anaheim-gazette 1927-03-17

IN THE DAYS OF L Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Continent Ago. These Files Contain the Only Authentic History of the Citizens of Anaheim and Orange County 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1877 Friday night, as the San Diego stage from Anaheim was passing a group of elder trees, about 10 miles from San Juan Capistrano, on the San Joaquin ranch, a man stepped out from beside the road and called to the driver to stop. The driver, thinking the man wanted a ride, reined in his horses, and the robber told him to pass out the treasure box. Instead of complying with this modest demand, he whipped up the horses and started on. A plucky passenger, Mr. C. F. Lutgen, who was on the box, commenced firing with his pistol at the highwayman, who returned the fire, one of the bullets striking the stage driver in the hand. There were two passengers inside the stage, one of whom, Justice-Richard Egan of Capistrano, took the wounded driver's place upon the box and drove the stage into Rawson's ranch, where Mr. Lutgen dressed the driver's hand. Mr. Lutgen speaks of terms of highest praise of the cool, steady fortitude of the driver, to whom is due the protection of the passengers and safety of the treasure box. As nearly as they could see, the highwayman was a man below medium height, masked, with whiskers, and wearing a light colored coat and hat. He spoke in a clear voice and was undoubtedly an American. Mr. George H. Smith, the stage driver who was wounded in the encounter with the robbers the other night, is in town under the care of Dr. James Ellis. The doctor says that the ball with which he was wounded struck a bone and glanced off or rebounded, as it cannot be found in the hand. Messrs. Gaddy and Lewis have sold their truck line to Mr. A. H. Hansen, who will hereafter attend to all orders for jobbing. Mr. George H. Smith, the stage driver who was wounded in the encounter with the robbers the other night, is in town under the care of Dr. James Ellis. The doctor says that the ball with which he was wounded struck a bone and glanced off or rebounded, as it cannot be found in the hand. Messrs. Gaddy and Lewis have sold their truck line to Mr. A. H. Hansen, who will hereafter attend to all orders for jobbing. Mr. P. Pelegrin will move his stock of jewelry to his new quarters next to the store of Cahen & Willard, on Center street, today. Sheep shearing will commence on the San Joaquin on Monday next. The steamer Ancon will arrive at San Pedro this morning. Rev. J. M. Allis is a passenger. Pursuant to a call published in The Gazette, a large number of persons who have signed the roll of the volunteer fire company met at Kroger's hall last evening. The meeting was called to order and Mr. A. G. Beebe was chosen temporary chairman; Capt. George Knox, secretary. It was resolved to organize a fire company, and Messrs. Shafer, Backs and Wicks were appointed a committee of three to draw up a constitution and by-laws and present them for consideration at a meeting to be held Wednesday evening, March 21. The Prescott Enterprise says: "Mr. Cohen of Anaheim, Cal., has been awarded the beef contract at Fort Whipple for the ensuing year. As Mr. A. McGregor was riding with his family near town yesterday, the horses became unmanageable and, in an endeavor to control them, one of the reins broke. Mr. McGregor succeeded in cutting the traces and letting the horses loose, but not in time to save the wagon from overturning. The family was thrown out but not injured. We had a call yesterday from Mr. C. F. Scholl, an old-time resident of Anaheim, but now of Oakland. Mr. Scholl will be at the Planters hotel during the present week, and anyone desiring to purchase or rent a 20-acre vineyard would do well to interview him. Messrs. N. Bolan and Adolph Rimpau start today to hunt pasture for their sheep. With no more rain, but a very small number of sheep can be maintained in this county throughout the year. At almost every street one meets with a pile of bricks, showing that Mr. Conrad's new building will not stand alone very much longer. The members of the brass band, with a few friends, took a trip to Santiago canyon on Sunday. They provided themselves with a generous lunch and passed the day in a most pleasant manner. They were extremely anxious to try their music in the open air before exhibiting in public, and the trial gave evidence of the fact that they have made wonderful improvement and need not fear to play at any time. The band deserves credit for the perseverance and energy it has shown and the high degree of has closed a shine to a syndicate owed to citrus and delivery 200 inches from This, with other transfers effect Mrs. George H. Smith, Los Angeles uninternal cancer recovery. Billy Ahlborn California Turn At this meeting city the coming rain fell each inch. Monday we going to 85 degrees during the night and towards dark rain fell heavily in torrents. It time in years. A registered .55 o'clock season, 9.15; las Joe Nichols Joe made the best about getting in William J. married some days by Rev. B. C. C. Assemblym two ago, renewi re-election. Dr. Eddy wattend the injur leg. Marcos For against the star of coyote scalps Mrs. Charl visited in town Mrs. C. H. will make her f Mr. H. W. geles to Santa residence. Mrs. L. M. visited at the Re in Los Angeles millinery business Irving M. Bard that he in Perkins. Mr. S and canvassed what they thou At almost every street one meets with a pile of bricks, showing that Mr. Conrad's new building will not stand alone very much longer. The members of the brass band, with a few friends, took a trip to Santiago canyon on Sunday. They provided themselves with a generous lunch and passed the day in a most pleasant manner. They were extremely anxious to try their music in the open air before exhibiting in public, and the trial gave evidence of the fact that they have made wonderful improvement and need not fear to play at any time. The band deserves credit for the perseverance and energy it has shown and the high degree of excellence it has reached. We hope that the experiment at the Santiago will give the members courage, so that we may often hear the sound of their instruments upon the streets. Mr. Joseph Helmsen, one of the editors of our contemporary, The Schoolboy, has favored us with a copy of the Weekly Bomb-shell, a 4x6 paper published by school boys in San Francisco. SHAME OF THE SENATE The Senate of the United States! Once the proud representative of all that was ablest and best in American political life. Now, none so poor as to do it reverence. It has adjourned, leaving much important business unfinished, many things undone which should have been done, and, heaven knows, done many things which were better undone. Such is the record of the Senate of the United State during the sessions comprising the meeting of the sixty-ninth congress. Surely it is not one of which the Senate, or the country as a whole, has reason to feel proud. Not the least remarkable spectacle presented during the closing minutes of the final session of the Senate was that of the chairman of the appropriations committee, himself an aged man, pleading with tears that the filibustering foolishness should be stopped, if only long enough to permit of the passage of a resolution providing funds for hospitals and pensions for widows and orphans. He said—and he undoubtedly knew whereof he spoke—that, unless this were done, widows of 80 and 90 years of age would be left without the sustenance pledged to them upon the honor of this government. But his appeal was in vain, and the filibuster, with its side lines and by-products, consisting of petty malice and political hatreds, was persisted in until the end. Even the comparatively small sum asked as an emergency appropriation for the protection of lives and property in the Imperial valley from disaster by floods, failed of passage, by reason of the fact that there was no time for the consideration of the urgent deficiency bill, of which the appropriation referred to formed a part. No time to consider the possible, indeed probable, loss of precious lives, but lots of time for petty squabbling and tirades of personal abuse, like unto those which have long been considered the chief arguments (?) of the Billingsgate fishwife! Remember the good old days when the ladies' spring hats were not put on display until spring? 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902 C. C. Chapman has purchased the Leffingwell place of 41 acres and the Rudd place of 10 acres in Placentia, paying for the two orchards $40,000. There is a residence and other substantial improvements on the Leffingwell property. Adding this $40,000 to sales already reported for this week, runs the real estate sales up to $192,000 for the-week. The first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Orange County Mutual Building and Loan Association was held at Santa Ana the other day. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. C. D. Ball, C. G. P. Hill, E. S. S. Rouse, J. E. Bunker, J. C. Galloway, B. Uttley and D. W. Swanner. The directors declared a dividend of 4 per cent on installment and paid-up stock. W. J. Hole, who represents the Stearns Ranchos Company, has closed a sale of 2180 acres at the east end of La Habra valley to a syndicate of Los Angeles capitalists. The tract will be set to citrus and deciduous fruits. The buyers have contracted for 200 inches from the Edgemont Water Company of East Whittier. This, with other sales made by Mr. Hole, reaches a total of 152,000 in transfers effected by him in the past week. Mrs. George Bauer, who for some time past has been in Los Angeles undergoing treatment for what was feared to be internal cancer, is improving and hopes are entertained for her recovery. Billy Ahlborn attended the annual convention of the Southern California Town Board at San Diego on Saturday and Sunday. Official Explains Inheritance Tax Warren Weaver, attache of State Controller Ray L. Rilley's office, who is in Santa Ana to check Orange county records for the state inheritance tax department, was called on to elaborate upon information he gave last Friday, with reference to the size of the tax paid upon estates. Weaver was quoted in the press as stating that "under normal conditions," an estate of $100,000 would pay an inheritance tax of $10 to the state. Many readers of the article were anxious, he found, to learn what "normal conditions" consist of. So Weaver explained today. "Normal conditions," he said, "mean where the heirs consist of a widow and one minor child. Figuring the deduction of half of the estate as community property, and figuring the other exemptions where there is one minor child, the state would collect a tax of but $10 upon an estate valued at $100,000." Weaver finds much interest is manifested in inheritance tax matters by the general public, he says. His department collects $8,000,000 annually in this form of tax. A large portion of that sum goes to the state school fund, the rest to the general fund. A 65-year-old "Grandmother of the Links" won golf honors in Florida the other day, which naturally recalls to mind the old-fashioned grandmother who sat in the corner all winter long and knit red woolen stockings. Now that there is a government radio commission, we are expecting a visit pretty soon from a couple of federal static inspectors. TIMETABLE A. T. & S. F. Ry. Coast Lines In effect November 14, 1926 Trains to Los Angeles *No. 79 8:45 A.M. No. 71 11:57 A.M. $No. 73 4:46 P.M. No. 75 8:58 P.M. Trains From Los Angeles No. 78 2:00 A.M. No. 72 10:09 A.M. $No. 52 11:88 A.M. No. 74 8:16 P.M. No. 76 7:54 P.M. Mrs. George Bauer, who for some time past has been in Los Angeles undergoing treatment for what was feared to be internal cancer, is improving and hopes are entertained for her recovery. Billy Ahlborn attended the annual convention of the Southern California Turn Bezirk at San Diego on Saturday and Sunday. At this meeting it was decided to hold the annual turn fest in this city the coming fall. Rain fell early yesterday morning to the extent of 55 of an inch. Monday was the warmest day of the year, the thermometer going to 85 degrees. In the evening the sky became hazy, and during the night it was cloudy. Tuesday it looked much like rain, and towards dark it sprinkled. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning rain fell heavily at intervals for two hours. At times it descended in torrents. It was the heaviest precipitation for its length of time in years. At 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Dickel's gauge registered .55 of an inch. Previously reported, 8.59; total for season, 9.15; last year to date, 10.94. Joe Nichols was over one day last week from Santa Ana. Joe made the best sheriff the county ever had, and is thinking about getting into the game again. William J. Wickersheim and Miss Emma P. Oswald were married some days ago at the home of the bride, at Santa Ana, by Rev. B. C. Cory. Assemblyman Hasson was over from Buena Park a day or two ago, renewing old acquaintances. He will be a candidate for re-election. Dr. Eddy was called to the orphanage some evenings ago to attend the injuries of one of the children who fell and broke his leg. Marcos Forster of San Juan Capistrano has begun suit against the state for recovery of bounty upon a large number of coyote scalps. Mrs. Charley Albrecht and two little children of Downey visited in town with friends and relatives on Monday. Mrs. C. H. Nickey left on Sunday for Catalina, where she will make her future home. Mr. H. W. Chynoweth and mother have moved from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, where they will take up their permanent residence. Mrs. L. M. Passmore, baby Stewart, and Miss Laura Roller visited at the Rolio Sunday. Miss Roller is the guest of her sister in Los Angeles, and for the next six months will learn the millinery business in that city. Irving M. Scott of San Francisco has confided to Senator Bard that he intends to enter the senatorial race against Mr. Perkins. Mr. Scott told others of his ambition in this direction and canvassed different members of the house delegation as to what they thought of his chances. TIMETABLE A. T. & S. F. Ry. Coast Lines In effect November 14, 1926 Trains to Los Angeles *No. 79 ... 8:45 A.M. *No. 71 ... 11:57 A.M. *No. 73 ... 4:46 P.M. *No. 75 ... 8:58 P.M. Trains From Los Angeles No. 78 ... 2:00 A.M. No. 72 ... 10:00 A.M. *No. 52 ... 11:25 A.M. *No. 74 ... 8:16 P.M. *No. 76 ... 7:54 P.M. "Through sleepers to Kansas City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Grand Canyon." Through sleepers to Denver, St Louis, Chicago and Grand Canyon connections. San Bernardino and River-side connection. Through sleepers to Chicago from San Diego for "The Chief." Houston, Galveston, Texas, and New Orleans connections. C.A.WALKER.Agent. CHURCH_CALENDAR Baptist, Calvary Baptist Woman's Union, first Thursday, all day. World Wide Guild, last Friday evening. Baptist Young People's Union, every Sunday evening. Sunday School, Eulogia Class, first Tuesday evening. Sunday School Fellowship Class, fourth Tuesday evening. Baptist, German Ladies' Aid Missionary, first Thursday afternoon. Sunday School, Philathea Class, first Tuesday evening. Bible Classes, Non-Sectarian Bible Study Class, every Wednesday afternoon. Cottage Bible Class, every Monday evening. Cathelicle, St.Bonavillee Young Ladies' Institute, first and third Tuesday evening. Young Men's Institute, second and fourth Tuesday evening. Episcopal, St.Michael's Helpers' Guild, second and fourth Thursday afternoon. Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society, first Thursday afternoon. Young Women's Missionary Circle, third Tuesday evening. Ladies' Aid Society, third Thursday afternoon. League of Christian Endeavor, every Sunday evening. League of Christian Endeavor Social, second Friday evening. Lutheran Grace Ladies' Aid Society, first Thursday afternoon. Walther League, second Tuesday evening. Methodist Episcopal White Temple Ladies' Aid Society, first Thursday afternoon. Women's Foreign Missionary Society, second Thursday afternoon. W.F.M.S., King's Heralds, second Mrs. L. M. Passmore, baby Stewart, and Miss Laura Roller visited at the Rolio Sunday. Miss Roller is the guest of her sister in Los Angeles, and for the next six months will learn the millinery business in that city. Irving M. Scott of San Francisco has confided to Senator Bard that he intends to enter the senatorial race against Mr. Perkins. Mr. Scott told others of his ambition in this direction and canvassed different members of the house delegation as to what they thought of his chances. Mrs. Lloyd C. Bailey and two little children of Mazatlan, Mexico, who have been visiting relatives and friends here and in Los Angeles, will leave on Saturday for Phoenix, A. T., to pay a visit to the family of Dr. G. H. Bailey. Peter Hansen and daughter, Christina, of Placentia, will leave for Denmark in May for a visit with relatives in the old country. They will be absent about three months. H. H. Hale of Placentia has traded his 10-acre tract opposite George Sherwood's for W. L. Hale's 20 acres east of the Tuffree tract. The difference paid to the latter was $7000. The former is now building a barn and tank house, where he will live for the present. A. L. Rogers, head distributing zanjero of the Anaheim Union Water Company, died on March 11, at his home, near the company's reservoir. He leave a widow and two children. A. Pierotti has had plans made for a fine new home on his Placentia ranch. This is the last day to register for the city election. W. A. Beckett, county clerk, has notified Joseph Helmsen to make no registration or transfer after today. Now that we have gotten Peaches Brownjing and the Pig Woman off the first page and congress has really adjourned, what are the poor metropolitan newspapers going to do? The growth of an oyster can now be seen in moving pictures, but we doubt whether this oyster film can ever be made into one of these new fangled talking pictures. League of Christian Endeavor, every Sunday evening. League of Christian Endeavor, Social second Friday eventar. Lutheran Grace Ladies' Aid Society, first Thursday afternoon. Walther League, second Tuesday evening. Methodist Episcopal, White Temple Ladies' Aid Society, first Thursday afternoon. Women's Foreign Missionary Society, second Thursday afternoon. W.F.M.S., King's Heralds, second Saturday afternoon. Woman's Home Missionary Society, third Thursday afternoon. Epworth League (Departmental), every Sunday evening. Sunday School, Fidelis Class, fourth Thursday, all day. Sunday School, Y. M. P. Class, fourth Tuesday evening. Sunday School, Y. M. P. Club, second Tuesday afternoon. Sunday School, Philathea, second Tuesday evening. Methodist Episcopal, Free Woman's Missionary Society, second Tuesday afternoon. Young People's Missionary Society, second Friday evening. Kazaraune Woman's Missionary Society, first Thursday afternoon. Young People's Society, every Sunday evening. Presbyterian Flower Mission, first Thursday afternoon. Weman's Bible Class, second Thursday afternoon. Woman's Missionary Society, third Thursday afternoon. Christian Endeavor, every Sunday evening. 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