anaheim-gazette 1931-06-25

For Buyers and Sellers GAZETTE WANT ADS GET RESULTS THE GAZETTE CALL TWO-FOUR-ONE-FOUR VOLUME LXI Anaheim Means "Home in Valley" Old-Timer Checks Up Mistake of Some Speakers at the Pioneer Picnic FORMATION OF COLONY Why Townsite Was Located In Santa Ana Valley By AN OLD-TIMER Some of the speakers at the recent Mother Colony's Pioneer picnic became a little confused in their history of the founding and naming of Anaheim. One or two said the city was named for Anna Fischer, the first white child born in the colony, but the fact is, she was named for the city. The literal meaning of Anaheim is "Home in the Valley," Ana standing for the Santa Ana river valley, and "helm" being the German for "home." Coming of First Germans It was in 1857 that the first Germans began coming to the Santa Ana valley to found a colony which has since grown into this prosperous, beautiful city. As narrated at the picnic, 50 Germans who had their common meet- Chief Pearson In Rare Combination Being a chief of police isn't being so much, for there are plenty of them scattered over these United States. But to be a chief of police and a grandfather is a combination that is nearly as rare as blue moons. And that is what Jim Pearson, chief of the Fullerton guardians of peace, has become. And he is grandfather of a boy too—which is still a rarer combination. The grandson arrived a few days ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Yates, of San Dimas. Mrs. Yates is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson. Taxpayers' Hearings Will Begin July 8 The Board of Supervisors announce in a legal ad elsewhere in the Gazette that it will meet as the Board of Equalization, beginning July 6, and will for two weeks hear taxpayers who have objections to assessments made against them. The hearings are to conclude on July 20, and after that date no adjustments can be made in the assessment rolls. Water Litigation Starts In Court Anna Fischer, the first white child born in the colony, but the fact is, she was named for the city. The literal meaning of Anaheim is "Home in the Valley," Ana standing for the Santa Ana river valley, and "helm" being the German for "home." Coming of First Germans It was in 1857 that the first Germans began coming to the Santa Ana valley to found a colony which has since grown into this prosperous, beautiful city. As narrated at the picnic, 50 Germans who had their common meeting place in a San Francisco hotel, originated the idea of banding their families together and start a colony somewhere in Southern California. Prospectors were sent out to find a location. They roamed all over Southern California and finally decided that the valley of the Santa Ana river was the spot they were looking for. In the valley at that time was the ranch of Juan Pacifico Ontivaris, one of the Spanish grandees of early California, and from him the colony promoters purchased 1,100 acres at $2 an acre. It was apparently desert waste—a great stretch of sand, grown with sage bushes and cactus, and countless rattlesnakes. But the keen eyes of the German prospectors saw that below the sand was fertile soil. Other Reasons Why There were other reasons why the site of Anaheim was chosen. It has a river, and since the colonists would turn to tilling the soil, water, was of first importance. Another reason was, the site selected for the colony was on the road from Los Angeles to San Diego, and also on the route from San Bernardino to the Pacific ocean. After the San Francisco Germans acquired the 1100 acres, they sent George Hansen to survey the tract. Plans had been drawn in San Francisco, the town site, with building tracts and streets, had been laid out on paper, the town had been named, and Hansen came on ahead to establish the lines. The 1100 acres were divided into plots of 20 acres. Hansen not only laid off the town site, but he erected the first frame house in the new town, which stood for many years on the original site. It has since been moved to a lot which Mrs. Dwyer gave to the Mother Colony Chapter of the D. A. R., and is now known as the Pioneer House, filled with precious keepsakes of the past which the Mother Colony has collected. VineYard a Mile Square While he was doing his surveying, Hansen located the route of a canal to extend from the new town to the Santa Ana river, which was to bring in the supply of water. The canal was so well located that it is now the route of the Union Water Co. pipeline from the city to the river. Another thing which Hansen did was to lay off a tract of a square mile for a vineyard. Judge Pleasants broughtization, beginning July 6, and will for two weeks hear taxpayers who have objections to assessments made against them. The hearings are to conclude on July 20, and after that date no adjustments can be made in the assessment rolls. Water Litigation Starts In Court Injunction Sought Against the Irvine Company and Several Communities The Irvine Company and a number of south coast communities have become involved in litigation over the alleged illegal removal of water from the Santa Ana river basin. A suit asking for an injunction has been filed in the Superior court at Santa Ana, the defendants being the Irvine Company, city of Newport Beach, Laguna Beach County Water district, Fairview Farms Water Company, and the Newport Mesa Irrigation district. Applicants in the Suit The application for injunction is made by the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation district, Anaheim Union Water Co., the cities of Anaheim and Fullerton, and a group of ranchers and Farm Bureau leaders. All of the applicants represent a combination of organized forces recently formed by the Farm Bureau and allied citrus and water groups, the purpose of which is to conserve and protect the river basin's water supply. A number of well known attorneys will represent both sides. Basis of Complaint The complaint states that the defendants are conveying water out of the basin through pipes with a total capacity of 975 miners inches continuous flow, the Irvine company having 375 inches, Newport Beach 200 inches, Laguna Beach County water district 150 inches and the two other defendants 125 inches each. The Irvine company and the Laguna Beach district have been pumping for less than 5 years, it is stated, thus indicating that the claim will be made that these defendants have not established the right of user to the water. No reference is made to the period of time covered in the operations by other defendants. Acres Under Irrigation It is recited that the Santa Ana basin has 75,000 inhabitants and 137,000 acres of land of which 117,000 acres are under irrigation; the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company serving 15,000 acres and the Anaheim Union Water com- Wedding Park Motors to Anaheimians See S 2400-Mile Cross-C To Windy The Misses Genevieve Dorothy Yungbluth ("Ted") Kuchel made party which started out from Anaheim last Friday cago as their destination Ulvestad and Mr. Kuchl ried on June 30, with the bride among the wif Miss Yungbluth as maid. Dr. John Wilson, post-graduate course at University, will be best Heilde, who is a student University, will be one Letter and postcard back in Anaheim recount mishaps on the 2400-party stopped at the saw the Palmed Desert fled Forest, and experienced out in Kansas. It was Aroused by Flirr Arriving at Dodge C party put up at a hot rest. But as sleep ca there was an alarm ofthe hotel that was b structure across and o With the combined effort in the hotel, man o half-aroused from sleep "pidjamas" with trouses out of the hotel into a car was in the burning he thought. But it was so far as the car was l VineYard a Mile Square While he was doing his surveying, Hansen located the route of a canal to extend from the new town to the Santa Ana river, which was to bring in the supply of water. The canal was so well located that it is now the route of the Union Water Co. pipeline from the city to the river. Another thing which Hansen did was to lay off a tract of a square mile for a vineyard. Judge Pleasants brought grape cuttings from the San Gabriel Mission, and in a few years this large vineyard was one of the show places of Southern California. In the Spring it was a great mass of green, well covered with fragrant flowers, which spread their sweet perfume over the town, as orange blossoms now do. While the colony grew, the grape and wine industry increased until it was the chief enterprise of the colony. When the vineyards were well started, they became afflicted with a mysterious blight which destroyed the cultivated vineyards as well as the wild vines growing along the mountain sides. Local Delegation to Los Angeles Fiesta Anaheim's delegation to La Flesta de Los Angeles will comprise a group of well known citizens whose appointment is announced by Mayor L. E. Miller, as follows: George W. Reid, Dr. W. L. Bigham, Lotus H. Louden, Theodore B. Kuchel, E. E. Smith, Leo J. Sheridan, M. W. Martinet, Fred Koesel, J. W. Price, E. P. Hapgood, and the mayor himself. The appointments were made in response to an invitation from Isidore B. Dockweller, president of the civic association which is planning Los Angeles' 150th birthday party, September 4 to 13. The fiesta is a proposed ten-day merry-making on a scale expected to attract nation-wide attention. Mexican and Spanish atmosphere of the primitive Los Angeles will be revived by turning the city into a carnival of olden time. Acres Under Irrigation It is recited that the Santa Ana basin has 75,000 inhabitants and 137,000 acres of land of which 117,000 acres are under irrigation; the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company serving 15,000 acres and the Anaheim Union Water company 8,000 acres. Cities depending upon the water supply and their respective populations are listed as follows: Santa Ana, 30,000; Anaheim and Fullerton, 13,000 each; Orange, 8,000; Huntington Beach, 3,000; Placentia, 1,000 and Garden Grove and Buena Park, 800 each. Depleting the Supply Pumping of water by the defendants not only is depleting the water supply of the basin but also is threatening to permit infiltration of salt water, it is claimed. Geological data is presented to explain the danger, mention being made of an impervious barrier paralleling the coast, a half mile inland, which holds back the salt water. This barrier's top is 200 feet below the surface and on the landward side it slopes to form a huge cup, 2,000 feet deep, which holds the basin's supply. Salt water would penetrate across the top of the barrier were it not held back by the weight of fresh water within the basin, the complaint claims. Weather Man Heats Up the Temperature Whoever the guy is who makes Anaheim's weather, he has evidently been holding a lighted match under the tube of his thermometer, endeavoring to run the mercury out the top. And he has all but succeeded. On Tuesday and yesterday he shot the temperature up to 97, but ran out of matches, which let the mercury down to 90 for an hour or two at noon. The Weather Guy was at it again today, trying to make a score of even 100, and maybe the worst is yet to come. Arriving at Dodge City party put up at a hotel rest. But as sleep car there was an alarm of fire at the hotel that was built structure across and due With the combined effort in the hotel, the man on half-aroused from sleep "pidjamas" with trousers out of the hotel into a car was in the burning he thought. But it was so far as the car was left in another building. Arriving at Springfield Anaheim tourists were to hear President Hoover Lincoln tomb. The crowded with visitors filled. But "California word which soon opened hotel comforts to the Anaheimians went to and to the Lincoln heart of Springfield—now being filled with keepsakes. Lake Michigan Lake The wedding party miles a day, arriving at Windy City, where the humidity is high. The wedding ceremony fans are seeing the Man at Field Museum, the lake front, and other Chicagoans — like Californians — brag about it. Its Lake Michigan has a thing on the Pacific coast is only a mere puddle the postcard shows. Press dispatches from that Al Capone or any taken "Ted for a ride" to the Gazette's press ceased in selling the Wrigley building. telling what a day may what next postcard reveal. -LANNES M. The local Business Women's Club will have her program at Hightonlight. Miss Theodore Miss Mabelle Hathawaii the district convention. AHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, June 25, 1931 Alone At Last By Ted Brown AIR MAIL BOY! IT'S GOOD TO GET AWAY FROM THE CITY! MY BROADWAY BABY DO DO DEO DO NOW, HENRY DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR RUGBERS STOCK TICKER RADIO PHONE Wedding Party Motors to Chicago Anaheimians See Sights Along 2400-Mile Cross-Country Trip To Windy City The Misses Genevieve Ulvestad and Dorothy Yungbluth and Theodore ("Ted") Kuchel made up a wedding party which started on a motor trip from Anaheim last Friday, with Chicago as their destination, where Miss Ulvestad and Mr. Kuchel will be married on June 30, with the parents of the bride among the witnesses and with Miss Yungbluth as maid of honor. Dr. John Wilson, who is taking a post-graduate course at Northwestern University, will be best man, and John Helde, who is a student at Chicago University, will be one of the ushers. Letter and postcard showers to folks back in Anaheim recount the haps and mishaps on the 2400-mile trip. The party stopped at the Grand Canyon, saw the Palmetto Desert and the Petrified Forest, and experienced a tire blowout in Kansas. It was a new tire, too. Aroused by Fire Alarm Arriving at Dodge City, Kansas, the party put up at a hotel for a night's rest. But as sleep came upon them, there was an alarm of fire. It was not the hotel that was burning, but a structure across and down the street. With the combined efforts of the people in the hotel, the man of the party was half-aroused from sleep, covered up his "pidjamas" with trousers, and rushed out of the hotel into the street. His car was in the burning building—or so he thought. But it was a false alarm, so far as the car was involved. It was Old-Timers Plan For Sunday's Picnic Women of the old-timer clan in Orange county are thinking up good things with which to pack their picnic baskets and boxes for the reunion of pioneers which is to be held at the Orange county (Irvine) park, next Sunday. And while the women are busy with their fixin's, the old-timers among the men are mentally busy thinking up their choicest stories to spin at the gathering. The Orange County Old-Timers' organization was started five or six years ago, says Elmer B. Burns, secretary, at the beginning being made up of a few families who desired to keep alive memories of the distant past. There was liberal attendance at the first reunion. The organization has carried on, with a reunion each year, until there are now 1200 names registered, the list growing every year. It is not uncommon for folks who have not seen each other for 40 years to meet at the picnic, and it is not uncommon for some of the old-timers to travel several hundred miles to greet old friends. The Orange County park is a choice spot for such a gathering, meeting under the age-old live oak trees. The picnickers are to take their own lunch and dishes, while President Jim Sieper promises to provide coffee, sugar, cream, ice water and cold punch. LOUIS DANZ'S NEW SONG Louis Danz, Anaheim composer, this week received high praise from music critics for his latest song, "Love, My Heart Longs." The song is just off the press. Critics who have reported to date claim that the composition is suitable for high and sports contests. Fiesta of Boa¢sting About a New Pier Huntington Beach Folks Will Give Five Days to Dedicatory Ceremonies in July The new concrete pier, which is expected to increase the importance of Huntington Beach as a seaport, is to be dedicated with ceremonies which will cover five days, beginning on Wednesday, July 1. It's a World Beater The folks of Huntington Beach are boasting that the new pier is the world's biggest concrete structure of the kind, and during the fiesta they propose to make loud and continuous "fuss" about it. The ceremonies are to open on the night of July 1 with a dinner for the mayors of the Southland cities, and Governor Rolph and Lieutenant-Governor Frank Merriam are expected to be guests. Will Select a Queen A preliminary contest for queen for the Fourth of July is to be conducted, and the winner will attend the dinner for the mayors. American Legion day will be held on July 2, featuring a drum and bugle corps exhibition and a swimming meet. Friday's program features stunt riding and other exhibitions. July 4 will be marked by a spectacular fireworks display, a golf flag tournament, sporting events and patriotic program and swimming. At the warm sea water plunge. Sunday's program includes games, sports contests Arriving at Dodge City, Kansas, the party put up at a hotel for a night's rest. But as sleep came upon them, there was an alarm of fire. It was not the hotel that was burning, but a structure across and down the street. With the combined efforts of the people in the hotel, the man of the party was half-aroused from sleep, covered up his "pidjamas" with trousers, and rushed out of the hotel into the street. His car was in the burning building—or so he thought. But it was a false alarm, so far as the car was involved. It was in another building. Arriving at Springfield, Illinois, the Anaheim tourists were two hours late to hear President Hoover speak at the Lincoln tomb. The city was overcrowded with visitors and hotels were filled. But "California" was a password which soon opened the way to hotel comforts to the travelers. The Anaheimians went to the Lincoln tomb and to the Lincoln homestead, in the heart of Springfield—the homestead now being filled with Lincoln family keepsakes. Lake Michigan is a Puddle The wedding party made about 400 miles a day, arriving in due time in the Windy City, where the sun is warm and the humidity is high. Preliminary to the wedding ceremony, the Anaheimians are seeing the Marshall Field store, the Field Museum, the Michigan avenue lake front, and other showplaces which Chicagoans — like Californians — are wont to brag about. But Chicago with its Lake Michigan hasn't a thing—not a thing on the Pacific ocean. The lake is only a mere puddle in comparison, the postcard showers say. Press dispatches from Chi do not say that Al Capone or any of his gang has taken "Ted for a ride" and no one, up to the Gazette's press hour, had succeeded in selling the bridegroom-elect the Wrigley building. But there is no telling what a day may bring forth, or what the next postcard shower will reveal. -LANNES McPHETRIDGE. The local Business and Professional Women's Club will have a closed dinner program at Highway Tea Gardens tonight. Miss Theodora Frahm and Miss Mabelle Hathaway will report on the district convention. BUD 'N' BUB Two likeable young scamps begin their capers in The Gazette This Week There is a chuckle in every panel for fathers and mothers, and laughing-out-loud for the children. It is a bran new comic strip, drawn by Ed. Kressy, a product of a small Ohio town, who knows "kids" for he used to be one himself. He has become famous for his comic strips in newspapers and magazines, but "Bud 'n' Bub" is the best he has done. Look for the new comic panel in The Gazette. A preliminary contest for queen for the Fourth of July is to be conducted, and the winner will attend the dinner for the mayors. American Legion day will be held on July 2, featuring a drum and bugle corps exhibition and a swimming meet. Friday's program features stunt riding and other exhibitions. July 4 will be marked by a spectacular fireworks display, a golf flag tournament, sporting events and patriotic program and swimming at the warm sea water plunge. Sunday's program includes games, sports contests and special entertainment features. An automobile caravan, organized by the American Legion to advertise the coming fiesta has covered Orange, Riverside and some of San Bernardino counties. About forty cars were in the caravan. Summer Picnics for "Suckers" and Iowans And now the time is here for the summer picnics of "exiles" who for one reason or another have cast their fortunes in Southern California. Two of the "giants" among these summer reunions are announced, both for Bixby park. Long Beach. The "Suckers" from Illinois are to have their story-telling picnic at Bixby park on Saturday, July 18, when President Henry J. Brubaker will offer all the usual attractions, including a good program and county headquarters. This will be the only summer picnic the "Suckers" will hold. Home-sick Iowans, regardless of previous conditions of fortune or servitude, are included in the wide-open call for the reunion of the Hawkeyes, the giant rally of them all, dated for all day on Saturday, August 8, also at Bixby park, Long Beach, which is Iowa's seaport town. The Iowans swarm to these summer reunions by the tens-of-thousands, and a program with many features is being arranged for them. Information of these state picnics can be obtained of C. H. Parsons, secretary of the Federation of State Societies, who has moved his headquarters to the Hotel Alexandria, Fifth and Spring streets, Los Angeles. ZETTE Is Now In Its 61st Year IT GREW WITH ANAHEIM SINCE 1870 THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET Number 38 Much Bean Soup Now and To Come If the worst comes to the worst, and if prosperity is not "just around the corner," Orange county folks needn't worry over where meals for the present and future are to come from. There is always bean soup available, says J. L. Pearce, a bean sales agent. With an increase in lima bean acreage the outlook for the bean crop this season indicates a little strength over last according to Pearce. The present crop estimate is between 375,000 and 400,000 bags for Orange county as against approximately 371,000 for last. While the crop outlook is good, prices have taken a slump because of recent heavy off-times by associations and brokers for the purpose of cleaning up last year's stock, he said. Another contributing factor in the recent decline was the fact that there is no demand from the East. Lima prices have dropped from 10 cents to 5 cents and on black eyes. The decrease has been from 6 1-2 cents to 2 1-2 cents. This price, according to Pearce, is lower than the farmer can sell at for profit. Prices may increase later in the season, he said, but this increase cannot be hoped for until the eastern demand increases. Brokers today are buying, in most cases, only upon actual order. 3 Counties Asked To Raise $200,000 Gadding Scriveners Go to Big Bear City Peter Pan Woodland Club Opens Wide Its Hospitable Doors to Newspaper Men CLUB DREAMS COME TRUE Community Life Provided for People Who Seek Repose By LANNES McPHETRIDGE Big Bear City, Calif.—Those gadabout scriveners of Southern California newspapers have been straying off their reservations again. Thirty of them put by their dull, troublesome jobs last Saturday, foregathered at San Bernardino, and as a care-free delegation hitch-hiked in one of Claude Allen's slicked-up Motor Transit busses, toured over the scenic "Rim-of-the-World" highway, coming to Big Bear Valley for a week-end at the hospitable Peter Pan Woodland Club. Claude Allen and Walter Kruckman, both in person, who know nothing whatsoever about scrivening and care less, tagged along to see that the dignity of the Eighteenth Amendment was 3 Counties Asked To Raise $200,000 Francis Tuttle Tells of Importance of Matching State's Santa Ana River Fund Francis Cuttle, president of the Water Conservation Association of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has issued an appeal to the three counties to join in a co-operative effort to raise a fund of $200,000 with which to match the sum allocated by the State for replenishment operations on the debris cone of the Santa Ana river. He urges in his plea that the boards of the three counties meet without delay and give the program consideration. Must Provide $200,000 A bill from the last legislature, which has been approved by Governor Rolph, carries an appropriation of $400,000 for Santa Ana headwaters operations. The bill provides that $200,000 must be spent in the Tippecanoe region. This leaves $200,000 to be spent on other operations, provided the three counties match the $200,000 with an equal sum. "The three counties," said Mr. Cuttle, "are required to pay only 50 percent of the cost. It is now proposed that by reason of an appropriation of one-half of the money by the State, to be used on this work, the three counties would be required to pay only 50 per cent of the cost of the work. 10 Percent from Orange County "It is proposed that San Bernardino and Riverside counties each pay 40 percent of the amount to be raised by the counties, which would mean that each of those counties would be paying 20 percent of the total cost, which herefore each has paid one-third." "Orange county would pay 20 percent of the amount to be raised by the counties, or 10 per cent of the total cost, where heretofore it has paid one-third." "This would mean a total of $40,000 for each of the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1931, or a tax levy by Riverside county of 5 cents on the $100 valuation of all property in the county." Orange County Tax of 1½ Cents "San Bernardino county is contem- of those counties would be paying 20 percent of the total cost, which herefore each has paid one-third. "Orange county would pay 20 percent of the amount to be raised by the counties, or 10 per cent of the total cost, where heretofore it has paid one-third. "This would mean a total of $40,000 for each of the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1931, or a tax levy by Riverside county of 5 cents on the $100 valuation of all property in the county. Orange County Tax of 1½ Cents "San Bernardino county is contemplating a tax of 10 cents on the $100 valuation to raise $80,000, of which $40,000 will be used on the west end of the county and $40,000 on the Santa Ana River." Cuttle reported. "Orange county would need a tax of 1½ cents on its assessed valuation. Much of the valuable irrigatable land of Orange county gets its water supply from the main Santa Ana River. The total value of all crops raised in these three countries amounts to $110,000,000, and while there are no means at hand of determining the amount raised on land irrigated by waters of the Santa Ana River, it is fair to say that a very large percentage of this enormous income comes from land irrigated by water from the Santa Ana River and tributaries," Cuttle continued. Water and Roads "It $40,000 per year for each of the counties of San Bernardino and Riverside seems a large amount, don't forget that San Bernardino county has an item of $400,000 in its budget for the next fiscal year for maintenance and construction of its roads. Riverside county has $242,000 in its budget for maintenance and construction of roads during the next fiscal year. Orange county has spent for maintenance and construction of roads during the past fiscal year approximately $1,132,000. To an unprejudiced judge would it not seem that the water supplies are at least as important to the taxpayer as maintenance and construction of good roads? "We might be able to haul crops to market over dirt roads if we had a water supply, but if the water supply fails, we will have no crops to haul over any kind of roads," Cuttle concluded." Spirit of Peter Pan The prying scriveners—scriveners have a weakness for prying into the affairs of everybody and everything—found the Peter Pan Woodland Club to be one of the most original and successful of the rural social organizations of all California. From the thrillful and happy spirit of Peter Pan the club has taken its name and theme, and repose and gladsomeness, with troubles and distractions of life banished from mind, whosoever goes to this clubhouse imbibes the Peter Pan spirit, as well as (Continued on page 3) Historical Society At Pico Hacienda The Los Angeles County Historical Society will next Saturday meet at the hacienda of Governor Pico, on East Whittier boulevard, near Whittier. This hacienda is one of the most historical spots in Southern California, having been the country home of the last Mexican governor before California territory became a unit in the United States. A picnic lunch is to be served at noon and at 1:30 an interesting program will begin. All members of the Orange County Historical Society are invited. Auto Crash Basis For Heavy Suits While Duce Siracusa, age 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Siracusa, was driving the family car, on June 6, the car is said to have crashed into a car driven by Brice Plant, a Los Angeles youth. As an aftermath of the crash, two suits for damages, aggregating nearly $100,000, have been filed in the Superior court at Santa Ana. Sarah Louise Plant, 21, sister of Brice Plant, filed suit against the Siracusas for $46,000 damages shortly after a suit for $50,315 had been filed against the same defendants by Nevan Helfrich, 20, Los Angeles. Ethel May Robson, Los Angeles, was fatally injured in the crash, dying several hours later in St. Joseph's hospital. Orange, Young Siracusa was severely injured.