anaheim-gazette 1935-02-14

Retail Sales Tax For Last Quarter Is Ahead of 1933 Last Year's Levy Is Expected To Exceed 53 Millions As Collections Are Good California retail sales taxes for the last quarter of 1934 are running 13 percent ahead of collections for 1933, and will bring payments for last year up to a total exceeding $53,500,000. This was revealed when the state board of equalization announced that collections have been $1,550,000 more for the closing quarter of 1934 than for the same quarter in 1933 at a corresponding date. Payments of 2½ percent tax on retail sales made during the last quarter now amount to $13,900,000. These cover 160,000 retail establishments as against 135,000 for which the returns had been received for the final quarter a year ago. Commenting on the fact retailers have made returns more promptly this year, the board said: "Improvement in business conditions is shown not only by increased collections but by the fact that fewer merchants have asked to defer their sales tax payments. It is significant that sales tax returns have been made for 15,000 more retail stores than were received by a corresponding date last year. All these circumstances point to better times." When full collections have been made, the board estimates that the taxes for the final quarter of last year will reach a total of $14,300,000 as contrasted with $12,642,000 paid for the quarter ended December 31, 1933. Total sales tax payments for the first three quarters of 1934 were as follows: Quarter Ended Amount of Tax Welder Wins First Prize for Design For Gas Insignia Construction Foreman Gets Second Award Out of 118 Designs Submitted When the Southern Counties Gas company decided to adopt a new insignia the method used was to give its employees an opportunity to submit designs and sketches. A competition was arranged with simple rules and prize awards for first and second place. Carl Meredith, a welder employed in the company's Monrovia district, was the winner in the competition and his prize-winning sketch is shown here. Second place for a somewhat similar design was awarded to R. J. Klaasen, a construction foreman at Whittier. The committee of judges selected from among company officials at the general offices, selected the prize win- Half Million Off Car To Enormous Tank Anchor Of Fishing More than with the season C. Davis, exec natural resource. This enormously fear that if taken at this boats, the great come exterminate end to taking coast, which a of dollars of money spent in the size of and the improvising the torr. Up to Decent tons of sardine purposes, excision plants Davis that up 102,000 tons or by these floating The statistic Division estimate that from there could be 250,000 tons made through control these plants, which state 3-mile in quantity of salt or tax, and are control. Carl F. John Citrus Growers To Attend Institute On February 26th To Be Held at San Bernardino During Orange Show Week; Announce Program Many Orange county citrus growers will attend the winter institute for California citrus growers at San Bernardino on February 26, at the Elks club building. The sessions are held during the orange show week, according to Farm Advisor Harold E. Wahlberg, so that those planning to attend may see the orange show on the same trip. The program just issued is as follows: Morning Session 10:00 A.M.—"Citrus Products and Their Relation to the Citrus Industry," M. L. Chapman, Ontario Sales Manager, Products Department, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Los Angeles. "Economic Results of Chain Store Buying Upon the Producer," Milton Gair, Gair's Incorporated, Redlands. "Citrus Marketing Agreements, Prices, Distribution, Over-Planting, etc." Paul S. Armstrong, Manager, California Fruit Grower's Exchange, Los Angeles. 12:00 noon Lunch, Cafeteria, Elks Club Afternoon Session 1:30 P.M.—"Legal Aspects of Citrus Marketing Agreements," Bruce W. McDaniel, Assistant General Manager, and General Counsel, Mutual Orange Distributors, Redlands. "Agricultural Credit Accomplishments," Willard D. Ellis, Farm Credit Administration, Berkeley, Calif. "News from Washington," R. W. Blackburn, Thermal President of the Company The committee of judges selected from among company officials at the general offices, selected the prize winners from 118 designs submitted by 52 employees. The high pressure gas holders, of the type originated by the company's engineers some years ago, and which is now used in many communities for a reserve supply of gas in the event of an emergency, is the central motif in the design. The holder is shown in natural colors on a dark background upon which is superimposed the company's name in attractive lettering. 2535 Applications From Veterans To Be Acted On Soon Preliminary Work Expedited As Move Promises Aid To Heavy Industries John P. Brennan, chairman of the veterans' welfare board, announces that 2,535 veteran applications, which were tentatively approved by the veterans' welfare board at a meeting held in Sacramento on Saturday, February 2, were forwarded to the board's district offices for interview. All applications have been considered up to the 42,000 series, and were acted upon in numerical order. The number of applications forwarded to each district was as follows: Los Angeles district 1,125 San Francisco district 689 Oakland district 306 Sacramento district 269 Fresno district 146 All preliminary work is being expedited, and the board is ready to launch an effective and speedy investment program immediately after the first bonds are sold. Brennan stated, after completing a state-wide survey, that good building lots are available at a low price, which will probably encourage a majority of veterans to build new homes—thereby greatly benefiting all building trades. The "liquid test" ...it ENDS bowel worries for many people This is a test that tells you whether the system needs a cathartic change. 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Dr. Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN Gorgeous Flowers Coming To Life In Death Valley From Death Valley National Monument comes the report that evidence of the approach of spring is seen on every hand. Plants are pushing their green stalks up between the rocks and flowers are beginning to bloom along the great fans. Temperatures average from 71 to 75 degrees for high, with the average minimum from 45 to 41. Days are clear and sunny. Road conditions are generally good, according to highway enthusiasts. From Baker to Shoshone is good, with the exception of a short section near Silver Lake, where construction is under way. From Shoshone to Death Valley, either by way of Death Valley Junction or Salsbury and Jubilee Passes, the roads are in good shape. Those motorists who plan to drive first to Las Vegas, thence to Death Valley, will find the route from Las Vegas via Beatty in excellent condition, with the exception of a rough stretch between Beatty and Daylight Pass. The route from Olancha or Lone Pine via Darwin, thence over Towne's Pass which was taken over by the state recently and the toll eliminated, is being maintained in excellent condition. Any time between now and May 1st may be considered as ideal to make a trip to Death Valley. Half Million Tons of Sardines Caught Off California Coast Causes Sportsmen To Ponder Question of Extermination Enormous Tonnage Brings Protests as Floating Reduction Plants Anchor off Coast and Prosper at Expense of Other Legitimate Fishing, Both Sport and Commercial; To Limit Catches More than 500,000 tons of sardines have been taken off the California coast with the season not yet completed, according to a report compiled by Herbert C. Davis, executive officer of the division of fish and game, department of natural resources. This enormous tonnage has brought many protests from sportsmen who fear that if sardines continue to be taken at this rate by the commercial boats, the great schools will soon become exterminated, thus putting an end to taking of game fish along the coast, which annually produces millions of dollars of revenue for the state in money spent by sportsmen. Increase in the size of commercial sardine boats, and the improved methods of netting is raising the tonnage each month. Up to December 31, nearly 400,000 tons of sardines had been taken for all purposes, exclusive of the floating reduction plants. It is estimated by Mr. Davis that up to December 31 about 102,000 tons of sardines were received by these floating plants. The statistical department of the Division estimated early in the season that from the conservative viewpoint, there could be taken safely only about 250,000 tons. Efforts are now being made through legislation proposed to control these floating sardine reduction plants, which tie up outside of the state 3-mile limit, receive an unlimited quantity of sardines, pay no license fee or tax, and are entirely outside of state control. Carl F. Johnson, president of the California fish and game development association, an organization which includes thousands of sportsmen in southern California, recently pointed out the menace to the ocean fishing industry if stricter regulations are not enforced in relation to the commercial catching of sardines. He states that large sardine boats with a capacity of 80 tons of fish have been built and these boats have purse seines which are in some cases a half-mile long and 150 feet deep, it is safe to say that no fish caught within the nets comes out alive. He asserts that the market for fish meal, fertilizer and animal food is tremendous and the supply of ocean fish can not keep up with the demand. The division of fish and game is endeavoring to promote conservation along this line through the means of permits for reduction which are granted to the commercial fisheries. Another significant part of the commercial fisheries report is the comparative catch of mackerel in California against the eastern coast. During 1934, the California catch was 113,000-000 pounds. The entire catch for all Atlantic coast states was about 136-000,000 pounds. Canker Disease of Tomatoes Treated By Mercury Wash Expert Outlines Methods By Which Disease Can Be Curtailed By GILBERT L. STOUT, Associate Plant Pathologist, California State Dept. of Agriculture In recent years the bacterial canker disease of tomatoes has caused serious losses to tomato growers. This disease, caused by a bacterial germ, is infectious in nature and results in wilting and death of infected plants. The germs of the disease are carried on the tomato seed when seed is taken from infected plants. Because of the seed borne nature of the disease it has been very widespread. The selection of tomato seed from fields that are free of this disease is the first important step in a program of precaution against it, but due to the widespread prevalence of tomato gambar and the resulting difficulty of obtaining disease-free seed, it is important to give a chemical treatment to all tomato seed before planting. The germ of the disease is carried not only on the surface of the seed but also inside of the seed. The chemical treatment of seed will kill the germ on the outside, but not those on the inside. The treatment, therefore, will not give complete insurance against seed borne infection, but it is valuable for the elimination of surface infection or contamination and for thereby reducing the amount of disease. Treatment consists of soaking the tomato seed for five to ten minutes in solution of bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate, one part of the chemical to three thousand parts of water). Men against the rain is one way of picturing the problem of soil erosion, and that's what we're going to talk about. But don't go away, because we're not going to slay you with a lot of facts and figures. We'll just chat about it as though we had met in a fence corner and were waiting for the better half to wave us in to dinner. There are two kinds of erosion: natural and man-made. Nature takes a million years to tear down a mountain and fill a valley by erosion—and there's nothing to get excited about in that. Nature takes ten thousand years to build up just one foot of good rich humus filled earth and man comes along and by means of accelerated, man-made erosion destroys ten thousand and years of nature's work in less than one life time. Isn't that something-read on. There's nothing mysterious about man-made erosion, nor about the means of control. The only mysterious phase of the question is how a nation so progressive as the United States could, for so long, ignore the greatest enemy that the agriculturist has ever had. Did you know that this thief that comes with the rain has already robbed the farmers of America of ten billion centers of a populous and productive land. What it has done to China, with its legends of the once fertile Gobi, it will most surely do to our children's children, if not recognized as a menace and stopped in time. Is the recognition of erosion as a vital problem something new? George Washington warned the Colonies that erosion would surely impoverish the land if not prevented — and today along the Atlantic seaboard there are hundreds of square miles of land that, even with the aid of fertilizer, will only produce a small fraction of what the raw land did a hundred years ago. Thomas Jefferson, statesman, aristocrat, and wise agriculturist, recognized the menace of erosion as one to be dealt with if his lands and his people were to remain prosperous. Now, let's talk about some people who not only recognized the problem, but did something about it. The ancient Incas of Peru, in the valleys of the Andes, met and licked old man erosion by means of terraces long before our white ancestors had ceased chasing deer for their T-bone and using the limestone caves of central Europe for their boudours. Get this picture. Today in the United States there are many mountain-side farms being abandoned within seven years after the virgin soil Murdy Wins First In Herd Contests Ned Clinton of Garden Grove Cops Second In Herds of 36 Cows or Less Herd testing for butterfat production is carried on primarily as a means of giving the owner a complete yearly record of the milk and butterfat production of each cow in his herd, on which to base his feeding, breeding and culinary operations at a minimum of expense. As a diversion, and as a means of stimulating a little friendly rivalry competition classes are set up by the farm advisor's office. In the class of herds of 36 cows and less, A. C. Murdy Smeltzer, was first with an average of 49.2 pounds butterfat. Ned Clinton of Garden Grove was second with an average of 40.3 pounds of butterfat. In the class of 35 to 65 cows, Peter DeBoer, Buena Park, was first with an average of 47.8 pounds of butterfat. Delos Patterson, of Santa Ana, was second with an average of 42.1 pounds butterfat. In herds of 65 cows and over, Alis Dairy had high hectal average with 45 There's nothing mysterious about man-made erosion, nor about the means of control. The only mysterious phase of the question is how a nation so progressive as the United States could, for so long, ignore the greatest enemy that the agriculturist has ever had. Did you know that this thief that comes with the rain has already robbed the farmers of America of ten billion dollars? How much money is ten billion dollars? Take a look at one silver dollar and then take a look at a box car. It would require fifty puffing freight engines dragging silver dollar specials to haul the money out of this country that old man erosion has got away with since the Pilgrims first started raising their own makings for plum puddings and apple pies. Last year the erosion special pulled out on a one way schedule taking land values equal to 15 box cars full of silver dollars, and the same train is due to go again next year, and the year after that, and every year from now on if the people in America do not awake to the fact that erosion unchecked will turn the greater part of this nation into a desolate barren waste. Are you impressed? What if a foreign nation should suddenly demand ninety thousand acres of the choicest land in your county? You would grab a gun and go out to get yourself an invader, wouldn't you? Erosion has taken ninety thousand acres of rich land in one county in the United States, and that's only a small sample of what it has done in the entire country. Man-made erosion has a past that would make public enemy No. 1 seem a shrinking violet. Historians concede that it played a tragic part in causing the mass movements of men throughout the span of history. It had its gasping hand in the affairs of those races who lived and prospered in the centuries past, only to leave crumbling ruins in a desert to become dead reminders that they were once the Now, let's talk about some people who not only recognized the problem, but did something about it. The ancient Incas of Peru, in the valleys of the Andes, met and licked old man erosion by means of terraces long before our white ancestors had ceased chasing deer for their T-bone and using the limestone caves of central Europe for their boudoirs. Get this picture. Today in the United States there are many mountain-side farms being abandoned within seven years after the virgin soil is first turned. Seven years the life of a farm because man-induced erosion takes the precious humus bearing top soil! Today, in the valleys of the Andes, the descendants of the ancient Incas are profitably farming the very same plots laid out by their ancestors, a full four thousand years ago. There's the picture, and the control of erosion is the one possible explanation. Japan, for more than 50 years, has been spending as high as three times the present value of the land in protecting that precious layer of top soil that nature has so laboriously built up. The Japanese worship their ancestors, but are equally conscious of their obligations to the future generations. You and I are going to be some one's ancestors, and this very same earth we till today is going to be theirs some day. Our care in handling the soil while we own it will decide whether our descendants are prosperous and happy, or whether they are a miserable mass of humanity digging roots for food in the congested valleys like the Chinese, who look at the great desert of the Gobi and think of their ancestors, who once lived happily there in a bountiful land. This is the first of a number of informal discussions regarding soil erosion and its control, written especially for the Anaheim Gazette by Harry E. Reddick, regional director of the U.S. Soil Erosion Service of California. Next week Mr. Reddick will tell the readers of the Anahelm Gazette why "Good Men Have Robbed Their Children." While stormy weather has possibly contributed to a lowering of the average January butterfat production on the cows in the cow-testing association it will materially improve feed conditions later," said W. M. Cory, assistant farm advisor. Feed for both range and dairy cattle is far in advance of normal growth for this season of the year. That there was a decrease in production is evidenced by the fact that the average butterfat production in January 1934 was 41.7 pounds, while only 38.5 pounds this year. This is based on records obtained from 22 herds testing having a total of 1,433 cows. These animals averaged 892 pounds of milk having an average test of 4.32% fat. History of Anaheim Officially Recorded In Minutes of Anaheim Water Company, Which are Copyrighted, 1932, by Anaheim Gazette, and Printed In Weekly Installments Town Hall, August 7, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present Messrs. Reiser, Korn, Hartung and Melrose. Absent Dreyfus. The minutes of the meetings held on July 7, 24 and 31st, and August 5th, approved. The following bills were ordered paid: H. Knapke, $71; R. Melrose, $14.50; A. Langenberger, $4.31; officers' salaries, $80; Scott & Montgomery, $200; total, $369.81. A communication from Julius Lyons was read and was ordered on file. The secretary reported the return of the following certificate No. 34, 10 shares. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was resolved that an assessment of 50 cents per share be levied payable on or before Saturday, September 4th, 1880, and delinquent stock to be sold on Saturday, October 2nd, 1880. The receipts of the meeting were: On account of 12th assessment, $68; on account of advertising, $3; sale of water, $22.72 total, $93.72. Adjourned. R. Melrose, Secretary. Town Hall, August 14, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present Messrs. Hartung, Korn and Melrose. Absent Reiser and Dryfus. The president and vice president both being absent, Mr. Hartung was elected to the chair. The minutes of the meeting held on August 7th were read and instructed to proceed forthwith and procure the consent of the commissioner of the Cajon Irrigation company to the discharge of the zanjeros, A. and R. Novarro. The president appointed Mr. Dreyfus a committee, as provided in the first resolution, after which the meeting adjourned. Town Hall, August 21, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present Messrs. Reiser, Hartung, Dreyfus, Korn and Melrose. The minutes of the meeting held on August 14, and of the special meeting held on August 16, were read and approved. President Reiser stated that his absence from the meeting on August 14 was owing to his presence in Los Angeles. Mr. Dreyfus, the special committee appointed at the meeting held on August 16, reported that he had visited the Yorbas, and spoken to them regarding the matter of using their ditch. They had invited him to come again during the coming week, and he therefore asked that more time be granted him in which to report. His request was complied with. Mr. Dreyfus reported that while in San Francisco he had examined several safes, and mentioned the condition and prices of the same. He offered to sell the company for $150 a safe which had cost his firm $280, which he would guarantee in every particular. His offer was accepted. Mr. Dreyfus further reported that he had conferred with Thomas H. Smith Wins First Herd Contests On of Garden Grove second In Herds of Cows or Less For butterfat production primarily as a means of owner a complete yearly milk and butterfat produce cow in his herd, on which breeding, breeding and cultivation at a minimum of ex- ersion, and as a means of a little friendly rivalry, classes are set up by the's office. In the class of cows and less, A. C. Murdy, is first with an average of butterfat. Ned Clinton of was second with an 0.3 pounds of butterfat. Of 35 to 65 cows, Peter Ana Park, was first with an 17.8 pounds of butterfat. Jason, of Santa Ana, was an average of 42.1 pounds. R. Melrose, Secretary. Town Hall, August 14, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present, Messrs. Hartung, Korn and Melrose. Absent, Reiser and Dryfus. The president and vice president both being absent, Mr. Hartung was elected to the chair. The minutes of the meeting held on August 7th were read and approved. The secretary reported the return of the following shares: Tim Boege, certificate No. 77, 20 shares; Marshall Haight, certificate No. 45, 8 shares. The following bills were ordered paid: A. Novarro, $20; R. Novarro, $20; A. Guillen, $17.50; F. A. Korn, $21; H. Knapke, $5; L. F. Lewis, $1; F. J. J. Schmidt, $75; total, $159.50. The bill of Leonard Parker for $9 was rejected. The secretary was instructed to write to Thomas H. Smith Esq., and procure the bill of costs in the case of the Anaheim Water company against A. Wright et al. for the purpose of examining the same. It having been represented by the zanjero and commissioner that but little water was flowing through the Cajon ditch, a motion to discharge the zanjeros in charge of the ditch was withdrawn with the understanding that a special meeting to consider the matter be held on Monday, August 16th, at 10 a.m., which was agreed to. The receipts of the meeting were: On account of 12th assessment, $3; on account of 13th assessment, $3; reissue of certificate, .50; sale of water, $23.50; total, $30, which was turned over to the treasurer at the close of the meeting. Adjourned until Monday, 16th inst., at 10 a.m. R. Melrose, Secretary. Town Hall, Aug. 28, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present, Messrs. Reiser, Dreyfus, Korn and Melrose. Absent, Hartung. The minutes of the meeting held on August 21st were read and approved. Mr. Dreyfus reported that while in San Francisco he had examined several safes, and mentioned the condition and prices of the same. He offered to sell the company for $150 a safe which had cost his firm $280, which he would guarantee in every particular. His offer was accepted. Mr. Dreyfus further reported that he had conferred with Thomas H. Smith Esq., in regard to quieting our title to the water in the river, and Mr. Smith had promised to guard our interest in the matter. The following bills were ordered paid: A. and R. Novarro, $9.33; W. R. Olden, $5; D. J. Sorenson, $5; S. M. White, $234.35; M. L. Wicks, $67.40; total, $321.08. The bill of D. J. Sorenson above reported was for $7.50, but the board deemed $5 sufficient remuneration. The receipts of the meeting were as follows: sale of water, $28.50; account 13th assessment, $5; total, $33.50, which amount was turned over to the treasurer at the close of the meeting. R. Melrose, Secretary. Town Hall, Aug. 28, 1880. The board of directors of the Anaheim Water company met in regular weekly session. Present, Messrs. Reiser, Dreyfus, Korn and Melrose. Absent, Hartung. The minutes of the meeting held on August 21st were read and approved. Mr. Dreyfus was given further time in which to report in regard to the Yorba ditch. The following bills were ordered paid: A. Robinson, trustee, $156.12; H. Knapke, $24.55; B. Rreyfus & Co., $7.15; total, $187.82. The bill of A. Robinson, trustee, above reported, was originally rendered for $198.69, but was reduced by him to the sum ordered paid. The receipts of the meeting were as follows: On account of assessment No. 13, $12.50; sale of water, $20; total, $32.50, which was turned over to the treasurer at the close of the meeting. R. Melrose, Secretary. Homer A. Nelson, Opt.D. OPTOMETRIST Phone 3104 114 N.Lemon St. Anaheim.Callf Three Simple Steps to Ease a Sore Throat in Three Minutes Modern Scientific Method Wonderfully Easy REMEMBER PICTURES HERE Here's a safe, modern and effective way to relieve sore throat. A way that eases the pain, rawness and irritation in as little as two or three minutes. Many doctors advise it and millions are following this way. Try it. All you do is crush and stir 3 BAYER Aspirin Tablets in ¼ glass of water and gargle with it twice—as pictured here. 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