anaheim-gazette 1932-05-26

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1876 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. A MISCONCEIVED MEASURE On June 4th a delegation of legislators will assemble at Elks Hall to launch an initiative proposition, the object of which being to provide for a bond issue of $160,000,000 to be used to develop and conserve water in Central California. Upon its face this appears to be just another amendment to be submitted to the people for a referendum vote. But lurking in the background, it is currently rumored, is the further provision that should there be default in the payment of the interest and principal of these bonds by the people directly concerned in the Central part of the state, that the burden of the deferred payments be placed upon the state as a whole. At once that renders this rudimentary proposition unconstitutional. That would brand the measure as vicious class legislation. The conservation of water is commendable at any time; but to expect the entire state to underwrite the bonds for the benefit of any particular section would be nonsensical were it not ridiculous. The proposed measure smacks of pernicious legislation, in that the object sought would be for sectional gain only. For speculative purposes it would be beneficial for Central California, but for the sponsors of this unique bill to saddle the debt on the state, should default be entered, would be peurile and baneful. The distinguished visitors are thrice welcome to this city, but they must not come bearing a measure so devoid of merit and so untenable. This ill-advised rudimentary proposition should be nipped in its embryonic bud. We here in Anaheim are paying a million dollars for Colorado river water, and shall go to the added expense of constructing a reservoir in the foothills. When this shall have been done we shall have an abundance of water for generations. The central sought would be for sectional gain only. For speculative purposes it would be beneficial for Central California, but for the sponsors of this unique bill to saddle the debt on the state, should default be entered, would be peurile and baneful. The distinguished visitors are thrice welcome to this city, but they must not come bearing a measure so devoid of merit and so untenable. This ill-advised rudimentary proposition should be nipped in its embryonic bud. We here in Anaheim are paying a million dollars for Colorado river water, and shall go to the added expense of constructing a reservoir in the foothills. When this shall have been done we shall have an abundance of water for generations. The central California district tells us that if it defaults on its bonds, then they will become a burden to the taxpayers of the state. We are simply asking them to take care of their own bonds, and to pay for their own water development in precisely the same manner in which we are settling our own problems. Moreover, to have the enabling act voted upon at the primaries and the bond issue at the November election seems to us like crowding the mourners. What does Governor Rolph say about this? UNSTUFFING THE STUFFED SHIRTS It seems to us that one of the things which the world has learned out of the economic depression is that nobody was quite as smart as a lot of people were reputed to be. We used to hear so much about the giants of finance and the captains of industry that we got an idea that anybody who could make so much money must be a lot wiser and smarter than the average man. It turns out that some of them were only a little luckier than the average man, and some of them were just plain swindlers. And now that we are hearing about how great banking houses were fooled by financiers with international reputations, we have about come to the conclusion that the ordinary man who works hard at his own business, and doesn't buy anything on somebody else's says so without knowing all about it himself, is a great deal smarter than the people who thought they could get rich quick by taking the advice of the so-called big men of affairs. We can think of nothing more disillusioning than the downfall of Ivar Kreuger the Swedish "match king" who committed suicide in Paris some weeks ago. Even up to the moment of his death Kreuger was regarded as one of the world's ablest financiers and greatest business men. He could walk into any bank anywhere in the world and borrow any amount of money he asked for without having to put up any security. He had only to tell them that he owned so many millions of bonds of this, or that or the other government, or that some nation had given him the exclusive concession to manufacture and sell matches, and they forked the money right over. The head of one of Boston's biggest banking concerns admitted, at a public hearing the other day, that they lent millions to Kreuger on his unsupported word. But it turns out that the government bonds which he held were forgeries, manufactured by clever engravers on his orders! that the match concessions which he claimed to have obtained by secret treaties never existed, that, in short, the whole vast reputation which he had built up was founded upon fraud. He will go down into history as the world's greatest swindler. We don't think people are going to be so eager to put their money into speculative securities on the strength of big reputations as they were a few years ago. Not for a long time at least, or until men who are children today grow up and begin to think that they are smarter than their fathers were. Buried in the middle Lincoln Steffens' autobiographies on education thanks. "Thinking back over courses," he says, "I do with our education what was not known, no problems of the science." "It gave us positivism was no certain knowledge when we did not participate not curious as students enough now as men and women." "It seemed to me the beginning and end." If a copy of this paper hands of a college suggest to him the essence of a lecture course on physics. He would do a paper weight on something which no one knew what gravitation knows what gravitation. The second lecture or of economics. He thing like this: "We times come or why the impressive phrases in 'gold supply' and 'complication,' and so forth. These charts only tend up must come down after repeating itself. We really do not know." The third lecturer philosopher or a theorist "No one knows how what is its object." Philosophical pessimism that it has no meaning believe that it has a M feel that this positive significance, more cheeky. Such a lecture course of afflicting the world. The graduates would be led by the challenge of things to try. Also, they would need to be ashamed I believe." that they lent millions to Kreuger on his unsupported word. But it turns out that the government bonds which he held were forgeries, manufactured by clever engravers on his orders! that the match concessions which he claimed to have obtained by secret treaties never existed, that, in short, the whole vast reputation which he had built up was founded upon fraud. He will go down into history as the world's greatest swindler. We don't think people are going to be so eager to put their money into speculative securities on the strength of big reputations as they were a few years ago. Not for a long time at least, or until men who are children today grow up and begin to think that they are smarter than their fathers were. THAT CO-CALLED WEAKER SEX We have been reading a lot of things about women. We might as well admit right off that we don't want to start any argument over the question of the superiority of women to men. We knew a man once who got into that sort of an argument, but he never tried it but once. We are not in the least surprised, then, when the people who have been investigating the motion picture tastes of different kinds of people tell us that women are the real intellectuals so far as movie preferences are concerned. The average man says, in substance: "I don't want to come away from the theatre with more problems than I came in with." But the women are almost a unit in voting for biographical, educational, scientific and even classical themes on the screen. And while we are on the subject of women, again it interests but does not surprise us that the psychologists of several universities have discovered that women are happier than men. The average woman, these people say, is happy sixty-eight percent of the time, while the average man is only sixty-four percent happy. That isn't quite as great a discrepancy as we had imagined. If woman is sixty-eight percent happy and a man sixty-four percent happy, then, apparently, the man is only using about four percent more of his time trying to make the woman happy than he would be if he didn't have that little job to look after. Incidentally, the psychologists didn't say whether they were talking about married men or single men, and the ladies can take that comment any way they want to. Anyhow, if there were a lot of paid publicity agents boosting stocks in 1929 it must be admitted that now most of them belong to the army of the unemployed. At least we haven't noticed much boosting of late. Having stopped Mr. Hughes back in 1916, California seems to have repeated this year by stopping Governor Roosevelt. "Solid Man" Adopts His Secretary He's 86 years old, William Muldoon, who was known in his wrestling days, sixty years ago, as "Muldoon, the Solid Man." He is a member of the New York State Athletic Commission, and he has just adopted his secretary, Miss Margaret V Farrell, 43, because he has no legal heirs and wants to leave her property. THE WAY OF LIFE By BRUCE BARTON UNKNOWN Buried in the middle of the second volume of Lincoln Steffens' autobiography are some paragraphs on education for which I extend my thanks. "Thinking back over my school and college purses," he says, "I could see that one trouble with our education was that it did not teach us that was not known, not enough of the unsolved problems of the sciences, of the arts, and of life. "It gave us positive knowledge where there was no certain knowledge, and worst of all..." Buried in the middle of the second volume of Lincoln Steffens' autobiography are some paragraphs on education for which I extend my thanks. "Thinking back over my school and college courses," he says, "I could see that one trouble with our education was that it did not teach us what was not known, not enough of the unsolved problems of the sciences, of the arts, and of life. "It gave us positive knowledge where there was no certain knowledge, and worst of all when we did not particularly want it. We were not curious as students, and we are not curious enough now as men and women. "It seemed to me... that curiosity was the beginning and end of education." If a copy of this paper happens to fall into the hands of a college president, I should like to suggest to him the establishment in his college of a lecture course on The Unknown. The first lecture might be by a professor of physics. He would doubtless start by dropping a paper weight on the desk, saying, "That is something which no human being understand. We call it 'gravitation,' but no man in the world knows what gravitation is." The second lecturer might well be a professor of economics. He would have to say something like this: "We do not know why good times come or why they leave. We have many impressive phrases in our business. We speak of gold supply' and 'commodity prices' and 'speculation,' and so forth. We make many charts. These charts only tend to show that what goes up must come down and that history has a way of repeating itself. But why it repeats itself, we really do not know." The third lecturer, of course, should be a philosopher or a theologian. He would say: "No one knows how the universe started or what is its object. Some men call themselves philosophical pessimists and pretend to know that it has no meaning. Some of us prefer to believe that it has a Maker and a meaning. We feel that this positive faith gives life more significance, more cheer." Such a lecture course would cure the colleges of afflicting the world with wise young men. The graduates would be humble, curious, thrilled by the challenge of so much to learn, so many things to try. Also, they would understand why no man needs to be ashamed to say: "I do not know, but I believe." Now a doctor is said to have discovered a remedy which will cure anemia in three or four doses. What we want is something which will cure the anemic bank roll. A good business man is always held in high esteem because he will not violate any law that defeats the chief aim in life—that it be lived in greatest abundance. The man who acquires a fortune and dies in early life is not a good business man; he has failed in life's most important end. He has not had the business sense to take care of the most precious thing to him—his health. What is life worth to you if you are dead, or even half dead? Sometimes I have to hammar it into the heads of my most intelligent patrons, that their activities amount to slow but certain suicide! Some take the warning; of course some do not. Here are some serious faults that many so-called business men indulge in daily: Rushing from home mornings, with insufficient breakfast to fit the body properly for the day's work. Dining downtown, at "luncheon" to save time; these two principal meals of the day are almost ignored in the interest of "business." Going home at the close of hours, tired, worried, often exhausted in mind and body, to swallow a heavy dinner. Lastly, retiring late, in the belief that the gorge will be digested at bedtime. The function of healthy sleep is to repair the nervous and mental wear of the day. This wear is not repaired in a sleep that is simply stupor—unconsciousness—the stupor produced by the bludgeon, the knockout. It is not healthy, invigorating sleep; it awakens with more tire than was felt on retiring. Such conduct takes its toll in deaths before death should occur. The "heart-failure" of the newspaper diagnosis; the cerebral hemorrhage on men aged before their time. Seats in the New York Stock Exchange are now selling at around $100,000 which is still a little higher than seats to the follies that Mr. Zeigfeld puts on. If Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated for President by the Democrats one of the hardest jobs confronting the Republicans will be to convince the voters that he isn't T. R. After going through the hectic sessions of the House of Representatives last week Mr. Garner ought to be in good trim for the Democratic National Convention at Chicago. The only kind of a popular tax bill we can think of would be one which would load all the burden on to Santa Claus. We are in favor of a sales tax provision which will exempt all foods except spinach. The graduates would be humble, curious, thrilled by the challenge of so much to learn, so many things to try. Also, they would understand why no man needs to be ashamed to say: "I do not know, but I believe." Now a doctor is said to have discovered a remedy which will cure anemia in three or four doses. What we want is something which will cure the anemic bank roll. After going through the nectic sessions of the House of Representatives last week Mr. Garner ought to be in good trim for the Democratic National Convention at Chicago. The only kind of a popular tax bill we can think of would be one which would load all the burden on to Santa Claus. We are in favor of a sales tax provision which will exempt all foods except spinach. YOU SAY YER PA NEVER PAYS THE RENT? NOPE - LOOK LIKE WE GOT TOO BIG A RENT TO PAY WHAT WOULD IT BE IF YER PA PAID THE RENT? MAW SAYS IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE! OBSERVATIONS JUST COASTING ALONG Of course, Charlie didn't exactly know whether he wanted to be vice-president or senator, but after looking over the works Charlie decided he would leave his hat in the vice-president ring. You know prosperity always follows a depression and a republican form of government most always means prosperity. Of course, running for senator is different, because sometimes you don't know which way the cat is going to jump. Of course, if times pick up and people are satisfied, and the president is republican, it's pretty good to be in the second chair back and in case anything happens you won't be to far away to catch the toga and everything. Lots of folks say Charlie knows his onions. ALL LIT UP A collection agent says things have changed. For instance, he says, he must handle some clients and judge them by the quality of hooch they use. If a guy uses good stuff he is easy to handle, and waits a reasonable time to make a contact; but if he uses the squirrel brand he jumps around to beat the band and wants to charter a fire truck and go right out and take everything in sight on attachment. GOSH, FELLERS, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT! After the law makers assembled all the new members, about a hundred or more, were taken in hand and instructed as to the rules and what not. All lent an attentive ear. The expression on their faces would lead a guy to believe they realized they had a real job on their hands while milling around with the wheel horses and all those city stranger. THE SWEET GOES WITH THE SOUR In congressional halls in years past the names of some men have gone down in history as stalwart statesmen laboring for the people, and their names are revered to this day. And again some men now spend huge sums of money to get into office and are quizzed about it; and it is even said some wild Jackasses are in captivity. And again there are men who are some pumpkins in their old home towns, but when they get into high office they get lost in the shuffle and you don't see any streets named after them. And sometimes a fellow wonders who's who and how. THE SWEET GOES WITH THE SOUR In congressional halls in years past the names of some men have gone down in history as stalwart statesmen laboring for the people, and their names are revered to this day. And again some men now spend huge sums of money to get into office and are quizzed about it; and it is even said some wild Jackasses are in captivity. And again there are men who are some pumpkins in their old home towns, but when they get into high office they get lost in the shuffle and you don't see any streets named after them. And sometimes a fellow wonders who's who and how. THE AMBULANCE GOT THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE The man had spent a perfect day motoring here and there and then started for home. All went well until he got to a crowded intersection and made a left hand turn. PIPE DREAM A writer in one of the papers asks why orange growers do not use steam heat, instead of smudge, to fight frigid air. But, mister, where would you plant the pipes? And how much would they cost? FROSTLESS BELT A man up state says orange growers should use steam, instead of smudge, to ward off frost, because the black smoke makes things look like Pittsburgh. A better plan would be to own an orange grove in and around Anaheim, or thereabouts. BLOWING YOURSELF Everybody you meet tells you how to cure a cold. You take this and that and the other thing and still you cough and sneeze to beat the band. Then after three or four days of watchful waiting to conquer the bugs you recover your hootinninny. BEST ALIBI OF THE SEASON A man was charged with having defective lights on his flivver. When he appeared in court he stated that his lights were always in good working order; but in this instance the lights went out (just) as the cop stopped him. OH, YEAH! A senator who is dry said it was wasting time fooling with the boost question, when there were so many other things to tend to. LATCH STRING HANGS OUT Every day in every way it looks like the affable and debonair mayor from out the east really came west to soak up some of the salubrious sunshine. TAKING THE AIR “What did they do with the defendent,” asked a friend of the officer who arrested the man. “Oh,” replied the cop, “They let him go on his own recoggeration.” LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH LATCH STRING HANGS OUT Every day in every way it looks like the affable and debonair mayor from out the east really came west to soak up some of the salubrious sunshine. TAKING THE AIR "What did they do with the defendant," asked a friend of the officer who arrested the man. "Oh," replied the cop, "They let him go on his own recoggeration." LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH The plan to make it easy and convenient for a man to build a home is a fine idea, but does that also include the garage? FROM FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE For years the unterrified squawked about the high cost of government and then one day they came into control of the steam roller; and believe it or not the first day up they found on the front door step a deluge of tax bills that needed immediate attention, with the compliments of the executive. STOP KICKING THAT HOUND DAWG AROUND The democrats fussed and fumed and got red in the face for years and found fault with the fellows who were running the big machine, and presto change, then they got onto the driver's cushion, and are at the mercy of the back-seat drivers. PLEASE PASS THE GRAVY Now that the donk is the head of the house, a palpitating and perplexed public, is anxiously waiting to see if he will bring home the bacon and the groceries. ECHO IN NOVEMBER That straw vote they took on the booze question, after things got going good, no doubt will cause a lot of side stepping when the boys get home after the first spasm and start building their political fences. KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING Next to the want ads and weather reports the theatrical critics pieces in the paper fill a long felt want—these chilly mornings. MEBBE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A FOOTBALL GAME It is said when the new congress met with the democratic in control bedlam broke loose,