oc-plain-dealer 1921-01-27

THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER An Independent Newspaper, Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday. R. W. ERNEST, Manager. PAUL V. HESTER, Editor Subscription rate—In No. Orange-co; Per year, $2; six months, $1.25. Outside No. Orange-co: Per year, $6; six months, $3.0. Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Colifl., as second class matter. DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS What is fame, and what is glory! A dream, a jester's lying story, To tickle fools withal, or be A theme for second infancy. A word of praise, perchance of blame. The wreck of a time-bandied name— And this is glory—this is famel— Motherwell. MONEY CAN'T BUY "FUN" "Coal Oil Johnny" is dead. The most widely advertised spendthrift the country ever knew died in poverty at Ft Crook, Neb., where he was station agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. In the days of his prosperity he spent as much as $100,000 a day. And the days came around as regularly as the sun. When he died he made about $3 a day and the pay car only came around once a month. Neither the oil that produced his fortune nor his money, nor the way he spent it brot him luck or happiness. He spent the last 50 years of his life paying for the follies of his youth, in poverty and toll. John W. Steele, for that was his real name, was born on a farm near Sheakleyville, Pa., and as he was orphaned in his youth, he went to live with his aunt, the Wildow McClintock, in Venango-co, Pa. Oil was struck on the McClintock farm and the flow was leased on a royalty basis. The Widow McClintock knew farms but not oil and lived as she always had lived, putting the money which rolled in into a big safe in her dining room. One day when Johnny had failed to provide kindling, she threw a dipper full of the fateful oil on the kitchen fire and her interest in earthly affairs ceased at once. Johnny was sole heir and when the big safe was opened he had over $500,000 in cash to play with. He ran thrush this find faster than the oil gushed from the wells. He practised every form of extravagance. He bought hotels for a night. He de- only use for money is to spend it." But the motto lasted no longer than the money, for after his brief splurge he could not get it to spend. The best use for money is to save and invest it. Had he put even a part of his fortune or of his daily earnings into sound Government securities he would have assured for himself a future free from toll and the scorn of those with whom he associated. Fewer chances to save money and invest it safely and profitably existed in Coal Oil Johnny's youth than exist today. Now Government Savings securities offer a safe and profitable means of providing for the future and making it both safe and happy. The $1 Treasury Savings Stamps and the $25 Treasury Savings Certificates are the safest and most convenient means for protecting what you earn and making it work for and with you. They are especially adapted for the use of the wage earners of America. SOUTH AMERICA GREATLY DEVELOPING. South America, to a good many residents of the U.S., is almost a terra incognita—a land comparatively unknown. And yet remarkable advancement has been and is being made, down there. For example, the great cities of that continent — Rio Janetro and Buenos Aires. Population figures, just given out, show that Rio has 1,157,873 inhabitants. This gives it rank among the few cities of the world having a population in excess of 1,000,000. Both the Brazilian metropolis and Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital, are up-to-date cities, having modern improvements and are even in advance of North American cities in some things. They give much attention to beautification and to the cultivation of artistic taste among the people. In truth, if North Americans were as familiar with facts about South American cities as they are about the capitals of Europe, gratulations! boy or a girl? He lit his chair like a heaving with A girl and pounds." The mother doing well. "Take me Long Beach." Such is the written by a fine fined in the It being our office to cert prisoners before this letter was for the persuasion. With the exception which was ever other prisoner Japanese, She nothing of the written in J was spread all per measuring Jackson suing lo county int if he could scanned the sutes and wit "He says," The letter day. HUMOR AT H. S. Announcement amusing sing are scheduled heim next M Collins and the reputable favorite enter astonishing song. Neither Arn G.Harlan star present career ing to be an cestors were nothing comp appear behin So he left phila and jou The Widow McClintock knew farms but not oil and lived as she always had lived, putting the money which rolled in into a big safe in her dining room. One day when Johnny had failed to provide kindling, she threw a dipper full of the fateful oil on the kitchen fire and her interest in earthly affairs ceased at once. Johnny was sole heir and when the big safe was opened he had over $500,000 in cash to play with. He ran thrush this find faster than the oil gushed from the wells. He practised every form of extravagance. He bought hotels for a night. He declined to ride in any vehicle which he did not own and the country was studded with cabs he had bought and given back to their drivers after he was thrush with them. He owned a minstrel show and spent thousands entertaining members of the company. But he did not have a good time. He admitted it himself. In one instance he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a hotel clerk discharged and after his money was gone, the hotel clerk got his job back. When his oil ran out, his money ran out too and he spent the remainder of his life in hard, grinding toll, paying for the "fun" he had not had. Coal Oil Johnny's motto was: "The HAND PAINTED AND GOLD BAND CUPS and SAUCERS FOR TWO PIECES 25c ANAHEIM Music and Novelty Company NEXT TO FAIRYLAND H. J. EFKER PHONE 70 THE CALIFORNIA Legislature has big work to do and the people are looking to it with insistent expectation that it will not default in the performance of its manifest duty to retrench in every practicable way possible, and to simplify the state government. THERE IS no excuse for wanton abuse of any public official. Anyone in public office is open to criticism within reason and fairness. But to abuse a public servant who is underserving of abuse and whose position precludes his adequate defense of himself, is shameful. NONE TOO soon for California to begin campaigning for one or both of the great national political conventions in 1924. Los Angeles, San Francisco, or some other California city, has its opportunity in this. San Francisco's experience last year shows that these assemblages are well worth seeking. The Village Gossip Albert Launer, city attorney of Fullerton, came into the council chamber late Tuesday night, but with a smile on his face like a wave on the ocean and with him carried a full box of the choicest Havana which he distributed freely to trust that Rio has 1,157,873 inhabitants. This gives it rank among the few cities of the world having a population in excess of 1,000,000. Both the Brazilian metropolis and Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital, are up-to-date cities, having modern improvements and are even in advance of North American cities in some things. They give much attention to beautification and to the cultivation of artistic taste among the people. In truth, if North Americans were as familiar with facts about South American cities as they are about the capitals of Europe, they would be astonished. DO NOT choke good impulses. Let them have their way. The good impulses that men and women have and cultivate, are their best character assets. WHERE NATURE is at her best, Art achieves its best. Some of the greatest artists in the world are doing mastery work here in California, under the spell of its beauties and grandeurs. THE COLORADO River should be brot out of its floydy wildness and should be domesticated and set to the tasks of supply light and power, and giving an inexhaustible supply of water for irrigation. THE HOUSE, with 435 members, may make itself larger, in prestige, by bettering the quality of its work; than it would be if its membership were increased, with no corresponding enhancement of its statesmanly acumen. THE CALIFORNIA Legislature has big work to do and the people are looking to it with insistent expectation that it will not default in the performance of its manifest duty to retrench in every practicable way possible, and to simplify the state government. THERE IS no excuse for wanton abuse of any public official. Anyone in public office is open to criticism within reason and fairness. But to abuse a public servant who is underserving of abuse and whose position precludes his adequate defense of himself, is shameful. NONE TOO soon for California to begin campaigning for one or both of the great national political conventions in 1924. Los Angeles, San Francisco, or some other California city, has its opportunity in this. San Francisco's experience last year shows that these assemblages are well worth seeking. The Village Gossip Albert Launer, city attorney of Fullerton, came into the council chamber late Tuesday night, but with a smile on his face like a wave on the ocean and with him carried a full box of the choicest Havana which he distributed freely to trus Chiropractic —The contrast between healthy people radiating vitality, and nerve-strained people who suffer from abnormal conditions is very noticeable. If you or your friends feel all run down—have no energy—I invite you to come and let me explain the good of Chiropractic. Keep posted. 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"Take me to 145 American-ave, Long Beach." Such is the address on a letter written by a Japanese prisoner confined in the county jail here. It being customary for the sheriff's office to censor letters written by prisoners before they are mailed, this letter was among the others left for the perusal of Sheriff C. E. Jackson. With the exception of the address which was evidently written by some other prisoner at the request of the Japanese, Sheriff Jackson could make nothing of the letter. The message written in Japanese heiroglyphics, was spread all over one sheet of paper measuring five by six inches. Jackson summoned Charles Carrillo, county interpreter and asked him if he could make it out. "Carrillo scanned the sheet for about five minutes, and with a smile said: "He says, no." The letter was to go forward today. HUMOROUS SINGERS AT H. S. MONDAY EVE Announcement is made that those amusing singers, Collins and Harlan, are scheduled for a concert in Anaheim next Monday, Jan. 31. Collins and Harlan have earned the reputation of being America's favorite entertainers because of their astonishing repertoire of humorous song. Neither Arthur Collins nor Byron G. Harlan started out to enter their present career. Mr. Collins was going to be an actor. What if his ancestors were all Quakers? That was nothing compared to the longing to appear behind the footlights. So he left his home in Philadelphia and journeyed to New York— 100 DELEGATES AT STUDENT MEETING About 100 delegates had arrived in Santa Ana today for the sixth annual state convention of high school student body presidents. The delegates came from all over the state. Twelve of the student body presidents are girls. Delegates today were taken to the Santa Ana high school and shown thru the class rooms and the new auditorium. This evening the delegates will be the guests of Santa Ana students at an entertainment. According to the present plans it will be possible to care for the entire delegation in the homes of various high school students. The convention will open Friday morning at 8:45 o'clock at the Yost theatre with an assembly of the San-Santa Ana student body president, visiting delegates. Don Hilliard, Santa Alna student body president, will welcome the delegates. He will be answered by Martel Wilson, of Stockton, D. K. Hammond, principal, will give the welcome for the Santa Ana school authorities. Following the welcoming addresses, Edgar Fay Daugherty, of Los Angeles, will address the assembly on the subject, "Now Cooperate or Collapse." Daugherty is a speaker of wide reputation and comes especially well recommended for such an occasion. Following the general assembly, the first regular session of the convention will be held in the library of the high school. Don Hilliard will preside. In order to break the monotony of the session, punch and wafters will be served at 10:45 by the Athena club. The session will then continue until noon after which luncheon will be served in the high school gymnasium, which will be appropriately decorated. The afternoon session will also be held in the library, opening at 1:30 and continuing until 3:30, after which the delegates will be taken for an auto ride thru the county. They will return in time for a banquet at St. Ann's Inn at 6:30. It would take time, they admitted, to educate people to calling for dash-een. It was recognized that a man might grow acres of dasheen and have no market for his product. A bulletin has just been received by the California State Department of Agriculture from federal plant authorities, and upon the strength of that bulletin the state department has issued the following statement concerning dasheen: "The dasheen continues to grow in importance in our Southern states. While in 1919 the total estimated area planted to dasheens was 150 acres, in 1920 the acreage exceeded 400, individual plantings being increased in size. One large stock raiser in Florida, has planted 160 acres, he having found in 1919 that the dasheen made a valuable stock food. "Over 1600 distributions of dasheens were made to experimenters in 1920. Most of this crop is used where grown for human food, stock feed, and seed for planting. "Large commercial shipments are being made each year to northern markets. Two carload shipments from the 1919 crop were sent north, while there was only one such shipment from the 1918 crop. "New wavs of using the dasheen have been developed, and one manufacturer of potato chips in Washington. D. C., has become deeply interested in the dasheen for the production of chips. These look very much like the Saratoga chips made from potatoes, but are superior to them in quality. This manufacturer is firmly convinced of the potential commercial value of dasheen chips and has arranged to put them on the market when a supply of dasheen tubers becomes available this fall." CASE CONTINUED Because of the illness of a witness the case of L. L. Conkle, charged with driving a motor truck in a careless mariner has been postponed to come up before Justice of the Peace Cox Feb. 21. Dance at Olinda Thursday— If it's from Witman's, it's good! URBIGKEIT WRITES NOTE FROM COBLENZ The Plain Dealer is in receipt of a letter from Private Harry G. Urbigkelt, Co. L 8th Inf., A. F. in G., accompanied by a roll of the Amarisc News, the daily newspaper of 20,000 Americans on the Rhine. Urbigkelt is an Anaheim boy, and like all the rest, is anxious to get home. He would like to get more mall from home, he says. The letter follows: Coblenz, Germany, Dec. 27, 1920 Dear Sir: I am sending you some of our daily papers, thru which we get our news from home. I haven’t heard anything from Anaheim for a long time. It seems as if everybody has forgotten us over here. There are only about 20,000 troops left over here, three infantry regiments, two artillery battalions, one cavalry battalion and smaller outfits as machine gunners, M.T.C. and T.M. and aviators. I will soon have my hitch in, and thinking about reporting back for duty in Anaheim in civilian life. This sure has been a great experience for me. I have been in Berlin twice, up on the Bolshevik lines, on the Baltic sea, in Austria, Hungary, all parts of France, but there’s no place like of the high school. Don Hilliard will preside. In order to break the monotony of the session, punch and wafts will be served at 10:45 by the Athena club. The session will then continue until noon after which luncheon will be served in the high school gymnasium, which will be appropriately decorated. The afternoon session will also be held in the library, opening at 1:30 and continuing until 3:30, after which the delegates will be taken for an auto ride thru the county. They will return in time for a banquet at St. Ann’s Inn at 6:30. Big plans have been made for this banquet. The Rev. J. A. Stevenson; pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will be the principal speaker. Others who have been asked to speak are J. P. Baumgartner, Mac O. Robbins, J. A. Cranston and J. C. Metzgar. A college quartette will furnish musle. Saturday’s sessions will be held in the library. The morning session will convene at 9 o’clock, followed by luncheon. Students have offered to donate sufficient food for the luncheons. During the afternoon session, which will start at 1 o’clock, the principal matter of business is expected to be the awarding of the next year’s convention. This session is expected to conclude by 3 o’clock. Many of the delegates plan to stay over until Sunday as they have a long distance to travel, but those living in So. Cal districts will probably return to their homes Saturday evening. ABSENT COMMITTEE HANDED MUCH WORK The educational and advertising committee of the A. C. of C was made “the goat” at the meeting held in the new St. Ann’s Inn in Santa Ana last night, since none of this committee were present, and everything, regardless of its nature, was referred to them. The report of W. N. Harris on the exhibits committee was referred to the committee on education and advertising. A communication from the Seal Beach C. of C to the effect that that body had given official support to the Perkins bill for limiting farms in Cal. to 1000 acres and grazing ranches to 2000 acres was received and filed. A communication from the Bay City Mid-winter Exposition at Santa Monica was referred to the committee on education and advertising. A communication from the San Francisco C. of C opposing the bill for the transfer of the state control of the harbor to municipal control was referred to the legislative committee. The matter of higher taxation under discussion at Sacramento was brot up, but referred to the committee on education and advertising. Linn L. Shaw brot up the question of building a road to the summit of Saddle Back mountain from the top of which one obtain the from Anaheim for a long time. It seems as if everybody has forgotten us over here. There are only about 20,000 troops left over here, three infantry regiments, two artillery battalions, one cavalry battalion and smaller outfits as machine gunners, Mr. T. C. and T. M. and aviators. I will soon have my hitch in, and thinking about reporting back for duty in Anaheim in civilian life. This sure has been a great experience for me. I have been in Berlin twice, up on the Bolshevik lines, on the Baltic sea, in Austria, Hungary, all parts of France, but there's no place like home, and that's Anaheim. And I sure am coming back there. There's one thing we don't get enough of; that's mail from home. Otherwise we are having it very good over here. Pretty cold, tho, 20 below zero. Respectfully, PVT. HARRY J. URBIGKEIT. Co. L. 8th Inf., A. F. in G. L. A. COURT SENDS PRISONERS TO S. A. Of the 70 odd prisoners in the county jail four were sent from Los Angeles on account of the crowded condition of the Los Angeles jails. The four sojourners are federal prisoners. Two are Japanese and the other two are Mexicans. The Japanese were found guilty by federal authorities of entering the country without permits, both crossing the Mexican border. They will be deported. The two Mexicans are serving sentences of three months each for transporting liquor across the border. ARRAIGN YOUTH AS BURGLAR Frank Amador, 17, arraigned before Superior Judge Williams this morning on a charge of having attempted to rob the Hawley Sporting Goods store, at Santa Ana, was considered a juvenile case. Following the admission of the youth that he came to Santa Ana for the sole purpose of burglarizing the store, Judge Williams ordered the case be certified to the justice court for a preliminary hearing and that it then proceed thru the regular court channels. Judge Williams intimated that the boy would eventually be sent to the Preston School of Industry at Tone. Job Printing at The Plain Dealer. DASHEEN MAKING PROGRESS AS CROP That the dasheen is making progress as a crop of the U.S. is interesting news to many Orange-co people who have heard of the dasheen thrue County Treasurer J. C. Joplin. Joplin, who began experimental growing of trees and vegetables in this section something like 45 years ago, secured a few dasheen tubers from the government a few years ago, and planted the roots in his back yard. The dasheen thrived. The plant throws out leaves that resemble the leaves of what are known as the elephant-car plant. Each plant grow about a water-bucketrel-of-tubers, which Joplin and others tried them found very good as food when baked or fried like potatoes. The whole plant was edible. The leaves and stems were found to be very good greens for home cooking. While subject to damage by frost, Joplin found that the dasheen was admirably fitted to local climatic conditions. He found, however, that the dasheen thrived best when it had an abundance of water. It was not a dry-farming vegetable. At the time Joplin received the tubers from the government, it was declared by federal authorities who had been experimenting with it that the dasheen in time would be a real crop. GASOLINE INCREASE FORECASTED HERE Announcement this week at Chicago by the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana of a reduction of two cents a gallon on gasoline and three cents on kerosene has evoked little interest here, what with local consumers of gasoline facing a probable increase instead of decrease in the price of this commodity. The decline in Chicago is the result of a decrease in the price of crude oil, the price dropping from $3.50 to $3 per barrel, according to a dispatch. It is stated that one of the larger marketing companies has already advised its agents in Orange-co not to take on new business and to limit patrons to amounts equal to the average of their consumption for a period of 12 months. It is believed that this action has been taken to guard against possible storage for summer use and to avoid a repetition of the extreme shortage of last summer. Consumption of gasoline on the coast begins to show a decrease in November and a minimum of consumption obtains until about March 15, with the peak of the demand coming in the vacation months of July and August. The company issuing instructions to agents to limit patrons at this time is building up a storage supply against the peak demand, it is believed. CHARGES SPEEDING County Traffic Officer Warner has filed complaints against J. H. Walters, G. F. Fish, C. Jacobson and A. Whitt. All have been cited to appear before Justice of the Peace Cox on charges of speeding. OFFICERS IN LOS ANGELES Officers Bert Moody, Tex Chote and Marcus Andrade went to Los Angeles this morning, leaving the protection of Anaheim today in the hands of Officers Frank Steadman and O. B. Baxter. 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