anaheim-gazette 1930-06-26

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. FUTURE FARMERS AT STATE FAIR Members of the Future Farmers of America in Anaheim high school may send representatives to the organization's three day camp at the California State Fair this year, the state department of education has announced. Starting on Thursday, September 4, The Future Farmers will hold their camp as a feature of the state fair. Animal, poultry and still exhibits are being planned, with demonstrations by Future Farmer members. Each student entering the contests will wear a Future Farmer cap, white shirt, dark tie and blue jeans. In this way, the department believes, visitors at the fair will be able to identify the group, and their activities will receive more notice. In previous years lack of space has disappointed many students who wished to attend. This year, the department reported facilities for accommodation of 500 students have been prepared, giving an opportunity to all those desiring to be present. A large camp site near the grand stand has been arranged by the department. All activities will be located here. A committee of agricultural teachers has been appointed and is now working on the program for the camp. A fee of 2.50 for nine meals during the three day camp period has been set by the department. Applications should be made immediately, it is said, addressed to Julian A. McPhee, chief of the bureau of agricultural education in the state department of education. Money must accompany all reservations, McPhee announced, and assignment of sleeping quarters will be regulated according to receipt of reservations. The biggest Future Farmer of America convention yet held during state fair activities is the aim this year. McPhee said of agricultural teachers has been appointed and is now working on the program for the camp. A fee of 2.50 for nine meals during the three day camp period has been set by the department. Applications should be made immediately, it is said, addressed to Julian A. McPhee, chief of the bureau of agricultural education in the state department of education. Money must accompany all reservations, McPhee announced, and assignment of sleeping quarters will be regulated according to receipt of reservations. The biggest Future Farmer of America convention yet held during state fair activities is the aim this year, McPhee said. Directors of the state fair are cooperating to the utmost, he said, and result of the camp depends upon the various Future Farmer clubs in the high schools of California. TAX ROLL COMPLETED Taxes aggregating $42,389,702.80 have been levied against public utilities and insurance companies to meet California's revenue needs for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1930. Showing a gain of $2,566,902.76 over corresponding taxes for 1929, the new levies mark an increase of 6.44 per cent. As the 1929 total was only 3.26 per cent larger than that for 1928, the rate of gain now disclosed is almost doubled. It is explained that public utilities have been taxed at various percentage of their gross receipts while insurance companies are assessed on a gross premium basis. The rates used are those fixed by the legislature under constitutional authority. From an analysis of the operation of these taxes it is concluded that they constitute an effective method of raising funds for meeting the revenue requirements of the state with a minimum of administrative expense. Illustrating the way in which the revenue derived adapts itself to the public need, it is said. Because the taxes are based directly on the amount of business done, as California's activities and population increase the revenues grow larger proportionately. All this is automatic so that without changing valuations or rates the tax yield is so regulated as to anticipate with surprising accuracy changing revenue requirements. From the standpoint of economy of administration the state board of equalization has been able to establish an enviable record with the method of taxation. To do all of the work incident upon the assessment of more than $42,389,000, in taxes, we have incurred a total expense of less than one-tenth of one per cent. Indication of substantial growth throughout California is found in the increase of telephone and telegraph company revenues as well as the gain in gas and electric company receipts. The latter closely rival the former in their growth as they are shown by our records to be 8.63 per cent more than they were for the previous year. Insurance companies are next in their ratio of increase with a gain in their tax accruals of 7.86 per cent. There is undoubtedly a close relationship between the volume of insurance written and business expansion so that these figures all point toward stability in our economic structure. HIGHWAY BUILDING Highway construction throughout the country has been speeded up fully 100 per cent in 1930 as compared with the first three months of 1930. Insurance companies are next in their ratio of increase with a gain in their tax accruals of 7.86 per cent. There is undoubtedly a close relationship between the volume of insurance written and business expansion so that these figures all point toward stability in our economic structure. HIGHWAY BUILDING Highway construction throughout the country has been speeded up fully 100 per cent in 1930 as compared with the first three months of 1929, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California, which bases the statement on reports from the governors of 35 states, sent to Secretary of Commerce Lamont. Contracts awarded for the first three months of 1930 amounted to $114,101,383 as compared with $50,910,133 for the same period of 1929, a net increase of more than 124 per cent. California increased 181 per cent. Pennsylvania, with contracts awarded in the amount of $15,-469,853 for the first quarter of 1930, against $2,282,813 for the same period of 1929, showed an increase of 57 per cent. Contracts for highway construction in New Hampshire during the first quarter of this year, increased 755 per cent, Washington 650 per cent, and Colorado 455 per cent. Other substantial increases were: Oregon 230 per cent, Maryland 225 per cent, Iowa 207 per cent, Wisconsin 202 per cent, North Carolina 155 per cent, Missouri 144 per cent, Florida 109 per cent and Virginia 100 per cent, Missouri 144 per cent, Florida 109 per cent and Virginia 100 per cent. CRIME NEWS A delegation from the Chicago Association of Commerce which went east recently reports back that the heads of national news distributing agencies have heeded their plea that a soft pedal be put on Chicago crime news. The delegation arrives home at an unfortunate moment, for a Chicago Tribune reporter understood to have been particularly active against gangland has been assassinated in the street. And the Chicago newspapers themselves are not at the time inclined to put a lid on the news. As a result the gentleman from the Association of Commerce are learning a lesson that a great many good people have had to learn about crime news. There are many who believe that such news should be excluded. They are right, of course, in so far as this applies to the glorification of crime or matter that is "news" only because it is crime. But crime news is news and forces itself. To ignore it is to flatter society with a distorted mirror that hides the crowds-feet and wrinkles. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Hail! the U. S. Farmer! By Albert T. Reid Making Trade Friends It isn't difficult to understand why South and Central American counof the attendance. Predictions are made that marketing fields may be enlarged very considerably. Montana Recognizes Reciprocal Traders Making Trade Friends It isn't difficult to understand why South and Central American countries have regarded the United States with suspicion and fear. They have seen small nations elsewhere overborne and swallowed by bigger ones close by them. It is something like a small boy at school—the big boys have the strength to make his life a burden to him, and sometimes they do. Our neighbors to the south have not fully grasped the fact that the United States is not a warlike country; that its metier is not greed for other people's land—it has enough of its own still. Its thoughts are not of aggressive war. It is satisfied (some think too much so) with itself. However, gradually the realization is percolating that the United States is a great trader. It likes to market its great excesses of production and, what hasn't been quite so plain, perhaps it likes to buy abroad the products of other lands, and it is perfectly willing to pay for them. No other instrumentality has been more potent to rid the minds of our smaller neighbors of their suspicion than trade. We have sought to find markets, not domination, for what our farmers grow, and, in turn, we are just as eager to provide for what they may have; if it is different, or better, or cheaper than what we can produce ourselves. And what ever else may be said of us, we are mighty good friends of our friends. We have had a number of trade conferences with Latin-American countries and each one has advanced us and then a little in that feeling of friendship that good neighbors ought to have. And so we believe that Pan-American Reciprocal Trade Conference which will be held in Sacramento in August should be of especial value to all the parties concerned. Twenty-two American nations will be represented by agricultural civic and business leaders, and here on the west coast, where the need of co-operation and friendly feeling is keenest. Along the Atlantic seaboard, trade is of long standing, but here the field of mutual business relations has not been developed as much as it ought to be, as much as it can be or as much as it is going to be. In this particular conference the response to invitations to attend has been prompt, Mexico sending in the first official acceptance and ten other countries following closely. Farmers in particular, leaders in their fields, will, with of the attendance. Predictions are made that marketing fields may be enlarged very considerably. Round-table discussions will be the rule, and this will be the first time that this open method will have been tried to stimulate trade. Heretofore the topics of the most vital interest have been placed in the hands of instructed delegates to official parleys to be settled after diplomatic precedent. This Sacramento meeting is an experimental one. It looks as though it may be an extremely valuable one. We believe in trade expansion for our products in the Far East, but that does not prevent us from developing what might be termed the Near West, too. Gov. Baldridge of Idaho, in commenting on this conference, has said: "If the ideals expressed by the leaders in this reciprocal trade movement are followed closely, the Pan-American Conference will become an economic factor in the progress of the West. Rubbing elbows with representative leaders of neighboring countries, we will become more familiar with their ways of doing business. The roundtable discussions on all matters pertaining to trade cannot help but result in a better understanding and trade stimulation." Asks Information Koshiro Arai, shorthand reporter for the House of Peers, Tokio, Japan, has written the California State Senate to discover how stenographers are treated in this state. His letter asked for this information "especially the following items:" Name and number of reporters? What do they get for their remuneration? How many hours do they attend to their work in daily service? Do they service by turn—simple or couple? "I should feel it grateful if you send me any reference papers such as Official Directory or Reputation on salary which will be of great interest to me," he concluded. "And about other legislations of stenographers in your state I am desirious to know." We are not inclined to be militaristic but we must confess that we can get more thrill hit of a moving picture of Uncle Sam's battle fleet than we could out of a photostat of a peace pact. Representative Johnson of Nebraska won the horseshoe pitching championship in the National Capital a few days ago. The day seems to be rapidly arriving when pitching will be about the Montana Recognizes Reciprocal Traders Sacramento, Calif., June 26. Supplementing official acceptances from 18 Latin American republics, the State of Montana has now officially recognized the Pan-American Reciprocal Trade Conference and will have three delegates at Sacramento during August. Senator T. J. Walsh was named by Governor J. E. Erickson to head the delegation, with C. H. McLeod, Missoula and O. S. Warden, Great Falls, as official representatives of the State of Montana. Governor Erickson was one of the first of the westgrn executives to accept appointment as honorary vice-chairman of the board of directors for the unofficial congress according to the Conference sponsors. "The departure of Arthur Caylor, San Francisco newspaperman, for Latin America now gives the Pan-American Reciprocal Trade Conference four goodwill ambassadors actually in the field," says Simon J. Lubin. "The work of these men is to augment that of previous trade scouts and 'key men' in the various countries." Daily Agricultural Program Beginning each day at 12 p.m. and containing 10 minutes, talks of interest to farmers, growers and producers will be given during the week beginning June 30; under the auspices of the Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating with Radio Station KFI, as follows: June 30—"How Much Irrigation Water Do I Apply?" M. H. Kimball, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. July 1—"Economies Effected by the Farm Bureau." Earl Mahare, Executive Secretary, Los Angeles County Farm Bureau. July 2—"Value of Herbicides in the Eradication of Noxious Weeds." Ethelbert Johnson, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Orange County. July 3—"Water Conservation." By a member of the Los Angeles Conservation Association. July 5—"Keeping Accounts and Records on the Dairy." Jay Dutter, Southern Representative, California Dairy Council. There is an artistic campaign on in Indiana to persuade the farmers not to paint their barns red any more. Still it occurs to us that painting things red in the country is much better than apply- business leaders, and here on the west coast, where the need of co-operation and friendly feeling is keenest. Along the Atlantic seaboard, trade is of long standing, but here the field of mutual business relations has not been developed as much as it ought to be, as much as it can be or as much as it is going to be. In this particular conference the response to invitations to attend has been prompt. Mexico sending in the first official acceptance and ten other countries following closely. Farmers in particular, leaders in their fields, will, with business men, make up the largest part he concluded. "And about other legislations of stenographers in your state I am desirous to know." We are not inclined to be militaristic but we must confess that we can get more thrill lot of a moving picture of Uncle Sam's battle fleet than we could out of a photostat of a peace pact. Representative Johnson of Nebraska won the horseshoe pitching championship in the National Capital a few days ago. The day seems to be rapidly arriving when pitching will be about the only way to use horseshoes. HELLO! IS MIKE HOWE THERE? Voice over the phone! YOUR COW? NO! THIS IS DINKY'S RESIDENCE, WHAT YOU WANT IS A DAIRY FARM Pinky Dinky JINGLES GIVE A SMILE FOR TOMMY BIG HE TRIED TO CATCH A GREASED PIG SEE PINKY A SINGLE- OBSERVATIONS TIT FOR TAT After you stretch and yawn if you wonder what the crime waves are saying, all you have to do is to read in the paper where and how the ranks of some of the underworld citizens gradually grow less. HITTING THE ROCKS Every now and then sad news comes in about this man or that who was caught in that stock stampede. One day on easy street to poverty the next is gloomy, sure enough. NIP AND TUCK One man said the animated amendment was a noble experiment; after ten years floundering around another man said it ought to have ten years more trial; while yet again another man said it ought to have at least 50 years to work out the problem. STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY WIND BLOWS The annual straw vote, for the most popular entertainers, held among members of the drugstore cowboy association ended at noon the other day with the following results: Female: (1) Sue Sullivan, (2) Babe Dolivarr, (3) Toots Tobermann. Males: (1) Butch Boloney, (2) Chuck Carmichael, (3) Dutch Delaney. EDDIE, FETCH THE SULPHUR AND MOLASSES Zeke Cowan came in from Horse Shoe Flats the other day and reported quite a bit of sickness in his neighborhood. He reports Zeb Wheatly down with the hay fever, Duke Pullett laid up with the chicken pox, while Herb Carpenter has the shingles. Dock Pillsberry he says has the situation well in hand, and that there will be no need for the ambulance. NOW AND THEN Years ago there was a prize fighter who used to say: "The bigger they are the harder they fall." Now there is a prize fighter here (Hees Beeg Fella) who says: "The smaller they are they don't fall so far." (Sockramento de bull John). WOULD BE JAKE FOR THE DUSTERS Now that they have curtailed the oil in some sections, Uncle Rueben rises up in the rumble seat to say that if they would just pass it around and place some of it in the dry holes perhaps NOW AND THEN Years ago there was a prize fighter who used to say: "The bigger they are the harder they fall." Now there is a prize fighter here (Hees Beeg Fella) who says: "The smaller they are they don't fall so far." (Sockramento de bull John). WOULD BE JAKE FOR THE DUSTERS Now that they have curtailed the oil in some sections, Uncle Rueben rises up in the rumble seat to say that if they would just pass it around and place some of it in the dry holes perhaps the stockholders would then get a break. SOME MORE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS If those teetotaler clubs get a neck hold on the populace, a fella in the back of the hall suggests that the "doings" of all charter members should be brought about on a graduated scale—that is, taper off sort of gradual like. TALK IS NOT CHEAP ANY MORE After seeing the figures in print, some of the drug store cowboys wonder if the salary of a certain matinee idol consists of mere Conversational money, or the real little son of a guns recently liberated. IF THERE'S NOTHING TO DO, THEY'LL DO IT At the quarterly meeting of the Gesuffen Club committees were named to secure members for the new teetotaler auxiliary. A communication was received from the Schnaptz & Tomar Co. quoting prices on cloves, etc. A letter from the international cotton industry brought the information that hip pockets are to be eliminated from the 1930 pantaloons. Thanks of the organization were ordered sent the company for hearty cooperation. A secret code in cipher, thumb nail demension, was offered for approval, thereby doing away with calls from the agents, and resorting to numbers on the telephone. An agent from the facial factory gave a demonstration upon the easy method of relieving the strawberry effect from nasal appendages. Adjourned, sine die. WHEN A MINUTE SEEMED AN HOUR It is said during a reception of high note "over there" wine of the vintage of 1884 was passed around, and all the Americans, to be consistent, turned their tumbles upside down. WHO'S WHO—and How Sometimes when you read the list of names of men who belong to exclusive clubs, a fella imagines a dialogue something like this: "The little fellers don't know how to handle the stuff; it was not made for them—it costs too much." And yet again if the high up get too much they can lay it to indigestion and the gout. HA, HA, HA, HO, HO, HEE, HEE, HEE! The moistandarid mixup grows apace and a dry memb. of Cong. is quoted as being in favor of letting the folks make a batch of home brew. LIKE A CAT WITHOUT CLAWS IN A WELL There awhile ago when the weather was unusual and a lot of snow was flying around, some folks built a snow man and carried him as far as Yuma. It was humorous to be sure; but when HA, HA, HA, HO, HO, HEE, HEE, HEE! The moistandarid mixup grows apace and a dry memb. of Cong. is quoted as being in favor of letting the folks make a batch of home brew. LIKE A CAT WITHOUT CLAWS IN A WELL There awhile ago when the weather was unusual and a lot of snow was flying around, some folks built a snow man and car-hied him as far as Yuma. It was humorous to be sure; but when the snowman arrived there he said he did not like the place and evaporated. HIJACKING UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION In order to make it as dry as a powder horn a rep. in cong. suggests that they jailhouse drinkers. THERE'S GOOD IN EVERYTHING If they give back two-seventy-five they could use those old fenders to paint bock beer signs on. HEY, EDDIE, CALL THE PRESS AGENT Some of the show people have winning smiles, others have winning ways, while a lot of others are hanging on by their eye brows. POPPING IN THE PANTRY If the plebecite are to be allowed to make their own beer, it would be well to bear in mind that the corks should be inserted firmly: should there be a continuous bombardment some fellas might believe there was a Japanese invasion, or something. PUT A BELL ON THE BOAT Those million dollar suits for heart balm are getting so common nowadays, that a person who has an affair of the heart should refrain from writing letters and should use the telephone—its safer. MAYBE IT'S JUST ANOTHER BUBBLE A man who struck it rich out on the desert years ago, used to pay a hundred dollars for a cigar and is said to have otherwise spent his money lavishly. Now it is reported he's broke, or something like that. WONDER IF THIS IS A REPEATER There awhile back they blamed the rats for a dreaded disease, and now they say the parrot has caused a complex.