anaheim-gazette 1929-03-21

FACTS ABOUT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM Population 13,000 Assessed Valuation $12,266,185 Building Permits 439,832 VOLUME LIX NEW ORANGE COUNTY GOUNCIL AMENDS CITY LICENSE ORDINANCE ANAHEIM FIRM LANDS A LARGE CONTRACT FOR FURNISHING ROAD OIL All Bids for Supplying the City With a Roadster Were Rejected, and New Bids Will Be Called For; City's Finances in Excellent Condition, According to Reports By Clerk Merritt and Treasurer Boege. Ordinance No. 531 amending the old license law, was passed by the city council Thursday evening. It provides that all licenses for business, professions, shows, exhibitions, and games shall be paid in advance, also fixes penalties for failure to pay at the Condemnation Appraisal Is Crux of Suit Protests of Anton Monsur, Dorothea Burdorf and others to the referee's appraisal of damages for property on Lemon street, Anaheim, and Fullerton, which recently was extended and widened, were being heard this week in Superior Judge James L. Allen's court. The protestants claim that the property used in the road project is worth several thousand dollars more than the referee's appraisal. The Monsur claim, as evidenced in court would place the value of his property and buildings at approximately $4,800, while the referee's estimate was approximately $1,500. There are three property owners who are expected to contest the appraisal, including Monsur and Dorothea Burdorf. The total value of the property on Lemon street, condemned under the Mattoon act, was placed at approximately $28,000 in the referee's report. Gang of Workmen Clearing Lily Ponds With a Roadster Were Rejected, and New Bids Will Be Called For; City's Finances in Excellent Condition, According to Reports By Clerk Merritt and Treasurer Boege. Ordinance No. 531 amending the old license law, was passed by the city council Thursday evening. It provides that all licenses for business, professions, shows, exhibitions, and games shall be paid in advance, also fixes penalties for failure to pay at the stipulated time, and provides the mode of collection. Bids for supplying the city with 2500 barrels of road oil were opened and discussed, and after due consideration the contract was let to Shipkey & Pearson of this city. The prices quoted by this firm were $2.40, $2.30 and $2.15 per barrel, according to the amount of asphalt in t. All bids for a roadster for use of the city were rejected, as none of them were considered satisfactory. The city clerk will advertise for more bids. The council authorized the calling of bids from firms supplying quantities of electric meters, incandescent globes and electric transformers. Meters in quantities valued between $1,000 and $5,000, lamps valued between $1,200 and $2,500, and transformers costing between $1,000 and $5,000 will be needed for the city supply stock purchased for the next twelve months. Bids will be opened April 11. A balance at hand of $182,647.74 was reported in the city treasury March 14, according to the reports of the city clerk and city treasurer made at the meeting. At the same accounting, the general fund contained $114,559.84. Permit collections of the city last month reached $679.94, the building department presenting $224.85 of the sum, reports revealed. Police court fines for February reached the sum of $1,085, according to a report submitted by Police Judge Eldon Stark. Liquor fines totalled $575 of the sum. City light, power and water accounts paid during the month of February reached $17,908.09, with the sum of $17,958.76 in accounts receivable noted for the public service department. A balance March 1 of $12,254.17 was reported for the city library fund, with expenditures for the month placed at $1,420.55. Business licenses and dog taxes totaled $464 for the month, it was revealed. Principal city expenditures for street department work during the month centered on trash and garbage collection, street sweeping and repair, the report of Superintendent J. W. Price indicated. The valuation of building improvements during the month totalled $18,995, the report of Building Inspector R. Nyboe revealed. Sixteen drunken cases, seven arrests for liquor possession, four vagrancy arrests and the disposal of five juvenile cases were reported by the police department for February. Nineteen Gang of Workmen Clearing Lily Ponds Annual Spring Job in Progress At the City Park Cleaning and re-setting of the lily ponds at the Anaheim city park will be completed the first of the week, according to Harry Johnson, of Hynes, under whose supervision the work is being done. The lily ponds of Anaheim are the most beautiful in Southern California, containing a larger and more complete selection of plants than found in any of the botanical gardens in this part of the state, Johnson says. Twelve men have been working for the past two weeks cleaning the pond where the lilies will lie, a blaze of color, on the surface of the still water during the summer months. The ponds are two blocks long and are located on the north edge of the park. The width varies from 6 to 20 feet and the ponds wind under arched bridges of stone. The margins of the pools are fringed with water plants, the Egyptian paper plant, umbrella palms and the pickerel plant. The spring cleaning of the pools is made necessary by the growth of water grass which seeds on the sides of the boxes in which the lilies are planted and which gather around the roots of the lilies themselves. A scrubbing brush is used to remove the grass from the boxes. The lilies are plaited in wooden boxes about 18 inches deep and measuring about 4 by 10 feet. The old soil is removed and fresh sandy soil and rich mulch is put in them. The lilies are planted about two feet apart. Tropical varieties and hardy varieties are given equal space in each box in order to keep a display of lilies in bloom. There are 75 varieties of lilies which will bloom in the ponds this summer. The range of colors include every color of the rainbow and many intermediate shades. Day bloomers and night bloomers keep the pools supplied with flowers at all hours. Many of the water-lilies in the Anaheim pools are direct importations from Egypt, the exotic plants growing profusely on the western coast. The Egyptian lotus strangely enough, Johnson says, does not come from Egypt at all but from India and China. The tropical lilies form bulbs but they commonly found in the eastern and middle cities and buildings at approximately $4,800, while the referee's estimate was approximately $1,500. There are three property owners who are expected to contest the appraisal, including Monsur and Dorothea Burdorf. The total value of the property on Lemon street, condemned under the Mattoon act, was placed at approximately $28,000 in the referee's report. The avocado industry in its infancy is growing remarkable strides this year it will rank among county's most valued products which the fruit market has stimulated engage in it. With 40 per cent invested, Orange county is poaching to pick a few pounds of fruit before son ends—A bumper yielding any previous hatch which will bring in their return ever known here. The 1927-1928 avocado Orange county was 233 according to C. V. Neff ofthe San Joaquin Presidency, the 1928-1929 600,000 pounds in this state as a whole will imitate 4,000,000 pounds 1928 return to the grocer 402.22. Despite the fact that ger yield this season is suit in somewhat lower vailed last year, the crop will exceed the largest on record. "It is a well known tinued," that growers fruit crops in California through periods of green red ink" returns before able to get on a comfortable basis, and some in trouble. The avocado always has returned high price to the grow pioneer days which waking through. The management have paid for necessary educational mental work which led what high owing to to fruit to spread them ing paid these they say very much higher than is the case perishable fruit." "The avocado grower feel that their industry value to the state, or the fruit is one of his value and is being grown of the finest type of it" is felt that the ind value to the older est dustries. There are thof hillside frostless laily have been equi These lands would be thing in any event. The avocado they might some of the citrus fruit quantities as to serio present returns receivers." Good Program By Men's Forum Club Noted Speaker and Indian Soloist To Be Heard Monday Evening An unusually good program will be presented at the Men's Open Forum Club meeting at White Temple church, Monday evening. The dinner will begin at 6:30, Vice-President L. T. Writer presiding. Percy W. Olds will conduct the community singing, with Mrs. E. C. Kendrick at the piano. Following is the program that will be rendered: Dr. Lewis Thurber Guild, world student, traveler, plaftor morator and writer, will vividly portray "The Truceless War." Chief Haskenaswood (Genuine Navajo Indian) noted baritone soloist, appearing in full-feathered head-dress, gives a generous group of favorite solos. Miss Katherine Steward, accompanist. Miss Melva Roquet in her prize winning oration on "The Invisible Govern- ment and Our Duty as Citizens Toward It." Miss Roxie Willis in unique dialect reading. Anotherl most interesting surprise. Pittsburgh Pirates To Visit Anaheim The Pittsburgh Pirates, one of the world's greatest baseball teams, will be entertained by Anaheim next Monday. The team, which has been in training at Paso Robles, will arrive here with a party of forty at 10:20 a.m., and will be met by a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce. After Secretary Reid and his committee have conducted the visitors on a short sight-seeing tour, dining to the party at the after which they will fair grounds, where to play Portland in The Pittsburghers wi the Rotary club at t There are three men in this region now, games have been staged park. The big teams the Chicago Cubs and gers—one American lea League teams. They Pacific Coast league practice. A St. Louis court h that in spite of the monkey is still a mo legal status. This is the evolutionists. AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, March 21, 1929 COUNTY PRODUCT FORGIN RAPID ADVANCE OF AVOCADO CULTURE COUNTY'S CROP NEARLY THREE TIMES AS LARGE AS LAST YEAR Six Hundred Thousand Pounds Will Be Taken From the Trees of the County This Season; Last Year's Yield, the Record Up to That Time, was 235,000 Pounds; Heavy Crop May Cause Reduction in Prices. The avocado industry, although still in its infancy, is growing with such remarkable strides that before many years it will rank a sone of Orange county's most valued crops. The high price which the fruit commanded on the market has stimulated ranchers to engage in it. Death Overtakes Former Resident Richard Krebs, Well Known Here in Former Years, Dies At Azusa Richard Krebs, formerly one of the best known citizens of Anaheim, died at his home in Azusa. Thursday night, of heart disease. Mr. Krebs came to Anaheim in 1876, and moved from here to Azusa in 1890. He was an expert wine maker and was superintendent of the Dreyfus winery until it closed down on account of the grape blight, when he moved to Azusa. He was a brother of Mrs. Clara Fischer and an uncle of Chille Fischer and Mrs. Vidor Lamont. Mr. Krebs was 76 years of age. He leaves five sons and one daughter, in addition to his sister and his nephew and niece. The youngest son, William is a member of the faculty of Canton University in China, having joined the teaching staff there more than a year ago. Funeral services were held Monday at the Custer, Christensen & Moore chapel in Covina. While Mr. Krebs left Anaheim nearly forty years ago, he was well re- FATALLY BURNED BY GASOLINE EXPLOSION CYPRESS GIRL MEETS HER DEATH IN SEA OF FLAMING FLUID Gasoline-Saturated Rag Throwen Into Stove Was Cause of the Catastrophe; Victim Rushed To Hospital, But Was Found Beyond Medical Aid; House Was Almost Totally Destroyed Before the Flames Were Extinguished. Dorothy Miller, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller of Cypress, died Saturday morning at the Artesia hospital at 1 o'clock, from burns received Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock when here lothing caught fire from the deputy sheriff head. Ramsey was felony county Complaints cde deadly weapon mit murder, whiskey still were filed after Only one against Maggie filed later, it was fixed at made bail. The two day night in are accused ter he had a Beach, Saturation time after He deputy sheriff Will Be Taken From the Trees of the County This Season; Last Year's Yield, the Record Up to That Time, was 235,000 Pounds; Heavy Crop May Cause Reduction in Prices. The avocado industry although still in its infancy, is growing with such remarkable strides that before many years it will rank a sone of Orange county's most valued crops. The high price which the fruit commanded on the market has stimulated ranchers to engage in it. With 40 per cent of their crop harvested, Orange county growers are expecting to pick a total of 600,000 pounds of fruit before the present season ends—A bumper yield far exceeding any previous harvest, and one which will bring in the largest financial return ever known here. The 1927-1928 avocado harvest in Orange county was 235,105 pounds and, according to C. V. Newman, manager of the San Joaquin Fruit company and president of the Avocado Grower Association, the 1928-1929 yield will total 600,000 pounds in this county, while the state as a whole will produce approximately 4,000,000 pounds. The 1927-1928 return to the growers was $77,-402.22. Despite the fact that the much larger yield this season is expected to result in somewhat lower prices than prevailed last year, the total income from the crop will exceed that of last year, the largest on record, Newman said. "It is a well known fact," he continued, "that growers of most other fruit crops in California have gone through periods of great depression and red ink' returns before they have been able to get on a comparatively profitable basis, and some of them are still in trouble. The avocado of California always has returned a comparatively high price to the growers, even in the pioneer days which we have been going through. The members of the organization have paid the expenses of the necessary educational and experimental work, which have been somewhat high owing to the small volume of fruit to spread the cost over. Having paid these, they still have received very much higher net returns per pound than is the case with any other perishable fruit. "The avocado growers of California feel that their industry is one of great value to the state, not only because the fruit is one of high intrinsic food value and is being grown by hundreds of the finest type of settlers, but also it is felt that the industry is of great value to the older established fruit industries. There are thousands of acres of hillside frostless land which recently have been equipped with water. These lands would be planted if something in any event. In the absence of the avocado they might be planted to some of the citrus fruits in such large quantities as to seriously affect the present returns received by citrus growers." The avocado industry is establishing itself beyond the experimental stage. Mr. Krebs was 76 years of age. He leaves five sons and one daughter, in addition to his sister and his nephew and niece. The youngest son, William is a member of the faculty of Candon University in China, having joined the teaching staff there more than a year ago. Funeral services were held Monday at the Custer, Christensen & Moore chapel in Covina. While Mr. Krebs left Anaheim nearly forty years ago, he was well remembered and had many friends among the older citizens. He made frequent visits here to spend a few days with his relatives and renew acquaintanceships with such of his old friends as were still living. Mr. Krebs was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1852. He came to Anaheim in 1876 and engaged in the wine making business. He was an expert wine maker and his product gained a wide reputation in the eastern market. He left here in 1890 going to the Santa Anita ranch, but moved from there to Azusa in 1906. Prosperous Pioneer Visits In Town Placentia Orchardist Whose Grove Is One of the Show Places of County A. Pierotte wa sin town yesterday from his orange ranch at Placentia on a brief business mission. Mr. Pierotte arrived in this county fifty-one years ago, in 1878. He could find no employment in Los Angeles, and hearing that the Water Company was engaged in building an irrigating system, he came here and walked to the scene of operations several miles up the river. He carried a roll of blankets and had to remove his shoes when forcing the river. He was just over from Italy and knew very little of the English language. He secured a job and was paid 90 cents a day and board. When payday came the company had no money and he discounted his pay check at 90 cents on the dollar. He continued in the company's employ for a number of years. He was made a Zanjero and was later elected superintendent of the company, and at one time was a formidable contender for the presidency of the corporation. He bought a ranch at Placentia in 1853, and it is now one of the most beautiful places in the county. He is rated as one of the wealthiest men of his section. He has made two trips to his native land since locating here, the last one being a year ago last summer. He will probably visit Europe again in not far distant future. His father-in-law, Thomas Strain, who is a wealthy orange grower of Placentia, has crossed the Atlantic twenty-nine times and in his eighteenth trinion before brother of Mrs. Clara Fischer and an uncle of Chillie Fischer and Mrs. Vidor Lamont. Mr. Krebs was 76 years of age. He leaves five sons and one daughter, in addition to his sister and his nephew and niece. The youngest son, William is a member of the faculty of Candon University in China, having joined the teaching staff there more than a year ago. Funeral services were held Monday at the Custer, Christensen & Moore chapel in Covina. While Mr. Krebs left Anaheim near forty years ago, he was well remembered and had many friends among the older citizens. He made frequent visits here to spend a few days with his relatives and renew acquaintanceships with such of his old friends as were still living. Mr. Krebs was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1852. He came to Anaheim in 1876 and engaged in the wine making business. He was an expert wine maker and his product gained a wide reputation in the eastern market. He left here in 1890 going to the Santa Anita ranch, but moved from there to Azusa in 1906. Prosperous Pioneer Visits In Town Placentia Orchardist Whose Grove Is One of the Show Places of County A. Pierotte wa sin town yesterday from his orange ranch at Placentia on a brief business mission. Mr. Pierotte arrived in this county fifty-one years ago, in 1878. He could find no employment in Los Angeles, and hearing that the Water Company was engaged in building an irrigating system, he came here and walked to the scene of operations several miles up the river. He carried a roll of blankets and had to remove his shoes when forcing the river. He was just over from Italy and knew very little of the English language. He secured a job and was paid 90 cents a day and board. When payday came the company had no money and he discounted his pay check at 90 cents on the dollar. He continued in the company's employ for a number of years. He was made a Zanjero and was later elected superintendent of the company, and at one time was a formidable contender for the presidency of the corporation. He bought a ranch at Placentia in 1853, and it is now one of the most beautiful places in the county. He is rated as one of the wealthiest men of his section. He has made two trips to his native land since locating here, the last one being a year ago last summer. He will probably visit Europe again in not far distant future. His father-in-law, Thomas Strain, who is a wealthy orange grower of Placentia, has crossed the Atlantic twenty-nine times and in his eighteenth trinion before brother of Mrs. Clara Fischer and an uncle of Chillie Fischer and Mrs. Vidor Lamont. Mr. Krebs was 76 years of age. He leaves five sons and one daughter, in addition to his sister and his nephew and niece. The youngest son, William is a member of the faculty of Candon University in China, having joined the teaching staff there more than a year ago. Funeral services were held Monday at the Custer, Christensen & Moore chapel in Covina. While Mr. Krebs left Anaheim near forty years ago, he was well remembered and had many friends among the older citizens. He made frequent visits here to spend a few days with his relatives and renew acquaintanceships with such of his old friends as were still living. Mr. Krebs was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1852. He came to Anaheim in 1876 and engaged in the wine making business. He was an expert wine maker and his product gained a wide reputation in the eastern market. He left here in 1890 going to the Santa Anita ranch, but moved from there to Azusa in 1906. Prosperous Pioneer Visits In Town Placentia Orchardist Whose Grove Is One of the Show Places of County A. Pierotte wa sin town yesterday from his orange ranch at Placentia on a brief business mission. Mr. Pierotte arrived in this county fifty-one years ago, in 1878. He could find no employment in Los Angeles, and hearing that the Water Company was engaged in building an irrigating system, he came here and walked to the scene of operations several miles up the river. He carried a roll of blankets and had to remove his shoes when forcing the river. He was just over from Italy and knew very little of the English language. He secured a job and was paid 90 cents a day and board. When payday came the company had no money and he discounted his pay check at 90 cents on the dollar. He continued in the company's employ for a number of years. He was made a Zanjero and was later elected superintendent of the company, and at one time was a formidable contender for the presidency of the corporation. He bought a ranch at Placentia in 1853, and it is now one of the most beautiful places in the county. He is rated as one of the wealthiest men of his section. He has made two trips to his native land since locating here, the last one being a year ago last summer. He will probably visit Europe again in not far distant future. His father-in-law, Thomas Strain, who is a wealthy orange grower of Placentia, has crossed the Atlantic twenty-nine times and in his eighteenth trinion before brother of Mrs. Clara Fischer and an uncle of Chillie Fischer and Mrs.Vidor Lamont. Dorothy Miller, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller of Cypress, died Saturday morning at the Artesia hospital at 1 o'clock; from burns received Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock when her lothing caught fire from the explosion of a wood heater in the Miller home. The explosion occurred shortly after the little girl threw a cloth saturated with gasoline into a heating stove from blinding her while she was working. She was standing near the stove whenthe explosion took place; she said and her dress on which she had spilled some gasoline became ignited.Before she could get the doors unlocked,the girl's clothes were nearly burned from her body.As she ran screaming downthe street neighbors tried to reach her,calling to her to roll onthe ground.Mrs.M.L.Freemanwho chancedto be passing，reachedthe girl firstand taking off her smock wrappedit aroundthe girl's burning clothing,simmeringthe flames.Dorothy was rushed tothe Artesia hospital where she was able to givea coherent accountofthe accident.Accordingto hospital authorities her bodywas almost entirely coveredwith thirddegreeburns,hers neckand throatbeingbadlyburned.Doth parentsofthe child were absentfromthe homeatthetimeoftheaccident.Mrs.MillerwasinLosAngeleswhereshehadbeencalledbytheserious illnessofhermother,andthefatherwasatthefamilyranchortherapeaceavenue.Mrs.Millercollapsedwhen toldofthedeathofherdaughterandisina serious conditionatherhome.TheCypressfiredepartmentansweredthefirealarmbutwasunabletosavetheMillerhomewhichwasburnedtotheground.TheBuenaParkfiredepartmentarrivedshortlyafterthealarmwasturnedinatCypress.Mrs.MillerhavebeenresidentsofCypressforsomeyears.DorothyhavingbeenborninthatplaceThereisbutoneotherchildinthefamily,a twelve-year-oldson.Mrs.girlwasa pupilintheeighthgradeoftheCypressschoolandwouldhavefinishedherworktherethisspring.Mr.mrs.PerryMillerofOrangeThorpeavearethedeadgirl'sgrandparents.ManIncinerated Man Incinerated The avocado industry is establishing itself beyond the experimental stage. Newman pointed out, but called attention to the fact that there is much to be done still along the line of standardization. "Owing to the fact that the avocado is known to comparatively few people in the United States, the sales problem is considerably more difficult than with the better known fruits," he said. "The Growers' Association of California, with nearly 500 members, has been working diligently for more than six years in an effort to educate the public to the merits of this new fruit. It also has had to work out methods of handling, grading, packing and innumerable details connected with the successful handling of any business." A St. Louis court held the other day that in spite of the Darwin theory, a monkey is still a monkey and has no legal status. This is quite a blow to the evolutionists. Horace Porter Buys H. A. Krause Ranch Horace Porter, well known rancher of the Garden Grove boulevard district, has just purchased the 8½-acre valencia orange grove owned by Howard A. Krause. Fullerton banker, at Yorba Linda, the deal involving a consideration reported as approximately $29,000. Mr. Porter has already moved his family into the home on the Yorba Linda property and Mr. Krause, who is manager of the Fullerton branch of the Los Angeles First National and Savings Bank, has moved his home to Fullerton. The new owner is the son of Benjamin F. Porter of Orangetherpe avenue, the pioneer ranchers of this part of the county. Man Incinerated In Burning Shack Officials Suspect Murder, But No Evidence So Far Sheriff's officers are investigating the possibility of murder in connection with the burning to death of a Mexican, identified as Jose Magano, 29, in his shack a half mile east and a half mile south of Wintersburg at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Magano's charred body was found in the ruins of the shack, which burned to the ground. Harry Carter, deputy sheriff, who was on the scene of the fire a short time after the body had been found by several Mexicans, reported that he smelled whiskey about the place and believed that a "drunken row" probably had taken place shortly before the fire started. In his report to the sheriff's office, he said: "Someone may have turned the lamp over after killing the Mexican." This possibility is being investigated. Coroner Charles Brown took charge of the case, but has not announced the time for an inquest. Now that Hoover and Curtis are inaugurated let's all of us republicans and democrats alike, get back on the job and try to help make another prosperous four years for republicans and democrats alike. ETTE VALUE OF ORANGE COUNTY'S CROPS IN 1927 Orchard Crops.....$32,854,852.58 Truck Crops.....2,122,910.00 Field Crops.....3,815,750.63 ORGING TO FRONT Grady Ramsey Is Facing Three Felony Counts Ball of $15,000 was demanded of Grady Ramsey, pipe fitter, of Long Beach, when he and Leslie Magnuson, also of Long Beach, were arraigned in Justice Kenneth Morrison's court. Tuesday morning, as the men alleged to have attacked F. W. Howard, chief criminal deputy sheriff, last Saturday afternoon, beating him severely about the head. Ramsey was charged with three felony counts and a misdemeanor. Complaints charging assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder, robbery, operation of a whiskey still and escaping an officer were filed against him. Only one charge has been filed against Magnuson, that of operating a still. Other charges may be filed later, it was said. His bail was fixed at $5,000. Neither man made bail. The two men were arrested Sunday night in Los Angeles. They are accused of beating Howard after he had arrested them near Seal Beach, Saturday afternoon, a short time after Howard and several other deputy sheriffs had raided a still. ANAHEIM GREETS LOS ANGELES VISITORS SPECIAL TRAIN LOAD ON "GOOD WILL" TOUR WELCOME HERE Met At the Train By Delegation of Business Men, Led By St. Catherine's Military Band, and Escorted Through the City; Only An Hour's Time Permitted for the Stop, But It Was Full of Interest. Anaheim entertained a large delegation of members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. The visitors were traveling in a special Santa Fe train and were making a four-day tour of the Southland on a good will trip that will take them at Surprise Party At Zeller Home Nearly Fifty Friends Gather to Celebrate 27th Wedding Anniversary The ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst J. Zeller south of Anaheim, was the scene of a happy gathering on last Tuesday evening, when the members of the congregation of the German Methodist church tendered them a surprise party upon their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary. Forty-five friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knapp, on Katella road, and went to the Zeller home in a body. The happy couple received them graciously. Following a group of gospel songs, a prayer was offered by the pastor, Rev. Voll. The remainder of the evening was passed pleasantly with speeches, games and conversation. The self-invited guests presented Mr. and Mrs. Zeller a handsome basket of spring flowers as a token of esteem. They also carried with them a goodly supply of ice cream, cake, coffee and sandwiches, which were enjoyed by all. They departed for their homes at a late hour, wishing their host and hostess many happy returns of the day. FIRST MEETING OF D.A.R. IN PIONEER HOUSE Mother Colony Chapter D. A. R. held their first meeting in the Pioneer House of the Mother Colony on Friday afternoon, at which a large number of the members were present. The regent, Mrs. J. S. Sheridan, presided at the meeting and after the usual opening exercises, Mrs. Percy Olds read the minutes of the preceding meeting. Mrs. Borchert with a few words presented to Mrs. Sheridan a gavel made by Eric Borchert in the manual training department of the high school. After discussing the matter it was decided to open the house to visitors on Friday afternoons from 3 until 5. Anaheim entertained a large delegation of members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. The visitors were travelling in a special Santa Fe train and were making a four-day tour of the Southland on a good will trip that will take them as far as San Diego. They were met at the train, which arrived here at 10:10, by a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce and others, and the military band of St. Catherine's school. One hundred disembarked from the train at the depot where Leonard Evans, president of the Chamber of Commerce, extended a welcome. Loaded into autos the party was taken for a short tour through the city, as the schedule permitted only an hour's stop here. The route chosen for the trip was from the depot to Los Angeles street, Los Angeles to Adele to Lemon. Lemon to La Palma, La Palma to Palm, Palm to Broadway, Broadway to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Center, and Center to the depot. Greeting the party were a group of local business men and members of the chamber, headed by Secretary George W. Reid. Following the welcoming formalities, the visitors were taken for a short trip through the business and industrial sections of the city. Shannon Crandall, president of the Los Angeles chamber, extended a greeting to Anaheim in behalf of the Los Angeles organization. Among other things, President Crandall said: "There is no denying the value of friendship in business. While we like to think that goods are always sold strictly on their merit, we know at the same time that the elements of friendship enters in almost every business transaction. Doubless the great majority of Anaheim business men are familiar with the various lines of business which bear the names of many of the men in this group of visitors. But the point is, that while you have such knowledge, there never before has been such a favorable opportunity for the heads of Los Angeles business institutions to meet with you, the heads of Anaheim business interests. That in brief is why we are here; we want to know you better." Thousands Inspect Meat Packing Plant Modern System of Reducing Animals to Meat Explained To Visitors Four thousand people took advantage of the open house proclaimed by the Southern Meat Company and in- Thousands Inspect Meat Packing Plant Modern System of Reducing Animals to Meat Explained To Visitors Four thousand people took advantage of the open house proclaimed by the Southern Meat Company and inspected that institution Sunday. Obliging employees of the company acted as guides and piloted the visitors through the various departments, explaining how the work of slaughtering the animals, dressing, curing, and packing the meat under the modern system is performed. The company has just completed the installation of $75,000 worth of new equipment, which adds greatly to its facilities. Roped lanes guided the visitors from the time they entered the fenced grounds until they had swallowed the last drop of coffee served to the throngs and the counter near the exit gate had checked them out. A feeding pen filled with choice porkers was really the starting point for the inspection tour. From here visitors climbed the chute to the killing room, which was in the military status of "at ease" during the day. Wherever feasible the actual operation of the plant was demonstrated. Where not it was explained. The plant makes use of every part of the animals, which it turns into the major product of meat, employees explained. From the killing room the roped lanes led to great vats where the common refuse is reduced to soap fats, fertilizer and various by-products. Lard making, curing of bacon and hams, preparation of easing for sausages, lard cooling, chilling of meat, and the salesroom were inspected. Numerous baskets of flowers were in evidence throughout the plant, congratulating the management upon its enterprise.