，$7.50；underwear，$8；silk stockings，$4.50； belt with silver buckle，$7.50；Colt revolver，pearl handle，$45；gold jade ring，$25；alarm clock，$4；neckties，$7。 Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur，$100；man's broadcloth coat，$100；two silk petticoats，$15；three suits of silk underwear，$15；two silk shirts，$28；three shirts，$16.50；two razors，$18；gold pen，$12.50；gold pencil，$7.50；underwear，$8；silk stockings，$4.50； belt with silver buckle，$7.50；Colt revolver，pearl handle，$45；gold jade ring，$25；alarm clock，$4；neckties，$7。 Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur，$100；man's broadcloth coat，$100；two silk petticoats，$15；three suits of silk underwear，$15；two silk shirts，$28；three shirts，$16.50；two razors，$18；gold pen，$12.50；gold pencil，$7.50；underwear，$8；silk stockings，$4.50； belt with silver buckle，$7.50；Colt revolver，pearl handle，$45；gold jade ring，$25；alarm clock，$4；neckties，$7。 Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur，$100；man's broadcloth coat，$100；two silk petticoats，$15；three suits of silk underwear，$15；two silk shirts，$28；three shirts，$16.50；two razors，$18；gold pen，$12.50；gold pencil，$7.50；underwear，$8；silk stockings，$4.50； belt with silver buckle，$7.50；Colt revolver，pearl handle，$45；gold jade ring，$25；alarm clock，$4；neckties，$7。 Mr. Duckworth has made out the following list of articles taken: Black lynx fur，$100；man's broadcloth coat，$100；two silk petticoats，$15；three suits of silk underwear，$15；two silk shirts，$28；three shirts，$16.50；two razors，$18；gold pen，$$12.50$$； gold pencil,$7.5$$; underwear,$8$$; silk stockings,$4.$$$; belt with silver buckle,$7.$$$; Colt revolver,$pearl handle,$$$; took a number of articles of wear belonging to Elmer.\nThey also carried away a cash box containing a number of valuabale papers.\nIn each instance entrance was se- OIL LAND SUIT Garden Grove; Orange bye. May 18, Santa Ana at Anaheim; Fullerton at Huntington Beach; Orange at Tustin; Garden Grove bye. Huntington Beach is the latest school to join the league making seven schools in all. Twenty-five girls are out under the direction of Miss Ruth Munro. Their first game will be with Garden Grove March 30. OIL LAND SUIT That one of two oil leases on 20 acres near Buena Park be cancelled, is the demand of F. L. Glass, claimant to the property, in a suit to quiet title on file in the superior court. The defendants are C. H. McWilliams and wife and C. W. Roedecker and wife, holders of the lease in question. Glass sets forth this complaint that he executed the first of the leases to McWilliams, who later assigned it to Roedeck, but that neither of them has fulfilled the terms, which, he asserts, provided for the beginning of drilling operations within six months after the lease was issued October 16, 1919. That the lease to McWilliams now threatens to interfere with a second lease, issued by Glass to J. W. Bishop and R. W. Edens late in 1920, developed with the filing of the suit. Glass declares that in December, 1920, McWilliams informed him that he, McWilliams, had failed to secure leases on surrounding property that he had hoped to lease, and therefore surrendered his lease to Glass. Glass says he proceeded then to lease the land to Bishop and Edens, only to have McWilliams later record the first lease. Holding that the McWilliams lease forms a cloud on the title, Glass asks the court to cancel the lease and quiet title in him. The Brus home was ransacked while Mr. and Mrs. Brus were attending the circus. Evidently they were not after women's clothing, as they passed up Mrs. Brus' wardrobe, but took a number of articles of wear belonging to Elmer. They also carried away a cash box containing a number of valuabale papers. In each instance entrance was secured by cutting screens, and as the burglaries were all pulled off early in the evening the thieves were cognizant of the fact that the inmates of the houses were all away from home. Sleuths from the sheriff's office came over Thursday morning and made an effort to secure finger prints. Officers throughout southern California were notified to be on the lookout for the gang. HOOVER SAWS WOOD. It is the business of Secretary of Commerce Hoover to look after the welfare of the nation's commerce, not only foreign, but domestic. His reorganization of the department for the promotion of foreign trade is bringing substantial results, and his recommendations for the betterment of our domestic trade will be as effective if they are followed. Mr. Hoover recognizes the fact that the welfare of the railroads is inseparably bound up with the welfare of industry in general. With impaired transportation facilities, commerce of all sorts, both foreign and domestic is hindered in its development. The secretary advocates that every proper assistance, financial and otherwise, be extended by the federal government to the roads until conditions are such that they can support themselves and give efficient service.