anaheim-gazette 1926-05-13

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. A VIGILANTE INCIDENT IN THE story printed on the first page concerning the etymology of the name of Anaheim, the statement is made that many of the Pioneers were members of the Vigilance committee which cleaned up San Francisco of the forces of organized vice in the 50's. We believe this is the first published reference that has ever been made to that fact, but it is perfectly within our recollection that old-timers saw Casey and Cora hanging from Fort Gunnybags as the bells of Starr King's church toled for the funeral of James King of William, who was shot and fatally wounded by Cora. Organized criminals swept over the city like a plague. Courts and officers of the law were inactive; the county jail was filled with many murderers, and the Vigilantes organized and cleaned up the town. Many were hanged and many were ordered out of town and were told never to return. While engaged upon a metropolitan newspaper in the northern city, we came frequently in contact with Mr. Fredrick Schwatka, a brother of Lieutenant Schwatka of Arctic exploration fame, a brilliant journalist, and a courteous, upstanding and educated gentleman. He lived in San Francisco during the days of the Vigilantes, and for years occupied the responsible position of correspondent for the New York Herald. He told us this story: "I was walking home along Jackson street, near Stockton, one morning at daylight, after having worked the previous night, and I saw the cobblestones at the curb littered with $20 gold pieces. Bags of gold were strewn about, some of them opened, and many double eagles were scattered around. A gang of robbers had just blown the vaults of a bank a few blocks away the Milky Way are a mere jaunt of five million light-years farther and were being chased by the Vigilantes. The thieves dropped their loot in their precipitate flight." I suppose you filled your pockets with double eagles, we educated gentleman. He lived in San Francisco during the days of the Vigilantes, and for years occupied the responsible position of correspondent for the New York Herald. He told us this story: "I was walking home along Jackson street, near Stockton, one morning at daylight, after having worked the previous night, and I saw the cobblestones at the curb littered with $20 gold pieces. Bags of gold were strewn about, some of them opened, and many double eagles were scattered around. A gang of robbers had just blown the vaults of a bank a few blocks away the Milky Way are a mere jaunt of five million light-years farther and were being chased by the Vigilantes. The thieves dropped their loot in their precipitate flight." "I suppose you filled your pockets with double eagles, we observed. "No, not I," he responded, with a look as though he were sighting the lovely picture once again. "If the Vigilantes had found me taking any of that money, they might have strung me up! I knew them well, many of them, but I did not dare to pick up a single piece of that money." Mr. Schwatka continued his story, saying the Vigilantes had come upon the robbers, making very short shrift of them. THE DISTANT STARS DR. MARS BAUMGARDT, the eminent Los Angeles astronomer, tells us the distance to the stars is measured now by light-years, or the distance a ray of light will travel in one year, going at the speed of 185,000 miles a second. A ray of light would flash about the earth at the equator seven times in one second. It would reach the moon from the earth in a fraction over one second. Light comes from the sun to the earth in eight minutes; from Vega, the bright star overhead, in a year; from Sirius, which may be seen in the evening sky shortly after sunset, in eight and one-third years; from other stars overhead in from one hundred to one thousand years, and from the Milky Way in sixteen thousand five hundred light-years. The nearest nebulae beyond on. The Milky Way is the most distant object seen in the heavens. The ancients considered it the pathway to heaven. From north to south it is three hundred light-years in extent. Look up at this wonderful spectacle this evening. The light which you see started on its course hitherward more than ten thousand years before Abraham drove his flocks and herds from the fields of Ur to Caanan's happy land. Were the Milky Way to have been blotted out sixteen thousand years ago, its light would still be seen for five hundred years. Yet these distant nebulae beyond the Milky Way, so remote that it staggers the mind to grasp it, are comparatively as but the span of a man's hand removed from us compared to myriads of other suns and stars, more numerous than the sands of the sea, so far, far away in the infinity of space that it makes reckoning unintelligible and meaningless. Then one may begin the equation all over again. There are suns and stars beyond them for ought we know, and suns and stars again still further on. Astronomy is the most interesting of studies. Were the sun where the world is now, it would extend on all sides twice as far as the moon. Were Canopus, which may be seen in the southern skies after sunset overhead, as far away as Venus, it would cover the entire firmament. Millions of suns and stars and their systems sweep through space majestically, and over and above them all a guiding mind, from whose hand the centuries fall like grains of sand. THAT WATER AND POWER ACT NOTHER attempt will be made to put over the $500,000,000 Astronomy is the most interesting of studies. Were the sun where the world is now, it would extend on all sides twice as far as the moon. Were Canopus, which may be seen in the southern skies after sunset overhead, as far away as Venus, it would cover the entire firmament. Millions of suns and stars and their systems sweep through space majestically, and over and above them all a guiding mind, from whose hand the centuries fall like grains of sand. THAT WATER AND POWER ACT Another attempt will be made to put over the $500,000,000 water and power act so overwhelmingly defeated by the voters of California on two previous occasions. The water and power act initiative which its sponsors plan to place on the November ballot is now in the hands of the attorney-general's office for tilting. Although the wording of the act has not yet been compared with texts of the measures submitted before, it is understood that the present initiative is to be identical with that disapproved by the voters twice before. In 1922 the voters turned down the act which contemplated the issuance of $500,000,000 of bonds in the water and power scheme by a majority of more than 353,000. Two years later the vote against the proposal mounted to a figure approximating 432,000. It is understood that Rudolph Spreckels will again finance the campaign for the passage of the act. Franklin Hichborn, representing Spreckels, is one of the leading lights behind the act. Whether or not Hichborn will "tie in" the water and power act with the gubernatorial nomination campaign of Lieutenant-Governor C. C. Young and the senatorial endeavor of Judge Bob Clarke is a matter which is causing much speculation. Hichborn and his water and power act sponsors are also backers of Young and Clarke, and it is hinted that an effort will be made to hitch the measure to the campaign of the two mentioned above. Robert W. Harrison, chief deputy attorney-general, who handles the questions relative to election matters for the state, will pass upon the water and power act title. A mocking bird singing in the tree tops, whose liquid melody delighted the ear at all hours of the day and night is missing, having either migrated to other parts or fallen victim to the cats which infest the neighborhood. It is thought he and his mate had a nest in the tallest tree, and that his disappearance may be attributed to the predatory predaceous feline quadruped. We would not give that bird for all the yowling cats in town. And we miss his joyful song. Let us get together and free the city of these brutish pests. MAC MILLAN WILL DEMONSTRATE 'SCOTCH' GASOLINE In Spectacular Motor Car Stunt of Striking Characteristics Tomorrow, Saturday, in a spectacular motor car stunt of striking characteristics, the Macmillan Petroleum Products Company of Long Beach will endeavor to demonstrate just how stingy the company’s MacMillan “Scotch” gasoline really is. An economy run between Long Beach and the California Valencia Orange Show, now in progress at Anaheim, will be staged with a plaid-painted Star car powered with MacMillan gasoline. The start will be made at 1 o’clock from in front of the Long Beach city hall. Squire F. DuRoe, superintendent of public recreation, will act as official starter. On arrival of the car within the auto salon of the orange show at Anaheim, the car will be checked in by Mayor Perry Mathis of Anaheim. Accompanying the car as observers will be newspapermen. The car will be piloted by Miss Elta Thompson, professional Southland beauty contest winner and known as the "Clearlake Beach Peach." The Scottish flavor—emphasizing the thrifty motor mileage of MacMillan—will be lent by the fact that the car will be painted in the striking red and yellow plaid of the MacMillan clan. A Highland bugpiper will accompany the car, playing at the start and finish. Miss Thompson, the driver, will be dressed in nifty little kitties. Police of Long Beach and Orange county will act as an escort for the car, which is to be driven at legal speed in an effort to show exactly what auto owners may expect in the way of ordinary driving economy from MacMillan gasoline. Advantages of ‘Turnup Patch’ By W. C. MILLER Actual fighting in the World war has long ceased, but the settlement of prejudices and debts incurred by the war will go on for generations. The World war was the test of the power of certain nations. Nations were united as a unit to fight other nations. There is a conflict—that may be just starting—that if it continues will not involve one nation against another, but will affect civilization as a whole. There have been strikes before. Yes, but not of such importance. Conservative England has long been the balance hand of civilization. The supposed “higher class” has ruled with a master hand. Now the working men have urisen as a unit of mighty power that is rocking the English ship of state with such force that may mean destruction—destruction of the present government. If England was the only nation affected, we need not be concerned, but movement will spread. If this strike is settled, it will be only a time till the labor question will come up again. There must be an adjustment between labor and so-called capital. There will be a world-wide adjustment between the two some time, and that time may have arrived. A few years ago, Cook and Peary spent long weeks in the frozen northern wastes, undergoing hardships and tortures almost unbearable, covering distances of only a few miles each day; now we have Byrd comfortably sailing over the same ice fields in a few hours. There were weeks that we did not hear from Peary and Cook; now we have the log of the great dirigible Norge as it sails over the ice-locked north. Some changes to be wrought in such a short time. One good San Jose citizen is trying to pay his townspeople to become interested in civic affairs. He is going to give every one a dollar that can answer certain questions concerning the city. His plan may work for the time being but said citizen zeal would be... Advantages of Balloon Tires In Time Will Probably Replace Present Type of Tires The balloon tire was the logical step in the progress of tire development. It departed in many ways from what had been the standard practice in the tire industry, but it has proved a complete success. A great many motorists were sacrificing tire mileage for a small increase in riding comfort secured by under-inflation previous to the introduction of balloon tires. Hence there had been a potential demand for the balloon tire for some time. The advantage of balloon tires are well known. The chief one is greatly increased riding comfort. Increased traction due to the greater road contact of the balloon tire results in better braking and less skidding. The balloon tire's introduction into wider fields is a matter of only a short time. Already it is entering the realm of buses and rubber compound developments. It is impossible to foretell the immense possibilities of the balloon tire. In time it will probably replace the present type of tires. India balloon tires are giving much longer service than even the skilled workmen themselves expected. West Brothers inform us. They have these balloon tires on display now at the orange show. Stop at their exhibit and see this wonderful achievement in tire industry. Girls must wear tights when they play "Eve in the Garden of Eden" in New York. A young lady in that growing burg attempted to put on the garden scene a la natural. The authorities were of the opinion that tights were necessary to public safety, or something like that, so the little girl was arrested and made to wear tights thereafter. There are some mighty thin coverings for society's demands of the fit and unfit. This morning we are informed that England's strike is over, but the miners are still out. The difference of the miners and the mine owners will probably be settled for the time being, but the question will be ever present and liable to break out again next year or the next. The English are of the bull dog type and are not licked easily. The laborers have proven their power and will do so again. FOUR-FOURS CLUB Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McCord entertained the Four-Fours Club on Thursday evening at dinner at the Elk's Club, after which the members were entertained at whist at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Yungbluth, on West Broadway, where a delightful evening at whist was spent. Mrs. J. Wg Wallop won the ladies' prize and Ralph McFadden the men's. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McFadden will entertain the club at the meeting in June. SEE OUR EXHIBIT AT THE ORANGE SHOW SEE OUR EXHIBIT AT THE ORANGE SHOW Entertaining and Instructive ASK FOR FREE SOUVENIR WE WILL GIVE AWAY AN INDIA TIRE FREE Get Coupon At Our Exhibit West Bros. 112-116 West Chestnut Street Anaheim, Calif. 30-10 E. Third Santa Ana California All for Building grammar school, tuesday evening led to purchase in the northfor a grammar was adopted the purchasing defor school sites do not contemmediate future. used from Mrs. located on North 30-foot frontage on street, is 670 year-old orange is given as escrow. also taken on andar for Orange calendar as Orange county school officials, held recently in Orange, outlines school opening and closing dates and all school holidays of the year. According to this new plan, school will open this fall on September 13, and the following holidays will be observed: Armistice Day, November 11; Thanksgiving, November 25 and 26; Christmas and New Year's, December 20 to January 2; spring vacation, April 11 to 15, and Memorial Day, May 30. School will close for the year June 10 or later. The date for the closing of school this year was set as June 11. Discussion of the teaching staff for next year was also held at the meeting last night, Mr. Gauer reported. A beer war has been started in Vienna because the price has been raised from 10 to 11 cents a quart—which ought to make the bootleggers in America laugh out loud. Leaves Valuable Estate to Husband Mrs. Marith H. Norswing of Fullerton, who died March 27, left a $250,000 estate to her husband and business partner, Knute B. Norswing, according to his petition on file in superior court, asking probate of her will. The estate consists of her third interest in the partnership, Norswing and Norswing, which owns oil lands and other real estate in Orange and Los Angeles counties. The firm, consisting of husband and wife, was estimated to be worth $750,000. Norswing is named as sole legatee in his wife's will. They had no children. Her mother, aged 92, lives in Fullerton, and she has a brother in St. Paul, Minn. Attorneys Holcomb & Holcomb, Los Angeles, represent Norswing in the probate proceedings. everyone has an eye for style" Hart Schaffner & Marx Make Men's Clothes With That Idea LE is so much a matter of proportion, color relation, and line, that many people think they can't see it. But we know they do. They are finding better design in their houses, in their cars, in their books, in things they wear. For years Hart Schaffner & Marx have put style into their clothes. I've used the masters of design, color harmony and cloth weaving to there. You'll see it—in the clothes as well as the advertising. "By All Means Get a Fit." F. A. Yungbluth "The Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx" Anaheim MANHATTAN SHIRTS RSHEIM SHOES JANTZEN BATHING SUITS CHESS TROUSERS & KNICKERS PHOENIX HOSIERY STRAW HATS FOR THE HOT DAYS GOODNESS! THREE O'CLOCK AND EDWIN ISN'T HOME YET! I NEVER KNEW LODGE MEETINGS TO LAST THIS LONG! I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO.LATE! HOPE SHE DON'T WAKE UP! DARN THIS DOOR! IM GOING TO OIL IT TOMORROW! STRAW HATS FOR THE HOT DAYS GOODNESS! THREE O'CLOCK AND EDWIN ISN'T HOME YET! I NEVER KNEW LODGE MEETINGS TO LAST THIS LONG! I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO.LATE! HOPE SHE DON'T WAKE UP! DARN THIS DOOR! I'M GOING TO OIL IT TOMORROW! THERE HE COMES NOW, I'LL PRETEND I'M ASLEEP, I DON'T WANT TO TALK—HE'LL KEEP ME AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH AN ALIBI A MILE LONG! THAT'S WHAT I CALL SLICK WORK—NEVER WOCE HER UP AT ALL! I'M GETTING GOOD I AM! PAUL ROBINSON