oc-plain-dealer 1923-01-09

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP READERS So by our leadings, be they good or bad, We carve our moral likeness, day by day, Our acts of thought and will and deed will add A charm to every line—a kindling ray— Or mould our features silently to wear The image of gross sin, or dark despair. —George Bancroft Griffith. Selfishness is the greatest curse of the world today. If Europe will not help itself, what reason has it for expecting America to help it? While Ohio is mothering Presidents, California inspires to mother the big political conventions. If there is one thing above another that should prevent one becoming a pessimist, it is being with pessimists. Mr. Harding finds, as his predecessors have found, that the Presidential path is not always strewn with roses. The California Legislature has its opportunity to measure up well in what its does not do, as well as in what it does. Emil Coue should apply his "cure" to some of those conferences of premiers in Europe. They need the Coue philosophy applied over there. The age of miracles surely is not past. For "they say" that Clara Phillips was in Seattle and at the same time was far out on the Pacific, nearing China. California has an opportunity to develop the fig industry to a point where it will rival other major fruit industries in bringing wealth and prosperity to the citizens of the state. The oldest horticultural activity of the human race, fig growing, is not successful unless intelligently followed. For several centuries Portugal led the world in producing quality fruit and controlled fig commerce. With the decline of that nation, supremacy was wrested from it by the Greeks and Turks of Asia Minor. The Portuguese smugly believed it could never be done, but it happened. Quality always wins in the course of time. The California Peach and Fig Growers of Fresno, a co-operative association of some 8,500 growers, decreases his chance for better returns for his labor and increases the obstacles his marketing organization must overcome. He owes it to himself and to California to make every effort to attend. America is eating more figs than ever before in its history, due in a measure to the progressive policies of a better and cleaner pack and intelligent advertising adopted by the association. American initiative and methods are developing this infant industry. Foreign fig interests are alive to the situation and are driving for their share of the new business. They have the advantage of a wide difference in exchange value and with much lower costs can undersell their American competitors. American quality is counted upon to overcome this foreign advantage. On January 19 and 20 the fig growers will convene at Merced to discuss their problems. Every fig producer should be there and add his active support to the building of our fruit industries, one of the real fountain heads of prosperity in the state. The California Legislature has its opportunity to measure up well in what it does not do, as well as in what it does. Emil Coue should apply his "cure" to some of those conferences of premiers in Europe. They need the Coue philosophy applied over there. The age of miracles surely is not past. For "they say" that Clara Phillips was in Seattle and at the same time was far out on the Pacific, nearing China. The three-fourths verdict of juries in criminal cases should be a preventive of matrials, in large measure. California needs some preventive of this nature. Good-bye Santa Claus! Come back again next Christmas. Little Willie and Mary and the other kiddies will see to it that the chimney is clear for you to come down. When disaster befails any part of this country, all other portions of the country are moved with sympathy. If relief is needed, it is forthcoming promptly. There is a kinship and comradeship among Americans of all sections that is exceedingly refreshing. Foreign fig interests are alive to the situation and are driving for their share of the new business. They have the advantage of a wide difference in exchange value and, with much lower costs can undersell their American competitors: American quality is counted upon to overcome this foreign advantage. On January 19 and 20 the fig growers will convene at Merced to discuss their problems. Every fig producer should be there and add his active support to the building of our fruit industries, one of the real fountain heads of prosperity in the state. Some may accorn Emil Coue's slogan, "Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better," as being a foolish giving rein to the imagination. But it is far wiser and the influence upon the individual is far better than if it ran, "Every day, in every way, I am getting worse and worse." Besides being ominous and foreshadowing disaster, the break of the entente between Great Britain and France is an inexpressible lamentable spectacle. It shows that the travail of war oftentimes will hold nations together when the problems of peace, or the problems arising from war rend them asunder. inYourCity and in every town and hamlet in Southern California, a real travel service awaits you. No matter where you live, a UNION PACIFIC representative will call on you at your home or place of business and take complete charge of the details of your local or transcontinental journey. He will secure your tickets and Pullman reservations, check your baggage and see to it that your journey is made an enjoyable one. C. S. BROWNE, C. A. 419 Bush St. Santa Ana Tel. 1877 Union Pacific WATCH THE STAR 33 DELIVERED IN ORANGE COUNTY IN 20 DAYS $558.75 HERE ASK THE STAR OWNER APPLEBY - MOTOR - SANTA ANA DEALER Except Sunday HESTER, Editor EDITORIAL COMMENTS OF THE PRESS WHAT EDITORS ARE SAYING ENFORCING THE WRIGHT ACT—San Jose Mercury-Herald) The result of the canvass of the election returns will soon be announced, and the Wright Act will go into effect five days thereafter. It was the purpose of the Legislature in passing this act, and of the electors in approving it, to put an end to commercializing the violation of the Constitution of the United States. To this end all of the enforcement agencies of the state were provided. The abatement proceeding against property and the provision authorizing the confiscation of automobiles and other vehicles used for transporting intoxicants illegally are harsh, but experience has shown that harsh remedies are required. A penalty that does not deter crime is useless. No penalty will ever stop bootlegging that does not take the profit out of it. The fines authorized by such ordinances as the Tompkins ordinance and the county ordinance do not deter. The bootlegers have come to regard it as a cheap license. Unless the harsh penalties of the Wright Act are applied rigorously, it, too, will fail to deter. Much depends upon the start in the enforcement of the Wright Act. Those who are reaping profits out of the violation of the Constitution have no respect for law, and nothing but fear will ever instill respect. They do not fear the ordinary fine and the occasional raid. They do fear the maximum fine, the abatement and confiscation provisions of the new law. The battle will be won at slight cost if the heavy tollery of the Wright Act is used once. The instant that the boottaker is convinced that detection is secure and punishment swift and severe, he will leave Santa Clara County. The Wright Act was carried by cause the people of California believe in upholding the authority of law. Citizens opposed to prohibition voted for it, as well as citizens who favored prohibition. The same oath to uphold the Constitution takes by the peace officer who does not believe in prohibition. Upon both the public lays the same obligation—to faithfully and efficiently uphold the law of the land. If there are any peace officers who sentiments on prohibition are such that they feel they cannot respond loyalty to that obligation, by helping to enforce the Wright Act, they should resign at once. They cannot honorably accept public funds and at the same time fall or refuse to render to the public an equivalent service. The successful enforcement of the Wright Act in this county requires co-operation, not only with the sheriff and district attorney, but also with all peace officers, including constables, police, justices of the peace and police judges. With effective co-operation there are enough peace officers to enforce the law. For the protection of the public and of the officers who will faithfully perform their duty, the light and publicity should fall on those, if there are any, who will shirk their duty. PARAGRAPHS (by Robert Quillen) Another great need of Europe is a device to make moral support edible. Some new parties are founded on principles; but most of them are founded on sore spots. When a murderer pleads insanity PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) Another great need of Europe is a device to make moral support edible. Some new parties are founded on principles; but most of them are founded on sore spots. When a murderer pleads insanity and gets away with it, he was tried by a jury of his peers all right. If for no other reason, laws should be respected because it is ill-bred to show disrespect for the dead. There is something charmingly naive in the father's fear that his son won't turn out as well as he did. A democracy is a land in which the man with $2.98 says, "Howdy, Old Timer" to a man worth seven millions. An historical movie is one in which you see a sword-equipped knight in knee pants smoking a cork-tip cigarette. A German scientist says dull colors are depressing. At any rate, the French dun appears to have that effect. The next congress will be more evenly divided, and both parties should have a delightful time fixing the blame. The cuss words a pedestrian learns come in handy later when he buys a filiver and wishes to describe pedestrians. When the next war threatens, jingo manufacturers of ordnance will have the active support of the publishers of memoirs. It has been a long time since a man was canned by Greece because the people grew tired of hearing him called the Just. Patriotism urges the maintenance of a great merchant marine, but patriotism is a very unnourishing substitute for freight. Another objection to hands across the sea is that they itch in the palms. Once in a while we begin to think much depends upon the start in the enforcement of the Wright Act. Those who are reaping profits out of the violation of the Constitution have no respect for law, and nothing but fear will ever instil respect. They do not fear the ordinary fine and the occasional raid. They do fear the maximum fine, the abatement and confiscation provisions of the new law. The battle will be TOWN IN REVIEW Tell Him to Put on His Chains Mr. Summer Gray is keeping his cows in the George Wilmier barn this winter. He goes twice a day to do the chores and wheels the milk up to the corner in a wheelbarrow. Hope the show does not get very deep. It will be pretty hard on the wheelbarrow. Cambridge Springs (Pa.) Enterprise-News. Fatty Arbuckle says all he asks is "American fair play." Isn't Fatty a glutton for punishment? Chance Mysterious chance kills William Brown in Cassopolis, Mich. He set his alarm clock two hours early, by mistake, and went to a corner store at four in the morning instead of six. The watchman thought he was a robber, and shot him. When death may hinge on setting an alarm clock, it makes one feel that there cannot be too much caution and accuracy in the simplest and seemingly unimportant things of life. The internal revenue department has resolved to see that the little fellows pay every cent of income tax due, thereby making up for the less incurred when the big fellows get from under. Statistics show that, much to the cow's disgust, the United States is eating more beef. In Washington a woman is suing a man for $100,000 for a stolen kiss. Why doesn't he give it back to her? French dressing is expensive stuff, As costly as a pearl— Whether it is put on salad, or Upon a pretty girl. Market News Gasoline has gone down 2 cents a gallon and gin has gone up $9.00 a pint. Counterfeit twenties are in circulation which will be of interest to four or five people in Anaheim. Another objection to hands across the sea is that they itch in the palms. Once in a while we begin to think there is no more humor in America, and then some fat man's love letters are read in court. Apparently no man is equipped to serve as European correspondent until he has reinforced the capital "I" on his typewriter. French dressing is expensive stuff, As costly as a pearl— Whether it is put on salad, or Upon a pretty girl. Market News Gasoline has gone down 2 cents a gallon and gin has gone up $9.00 a pint. Counterfeit twenties are in circulation which will be of interest to four or five people in Anaheim. A fire in a Persian temple has been burning 1000 years. Dlek Fischle and his boys would consider that a disgrace. “If the $11,524,951,869 that 20 nations owe the United States were collected and divided among the citizens of that country,” says some man handy with figures, “each would receive about -100.” And within three months Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller would have about $11,-524,951,000 of it. A guy I like Is Rudolph Maze; Reads this colleen— Laughs for days. “Day by day,” postcards Shorty Sims, “in every way, I am getting broker and broker.” DANCING SCHOOL Mrs. Maude Putnam Teacher of Ballet, Classical and Character Dancing Classes every Friday in Eagles Bldg. Cor. Lemon and Chestnut 2 to 6 P.M. Christensen School of Popular Music Apartment 5 Kraemer Bldg. 222 E. Center St. Phone 901 Floors Lald, Scraped and Finished Machine Sanders A.B.RICE FLOOR CO. Local Mgr. R. J. Ohlund 610 E. Chartres Anaheim Phone 776-W TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co. Per Yr. $3; Six Months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second-class matter. PANTOMIME by J. H. Striebel You can say one thing for the coal industry. It doesn't put on a new strike until after the old one stops hurting. How unfortunate that the only men who know how to handle world problems should waste their time in villages whittling goods boxes. "The Regniers" Chautauqua and Lyceum Entertainers Vocal, Piano and Trombone Music; Readings and Impersonation HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM "The Regniers" Chautauqua and Lyceum Entertainers Vocal, Piano and Trombone Music; Readings and Impersonation HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Friday Evening, Jan. 12 Anoranco and Annual Benefit Children 25c, Adults 35c HEALTH COMES FIRST FALL THINGS in your home, from cellar to roof, what is the most important to convenience and health? Stop and think— The furniture, rugs, drapes, paintings? The hardwood floors, interior finish, the decorating? No, none of these. It is the plumbing. Plumbing safeguards the health of the entire household. It is as essential to have GOOD plumbing as it is to carry life or fire insurance. Health officials will vouch for this; statistics prove it. Therefore give to the selection of plumbing as great care as is Plumbing safeguards the health of the entire household. It is as essential to have GOOD plumbing as it is to carry life or fire insurance. Health officials will vouch for this; statistics prove it. Therefore give to the selection of plumbing as great care as is given to the selection of the furnishings and interior decorations of your home. Attend to it personally. Do not depend upon a middleman or a fly-by-night contractor who is thinking more of his discounts or commissions than of your comfort and health. Certified plumbing work and materials may be obtained by selecting members of the Sanitary Development League. They are pledged to maintain the highest ideals and standards of the industry—to deal squarely. They prize their reputations more highly than they do your dollars. SANITARY DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 321 H. W. Hellman Building Los Angeles, Cal.