anaheim-gazette 1948-09-23

Looking Backward C. E. Holcomb Timothy Carroll came to California from Australia in 1865 and went to work in a lumber yard near San Francisco for about two years. He was born in County of Cork, Ireland, March 25, 1840, and was the second in a family of nine children, born to his parents, Patrick and Mary (Scanlon) Carroll, who moved to Australia in 1855. Tim, as he was called by all his friends, came to Anaheim about 1869 and bought forty acres of land in Anaheim Extension, west of the city. From the Gazette, March 22, 1871. Mr. Peter Griffin sold to Mr. Timothy Carroll, a tract of five acres, in Anaheim Extension, west of the city, for $500.00. This land was sold two years ago for $11.00 an acre. About a year ago, Mr. Griffin purchased it for $33.00 an acre and with a years growth of Anaheim, it has sold for $100 per acre. "The purchaser, Mr. Carroll, a young Irishman, came to Anaheim one year ago with a capital of $7.00. Since that time he has purchased forty acres of land in the Anaheim Extension" (His first purchase to which this second purchase of five acres has been added, making a total of forty-five acres); "and it may be said, in one year, on $7.00 capital, property to the value of $5,000.00" is now owned by him. "How is this for high?" "Carroll is a hard they say they have taken from "me trees" and then let them show me the trees, but God pity them if they can't show me some scale on the leaves of me trees, on the tree. Mr. Carroll was an inventive genius. Although of little schooling, he had a creative mind and he was able to describe what he had in his mind and wanted to create so that model makers could take his idea and create operating models from them. He made the first practical home washing machine, nursery plant transplanter, a power clutch used in oil well drilling, beet dump, garbage wagons, etc. The beet dump is in general use and was used in clearing up the ruin left by the San Francisco earthquake and fire. The writer was in San Francisco that fall after the fire, in attendance to the Masonic Grand Lodge and walking down Market street the day before I was to leave for home, much to my surprise, I met Tim Carroll and was he mad. He told me that he had come to San Francisco to give them the use of his dump wagons and dumps to help clean up the ruins, etc., and he said, Mr. Holcomb, the Mayor and another fellow named Ruef wont let it be used unless they can get so much a ton out of it for using it. Then he said to me, "can you do anything to help me?" As I remember the morrow the Englishman that he dreamed he saw a train of 500 tons weight; the Scotchdredmed he saw a stew pan enough to boil the turnip in says Pat, Your dreams are real it. I dreamed last night that my hungry I got up and ate the Tim promises to come down again some time and tell us more stories. He has thinner beets, hoed them twice, has a stand and expects an abundance." Here is another one. "My is the richest in the house," Tim Carroll in the barber one morning as he was prepared to get a fashionable hair cut, so? asked the barber. Because silvery, said Tim. Will you oil on your hair? asked the barber a little later on after the cut. I am smooth enough without said Tim, and the crowd in barber shop laughed again. Gazette November 6, 1875 tobacco grown on Tim Carroll farm near Anaheim, has been and is now undergoing the process of curing. The method of the operation differs from any we heard of. The leaf is covered earth until it is deemed curled. Gazette November 21, 1901 Carroll and his son George returned from a three month absence in Colorado, Utah neighboring states. They end 12 beet dumps. At Rockyford met Henry Knappke with whom they spent a pleasant time. Report a pleasant trip and a country gone over. Beets in Rado have twice the local town and farmers are making more. Mr. Carroll had not had time get much if any "Book Learns one wonders what he might have had he been an educator but, then again it might been a detriment. Here is a "The purchaser, Mr. Carroll, a young Irishman, came to Anaheim one year ago with a capital of $7.00. Since that time he has purchased forty acres of land in the Anaheim Extension" (His first purchase to which this second purchase of five acres has been added, making a total of forty-five acres); "and it may be said, in one year, on $7.00 capital, property to the value of $5,000.00" is now owned by him. "How is this for high?" "Carroll is a hard working man and therein lies one secret of success." "An incident is told of him, which may be worthy of mention. Last fall, when the barley crop came off the ground, Tim found himself without a granary. So, he quietly moved out of his house, braced it on the outside, filled it with sacks of barley and took up his abode in an adjacent stack of straw, remarking, Be Jabbers, I've been broke up twice and I'll make sure this time." Tim soon started in the nursery business in a small way. He then planted a walnut grove and started a nursery business. Having come from Australia, where the Eucalptus was the native tree, it was but natural that he should have practically specialized on "Blue Gums" then being introduced in California as wind breaks. In the early days it was considered necessary to have a wind break for about each twenty acre plat. His Evergreen Nurseries also grew citrus and deciduous nursery stock. On May 27, 1878 he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Doherity and to this union there were five children, four sons and one daughter. Tim Carrolls "Evergreen Nurseries" was a little later the leading nursery in this section of the country. I know when the Holcomb family came to southern California, the first trees purchased were from the Carroll nursery. In 1890-91 the writer prepared the advertisements for the "Evergreen" nursery products and got to know Mr. Carroll very well. He believed in himself and in the products that he had for sale and resented any criticism. I remember that there was a great deal of rivalry from nurseries around Santa Ana, Tustin and Orange. It was about this time that the "red scale" commenced to appear on citrus trees. The Gazette lead the fight against the granting of the "Twi-light Patent" and it was defeated; but some competing street the day before I was to leave for home, much to my surprise, I met Tim Carroll and was he mad. He told me that he had come to San Francisco to give them the use of his dump wagons and dumps to help clean up the ruins, etc., and he said, Mr. Holcomb, the Mayor and another fellow named Ruef wont let it be used unless they can get so much a ton out of it for using it. Then he said to me, "can you do anything to help me?" As I remember it was on Saturday and the banks were closed but I knew the head of one of the banking firms in the city and I knew that this man was a fighter and a power in politics so I gave Mr. Carroll a letter to this man explaining the situation and I do not know whether it helped any or not; but it is a fact the Carroll apparatus was used in loading and dumping scows on the Oakland side of the bay where material was dumped and some twenty acres of the bay filled in and I believe is now covered with lumber yards and factories. It happened that chance meeting in San Francisco was the last time that I met Mr. Carroll. He has had a full share in pioneer development. The Irish are known the world over for their wit and Tim Carroll could hold his own with any one. In the Anaheim Gazette, April 25, 1901, the following article appeared: "Three men, an Englishman, a other day and feeling good over the prospect for an excellent sugar beet season, fell to telling stories with some of the boys. Here is one of them. Three men, an Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman were travelling the way side, when they came to a deserted house which contained nothing but a loaf of bread, and, as each was very hungry, instead of dividing the loaf, they decided to award it to the one who had the biggest dream. They went to bed and on neighboring states. They enclosed 12 beet dumps. At Rockyford met Henry Knappke with whom they spent a pleasant time. Report a pleasant trip and a country gone over. Beets in rado have twice the local town and farmers are making more. Mr. Carroll had not had time get much if any "Book Learner" one wonders what he might have had he been an educator, but, then again it might have been a detriment. Here is a that illustrates my point. Years ago when our immigration laws were very lax, an immigrant landed in New York without a penny in his session. So, what to do? decided to hunt up a Synagogue and ask the Rabbi to help him a job. Fortunately he soon had a large Synagogue, met the Rabbi and explained the situation to The Rabbi said that he had a congregation and needed help he would give this Jew a bookkeeper and pay him $50 month to start with. The Jew thanked the Rabbi said that he could not do the job as he could not read or write would have to get a different job. The Rabbi thought and said, "here is $5.00 take it may keep you till you get it if not come back again might have found something you. The Jew took the Rabbi and hunted the cheap quarter of town walked along the street looking at the windows till he came shabby place that had all kind cheap nack pins, went into spent the $5.00 for all that would buy and the shop gave a board and a strap to go and his neck and the Jew left started peddling. When he sold all the things that he purchased he went back and in a new supply. Some 15 or 20 years later Jew went into a big New bank to the loan department." the advertisements for the "Evergreen" nursery products and got to know Mr. Carroll very well. He believed in himself and in the products that he had for sale and resented any criticism. I remember that there was a great deal of rivalry from nurseries around Santa Ana, Tustin and Orange. It was about this time that the "red scale" commenced to appear on citrus trees. The Gazette lead the fight against the granting of the "Twi-light Patent" and it was defeated; but some competing nursery tried to increase their sales by claiming that it had found "red scale" on oranges in Tim's orchard. Mr. Carroll was a fighter and he told me about how his competitors were slandering him and said, "Let the so and so's show me oranges with red scale that 'Sweetest Girl' She's the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." Sigma Chis at their national meeting in Seattle, Wash., picked Barbara Tanner, of Michigan State College, "the girl of their dreams," gave her a trophy and arranged a screen test. She's a blue-eyed blonde, fitting the description of their song. Four Daily Trains EAST UTAHN PONY EXPRESS LOS ANGELES LIMITED Streamliner "CITY OF LOS ANGELE" UNION PACIFIC STATION Telephone: 3519 We now have an EARLY SCHEDULE Do you like hot bread breakfast? Come and get it. We have stepped up our schedule for the fall and winter months and you can take advantage of it. 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September also marks the first anniversary of the election of R. Foster Lamm as the bank's president. COUPLE MOVING TO DALLAS, TEXAS Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Harvey of this city are moving to Dallas, Texas, where he will be a city fireman. Accompanying the couple are his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Harvey, also of Anaheim, who will return here after a two-week vacation. Dwight Harvey formerly was associated with the Arden dairy here. Peanuts are rich in oil and contain about twenty per cent of protein. HAVE NEW SON Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Merrill, 9672 Valdina street, Anaheim, became the parents of a baby son weighing eight pounds and 14 ounces Friday at St. Joseph's hospital. HAVE BABY GIRL A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Deale, 913 South Palm street, Anaheim, September 14, at Fullerton General hospital. RAY & OSCAR CLEANERS THREE CONVENIENT LOCATIONS MAIN OFFICE-PLANT 630 So. Los Angeles - Ph. 4014 VALENCIA HOTEL 182 W. 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