oc-plain-dealer 1924-03-24

DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS It is not because we cannot know God's way, that we do not see it, but because we want instead to take our own way. There is no use in our looking into our Lord's face, and asking, "What now, dear Master?" if we do not mean to take the path He marks out.—J. M. Miller. PRESIDENT OBREGON NOT CANDIDATE AGAIN General Obregon announces formally and unequivocally that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the presidency of Mexico. "I will stand by the Constitution and not seek re-election." These are General Obregon's quoted words: "Unwise friends advised me to seek another term, but I am keeping the Mexican law, which prohibits re-election." These words do General Obregon credit. Should he abide by them he will go out of office respected. Mexico needs able, resourceful leaders of the type that would not listen to "unwise friends" and would not be misled by false ambitions. Honest, unselfish, devoted public service down there should be the rule. Under governmental sway of the helpful type Mexico would prosper and advance prodigiously. It has resources which are marvelously rich. These await proper development. Let the country be pacified, and let conditions be made stable and productive of economic progress, and Mexico quickly would develop riches in enormous volume. It is to be hoped that General Obregon will abide by his pledge; that he will keep hands off in the presidential race; and that an able, conscientious public-spirited successor to the presidency may be elected. Abuse is beggarly argument. Teapot Home may yet be chosen as the site for the Nation's Hall of Shame. conditions be made stable and productive of economic progress, and Mexico quickly would develop riches in enormous volume. It is to be hoped that General Obregon will abide by his pledge; that he will keep hands off in the presidential race; and that an able, conscientious public-spirited successor to the presidency may be elected. Abuse is beggarly argument. Teapot Dome may yet be chosen as the site for the Nation's Hall of Shame. Slander rebounds upon the slanderer. Slandering comes back to plague its originator. Keep the bloom of youth upon the soul, and the marks of age will not show upon the body. They are having 400 earthquakes a day down in Costa Rica. Must have an oil scandal down there. California has treasures of great value in its improved highways. These improved roads should not be permitted to deteriorate. THREE THINGS — CAREFUL WORK — QUICK SERVICE — REASONABLE CHARGES MAKE THE SANITARY LAUNDRY THE LAUNDRY FOR EVERYBODY THE SANITARY LAUNDRY 226 WEST SAINT PE AVT. FULLERTON PHONE 26 They Just Mail It Many of our depositors do most all their PARAGRAPHS Another definition of a pretzel: A cracker gone crazy. The man who wants to borrow trouble needs no collateral. Perhaps they call them musical combedies because the music quite often is such a joke. A man doesn't mind his sins finding him out—provided they don't go and tell his wife. A mother is a person who thinks the girl her son married isn't half good enough for him. Elinor Glyn advises girls to "Cling to your youth with all your will." But don't choke him. This new drug that makes a man savage probably is no more than a temperamental fountain pen. Yes, Ethel, the Prince of Wales met with an accident the other day. He stayed on his horse. The price of oil varies. It may cost a man 25 cents a quart, and it may cost him the presidency. Modern version: "—shines like a good deed in a naughty world—in small type on an inside page." A woman historian would tell you that the invention of the mirror marked the dawn of civilization. Another prize one-piece skull is the man who says, "I own no property, so I don't have to pay any taxes." They Just Mail It Many of our depositors do most all their banking without coming near the bank. To deposit, they send a Postal or Express Money Order, and mail their checks. Some send currency by registered mail. To withdraw, they send a letter or signed check payable to us, and we return a Bankraft—good for cash anywhere. You find it inconvenient to come to the bank, transact your business by mail. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS COMMERCIAL COMBINED RESOURCES EXCEEDED $4,200,000 RES Sunday Publisher Plain Dealer MONDAY Subscription Entered at AY BY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, IT'E GETTING WORSE DRAUGHERTY? SENATE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE FILMS! TEAPOT? DANE GOSSIP DINNER STORY A growing boy in an old town had obtained a small amount of work he did. "I get up at half-past five has my breakfast," he said. "Any one else got up, too was asked. "Oh, yes, mother. She gets breakfast and then she gets at half-past six." "And your dinner?" "Oh, mother gets that, too then she gets father's." "Has she the afternoon to self?" "Oh, not. She cleans up after the children, and gets to dad and me when we come lately. Then we gets our smoke, and we gets to bed." "And your mother?" "Well, she does a bit of so then, when all is cleaned up tea." "What wages do you get?" "Oh, I gets ten bob, and gets thirty-five." "And your mother?" "Mother? Oh, she don't get wages. She don't do not ww. Shrieks and yells of the appalling type were issuing the little cottage, and quite crowd had colleted. Presence in the full majesty dignity of the law, a police came striding onto the scene. "Now, then," he cried grunt "what is all this about?" "Please, sir," spoke up a boy, "that's only my brother. crying because mama's eye ain't very good and she's too." "He must be a very feeling tle fellow," remarked the off-wiping away a furtive tear. "Yes, sir, he is. You see, mending his trousers, and he' ABE MARTIN WHO'S WHO IN THE DAY'S NEWS CURTIS D. WILBUR The man selected by President Coolidge to succeed Edwin Denby as head of the United States navy has followed a judicial career for years but he is not a stranger to the navy or unacquainted with navy affairs and procedure. Curtis D. Wilbur, the selection, is a graduate of the naval academy. He was a member of the class of 1888. He was born in Boonesboro, Ia., May 10, 1867, and received his early education in the schools of that city and Jamestown, N. D. He went to California soon after leaving Annapolis, taught school a year and then entered an attorney's office to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1890. He was ranked as a leading lawyer and jurist for many years. While judge of the supreme court in California he reorganized the juvenile court and framed the bills which formed the basis for California's juvenile court law. He was named chief justice of the supreme court two years ago. In addition to his legal work he has taken a leading part in child welfare movements and Sunday school activities. His brother, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, is president of Stanford University. Some women are so prone t' boast that they tell that they wuz at home all day yesterday. "Go back home an' live t'gether, failure t' provide kin happen t' any husband these times," said Squire Marsh Mallow, in closin' th' Bud divorce case. They Come and Go Santa Fe "all the way" year after year 6 daily trains to Chicago & Kansas City also through Pullmans to St Louis Denver-Des Moines-St. Paul Minneapolis and Houston On your Santa Fe way you can stop over & visit Grand Canyon National Park-open all the year Fred Harvey Meal service Pullman reservations trains and trip details C. A. WALKER Anaheim Phone 217 MONDAY MARCH TWENTIETH 1924 Subscription Ration—In N. Orange co., year $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anahi Calif., as second class matter COMMENTS OF THE PRESS WEAT IN FICTION—Emporia Gazette Following the recent Farmers' Union convention in Emporia, reading "Satan's Inner" Garet Garrett is like reading an account of a round table discussion of the farmer's problems at the convention. Wheat speculation, co-operative marketing and disposal of the surplus are made a vital part of this interesting romance of wheat. The author gives a clear picture of the bucketshop operations, and the stock exchange and the great wheat pit with its open board and its cash tables. The story is that of a man who started gambling in Wall Street buckshops as a boy, who finally went to the stock exchange and because of his consistent winnings was restricted in his speculations so went on to the Chicago wheat pit where there were no limits. In the great wheat pit this professional gambler who had never seen growing grain, saw other gainblers and speculators who didn't know whether rye or wheat grew on a bush or in the ground with the peanuts—saw these men force the price of grain down before the harvest and after the farmer had marketed his crops, send the price up to what the grain was worth. He went to the cash tables where the real grain buyers sat with their samples. He ran the grain through his fingers. It did something to him. "It told him something—something he already knew and couldn't remember." It sent him to the Kansas wheat fields to find out for himself. There he saw the farmer growing the grain—the farmer who says when he sells, "What will you give?" and when he buys, "What will you take?" There he heard the prophet urging co-operative marketing and heard the answer of the old sage: "It works. But it works in heaven. Don't let anyone tell you it will pay on earth." Later he heard the same old sage speak of the surplus. "What shall you do with your surplus? There is no surplus. I have held in my hands some grains of wheat as old as the pyramids. If ground into meal they would still make excellent bread. Wheat is imperishable and there is no surplus. The utmost there can ever be is a little wheat over from a fat year to lie against the want of a lean year. Keep it. Keep what is over until the world's belly swells with hunger. Then it will pay. Joseph kept grain seven years in a mud storehouse. It does not spoil. You will say you cannot keep it." You have borrowed money at the bank. You are called upon to pay it back. Therefore you must sell that bushel which breaks the price of the whole crop. They are demanding it in the market place. I say, do not grow that Satan's bushel." A phantastical love story is interwoven with the story of wheat which makes a yarn worth reading. Anaheim Electric Co. had collected. Presently, dead in the full majesty and city of the law, a policeman striding onto the scene. how, then," he cried gruffly, it is all this about?" please, sir," spoke up a small "that's only my brother. He's because mama's eyesight very good and she's deaf. the must be a very feeling little yellow," remarked the officer, giving away a furtive tear. es, sir, he is. You see, Ma's loving his trousers, and he's got on." REGULAR SPIRITUALIST SERVICES being conducted Tuesdays at 10 and 7:30 p.m.; Sundays a.m., and 7:30 p.m. Leece and messages. Michael E. Purdy Meyers PASTOR E. Center St.—Phone 1197 Anaheim Electric Co. The Home of the EASY Washer and the BISSEL Cleaner Easy to use Easy to keep clean Easy on the clothes Easy to pay for out of the money it saves. ERNEST F. GIELOW 209 West Center St. Phone 59 Anaheim, Cal. Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR Make Delivery Certain! With the entire factory output of Ford Cars being absorbed as rapidly as the cars can be pro- Make Delivery Certain! 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