anaheim-gazette 1926-06-17

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS 1.25 THREE MONTHS .75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. CHANGES IN THE WEATHER That the weather in the southern counties has changed in at least one important aspect, is perfectly well known to residents of the valley. When the site for the colony was originally purchased, selection was made not only because of the richness of the soil, but because colonists found here the most equable and temperate climate they had ever seen. At a later date men who had traveled in the southern countries of Europe, looking for a place of residence, came to this valley and declared they found here superior climatic advantages in every way. While days were uniformly pleasant for the better part of the year, windstorms arising in the desert blew to the ocean for two or three days at a time. Yet even in the Riviera, at Mentone and at other points in southern Europe harsher winds prevailed, and winters were characterized by greater cold than prevailed here in Southern California. An agreeable change is seen in the cessation of these desert winds, due to the development in the sections to the east of us, and while we have an occasional blow to be sure, the harshness of the storms and their continued repetition in some seasons of the year have to a large extent passed away. Students of meteorology are convinced that turning the waters of the Colorado river on the desert, reclaiming vast areas of arid lands and transforming the sand dunes into blossoming plantations and fertile fields will have the effect of entirely subduing the desert windstorms. They hold also that this transformation will have a marked influence upon the rainfall. When the desert shall come ultimately to be reclaimed, what a Paradise upon earth we shall be living in here in Southern California. The constantly increasing population of the southern counties will have need for water from the Colorado for irrigation and domestic purposes. Development of hydro-electric energy will also form an important factor in our prosperity, and the safeguarding of the Imperial valley from overflow is also an item worthy of all Students of meteorology are convinced that turning the waters of the Colorado river on the desert, reclaiming vast areas of arid lands and transforming the sand dunes into blossoming plantations and fertile fields will have the effect of entirely subduing the desert windstorms. They hold also that this transformation will have a marked influence upon the rainfall. When the desert shall come ultimately to be reclaimed, what a Paradise upon earth we shall be living in here in Southern California. The constantly increasing population of the southern counties will have need for water from the Colorado for irrigation and domestic purposes. Development of hydro-electric energy will also form an important factor in our prosperity, and the safeguarding of the Imperial valley from overflow is also an item worthy of all consideration. What voter in Southern California, or in fact in the entire state as well, could for a moment place himself in opposition to this glorious prospect? What manner of candidate for public office is he who shall arise in his own conceit and declare that in his advocacy of this magnificent development he has patent rights in the premises, and that his opponents stand arrayed in opposition to this progress? Governor Richardson stands four-square in his advocacy of constructing a dam across the Colorado river and the manifold blessings to follow on the heels of this enterprise. He knows these southern counties better than any candidate now before the people, having lived in Southern California for many years. He has been an advocate of the utilization of the waters of the river from the beginning, and is heartily in favor of an immediate beginning of this great engineering enterprise. He is opposed by a political ring, individual members of which he has dismissed from office in the stern performance of his duties as a fearless public official. These men are barking at his heels, but he has defeated them before and he will defeat them again. We commend him to the endorsement of the voters of Orange county. THE GOVERNOR'S SURPLUS The state of California has at present a surplus in the treasury of $10,000,000. This surplus has materialized during the past three years, which have been entirely Richardson administration years. The thing is, of course, unprecedented. California never had such a surplus before. Nor, on the other hand, has California had a governor before who talked economy and meant it. This surplus, it may be recalled, has been amassed in the face of one of the most critical periods of California history. The hoof and mouth epidemic placed the state under an unprecedented financial strain. The growth of the state's institutions, due to the growth of the population, has been regular and uninterrupted. The business of the state, in spite of unusual stresses, has been carried forward without injury. The surplus is growing. The surplus signifies that the state is under a business administration which believes in and enforces economy. Governor Richardson has announced his candidacy for reelection. His campaign, he declares, will be based on economy. The issue will be economy and business in the management of the state. He will stand upon his record. The record is sound upon the question of economy and business in government. If the people want that kind of government, he will give it to them. The surplus of $10,000,000 in the state treasury is the pledge of his performance. REDUCING TAXES THINKING people will be inclined to agree with President Coolidge that it is decidedly too early now to talk about another tax reduction in the near future. It is true that there will be a REDUCING TAXES THINKING people will be inclined to agree with President Coolidge that it is decidedly too early now to talk about another tax reduction in the near future. It is true that there will be a surplus instead of a deficit at the end of the present fiscal year, and that this is a pleasant surprise to most of us. The country is undoubtedly prosperous now. But there is no assurance that there will be a surplus at the end of the next fiscal year. If the surplus then continues and grows, there will be time enough to consider what we ought to do about it. And there are many who think that the best way to ease the burdens of the taxpayers is to continue to pay off our giant war debt as rapidly as possible. The United States now has the least burdensome tax of the countries which took part in the great war. This does not mean that we ought to quit reducing federal taxes, but it does signify that there is no longer a tax crisis and that any further reductions ought to be considered very carefully. Sound economics and not politics should be the inspiration in the future, just as the administration has been guided by such a standard in the past. Nobody will seriously maintain that any further reduction in federal taxes will aid the farmer, who needs more than anyone else to be aided just now. He has already been relieved of his income tax burdens. By all means let us reduce the taxes further when practicable, but let us approach the subject with caution, as the President suggests. Incidentally, it may be suggested that any tax reduction ammunition we have left ought to be used on our state and local taxes. There is where the most good can be done. Meanwhile, how does Mr. Young stand on the subject of these Santa Ana winds, these San Bernardino northers, these Riverside zephyrs? Having failed to mention his opposition to them in his bugle blast for office, are we to assume that he is not forinst them? Speak up, Mr. Young, and tell us where you're at. Are you for the winds, or agin 'em? Judge Goodcell seems to have run his car into a dugout for motor trouble. French and German industrialists have just met and agreed on a program of co-operation which doubtless means more work for our protective tariff. ANAHEIM GAZETTE WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING? By A. B. CHAPIN PROHIBITION QUESTION Golden State Ships Third of Perishables California's Remarkable Record in Fruit Shipments California ships practically one-third of the perishables of the United States. This announcement was made by Charles E. Virden, general chairman of the Pacific coast transportation advisory board, coincident with calling a meeting of the organization at Sacramento, Friday, June 18; more than 400 shippers, producers and railroad representatives are expected to attend. According to Virden, 235,000 carloads of perishables, which is more than 30 per cent of the perishable carloadings of the United States, were shipped from California in 1925. A substantial increase in this loading is expected for 1926. The first four months of the year showed a 30 per cent increase, but Virden states that this percentage, which is due to heavy citrus shipments, will not hold throughout the year as the increase in other commodities is expected to be less, bringing the final figure down to about 10 per cent. Reports from 40 commodity committees, encompassing every phase of California's production, will be rendered at the Sacramento meeting. These reports, it is stated, will give car requirements for the following three months' period, which may be considered an accurate barometer of the trend of business. One of the most important reports will be given by a committee of 21 appointed at the last meeting of the board to formulate a plan for effective marketing the great volume of grapes produced in California. Last year it took more than 70,000 carloads to carry California grapes to market, presenting a tremendous traffic problem. The committee is composed of three distinct groups, with B. A. Towne of Lodi chairman of the growers' group; J. L. Nagel of Sacramento, chairman of the shippers' group, and H. A. Williams of Fresno, chairman of the bankers' group. This committee has met several times with the railroad contact committee of which J. R. Hayden, assistant traffic manager of the Santa Fe railway, is chairman for the purpose of working out the grape marketing problem. STATE LANDS The vacant state school lands in Riverside, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties will be offered for sale at public auction by W. S. Kingsbury, surveyor-general, at the court houses of the various counties on July 8, 15 and 29, 1926, respectively, the sales to commence at 10 a.m. Terms of sale are cash or 10 per cent, the balance bearing 6 per cent interest, except that full payment must be made for timber lands and for lands in national forests, reservations or withdrawals. Agents may bid for principals upon submission of affidavit of citizenship of principal and power of attorney to bid for principal. The lands will be sold subject to rights of way granted to the United States by an act of the legislature approved May 18, 1921. In aid of irrigation and reclamation, and subject to a reservation in the people of the absolute right to fish thereupon as provided by Section 25 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of California, and subject to a reservation to the state of one-sixteenth of all minerals in the lands as provided by Chapter 303, Statutes of California, 1921. All money received from the sale of state school lands goes to the support of the public schools of the state. The surveyor-general reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For information and a list of the lands, address W. S. Kingsbury, surveyor-general, Sacramento, California. The first ripe cantaloupes marketed in the Imperial valley this year was on April 20. California Farms On the Increase Only 25 Per Cent of Them Located on Dirt Roads California has 136,409 farms of which more than 90,000 are unincumbered by mortgage debt, according to preliminary figures of the 1925 farm census made public in dispatches from the department of commerce. The farm population of the state last year was 531,008, an increase of 18,739 over 1920. Only 36,812 California farms are located on unimproved dirt roads, the census shows, almost 100,000 farm owners of the state dwelling beside improved gravel, macadam and concrete highway unaffected throughout the year by adverse weather conditions. Co-operative selling in California has suffered a slump in recent years, the value of farm products sold co-operatively in 1924 being $87,215,308 as compared to values of $127,990,981 in 1919. The value of supplies purchased cooperatively on the other hand has increased slightly. Estimates of the value of California farms are not given in the department's figures, although the value of farm implements and machinery in 1925 is listed as $113,487,700. The fact that there were 16,000 more tractors in use in the state in 1925 than in 1920 may have a bearing on the fact that farm wages during the same five-year period decreased by $4,581,341. California farmers are not missing the luxuries of life, the census showing 13,-254 farms reporting possession of radio outfits. The farms of the state produced in 1924 97,907,325 dozens of eggs; 340,308,-805 gallons of milk; 3,835,856 pounds of butter; 2,136,959 gallons of cream; and 21,079,375 pounds of wool. The Purdy's by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS AUTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S.PAT. OFFICE 'LO BOYS! SEEN WARREN AROUND ANYWHERES?' HE'S DOWN HERE MR. PURDY, WERE TRYIN' TO SEE WHO CAN STAY UNDER THE WATER-LONGEST! WAL! WAL! I DIDN'T KNOW WARREN WAS MUCH PER THE WATER HIS MAW DON'T ALLOW HIM IN SWIMMIN! HE'S BEEN DOWN LONGER NALL OF US! WAL! THAT SHOR' IS PUNNY! WE ALL HAD HIM BEAT UNTIL I TOLD HIM— —DUCK WARREN! HERE COMES YER MA WITH A RAZOR STRAP! OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR DIDN'T WARM UP TO ISSUE FROM a topographic viewpoint, the harbor bonds were defeated at the recent election by a concerted action principally upon the part of the voters in the northern end of the county, who believed they should not be taxed for a venture that would directly benefit only a certain locality, and not the county as a whole. These people failed to see where the propositions as planned would be a county-wide improvement. At best the million and a quarter asked for would perhaps have made a place for pleasure at the sea coast, but these opponents believed the amount asked for would not put the harbor in shape as a commercial port for deep sea vessels. The expenditure of the half million dollars, voted several years ago, failed to get the results many people expected. The jetty then built is now in a state of demolition, and other work performed at that time has failed to impress people here favorably. Of course this had a tendency to defeat the subsequent issue asked for. Besides, taxpayers generally are fed up on bonds, as the saying goes. However, the day will come when Newport harbor will be a reality, for all available water frontage on this coast will be needed for the handling of commerce that surely will prevail as this famed Southland progresses. So if at first you don't succeed, try, try again, as the saying goes. THERE IS GOOD IN EVERYTHING EVERY now and then you see a woman who has not been shorn and who does not wear short skirts! But it is said bobbed hair and the abbreviated garb is here to stay. While the new fashion makes more work for barbers, the wool raisers' profits are less. And again the men folks can find out who have bow-legs or pimples on the neck. STEPPING ON THEIR TOES PICTURES in the paper advertisements show shoes for the females in all the latest designs. Those with the three-inch heels seem to have the lead, showing the toe on a downward angle of about 45 degrees. Just how the fair sex manage to perambulate with them is a puzzle, but a woman might as well be under the sod as out of style nowadays. STEPPING ON THEIR TOES PICTURES in the paper advertisements show shoes for the females in all the latest designs. Those with the three-inch heels seem to have the lead, showing the toe on a downward angle of about 45 degrees. Just how the fair sex manage to perambulate with them is a puzzle, but a woman might as well be under the sod as out of style nowadays. A SHAKEDOWN HEAVYWEIGHT champion of the squared arena is said to have contracted a dose of chills and fever and was sent to a hospital for treatment. There are several causes for this malady, one being the pesky mosquito, while others are classed as court orders, with contempt as the piece-de-resistance. Still another cause is the seeing of a black phantom (these usually are white) which has a tendency to give a guy a ghost-like feeling, but yet and again it is said a lot of sports are against "mixed" matches. In other words, a white man has no business fighting a black man. TAIL WAGGING DOG DICTATORS in European countries are leading their people close to the brink, threatening democratic forms of government. Communism gives the right of a powerful minority to control the majority. Centralization of power is dangerous to any country. There are symptoms of this here in the glorious U. S. A. LAYS GOOD HEALTH TO ORANGES PREMIER of British Columbia says he never felt better in his life than he does now, and it's all because he eats a dozen oranges a day. That is his explanation of it, anyway, and he adds that such a diet is a sure panacea for all ills. "I buy oranges in bulk and keep a box in my office all the time. I just help myself during the day. No specific intervals; I eat an orange whenever I feel like one, and I usually average a dozen every day." Oranges mark the premier's third attempt at finding the ideal diet. First he tried goat's milk, then apples—and now oranges. Fruit juice, he believes, has all the others beaten. INHALES INCREASING IT IS said five states produce more cigarettes than California, according to returns made to the collector of internal revenue, but as a producer of cigars California stands fourteenth on the list. During the 10 months ending with April, this year the government collected a total tax of $7,224,829 on cigarettes manufactured in the state as compared to $6,332,830 collected during the corresponding months of the preceding year. The tax collected on cigars in California in the last 10 months was $406,857, compared with $403,000 in the same months of the previous year. SHIFTING SCENES YOU can see in the paper where vaccination on the leg for small-pox is going out of style. A few years ago quite a fad sprung up for the limb innoculation, because a number of young women objected to having their arms scarred up. The public is assured that the substitution now of the arm for the leg has nothing to do with the short skirt, now so much in vogue, but the change has SHIFTING SCENES YOU can see in the paper where vaccination on the leg, for small-pox is going out of style. A few years ago quite a fad sprung up for the limb innoculation, because a number of young women objected to having their arms scarred up. The public is assured that the substitution now of the arm for the leg has nothing to do with the short skirt, now so much in vogue, but the change has been made because it's dangerous to vaccinate on the lower extremity. However, many of the gentler sex object to both arm and leg disfiguration, and now require the hypodermic needle injected just back of the shoulder blade, where it is quite effective and usually obscured—you know—but not always. AND HE MAKES 'EM LIKE IT A WELL-KNOWN writer, who testified in a case as a witness, was asked if it were a fact that he was considered one of the foremost writers of the day. The man is said to be of jovial disposition and replied—in his own opinion—he believed he was, which demonstrates the fact that if you do not blow your own horn, it will not be bloweth, or something like that. NOCH EINSE A REPORT filters through to the effect that a foreign man-of-war, which docked at a seaport here, had a house-warming—or a boathouse-warming—and it is related several kegs were tapped. According to rumors, all the steins were returned bottom up. Of course, it is said a foreign ship in local waters is classed as foreign territory and there are no strings tied to the anchor. Funny thing if all the foreign countries in the world would send over their ships and give house parties. BURIED TREASURE A POT of gold buried during the Civil war has been dug up on an Alabama farm. It is now up to the thrift experts to figure up how much it would have amounted to had it been placed in the bank at 6 per cent interest compounded semi-annually. IN DEAR GL' LUNNON After negotiating the Pole in good health, Commander Byrd went back to London and caught a bad cold. The London Commercial Club ought to capitalize this under the slogan, "You can get anything in London."