anaheim-gazette 1926-01-14

Division of Water Rights is Discussed Chief of State Department Makes a Statement The cycle of dry years through which the state of California has been passing is stimulating public interest in all lines of effort which engage the attention of the division of water rights, state department of public works, according to statements of Edward Hyatt, Jr., chief of the division, in a summary of the activities of the department for the year 1925. The chief announces that fee collections during the year were the greatest in the history of the division. "A total of $34,230.45 was collected, compared with $24,675.17 in 1924," the report says. "While these collections are deposited in the state treasury and do not become available for the use of the division, it is interesting to note that the sum collected during the last year equals approximately 40 per cent of that appropriated to meet current expenses of the division in connection with its statutory functions." Commenting on rainfall conditions, Hyatt says in his summary that "out of a total of 12 typical California rainfall stations of the United States weather bureau, which have reported to date, only two, San Diego and Bakersfield, have had more than a normal precipitation, and of the remaining 10 stations, Sacramento reports the lowest percentage of normal rainfall, 37½ per cent, and Fresno reports the highest, 97 per cent. These conditions have created an increasing demand for an accurate determination of the water rights on various streams and distribution of water by stage agency to the several claimants, in accordance with their adjudicated rights." The number of applications awaiting action has been reduced from 890 pending cases to 746, the lowest number awaiting action since 1920. During the year, 465 applications to appropriate water were received. During the same period, 411 cases on file were approved and 198 cancelled. Since the office was and Fresno reports the highest, 97 per cent. These conditions have created an increasing demand for an accurate determination of the water rights on various streams and distribution of water by stage agency to the several claimants, in accordance with their adjudicated rights." The number of applications awaiting action has been reduced from 890 pending cases to 746, the lowest number awaiting action since 1920. During the year, 465 applications to appropriate water were received. During the same period, 411 cases on file were approved and 198 cancelled. Since the office was established, in 1915, 4857 applications have been received, of which 2339 have been approved, 1772 have been cancelled, leaving 746 applications pending. During the year, the division held 50 formal hearings, involving action upon 132 separate protested applications. Touching upon adjustments made by the division, the chief says: "More than 600,000 acres of land in Fresno and Kings counties are irrigated from the Kings river, by means of about 30 diversion canals. For 50 years there has been dissension and litigation between the various ditches when the subject was referred to the division in 1922 for the preparation and operation of a schedule of diversions. Such a schedule was prepared and C. L. Kaupke appointed watermaster, and since then the water available has been distributed by Kaupke in accordance with the schedule. Litigation has ceased and each ditch has actually received its agreed upon share of the water. In 1925 a difference of opinion arose among the Kings county canals, but after a thorough investigation into its causes and a hearing in Hanford December 1, the points of conflict were adjusted and the operation of the schedule for 1926 assured. "Although the water of the San Gabriel river, in Los Angeles county, is small compared to other streams in California, it is one of the most important rivers and presents at the present time the most baffling technical and legal problems before the division. "A searching hydraulic investigation of the whole San Gabriel drainage area was started by the division in 1923 and has progressed two years, but, due to the excessive dryness of these two years, it has not yet been possible to secure needed data as to flow, absorption into the groundwater, etc., and the study therefore must be continued. The cost of the work has been advanced by local interests, the county of Los Angeles being the main contributor. The county plans to build on the San Gabriel a great reservoir for both flood control and conservation purposes, costing $25,000,000, and the hydraulic investigation is necessary in this connection as well as for the division to act upon the many pending applications for water." CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE CRUDE RUBBER MONOPOLY Automobile users all over t he country are interested in the fight that Secretary Hoover has inaugurated to decrease the price of rubber to American consumers. Secretary Hoover some time Mrs. Kahn Opposes Present Dry Law Youth of Nation Being Ruined by It, She Declares America's oncoming generation will be a "race of confirmed drunkards" unless congress liberalizes the Volstead prohibition enforcement law. Mrs. Florence Kahn, California Republican congresswoman, declared in an interview with the United Press. Only the legalizing of beer and light wines will remedy conditions and pull America's youth from its floundering in poisonous alcohol. Mrs. Kahn said. "The real menace of the youth today," Mrs. Kahn declared, "is the hip pocket flask. Prohibition has caused it and it is not the cure for it. By permitting the sale of beer and wines, we will soon find the condition of the youth on a much higher plane. "Take away the inhibition," she continued, "and you will find that the youths will stop drinking." More than 90 per cent of the young folk carry flasks and drink because they think it is "smart," Mrs. Kahn believes. They all do it in a braggadocio way. If the condition continues, nobody can say where the oncoming generation will wind up, she said. Modification of the dry law, Mrs. Kahn believes, would cause a speedy return to the pre-prohibition days, when a "drink wasn't a treat," and without the saloon. There would be no hip pocket flasks or drinking at parties," she said. In the days before prohibition, when champagne was served at parties, the ladies seldom drank it. They would usually give their glasses, and you only got one glass in those days, to their male escorts. A boy who became drunk at a party was never invited again. If we amend the law, we will go back to those days. Drinking by young people increases every day, Mrs. Kahn said. Children of rich parents are able to fare a little better than poor children, "because they can buy better grades." But nobody knows what's in the stuff that is sold today. The only way to improve the youth, the backbone of the nation, is to permit beer and wine to be sold." NIAGARA IN UOLITICS The great problem involved in the proposition of public ownership of in-prises, and for lack of for such action on tha Canadian situation an excuse, in spite o private power compartmented render be more of it than the C will ever furnish. InIVATE plants on the Pollions of dollars in taxof government, whi would escape, therehoad to the general Mavor shows tha political ownership o sound government an independent free thive people. He says. "The Ontario govem a vital error in per originally designed ing, inspecting and ment of the governmen itself into a monopolize legislate itself outside conduct itself in so that it has become in a democratic counse. The book contains documents, letters, substantially his cario Hydro system that he believes goe to be a dangerous lacey. Undoubtedly,a storm of invective only against himself person or publicationthe socialistic theory ship of industry.The tension of goverm private industry ww friends of the hydrof Big Business an people." A perusal of "Niagara be pretty sure to reader to the fact political ownership in their effect upon limit individual right. EUROPE'S The National Recommendation with the statement Cordell Hull to tho not collect what Ecause of our protect out that European now than before on tha national chairman's tional Republic saye. Representative Oued a statement re reason we are unalthe debts owing tha European nations, does not accord thie CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE CRUDE RUBBER MONOPOLY Automobile users all over the country are interested in the fight that Secretary Hoover has inaugurated to decrease the price of rubber to American consumers. Secretary Hoover some time ago called attention to the fact that America might easily retaliate against the rubber and coffee trusts of foreign nations. The latest move is the introduction by Representative Tillson of Connecticut, of a resolution calling for an investigation to determine the facts concerning the alleged manipulation of the rubber prices by the British Colonial Government. Mr. Tillson's resolution has the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and the former stated that when the rubber investigation got under way he would ask the committee to call in Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and others having knowledge of what the British rubber trust is doing to American industry. The preamble of the resolution recites that rubber products are becoming daily a necessity in the lives of the people and charges that the price of the product supplied to this country is artificially controlled and the price dictated by a monopoly. According to Mr. Tillson the United States consumes about seventy percent of the rubber consumed in the world, a large part of it being used for automobile tires. He declared further that seventy percent of the crude rubber production is controlled by Great Britain and that by limiting the supply and restricting the exports the price has been fixed at a point where the American industries who use crude rubber are paying about three-quarters of a billion dollars more per year, than would be the case if the price were not artificially manipulated. A Russian poet tells his friends in Moscow that Americans are dollar mad. And the Europeans seem to be mad because they can't get all of our dollars. Drinking by young people increases every day, Mrs. Kahn said. Children of rich parents are able to fare a little better than poor children, "because they can buy better grades." "But nobody knows what's in the stuff that is sold today. The only way to improve the youth, the backbone of the nation, is to permit beer and wine to be sold." "NIAGARA IN UOLITICS" The great problem involved in the proposition of public ownership of industry is not the injury which government competition does to private business but the harm it does to government itself. Government competition may kill certain private industries, but the loss to the stockholders and owners of those industries is as nothing compared to the loss in freedom of action and initiative suffered by citizens who are forced out of business and whose opportunity for re-entering a given line of business is removed by the government going into business instead of confining itself to purely governmental functions intended to give all persons an equal right to carry on legitimate enterprises. A very interesting book just published by James Mavor, emeritus professor of political economy in the University of Toronto, entitled "Niagara in Politics," treats of the effect of politically controlled business, upon government. This vital point is too often lost sight of. Its effect upon government is of the greatest importance, because there can be no successful private industry without sound government and the tendency of political ownership of industry is to undermine government, and destroy very foundation which guarantees the right to private property and the opportunity for the individual to follow his own inclination in business pursuits. While Professor Mavor's book deals with conditions in Canada, it is of supreme importance in the United States because the Ontario Hydro-electric experiment is constantly cited by advocates of public ownership as a main argument for establishing similar public ownership enterprises in this country. Several campaigns have been carried on in Washington, Oregon and California for the establishment of gigantic publicly owned electric development enterprises. The National Recommendation with the statement Cordell Hull to the cause of our protection out that European now than before commented on on national chairman's national Republic says "Representative Oursaid a statement we are unaware of the debts owing to European nations, does not accord them larger share of this seems a rather especially in view of pean imports to the larger today than World War, when a Representative Hull with framing, was York World, in support of Representative Hull in the last fiscal year War Italy exported $65,500,000 worth of bought from us whereas during this lan imports to the almost $80,000,000 ports to Italy were figures seem to proof American custom which has increased percent over pre-war Italian purchasing American market percent. If under Italy is able to meet purchases in the U does not seem to be gument that she saw Italy's ability to meet for the favorable bargain foreign dealings, those who believe befallanthe United international transaction on the profit side offset the vast amount in European travel, senger charges by and in immigrants' rope." "Can a man tell him?" "Sure but she is..." ANAHEIM GAZETTE A New York international preacher says we ought to display a real Christmas spirit toward Europe this winter. And, of course, he wants Uncle Sain to be the big Santa Claus. Lawyer (helping pedestrian up): "Come with me, my man. You can get damages." Pedestrian (groggy): "H'vens, man, I got all the damages I want... Get me some repairs." 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. 78 ... 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. 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Incidentally the private plants on the Pacific coast pay millions of dollars in taxes for the support of government, which public plants would escape, thereby transferring the load to the general taxpayer. Professor Mayor shows the disintegrating effect political ownership of industry has on sound government and the morale of an independent, free thinking and aggressive people. He says: "The Ontario government committed a vital error in permitting what was originally designed to be an investigating, inspecting and controlling department of the government, to transform itself into a monopolistic enterprise, to legislate itself outside the law and to conduct itself in so arbitrary a manner that it has become wholly out of place in a democratic country." The book contains 243 pages of official documents, letters, text and comment substantiating his comment on the Ontario Hydro system. He says openly that he believes government operation to be a dangerous and destructive fallacy. Undoubtedly, his book arouse a storm of invective and criticism, not only against himself but against any person or publication disagreeing with the socialistic theory of political ownership of industry. Those who fight the extension of government ownership of private industry will be classed by friends of the hydro system as the "tools of Big Business and enemies of the people." A perusal of "Niagara in Politics" will be pretty sure to open the eyes of the reader to the fact that the results of political ownership are most dangerous in their effect upon the government, and limit individual rights and activity. EUROPE'S EXPORTS The National Republic takes issue with the statement of Congressman Cordell Hull to the effect that we cannot collect what Europe owes us because of our protective tariff and points out that European imports are greater now than before the World War. In commenting on the former Democratic national chairman's statement the National Republic says: "Representative Cordell Hull has issued a statement declaring that the reason we are unable to collect in full the debts owing the United States by European nations, is that our tariff law does not accord the foreign producer a The National Republic takes issue with the statement of Congressman Cordell Hull to the effect that we cannot collect what Europe owes us because of our protective tariff and points out that European imports are greater now than before the World War. In commenting on the former Democratic national chairman's statement the National Republic says: "Representative Cordell Hull has issued a statement declaring that the reason we are unable to collect in full the debts owing the United States by European nations, is that our tariff law does not accord the foreign producer a larger share of the American market. This seems a rather far-fetched theory, especially in view of the fact that European imports to the United States are larger today than they were before the World War, when a lower tariff which Representative Hull had much to do with framing, was in effect. The New York World, in supporting this position of Representative Hull, complains that in the last fiscal year before the World War Italy exported to the United States $58,500,000 worth of merchandise and bought from us $74,235,000 worth, whereas during the last fiscal year Italian imports to the United States were almost $80,000,000 while American exports to Italy were $175,300,000. These figures seem to prove neither a decline of American custom for Italian goods, which has increased more than forty percent over pre-war figures, nor a lack of Italian purchasing power, since in the American market this has increased 230 percent. If under the existing tariff law Italy is able to more than double her purchases in the United States, there does not seem to be much left of the argument that the same law has destroyed Italy's ability to meet debt payments. As for the favorable balance of trade in our foreign dealings, this will frighten only those who believe that a calamity has befallent the United States when our international transactions make a showing on the profit side of the ledger to offset the vast amount Americans spend in European travel, for freight and passenger charges by European shipping and in immigrants' remittances to Europe." "Can a man tell when a woman loves him?" "Sure but she is liable to get mad." FITTING SLEEVE PATTERNS The points marked A, B, C and D on the sketch should be noticed first in filling. If, when the elbow is bent, the sleeve seems to pull from the shoulder, a section should be added at the top as shown at D. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed proposals or bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, at the office of the City Clerk of the said city on or before Thursday the 14th day of January, 1926, at eight o'clock P.M. for furnishing of one adding machine to the City of Anaheim in accordance with specifications thereof adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim by resolution on the 29th day of December 1925, which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim and which are hereby referred to and made a part of this notice. Price quoted in bids must be for said adding machine delivered in the City of Anaheim, California. Each proposal or bid must be accompanied by a check certified by a responsible bank, for not less than ten percent of said bid; which check shall be made payable to said City of Anaheim and same shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages. 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