anaheim-gazette 1955-04-28

IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of The Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 50 Years Ago... April 1905 At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday evening, the membership committee handed in the names of Ben Dauser, A. Litton, C. J. Hoople and Steve Cottle as new members. A discussion of the pathological laboratory was indulged in. Options on four sites have been secured and a neat sum has been subscribed. A committee consisting of Messrs. Rust, Michod, Dickel, Hutchinson and Adams was appointed to solicit subscriptions. Dr. Beebe was in attendance upon the meeting and addressed the directors upon the inauguration of a night telephone. It would be of great benefit to the Medico-legal fraternity and, in fact to many other lines of business to have night service with the contiguous country. In order to receive the service about 100 more subscribers would have to be secured. A committee consisting of Drs. Beebe and Adams, H. A. Dickle, Wm. Falkenstein and John Hartung was appointed to solicit subscribers. There was no quorum at the meeting of stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Company on Saturday and the proposition to hand the company for $300,000. It is in excess of $16,000. Mr. Spooner will go to Los Angeles and resume the practice of law. His sister, Mrs. Smith will reside in Riverside. George Bauer was in town the other day with a load of hay. Besides caring for his twenty acres of grapes, George usually raises his own hay, but this year he finds himself a little short of horse fodder. Mr. O. Egge and daughter, Miss Marie Egge, who have been guests of the Zeus family for several months leave today for their home in Grand Island, Neb. Miss Rost Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casson, returned on Saturday from San Francisco, after a three-months' visit with relatives. Alex Henry will shortly move into his new residence west of town. The residence will be furnished with electricity and gas, the latter will be manufactured on the place and will also be connected with the West end telephone system. Peter Rothermal died last week at his home, corner of Sycamore streets. finest heard in Anaheim for a long time. The songs of Mrs. Bessie Lawrence, Mrs. Rice and Miss Alice Chase were brilliant efforts and were highly applauded. Mrs. Lewis favored the audience with an excellent recitation. "Box and Cox" was pronounced the hit of the season. A large number remained after the entertainment was concluded and the dance which succeeded was kept up with unflagging enjoyment until a late hour. Mrs. Flora Brown returned on Monday from a visit to Tombstone, Arizona Territory, which was so named as Tom Fitch explains, from its being a tombstone over the grave of poverty and a monument to the remains of insolvency. Mrs. Brown confirms the report of good times in that part of the territory which she visited. Readers of Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" remember that part of the story when a locomotive is made to jump a gap in a broken bridge by running at high speed. This event was verified on Thursday night when Mr. Pierce's horse ran away with his buggy and that gentleman seated it. The horse attempted, in the first instance, to run and in the endeavor to rein him up, one of the lines broke, and away went horse and buggy in good earnest. At the ditch crossing at the corner of Lemon and Second North streets, instead of taking the bridge as a well intended and sober animal would business to have night service with the contiguous country. In order to receive the service about 100 more subscribers would have to be secured. A committee consisting of Drs. Beebe and Adams, H. A. Dickle, Wm. Falkenstein and John Hartung was appointed to solicit subscribers. There was no quorum at the meeting of stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Company on Saturday and the proposition to bond the company for $300,000 went by default. A resolution was unanimously adopted favoring the construction of a reservoir to do away with the necessity for night irrigation in the Anaheim district. It was the consensus of opinion of shareholders present that another election be called to bond the company in order to carry into effect plans for a reservoir. Nothing was said against the propriety of a bond issue for necessary improvements, but objection to the item for providing pumping plants was undoubtedly the reason for lack of a quorum. Chairman Crowther called the meeting to order and the roll call showed only 2600 shares represented out of a total of 8000. The discussion of the advisability of constructing a new reservoir so as to do away with night irrigation in Anaheim was participated in by Frank Porter, Max Nebelung, C. C. Chapman, Otto Rust, H. H. Hale, A. Langenberger, Sidney Holman, F. R. Holcomb and others. Mr. Crowther said after the meeting that another bond election would be called in the fall and that an amount large enough to construct the Yorba reservoir would be submitted to the voters. Jake Stern on Saturday traded 80 acres of land situated eleven miles from San Diego for Al Bitner's fourteen-acre place on West Center street. (This is the land now occupied by the high school.—Ed.). He also assumed a mortgage amounting to $2,500 held by Henry Oelkers. Final papers were signed on that day and Mr. Oelkers was paid the amount of his loan. Bittner goes to San Diego this week to look at his new property. Chester Holcomb departed on Saturday for Thermal expecting to return in two weeks. Subscription lists for the new Commercial Bank and Trust Company of which he will probably be cashier are in circulation and sufficient stock has been subscribed to insure the establishment of the institution. Alex Henry will shortly move into his new residence west of town. The residence will be furnished with electricity and gas, the latter will be manufactured on the place and will also be connected with the West end telephone system. Peter Rothermal died last week at his home, corner of Sycamore and Los Angeles streets. He came here with his family several months ago from Ontario. Interment was at Ontario. Deceased leaves his wife and son and daughter. 75 Years Ago... April 1880 The charitable entertainment at Kroegers hall on Tuesday evening was not as well attended as had been expected, but there was no disappointment for the audience. The music was pronounced the WHAT'S DOING H. I. Perry, your Telephone Manager in Anaheim The telephone call that made Joanie's heart jump Joan might be the girl next door. At 14, she's cute as anything. And you should have seen the look on her face the night Joe, one of the fellows in her class, called to invite her to the next school dance. Outwardly, Joanie seemed calm. But when her Dad nodded "yes" to her, she was almost speechless. After all—a first date happens but once. And when you stop to think of it, isn't it true that telephone calls herald many a big moment in our lives—reunions, weddings, births? Yet consider how little your telephone actually costs for all the ways it serves you. Isn't it one of today's best buys? Pacific Telephone works to make your telephone a bigger value every day. Chester Holcomb departed on Saturday for Thermal expecting to return in two weeks. Subscription lists for the new Commercial Bank and Trust Company of which he will probably be cashier are in circulation and sufficient stock has been subscribed to ensure the establishment of the institution. Mrs. Max B. Fitch (formerly Miss Estelle Lewis) of Socarro, New Mexico, is visiting with relatives in Los Angeles. C. W. Spooner has sold his lemon ranch west of town to Wm. McLaughlin of Riverside. 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Celebrating 95 Years of Service Left to right — Bill Bodine, John Dressler and Harry Holmes. John Dressler, Station Installer, 35 years; and Bill Bodine Station Installer, 15 years. All three of the Pacific Telephone Company employees are local residents of Orange County and play a vital part in the functions of the Plant Department. in Anaheim for a long song of Mrs. Bessie Mrs. Rice and Miss Al were brilliant efforts highly applauded. Mrs. urged the audience with great recitation. "Box and pronounced the hit of A large number re- after the entertainment included and the dance needed was kept up with enjoyment until a late Sara Brown returned on from a visit to Tombzona Territory, which named as Tom Fitch ex- dom its being a tomb or the grave of poverty monument to the remains Nancy. Mrs. Brown con- report of good times in of the territory which died. of Jules Verne's novel The World in Eighty remember that part of the then a locomotive is made a gap in a broken bridge at high speed. This was verified on Thursday when Mr. Pierce's horse ran with his buggy and that he seated in it. The horse had, in the first instance, and in the endeavor to rein one of the lines broke, went horse and buggy in nest. At the ditch cross- the corner of Lemon and North streets, instead of the bridge as a well inten- and sober animal wouldception of a sprung axle there was no damage done. Work has been renewed upon several of the Silverado Mines. The Phoenix is now mining down an incline and working three shifts night and day. The owners of the Grayback have placed at work quite a large force and intend making a ten-strike this summer. Several of the other mines are hard at work developing their prospects, and are sanguine that the summer's labor will establish Silverado as a paying camp. We had a call yesterday from Mr. J. M. Bixby of Los Alamitos. He has just finished shearing the sheep on that ranch, having had forty Indians at work until a few days ago. Mr. Bixby, in common with other wool growers, is not pleased with the change for the worse in the wool market, but hopes for a reaction soon. About 12 o'clock on Monday night the college at Downey was burned down. The building was a two-story frame and was an attractive and conspicuous structure. It had been unoccupied for some time, and the fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. The building which was owned by Mr. Giberson of Westminster, was valued at $13,000 and was insured for $7,000. St. John's, formerly of the Planters Hotel, and Elwin Ferguson are compositors on the San THAT'S A FACT STRANGE BIRD! MONEY TALES WHITHER $ ANOTHER SIGN It's a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Legg of 907½ N. Sabina Dudes and Dolls square dance club will hold a dance for teen- ers at the Optimist clubhouse Simply beautiful... beautifully simple! ne arrangement ome els who go in for modern ing are finding how handy it to have a telephone in each the rooms they use a lot. must think how much you'd eny a telephone in the kitchen here you can call or answer without leaving your work. Of ourse, one in the living room practically a must. And in the bedroom telephone adds comfort, security. With up-toate telephone arrangements, have privacy for your calls. of added telephones for only Why not call us and talk it ears of Service Thursday, April 14, a ancheon was held at the Anaim Elks Club to celebrate nety-five years of teleone company service. 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It disturbed feeding roots which the plants needed, and lost moisture which they could use. Today correct cultivation of a garden is no more difficult that sweeping a floor. The research scientists, in fact, say that the secret of correct cultivation is to take it easy. Cultivation should begin as soon as possible. Besides destroying weeds in the space between rows, those which grow in the row itself must be pulled when tiny. This requires hand work, and is always tedious, but if attended to promptly it takes little time, and once the vegetables have become well established, hand weeding will be unnecessary. Free air circulation in the soil has proved to be a vital feature. and Dolls square dance hold a dance for teenthe Optimist clubhouse on Saturday, April 30. club members will chapne to wed has been issued Anne Pauls of 9201 S. Ave., and Gene R. FunSanta Ana. That burden has been lifted from the amateur, by tests which proved that deep stirring of the soil was actually harmful. It disturbed feeding roots which the plants needed, and lost moisture which they could use. Today conrect cultivation of a garden is an more difficult that sweeping a floor. The research scientists, in fact, say that the secret of correct cultivation is to take it easy. Cultivation should begin as soon as the young plants begin to grow. At this stage, if the soil between plants is stirred it will be found to be full of tiny white sprouts, which are weeds, beginning to develop. One easy stroke of a sharp hoe or cultivating tool will destroy scores of them before they have begun to compete with the ve­ table-plants for available plant food and water. As long as weeds are killed in infancy, cultivation will be easy, but once they are allowed to be- weeds, without unharming the roots of the vegetable plants. It also breaks the soil crust, and allows air and water to penetrate readily. Besides destroying weeds in the space between rows, those which grow in the row itself must be pulled when tiny. This requires hand work, and is always tedious, but if attended to promptly it takes little time, and once the vegetables have become well established, hand weeding will be unnecessary. Free air circulation in the soil has been proved to be a vital factor in the growth of plants. In properly porous soil there is a complete change of air to a depth of eight inches every hour. When the soil becomes compacted and crusted on the surface, this ex­change is seriously hampered. Crust formation can be checked by various methods, including the application of a mulch, or by growing a living mulch of fescue grasses. But lacking a mulch frequent shallow cultivation is noe­essary, especially after every rain. 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