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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1918
Page
2
The Arcadia Journal is entered at the Arcadia California post office as second class matter indicating its mailing category and distribution status.
A 1918 forecast urges thrift and steady effort as the nation and city face wartime conditions. It notes a balanced city treasury, a surplus, and plans for housing growth while stressing conservation, saving, and sustainable living to aid government efforts and eventual prosperity.
Idaho becomes the first state to imprison a man convicted of criminal syndicalism and sabotage J Otis Ellis receives one to fourteen years for urging strike threats and property damage unless wages meet demands Ellis a Socialist aligned with the Industrial Workers of the World warned loggers in Clearwater county to strike and cut logs short if denied. the case serves as a statewide warning against propaganda. Also noted is the divorce of Mrs John Barrymore from Jack Barrymore after seven years citing desertion by him as the cause.
Arcadia features a population of 1500, a free public library, two grammar schools, a large packing house, and a modern water system. The town lies six miles from Mount Wilson, hosts the Pacific Electric interurban, and enjoys rail access, ample fruit production, year round strawberries, and a favorable climate with cool nights and mild summers. For information, contact the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
South Pasadena organized movement seeks to block the consolidation of the local post office with Pasadena, despite official notice of change on February 1. The chamber of commerce adopted a unanimous protest resolution and hopes to delay the order.
A well attended ranchers meeting at the school house last Thursday elected officers for the term. Inness Kinney became president S M Keyes secretary and treasurer and Joseph Thordike was chosen director and district representative of the central Los Angeles based organization.
D M Lin nard, president of the California Hotel company, funds large ad campaigns in eastern and middle western newspapers to tout Southern California as a winter retreat. The driven ads coincide with Chicago blizzard headlines, highlighting the region as a favorable destination.
E. E. Cook, eight months yearly at a U S fire lookout on Old Baldy, faced an 80 mph wind that blew his tower glass and contents away. He rode out the gale clinging to blankets, spent a night on the mountain, and returned to find four inches of snow and a damaged tower.
A 1917 county report by C. B. Lyons, issued by the county council of defense, shows vacant lots planted to crops totaling 3,875 acres in Los Angeles. It records countywide cultivated acreage at 245,604 for vegetables and grains and 153,216 acres for enclosed pasturage and dairying. Citrus farms cover 60,763 acres, other fruits 47,800, walnuts 24,100, with 1,837,955 acres reporting.
City Clerk of Arcadia invites bids by February 6 1918 for masonry carpentry plastering plumbing sash and doors wiring art stone flooring and painting of two story City Hall per Roberts Lourdou plans on file. Bid must include a 16 percent certified check. Ethe l Grimes City Clerk dated January 25 1918.
Attorney Lincoln G. Backus, Western representative of the Harrison Arma estate, describes Chicago as a city in a government-imposed shutdown. He reflects on Americans' spirit of helpfulness, noting big business must pause for five days to aid others, and proclaims pride in being American.
Dr. C. A. Billings of Arcadia was in Monrovia on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the local County Farm Bureau unit.
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