anaheim-gazette 1929-08-08

DON'T KNOCK If you can't speak a good word for your town, move out. There's plenty of room outside. VOLUME LIX CITRUS GROWERS REPORT ON FLY INFESTING FTORIDA HUGE CITRUS AREA UNDER RIGID FEDERAL QUARANTINE; MUCH FRUIT DESTROYED Fruit Shipped From Infested Areas Following Florida's Quarantine and Before Federal Quarantine Terminated Shipments; Swamp Lands Being Drained and Pests' Breeding Places Destroyed; Little Possibility of the Infestation Coming to This State. Recovery of J. W. Hayes Is Nearly Certain An asserted attempt at suicide on the part of J. W. Hayes, 57, resident of Anaheim for the last month, is not expected to prove successful, according to reports from the Orange County hospital, where it is stated that he is expected to recover. The alleged attempt at self destruction was discovered at 9 a.m. Tuesday, by a maid in the hotel where Hayes has been staying. He was found sprawled across the floor in a pool of blood from a cut in his throat. The cut had been inflicted with a bread knife, a sample of the premiums he was distributing in connection with subscriptions for the Los Angeles newspaper he represented. Hayes' wound was not deep enough to prove fatal, it is reported, and after the wound was dressed by Dr. J. W. Truxaw, the man was removed to the county hospital. Hayes, it is said, suffered sunstroke about two weeks ago and had been in ill health since. He also is said to have recently become esse EIGHT MISSIONS IN COUNTY WEEKEND LIQUOR IS RESPECT FOR SERIOUS ACCOUNT AT YORBA LI Two Persons Seriously With One Expected Alvin Reboin, Santa School Football A Athlete, Narrowly Injury at Seal Beach him Has No Traffic An alleged drunken drive cause of a tragedy at Sunday evening that resulted all of the occupants of a ANTINE; MUCH FRUIT DESTROYED Fruit Shipped From Infested Areas Following Florida's Quarantine and Before Federal Quarantine Terminated Shipments; Swamp Lands Being Drained and Pests' Breeding Places Destroyed; Little Possibility of the Infestation Coming to This State. Reports of conditions in Florida citrus areas infested with the Mediterranean fruit fly, issued by the Board of Pest Control of the California Fruit Exchange, have been received by growers throughout this section and are being perused with great interest. The report is by R. S. Woglum, entomologist of the bureau, and gives important and interesting information regarding conditions prevailing in the southern state. Local growers, are especially interested in view of the fact that Florida sent out much fruit from infested areas after state quarantine laws went into effect, and before Federal quarantine clamped down the lid tight on future shipments. While the Florida people seem to have been averse to shipping fruit from infested areas to non-infested areas in that state, they had no conscientious scrubbers barring the shipping of this fruit to adjoining states, and more than 4,000 carloads of this fruit was shipped to market before Federal quarantine went into effect. This was regarded by Federal authorities as menacing other states, and prompt measures were immediately set in motion to discover if any pests had found lodgement elsewhere, with the result that infected fruit and mature files were found in fruit stands and in garbage in several localities, whose names are not given. These were promptly destroyed and after the lapse of more than three months no infestation outside of Florida has been discovered. The pest was first found in Florida on March 30 of this year. It was positively identified April 10th, and Florida's quarantine law went into effect on the 15th of that month. Immediately great activity in shipments to other states began, and while no fruit was permitted to be shipped into non-infested sections of that state, much fruit was forwarded to market nevertheless. It was not until Federal quarantine laws went into effect May last that the shipments ceased. Great praise is due President Hoover for his prompt action. An appropriation of $4,250,000 wa made immediately available at Washington, and for three months four thousand men have been engaged in draining and cleaning up large areas of swamp land, where the fly feeds upon host fruits and finds a very convenient breeding place. When these places shall have been drained and cleaned up the pest will be nigh unto extermination. It does not attack citrus trees and all fruit in infested areas has been in a pool of blood from a cut in its throat. The cut had been inflicted with a bread knife, a sample of the premiums he was distributing in connection with subscriptions for the Los Angeles newspaper he represented. Hayes' wound was not deep enough to prove fatal, it is reported, and after the wound was dressed by Dr. J. W. Truxaw, the man was removed to the county hospital. Hayes, it is said, suffered sunstroke about two weeks ago and had been in ill health since. He also is said to have recently become estranged from his wife, a nurse, who lives in Highland Park. He formerly lived in Santa Monica. Local Merchants Should Read This Advertising Dollars Should Not Be Misused Early this week one of the members of the Gazette force, speaking with a down-town business man, discovered that the business man had been invigilated into some form of advertising which the salesman would have him believe was par excellence. The idea was some sort of calendar man, because it contained necessary information, would constantly compel the gaze of all those who had one and would naturally divert some of that gaze to the parts surrounding the actual calendar which were to be divided and sold as advertisements. The specious argument of the salesman was of sufficient force to sell some of that space with the result that the money of Anaheim merchants was spent for advertising that was about 99 per cent scheme. When the member of the Gazette was so fortunate as to discover the following article, he deemed it of great enough importance in its content as to be reproduced for the readers in full. It follows: Does It Pay To Advertise? "I'll tell the world." That is not only a choice phrase in the American "slanguage," but it is the keynote of American business. I'll tell the world it is. But telling the world is one thing, and telling the world so that the world responds to a degree that makes it profitable for you is quite another thing. According to the latest statistics, this world is a fairly large place and quite often we are covering too much territory when we start telling all the world about our product or our service. Perhaps if the entire world responded we could not deliver. It must be a "grand and glorious feelin'" to have a company that is known around the world and to have a product that is a household friend from Greenland's ice mountains to India's coral strand," but that's too ambitious for the average manufacturer or merchant. If we have only enough food to sow a sixty-foot lot, it is good An alleged drunken drive cause of a tragedy at Sunday evening that resulted of all the occupants of a struck by the driver who have been under the influence toxiciles, and who, the admits he was traveling on side of the road, and assists which little eight-year-olds at the Orange county point of death with a tured skull. R. H. Morgan of San Bernardino, was carer that crashed into the Mansion and after receiving treatment injuries received in the lodged in the Orange co., Deputy Sheriffs A. L. Stewder. Others injured in the crash Linda were Gonzales Menel pelvis and fractured arm at gelita Mena, 29, Manuel Mede knee, and Alberta Menel John Steenberg 40, Belgium of Irvine, is the other actor who was arrested on a charge acting a motor vehicle while influence of intoxicating lieberg was arrested by L Steward, following a wreck miles south of Irvine state o'clock Sunday afternoon Steenberg's car hit a cedar and turned over after about 90 feet, according to Steward. Steenberge were not regarded as seen tending physicians at the Valley hospital, where he lived in an ambulance after thirteen. Alvin Reboin, 1311 West street, Santa Ana, star football man and low hurry head-on collision on the Cot Central avenue, Seal Beach day afternoon. Seal Beach state officers held Reboin the accident Reboin escaped nor scratches and bruises was a total wreck. Kingston Kerr, 3259 Del Los Angeles, driving a Chater crashed into the Reboimtpted to pass another Glass and wreckage were the highway and Reboim both taken to Seaside hap Beach where their injuries ed. Police said nothing r damaged on Reboim's car tires. Four persons received and bruises in a crash at tion of Fruit and Hickory Ana, yesterday noon, when antine laws went into effect May 1st that the shipments ceased. Great praise is due President Hoover for his prompt action. An appropriation of $4,250,000 wa made immediately available at Washington, and for three months four thousand men have been engaged in draining and cleaning up large areas of swamp land, where the fly feeds upon host fruits and finds a very convenient breeding place. When these places shall have been drained and cleaned up the pest will be nigh unto extermination. It does not attack citrus trees and all fruit in infested areas has been taken from the trees and destroyed. The most learned entomologists are on the ground battling the pest and it is confidently believed it will be finally exterminated. The total infested area in Florida was 69 per cent of all citrus sections in that state as of July 1. It is believed the infestation has increased since then. From this area 55,000 carloads of oranges and 36,000 carloads of vegetables are normally shipped in one year. Next year's shipments will be nothing and resumption will be at some indefinite point in the future. According to Mr. Woglum, there is little danger of the pest coming to California from Florida, where it was introduced from Bermuda. He states that the only danger to California citrus fruits is Hawaii, where the pest has existed for nineteen years. This state maintains rigid quarantine laws against the islands and it is not thought the pest will reach here from that source. However, great care should be taken by growers and a vigilant watch should be maintained. The subjunctive extracts from the report will be found to be of great interest to our readers. The Mediterranean fruit fly is probably the most destructive of all known fruit pests and is damaging to numerous vegetables. Its economic importance as a pest of fruits varies with the climate of its habitat. Under highly favorable conditions such as prevail in the Hawaiian Islands, where it is active winter as well as summer, it has been about as severe as a pest could be attacking almost every fruit crop except pineapples and bananas, and in (Continued on Page Five) Also, according to the latest statistics this world is a fairly large place and quite often we are covering too much territory when we start telling all the world about our product or our service. Perhaps if the entire world responded we could not deliver. It must be a "grand and glorious feelin'" to have a company that is known around the world and to have a product that is a household friend "from Greenland's ice mountains to India's coral strand," but that's too ambitious for the average manufacturer or merchant. If we have only enough seed to sow a sixty-foot lot, it is good business to confine our efforts to that lot rather than try to cover a ten-acre plot. After we have raised a successful crop on our lot we may have enough seed for the ten-acre plot. If you have read this far and still wonder what I am talking about, your persistence deserves reward. If telling the world about what we have to sell let's try to tell that part of the world that is in position, geographically and financially, to buy. Let's tell OUR world and not the entire world and let's tell our story in a language OUR world understands, and to which it will respond. First, of course, we must know what our world includes and what it can be made to include. The principal objection to telling the entire world is that the expense is too great—we pass the line of diminishing returns and we pass it going at a speed hat arrives us to financial ruin before the brakes take hold; the breaks hit us first. The old theory that if a man can build a better mouse trap than anyone else the world will beat a path to his door, even though he lives in the wilderness, may have been true when it was first propounded, but it is not true today. You can build the best mouse trap in the world, you can build the best automobile, you can have the best merchandise, but if you don't tell the world what, why, when, where, and how much, you will never dispose of your stock. The more you tell the more you sell if your messages and your media are efficient and your merchandise is right. (Continued on Page Eight) Some of us have been thoroughly sold on the merits and the possibilities of Kingston Kerr, 3259 Del Los Angeles, driving a Charter crashed into the Reboim tipped to pass another Glass and wreckage were the highway and Reboim tipped both taken to Seaside hisp Beach where their injuries ed. Police said nothing ransacked on Reboim's car tires. Four persons received ced and bruises in a crash at station of Fruit and Hickory st Ana, yesterday noon, whence by Claude Neer, 23 Flavia L. Barker, both o collided. In addition to the Neer car, three of its Abble Neer, Mildred Neer, Neer 17, were hurt and their homes. A mix-up between A Creamery milk wagon and dated by M. J. Duttbernd, andro street, Los Angeles Point just after noon o suited in minor injuries to o in the Duttbernd car. The curved used Duttbernd fail the milk truck as it made into a filling station on Del In addition to the driver Charles Blum, 300 Glendale F. M. Bruster, 375 Wjtme Mrs. E. Briggs of the same of Los Angeles, were taken guna Beach doctor for first Heavy traffic and a "bob on the Coast road between Sunset Beach Sunday suited in serious injuries to F Clayton, 30, of 1644 F San Diego, when she w through the windshield of en by her husband The m A. Tuttle, 20, of Escondido i the mix-up. Mrs. Clayton to Huntington Beach where dressed. Youthful impulsiveness sult of an accident on Santa Saturday light, when Herbie 13, ran out into the street a car driven by R. E. Jer West Pine avenue. Armifle at 1237 West First street the car. He received a V chin and bruises on his legs AHEIM GAZETTE Anaheim, California, Thursday, August 8, 1929 ERS READ ABOUT FLORIDA EIGHT MISHAPS IN COUNTY ON WEEKEND LIQUOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT YORBA LINDA Two Persons Seriously Injured, With One Expected to Die; Alvin Reboin, Santa Ana High School Football and Track Athlete, Narrowly Escapes Injury at Seal Beach; Anaheim Has No Traffic Troubles. An alleged drunken driver was the cause of a tragedy at Yorba Linda Sunday evening that resulted in injury of all the occupants of a car that was Tournament Comes On This Saturday Tenth Annual Spectacle To Be Held on Newport Bay Plans are practically completed at Newport and Balboa for the staging of the tenth annual Tournament of Lights the west's greatest illuminated water carnival. The event is set for Newport Bay this Saturday evening. A parade of almost every conceivable kind, of craft, from tiny canoes and rowboats to yachts and cruisers, will be held in the bay, the feature event of "The Lights" starting about 8 p.m. One hundred and fifty brilliantly lighted boats will be in line, it is estimated by Manager J. A. Beck, and the lighting effects will be more gorgeous than ever before, with many new electrical and other dazzling effects. The magnificent spectacle will be visible from the south shore of Balboa Island, the bluffs of Corona del Mar and Newport Holts, and the north shore of the Newport-Balboa peninsula. It is estimated that from these points 100,000 people can see the aquatic Auditor Jerome gives tax rate figures SOME COUNTY DISTRCTS SHOW DECREASE IN VALUATION Grand Total of Valuation of All School Districts is $4,000,000 Greater Than Last Year; Local High School Valuation is Fourth in County, With $17,-730,990; City Valuation Also Fourth, With $8,112,345. Forming the basis from which tax rates will be fixed County Auditor W. C. Jerome has made public the segregated valuations of the vari- Ho! Humor J. C. M. While local citi ng to reach a s ement for Anahe m the best Junior r empments in Fulle lem are causing there. Principal Lou Fullerton High College, in an ex opulsion, has issu ed all grammar sch oclips in his di remeeting in Fulle to discuss plans f or and the Brea-Ollie a union college. Learned here nee been issued to se g Anahelm district. In his written Plummer alls a t of the recently which places th e a union distract purposes upon t college organizat ion ous high school pupile in a jun Two Persons Seriously Injured, With One Expected to Die; Alvin Reboin, Santa Ana High School Football and Track Athlete, Narrowly Escapes Injury at Seal Beach; Anaheim Has No Traffic Troubles. An alleged drunken driver was the cause of a traceday at Yorba Linda Sunday evening that resulted in injury of all the occupants of a car that was struck by the driver who is said to have been under the influence of intoxicants, and who, the repor shows, admits he was traveling on the wrong side of the road, and as a result of which little eight-year-old Cruz Mena lies at the Orange county hospital at the point of death with a badly fractured skull. B. H. Morgan, 38, librarian of San Bernardino, was operating the ar that crashed into the Mena machine and after receiving treatment for minor injuries received in the smash, was lodged in the Orange county jail by Deputy Sheriffs A. L. Steward and Tom Scudder. Others injured in the crash at Yorba Linda were Gonzales Mena, 18, broken pelvis and fractured arm and cuts, Angelita Mena, 29, Manuel Mena, fractured knee, and Alberta Mena, 29 cuts. John Steenberg 40, Belgian teamster of Irvine, is the other accident victim who was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Steenberg was arrested by Deputy A. L. Steward, following a wreck about two miles south of Irvine station at 4:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon, in which Steenberg's car hit a cement culvert and turned over, after skidding for about 90 feet, according to the report made by Steward. Steenberg's injuries were not regarded as serious by attending physicians at the Santa Ana Valley hospital, where he was rushed in an ambulance after the car overturned. Alvin Reboin, 1311 West Walnut street, Santa Ana, star high school football man and low hurdle, had a narrow escape from serious injury when his coupe was demolished in a head-on collision on the Coast highway at Central avenue, Seal Beach, late Saturday afternoon. Seal Beach police and state officers held Reboin blameless in the accident Reboin escaped with minor scratches and bruises. His car was a total wreck. Kingston Kerr, 3259 Derondo drive, Los Angeles, driving a Chrysler roadster crashed into the Reboin car as he attempted to pass another car. Reboin was driving toward Santa Ana. Glass and wreckage were strewn over the highway and Reboin and Kerr were both taken to Seaside hospital in Long Beach where their injuries were dressed. Police said nothing remained undamaged on Reboin's car except three tires. Four persons received cuts, sprains and bruises in a crash at the intersection of Fruit and Hickory streets, Santa Ana, yesterday noon, when cars operat Kingston Kerr, 3259 Derondo drive, Los Angeles, driving a Chrysler roadster crashed into the Reboin car as he attempted to pass another car. Reboin was driving toward Santa Anna. Glass and wreckage were strewn over the highway and Reboin and Kerr were both taken to Seaside hospital in Long Beach where their injuries were dressed. Police said nothing remained undamaged on Reboin's car except three tires. Four persons received cuts, sprains and bruises in a crash at the intersection of Fruit and Hickory streets, Santa Ana, yesterday noon, when cars operated by Claude Neer, 21, and Mrs. Flavia L. Barker, both of that city, collided. In addition to the driver of the Neer car, three of its occupants, Abbie Neer, Mildred Neer, 27, and Doris Neer 17, were hurt and were taken to their homes. A mix-up between an Excelsior Creamery milk wagon and a car operated by M. J. Duttbernd, 1421 Allesandro street, Los Angeles, at Dana Point just after noon on Sunday resulted in minor injuries to four persons in the Duttbernd car. The crash occurred when Duttbernd failed to notice the milk truck as it made a left turn into a filling station on Del Prado street. In addition to the driver, Duttbernd, Charles Blum, 300 Glendale boulevard, F. M. Bruster, 375 Wijmer street, and Mrs. E. Briggs of the same address, all of Los Angeles, were taken to a Laguna Beach doctor for first aid. Heavy traffic and a "box car jam" on the Coast road between Seal Beach and Sunset Beach Sunday evening resulted in serious injuries to Mrs. Arthur F. Clayton, 30, of 1644 Fourth street, San Diego, when she was thrown through the windshield of the car driven by her husband The motor of Geo. A. Tuttle, 20, of Escondido, was also the mix-up. Mrs. Clayton was taken to Huntington Beach where her injuries were dressed. Youthful impulsiveness was the result of an accident on Santa Ana streets Saturday night, when Herbert Armfield, 13, ran out into the street in front of a car driven by R. E. Jennings of 908 West Pine avenue. Armfield, who lives at 1237 West First street, did not see the car. He received a bump on his chin and bruises on his legs. Donald McErne, motorcycle rider of Los Angeles suffered a broken leg when his motor bike crashed into the rear of a Dodge car driven by C. P. Mercer, 4140 Orange avenue, Long Beach. The accident occurred on the Coast highway midway between Seal Beach and Sunset Beach, about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mercer slowed down his auto when traffic ahead got into a jam. McErne following the Mercer car on his motor bike could not stop quickly enough. He tried to pass the Mercer car, but there was not sufficient space and his bike tore into the rear of Mercer's Dodge, tearing-a fender off the auto and causing other damage. The motor bike was completely demolished. Mercer was picked up after the accident, badly cut and bruised with a leg broken. He was removed to the Community hospital in Long Beach by the Seal Beach police officers. Anahiem was blessed with no accidents over the week-end, which is indeed gratifying, after reading the county report. Francis Bushard and Herman Schafer two Anaheim boys who are enrolled at the College of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, were honored by their fraternity this spring, find until now the story here has not been known. Francis was chosen vice-president for the ensuing year, while Herman entered the office of prelate Phil Delta Chi, national pharmacy fraternity. The two boys plan to take the board examination some time next year when the second year of their three-year college course will have been completed. They will graduate a year from next June. While in high school here both boys were prominent in school activities and have a wide circle of friends in Anaheim. Frascis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bushard of South Kroeger street and Herman resides on West Lincoln boulevard with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schafer. Nels Andersen and family of Placentia are spending the summer at Newport Beach, and are having a mose enjoyable time bathing in the surf and catching fish. Nels is one of the prosaic growers of the Placentia section and is a pioneer of this district. He came first in 1887 from Ohio, but returned to that state and came again in 1894. He purchased his ranch in that year and it is one of the most productive in the county. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Neff drove down from their new home at San Marino on Tuesday and spent some time transacting business in this city. They have recently moved from their home in Los Angeles and are now living in their commodious new dwelling near the Huntington library. They contemplate an automobile outing in the north during the coming autumn. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Marvin and their two children have returned from a twelve-day sojourn at Mono Lake, where Bob was successful in landing many beautiful trout; some of them ten inches long. They found ample accommodations at the lake and enjoyed their outing to the fullest extent. Who the Dee Fruit The Deciduous which became effective for the licensing era whose operation Every person whose fruit from it be paid for at any other manner the act. Any person who buys or falls to it in the time, or in the act. Any person who signifies shipiner in writing guaranty grower, or who receives the growers that it will be planted a named price; note that the grower be sentiment into a consignment person, in which said guarantee Any buyer who part with contract of his deciduous or any contract unlawful has waived the payment at the time Cash buyers identify themselves giving their name dresses with must dresses with the style culture. Handlers including grapes are ducers may secure as to the provisioning the State Department, Sacramento, Mrs. Emma Pollitt and Mrs. S. Joens guests of Mr., and at their Balboa the week-end. 1928 PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL IN THE COUNTY Total Value $90,000,000 Citrus Crops 22,000,000 Oil Output 50,000,000 Number 45 FLORIDA'S PLIGHT Ho! Hum! Another J. C. Meeting Is Planned While local citizens are endeavoring to reach a satisfactory arrangement for Anaheim's entrance into the best Junior College plan, developments in Fullerton over this problem are causing some attention there. Principal Louis E. Plummer of Fullerton High school and Junior College, in an effort to learn their opinion, has issued an invitation to all grammar school boards and principals in his district to attend a meeting in Fullerton September 20 to discuss plans for inviting Anaheim and the Brea-Olinda districts to form a union college. So far as can be learned here no invitations have been issued to school officials in the Anaheim district. In his written invitation Principal Plummer alls attention to sections of the recently enacted school law, which places the burden of forming a union distract for junior college purposes upon the existing junior college organization. If a contiguous high school district has three pupils in a junior college district, STATE FIREMEN CONVENING IN FULLERTON GOV. C. C. YOUNG SPEAKS ON STATE'S EFFORTS AGAINST FIRE Neighboring City is Host to Some Five Hundred State Fire Association Members and Their Guests; Program Closes Friday, When New Officers Are To Be Chosen and Next Convention City Picked. When Anaheim's sister city of Fullerton bade welcome to some fire hundred members of the California State Firemen's Association and their friends as they convened there on Wednesday. La Jolla Suffering From Water Famine Cave-In of a Well Cuts Off the Town’s Supply Five hundred Mexicans living in the vicinity of La Jolla, little Mexican town just east of Placentia, today were looking forward to the opening of a new water main, tomorrow, which will supply them with water from the Placentia wells. Since last Friday the residents of La Jolla have been obtaining their water from 1,000-gallon truck tanks, delivered three times a day from Placentia, as a result of the sanding up of the Placentia Water company’s well in La Jolla. Scores of Mexican children, women and men have, for the last week, been gathering on the main street of the town with their water buckets, pails, kitchen utensils and cups to await the arrival of the water wagon. The La Jolla well went "dry," S. Martinez, pump man for the Placentia Water company, thinks when there was a cave-in at the bottom. The well is 300 feet deep and, according to Martinez, was taken over by the Placentia Water company from the La Habra Water company three months ago. A water shortage also was experienced in Placentia, three weeks ago. Martinez said, but the pumps were lowered 45 feet and the waer supply again reached. The new water main for La Jolla from the Placentia well should be completed tonight and the water will be turned on in the morning, it is believed. Who the Deciduous Fruit Dealers Are The Deciduous Fruit Dealers’ Act, which became effective May 20, provides for the licensing and bonding of dealers whose operations are as follows: Neighboring City is Host to Some Five Hundred State Fire Association Members and Their Guests; Program Closes Friday, When New Officers Are To Be Chosen and Next Convention City Picked. When Anaheim’s sister city of Fullerton bade welcome to some fire hundred members of the California State Firemen’s Association and their friends as they convened there on Wednesday, Governor C. C. Young addressed them, lauding their successful work against the fire hazard in this state. The Governor spoke of California’s efforts to combat forest fires and of her providing four fire-fighting engines to be used in emergency cases. The engines will be placed at four strategic points. Young declared. “This is an innovation, and is perhaps the first attempt of any state to carry the policy of property protection to include the mountain forests,” declared the Governor. “I am delighted to learn that the movement has the endorsement of your association and the promise of your valued co-operation. Jay W. Stevens of San Francisco, state fire marshal, reiterated the Governor’s stand when later he spoke before the convention. Stevens elaborated upon the previous remarks and outlined a proposed state-wide plan for forest fire protection which he said needed the assistanee of every department and every trained fireman in the state. The address of the Governor and the talk by Fire Marshal Stevens were highlights in the first session of the convention held at the Mission theatre on the opening day, Wednesday. The opening program was presided over by Capt. A. W. Meyers of Engine Company No. 6 of Los Angeles, state president. Willard Smith, chairman of the board of supervisors, welcomed the visiting firemen in the name of Orange county and bid them consider the parks and the beaches as their special playgrounds during the days of the convention. Fullerton’s mayor, Bert Annin, officially welcomed the firemen to the city As an entertainment feature and one which met with general approval was the introduction of "Singing Jimmie" Smith, assistant chief of the Tujunga Fire Department, who sang several original songs written for and dedicated to California fire-fighters. Many talks by distinguished visitors occupied places on the program and included short addresses by Judge R. A. Rapsey of San Bruno, Senators Rochester, Merriam and Wright, and Assemblyman Craig of Brea. The first entertainment feature of the program was staged at noon by members of the Buena Park Fire Department, who made a burlesque run to the grounds of the California hotel, which is convention headquarters, with what they termed the "Tunyville Fire Department." The work of the inhalator squad of a modern departmet was part of the burlesque, and a dele- Who the Deciduous Fruit Dealers Are The Deciduous Fruit Dealers' Act, which became effective May 20, provides for the licensing and bonding of dealers whose operations are as follows: Every person who purchases deciduous fruit from the grower on credit to be paid for at any later date, or in any other manner that is required in the act. Any person who claims to be a cash buyer who fails to make payment within the time, or in the manner required in the act. Any person who claims to be a consignment shipper and who verbally or in writing guarantees any price to the grower, or who verbally arranges to receive the growers' fruit under promise that it will be placed on an order at a named price, notwithstanding the fact that the grower because of said representation is induced to, and does, enter into a consignment contract with said person, in which no mention is made of said guaranteed price or said order. Any buyer who induces the grower to part with control of all or any portion of his deciduous fruits by means of any contract under which the grower has waived the right to demand the payment at the time he makes delivery. Cash buyers under this act must identify themselves by business cards, giving their names and California addresses and must register their addresses with the state director of agriculture. Handlers of deciduous fruits, including grapes and dates, and all producers may secure complete information as to the provisions of the act by writing the State Department of Agriculture, Sacramento, California. Mrs. Emma Polhemus of Los Angeles and Mrs. S. Joens of this city were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Polhemus at their Balboa Island cottage over the week-end. The first entertainment feature of the program was staged at noon by members of the Buena Park Fire Department, who made a burlesque run to the grounds of the California hotel, which is convention headquarters, with what they termed the "Tunyville Fire Department." The work of the inhalator squad of a modern department was part of the burlesque, and a delegate who was already exhausted by the entertainment features of the convention was carried to the lawn of the hotel and restored to consciousness. The bit of comedy earned the hearty applause of hundreds who filled the porches and galleries of the hotel. After the business session, firemen of Anaheim and Santa Ana engaged in a ball game, which proved to be something of a highlight of the entertainment. The largest crowd of the season, some 5,000 strong, jammed the field and saw Anaheim downed by Santa Ana, 13 to 5. A swimming party for the "laddies and their ladies" was staged at the open air theater and plunge in the local city park. Later in the day the Concordia club was thrown open to convention delegates and a grand ball was staged in the evening. Friday is devoted to business sessions at the Mission theater, and eightseeing trips to Laguna Beach and other points of interest along Orange county's coast are scheduled. A barbecue at Irvine Park, where the orchestra of the Los Angeles Fire Department will furnish music for an outdoor dance. An exhibit of fire apparatus by various manufacturers also is on the Thursday program. The closing day of the meeting sees election of officers and the naming of the next convention city. The convention de luxe furnished by the ton will close with a "pre-view enter-Mission theater of Fullerton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregg and Miss Jessie Coons have returned to their homes in this city, after a very pleasant vacation at Anaheim Landing.