anaheim-gazette 1928-02-09

State Engineer Hyatt Reports on Survey Tells Where Funds Came From To Finance the Work The following statement, by Edward Hyatt, state engineer, with reference to funds received from the federal government for co-operation with the state and three counties in completing the study of the Santa Ana river and its tributaries, will clear up some misunderstanding that seems to prevail with reference to just how and where these funds came from: "The legislature of 1927 provided for the continuation of the survey of the Santa Ana river watershed and basin by chapter No. 809 making an appropriation of $40,000 for this work; the money to become available when any political subdivision or subdivisions of the state of California, the federal government, or other interested parties provide an equal amount for such purpose. "The counties of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino appropriated $20,000 for the survey during the present fiscal year, and the state of California made available $20,000 of the $40,000 appropriated under chapter No. 809 of the statutes of 1927. The contributions of the counties of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, and the state of California thus provided $10,000 for the work during the present fiscal year, permitting the investigation to be carried on without delay. "In making the survey of the Santa Ana river watershed and basin, it was found that rainfall percolation and soil moisture studies constitute very important features of this work, and therefore an agreement was entered into with the division of agriculture engineering bureau of roads, of the United States Department of Agriculture, to make the necessary rainfall percolation and soil moisture studies. The division of agriculture engineering was selected for the reason that they had made similar studies in the past, have men thoroughly familiar with the procedure." Young Talbert Sued For Heavy Damages Widow of Man Killed in His Auto Asks for $85,000 Once more the spectre of Floyd Covert, 45, who died in an automobile accident at Huntington Beach last July, has crossed the path of Gordon Talbert, son of T. B. Talbert, former chairman of the Orange county board of supervisors. Covert was riding with Talbert when his car crashed into a tree, snuffing his life. Mrs. Hattle Covert, widow, again signed a complaint against the youth when she launched an $85,000 damage suit against him as a result of the fatal crash. At one time a charge of murder had been made against the driver of the car. Mrs. Covert signed the complaint on which it was based. Justice Chris Pann reduced the accusation to that of man-slaughter, and when the case came to superior court, Judge E. J. Marks suspended Talbert's driver's license for a year and sentenced him to pay a $500 fine. Talbert was represented by L. A. West. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and asked probation, which was granted, with the fine and suspended license as conditions. The accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. July 29, at the intersection of Wesley avenue and Main street, Huntington Beach. Covert and Talbert had bee working on the car; it was reported and were giving it a trial run whethe machine leaped the curb and crashed into a tree. Mrs. Covert includes her two children Kenneth and Florence Covert, as plaintiffs in the case. She was appointed guardian for them by Superior Judge Homer G. Ames. She is represented by Carl V. Hawkins and Dewey L. Strickler. More Than Million Compete for Prizes The story of formation of Caldry farming to by J. J. Haley division of eng in the January Highways and official journal o d dry farming rea when 12,000,000 23,000,000 acres under cultivation mate'y 1,000,000 gated. Today the area California is as in 1885, but enormous increase crop values owl in land irrigate. There are now in California $3,995,150 acres. two-thirds of California. The $140,000,000 for CO-OPERATI In making the survey of the Santa Ana river watershed and basin, it was found that rainfall percolation and soil moisture studies constitute very important features of this work, and therefore an agreement was entered into with the division of agriculture engineering bureau of roads, of the United States Department of Agriculture, to make the necessary rainfall percolation and soil moisture studies. The division of agriculture engineering was selected for the reason that they had made similar studies in the past, have men thoroughly familiar with the procedure necessary, and have on hand much of the equipment required for this class of work. This agreement between the division of engineering and irrigation and the division of agricultural engineering, bureau of roads, United States Department of Agriculture, provides that the division of agricultural engineering will make the necessary investigations under the direction of the division of engineering and irrigation, and that the total cost of the work is not to exceed $8000. Of this amount $4000 will be supplied by the division of engineering and irrigation from the funds approvably the last legislature, and $4000 will be printed for the Santa Ana investigation be supplied by the division of agricultural engineering, bureau of roads, United States Department of Agriculture, from funds under their direction." Sea Rules Advocated For Driving of Autos If the traffic rules on the country's streets and highways were as carefully and rigidly obeyed by the motorist as are the "rules of the road" on the high seas and on the navigable waters, there would be a considerable lossening of the loss of life through automobile accidents. This is the conviction expressed by Albert G. Porter, editor of the Shipping Register and a United States naval reserve lieutenant. Porter maintained that land traffic regulations are not as strictly enforced as are the traffic regulations at sea. The latter, he declared, are the outcome of many centuries of seafaring practice and have become international in character, so that although ship captains cannot speak the same language, yet they can positively know the intentions of each other under any given circumstances at sea. "The whole object of the navigation traffic rules," said Porter in his address, "is the saving of life at sea. In the early history of sea transportation, the loss of life was so appalling that it early became necessary to establish some rules whereby that loss of human life might be prevented. Hence the present rigid 'rules of the road.'" "In the course of time these rules became international in character because ocean transportation became international. Another thing is that they are established and enforced by all the governments. In this country it is the working on the car, it was reported and were giving it a trial run when the machine leaped the curb and crashed into a tree. Mrs. Covert includes her two children, Kenneth and Florence Covert, as plaintiffs in the case. She was appointed guardian for them by Superior Judge Homer G. Ames. She is represented by Carl V. Hawkins and Dewey L. Strickler. More Than Million Compete for Prizes Managers of Laundry Prize Contest Flooded With Mail More than 1,044,000 letters were received in the $50,000 cash prize competition conducted by the laundry owners of the United States and Canada, according to the information received here today by J. A. Landale, manager of the Anaheim Laundry. Mr. Landale co-operated in promoting the competition. The subject was "Why the Laundry Should Do My Washing." Letters enough to fill a railroad boxcar of standard size, full to the roof, with a good-sized shipment left over, moured in the contest headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., officials in charge have informed Mr. Landale. The contest has proved by all odds history of business and advertising. The largest returns in any previous contest had run around 750,000 entries. In a single day's mail, between 100,000 and 125,000 letters were received according to Mr. Landale's information. Six hundred registered letters came in one delivery, and with them was a large number of entries sent by special delivery. A floor space of nearly 4000 square feet was used to handle the contest. A force of 25 men and girls was kept at work constantly on the details of receiving, sorting and culling the letters. The contest officially opened on October 1, and letters began to come immediately after that date. During the last month they came by the tens and hundreds of thousands. The million letters are now being passed on by the judges, who will award the $50,000 in cash and decide the winners of the 12,000 other prices. This will require some considerable time." Mr. Landale sair, "according to information I have received from the competition officials." Three laundry owners have been appointed from each of the 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the Dominion of Canada to act as judges of the letters submitted in their respective groups. They will choose the winners of the ten cash prizes and the $40 other awards in their respective groups. Fred E. Whyte, general manager of the Southern Service Company, at Pomona, is one of the three judges for the state of California. The cash prizes in each state are: First prize, $225; second prize, $125; third, $100; fourth, $50; fifth, $35; sixth, $25; seventh, $20; eighth, $10; ninth... "The whole object of the navigation traffic rules," said Porter in his address. "is the saving of life at sea. In the early history of sea transportation, the loss of life was so appalling that it early became necessary to establish some rules whereby that loss of human life might be prevented. Hence the present rigid 'rules' of the road." "In the course of time these rules became international. Another thing is that they are established and enforced by all the governments. In this country it is the federal government that promulgates and enforces the navigation rules. Thus they are rigidly enforced and infractions are quickly punished. "If it were possible, and I do not say that it is not—to have the uniform system of highway traffic regulations in the United States, it would in time result in rigid enforcement and there would be fewer fatal automobile accidents and a consequent saving of human lives. "Seamen are early in their careers taught to obey. Then, too, they realize that disobedience may result in shipwreck and the loss of their own lives as well as the lives of others. Motor car drivers should also be made to realize that obedience to traffic regulations may mean the saving not only of their own lives, but of others. "Unfortunately, the sense of constant danger does not make its impression on the motor car driver on dry land that it does on the seafaring man of the high seas. Thus the need for rigid obedience to traffic regulations is not continually before the motorist. The fear of prompt and severe punishment for infractions is also absent. "I believe that if it were possible to apply the same standards on the highway that are applied at sea, the present death rate due to automobiles could be materially reduced within a very short time. "It is well known that the great majority of sailormen are good motorists because they obey the traffic rules." The farm-relief movement in Kansas has just lost a stalwart soldier in the cause. He sold his farm to an Atchison golf club. Three laundry owners have been appointed from each of the 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the Dominion of Canada to act as judges of the letters submitted in their respective groups. They will choose the winners of the ten cash prizes and the $40 other awards in their respective groups. Fred E. Whyte, general manager of the Southern Service Company, at Pomona, is one of the three judges for the state of California. The cash prizes in each state are: First prize, $225; second prize, $125; third, $100; fourth, $50; fifth, $35; sixth, $25; seventh, $20; eighth, $10; ninth, $5; tenth, $6. No announcement of winners will be made until after the national judging has been completed, when state and national winners will be announced at the same time. LIKE A GREEK TRAGEDY Man is the unfaithomable being. You can never tell what is hidden in his heart. You can never forecast what he will do when tempted. You can never write a man's story until he is dead. There's a case in point, a case like a Greek tragedy. For years the prisoner at the bar had been a good father, a good husband, a good citizen. Then one day he fell. He stole from the malls. He took a whole two dollars. He was arrested as a thief. It meant dismissal from his steady job. He was soon to be retired. It meant loss of a $1000 bonus that was due him. It meant loss of a life pension of $15 a week. But it meant more than that. His wife died of heartbreak at the shame that had come to her man. The judge, with a very superior wisdom and human insight, dismissed the unfortunate. He rightly observed that no court could punish him as much as he had punished himself. HANNALEI HILLS A Beautiful Subdivision Under Vista Water. A few lots from 3 to 5 acres at $400 to $600 per acre; easy terms. CHOICE AVOCADO LAND 10 acres piped to lease for 4 years. H. R. HANNA, San Marcos, Calif. Courtesy to Agents ANAHEIM GAZETTE 12,000,000 Acres Farmed in State The story of the agricultural transformation of California from a state of dry farming to one of irrigation is told by J. J. Haley Jr., deputy chief of the division of engineering and irrigation, in the January issue of California Highways and Public Works, the official journal of the state department of public works. Mr. Haley writes that dry farming reached its peak in 1885, when 12,000,000 acres of California's 23,000,000 acres of arable land were under cultivation, with only approximately 1,000,000 of that acreage irrigated. Today the area of cultivated land in California is approximately the same as in 1885, but there has been an enormous increase in crop tonnage and crop values owing to the increased area of land irrigated. There are now 114 irrigation districts in California, comprising a total of 3,995,150 acres. This is approximately two-thirds of the irrigated area of California. These districts have voted $140,000,000 for their water development. CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING Co-operative marketing, generally, is getting on a better business basis, in the opinion of Chris L. Christensen, who is in charge of the division of co-operative marketing in the United States Department of Agriculture. Farmers are gaining a clearer understanding, he thinks, of the aims and purposes of cooperative marketing and what may be expected in the way of practical results. They are beginning to realize, for example, that there is no single exact form of organization that can be rated as "best." A cut-and-dried formula does not impress success. The organization must be adapted to local economic and social conditions. The important things to study are the kinds of work the co-operate can do and the services it can render. Farmers are getting away from the idea that merely by organizing they can fix prices for their products or achieve an immediate alteration in marketing conditions. They on a co-operative basis, with each school striving to produce its best effort without thought of winning team honors as in the past. The co-operative is the major scholastic event of the year from an academic standpoint, and a large attendance is expected Friday night. The contest is open to the public, and an invitation for all to attend is issued. An interesting musical program is to be presented preceding the co-operative events. The nine schools which will send representatives include Santa Ana, Fullerton, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Tustin, Huntington Beach, Brea-Olinda, Capistrano, and Orange. The freshmen readings are the first on the program, followed by sophomore essays on any theme connected with the general topic of "Development of Aviation." A Spanish editor thinks the Monroe doctrine has outlived its usefulness. Well, it's still a formidable obstacle. Children Cry for Castoria MOTHER: Fletcher's Castoria is a pleasant, harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. IT MAY COME The marriage of the white girl at Rockville, Conn., to a colored man, reminds one of the discussions between Abranam Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in their famous debates. Douglas had insisted on a law eliminating the possibility of social equality, and it turned upon the question of the marriage of the races. Lincoln, in his reply, said that if Mr. Douglas felt the need of the law to prevent him marrying a colored woman, he had no objection to such law being passed. While Lincoln's remark was made in humor an impossibly to avoid a serious statement on a vexed question, yet there are people who need such a law for their protection and probably Lincoln, under those circumstances, would favor it. We are quite strong believers in personal liberty and would not wish to interfere with anyone gratifying their particular taste, even though it might shock us at times. We cannot help believing though, that the time may come when this unusual woman may say in the language of the colored woman to the judge when she was seeking divorce. "Judge, I see just naturally lost mah taste for that man." 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