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Valley Times from North Hollywood, California • 15

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96 1 Tut lav, 0, I Pago 11 EY TIM HISTORY OF THE VALLEY ElleettTficanll OttaDEM11, WEBo 6rn-nnunonumll9 the scream. for 11.30000. Maantima hi had purchased the south J.000 acres from Vantura houlavard to Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon to Cahaenga Pass for his personal holding's. Work to wore tha first post Wire billion in 11103 when (Jewel Charles Forman circulated I Natition asking that a post office ba stab. fished in dietrict to ha called Toluca.

stied tor post man alit). i. 4 Join 'Front to Attoopo tbs kiJ10," Siot Todmio Vo 1111,) By JACKSON MAYERS, Ph.D. Les Angeles Valley College ad pawouswo wow twanst vsie aolot mow ase melmilw4ad woe. too orno soiste somossuh, topepo mg lam.

Alfred Prince recalls how his oldest brother brat went to their ranch and spent weeks there, Scattered family holding, were mout)y or of Magnolia, prince, III for a while. came on December 3. Ill. Phoce said, "when ve roachod Cahuense pass, there was a very strong wind blowing from the northwest and as my mother and I each were carrying a heavy valise Mac lay Pentho, bought the 11,311 acres or Ram ho Towle Malibu aosiorno illmt Ne lull fur 1100000. Henry E.

Huntington. nephew of the railroad builder. arrived In lilt. Major Ilurace Bell heard of the find or treasure by a Basque heepherder rn Caht4nsa Pau and his tragic nd off the Spenioh coast. About MI or lin Dell mot Gurnisindo Correa, who had boon present when the treasure wee found In The two decided to look fur the reat of the treasure together.

Since a from tree, the key lindmark, hed disappeared, they decided to plow the land deep. Before they could cart. Correa was shot down In the streets of Los Ange loe. sell dropped the Idea. --1 I I Pr- 1'1 ris 1, 0 641 Gene Cowie i Its National Newspaper Week.

It started like a busy week upcoming, too. like a busy weak upcoming, too. iun Larry Pew icon about remombering to telephons Our city desk nowa Item this week In hnnor of thia local 11 Anita and local news, you lesk on? ow. made walking ry difficult and the the top of the Pass we sot the herder the wind was blowing and besides the 4ir was full of dust, It was dark by the time we reached the ranch." Prince Is referring to a reit disaster for the area when an electrical wind storm, one of the moat untisual ever recorded, swept all the way to the lan Bernardino lint. When Fourth street (Mainolls) Wel olletwd it will held to be the woret road in Southern California.

as sand was usually very deep, Vsileygrown olives were part of the "free lunch" In Los Anaeles saloons, broueht there by Alfred Adams after processing at his home at Monts Vista. J. S. Flory on 11 acres between Bie and Little Tujunga "rivers" had Ill trees. His 1330 pounds of dried prunes eold for 1323.

Cost of production was III, Net profit was 1803. This was the kind of story calculated to draw Eastrners weal. Nearby was Colby's Ranch. Colby liked the moist little spot better than the $311 a day In gold he was mild be washine out of the Tujunga placers and soon filed to be washine out of the Tujunga placers and soon filed an aericultral claim on the head of Coldwater Canyon. It was said of Basin that It dripped mane.

lously with springs. On June 5, MI, Martin Barrel started a newspaper "The World" at San Fernando. He had 200 subscribers and lasted some light months. When the sheriff came to shut him down, Barnes had one cent In his desk drawer. G.

K. Porter at San Fernando on 1000 acres pro. duced 10,000 centals of wheat and sold them for 113.300. Cost was 14.000. profit 11.800.

Porter Land and Water Company produced on 3,000 acres 30.000 central of wheat which sold for 133,000 and netted 123.000. Still, for lack of funds Made), College was reduced to a sin gle teacher, Dean Maclay. in 1191. F. E.

"Bull" Strader came to the Valley In 1111, and planted a small ranch to oranges. For fifteen years Strider was constable at San Fernando. Overhanging the Valley was the National Forest, then called timberland reserve, or forest reserve. It was set aside in 1191 by an Act of Congress to per. petuate timber supply and insure regular water flow in river and stream systems.

This was the year that Frederick Hastings Rindge, who had helped head The Valley In 1892 Visitors of 1891 referred to the Valley as "the rlains ...1 of San Fernando" and to the San 1 ernando Mountains as the "second chain" below the 1 Th. Val. Now ley wee classified among the fourth of six types of day' Lot-4 climates in the ere', is valley and foothill as die. How I tinguishod from insular. peninsular, coastal, MOUntilin on extra I and desert.

As for the land, called "ready for the ip We Uhl sold for 950 an acre. Want 'em While the Valley appeared one gigantic wheat field in the north Irrigation water had spurred fruit The Vowing; in the southeest deciduous fruit cultivation chunky cl was under way. Lankershim now the first dryer al aa tia for fruit. A long drought began in 1892. One of its l' ly.ln tel consequences was that engineer and later mayor, trod Pilled "4 Eaton, began In 1892 to think of bringing in water from Bob OW8111 River Valley.

When he told this to William Mul. alone In holland, of the city water department, he was not believed. Two serious fires burned at the same time in Es 1892 In Angeles National Forest. That forest was the research i second timberland reserve, proclaimed on December with threl 20, 3892 (Yellowstone was the first). Claudia F( Now Looks day, Looks How an mars W.

Uhl Want 'ent. The Chunky as we flew HyIn rally spilled over Bob alone In Earl research with three Claudia Frank A. Ha became Burbank's second postmaster on April 28, 1892, when he bought Mrs. Gorin's grocery store. Some AO customers came to the store for their mail.

Ha received $10 a year: postal receipts were $110 for a year. His son, Theodore, was short expenses for his early years to build his studios. Fred Graves showed up at Chatsworth in 1892 and shortly with Lovell Hill was to open the first general store there. Simon F. Glen, once of Encino, died and probate began on January 22.

John Domingo married Francoise Huret, a French girl from Bordeaux. They had three children and remained on the Ranch El Encino ten years. John and Francoise planted a citrus orchard of twenty-four trees. The first fruit dry yard was at the corner of Fourth and the boulevard in Lankershim. Outside buyers conducted it.

Prince built a home in 1892, the second to go into the area. A store and blacksmith shop went in that year. helped survey the Valley and in 1892 was elected Justice of the Peace at Lankershim for four years. J. B.

Lankershim had put together his joint land and stock company and in four years, by 1892, had sold Viet Nam Scoreboard MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU who have written and phoned asking for follow-up stories on the Open Letter to Mayor km Yorty, and the Cass of the Teenage Thief. The letter to the Mayor suggesting the Sepulveda fern area be considered as a site for the California World's Fairand later a convention center and sports facilityhae not been answered. It was mailed four weeks ago today, appeared In this space September lath. But. optimistic me.

I still hope for a letter in return. From someone! In the mantime, Its exciting to find a whole raft of people discussing the idea. An architect corrects me, says the Sepulveda Dam area is not 1,600 acres of practically unused, easily accessible, centrally located, extremely valuable land. It's 2,200 acres of 4 THE TEENAGE THIEF story was covered in two previous columns. Referee George Gittelson presided over, that case and the others I witnessed.

The man has a rare combination of compassion for kids in trouble' plus the strength to be severe when head must rule over heart. He conducts porceedings on the same humane theory which moved Illinois lawmakers to establish the first Juvenile court In 1899: Government must protect children whose parents fail them, rehabilitating rather than punishing. Even a 20-year-old may be considered a Juvenile. From age 18 through 21. It's optional; but 18 Is usually the dividing An interpreter is provided by the court if a juvenile or a witness needs language help.

A Juvenile may be represented by an attorney. About 19,000 Juveniles and 30,000 adults are under the guidance, supervision and care of our County Probation Department. This requires 3.300 employes (including 1,400 probation officers) and costs us taxpayers about $2 million per month! PHONE RINGS at the Golden Bull, on Ventura Blvd. Voice asks, "Is D'Vaughri Pershing playing piano there tonight?" He Is, and another question follows; "Have you a long cord on your telephone?" The hostess says not very, but "The bar phone does have tong cord, Why?" The voice asks that bartender Don Robbins' phone be stretched out to the piano and that Pershing play "Shangri La" over the phone for two blue, bored, homesick people, Dolly and Ed in Las Vegas! Los Angeles basin looked like a giant bowl of clam chowder from the air Saturday morning from Van Nuyo Airport to the Goldwater at Orange County Airport. Fact some of it into Orange County, but not for long.

Ray, of Granada Hills, was my plot. We flew: his Cherokee 160. Lauer, of 1449 Eliwands, Northridge. a-, engineer for Rocketdyne, piloted his Valley guests as passengers. They were Fowler, Will Fowler and Mn.

C. Lauer flew a four-place Cessna plane. Shirley Robinson. aviation writer-flyer and member of the 99x, women flyers organization, traveled by automobile since she had to unload her contingent of young surf-riders at the beach en route to the Shirley. who lives at 440 East Andover.

Burbank. is also a member of the Antique Airplane Association and AviationSpace Writers Association. She has flown In the nationwide Powder Puff Derby. finishing in eighth place and she copped off first place as the only woman flyer In a race to Las A former Valley man, Ed Clark, now of thorne, who is a graduate of Van Nuys High joined the Valley group at the airport. Other Valley visitors Included Theodore M.

Woods, 19144 Victory Reseda; David Wallace, of Santa Susana; John Innes, of 3740 Coldwater Canyon, Studio City, and United Airlines stewardesses Mary Chapin and Nan Dingwall, both of 12360 Riverside North HollyWood. Mrs. Robert (Helen) Adickes, of Elintridge, mate of the chairman of the Pilots For Goldwater tee, was in there pitching as usual seeing that everyone was fed and coffeed or, in the case of the young colts and fillies, sandwiched and popped. Mary and George Meeker, of Arcadia, flew passengers from Los Angeles to the airport, then dropped. down to San Diego to pick up Actor Vince Barnett and musicians who played at the rally.

Emilie Dunlap, of Pasadena, was busy passing out Coldwater badges and buttons. These Fly-In rallies are proving to be excellent mixers and we are meeting a whole flock of people who are interesting and nice to know. Another Fly-In upcoming Saturday? We're waiting on word from Bob Adickes who'll let us know in plenty of time. Now, we're off this afternoon via Constellation plane for Lake Havasu City for a preview of the National Outboard Association sanctioned World Championship Outboard race set for Nov. 28-29.

Hello, Dora. I iter It it sna ere a m- by or 'rt. nd urt rst ol Is, tta lio -th tie lit- 0ne as- nd lot nt le ti Latest Amedcan death toll in Viet Nam undeclared war: 289. Average cost per day in Viet Nam undeclared war remains at $1,500,000. LETTERS TO THE OPEN FORUM Send your betters the Open Forum.

Keep them brie The odbor reserves the rieht to shorten them. lien the 'athirst include street oddresees ond phone numbers. Witch Will not be printed. I 0 in-tor erter to at int a Y's )n, his 1 nd es Js s. JrI In of an es re he od In.

ed Du a iz' a ed ne sh 18 minip 1 4I a Id ta js S. JrI th of an CS ID he ad m. ed DU a Le a ed ne sh 13 0 nd tor ter to )1d at int be-)b- a n's Y's )n, big 8 0 0 Is He Kidding? Your reader Palmer Van Gundy must be kiddingthat the U.S.A. has never been outvoted in the U.N. Or else we are on the wrong side and our leaders haven't told us yet! Isn't Moscow-trained Walter Reuther a special U.S.

delegate to the U.N.? Excellent American representation, isn't it? the use of armed force things these extremists do have in our government. are to be employed to in defense of their chit- If either Salinger or Ken-give effect to its deci- dren. I hope they get nedy are elected to the sions, and it may call something good on their Senate, what next? upon the members of the tape recorders. Wake up California votUnited Nations to apply "Already fully publi- ers! We have as much such measures. These cized are the many in right to go to New York may include complete or stances of resignation by or Boston and vote as they partial interruption of teachers and school ad- have to run for office economic relations and of ministrators.

Generally here. Or, does it only rail, sea, air, postal, tele- these people are quickly work one way? Should graphic, radio and other rehired by schools in they be allowed to come means of communication, other areas." into our state and walk all and the severance of dip- So are many known over the fine people who lomatic relations, Communists rehired. Not have worked so hard to only that, sometimes they make our state the won. are paid back pay and derful place it is now? even promoted. Thanks to Watch our new resident Earl Warren and the rest and Senator Mr.

Salinger of our liberal Supreme pick up stakes and re- t- Court. sume his Virginia residen- Just who are these cy when we show him we "educators and are not as stupid as he thinks we are. who "are eager to pro- People who can disre- tect what they consider gard our constitution and a good school system." laws so easily couldn't be Liberals no doubt who thinking of anything but 1 like our liberal presidents their own political gain. and leaders have been They must think the aver-is giving the communists age citizen will Just sit by their way in our govern- and accept anything. Will ni ment.

So would they give we? Or will we as indi- the Communists their way viduals show them at the in our schools? And call polls in November that we it defending our freedoms. won't be taken advantage He undoubtedly I lock the barn door after of. 0 the horse was stolen. Mrs. Velmalee Miller wi Mrs.

Velma lee Miller to If was 4 114 P. II ff II Os ea Id ehteoby I ehteobu C4S1 WI outturolo .4:44 :4: 4 0 qfri? 111, 3hithait Newspaper Enterprise Assn. A good rule for a bridge player to follow is to try think like his opponent. he does this he will frequently be able to foil his opponent's plans. The North-South bidding rather aggressive and Granada Hills I king of diamonds.

He, ruffed his last diamond with dummy's jack of trumps and cashed dum', my's king of hearts. All these plays had stripped his own hand and, dummy of spades and diamonds and one opponent of hearts. Now he led the ten of clubs rom dummy. If East happened to hold the singleton ace of clubs, he would have been stuck in the lead and forced to play either a diamond or. a spade.

Unfortunately for South, East had both clubs and could have beaten the hand by goin right up with the ace of dubs leading back his small trump. However, things turned out all right anyway. East had been following suit mechanically without paying any attention to what South was trying to do. East played his low club, dummy's ten held the trick and the second club', lead end-played poor East. We the people are no One word from the longer protected by our United Nations and the Constitution as a result of President's executive having been "taken in" order to take over the by the U.N.

Article 41 re-above is all legal and veals that it is the U.N. Security Council that de- proper! cides the measures to be Article 42Should the used or not used. This is Security Council consider why the U.S.A. did not that measures provided provide the "anticipated for In Article 41 would be air cover for the Bay of inadequate or have Pigs Cuban landings." proved to be Inadequate, it Former Attorney Gen- may take such action eral Robert F. Kennedy by air, sea or land forces as may be necessary to was correct In saying the maintain or restore inter-air cover was not planned national peace security.

as both he and his brother Such action may Include knew that the United Na- demonstrations, blockade tions Security Council and other operations by (under a Communist U.N. air, sea or land forces of official) would not PER- members of the United MIT it. The President, Nations. wanting to "cover up" the truth that he was (and is) A REAL PEACE. subservient to the deci.

KEEPING ORGANIZAsions of the Security TION! Council, had to take the I'm for getting the blame himself. United Nations out of the Time was given the U.S.A.lock, stock and Soviets to build the mis- spies. sue bases, then we were Mrs. T. R.

Haighs deliberately moved under Panorama City the provisions of Article 42 of the U.N. Charter. The Security Council DE- Crack at Columnist C1DED that we (for the Bruce Biosatt, in his long range plan of the column Sept. 12, tells of U.N. internationalists) attacks by the right wing would "put on" demon- on our School Systems.

strations, blockade, etc. He mentions all the prop. (as their obedient pup- er organizations and peopet)! pie an interested citizen May I quote Articles (right or wrong. right or 39, 41 and 42 for your left) should contact to readers who have not had give his opinion on what's a chance to read the wrong with it and what to Charter of the United Na- do to correct it. Yet he tions for themselves.

makes the right wing Article 39The Security sound like criminals for Council shall determine doing it. the existence of any "Some of the more agthreat to the peace, gressive critics openly breach of the peace, or advocate high pressure act of aggression and tactics. including harass-shall make recommenda- ing telephone calls to pubtions, or decide what lic officials and school measures shall be taken personnel." in accordance with Ar- Really? How terrible. tides 41 and 42, to main- They might even kill tam or restore interna- them by hanging up on tional peace and security. them.

Does he feel about AND it's sure been a our schools as president shooting up time main- Johnson feels about our taming the peace, hasn't government "by" people "for" the people. Article 4IThe Security That some of it is none Council may decide what of our business? As for measures not involving the rest of the "terrible" One word from the United Nations and the President's i order to take over the above is all legal and proper! Article 42Should the 3ecurity Council consider hat measures provided or in Article 41 would be a a or have roved to be Inadequate, may take such action )3, air, sea or land forces may be necessary to naintain or restore inter- ational peace security. action may include emonstrations, blockade nd other operations by ir, sea or land forces of nembers of the United lationx NORTH 13 4 A7 K8643 A AJ10653 WEST EAST Q953 AKJ10864 J95 Q10 J87532 Q94 None A A8 SOUTH (D) A 2 A72 K106 AKQ9742 3oth vulnerable South West North East 14 Pass 1 1 A 2 2 3 Pass 4 Pass 4 Pass 4 Pass 84. Pass Pass Pass Opening leadA 3 JORDAN Arms: Azure, a cinquefoil ermine between three serpents flowed or, a bordure engrailed of the second. Crest: A crescent or, issuing therefrom a plume of five feathers azure entwined by a serpent or.

Motto: "Arte non vi." Lee Cox, North Hollywood. Commendation She's Angry As a subscriber to the Valley Times I would like to commend you for the I'm not a politician or a business executive. I'm editorial printed in the only a housewife and August 25th issue of this mother but, I'm getting paper. Since I am already mad. I've read some good a subscriber I cannot sub-letters by some wonderful scribe to the paper again people who are working for myself, however I day and night trying to would like to replace the save our country from the subscription that was can-communists and Liberal celled by A.

Murdoch Left-Wing Corruptors. But Bailey, M.D., from Pa-I think it's about time one coima by subscribing for of the little people they a neighbor at my expense. are trying to make this a I am placing this order better place to live in for, today with the boy who speaks up. delivers my paper. Would I'd like to address this also like to add my thanks to the Johnsons, Ken- for the addition of the nedys, Salingers, and their columns by Reverend clique of Eastern Liberal Paul Peterson and Ed supporters, who are sit- Delaney.

Please keep up ting in their little smoke the good work. filled rooms and playing Mrs. Dorothy Black chess with our freedoms. HERALDRY River Wafer Was 10m Jordan's Origin VCORO'dfro4W a six club contract was not the kind that mother used to bid. South won the first trick with dum 's ace of spades.

He looked over the The Scottish branch of the Jordan family has been in Aberdeenshire since the 13th century. The Irish Jordans, who use a different Coat-ofArms, are actually MacSurtains, descending from Jordan or Siurtain d'Exeter, who acquired lands in Connacht after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1172 A.D. By JOE T. BOYES Jordan is number 98 on the list of America's biggest family names. The family name is a baptismal one, meaning 'the son of a cognomen which became popular during the early Crusade from the flasks of River Jordan water which were brought home for lontal purposes.

Judd was the nickname from whence come the family names of Judd, Judson, Juckins, Juggins, Jukinson, Jukes. Judkins, etc. IQThe bidding has been: North East South West 14 Pass 1 Pass 146 Pass 24 Pass 3A Pass You South, bold: 4611532 "9643 AKS What do you do? APass. You have made all the bids your hand warrants. TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of going to three spades.

your partner passes and East bids three hearts. What do you do now? Answer Tomorrow Paa a at Vy vow' 0-3 CO 70 IPode, a 7 mot lint A od 3n, YDrit 9 What right do they have carefully and to make a mockery of all Congratulations didn't like what he saw. we stand for? A Senate Congratulations on your He surely had to lose the seat may not seem impor- dear thinking. You're in- ace of trumps', and there tant enough for some peo- deed a credit to the fourth appeared to be a heart pie to worry about, but to estate. It took guts to take loser also.

Perhaps he me it is. Even allowing the position you did and could do something about them to run is an example you'll doubtless lose a few the heart loser. At least of the control that the subscribers the its is there was no harm try- Eastern Liberals exercise rarely without con- jog in the executive and judi- demnation. Thanks again At i two South cial branches of our goy- for having the courage to print the.truth. It was said cashed dummy's ace of ernment, both State and diamonds.

lie led a heart Federal. This is a dis- so beautifully. to his ace. His next play grace to the many fine Jack Bailey was to discard dummy's and honest people we do Hollywood seven of spades on the Fre torTher Information en repro, of or the avanobady one other kayo, coats Of arms send sea-addressed yanused envelope and SI ta Jae Owes. nee Naassyresd Way.

Burbank. Cold. The SI ism be mashed to any order. ollgEmar.4As,m1w.

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