anaheim-gazette 1930-04-17

IN THE DAYS OF L Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Century Ago. These Files Contain the Only Authentic History in the Citizens of Anaheim and Orange County in the 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK APRIL 17, 1880 APRIL 24, 1880 In the Santiago canyon, in this county, there is a grove of large live-oaks which I have never seen described in the survey or botanical reports. The grove is about four miles above the mouth of the canyon, and is bordered on two sides by a grove of sycamores—the lower border growing in single trees the upper one in clusters containing from five to nineteen trunks, apparently starting from a single root, or roots so near together as to seem like a single one. In four clusters I counted two hundred and fourteen stems. I measured two trees in one cluster of five—the two grew from the same root, forking at the surface of the ground; the larger was thirteen feet five inches in circumference the other ten feet seven inches. The largest sycamore measured in the lower grove was twenty-nine feet seven inches in circumference four feet above the ground. The canyon is about half a mile wide at the grove. Being rounded in the cented with the Santiago creek on one side and a depression on the other at the foot of the hills, which rise abruptly on each side. The depression opposite the creek abounds in sweet, fresh clear springs. The largest live oaks are grouped upon the highest part of the rounded floor of the canyon, thirty-five or forty of them being very large, from 17 to 21 feet 10 inches in diameter three feet from the ground. The trees throughout the grove which is about one mile long are densely overgrown with wild grape vines, one of which presents an eight inch trunk for twenty feet or more. The enchanting beauty of this grove can be appreciated only when Readers of Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" will remember that part of the story where a locomotive is made to jump a gap in a broken bridge by running at a high rate of speed. This, no doubt, has always been considered a Munchausen story, but it was verified on Thursday night when Mr. Pierce's horse ran away with his buggy and that gentleman seated in it. The horse attempted, in the first instance, to run, and in the endeavor to rein him up one of the lines broke, and away went the horse and buggy in good earnest. At the ditch-crossing at the corner of Lemon and second North streets, instead of taking the bridge as a well intentioned sober animal would do, he made a flying leap across the gate-frame to the west of the bridge, clearing it in one bound, and going with such momentum that the buggy jumped the gap from one side of the frame to the other without descending into the ditch. The width of the ditch at that point is about ten feet, and yesterday morning the tracks of the wheels and the foot-prints of the animal were plainly perceptible on either side showing that the leap was in reality a flying one. Fortunately, with the exception of a sprung axle there was no damage done. The charitable entertainment at Kroeger's hall on Tuesday evening was not as well attended as was expected but there was no disappointment for the audience. The music was pronounced the finest heard in Anaheim for a long time. The songs of Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Rice and Miss Chase were brilliant efforts and highly applauded. Mrs. Lewis favored the audience with an excellent recitation, "Box and Cox" was pronounced the hit of the season. A large number remained after the entertainment was concluded and the dance which succeeded was kept up with unflagging enjoyment until a late hour. Work has been renewed upon several of the Silverado mines. The Phoenix is now mining down on an incline and working three shifts night and day. The owners of the Grayback have placed at work quite a large force and intend making a ten-strike this summer. Several of the other mines are hard at work developing their prospects and are sanguine that the summer's labor will establish the reputation of Silverado as a paying camp. Work has been renewed upon several of the Silverado mines. The Phoenix is now mining down on an incline and working three shifts night and day. The owners of the Grayback have placed at work quite a large force and intend making a ten-strike this summer. Several of the other mines are hard at work developing their prospects and are sanguine that the summer's labor will establish the reputation of Silverado as a paying camp. We had a call yesterday from Mr. J. W. Bixby of Los Alamitos. He has just finished shearing the sheep on that ranch, having had forty Indians at work until a few days ago. Mr. Bixby, in common with other wool-growers is not pleased with the decided change for the worse in the wool market, but hopes for a reaction soon. About 12 o'clock on Monday night the college at Downey was burned down. The building was a two-story frame and was an attractive and conspicuous structure. It had been unoccupied for some time, and the fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. The building, which was owned by Mr. Giberson of Westminster, was valued at $13,000, and was insured for $7,000. A number of deeds were filed in the County Recorder's office one day during the week conveying certain property to Wm. Wolfskill. The deeds were written in Spanish and were variously dated from 1836 to 1849. The consideration expressed in the deed from Jose Antonio Carnillo was three barrels of aguardienti. Mrs. Flora Brown returned on Monday from a visit to Tombstone, Arizona territory, so named, as Tom Fitch explains, from its being a tombstone over the grave of poverty, and a monument to the remains of insolvency. Mrs. Brown confirms the report of good times in that part of the territory which she visited. St. John, formerly of the Planters Hotel, and Elwin Ferguson are compositors on the San Francisco Chronicle and E. F. Cahill is a member of its reportorial staff. Mr. Frank Ey of Santa Ana was in town yesterday. His friends will be pleased to learn that he is doing well in his new location. We learn that a party of twenty people have gone on a camping expedition to Laguna Beach. It is to be hoped that these pioneer excursionists won't catch cold. OF LONG AGO Half a Century and a Quarter of a Century cient History in Print of the Daily Doings of the County in the Days of the Pioneers. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK APRIL 20, 1905 APRIL 27, 1905 At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday evening the membership committee handed in the names of Ben Dauser, A. Litten, C. I. Hoople and Steve Cottle as new members. A discussion of the pathological laboratory situation was indulged in. Options on four sites have been secured and a neat sum has been subscribed. A committee consisting of Messrs. Rust, Michod, Dickel, Hutchinson and Adams was appointed to solicit subscriptions. Dr. Beebe was in attendance upon the meeting and addressed the directors upon the inauguration of a night telephone. It would be of great benefit to the Medico-legal fraternity and in fact to many other lines of business, to have night service with the contiguous country. In order to secure the service about 100 more subscribers would have to be secured. A committee consisting of Drs. Beebe and Adams, H. A. Dickel, Wm. Falkenstein and John Hartung was appointed to solicit subscribers. There was no quorum at the meeting of stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Company on Saturday and the proposition to bond the company for $300,000 went by default. However an important meeting of stockholders resulted and a resolution was unanimously adopted favoring the construction of a reservoir to do away with the necessity for night irrigation in the Anaheim district. It was the consensus of opinion among stockholders present that another election be called to bond the company in $300,000 or upward in order to carry into effect plans already out. TEN DAYS LEFT FOR TAX PAYMENT Time for Paying Spring Installment Monday, April 28 Only ten days are left for the payment of the first installment of county taxes, and unless paid within that time they will become delinquent and a penalty will be added. Additional deputies have been added to the force in County Collector Lamb's office to care for the anticipated rush. The final date on which taxes can be paid without taking the late penalty is April 28 and the tax collector's office will close at 5 o'clock that afternoon. Lamb estimated that about 40 per cent of the people had not made their appearances with their taxes, which would constitute about 35 per cent of the money to be collected. "In order to avoid confusion and delay, persons who are going to pay their taxes should get in as soon as possible and as early in the day as they can," Lamb declared. "An important thing to remember, is to bring the tax bill or a description of the property on which the taxes are being paid. This will save time for all concerned. The descriptions can be obtained from the deed or contract for the property." Payments may be mailed by persons who know the amount of the bill and this information will be mailed on request to persons desiring this service. Description of the property must accompany requests for tax bills. Those sending remittances by mail should not expect their receipts for a week or 10 days after April 28, Lamb Stated, as the mail lists pile up heavily. Payments that are sent through the mail must bear postage cancellation dates of not later than April 28. About 10,000 remittances were hand in mail bags following the closing date last fall, Lamb pointed out. According to statistics the horse census of the country is decreasing. Sometimes we think that the horse sense There was no quorum at the meeting of stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Company on Saturday and the proposition to bond the company for $300,000 went by default. However an important meeting of stockholders resulted and a resolution was unanimously adopted favoring the construction of a reservoir to do away with the necessity for night irrigation in the Anaheim district. It was the consensus of opinion among stockholders present that another election be called to bond the company in $300,000 or upward in order to carry into effect plans already outlined and for the construction of a reservoir. While there was a large gathering of stockholders present and nothing was said publicly against the propriety of a bond issue for necessary improvements; yet an undercurrent of objection to the item providing for pumping plants was undoubtedly the reason for lack of a quorum. The bonds would have been defeated had they come to a vote, and by common consent they were permitted to go by default. Chairman Crowther called the meeting to order and the roll call showed only 2600 shares represented out of a total of 8,000. An informal discussion of the advisability of enlarging the present reservoir or constructing a new one so as to do away with night irrigation in Anaheim was participated in by Frank Porter, Max Nebelung, C. C. Chapman, Otto Rust, H. H. Hale, M. Langenberger, Sidney Holman, F. R. Holcomb and others. Mr. Crowther said after the meeting that another bond election would be called in the fall and that probably an amount large enough to construct the Yorba reservoir would be submitted to the voters. Jake Stern on Saturday traded 80 acres of land situated eleven miles from San Diego for Al Bittner's fourteen acre place on West Center Street. He also assumed a mortgage amounting to $2,500 held by Henry Oelkers. Final papers were signed on that day, and Mr. Oelkers was paid the amount of his loan, Bitter goes to San Diego this week to look at his new property. The Young Americas defeated the Orange nine on Sunday afternoon the score standing 15 to 3. Teddy Dickel and Billy Fischer formed the battery for the Americas and Morrison was in the box for the lads across the river. The boys were not in trim and did not put up the game they usually do. Jack Burnett umpired and not a kick was a coming. Chester Holcomb departed on Saturday for Thermal, expecting to return in two weeks. Subscription lists for the new Commercial Bank and Trust company, of which he will probably be cashier are in circulation and sufficient stock has been subscribed to insure the establishment of the institution. C. W. Spooner has sold his lemon ranch west of town to Wm. McLaughlin of Riverside. Consideration is not made public but is in excess of reports placing it at $16,000. Mr. Spooner will go to Los Angeles where he intends resuming the practice of law. His sister, Mrs. Smith, goes to Riverside to reside. Alex Henry will within a few days move into his new $7,000 residence west of town. The building has been built after Mr. Henry's own ideas of what constitute a comfortable home and has already attracted visitors from far and near. The residence will be furnished with electricity and gas which latter will be manufactured on the place, and will be connected with the West company requests for tax bills. Those sending remittances by mail should not expect their receipts for a week or 10 days after April 28, Lamb Stated, as the mail lists pile up heavily. Payments that are sent through the mail must bear postage cancellation dates of not later than April 28. About 10,000 remittances were hand in mail bags following the closing date last fall, Lamb pointed out. According to statistics the horse census of the country is decreasing. Sometimes we think that the horse sense of the country is doing the same thing. ANAHEIM, WED. APR. 23 NOTICE INVITING BIDS SANTA ANA, April 8, 1930. In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, California, adopted April 8th, 1930, directing this notice, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said Board will receive at its office at the Court House, Santa Ana, at or before the hour of eleven o'clock A.M. (11:00) April 28, 1930, sealed bids or proposals for the paving of a portion of PALM AVENUE in the Third Road District, Orange County, California. Bids must be made on the form provided for the purpose, addressed to the Board of Supervisors, Orange County, California, marked "Bids for the Paving of Palm Avenue." The work to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans, and specifications adopted by the Board of Supervisors, on file in the office of the County Superintendent of Highways in the Hall of Records. The bidder must submit with his proposal a satisfactory check certified by a C. W. Spooner has sold his lemon ranch west of town to Wm. McLaughlin of Riverside. Consideration is not made public but is in excess of reports placing it at $16,000. Mr. Spooner will go to Los Angeles where he intends resuming the practice of law. His sister, Mrs. Smith, goes to Riverside to reside. Alex Henry will within a few days move into his new $7,000 residence west of town. The building has been built after Mr. Henry's own ideas of what constitute a comfortable home and has already attracted visitors from far and near. The residence will be furnished with electricity and gas which latter will be manufactured on the place, and will be connected with the West end telephone system. Mr. Henry is marketing his orange crop at topnotch figures and seems entirely satisfied with conditions of the market. Mrs. Max B. Fitch (formerly Miss Estelle Lewis) of Socorro, New Mexico, is visiting with relatives in Los Angeles and will remain for a month or more. Census Marshal Hatfield is nearing the end of his labors in this school district. He reports a considerable increase in census children. E. W. McCollum has placed on exhibition in his show window a curiosity in the shape of a high wheel which he avers was brought over in the Ark. Alongside it is one of the new style wheels, the design being to show the difference in makes of wheels at present in use and those in use before the flood. Miss Rosa Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cassou returned on Saturday from San Francisco after a three months visit with relatives. Peter Rothearmel died on April 14 at his home, corner of Sycamore and Los Angeles streets, of diabetes, aged 52 years. Mr. Rothearmel came here with his family several months ago from Ontario having traded hotel property there for an orange orchard at this point. Interment was at Ontario. Deceased leaves a wife and son and daughter to mourn his loss. Mrs. O. Egge and daughter, Miss Marie Egge, who have been guests of the Zeus family for several months will leave today for their home at Grand Island, Neb. George Bauer was in town the other day for a load of hay. Besides caring for his twenty acres of grapes, George, usually raises his own hay but this year finds himself a little short in horse fodder. George used to be a typo but since turning vineyardist he is piling up the long green in great shape. The work to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans, and specifications adopted by the Board of Supervisors, on file in the office of the County Superintendent of Highways in the Hall of Records. The bidder must submit with his proposal a satisfactory check certified by a responsible bank, and payable to the order of the County of Orange, or a bidder's bond, for an amount not less than five per cent (5%) of the aggregate sum of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if the same is awarded to him, and in event of failure to enter into such a contract, said check or bond shall become the property of the County. The amount of the bond to be given to secure a faithful performance of the contract for said work shall be twenty-five per cent (25%) of the contract price thereof, and an additional bond in an amount equal to fifty per cent (50%) of the contract price for said work shall be given to secure the payment of claims for any material or supplies furnished for the performance of the work contracted to be done by the contractor, or any work or labor of any kind done thereon, and also will be required to furnish a certificate that he carries compensation insurance covering his employees upon work to be done under contract which may be entered into between him and the said County for the building of said bridges. Copies of the plans and specifications will be furnished intending bidders upon application to the County Superintendent of Highways of the said County for which a deposit of ten dollars ($10.00) will be required, to be returned on the filing of bid and the return of plans and specifications provided said plans and specifications are returned within ten (10) days after award of contract. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all bids. My order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange State of California. J. M. BACKS. County Clerk. (SEAL.) 4-19-41. Anaheim, Calif., April 17, 1930 The Only FULL-SIZED CAR in the lowest priced field Plymouth 4-Door Sedan, $735 In sharp contrast with the few other cars of its price group the new Chrysler-built Plymouth offers full-sized bodies, deep, luxurious upholstery, with ample room for all adult passengers. 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