anaheim-gazette 1932-12-01

Is Now In Its 62d Year OLDEST PAPER IN THE COUNTY THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET VOL. LXIII ORANGE GROVE TAX REDUCTION LOOMS FOR '33 Sleeper Plans Slash In Assessed Values of About 15 Per Cent Reduction of orange grove values will head the list of property classifications on which the assessed valuations will be slashed approximately $15,000,000 for the year 1933-1934, County Assessor James Sleeper announced this week, week. Average reduction will be between 10 and 15 per cent on property now assessed at $151,051,560. "Everyone knows that property has depreciated in value. It is impossible to sell real estate and in that way establish a value, so I believe that it is my duty to reduce the assessed values." Sleeper stated Tuesday. Heading the list, he said, would be orange groves which, because of low prices of oranges, have failed to justify the high valuations which they now bear. May Reduce Taxes In connection with his plan to reduce valuations, Sleeper has notified the city councils of Santa Ana, Fullerton, Laguna Beach and Tustin that he plans to make reductions in valuations within their communities as well as within the county. He acts as assessor for those cities at present, but his letter of notification is made in time so that they may appoint their own assessor, providing they disagree with his policy. In The News THIS WEEK Wins Noble Prize Dr. Irving Langmuir, 51 years old, Schenectady, N. Y., has been awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in chemistry, an honor bestowed for unusual achievement. He is director of an electric company's laboratory. MAYOR FREEDELAYED HAND INQUIRY Succumbs to Hold Alone to Get Her Sheriffs and Anthelm, mourning and civic leaders, is pitted Henry Koessel, 62, who wounds. Funeral arranging outcome of the at Backs. Terry and Caroner Earl Abbey and geon Tock of Santa Ana Police James S. Boulder autopsy, removing the right side of the body dence in case the holder defenseless mayor Morrison spot in Breast prehended. Mrs. Koessel was so the death plus legal co- rounding the autopsy t an inquest, delayed Tentative plan for the tuled it for Monday after at the Zion Lutheran ch H. G. Schmeizer officiating cilmen and other leaders made the suggestion th close their establishment time during the funeral one of their leaders. F mentions could not be made Thursday, and even tho May Reduce Taxes In connection with his plan to reduce valuations, Sleeper has notified the city councils of Santa Ana, Fullerton, Laguna Beach and Tustin that he plans to make reductions in valuations within their communities as well as within the county. He acts as assessor for those cities at present, but his letter of notification is made in time so that they may appoint their own assessor, providing they disagree with his policy. Two years ago Sleeper reduced valuations on the average of 10 per cent. Because of property valuation reduction the tax rate, if it remains the same, correspondingly produces less revenue with the automatic result of reducing taxes. If the cities and the county, however, desire the same income or even more they must increase their tax rates. Candidates File Campaign Costs Republicans Raise Large Sum by Barbecue at Stanton Ranch in October Complying with the laws requiring a filing of campaign expenses, all candidates for county and state offices this week had on County Clerk J. M. Back's records an itemized account of their expenditures during gth campaign ending November 8. The candidates listed expenditures as follows: Republican Congressman-elect Sam L. Collins, $707.15; B. Z. McKinney, unsuccessful democratic candidate for congressman from the nineteenth district, $821.77; Horatio Hoard, Liberty party candidate for congressman, $12. State senate: Senator Nelson T. Edwards, republican, spent $181.85 to win re-election, while his democratic opponent, D. G. Wettlin, listed expenses as $112.50. Assembly seventy-fifth district: Ted Craig was re-elected on the republican ticket at a cost of $60, while Robert Ramsey, democratic opponent, spent $36; in the seventy-fourth district, Republican James B. Utt won by spending $20, while Democrat Frank Harwood lost after spending $86.15. Supervisor-elect LeRoy Lyon from the third district spent $462.08 to defeat Incumbent William Schumacher, who listed his total expenses at $1554.94. Lyon's statement explained that friends paid for his newspaper advertising and he had no way of knowing how much they spent on his behalf. Schumachers fund covered newspaper advertising. The republican county central committee received $1759.68 for the campaign and spent $1727.07, leaving $32.61 Dr. Irving Langmuir, 51 years old, Schenectady, N.Y., has been awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in chemistry, an honor bestowed for unusual achievement. He is director of an electric company's laboratory. May Head Princeton Dean Clarence W Mendell of Yale, now on leave in Rome, is reported to have been offered the Presidency of Princeton University, to succeed Dr John Grier Hibben who will soon retire. "The Future Man" Elmer J. Schoneberger Jr., 3 years old, is pronounced 1,000 years ahead Supervisor-elect LeRoy Lyon from the third district spent $462.08 to defeat Incumbent William Schumacher, who listed his total expenses at $1554.94. Lyon's statement explained that friends paid for his newspaper advertising and he had no way of knowing how much they spent on his behalf. Schumachers fund covered newspaper advertising. The republican county central committee received $1759.68 for the campaign and spent $1727.07, leaving $32.61 for future work. Of the total, $1327.50 was received from the $10-a-plate-barbecue at Phil A. Stanton's ranch, the balance coming from enthusiastic supporters. The democratic county central committee listed expenditures at $522.15. Discusses Love RUBY M. AYERS, writer of many popular novels, discusses the eternal problem, "Does love change?" in her new serial, "The Other Man," which begins this week in the Gazette. Be sure to read it. Anaheim Rotarians Football-minded Anaheim Rotarians are football-minded this week. When they gathered for luncheon Tuesday at the Elks club, Program Chairman H. E. W. (Doc) Barnes introduced Quarterback Homer Griffith and Running Guard Aaron (Rosy) Rosenberg of the University of Southern California football team as the principal speakers of the day. Griffith proceeded to give an interesting talk on what happens in the huddle during a football game, what training rules are followed, how spring practice is conducted, and discussed effects of climates and changes of diet on football efficiency. Rosenberg conducted some "skull practice," diagram the three most prominent types of offensive, Rockne, Warner, and Jones, and telling of defenses used against each. He predicted that in Griffith's senior year in 1933, he will become the greatest quarterback in S. C. history. Arrangements for presenting the two players were made through Thomas Kuchel. Anaheim boy attending the Trojan law school. DOG WINS 3 AVENUE Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ginger Pop, won two blanks in the novice class at the National Winter Dog School last week. The Backs live. Recall Gilbert Landell, in his from Fort Lupton, Colorado not help but remember women who were "mighty eyes." His memory is many old-time reminiscent be labeled "Absentee co-curator Anaheim Old Boy course, such important style and dress as hirsut running the gauntlet from dropping mustache to pink whiskers, come in for attention. The letter follows: Dear Editor: Remember the fine work girls that Anaheim had Seems to me that there little town that had so many ing, accomplished and cha They seemed to come in were the Bremerman girl Schmidts, Higgins, Kucu Hartungs, Wittes, Yocu Smythes, to say nothing like Smiths, of Orangeth diners, and Tuffrees and dozens of others. And she came, like Ella Mitchell Bertha Boldt. There were fine girls of other decades since, but the ones that memory were about the MAYOR FRED KOESEL FUNERAL PLANS DELAYED PENDING OUTCOME AUTOPSY AND INQUEST; DIED TUESDAY AT NOON Succumbs to Holdup Gunshot Wounds After Driving 12 Miles Alone to Get Help and Brave Fight for Life at Sanitarium; Sheriffs and Police of Two Counties in Big Manhunt Anthelm, mourning over the murder of one of her most beloved citizens and civic leaders, is preparing to pay her final respects to Mayor Frederick Henry Koesel, 62, who died Tuesday noon at the sanitarium from gunshot wounds. Funeral arrangements were being held up at press time Thursday pending outcome of the autopsy, which was to be performed over the body at Backs, Terry and Campbell's parlors. Coroner Earl Abbey and Autopsy Surgeon Tock of Santa Ana, and Chief of Police James S. Bouldin conducted the autopsy, removing the bullet from the right side of the body for use as evidence in case the holdups who shot the defenseless mayor Monday evening on a lonely spot in Brea canyon, are apprehended. Mrs. Koesel was so prostrated over the death, plus legal complications surrounding the autopsy to be followed by an inquest, delayed funeral plans. Tentative plan for the funeral scheduled it for Monday afternoon, possibly at the Zion Lutheran church with Rev. H. G. Schmeizer officiating. City councilmen and other leaders Thursday noon made the suggestion that business men close their establishments for a short time during the funeral as a tribute to one of their leaders. Further arrangements could not be made at a late hour Thursday, and even those scheduled are... Mrs. Koessel was so prostrated over the death plus legal complications surrounding the autopsy to be followed by an inquest, delayed funeral plans. Tentative plan for the funeral scheduled it for Monday afternoon, possibly at the Zion Lutheran church with Rev. H. G. Schmeizer officiating. City councilmen and other leaders Thursday noon made the suggestion that business men close their establishments for a short time during the funeral as a tribute to one of their leaders. Further arrangements could not be made at a late hour Thursday, and even those scheduled are subject to change at the last minute. Mayor Koessel is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha M. Koessel, and his mother, Mrs. Eleonar Koessel who lived with her son and daughter-in-law at 706 West Center street; and two brothers, Albert and August, both of Rockarcton, North Dakota. Mayor Koessel was born June 5, 1870, at Hanover, Germany. He moved to North Dakota in 1885, coming to California in 1909 where he immediately became associated with the Zion Lutheran church of which he was treasurer for the last 15 years. The mayor was returning from a business trip to Pomona via Brea canyon Monday evening about 6 o'clock when, according to his statements to Chief of Police Bouldin, two men flagged him down on a lonely spot about half way through the canyon. They demanded his money. When he replied that he had none, one of the bandits shot him, the bullet puncturing his left side just above the hip, tearing through the intestines three times, finally lodging on the right side. Powder marks on the inside of the left coat pocket, with no burns on the outside of the coat, indicate that the point of the pistol was thrust inside the coat pocket before firing. The holdups took approximately $35 from the prostrate victim. (Continued on page 8) $6274 Collected Here In Last Six Months Business licenses collected for the second half of the year total $6220, while dog licenses for the same period contributed $54, according to City Clerk John Price's figures this week. This is the first semi-annual collection of taxes made in the city. Ordinances authorizing twice-yearly collections instead of annual were passed early last summer as a measure of relieving business men from paying their entire year's license at once. DOG WINS 3 AWARDS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Backs' dog, Ginger Pop, won two blue ribbons and a small silver loving cup when entered in the novice class at the Los Angeles National Winter Dog Show concluded last week. Mayor Fred Koessel died Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Sanatarium, victim of a bandit's bullet which punctured his body just above the left hip, tearing through the intestines in three places and lodging in his right side. Light Christmas Trees Saturday Christmas trees for this year's holiday decorations on the principal streets of Anaheim will be in place by Thursday evening and will be lighted for the first time Saturday evening, according to decision of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' association committee this week. Streets to be decorated by trees will be: Los Angeles street, for two blocks both north and south of Center; Center street, two blocks east and three blocks west. Fourteen-foot trees will be used, with each placed in a box of sand which will be kept moist in order to better preserve the freshness of the trees. The trees will be decorated by use of the same decorations used in former years. Reported Shooting Only Back-Firing Although residents in the 600 and 700 blocks on North Claudina, Los Angeles and Lemon streets declared they heard a number of shots about 11 p.m. Monday, Anaheim police sent to check up on the unusual report found nothing to warrant belief that any shots had been fired. They insisted hatl the loud reports must have been back-firing on automobiles. Grand Jury Drawn and Court for Routine Probe of Co L. C. Luhr of Orange Appointed For Judge Allen Monday Morning; Jurist Morning With Special Sessions Grand jury committees, charged with response of various functions of the county government Presiding Judge Allen appointed L. C. Luhr or the jury room of department three, superior court jury was drawn in the morning for the foreman Luhr announced that the jury will meet every Monday morning at 10 o'clock an dthat extra meetings will be subject to his call. The first extra session was held Tuesday morning when the jury considered appointment of an accountant to audit the books of all city and county departments. Committees appointed by Foreman Luhr were: Cost of county operation and management expense; J. P. Transue, chairman; Fritz Yungbluth, and J. Charles Thamer. Jail, snieriff's office, county hospital, county farm, health department, detention home, district attorney, court house grounds, probation office and welfare office; W. L. Jordan, chairman; M. G. Hunt and B. W. McClure. Board of supervisors, county assessor, county tax collector, clerk and recorder; J. Charles Thamer, chairman; V. G. Yorba and W. L. Deimling. Schools, superintendent of schools, county library, law library, roads, county superintendent of highways, county parks, horticultural commissioner and farm advisor; A. H. Brown, chairman; R. F. Frantz and D. W. Leyden. Treasurer, auditor, purchasing agent, aid commissioner, coroner, public administrator, and surveyor; A. C. Honer, chairman; O. J. Lightful and Oscar Lichtfus and Oscar Schildtmeyer. Cities, treasurer, city owned public utilities, constables and justices of the peace; R. C. Plume, chairman; Mrs. O. P. Rust and M. G. Hunt. Last grand jury report: F. M. Reaf-snyder, chairman; Mrs. Edna Ball and A. C. Honer. Mrs. Ball was elected secretary and Deputy Sheriff L. H. Nicholson was assigned as bailiff for the grand jury. Recalls Anaheim’s Lovely Women Gilbert Landell Says Pretty Ladies Come In Bunches; Fine Crops of Whiskers and Mustaches, Even Pink Ones, Get Praise Gilbert Landell, in his third letter from Fort Lupton, Colorado, just cannot help but remember the Anaheim women who were “mighty easy on the eyes.” His memory is productive of many old-time reminiscences that might be labeled “Absentee contributions to the Anaheim Old Boys’ club.” Of course, such important matters of style and dress as hirsute adornments, running the gauntlet from Win Si Wo’s dropping mustache to N. A. Mitchell’s pink whiskers, come in for a fair share of attention. The letter follows: Dear Editor: Remember the fine women and lovely girls that Anaheim had in the 80's? Seems to me that there was never a little town that had so many good looking, accomplished and charming women. They seemed to come in bunches. There were the Bremerman girls, the Zeyns, Schmidts, Higgins, Kuchels, Werders, Hartungs, Wittes, Yocums, Rimpaus, Smythes, to say nothing of the girls, like Smiths, of Orangethorpe, the Gardiners, and Tuffrees and Wagners and dozens of others. And singly, too, they came, like Ella Mitchell, Katie Olden, Bertha Boldt. There were lots of other fine girls of other decades, before and since, but the ones that come to my memory were about the time I was working on the Gazette. They could dance all night, and then get up next day and do enough cooking, sewing and housekeeping to last the modern girls a year. They had a lot of class. Probably the present generation is just as good, but I can’t realize it: I guess I am pretty old-fashioned. They were intelligent, well read, and had beautiful manners, and mighty easy on the eyes. Remember the wonderful crops of whiskers, there were about Center street in those days. The first thing that one saw on entering the town was T. A. Darling’s big beard. Fred Rimpau was a close second, and Herman Zeyn, could on short notice, produce a fine looking beard. And there were all kinds of whiskers. N. A. Mitchell had a fine crop of pink ones, so did Otto Des Granges. I am afraid that Ott’s have changed color now. Ben Dreyfus’s imperial and the Dr. Higgins little chin tuft was conspicuous. Cap. Granet of the Rendezvous Saloon was also blest with a nice little bunch of spinach. About this time, a big guy blew into town with the finest and blackest set of Burnside I ever saw. This was Billy Rea, of the Cottage Saloon. Even in Chinatown Sin Si Wo had a very wonderful drooping mustache. In fact, every one in the world, at one time or another had some sort of hirsute adornment, except Charlie Hille and Ah Foo. And Ah Foo had some good streaks. I think Wm. M. McFadden had about as abundant a crop as could be seen anywhere, and I don’t think that J. K. Tuffree suffered much by comparison either. And when it came to mustaches Johnny Hartung and Fred Smythe had it on any body. And along about this period, J. Hovey Bullard and Geo. Amerige showed us what the well dressed Boston man was wearing. And the sight of Phil Davis’ chin bunch, under his plug hat was quite a sight. Tom Scully also had an impressive mustache, as well as D. B. Gray who tended bar at the Old Planters. L. F. Lewis probably made a better showing than any of descendants. About this time Harry Whittaker brought some pale blond sideboards into Buena Park. Henry Polhemus and his father-in-law, Mr. Hanna, also indulged. By the way, I see that Mrs. Polhemus still holds forth at the old place, with Dean. She was a mighty fine lady and I thought a lot of her good-looking daughters, May and Meta, and just to think, they are grandmothers now. Gosh, how I wish I were going to a “Grand Thanksgiving Ball” with supper at the Planter’s Hotel with a bunch (Continued on page 6) FULLERTON AND UNION OIL DROP PIPELINE PLANS File Stipulations and Dismissal Entered to Protect Water Rights of River Basin Another victory to retain for the Santa Ana river basin all its water was formally acknowledged when complainants and defendants in the Union Oil company battle for a franchise to construct an 18-inch pipeline along South Cypress avenue for the purpose of pumping water to property in the highlands north and east of Fullerton filed their stipulations and entered dismissal in the Orange county superior court, effective November 23, 1932. Suit against all members of the Fullerton city council, the city of Fullerton, and the Union Oil company was dropped when the oil company agreed to abandon its plan to construct a pipeline along the designated route, and the city council of Fullerton passed a resolution withdrawing the franchise it previously had granted. Arouses Action The oil firm in 1929 applied to the Fullerton city council for the franchise, which was granted promptly. The purpose was to carry water from wells that were to be dug about one mile from those already in operation by the City of Anaheim, and near those from which the Anaheim Union Water company secures much of its water for irrigation purposes. Drawn and Committees Named the Probe of County Government Orange Appointed Foreman by Presiding Judge Monday Morning; Jury Meets Every Monday With Special Sessions at Call of Foreman Committees, charged with responsibility of routine investigations of the county government, were named Monday, when appointed L. C. Luhr of Orange foreman, and assigned department three, superior court, as the meeting place. The in the morning for the 1932-33 investigations. Lyon Studying Water Problem Will Inspect Spreading Grounds of Upper Santa Ana In Near Future Supervisor-elect LeRoy Lyon this week was clearing up his personal business and private affairs in order to devote several weeks' study to county problems before assuming office on January 1. One of the first studies Mr. Lyon plans to make, he announced, is the water problem. He expects to personally inspect the spreading grounds on the upper Santa Ana river, and see for himself the work that has been done and what some groups desire. "I believe that if I give this problem my personal study, hold an open mind on the proposition, and then confer with experts, that I will have an understanding of the water problems coming before the supervisors that will enable me to act for the best interests of my constituents," Mr. Lyon said. "The water problem is one of the most important ones before the people of the county at this time." For several years the supervisor-elect has been associated with the farm bureau tax committee which concurred with representatives of various Orange county incorporated communities that a certain portion of the county's share of the state gasoline taxes should be voted to the cities. Mr. Lyon on numerous occasions has taken exception to doing the designated route, and the city council of Fullerton passed a resolution with drawing the franchise it previously had granted. Arouses Action The oil firm in 1929 applied to the Fullerton city council for the franchise, which was granted promptly. The purpose was to carry water from wells that were to be dug about one mile from those already in operation by the City of Anaheim, and near those from which the Anaheim Union Water company secures much of its water for irrigating purposes. The water was to be pumped to lands not strictly within the basin. It was this to which the objections arose. W. E. Coulter, J. P. Des Granges, C. C. Chapman through his Placentia Orchard company, and other interested parties immediately filed suit against the Fullerton councilmen and city, and the oil company charging that the council had jurisdiction over Cypress Ave. only for street purposes and not for private pipe-laying. A temporary injunction was secured to prevent the firm from laying its pipeline. Refunds Mailed After many months of negotiations and conferences, the oil company agreed to give up its plan, and the Fullerton councilmen agreed to abandon their intention of granting a franchise for the purpose of carrying water over private pipelines for private purposes. In the meantime the Union Oil company developed its own wells evidently on its own property and is reported not drawing its extensive water needs from the same basin as is used by the city of Anaheim, and the Anaheim Union Water company. A sum of $800 was raised by subscription from interested growers in this district, according to Secretary Leo Sheridan of the complainants. Of this amount, refund checks amounting to 73 per cent were mailed this week. Legion, Jobless Benefit Sunday Commander J. Fred Sidebottom of the Anaheim American Legion post this week personally appealed to Anaheimers to attend the gigantic benefit barbecue to be given Sunday at 1 p.m. at Irvine park, the proceeds from which will go entirely for purchasing of staple groceries for the 11,000 unemployed families in the county. An elaborate program is being worked out through co-operation of leaders of the Orange county council of the American Legion, and officers of the county-wide organization of unemployed. Volunteer help from both the Legion and the jobless will handle the barbecue, entertainment and dance, at which the association dance orchestra Taxes Delinquent 5 P.M. December 5 County tax delinquencies will run less than last year, providing the present rate of payment keeps up, according to County Tax Collector J. C. Lamb. By November 28, property owners of Orange county had paid $809,518.49 on their first tax installments. This was $155,751.29 more than was paid in on the same date last year. "Property owners of the county seem to have prepared for tax payment and are making remittances in time to save the 10 per cent penalty that goes on all first installment payments not made by 5 o'clock, December 5," he said. Little complaint has been made this year. Lamb stated. FRANK GIBBS HONORED Frank N. Gibbs of Anaheim was chosen to succeed Ernest Ganahl, also of this city, as president of the Orange County Lumbermen's association at the meeting Tuesday evening in the Elks clubhouse.