anaheim-gazette 1923-07-05

Anaheim Gazette ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY Henry Kuehel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ... $ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter PETRIFIED FOREST FOUND IN ORANGE COUNTY Geologists Unearth Interesting Fossils Near Sky Line Drive Evidence of a gigantic cataclysmic upheaval of portions of the earth's surface millions of years ago has been discovered in the form of a petrified forest and will beds in the vicinity of Sky Line Drive, this county, by a group of Los Angeles geologists who have recently returned from an extensive survey of what promises to be a field of petrificative research second to none in the western hemisphere. According to Dr. George P. Clements, of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, who was a member of the group of explorers, a pre-historic eruption uprooted the giant trees, some of which, he said, showed a compressed diameter of more than three feet, and cast them into the bed of a pre-historic sea, where they were covered by ocean sediment and in the course of time elevated to a height of several hundred feet above sea level. A continuation of this field of petrified wood was found a short time later and a second investigation was conducted, which embraced a territory extending two miles east of Santiago canyon. Here a field even larger than the first was found, but instead of containing the evidence of petrification were destroyed, either through glacial or volcanic cataclyms or through the destructive agency of fire. With this background irrevocably proven as it is, reforestation is possible throughout the whole Pacific coast, the only inhibitive being the irresponsibility of the American people and their lack of comprehension of the great benefits' which would be the direct result of scientific reforestation and the protection of the few areas still remaining which are responsible for all our agricultural and industrial development." THE YEAR'S SURPLUS The government closed the fiscal year June 30 with a surplus of approximately $310,000,000, according to Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the bureau of the budget. This is even more favorable than was estimated two weeks ago, when President Harding announced that the fiscal year would end with a balance of ordinary receipts over expenditures of approximately $200,000,000. "From the latest available information the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, will be balanced with an approximate surplus of $310,000,000," said Gen. Lord. "The reduction in the total expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, as compared with the total expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922., will be approximatelp $250,000,000. "Exclusive of expenditures on account of capital outlays, operations in special railroad accounts, the war finance corporation, emergency fleet corporation, refunds of tax receipts, and interest on the retirement of the public debt, the ordinary operating expenditures of the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, will be approximately $297,000,000 less than the same expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923." U. S. C. TO STAGUE BUILDING Will Make an Effort 000,000 To more truly realize of the southwest Southern California nounced that the paign for $10,000, ed includes a large tion and equipping of music. The se university has aluable work in tr musicians in there is planning to co ard of work, and bilities of authori In spite of pity cilities, the school per cent in the earlty has enlarged mands of the in The projected con last word in ment according to are assisting plans. The work of re encouraged. Dean music school ha cital halls, study brary will be thre o local musielian an auditorium s guarantees to th bility of hearing it the city, since is adequate to ins necessary expensio The conservato present that som has been transfer liberal arts because room space. His versity school of f of a great future by L. E. Behymer auditorium. Mr. A continuation of this field of petrified wood was found a short time later and a second investigation was conducted, which embraced a territory extending two miles east of Santiago canyon. Here a field even larger than the first was found, but instead of containing the evidence of seismic conclusion, the specimens discovered indicated that tilt trees had been razed through the natural erosion of centuries. Dr. Clements said that the latter discovery, while interesting to geologists, was not of great scientific value as the previous one. Further surveys of this field indicated that the great prehistoric forest extends as far back as the Temescal Saddle, and possibly to the shores of the Colorado river. The investigations were conducted by a party composed of Dr. Clements, manager of the agricultural department of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce; Dr. William A. Bryan, curator of the museum of history, science and art; Exposition Park; S. M. Purple, E. Sponsler and W. A. Dyer, a West Orange rancher. For many years, according to Dr. Clements, anthropologists, archologists and geologists have realized that the Pacific southwest offers attractive possibilities as a field of research. He mentioned the discoveries at Breast Pit, Torrance Lime Quarry, and the numerous fossil beds extending from Santa Barbara to San Diego. "Until recently, while sporadic petrifications have been reported, specimens of which have been placed in the museum of history, science and art at Exposition Park, no conclusive evidence of the existence of a petrified forest had been reported," he declared. "At Sherman, on the George C. Thomas ranch, H. E. Stone had reported the finding of number of petrified stumps which simulated pines and a perfect petrified pine cone. "Earlier, Ernest Braunton had found in Elysian park a petrified slab of what is unquestionably cypress, while throughout eastern Orange county and San Bernardino and Riverside counties numerous specimens of petrified woods have been found scattered over a wide area." Dr. Clements declares that the semi-iridity of southern California is due mainly to man's willful destruction of the natural clothing level. "Exclusive of expenditures on account of capital outlays, operations in special railroad accounts, the war finance corporation, emergency fleet corporation, refunds of tax receipts, and interest on the retirement of the public debt, the ordinary operating expenditures of the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, will be approximately $297,000,000 less than the same expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922. One year ago the estimated receipts and expenditures indicated a deficit of $823,000,000 for the fiscal year 1923. The difference of $1,133,000,000 between this estimated deficit of $823,000,000 and the present estimated surplus of $310,000,000 is accounted for by an increase in recepits of $767,000,000 and a reduction in the estimated total expenditures of $366,-900,000. The difference in receipts was occasioned by an increase of $213,000,000 in customs receipts, $243,000,000 in material revenue receipts and $131,000,000 in miscellaneous receipts. "The difference of $366,000,000 in total estimated expenditures was the result of a reduction of $151,000,000 in general expenditures and $45,000,000 in interest on the public debt, and a net decrease of $177,000,000 in capital outlays operations in special accounts, refunds of tax receipts and retirement of the public debt required to be made from ordinary receipts." GOVERNMENT GIFTS The government during the last year turned over to private citizens of this country 12,904,821 acres of public lands through the issuance of patents giving them complete ownership, according to figures compiled by the general land office of the interior department. The total area is equal to the acreage embraced in the three states of Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Of this total titles were given to 9,.632,635 acres under the homestead law, which means that this acreage went into constructive home-building uses. Since 1920 over 10,443,647 acres of public land have been thrown open in which ex-service men of the world war have been offered a special preference in filing entries. The general land office, however, has no record of the number of veterans who have taken advantage of this opportunity to obtain homesteads upon the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922. will be approximately $250,000,-900. "Exclusive of expenditures on account of capital outlays, operations in special railroad accounts, the war finance corporation, emergency fleet corporation, refunds of tax receipts, and interest on the retirement of the public debt, the ordinary operating expenditures of the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, will be approximately $297,000,000 less than the same expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922. One year ago the estimated receipts and expenditures indicated a deficit of $823,000,000 for the fiscal year 1923. The difference of $1,133,-900,000 between this estimated deficit of $823,000,000 and the present estimated surplus of $310,000,000 is accounted for by an increase in recepits of $767,000,000 and a reduction in the estimated total expenditures of $366,-900,000. The difference in receipts was occasioned by an increase of $213,0... "Earlier, Ernest Braunton had found in Elysian park a petrified slab of what is unquestionably cypress, while throughout eastern Orange county and San Bernardino and Riverside counties numerous specimens of petrified woods have been found scattered over a wide area." Dr. Clements declares that the semi-iridity of southern California is due mainly to man's willful destruction of the natural clothing of vegetation, and bases his conclusion on the belief that the process of petrification is not indicative of antiquity unless combined with other geological phenomena. "It would seem to us that we have the evidences within the compass of written history of devastation through fires which not only destroyed the peace, prosperity and happiness of great nations and empires, but made them the wastes and desert spots of the earth," he stated. "The loss of their forests was the direct cause of the decline and fall of the Persian empire. The Assyrian empire, the Mesopotamian valley, Palestine, and in more recent years the northern slopes of the mountain region of North Africa. The history of California, particularly that of southern California, is one of wilful destruction of forests by fires, logging and over-grazing, all of which methods were employed in working out the downfall of the Aslatic and African empires." He asserted that all indications pointed to the fact that from earliest antiquity the shores of the Pacific, from Alaska to the Horn, were clothed in mighty forests and that from the equator north and south well into the temperate zones these great forests Of this total titles were given to 9,632,635 acres under the homestead law, which means that this acreage went into constructive home-building uses. Since 1920 over 10,443,647 acres of public land have been thrown open in which ex-service men of the world war have been offered a special preference in filing entries. The general land office, however, has no record of the number of veterans who have taken advantage of this opportunity to obtain homesteads upon the public domain. Over 208,000,000 acres of public land have been entered and patents issued to homesteaders during the last sixty-one years, the homestead act having been passed by congress in 1862. ALASKA'S NATIVES Esimates compiled by the department of the interior through the bureau of education show that there are now 27,153 natives in Alaska, and that the gain for the last ten years amounted to 1822. During the same period the white population has decreased. The native inhabitants of Alaska consist of four distinct races, including the Eskimos dwelling along the Arctic and Bering sea shores; the Aleuts living on the Aleutian islands; the Thlingits residing on the mainland and Islands. Of the southern coasts; and the Athabascans occupying the great valleys of the interior. About 400 of these natives are voters and participate in the territorial government of Alaska. A man may go along for years and never have a trouble in the world and then, some day, he buys an automobile. U. S. C. TO STAGE BUILDING CAMPAIGN Will Make an Effort to Raise a $10,000,000 Fund To more truly meet the music needs of the southwest, the University of Southern California has recently announced that their development campaign for $10,000,000 soon to be stage, ed, includes a large item for the erection and equipping of a conservatory of music. The school of music of the university has already done much valuable work in training talented local musicians in their younger years, and is planning to continue a high standard of work, and to enlarge the possibilities of authoritative study. In spite of pitifully inadequate facilities, the school has grown over 600 per cent in the past six years. Its faculty has enlarged to meet the demands of the increased enrollment. The projected conservatory will be the last word in music training equipment, according to the instructors who are assisting in the preliminary plans. The work of resident artists is to be encouraged, Dean W. F. Skeele of the music school has declared. The recital halls, study rooms, and music library will be thrown open to the use of local musicians. The possession of an auditorium seating 2000 persons guarantees to the students the possibility of hearing great artists who visit the city, since the seating capacity is adequate to insure the raising of the necessary expenses. The conservatory is so crowded at present that some of the music work has been transferred to the college of liberal arts because of lack of class room space. High praise of the university school of music and a prophecy of a great future were voiced recently by L. E. Behymer, of the Philharmonic auditorium. Mr. Behymer pointed out the excellence of the work now being Europe and Asia are no longer so susceptible to plagues as they were a few centuries ago. When they eliminate scourges which take away hundreds of thousands of people in a single year, what will happen? Malthus interested himself in that and pointed out that plagues and wars were all that kept population from pressing on the starvation point. Many people draw the conclusion that plagues and wars were necessary to keep the world from starving to death. But the modern scientist has shown that when plagues and wars stop, the standard offliving brings a smaller proportionate increase in population as it advances. FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS Long lines of old women in strange, ragged dresses, girls in brilliant shawls, boarded nervous men and crying children—all babbling in a dozen tongues, wove in and out of Ellis Island Sunday. Jabbering inspectors at the desk questioned the immigrants as they stood on the threshold of America, lured from their fatherlands across the ocean by stories of wonders of the new world. The lines are endless. As soon as one batch of Greeks, or Russians, or Bulgarians, is rushed through, new ships steam into port with fresh cargoes of humanity. Since Saturday midnight, when new immigration quotas became effective, 5971 aliens have arrived in New York. Four more shisp are bringing 2500: The inspectors handled 2000 Sunday. Sunday night 1556 were quartered at Ellis Island and their cases were taken up first the next morning. Aboard ships which arrived Sunday, 1654 still remain crammed in quarters in which they have lived for days. Major Harry Curran, new immigration commissioner who assumed office just in time to meet the flood estimate, has directed the work of a staff of four men engaged in collecting and compiling the data needed to determine these costs, including labor, feed and other factors which must be considered. During this time, records were kept on 246 dairies located in eleven of the principal dairying sections of the state from Del Norte county on the north to San Diego county on the south and including a total of 14,250 cows. In the Los Angeles-Orange district, 40 dairies were studied containing 2,242 cows. Production was centered on whole milk, although payment was made on the basis of the butterfat content. The cost of production in 1922 was found to be $3.73 per 100 pounds of whole milk. The average price received by this group of dairymen amounted to $3.50 per 100 pounds, thus resulting in an average loss of 23 cents per 100 pounds. Of the total output of these dairies, 66 per cent was sold at less than the cost of production. Twenty-one of the 40 dairymen were so affected. The average annual production per cow amounted to 8041 pounds of whole milk, or 309.2 pounds of butterfat. Other sections carefully studied during the past year and a half by the staff of investigators from the university of California includes Humboldt-Del Norte, Marin-Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa-Santa Clara, Sacramento-Yolo, San Joaquin-Stanislaus, Fresno, KernSan Diego, San Louis Obispo and Monterey-San Benito-Santa Cruz. TROTZKY'S LATEST CRY In war it has long been axiomatic that the offensive is the best possible defensive. Russia is at war with civilization and Leon Trotzky, the mouthpiece though hardly the brains of the soviet government, recognizes the advantages of this policy. His idea of meeting an accusation is to accuse the The conservatory is so crowded at present that some of the music work has been transferred to the college of liberal arts because of lack of class room space. High praise of the university school of music and a prophecy of a great future were voiced recently by L. E. Behymer, of the Philharmonic auditorium. Mr. Behymer pointed out the excellence of the work now being done, and declared Los Angeles to be the proper site for a great conservatory of music, adding that the University of Southern California has already established its right to foster such an institution. In part, Mr. Behyer said: "The expenditure of $200,000 for a conservatory of music at the University of Southern California would mean that that institution would be the only one on the coast entitled to the name. It would mean the provision of an adequate musical library and of class rooms and there is nothing like that on the coast today. I am not criticizing the existing conservatories when I say this. They are all good and have a part in the increase of musical appreciation. But their scope is limited. We need a conservatory of larger scope, where students of the western interior may come and find teachers of authority, lecturers of ability and suitable instrument s for practice and personal improvement. "The University of Southern California is the logical educational institution on our coast to carry out such a pretentious plan. The climatic conditions, the physical and geographic conditions all tend in that direction. The fact that Schumann-Heink and others have degrees of bachelors of music from this university insures the foundation for a roster of instructors able to carry out the curriculum laid down or selected. Added to this is the tremendous advantage of having allied arts, such as the drama and the languages in the same institution." WORLD'S POPULATION FIGURES Berlin statisticians have finished a new estimate of the world's population. The globe is now inhabited by 1,804,187,631 persons, according to these figures, and 7 per cent of the population lives in cities of 1,000 or more. New York is undisputably the largest city, with 5,620,948 inhabitants. London is next with 4,483,249, and Berlin third with 3,803,770. Europe since Saturday midnight, when new immigration quotas became effective, 5971 aliens have arrived in New York. Four more shisp are bringing 2500: The inspectors handled 2000 Sunday. Sunday night 1556 were quartered at Ellis Island and their cases were taken up first the next morning. Aboard ships which arrived Sunday, 1654 still remain crammed in quarters in which they have lived for days. Major Harry Curran, new immigration commissioner who assumed office just in time to meet the flood, estimated that between 1400 and 1500 were admitted out of the 4000 each day. The others must stay at the island until their cases are settled in Washington or go back to their native lands without ever having seen more of the United States than the skyline of the Battery. COST OF MILK PRODUCTION STUDIES COMPLETED That the average prices the dairy man receives for milk and butterfat are less than their production actually costs him is the conclusion drawn from an extensive survey conducted by the University of California college of agriculture, the results of which are now made public. This final report of a state-wide study is the result of a request made two years ago by representatives of the industry that milk and butterfat production statistics be compiled showing how much it costs to produce a pound of butterfat or a gallon of milk. For a year and a half, R. L. Adams, professor of farm manage- Are You Independent? —Today is Independence Day, but just how independent are you? —If you are spending all you make and are not provid- WORLD'S POPULATION FIGURES Berlin statisticians have finished a new estimate of the world's population. The globe is now inhabited by 1,804,187,631 persons, according to these figures, and 7 per cent of the population lives in cities of 1,000 or more. New York is undisputably the largest city, with 5,620,048 inhabitants. London is next with 4,483,249, and Berlin third with 3,803,770. Europe has six cities of a million inhabitants—London, Berlin, Paris, Glasgow, Vienna and Moscow—and 193 cities of more than 100,000 population. Asia has six cities of a million people—honghai, Hankau, Calcutta, Bombay, Tokio and Osaka—and sixty-nine cities in the 100,000 class, so far as the estimates go. Probably there are scores of cities of 100,000 in Asia where a census has never been taken. North America has but seventy-nine cities of 100,000, and only four cities with a million inhabitants. These are New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Mexico City. The 1930 census will bring Detroit and Cleveland, and perhaps St Louis and even Los Angeles, the fastest growing of them all, into the million class. If there is any feature or outstanding interest in these figures, it is that North America, an undiscovered and sparsely populated wilderness a little more than 400 years ago, comes so near matching in the number of large cities the continents of Europe and Asia, where there were big cities thousands of pears ago. Of course America never had any such plagues to decrease its population as those which swept Europe and Asia periodically for centuries nor has it so many wars. —Today is Independence Day, but just how independent are you? —If you are spending all you make and are not providing for the future, you are not independent. Learn to set aside, from all the money that comes to you, a portion as a reserve for the future. Deny yourself for the moment, that you may build more solidly and lastingly. —Remember, nothing gives greater independence than a Savings Account. —Four per cent on Savings Accounts compounded semiannually. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim California Theatre Thursday, July 5 VIOLA DANA in "Love in the Dark" 5 Big Acts of High Class Vaudeville Friday and Saturday, July 6-7 Ralph Lewis iu "Westbound Limited" A Quiet Street. International News Sun, Mon., Tues., Wed. July 8-9-10-11 An All Star Cast in 'Enemies of Women' Kinograms Topics Fables New Pictures Kinograms Topics Fables New Pictures Hand colored, California Views, tastefully sramed, would ma"e a very appropriate gift for your friends back in the old home. We pack pictures for eastern shidment free of charge. Stop in some time aud get acquainted with our art department. B. F. SPENCER ART GOODS Pictures Wall Paper 166 W. Center St. Anaheim PRESERVE NATIONAL PARKS There may seem to be little connection between this country's national parks and the American association for the advancement of science. eYt the latter has recently taken action looking toward the future protection of the parks from industrial and commercial destruction. In a set of resolutions passed by the association, that body points out that the national parks of Canada and the United States, extending from the far north down to the Grand canyon, show examples in geology, native life and geography which, so long as they are preserved untouched, constitute a na- AND DEMOCRACY HYSTERICAL This time a year hence Colonel Bryan will have the country wondering what sort of a monkey-wrench he will throw into the gearing of his party in national convention assembled. BOSTON BAKERY for the advancement of science. eYt the latter has recently taken action looking toward the future protection of the parks from industrial and commercial destruction. In a set of resolutions passed by the association, that body points out that the national parks of Canada and the United States, extending from the far north down to the Grand canyon, show examples in geology, native life and geography which, so long as they are preserved untouched, constitute a nature exhibition of great usefulness for science and much value to popular education. This educational value is entirely aside from their wonder and beauty and from their maintenance as national recreation spots. For many years these parks were carefully protected, but recent legislation has placed them in the power of a single government official. With all confidence in the present secretary of the interior and his attitude toward preserving the parks unharmed, the nation should remember that his office has the power to turn over those regions to private exploitation. A commission has control of water power in the parks. Under the present system there is always a chance that some official or commission of the future may betray the public by opening the parks to commercial exploitation. Congress should be made to feel that the nation wants those parks preserved and protected for many years to come, and it should have the power to carry out such protection. "Dance Craze Sweeps Europe," announces a headline. What tourists know is that something ought to sweep it.