anaheim-gazette 1931-10-29

IN THE DAYS OF L Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Century and a Quarter of a Century Authentic History in Print of the Daily Doings of the Citizens of Anaheim and C 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 5, 1881 There will be services in the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening, Rev. F. H. Robinson officiating. We acknowledge a call from Messrs Potter, Foster and Hill of Centralia., A very large area in vines will be set out in that district this winter. Those having property they wish to dispose of should arrange with Mr. John Hanna for its sale. There is an increasing inquiry for land and Mr. Hanna is in a position to obtain customers. A passenger on the cars shot himself between Mammoth Tank and Flowing Wells, A. T. on the 28th. His remains were brought to Los Angeles. His name is thought to be Chas Schipper. The following is a statement of the financial transactions of the County Record's office for October: Receipts $1001.30; disbursements, salaries $595, postage stamps $650, net gain to county $399.80. We learn from Mr. W. J. Hill that the farmers are beginning to prepare for the winter campaign, and that plowing will begin in earnest next week. The blacksmith's time is now chiefly occupied in sharpening plows. Mr. Ernest Ferguson left for Oklahoma on Wednesday. On Monday evening a large number of his friends "surprised" him and the brass bank gave him a serenade and by their music added greatly to the enjoyment of those present. The vessel which sailed from Wilmington a few days ago with a cargo of wheat for England had 3200 sacks of her cargo furnished by Messrs A. Guy Smith & Co. This is the fifth vessel destined for European ports which this firm has helped to load this Mr. Ernest Ferguson left for Oklahoma on Wednesday. On Monday evening a large number of his friends "surprised" him and the brass bank gave him a serenade and by their music added greatly to the enjoyment of those present. The vessel which sailed from Wilmington a few days ago with a cargo of wheat for England had 3200 sacks of her cargo furnished by Messrs A. Guy Smith & Co. This is the fifth vessel destined for European ports which this firm has helped to load this season. The Pacific Coast S. S. company propose to have a steamer built at a cost of $400,000 to ply between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The vessel will have great speed and will be fitted up with due regard to the wants of the route she is destined for. At the annual election of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company held on Tuesday last, the following directors were elected: P. Bowers, re-elected, W. H. Spurgeon, re-elected, J. R. Toberman, Geo. C. Hagar, and Mr. Geo. B. Lyon of Tustin, re-elected. Mr. Wm. Schulte of Orange is building a handsome and substantial dwelling house, 28x36 feet on his farm. Mr. Meade of the same district is putting up a wind mill, 500 gallon tank and large lath house. The mill is known as the California and was furnished by Mr. S. B. Smith, the agent for this vicinity. The Union brass band went to Mr. Kraemer's ranch on Sunday afternoon and serenaded that gentleman in token of their appreciation of his valuable gift to the Anaheim Water company. The graceful compliment was appreciated by Mr. Kraemer, who was greatly pleased at this evidence of the community towards him. Messrs G. and D. G. Plato, former merchants of this place now are located at Modesto, Stanislaus county. The firm are large buyers of walnuts, most of which they get from Anaheim, but the high freight rate, $1.14, charged by the railroad is almost prohibitive. A large number of the products of this county could find a ready sale in that section if the freight rates were more reasonable. The Board of Directors of the Anaheim Water company, at their last meeting adopted resolutions thanking Mr. Daniel Kraemer for the gift of a reservoir which has been pronounced by experts to be the most perfect natural store house for irrigating water in Southern California and which will assist in bringing under cultivation many thousands of acres of fertile land which otherwise must remain untouched by the plow for many years. The resolution was signed by B. Dreyfus, F. Hartung, F. A. Korn, Edwin Barr, Richard Melrose. The Board of Town Trustees met in regular session on Wednesday. The committee on Public Improvements reported the arrival of the steam pump and machinery, and that they had contracted with Mr. Eichler to set it up and put it in running order for $85—the town furnishing all the material. The report was accepted and the committee's action ratified. The marshal was in- The Board of Town Trustees met in regular session on Wednesday. The committee on Public Improvements reported the arrival of the steam pump and machinery, and that they had contracted with Mr. Eichler to set it up and put it in running order for $85—the town furnishing all the material. The report was accepted and the committee's action ratified. The marshal was instructed to repair the bridge on Palm street between Sycamore and Center streets, or put in a new bridge at that point if deemed best. The sale of the steam engine, heretofore used in the town water works, was left to Messrs Miles and Barham. The engine is in good order and will be sold cheap. A petition was presented from citizens residing on First North street and vicinity alleging that an offensive stench arose from the Chinese quarters by reason of the occupants allowing their waste water to flow upon the top of the ground. Mr. Fish was appointed a committee to investigate the complain and take steps to abate the nuisance. It is entirely within the range of posssibilities that the pennant of Rear-Admiral Phineas Banning will during next week be hoisted on the flag staff at Anaheim Landing and that the doughy carried will exercise the rights of ownership, and haul the lighters high and dry on the beach, lock the van-house doors, and issue a manifesto raising the rates of freight and compelling the shipment of all exports by way of Wilmington. That this programme will be adopted there is no reason to doubt, unless the people of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Westminster, Norwalk and Artesia—all of whom are interested in keeping the landing open—will subscribe sufficient to avert the transfer of the Lighten companies property to Banning. About $2400 is needed. One-third of that amount has been subscribed, and there remains but a few days in which to make up the balance. If the landing is permitted to pass into the hands of hostile parties, the people, especially the people of Anaheim—will ere twelve months roll around pay dearly for their negligence. If Anaheim landing becomes the porperty of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, the vineyardist who makes 20,000 gallons of wine this year will be required to $200 more for shipping his wine to market than he would if the landing is kept open in opposition to the Wilmington monopoly. The moment Stanford or Banning gets control of the lighters, freight on wine will advance a cent a gallon and then dear reader, you will wish you had been more liberal. OF LONG AGO and a Quarter of a Century Ago. These Files Contain the Only memories of Anaheim and Orange County in the Days of the Pioneers. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 8, 1906. J. T. Shea will shortly install a steam laundry here. He will erect a two-story building 25x60 feet. The cost will be $5000. Capt. Williams received a letter on Monday from Frank Shamley who is in Salt Lake City building a two-story business block. Andy Fuhrberg and Wm. Winsell left yesterday on a ten days hunting expedition to San Diego county. They go after quail and duck, and will doubtless get the limit bags. The Anaheim Walnut association shipped eight carloads of walnuts this week. The consignment goes east. Seattle gets one, Galveston another and the rest go to Mississippi river and other points east. A. S. Bradford has presented the Chamber of Commerce with an odd shaped seedless persimmon, having four perpendicular prongs instead of being round. It has been added to the exhibit room. Rev. Father E. P. Griffith died at the Hollsten sanitarium on Wednesday. He was aged 39 years. Bishop Conaty and Vicar-General Hartnet of Los Angeles and Father Dubble of this city went north to attend the funeral. Rev. Griffith was formerly pastor here, serving two and a half years. The reception given to the teachers of the Anaheim schools by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. on Friday at the home of Mrs. Clemmens was a very enjoyable affair. About seventy were present of which number 25 were teachers. Prof. Walker gave a splendid talk and several musical numbers were given. EDISON Twenty-three years ago, when Thomas A. Edison was seriously ill, I prepared an account of his life, for publication in case of his death. I found in the reference room of the New York Herald an article several columns long which had been written about Edison in 1879. What man ever lived whose life was a matter of public interest for so many years? I can think of none. As far back as 1879, fifty-two years ago, Edison's name was known all over the world. Great men have sprung into the limelight, lived their full careers and gone to their graves since then. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were just finishing college in 1879, William J. Bryan had not been heard of. Grover Cleveland was an obscure lawyer in Buffalo. Each of those and many others who have long since passed from earth left his mark on human affairs, but none so completely revolutionized the world as Edison. Very few men live to see the full fruition of their life's work. Thomas A. Edison was one of the fortunate few. DECENCY Librarians report that there is a revival of interest among young folks in the sound, decent literature of the days before the war. Young folk of both sexes who were too young to be influenced by the war are reading the great books of Dickens, Thackernay and Scott in preference to the modern sex novels. From a famous sociologist I Rev. Father E. P. Griffith died at the Hollsten sanitarium on Wednesday. He was aged 39 years. Bishop Conaty and Vicar-General Hartnet of Los Angeles and Father Dubble of this city went north to attend the funeral. Rev. Griffith was formerly pastor here, serving two and a half years. The reception given to the teachers of the Anaheim schools by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. on Friday at the home of Mrs. Clemmens was a very enjoyable affair. About seventy were present of which number 25 were teachers. Prof. Walker gave a splendid talk and several musical numbers were given. W. W. Scott is out again after sustaining the fracture of a rib at the Grimshaw-Wickett planing mill some days ago. Mr. Scott was carrying a heavy timber when he tripped and fell sustaining the injury stated as well as other bruises. He was detained at home only a day and is now attending to his business again. The directors of the Chamber of Commerce met on Monday evening and discussed matters of local interest. An invitation was received from the Santa Ana Board of Trade requesting this city to send an exhibit to the Parade of Products to be held in Santa Ana, December 4th next. A committee was appointed to endeavor to arrange for the exhibit. The Georgia Ministrels, old time favorites here, played to a crowded house at the opera house on Sunday evening. The performance was good, but a number of the singers were troubled with hoarseness. The specialties were the best seen here in a long time, and the humor was uproarious and contagious. Manager Schumacher promises a number of other first-class shows this winter, and has lately added to the comfort of patrons of the house by installing 100 new opera-chairs. A "domestic shower" was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Boyd on Saturday evening last, in honor of Miss Bertha Thayer, whose marriage to Walter Revel occurred on Monday. Miss Thayer received many handsome and useful presents. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. W. Revely, Mrs. E. Craddock, the Misses Alice Dunn, Alice Haughn, Bertha Kraber, Blanch Webb, Viola Sussmil, Alta La Gorgue, Jessie Boyd, Maud Littlefield and Bertha Thayer. H. S. Armstrong has taken a position at Miller's hardware, succeeding Mr. Postle, who goes to Los Angeles to enter a wholesale house. Mr. Armstrong will give up the buying of poultry for the city market. He has been engaged in this business for 18 months, and has disbursed more than $20,000 to poultry raisers in this section during that time. Members of the board of directors of the Anaheim Union and Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company made a trip up the river some days ago, going as far as San Bernardino. They obtained a general view of the stream and the watershed on each side, examining as many of the diversions and pumping plants as the limited time would permit. The general purpose of the trip was to obtain such information by personal inspection as would enable the members of the two boards to take the necessary steps to safe guard the interests of the companies in the river. Tuesday's election demonstrated the fact that while Gillette Very few men live to see the full fruition of their life's work. Thomas A. Edison was one of the fortunate few. DECENCY Librarians report that there is a revival of interest among young folks in the sound, decent literature of the days before the war. Young folk of both sexes who were too young to be influenced by the war are reading the great books of Dickens, Thackeray and Scott in preference to the modern sex novels. From a famous sociologist I learn that the wave of sexy literature is waning, and that books whose chief claim to interest is their decency are no longer being widely read. This friend attributes the let-down in moral standards, which was, so noticeable for a few years after the war among young people, to the desire for thrills on the part of those who were just too young to have any part in the war but who were emotionally stirred up by it. They have now had their fling and are largely settling down to decency, while the younger ones, who were infants in wartime, have no such emotional disturbances to be compensated for. Whatever there is in that theory, it is gratifying to feel that the age of indecency is approaching an end. It was bound to end some time, as such manifestations always do, in time. HOOVER Most of the criticism of Pesident Hoover is based upon his inability to stir the emotions of the crowd. He never "makes the eagle scream" and he does not like to quarrel in public with his political opponents. But when he can get a group of men around a table to discuss any question of public importance, he usually gets what he goes after. That is what Mr. Hoover has been doing in the matter of the war-debt moratorium, the new plan for credit relief, and other measures of great public importance. It is a new method in American statecraft, but it seems to work. It takes leadership to work it, and those who have been say- KELVINATOR— $395.00 and up, $10.00 down. FEARN, 278 E. Center St., Anaheim Members of the board of directors of the Anaheim Union and Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company made a trip up the river some days ago, going as far as San Bernardino. They obtained a general view of the stream and the watershed on each side, examining as many of the diversions and pumping plants as the limited time would permit. The general purpose of the trip was to obtain such information by personal inspection as would enable the members of the two boards to take the necessary steps to safe guard the interests of the companies in the river. Tuesday's election demonstrated the fact that while Gillette and the entire state ticket carry the county by pluralities of 1000, the county candidates fell away below those figures and seem to be obscured in the smoke of battle. Walker for sheriff is running 300 votes behind Lacey, his democratic opponent, at noon Wednesday with the count two-thirds completed. The balance of the county republican ticket is elected by majorities, running from 250 to 1000. Among those running well are Bry Williams Lester, Scott Peters, Smith and Lamb. In this judicial township Howard defeats Littlefield for justice of the peace and Litten defeats Llewellyn for constable. In this city it is estimated that 75 voters neglected to exercise their right of franchise. Out of 680 registered voters in Anaheim and West Anaheim, only 545 voted. When the voters of Tuesday's election were tabulated, Orange county will be found to have taken a more commanding position among the counties of Southern California than it has ever enjoyed before. Indications point to the fact that she polled 1000 more votes than her sister county of Riverside, which seems for some unaccountable reason to show a decrease from her voting strength of two years ago. This is said at Riverside to be due to a failure to register on the part of her voters, but from whatever cause the loss is serious, and places Riverside below Kern. The total registration of voters in the nine Southern California counties is as follows: Los Angeles 80,000, San Diego 13,000, San Bernardino 8890, Orange 6851, Kern 6438, Riverside 5704, Santa Barbara 5680, Ventura 3971, Inyo 1200. Total 134,147. Los Angeles shows a gain. The county keeps up its record as a world beater. San Diego shows a big gain, as does San Bernardino, also Orange county comes fourth on the list. San Bernardino has a territorial area twenty-five times the size of Orange county and San Diego one of eleven times on area. San Diego was organized in 1850, San Bernardino in 1853, and Orange in 1889. There is not a county in California growing so fast as the gem county of the southland, always barring the imperial county to the north of us. ING that Mr. Hoover is not a leader need to revise their views. Leaders do not always wave their swords and parade with a brass band. SIGNS Down in New England, rural weather sharps are forecasting a hard winter. The squirrels are laying in supplies of nuts with greater industry than for years. To the simple mind which attributes to animals powers of foresight which humans do not possess, this is held a sure sign of long-continued cold. Science knocks this theory into a cocked hat. One reason why the squirrels are hoarding more nuts than usual is that there are more squirrels. Last winter was a mild one and fewer squirrels froze or starved to death than ordinarily. All summer I have observed more squirrels around my own farm than in several years. Not only the common red squirrel, but the rarer pine squirrel with spectacled eyes, the still rarer pure squirrel, and the reddish-gray fox squirrel, as well as the little striped ground squirrel or chipmunk, have never been so numerous. Another reason for the "sign" is that there are more nuts than usual. Last year there were few butternuts, fewer hickory nuts—or as my Yankee neighbors call them, walnuts. This year the trees are loaded with squirrel food. And a third reason is that it has been a mild open Fall so far, giving the squirrel fine weather in which to gather and store the nuts. There is just as much basis for most of the so-called "signs" attributed to animals as there was for the old "Indian signs." My grandmother used to tell of an old Indian who said he knew a sure sign of rain. "When I see it coming down," he said. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY School Lesson FOR NOVEMBER 1 WORLD'S TEMPERANCE SUNDAY Galations 5:13-26 By REV. SAMUEL D. PRICE. D. D Special interest will center in a discussion of organized liquor traffic PICKWICK HOTEL invites inspection of rooms Lew Rates for Monthly Guests Make reservations for bridge parties, etc. Cafe, Lunch Counter Dining Room S. E. 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They are Prohibition at its Worsst by Prof. Irving Fisher, and Prohibition and Common Sense. "Galatians," from which the lesson text is taken, comes naturally before us as it is one of the letters written by Paul from Corinth during his third missionary journey. It always interesting to note how the Bible, written so long ago, meets the issues in every-day living at the present time. The biggest argument put forth by those who want to sell alcohol, which is always to be labeled Poison, is that of personal liberty. Paul writes here about "freedom," but makes the distinction between using it as "an occasion of the flesh" or "through love, be servants of one another." Christianity teaches that we are to give up our individual rights that we may be of real help to humanity. Wickednesses are listed under "lust of the flesh" and it is the use of liquor which dulls mental activity that aggravates all the sins that are named. In marked contrast the "fruit of the Spirit" is pictured. 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