anaheim-gazette 1926-02-18

Sherwood Invited To Answer Charge Cited to Appear Before Water Board on March 1 At the recent meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company directors, a motion by Annin, seconded by Hanson, was adopted, instructing the secretary to send the following notice to G. W. Sherwood: "You are hereby notified that on March 1, 1926, at 2 o'clock P.M., at its office at 303 East Center street, Anaheim, the board of directors of Anaheim Union Water company will hear and investigate the charge that on or about January 19 and January 23, 1926, you changed and opened a measuring gate of said company; took water from a canal or pipe line of said company without action or authorization of any sanjero appointed said time and place and offer any by said board. You may appear at evidence you desire concerning said matter." Superintendent's report for the month of January was read and, upon motion accepted and ordered filed. Ditch committee recommended as favorable to piping that portion of Tuf-free ditch that runs through Basten, Lemke and Mathis property on condition that the property owners furnish us with the necessary rights-of-way, agree to pay one-half of the cost of the installation and deposit their estimated one-half in the office before work is started. Upon motion by Hansen, seconded by Annin, this recommendation was accepted. Ditch committee granted more time for bringing in a report on the Dr. J. H. Lang ditch. Upon motion warrants ordered drawn in payment of the following demands: Pacific Telephone company, $73.70; Gibbs Lumber company, $81.55. Communication read from Dr. C. A. Neighbors, requesting this company to pipe the open cement ditch in front of the old Browning place on the Garden Grove road, and enclosing with his Telephone Service Past and Present (Continued from Page One) Scribers were so few in number that the company would not be justified in abolishing the tolls. He was assured the system would never grow in this city while hedged about with burdenome tolls, but if these were removed there would be an immediate and widespread growth. He replied that if a sufficient number of new phones were installed, his company might agree to a reduction from 25 cents to 15 cents, and thus the matter stood for a long time. Finally new subscribers came in, and as the tolls were all obnoxious to many subscribers in the northern part of the county as well as in Anaheim, a committee of citizens representing these sections proceeded to Los Angeles and succeeded in having the tolls cut to 15 cents. Mr. Chapman of Calherton was a member of the committee and, addressing the manager, said the tolls were unreasonable and burdensome and should be dispensed with; other citizens in the northern part of the county joined with Anaheim and the tolls were finally cut to 15 cents, and sometime thereafter were entirely removed. From the small beginning in the rear of the drug store, the company has expanded into large proportions, and during the year 1926 will spend nearly $300,000 in Anaheim on operation, maintenance and constructive work, according to Manager Beard. The amount to be spent for new construction work will total $159,460. Mr. Beard said. This will pay for the construction of the first unit of the new central office building, now under construction on North Lemon street, this city. Equipment in the new structure will represent an expenditure of $188,850 outside plant extensions within the city will cost $40,855, and miscellaneous equipment and building additions will cost approximately $9760. It is expected. There are more than 2000 subscribers in the city now, and Mr. Beard states that the calls now are 3000 a day greater than they were a year ago, while the tolls were 300 per day greater. Seventy stations were added the past year. Mr. Beard is arranging for an elaborate banquet to be held at the Elks cafe, at which prominent officers of the pering wires" become the daily life of the United States. The nearly 17,000,000 country as compared in all the rest of "and of its birth the population of 112,000 over 50,000,000 time done in in States, the greatest ous of all the nation grown with the most helped to make the m helped raise the star has made a neigh nient. How did it start? A young professor teaching the deaf perimenting on elec hope of helping th tunes to hear evolved an idea w humonic telegraph improve the telegraph principle proved to be a success this young invent under Graham Bell's Boston workshop from the little inst it a twanging musical instrument had a wire instrument in a new Bell's assistant. T was working. Wait a spring which we mechanism and th mitted electrically in the other room sound ever transi ed. Early in the next phone was invented of that year that sentence was trans And in the same Graham Bell's patent that has been valuable to manl at that time the eye of a world m ent. Not only been known but there tures, no type or co ments or lines or wireless. It is well in front fessor Bell rather his "speaking telentual exposition half a century agention until al visitors led by Do eternity in shame over the ghastly outraging of two American girls in a den of infamy in the border town. Suicide took all four members of the family out of the world. The two American girls were drugged in a Tia Juanna resort and were then subjected to unspeakable indignities. So fragrant and so horrible was the offense, the American department of state immediately took up the case and demanded summary action by the Mexican authorities. Governor Rodriguez of Southern California promises to act quickly and amicably. The mayor of Tia Juanna also promises a moral cleansing. The chief of police of that town is one of those charged with perpetrating the horrible crime against the American girls. It is high time that condition at Tia Juanna be abated. That resort has been a stench in the nostrils of decency for a long time. Many American girls have been lured to ruin there. The town is visited by great numbers of tourists and sightseers from the American side—also by many who are not just innocent sightseers—race track ramblers and others whose motives are far from innocent. It should be said that some American visitors are indiscreet. Some American women of respectability, once across the border, think it great fun to go "alumnizing" and, usually accompanied by American males, make the rounds of the resorts. No doubt this is misunderstood by some of the Mexicans connected with those places. They take these visits as being in apprehension of their resorts and the way they are conducted. This no doubt emboldens them. It is to be hoped that American authorities may insist that Mexican government officials clean up Tia Juanna and keep it clean, so that Americans may visit there in safety. The Union Pacific announced special round trip excursion fares for Washington's birthday, February 22, between all stations on its lines in California; Nevada and Utah, south of and including Salt Lake City. Tickets will be on sale February 20, 21 and 22, and limited to return February 24. Florida real estate men are now talking of buying advertising space in the Congressional Record. It won't pay. Equipment in the new structure will represent an expenditure of $108,850 outside plant extensions within the city will cost $40,855, and miscellaneous equipment and building additions will cost approximately $9760. It is expected. There are more than 2000 subscribers in the city now, and Mr. Beard states that the calls now are 3000 a day greater than they were a year ago, while the tolls were 300 per day greater. Seventy stations were added the past year. Mr. Beard is arranging for an elaborate banquet to be held at the Elks' cafe, at which prominent officers of the telephone company will be present, as well as original subscribers to the telephone service in this part of the county, who installed phones here away back in the eighties. Half a century ago this year the telephone was born. Surviving members of the generation that was just coming into its own in 1876 are uniting with the Bell system people in a nation-wide celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest gifts of America to the world. In Southern California pioneers in the upbuilding of the Southland are co-operating with telephone pioneers in plaining the celebration. Reminiscent of the time when transmitting sound electrically was interesting because of its mystery rather than its usefulness, archives which might lead to facts on the early days of the telephone are being searched for data that she past may be made to live again. Manager D. A. Beard of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company today announced that he is anxious to get in touch with all the original subscribers to telephone service who still live here. He wants to know all those who are familiar with the early days of telephone service. He wants to get as accurate a picture as possible of the first crude attempts to market that strange new product—the services of carrying spoken words by wire. Today with a continuous flow of transcontinental conversation and Americans using their telephones upwards of 50,000,000 times a day, it will be interesting to look back upon the time when the town switchboard was in a corner of a store or residence and a telephone number was an unknown thing. In no other country have the "whis- At that time there were a world event. Not only few known but those rights, no type or name, and no lines or wireless. It will help withenser Bell rather his "speaking teletenial exposition half a century ago attention until a guest visitors led by Doña Zafra, whoIndicates structurerofthedevention."MyGodperorcried.Lordoneoftheforetime.wasalsoamainAftercarefulservethetelephonerseeninAmerica. Thus begantheassuminglittlebridgescontinentallAmericanstomoreeachday. AstheindustryoftheBellsystemtogetherengineersniansinanewmakethetelephorerowbetterthanthepresentdadecontrastswiththeroftheinstrumentenghighstretchedonlyfroTodaytheorganthenameofthewandlongdistancewiremileageofandWatsonweretelephoreworkersarmyofemployeeshem—areenlistedblueandwhitebaldBellbuildings.Today UH BOY, A WASH'N TON — GREAT BIG BOUNCIN' BOY! MARY SAY SHE GWINE IM GAWGE — RECKON FROM TH'WAY LAH, THE GWINE GROW BE UH GINERAL OMPIN' — Over the Top Charlie Hoff is the world's champion pole vaulter. This "movie" caught him in the act of topping the bar at thirteen feet. Hoff is now in training at Dartmouth College preparing for his American debut. pering wires" become so important in the daily life of the people as in the United States. This year there are nearly 17,000,000 telephones in this country as compared to the 19,000,000 who use it over 50,000,000 times a day. It has done its part in making the United States the greatest and most prosperous of all the nations. It has not only grown with the nation, but it has helped raise the standard of living and made a neighborhood of a continent. How did it start? A young professor who specialized in teaching the deaf to talk had been experimenting on electrical devices in the hope of helping this class of unfortunates to hear. In his work, he evolved an idea which he called the "harmonic telegraph"—an attempt to improve the telegraph. The "harmonic telegraph" principle, by the way, never proved to be a success. One day, while this young inventor—who was Alexander Graham Bell—was tinkering in his Boston workshop, he heard coming from the little instrument before him a twangling musical note. The instrument had a wire connection to another instrument in a nearby room, where Bell's assistant, Thomas A. Watson, was working. Watson was pleasing at a spring which was a part of the mechanism and the sound was transmitted electrically to the instrument in the other room. This was the first sound ever transmitted by electricity. Early in the next year, 1876, the telephone was invented. It was in March of that year that an first connected sentence was transmitted by telephone. And in the same month Alexander Graham Bell's patent was granted—a patent that has been called the most valuable to mankind ever known. At that time the country was on the eve of a wonderful epoch of achievement. Not only was the telephone unknown, but there were no electric lights or automobiles; no motion pictures; no typewriters; no electric cars; and of course, no airplanes, submarines or wireless. It is well known now that when Professor Bell rather doubtfully exhibited his "speaking telephone" at the continental exposition at Philadelphia, just half a century ago, it attracted little attention until a group of distinguished visitors led by Dom Pedro, emperor of Spain, took known Bell as an in- and Telegraph company stock is held by 360,000 people. It has been as if Bell's casual sum-prophetic significance. "I want you" mons to young Watson had been given has been the summons of the public, and the American telephone worker has heard and answered—answered with the most widespread, most dependable, most economical telephone service in the world. This is shown by the fact that the United States with but 6 per cent of the world's population has 61 per cent of the world's telephones. Generous Rainfall Insures Prosperity (Continued from Page One) riding in another machine, narrowly escaped death from drowning while trying to keep her baby's head above water. Water came into the sedan as high as the top of the front seat and, when it threatened to trap the occupants of the car, Tom Forster. San Juan Capistrano youth, waded in and rescued the woman and child, transferring them to another machine further away which was on higher ground. The mother was as calm as though she had been riding along the highway. She never spoke a word and did not seem to realize the danger to herself and her child. Another woman, in another machine, also was transferred to a higher place from her car, a small touring car, when the water came up into the seat where she was sitting. This car later was carried away by the torrent. Seven houses were floating in the bay at Anaheim Landing at noon Saturday, the result of the storm which broke there in the morning. The bridge connecting Anaheim Landing and Seal Beach was reported about to collapse and all traffic through Seal Beach and Anaheim Landing has been halted by traffic officers, who are on duty on the state highway. Waves beating across the sand stretches have undermined the paving west of Seal Beach and Anaheim Landing, leaving the paving suspended in the air. One foot of sand covered the state highway just west of Seal Beach and the Pacific Electric tracks were washed away in several places. Transportation of passengers was made inland by Pacific Electric buses. FASCISM IS REACTION Charlie Hoff is the world's champion pole vaulter. This "movie" caught him in the act of topping the bar at thirteen feet. Hoff is now training at Dartmouth College preparing for his American debut. through pullman daily Via the famous LOS ANGELES LIMITED Lv. Los Angeles - 10:51 a.m. Ar. Salt Lake City - 12:25 p.m. Next Day Via the enjoyable CONTINENTAL LIMITED Lv. Los Angeles - 5:15 p.m. Ar. Salt Lake City - 7:10 p.m. Next Day Via the UTAH EXPRESS Both Standard and Tourist Sleeps Lv. Los Angeles - 11:00 p.m. Ar. Salt Lake City - 5:00 p.m. Care ready for occupancy at 9:00 p.m. and may be accepted in Salt Lake City until 8:00 a.m. The Quick, Dive and Enjoyable Way to Salt Lake City Also through sleeper daily to Chicago, St Louis Kansas City, Minneapolis, St Paul, Omaha, Denver, Butte and Salt Lake City. G. G. BEEBE, Agent, Union Pacific System, NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK FOR DELIQUENT ASSESSMENT At that time the country was on the eve of a world ful epoch of achievement. Not only was the telephone unknown, but there were no electric lights or automatic motion pictures, no typewriter, no electric cars and, of course, its airplanes, submarines or wireless. It is well known now that when Professor Bell system doubtfully exhibited his "speaking telephone" at the Continental exposition at Philadelphia, just half a century ago, it attracted little attention until a group of distinguished visitors led by Dom Pedro, emperor of Spain, who had known Bell as an instructor of the deaf, tried the new invention. "My God, it talks!" the emperor cried. Lord Kelvin of England, one of the foremost scientists of the time, was also a member of the party. After careful scrutiny, he pronounced the telephone the greatest thing he had seen in America. Thus began the career of the unassuming little telephone which now bridges continents and helps practically all Americans to work more and play more each day. As the industry grew, the laboratory of the Bell system has grown, bringing together engineers, scientists and technicians in a never-bearing study to make the telephone service of tomorrow better than that of today. The present day presents striking contrasts with the days of the invention of the instrument which has made neighbors of a nation. When Alexander Graham Bell sent the first sentence—"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"—over the wire, there were but two telephones in the world, a transmitter and a receiver. Today the Bell system lines connect more than 15,600-000 instruments. The line over those memorable words were spoken stretched only from room to room. Today the organization which bears the name of the great inventor owns and operates a vast number of local and long distance lines, with a total wire mileage of 44,500,000 miles. Bell and Watson were then the world's only telephone workers. Today a veritable army of employees—about 290,000 of them—are enlisted under the familiar blue and white banner that floats from Bell buildings. Then Bell had but two backers. Today, American Telephone FASCISM IS REACTION FROM COMMUNISM The United States will not tolerate the introduction of any European form of government into America and this is true of fascism as well as communism, says the National Republic, in its current issue, dealing with the reported plan to establish recreational centers among the Italian supporters of fascism in the United States. The editorial, under the caption "The Fascist Peril" says: "ItItalian fascism is a reaction from communism. Autocracy always treads on the heels of anarchy, and Mussolini was made dictator of Italy to rescue the country from the demoralization of bolshevism. While this dictatorship has resulted in the restoration of order, prosperity and efficiency in Italy, it has been accompanied by violence and rigid repression. The growth of Mussolini's power has practically paralyzed popular control of government, and the groundwork has been put in for a reaction to bolshevism which could easily be accomplished if Mussolli should die or be overthrown and the new "man of the hour" be a communist instead of a fascist. Americans have had no special concern in this situation while fascism confined itself to Italy. As in the case of bolshevism, however, a movement to extend fascism to other countries seems to be developing. A recently announced plan of fascist government is to establish recreational centers for Italians in the United States. Real Americans will not tolerate the introduction into the United States of any European form of absolute government out of harmony with American principles, whether that be bolshevism or fascism." NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK FOR DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT Office of the ANAHEIM EUCALYPTUS WATER COMPANY, R. R. 3, Anaheim, Orange County, California. NOTICE There is delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of assessment No. 20, levied the 11th day of January, 1926, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders as follows: No. Cert. Name— Holmes E. and Lillian Bradley ... 2 444 $6.00 Glenn S. Fry ... 1 419 3.00 E. R. Stillens ... 1 420 3.00 Lucy G. Forrester ... 1 431 3.00 Rose L. Paulding ... 10 246 30.00 Harry Fellinge ... 1 404 3.00 Mae Baxter ... ½ 451 1.50 E.B. Double ... 5 136 15.00 Carl Simmons ... 10 452 30.00 Oscar Dorn ... 5 392 15.00 Mrs. Carolline Lloyd ... 3 408 9.00 Tsumesuki Salki ... 10 368 30.00 I.J. & Kate Owens ... 1 425 3.00 And in accordance with law and order of the Board of Directors, made on the 11th day of January, 1926, so many shares of each parcel of said stock as may be necessary will be sold at the office of Anaheim Eucalyptus Water Company, at the pumping plant, R.R. 3, Anaheim, Orange County, California, on the 8th day of March, 1926, at the hour of 8 o'clock P.M., to pay delinquent assessment thereon, together with costs of advertising and expense of sale. Anaheim Eucalyptus Water Co., By M.E.BEEBE, Secretary. 2-18-3t WEST COAST CALIFORNIA FRIDAY "Clothes Make the Pirate" Big Comedy Sensation With Brilliant Cast AND FIVE BIG TIME ACTS VAUDEVILLE DOUBLE BILL SATURDAY NIGHT "Clothes Make the Pirate" AND "The Thundering Herd" SUN. MON. TUES. 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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Those complacent and self-satisfied Americans who believe there is nothing to the communist movement in America will do well to listen to the boast of John Stachel, secretary of the communist party in America, who declared the other day that communists spent almost a million dollars last year in propaganda aimed at the virtual establishment of a soviet government in the United States. He declared that the estimate made by anti-communists that $700,000 had been spent by the reds was entirely too low. This money was raised at public meetings and by private subscription and it was employed efficiently. Most of it went toward educating workers in Soviet doctrine to spread communism all over the country and to bring labor organizations into the ranks of the communists. While all this was being done very little money was expended by patriotic organizations to counteract communism or to teach greater respect for the American constitution. So far, the favorable balance is all on the side of the communists. Of course when the danger becomes imminent, patriotic Americans will rally to the front. But then it may be too late entirely to counteract the poison. It is always better to take this kind of a disease in time, but it is difficult to do, because of the inherent optimism of the average American. It will be remembered that a short time ago Greece rather unexpectedly to the outside world, went under the direction of a dictator. And strangely enough it is the dictator with whom Great Britain is making her political connections. Whether she had anything to do with putting him in charge of Greek affairs, for the purposes now being developed may never be known. Near east politics is pretty deep and difficult to fathom. But at any rate Italy "views with alarm" this bristling of the Greeks, fearing that it will affect Italian prestige in the near east; and France may not be exactly enamored of the idea. 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