anaheim-gazette 1934-03-29

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. CAMPAIGN CARESES OR LONG SHOTS This city's municipal campaign seems to be still floundering around with a few left jabs keeping the two tickets apart. The so-called "Citizens Ticket," composed of Long, Jefferay and Pressel, are milling around taking a few "Long Shots" at what they are pleased to call the "Price-Administration." But the ticket composed of Sheridan, Yungbluth and Martenet is not and never was any hyphenated administration group. They hold office and represent the people who call Anaheim home. Sheridan, Yungbluth and Martenet are truly the "People's Champions." Now why bring the name of the City Clerk into trustee campaign? Should that not be kept for the City Clerk's race? Could it be possible that the ammunition to fire at the incumbent councilmen running for re-election is rather meager? A glance at the record of Sheridan, Yungbluth and Martinet gives the answer. There is nothing in it to even take a "Long Shot" at. WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA We get a little tired sometimes of hearing people run down America. In the newspapers and magazines that come to our attention we see many articles which appear to have been written for the purpose of making readers believe that the United States is on its last legs, that we have got to discard everything that has been done in the past and change the whole nation over into something modelled on Russia or Italy or Germany, or we're going to be sunk. And there is no end to the books, novels and others, whose sole theme is that we Americans are a pretty low-grade, incompetent sea of ignoramuses, lacking in "culture" and intelligence, not to be compared with the enlightened and highly-cultur- We get a little tired sometimes of hearing people run down America. In the newspapers and magazines that come to our attention we see many articles which appear to have been written for the purpose of making readers believe that the United States is on its last legs, that we have got to discard everything that has been done in the past and change the whole nation over into something modelled on Russia or Italy or Germany, or we're going to be sunk. And there is no end to the books, novels and others, whose sole theme is that we Americans are a pretty low-grade, incompetent sea of ignoramuses, lacking in "culture" and intelligence, not to be compared with the enlightened and highly-cultured citizenry of other nations. We do not believe the authors of these books, stories and articles mean precisely what they seem to imply. If we thought so for a minute we would be glad to join a movement to banish them to these other countries that they think are so superior to our own. Rightly understood, much of this sort of talk springs from the peculiarly American passion for self-improvement. It has its roots in the same urge that sent our ancestors from other countries to this one, the urge to find a better way of life. These gentlemen see defects in our civilization—which everyone must admit there are—and by magnifying those defects hope that the public will be sufficiently stirred up to do something about them. But the net effect of their diatribes upon the young and impressionable is to make them feel inferior to the people of other lands, and to regard their country as rather a low sort of a place in which to live. There is nothing wrong with America! We say that in the full knowledge that there are still a great many persons out of work, a great many people who have a hard struggle to make both ends meet. Whatever is wrong with America, we are ten times better off than the people of any other country we know anything about. And, whatever may be wrong with our country, there is a distinctly American way of fixing it, and the American people now, as they have always done in the past, will find and apply their own remedies, which will not be remedies prescribed by either Dr. Stalin, Dr. Hitler or Dr. Mussolini. POLITICS AND BUSINESS The most popular sport among state and national politicians is trying to make the public believe that all business men are crooks while all politicians are models of virtue. That, at least, seems to be a fair conclusion from the tenor of some of the many "investigations" which have been going on in Washington. Of course, a part of the game, also, is to show up the politicians of the other party as crooks. That is all well understood among politicians as an effective means of getting votes and power. If they can convince the average voter that their party, whichever it may be, is the only one composed of honest men, then they figure they can keep their crowd in office. And if they can make the voters believe that business men are all dishonest, then they stand a chance of getting popular backing for schemes to have business conducted by the government. We wonder how much the politicians of either party fool the public in the long run. It seems to us that the net effect of this sort of tactics is to create a rather cynical state of mind toward all men in public office. The average man has come to believe that there is no such thing as honesty in politics, and is concerned more with what he can get out of it for himself than with any particular set of principles. age voter that their party, whenever they may be composed of honest men, then they figure they can keep their crowd in office. And if they can make the voters believe that business men are all dishonest, then they stand a chance of getting popular backing for schemes to have business conducted by the government. We wonder how much the politicians of either party fool the public in the long run. It seems to us that the net effect of this sort of tactics is to create a rather cynical state of mind toward all men in public office. The average man has come to believe that there is no such thing as honesty in politics, and is concerned more with what he can get out of it for himself than with any particular set of principles. As to the comparative honesty of politicians and business men, we think most folk would rather take a chance with the standards of honesty which prevail in business than with those accepted by public office-holders. Fundamentally, no one class is more honest than another; each has its percentage of crooks. But in business it is, as Benjamin Franklin pointed out, the best policy to be honest. There is little in our political history to suggest that honesty pays a premium in politics, though we believe it would pay big dividends. A BRITISH VIEW In a discussion of the armament question in the British parliament, Austin Chamberlain, former chancellor of the exchequer, is quoted as saying: "We must look to our own safety and remain outside a European war, if one is to break out. Germany is fast arming and no one can stop her." The statement registers the change in public opinion that has grown up in Great Britain. Most wise British statesmen are now convinced that their country should stay out of the European mess and use most of its energy in seeking to build up its own empire. Nobody, it would seem, could have any quarrel with that policy, which looks after the safety of Englishmen first. But it is surprising to note that in our own country there is now going on a concerted movement and propaganda drive to put us into the European mess, and surely no one will deny that the chances for war in Europe are more menacing now than they have been in a decade. Yet in spite of this we hear of a new drive on the part of internationalist bodies to force the United States into the League Court, where it will have not only the opportunity, but the duty, of voting on all European questions of a political nature which come up. Now the right to help make a decision, under the circumstances, would imply the duty of helping to enforce the decision when made. And we can think of a half dozen possible problems in Europe at this time, on which any decision by the League of the League Court means war. SCHOOL DAYS — By DWIG I SENT YOU THE BIG LACY ONE WITH THE PINK FRINGE. ON IT. DID YOU SEE MY CITTALS UNDER THE DOVE? GUESS WHAT SENT YOU THE RED SATIN ONE, CLARA? I GOT MORE IN ANYBODY IN SCHOOL! I SENT YOU THE ONE IN THE BOX, CLARA "YOU'D BE THE BEAUTY OF THE RACE, IF ONLY YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR FACE" HA HA- LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU— VALENTINE DAY History of Anaheim Officially Recorded In Minutes of Anaheim Water Company, Which are Copyrighted, 1932, by Anaheim Gazette, and Printed In Weekly Installments July 2, 1877. Special meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. P. A. Korn in the chair. D. Strodthoff absent. On account of necessary repair on the ditch it is resolved: To levy an assessment of 50 cents per acre, payable immediately and becoming delinquent on the second day of August, 1877. The secretary was instructed to make a list of all parties willing to work for the amount of their assessment can do so, under the supervision of the zanjero and trustees, next Thursday and Friday, the fifth and sixth of July, at the rate of $2 per day, for 10 hours work from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. No further business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, Anaheim, July 7, 1877. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. President F. A. Korn in the chair. D. Strodthoff, J. P. Zeyn absent. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Treasurer reported $288.71 in the treasury. Zanjero stated that only a small stream of water came to Anaheim at 9:30 this morning. A bill of $4.08 for work was ordered paid. The zanjero presented a list of names of those parties who worked on the main ditch representing 158 work days, amounting to $316. The list was received, approved and placed in the hands of the treasurer to put the different amounts to the credit of the respective parties. President Korn reported that in a consultation with General Howard he advised us to settle the matter with Prudencio Yorba in a friendly way if possible. A communication from Messrs. Hartman and Haley was read and ordered filed. Resolved: To appoint a committee of two to go to Los Angeles, explain our grievances to a competent lawyer, and engage him to defend our rights, and also if advisable, to procure a right of way for that part of the new ditch lately made. This being a very important question, the vote was taken by ayes and noes, with the following result, to-wit: Ayes: H. Boldt, 1 share; A. Langenberger, 3 shares; H. Boege, 1 share; R. Luedke, 2 shares; Koenig, 1 share; Cullen, 2 shares; Dreyfus, 7 shares; Lorenz, 1 share; Burkley, 1 share; Hartung, 1 share; Strodthoff, 1 share; Werder, 1 share; Korn, 3 shares; Reiser, 1 share; Bittner, 1 share; Bittner, 1 share; Fischer, 2 shares, total 29. H. Kroeger with two shares refused to vote. Noes, none. The president and secretary were then appointed to act as committee. The application for a new lease of Messrs. P. Davis & Bros. was brought before the meeting and resolved: That a new lease be offered to those named gentlemen for the term of one year at the rate of $50 per month, payable in advance. The secretary was instructed to notify Messrs. P. Davis & Bros., of this resolution. If a new lease be effected, the board of trustees was empowered to make arrangements with the other leasees as they best saw fit. No further business, the meeting adjourned until July 20, at 3 o'clock, p.m. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, July 21, 1877. There being no quorum present, the general meeting adjourned to July 28, 1877. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, July 21, 1877. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. Presi- OBSERVATIONS THEIR UPS AND DOWNS A man in a railway coach kept ting the curtain up, and a charm lady seated next to him kept pull it down. He sued the lady for dages, saying she deprived him of good old sunshine which he needed for the benefit of his health. The countered and sued him for damage claiming the sunshine was bad for complexion and the school girl attractions. FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE Now that the 18th amendment been repealed by the states, this will interesting question bobs up: Will we will several states do? Will we pass laws to legalize the manufacture and sale of liquor, or not? It is ridden on presume that at least the states will say yes. For instance the other half say no! Bootlegging gave the decision to the neighbor w/the tinware. HEY YOU FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, DON'T TAKE THAT ONE The plowing up of every third row of cotton—two rows and one good one—which would you plow up? Whoops! THE COCK-EYED WORLD Lots of folks believe that bonds of any description should be empt from the taxation. In other words all bonds, (securities) should pay attention to the government for the privilege holding those bonds. The government is based on law. That is a guaranteed good faith. Then, in turn, all persons who hold bonds under that guarantee... President Korn reported that in a consultation with General Howard he advised us to settle the matter with Prudencio Yorba in a friendly way if possible. A communication from Messrs. Hartman and Haley was read and ordered filed. Resolved: To appoint a committee of two to confer with Mr. Yorba and try to settle peaceably. Committee, Theodore Rimpau and Theodore Reiser. On account of being so much behind with the delivery of water it was resolved: Not to sell any more water at present. No further business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, Anaheim, July 14, 1877. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. President F. A. Korn in the chair. John P. Zeyn absent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The secretary reported and presented receipts for assessments of original shareholders to the amount of $470 and for other parties receiving water by agreement, $397.50. The receipts received and placed in the hands of the treasurer for collection. There being no other business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, July 14, 1877. Special general meeting of the Anaheim Water company. President F. A. Korn in the chair. John P. Zeyn absent. There being 31 shares represented. The president called certain parties on the Santa Ana river that take and appropriate water out of the river to which they are not legally entitled, and if it would be necessary to take proper steps to protect our right. Whereupon a motion was made and No further business, the meeting adjourned until July 20, at 3 o'clock, p.m. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, July 21, 1877. There being no quorum present, the general meeting adjourned to July 28, 1877. John Fischer, Secretary. Town Hall, July 21, 1877. Meeting of the board of trustees of the Anaheim Water company. President F. A. Korn in the chair. John P. Zeyn absent. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Zanjero reported that only for $1.50 water has been delivered, and that there was ont enough water at our disposal to bring it into Anaheim. The secretary was instructed to address a written notice to the Semi-Tropic Water company to divide the water more equally, and if not compiled with that the committee should take proper steps to enforce it, the notice to be handed to the zanjero for immediate delivery. Whereas: The water being so very scarce, it was resolved: That parties who bought water and want their money refunded should call at the treasurer and get their money back. A bill for cost advanced in the district court of $10 was ordered paid. No further business, the meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. July 24, 1877. Special meeting of the board of trustees. The meeting was called to order by President F. A. Korn. All members present. The zanjero stated that the notice had been delivered to the Semi-Tropic Water company, but that the company had not complied with our request, and that the zanjero thereof seemed to be determined to defend the water with force, having met him there armed to the teeth and that the zanjero of the Semi-Tropic Water company told our zanjero that if the Anaheim Water company were not satisfied they should go to ..... After motion was made and seconded it was resolved to request disinterment parties to satisfy themselves as to correctness of our zanjero, and that the committee be instructed to enjoy all parties on the river who take water out above our ditch, and thereby priving us of our rights. Meeting adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. TODAY AND TOMORROW By FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE LIFE The year 1935 ought to be a good year for red clover in New England. The winter has been the most severe in years. Comparatively few of the little animals of the fields and woods survive a winter when the crust of the snow is frozen hard. There will be fewer field-mice to rob the bumble-bees' nests in the spring. More bumble-bees will come to maturity and seek honey from the red clover-blossoms. The clover crop will thus be thoroughly pollenized, and the red clover seeds will be fertile. That will make for a good red clover crop in 1935. To me this example of the cycle of life, first pointed out by Charles Darwin, has always seemed one of the most interesting of all natural phenomena. I think that many well-meant efforts to disturb Nature's ordinary course are calculated to do more harm than good to a world that has adjusted itself to the normal cycle. TEETH Tooth decay has little to do with tooth cleanliness or the lack of it, according to the British Medical Research Council, which has been digging deep into the subject. What makes children's teeth decay is not enough sunshine, too high a percentage of cereal foods, not enough meat, eggs, milk, cheese, fats and fresh vegetables in the diet, these medical men say. The whitest and soundest teeth are found among savage and half-civilized peoples who live largely out of doors and eat what ever they can find that is edible. In my boyhood toothbrushes were just beginning to come into general use and not more than one or two dentifrices were advertised. Most folks never brushed their teeth at all, yet the human race had survived for a good many thousand, perhaps millions. POEM O'Hara masterpiece Theodore O'Hara wrote one of the world's greatest poems more than 75 years ago. It is "The Bivouac of the Dead," and when Arlington National Cemetery was established after the Civil War, stanzas from this great poem were inscribed on stone tablets and set up in different parts of the field. The Fine Arts Commission decided that the ancient stones, before which millions of Americans have paused to read O'Hara's thrilling lines, were not artistic, and ordered them removed. Such a protest was made, however, that it has been decided to inscribe the whole poem on the walls of the amphitheater. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread. And glory guards, with solemn round, The Bivouac of the Dead. I know of few finer lines in English poetry than those and the rest of O'Hara's verses. POKER and personal rights The great American card game, so far as men are concerned, is not contract bridge but poker. In a good many states there are laws against playing poker, also against playing marbles "for keeps" and anything else that can be construed as gambling. These laws are seldom invoked except when somebody in authority wants to make trouble for somebody else. SERVATIONS R UPS AND DOWNS In a railway coach kept letcurtain up, and a charming and next to him kept pulling He sued the lady for daming she deprived him of the sunshine which he needed for of his health. The lady and sued him for damages. The sunshine was bad for her and the school girl attrac- M THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE At the 18th amendment has led by the states, this very question bobs up: What several states do? Will they to legalize the manufacture of liquor, or not? It is reaspresume that at least half will say yes. For instance half say no! Bootlegging in states would flourish, there's about that. NIP AND TUCK Hobber turned on the radio for initial, another started to tune over. Presently the radio ag. The rest of the neighbors decision to the neighbor with OU, FOR THE LOVE OF DON'T TAKE THAT ONE! Viving up of every third row is getting interesting. If you rows of cotton—two poor one good one—which row plow up? Whoops! COCK-EYED WORLD The folks believe that no any description should be extracted. Taxation. In other words, (securities) should pay a tax germment for the privilege of rose bonds. The government law. That is a guarantee of. Then, in turn, all persons THE BOOK the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible," and which contains Four Great Treasures BY BRUCE BARTON A BRAVE MAN SPEAKS The Book of Job is a grand book. It does not furnish any answer to the perplexing problem of suffering. It does not explain why a good man, Job or any other, should have sorrow visited upon him in a world which is supposed to be under the control of a loving God. What it does proclaim is that God has staked His reputation on His ability to produce human beings who can stand anything that fate or fortune may bring; men who will be good without a bribe. It insists that in this trial of creative strength and moral goodness God is winning out. "Every man has his price," says the cynic; but Job did not have his price. He was stripped of his possessions, he lost his health, he had a fool for a wife, and his friends were no comfort to him. But his head though bloody was unbowed. "Even if God does not reward me, and treats me like a wicked man; even medical men say. The whitest and soundest teeth are found among savage and half-civilized peoples who live largely out of doors and eat what ever they can find that is edible. In my boyhood toothbrushes were just beginning to come into general use and not more than one or two dentifrices were advertised. Most folks never brushed their teeth at all, yet the human race had survived for a good many thousand, perhaps millions, of years. Clean, white teeth are desirable, but nothing to worry about if one doesn't have them. MONSTERS men have seen The amount of evidence that some strange sea-monster lives in a Scottish loch, and the many reports of a seasperent seen in Vancouver Sound, have encouraged many folk to tell of strange things they have seen at sea, about which they had kept quiet for fear of being ridiculed. Officers of the Mauretania saw a seasperent on a recent Caribbean cruise, and drew a picture of it in the ship's log. Now the Rev. J. E. Rockliff, who Few take seriously any sort of laws that restrict the right of the individual to do what he likes, so long as he doesn't infringe on the rights of others. POKER and personal rights The great American card game, so far as men are concerned, is not contract bridge but poker. In a good many estates there are laws against playing poker, also against playing marbles "for keeps" and anything else that can be construed as gambling. These laws are seldom invoked except when somebody in authority wants to make trouble for somebody else. Representative Parker of Georgia had a candidate for postmaster of his home town. His political opponents brought before the Senate evidence that the Congressman's choice had once been arrested in a raid on a poker game, indicted and fined. Mr. Parker cheerfully admitted that was true. He had sat in the same poker game himself and had also been arrested and fined! If it didn't debar him from later going to Congress, it ought not to debar his man from the postmastership. The Senate confirmed the appointment with glee. The Book of Job is a grand book. It does not furnish any answer to the perplexing problem of suffering. It does not explain why a good man, Job or any other, should have sorrow visited upon him in a world which is supposed to be under the control of a loving God. What it does proclaim is that God has staked His reputation on His ability to produce human beings who can stand anything that fate or fortune may bring; men who will be good without a bribe. It insists that in this trial of creative strength and moral goodness God is winning out. "Every man has his price," says the cynic; but Job did not have his price. He was stripped of his possessions, he lost his health, he had a fool for a wife, and his friends were no comfort to him. But his head though bloody was unbowed. "Even if God does not reward me, and treats me like a wicked man; even days. So much for the poetry of the Old Testament, and the drama. To pick up our historical outline where we left it at the end of the last chapter, we must go back to King Solomon, who has built his temple and palaces, written his Proverbs, and grown old, his heart being "turned away" by his harem. With a thousand mothers to look after them the children of a king ought to be properly brought up, but the net results in the Solomon household were not so good. His heir, Rehoboam, was a typical rich man's son, soft, conceited, sure of his own opinion and contemptuous of advice. As soon as it was shown that "Solomon slept with his fathers," a rough and ready soldier named Jerroboam organized an insurrection, demanding that King Rehoboam lower the taxes and conduct himself in a less arbitrary COCK-EYED WORLD the folks believe that no any description should be extended to the taxation. In other words, (securities) should pay a tax germany for the privilege of use bonds. The government law. That is a guarantee of Then, in turn, all persons bonds, under that guarantee, must pay their just tax to the government. There are dollars held by people that from taxation. The holders bonds sit back in luxury and interest and profits from while the little fellow— man—takes his place in the That should not be! Oh. Z-Z-Z-Z-! SNORE! while back when you would wonder and there and talk and that, up would pop the 65. Some folks resolved to own, while others went in Yet and still when you got kickhold on the situation you up peacefully, because you and broadcasting on the wind weather and all the news of including inflation, free colner and prohibition, and were when the artist called "next." At if the Anaheim Water were not satisfied they so ..... ion was made and seconded, lived to request disinterested satisfy themselves as to the of our zanjero, and that tree be instructed to enjoin on the river who take water our ditch, and thereby deof our rights. Adjourned. John Fischer, Secretary. HOUSEHOLD HINTS New milk curdles very readily, for which reason salt should never be added to milk preparations until the last moment. For home-made fumigating of a sickroom, drop vinegar on a red hot shovel, one drop at a time, and wait for each drop to burn before repeating. To remove warts from the hands, soften them by soaking/in warm water and then apply zinc oxide. Continue the treatment every night for some weeks, if necessary. To open a glass bottle with a glass stopper, light a match near the stopper. The bottle will open immediately, and very easily. Before putting potatoes in the oven to bake, rub them with cooking fat or oil. They will cook in less time, and the skin will be nicely crieped as a result. Fresh lime kept in the cellar absorbs moisture and freshens the cellar. A glass washboard is better than one made of zinc and it will last much longer. To make a hearth brush out of an old broom, soak the old broom in hot water and trim it short. Beware of too much bluing in the water in which you rinse your white goods. It will yellow them in time.