anaheim-gazette 1927-01-13

County Farm Bureau In Annual Session Membership Fees Increased to Help Many Projects Voting to increase the annual farm bureau dues from $5 to $10 was one of the several things that occupied the attention of the board of directors of the Orange County Farm Bureau during their all-day session held at the Hall of Records, January 6. Passing a resolution favoring the purchase of a county civic center, appointing a committee to make a survey of the orchard heating situation, purchasing forest tree seeds, arranging for a Forestry Day, and appointing a committee to draft resolutions favoring the newspapers in appreciation of the splendid publicity given the bureau during the past year, were also activities of the board. The increase in dues came as a result of a referendum submitted to the membership and on which 26 per cent of the members voted. The members' straight "yes" vote exceeded the "noes" by a surprising majority. The increase is not made with the intention of making an increase on the salaries paid, and it was also shown that the farm advisors did not receive any pay from the bureau funds, refuting a popular supposition. It is believed that the increased dues will make it possible for the organization to carry on a number of contemplated projects to the advantage of Orange county agriculture. Following a discussion on the subject, a committee was appointed to make a survey of the number of orchards heated to prevent frost damage. The committee will seek to determine the amount and value of oranges protected and the actual damage, if any, that is occasioned other people by reason of the smoke from the heating pots. The rumor that the smoke has an effect on public health will also be investigated. This committee is to be a fact finding body and was not appointed to provide an "alibi" for the orchardists using heaters. President Roy K. Bishop took the appointment of the committee under advisement and will seek to appoint an unbiased committee. every day there are 389 letters dropped into letter boxes; every minute, 23,334, and every hour, 1,400,000. "Close to 49,000 postmen daily deliver mail to millions of homes and business houses in American cities. The farmer is not neglected by the postal service. Today 45,314 rural routes supply mail to 7,620,000 families, or 31,000,000 individuals. "Out west the postal service has established a veritable automobile railroad of 125 miles long to the fruitful Uintah valley, in Utah, to which no private rail line has penetrated. "At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1926, the postoffice department had more than 363,000 people in its employ. Besides the 48,715 letter carriers, there are 67,671 clerks, 45,181 rural carriers, 50,601 postmasters and 20,411 railway mall clerks. "The 50,601 postmasters run as many offices. There is one postoffice for every 48 square miles of territory. "The 363,000 full and part time postemployees are paid approximately $441,-622,517 annually for their services. "Amost every conceivable type of transportation is used to move the malls—railroads, steamboats, automobiles, airplanes, motor boats, wagons, horses, pneumatic tubes, belt conveyors, motorcycles, bicycles, the sled of the Arctic, and even the 'dog car.'" "The 'dog car,' by the way, is an Alaskan invention. An abandoned railroad runs out of Nome to a mining camp. The enterprising Arctic circle mailman hitches his dog team to a handcar and scoots up the mountain-side with the mail." "Last year the air mail planes flew 2,500,000 miles, carrying 14,145,640 letters." AIR MAIL INCREASES The United States postoffice department is sharing in the general prosperity of the nation, according to the annual report of Postmaster General New, recently issued, which shows that during the fiscal year the business of the department, as measured by the postal receipts, made a gain of 10.4 per cent. There was an increase in salaries to postal employees due to the outside of this increase, in spite of the postal salary bill of $70,000,000, but additional business the expenditure of the department for the year increased only a little more than 1 per cent. And despite the increase of salaries of the postal employees, the deficit for airplanes carried 353 million and the receipt excess of regular mail. The report shows perous condition of the figures indicate further office department is progressive hands. NEED MORE Every country should have one-third in forests in order to and wood needs says of the United States agriculture. Our countrys 250,000,000 acres with 250,000,000 acres or a total of only 388 are really valuable for this is only one. No. of Bank 571 The Soil as of the closest RESOURCES 1 & 2. Loans and Rediscounts 4. Overdrafts ..... 6. United States Sites 7. All Other Bonds ties (incless all other Accent Accounts) 8. Bank Premises and Safety 10. Due from Fedex 11. Due from Other 12. Actual Cash on 13. Exchanges for Checks and Other Resources TOTAL LIABILITIES 18. Capital Paid in Surplus 19. All Undivided Interest 27a. Dividends Unpaid 27b. Individual Deposit 27c. Savings Deposit 27d. Demand Certification 27e. Time Certificate 27f. Certified Checks 27g. Cashiers' Checks 28. State County The committee will seek to determine the amount and value of oranges protected and the actual damage, if any, that is occasioned other people by reason of the smoke from the heating pots. The rumor that the smoke has an effect on public health will also be investigated. This committee is to be a fact finding body and was not appointed to provide an "alibi" for the orchardists using heaters. President Roy K. Bishop took the appointment of the committee under advisement and will seek to appoint an unbiased committee. The secretary was instructed to purchase a number of pounds of Coulter pine seed from the Los Angeles forestry department for planting in the seed beds at the Orange County park, where the bureau is co-operating with the county officials and the forestry service on a reforestation project. An opportunity will also be offered interested citizens to assist in the purchase of more seeds. The seeds cost $2 a pound, and it is stated that there is approximately 1000 seeds to the pound. The trees are to be propagated at the park and, when ready for transportation, will be given a permanent home in the Orange county mountains, during a "forestry picnic" held under the auspices of the farm bureau. At the meeting a temporary committee was appointed on forestry and a standing committee will be appointed after the reorganization meeting of the bureau, which will be held in February. The duty of the temporary committee will be to arrange for a forestry day to be held at the Orange County park about January 15, when the three-acre demonstrational plot will be planted with trees furnished by the forest service. It is proposed to invite the Orange county people to the meeting and permit them the opportunity to plant some of the trees. Following the planting, a short program explaining the value and reason for forestry will take place. In an effort to square the administration year of the farm bureau with the calendar and the membership year, a motion was made changing the date of the annual meeting of the farm bureau to the first Thursday of January. This year new officers will be inducted into office at the February meeting, but hereafter the annual meeting will be held in January. An announcement was made that the next regional meeting of the five southern farm bureau counties would be held in El Centro on February 19, preceding a meeting of the Western States Regional Conference to be held at Phoenix. It was stated that a considerable number of local members will make the trip, attending both meetings. The meeting at Phoenix will occupy four days. The first days will be devoted to western and national farm bureau matters, and the conference will be ended by a visit to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The resolution favoring the purchase of a county civic center expressed the need of such for accommodating large conventions, fairs, and to provide a location for a memorial hall and public building. It urged the United States postoffice department is sharing in the general prosperity of the nation, according to the annual report of Postmaster General New, recently issued, which shows that during the fiscal year the business of the department, as measured by the postal receipts, made a gain of 10.4 per cent. There was an increase in salaries to postal employees due to the outside of this increase, in spite of the postal salary bill of $70,000,000, but additional business the expenditure of the department for the year increased only a little more than 1 per cent. And despite the increase of salaries of the postal employees, the deficit for operating the postoffices of the country was cut in two during the fiscal year. The major source of the postal revenue was of course, the postage paid on mail and this amounted to a little more than $587,000,000 an increase of a little over 9 per cent, from the year previous. Along with the increase in business there was an increase in undelivered letters, this in spite of the publicity about the careful addressing and wrapping of mail. During the year the dead letter business increased 12 per cent over the fiscal year 1925. One interesting feature of the report is that which touches on the air mail. During the year 2,256,137 miles of mail trips were performed in airplanes. In total, 94 per cent of the scheduled air mail trips were carried out. Car Shortage Of The Santa Fe gives 1926. You are invited ment which saved Five years ago one of the most serious problems was the handling of very traffic resulting from unusually large requiring prompt movement to secure markets. Even though the railroads did their shortage and congestion were the natural such peak movements. And because of up everybody suffered. Such loss WORLD'S BIG BUSINESS Various and sundry special editions were gotten out as the close of the year, and presumably because of the inherent modesty of the American people, very little was said as to the greatest and most important business in the United States or in the world—that of the United States postoffice. The postoffice department of the United States government may, in all sincerity and justice, be referred to in such terms. A recent publication contained an interesting story as to the activities of the department of our government. It is in the form of a personal interview with Postmaster General Harry S. New, by Henry Olney, and it gives some facts not generally known about the "biggest single business in the world." Concerning the size and scope of postoffice activities, Mr. New is quoted as saying: "Every year the postal service, on an average, delivers 112 letters to every man, woman and child in the United States." "Every year the postal service handles 23,000,000 articles. Every year the increase in number of articles in the malls is more than a billion." "Old man Atlas would have had a tough time of it lifting the annual load of letters alone that the postal service moves. It is estimated to total 133,350 tons." "Every second of the 24 hours of ANAHEIM GAZETTE airplanes carried 353,641 pounds of air mail and the receipts were $861,865 in excess of regular mall rates. The report shows the general prosperous condition of the country and the figures indicate further that the post-office department is in efficient and progressive hands. NEED MORE FORESTS Every country, foresters believe, should have one-third of its land area in forests in order to meet its timber and wood needs, says the forest service of the United States department of agriculture. Our country now has 138,000,000 acres of virgin forests, together with 250,000,000 acres of cut-over land, or a total of only $38,000,000 acres that are really valuable for timber production. This is only one-fifth of our total land area. In addition to the wood used in buildings and other construction, thousands of articles, including even medicines and clothing, are made from trees or lumber. Furthermore, forests protect game and give enjoyment to hunters and vacationists. They also prevent the washing away of hillsides by heavy rains, and help to check floods by holding back the melting snow and rain water and allowing it to drain off slowly. FEDERAL ROADS INCREASE A net addition of 9417 miles to the mileage of improved roads in the federal aid system was made through the completion of projects during the fiscal years 1926, according to the No. of Bank 571 REPORT OF CONDITION OF The Southern County Bank AT ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA as of the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1926. RESOURCES COMMERCIAL SAVINGS COMBINED 1 & 2. Loans and Discounts (including Rediscounts) ... $566,289.40 $356,679.70 $922,969.10 4. Overdrafts ... 874.55 874.55 6. United States Securities Owned ... 4,057.50 75,755.36 79,812.86 7. All Other Bonds, Warrants and Securities (including Premium thereon, less all offsetting Bond Adjustment Accounts) ... 59,027.31 28,855.50 87,883.11 8. Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures and Safe Deposit Vaults ... 4,000.00 5,000.00 9,000.00 10. Due from Federal Reserve Bank ... 5,000.00 5,000.00 11. Due from Other Banks ... 28,001.62 31,013.21 59,014.83 12. Actual Cash on Hand ... 30,911.55 9,549.55 40,461.10 13. Exchanges for Clearing House ... 5,092.65 5,092.65 14. Checks and Other Cash Items ... 4,175.04 4,175.04 17. Other Resources ... 26,065.52 26,065.52 TOTAL ... $733,495.14 $506,853.62 $1,240,348.76 LIABILITIES 18. Capital Paid In ... $85,000.00 $30,000.00 115,000.00 19. Surplus ... 5,000.00 13,500.00 18,500.00 21. All Undivided Profits (less Expenses, Interest and Taxes Paid) ... 27,765.27 27,765.27 27a. Dividends Unpaid ... 6,349.00 6,349.00 27b. Individual Deposits Subject to Check 448,399.33 448,399.33 27c. Savings Deposits ... 312,723.74 312,723.74 27d. Demand Certificates of Deposit ... 390.21 390.21 27e. Time Certificates of Deposit ... 52,629.88 52,629.88 27f. Certified Checks ... 69.14 69.14 27g. Cashiers' Checks ... 102,362.83 102,362.83 28. State, County and Municipal Deposits ... 58,000.00 98,000.00 bureau of public roads of the United States department of agriculture. This brings the total of improved federal aid roads up to 55,902 miles. The improvement of several transcontinental routes is approaching completion. The entire federal aid system has an aggregate length of 182,134 miles. There doesn't seem to be much if any evidence against Cobb or Speaker, but we doubt whether they will be seated if they are ever elected to the Senate. Nothing like Asbestos for Roofing ULTIMATE economy is served by Johns-Manville Rigid Asbestos Shingles because they are fireproof and actually improve with age. SEALIVER SEVERALLY OF January, Notary I Hitage Overcome by Co-operation A Fe gives this a practical demonstration in are invited to read this account of an achievewhich saved Santa Fe patrons millions of dollars. One of the most serious transportathe handling of very heavy freight unusually large production and movement to secure favorable ligible car shortage, without congestion, and with little or no delay; something never before accomplished under similar car-loading demands. What made such a result possible? Co-operation of everyone interested and the loyal and efficient work of Santa Fe employes. To meet the crisis the Car Service Division of the American Railway Association, with the con- the railroads did their best, car question were the natural results of ents. And because of this slowing ffered. Such losses involved of money, but partial paralysis transportation enemies now have Santa Fe in June and July, 1926, heat crop to handle from Kansas, Texas to the big markets. To prohandling 12,500 box cars in firstbeen distributed on sidetracks in they would be needed. cars, however, resulting mainly "combines,"—which converted the field in the morning into wheat in the afternoon,—was largely in been anticipated. The average wheat loading was exceeding all previous records by one single day's maximum loading notwithstanding the new and harvesting, was moved with a neg- What made such a result possible? Co-operation of everyone interested and the loyal and efficient work of Santa Fe employes. To meet the crisis the Car Service Division of the American Railway Association, with the consent of other railroads, diverted to the Santa Fe every available box car at Chicago regardless of ownership. The Santa Fe also had the most hearty and helpful co-operation of Regional Advisory Boards, Terminal and Port Committees, State Grain Inspection Departments, State Railway Commissions, and the United States Shipping Board. Shippers and receivers of wheat also helped. And there was the whole-hearted support of its own employees. This is a practical and convincing proof that co-operation can meet every transportation demand, eliminate car shortage and congestion, and save producers and shippers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The Santa Fe wishes to express its sincere appreciation of this co-operation and of the efficient and loyal service of its employes. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Trust Department of The First National Bank AT ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA as of the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1926 RESOURCES TRUST COMBINED Court Trusts Private Trusts 7. All Other Bonds, Warrants and Securities (including Premium thereon less all offsetting Bond Adjustment Accounts) $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00 Total $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00 LIABILITIES 20. Amount Segregated for Protection of Court and Private Trusts $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00 Total $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00 TRUST RESOURCES Court Trusts 41. Trust Investments, Personal Property $116,803.11 42. Trust Investments, Real Property 307,585.85 43. Due from Banks 6,375.24 Total $430,764.20 TRUST LIABILITIES Court Trusts 46. Trusts held in capacity of Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Assignee, Receiver or Trustee $430,764.20 Total $430,764.20 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTY OF ORANGE. ss: H. H. Benjamin, President, and Arthur G. Porter, Trust Officer of The First National Bank of Anaheim, of Anaheim, California, being duly sworn each for himself, says he has a personal knowledge of the matters contained in the foregoing report of condition and that every allegation, statement, matter and thing therein contained, is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. H. H. BENJAMIN, President. ARTHUR G. PORTER, Trust Officer. (SEAL) Severally subscribed and sworn to before me by both deponents the 6th day of January, 1927. CECILE ATHERTON. Notary Public in and for the said County of Orange, State of California. (My Commission Expires Sept. 6, 1930.) Severally subscribed and sworn to before me by both deponents the 6th day of January, 1927. CECILE ATHERTON. Notary Public in and for the said County of Orange, State of California. (My Commission Expires Sept. 6, 1930.) The Open Door to Business The business man is now accessible by another route than through the doorway of his private office. A business call by Long Distance Telephone merits a prompt answer and gains immediate interest and attention. Increasingly, business houses are augmenting regular salesmen's visits by "in-between" Long Distance calls. Results: Larger volume of business and quicker turnover at a reduced selling cost. Many new and practical uses of Long Distance are no doubt applicable to your business. 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