anaheim-gazette 1929-02-07

Famous Old Ranch Wanted for Park Propose Purchase of Santa Marguerita Ranch for Playground Formation of an association to promote the famous old Santa Marguerita Ranch for a state park will take place at a mass meeting to be held at the Old Mission, at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 9, according to W. H. Grisworld, a director of the San Juan Chamber of Commerce and sponsor of the project. The move was fostered after it became known that the owners of the property were in a position to sell the ranch. The proposition already has drawn enthusiastic response from a number of representative civic bodies in the Southland. The rancho property comprises more than 200,000 acres of virgin land, including a strip of 18 miles of beaches along the Pacific Ocean from San Clemente to the City of Oceanside. This vast territory is bounded on every side by splendid highways and its environment is ideal for state park purposes. Two-thirds of the population of the entire State of California live within 50 miles of the proposed park. Following are some of the reasons given by the promoters of the movement: Eighteen or more miles of undeveloped beach frontage with miles of glistening sands and towering cliffs, a veritable paradise for the bather and fisherman alike. Thousands of acres of wooded territory, capable of housing hundreds of mountain cabins and camps, ideal for hotels, state sanitariums and resorts of any and all descriptions. Hundreds of gushing springs sending forth an abundance of pure drinking water. Thousands of acres of tillable soil, with available water for irrigation purposes, suitable for experimental stations and the production of fauna and flora. tremendous production of corn we imported 1,100,000 bushels. To be sure, this is not a large amount of corn in the light of our total production of 2,750,000,000. The argument that a protective tariff would only keep out this small five per cent is beside the point, for a prohibitive tariff would permit the farmers to increase the price of their corn to such a point as would be just slightly below the price at which the foreign producer could pay the cost plus the tariff. In other words, it would certainly raise the price of corn. We are not cliting this or arguing on behalf of increasing the tariff on the farm products. We are simply bringing out the argument as evidence of what we believe to be the fact than an increased tariff is bound to help those who produce the article which is protected. The writer is correct when he insists that a protective tariff will not help us absorb a larger amount of the product, particularly when we import but very little. But it will raise the price of the entire product. The tariff on farm products is not designed to increase the local market or home consumption, but to insure a higher price against computing products from sections where they can be more economically raised. Brea Canyon Road To Be Improved Taking another forward step in the development of Orange county's major highways system, the board of supervisors authorized a $65,000 project for straightening and realigning the road through Brea Canyon, from the city limits of that community to the boundary of Los Angeles county. With Los Angeles county planning a major highway from Walnut and Puente, connecting with the Brea Canyon road, it is expected that traffic in the future through the canyon will become considerably heavier. The board of supervisors will receive bids on the project on February 26. Plans and specifications for the work were submitted today by Nat Neff, highway superintendent, and were accepted by the supervisors. According to the changes in the road will de- High Country Sixty-Eight Cars Have The fact that cars manufacture compression rearward step of the development, we here by H. A. American auto. Mr. Reinhard connection with ment of Ethics sorted, is now 42 o'fthe lead out the United cluding Union on the Pacific. Discussing press represents minded them knock compre Thomas E. M Motors labor invention was scientific work coveted Nich American Che The engine historical fact statement: "Ethyl is automotive en- and by the m-pression auto-eral can well leaders of th gasoline in sure that, w new Ethyl w performance. Answering not Ethyl w plitting effect declared empl-ations—made or compet-ion of truth." FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT A writer in the New Republic of January 30th under the title, "Can the Tariff Help the Farmer?" makes what he no doubt believes is an impregnable case against the argument that the tariff is of assistance to the farmer economically. He considers the six chief farm products of the country, namely, wheat, corn, hogs, cotton, rice and tobacco. He takes each of these crops and shows by the relatively small amount of imports and the large amount of exports that really the tariff has but little value, or would have but little value on this crop. For example, we import only 6.4 per cent of the amount of wheat which we export. In other words, we raise $31,000,000,000 bushels having a farm value of little less than a billion dollars. We import 13,250,000 bushels with a valuation of $16,000,000. Fullerton Figures On Union Water A report from the city water superintendent, William Gillette, on a water expansion program for the city of Fullerton was read and accepted at last night's session of the city council. The program, it was stated, coincides with the proposed project of the Union Oil company. Under the proposed plan a new reservoir will be created by the Union Oil company, conforming to the city plans in order that the city may take it over if the necessity arises. The proposed reservoir will be located a mile east of the present tank and will be on a site 525 feet high. The present site is 312 feet high. The new reservoir as planned will give a greater capacity than the present one, which has a capacity of 5,000,000 gallons. The daily demand on this supply is 1,920,000 gallons. The fact that the fire underwriters require a larger flow of water than is now had by the city of Fullerton is the reason for the survey. At the present time the Union Oil company is being restrained from proceeding with its project. A Michigan woman was sent to prison for life violating the liquor laws four times. Well, some of the stuff that is sold nowadays ought to entitle the vendor to a free trip to the electric chair. Here is a tip on the stock market: About the first of next December buy a hundred shares of Santa Claus preferred. Of course there will be several women in the next Congress, but we doubt whether that can increase the amount of conversation to any appreciable extent. He takes each of these crops and shows by the relatively small amount of imports and the large amount of exports that really the tariff has but little value, or would have but little value on this crop. For example, we import only 6.4 per cent of the amount of wheat which we export. In other words, we raise $31,000,000,000 bushels having a farm value of little less than a billion dollars. We import 13,250,000 bushels with a valuation of $16,000,000. Our export on the other hand was 206,000,-000,000 bushels. He suggests that a prohibitive tariff which would maintain our own markets for our own wheat products would necessarily have but little value in the small amount of wheat we import. This, we believe is false reasoning. It is not necessarily the amount of any product which is imported which indicates what would happen either if the tariff were removed or a higher tariff placed upon it. The amount of the protected article which is brought into the country does not necessarily determine the price of the article. But it is the tariff which makes the differential between the amount that is brought in and the amount which would be brought in under other circumstances. The amount of wheat imported now is imported in spite of a tariff of 42 cents per bushel, because the miller needs a higher quality wheat to mix with domestic wheat to make a certain brand of flour. But if this tariff were decreased very seriously a large amount of wheat would undoubtedly be imported in spite of our own production, for it can be produced more cheaply at other points than in the United States. This would instantly make it unprofitable for the farmer in certain sections of the United States to raise wheat at all, for there are places now where the margin of profit is small; while there are other sections in which it is unprofitable to raise it. The moment the tariff was decreased, large sections now raising wheat profitably could not produce. Small percentage of imports cannot be used as a determining factor on the price of wheat. It is the great bulk that might come in were the wall a little lower. The same is true of the corn crop, and pork, and cotton. In spite of our High Compression Of Motor Cars Sixty-Eight Per Cent of the New Cars Have High Compression The fact that 68 per cent of the motor cars manufactured today have high compression heads, and that this higher compression represents the greatest forward step of the hour in automobile development, was the statement made by H. A. Reinhart, widely known American automotive engineer. Mr. Reinhart quoted these figures in connection with his unqualified endorsement of Ethyl gasoline which, he asserted, is now made and marketed by 42 o f the leading oil companies throughout the United States and Canada, including Union. Associated and Richfield on the Pacific Coast. Discussing the history of Ethyl with press representatives, Mr. Reinhart reminded them that the now famous anti-knock compound is the invention of Thomas E. Midgley, Jr., of the General Motors laboratories; that Mr. Midgley's invention was considered so vital by the scientific world that he was awarded the coveted Nichols Medal in 1924 by the American Chemical Society. The engineer, after narrating these historical facts, made this significant statement: "Ethyl is endorsed by the foremost automotive engineers of the motor world and by the manufacturers of high compression automobiles. Motorists in general can well take the advice of these leaders of the industry and use Ethyl gasoline in their cars. They may be sure that, whether the car be old or new, Ethyl will give a greatly improved performance." Answering the query as to whether or not Ethyl would have any burning or pitting effect on valves, Mr. Reinhart declared emphatically that such intuitions—made "either through ignorance or competitive malice"—have no basis of truth. "The natural carbon deposit found on their branches and glossy their leaves. They are more shrubs in Oregon, but become more orboreal in California. Clusters of blood-orange berries almost as large as cherries, linger late in winter on the branches of the madrones. We know a lot of fellows who would have become millionaires long ago if they had worked as hard at their job as they labored at finding excuses for not working on the job. FREE SEED Mail this coupon with 10c coin or stamps to cover packing and mailing costs, and I will send you three of my chelestast Gladiolus Bulbs, guaranteed to bloom in three different colors in 50 days. Also a free coupon good for one 25c package of my new and most beautiful fragrant Chinese Regale Lily seed, with my new Spring Bulb and Seed Catalog. WARREN NURSERY 1310 Third Ave. Seattle, Wash. "Hints on Growing" Our 1929 beautifully illustrated Catalog with four pages of Flower Seed Novelties IT'S FREE Write for Yours Now MORRIS & SNOW SEED CO., Inc. 112 W. 7th., Los Angeles Buy the Right Chicks That Suit of minquently from men who Rare Trees Grow Along the Pacific Transition of Trees One of the Highway's Charms One of the most appealing charms of the Pacific Highway is the endless variety of trees seen in transition of species along its course between nearly 17 degrees of latitude, points out the Pacific Highway association, in a bulletin issued this week for the information of prospective sight-seers who may traverse this route. Nowhere in the world flourish so many unique conifers as may be seen between San Diego and Vancouver City and Island. Only 25 miles north of the first city appears the Torrey pine—a low, gnarled gnome of a tree—which, hermit-like, clings to the cliffs above the coast near Del Mar. Save for a few specimens on Santa Cruz Island, its exclusive habitat in these headlands of San Diego county. The Sabine, or nut pine, is seen more commonly in the mountainous stretches north of Santa Barbara and in the lower canyon of the Sacramento river. Its radiating branches give it more the appearance of a palm than a pine, and its long, thin needles of bluish grey render it readily distinguishable. Monterey's scenic peninsula is heightened in charm by the pine and cypress which bear its name. Most of the cone-bearing trees, planted by millions along the borders of the Pacific Highway, are Monterey pines and cypresses. Sequoias luxuriate in the Santa Cruz mountains from the ridge to the west of Gilroy onward to the ocean. Numerous detours between Watsonville and San Mateo lead to some of the grandest groves in all California, the most extensive covering nearly 10,000 acres of the State Redwood Park in the Big Pine of Waddell Creek. Ascending Sacramento richly canyon towards Mt. Shasta, the transition of which bear its name. Most of the cone-bearing trees, planted by millions along the borders of the Pacific Highway, are Monterey pines and cypresses. Sequoias luxuriate in the Santa Cruz mountains from the ridge to the west of Gilroy onward to the ocean. Numerous detours between Watsonville and San Mateo lead to some of the grandest groves in all California, the most extensive covering nearly 10,000 acres of the State Redwood Park in the Big Pashn of Waddell Creek. Ascending Sacramento river canyon towards Mt. Shasta, the transition of trees becomes more marked. Up to the 2,000 foot level, the Sabina pine is supreme. Higher up the yellow pine holds away. Its bark is wrinkled with deep corrugations between golden plates which make its identification easy to every observing eye. Above 2,000 feet, the incense cedar grows loftier with the altitude, its cinnamon bark and sequoia-like pyramids characterize this big bearer of tiny cones. Other evergreens add variety near Mt. Shasta. The Douglas spruce attains 200 feet and more in height and is recognized by its grey-wrinkled bark and downward-hanging cones, two or three inches in length. True firs are noted by the silvery needles and their cones which stand erect, like "thumbs up." About 4,000 feet in elevation, the sugar pine becomes more common, a lordly tree with long, pendant cones, prized by collectors. Onward through Oregon and Washington the Douglas spruce becomes predominant. It has several aliases, "Oregon pine" being the most erroneous. Some call it a fir, but its drooping cones are typical of spruce trees in contrast to the upthrust cones of the fir family. Litchi spruces extend from Puget Sound to the coast of Alaska, blending with oaks and hemlocks to fringe with evergreen grace the emerald margin of this Inland Sea. California's live-oaks reach their greatest girth near Paso Robles (the Pass of Qaks) and in the upper Sacramento valley, where the Bidwell Oak near Chico, is said to be the largest of this species in the world. Other trees, peculiar to the Pacific Coast, heighten interest to tourists who traverse the Pacific Highway—especially the madrone and manzanita. Yellow and red are their respective barks, gnarled are The Quality that Remains when Price is Forgotten "That Suit of mine was a good buy." We hear such a remark frequently from men who have bought one of our "That Suit of mine was a good buy." 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