anaheim-gazette 1934-03-01

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 C 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1909 A meeting was held at the grammar school on Tuesday afternoon at which a Parent-Teacher association was organized, which will ask admission to the state federation. The object of the association is to bring parent and teacher closer together, to the end that both may work more intelligently for the good of the child. A number of those interested were present and officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. Lemon; 1st vice-president, Miss Kate Rea; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Grim; secretary, Mrs. Spencer; treasurer, Miss Elenora Parker; committees on bylaws and membership were appointed and the meeting adjourned. The next meeting will be held at the same place and hour on the 23rd inst. A. Pierotti and family who for ten months past have been visiting relatives in Florence, Italy, have started for their Placentia home, and at last accounts had reached Rome, where they will stay for several days. They expect to be home in June. Mr. Pierotti writes relatives here that he was sorry anxiety was felt for the safety of himself and family by reason of the Messina earthquake for as he puts it, "People in California knew more about the earthquake than did those of Florence." He was 400 miles from the scene of the disaster. Mr. Pierotti last fall visited the walnut districts of France and Italy for the Southern California growers and reported upon the conditions of the localities. Upon his report prices for California nuts were largely based. A much needed improvement for the city in the remodeling of the opera-house has come and will be appreciated by the people. F. A. Hartman, owner of the building, has leased the same to J. Schumacher for a term of years. The improvements on the building will cost approximately $3000. Tedford and Newman have the contract and are doing the work in artistic fashion. The im- A much needed improvement for the city in the remodeling of the opera-house has come and will be appreciated by the people. F. A. Hartman, owner of the building, has leased the same to J. Schumacher for a term of years. The improvements on the building will cost approximately $3000. Tedford and Newman have the contract and are doing the work in artistic fashion. The improvements consist of new stairways, the latest improved swinging door and windows, new floors and dressing rooms. The main floor will be covered with 1-inch hardwood maple floor, nicely polished, making one of the finest dance floors in the county. The stage will be changed, new scenery and curtains and lights will be installed. There also will be 600 new chairs and an elegant new piano. An electric sign will be placed in front of the building and also one for the armory. The building will be re-painted inside and out making it one of the finest operahouses in the county. The improvements will be finished about April 10th. Mr. Schumacher states he has made arrangements for some fine attractions, and the best of order will be maintained in the house. In honor of her birthday anniversary Ruth Lemon entertained twenty of her friends on Saturday afternoon at the home of her parents on North Los Angeles street. Games were played and refreshments served, a big birthday cake being the center of attraction. The invited list included Lillian Wipperman, Frances Backs, Ruth Grim, Jessie Boyd, Lois Dyer, Beryl Kennedy, Lois and Grace Short, Edith Simpson, Ida Heying, Hazel Rose, Lena Spake, Hazel Kemp, Adele Huch, Ida Wood, Theima Gade, Ursaia North, Miss Edith DuBois of Ananeim and Myrtle Courtwright and Marie Harris of Santa Ana. The following directors of the Odd Fellows building association have been chosen to serve the ensuing year: Wm. Scnumacner, Max Boege, Fritz Yungbiutn, F. C. Spencer, Frank Gates. The directors then elected the following officers: Wm. Scnumacner, president; Max Boege, vice-president; F. C. Spencer, secretary; F. A. Yungbiuth, treasurer. The association has just declared a 6 per cent dividend. The members of the Four-Fours whist club were entertained Wednesday evening by Hugo Strodtnoff at his home on North Lemon street. Miss Zeus and Weiborn Wallop were winners of prizes. The next meeting will be held at the home of Weiborn Wallop. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lewis, and their daughter, Miss Cora Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis of Pasadena, and Mrs. Warth of Cincinnati, mother of the latter, were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis. They drove down from Pasadena in autos, and after spending an enjoyable day returned home in the evening. Schindler and Robertson have a force of mechanics at work upon the new headquarters office of the Anaheim Union Water company. The building will be brick, one story high, of substantial design, having a handsome plate glass front and will be 30x133 feet. It will be ready for occupancy in three months. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lewis, and their daughter, Miss Cora Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis of Pasadena, and Mrs. Warth of Cincinnati, mother of the latter, were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis. They drove down from Pasadena in autos, and after spending an enjoyable day returned home in the evening. Schindler and Robertson have a force of mechanics at work upon the new headquarters office of the Anaheim Union Water company. The building will be brick, one story high, of substantial design, having a handsome plate glass front and will be 30x133 feet. It will be ready for occupancy in three months. James Wilkie of this city was this week admitted to citizenship. Mr. Wilkie is a native of Canada and renounces his allegiance to King Edward. He is a desirable citizen and has lived here a number of years. Sylvain Cahen was in town from Los Angeles on Thursday. He has been employed as traveling salesman for the wholesale house in which his father was interested, but since the death of that gentleman has given his attention to details in the store. Clarence Perdomo is here from Chicago visiting friends. Clarence is a graduate of an eastern dental college and for three years past has practiced his profession in Chicago. Mrs. Welborn Wallop entertained the members of the "500" club on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Whiting won the first prize, a cut glass dish and Mrs. Fred Backs the second, a silver thimble. Mrs. John Kellenberger died at her home on Olive street near Broadway on Thursday. She was in her twenty-eighth year and was a bride of less than a year. She was Miss May Dean of Buena Park, and was a social favorite of that city, previous to her marriage to Mr. Kellenberger. W. G. Mason has purchased the Marden Place in the West End. Mrs. Josephine E. Butler of St. James Park, Los Angeles is spending the week with Mrs. Cora Browning. W. H. Blennerhassett of Los Angeles was in town on Friday, the guest of J. B. Rea. Victor Browning came in from Brookhurst on Monday to attend to various business interests. OF LONG AGO and a Quarter of a Century Ago. These Files Contain the Only Records of Anaheim and Orange County in the Days of the Pioneers. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1884 Another week of rain has been vouchsafed to the country, and it may fairly be claimed that the inhabitants thereof have now become so familiar with rain that they know enough to come in out of the wet. It began on Monday morning and it may be said rained continuously until Thursday. By Mr. Langenberger's gauge the fall was: March 3rd, .95; 4th, 1.09; 5th, .59; 6th, .90; 7th, .31. Total 3.84. Making the total for the season 19 inches. As a result of the rains the Santa Ana river is higher than at any time in the past twenty years. On Thursday Burruel Point crossing was a raging torrent half a mile wide with waves rolling high. The rapid current has cut a deep channel in the river, to which fortunate circumstances may be attributed the failure of the river to spread itself all over the country. The old river bed north of town is carrying a great quantity of water, and the roar could be plainly heard in town yesterday morning. About two o'clock on Thursday afternoon it overflowed its banks to the east of Los Angeles street and flooded the lands of Champlin, Dyer, Alward and others, much to the gratification of the owners as it deposited several inches of enriching sediment in their property. The usual crossing was almost unfordable yesterday, and a Chinese vegetable peddler who attempted to cross had his wagon overturned and the contents carried oceanward for the regalement of the deep sea fishes. The railroad bridge across the Santa Ana river was at last accounts in great danger. Forty feet of the bank on the north side of the bridge had washed away. It is the strongest and most expensive bridge on this branch, and it will be especially unfortunate if it succumbs to the flood. The section men expect that at the Santiago creek crossing fully four hundred feet of the embankment will go as a result of the dams thrown up by the Orange people, which changed the current of the creek. The track between Anaheim and Los Angeles is worse than ever. The train went up on Monday morning but has not been able to New Wrinkle Found By Quarantine Men A new wrinkle in attempts to bring in to California foreign fruits banned by quarantine regulations was uncovered at San Pedro, reports received by A.C. Fleury, chief of the bureau of plant quarantine, state department of agriculture, show. A box of Chilean apricots, taken aboard at Panama, attracted the eye of one of the quarantine inspectors. The box bore labels written in Spanish printed in a style resembling the branding type used by California packers. Examination of the box showed that it had been shipped, filled with apricots, from Sacramento. The box had apparently been broken down, turned inside out, and refilled with Chilean apricots. But the trick didn't work. The apricots were destroyed. The Farmers Corner by Ralph H. Taylor Executive Secretary Agricultural Council of California The debt problem, one of the greatest obstacles in the path of agricultural recovery, may be materially lightened for California farmers, at least so far as carrying charges are concerned, as the result of a new movement now underway to reduce debt-overhead. The new development comes as an aftermath of excessive and constantly mounting charges for title certificates, title insurance, etc., incident to making or renewing farm loans and loans on real estate generally. And it strikes at the root of the problem by providing a system for eliminating all future need for title table peddler who attempted to cross had his wagon overturned and the contents carried oceanward for the regalement of the deep sea fishes. The railroad bridge across the Santa Ana river was at last accounts in great danger. Forty feet of the bank on the north side of the bridge had washed away. It is the strongest and most expensive bridge on this branch, and it will be especially unfortunate if it succumbs to the flood. The section men expect that at the Santiago creek crossing fully four hundred feet of the embankment will go as a result of the dams thrown up by the Orange people, which changed the current of the creek. The track between Anaheim and Los Angeles is worse than ever. The train went up on Monday morning but has not been able to return, nor is it probable that it will get here for a week. No mail has been received since Sunday evening. Mr. Grey left here yesterday (Friday) morning with the accumulated mail and will probably return this afternoon with a letter mail unless he meets with some mishap on the way. A telephone from Norwalk yesterday notified Mr. Mitchell that nineteen passengers were awaiting transportation to Anaheim. Teams were immediately sent for them. It is probable that they came in the cars as far as New River bridge and walked from that point to Norwalk. The Board of Town Trustee met in regular session on Wednesday. The committee on public improvements reported in favor of the use of coal and wood as fuel at the water works instead of oil as had been proposed. The committee was empowered to require all property owners having buildings or fences which encroach upon the street to remove them to the line of the street. The grading of First North street was ordered if the committee deemed it necessary. Mr. Ed Dunham was in town on Monday. He will soon be connected with the management of all the prominent hotels in Los Angeles. In connection with his partners he has leased the Cosmopolitan Hotel and the Nadeau House and the furniture for these houses is now on the way from the east. The Pico House will be managed by Dunham & Schiefflin, as at present and the Nadeau House will be under the supervision of Mr. Tisdale, who will be remembered as the manager of the Newhall House at Milwaukee at the time it was destroyed by fire. Hanna & Keith report having made the following sales of real estate: S. M. Wren to Capt. Gustave Reichard, 25 acres east of town, $3,750; C. R. Brown to F. B. Tracy, 36 acres east of town, $6,500. Mr. Tracy is from Cleveland, Ohio, and there are good reasons for believing that his example in settling here will be followed by several of his former townsmen. Capt. Reichard is a seafaring man, who, having plowed the raging main, now seeks a change by performing the same agricultural operation on the excellent young vineyard which he has purchased. At the Anaheim Evergreen Nursery of Mr. Tim Carroll near the railroad depot, is as fine a lot of northern fruit trees as one could wish to choose from. As fast as he sells the stock, it is replenished by trees from the Los Angeles nurseries, with trees grown in this county and consequently free from disease and blight. He has also, a fine stock of Monterey Cypress, blue gum and ornamental trees. John Lawrence Sullivan is being treated with the most distinguished consideration by the police of San Francisco. When he gets drunk the city's guardians call a hook instead of working recovery, may be materially tightened for California farmers, at least so far as carrying charges are concerned, as the result of a new movement now underway to reduce debt-overhead. The new development comes as an aftermath of excessive and constantly mounting charges for title certificates, title insurance, etc., incident to making or renewing farm loans and loans on real estate generally. And it strikes at the root of the problem by providing a system for eliminating all future need for title insurance and costly title procedure after a clear title has once been established. Although the trend toward "single action" title method is comparatively new, the method itself has been legal and available since 1914, when the people, by direct vote, approved of the Torrens land title law. Tried and proven during the years since its enactment, and upheld as to its constitutionality in the state supreme court, the simplified Torrens title system was largely ignored during the "flush years." But depression years, bringing with them an insistent demand for reduced overhead and the elimination of former extravagances, have brought the old law into new favor, with the prospect that thousands of farmers will avail themselves of the system in the near future. Briefly, the Torrens law provides a means of clearing title to a piece of property in a single action, eliminating all future demands for title searches, abstracts of title, title insurance and other costly procedure. As explained by Arthur P. Will of Los Angeles, the state's first legislative counsel, who was in office at the time the law was enacted, the procedure requires a survey of property lines and a description, according to meters and bounds, or according to a recorded map. A suit is then instituted in superior court to quiet title "against all parties known or unknown" and to settle, officially, the description of the property. Actions under the law are not subject to the ordinary delays of civil procedure, the case taking precedence over other cases on the calendar and thereby speeding determination. In the absence of fraud, the title so decreed is good against the world, one year following its issuance. The owner, having availed himself of the Torrens law, has an absolute title and the county clerk is required to keep a complete, up-to-date record of the property in one book. The advantage of the system lies in the fact that the owner of the property, when he makes a loan, renews a loan, or transfers title to his At the Anaheim Evergreen Nursery of Mr. Tim Carroll near the railroad depot, is as fine a lot of northern fruit trees as one could wish to choose from. As fast as he sells the stock, it is replenished by trees from the Los Angeles nurseries, with trees grown in this county and consequently free from disease and blight. He has also, a fine stock of Monterey Cypress, blue gum and ornamental trees. John Lawrence Sullivan is being treated with the most distinguished consideration by the police of San Francisco. When he gets drunk the city’s guardians call a hack instead of yanking him off to prison as they do less distinguished sluggers. It requires some nerve to pay $13,000 for a portrait of one’s self, but a great deal more nerve to chuck it into the fire if one is displeased with it. This is what Mrs. Mackey did with her portrait, painted by Meissonier. On Friday of last week, a sailboat, manned by Billy Enderbrook and James Cockney capsized in the surf near San Pedro and Cockney was drowned, his companion being rescued by the crew of another boat. W. M. Connoly killed an eagle on his farm adjoining Litton Springs, last Saturday. The bird has been doing much damage to his young lambs. A new No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine is offered for sale at a large discount. The machine can be seen at D. W. Hudson’s real estate office. Prof. Packard, who has been visiting the northern counties for some time, returned on Sunday evening and has resumed the practice of his profession. Sheep raisers report that seventy per cent of this season's lambs will be raised, the rain being responsible for the loss of the balance. The farm of 40 acres in Garden Grove offered for sale is a rare bargain—20 acres in fruit, 8 in alfalfa, balance good corn land. Good flowing well, good house, fruit dryer 12x20 and other out buildings, all fenced. Inquire of James S. Deming on the premises. Charles H. Case has been appointed postmaster at South Pasadena. In the absence of fraud, the title so decreed is good against the world, one year following its lesuance. The owner, having availed himself of the Torrens law, has an absolute title and the county clerk is required to keep a complete, up-to-date record of the property in one book. The advantage of the system lies in the fact that the owner of the property, when he makes a loan, renews a loan, or transfers title to his holdings, escapes all title costs and is only required to pay a $1 transfer fee to the county clerk. In Los Angeles county, where more than 50,000 parcels of property already have been registered under the Torrens act, the courts have permitted attorneys to combine a series of actions in one petition, thereby reducing the total cost for each property owner to approximately $25. California farm organizations, interested in helping their members to weather the storm of depression, probably will facilitate wide-spread and economical use of the new system in the near future by supervising the employment of attorneys to handle series of actions under the Torrens law. Certainly the present set-up, with banks often interested in title companies—and interested in boosting their profits—is an extravagance which the farmer can no longer afford. In some instances, under present procedure, actual carrying charges run as high as 15 per cent, due to the "title racket," even though a moderate and legal rate of interest is stipulated in the agreement. California farmers, trying desperately to achieve a balance between income and outgo, should avail themselves of the simplified title procedure established by the Torrens law. And California farm groups could undertake no more worthwhile work than supervising the actions under the new method to achieve the greatest measure of economy possible. TODAY AND TOMORROW BY FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE SAMP good eating When I was a boy down East one of the familiar figures on the streets of our town was the "hulled corn man." He peddled from a huge can what the Indians taught our Pilgrim ancestors to make and to call "samp." It was Indian corn parboiled in lye, so that the outer skin came off and the kernel was white and fluffy and very good eating, especially, I used to think, when served with Porto Rico molasses. In the Middle States the Indian name for this processed corn was "hominy," and farther South the name began to be applied to coarsely-ground corn which had been put through a similar process, and which the folk of the Deep South now call "grits." When I hear anyone talk of the deliciousness of hominy, alone or in the familiar combination of "hog and hominy" I am never sure whether they are talking about our Yankee "samp" or the southern "grits." But I do know that both are mighty good eating. RABBITS and fever Twenty years ago the small animal life of some of the Alaska islands was wiped out by a volcanic eruption. This left the Indians in bad shape, for they lost not only an important food supply but the foxes, whom they kill for their pelts, also had their food curtailed. Now the government is "planting" colonies of rabbits on those islands, in the expectation that they will increase rapidly and restore the balance of animal life. What I want to hear is that the government has found a cure or prevention for the "rabbit fever" which is often fatal to men who handle rabbits or rabbit pelts. A Maine guide died the other day from this disease, which he do too much listening to professional singers and musicians, make not enough effort to produce their own music. Not that it is not refreshing to listen to first-rate music—which we get too seldom "on the air"—but it ought not to be too easy. There is more social value, more that makes love of home life and neighborly spirit, when everybody in the At the root of the king a system for care need for title title procedure is once been established toward "single and comparatively self has been legal 1914, when the poo-approved of the law during the years and upheld as to its state supreme Torrens title systemed during the depression years, an insistent demand and the elimination of travagances, have into new favor, that thousands of themselves of the future. Law provides a title to a piece of action, eliminating for title searches, title insurance and more. Arthur P. Will of State's first legislative office at the time of the procedure re-property lines and a tag to metes and to a recorded map instituted in superior against all parties and to settle, offen of the property. Law are not sub-deLAYS of civil pro-going precedence over calendar and thereby on fraud, the title so insist the world, one assurance. The own-imself of the Tor-solute title and the need to keep a com-ORD of the property advantage of the sys-that the owner of the makes a loan, transfers title to his do too much listening to professional singers and musicians, make not enough effort to produce their own music. Not that it is not refreshing to listen to first-rate music—which we get too seldom "on the air"—but it ought not to be too easy. There is more social value, more that makes for love of home life and neighborly spirit, when everybody in the household, or a group of neighbors, get together, in a home or a church or a town hall and try what they can do to make a little music for themselves. I know of nothing that is so heart-warming in its effects as a "neighborhood sing." VIRTUOUS LOVE Another group of sayings is given under the heading, "These also are the sayings of the wise"; and the last chapter of Proverbs is the work of an anonymous writer, presumably a woman, and possibly Bathsheba, that remarkable lady who deserted Uriah the Hittite to become the favorite wife of Israel's greatest king, David, and mother of the wisest, Solomon. There are two other Old Testament books which come to mind in connection with Solomon. The first is the "Song or Songs" which, as the first verse says, "is Solomon's," but whether this means by Solomon or concerning Solomon is a question. It is a poem about a young girl who lived in the northern hills. Solomon saw her on his travels and wanted her for his harem, but her heart was true to her shepherd lover. When the ladies of the court praised Solomon to her and demanded, "What is thy lover more than any other?" she answered stoutly, "My beloved is mine, and I am his." She was carried off to Jerusalem, but she slept fitfully. "I slept but my soul was awake," she said. In her dreams she found herself wandering all about the streets of a strange city, looking for her lover. Finally her loyalty was rewarded. Solomon would not hold her against the hunger of her heart and returned her to her Galilean swain. This is the story, somewhat involved in the telling but clear enough to any French salad dressing, and especially adapted to any sort of fish. 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