anaheim-gazette 1924-03-27

SUPERVISOR'S PROCEEDINGS The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract No. 648. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract No. 695. Map Tract No. 684 was ordered received by the Board, and same referred to the City Engineer of the City of Santa Ana. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract No. 682. Map of Central Memorial Park Block 16 was ordered accepted as the official plotting. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract No. 573, and same was accepted as the official plotting. Further action on the petition to revoke dance hall license at La Habra was taken under advisement. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract No. 674. The contract for resurfacing of Lagunt Road, was awarded to Basich Bros. at a price of $39,569.00. Deed for right of way from C. N. Dougherty, et al., in the Fifth Road District, was accepted. It was ordered that Edinger Street be accepted as completed by B. R. Ford, contractor. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Tract Map No. 548, and same was accepted as the official plotting. 1924, just where it left off in 1920. Taking as the sole basis for their outcry the offense of a single ex-official, they have been busily engaged in trying to make the people think that the government at Washington is rotten from the President down. How small a basis for such reckless accusations, based upon gossip, rumor and innuendo! The hypocrisy of these chief accusers is evidenced by the fact that while making plous outcry against the wrong-doing of Secretary Fall, they have openly defended as entirely worthy of a presidential candidate of their own party, retirement from the cabinet of his father-in-law by Secretary McAdoo to take huge fees as a prosecutor of claims against the government by corporations, and efforts to affect the relationships of our government with Mexico. This includes not only the hard-bolled Democratic bourbons, but the railroad brotherhood politicians whose Washington publication has been screaming against "big biz" every week for many months. The Senate has rung for weeks with the most reckless, irresponsible and personally defamatory speeches that have ever been heard in either house of Congress. The cheapest gossip, the most preposterous slanders, the most distorted misrepresentations of motives ever resorted to in a legislative body have been bandled about to the disgust and even horror of millions of Americans, who have been astounded that debate in a national legislative body could sink to so low a level. This libelfest has been carried on by a few senators, it is true, but their Democratic colleagues have by their silence given consent and even approval to such tactics. It reached its climax in the effort to connect President Coolidge with the oil scan- as part of all officials and vital statistics they do. The recording of the state board there are still law. The connecting of vital work is done by the guildpoor direction head. When statist the children the law became through them out a definite not recognize public health and smaller such figures needed in pants and the more emphatic on pre-natal law. When the death rate been reduced to 1922, the that line, she of tuberculosis taken in time lightened co- Vital statistic crease the state any state, by the way to c It is strange Union still hold of birth and Deed for right of way from C. N. Dougherty, et al., in the Fifth Road District, was accepted. It was ordered that Edinger Street be accepted as completed by B. R. Ford, contractor. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Tract Map No. 548, and same was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. A check for $400 was deposited for street work. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map of Central Memorial Park, Block 15. The Chairman was authorized to approve bond on Map Tract Uo. 673. It was ordered that Pool Room license be granted to Frank Amavisca. The contract for jail equipment in the new county jail was awarded to The Fries and Son, Steel Construction and Engineering Co., at a price of $59,551. The County Auditor was instructed to transfer from the county general fund to the general road fund the sum of $15.40. The application for state aid, of Ruth Beck and Annie Mae Peak, were granted. Supervisor Schumacher, Finley and Talbert were appointed on a committee in the matter of the Manchester Highway project. A fumigating license was ordered issued to G. V. House. Hearing of the petition of W. F. Montgomery, et al., was continued to March 25, 1924, at 10 A. M. The contract in the matter of R. D. No. 29, was awarded to B. R. Ford, at a price of $15,200. A resolution was adopted, in the matter of the reorganization of Laguna Beach Sanitary district. The board adjourned to March 25th, 1924, at 10 A. M. MUDSLINGING AS A POLITICAL EXPENDIENT This libelfest has been carried on by a few senators, it is true, but their Democratic colleagues have by their silence given consent and even approval to such tactics. It reached its climax in the effort to connect President Coolidge with the oil scandal on the basis of two telegrams of courtesy, bearing no relation to the subject of inquiry, to a Washington publisher whose name has been connected with the scandal through the effort to use him as an "alibl" by Senator Fall when asked to account for the receipt of the $100,000 it developed he had actually borrowed from Doheny. When protest was made in the Senate against the effort to impugn the honor of the President on such preposterously flimsy grounds, the reply gossips that Woodrow Wilson had been bitterly assailed by Republican was made by one of the Senate hesenators and leaders generally during his life time. But it is not true that at any time was an effort made by Republican leadership in the Senate or elsewhere to raise a question as to the personal integrity of President Wilson. Efforts were made to interest the Republican management in a personal attack on President Wilson in 1912 and in 1916, but Republican leadership would have none of it. No Republican Heflin-arose when it was disclosed that a leak from the White House relative to an impending message had enabled speculators personally and politically close to the administration, to clean up huge profits in the stock market, to say that President Wilson must have been personally interested in the speculation, and to suggest that his secretary be called to find out if that were not true. There is a distinction, known to men of dignity and honor, between attacking a man politically and attacking him personally. Republican senators have been criticized for their failure to meet and repel the attacks made by Democratic senators of the Heflin-Caraway type. There is this to be said in extenuation, that it is impossible to engage in that type of controversy on the floor of the Senate without the loss of dignity and self-respect. There has been opportunity for utterances, pitched on a high level, calling the A resolution was adopted, in the matter of the reorganization of Laguna Beach Sanitary district. The board adjourned to March 25th, 1924, at 10 A.M. MUDSLINGING AS A POLITICAL EXPENDIENT Why is it that Democratic politicians and their radical allies resort so customarily to personal defamation, the weapon of small minds, as a campaign expedient? The spectacle now being staged in Washington as a curtain raiser for the 1924 campaign is not unprecedented. Four years ago Democratic politicians were using the same method. Candidate Cox seized as his paramount issue early in the campaign the theory that the Republicans had raised a "slush fund" which he estimated at from eight to twenty-five million dollars. Investigation bore out none of his wild assertions, but it did disclose "slush fund" operations by Candidate Cox himself in his home city of Dayton which caused him to suddenly drop that issue and begin to talk about something else. Another side issue of that same campaign is well remembered. The notorious Dr. Chancellor was procured to broadcast infamous charges against the racial integrity of Senator Harding. The effect of this sort of campaigning was not just what was expected. Mr. Cox ran a mud campaign and his name was mud after the election was over. The same type of politician has begun the same sort of campaign in Republican senators have been criticized for their failure to meet and repel the attacks made by Democratic senators of the Hefflin-Caraway type. There is this to be said in extenuation, that it is impossible to engage in that type of controversy on the floor of the Senate without the loss of dignity and self-respect. There has been opportunity for utterances, pitched on a high level, calling the Senate back to its high traditions, which has not been entirely overlooked. It is undoubtedly true that in the mud-slinging game Republican leadership is outclassed; but perhaps, no matter what the temporary disadvantage of such a situation may be, in the long run the urge to decency may not be a liability. A study of the history of American politics proves that mud-slinging has seldom, if ever, paid the party or the individual indulging in it. Jackson, Lincoln, Garfield and Cleveland were all special targets of that sort of campaigning, and all were helped rather than harmed by it. The politicians who have been playing this game have up to this time managed to smear about as much mud on themselves as they have put on anyone else, and the end is not yet by any manner of means. LONGER LIFE TODAY The chief of the division of vital statistics of the Ohio department of health announced recently that the life of the average white Ohioan today is six years longer than it was 20 years ago. This is in spite of increasing hazards of daily life, including the greater number of automobiles in use. The department presents its figures ANAHEIM GAZETTE off in 1920. It was for their single ex-officio engagement in Washington incident down, much reckless rossip, rumor. the chief accuse the fact that against secretary Fall, as entirely candidement from war-in-law by huge fees against the cons, and effusions of our ships. This involved Demo-railread brookie Washing-ning screaming every week for weeks irresponsible speeches used in either cheapest goslanders, representations to in a legal-handled about horror of who have been a national task to so low carried on true, but must have by intent and even reached to connect the oil scan as part of a drive to make physicians, officials and citizens generally take vital statistics more seriously than they do. The Ohio law providing for the recording of births and deaths in the state became effective in 1908. There are still many violations of the law. The connection between the keeping of vital statistics and public health work is direct. The statistics are the guildposts which indicate the direction health work needs to take. When statistics show that 150,000 of the children born in the state since the law became operative did not live through their first year, they mark out a definite field of activity that was not recognized in earlier days. The public health departments of the state and smaller communities know from such figures that continued effort is needed in promoting the care of infants and their mothers, and they lay more emphasis on health education, on pre-natal clinics and so on. When the vital statistics show that the death rate from tuberculosis has been reduced in the period from 1910 to 1922, they encourage workers in that line, showing that the prevention of tuberculosis or its cure if undertaken in time are possible to an enlightened community. Vital statistics alone could not increase the span of life of residents in any state, but they can and do point the way to effect such a happy change. It is strange that any states in the Union still lag behind in this matter of birth and death registration. PRECAUTION AGAINST FIRE Every motorist and, in fact, every resident of California this year is directly affected by the lack of rainfall, and the consequent danger of brush and forest fires. These disas- mark the fourth annual intensive campaign to acquaint the public with the serious unnecessary damage caused by forest fires. More than 36,000 fires occur every year in the United States and an area of approximately 11,000,000 acres is swept by flame. Most of this appalling destruction comes in the western states, principally in the Pacific Coast district. In Southern California these fires destrophe the efficacy of the water sheds upon which every citizen is directly dependent for domestic and agricultural needs. It is highly probable that camp fire permits will be issued sparingly and that the closest watch will be kept on every one entering the national forests. One careless smoker may devastate thousands of acres of invaluable water shed and destroy ranch houses, cattle and game. Every effort should be made by every individual in Southern California, declares the auto club, to prevent fires starting. It is pointed out that never before has the danger been so great from fires or has there been such need of protecting all the brush and timber. FARM BUREAU HEADS MEET Representatives from the farm bureau counties south of the Tehachepi met in Los Angeles on March 15 to confer over matters of state-wide interest. Water conservation and the control of forest fires was brought to their attention by Engineer Geo. S. Hinckley, of Redlands. It was decided that an effort should be made to increase the appropriation for this work an a provision in the appropriation that would provide an expense account for fighting forest fires during the summer months. propriation a sufficient amount of money to reimburse those who have been put to actual expense in fighting forest fires." The power shortage situation was reviewed by those in attendance and the announcement made that conservation would be practiced to the fullest extent. "We are trying to eliminate the need of an appointment of a power administrator," stated J. J. Deuel, representing the California Farm Bureau Federation, utilities department. If such an administrator was appointed he could make no discrimination and some of our essential industries would stop. By cooperation we can obtain the same results and assist ourselves without serious injury to any industry. So far we are pleased with the results obtained and wish it continued. It was voted at the meeting to hold these conferences at least four times a year, preferably about three months apart, and a constitution to effect a permanent organization of the farm bureaus in this region was read and adopted. The meeting convened at ten o'clock in the morning and lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, luncheon being served in the room so that there was no time lost. The latter part of the afternoon was given over to the consideration of agricultural legislation that is now pending in congress. Most of these bills, it appeared, were offering agriculture relief in the form of price fixing. It was the consensus of opinion of those present that agriculture should stand on its own legs and any effort at governmental price fixing should be condemned by the farmers. NEW SERVICE FOR FRUIT GROWERS Secretary Hoover has just announce- PRECAUTION AGAINST FIRE Every motorist and, in fact, every resident of California this year is directly affected by the lack of rainfall, and the consequent danger of brush and forest fires. These disastrous conflagrations have occurred in the so-called wet season, indicating conclusively that the danger in the dry season will be multiplied many fold. To insure extraordinary precautions against fire on the part of all campers and motorists generally, the Automobile Club of Southern California is calling attention to the lesson of forest protection week just designated by President Coolidge for April 21 to 27 inclusive. The observance this spring will confer over matters of state-wide interest. Water conservation and the control of forest fires was brought to their attention by Engineer Geo. S. Hinckley, of Redlands. It was decided that an effort should be made to increase the appropriation for this work an provision in the appropriation that would provide an expense account for fighting forest fires during the summer months. "I believe that we are facing a serious situation this year as we have very little grass and there is nothing to prevent the flames of a forest fire denuding the water shed this coming year when everything is so dry," stated Engineer Hinckley. "We have made it a practice of helping the forest rangers in forest fires when they needed us, but it seems that the other sections have not given this cooperation. We believe it advisable to include in an app." GENUINE "BULL" DURING NOW Right now! Settle the whole cigarette question forever by rolling your own from "BULL". 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Part of the afternoon to the consideration legislation that is now press. Most of these were offering agrifolium form of price fix-consensus of opinion that agriculture its own legs and anyimental price fixing committed by the farmers. FOR FRUIT GROWERS The Levant, which includes Turkey and Greece, is the chief foreign competitor of our dried fruit industry, not only in export markets, but in our markets at home. During 1923 we imported from Greece 5,992,876 pounds of figs, 23,008,983 pounds of currants and 1,677,826 pounds of raisins, and from Asia Minor, 18,490,708 pounds of figs, and 1,498,002 pounds of raisins. These figures show sufficiently how important to American producers and merchants is accurate and timely information about the fig, raisin and currant markets of the Levant. Trade Commissioner Gillespie, after conference with American interests in this trade, is going back to Constantinople prepared to acquire, with the assistance of the American Trade Commissioner, in Greece and other American officials in the Levant, information of the type which our raisin and fig interests desire. Mr. Gillespie is taking with him Mr. James W. Boyer, who has resided several years in the Levant, as his special assistant in covering the dried fruit markets. The Dried Fruit Section of the Department will digest and disseminate regularly to the trade the data which Messrs. Gillespie and Boyer forward. This data will include areas planted to the various crops, condition of crops at intervals, weather conditions, stocks on hand, prices—Domestic and export—and other information which American dried fruit interests will need. THE MOHAVE DESERT A comprehensive report on the geography, geology, and water resources of the Mohave Desert region has been prepared by Dalys G. Thompson, of the Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. In order to make this report immediately available to the public a manuscript copy has been filed in the office of the Geological Survey, 600 Federal Building, Los Angeles, where it can be consulted. The region described in the report covers about 25,000 square miles and includes all of the desert parts of San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Kern counties, a narrow strip along the northern margin of Riverside county, and a somewhat wider strip in the southern part of Inyo county. NO MATTER How small your requirements may be, it is a pleasure for us to figure them. Visit our Free Plan service department. How small your requirements may be, it is a pleasure for us to figure them. Visit our Free Plan service department. Smith Lumber Co. 1133 Lincoln Ave. Phone 39¢ OURHAM 2 Bags for 15¢ EIGHT CENTS A BAG FOR 15 EIGHT CENTS A BAG ETTES for 15