anaheim-gazette 1930-01-02

IN THE DAYS OF Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Century Ago. These Files Contain the Only Authentic History of the Citizens of Anaheim and Orange County in 50 Years Ago This Week JANUARY 10, 1880 Mr. G. H. Kellogg's land near the slaughter house has been put under cultivation by Mr. Howard. Ten acres of rye and twenty-five acres of barley have already been planted. Mr. J. P. Zeyn is preparing twenty acres of his land south of town for vineyard. He will plant Zinfandel principally, and a few Mission. Forty acres adjoining, he has already seeded to barley. At the meeting of Anaheim Lodge I. O. O. F. held on last Tuesday evening the following officers were installed: M. Evans, N. G.; J. H. Gooch, V. G.; W. J. Hill, Secretary; W. M. Higgins, Treasurer; R. Bohn, Warden; D. J. Sorenson, Conductor. The young ladies (bless 'em) are arranging to give a Leap Year ball on February 14th, St. Valentines day. Every detail of the affair will be managed by the ladies, and we venture the opinion that the management will not suffer in comparison with that of the sterner sex. At the meeting of Orpheus Lodge No. 237, I. O. O. F., held on Tuesday of last week the following officers were installed: H. A. Boege, N. G.; Chas. Wille, V. G.; R. Menzel, R. S. and P. S.; D. Strodthoff, Treasurer. During the year 1879 there arrived at the port of Wilmington 103 steamers, 131 schooners, 18 barks, 3 brigs, and 2 ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 7677 tons of merchandise 20,096 tons of coal, 8,182,720 feet of lumber, 540,668 railroad ties and 3126 tele- At the meeting of Orpheus Lodge No. 237, I. O. O. F., held on Tuesday of last week the following officers were installed: H. A. Boege, N. G.; Chas. Wille, V. G.; R. Menzel, R. S. and P. S.; D. Strodthoff, Treasurer. During the year 1879 there arrived at the port of Wilmington 103 steamers, 131 schooners, 18 barks, 3 brigs, and 2 ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 7677 tons of merchandise 20,096 tons of coal, 8,182,720 feet of lumber, 540,668 railroad ties and 3126 telegraph poles. It is said that coyotes are increasing in numbers and boldness around the country. They venture into town nearly every night. It may be that the depleted ben houses are due to the nightly visitations of these animals, and that the poultry loving Chinamen are to a great extent the victims of a prejudical misapprehension. At a meeting of the Anaheim Fire company held on Monday evening, the following officers were elected: President Louis Wartenberg; Foreman, J. F. Dalton; 1st assistant, F. Backs; 2nd assistant, N. A. Bittner; Treasurer, F. Backs; Secretary, L. Cohen. It was also resolved to purchase the fire hose offered for sale by the San Bernardino Fire Department. The quantity is about 200 feet and it will be here in a few days. Mr. J. K. Tuffree reports an increased inquiry for land He offers great inducements to those who desire to rent farming land, as well as to those who desire to buy. Men with but a small capital can be accommodated with a fine farm at a rental so small as to make it practically a gift. Among the real estate sales made by Messrs. Tuffree and Hanna during the week is a ten acre tract near town which belonged to Mr. Henry Boege. The purchaser was Ed. Dunham. The Anaheim officers of Lodge No. 85, A. O. U. W., were installed on Monday evening, and a large delegation of the Santa Ana Lodge were present and participated in the festivities. Their visit was greatly enjoyed and they were fortified against the cold ride home by a warm lunch which the Anaheim lodge had considerably provided. On the succeeding evening the officers elect of the Santa Ana Lodge were installed with the assistance of a delegation of brethren from Anaheim who were the recipients of kindly and pleasant courtesies. Mr. Frank Ey will represent Anaheim lodge at the meeting of the Grand Lodge which will convene at Sacramento on February 3rd. The exhibition of the electric light came off per announcement at Mento Park (Edison's home) on New Year's eve, and the severe tests which were applied to the invention, and which it successfully withstood have convinced many scientific men who have heretofore been skeptical. Among the tests applied were the following: One of the lamps was placed by Edison in a large glass jar filled with water and the current turned on. The little paper filament emitted its customary beautiful illumination without the slightest diminution on account of the water. It was kept burning in the water for several hours. Another light was turned off and on as many times as it was calculated it would be in actual household practice, in thirty years, and without any perceptible injury to the light. Mr. Edison says that the light will soon be in general use. The Anaheim Literary Union met in the Presbyterian church cessfully withstood have convinced many scientific men who have heretofore been skeptical. Among the tests applied were the following: One of the lamps was placed by Edison in a large glass jar filled with water and the current turned on. The little paper filament emitted its customary beautiful illumination without the slightest diminution on account of the water. It was kept burning in the water for several hours. Another light was turned off and on as many times as it was calculated it would be in actual household practice, in thirty years, and without any perceptible injury to the light. Mr. Edison says that the light will soon be in general use. The Anaheim Literary Union met in the Presbyterian church Thursday evening, Jan. 8, 1880. Miss Carrie Seibert favored the company with a vocal solo. Miss Nellie Kuchel read "The Old Sermon" in a very excellent manner. This was followed by a declamation by Otto des Granges—"The September Gale"—which was received by the audience with marked appreciation. After recess the Leader was read by the editor, Mrs. Parker. The programme committee reported the following programme for Thursday, Jan. 15.—Music: Reading, Miss Brier; Recitation, Miss Theresa Wille; declamation, Henry Kuchel; reading, George Shaffer; Music; declamation, E. M. Ferguson; reading, Mrs. McKennie; declamation, Julius Voight; Debate, Resolved That the North American Indian had a right to the soil; affirmative, W. H. Hendersen and E. A. Saxton; negative, J. M. Guinn and D. W. Campbell. A wide-spread misapprehension exists in the East in regard to the effect that copious irrigation has upon the health of people in the irrigated districts. The closing paragraph of a letter which we were permitted to read was as follows: I am told that in your part of the country fevers are very prevalent, on account of the artificial irrigation. Speaking for Anaheim and vicinity we emphatically assert that no such results follow in the wake of irrigation. This is not the first or the second time we have denied this charge, but it seems that notwithstanding these denials, the mistaken idea is as prevalent as ever. Probably the best way to refute it would be for the physicians here to unite in signing a short statement of the facts of the case and send it to the Gazette for publication. We hope they will act upon this suggestion during the coming week, because their professional opinion would be of great value just at the present juncture when there is a tendency on the part of Eastern people to gravitate this way. It is impossible to tell just how many are deterred by just such foolish notions as the one to which we have alluded. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK JANUARY 5, 1905 Mr. and Mrs. John Hartung attended the tournament of roses at Pasadena on Monday. Ed. Zeus, Hugh Smith and J. R. Avgrs left yesterday for San Francisco, Sacramento and other up state points. John Brunworth has resumed his duties as zanjero for the Anaheim district. R. H. Gilman was a business visitor in town the fore part of the week from his orange ranch in Placentia. J. A. Vail, manager of the Fullerton Potato Growers association, is shipping 600 sacks of potatoes to Los Angeles. The season's crop will aggregate 10,000 sacks. Prices are good. Miss Nellie Darling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Darling who has been indisposed for some weeks past, is improving and complete recovery is looked for. J. H. Staples came up from El Toro on Monday to see his mother, Mrs. Meredith, who is lying critically ill at her home on Lemon street. Mrs. James Enearl returned yesterday from Berkeley where her daughter is attending the University. She has been absent since August. Emil Fossek writes his father from Seattle to the effect that Stage Comeback In State Marriages Big Increase in Licenses Issued In Orange County That quaint old-fashioned custom of marriage is staging a comback in California. After a noticeable slump—due to enactment of the "gin marriage" act requiring 3 days' notice by couples of intention to wed—the marriage rate is again on the upward climb, according to Guy P. Jones, acting chief of the state bureau of vital statistics. In 1926, before the act went into effect, the marriage rate was 1.37 per 1,000 of estimated population. After the law was adopted the rate dropped to 10.8 in 1928. But during the first 10 months of 1929, a total of 43,454 couples went to the altar in California, a gain of more than 4,300 over the same period in 1928. In Orange county during the first 10 months of this year a total of 3,162 couples were married, the state's records show. In 1928 the county's annual total was 3,175. "To illustrate the effect of this law on marriages in California, we may compare the figures before and after," said Jones. "In 1928, before the law's enactment, there was a total of 56,064 marriages in California." In 1927 it was in effect only the last five months of that year, but it decreased the 12-month total to 53,487. The most noticeable affect, however, was on the 1928 total, which dropped to 46,945." Apparently the early prejudices against the ne wlaw are being over come, according to state officials. More people are staying at home this year to be married than at any time since the law became effective. "There have been just as many or more Californians getting married since the law went into effect," said Jones, "but many of them left the state for the ceremony. An average of 35 couples a day have been going to Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Mexico to exchange vows, an d thereby avoid the terms of the so-called 'gin marriage' act." Los Angeles led the state in number of marriages during the 10-month per- Miss Nellie Darling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Darling who has been indisposed for some weeks past, is improving and complete recovery is looked for. J. H. Staples came up from El Toro on Monday to see his mother, Mrs. Meredith, who is lying critically ill at her home on Lemon street. Mrs. James Enearl returned yesterday from Berkeley where her daughter is attending the University. She has been absent since August. Emil Fossek writes his father from Seattle to the effect that he has returned to that city from Alaska and gone into the bakery business. County Treasurer Potter paid out last month on warrants the sum of $40,000, and transmitted to Sacramento the sum of $25,000 for Orange county's first installment of state taxes. The amount of money disbursed was the largest during Mr. Potter's incumbency of the office. Mrs. George Hull died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday last. She formerly resided here being a daughter of John Fischer, one of the Pioneers of the Colony. She is a sister of Anna Fischer, the first girl to be born in the colony.—(Anna Fischer Defrees died last week at her home in Los Angeles.—Ed.) Anaheim's fourth rural mail route was put into service this week, serving patrons to the west and south of the city. Thomas R. Hollingsworth is the carrier and the new route is already very popular among the subscribers. The public schools opened on Tuesday for the winter term. Attendance of pupils is large in all grades, especially the primary. The new school building now in course of construction will probably be ready for occupancy within a few weeks and will serve to relieve the congested condition of the lower grades at the Central school. Agent Davis of the Citrus Union has received a $435.93 net check for 384 boxes of new crop oranges shipped from the Hervey ranch to Austin, Texas. This sale nets the grower a little over $1.10 a box. The fruit on this ranch will average a carload to the acre. The car left Fullerton December 1st, and sold at Austin for $921.60 gross, and out of this has to be taken the packing expenses, commission and freight. Napoleon Hart has awarded to Enearl and Ingraham the contract for the erection of a sixty-foot front brick building on Center street to occupy the premises now taken up by the Misses Hill's millinery store and stock and Schwentker's real estate agency. The frame buildings will be moved eastward to make room for the new block. The cost of the new structure will be $6000. There will be two store rooms and occupants for them have already been secured. Work on moving the old buildings off the site will begin in a few days. Up the state reports are that grain is several feet high in many counties, rain having fallen to a depth of seven or eight inches. Here in Orange county the season's precipitation to date is 1.75 inches and grass has barely made its appearance, still we are better off than last year, when the rain to date measured .60 of an inch. No rain fell last year during the period of 118 days from October 15 to January 18. This is supposed to be the longest period of drought in the history of the country. The entire season's Up the state reports are that grain is several feet high in many counties, rain having fallen to a depth of seven or eight inches. Here in Orange county the season's precipitation to date is 1.75 inches and grass has barely made its appearance, still we are better off than last year, when the rain to date measured .60 of an inch. No rain fell last year during the period of 118 days from October 15 to January 18. This is supposed to be the longest period of drought in the history of the country. The entire season's rainfall was 7.44 inches, yet excellent grain crops were harvested. It is the late rains which make crops. We look for plenty of rain and bountiful crops of all kinds this season. Madame Helena Modjeska writes to friends here that she has refused the offer recently made to appear on the vaudeville stage. The vaudeville manager offered Mme. Modjeska a large salary and expenses for a tour of thirty weeks. While admitting that the offer from a business point of view is alluring Madame states that she will not desert the legitimate stage for vaudeville even though the latter is claiming many of the leading artists of the country. Madame Modjeska is spending the winter at her mountain home. Arden, where she plans to entertain a number of distinguished guests during the season. Paderewski, the pianist and his wife were her guests last week. Captain Herman Stern, commanding Company E., has received the following very flattering letter from Gov. Pardee: Executive Dept., State of California, Sacramento, Dec. 18, 1904. Commanding Officer Company E., 7th Infantry, N. G. C., Anaheim, California, Sir: I have the honor to congratulate you upon the excellent report of the inspecting officer upon the excellent condition in which he found the property intrusted to your care at the inspection of 1904. 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