anaheim-gazette 1928-10-04

FACTS ABOUT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM Population 13,000 Assessed Valuation $12,266,185 Building Permits 439,832 VOLUME LVIII OPTIMISM KEYNOTES MANY SPEECHES DELIVERED AT DINNER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS LAUDED FOR ITS WORK IN THE PAST YEARS Dr. Booth of Long Beach Was Principal Orator at Annual Banquet Monday Night; Leonard Evans, New President; Acted As Toastmaster; 235 Men and Women Sat Down to Tables Spread With Edibles There were many speeches by eloquent orators at the annual dinner given by the Chamber of Commerce at Elk's club Monday evening, and all the speakers lauded that body for its past work and recommended a better support from the community. Reapportion Rally Will Be Held in Bowl A county-wide rally on the reapportionment campaign now in progress will be held at 7:30 p.m., October 16, in the baseball bowl at Santa Ana, it was announced by Norman Biney, secretary of the Orange County Farm bureau. J. J. Deuel, manager of the law and utility department of the State Farm Bureau federation, will address the gathering, which is expected to number at least 2000. It was pointed out that the meeting will be non-political and non-partisan and that everyone concerned over the reapportionment of senatorial districts in California will be able to become enlightened on the subject. Just what effect the measure's passage would have on Orange county will be made clear. George Stinson, singing traffic cop," of the state squad here, will sing two solos, while Miss Eleanor Grill, of Garden Grove, radio artist, will give a patriotic reading. Arrangements have been made to hold the session in the high school auditorium in case the weather makes an outdoor meeting impossibly difficult. WALNUT ROW NOW IN SWING ALL PACKING COUNTY ARE RAINNUTS THIS Anaheim House Exhibit Shipping Today Ross Expects to Tops; Association Prices Next Month Year's Crop All With last year's main county walnut crop end of, the majority of the section are started or making plans for season before the end of Recent surveys indicate will be approximately 50% of normal throughout Principal Orator at Annual Banquet Monday Night; Leonard Evans, New President; Acted As Toastmaster; 235 Men and Women Sat Down to Tables Spread With Edibles There were many speeches by eloquent orators at the annual dinner given by the Chamber of Commerce at Elk's club Monday evening, and all the speakers lauded that body for its past work and recommended a better support from the community. Two hundred and thirty-five men and women sat down to the tables. The meeting was presided over by Leonard Evans, the new president, who made an interesting short talk on opening the meeting, and who acted as toastmaster presenting the speakers. Mayor L. E. Miller was the first speaker, and he spoke in high praise of George W. Reid, secretary of the chamber, with whom he comes in frequent contact in their official work. "We of the city's official staff believe that Anaheim has one of the best chamber of commerce secretaries in this state," said the mayor. "No job is too big for him. This city needs the continued services of the chamber of commerce. Shortly we are going to ask this body to assist in making the north side of our city more presentable. At present the chance visitor gets his first impression of Anaheim from the district surrounding the north entrance. It is not a very good impression, and we are going to fix that." H. M. Adams, chairman of the good roads committee, told of projects on foot to extend certain city streets to connect with main highways and thus improve the traffic through the city; and Dr. H. A. Johnston of the transportation committee, stated that efforts were being made by his committee to induce the Pacific Electric people to extend a line to this city. Leo Sheridan, who is much interested in football, asked support for the high school football team. We have a good school, he said, a good principal, a good coach and the best children in the Southland. Boost for football. Speaking on "Building a City," Dr. H. E. Booth, pastor of the First Congregational church, Long Beach, declared that the first requisite needed for making a city is leadership. "And in your chamber of commerce you find that leadership," this speaker declared. "The chamber of commerce is the servant of the city. It is unselfish. It has nothing to gain for itself. It seeks only to serve its city." "The chamber of commerce gets a vision of what the city should be, and it sets out to bring this vision to a realization. "But you cannot build a city from bricks and mortar alone. You cannot bull da city without that intangible spirit which is the life blood of a community. Every city builds a spirit, and no two build along the same lines. "Here in Anaheim I believe that you have built a spirit of friendliness that is your greatest asset. You have partisan and that everyone concerned over the reapportionment of senatorial districts in California will be able to become enlightened on the subject. Just what effect the measure's passage would have on Orange county will be made clear. George Stinson, singing traffic cop," of the state squad here, will sing two solos, while Miss Eleanor Grill, of Garden Grove, radio artist, will give a patriotic reading. Arrangements have been made to hold the session in the high school auditorium in case the weather makes an outdoor meeting impossible. Dr. B. S. Haywood Stays in Anaheim Popular Minister Again Head of White Temple Church Dr. Benjamin S. Haywood was again sent to Anaheim by his conference to serve as pastor of White Temple church. Dr. Haywood has already shepherded the White Temple flock for three years, and during that period he and Mrs. Haywood have gained warm places in the hearts of the people of the city. The church has grown under his pastorate. He was sent here on the transfer of Dr. J. A. Gelsinger from Anaheim to the Holliston Avenue church at Pasadena. Dr. Geissinger remains in his Pasadena pulpit for another year. Owing to the retirement from the ministry of Rev. Brinkmeyer because of ill health the pastorate of the Broadway Methodist church was filled by the appointment of Rev. Voll. The Rev. Charles A. Kent, who recently resigned from the pulpit of the Fullerton First Methodist church after an asserted deadlock with the trustees over the church's building program, has been transferred to the First Methodist church of Fresno and the Rev. B. D. Snuddens has been moved from the Vermont-Square Methodist church, Los Angeles, to take charge of the work in Fullerton, it is reported. The Rev. J. M. Ocheltree has been returned to the Garden Grove pastorate; the Rev. Daniel Dundas to the La Mabra pastorate; the Rev. G. A. Warmer to the First church of Santa Ana; the Rev. C. W. Relinus to the Richland Avenue church, Santa Ana, and the Rev. N. H. Hudson to the Yorba Linda church. Big Figure Paid For Seivers Ranch Believed to have involved a consideration of approximately $400,000, sale of the Will Selvers property including 147 acres and a large house, was reported with J. D. Selvers and his son William as the purchaser. The exact amount of the consideration was not revealed as the deal was handled between the two brothers. With last year's major county walnut crop exit of, the majority of the trees in this section are stale or making plans for season before the end o'clock. Recent surveys indicate will be approximately 50% of normal throughout growers are expecting prices than prevailed last tors from various South organizations will meet in Los Angeles to name the associations will output. Last year's harvest, to 140 per cent of norms off the market today, reported, and this fact prove an important factor a good price for this year. The Anaheim house for the reception of nutties begin shipping to Walter Ross expects to whereas last year there will be doubled by week. The plant expects about 1200 tons of nuts. The packing house in lstrano has been operated 10 days. The Fullerton pacwing to handle 750 tons of wood and a 75 per cent crop dicted for that region. Placentia Walnut associate 600 tons, while the Growers, Inc., expects of 150 tons of walnuts. She Richland Walnut ing house, in Orange, nuts Monday and will operations next Monday play 40 persons. The h pack 500 or 550 tons of for a 60-per cent norma. The walnut house in will begin to pack today handle about 325 tons house began to receive Anaheim Grove Get More Over Two Million Big Figure Paid For Seivers Ranch Believed to have involved a consideration of approximately $400,000, sale of the Will Selvers property including 147 acres and a large house, was reported with J. D. Selvers and his son William as the purchasers. The exact amount of the consideration was not revealed as the deal was handled between the two brothers. William Selvers will operate the ranch, which includes 67 acres of 25-year-old walnuts, 50 acres of 25-year-old valencias and 30 acres of seven-year-old persimmons. He has already moved on to the property with his wife. The ranch is located on the main boulevard to La Habra, several miles north of Fullerton and just north of the Bastanchury holdings. It was believed here that the owner had been holding the property for $400,-000. 2. Establish good road connections with surrounding country, Palm street, south; La Palma street, west, and Manchester boulevard. 3. Bring Pacific Electric Railway to Anaheim. 4. "Anaheim" neon signs at entrances to city. 5. Have business section of Anaheim better lighted. 6. Move California Valencia Orange Show to Fair Grounds and put it on a county basis. 7. Secure permanent building for Orange Show. 8. Develop "state days" at City Park. 9. Modern Santa Fe Depot. 10. Extend local telephone connections to nearby districts. 11. Locate oil workers from the new oil fields. 12. Industrial development. 13. Endeavor to make Anaheim the cleanest city in the county. 14. Have streets and county roads signed at intersections. 15. Clean up the northerly entrance to the city, between Lemon and Spadra. The two million dollars passed here last week citrus growers of this payment on pools just Anaheim Citrus Fruit of the Ritchie-Mills Packing Company about $246,000, bring for all citrus fruit houses 267,548.71. According to a statement Shureman, manager of the second pool, which last August 22, consisted packed boxes from which turns totaled $246,515.50, pools of the association 403.95. It is pointed out by Shureman that this city in returns and of the growers belonging clation will receive $5 oranges. Beside the returns list clation will soon receive the $1,200,000 soon to be the Exchange Orange By-At Ontario. At the Ritchie-Mills plant nounced by Ed Mills that been paid to growers for dled during June and Jared thousand dollars we growers by this plant d pool, bringing the total far this season 108 cars been sold by this company. AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, October 4, 1928 YNOTE AT C. OF C. BANQU WALNUT PICKING NOW IN FULL SWING ALL PACKING HOUSES IN COUNTY ARE RECEIVING NUTS THIS WEEK Anaheim House Expects to Begin Shipping Today; Manager Ross Expects to Handle 600 Tons; Association Is to Fix Prices Next Monday; Last Year's Crop All Disposed of With last year's mammoth Orange county walnut crop entirely disposed of, the majority of the packing houses in this section are starting operations or making plans for launching the season before the end of the week. Recent surveys indicate that the crop will be approximately 55 to 60 per cent of normal throughout the county and Supervisors May Appoint County Planning Body The board of supervisors received the formal recommendation of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Orange county for the establishment of a planning commission and the creation of a master plan which would be a guide to the development of the county for many years to come. Members of the committee which reported to the associate body on the matter outlined to the board the steps by which the recommendation had been arrived at and analyzed its value to the county. Thomas Pickerill, secretary of the committee and secretary of the Placenta Chamber of Commerce, declared that by the creation of such a body the supervisors could leave a lasting monument to themselves for which future generations would be grateful. Pickerill pointed but that a planning commission served without salary and that it merely was an advisory body to the board of supervisors. He stressed the fact that the plan and that the whole county should be encouraged to take a part in its development. TAX ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL CITY'S RATE TEN CENTS LOWER THAN LAST YEAR Council Considering Trial of Automatic Signal at Intersections; Bond of New Chief of Police Accepted; Harry O. Wharton Appointed to Serve As Desk Sergeant; Bond Filed Ordinance No. 527, levying a tax on Anaheim property for the coming year, was passed by the city council Thursday night. There are several funds to be provided for in the tax levy as usual, but the council was able to reduce the total from $1.35 to $1.25. This is the second time the present council has made a reduction in the tax levy, notwithstanding the many im- With last year's mammoth Orange county walnut crop entirely disposed of, the majority of the packing houses in this section are starting operations or making plans for launching the season before the end of the week. Recent surveys indicate that the crop will be approximately 55 to 60 per cent of normal throughout the county and growers are expecting slightly better prices than prevailed last year. Directors from various Southern California organizations will meet next Monday in Los Angeles to name the price which the associations will accept for their output. Last year's harvest, which was 135 to 140 per cent of normal, is practically off the market today, the associations reported, and this fact is expected to prove an important factor in bringing a good price for this year's output. The Anaheim house opened Monday for the reception of nuts and will probably begin shipping today. Manager Walter Ross expects to handle 600 tons, whereas last year the shipment from this house was over 1600 tons. All the packing houses in the county are getting busy this week. Picking has been in progress for two weeks, but as the drop was scattering not much headway could be made by the pickers. The Santa Ana Walnut Growers' association house began active operations Monday after having received 125 tons of nuts. Sixty persons are employed there and it is expected that this number will be doubled by the end of the week. The plant expects to handle about 1200 tons of nuts. The packing house in San Juan Capistrano has been operating for about 10 days. The Fullerton pacifying houses expect to handle 750 tons of walnuts this year and a 75 per cent crop has been predicted for that region. The Fullerton-Placentia Walnut association will handle 600 tons, while the American Fruit Growers, Inc., expects to take care of 150 tons of walnuts. She Richland Walnut Growers' packing house, in Orange, began receiving nuts Monday and will begin packing operations next Monday. It will employ 40 persons. The house expects to pack 500 or 550 tons of nuts and looks for a 60-per cent normal crop. The walnut house in Garden Grove will begin to pack today, and plans to handle about 325 tons of nuts. The house began to receive nuts Monday. Anaheim Minister Leaves in Disgrace Rev. E. J. Plenderleith Guilty of Immorality and Unfrocked Rev. E. J. Plenderleith, for more than a year pastor of Calvary Baptist church in this city, left Anaheim, together with his wife and two children, last Thursday, and it is believed they are on the way to Australia. The reverend gentleman left here while the council of the Santa Ana Valley Baptist association was trying him on a charge of immorality. He refused to attend the sessions of the council in person, having left town, but expected to be represented by his attorney, T. L. McFadden. The attorney, however, was refused a hearing, as officials of the council declared it was purely a church affair. The charges against Plenderleith were that he had been unduly intimate with a number of girls in his congregation at Vancouver, B.C. There were two or three other charges. He was found guilty, unfrocked and expelled from the church. United States officials took up the matter with the intention of deporting him as he is a Canadian citizen, but he agreed to leave voluntarily. It was reported by the council that the findings would be made public in every Baptist church in Canada. This probably influenced the fallen pastor to choose Australia instead of Canada for his future place of residence. New Ruling Will Add Many Voters Man Comes of Age Day Before His Birthday County Clerk J. M. Backs has handed down a ruling that will add many new voters to the registration roll. He says Ordinance No. 527, levying a tax on Anaheim property for the coming year, was passed by the city council Thursday night. There are several funds to be provided for in the tax levy as usual, but the council was able to reduce the total from $1.35 to $1.25. This is the second time the present council has made a reduction in the tax levy, notwithstanding the many improvements that have been made. Increase in the assessment roll helped, but economical government was mainly responsible for the reduction. The trustees are considering the purchase of automatic signals for the intersections of Los Angeles and Lemon streeta with Center. R. L. Wilson, agent for the company that manufactures them, addressed the board and told of the good qualities of the device. No action was taken, but the board will consider the-purchase later. Bonds for $5000 issued by a nationally known surety company covering the activities of James S. Bouldin, recently appointed chief of police, and for $1000 covering the faithful performance of contract by Shipkey and Pearson, successful bidders on the city's gasoline supply for the next 12 months were approved. An agreement whereby Joseph W. Heinz, a non-resident of the city, may purchase water from the city at rates fixed by the city for service outside the city limits, was approved. Heinz agrees to install and maintain the necessary pipe lines and connections during the life of the agreement. Heinz is a rancher living just north of the Anaheim city limits on South Spadra road. The council ratified the appointment by Police Chief J. S. Martin O. Warton as a deputy patrolman. The regular monthly report of the Orange county health department was read and approved. Demands against the city aggregating $15,165.04 were approved and warrants in payment ordered drawn on the treasurer. The demands were apportioned $13,935.77 to the general fund, and $1.-229.27 on the improvement fund. City Clerk Edward B. Merritt read a communication from the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce enclosing a resolution adopted by its board of directors: congratulating the council on its foresightedness and vision in planning the future of the city and thanking the board for its appropriation of $2000 for the chamber's advertising fund. EBELL CLUB MEETS The meeting of Anaheim Ebell club on Monday afternoon was particularly interesting. The address of Dr. Fredrick P. Woellner, assistant professor of education at the University of California at Los Angeles on "What Is Good Citizenship" besides being highly entertaining was filled with valuable information. Faculty Anaheim Growers Get More Money Over Two Million Dollars Distributed for Oranges This Season The two million dollar mark was passed here last week in returns to citrus growers of this district by the payment on pools just closed by the Anaheim Citrus Fruit association and the Ritchie-Mills Packing company. The second pool of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit association returned to growers about $246,000, bringing the total for all citrus fruit houses up to $2,267,548.71. According to a statement of G. W. Shureman, manager of the association, the second pool, which lasted from June 25 to August 22, consisted of 43,541 packed boxes from which the f. o. b. returns totaled $246,515.50. The first two pools of the association totaled $643,-403.95. It is pointed out by Shureman that the entire sum has been distributed in this city in returns and labor. Many of the growers belonging to this association will receive $5 a box for their oranges. Beside the returns listed, the association will soon receive its share of the $1,200,000 soon to be distributed by the Exchange Orange By-Products plant at Ontario. At the Ritchie-Mills plant it was announced by Ed Mills that $170,000 has been paid to growers for the pools handled during June and July. One hundred thousand dollars was returned to growers by this plant during the May pool, bringing the total to $270,000. So far this season 108 cars of fruit have been sold by this company. New Ruling Will Add Many Voters Man Comes of Age Day Before His Birthday County Clerk J. M. Backs has handed down a ruling that will add many new voters to the registration roll. He says that a man becomes age-and is eligible to vote the day before his 21st birthday. Backs has just received an opinion rendered by Deputy Attorney General Robert W. Harrison, which declares that on the day before a person's twenty-first birthday he may vote or do any other lawful act which a man may do. With reservation increasing at a pace that is making Backs wonder whether his prediction of 50,000 voters for Orange county is high enough, he is expecting today that still more voters may be discovered through this new ruling. According to the deputy attorney general's opinion, the law does not recognize a fraction of a day. Therefore, if a citizen's birthday falls on November 7 and he is 21 on that date, he can vote on November 6. Whether the same ruling would apply in the issuing of marriage licenses is a question which may not have been fully decided, but Backs said he could see no reason why the law would not hold good on that matter also. Backs urged all voters, whether they be in this new class or not, to register immediately. Saturday, he again pointed out, is the last day on which registration will be open. A voter does not need to be 21 in order to register, but he does need to be 21 by November 7, according to the ruling. Residents of Orange county who have moved since January 1, or who have not registered since that date, should register, Backs said. EBELL CLUB MEETS The meeting of Anaheim Ebell club on Monday afternoon was particularly interesting. The address of Dr. Frederick P. Woellner, assistant professor of education at the University of California at Los Angeles on "What Is Good Citizenship" besides being highly entertaining was filled with valuable information. Following the address, Percy Olds, baritone, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Olds, sang several delightful solos. The business meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Mrs. Henry Adams, the president. The following delegates were elected to attend the convention of Orange County Federated clubs at Huntington Beach on October 26: Mesdames Kent Epstein, Wilbert Bonney, Herbert Oelke, H. D. Newkirk, A. Nagel, A. C. Pearson and Mrs. Jos.Walters, alternate. Mrs. Henry Adams, the president, will attend also. The club will have at least one local high school student to represent Ebell in the Orange Armistice Day parade. Resolutions read by Mrs. W. D. Grafton, endorsing the Kellogg peace pact, were adopted. A letter from Mrs. Green, president of the California Federation of Women's clubs, urging all club women to vote in the November election, was read by Mrs. C. C. Sidham, patriotic instructor, Mesdanes H. D. Newkirk, E. E. Smith and J. P. Wilson were named as a committee to go over the by-laws before new copies are printed. Announcement was made that a Halloween bridge party will be given October 29 at the home of Mrs. William Schumacher. Mrs. Charles Harbeson was program chairman of the day and introduced those taking part on the program. Tea was served at the close of the afternoon by a committee consisting of Mrs. Sld McGraw, Mrs. Norman Lombard, Mrs. Thomas Lumsdon and Mrs. J. G. Hilleary. Presbyterian church a born-and-bred church at the Masonic Oath and was a charitable bell life guard for the last two years been forced by an active work; an unexpected pain. Faculty Of Fine Arts Music Lover Treat To Ensemble—"Home from II Trova Holly Lash Ellis Rhodes Allimae Enlo Edward Burke Kate E. McCoo Moonlight Sonata Franz D Bist Wie Else Wenn Ich In D In Summer Sonia Ellis Ashes of Rosess Daphne Goss (a) "My Heart (b) The Street House Holly Lash (a) Waltz in A (b) Nocturne Burke (c) Les Farfade Ollimeae Enlo Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollimeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae Ollomeae OLLIME (a) "My Heart (b) The Street House Holly Lash (a) Waltz in A (b) Nocturne Burke (c) Les Farfade OllumeAE OLLIME (a) "My Heart (b) The Street House Holly Lash (a) Waltz in A (b) Nocturne Burke (c) Les Farfade OLLIME (a) "My Heart (b) The Street House Holly Lash (a) Waltz in A (b) Nocturne Burke (c) Les Farfade ETTE VALUE OF ORANGE COUNTY'S CROPS IN 1927 Orchard Crops.....$32,854,852.53 Truck Crops.....2,122,910.00 Field Crops.....3,815,750.63 Number 5 ANQUET MONDAY Protection of Watersheds in County Is Aim Barring all people from the canyons of Orange county during the dry season of each year as a means of preventing forest and brush fires was suggested to leaders of the Orange County Forest Protective association by Forest Ranger Samuel Munhall. In backing up his proposal, Munhall pointed out that in the summer months the hill regions are at their least beautiful stage and that they afford very little means of enjoyment for the tourist. He advocated using the canyons for recreation during the winter months, when the foliage is green and attractive. He called attention to the terrific fire hazard which today is menacing the watersheds of Orange county and declared that the present Mill Creek fire was caused by a cigarette, thrown into the brush near a road camp by a motorist who had stopped to repair a tire. It was pointed out that the Orange County Farm bureau, through the board of supervisors, has located fire tool boxes at three points in the county for protection of Carbon Traffic. WATER DISTRICT PROPOSAL ON BALLOT ANAHEIM VOTERS TO EXPRESS OPINION ON THE SUBJECT NOV. 6 This City, Santa Ana and Orange, Only Three Cities in County to Have Proposition on Ballot; Supervisors Direct County Clerk to Print Proposition on the Ballot for Trio Anaheim people will vote on the proposal to join the Metropolitan water district at the November election. Whether or not it will meet with the approval of the voters is problematical, but they will be given an opportunity to express their views. The board of supervisors Tuesday Prominent Rancher Called By Death Succumbs After An Illness of Over Two Years Hugh Bell, formerly of Chillicothe, Ohio, died on September 26th, 1928, at his home in Anaheim, in his seventy-fifth year. He was born in Chillicothe in 1953, the youngest son of Hugh Bell and Lavinia Renick Bell. He was married to Winifred Bailey, of Warren, Ohio, in 1878, and they lived for several years in the old Bell-Renick homestead, near Chillicothe, moving to Sabina, Clinton county, in the spring of 1886. Both at Chillicothe and in Clinton county, Mr. Bell was a farmer and stock raiser. In 1907 he closed out his interests in Ohio, and went west to Montana, where for two years he was a partner in a general merchandise business. Moving to Southern California in 1909, he established himself at Anaheim, in the heart of the Valencla orange district, where he planted and brought to full development the orange ranch on which he spent the rest of his long and busy life. He is survived by his loyal and everfaithful wife, Winifred Bell; his sister, Mrs. Joseph C. Bonner, of Monroe, Michigan, and a number of nieces, nephews, his brothers, Josiah and William, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap, having died before him. Mr. and Mrs. Bell had no children. Hugh Bell was a life-long and consistent Christian, and a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he was a born-and-bred Republican. He joined the Masonic Order in Sabina, Ohio; and was a charter member of the Campbell Life Guards, of Chillicothe. For the last two years of his life he had been forced by ill health to give up all active work; and his death, while not unexpected, came suddenly and without pain. Faculty Recital Anaheim people will vote on the proposal to join the Metropolitan water district at the November election. Whether or not it will meet with the approval of the voters is problematical, but they will be given an opportunity to express their views. The board of supervisors Tuesday authorized County Clerk J. M. Backs to place on the November ballots for Santa Ana, Orange and Anaheim, the question whether they shall join the metropolitan water district of Southern California. District Attorney Z. B. West, Jr., after an investigation of the subject reported that the action would be legal. The right of the county to order the matter placed on the tickets had been questioned, inasmuch as the three communities had not notified the board formally of their decision. The city of Pasadena has been authorized to call the election and the three cities have formally decided to vote on the matter. The wording of the ballot will be: "Shall the boundaries included in the corporate limits of the city of Santa Ana (Orange, Anaheim) be included in the metropolitan water district?" Representatives of various municipalities of the Southland will meet in the public library in Pasadena at 2 p.m. today, to discuss ways and means of placing before the voters information concerning the metropolitan water district. The meeting has been called by Hiram W. Wadsworth, president of the Colorado River Aqueduct association. It was pointed out by Col. S. H. Finley, secretary of the association, that it is anticipated data will be prepared that will give information for the intelligent guidance of voters in voting on the question of being admitted to the district. ley secretary of the association, that attendance at the meeting today will not be limited to representatives of the cities that already have signified their intention of joining the district. Representatives of other communities, as well as anyone interested in gaining information of the program, will be welcome. The cities which will vote on the district organization, on November 6, are Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim, Colton, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Heverly Hills, Burbank, Culver City, Glendora, Glendale, Santa Monica and San Marino. Other cities may become identified with the movement if they notify the Pasadena officials prior to next Saturday. G. J. Stock Passes Sixtieth Birthday Many Friends Gather to Help Presbyterian church. In politics he was a born-and-bred Republican. He joined the Masonic Order in Sabina, Ohio; and was a charter member of the Campbell Life Guards, of Chillicothe. For the last two years of his life he had been forced by ill health to give up all active work; and his death, while not unexpected, came suddenly and without pain. Faculty Recital Of Fine Arts School Music Lovers to Be Given a Treat Tomorrow Night The Orange County School of Fine Arts, Mrs. Kate E. McCullah, director, will give a faculty recital at the High school auditorium tomorrow evening. The concert will begin at 8 o'clock. Following is the program: Ensemble—"Home to Our Mountains" from Il Trovatore.....Verdi Holly Lash Vislel.....Soprano Ellis Rhodes.....Tenor Allimae Enlow Matthews Violin Edward Burns.....Cello Kate E. McCullah.....Piano "Moonlight Sonata".....Beethoven Franz Darvas, Piano "D Bist Wie Elne Blum".....Danz "Wenn Ich In Deine Augen Seh".....Danz "In Summer Fields".....Brahms Ellis Rhodes, Tenor "Ashes of Roses," a play in one act..... MacKay Daphne Goss Hellerman, Dramatic Reader (a) "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice"... (Saint-Saens) (b) The Street Fair.....Manning Holly Lash Vislel, Soprano (a) Waltz in A Major.....Brahms (b) Nocturne in E Minor.....Chopin (c) Les Farfadets.....Pente Ollimae Enlow Matthews, Violin (a) Lazy Song.....Lawson (b) Elli! Elli! (Traditional Yiddish Melody) Ellis Rhodes, Tenor G. J. Stock Passes Sixtieth Birthday Many Friends Gather to Help Him Celebrate Godfrey Stock was delightfully surprised on Sunday afternoon by a large family party invited by Mrs. Stock to celebrate his sixtieth birthday anniversary. A sumptuous dinner was served at 6:30 to which four generations of the family were seated. Many handsome birthday gifts were presented to Mr. Stock and all present joined in wishing him many happy returns of the day. There were present besides the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Stock, their two sons and daughters-in-law; Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Stock, of Anaheim, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stock, of Southgate; Mrs. L. S. Johnson and her son, Estell, of Anaheim, and her sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. John Gunnett, and their son, Armer, and daughter, Waneva of Long Beach, and Mr. and Mrs. Joel Handy and their sons, Bruce and Philip, of Laguna and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Hunt, and baby of Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Johnson and son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Chambers, of Anaheim, and their son, Earl, of Hollywood; Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Stock and their daughter, Marjorie, and sons, Elchard, Allen and Virgil, of Anaheim, and son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. Earl Spotts, of Ventura; Mr. and Mrs. George Goetsch and their son, Roland, and daughter, Helen, of Orange; Mrs. Mabell Hamler and daughter, Elva Mary, of Anaheim; Mr. and Mrs. George Gaines and their daughter, Jean, of Artesia.