anaheim-gazette 1937-07-15

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Established 1870 Orange County's Oldest Newspaper HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1887-1935 The Anaheim Gazette has been owned and edited by the same family since 1875. Published every Thursday at 259 East Center Street, Anaheim, Calif. MRS. HENRY KUCHEL — THEODORE B. KUCHEL Editors and Publishers VISIBLE VS. INVISIBLE TAXES— "It would be an excellent thing if some of the many taxes now levied indirectly were promptly scrapped in favor of direct personal taxes, even on the smallest incomes," says the New York Times. "That would give us an electorate with a greater sense of responsibility in the matter of public finance, and legislatures with more backbone in the matter of retrenchment." The persistent belief possessed by millions of citizens that they pay no taxes whatsoever because their incomes fall below certain "income tax exemptions"—coupled with the attitude that "the rich guys have to pay"—has bred an almost callous disregard for government spending. Direct taxes constitute a minor part of government income, while indirect taxes on food, clothing, drugs, amusements — everything we buy and use — fall proportionately heavier on the poor than on the well-to-do, because there are fewer of the latter. The Times' suggestion to have direct taxes supplant some of the indirect taxes, is an excellent one. Unfortunately our lawmakers always eye such ideas with enmity, because of their potential political repercussions. But the fact remains that all of us pay taxes, and that persons of moderate means are proportionately the heaviest taxpayers. This should be constantly repeated and emphasized. Eventually it will sink in on the voter and then the lawmakers will act. The Times' suggestion to have direct taxes supplant some of the indirect taxes, is an excellent one. Unfortunately our lawmakers always eye such ideas with enmity, because of their potential political repercussions. But the fact remains that all of us pay taxes, and that persons of moderate means are proportionately the heaviest taxpayers. This should be constantly repeated and emphasized. Eventually it will sink in on the voter and then the lawmakers will act. NO "BOMBS" TODAY, THANK YOU— Thirty days without a traffic fatality! That is a record of which San Diego, California, may justly be proud. It is the result of an aggressive safety campaign initiated by local officials who had become alarmed by the staggering number of traffic deaths occurring within their city. To fully illustrate the impressive results obtained, the safety committee of the local post of the American Legion prepared a chart closely resembling an ordinary index of business activity. The traffic death rate before the drive was represented by a diagonal line, reaching its peak in the upper right hand corner of the chart, darkly hinting at a breath-taking and horrifying, "boom" in the "death business." Reduced to figures this line meant that on average, one person was killed every three and eight-tenths days. Results of the drive were represented by another line that showed that the death rate had been reduced to one person each fourteen and three-tenths days—a decrease of almost 80 per cent. Success of the safety campaign was attributed to the fact that the police "cracked down" and the courts backed them up by handling cases efficiently and impartially. Too, San Diego's leading newspapers aroused in the public a spirit of wholehearted cooperation with a steady stream of constructive and helpful publicity. San Diego's fine record conclusively proves that safety campaigns, seriously undertaken, can accomplish surprisingly effective results in any community. BLACK AND WHITE COAL— Judged on economic grounds, the Tennessee Valley Authority electric production system is wasteful—and power could be produced from modern steam plants at a cost of less than half as much as TVA hydro plants. That is the gist of a recent speech by C. W. Kellogg, President of the Edison Electric Institute, on the subject of "Black and White Coal." Mr. Kellogg backs his assertions with a complete set of statistics. Using official figures as a base, he finds that the investment cost per kilowatt of firm power averaged for the eight dams building or to be built on the Tennessee River, is $537. Costs of operation are 9 per cent of this—$40.30 per kilowatt annually. Asuming an annual load factor of 50 per cent, which is much higher than the national average, the FREE SHEETS Santa Ana started something along a line which is of some interest in most other towns in the county, though the issue there is of no importance except to county seaters, and probably not to many of them. It has to do with the distribution of free advertising literature in the way of handbills, shopping news papers, and other sheets. The thing gets so bad some places that people get tired of the litter it makes on the lawns. This seems to be the case in Santa Ana. Some years ago the ten owner of the Santa Ana Register got ordinance passed in that city, prohibiting throwing this sort of fire on lawns, driveways, etc. Fueled enough, when last week the city police was urged to enforce old ordinance two of the three people "arrested" were the daily newspapers there. The above mentioned urge was reported to meet come from the commercial printers. They sign a request that the ordinance be enforced, but claim that real urge behind it came from citizens who were tired of cleaning up the litter. One interesting point brought out is that the two daily paper each distribute some free sheet Another free weekly sheet untouched. It is noted that weekly and the chief of police close friends. Hence a loud chant of favoritism. Another point of more importance is the possible effect on distribution of free sheets by Santa Ana publishers in towns other than Santa Ana, and in uninspired territories. This has been an irritating point in all small towns, where free sheets from larger towns are scattered far wide. There is a real question whether or not large increase in this type of material has not defeated its end. Good advertising may incline to believe it has. Advertisers unquestionably have increased ill will toward themselves. That is the gist of a recent speech by C. W. Kellogg, President of the Edison Electric Institute, on the subject of "Black and White Coal." Mr. Kellogg backs his assertions with a complete set of statistics. Using official figures as a base, he finds that the investment cost per kilowatt of firm power averaged for the eight dams building or to be built on the Tennessee River, is $537. Costs of operation are 9 per cent of this—$40.30 per kilowatt annually. Asuming an annual load factor of 50 per cent, which is much higher than the national average, the cost per kilowatt hour for fixed charges about 19.2 mills. If .3 mill is added for maintenance and operation, the actual minimum cost per kilowatt hour produced is 9.5 mills—almost a cent. What would be the cost if a modern steam plant were used to produce electricity in the region? Installation cost of such a plant would amount to about $90 per kilowatt. With a 50 per cent annual load factor, it would turn out a kilowatt hour of power for about each .89 pound of coal used—and coal can be obtained in the valley from the near West Virginia mines at $4 per ton. Adding fixed charges on the same basis as in the previous computation, Mr. Kellogg finds that the cost of producing each kilowatt hour of steam power from such a plant, would be 3.992 mills—just 41 per cent of the cost of firm power from the TVA hydro plants. Thus, examined purely on economic and scientific grounds, the TVA hydro systems are excessively costly. Furthermore, steam systems, though they cost far less to build, require much more labor to operate than do hydro systems—to say nothing of the vast amounts of labor used in producing the coal employed, for which there is no equivalent in hydro plants, inasmuch as nature, not man, produces the water. THE SAGES AGREE "Drink enough water and get enough sleep—but don't eat too much, exercise too strenuously or work too hard!" That's the program advocated by the U.S. Public Health Service for avoiding heat prostration, which has been working havoc these humid summer days in many eastern cities. BOND BALLOTS County Clerk Joe Backs sent out the sample ballots to the flood control bond election Voters received them this week. The ballots state the main position, and while it is in relatively brief form it takes so careful reading before the vote can tell exactly what is proposed. As stated on the ballots, question requires nearly words; all strung together in one sentence. However, neither fact nor the bad English a syntax should be blamed on the clerk. He has to get it up according to the dictates of the law. There will be a total of 130,000 ballots printed. The total registration is over 57,000. A same ballot has to be sent to each voter. Then there must be provide for election day a ballot for every registration and 20 per cent additional. Not half of them will be used, but here again it is the clerk's fault. He has to give what the law requires. Altogether LIGHTING THE FUSE LABOR AGITATOR PUBLIC OPINION POWDER KEG ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY WATCHTOWER A Compilation of Observation and Comment by and for the Weekly Newspapers of the County: - Kington Beach News - Newport Beach News - Mesa Globe News - Westminster Gazette - Buena Park News - Anahiem Gazette - Seal Beach Post - Cabra Star SHEETS er it adds up to quite a bit of paper, even though the ballots are not very large Welfare Roll at New High Figure "As the result of the heaviest intake of old age security applications in the history of the department, total Orange county welfare rolls reached 2,600 as of June 30," Director Jack W. Snow reported to the board of supervisors Tuesday when he made his monthly report. The increase is 270 over the 2330 case load at the end of May, and is due entirely to old age security cases, Snow pointed out. The rush of applications is due to the public attention attracted to the liberalized old age security act signed last month by the governor. Administrative costs of the welfare department showed a slight decline during June to 9.46% of total expenditures, Snow's report shows. The administrative cost per case declined from $2.77 in May to $2.59 in June. Estimated cost of investigating old age security and blind applications showed an increase of $2 each to $11.63. Transportation Tax Revenue Shows Gain State income from the motor vehicle transportation tax in June amounted to $195,592.20, an increase of 20.4 per cent over the same month last year, according to the state board of equalization. This amount brought the year's revenue from the truck tax up to $821,012.65, an increase of 16.6 per cent, the report stated. The levy amounts to 3 per cent of the gross receipts of taxable companies. Forestry Services Uses Parachute to Supply When you can toss 108 of a plane and lower its feet in a homemade parachute only slight damage to two hen fruit—that's news rangers who are carrying series of experiments in supplies from planes to fire fighters, are sure that hen has not been given for the lopsided sturdiness product. Not only eggs but glass jars, canned milk sorts of eatables as well, and water were dropped forest service last fall near couver, Washington. parts of the western nationests package dropping planes is and will continue vast aid in supplying fire crews. These experiments determine methods and by which supplies could be ed by simple yet effective chutes in regions where transportation has not been developed. The most so far seem to be a bus sack, opened and tied in corners to shrouds 17 ft. Such a "chute" is very can be made in less than five can be used repeatedly lower about 100 pounds items. The hyrax has suction the soles of its feet, en route up a perpendicular face. WEEKLY WATCHTOWER A Compilation of Observation and Comment by and for the Weekly Newspapers of the County: Bingham Beach News Newport Beach News Garden Grove News Westminster Gazette Coastline Dispatch Buena Park News Yorba Linda Star Anaconda Courier Tustin News Seal Beach Post Brea Progress SHEETS A man started something a line which is of some interest in most other towns of county, though the issue is of no importance except county seats, and probably many of them. He was to do with the distribution of free advertising literature, way of handbills, shopping papers, and other free things. The thing gets so bad in places that people get tired of litter it makes on their this seems to be the case Santa Ana. The years ago the ten owner Santa Ana Register got an ence passed in that city, pro- ging throwing this sort of stuff runs, driveways, etc. Funny ain't when last week the chief cee was urged to enforce the ordinance two of the three "arrested" were the two newspapers there. Above mentioned urging reported to insert come from commercial printers. They did request that the ordinance forced, but claim that the large behind it came from who were tired of clean-the litter. Interesting point brought that the two daily papers distribute some free sheets. Her free weekly sheet was chewed. It is noted that this and the chief of police are friends. Hence a loud charge orism. Another point of more importa s the possible effect on dis- son of free sheets by Santa publishers in towns other Santa Ana, and in unincor- nated territory. This has been initiating point in all small where free sheets from the towns are scattered far and wide. It is a real question whether large increase in this sort material has not defeated its end. Good advertising men defined to believe it has. Ad- ers unquestionably have cre- wall toward themselves. COVET THE GLORY It leaks out from some inside sources that a rather comical complaint has been voiced by some members of one political party in Orange county. The complaint is that in making up the central committee to push the vote for the flood control bonds this party was completely neglected, and that every member of the committee belongs to the other party. This committee hired a man to handle the publicity and advertising, and he is the only man in the county getting any pay for the campaign work. It happens he belongs to the party from which the complaints have come. However, it appears that the complaint does not concern itself with financial remuneration, but with glory. Some prestige, promi- nence and honor is supposed to go along with these committee jobs, and that's what the complainants wanted in on. Let us hasten to state, however, that the real leaders and the rank and file of the complaining party are not concerned. The objectors evidently are new in politics and haven't yet learned that State income from the motor vehicle transportation tax in June amounted to $195,592.20, an increase of 20.4 per cent over the same month last year, according to the state board of equalization. This amount brought the year's revenue from the truck tax up to $821,012.65, an increase of 16.6 per cent, the report stated. The levy amounts to 3 per cent of the gross receipts of taxable companies. POSSESSION OF A COMMITTEE JOB IS NOT Evidence Of Personal Importance. GEOLOGICAL OBJECTION Some objection to the coming flood control program is voiced in parts of North Orange county, same being based on the location of the Brea Creek and Carbon canyon dams. It is declared that geological data prove them to be over faults which might prove dangerous to them in case of an earthquake. Supporters of the proposition point out in reply that no matter how well-founded such objections might be, they are hardly grounds for defeat of the main program, and if further investigation sustained those objections the part of the program involving them could be changed later on. There is no desire nor sense in building dangerous dams, and there is little likelihood that such a mistake will be made. The thing to be careful about is to determine whether any objections offered are genuine and conscientious, or whether they are smoke screens and red herings brought forth to cloud the issue. NOW...LOW COST TRAVEL EAST IS Comfort, service featured on fast Chicago Economy Train No need to regret the necessity of traveling on a budget any more. 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A., Phone Santa Ana 3042 Forestry Service Uses Parachutes to Supply Goods When you can toss 108 eggs out of a plane and lower them 500 feet in a homemade parachute with only slight damage to two of the men fruit—that's news! Forest rangers who are carrying on a series of experiments in lowering supplies from planes to a camp of fire fighters, are sure that the old men has not been given credit for the lopsided sturdiness of her product. Not only eggs but pickles in glass jars, canned milk, and all sorts of eatables as well as tools and water were dropped by the forest service last fall near Vancouver, Washington. In many parts of the western national forests package dropping from airplanes is and will continue to be a vast aid in supplying fire fighting brews. These experiments are to determine methods and materials by which supplies could be lowered by simple yet effective parachutes in regions where ground transportation has not been highly developed. The most effective so far seem to be a burlap wool sack, opened and tied in the four corners to shrouds 17 feet long. Such a "chute" is very cheap, can be made in less than five minutes, can be used repeatedly and will lower about 100 pounds of some items. The hyrax has suction cups on the soles of its feet, enabling it to walk up a perpendicular rock face. Eligible Practices · Must be Reported Orange county farmers are urged by John Burnett, secretary of the Agricultural Conservation association, to call or write his office at 622 N. Main St., Santa Ana, and notify the association of the eligible practices which will qualify them for a grant under the 1937 agricultural conservation program. The checking of performance on eligible farms is to start at once. A soil building allowance will be determined for each eligible farm in Orange county. The maximum amount which may be earned, for each farm, according to Burnett, is determined by the soil building allowance. The allowance may be considered as a fund, set up for each farm, which can be drawn upon by putting soil building practices into effect. However, if the money is not earned by practices, the farmer does not get it. The barracuda fish has two sets of teeth in its upper jaw, and only one in its lower jaw. Increase Shown in Income from Tax on Liquors Sales of liquor excise tax stamps amounting to $638,910.36 during June brought the revenue from this source of state income up to $8,063,990.56 for the last fiscal year, the state board of equalization announced. The income from the excise tax amounted to $638,910 last month, an increase of 14.81 per cent over that of the same month of the previous year. The total for the fiscal year was 9.97 per cent above that of the previous 12-month period. Records of the board revealed that the tax on distilled spirits, collected by means of stamps at the rate of 80 cents a gallon, has netted the state a total of $15,396,-980 since its inception in 1935. As in previous months, almost half of the stamp sales were made in the Los Angeles district with a total of $270,310. San Francisco was second with $191,208 during June, and Sacramento third with sales of $61,646. Quickest of all - LONG DISTANCE To call AHEAD and plan a trip— To call homeward The hyrax has suction cups on the soles of its feet, enabling it to walk up a perpendicular rock face. CAMERA FANS You, Too, Can Take Newspictures! Not a School Nothing to Sell $1 PAID PICTURES WE BUY SPOT NEWSPICTURES! Co-operative Features, Inc., 360 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois LONG DISTANCE To call AHEAD and plan a trip— To call homeward and "be" with your loved ones— To close that deal at a distance— Telephone! The cost is low; attractive discount rates to many points are in effect between 7 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. and all day Sundays! Just Call BUSINESS OFFICE 217 N. LEMON ST., ANAHEIM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE COMPANY Anaheim 2101 HOW MUCH WILL THE NEXT FLOOD COST YOU? In 1916 the flood cost Orange county four lives and $1,800,000 in damage to agricultural land alone. Since that time the population has more than doubled and the assessed valuation has increased 300 per cent. Unless we tell the governLet's settle this We must have protection In 1916 the flood cost Orange county four lives and $1,800,000 in damage to agricultural land alone. Since that time the population has more than doubled and the assessed valuation has increased 300 per cent. Unless we tell the government we want those eight reservoirs for flood protection, the next flood will be tragic. Besides actual damage to lands and property, we would have another problem to face. Tax returns from private property damaged would be reduced. Cost would be high to repair damaged public property. Private property not damaged would pay higher tax rates to defray necessary expenses. We must have protection against future destructive floods. Centers of population are developing on areas of the greatest flood hazard. We can get permanent protection now at a cost unbelievably low. The government will invest $12,748,000 in construction of flood control works for Orange county. We must vote decisively in support of the water bond issue on July 27. Our share is only $2,500,000. Orange County Flood Control Campaign Committee Campaign Headquarters 696 North Main Street Santa Ana Phone 2201 A. J. McFADDEN, Santa Ana, Chairman DAIN E. GARDNER, Orange WALTER HUMPHREYS, Fullerton PAUL A. PALMER, Newport Harbor WILLIS H. WARNER, Huntington Beach