anaheim-gazette 1925-03-12

Adventures of Ananias Narrative of the Strange Experiences of an Easterner in Southern California BY VADNEY Tis passing strange as the period in life is reached when one is living on borrowed time. How many, many times memory will revert to the day when life's blood is coursing through one's veins with the full vigor of healthy boyhood days and one lives over again in fantastical dreams the desires and adventurous longings of his youth! Ninety-five years ago, while yet a boy in my teens, living in the northern part of New York state, I became inoculated with the spirit that said, "Young man go West," and responded to the call. Having read in a magazine called "Weird Fiction" that the subdivision agents of Los Angeles, a small hamlet the southern part of the great Southwest, were offering unlimited wealth and a life of ease to every easterner who had the necessary amount of kale seed to make the initial payment on one of their suburban homesites. I withdrew from the bank the small amount of money I had made and saved, stepped into my hydroplane and started west. Leaving the hangar at the municipal landing field in the little city in which I lived early one morning in May, I began the journey and, after 25 days of variant travel, part of the time over roads as smooth as glass and part of the time stuck in the pavement up to the body of the car. I arrived in Los Angeles, and to my great disappointment found that the population had four feet wide and about six feet in depth. I covered it with brush and laided it with a bowl of Chuckawalla soup—the principal food of the animals in their wild state. At the end of three days I had succeeded in capturing two of the burros, and within a week had broken them to ride and carry a pack. I then started for the little city of San Bernardino, which lay nestled in a valley called by the Spanish fathers "Concha del Oro," meaning the shell of gold. Arriving in the city, I purchased a small tractor, a side-hill plow and a gallon of seed. I was now ready for farming. Placing the tractor and plow on the backs of the burros, I returned to the ranch. Reaching home late that evening, I turned on the electric lights, lighted the gas stove and, after preparing and partaking of an excellent repast, listened in on the radio, picked up Hongkong and heard a Chinese band playing the "Marseillaise" in Spanish. I then retired for the night, realizing that the morrow would be a day of arduous labor. Arising with the dawn of the new day, I filled the tank of the tractor with Victorville moonshine, twisted her caudal appendage and by dark had the entire quarter section plowed, harrowed and seeded. Within a week the field was covered with the green of a new crop, and I merely had to await the harvest to become an opulent money baron and a prominent landwide for the future that there were no longer about 150 miles to where numbers of women easily be caught and decided to make some of them. It was unsuccessful, and succeeded in locating two dozen These I took home next morning in the problem of hatching of my friend of a friend going out, looked up. It took me seven her understand what last she seemed to idea, colled up on the well content. From only trouble I had desire to leave her crawl in bed with covered by accident warmer than the morn for her. In about three weekspleted her task and twenty-four of the things one ever saw picture to see her ground until she fell there was good feel erect her tail and the summons, she run to her from their nourishment would drive them to ering over them, every want, thus was large and full for her foster offspring. Up to this time been ideal. The sun sky every morning fact day in which heavens like a greed would sink from western hills, whil the bank the small amount of money I had made and saved, stepped into my hydroplane and started west. Leaving the hangar at the municipal landing field in the little city in which I lived early one morning in May, I began the journey and, after 25 days of variant travel, part of the time over roads as smooth as glass and part of the time stuck in the pavement up to the body of the car. I arrived in Los Angeles, and to my great disappointment found that the population had become so dense, subdivision property could no longer be obtained and the real estate agents had been forced out of business. The inhabitants of this fair city I found to be a very peculiar people, especially in their manner of dress. The men wore red flannel shirts, blue denim trousers, high-heeled boots and on their heads wore what they called a sombrero, or five-gallon hat; around their waists was buckled a belt, from which two guns were hung and a bowle knife was carried in every boot. Their conversation was hearty and joyous and they talked over much about Jaywalking, moonshine and an organization called the Ku Klux Klan. The women were most fair to look upon. They wore short dresses, bobbed their hair, peeled their faces rolled their own, smoked coffin-nails and seemed to take a great interest in business and political affairs. I also found a great amount of enthusiasm among them over a school for movie actors, which was said to be located in a suburban district called Hollywood. In conversing with the burgomaster of the village one day at the new Morebilt hotel, I learned that a vast tract of land on the Mojave desert was owned by the government and that Uncle Sam was offering to wager 160 acres of it against $16.25 that no person could live on it for five years without starving to death. I was informed, however, that by planting the land to cucumbers and gherkins, harvesting the crop and disposing of it to a firm that had gained a worldwide reputation for its fifty-seven varieties, I could become independently rich in a very few years. I was then given inside information that within 10 years this land would be within the city limits of Los Angeles and could be disposed of for industrial sites at an enormous increase on my original investment. This information was given to me in sixtiest confidence and accented it. Arising with the dawn of the new day, I filled the tank of the tractor with Victorville moonshine, twisted her caudal appendage and by dark had the entire quarter section plowed, harrowed and seeded. Within a week the field was covered with the green of a new crop, and I merely had to await the harvest to become an opulent money baron and a prominent landowner of the Golden State. The next day was Saturday, and being of Hebrew parentage, I obeyed the Divine command and rested throughout the day. Sunday morning, while strolling about the place, I noticed a reptile crawling along the trail and, giving way to my curiosity. I advanced toward her. I was at first in doubt as to her sex, however her timidity and the diffident, bashful manner in which she coyly peeped at me with a pair of lovely eyes set in a face radiant with the bloom of youth, and yet a stranger to cosmetics, seemed to show that she was feminine and like Caesar's wife, "a lady above reproach." Later events proved that my surmise as to her sex was correct. Upon my approach she immediately showed signs of fear and placed her body in a coll similar to a bale of rope, with her tail upright in the center of the coll. Shaking her tail, which had twenty-four rattles, that looked like rough, scaly buttons on it, she made a whizzing sound, as though much alarmed by my presence. I stopped and, after watching her for a few moments, spoke to her in a mild, kind tone of voice. Then, going up to her, I placed my hand upon her head. After petting her a short time, she ceased to tremble and, responding to the milk of human kindness, raised her head and kissed my hand. Arising, I continued my stroll and, on glancing back, found that my new friend was fearfully following along in my tracks like some poor nigh-related guest, afraid of being rudely dismissed. That evening, on going to the barn to gather some eggs for my evening meal, I discovered I had failed to pro- I then retired for the night, realizing that the morrow would be a day of arduous labor. Arising with the dawn of the new day, I filled the tank of the tractor with Victorville moonshine, twisted her caudal appendage and by dark had the entire quarter section plowed, harrowed and seeded. Within a week the field was covered with the green of a new crop, and I merely had to await the harvest to become an opulent money baron and a prominent landowner of the Golden State. The next day was Saturday, and being of Hebrew parentage, I obeyed the Divine command and rested throughout the day. Sunday morning, while strolling about the place, I noticed a reptile crawling along the trail and, giving way to my curiosity. I advanced toward her. I was at first in doubt as to her sex, however her timidity and the diffident, bashful manner in which she coyly peeped at me with a pair of lovely eyes set in a face radiant with the bloom of youth, and yet a stranger to cosmetics, seemed to show that she was feminine and like Caesar's wife, "a lady above reproach." Later events proved that my surmise as to her sex was correct. Upon my approach she immediately showed signs of fear and placed her body in a coll similar to a bale of rope, with her tail upright in the center of the coll. Shaking her tail, which had twenty-four rattles, that looked like rough, scaly buttons on it, she made a whizzing sound, as though much alarmed by my presence. I stopped and, after watching her for a few moments, spoke to her in a mild, kind tone of voice. Then, going up to her, I placed my hand upon her head. After petting her a short time, she ceased to tremble and, responding to the milk of human kindness, raised her head and kissed my hand. Arising, I continued my stroll and, on glancing back, found that my new friend was fearfully following along in my tracks like some poor nigh-related guest, afraid of being rudely dismissed. That evening, on going to the barn to gather some eggs for my evening meal, I discovered I had failed to pro- I then retired for the night, realizing that the morrow would be a day of arduous labor. Arising with the dawn of the new day, I filled the tank of the tractor with Victorville moonshine, twisted her caudal appendage and by dark had the entire quarter section plowed, harrowed and seeded. Within a week the field was covered with the green of a new crop, and I merely had to await the harvest to become an opulent money baron and a prominent landowner of the Golden State. The next day was Saturday, and being of Hebrew parentage, I obeyed the Divine command and rested throughout the day. Sunday morning, while strolling about the place, I noticed a reptile crawling along the trail and, giving way to my curiosity. I advanced toward her. I was at first in doubt as to her sex, however her timidity and the diffident, bashful manner in which she coyly peeped at me with a pair of lovely eyes set in a face radiant with the bloom of youth, and yet a stranger to cosmetics, seemed to show that she was feminine and like Caesar's wife, "a lady above reproach." Later events proved that my surmise as to her sex was correct. Upon my approach she immediately showed signs of fear and placed her body in a coll similar to a bale of rope, with her tail upright in the center of the coll. Shaking her tail, which had twenty-four rattles, that looked like rough, scaly buttons on it, she made a whizzing sound, as though much alarmed by my presence. I stopped and, after watching her for a few moments，spoke to her in a mild，kind tone of voice. Then，going up to her，I placed my hand upon her head. After petting her a short time，she ceased to tremble和responding to the milkofhumankindness，raisedherheadandkissmedhyasidedmyhand.Arising，Icontinuedmystrolland，onglancingback，foundthatmynewfriendwasfearfullyfollowingalonginytrackslikesomepoornightrelatedguest，afraidofbeingrudelydismissed. That evening，on goingtothebarntogathersomeeggsformyevenmeal，IdiscoveredIhadfailedtopro- It now began to as it fell，and then gently resting on theremaininggreatwhiteblanketfarasetheeyecouldrection.Willthentheonthedistanthoriz harvesting the crop and disposing of it to a firm that had gained a world-wide reputation for its fifty-seven varieties, I could become independently rich in a very few years. I was then given inside information that within 10 years this land would be within the city limits of Los Angeles and could be disposed of for industrial sites at an enormous increase on my original investment. This information was given to me in strictest confidence and, accepting it at its face value, I immediately separated myself from a goodly portion of my savings for the services of a guide, who styled himself a government locator, and, cranking Lizzie, we started for the foothill country of the Panamint range of mountains, on the eastern boundary of the desert, where the soil was claimed to be the most fertile. On arriving at the desired location, I staked out a quarter section of land on the banks of a large stream. This stream, which was about the size of the Santa Ana river in August, had its source among the snow-clad peaks of the upper Panamint range and, on its journey through its rock-walled canyons down to the desert, leaped and rolled and tumbled, racing in its wild rush for the low lands at a rate of speed so high the friction heated the boulders in the granite bed of the stream to a white heat, and the water, when it emerged from the canyon's mouth, was boiling hot. Felling Joshua trees for the purpose, I erected a house and stable. Having no stock and, since paying the guide, very little money with which to buy, I decided to catch four or five of the Rocky mountain canaries that were roaming over the desert in great herds. Digging a pit eight feet long. That evening, on going to the barn to gather some eggs for my evening meal, I discovered I had failed to pro-dismiss. To the Public We are literally your servants. Our business is not merely to sell you gas, but to give you good gas service. Do us the favor of selecting our office as the proper place to register complaints. We invite your help and co-operation at all times. We are always ready to make investigations, and any errors will be promptly rectified. It is our constant endeavor to give you a service which is complete and satisfactory in every detail. The public is entitled to courteous treatment and to the very best possible service. Southern Counties Gas Company District Superintendent wide for the future in that respect and that there were no fowl on the place. Having heard that on the Salton sea, about 150 miles to the south, there were numbers of wild birds that could easily be caught and domesticated, I decided to make the trip and catch some of them. In this, however, I was unsuccessful, but eventually succeeded in locating a nest in which I found two dozen wild goose eggs. These I took home with me, and the next morning in trying to solve the problem of hatching the eggs, thought of my friend of a few days before and, going out, looked up the reptile. It took me several days to make her understand what I wanted, but at last she seemed to comprehend my idea, colled up on the eggs and seemed well content. From that day on the only trouble I had with her was her desire to leave her nest at night and crawl in bed with me, having discovered by accident that the bed was warmer than the nest I had prepared for her. In about three weeks she had completed her task and was mothering twenty-four of the finest little goslings one ever saw. It was truly a picture to see her crawl along the ground until she found a spot where there was good feed, then coll herself, erect her tail and rattle. On hearing the summons, the young fowl would run to her from every direction for their nourishment. At night she would drive them to the nest and, hovering over them, take care of their every want, thus proving her heart was large and full of motherly love for her foster offspring. Up to this time the weather had been ideal. The sun rising in a clear sky every morning and, after a perfect day in which it crossed the heavens like a great globe of fire, it would sink from sight behind the western hills, while the evening sky of gorgeous jewels adorning the bosom of the earth, sparkling and scintillating under the rays of a brilliant morning sun. Having seen signs of deer several times since coming to the desert, I had often planned to take a hunting trip into the hills and now, knowing that the snow would soon disappear, I decided to go while I could track the animals easily. As soon as breakfast was over I took my .303 Savage rifle and started for a mountain about twenty miles distant. This mountain was a circular mound rising about 2000 feet above the floor of the valley and was about fifteen miles in circumference at its base. Arriving at the mountain, I found in the snow the tracks of a large buck who was travelling toward the east and keeping close to the base of the mountain. I at once began to track the animal. Three times I circled the mountain, always knowing he was just ahead of me and yet never being able to get close enough for a sight of him. Eventually, becoming vexed at this procedure, I decided to employ new tactics. Taking my rifle over my knee, I bent its barrel into a quarter circle and then, taking careful aim along the tracks of the deer—who had followed the same (Concluded on Last Page) NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES OF THE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (See Section 1731, Political Code) Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Anaheim Union High School District, County of Orange, State of California, that the Annual Election for High School Trustees will be held in the Public Schoolhouses in said district on the last Friday in March, viz., March 27, 1925. It will be necessary to elect two trustees at large for three years. The polls will be open between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 p.m. At night she would drive them to the nest and, hovering over them, take care of their every want, thus proving her heart was large and full of motherly love for her foster offspring. Up to this time the weather had been ideal. The sun rising in a clear sky every morning and, after a perfect day in which it crossed the heavens like a great globe of fire, it would sink from sight behind the western hills, while the evening sky resembled a vast carpet of burnished gold, softened and subdued, with an intermingling of color that would have thrilled the soul of an artist. Now, however, light clouds began to float across the heavens, soft, cool winds blew up from the south and nature assumed an expectant air, as though looking forward to the celebration of some unusual event, while a tense feeling seemed to impregnate the atmosphere with a something undefinable which one could feel and yet not see. On the morning of the third day following my first observation of this peculiar atmospheric condition, I arrose at daybreak and, on going outside, found the heavens overcast with great masses of heavy, black clouds, while the air was strongly tainted with an odor that reminded one of burning sulphur. Within a short time the storm broke, the rain coming down in torrents. The face of the earth became a dark, blurred mass, lighted only by the flash of the lightning. The thunder roared and pealed like thousands of high-powered guns in action, and the wind howled and shrieked like raging maniacs at a Bacchanalian feast. This continued through the day, then the air cooled, the wind abated and a vast sweet silence crept over the land and the dusk of evening, like a fairy dream, enveloped the earth. It now began to snow, first-thawing as it fell, and then as night came on, gently resting on the earth, until by morning it covered the desert like a great white blanket, spreading out as far as the eye could see in every direction. While the mountain range on the distant horizon lay like a chain Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Anaheim Union High School District, County of Orange, State of California, that the Annual Election for High School Trustees will be held in the Public Schoolhouses in said district on the last Friday in March, viz., March 27, 1925. It will be necessary to elect two trustees at large for three years. The polls will be open between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M. in the Anaheim Precinct and the polling places will be the High School for all voters West of Los Angeles Street, and the Central Grammar School for all voters East of Los Angeles Street; The polls will be open between the hours of 2 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. in the Loara Precinct and the polling place will be the Loara School Building; The polls will be open between the hours of 2:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. in the Katella Precinct and the polling place will be the Katella School Building; The polls will be open between the hours of 2:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. in the Magnolia Precinct and the polling place will be the Magnolia School Building; The polls will be open between the hours of 2:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. in the Cypress Precinct and the polling place will be the Cypress School Building; The polls will be open between the hours of 2:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. in the Savanna Precinct and the polling place will be the Savanna School Building. (Signed) S. D. WINTERS, President. H. M. ADAMS, Clerk. CHAS. H. MANN. E. A. SPARKES. H. B. CARNER. It Pays to Advertise When the dimpled baby's hungry, what does the baby do? It doesn't lie serenely and merely sweetly coo; The hungry baby bellows with all its little might Till somenoe gives it something to curb its appetite. The infant with the bottle which stills its fretful cries A lesson plainly teaches: It pays to advertise. The lamb lost on the hillside when darkness closes round When the dimpled baby's hungry, what does the baby do? It doesn't lie serenely and merely sweetly coo; The hungry baby bellows with all its little might Till somenoe gives it something to curb its appetite. The infant with the bottle which stills its fretful cries A lesson plainly teaches: It pays to advertise. The lamb lost on the hillside when darkness closes round Stands not in silence, trembling and waiting to be found; Its plaintive bleating echoes across the vales and meads Until the shepherd hears it, and hearing kindly heeds. And when its fears are ended, as on its breast it lies, The lamb has made this patent: It pays to advertise. The fair and gentle maiden who loves the bashful boy Assumes when in his presence a manner that is coy, She blushes and she trembles till he perceives at last And clasps her closely to him and gladly holds her fast, And as he bends to kiss her and as she serenely sighs, This fact is demonstrated: It pays to advertise. Advertise in the Gazette for Results eying's Pharmacy Store With But a Single Thought SERVICE Drugs, Sundries, Perfumes, Kodaks and Supplies Ice Cream and Sodas ndies and Cigars; Stationery, Etc. Prescription Druggists Prescription Druggists A Store Where Quality and Service Are Paramount and Los Angeles . . . Anaheim, Calif. B. 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