anaheim-gazette 1925-04-30

Center Street’s Hitching Post Gone by the Board Power of Advertising Has Changed the Rural Aspect of the Small Town Into a Live Throbbing City You folks all know Center street that busy, throbbing artery that runs through the center of Anaheim, and on which all the big things happen. Some of you knew it in the early days when it had a rail fence along it to keep the stock in the street; later, hitching posts were erected by the town council and local merchants. They were provided for the farmers, who hitched their teams of horses there to make mud holes along the curb, while the farmers traded eggs and butter for calicoes and coffee. Try and find a hitching post today. Local stores have found other ways to bid for trade, but the hitching post once played a prominent part in the daily life of the city. Center street has always been the town's heartbeat. The town folks go to Center street to trade, some walk up and down, while others stand on the corners or at the curb. They enjoy meeting other folks and talking about their neighbors. Everything worth-while has happened on Center street. Speeches by governors and congressmen, circus parades, public auctions, band concerts, Fourth of July celebrations, Uncle Tom’s Cabin parades, street fairs, pink lemonade stands, runaways and arrests. All the civic comedies and tragedies have formed into a brightly lighted movie palace. The old corner saloon, where the boys filled up on Saturday nights, has been replaced by another kind of filling station. The harness shop has given way to the auto accessory store; horse-shoeing shops to garages; the old one-bottle soda fountain to the mirrored parlor for refreshments; the barber shop, where the boys gathered to read the Police Gazette and to play checkers, has been replaced by a modern sanitary tonsorial parlor for men and women with bobs. The old coal oil lamp that swung from the ceiling has been taken down and a high-powered electric globe swings in its place. We are all of us human enough to remember the old days with regret. They will never come again, faces we knew and loved on Center street have passed to the great beyond. The excitement, the thrills and the joys which we experienced while trampling her old board walks are treasured in our hearts. We were in our youth then, the world was new to us and we were satisfied, yet very few of us would exchange the present for the past. And what, you ask, has brought about this change? One old-timer will give it due then act in the judgment dictate this we are perfect the verdict with ing to sell or than you. I am a ranch, as you. Whether we have done or not that the Chamber Los Angeles has wonder city city through the effect of Commerce, so formia has been whole world. T able to do because members pullin upbuilding of t get the benefit the incoming th to Los Angeles. The greatest been attempted and further th ple of Anaheim which is held an show has been cause of the fac a live Chamber back of th through, but I has not been de hard work. It h ssible to find peo to advance th e munity bad en time and money. Surely no class vitally interest show than the o selves. It adve t to the whole o through adverti heim fast become The town folks go to Center street to trade, some walk up and down, while others stand on the corners or at the curb. They enjoy meeting other folks and talking about their neighbors. Everything worth-while has happened on Center street. Speeches by governors and congressmen, circus parades, public auctions, band concerts. Fourth of July celebrations, Uncle Tom's Cabin parades, street fairs, pink lemonade stands, runaways and arrests. All the civic comedies and tragedies have been played upon Anaheim's public stage—Center street. But it is not the same old Center street it used to be. It has changed greatly. It seems to be more dignified. It seems to be spruced up. Farmers no longer hitch their teams here. Hitching-post wars between the town merchants have ceased. There are no mud holes to fill up. You remember those old mud holes? The gasoline engine chug has replaced the snort of the sacred farm horse. Rows and rows of late model automobiles are parked against the curbs, where once stood mud-covered wagons and weary teams at horse-gnawed, rickety posts. You remember you used to lean against those posts take out the old dollar Barlow and whittle off a tootpick. But yesterday's customs, manners, vehicles and noises belong to yesterday. The old watering trough is gone. Even the fancy iron fountain for watering horses has disappeared. In its place is a snappy-looking traffic cop. Things are not like they used to be Some new, mysterious force has performed a miracle on the minds of the folks on Center street. Some new spirit has breathed upon the life of this old thoroughfare. There is a new power at work behind the throne of business activity. The muddy street has been obliterated by cement pavement and the mud-scrapers at the store doors have been replaced by welcome mats. The old mail stage coach has given way to the modern automobile coach with Pullman comforts. The dingy front of the old opera house with its 10-20-30-cent lurid posters has been trans- Father Ricard Talks About the Weather (Continued from Page One) with 3000 sun spot observations to arrive at this law. I can tell, therefore, GROWERS ARE ASKED TO JOIN LOCAL CHAMBER Chairman Hargrove of Membership Committee Extends Invitation In the modern world the farmer They will never come again, faces we knew and loved on Center street have passed to the great beyond. The excitements, the thrills and the joys which we experienced while trampling her old board walks are treasured in our hearts. We were in our youth then, the world was now to us and we were satisfied, yet very few of us would exchange the present for the past. And what, you ask, has brought about this change? One old-timer who lives in the past said, "O these folks nowadays are gittin' new fangled ideas and highfalootin' notions about things." But a prosperous young merchant said, "New ideas on selling through advertising," and he was right. Advertising has built the bridge of change between yesterday and today. The magic workings of publicity have changed minds, and changed minds have brought about changes in transportation, customs and habits of thinking and living. It has changed the decorations, odors and noises on Center street. It has made the change from bugles to buzzing machines, from horse files to gasoline vapors. From horse neighings to automobiles danger signals and traffic cops, and the old-time general store to the modern establishment dealing only in special lines. The changing of the stores on Center street has brought great changes into the homes of Anaheim. What has happened to the old-time, never-used parlor or beat room? Today the living room is the radio concert hall. The music box salon, the place where are found those modern inventions of enjoyments, educational advancement—those advertised things which people buy to use and enjoy. Advertising has changed the Anaheim of yesterday into the bustling thriving city of today, and it has been a wonderful change. No one can conceive the Anaheim and her Center street of the future if her citizens keep up the pace. Boost your city, join your Chamber of Commerce, do your trading in Anaheim with Anaheim merchants and advertise in your local papers. Just one more to give you. An vertised over the coldest weather weather report; the four corners how comforting "Uncle John" Anaheim; "No danger districts the low. Now I was for a moment we mean to us, and you have come for standing of what as applied to we. We have many the Chamber of want you, too. We have been most forts to sell Anaheim and when I say not the little city rounding terrific Anaheim trade s. We want to growers and form of their own Commerce, when together and discover own way, and and influence Commerce in word gram. Co-opers strongest word language. We operate with yo- Father Ricard Talks About the Weather (Continued from Page One) with 3000 sun spot observations to arrive at this law. I can tell, therefore, when an area of low will be set up and enter the Pacific Northwest, and when an area of highs will enter from the south. But I cannot predetermine the path of this low. Two courses are open to it; either to go over the mountains and be lost to us, or come down the coast. I am looking for a law to predetermine the path of these lows. "These lows may be met by a high entering from the south. Rain always follows in the wake of a low and precedes the advent of the high." "Whenever two planets are on a line that passes through the sun, spots are generated at the two points where that line cuts the sun. These spots may not be visible to the telescope, but the spectrum reveals their presence. Now from the nautical almanac we learn the positions of the planets; from this we compute the birthplace of the spots, and thence the time it will take for them to reach the central meridian of the sun. Knowing this, I can foretell the arrival of the highs and lows, fair weather or foul, unless the lows go east instead of south, or sudden spots are generated, or a predominant high comes up from the south. "Theoritically, there is no limit regarding how far ahead I can foretell. Practically, however, I am governed by the publication of the nautical almanac. This gives the position of the planets for three years in advance." GROWERS ARE ASKED TO JOIN LOCAL CHAMBER Chairman Hargrove of Membership Committee Extends Invitation In the modern world the farmer alone has been the last to realize the value of organization for his own sake. And, therefore, it happens that when farmers in any community organize for any purpose, they soon find that there are other benefits derived in addition to the one that was their special aim. A finer community life, a widening of sympathies with their neighbors and associates, a broadening of their outlook upon the world, a new sense of the dignity and worth of their calling, an elevation of the ablest and worthiest among them to places of leadership, are all among the benefits derived from membership in local organizations. The local Chamber of Commerce is the leader among these organizations, being designed and built to function not only for the local merchant and business man, but for the growers of the community as well, it covers the entire field of progressive action necessary to make any community a prosperous one and one which will appeal to the investor and the home-seeker. With this fact in view, A. E. Hargrove, chairman of the membership committee of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, has written and caused to be mailed to over 1000 growers in Anaheim and vicinity the following letter: Dear Sir: This is a personal letter addressed to you in a spirit of mutual help- fulness, and it is hoped that you will give it due consideration, and then act in the way your very best judgment dictates. If you will do this we are perfectly willing to leave the verdict with you. I have nothing to sell or advertise any more than you. I am simply an owner of a ranch, as you are. Whether we like everything they have done or not, we must admit that the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles has made of her the wonder city of the world and, through the efforts of her Chamber of Commerce, all of Southern California has been introduced to the whole world. This they have been able to do because they have 12,000 members pulling together for the upbuilding of the city, and we just get the benefit of the overflow of the incoming throngs that first come to Los Angeles. The greatest thing that has ever been attempted here to advertise and further the interests of the people of Anaheim is the/orange show, which is held annually in May. This show has been made possible because of the fact that Anaheim has a live Chamber of Commerce to get back of the thing and crowd it through, but I assure you that this has not been done without a lot of hard work. It has always been possible to find people who really want to advance the interests of the community bad enough to give their time and money towards it. Surely no class of people are more vitally interested in the orange show than the orange growers themselves. It advertises their business to the whole civilized world, and through advertising alone is Anaheim fast becoming known as "The county jail, already have been carried out. Provision of more housing facilities at the county hospital has been partly accomplished, by addition of a dining room, and will be more fully compiled with when funds are available. Recommendations that the city of Orange require an audit of the former city clerk's books and records to straighten out alleged deficiencies, shortly will be observed, it is said, as will the suggestion regarding certain minor revisions of the bookkeeping system and equipment at the city of Seal Beach. Other recommendations that will be followed as soon as "time and money" permit, include improvement of sanitary conditions in the Anaheim jail, repairs to the courthouse roof, increased storage space for the county library, office partitions for the county health department, making of school rest rooms for boys and girls, and holding of fire drills in all schools. County Superintendent of Schools R. P. Mitchell stated that the school recommendations will be observed as speedily as the different matters can be arranged. The grand jury recommended that a portion of the grand jury each year be held over for service the following year, to give that body the advantage of experience thus gained. When the report containing this recommendation was filed, however, the 1925 grand jury had already been drawn. Another recommendation, the fate of which remains to be learned, is a schedule of increased salaries and suggestions for more deputies for county officers. Such recommendations have been forwarded to the county's representatives in the legislature. make a report to the supervisors, who have no jurisdiction over my office," stated Sheriff Sam Jernigan, with reference to the recommendation. "I make regular reports of the receipts of my office to the proper authorities, the auditor and treasurer, as required by law," he added. "The books of my office are open to public inspection at any time." Inquiry regarding the third rejected recommendation, that more insurance coverage be provided for the county treasury, elicited the brief statement that "this has not been done." Coming to the four recommendations held to be superfluous, or not pertinent, it was found that they included suggestions for improvement of Carbon canyon road and San Juan canyon road. Carbon canyon road already was being improved when the grand jury committee visited it, officials said. Improvement also has been carried on steadily on San Juan canyon road, as funds permitted. Approximately $1000 was expended on the canyon grades last year, and work is being carried on there right now. This work was planned without thought of the grand jury recommendation. It was recommended by the grand jury that the supervisors carefully scrutinize all county demand warrants for proper itemizing. Officials say that "proper scrutiny" of these warrants is not up to the supervisors, but belongs to the auditor, who has always given such scrutiny. The law demands it of him. The last of the four ignored recommendations is that referring to the county garage, recommending the establishment of a uniform mileage system there. has not been done without a lot of hard work. It has always been possible to find people who really want to advance the interests of the community, bad enough to give their time and money towards it. Surely no class of people are more vitally interested in the orange show than the orange growers themselves. It advertises their business to the whole civilized world, and through advertising alone is Anaheim fast becoming known as "The Home of the Valencia Orange" and "The Frostless Belt," etc. These and other reasons are responsible for the fact that orange groves at Anaheim command a price twice as great as they can be obtained elsewhere, and these are some of the reasons why I state that no other class of citizens are so vitally interested as the growers themselves. They are the ones that have a commodity peculiar to this district. The merchants, bankers, etc. have the same service to offer all over the country, but oranges do not grow in Iowa. Just one more illustration I want to give you. Anaheim is being advertised over the radio. During the coldest weather last winter, the weather reports were broadcast to the four corners of the earth, and how comforting it was to hear "Uncle John" announce for Anaheim, "No danger," while in other districts the thermometer was very low. Now I want you to visualize for a moment what all these things mean to us, and do not stop until you have come to a thorough understanding of what co-operation means as applied to whole communities. We have many orange growers in the Chamber of Commerce, but we want you, too. Some of the growers have been most untiring in their efforts to sell Anaheim to the world, and when I say Anaheim, I mean not the little city itself, but all surrounding territory included in the Anaheim trade area. We want to take all the orange growers and form them into a group of their own in the Chamber of Commerce, where they can get together and discuss things in their own way, and can enlist the help and influence of the Chamber of Commerce in working out their program. Co-operation is one of the strongest words in the English language. We stand ready to cooperate with you and want you to cooperate with us. We want your year, to give that body the advantage of experience thus gained. When the report containing this recommendation was filed, however, the 1925 grand jury had already been drawn. Another recommendation, the fate of which remains to be learned, is a schedule of increased salaries and suggestions for more deputies for county officers. Such recommendations have been forwarded to the county's representatives in the legislature, which must decide. Three recommendations rejected include the suggestion that two foremen be secured for the county farm, one to supervise citrus culture, and the other to handle livestock and gardening. This suggestion has been rather emphatically "turned down," with the statement that the county farm already has one good, capable foreman, and that two are unnecessary. The recommendation that the sheriff make a monthly report of his receipts to the county supervisors is also rejected. "The law does not require me to Drenched-Pressed Good as New! CLOTHCRAFT STANDARD SERGE YOU may never be drenched by a bursting hose—you may often be caught in the rain. It's mighty satisfying to know that your CLOTH- We want to take all the orange growers and form them into a group of their own in the Chamber of Commerce, where they can get together and discuss things in their own way, and can enlist the help and influence of the Chamber of Commerce in working out their program. Co-operation is one of the strongest words in the English language. We stand ready to cooperate with you and want you to co-operate with us. We want you to join the Chamber of Commerce and take an active part in its administration. Thanking you in advance for your consideration, I am, Your truly, Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, A. E. HARGROVE, Chairman Membership Committee. ACTION TAKEN ON 11 RECOMMENDATIONS Nine Grand Jury Suggestions Will Go Unheeded How much attention is paid to the county grand jury? Of what moment are its recommendations? With a view to ascertaining just what impression the inquisitorial body's activities left behind it, or what it achieved in concrete results, a check was taken upon the 20 recommendations made by the last grand jury. The prospective ultimate not result appears to be compliance with 11 of the 20 recommendations, rejection of three, with two uncertain and four regarded as superfluous and therefore ignored. 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