anaheim-gazette 1927-11-10

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM Total for 1910 was..... 2,268 Total for 1920 was..... 5,525 Today estimated at..... 12,000 VOLUME LVIII BUSINESS AT A ST GREAT PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR HOLIDAY ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION AT FULLERTON TO ATTRACT MULTITUDE All Business Houses in Anaheim and Throughout County Will Be Closed; Parade to Be Seven Miles Long, Enlivened by Music From Twenty Bands; Anaheim and Fullerton Will Play Football in Afternoon ALL business houses in Anaheim, as well as the balance Manchester Ave. Banquet Will Be Enjoyable Affair REPORTS of the progress made in the opening of Manchester avenue will be made Monday, November 14, the date set for the holding of the annual meeting of the Greater Manchester Avenue Association, at the Masonic Temple, Buena Park, where a banquet will be served at 6:30 p.m. This will be the first banquet of the association held in Buena Park, and it is planned to give those who attend a royal time. A program that will be very interesting is being prepared. Owing to the large number that is expected to be present, the number of tickets to each town will be limited, with a quota for each community. The price of the tickets will be $1.00 each. At the meeting reports of officers of the association for the past year will be made. Also election of officers for ensuing year will be held. Interesting reports will be made by the committee working on the project. All Business Houses in Anaheim and Throughout County Will Be Closed; Parade to Be Seven Miles Long, Enlivened by Music From Twenty Bands; Anaheim and Fullerton Will Play Football in Afternoon ALL business houses in Anaheim, as well as the balance of Orange county, with the exception of drug stores and eating establishments, will close tomorrow in order to give the proprietors and their employees an opportunity to participate in the Armistice Day celebration at Fullerton. All Orange county will flock to the northern city to witness the greatest celebration ever held in the county. This is the eighth annual event of the kind, and the program far surpasses anything heretofore attempted. While many of the events on the bill of fare will compete with each other in furnishing inspiration, interest and amusement, depending on personal preferences, feelings and point of view, the patriotic aspects of the monstrous celebration and the size and gorgeousness of the big parade will put the thousands who go to Fullerton to commemorate Armistice Day on a common plane of enthusiasm. But while everybody will be thrilled and impressed while the actual parade is in progress, there will follow, for the rest of the day and until midnight, such a variety of entertainment that very few are expected to leave early for home. Band concerts, with the finest bands in the Southland offering their best, will draw big crowds to the city parks; the Anaheim vs. Fullerton football game, with comedy features between quarters, will interest a big mob at the high school grounds; an oration by California's most eloquent speaker will hold hundreds enraptured at the high school lawn; the barbecue feed, enough of a feature itself to attract thousands to Fullerton that day, will make it possible to get a satisfying meal for 35 cents. The barbecue is one of the stunts which has appealed to many motion picture news camera men. The pigeon release, when 5000 birds will be released simultaneously, will be a thriller as well as a novelty, pigeon-fanciers all over the world, and the signal corps and intelligence divisions of all armies being interested in this event alone. The evening horse show will be held in the high school enclosure, where those who have grandstand seats will witness a display of horse-flesh and an exhibition of riding and handling never before possible. English or flat-saddled aristocratic hunters, jumpers and harness horses will be shown in the same arena with the western or stock ponies. Entries to this combination horse show have been made from all over Cali- Red Cross Drive Starts Saturday Headquarters to Be at Chairman White's Hardware Store The annual Red Cross drive for membership will start Saturday, November 12, with headquarters at the H. N. White hardware store, 142 East Center street, and the city is divided into four sections under the following captains: Mrs. Senele Mrs. Henry Adams, Reverend Walker, and R. W. Balch. The committee is desirous of making the campaign as short as possible, and ask you to display your Red Cross card and button so solicitors will save time. It will also help the campaign if you will drop into headquarters and secure your membership. During the past year the Red Cross has been called on for the different disasters, such as Mississippi flood, Florida hurricane. St. Louis cyclone, and last by Vermont and Massachusetts flood. The Red Cross treasury needs your 100 per cent co-operation and support, as one-half of the money remains in Anaheim for our needs in case of disaster, which might happen at any time. During the past your local Red Cross put on a swimming campaign at the city park, where the kiddies and grown-ups were instructed in swimming and life-saving. The Red Cross also assisted the Children's Health Camp, as well as other needy causes. The Red Cross is first on the scene in time of need anywhere, and to do this they ask your support so as to be prepared to render quick relief. Increase Continues In Postal Receipts Postal receipts in Anaheim during the month of October continued the increase that each month this year has shown over the previous month last HERE THAT Delegates From California Precipitate in Presidents Made By Orators; Chuck Twenty-fifth At Its Founding THE annual stakes of the Georgia Churches of Cali at Bethel church at first three days. More than one hundred delegates from the state were in attendance taking prominent program. The convention on Monday morning was welcome by Rev. O. L. of the local church moderator, or preside convention. Rev. Chicago made the first morning and afternoon Rev. John Rev. Max Leuschein both former pastor made addresses. B pastor of the church position when it quarter of a century small congregation. The Rev. K. Feldges, the Rev. A. L. and the Rev. Mav Angeles gave the ad morning's devotional afternoon the speech G. Peitach of Los G. E. Lohr of Lodge Ehrehstein of Los A. An address in Erie Lohr was the outset of the evening's meeting at 7:30 o'clock in torium. Rev. William Kuhl Rev. C. H. Edinger principal speakers V In the election of Schroder was elected coming year, and of this city, was chosen as the first borship now is 260. Of these originals are still living in or are still members, and Mrs. Gustaf Schneider, Ernestine Hemmerling. The obbers are: Mr. and M and Mrs. Peter Be Louis Bressel, Mr. Wedel, Eva Wedel, Hemmerling. The first real challenge struggling little churcethe present site, co-located with Lemon streets, meeting place, while a thriller as well as a novelty, pigeon-fanciers all over the world, and the signal corps and intelligence divisions of all armies being interested in this event alone. The evening horse show will be held in the high school enclosure, where those who have grandstand seats will witness a display of horse-flesh and an exhibition of riding and handling never before possible. English or flat-saddled aristocratic hunters, jumpers and harness horses will be shown in the same arena with the western or stock ponies. Entries to this combination horse show have been made from all over California, some of the very exclusive stables being represented. Animals worth many thousands of dollars will disport themselves for several hours in the brilliantly-lighted enclosure. This event will bring hundreds to the Armistice Day celebration and will attract many fashionably attired men and women. Those having grandstand seats to the horse show will also have a perfect view of the aerial and ground fireworks display on the hills above the high school. This is to be a very expensive and spectacular program, some of the designs the most vivid and colorful ever seen. At the theater's special programs have been arranged, and three separate and distinct dances, with the best music obtainable, have been arranged for those who indulge. One of these affairs is to be strictly collegiate, and has been looked forward to by the younger set for many weeks. Dancing will start at 8 p.m. and last until midnight. Fullerton, host to the entire county on November 11, is keenly conscious of its responsibility, and is not overlooking any opportunity to make Armistice Day the outstanding holiday of the year. Doctors are preparing to perform another operation on Lieutenant-Governor Buron Fitts' leg, but the operation has been postponed until Saturday, as he is scheduled for a speech or two on Armistice Day. Fitts was wounded at the battle of the Argonne, and already 16 operations have been performed in the hope of saving his leg. Should the next one prove unsuccessful the leg will be amputated. Increase Continues In Postal Receipts Postal receipts in Anaheim during the month of October continued the increase that each month this year has shown over the previous month last year, and total receipts for the year thus far show a gain of approximately $3500 over the same period last year. Postmaster J. H. Whitaker reported. Receipts during the month of October this year totaled $3988.46, as compared with $3687.79 last year, or an increase of $300.67, and the total receipts for the first 10 months of this year are $40,600.05, as compared with $37,309.19 for the same period last year. Postmaster Whitaker reports. The increase during the 10 months' period is exactly $3499.67, or practically $500. The slight slump exhibited by the office during the month of September this year, as compared with the month of August, was more than made up for by the October business, the October receipts showing an increase of $250.07 over September's record of $3758.39. Placentia Mutual Ships Record Crop Making this season a record-breaking one in the history of the Placentia Mutual Orange Association, cash receipts for the year amounted to $2,068,660.64. This marked an increase of $625,000 over last season's record, according to officials of the association. The company's fiscal year dates from November 1 to October 31. During that period, the house shipped 1109 cars of citrus fruit, comprising an average of 400 boxes to a car. Of this number 959 cars were Valencias; 93 were navels; 55 were lemons, and 2 miscellaneous, H. J. Nutting often takes over the man-made hotel, Manager Osborne forced to retire because Mr. Nutting is a mance in the hotel peets to make El Torre popular hostelries. Mr. Nutting announces to Anahelme conduct it as an A He wants the people realize this and to meet mezzanine floor is on ladies' clubs and on it free of charge. Mr. Nutting bellows his home town, and operation of the peets efforts to make hotel. AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, November 10, 1927 A STANDSTILL IN COUNTY ANAHEIM CHURCH HOST TO MANY VISITORS GERMAN BAPTISTS HELD STATE CONVENTION HERE THIS WEEK Delegates From All Churches in California Present and Participate in Proceedings; Addresses Made by Noted Pulpit Orators; Church Celebrates Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Its Founding Here Sunday THE annual state convention of the German Baptist Churches of California was held Fathers and Sons Enjoy Barbecue At County Park BRINGING a stirring message of love, service and companionship which had many fathers and sons thinking along new lines, Ralph Cole, state boys' work secretary of the Y. M. C. A., spoke to more than 600 men and boys at the annual Orange County Y. M. C. A. father and son barbecue Friday evening at the fair grounds. Two hundred and sixty-five pounds of beef was included with 25 gallons of beans and 125 plies in the barbecue put on under the direction of A. J. Ratitt of Fullerton, for the huge throng which ate every available crumb of the huge stack of provisions. During the meal time and before, the Fullerton city band provided special music. Later the Santa Ana Hi-Y Club orchestra played. Frank Henderson, principal of Orange high school presided. Maurice Phillips of Santa Ana sang several comedy solos and community singing by the entire group LEGION BOYS ARE REHEARSING A BIG SHOW TO PRESENT 'CAPPY RICKS' AT THE FAIRYLAND THEATRE NOV. 17 Play Being Staged Under Direction of Sanford Dodge, Who Assumes Role of Cappy, the Millionaire Ship Owner; Local People Selected for All Other Characters; One of the Most Amusing Comedies Presented REHEARSALS for the three-act comedy "Cappy Ricks," to be presented at the Fairyland $173,000 Port SIX persons and Norwegians at were made ministrators of $175,000 each receive 000. This Tom Robinson man at committed who receive were his r-proven there. The final Brown some fliclaries have homes, unlike Californian main here. The estate suit inspected public admits called upon includes re-000 in New Richfield of HERE THIS WEEK Delegates From All Churches in California Present and Participate in Proceedings: Addresses Made by Noted Pulpit Orators; Church Celebrates Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Its Founding Here Sunday THE annual state convention of the German Baptist Churches of California was held at Bethel church, in this city, the first three days of the week. More than one hundred ministers and delegates from the various churches of the state were in attendance, many of them taking prominent parts in the program. The convention opened at 9 o'clock Monday morning, with an address of welcome by Rev. O. R. Schroder, pastor of the local church, who was the moderator, or presiding officer, of the convention. Rev. William Kuhn of Chicago made the principal addresses both morning and evening. In the afternoon Rev. John Berg of Lodi, and Rev. Max Leuschner of Los Angeles, both former pastors of the church, made addresses. Berg was the first pastor of the church, being chosen to position when it was organized, a quarter of a century ago, by a very small congregation. The Rev. K. Feldmeth of Los Angeles, the Rev. A. L. Ross of Franklin, and the Rev. May Leuschner of Los Angeles gave the addresses at Tuesday morning's devotional meeting. In the afternoon the speakers were the Rev. G. Peltsch of Los Angeles, the Rev. G. E. Lohr of Lodi and the Rev. J. Ehrestein of Los Angeles. An address in English by the Rev. Lohr was the outstanding feature of the evening's meeting, which opened at 7:30 o'clock in the church auditorium. Rev. William Kuhn of Chicago and Rev. C. H. Edinger of Wasco were the principal speakers Wednesday. In the election of officers, Rev. O. R. Schroder was elected moderator for the coming year, and Max Biefeld, also of this city, was chosen treasurer. The Bethel Baptist church of this city was organized 25 years ago, with only 16 members. Rev. John Berg was chosen as the first pastor. The membership now is 260. Of these original 16 members, five are still living in or near Anaheim and are still members. These are: Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Spingath, Gottlieb Schneider, Ernestine Schacht, and Mike Hemmerling. The other original members are: Mr. and Mrs. John Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bressel, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wedel, Eva Wedel, and Sam and Julia Hemmerling. The first real church home of the struggling little church was erected on the present site, corner of Broadway and Lemon streets, in April, 1903. This meeting place, while small, served the county automobiles. Case Transferred To Juvenile Court Sailors Who Slugged Man on Highway Are Minors Two San Diego sailors, appearing before Superior Judge James L. Allen Friday to answer a charge of highway robbery, found that the scene of action in their case henceforth will be in the juvenile court. John Dudley Crompton, 18, and William Blythe Oden, 20, said to have beaten over the head a man named Julius Scholz, of Capistrano following an alleged liquor party in the latte's car several weeks ago, may be given probation. It was indicated, when their case is heard in the juvenile department. Leroy Warren, probation officer recommended that the case be heard there. He pointed out that, although naval records show that Crompton was 18 at time of his enlistment, it has been established that the youth is only 17. His parents are said to have agreed to his enlistment but refused to swear that he was 18, whereupon the lad got into the navy on his own assertion that he was of legal age to join. Owing to the fact that the crime is said to have been committed jointly by Crompton and Oden, the latter was ordered to accompany the younger boy to the juvenile court for trial. It was pointed out that he is not yet 21, which is believed to have mitigated his situation somewhat. Warren stated that if probation is granted to the sailors, he would require as a preliminary that the commanding officer from San Diego should appear and inform the court what means would be taken to watch them there. He declared that if the boys were ordered to stay within the confines of the naval station unless accompanied by an officer, the effect of the ruling would be felt more keenly than a jail sentence. Play Being Staged Under Direction of Sanford Dodge, Who Assumes Role of Cappy, the Millionaire Ship Owner; Local People Selected for All Other Characters; One of the Most Amusing Comedies Presented REHEARSALS for the three-act comedy "Cappv Ricks," to be presented at the Fairyland theatre November 17, by local talent, under the auspices of Anahelm post of the American Legion, are being held daily in the Legion club rooms at the city hall. Sanford Dodge, well-known theatrical director and shepherd, is directing the rehearsals. Dodge will fill the leading role of Cappy Ricks, that crusty old sea cantain, around whose vivid experiences Peter B. Kyne wrote the interesting yarns which proved to popular with readers of magazines. Ray E. Smith, past commander of the post, is general manager of the troupe and, with Director Dodge, has selected the following cast to present the play: Cappy Ricks.....Sanford Dodge Capt. Matt Peaseley.....M.W.Martinet Jr. Past Commander of Anahelm Post John Skinner general manager..... Paul H. Demaree Ellen Murray, new secretary....Rhea Kendrick Florence Ricks,the captain's daughter....Ardith Eord Cecil Pericles Bernard,a rich man's son....Clifford Tabor Aunt Lucy Ricks,the captain's old maid sister....Beulah Curran Brookfield,a high-brow chauffeur....M.R.Johnson Edward Singleton,a lawyer,Ralph Cox Tommy,the office boy....Willie Live According to Director Dodge,"Cappy Ricks"is the cleanest and most enjoyable comedy he has ever directed,and he declares it has proved a magnet that has drawn record crowds everywhere it has been presented.He predicts the Fairyland theatre will be taxed to its capacity Thursday night.November 17. Tickets for the play.all of which will be reserved will go on sale soon at the Henry Brothers' pharmacy.All members of the post have enlisted in the ticket selling campaign, according to Manager Smith. Heavy Citrus Sales In Southern District Citrus sales of the Orange County Fruit Exchange covering the southern half of the county for the period ending October 31 aggregated $10,758,240.59.it was announced by L.D.Palmer,manger.With some 75 cars remaining to be shipped,它 expected that the total at the end of the citrus year will amount to $11,000,000. Persimmon in Orange for limelight for Orange mon growers will receive fruit this year in touch with this year mons have commercial county will provide persimmon first time in handled three.The first in Southern cent at T persons are housewhich boxes ofthe markets.it was framed first furere shipped formla.onlhistory hightogrown to car.The known as thand pack side line. Superv Road County M To S That they major high for Orange Of these original 10 members, we are still living in or near Anaheim and are still members. These are: Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Spingath, Gottlieb Schneider, Ernestine Schacht, and Mike Hemmerling. The other original members are: Mr. and Mrs. John Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bressel, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wedel, Eva Wedel, and Sam and Julia Hemmerling. The first real church home of the struggling little church was erected on the present site, corner of Broadway and Lemon streets, in April, 1903. This meeting place, while small, served the congregation for 10 years, or until 1913, when the growth in membership compelled the practical rebuilding of the structure to provide more room. This second church building was used until 1926, when the $41,500 church home now occupied by the congregation, being dedicated in February that year. The present church building is one of the most outstanding of its size anywhere. The parsonage, a thoroughly modern bungalow, located in the church, facing on Lemon street, was erected in 1923 at a cost of $4800. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the church was celebrated Sunday, many of the visitors who came to attend the convention taking prominent parts. El Torre Hotel Has New Manager H. J. Nutting of Los Angeles hag taken over the management of El Torre hotel, Manager Oswald having been forced to retire because of ill health. Mr. Nutting is a man of wide experience in the hotel business, and expects to make El Torre one of the most popular hostels in the Southland. Mr. Nutting announces that El Torre belongs to Anaheim, and he expects to conduct it as an Anaheim institution. He wants the people of this city to realize this and to make use of it. The mezzanine floor is open, and the invites ladies' clubs and organizations to use it free of charge. Mr. Nutting believes in trading in his home town, and is asking the cooperation of the people of Anaheim in his efforts to make El Torre a popular hotel. Warren stated that if probation is granted to the sailors, he would require as a preliminary that the commanding officer from San Diego should appear and inform the court what means would be taken to watch them there. He declared that if the boys were ordered to stay within the confines of the naval station unless accompanied by an officer, the effect of the ruling would be felt more keenly than a jail sentence. County Automobiles Valued at $50,000,000 Assessments Show Two Cars to Every Three Families Residents of Orange county have nearly $50,000,000 invested in automobiles. There is one auto for every one and one-half families in Orange county. Figures reveal that there are 40,479 automobiles taxed this year in Orange county, and that there are approximately 60,000 families in Orange county. Santa Ana with a population of more than 30,000 persons and a total of more than 8000 families, owns more than 7500 of the automobiles in Orange county, an exceedingly high ratio, it is revealed. Automobiles owned in Santa Ana are valued at more than $9,000,000 it is shown. Auto dealers and those in touch with the automobile situation in Orange county place an average valuation of $1200 per car on all machines in the county. Figuring with that average, the total value of automobiles owned in the county is $48,574,800. Traffic officers in Orange county estimate that there are at least two persons in every family in Orange county who operate an automobile, making a total of more than 80,000 drivers in the county. Orange county ranks high in the number of automobiles owned in counties throughout the state, according to reports, and the high ratio of automobiles is regarded as a distinct indication of prosperity. Heavy Citrus Sales In Southern District Citrus sales of the Orange County Fruit Exchange covering the southern half of the county for the period ending October 31 aggregated $10,758,240.59. It was announced by L. D. Palmer, manager. With some 75 cars remaining to be shipped, it is expected that the total at the end of the citrus year will amount to $11,000,000. October sales of the exchange totaled $1,426,839.71, as against $1,541,837.08 for the same month of last year. The year to date returns exceed last year's total by more than $2,000,000. The exchange has shipped 5950 cars of 400 boxes each. Of this total, 5030 cars consisted of Valencias, with 800 cars devoted to lemons and 120 cars to miscellaneous varieties. The month of August was high monthly this year; sales totaling $2,052,-659.64. The recent rains have retarded picking to some extent, but with the warm weather now prevailing, Palmer estimates that the Valencias will all be picked within three weeks. Quicksilver Mines In Orange County Quicksilver mines on the Browning ranch at Red Hill, abandoned in 1890, are now being successfully operated by Charles McWaters. McWaters is mining ore each day worth $100; it was stated by Felton Browning, and preparations are being made for increasing the production. Two shafts and two drifts were put in in 1890 by men who operated at the point, but who failed because the price of quicksilver at that time did not justify the operation. The product was selling at that time at around $30 to $40 a flask, a flask containing 76 pounds and 1 ounce; while the price today is around $124 a flask. The ore being produced now is being developed from one of the old shafts, and work is in progress in sinking a new shaft. ETTE ANAHEIM—YOUR CITY Founded by German Colonists, 1857 Assessed Value, 1925, $10,500,000 School System Valued at $951,000 Number 5 COUNTY TOMOROW $173,000 Estate Portioned Out To Six Heirs SIX persons from Pennsylvania and North Carolina, who gathered at Santa Ana last week, were made happy when Public Administrator Brown divided an estate of $175,000 equally among them, each receiving something over $29,000. This is the property left by Tom Robleson, former bathing suit man at the beach, who recently committed suicide. The six persons who received a share of the property were his nearest of kin, and had proven their right to a share. The final division was effected by Brown some days ago, and the beneficiaries have all flipped back to their homes, unless the charms of Southern California induced them to remain here. The estate of the former bathing suit inspector is the largest the public administrator ever has been called upon to handle. It is said, and includes real estate valued at $40,000 in Newport Beach. $110,000 of Richfield oil stock, and the balance BAILEY SPEAKS TO LOCAL FARM CENTER DISCUSSES FLOOD CONTROL AND CONSERVATION OF WATER IN COUNTY Declines to Endorse Any of the Projects Now Being Advocated Until He Makes Thorough Survey. Which Will Occur Him a Year: Rights of Other Counties Must Be Considered When Action Taken ENGINEER PAUL BAILEY, who has been engaged by the supervisors to solve the water Persimmon Culture Growing in County Will Add Much to Our Wealth In a Few Years Persimmons practically a new crop in Orange county are springing into the limelight as a new commercial crop for Orange county ranchers. Persimmon growers in and around Santa Ana will receive more than $75,000 from the fruit this year. It is reported by those in touch with the persimmon industry. This year is the first that persimmons have been handled on a large commercial scale in this county. The county will produce more than 300 tons of persimmons this year, and for the first time in history the fruit is being handled through a packing plant. The first persimmon packing plant in Southern California was opened recently at Tustin. Approximately 15 persons are employed at the packing house, which daily ships more than 400 boxes of the fruit to the Los Angeles markets. It was from the Tustin plant that the first full carload of persimmons were shipped from the state of California, only a few days ago. Never in history has enough of the fruit been grown to allow the shipment of a full car. The Tustin packing plant is known as the Tustin Lemon Association and is packing the persimmons as a side line. Supervisors Favor Road Planning Body County May Have Commission To Supervise Highway That they favor the creation of a major highway planning commission for Orange county, was declared by WATER IN COUNTY Declines to Endorse Any of the Projects Now Being Advocated Until He Makes Thorough Survey. Which Will Occur Him a Year; Rights of Other Counties Must Be Considered When Action Taken ENGINEER PAUL BAILEY, who has been engaged by the supervisors to solve the water problem in Orange county, was the principal speaker at the Anaheim Farm Center meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Bailey, when he accepted the position offered him by the supervisors, several weeks ago, announced that he would make no recommendations until he had made a thorough survey of the situation in the county, and that task would probably occupy him a year. In his address Tuesday night, he stated that several projects were being discussed for flood control and conservation but he declined to give an endorsement to any of them until he was better informed. Sufficient study has not yet been made to definitely say what method or methods should be followed. At least a year more of exhaustive survey will be necessary before a definite program can be decided upon," he declared. In introducing his subject, Engineer Bailey traced historically the development of irrigation in Southern California, pointing out that whether or not this section of the state is to go forward or backward depends directly upon whether or not some adequate water conservation program is carried out. The proposed flood control project in Orange county is dual in its purpose, water conservation being almost as vital an objective of the plan as flood control, he said. "Practically all the easily developed waters in Orange county's underground supply are now in use. New water sources must be found for future use," he declared. In working out a flood control program, the supervisors are going at the matter in a way widely different than employed in the past, the speaker pointed out. The former system was to build levies along the stream to lead it off as rapidly as possible to the sea. The new plan is to construct storage reservoirs at strategic locations in the county watersheds with the object of preventing a large flow of water during the heavy flood periods. Indirectly, this method will also be a conservation move, as the waters thus retained will percolate into the underground water channels, he said. In addition to the so-called Prado dam site, in the Santa Ana canyon, there are three other sites under consideration by the engineers, the speaker said. It is not yet known which is the most feasible. Supervisors Favor Road Planning Body County May Have Commission To Supervise Highway That they favor the creation of a major highway planning commission for Orange county, was declared by William Schumacher, chairman of the board of supervisors, and Nat Neff, highway superintendent. Although such a body could not be empowered to act on its own authority, it could function in an advisory capacity, it was pointed out, and much the same results could be obtained. To be sure that the roads will serve the county's needs adequately and give the maximum of service, it is thought that a program should be developed which would lay the foundation of future construction in such a way that it would keep pace with the future development of this section. Without such a scheme it is possible that the road system would fail to serve the county adequately. Neff pointed out that such a project should wait for the completion of plans for flood control, stating that the future construction of dams might interfere with roads if flood work is not taken into consideration. This condition is likely to prevail chiefly in the canyon districts, it is believed. The highway plans now developed, according to Neff, are made to take into consideration the fact that the cities in Orange county are growing rapidly toward the point where municipal conditions will prevail throughout the county road system. The future is being taken into account in this respect, and will have to be prepared for even more carefully as time goes on. Santa Ana recently completed a plan for future highway building, when the city planning commission laid before the council a comprehensive scheme for future construction. The new plan is to construct storage reservoirs at strategic locations in the county watersheds with the object of preventing a large flow of water during the heavy flood periods. Indirectly, this method will also be a conservation move, as the waters thus retained will percolate into the underground water channels, he said. In addition to the so-called Prado dam site, in the Santa Ana canyon, there are three other sites under consideration by the engineers, the speaker said. It is not yet known which is the most feasible. That there is possibility of intricate legal complications arising in connection with the carrying out of the Orange county project, was admitted by the speaker when he was asked this question during an informal question and answer period following his address. Rights of the three counties through which the Santa Ana passes are extremely involved and difficult to determine. Hope for the amicable settlement of any inter-county disputes that may arise is given in the work of the tri-counties committee which is now conducting a co-operative survey of the entire situation. Representatives of all of the interested counties are members of this committee. Good Liquor Wasted By Sheriff Jernigan Almost 1000 gallons of Christmas "cheer," in the form of grain alcohol, beer, wine and whisky left Santa Ana for Huntington Beach Tuesday afternoon—via the sewer. The occasion was one of Sheriff Sam Jernigan's regular "pouring out parties" and was staged at the manhole in the front yard of the courthouse building. Jernigan's stockrooms had become overcrowded and it was necessary to dump some of the liquor to make room for more that may be captured at any time. It was said. Of the liquor that was dumped, 600 gallons was grain alcohol captured in a single raid near Newport Beach several weeks ago, when 131 five-gallon cans were taken.