anaheim-gazette 1925-09-10

CORNER PHILOSOPHY Give me victory or give me an alibi. A woman's ears are a good receiving set and oh, how she can amplify! The cave man won his bride with a club. The modern man does it with a diamond. Fcae powder may catch a man, but it takes baking-powder to keep him contented after caught. The only safe side to any argument is the middle. It's not the start in an aeroplane that counts; it's whether you can keep it up or not. A man's reputation can be ruined now by eating a mint. A thing of beauty is a joy forever unless, of course, you marry her. One Anaheim man is so lazy he bought a Lizzle so he wouldn't have to shake the ashes off his cigar. A clever girl's idea of taking care of herself is getting some man to do it for her. A married man may have his better half, but a bachelor has better quarters. A man's wife will seldom take the credit due her—she wants cash. Never cry over split milk. Call in the cat. Many a man's hope has been blasted by a lit pipe near a stick of dynamite. Most movie fans dislike noise in the theatre. They can't hear themselves read the subtitles aloud. Bobbed hair is getting to be an old glory; may it permanently wave. vast flats of red mud. The surface is roughed somewhat with alkali, but nevertheless the road has been packed down by trucks so that high speed is possible. It is a land of fantastic mirages, of mountains that swim in the air, of tree-bordered lakes that turn to dust. From El Mayor to San Felipe is 92 miles. There is hot a human habitation in that distance, no water save at the poison well of the Alambique, where the skull of the last victim of its waters is set for a warning on the stone coping around the well. About 10 miles below Alambique is the grave of 117 China men who died of thirst on the road in 1917. On one side, from time to time, one may catch glimpses of the gulf of California, a most desolate shore with barren red mud flats which go endlessly down to meet a feeble surf. The land is dead and the sea seems dying, but actually the water is teeming with life and, if the fresh winds of the open Pacific are lacking to put life into the surf, there are still great tides in the gulf and the water level rises and falls as much as 15 or 20 feet at times. The north shore of the bay of San Felipe is marked by a black volcanic headland. The bay is not especially well protected, but is beautiful nevertheless. To the south and the west an endless line of yellow sand dunes extend as far as the oye can see. The north shore of the bay is rocky with sandy inlets. The rocks swarm with mussels and with sea life of every kind. Great sea turtles are captured in the sand. The last 42 miles to San Felipe requires about six hours' motoring. The road is sandy in places, rocky and rough in others and cut up with innumerable cross washes. There is constant danger from high centers, and extremely careful driving is required. Uniform Motor Car Laws Needed Uniformity in regulation of motor traffic will go far toward the reduction of accidents, according to the Safety First Bureau of the National Automobile Club. The National Automobile A man's wife will seldom take the credit due her—she wants cash. Never cry over split milk. Call in the cat. Many a man's hope has been blasted by a lit pipe near a stick of dynamite. Most movie fans dislike noise in the theatre. They can't hear themselves read the subtitles aloud. Bobbed hair is getting to be an old glory; may it permanently wave. Scotch for five may mean bier for one. Asked the governor of North Carolina of the Governor of South Carolina: Would jokes told at a temperance meeting be included in the category of dry humor? A pessimist is the wife of an optimist. A shing bob is a chip off the back of the block. Playing roulette is like telephoning—one never gets his number. No. sweet Adeline, thumb tacks aren't a brand of finger nails. Sign on the back of a Ford: "Chicken, here's your coop." Caution is a great asset in fishing, especially if you are a fish. These girls that are so practiced in rolling hose should make good firemen. So few men leave footprints in the sands of time because most of them are always busy covering up their tracks. We know a fellow who is so crooked that he holds a gun on himself when he plays solitaire. Some open minds should be closed for repairs. We recommend the mustard plaster for the man who likes smart things. The only fault with the only girl is that one is rarely the only man. The man who knows nothing can't keep from telling it. When you hear a man boasting of his honesty it's just as well to keep both hands in your pockets. Old dogs usually know too many tricks, anyway. Our idea of the height of absurdity is offering hush money in a deaf and dumb institute. The value of a dress suit in Anaheim is determined by the number of men it will fit. Uniform Motor Car Laws Needed Uniformity in regulation of motor traffic will go far toward the reduction of accidents, according to the Safety First Bureau of the National Automobile Club. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has outlined a program which it recommends for adoption through the country. Uniform road signs under the control of the state highway commissions, uniform hand signals, examinations for drivers and the elimination of grade crossings are emphasized in the latest report of the traffic planning and safety committee. In the improvement of conditions in city traffic, five essentials are stressed: First, the necessity of the creation of "aisles of safety" on every broad boulevard so that the pedestrian may cross without hurry and confusion; second, the establishment of a traffic checking bureau so that the regulations could be imposed at necessary points when traffic warranted such regulations; third, education in the schools, the training of children in traffic regulation, etc.; fourth, the establishment of special traffic courts to handle violations in an effective manner, and fifth, improvement in street lighting. New York had nearly 1000 fatal motor car accidents in 1924, as compared to about 100 in San Francisco and 225 in Los Angeles. Fog, snow and rain was a big factor in the accident toll in the east. There is no question but that the motor car accidents can be greatly reduced, provided there is no let-up in the campaign of education carried on throughout the country and in the establishment, through legislative action and local traffic regulation, of uniform rules to be observed by drivers. SMUGGLING TREATY Residents of one country cannot violate the laws of another country without infringement on their own laws. Canadians have found it out, in the matter of liquor running across the border and by ship from Canadian ports. After prohibition in the United States they were not long in finding out that Canadians who conspired to defeat the prohibition law also broke the laws of Canada. They discovered that smugglers were lawless men. They had no respect for any country's laws. They violated the Canadian maritime regulations by clearing their rum ships to ports in Mexico and Central America, where they had no intention to enter, and returning often they smuggled into Canada contraband Chinese, or opium, or any goods upon which by cheating road is sandy in places, rocky and rough in others and cut up with innumerable cross washes. There is constant danger from high centers, and extremely careful driving is required. One clerk dressed in licensing department of state's office age, according. After this clear first rush of time thereafter matter to supervise him at $2 each month at the state freeway before hour before to bear the new not less than Declared to making the day and San Francisco Barbara, with "to insure suing four young five-day 1905. A tire." When you hear a man boasting of his honesty it's just as well to keep both hands in your pockets. Old dogs usually know too many tricks, anyway. Our idea of the height of absurdity is offering hush money in a deaf and dumb institute. The value of a dress suit in Anaheim is determined by the number of men it will fit. A brave man: He cut off all his heirs and died like a barber. A snake charmer doesn't have to be a wild woman. Our virtues always look larger to us than to anyone else. While you were reading this Henry Ford made $10. Lower California Presents Attractions Over the desert to the bay of San Felipe! That is the vacation excursion of real delight into a land where the fishing is excellent and the scenery is distinctly different from the rest of the world. A road scout car sent out by the touring bureau of the National Atomobile Club proceeded to Mexicali, and then over the desert 140 miles to San Felipe. South of Mexicali for 20 miles a section of the country is much the same as on the American side of the line. Beyond, the desert begins in real earnest, with a host of ocatillos flying their scarlet flags at the tips of their spear-like branches. To the east rises the black smoke of the construction camps where a railroad is being pushed south through the delta of the Colorado and which will eventually give the Imperial valley direct connection with a port of its own to be built at San Felipe. About 30 miles below the border is encountered an ocean of red silt which has been rolled clear to the foot of the Cocopahs by the Colorado. On one side is a veritable jungle of willow, cottonwood and arrow weed. A few miles below El Mayor, the road opens into ports. After prohibition in the United States they were not long in finding out that Canadians who conspired to defeat the prohibition law also broke the laws of Canada. They discovered that smugglers were lawless men. They had no respect for any country's laws. They violated the Canadian maritime regulations by clearing their rum ships to ports in Mexico and Central America, where they had no intention to enter, and returning often they smuggled into Canada contraband Chinese, or opium, or any goods upon which by cheating the tariff they could make a profit. Nevertheless, there are something more than self-interest back of the willingness of the Canadian government to enter into a treaty with the United States for suppression of smuggling. It was the same thing that more than a hundred years ago made it possible for each country to dismiss every soldier along the border between the two countries and withdraw all ships of war from the Great Lakes. It was the feeling of mutual respect and confidence, and the sense that the two peoples really are one. They live under separate flags, but they think the same, their aspirations are the same, and both equally detest law-breaking. A treaty of respect for each other's laws, therefore, was no surprise. UNFAIR "TAX EXEMPT" On July 1, there were 242 per cent more wholly tax-exempt securities in hands of the public than on December 31, 1912 and 13.6 per cent more than on December 31, 1923. The significance of this enormous increase in tax-free securities for the industrial and commercial life of the nation becomes apparent when it is realized that an industrial, railroad or Utility bond, even under the reduced rate of the 1924 revenue act, would have to pay 8.33 per cent interest to compete with a 4½ per cent state or municipal bond in case of a prospective investor with a net income exceeding $500,000. Tax rates now in effect, in order to place private industry bonds on an even footing with tax-exempts, would have to be decreased 7.1 per cent in case of $10,000 to $14,000 net incomes and 40 per cent in case of $500,000 incomes. Issues Warning to Investors in Stocks Much Money Lost Through Fraudulent Schemes A warning was sounded by Phil S. Lucas, secretary of the Santa Ana Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, against investing money with out-of-town brokers in what might develop to be fraudulent stock promotions and questionable money-making schemes, reports of which have reached his office. The average amount of money lost by the individual purchased through heedless investment in unsound securities, Lucas declared, is greater than the offhand estimates which form the basis for popular belief on the subject. And it is surprising to know how many people right here in Orange county fall for the lure of fabulous gains through stock ownership without proper investigation. Following a let up of about a year in congesting the malls with investment literature, prospective investors are again deluged with highly descriptive sales talks and alluring prospectuses of get-rich-quick schemes. For this reason, local investors, particularly those not conversant with the market value of different securities, are cautioned by Secretary Lucas to go slow in signing up orders for stocks or other money-making shares. Often the first payment down on those schemes turn out to be a mere "donation" to somebody's expense account, Lucas commented. According to advises received by Secretary Lucas, the southern part of the state with its advertised wealth, is due to be swamped with reams and reams of prospectuses, special offers, and what not, employed by out-of-state brokers who, operating at a safe distance, decline to comply with the California laws by securing the necessary permit. In commenting upon this phase of the situation, Lucas suggested that all time measures following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, which prevented to a considerable extent "follow-up" operations as well as new ones. The California, Modoc and Sequola national forests were given special attention in the crusade, but operations were also conducted on the Cleveland, Plumas and Santa Barbara forests. These federal forests represent areas where the infestation appears to be most serious and "follow-up" measures on work of previous years have resulted in holding the reinfestation well in check. Next to the ground squirrel in amount of damage done is the pocket gopher, whose depredations annually amount to over $10,000,000. In the past this animal was not considered to be as destructive as the ground squirrel and, consequently, not so much has been accomplished in devising methods for its control. Public attention is, however, being called to the need for such control through live exhibits at state, district and county fairs. New Bakery Law Will Be Enforced Stricter enforcement of the California state law relating to handling and distribution of bread and all other bakery products will be insisted upon by the county health authorities, it was announced today by Dr. V. G. Presson, county health officer. According to Dr. Presson, there has been a tendency to disregard those provisions of the law which prohibit the return of bakery products from dissatisfied customers and the switching of daily stock from one store to another. With the presence of highly contagious diseases in the county, it is imperative that the various provisions of the law be enforced to the letter, declared Dr. Presson. He added, however, that the leading bakery concerns doing business in the county have promised his department the fullest co-operation in observing the law, the enforcement of which is designed to eradicate disease menacing the health of the community. New Discoveries About Evolution Thomas Pickering Proves That Darwin Was Right Thomas E. Pickering, widely known writer and humorist, has just made public his discoveries in the theory of evolution. That there can be no shadow of doubt men came from the lower animals is disclosed from researches this writer has made in the archives of the English and American languages and by excavation of innumerable idioms, similes, metaphors and other figures of speech. He says: "Certainly men came from the animal. The facts are indisputable, irrepressible. Darwin didn't know half of it. Darrow is but a superficial thinker and Huxley's prognostications fade into insignificance when the facts are revealed. Take our language. It all points to animal life of the lower order. In the first place, man is born by the stork; then he growls and whines and before long he is a regular little pig. He grows up like a weed." Later on in life he is a poor fish and a sucker, but often acquires horse-sense. Road-hogs flourish, end-seat-hogs obstruct, and the early bird gets the worm. People look sheepish, act calfish, crawfish, growl, snap and bite the hand that feeds them. Women are butterflies and vampires; some hus- 20 YEARS AGO IN MOTORDOM One clerk did all the work of mailing licenses and seals in the automobile licensing department of the secretary of state's office in Sacramento, 20 years ago, according to auto club records. After this clerk had taken care of the first rush of applications he reported that thereafter it "would be an easy matter to supply the demand and conclude the business of each day as it came in." At that time there were 2111 owners' licenses issued and 1214 given out for chauffeurs in the state, which at $2 each made a total of $6550 for the state from this new source of revenue. The California state law regulating autos that went into effect in 1905 required that cars must be provided with two lamps carrying white lights in front, which had to be lighted when driving one hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise. The lamps were to bear the number of the car in figures not less than one inch high. Declared to be the first case of ladies making the drive between Los Angeles and San Francisco, or even to Santa Barbara, without a man escort along "to insure success," as the report said, four young ladies of Pasadena made the five-day drive to San Francisco in 1905. A tire puncture did not deter the return of bakery products from satisfied customers and the switching of daily stock from one store to another. With the presence of highly contagious diseases in the county, it is imperative that the various provisions of the law be enforced to the letter, declared Dr. Presson. He added, however, that the leading bakery concerns doing business in the county have promised his department the fullest co-operation in observing the law, the enforcement of which is designed to eradicate disease menacing the health of the community. Explaining violations of the law, the health official said that in some stores dissatisfied customers; or those changing their mind after a purchase, are allowed to return the goods. This practice, while not intended as a violation of law but viewed as an accommodation measure to customers, is highly objectionable from a sanitary standpoint, the doctor declared. Another violation which has come to the attention of the health department, is the practice on the part of drivers to take back surplus or undisposed stocks of bread and other bakery products and switch them to some other store. This practice, it was asserted, is in violation of the law. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW Of all the great railroads listed on the New York Stock Exchange, not one earned 6 per cent last year last year above claimed valuation; only eight earned above 5 per cent, for the main lines and all their subsidiaries which comprise their total investment. Two roads earned less than 1 per cent; ten others earned less than 3 per cent; ten earned between 3 and 4 per cent, and the others were between 4 and 5 per cent. Taxes paid amounted to $340,000,000, while the stockholders received only $310,000,000. The striking fact disclosed by this showing is that the owners of the country's transportation system are getting nothing like an adequate return on their investment in them. And this is the industry that has been willfully misrepresented by political demagogues as guaranteed a profit by the federal government. The figures quoted ought to be convincing of the truth. ONE KIND OF TAX RELIEF The only scheme of tax reduction which can bring relief to the country is that which cuts the rates of both rich and poor. No other kind will do. Many of the country's tax reformers do not, however, see it in that way. One school is for slashing super-taxes to the vanishing point, believing the panacea for any real or imagined business ill is in administering large doses of tax relief to the rich. Another crowd, as extreme as the first, has no concern over what burden the well-to-do may carry, and is interested only Declared to be the first case of ladles making the drive between Los Angeles and San Francisco, or even to Santa Barbara, without a man escort along "to insure success," as the report said, four young ladles of Pasadena made the five-day drive to San Francisco in 1905. A tire puncture did not deter the party, since the ladies lost no time in donning aprons and mending the fracture, according to the news story. "The number plates under the new law are becoming common, and late numbers are above 2000," stated a news report in May, 1905. Automobiles how registered in California number over one million. RODENT CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA The area infested with ground squirrels in California exceeds 10,000,000 acres, of which $3,000,000 acres were covered in co-operative rodent control operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, according to report of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture. In these operations, 1,330,000 pounds of poisoned grain and carbon bisulphide were distributed, at a cost of $298,500, with an estimated resultant saving to farmers and orchardists of $1,578,000. The forest service co-operated with the biological survey and the California State Department of Agriculture in this work, the biological survey experts devising ways and means for the treatment of government lands needing such measures and the forest officers enlisting the co-operation of permittees on national forest lands, the latter being furnished government poison under written agreement. Operations were directed primarily against the California digger and Oregon ground squirrels, the numbers of which increased noticeably the past year, due to regulations and quaran- The only scheme of tax reduction which can bring relief to the country is that which cuts the rates of both rich and poor. No other kind will do. Many of the country's tax reformers do not, however, see it in that way. One school is for slashing super-taxes to the vanishing point, believing the panacea for any real or imagined business ill is in administering large doses of tax relief to the rich. Another crowd, as extreme as the first, has no concern over what burden the well-to-do may carry, and is interested only in bringing down to the extreme of insignificance the normal tax rates, the rates of the less well-to-do. And there are those who would leave the direct taxes as they are, believing the relief sought would be more certainly obtained through reductions of tariff rates on goods imported and cutting internal duties, on tobacco, as an instance. Thus they go on, until listening to the sound speakers broadcasting their several views, the impression might be gained that the long hoped for and desired tax reduction had degenerated until it was nothing but a contest between groups, striving for advantage to themselves without regard for the general welfare. Were anybody in power to pay heed to the lopsided chaotic schemes and selfish striving, there would be danger that the country might lose its revenue and nothing of public benefit result. But the steady head and hand of President Coolidge may be depended upon to set congress on the right path and keep it there until the revenue law has been changed in a way that will be just to everybody. There cannot be and the President never has entertained a thought that there might be reason for antagonism between tax relief for the rich and tax relief for the consuming public. The only scheme of tax reduction which deserves to be entertained is one which combines relief to the masses with relief to the large income recipient, the man of business, whose money is invested in enterprises which provide employment for others. To imagine that "large fortunes" can be excessively taxed without injury to smaller fortunes and to wage earners is fallacy. There can be only one kind of helpful tax relief—that which reduces all burdens. PAGE THREE Discoveries of Evolution Bring Proves That Was Right Kellerill, widely known historist, has just made series in the theory of evolution there can be no men came from the disclosed from rover has made in the English and American excavation of innumerable metaphors and speech. He says: Came from the ani-are indisputable, irre-ida didn't know half of it a superficial thinker prostifications fade into when the facts are reeir language. It all life of the lower order, man is born by the owls and whines and a regular little pig. A weed. He is a poor fish often acquires horse's flourish, end-seat-dd the early bird gets hide look sheepish, act growl, snap and bite them. Women are vampires; some husbands are insects. Both men and women are bullheaded, and some are snakes in the grass. Occasionally one meets a consummate ass. Wise old owls, sly old foxes and eagle eyes prey upon their fellowmen. Sometimes a dirty dog runs amuck. Kangaroo courts are common. Clodhoppers hop and Jaywalkers walk. All of us get stung without a bee in sight, and the female is more deadly than the male. "Aviators hop off and fly. Old maids get catish, and maids that are not so old are kittenish. Men are sharks, old bears, wolves in sheep's clothing, and pull the woll over our eyes. Some folks are 100 per cent bull. We lionize heroes. Who is not acquainted with some old crab or silly goose? Men are lobsters, they shut up like clams and some crawl in their holes. Every town has its chickens and old hens. The whole world is infested with parasites. "We develop elephantiasis, horse's neck and a whale of a lot of other things. We are landlubbers, sea-dogs, turtle-doves and otherwise fine birds, such as lame ducks. We are dark horses, hunks of cheese, little shrimps, and often wiggle out of things. We the camel walk while we get a hump do the goose step, the turkey trot, and on ourselves. We have our cats, ham actors and jackleg lawyers. We sing like canaries, laugh like hyenas, shed crocodile tears, and hound and buffalo one another. We are stubborn as mules, slick as eels, but often have to pony up. We are big frogs in little ponds and little frogs in vise versa We make 'em pigeon-toed, walrus-toothed, pug-nosed, monkey-faced chicken-hearted and cock-eyed; and all of us are more or less cuckoo. Finally, we sing our swan song and croak; still the half has never yet been told. But it's all monkey business and it gets our goat. Ain't science the snake's hip? U. S. Senator to Open County Fair The Orange County Fair will be opened by United States Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, who wired his acceptance of the invitation this week. Senator Shortridge will deliver an address on the opening day, September 22. Local arrangements will be placed in the hands of committees to be named in a few days, according to President H. A. Lake. Senator Shortridge has been a frequent visitor to Orange county and has shown consistent interest in tariff and control and measures effecting the important fruit industry here. He has also interested himself in the improvement of the Orange county harbor. His telegram, sent from San Francisco, follows: "A. M. Stanley, Manager County Fair, Santa Ana. I have the honor to accept your courteous invitation to attend the opening of the Orange County Fair and to deliver an address on that interesting occasion. Samuel M. Shortridge." Ten Santa Fe Years Now the Santa Fe has grown in ten years and what growth means to Santa Fe patrons. Better service reasonable rates, due to efficiency of operation millions spent for improvements. Santa Fe freight moves promptly, Santa Fe journeys are enjoyable—must happen. Economies, 284 million dollars between 1914 and 1924 on track equipment, and the co-operation of and employees—these have helped up a great transportation manhole is at your instant service for reasonable charge. And this in the heavy increase in costs of operation corresponding increase in rates. In ten years the Santa Fe and the last have grown together. The Santa Fe has been not only in mileage cities, but also in ability to serve better. Decade has been a period of exuberance. In it the Santa Fe’s operated has increased 922 miles. Each haul now hauls 54 per cent more. 4,000 more Santa Fe freight cars able. There has been an increase per cent in passengers carried one 79 per cent in revenue tons car-mile. Other important items have grown too. Such as expense of maintenance of the railroad, which increased 121 per cent, or $1,700 a mile. Maintenance of locomotives showed an upward trend of 137 per cent, or $6,141 each. Passenger cars 85 per cent, or $999 a car. Freight cars 155 per cent, or $161 per car. All operating expenses combined jumped 114 per cent. Taxes advanced for each mile of track 196 per cent, or $993. Total taxes in 1924 were $17,730,961 or $1,499 per mile. Yet Santa Fe freight rates have gone up only 28 per cent and passenger fares only 47 per cent. Freight loading carried by each car has increased 3.12 tons, or 14 per cent. Freight loading carried by each freight train has increased 226 tons, or 54 per cent. These are gratifying marks of progress. The Santa Fe hopes to keep on growing and to keep on giving satisfactory service. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System New Gas Office Open WE WISH to announce that we have opened our new Gas Office at 114 South Claudina Street. The building at this location has been remodeled completely and made into a modern, up-to-date Gas Office. In our new home provision was made to give spacious display quarters to our Gas Appliance Department. Here our consumers will find a very comprehensive assortment of late model Roper Gas Ranges, Humphrey Radiantfire Heaters and other gas appliances. We cordially invite you to drop into your new Gas Office, where all matters affecting your gas service and accounts will be given courteous attention. J. C. HAYDEN District Manager 114 South Claudina St. Telephone 116 "Service With Courtesy"