anaheim-gazette 1925-08-20

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM Total for 1910 was... 2,268 Total for 1920 was... 5,525 Today estimated at... 12,000 VOLUME LV WILL PRADO DAM SEWER CARRIES OFF VALUABLE MATTER S. E. SAUNBY RECOMMENDS CONSERVATION OF ALL SEWAGE Phosphates and Other Elements Necessary to Soil Preservation Lost in Ocean—French Scientist Says Wealth of France Is Being Drained and Carried Into the Sea by the Sewers of Paris. Speaking at a meeting of the Villa Park-Olive farm center, some nights ago, S. E. Saunby, member of the public utility committee of the County Farm District Attorney Dismisses Charge Of Embezzlement An embezzlement charge brought against R. E. Durbin, former manager of life Fullerton hotel, by D. E. Hartman of that city, has been dismissed by the authorities. An investigation of the case, it is said, proved that the charge was groundless and resulted from a dispute that should have been taken to the civil courts, if anywhere, according to the authorities. Hartman conducted the hotel dining-room under a sub-lease from Durbin, who held the hotel lease. A bond of $1000 had been posted with Durbin by Hartman to insure return of leased furnishings and fixtures in good order. According to Durbin, he was out of the city when the lease was terminated and the furnishings returned by Hartman. Three days later, before he could return and check over the property, he said, the embezzlement charge had been filed, based upon his asserted refusal to return the bond. CONSERV Wasteage Enti Phosphates and Other Elements Necessary to Soil Preservation Lost in Ocean—French Scientist Says Wealth of France Is Being Drained and Carried Into the Sea by the Sewers of Paris. Speaking at a meeting of the Villa Park-Olive farm center, some nights ago, S. E. Saunby, member of the public utility committee of the County Farm Bureau, stated that there are four methods of water conservation open to the people. They are reforestation, greater spreading activities, closer observation by growers of the amount of water used in irrigation, and reclamation of sewage water. Following the completion of the outfall sewer, and just as the residents of the cities of Orange county had begun congratulating themselves that the sewer problem had been solved for many years to come, the disturbing knowledge is forced upon them that a vast amount of wealth is being carried down that sewer and deposited in the ocean, where it is lost to mankind for all time to come. Mr. Saunby, in his address, mentions only the water that is going to waste, but he might have carried his argument farther and told of the other elements necessary to the life of the soil that are being carried away by the sewer. Two or three years ago, a French scientist made public a paper in which he made the statement that the wealth of France was gradually being carried down the Seine and dumped into the ocean through the sewer system of Paris. The lands of France were gradually being drained of the chemicals that gave life to the soil and, instead of being conserved and diverted again to the land, it was carried to the ocean through the sewers and forever lost. This loss was annually offset, at heavy cost, by the use of artificial fertilizers which supplied the necessary chemicals. In the course of time, according to this savant unless the outfall sewer system was abolished and the sewage treated in septic tanks and conserved for redistribution on the land, the artificial fertilizers would be exhausted and all the soil of the world would be as barren as the Sahara desert. The chemicals that aid in the production of plant life—the life-giving properties of the soil—would all be deposited in the bottom of the ocean. Germany, which is far ahead of France in the matter of economic science, has for many years conserved its sewage and, as a result, the German soil is the most productive in Europe, and the cost for fertilizer is much less than it is in France. Orange county will probably not worry about this matter at the present time, as the people have found away to dispose of their sewage, and they regard it now only as a nuisance that must be disposed of in the easiest possible manner. Fertilizer is cheap, and the land is the most productive in the Highway Program For Orange County Contracts Aggregating $220,000 Let by Supervisors Road improvement contracts aggregating $220,000 will be awarded by the county within the next three weeks, under a paving program authorized by the county supervisors, who called for bids on three projects. Four miles of new paving will be added to the county's road system, while more than five and a half miles of the original highway system will be rebuilt. The first contract is expected to be awarded August 25, when bids are opened in connection with the proposal to pave four miles of Stanton avenue between Lincoln and Garden Grove avenues. Road improvement district No. 45 has been formed for this project, and the property therein will be assessed an estimated total of $75,000 for the work, while the county will aid to the extent of $25,000 from its gas tax funds. Bids will be opened September 1 on the two resurfacing contracts, one of which covers 3.15 miles of Newport avenue, from its junction with Main street, south of Santa Ana, to the Santa Fe railroad near Tustin. Estimates of the cost are placed at $75,000. The other contracts cover 2.5 miles on Orangethorpe avenue, from Magnolia avenue cast. This will be a 5-inch concrete slab over the existing pavement, 18 feet wide, and will cost $45,000. It is estimated. The Newport avenue plans also call-for a concrete slab over the present worn-out pavement. Both of the latter contracts will be cash jobs, instead of being financed by bonds, under the supervisors' policy of appropriating a certain portion of the county road funds each year for rebuilding the old "bond issue" highway system. A. W. Franzen being present as representatives. The board sustained the Hartman conducted hotel dining-room under a sub-lease from Durbin, who held the hotel lease. A bond of $1000 had been posted with Durbin by Hartman to insure return of leased furnishings and fixtures in good order. According to Durbin, he was out of the city when the lease was terminated and the furnishings returned by Hartman. Three days later, before he could return and check over the property, he said, the embezzlement charge had been filed, based upon his asserted refusal to return the bond. Durbin and his attorney, Thomas McFaddin, contend that there was no ground for complaint of any sort, civil or otherwise, and assert that the embezzlement charge was merely spite work. In the early days San Gabriel river Los Angeles, which by the pioneers inhabited that city. Its wide and in fresh was altogether impenetrable no bridges, and in it was out of the quaint time. Many years river left its bed after a channel through to the ocean. It is old river and many losses have been caused by this treacherous have been washed off try drowned, and in these ever-increasing. Concerning The Malawi Why Spend Moment When A Ceremony A local paper hunggested in the park Charles Hatfield, rainmaker, be brought in an effort to supply of rainfall this issue; our contempt J. S. Howard; Supermacher and Davidnent Orange county any movement to county. The Gazette, which Hatfield's ability to man from Miss shown. As a matter believe that Mr. cloudless California water-soaked cloud deluge of rain w enough shekels to erase his magic admit that, as a Hatfield has them grand old backed clear off Germany, which is far ahead of France in the matter of economic science, has for many years conserved its sewage and, as a result, the German soil is the most productive in Europe, and the cost for fertilizer is much less than it is in France. Orange county will probably not worry about this matter at the present time, as the people have found away to dispose of their sewage, and they regard it now only as a nuisance that must be disposed of in the easiest possible manner. Fertilizer is cheap, and the land is the most productive in the world, so why worry? But the day will come, perhaps, when that outfall sewer will be corked up, and the water and chemicals now going to waste will be conserved and put back on the land. Orange county cities will have two years' time in which to comply with an order of the state board of health directing them to carry out Dr. R. F. Goudy's recommendation and extend the outfall sewer 2300 feet further into the ocean. The hearing was held before the board at San Francisco last week, Engineer O. E. Steward and Trustee A. W. Franzen being present as representatives. The board sustained the contention of Dr. Goudy that the sewer's mouth must be carried out into deep water to prevent the disease-laden sewage from being washed back and polluting the waters on the beach. The cost of the project is estimated at approximately $220,000. Anhelm's share being $37,000, and Fullerton's the same. The board granted the Crystal Chemical Company of this city permission to use the sewer until September 15, by which date, Dr. Goudy reported, the company's fertilizer plant would be completed, and all objectional matter diverted from the sewer. 40 CITIZENS SUMMONED TO ACT AS SUPERIOR COURT JURORS Forty names were drawn from the list of the 1925 jury panel Thursday, and the 40 were summoned for duty in Superior Judge E. J. Marks' court, Santa Ana. This is the third group drawn from the panel this year and will serve during the next three months. The fourth and final group will be drawn then, to serve the remainder of the year. Those summoned Thursday were: Charles R. Ward, 1204 North Ross; T. H. Bowen, 621 South Sycamore; George R. Smith, 510 East Chestnut; A. J. Perkins, 1102 French; Sarah Hutchins, 1617 Palm; W. E. Talbott, 526 South Broadway; Frank M. Thomas, 914 South Main; Marriott C. Cooper, 144 West Seventeenth; C. M. Halderman, 414 Mabury; Minnie C. Holmes, 309 East Seventeenth; J. J. Pyle, R. D. 3; H. W. Bust, R. D. 7; John C. Farnsworth, R. D. 3; Andrew Meyer, Robert H. Terhune, Bayard T. Beale, Frank R. Youngs, Winslow Downs, Chas. Knuth, Fred Eckoff, Samuel M. Patton and David Blank, all of Orange; W. H. Taylor, Eddy B. Stevens, Patrick H. Quinn, Mrs. C. Francis Clark, all of Huntington Beach; Fred E. Stoner and John C. Willis, of Placentia; Katherine Selover and J. A. Small, of Yorba Linda; Manley C. Chase, Mrs. Margaret Ruether and James E. Talcott, of Anaheim; Frank McFadden and Charles O. Cook, La Habra; Vera E. Feldner, Laguna Beach; Samuel Woolridge, Garden Grove; George S. Beckman, Orange-thorpe; William H. Bentley, Westminster; E. L. Higgins, Tustin. "For the life of our stand why the law enterprising citizen side and San Bernardo clally those of Orlando get together and do it under the most wondrous concerted months to perfect the machinery to do it will take severe conservation work." The Gazette suggests interviewing Mr. Hatfield's ability to handle man from Miss shown. As a matter believe that Mr. Hatfield has them that grand old man backed clear off of our contention in the past few years stepped in where he tracts in the making of a goodly number margin of only a fact that we have Hatfield attempt magic in July on California atmosphere like bones in. While The Gazette contemporary and above have the best county at heart we refer them to a week by J. W. N., member of the Traction Committee, in of the Santa Ana aviation of the flood Mr.Newell said: "The life of our stand why the law enterprising citizen side and San Bernardo clally those of Orlando get together and do it under the most wondrous concerted months to perfect the machinery to do it will take severe conservation work." NAHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, August 20, 1925 DAM DIVERT SUB=SURFACE CONSERVATION OF FLOOD WATERS IS TOPIC OF IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE OF SANTA ANA VALLEY Wasteage of Flow During Heavy Rainfall Sufficient to Irrigate Entire Valley During Period of Years—At What Point Shall Dam Be Erected, Is the Question More water runs to waste in the Santa Ana river during twenty-four hours of floods than would be required to irrigate this entire valley for a period of one year. These floods have been seen sweeping by for days at a time, in periods of rainy winters, and it is not too much to say that more water has thus run riotously to the sea than would be sufficient to irrigate this valley for a period of five years. There is a mine of great wealth in these waters, and at the same time an ever present menace to the destruction of our property. Many years ago, T. S. Van Dyke, the eminent hydraulic engineer, said at a farmers' institute meeting in this city, that while we have here the richest valley on earth, there we have not had a similar experience in this valley seems to be nothing short of a providential escape. Mr. Van Dyke said this was an ever present possibility, the river bed being higher than the surrounding country, yet his words have gone unheeded for all these years, and we have come out of it all with very little loss. When overflows occur, our citizens repair to the river by hundreds, stop the breaks and turn the mad waters back into their channel. But if a new channel should be cut through this valley, our people might be prevented by an injunction from turning the water back, for irrigators in the protected district further south would be very glad to be able of this surplus over too ticklish a subject to talk about. At times we have heard of the bursting of reservoirs up in the mountains, and many anxious messages have been dispatched in a vain attempt to learn how soon it would be necessary for valley residents to flee to the hills. It is to be hoped that all of these things are now happily past. Whether a great impounding dam shall be constructed at Prado, or whether another site shall be selected further up the mountain, is a matter which the wise men of the valley have before them for their earnest consideration. While the Prado dam has its supporters, others declare it will result in sending underground waters toward the Pomona valley, diverting them from Orange Mrs. Ag A LITTLE LOSE Lost terrestrial Cookson rancher, her husbands avenue, Wednesday found, Walter was in San Sam Jerry throw life Cookson the woman story bought a lemons, table in turned hound The hour was no excuse, he the effekted kidnapped grocery Concerning Hatfield, The Maker of Rain Why Spend Money on Experiment, When You Can Buy a Certainty! A local paper has several times suggested in the past few months that Charles Hatfield, California's so-called rainclimaker, be brought to Orange county in an effort to supply a greater amount of rainfall this season. In a recent issue, our contemporary quotes Judge J. S. Howard, Supervisor William Schumacher and David Jessuran, all prominent Orange county men, as indorsing any movement to bring Hatfield to the county. The Gazette, while not disputing Mr. Hatfield's ability to make rain in season, is somewhat the same position as the man from Missouri who has to be shown. As a matter of fact, we do not believe that Mr. Hatfield can turn a cloudless California sky into a mass of water-soaked clouds and produce a deluge of rain whenever he is paid enough shekels to warrant him to exercise his magic. We will, however, admit that, as a weather prophet, Mr. Hatfield has them all, even including that grand old man, Father Ricard, backed clear off the boards. In proof of its content we have twice noticed this was an ever present possibility, the river bed being higher than the surrounding country, yet his words have gone unheeded for all these years, and we have come out of it all with very little loss. When overflows occur, our citizens repair to the river by hundreds, stop the breaks and turn the mad waters back into their channel. But if a new channel should be cut through this valley, our people might be prevented by an injunction from turning the water back, for irrigators in the protected district further south would be very glad to be told of this surplus overflow. This would give us an interminable suit in the court and, in the mean time, millions of dollars worth of property would be swept away to destruction. This treacherous river is the one item of paramount importance to every man woman and child in the valley. We have done absolutely nothing to protect ourselves, except to do a little temporary work now and then, and we have escaped with negligible losses. We have seen great floods sweeping down the valley, with the heavens portending greater downfall, but by the providential interference of some great power these clouds have been swept away and there came little additional rain in the mountain watershed. Had these rains continued for another night, and we have seen three inches of rainfall here in one night, and many times that precipitation in the mountains, what great result would have come to us is Concerning Hatfield, The Maker of Rain Why Spend Money on Experiment, When You Can Buy a Certainty! A local paper has several times suggested in the past few months that Charles Hatfield, California's so-called rainclimaker, be brought to Orange county in an effort to supply a greater amount of rainfall this season. In a recent issue, our contemporary quotes Judge J. S. Howard, Supervisor William Schumacher and David Jessuran, all prominent Orange county men, as indorsing any movement to bring Hatfield to the county. The Gazette, while not disputing Mr. Hatfield's ability to make rain in season, is somewhat the same position as the man from Missouri who has to be shown. As a matter of fact, we do not believe that Mr. Hatfield can turn a cloudless California sky into a mass of water-soaked clouds and produce a deluge of rain whenever he is paid enough shekels to warrant him to exercise his magic. We will, however, admit that, as a weather prophet, Mr. Hatfield has them all, even including that grand old man, Father Ricard, backed clear off the boards. In proof of its content we have twice noticed this was an ever present possibility, the river bed being higher than the surrounding country, yet his words have gone unheeded for all these years, and we have come out of it all with very little loss. When overflows occur, our citizens repair to the river by hundreds, stop the breaks and turn the mad waters back into their channel. But if a new channel should be cut through this valley, our people might be prevented by an injunction from turning the water back, for irrigators in the protected district further south would be very glad to be told of this surplus overflow. This would give us an interminable suit in the court and, in the mean time, millions of dollars worth of property would be swept away to destruction. This treacherous river is the one item of paramount importance to every man woman and child in the valley. We have done absolutely nothing to protect ourselves, except to do a little temporary work now and then, and we have escaped with negligible losses. We have seen great floods sweeping down the valley, with the heavens portending greater downfall, but by the providential interference of some great power these clouds have been swept away and there came little additional rain in the mountain watershed. Had these rains continued for another night, and we have seen three inches of rainfall here in one night, and many times that precipitation in the mountains, what great result would have come to us is Gazette Man Writes County Fair Slogan Observing that the directors of the Orange County Fair were worrying themselves gray-headed because of the hundreds of slogans submitted to them in response to their appeal, not one being up to their expectations, George 12. Vadney of The Gazette force took a minute or two off from his regular duties some days ago and evolved the following: "In all the West You'll find the Best At the Orange County Fair!" Right the first time! That is the slogan that wins the honors in the Orange County Fair contest. It was written by George E. Vadney, 412 North Claudina street, Anaheim, and awarded the prize in competition with a boxful of others. The judges met at the courthouse yesterday for the slifting process. They were: A. L. Oliger, secretary of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce; George A. Raymer, secretary of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the county, and Thomas B. Talbert, chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. Man Seriously Hurt In Fistic Encounter Klan Charged With Responsibility for Trouble Samuel J. Mustol of Santa Ana is in a hospital, suffering from serious injuries, including the loss of an eye, and his neighbor, Carl Goetze, is under $10,000 bond, awaiting trial on a charge of mayhem. This is the result of a fight, some days ago, on the boulevard south of this city, near the county hospital, and it is charged that the Ku Klux Klan is responsible for the trouble between them. That matters between the Mustol and Goetze families have been strained for some time and that the first rift in their friendship developed from a disagreement over the Ku Klux Klan was the statement made to Chief Deputy District Attorney C. N. Mozley by Mrs. Mustol. Mrs. Mustol and Goetze were both members of the Klan, she said. But Mustol for a time objected to joining the hooded order. At last he was prevailed upon to make application for membership but when the Klansmen voted upon his application he was rejected. Goetze, who was said to be a very active member and a former Klan organizer, then demanded that Mrs. Mustol throw life. Cookies the worst story bought a lemon. table in turned house the hour no waste, he效e kildnapod grocery Just a disappear car in wlrd t making basket. With tha fof Fred W Los Angeles fictitious oi fhe opi o fthe road shall we travel? Strong Jailler Jack police; afther sheriff's o f buy a According operating year; have bad check operated ient occasie said. Always of obtainin th e policie o t one tir buying a sumed tha Three th at at thime blaid are endes o f thi tr Another tions was before see this as a him before Tire sho merous oc stone; and at severa o nd count Strong I is 5 feet 5 beard. DONALD DOTY LOST AND FOUND The Gazette, while not disputing Mr. Hatfield's ability to make rain in season, is in somewhat the same position as the man from Missouri who has to be shown. As a matter of fact, we do not believe that Mr. Hatfield can turn a cloudless California sky into a mass of water-soaked clouds and produce a deluge of rain whenever he is paid enough shekels to warrant him to exercise his magic. We will, however, admit that, as a weather prophet, Mr. Hatfield has them all, even including that grand old man, Father Ricard, backed clear off the boards. In proof of our contention we have twice noticed in the past few years that nature has stepped in where Mr. Hatfield had contracts in the making and beat him out of a goodly number of dollars by a margin of only a few days. It is also a fact that we have never heard of Mr. Hatfield attempting to exercise his magic in July or August, when our California atmosphere is so dry it rattles like bones in a casket. While The Gazette feels that our contemporary and the gentlemen quoted above have the best interests of Orange county at heart, we would respectfully refer them to a statement made last week by J. W. Newell of Placentia, a member of the Tri-Counties Reforestation Committee, in regard to the survey of the Santa Ana river and the conservation of the flood waters of the river. Mr. Newell said: "For the life of me, I cannot understand why the intelligent, far-seeing, enterprising citizens of Orange, River-side and San Bernardino counties, especially those of Orange county, do not get together and get busy in an effective, forceful way in this matter. Even under the most vigorous management and concerted efforts, it will take months to perfect the plan and organize the machinery to carry it out, and then it will take several years to construct the conservation works." The Gazette suggests that instead of interviewing Mr. Hatfield as to how many thousands of dollars he desires to make Mother Nature bow to his magic in Orange county, the commercial clubs and the supervisors get in touch with Mr. Newell and spend the money for something practical. The judges met at the courthouse yesterday for the sitting process. They were: A. L. Oliger, secretary of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce; George A. Raymer, secretary of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the county, and Thomas B. Talbert, chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. DONALD DOTY LOST AND FOUND Rides Away on Bicycle, Finds a Job; Neighborhood Turns Out in Search for Him Donald Doty, aged 11, living at the corner of Broadway and Olive street, bestrode his bicycle the other afternoon and rode about town, looking for a job. He found employment at one of the theatres, circulating bills, and distributed a raft of them throughout the city. As he did not return, his mother became anxious at his absence, and soon a story spread like wildfire throughout the neighborhood that he was lost. One friend suggested that a radio broadcast be sent out about him. After the neighborhood had searched in vain for him for several hours, he rode home and told his mother he had been out on his new job. Donald's birthday comes next week, and his grandmother has given him a $10 bill for a present. He is going to buy a bathing suit, and a large straw hat to keep off sunburn. Mrs. Estella Johnson Visits Friends Here Mrs. Estella Johnson of Needles, sister of Edward D. Marion, has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Marion at their home on the Garden Grove road. Mrs. Johnson recently returned here from Denver, her old home town, where she visited for a month with friends and was a guest of Dan Murphy and family. This was the first trip Mrs. Johnson hasthe Needles Lumber & Contracting Co. raising. Mrs. Mustol and Goetze were both members of the Klan, she said, but Mustol for a time objected to joining the hooded order. At last he was prevailed upon to make application for membership, but, when the Klansmen voted upon his application he was rejected. Goetze, who was said to be a very active member and a former Klan organizer, then demanded that Mrs. Mustol withdraw from the Klan she said. She refused. This brought ill-feeling, and the two families shunned each other thenceforth. When Mr. and Mrs. Henry Le Blane of Ventura came to Santa Ana, a few days ago, to visit the Mustols, Mrs. Le Blane and Mrs. Mustol being sisters they, too, shunned the Goetze home although they had previously known Goetze and his wife. When the Le Blanes started home Wednesday, Goetze followed them in his car. Mrs. Mustol said. His purpose is not known. Mr. and Mrs. Mustol then followed Goetze. They found he had overtaken the Le Blances near a fruit stand on the state highway between Orana and the county hospital. They stopped their car beside the Le Blanc machine. Goetze was standing on the other side of the Le Blance car, talking to Mr. and Mrs. Le Blane. The exchange of a few words led to a fight, with the result that Mustol was carried from the field and taken to a hospital, while Goetze was placed under arrest. A. E. Koepsel, attorney for Goetze, denies Mrs. Mustol's statement that the trouble between the two families arose over their connection with the Klan. made to Denver in 38 years. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Marion, came to Anaheim in 1887, and settled on their ranch west of Anaheim, coming from Colorado, and were among the early settlers of this section. Mrs. Johnson will remain here until October, when she will return to her home in Needles, where she has large business interests and is secretary of... ANAHEIM—YOUR CITY Founded by German Colonists, 1857 Assessed Value, 1925/$10,500,000 School System Valued at $951,000 Number 45 SURFACE WATERS VALLEY Irrigate point that all of these past. Whether you shall be conwhether another further up the which the wise before them for lon. While thepporters, others sending underd the Pomona from Orange Mrs. V. L. Cookson Again Vanishes From Her Home ALTHOUGH it was reported that Los Angeles police were thoroughly probing the second mysterious disappearance of Virginia Lee Cookson, pretty Orange county rancher, who has been missing from her husband's home, 3719 Pasadena avenue, Los Angeles, since last Wednesday, no trace of her has been found. It was learned today. Walter M. Cookson, the husband, was in Santa Ana, in conference with Sam Jerigan, sheriff, but he could throw little light on the mystery. Cookson told Sheriff Jerigan that the woman went to a nearby grocery store Wednesday afternoon and bought a bar of soap and a sack of lemons. There were found on a table in the house when Cookson returned home at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The house was locked up, and there was no evidence of a hurried departure, he said. First reports were to the effect that Mrs. Cookson was kidnaped while on her way to the grocery store. HEAVY INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX ROLL COLLECTOR LAMB WRITING MORE THAN FIFTY-TOUSAND BILLS List Is 7578 Larger Than a Year Ago, Due to Subdivisions and Expansion of Cities—Decrease in Personal Property Tax Roll of 540 Below That of Last Year—Bills Will Be Mailed in October. County Tax Collector J. C. Lamb and his force of 13 girls are busily engaged at present preparing tax bills, which will be mailed to the county's taxpayers. Active Check Artist Breaks Into Prison Man Who Cashed Many Bogus Checks Arrested With the arrest Wednesday afternoon of Fred W. Strong, 65, 292 Azusa road, Los Angeles, on a charge of issuing fictitious checks. Santa Ana police are of the opinion that they have captured one of the most clever check "artists" who ever operated in this county, they declared. Strong was arrested in Tustin by Jailer Jack Roberts, for the Santa Ana police, after information came to the sheriff's office that the man was trying to buy a tire from a Tustin garage. According to police, Strong has been operating in Orange county for the last year, having cashed numerous alleged bad checks in various towns. He has operated in Santa Ana on three different occasions during the last year, police said. Always working the same trick, that of obtaining merchandise for his checks, the police said that the man would go to one tire shop after another, always buying a 30x3½ size tire. Police presumed that he later sold the tires. Three tires, still wrapped, were found at the time of his arrest in an automobile, said to belong to the man. Police are endeavoring to locate the owners of the tires. Another feature of the man's operations was the fact that no one had ever before seen his automobile, police giving this as a reason for not apprehending him before. Tire shops have been warned on numerous occasions to keep a lookout for Stone, and his description has been left at several establishments in the city and county, officers said. Strong is a man weighing 145 pounds, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, and has a sandy beard. The West Anaheim Sewing Circle held its monthly meeting at Anaheim Landing on Wednesday, August 12, Mrs. Cookson told Sheriff Jeremiah that the woman went to a nearby grocery store Wednesday afternoon and bought a bar of soap and a sack of lemons. There were found on a table in the house when Cookson returned home at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The house was locked up, and there was no evidence of a hurried departure, he said. First reports were to the effect that Mrs. Cookson was kidnaped while on her way to the grocery store. Just a month ago Mrs. Cookson disappeared in the night, leaving her car in the county park. She told a wired tale of being kidnapped and making her escape in a laundry basket. At any rate, the 50,000 and more tax bills are coming. They will reach the taxpayers about the middle of October, indicating of the growth and development of the county. Mr. Lamb states that 50,717 tax bills will be mailed this year, an increase of 7578 over last year. The increase is due to a large extent to the subdivision of property and the purchase of home sites by persons who have heretofore rented, and who have built homes for themselves. No figures are being written into the tax bills yet, and will not be until after the county supervisors fix the tax rate. September 1, so that the auditor can compute the amounts to be collected. This year, for the first time, there are more than 50,000 pieces of property in Orange county, testifying to the steady spread of metropolitan areas and the retreat of the rural districts. Last year there were only 43,139 tax bills, and that total was an increase of 3075 over the total of the previous year. While the real estate tax rolls have thus fattened annually, the personal property rolls have dropped off during the last two years. Last year there were 1200 less names on the personal property tax rolls than the year before. This year another decrease of 540 is shown. Mr. Lamb is at a loss to account for this strange reduction. Whether the property owners are tax dodging or personal property going out of style, he can't say. More World war veterans came into the class of landed gentry this year, the increase in soldier exemptions being 169 since last year. Last year there were 559 new soldier exemptions. The ex-service men gradually are getting their start after the reconstruction period and are accumulating enough property for them to pay attention to the privileges accorded them. Mr. Lamb explains. DESERVED PROMOTIONS Miss Lucille Nenno, who for some time past has been one of Secretary Reld's efficient employees at the Chamber of Commerce, has been promoted to assistant secretary, succeeding Miss Burgess, who departed on Saturday for Florida, where she will reside. Miss UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO SEND EXHIBIT TO COUNTY FAIR The University of California extended recognition to the Orange County Fair, when an exhibit, to occupy a space of 135 feet frontage was assigned to it by the agricultural extension division. The announcement was made by Hareold E. Wahiberg, farm advisor, Hall of Records, Santa Ana, following a visit from Prof. William J. Norton, who spent several days in Orange county, advising exhibitors. The exhibit will be sent from the state fair, in Sacramento, to be shown in Orange county, September 22 to 26. Two important sections not heretofore shown in the extension division will be added this year. They will be of special interest to Orange county and the Southland in general, it is declared, as they deal with dairying and poultry methods of combatting insect pests, rodent and plant disease. Both field and orchard information will be presented in materials and by demonstrations from the extension department. Wahlberg said that this will be the biggest and best exhibit of its kind ever sent to Southern California. A number of business men attended Professor Norton's illustrated lecture on effective fair displays Wednesday. As a consequence, it is believed that the commercial and manufacturing displays as the Orange County Fair will introduce new entertaining and instructive features. It was announced that this school for business men, instructing them in the theory and methods of fairs and exhibitions, was the first of its kind ever held in California or in the United States.