anaheim-gazette 1929-04-18

FACTS ABOUT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM Population 18,000 Assessed Valuation $12,266,185 Building Permits 439,832 VOLUME LIX COUNCIL FILES IT'S DENIES GITY IS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES POWER PLANT IS WITHIN A BUSINESS ZONE, It IS DECLARED More Than $175,000 in the City Treasury According to Report of City Treasurer Boege, $109,000 of This Being in the General Fund; City Recorder Collected $665 in Fines During the Month. The city council has filed an answer to the action brought by Mr. and Mrs. George F. Fendley and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Timme to collect damages alleged Shipments May Be Delayed By Glutted Market Market and weather conditions pointed to possible delay in initiating the harvest of the 1929 valencia orange, according to a statement by Roy Hendley, assistant manager of the Orange County Fruit Exchange. It is understood that managers of the various packing houses operating in the county under the California Fruit Growers' Exchange virtually have agreed that it would be unwise to attempt shipments before May 10 or 15. L. D. Palmer, manager of the exchange, is in the East at the present time and in a recent communication to Headley he advised that there is every indication that the orange markets will be glutted until the first or middle of May. It is estimated that there are approximately 5,700 carloads of navels and miscellaneous vases in California yet to be shipped into market. Packing house managers believe it would be poor business policy to throw valencias on the market in competition with the navels and More Than $175,000 in the City Treasury According to Report of City Treasurer Boege, $109,000 of This Being in the General Fund; City Recorder Collected $665 in Fines During the Month. The city council has filed an answer to the action brought by Mr. and Mrs. George F. Fendley and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Timme to collect damages alleged to have been suffered by them because of the new gas engine at the city power house. Mr. and Mrs. Timme are asking $500 and Mr. and Mrs. Fendley estimate their injuries at $1,000. In addition to this they declare the engine to be a nuisance and are asking an abatement. The plintiffs live close to the power house and claim their property has depreciated in value because of the noise and vibration caused by the engine. The city denies that any damage has been done; denies that there is annoyance from operation of the plant, and admits only that it owns and operates a plant for purposes stated. As a further defense the answer sets forth that the City of Anaheim in 1907 built and for ten years operated a steam-driven generating plant in the building now used for the gas engine and generator. It is contended that this early operation of a plant establishes a priority claim to the district as a manufacturing section, a claim that is substantiated by the work done in zoning the city about a year ago. Other factories exist near the plant on South Los Angeles street, and there are no high class residences in the vicinity, the answer sets forth. The city denies that plaintiffs have any cause for action and petitions the court to refuse damages to any extent whatever. Action was instituted about two weeks ago when plaintiffs petitioned the superior court for an injunction to stop operation of the plant, which the city contends will save the taxpayers from $2,000 to $5,000 annually. The city asserts that the plant was planned and equipped to insure an adequate supply of current for water pumping purposes should other sources of power fail. City Treasurer Chas. A. Boege submitted his monthly report to the council Thursday night, showing that there is now in the city treasury $175,702.12. Of this sum, $109,804.53 was in the general fund, the balance being distributed among the various funds. Building department receipts and collections by the bookkeeping department brought the city $2,226.56, according to report of A. G. Tuma, accountant. Permit fees from the former department totalled $329.85, while collections reached a sum of $2,226.56. Thirty-three arrests and 42 traffic violations reported by Police Chief J. S. Bouldin for the police department resulted in the collection of $665 in fines, the departmental report of Police Judge Eldon W. Stark revealed. Thirteen inquiries to attempt impropriety occurred May 10 or 15. L. D. Palmer, manager of the exchange, is in the East at the present time and in a recent communication to Headley he advised that there is every indication that the orange markets will be glutted until the first or middle of May. It is estimated that there are approximately 5,700 carloads of navels and miscellaneous varieties in California yet to be shipped into market. Packing house managers believe it would be poor business policy to throw valencias on the market in competition with the navels and other varieties. With one of the largest crops in the history of the valencia industry in Orange county ready for gathering, the packing house managers are confronted with the problem of disposing of the big harvest and return prices that will be satisfactory. Brea-Olinda Girl Wins First Prize Miss Winifred Barnett First In Oratorical Contest Winifred Barnett of the Brea-Olinda high school, was selected as winner in the first district group of the sixth national contest held here Friday night. The title of Miss Barnett's oration was "The Constitution, the Blueprint of the United States Government." Miss Dorothy Hamren of Huntington Beach, was awarded second place, and Miss Pauline Mandala of Downey, third place. Barton Rush of the Excelsior high school, was awarded first place but was tentatively disqualified because of exceeding the time limit. His topic was "The Constitution, a Priceless Document." Judges were Harry Lee Martin, president of the District Bond company; Marshall F. McComb and B. Rey Schauer of the superior court of Los Angeles. Other entrants in the contest were Tom Moses of Garden Grove, the title of whose oration was "America, the Melting Pot;" Pauline Lindsay of Orange, "The Challenge of Our Constitution;" Dorothy Hamren of Huntington Beach, "The Balance Wheel of Our Constitution;" Pauline Mandala of Downey, "The Constitution, a Living Document." The prizes for the district championship were $25, $15 and $10. Rules of the contest provided that the orations could not exceed ten minutes, that the student could not be more than 19 years of age, a student of an accredited high school, and that the orations must be accredited as original. The winners of the district finals held last night will be entered in the semifinals, to be held in San Diego April 26. RETURNS TO PHOENIX Of this sum, $109,804.53 was in the general fund, the balance being distributed among the various funds. Building department receipts and collections by the bookkeeping department brought the city $2,226.56, according to report of A. G. Tuma, accountant. Permit fees from the former department totalled $329.85, while collections reached a sum of $2,226.56. Thirty-three arrests and 42 traffic violations reported by Police Chief J. S. Bouldin for the police department resulted in the collection of $655 in fines, the departmental report of Police Judge Eldon W. Stark revealed. Thirteen intoxication cases and four liquor possession cases pere principal sources for the criminal revenue, while traffic violations brought the sum of ...665 to the city. Cash collected during March by the public service department for water and lights totalled $18,211.42, with the sum of $15,988.74 reported in assets receivable. Business license collections by Police Chief J. S. Bouldin of the police department gained the city $229. Three fires were reported by R. Nyboe fire chief, who noted no city property damage during March. Principal expenditure in street department activity during the month was confined largely to trash collecting, weed cutting and street patching, according to the report of John W. Price, street superintendent. Purchase of a Dodge sedan from the Charles H. Mann dealership here at a cost of $1185 was ordered by the city council, after the opening of bids from five local automobile dealers. The car will be used by Chief Nyboe of the fire department. H. N. White was awarded a period contract for the supply of incandescent lamps to the city, after consideration of competitive bids from the Illinois Electric company and the Anaheim Electric company. Contract bids for the supply of meters and transformers for the next year were opened also, but held for consideration before decision. Submitting bids were General Electric, Anaheim Electric and Wagner Electric. Somehow we can't visualize a war between England and the United States over the booze ship "I'm Alone." The stuff hasn't got scarce enough yet to fight over. "The Constitution, a Living Document." The prizes for the district championship were $25, $15 and $10. Rules of the contest provided that the orations could not exceed ten minutes, that the student could not be more than 19 years of age, a student of an accredited high school, and that the orations must be accredited as original. The winners of the district finals held last night will be entered in the semi-finals, to be held in San Diego April 26. RETURNS TO PHOENIX Gus Schade left on Wednesday morning for Phoenix, accompanied by Otto Kroeger, a well known building contractor of Bisbee, who has been here on a visit to relatives for several days past. Mrs. Kroeger was formerly Miss Laura Gade. She writes that she and a party of friends recently went to the Mexican line to witness the lighting south of Waco, but their field glasses failed to reveal the whereabouts of any belligerants. Schade has been in Anaheim for the past three months and returns to Phoenix for a short sojourn. He will later proceed to Bisbee, where he will go into the business of manufacturing cement pipe. He was about town on Wednesday morning blinding old-time friends and associates good-by. CITRUS IRRIGATION Announcement has just been issued by Farm Advisor Harold E. Wahlberg that a series of field meetings have been scheduled for next week. April 25 and 26, to discuss the matter of spring irrigation practice in the citrus grove. Meetings will be held at Orange, Anaheim, La Habra and Fullerton. W. R. Schoonover, citrus specialist of the Agricultural Extension Service, will assist the farm advisor in these meetings. Growers are invited to bring their soil augers to make moisture observations. The locations of the demonstrations will be announced in the press later. A review of last year's irrigation and production records will be offered by the farm advisor. These tend to show that orchards conservatively irrigated maintained the highest yields. GOING TO HOME Tommy Kuchel parted out in the Coliseum last C. Freshmen at Field itites at Fresno during tival next week. He making the team and w will try to uphold honne The team has been vie meet this spring and anance of Dean Cromwell Davis has made an The boys have amassed points to their oppose going strong. They hath at the Coliseum next all-star aggregation oing this they go to th one of the biggest meet The local lad finds him pany and seems to h to keep up with th was in Fresno two ye meeting of honor socle A. U. H. S. A circus giant welled drank 20 pints of l hours the other day. warm he took off his strolled around the h contracting pneumonia died. It would seem could drink five gallons hootch and survive little thing like pneumu AHEIM GAZETTE Anabeim, California, Thursday, April 18, 1929 S IT’S ANSWER TO SUIT FOR LIONS MEET IN CONVENTION AT ANAHEIM OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION OF GROUP 2 HOLD ANNUAL SESSION High Officials From All Sections of Southern California in Attendance; Musical Program Is Enjoyed by Visitors in the Forenoon, Followed by Business Session After Luncheon; Officers Chosen. High officials among the Lions from most of the cities of Southern California, and some from other sections of the state met here last Friday at the Speaker Talks On True Americanism Kiwanians Hear Native of Palestine Deliver An Excellent Speech P. A. Hennessey, a native of Lebanon in Palestine, but now a business man of Hollywood, was the orator at the Kiwanis weekly Juncheon Tuesday. His subject was "True Americanism," and his text was "That it is more blessed to give than to receive." Mr. Hennessey was introduced by Ed. Rundstrom, chairman of the club's agricultural committee and program chairman of the day. The more than forty ranchers, who were special guests of honor, were formally welcomed by H. W. Pearce, manager of the Anaheim Cooperative Orange association. Vocal numbers by the club quartet, composed of Percy Olds, H. W. Lewis, Glenn Merrill and Harold Girton, and violin solos by Louis Romoff, accompanied at the piano by his sister. Esther constituted the musical features of the program. Mr. Hennessey had as his guest at WIDENING ROAD TO START EARLY IN JUNE BOULEVARD FROM ANAHEIM TO SANTA ANA TO BE EXPANDED Eighteen-Foot Strip To Give Way To A Fifty-Six-Foot Pavement; Four Ten-Foot Traffic Lanes Will Be Provided, With An Eight-Foot Parking Place On Each Side, Cost $500,000. Widening and repaving five miles of the state highway to a width of 56 feet between Santa Ana and Anaheim, a project estimated to cost $500,000, probably will start about June 1 with plans Mediterre Fly High Officials From All Sections of Southern California in Attendance; Musical Program Is Enjoyed by Visitors in the Forenoon, Followed by Business Session After Luncheon; Officers Chosen. High officials among the Lions from most of the cities of Southern California, and some from other sections of the state met here last Friday at the annual convention of the officers of Group 2, fourth district. There were more than 200 of them and they buckled down to business at 9:30 at Elks clubhouse, the meeting opening with a few selections by the military band of St. Catherine's school. Cromble Allen, an Ontario editor, was the speaker who followed the musical concert. Luncheon was served the visitors at the club house at noon, 207 officers being seated at the tables. At the afternoon session officers were chosen for the year. Samuel L. Carpenter of Los Angeles was chosen as district governor, and Ted Clark of San Bernardino was elected as president of the Officers' Association. Ventura was selected as the next meeting place, the convention to be held in April, 1930. Plans were made for the reception to be given the Lions International president, Ben Ruffin of Richmond, Virginia, who is to be at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles the evening of April 18. Ruffin will come by airplane from Salt Lake City on this date. The Orange County School of Fine Arts presented a program under the direction of Mrs. Kate McCullah. The session began at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, the morning devoted to preliminary transactions and in planning for the Long Beach convention, to be held May 16, 17 and 18. The guest speaker at the luncheon was Cromble Allen, publisher of the Ontario Daily Report. Supplementin gthe address of the principal speaker were selections by the Santa Ana Lions club quartet. Allen was introduced by Victor Loly, former president of the Anaheim Lions club. Selections by St. Catherine's military band of Anaheim were heard in the morning. Samuel L. Carpenter, Jr.group president, presided at both sessions. Invocation was pronounced by the Rev. S. F. Hilgenfeld, and the address of welcome was given by Mayor L. E. Miller, Max Ward, past group president, made the response. Responsible for convention preparations was the following committee named by Clyde Cromer, Anaheim, club president and chairman; Addison M. Brown, road signs and badges; Evan Alsp, convention hall and decorations; Victor Loly, convention luncheon program; Ernest Ganahl, registrations; Louis Hoskins, reception; Clyde Childress, music, and Kurt Epstein, publicity. Dr. Elliott H. Rowland of Santa Ana, deputy dis.,ct governor of Orange and San Diego county, gave a short talk. Mr. Hennessey was introduced by Ed. Rundstrom, chairman of the club's agricultural committee and program chairman of the day. The more than forty ranchers, who were special guests of honor, were formally welcomed by H. W. Pearce, manager of the Anaheim Cooperative Orange association. Vocal numbers by the club quartet, composed of Percy Olds, H. W. Lewis, Glenn Merrill and Harold Girton, and violin solos by Louis Romoff, accompanied at the piano by his sister, Esther constituted the musical features of the program. Mr. Hennessey had as his guest at the meeting, M. Anton, well known Anaheim business man. Both men are natives of Lebanon in the Holy Land, it was announced. The speaker introduced his remarks with descriptions of the Sea of Galllee and the Dead Sea, two famous bodies of water in the Holy Land, pointing out that the difference between the two sas are the result of the fact that one has an outlet while the other has not. "This illustrates a dominant principle of human life," he declared. "name-ly, that it is more blessed to give than to receive." In this world of strife and intense competition we must listen to the whispering call us to be true servants of mankind if we would realize the ideal of true Americanism," he said in conclusion. Queens Selected For Orange Show Two Movie Stars Will Reign Over Classic This Year Two queens will reign over the California Valencia Orange Show at Anaheim from May 23 to June 2. This was determined by newspapermen, news reel executives and radio broadcasters when they voted Dorothy Day, blonde, and Mona Rica, brunette to wield the scepter at the famous mid-summer exposition. The ballot resulted in a tie, each of the beauties receiving an equal number of votes. Miss Day, whose blonde beauty bids fair to win her further pulchritudinous honoree, is an Anaheim girl who has gained more than local reputation as a dancer. She appeared on Los Angeles stages a number of times. Miss Rica whose Spanish loveliness is regarded as typically Southern California, is a newcomer to the screen, but starled the film world by playing the feminine lead opposite John Barrymore in her first picture. She is a 1929 Wampas baby star. The court of the two queens, comprising seven beautiful girls selected from a list of 250, are Zenda Farley, Della Peterson, Frances Gentry, Dorothy Calloun, Betty Rochet, Winifred Colton and Patricia Archer. Eighteen-Foot Strip To Give Way To A Fifty-Six-Foot Pavement; Four Ten-Foot Traffic Lanes Will Be Provided With An Eight-Foot Parking Place On Each Side, Cost $500,000. Widening and repaving five miles of the state highway to a width of 56 feet between Santa Ana and Anaheim, a project estimated to cost $500,000, probably will start about June 1, with plans and specifications for Orange county's portion of the construction work ready for filing with the board of supervisors, according to an announcement by Nat Neff highway superintendent. Neff stated that the road building program, on which this county would pay $250,000, would be placed before the board and that after a hearing on May 7, the board would be in a position to advertise for bids, which would be opened on May 28. If the contract was definitely awarded on that date construction could start early in June, he said. The project will give the county a full width concrete roadway from Laguna Beach road at Tustin to Fullerton. The present highway is 18 feet wide, paved with oil and macadam. The new road, 56 feet wide, will provide four traffic lanes 10 feet in width and parking lanes on each side, eight feet in width. Construction of the thoroughfare would require three to four months. On this basis the road would be completed in early fall, probably before wet weather arrives. In the meantime the state is preparing to open bids on its share of the work on the same day that the board here receives offer for construction of the county portion. It is expected that no detours will be necessary and that traffic can be handled without rerouting when construction of a $500,000 concrete road, 56 feet wide gets under way in the near future, according to Nat Neff high way superintendent who filed plans and specifications for the five-mile project with the board of supervisors. By building one-half of the road at a time it is hoped to allow room for traffic to pass at all times. Neff said. The board accepted the plans and set a date of hearing for May 7. This will make it possible for bids to be opened on May 28 and for construction to start early in June. Orange county will share the construction expense with the state. Bids will be opened on May 7 for two other highway projects in Orange county as a result of proceedings by the board of supervisors. An Dana Point an $80,000 paving, sidewalk and ornamental lighting project was approved by the board while plans for paving Tustin avenue between Santa Clara avenue and the Orange city limits were approved. This work will cost approximately $22,000. It will complete a paved traffic artery from Olive to Newport road with the exception of a short strip within the city limits of Orange. Florida Are Heavy Crops Condition Professor H Service; Universe returning visit as judge and related so the April 10th Fruit Growers. He stated that had a large cis as has Californic crop that was eating and kept a breakdown service and mature fruit worst possible ent control art keting cost tha He was imit after the dropt actual loss of crop by hurried its big Marketing caused estimation plenty low at years that are boxes of oranges produced in I will be shipped. The speakers three years ago as bearing traction opinion that t age can produce one berry Planting of Florida Texas what is probable lemont confront growers.The ones who remain ing to Responsible for convention preparations was the following committee named by Clyde Cromer, Anaheim, club president and chairman; Addison M. Brown, road signs and badges; Evan Alsip, convention hall and decorations; Victor Loly, convention luncheon program; Ernest Ganahl, registrations; Louis Hoskins, reception; Della Childress, music, and Kurt Epstelin, publicity. Dr. Elliott H. Rowland of Santa Ana, deputy dis., ct governor of Orange and San Diego county, gave a short talk. GOING TO FRESNO Tommy Kuchel participated in a tryout in the Coliseum last Saturday, when a team was selected to represent U.S.C. Freshmen at Field and Track festivities at Fresno during the Raisin Festival next week. He was successful in making the team and with his associates will try to uphold honors for the squad. The team has been victorious at every meet this spring and under the guidance of Dean Cromwell and Tommy Davis has made an enviable record. The boys have amassed a total of 675 points to their opponents 250, and are going strong. They have another meet at the Coliseum next Saturday with an all-star aggregation of talent. Following this they go to the raisin town for one of the biggest meetings of the year. The local lad finds himself in fast company and seems to be doing his best to keep up with the procession. He was in Fresno two years ago at a state meeting of honor societies, representing A.U.H.S. A circus giant weighing 650 pounds drank 20 pints of liquor in twenty hours the other day. Feeling a little warm he took off his clothes and strolled around the house to cool off, contracting pneumonia from which he died. It would seem that a man who could drink five gallons of bootleg hooch and survive oughtn't mind a little thing like pneumonia. The principal reason why a woman can't be president is that few of them nowadays get to the point where they can admit being old enough. First Step Taken For Flood Control Amendment Introduced In the Assembly Wednesday First steps in carrying out the legislative water commission program were taken in the state assembly Wednesday with the introduction of a constitutional amendment to place a $109,000-000 bond issue before the people at the general election in November, 1930. This amount will provide for the immediate construction of a dam at Kennett on the upper Sacramento river, a series of dams, pumping plants and canals to transfer water from the Sacramento river to the San Joaquin valley for irrigation purposes, and dam construction for flood control of the Santa Ana river. Introduction of the constitutional amendment marks completion of a survey begun two years ago by the commission, appointed to rhe work by the 1927 legislature. Assemblyman Bradford Crittenden, Van Bernard, Frank W. Mixter and E.G. Adams are sponsors of the amendment. It was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments and must receive a two-thirds majority in both houses of the legislature. A Canadian airplane has gone north to take moving pictures of the Eskimos. One of the most impressive movies we ever saw was that of an Eskimo eating a raw fish and wash- Bids will be opened on May 7 for two other highway projects in Orange county as a result of proceedings by the board of supervisors. An Dana Point an $80,000 paving, sidewalk and ornamental lighting project was approved by the board, while plans for paving Tustin avenue between Santa Clara avenue and the Orange city limits were approved. This work will cost approximately $22,000. It will complete a paved traffic artery from Olive to Newport road, with the exception of a short strip within the city limits of Orange. Anaheim Girl In Great Concert Miss Gladys Miller To Sing At Shrine Auditorium Saturday Miss Gladys Miller of Anaheim will be one of the feature singers Saturday evening at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. Three hundred voices and violinists will join in singing and playing the stupendous "Mass in B Minor," which Johann Sebastian Bach completed more than 200 years ago, after 200 consecutive years of toll. The artists who are to give the recital Saturday have been rehearsing for the past two years under John Smallman, who will direct this great work. The two hundred and fifty singers are members of the Los Angeles Oratorio society and they will give the five sections of the liturgical text with arias and duets for soloists. They will be accompanied by fifty members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. One of the violinists, Albert Angermeyer, will play his 193-year-old violin. In common with Eugene O'Neill's latest ideas in plays, the choral performance will begin at 5:30 o'clock with time out for dinner between 7 and 8:30. It takes four hours to give the entire mass. This event is of primary importance because it will officially establish Southern California as one of world's few centers of choral music. Europe Ship It is reported thousand boxes to M.O.D.Europe. The characterized direct from Liverpool. All livered to an attribute it that countries gettic less to land than in California popular in EU years ago Spain for its ETTE VALUE OF ORANGE COUNTY'S CROPS IN 1927 Orchard Crops.....$32,854,852.68 Truck Crops..... 2,122,910.00 Field Crops..... 3,815,750.68 Number 29 UIT FOR DAMAGES Mediterranian Fly Is Invading Florida Groves There may be nothing in a name, but there is a whole lot of importance in a location. It appeared when it was reported that Mediterranean fruit fly, most dreaded citrus pest known, has been discovered in Orange county—Florida. Possibility of the pest, which never before has been found on the American continent, spreading to California was discounted by County Horticultural Commissioner A. A. Brock, who pointed out that citrus fruits from Florida have been barred from this state for several years because of presence of citrus canker in the southern state. The dreaded fruit enemy has been known in the Hawaiian Islands since 1910, but, despite the large amount of passenger traffic between that region and the California coast, the appearance of the fly here has been prevented. Brock stated that its arrival in Florida probably would not make it any more likely that the fly would reach California. Extermination of the fly in Orange FLOOD PROGRAM OPPOSED BY BEACHITES COAST CITIES SHOW DISPOSITION T OFIGHT DAM PROJECT Declare That Northern Orange County Has Been Lukewarm In Supporting Harbor Improvements; Spite-work May Possibly Defeat the Flood Control Bond Proposition Unless Better Feeling Exists. Declaring that northern Orange county never had played fair with the coast section in the matter of supporting public improvements, and expressing the belief that success of the proposed Florida Oranges Are Grading Low Heavy Crop In Spite of Weather Conditions, But Quality Poor Professor Hodgson of the Extension Service, University of California, red cently returned from his fourth annual visit as judge at a Florida citrus fair and related some of his impressions at the April 10th meeting of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. He stated that Florida has not only had a large crop of small size oranges, as has California, but they have had a crop that was below normal in both eating and keeping quality. They had a breakdown in their state inspection service and resulting shipments of immature fruit that got them off to the worst possible start, and lack of sufficient control and harmony in their marketing cost the growers a lot of money. He was impressed by the fact that after the drought, damaged trees and actual loss of 15 to 20 per cent of the crop by hurricane. Florida still produced its biggest citrus crop this year. Marketing methods in Florida have caused estimators to keep their figures plenty low at all times, but it now appears that a crop of 22 to 23 million boxes of oranges and grapefruit was produced in Florida, not all of which will be shipped this year. The speaker stated that citrus trees three years old and over are counted as bearing trees in Florida. It is his opinion that the present Florida acreage can produce a crop double the present one by 1935. Planting of grapefruit continues in Florida, Texas and Arizona and presents what is probably the most serious problem confronting gorange and grapefruit growers. The promoters are the only ones who remain optimistic and according to the professor's investigation who pointed out that citrus fruits from Florida have been barred from this state for several years because of the presence of citrus canker in the southern state. The dreaded fruit enemy has been known in the Hawaiian Islands since 1910, but, despite the large amount of passenger traffic between that region and the California coast, the appearance of the fly here has been prevented. Brock stated that its arrival in Florida probably would not make it any more likely that the fly would reach California. Extermination of the fly in Orange and Seminole counties, Fla., will be possible only by destruction of all fruit in regions where the pest has been found, he stated. The fly does not confine itself to oranges, but attacks all commonly used fruits as well as a large number of important vegetables. A quarantine has been placed against movement of all Florida fruits and certain vegetables from the infested areas. Declaring that northern Orange County Has Been Lukewarm In Supporting Harbor Improvements; Spite-work May Possibly Defeat the Flood Control Bond Proposition Unless Better Feeling Exists. Declaring that northern Orange county never had played fair with the coast section in the matter of supporting public improvements, and expressing the belief that success of the proposed bond issue for flood control is far from assured because of lack of complete harmony in all cettisons of the county, Harry Welch, secretary of the Orange County Coast association, at a meeting of the organization in the city auditorium at Huntington Beach Tuesday night, urged appointment of a committee of nine persons for the purpose of attempting creation of a county development program on which all sections could unite. President T. B. Talbert was given authority to appoint such a committee, and will name the members later. While Welch did not mention specific instances in which the north end of the county had failed to support coast projects, he intimated that lack of cooperation in the effort of the beach sections to put over an Orange county harbor bill, with provision for authorizing issuance of bonds on a straight majority vote, and failure of Orange county to carry bond issues for improvement of the harbor, were matters he had in mind. Admitting that the conservative program might be essential to the future of the county, Welch said that $16,000-000, approximately the amount that will be necessary for flood control work, is a large sum of money, and that heavy taxes would be imposed to pay the bill. He intimated doubt that bonds in such an amount could be voted with the county "split as he asserted it is at the present time. The secretary's statements were made at conclusion of a report or flood control by Donald Dodge, as chairman of the association's flood control committee. Stating that he was passing out the facts merely for the purpose of informing residents of the coast section as to the proportion of the flood control bill they would have to pay, Dodge quoted valuations of the beach district in 1918 and in 1927-28, and said that should the full issue be sold at once on the basis of 4½ per cent interest and run for a period of 40 years, the coast would pay more than 25 per cent of the total. Assessed valuation in the district ten years ago was, in round figures, $4,500,000, while in 1927-28 it was $46,280,000, or ten times greater than in 1917-18. Dodge pointed out. In the same period, he said, the county assessed valuation had increased only two and one-third times, the figures today being $176,000,000 as compared with $74,000,000 ten years ago. Computing further on the floodcontrol bond issue, Dodge said that it would require a rate of 65 cents on the $100 assessed value. In concert Sing At Saturday Europe Will Get Ship Load of Fruit It is reported that the first ten thousand boxes of valencias packed by the M. O. D. houses will be shipped to Europe. The association has a steamer characterized which will carry the fruit direct from Los Angeles harbor to Liverpool. At Liverpool it will be delivered to an agency which will distribute it throughout Europe, many countries gettin ga portion. Prices received are good, besides it costs much less to land a box in Liverpool by water than in New York by rail. California fruit is growing more popular in Europe every year. A few years ago England depended upon Spain for its oranges, but the California box of oranges and grapefruit was produced in Florida, not all of which will be shipped this year. The speaker stated that citrus trees three years old and over are counted as bearing trees in Florida. It is his opinion that the present Florida acreage can produce a crop double the present one by 1935. Planting of grapefruit continues in Florida, Texas and Arizona and presents what is probably the most serious problem confrontin gorange and grapefruit growers. The promoters are the only ones who remain optimistic and according to the professor's investigation in the three states mentioned sales are almost entirely to newcomers and absentee owners with all the methods of such high-pressure selling in evidence. Professor Hodgson said that he was more than ever impressed with the advantages, natural and acquired, exclusively enjoyed by California orange growers. The superior eating and keeping qualities and color of California oranges, and the necessity for a thorough knowledge of the business and considerable capital investment required for successful citrus production in California were recited as natural advantages. Marketing facilities and standardization were stated to be acquired advantages which Professor Hodgson stated must be maintained and improved for future success. Paul Bailey, engineer for the field control district, explained a number of situations in the program that were not clear to members of the organization. He revealed that while construction of the proposed dam in the Santa Ana river would cut off the underground streams from up-river sources, he said the building program provides a bypass for such waters when water in the reservoir reaches such a low level as warrant by-passing of the underground waters. A system of drainage, similar to that used in draining lands, he said, would be provided. He explained that the water basin underlying Orange county would be replenished by release of water from the reservoir and sinking it in the river bed. In reply to a statement by Stewart Lucas of Corona Del Mar, that in his opinion the coastal section of the basin would benefit more by water of the river spreading out over the lowlands, Bailey said that water does not sink into the basin below Santa Ana, for the reason that a "clay cap" exists in the lower sections. nia fruit is so much superior that it is crowding out the Spanish oranges. The fruit reaches Liverpool in excellent condition, it is said.