anaheim-gazette 1933-07-20

IN THE DAYS OF L Extracts From Files of The Gazette Issued Half a Century and a Quarter of a Century Authentic History in Print of the Daily Doings of the Citizens of Anaheim and PAGE TWO 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK JULY 30, 1908 Apparently all efforts for a compromise between the Newbert protection district people and the parties opposing the improvement bonds recently passed, are at an end. At a meeting held on Saturday between the directors of the district and the finance committee of the litigants, the latter reported that their constituents refused to abide by a compromise measure recently adopted at a meeting of the taxpayers of the district. The directors accordingly decided to waste no more time on compromise plans, but do proceed with the business of improvement before the winter rains shall swell the Santa Ana river beyond its banks to overflow the low lying district. It is proposed to protect the lowlands, for which purpose $185,000 bonds were voted. The board of city trustees met in regular session on Thursday evening: Present Trustees Stock, Kroeger, Gates and Fiscus. Mayor Rust was absent and Trustee Stock was elected president pro tem. Ordinance No. 206 was offered for first reading. It relates to the widening of West Broadway and provides for the appointment of commissions. Messrs Nebelung, Schwenchert and Spake were named as such officiates. The resolution providing for the widening of South Los Angeles street was held up until next meeting to allow Mr. Zimmerman time to come through with a deed for the widening strip off his land. A communication signed by H. F. Kealiher, J. O. Royer, R. Melrose, Tim Carroll and others agreeing to furnish deeds to the city for widening Walnut street, was received and filed. The act was characterized as a commendable one. Building permits were granted as follows: S. O. Walker, to alter building on Center street. Frank Nemetz, to erect barn in Santa Fe tract. N. B. Tedford, contractor, to alter building on corner of Center and Los Angeles streets, cost $1700. Fred Worth to erect building on Cypress street, $800. Oliver Hill, to erect barn for horse on Broadway, $50. The Fullerton vegetable Union has elected the following officers and directors: W. B. Parrott, president; Frank Baxter, By advertisement ostrich farm is one ticket from the is made necessary superintendent ha There are now one conspicuous sign which the incubation even going so far way. Damage tha done in a very f with. It is chiefly to issue the order ing his house and feathers and egg would probably h which patience ce It having been visitors, notice is said farm will be can do so on Sunday be procured of Mr ard Melrose, Gazen Los Angeles. Tr through the coun tickets as above California Ostrich There are now and a more cong- gathered at this all too quickly. is rather an unintelligibility to the var The Fullerton vegetable Union has elected the following officers and directors: W. B. Parrott, president; Frank Baxter, vice president; L. B. Steward, secretary; Henry Meiser, manager; directors, G. W. Pennington, and Mr. Clemmons. The members of this association have 300 acres of sweet potatoes and the first shipment of the season will be made this week at 3 cents per pound. The association had only 200 acres last year and the market opened at 8 cents a pound, while this year it is not believed the market price will run above 4 cents a pound. Practically all the sweet potato growers are in the association which is stronger now than ever. The yield is as heavy as it was last season, and as the output was then 12,000 sacks, it will be larger this year with the acreage one-third larger. Rev. J. P. Dubble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dubble and brother of Father Dubble, left yesterday for Denver to resume his labors as Catholic pastor. In January he underwent a surgical operation, and as soon as he was able to travel came here to recuperate his health. He has entirely recovered after several months residence here, and will resume his duties as priest upon his arrival in Colorado. C. O. Rust returned on Tuesday from a month's visit to points north including Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and other points of interest. Mrs. Rust and family who accompanied him returned as far south as Owens river where they will sojourn a month for the benefit of Mrs. Rust's health. Sport Wetzel, formerly a resident of Orange county, is incarcerated in the San Bernardino jail a raving maniac. Advices from that point say that he went suddenly insane on Wednesday and after giving battle to Henry DuBois of Los Angeles and a Long Beach man went several miles across the mountains and stamped the sojourners at Fisher's camp near Bear Valley. For two days he raved until a body of men got together and over powered him by main force. He will probably be committed to the asylum at Patton. Miss Carrie Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Porter of Orangethorpe, was married Wednesday, July 22nd, to David James Gribbin of Saugus. The bride is a popular member of society and has hosts of friends who extend felicitations upon the happy event. The newly married couple will reside at Saugus, where the groom is a popular young business man. Mrs. H. Clark has purchased the steam laundry and will in the future conduct the same. She was for a number of years forewoman of the Santa Ana laundry and is an experienced laudress. Newell Smith retires an account of ill health. Miss Carrie Elizabeth Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Porter of Orangethorpe, was married Wednesday, July 22nd, to David James Gribbin of Saugus. The bride is a popular member of society and has hosts of friends who extend felicitations upon the happy event. The newly married couple will reside at Saugus, where the groom is a popular young business man. Mrs. H. Clark has purchased the steam laundry and will in the future conduct the same. She was for a number of years forewoman of the Santa Ana laundry and is an experienced laundress. Newell Smith retires an account of ill health. E. Huenemeyer has repurchased the Germania restaurant of Mrs. Berringer to whom he sold it previous to his recent trip to Missouri. Mr. Huenemeyer will refit the place and will open on Saturday. He extends a cordial invitation to all his old friends as well as new to give him a call at the Germania. Meinecke & Krastel are repainting and repapering the premises in the Koll block which will be occupied by Mr. Fulde as a watchmaker's and jeweler's establishment. Dr. C. L. Rich and Miss May Wilmis, well known residents of Fullerton, were married at Huntington Beach on Saturday. Rev. Embree of Fullerton officiating. The Merchants association met at Odd Fellows hall last evening for the election of officers. A banquet was served after the election. Walter Johnson pitched a sixteen inning game against St. Louis on Tuesday, Washington winning by a score of 2 to 1. St. Louis made 9 hits to the Senators 11. Mrs. A. T. Wallop is at Bay City for the summer, accompanied by her two daughters, Mrs. Balfour and Miss Edith Wallop. Hans Weisel has the distinction of being the first local hunter to kill a deer this season, having shot a yearling buck in the San Fernando mountains one day last week, where he and his brother Fred, George and Roger Dutton spent several days on a hunting trip. W. J. Hill is threshing grain for Fred Bixby on the latter's ranch near Long Beach. Mrs. Alex Henry leaves on Saturday for San Juan Hot Springs to spend several weeks at the baths. OF LONG AGO and a Quarter of a Century Ago. These Files Contain the Only mens of Anaheim and Orange County in the Days of the Pioneers. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK JULY 28, 1883 By advertisement in another column it will be seen that the ostrich farm is closed to visitors except such as may obtain tickets from the gentlemen authorized to issue them. This step is made necessary by the ever increasing annoyance to which the superintendent has been subjected by vicious and boorish visitors. There are now over sixty eggs in the incubators, and although conspicuous signs request visitors not to go near the house in which the incubators are, they persist in attempting to enter, even going so far as to attempt to break the lock which bars the way. Damage to the extent of thousands of dollars could be done in a very few minutes were the incubators to be meddled with. It is chiefly this fact which has decided the superintendent to issue the order of exclusion. Such trifling incidents as entering his house and ransacking everything in it in a search for feathers and eggs, driving through his cultivated fields, etc., would probably have been borne serenely, but there is a point at which patience ceases to be a virtue. It having been found necessary to close the ostrich farm to visitors, notice is hereby given that all persons trespassing on the said farm will be prosecuted. Visitors wishing to see the birds can do so on Sundays and Wednesdays by tickets only which may be procured of Mr. Knapp, proprietor of Planters hotel, Mr. Richard Melrose, Gazette office, Anaheim, and Mr. Sutherland Hutton, Los Angeles. Travelers from a distance who are simply passing through the country can see the birds at any time by procuring tickets as above.—C. J. Sketchley, superintendent of Southern California Ostrich Farming company.—Adv. There are now more than two hundred campers at the Landing and a more congenial congregation of people has never before gathered at this summer retreat, and as a consequence time flies all too quickly. It must be confessed that the Landing per se, is rather an uninteresting place. Its chief charm lies in its accessibility to the various villages, its splendid bathing beach where There are now more than two hundred campers at the Landing and a more congenial congregation of people has never before gathered at this summer retreat, and as a consequence time flies all too quickly. It must be confessed that the Landing per se, is rather an uninteresting place. Its chief charm lies in its accessibility to the various villages, its splendid bathing beach where even children can sport in the surf without even a suggestion of danger. But after the morning bath the time would drag were it not for the intense sociability which happily prevails. One of the most enjoyable of the many social affairs was the "sheet and pillow case" party Tuesday evening at the spacious home of Mr. Schmidt. There were present the Misses Rust, Kuchel, Mosseman sisters, Higgins, Zeyn, Culverwell, Cowan sisters, Horstman, Yocum, Leonard, Hill, Northam, Schneider, and Mesdames Heiman, Miles, Moores, Ellis, Schmidt, Melrose, Butler, Landell, Lynill, White, Lewis, Lawton and Emery. Messrs. John and Gilbert Landell, Lynill, Moores, E. Browning, Stone, J. Langenberger, Schmidt, D. E. Miles, Sheridan, Rust. Late arrival in the camp comprise Mrs. Koll, Otto Rust, Miss Clara Rust, Mrs. Des Granges, Rev. J. M. Roberts and family, Mrs. Schneider and family, Mrs. Strodthoff and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lawton, Mrs. E. A. White, Mrs. L. F. Lewis and family, B. F. Porter and family, Chas. Stone, Miss Lizzie Kuchel, Misses Fannie and Maggie Higgins, Mrs. Barbara Parker of Anaheim. Mrs. Foster and Miss Hill of Centralia. Madame Modjeska and suite have promised to visit us next week and we are preparing to give her a characteristic welcome. She expects to remain here for some time. On Sunday evening Rev. H. J. Sheridan of the Episcopal church will hold services in the warehouse here. The above notes are taken from the Gazette's correspondent at Anaheim Landing and are signed—Sue. A meeting was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of organizing a fire company under the provisions of the ordinance recently adopted by the town trustees. N. A. Bittner presided. The question of organization was thoroughly discussed and W. S. Fish, W. Wolf and F. Rimpau were appointed a committee to draft by-laws and submit them to a meeting to be held on August 1st. The members of Anaheim Lodge F. and A. M. and a number of visiting brethren from Santa Ana accepted an invitation from Mr. Richard Krebs to lunch at the Planters Hotel on Monday evening. The table was arranged with most excellent taste and the collation was done full justice to by the craftsmen who spent an hour or two in a feast of reason and a flow of soul. Some campers at Laguna Beach found a note which purported to have been written by one of four persons in a boat which was upon the point of swamping. It stated that they did not expect to reach land and were at a point between Catalina and San Pedro. This is probably a repetition of a worn out and senseless joke. A brisk northwest wind raised a formidable volume of sand on Monday afternoon on each side of town. For some occult reason... Some campers at Laguna Beach found a note which purported to have been written by one of four persons in a boat which was upon the point of swamping. It stated that they did not expect to reach land and were at a point between Catalina and San Pedro. This is probably a repetition of a worn out and senseless joke. A brisk northwest wind raised a formidable volume of sand on Monday afternoon on each side of town. For some occult reason not a breath of wind or speck of flying sand disturbed the serenity of Anaheim, although the sky was for a time darkened with whirling sand on all sides. A two-story frame building 24x30 is being built by Mr. Joseph Backs in the rear of the adobe building on Los Angeles street nearly opposite the Gazette office. When the building is completed the adobe will be torn down and a neat garden take its place. The improvement will be a handsome and substantial one. Bids will be received by the Anaheim postmaster until August 12th for carrying the mail daily (Sundays excepted) from Anaheim to Garden Grove and Westminster. The contract runs from September 1st, 1883 to June 30th, 1886. Mr. W. C. Potter of Centralia has just erected one of the finest barns in this part of the country. It is 30 x 52, built from surfaced lumber and is very neat and convenient. Mr. S. B. Smith was the builder. We are in receipt of a card announcing the marriage in San Francisco of Mr. Otto Berman and Miss Augusta Hartung. The bride's hosts of friends and acquaintances in Anaheim wish her a long life of happiness. Mine host Deitzel of the Anaheim hotel is keeping that house in such a fashion as to make it extremely popular. Everything is as neat and clean as it is possible to make it. The strike of the telegraphers effects no perceptible diminution in the quantity of "rot" sent over the wires and published in the daily papers as "news." Those who are surreptitiously cutting the willows along the water ditch are warned that if caught they will be vigorously prosecuted. Thousands say: Give us a bank statement we can read and understand" Here it is! RESOURCES In Vault and in National Reserve Bank. $33,657,034.63 Item represents actual cash in the bank's own and in the Federal Reserve Bank. From Banks. $51,457,054.37 Represents deposits made by us with corredent banks throughout the nation, includes charges for clearings, cash collections, etc., etc. United States Government Cities. $184,589,525.16 Represents obligations of the United States Government which are considered in almost the classification as cash, since United States Government Bonds are readily sold on any marketing discounted immediately upon presentation of Federal Reserve Bank. This item alone represents about 64% of the total bond investment. County and Capital Bonds. $84,039,957.86 Item includes general obligations of the of California, and of counties and municities, mainly in California. Such bonds are re- LIABILITIES Capital (a). . . . $54,000,000.00 Surplus (b). . . . 36,600,000.00 Undivided Profits (c) .12,817,784.21 The amounts opposite these three items represent monies belonging to the stockholders of our bank: (a) in the form of original capital investment; (b) surplus that they have with the bank as added protection for depositors in the bank's operations; (c) undivided profits, which they have accumulated and not withdrawn, but left with the bank for use in conducting its business and as an added protection for depositors. Reserves. . . . $8,231,389.45 This represents money which the Board of Directors has set aside, out of stockholders' funds, for Taxes, Contingencies, and to provide for possible losses on loans and shrinkage in the value of bonds or other real estate, or for any other loss not provided for out of current income. This sum is an additional guarantee to depositors. Represents obligations of the United States Government which are considered in almost the classification as cash, since United States Government Bonds are readily sold on any market discounted immediately upon presentation of Federal Reserve Bank. This item alone represents about 64% of the total bond investment. County and Municipal Bonds $84,039,957.86 Item includes general obligations of the State of California, and of counties and municipalities, mainly in California. Such bonds are read as next to United States Bonds in soundness. This item, together with the Government account described in item 3, represents between 93% of the total bond investment. Bonds and Entities $19,222,310.42 Represents bonds and securities other than classified in items 3 and 4. This is in line with our policy of making our major investments in United States Government Bonds. In Federal Reserve Bank $2,700,000.00 Represents an investment of the capital funds in the stock of the Federal Reserve. Member banks are required to invest 6% per capital and surplus, although to date the Federal Reserve Bank has called for payment of 9%. This amount is repayable to our bank upon withdrawal from the Federal Rescue System. and Discounts $490,591,421.21 Amount represents loans secured by first pages on choice real properties throughout California and loans made to finance all types of business activity—retail, wholesale, manufacturing, agriculture, crops of every kind, mining, etc. Money is used not only to improve agricultural lands, build homes and factories throughout California, but also to move merchandise, goods of every conceivable kind and later. Such loans make possible business activities to the livelihood of thousands of people throughout California. Interest and Debt Receivable $9,598,348.04 Represents interest on bonds and loans accrued to the date of this statement but uncollected, either with sundry accounts receivable. Premises, Furniture, Lives and Safe Deposit $40,943,090.23 Entire sum represents capital invested by our holders in bank buildings, furniture, fixtures safe deposit vaults in 410 separate banking units in 243 California communities. Bank of California branches are located in the very heart of downtown areas or important shopping neighborhoods. These locations are among the most valuable in each community. They include many office buildings. Commercial Deposits $181,246,346.34 This represents commercial deposits of our customers (demand deposits) placed with our bank by corporations, firms and individuals. This money is usually deposited in checking accounts to meet commercial requirements and is subject to payment on demand as authorized by the depositor. Savings Premises, Furniture, Sales and Safe Deposit $40,943,090.23 The entire sum represents capital invested by our holders in bank buildings, furniture, fixtures and safe deposit vaults in 410 separate banking units in 243 California communities. Bank of California branches are located in the very heart of the town areas or important shopping neighborhoods. These locations are among the most valuable in each community. They include many office buildings. Sum opposite this item represents the compact cost of all property less depreciation. Since the carrying value of these properties is used every year by depreciation, the actual sum subject to substantial appreciation. Real Estate Total $7,031,989.41 Other real estate owned, but not presently in bank premises, and real estate acquired in settlement of debt, none of which is carried in assets for more than five years. Customers' Liability on Payment of Letters of Acceptances and Issued Bills $10,179,818.46 Amount opposite this item represents guarnance of customers for whom letters of credit acceptances have been issued. Resources $1,705,335.58 Is a miscellaneous account, including decharges, supplies, inventories, etc., etc., etc. Total Resources $935,715,885.37 TOTAL DEPOSITS (COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS) $767,413,609.61 Total Liabilities $935,715,885.37 BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, a National Bank and... Bank of America, a California State Bank... are identical in ownership and management... 410 offices in 243 California communities