anaheim-gazette 1934-10-11

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 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK OCTOBER 25, 1884 Everything is progressing favorably at the ostrich farm. The old birds are thriving well and the next crop of feathers will be as a lady expressed it, just lovely. The young ostrichs, to the number of forty, are growing nicely, especially in the region of the neck. One of them was weighed the other day. It was four months old and weighed forty pounds. The incubators will be set going again in a few days and soon another brood of birds will be brought forth to battle with the world, flesh and the—other fellow. Late advices from South Africa are to the effect that ostriches are dying there by the thousands—dying of starvation. There has been a prolonged drought in that country, and the plains are utterly devoid of vegetation. As a consequence owners of birds have to sit idly by and see them die, being powerless to change the situation. The birds can be bought at any price, one instance is cited where a flock of twenty-five breeding ostriches were sold for one hundred and twenty-five pounds, and within a week twenty of them were dead. The ultimate result of this state of affairs will be to send the price of ostriches up to a forbidding figure, and all subsequent ventures in ostrich farming in this country will be forced to supply itself from the Anaheim farm. So mote it be. A very painful accident befell Mrs. S. B. Smith on last Saturday. She was carrying a pailful of boiling water from the kitchen to the bath room when she stumbled over some obstruction and fell. The boiling water scalded her arm frightfully and her face was also quite badly burned. The pain was intense for a time but was finally overcome by the physician. It will be a month before the effects of the burns will pass away. A great Chinese festival is in progress at Los Angeles. A temple for religious services and a theatre have been erected. In the temple five priests will night and day address themselves to the work of prepieting the Gods while at the theatre the The Gazette edition. What a bride in the quiet of the past, these thirty then, and Los An thousand souls published today. and San Diego if ride from Anaheim trip to Los Angel stage left before reached by sun-rumbling old stair From the stage Coyote house, the all directions. F ment of population a day. It took a Landing was a freight and man Pioneers landed colony. In later Landing and the Santa Ana wa score of prospero California during Clark come down suspenders outside and died in the Sea of journalism California the Ga issued once each venture, yet the A very painful accident befell Mrs. S. B. Smith on last Saturday. She was carrying a pailful of boiling water from the kitchen to the bath room when she stumbled over some obstruction and fell. The boiling water scalded her arm frightfully and her face was also quite badly burned. The pain was intense for a time but was finally overcome by the physician. It will be a month before the effects of the burns will pass away. A great Chinese festival is in progress at Los Angeles. A temple for religious services and a theatre have been erected. In the temple five priests will night and day address themselves to the work of propitiating the Gods, while at the theatre the Thespian art will be delineated after the Mongolian manner. A large amount of money will be burned in fireworks, and the celebration will in all its features be elaborate. Several of the prominent Celestials from Anaheim left on Tuesday last to participate in the festivities. On Wednesday William K. James, nephew of Plez James, president of the Anaheim bank, and Miss Edith Heighton were married in the Presbyterian church at Tustin by Rev. J. H. Clerk. A large company attended the subsequent reception. Many friends from San Jose, Pasadena, Los Angeles and Anaheim were present. The wedding presents were numerous and costly among them a solid silver tea set from friends in Iowa, silverware from Detroit, Michigan, Louisiana, Kentucky, and from Eastern friends in other places. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. M. J. Bundy, of Tustin. After a long and painful illness, death came to C. H. Zeyn on last Saturday morning. He was buried on Sunday, and the funeral was the largest one seen in Anaheim for years. The floral offerings were many and beautiful and were eloquent tributes of friendship. We have been handed the following card for publication: To those ladies and gentlemen who so kindly assisted me and my family during the protracted illness of my son, I herewith return my sincere thanks.—J. P. Zeyn. Taking advantage of a special offer made by an organ manufacturer in the East some time ago, the school trustees of this district sent on money for an organ, but the manufacturer failed before the instrument was shipped. He resumed business again lately and the organ was received a few days ago and is now in use at the school house. It is a fine instrument and is greatly appreciated by the pupils. A large crowd assembled at Orange on Wednesday to see and hear the democratic nominees. Potts, Miles, Barham, Cutler, Broaded and Martin, candidates for assembly, in turn presented themselves and spoke their little pieces and then gave way to Col. Godfrey who, as usual delivered a characteristic address. The music was furnished by the Anaheim band. A Hallowe'en dance will be given at the Placentia school house on next Friday evening for the benefit of the school bell fund. The good-time had at the former dance at the ame place will serve to insure a full attendance at the coming festivity. Samples of peat from the newly discovered peat beds south of Westminster are in the office of Hanna & Keith. The peat burns well, and there is said to be a great extent of it. The stockholder Thursday and elect the ensuing year Nagel, W. McLaundry Bonynge, J. B. N Helmsen, vice presidents reported showed that deposits showing conservatively may building of the city The Christian have elected new shaw; vice-president McAuley; treasurer Miss Elsie Auben prayer-meeting call Lemon; music, Mr information, George Mrs. L. E. Miller. L. Z. Huntington nurseries in the wany pany northeast o acres, 1000 to the load. Last year planted to 180 acres Four blocks on East Center sgressing steadily Manager Beye say The pavers then North Los Angeles Howard Gates he will sail on the Francisco. He ex from the date of several years and has Billy Wallace too copious application at the busi Godfrey who, as usual delivered a characteristic address. The music was furnished by the Anaheim band. A Hallowe'en dance will be given at the Placentia school house on next Friday evening for the benefit of the school bell fund. The good-time had at the former dance at the ame place will serve to insure a full attendance at the coming festivity. Samples of peat from the newly discovered peat beds south of Westminster are in the office of Hanna & Keith. The peat burns well, and there is said to be a great extent of it. The fire in Riverside last week destroyed among other buildings the photograph studio of Pellegrin & Vale. A new studio will be ready for Mr. Pellegrin when he returns to that town from Anaheim. He is doing excellent work here. The stock of lumber at the yard of Saxton & Cox is the largest the firm has ever carried. Two cargoes—one of redwood and one of pine—have just been unloaded at the yard. M. P. Cutler, the democratic candidate for Public Administrator, has his card in today's paper. His opponent is not John Fischer, formerly of Anaheim, though he answers to a name somewhat similar. Col. Markham, republican candidate for congress and Tom Fitch of silver tongue fame, will speak at a mass meeting in Santa Ana on Tuesday evening next. Those interested in the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle are invited to meet at the house of Rev. F. H. Robinson on Tuesday evening next. Remember the social to be given by the ladies of St. Michael's church at the residence of C. E. Leonard next Wednesday evening. Admission 10 cents. An industrious and steady man advertises today for a situation on a ranch. Apply to E. P. Dickey at the farm of Wm. Haddox in Placentia district or address through the Anaheim postoffice. Miss Louisa Mosseman announces to the Ladies of Anaheim that she has received direct from New York an assortment of latest styles of Fall Millinery Goods, inspection of which is invited. J.B. Pierce has acceded to the request of his friends and will be a candidate for justice of the peace of this township. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK OCTOBER 21, 1909 The Gazette enters today upon the fortyieth year of its publication. What a brood of recollections go trooping by as one sits in the quiet of the evening and looks back into the abysm of the past, these thirty-nine years. Orange county was unthought of then, and Los Angeles was a sparsely populated pueblo of a few thousand souls. Los Angeles had no newspaper then which is published today. Anaheim was the only town between that city and San Diego if we except the mission of San Juan. The stage ride from Anaheim to San Diego occupied nineteen hours. The trip to Los Angeles by stage occupied more than four hours. The stage left before daylight in winter and the Coyotes rancho was reached by sun-up. It was cold sledding for travelers in the rumbling old stage coach. The return was long after nightfall. From the stage descending the valley from the foothills at the Coyote house, the glimmer of the farmers' lights could be seen in all directions. For even at this early day there existed a movement of population to this enchanted valley. Mail came but once a day. It took a fortnight to hear from San Francisco. Anaheim Landing was a port of call for coastwise steamers and much freight and many passengers were landed at that point. The Pioneers landed at San Pedro and drove overland to the new colony. In later years they established shipping facilities at the Landing and the port did an extensive lighterage business. Santa Ana was at that time unknown, nor was Riverside, and a score of prosperous cities which have sprung into life in Southern California during the past thirty odd years. Nor had Editor Clark come down the pike, astonishing the natives awearing of his suspenders outside his waist. Many newspapers have been born and died in the Southland since the Gazette first set sail upon the sea of journalism. Into these early days of pioneering in Southern California the Gazette was projected, and has been regularly issued once each week until the present time. It was an ambitious venture, yet the paper has ever since sought to keep a bit ahead The California livestock industry, in common with the livestock industry in many other western states, has much at stake on the final outcome of present negotiations to govern the future disposition and use of federal grazing lands. If arbitrary and unwarranted restrictions are enforced in the readjustment of grazing rights, thousands of livestock men, whose businesses are largely dependent on so-called "squatters" rights, will be forced to the wall and driven into bankruptcy. And it is well for the administrative agencies to remember that in years past "previous use and proximity" have been primary factors in determining grazing rights on the federal lands with the result that many landowners engaged in the livestock business adjoining the public domain have every moral — if not legal — right to consideration. Under the present federal program to tighten regulations regarding use of the federal lands, the great danger is that "political pull" will become an all-too-often dominant factor in determining the disposition of the lands and that established livestock men, with investments and businesses to protect, will lose grazing rights which have long been theirs by reason of use, proximity and custom. With the adoption of the Taylor grazing act, seeking to pave the way for re-adjustment in the use of the In later years they established shipping facilities at the Landing and the port did an extensive lighterage business. Santa Ana was at that time unknown; nor was Riverside, and a score of prosperous cities which have sprung into life in Southern California during the past thirty odd years. Nor had Editor Clark come down the pike, astonishing the natives awearing of his suspenders outside his waist. Many newspapers have been born and died in the Southland since the Gazette first set sail upon the sea of journalism. Into these early days of pioneering in Southern California the Gazette was projected, and has been regularly issued once each week until the present time. It was an ambitious venture, yet the paper has ever since sought to keep a bit ahead of the procession and give its readers a better paper than its opponents. With this purpose in mind the Gazette starts today upon its fortieth volume, sending greetings to its thousands of readers, thanking its friends for its support in the past, and soliciting a continuance of friendly relations for the future. The stockholders of the German-American bank met on Thursday and elected the following board of directors to serve for the ensuing year: A. Thomas, Jos. Helmsen, Chas. A. Boege, A. Nagel, W. McLaughlin, Dr. J. L. Beebe, Tim Carroll, W. H. Bonynge, J. B. Neff. Mr. Thomas was re-elected president, Jos. Helmsen, vice president and Chas. A. Boege, cashier. The annual reports showed the bank to be in a flourishing condition, with deposits showing a notable increase over last year. The bank is conservatively managed and continues a potent factor in the upbuilding of the city. The Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church have elected new officers as follows: President, Miss Alice Grimshaw; vice-president, Harry Armstrong; secretary, Robert McAuley; treasurer, Edleen Armstrong; corresponding secretary, Miss Elsie Aubert; missionary treasurer, Miss Elenora Parker; prayer-meeting chairman, Rev. F. W. Mitchell; lookout, Hazel Lemon; music, Miss Marion Johnston; flower, Mrs. U. Sid Lemon; information, George Ross; social, Zoe Lemon; good literature, Mrs. L. E. Miller. L. Z. Huntington is hauling 200,000 young eucalypts from his nurseries in the west end to lands of the Golden State Realty company northeast of town, where that company is planting 200 acres, 1000 to the acre. He makes two loads per day, 6000 to a load. Last year he sold the company 180,000 trees which were planted to 180 acres. The eucalypts are from 6 to 10 inches high. Four blocks of paved thoroughfare have been opened to traffic on East Center street from Olive to Atchison. Paving is progressing steadily westward to a junction with Claudina street. Manager Beye says the street will be opened up in another week. The pavers then go to Sycamore street to begin operations on North Los Angeles street. Howard Gates writes from Nagasaki under date Sept. 30, that he will sail on the U.S. Transport Buffalo from that port to San Francisco. He expects to reach the home shore in three weeks from the date of sailing. Howard has been in the Philippines several years and has a fine record in the hospital service. Billy Wallace had a fine crop of mushrooms coming on, but a too copious application of water put them in bad. Billy is a new hand at the business, and is up and at them again, with a view to With the adoption of the Taylor grazing act, seeking to pave the way for re-adjustment in the use of the federal lands, there has apparently been an inclination to turn over administration of the lands to the department of the interior. And this development raises the pertinent question: "Shall our federal agricultural lands be administered by vacationists or farmers? The department of the interior, in all frankness, is largely a recreational department, administering the national parks and looking out after the wants of the vacationist and the tourist. It is naturally, but quite decidedly, pro-vacationist in viewpoint. But in light of President's Roosevelt's repeated declarations that the rehabilitation of agriculture is of first importance in furthering economic recovery, the rights of the livestock industry are certainly entitled to first consideration. And if they are to have primary consideration it would seem advisable that the forest service, which knows the livestock man's problems from years of experience, and is sympathetic with them, or some equally sympathetic department, should be placed in charge of administering the new federal land set-up. Undoubtedly some ranges have been over-stocked, but this abuse is subject to regulation and conservation can be accomplished without bankrupting thousands of farmers at a time when the nation struggling for a new foothold and a new measure of economic security. Above all else, local problems should be left to local determination, rather than political manipulation from Washington. A special public land committee of the American National Livestock association has recommended that grazing districts be formed as rapidly as possible after applications are made for such districts by a majority of the present users of public domain in any area. Such districts could work out local problems of administration without unnecessary crippling of the industry. It is also essential that stockmen should not be kept in constant temporary The pavers then go to Sycamore street to begin operations on North Los Angeles street. Howard Gates writes from Nagasaki under date Sept. 30, that he will sail on the U.S. Transport Buffalo from that port to San Francisco. He expects to reach the home shore in three weeks from the date of sailing. Howard has been in the Philippines several years and has a fine record in the hospital service. Billy Wallace had a fine crop of mushrooms coming on, but a too copious application of water put them in bad. Billy is a new hand at the business, and is up and at them again, with a view to growing as fine a mushroom as he ever saw east. Postoffice receipts for the nine months of 1909 just past show an increase of $700 over the same period last year. For the six months ending October 1, receipts were $4200, and in order to secure free city delivery a total of $10,000 must be received by the first of April next. Eight carloads of walnuts have been shipped from West Anaheim station by the local association, and twenty cars remain to be shipped. The nuts all go to eastern points. Prof. Tople reports that during the past two days twenty new pupils have been admitted to the Central grammar and primary schools. The former now has 340 pupils. Chilly Fischer went to Los Angeles on Tuesday to size up the baseball situation. Chilly is working for enclosed baseball grounds, and he expects to have new suits for the home club. The engagement is announced of Fred C. Conrad Jr. to Miss Stella Louise Blom, popular young people of this city. The wedding will take place on Thanksgiving day. Mayor Rust is making wine. A visit to the mayor's cellar makes one forget his troubles and imagine himself in celestial regions. Prof. Walker's bicycle was stolen the first of the week, but was recovered in East Center street, where it had evidently been left by the larcenist. H. Schwentker reports the sale of the Davis residence property on Philadelphia street to W. L. Finney for $2450. The cannery has a force of fifty hands canning tomatoes. About forty cars of canned tomatoes will be shipped this season. Great Britain Is a Generous Buyer of Calif. Oranges United Kingdom Consumes Up To 30,000 Cars Yearly Says Fruit Chieftain Disclosing that the United Kingdom consumes 30,000 cars of oranges and 20,000 cars of grapefruit annually, George J. Webb, managing director of the Fruit and Produce Exchange of Great Britain, explained the distribution of citrus fruit in that country at the weekly meeting of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. "California's Sunkist citrus fruits are the standard which other countries strive to equal in dependability and popular demand," he said. Empire sources furnished 27 per cent of the oranges and 43 per cent of the grapefruit consumed last year. In addition to California, the British eat oranges or grapefruit, or both, from Spain, South Africa, Palestine, Brazil, Australia, West Indies and Paraguay, which recently began grapefruit exports. California and Florida furnish from 5,000 to 6,000 cars annually, with Florida the leading source of grapefruit, but California far ahead on oranges. From 4,000 to 6,000 cars of American deciduous fruit are used in Great Britain annually, and come largely from the Pacific coast. Ocean freight from Spain and Palestine to London ranges from 17 to 30 cents per box, the speaker said. Distribution facilities are poor in London, ships docking as much as 30 miles from the markets or auctions, which means lack of concentrated buying power. John King Not To Support Sinclair Repudiation of Upton Sinclair as a democrat and a declaration that it will not support his candidacy for governor were announced in its last issue by the Hemet News, published by John E. King, for many years a wheelhorse of the democratic party in Southern California, who is well known politically throughout the state. He was defeated for democratic nomination for 19th district congressman by Sam Collins at the primaries. In part the statement said: "For nearly a quarter of a century the Hemet News in its editorial policies has supported the democratic party. Until such time as we are convinced that the party has failed in its responsibility to the people, this will continue to be an independent democratic newspapers. "But the Hemet News will not support the candidacy of Upton Sinclair for governor of California! This decision has been reached after a careful consideration of the apparent consequences to the state if the more radical theories and doctrines of this political opportunist should be put into political practice. "The picture of a fake democrat running off with the party nomination for governor is fantastic." Illinoisans Will Picnic October 20 Illinoisans of Southern California are invited to the picnic reunion to be held Saturday, Oct. 20, in Sycamore Grove park, Los Angeles, where President Henry J. Bubaker of the state society announces county registers, hot coffee, silk badges and a popular program. Illinoisans Will Picnic October 20 Illinoisans of Southern California are invited to the picnic reunion to be held Saturday, Oct. 20, in Sycamore Grove park, Los Angeles, where President Henry J. Bubaker of the state society announces county registers, hot coffee, silk badges and a popular program. Ocean freight from Spain and Palestine to London ranges from 17 to 30 cents per box, the speaker said. Distribution facilities are poor in London, ships docking as much as 30 miles from the markets or auctions, which means lack of concentrated buying power. Mr. Webb described the sale of fruits in the big auctions in London, Glasgow, Liverpool and Hull. "We often have several ships in a port from as many countries in a day," he said, "and while everyone finds time to have tea and everyone find stime to have tea and cakes." "Selling fruit at auction began in London almost one hundred years ago and is now generally practiced in the large markets because it brings the buyers together and is most efficient in speed and results," he said. "When we began advertising fruits 14 years ago, the first thing we did was to cable your Exchange for your advertising plan, and Sunkist is the leader now as it was then," said Webb. He stated that Great Britain now also has fruit advertising campaigns from Australia, New Zealand, Jaffa, South Africa and Canada through various cooperative arrangements between governments, shippers and distributors. John R. Colyer, London, a director, and Thomas A. Duthie, Pacific coast representative of Mr. Webb's organization, accompanied him. Mr. Colyer said that "there is a feeling of quiet confidence that things are on the up-grade throughout England." Repair and modernize with a Bank of America loan under the National Housing Act. Create employment! 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