anaheim-gazette 1934-01-18

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPT PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. CHARITY VERSUS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE President Roosevelt stresses national planning. He wants to make certain that industry, agriculture and commerce will not go into another catastrophic slump like the one starting with the stock crash in 1929. So far our attention focuses upon rehabilitation of our economic system. That is the first step out of the depression. Another phase, however, of equal or greater importance to the average man, particularly the millions of unemployed, is assurance that once they attain normal living conditions they or their children never again will be forced to undergo the humiliating experience of depending upon a degrading charity. If anything, our system of public emergency relief and private charity is more of a failure than our old economic system. Under the circumstances and until a long-time relief program can be worked out, we must struggle through with our present poorly administered, haphazard relief. National planning to care for unemployed in any future crisis is more likely to succeed than any program of national industrial planning. In former a combination unemployment insurance, with the individual, industry and government sharing costs, might be arranged, although the difficulties would be numerous. It is not too soon to begin. In the latter case, no matter how careful and excellent the program, it is subject to human failures, thus making some adequate form of unemployment insurance necessary. Any government control over industry is good only so long as administration is admirable; experience proves that a few years of prosperity lulls public vigilance to sleep, with consequent fraud National planning to care for unemployed in any future crisis is more likely to succeed than any program of national industrial planning. In former a combination unemployment insurance, with the individual, industry and government sharing costs, might be arranged, although the difficulties would be numerous. It is not too soon to begin. In the latter case, no matter how careful and excellent the program, it is subject to human failures, thus making some adequate form of unemployment insurance necessary. Any government control over industry is good only so long as administration is admirable; experience proves that a few years of prosperity lulls public vigilance to sleep, with consequent fraud and injustice. The need, therefore, of unemployment insurance is evident. Such insurance should provide not only food, shelter, heat and clothing, but conditional stipulations protecting the individual's equity in homes, farms and personal properties. ONLY ONE ANSWER “Irish Writer Jailed for Keeping a Secret,” according to a headline in a New York paper. Needless to say, the writer was a man. FLEXIBILITY MAKES CONSTITUTION ENDURING When the United States supreme court, on the grounds of “public good,” supported the Minnesota two-year mortgage moratorium law, it wrote another chapter on the flexibility of the United States constitution, and again demonstrated why America, a comparatively new country, is the oldest republic. The reason the constitution was not scrapped long ago is that our forefathers were wise enough to concede in the preamble the saving clause and fundamental purpose, “to promote the public welfare.” When other more definite stipulations and theories, such as sanctity of contract which was held inviolate till recent moratorium laws, are outworn in a progressive and changing civilization, public good demands a shift of legal determination, and the constitution fortunately provides the means for a peaceful revolution. Such procedure, however, depends entirely upon the type individuals sitting on the supreme court bench. Seldom does an important decision see all justices concurring. In the moratorium interpretation, for instance, Chief Justice Hughes and four of his colleagues provided a majority of one for the liberal interpretation which makes new legal history, and, incidentally, foreshadows permanency of NRA. THE SHORT CIRCUIT A pupil in a Nebraska school test wrote that the first president of the United States was George Westinghouse. No doubt the teacher was electrified by the answer. MAKING HONESTY COMPULSORY From the beginning of time, organized society has concerned itself with the effort to protect the weak against the strong. Away back in the beginning of human relations there were honest men, easily exploited, and dishonest men, who found ways of taking THE SHORT CIRCUIT A pupil in a Nebraska school test wrote that the first president of the United States was George Westinghouse. No doubt the teacher was electrified by the answer. MAKING HONESTY COMPULSORY From the beginning of time, organized society has concerned itself with the effort to protect the weak against the strong. Away back in the beginning of human relations there were honest men, easily exploited, and dishonest men, who found ways of taking their property away from the honest. There is no means of legislating crookedness out of a crook. The deliberately dishonest will find loopholes through which to crawl, no matter what sort of laws are passed. Also, there is no way of making honest men, by law, into careful men. The fundamental weakness of the honest man, which makes him an easy victim for the dishonest, is that he credits everybody else with being as honest as he is himself. The crook, on the other hand, assumes that everybody else will take advantage of him unless he takes advantage of the other fellow first. Fortunately, most men are honest. If that were not true, there would be no such thing as credit, upon which practically all business is based. But many are honest because it is the best policy, rather than inherently honest because they abhor the idea of doing injustice to anyone, even when it is to their own profit. The main purpose of the recent laws governing the practice of banking, the offering of securities for sale, the regulation of business and industry, is to make it more profitable to be honest than dishonest. That is what appeals to everybody, whether he is a crook or an honest man. It has been said that the system which is now being overhauled put a premium on dishonesty. We do not quite subscribe to that. We can think of a few examples of men who have accumulated great fortunes through dishonest methods, but the last state of these men has been worse than the first. Some are in exile, some in prison, some are execrated and cut off from the respect and confidence of their fellow-men. All that law can do in this matter of honesty is to close some of the loopholes through which some of the big crooks crawled in the past. It cannot insure that a new crop of crooks will not find new methods of dishonesty. THERE'S A REASON Scientists say that work done in the morning requires less energy than work done in the afternoon. This is because so much of the afternoon work is done on the golf links or in the rooters' row of the grand stand. ANAHEIM GAZETTE SCHOOL DAYS — By DWIG COME ON - HIT ME! WHY DON'T CHA HIT ME? HERE I AM! ANY PORT IN A STORM South Santa Ana street. Water sold, $6. History of Anaheim Officially Recorded In Minutes of Anaheim Water Company, Which are Copyrighted, 1932, by Anaheim Gazette, and Printed In Weekly Installments August 28, 1875. A general meeting of the stockholders of the Anaheim Water company. There being twenty-six shares of the stock of said company represented the meeting was called to order by the president. The committee appointed at the last general meeting to confer with the commissioners and superintendent of irrigation districts Nos. one and two, report the costs of enlarging the main ditch of the Cajon Water company as estimated by Captain Knox as follows: to-wit: To a point where this company would take the water on Richmond place, $4.25 per acre in 2780 acres of land, the estimate being made for eight cubic feet of water to take amount of land. The whole matter was laid on the table and the committee discharged from further duty. No further business being before the meeting, adjourned sine die. Robert W. Scott, Secretary. Sept. 4, 1875. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. Meeting called to order by the president. Members all present. Mr. Reiser excused for non-attendance at the last meeting. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $304.25. Zanjero reports ditches in good condition, and a good supply of water. Zanjero's bill for work on ditches for the week ending today, $15. Zanjero's wages for the month, on the river, ending Sept. 14, 1875, $50. Resolved by the board of trustees that parties who have failed to pay their last assessment receive no water from the zanjero until the payment of the same; and that the zanjero be furnished with a list of all delinquents and that he personally notify all parties interested in this resolution. Messrs. Zeyn & Korn appointed a cash balance on hand $283.50. Bill of zanjero for work on ditches $6; zanjero's wages for one month, on the river, ending Sept. 14th, 1875, $50. It was ordered that in the future S. H. Drye be assessed only on 20 acres of land. Secretary instructed to notify H. Kroeger that suit will be brought against him for any attempt to obstruct the main ditch to take water therefrom without permission. Petition of Charles Lorenz accepted and John P. Zeyn and F. A. Korn appointed a committee to act in the premises. Water sold, $1. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Sept. 25, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Members all present. Minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Committee reports adversely to building a bridge at present on Santa Ana and Lemon streets. Matter reconsidered and bridge ordered to be built. Secretary instructed to notify S. P. R. R. company to put the crossing in the corner of South and West streets in good repair. Treasurer reports cash balance in the treasury, $235. Zanjero reports plenty of water and ditches in good condition. Bill of H. Knafke for building bridge on Lemon street, $5. Ordered paid. Water sold, $3. R. W. Scott Secretary. Oct. 2, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Members all present except R. W. Scott. Minutes of the last meeting were read and ordered approved. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $230. Zanjero reports water plentiful, ditches in good condition. Bill for work, $8.50; salary for zanSouth Santa Ana street. Water sold, $6. R. W. Scott, Secretary Oct. 23, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Absent Theo Reiser. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. John Fischer appointed to look after the bridge on Los Angeles and Broadway streets and report as to obstructions under the same. Treasurer reports cash balance in treasury $99.50. Zanjero reports all ditches in good condition that is connected with his branch of service. John P. Zeyn and F. A. Korn appointed a committee to view the ditch near Messrs. Fischer and Welch. Communication received from North Anaheim Canal company. Matter deferred until next meeting. Communication received from Mr. Bolan as to closing ditch running through his lands. R. W. Scott to confer with Messrs. Parker and Davis and arrange satisfactorily for the closing of the same. Water sold, $5. Robert W. Scott, Secretary. Oct. 30, 1875. The hour of the meeting having arrived and a quorum falling to be in attendance, adjourned to the next regular meeting. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Nov. 6, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Mr. Fischer reports obstructions removed from bridge on Los Angeles and Broadway streets and everything in good repair. Judge Clark expressed himself to zanjero as satisfied with supply of water. R. W. Scott granted further time to report interview with Messrs. Parker and Davis relative to closing the ditch through Bolan's land. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $110.50. Zanjero reports all in good condition in his department and asks for three men one day to assist in re-running out the sand, which was granted. Zanjero's bill for work on ditches for the week ending today, $15. Zanjero's wages for the month, on the river, ending Sept. 14, 1875, $50. Resolved by the board of trustees that parties who have failed to pay their last assessment receive no water from the zanjero until the payment of the same; and that the zanjero be furnished with a list of all delinquents and that he personally notify all parties interested in this resolution. Messrs. Zeyn & Korn appointed a committee to examine and report as to the practicability of building a bridge on Lemon street. Water sold, $13. Cancelled zanjero's wages for the month of August, instead of on the river and ending Sept. 14, 1875. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Sept. 11, 1875. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. Meeting called to order by the president. Absent, R. W. Scott. Minutes of the last meeting read and corrected on wages of zanjero; wages for month of August. Committee reports in favor of building bridge on Lemon street. Zanjero instructed to have same built. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $266.25. Zanjero reports plenty of water and ditches in good repair. Notice given zanjero on the river that his services will not be required by the company after the expiration of this month, ending the 14th day of September. Bill of zanjero for work, $26.25, ordered paid. Water right sold to Mr. N. Gray for 12½ acres of land in the addition to Anaheim, at three dollars per acre. Water sold, $17. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Sept. 18, 1875. Absent, John Fischer and R. W. Scott. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Treasurer reports Bill of H. Knapp for building bridge on Lemon street, $5. Ordered paid. Water sold, $3. R. W. Scott Secretary. Oct. 2, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Members all present except R. W. Scott. Minutes of the last meeting were read and ordered approved. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $230. Zanjero reports water plentiful, ditches in good condition. Bill for work, $8.50; salary for zanjero for September, $50; lumber bill of Halberstadt, $27.68; bill of A. Langenberger, $2.43; salary of trustees for two months ending Oct. 1st, 1875, $70. Bills all approved and ordered paid. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Oct. 9, 1875. Meeting called to order at 3 o'clock p.m. by the president. Absent Theo. Reiser and F. A. Korn. Mr. Korn appeared at the regular hour, 4 o'clock p.m. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $86.89. Zanjero reports all ditches in good condition. Secretary ordered to notify E. W. Champlin, road master, to raise the bridge on Los Angeles & Broadway Sts., and to collect rent of Harvey. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Oct. 16, 1875 Meeting called to order by the president. Absent F. A. Korn and Theo. Reiser. Committee reports notice to E. W. Champlin, and of bridge at Los Angeles and Broadway streets. Treasurer reports cash on hand, $93.50. Zanjero reports all connected with his duties in good condition. Committee, John Fischer, John P. Zeyn and R. W. Scott appointed to view bridge and ditch on Los Angeles and Broadway streets in company with road master, E. W. Champlin. Zanjero ordered to fill excavation on The hour of meeting having arrived and no business of importance being before the meeting, and the secretary being absent, the meeting adjourned, to the next regular meeting. R. W. Scott, Secretary. Nov. 13, 1875. Meeting called to order by the president. Members all present. Treasurer reports cash balance on hand, $53. Zanjero reports success in running out the sand at sand box. Zanjero's bill, three men one day, $6; repairing on bridge, $1; bill for hauling lumber, L. Shelley, $4..75. Messrs. Korn and Reiser appointed a committee to view the main ditch. R. W. Scott, Treasurer. POLITICAL STEW Served With a Dash of Local Flavor. Specially Prepared To the Recipe of the Orange County Weekly Newspaper Association. By PAUL E. TICKS How can Orange county get a higher quota for the CWA seems to agitate the politicians more than any other subject. The 17 registrars report many people signing up, and all of them want to work. Up to the present time the original quota set for Orange county has not been enlarged, leaving the situation about like this: Former Orange county relief workers transferred bodily to the CWA, all registrants since the federal authorities took over the projects standing around awaiting orders to start jobs. And the pressure they are putting on officials is wonderful to behold. The quota can be explained in this manner. When Relief first started Orange county expended a dollar, and this was met by a dollar from the State of California and also a dollar from Uncle Sam. Then the federal program was shifted, preparing for CWA, and U.S. money stopped. Rather than imperil the program and to keep the many men employed Orange county through the board of supervisors went ahead and put up its own money for a few months, hoping to get a portion of it returned. Uncle Sam did not pay up the back bills, just took over the entire program. Quotas were set by officials working out of San Francisco. Factors included the number of unemployed registrants in October, plus the need for aid, and participation of county officials. At the date chosen for the time of setting up quotas Orange county had hundreds of men at work in citrus fruit, employment was fair and investigations had been rather closely made. San Bernardino county had not started on navels, work was at a low ebb and that section received a quota far in excess of Orange county. Since that time conditions have many in the field competing for his post. He succeeded Tom Talbert, Huntington Beach No.1 politician, now on the city council in that city after a hot fight over oil and slant drilling. Tom is busy with oil wells and local politics, probably will not enter the county race again. J. K. McDonald, interested with Talbert in business affairs, is chairman of the potent CWA advisory committee for Orange county. If CWA turns out all right McDonald will be in a good position to try for supervisor. Jack Crill, Garden Grove Orange grower and farm bureau worker, is almost certain to go, and Hugh O'Connor, Los Alamitos booster, is considering the race. Jim Farquhar, Huntington Beach editor, is being "urged" to enter the lists. Then drop over to Orange, where the fourth district is to elect a supervisor. Willard Smith, banker, citrus official and chairman of the board, will have active competition. It is anticipated. Smith was appointed to succeed Leon Whitsell, now a member of the state railroad commission and re-appointed for a six-year term by Gov. Rolph in 1933. Smith has served better than six years on the board and has been re-elected once. Mayor Clyde Watson of Orange is being groomed for the race and is understood to have lined up considerable support. The fourth district does not have a lot of small town aspirants. Orange is the only big city and politicians there keep the little fellows away. But in 1934 there is a New Deal and a lively race may result. Oct. 23, 1875. to order by the presiso. Reiser. Minutes of were read and appointed to look after Angeles and Broadreport as to obstrucgame. its cash balance in all ditches in good connected with his and F. A. Korn aptee to view the ditch cher and Welch. Comced from North Anaany. Matter deferred t. Communication reBolan as to closing through his lands. R. W. with Messrs. Parker and the satisfactorily for the one. Oct. 30, 1875. meeting having arrum falling to be in turned to the next W. Scott, Secretary. Nov. 6, 1875. to order by the presireport obstructions bridge on Los Angeles streets and everything judge Clark expressed as satisfied with R. W. Scott granted report interview with and Davis relative to through Bolan's land. its cash on hand, all in good condition and asks for three assist in re-running out was granted. THE BOOK the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible," and which contains Four Great Treasures by BRUCE BARTON Smith has served better than six years on the board and has been re-elected once. Mayor Clyde Watson of Orange is being groomed for the race and is understood to have lined up considerable support. The fourth district does not have a lot of small town aspirants, Orange is the only big city and politicians there keep the little fellows away. But in 1934 there is a New Deal and a lively race may result. Irvine is the biggest name in the fifth district, though George Jeffrey for 12 years has been able to represent the southern end of the county on the board. Since during the water district election "Jeff" is reputed to have "made his peace" with the powerful Irvine interests and is declared to be ready to "go again." Stuart Lucas, who put Corona Del Mar in the limelight as a water saviour in the last campaign, is considering Mayor Herman Hilmer of Newport Beach has some backing and Ross Shafer, of Tustin, active in water conservation circles, is being strongly urged by his many friends—to go wading. There is a grin connected with Mayor Paul Witmer, of the city of Santa Ana, now ace high with Editor Frank Burke, Ham Cotton, Franklin Delano and his crowd. Witmer resided in one of four voting precincts in the south part of the city and a couple of years ago considered running in district No. 1 comprising the city of Santa Ana, moved into district one—he found that one year's residence was required to qualify; this threw him out of the picture and Wm. C. "Bill" Jerome was elected. The board of supervisors some weeks ago transferred the four outlying precincts of the city into the first supervisorial district, throwing them into Santa Ana, and thus eliminated as a possible candidate the energetic mayor. He now resides in Santa Ana and there is no election in that district this year. Bill Jerome and LeRoy Lyon can rest easily through 1934 watching the various battle fronts, meanwhile taking care of the various highway and relief projects for their constituents. THE BOOK the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible," and which contains Four Great Treasures MONUMENT TO MOSES The Ten Commandments are, of course, the outstanding monument to Moses' wisdom and influence. Read them over. How direct; how simple; how free from superfluous or trivial injunctions. They drive straight at the heart of human and divine relationships, and are the corner-stone upon which the nations have erected their legal and ethical codes. But they are not the only survival of Moses' leadership. The long, carefully molded Mosaic Law is hardly less remarkable. It embraces both a civil and a criminal code and foreshadowed by centuries not only our modern jurisprudence but much of our modern health regulation and medical practise. On the civil side there is protection of property and reputation. There are exemption laws providing that the outer garment of a poor man, given by him in pawn, shall be returned to him at night; providing that the land that has been mortgaged and forfeited shall be restored to the family at the end of a period of years; laws punishing libel and protecting the good name of man and woman. There are laws providing that a poor man's wages are not to be retained to his injury. On the other hand, judges are warned not to favor a poor man but to render equal justice. Taxes were light and levied in proportion to a man's property, but there was one tax concerning which it was provided that the rich should not be permitted to pay more nor the poor allowed to pay less. It was a small tax, but it represented manhood and self-respect. Some of the regulations went far beyond ordinary legal limits and prescribed the conduct of a gentleman. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God; I am the Lord. And if a stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself. The criminal code was severe and swift, but inflexibly just. Life was protected and murder punished with death. Even accidental homicide did not go without penalty to him by whose carelessness it occurred, but he was not condemned to death. The sanitary code was extended, minute and enforced with strict penalties. Can you imagine the feat of bringing a horde of escaped slaves across a wilderness without losing them by dysentery, typhoid fever or hook-worm? It was made possible by a simple but powerfully effective system of sewage disposal. The isolation of communicable diseases and the strict disinfection under priestly supervision prevented the spread of plagues.