Van Nuys News And The Van Nuys Call, The (Newspaper) - September 27, 1912, Van Nuys, California Far Ihm Sment of Our Town and Valley NEWS AND THE VAN CALL VOLUME II VAN SEPTEMBER 27, 1912 COAST HAPPENINGS MIRRORED HERE NUMBER 5 OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE Condensed Resume of the Week's Happenings Covering Events of Interest From Nearby Allow Rapid Scanning Ready to Ship First Raisins Sept. first carload of raisins of this season will be shipped east the latter part of this The crop this year is said to be although there is a slight shortage in weight to the Score Die in Typhoon SAN Sept. dreds arriving from the Orient on the Kner Tenyo tola or a. typhoon while the steamer lay in the harbor at and witnessed the death of a score of persons when a yacht and tugboat EXPERIENCES PROVE INTERESTING The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church met at the home of Mrs. away nn F Tuesday and Supper was served from G to after which the following ladies told their experience in earning their Mesdames Messrs. A very pleasant evening was spent and TO OPEN A JEWELRY STORE Mr. J. W. who came to fornia recently from was in Van last Saturday and through the agency of L. L. one of the rooms In the new Keefe Within a few days he expects to put in a complete line of and will also conduct an up-to-date repair He has had extensive experience in this line and states that he will give Van one of the best little shops along the Work on State Highway Started Sept. has be- Sun on the section of the state way stretching from Fresno to the Herudon on the San Joaquin ten miles to the north of men and teams being set to work on mont connecting with the county road along the Southern Acres Held Out for Navy Sept. lia land office has received notice of the withdrawal from entry of acres of the best of the west Kern county oil lands in this It is the first reserve of oil lands made by the government for the navy's It is known as Petroleum Reserve No. 1" SOME PRACTICAL RESULTS WITHOUT IRRIGATION One of the best results attained in gardening in this locality without ir- rigation was presented to us this week in thp nf four raised by Mr. Curg oi Hazeltine their combined weight being four pounds and four They were all solid and free from blemish and any one of them would have made a. meal for a small Prof. Lyon brought to grocery on a flower disk that measured five feet two inches in and two tomatoes that weighed together two pounds and fourteen These products were grown by Mr. Lyon on the ranch recently sold to Mr. The professor states that he has never had much experience as a but he certainly has been getting re- sults during his stay in this LYON'S PROPERTY IS SOLD VALLEY IS WAKING UP T TWT A M UN WAIM QUESTION IMPORTANT MEETINGS ARE HELD AT SAN FERNANDO TO CONSIDER BEST COURSE TO IN MATTER Members of the Board of Public Los Angeles and Ex- plain Situation as they Have Outlined Features in General Discussion Were the the Degree of and Probable Effect or Annexation LARGEST TRANSACTION MADE IN VICINITY Deal Was Concluded by L. L. Consideration Said to be About S. Attix From Who Will Make This His Horde A meeting for the general sion of the Owens River water sition as it concerns the San Fernando was held in the town of San Fernando last There was a large attendance of the ranchers from that and representatives were from Van and Graham and bers of the Board of Public Utilities of the city of Los Angeles were on hand to explain the method they have taken to determine the that shall be charged for the surplus wa- ter to be Mr. Henderson stated that it was the purpose of the board to put the water on the lands that would produce the highest This he thought could best he determined by having applications made in the nature of bids for its It was further ed that when all these bids were com- out of the ones approved by the board and subsequently to be proved by the vote of the people of Los the lowest bid would de- termine the price to be charged in all districts to which the water would be Mr. Graham took up some of the de- taHs in connection with the proposed Owens River but we certainly Rant it at a reasonable As to what that reasonable rate 1 am not prepared but will constructed to take care of the nando and Chatsworth rates are to be fixed from time to by the public authorities having jurisdiction over that matter method of financing the construction of said conduits is to be determined after the approval of said plan by the CHURCH NOTES Both grammar and high school pils are especially invited to the odist services next Sunday morning at 11 Come at and learn the evening Rev. C. C. While the pastor is at conference at Long Rev. Boiler will preach at 11 and Rev. Imbach will preach at at the Methodist services on Oct. 8th. Rev. B. pastor of the Presbyterian will conduct services at 11 a.m. and p.m. next METHODISTS win It NEW CHURCH BUILDING TO BE STARTED IN A SHORT TIME Receive Substantial Assistance From Suburban Homes and Townsite Architects are Now Preparing Funds to Start Work Assured that 1 c per inch per hour will All are cordially invited to interest on the bonds issued for distribution of the surplus stated that the aqueduct would MONORAIL MAKES 150 MILES PER HOUR TO TEST NEW MAKES NINETY MILES High Speed Railway Will Connect Nice With Monte Plan Is Success Subways May Be Built in London Sept. way engineers are following with keen interest the development of the plans for the railway which is tu link up Nice with with intermediate stations at Eze and Cap and on which it is ex- passengers will be able to at the rate of 150 miles an It will provide a useful test of the practicability of the Kearney in which the cars are run on a single -ail and maintained in a cal position by an overhead rail or guide Should the system prove as ful in actual practice as with the it is proposed to construct two high-speed tubes for one from the Crystal Palace to the and the other from the Oval on the Io on the The stations will be just below the surface of the and by such a where lifts nml unnecessary and running speeds far greater than on the existing it is claimed that traveling in the metropolis will be At a demonstration in two model cars attained a speed of ninety miles an a speed stated to be many times in excess of that able by models of ordinary railroads constructed to the Xot only did the cars respond to every de- sire of tho but one actually jumped en route a piece of limber equivalent in size to a full-sized I Many individual of j high speed have been reported upon tracks on the but few systems have hitherto entered on the commercial the construction of the new lino from Nice to Monte Colin ii is that the speed will have by April 1st, and that they ex- to have miners inches of surplus water to A conduit to supply a portion of the San Gabriel Valley is proposed to carry the water from the San Fernando reservoir at an approximate cost of It was stated that a bid had been re- from one district in that ley ior mi miners inches at a of for one inch per To provide for the increase of demand on the part of the city for domestic after the surplus water has once been the board proposes automatically by raising the price to the consumers of the The lauds that can afford to pay the raise will retain it from the trip to the very headquarters Owens and along the entire line of the and was One of the largest resales of real estate made in the newly developed section around Van was con- summated on when the handsome country home of James Lyon on Sherman south of the was sold to S. who came here recently from the northern part of the state of The property included teen acres of choice a great tion of which is planted to fruit and is improved with a palatial dence that has been for a long time one of the show places along the j to this adjusted The transaction was handled by L. L tract manager for the townsite and selling agent for W. P. Prof. Lyons was one of the pioneer settlers in this having conie from the state of where he conducted a female He immediately improved his property and planted some of the choicest of deciduous some of which produced this although only having been about teen lie always took a great interest in the educational affairs here and was a member of the of school that started the movement which resulted in tho tion of our handsome grammar Business affairs in his former state and a contemplated trip abroad with his family are the reasons given by Mr. Lyon for disposing of his Mr. the is the father of Mrs. Wallace who has been a resident of Van since last With his two grown he made the trip from his home in Minnesota to Van a distance of in an He thoroughly investigated the ferent sections around Los nnd having looked them all over he decided Van looked best to him for n Mr. Attix has large timber and eral interests in was of the county in which he re- sided and has always taken an active part in all civic He has re- turned to bring his family to their new his sons remaining Upon bis judgment in selecting his it is believed that he will e the means of locating in this tion from eight to ten more families the building of the will pay .nc and ex- penses of the The bond issued was Interest at per cent makes in interest per Add to estimated operating and of we have a total of In a year there are 8760 multiplied by would give a total of inches per year if sold at a rate of Ic per would give a total of or in I believe that Ic per inch per hour paid to the city for water put upon the San Fernando Valley lands would mean a greater net revenue to Los Angeles than paid by Glendora or other adjoining In this Mr. Graham made the statement that the board would recommend the water be stored for a period of say six months to he used during the other six mouths in a As the rate will be based on continuous this plan met with much According to the charter of the city and the terms on which the Owens River water was the city of Los Angeles will be unable to grant a permanent right to the use plus that shall be sold for irrigating the members of u Lite view me chance of the city needing much of this water for domestic purposes is BEETS RUN HIGH IN SUGAR VAN FIELD WILL AVERAGE 25 PER CENT One Shipment Showed 29 Per Cent- Many Car Loads Going Out Daily to Oxnard of Beans Soon to Commence very One member stated that could have a population of the two five hundred thousand and there would still be left I a surplus of In case the city should need any of the surplus that had been and those that can not will have their would be taken as stated above by water discontinued and given to in- j raising the crease the city's Annexation of all or a portion of the Mr. Wade stated that he had been San Fernando Valley to the city of connected with the use of water 1 Los Angeles was suggested as a means ly all his He had just returned j of securing the highest degree of to the use of this It was pointed out that the remarkable growth and progress of this valley in- satisfied that there was enough supply sured it would soon be densely to inches in- populated and that it would be stead of 20.000, the estimated in more ways than one to both ing capacity of the present the city and this In the general discussion that took I One of the plans presented was the main features of the that this section annex and assume its sition that were brought out were tin the degree of permanency of the right and the probable effect of an- of districts wishing to secure proportionate share of the waier and harbor Mr. Burr of San Fernando pre- sided at the and bv his wide the to the city of Los and extensive knowledge of the sub- In considering the price to be Meet of washable to bring for the sale of the surplus wa- j out many different sides of the members of the Utilities Board j stated that it was their purpose to got The Van delegation was much the best price possible in order that j in in the party who made the city should have Sums ranging from 1 cents for a miner's were good j the trip cent to 21'; were G. from here A. automobiles n. I. The American Beet Sugar Company is shipping now about twelve to teen carloads of beets per day to the Oxnard factory from the Van While the tonange is not as heavy as the Van beets are surprising every one by their re- markable sugar The officials at the Van office state that from reports on all beets shipped today they f fnr thp Held to average at least 25 per cent Many are running 27 per cent and on one shipment made by M. A. Carr Co. they reached the high figure of 29 per cent. Another large plow lias put at work and it is thought that they will soon be ping 20 cars per Each car con- tains from thirty to thirty-three The company will soon begin to thresh the beans raised here this A large thresher will arrived from nard within a few There are about 1000 acres to be harvested and a good crop is Beans are now selling around per cwt. Aside from the Sugar Company's there are many other independent fields of Preparations for next season's planting of beets are going Van is soon to have another church building under At a recent meeting of the Methodist congregation it was announced that necessary funds had been and satisfactory arrangements made with the Suburban Homes whereby it would be possible to start work on a church building in the very near In keeping with tke characteristic generosity of Mr. H. J. representing the above com- pany and of Mr. W. P ager of the lots will be for the church and and besides substantial aid will be given in a financial J. C. J H. E. D. J. T. Meyer and Rev. C. C. the comprise the committee that has the matter in charge and they are using all diligence in getting to the point where actual work may be With the Presbyterian church ready under it should only be a matter of a few months un- til both congregations will be able to worship in their own LARGE CROWDS GREET BRYAN IN LOS ANGELES A JOKER IN THE TRACK GAMBLING inch per hour j George W. P. general opinion It. seemed to be the among the many P. L. E. Bliss and ranchers present that from 1 cent to No definite action was taken at this Hi cents would be a very fair price i An adjournment was taken should return a fair margin to Thursday Sept. 2Mb, at Mr. Prince of San he is no question but that every one in this valley is desirous of having WATER PLAN TO BE VOTED ON NOV. Following is the plan for liio pro posed distribution of the Owens Rive NATURAL GAS MAY BE FURNISHED VAN There is a movement on foot at the u parts of the valley were we go to press on the re- port of tins meeting can not be given until our next from Minnesota that are j water to be voted on by the people of ing coming to in the near Nov. Plan as Outlined The plan for distribution of the aqueduct as outlined in resolution adopted by the board of public service commissioners and city council is as time to arrange for supplying conduit from the end of Van with natural The line i aqueduct by way nf Franklin i of Gas Co. is boing j to serve the Providencia Los j us rapidly as possible and it Angeles city and the ami bought that it will bo ready io bring i gas through this valley sometime be- j consisting ween Oct. 1 and January 1. Already acres exclusive of the city A conduit across through the Verdugo tains into La and I. a ada to Pasadena and to the east thereof as far as San to serve about acres of ing with n rapacity of inches and arriving in the vicinity of the city of with a capacity of about limn miner's to cost about 250.000. A conduit to serve the Mission consisting of 400u acres of said conduit to carry 7.V' minor's inches and to cost about For District conduit to serve the At thp election the ple of California will be given to say at the whether race-track gambling shall be revived in At enormous those inter- ested in seeing race-track gambling resumed have had placed on the through the the so called race-track gambling If a majority of the electors who vote on this vote for the present track gambling under which race-track gambling has been will be Should initiated become a law by the votes of the the legislature can not repeal it. It could be repealed only by votes ul Tills would require the initiation of a re- pealing The once more could afford to spend literally millions to defeat the repealing It is safe to that even with state aroused against the evils of race-track gambling as it was in would be required to force the repeal of the proposed gambling should it become n The time to defeat it is False Faced The vicious feature of the proposed gambling measure is that it does not appear to be a gambling measure at Through several the prohibits gambling and provides ful penalties for all who In the last appear a William Jennings Bryan received a very enthusiastic welcome by the ple of Los Angeles and surrounding cities on the occasion of his visit in that city last on his trip in the interest of. the candidacy of the democratic nominee for the presidency of the United His first main address was given at the Temple Auditorium u uu ui women umi packed that large building from floor to From there he went to Naud Junction where be spoke before at least 3000 workingmen who gathered there at the noon In the afternoon he made his principal address at Fiesta to an audience of about F. D. formerly of Van was on the committee that met Bryan on his arrival in tho LOCAL FIRM SECURES CONTRACT Bidding against two other the Van Furniture and Un- Co. secured last week the contract for furnishing all the seats and other furniture to be used in the school This was a uice and we are glad to learn that our home rm secured it. CHILDREN AWAIT TEXTBOOKS STATE PUTS PUPILS AT MERCY OF SAYS KEPPEL Many Firms Which Placed Orders With the State Printer Have Had Their Money and Orders Refunded Sept. Friend W. superintendent of state said am running the state printing rit fullest in to make up the shortage in because the textbook tee failed to put in orders in time meet the the result of the failure to re- orders for books in I was compelled to lay off the part of the force in the bindery during June and or there would have been no LOS Sept. Declaring that 20.000 children throughout the state will be forced to wait some three months for their school that their work for the year will be seriously handicapped because of and that California schools are in ser of lowering their standards and losing some of their prestige through the failure of the state printer to have 3 i books ready for the children staje al tile Mark have been granted in San j said conduit to and been in making contracts with said districts do consisting of about of approximately j acres of land and to carry water to the Chatsworth if that important and agents I approximately this conduit these towns recently io start end of the aqueduct with a capacity of miners reaching the point from where a H branches off. with a of miner's i from that point starting for i Franklin tunnel with a capacity I ilium miner's ami reaching ihm witli a capacity of 7.-On miner's I branch of conduit A in serve j the consisting j acres of I said 10 a capacity of j case i about to is not i to supply them with this article of fuel and Van has more than 200 houses within a narrow radius at the present and others are going up as fast in new in Southern or six miles on our north and it is that a branch be in ought over to supply this Mr. general manager of the burban Homes is very anxious to secure this sen ice for th's section ami is using every effort to get it. can be secured at a sonable this line to be of a capacity of miner's in order to carry thp winter of the aqueduct to said and to cosi about inches of water ami being alloted for irrigation from that HUP it the conduit from Chatsworth it tiie reservoir site he to cover the dis consisting nf return of tiie gambling and aii racing associations and the provides in these last shall obtain licenses to conduct race meetings in the state of California pursuant to and under this Act. may conduct and carry on and permit within the enclosure where horse racing is held betting upon the races conducted within said enclosure by and the Paris Mutual and Auction Pool Systems of A Strangle Hold Once the of California by enact that provision into the gamblers will be given a upon the state of said conduit to carry 2700 What this mean is or's inches of water and to cost about shown by tiie details of thp last before the first track superintendent of An- seles county lays all the blame of the present shortage of books on the state textbook be the children can chase the books now from the book but at about 25 cents more a is a fair sample of what will happen if we pass the present ment for free Because if staie department give us this kind of service for books which they are what ran we expect with textbooks which they state textbook committee is its job like I believe every year they get so afraid that will order too many books that they economize by not supplying enough by it is a most dis- tressing nnd the schools are bound to suffer greatly for
