oc-plain-dealer 1924-05-19

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday. Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; FLOODS SPREAD HAVOC OVER WIDE AREAS Life has been lost and great property damage has been done in Pennsylvania and Virginia, from floods. The same assertion might be made, at intervals, about every section of the United States and every locality where there is a stream subject to overflow. And this recital of death and destruction will persist, so long as rivers are permitted to flow unimpeded, with watersheds denuded. The American people are being taught a costly lesson. They are learning, to their hurt, that it is poor economy to let rivers run riot whenever there is excessive rainfall or melting of snows. All parts of the country are increasing in population rapidly. Gigantic industries are being developed. Cities and towns and thriving agricultural districts lie in the basin of streams which are subject to overflow. Each succeeding flood is more destructive because there is more in its path to be destroyed. Here, then, is one of America's big problems. Scores of lives lost and millions of dollars damage each year from floods. Shall this go on, generation after generation? Or shall the American people bestir themselves, to wipe out this menace, by instituting scientific control of floods? The latter course is the course of wisdom, humanity and economy. It means the saving of lives and the averting of enormous property losses. Scientific control is the remedy indicated for destructive floods. Memorial Day should be observed in honoring the heroic dead, not in selfish devotion to pleasure for the living. Scientific control is the remedy indicated for destructive floods. Memorial Day should be observed in honoring the heroic dead, not in selfish devotion to pleasure for the living. Wherever there is suffering among the helpless, there the bountiful aid of the American people is given. California is a great state, in territorial area. But it should be one in spirit and purpose, with all its sections cooperating. Counteract Your Tendency toward Acid Mouth . . . By letting WRIGLEY'S give you relief, lasting joy and benefit. It removes the food particles that lodge in the teeth and cause fermentation and decay. It WASHES the mouth and teeth, counteracting the acidity that does so much damage. WRIGLEY'S after every meal is prescribed by dentists and doctors. Says one dentist: "If chewing gum is used regularly it will result in a noticeable benefit to the teeth." Get your WRIGLEY benefit today. NOTE: Several flavors Wrigley quality Sealed in the Purity Package is prescribed by dentists and doctors. 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Aunt Sarah looked at Smith reprovingly. "I do gredge him the work, Mr. wants Mr. Smith's office to look jest as well as I 'em." The hobo knocked at door and the lady of the peared. "Lady," he said, "I wa front—" "You poor man!" she ed. "One of war's victim till I get you some food, shall tell me your story. In the tranches, you say?" "Not in the trenches. the front—" "Don't try to talk w mouth full. Take you What deed of heroism die at the front:" "Why, I knocked, but I make nobody hear, so around to the back." It was at a fashionable at Savannah. The bride had no visible means of save his father, who was when he repeated that po the service he said boldly. "With all my worldly thee endow!" PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLLEN As we go to press no bid for Muscle Shoals has been received from Mr. Sinclair. The cost of getting a divorce may depend on how much your good name is worth. Discover how long he keeps a clean shirt clean and you know his opinion of the surtax. Baseball by radio is all right except that no frenzied stranger smashes your hat in the seventh. You can tell when you reach a country road because the billboards are not quite so well kept. The world doesn't grow more naughty; it just spends more time talking about it. If guests linger on now, you don't know whether they are having a good time or expecting another highball. Even people who can't read may recognize the old classics by the abundance of commas. Free people are those who are kept busy trying to make themselves obey their own laws. Correct this sentence: "Yeah, he is an admirer of mine," said the man, "but I have no use for him." Even worms are respectable—except the one who whines that his wife isn't treating him right. Let us be grateful. The reason virtue doesn't get on the front pages is because it isn't unmouth full. Take your What deed of heroism did at the front!" "Why, I knocked, but I make nobody hear, so around to the back." It was at a fashionable at Savannah. The bride had no visible means of save his father, who was when he repeated that put the service he said boldly. "With all my worldly thee endow!" Whereupon the father a stage whisper that co-heard all over the church. "Heavens! There goes cycle!" A youthful lawyer had tained to defend an old on the charge of burglary. Before his turn, young consulted a veteran of who was in the courtroom much time," he asked, think I should take in ad the jury." "You should," answered timer, without hesitation the full hour." "The full hour!" Why I should take something quarter of an hour." "You ought to take hour." "Why?" "Because the longer the longer you will keep ent out of prison." Overland THE OVERLAND A WINNING TROPHY ECONOMIC CAMP CURRY, Yosemite Curry economy run that the Overland 92, entered The ordinary wife never gets suspicious until her husband gets fastidious about his nails. The war need not worry. Everything is like that. Even a wife doesn't seem so thrilling after you win her. The photographs of Mars should be entertaining. After this craze for the nude we are rather fed up on Venuses. People who think a third party will accomplish nothing never have seen beans spilled in a scientific manner. He is a wise politician this year who can distinguish between a burning issue and a blaze of indignation. Correct this sentence: "John makes very little money," said the mother-in-law, "but I'm glad Jane married him." The more one studies favorite sons, the greater one's conviction that favoritism is inherently sinful. Convictions are the things a candidate has after he discovers how the voters feel on the subject. (Protected by Associated Editors, Inc.) MONDAY, MAY NINETEENTH, 1924 Subscription Rate—In N. Orange co., per year, $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter DINNER STORIES Old Aunt Sarah was that rare creation, a perfect laundress, and the Smith family rejoiced in her with the exception of Mr. Smith, who said that he did not approve of Auntie starching his pajamas. So Mrs. Smith promised that Auntie should be spoken to in the matter. "Auntie," she began, diplomatically, "you need not be so very particular about Mr. Smith's pajamas; don't starch them at all; must iron them out smoothly." Aunt Sarah looked at Mrs. Smith reprovingly. "I doesn't be rude him the work, Missis. I want Mr. Smith's office clothes to look jest as well as I knn make them." The hobo knocked at the back door and the lady of the house appeared. "Lady," he said, "I was at the front—" "You poor man!" she exclaimed. "One of war's victims. Wait will I get you some food, and you shall tell me your story. You were on the tranches, you say?" "Not in the trenches. I was at the front—" "Don't try to talk with your mouth full. Take your time. What deed of heroism did you do at the front?" "Why, I knocked, but I couldn't make nobody hear, so I came around to the back." It was at a fashionable wedding at Savannah. The bridegroom had no visible means of support have his father, who was rich; but when he repeated that portion of the service he said boldly: "With all my worldly goods I see endow!" Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying INFLATION IN THE HOME—Berkeley (Calif.) Gazette. Inflation has struck the American people where they live, according to credit men—that is, in their homes. Business itself may resist any great inflation, with the Federal Reserve Board holding the purse strings of business credit; but credit for the housewife is swelling like a rubber balloon. The credit plan of buying is naturally found in full flower among the prosperous classes, who know the time-value of money and also dislike to bother with cash. Thus in exclusive departments and specialty stores credit sales amount to as much as 90 per cent of the whole. But there has been a remarkable increase of credit lately among the merry well-to-do and the comparatively poor. Thus in retail stores "catering to the masses", as a credit man expresses it, the credit sales will probably amount to 25 per cent or more. He estimates that no less than 40 per cent of all goods are now sold on credit. That in itself is not bad, except in particular cases where buyers are unable to avoid extravagance when they have credit accounts. The proportion of such persons, however, is beginning to alarm American business men. And the important thing is the tendency. Where will it end? Are Americans, heretofore mainly a cash-paying people, going to become a nation of buyers-on-credit, and develop into a nation of slow-players? If so, they will pay well for the privilege. For credit has to be paid for like anything else, and the credit losses have to be made up. Only prompt payment can make low prices. KNOWING EACH OTHER—Pasadena Star-News Some one says that only when the peoples of the world understand each other will there be no more war. Most of the trouble in the world is the result of not knowing each other, not understanding each other, not being able to get another's viewpoint. We misjudge another's motives because we do not know him. On the spur of the moment we say we do not like the person we have just met, and if we are brought into close contact with him this dislike is sure to lead to trouble. He senses our antipathy and nothing is so hard as to like a person we know does not like us. If we had taken the trouble to learn to know this individual before forming an opinion about him we might have found him really admirable and likeable and avoided considerable friction between us. There are two sides to every question. In any controversy KNOWING EACH OTHER—Pasadena Star-News Some one says that only when the peoples of the world understand each other will there be no more war. Most of the trouble in the world is the result of not knowing each other, not understanding each other, not being able to get another's viewpoint. We misjudge another's motives because we do not know him. On the spur of the moment we say we do not like the person we have just met, and if we are brought into close contact with him this dislike is sure to lead to trouble. He senses our antipathy and nothing is so hard as to like a person we know does not like us. If we had taken the trouble to learn to know this individual before forming an opinion about him we might have found him really admirable and likeable and avoided considerable friction between us. There are two sides to every question. In any controversy those on both sides are nearly always sincere. If we could only get the viewpoint of our adversary and he could get ours, how much happier the world would be. This is true both of nations and individuals. Don't Forget That The Ever-Ready Truck & Transfer Co. Is still able to do your hauling of any description CONTRACT HAULING A SPECIALTY Get Our Price O. J. LINNARTZ, Prop. Residence 211 E. Sycamore St. Orland "Winner" OVERLAND AND WILLYS-KNIGHT CARS WINNING TROPHIES AT THE "YOSEMITE ECONOMY RUN" P CURRY, Yosemite, May 18—The ninth annual Camp economy run that finished here last evening, was won by overland 92, entered by the Willys-Overland Pacific Com- P CURRY, Yosemite, May 18—The ninth annual Camp economy run that finished here last evening, was won by Overland 92, entered by the Willys-Overland Pacific Community Class 2-A, for four-cylinder cars selling at $651 and in the factory. The little Overland, driven by Joe Bozzani, captured the sweepstakes honors with a ton mileage of 49.61, and also its up with a ton mileage of 51.67. It covered the 400 miles on average of 29.36 miles to the gallon of gas, consuming gallons for the distance, no oil and fourteen pints of water. For the third time an Overland has won the coveted prize, time being in 1920. Second sweepstakes honors go to the Willys-Knight, also in the class 2-A by the Willys-Overland Pacific Community with a ton mileage of 45.53 and a mile per gallon average of 3, consuming 17 gallons for the trip. SCHANHALS Willys-Knight and Overland Dealer Anaheim, Calif.