anaheim-gazette 1926-12-30

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SIX MONTHS.....1.25 THREE MONTHS......75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. NO FOREIGN DEBT CANCELLATION OUR European friends are largely to blame for the determination of the American people that money honestly loaned must be honestly and fairly repaid. Each and every time the Europeans, with pen and pencil perpetrate new caricatures of Uncle Sam as a Shylock, they postpone once again any genuine consideration of the readjustment of these European national debts. It is not to be denied that during and directly following the war period the United States made loans, not only of money, but of food and other material without having a program of demanding payment. The advances made to the smaller nations, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and others, were intended to be pretty close to free will gifts. At the time, however, it was easier to move the stuff by making it a flat charge against these various nations. Americans, not of the kind who are issuing pronunciamentos, but of the average run, were really anticipating Uncle Sam would confirm title to these gifts, and that the food advances would probably be wiped off the ledger. Just when that spirit was beginning to develop our friends from overseas began to send unofficial ambassadors and propagandists and lecturers who began to fill our ears with declarations that we had a moral obligation to forgive these debts outright. The Americans as a whole are patient and long suffering. But when it comes to the point when a man who owes us money tells us that we cannot have it, and should be ashamed of trying to collect it, Americans as a whole have only one reaction. Having loaned their own money, they think the decision as to when and how it should be collected also rests with them. That is why, to speak plainly, each new declaration whether from bankers or college professors simply adds fuel to the flame without achieving any real result. FARMER POLITICIANS THE opinion in Washington, which it must be admitted is often FARMER POLITICIANS THE opinion in Washington, which it must be admitted is often times one far distant from the opinion generally prevailing throughout the country, is to the effect that if the farmers would rid themselves of some of the political advisors who have elected themselves as directors of their agitation, the work of stabilizing agriculture as a basic industry would be vastly improved. The Washington opinion today is, for example, that while the McNary-Haugen bill has been introduced, that many of those interested in Washington in pushing that bill have already determined that they do not want it to go through at this short session of congress. They prefer to postpone it till the session beginning December, 1927. In short, in the minds of these people, the passage of the McNary-Haugen bill has become secondary to the development of a political campaign to embarrass the President. There is no other way to construe it. Thus at the beginning, an unhealthy spirit is introduced. It is rather a relief to read an editorial by Henry Wallace in Wallace's Farmer, which ignoring this underlying determination to use the farm business as a political rather than an agricultural instrument, commends the President's message to congress, and sets forth that while eastern correspondents have been endeavoring to assert that the President's words do not mean what they say, adds that for his part, he prefers to take the President's statements at their face value, and to give the President full credit for a generous interpretation of his phrases. More talk of that character and less of building up an agricultural club to worry the President is what the farmers need. A SHILLELAGH FIGHT IN REPUBLICAN political circles, a general feeling of satisfaction is being expressed over the determination of the leaders of the Senate to give the Democrats a taste of their own medicine. For two years or more the Republicans, because of their pledge to advance a constructive program for our government, have held their tongue within their teeth. They allowed the Democrats to fill the halls with oratory, which they did not answer because of their appreciation that what the Democrats desired was debate which would consume time and delay the enactment of constructive legislation. The time has now arrived when the Republicans feel that at least they can make a counter attack without endangering legislation. Their plan is to have a special committee appointed which will begin to function in December, 1927, the opening of the seventieth congress, to examine with the right also to summons persons, books and papers just how elections are run in the southern states. They are ready for a full examination without fear or favor of the distribution of southern offices under the Republican regime, but they also want information as to what was the practice under the Democrats. They will let the people of the country judge also whether senators and representatives elected from the southern states and from districts in many sections of which election days are not even held, are entitled legally to their seats. If the Democrats want a shillelagh fight, they think they are also entitled to employ a similar least they can make a counter attack without endangering legislation. Their plan is to have a special committee appointed which will begin to function in December, 1927, the opening of the seventieth congress, to examine with the right also to summons persons, books and papers just how elections are run in the southern states. They are ready for a full examination without fear or favor of the distribution of southern offices under the Republican regime, but they also want information as to what was the practice under the Democrats. They will let the people of the country judge also whether senators and representatives elected from the southern states and from districts in many sections of which election days are not even held, are entitled legally to their seats. If the Democrats want a shillelagh fight, the Republicans think they are also entitled to employ a similar weapon of offense. FATHER OF BOLSHEVISM IT IS altogether fitting for the soviet government to erect a monument to Stenka Razin, the famous highway robber, murderer and Cossack mutineer of 300 years ago, who raised a futile and bloody rebellion against the government and the nobility. The official Bolshevist "Messenger" informs us that the monument is to be in recognition of Stenka Razin as "the father of Bolshevism." Lenine finished what Razin began, but the sum total of their achievements has been the emphasis of the simple truth that robbery and destruction are poor substitutes for progress, even when supported by the high-sounding phrases of pseudophilosophic thesis. AGENCY OF DEATH THE loss of life through automobile accidents daily grows higher, making the motor vehicle more deadly than bullets. People take too many risks when out for pleasure—many being in a hurry to get to their destination, heedless of the dangers ahead. There seems to be a mad rush in the minds of many, when a little more caution would prevent disaster. But what's the use of preaching about it? Speaking of Shylocks, we are not asking the return of that billion dollars worth of food and clothing we gave a freezing, starving Europe following the Armistice. The new Greater New York telephone books for this winter contain nearly eleven hundred thousand names. Just think how much fun the telephone girls must have with that many wrong numbers to pick from. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Our New Year's Greeting By A. B. CHAPIN BEST WISHES THE SPIRIT OF KINDLINESS PRIZE STORIES OF ORANGE COUNTY high school, and it is larger and better accommodated than most small colleges. Minnesota boasts of her school system with every modern advantage; but PRIZE STORIES OF ORANGE COUNTY Second and Third Prize Awards Made by National Editorial Association THE second and third prize awards for Orange county were made to Miss Mary Hotalling of the Mapleton (Minnesota) Enterprise, and Miss Iva M. Young of the Bellows Falls (Vermont) Times. These articles were based upon observations made here on the occasion of the visit of the National Editorial Association in June. First prize of $100 was awarded Marion Bruce of the Rolfe (Iowa) Arrow. This article was published in these columns last week. The second prize drew $50 and the third $25. The two articles appear arrethw, In dealing with the many beauties found in Orange county, Miss Young breaks into poetry: "My Impressions of Orange County" By MARY C. HOTALING St. Paul, Minn. Once when the popularity of the postcard was at its height, I saw a brilliantly colored picture of an orange tree. What a contrast I found between that picture and the miles and miles of orange groves in Orange county, California, with their vividly beautiful, exquisitely contrasted coloring and their background of sunny skies and dull mountains! Interposed, at intervals between the groves of squat, glossy-leaved orange trees, as though by way of contrast, are acres of the tall walnut trees with their deeper green foliage, groves of that tree so like an orange, but more delicate, the lemon tree, apple trees, and healthy fields that reminded me of home. No wonder mere ink could but profane such beauty! The nickname of Orange county, California, is "The Home of the Valencia"; and after I had ridden for miles over its smooth, white, paved highways—and they are worth a word or two in themselves—between these groves of fruit trees. I could scarcely doubt the applicability of the name. I could only wonder that this country had not been christened Garden of Fruits; for Orange county is also the place of residence of numerous apricots, gvocados, grapefruit and berries. Even Garden of Fruits is too narrow a classification; this region produces livestock, poultry, and grain that would surprise any Minnesota or Wisconsin farmer with predetermined ideas of California agriculture, and if proving that Iowa is not the only state "where the tall corn grows." There is an old gag about the California farmer whose only native product was the fleece; but whoever wrote it had never visited Orange county; and if he ever does, he will possibly die of chagrin and astonishment. Orange county is an agricultural section, but the little cities within her borders vie with the farming sections in point of beauty. They look as clean and shiny and new, as though each city councilman had been out with a scrub brush early in the morning. Eastern villages appear to have always existed; middle western towns to have grown like Topsy, but these cities in Orange county surely must have been planned by a landscape gardener. The palm-bordered streets and the Spanish-type bungalows have an atmosphere of their own—of individuality, while the business sections appear to be up and coming, ready for work. Country clubs and beautiful hotels are beautiful adjuncts to these towns; but the most exceptional public buildings are the high schools. In the state of Virginia almost every town has its college; in Orange county—California, every town has its high school, and it is larger and better accommodated than most small colleges. Minnesota boasts of her school system with every modern advantage; but Orange county does all that and does it more extensively, and has climate suitable to elaborately beautiful buildings and perfectly gardened grounds. I have no doubt that the standard of the education to be had therein is on a par with the buildings. There are those who may wonder from whence comes the money to build these cities, these hotels, these clubs, these schools; but they are those who have not visited Orange county. If this county had only her agricultural wealth, she would be rich irided; but she has also one thousand oil wells producing fifty million barrels of oil each year. The tall, ugly, frame derricks dotted thickly over the countryside, or set alone in the midst of an orange grove, are a strange and incongruous sight. It is with wonder and interest that I noted rich farming sections that have given way to this other producer of seventh and only one or two scraggy orange trees remain; that I saw the dead wells oasis of disappointment and despair, where only a few feet away the thick, dark thud oil was seeping out as a pump worked. Orange county has a unique combination of beauty; the mountains and the sea are both under her domain. To the west of the county and to the south are the Pacific ocean and forty miles of paved seacoast highway. To the east are the mountains. Sierra canyon and peak, Trabuco and Santiago canyon, with the accompanying natural streams and the great live oaks, hardy native trees of California. County park, a unique and beautiful project, is in this district. The drive along the seascast is on a par with the famous Columbia river highway out of Portland, or that less known but equally beautiful drive along the north shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota. I wonder if the far-famed coast of Southern France is really more lovely than this section of the Pacific. The highway, winding like a loosely fallen white ribbon, follows along the coast, now with the sandy beaches and close to the rushing break- A bill citing measures for election and plan of legal action concerning citations by Bureau. Be handled Lindsay, for ent legislation California. "A bill citing measures for election and plan of legal action concerning citations by Bureau. Be handled Lindsay, for ent legislation California." "The Purdy's by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS - AUTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE WON'T YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE COOKIES MR PURDY? TAKE ANOTHER SNOWICH TOO! THANK YOU - GUESS I WILL! SEE'N THIS WAS TH' FIRST CHURCH-WINCHEON YOU WERE EVER TO - HOW DID YOU ENJOY IT? HAVE A GOOD TIME? I WOULDN'T GONE IN THE FIRST PLACE ONLY I THOUGHT THEY WUX GOWN' TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT! I DHAVE STARVED TO DEATH IF THEY HADN'T KEPT PASSIN' THEM FREE SAMPLES AROUND! DARN 'EM! Paul Robinson" ers, now high above, looking down on the rocky shore. My impressions of Orange county, California! These are just a beginning, but the most outstanding. All in all, Orange county is a rich, progressive and beautiful section, of which California is proud. "IF" (With apologies to Rudyard Kipling) By IVA M. YOUNG Bellows Falls (Vt.) Times If you can no'er forget the wondrous beauty Of Orange county mountain, sea and town, If you have driven along her splendid highways, And breathed the air that adds to her renown; If you have taken strolls along her beaches, And viewed her harbors gleaming in the sun, Or reveled in the color all about you Where flowers grow and blossom by the ton: If you have seen her oil wells far out-stretching, If you have watched them draw wealth from the ground: If you have wandered freely through her orchards, And picked the luscious fruits that there abound: If beans and beets and barley seem unending, Alfalfa sweet seems bending you to greet. And vegetables enough to feed a nation Come rushing from the ground beneath your feet: If you have met the old-time friendly handclasp And hospitality that never knows an end, And passed the cozy homes embowered in roses, Looking as if each homestead housed a friend: If you have felt the summer breezes blowing, Luring soul away from sordid things, And known your spirit free from care and tolling In peace that only perfect beauty brings: If you have visited lovely Santa Ana, On Orange Anheims on Fallington; Swift Justice Meted Game Law Violators Wardens Alert; Offenders Are Assessed Heavy Fines For the first time in many years a game law violator has been convicted by a jury of Merced county residents; in fact, this is the second time in the history of the county that a violator has ever been convicted by a jury. A known market hunter, wh tried to beat the opening of the season by shooting ducks on September 2, was tried by a jury sitting before Justice D. E. Hales in this city on Friday, December 17. In one hour and 15 minutes after hearing all testimony a verdict of guilty was rendered and the violator fined $150, which he paid. This case had been tried previously by the district attorney's office, with a disagreement of the jury resulting. The case was then turned over to the legal department of California Fish and Game Commission, Executive Officer and Attorney B. D. Marx Greene and Ralph W. Scott, his assistant, handling the prosecution in the last hearing. In the first conviction ever had in the county, the violator is said to have had over 400 ducks in his possession. The violator in this last instance had but 25. Commission officials are quoted as saying there were few violations of the new season opening date this year. The determination of California justices of the peace and California game wardens to protect ring-necked pheasants being planted throughout the state by the California Fish and Game Commission was recently shown in the arrest and conviction near Oakley, Contra Costa county, of three allens who had two of these birds (a cock and hen) in their possession. Fines totaling $325 were paid by the violators, $190 each for having killed the pheasants, and an additional fine of $25 for one of the trio who did not possess the necessary hunting license issued by the commission. The arrests were made by Wardens Charles Silbeck of Galt and Nelson Poole of the patrol launch Rainbow. The trio was taken before Justice Alex Murdock at Oakley, pleas of guilty were entered And hospitality that never knows an end. And passed the cozy homes embowered in roses. Looking as if each homestead housed a friend: If you have felt the summer breezes blowing. Luring soul away from sordid things. And known your spirit free from care and toiling In peace that only perfect beauty brings: If you have visited lovely Santa Ana. Or Orange, Anaheim or Fullerton: If you recall the beauty of La Habra And now look back with joy at every one; If you have filled each cranny of your memory Full to the brim of bird, and flower, and sun. Yours is the joy of EVERY Californian, And—which is more—some day you may BE one! Apportionment Bill Will Be Presented Legislation to make effective the provisions of initiative measure No. 28 which was adopted at the last state election and which provides for a new plan of legislative apportionment, will be presented to the 1927 legislature, according to information received by officers of the Orange County Farm Bureau. The lobbying campaign will be handled by Charles W. Cleary, of Lindsay, former assemblyman and present legislative representative of the California Farm Bureau federation. "A bill conforming to the provisions of measure No. 28, fair to all sections of the state, and one which no major fundamental objection can be raised, will be presented to the 1927 legislature," Cleary wrote. "Good progress already has been made toward the perfection of such a measure by farm bureau representatives working in close conjunction with the members of the state legislature. "Los Angeles, San Francisco and Alameda counties, the only counties which, under a strict population apportionment, would be entitled to two or more senators, will, under the provisions of No. 28, each constitute a single senatorial district. The assembly districts will conform to the provisions that they shall be as nearl yequal in population as possible, subject to other limits prescribed by the constitution." If the measure is adopted by the forthcoming legislature, or by the reapportionment commission provided by the initiative measure, the transition to the new order will be completed in the 1930 elections. Cleary said. EXPOSITION WHICH FAILED Philadelphia closes the gates of her sesqui-centennial exposition a wiser and edder city. The financial loss all most merits the word staggering. Payments from the municipal treasury are placed at $18,000,000; various city de- state by the California Fish and Game Commission was recently shown in the arrest and conviction near Oakley, Contra Costa county, of three aliens who had two of these birds (a cock and hen) in their possession. Fines totaling $225 were paid by the violators, $100 each for having killed the pheasants, and an additional fine of $25 for one of the trio who did not possess the necessary hunting license issued by the commission. The arrests were made by Wardens Charles Silbeck of Galt and Nelson Poole of the patrol launch Rainbow. The trio was taken before Justice Alex Murdock at Oakley; pleas of guilty were entered by all three and fines as noted handed out, together with a stiff lecture upon the necessity for protecting wild game in this county. One of the violators having but $50 in his possession was given 30 days in which to find a like amount to complete payment of his fine. Two sportsmen wardens, I. H. and P. W. Hobson of Oakland recently reported the first dynamiting case of the season. Three violators taken at the foot of Fourteenth street, in that city, after they had used explosives in taking fish, were fined $200 by Justice Jacob Larder, Jr. One of the trio entered a plea of guilt to the charge and paid he fine, which is the minimum for his offense. He was an allen. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS The county auditor was ordered to draw warrants for election officers, rent for polling places and fees for delivering returns, as set forth in the certified list presented by the county clerk. The county auditor was directed to transfer $3895.02 from the Laguna lighting district to the general road fund, the sum of $1617 from the Costa Mesa lighting district to the general road fund, and the sum of $511.84 from the Country Club lighting district to the general road fund. The resignation of E. R. Stillens, director of Newhope drainage district, was accepted. S. D. Teel was appointed director of Newhope drainage district. Deed for right-of-way from John G. Knudson, et al., in the Third road district, was accepted. A resolution was regularly adopted relative to purchase of land for right-of-way purposes. State aid was granted to Clela Maness. The petition of J. S. Thuraton, et al., to vacate and abandon a portion of that certain public highway in the Fifth road district was granted. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds to certain other funds. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds and to deposit same in the county good roads fund. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds and to deposit same in the county general fund. Fumigating licenses were ordered issued to Lyman Booth, Garden Grove EXPOSITION WHICH FAILED Philadelphia closes the gates of her sesquil-centennial exposition a wiser and sadder city. The financial loss at most merits the word staggering. Payments from the municipal treasury are placed at $18,000,000; various city departments have made additional expenditures; $3,000,900 in "participation certificates" sold to the public seem to be worthless, and there is a deficit of $5,200,000 to be met. The paid attendance has been less than 5,000,000, or about half that at the centennial a half century ago. San Francisco did far better with her Panama-Pacific exposition. It attracted 18,500,000 people, and after giving the city a costly auditorium declared profits of more than $1,000,000. Worst of all, Philadelphia realize that their exposition fell as far short of artistic as a business success. Doubtless the main reason for the failure can be summed up in the word mismanagement. It was mismanagement which delayed the enterprise until on the opening day it looked like a raw real estate development. Mismanagement antagonized the conservative church organizations. It was mismanagement which, allowing city and exposition finances to mingle too closely, gave rise to injurious and persistent stories of graft. Greatest of all was the error of emphasizing too much the sesquil-centennial and too little the exposition. The officers seem to have believed that patriotic Americans would flock to Philadelphia simply because this is the one hundred and fifteenth year since 1776. They failed to provide exhibits, foreign and domestic, which would attract Americans as did the exhibits at St. Louis and San Francisco. But the errors of the men who planned and administered the exposition can easily be over-emphasized, for there can be little question that the public interest in such affairs is cooling. Americans to vacate and abandon a portion of that certain public highway in the Fifth road district was granted. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds to certain other funds. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds and to deposit same in the county good roads fund. The county auditor was directed to transfer certain amounts from certain funds and to deposit same in the county general fund. Fumigating licenses were ordered issued to Lyman Booth, Garden Grove Citrus Association and J. W. Robinson. A pool room license was granted to Gamesindo Chaires. A pool room license was granted to Dan T. Franzle. Rules and regulations for Orange County Water Works District No. 2 were regularly adopted. A resolution was regularly adopted whereby the County of Orange is to deed certain property at Newport Beach, back to the City of Newport Beach. "It Italian Volcano Active," says a current newspaper headline. Well bet this bit of information will make Mussolini envious. Who remembers the days when the women, starting downtown on a cold afternoon, donned an extra petticoat or two, in order to keep warm? Speaking of dictators, we'll bet Will Hays and Judge Landis have a lot more fun than Mussolini. We are rapidly coming to the conclusion that Gene Tunney is the Sinclair Lewis of the prizefighters. have traveled more; through the movies, the radio and the automobile; they have seen and heard far more; they have much less of the provincial curiosity which was once satisfied by international exhibitions. Every great city now has its own art gallery and commercial museum. The day of the world's fair in its old-time glory may be drawing to a close.