Van Nuys News And The Van Nuys Call, The (Newspaper) - December 8, 1911, Van Nuys, California ment of Our Town sal THE VAN NEWS A PAPER For the PEOPLE AND THE VAN CALL VOLUME I VAN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 1911 NUMBER 16 CONSOLIDATION DEFEATED SEPARATE HIGH SCHOOL DIS- FOR VAN INVESTIGATION BY WORKS TO HELP VETERANS Volets of This School District Vote to lie of No Other District For High School Purposes Last Saturday at the special tion held in tie temporary school room and which was the first ever held in Van a light vote was polled on the proposition whether Van should be consolidated with the San Fernando Union High School District or whether it should be part of no high school district Seventeen votes were cast all of which were against consolidation This will make the Van District a separate high school district which will be much more convenient and satisfactory than etherise when the proper comes to establish a high school here Many of the voters of the district were confused on account of the ference in time between the election on Saturday and on Monday and came during the afternoon to cast their lots the polls having closed at o'clock p m The election was conducted by the s School Trustees Tas Lyon M son and Wm B Lane and the proper returns were made to the County of Schools Mark Keppel CLOSE OF DECIDUOUS FRUIT SEASON WASHINGTON 6 wide reorganization the soldiers homes may follow an Investigation of the treatment accorded and disabled now being tied on by Senator Works of nia are being made that the policy followed by the national governs soldiers homes Is wrong in that tha rapidly decreasing number of veterans are treated in the lomes as paupers without proper food and under harsh military regulations which make the homes anything but places of comfortable abode plea is made that the men who helped to save the nation should be jiTen every comfort the country can provide before their few remaining days are ended The herding of the veterans in barracks the discipline which arouses them in the morning and sends them to bed at 9 o'clock at night the poor food and lack of individual comfort and attention are all subjects of complaint under in- If the facts develop Senator Works will ask an investigation by congress and propose legislation to make conditions more suitable for the old soldiers the shipments for available In 1910 SACRAMENTO Dec de- season closed on Nov 30 except for apples The totals on the season are fruit shipments from the state 11936 cars These figures are exclusive of apples and do not include citrus fruits Ship ments for this season numbered cars The cars of 1911 how ever weighed thirteen tons instead o twelve Hence the 1911 total is real ly cars The prin cipal varieties of deciduous fruits which were shipped from California this season were cherries apricots pears and grapes A were Pomegranates per VAN WE ERECT NEW SCHOOL BUILDING BOND ISSUE CARRIED BY A VOTE OF TO 0 Board of Trustees Will at Once to Prepare Plans and Arrange for the of the Building as Soon as Possible To be Modern in All Respects EDUCATOR SCORES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SACRAMENTO Deo history as it Is taught fa the public schools of the United States today is strongly denounced by H A Adrian one of the speakers before the County School Teachers institute now in sion here Adrian asserted that Great had not performed one act to provoke the Revolutionary war that the Boston massacre was terrible was posed to be that the stamp acts were justified and that the colonists re- to obey them was actuated by their desire to slide out of a just portion of the expense of a ment in this county and that the banner of St George flying in the breeze was always the flag of dom Adrian's attack was strongly ed by the teachers many of whom have taught the history condemned for years DEFICIT CAUSED BY NEW STATE TAX LAW LAND I AW DATES New Records for Transcontinental Travel Are Expected to Be Next Month The voters of the Van School District expressed their of ood school facilities last when by the unanimous vote of or and none against a bond issue for was carried the proceeds which are to be used in purchasing school lots for building or purchasing one or more school buildings lor suring the same for supplying the same with furniture and necessary paratus and for improving the grounds Immediate action will be taken by the Board Trustees of district namely James Lyon D The proposed location of the ing is on East Broadway number 1 to G and 19 to 24 inclusive in Section 19 and will be 300 leet square The site is an ideal one and very centrally located The Van School District com- the entire acres of the Van lands OFFICE OPENED IN VAN American Beet Sugar Co Establishes Headquarters in the Syndicate Block This Week In line with the announcement of Nov American Beet Sugar Company opened their office this week in the room just south of that occupied by W E An- drew the hardware man This office be headquarters for the sive operations of that company in this field and which will employ a small army of help Miss Francis Taylor of Oxnard who has been in the employ of the company for a number of years will be in charge of the office and will dle ail the clerical work Maj 1 A Driffell Maj Carr W A Connolly and Miss Taylor were all here on Monday completing details for ling their business here STREETCAR SERVICE DEC 16 BASEBALL TEAM FOR VAN Nucleus of a Good Team Among the Local Players It has been suggested that a is an ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY PACIFIC ELECTRIC CO Will be Ready to Handle Through senger and Freight Traffic on That Date Hourly Passenger Service Announcement has been made by the Pacific Electric Company that the new line from Hollywood to Van a distance of 10.9 miles will be completed and placed in operation for handling through passenger and freight traffic between Los Angeles and Van by way of Hollywood and on Saturday Dec 16 The passenger station in Los Angeles will be that of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad at No 431 South Hill Street and the freight station will be located at North Broadway and Sunset vard test tier of people now in the district to defend the championship of the Sanj car over tne to Van who are building homes and ex- Valley to locate here and the many more who are daily selecting this ley as their home it is assumed that at least an eight or building be selected lo provide facilities and Wm E lane for the fo th t of the bonds or such part as will Van has rapidly outgrown the to out the plans of van nas outgrown a above temporary facilities provided lor its as oed above It is understood that plans for the building have been adopted as yet and that the ill make a thorough and capable of neighboring school George as insp ings which have been erected W E and the of the means their endeavor to give Van the benefit of the best and most improvements along this Hue J school purposes but upon the com- of this new building town will take its proper place in the fine educational system of California pector and d Wm E Young as judges conducted the tion which was held in the school room in the Block There is plenty of good talent among the boys now located here and no doubt a creditable showing could be made Among the players now in our midst who have made good on other teams and the positions they played and Young pitchers Mm void and Merrill catchers Gibson first liams second base Taylor shortstop Abrams third base and McAllister fielder No doubt there are many others The News will be glad to erate with any move to establish grounds and organize a team as there is nothing the national game to create local patriotism in a town SACRAMENTO Dec the discovery by Senator C P ten chairman of the senate finance committee that the state faces a deficit of nearly this year from the operation of the new law di- viding state and county taxes plans are being made for calling another cial session of the legislature at the close of the present extra session Not only does it appear from Mr figures that the actual deficit in the state revenues will be 162.75 for the year ending June 30 1912 but a comparison with the nue which would have been received under the old system shows that the new law has cost the state over for the current fiscal year TAFT'S MESSAGE TO DEAL SOLELY WITH TRUSTS WASHINGTON Dec President Tuft's message to the next session of congress will deal almost exclusively with the trusts it was learned an authoritative source A high who is in a position to know told the correspondent of the Herald that President Taft had been persuaded by his cabinet to adopt this method in his messages hereafter that the messages being shorter will be more widely read than formerly Probably the lowest rates ever given on the Pacific Coast for an ex- position will be accorded the Pacific Land and Products Exposition's Land Show Beautiful of which will be held in this city March 12 to I ill he the first since thai a president's has dealt willi only one subject President Taft it is understood will send six other messages to congress during the coming session Each will deal as nearly as possible with only one subject and all will be short BEGIN TRIAL FOR MEN BLAMED FOR HOLOCAUST NEW YORK Dec final chapter in one of the greatest dies of recent Triangle Shirtwaist factory begin Monday when Isaac Harris and Max Blanck proprietors of the company po on trial before Judge Crain in eral sessions charged with first de- gree manslaughter in connection with the deaths of the persons young girls who were burned n leaped to their death during the caust Low rates have been asked of all the transcontinental railroads entering Los Angeles and subsidiary lines throughout the West Arrangements are being perfected for bringing the largest crowds of tourists and to Los Angeles next March that have ever been known in the history of Pacific Coast travel Assurances have been received by the exposition officials thai the railroads will erate in every way and that the est possible rates wili be made for the Land Show During the Land Show last year the railroads gave a rate of one and one- third fare for round trip from all points in California Arizona and Nevada but next year the Trans- continental Passenger Association in will be asked 10 make lower rates and all of the territory west of the Missouri River be ed So great is the interest in the coming Land Show that it is a foregone conclusion that the low colonist rates which are usually by HIP Transcontinental senger Association at the end of February ami which extend from March 15 to April 15 will be granted next year without any dissension on the part of connecting northwestern railways Arrangements are being made by the land Show officials for special excursions during the exposition from Denver Salt City Spokane Seattle Portland Sail Francisco San Joaquin and Valley points also from cities in Nevada Arizona Now Mexi ico Texas and the west coast of row to determine the a p e d possibilities preliminary to making up the schedule of CITRUS SHIPMENT TO BE CARS LOS ANGELES Dec shippers will send not less than carloads of oranges and lemons out of this state during the coming season The California Fruit Growers ex- change issued this statement today A preliminary estimate was but the fact that shipments depend on the size of the oranges used for the space occupied makes the mark seem closer to what is considered cor- rect today The oranges and both swell when rain comes at the proper time but the former crop is the more valuable Growers out the state assert that their orchards are prospering and showing unusually big healthy citrus growths 21 POTATOES IN ONE HILL REPRESENTATIVE TYPE OF HOMES BEING ERECTED IN VAN BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS GOVERNMENT SAVES MILLION BY FLOOD The street work is progressing rapidly on C D and E Streets Mrs Thomas house on I Street is being painted by Mr Will Vincent C T Miller is putting the finishing touches to the roof of his hew house Work has been started on the residence of W C Patterson vice- president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles who will locate here Ye Building Company of Los Angeles has the contract Work on G L Bowe's residence corner D and Bonnie Brae is gressing nicely under the direction of T W Miles This home will five rooms screen porch and cement tne lant ls A THRIVING INDUSTRY The E W Pack Lumber Company which recently bought the plant for- merly operated by G A Huffaker is making rapid strides in the business world of Van This company carries r full line of building supplies lumber lath lime shingles sash doors roofing paper Cotton's cement and Arden plaster cellar and will cost about L R De Mert started this week for his new store building on Way Dr Mathers residence is well under way and will be ready for occupancy in a short time The roof is now being put on tlie new garage being built by Mr acks on Sherman Way Mr C Hope of Pomona is in Van preparing to erect a six-room modern bungalow This structure will be erected near Mr Bowe's new home and will be a fine addition to this and vertical pine flooring will be laid to cover an area of square feet Wonderful Growth of Sweet Potatoes Made in San Fernando Valley The residence of Mr R P is well under way The floor space of this house will cover square feet The dining room is to be finished in imitation mahogany The reception hall living room and den will be of slash grain Oregon pine and The hotel building being erected on i ceilings There will Sherman Way for J W Donnelly by j ue a basement with a furnace a pool 1 W Miles is now up to me second a sleeping porch and large and commodious porches Mr Riggart is sparing nothing to make his home J W Akyroyd is pushing the work comfortable and convenient on Mrs Sanford's house and to complete it within ten lays or two weeks NEW INDUSTRIES Wash Dec A SAYS ENGLAND WILL ASK FOR NAVY Dec ami possibly more wil be raised supplemental to the usual naval estimates the Pall Mall Gazette has again revived the possibility of a big naval loan It is pointed out that in view of he in Germany in of a bigger navy Great must sarily show she is determined to pre- serve the to one standard One thing is certain and that Is that land will have to make heavy tures to adequate docks tor the dreadnaught battleships freak of the flood in the Skagit river has done in twenty-four hours out a cent of expense work plated by the States ment at a cost of a million dollars and a year's labor of engineering crews The stream cut through Sterling Bend above Mount where a nel now runs SOO feet wide and 20 feet deep For seventeen years the federal government has this im- provement and many surveys have been made The is through n of laud eighty rods wide it shortens the distance from Mount Vernon to three and a half miles giving a steamboat here a long and dangerous on existed before Fred will foon p on his new residence on Kester Street Mrs A V Anable and daughter have opened a store in the It on Sherman Way in connection Mr Doolittle will have charge of which there will be a circulating building Mr Ben Zeitler commenced construction of his residence week and will spare no pains to H nent attractive and lie this new office building of tile con- struction is being added to the tional Lumber Company's to take care of their increasing business Vorl on the house of W S McFaddan manager of tho Company is ing nicely and when completed will be edit to this community of beau- modern homes library and a free reading room They will carry a full line of choice dies toys furnishing goods and dry goods R D Owens will open a barbershop equipped with a planer cut-off saw and other ery right on the grounds Mr Pack is spending about in improvements which will make his plant up-to-date in all respects Only the best grade of lumber is carried is bought direct from the north Five hundred thousand feet were clork All fin lumber is This company is located on the east side of Sherman Way almost opposite the railroad station and visitors to the plant at all times welcome SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXHIBIT IN FAVOR During the first six days of the Land Show at Chicago people ed the Southern Pacific One hundred lectures have been delivered On California Day as well as Kansas Day it was for the to give over the lecture room for the entire days to those states and the statement was made by the management that more than 70 per cent of the people who attended this show the Southern Pacific lures ind room Thos Ice turcs and exhibit have been in strong favor with the entire show Various Exhibitors and delegates from outside states award great praise to the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific for the enterprise and lib shown by them The result to the states served by A display of sweet potatoes grown the Van soil and shown by the Janss Investment Com- pany at their offices may tive of giving Los Angeles the tige of furnishing the seed potatoes for all of the Southwest Inquiries have been numerous for tubers from the stock that showed as high as twenty-one potatoes to a root when the average is from five to six W G Barnett who raised the un- usual spuds on his ranch near received an order for pounds of seed sweet potatoes from a grower in the Valley An- other inquiry came from the San Valley Scores of others came from around Imperial and certain parts of Texas One man from gia is desirous of getting potatoes of this variety and sending them to his Southern plantation Yesterday Barnett brought to the Janss a potato weighing five a pounds and seventeen inches in length It was perfectly shaped and came from a root that produced many other large tubers The size was attributed to the fact that the next hill was not planted and this particular potato had room to spread out FELL BANANA TREES TO PREVENT FEVER SPREAD in a few days in the new addition toj this system will be ot the greatest ad the J T Building on vantage ginia Street near the drug store which is rushed to completion by the contractor W E Young SAN FRANCISCO Dec lulu Pearl of the has fallen on evil days To guard the city against the ger of contagion from a single case of yellow fever the federal and health authorities have felled 150.000 banana trees and the work of destruction is still going on in spite of court injunctions issued on tions signed by protesting property owners A squad of belligerent medical men assisted by half a hundred officers and 700 men ranging here and here through the island metropolis cutting and slashing wherever they find a ba- nana tree or any of its allies And on op of it all there is held out tho threat that before they cease the health officials will have deflowered entirely the far-famed of the land of languor BOARD REFUSES TO DIVULGE FINDINGS IN MAINE PROBE The System B A son proprietor has occupied Keefe on Wny find will carry A full line of electrical plies and fixtures do first-class wiring and contracting Seven Bitten by Mad Dog LOS Dec Durfy has discovered that tlm which bit seven persons last week in the neighborhood of Temple street nml obore avenue hnd rabies sr stage and the persons who were bitten were fied to this effect ibis morning HAVANA Dec cret cast up by a of the remains of the the board of inquiry appointed the to determine the cewa of the explosion that sunk famous old battleship left today for ton via Key West The board gave out no of what its report would be But the vana press in the that it would hold to blame for the vessel's destruction
