anaheim-gazette 1929-01-24

IN THE DAYS OF Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Ago. These Files Contain the only Authentic of the Citizens of Anaheim and Orange Co. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK FEBRUARY 1, 1879 The invitation which has been extended to the growers of semi-tropical fruit in this section, to place some of their fruit on exhibition at the local fair to be held at Riverside on the 12th and 13th inst., should be responded to, and some one of our citizens should be prevailed upon to be present at the fair as a representative of this place. No expense need be incurred in placing fruit on exhibition, as the committee at Riverside will pay all express charges. An appreciation of their liberality in this respect should be shown, and it will be showing scant courtesy to ignore their kind offer. That oranges, lemons and limes grown in Anaheim and vicinity will successfully withstand the scrutiny of critics, is beyond dispute. There are half a dozen or more vineyards in town in which are grown fruit of a size and flavor as to fear no comparison. We have just been shown a letter received by R. H. Gilman, superintendent of the Southern California Semi-Tropical Fruit Company's plantation, from a well known commission house in San Francisco, acknowledging the receipt of oranges and lemons and speaking in the highest terms of the size and flavor of the fruit, comparing it favorably with the best imported from Sicily. The oranges are equal to the best Australian navels which they receive in the Fall. The Common Council of Los Angeles have fixed the license rates so high that there has been a general growl all along the line. One clause in the license ordinance reads thus: "All aliens ineligible to the privilege of becoming citizens of the United States employed in any capacity in the City of Los Angeles, each per month, $5." This section is, of course, aimed at the moon-eyed celestial. The Common Council of Los Angeles have fixed the license rates so high that there has been a general growl all along the line. One clause in the license ordinance reads thus: "All aliens ineligible to the privilege of becoming citizens of the United States employed in any capacity in the City of Los Angeles, each per month, $5." This section is, of course, aimed at the moon-eyed celestial. Quite a number of our citizens attended the concert given at Westminster last night, among whom we noticed Mine Host Dunham of the Anaheim. Lord Bould, Dan Payne and the Boss Editor of the Gazette, all well shielded from the wet and cold by regulation ulsters and blankets. Any defects this morning must be excused, as the institution is in the hands of "us minors." We are indebted to Mr. Gus Davis for a navel or Bahia orange grown by Charles T. Harris of Orange. The fruit is large (12 inches in circumference) and is a perfect beauty to loo kat. The characteristic mark is quite prominent and shows that the fruit is well named. "Is there personal recognition in Heaven?" was the theme of Rev. Mr. Trew's discourse at the Episcopal church on Sunday morning. He argued in the affirmative and supported his theory by numerous quotations from the New Testament. As an instance of the productiveness of vines in this section it may be stated that a three-year-old vine in Mrs. Metz's vineyard bore forty-two pounds of grapes. The distance from Anaheim to Westminster, before the sun goes down, is between six and seven miles. But from Westminster to Anaheim, leaving the latter place at 11 o'clock on a dark night, the distance is exactly 24¼ miles, and only then when the driver knows every inch of the way and "never got lost in his life." Perhaps the U.S. government will be interested in learning that the lighthouse at San Pedro is an institution no less serviceable to landsmen than to moriners. Mr. R. W. Scott is making substantial improvements on his property on Adele street. A balcony is being built on the house and a handsome fence will inclose the lot. He offers to rent the property to a desirable tenant. At the meeting of the literary society on Thursday evening the question discussed was: Resolved, That a scolding wife is more disagreeable than a smoking chimney. A decision was given in the affirmative. Mr. Grossman, foreman for Ben Dreyfus & Co., tells us that he is planting sixty acres of vineyard. The vines are principal, Zinfindel, Black Malvoise and Queen Victoria. DeWitt C. Lawrence of Oakland arrived in town last evening. He has that debonnaire appearance which only a good digestion and clear, untroubled conscience can give. M. A. Mendelson of the Merchant Tailoring establishment, informs us that he has orders to make twenty-four costumes for the masquerade ball, and that he has sold a dozen fashion plates to ladies. These are straws which indicate a big attendance at the Mr. Grossman, foreman for Ben Dreyfus & Co., tells us that he is planting sixty acres of vineyard. The vines are principal Zinfandel, Black Malvoise and Queen Victoria. DeWitt C. Lawrence of Oakland arrived in town last evening. He has that debonnaire appearance which only a good digestion and clear, untroubled conscience can give. M. A. Mendelson of the Merchant Tailoring establishment, informs us that he has orders to make twenty-four costumes for the masquerade ball, and that he has sold a dozen fashion plates to ladies. These are straws which indicate a big attendance at the ball on the 14th. Evans Bros. are planting a great number of blackberry and raspberry roots on their ten acres near the depot. They intend to supply the local market next season. Such fruits have heretofore commanded a ready sale and brought a big price. Miss Jennie Swift, who several years ago taught school in Anaheim, has taken up her residence in Tucson. On January 29th, at the residence of the bride's parents near Anaheim, Victor Montgomery, Esq., was married to Miss Charlie Tarver. Both are residents of Anaheim. Rev. M. G. Settle performed the ceremony. In Anaheim, on January 29th, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Alexander Bailey, J. P., Edward F. Niehaus was married to Miss Matilde Werder of Anaheim. School Superintendent McDonald was in town yesterday, on a visit to the schools. The regular monthly meeting of the Anaheim Democratic Club takes place on Monday evening, at the rooms of Mr. I. Cohen. Several sharp showers of rain fell during the early part of last night, and the indications at midnight were favorable for an all night's rain. In stepping from a buggy at Tustin on Saturday last Miss Connors, a resident of that place, broke her leg. DAYS OF LONG AGO The Issued Half a Century and a Quarter of a Century Only Authentic History in Print of the Daily Doings and Orange County in the Days of the Pioneers. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK JANUARY 28, 1904 The board of City Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday evening. Present: Trustees Schneider, Weisel, Fletcher. The tax collector submitted his report, which showed the total amount collected $7,937.11. The street superintendent reported the collection of $153.85 for street cleaning. The assessor reported having collected $507.28 for personal property tax. The furnace committee reported favorably on bills amounting to $285.50, and they were ordered paid. The committee on public improvements reported that all electric meters had been installed; that electric light poles on Los Angeles street have been moved back; that drainage pipes have been out in as follows: 132 feet of 8-inch cement pipe across Clemenine street on both sides of Center street; 72 feet across Broadway street on west side of Los Angeles street; 64 feet across Lemon street on north side of Broadway; 80 feet across Los Angeles street on north side of Chartres street; and 68 feet across Hermine street on north side of Center street; that the city teams have been hauling gravel and that the gravel pit at Olive had been opened. Petition from property owners on Broadway east of Center was received, asking the board to order a cement sidewalk and curb on both sides of the street between Los Angeles and Olive streets. Clerk was instructed to secure the services of a surveyor to fix the grades on such streets as may be determined upon by the committee on public improvements. The Chamber of Commerce will elect seven directors to serve during the ensuing year, at its annual meeting next Thursday, and Building Permits For Pacific Coast More Than $409,000,000 Spent on New Structures in 1928 A grand total of 117,645 permits for new construction to cost $409,791,713 issued during 1928 in 103 Pacific Coast cities tabulated in the National Monthly Building Survey of S. W. Strauss & Co., shows a reduction of approximately 11 per cent from the comparable figures of 1927. These same cities, in 1927, issued 157,598 permits for new buildings to cost $464,444,333. The 61 cities of California listed in this survey, as a whole, reflect a 13 per cent reduction from the 1927 figure. In Oregon, nine cities show a 28 per cent reduction. In Arizona, two cities show a 9 per cent increase. Utah and Idaho cities report slight reductions. In British Columbia, nine cities gained 14 per cent and 13 cities of Washington show an aggregate increase of 16 per cent over the 1927 totals. In 1926, the total for 94 Pacific Coast cities was 113,093 permits issued for $495,629,882 of new buildings. In these cities issued 181,950 permits for buildings to cost $542,622,902, and in 1924 the total of authorized building was $507,261,735. From 1920, the first year of normal building activity after the war, construction figures mounted steadily to 1925 and have since then steadily declined. Leaders in the building industry, basing their opinions on the present status of occupancy and current demand, believe that further reductions are not reliable, except in certain cities and with respect to certain cities of structures, and that the building program or 1925 may be expected to follow very closely than or 1928. Decennial totals for the 103 cities reject a 1 per cent increase over comparable totals for 1927 and but slight reduction from November's record. The California cities show a 9 per cent gain over December of 1927; more than half of the cities listed report increases for December. Los Angeles issued $101,678,768 in permits for new buildings during 1928, amounting to 35 per cent of the California total and 24 per cent of the Pacific Coast total reported in the survey. The Chamber of Commerce will elect seven directors to serve during the ensuing year, at its annual meeting next Thursday, and some lively contests are looked for. Those who have been placed in nomination are: C. A. Bissell, J. S. Howard, Gerald Sandilands, W. B. Hutchinson, L. E. Miller, J. F. Allborn, C. G. McKinley, E. W. McCullom, P. H. Krick, C. E. Holcomb, J. P. Hatzfeld, Godfrey Stock, Max Nebelung, M. Barborka and W. S. Tipton. A banquet will follow the election. Another Santa Ana wind blew up on Monday and continued with slight brief intermissions until yesterday. This section has been long on Santa Anas this season and short on Jupiter Pluvius. Less than an inch of rain has fallen and there is little if any indications of coming wetness. Incorporation carried at Fullerton on Friday, January 22nd, by a decisive vote of 185 to 44. Booming of anvils when the result was announced testified to the manner in which the same was received by the people. The vote for trustees and other officers was as follows: Amerige, 126; Beuchley, 129; Chapman, 125; Clark, 132; Gardiner, 143; Clina, 60; McDermont, 81; Schumacher, 104; Smith, 93; Stern, 115. For city marshal: Barnes, 115; Ruddock, 104. For city clerk: George Ruddock, 159; no opposition. For city treasurer, J. E. Ford, 173. The new board is composed of C. C. Chapman, E. K. Beuchley, E. R. Amerige, G. C. Clark and John Gardiner. A cable telegram was received by Chas. Federman on Monday bringing the sad intelligence of the death of his father at Warsaw that morning. Deceased was aged 88 years. Contractor Enearl has a force of mechanics employed on Mr. Sherman's new residence north of the opera house. The building will be a structure costing $1,250, and will be a conspicuous improvement to its part of town. Henry Adams, the new manager of the Griffith Lumber Company, has moved his family here from Santa Ana. Yesterday he purchased the W. J. Freeman residence on the corner of Broadway and Claudina streets for $1,800. Chester Holcomb contemplates a trip to Kokel, on the Colorado desert, in the near future, where he will superintend the planting of an extensive field or asparagus. Mrs. Holcomb and her little son will accompany him. They will be absent several weeks. Mrs. Sandilands entertained the Micrcoles Club on Wednesday. A most pleasant afternoon was spent and an exciting game of progressive euchre played, at which the first prize was won by Mrs. Julius Schneider, the second by Miss Marie Hortsman, and the booby by Miss Dora Zeyn. The hostess served dainty refreshments, which was done justice to by all present. A business meeting was held during the afternoon, at which Mrs. Abhorn may be expected to follow very closely over time. December totals for the 103 cities reelected in April increase over commissions since 1927 and but slight decrease from November's record. The California cities show a 9 per cent gain and the nine Oregon cities an 8 per cent gain over December of 1927. More than half of the cities listed report increases for December. Los Angeles issued $101,678,768 in permits for new buildings during 1928, amounting to 35 per cent of the California total and 24 per cent of the Pacific Coast total reported in the survey. This is 17 per cent below the 1927 figure. An increase of 51 per cent is reported for December over the total for December of 1927. San Francisco's 1928 total of $37,-696,363 is 19 per cent below that of 1926. The December total shows a reduction of 37 per cent from the previous December. DRUNKEN DRIVERS There are few more serious actions than that of driving an automobile when under the influence of intoxicating liquor. A powerful engine scared to a moving vehicle, generating a great momentum and force has potentialities of danger in the hands of one who is in his right senses and who is constantly alert for any possible danger along the highway, but in the hands of one whose brain has become befogged, whose hand is unready, whose vision is blurred, it becomes a practical menace. Daily property is destroyed; bodies are maimed; and human life is taken by these drunken drivers. If the danger was confined to the one who did the driving there would not be much cause for complaint, but every person who drives an automobile on the highway saying nothing about those who occupy the automobile with the driver who is intoxicated is in constant danger from the automobile so driven, and he has no more control over the situation than a child has over the rotations of the earth. No person should be permitted to drive a car who is known to be addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor. Before prohibition went into effect the rules governing the employees of railroads prohibited the use of liquor. Yet the engineer and firemen on a locomotive have not within them the power to destroy others as great degree as has the deminer driver of an automobile. At least this is true in some respects. The locomotive must certainly stay upon its own track. It cannot move from side to side. It may be ditched, it may have a head-on collision, it may strike a pedestrian on the track, but in all these cases it can only do this with the object being on or near its own track. But the drunken driver swings from one side of the highway to another, driving here and there, cutting in on this one and that one, so that there is no assurance in any possible way to a driver of any other car that he will not meet a timetable. The public-at-large and every individual should also in keeping safe our Chester Holcomb contemplates a trip to Kokel, on the Colorado desert, in the near future, where he will superintend the planting of an extensive field or asparagus. Mrs. Holcomb and her little son will accompany him. They will be absent several weeks. Mrs. Sandilands entertained the Micrcoles Club on Wednesday. A most pleasant afternoon was spent and an exciting game of progressive euchro played, at which the first prize was won by Mrs. Julius Schneider, the second by Miss Marie Hortsman, and the booby by Miss Dora Zeyn. The hostess served dainty refreshments, which was done justice to by all present. A business meeting was held during the afternoon, at which Mrs. Ahlborn was elected president. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Bullard were visitors in town this week having been called by the serious illness of the latter's mother, Mrs. C. Laugenberger. The Ladies' Guild of St. Michael's will meet with Mrs. Sydmer Ross, at her home in Placentia, on February 4th. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rae. Rolla McLellan sustained a dislocation of his left elbow a few days ago, while playing on the school house grounds. Dr. Adams reduced the fracture and the boy is doing nicely. F. W. Fleischman has purchased of J. B. Pierce 80 acres of land northwest of town and will put in a pumping plant and raise alfalfa. Ike Williams and wife drove through town on Tuesday from Luena Park to Santa Ana bound for the circus. Ike says his children are all grown and he has none at home to make it necessary for him to attend the show, but when the circus comes around he is just as young as ever and must see the procession. Dr. Bickford has purchased the two Pratt cottages on Philadelphia street. Miss Melanie Cohen has been the guest of Miss Adela Strodthoff this week. She returns today to her home in Los Angeles. The locomotive must certainly stay upon its own track. It cannot move from side to side. It may be ditched, it may have a head-on collision, it may strike a pedestrian on the track, but in all these cases it can only do this with the object being on or near its own track. But the drunken driver swings from one side of the highway to another, driving here and there, cutting in on this one and that one, so that there is no assurance in any possible way to a driver of any other car that he will not meet a timetable. The public-at-large and every individual should aid in keeping safe our highways. To that end not only should drunken drivers be punished, but they also lose traffic to drive a car, and should be discouraged from using liquor. We have seen who refused enforcing a time limit because they now that the owner had been drinking. To know a case where such reasal the owner drove the car and caused his own death, and the death of two others in another automobile. The person who refused to enter the car with the drunken driver had not done enough when she refused to ride with him, she should have seen to it that he was not permitted to enter the car himself. In that particular instance it would have saved three lives. It takes, in the midst of the traffic now on our highways a clear brain, a keen eye, and a steady hand to have any reasonable insurance against danger of accidents. The moment interlacing liquor is taken into the system the coordinate powers of the body is disturbed sometimes entirely destroyed. Our prosecutors, our courts, and our juries should take a strong stand upon those matters, but no stronger than the individual citizen should take in supporting them in their enforcement of the law in respect to drunken drivers. Mr. Hoover will certainly prove that he is a real food administrator if he can find enough political plea to go around. The Only FULL-SIZED CAR in the lowest priced field Plymouth 4-Door Sedan, $795 In sharp contrast with the few other cars of its price group the new Chrysler-built Plymouth offers full-sized bodies, deep, luxurious upholstery with ample room for all adult passengers. 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