anaheim-gazette 1933-09-07

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 Anaheim and 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK SEPTEMBER 17, 1908 Wm. Crowther, who has been a successful walnut grower in the Fullerton-Placentia district since 1884, asserts that the estimate of the present crop by some growers is far too high. He is a director of the Golden Belt association, has visited many groves and has reliable reports from all the walnut districts of the county. Mr. Crowther believes the increase in Orange county will not be more than 10 per cent over last year's crop. The largest crop in the history of the industry in the state was in 1901 and he then harvested 1500 pounds per acre. From that date down to the present time the output has been about 800 pounds to the acre and Mr. Crowther's highest estimate on this year's crop is from 900 to 1000 pounds to the acre. The Griffith Lumber company on Monday brought an attachment suit against Nelson E. Murphy and Mrs. Nora Murphy. Levy was made on lands in West Anaheim. The amount sued for is $205.41, which represents lumber and other materials furnished the new restaurant in the Strodthoff block. Murphy disposed of the restaurant to H. W. Hill who closed it down on Saturday evening. Murphy is said to have gone to Hemet. B. F .Porter speaking of the walnut crop while in town on Saturday said nuts will be lighter this year as a result of the heavy crop setting on the trees early in the season. Many young nuts dropped from the trees, but there seems not to have been sufficient vitality remaining in the trees to properly fill out the nuts which remained on the trees. Recently he cut a number of nuts sidewise and found many of them light in weight. On the whole the crop will be larger than last year and quality seems to be up to the usual high standard. Congressman Smith will address the republicans of Anaheim and vicinity at the Opera house on Saturday evening, September B. F. Porter speaking of the walnut crop while in town on Saturday said nuts will be lighter this year as a result of the heavy crop setting on the trees early in the season. Many young nuts dropped from the trees, but there seems not to have been sufficient vitality remaining in the trees to properly fill out the nuts which remained on the trees. Recently he cut a number of nuts sidewise and found many of them light in weight. On the whole the crop will be larger than last year and quality seems to be up to the usual high standard. Congressman Smith will address the republicans of Anaheim and vicinity at the Opera house on Saturday evening, September 26. Mr. Smith always gets a big audience here, and republicans of the city and vicinity are preparing to make the crowd a record breaker. Z. B. West, a candidate for the assembly, will also be present and make addresses. The Anaheim city band will enliven the occasion with music, and a profitable and enjoyable evening is promised to all. Come out and hear these eloquent speakers. During the past week the Anaheim Public Library board has purchased the latest edition of Encyclopedia Americano, Harpers Encyclopedia of the United States and Library of the World's best literature, ancient and modern, edited by Charles Dudley Warner. These books form the nucleus of the reference department which will be made a strong feature of the library. John Hanna states that he will have detectives stationed at each of his three walnut orchards at Miraflores, with instructions to arrest all pilferers of walnuts, man woman or child. He will pay a reward of $25 for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone taking walnuts from his groves. He has a reasonably accurate idea of the identity of the persons who have visited his orchards with felonious intent in the past and proposes to put a stop to the practice. Walter Johnson pitched a winning game for Washington on Saturday against Philadelphia, allowing them a single run. This made the fifth straight victory for the Olinda boy. Prof. Tople, principal of the Grammar school, arrived last week to accept his new position. He has rented the cottage at the corner of Broadway and Los Angeles streets where he will reside with his family. Are you registered? If not, do so forthwith. Registration closes September 23rd and unless you register by that date you will be a suffragette in November. James Forbes was in town from Placentia the first of the week. He states the electric railroad is within a few miles of Olinda and cars will be running to that point within the year. Mr. Forbes leans to the opinion that every foot of land in Placentia is worth $2000 an acre or better. Mrs. A. Frohling has received news of the death of Ivan Soboleff in Juaneau, Alaska, on June 24th. He leaves a wife, two sons, and two daughters. His wife, Mrs. Olga Luedke-Soboleff, is seriously ill in the same hospital. Uncle John Bush came in from Yorba on Monday to register. Uncle John is 79 and says if he lives to go to the polls on election day... He states the electric railroad is within a few miles of Olinda and cars will be running to that point within the year. Mr. Forbes leans to the opinion that every foot of land in Placentia is worth $2000 an acre or better. Mrs. A. Frohling has received news of the death of Ivan Soboleff in Juaneau, Alaska, on June 24th. He leaves a wife, two sons, and two daughters. His wife, Mrs. Olga Luedke-Soboleff, is seriously ill in the same hospital. Uncle John Bush came in from Yorba on Monday to register. Uncle John is 79 and says if he lives to go to the polls on election day he will vote for Bryan. The Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church will give a box social at the home of Mrs. C. E. Jones on Lemon street on Tuesday evening. A good time is assured all who come. Rev. Moore will preach his last sermon before conference next Sunday. All are cordially invited to the services. Levi Mann has sold his residence property on Hedwig street to J. Enearl for $2600, and may remove to Los Angeles to reside. R. C. Hein has sold his 20-acre tract at the West End, which includes a fine pumping plant for $12,500. Fred J. Fischer, chief mechanical engineer of the Los Angeles water department, was last week elected president of the National association of stationary engineers, which has just completed its convention at Denver. (Mr. Fischer is the son of John Fischer, one of the Pioneer colonists of Anaheim. Anna Fischer, the first girl born in Anaheim was his sister. Mr. Fischer is still with the Los Angeles water and power department.—Ed.) E. T. C. Klokke of Los Angeles was in town on Saturday attending the water bond election. J. W. Enfield will shortly begin erection of a $1500 residence on East Broadway. O. Lagman has the contract. George Dutton is again on deck at Nagle’s after a fortnight’s sojourn at beach resorts. Capt. and Mrs. Williams and a party of friends drove to Capistrano on Friday for a day’s outing. Herman Husman enjoyed a ride in his auto Sunday afternoon. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK SEPTEMBER 15, 1883 One of the most pleasant features of the Anaheim of former days was the cool, shaded lanes, bordered by willows. It was a feature upon which every visitor commented, for although there is nothing pretty or picturesque about the willow, it is always refreshingly green and as a border for the narrow highways of Anaheim, it served to give the place a cozy homelike look. In the early days, too, the effect of these willow hedges was much more striking than now, for the country for miles around Anaheim was brown and barren, and the contrast served to heighten the effect of the willow-bordered lanes. To those who view the question of evergreen hedges from a purely aesthetic standpoint, the cutting down and grubbing out of the willows which has been practiced for some years has been commented upon with sorrow and indignation. But evergreen hedges are not uncommon now in the country, and our people have for some time been asking whether, in growing hedges they were not paying too dear for luxury. For two or three rows of vines or trees nearest the hedge are stunted in growth and bear but scantily because of the myriad roots of the hedge which take from them the needed sustenance. This loss of fruit is quite a serious one, now that the price of fruit is so high, and has led many to do away with hedges altogether. On the other hand it is undeniable that hedges serve a good purpose as windbreaks, and the question for each grower to consider is whether it pays best to retain the hedge and lose the fruit from the outside rows, or dig up the hedge and suffer the wind to sweep unrestrained through his fields. As a matter of taste there would be nothing lost if the place of the hedge would be supplied by a picket fence, in fact the latter would be decidedly better suited to the present age. The following gentlemen were elected a board of directors for the North Anaheim Land company last Saturday: R. H. Gilman, W. M. McFadden, Wm. Fromheim, E. Browning, A. McDermont. Chief's Wife On Job Mrs. Hugh S. Johnson, wife of the National Recovery Administrator, has rolled up her sleeves and gone to work at a desk in Washington, in charge of the Consumer's Advisory Board of the NRA. 4 Famous Experts Map Cajalco Dam Engineers Study Project in Conjunction with Geological Work of Ransome and Buwalda pose as windbreaks, and the question for each grower to consider is whether it pays best to retain the hedge and lose the fruit from the outside rows, or dig up the hedge and suffer the wind to sweep unrestrained through his fields. As a matter of taste there would be nothing lost if the place of the hedge would be supplied by a picket fence, in fact the latter would be decidedly better suited to the present age. The following gentlemen were elected a board of directors for the North Anaheim Land company last Saturday: R. H. Gilman, W. M. McFadden, Wm. Fromheim, E. Browning, A. McDermont. The board organized by electing Mr. Gilman as president, Mr. Fromheim as secretary and Mr. Browning as treasurer. An assessment of fifty cents per share was levied. A meeting of the stockholders will be held on October 6th to hear the report of the auditing committee. A tarantula nest which Mr. Luedke's children brought from the San Juan Springs over a year ago was such a perfect specimen of ingenuity that it has since been kept in that gentleman's shop. It was known that it contained a tarantula, but it was supposed until a few days ago that it was dead from long confinement. But it is yet alive and its ugly limbs are as active as if it had taken a ramble every day during the year. The problem of its survival is accounted for by Mr. Luedke on the supposition that it has subsisted upon its young. A notable sale of real estate was made yesterday in which Mr. Geo. Chaffey, of Ontario, transferred to an Eastern syndicate 1000 acres of the charming lands at Ontario for about $100,000. The managers of the new enterprise consist of the Hon. H. B. Pierce, secretary of the state of Massachusetts, L. G. Southard of Boston, Col. C. A. Taylor, manager of Boston Daily Globe, Hon. B. W. Harris, ex-member of congress, Geo. H. Fullerton, postmaster at Brocton, Mass. The purpose is to plant the entire parcel to raisin grapes. The purchasers represent a capital of $1,000,000. The vines will be set this coming winter. The name of the company is the San Bernardino Raisin company of Boston. The cheapest as well as the most productive lands for sale in Southern California are those of the Stearns Ranchos, near Anaheim, Westminster and Garden Grove. The article "A Poor Man's Country" in Southern California, illustrated, was written with this section in view. For a man of moderate means, there is no place where sure and immediate returns are more to be relied upon. A band of Indians have come in from the mountains to work at picking grapes. The fact that they had some very good horses seemed to interest Deputy Sheriff Tyler, who quite sensibly reasons that there is only one way by which an Indian can get a really good horse—by stealing it. A reverend gentleman of our town, who gives some attention to the culture of silk worms, had occasion to call at a residence the other day. As he approached the house he was espied by the enfant terrible who called out "come here mama, here's the man that grows tape worms." A buyer of walnuts has contracted to purchase the product of several groves in this vicinity at 8½ cents per pound. Although 4 Famous Experts Map Cajalco Dam Engineers Study Project in Conjunction with Geological Work of Ransome and Buwalda Studies of features of the Cajalco dam and reservoir unit of the Colorado river aqueduct project of the metropolitan water district were started by four of America's most distinguished engineers, gathered in Southern California. The board is composed of the following: Thaddeus Merriman, chief engineer of the New York City board of water supply. Charles D. Marx, professor emeritus of civil engineering, Stanford university. J. L. Savage, chief designing engineer, bureau of reclamation, Denver, Colorado. Col. Charles T. Leeds, member of the firm of consulting engineers of Quinton, Code, Hill, Leeds and Barnard, Los Angeles. The engineers' work, it was stated at district headquarters, will be carried forward in connection with geological studies by Dr. F. L. Ransome and Dr. John P. Buwalda, of California Institute of Technology. The consulting board is to study and pass upon construction and engineering details in connection with the building of the Cajalco dam, which will form the terminal reservoir of the main line of the aqueduct. Located a few miles southeast of Corona, the Cajalco reservoir will have an ultimate area of more than 3,000 acres, and an ultimate capacity of about 217,000 acre feet, according to present plans. From it will extend the distributing line to the 13 member-cities of the district. Leader of Citrus Industry Retires W. E. Carroll Tenders His Resignation at Teague, Beck Armstrong Voice Regrets Retiring from active work after completing 32 years of service to the California citrus industry as manager of A reverend gentleman of our town, who gives some attention to the culture of silk worms, had occasion to call at a residence the other day. As he approached the house he was espied by the infant terrible who called out "come here mama, here's the man that grows tape worms." A buyer of walnuts has contracted to purchase the product of several groves in this vicinity at 8½ cents per pound. Although the crop here is not as heavy as last year, it is better than in some other parts of the county, and the price now being paid it is a most profitable crop. The picking of a bunch of grapes from a vine at Pasadena six months old is referred to by the Times as something quite remarkable, but compared with the production of one of Anaheim's vineyards the circumstance is quite insignificant. From Mr. Northam's vineyard in North Anaheim, there was picked two weeks ago several basketsful of well-formed compact bunches of zinfandel grapes though the cuttings from which the grapes were picked were planted last April—five months ago. It is not too much to say that this is one of the finest appearing young vineyards in Southern California. Mr. Fred Hartung returned on Wednesday from his two months trip through Oregon, Washington Territory and the northern counties of California. His observations lead him to believe that the grape crop of Anaheim is larger than in any of the counties he visited. The ten-acre vineyard of J. C. Summer has been bought by Robert Hansen, a gentleman who informs us that his presence here is due to reading our article on Anaheim published in the Call's book, "California as it is." W. H. Edwards and wife of Westminster have the sympathy of the community for the great loss sustained by the death of both of their children. The pleasing, and to strangers novel sight, of large wagons heaped high with grapes, drawn by four or six horses, is getting to be quite common in the streets. Rev. B. A. Washburn, the leader of the holiness band, has withdrawn from the M. E. church by request of the conference. W. E. Sprott Tenders His Resignation at Teague, Beck Armstrong Voice Regrets Retiring from active work after completing 32 years of service to the California citrus industry as manager of the Tulare County Fruit Exchange, Porterville, and director from that district on the central board of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, W. E. Sprott was tendered an ovation at the exchange board meeting last week that assured him of the admiration and respect in which he is held by his associates. Mr. Sprott has been 1st vice-president of the Exchange since 1925. A resolution of tribute to Mr. Sprott presented by Second Vice-President E. A. Beck of Orange county, outlined Mr. Sprott's long service, his "balanced judgment, fairness and never-failing courtesy." Director M. H. Butcher, Santa Paula, eulogized his friend and co-worker as did C. C. Teague, president of the exchange. "Mr. Sprott typifies the men who have made cooperative marketing successful in California," said Mr. Teague. "He has always worked for the interest of the citrus grower and has always been willing to abide by the decision of the majority." At a dinner tendered Mr. Sprott by his brother district exchange managers, Paul Armstrong, general manager of the exchange, told Mr. Sprott that he had been an inspiration to all the employees of the exchange, in California and in the eastern sales organization, and that "we all hope to be half as good a man at 78 years of age." Dana King, former orange sales manager of the exchange, was also an honor guest at the dinner and paid tribute to Mr. Sprott's long years of service to the industry. Mr. Sprott remains an ardent golfer and will now have time to use the new clubs and bag presented by the directors. The district exchange managers presented him with a beautiful watch. Aqueduct Board To Aid Workmen Will Maintain the Registration Offices for Applicants; Many to be Employed Soon In order that every citizen of the metropolitan water district who meets the district's residence requirements shall be able to file an application for work on the Colorado river aqueduct, the board of directors of the district took action recently authorizing the continuation of registration offices where engineering, clerical, and labor applications have been received since work on the aqueduct was started more than eight months ago. In a report filed with the board by Assistant General Manager J. L. Burkholder, it was pointed out that the district's personnel office now has on file approximately 20,000 applications for engineering and clerical work and its labor office has on file approximately 70,000 applications from skilled and unskilled workers. With work on the aqueduct proceeding according to schedule more than 2500 men are now actually on the job, and this force of aqueduct workers is being increased by approximately 500 per month, with 6,000 men scheduled to be employed by January 1, 1934. It is estimated that an average of 10,000 men will be engaged on aqueduct construction work during the six year building period. Under the terms of a resolution adopted by the board, only those citizens of the district who have been residents of one of the 13 cities of the district for at least one year prior to the date of their application are qualified for employment on the Colorado river aqueduct project. This resolution replaces a resolution adopted some time ago by the board in which it was provided that only persons who have been residents of the district since September 29, 1930, are qualified for employment by the district. Ice-Age Remnant Lures Motorists Palisade Glacier Crawling Down to Doom From Home 13,000 Feet Above Sea Level Our Land of Sunshine holds the most southerly remnant of the Cold Age in the United States—the majestic Pall-sade Glacier on the granite-cragged east face of the high Sierra Nevada in Inyo county. The huge white wonder, a solid block of ice three miles long, one mile wide and hundreds of feet thick, looms 13,000 feet above sea level behind the town of Big Pine, in Owens Valley, and is attracting the interest of many motorists. This mighty glacier has flung its challenge to tourists ever since the popular vacation highway east of our loftiest mountains was built but comparatively few have scaled it, though within comparatively easy reach. It is a spectacle of glistening beauty, as grand as any of similar character in the Alps, which thousands of Americans cross the ocean to see. Now, apparently, it is coming into its own as a natural lure. Slowly but surely the great glacier is losing its battle with the southern sun and eventually, possibly thousands of years in the future, it will dwindle and vanish. It is ever melting and flowing away. Its waters created Big Pine Creek and many lakes of gem-like beauty. The climb is steep, strenuous, and not for the weak of limb, lung or heart. Obviously it has its dangers and none but the experienced should undertake the ascent without competent guides. The most direct route to it is via Big Pine. Highway Patrol Hours Changed California highway patrol headquarters, which opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. during July and August, are Under the terms of a resolution adopted by the board, only those citizens of the district who have been residents of one of the 13 cities of the district for at least one year prior to the date of their application are qualified for employment on the Colorado river aqueduct project. This resolution replaces a resolution adopted some time ago by the board in which it was provided that only persons who have been residents of the district since September 29, 1930, are qualified for employment by the district. In line with requirements laid down upon the district by the reconstruction finance corporation, where the district is now selling its aqueduct bonds, ex-service men with dependents are given preference on aqueduct construction work. It was pointed out by Mr. Burkholder that 66 per cent of the men selected for employment directly by the district have been ex-service men and The climb is steep, strenuous, and not for the weak of limb, lung or heart. Obviously it has its dangers and none but the experienced should undertake the ascent without competent guides. The most direct route to it is via Big Pine. Highway Patrol Hours Changed California highway patrol headquarters, which opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. during July and August, are back on the legal hours of opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m., Captain Henry Meehan announced. The change was made on September 1. 92 per cent married men with dependents. Sixty-five per cent of the men selected for aqueduct contractors through the district's labor office have been ex-service men. Have Your NEIGHBORS ever dropped into your home to borrow the weekly collection of Circular Letters Hand Bills Postal Cards Citrus Industry Retires Circular Letters Hand Bills Postal Cards Shopping News Tricky “Arrest” Cards Etc., Etc., that the users think are as good as advertising in your favorite newspaper? ANAHEIM GAZETTE Phone 2414