anaheim-gazette 1923-02-22

VOLUME LII FAMILY DISPUTES ADJUSTED AT THE ALTAR MR. AND MRS. R. W. ERNEST TAKEN INTO THE CHURCH BY BAPTISM AT TABERNACLE Agree to Withdrawal of All Charges in Pending Law Suits—Misunderstandings Smoothed Away Through the Good Offices of Rev. L. L. Myers, of the Christian Church, and Attorneys Weisel and Swartz—Mr. Ernest Announces That He Will Keep All the Promises Made to His Wife and Son. While Rev. Vawter's eloquence and the excellent singing are sufficient to draw large crowds nightly to the tabernacle on South Helena street, an occasional number not on the regular program, has served to add to the entertainment and popularity of the revival meetings now in progress. First came the Ku Klux Klan, a white robed and hooded band of men, who filed in during the service, paused long enough PASADENA SLAUGHTERED BY ANAHEIM MERCHANTS Game -Remarkable for Number of Home Runs While blood was being shed in the bleachers at the Huntington Beach ball game Sunday afternoon on awful slaughter was in progress on the high school diamond in Anaheim, although no gore was spilled. The Pasadena ball team, striving for the championship of the Double A league, was unmercifully beaten, but Manager Billy Knott, of the Anaheim team, was the most seriously injured man on the grounds. Captain Buster Callan, who was at the plate, let the bat slip out of his hands, and it made a bee line for Billy, who was standing near, catching him on the jaw. He went down for the count—in fact, he was out for half an hour. Dr. Truxaw, who happened to be on the ground, brought him too, and found that the jaw was not broken, his worst injury being a serious bruise. Pasadena and Anaheim were playing for the championship of the Double A league and the game was the most remarkable one ever played in Anaheim because of the number of home runs made. Pasadena made only three hits off of Harry Hughes' delivery, all of them being home runs. McDowell, third baseman for Anaheim, made BOARD ARMS NEW ADDRESS TO CENTER TRUSTEES CANVASS AT ANNEXATION MONDAY 250 Acres With a Permanent Added to Paving Program North Side, Including Through the Millions Councils of Four Outfall Sewer Lasts After canvassing the recent annexation portion of Sonorato northwest of the city trustees Monday that 19 votes had been of the proposition a The board then official admission of the trivial comes a part of the This adds 250 acres to the city and increments one hundred acres While Rev. Vawter's eloquence and the excellent singing are sufficient to draw large crowds nightly to the tabernacle on South Helena street, an occasional number not on the regular program, has served to add to the entertainment and popularity of the revival meetings now in progress. First came the Ku Klux Klan, a white robed and hooded band of men, who filed in during the service, paused long enough to hand the evangelist a box containing a Bible, $25 in money, and a letter endorsing the preacher in his efforts to drive the devil out of Anaheim. Naturally, the sudden and mysterious appearance of these members of a society that is under the ban of constituted authority in some sections of the land, caused considerable excitement, but after Dr. Vawter had recovered his breath and read the letter he announced that he believed the Ku Klux and he were working hand and glove in the same cause—the betterment of mankind, consequently the society had his endorsement. Another sensation was created a night or two later when Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ernest appeared at the altar, asking admission to the church, and announcing their intention of settling all family differences by mutual agreement instead of through the courts. Affairs in the Ernest household have not been harmonious for some months. Charges and counter charges have been made, warrants sworn out for arrest of certain members and a couple of civil suits filed. Mrs. Ernest appeared in court a couple of weeks ago to answer to the charge of assaulting with intent to commit injury the person of Mr. Ernest's aged father, Henry Ernest. She was acquitted within a few minutes after the case was given to the jury. Her son, Ward, was arrested at the same time charged with disturbing his father's peace, but after hearing the evidence introduced at the trial of Mrs. Ernest, Judge Brown dismissed the charge against the young man. Ward had also been arrested on the complaint of his father charged with driving an auto without the consent of the owner. He was taken to jail at Santa Ana, but released on $1060 bail furnished by his mother. This case was scheduled to come up in Judge Cox's court the day following the reconciliation. Ward Ernest some months ago sued his father for a one-fourth interest in the Plain Dealer printing office, stating that his father promised him this印pened to be on the ground, brought him too, and found that the jaw was not broken, his worst injury being a serious bruise. Pasadena and Anaheim were playing for the championship of the Double A league and the game was the most remarkable one ever played in Anaheim because of the number of home runs made. Pasadena made only three hits off of Harry Hughes' delivery, all of them being home runs. McDowell, third baseman for Anaheim, made three home runs, two of them being in one inning. Ramage also got a homer, chasing Glen Callan around the bases ahead of him. Seventeen hits were made in the game, eight of them being homers. The score was 11 to 3. Anaheim will now play the winners of the Triple A league for the championship of southern California. LAUNDRY TRUCK MIXED UP IN BURGLARIES Officers Trace the Car to Los Angeles Laundry A mysterious yellow laundry truck, owned by the Dannels laundry, of Los Angeles, was linked with the series of service station burglaries which have baffled Orange county authorities during the past few weeks. As the result of an investigation conducted in Los Angeles last Saturday by Criminal Deputy G. E. McClellan and Deputy Sheriff Herman Zabel, finger print expert, was declared to have developed the first substantial clue as to the identity of the ring of burglars which has been making inroads into the stocks of various service stations hereabouts. The presence of a laundry slip, with the name "Dannells Laundry" imprinted on it, found in the Seacrest service station, which was robbed last Friday night, was the first clue upon which officers worked. Visiting the laundry in Los Angeles, they found that driver of No. 24 had reported that his delivery truck was stolen Friday night, and had been returnedthe next morning. The county officers advanced the theory that some men, working the burglary game in Orange county, "borrowed" the truck in which to haul away the loot, which in both instances consisted of tires and tubes, of considerable value. The Seacrest burglary was one of a series in Orange county, in which loot valued at several thousand dollars was After canvassing that recent annexation portion of Sonorato northwest of the city trustees Monday that 19 votes had been of the proposition a The board then official admission of the trie comes a part of the This adds 250 acres to the city and incursion one hundred. Our lights will be extensive territory, and all other joyed by residents will rate limits. It also oi detection of the police habitants will find no object to the provision nances that regulate the city dwellers. Tages as well as disadvantage within the city limits. A large paving project and agreed to Los Angeles street area will be paved, also N Olive to Lemon, also All the streets in there are to be included in paving program being near future. Last night a meeting for this city by theheim, Santa Ana, Orton for the purpose oontfall sewer project work were to be undeand possibly contractager Steward has been inspecting work there submitting the lowest fall sewer, and he w make a report at this PRODUCTION REPORT FOR OLE The thing that is on citizen of Orange coage, production and ilous crops produced name,the county.of that crop which y income for its produ Valencia orange,the县 county is noted t Last year from an 369.66 bearing trees al ing acres,Orange co 466.866 boxes of Valencia on the net f.o.b.prianges for the past s yield an income of ab Ward had also been arrested on the complaint of his father charged with driving an auto without the consent of the owner. He was taken to jail at Santa Ana, but released on $1060 bail furnished by his mother. This case was scheduled to come up in Judge Cox's court the day following the reconciliation. Ward Ernest some months ago sued his father for a one-fourth interest in the Plain Dealer printing office, stating that his father promised him this interest when he reached his 21st birthday, but failed to fulfill his agreement. Mrs. Ida Ernest, a couple of weeks ago, filed suit against her husband for separate maintenance, charging that one of his promises before his second marriage to her two years ago was that she should have a share of his property, but he had failed to make the provision. Rev. Leon L. Myers, pastor of the Christian church, and Attorneys Weisel and Swartz, representing Mr. Ernest and his wife, determined to make an effort to straighten out the tangled affairs of the family and put a stop to legal proceedings, consequently they held a conference with the members of the family and an amicable agreement was reached. Mr. Ernest publicly announced his intention of fulfilling the promises made to his wife and son, and all pending suits dropped. Mr. Ernest was baptised at the tabernacle and both were taken into the Christian church, although the husband has heretofore been a leading member of the Methodist church. Therefore peace and harmony will reign in the Ernest home, where the household has been torn by dissentions and strife. No youth is hopeless unless he thinks he is a genius. AHEIM GAZET Anaheim, California, Thursday, February 22, 1923 BOARD APPROVES NEW ADDITION TO CITY TRUSTEES CANVASS VOTE CAST AT ANNEXATION ELECTION MONDAY 250 Acres With a Population of One Hundred Added to City—Extensive Paving Program Arranged for the North Side, Including New Streets Through the Mills Park Tract—Councils of Four Cities to Discuss Outfall Sewer Last Night. After canvassing the vote cast at the recent annexation election in that portion of Sonoratown lying to the northwest of the city limits, the city trustees Monday night announced that 19 votes had been cast in favor of the proposition and 11 against it. The board then officially approved the admission of the tract, and it becomes a part of the city of Anaheim. This adds 250 acres of valuable land to the city and increases its population. acreage of 8494 bearing groves and 1485 non-bearing acres. While the average f. o. b. price was very satisfactory for the growers, it did not offset or make up the loss caused by the freeze. The total citrus acreage for this county is 44,301.92 acres bearing and 3596 non-bearing acres. The production for the past season was 11,017..085 cars. The net income based on the average f. o. b. price was $17,066,-257.25. Orange county is second in the state in walnut acreage and production and has 14,506.1 bearing acres and 888.5 non-bearing acres. The production from this acreage last year was 15,.859,932 pounds. Figured on the average price for walnuts this would produce an income of $3,627,074.02. The bean is a very important crop in this county. We have about 30,000 acres of limas and blackeyes. With an average yield we should produce 36,000,000 pounds. This, figured on the average price of beans, would yield an income of $2,040,000. We have a large beet acreage in this county. There was planted last year in this county about 22,000 acres of sugar beets which produced 143,000 tons of beets. This wuold return to the growers, based on the average price per ton, about $1,001,000. In this county we grow asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, tomatoes and there is also a consider- LUNEBERG CASE SETTLED OUT OF COURT WILL OF THE LATE ROSALIE HART LUNEBURG WILL STAND AS PROBATED Suit to Break the Will Dropped By Contestants After a Compromise Agreement Was Reached—Executors Pay Contestants $6000 Within Sixty Days—Joachim Luneburg to Hold Possession of Property During His Lifetime—Estate Now Valued at $400,000. By mutual agreement the suit brought by relatives of the late Rosalie Hart Luneburg, seeking to set aside her will, was settled out of court Monday, the lady's husband, Joachim Luneburg, will remain in undisputed possession of the large property during his lifetime. Mrs. Luneburg's estate, the larger portion of which is Anaheim real estate, was valued at $250,000 at the time of publication. After canvassing the vote cast at the recent annexation election in that portion of Sonoratown lying to the northwest of the city limits, the city trustees Monday night announced that 19 votes had been cast in favor of the proposition and 11 against it. The board then officially approved the admission of the tract, and it becomes a part of the city of Anaheim. This adds 250 acres of valuable land to the city and increases its population one hundred. City water and lights will be extended to the new territory, and all other privileges enjoyed by residents within the corporate limits. It also extends the jurisdiction of the police force, and the inhabitants will find themselves subject to the provisions of all the ordinances that regulate the daily lives of the city dwellers. There are advantages as well as disadvantages in living within the city limits. A large paving program was discussed and agreed to at this meeting. Los Angeles street above north street will be paved, also North street from Olive to Lemon, also La Vern street. All the streets in the Mills Park tract are to be included in the extensive paving program being arranged for the near future. Last night a meeting was scheduled for this city by the trustees of Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange and Fullerton for the purpose of discussing the outfall sewer project. Bids for the work were to be under consideration, and possibly contracts let. City Manager Steward has been in San Diego inspecting work there by the man submitting the lowest bid for the outfall sewer, and he was expected to make a report at this meeting. PRODUCTION REPORT FOR ORANGE COUNTY The thing that is of interest to every citizen of Orange county is the acreage, production and income of the various crops produced here. Due to the name, the county, of course, is proud of that crop which yields the largest income for its producers. This is the Valencia orange, the crop for which the county is noted the world over. Last year from an acreage of 33,369.66 bearing trees and 1905 non-bearing acres, Orange county produced 3,466,866 boxes of Valencias. Figuring on the net f.o.b. price of Valencia oranges for the past season, this would yield an income of about $14,248,819.25. The farm crops in the county last year amounted to $27,778,204.97. This was based on the average price for each crop, from an acreage of 175,877.5 acres. 20,580 citrus trees were inspected during the year of 1921, 36,000,000 pounds. This, figured on the average price of beans, would yield an income of $2,040,000. We have a large beet acreage in this county. There was planted last year in this county about 22,000 acres of sugar beets which produced 143,000 tons of beets. This wuold return to the growers, based on the average price per ton, about $1,001,000. In this county we grow asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, tomatoes and there is also a considerable acre devoted to the production of vegetable seed. Our total vegetable acreage for the past year was 3650 acres. This produced an income based on the average price of $943,650. We have a considerable acreage of peppers of various kinds in the county. There was planted last year about 4020 acres to this crop, which produced approximately 13,950 tons. Figuring this tonnage at the average price for the various kinds of peppers, the growers received an income of $1,.081,750.* Orange county has a small acreage able acreage of applies in the Costa Mesa section. Last year they produced 20,000 boxes from an acreage of 312 bearing acres and 300 non-bearing acres. This yields on the average, an income based on the average price per box, about $30,000. Orange county has small acreage of apricots. About 827 bearing acres produced 4538 tons of fruit last year. This production, based on the average price per ton, brought an income of $1,361,400. Two very popular crops which are at present in their infancy produced last year, from 46 bearing acres, about 900 pounds of avocados, and about 60 ton of persimmons from about 100 acres. The avocados brought an income of about $675, and the persimmons, based on the average price received, brought an income of about $960. There are about 160 acres of non-bearing olives in the county. We have a big acreage of hay, a small acreage of alfalfa, about 8000 acres to barley, about 3000 acres to wheat, making a total acreage of grain, alfalfa and hay about 41,500 acres. The income from this production was approximately $616,798.70. The farm crops in the county last year amounted to $27,778,204.97. This was based on the average price for each crop, from an acreage of 175,.877.5 acres. 20,580 citrus trees were inspected during the year of 1921, By mutual agreement the suit brought by relatives of the late Rosaie Hart Luneburg, seeking to set aside her will, was settled out of court Monday, the lady's husband, Joachim Luneburg, will remain in undisputed possession'of the large property during his lifetime. Mrs. Luneburg's estate, the larger portion of which is Anaheim real estate, was valued at $250,000 at the time of her death. Owing to the rapid rise in land values here, it is now estimated to be worth $400,000. The entire property was left to Joachim Luneburg, husband-of-the testator, during his lifetime, and the will made provision for its distribution among relatives and friends of the testator after his death. Joachim Luneburg and Edgar J.Hartung were appointed executors. Relatives of the deceased were not satisfied with the will, and brought suit to set it aside. Charges of various kinds were made, one of them being that Mr. and Mrs. Luneburg were not legally married. This was disproved by the husband who went down to San Diego and procured copies of the license and the certificate of the justice who married them. The suit was brought by Mrs. Ernestine Bunker, sister of the deceased, Rosa Park,niece,and Frank Charles Edward George Otto and Louis Synold nephews. Many charges were made by these contestants in their complaint. They alleged that the will, dated June 30, 1917, was not signed by the deceased nor by any one else at her direction; that the deceased did not sign it in the presence of the alleged witnesses; that the signature avowed to be her's was not her's; that the witnesses did not sign at her request; that Mrs. Luneburg was of unsound mind when she made the will, and also when she marred the second time in August, 1915; that she will conceived in fraud; that her own husband once said she was insane when certain persons failed to get their money for alleged services; that she believed relatives were plotting against her to obtain her money; that she was accustomed, after her first stroke of paralysis, to have brought to her the picture of her first husband and a youthful relative and denounced and cursed them; that she believed Napoleon Hart had been unfaithful; that she had been accustomed to go about picking up junk and other things lous crops produced here. Due to the name, the county, of course, is proud of that crop which yields the largest income for its producers. This is the Valencia orange, the crop for which the county is noted the world over. Last year from an acreage of 33,.369.66 bearing trees and 1905 non-bearing acres, Orange county produced 3,.466,866 boxes of Valencias. Figuring on the net f. o. b. price of Valencia oranges for the past season, this would yield an income of about $14,248,819.25. This is somewhat below the income produced by this crop last year. This is due to a decrease in production, which was caused by the severe frost and in some sections by wind. The average net price is somewhat above that received in 1921. This helps in a way to offset the decrease in production. The naval orange was also somewhat less than that of 1921. This can be accounted for in the same way as the loss due to the balance of our citrus crop. We produced from a bearing acreage of 2,191.26 acres and a non-bearing acreage of 136 acres, 249.697 boxes or 624,2425 cars of navels, which yields an income, figured on the average f. o. b. box, of $44,945.46. This miscellaneous orange crop which consists of sweets, St. Michaels, bloods and seedlings, produced 28,.734.5 boxes of oranges or 71.835 cars off of an acreage of 247 acres, yielding an income, figured on the f. o. b. price basis, of $113,170.26. We have 57 acres of grapefruit, which produced 9016 boxes, yielding an income of $29,662.64. Our lemon crop, which was severely damaged by the frost and the production greatly reduced, yielded about 652,521 boxes or 1631,3025 cars of lemons. This production brought in an income of $2,629,659.63, figuring on the average f. o. b. basis, from an We have a big acreage of hay, a small acreage of alfalfa, about 8000 acres to barley, about 3000 acres to wheat, making a total acreage of grain, alfalfa and hay about 41,500 acres. The income from this production was approximately $616,798.70. The farm crops in the county last year amounted to $27,778,204.97. This was based on the average price for each crop from an acreage of 175,.877..5 acres. 20,580 citrus trees were inspected during the year of 1921, having come into this county from other counties. Considering the conditions under which the producers were forced to operate last year, I am sure that those who are boosters for the county will feel elated over the showing made. A. A. BROCK, Horticultural Commissioner. BILLY, THE SCAB KILLER Billy Bonkosky has finished fumigating John Cook's fine 98-acre orange grove south of town, and is now operating against red spider and purple scale on the east side, where he will complete this season's operations this week. Billy has been assassinating scale since the 15th day of August with 127 tents, and will operate 200 next year. He has been in the business 23 years, and has a certificate from the county horticultural commissioner to the effect that he has killed 98 per cent of all the bugs fumigated this season. Next year he promises to kill 99 per cent, and the year thereafter 100 per cent. After that, being no more scale to kill, he will join forces with the shiek of Araby, and will roam the sands in search of new worlds to conquer. If this should meet the eye of any red or purple scale, let him beware; for Billy is after him with blood in his eyes. husband once said she was insane when certain persons failed to get their money for alleged services; that she believed relatives were plotting against her to obtain her money, that she was accustomed, after her first stroke of paralysis, to have brought to her the picture of her first husband and a youthful relative and denounced and cursed them; that she believed Napoleon Hart had been unfaithful; that she had been accustomed to go about picking up junk and other things of no value although at the time she possessed $200,000 worth of property; etc., etc. The property consists largely of store buildings on both sides of Center street between Los Angeles and Claudina. In the suit Leonard Evans was attorney for the executors and Wm. P. Webb., Jr., appeared for the contestants agreed to accept $6000 as a compromise and drop all further proceedings. The money is to be paid within sixty days. TRADE AT HOME PHILOSOPHY If merchants and their sales clerks were not a mighty good natured bunch of folks, whose rough edges have been worn down by much contract with human nature, they could have reason to get quite grouchy at times. There are some persons who will go or send to more or less distant cities, and make important purchases of clothing, furniture or foodstuffs. Their when they find that they want some little article in a hurry, and must have it for some pressing need, they rush to the home store, and demand that it be supplied them instantly. They expect these stores to keep stocked up all the time on a wide va- G CASE OUT CRUT ATE ROSALIE WILL STAND ATD H Dropped By a Compromise Reached—Executions $6000 Within Luneburg to Property During the Now Valued at ment the suit of the late Rosa-seeking to set settled out of court usband, Joachim in undisputed age property durate, the larger Anaheim real es-250,000 at the rieley of goods. Yet they fail to supply their share of the patronage that would warrant these stores in keeping such a stock. A group of good retail stores links up a town with the wonderful nationwide system for distributing modern products. They bring to your doors the comforts and conveniences of advanced civilization from all over the world, where you can examine and select the things that you desire, and secure competent advice as to how to get the results you want. But people can not expect to secure the kind of stores that their community is entitled to, on the basis of its population and wealth, if they are constantly running or sending away elsewhere to buy goods. Unless they give their patronage to their home stores, those stores can not serve them with maximum efficiency. The men who own and conduct the stores of Anaheim are a loyal force, working all the time to build up this community, to provide it with the best modern facilities and equipment, to improve its civic advantages and promote its prosperity. When you deal with them, you back up and promote the advance of your home town. TWO HOUSES LOOTED BY MIDNIGHT BURGLARS Sonora Phonograph Carried Away OFFICERS QUELL RIOT AT BASE BALL GAME FANS AT HUNTINGTON BEACH SUNDAY START A ROUGH HOUSE Frank Moore Brought to Anaheim Sanitarium With a Bullet in His Abdomen, Placed There By Officer Roy Ballard—Three Officers Attacked By the Mob and Forced to Fight in Self Defense, They Declare. Frank Moore, of Huntington Beach, is at the Anaheim sanitarium lying at the point of death from a gun-shot wound inflicted by Roy Ballard, former county motorcycle officer, but now a Huntington Beach policeman. Moore was one of the participants in a riot at a baseball game in the beach city Sunday which Ballard, his brother, Perry Ballard, also an officer, and L. W. Abbott, a Los Angeles officer, attempted to quell. The mob turned against the officers, some of them using baseball bats, and others, it is TWO HOUSES LOOTED BY MIDNIGHT BURGLARS Sonora Phonograph Carried Away From H. J. Schulte's Home Every day and in every way burglar appear to be getting bolder and bolder. They are not only ransacking houses while the owners are at home, but are adding furniture to the smaller loot to which they have hitherto confined themselves. The home of H. J. Schulte, on North Los Angeles street, and C. E. Wilkinson, on East Adele street, were entered by thieves some time Thursday night while the families peacefully slept. At the Schulte home they secured $35 in money, but not content with this they carried away a valuable Sonora talking machine. At the Wilkinson home they got $7 in money and $20 in travelers' checks. These particular thieves evidently were not looking for jewelry as they refused to take a gold watch which was in plain sight at the Wilkinson home. The burglary at Wilkinsons' was discovered at 2 o'clock, but the Schulte family knew nothing of it until morning. FOUND HUSBAND DEAD ON ARRIVAL HERE Mrs. B. Kelmanson Told of Tragedy as She Stepped From Train Mrs. B. Kelmanson and her ten year old son arrived in Anaheim Saturday from New York, collecting to join husband and father and make their home in the house he had prepared. Not until they stepped off the train here did they learn that Mr. Kelmanson had been killed several days previously by a Pacific Electric train at the Cypress crossing. He was killed almost at the very hour his wife and son left New York for Anaheim. Mrs. Kelmanson and son were met at the depot as they stepped from the train, and the sad news was broken to them. It was an almost overwhelming shock to find that instead of coming three thousand miles to a happy home they came to a funeral. is at the Anaheim sanitarium lying at the point of death from a gun-shot wound inflicted by Roy Ballard, former county motorcycle officer, but now a Huntington Beach policeman. Moore was one of the participants in a riot at a baseball game in the beach city Sunday which Ballard, his brother, Perry Ballard, also an officer, and L. W. Abbott, a Los Angeles officer, attempted to quell. The mob turned against the officers, some of them using baseball bats, and others, it is declared, displaying guns, and Ballard claims that he was forced to fire in salf defense. A game was in progress between Sawtelle and Huntington Beach, and one enthusiastic fan persisted in standing up, shutting out the view of ladies in the rear. He was requested to sit down and declined in an offensive manner. Then another fan, who was considerably peeved at his actions, rose up and knocked him down. There are conflicting stories as to just how the trouble started. One report is that Moore was the man who refused to sit down, and viciously attacked Ballard, who tried to compel him to keep his seat so that ladies behind him could see. Another is that the man who caused the disturbance disappeared and his identity is unknown. At any rate the mob turned against the three officers, and it is claimed, and they were in danger of being badly man-handed. The bullet from Ballard's revolver passed through Moore's right wrist and entered hi sabdomen. He was given first aid at Huntington Beach, then rushed to the sanitarium in this city. The bullet was located by X-ray and entered his abdomen. He was lodged just above the hip. Physicians state that he has an even chance to recover. Moore is an employee of the Standard Oil company. STEALING ORANGES G. A. Mills, president of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit association, was informed on Saturday afternoon by an employe on his ranch north of town, that two men were stealing oranges from trees in the back part of his orchard. Repairing rapidly thither, he found two large sacks filled with fruit which had been picked from his trees. Each sack was securely sewed at the top, and was seemingly in readiness for immediate transportation. Cast- OLD TIMER IN TOWN Charley Stone was in town this week shaking hands with his many friends. Charley is considerable of an old timer himself, having come here away back in the 60's. He could lick any boy of his inches at school, and some a great deal bigger, and he still looks as if he could put up a pretty nasty scrap. If the editor doesn't throw this item in the waste basket it will appear this Thursday morning. Charley has two sons working in the oil fields, who are chips off the old block. One draws down a salary of $400 a month and the other receives $350. When Charley was their age he got a dollar and a half a day, and some times didn't get his money. Call again, Charley. Funeral services were held at Pierce Brothers' chanel, Los Angeles, for Mrs. Hattie W. Buffman, a sister of Mrs. C. M. Davis, of Anaheim. Mrs. Buffman had taught in the schools of Los Angeles forty-one years. With her parents she came to California from Tennessee by ox team. She was 73 years old. G. A. Mills, president of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit association, was informed on Saturday afternoon by an employee on his ranch north of town, that two men were stealing oranges from trees in the back part of his orchard. Repairing rapidly thither, he found two large sacks filled with fruit which had been picked from his trees. Each sack was securely sewed at the top, and was seemingly in readiness for immediate transportation. Casting his eyes about him, he beheld two men rapidly beating it out of the orchard. The oranges were equal to three packing boxes, and were from the best trees in the orchard. Mr. Mills took the oranges home and confiscated the sacks. He has a good description of the men, and arrests may follow. CHILD STRANGLED TO DEATH Caught fast by the hem of her dress, Urtjo Karya, one and a half year old daughter of Hiroshi Karya, of the Fogg ranch, Buena Park, was strangled to death when she tumbled over the side of her father's automobile about nine o'clock Sunday morning. The child was playing about the inside of the car alone and climbing over the side, fell off. The dress, fastened on a projection, tightened about the little one's neck, cutting off the air, and the baby kicked and gasped in silence, dying before assistance arrived. The body was still warm when it was found by the parents, who were planning a Sunday pleasure excursion. A doctor was called at once in hope of recalling life, but the hope proved futile. An inquest was held at 3 o'clock Monday in the Backs, Terry & Campbell funeral parlor, Anaheim, by Coroner C. D. Brown.