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Brilliant Career of Lillian Leitzel World's Premier Aerial Performer Was First Cousin of Mrs. Anton Berghofer 20 YEARS OF CIRCUS LIFE All America Sorrowed When She Fell to Her Death While the family of Anton Berghofer, who live southwest of Anaheim on Garden Grove road, know that the ashes of Lillian Leitzel will be brought to Hollywood for burial, but when the ashes will arrive is not definitely known. Miss Leitzel, famous over America and Europe as an aerial acrobat, was killed a short time ago while performing in a circus tent in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was traveling with the circus from city to city, while Alfredo Codona, her husband, was appearing in vaudeville. When Mr. Codona is released from his engagements in Europe, he is expected to bring her ashes to California for burial. In Los Angeles Two Years Ago Miss Leitzel appeared with the Ringling circus in Los Angeles two years ago, became enthusiastic over the Southland and said that when she retired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lillian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere of that city. When twelve years old she had a reputation in Vienna as a toe dancer in the gorgeous Thrills in Death Plunge. Dainty Lillian Leitzel, who has thrilled hundreds of thousands of Americans in her aerial circus feats on rings and trapeze, plunged to her death at Copenhagen, Denmark last week—not thru any slip in her perfect timing—but because—a ring broke. was exercising her usual carefulness, was timing herself and when the fatal fall came it was through no fault of her’s. The iron ring which she held in her hand without forewarning broke, and she dropped to the ground with fatal injuries. The name of Lillian Leitzel was known to American circus goers literally by the hundreds of thousands, and word of her death sounded a note of sorrow to these admirers all over the land. Walnut Logs Are U. S. Government Take Over Levee Against Colorado CANNOT WAIT Farmers Abandoning Because of Population Is Shamed The Palo Verde valley and Imperial counties, up the Colorado river Arizona. It is a valley seven to ten miles in width 30 miles long, and includes acres. Ten years ago, the revered valley had a population of people who farmed 40,000 productive land. The village built up by the alluvium. In 1922 the levees which constructed by the farmers were thought to give an additional burden of rains would only cause the rivers to raise its position to increase the level so the farmers conclude... tired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lilian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere of that city. When twelve years old she had a reputation in Vienna as a toe dancer in the gorgeous ballets. Retired from Dancing But on one occasion she so injured a great toe that she had to retire from a dancing career. She then turned her attention to acrobatics with an inspiration to accomplishment which would give her first place as an entertainer on aerial apparatus. As she grew out of girlhood into young womanhood, Miss Leitzel became a diligent student of home decorations, although she was destined to spend her life traveling over two continents as a circus headliner. She perfected herself in music, too, and was known to her friends as an unusually gifted pianist. She was artistic to her finger tips, and it seemed natural for her to become a most graceful artist who entertained her public from the top of a circus tent, at times nearly 100 feet in the air. Began With Barnum & Bailey Her career as an aerial performer really began with the Barnum & Bailey circus, and she went on year after year with that great enterprise after it was taken over as by the Ringlings. She went with the Barnum circus to about all the capitals of Europe, where she was received with hearty acclaim by the audiences which filled the Barnum tents. She traveled extensively with the Barnum & Bailey circus all over America, as she did later with the Ringlings, and she was always the headliner of their performances. She gave her spinning feat at each performance, or twice a day. As she had as a toe dancer, Miss Leitzel perfected herself as an aerial acrobat. She specialized in one brilliant and thrilling act—whirling from an iron ring at the end of a rope high up in the tent while she held on with one hand. 249 Revolutions Her Record The act was fairly common among aerial acrobats, but Miss Leitzel went much further with the performance than had any one before or since. Holding to the rope with one hand, while the band crashed its music below, she spun around 249 times, while the record of other aerialists of the kind seldom if ever went to 100. Her act required both endurance and strength, and Miss Leitzel, while a very tired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lilian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere of that city. When twelve years old she had a reputation in Vienna as a toe dancer in the gorgeous ballets. Retired from Dancing But on one occasion she so injured a great toe that she had to retire from a dancing career. She then turned her attention to acrobatics with an inspiration to accomplishment which would give her first place as an entertainer on aerial apparatus. As she grew out of girlhood into young womanhood, Miss Leitzel became a diligent student of home decorations, although she was destined to spend her life traveling over two continents as a circus headliner. She perfected herself in music, too, and was known to her friends as an unusually gifted pianist. She was artistic to her finger tips, and it seemed natural for her to become a most graceful artist who entertained her public from the top of a circus tent, at times nearly 100 feet in the air. Began With Barnum & Bailey Her career as an aerial performer really began with the Barnum & Bailey circus, and she went on year after year with that great enterprise after it was taken over as by the Ringlings. She went with the Barnum circus to about all the capitals of Europe, where she was received with hearty acclaim by the audiences which filled the Barnum tents. She traveled extensively with the Barnum & Bailey circus all over America, as she did later with the Ringlings, and she was always the headliner of their performances. She gave her spinning feat at each performance, or twice a day. As she had as a toe dancer, Miss Leitzel perfected herself as an aerial acrobat. She specialized in one brilliant and thrilling act—whirling from an iron ring at the end of a rope high up in the tent while she held on with one hand. 249 Revolutions Her Record The act was fairly common among aerial acrobats, but Miss Leitzel went much further with the performance than had any one before or since. Holding to the rope with one hand, while the band crashed its music below, she spun around 249 times, while the record of other aerialists of the kind seldom if ever went to 100. Her act required both endurance and strength, and Miss Leitzel, while a very tired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lilian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere of that city. When twelve years old she had a reputation in Vienna as a toe dancer in the gorgeous ballets. Retired from Dancing But on one occasion she so injured a great toe that she had to retire from a dancing career. She then turned her attention to acrobatics with an inspiration to accomplishment which would give her first place as an entertainer on aerial apparatus. As she grew out of girlhood into young womanhood, Miss Leitzel became a diligent student of home decorations, although she was destined to spend her life traveling over two continents as a circus headliner. She perfected herself in music, too, and was known to her friends as an unusually gifted pianist. She was artistic to her finger tips, and it seemed natural for her to become a most graceful artist who entertained her public from the top of a circus tent, at times nearly 100 feet in the air. Began With Barnum & Bailey Her career as an aerial performer really began with the Barnum & Bailey circus, and she went on year after year with that great enterprise after it was taken over as by the Ringlings. She went with the Barnum circus to about all the capitals of Europe, where she was received with hearty acclaim by the audiences which filled the Barnum tents. She traveled extensively with the Barnum & Bailey circus all over America, as she did later with the Ringlings, and she was always the headliner of their performances. She gave her spinning feat at each performance, or twice a day. As she had as a toe dancer, Miss Leitzel perfected herself as an aerial acrobat. She specialized in one brilliant and thrilling act—whirling from an iron ring at the end of a rope high up in the tent while she held on with one hand. 249 Revolutions Her Record The act was fairly common among aerial acrobats, but Miss Leitzel went much further with the performance than had any one before or since. Holding to the rope with one hand, while the band crashed its music below, she spun around 249 times, while the record of other aerialists of the kind seldom if ever went to 100. Her act required both endurance and strength, and Miss Leitzel, while a very tired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lilian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere of that city. When twelve years old she had a reputation in Vienna as a toe dancer in the gorgeous ballets. Retired from Dancing But on one occasion she so injured a great toe that she had to retire from a dancing career. She then turned her attention to acrobatics with an inspiration to accomplishment which would give her first place as an entertainer on aerial apparatus. As she grew out of girlhood into young womanhood, Miss Leitzel became a diligent student of home decorations, although she was destined to spend her life traveling over two continents as a circus headliner. She perfected herself in music, too, and was known to her friends as an unusually gifted pianist. She was artistic to her finger tips, and it seemed natural for her to become a most graceful artist who entertained her public from the top of a circus tent, at times nearly 100 feet in the air. Began With Barnum & Bailey Her career as an aerial performer really began with the Barnum & Bailey circus, and she went on year after year with that great enterprise after it was taken over as by the Ringlings. She went with the Barnum circus to about all the capitals of Europe, where she was received with hearty acclaim by the audiences which filled the Barnum tents. She traveled extensively with the Barnum & Bailey circus all over America, as she did later with the Ringlings, and she was always the headliner of their performances. She gave her spinning feat at each performance, or twice a day. As she had as a toe dancer, Miss Leitzel perfected herself as an aerial acrobat. She specialized in one brilliant and thrilling act—whirling from an iron ring at the end of a rope high up in the tent while she held on with one hand. 249 Revolutions Her Record The act was fairly common among aerial acrobats, but Miss Leitzel went much further with the performance than had any one before or since. Holding to the rope with one hand, while the band crashed its music below, she spun around 249 times, while the record of other aerialists of the kind seldom if ever went to 100. Her act required both endurance and strength, and Miss Leitzel, while a very tired from circus life she would make her home in one of the cities of Southern California. She was a first cousin of Mrs. Berghofer who, with her daughter Miss Christine, today recalled many details of the career of Lilian Leitzel, who for many years was rated as the world's premier aerial performer. Miss Leitzel was born in Vienna, Austria, and in early girlhood began to absorb the artistic and amusement atmosphere to make a survey federal and private irrigation which were confronted with serious problems. An exile was made of the Palo Verde by the committee. The tax valley ask the Government control of levee systems; submerge the farmers when nearly $3,000,000 for levee control. Bonded Debts of $45 249 Revolutions Her Record The act was fairly common among aerial acrobats, but Miss Leitzel went much further with the performance than had any one before or since. Holding to the rope with one hand, while the band crashed its music below, she spun around 249 times, while the record of other aerialists of the kind soldom if ever went to 100. Her act required both endurance and strength, and Miss Leitzel, while a very small woman, kept herself in the pink of physical condition. She developed perfect breathing. She timed the 249 dizzy revolutions she made at the end of the rope. She balanced her weigh in these whirling revolutions so that she knew to a pound where her body should be as she spun around up there high above the thrilled spectators who watched her. Fame Did Not "Spoll" Her Small as she was, her endurance was a marvel to the whole circus world and to her friends out of the profession who knew of the strength and self-confidence her act imposed upon her. She was so sure of herself that she never used a net beneath the rope from which she whirled. Although artistic to the nth degree Miss Leitzel was not temperamental. She was cordial and democratic. Her accomplishments and wide spread fame did not "spoll" her. As she traveled over America and Europe, she lived in her own railroad car. It was something of a palace on wheels and in it she displayed some of her home-making talent. She carried a retinue of help, and there was a kitchen in the car with a chef in charge. Miss Leitzel indulged in four cold water showers every day in the buildup of her car, and the showers went far to keep her in the perfect health she enjoyed. Twenty Years of Circus Life For twenty years this brilliant performer moved with circuses from city to city. It was all the home life she had since her early girlhood. She was 33 years of age when she was doing her thrilling whirl in Copenhagen, where she fell to her death. She Palo Verde Farmers Asking for Help U. S. Government Urged to Take Over Levee Protection Against Colorado River CANNOT WAIT FOR DAM Farmers Abandoning the Valley Because of Floods Congressman Phil D. Swing has distributed among his constituents a report made by the committee on irrigation and reclamation of conditions existing in the Palo Verde valley, where the steadily dwindling farming population urges the Federal government to take over the protection of their farm lands from floods of the Colorado river. Population Is Shrinking The Palo Verde valley is in Riverside and Imperial counties, some 60 miles up the Colorado river from Yuma, Arizona. It is a valley averaging about seven to ten miles in width and about 30 miles long, and includes about 79,000 acres. Ten years ago, the report says, the valley had a population of about 5,000 people who farmed 40,000 acres of very productive land. The valley soil was built up by the alluvium from the river. In 1922 the levees which had been constructed by the farmers, and which were thought to give ample protection, were breached by the river and some 30,000 acres were inundated. River Raises Its Bed The river was not in unusually high flood, but it was found that the bed had been gradually rising and that, in addition to closing the break, it would be necessary to raise the levees. The additional burden of raising the levees would only cause the river by its deposits to increase the level of the valley, so the farmers concluded that they Only Boy Scout Girl Ethel Hornig, 16 year old high school student of Syracuse, N. Y., is said to be the first American girl to hold the paradox rank of "boy scout girl," the honor having been awarded by Troop 79, Boy Scouts of America, of that city. Southland Roads to get $2,000,000 Final Apportionment Made of Federal Funds to California Highway System NO MORE TO BE EXPECTED Announcement Made by Commissioner Stanton vide for the construction and proper connection arising from this contingency. With the increased activity at the Poulder Dam and the construction of the aqueduct, this road will be called upon to carry a large increase in traffic. It is estimated that approximately 20 miles of construction can be undertaken with this amount. Surfacing—Bridgeport to Sonora Pass Junction on East-of-the Sierra Highway: $150,000 is provided for rock surfacing on this 15 mile section of highway in Mono County. The grading had been previously financed. Roads To Be Widened Widening pavement—Oxnard to El Rio—$26,400 is appropriated for widening pavement from 20 to 30 feet on a section 1.1 miles from Oxnard to El Rio in Ventura County on the El Rio-San Juan Capistrano highway. This short section is near the northerly connection of the Coast Route and the Roosevelt highway. Travel has increased to large proportions on this section because southbound travel is diverted into the Roosevelt Highway at this connection and for the further reason that it lies adjacent to the City of Oxnard. The work of providing a 30 foot pavement from Ventura south has been financed and this short connection will complete the pavement into Oxnard. One Creek Bridge Calleguas Creek Bridge—$30,000 was allocated for constructing a bridge over Calleguas Creek on the const Route in Ventura Co. Widening highway on the San Diego-El Centro route between Tecate Divide and the Imperial County line—$390,000 appropriated for this important project, which will widen present 15-foot pavement to 20 feet. This section, 16.2 miles in distance, is the only remaining section of narrow 15-foot pavement on the route from El Centro to San Diego, he widening of which has neither been accomplished nor financed. Widening, grading and constructing two bridges on the Foothill Boulevard in Los Angeles County—$127,000 is allocated for the above work on the section of this highway extending from Ajunga to LaCanada. This portion of the Foothill Boulevard lies near the densely populated area of Los Angeles. River Raises Its Bed The river was not in unusually high flood, but it was found that the bed had been gradually rising and that, in addition to closing the break, it would be necessary to raise the levees. The additional burden of raising the levees would only cause the river by its deposits to increase the level of the valley, so the farmers concluded that they were in a losing light against the Colorado floods. After the inundation in 1922, only a part of the farmers went back to their homes. The cost of closing the break and raising the levees, and other amounts spent on protection from the river, amounted to $2,400,000. Tax Rate Is $19.50 The abandonment of many farms not only reduced the number of taxpayers but caused an increase in tax rates against the farmers who continued to live in the valley. The tax rate for the district, county and state is now about $19.50 an acre. The population has shrunk from 5,000 to 3,000. The cultivated area has been reduced from 40,000 to 25,000 acres. Unless river front protective work is done, the report says, and the levees raised, the valley will again be unnaited. The farmers, the report also says, have recalled the end of their resources. They not only have no money theseves, but have no credit upon which to borrow. The Hoover dam when completed and an operation will give security to the Palo Verde as well as Imperial and Cuna valleys. By discharging clear water from the reservoir, which will pack up suit and carry it to the Gulf of California, the valley level will be gradually lowered. Can't Wait On Hoover Dam But the Hoover dam will not be completed for seven years, while a crisis is now upon the Palo Verde farmers. The report says that seven years without help from the U.S. Government means the end of Palo Verde as far as the present community is concerned. The Federal authorities began investigating conditions in the Palo Verde Valley in 1929, when the Secretary of the Interior appointed a committee ofiment men experienced in Western affairs to make a survey of certain federal and private irrigation projects which were confronted with the most serious problems. An exhaustive study was made of the Palo Verde conditions by the committee. The farmers of the valley ask the Government to assume control of the levee system and to reimburse the farmers who have spent nearly $3,000,000 for levees and river control. Bonded Debts of $4,250,000 The bonded indebtedness of the Valley for levees, drainage and irrigation Final Apportionment Made of Federal Funds to California Highway System NO MORE TO BE EXPECTED Announcement Made by Commissioner Stanton State highway projects in Southern California have been allocated approximately $2,000,000 from final apportionment of federal funds to the California highway system. Announcement of this fact has been made by Frank A. Tetley of Riverside, and Philip A. Stanton of Anaheim, state highway commissioners from Southern California. The allocation of funds to the various projects listed below further carries out the policy announced by Governor Robp upon his inauguration of speeding up highway construction. In announcing the allocation of federal funds, Commissioners Tetley and Stanton called attention to the fact that further appropriations cannot be expected inasmuch as all available revenues up until the close of the July 1, 1931—June 30, 1933, biennial period have been either appropriated or obligated for appropriation in the budget now before the legislature. List of Projects The list of projects included in the allocation announcement of Commissioners Tetley and Stanton follow: Grading and surfacing on the Arrowhead Trail, east of Baker in San Bernardino County:—$260,000 has been set up for this project. Finances have already been provided for construction on the Arrowhead Trail to a point about 20 miles east of Baker. Between that point and the state line there remains about 30 miles yet to build. With the impending construction of the Boulder Dam, this raod will see a greatly increased travel. Widening in Imperial County near Dixieland on the San Diego-El Centro Highway:—$170,000 has been allocated to this project. This is the only remaining 15-foot gap in Imperia County on the San Diego-El Centro Highway, which has not been widened or its widening financed. The highway extends across a desert country with sandy shoulders. This with the narrow pavement is the cause of many accidents. The present 15-foot pavement is also in poor condition, with maintenance costs running high upon it. Mecca-Blythe Highway Mecca-Blythe Highway Improvement—$400,000 has been appropriated for grading and oil rock surfacing portions of the Mecca-Blythe highway from Shavers' Wells to a point 4 miles west Free Yourself From the Legion of the WASHTUB SLAVES Are you still one of the Legion of Washtub Slaves—reddening your hands—spoiling your good nature—tiring your back over the washtub every week? This form of drudgery is rapidly being eliminated by our improved Laundry Service. Why waste your time and energy doing Laundry work at home when it is so easy and so economical to send your laundry to us! A phone call will bring our wagon right to your door. Bonded Debts of $4,250,000 The bonded indebtedness of the Valley for levees, drainage and irrigation is now over $4,250,000, or an average of 17.45 an acre. Operation and maintenance assessments are $17.50 an acre for the best land, and an average of $15 an acre for the productive land. The committee in its report says that the Palo Verde farmers have the same basis for claiming Government assistance in maintaining levees and protecting lands from Colorado river floods as the Yuma project and Imperial Valley, on the same river, and as the lowlanders along the Mississippi. Need Is Urgent "The need is urgent in Palo Verde," the report says, "and in the judgment of the advisers, the Government should assume control of the Palo Verde levees along the Colorado as a part of the general treatment of the Colorado connection with the Boulder canyon reservoir." "In view of the impossible burden which the Palo Verde farmers assumed in the past, the valley should be remembered out of the U.S. Treasury for much of the past flood control work as it found to be of value in the general handling of the river." Now Up to Congress Congress passed an act in April, last year, directing an official survey be made of the physical and economic problem of this valley. The Palo Verde is the only community along the Colorado which the Government has felt to fight its own battles against floods. Action favorable to the Palo Verde farmers has been taken all along the official line in Washington, and a bill long the desired lines has been introduced in Congress, but too late for action before the recent adjournment. Another Iowa Success Thos. A. Buckner, now 66, started as office boy in his father's insurance office in Iowa 51 years ago. This month he became president of the New York Life Insurance Company, of which former President Coolidge is a director. NOTICE OF SALE BY TRUSTEE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, March 30th, 1931, at the hour of ten o'clock, A. M. of said day, at the South entrance to the Orange County Courthouse, in the city of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, the Abstract & Title Guaranty Company, a corporation, as Truste under a certain deed of trust executed by Gertle Goodrich and Frank C. Goodrich, her husband, and recorded in Book 584 of Deeds, at page 26, of Orange County Records, which was given to secure a promissory note for the sum of $2,000.00, due two years after date, with interest from date until paid, at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable quarterly, and if not so paid to be added to the principal and thereafter bear the same rate of interest as the principal, in accordance with the said deed of trust, and in compliance with a notice of default and demand for sale of the property in the said deed of trust and hereinafter described, recorded on December 4th, 1930, in Poor 435, Page 486, of Official Records of Orange County executed by the owner and holder of the said note on account of the default in the payment of principal and interest, principally due on May 11th, 1927, and interest dues. 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