anaheim-gazette 1923-07-12

HUNTINGTON BEACH IS DISPLAYING AMBITION Wants to Be a Great Port as Well as Fisherman's Paradise Ambitious to have Huntington Beach meritoriously known as the greatest fisherman's mecca on the coast, and, at the same time, have the port available to deep water shipping, boosters of Huntington Beach are circulating a petition calling upon the city council to refer to the voters the proposition of extending the present wharf 400 feet. Fully 300 signatures had been obtained, it was declared, with the view of presenting the petition to the city governing body Monday night. It was pointed out by a resident of the oil city that there would be at least forty feet of water at the end of the proposed pier, a depth sufficient to accommodate the largest ships afloat. At the same time, it was said plans already were under way for developing a steamer line direct from the beach city to Catalina. Bonds would need to be voted and improvement made, it was learned, although the contemplated service would not be available this summer. "Extension of the wharf would make it possible for this city to 'cash in' on the investment it has in the present concrete wharf," declared the resident of the beach city. "The present wharf is insufficient." No estimate of the cost of the contemplated wharf was available, this being left for the city officials to determine should a bond election be called. It was recalled by the Huntington Beach informant that two or three similar attempts to vote bonds for the wharf extension had failed. It was believed by the resident, however, that the present movement had a splendid chance of success. The attitude of owners of oil properties, now paying a heavy tax, probably would works district bonds was continued to July 10, at 11 a.m. PREPARING ENTERTAINMENT FOR SOLDIER BOYS San Francisco Will Extend Glad Hand to Them in October California is preparing to demonstrate her advantages to the 150,000 world war fighters expected to attend the American Legion's national convention in San Francisco next October. Citizens from outlying districts and towns industrial and commercial centers, farming regions and the ranch country will assemble in the convention city to welcome the visitors. California's products and her assets of wealth are to be displayed effectively in a large electrical parade to be held on one of the evenings during convention week. Every county in the state will be represented by floats bearing typical exhibits enhanced by groups of pretty girls and ornamented by electrical effects. One hundred bands, representing cities and towns, man yof them from legion posts, will march in the procession. Visiting legionnaires, who will have marched in the customary military parade on one of the convention mornings, will be permitted to sit on the side-lines to watch the California boosters demonstrate their state pride. Working through Morgan Keaton, California state adjutant, chambers of commerce and legion posts throughout the state are preparing to spend a quarter of a million dollars on floats for the night parade. BROKERS MUST FILE A SURETY BOND Opinion Handed Down By Attorney General Concerning Newly Enacted Measure. In an opinion rendered by Attorney suggested by that smoking selfs with an of the car, which ash-flicking with general traffic. In this season further added chalance on the conflagration along the road. Please remember to make your with precision, that when the "up" means a out" means a "down" means... SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS Resolution in the matter of road district improvement No. 23, resolution of intention No. 23, was regularly passed and adopted; finding no objections made going to ordering work as an entirety, determining and establishing grades, establishing boundaries, and appointing engineer of work and ordering said work. Bids were opened for resurfacing of Verano street to West Fifth street, for a distance of one and three-quarters miles, second road district, Wells & Bressler, contractors, being the lowest responsible bidders, contract was awarded them. Price, $36,588.75. Petition of A. A. Mills et al to vacate and abandon a portion of that certain public street known as Julliana street, was granted. Resignation of Chas. F. McCown as constable of Stanton township, was accepted. Robert Pauts was appointed constable of Stanton township. Resolution and order declaring work completed, accepting same and ordering bonds issued for contract price, incidental costs, expenses of proceedings, etc., was passed and adopted, in the matter of road district improvement No. 17. Bonds of the Diamond school district were ordered issued in the sum of $3500. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on franchise No. 816. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on map of tract No. 479, and map of tract No. 479 was accepted as official plotting of said tract. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $300 in favor of the chairman of the Santa Ana Lions club, same being for advertising Orange county. The chairman was authorized to approve the bond on map of tract No. BROKERS MUST FILE A SURETY BOND Opinion Handed Down By Attorney General Concerning Newly Enacted Measure. In an opinion rendered by Attorney General U. S. Webb, at the request of Commissioner of Corporations Daugherty, it is held that under the bill passed by the recent legislature, brokers' agents will not be required to furnish a surety bond of $5000 and that the amendment applies only to brokers. The particular portion of the bill referred to reads as follows: "At the time of filing an application for a broker's certificate, the applicant shall deliver to the commissioner of corporations a good and sufficient bond for five thousand dollars, payable to the state of California, to be executed by said applicant, together with a surety company, and to be approved by the commissioner of corporations. Said bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful compliance with the provisions of law by said applicant, and shall provide that upon failure to so comply the applicant shall be liable to any and all persons who may suffer loss by reason thereof." The attorney general, in commenting upon the above quoted section of the measure, held as follows: "Section 5 of the said act as so amended, includes in its general application both brokers and agents, but the paragraph in question appears to be limited to the former. It is my construction that the provision does not require the agent to furnish such a bond. This interpretation is in harmony with what you have said to be the intent of the author of the bill." It is the opinion of the commissioner of corporations as well as the attorney general, that brokers will be required to furnish a $5000 surety bond on and after August 17, when the amendments to the corporate securities act become effective. Some agencies and individuals throughout the state have been announcing that all brokers' agents will be required to furnish a $5000 surety bond. This information and the construction placed on the amendment to the corporate securities act are incorrect. Destroyers owe are the Delphys civil, John Priscus Somers, Stadden Thompson, Ke William Jones Nicholas, Young Yarborough, L Shirk, Kidder, vine, Chase, R Hulf, MacDonnellner, Corry and Personnel add will number 900 100 warrant off men. Secretary ed. Legion convene deavoting to en gram of the gathent than has vious years, ad To that end he of a number othe United State have been asked A FREE The civilian in many sections not yet enrolled California, wom certain patriotic tively campaign ble persons. It young men do as offering an portunity. The general p an officer is to drill, marches,t er instruction. given to games Students will lie en floors,and cots,blankets other necessary their own beds and learn to ta ment.The food The course l but offers an opi drill, disciplined other young men vacation at gov deserves looking The chairman was authorized to approve bond on franchise No. 816. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on map of tract No. 479, and map of tract No. 479 was accepted as official plotting of said tract. The county auditor was directed to draw a warrant for $300 in favor of the chairman of the Santa Ana Lions club, same being for advertising Orange county. The chairman was authorized to approve the bond on map of tract No. 497. Map of tract No. 529 was ordered received and referred to the city engineer of the city of Huntington Beach. Map of tract No. 537 was ordered received and referred to the city engineer of the city of Stanton. The purchasing agent was authorized to purchase a Buick roadster, price not to exceed $1400 for road department. Matter of accepting the harbor commission report was continued to July 17, at 11 a.m. Resolution was regularly passed and adopted in the matter of paving Jefferson street in the fourth road district. B. R. Ford, contractor, was granted an extension of 30 days in which to complete his contract in re:road district improvement No. 8. B. R. Ford was granted an extension of 60 days in which to complete his contract in re:road district improvement No. 15. S. E. Brakk, contractor, was granted an extension of time of thirty days in which to complete grading and graveling of Chapman avenue, Kraemer avenue, Alta Vista street, Linda Vista street, Moras avenue and Van Buren street in the third road district. "The sale of Orange county water or corporations as well as the attorney general, that brokers will be required to furnish a $5000 surety bond on and after August 17, when the amendments to the corporate securities act become effective. Some agencies and individuals throughout the state have been announcing that all brokers' agents will be required to furnish a $5000 surety bond. This information and the construction placed on the amendment to the corporate securities act are incorrect." PROTEST "FALSE" HAND SIGNALS Raring protest has been raised by a chorus of conscientious auto owners in this part of the state against the practice of "false" hand signals, and this protest has been registered with the Auto Club of Southern California. It has to do with the nonchalant driver who debonairely flicks the ashes off his cigar or cigarette with an airy wave of the hand, thus giving the impression that he is signaling for a right or left-hand turn. Don't be so "nonchalant" in your ash-flicking, asks the auto club, in order to avoid confusion on the highways this summer. If there are children riding in the car, it is suggested that the parents keep them from waving their arms out or giving false signals, as many near accidents have been caused by this act on the part of the little one. It is pointed out that the driver of a car should remember that "the man behind" is looking carefully to notice any indication of a turn to the right or left or a sudden stop, and one false move in the way of signalling is liable to have serious consequences. It has been more or less facetiously... ANAHEIM GAZETTE continued to MENT EER BOYS Glad Hand to demonne 150,000 to attend national context Octorists commercial the ranch the conventors. Other assets used effecrarade to tags during county in by floats enhanced by enamored by hundred and towns, posts, will visiting lerarched in side on one will be lines to demonKeaton, members of throughout spend a on floats Keaton, members of throughout spend a on floats Keaton, members of throughout spend a on floats Keaton, members of throughout spend a on floats KEATON BOND Attorney EnAttorney Destroyers ordered to San Francisco are the Delphy, Chauncey, Fuller, Percival, John Francis Burns, Farragut, Somers, Staddert, Reno, Farquahar, Thompson, Kennedy, Paul Hamilton, William Jones, Woodbury, S. P. Lee, Nicholas, Young, Zellin, McDermut, Yarborough, Lavallette, Sloat, Wood, Shirk, Kidder Selfridge, Marquis Man, suggested by one eloquent member that smoking addicts provide themselves with an ash tray in the inside of the car, where they can do their ash-flicking without conflicting with general traffic movement. In this season of forest fires, it is further added that this careless non-chalance on the part of smokers might easily be the cause of some serious conflagration when the grass is dry along the road. Please remember, ask club officials, to make your arm signals snappy and with precision, always keeping in mind that when the car is a left-hand drive, "up" means a right-hand turn,"straight out" means a left-hand turn, and "down" means coming to a stop. ARRANGING NAVAL DISPLAY The navy department has approved a schedule providing for the anticipation of battleships and destroyers of the United States navy in the naval show to be held in connection with the American Legion's national convention at San Francisco, October 15-20, according to a recent letter received by Morgan Keaton, California adjutant from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Included in the fleet will be nine battleships, thirty-eight destroyers and a number of armored cruisers, destroyers' tenders, hospital ships and other auxiliary craft. The list of battleships comprises the California, Maryland, New York, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Idaho and Tennessee. Destroyers ordered to San Francisco are the Delphy, Chauncey, Fuller, Percival, John Francis Burns, Farragut, Somers, Staddert, Reno, Farquahar, Thompson, Kennedy, Paul Hamilton, William Jones, Woodbury, S. P. Lee, Nicholas, Young, Zellin, McDermut, Yarborough, Lavallette, Sloat, Wood, Shirk, Kidder Selfridge, Marquis Man, to plots inGarden Grove and New Hope by H. E. Wahlberg, farm advisor, and a close watch has been kept on the progress of the disease. Black rot and other minor diseases in sweet potatoes have caused an annual loss of from five to ten per cent in the crop in this vicinity. Wahlberg says, and since Santa Ana is near the center of the industry in southern California it is probable that the government experts will make this their headquarters for the campaign they are waging on behalf of the sweet potato grower. BERGER HALF ACRES "COME ACROSS" WITH CASH Europe wants Uncle Sam to come across and sit in its conference, but to come across anyway. NOT TREATED SERIOUSLY Foreign shipping interests possess the idea that the constitution should not stand between friends. Everybody speaks most highly of the American soldiers who were all withdrawn from Germany, but nobody has offered to pay for their board and keep. COUNTY IOWA MEETING The officers of the association have agreed upon Saturday, July 14, as the date for holding our picnic at Birch park. Santa Ana. Bring your baskets well filled and we hope that the big Iowa smile you carried away from our last picnic is still there. Bring enough in your basket for another fellow sons for which miners in the Kansas fields quit their work, and have submitted them to the commission now investigating the industry, in an effort to show one of the reasons for increased cost in production and delay in output. Some of the pretexts on which the workers laid down their tools are said by the committee to have been trivial and in no way justified under the operator-miner contracts. Examples of the more flimsy yexsuses are: Wash house too cold, wash house too hot, wash house too dark, wash house burned down and no time to build a new one; refusal of the management to employ a boy at a man's wages; demand for a new foreman; demand for a new superintendent; no flag on tipple; flag on tipple not raised in time; engineer fifteen minutes late; protest against the Kansas "bone-dry" law; mules not watered. "A particularly acute case occurred in January, 1919," the report says,"when the No. 48 mine of the Central Coal & Coke company, employing 200 men, was closed down for an entire day because three miners elleged that their clothes were wet." Some conception of the disastrous eects these walkouts had on coal production and on the lives of the miners themselves and their families may be had from one paragraph of the report, which declares: "All told, between April 16, 1916,and December 21, 1921,the were in the Kansas district 1873 outlaw strikes,causeing a loss of 1,609,041 1-2 man days,pwith a loss to,the miners in wages,gured at the day-wage rate in effect at the time of suspension.of $10,562,575.33.As a result of these strikes the miners' total financial gain was $853.82." ATTY BOND Attorney EnAttorney request of us Daughthe bill ure, brok-ed to furand that to brokthe bill reapplication applicant of sufficient ars, payato be ex-together to be apar of cor-ble condicompliance said ap- upon applicant and persons on therecomment-section of act as so general ap-ments, but speeches to my con- does not such a in har- said to be the bill." Commission the attorwill be re-rety bond when the securi- time agen- without the that all ad to fur-this inform- placed on state secur- REFORESTATION MADE PROGRESS DURING YEAR The work of reforestation made greater progress in 1922 than in any keep. COUNTY IOWA MEETING The officers of the association have agreed upon Saturday, July 14, as the date for holding our picnic at Birch park, Santa Ana. Bring your baskets well filled and we hope that the big Iowa smile you carried away from our last picnic is still there. Bring enough in your basket for another fellow. You will be entitled to coffee free. We shall expect your cup to be filled the second time if you want it. From ten o'clock until noon will be visiting time and getting acquainted. At noon our picnic dinner. The afternoon will be given up to the business meeting and with possibly a few speeches and music. If you have something nice that you think will please the Hawkeyes, bring it along. This is not confined to Orange county; everybody is invited. GEO. HUNTINGTON, Pres. COST OF STRIKES "Frivolous Strikes" have cost the miners of the Kansas coal fields more than $10,000,000 in wages and have led them to repeated violence of their contracts with the operators, according to a report compiled by the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' association and submitted to the United States coal commission. By no means the least of the vicissitudes to which mine operators are subjected in their effort, to produce coal for the consuming public, it is shown, are those brought about by agitation among the workers over matters which, were their consequences not so disastrous, would be laughable. The southwestern association, acting in cooperation with the bituminous operators' special committee, has compiled a list of strike causes, rea- NO. OF BANK 329 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE American Savings Bank Of Anaheim At Anaheim, California, as of the close of business on the 30th day of June, 1923: RESOURCES 1 and 2. Loans and Discounts (including Rediscounts) ... $1,099,597.19 C. United States Securities Owned ... 106,296.54 7. All Other Bonds, Warrants and Securities (including REFORESTATION MADE PROGRESS DURING YEAR The work of reforestation made greater progress in 1922 than in any single year since the policy of replanting cut over timber land was inaugurated. During last year over 4000 acres in the Rocky mountain district were replanted. The largest single operation was in the Minnesota national forest, where over 1700 acres were planted in pine. Nebraska replanted nearly 1000 acres, Colorado over 700 acres, and Michigan approximately 600 acres. Reforestation is being pushed largely in the productive pine regions. That the work done is but a very insignificant fraction of what remains to be done is shown by the fact that the total amount of denuded timber land which could be and should be reforested is 1,500,000 acres, and at the rate replanting is now being conducted it would require over 150 acres to reforest this territory. EXPERTS ARRIVE FOR EXPERIMENTS J. L. Weimer and Dr. Harter, associated with the bureau of plant industry of the United States department of agriculture at Washington, have arrived in Santa Ana to check upon the progress of sweet potato diseases which have been under surveillance in the county for some time. Diseased plants were selected and transferred. American Savings Bank Of Anaheim At Anaheim, California, as of the close of business on the 30th day of June, 1923: RESOURCES I and 2. Loans and Discounts (including Rediscounts) $1,099,597.19 C. United States Securities Owned 106,296.54 7. All Other Bonds, Warrants and Securities (including Premium thereon, less all offsetting Bond Adjustment Accounts) 57,292.97 10. Due from Federal Reserve Bank 29,960.00 11. Due from Other Banks 98,304.28 12. Actual Cash on Hand 3,142.19 14. Checks and Other Cash Items 559.55 Total $1,395,152.72 LIABILITIES 18. Capital Paid in $100,000.00 19. Surplus 20,000.00 21. All Undivided Profits (less Expenses, Interest and Taxes Paid) 19,758.06 27a. Dividends Unpaid 7,500.00 27c. Savings Deposits 1,158,213.00 27e. Time Certificates of Deposit 44,681.66 28. State, County and Municipal Deposits 45,000.00 Total $1,395,152.72 Interest Earned but not Collected (not included in Resources or liabilities) $10,995.97 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE, SS: Wm. J. Siemann, President, and E. Zitzmann, Secretary (Cashier) of American Savings Banks of Anaheim, being duly sworn, each for himself, says he has a personal knowledge of the matters contained in the foregoing report of condition and that every allegation, statement, matter and thing therein contained, is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. WM. J. SIEMANN, President. E. ZITZMANN, Secretary (Cashier) Severally subscribed and sworn to before me by both deponents, the 9th day of July, 1923. CECILE ATHERTON, Notary Public in and for said County of Orange, State of California. My Comission Expires September 6, 1926. miners in the Kansas work, and have submitted to the commission now industry, in an effort the reasons for inproduction and delay foretexts on which the own their tools are said to have been trivial restified under the operacts. The more films yexsuscold, wash house too no time to build a of the management that a man's wages, deforeman, demand for indent, no flag on tiple not raised in time, minutes late, protest passas "bone-dry" law, acute case occurred the report says, mine of the Central company, employing 200 down for an entire miners elleged that wet." Of the disastrous outs had on coal produces lives of the miners their families may be graph of the report, on April 16, 1916,and 1921, there were in district 1873 outlaw loss to the miners in the day-wage rate in of suspension, of a result of these total financial gain the law and require no liquor on board, except for medicinal purposes. Which shipu would get the business, and how long could an American ship continue in commission under such discriminatory conditions. If foreign ships entering our ports can not obey the laws they should be placed on an equal footing. The government should stand pat and compel a strict observance of our laws as long as they are in force. HEAVY PRICE PAID FOR NEWPORT BAY ISLAND Purchase of the land in Newport bay known as Pacific Electric island, together with other land, to total approximately 160 acres, by a syndicate headed by W. K. Parkinson, of NewPort Beach, was announced by George T. Peabody, manager of the Parkinson Interests. The total purchase price was said by Peabody to be in excess of $100,000 with improvements contemplated soon to bring the total investment to half a million dollars. This is declared to be one of the largest real estate transactions in the history of the beach city and to mean much toward the development of the harbor. Peabody stated the land involved extended from Newport boulevard, at the bridge, across the old river channel above the turning basin to the southerly point of Pacific Electric island, opposite the yacht club and Bay island, at East Newport. A total bay frontage of 15,000 feet on both the city and county channels would be developed, he said. Dredging the county channel for commercial purposes was planned, he stated, adding that three companies are figuring on the dredging contract, which templates, at this time, the removal of more than 1,000,000 cubic yards of mud from the bay for the purpose of filling the low land acquired in the deal. This contract alone will amount to $200,000 and the amount of material moved will be almost equal to the total amount moved under the county bond issue, he pointed out. DR. BARRETT AT FULLERTON At the recent pest control school at Fullerton Dr. J. T. Barrett, of the University of California, experiment station at Riverside, reviewed Professor Quayle's investigations and referred to a continuation of the experiments since Professor Quayle's departure. With the old potassium and the newer liquid gas methods absolute kill is possible, but the range in dosage which permits the tree to escape without injury and yet gives a high percentage of kill is extremely narrow. The most serious factors in this particular are moisture content, dew point and atmospheric conditions. A fairly liberal degree of humidity is necessary as moisture is required to liberate from the cyanide of calcium the largest amount of hydrocyanic acid gas. If, however, the humidity is high and dew point is reached, then trouble begins. CHARTER NO. 6481. RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE First National Bank CHARTER NO. 6481. RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE First National Bank At Anaheim, in the State of California, at the close of business on June 30, 1923: RESOURCES 1. a Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, acceptances of other banks, and foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold with indorsement of this bank ... $1,680,320.64 Total loans ... $1,680,320.64 2. Overdrafts, unsecured, $541.29 ... 541.29 4. U. S. Government securities owned: a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) ... 100,000.00 b All other United States Government securities (including premiums, if any) ... 366,000.00 Total ... 466,000.00 5. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc. ... 11,100.00 6. Banking House, $77,208.59; Furniture and fixtures, $36,239.94 ... 113,448.53 8. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank ... 135,518.64 9. Items with Federal Reserve Bank in process of collection ... 123,161.72 10. Cash in vault and amount due from national banks ... 126,480.58 13. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank ... 12,371.07 Total of Items 9, 10 and 13, $262,013.37. 14. b Miscellaneous cash items ... 1,470.30 1,470.30 15. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer ... 5,900.00 Total ... $2,675,412.77 LIABILITIES 17. Capital Stock paid in ... 100,000.00 18. Surplus fund ... 60,000.00 19. Undivided profits ... 38,000.00 20. Circulating notes outstanding ... 98,900.00 21. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred credits) ... 27,595.44 22. Amount due to national banks ... 30,000.00 23. Amount due to State banks, bankers and trust companies in the United States and foreign countries (other than included in items 21 or 22) ... 27,962.33 24. Certified checks outstanding ... 1,689.70 25. Cashier's checks outstanding ... 152,598.74 Total of Items 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, $239,846.21. Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 26. Individual deposits subject to check ... 1,665,059.41 27. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed)... 54,374.09 28. State county or other municipal deposits Amount due to State banks, bankers and trust companies in the United States and foreign countries (other than included in items 21 or 22) ... 27,962.33 Certified checks outstanding ... 1,689.70 Cashier's checks outstanding ... 152,598.74 Total of Items 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, $239,846.21. Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): Individual deposits subject to check ... 1,665,059.41 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) ... 54,374.09 State, county or other municipal deposits secured by pledge of assets of this bank or surety bond ... 100,000.00 Dividends unpaid ... 7,500.00 Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve, Items 26, 27, 30, $1,826,933.50. Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 60 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) ... 163,122.25 Postal savings deposits ... 837.36 Total time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 32 and 35, $163,959.61. United States deposits (other than postal savings), including War Loan deposit account and deposits of United States disbursing officers ... 1,320.79 Bills payable (including all obligations representing money borrowed other than rediscounts) ... 150,000.00 Liabilities other than those above stated... 6,452.66 Total ... $2,675,412.77 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE, SS: I. H. H. Benjamin, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief: H. H. BENJAMIN, Cashier. Correct—Attest: SAMUEL KRAEMER; WM. J. SIEMANN; E. ZITZMANN, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of July, 1923. CECILE ATHERTON, Notary Public. My Commission expires September 6, 1926.