anaheim-gazette 1930-05-01

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS When citizens of Anaheim become obsessed with the idea that they need a variety of improvements, street drainage, sewer, ornamental lighting, or what not, it is a good time for sound minds of the community to calmly look over the situation. Not but many of these improvements might be advantageous to the city, but—are the taxpayers exactly aware of the financial burden they are preparing for themselves? The Joint Legislative Committee on Street Improvement Laws is now engaged in making an intensive study of this whole subject. So far the hearings show conclusively that there is an imperative need for the betterment of the special assessment and improvement laws of the state. Summing up briefly preliminary findings of this body, it appears that too much leeway is given city officials on the amount of special assessments they may decide upon, and too little notice is given taxpayers of all details of the project for intelligent consideration. Working with the Committee is the California Taxpayers Association which recently issued a statement on conditions in Los Angeles county, as proof of need for readjustment of the laws. "The tremendous expenditure involved in these special levies and their tendency to increase can best be realized by taking a single instance, that of Los Angeles." "In that city expenditures for special assessments increased from $5,524,000 in 1923 to more than $40,000,000 in 1928. These sums are for special improvement expenditures alone none of appears that too much leeway is given city officials on the amount of special assessments they may decide upon, and too little notice is given taxpayers of all details of the project for intelligent consideration. Working with the Committee is the California Taxpayers Association which recently issued a statement on conditions in Los Angeles county, as proof of need for readjustment of the laws. "The tremendous expenditure involved in these special levies and their tendency to increase can best be realized by taking a single instance, that of Los Angeles." "In that city expenditures for special assessments increased from $5,524,000 in 1923 to more than $40,000,000 in 1928. These sums are for special improvement expenditures alone, none of which appear on the city or county tax bills." The much maligned public official is not alone to blame for these conditions, many tax experts believe. Property owners often are responsible for advent of improvement projects which never should have been considered. Forced along with a popular demand, the officials consent to assessments which they know are foolhardy. Once again the government must protect its citizens against themselves. The laws will probably be changed by the next legislature following report of the Committee, so that there will be a better method of notification in improvement procedure, limitation on amount of special assessments levied on any given piece of property or district, notification to taxpayers of actual cost of improvement before the project is started, reduction of bonus payments in the settlements of outstanding bonds, notification of delinquency in payments on special assessment bonds made upon the county tax bill, property owners protests given greater weight, and bond delinquency penalties reduced or eliminated. PURE MILK AND WATER No higher praise can be given California’s milk and water supply than the citing of typhoid fever death figures in the state during 1929. Reports just released by the state department of public health, show that deaths from this disease reached the lowest point in 23 years—only 95 persons succumbing. During 1928, deaths resulting from typhoid numbered 105. Thus this new record is a remarkable decrease since it creates an average of only 2.3 deaths per 100,000 population for the state. This remarkable record speaks well for the safety and dependability of California water and milk supplies. This figure discloses the fact that California is rapidly working towards a complete solution of her pure water and tuberculin infected milk problems. State authorities think it only a matter of years until the disease is made practically extinct in the state. With continued vigilance, California will be able to at least maintain if not better her present record indefinitely. In former years, the most numerous deaths were caused by a serious outbreak in infected milk supplies. Danger of this sort has now been practically done away with, since creation of state laws governing pasturization and sanitary inspection service. Remarkable progress in control of the disease is shown in compared 1906 figures with present death records. Twenty-three years ago there were 657 deaths or 34.9 per 100,000 population. During 1929, reports from 38 counties showed them free of typhoid fatalities. Thus a remarkable average of approximately five deaths for each county reporting fatalities was maintained. In former years, the most numerous deaths were caused by a serious outbreak in infected milk supplies. Danger of this sort has now been practically done away with, since creation of state laws governing pasturization and sanitary inspection service. Remarkable progress in control of the disease is shown in compared 1906 figures with present death records. Twenty-three years ago there were 657 deaths or 34.9 per 100,000 population. During 1929, reports from 38 counties showed them free of typhoid fatalities. Thus a remarkable average of approximately five deaths for each county reporting fatalities, was maintained. A FIRM BASIS According to the best information now from Washington, business has become established on a firm basis. The declaration is that the country is fundamentally sound. The effects of the stock market crash have completely worn off. The remarkable fact appears that in the last nine months the government collected more money, in spite of tax reductions, than it did the corresponding period a year ago. In California the gain in internal revenue collections was over $2,000,000. The gain, however, was in the Northern section of the state, a slight drop being noticed in the Southern part. TRAIN COMMUNICATION A man on the Canadian Pacific railroad spoke with a representative of the press in London while the train was passing through Ontario, Canada. This was done through telephone and radio. He also spoke to the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Lamont, in Washington. The system of telephonic communication from the railroad is now commercially established. Hereafter anyone travelling over that road need not be out of touch with his office or business for a solitary moment during his cross-the-continent ride. After awhile a vacation will be positively impossible. One of the latest plots of a "reign of terror" on the part of communists is said to have been aimed at Imperial Valley, where destruction of cantaloupe vines, sheds and supplies was planned by the reds for April 20. More than a hundred alleged communists were arrested and questioned and twenty-five of the alleged ringleaders are being held in the county jail on a charge of commercial syndicalism. If reports are true there is nothing that will stop these reds in their plans—and nothing should be left undone to bring them to justice and rid the country of them. Red literature, membership cards, magazines, books, mimeographs, guns and soldiers' packs were seized in this latest raid. This country is too easy on such undesirables. Too Busy to Worry By Albert T. Reid WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE SEAS. IT'S THE FREEDOM OF THE BACK LOTS THAT CONCERNS US NOW. Post No Bills Albert T. Reid AUTOBASEM Machine Farming It would be odd indeed, if, in this day of mechanical contrivances, the manufacturers had forgotten agriculture. It is hardly necessary to say they didn't. There is a machine for doing about everything these days and if farmers anywhere are still preparing their soil, sowing their seeds and harvesting their crops by more brute strength and awkwardness, it isn't the fault of the concerns that make farm equipment. The best brains of the mechanical world have gone into the designing of tools and engines to do agricultural labor. It's far cry from the day of the crooked-stick plow, the ox and woman harnessed together in the field; the sledge, the flail and the old eastern threshing floor to this era of tractors and efficient tillage tools, of combine threshers and trucks. The farmers of the world have always been gluttons for work, and it does not seem that the mere saving of labor was the idea that first "sold" machinery to them. They were interested, however, in something that would save time and enable them to get more accomplished in the long working day. That meant more money. Once the work had been geared up, the item of cost began to loom dark and menacing on the agricultural horizon. The makers of farm machinery turned their attention to economical operation then. So it has gone. Farmers of today are more interested in the good things of life than were their forebears and value machinery to the greater leisure it gives them for enjoyment of civilization's blessings. It would make an interesting story, the facts about various types of farm machines that have come on the market, their ultimate destination. Some have been accepted, some have gone to the graveyard reserved for impractical contraptions. One by one they have given way to something newer better. The evolution of the thresher, of the tractor, the gas engine, the deep well pump has kept step with industrial progress generally. There isn't a farm machine or appliance made that won't be improved as new and better ideas are developed. If the farmer's methods of business had kept pace with his machinery, we wouldn't be hearing so much about farm relief. The farmer of today has many sources of power—wind, water, gas, electricity—and many ways of applying it, from his front porch, through the poultry house and barn, out to his fields, down the highway to town and back again. The finest engineering skill has been brought to bear upon his problems, science has definitely aligned itself with him. His vitally important occupation, from the production angle at least, has almost assumed the character of a manufacturing industry. The machine age of farming is changing the farmer himself. He wants his family to have the comforts, conveniences and enjoyments the city families have. He would never be content to go back to the slow and laborious life of other days. He has set a pace for himself and it is a pace that could never be maintained under primitive methods of production. His salvation lies in the effective use of farm machines and in the evolution of better marketing methods. In the issue of "Farm and Garden" some phases of the machine age of agriculture are treated. It isn't complete. Ten times the space wouldn't begin to cover the subject. But the reader will find some interesting discussions of modern power farming methods and appliances—maybe get a better understanding of the progress that has been made in the nation's basis industry in recent years. A Menace to Schools If there is one field of governmental activity that clearly should be within the control of local authorities it is public education. The case of local control is stronger in that department of the government than in any other. There is not the slightest question that public education can be managed successfully by local authorities working under powers granted by ythe states. The passion for improvement—it is no less—that appears in virtually all American communities assures constant agitation for good schools. Where sufficient wealth is available this agitation leads to progress, an dthe number of communities is rapidly decreasing in which sufficient wealth for good schools is lacking. The professional and specialized advice that local authorities may need is to be had in abundance from numerous sources. Nowhere in the world is there such voluntary socialization of private wealth as in the United States; and nowhere in the world has so large a percentage of socialized private wealth been devoted to promotion of public education. Federal control, direct or indirect, must inevitably undo much of the good that has been accomplished through local and state control. It is not necessary to cite the familiar instances of nationalized education in Russia and Germany. This is a nation of 120,000,000 persons of varied origins, scattered over a vast territory. To impose nationalized education in such an area must mean, as surely as the sun rises, the clamping down upon millions of children of a bureaucratic system — flat, uniform, standardized, wholly inelastic — that would be both repressive and oppressive in its effect upon local aspirations, local enterprise and local genius. It would compel merciless, ruthless and indeed, reckless leveling. -flzj—dow l-c-nacrO Sunkist Ads Reach Millions of People On April 22, Sunkist advertising simultaneously in 141 newspapers throughout the United States. This two months orange campaign in newspapers covers 120 of the principal American markets, according to reports from W.B. Gelsinger, advertising manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. "During the newspaper campaign, Sunkist national magazine, advertising and street car cards will carry the story of oranges and lemon health values to millions of consumers. At the same time the Dealer Service Department of the Exchange is putting forth every effort to tie dealers in with the big Sunkist campaign. With this year's small crop of oranges we must use every means to bring the biggest returns possible," stated Mr. Geissinger. The combined circulation of these 141 newspapers for one issue equals 16,852,252 while that total number of individual newspaper advertisements during the campaign will be 106,817,858. This foreign gentleman who says Americans have no imagination ought to see some of the gals the newspaper reporters describe as beautiful bootleg queens and lovely flapper bandits. My observation has been that most every senator speaks more briefly when he is thoroughly familiar with his subject. they have given way to something newer, better. The evolution of the thresher, of the tractor, the gas engine, the deep well pump has kept pace with industrial progress generally. There isn't a farm machine or appliance made that won't be improved as new and better ideas are developed. If the farmer's methods of business had kept pace with his machinery, we wouldn't be hearing so much about farm relief. The farmer of today has many sources of power—wind, water, gas, electricity—and many ways of apply- American communities assure constant agitation for good schools. Where sufficient wealth is available this agitation leads to progress, an dthe number of communities is rapidly decreasing in which sufficient wealth for good schools is lacking. The professional and specialized advice that local authorities may need is to be had in abundance from numerous sources. Nowhere in the world is there such voluntary socialization of private wealth as in the United States; and nowhere in the world has so large MY DAD WAS DOWNTOWN TO SEE OUR DENTIST TODAY YEAH, HIS TEETH WERE HURTING HIM AWFUL — AND — HE ASKED THE DENTIST HOW MUCH ATTENTION HE NEEDED WHAT DID YOUR DAD SAY THE DENTIST SAID? OH - HE SAID — A MOUTH FULL! TERRY GILKSON Pinky Dinky JINGLES! TWO TWO TWO BE YOU THE WHISTLE? THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED WIN WHO WANTED TO CATCH THE TWO THAT SAID THE TRAINMAN'DON'T WRY OR WORRY OR FLURRY IT'S A MINUTE OR TWO TO TWO-TWO. OBSERVATIONS HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT When the postman forgot to deliver that invitation to the tea party, it brought up something that won't come down. Did he do it on purpose, or was it an oversight? NIPPED IN THE BUD One morning along about the time the cranberries were coming in the weather man warned the orange growers to look out for a severe frost and to get the smudge pots ready—and you know, a gentle desert wind blew in. OH, WELL. IT WAS GOOD AMUSEMENT, ANY WAY Speaking about one thing and another, and why women change their minds, etc. If they would have allowed the Virginian to crack those three whiskey glasses while up the air with his trusty "resolver," mebbe the tough guy wouldn't have picked a racket with him, and a life would have been saved. Yoo-Hoo, Did he marry the school teacher? JUST LIKE SMALL POTATOES IN MIDDLE OF THE SACK One thing about the singing and talking in the sound variety, if a star has not the voice, they can resort to the phonograph records. WATER WILL SEEK ITS LEVEL After quite a few years before the silent drama, it has been discovered that a certain actress has the most wonderful voice of all time, or something like that. Okay. BOOSTING TOURIST CROP A young man came out from a middle west state. He got a job in one of the big oil fields. There was a big rush on. He worked a double shift. He received $11.00 a day for his work. Of course, the job was temporary. But he wrote back home, telling the folks of his good luck, receiving $11.00 a day for his work. Then out came his father, mother, two brothers and two cousins. BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL Together with all and singular the tenements and hereditaments thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, of anybody can give the reason for so many major crimes, he would be entitled to life membership in the independent and emolimated A young man came out from a middle west state. He got a job in one of the big oil fields. There was a big rush on. He worked a double shift. He received $11.00 a day for his work. Of course, the job was temporary. But he wrote back home, telling the folks of his good luck, receiving $11.00 a day for his work. Then out came his father, mother, two brothers and two cousins. BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL Together with all and singular the tenements and hereditaments thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, of anybody can give the reason for so many major crimes, he would be entitled to life membership in the independent and amalgmated order of goofy guessers. AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE A literary woman says she lived in Southern California for three years under the stars! Which goes to show that we ought to conserve flood water. WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE! The Island of Lost Ships would lead you to believe it was a desolate place with a conglomerate mass of wreckage strewn about depicting scenes of utter dispair. But when a bunch of the unfortunate inhabitants decided to escape from a domineering "boss," they found a submarine lying there in good order and away they dived to freedom. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY PERFUMES ARE POPULAR It is reported that every seven persons in the U.S.A. have an automobile, and it is also said only every twenty persons have a bathtub. YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET The reassurance that the big interests are going to spend billions of dollars in improvements gives business a thrill that will be heard around the world. The U.S.A. is a great country, but this added statement that millions of men will be employed means much. In all probability this country from an industrial viewpoint will be veritable beehive of activity. The country always was all right, but the loosening up of the purse-strings of the big fellows insure continued prosperity. COME CLEAN Among the new enterprises for the Southland, are listed two large soap factories. This ought to be a big boost for bathtubs. WATER ON THE UNDERTAKER'S WHEEL Just so long as there are 40 miles per faulty brakes, many street intersections, no boulevard stops, and what have you, just so long will there be accidents and casualties, and undertakers. PEDESTRIAN'S PASTIME Automobiles are devoutly to be wished, but with inexperienced drivers at the wheel, you must not be surprised if you have to hop, skip and jump. POOR MARKSMANSHIP A widow with four children sued a middle age man for breach of promise. The lady aimed at $25,000—and got one dollar! PEDESTRIAN'S PASTIME Automobiles are devoutly to be wished, but with inexperienced drivers at the wheel, you must not be surprised if you have to hop, skip and jump. POOR MARKSMANSHIP A widow with four children sued a middle age man for breach of promise. The lady aimed at $25,000—and got one dollar! HIST! THE BUNKO MAN! The customer's check came to 30 cents. He handed the cashier a $10 bill. He received $9.70 change. The girl cashier complained she was short on change. The man said: Give me a five spot for this small change. She handed him a five dollar bill. Instantly, he said again: Give me back my $10 bill and I will give you back your change. The cashier handed him the $10 bill and he gave her back the correct change. But he had her $5 bill, for which she got no change. The man left hurriedly. The loss was found out later. Cons were called. But the hombre had gone hence. The old flim flam game. CAN'T EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT, TOO The program for large outlays of money by the states, counties and cities to be used in improvements, in order to keep the country going and thereby cutting down the unemployment Bugaboo, sounds good—but up goes the property owner's taxes. GETTING IT OFF THEIR CHEST If you look closely you will see that membership of the yippy organization "Kiss and Tell" grows apace. HOLD HIM LEVEL AND LET HIM TROT The fire at forty rule has been relegated to the refuse heap. The guy at 40 may give the younger fella cards and spades and beat him out. HERE'S FARM RELIEF A young 20-year-old farmer, back in Iowa raised a prized steer, weighing 980 pounds. It is said he received $7700 for the animal. This is not a fish story, buddy, if anybody should ask you. SIDESTEPPING THE SHAKE DOWN A man from Texas seems very sincere in his desire to make the buyer equally as guilty as the seller. Should that come to pass, no doubt, the bootleggers would have to show their credentials before making deliveries.