anaheim-gazette 1931-04-30

TWO WASHINGTON LETTERS TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST AT THE NATION'S CAPITOL. THE GAZETTE CALL TWO-FOUR-ONE-FOUR VOLUME LXI Few Local Mexicans Joins Great Exodus But Some Families Have Left, Says Mrs. Jennie Romoff, Head of Mexican Schools SOME FAMILIES STARVING Unemployment Has Caused Deplorable Condition Mrs. Jennie E. Romoff, doubtless the best informed authority in Orange county on conditions among local Mexican colonies, says that only a few families from the Anaheim district have joined the great exodus from Southern California to the home land, the number going from the entire Southland being estimated at 10,000 a month. Estimated at 10,000 a month. "I could not give the definite number going from the Anaheim district," Mrs. Romoff said to The Gazette, "but I know that same have left. The conditions which have forced them to go are based on the general reasons—unemployment and a mistaken fear that they may be deported. But the chief reason is unemployment. Larger Walnut Crop Is Now In Prospect That a larger crop of walnuts than last year is in prospect is the opinion of Walter Ross, secretary and manager of the Anaheim Walnut Growers' association. He thinks that the output will be 35 percent more than the light crop of last season. The nuts are slow in coming out this Spring, he says, and there appears to be two settings, one a week later than the first. Although the two settings mature at about the same time, Mr. Ross said, those of the second are generally smaller than those of the first. He fore-warned walnut growers to be on the alert for the codling month early this season, as some of the egg nests have already been found in a few groves. Spraying by the middle of May may be necessary, he said. Warm weather may have had something to do with early breeding of the moths, but the more recent cool weather may retard their activity, Mr. Ross said. Flood Control to Cost $10,600,000 Three Engineers Submit Orange County Report to Board of Supervisors Flood Control to Cost $10,600,000 Three Engineers Submit Orange County Report to Board of Supervisors The report on Orange county flood control which three unprejudiced engineers submitted to the Board of Supervisors at Santa Ana, Tuesday morning, involves an expenditure of $10,600,000 if the plans are carried out. While this expenditure may seem high, it is nearly $6,000,000 less than a former flood control plan which was drawn up two years ago, for which voters of the county defeated a bond issue. Items in New Plan The new plan calls for a dam and reservoir in Prado canyon estimated to cost $7,215,328. Other items are: Santa Ana Channel, $125,000; Santiago reservoir and channel, $498,560; San Juan reservoir, $1,077,980; Carbon reservoir, $481,382; Brea reservoir, $44,870; Brea Channel, $253,073; Brea conservation, $86,643; Fullerton reservoir, $149,737; miscellaneous, $125,527. The report of the engineers further said: "The basic plan proposed for control and conservation of flood water is similar in principle to that recommended in 1929. For Major Floods Reservoirs are recommended of sufficient capacity to regulate major floods to outflows which will not leave the stream channels. In some cases enlargement of existing channels is necessary. Rate of regulated outflow permits practical conservation through absorption or direct use. Prado reservoir using the Chester dam site has been selected for control of the Santa Ana River. A dam ninety-two feet high containing 2,000,000 cubic yards of earth fill will form a reservoir with capacity of 180,000 acre feet. Purchase of part of the river channel and its control below the dam is recommended in order to secure maximum conservation through absorption. Control of Santiago Creek Santiago creek flood control is obtained through the addition of twenty-five feet to the height of the dam now under construction by the Carpenter and Serrano Irrigation districts, increasing the capacity of the reservoir by 22,000 acre feet. Permanently open outlets discharging into the present spillway channel will restrict the flow to a rate which when combined with the unregulated runoff originating may retard their activity, Mr. Ross said." Orange Show in Real Life Forty-Nine Sunkist of County are Now Dates for Home When the nominations queens of the Orange County Orange Show and Fair 49 girls had signified they wear one of the crowns, the final competition for ruling as grand queen evening. Fullerton Leads the list Fullerton leads the list of pretty daughters of Surrey county in the race. Miss the last entry, barely given wire, according to John Sistant manager of the show. Orange, with seven girls staging a real contest. Astrano and Garden Grove six contestants seeking Newport Harbor offers them and Brea and Tustin have efforts to four girls each Beach has three candidates. The Vote Coupon Vote coupons appear almost every newspaper publication in the county. Gazette. The coupons made from any publication, but voted for one of the contests. At the rear of The Gazette plant are some of these garbage cans where the grocers everyday deposit wilted lettuce, celery, cabbage leaves, carrots, beets, decaying oranges and other unsold and unsalable food supplies. The Mexican mothers eagerly gather up these cast— (Continued on Page 5) Professor Smokes, But Gets Santa Ana Job That Prof. Percy Davis, doctor of education, smokes did not prevent him from being elected superintendent of Santa Ana schools, last week, but it won some newspaper headlines for him. All because there was a lively row against the school board choosing him to head the city schools. He was selected by the school board to take the place of J. A. Cranston and the election brought to an end a hectic episode in which there was more verbal smoke than a professor could produce from his tobacco habit. Prof. Davis has been assistant to Mr. Cranston, who is to retire on July 1. Some days before the board held the election, a committee of ministers and secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. petitioned the board to "maintain the moral standard of the National Education Association an dthe State Education Association and the State that a school superintendent who smoked set a bad example for school children and should not be employed. On the other hand, the supporters of Mr. Davis argued that he is well qualified to be superintendent and a "smoke screen" should not deprive him of the place. It finally came out that some of the board members smoke and have sons who smoke, and it was said that the wife of one of the board members is a smoker. RETIRED PHYSICIAN DIES Dr. Judson H. Cole, who retired from practice in Anaheim three years ago and went to Pacadena, was buried yesterday afternoon, the funeral service being at the Hilgenfeld funeral home, the Rev. S. F. Hilgenfeld officiating. Entombment was in the mausoleum at Fairhaven, at Fullerton. Dr. Cole was 65 years of age and a native of New York. He had lived in California for eleven years, spending his last days with Pasadena relatives. Control of Santiago Creek "Santiago creek flood control is obtained through the addition of twenty-five feet to the height of the dam now under construction by the Carpenter and Serrano Irrigation districts, increasing the capacity of the reservoir by 22,000 acre feet. Permanently open outlets discharging into the present spillway channel will restrict the flow to a rate which when combined with the unregulated runoff originating below the dam, will be within the capacity of the channel. "San Juan creek control and conservation is obtained by the construction of an earth dam ninety-three feet high (storage 15,750 feet) located about (Continued on Page 5) She Married Before Dad's Telegram Came Dr. C. R. Flagg of Santa Ana, was 30 minutes too late in heading off the wedding of his daughter Virginia, when she and Albert J. Wilson went to Las Vegas, Nevada, to have the nuptial knot tied. When the Dostor learned that his daughter had gone to Las Vegas, he wired the police there to stop the wedding, saying she was under age. But the police learned that the ceremony was over a half-hour before they received the message. The ceremony was performed by Judge William E. Orr, and the newly-weds went to Pasadena. Pioneer Woodman Was Buried Last Sunday Courtland Cook Holliday, who organized the first camp of Modern Woodmen at Minneapolis, died at the Anaheim Sanitarium after an extended illness, and the funeral service was held at the Hilgenfeld funeral home, Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Ralph W. Lee, of White Temple church in charge. Mr. Holliday was 76 years old, a native of Indiana, and had lived in Anaheim for seven years. He is survived by Mrs. Holliday and by two half-sisters, Mrs. Charles Wheeler and Miss Josephine Cloud, both of Minneapolis, The effort of Mr. Ann Timme and Mr. and Mrs. ley to collect $44,500 dams City of Anaheim, comes court in Santa Ana on suit is based on the opening city of a gas-electric goe. The plaintiffs lost in this carried it to the Appellate over-ruled the Superior Court then asked for an Appellate court denying then went to the Supreme new hearing is the result. In the meantime, the plant has been renamed California Edison Co. AHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, April 30, 1931 If The Load Can Just Get Down This Hill— By Albert T. Reid FARM PROBLEM FARM BOARD FARMER Orange Show Queens In Real Contest Forty-Nine Sunkist Daughters of County are Now Candidates for Honors When the nominations for district queens of the Orange County Valencia Orange Show and Fair were closed, 9 girls had signified their desire to wear one of the crowns, and to enter the final competition for the honor of ruling as grand queen on the final evening. Fullerton Leads the List Fullerton leads the list with eight pretty daughters of Sunkist Orange county in the race. Miss Edith Page, the last entry, barely got under the wire, according to John Morgan, assistant manager of the show. Orange, with seven girls in the race, is staging a real contest. Anaheim, Capstrano and Garden Grove, each have six contestants seeking the honor. Newport Harbor offers five fair lassies, and Brea and Tustin have limited their efforts to four girls each. Huntington Beach has three candidates. The Vote Coupons Vote coupons appear each week in almost every newspaper and school publication in the county, including The Gazette. The coupons may be clipped from any publication, but they must be voted for one of the contestants in the Warning Issued by Metropolitan Board Chairman Whitsett, of the Metropolitan Water board, has issued a warning to investors to be wary of salesmen of real estate in alleged town sites along the route of the acqueduct from Parker to fourteen cities in Southern California. The fact that certain desert properties and recently established town sites may be situated near the general route of the Metropolitan aqueduct does not mean that such places will receive water from the aqueduct or benefit in any particular degree from the great project, Chairman Whitsett emphasized. "It should be clearly understood that the Metropolitan Water District is in no way connected with or interested in any private development concern," declared Mr. Whitsett, "nor has the Metropolitan Water District indorsed any particular private development proposition." The fourteen cities now in the district are Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Colton, Fullerton, Glendale, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Bernardino, San Marino, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Torrance and Los Angeles. Boy Scouts Go to Capistrano Springs Three troops of Anaheim Boy Scouts with their scoutmasters leave this city Sunday morning for Capistrano Hot Springs where they will participate in preliminary drills which they will stage in the Scout Jamboree to be held at the baseball park in Santa Ana. May 29. Rainfall Balks Threat of Drought Rains for Week-End Measured 1.88 Inches—Season's Total 9.78 No fireworks have been touched off, no bonfires kindled, no bells have been rung, but there is general rejoicing in towns and over the country-side of Orange county because of the downpour of rains which have broken a drought that threatened to do much damage to growing orchard and farm crops. Gunge Showed 1.88 Inches It was one downpour after another over the week-end, which did not confine its benefits to Orange county, but was wide-spread over Southern California. While it rained and rained again over the week-end, the best showing the guage of Associated Laboratories could make was a total of 1.88 inches, bringing the season total up to 9.78 inches. Another good "soaker," it is thought, will bring the total rainfall for the season up to the total of a year age, 10.62 inches. Immeasurable Benefits A. A. Brock, county agricultural commissioner, says that the rains have brought immeasurable benefits to orchards and the agricultural industry in general in Orange county, and caused little if any damage. Lettuce growers are somewhat fearful that the water on their crops may The Vote Coupons Vote coupons appear each week in almost every newspaper and school publication in the county, including The Gazette. The coupons may be clipped from any publication, but they must be voted for one of the contestants in the district in which they are cast. There are no strings attached to the campaign and no expense to the voters or candidates. Interest in the combined shows to be held in Anaheim June 4 to 11 is growing each day, George W. Held, manager, reports, industrial spaces are being eagerly sought and family ticket books are being generously purchased throughout the country where they are on sale at almost all of the schools and at every chamber of commerce office. Family Books at Special Price Those who take advantage of the family books at the special prices will save the full price of one admission, Manager Held points out. These family ticket books will be withdrawn from sale prior to the opening day of the show, so prospective purchasers are urged by the management to take early advantage of their opportunity. Suit for $44,500 Is Coming Up Again The effort of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Timme and Mr. and Mrs. George Fendley to collect $44,500 damages from the City of Anaheim, comes up in Superior court in Santa Ana on May 18. The suit is based on the operations by the city of a gas-electric generator plant. The plaintiffs lost in their first effort, carried it to the Appellate court, which over-ruled the Superior court, and the city then asked for a rehearing, the Appellate court denying it. The case then went to the Supreme court and a new hearing is the result. In the meantime, the machinery of the plant has been removed from the city, having been sold to the Southern California Edison Co. LET GAZETTE WANT ADS— be your "tools" in trade. You'll find they are mighty useful when it comes to selling articles no longer needed by you, or buying to advantage anything you might need. Try Gazette Want Ads For Results Sportsmen Against Craig Water Bill Los Angeles sportsmen who belong to Orange county gun clubs have been firing volleys in the form of telegrams at the California legislature, according to Assemblyman Ted Craig, the gunsmen being opposed to the formation of a new Orange county water district. The sports are against one particular section of the bill now in the legislature, which reads: "Any wilful use of water in said district for any purpose other than for irrigation, domestic, manufacturing, commercial or industrial purposes . . . is declared to be a waste of water, a nonbeneficial use of water, and unlawful." Mr. Craig says he hopes to get the bill made into a law in spite of the lobbying the gun club members are doing against it. PLANS FOR BRINGING WATER Plans for the distribution of Colorado river water when brought into Anaheim by means of the viaduct will be discussed next Monday at a meeting of city trustees with F. E. Waymouth, chief engineer of the Metropolitan Water district. Just where the water main should enter the city will be discussed. The conference will be attended by city trustees, City Manager John Price, and O. W. Steward, city engineer. Whetting Appetites for Spanish Feast The annual dinner which predates the Orange Show is to be held on May 11, under a huge tent on the show grounds on the northern edge of Anaheim, and the 400 county and city officials, leaders of the citrus industry, ravenous newspaper men, and others who are expected to attend, are whetting up their appetites. It will be more of a novelty than would a dinner, however for it is to be a regular oldtime Spanish barbecue, says Paul Tedrick, who is making the arrangements. State Senator Edwards and Assemblyman Ted Craig, up at Sacramento, are doing their "level best" to get the state department of agriculture to make an elaborate display at the show, for with the exposition will be displays of farm products in general. The state department had declined to make an exhibit, but the two legislators report they hope to have this decision reversed. Scriveners Play at Pan Hot Springs Inn Scribes for the Orange County Newspapers Cease Chasing News for Week-End Party Mrs. Easton Tells of Holy Land Anaheim Traveler Writes of Colony Which Reminds Her of Her Home Town FOUNDED BY GERMANS Pioneers Went to Mt. Carmel for Coming of Christ Mrs. Honor H. Easton, well known Anaheim woman who has been touring Southern Europe, has more recently been in the Holy Land, and sends the following letter to her friend, Mrs. J. J. Dwyer, of North West street: Haifa, Palestine, March 31. Dear Mrs. Dwyer: I have found here in the Holy Land such an interesting parallel to our own Anaheim colonization that I just cannot wait to write you all about it. And if the D. A. R. meets soon, I wish you would read this letter to them. Story of German Colony Haifa is a German colony and this morning I called on the Burgomeister, Herr Philip Warst, to find out from him about its early history. He is a Scriveners Play at Pan Hot Springs Inn Scribes for the Orange County Newspapers Cease Chasing News for Week-End Party Orange county newspaper men, who strive to earn even a meagre living by chasing elusive news items, relaxed their mental strain, put aside the pinch of the business depression, last Saturday, and hied themselves to Pan Hot Springs, a retreat for the mentally and physically tired, for a week-end party. The general rendezvous for the expedition was at San Bernardino, from where began the trip over wildly scenic "Rim-of-the-World" motor route into the marvelous Big Bear valley. No Model T "Lizzles" The scribes and Pharassee did not make the trip in discarded Model T "Lizzles" that were made in Detroit. Not they! They rode in one of Claude Allen's becushioned Motor Transit buses, with Claude in person abroad; with Walter E. Kruckman, of the California Flesta Committee, as the poobah, and with Mason Yould, of the Santa Ana Register, as head-liner of the "cut-ups." Every scribe and Pharassee wore his best Sunday suit—if any. It was a superb mountain ride over a roadway as smooth as a ribbon—glorious views looking up at mountain peaks and looking down when the bus had climbed to the top. The "Rim-of-the-World" is without a scenic rival in California. What the Scriveners Did What do scriveners do when they take off their journalistic harness and turn themselves loose in a delightful, care-free pasture, like Pan Hot Springs? Do they from habit go on chasing news and bothering telephone girls? N-a-w, nuthin' like that! First thing at Pan Hot Springs Inn was a hospitable greeting from Mrs. Olive Jessurun and her daughter Miss Estelle Jessurun, hostesses, who not only manage but own the Inn and the spacious tract around it. Mrs. Jessurun is a past matron of the Big Bear order of Eastern Star, and Miss Estelle is the present matron—and that's the kind of folks they are. Second thing—The scriveners gathered in the dining room with their mountain-whetted appetites and sank their wisdom teeth—if any—in tender T-bone steaks as large as a dinner plate, an inch thick, broiled to a turn on hardwood embers. Third thing—It was winter-cold in Big Bear valley and the journalists Haifa, Palestine, March 31. Dear Mrs. Dwyer: I have found here in the Holy Land such an interesting parallel to our own Anghelm colonization that I just cannot wait to write you all about it. And if the D. A. R. meets soon, I wish you would read this letter to them. Story of German Colony Haifa is a German colony and this morning I called on the Burgomeister, Herr Philip Wurst, to find out from him about its early history. He is a most courteous and cultured man and was greatly interested in my story of the Mother Colony in California. He was ready to tell me all about what has been done here and gave me booklets regarding it. He also showed me a book on botany which he himself had written for the use of schools in Palestine. A colony of German Templars first came here in 1843, in expection of the second coming of Christ, prophecy having indicated Mt. Carmel as the scene of His appearance. Christian Missionary Enterprise Others came later, especially in 1869, all members of the Temple Society, a religious movement which began in Wuerttenburg, Germany. They represented a Christian missionary enterprise aiming at the moral and industrial development of the Holy Land. Soley by example, they still seek to influence the natives and stimulate them to imitation. They have their churches, their social, dramatic and musical societies. Their houses are substantial squares of the local white stone, with red tile roofs, each home surrounded by a flourishing garden, and over each door is some inscription, such as "Gehelliget werde dein Name," or Psalms XV. Over the beer hall is most appropriately inscribed "Got mit uns!" I was told that the young people after finishing school here, are all sent back to Germany to complete their education, and they always come back here. Like Unto Anaheim Like in Anaheim, the first German settlers planted the slopes of Mt. Carmel with grapes, but a disease attacked the vines and the land was planted to other crops. But the colony developed so rapidly that much of the land was sold for building purposes. Flourishing crops of grain and vegetables grow in the low lands along the sea. I never saw finer oranges and grape fruit—and such wild flowers! It is no wonder that Christ said "Consider the lilies!" The landscape is gorgeous with them—not white lilies, but red-purple and yellow. And masses of pink flax, the kind which Rachel dried upon her housetop and hid the spices under. Homeland of Ellijah This is the scene of the story of Ellijah. It was from here that he saw (Continued on Page 5) Benefits County agricultural that the rains have the benefits to orgricultural industry county, and causance. Somewhat fearin their crops may known as "silme". One bean plantings planting, and where been planted the them have to be Against Water Bill Men who belong to clubs have been form of telegrams illustration, according Craig, the guns, the formation of water district. Just one particular now in the legislawater in said disse other than for manufacturing, merial purposes ... waste of water, a water, and unlawhope to get the in spite of the lobmembers are doing INGING WATER Distribution of Colorado ought into Anaheim induct will be disby at a meeting of F. E. Waymouth. The Metropolitan est where the water the city will be diswill be attended by Manager John Price, city engineer. Cotton String Cure For Aching Heads When Carl Havelin, commercial manager of radio station KFI, becomes to old for his present line of endeavor, or when radio becomes too slow as a medium of communication, he is not going into retirement at some county poor farm or old men's home. Far from it! He is going to turn doctor—a doctor of headaches. He is going to market a headache cure which some motherly herbs physician told him about. It is a simple remedy, simply applied. But there is, says the budding Dr. Havelin, more money in prospect from it then there ever was from Col. Mulberry Sellers' celebrated remedy for curing the 900,000,000 sore eyes in China. There are millions of headaches every day says "Dr." Havelin. Sooner or later everybody has one. And his remedy will cure them one and all, including Monday morning hang-overs—or your money back. You take a half-yard of cotton string, light one end of it with a match, hold the burning string so the smoke can be inhaled. Presto!—the headache is gone. Looking well into the future, "Dr." Havelin proposes before marketing his remedy, to get a corner on the cotton string supply, so that headache victims will have to come to him every time they need a half-yard. And, boy, they will have to pay a-pienty for the string. "Dr." Havelin says they will. Flourishing crops of grain and vegetatables grow in the low lands along the sea. I never saw finer oranges and grape fruit—and such wild flowers! It is no wonder that Christ said "Consider the lilies!" The landscape is gorgeous with them—not white lilies, but red-purple and yellow. And masses of pink flax, the kind which Rachel dried upon her housetop and hid the spices under. Homeland of Ellijah This is the scene of the story of Ellijah. It was from here that he saw (Continued on Page 5) 4,860 Young Folks At Sunday Shows George Liming, an under-cover agent of the Federal narcotics department, speaking to audiences in several churches of the country, says that on one recent Sunday there were 4,860 young people of this county who were in the剧院 instead of church that day. The figures, he said, were obtained by two men stationed who made a count at each place of amusement. Liming condemns highway barbecue stands as "nests of evil", and says that 105 of these places have recently been closed, along with "love nests" conducted in connection with them. He spoke at the Cypress church last Sunday and during the week is appearing before groups of young people in Buena Park. Bone Chipped off in Shoulder Socket Jack Thomas, owner of Southeast Distributors, Inc., with a store and service station at Palm and Center streets, Anaheim this week was expected to be taken from a hospital to his home at Norwalk, following an accidental fall a week ago Wednesday which chipped off a piece of bone in the shoulder socket, broke an arm and cracked a rib, in addition to causing many bruises and internal injuries. Mr. Thomas, when inspecting one of the firm's three stores at Norwalk tripped through an automobile pit. He was in a serious condition last Saturday, but Monday was reported better and by Wednesday had recovered sufficiently to have his shoulder placed in splints.