anaheim-gazette 1932-01-14

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1879 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR SIX MONTHS Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. BACK TO THE FARM There were 208,000 more persons living on farms in America at the beginning of 1931 than there were at the beginning of 1930, according to the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. From what we observed, we should say that the increase during 1931 has been even greater than that. This is a very significant movement of population away from industrial centers and back to the rural regions, where the problem of keeping out of the poor-house is nowhere nearly so difficult. Perhaps the most interesting conclusion which Mr. Hyde daws from these and other figures is that the United States is approaching the stage of a stationary population. In all but four or five of the big cities the death rate today is higher than the birth rate. The coming generations in America must come from the farms: The Secretary believes that the prevention of an actual decline in the population of the nation calls for the development of governmental policies which will make it increasingly possible for a large proportion of our people to live in the country, even though not wholly dependent on farming for their employment. We must say that we agree with Mr. Hyde that the dweller in the small town, or on the farm, is much more secure so far as the necessities and most of the real comforts of life go, than most of the people who live in the cities are. When city folks talk at they do about the terrible distress and suffering of so many millions of their people who have no jobs and no way of feeding or housing their families, they are talking about something that we who live in the country towns and on the farms only faintly comprehend. It is in times of general industrial depression like these We must say that we agree with Mr. Hyde that the dweller in the small town, or on the farm, is much more secure so far as the necessities and most of the real comforts of life go, than most of the people who live in the cities are. When city folks talk as they do about the terrible distress and suffering of so many millions of their people who have no jobs and no way of feeding or housing their families, they are talking about something that we who live in the country towns and on the farms only faintly comprehend. It is in times of general industrial depression like these that we realize how much better off we are than our city cousins. KEEP YOUR MONEY MOVING One of the reasons why four million people are out of work in the United States—in fact, almost the only reason—is that too many people who have money have stopped spending it. In the discussions which led to the formation of the National Credit Corporation, it was estimated that more than a thousand million dollars has been taken out of circulation, out of the banks, and hidden away in safe deposits and mattresses by people who are almost paralyzed by the fear that they are going to lose what they have accumulated. In the ordinary course of business every dollar changes hands seventeen times a year. To take a billion dollars out of circulation means a loss of seventeen billion dollars of business and that, the experts say, is a large enough sum to keep four million persons at work. There are much safer things to do with money than to hide it. Money is not of the slightest value except to spend. Hidden away it earns nothing, and if enough of it is hidden it actually loses its value. Anybody who is holding currency because of fear would be better off to invest it in almost anything. A hundred dollars invested in paid-up life insurance policy; or an annuity, with one of the big insurance companies would be safer and more productive than $100 hidden away. The safest of all places to put money is improved real estate. If there are no commodities that you feel a desire for, and you have money that is not working, why not put it into one of these perfectly safe investments and get it back into circulation? Until most of the hoarded money begins to work again, we are going to continue to have hard times; as soon as this money gets to work, prosperity will come back almost instantly. A young woman got a traffic tag. She appeared in court. She talked. The more she talked the madder she got. She dared the judge to send her to jail. She said she had a drag. Anyway she went to jail for 5 days. And she talked some more. When the jail door closed on her she was still talking. A man weighing 674 pounds was acquitted in an Illinois court the other day on a charge of disorderly conduct. Probably they didn't feel like going to the expense of constructing a new and A young woman got a traffic tag. She appeared in court. She talked. The more she talked the madder she got. She dared the judge to send her to jail. She said she had a drag. Anyway she went to jail for 5 days. And she talked some more. When the jail door closed on her she was still talking. A man weighing 674 pounds was acquitted in an Illinois court the other day on a charge of disorderly conduct. Probably they didn't feel like going to the expense of constructing a new and bigger cell just on his account. Young men who formerly robbed one filling station to get the money to patronize another are now stealing the gasoline direct showing what happens when American efficiency methods go chance. After reading the accounts of the Senate investigation and learning the amount of money the Germans got out of our bankers the average American is prone to exclaim: "How do they do it?" Eventually the only way we will be able to drive on a main highway will be by appointment. The big league baseball managers are now trading players but up to this time they haven't had to trade any of 'em for food. The Japanese are out "chasing bandits" again which means that they need a few more Chinese cities. Natives of the Belgian Congo apply the "recall" with a vengeance! They eat an offending official. The threat of an occupational tax doesn't throw much of a scare into the fellow who is busily occupied looking for work. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Crusader of the '90s Portrait of Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, painted by Paul King recently, hangs in the rooms of the Clergy Association of New York. Dr. Parkhurst gained world-wide fame by his attacks on political partnership with vice. International Sunday School Lesson FOR JANUARY 17 JESUS AND NICODEMUS John 3:1-16 By REV. SAMCE., D. PRICE, D. D. Make much use of the incidents in the other Gospel as you proceed through the life of Christ John, however, has no less than 22 percent peculiarities and records only 8 percent of what is stated in the Synoptes-Matthew. Mark and Luke. We are especially thankful for the record of this incident about the Nicodemus conference, which is given by John only. Last week special attention was called to the "Win One" plan to compel and here we have an example of the way it works as Jesus had his very personal conference with Nicodemus the Pharisee at night. He went then, but not because he was afraid to go during the day. He was held enough in pleading for Jesus before the Sanhedrin. TODAY AND TOMORROW BY FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE Tomatoes— When I was a boy my grandmother told me that in her girlhood, in the 1820's people grew tomatoes in their flower gardens for their beauty. They called them "love apples" and thought they were poisonous. To the end of her days—and she lived to be over ninety—grandmother was always a little suspicious of tomatoes. Now we eat tomatoes in everything, even in clean chowder, where they have no business to be. I saw some figures the other day about the latest development of the tomato business, the canned and bottled tomato juice. More than 700,000 vials and nearly half a million bottles were sold last year. People drink tomato juice because they think it is good for them. The world has changed a lot in a hundred years. Buying— Everybody isn't broke, and not all industries are in the verge of bankruptcy. I talked to another night with the New York distributor of one of the popular makes of electric refrigerators. He told me that his company had just completed a nationwide selling competition, in which every single car was given a certain amount of money to give to him at, and that every one of them had sold more refrigerators than he had been asked to sell. My New York friend's organization disposed of more than twenty thousand refrigerators in twenty one days. On the Sidewalks of New York By OBSERVER Jay Walkers— There is more joy walking in the largest city in the country than in any other town in the world. Rules have been made against it that nobody here pays any attention to. Only at a few of the busiest corners, where extra policemen are stationed at the curb, is any attempt made to give the auto a break. In spite of this, there are probably fewer accidents here in proportion than in any other city. Drivers here have to be on their toes all the time. If they hit anybody they are thrown into a cell and it takes a day or two, at the best, for them to get free. Visitors soon catch the local angle but it is to be hoped they will reform when they get back home. Swanky Sandwich Men Last week special attention was called to the "Win One" plan of contagion and here we have an example of the way it works as Jesus had his very personal conference with Nicodemus the Pharisee at night. He went then but not because he was afraid to be during the day. He was held enough in pleading for Jesus before the Sandwich Luke 7:45-52. Nicodemus accorded the title of Habit to Jesus, thereby acknowledging that He was a Teacher worth seeking out. The question at stake was the problem that is still vital in the life of everyone. How can personal salvation be obtained? Jesus lifted the query out of all material relationship and declared that there must be a spiritual information as He, the Saviour, entered virtually into the very heart life of each individual. Though it might not be understood mechanically it could be experienced spiritually. It is a miracle and artifice is given from Israel's history as that incident is made famous by His own creation wherein immaculateness was effected. As the serpent was lifted up in the wilderness for the cause of those who would look to live, even as must Christ be impaled on one eye at Calvary. The fuller explanation is given in the comprehensive magazine Gospel John 3:16. HOLIDAY BRIDGE PARTY Among the many delightful holiday affairs of the past week was the bridge party given by Mrs. Nellie E. Perry at her apartment on Lemon street. The pleasant rooms were gay with bright holiday decorations and the spirit of joy prevailed throughout the evening. The evening was devoted to bridge and a two course luncheon was served at midnight. Mrs. W. C. Gathas was the lucky winner of high score for the ladies. Mrs. H. C. Wilhelm being second high and Mrs. H. P. Campbell low. For the gentlemen Mr. T. H. Harrison won high score, Mr Robert Owen second and Dr. Wilhelm low. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Gathas, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Knuths, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owen, De, and Mrs. H.C. Wilhelm, Dr. and Mrs.G.E. Chambers Miss Frieda James and the hostess Mr Nellie E. Perry. A large orchard near Dovery Dom ware contains the largest single book of bearing apple trees in the world. Turkey growers usually hold back from the holiday markets about 4,000,000 birds to use as breeders for the next crop of 20,000,000 or more turkeys. Everybody isn't broke, and not all industries are in the verge of bankruptcy. I talked this other night with the New York distributor of one of the popular makes of electric refrigerators. He told me that his company had just completed a national selling convention. In which every visitorator was given a certain amount of sales a she goal to him at and that one of them had sold more refrigerators than he had been asked to sell My New York friend's organization disposed of more than twenty inches and refrigerators in twenty one days. Since the cheapest of these refrigerators sells for $250, and the average is about $350 that means that the people of this one locality spent around $7,000,000 for refrigerators in these so-called hard times. THIEVES— A boy in the Navy who swipes a bottle of milk or a piece of pie in the cook's gallery when he is hungry, or who casually he is himself to a pack of cigarettes from a零食 maker locker, is not to be branded as a thief; The Secretary of the Navy has ordered I think Mr Adams is right. The Navy takes boys at the age of seventeen, most of them from homes where such things as pie are more or less common property, and it is the most natural thing in the world for a hungry boy to help himself to something to eat without the slightest suspicion in his own mind that he is compiting an offense. And boys are always hungry. Discipline in the Navy and the Army is, of course, essential. There is a big difference, however, between treating ostentatious men as if they were the officers salaries and treating them as what they are in recent American boys. Woolley— In accounting Miss Mary Emma Woodley, President of Wellsley College, one of the American delegates to the International Conference Mr.Hever has no body responsible for women have a very informal interest in the subject and no prevention, but he has paid a merited compliment to a girl her father and a life long worker in the cause of peace. Miss Woodley will be the first woman in history to be an official representative of a government in an international conference. Everyone who knows her or who knows anything about her thirty years career as President of Wellsley will agree that her role in the difference will be an active member that will never she has to say there will be need to with respect. Soil specialists of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils say that it is well to build terraces on farmland subject to washing as soon as the land is put into cultivation. Policemen are stationed at the curb, is any attempt made to give the auto break. In spite of this, there are probably fewer accidents here in proportion, than in any other city. Drivers here have to be on their toes all the time. If they hit anybody they are thrown into a cell and it takes a day or two, at the best, for them to get free. Visitors soon catch the local angle but it is to be hoped they will reform when they get back home. Swanky Sandwich Men One place here, selling only to the highest priced trade, has started using a sandwich-man, as the fellows who carry walking advertisements are called. This chap tops anything we have ever seen. His job requires him to smoke a cigar, wear full dress, gloves, silk hat and carry a cane. It is the cigar that is the finishing touch. The chap smokes it with an air that blows over everybody and must result in boosting business for his employers. He confided to us that he is an actor out of a job. He gets $20 a week for six-hour a day stroll. Cigars are furnished him free. He says his boss gives him one right out of the case, which means they are probably two-for-a-match. That's better than we can afford. Sailing Days— Visitors here should make it a point to obtain pier passes from any of the big lines permitting them to go aboard for an hour or so before the big boats sail for Europe. It is an experience worth having. Aside from the beauty and ornate decorations of the big liners, the hurry and bustle displayed in settling the thousand and so passengers in their proper staterooms is a treat to watch. Unfortunately, the scenes of fifty years ago, when the departure of an ocean greyhouse was much like the time when the original Mayflower used to sail, are no longer to be seen. The machine are intruded and baggage moves into the ship by moving platforms, escorters and other gadgets and the bid planks resemble all too much the interior of the assembling plant of any large factory. Far infamed with crestose is good for painting training wounds of trees. The far seals the pores and prevents decay. And just enough crestose to make the mixture brush on smoothly; it should be of the consistency of a thick paint. The addition of superphosphate to nature prevents loss of nitrogen, one of the most valuable fertilizing elements in manure. Of aid: Japan in supporting its large population are local and national policies of reforestation and erosion control, the Forest Service points out. Mrs. Robert Owen, Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Wilhelm, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Chanders Miss Frieda James and the hostess Mr. Nellie K. Terry. A large orchard near Dover's Den ware, contains the largest single block of bearing apple trees in the world. Turkey growers usually hold back from the holiday markets about 4,000-1000 birds to use as breeders for the next crop of 20,000,000 or more turkeys. Soil specialists of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils say that it is well to build terraces on farm land subject to washing as soon as the land is put into cultivation. THAT - FER THE BUTCHER NOW YA DID IT-YA LITTLE RUMMY AW-WHAT YA CRABBIN' ABOUT-IT WASNT YER WINDOW WAS IT? I AINT CRABBIN' BECAUSE YA BROKE A WINDOW-BUT BECAUSE YA BROKE YER NEW YEARS RESOLUTION TO BE GOOD. OBSERVATIONS OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS The fat and Sleek Capons in the upper branch have lounged around so long that it would be a benefit if one of them would be sent back to the home town jungles where the hoot owls warble in the moonlight. Some of them have been in the spotlight for so long that they seem blinked into the light and the sugar public. One of their favorite pastimes is to windjamming some of the big fleets would give Puncheon and Judyads and spades and beat them out in the finals. When things are needed to be looked after some of the Yes Men become as active as a stubborn army mule. They seem to forget there is work to be done, and allow the old ship to steer off its course and sometimes a fellow wonder when the crash will come. To be asleep at the switch is dangerous when there are so many rocks in the roadway. What a blessing it would be if something could be done for the benefit of the masses instead of throwing out the life line to help some of the big high hat playboys. INTO FIG. 11: Two sisters in the amusement sector, who are alike as two peas in a pod, have in the past thrilled their public likeness to a dull sickening thud, and it is reported over the grape vine broadcasting substation that they receive $5000 a week. When in melodrama their histrionic talents are calculated to bring tears to a wooden Indian. And as they disappear through the wings, when attired in those close-fitting clothes, they reveal cute, little shapes that are humdingers and are classed as very fascinating profiles only seen in the best, well regulated families. Recently one of the charmers has hung up the three day intention of again going in for matrimony with a count who has been out employment since his last unhappy marriage. All the local drug store cowboys have gone into deep nourning, but at latest accounts all show signs of immediate recovery. SHIP AHOY! With the thermometer up to 90 in the shade, and not much shade, how would you like to be on a sail boat out in mid channel with nothing to disturb you, but the flopping of the waves against the side of the boat. Oh, boy! SHIP AHOY! With the thermometer up to 90 in the shade, and not much shade, how would you like to be on a sail boat out in mid channel with nothing to disturb you, but the flopping of the waves against the side of the boat. Oh, boy! WELL, MISTER, YER GLAD TO GIT OUT, AIN'T YER It seems after a man was paroled from prison he became agitated because he had not been restored to citizenship. TAKING THEIR OWN MEDICINE A man who formerly held a responsible law enforcement position, was sent to prison and later paroled, made the highly interesting and educational statement that he is of the notion that prosecutors should spend about a year in jail in order to get onto the seamy side of life. Hey! Hey! TALKED OUT OF TURN There awhile back several high hat playboys were charged with a statutory offense. Then one of them turned his coat. Later the case against the others was dismissed. Now the first party wanted to change his plea to one of not guilty. All of which was sad to be sure, and it opens up that old bedtime story that you must not count your chickens before they are hatched, and also the one about swapping horses in the middle of the stream. Bezookus. TAKING THE RAP One of the popular indoor sports in a town up the boulevard is for a guy, who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, to get another feller to play hide and seek and go to the jailhouse as his double. TRAVELING LIGHT Reaffirming that oft repeated phrase that all the world loves a lover and the devil take the hindmost, over on the Riviera the other day when they had a swell wedding, some of the guests, among whom were several movie stars, it is said came dressed in formal afternoon attire of pajamas and one-piece bathing suits. STIRRED UP A HORNET'S NEST Of all the comings and goings of a certain family, in a town up the road a bit, who have taken up evangelistic work for a livelihood, the one event that has kicked up the most rumpus was the love affair of the eldest member of the group when she up and married a man, who it now appears has at least three or four other women who claim him as their own dear hobby, but who in the past went out between two suns when they are not going in for matrimony with a count who has been out employment since his last unhappy marriage. All the local drug store cowboys have gone into deep mourning, but at latest accounts all show signs of immediate recovery: STIRRED UP A HORNET'S NEST Of all the comings and goings of a certain family, in a town up the road a bit, who have taken up evangelistic work for a livelihood, the one event that has kicked up the most rumors was the love affair of the eldest member of the group when she up and married a man, who it now appears has at least three or four other women who claim him as their own dear hobby, but who in the past went out between two suns when they were not looking. What a man! THOSE WHO RUN MAY READ A man who formerly held a high office of trust has been convicted of accepting a bribe while in office, and has been sent to prison. However, he claims he is innocent; here's the proposition. Let it be a warning to others. DOING HIS BIT. A senator was out here the other day and talked about doing something to control the radio wave lengths and the movies; but he didn't say a word about the thousands of idle oil derricks in our midst. HANGING UP THE STOCKINGS A man who has occupied high positions of honor in the country when asked about a meritorious some year ago by his speeches and remarked, "It's infectious." ALMOST UNANIMOUS When the executives went to jail, they were big pony tailers, all drank likkely excepting one of the Mavors. MUTUAL ADMIRATION In the amusement sector after the third or fourth matrimonial blowup, a fine opportunity presents itself for the wives to mingle and talk things over.