Van Nuys News And The Van Nuys Call, The (Newspaper) - December 20, 1912, Van Nuys, California For I ha of Oar Town flid Valley THE V J V NEWS AND THE VAN CALL VOLUME II VAN DECEMBER 20 1912 NUMBER 17 WATER BOARD FOR VALLEY CHOSEN AT MEETING HELD AT SAN FERNANDO Representative Men From all To Formulate Definite ure in Securing Owens River Water PIONEER CLUB ENJOYS PLEASANT San Fernando valley made an im- portant move in the matter of ing the Owens river at San Fernando last Thursday when a board cn of directors was chosen to take up the and question and devise a plan whereby d from tne the water may be secured on the most equitable basis for the residents of the The members of the board as are John Burr of San J. W. of S. 0. of Van W. S. Van Etten of David Black North F. M. Wright of Fred Tetzlaff of C. F. Elliott of and Charles J. Forbes of Instructions given were broad enough to allow the gentlemen named great latitude in looking after ley's but the sentiment ex- pressed during the general discussion was strongly in favor of a movement to annex all or part of the rated territory of the San Fernando valley to Los Such action is deemed necessary the valley is to secure any degree of permanency to the right of of the The meeting was largely Nearly every section of the valley was represented by Frank C. president of the public service and S. C. another member of the were Mr. Henderson presented some ures shoeing the amount of water that had been applied for by different They are as To be served from the main line running from the San Fernando voir to Franklin SG the branch line running off toward 9% the Mission con- 2 the Fernando conduit runs to the Chatsworth the line running proposed Chatsworth reservoir to Van 6% the Maclay district UL for land inside the San Fernando the remainder being for the San Mr. Henderson pointed out that of the 2.447V, inches only 105 was asked for to be taken from other lines than the so-called that is to reach the San Gabriel He thought that if the people of this valley wanted the other lines they had better get in and sign the if so few requests for water came from the San nando and so many from the San Gabriel the people of Los Angeles would be very likely to vote in favor of building the high line and not the Mr. Graham spoke of the great ume of water to be delivered by the and thought that persons who secured any part of the surplus to be distributed outside of the city would be secure in their right for a long even if the board could insure a permanent A meeting of the board of directors called at Burbank Dec. IS and steps were taken to outline some definite There much work laid out for these and they should nave the united support of all property owners in solving this knotty Those from Van who attended the San Fernando meeting were G. A. Curg F. D. H. J. Robert Biggart and several OPEN PARKS TO AUTO FISHER ASKS Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Patten the Pioneer club at their home on East Seventh street last Friday There were twenty-four sons including members of the club and a few The ing was spent playing eon was served by the All report a most enjoyable COLONIST RATES IN EFFECT MARCH 15 TO APRIL 15. SAN Dec. Southern Pacific and other railroad lines entering Arizona and Nevada have just one-way colonist rates to points in those states for the spring of 1913. The sale dates from the East will be March 15 to April 15, on the same basis as in effect last Ten-day stopovers will be allowed in New Nevada THE NEWS WILL ENTERTAIN CHILDREN SATURDAY DECEMBER 28, AT EMPIRE GENERAL INVITATION EXTENDED TO ALL Special Both Instructive and Entertaining to be Offered For Best Description of the Free to Children Between Ages of 5 and 12 not exceeding thirty date of From Council Bluffs and Kansas City the rates will be from and from St. Louis and New Nearly one million people have heen brought to California by the Southern Pacific company alone on these and they have been pronounced without doubt the greatest factor in increasing CATHOLICS MAY BUILD HANDSOME CHURCH IS FOR VAN Prominent Los Angeles Church Officials of Control and Townsite Management Will Adopt Liberal Policy The News will entertain all the boys and girls between the five and twelve in the vicinity of van at a special matinee at the Em- pire moving picture theater on day December 28th, at This invitation is extended to all children of the above and we lave arranged with the management of the theater for a special lot of films that will prove both entertaining and Several ladies will be on hand to look after th children's We respectfully request that all ents co-operate with us to make this event as pleasant as will be no The only condition is that children who may wish to join the party gather at the News office at o'clock on the afternoon of the where we wish to have a graph taken of the Tickets will be distributed as soon as the graph is boys and make all your arrangements We are ing to have a good and you not afford to miss the A prize of each will to the boy and girl who will on or before January 1st, in their own words and the best report of the These articles will be submitted to three who will pass on their In these articles you may tell anything in connection with the describe the pictures you etc. Remember the De- cember 28th. It is our holiday ing to the CALIFORNIA MOST LUXURIOUS Bulletins from the census bureau at Washington received in Los Angeles Tuesday not only place California ia the front rank of producing but this state is named as the most ous of People here have more more more electric more pianos than in state of In dairy products in 1909 totaled wool products were valued at cattle and hogs 000; orchard GOOD DISPLAY OF VAN W. P. sales manager for Van has on display in the dows of his at 319 South Hill street in Los a fine display of products raised in and around Van hubbard Irish and sweet broom corn and If he could show some of our fine young pigs and chickens raised it would demonstrate what a fine Christmas dinner might be had right from our own GREAT DAM BEING BUILT WILL BE SECOND LARGEST THE WORLD Six Miles North of Van to be Finished by March 1-Will Hold inCheck A modern church building is projected for Van and steps are being taken to get it under waj as soon as There are a great many members of that church this some of whom hafe been working along this line for some Both Mr. Whitley of the boan of control and Mr. manage of the nave selves as willing to adopt the same liberal policy towards such a building as they have shown in the erection of other Prominent ties of the church in TJOS Angeles have been over the ground and have looked at several They desire to know of all members of the Catholic church who are located We would suggest that all such hand in their names to Robert P. who has been active in the of securing a church It has been intimated that this building will be of the most modern design and will conform to the high standard of other structures already ORCHESTRA A number of local musicians gather at the Van will Furniture Store Friday December 27th, to organize an amateur orchestra and to hold their first All who have talent and may wish to join are invited to be TEXTBOOKS MAY NO LONGER BE CLUB ADDRESS BY MRS. Dec. On reading the opinion of Attorney General Webb since the adoption of the Shanahan free textbook amendment the state no longer has power to sell State Printer Richardson today notified Superintendent Hyatt's office that he could not fill requisitions for textbooks to be sold to The opinion holds as the adoption of the amendment sweeps aside the former method of selling books to who in turn sell to school Superintendent Hyatt must device a modus whereby books can be distributed free to the pupils of the state until the legislature prescribes a regular method of so With this opinion in State Printer Richardson made following is clear that books can no Woman's Club held a very interesting meeting in. the home of Mrs. W. B. on Wednesday The was beautifully decorated by the hostess with Christmas bells for the Mrs. W. A. Walker of gave the principal on Forests She favored an educational campaign toward fire prevention and fire and cited her methods by the use of articles through the newspapers and the schools in teaching how build and put out There is a appropriation now The Nelson amendments attempt to break down the national system of protection and put it in the hands of the Interesting topics were discussed to all by Mrs. Graves and fill orders for where they are to be distributed but if a requisition is for books to be 1 cannot honor Some concern is expressed that much time may elapse before the legislature takes action providing for the distribution of the and that in meantime children may suffer the lack of It was sug gested today that this difficulty could be obviated by arranging a temporary plan for distributing on prop erly made out requisitions of county school superintendents or school prin Any distribution plan of books require the payment by the state o transportation for which no special transportation fund has ye been set but it was that the state board of control could authorize expenditure fpr this pur Aside from this there is a fund to MEETING OF WATER BOARD The water board for San Fernando that was elected by from all sections of the valley last held its first meeting at Burbank Wednesday An executive committee was consisting of S. O. John Burr and Jack A committee to the cost of developing water and pumping in the valley was also The members are Mr. Mr. Wright and Charles J The board the gen eral water and all the mem hers were in favor of quick action Another meeting will be held at Lan January 2d, at 2 o'clock in the SERVICE MONDAY EVENING Sunday school of the First Pres church has arranged to hole nt the schoo PLEASED WITH VAN PROMINENT SANTA ANA MAN BUYS ON EAST F STREET Formerly From Altitude and Thorough ledge of Values and Conditions T. W. Charlton of Santa Ana chased eight lots on East F street on Two of the lots were chased for his who is con- with the department of tic economy in a leading school in N. J. Mr. Charlton was so pleased with the location of Van its altitude and that he bought four additional lots for This block of lots is located near the the intention of Mr. Charlton to build in the near Both Mr. Limoges and Mr. Charlton came from Mr. Charlton arrived in Santa Ana about four years ago from His son is a celebrated bacteriologist in near the home of No better evidence of tte ity of Van could be had than the judgment of Mr. Charlton in his investment for he has a thorough knowledge of values and conditions throughout Southern We trust that we may number him among our residents Los Angeles is now engaged in building the second largest dam in the Work is progressing rapidly on this which is located in the San nando twenty-five miles from Los It will serve to create the second largest reservoir of the and will hold in check of The largest dam in the world is the Gatun dam on the ma The Los Angeles dam will be an immense It will be 140 feet high from the surface of the ground to the 720 feet thick at the gradually tapering toward the and feet long. The dam is being built by cally sluicing the earthen filling into the trough between two earthen The total contents will be cubic The aqueduct workmen have already placed cubic yards of material in and the stuff is being deposited at the rate of to cubic a It is planned within a week or so to place a night shift at work on the so that work will be continued night and day without The intention of the aqueduct is to have this dam completed as soon as the aqueduct is This will be a big as there are now but three miles of the aqueduct left to according to the re- port just sent down by William chief engineer of the who is now on the making a tour of inspection and ought to have the dam done by the time the aqueduct is which will be between the first of February and the first of March next said Frank G. dent of the public service The Franklin canyon is also another herculean also is rapidly pushed This dam will have a concrete foundation mately which might be CHINA PREPARING TO RESIST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION CHURCH ST. Dec. Morning 10 a. usual LOS and other national parks in the Pacific region are to be opened to ists as soon as congress can ate funds to make the grades safe for such This is the answer of Secretary Fisher of the department of sia and China are on the point of sabath 11 a. preaching by cring diplomatic The tne Merry golian situation has become M. has informed the government Evening Bible of China that Russia is no longer to Epworth be trifled and unless Mongolia Personality When It is left unhampered to work out its js Revealed Is the Highest Ex- own Russia will at once take of At instead ol steps to preserve Mongolian autonomy the regular preaching Van by force of The government policy is denounced by the who charge with the Urga princes with in order to swallow Mongolia at one gulp when the moment is op- corner Sherman Way and Sev Monday December 23d, at There will be the tomary and a splendid program to be rendered by the are cordially invited to attend All and the interior to the California Tne Far East js jn China is who recently made their fight for the use of the roadways by Secretary Fisher in his annual recommends the of in national parks of nia during the coming year as Yosemite to Sequoia to Gen. Grant National to preparing feverishly to resist Russian and Japan has been ly to seize the lion's share in the expected partition of The United States is hurrying its preparations in the Pacific to tain the open door which in some particulars will be paramount to the Monroe doctrine when the The appropriation for the Yosemite nla canal is It. is not to park is to be used to improve the old roads and build new build and to organize sprinkling In the Sequoia park the plan is to improve the Grant forest road and con- duct experimental Three-quarters of a mile of new road is to be built in the Grant National WIRELESS SAYS SHIP AND be expected that Great many and other nations heavily inter- ested in the Far East will be The way is being prepared for of the Wli will be You are cordially invited to these Sunday services as Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 a. Bible study at G p. and evening preaching at 7 by the help make merry with the ANOTHER GARAGE TO DE OPENED The Peters Columbus ters and I. announce that they will open a garage in the Faure now being used for school about January 1st. They will do a renting and repair SEA TO SEA ROAD WORK PROGRESSES LOS Dec. are highly gratified and prised over the way agreeably work has Monday Christmas evening there entertainment will lie a under the NO PAPER NEXT No paper will be issued from the office next We have de- to make the last week in the year our vacation During this time we hope to garner enough good resolutions to start the New Year with a We take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy Xew pressed on the highway between this city and Roads that a few years ago were difficult of passage are rapidly becoming did and the route is being traversed by many Eastern a ute to its So says John S. former president of the way who with J. J. secretary of the re- cently returned from an inspection trip of the proposed route from Los Angeles to Colton to At Mammoth Wash Mr. Mitchell said the road was easy of passage and that several Eastern automobile ties traversed the road at point auspices of the Sunday and an invitation is extended to U. BATTLESHIP IS RUSHED TO DOMINGO Dec. hour is bringing alarming BROTHER OF INVESTS IN VAN Mr. who recently chased six lots on East. C is a brother of a character well known on the American stage for who has caused ninny to the 17. Every many years and who has cr a laugh from the of a new revolution in San Mr. Smock states that his sister day when the yellow peril will emerge department officials Saturday be- has r from the shadows into Ran active mobilization of marines to York be sent to the I It is Mr. Smock's intention to build Orders were issued to the navy a fine home here in a short of the Atlantic coast to hold men i ready to to Dominican waters IS FATE OF PICTURE FILM IN HANDS OF COURT Dec. with all the naughty thrills of the staircase scene anl soul awaits but the rap of a 11...................... 10 parade its wav through the court May lv the It will also have a concrete core to prevent The inside will be faced with rock or to prevent the waves from ing away the Angeles ELECTRIC LIGHT EXTENSIONS The Southern California Edison within the last few has announced that several extensions will be made to its system in Van very East C and West F are among the streets that will be reached by these Both of these streets have a number of new dences situated close Both Mr. Coulter and Mr. Grimm state that they will endeavor to reach all the houses in the townsite as soon as AVERAGE The following is a table of the age weekly temperature since January 1. 1912, prepared by Beet Sugar Week Max. January 78 January 13.............. 75 January 20.............. SI January 27.............. 82 3............ February 10............ 75 February 17............ 77 February 24............ 82 March the American March 16.................. 64 Mar f- March 6S 73 April 13____........... 63 April 20.................... 71 April 27.................... 74 SPAIN IS TO HAVE NEW BATTLESHIP SQUADRON new ship squadron is planned for the near CREW OF 22 LOST IN LAKE It will comprise three naughts of tons two retired and is now living in Xew j room of North a suburb of this This particular more properly is a moving picture reel that was barred because the ough authorities acceded to the de- mands of the Woman's Christian The opposition to the pictures was started by the wife of the Baptist The manager of the opera house has issued an ultimatum to the mayor unless the order is rescinded he will enter suit for May June June June June July July July 20. July 27. August 29 C 93 81 ss 86 91 91 91 99 90 on short The transports Prairie and warned they might WORLD'S 1912 TRADE PRIVATE HEARINGS FOR SHOW MASHERS be 1 e needed in n The foreign and domestic In from Santo Domingo five a report says that the present year pedo boat destroyers of the latest type Dec. who are annoyed by mashers in ing picture theaters will be shown consideration when they appear against the declares er John E. The recorder will hereafter give a private hearing at an hour when court is not in session to take the testimony of the ants in such This policy will 1 B. who was ni I toil in a moving picture August Ifl August I August 24................ 9 August 31................ 93 September 7.......... SG September 1.4.......... 95 September 21.......... 98 September 2S.......... 91 October 5.............. 74 October 12.............. SO October October November November November November 19.............. 97 26 SO 2 SO 9 SO 16.......... 84 December 14. 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