anaheim-gazette 1932-09-29

IN THE DAYS OF Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Century and a Quarter of Authentic History in Print of the Daily Doings of the Citizens of Anàheim a 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK OCTOBER 10, 1907 Workmen are engaged at the new power house installing electric machinery. The 175,000 gallon reinforced-concrete tank is completed and half full of water. It has not yet been accepted by the city, but probably will be in a few days. The tank is 92 feet high. The foundation and twelve supports are of reinforced concrete and steel. The tank itself is 32 feet in height and 30 feet in diameter. Engines and boilers are being installed and an effort will be made to have the plant in operation before then end of the year. Walnuts are being shipped from this section by carloads, the harvest being at its height. The association price of 15 cents is the highest yet recorded and outside buyers are offering 13½ cents. In the season of 1893, when a panic in walnuts prevailed, prices dropped as low as 3½ cents. The price was fixed by the associations that year at 7 cents. One association secretly cut half a cent which ended in the inevitable smash and many carloads of nuts were sold before the cruel war was over at 3½ cents. This season's walnut crop of the county will mount up well toward the million mark. Walter Johnson out-pitched the veteran Plank in a game of baseball at Washington on Friday between the Senators and Phillies; score 2 to 1. Johnson struck out 6 men, and the Phillies made 8 hits off his delivery. Plank struck out three, and the Senators amassed a total of 11 swats. The games decided the fate of the Quakers, for by losing the game they were relegated to second place in the American league which closed this week. The Detroit team was aboard a train bound for St. Louis at the time and did not play. However, the Philadelphia's defeat places Detroit at head of the league. When it is remembered that Washington is the tail-end club, Johnson's feat is all the more conspicuous. The Phillies gave Detroit a hard fight for first place. One of Connie Mack's staff of pitchers is the erratic Rube Waddell, who pitched for Los Angeles several years ago. baseball at Washington on Friday between the Senators and Phillies; score 2 to 1. Johnson struck out 6 men, and the Phillies made 8 hits off his delivery. Plank struck out three, and the Senators amassed a total of 11 swats. The games decided the fate of the Quakers, for by losing the game they were relegated to second place in the American league which closed this week. The Detroit team was aboard a train bound for St. Louis at the time and did not play. However, the Philadelphians' defeat places Detroit at head of the league. When it is remembered that Washington is the tail-end club, Johnson's feat is all the more conspicuous. The Phillies gave Detroit a hard fight for first place. One of Connie Mack's staff of pitchers is the erratic Rube Waddell, who pitched for Los Angeles several seasons ago. Light showers and indications of heavier rainfall on Friday boded ill for beet farmers as well as bean and grain raisers throughout the county. The precipitation was insignificant, and no damage was done. But harvest continues with energy the crop being about half in. This week will see the last of the threshing outfits on the San Joaquin ranch, where nine steam outfits have been threshing beans and barley during the season. The yield of beans is 125,000 sacks. No rain is wanted until Thanksgiving. Iriarte's steam threshing outfit passed through town yesterday on its way from the San Joaquin to La Habra, where it will haul in for the season. The outfit has been four weeks at the San Joaquin and threshed upwards of 30,000 sacks of beans. The largest days run was made last Saturday when 1265 sacks were threshed. There were nine threshing outfits on the ranch this season but all have pulled out except one. On Sunday and Monday a great crowd of German-Americans assembled in Los Angeles to celebrate the 224th anniversary of the establishment of the first German colony in America. More than 40,000 people gathered at Chute's park to attend the festivities. Among those present from Anaheim were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baum, Mr. and Mrs. Aug Backs, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Backs sr., Mr. and Mrs. Selinger and family, Miss Mary Kaiser, H. A. Dickel, W. Wuesthoff, Victor Schumacher, Andrew Roerden, Frank Tausch, Herman Schindler, Carl Pressel and many others. Tom Scott was accidentally shot while hunting near Allessandro last week. His shotgun fell from the light rig in which he was riding, striking against the wheel. The gun was discharged, the shot passing through the wagon seat and lodging in his thigh. He was taken to the Riverside hospital where the wound was found to be superficial. Scott will soon be out again. William Wallop went to Riverside on Sunday to pay Scott a visit and found the patient doing well. Geo. L. Wagner has returned from a trip to Banning when his father is sojourning for the betterment of his health. Mr. Wagner states that he and his two brothers have 120 acres of fall potatoes in their Eastside plantation, and that the crop promises well. Their spring crop has been cleaned up at better than $2 per hundred by the carload. P. H. Krick was unable to attend the annual session of the Masonic Grand Lodge in San Francisco this week owing to business engagements which keep him at home. Mr. Krick is inspector of Masonic lodges for this district and had been looking forward with keen anticipations of pleasure to his northern trip. Mr. M. L. shirt front w outward appe producing bu caused untol shirts. Mr. shirt bosom w fully conceal ten would pre the styles now Mrs. M. R. mium to any Kids valued a of extracted h ten pounds of able and woul As an evi vicinity, we n Evey property $12,000 for st ago. The supern of reducing th ment of railro ent. The var year and th ordinary expe that it could t A. Guy Sm ing and moul ware and nai merchandise t on hand—com vances made, in best marke all varieties, Mr. Dobne his importati some elegant most fashiona asked ought t John Ryan night and wh perforate tha Constable Boh Mr. J. E. can County Co committee fill The dwelli Angeles street which has un Mr. H. Cahen Geo. L. Wagner has returned from a trip to Banning when his father is sojourning for the betterment of his health. Mr. Wagner states that he and his two brothers have 120 acres of fall potatoes in their Eastside plantation, and that the crop promises well. Their spring crop has been cleaned up at better than $2 per hundred by the carload. P. H. Krick was unable to attend the annual session of the Masonic Grand Lodge in San Francisco this week owing to business engagements which keep him at home. Mr. Krick is inspector of Masonic lodges for this district and had been looking forward with keen anticipations of pleasure to his northern trip. Father Dubble extends a cordial invitation to the public to celebrate on Sunday at St. Boniface church of the discovery of America and will be fittingly celebrated by the Knights of Columbus. A real estate dealer reports his net commissions last week to be $1000 and it was not a good week for commissions either. His sales during two days this week amounted to $13,000 and he has a $62,000 deal on. Harry Speilman came up from the San Joaquin ranch to spend Sunday with relatives here. Harry is employed with Bill Hill's threshing outfit and says barley threshing will probably end this week. Walter Crowther celebrated his birthday on Friday when a numerous company of guests were present at his Placentia home. A turkey dinner and music by the Crowther orchestra were features of the evening. R. Melrose this week sold his residence property at the corner of Emily and Adele streets to A. H. Horwitz of Orange, who takes immediate possession. Consideration $3000. Mr. Melrose will soon begin the erection of a new dwelling on Hedwig street. Mrs. Maud McCann of West Anaheim returned on Saturday from a two months visit with relatives in Chicago. W. G. Potter was in town from Santa Ana the first of the week. He represents the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Miss Ruby Crowther goes to Santa Barbara on Monday to attend the annual session of the Eastern Star. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK OCTOBER 7, 1882 A severe storm of wind and rain prevailed at various points on the coast last Monday and Tuesday. At Merced one inch of rain fell, at Napa 1.71 inches, at Stockton .78 of an inch, at Salinas 1.20 inches, at Hollister 1.73 inches, at Vallejo 1 inch, at Healdsburg 2 inches and at other towns the rainfall amounted to ¾ to 1 inch. The San Francisco Chronicle says that the rainfall already amounts to .67 inches with a promise of more. The records show that only once before since 1849 have we had so much rain so early in the season. The exception was in 1851 when 1.03 inches fell in September. The nearest approach to the present early rainfall was in 1878 when .62 of an inch fell in September. The Farmers' Ditch Company of Orangethorpe has been incorporated. Its capital stock is $12,000 divided into 600 shares at $20 each. The following are the officers: Wm. Schulte, president; S. L. Chilson, vice-president; E. Browning, secretary; A. J. Mead, treasurer. These officers, together with Mr. B. F. Porter, constitute the Board of Directors. Three hundred shares have been sold. The company proposes to purchase winter water from the Anaheim Water company if favorable arrangements can be made. Mr. M. L. Goodman has applied for a patent for an improved shirt front which we predict will soon be in universal use. To all outward appearances, the bosom is identical with the profanity-producing button at the back garments which have of late years caused untold misery to that portion of mankind, who wear shirts. Mr. Goodman's patent however, is really an old fashioned shirt bosom with the buttons in front, but the buttons are skillfully concealed. It is safe to say that nine buyers out of every ten would prefer to purchase a shirt of this kind in preference to the styles now in common use. One experience which every stranger visiting Washington always enjoys is to go to the top of the Washington Monument. Five hundred and fifty-five feet from its base to its solid aluminum tip, the Washington Monument is still the highest spot in the city, and from it the visitor gets a bird's-eye view of the entire District of Columbia and the adjacent hills of Maryland and Virginia. The Monument stands exactly on the meridian of Washington which is exactly 77 degrees, 3 minutes and 57 seconds west of Greenwich, England which is the point from which longitude is calculated. It is as nearly possible the exact geographic center of the tract, ten miles square, which wafted out as the Federal District in George Washington's time. A line drawn north and south through the monument would pass through the middle of the White House, and up Sixteenth Street, the upper end of which is known as Meridian Hill. The monument is no longer the center of the District, however, because in the 1840's the part lying on the Virginia side of the Potomac River was given back to that state, so that the District of Columbia now, instead of containing one hundred square miles, is only about sixty-four square miles in area. That High Water Mark This monument to George Washington was begun about 1830 by an association which got contributions from the public, but ran out of funds when the structure had reached the height of about 150 feet. It stood there unfinished for forty years, a blot on the landscape of the capital city, until Congress appropriated money for its completion. It was finished in 1885, with stone from the same quarry from which the lower Mr. M. L. Goodman has applied for a patent for an improved shirt front which we predict will soon be in universal use. To all outward appearances, the bosom is identical with the profanity-producing button at the back garments which have of late years caused untold misery to that portion of mankind, who wear shirts. Mr. Goodman's patent however, is really an old fashioned shirt bosom with the buttons in front, but the buttons are skillfully concealed. It is safe to say that nine buyers out of every ten would prefer to purchase a shirt of this kind in preference to the styles now in common use. Mrs. M. R. Pleasants of Anaheim, has offered a special premium to any lady in California (a pair of thoroughbred Angora Kids valued at $50) for the best display at the Los Angeles fair, of extracted honey, not less than twenty pounds and not less than ten pounds of comb honey. These animals are useful and profitable and would be a very valuable adjunct to any mountain apiary. As an evidence of the way land values are stiffening in this vicinity, we may cite the fact that Mr. Schorn, who bought the Evey property two months ago for $10,000 has already refused $12,000 for it. The same property was offered for $9000 a year ago. The supervisors have accomplished the somewhat difficult task of reducing the tax levy to $1.40 despite the default in the payment of railroad taxes. It is not pretended that this levy is sufficient. The various funds will be depleted at the end of the fiscal year and there will be no money to meet unforeseen or extraordinary expenses. But the demand for low taxes was so great that it could not be ignored. A. Guy Smith & Co. advertise their lumber yard, planing, sawing and moulding mills near the railroad depot. Builders hardware and nails—Anaheim storage warhouse, grain and general merchandise taken on storage. Grain sacks and twine constantly on hand—consignments solicited of all kinds of produce. Advances made, merchandise forwarded and sold on commission in best markets. Anaheim Grist mill, grain, feed, meal, etc., of all varieties, corn shelled and shipped. Mr. Dobner desires to call the attention of ladies specially to his importations of dolmans, circulars, ulsters and cloaks. He has some elegant garments at prices of $1.50 to $8.00. They are the most fashionable garments ever received by him and the low price asked ought to induce every lady to buy one. John Ryan discharged his pistol on the street the other night and when remonstrated with by A. Lippe he threatened to perforate that gentleman. For this offence he was arrested by Constable Bohn and taken before Judge Gannon who fined him $10. Mr. J. E. Stackpole has resigned as a member of the Republican County Central Committee for Anaheim. Now let the county committee fill the vacancy by appointing somebody from Downey. The dwelling house, known as the old Callisher house, on Los Angeles street purchased some time ago by Mr. W. Konig, and which has undergone great improvements, has been rented by Mr. H. Cahen, who removed thither during the week. That High Water Mark This monument to George Washington was begun about 1830 by an association which got contributions from the public, but ran out of funds when the structure had reached the height of about 150 feet. It stood there unfinished for forty years, a blot on the landscape of the capital city, until Congress appropriated money for its completion. It was finished in 1885, with stone from the same quarry from which the lower part had been built. In the meantime so much other stone had been taken out of that quarry that the new stone does not match the old, and the very distinct line, about a third of the way up the monument, where the darker stone ends and the lighter stone begins, is a perpetual reminder of the forty years delay in its completion. In the spring of 1889 floating ice in the river jammed against the railroad bridge, forming a dam which diverted all of the water of the river into the city and men and boys rowed up and down Pennsylvania Avenue in boats from the Treasury to the Capitol grounds for two or three days. Occasionally, an old Washingtonian when asked by a stranger how to account for the line across the Washington Monument where the stone changes color, replies that that is the high mark of the flood of 1889! The Capitol Building Next to the Washington Monument the principal point of attraction for visitors is the Capitol Building. It is possible for those who are sufficiently active to climb up a narrow winding iron stairway, concealed between the castiron dome and the ceiling of the rotunda, and stand at the very foot of the Statue of Liberty. Most visitors, however content themselves with remaining on the main floor, viewing the historical paintings around the walls and on the great ceiling of the circular rotunda, which is 150 feet across, and strolling through the wings on either side to the halls in which the Senate and the House of Representatives hold their sessions. These two wings are much younger than the main building. The Senate, in the early days of the nation used to meet in the comparatively small room in which the Supreme Court has held its sessions for the last hundred years, while the House of Representatives sat for half a century or more in what is now Statuary Hall, which has one of the most famous whispering galleries in the world. There is a certain point at which the visitor can stand on one side of Statuary Hall and speak in a whisper which can be distinctly heard by anyone standing in a corresponding position, at the other side, more than one hundred feet away. night and when remonstrated with by A. Lippe he threatened to perforate that gentleman. For this offence he was arrested by Constable Bohn and taken before Judge Gannon who fined him $10. Mr. J. E. Stackpole has resigned as a member of the Republican County Central Committee for Anaheim. Now let the county committee fill the vacancy by appointing somebody from Downey. The dwelling house, known as the old Callisher house, on Los Angeles street purchased some time ago by Mr. W. Konig, and which has undergone great improvements, has been rented by Mr. H. Cahen, who removed thither during the week. Mr. T. D. Culter, a former resident of Westminster, arrived on Monday from San Carlos Indian Agency, Arizona, after an absence of some years. It is probable that he will open a blacksmith shop in Los Angeles. No Quorum was present on Wednesday the day for the meeting of the Board of town trustees. The meeting was therefore deferred until next Wednesday. The register of the Planters hotel shows that there is a decided increase in travel of late, and there is an increased demand for land. Dr. J. A. Crane, who has been sojourning at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for some months, will return to Santa Ana about the 20th instant, and again resume the practice of his profession. Mr. H. M. Hays has rented the Hennenfeld house on Auguste street and will occupy it with his two children and housekeeper. The Semi-Tropic says: A lady in the southern portion of the county informs us that her 96 hens and chickens netted her the snug little sum of $225 during the past year. On last Sunday a young son of Mr. D. Strodthoff was thrown from a horse and had his arm broken near the wrist. The little sufferer is getting along all right. Dr. Ellis has now an office in the building formerly owned by Mr. Menzel, and can be found there at the hours specified in his card viz: 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. We learn that Mr. Edward Evey has purchased a tract of land at Pomona and will build a grist mill and ware house. Room in which the Supreme Court has held its sessions for the last hundred years, while the House of Representatives sat for half a century or more in what is now Statuary Hall, which has one of the most famous whispering galleries in the world. There is a certain point at which the visitor can stand on one side of Statuary Hall and speak in a whisper which can be distinctly heard by anyone standing in a corresponding position at the other side, more than one hundred feet away. Guarded Craftsmen Almost every Washington visitor wants to see "the place where they make the money." The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the largest plant in the world devoted to printing by what is known as steel engraving process. The plates from which money, postage stamps and government bonds are printed are engraved on steel, which is then hardened until it cannot be cut even by a diamond, and from these plates money is printed on hand presses, requiring extremely skillful operators. Claims Returns for Avacados Are Higher Adding more optimism for nearly 2000 avocado growers of this district, and throughout Southern California, and coming just before the close of the most successful annual signup ever staged, it is announced by Carl V. Newman, Santa Ana, local district leader here for the Calavo Growers' association, that the average avocado return to the grower for July, and probably also for August and September, actually was two cents per pound higher than that of last year, despite the larger crop this season and the 24 percent decrease in consumer buying power since a year ago. From about $3.25 per flat this last July, wholesale jobbing prices have risen eight times in the last six weeks; to some $13.00 per flat, or are selling wholesale at about $1.00 per pound now. New Income Tax Problem Added Collector of Internal Revenue Galen H. Welch, has received instructions from the commissioner of internal revenue, Washington, D. C., stating that an individual, corporation or partnership who has filed an income tax return under the revenue act of 1928 for the fiscal year 1932 is required to make a new return in accordance with the revenue act of 1932. Such new returns shall be made on or before October 15, 1932. The revised forms and any further information may be obtained at the office of the collector of internal revenue, Galen H. Welch. Publisher Loudon Gets Appointment Lotus H. Loudon, publisher of the Anaheim Bulletin, recently received appointment by Governor James Rolph Jr. to membership on the board of trustees for the California Institute of Women. No salary is paid for this position. Deer Hunters Turn In Plenty of Tags Deer hunters who have gone into the Sierra and southern California districts opened to hunting September 16, are turning in plenty of tags. From early returns hunters seem to be having as much luck this season as they did last year. Deer are reported plentiful in all districts. For the season now open, the Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento offices of the State Fish and Game Commission report a falling off of deer tag sales. The tags returned to the San Francisco office of the Commission showed that throughout the state on opening day 1173 deer were killed. August Gas Taxes Show $142,000 Loss Gasoline taxes based on August distributions of California oil companies amount to $3,408,588.45. H. G. Cattell, Pasadena, member of the staff's board of equalization announced this figure recently upon completion of the assessment roll for last month. Contrasting this total with the corresponding taxes for August, 1931, Cattell reveals that there has been a loss of $142,258.68. A year ago, 119,557,140.4 gallons of motor vehicle fuel were taxed for August while the total for last month is 114,767,285.6, marking a decrease of four per cent. The New York Post Office distributes daily fifteen million pieces of ordinary mail. COLD FACTS! Records show 150 accidents each year per thousand people. Would you think of going without fire insurance? Your chances of accident are 19 times greater. If you are hurt or killed, your car damaged, or others prove claim against you, EXCHANGE policies protect you against loss. The cost is but a few pennies a day. FARMERS' AUTOMOBILE Inter-INSURANCE Exchange Orange County Mutual Fire Insurance Building Main at Eleventh Street Office Telephone 3860 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA What You Get For $2.00 In your year's subscription to the Anaheim Gazette, costing $2, you receive the paper in your mail every Friday morning. In addition to containing an impartial and condensed account of all important local happenings, supplemented by courageous editorial interpretation, the Gazette runs in each issue the following valuable and interesting articles: BRUCE BARTON discusses the humanized life of Jesus Christ, in which he deals intelligently with the interesting phases of leadership which have been overlooked in previous biographies. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, an interpretative column devoted to political events of note as observed from the nation's capitol. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO, two columns taken from the files of the Gazette, one 25 years ago, and another 50 years ago. These columns are frequently referred to by persons writing a history of this section. But their chief usefulness is in recalling old-time events to pioneers and their descendants living here. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by John Joseph Gaines, M. D., is a short article dealing every week with sensible discussions of health, and recommendations for everyday problems. TODAY AND TOMORROW, by Frank Parker Stockbridge. A human interest column that deals with persons and events of universal appeal. IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, by Carl H. Getz. A short article every week talking about life along "The Great White Way." AUTHORITATIVE ARTICLES by outstanding leaders of the county. Persons of prominence, like Charles C. Chapman, Terry E. Stephenson, Mrs. H. H. Easton, and others, occasionally contribute articles of importance on historical subjects. CITRUS MARKET SUMMARY is published every week in the Gazette, giving the general trend of the market as disclosed in the past week. This is of IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, by Carl H. Getz. A short article every week talking about life along "The Great White Way." AUTHORITATIVE ARTICLES by outstanding leaders of the county. Persons of prominence, like Charles C. Chapman, Terry E. Stephenson, Mrs. H. H. Easton, and others, occasionally contribute articles of importance on historical subjects. CITRUS MARKET SUMMARY is published every week in the Gazette, giving the general trend of the market as disclosed in the past week. This is of vital importance to all citrus growers. MY HOME AND YOURS, by Bertha Edson Lay. Of particular interest to women, because it contains pertinent suggestions about home, and about recipes and cooking. VERY LATEST, by Patricia Dow. Devoted exclusively to the latest styles in women's apparel. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON, by Rev. Charles E. Dunn. This weekly feature is well worth reading. Of particular interest to children. 4-H CLUB NEWS, gleaned from the most worthwhile achievements of club members all over the nation. Club news in the county is given special attention. BUD 'n' RUB, a comic strip by Ed Kressy. This interests the whole family about the adventures of two boys bubbling over with the fun of life. OBSERVATIONS. A column written by a pioneer family member who has a good sense of humor. ALBERT T. REID'S weekly cartoon on problems of vital importance to the nation. Reid is one of the country's foremost cartoonists. "FIRST LOVES," a continued story by Felix Riesenberg. Read the summary and you'll be ready to start the eleventh installment this week. Similar stories of quality and cleanliness throughout the year. You cannot afford to be without the Gazette. Telephone 2414, call in person, or write for your subscription. You'll find it the best $2.00 you ever invested.