anaheim-gazette 1931-04-16

HINTS FOR THE HOME NANCY HART MAKES MANY TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN READERS THE GAZETTE CALL TWO-FOUR-ONE-FOUR VOLUME LXI A 'Santa Ana' Hits Santa Ana City Hall A Storm Not Out of Mojave Desert Blows Out Present Administration MAYOR PURITON LOST OUT City Clerk Ed. Vegely Had No Opposition A "Santa Ana" storm which did not bow out of the Mojave desert struck Santa Ana in the municipal election, Tuesday and wrecked the hopes of the present city administration of succeeding itself. Mayor Frank Puriton was defeated by A. C. Hasenjaeger by a vote of 4976 to 2414. City Attorney Charles Swanner, City Judge J. F. Talbott, Chief of Police Claude Rogers, Councilman William Kelley and two members of the school board—Dr. Roy Horton and Dr. M. A. Patton—all candidates for re-election, were whammed by the independent voters. The effort to pay city councilmen an increase from $25 to $50 a month was also lost by a vote of 4434 to 1779. Economy League Won The Economy League came out of Drillers Seek Oil and Find a Turtle The Texas Oil Co. is drilling a well in virgin territory about four miles east of Anaheim and the drill has penetrated about 3,800 feet in what is known as Olive well No. 1. While the prospects of obtaining a good quantity of the elusive petroleum are regarded as favorable, the most interesting thing so far revealed by the drill is the shell of a turtle. The shell was brought to the surface with a five-inch core from a depth of 2,000 feet. It was imbedded in blue clay and the shell was in good condition. It was sent to the University of Southern California for investigation, and has since been sent to Washington for further identification. How many hundred, thousand or million years ago the turtle bored its way far down in the depths of the earth is something for a scientist to estimate with a long penell and a large sheet of paper. Long Beach Man In Water Defense Suit Filed to Enjoin Beach City from Purchasing Land in Orange County Long Beach Man In Water Defense Suit Filed to Enjoin Beach City from Purchasing Land in Orange County While Orange county ranchers have been engaging lawyers and raising funds to protect their interests from invasions of the Santa Ana water resources, Joseph Farnsworth, a Long Beach tax payer, has unexpectedly joined with these defensive forces by filling suit asking for an injunction against Long Beach completing a land purchase in Orange county from which it has proposed to obtain water for Long Beach consumers. Based on Several Charges The Farnsworth complaint is based on several charges, among them being one almost identical with a protest recently adopted by the Orange county supervisors, in which it was charged that by acquiring the piece of land Long Beach will attempt to take water from the "inadequate and diminishing underground supply of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange and other Orange county cities." Bond Issue Was Rejected Farnsworth recalls that Long Beach voters last year rejected a bond issue for purchase of the lands, and that the water works bonds, voted March 9, 1927, were intended for water system improvements only and that, in approving them, the voters were misled, if the bonds are to be used for buying land. He asks the court to enjoin the sale of the bonds and payment of the proposed $786,232 for the land in question; also a temporary restraining order during pendency of the action. In addition he demands his court costs and $10,000 for attorney fees. Omer Romanes Young, Long Beach attorney, is counsel for Farnsworth. Credit Men to Hold a Conference The south regional conference of the California Association of Retail Credit Bureaus is to be held at the Pickwick hotel, Anaheim, this coming Saturday, and about 40 representatives are expected. The North Orange County association will be host. "Selling Bureau Service" will be the conference theme and there will be a number of speakers on the program. The first session will open at 9:30 a.m. with an address of welcome by W. L. Currie, manager of the Northern Or- Measure Tac Valencia Associated Labor Ripening Fruit Than The Associated Law on the alert for de-ange county citrus measuring the on-co-lencias and finds the small in size. Figures given by D crintendent, show t meit of outside W inches, and that 265 a box. Inside orange and will pack 291 to Smallest S When Valencias v April 1, last year, packed 207 to the b side. The largest outs 1925 were recorded packed at 205 per was largest last sp show. Growth rates for are next to the low since 1925, and ins reached a new low month of March out inches this year, as inches last year and Inside fruit grew March, while in 1925 inches. The biggest fruit was recorded growth of .079 inches. Walnut Growers Get Checks for Culls Members of the California Walnut Growers' Association have received checks to a total of $70,000 for walnut culls for the 1930 season, the amount distributed among Anaheim members being $6,000. Since the crop was comparatively light and because of the quality of the culls, the payment was small this year, said Walter J. Ross, manager of the local association. The culls are shipped from the Anaheim house to Los Angeles where the meats are "cracked out" to be packed and shipped in various forms, Ross said. PUPILS GIVE RECITAL Jean MacMasters and Kathryn Bradford, talented young pupils of Dorothea Stuthman, pianist, gave a pleasing recital at the home of Mrs. F. E. Moll, Tuesday evening. The program included instrumental numbers and songs. Hold a Conference The south regional conference of the California Association of Retail Credit Bureaus is to be held at the Pickwick hotel, Anaheim, this coming Saturday, and about 40 representatives are expected. The North Orange County association will be host. "Selling Bureau Service" will be the conference theme and there will be a number of speakers on the program. The first session will open at 9:30 a.m. with an address of welcome by W. L. Currie, manager of the Northern Orange association. Following noon lunch, an open forum will be held when the credit phase of the organization will be discussed. The conference will close Saturday evening with a banquet in Fullerton. During the dinner hour entertainment will be provided by the Orange County School of Fine Arts. George Montgormery Dies In His Grove George Montgomery, widely known Anaheim citrus grower and packer, dropped dead in his grove on East Vermont street, where he had been at work with a tractor. The body was found at 10:30 Tuesday morning, when it was seen by Chris Bamesberger, a neighbor. Mr. Montgomery had been preparing the grove for irrigating. The body was taken to the Backs, Terry & Campbell mortuary where the coroner was to make an investigation. Mr. Montgomery had lived in Anaheim for eight years, after a long period of service with the Southern California Edison Co. He was a veteran of the Spanish war and up to eight months ago had served as president of the Community Growers' association. He was a candidate for county assessor last year but was defeated, although he won a heavy vote. He was 66 years old. CITY PLUNGE OPENS MAY 15 The plunge at the city park will be opened to bathers beginning May 15. According to present plans, all of the supervised playground activities, except baseball for boys, will be abandoned this summer. Cost of P The Placement-Funter meeting tonight dress by Harold E. Vvisor of Orange county." The of five years data Farm Advisor's office with 75 citrus growers it. embraces cost data available ttrct. An analysis of the amounts of water collection and other factors by Wahlberg. His illustration with chart. The meeting will Chamber of Commerce meet at 6:30 and tuled for 7:30. All g Not Enough for La H The petitions for of the members of council have been en in that they did not number of signals Early says, however tion of the petitions tinued until the requainted. BEACH CITY Mayor S. R. Bowen office at Huntington heated argument w at a session last week is said to have invol city engineer. AHEIM GAZET Anaheim, California, Thursday, April 16, 1931 A Bird's Eye View of Spring—By Albert T. Raid KEY! PINKEY! PUT ONE OVER HERE ONCE IN A WHILE CANT CHA FOR SALE I'll GET IT I'll GET IT IF YOU WANT TO SAVE ANY OF THOSE OLD MAGAZINES DO IT BECAUSE LATILLES AND I START TO CLEAN HOUSE TO MORROW MORNING OH BOY MY BACK I'LL BE THE MAMA AN' YOU CAN BE MY LITTLE GIRL AN' THIS IS YOUR ROOM NAW DON'T WANT TO SA ROBIN AW, GEE WHIZ, COME ON WE GOT ENOUGH PAINT TO CHECK ALL THE FISH IN THE ATLantic Ocean WELL I GUESS WE GOTTA HAVE PLENTY CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE MILLIONS OF OLE FISH FOR ALL Measure Taken of Valencia Oranges Associated Laboratories Finds Ripening Fruit Much Smaller Than Usual The Associated Laboratories, always on the alert for developments in Orange county citrus fruits, has been measuring the on-coming crop of Valencias and finds the fruit is unusually small in size. Figures given by D. D. Eaynick, superintendent, show that the measurement of outside Valencias is 2.464 inches, and that 262 of them will fill a box. Inside oranges are 2.36 inches and will pack 291 to the box. Smallest Since 1925 When Valencias were measured on April 1, last year, the outside fruit packed 207 to the box and 219 for inside. The largest outside oranges since 1925 were recorded in 1927 when they packed at 205 per box. Inside fruit was largest last spring, the statistics show. Growth rates for oranges this year are next to the lowest for outside fruit since 1925, and inside fruit growth reached a new low mark. During the month of March outside fruit grew .027 inches this year, as compared to .038 inches last year and .078 inches in 1929. Inside fruit grew .034 inches in March, while in 1930 they grew .055 inches. The biggest growth for inside fruit was recorded in 1926 with a growth of .079 inches. Cost of Production Russian Puts a New One Under the Sun Nothin' new under the sun? Well, there is. And Jack Kleva put it there. And now he is spending 30 days in the Orange county hoosgow at Santa Ana for his originality, or suthin', as Amos and Andy would say. Kelva claims to be a Russian, and he certainly acted like one—and a communist to boot. As he stood on the state highway near the Culver corner the other day, he had an armful of milk bottles and, as a hitch-hiker, or thumber, was seeking a ride in any passing auto that would pick him up. As a motorist approached and gave no recognition to Kelva's signal for a ride, Kelva would let go with a milk bottle. He would smash it to simthereens on the roadway in front of the auto. The driver scairt out of a years growth, would swerve his car and almost upset to avoid the slivers of glass. Then he would drive on, but without the Russian for a passenger. Kelva tried it again, with the same result. He smashed nobody knows how many milk bottles. But he broke one too many, for a motorist, who became fussed up, stopped at Tustin, made a complaint, and a highway patrolman did the rest. So Kelva is now in jail at Santa Ana and cannot take a ride for 30 days. County Treasurer Seeks $1,000,000 J. C. Lamb, treasurer of Orange county, is a candidate for the title of "champeen" money collector, and it Aztec Art Designs For Orange Show Cities and Counties Take All Space Available for These Special Exhibits Roberto Siliva, a young artist from the City of Mexico, is designing advertising ideas for the promotion of the Valencia Orange Show and Fair, which is to be held in Anaheim for eleven days and nights, beginning June 4. He is designing the cover of the show's souvenir book, which is to be printed by The Gazette plant, as well as illustrations for use in newspaper publicity. Ancient Calendar Stone One of the figures he is utilizing is the ancient Aztec calendar stone, the original of which is in the National Museum in the City of Mexico. The calendar stone is regarded as the most historic object in the museum. Its age and by whom it was made is not known, for it was in use when Cortes invaded the country 400 years ago. The original stone is about four feet in diameter and about ten inches thick, and was evidently designed by an Aztec astronomer who could read the stars. By it the Aztecs determined the year, the month, the day and other information of the passing of time. Mr. Silva has been a diligent student of ancient Mexican art, Aztec as well as Mayan, and in his studio in Los Angeles has created some effective ideas for use in exploiting the Orange Show and Fair. Growth rates for oranges this year are next to the lowest for outside fruit since 1925, and inside fruit growth reached a new low mark. During the month of March outside fruit grew .027 inches this year, as compared to .038 inches last year and .078 inches in 1929. Inside fruit grew .034 inches in March, while in 1930 they grew .055 inches. The biggest growth for inside fruit was recorded in 1926 with a growth of .079 inches. Cost of Production The Placentia-Fullerton Farm Center meeting tonight will feature an address by Harold E. Wahlberg, farm advisor of Orange county, on the subject, "What Does It Cost to Produce Valencia Oranges." This will be a review of five years data compiled by the Farm Advisor's office in cooperation with 75 citrus growers in Orange county. It embraces the most authentic cost data available in the Valencia district. An analysis of the effect of various amounts of water, cultivation, fertilization and other factors will be reviewed by Wahlberg. His presentation will be illustrated with charts. The meeting will start with a dinner at 6:30 and the lecture is scheduled for 7:30. All growers are invited. Not Enough Names for La Habra Recall The petitions for the recall of some of the members of the La Habra city council have been declared insufficient in that they did not carry the required number of signatures. City Clerk Early says, however, that the circulation of the petitions may legally be continued until the required number is obtained. BEACH CITY MAYOR QUITS Mayor S. R. Bowen has resigned his office at Huntington Beach following a heated argument with city councilmen at a session last week. The argument is said to have involved Mervin Bosson, city engineer. County Treasurer Seeks $1,000,000 J. C. Lamb, treasurer of Orange county, is a candidate for the title of "champeen" money collector, and it looks as if he would win. He has already garnered nearly $4,000,000 from taxpayers during the present fiscal year, but to make his record as a money getter still more secure from competition, he is seeking $1,000,000 more. He has, according to the law as made and provided, set April 20 as the deadline, and after that date taxes will be delinquent. Treasurer Lamb armits he has quite a chore ahead of him to get all of the tax money due the county within the strong box in the time limit. Taxpayers mailing their tax checks to his office were requested to use precaution in seeing that the checks are made out properly in every item, as any mistake made would not be detected until too late for correction to prevent the property from going on the delinquent list. Public School Week At Anaheim Union The public schools of Anaheim will join in the state-wide observance of "public school week," beginning next Monday, when the schools will be open to visitors that they may see the work that is being done. A feature on the evening of Thursday, April 23, admission to which will be free, will be given at the Union high school auditorium. The program will include several numbers by the high school orchestra and songs by the Elementary Girls' glee club, of which Miss Lily Hansen is director. An address of welcome will be given by J. A. Clayes, principal, and the chief address will be by Olin H. Price. A cast of eight young people will give a one act play, "The Pot Bollers." City and County Exhibits Twelve cities and counties of the Southland, including the State Department of Agriculture at Sacramento, have taken all of the available space in the special exhibit section of the big tent that will shelter the exposition. The list includes, said George W. Reid, manager of the show, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Orange, Balboa, Pomona, Pasadena, Long Beach, San Diego, Ventura and San Bernardino counties; Anaheim Union high school. Ted Corcoran is chairman of the committee which is to arrange for the Fullerton exhibit, the others on the committee being Frank Willets and William Gillmore. The Fullerton Chamber of Commerce was asked to arrange for the exhibit by the city council. Damages of $1,170 Won In Auto Suit Superior court judgment of $1,170.50 has been awarded to E. G. Hampson, of Anaheim, against J. W. Smalley, Buena Park rancher, because of an auto collision near Buena Park last September, when a car driven by Mrs. Hampson and another driven by Hazel Smiley, daughter of the defendant, met in collision. It was charged in the suit that Hampson was so injured about the arms and shoulders that he has not yet recovered. R. E. Jamison, of Brea, has been awarded $750 damages against E. T. Robinson and J. W. Delz, of Laguna Beach, in Judge H. G. Ames' court. Jamison charged that he was injured in an auto collision at Emerald Bay last September. Mary Marshall's "Very Latest" ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE EACH WEEK FOR WOMEN WHO SEW FOR SELVES THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET Number 28 Madam Peking Duck Lays a Freak Egg When Louis Blake read to Madam Peking Duck, head of the flock on the Blake ranch on West North street, the story of her big egg which was told in the Gazette of last week, Madam Peking Duck smiled blandly at the publicity she had won, and said: "Quack, quack, quack." Which, as Louis translates it, meant "That egg was just nothing at all. You just wait until I show you what I can turn out." So Madam Peking Duck proceeded to show her ability as a creator of eggs. She laid one as large as the one described a week ago. Inside of the big, snowy shell was the usual white and yelk. But, stranger yet, floating in the yelk was a complete egg of the usual duck size, enclosed in a hard white shell. Louis carried the freak egg into the business section yesterday, told the story, and to prove it displayed the big shell, with the yelk drained out, showing the complete egg within the larger one. Bankers Dine and Dance at Orange Chapter of American Institute Also Elects Officers and Hears an Address Here's a Good'un of "Rubber" Checks New Kind of Rodeo Put On by Cowboys and Cowgirls at Santa Ana 150 CHECKS BOUNCE BACK But It Was All a Mistake, Maker of Checks Shows J. E. Hardwick, who staged a horse show and rodeo for two days at the old county fair grounds, last week, paid off the cowboy and cowgirls with bank checks, Saturday night. And all was okeh. But the promoter made one mistake. The banks had closed for the weekend and he placed the money from the two days in a vault for safe keeping over the Sabbath, intending to deposit the funds in bank on Monday. Then Came Monday Came Monday. The promoter of the rodeo did not get to the bank early enough. But the cowboys and cowgirls were there with their 150 checks before the doors were hardly open. Another rodeo was put on, but it was different from that of last Friday and Bankers from over Orange county put by distracting thoughts of frozen notes, of cash that would not balance, and other daytime troubles when they met last Thursday night at the Woman's club house in Orange, participated in a dinner, held a session of the county chapter of the American Institute of Banking, and then danced the remaining hours away. Election of Officers The "front page" news of the session was the election of chapter officers, in which Kenneth F. Goodale, of Anaheim and with the Bank of America branch at Fullerton, was named as president; Harold Fish, of the First National Bank, Santa Ana, was elected vice-president; Miss Katherine Spicer, of the same bank, was named as secretary, and Albert Boeh, Bank of America, Orange, as treasurer. Board of Governors—Miss Grace Jackson, Bank of America, Anaheim; Merle Hall, First National, Santa Ana; Glen Ruggles, Orange National; Chesley Woodward, Fullerton First National; R. K. Seleren, Bank of America, Fullerton. Two Receive Diplomas Mr. Goodale and Miss Jackson received their diplomas as graduates in the four years course of the American Institute. The address was by Orra E. Monnute, vice-president of the board, Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, Los Angeles, whose subject was "Rationalizing Business." Others from Anaheim who attended the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hensen, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brunet, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Porter, Horace Benjamin, Miss Ruth Taunton, William T. Clausean. Mr. Goodale will attend the national convention of the American Institute, in Pittsburgh, June 8 to 12. Sisters of St. Joseph Purchase Hospital Sisters of St. Joseph have purchased the General Hospital at Fullerton, giving them ownership of two institutions of the kind, one at each end of the county. The St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, which was erected at a cost of over $500,000, is because of its exception equipment to be continued as the main hospital. The banks had closed for the weekend and he placed the money from the two days in a vault for safe keeping over the Sabbath, intending to deposit the funds in bank on Monday. Then Came Monday Came Monday. The promoter of the rodeo did not get to the bank early enough. But the cowboys and cowgirls were there with their 150 checks before the doors were hardly open. Another rodeo was put on, but it was different from that of last Friday and Saturday. The cowboys and cowgirls milled around the bank and gathered around the doors of the courthouse—a temple where justice is dispensed. Their checks were not paid at the bank because there were no funds to the credit of the rodeo promoter. He was arrested for issuing "rubber" checks, which bounced back when they were presented at the teller's window in the bank, and he was locked up in the county jail house. All Straightened Out Hardwick's mistake was in not getting his money to the bank before the cowboys and cowgirls got there. But it was all straightened up on Monday. The promoter said the cowboys and cowgirls were to blame. They did not wait for him to get the money to the bank. He was arrested, he said, as he was preparing to transfer the money from the vault to the bank. Deputy District Attorney Turner, who issued the complaint against Hardwick, said he was convinced that Hardwick had no intention of "running out" on the checks he had issued. And everything was okch again. Ranches, Orchards In Need of Rain Rain is badly needed on ranches and for citrus orchards throughout Orange county, as well as all over Southern California, and the sky is being watched for signs of downpours which do not come. There were signs of a goodly rain early Tuesday morning, but the dark clouds moved over the mountains to the northeast, without leaving a drop where most needed. The total rainfall in the Anaheim vicinity this year season is 7.43 inches, far below season rains of other years. Outlook Is Not Good From three official sources in Sacramento comes announcements that the outlook for rain rest of the season and for water through the summer is not good. The State division of water resources after a survey of snow participation and stream flow, says that the water supply will be only slightly better than during the record dry year of 1924. The Federal State Crop Reporting Sisters of St. Joseph Purchase Hospital Sisters of St. Joseph have purchased the General Hospital at Fullerton, giving them ownership of two institutions of the kind, one at each end of the county. The St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, which was erected at a cost of over $500,000, is because of its exception equipment to be continued as the main hospital. The Fullerton institution was purchased from Dr. H. A. Johnston, of Anaheim, and Dr. W. A. Wickett, of Fullerton. Northern Orange county physicians have been operating it for twelve years, or since it was acquired from the stock company which built it. The Sisters of St. Joseph announce that a number of improvements will be made in the Fullerton institution. The purchase price has not been made known. Native-Born American Is American Again Mrs. Margaret Alice O'Hanlon, a native born American who lost her citizenship when she married a foreigner, has had her citizenship restored by the Federal court at Los Angeles, after making application through the county clerk's office at Santa Ana. It was a queer twist of the American law which deprived her of her citizenship in the country in which she was born. During the World War she was in England, where she married Dan O'Hanlon, a British subject, and with her change of name she also changed her citizenship. Later on, the O'Hanlons came to California, the husband became a naturalized citizen, but Mrs. O'Hanlan was still a Britain. It was necessary to go through the formality again, so that Mrs. O'Hanlon, once a citizen of the United States, then a British subject, is now an American citizen again, in the eyes of the law. S. E. Adams, manager of the Pickwick hotel, has returned from a vacation at Palm Springs. Outlook is Not Good From three official sources in Sacramento comes announcements that the outlook for rain rests on the season and for water through the summer is not good. The State division of water resources after a survey of snow, participation and stream flow, says that the water supply will be only slightly better than during the record dry year of 1924. The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says the seasonal rainfall for the entire state is only from 50 to 60 percent of normal. State Forester Pratt says he is preparing for the worst fire season in the history of California, due to the parched condition of grass and brush lands. In Orange County Over Orange county pastures and field crops are much in need of rain, while the small size of oranges in this county is largely due to lack of timely rains. State Agricultural Statistician Kaufman says: "Many sections report the soil moisture ample for temporary demands, but this supply must be supplemented by general rains during the next few weeks. The show pack in the high mountains is also much below normal, and many irrigation districts face a probable shortage of water the coming summer." Feed is reported short over all of Southern California, except where irrigating has been done, and the unfavorable feed conditions are being reflected in the condition of cattle and sheep. FINAL SESSION OF TRUSTEES The High School Board of Trustees held their final session, Tuesday noon, closing up routine affairs before the new board members take office. Dr. J. W. Harpster and George S. Baker retire from the board, having been defeated in the recent election. The board will meet on May 2 to organize, when a chairman and clerk will be chosen. The new members will be Louis Hoskins and Charles Harbeson, and the hold-over members will be Henry Ramm, C. C. Reinert and E. E. Smith.