anaheim-gazette 1927-12-08

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM Total for 1910 was..... 2,268 Total for 1920 was..... 5,525 Today estimated at.....12,000 VOLUME LVIII ASSOCIATED CHAM MOVING TOWARD COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE COUNTY BOOSTER BODY AP-PLAUDS REPORTS OF COMMITTEE FAVORING ACTION At Chairman McFadden's Suggestion, Five Thousand Dollars Will Be Raised for Survey of School Districts, and Get Sentiment; Fullerton and Santa Ana Oppose Proposition, Balance of County Favor It DISCUSSION over the proposal to establish a county ANAHEIM HIGH STUDENTS WILL PRESENT PLAYS Two dramatic one-act plays aid a negro minstrel show will feature the annual Christmas program to be given by students of the Anaheim Union high school in the school auditorium Friday evening. The to plays are being prepared by students in the drama classes, under the direction of Miss Lucille Blickley. One is called "Santa Claus." Those who will take part are Lloyd Rlutceel, Elizabeth Dickerson, La Verne Holmberg, Francis Bushard, Martha Adams and Hazel Filler. "Penny A. Flower," the simple but impressive story of a poor little flower girl and the influence her life has upon those with whom she come in contact, is the second play to be offered. In its cast will appear Ruby Wilbur, Eric Borchard, Clay Burington, Viva Taber, Ione McMurty, Lawrence Poirier, Lois Couts, Helen Brown and Lelan Alsip and Harold McKeechan. Miss Madeline Conover, art instructor, is directing her classes in the preparation of suitable stage PLAUDS REPORTS OF COMMITTEE FAVORING ACTION At Chairman McFadden's Suggestion, Five Thousand Dollars Will Be Raised for Survey of School Districts, and Get Sentiment; Fullerton and Santa Ana Oppose Proposition, Balance of County Favor It DISCUSSION over the proposal to establish a county junior college to replace the smaller district colleges, is beginning to warm up, and the matter will soon come to a showdown. Santa Ana and Fullerton, the only cities in the county having junior colleges now, are opposed to the movement, but undoubtedly it is approved by a vast majority of the balance of the county. More than a year ago the matter was proposed to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, and a committee was appointed to investigate the advisability of building the school and report its findings. After serving a year, the committee reported that it had nothing to report. It was discharged, and President Greeley appointed a new committee with instructions to get to work, as pressure was being brought to bear on the body for speedy action. The new committee, with Ralph McFadden as chairman, submitted a report at the regular meeting at Laguna Beach, Thursday night. The report recommended the appointment of a committee to raise money for a survey of the educational facilities of Orange county with a view to determining whether the best interests of the county, educationally, will be served by the institution of a county junior college, or by the continuation of the district junior colleges. The report supplemented by remarks by W. B. Mandeville of Huntington Beach, was received with applause by the 125 men and women assembled for the monthly meeting of the county organization. The enthusiastic reception accorded the report due in a measure to the fact that the committee had submitted its report within six weeks after its appointment, while a former committee appointed a year ago had failed to function. McFadden reported the estimated cost of $5000 for the survey, and President Greeley named McFadden, H. A. Lake, W. B. Mandeville, W. C. Jerome, and Frank Henderson as the men he would hold responsible for raising the money necessary to pay the cost. Suggestion was made that the importance of the survey justified an appropriation by the board of supervisors. If the committee falls to get sufficient funds from the supervisors, it probably will ask school districts of the county to contribute to the project. L. O. Culp, dean of the Fullerton Junior college, was the principal speaker at the Lion's session at Garden Verne Holmberg, Francis Bushard, Martha Adams and Hazel Filer. "Penny A. Flower," the simple but impressive story of a poor little flower girl and the influence her life has upon those with whom she come in contact, is the second play to be offered. In its cast will appear Ruby Wilbur, Eric Borchard, Clay Burlington, Viva Taber, Ione McMurty, Lawrence Poirier, Lois Couts, Helen Brown and Lelan Alsip and Harold McKeehan. Miss Madeline Conover, art instructor, is directing her classes in the preparation of suitable stage settings for the two skits. The Boys' Glee Club, under the leadership of Miss Carrie Sharp, will present the negro minstrel show, which is to be the first program of this kind ever presented in the local high school. Rain Records From Year 1849 to 1877 Winter of 1861-1862 Greatest Flood in History of Valley From the files of The Gazette of date December 22, 1877, we take the following very interesting account of rainfall during 28 years, from 1948 to 1877. It will be noted that in the winter of 1861-62, which marked the time of the greatest flood that ever swept over this valley, the precipitation amounted to 49.27 inches. Water stood many feet deep from the foothills to the ocean for many days. Judge J. E. Pleasants of Santiago was a resident of the canyon at that time, and recently informed us that he recollected the flood perfectly. The writer lived in this city at the time. The family domicile was swept away by raging torrents, and its four members waded about in the flood breast deep, with two children in arms, looking for a place of safety. They made their way to the Werder home, on South Citron street, where they were barricaded in with members of that family. Rising waters drove them from their refuge, and they proceeded east to Los Angeles street, returning north to the center of the city near the point whence they first started, which seemed to be about the highest ground in town. If there are any other persons living who were here at that time we shall be very happy to hear from them. The article from our files reads as follows: Rain Record We publish below the rain record of this state from 1849 to the past year. The record was kept by Mr. Thomas Tennant of San Francisco, and is of course subject to some slight modification at this point. We have no authentic record of the rainfall in Los Angeles county prior to 1870, but we have before us the record for five past years. The total rainfall during Boys in Blue Defeat Until Walter With Husky Ball Tossers; Entsued Nineteen in Blue Captu MR. AND Mrs. drove over frogs at Chino, week, to pay a visitor's mother at where Chillie spent A very happy family joyed by those parties and his family always welcome awaiting that a resident of Chino and is engaged in ravel oranges. He never be satisfied unhome to live, and on his mind to do a thing He has been missed mer associates,and enjoyed know that he here again. Mrs. Fischer drove spend Monday after and Chillie roamed all for vacant lots when ball.all of them no handsome business played on more diary and surrounding terreno who ever denned an organized the champ Club, which defeated everything its Walter Johnson can his husky Olinda or fierce contests resulting 19 innings.Blue won more games. It was Chillie's ad break into the big hill his footsteps toward ital., where he plays twenty years,and ably the greatest heaved a ball.He league pennant thre defeated Pittsburgh season games.H straight games against them all,and permitted to pitch Manager Griffith war The other Senatorial in condition and Jo three games when another pitcher to go New York Herald.in ming with irony.dec a quitter because he last game.Johnson with his job at War usually being low vision.H he wanted gins,where he wouls shine.Griffith s "Walt.you need me but you never wi Suggestion was made that the importance of the survey justified an appropriation by the board of supervisors. If the committee falls to get sufficient funds from the supervisors, it probably will ask school districts of the county to contribute to the project. L. O. Culp, dean of the Fullerton Junior college, was the principal speaker at the Lion's session at Garden Grove, last week. He set forth legal obstacles to be overcome in establishing a county junior college and made it clear that little support of the project could be expected from Fullerton, inasmuch as the present school is considered adequate for Fullerton needs. He declared that establishment of a county junior college would cause an unnecessary burden upon the taxpayers of the district and disrupt the present institution. Following his remarks, R. J. McFadden, prominent rancher of Placentia, was introduced and in no uncertain terms declared Fullerton's attitude on the proposition of a junior college for Orange county extremely selfish, and states that Placentia and other towns in the northern part of the county would give their hearty support to a centralized junior college, which would materially cut the overhead administration expenses of the two present junior colleges. He declared that the junior college at Fullerton and Santa Ana gave nothing in the way of agricultural training, while assurance had been given by the board of regents of the state university that if a county junior college was organized, full cooperation and aid would be forthcoming and the state would aid in promoting a school of agriculture in connection with the college. The Santa Ana board of education is definitely committed to a policy of proceeding at once with plans for securing a site and buildings for a new junior college. It will not participate in the projected county junior college district. The body voted unanimously at its session last night to proceed on this basis. J. A. Cranson, superintendent of (Continued on Last Page) We publish below the rain record of this state from 1849 to the past year. The record was kept by Mr. Thomas Tennant of San Francisco, and is of course subject to some slight modification at this point. We have no authentic record of the rainfall in Los Angeles county prior to 1870, but we have before us the record for five past years. The total rainfall during that time in San Francisco was 96.41 inches, and in Los Angeles 92.62—a difference of only 3.77 inches. The variation is so slight that the annexed table will do for this latitude for all practical purposes. It will be seen that the great bulk of the season's rain falls after January 1 in San Francisco, and we are disposed to believe, that this peculiarity is far more pronounced in Southern California than in the northern part of the state. Here is the record from 1849 to 1877, inclusive, giving the rainfall before and after January 1 of each year: | Year | Jan. 1 | After Jan. 1 | Season Total | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | | 1849-50 | 18.00 | 15.10 | 33.10 | | 1850-51 | 2.30 | 5.10 | 7.50 | | 1851-52 | 10.46 | 7.98 | 18.44 | | 1852-53 | 19.31 | 15.95 | 35.26 | | 1853-54 | 5.22 | 18.65 | 23.87 | | 1854-55 | 3.72 | 19.96 | 23.68 | | 1855-56 | 6.03 | 15.63 | 21.66 | | 1856-57 | 7.08 | 12.73 | 19.81 | | 1857-58 | 8.13 | 13.75 | 21.88 | | 1858-59 | 9.78 | 12.44 | 22.22 | | 1859-60 | 8.95 | 22.27 | 31.22 | | 1861-62 | 13.66 | 35.61 | 49.27 | | 1862-63 | 2.90 | 10.72 | 13.62 | | 1863-64 | 4.38 | 5.70 | 10.08 | | 1864-65 | 15.94 | 8.79 | 24.73 | | 1865-66 | 5.27 | 17.66 | 22.93 | | 1866-67 | 18.62 | 16.30 | 34.92 | | 1867-68 | 16.34 | 22.50 | 38.84 | | 1868-69 | 5.67 | 15.68 | 21.35 | | 1869-70 | 6.91 | 12.40 | 19.31 | | 1870-71 | 3.50 | 10.30 | 14.10 | | 1871-72 | 20.60 | 14.11 | 34.71 | | 1872-73 | 10.22 | 7.80 | 18.02 | | 1873-74 | 12.21 | 11.77 | 23.98 | | 1874-75 | 9.01 | 9.39 | 18.40 | | 1875-76 | 10.03 | 15.98 | 26.01 | | 1876-77 | 3.21 | 6.79 | 10.00 | Manager Griffith wrote: The other Senatorial condition and Joining three games when he last game. Johnson with his job at Washougal usually being low vision. He wanted gins where he woul shine. Griffith said: "Walt, you need me, but you never wilt" Huggins asked Griffith to him, but he did if he did so, Washougal him out of town wilt. All these stories Chille related to a listeners, as they got old baseball manager highest batting average hits and stole more boy who ever played county. He had a hatch second without touch even said that he coated of the bags without base. When the umpire was run off the foul rose and in stentoris "Is Joe Backs in Joe was there, oft forth and acted as a malder of the graff Chille had to touch one of the bags.Joe There was no foolish One day "Red" a great baseball team Boys in Blue.He had declaring that his lately skin the Boy money back.The ge German ground victory for the Be score of 29 to o." crowd,saying that terrifying to return typographical errors Chille was on the Joe Backs defeated San Francisco, character of the coast, in Broadway.Gearhut AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, December 8, 1927 CHAMBERS FAVORS COUNTY BASEBALL GAMES OF THE OLD LANG SYNE RECOUNTING INCIDENTS IN MEMORY LANE OF CONTESTS HERE, LONG, LONG AGO Boys in Blue Defeat All Comers, Until Walter Johnson Came With Husky Bunch of Olinda Ball Tossers; Fierce Engagements Ensued, One Game Going Nineteen Innings; Boys in Blue Capture the Honors MR. AND Mrs. Chillie Fischer BEISSEL KINDS BEFORE COUNTY BUILDERS' ASSN. DECLARING that people are "sold" on the building and loan association plan and citing the growth of the associations throughout the country, P. G. Beissel of the Home Mutual Building and Loan Association, Santa Ana, addressed members of the Orange County Builders' Exchange at the monthly dinner meeting in the Elks Club, Anaheim, Tuesday night. Business of the state's building and loan organizations increased $12,000,000 last year, despite a drop in construction activities, Beissel said. Advantages of the building and loan associations were listed by the speaker in the course of his address. Figures of his own association in Santa Ana were cited by Beissel in showing the growth of the association plan. The booklets containing the new Santa Ana building ordinance were exhibited for the first time at the session. The books contain 121 pages and were sponsored by the exchange. The work of compiling C. OF C. DEFENDS BIG SUIT FOR DAMAGES MRS. KITTIE ANDREWS-VANDEMARK OF LONG BEACH SEEKS $23,000 FROM THAT BODY Plaintiff Claims Orange Grove Negotiated for by Chamber for Orange Show Site, and Afterward Turned Back to Her, Was Neglected and Its Value Lowered; Harry D. Riley One of the Defendants PURCHASE of the Andrews orange grove, in 1922, by MONEY TAX J. C. LAAM has re-read during doesn't know of it is pile has overflow counters are sorting a tory to find Orange county in to run first half o Taxes beet and the ar found its will keep him next week fore he will income is know at the have become Figurative his head of certain p or not cann forces have MEMORY LAND OF CONTESTS HERE, LONG, LONG AGO Boys in Blue Defeat All Comers, Until Walter Johnson Came With Husky Bunch of Olinda Ball Tossers; Fierce Engagements Ensued, One Game Going Nineteen Innings; Boys in Blue Capture the Honors MR. AND Mrs. Chillie Fischer drove over from their orange grove at Chino, the first of the week, to pay a visit to the former's mother at the old home where Chillie spent his boyhood days. A very happy family reunion was enjoyed by those participating, as Chillie and his family always find a cordial welcome awaiting them. He has been a resident of Chino for seven years, and is engaged in raising Valencia and navel oranges. He declares he will never be satisfied until he comes back home to live, and once he makes up his mind to do a thing, the rest is easy. He has been missed by his many former associates, and they will be overjoyed to know that he intends to locate here again. Mrs. Fischer drove to Seal Beach to spend Monday afternoon with friends, and Chillie roamed about town, looking for vacant lots where he used to play ball, all of them now decorated with handsome business structures. He played on more diamonds in this city and surrounding territory than any lady ever donned a baseball suit. He organized the champion Boys in Blue Club, which defeated all comers, and had everything its own way until Walter Johnson came to town with his husky Olinda club. A series of fierce contests resulted, one of them going 19 innings, and the Boys in Blue won more games than they lost. It was Chillie's advice to Johnson to break into the big league that started his footsteps toward the national capital, where he played for more than twenty years, and developed into probably the greatest pitcher who ever heaved a ball. He won the American league pennant three years ago and defeated Pittsburgh in a series of post-season games. He pitched three straight games against the Yankees, winning them all, and insisted that he be permitted to pitch the fourth, but Manager Griffith would not permit it. The other Senatorial pitchers were not in condition and Johnson pitched the three games when the club had not another pitcher to go into the box. The New York Herald, in an editorial brimming with irony, declared Johnson was a quitter because he did not pitch the last game. Johnson was dissatisfied with his job at Washington, the club usually being low in the second division. He wanted to play with Huggins, where he would have a chance to shine. Griffith said to him: "Walt, you need not win a game for me, but you never will get your release." Santa Ana Wind Did Little Damage Here Estimated Loss in Orchards From 5 to 10 Per Cent A loss of between 5 and 10 per cent to the citrus crop of the county, was the most serious damage reported in the wake of a hard desert wind that swept this territory over the week-end. Aside from that, the wind contented itself with stripping trees of their weaker branches and scattering an assorted litter of vegetation over the landscape. The ocean remained calm in the face of the 50-mile-an-hour gale and no damage was reported from the beach districts. The only incident of major importance was the collapse of a fruit stand at Olive Saturday night. Officials of the citrus industry were authority for the estimates of crop loss, which was partly due to the whipping of trees by the wind, and partly from burning, but mostly from fallen fruit. Though there is no provision for measuring the wind velocity, Farm Advisor H. E. Wahberg estimated it to have been between 40 and 50 miles an hour. Wahlberg stated that most of the citrus crop 'damage' was from fruit blown off the trees. The burning generally was less than that suffered in other years. The windstorm, which arose suddenly Saturday evening, continued unabated until Sunday noon, when it subsided. BANKERS OF COUNTY MEET AT FULLERTON The Orange County Bankers' Association will hold its next meeting at Fullerton tomorrow, December 9, according to notices sent out today by Thomas Taylor of Placentia, secretary. Plans for a special program of unusual interest have been made by Howard Krause of the Los Angeles First National Bank, Fullerton branch, who is president of the association. H. E. Wahberg, county farm advisor, BEACH SEEKS $23,000 FROM THAT BODY Plaintiff Claims Orange Grove Negotiated for by Chamber for Orange Show Site, and Afterward Turned Back to Her, Was Neglected and Its Value Lowered; Harry D. Riley One of the Defendants PURCHASE OF THE Andrews orange grove, in 1922, by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, has involved that body in a law suit which began yesterday in Superior Judge Allen's court. The grove consisted of 15 acres of Valencias, and was purchased from Mrs. Kittle Andrews, the owner, the intention of the chamber being to use it as a site for the California Valencia Orange Show. Another site, more preferable, was presented, however, and the Andrews tract was turned back to the owner four years later. Mrs. Andrews, who is now Mrs. Kittle Vandemark of Long Beach, has filed suit against the Chamber of Commerce and Harry D. Riley, who was president of the chamber at the time of the purchase, claiming $23,015 in damages, because she claims, the place was not properly carved for, and it has deteriorated in value. She charges that the trees were not irrigated or fertilized; that the pipe line was allowed to deteriorate, and the house was not kept in repair. She estimates that she has been damaged to the extent of $23,015. In answer to the pipe line claim, the Chamber of Commerce made answer that when it took possession of the property the pipe line and pumps were in disuse, and the pipes clogged with sand. Much of the supposed damage, the defendant claims, was caused while the property belonged to the plaintiff, and that the defendant was not responsible for the neglect that caused this damage. A further defense is made of the alleged fact that after the grove had reverted to Mrs. Vandemark, she sold four and a half acres of it to the Anaheim school district for $16,000, thus showing that the value of the land was not impaired. The chamber claims that the land is more valuable without its trees or other improvements than with them. Another defense made is that the grove was not sold to the organization as an orange grove or to be maintained as such, but for fair and exhibition purposes. After hearing testimony to the effect that Mrs. Vandemark had sold a portion of the land since it was turned back to her at a figure far in excess of the price at which she had contracted to sell it to the Chamber of Commerce, Judge Allen dismissed the case. DR. GEISSINGER SPEAKS AT ELKS' MEMORIAL Dr. James A. Geissinger of Pasadena, Taxes beckered and found its worth next week before he will income is known at this time have become Figurative his head oak of letter remark that a certain paul or cannot forces have of corpse saved for these quests his department lance of loft "It's impress now," he peeled a posta certain leo it has been tainted we'ren't. 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The other Senatorial pitches were not in condition and Johnson pitched the three games when the club had not another pitcher to go into the box. The New York Herald, in an editorial brimming with irony, declared Johnson was a quitter because he did not pitch the last game. Johnson was dissatisfied with his job at Washington, the club usually being low in the second division. He wanted to play with Huggins, where he would have a chance to shine. Griffith said to him: "Walt, you need not win a game for me, but you never will get your release." Huggins asked Griffith to sell Johnson to him, but the former replied that if he did so, Washington would run him out of town when he returned. All these stories and many more, Chillie related to a crowd of interested listeners, as they gathered about the old baseball manager. He had the highest batting average, made more hits and stole more bases than any boy who ever played ball in Orange county. He had a habit of going down to second without touching first, when the umpire wasn't looking, and they used to say that he came home from second without touching third. It was even said that he could make a circuit of the bags without touching a single base. When the umpire protested, he was run off the field. Then Chillie rose and in stentorian voice called out: "Is Joe Backs in the crowd?" Joe was there, of course. He came forth and acted as umpire for the remainder of the game, and thereafter Chillie had to touch each and every one of the bags. Joseph saw to that. There was no fooling with Joe. One day "Red" McAuley organized a great baseball team to wallop the Boys in Blue. He had circulars printed declaring that his team would absolutely skin the Boys in Blue or your money back. The game was played on the Deutsch ground, and resulted in a victory for the Boys in Blue by a score of 29 to 0. "Red" addressed the crowd, saying that the statement referring to the return of money was a typographical error. Chillie was on the side lines when Joe Backs defeated Peter Gearhardt of San Francisco, champion amateur runner of the coast, in a 100-yard dash on Broadway. Gearhardt came to town BANKERS OF COUNTY MEET AT FULLERTON The Orange County Bankers' Association will hold its next meeting at Fullerton tomorrow, December 9, according to notices sent out today by Thomas Taylor of Placentia, secretary. Plans for a special program of unusual interest have been made by Howard Krause of the Los Angeles First National Bank, Fullerton branch, who is president of the association. H. E. Wahlberg, county farm advisor, will give a 15-minute talk on orchard cost analysis. J. A. Prizer will speak 15 minutes on packing house management. Dr. Dean D. Weynick of the Associated Laboratory at Anaheim will talk on moisture and fertilizer control in orchard care. Paul Armstrong, assistant general manager of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange of Los Angeles will talk on exchange methods of handling the great citrus crops of the past few years and development plans for future markets. as a traveling salesman, accompanied by his manager, who declared Gearhardt could defeat this young runner in town whose fame had spread to the northern city. Chillie assured him that wasn't so, and soon had Joe in conference with the mighty sprinter from the north. A race was arranged, taking place on Broadway, running from Los Angeles street to Claudina. Joe ran away from him, although Chillie declares Peter jumped the gun. Peter afterwards declared that he saw the smoke. Chillie tapped Peter's manager for $7 good money, which formed the foundation for his great fortune. Chillie has long since forsed baseball, although he takes a keen interest in ball games everywhere. He will travel all night to see a game of ball. He is devoting his attention to raising oranges, at which he has been very successful. He has a little boy, four and a half years old, who sits up nights talking about football. He is a chip off the old block, and if he does as well on the gridiron as his father did on the diamond, he will have to hurry, although he declares he can do it. DR. GEISSINGER SPEAKS AT ELKS' MEMORIAL Dr. James A. Geissinger of Pasadena, former pastor of the White Temple Methodist church here, delivered the address at the Elks memorial service at the clubhouse Sunday evening. This is an annual service and is held in remembrance of the members who have died during the year. The Annelim Elks lodge has buried seven of its members during the year. They were Daniel Naugh, Sheldon A. Littlefield, Charles A. Clark, Peter D. Hax, Charles D. Hutchinson, W. A. Brigham, and Charles A. Stevens. The ritualistic memorial service was rendered by the officers of the lodge, and Dr. Geissinger made an eloquent address. More than 500 persons were present. Many of the doctor's warm friends had the pleasure of meeting him during his brief visit. CHARLES O'TOOLE DIES AT HIS HOME SATURDAY After long illness, Charles P. O'Toole, son of Dr. and Mrs. O'Toole, died at the family home, on West Broadway. Saturday, at the age of 24. He has been a resident of Anaheim more than seven years, coming here with the family from Iowa. He is survived by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. O'Toole, and his sister, Lovenia, besides other relatives, who live at a distance. The funeral; held Tuesday morning, was in charge of Backs, Terry & Campbell. Requiem high mass was held at St. Boniface's church, at 9 o'clock, and the body was taken to Los Angeles for burial in Calvary cemetery. The pallbearers were John Johnston, James Johnston, Marion Henry, George Henry, Frederick Longworth, and Roderick Brastad. Miss Delila Smeltzer passed greetings rehearsal she walked her way to her workered sugar drew her after half-nude saints of a bloody chilie horror to Sheriff Sam Deputy F. V., nenzi Z.B.Wed D.Brown vestigate arms wounds in the evidences of club.In In handkerchiefs and some chiefs conti- JOE CA Joe Carroll city the first absence of Cain at Drury player. He will reweak and wives at Cain little children He expects another visit reads every week.The Richard a from appointe- years.He Groos,and time of his Clem Ambe- ETTE ANAHEIM—YOUR CITY Founded by German Colonists, 1857 Assessed Value, 1925, $10,500,000 School System Valued at $951,000 COUNTY SCHOOL MONEY SWAMPS TAX COLLECTOR LAMB'S OFFICE J. C. LAMB, county tax collector, has received so much money during the last week that he doesn't know where to put it. Part of it is piled on the floor, where it has overflowed from desks and counters and a battalion of clerks is sorting and counting it preparatory to finding out how much cash Orange county residents have sent in to run the government for the first half of the coming year. Taxes became delinquent Monday and the amount of mail that has found its way into Lamb's hands will keep his employees busy for the next week or 10 days, he said, before he will know what the total income is. Incidentally, he will know at that time whose payments have become delinquent. Figuratively speaking, he stuck his head out from under a mountain of letters today long enough to remark that inquiries as to whether a certain payment has been received or not cannot be answered until his forces have cleared away the flood. BANDIT CAUGHT IN ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK HOLDS UP CITIZENS BANK AT GARDEN GROVE, BUT FAILS TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE Deputy Sheriff Blaeholder Hits His Pistol Hand and Lands Him in Jail; Was Getting Away With $2000 in Currency; Youth of 23 Is Long Beach Barber and Amateur in Bank Bandit Profession THE career of a youthful bandit who deserted his chair in a Murdered Mexican Found Lying in Ditch Sheriff's Officers Are Mystified Over Strange Slaying Stabbed and beaten to death by two assailants, with a motive not yet apparent or suspected, the body of J. Pineda, 50, Mexican recluse of Smeltzer, was found in a drainage ditch beside the Southern Pacific railroad tracks early Monday, at a point between Smeltzer and Wintersburg. The murder is wrapped in mystery. Pineda's slayers are not known and their object cannot so far be fathomed by the authorities, who took Pineda's son into custody for questioning. Apparently robbery was not the motive, since money was found on the body, undisturbed. Pineda was a man of middle age, eccentric and something of a hermit, with few associates, either men or women. He was not known to have an enemy nor to have been mixed in any affair that might have brought him into danger, it was learned. But as he walked from the Wintersburg store along the railroad tracks to his shack at Smeltzer Sunday night, after purchasing meat and sugar for his next day's supplies, two men ambushed him in the darkness. Miss Della Clemmens, employee of a Smeltzer packing house, discovered the grewsome results of the struggle when she walked along the railroad tracks to her work Monday morning. Scattered sugar and the package of meat drew her attention. In the bottom of the ditch beside the tracks she saw the half-nude scarcely recognizable remnants of a human being. Near it was a bloody club. She hastened away in horror to report her discovery. Sheriff Sam Jernigan, Chief Criminal Deputy F. W. Howard, District Attorney BUT FAILS TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE Denuty Sheriff Blaeholder Hits His Pistol Hand and Lands Him in Jail; Was Getting Away With $2000 in Currency; Youth of 23 Is Long Beach Barber and Amateur in Bank Bandit Profession THE career of a youthful bandit who deserted his chair in a barber shop at Long Beach and started to lead a life of crime was ninned in its incipiency Tuesday afternoon in the very first act. He attempted to hold up the Citizens Bank of Garden Grove, but luck was against him, and he is now in the county jail, nursing a wounded hand. His name is J. H. McClure, aged 23, and is almost a dwarf in size, being only 5 feet tall. Answering the burglar alarm call, Henry Blaeholder, deputy sheriff, reached the bank just as the bandit had pocketed $2000 and turned to leave. Blaeholder had him covered with a .22 calibre rifle, but McClure pulled a gun, intending to fight it out. He received a shot in the hand, dropped his gun and fell to the floor. He submitted quietly to arrest. According to the story of the holdup as told by L. W. Schauer, cashier, the bandit came into the bank just at 3 o'clock and walked to a counter, where he made out a check. Schauer went to the front door and locked it for the day and then turned to the man and asked him if there was anything he could do for him. The bandit handed him a check and asked him if he knew "John Meckly." Schauer told him he did not, and turned to the door again to allow two customers to go out. As he did, McClure turned and quietly said, "Hands up," at the same time pulling a pistol from his belt. Schauer quickly closed the door, locking it from inside, and turned to face the man. The two customers, F. M. Reafsynder and T. Tevault, heard the bandit's orders and gave the alarm up and down the street. Miss Florence Pearson, teller in the bank, saw the bandit cover Schauer. She quickly set off the bank's burglar alarm and then grabbed a tray containing several thousand dollars in currency and tossed it under a desk in the rear of the bank. Jake Klever, bookkeeper, also gave an alarm by removing the receiver from a telephone near by. This was a prearranged signal notifying the telephone company office that the bank was in trouble. The bandit ordered Schauer to hand him "all the money." Schauer, knowing that the alarm had been set off, stalled for time. He handed the bandit a tray filled with silver, but it was refused. "Hurry up; get busy, I don't want that stuff," the bandit said, as he pushed the tray away. Schauer then explained that all of the other money was in the vault. PEAKS MEMORIAL of Pasadena, White Temple, delivered the memorial service evening. This is held in reverence who have The Anahelm of its memorial. They were A. Littlefield, Hax, Charles Brigham, and JOE CARROLL IN TOWN Joe Carroll spent several days in this city the first of the week, after an absence of several months in Seattle, and received a deluge of glad hands on every side. He came down from Seattle on a special train, accompanying the "Huskies" and a trainload of northern football enthusiasts. He saw the game at the coliseum, and was sorry to see his team lose, but says that if they had to lose at all, he is glad the Trojans were victorious. He says Drury is certainly a wonderful player. He will return north the end of the week, and will spend a few days with friends at Oakland. His wife and two little children are enjoying good health. He expects to return to Anaheim for another visit the first of the year. He reads every line in The Gazette each week. The children cry for it. Richard Groos, barber, died Friday morning, at the Community hospital, from appendicitis, at the age of 52. He has been a resident of Anaheim for 15 years. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Lena Groos, and one son, Frederick. At the time of his death he was employed in Clem Amberg's shop on East Center. SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION Miss Fay Stanley, president of the Honor Society of the Anahelm Union high school; Miss Dorothy Harmon, vice-president of the senior class, and Tommy Kuchel, president of the student body, leave on Friday for San Diego, accompanied by Mrs. Fay, Kern Schultz, teacher of oral English, to attend the semi-annual meeting of the California Scholarship Federation. Delegates will be present from high schools at many points in California. They will return on Sunday afternoon. A New York minister declares that America is full of starving geniuses. Well it can't be because wages aren't high enough.