anaheim-gazette 1938-02-03

50 Years Ago February 9, 1888 Early last Saturday morning our people were astir in anticipation of the large excursion to arrive here from Los Angeles under the management of Staunton & Matthews of Los Angeles to the beautiful grounds known as the Summerfield and Zeyn tracts. Dozens of teams awaited the arrival of the people-laden train, ready and willing to transport the visitors to the auction grounds. Our streets presented a lively appearance as the people were rushing about in excitement, occasioned by the fact that they are imbued with new life and the anticipation of prosperous times here. The road across the sand wash from Crowther's is being graded up in fine style. More work is being expended upon it than altogether since it was first opened. As soon as it is packed down it will be a first class road. While the roadmaster was a little slow in getting around to this road, he has made up for it by doing a first-class job. Placentia people who have occasion to travel to Anaheim will remember him in their prayers. 25 Years Ago Feb. 6, 1913 Assemblyman Hans Weisel and wife returned on Sunday from Sacramento where the former attended the first session of the present legislature. Mr. Weisel was compelled to hasten his homecoming because of the illness of his wife, whose health was precarious in the disagreeable weather of the northern city. The assemblyman, who made an honorable record in the legislature, speaks in terms of high praise of Governor Johnson. The chief executive is easy of access in his office, he says, and meets all callers like an average citizen. The governor is one of the common people and sits in his office and smokes while attending to the business of the commonwealth. One needs no card for presentation to him, he is always in to callers and Mr. Weisel says that he considers him to be the best governor the state ever had. Green peas were sold this week at the highest wholesale price ever paid for them in the history of the Los Angeles markets, 22½ cents a pound. The peas were of the telephone variety from Orange county. This will make the retail away and renewing old acquaintances. Judgment quieting title to 2 acres of land in the north end of the county has been entered in favor of Joseph Fiscus against Leonia K. Northam, administratrix of the estate of R. J. Northam. Tipton and Cailor were attorneys for the plaintiff. J. W. Sackett and J. C. Callo way, two of the leading members of the Montana Colony, were in town on Saturday afternoon swapping yarns about the weather. City Clerk Merritt report building permits issued for the month of January totaling $9,900. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hatfield are spending the week at Anaheim Landing. John Hartung, of the First National Bank, has been appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Ruddock and has been given permission to carry weapons. Fictitious check artists who have been preying upon the bankers of Orange county lately will probably give the First National a wide berth hereafter. The road across the sand wash from Crowther's is being graded up in fine style. More work is being expended upon it than altogether since it was first opened. As soon as it is packed down it will be a first class road. While the roadmaster was a little slow in getting around to this road, he has made up for it by doing a first-class job. Placentia people who have occasion to travel to Anaheim will remember him in their prayers. The stockholders of the Anaheim, Olinda and Pomona Railroad company held a meeting yesterday in Anaheim and transacted the following business: An assessment of five percent on the subscribed stock of the company was levied and is payable immediately to the secretary at his office in Anaheim. The subscription list was ordered open for 450 additional shares of stock. The right of way committee was instructed to secure the right of way for the road from Anaheim to Carlton. The secretary was instructed to advertise for bids for grading the roadbed from Anaheim to Carlton. G. A. Brunswicker had two horses stolen from his stable in town the other evening. He suspicions a former employee of his as the robber. We see by the reports from the horticultural fair at Riverside that the exhibition opened up in grand style, and Anaheim is recognized as one of the best exhibitors. Superintendent Pierotti had a serious runaway yesterday, the vehicle being upset and demolishing things somewhat. T. K. McDowell was also in the buggy, but sustained no injury. Lumber is being hauled to the ground to be used in the Reiser building on Center street. Mr. Schindler informs us that he is retarded in his work somewhat by the scarcity of lime. At the meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company held on February 4th, the following board of directors was elected for the ensuing year: F. A. Korn, president Louis Schoen vice presidents. Green peas were sold this week at the highest wholesale price ever paid for them in the history of the Los Angeles markets, 22½ cents a pound. The peas were of telephone variety from Orange county. This will make the retail price of peas 25 to 30 cents a pound. County Assessor Jim Sleeper has been in this city and surrounding sections this week for the purpose of regrading property valuations. He will spend a month in Fullerton, Placentin, Yorba and other districts hereabouts, carefully regrading property for the state and county assessments in these districts to bring them in conformity with assessments in other parts of the county. Field deputies are Ed Waite and A. G. Finley, Santa Ana; A. L. Cotant, Tustin; A. G. Newell, Orange; W. H. Bentley, Westminster; Perry Woodward, Fullerton, J. J. Schneider, Anaheim. Assessor Sleeper has been busy for some time making special investigations into property values that otherwise would be hard to reach conclusions upon in the rush of the assessment period. Architect Fred H. Eley of Santa Ana, has been selected to prepare plans for the new $35,000 building to be erected on East Center street. Mr. Eley will have the plans perfected within a few days and work upon the edifice will begin some time in the coming Spring. Mrs. A. J. Lawton, of Santa Ana, represented the Civics club of that city at the Ebell meeting here on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Lawton is a leading club woman at the county seat, and takes great interest in civics and Ebell club affairs. She is a lady of delightful personality and has many friends where she formerly resided who are always glad to extend her a cordial welcome into their homes. The twins of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Schlosser, the little Misses Idaline and Margaret, celebrated their third birthday Tuesday by entertaining a number of friends Safety Program Limits Mishaps Los Angeles Youngsters on School Age Infrequent Accident Victims Proof that traffic deaths need not increase each year has been furnished by the younger school children of Los Angeles. While the older generation has shown an unenviable increase in traffic fatalities, the youngsters have placed Los Angeles second in the ranks of the safer large cities of the United States for children of school age. This was revealed in a comprehensive survey of city and nation-wide accident statistics of the age group between six and 15 years just completed by the public safety department of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Since 1927 the accident death rate of Los Angeles children on this age group has remained practically constant for an average of 26 deaths per year. All other age groups have shown a steady gain from 309 deaths in 1927 to 501 in 1937, an increase of 62.1 percent. School authorities attribute the low fatality record to the extensive safety first program presented throughout the Los Angeles city school system. From kindergarten through junior college and integrated safety educational plan utilizing posters, classroom lessons, excursions and safety patrols included in the curriculum with the cooperation of the Automobile Club of Southern California public safety department. During the past five years 14 children between the ages of six and 15 were killed in traffic accidents. Only 17 were killed going to and from school. Lumber is being hauled to the ground to be used in the Reiser building on Center street. Mr. Schindler informs us that he is retarded in his work somewhat by the scarcity of lime. At the meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company held on February 4th, the following board of directors was elected for the ensuing year: F. A. Korn, president; Louis Schorn, vice-president; Sheldon Littlefield, treasurer; and J. S. Gardiner, secretary. G. H. Norcross has opened a neat and comfortable merchandise store in the new Backs building on Los Angeles street. Mr. Norcross keeps a large and well-assorted stock of dry-goods and groceries of all kinds which he sells at living rates. The following pupils of the Orangethorpe school deserve special credit for regular attendance, good conduct and good lessons: James Kerr, Carrie Porter, Harvey McDermont, Lizzie Meiser, Robert Kerr, Jane Williams, Ray Clark, Iola Williams, Elmer Williams, Agnes Nicolas, Mary Nicolas, Myrtle Lovering, Meta Reorden, Flora Kerr and Maggie Kerr. S. S. Wood is the teacher. H. D. Polhemus reports the following sales: Ten acres south of town—F. J. Loskay to Gardner and Martin of Orange; consideration, $1500; also two lots in Block F, Kuchel tract—A. E. Hecht to Charles Schlumm; Hecht to David Patterbaugh, one lot, same tract, $200. A very pleasant party was held at the residence of Mr. Fritz Ruhmann on Los Angeles street last Sunday evening. The cause of the congregated contingent was the advent of the host's birthday, he having arrived at the marriageable age of 42. The twins of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Schlosser, the little Misses Idaline and Margaret, celebrated their third birthday Tuesday by entertaining a number of friends at an afternoon party. The time was pleasantly spent with games and the afternoon concluded with dainty refreshments. Secretary F. A. Backs of the Olive Milling company, while in town on Saturday, said his company had enjoyed a period of unexampled prosperity during the past year, and was starting in the new year to discount its previous record. He has just completed making footings of January business and found the total aggregated an excess of $20,000. He said the mill felt little effects of efforts of outside companies to place their flour in the homes of this community. Residents of the Katella district have petitioned the Board of Supervisors for the establishment of a new school district to be formed from a part of the Anaheim district and to be known as the Katella district. The petition has been approved by County Superintendent of Schools Mitchell and has been filed with the Board of Supervisors. Parents of 91 chilpitation. The district is in a secrenn of school age have signed the tion that has developed rapidly in the last five or six years. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ey drove over from Santa Ana on Saturday afternoon, when Mrs. Ey attended the meeting of the Ebell club at Odd Fellows hall. Mr. Ey put in the time until evening shaking hands with his many friends there- ANAHEIM GAZETTE 25 (HEIM GAZETTE) renewing old acquaintment quieting title to 20 land in the north end of city has been entered in faJoseph Fiscuus against Leortham, administratrix of state of R. J. Northam. TipCailor were attorneys for stiff. Sackett and J. C. Calloof the leading members Montana Colony, were in Saturday afternoon swaps about the weather. Clerk Merritt reports permits issued for the January totaling $9,900. Mrs. J. S. Hatfield are the week at Anaheim Hartung, of the First Naank, has been appointed sheriff by Sheriff Rudel has been given permisarry weapons. Fictitiousists who have been preyed on the bankers of Orangeately will probably give at National a wide berth. Columbia Educational Advisor Ray Lyman Wilbur, Stanford University President, and leading West Coast educator, will leave for New York to attend conferences of Columbia's newly appointed Adult Education Board, to plan for instructive network programs. Electric Orchard Heating Unsound With a demand for a thousand kilowatts per acre when heating is necessary in citrus orchards, districts where there is a planting of a thousand acres would find it impossible to obtain the electrical energy necessary for the raising of the temperature. Even if the demand were but one-tenth the energy now used, direct electrical heating would not be feasible on a Left Turn Cause Of Many Mishaps Left turns were involved in 22 percent of the serious "auto and auto" accidents causing death or injury in Los Angeles city last year. In addition, 10 percent of the 1937 automobile and pedestrian accidents involving death or personal injury happened while drivers were making left hand turns. These averages were arrived at through a cross-section analysis of 65 intersection accidents, the police department traffic bureau has advised the Automobile Club of Southern California public safety department. Three-Day Fete to be Staged at Indio A veritable "three-ring circus" will be staged for motoring visitors in Indio this week-end in the combined Riverside county fair, Coachella Valley Date fiesta, and Indio stampede, the Automobile Club of Southern California is advised. The county fair and the date fiesta will be held February 4, 5, and 6 and the stampede February 5 and 6. The site is the Indio city park on Deglet Noor drive between U. S. Highway 99 and the old Palm Springs road at Indio. A carnival on the amusement zone and a parade Saturday headed by Sheriff Eugene Bisealuz of Los Orange Show Dinner February The annual duck dinner National Orange show will be in the dining room of the show building in San Bernardo Friday evening, February 18 cording to the invitations have been issued by the president, Everett H. Swinger. Prominent civic and statals, leaders in the citrus try, newspaper publishers, celebrities of radio and screen attend. The dinner is a pledge to the opening of the twelfth annual orange show opens March 17. Automobile Sales in December During the month of December new passenger car sales states totaled 102,883 units cording to R. L. Polk & Company. This is a drop of 5.71 percent from the sales of the same in November, and a 46 percent decline from December, 1937. December new passenger sales for the entire country totalized at 185,000 units, 290,185 in the previous month, 327,053 in December a year. New truck and commercial sales during December states were 17,106 units, 7 cent ahead of November, per cent below December; New truck sales for all states December are estimated at... Heating Unsound With a demand for a thousand kilowatts per acre when heating is necessary in citrus orchards, districts where there is a planting of a thousand acres would find it impossible to obtain the electrical energy necessary for the raising of the temperature. Even if the demand were but one-tenth the energy now used, direct electrical heating would not be feasible on a large scale, according to the division of agricultural engineering, University of California, in a report to the farm advisor's office. The division points out that a third of the citrus acreage of the state now is equipped with heaters, another third may be in the future, and the other third does not need heating equipment. In January, 1937, approximately 85,000 acres were heated to prevent frost damage, using two millions barrels of fuel oil and 17,000 tons of solid fuel. The cost of this heating was approximately $7,000,000, with a financial saving of more than sixty million dollars. However, against this also must be charged damage estimated at between six and seven million dollars. The problem now is to equip the orchards with smokeless heaters, and such equipment is available, according to Farm Advisor Harold E. Wahlberg, but growers are slow to throw away their old heaters and purchase new ones. The college of agriculture now is conducting research on its River-side campus to bring a solution of this problem. were next with 33 deaths, and crashes between automobiles and other automobiles were third with 20 fatalities. Late afternoon and early evening proved to be the most dangerous hours with approximately 60 per cent of the 142 deaths occurring between the afternoon hours of 3 and 9 o'clock. 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Automobile Sales in December Drop During the month of December, passenger car sales in 33 states totaled 102,883 units, according to R. L. Polk & Company. This is a drop of 5.71 per cent on the sales of the same states November, and a 46 per cent decline from December, 1936. December new passenger cars for the entire country are estimated at 185,000 units, against 18,185 in the previous month and 10,053 in December a year ago. New truck and commercial cars during December in 32 states were 17,106 units, 20 per cent ahead of November, but 26 per cent below December, 1936. New truck sales for all states in December are estimated at 30,000 Services Held For W. A. Laraway Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Hilgenfeld funeral home for Warren A. Laraway, 84, who passed away Sunday morning at his home in Fullerton, Rev. C. H. S. Hunziker, pastor of Grace Lutheran church, officiated. 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