anaheim-gazette 1930-08-21

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. UNIQUE RECORD OF ANAHEIM JUSTICE For the responsible position of Justice of the Peace of Anaheim Township, the Gazette heartily endorses Charles Kuchel, whose present administration of that office furnishes ample proof of his ability, and the most convincing reason as to why he should be retained in it. The justice which is melted out in such a tribunal is conceivably of a varied nature. It ranges from decisions upon petty quibblings involving a few cents up to more important controversies where liberty is at stake. Legal knowledge of the man in charge of such a court must hence be as sound and as wide in its scope as the cases are different which he handles. The present judge has shown his ability and his knowledge in his present term of office. Of all the cases which have been appealed from his to a higher court, only one has ever been reversed, and that one only because new evidence was brought forth! Such a record is unique, and it represents quite fully the competency of the present Judge. Judge Kuchel represents a family which has ever been associated with Anaheim's history, his father having been one of the original settlers of the city and his own life having been spent largely here. There is no good reason why he,—who was born here and has lived a long life here, and who has fully taken care for the past term of the office to which he now asks the people to re-elect him—should not be sent back to it for the ensuing term. Re-elect Charles Kuchel justice of the peace of the Anaheim township on August 26. McFADDEN STRONG CONTENDER From the unusually large group of capable individuals who are opposing each other in this McFADDEN STRONG CONTENDER From the unusually large group of capable individuals who are opposing each other in the race to become Orange county's next sheriff, the many friends of Ralph McFadden are satisfied that he will emerge from next Tuesday's election the victor. And, indeed, if this be the case, the law-enforcing department of the county will rest in very capable hands. Those whose pleasure it is to name Ralph McFadden among their friends know him as a gentleman, see in him the man most likely to do the best work of filling the office he seeks, basing that particular vision on his list of past achievements and upon the experience in law enforcement that has been his. Raised in the northern part of the county, graduated from Stanford university, he later returned here and has been engaged in ranching. For a time he was on duty at Folsom prison where he became acquainted with the work and duties of handling the criminal class. He has been a city trustee of Anaheim, a member of the county highway commission, and a superintendent of the Anaheim Union Water Co. There is difficulty in determining who will be the winner in the race for sheriff. Yet it is a simple matter—after perusing Mr. McFadden's record—to foretell a successful administration of the sheriff's office in case of his election. HOW IT WORKS One of the best illustrations of the way in which free trade may be used by international interests to injure prosperity and employment in the United States is had in the effect of the successful fight made by these interests to prevent the imposition of a tariff on crude oil or oil products. During the first six months of 1930 our imports of gasoline increased over the same period of 1929, 140 per cent, while our exports decreased 40 per cent. During the same period our imports of crude oil and all oil products increased about 50 per cent, while our exports decreased 25 per cent. This happened in the country which leads the world in potential oil production. While importing vast quantities of crude oil our own oil fields were operating under limitations of output, encouraged by the national and state governments and by associations of oil producers, in order not to disastrously increase the surplus of crude oil and oil products. A decreasing amount of money came into the country for the purchase of our products, while we greatly increased our purchases of commodities of which we had a surplus that could not find a market. As a result of this many thousands of oil field workers, refinery employees and others whose employment is affected by the oil industry, were rendered jobless. American farmers lost much money they otherwise would have had from oil royalties. All this worked no benefit to consumers of crude oil or oil products. Still Senator Swanson of Virginia says that the way to increase the prosperity of the United States is to buy more of the products of foreign cheap labor displacing the similar output of surplus of crude oil and oil products. A decreasing amount of money came into the country for the purchase of our products, while we greatly increased our purchases of commodities of which we had a surplus that could not find a market. As a result of this many thousands of oil field workers, refinery employees and others whose employment is affected by the oil industry, were rendered jobless. American farmers lost much money they otherwise would have had from oil royalties. All this worked no benefit to consumers of crude oil or oil products. Still Senator Swanson of Virginia says that the way to increase the prosperity of the United States is to buy more of the products of foreign cheap labor displacing the similar output of American workers receiving a higher rate of wages. FINANCING AMERICAN HOMES No action of President Hoover since his coming into office has met with more general approval than his calling a conference to study the problem of home ownership, with a view to removing the impediments which are slowing up the growth of the home owning movement in city, town and country. The conference is to be organized by a planning committee headed by Secretary Lamont and comprised of representatives of leading national organizations interested in the question of home ownership. The President himself is deeply interested in the movement. As Secretary of Commerce he organized the housing division of the Commerce Department and he was president of the Better Homes of America Association while Secretary of Commerce. The principal drawback during the past several months, to the home building movement has been lack of funds. President Hoover made mention of this in his statement outlining the work of the coming conference, when he said: "The conference will deal with the whole broad question of home construction and home ownership. It will embrace such questions as finance, design, equipment, city planning, transportation, etc." "One of the important questions is finance. The present depression has given emphasis to the fact the credit system in home building is not as soundly organized as other branches of credit. Commerce, industry, installment buying, and to a large extent farm mortgages all have more effective financial reservoirs." It is true that the slump in home building has been due to a great degree to the lack of proper methods and means of financing. If the coming conference can remedy this condition, it will have performed a great work for the future of America. The more we become a nation of home builders and home owners the better it will be for the future of our country. Eleven Anaheim Students at S.C. Eleven Anaheim students attended the 25th annual summer school of the University of Southern California. Those attending were: Eight-week session: Alice D. Betzsold, Margaret M. Bradley, E. M. Phillips, W. V. Shaver, Six-week session: Jessie N. Coons, Mrs. V. D. Carleton, Edith J. Hedstrom, Verne S. Harrison, Lucy B. Morgan and Percy W. Olds. Post-session: Bervl Kennedy. Enrollment in the 1930 summer term of S.C. numbers 6,301, an increase of 1,068 over the 1929 registration figure. The summer student body at Southern California has nearly tripled since 1925. Almost every state, several foreign countries, and numerous California cities and towns are represented in the attendance record this year, according to Registrar Theron Clark. Sixty visiting professors from leading educational institutions throughout the country and Canada augmented the regular teaching staff. August 30 is the final closing date of classes of the 1930 summer school of the University of Southern California. First founded in 1905, the Trojan summer session celebrates its silver anniversary this year. Dr. Lester B. Rogers is dean. Farm Talks On Radio at Noon Beginning each day at 12 p.m. and continuing 10 minutes, talks of interest to farmers, growers and producers will be given during the week beginning August 25, under the auspices of the Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating with Radio Station KFI, as follows: August 25—"College of Agriculture News." W. H. Williams, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. August 26—"Truck Crop Question Box." F. H. Ernst, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. August 27—"The Purpose, Benefits and Impacts on Farming." Bureau Studies Taxes On Farm Nearing the completion of a house to house survey of over 900 farm and city properties in Santa Barbara county, the California Farm Bureau Federation is assembling tax data to determine the position of the farmer in state tax problems. Von T. Ellsworth, head of the research department of the State Farm Bureau, who is personally in charge of the field force engaged in the tax survey, states "that this investigation of actual tax conditions is to determine the relation of the rural tax burden to the city tax rate, and whether the present property tax method is the proper base for farm tax, or whether other sources o f tax revenue might be recommended to supplement a lower property tax in the support of government." OUR REGISTRATION 8TH IN STATE Orange County's Voters Total 48,937 for Next Tuesday's Primary Election. Orange county, with a total registration of 48,937, ranked 8th among 83 counties of California in total registration for the August 26 primary election. This was announced recently by Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan, whose compilation showed that at the primary election in 1926 the county's registration was 40,506. The Golden State registered a heavy gain in voting strength by this year's registration which; for the first time, went over the two-million mark. Jordan said. The exact figure was 2,187,474, as compared to 1,854,471 four years ago. Voting precincts also increased from... Beginning each day at 12 p.m. and continuing 10 minutes, talks of interest to farmers, growers and producers will be given during the week beginning August 25, under the auspices of the Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating with Radio Station KFI, as follows: August 25—"College of Agriculture News." W. H. Williams, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. August 26—"Truck Crop Question Box." F. H. Ernst, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. August 27—"The Purpose, Benefits and Limits of Standardization Legislation." A. E. Bottel, Agricultural Commissioner, Riverside County. August 28—"The Relation of California's Forestry Problems to Prosperity." M. B. Rounds, Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. August 29—"Agriculture at the County Fair." R. L. Driscoll, Publicity Agent, Los Angeles County Fair. August 30—"A 4-H Club Program." The winner of the Pulitzer poetry prize has moved from New England to England on the ground that he can't get a proper background for his allatus in the United States, which as the Baltimore Sun says has a low cultural level as compared with Europe. Bryant as a boy of seventeen managed to write "Thanatopsis" with no better background than the New England countryside, which goes to prove, perhaps, that a poet with something in the foreground does not need to be so anxious about his back-ground. The Association Against Prohibition is overlooking a bet by not blaming the record breaking drought on to the Volstead act. START NOW PREPARE START now, without delay, to prepare yourself for a commanding position in the business world later on. We give you the kind of training that business men want. "Consider Your Future" McCORMAC SCHOOL of Business and Secretarial Training 706 N. Main St. Santa Ana, California Phone 3610 SAM L. COLLINS CANDIDATE FOR District Attorney I promise a vigorous and impartial enforcement of all the laws Now Serving Fourth Year As Deputy District Attorney Primary Election August 26, 1930. Celebrate "80 YEARS OF PROGRESS" at California's Celebrate "80 YEARS OF PROGRESS" at California's STATE FAIR Sacramento AUG. 30 --- SEPT. 7 World's Greatest Horticultural and Livestock Display Spectacular Attractions—Thrilling Races—Horse Show Instructive—Entertaining—Inspiring SPECIAL: Radio Stars of Golden State Blue Monday Jamboree, Sunday, Aug. 31—and the "Romantic '49ers" on Pioneers Day, Sept. 7 9—BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS—9 R. A. CONDEE, President CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary 10,283 at the present will retain its ratio of its to one Democrat, the counties of the state, by being as follows: 1,599,413; Democratic, position, 12,304; Socialist, 10,602; declined to state, 114,940, and miscellaneous, 391. Los Angeles, as usual, stood first in registration with a total of 824,886 voters, as compared to 661,444 four years ago. San Francisco came next with 243,019 as against 220,893 in 1926, while Alameda ranked third, with 227. Great Records! RESOURCES over 988 Million Dollars Nearly one billion dollars substantially invested in the statewide prosperity of 166 California communities. DEPOSITS over 824 Million Dollars A gigantic sum accumulated by more than one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) residents of California...one out of every four persons in the state. A tremendous testimonial to western thrift. INVESTED CAPITAL 108 Million Dollars A vast guarantee fund for Bank of Italy depositors. A definite indication of unusual strength, stability and safety. BRANCHES 292 modern, conveniently located offices...thoroughly equipped to render the highest range of INVESTED CAPITAL 108 Million Dollars A vast guarantee fund for Bank of Italy depositors. A definite indication of unusual strength, stability and safety. BRANCHES 292 modern, conveniently located offices...thoroughly equipped to render the highest type of banking service to the people of California. Bank of Italy NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION A NATIONAL BANK ANAHEIM BRANCH Corner Los Angeles and Center Streets E. E. SMITH, Manager CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST BANK To Tax Payers and Voters of Orange County Montgomery for Assessor Club and a Mr. C. C. Sidnam of Anaheim, are doing advertising of the assessment of the Irvine Company, picking out such parcels their purpose yet not citing to you assessments of other property of the same other parts of the County. This one thousand acres which they call the tract or a dirigible base located three miles east of the Eddie Martin Airport is hard hog wallow land which is not worth three hundred dollars per acre; anyone the value of such land will agree with me on this. Instead of the Irvine Coming one thousand dollars per acre for this land, they gave an option to sell this sand acres at this price at the end of twenty years. Would this option to sell at one thousand dollars per acre at the end of twenty years make this land day twelve hundred dollars as claimed by Mr. Sidnam or even one thousand per acre? This can be verified thru' A. J. Crookshank, President of the First Bank of Santa Ana and Clyde C. Jenkins, Santa Ana City Engineer, who were of the commission meeting with Mr. Irvine in regard to this option. Irvine Company sold to the County of Orange in 1926 for Fair ground purchase. for a dirigible base located three miles east of the Eddie Martin Airport is hard wog wallow land which is not worth three hundred dollars per acre; anyone the value of such land will agree with me on this. Instead of the Irvine Coming one thousand dollars per acre for this land, they gave an option to sell this land acres at this price at the end of twenty years. Would this option to sell at one thousand dollars per acre at the end of twenty years make this land day twelve hundred dollars as claimed by Mr. Sidnam or even one thousand or acre? This can be verified thru' A. J. Crookshank, President of the First Bank of Santa Ana and Clyde C. Jenkins, Santa Ana City Engineer, who were of the commission meeting with Mr. Irvine in regard to this option. Irvine Company sold to the County of Orange in 1926 for Fair ground purpose hundred sixty acres in block 49, Irvine Sub, one mile east of the Eddie Martin or three hundred fifty dollars per acre. This was equally as good land as the land acres, two miles farther east. And at the present time the Irvine Commelling part of block 51, Irvine Sub, being southeast of the Santa Ana Country have hundred dollars per acre. Regard to the statement made concerning the coast line of the Irvine Company's at a strip 150 feet deep was actually worth two hundred dollars per front foot. Value a fifty foot lot 150 feet deep would have to sell for ten thousand dollars and mean a lot without any improvements, streets, lights, water, gas or sewer. Only shows to what extent a candidate for public office will go in trying to be claimed by Mr. Sidnam that there are ninety eight thousand three -hundred acres in the Irvine ranch and that this property could not be purchased for $0.00. This would mean that every acre in the ranch unsold would be worth per acre for every acre, both mountain and hill land and unwatered land. There are approximately forty thousand acres under cultivation, the balance being mountain and brush land. Several thousand acres of this forty thousand acres estation is farmed for barley, being hillside and canyon land. Never, it is not my purpose here to substantiate the actual values of this ranch, passed values have been passed upon for the past twenty years by the Board of on, and anyone familiar with the history of this office and my position will now that I was the first assessor to force the large interests in this County to must and equal proportion of the taxes of Orange County. However, it has my intention to penalize any individual or corporation in this County for property herein as long as I felt that their assessment was equal and in proporlarily classed and located land. Object to the use of misleading and misformed or partial statements or unny campaign for a political office. And I am sure that the people of this Councountenance such tactics by electing a man for this important office, who will as to make use of them. JAMES SLEEPER, County Assessor.