anaheim-gazette 1923-06-21

VOLUME LII OUTFALL SEWER FINISHED BY OCTOBER 1 BUT ANAHEIM AND FULLERTON CONNECTIONS MAY NOT BE COMPLETED Work Being Pushed With No Delays Except Those Made Necessary By Law—Bids for Construction of Anaheim-Fullerton Line Will Be Opened By Trustees July 12—Orange Will Probably Soon Call Bond Election to Provide Funds for Connection With Anaheim Line. It is now estimated by the engineers in charge of the work that the outfall sewer will be completed by October 1st, but Anaheim may not be able to connect with it until some time later. There is no unnecessary delay in pushing the work here, but public work must be performed in accordance with law, and the law is never in a hurry. Every step in the proceedings is being taken as early as the statutes permit. According to William G. Knox, city engineer of Santa Ana, who is in some later date, will avail itself of the outfall, either by incorporating, or by forming a sanitary district. Placentia has gone so far as to make a preliminary survey, but according to reports, has taken no definite step toward joining in the operations of the four cities. At joint meetings of the councils, disposition has been shown by each board to permit the entrance of any Orange county community into the big sewer program. Santa Ana, Anaheim and Fullerton are carrying the financial burden of constructing the joint outfall and treatment plant, and will be reimbursed by Orange when that city is in position to meet the obligation assumed in the undertaking. CLOSING EXERCISES AT ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY Interesting Entertainment to Be Given By Pupils This Afternoon St. Joseph's academy closes its terms this week and this afternoon an entertainment will be given by the pupils. The exercises begin at 2:30 o'clock, the following program having been arranged: Shepherd's Evening Song, Charles Blake, Misses Melba Trefzger, Evelyn Vanderbush. Chorus—Never Old Are Words of Welcome, A. H. Rosewig. Salutatory, Miss Winifred Appleton. When Papa Leaves Home in the STANTON MAY BE BY NEGOTIATIONS NEAR ITS TRANSFER PURCHASE Trustees Ask $53,000 Which Cost T Bought as a Site But Incorporatedton Prevented Purchaser Satisfies But Wants Moreof Last Half. Purchase of the miles west of the of trustees some y considered a specuvelopments show investment. The acres and the pu$23,000. It was the city government to hoff septic tank onthe sewage of Anaheim of a pipe line. Tfrom the tank wasrigging the farm. in charge of the work that the outfall sewer will be completed by October 1st, but Anaheim may not be able to connect with it until some time later. There is no unnecessary delay in pushing the work here, but public work must be performed in accordance with law, and the law is never in a hurry. Every step in the proceedings is being taken as early as the statutes permit. According to William G. Knox, city engineer of Santa Ana, who is in charge of the construction program, the ocean end of the outfall sewer will be completed by October 1, at the latest. The treatment plant, he said, would be ready in advance of that date. When the program of building the outfall and constructing the main lines to connect with the joint outfall has been completed, the four cities will have expended approximately $750,000, including $100,000 Santa Ana is spending in the development of two main lines, to connect with the joint outfall at the treatment plant. Anaheim and Fullerton have voted and sold bonds for their parts in the sewer program. According to O. E. Steward, city manager of Anaheim, bids for construction of main lines for Fullerton-Anaheim will be opened by city council of Anaheim, July 12. Anaheim will have charge of the construction work of both lines, it was announced following the policy of the joint councils in placing authority in the Santa Ana city council to receive bids and award the contract for the joint outfall. It is estimated that Fullerton’s expense in building its line to a junction with the Anaheim main line, and that city’s portion of the cost of the line from Anaheim to the treatment plant, will be $175,000, with Anaheim’s cost estimated at $160,000. In addition each city, it is estimated, will pay $80,000 on the costs of the outfall and sewage treatment plant. The main line from Fullerton will be twenty-two inches to its union with the Anaheim line, with the latter line twenty-four inches to a point near the present sewer farm, twenty-seven from that point to Garden Grove and thirty from Garden Grove to the treatment plant. Preliminary surveys from Oranges to the proposed union with the Anaheim-Fullerton outfall indicate that the cost of this line will be $55,000. It was stated by C. C. Bonebrake, city engineer of Orange, that a bond election for installation of an eight-inch line St. Joseph's academy closes its terms this week and this afternoon an entertainment will be given by the pupils. The exercises begin at 2:30 o'clock, the following program having been arranged: Shepherd's Evening Song, Charles Blake, Misses Melba Trefzger, Evelyn Vanderbush. Chorus—Never Old Are Words of Welcome, A. H. Rosewig. Salutatory, Miss Winifred Appleton. When Papa Leaves Home in the Morning, P. Westendorf, Our Little Ones. As Regular as a Clock, Master Richard Glesen. Chorus—Commencement Day, J. A. Parks. Parody from "A Psalm of Life," Master Joseph Shea; Miss Frances Merill. Sous la feuillee, Francis Thome,Miss Gladys Brent. Reading of Essay—"The New Conquest of Space," Miss Gertrude Lamers. Our School—"A Flower Garden," Miss Mary Powell. Fifth Nocturne Op. 52, J. Leybach, Miss Aida Monteverde. The Fisherman, Masters Geo. Ennis, A. Kneip, Wm. Kneip, A. Lehr, U. and V. Peltzer, Chas. Tremblay, R. and T. Wallace, W. Wood. Scarf Drill, Misses J. Bastanchury, V. Baum, B. Bettendorf, E. Bettsold, M. Chetelat, C. and D. Connelly, A. Desch, F. Diebel, C. Dietrich, M. Fassel, P. Ferris, A. and M. Kneip, B. Kroeger, C. Lenain, S. Meyer, C. Peltzer, F. Quarton, A. Richer, L. Smith, C. Wood, D. Kray. Valedictory—"Ivy," Miss Evalyn Stiles. Awarding of Diplomas. Chorus—"As in Days of Yore," J. A. Parks. TOM MIX'S WILCDATS SLAUGHTERED BY LOCALS First of the League Games to Be Played on July 1. Tom Mix's Wildcats were easy picking for the local Elks' ball team Sunday losing the game 13 to 3. Hughes allowed only five hits while the Elks pounded the Mix pitcher for 17 bings. This is the last practice game of the Elks for the season, as the league season opens on July 1. The first game will be played a week from Sunday with Pasadena at Brookside park. The state is divided into four divisions this season. There are five teams in the southern division—Anaheim, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Venice west of the city government to hoff septic tank on the sewage of Anaheim of a pipe line. They from the tank was rigating the farm had visions of a tract of land that was large revenue earner Hamler had figured the board would sell cla or orangees in 1923 at least $5000 an acre from it would pay for the city government. Everybody who lives in time remember of the board was ranchers who lived in the Gilbert farm. Imously and protect tablishment of a midst. They filed more suits and thru a boycott against their clanched their porating a large area a municipality called with the Gilbert heart of it. Folled in their aristacy property for the trustees purchase ranch at West Anna septic tank was insured a bone of content While the city's water flowing is pure and practically residing in this clare that it smells menace to health against the city in a couple of years after ing the evidence and court decided that ers were justified The tank was declared the trustees ordered smell or remove them specified time. S were made on these situations hostilities were alliations for an our ocean were begun errners agreed to an sewer could be one years of hard luck pointments actually Anaheim line, with the latter line twenty-four inches to a point near the present sewer farm, twenty-seven from that point to Garden Grove and thirty from Garden Grove to the treatment plant. Preliminary surveys from Oranges to the proposed union with the Anaheim-Fullerton outfall indicate that the cost of this line will be $55,000. It was stated by C. C. Bonebrake, city engineer of Orange, that a bond election for installation of an eight-inch line probably would be called within the next sixty days. He said the legal proceedings and preliminaries are being rushed. The Anaheim-Fullerton line will be approximately twelve and a half miles long. It is expected that the contract will be awarded around August 1, which would throw completion into February of next year. According to the present program, Orange will be ready to build its line to the union point with the Anaheim-Fullerton line by the time the latter is built to the junction point, near Garden Grove. Under the four-city agreement, Santa Ana is to have 50 per cent of the capacity of the joint outfall; Anaheim and Fullerton, 17 per cent each, and Orange, 16 per cent. Garden Grove, Yorba Linda and Placentia have given consideration to plans for joining in the sewer plan, but as yet nothing of a definite character has been developed. Garden Grove has failed in efforts to incorporate, and utilization of a sanitary district is still to be out of the question until some months later, when a new law governing formation of such districts becomes effective. It is said to be possible that this community, at NAHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, June 21, 1923 STANTON RANCH MAY BE SOLD BY CITY NEGOTIATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS OR ITS TRANSFER TO A PURCHASER Trustees Ask $53,000 for Property Which Cost Them $23,000—Was Bought as a Site for a Septic Tank, But Incorporation of City of Stanton Prevented Its Establishment—Purchaser Satisfied With the Price, But Wants More Time on Payment of Last Half. Purchase of the Gilbert ranch four miles west of the city by the board of trustees some years ago was not considered a speculative deal, but developments show that it was a wise investment. The ranch contains 73 acres and the purchase price was $23,000. It was the intention of the city government to construct an Imhoff septic tank on the farm and carry the sewage of Anaheim to it by means of a pipe line. The purified water from the tank was to be used for irrigating the farm, and the trustees when he searched three men and a car for weapons at Fifth and San Julian streets, Los Angeles, was used by one of the men to stun him so they could make their escape. He recovered in time to fire after the fleeing trio, but without effect. Two men identified by Oefinger were later arrested, and were found according to the police, to be suspects in a recent robbery. One of them, who has but one arm, is an ex-convict. Officer Oefinger says he interrupted a street fight in the course of which Frank Jones, of Saugus, an innocent bystander, was thrust through a store window. They had a car, and Oefinger, after looking carefully for guns and knives, seated himself in the front seat with two of the prisoners in the rear and the third driving. When they arrived at First and Los Angeles streets, Oefinger received a sudden blow on top of the head which knocked him out for the time being. The trio deserted the automobile and the officer and ran. Oefinger recovered as they were making for a near-by corner, and fired after them, but they did not stop. He was unable to see anything of them when he reached the corner. He drove the machine in to the central station and was attended at the receiving hospital for scalp lacerations and concussion of the brain. OIL DRILLERS GET CLOSER TO ANAHEIM MOOSE PARADE ON STREETS OF ANAHEIM HUNDREDS IN PROCESSION FROM LODGE ROOM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Visiting Members From Santa Ana, Pomona, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Elsewhere Entertained By Local Lodge—Band From Santa Ana and Drum Corps From Los Angeles Assist in Parade—Thirty Candidates Initiated Into the Order. A herd of several hundred Moose stirred up considerable dust in Anaheim Tuesday evening. In addition to the 250 members of the rapidly growing local lodge, large delegations from Los Angeles, Pomona, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, San Pedro and elsewhere came over on a visit and assisted in the initiation of thirty new members. As the lodge room at Lemon and Chestnut streets was not large enough to hold them all, the high school auditorium had been borrowed for the occasion, and the initiatory miles west of the city by the board of trustees some years ago was not considered a speculative deal, but developments show that it was a wise investment. The ranch contains 73 acres and the purchase price was $23,000. It was the intention of the city government to construct an Imhoff septic tank on the farm and carry the sewage of Anaheim to it by means of a pipe line. The purified water from the tank was to be used for irrigating the farm, and the trustees had visions of a highly-cultivated tract of land that would yield the city a large revenue each year. Trustee Hamler had figures to prove that if the board would set the land to Valencia oranges in 1923 it would be worth at least $5000 an acre, and the income from it would pay all the expenses of the city government. Everybody who lived in Anaheim at the time remembers how the ambition of the board was shattered by the ranchers who lived in the vicinity of the Gilbert farm. They rose up unanimously and protested against the establishment of a nuisance in their midst. They filed suits and promised more suits, and threatened to organize a boycott against the city. They finally clinched their objection by incorporating a large area of farm land into a municipality called the city of Stanton, with the Gilbert ranch in the heart of it. Foiled in their attempt to utilize the Stanton property for sewer purposes the trustees purchased a twenty-acre ranch at West Anaheim on which the septic tank was installed. It has been a bone of contention ever since. While the city's experts claim that the water flowing from it is chemically pure and practically odorless, citizens residing in the neighborhood declare that it smells to heaven and is a menace to health. They filed suit against the city in the superior court a couple of years ago, and after hearing the evidence and investigating, the court decided that the West Anaheimers were justified in their contention. The tank was declared a nuisance and the trustees ordered to eliminate the smell or remove the tank within a specified time. Some improvements were made on the tank that purified the situation somewhat and further hostilities were averted. Also negotiations for an outfall sewer to the ocean were begun, and the irate westerners agreed to an armistice until the sewer could be constructed. After years of hard luck, delays and disappointments, actual work on the line is and the officer and ran. Oefinger recovered as they were making for a near-by corner, and fired after them, but they did not stop. He was unable to see anything of them when he reached the corner. He drove the machine in to the central station and was attended at the receiving hospital for scalp lacerations and concussion of the brain. OIL DRILLERS GET CLOSER TO ANAHEIM Several Companies Will Begin Operations Southeast of Town With the Standard Oil company leasing 1000 acres west of the Santa Ana river, southeast of Anaheim, interest in oil in this district and adjacent territory has been considerably sharpened. Where one oil lease existed a short half year ago there are now at least four leases in the territory extending from the county park westward to the Anaheim easterly city limits. These leases including those of the National Securities Oil company, the Orange Community Oil association, a new company east of the Community Oil lease, and the Standard Oil company, approximately 1500 acres, most of which represent highly developed citrus land, and lie, virtually in a straight line. The Standard Oil company, it was authoritatively learned, has practically closed its 1000 acre lease west of the river. Approximately fifty ranchers have leased their holdings to the company under an agreement whereby they are to receive a $10 cash bonus per acre and $1 an acre per month rental. These amounts, it was learned, have been paid to the ranchers leasing their land. Drilling operations will start within ninety days after the full 1000 acres are signed up. Two wells will be drilled simultaneously, one at the extreme southern end and, the other at the northern end. The lease which is divided into various community leases and a number of individual leases, lies between Placentia avenue and the Santa Ana river and a point south of the Anaheim-Olive boulevard and the Southern Pacific tracks north of Orange. One of the largest individual leases in the new territory is that of Henry Wagner, whose 200 acre grove has been leased by the Standard Oil company and designated as one of the initial leases of which there will be heim Tuesday evening. In addition to the 250 members of the rapidly growing local lodge, large delegations from Los Angeles, Pomona, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, San Pedro and elsewhere came over on a visit and assisted in the initiation of thirty new members. As the lodge room at Lemon and Chestnut streets was not large enough to hold them all, the high school auditorium had been borrowed for the occasion, and the initiatory ceremonies and program were carried out there. The members and their visitors met at Moose hall at 7 o'clock and formed in procession to march to the high school. Including the autos the procession was several blocks long. The line of march was from Chesenut to Broadway on Lemon, on Broadway to Philadelphia, on Philadelphia to Center, and down Center to the high school. The procession was headed by an escort of mounted police. Then came the Moose band of Santa Ana, a float loaded with children of Moose, several troops of Boy Scouts, the Loyal Legion branch, wearing purple fezes, members of the order,the Moose drum corps of Los Angeles, with scores of autos carrying Moose and their families bringing up the rear. Prominent in the procession was the goat, securely shackled. J. F. McCracken, district superintendent, was in charge of the affair. 77 LOCAL MOOSE TAKE LEGIONAIRE DEGREE Next Frolic of Los Angeles District Lodges to Be Held Here Seventy-seven members of the Anaheim Moore lodge were given the Legionaire degree at Los Angeles Saturday night. Fifty-two members of the greater Los Angeles lodges also took the degree. Notwithstanding several lodges took part in the night's proceedings, it was an Anaheim night, and as a result the next quarterly trolce of the southern California lodges will be held in this city, with the local Moose as hosts. Larry Seamon, of Los Angeles, had been officially chosen as the goat for the evening's entertainment Saturday night, but apparently he got cold feet and went into hiding. At any rate he was not among those present, and A. H. Pape, of Anaheim, was appointed to take his place. It was a strenuous experience for Pape, and he showed signs of hard usage for a day or two The tank was declared a nuisance and the trustees ordered to eliminate the smell or remove the tank within a specified time. Some improvements were made on the tank that purified the situation somewhat and further hostilities were averted. Also negotiations for an outfall sewer to the ocean were begun, and the irate westerners agreed to an armistice until the sewer could be constructed. After years of hard luck, delays and disappointments, actual work on the line is now in progress, and before many moons the sewage of Anaheim will be carried down to feed the fishes in the ocean. There is a probability that the Stanton property will soon be disposed of at a profit of approximately $30,000. A gentleman by the name of Childs is negotiating for its purchase, and at Thursday night's meeting he was offered the place at $725 an acre, half of it caah and the other half within three years. Mr. Childs doubted his ability to pay the last half within three years, and stated that he would submit a proposal at the next regular meeting of the board. LOS ANGELES OFFICER SLUGGED BY GANGSTERS Was a Former Well Known Resident of Anaheim John Oefinger, a former resident of this city, but now a member of the Los Angeles police force, figured in a melee with three thugs Sunday. He was seriously injured, being struck on the head with an iron bar, but it is believed he will recover. The Oefinger family formerly lived on East North street, in this city. A short pinch bar overlooked by him, The lease which is divided into various community leases and a number of individual leases, lies between Placentia avenue and the Santa Ana river and a point south of the Anaheim-Olive boulevard and the Southern Pacific tracks north of Orange. One of the largest individual leases in the new territory is that of Henry Wagner, whose 200 acre grove has been leased by the Standard Oil company and designated as one of the individual leases of which there will be a number in the giant lease. According to the agreement with the Standard Oil company unless each individual or community lease in the 1000 acres is drilled upon within three years that particular lease automatically become invalid. DRILLING IN COUNTY PARK With the hole down 4978 feet, the drill in the Orange county park well of the National Securities company was in thirty-eight feet of oil sand, according to announcement made by D. S. Reeves, stockholder in the company. Reeves was displaying a sample of crude oil, gasoline, naptha and distillate recovered from a quart of sand, shale and mud by Adam Zaiser, of Tustin. According to Reeves, stockholders at a recent meeting in Los Angeles voted to leave it to the judgment of the drillers as to what depth the drill should go before an attempt were made to bring the well into production. Reeves said that the driller advised that he intended to go on through the sand, or as deep into it as safety will permit, before bringing in the well. BEGINNING WAR ON OVERLOADED TRUCKS Fullerton Starts a Move and Others May Join Backed by the city council and the county judicial authorities, there will be started at once a campaign in Fullerton against the overloaded truck, coming from other cities which, it is charged, are fast wrecking new pavements being installed by the city and causing thousands of dollars' worth of damage annually. The war against the overloaded truck will be started just as soon as additional men can be obtained by the police department. The plan will then be to have a man in the outlying districts and one in the main section of the city. It will be so arranged that PARADE OF EIM PROCESSION FROM THE HIGH DITORIUM from Santa Ana, Los Angeles pertained By Local Santa Ana and Los Angeles As- thirty Candidates Order. hundred Mooseable dust in Ana- ing. In addition to the rapidly grow- delegations from Ana, Santa Ana, San Pedro and on a visit and nation of thirty new at Lemon and was not large all, the high had been borrowed the initiatory the men will work with the existing force, which will insure an officer on duty at all times. City Councilman L. P. Drake said that the million dollar paving program planned by the city would be a total wreck in a few years if drastic measures were not adopted at once to prevent the heavy trucks from traveling the city streets. "The city council," said Drake, "invites traffic through Fullerton and realizes that it is a necessity, but we most certainly are going to enforce the county and city ordinance which prohibits overloading and acts as a protection to our highways. Since the repaving of West Commonwealth this has been a favorite highway for the truckmen and it will only be a question of time until the street will show wear unless preventative means are taken." Members of the city council have received word from other municipalities in Orange county that similar steps will be taken so as to protect the entire highway system of the county. RUSHING ROAD WORK ON PLACENTIA AVENUE Expect Work to Be Finished By Mid-Summer Designed to relieve congestion on the main highway and, at the same time, to meet the needs of residents in the district, work is being rushed on the Placentia avenue road, which will intersect with the county highway ALFRED EY FINDS HIS GRAVE IN THE SEA FORMER ANAHEIM MAN DISAPPEARS FORM THE STEAMSHIP YALE Was Returning Home From a Visit to His Parents at Santa Ana—Had Been Suffering Ill Health and is Supposed to Have Jumped Overboard While Mentally Unbalanced—Was Employed in Custom House at San Francisco—Leaves a Wife and Son. Alfred E. Ey, a native of Anaheim, and member of one of the pioneer families of the county, disappeared from the steamship Yale Friday night on a trip from San Pedro to San Francisco, and is supposed to have either jumped or fallen overboard. He was a son of Frank Ey, a former prominent resident of this city, and for many years has been making his home in San Francisco, where he was employed in the custom house. For the past six weeks, owing to ill health, he has been visiting his parents at Santa Ana. RUSHING ROAD WORK ON PLACENTIA AVENUE Expect Work to Be Finished By Mid-Summer Designed to relieve congestion on the main highway and, at the same time, to meet the needs of residents in the district, work is being rushed on the Placentia avenue road, which will intersect with the county highway near the Orange county hospital. According to County Engineer J. L. McBride, this road, which will be eighteen feet wide, with a four-foot gravel apron, probably will be open for through traffic about mid-summer. The north end of the road, for a distance of a mile and a half, is finished and is being used. "The south end," said McBride, "is of different type of construction and work had been delayed, somewhat, by our inability to secure cement shipments promptly. The first shipments have arrived, however, and we hope to see the road completed in the near future." This road, McBride said, will make it possible for motorists to leave the main highway, near the county hospital, and traverse an entirely new artery in reaching Placentia, Olive and other points. Those going this way will avoid the heavy traffic congestion on the main boulevard and in the city of Anaheim. The expense is being borne by the county and district involved. Discussing the Westminster detour, McBride said several weeks would elapse before the Long Beach highway is completed. He advised motorists to take the Westminster detour, however, or to follow the Anaheim route, by way of Los Alamitos. The Sunset Beach road was said to be quite "choppy," because of exceptionally heavy traffic since the Westminster repairs were started. "The Westminster detour has been oiled and improved," said McBride, "and is in fairly good shape. We hope to finish the road repairs in that district as speedily as possible. Lack of cement has delayed the work." COMMERCIAL ADVISOR TO CITRUS GROWERS Raymond Nebelung Will Give Expert Assistance to All Who Need It. Raymond Nebelung is opening an office in this city and will devote himself to advisory work among the citrus growers. For many years he has Alfred E. Ey, a native of Anaheim, and member of one of the pioneer families of the county, disappeared from the steamship Yale Friday night on a trip from San Pedro to San Francisco, and is supposed to have either jumped or fallen overboard. He was a son of Frank Ey, a former prominent resident of this city, and for many years has been making his home in San Francisco, where he was employed in the custom house. For the past six weeks, owing to ill health, he has been visiting his parents at Santa Ana and accompanied by his father was in Anaheim a couple of weeks ago, renewing acquaintanceship with old friends here. His health greatly improved while here, and on Friday he left for his home on the Yale. Saturday morning it was discovered that his bed had not been occupied during the night, and a search of the vessel revealed the fact that he was not on board. It was then recalled that he had been acting strangely the previous night, walking about the ship in a nervous and uneasy manner. The mystery of his disappearance will probably never be solved. He either sprang overboard in a fit of mental aberration, fell overboard, or was slugged and then thrown into the water. When the Yale docked at San Francisco his wife was immediately notified of the tragedy, and she communicated the news to his parents at Santa Ana. Mrs. Frank Ey, mother of the dead man, was in Anaheim Saturday visiting her old friend, Mrs. Barbara Parker, of East Broadway near Palm streets, the two being old time friends. Although the tragedy had occurred the previous night she had not yet been informed of it as the Yale did not dohk until late in the afternoon. Ey leaves a wife and son in San Francisco, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ey, in Santa Ana, and a brother, Frank ,who is employed in the government service at San Diego. PRETTY WEDDING ON ORANGETHORPE AVENUE Miss Marie Schacht and Nels Nelson United in Marriage at Leander Home One of the prettiest of the June weddings was that of Miss Marie Schacht and Nels Nelson, of this city, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Leander, on Orangethorpe avenue, on Friday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the presence of fifty relatives and close COMMERCIAL ADVISOR TO CITRUS GROWERS Raymond Nebelung Will Give Expert Assistance to All Who Need It. Raymond Nebelung is opening an office in this city and will devote himself to advisory work among the citrus growers. For many years he has studied the citrus industry, and few men are better posted on the subject. He took a course at the citrus department of the state university, and after completing his studies there was appointed assistant farm advisor of Los Angeles county. Later he was made farm advisor of Riverside county, and was holding that position when the government of the South African republic asked that an expert citrus man be sent from California to teach the Boers how to raise oranges. He was recommended for the place by the university and spent a year and a half in South Africa. In his capacity as a doctor of trees and orchards, and an advisor on all the problems that confront the growers, he will prove a valuable aid to the ranchers. Bird Beebe recently returned from a trip across the desert, where he went to look after some valuable mining property in which he has an interest. Part of the road to the mines was impassable for autos and the party was compelled to walk and carry supplies. The thermometer, he says, was 120 in the shade, and there was no shade. One of the prettiest of the June weddings was that of Miss Marie Schacht and Nels Nelson, of this city, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Leander, on Orangethorpe avenue, on Friday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the presence of about fifty relatives and close friends. The ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Statom, of Fullerton, under a bower of blossoms and wedding bells in the large living room. The bride was attended by Miss Allene Adams as maid of honor, and Miss Linnea Nelson, cousin of the groom, and Miss Emma Schacht, sister of the bride, as bridesmaids. Charles Ward acted as best man for the groom. Just before the ceremony, Mrs. Taylor Jacobson sang "Because" and "At Dawning," and Mrs. Gus Hagenstein played Lohengrin softly throughout the ceremony. The bride was gowned in white Georgette over white satin and wore a long veil and orange blossoms. Her bouquet was white roses and maiden hair ferns. Miss Adams wore a blue changeable taffeta, Miss Nelson, gray headed Georgette and Miss Schacht; changeable salmon taffeta. The bridesmaids all carried bouquets of pink sweet peas. Little Ellen Pearson, of Seal Beach, daintily gowned in pink organdie, acted as flower girl. After the ceremony an elaborate buffet luncheon was served and later the newly-weds amid a shower-of rice left in a motor car on their honeymoon trip to San Francisco and other points of interest.