anaheim-gazette 1933-03-16

More Children Injured In Homes Than In Street, at School Or On School Grounds Most Fatal Accidents In the Home Could Be Prevented, Claims Industrial Accident Commissioner, Who Gives Advice In Handling Appliances; Offers Other Safety Suggestions The average person regards home as a place of safety, a haven of refuge from the outside world. But do you know that hundreds of Californians lost their lives last year through accidents occurring in their homes? The total is increasing rapidly every year according to Will J. French, member of the Industrial Accident commission. "Among school children, more accidents occurred in the home than on the street, in the school, or on the school grounds," says French. "Most of the fatal accidents in the home could be prevented. In California, one-third of the home accidents are caused by falls, according to French. More than half the falls are met with by elderly persons. "A large number are caused for lack of a good steady stepladder," he said. "A chair or box is a dangerous substitute. The number of falls are increased by poorly lighted stairs and hallways, by stair carpets not securely fastened down, and by slippery floors with skidding rugs. A child's building block or toy may seem an innocent thing, but they often cause serious injuries. About one-third of all home falls occur on stairs or steps." Hundreds of little children die each year from burns in the home. To keep the family safe from burns and scalds, French recommends the following: Keep matches in a metal box out of the reach of small children; keep kettles and pans of hot liquids at the back of the stove; keep gasoline and kerosene covered and out of easy reach; keep open lights and grate fires protected, and teach children the danger of playing near a stove, with fire or matches, with fireworks and near bonfires. Gas is a good servant but a bad master, French added. Especially in farm real estate taxes in California, computed on an average per acre basis, have skyrocketed 194 per cent during the past 17 years—the largest increase in the agricultural tax load in any section of the United States. That amazing revelation of the gravity of California agriculture's tax problem, which comes from the United States bureau of agricultural economics in an analysis of the national farm taxation crisis, deserves the earnest consideration of California legislators as they wrestle with the tax question. Certainly it should command attention at a time when various proposals are at issue which would have the effect of still further increasing the crushing tax burden carried by agriculture. Each succeeding study of the farm tax problem in recent months has served to emphasize two principal factors: 1. That the farmer is carrying an excessive and disproportionate share of the tax load, as compared with many other classes of taxpayers. 2. That agriculture cannot hope to rehabilitate itself and get back on a paying basis until the tax load is lightened. Taxation has simply exceeded the ability... Most Mine Patent Applications O. K. Seventy per cent of all applications for patent on mining claims within the national forests of the California region have been favorably reported on by the U.S. forest service, according to a report from the office of the chief forester, Washington, D.C. Of the 30 per cent reported adversely, 92 per cent were cancelled by the department of the interior, after hearings held by the general land office. A total of 585 individual or groups of mining claims have been examined and reported on in the national forests of California, which include unperfected claims contested because of fraud and claims for which patent application had been made. U. S. To Reach Maturity In '60 Keep matches in a metal box out of the reach of small children; keep kettles and pans of hot liquids at the back of the stove; keep gasoline and kerosene covered and out of easy reach; keep open lights and grate fires protected, and teach children the danger of playing near a stove, with fire or matches, with fireworks and near bonfires. Gas is a good servant but a bad master, French added. Especially in California, where natural gas is widely used. He urges that you keep gas burners clean and adjusted; watch for leaks and repair them promptly; turn off the gas when you leave the house or go to bed; keep furnaces and pipes clean and tight; open garage doors before starting car, and teach children that gas is dangerous. Electricity is another household aid to be handled with care. Accidents usually occur, the commissioner said, from use of badly fitted or worn appliances, failure to use care in handling the appliances, and failure to turn off the "juice" when through. "Do not touch any electric appliance with wet hands or when standing on a wet floor or in a wet bathtub," warned French. "Always turn off the current of a pressing iron, toaster, or other appliance when you are through, and if you use electric cords in the laundry, garage or basement, insulate them with waterproof covering." The average tax per acre in California, including vast acreages of low valuation, such as grazing lands, has been boosted from 39 cents, in 1913, to $1.13 in 1930, according to the federal survey. But the report of the California tax research bureau, just recently completed, presents an even more accurate and challenging picture. Studying orchard and dairy farms and excluding pasture and other lands of low valuation, the tax research board found that the tax per acre during 1931 averaged $3.21. In many instances, with more valuable orchard acreages, the tax ran as high as $23 per acre, with crops from the land totally incapable of carrying the load. The rate of increase in farm taxation in California, the federal study revealed, has been approximately twice as great as in the neighboring states of Oregon and Washington, placing the California farmer at a heavy disadvantage in competitive markets. The average per acre tax in Oregon, for 1930, was 40 cents, and in Washington 68 cents, compared with California's average of $1.13. In light of these conditions, California legislators from rural districts will probably look askance at many of the schemes suggested for balancing the state budget which involve transfer of present state burdens to the counties, instead of actual reduction of costs. Shifting of the load from the state to the local taxpayers for such services as dairy cattle and standardization inspection, for example, could have but one result—an increase in farm and other local taxes. Similarly, the possibility of the state imposing an ad valorem, or direct property tax, to raise additional revenues, demands drastic action to avert piling on of this additional farm burden. Real estate taxation, in many instances, already has exceeded the capacity of the land to pay in California. There must be a lowering of this burden at issue which would have the effect of still further increasing the crushing tax burden carried by agriculture. Each succeeding study of the farm tax problem in recent months has served to emphasize two principal factors: 1. That the farmer is carrying an excessive and disproportionate share of the tax load, as compared with many other classes of taxpayers. 2. That agriculture cannot hope to rehabilitate itself and get back on a paying basis until the tax load is lightened. Taxation has simply exceeded the ability of the land to pay. And the analysis of the federal bureau demonstrates that in California the tax bill has been pyramided on the farmer to a greater extent than in any other area. Camel's Thorn was found entry from the date producing Africa, and was not early as 1901. With a desert food for eaten by domestic tiveness is so great sidered as nothing cultural pest. A. A. Brock, de department of agriculture Ball., chief of the weed control with paid tribute to the commissioners and who are conducting very successful re-tained in Madera, Diego where it appears eradication has been side county has no plants, while Merced counties ha... U. S. To Reach Maturity In '60 Claims Full Growth of Population to be Attained in 30 Years, Decline in 1970 The slowing down which has been taking place in the growth of population in the United States is not a major factor in the present economic depression, but it is a factor of increasing importance and should have primary consideration in all plans and policies relating to the utilization of land, says Dr. O. E. Baker, bureau of agricultural economic, in a report to the office of Farm Advisor Harold E. Wahiberg. The prospect that the population of the United States will be about stationary at about 150,000,000 after the year 1960, and that the total number of people in the country will then decline, beginning about 1970, demands consideration on the part of all business concerns in making plans for the future, says Doctor Baker. The "near-term" is encouraging, he says, in that during the next quarter century there will be 20,000,000 more people in the United States to be housed, clothed, fed, and entertained. Growth of population is the principal factor to be considered in studying the outlook for consumption of agricultural and many manufactured products in the near future, says Doctor Baker. Doctor Baker bases his forecast that the growth of the nation's population will cease about 1960 and begin to decline at the end of the next decade, on the downward trend in the nation's birth rate and the assumption that present restrictions against immigration will be maintained. Yes Dear, Deer Costs Not Dear! Game Warden Paul Turner of King City, after a trip over the district he patrols, reports game conditions following the severe winter in that area to be better than for many years past. During the last month he made a complete check in deer. He reports he found them mostly on the coast slopes where the weather was milder and feed plentiful. All seemed to have weathered the storms splendidly, and no necessity for furnishing food to the animals. It was not uncommon to see herds of from 10 to 15 on the hill sides. Contrary to usual custom, Turner declares, the doves have not left the King City section this winter. In Indian and Oasis valley districts he said they were found in droves where they have been all year. Wild pigeons are more numerous than in past seasons, and cattle riders have given them all the protection possible. Quail, he says, were scattered in large numbers from the river bottoms to the snow line, and it was unnecessary to supply food for these birds this year. Wild turkeys released near Indians club didn't like the wild life and drifted back to the club ranch houses, where they insist on remaining. However, the young birds raised there now will be taken to other areas for release this summer. ANAHEIM GAZETTE White House Housekeeper Mrs. Henry Neabit, neighbor of President Roosevelt's family at Hyde Park, N. Y., is the new housekeeper at the White House. Mrs. Neabit successfully managed a cooperative market at Springfield, Mass. at one time. Court Rule Aids Fish-Saving Drive Commission Within Rights In Demanding Screens for Canals and Ditches One of the problems of the state fish and game commission is the protection of game fish that are endangered by irrigation ditches and canals that have not installed proper fish screens and ladders as provided by law. The bureau of hydraulics of the commission makes a continual drive to have these irrigation waterways equipped with proper screens that the fish will not be washed out into orchards and fields. Yet there are some who seek to evade the installation and instances have been noted where many dead fish were found after the irrigation of an orchard or farm. Other instances are on record where the bureau fish rescue has saved thousands of valuable sport fish that had been swept down into a canal of some irrigation project, and whose presence was known in time to have them taken from the waters before turned onto the land. While young fish are usually the victims of this lack of cooperation on the part of the irrigationalists, there are several instances where many adult fish have been washed up on the soil and left to die. The higher courts have ruled that the commission is within its right on insisting that canals and ditches used for diverting water for any purpose be properly screened, and that fish ladders be installed where necessary. Kite With Copper Wings $100 Damage, The Manager R. E. Bacon of Edison Flying Kites With Wire or Choppers to Keep Away fr "Kites and electricity do not mix." Southern California Edison Company escape from tragedy for small boys late Edison company high voltage lines in Fullerton. Small boys, whose identity was no copper wire for string, when the kite dipped, the wire came in contact with an 11,000 volt line and nearly a block away crossed a 4,000 volt line. Either would have been sufficient to have killed the kite fliers instantly if they had not lost the kite, string and all, it was said. Damage to an amount of more than $100 was done to Edison corpany lines in addition to inconvenience caused to consumers while lines were being repaired. All automatic equipment in the sub-station was affected by the short circuit from the kite wire, it was said. Several cases of electrocution were reported in this district last year and Bacon recently issued a warning to parents and children not to use wire for kite strings. Use of the tinsel (Christmas cord) is also dangerous, it was said. Use of wire in kite frames or tails is also dangerous, it was pointed out, as a short circuit over a high voltage line may burn a wire in two, causing a charged line to drop to a danger point. "Don't fly kites near any electric telephone or street car line," Bacon warned. "Also remember that the kite string is at an angle and may pass over electric wires even though you are away from them." Parents were particularly urged by Bacon to see that no metal is used for string or in kite construction to avoid possible danger to children. State’s Greatest Weed Threat, Camel’s Thorn, Now Is Practically Eliminated Successful Campaigns In Imperial, Riverside, San Diego, Kern, Fresno, Madera and Merced Counties Eradicating Pest; Director Brock Praises Work of Department In Drive The state’s worst weed pest, Camel’s Thorn, may be on the way out. The vigorous eradication campaign conducted by the growers, the counties and the state for more than ten years against this doughty and durable invader is within sight of a successful conclusion, in the event that the present eradication measures can be maintained. The weed found friendly soil in seven counties, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Kern, Fresno, Madera and Merced. In some cases it compelled the abandonment of many acres of good farming land. When its eradication was first undertaken it was declared by A. E. Bottel, agricultural commissioner of Riverside county, and a number of his associates to be one of the worst pests threatening the agriculture of the state. So serious was the situation that a special meeting of Southern California commissioners was held with the state director of agriculture in Sacramento in September 1923 to consider an eradication campaign. Thereafter Riverside and Imperial counties conducted so successful a campaign that there now remains but a trace of the pest in some of the areas which were threatened the most. The whole infestation was confined to the comparatively small area of seven counties. It was necessary however for Riverside county alone to spend a large amount during the campaign in the eradication of the weed. Camel’s Thorn was believed to have found entry from its native habitat in the date producing districts of North Africa, and was noted in California as early as 1901. While it has value as a desert food for camels, and is also eaten by domestic stock, its destructiveness is so great that it can be considered as nothing but a major agricultural pest. A. A. Brock, director of the state department of agriculture and Walter S. Ball, chief of the bureau of weeds and weed control within the department, paid tribute to the county agricultural commissioners and county governments who are conducting the campaign, as very successful results have been obtained in Madera, Fresno and San Diego where it appears that complete eradication has attained. Riverside county has only a few scattered plants, while Imperial, Kern and Merced counties have successfully eliminated which he previously had escaped after arrest on March 1, was frustrated when the officer knocked the gun from the suspect's hand. An automobile stolen from Paul Fredell of Anaheim on February 11 was recovered. The higher courts have ruled that the commission is within its right on insisting that canals and ditches used for diverting water for any purpose be properly screened, and that fish ladders be installed where necessary. Library School At S. C. Started In the coming summer session of the University of Southern California which opens June 19 courses for teacher-librarians will be introduced as the first step in the development of a graduate library school at U. S. C. "No facilities for carrying on this work in Southern California have existed since the closing, a year ago last June, of the school for librarianship conducted by the Los Angeles city library board in the central library building," explains President R. B. von KleinSmid. "It is in response to persistent demand that this need be filled that the University of Southern California has organized a school for librarianship as one of the schools coordinate with the other professional divisions which make up the University." "The splendid new equipment and facilities afforded by the completion of the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library has given new impetus to the project." Dr. von KleinSmid declares and has made it possible for the University generously to respond to the demand for this type of education in Pacific-Southwest." R&B CUT RATE 151 West Center St., Anaheim EARTHQUAKE SALE FRIDAY & SATURDAY Goods slightly damaged by the earthquake are offered at Big Reductions. This merchandise is perfectly good, only the labels and packages being slightly disfigured by moisture or the package partially damaged by falling. With Copper Wire For String Does No Damage, Threatens Life of Fliers E. Bacon of Edison Company Cites Dangers From Wires With Wire or Christmas Tinsel String; Warns Users to Keep Away from Electric Wire Lines electricity do not mix." R. E. Bacon, division manager for the California Edison Company Ltd., warned as a result of a narrow tragedy for small boys late Saturday and considerable damage to many high voltage lines in the vicinity of South Harvard avenue, whose identity was not learned were flying a kite with fine string, when the kite came in contact with a line and nearly a block of 4,000 volt line. Either sufficient to have killers instantly if they had bite, string and all, it was said. of electrocution were district last year and issued a warning to children not to use wire socks. Use of the tinsel cord is also dangerous, it in kite frames or tails is it was pointed out, as a over a high voltage line wire in two, causing a drop to a danger point. Names near any electric street car line," Bacon ber that the kite string and may pass over elec- though you are away particularly urged by that no metal is used for construction to avoid children. "Matter" Is Subject for Lesson-Sermon "Matter" is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon on Sunday in all branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. One of the Bible selections presents certain statements of Jesus, and continues: "And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take then ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that lasgeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." 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