anaheim-gazette 1926-06-10

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 Annheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. MR. YOUNG'S BUGLE BLAST LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR YOUNG of Berkeley, who is a candidate for governor of California, criticises Governor Richardson's announcement of his candidacy for re-election. Mr. Young has been campaigning in the southern counties, and loses no time in coming forward with his criticisms of the Governor's platform, which, it seems to us, is good enough for any man. Governor Richardson stands on his record, and goes before the people pledging himself to continue in the economical expenditure of public money and in his purpose of enforcing the laws. Mr. Young finds in the Governor's omission to mention specifically his support of the Boulder Canyon dam a flaw in his platform, and states that this is the most important topic now confronting the people of the state. We agree with him in his statement that the construction of a dam across the Colorado river is the greatest undertaking now before the people, but we disagree with him in his theory that the enterprise is political and are ready to oppose him on that ground during the primary campaign. The trouble with the Boulder Canyon dam is that too many aspirants for public office seek to make of it a tail to their political kite. This matter will be thoroughly well threshed out before the primary election in August. Governor Richardson omitted to mention the Boulder Canyon dam in his platform, we imagine, for the same reason that he omitted references to the sunshine and the glorious climate of California. There is not a man, woman or child in the state who does not favor the construction of a dam across the Colorado river at Boulder Canyon or some other available point, and for many years the people of the southern counties have been longing for the time when the waters of this magnificent stream should be brought upon the desert to transform that arid waste into blossoming and well producing plan- The trouble with the Boulder Canyon dam is that too many aspirants for public office seek to make of it a tail to their political kite. This matter will be thoroughly well threshed out before the primary election in August. Governor Richardson omitted to mention the Boulder Canyon dam in his platform, we imagine, for the same reason that he omitted references to the sunshine and the glorious climate of California. There is not a man, woman or child in the state who does not favor the construction of a dam across the Colorado river at Boulder Canyon or some other available point, and for many years the people of the southern counties have been longing for the time when the waters of this magnificent stream should be brought upon the desert to transform that arid waste into blossoming and well producing plantations. We believe that when the states comprising the river pact compose their differences and the enterprise shall finally come to be free of the political chicanery now besetting it, the dam will be constructed and the waters of the river brought hitherward for purposes of irrigation and for domestic uses. This water is essential to the continued growth of Southern California; development of hydro-electric energy is also of the greatest importance, and the protection of Imperial valley from overflow is not to be lost sight of. The enterprise is not only of the greatest importance to California, but to the entire nation as well. Not even the patriotic advice of the President was sufficient to divest it of political maneuvering, and the whole matter goes over to the next session of congress. We believe that if there had been an earnest effort to pass the river bill in this congress, it would now be in a fair way to be a fact accomplished, but for political reasons it has been bowled about, so that it might in future redound to the political aspirations of some men seeking office. The matter is not one of political significance in this campaign, nor has it been in any of the local campaigns in recent months. Mayor Cryer was not elected to office in Los Angeles because of his so-called advocacy of the Boulder Canyon dam, for Judge Bledsoe was just as heartily in favor of it as was the mayor. Cryer was elected because he was a Republican, running for office in an overwhelmingly Republican city. That is all there was to the Los Angeles election, and the statements of Cryer's adherents that his election was due to his advocacy of the dam is pure political buncombe. The truth of the matter is that candidates aspiring to office glibly declare their support of the Boulder Canyon dam, as molasses to catch flies. Mr. Lineberger of Long Beach is in this category. It seems to be the right thing to do at the moment to catch the unwary voter, but it will not work. Senator Johnson seems to regard the enterprise as his own pet measure, but the senator will have his day in court two years hence, when he will learn what the people have to say of him. He was a candidate for President two years ago, campaigning on the slogan of Colorado river development, and California voted against him overwhelmingly. In a national convention of 1100 delegates, he garnered a beggardly array of seven votes and retired from the contest without a ballot. However, this is another story. That Governor Richardson favors the construction of a dam across the Colorado river at Boulder Canyon or some other available point is known of all men. It could not be otherwise, for, as we say, the enterprise is favored by every man, woman and child in the state of California. Over and above the Governor's stand as a patriotic and courageous public official, over and above his stand for the economic expenditure of public money and the enforcement of the laws, over and above the fact that he has made a fearless public official in the performance of his duty—over and above these things is the fact that his defeat is sought at the hands of as corrupt a political machine as ever attempted That Governor Richardson favors the construction of a dam across the Colorado river at Boulder Canyon or some other available point is known of all men. It could not be otherwise, for, as we say, the enterprise is favored by every man, woman and child in the state of California. Over and above the Governor's stand as a patriotic and courageous public official, over and above his stand for the economic expenditure of public money and the enforcement of the laws, over and above the fact that he has made a fearless public official in the performance of his duty—over and above these things is the fact that his defeat is sought at the hands of as corrupt a political machine as ever attempted to do politics in this state. Men whom he has dismissed from office have joined in the hue and cry against him. He was for a time undecided whether or not to make another campaign. He would much prefer to have retired to private life, standing on his record of deeds accomplished, rather than get into the turmoil of politics again. For it seems to be the rule of politics in California that no man may aspire to public office without running the gauntlet of vituperation and abuse. It is only at the earnest solicitation of his many friends throughout the state that he has consented to go before the people for re-election. He has been true to himself and has not been false to any man. It will not do for Mr. Young to charge the Governor with being opposed to this great internal improvement. That is not so and no one knows it better than Mr. Young himself. If he has no better campaign material to offer, he might as well return to Berkeley and hang his harp on a willow tree. The non-partisan convention held at St. Ann's Inn, at Santa Ana, some evenings ago, is the only event of political interest so far transpiring in this campaign. County officials were for the most part endorsed without opposition, and while there are contests in two or three cases, it seems that the entire list of officials will go into office unopposed. Taxpayers seem to be entirely satisfied with the men on the job, and while work has been piling up on them owing to the great advancement made by the county, they are making good and could not be improved upon. Orange county is fortunate in having such an excellent lot of public officials. They are all entitled to the support of the voters. Senator Borah has been viewing the presidential ring, frivoling with his Pocatello sky-piece meanwhile. But no man who stands for recognizing the Russ Soviets need apprehend the American people will ever care to have him sloshing around bareheaded. Vice-President Dawes has been hearing bees buzzing down in Washington. And Dawes was always such a good man, too! ANAHEIM GAZETTE THE DAWN OF INDUSTRY ORANGE COUNTY PROSPERITY HARBOR PROFESSIONAL KITE FLYING There has been altogether too much politics hedging about construction of the Boulder canyon dam, and too many politicians are diligently using this great enterprise as a tail to their political kites. It is not too much to say there is not a voter in the southern counties of this state, nor is it believed in the state at large, who opposes this great engineering undertaking. On the contrary, we believe there is not a voter but who is now and for years has been an active and unceasing supporter of the project. What citizen would for a moment object to bringing the waters of this great stream upon the desert, transforming it into blossoming fields? Who does not see the necessity for bringing this water hitherward for irrigation and domestic purposes? Who does not understand that the millions of hydroelectric energy to be generated is essential to the continued development and prosperity of these southern counties? In a word, the enterprise is the greatest and most far reaching in its importance which ever confronted the people in any land, and not a single voter in the state opposes it. That the dam will ultimately be built, the desert reclaimed, and water be brought here for the use of the people is not to be doubted for a moment. What man, then, shall arise in his own conceit and say this dam shall not be constructed? Not one, not one. Therefore, why does Senator Johnson claim this enterprise as his own especial political device? Why does Mayor Cryer aver that his election was effected by his advocacy of the measure, when every voter in Los Angeles must favor the proposition? Why does Mr. Young come forward stressing his advocacy of the project, and intimating that Governor Richardson is opposed to it? Why does Mr. Lineberger hop into the ring, stoutly maintaining his advocacy and intimating that Senator Shortridge is not an advocate of this development? If California is doubling its population in this decade from 1920 to 1930, which we believe is true; if the state is to have 7,000,000 population in this latter year, there is not a citizen but who recognizes the fact that this water and this hydro-electric energy must be an integral part in this great development. Voters will not be deceived by these kite flyers. Mr. Young has no patent rights in the premises. Governor Richardson favors the Boulder canyon dam just as heartily as he. Mr. Young's smoke barrage will be blown away long before the August primary, and voters will go to the polls in the firm conviction that his pronouncement is merely frothing at the mouth and nothing more. That is all. The Boulder canyon dam is not a political issue, and no one understands this better than Senator Johnson. Mr. Young, Mayor Cryer, Mr. Lineberger, and all the other members of their political machine. Let the procession proceed. ACTIONS IN COURT Valuable property near this city is involved in two actions on file in superior court. Mr. and Mrs. George Barfoot appear as plaintiffs against Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Barfoot. One suit seeks to foreclose a mortgage of $10,700 against five acres north of this city. The other action involves an attempt to foreclose a $2100 mortgage against property in the same vicinity. Leonard Evans is counsel for plaintiffs. FLAG DAY June fourteenth is National Flag Day. The schools over the country will observe the occasion with appropriate exercises and it is to be hoped that there will be a more universal observance of the event than ever. Certainly the setting aside of one day to pay tribute to the American flag is appropriate. A flag in itself, of course, means nothing. It is only an object of veneration when it stands for something. The black flag and the red flag certainly do not belong in this category. But there is every reason why the thinking and patriotic American should pay a little tribute to his country on June 14, by displaying the colors of Old Glory. For the American flag stands for something. Designed as a standard to establish liberty on the American continent, it has always stood for law and order, for freedom and Justice. Under its starry folds we have grown from a struggling handful of colonies on the eastern seaboard to the most powerful and most prosperous nation on earth. And, strange to say, although we think of our country as a comparatively new one, yet our flag is the oldest on earth in point of continuous service. All other nations have changed the design and makeup of their standards since our emblem of the stars and stripes was adopted. Some nations are a great deal older than ours, but their flags are not, and nearly all of them have made radical changes in the form of their governments since the American Constitution was adopted. Therefore, when you honor Old Glory, remember that it is not only the most honorable, but the oldest flag on earth in point of continuous service. And don't forget to display the Stars and Stripes on Flag Day. The Purdys' by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS - ADTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE WAR-R-E-N-N! WE WAS PLAYIN' ONE OLE CAT WITH HIM THIS MORN ING-MISS PURDY! I WANT SOME THINGS FROM THE GROCERY-WILL YOU RUN DOWN FOR ME? YEAH- WELL GO! HERE'S THE MONEY! NOW GET ME A BAG OF PLOUR AND TWO QUARTS OF STRAW-BERRIESWHEN I GET IT BAKED ILL GIVE YOU EACH A BIG PIECE OF STRAW-BERRY SHORT CAKE! WEREN'T YOU CALLING ME MA MA? OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR MOVING WEST TOURISTS and homeseekers in every state throughout the East now are busily engaged in packing trunks and bags in preparation for the great travel rush to California. Reports from all railroad centers tell the same story of heavy train reservations, according to C. L. McFaul, assistant passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pacific. "While California will not entertain so many convention delegations this year as it did last year, all our eastern representatives report that individual travel will be heavier than in several years." Mr. McFaul stated. "This will result in a steady but heavy flow of travel from all sections of the East and through all of our gateways to California, beginning with the opening of the westbound summer tourist season. The strike situation in England also will act to divert still more travelers from Europe. In preparing for the heavy summer travel to and from California, the Southern Pacific this season also has been featuring a circle tour embracing visits to Mexico and Canada and through many states." GOT MORE HORSE SENSE A STATE official is on record as saying that the female of the species is not near so deadly as the male when it comes to driving automobiles. It is said that women motorists have fewer accidents to their credit than the men. The fair ones are naturally more cautious than men and make up for their lack of knowledge about motors by taking fewer chances. If they do not always give the correct hand signals, they really give some sort of a signal, which is more than many men do. It is on the cards that women are more careful at crossings and have more respect for dangerous curves: Report has it that the number of women drivers is increasing rapidly, and while their number now is about 15 per cent of the drivers, almost one-third of the new applications for new licenses are from women. SPARE ROD, SPOIL CHILD SPARE ROD, SPOIL CHILD THREE or four students in a northern state university, who were issuing a college paper, have been suspended and the publication has been put under different management. In a recent edition a leading article captioned, "In Defense of Necking," was printed and got into circulation before the big boss read it. The piece in the paper was said to have been unfit for publication. "Mooning in the Moonlight" and other ghost-like stories were highly interesting, but suppressed. GETTING A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY A HIGH official in Mexico has decided to try to modify bull fighting so as to remove its most objectionable feature, that of wholesale killing of worn-out horses by the bull. The official believes his attempt is likely to raise a discussion there somewhat similar to the introduction of prohibition here. The use of old, worn-out horses, which are blindfolded, is merely to let the bull get a little satisfaction out of the game by goring the defenseless horse before itself is killed. It is proposed to use horses that are more agile and trained to sidestep the bull and escape if possible. The horses will be good in dodging, just like the toreadors, and they will be fighters in the ring and not poor innocent, pitiful, helpless victims. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION STORY is printed in the paper, wherein it says a released convict made the startling statement that eight convicts confined in an honor camp of an eastern penitentiary made a night trip to a nearby town, in a state-owned automobile; robbed a bank of $18,000, and returned to camp with the plunder in time for breakfast, all unknown to the warden of the prison, who says he will investigate and try and find out if the naughty boys are really guilty. A deputy warden of the prison, recently slain, has been identified as an ex-convict, who no doubt met his death in that fascinating game of inside sport known as the double-cross. All of which makes the fellow up a tree wonder what is going to happen next in this cock-eyed world. SHUFFLING OFF MORTAL COIL THE State Department of Health, in a resport, says more persons were killed by falling earth in California last year than were killed by falling to earth in airplanes or balloon accidents. The casualties by the former totaled 37, while the latter places the number at 22, while the automobile killed 1488. KINDLES SPARK OF LIFE NUMBER of men and women who have been blighted with SHUFFLING OFF MORTAL COIL THE State Department of Health, in a resort, says more persons were killed by falling earth in California last year than were killed by falling to earth in airplanes or balloon accidents. The casualties by the former totaled 37, while the latter places the number at 22, while the automobile killed 1488. KINDLES SPARK OF LIFE A NUMBER of men and women who have been blighted with that scourge to humanity, consumption, have taken up their abode at Palm Springs. Their humble dwellings dot the desert landscape around the base of San Jacinto mountain. The dry atmosphere there is a panacea for those unfortunate people and, after a residence there for two or three years, it is reported people go away much benefitted in health, while some lay claim to have been cured of their bodily ills. EGGS ALL IN ONE BASKET A MAN who paid a visit to a Mexican town the other day, said the guide, when passing through the main street, pointed out a block, saying there were 84 saloons there. As there is only one block in the town, the moist parlors have it. SADDER BUT WISER MANY men and women are possessed of an inherent desire to take a chance at the gambling table. Thousands of dollars are staked on the green cloths in a Mexican town below the border, and usually it is scraped in by the pilot of the pasteboards. Much money is lost, and all the dupes have to 'show for their bankrolls' is the rubber. Slot machines also offer easy avenues for the passing of coins from the visitors' pockets to the sure-shot gambler's saving account. SAY, LISTEN, THERE'S MONEY IN THIS! A METHOD of preserving flowers in all their natural beauty has been discovered by a music teacher of San Bernardino. While the process has been developed only within the past six months, the teacher believes the blossoms treated will last indefinitely. Pansies dipped in the chemical ten days ago were as perfect as when first treated. The process does not toughen nor injure the petals, nor change the delicate tints. The teacher has tried a variety of blossoms and has had no failures.