anaheim-gazette 1913-05-29

NATURAL GAS GREAT WASTE IN CALIFORNIA MILLIONS OF CUBIC FEET UNUTILIZED IN MANY FIELDS OF THIS STATE CALIFORNIA, OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA PRINCIPAL STATES WASTING FUEL Oil experts of the United States Bureau of Mines at Washington, who have been investigating the natural gas industry have reported to Joseph A. Holmes, the director, that millions of dollars' worth of this most perfect fuel is being wasted each year in the United States. "The history of the natural gas industry is an appalling record of incredible waste," say Ralph Arnold and Frederick G. Clapp, the experts, in their report. They refer to the waste in Oklahoma, Louisiana and California as being notorious. In Oklahoma, one hundred million cubic feet of gas is escaping into the air every twenty-four hours. This has a value of $20,000 a day or $7,300,000 a year. This waste is also equal to one and one-quarter million tons of the best bituminous coal. The waste in Louisiana is estimated at seventy-five million cubic feet of gas daily, valued at $15,000 for each day, or $5,475,000 for the year. This waste of gas is equivalent to nearly one million tons of coal. It is pointed out by the experts that this waste is especial- CUT WORM PEST STUDIED BY EXPERT Department of Agriculture Sends Representative to Investigate Parasite in California Dry years are pretty certain to bring into action destructive cut worms, experts find, and hearing of the pest in San Joaquin county this season, R. L. Nougart of the Department of Agriculture has been studying conditions and experimenting with sprays in the hope of finding some way of killing off the worms. The expert inspected some vineyards near Manteca two weeks ago, when cut worms were eating up all green stuff, and he carried a lot of them to the laboratory at Walnut Creek, where they will be watched as they develop and breed. Studying the worms at work the government agents have been trying to find something that will kill them off, and Mr. Nougaret has sent to Manteca a combination spray which he wants to test, in the hope of developing something that will serve as sulphuring fluid for the prevention of mildew and also as an insecticide to kill pests in vineyards and particularly the destructive cut worm. Mr. Nougaret went into the northern vineyards section Saturday with Horticultural Commissioner Garden to look at the work of cut worms there, for they are found this season in all sections of the county. The government expert is specially engaged in phylloxera investigations in the vineyard sections, and just now is working at Elk Grove, but he took time to carry along work in the cut worm trouble this spring, as that study comes within the range of investigations by the MATERIAL ORDER FOR COURSE Board of Supervisors For Cement and It will cost the company per barrel for the construction of a tenm than it will cost same material used in tem. The state pay and the county will pay the bid offered by land Cement Company. The County High has had under consortium Monday the bids from companies for supplyery and material ad county, and this week mendations to the s. It recommended Austin Western Roan company to supply these sary for a rock crusin in the Santiago cree for $5,866.60 be acco be modified accord mentation of Mr. C education shall be acce manager of the Au Machinery Company adopted this recomnition of D. C. Pixl Richard Egan. Acceptance of the of Orange, for the cage bins for $1,680, with the understand mission would pay amounting to about Mr. Shipkey's bid was $4.95 per cubic The Riverside-Poany's offer was to rels at $1.35 per bs commended, with tha full number of ba that the cost for a not be more than above the figure qu In Oklahoma, the cubic feet of gas is escaping into the air every twenty-four hours. This has a value of $20,000 a day or $7,300,000 a year. This waste is also equal to one and one-quarter million tons of the best bituminous coal. The waste in Louisiana is estimated at seventy-five million cubic feet of gas daily, valued at $15,000 for each day, or $5,475,000 for the year. This waste of gas is equivalent to nearly one million tons of coal. It is pointed out by the experts that this waste is especially aggravating because of the fact that Louisiana does not have any coal resources within her boundaries, and that while the state is allowing its supply of gas to escape in the air, the citizens are paying for coal that has to be transported some distance. “There were three principal wells in the Caddo field from which the greater part of the waste occurred,” says Mr. Arnold. “Two of these have been closed by the owners, thus proving that closure is feasible. No attempt has been made to close the other, and when visited by Mr. Clapp in February, 1912, it consisted of a crater perhaps an acre in extent in the center of which the gas was forcing a geyser-like mass of mud and water to a height of twenty to thirty feet. During much of the time this well is burning. The gas from this well has been going to waste for three years. Two other wells having an estimated volume of twenty to thirty million cubic feet per day blew out and burned for one or two years. In the Caddo field at least 400,000,000 cubic feet of gas has at certain times been wasted daily, practically all the waste being preventable. “In certain of the Southern California fields, the gas that accompanies the oil is exceedingly rich in gasoline, but up to a short time ago practically all this gas, with the exception of some used locally for fuel, went to waste. As it has been found that at some wells the value of the recoverable gasoline in the gas is worth as much as twenty per cent of the oil produced from the same well, it is not extravagant to estimate the loss of gasoline—the most desired constituent of the product—in the wasted gas of California at ten per cent of the value of the oil produced in the Southern California field up to 1912, or a clear waste of about $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. The value of the wasted gases carrying minor amounts of gasoline, but useful for fuel purposes, will bring the total loss up to fully five per cent of the value of the total oil produced in the state, or $8,000,000.” Mr. Arnold quotes I. C. White, state geologist of West Virginia, as author- Mr. Nougaret went into the northern vineyards section Saturday with Horticultural Commissioner Garden to look at the work of cut worms there, for they are found this season in all sections of the county. The government expert is specially engaged in phylloxera investigations in the vineyard sections, and just now is working at Elk Grove, but he took time to carry along work in the cut worm trouble this spring, as that study comes within the range of investigations by the bureau of entomology, with which Mr. Nougaret is connected. “There is no known parasite that will destroy the cut worm, because parasites work in the daytime while the cut worm is only active after dark,” the expert said in a talk with vineyardists here. “The cut worm burrows into the ground as soon as daylight approaches or hides under clods of earth or under other shelter. You may find one in an infested vineyard during daylight, but at midnight you will find the vines covered with them. Then they must be attacked if we can find a spray that will do the work. Cut worms have been very destructive this year, doubtless owing to the dry season. But they are bothersome for only two or three weeks in the spring, when the vines are sending out their tender shoots and leaves. The natural food of such worms is weeds and grass, but in sections where no grass is found they go into vineyards and attack everything green. “Some people say that cut worms are destructive in vineyards that are wet, and it has been found that flooding when they are in the ground will kill them, but it depends on the nature of the soil. In sandy soils where the moisture sinks rapidly, wetting has little effect on the pests, but in heavier ground, where the water is held for a time the worms will die off in moisture.” Asked what had been found as the best destructive agent for cut worms the expert said the government recommended the bran poisoned feed, the formula for which is known to everybody, and in that statement Mr. Garden joined. One of the interested vineyardists told of having freed his 20 acres of Tokay vines by the use of the bran formula. He said two men in two hours’ time placed poisoned bran under every vine on his place and the cut worms were all destroyed for they will tackle the bran before going up the vine to get the green feed. Another said he believed poisoned green alfalfa would also work well, but the experts stuck to the government remedy. Mr. Nougaret explained that cut of the product—in the wasted gas of California at ten per cent of the value of the oil produced in the Southern California field up to 1912, or a clear waste of about $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. The value of the wasted gases carrying minor amounts of gasoline, but useful for fuel purposes, will bring the total loss up to fully five per cent of the value of the total oil produced in the state, or $8,000,000." Mr. Arnold quotes I. C. White, state geologist of West Virginia, as authority for the statement that from one well in eastern Kentucky there poured a stream of gas for a period of twenty years without any attempt to shut it in or utilize it, the amount of which it has been figured was worth at current prices more than $3,000,000. Mr. Arnold declares that there was, years ago, great waste in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia, but it has been stopped through the business-like methods of the larger companies and the efficient state legislation. The oil experts of the bureau offer a number of methods whereby the gas may be saved for future use and urge upon the industry and the states involved the necessity for quick action if the gas fields are to be of service in the future. Already a number of fields have become exhausted through waste and others are beginning to decline in production. AND THERE YOU ARE A psychologist came upon a hardworking Irishman tolling, bareheaded, in the street. "Don't you know," said the psychologist, "that to work in the hot sun without a hat is bad for your brains?" "D'ye think," asked the Irishman, "that Ol'd be on this job if Ol had any brains?" A Canadian woman wanted to show her Chinese servant the correct way to announce visitors, and one afternoon went outside her front door, rang the bell, and made the man usher her into the drawing room. The following afternoon the bell rang, and not hearing him answer it, she went to the door herself. To her surprise, he was standing waiting outside. "Why, Sing," she asked, "what are you doing here?" "You foolee me yesteddy. I foolee you today," was his reply. ANAHEIM GAZETTE MATERIAL ORDERED FOR COUNTY ROADS Board of Supervisors Makes Contract For Cement and Machinery It will cost the county 20 cents more per barrel for the cement to be used in the construction of the good roads system than it will cost the state for the same material used in the state system. The state pays $1.15 per barrel, and the county will pay $1.35 under the bid offered by the Riverside-Portland Cement Company. The County Highway Commission has had under consideration since last Monday the bids made by different companies for supplying the machinery and material advertised for by the county, and this week made its recommendations to the supervisors. It recommended that the bid of the Austin Western Road Machinery Company to supply the machinery necessary for a rock crusher to be installed in the Santiago creek near McPherson for $5,866.60 be accepted, the plans to be modified according to the recommendation of Mr. Cobb, which modification shall be accepted by Mr. French, manager of the Austin Western Road Machinery Company. The commission adopted this recommendation on motion of D. C. Pixley and second of Richard Egan. Acceptance of the bid of H. Shipkey, of Orange, for the erection of the storage bins for $1,680, was recommended, with the understanding that the commission would pay for the excavating, amounting to about eighty cubic yards. Mr. Shipkey's bid for the foundation was $4.95 per cubic yard. The Riverside-Portland Cement Company's offer was to supply 100,000 barrels at $1.35 per barrel. This was recommended, with the proviso that if the full number of barrels is not taken, that the cost for a lesser number shall not be more than 15 cents per barrel above the figure quoted. MAY SHUT OUT FLOR- LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO ROAD RACE Many Cars to Be Entered in Fourth of July Speed Event One of the amazing features in connection with the Los Angeles to San Francisco road race will be the crowds that will gather to see the cars. Without the slightest doubt this race will be seen by more people than were ever gathered to see a road race of any description. It will not be restricted to the crowd that usually goes to a road race for the race comes at such a time that a majority of all the people living along the course will witness a section of the race. The time for starting is yet to be decided by the committee, but for all concerned midnight seems to be the best hour. It makes the care late in pulling away from Los Angeles, but by starting at this time it will enable Bakersfield to have the racers as a morning attraction, leaving the afternoon for additional sport at the race track with the returns from up the state as an added attraction. In the smaller towns the race will become the main attraction of the day and the cars will boom into San Francisco in plenty of time to be seen by the afternoon and early evening crowds. The start in Los Angeles will be seen by at least 150,000 people. This throng will be at the start and will line the road for fifty miles out of town. The crowds will come from every corner of Southern California and it is a certainty that few motorists will miss seeing the cars get under way. Out of Los Angeles is a boulevard PICKENS' CURVES TOO HARD FOR VISITORS HUNTINGTON HOTEL NINE DEFEATED SUNDAY—SCORE SEVEN TO FIVE GAME REPLETE WITH ERRORS AND MANY INTERESTING AND EXCITING STUNTS It was a fuzzy-wuzzy game the baseball fans witnessed on the local diamond Sunday. There was much dust, considerable argument and many errors, but at the close the score board showed seven tallies for the home team and five for the Huntington Hotel bunch, consequently it was considered a satisfactory exhibition. Pickens and Niles, the new battery engaged by Manager Hason, were in the points for the first time. Pickens' baptismal inning was rather a remarkable one and full of startling stunts, inasmuch as he did about everything a pitcher could do to his enemy. The first man was given a pass to first on four balls, the next received a spit ball in the region of his vermiform appendix and after he got the kinks smoothed out of his digestive apparatus took his hard-earned base on first, advancing the other one a base. The next two men were each presented with a hit resulting in three runs, and then Pickens settled down and struck out three men. Two hits, two walks, three runs and three strikeouts in the first inning was the record MAY SHUT OUT FLORIDA CITRUS FRUITS State Commission Issues Quarantine Order Against Infected Products A quarantine order against the admission from the gulf state into California of fruit found affected to the slightest degree with melanose, a fungous growth which State Horticulturist Cook declares may operate in the rejection of all Florida citrus fruits destined for California markets, was issued this week from the commissioner's office in Sacramento. T.e chief import into California from Florida and other Gulf states is the grapefruit. Dr. Cook thinks that a large per cent of the grapefruit crop of Florida is affected by the melanose. The order reads: "The presence of the fungus known as melanose found upon any citrus fruit in any shipment of the same from Florida and consigned to any point in California shall be considered cause for refusing admittance to the entire consignment of which the infested fruit was a part." CITY PHILANTHROPY Farmers of the community who believe that the large Chicago or other mail order houses sell their merchandise at cost or near cost might reflect a little over recent gifts to charity made by Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, which also presents the added lesson that none of the profits of the concern which come from the farmers is ever distributed for the benefit of rural communities; instead it goes to city charities. Rosenwald on his fiftieth birthday anniversary celebrated recently was filled with so much gratitude toward the public that he gave away $687,000, and every cent of it went to some Chicago charity except one gift to Booker T. Washington to aid educational institutions for colored people. In reality, it is not Mr. Rosenwald who is aiding Chicago charities, but the farmers of every community who patronize the mall order houses. Some money from this community goes to and the cars will boom into San Francisco in plenty of time to be seen by the afternoon and early evening crowds. The start in Los Angeles will be seen by at least 150,000 people. This throng will be at the start and will line the road for fifty miles out of town. The crowds will come from every corner of Southern California and it is a certainty that few motorists will miss seeing the cars get under way. Out of Los Angeles is a boulevard for thirty miles and the speed of the cars will be limited only by the ability of the cars and the nerve of the driver. The cars will hardly get away from the San Fernando valley crowds before they will be met by the people of Bakersfield. There will be a stretch of about 50 miles over the Necnack plains and through the Tejon mountains where there will not be a great number of people, but the thirty miles of flat country between Adobe station and Bakersfield is certain to be alive with people. Between Adobe station and Rose station will be a wonderful point from which to see the cars. The smoke can be seen in the canyon, and it will be a thrilling picture to see the racers dash down the Tejon grade and over the flat country. Beyond Bakersfield the route is uncertain but in whatever direction the race goes thousands and thousands of people will line the course. A majority of towns up the valley are working to have this race the star attraction July 4th, as it is a certainty that a spectacular event of this nature would be too strong a counter attraction for any stereotyped celebrations. The people will want to see the racing cars and as there promises to be at least forty entries it will be a spectacle well worth going miles to see. Do You Know That— All vegetables, except potatoes, should be cooked in uncovered dishes. If cabbage is rather strong and loses color, it is because it has been put on in cold water, or the kettle has been covered. More cakes fail from "guessing" at proportions than is generally supposed. Use a divided and marked cup, and weigh accurately. Mayonnaise dressing will separate when too much salt has been added to the egg yolks, or when the oil has been dropped too fast, or if the ingredients are not thoroughly cleaned when used. everything a pitcher could do to his enemy. The first man was given a pass to first on four balls, the next received a spit ball in the region of his vermiform appendix and after he got the kinks smoothed out of his digestive apparatus took his hard-earned base on first, advancing the other one a base. The next two men were each presented with a hit resulting in three runs, and then Pickens settled down and struck out three men. Two hits, two walks, three runs and three strikeouts in the first inning was the record and the rooters sat silent and wondered what would happen in the next eight chapters. Not another hit was made by the visitors, however, until the fifth when Pickens in a fit of absent-mindedness allowed Hunter to land the ball into left center for a two-bagger. This was followed by a hit to right which Goodrich fielded to first just too late by the fraction of a second to catch the batter, according to Umpire Dean, but the decision so peeved Gerken that he held the ball long enough for Hunter to beat his throw to the home plate. The visitors made one more run in the sixth on a hit, a sacrifice, a stolen base and an out at first. After that disastrous first inning Pickens demonstrated that he has something on the ball. He struck out ten men and allowed but six hits. The locals chalked up four tallies in the fourth, which gave them a lead of one at that stage of the game. Schultz reached first on a third strike which Cooley dropped and then threw wild to the guardian of the bag. Bourne followed with a hit which, by a juggle, landed him on second and scored Schultz. Goodrich then reached second on a hit which was only good for one base but in consequence of a wild throw netted him two and scored Bourne. Gerken drove the ball into the center garden for a two-bagger, bringing Goodrich home, and afterward scored himself on a bunt by Niles and hits by Pickens and Evans. Schultz and Bourne were responsible for another run in the fifth. Schultz reached second on a hit and an error, and Bourne's long hit scored him. Goodrich then drove a grounder to short stop forcing Bourne, and both were thrown out. Gerken's three-bagger was the sensation of the sixth inning. It was only good for a single but when Ford saw it bound over the short stop he shut his eyes and continued to run until he landed on third and was surprised to find that he was still safe. Niles followed with another bunt scoring Gerken, and afterward scored himself on Ortega's out at first and a passed ball UP TO SNUFF "Talk of opening oysters," said old Hurricane, "why, nothing's easier, if you only know how." "And how's how?" inquired Starlight. "Scotch snuff," answered old Hurricane, very sententiously. "Scotch snuff. Bring a little of it ever so near their noses, and they'll sneeze their lids off." "I know a genius," observed Karl, "who has a better plan. He spreads the bivalves in a circle, seats himself in the center, and begins spinning a yarn. Sometimes it's an adventure in Mexico, sometimes a marvellous stock operation on the Exchange. "As he proceeds, the 'natives' get interested—one by one they gape with astonishment at the tremendous and direful whoppers which are poured forth, and as they gape my friend whips them out, peppers 'em, and swallows them." "That'll do," said Starlight, with a long sigh. "I wish we had a bushel of bivalves here now; they'd open easy." If cabbage is rather strong and loses color, it is because it has been put on in cold water, or the kettle has been covered. More cakes fail from "guessing" at proportions than is generally supposed. Use a divided and marked cup, and weigh accurately. Mayonnaise dressing will separate when too much salt has been added to the egg yolks, or when the oil has been dropped too fast, or if the ingredients are not thoroughly cleaned when used. If whites of eggs are not perfectly cold, or if they are too fresh, they will not beat very stiff. Cream will not whip well unless at least 36 hours old and very cold. Celery and lettuce may be kept fresh by standing the roots in cold water and throwing over them a damp cloth or dry manila paper. They should, before using, be washed thoroughly, soaked in ice water and dried on a towel. Onions that are overstrong in flavor may be rendered less so by slicing, then putting in a colander and pouring boiling water over them. After this plunge into ice water and let them remain for half an hour. This will leave them sweet and crisp. To make corks fit in catchup bottles take ones that are a little large and boil them in clear water for twenty minutes. This decreases their size. Insert them in the mouths of the bottles while hot, as they expand in cooling, thus making perfectly tight stoppers. Rag rugs made of cotton wash well. These are inexpensive and are often just the thing for the kitchen, as well as other parts of the house. The easiest way to make things right at Washington is to begin by making things right at home. Gerken's three-bagger was the sensation of the sixth inning. It was only good for a single but when Ford saw it bound over the short stop he shut his eyes and continued to run until he landed on third and was surprised to find that he was still safe. Niles followed with another bunt scoring Gerken, and afterward scored himself on Ortega's out at first and a passed ball by Cooley. This ended the run getting as nobody succeeded in passing first base in the last three innings. Miller, who was on the mound for the visitors, was effective in spots, but he allowed nine hits and had but five strike-outs to his credit. PANAMA CANAL AT GRADE Panama, May 28.—The first through cut of the Panama Canal at grade from ocean to ocean was completed late yesterday afternoon when two steam shovels, one from the east and one from the west met at Culebra cut. The meeting of the shovels was a signal for a demonstration by all the workmen in the vicinity which was continued for some minutes. There still remains much excavation to be done, but less than 8,000,000 cubic yards of earth yet remain to be removed to bring the water way to the required depth. More or less landslides are expected, however, and this will increase the amount of excavating to be done. If you are a wage-earner here, Anaheim spends its money with you; do you spend your money with Anaheim? It isn't the enemy without that the general fears so much, but the traitor within. 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