The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 11

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1920 MOTORIST TIP REACH AGhEERIENT- MKnnmtmiimimnmiimimninmimi(j SEEING I INSTALL OFFICERS OF EASTERN Mi SERVICES FDR TUSK REDLANDS People You Know CUTTI CASH BUYERS OF CITRUS FRUIT ARE 'UP IN AIR' BUT REDLANDS SHIPPERS BELIEVE THAT ORANGES WILL SELL AT GOOD FIGURE fSoeoial Staff Correspondence) REDLANDS, Nov. 23. Cash buyers of oranges are "up in the air," so to speak, this year, and very few sales are' being made on that basis. Three and one-half cents per pound is the befit that is being offered. Last year at this time they were paying a cent tnore.

Uncertainty as to the stability of the market is the reason buyers are not anxious to buy at a fixed pride and take their chances of soiling at a profit. With a downward trend in most lines they fear' that oranges will follow. Shippers as a ruje, however, believe Program to Be Held at First Congregational Church, Redlands rSnmiii Staff Cnrroondency REDLANDS, Nov. 83. Program for the annual union Thanksgiving er vices, which are to be held thla year at.tha First Congregational cnuraa, hai been announced.

The. sermon i to be by the Rev. Charles Fw Skitter, pas tor of the First Methodist church, and the offering for Associated Charities will be under the supervision of the Rev. Ralph P. rector of Trinity parish.

There will be musical features by Mrs. Edith Rounds Smith. Program in full, follow: Organ Prelude Mrs. Edith Rounds Smith. Invocation Rev.

C. F. W. Stoever. Responsive Reading Rev.

O. Waggener. Hymn. -Proclamation Rev. L.

Myers. Scripture Rev. S. Frazer Langford, Offertory Solo Mrs. Cranmer.

Prayer Rev. N. D. Hynson. Offering for Associated Charities iRev.

R. P. Smith. Sermon Rev. C.

F. Seitter. Hymn. Benediction Rev. T.

C. Leckie. Postlude Miss Edith Rounds Smith. New England Society plans to pjant a. cedar of Lebanon in City Hall.

'park immediately following the union services. Dt1. Howard Hill, president of the society, is to be in charge. This tree, it is hoped, will grow to sufficient Rise that it may be used for the muni' cipal Christmas exercises in a few years. Trinity Episcopal church- will ob serve holy communion at a.

m. with Thanksgiving" services at 9 o'clock. At Sacred Heart" church there will be mass at 8 o'clock and devotional at 7:30 p. m. Services are to be held at the First Church of Christ, Soientlst.

at 10:30 a. m. RARE BOOKS IVEN SI3IIEY UBRARY BY J. J. PRENDERGAST REDLANDS, Nov, 23.

Valuable collection of rare books has just been presented to the A. K. Smiley Public Library by J. J. Prendergast, State assemblyman-elect, the collection consisting of a number of volumes from the Prendergast estate in Ireland.

Paper, print and bindings are of exceptional quality. Computation of the cost of circu iting books from various public li braries in California shows Redlanda (second, with an 'average expenditure bf $.081 per volume loaned. In Long Beach the figures are $.071 per volume. Pasadena heads the list for exclusive city libraries, with $.125 as cost per volume circulated. Elks Team Will Not Play in Redlands Thanksgiving Staff Corrnspoitasaoe) REDLANDS, Nov.

23. There is to. be no baseball game here Thanksgiving Day, the Elks' team having failed to secure an opponent in time. 'It is Jprobable that the-next fame will be Iwith the Santa Fe team of San Bcr- -KK" 1 ONTARIO i I IN FIVE MINUTES i juiiiiHitHmitnnHitiiiHiiuiiiiniiiiiiiimuHiiinntifiiiiuMmiiiimiiniiutiiuiuu5 (Special Staff Correspondence) ONTARIO, Nov. 23.

Ontario Elks, in special session last evening at their temporary quarters in the Ontario National Bank Building, voted to fix the initiation fee for the new lka' Club to he established in Ontario at $S5 with monthly dues of $1. Application blanks for membership in the new elub will soon be on hand and it is expected! toJ secure the dispensation from the grand lodge by tho first of the coming year. M. G. Cummin has sold his residence at 708 East Walnut street to R.

Sparks and expects to move tomorrow to 305 East Ralston street. Where he has purchased! a home from Dave Woodruff. Members of the Ontario Servie Star Legion, numbering the mothers, wives and sisters of former service men, are to entertain with benefit dance tomorrow evening at the Hotpoint Club. A large number of tickets has been sold. Mrs.

Arthur Peterson and Mrs. Edward Middough are at the head of the committee In Arthur I. Peterson, ohairman of the committee in charge of the Red Cross roll call drive, tonight reported the 1000 mark passed In memberships received since the campaign opened and that without any canvass whatever. Mr. Peterson announced that the women's clubs of the (city had turned in more than $519 and that memberships may still be secured at any of the banks of the city and at a number local business houses.

LAST RITES FOR GEORGE BILLINGS OF ONTARIO (Soeeial Staff Correspondence ONTARIO. Nov. 23. Funeral of George W. Billings, who died last night at his home.

225 East street, at the kre of 77, is to be held Wednesday af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Drapers chapel with the Rev. T. Sandford officiating. Mr. Billings is survived by his wld-e-w and two daughters, Mrs.

Gertrude White of Ontario and Mrs. Blanche King of 'Jose. Wlnfleld' TC Billings of Ontario is a brother and the decedent ls survived by another brother and three sister. Mr. Billings had been a member of the Masonic order since 1885 and was Civfl war veteran.NBurial tomorrow will be in Bella vue cemetery.

MEMBEpToF UPLAND LIBRARY BOARD RESIGNS UPLAND. Nov. 23. Miss Fannfe Noe, former principal of the Upland grammar school, and for a number of years a member of the board of trus tees of the Upland public library, has resigned her place on the board, it was announced today. Miss Noe's successor on the board has not yet been named.

Miss Noe now resides in Ontario. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many kind friends for their loving sympathy and kind deeds to us during the sickness and death of our dear one, Mrs. Minnie Andrews, also for the beautiful flowers from friends who knew and loved her. MISS ELLEN ANDREWS. EDWARD M.

ANDREWS. HUtt EXPENSIVE SPORT Washington Man in Tilt With Ontario Autoist Gets Worsted (Speelal Staff Corroeoendenee') ONTARIO, Nov. 23. J. A.

Johnson, a recent arrival from state of Washington, discovered today that "cutting in" on a fellow motorist with disastrous results and then refusing to stop is an expensive sport when Judge. George R. Crane, sitting for Judge George R. BolbrooK, pronounced a sentence of 25 tine or 25 days in jail after hearing the case against the youth. Johnson, accompanied by a sister and two small children, passed E.

J. McGready, well-known Ontario Automobile man, driving on West A street Sunday night, and cut in so close that the fender of the Ontarian's car was crumpled. McGready, who, by the way, Is a deputy city marshal, commanded the other to stop, but Johnson, after the merest hesitation, gave the automobile man the "horse laugh" and con-tinued blithely on his way, But Johnson had not reckoned with his host. Although McGready was ac-, companied by his wife and small "children and driving a closed car, he "stepped on her" and a merry chase followed. Although yie two cars were reported to be doing better than 55 an hour before they got out of San Bernardino county and tie highways were somewhat crowded, McGready succeeded in keeping Johnson In sight until be tracked him to the ranch home of his sister near Perris.

Ontario man, then returned, swore to a complaint and in company with Chief of Police W. O. Hardy yesterday afternoon went to Perris and brought his man back. The final chap-ter 'of the case was written la the police court this morning. 50 Ontario Pupils in Quiet Exit From Burning School (Speeial Steff Correeoendenee) ONTARIO, Nov.

23. Fifty boys and girls attending the parish school of St. George's CthoIic church, marched quietly from the smoke-filled building under the quiet direction of the sisters of the schodl this morning when a partition between two of the rooms in some manner took fire from a gas floor furnace. The Rev. Father James Martin, rector of.

St. George's church, tonight estimated the damage done by the fire at $IQ0. Prompt action of the Ontario fire department nniekiv checked the blaze. He planted the alfalfa In trenches. buried it, then furrowed alongside and let water run.

The alfalfa appears to have made a splendid mulch and the method of using it represented a dis tinct saving in labor over the basin system. C. Mever for reliahlo needs. VACUUM "IK3 of a AS TD GAS CASE Gas Company Severely Ar raigned Meet of City Officials (Special Staff Correspondence) REDLANDS, 23. Agreement was reached late this afternoon at a conference betwen Redlands city officials and Officers of the Citrus Belt Gas Company, at the company's of-fices In San Bernardino, that F.

P-Morrison of this -city, as trustee, should receive moneys in payment for gas used here and, that he would be authorized to make payment to the city for oil advanced the gas company by the city. This happy solution of the local fuel crisis came as a climax to several days of agitation on the part of Red-lands people and officials to compel tVi rflmnanv in nrrvvi ,1 a on In iha Lourae of the th0 st3rte r. road Commission has been importuned to allow the city to seize the plant and1 operate same or allow the city clerfc to receive payments of gas hills under protest. Both these requests were refused by the commission and whatever relief has been obtained is due to the activity of city officials and commercial organizations. At the meeting at San Bernardino this afternoon the eli broker who has been furnishing supplies to the com pany was present and stated that he could keep Redlands supplied with oil.

He said that the gas company owed him about $9000 and that this is the reason they have been unable to secure oil. When an order did come In accompanied by payment, he said that it was required so soon that he was unable to secure a. first-olass article, and th's has been the cause of a good share of the trouble In the local plant. City officials announced tonight that an adequate suppry of oil will be kept on hand in the future. Company Denounced The gas company was severely arraigned for its failure to maintain sAvice here by Mayor Brock, City Engineer Hinckley and indignant citi zens at the- conference "between officials of the company, Engineer Mas-sey of the State Railroad Commission and city officials at ths Chamber of Commerce Building this afternoon.

Engineer Massey came as the representative of the Railroad Commis-sion, in response to urgent telegrams dispatched to that body by Secretary Isham, acting for the Chamber of Commerce, and William Guerth for the Association. These recited conditions here and bluntly in-? formed the commission' that relief must be forthcoming. Telegram from the Merchants' Association asked that authority be given the Redlands city clerk to receive moneys paid for gas biJTs under protest. The commission refused this request. Petty Stealing of Oranges Cannot Be Stopped, Opinion Redlands Police and Others 1 (Special Staff CorreeponAence) REDLANDS, Nov.

23. Concensus of opinion among orange growers, pack ers, city officials and members of the police department is that nothing worth while can be done by peace officers in the way of preventing a certain amount of theft of oranges. This matter was brought up inci dentally by Trustee William Fowler at a recent meeting of the city trus tees, but no action was sought nor will there be from all that can be gathered by Inquiry among Interests concerned. Loss of oranges is usually confined to a few rows of trees along main travelled boulevards and, profiting by past experiences, growers will this year see that these trees are stripped early so that the temptation will be removed. Tourists seem to be the principal offenders in taking -fruit, they evidently wanting to have the experience of gathering some real oranges off a real tree.

Usually they will drive out close to a grove, hop out and gather from four to six oranges for each passenger, then be away so quickly they are rarely seen. With autos pftssing at the rate of several hundred per hour, it does not take long to make a big inroad' on a crop. REDLANDS ORCHARDIST TREATS ORANGE TREES -TO ALFALFA BREAKFAST (Special Steff Correspondence) REDLANDS. Nov. 23.

Feeding al falfa to orange tree might look like a waste of money to some people, but not so to Thomas Sanborn, manager of the Smiley estate here, who last year treated the trees under hi care to a ration of 60 pounds each of this provender. 'Although he has not been able to not any appreciable increase in his crop thi year, Mr. Sanborn Is well pleated with hi experiment, stating that the root growth has ben, quit satisfactory. Next year he anticipates reulU will -how In yield fruit. Soil in the Height sectien Inclined to pack ana It was mainlv with the view of opening it up that the water would get down that the experiment mat made by Mr.

Sanborn. Ontario Euclid Chapter Hold Installation on December 2 (Soeeial Staff Correspondence ONTARIO, Nov. 23. Mrs. P.

Rayner; who on November 4 elected worthy matron of EncHd Chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, today announced the names of the appointive officers who win serve the chapter during the oomjng year. The inetallattoa of officers is scheduled for the evening of December 2 and is being looked forward to' with much interest. The installation will be a semi-public event, being open to Masons and their fami-lien and a fv rhonen intimate frtandM. Following appointive officers were announced by Mrs. RaynerS Chaplain, Alma K.

Groves; marshal, Carrie M. Freemlre; organist, Torrey Pike Abbott; Ada, Nellie Moore; Ruth, Amy Alma Benedict; Esther, Margaret L. Nichols; Martha, Mary A. Smith; Electa, Irma B. Glass; warden.

Cassia A. Magill; sentinel. Roth Beesley. Other officers elected at the recent annual election were: Worthy patron, Wellington A. Free-mire; associate matron, Mrs.

Benjamin F. W. Warmer; secretary, Mauds Myrtle Seapy; treasurer. Eve E. Pettit; conductress, Mrs.

James Sharp; associate conductress, Mrs. Arthur S. Thompson. Ontario Man Gets Swollen Foot From Date Palo Prong (Special Staff Correanoadeaee) ONTARIO, Nov. 23.

William Rowland was confined to his bed this evening at his home, 20 West street, suffering from a painfully swollen right ankle as the resist of an odd accident in which be stepped on the sharp jjrong of a date palm leaf while in the employ of the city service department. Rowland at first gave little heed to the wound, but the ankle swelled so rapidly and became so painful that he was obliged to go to bed and Pr. Calvert L. Emmons, called to attend him, nas oraerea mat ne remain on tne loot, rfor two week. Rodriquez Trial Is Set for Friday in Ontario Court (Special Staff Oorrependese) ONTARIO, Nov.

23. Preliminary hearing of Joe Rodriquez, originally set for tomorrow before Judge George R. Crane, has been postponed until Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Rodriques is charged with violation of the county liquor ordinances, having made and sold quantities of wine at the old Marquette hotel on East Eighth street, it is alleged. He wa rested following a raid on "the by local officers, who secured a i quantity of liquor.

i Preliminary of Joseph Hager, a' erty under 50Ql-bond on a charj assault with a deadly weapon Joe Martinez, is also set for morning. vj Archie Hull, well known Oil restaurant man, is back today fn trip to San Francisco and other north by motor. He found the cold and disagreeable In the nort Rich It Is Rich li Is IS At (Special Staff Correspondency) REDLANDS, Nov. 23. Mr.

nad Mrs. Stanley Simley are not expected to arrive at their winter home in Canyon Crest Park before the first of February, Mr. Smiley finding it' necessary to remain at his Lake Mohonk, N- resort -until about that time for business South Mesa Water "company of yu-caipa held its annual meeting at the office of the Redlands and Tucaipa Land company here today. Routine business was transacted and directors chosen as follows: A. N.

J. H. Logie, C. W. Partin, C- B.

Roush. A. Blomquist, D. H. Frazier, F.

H. Clock and Dr. G. A. Kelley are to receive the thirty-second degree in Masonry at a three-day session of that lodge at the Scottish Bite temple in Los Angeles the last of this week.

They go down to ihe city tomorrow. Municipal Christmas tree Is to be placed in the Triangle this year, the same as for several years past. The exercises Christmas eve, however, will be shorter than usual because of the chilliness of the weather at that time. Harry Demlng, on of H. C.

Doming, suffered a broken wrist- yesterday when he was cranking his auto, the engine "kicking." "The Redlands Special," driven by Ed Meyer, will be one of the entrants la the Thanksgiving day races at Santa Rosa. Mrs. Meyer accompanied her husband to that city. Mr. and Mrs.

G. E. Wittwer have returned from Chicago, wheer they were called hy the serious illness of Mr. Wittwer's mother about four week ago. She died before they reached her bedside.

Mr. Wittwer, who is engaged in the lumber business here, states that there is little building ac tivity in the Windy City, although prices lumber have fallen somewhat. People seem to be Holding off or a further decline, he asserts. Plumbing and other things in the building line have not come down in price, he says. City Clerk C.

P. Hook and Mrs- Hook, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. C. A.

Nelson, left today by automobile for San Luis Obispo, where they will spend the Thanksgiving holiday with Ray Hook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hook. CAST OF CONTEMPORARY CLUB PLAY ANNOUNCED (Special Btaf Correspondence) REDLANDS, Nov. 23.

Announce ment of the cast, for "The Admirable Crichton," Contemporary Club play to be presented at the Wyatt, November 30 and December 1, has been made as follows: Lord Loam Hal Smith. Hon. Ernest Wilson Spoor. Rev. Treherne Earl Nicks.

Lord Brockclhurst Lincoln Sherr-ard. Crichton Fred Gilbert. Mon. Floury F. G.

Ferand. Rolleston Harold Harris. Thomsett Walter Weaver. John Orville Sherrard. Naval Officer John W.

Hes3er. Stable Boy George Hesser. Page Gail Stockton. Lady Brockelhurst Mrs. H.

H. Gar- stin. Lady Mary Miss Mabel Hubbard. Lady Katherine Miss Anita Kerr Lady Agatha Miss Katherine Swee ney. Tweeny Miss Dorothy Suess.

Mrs. Perkins F. G. Feraud. Fisher Miss Constance Dunham.

Simmons Miss Marjory Wheat. Jeanne Miss Barbara Allen. Jane Miss Floy McDonald. REDLANDS POLICE ARE WRATHY OVER SPEEDING (Special Staff Ccrresoondence) REDLANDS. Nov.

23. "Speeding must stop in Redlands." So says Justice P. G. Mclver, whose hands the fate of the guilty ones rests once they are captured. And, "Speeding must stop," says Chief of Police George Larmore, upon whom devolves the duty of enmeshing those who violate city ordinances "br State laws In this particular.

And they mean it, too. "This reckless disregard for the safety of life and property must cease or I will visit a jail sentence upon some of the offenders," said Justice Mclver, after he had pronounced sentence upon two young men today. One of these, Bernard Cevagske, drew a J10 fine, which he paid, and a 30-day suspended jail sentence. The Judge Intimatfil, however, that he had about reached the end of his patience with this class of offenders and that he may have a surprise for the next ones found guilty. Gordon Eden, another speeder, was fined $10.

Athletic Coach of Redlands, UniYcrsity Resignation (Soecinl Steff Csrreeoondence) REDLANDS. Nov. 23. Resignation of Ashcl Cunningham as athletic coach at the University of Redlands has been announced by Mr. Cunningham, who elates that he had a better position offered him.

Ha is to remein her, however, until Sep. tember 1. 1921. Mr. Cunningham has tin at Red-lands for tevtral years and has done iroit vatisfactory work, both In base- mon hall.

football and trerV. He has not announced where he will go. Meyer for reliable erd that citrus fruits will sell at a profit able figure this year. They refuse to be stampeded by talk of ized market. "Market conditions depend largely upon the weather," said a prominent packer today.

"I have noticed that when we have a rainy winter here, thus holding back shipments, with an open winter in the East market conditions are always satisfactory, With conditions reversed, a demoralized! market Fruit will oegin to more from Red landa district the last of this week, first car probably going firom the West-American house. Other packers plan to get some fruit started eastward for Christmas trade early next week. There is not the usual haste to rush fruit forward this year as has been noted In some previous seasons, First pickings will be for size and color with principal difficulty being in getting proper sises. Christmas trade demands large fruit and much of that which Is nicely colored Is off size. American Fruit Growers' Associa tion is Installing an electric mark-In machine with a capacity of 400 oranges per minute.

This is the first device of this nature to be placed in any Redlanda house and packers are watching tbe move with considerable interest. One. of these macnines was used by the East Highlands Citrus Association lost year and is said to have proven a uccess. The machine indelibly stamps the brand en orange passing through it, the die oe inc 'heated by, electricity, Shinments from Central California nave ben quite heavy so wr mis season, according to J. A.

Stewart, assistant sales manager for the Mu tual Orange Distributors, which eon cern has a number of houses In that district. Up to 19th 200 cars of oranges and 15 cars of lemons had gone forward, against cars of oranges and 42 of lemofcs to even date last year. Prices have held up well, first shipments bringing $5 to $5.50 ner box f. o. b.

There has been a decline to $4.50 per box at the pres ent time, but nothing to Indicate a further abnormal drop in price. nardino, with the contest puiiea oil at Patton. Elks team has ordered new uni forms and they are expected to arrive in about three weeks. They are pure white, trimmed in purple and with an elk's head worked in the latter color. During the first six months of 1920 60 per cent of the freight in and out of this country was car ried In American ships.

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