anaheim-gazette 1927-05-19

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM Total for 1910 was... 2,268 Total for 1920 was... 5,525 Today estimated at... 12,000 VOLUME LVII SEVENTH ANNUAL B GATES OF BIG ORANGE SHOW THROWN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Lieutenant Governor Buron R. Fitts Formally Opened the Show With an Appropriate Address; American Legion Day DOORS OPEN 10:00 A. M. WEEK DAYS SUNDAY, 2 P. M. PACKING CONTEST STARTS 7:15 P. M. AFTERNOON PROGRAM STARTS 2:30 P. M. EVENING PROGRAM STARTS 8 P. M. The work of transforming the "big top" in the seventh annual California Valencia Orange Show, being held here this year, into a veritable fairyland of color and artistic beauty has been accomplished and all was in readiness for the big crowds who stormed the gates. Sonny Clay and his Vocalian Recording Orchestra, Plantation Cafe Revue. Tuesday, May 24—Radio Day, Studio Six Orchestra, Jackle Lucas, The Hall Room Boys, Julius H. Phillips, Bert Butterworth and his Doughnuts. Wednesday, May 25—Lou Erickson The work of transforming the "big top" in the seventh annual California Valencia Orange Show, being held here this year, into a veritable fairyland of color and artistic beauty has been accomplished and all was in readiness for the big crowds who stormed the gates when Lieutenant Governor Buron R. Fitts formally opened this great event at noon today. The decorations this year far surpass any of previous years. The overhead color scheme is yellow and blue, with garlands of flowers, fairy lanterns, spider webs and streamers, through which the colored lights cast a soft glow upon the millions of oranges in the racks and feature exhibits. Above the racks is a frieze of panels upon which are depicted scenes from Mother Goose stories. The feature exhibits this year are declared by all who have seen them to be the most beautiful that have ever been shown in any fair, festival or pageant ever held in Southern California. The Los Angeles county exhibit, with its many mechanical motions, is the cynosure of all eyes. "The House That Valencia Built," the entry of the Orange County Citrus Association, is another feature that is attracting great attention. This is the largest exhibit in the show and has combined artistry with features of educational value. Pasadena, Orange, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Pomona, San Bernardino, Yorba Linda, Huntington Beach, Anaheim Union high school and the Highway Bulb Gardens of Anaheim are all of an unusually beautiful nature; it will be hard for the judges to pick the winner, all are so well thought out in design and decorations. While the Valencia Orange Show is dedicated to Orange county's queen of fruits, the industrial auto and carnival sections of the show will prove of great interest to the thousands of residents and visitors who will attend this year. In the industrial section is displayed a wide variety of manufactured products for home, garden and orchard, while practically every standard make of auto is on view in the big tent devoted to the "horse carriage." In connection with this section is the display of tractors and farming implements, also the latest accessories for the auto. Due to the great demand for space in the industrial and automobile section, more room has been provided for these displays this year. The carnival section is also on a larger scale, many more features and rides being provided for the children and the adults, who always get a great deal of entertainment and amusement from this section. With approximately 30 entrants representing 15 orange packing houses throughout this section, the big world's championship orange packing contest Sonny Clay and his Vocalian Recording Orchestra, Plantation Cafe Revue. Tuesday, May 24—Radio Day, Studio Six Orchestra, Jackie Lucas, The Hall Room Boys, Julius H. Phillips, Bert Butterworth and his Doughnuts. Wednesday, May 25—Lou Erickson and his Montmartre Cafe Orchestra, Charlie Wellman (Hello, Folks) Ann Gray, William Herwick, Equistino Luccero. Thursday, May 26—Long Beach Concert Band, Orange County Quartette, Charlotte DeLovelance, Little Eddie Barnes. Friday, May 27—Bunny Burson and His Band, Ricardo and Lucinda, Jerry Ryan, James Burroughs, Dare Sisters. Saturday, May 28—Patrick & Marsh, Jessita, Glenn Hood, Whiteman Sisters, Hortense Herrera. In the industrial tent Jose Garcia's California Serenaders and Fred Rogers' Hawaiians, with Peggy LaSource, accompanist, will entertain during the 10 days of the show. At a meeting Monday of the committee in charge of the first world's championship orange packing content, final arrangements for the event were completed, and all is now in readiness for the first test Friday night, May 20. In order to give as many visitors to the show as possible a chance to see this great contest, the committee decided to divide the 15 teams entered into groups of three, assigning one group to each of the five nights the contests will be staged. So that all teams should receive the same treatment and to make the contest absolutely fair, each team was given a number. These numbers were written upon slips of paper and placed in a hat, from which they were drawn by a disinterested party in plain view of the entire committee. The first three numbers drawn were assigned to the first night of the contest, the second three to the second night, and so on until all numbers were drawn. After the drawing was completed, it was decided that the stage in the feature exhibit section of the "big top" would be arranged as near as possible like the packing room of an orange packing plant, so that the contestants would compete under as near normal working conditions as could be provided. It was also agreed, that in case of a tie, the final run-off would be held Thursday night, May 26. All of the contests will be held at 7:15 p.m. sharp, so that there will be plenty of time for the big vaudeville programs that will be another feature of the show each afternoon and night. The nights and the teams competing are as follows: Friday, May 20—Glendora Heights Orange and Lemon Growers, Hazel Gowen and Luella Underhill; Olive Fruit Company; Anaheim; Ruby Craig and Stanley Stadel; American Fruit When the Northern meetings in the Chicago, May 31-June ticon will flash on to of the 20.000 delegates attendance, the legendary Church, Anaheim which will reach from our city a fine which will reach from The officers of the arranged to show on names of all church May raise their quote of missionary funds world-wide work of this tist convention through foreign societies. His have forced each large sums to pay waiting until the end remittances from the cel the debts. This heavy interest charge is being made to monthly remittance churches. Mike Simon treats church, announces that remit its May quota to Los Angeles office will report to the centers at the Stevens with order that Anahein with those listed on Rev. H. B. Foskett, the Southern Calvari who organized Calvari tend the Chicago meet Dr. George E. Burke been serving the o pastor during May. The new Stevens hove the world, will be ther quarters,and its entailed place at Baptist meeting constituency of n includes 34 northern members. For the wholethe Baptists ship of 8,474,582,the connection with this section is the play of tractors and farming implements, also the latest accessories for the auto. Due to the great demand for space in the industrial and automobile section, more room has been provided for these displays this year. The carnival section is also on a larger scale, many more features and rides being provided for the children and the adults, who always get a great deal of entertainment and amusement from this section. With approximately 30 entrants representing 15 orange packing houses throughout this section, the big world’s championship orange packing contest will prove one of the big attractions of the show this year. Each night at 7:15 o’clock, upon the great stage, the packers entered in the contest will show their speed and skillfulness, and it is expected that thousands of visitors will find this contest not only unique, but of great interest. In addition to being decided the winner of the world’s orange packing contest, the winner will receive a silver cup, an Atwater-Kent radio and $100 in cash, while the packing house whose team is decided winner will receive a large silver trophy. With Charlie Hamp, world famous radio announcer as master of ceremonies, and announcer of entertainment features, there will be plenty of "pep" in the daily programs, as Mr. Hamp between numbers will interpolate in his own characteristic manner. The American Legion has charge of the opening day and started off the show with a “bang.” All the legionnaires of Orange county attended in a body, so as to be present when Lieut.-Gov. Buron R. Pitts formally opened the show. The program for the entire ten days will be as follows: Thursday, May 19—American Legion Day. Friday, May 20—Shell Oil Company Orchestra, Uncle John and Kiddies, Day Sisters, June Parker, Joiselle. Saturday, May 21—Bunny Burson and his Casa Del Mar Band, Irene McKinney, Allan Sisters, Otto Ploetz, Doris Duncan, Carlos and Granada. Sunday, May 22—Waldemar Guterson and his Orchestra (Brunswich Recording), Gamut Quintette, Teddy Marcel, Myrtle Boyd, Bess Joyce. Monday, May 23—Plantation Day. It was also agreed, that in case of a tie, the final run-off would be held Thursday night, May 26. All of the contests will be held at 7:15 p.m. sharp, so that there will be plenty of time for the big vaudeville programs that will be another feature of the show each afternoon and night. The nights and the teams competing are as follows: Friday, May 20—Glendora Heights Orange and Lemon Growers, Hazel Gowen and Luella Underhill; Olive Fruit Company, Anaheim, Ruby Craig and Stanley Standal; American Fruit Growers, Georgia Gray and Naomi Creighton. Saturday, May 21—Eadington Fruit Company, Mrs. George Horton and Pearl Jenkins; Red Fox Orchards, Orange, Eva Christensen and Majorie Richards; Yorba Linda Citrus Association, Fern Ely and Esther Walters. Monday, May 23—Olive Hillside Groves, Alice Mack and Anna Mack; Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association, Alline Pitts and Constance Estrada; Anaheim Co-operative Orange Association, Elvie Wuster and Gladys Hill. Tuesday, May 24—Riverside Orchard Packing Company, Dora Pemberton and Edna Nagel; Olive Fruit Company, Olive, Eve Friend and Rosa Revera; Fullerton Packing Company, Elva Hadley and Emma Wygal. Wednesday, May 25—Bastanchury Ranch Company, Tony Soto and Frank Rodriguez; Olive Heights Citrus Association, Anna Mierhoff and Nora Schroeder; Santa Ana-Tustin Mutual, Grace Sherman and Jesse Whelden. The silver cups and other valuable prizes will be awarded to the winner from the stage on Friday night, May 27, which has been set aside as the big Movie Night. All of the prizes will be handed to the lucky winners by some of the most prominent stars in the motion picture world, and it is likely that this feature of the show will be one of the pictures snapped by the Pictorial News service and flashed on the screens in all of the picture houses throughout the country. A dietary expert says that growing tall depends on the kind and amount of food you eat. In our opinion, having six-foot ancestors also helps a little. The first tour of Sunday, and in the first run every Tuesday at tours will start from consume an entire day. The cars will enter the coast highway, Seal Beach, Hunting port Beach, Balboa Laguna Beach, Irvina Ana, Orange, Anahelton Brea, and La. to be made in man county towns where be presented with souports. Co-operation of Lhasa has been secured arranging the trip are t tourists will easily believed by Raymer who otherwise would county will be dres scenic tours. AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, May 19, 1927 UAL BLUE RIBBON EVENT ON Orange County Legionnaires Plan Barbecue SUNDAY, June 5, is the date set by the Santa Ana post, American Legion, for the holding of its stag barbecue and entertainment in accordance with plans made by the post several days ago, to entertain all legionnales and ex-service men in Orange county. The barbecue will be held in the Orange County park. Plans were first announced to the effect that the barbecue would be staged at Laguna Beach, but the committee in charge, Franklin Grouard, Charles Van Wyk, and R. H. McCalla, announced today that a section of Orange County park had been reserved and arrangements made to hold festivities there. Every post in the county will be notified of the picnic date, and the Santa Ana legionnaires are expecting to entertain some 1000 persons during the day. W. K. Duffy, steward at the Santa Ana Elka' Club, will have charge of the food to be served for the barbecue, and Legion men said he was ILLICIT STILL IS CAPTURED BY OFFICERS LARGEST BOOZE PLANT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUSPENDS BUSINESS Anaheim Police and Sheriff's Officers Raid Joint on Dale Avenue and Capture Two Operatives; 750 Gallons of Corn Whisky and 10,000 Gallons of Mash Confiscated; Wholesale Business Done, It Is Reported THE mailed fist of the law wrecked a prosperous industry Friday morning, when one of the largest illicit stills ever Send Oranges To Mayor of Iowa Capital NOTHER milestone in the traditional friendship between California and Iowa was reached at Anaheim last week when, with impressive ceremonies, officials of the California Valencia Orange Show assembled in the packing plant of the Anaheim Fruit and Lemon Company and watched the packing of a box of oranges from the first grove planted in Orange, which was sent to the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. The gift is to commemorate the first shipment of Valencias from Orange county to Des Moines, which was made just 44 years ago. This shipment of two carloads was made by M. A. Peters and A. D. Bishop, pioneers in the citrus industry, and marked Orange county's entry into the commercial growing of Valencia oranges. From this almost insignificant beginning has developed the huge orange industry which last year brought a total of $19,000,000 to this county and which has given the county a top-notch position in the Calvary Church Gets On the Honor Roll Anaheim Edifice to Be Shown on Screen at Chicago When the Northern Baptist convention meets in the great coliseum at Chicago, May 31-June 5, a big stereoplicon will flash on the screen in sight of the 20,000 delegates and visitors in attendance, the legend, "Calvary Baptist Church, Anaheim, California," giving to our city a fine piece of publicity which will reach from ocean to ocean. The officers of the convention have arranged to show on the screen the names of all churches which during May raise their quota for the month, of missionary funds pledged for the world-wide work of the Northern Baptist convention through its home and foreign societies. Hitherto, the societies have been forced each year to borrow large sums to pay the missionaries, waiting until the end of the year for remittances from the churches to cancel the debts. This method involved heavy interest charges, and an effort is being made to secure hereafter monthly remittances from all the churches. Mike Simon, treasurer of Calvary church, announces that the church will remit its May quota promptly; and the Los Angeles office of the denomination will report to the convention headquarters at the Stevens hotel, at Chicago, in order that Anahel may be included with those listed on the honor roll. Rev. H. B. Foskett, field secretary of the Southern California convention, who organized Calvary church, will attend the Chicago meetings, as will also Dr. George E. Burlingame, who has been serving the church as acting pastor during May. The new Stevens hotel, the largest in the world, will be the convention headquarters, and its entire facilities have been placed at the service of the Baptists for what promises to be the greatest Baptist meeting in history. The constituency of the northern convention includes 34 northern and western states, with about 9000 churches and 1,400,000 members. For the United States as a whole the Baptists report a membership of 8,474,582, the majority of whom staged at Laguna Beach, but the committee in charge, Franklin Grouard, Charles Van Wyk, and R. H. McCalla, announced today that a section of Orange County park had been reserved and arrangements made to hold festivities there. Every post in the county will be notified of the picnic date, and the Santa Ana legionnaires are expecting to entertain some 1000 persons during the day. W. K. Duffy, steward at the Santa Ana Elks Club, will have charge of the food to be served for the barbecue, and Legion men said he was already busy making arrangements for the party. Anaheim Police and Sheriff's Officers Raid Joint on Dale Avenue and Capture Two Operatives; 750 Gallons of Corn Whisky and 10,000 Gallons of Mash Confiscated; Wholesale Business Done, It Is Reported THE mailed fist of the law wrecked a prosperous industry Friday morning, when one of the largest illicit stills ever operated in Southern California was raided by officers, and a large quantity of perfectly good liquor was destroyed. The still was situated on Dale avenue, between this city and Buena Park, and the operators, who were Italians, had been doing a profitable business for some time. The party which left Anaheim at 6 o'clock Friday morning was under command of Chief of Police J. S. Martin. Mayor L. E. Miller and Trustee A. W. Franzen were in the party, and Policemen Oscar Kelly, F. L. Barnett, T. L. Wilder, W. B. Young, J. M. Pifer and H. G. Gearke completed the Anaheim contingent to the posse. There were also present Deputy Sheriffs Ed McClellan, R. W. Knight and F. W. Howard. This force captured Frank Bona and Rona Rau, who were in charge of the place, and also took possession of a large quantity of liquor and the still, which had a capacity of 100 gallons a day. Seven hundred and fifty gallons of corn whisky was found on the place, as well as 10,000 gallons of mash being prepared for the still. At the police station Bona declared that he was the sole owner of the plant, having rented the building and orange ranch from Tony Capassa of Los Angeles. Chief Martin, however, is of the opinion that Bona was merely an employee of the real owner. The ranch was the scene, about a year ago, of a fire which destroyed a valuable barn and farm machinery. The officers are of the opinion that the still was in existence at the time of the fire, pointing to a scorched vat as evidence. At the time of the raid Bona was operating two stills, the officers report, while Rau was sleeping in a lean-to just off the-still room. Three large rooms were used for locations for the twenty-500-gallon vats used to foment the mash. The basic material used in the vats was yeast and corn sugar, according to the officers. The product is said to have tested 45 per cent alcohol. As further evidence that the plant has been in operation for a considerable length of time was the system of extensive sinkholes used to dispose of the waste material. These holes had been extended under piles of brush as need arose for new disposal means. The plant was so well barricaded and camouflaged that officers believe a daytime raid would have stood a good chance of failure to capture the operators. An effort was made to apprehend the driver of a truck believed to have been due for a load of lionor. Most of Court Will Decide Disposal of Fees County Officials to Bring Suit Against Board of Supervisors The demand of County Recorder Justine Whitney for the payment of fees collected by her office during the first quarter of this year was denied by the supervisors Monday, that board taking the attitude that the fees belonged to the county. This also applies to claims presented by J. C. Joplin, county treasurer, and Joplin is carrying the matter into the court to settle the dispute. Reported conflict in the interpretation of the nature of monies involved has raised the question, which is whether a section of the political code of the state, which provides such monies shall go to the treasurer and recorder as "compensation" for their work in connection with the matters referred to, applies to the case, or whether it is governed by the county government act, which provides that all "fees" shall go into the public treasury. The court will be asked to decide whether these monies are fees, as regarded by the board of supervisors upon the advice of District Attorney Z. B. West Jr., or whether they are compensation for work performed as provided by the political code. The case involves about $1000 per annum each for the treasurer and the recorder. Attorney H. C. Head, of the firm Head, Rutan & Scovel, representing Joplin, remarked that his firm has been asked to investigate the situation and that a legal action would probably be brought to get a court ruling on the point as to whether the political code or the county government act applies to the case. Miss Whitney emphasized her contention that the monies involved in her case are not "fees," because they are not paid into her office, but are certified to the auditor, to whom she makes her demand for the monneys. She contends that they are allowed her office by the section of the political code as "compensation" for the work done upon vital statistics. Police You Twenty Jail Raid arrests 20 years old to their home held at Newport Loma Yorba; Residence Placencia; Fullerton high schools Those detainees have been arrested well over two weeks seen on under cover Many Tourists Will Visit Orange County Stages to Tour the County Through the Summer Thousands of people will see Orange county this summer, through the cooperation of the county board of supervisors and the Motor Transit Company, according to Dr. F. W. Slabaugh, county publicity agent, in charge of the arrangements. The first tour of the season started Sunday, and in the future tours will be run every Tuesday and Thursday. The tours will start from Los Angeles, and consume an entire day. The cars will enter Orange county on the coast highway, passing through Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Balboa, Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Irvine, Tustin, Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim, Placentia, Fullerton, Brea, and La Habra. Stops are to be made in many of the Orange county towns, where the visitors will be presented with souvenirs, it is reported. Co-operation of Los Angeles hotels has been secured and circulars advertising the trip are to be placed where tourists will easily find them. It is believed by Raymer that many persons who otherwise would never see Orange county will be drawn here by the scenic tours. Wealth of Anaheim Subject of Sermon Dr. Burlingame to Preach on Orange Show Next Sunday In recognition of the enterprise manifested in the Anaheim Orange Show, Dr. George E. Burlingame of Los Angeles announces a special sermon for next Sunday evening at Calvary Baptist church, Broadway and Citron, at 7:30 o'clock. His topic will be "The Wealth of Anaheim," and the sermon promises to be of interest to orange growers and all others who are connected with Anaheim's leading industry. Mrs. Winifred L. Fisher, chorister, will include special features in the song service for the evening. The services of next Sunday will conclude Dr. Burlingame's present engagement with Calvary church. He leaves on the "Apache" Monday morning for Chicago to attend the meeting of the Northern Baptist Convention, having been appointed by President J. Whitcomb Brougher a member of the city mission commission of the convention. This commission surveys the work of the denomination in the larger cities of the north and west. Dr. Burlingame has been working for several months on an extensive survey, soon to be published, of the religious life and church membership of Los Angeles. Miss Whitney emphasized her contention that the money involved in her case are not "fees," because they are not paid into her office, but are certified to the auditor, to whom she makes her demand for the moneys. She contends that they are allowed her office by the section of the political code as "compensation" for the work done upon vital statistics. Miss Whitney had been receiving the money in question up to this year, when the county government act appeared with its proviso regarding fees. The recorder had been receiving a salary of $3000 per year, an increase to $3600 provided in a county government act four years ago not being scheduled to go into effect until the beginning of the new term this year. Meanwhile, the county government act of two years ago nullified the increase, so that the recorder never received it. The later act placed the recorder's salary at $3400 per year and provided that all "fees" of the office should be turned into the public treasury. That act became effective at the beginning of the new term this year, and is now the germ of the present controversy. LEAVING FOR ALTADENA Mr. and Mrs. Julius J. Schneider left for their new home in Altadena the first of the week. They will take up their permanent residence there. Mr. Schneider has been a resident of Anaheim for 62 years and has probably resided here longer, continuously, than any one in town. He is a son of one of the Pioneer colonists. His father organized the first fire company in Anaheim and was for many years fire chief of the community. He and his wife take with them the best wishes of a host of friends for their future welfare. Mr. Schneider retains his fine orange grove here, and his friends say it's a sure bet that he will be back in Anaheim before long. He will find the latch-string out and a welcome awaiting him. ETTE ANAHEIM—YOUR CITY Founded by German Colonists, 1857 Assessed Value, 1925, $10,500,000 School System Valued at $951,000 Number 32 ENT OPENS TODAY BROADWAY TO BE ILLUMINATED WITH ORNAMENTAL LIGHTS Protests Thursday Night Were Not Sufficient To Retard Improvement; Trustees Will Hear Other Protests at Meeting BROADWAY is soon to have ornamental lights. The proposition to extend the system to that thoroughfare came up before the city council Thursday night, and although there were numerous protests against the improvement, a check-up showed that the protestants represented only a minority of the frontage, Young Man Killed In Auto Accident George Yorba Meets Death by Overturning of Car A carefree outing of a group of consequently the board approved the plans and ordered the lights installed. A resolution to that effect was adopted. Protests against the extension of the lighting system on North Lemon, on Clementine, and Helena streets will be heard and considered at the next meeting on May 26, but unless the protestants represent a majority of the property frontage, their objections will be in vain. These improvements are a great asset to the city, and it is the Young Man Killed In Auto Accident George Yorba Meets Death by Overturning of Car A carefree outing of a group of brothers and friends had a tragic ending late Saturday, when George Gilbert Yorba, 16-year-old Fullerton high school student and member of Orange county's oldest families, was killed and his chum, John McDonald, of Placentia, received serious injuries. Yorba's neck was broken when the machine in which he was riding with his two brothers, Allen and Albert Yorba, and a cousin, Albert E. Yorba, and McDonald, all of near Placentia, overturned on the highway near Oxnard. Allen Yorba, who was driving, attempted to go around another car, but seeing that he could not complete the attempt, applied the brakes, which locked, causing the machine to skid off the road. The other members of the party were not injured. Funeral services for young Yorba were conducted from the McAulay & Suters parlor, Fullerton, Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The body was brought to Fullerton Sunday from Camarillo, where the boy had been taken following the accident. The members of the party left Saturday afternoon with the intention of enjoying a fishing outing in the Oxnard district. The deceased was one of five children, his father being Alonzo E. Yorba, residing on a ranch north of Placentia. He was a freshman in the Fullerton high school. Police Gather in Youthful Revelers Twenty Juveniles Arrested in Raid at Newport Beach Twenty persons, all juveniles, were arrested, 20 more questioned and sent to their homes, and two boys are being held at Newport Beach, following a raid on the resort town Saturday night by L. A. Warren, county probation officer, supported by Deputy Sheriffs F. W. Howard and Don Mozley. Those detained by officers were said to have been drinking. The two boys arrested were said to have had liquor on their person at the time of arrest. The officers also found several dozen empty bottles in a car said to belong to one of the youths, they said. Reports to the effect that much drinking had been going on in Balboa over the week-ends and that dancers were seen on the public dance floors under the influence of liquor was said consequently the board approved the plans and ordered the lights installed. A resolution to that effect was adopted. Protests against the extension of the lighting system on North Lemon, on Clementine, and Helena streets will be heard and considered at the next meeting on May 26, but unless the protestants represent a majority of the property frontage, their objections will be in vain. These improvements are a great asset to the city, and it is the purpose of the present city government to add to the city's improvements as much as possible. An ordinance was adopted fixing the salary of the new deputy marshal who will have charge of the identification, or finger-print department of the chief's office. He is to draw $175 per month. The annual report of City Clerk Merritt was submitted, showing that the city is in an excellent financial condition. City Treasurer Boege's report shows a cash balance on hand in all funds of $231,249. Judge Stark reported 59 cases in his court during the past month, and the violators of the law pungled up $876 in fines; besides, a number drew jail sentences. Chief Nyebo reported four fire alarms during April, but the department was so prompt in answering, that the total fire losses aggregated only $150. Deputy Comptroller W. J. Lake reported the following amounts charged during the month for light, water and power: Light, $11,038.45; water, $3942.75; power, $2273.75. City Marshal J. S. Martin collected $183.90 from the issuance of business licenses during April, his report disclosed. V. W. Hannum, city electrician, reported 15 electric light wiring permits issued during April; also five power-and four fixture permits. Fees collected totaled $65.60. Library expenses for April totaled $1635.45, leaving a balance of $7945.19, according to the report of Miss Elizabeth Calnon, librarian. Contract and bond of S. R. Roseberg, calling for the delivery of 3000 barrels of road oil, were approved. The contract was awarded several months ago. The price is $1.39 per barrel f. o. b. Anaheim. Demands against the city aggregating $27,060.39, all approved by the finance committee, were approved and warrants in payment ordered drawn. The report of O. E. Steward, maintenance engineer, in charge of units 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the outfall sewer, was approved. The report shows the average flow of sewage during April as follows: Anaheim, 65 miner's inches; Fullerton, 62 inches; and Orange, 64 inches. Based on the average flow, the costs were apportioned as follows: Anaheim, $21.31; Fullerton, $20.33; Orange, $20.98; Garden Grove, $3.38; Placentia, $3.37; and La Habra, $6.63. Reservoir Sites Reservoir Sites Measure Signed Governor Young has started the ball rolling on the $358,000,000 water conservation program of State Engineer Paul Bailey by signing a bill by Senator Charles H. Cobb of Fresno, appropriating $200,000 to be spent by the department of finance in purchasing property for reservoir sites under the Bailey program. A. R. Heron, chairman of the state board of control, has already filed on sites for all the various reservoirs under the Bailey plan, which proposes to "boost" surplus water from the Sacramento river to the San Joaquin river during the low water period, supplying irrigation for the parched lands of the lower San Joaquin valley. WILL VISIT ITALY Mr. and Mrs. Attilio Pierotti of Placentia, their daughter, Miss Elenora, and their son, Donald, leave Sunday for Italy, to be absent until September. They go to New York by train, and will sail for Naples on a trans-Atlantic liner. They will visit Rome, Florence, Milan and Mr. Pierotti's old home at Lucca, where several weeks will be spent with relatives and friends. They will also visit Switzerland, and will spend some time in Paris. They will also go to Belfast and other points in Ireland. This is Mr. Pierotti's first trip to Italy in 18 years, he having visited his old home in Lucca in 1899. He and his family look forward to their trip with anticipation of great pleasure.