anaheim-gazette 1933-11-16

Anaheim’s Status In Finanecs Good (Continued from page 1) $145,000; light and water bonds, $130.575; sewer discharges, $236,500; fire apparatus, $8,675; city hall and furnishings, $75,000; or a total of $590,750. On these bonds the city levies a tax of 54 cents for redemption and interest, which is nearly three times the tax levied for general government purposes in the city, which has a rate of 90 cents. To illustrate the proportion of tax going to redeem bonds and pay interest, look at the Rome in a small tax bill of $17.56. Of that amount, $3.60 is levied for the general fund, $2.60 for the library, and $11.38 for bonds. However, state law forces inclusion of a levy-for self-sustaining bonds, such as those of the water and light department. Income from that division, however, is diverted to the general fund where it reduces taxation in even greater amount that its proportion of the bond taxes. "Just recently I was fortunate to secure some of Anaheim's bonds at a slight premium." Boege stated. "There are several people who want to buy this city's bonds because of its excellent standing and certainty of payment. They are willing to pay a small bonus to obtain a good investment. Contrast this healthy financial condition with scores of California cities, or the majority of cities throughout the United States for that matter, where municipal bonds are a drug on the market." "Anaheim indeed is fortunate in having and sensible city councils who follow common-sense methods of financing improvement districts." Red Cross Drive Leaders Hopeful Red Cross chapter officers this week were confident Anaheim would reach its $1,000 membership goal. One-tenth of the amount sought was obtained by Tuesday, one day after the campaign opened. Mrs. Earl E. Smith is directing Rattle Thwarts Child Kidnaping Officers this week continued to look in vain for the man who entered the John Ward home on Fourth street, Garden Grove, and attempted to kidnap the Ward's ten-month-old daughter, Dorella, who had been left in the care of Bertha Woolen, often hired for that purpose. The Wards were attending a dinner party. The hired girl was working in the kitchen, when a man entered her home, demanding she "take the baby and come with me." The front door rattled, and the stranger ran from the house. The girl grabbed the baby and ran to a neighbors home. Sheriff Jackson was hotified and immediate search instituted but no clues were found. The man was described as an American between 45 and 50 years old, with slightly grey hair. He was roughly dressed. Ralph McFaddens Are Honored On 25th Anniversary Couple Presented With Silver Candle Sticks at Wallop Home Saturday Evening Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McFadden this week possess a pair of beautiful silver candle holders, presented to them Saturday evening by members of the Four-Four club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallop, 227 North Emily street. The occasion was the celebration of the honored couple's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. A note of holiday cheer was noted throughout the Wallop home. It was decorated with holly and appropriate flowers. At midnight the guests lined up along an extended table and were served refreshments buffet style. Mrs. Red Cross Drive Leaders Hopeful Red Cross chapter officers this week were confident Anaheim would reach its $1,000 membership goal. One-tenth of the amount sought was obtained by Tuesday, one day after the campaign opened. Mrs. Earl E. Smith is directing the drive this year, concentrating on announcements through various organizations of the city instead of making a house-to-house canvas. Chapter Chairman Charles Pearson indicated a canvas of the business district is planned later. Rotarians contributed $25.50 Monday, and Lions $30, bringing the first day's receipts to $100.20. Homer A. Nelson, Opt. D. OPTOMETRIST Phone 3104 N. Lemon St. Anaheim, Calif. ORANGE COUNTY'S OPPORTUNITY New Money-New Jobs Vote for the County’s portion of the complete development of Orange County Harbor. The county Supervisors have called the election for Dec. 19. Out of a total cost of $1,835,441, which will complete the job, the County pays only $640,000. This county money cannot be used unless the Government money is appropriated. The Federal Government (U. S. Army Engineers) will spend the money and do all Out of a total cost of $1,835,441, which will complete the job, the County pays only $640,000. This county money cannot be used unless the Government money is appropriated. The Federal Government (U. S. Army Engineers) will spend the money and do all the work. The cost to the County will be only 2.6 cents per $100 assessed valuation per year, based on present valuations. (The Government will buy the bonds which will carry only four per cent interest). U. S. Army Engineers, largest dredging contractors in the world, estimate that 76 per cent of the cost of harbor work goes directly or indirectly, to labor. On this basis, $1,394,935 will be spent for employment — more than twice as much as the entire county’s portion of the cost. Full information may be obtained from Orange County Harbor Association 420 North Main Street, Santa Ana Phone Santa Ana 5427 The News Reaches Bovine Heaven By Albert T. Reid CONTENTED COW CLUB HADN'T YOU HEARD? THAT'S MRS. O'LEARY'S COW AND WE'VE JUST HAD A FLASH THAT SHE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXHONORATED OF THE CHARGES THAT SHE KICKED OVER A LANTERN AND STARTED THE CHICAGO FIRE. M.O.D. General Manager Sounds Note of Optimism In Annual Report; Says Three Major Problems Facing Citrus Industry Declares Long-Time Planting Program, Removal of Marginal Groves and Proper Distribution of All Citrus Fruits to Eliminate Competition of Cheaper Grades With Higher Grades Qualified optimism over the prospects for the citrus industry is the keynote of the annual report by C. P. Earley, general manager of the Mutual Orange Distributors, given at Redlands, Wednesday to members of this cooperative. More liberal farm credit, coupled with pending national stabilization of the entire national citrus production and distribution, should lay the basis for a more favorable season in 1934, the report states; but continued success of the industry depends ultimately on revisions even deeper into details of three major points: a long-time planting program to prevent over-sat-fol production; the question of marginal production groves; and the proper elimination and distribution of all citrus fruits which cannot, by reason of quality or other like factors, go into the regular trade channels. "Success for the future depends directly on the ability of our industry, both nationally and internationally, to safeguard its interests." Mr. Earley stated. "The citrus grower in California is affected by the activities of growers in every producing district in the world. Our ability to visualize the future and prepare for it will be largely the measure of our success." "There are three essential things to be done. First, we must adopt a long-time planting program which will prevent over-saturation of the world markets for citrus; second, groves which are not self-supporting and which cause loss not only to their operators but to the entire industry must be eliminated; third, all citrus fruits which are not sold in normal trade channels or used for legitimate by-products must through federal agencies be made available to the thousands of persons who are in need of food." These three policies are constructive and necessary to the well-being of the citrus industry. Your organization is cooperating with other agencies that provide the price for all markets, it is stated. "Until the industry unites on the belief that sales of low grades in times of large crops is disastrous," it is stated, "the growers will continue to be penalized." Box shook rebates from the supply department of the cooperative totalled $125,230.05, the report continues. Additional rebates of $70,000, plus also 3c a box on all loose fruit handled through the Los Angeles stabilization committee, also were paid during the season by the cooperative. Report by J. A. Steward, general sales manager of the organization, went into details of distribution in the various markets of the world. This shows that the M.O.D. handled 27 per cent of total California shipments of exports in 1933, and that returns from exports were comparable with returns from domestic sales. "We exports relieved the domestic markets during the summer months," Mr. Steward stated, "and overcame the necessity of carrying our Valencias over into the navel season." Mr. Steward sets the navel crop generally at 35% lighter than in 1932, with late maturity, this year, but with exceptional quality. "With well regulated shipments, better quality and a lighter crop, higher prices undoubtedly will be obtained." he stated. The work of the M.O.D. legal department in furthering the national stabilization agreement in Washington was accepted. George Sloop Is League Nominee One of the candidates nominated for president of the state council of the Izaak Walton League of America at a meeting in Fullerton Monday evening was George Sloop of Anaheim, present state secretary. The other candidate is Clark Chamberlain, president of the Los Angeles chapter. Fullerton's C. W. Price and Dr. Arnold of Long Beach were nominated for secretary. Election will be held on the second Tuesday in January. National Representative Dave Vashard of Upland presided. Resignation of Charles Teevin as council president was accepted. Select Ten From Grand Jury Panel 31 On Preliminary List Appearing Thursday Before Presiding Judge G. K. Scovel at Santa Ana Thursday: H. M. Adams, 515 North Clementine, Elizabeth Evans, 518 North Lemon, C. E. Harbeson, R. D. 2, all of Anaheim; L. W. Evans, R. D. 3, and C. A. Palmer, R. D. 1, both of Orange; J. R. Gardner, 1921 North Harvard avenue; Leslie H. Marshall, 1201 East Central, and W. T. Rodger, 130 North Lincoln, all of Fullerton; John Dunstan, R. D. 1, W. E. Dixon, 1413 Spurgeon, Charles L. Johnson, 421 South Broadway, W. H. Spurgeon, 1617 North Main, Mrs. R. G. Tuthill, 2055 Victoria drive, William Tway, 417 Linwood, all of Santa Ana. John A. Matson and H. L. Wakeham of Tustin; Carl Mankey, San Juan Capistrano; Ernest Walker, Yorba Linda; Ceell Marks, La Habra; William Sinclair, Olinda; A. F. Walker, R. D. 5 Garden Grove; S. R. Bowen and J. O. Pyle, of Huntington Beach; R. J. Baker of Irvine; John W. Crill, Katella; Charles E. Maag, Olive; Warren Brad- These three policies are constructive and necessary to the well-being of the citrus industry. Your organization is cooperating with other agencies that the future shall find these goals reached as quickly as possible. The 25th annual meeting of the cooperative was held in its headquarters building, at Redlands. Reports of all departments in the organization reflected as the major report states, "A very satisfactory year." "Judged from the viewpoint of efficient and genuine cooperative sales effort," the report goes on, "the operations of this organization in 1932-1933 proved to be the most successful in its history. The test of a cooperative comes in time of economic stress. During its life of more than a quarter century, this organization has never been confronted with such grave problems or solved them with greater efficiency. Despite a generally demoralized condition in agriculture, a monetary situation which was very dangerous, and a consuming power which week by week sagged lower and lower, this organization was able to distribute the citrus fruits of its members in a manner which, compared with general farm crops, was exceptionally effective. The achievements of this season will long form an enviable record." Figures in the report show that the M.O.D. handled in the last year a tonnage of 8346 carloads of 400 boxes each, as compared with 8264 carloads in 1932. The 1933 figures do not include loose fruit and other fruit not handled in the regular fresh fruit channels, or about 1000 additional carloads, nor does it include about 300 carloads of Valencias which are the remainder of the 1933 crop, and yet to go. One difficult problem of distribution in 1933 was that of low grade fruit moving into markets to compete with the better grades, the report sets forth. Offerings of second and third g arde fruit in auctions too many times sets markets during the summer months, Mr. Steward stated, "and overcame the necessity of carrying our Valencias over into the navel season." Mr. Steward sets the navel crop generally at 35% lighter than in 1932, with late maturity, this year, but with exceptional quality. "With well regulated shipments, better quality and a lighter crop, higher prices undoubtedly will be obtained." he stated. The work of the M.O.D. legal department in furthering the national stabilization agreement in Washington was lauded by Mr. Earley in his report. "Our organization has made a lasting contribution to the citrus industry of the United States in this matter of the national agreement," he points out. "The legal counsel served as secretary of the national citrus conference; he prepared and presented the brief for the four major producing states; he assisted all districts in this work. And the conferences brought out the closest cooperation between California shippers in working on this agreement. "Our counsel also acted on the credit problems, not alone of citrus growers but of all specialty crops. He was chairman of the statewide committee formed to aid in the liberalization of credits to California ranchers, and the work of that committee has brought about several basic changes in the federal credit policies to citrus growers, especially." Traffic department and the field department of the organization also had an active year. During 1933, 2,142 traffic claims were filed for members. Claim adjustments returned $57,072.83, or $10,000 more than 1932 returns. Duck Hunting Good In Many Localities Lakes throughout Southern California are sheltering more ducks this season than in the last one, says the outing bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Hunters visiting lakes in San Diego county, gun clubs in the Salton Sea area, Hank's club west of McFarland in Kern County, and the Sprig club in Bakersfield, are obtaining many limits and near limits, it is stated. Find Wood Borer In Marble Casing When 27 cases of "vermicelli" arrived recently at San Francisco from Japan, inspectors of the bureau of plant quarantine, state department of agriculture decided to investigate the "phenomenum," reports received here reveal. The Japanese "vermicelli" yielded Chinese narcissus blubs being moved in violation of a federal quarantine. Another strange cargo that aroused the interest of the inspectors was a consignment of cowboy "ten gallon" hats from Texas to a San Francisco man. The Texas chapeaux really were contraband grapefruit, the inspectors found. One might think, A. C. Fleury, chief of the bureau said, that marble certainly would carry no insects injurious to agriculture, for whoever heard of a bug chewing on a piece of marble? Yet the San Francisco-quarantine inspectors found wood borer in the slash lumber encasing a $30,000 shipment of Georgian marble consigned to Petaluma via San Francisco for a private mausele. The marble was fumigated at San Francisco and arrangements made with County Agricultural Commissioner O. E. Bremner of Sonoma county, to have the infested wood burned as soon as it came arrived there. This wood borer is not found in California, Fleury explained. AAA Field Aide Comes South For Code Regulation Having assisted in the operation of two marketing agreements in northern California, E. L. Markell, field representative of the agricultural adjustment administration, who, since August 20, has had his office with the state department of agriculture, left for Los Angeles upon orders of Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace. Pointing out that the northern California marketing agreements on seasonal perishable fruits require little further attention, Markell added that in Southern California he would immediately take up work in connection with the citrus agreement, and the vegetable and melon marketing agreement. The citrus agreement, which has been signed by the shippers and the secretary of agriculture, regulates the shipment of oranges and grapefruit from California and Arizona, Markell explained. The proposed vegetable agreement covers cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, peas and tomatoes. A hearing on the vegetable agreement is to be held in Los Angeles November 20. Markell will probably be located in Los Angeles for three or four months but may return to northern California in the spring when the asparagus and other deals become active. While in Sacramento, Markell negotiated and put into operation the deduous tree fruit agreement and the Tokay grape marketing agreement. Commenting upon these, he said: "In my opinion, the marketing agreements have already proved helpful in controlling shipments to the markets, and in raising prices paid to the producers. The first agreements were formulated hurriedly under the pressure of urgent necessity, and they doubtless are by no means perfect. This means of regulating agriculture is largely..." While in Sacramento, Markell negotiated and put into operation the dealuous tree fruit agreement and the Tokay grape marketing agreement. Commenting upon these, he said: "In my opinion, the marketing agreements have already proved helpful in controlling shipments to the markets, and in raising prices paid to the producers. The first agreements were formulated hurriedly under the pressure of urgent necessity, and they doubtless are by no means perfect. This means of regulating agriculture is largely experimental but results today are promising." Such contacts as are necessary on the northern California marketing agreements will be made by Bruce H. Mace Jr., division manager, agricultural adjustment administration, 310 Consular building, San Francisco, and by Markell who will make occasional visits in the north out of Los Angeles. Uncle Sam Offers Animals For Sale Here is an opportunity to secure a live deer, elk or buffalo for a household pet. According to a report received by the Automobile Club of Southern California, bids are being requested by Uncle Sam for purchase from the Biological Survey of 179 surplus game animals now on federal reservoirs in national forests of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. SPINACH! Not everyone likes SPINACH — But “HE” does like a new shirt and tie now and then — Get “HIM” a new Grayco for Thanksgiving. Shirts — 1.35 — 1.65 — 1.95 Ties — .50 — .65 — 1.00 — 1.50 Shinner’s Men’s Wear 161 W. Center Anaheim — when you’re away Shinner's Men's Wear 161 W. Center Anaheim — when you're away from home Call up every evening. The low station-station rates are even lower then. 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