anaheim-gazette 1910-11-24

F.U.H.S. BUILDING BURNS Neighboring City Has Disastrous $60,000 Fire The Fullerton union high school building was burned to the ground early on Friday morning. The loss is $60,000, covered by $34,000 insurance. The fire was first seen by Mr. Jewitt, who lives opposite the burned building, at 2:15 o'clock. He gave an alarm immediately, and the fire department and citizens at once responded. Water was available from only a four-inch main and the pressure was inadequate to stay the flames which rapidly enveloped the building. In a few minutes after the fire was discovered the entire building was in flames, and efforts were directed to saving the new $18000 polytechnic building just completed, and which stands near the destroyed structure. The building was a frame edifice, with concrete facing, two stories and basement. It was built four years ago at a cost of $45,000. The fire started in the furnace room in the basement. No fire had been burning in the furnace since 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, and when the janitor made his last rounds before leaving the schoolhouse on Thursday evening he found but little fire yet remaining in the furnace. Some people incline to the belief that tramps entered the building and started a fire to warm themselves, and that the disaster is due to that fact. The rumor that the fire was of incendiary origin is scouted by citizens of Fullerton generally. Prof. Brunton, principal of the school, rushed into the burning bulldozer. AMBITIOUS SAN FRANCISCO Would Absorb Bay Cities and Be Big Town The movement for a "Greater San Francisco," was given a strong impetus by the announcement of the population of the bay cities. Reports are rife that local civil organizations are planning an active canvass among the bay cities on the east side of the bay to learn the attitude on consolidation. With the incorporation of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley the city then would have 630,000 inhabitants. Including Richmond, Piedmont, Emeryville, San Mateo and Marin county cities it would have 700,000. San Francisco would then be the fifth city in the country, almost tying St. Louis. Now it is eleventh. Dispatches outlining a probable agitation for a "Greater San Francisco" do not surprise Berkeley businessmen. The plans have long been favored in order to prevent absorption by Oakland. It is believed there, however, that Oakland would consent to absorption by San Francisco. The population of San Francisco is 416,912, according to the statistics of the thirteenth census. This is an increase of 74,130, or 21.6 per cent over 342,782 in 1900. In connection with the announcement of the population of San Francisco, the director of the census said the original returns contained 420,234 names, but of these, on investigation by the census bureau, 3322 were eliminated. There was found no evidence of intentional fraud on the part of the enumerators. "The principal classes of names eliminated," says Director Durand, OIL GAINS Cry of Overproof San Francisco California oil in suming normal of overproduction sumption is growing marketing facility with the broader contract to the Union-Independent Oil company is to mark the former, has tor in restoring state's greatest effort was not from the fact that is offering 45 cents testing better than another convict that the California at a standstill a sider conditions fact that develops creasing in the state. Most significance in the future industry is seen development re-Union oil com morning, and when the janitor made his last rounds before leaving the schoolhouse on Thursday evening he found but little fire yet remaining in the furnace. Some people incline to the belief that tramps entered the building and started a fire to warm themselves, and that the disaster is due to that fact. The rumor that the fire was of incendiar origin is scouted by citizens of Fullerton generally. Prof. Brunton, principal of the school, rushed into the burning building and saved some of his books and other property belonging to him. His library was destroyed, and he suffers serious loss by the fire. Other teachers were not so fortunate. Miss Lena Ingraham, teacher of drawing, suffered a serious loss in the burning of her notes and drawings, the accumulation of years. Eleven teachers were employed in the building, and 150 students were enrolled. The trustees of the district, which comprises Fullerton, Buena Park, Orangethorpe, La Habra, Placentia and Olinda, met on Friday morning and again in the afternoon and determined to continue school in the new polytechnic building and in tents to be erected upon the site of the destroyed edifice. People from the entire countryside drove to Fullerton on Friday to see the ruins of the building, which was one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the county. Only a portion of the front brick walls and a chimney remained. The fire had swept the building, and its ruin was complete. Many of the students remained at the scene; all wore sorrowful faces at the disaster which had overtaken them. SOMETHING NEW IS DOING What Postoffices Will Hereafter Do With Unclaimed Letters Postmasters have received an order from Postmaster General Hitchcock which simplifies the handling of mail matter that cannot be delivered and is not called for. It will insure to the senders much earlier notification of the fact that their communications have not reached the parties to whom they were sent. Formerly when a letter could not be delivered, it was necessary to advertise it, no matter if the sender's name was on the outside. The earliest return which the writer would get would be more than thirty days from the time the letter was dispatched. Under the present order, mail on which the writer's name is endorsed "The principal classes of names eliminated," says Director Durand, "were those of persons on vessels not having San Francisco as their home port; fishermen absent on the high seas whose names were obtained from their employers and not from their boarding houses or other places of residence, and persons whose names were obtained from employment agencies, having been sent by such agencies to work outside of the city prior to census day." "No person absent from the city was eliminated from the count when it could be ascertained that his usual place of abode was in some particular place in the city. Thus, a considerable number of Chinese who had gone to Alaska to work in the canneries there were allowed to be enumerated in San Francisco because they were reported from the houses where they had residences and to which they expected to return." GOBS OF PROSPERITY "If you want an explanation of this radiant smile," said T. C. Peck, general passenger agent of the Salt Lake, in response to a query, "I'll give it to you." "I have been traveling through the Riverside orange belt for fourteen years, I just got back from a two days trip this morning, and I want to tell you that if you want to find prosperity in great big gobs and chunks, oodles and oodles of it, why, take a ride through the territory surrounded by Redlands, San Bernardino, Highlands, Riverside, Fullerton and Anaheim. "You would think that this territory was pretty well settled by the up-to-date modern towns that you see when trains stop. But if you want to see real development, get out and see the new orange groves that are being planted. Observe carefully for another sure sign of substantial improvement and growth, and you will find it. It is in the additions being built to the packing houses and the new packing houses that are being built. Not in my fourteen years of residence in California have I observed such remarkable growth and devotion." Another conveyance that the California at a standstill as sider conditions fact that develop creasing in the state. Most significance in the future industry is seen development reeling Union oil company now has more course of construction field alone, and The Honolulu oil new rigs, the solidified Midwest company one, and in fact tha'the 'eld at tha'ever before. The Association recently purchased way in the Upstate preparing to do on the holding crews of rig work. The Brookshire 24-31-23, field has resisted shutdown of m The company pof tools for th' Drilling on th'ward oil comp est operating way field, will weeks, after months. McKittrick in the Lost History, and even for men and t The Elk Hills ing considera line of new w trick teamster field. McKittrick tivity following lull. Returning dressers find bor, and a nu ses closed do now are prep tions. The Pyramid ricks finished 1600-acre tractor district. No. In section 20 finished within was shut off on the same through the co feet. No. 1 w the senders much earlier notification of the fact that their communications have not reached the parties to whom they were sent. Formerly when a letter could not be delivered, it was necessary to advertise it, no matter if the sender's name was on the outside. The earliest return which the writer would get would be more than thirty days from the time the letter was dispatched. Under the present order, mail on which the writer's name is endorsed on the outside of the envelope will be returned in five days after it is received, if it cannot be delivered. The order reads as follows: "When the writer of any letter on which the postage is prepaid shall indorse on the outside thereof his name and address, such letter shall not be advertised, but, after remaining uncalled for at the postoffice to which it is directed the time the writer may direct, or the postmaster-general prescribe, shall be returned to the writer without additional charge for postage, and if not delivered shall be treated as a dead letter. Whenever any unclaimed matter of the first class other than postal cards and post cards bears the name and address of the sender, as post-office box, number and street, etc., without a request that the same be returned if not delivered, such matter will be termed 'card matter' and must not be advertised, but must be returned to the sender within the time prescribed by the following paragraphs: Uncalled for letters directed to street and number in cities, 5 days; uncalled-for letters for delivery by rural carrier, 5 days, and uncalled-for letters in offices of the fourth class and not intended for delivery by rural carrier, 15 days. "The postoffice officials will be able to comply with the new provisions easily as they learn within twenty-four hours after the mail is received whether they will be able to deliver it." "The 1910 FEMALE" Rev. W. J. Stobart, vicar of Carlsbrooke, Isle of Wight, denounces the summer girl's clothing in his parish magazine. He says: "For some weeks past we have enjoyed the presence of the summer visitor. But who devises their clothing? "We can remember a time when the English girl was a most attractive creature. Look at Leech's pictures in the old numbers of Punch; all pretty, tasteful and bright, they were a pleasure to look at. But the 1910 female seems either to be wrapped up in a bundle of rags, with the least clean one spread over her hat and tied under her chin, or else she discards as much of her clothing as she can. "She leaves her hat at home, and gets her head full of sand; exposes her chest to every wind that blows, displays shapely ankles that show the solidity of her understandings and runs about the island half clad crumpled and dust-laden. "Is it to convey an impression that they have all traveled in motors—because some of the rushing motors actually give one the suggestion of a mass of crushed humanity, females and children lying in a heap?" ANAHEIM GAZETTE OIL GAINS EQUILIBRIUM Cry of Overproduction has Ceased—Normal Conditions San Francisco, Nov. 21.—The great California oil industry is rapidly resuming normal conditions. The cry of overproduction has ceased. Consumption is growing rapidly and the marketing facilities are keeping pace with the broadening of the demand. The contract entered into between the Union-Independents and the Associated Oil company, whereby the latter is to market the surplus oil of the former, has been a powerful factor in restoring equilibrium to the state's greatest industry. As a result of the combine of these powerful marketing companies, the Standard Oil company has been forced into line and now is compelled to pay a fair price for oil at the well. Previous to the agreement between its rivals the Standard was conducting a bear campaign, attempting to force the price of oil to the producer down to 30 cents a barrel. That the effort was not successful is evident from the fact that the Standard now is offering 45 cents a barrel for oil testing better than 19 gravity. Another convincing bit of evidence that the California oil industry is not at a standstill and that operators consider conditions satisfactory, is the fact that development work is increasing in the various fields of the state. Most significant proof of confidence in the future of the California oil industry is seen in the campaign of development recently launched by the Union oil company. This company encountered a formation heavily saturated with asphaltum. The production of No. 2 well of the Pyramid oil company in the Santa Paula district of Ventura county, has settled down to a 100-barrel a day basis. The product of this well is 23 gravity and sells for 75 cents a barrel. Well No. 3 of the Ventura development company of Piru, Ventura Co., is down about 1130 feet in a sand, rock and shale formation, with oil showing in some quantities. What is probably some of the highest grade oil yet discovered in California is reported to have been brought in in the Sunset field, just south of the Yellowstone property of the Ventura oil and development company. W. C. Daniels, superintendent of the latter company, is authority for the statement and says that the well produces between 100 and 150 barrels a day and is 50 gravity. Another victory has just been scored by oil over coal. The Canadian Pacific railway company has adopted oil for fuel on all its locomotives running into and out of Vancouver, its western terminus. A contract for 2,500 barrels of oil daily has been entered into by the railway company and the independent agency. A 40,900 barrel gusher has just been brought in in the Maricopa field by the M. and G. oil company, on section 36-12-24, less than half a mile from the Lakeview. The oil is 27 gravity, indicating that the well has encountered the same sand as the Maricopa 36 company, which recently struck a big gusher within 300 feet of the Lakeview. PANAMA CANAL IN 1913 Isthmian Waterway to Be Completed a Year Ahead of Time If his royal nibs the Mikado is getting ready to take a fall out of your Uncle Samuel before the Panama canal is completed, he will have to get a wiggle on, for the Isthmian waterway is progressing with such dispatch that its completion is looked for a year ahead of contract time. It is now confidently expected the canal will be completed in 1913, and that in less than three years vessels of the American navy will be passing through instead of being compelled to go around the Horn. Thus a hazardous journey of sixty days will be cut out, and the effectiveness of the Yankee navy doubled. Here are a few concise references to the ditch your Uncle is digging across the Isthmus, given out since the visit of President Taft last week: The Panama canal will be completed Dec. 1, 1913. Official date of opening remains on Jan. 1, 1915. Ships, meanwhile, will be permitted to use the canal. No more funds will be asked of congress. One year is necessary in which to train canal tenders. Whether your Uncle has read the report current in the newspapers that the Mikado, realizing that war provoked against this country after the completion of the canal would terminate disastrously to him, would seek a beginning of hostilities before its completion, and take a chance at doing the old man—whether he has read these accounts or not, is uncertain but he is going some on the Another convincing bit of evidence that the California oil industry is not at a standstill and that operators consider conditions satisfactory, is the fact that development work is increasing in the various fields of the state. Most significant proof of confidence in the future of the California oil industry is seen in the campaign of development recently launched by the Union oil company. This company now has more than 300 rigs in course of construction in the Midway field alone, and more are to follow. The Honolulu company is building 25 new rigs, the Lake Side two, Consolidated Midway four, Northern oil company one, North American five, and in fact there is more activity in the 'eld at the present time than ever before. The Associated Oil company, which recently purchased the Pioneer Midway in the Upper Midway field, is preparing to drill eleven new wells on the holding immediately. Two crews of rig builders now are at work. The Brookshire oil company, section 24-31-23, in the Upper Midway field has resumed drilling after a shutdown of more than one month. The company plans to run one string of tools for the present. Drilling on the property of the Reward oil company, one of the largest operating concerns in the Midway field, will be resumed in a few weeks, after a shutdown of several months. McKittrick is feeling the activity in the Lost Hills and Elk Hills territory, and every day there is a call for men and teams from this center. The Elk Hills seems to be attracting considerable attention in the line of new work and many McKittrick teamsters are hauling to that field. McKittrick is showing renewed activity following the usual summer lull. Returning drillers and the tool dressers find a demand for their labor, and a number of the larger leases closed down during the summer now are preparing to resume operations. The Pyramid oil company has derricks finished for seven wells on its 1600-acre tract in the North Midway district. No. 2 well of this company in section 20-28-28 probably will be finished within a week. The water was shut off at 670 feet. No 1 well on the same tract has been drilled through the cement at a depth of 650 feet. No. 1 well of the Pyramid com- A 40,000 barrel gusher has just been brought in in the Maricopa field by the M. and G. oil company, on section 36-12-24, less than half a mile from the Lakeview. The oil is 27 gravity, indicating that the well has encountered the same sand as the Maricopa 36 company, which recently struck a big gusher within 300 feet of the Lakeview. CROPS OF WORLD LARGE Foreign Conditions Reviewed by U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, Nov. 15—Foreign crop conditions for October are reviewed by the United States department of agriculture as follows: "Agriculture in the northern hemisphere has in the last month been in its final autumnal phases—the sowing of winter cereals, and the gathering of late maturing crops. In the temperate zone of the southern hemisphere it is the vernal season,corn planting is in progress and winter cereals, in near approach to maturity, are in the stages of vegetation characteristic of the latter half spring. From neither hemisphere is reported any widespread variation from a seasonable normal in the condition of cereal crops and to that extent the agricultural situation is satisfactory throughout the world. Good prices and other causes in the last few years have given fresh impulse to wheat cultivation and in many of the principal producing countries increased areas are spoken of as having been land sown to this grain. "In Argentina it is officially confirmed wheat will be reaped at the approaching harvest from a million acres more than last year, and indications point to an increasement of probably half a million acres in Australia." "Throughout western and central Europe and in parts of Russia the autumn up to mid-October was dry. Difficulty and delay were widely experienced in preparing the soil for seed. Late October rains, however, relieved the situation and in all the states winter cereals, though in some cases sown late, are for the most part spoken of as growing well. "The dry season was propitious for harvesting the late crops, especially for the digging of potatoes. The European yield is almost five billion bushels annually—in point of bulk, the most important of all food crops.The striking features of this season's yield is the disastrous deficiency in France; a heavy shortage is also foreseen in and independent agency." One year is necessary in which to train canal tenders. Whether your Uncle has read the report current in the newspapers that the Mikado, realizing that war provoked against this country after the completion of the canal would terminate disastrously to him, would seek a beginning of hostilities before its completion, and take a chance at doing the old man—whether he has read these accounts or not, is uncertain; but he is going some on the Isthmus. Some of the old man's nephews believe that, so far from hastening his work on account of fear of war with the Jap, he has never given that a thought, and would not knuckle down to an assault by the combined powers of the world, with the Mikado thrown in for good measure; but all the same the old gentleman is up and doing on the Isthmus. And more power to his good right arm, say we all of us. President Taft was greatly pleased with the character of the progress of work on the canal during his recent visit to Panama. He was pleased at the outlook for the early completion and congratulated Colonel Goethals. He expressed amazement at the work accomplished since his visit in February, 1909. He displayed a knowledge of the technical details that surprised the officials, his familiarity dating back to the time he was secretary of war when he advocated a lock canal as against a sea-level system. He was greatly surprised at the immensity of the dam, some idea of which can be gained from the fact that the train was under way nearly three hours on the spur tracks overrunning the great fills. The visit of President Taft has utterly dispelled any fears gained from sensationalists respecting the stability of the dam base, which is half a mile wide, and so gradually sloped that it could never be recognized as a dam. Col. Goethals explained that informal opening of the canal in 1913 necessitated immediate action on the part of congress relative to tollrate because 18 months would be required by shipping interests to adjust their rates to the new routing. The president expressed himself as delighted to find the efficiency of the workers increasing daily. The canal is beginning to take form of a waterway and this accelerate the interest of the employes, thus hastening completion. Col. Goethals is not officially promising that the canal will be complete. by the you see you want out and that are carefully for essential im- you will tons being and the sure being years of I observ- and dev-permanent territory The Pyramid oil company has dericks finished for seven wells on its 1600-acre tract in the North Midway district. No. 2 well of this company in section 20-28-28 probably will be finished within a week. The water was shut off at 670 feet. No 1 well on the same tract has been drilled through the cement at a depth of 650 feet. No. 1 well of the Pyramid company on section 18-32-25 is down over 850 feet, with an excellent showing of gas. The Midway Prudential, operating a 50-acre sublease from the Pyramid in section 30, has reached a depth of 1000 feet with a rotary. The Trac'ion we" of the United oil company in section 19-31-22, is down 3000 feet and has encountered a strong flow of gas. This company has a production of 2000 barrels daily from five wells in section 6-32-23 and has just brought in we'll No. 7 on this property with a flow of 700 to 1000 barrels daily. The scarcity of refining oils in this state is causing operators in the Ventura county high gravity district to redouble their efforts, with the result that new wells are constantly being brought in there and the production has increased 50 per cent in the last six months. The high price commanded by the oil of this district makes a 50-barrel well a regular bonanza. Well No. 2 of the Liberty oil company, in the Sulphur mountain district of Ventura county, is nearing completion at a depth of 1400 feet, with 10-inch pipe, the largest pipe for that depth in the entire field. The formation at that level is so heavily impregnated with gas that the muck and oil in the baller burns readily when ignited. Puritan oil company's well No. 1 in the Ventura field has reached a depth of 800 feet with 12-inch pipe, and has relieved the situation and in all the states winter cereals, though in some cases sown late, are for the most part spoken of as growing well. "The dry season was propitious for harvesting the late crops, especially for the digging of potatoes. The European yield is almost five billion bushels annually—in point of bulk, the most important of all food crops.The striking features of this season's yield is the disastrous deficiency in France; a heavy shortage is also foreseen in parts of Germany. "Corn in southern Europe has mostly been gathered and the yield, as a whole, will probably approach the record. Vintages in France, Spain and Italy have given extremely poor results. In some of the important producing provinces of the same countries the olive crop is pronounced a failure and a heavy deficiency is predicted in the European output of this oil." BLUE GUM FOR PAPER-MAKING Consul-General Bray of Sydney, reports that $1,250,000 is to be invested in a project in Tasmania to make paper out of blue gum wood. He says tests made in Great Britain show that blue gum makes excellent paper, equal to that made from African esparto grass. In remote rural districts, where life goes on steadily and simply, the natives are not curiously interested in the numerous cases of longevity. "Your father must be getting pretty well on in years," said a cousin from the city to a farmer. "Yes; pap's nigh on to ninety." "Health good?" No; not jest now. Heaint been feeling himself for some time back." What seems to be the trouble?" "I don't know. Sometimes I think farming don't agree with him any more." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 THE FOUNDATION OF THANKSGIVING JOY Is A GOOD BANK ACCOUNT = IT IS NOT HARD to save money if you'll only begin. You'll take more pride in your bank book than in any other book when you once begin to see the balance to your credit grow. 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