anaheim-gazette 1927-07-14

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SIX MONTHS.....1.95 THREE MONTHS.....7.75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. A BANKER'S VIEW OCCASIONALLY we hear the charge that many of our great international bankers are favorable to the policy of cancelling the European war debts, in order to make more fertile the field for private American loans abroad. There is therefore great satisfaction in knowing that there are at least some well-known bankers who do not favor the program. Among these is David R. Forgan, the Chicago banker, who has a reputation which is more than national in its scope. In a recent address before the Iowa Bankers' Association, Mr. Forgan was greeted with applause when he attacked the cancellation idea and declared that "cancellation is next door to repudiation." "Cancellation is not a matter of wiping the slate clean," he said, "it is a question of who is going to pay. If the allies do not, then it is up to you and me and the other taxpayers of this country, for Uncle Sam is most certainly not going to repudiate his Liberty bonds." For their own good, Forgan averred, the debtor nations must not be permitted to evade their debts to the United States. "We may live to see the day," he said, "when France again will be in the market for huge loans to save herself. If she demands cancellation of her present debts, where would her credit be when she tried to negotiate future loans?" There is some sound Americanism and real financial judgment in what Mr. Forgan has to say. There is of course no immediate danger that a program of cancellation will be adopted, but the internationalists are constantly at work both here and in Europe. and it is good to have a financier of Mr. Forgan's standing occasionally call attention to the fallacies of the internationalist program. WHAT WE DO ABROAD WHAT WE DO ABROAD WE ARE told that Uncle Sam is regarded the world over as the International Shylock, and that Americans are looked upon as a nation of money grabbers. It may be that those who tell us of our great unpopularity abroad are exaggerating the story. It is a noteworthy fact that most of the folks who remind us how unpopular we are in Europe are the same people who are trying to put something over on Uncle Sam for the benefit of Europe. But however that may be, it is worth noting, in view of this alleged charge of American money grasping, that the Rockefeller Foundation in 1926 spent nearly ten million dollars for world health. The foundation, which is an American institution, aided the growth of fourteen medical schools in ten countries and maintained a modern teaching hospital in a spot where it was badly needed, namely Peking. The first section of the annual report states that the foundation had the great co-operation of the government of Brazil in fighting yellow fever and hookworm, and that it had invaluable opportunities in aiding British undertakings all the way from London and Edinburgh to Hongkong and Sidney. The foundation has aided in the war against tuberculosis in France and has helped the cause of health everywhere, not only in our own country, but in Brazil, France, Poland, Yugo-Slavia, China, Siam and central and southern American states. Here is a concrete example of what American institutions are doing in the world, and there are many others. The history of American economic penetration everywhere has been a story of cleaning away insanitary conditions, improving health and raising standards of living. If that be dollar chasing, make the most of it. OBEYING THE LAW WE HEAR a great deal about the enactment of too many laws, and it is true that the country seems to be engulfed biennially in a veritable flood of new legislation. One result is, so we are told, that law enforcement is made very difficult. This doubtless true, but the very fact that it is true, makes it more the duty of every good citizen to see that he obeys the law himself. One good way to prevent the enactment of more unnecessary and foolish laws is to enforce all laws which are on the statute books, and so bring about a reaction against the tendency to make too many new laws. Many of our leading jurists are warning us that the flouting of the laws of the country is now becoming a national peril. Touching upon this point, Attorney General Sargent recently said in an address before the Pennsylvania Bar Association: "When intelligent, educated men hold up to ridicule the rules for its conduct which society makes and devote their intelligence, wit and resources to make crime and criminals attractive, it is to be expected that the thoughtless, the ignorant, the vicious, will try and get rid of the oppressor of the criminal, in any way, by any means, that will be most effective." "Day by day, because some one plays for the doing of it and because the great body of law-abiding citizens is complaisant." Many of our leading jurists are warning us that the flouting of the laws of the country is now becoming a national peril. Touching upon this point, Attorney General Sargent recently said in an address before the Pennsylvania Bar Association: "When intelligent, educated men hold up to ridicule the rules for its conduct which society makes and devote their intelligence, wit and resources to make crime and criminals attractive, it is to be expected that the thoughtless, the ignorant, the vicious, will try and get rid of the oppressor of the criminal, in any way, by any means, that will be most effective. "Day by day, because some one plays for the doing of it and because the great body of law-abiding citizens is complaisant and says nothing to show its approval, flippant, jeering writers, publishers, soap-box orators and cabaret performers sow the wind and society reaps it all in whirlwinds which blast and destroy." SAVING TAXPAYERS' MONEY Congress has created a committee to study and report on what curtailments can be properly made without loss of efficiency in the printing of documents, in the maintenance of certain obsolete offices and the continuance on the congressional payrolls of certain unnecessary employees and officials. There is no doubt but this committee will be able to make a report, which, if adopted, will make for a very considerable saving in the expenses of congressional maintenance. The interesting feature of this demonstration has been inspired by the general administration policy of economy. Notwithstanding retrenchments made by General Lord, director of the budget, there is still opportunity for further retrenchments. BETTER UNDERSTANDING One of the real advantages of the agricultural agitation is that the country as a whole has a better understanding of conditions than ever before. People in the east and the near west have always understood that agriculture was a basic industry, but it is to be feared that the phrase had no particular significance. They understand it was an accepted fact, but just genuinely sincere and intelligent expressions on the farm situation can be heard in all the eastern territory and, contrary to a thought which has been industriously promulgated, the eastern interest in the solution of the farm problem is not predicated on a mere dollar-and-cents view, but because of an honest and sympathetic feeling of distress over the struggles which many farmers have been obliged to make. ANAHEIM GAZETTE May Be 1928 Thriller? By Albert T. Reid Night Owl Patrols to Alamitos Bay Clear of Night Owl Patrols to Trap Law Breakers "Night Owl" patrols, from midnight to daylight, were inaugurated Tuesday by the traffic department of the Division of Motor Vehicles as the latest move to trap the driver of overloaded trucks and curtail damage to the state highways. The move was prompted by information received from the five truck weighing squads now operating that large numbers of truck drivers use the highways during the early hours of the morning partly to avoid detection in overloads and partly to escape traffic and the heat. With this situation in mind, Chief Inspector C. K. Harder made arrangements to have each crew work the so-called "graveyard shift" at least one night a week in an effort to "outfox" the craft driver of the overloaded vehicle. Although the crews have been in the field only a few days, splendid results have already been attained, more than 200 drivers carrying excessive loads having been caught. Harder announced. Several instances of flagrant overloading were discovered. One crew working in Riverside county reported one driver with a load of 17,500 pounds on a truck permitted a maximum of 14,000. Numerous instances in which trucks were carrying from 3000 to 4000 pounds too much were discovered. Another crew reported that several trucks have taken fire recently because overloading produced friction in certain portions of the mechanism. It is the intention of the department to keep the crews at work until the overloading evil has been definitely eliminated. EDUCATED FRUIT NAME We read with interest that by flat of none other than the annual meeting of the California Avocado Growers' Exchange the word avocado is to be stricken from the dictionary—as far as we exchange members are concerned. Henceforth it is to be the Calavo Growers Association. The avocado orchards of the members have overnight become "calavo" orchards. The old fruit is to be scored; the new praised. The order first presents itself as one compelling wholesale grafting of trees to produce this new and presumably finer fruit. The new fruit "grows" with its name stamped upon it, at least so the pictures would make us think. Further study, however, makes it all clear. The "calavo" is a trade name, copyrighted of course. We are relieved. It has been quite a task to learn to ask for avocados instead of "alligator pears," which we learned were a very illiterate variety of fruit. The avocados may be a step ahead, but if we want a real educated variety with a college degree and all that goes wit is, we must perforce order "calavos." WEST MAKES STATEMENT "Any statement published by any newspaper regarding the progress of my investigation of the county jail or what it has developed in the way of affidavits and other information are absolutely untrue and unauthorized." declared District Attorney Z. B. West Jr., with respect to Los Angeles news-paper reports of the jail probe. West referred to reports that signed statements from present inmates of the county jail had been filed with him and would be used before the grand jury, to be called late this week. West denied that the grand jury would be summoned this week, and declared that he had released no information to anyone regarding his investigation or his plans. The district attorney particularly denied that he intended to question a former woman prisoner in the jail, reported to have been brutally beaten there. “If there is such a case, I have never heard of it,” he said. “I am certainly not making any such investigation and have never authorized any statement regarding that or any other case, or affidavits. As a matter of fact, I have never been able to get hold of the affidavits reputed to have been secured by federal investigators in Los Angeles, and federal officers there tell me they taking advantage of the advice of the chief of the hydraulic department of the California Fish and Game Commission, the Richfield Oil Company has thoroughly cleaned up the oil that was spilled into the channel of Alamitos bay where the company's pipe line crosses the bay between Huntington Beach and Long Beach. On May 31 the pipe line broke, spilling much oil into the water and over the adjacent terrain. The company started a crew to work shortly after the accident, but failed to accomplish much until John Spencer, head of the commission's bureau of hydraulics, called the attention of the superintendent to the pollution and advised as to the method of cleaning up. Fifty men were put to work using shovels and spades and the oil-soaked ground and weeds were removed. The oil was cleaned from the water of the channel and while the work required three weeks' time, it was a thorough job according to reports made to the executive offices of the commission by Spencer, who had his assistant, Clarence Elliger, busy checking up a series of pollution cases at Huntington Beach, pass on the work. E. A. Chan, deputy located in that district, has made a final inspection of the job and insists that the Richfield company did fine work as soon as it was started according to Spencer's plan given the company superintendent. An American, according to the New York Times, has sent $4750 to England to help pay the British debt. Come on, cancellationists, here is a chance to show your generosity. making no investigation and do not have such affidavits. It is my opinion that the affidavits are in the hands of the newspapers. As for the grand jury investigation here, it will not be called this week. I do not intend that a local investigation shall be mixed up with a Los Angeles investigation." CUCKOO! I WAS JUST LOOKIN' IF THEY WUZZA E66, MAYBE! GET DOWN OUT OF THERE! DON'T BE SILLY! COME YOU ME EVERY WHAT A SIMIST IS, IF I BEGIN TO BE ONE YOU LAKE? ONE, TWO, THREE FOUR, FINE - DON'T INTERRUPT THE COUNT MAW-EIGHT, NINE TEN, OUT! SMATTER, POP? NICKING THE BARRISTER'S BANK ROLL SHORT while ago a slicker got the best of a lawyer, and it happened like this: An affable stranger breezed into the attorney's office and told him he had an overdue account with a storekeeper in a southern city and he wanted it collected. The amount was for $1000, and at the current rates the fee for collecting is $250. The man suggested that a letter, in crisp sentences, with a civil action in the offing would, in all probability, make the storekeeper loosen up. The attorney took the case on the basis of receiving $250, in the event he got the thousand dollars. A business-like letter was forthwith sent to the delinquent. In about two weeks a letter in reply was received by the lawyer, and it also contained a cashier's check for $1000. The affable one soon appeared on the scene and was happy beyond measure to learn that the overdue bill had been paid. The lawyer gave the smooth gentleman his personal check for $750, holding out his $250 fee, and put the cashier's check in his local bank for collection. The check looked, upon its face, as a genuine piece of paper, but when it reached the bank in the southern city, it came back marked "Forgery." The affable stranger had a confederate on the other end of the deal, and every detail had been timed nicely. Now, the lawyer in this case, whenever he takes an account for collection, always demands his fees first in cold cash. THE JINGLE IN THEIR JEANS WALNUT growers this year will harvest the largest crop in their history, provided there are no unforeseen setbacks. Trees are literally groaning under the weight of an abnormal crop. Growers are busily engaged in putting props under the limbs to keep them from breaking. The heavy rains last season is given as a cause for the phenomenal yield. As one grower says, this proves that a walnut tree in good soil requires a lot of water at the right time. Growers are all wearing a smile that won't wear off, and the increased yield of walnuts this season will necessarily enhance business in all lines. Incidentally, oranges are bringing good prices and, taken altogether, Orange county is due for a wave of prosperity seldom seen elsewhere. BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS Trees are literally groaning under the weight of an abnormal crop. Growers are busily engaged in putting props under the limbs to keep them from breaking. The heavy rain last season is given as a cause for the phenomenal yield. As one grower says, this proves that a walnut tree in good soil requires a lot of water at the right time. Growers are all wearing a smile that won't wear off, and the increased yield of walnuts this season will necessarily enhance business in all lines. Incidentally, oranges are bringing good prices and, taken altogether, Orange county is due for a wave of prosperity seldom seen elsewhere. BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS MAN who visited a southern republic on a curiosity quest went to a place called the thieves' market. In that market all the thieves dispose of their goods, making it possible for a victim to call around next day and buy back his stolen articles. APPLESAUCE MAN has just put in a squeaky radio, and his neighbors are worrying and wondering about it. The man is deaf and they can't figure it out; more especially when the old machine is tuned in at unseemly hours when those loud speaking announcers are telling all about it. The only deduction the neighbors can make out of the situation is that the man wants to sell the contraption. SUGGESTION: HE MIGHT PUT ON A CONTEST NUMBER of years ago, an editor wrote a piece in his paper, saying that whenever anyone flew across the Atlantic, if that person would call at his office he would give the flyer one million dollars. Now, that very thing has been done. Oh, yes, regarding that million. Of course, the editor has not that much change lying around, but just as soon as his delinquent subscribers pungle up, he is going to keep his word. ANOTHER ADAGE INTO THE ASH CAN LEARNED professor has just found out that an hour's sleep before midnight is worth more than two afterward is not correct, and says it is chiefly the state of the body which seems to decide when the best rest may be obtained. This, no doubt, will be hailed with delight by those who stay up until 3 o'clock in the morning. RINGING DOWN THE CURTAIN CERTAIN movie star has sent out a questionnaire, asking the people to send her a title for a play to which she would be best adopted. The lady desires the palpitating public to tell her what to do. A movie fan says, after considering everything, he is thinking seriously of writing to the queen and suggesting that she retire. A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS STRANGE case is radioed from out Nebraska way that a man who acquired the wanderlust ranged out, and while away his parents died, leaving a small fortune. Believeing their son was dead, no provision was made for him out of their estate, which was made known to him when he went back to his old home town. HOW HAPPY YOU COULD BE WITH EITHER UP STATE, in a town named Riverbank, the school board of trustees recently passed a resolution that only unmarried women be employed. Now a petition is being circulated by another wing of the population to oust the trustees, claiming that A STRANGE case is radioed from out Nebraska way that a man who acquired the wanderlust ranged out, and while away his parents died, leaving a small fortune. Believeing their son was dead, no provision was made for him out of their estate, which was made known to him when he went back to his old home town. HOW HAPPY YOU COULD BE WITH EITHER UP STATE, in a town named Riverbank, the school board of trustees recently passed a resolution that only unmarried women be employed. Now a petition is being circulated by another wing of the population to oust the trustees, claiming that the unmarried teachers are "immature novices," and demand that none but married teachers be employed, believing that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. FILLING STATION A LA CAFETERIA A NEW indoor game has been launched roundabout, and it is said to be a popular pastime for both sexes. First and foremost, a good-sized ice chest centrally located is an important adjunct. The proposition is worked out along co-operative ideas. Each member chips in to pay for his own. Pass keys are furnished members in good standing, thus allowing them easy access should the owner be closed for the evening or out of town. The game is best enjoyed in pairs, as many times a member has no desire to hit the trail single-handed, thus promoting sociability. One of the requirements is that a member must hand in his key if he is in arrears with his dues. FOREST MANAGEMENT In these days when the public consciousness is troubled with problems of flood control and reforestation, it is a fortunate circumstance that takes President Coolidge to the Black Hills, where he can look about him in almost any direction and obtain the best kind of evidence proving that scientific forest management, which should be carried on to a much greater extent, pays dividends. President Cleveland, in his day, was responsible for the creation of the 1,000,000 and more acres of national forest in the Black Hills. The creation almost caused his impeachment, but every one of the yellow pines in the area today is a monument to his far-sightedness. Soon after the government took over the area, the first scientifically managed lumber sale was conducted under the United States foresters. Today, all this land that was then cut over, is almost ready for another sale of timber. It is on this principle of repeated crops that the forests are administered. They will thus always be perpetual reservoirs of timber products. Immediate farm relief, which the President will tackle with middle west farm leaders, is a pressing problem, beyond all doubt, but also of great importance for the future is wise forest conservation. Moscow's idea of liberalism seems to be to shoot 'em without trial.