anaheim-gazette 1930-05-15

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. STATE TAX PROGRAM When legislatures and commissions unsuccessfully wrestle with problems of government, the solution of them often returns to the people. Indications are that California is about to experience such a situation, with reports reaching the capitol that the legislative tax committee, now attempting a revision of the state tax system, is hopelessly deadlocked. Two years ago a commission of laymen, authorized by the legislature, began a similar quest for a suitable state tax program. A report, submitted to the 1929 legislature, reached that body one week before action on it was demanded. As might be expected, only one portion of the report was adopted, and this in a garbled form. The legislature, disgusted, created a committee from its own membership, with implicit instructions that it should report in time to give legislators opportunity to thoroughly examine its findings. Appointed some nine months ago, the committee has not yet even chosen an expert. Politics and the coming elections are said to be far more engrossing to its membership than the intricacies of taxation. Differences in tax belief are providing stumbling blocks in what little progress is being made, rumor declares. Rising in its might, the public has sounded the keynote through various organizations, of what may be expected as proposals before the next legislature. Politically powerful farm and real estate organizations have announced that they will put their plans before the dormant tax committee as a courteous formality. If this committee fails in rendering a report, or should it refuse recommendations of these organizations, they will still be subject to further scrutiny. Appointed some nine months ago, the committee has not yet even chosen an expert. Politics and the coming elections are said to be far more engrossing to its membership than the intricacies of taxation. Differences in tax belief are providing stumbling blocks in what little progress is being made, rumor declares. Rising in its might, the public has sounded the keynote through various organizations, of what may be expected as proposals before the next legislature. Politically powerful farm and real estate organizations have announced that they will put their plans before the dormant tax committee as a courteous formality. If this committee fails in rendering a report, or should it refuse recommendations of these organizations, they will go direct to the legislature. With most observers conceding that the legislature tax committee is as good as defunct, prospects for thrusting of an independent tax program on the legislature are good. And what a program is in the making by these organizations to start a real fight in the next legislative session: A personal income tax—a luxury tax—a serverance tax. Every item mentioned stepping on the toes of powerful interests all of whom have strong lobbies at the legislature. About all that is needed is to have someone propose repeal of Amendment One to complete the groundwork of a row that might easily outdo the King tax fight of 1921. WATER LEGISLATION IN SIGHT California's statewide water studies will soon be at an end. Definite action on a water program by the 1931 state legislature is in sight. This is foreseen by three significant developments of the past week, as follows: 1. Governor Young's announcement that the United States Reclamation Bureau will undertake economic study of the coordinated water conservation plan. This, he said, is designed chiefly to determine the physical and financial feasibility of full utilization of Sacramento and San Joaquin valley waters. 2. State Engineer Edward Hyatt's proposal that three dams be constructed in the American river at a total cost of $45,550,000, as possible initial units of the state plan. These dams, he believes, would wevelop 17,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity for sale, provide salt water protection as far down the river as Antioch, and 1,000 second feet of transfer to the thirsty farm lands of the San Joaquin valley during the low water period. 3. The United States War Department's call for bids for digging three tunnels to test the site for the proposed $70,000,000 Kennett dam on the Upper Sacramento river. Govnor Young explained that the Reclamation Bureau's inquiry was made possible by a $25,000 deficiency appropriation by Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur of California to be matched by a similar sum from the state. This assures full cooperation of three important federal agencies—the war department federal power commission and reclamation bureau. Hyatt's pronosal, which came as a surprise at the recent meeting of the Hoover-Young water commission at Oakland, was that three dams be built on the American river at Folsom, Coloma and Auburn sites. They would constitute, in his opinion, "the most perfect example of flood control as a bv-product of power development." The dams would be capable of impounding 1,700,000 acre feet of water—350,000 acre feet at Folsom and 700,000 acre feet at each of the other two. Although the discharge of fresh water into the Sacramento matched by a similar sum from the state. This assures full cooperation of three important federal agencies—the war department, federal power commission, and reclamation bureau. Hyatt's proposal, which came as a surprise at the recent meeting of the Hoover-Young water commission at Oakland, was that three dams be built on the American river at Folsom, Colome and Auburn sites. They would constitute, in his opinion, "the most perfect example of flood control as a bv-product of power development." The dams would be capable of impounding 1,700,000 acre feet of water—350,000 acre feet at Folsom and 700,000 acre feet at each of the other two. Although the discharge of fresh water into the Sacramento river would relieve the salt water condition, it would by no means solve it. Hyatt said. This statement was taken to indicate that ultimate solution of the industrial salt water menace on the lower Sacramento river must come from the proposed $50,000,000 salt water barrier across Carquinez straits. The war department's call for bids on borings for the Kennett dam includes one on the west side of the Sacramento river and one on the east side. The tunnels are to follow diamond drill holes made two years ago. This dam was one of the first agreed upon by the 1927-29 legislative water commission for the all-state water program, aggregating approximately $358,000,000 in cost. THRIFTY AGAIN Life insurance companies report record-breaking business for them, since the stock market crash. Especially has there been an increased demand for large policies. This is not hard to account for: men who were leaving their families to the protection of paper fortunes were suddenly brought face to face with the necessity of providing real protection. Another business that suffered during the securities bubble and is benefiting from the bursting of the bubble is the savings branch of banking. During the year that ended on June 29, 1928, savings bank deposits in the United States jumped $2,500,000,000. The succeeding 12 months saw a decline of $195,000,000, the first in several years. From last June until the market reached the bottom deposits continued to fall, but December saw a reversal of the trend which has continued to the present. Concerning this situation, the American Bankers' Association reports: "If it was the lure of profits in stocks which caused the recession in savings, then a factor in future savings will be the success attendant upon this venture of savings depositors in stocks. If the experiment did not prove generally successful, then another year will doubtless witness an increase in savings deposits as well as in savings depositors," ANAHEIM GAZETTE PINKY DID YOU SAY TODAY WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET A CAKE WITH TEN CANDLES ON IT? WELL, PINKY, I GOT A BETTER IDEA - WHY NOT ASK YOUR MOTHER SAY MOM, INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE CAKE AND TEN CANDLES FOR MY BIRTHDAY PARTY - WHY NOT HAVE TEN CAKES AND ONE CANDLE? I HATE REVOLVING DOORS SAID BILL LADD "YOU CAN'T SLAM 'EM WHEN YOU'RE MAD - SEND PINKY DINKY A JINGLE TODAY- State Tax Laws For the better protection of farmers of the state, and to include approximately 400,000 automobiles that now include personal property tax, the Executive Committee of the California Farm Bureau Federation, at its meeting yesterday at Berkeley, adopted as part of its tax program support to Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 18. "This amendment proposes to abolish taxing autos under personal property tax methods and transfer tax collections to a license method, through increasing to Missouri; from here also went the military expeditions at various times against the Apache, the Ute or the Navajo. Here Colonel Price, a former congressman, organized the expedition to Embudo, Taos and More following the tragic death of Governor Dent. Here Paul Martinez presided over the first session of the council after the territory was organized in 1851. Here the Kearny code, which was to become the basic law of the territory, was drawn up and proclaimed. "Functions of every character have occurred here; social, political and civic. Probably the most exciting of all was the siege of 1860, when the building became a veritable fortress. Probably the Spaniards, who had gathered there for their last stand, would have been successful had their water supply, from an acquaqua which was near, not been cut off. After this the result was inevitable." Statistics show that 5,000,000 persons are injured annually in their homes, 2,500,000 of them, our guess is, by falling over something while on their way to answer the telephone in the dark. State Tax Laws For the better protection of farmers of the state, and to include approximately 400,000 automobiles that now include personal property tax, the Executive Committee of the California Farm Bureau Federation, at its meeting yesterday at Berkeley, adopted as part of its tax program support to Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 18. "This amendment proposes to abolish taxing autos under personal property tax methods and transfer tax collections to a license method, through increasing the annual state auto license tax. By this adjustment in method all autos will be required to pay the equivalent of the present property tax at the time of annual issue of licenses. This method will cover the 20 to 25 per cent of cars that now elude tax collection," stated Von T. Ellsworth, head of the Research Department of the State Farm Bureau Federation. Based on Ellsworth's findings the Executive Committee of the State Farm Bureau Federation also approved a formal farm program on tax matters including; liberalizing the taxing powers of states over national banks; elimination of the corporate franchise tax offset and to provide for the taxation of banks at a rate to counterbalance their immunity from personal property tax; the fair allocation of the revenue from the intangible personal property tax; amendment of the County Budget Law to provide for State supervision and audit; and rejection of A.C. Amendment No. 21, that provides for the reimbursement of counties for the less sustained in the withdrawal of public utility property from county tax rolls. This program of the State Farm Bureau will be modified from time to time as investigations conducted by its Research Department develop sound facts along tax lines. One Real Palace There is in existence in the United States one real palace which has an undisputed right to the name. This is the "Palace of Governors" at Santa Fe, New Mexico, which has been used by Spanish, Mexican and American governors. Among the famous Americans who have occupied the palace are General Phil Kearney and General Lew Wallace, the latter of whom wrote part of his great work "Ben Hur," while living at the palace. In an interesting article on this historic building in the current issue of the National Republic, Mr. Louis H. Warner, chairman of the Pueblo Lands Board, says in part: "Of the nearly one hundred rulers who have based their activities here, there were governors general, Pueblo leaders, Mexican jefe políticos or political chiefs, Federal and Confederate colonels, civil and military governors. Here the courts sat, the subordinate officials acted, the legislative assemblies of what name or character gathered." Probably the most exciting of all was the siege of 1860, when the building became a veritable fortress. Probably the Spaniards, who had gathered there for their last stand, would have been successful had their water supply, from an acquainta which was near, not been cut off. After this result was inevitable." Statistics show that 5,000,000 persons are injured annually in their homes, 2,500,000 of them, our guess is, by falling over something while on their way to answer the telephone in the dark. More Victory Other Gasoline work "Ben Hur," while living at the palace. In an interesting article on this historic building in the current issue of the National Republic, Mr. Louis H. Warner, chairman of the Pueblo Lands Board, says in part: "Of the nearly one hundred rulers who have based their activities here, there were governors general, Pueblo leaders, Mexican jefe políticos or political chiefs, Federal and Confederate colonels, civil and military governors. Here the courts sat, the subordinate officials acted, the legislative assemblies of what name or character gathered. This place has been the scene of all sorts of juntas: delegations of Indians journeyed for miles to offer allegiance, to pay their respetes after the annual pueblo elections, to seek aid or to register complaints at the treatment they were receiving. In 1675 seventy or more Indians came bringing presents of buckskin, chickens, beans and other articles, hoping thereby to receive the release of forty-three men sold into slavery at the mines for connection with certain witchcraft charges preferred against them at the Pueblo of San Idefonso. Here, Billy the Kid, that noted outlaw of the Lincoln County Cattle War, came in the dead of night for an interview with Gen. Lew Wallace. Here the last three chapters of Ben Hurr were written and the previous chapters brought aere in manuscript were revised. Here, Kearny abolished for all time the exorbitant charge of 8 per sheet for government paper held to be necessary in all contracts and legal papers. Here the orders were issued for the erection of Fort Marcy, on the heights to the north and east of the town. From here Kearney started on his expedition to California; Domophan first against the Navajos and later to Mexico, both in the fall of 1846. From here went Governor Perez to his death in 1837, and Governor Bent ten years later. Here Gonzales, an Indian, was elected governor, after the death of Perez, with the aid of Armijo, only the latter a few weeks later. Here Lt. Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan danced in 1879 and here Calhoun, the first Indian agent, came in 1849. No doubt Sherman, Miles and Wood were frequent visitors, as was Kit Carson. From here went the expedition in 1862" RICHFIELD the choice Lou Meyer, A.A.A. Speaker ever held the championship Dole-Hawaiian Flight geles to New York no boat racer and winner Colonel Charles A. Linternal record flight! Flew across the North motor climb! Major Spread crew! Pete Reinhart o borough who set a new stunt and distance fly stunt driver! Elinor S famous endurance and An impressive list of R recognized for their achievement to all other gasing dependability. You plus the extra mileage field today...at any sta RICHFIELD THE GASOLINE Fox Shows Comedy Of Stock Market The annual side of the recent stock market crash will be depleted in "Caught Short," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-taking comedy featuring Marie Dressler and Polly Moran which will be shown Saturday and Sunday at the Fox Theatre. The story, suggested by Eddie Cantor's book, was written by William Mack. The supporting cast includes Anita Page, Charles Morton, T. Roy Earnes, Gwen Lee, Herbert Prior, Edward Dillon, Greta Granstedt, Lee Kohlmar and Alice Moe, Charles F. Riesner directed. Information is that the demand for further co-starring pictures for Miss Dressler and Miss Moran came as a result of their success as a laugh-getting team in such past predictions as "The Callahaz and the Murphys" and "Bringing Up Father." Play Landlades In "Caught Short," they will be seen as landlads with competing boarding houses across the street from each other, whose dabbling in the stock market results in their sudden rise from comparative poverty or financial independence and then back again by way of the crash. Love interest is furnished by the romance between Morton and Miss Page as the respective son and daughter of the comedy pair. Exclusive of the hilarity furnished by the Misses Dressler and Moran in their nouveau-rich circumstances, "Caught Short" is said to be distinguished by expert characterizations on the part of Earnes, Prior and Dillon in the role of boarders. Young Folks Plan Week-end at Cabin A group of Anaheim young folks, chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. A. H. DuBols, brother and sister-in-law of Ernest DuBois, will spend the week-end at the latter's cabin, Here-Tis in Strawberry Flats. Among those from Anaheim who will attend the cabin-party are: Helen West, Josephine Lopez, Ernest DuBois, and Ralph Wiseman. Dr. and Mrs. DuBols are from Los Angeles. Deciduous Fruits Quality of fruit is the greatest single factor in realization of high net return per acre in any fruit crop. This statement is made by Eric E. Eastman, Assistant Farm Advisor, Orange County, in discussing the season's activities in the deciduous fruit orchard. Mr. Eastman points out the fact that now is the time to thin peaches and apricots, plums, pears, and other fruits, to assure their development into the best specimens possible of their variety. Peaches should be thinned so that no two fruits are closer than four or six inches. This must be done by hand. With fruit setting unevenly this year due to the late defoliation the small fruit which is now on the tree should be taken off, leaving only that which set from the first blooms in March. Much of the small fruit will undoubtedly drop off of itself, and in the mean-time is robbing the larger, better, fruit of much of its possible development. Apricots can be thinned more in masses and can be so handled. There is no need of leaving apricots on the tip-ends of the high branches. These can be knocked off with a pole and rubber hose. Apricots do not need to be spaced out as do peaches. It is more a matter of the total volume of fruit on the tree. With a light pole on the end of which is a hose, about three or four cents per tree will adequately thin apricots. Plums must be handled a little more like peaches, but can be left closer together. Pears require hand thinning and should be so spaced as not to touch. In all cases, this practice will more than pay for itself in improvement of quality. According to telephone statistics there are eighty million phone calls in the United States every day and sixty per cent of these are carried on with a vocabulary of only fifty words. We know what ten of those words are—"Central you gave me the wrong number." "Excuse it please." At the rate people are smashing up autos in wrecks it looks as if the manufacturers would run out of work for some time to come. The new small currency may be easier to counterfeit, but most people find just as hard to make it most exciting of all was 60, when the building beble fortress. Probably the o had gathered there for would have been subheir water supply, from which was near, not been this the result was inow that 5,000,000 persons annually in their homes, em, our guess is, by fallhing while on their way telephone in the dark. Young Folks Plan Week-end at Cabin A group of Anaheim young folks, chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. A. H. DuBois, brother and sister-in-law of Ernest DuBois, will spend the week-end at the latter's cabin, Here-"Tis in Strawberry Flats. Ameng those from Anaheim who will attend the cabin-party are: Helen West, Josephine Lopez, Ernest DuBois, and Ralph Wiseman. Dr. and Mrs. DuBois are from Los Angeles. are eighty million phone calls in the United States every day and sixty per cent of these are carried on with a vocabulary of only fifty words. We know what ten of those words are—"Central you gave me the wrong number." "Excuse it please." At the rate people are smashing up autos in wrecks it looks as if the manufacturers would run out of work for some time to come. 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