anaheim-gazette 1924-10-30

"Dress Well and Succeed?" The Florsheim Shoe Price is not the basis on which men buy Florsheim Shoes. It's for value they select Florsheims ---reliable service--good looks---real comfort. In Florsheim shoes they get most for their money. The Florsheim Shoe "By All Means Get a Fit" F. A. Yungbluth Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes NOW IN CERTAIN COLUMN With the Presidential election less than a week away California has swung out of the doubtful column into the rank of the Republican party and joined in holding aloft the Coolidge standards of protective tariff, Japanese exclusion and the Constitution. This is the joint statement of Chas. L. Neumiller, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and Mark L. Requa, chairman of the Republican Presidential Campaign committee. The statement is based on reports brought in from all sections of California by the various flying squadrons that for the past several weeks have been campaigning throughout the agricultural sections of the state, preaching the gospel of continued prosperity through the election of Coolidge and Dawes. From the north coast counties, the heart of California's poultry producing center, the farmers have grasped at last the fact that the Socialist candidate voted to keep them submerged under the tons of cheap Chinese eggs that came in duty free under the previous administration. Down in the Southern California San Joaquin valley, where perhaps the state's farmers suffered most under past years of "free trade" the protective tariff issue is becoming the big thing. Squadrons there report that farmers of all political afths feeling that the continued prosperity of the state is at stake and that the very fundamentals of the nation's governmen are under attack are uniting to give a blow Coolidge majority. Mrs. E. H. Adams of Aberdeen is spending a few days in town visiting old friends and relatives. Queen Quality REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. T.G.P.CO SHOES Queen Quality REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. T.G.P. CO. SHOES Well Shod is Well Dressed To be well dressed, one's footwear must be in harmony with the balance of the costume. We have here every type of footwear you could possibly require. Eootwear of Satin, Suede, Calfskin and Patent, severely tailored, cut out or strapped, or ornamented with beautiful buckles, Fashionable in line and comfortable in last—a combination you will welcome. Queen Quality SHOES The S.Q.R. Store THAT HALF BILLION DOLLAR GRAB The California Mutual Water Companies Association has issued the following to the stockholders relative to proposition No. 16 on the November ballot. To the Stockholders of the Member Companies of the California Mutual Water Companies Association: At the outset it should be distinctly understood that this Association is not organized nor functioned as any political organization, but solely for mutual benefit and protection of member companies, and in submitting to you this article, we do so after a careful study and canvass of the proposed Water and Power Act and are acting in what we believe to be for the best interests of the stockholders of mutual water companies, when we present to you what seems to us some of the outstanding dangers in the proposed Water and Power Act. A mutual water company is classed in law the same as an individual with certain privileges and rights granted to them by the legislature, and there is nothing in the proposed Water and Power act that would grant to mutual water companies any protection to their water and water rights now held On the other hand, they would be subject to the will of the board as granted in Section 3-a of the Power Act, which gives to said board the right to acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, gift or other legal means, water and water rights belonging to a mutual company, and grant the same to a political subdivision of this state. The proposition, known as the California Water and Power Act, is an initiative proposition proposing to create a bonded indebtedness of Five Hundred Million Dollars, and creating a board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said act. If you wanted to develop water, would you hand a large sum of money to some one that you did not know and that someone else had selected, and tell them to spend it as they wished, or would you locate a definite water project, get estimates of cost and supervise the expenditure of the money? Do you not think that the way you would do would be a good way for the state to do? And remember this, the only way the State has of getting money is from its people. The people of the State must eventually pay this Five Hundred Million Dollars. Is it not time to stop and think? Do you know that Five Hundred Million Dollars Forty year four and one half per cent bonds will cost the state for principal and interest One Billion, Four Hundred Million Dollars? Those advocating this Act will tell you that the bonds and interest will be paid for from the revenue from operations under this act. Have you ever known of a case of public ownership that did that? If operating revenues are to pay the bonds and interest, why is it necessary to provide in the act for the issuing of more bonds to cover the interest charges? The Act goes further. It provides for levying taxes for interest on the bonds and it goes even further and provides for levying taxes to cover operating expenses of the different enterprises the Board may engage in. How long would you continue in business if you kept borrowing money to pay the interest on money already borrowed and also borrowed money to pay the costs of operating your properties? California has more bonds outstanding than any state except New York & Massachusetts. California's present debt is seventy-five million dollars, and it is now proposed to increase it by five hundred million dollars, or which gives to said board the right to acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, gift or other legal means, water and water rights belonging to a mutual company, and grant the same to a political subdivision of this state. The proposition, known as the California Water and Power Act, is an initiative proposition proposing to create a bonded indebtedness of Five Hundred Million Dollars, and creating a board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said act. It would be possible for the Board created by this Act to take all or any part of the water of a mutual water company and distribute it as it wished and make any such charge for the water as it say fit, and directing the operation from an office in most cases, hundreds of miles from where water was being used. The personal touch, the personal understanding that exists between the officers and stockholders of mutual water companies, and is such value in successful irrigation, would be lost and irrigation would be under bureaucratic control of the State, and such control has never proved efficient. Those who started the movement for the Water and Power Act, before they ask the people of this state to turn the water of the State over to them to play with, should first show where they have made any success in either the development or use of water, and before they come to you with a proposal to turn over to them the water you may have developed and are successfully using and at a cost to you less than this politically appointed State Board could do, should convince you that they can do these things for you better than you can do them for yourselves. Will this act provide you with any more water? Have not you and other stockholders of mutual water companies made the best use of the available water in your territory. If there are other sections of the State that need further water development, is it better for those desiring the water to make the development as you have done and certainly at a cost as low as the state could do it? Is it advisable for you to assume your proportion of this proposed vast indebtedness for the purpose of securing water for other sections? The laws of the state fully provide for the organization and financing of irrigation projects locally and there is absolutely no need for State-wide provisions for these purposes. Can you find any possible advantage to yourself through the passage of against it. It has been the policy and aim of the California Mutual Water Companies Association to serve and protect the interests of mutual water companies. Association to serve and protect the interests of mutual water companies, and in our judgment, our interests would be best served by voting "No" on this Act. It is the same measure defeated two years ago and should be defeated again and more decisively. It will appear on the ballot at the general election November 4, 1924 as No. 16. Ostracism of the road hog of today just as the slacker during war times was given the cold shoulder by his fellows, is advocated as one method of reducing automobile casualties, according to traffic authorities. Failure to give night of way is responsible for many accidents in the tabulations that have been compiled by motoring organizations, and it is the unanimous opinion that the road hog is the chief hazard of the highways. The Automobile Club of Southern California is leading in a nation wide movement to make the highways safe both for pedestrians and motorists and is urging the co-operation of every individual to this end. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd a Biley of San Francisco spent Sunday of last week with relatives and friends in Anaheim. They were on their way to Phoenix by motor where then will spend some weeks with relatives. OUR VOTING STRENGTH An increase of nearly 500,000 in the California registrations for the presi- Can you find any possible advantage to yourself through the passage of this Water and Power Act? Can you find any advantage to the State in its passage? You have heard many arguments in favor of the Act and were not these arguments rather abstract, rather general? Has anyone given you concrete reasons for voting for the Act? Any reasons that your careful judgment approves? The Legislature appropriated $200,000 for the investigation of the Water and Power resources of the state and a report is to be submitted. Why not wait for that report? A good part of the money has been spent and a great deal of information gathered and more is being gathered and when the report is complete the people of the State will know what water remains to be developed. The proposed Act, if carried, would place Five Hundred Million Dollars of state money in the hands of the board to do with as they wished. There are no definite projects proposed, no estimates of costs. By voting for the Act, you give approval to placing in the hands of the Board the vast sums to be spent as it may wish. They could use it in the interest of any one city or any section. What part of it would your section get? But for any tax required to pay deficits you would have to pay your share whether or not facts brought out, and where should it pass the Legislature, it can be amended from time to time as may be demanded by the people of the state? Why is the attempt made to make it an amendment to the Constitution by direct initiative and so take it out of the people's hands? Before a Constitutional Amendment proposed by legislative enactment can become effective it must first receive a two thirds favorable vote from all the members of both branches of the state Legislature. It then goes to the Governor for his consideration and approval obtaining whit it is, at the next State election, submitted to the electors for the final decision and must receive in support two thirds of all the votes then cast before it is adopted and becomes a part of the State Constitution. Constitutional Amendments thus adopted through the regularly constituted channels of legislative authorization, approval by the governor and by a two-thirds vote of the people are subject to future amendment and change in the same way, while constitutional amendments by petition and direct initiative cannot be changed by legislative action. Why not leave this matter to the people's representatives in the Legislature, where there is opportunity and time for study and deliberate consideration of the proposition? Probably nothing has ever been put before the people of this state that so vitally touches their interests and so little opportunity given them to fully acquaint themselves with its possible effects. If you are in doubt on this Act, you should vote against it. It is not sufficient to merely refrain from voting; you should make it your business to go to the polls and vote Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd aBiley of San Francisco spent Sunday of last week with relatives and friends in Anaheim. They were on their way to Phoenix by motor where then will spend some weeks with relatives. OUR VOTING STRENGTH An increase of nearly 500,000 in the California registrations for the presidential election over the number for the general election of 1920, is recorded in complete figures given to the California Development Association today by Frank C. Jordan, secretary of State. A total of 1,822,357 voters registered this year, as compared with 1,374,184 in 1920 and 1,532,384 in the election of 1922. Of the number registered this year 1183, signed as Republicans; 397,962 as Democrats; 23,899 Socialists; 19,596 Prohibition; 195,192 declined to state and 2,036 miscellaneous. "This increase in registration indicates that the "Everybody Vote" campaign initiated by the California Development Association is already bearing fruit," said Norman H. Sloane general manager of the Association today. "In 1920 California ranked number thirty two in the percentage of its qualified voters who voted. This year she will make a strong bid for first place, thanks to the interest taken in the movement by Women's clubs, Chambers of Commerce and Trade Unions all over the state." Doleware ranked first in 1920 with 75.1 per cent of its qualified voters going to the polls. Indiana was second with 74.1 per cent; Kentucky third PAGE FIVE hursday and Friday IMMED HATS 1-2 Price ALKENSTEINS ALKENSTEINS with 71.8 per cent and California was thirty-second with only 48.9 per cent voting. A good many cutting remarks are being made about bobbed hair. Aren’t Folks Funny? Mrs. Brown thinks Mrs. Smith is “old fashioned.” She’s right—for Mrs. Smith insists on baking her own bread. “She could get good bread at the bakery and save all that time and work,” says Mrs. Brown. And then Mrs. Brown turns right around and oes her own washing—and she could “get good washing” from the laundry and “save all that time and work.” Aren’t folks funny? Our Wet Wash service washes everything fresh and clean, at a very low cost per pound. Wm. Gilmore, Anaheim Agent, Phone 129 THE SANITARY LAUNDRY 225 West W. Cleaver, Prop. Santa Fe Ave. FULLERTON 26 VOTE “YES” ON NO. 9. Tuesday, November 4th This is a proposed State constitutional amendment to impose a reasonable tax on foreign securities to increase county and municipal revenues. Measure 9 is unanimously endorsed by The County Assessors Association of California, by the San Francisco and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, by the California Real Estate Association and by numerous other civic and commercial organizations as amendment to impose a reasonable tax on foreign securities to increase county and municipal revenues. Measure 9 is unanimously endorsed by The County Assessors Association of California, by the San Francisco and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, by the California Real Estate Association and by numerous other civic and commercial organizations as California Taxation Improvement Association PRESIDENT ED W. HOPKINS Assessor, Los Angeles County VICE-PRESIDENTS CHARLES G. JOHNSON RAY L. RILEY State Treasurer, Sacramento State Controller R. E. COLLINS Chairman, State Board of Equalization HEADQUARTERS: 632 PACIFIC MUTUAL BUILDING, LOS ANGELES 701-2 SANTA FE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO VOTE "YES" ON NO. 9. Orange County Business College SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA The school that makes you self-reliant. Our thirty years should allay all fears. Fall term now going—day school, night school. Students received any school day or school evening. Positions for all graduates. Phone, write or call for full particulars. J. W McCormac, President.