anaheim-gazette 1927-08-18

Parent-Teachers To Hold Institute Meeting to Be Held in Anaheim On September 17th Designed to bring about a better understanding of the principal aims and objectives of the parent-teacher movement but at the same time insure uniformity of action in administrative matters and contact with the general public, is the Parent-Teacher School of Instruction for the Fourth (Orange county) district, to be conducted on September 17, at the Anaheim Union high school, according to a program announcement released by Mrs. F. L. Benson, Anaheim, corresponding secretary of the district unit. In announcing the school or institute, Mrs. J. V. Kelsey, Garden Grove, district president, stresses the desirability of parent-teacher executives, serving either as officers of local associations or as chairmen of departments, to interest themselves in all matters bearing on child welfare. A variety of subjects, ranging from citizenship training and newspaper publicity to motion pictures and illiteracy, will be discussed in the school of instruction. District officers and chairmen of departments will act as lecturers and leaders of conferences. Following is the complete program: 9:30-9:45—Model opening, Mrs. J. V. Kelsey, president, presiding; prayer, flag salute, song. 9:45-10:30—Instruction from the chairmen at large, Mrs. Bert Vorce, first vice-president, presiding; press and publicity, Mrs. Neal Beisel, Santa Ana; reception, Mrs. Elva Hunt, Garden Grove; finance, Mrs. D. R. White, Huntington Beach; emblems and magazines, Mrs. C. H. Marcher, Santa Ana. 10:30-11:15—Instruction from officers, Mrs. C. A. Marcy, second vice-president, presiding; parliamentarian, Mrs. Arthur Lindsey, Santa Ana; financial secretary, Mrs. S. W. Douglas, Fullerton; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Floyd Benson, Anaheim; recording secretary, Mrs. Charles Schweinfest, Anaheim; auditor, Mrs. S. W. Stanley, Influx of Tourists Exceeds All Records July has witnessed a tremendous increase in the auto tourist invasion of Southern California, according to figures reported to the Automobile Club of Southern California touring bureau by the state department of agriculture. Where 9772 automobiles transporting out-of-state tourists entered through the various border gateways of Southern California during July, 1926, a total of 13,455 cars have been checked in at the border stations during July of this year. It is pointed out by officials that this remarkable record for one month follows a substantial increase in motor touring entrants for the first six months of this year. The recapitulation of the cars counted by quarantine officers at the various border stations reveals an influx of 48,906 automobiles into this section during the first six months of this year as compared with a total of 36,354 for the similar period of the year previous. The figures for the first six months of this year also show a total of 11,902 cars entered eastern California during that time, while 3547 were counted at northern California borders, making a grand total of 64,355 out-of-state cars entering California during the first half of this year. That Southern California continues to be extremely alluring to motorists of the world is indicated by the steady increase in the tourist invasion during the last few years. Motor travel into the Southland increased 28 per cent during 1926, and the same gain was made in auto traffic from the east into the entire state. A total of 177,619 cars were counted last year as they were driven across the borders of the state, 23,015 cars more than the total of 1925. For the first seven months of this year, Yuma station reported the largest count of incoming out-of-state cars with a total of 32,675. Daggett station reported a count for the period of 26,722 automobiles while Blythe showed 2964 cars entering there. New Motor Vehicle Law Being Enforced New Motor Vehicle Law Being Enforced One of the most important changes in the motor vehicles laws as amended by the last session of the California legislature is that which raises the speed limit on open highways from 35 to 40 miles an hour. "It will be permissible to operate a motor vehicle on an open highway at a speed not to exceed 40 miles an hour." That is easily understood. The main considerations of this new law lie elsewhere and are explained by the legal department of the National Automobile Club in the following discussion. First thing to be remembered is that authorities have anticipated a certain amount of reckless driving, and that officers have therefore been instructed to be on the lookout for autoists who abuse the new speed law. Reckless driving will not be tolerated. No matter what the speed, if the arresting officer prefers a charge of reckless driving, a severe penalty will be imposed upon the offender. When a driver passes another car on the open highway, he is privileged to go at a speed of 40 miles an hour. But it must be remembered that he must in no way endanger other motorists in doing so. If he does, he is guilty of reckless driving. Heretofore, there has been a five-mile-an-hour leeway on many highways. That is, with the speed limit at 35 miles, a speed of 40 has been allowed. Frank G. Snook, superintendent of the state motor vehicle department, makes it clear that such a leeway positively does not exist under the new law. The "extra" five miles will no longer be countenanced. Officers are instructed to arrest all motorists exceeding 40 miles an hour. It has long been thought that 40 miles an hour is not an excessive speed on the highways and for this reason the limit has been raised, but it is by no means thought that 45 miles is permissable. There is no more, "Oh, they'll give you five miles." They won't. Boosting Southland At California Fairs Within the next two months Southern California will be brought before the attention of 4,500,000 persons throughout the Middle West. This will be accomplished by the Los Angeles county exhibit at 10 state fairs, including the Canadian national exhibition at Toronto. While the exhibit principally adver Instead of reductions, the real result of the conference means stimulated activities in naval construction among all nations, even though it means practical bankruptcy for some of them. With this showing of hands it is easier for the United States to understand the attitude of France, Japan, Italy, Germany and Russia in naval matters. The only power they fear is Great Britain, whose policies do not inspire a very large degree of confidence among smaller states. European peace talk thus becomes another "scrap of paper"—and scraps of paper furnish fuel for war. VISITORS SURPRISED California's agricultural leadership has been a veritable source of amazement to two investigators who lately have been in our midst from two widely separated lands. R. E. Boardman of Australia, who was a delegate to the recent pan-Pacific conference in Hawaii and is himself a directing editor of a number of agricultural publications in Melbourne was particularly impressed among other things, by the fact that "California rapidly is becoming the seed-production center of the world," a fact that elsewhere generally passes unobserved. He vouchsafed the information that Australia is badly in need of seeds raised here and that his country "proposes to be one of the outstanding customers in this community." The second visitor was Huga Miatello, agricultural engineer, who is greatly interested in dry farming. After a tour of Imperial valley, he expressed his "astonishment at finding 80,000 prosperous inhabitants in a district that only twenty years ago was a barren waste." California long has held captive the imaginations of men the wide world over, not only because of her romantic history, but also because of her amazing wealth and possibilities. The whole story is not yet known. But little by little California is coming into her own. The fashion makers announce that women's nighties next fall will have long sleeves. Is this the beginning of the reaction against abbreviated dress? ANAHEIM GAZETTE Drists Records remendous inst irst invasion of ording to figautomobile Club bouring bureau of agriculture. has transporting intered through ways of Southy, 1926, a total checked in at July of this officials that this one month follease in motor first six months stitution of the time officers at ons reveals an obligations into this six months of with a total of period of the figures for the year also show entered eastern time, while 3547 western California total of 64,355 western California this year. Germania continues to motorists of by the steady invasion during otor travel into 28 per cent name gain was from the east into total of 177,619 year as they borders of the than the total months of this erted the largest t-of-state cars Dargett stater for the period while Blythe ing there. Vehicle Enforced Methodist Churches Effect Big Merger German and Swedish Combine With English Conference German churches at Anaheim and Orange are in the list of churches of the California German conference involved in an annalagamation of the California German conference and the Pacific Coast Swedish conference with the Methodist Episcopal church approved Saturday by the joint commission giving consideration to the merging of the two church branches with the Methodists. The merger will become effective October 1, under the agreement reached by the representatives of the three church organizations. The Joint commission met at Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica. Of the German churches involved, two in Oakland, two in San Francisco, and one each at Santa Rosa, Stockton and San Jose will be merged with the California conference, which has its headquarters at San Francisco, while three German churches at Los Angeles and the ones at Anaheim, Orange, Hollywood, Pasadena, Escondido Fresno and San Diego will become affiliated with the Southern California conference, which has its headquarters at Los Angeles. All of the 17 Swedish churches, among which are those of Seattle, Mount Vernon, Spokane and Venersburg, Wash.; Portland and Salem, Ore., and Berkeley, San Francisco, Kingsburg, Pasadena, Fresno and Los Angeles will be attached to the Southern California conference as mission churches, and their pastors will be appointed and their financial affairs administered by the Southern California conference. The joint commission which unanimously approved the plan for church agnation with the German Methodists includes: Willie Martin, of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Hollywood; E. J. Inwood, of Belmont Heights church, Long Beach; C. F. Selter, First Methodist church, Santa Ana, and Dr. I. T. Gould, superintendent of the Los Angeles district, all representing the Southern California conference; Dr Carl County Is Seeking To Recover Money Trying to Collect a Bill From Yorba Gravel Company Possibility of recovering approximately $1000 which auditors of the road department recently reported to be due county from the Yorba Gravel Company owners of a gravel pit leased to the county, will be investigated by District Attorney West, according to instructions issued by the county supervisors late yesterday. The board instructed West to investigate and, if warranted, to take legal action against the Yorba Gravel Company to recover the money. Accountants hired by the supervisors to audit the road department, reported the amount as an overcharge upon gravel excavated from the pit leased by the county and sold to private purchaser, the pit owners being paid a cent a yard more than the rate called for under the county lease, it was said. The auditors contended that this difference, amounting to about $1000, properly belonged to the county rather than to the Yorba Gravel Company. The storm raised by the audit report centered partly about this alleged overcharge. Former Highway Superintendent J. L. McBride, who was in charge of the department at the time covered by the report, addressed a letter to the supervisors, defending his position and pointing out that the report of the auditors should either be upheld by action to recover the money, or else repudiated. Later, the Yorba Gravel Company communicated with the board an inquiry relative to further operation of its pit by the county. This indirectly precipitated action by the board, when the "overcharge" matter entered discussion of the case. Supervisor S. H. Finley of Santa Ana wanted to know why the board wasn't taking action to recover the money if it was due the county, as the audit report claimed. Chairman William Schumacher indicated that he was quite willing that action should be started. Accordingly, the district attorney received his instructions. A North Carolina colored baby has 18 fingers. Think what a jazz player she will make when she grows up. NOTICE INVITING BIDS Santa Ana, Calif., August 16, 1927. In pursuance of a RESOLUTION of the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS of the COUNTY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, adopted August 16th, 1927, directing this notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said Board will receive at its office at the Court House at Santa Ana, at or before the hour of 11 o'clock A.M., of September 6th, 1927, sealed bids or proposals of the grading and gravelling of the following road: ORANGE AVENUE from MAGNOLIA AVENUE East to BROOK-HURST AVENUE. Bids must be made on the form provided for the purpose, addressed to the Board of Supervisors, Orange County, California, marked "Bid for the Grading and Gravelling of ORANGE AVENUE." The work to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans and specifications adopted by the Board of Supervisors, on file in the office of said Board and in the office of the County Superintendent of Highways in the Hall Of Records. The bidder must submit with his proposal a satisfactory check, certified by a responsible bank and payable to the order of the County of Orange, or a bidder's bond for an amount not less than five (5) per cent of the aggregate sum of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if the same is awarded to him, and in event of failure to enter into such contract said check or bond shall become the property of the County. The amount of the bond-to be given Vigorous prosecution of fire law violators, resulting in 66 convictions, heavy fines and several jail sentences, together with material expansion of the forest patrol system under Governor Young's new budget, were important factors in reducing California's timber losses to a minimum during the first half of the present fire season. State Forester M. B. Pratt declared, in his mid-season report to Fred G. Stevenet, chief of the newly created state department of natural resources. Fire losses to date in areas patrolled by state rangers were placed at $216,-722.77 in the report to Director Stevenet, with 208,237 acres burned over. Grazing lands burned totaled 166,-187.01 acres; grain 2,042.8 acres; brush 38,-597.70 acres; timber 1215.54 acres. The estimated losses, as reported by State Forester Pratt were: Timber, $1725; range, $106,526; grain, $30,661.62; improvements, $77,808.15. In the campaign against violators of the fire laws, 18 motorists were convicted of throwing cigarettes and burning tobacco from their machines; 21 convictions were obtained for burning without a permit, and 13 campers were fined for failing to extinguish their campfires. Seven persons were convicted of carelessness with fire, one of incendiarism; two of allowing fires to escape; one man of refusing to fight fire; another of tree stealing, and two farmers were found guilty of failing to equip their harvesters with fire extinguishers. "Unfavorable weather conditions may greatly increase the fire hazard during the latter part of the season," declared the state forester, "and we hope that the public will continue to give our state rangers the fine co-operation which has helped to keep losses at low ebb thus far." If we can reduce the man-caused fires to a minimum, the state patrol is adequately prepared to protect the order of the County of Orange, or a bidder's bond for an amount not less than five (5) per cent of the aggregate sum of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if the same is awarded to him, and in event of failure to enter into such contract said check or bond shall become the property of the County. The amount of the bond-to-be given New Gold Strikes In California Two new gold strikes, declared to be the richest in California since the gold rush days of 1890, were reported simultaneously in the mountain region east of Sacramento. At Nevada City, in Nevada county, veteran mining men were inspecting a six-foot vein uncovered in the old brush Creek mine, owned by the Kate Hardy Company, of which Ben F. Ballard of Santa Rosa is president. Mine workers estimate the value of the mine at from $10,000 to $50,000, but old-time prospectors say its true value cannot be determined until further work is done. J. W. Hines of Placerville, Eldorado county, disclosed that he was taking out from $100 to $175 per pan in a common gold pan, at his mine in Pleasant valley. 18 miles southeast of Placerville. This property is in the mother lode country, and adjoins the famous New-town channel, from which several millions of dollars in gold was taken in the early days. Hines averages a pan a gold ore about every 10 feet of digging. The gold is usually found in good-sized nuggets, worth $5 or $6 each. county, as the audit rechairman William Schued that he was quite action should be started. the district attorney reductions. INVITING BIDS Calif., August 16, 1927. of a RESOLUTION of SUPERVISORS of the ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, at 16th, 1927, directing NOTICE IS HEREBY the said Board will recee at the Court House at or before the hour of September 6th, 1927, proposals of the grading of the following road: VENUE from MAGUE East to BROOKUE. made on the form procurpôse, addressed to the servisors, Orange County, excited "Bid for the Grading of ORANGE AVENUE." be done in accordance es, plans and specificaly the Board of Superin the office of said the office of the County of Highways in the Hall must submit with his satisfactory check, certified the bank and payable to the County of Orange, or for an amount not less per cent of the aggregate as a guarantee that the er into the proposed conname is awarded to him, of failure to enter into said check or bond shall property of the County. of the bond to be given to secure a faithful performance of the contract for said work shall be twenty-five (25) per cent of the contract price thereof, and an additional bond in an amount equal to fifty (50) per cent of the contract price for said work shall be given to secure the payment of claims for any material or supplies furnished for the performance of the work contracted to be done by the contractor, or any work or labor, or any kind thereof, and also will be required to furnish a certificate that he carries compensation insurance covering his employees upon work to be done under contract which may be entered into between him and the said County for the construction of said work. Copies will be furnished intending bidders upon application to the County Superintendent of Highways of said County for which a deposit of three ($3.00) will be required, same to be returned on the filing of bid, and the return of plans and specifications. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California. J. M. BACKS, County Clerk. TRY THE Dew Drop Inn YOU'LL LIKE IT Home Cooking, Homemade Pies Full Meals 50c 407 East Center St, Anaheim, Calif. Designer and Modiste ALLIECE SAWYER MID-SUMMER SEASON Dinner Travel FROCKS for Dance SUITS for Business Theatre Street Artistically designed and made—Reasonably priced Studio: Biltmore Apartments—Telephone 1284 or 191 DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED e Scouts see that e get the new things first Scouts see that we get the new things first Schaffner & Marx designers and style scouts report every new style that "catches on" at fashion centers. 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