anaheim-gazette 1922-05-04

MANY VARIETIES OF TIMBER USED FOR POLE LINES Felling Trees to Meet Demand of Telephone System is Big Industry When snow spreads its mantle over woodland, and the forest streams lie ice-bound, the woods resound with the swinging blows of the lumber-jacks and the great trees of the forests bow to the keen edge of the axe or the biting teeth of the saw; the tempest-defying monarchs lie prostrate before the prowess of the woodman. Soon, denuded of their branches, the huge trunks are hauled or floated down to the saw mills, there to be attacked by huge saws and converted into lumber. Not all of them. Many millions of them are destined to stand again straight and tall in storm and sunshine for many years. Instead of green tops towering to the sky, they will bear proudly aloft great cross arms carrying myriad copper strands vibrating with electric impulses, carriers of a nation's speech by which a continent is knit into a closer communion. Thus panoplied, some 15,000,000 of them carry the wires of the Bell telephone system and are a familiar sight along the highways in all sections of the country. Northern white cedar has been the species most largely used for telephone poles. It grew abundantly in the northern parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and eastward through Ontario to northern Maine and the Maritime provinces. Western red cedar, an up-land species found in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, is another large source of pole supply. Chestnut is largely used in the east and the supply is found in the Atlantic coast states from Massachusetts to North Carolina and in Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Juniper and cypress are used to some extent in the south near power house No. 3, where it will be utilized. When one of the men asked why such a record was made he replied, "Well, they need the power down yonder as soon as they can get it—and then, we're all partners in the company and that makes a difference." As soon as road work can be completed work in the tunnel will be done from eight headings and the project will be ready for service early in 1923. Construction work in the Big creek country goes on twenty-one hours a day. In the tunnel the first crew to enter spends its time in drilling holes to a depth of eighteen feet. These are filled with dynamite and fired by electricity. Electric ventilators soon withdraw the smoke from the shaft and then a steam shovel is advanced to remove the "muck" as it is termed. This is dumped into small cars which are then hauled out by means of electric locomotives. There will be an aggregate of seventy-five miles of tunnels when the Big creek project is fully developed. Separated from civilization by a snow-clad mountain range of 10,000 feet altitude, several hundred miners located at the upper end of the project have been storm-bound for the winter. Their only communication with the outside world is by radio, mail and such light supplies as can be carried in by an Alaskan dog team. In order that these men might have plenty to eat during the winter, the following supplies were hauled in last fall before the first storms: 11,000 pounds butter, 12,000 pounds coffee, 108,000 pounds flour, 173,000 pounds potatoes, 20,000 pounds ham, 18,000 pounds bacon, 88,000 pounds beef, 66, pounds sugar and 1,000,000 eggs. For their mining operations they were supplied with 640,000 pounds of dynamite, 78,000 pounds of drill steel, 630,000 pounds of coal and 600,000 pounds of coke. of generosity and kind fore known in the land that policy would the emergency of wipe stead, therefore, offery problem in a man character of the leaders and spoken governments were that upon request would continue to do Europe. The plan have the United financial assistance of sound credit and accordance with the ty and generosity. The new movement most recent expression to prominent to go over to Euro financiers there matter on a strict it should. According to receipts savings of cities States are being in securities at the 000,000 per month. do not represent but to a great ext small investors who curities what they greater opportunity securities issued in American financiers to talk over the new dustry and the sece loans and investmer merits of the prop business standpoint port to their client customers in this recommend or disdied investments on basis. Governmenteign loans would strictly in accord principles, but wo largely by intern和政治 consis consin and Minnesota and eastward through Ontario to northern Maine and the Maritime provinces. Western red cedar, an up-land species found in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, is another large source of pole supply. Chestnut is largely used in the east and the supply is found in the Atlantic coast states from Massachusetts to North Carolina and in Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Juniper and cypress are used to some extent in the south, near where they grow. Creosoted yellow pine from the south is also an important item in today's pole supply. In Minnesota, from which the greater part of the northern cedar poles are now derived, the trees grow in a mixed stand with pine, spruce, tamarack, etc. To bring out separately from this stand each kind of tree would be expensive and so a system has grown up where the logging of all varieties is carried out as a single operation, and the pine for sawlogs, the spruge for paper, and the cedar for poles are subsequently separated and brought to their proper markets. As early as August or September, camps located at convenient points have been built, large enough to house crews of from forty-five to sixty men. Roads are built, underbrush is cut away before the actual work of felling begins. The colder the winter, the better the lumberman likes it, for it makes the work of hauling the lumber much easier. Snow and ice are the lumber-jacks' allies in the arduous labor of getting the poles out of the woods and to the nearest shipping point. THIS FITS MOST OF US Henry Ward Beecher, so the story goes, was once asked by a young preacher how he could make his congregation keep wide awake and attentive during his sermon. Beecher replied that he always had a man watch for sleepers, with instructions, as soon as he saw anyone start nodding or dozing, to hasten to the pulpit and wake up the preacher. Aren't you and I usually less sensible? Would we not be inclined to have the watcher wake up, not ourselves, but the fellows caught sleeping? In other words, aren't we disposed always to blame others? When things go wrong in an organization the president usually feels it is necessary for him to shake up his associates. His associates, in turn, usually start kicking up ructions with those under them. And workers plenty to eat during the winter, the following supplies were hauled in last fall before the first storms: 11,000 pounds butter, 12,000 pounds coffee, 108,000 pounds flour, 173,000 pounds potatoes, 20,000 pounds ham, 18,000 pounds bacon, 88,000 pounds beef, 66-pounds sugar and 1,000,000 eggs. For their mining operations they were supplied with 640,000 pounds of dynamite, 78,000 pounds of drill steel, 630,000 pounds of coal and 600,000 pounds of coke. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS Demands on the county of Orange were allowed as read. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on franchise applied for under the application of the Wilshire Oil company. The matter of letting the contract for the resurfacing of the Huntington Beach boulevard from Westminster boulevard to Bolsa boulevard, and from Wintersburg road to Talbert road in the second road district, with concrete paving was again considered. The bid of B. R. Ford was rejected. Baisch Bros. being the lowest bidders the contract was awarded to them. Price $17,237.39. Ordinance No. 194, granting the Wilshire Oil company a franchise, was passed. Bids were opened for the construction of two timber bridges across Aliso creek and one timber bridge across El Toro creek near El Toro. Mercereau Bridge & Construction company being the lowest responsible bidder, the contract was awarded them. Price, $6917. Map of tract No. 284 was received and submitted to the city engineer of the city of Santa Ana. Map of tract No. 287 was received and submitted to the city engineer of the city of Stanton. Map of tract No. 274 was received and submitted to the city engineer of the city of Huntington Beach. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on tract No. 247. Resignation of Agnes J. Rudolph, as deputy purchasing agent, was accepted to take effect May 1. Spraying licenses were granted to Donald J. Dodge and B. F. Simons. It was ordered that the assessment of lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 22, block 31 Los Alamitos, assessed to Bixby Land company, be cancelled. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on franchise No. 191. GERMANY'S CITY There can be little recently signed treasury and Germany although possibly suspended toration of the country which formerly exited two countries. Forisia found one of its raw materials many, as an intercountry turned into finished product of them to Russia raw materials and all parts of the globe. In the year before had a favorable treaty $75,000,000, but in many alone the bad Germany's favor $690. Approximately Russia's exports stuffs raw materialized articles to Japan manufacture in oceans. That situation mercede made Russia subject to Germany many was her chief eager materials trade relations established in such beyond successful other countries. Thus Russia naiht of sending raw materials able develop within her skilled workmen ing manufacturing training of men naiht manual labor, but of manufacturing THE TUNNEL MEN BREAK WORLD RECORD In its race to keep ahead of the demand for electric power in California the Southern California Edison company is constantly breaking records. A report of the most recent accomplishment has just been received from the Big Creek headquarters of the company, where 3500 men are engaged in harnessing the waters of the San Joaquin for the use of our rapidly growing industries. In thirty days a crew of miners drove a section of tunnel 21 feet square a total distance of 476 feet through solid granite. A standard of twelve feet daily had been set by the company, but this was raised to fifteen feet, an increase of twenty-five per cent by the men themselves. This was accomplished in a section of a tunnel whose length when complete will be 30,000 feet and will serve to carry practically the entire flow of the San Joaquin river from its junction with Big creek to the site of The chairman was authorized to approve bond on tract No. 247. Resignation of Agnes J. Rudolph, as deputy purchasing agent, was accepted to take effect May 1. Spraying licenses were granted to Donald J. Dodge and B. F. Simons. It was ordered that the assessment of lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 22, block 31, Los Alamitos, assessed to Bixby Land company, be cancelled. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on franchise No. 191. It was ordered that all proceedings heretofore had in connection with the building of an annex to the court house, be discontinued. EUROPEAN FINANCING Leaders of economic movements for the restoration of Europe to normal conditions of industry and trade are pursuing a wise course when they invite American financiers and American commercial organizations to confer with them with regard to methods by which American capital can be interested in the great work to be done on the other side of the Atlantic. That is taking up the subject in a proper manner. That plan places the movement entirely on a business and economic basis, whereas the previous proposal to have the United States government send representative to the Geneva conference was placing it on a political basis which could not possibly bring satisfactory results. The problems to be solved are economic and they must be solved, if at all, by men who are skilled in business rather than politics. The men who solve the problems must speak for industrial institutions organized by government. Apparently many Europeans had been led to believe that because the United States during the war opened its treasury with a spirit Russia has then the raw materials power, the man lacks is that long which will give him use of her own resources. Lenin and sworn enemies of tallism, of course, development of Germany is the end under the pro- government sort of combination increase the foreign German empire. Under the police gime Russia will ducer of raw material borer—while Germ skill which turns into highly manual far higher com-skilled laborer re- ANAHEIM QAZETTE of generosity and liberality never before known in the history of the world, that policy would be continued after the emergency of war had passed. Instead, therefore, of grappling with every problem in a manner suited to the character of the problem, European leaders and spokesmen of European governments were inclined to assume that upon request the United States would continue to finance the needs of Europe. The plan evidently was to have the United States extend its financial assistance not on the basis of sound credit and security, but in accordance with the customs of charity and generosity. The new movement, which finds its most recent expression in an invitation to prominent American financiers to go over to Europe and confer with financiers there, places the whole matter on a strictly business basis, as it should. According to recent financial reports the savings of citizens of the United States are being invested in European securities at the rate of some $80,000,000 per month. These investments do not represent large capital alone, but to a great extent the savings of small investors who find in foreign securities what they believe to be a greater opportunity for gain than in securities issued in the United States. American financiers who go to Europe to talk over the needs of European industry and the security it can offer for loans and investments will judge the merits of the proposals solely from a business standpoint. When they report to their clients and prospective customers in this country they will recommend or disapprove the proposed investments on a strictly business basis. Government financing of foreign loans would not be conducted strictly in accordance with business principles, but would be influenced largely by international friendships and political considerations. THE PRICE OF SUCCESS Success cannot be achieved without definite, settled purpose. The wayfarer who has not determined where the end of his road shall be before he sets foot upon it is traveling to no purpose. He suffers all the labor and hardships of effort without any reasonable possibility of enjoying its rewards. Fixed purpose and determination are the essentials. Anything else is the instability of water that cannot excel. Periodical stories of the remarkable good fortune of one individual and the pathetic misfortune of another lack in most cases the saving grace of truth. Fortune is but the fruition of endeavor, mistakenly regarded as good luck by the observers who saw the traveler as he reached the end of the road, but had not observed the journey from the beginning. Luck is for those who have prepared themselves to take advantage of it. The man of purpose never has his dish upside down when it is raining dollars; he had no reason to expect his windfall, but he had the foresight to be prepared if the improbable should occur. Success does not merely happen because the lucky stars chanced to be in the proper conjunction or the fortuitous fates foregathered to give with generous hands. Success is the result of toll genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. The brilliant mind that would leap to the heights of achievement by a single bound usually fails far short. There is but the one path to accomplishment and upon it every son of Adam must walk. Lady Luck is a shy maiden who does not believe in love at first sight. She is to be won but she must be wooed. Labor is the golden key to the structure of achievement. The modern philosopher did infinitely more harm than he knew when he coined thepare to struggle. He must strip himself of every incumbrance; he must study the possibilities of obstacles that he may be prepared to o'erleap or go around them when they appear. Whatever is helpful, he must employ; whatever may prove a deterrent he must eschew. But he must decide first of all whether it is worth while. Success is at the top. The journey is long. How many are making it? SWEEPING BACK CRIME WAVES Efforts to sweep back the waves of the ocean are recorded as notable among the failures of human endeavor. To sweep back a wave of crime ought to be a far simpler matter. The sweeper is not combatting an irresistible force of nature. The community in fighting crime is not fighting a finer nor a more highly organized intelligence than its own. Moreover, the majority is on its side. Men and women of Los Angeles county have called upon the governor for aid in analyzing and meeting the social conditions that have resulted in so wide and fierce a reign of lawlessness. It is not clear, quite, how the governor can do much about it. It is possible, for him to advocate respect for law. All good citizens already know that theft and murder are wrong. They do not encourage either. They are unable to figure out a more complete mechanism for the administration of justice. It is not difficult for them to discern flaws in the working of the mechanism already available. No warning gubernatorial finger is necessary to point to these flaws. There are plenty of courts, but they do not function according to the spirit of the statutes. This fact has been made plain by the countless instances of delay, or of others in which, due to the potency of the rogue lawyer, the course of justice has gone utterly GERMANY'S OPPORTUNITY There can be little doubt that the recently signed treaty between Ittussia and Germany although perhaps temporarily suspended, will lead to a restoration of the commercial relations which formerly existed between those two countries. For many years Russia found one of her largest markets for raw materials in Germany. Germany, as an intensive manufacturing country, turned those raw materials into finished products, returned some of them to Russia in payment for the raw materials and shipped the rest to all parts of the globe. In the year before the war Russia had a favorable trade balance of about $75,000,000, but in her trade with Germany alone the balance against her in Germany's favor was about $100,000,-000. Approximately 94 per cent of Russia's exports were either food stuffs, raw materials or half-manufactured articles to be used in further manufacture in other countries. That situation in industry and commerce made Russia a subject nation—subject to Germany. Because Germany was her closest neighbor and the most eager to bid for her raw materials, trade relations were gradually established in such a manner as to be beyond successful competition from other countries. Thus Russia not only formed the habit of sending practically all her raw materials abroad, but failed to develop within her own boundaries skilled workmen capable of conducting manufacturing enterprises. The training of men not merely to do the manual labor, but to take supervision for taking pains. The brilliant mind that would leap to the heights of achievement by a single bound usually falls far short. There is but the one path to accomplishment and upon it every son of Adam must walk. Lady Luck is a shy maiden who does not believe in love at first sight. She is to be won but she must be wooed. Labor is the golden key to the structure of achievement. The modern philosopher did infinitely more harm than he knew when he coined the phrase that "when ability and opportunity meet on the threshold, together they open the door of success." Ability does not fail through lack of opportunity; ability makes its own opportunity. The men who tower above their fellows in any line of endeavor wrested success from circumstances others did not perceive. They saw because their looked. They did not wait to be invited into the struggle nor did they fail to accost opportunity because they had not been properly introduced. They seized destiny with strong hailds and bent it to their will. Success lies within the reach of every individual who is certain that he desires it. Many mistakenly suppose they yearn to be successful whereas they but desire to be granted the rewards of success without taking the gruelling punishment of the struggle. They envy the influential lawyer, but they could not face the years of toll that brought him to eminence; they wish for themselves happy conditions that surround the leaders of other professions, but it is beyond them to endure the hardships and discomforts through which these men won to fame and fortune. He that would succeed must pre- Frances Ingram Is Coming Ellison-White announce a special Chautauqua tour of Frances Ingram, famous contralto of the Metropolitan Opera Company and formerly of the Chicago Operatic Association. Companini said, "The best American contralto voice I have ever heard." The Chicago Evening Journal says, "The greatest contralto of her generation." She appears in concert here on the second evening of Chautauqua with three assisting artists: Ethel Stearns, violoncellist; Vere Stearns, violinist; and Mina Hellekson, pianist. Ellison-White announce a special Chautauqua tour of Frances Ingram, famous contralto of the Metropolitan Opera Company and formerly of the Chicago Operatic Association. Companini said, "The best American contralto voice I have ever heard." The Chicago Evening Journal says, "The greatest contralto of her generation." She appears in concert here on the second evening of Chautauqua with three assisting artists: Ethel Stearns, violoncellist; Vere Stearns, violinist, and Mina Hellekson, pianist. Seven Wonder Days Make Chautauqua week your vacation week. You will never regret it. It will be seven days filled with interesting and inspiring lectures, splendid music and wholesome entertainment. Lectures by Opie Read, Norman Allan Imrie, Dr. Elmer Lynn Williams, J. C. Herbsman and Edna Eugenia Lowe. Eleven concerts during the week by Frances Ingram and the Stearns-Helekson Trio. Patton Brothers Trio, Oceanic Quintet, Electra Platt and Vernon Stone, The Watteau Girls and The Gilvan Opera Company. Paul Fleming and Company in "An Evening of Magic" on the first night and on the fifth night a big New York play production. SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE Adults, $2.50; Students, $1.50; Childs, $1.00. No War Tax ANAHEIM ILLISON-WHITE CHAUTAUQUA May 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Kod THE UNIVERSAL CAR Remember—the lowest cost, the lowest price and the highest resale value of any motor car ever built. $645 Unequaled in Value Equipped with Electric Starting and Lighting System, demount- Unequated in Value Equipped with Electric Starting and Lighting System, demountable rims, extra rim and non-skid tires all around—the Ford Sedan at $645 is the greatest motor car value ever produced—an enclosed car of comfort, convenience and beauty. Reasonably prompt delivery. Terms if desired. 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