anaheim-gazette 1923-09-20

OBSERVATIONS By Charles Kuchel. "Glug-glug-glug," was faintly heard out in the hallway in a building down town the other night. The ominous sound again was heard, with the accompanying smack of the lips. A man who works nights in his office rooms on the second floor, had his attention directed to those significant vibrations upon the midnight aid, and he decided to investigate. Cautiously going to the door, he once more detected the autoble impressions upon his ears, and being curious, threw the door wide open. As he did so two stalwart forms stood by, one in the act of placing a container, looking the size and shape of a quart, into his hip pocket. "Good evening," he said, "why the honor of this visit at this unseemly hour." "Oh, nothing," came a reply. "We beg your pardon—we were only admiring the frescoed ceiling by the light of the moon." Twas ever thus. A traveller from Mexico says the notorious bandit and bad hombre generally, who recently was killed there from ambush, was the best gunman in that country. Once an enemy tried to shoot him as he was mounting his horse, but the bandit escaped injury, and sent a bullet through his adversary's heart before he landed in his saddie. The first time a foe crossed the path of the bad man the latter usually cut off his ears, as a sort of identification mark. But upon the second meeting, it always meant death for the fellow. The last call. A man and his wife of this city, who do not put on airs, and like to travel, and whom it might be said are the street, the group of persons standing nearby, came to the conclusion that he's a bear. The tocsin of alarm. Oranges in Texas are selling for $1 a dozen at retail stores, says a man who recently came here from Lone Star state. Say, Mr. Orange Grower, wake up! An attorney of Orange was over here the other day looking up a certain mans' rating, and found everything in his wife's name. The hole in a doughnut. The idea of trying to drive a car while under the influence of bootleg is a nexensive pastime. A young man recently paid $500 for finding out. Sh-h! The bogie man. CIVILIZING THE INDIAN According to a story from Arizona the Indian bureau has threatened to put a stop to the time-honored Hopi snake dance, on the ground that half-naked Indians dancing with snakes between their teeth is not an edifying spectacle. When there are so many useful things needing to be done it seems that the Indian bureau might use its energy better than by destroying a ceremony which does no one any harm, appears to do the Indians a lot of good, and is certainly an interesting event, both as a spectacle and as a living document of early human history. But the Indian bureau has always been that way. We remember when it was falling the Navajos and persecuting them in every possible manner to try to make the men cut their hair short. It was no question of cleanliness, since no white woman shampoos her hair oftener than does the Navajo man who wears his done up in a... A man and his wife of this city, who do not put on airs, and like to travel, and whom it might be said are well to do financially, recently put up at a fashionable inn at a lakeside resort up the coast for a short sojourn. At the meal hour they appeared in the dining room comfortably attired in their khaki habiliment. At once the high-brows present tilted their chins perceptibly and held aloof, feeling as though the very air had become stiffling. Snubs even followed, but the couple in khaki with the wanderlust feeling, went serenely on and paid no attention. Next day, after the stuckups found out who the new arrivals were, introductions were sought, but deaf ears were paid to them. How some apples do float. A man who owns considerable land in the county, and is said to be well fixed, although his personal appearance would not lead you to think so, was in town the other day telling his friends that he is almost daily being asked to lease his land for oil development purposes. But he refuses to do so. He claims to possess supernatural powers and can locate oil by going over the surface with a divining rod. He says he can go out on his place and tell where a 7000 barrel well can be found. One time a friend of his lost a $5-gold piece in a sandy stretch of ground and he went and found it for him through his mystic powers. The man is a great walker and gets all over the country afoot, looking upon the rubber-tired vehicles with disdain. He claims to have been railroaded to prison once for standing up for his constitutional rights, and picked Dempsey to win the day before the fight. He says while many people believe there are no real navigators on this coast, still the tragic fate of a number of warships, which befell them the other day, was caused by the compass needle going wrong by the re-action of the Japan tidal wave. He has great faith in the possibilities of Orange county and some day, when the spirit moves him, he may startle the natives with horse, but the bail escaped injury, and sent a bullet through his adversary's heart before he landed in his saddie. The first time a foe crossed the path of the bad man the latter usually cut off his ears, as a sort of identification mark. But upon the second meeting, it always meant death for the fellow. The last call. —)e(— A man and his wife of this city, who do not put on airs, and like to travel, and whom it might be said are well to do financially, recently put up at a fashionable inn at a lakeside resort up the coast for a short sojourn. At the meal hour they appeared in the dining room comfortably attired in their khaki habiliment. At once the high-brows present tilted their chins perceptibly and held aloof, feeling as though the very air had become stiffling. Snubs even followed, but the couple in khaki with the wanderlust feeling, went serenely on and paid no attention. Next day, after the stuckups found out who the new arrivals were, introductions were sought, but deaf ears were paid to them. How some apples do float. —)e(— A man who owns considerable land in the county, and is said to be well fixed, although his personal appearance would not lead you to think so, was in town the other day telling his friends that he is almost daily being asked to lease his land for oil development purposes. But he refuses to do so. He claims to possess supernatural powers and can locate oil by going over the surface with a divining rod. He says he can go out on his place and tell where a 7000 barrel well can be found. One time a friend of his lost a $5-gold piece in a sandy stretch of ground and he went and found it for him through his mystic powers. The man is a great walker and gets all over the country afoot, looking upon the rubber-tired vehicles with disdain. He claims to have been railroaded to prison once for standing up for his constitutional rights, and picked Dempsey to win the day before the fight. He says while many people believe there are no real navigators on this coast, still the tragic fate of a number of warships, which befell them the other day, was caused by the compass needle going wrong by the re-action of the Japan tidal wave. He has great faith in the possibilities of Orange county and some day, when the spirit moves him, he may startle the natives with horse, but the bail escaped injury, and sent a bullet through his adversary's heart before he landed in his saddie. The first time a foe crossed the path of the bad man the latter usually cut off his ears, as a sort of identification mark. But upon the second meeting, it always meant death for the fellow. The last call. —)e(— A man who owns considerable land in the county, and is said to be well fixed, although his personal appearance would not lead you to think so, was in town the other day telling his friends that he is almost daily being asked to lease his land for oil development purposes. But he refuses to do so. He claims to possess supernatural powers and can locate oil by going over the surface with a divining rod. He says he can go out on his place and tell where a 7000 barrel well can be found. One time a friend of his lost a $5-gold piece in a sandy stretch of ground and he went and found it for him through his mystic powers. The man is a great walker and gets all over the country afoot, looking upon the rubber-tired vehicles with disdain. He claims to have been railroaded to prison once for standing up for his constitutional rights, and picked Dempsey to win the day before the fight. He says while many people believe there are no real navigators on this coast, still the tragic fate of a number of warships, which befell them the other day, was caused by the compass needle going wrong by the re-action of the Japan tidal wave. He has great faith in the possibilities of Orange county and some day, when the spirit moves him, he may startle the natives with horse, but the bail escaped injury, and sent a bullet through his adversary's heart before he landed in his saddie. The first time a foe crossed the path of the bad man the latter usually cut off his ears, as a sort of identification mark. But upon the second meeting, it always meant death for the fellow. The last call. ADVICE TO AUTOISTS Although the summer auto camping season is drawing to a close, much discussion has arisen since September 1, when the new motor vehicle act went into effect, as to the carrying of baggage on passenger vehicles and the width of loads on trucsk. In order to settle this matter, in the way of an explanation, the Automobile Club of Southern California has issued the following advice to autoists covering this important detail of the highway law. How wide can loads on motor trucks actually be? How can you load your baggage on the running boards of your autos for trips this fall? In plain words, no load nor vehicle shall exceed ninety-six inches—or eight feet in width. This is a general basis of the rulin. But there are some important exceptions to this. For instance, it shall not apply to farming implements nor to loads of loosely piled material such as hay or alfalfa, which may be ten feet in width. These "loosely-piled" loads, which do not include crated, baled, boxed nor packed material, must not exceed 120 inches, or ten feet. However, vehicles which were owned and in operation at the time of the passage of the new act may continue to operate if they are wider than ninety-six inches, but do not exceed a width of 102 inches if used upon roads which are more than fifteen feet wide. Practically all main roads in California are wider than fifteen feet. You cannot carry loads on your passenger cars which extend beyond the line of the hub caps of the machine on the left-hand side. The load can- up for his constitutional rights, and picked Dempsey to win the day before the fight. He says while many people believe there are no real navigators on this coast, still the tragic fate of a number of warships, which befell them the other day, was caused by the compass needle going wrong by the re-action of the Japan tidal wave. He has great faith in the possibilities of Orange county and some day, when the spirit moves him, he says he may startle the natives with his occult powers. Look out below. —)o{— A fellow who was hurrying home to supper, the other evening, carrying a sack holding a dozen eggs, stopped short, almost breathlessly, to ask a passerby who won the high fight, and when he heard the winner's name, he gulped hard in open mouthed wonderment, meanwhile dropping the eggs on the sidewalk. The horse shoe turned. —)o{— A winsome maiden says she wears stockings of an emerald hue, because green is so restful to the opticle nerve. Relieving the eye strain. Oh, you kid. —)o{— "I would like to see any man tell me what I should, or should not, do with my land," said a citizen, the other day, who owns a tract of 20 acres that fringes the outer boundary of the city limits. "The land is mine, bought and paid for, and I intend to use my own discretion as to the manner in which said acreage is to be handled," continued this man. "Getting down to the acid test, they is no man here or elsewhere who can tell me what to do with anything that already belongs to me," further re-iterated this citizen, and as he walked up However, vehicles which were owned and in operation at the time of the passage of the new act may continue to operate if they are wider than ninety-six inches, but do not exceed a width of 102 inches, if used upon roads which are more than fifteen feet wide. Practically all main roads in California are wider than fifteen feet. You cannot carry loads on your passenger cars which extend beyond the line of the hub caps of the machine on the left-hand side. The load cannot extend more than six inches beyond the line of the hub caps on the high-hand side. This means anything extending beyond the hub caps of the car, such as crates, suit cases, tents, or trunks or fishing poles. HONEY FOR BOOZE MAKING Early in July there passed through the revenue collector's office at Calexico a single shipment of two hundred tons—yes, 200 tons—of honey from southern Mexico and Central America, consigned to boozefactories below the border. Even after paying export duties from Mexico and import duties to Uncle Sam, the honey cost less than sugar. Native labor is cheap. This shipment came up the coast by water, then down across the border by rail. Caxelico has the second largest customs office in southern California, the collections ranging over $500,000 per year. It costs Uncle Sam over thirteen dollars to collect one dollar of revenue at some customs offices, while at Calexico the cost is only six and a quarter cents. When you come to know how densely populated the earth is with "suckers," and how dense these "suckers" are, the wonder is not that so few men are honest, but that si many are. MOVIE SUPREMACY ENDANGERED BY AUTOS Tourist "Industry" Taking First Place in Southern California. Will auto touring travel out-rank the movies as a leading southern California "industry." Figures usjt issued by the Auto Club of Southern California show that the motor car visitors will not the southern counties of the state approximately $148,000,000 this year! An official check on trans-continental auto travel kept by the quarantine station of the department of agriculture at Blythe has been used as a basis of comparison for estimating the volume of travel over all routes into the southern part of California. On this basis the expenditure of motor car tourists is discovered. Figures recently issued by the auto club show that 936,000 people will arrive in this section of America this year. The organization's touring bureau estimates that the average length of a visit for each person is sixty days. The average expenditure of each person per day in California is $4.00. Next year the "auto touring industry" will amount to aproximately $240,000,000. For the entire state this year the total expenditures will reach $200,000,000. As southern California is essentially the winter resort of the entire west, it is during the winter that the most money is spent here by visitors, and that is why the club allots $148,000,000 out of a total of $200,000,000 to the southern counties. A careful check on the motoring parties arriving in the state over the long, long trails shows that the average car carries four passengers, and there are 19,600 cars arriving each month throughout the year—more during some months than others, but hitting around the average. Henderson's men met was at the hands of Andy Smith's team, 12 to 0, in a gruelling contest which found the score 2-0 in favor of the "wonder team" at the end of the third quarter. Not counting practice games, the first official appearance of the Trojans before the public will be on September 29 against the California Institute of Technology. The next game is with Pomona on October 6, this game being the first to be played in the new coliseum. Nevada, Washington, Stanford, California, Arizona, Idaoh and possibly Notre Dame follow in quick succession. ZONING LAWS IN QUESTION Other cities in southern California will be greatly interested in a suit brought in Los Angeles county to test the city zoning ordinance of Long Beach. The action is in the form of a mandamus against the building inspector of the city seeking to compel him to issue a permit for a garage in a portion of the city from which the zoning ordinance excludes buildings of that description. From the county counsel's office in that county comes a startling opinion that if upheld would knock all zoning ordinances and would effectually prevent any effective system of city zoning. This opinion would limit the zoning power of municipalities to the exclusion of nuisances. The Long Beach Press gives the following interesting information regarding this ruling: "Neither the present Long Beach zoning ordinance nor the one being drawn by City Engineer Van Alstipe, nor the ordinances of any California municipalities will stand the test of the higher courts, says Deputy County Counsel Phillip Sterry. Municipalities have no more zoning powers than have counties and these can zone only against nuisances, he" BOY SCOUT PROGRAM A busy winter has been scheduled for the Boy Scouts of Orange county, according to the weekly news letter released by Roland E. Dye, Orange county scout executive. Dye has outlined a program that extends from the fall meeting of the county executive board, at Orange last Friday, to the quarterly court of honor, scheduled to be held at Anaheim, May 30, next year, and the summer camp, recently closed, which will re-open, according to program, June 18. “This tentative program which has been prepared,” Dye said, “calls for great activity on the part of Orange county Boy Scouts. “This month the bi-monthly meetings of the district committees will start. The district committees will meet every other month for the purpose of discussing scouting within that district. The county executive board will meet every other month for the purpose of discussing matters of county wide interest. “This year's program is as follows: "Tuesday, September 25, will mark the opening of the county fair in which Orange county scouts are to participate. "Wednesday, September 26, district court of honour will be held in Orange. Friday, September 28, Orange county will send five delegates to the California state conference of older scouts, to be held in Santa Barbara. Court of honor will also be held in Santa Ana on that evening. "After this month, the scoutmasters' association will meet the first Monday of each month. The last Saturday afternoon of every month will be devoted to scoutmasters' training course. On the third Saturday of each month a patrol leaders' training school will be held under the direction of the county council." A careful check on the motoring parties arriving in the state over the long, long trails shows that the average car carries four passengers, and there are 19,600 cars arriving each month throughout the year—more during some months than others, but hitting around the average. Some of the transcontinental routes carry the bulk of their travel in the winter and some of them in the summer, depending upon their geographical location. The two extremes are divided between the Bankhead highway through the very southern states, and routes parallel to the Canadian border to the north. It is predicted that automobile travel will increase one hundred per cent from eastern points to southern California next year, and perhaps more than this during the year following, with the rapid improvement of highway conditions. GLOOMY GUS PREPARING FOR A BUSY SEASON Trojan Football Team Goes Into Active Training When the gong sounded the call to arms in all Pacific coast conference camps Saturday afternoon, Elmer C. Henderson, coach of the University of Southern California Trojans, may have been the "Gloomy Gus" of old, but nevertheless he pricked up his ears and cantered briskly forth like a true Hector of old Troy. Gathering his prospects about him, he gave the ma short lecture, telling them of the importance of the coming season. And then he got down to work in earnest. Punting, passing, rolling on the ground, running in squadron formation back and forth across the gridiron and a little bit of everything that goes to make up the usual first day's practice was in order as Henderson sent his men through their paces. More than 75 turned out for this, the first official practice of the season: Actually, very nearly this number have been taking the kinks out of muscles and putting the aches at proper intervals along spinal columns for a week past, with Captain Beach Press gives the following interesting information regarding this ruling: "Neither the present Long Beach zoning ordinance nor the one being drawn by City Engineer Van Alstipe, nor the ordinances of any California municipalities will stand the test of the higher courts, says Deputy County Counsel Phillip Sterry. Municipalities have no more zoning powers than have counties and these can zone only against nuisances, he says. He adds that enactments of the state legislature giving cities special zoning powers are invalid, since, in his opinion, the legislature can add nothing to the powers conferred by the constitution. County Counsel Sterry threw this bombshell into the ranks of zoning advocates in a written opinion to Hugh Pomeroy, secretary of the county planning commission, who asked as to the zoning powers of the county. Mr. Sterry holds that zoning as an application of the general police powers of a community or county, is subject to the general principles of law covering the rights of property, principles, he says, which are older, even, than the English common law or the Roman law and which date back to the time when men first began to act in unison to protect themselves and their goods from outside attack. In Massachusetts, he says, there has been a successful attempt to enact zoning laws under the power of eminent domain, rather than under any application of the police power of the communities. The Massachusetts plan condemns property for certain purposes, the owner being paid damages in proportion to the limitation which is placed on his use of his own property. A city, says Mr. Sterry, may place a limit on the height of buildings, for example, as a matter of protection to the inhabitants, but such opinion, to be legal must apply to the entire city. He does not believe it legal to allow twelve-story buildings in one section, eight-story buildings in another and five-story buildings in still another. FIGHTING THE NEMATODE The battle of the nematode continues unabated in Orange county, according to H. E. Wahlberg, Orange county farm advisor. "Forceful, if not parlor English," After this month, the scoutmasters' association will meet the first Monday afternoon of every month will be devoted to scoutmasters' training course. On the third Saturday of each month a patrol leaders' training school will be held under the direction of the county council. Friday, October 12, the quarterly county rally is scheduled to be held at which time camp emblems and eagle badges will be presented to scouts qualified for them. On the third Wednesday of every month, courts of honor in districts numbers 4 and 5 will be held, on the fourth Wednesday in district Number 3; and on the fourth Friday in district No. 2. "November 11 scouts of Orange county will participate in the county Armistice day parade, to be held in Orange. Saturday, November 17 a model airplane contest is scheduled to be held in Fullerton. "During October and November an essay-writing contest will be staged for the Skidmore brothers' trophies. Essays are to be written by scouts on the constitution and by-laws of the United States. Details of this contest will be worked out by a special committee to be appointed by the president, G. W. Finch. "Friday, December 21, the quarterly county rally will be held in Santa Ana. The next quarterly rally will be held March 14, in Anaheim. On March 15, district field meets will be held in Fullerton and Santa Ana. "On March 29, county field meet will be held in Orange between the district champions to determine the county championship." "On May 30, the quarterly court of honor is scheduled to be held in Anaheim. Summer camp is scheduled to open June 18." RUNNING in equitation formation back and forth across the gridiron and a little bit of everything that goes to make up the usual first day's practice was in order as Henderson sent his men through their paces. More than 75 turned out for this, the first official practice of the season: Actually, very nearly this number have been taking the kinks out of muscles and putting the aches at proper intervals along spinal columns for a week past, with Captain Dolley in charge. It is expected that fully 150 candidates will be out by first of next week. This number includes freshman candidates. Assisting Henderson in this preliminary training are Bill Hunter, Leo Calland, Dean Cromwell, "Hobo" Kincaid, Harold Galloway and Lowell Lindley. Gwynn Wilson, general manager, is now receiving applications for tickets to the big game with California to be played in the Los Angeles coliseum on November 10. These applications, if accompanied by check covering the price of admission, which is $2 per seat, are being filled in the order in which they are being received. Tickets will be mailed on October 15. Those who turn in their applications first will get the best seats, Wilson announces. Circulars are being sent to the alumni, asking them to apply now for as many tickets as they desire. The University of California contest will be the "big" game for the Trojans this year, inasmuch as the Bears are old-time rivals and the impression seems to be general that these two teams are the strongest on the coast this season. Last year the Bears and Trojans finished first and second respectively in the conference race. The only defeat which FIGHTING THE NEMATODE The battle of the nematode continues unabated in Orange county, according to H. E. Wahlberg, Orange county farm advisor. "Forceful, if not parlor English," Wahlberg said, "compelled me to mark that the battle of the nematode is tough on the farmer. "New ways must be found to combat the pest which infects the roots of most garden products. Inspection at our experimental plots reveals that present means, though economical, are not fully efficient. "An economical nematode exterminator must be found. There are many ways by which the pest could be eradicated from the crops, but they would be beyond the means of the average farmer and rob him of legitimate profits." Wheat, corn and other grains are immune from inroads of the disease caused by the nematode, Wahlberg explained. "Sweet potatoes, other tubers and the majority of garden products are susceptible," he said, "though wheat, corn and other grains are immune." The farm advisor and interested parties have been making regular inspections of the designated sections of the county where the nematode was found to be working. Plots were marked out and accurate records kept of the means used in an effort to drive out the pest. An economical means still has to be discovered, Wahlberg said. DRUMM FOR JUDGE That Attorney Frank C. Drumm, of Orange, would be appointed a judge of the superior court of Orange county, seemed certain when it became known that Governor F. W. Richardson had offered the appointment to Drumm and that Drumm had accepted the appointment with the provision that he be given sufficient time in which to close up his legal practice. Attorneys who discussed the matter said that the governor will give Drumm whatever time he needs to settle his affairs. It is believed that Drumm will be ready to go upon the bench within five weeks, possible within a month. The judgeship offered to Drumm is for the third department of the superior court. The judges of the other departments are Z. B. West, whose health has been such that he has been unable to be on the bench for several months, and R. Y. Williams. The third department was created by the last legislature, and became established the middle of August. No appointment, however, was made. A few days ago, the bar association of the county sent a message to the governor urging immediate appointment of a judge. About two weeks ago, Drumm notified Governor Richardson that he desired to withdraw his application for appointment. Some legal business was in prospect that Drumm could not accept if he intended going on the bench. The offer of the governor to appoint drumm, however, has forestalled the acceptance of this legal business, and Drumm is still free to accept appointment. There were three applicants for the position—Drumm, of Orange; E. J. Marks, of Fullerton, and James L. Allen, of Santa Ana. It was known that Governor Richardson was also giving consideration to the name of W. H. Thomas, former judge of the superior court. Attorneys who know Drumm say that he has a sound foundation for the judgeship, and is temperamentally fitted to be an excellent judge. Drumm on completing his studies at the University of Indiana, as a young man, entered the University of Oregon, where he took a law degree. For eight years he practised law at Wenatchee, Ore., and ten years ago moved to Orange, where he has since been engaged in his practice. He has held the position of city attorney of Orange and has held a substantial practice. Acting upon a recommendation of the Orange County Bar association, Superior Judge R. Y. Williams appointed four attorneys to serve, in turn, as judges pro-tem in department 1 of the superior court, which, because of Judge Z. B. West's illness, has not been in session. Attorneys Clyde Bishop, of the firm of Bishop & Wellington, Santa Ana; A. W. Rutan, of Head, Rutan & Scovel, Santa Ana; Stanley Reinhaus, of Scarborough, Forgy & Reinhaus, of Santa Ana, and Homer G. Ames, of Ames & McFadden, Anaheim, accepted appointment under an arrangement whereby each will serve a week on the bench. The appointments were the outcome of the bar's move to relieve congestion in the superior court. The order in which the attorneys will serve will be determined by agreement between the attorneys themselves, it was announced. Department 1 will probably begin sessions Tuesday, it was stated. Attorneys appointed were selected, it was stated, not only because of their qualifications, but because the fact that they have partners who can care for the firm's business during their absence will mean less of a financial loss to them than to attorneys practicing alone, whose offices might be forced to close during the time they were on the bench. All of the appointees, also, are members of the firms whose volume of cases now before the court is seriously affected by the congested state of the calendars. When an automobile balks, the most advice about how to start it comes from those who don't own automobiles and as often as anybody else's it is right. A hard-working poor man may not exactly envy his rich neighbor's inherited wealth, but he knows darned well something is wrong with things or the rich neighbor wouldn't have it. DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CAR Important improvements in the appearance and riding comfort of their motor cars CHAS. H. MANN Dodge Dealer 210 S. 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