anaheim-gazette 1926-03-18

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ..... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ..... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ..... $ .50 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. EDITORIAL NOTES THE NEXT CONGRESS WHILE it is to be expected that the fortunes of war at the coming congressional elections will turn so the Republicans may lose some seats, the Democratic claims of earlier in the season, that this was to be a great banner year for the party of the donkey, have quieted down. For the purpose of the campaign on the Republican side, there is to be a complete union, the national committee under William M. Butler who swung the Coolidge line in 1924, the senatorial committee under Senator Phipps, and the congressional committee under Congressman Woods of Indiana all working together for the common cause. As for the Democrats controlling the Senate, that thought has vanished. The Democrats must gain ten seats to control the Senate, and this they cannot do. Should they carry five possible states, they would have only 44 senators to 51 for the Republicans, a nominal Republican majority. The 28 states where no change is indicated include Massachusetts and New York, where the contests will be particularly hot. But should the party in these two unexpectedly win, it still would fall short of control. Should it gain two more, a total of nine, the Senate might be tied, and the vote of the vice-president, should the Farmer-Labor senator, Shipstead, go with the minority to make a tie, would overcome that and give the Republicans a majority of one. But when one goes that far, it would be just as if one should soberly speculate as to whether or not the moon is made of green cheese. COMPULSORY VOTING The Commonwealth of Australia, like the United States, has been bothered by the absentee voter, the citizen fully qualified the contests will be particularly hot. But should the party in these two unexpectedly win, it still would fall short of control. Should it gain two more, a total of nine, the Senate might be tied, and the vote of the vice-president, should the Farmer-Labor senator, Shipstead, go with the minority to make a tie, would overcome that and give the Republicans a majority of one. But when one goes that far, it would be just as if one should soberly speculate as to whether or not the moon is made of green cheese. COMPULSORY VOTING The Commonwealth of Australia, like the United States, has been bothered by the absentee voter, the citizen fully qualified who has ignored his opportunity. The average of eligibles who vote has been about the same in Australia as in the United States, but the fact that 40 per cent of the people refrained from attending the poles worried the Australians. At the last session of the Australian legislature, with very little discussion, a compulsory voting bill was passed imposing a penalty of $10 on those who failed to vote. At the last election 91 per cent of those enrolled exercised the franchise and the credit is given to the new law. In New York the Legislature League has unanimously endorsed a bill in the state legislature at Albany which also fines non-voters $10 each. WOMEN IN INDUSTRY The position of women in industry and in the professions is no longer a matter of conjecture or surmise, it is an actual achievement. In 1910 there were 478,000 women school teachers as against 121,000 men; in 1920 there were 639,000 women and less than 123,000 men. In 1910 there were 269,000 saleswomen and women clerks, against 938,000 men; in 1920 there were 531,-000 saleswomen, against 1,050,000 men. The men increased by something more than 10 per cent; the women nearly doubled. In clerical occupations, the proportion of women rose from 34.2 to 45.6 per cent; and in professional service, the proportion went up from 43.3 to 47.4 per cent. In the trades from 12.9 to 15.7 per cent. There has been, however, a decrease in the employment of women in domestic service from 67.1 to 64.2, and in manufacturing from 17.1 to 15.1, while in agricultural, forestry and animal husbandry from 14.3 to 9.9. When one contrasts these two sets of figures it becomes reasonably plain that Mary has come out of the kitchen. CRITICISING CONGRESS NOTWITHSTANDING the temptation to throw stones at Congress, to vocalize and editorialize that body as a whole and the individual members, the people of the United States have a pretty decent and respectable legislative assembly. We all probably talk more than we should, and write more than we should. There is hokum and buncomb in many of the solemn phrases under the dome. Indeed, the President of the United States not so long ago, perhaps a bit indiscreetly, but with some truth, sought to advise the people of the country that all is not gold which glitters, and that now and then there was a little politics in even the most elaborate oratorical product in Congress. But the fact is Congress is making good. When, for example, Republicans and Democrats are able to get together, as they did on the tax bill and enact such a measure, not as a political but as a patriotic act, and then stand in photographic attitudes behind the President while he signed it, it is clear that representative government still lives. The spirit with which for example the development of a great inland waterways system is being undertaken is another characteristic. The congressional attitude toward reclamation projects, the underlying sincerity of all the perhaps a bit indiscreetly, but with some truth, sought to advise the people of the country that all is not gold which glitters, and that now and then there was a little politics in even the most elaborate oratorical product in Congress. But the fact is Congress is making good. When, for example, Republicans and Democrats are able to get together, as they did on the tax bill and enact such a measure, not as a political but as a patriotic act, and then stand in photographic attitudes behind the President while he signed it, it is clear that representative government still lives. The spirit with which for example the development of a great inland waterways system is being undertaken is another characteristic. The congressional attitude toward reclamation projects, the underlying sincerity of all the agitation for farm relief, and all activities of this sort go a long way to dispose of even the most vitriolic adverse comments. The truth is that in the end Congress muddles through. THE SEQUOIA GIGANTEA IN AN address a few days ago before a College of the Pacific audience at Stockton, Major David T. Mason, forest engineer, told for the first time of experiments now under way looking to the reforestation of the Sierra with the Sequoia Gigantea, familiarly known as the "Big Trees." It is hoped that the experiments will prove the tree's adaptability for this purpose. The speaker pointed out that some excellent specimens are growing in the Capitol park at Sacramento; others are to be found at widely scattered locations at Mokelumne Hill and in Placer county, for instance, and three vigorous trees are flourishing even as far north-as Oregon. There is good reason to believe, therefore, that this propagation experiment will prove successful. Attempts might well be made to introduce these patriarchs of the forests in the foothills of Alameda county. They are not as graceful and beautiful as the Sequoia Sempervirens, but they are much more tenacious of life, those growing in our national parks being the oldest living things in the world today. The experiments being conducted will be watched with interest. "OLD IRONSIDES" FIR trees from the far Northwest, cut on Bainbridge island, in the state of Washington, will be used to remast the United States steamer Constitution, better known as "Old Ironsides," when she sets sail on her trip down the Atlantic coast for the Philadelphia sesquicentennial. The trees are the gift of the West Coast Lumberman's Association. There is a little fine sentimental thought in this, that the new Northwest makes this contribution to the colonial East. ANAHEIM GAZETTE FOR School Trustees FOR ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL TRUSTEE HENRY RAMM Member of the Magnolia Board of School Trustees FOR ANAHEIM SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE MISS E. KATE REA Member of the Anaheim Board of School Trustees These nominations are endorsed by the U. S. A. Club, and voters are urged to support them at the MISS E. KATE REA Member of the Anaheim Board of School Trustees These nominations are endorsed by the U. S. A. Club, and voters are urged to support them at the polls on Friday, March 26. Mr. Ramm is a member at present of the Magnolia Board of School Trustees, and has taken an active interest in school work during his membership of the board. The new Magnolia school building stands as a testimonial to his untiring energy and devotion to the Magnolia school district. He is strongly endorsed by Mr. S. D. Winters, retiring member of the high school board. Mr. Ramm is a farmer of the Magnolia district, and is in every way fitted for membership on the high school board. He is a member of the German Evangelical church of this city. Voters in this city and in the several school districts composing the high school district are urged to go to the polls and vote for his election. No better man can be found in the entire district for this important office. Miss E. Kate Rea, at present a member of the Anaheim Board of School Trustees, is a graduate of the University of California, and has a life diploma to teach in the schools of the state of California. She has taught in the schools of Anaheim and Santa Ana, and is in every way fitted to fill the duties of this important office. She is also a member of the Anaheim Public Library Board, and has given much time and attention to the details of this work. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. She is an ideal candidate for school trustee, and voters are urged to go to the polls and vote for her on election day. Go to the polls on Friday, March 26, and vote for Public Library Board, and has given much time and attention to the details of this work. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. She is an ideal candidate for school trustee, and voters are urged to go to the polls and vote for her on election day. Go to the polls on Friday, March 26, and vote for these candidates. The U. S. A. Club urges all voters to do their duty. Go to the polls and vote for these candidates—and take your friends and neighbors with you. HENRY RAMM for Anaheim Union High School Trustee. MISS E. KATE REA for Anaheim School District Trustee. These candidates are worthy of your support, and are in every way fitted to fulfill the duties of these important offices. Go to the polls and vote. Election Friday March 26, 1926 OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR FULL DINNER PAILS PEOPLE of Anaheim and Orange county should pay more attention to the raising of cotton, now one of the staple products raised in the Imperial valley. "Open textile factories in Anaheim, use the cotton raised in the neighboring county and ship the finished products to eastern markets through the new harbor at Long Beach," said a real booster here the other day. This man believes that Anaheim can be made the hub of commercial enterprises that would hum with activity if the citizens here would co-operate and put these payrolls on the commercial map. BRIGHT PROSPECTS ALL AROUND US RELIABLE reports say that the new electric railway moving up from San Diego is headed straight for Anaheim. The roadbed is already finished to La Jolla, and work is progressing from that point toward Balboa. It does not take a great stretch of the imagination to see this new line connecting this valley with the new harbor at Long Beach, which, when completed, together with the port at San Pedro, will afford shipping facilities unexcelled on the Pacific coast. Producers must know that cheaper transportation to eastern points is inevitable, and the new water route will be a boon to all commercial organizations seeking profitable markets. That Anaheim will be connected up with the new port by an electric railway is considered in well-informed circles as a certainty. HOISTING THE AVERAGE "GIVE your orange trees plenty of fertilizer, if you expect them to do their bit," said a well-known grower the other day. "I have in mind one man who puts on about $85 worth of fish meal and tankage to the acre every year. This seems high, but you should see his trees! And he gets it all back and more, too, through the increase in price for his fruit and the enlarged yield. I estimate this grower clears $1000 net an acre. Yes, it pays to fertilize," said the man, as he bit off the business end of another two-for-a-quarter. MAGIC WAND NOT NEEDED "GIVE your orange trees plenty of fertilizer, if you expect them to do their bit," said a well-known grower the other day. "I have in mind one man who puts on about $85 worth of fish meal and tankage to the acre every year. This seems high, but you should see his trees! And he gets it all back and more, too, through the increase in price for his fruit and the enlarged yield. I estimate this grower clears $1000 net an acre. Yes, it pays to fertilize," said the man, as he bit off the business end of another two-for-a-quarter. MAGIC WAND NOT NEEDED THE latent resources of Anaheim no doubt are many and only need the guiding hand of man working in unison to bring them to the surface. They are here awaiting the spirit of co-operation to burst into flame, figuratively speaking. Anaheim has many sites for factories, ample railway facilities and plenty of cheap fuel. A person sees daily in stores washing machines on display that are manufactured in the state of Iowa. No reason in the world why many of these household articles could not be made here. COME WEST, YOUNG MAN JUST why people should shiver and freeze, run into snowbanks, walk on ice-covered streets, while bitter cold winds are blowing, is past finding out, while out here in the West we have bright, sunny days, oranges and flowers. Many of the misguided people of the effete East, who have a little bankroll tucked away, could come here, invest their money wisely and live happy ever after. There is only one Southern California, and really only one Orange county, and to make the thing unanimous there is only one Anaheim—a fine place in which to live and grow up with the country. THOSE WHO DANCE PAY FIDDLER A MOVIE star with a winsome smile has just received a surprise package through a court decision, wherein she is cited to pay $200,000 damages to a married woman for the alleged alienation of her husband's affections. Quite often you see in the paper where popular screen stars receive large salaries, but in certain circles these amounts are said to be conversation collateral, and are not of the real working variety. Of course, if the star has been laying by a portion of her pay envelope for a rainy day, she may be able to weather the storm; but in high management circles nowadays by ukase an indiscreet silver sheet queen is parked on a sidetrack and is thus prevented from presenting her personalities. If this is the predicament of the screen beauty in question and she is short on cash, she may be able to enlist the services of the hero-husband and have him go fifty-fifty and pay ma the money; but should he turn a deaf ear to the proposition, the star may be stung with a cold winter staring her in the face, and there are no tickling risibilities connected with this case, either. GOOD OLD GEORGIA FORT VALLEY, the heart of the Georgia peach belt, is awaiting the time of bursting buds and blossoms to stage its annual spring festival. The clouds of pink and white bloom, reaching in many sections as far as the eye can see, frequently remain unshaken on the trees for more than a week. The festival will take place when the orchards are at their loveliest. The Creek Indians, middle Georgia aborigines, used to dance here against a background of pines, their thanks to the Great Spirit, giver of maize, health and good hunting. Nowadays, in GOOD OLD GEORGIA FORT VALLEY, the heart of the Georgia peach belt, is awaiting the time of bursting buds and blossoms to stage its annual spring festival. The clouds of pink and white bloom, reaching in many sections as far as the eye can see, frequently remain unshaken on the trees for more than a week. The festival will take place when the orchards are at their loveliest. The Creek Indians, middle Georgia aborigines, used to dance here against a background of pines, their thanks to the Great Spirit, giver of maize, health and good hunting. Nowadays, in similar annual rites, middle Georgia youth interprets the coming of spring, mild winds and peach bloom, the back-drop being a horizon-wide expanse of shell pink petals and fringy peach tree green. SHE HAS SPEED "The stenographer we require," ran the ad, "must be fast, absollately accurate, and must have human intelligence. If you are not a crackerjack, don't bother us." 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