anaheim-gazette 1925-12-17

Orange County's Unique Industry Feature Writer Discovers "Hot Towns" Down in This Section Relative to one of Orange county's unique and growing industries, which is springing up in Anaheim's back yard, Ross H. Gast writes as follows in the Farm and Orchard: They're having a hot time down/in the "hot towns" of the Orange county chill growing district just now, for the growers are busy drying their crop, which supplies chill bean dispensers of the nation with "hot stuff" for their Mexican dishes, as well as condiment manufacturers with dry chill for grinding. Drying centers in colonies of dry houses, warehouses and laborers' dwellings are called "hot towns," and during the drying season, which extends from October to January, activity is intense. It is estimated that over 150 tons of chills go through the eighty-five dry houses in operation each day during the height of the season. In a small district of Orange county, around Garden Grove, this unique industry has prospered during recent years, and this season, if no unfavorable weather is experienced, growers and dryers will gross around $400,000 for their labor. In addition, a crop of pimientos valued at about the same figure is being harvested at the present time. Garden Grove and environs produce all the dry chill grown in the United States at this time, and only knows competition in pimiento production with a small section in Georgia. About twelve years ago, due to revolutionary, upheavals in Northern Mexico, exports of dry chill into the United States gradually fell away, and the industry in Orange county, already about thirteen years old, took on impetus. It won the entire domestic market with a fine grade product, in demand from the condiment manufacturers all over the country. Except for a few years, when growers became too enthusiastic and overplanted, the activity has paid well, and manufacturers are "sold" on the Orange county product. Some of them when filled, these large sacks weigh around 235 pounds. The product is then warehoused or shipped. Often the pods are warehoused in bulk. There has been little work done by local or governmental agencies in establishing grades for dry chilis. It would seem that much good could be done along this line, especially in establishing a minimum moisture content for the pods. Some dryers have been known to process the chilis so that a maximum amount of moisture is left, thereby bringing a higher return for their product, but reducing quality and shipping standard. Fixing a minimum moisture content, with suitable enforcement, would safeguard the interest of dryers who are really trying to put out quality pods. The methods of drying chilis in Orange county are in sharp contrast with those of Mexico, where production for domestic use is heavy. Sometimes ago, an official from the Mexican Department of Agriculture visited the office of the writer, and some information on the methods in vogue down in Mexico was secured. It seems that the hillsides with a southern exposure are at a premium in these districts, for they are utilized in the drying of chilis. Large plots several hundred feet square are built up about six inches high, to drain well, then a layer of dry grass is laid down over the surface. On this grass, several layers of chilis, with dry grass or weeds are placed to "sweat" for several days, then they are taken up and spread over the bare hillside to dry. After a suitable length of time, they are graded and packed in containers made of palm leaves for shipment. Inclement weather often results in heavy losses; then, due to the crude manner in which the pods are dried, the moisture content is very hard to control and the product is often subjected to various treatments after it is taken from the hillsides to get it in proper texture for packing for shipment. Early in November, the writer visited the Orange county district and obtained some figures on production. These are interesting. The Mexican chill will produce an average of six tons to the acre green and dry down to about 1500 pounds to the acre. The prevailing price this year is 15 cents a pound, or an average return date that there will be on the subject. Although the subject the senate within a vein is not taken to mea-court will be debated it is finally disposed of agreed in all quarters will be extended, per volume that on the I and that a great mass other than those propof State Hughes, will be led on, looking toward court from the league American sovereign tradition. All sorts of polls on being taken but none curate and the final vote great deal on the matters proposed and meantime. ADVERTISING EXPENDS "Liberal use of advice tributed to make low has shortened by one-essary to attain the electrical development States," says W. H. H. the advertising department lesby Engineering a Corporation of Chicago "Collectively the thtry in the country, ther About twelve years ago, due to revolutionary upheavals in Northern Mexico, exports of dry chill into the United States gradually fell away, and the industry in Orange county, already about thirteen years old, took on impetus. It won the entire domestic market with a fine grade product, in demand from the condiment manufacturers all over the country. Except for a few years, when growers became too enthusiastic and overplanted, the activity has paid well, and manufacturers are "sold" on the Orange county product. Some of them have buyers in the field during the season; others contract ahead for their supply. Pepper growers in Orange county have five possible outlets for their crop, depending upon the varieties they grow, and just how they have contracted their crop. The Mexican chill, the short, dark green, oblong type, is the principal sort grown for drying. The California, or long green variety is also dried, but it is produced chiefly for canning green. Sometimes take fresh California chill is sold on the local market. Then there is the pimento, grown only for the cannery. In the foothill sections of Orange county, sweet bell peppers are produced for the early market. Chill drying started in Orange county over twenty-five years ago around Anaheim, but the increase in tree acreage has forced the activity to the lowlands between Garden Grove and the ocean. The first few years Chinese gardeners only planted the crop, and the chills were all sun-dried in strings, after the style of old California. About fifteen years ago the artificial dry house using natural gas for fuel came into use. In the development of artificial drying, a great deal is due to J. A. Knapp, grower, dealer and dryer of chilis in Garden Grove for a quarter of a century, the first American in the industry and the first to use the artificial dryer. He is now known as the "Chili King" of Garden Grove. Mr. Knapp says that at first buyers were prejudiced against artificially dried chilis but the growers and dryers, constantly striving to improve the quality of the pods, finally convinced them that the artificially dried product when handled right was as good or better than the "sun drys." The hot houses are built of redwood with double walls and a thick sheet of paper between. They are 22x34 feet in dimensions, and the "heat rooms" are seven feet high and built so that they can be closed tightly. Underneath the heat room is a pit or cellar, just about the same dimensions as the house, and five to seven feet deep. This is where the burners, a network of one and one-half pipe with cross-cuts every two inches for jets, are run. Heat is controlled by a faucet and a meter, together with air holes along the sides of the house, opening into the cellar for the fresh air, and a series of about fourteen ventilators in the roof. The fresh air passes down the air holes into the pit, and the hot, moist air passes off through the ventilators. These plants are really simple dehydrators. There has been some interest in commercial dehydrators in the district but so far no manufacturer or The Mexican chill will produce an average of six tons to the acre green and dry down to about 1500 pounds to the acre. The prevailing price this year is 15 cents a pound, or an average return of $225 per acre. The average cost of production is around $175 per acre. The 1925 crop is expected to move at good demand and return growers around $880,000 gross. The California chill is both canned and dried. About 75 per cent of the total crop goes to the canneries, and the last pickings are dried. Prices to be paid by canneries this year are fixed at around $30 per ton, while dry stock is to bring 15 to 16 cents a pound. Fancy Californias usually bring around one cent a pound higher than Mexican chills, but the demand for Californias is not very great. The average production of California chillis is four to five tons to the acre. Figuring on the basis of average yields and prices for both the canning and drying quota, the total return to growers will be around $150,000 gross. It is estimated that the canned output of California in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Long Beach plants will be 30,000 to 40,000 cases. The bulk of the crop is canned in Los Angeles. And now for pimentos. This crop is contracted for by canneries early in the season. Prices to growers this year are $40 per ton, mostly $40. The Georgia crop will be almost negligible this year, but local packers set their prices early in the spring of 1925 and will not benefit by the shortage, although the cost of production and plant operation in this industry merits higher returns. The 1925 pack is forecast at 60,000 to 75,000 cases, 100 cans to the case. On the basis of a 2000-acre planting, with an average yield of five tons to the acre, the pimento growers will receive a gross of about $400,000 for their crop. Summing up returns to the district for peppers grown for manufacturing purposes, we find that growers and dryers are to receive over $800,000 gross for their crops. Allough the growing of chilis and pimentos in Orange county has been crowded to the lowland by the expansion of the Valencia orange industry. growers are taking steps to make their industry a stable one through advanced cultural methods. On the Knapp place test plots are being maintained to secure disease resistant varieties. New methods of fertilization are being tried with success, and water use is being studied carefully. Mr. Knapp had several fertilizer test plots in his place this year, and also tried the planting of mellotus indica between rows just before picking time. The rows were not cultivated after the clover was planted but were irrigated, and as it was several inches high when picking started, it was not damaged by the trampling of These plants are really simple dehydrators. There has been some interest in commercial dehydrators in the district, but so far, no manufacturer or other agency has been able to convince the dryers that the popular types of dehydrators could be utilized to advantage all things considered. They are willing to be shown, but as one grower says, as to the quality of the product produced by the dehydrators tried out so far has not compared favorably with that from the dry houses, and with the investment in present equipment, a change would not be practicable. The chillis are picked in sacks (by Mexican labor, paid by the sack) and hauled to the hot towns, which are usually close to the larger fields. Some growers dry their own chillis, but the bulk of the crop is sold to dry house operators, who cure the pods and sell them to manufacturers or jobbers. At the dry house, the chillis are spread on trays, 2x7 feet in size, with bottoms made of chicken wire, then stacked in the heat rooms of the dry houses in tiers, offset so that the heat will penetrate evenly through them. A house will hold about 600 trays at a time. The drying process takes about a week—less if the peppers have been matured long on the plants. The first two days the temperature is kept at from 110 to 120 degrees, and the ventilators are left open. Most of the moisture in the pods is carried off at this time. Then for three or four days, the temperature is gradually increased to 135 and 140 degrees, with the vents closed. The rooms are never allowed to go above 140 degrees, for the higher temperatures result in off-color and flavor in pods. When the chillis are properly dried the and the pods graded as to quality, which means color, flavor, and general texture and appearance. It takes experienced men to grade chillis properly. WILL SEEK TO DIVORCE COURT FROM LEAGUE According to best informed opinion the forces in the United States which oppose the joining of the United States in a league court are preparing to put up a strenuous fight to divorce the World Court from the League of Nations. Senator Borah recently stated to a newspaper correspondent: "I am in favor of joining a world court that is separated from the league and I believe that public opinion throughout the nation strongly endorses such a separation." The indications are that the so-called irreconcilables on the league issue will make a strenuous campaign for divorcing the league and the court and that the principal fighting will be in this direction. Whether such proposed separation will be offered in the way of amendments or will come in the form of a brand new resolution remains to be seen but it is evident even at this early ANAHEIM GAZETTE date that there will be prolonged debate on the subject. Although the subject will come up in the senate within a very few days this is not taken to mean that the world court will be debated continuously until it is finally disposed of. It is generally agreed in all quarters that the debate will be extended, perhaps rwalling in volume that on the League of Nations and that a great many amendments, other than those proposed by Secretary of State Hughes, will be offered and voted on, looking toward separating the court from the league, and safeguarding American sovereignty and American tradition. All sorts of polls of the senate are being taken but none of them are accurate and the final vote will depend a great deal on the nature of the amendments proposed and adopted in the meantime. ADVERTISING REDUCES EXPENSE "Liberal use of advertising has contributed to make low rates possible and has shortened by one-half the time necessary to attain the present stage of electrical development in the United States," says W. H. Hodge, manager of the advertising department of the Blyleshy Engineering and Management Corporation of Chicago. "Collectively the third largest industry in the country, the utilities should be TIMETABLE A. T. & S. F. Ry. Coast Lines In effect November 29th, 1925 Trains to Los Angeles *No. 79 6:06 A.M. No. 71 11:57 A.M. No. 73 4:46 P.M. No. 75 8:58 P.M. Trains From Los Angeles No. 78 2:00 A.M. No. 72 9:55 A.M. No. 52 11:33 A.M. No. 74 3:15 P.M. No. 76 7:24 P.M. *Through sleepers to Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago. *Through sleepers to Denver, St Louis, Chicago and Grand Canyon connections. San Bernardino and River-side connection. large advertisers. It is estimated that they are spending today an amount equal to about one-half of 1 per cent of their gross revenue in this way. From 65 to 75 per cent of their total advertisements are in the newspapers. vertising dollar is spent for selling appliances and is charged to sale price of merchandise. One-third goes for sale of securities on customer-ownership plan and is an investment expense. One-third is used to build up service output and explain the business and its affairs and is chargeable to operating expenses. This last third is equivalent to about 4 mills on an average monthly bill for electric service and is so small it cannot possibly add to rates. "Advertising keeps down and reduces rates by creating market value which in turn permits the economies of mass production and lower distribution expense." ORDINANCE NUMBER 479 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING IT TO BE UNLAWFUL TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN POLES OR STRUCTURES FOR THE SUPPORT OR CARRIAGE OF ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH WIRES OR OTHER WIRES OR DEVICES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF TELEPHONIC OR TELEGRAPH MESSAGES OR OF ELECTRICITY OR ELECTRICAL ENERGY, OR POLES OR OTHER STRUCTURES FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE UPON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM; DECLARING ALL SUCH POLES AND STRUCTURES TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE; DECLARING IT TO BE UNLAWFUL TO OWN, HAVE OR MAINTAIN SUCH POLES OR STRUCTURES UPON SUCH PORTIONS OF SUCH PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF SUCH POLES AND STRUCTURES, AND PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDIANCE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: phone or telegraphic wires, or other wires or devices for the transmission of telephonic or telegraphic messages or of electricity or electric energy or poles or other structures for any other purpose upon the herelinafter designated portions of the following streets in said city, to wit: On East Center Street from the East property line of South Orange Street extended northerly across said East Center Street to the easterly property line of South Philadelphia Street extended northerly across said East Center Street; On West Center Street from the easterly property line of North Clementine Street extended Southerly across said West Center Street to the westerly line of North Palm Street extended southerly across said West Center Street. On North Los Angeles Street from the southerly property line of East Cypress Street extended westerly across said North Los Angeles Street to the center line of North Street. On South Los Angeles Street from the northerly property line of East Broadway Street extended westerly across said South Los Angeles Street to the present City Limits on South Los Angeles Street. SECTION 2: Any and all such poles and other structures for the support or carriage of electric, telephone or telegraph wires or devices for the transmission of telephonic or telegraphic messages or of electric energy or poles or other structures for any other purposes upon said portions of the herein designated streets, are hereby declared to be a public nuissance. Any and all persons, firms or corporations owning, having or maintaining any such poles or structures upon or along any of said portions of the herein designated streets, shall within ninety days after the time that this ordinance takes effect, remove such poles or structures from said streets. SECTION 3: All persons, firms or corporations owning, operating or in possession of any such poles or structures for the support or carriage of electric, telephone or telegraphic wires or for other wires or devices for the transmission of telephonic or telegraphic messages or of electricity or electrical energy, or poles, or other structures supporting or carrying wires or cables for any other purpose over, upon or along said portions of the herein designation devices for these purposes. An Anaheim adjoining construction for wires or电缆 purpose, in c.c.by said person owning, operating possession of telegraph wires or cables for any other purpose upon the herelinafter designated portions of the following streets in said city, to wit: On East Center Street from the East property line of South Orange Street extended northerly across said East Center Street to the easterly property line of South Philadelphia Street extended northerly across said East Center Street; On West Center Street from the easterly property line of North Clementine Street extended Southerly across said West Center Street to the present City Limits on South Los Angeles Street. SECTION 4: Other structure along any of herein designated days from an ordinance shared by the said City. SECTION 5: corporation vows all of this O'gallvy rule of a new jurisdiction thereof fine not exceed lars ($200,000). City Jail Of City. 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BUY HIS PRESENTS AT from the East Orange Street is said East early property on Street ex- from the east-north Clementine across said westerly line ended southern Street. from the East Cypress across said to the center rect from the East Broadway across street to the south Los An- shall such poles be support or phone or telegram or telegraphic mess- or poles or other purposes wherein design- declared to be all persons, having or structures said portions streets, shall, the time that remove such said streets. nams, firms or operating or in nales or structure of elec- nic wires or or the trans- telegraphic or electrical structures wires or cables over, upon or herein design- with devices for the transmission of telephone or telegraphic messages or of electricity or electrical energy, or for any other purpose, in conduits to be constructed by said persons, firms or corporations owning, operating, maintaining or in the possession of any such telephone or telegraph wires or other wires or devices for the transmission of telephone or telegraphic messages or of electricity or electrical energy, or for any such other purpose, which said conduits shall be constructed under the surface of said portions of said streets and shall be constructed, kept, operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 290 of the City of Anaheim, entitled, "An Ordinance of the City of Anaheim adopting specifications for the construction of underground conduits for wires or cables used in the transmission of telephone or telegraphic messages, or for the transmission of electricity or electric energy by means of wires or cables under, along or across any of the public streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, courts or places within the City of Anaheim," passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of said City of Anaheim on the 5th day of July A. D. 1915; and thereafter all such electric, telephone or telegraphic wires or other wires or devices for the transmission of telephone or telegraphic messages or of electricity or electrical energy or any such wires or cables for any other purpose through, over or along said portions of the herein designated streets, shall be operated and maintained with such conduits. SECTION 4: Any of such poles or other structures remaining upon or along any of the said portions of these herein designated streets, after ninety days from and after the time that this ordinance shall take effect shall be removed by the Superintendent of Streets of said City. SECTION 5: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail of said City not exceeding Ordinance shall for any reason, be held to be unconstitutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Board of Trustees of said City of Anaheim hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, phrases or clauses thereof should be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 7: The City Clerk of the City of Anaheim shall certify to the passage of the Ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the Anaheim Gazette, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in said City of Anaheim, and thirty days after its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force. The foregoing ordinance Number 479 is signed, approved and attested by me this 10th day of December A. D. 1925. PERRY W. MATHIS, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. (SEAL) Attest: EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF ANAHEIM I. Edward B. Merritt, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, held on the 27th day of November, 1925 and that the same was passed and adopted at a meeting of said Board of Trustees held on the 10th day of December 1925, by the following vote: AYES: MATHIS, MILLER, GRAF-TON, FRANZEN, STOCK. NOES: NONE. ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: NONE. And I further certify that the President of the Board of Trustees signed and approved said Ordinance on the 10th day of December 1925. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this the 10th day of December 1925. 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