Van Nuys News And Van Nuys Call, The (Newspaper) - May 21, 1915, Van Nuys, California THE VAN NEWS AND THE VAN CALL VOLUME VAN MAY 21, 1915 NUMBER 38 ACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEMBERS STARTED GREAT CELEBRATION TO BE HELD OF EVENT New Outlet from Valley to the Ocean Unsurpassed hy Any Highway Grades The campaign lor new members for u of Commerce is Blank application cards have been pre- pared and are in the bauds of the committee and other who will distribute them among the residents of our community who are not now allied with the At a meeting of the executive Friday the dues were reduced from fifty cents per month to twenty-five This low rate should appeal to The ber hopes to increase the membership during this campaign to at least two Join the Chamber and help build up a civic organization that will be a credit to Van and be a tower of strength in the advancement of the community's The opening of Topanga Canyon May 29th, will add another Im- portant outlet across the Santa ica Mountains for the great system of improved highways in the San nando and be of benefit di- to Van and on account of the greatly increased travel through the tract sure to follow the opening of this The new road enters the hills from the north .at a point directly south of mouth on the State and winds through the mountains at an easy grade till it strikes the It then follows the ocean for three connecting with San Vicente Boulevard at Santa It is a wonderful piece of and for beauty will become famed throughout the Crossing from the Santa Monica the views of the San Fernando Valley are truly The new Topanga Canyon Road .is 14.3 miles long. It will have a mini- mum width of thirty feet when com- and in many places is much than The grades are no longer as difficult as they were on the old the maximum having been reduced from more than 25 per cent to 10 per cent. There is only feet ot 10 per cent grade and feet of 8.75 per cent The rest of the road in some places touches a grade of 7 per but in most places is less than The grading of the exclusive of has cost close to -a In there are five bridges across and the little canyons which converge with The the stream was the erection of two Howe truss bridges across Topanga These have a length of seventy-seven feet between the concrete abutments a road width of twenty They cost and the second one requiring larger HAMPTON BOOSTERS MAKE TRIP THROUGH VALLEY NEGOTIATIONS PENDING FOR OVER PORTIONS OF VAN TRACT Installation Only at Present hy Advanced hy land When Bonds are Bumper Crops of Sugar Beets In Tract if Water is Hade Available at Once Campaigning in the San Fernando Valley combines pleasure with according to E. C. for who headed a gation his Hollywood boosters through this new part of the city last There were twenty automobiles In the personally directed by H. J. who took pleasure in ing the points of and having Martin Betkouski and George all for of- meet the voters of the Stops were made at the organ the new high Chatsworth and San Many who were on this trip had never been in the Valley and they expressed the greatest at our PARTY ASOCIAL CISTS ENTERTAINED and Mm Hall The wooden post trestle across which is of the two- span twenty-nine feet with twenty-four foot cost while the two small bridges over one twenty-two feet long and the other twenty-five feet with cost These with the will bring the total cost of the Topanga Canyon Road to more than a It is due mainly to H. J. whose marvellous developments in the Fernando Valley have gained worldwide that this road was He early saw the wonderful ad- vantages to be gained both for the City of Los Angeles and this Valley the construction of the and also its beautiful scenic The County when first approached by considered its cost too great to be anc it was only when Whitley interested his associates on the Board of Control of the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company to the extent of agreeing to the portion ot the road lead ing through their a distance four that the supervisors agreed to go ahead with the The construction Has covered a period o several personally directed by F. H. county way and G. A. superintendent of Arrangements are being made for a Exposition of ties Dances Early distribution of aqueduct where it will be con- over portions of the Van tract is if certain with the townsite system and furnish water along the present system on Sherman Way between now pending are and Hazeltine An- The water will be available from line from the Franklin conduit Franklin conduit and from the proposed to serve a portion of the open ditch being dug by William of which will serve the the bonds of the irrigation dis- and western parts of the A large wooden flume is now being have not been there are no funds available to begin the general ed in the Newhall Wash from of the The above Chatsworth road south to the and all will boundary of the This flume to be installed by carry inches of and the consent of the Board of be completed in time for the Funds advanced for tion of the beans and sugar beets installation will be refunded when the vicinity of Other bonds are where the or pipe lines are being planned conforms to the plans and take care of the lands west of of the distributing system of and around where is also a large acreage in beans doubt many of the owners of contiguous to the Franklin con- One line to serve the town of and the open ditch will avail is This line of this temporary probably be installed from the to secure the immediate use of lin Canyon along Eighth Street SCHOOL CHILDREN CLAUSE PEACE DAY POLICY HELD VALID On Maj the May The grades of the Grammar School clause contained in Peace Day with insurance policies has been upheld Peace songs and the supreme court in a decision were a prominent part of the and the benefits of peace In the caes of Mae Dibble against the Reliance Life Insurance contrasted the destruction of as This waste of the first time the status of this In the third grade it was has been passed upon by the that the children write some court of 11 J verses were produced by two making of the policy the represen tations as to health made by the per THE PEACE DOVE insured cannot be case has been fought in the MASS MEETING NEXT THURSDAY EVENING A mass meeting of the citizens of will IIP held next Thursday May 27th, in Whitson under the auspices of the Chamber of There will be an open discussion of matters of interest to the President S. O. is trying to arrange to have several prominent speakers present from the Re- will be served by the man's Newcomers are specially invited to be EIGHTH GRADE PUPILS HOSTS TO THEIR TEACHER Mrs. Robert class teacher of the Eighth grade in the public was tendered a pleasant surprise Thursday evening by members of that at the close of the tation a dainty luncheon was served in the class room by the girls of the and a buok of poems was presented by the class as a mark of the high esteem in which their teacher is The other teachers of the school were present as invited guests of the and entered heartily into the spirit of the enjoyable INITIATES FELLOW EMPLOYEES HERE One HiM P.E. Officials anil Employees KaKe Trip from City In Special and Son Receive Thud Degree J. M. and J. G. McEwing of father and and both em- of the Pacific Electric were given the third degree in TEMPORARY DELAY IN START OF STREET WORK The start oil the street work in Van has been temporarily on account of the R. R. having some difficulty in ar- ranging for the sale of the It is hoped to have this matter cleared up so that the work may begin very BRIEF OUTLINE OF EVENTS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE Condensed Resume of the Week's Happenings nt Interact One hundred and fifty gaily guests were entertained last Friday evening in Whitson by and Mesdames L. L. Whitson and W. J. at a The guests were masked until and much merriment followed the attempts to penetrate the ent There were fat and large and small The riot of colors in the costumes dazzled and produced wondrous under the specially prepared lighting effects in the Dancing to the music of an orchestra from Los Angeles was the entertainment During the Misses Chaddie and Margaret Powley and Flora three young girls from Ocean gave a series of fancy including most of the new and difficult which delighted all and drew round after round of One of these misses was aged only two and a half The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion with wild mustard and potted which banked the sides and furnished a canopy The entrance to the hall from the street was also similarly At the hostesses served a de- licious It was one of the most enjoyable and unique social events of the Among thp out-of-town Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Misses Pauline Clara Hilda Helen monster celebration on 29th, the j Messrs. Carl Howard jrwin Edward Los Mr. and Mrs. James F. Mrs. Kirk Mrs. Misses Chaddie and garet Miss Flora Ocean Mr. and Mrs. Messrs. John and L. San Miss Hazel I love to see white As you fly in the blue sky You fly around like a big white And then again you come and f A VERSE FOR PEACE DAY Kathryn age 8) oh May you never May the dove always stand For our beautiful May we always be free On land or LOS ANGELES COUNTY LEADS IN STONE YIELD OF STATE TOTAL MINERAL YIELD OF ANNUALLY TRAFFIC RESUMED IN FLOOD REGION May traffic north and south of here was re- with the understanding that passengers would walk over the mile stretch of washouts north of Trains probably will oe sent over the repaired lines eighteen miles the storm center for several now has its water stopped by flood con- running DECIDUOUS FRUIT IS NEAR Southern Part of State Produces Inter- esting Variety of Mineral Sub- To Be Dis- at Expositions day of in which thousands of people of Los Santa Ocean Park and the Valley will take part. There will bu an automobile parade that will assemble at From that point the machines through over Way to the northern entrance of the A barbecue dinner will be served in the Talks will j he made during the stop in the canyon t by Mayor Rose of Los Mayor Dudley of Santa and prominent will come Van LOS May W. field assistant to the state Fletcher is in ering data on the Southern fornia contributions to the mineral yield of the Of this Los Angeles county has for several vears past led the rest of the state in the production of materials classified under the This grouping includes PEARS ARE DOING ALLY WELL THIS SEASON Horticultural Commissioner Estimates Crop Will Be 75 Per Cent Normal Are Heavy and Will Require Thinning Some Fish May million thirty thousand pounds of fresh the largest catch in twenty-four hours in Seattle's was brought in by eighteen Masonry in Van No. 400, Wednesday in the presence of a large delegation of P. E. officials and fellow employes who are members of the fraternity and who came out to take part in the Two oi the private cars were used to bring the visitors from Los There were about one hundred in the and they represented lodges in Los Hollywood and other cities on the P. E. as well as scattered lodges in all parts of the United The total at- tendance was 150. It was a remarkable upon a remarkable for seldom does a lodge have the honor of conferring degrees upon a father and son at the same Besides the P. E. there were a number of other visiting ren from the immediate community who still retain their in other The Van Lodge handled the crowd in fine even if the of the lodge room was well At the conclusion of the degree which was put on by a selected team of the P. E. the bers of the Van Lodge served re- in the banquet The visitors all expressed selves as highly pleased with the which was arranged by the boys ating on the Van who are regular attendants at the local The officials of the company who were present F. L. jeneral o. superintendent of the western di- E. assistant dent of the western Ora George L. land F. F. Small and Jess master mechanics in Los An- and B. W. master at Bumper Prune Crop May prune according to present will be the largest ever known in An- derson The Aloha Orchard company estimates it will harvest 400 tons of NEW RESIDENCE FOR SHERMAN WAY Mr. J. C. Lennox has started the building of a residence on the just north of Eighth It will be a handsome and commodious Groom up your lawns for the 1 50x34, and will be occupied sands of visitors who will pass through by the owner when Mr. Van May 29th. IN TWO MONTHS SEEK JOBS FROM U. S. Lennox has been quite a factor in the of this as he has built about seven or eight houses in the last few May IS. February and March there were applications for employment and in- for help received at the various headquarters of the Federal ment according to with a total of received the greatest number of I HAROLD BELL WRIGHT TO MOVE TO VAN SOON Harold Bell and his family will soon move to their new home in the South Van according to fin last when the famous author was here for a short A small house is now and with and being which New with were second and ing crushed rock Coast cities during the same period received the San and Los 1.381. temporarily during the tion of the extensive residence he plans to The family will come here as soon as the building is ready for for macadam and sand and The total value of these for the year 1913 was of which Los Angeles county and San San Diego and Santa Barbara a total of 435. The total mineral yield of California at the present time amounts to point of the Southern California mineral list is an ing the following substances ing been produced commercially ing the bituminous infusorial brick lime and mineral natural glass and some minor minerals not The figures of the production for the calendar year 1914 are almost all in In order to have the printed report out earlier than usual this so that it may be distributed at the expo sitions both In San Francisco and San the state mineralogist is giving special attention to the compilation of the returns from the various mineral May to data which has been collected bj the county horticultural commissioner and his a conservative esti mate is made that all classes of fruits will this year average 95 per cent normal Peaches are heavy and will require extensive thinning unless the young fruit Last year was the ist peach crop in thw of this but present indications are that the output this season will be fully that of 1914. Apricots havo not set and are estimated at 75 per cent normal In some notably the east side the acreage is the crop probably will not ex- ceed 50 per cent. Pears arc doing unusually well this and will make a full Plums are showing up and are placed at 85 per cent of a full Owing to the heavy snowstorms which swept the mountain districts last and the consequent of the telephone no accurate estimate has been placed as vet on the damage done to From the advices that have come it is evident that early reports were The present estimate is that apples will br per cent Prunes will make a better crop than last when there was a heavy drop due to unseasonable hot weather early in the The output is at 85 per cent. all average SO per figs will go 100 per and the outcome of the comparatively small acreage of cherries is still in The largest factors in the oi this section will and STORY OF CIVILIZATION TO BE TOLD IN PAGEANT Watsonville Votes Wet May Watsonville remained by 222 according to the count of the votes cast at the and tion held The vote 782. At the election held two years the wets won by 395. City Market Proposed SAN May the en- of their project by the San Diego County Federation of Women's and assured of support by other influential farmers of this section will petition the city coun cil to appropriate to provide a building in which to establish a city To Preserve State Fish SAN May Glaring that the state of California locked with trout Little Buar a famous fishing the county and local sportsmen pre- rared to institute court proceedings to prevent a reservoir company which the body of water from closing t to the 20 Beach Busses Licensed SANTA May auto busses now hold licenses to op- rate between Santa and Los Ten of them are over Pico and the same number over Wilshire They make their terminus at Pier where they have leased a lot as a loading Officials seem inclined to encourage the U. S. Nabs Pearls SAN May valued at undeclared in ing this were found by federal customs officers in the effects of Y. a young Japanese gem who had declared worth of Half of the found in a The story of from the distant days when the Oriental tions first awakened to begin the march of empires toward the west down to the glowing present in will be told in a monster days pageant to be held in Los An- geles by the school children of the city and June 2 to 5. Plans have been completed by the 1915 General Committee for the most comprehensive and magnificent tacle ever presented in the The as June the Home OL floral and allegorical parade by city school June 3 and the Star of Empire Takes Its cent with at Thirty-fifth and Hooper rade by county school After- at Evening beautiful electrical of Nearly 100 schools will participate in the opening with costumed knights and and poetic representations of youth and life in the CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. TWEEDY June pearls on arriving undeclared pearls were false-bottomed and the rest in the stuffing of a Japanese toy River Breaks 60-Year Mark May registering 26.9 feet at midnight and 26.6 feet opposite the set a new mark for height is the greatest In the records of the United States weather bureau which go back as far as the The high waters have caused no all the levees The Women's Club met at the home of Mrs. the 14th, for an The ladies arrived about ten and enjoyed a social time until lunch was served on the lawn under huge umbrella About twenty ladies enjoyed the good In the afternoon a business meeting was Two new Mrs. Carder and Mrs. were comed into the Three members were voted C. F. Mrs. E. S. and Mrs. Mrs. L. C. Kimball fi review of the dis- meeting at Santa Mrs. gave a review of Mrs. backer's The club is to meet in two weeks with Mrs. The ladies of Chatsworth will be M E SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNICS AT ENCINO RANCH The M. E. Sunday School held a nic last Saturday on the hills of the Encino along the State There was a large and everyone present had a splendid Games of different kinds were played by young and which put right on so that when the picnic dainties were all did full The party returned to Van about in the
