anaheim-gazette 1929-06-27

Progressive Policy Brings Federal Aid California Gets $90,000 From the Government for Forestry Work California's progressive forestry policy, as exemplified in a greatly augmented fire prevention program, and made possible by Governor Young's increased budget allowances for conservation, today brought recognition from the federal government in the form of a $90,427 allotment under the Clarke-McNary act. The federal fire prevention apportionment for the year, announced today by Fred G. Stevenot, director of the State Department of Natural Resources, is the largest ever accorded California and the biggest share of the federal fund granted any of the participating states. Based on California's expenditures for fire prevention purposes last year, both by the state and co-operating agencies, the federal allotment is $36,000 greater than the 1928 apportionment, according to Stevenot. With forty states participating in an appropriation by the federal government of $1,400,000 California ranked first in amount of aid, with the state of Washington second. The federal money is used for the protection of privately-owned timber and watershed areas, both inside and outside of the national forests. "The large federal apportionment to California," declared Director Stevenot, "is important in two respects. First, it will increase our resources in the fight against fire. Second, it is recognition by the federal government that California, more than any other state has awakened to the importance of protecting natural resources. "And, in another sense, it is a fine tribute to the soundness of Governor Young's long-time planning policy in government; his policy insuring the future welfare of the state by same business practice today." U. S. PATENT OFFICE U. S. PATENT OFFICE Few Americans probably realize the great number of inventors, prospective inventors and would-be inventors there are in the United States. One great reason for this is the sort of encouragement which Uncle Sam gives to his embryonic Thomas Edison. In an interesting article on the U. S. Patent Office in the current issue of the National Republic, Thomas E. Robertson, U. S. Commissioner of Patents, says in part, on the subject: "The man in the street has a vague idea that the inventor is a long-haired dreamer likely to be, as in the popular song, 'Always Chasing Rainbows'—who, like a certain type of poet, has to be endured because there is no easy way of getting rid of him. But this is far from the fact. The modern inventor is frequently an up-to-date expert in his particular line of work—often a trained engineer. He is familiar with almost everything that has been used or is being used in his line; he is aware of the faults, the failures, the high costs of other existing disadvantages, and with a vision beyond that of his fellow workers, sees a remedy, or a new method of procedure, that will lower the cost of production. Our modern industrial plants employ inventors working to make changes which will increase the output, or to devise some new product that will provide new avenues of employment. All this inventive activity is based on the patent system. "Our patent system is distinctly American. It gives to the inventor—poor or rich—a patent with the greatest possibility, since our patents are granted on more liberal terms than those of other governments. Thus, a man who has a patent in this country does not forfeit his patent because he is so poor that he is unable to manufacture within a given time, nor is his patent taxed. "In the European countries, even if an inventor is too poor to manufacture and is therefore not making a dollar out of his patent, he must nevertheless pay taxes upon it each year, and in some countries the taxes increase year by year. In most countries a patentee must manufacture to keep his patent alive. Hence a manufacturer can wait until the poor inventor does not pay his taxes or fails to manufacture within the required time and then the manufacturer can use the patented device without paying the inventor. "In our country, on the contrary, the patent is granted to the inventor without any reservations. It is his for seventeen years. If he is able, he can it will increase our resources in the fight against fire. Second, it is recognition by the federal government that California, more than any other state has awakened to the importance of protecting natural resources. "And, in another sense, it is a fine tribute to the soundness of Governor Young's long-time planning policy in government; his policy insuring the future welfare of the state by same business practice today." Power Report On Little Colorado The Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, has prepared a map of the Little Colorado river from its mouth to the Tolchaco dam site, Arizona, a distance of 103 miles. The map consists of three plan sheets and two profile sheets on a scale of two inches to the mile, with contour intervals of 25 and 100 feet on land and 5 and 25 feet on water surface. The map is printed in three colors. In connection with this survey George F. Holbrook, assistant engineer, Geological Survey, has prepared a brief discussion of the power value of the Little Colorado river. The report describes several reservoirs and dam sites in the Little Colorado river canyon. The maps may be obtained for ten cents a sheet, or 50 cents for the set, on application to the director, Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. The report can be consulted at offices of the Geological Survey in Washington. Citrus Groves In British Possessions Although two-thirds of the British orange supply comes from Spain, the most striking increases in production are noted in units of the British Empire. Imports from Palestine of the famed Jaffa oranges more than doubled between 1924 and 1928, and are likely to double again within the next few years, according to recent reports. At present South Africa sends only 6 per cent of the total importation, but this is expected to be doubled or trebled within the next decade. Each inhabitant of the island kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland eats nineteen pounds of oranges a year; or one-third of all the oranges entering the channel of world trade. In 1927 imports were 80 per cent more than in 1920. OF INTEREST TO GIRLS A young woman in a Northern California city who suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident, in a letter which found its way into the hands of a newspaper reporter, thus philosophizes: "For two or three years I have been doing hard exercises every day to keep and is therefore not making a dollar out of his patent, he must nevertheless pay taxes upon it each year, and in some countries the taxes increase year by year. In most countries a patentee must manufacture to keep his patent alive. Hence a manufacturer can wait until the poor inventor does not pay his taxes or fails to manufacture within the required time and then the manufacturer can use the patented device without paying the inventor. "In our country, on the contrary, the patent is granted to the inventor without any reservations. It is his for seventeen years. If he is able, he can manufacture, but he is not compelled to. He is free to sell the patent if he can. He can permit others to manufacture on a royalty basis, but his patent does not lapse for non-payment of taxes, since there are none; nor is it annulled if he cannot manufacture. Hence our country is looked upon as a country of inventors. Almost every citizen is an embryo inventor—yet it is not that native Americans are more inventive than others, for some of our most notable inventions have been made by citizens of foreign countries after their arrival in the United States. The spirit of invention seems to be in the very atmosphere in this country, and we believe it is so chiefly because of the beneficent effect of our patent system." Study Plans to Prevent Accidents The oil industry has undertaken to assist the California Committee on Public Safety this year to keep before the traveling public the necessity for greater precaution to prevent traffic accidents. The Safety Committee of the California Oil and Gas association, after a series of meetings on the subject, has just appointed a special sub-committee which is to study a tentative plan recently outlined, and prepare a well-defined plan through which association members can co-operate with the California Committee on Public Safety, a state-wide organization. Of Interest To Girls A young woman in a Northern California city who suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident, in a letter which found its way into the hands of a newspaper reporter, thus philosophizes: "For two or three years I have been doing hard exercises every day to keep from getting too heavy. Isn't it a day or two every week at the beauty shop to get my hair cared for and taking manicures and facial treatments. went without eating a lot of things. dearly love and laid off cigarettes because I thought they were not good for my looks. Nobody but a girl knows what a job it is to keep looking right the way figures are nowadays. "The tough part of it is that after all the trouble and expense I went to in order to make myself look like some thing, I went out on a joy ride with a party one night and we had some drinks and the car went into the ditch. Nobody was killed, but I sometimes wish I had been. It looks like I would lose one eye. My face has a gash three inches long that they say will leave a scar for life. Four of my teeth are broken off and I suppose I'll have to wear artificial ones. I don't know whether I can bear it or not, it's too terrible. "I think over and over in the night what a fool I was after trying so hard to keep my looks and improve them go and throw it all away in a second just by going out with a crowd that was drinking." Not a high ground for regret, perhaps, yet a solid one. And there is pathos in the story, which only women and girls will understand. Incidentally, if it were of any use to point morals to the present generation it would not be difficult to find one for any girl, no matter how immune she might be to arguments based on the moral viewpoint. RES Chosen by "Miss Anaheim" for Studebaker Will Establish New Game Farm To Be Constructed Near Chino, Where Game Birds Will Be Propagated California's second game farm, where various upland and other game birds will be propagated for distribution in the game territory of Southern California, will soon be functioning. It was announced by the Division of Fish and Game offices here. This follows the letting of the contract for the construction of help's quarters and feed and incubator houses to T. R. Hyatt, Alhambra contractor, and the start of work on building wire enclosures by the State Board of Public Works. The new farm is located on a twenty investigators that by observing the comparative success of each year's spawning, they will get a good idea of the abundance of each incoming year class, so that it should be possible to predict what the abundance of the sizes used in canning will be for several years in advance. Already the eggs and larvae of the sardines have been discovered and this is expected to lead to a better understanding of the areas in the open sea where sardines spawn, and of the spawning migrations of the adults. It is also hoped that light will be thrown on the interesting question of whether excessive fishing at Monterey has any effect on the supply of sardines at San Pedro, or vice versa. AIRPLANES AS SCOUTS The way in which the airplane is going to bring new prosperity to Canada is pointed out by a writer in the June issue of the Review of Reviews. California's second game farm, where various upland and other game birds will be propagated for distribution in the game territory of Southern California, will soon be functioning. It was announced by the Division of Fish and Game offices here. This follows the letting of the contract for the construction of help's quarters and feed and incubator houses to T. R. Hyatt, Alamandra contractor, and the start of work on building wire enclosures by the State Board of Public Works. The new farm is located on a twenty nine acre tract close to the Los Serranos Country club a few miles from Chino, in what is considered ideal surroundings for the raising of game birds. The enclosure for the birds is 270 feet wide, 312 feet long, and contains 122 pens. These pens are 24 feet square and 7 feet high. All fencing materials such as posts, rails, gates, etc., are of steel, and heavy galvanized after weaving wire is used to cover the sides and ton of the pens. The only wood used is three-eight inch boards that are placed at the bottoms of all pens, and frames for removable partitions. At the first farm at Yountville wood construction was employed, but in the new farm a different type was employed which is new in this sort of work on the Pacific coast. Materials have been contracted for grading arranged for, and it is thought certain that within a few weeks this farm will be ready to house the heavy shipment of birds that August. Bade, superintendent of game farms for the Division of Fish and Game, will use to stock the new farm. The estimated cost for the living quarters for single and married help, feed and incubator houses, grading, the erection of the wire enclosure and the installation of the unique sprinkling and watering system, such as is used at the Yountville farm, is $20,060. Hyatt's bid was the lowest of five bidders, and his reputation in his community for excellent workmanship assures the Division that the buildings, which will be of the Spanish style of architecture to harmonize with the country club buildings nearby, will be a credit to the establishment. It was declared here following the award of the contract. At the Yountville farm, ringneck phaeasants, quail (valley and mountain) Hungarian partridges, wild turkeys, grouse, and various other show birds such as peacocks, reeves, golden and silver phaeasants are propagated. The farm near China will be almost a duplicate of the Yountville farm, with the exception of the practically all steel construction of the enclosure and the different style of the buildings. Bade will be in charge of both farms, but will put experienced help at the farm here to assure efficient and speedy development of the birds for liberation as soon as possible and as rapidly as suitable places can be found for them. Investigating the AIRPLANES AS SCOUTS The way in which the airplane is going to bring new prosperity to Canada is pointed out by a writer in the June issue of the Review of Reviews. This writer points out that Canada has virtually unlimited mineral resources, most of them untouched at present, reaching from Labrador around Hudson Bay nearly to the Mackenzie river. And the airplane has made it possible to study this area in a way that never could have been done in the old days. "Aerial exploration not only has removed many of the terrors and hardships of prospecting, but has opened to the recker after mineral deposits territories far beyond his reach," says the article. "The past year found planes scouring the territories along the coasts of the Hudson and James Bays, dropping off a party of prospectors here and there and returning later, at a given date, to bring them back to civilization." 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Investigating the Fishing Industry Sardine cannery and commercial interests should be particularly interested in an investigation which is now being carried on by the State Division of Fish and Game, through its Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, in conjunction with the Hokkins Marine Station of Stanford University, located at Pacific Grove on Monterey Bay. The investigation, which is termed a hydrobiological survey of Monterey Bay, has been under way for about a year and will be continued for at least another year, when it is expected the work will be taken over and continued as part of the program of a larger and widened hydrographic survey of the pacific. The part of this survey which is important to the fisheries interests of the state is that the knowledge acquired about currents, temperatures and chemical changes in the sea water, as well as the fluctuation in abundance of the minute animal and plant life, termed plankton, will throw light on the problems of the very important sardine fisheries. One of the direct objects of the work is to learn the cause of the sudden appearance and as sudden disappearance of sardines, as well as to find out when and where sardines spawn, what the migrations of the adult sardines are and what the extent of the drift of the eggs and young fish at the currents. The most interesting thing about this particular phase of the investigation is the belief of the... ENJOY SUMMER THIS YEAR! It's no longer necessary to mope through June, July and August with a grudge against the weather man; enjoy the Summer! Really, it's easy. Just walk into our store and we'll do the rest. 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