anaheim-gazette 1917-07-05

OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER A careful survey of the oil fields of Orange county as the close of the month has revealed some very encouraging conditions. The entire field is alive with activity and as far as can be ascertained at the present time this great activity is to continue. The local field now has 17 companies operating and developing the oil resources of the field as fast as possible. These seventeen companies have close to a thousand men in their employ and the combined pay roll of the field will run not less than $125,000 a month. The past week has witnessed a lot of new work underway and the completion of a number of wells. The new work under consideration means that the operators will go right ahead digging for oil regardless of the high price of materials or the difficulty to get them. The completion of the new wells means that the production of the local field will be kept up at a strong figure as good work will permit. However with all the new wells coming in the difficulty of keeping the production of the local field up to normal seems to be a difficult problem. A very curious and unexplainable feature was noted by one of the biggest producing companies a few days ago. The production of all of its wells on all the leases suddenly fell off about 25 per cent for no apparent cause. Some of the biggest wells doing the most consistent production were effected. It was thought that a deep internal earthquake and crust movement might have been the cause of marked falling off of the oil. Fortunately the decline existed for only a couple of days and the production came back to almost normal again. The fact that haye been brought in after being pumped for several months and showing nothing but pure water for a long time before producing any oil, so the Copa De Oro company will not be discouraged at all if the well pumps for several months with only a few colors showing. Contracts have been let for the construction of three rigs on territory leased by the Copa De Oro company at Montebello. The Montebello field is drawing a number of operators as the field looks extremely good. The showing the Standard has made puts the field beyond the wildcate stage and to the realm of the best oil property in the state. The Columbia Oil Producing company at Olinda are making a strong effort to get the well that made such a big showing straightened out and producing as soon as possible. A difficult problem presents itself on the well on account of sanding up and catching a string of tools in the hole. The Columbia has two other wells drilling, Nos. 28 and 29. No. 26 is the big well and it is hoped that the well will be put on the beam as soon as possible as it has given every evidence of being a big producer. The Fullerton Oil company is busy drilling two wells. No. 10 is now at 3400 feet and drilling. No. 11 is going good at 2817. No. 12, now on the pump for the past six months is showing better than 50 per cent oil. The well when first put on the beam produced nothing but water and has demonstrated what continued pumping will do. A bad fishing job is still holding up the progress of the General Petroleum company's Carson tract well. A 12½-inch bit in the hole is the cause of trouble. Fishing has been underway for a couple of weeks with no encouragement at 3100 feet held up temporary fishing job. At Myer near is down 3150 feet at this depth is with no signs of The well is at tions should continue encourage found there. H dred feet may veal the expectation of the b thousand feet additional if co The Union h on the Naranja is perhaps as d in the state and somewhat slow at the 2700 foot 2500 feet. No. and No. 10 is o 1500 foot mark. The Gold Se wild cat well meeting with g ing has been progress has be ing jobs or pipe the work thus f at 1600 feet. The West C at Olinda state its initial produ 84 is drilling at at 630. A new for No. 68. No. and rigging up will commence in the order of dr as the well will ard tools inster 1000 feet with At the new o The production of all of its wells on all the leases suddenly fell off about 25 per cent for no apparent cause. Some of the biggest wells doing the most consistent production were effected. It was thought that a deep internal earthquake and crust movement might have been the cause of marked falling off of the oil. Fortunately the decline existed for only a couple of days and the production came back to almost normal again. The fact that some of the oldest and best wells were effected caused some anxiety on the part of the owners of the property. The oil men are up against enough difficulties at the present time without having the production of the wells fall down. Development of the local field is not likely to be held back very materially on account of not being able to get drill pipe and casing as was feared a little time ago. The California National Supply company announced that a dozen cars of casing were on the road and that the possibility of getting further deliveries was not entirely out of the question. Another factor that has prevented the operators from being shut down in this field was the happy advent of the Bardeen Corporation whose work of annealing and straightening and the working over of old and used drill pipe and casing assisted a great many of the local concerns in keeping development work going. Thousands of feet of drill pipe and casing that heretorore have been thrown into the junk pile or put into pipe lines where high grade materials were not a strict necessity have been worked over and put into first class condition and it is being used to drill wells in the same capacity as the new materials and is giving the same results in all cases and some operators claim the annealed product is even better. The Standard Oil company is having new drill pipe annealed before using. The Amalgamated Oil company has just completed a fishing job at Hualde No. 2 that lasted over a month and delayed the work quite seriously. The tools are now on bottom and drilling again at 2100 feet. Drilling difficulties at Hualde 9 are of such a nature that it looks as though the moving of the well will be necessary before drilling can proceed. On the Anaheim property the Amalgamated has No. 56 rigged up and ready to commence drilling pump for the past six months is showing better than 50 per cent oil. The well when first put on the beam produced nothing but water and has demonstrated what continued pumping will do. A bad fishing job is still holding up the progress of the General Petroleum company's Carson tract well. A 12½-inch bit in the hole is the cause of the trouble. Fishing has been underway for a couple of weeks with no encouraging results. The Union Oil company is doing big things in the Brea Fullerton field as the program shows. The local field office has the figures for the fact that the Union has more men in its employ than ever before. The pay roll now carries over 300 men and there is a possibility of even increasing this large record breaking force. The past week witnessed the locating of three new additional wells, two on the Graham Loftus and one on the La Merced lease at Montebello. The Union has 17 strings of tools running in this field and remarkable and successful progress is being made on all the leases of the company, which speaks well for the heads of the department here. The Union's well on the Bastanchury continues to go on down and is now close to 4300 feet deep. The well is showing a good deal of shale. Bastanchury No. 6 is drilling at 2000 feet, the redrilling work going good. At a depth of 2820 feet the Union reports oil in its Berkenstock No. 2. A nice grade of oil sand has been struck and there is oil enough in the hole to warrant the prediction of a good well. It is thought that this well will be a much larger producer than the No. 1 well drilled two years ago. The Union is now at the 2600 mark at Bixby. The formation reported is hard sand and the drilling is going ahead very successfully. Progress has been slow due to the difficulties of the formation. Caving and running in of the sand has been the principal trouble encountered. Every precaution has been taken in the drilling and the precautions have been worth while. Drilling has commenced on the Chapman lease at Richfield. The well is starting out on the rotary and will be continued as far as the safety of the formation will permit. The drilling of the Chapman lease well re- At the new oak of the Standard Oil development fast as possible. No. 2 has passed is going good. Depth and it is will be finished at 1600 and a gr No. 5. On the Temp tines to mainten ion of 500 bbl been made for a At Dominguez I have reached going right along the well will be without any furu The Standard oil interest with three wells at 3878, No. 32 ing at 3300 feet. The Standard on the Murphy 4062 and will No. 23 stands ce ing at No. 27 ha mark. No. 28 i ing a good show at 3400.feet. N mented. No. 31 No. 33 is drilling cations have beenerty, a complete 33. At No. 34 a At Whittier th ing operations ahead on five been completed beam, doing 2000 42 is standing o No. 47 drilling f feet. No. 48 is being 1700 feet 1500 and drilling the 1200 mark a cation has been u pat No. 51. O for two more ad d and 53. Dr. M. M. Her The Amalgamated Oil company has just completed a fishing job at Hualde No. 2 that lasted over a month and delayed the work quite seriously. The tools are now on bottom and drilling again at 2100 feet. Drilling difficulties at Hualde 9 are of such a nature that it looks as though the moving of the well will be necessary before drilling can proceed. On the Anaheim property the Amalgamated has No. 56 rigged up and ready to commence drilling as soon as the other wells underway can be straightened out and running good. The management of this company announce that the company will be occupying its new office and warehouse building before the close of the week. The improvements give the Amalgamated excellent facilities for the handling of its greatly increased business in this field. After battling with unsurmountable difficulties for the past two months, at No. 30, the Brea Canyon Oil company has decided to abandon No. 30, move the rig and start again. The well was drilled to a depth of a little better than 400 feet, and throughout the entire depth pipe troubles and fishing jobs would not allow the work to proceed with any speed. At No. 26 drilling is going ahead nicely the depth of the hole being 2620. No. 14 a producing well is being redrilled and cleaned out with the hope of increasing the production. An exhaustive test of the Copa De Oro's well is being continued at Chino canyon. The well is producing nothing but water at the present time. It will be pumped for a long period in the hope that as soon as the water is pumped off the oil will come in and a well will be brought in if possible. A few of the best wells in the Brea field been slow due to the difficulties of the formation. Caving and running in of the sand has been the principal trouble encountered. Every precaution has been taken in the drilling and the precautions have been worth while. Drilling has commenced on the Chapman lease at Richfield. The well is starting out on the rotary and will be continued as far as the safety of the formation will permit. The drilling of the Chapman lease well revives interest in the extreme east end of the Brea field and will be watched with considerable interest. The last attempt at getting a well in the east end of the field was the work done by the Yorba Oil company at Yorba Linda. Experts believed that the well was located a little too far south. The work of the Union at Richfield may possibly substantiate this opinion. The Union is showing its faith in the Graham Loftus by continuing the development of the property with the location of two new wells, Nos. 51 and 52 are the two new wells located. No. 50 put on the beam early last week is producing close to 300 barrels of practically clean oil. The advent of G. & L. No. 50 is the most encouraging factor on the property during the past two years. No. 42 is drilling at 2000 feet on the rotary. The Union has seven strings of tools running on the Hole lease property and remarkable showings are being made on all the wells drilling. Hole No. 9 is drilling at 3170 and in a good grade of sand. No. 9 is in the oil sand at 3700 and judging from the long sand strata passed through the well will be a good one. No. 11 is also in the sand, the depth being 3730. No. 14 is in the sand and drilling at 3460. No. 15 is drilling and showing considerable oil at 3000 feet. No. 16 is rotating at 2950. No. 17 stands ce- Anaheim Gazette THE NEW GRAND CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A big double program will be presented at the Grand Friday and Saturday, July 6-7 with two famous screen stars. Clara Kimball Young will be presented in "Love's Sunset" and Dorothy Phillips in a wonderful Bluebird production "The Fires of Rebellion." Sunday Bessie Love one of the Triangle stars in "Nina the Flower Girl." She is seen as a blind girl whose sight is restored through the kindness of wealthy people who stop in the street one day to buy from her tray of flowers. The love story of the play concerns Nina and Jimmie, a crippled newsboy, whom she believes to be as straight and strong as Apollo. Jimmie's joy is mixed with grief when he learns that Nina is going to be able to see him, but before that time comes the doctors have removed his deformity as well as her sightlessness. Monday and Tuesday, July 9 and 10 "A Love Sublime" with Wilfred Lucas is based upon a well known story by Samuel Hopkins Adams, entitled "Orpheus," which appeared recently in Collier's Weekly, "A Love Sublime" is replete with thrills and strong human interest. Some realistic portrayals of slum life constitute a feature of the production. A notorious crook with a hatred of all mankind is confined in the hospital. The gang leader has a craving for cigarettes. Lucas, in his role of a hermacle Greek, succeeds in getting cigarettes to the injured gun man. By this kindness he earns the gratitude of the latter, who later on saves his life. A very beautiful and unusual love story is interwoven with the spectacular in this screen play. Carmel Myers takes the leading female role opposite Lucas. Other captions trussed steel bridge provided for such a contingency. If the armored car makes good under the handicaps that it will encounter in either of these countries then its range of possibilities where reasonably good roads are found would appear to be almost unlimited. Its moral effect on untrained forces when it can be used will undoubtedly be of great value. The national board of underwriters calls attention to the numerous fires caused by leaving small electrical devices in circuit when not in use. The actuarial bureau of the national board reports that in one day 100 fires out of a total of 2000 were traced to this cause, and it is estimated that fully 30,000 fire a year have such an origin. Great fog penetrating power is claimed for a new French incandescent light with greenish-yellow glass in front and backed by a reflector that reflects enough heat to prevent moisture collecting on the glass. "To make the best wet batteries on earth, writes a contributor to Telephony of Chicago, 'take quart fruit jars and put into each one about one tablespoonful of powdered sal ammoniac. Take an old dry cell with the zinc not too badly eaten—the better the zinc the better the wet battery—and punch a screwdriver once through the zinc half way up the cell to admit the solution. Put the dry cell into a fruit jar and fill to witten half an inch of the top of the jar with rain water." According to a letter received by a Santa Ana man from Congressman Kettner it is stated that because of the fight made by Los Angeles against the San Diego cantonment at Linda Vista, that camp is to be of canvass and only for the National Guardmen. At the new oil fields of Montebello the Standard Oil company is rushing the development of the property as fast as possible. On the Baldwin lease No. 2 has passed the 2100 mark and is going good. No. 3 is also the same depth and it is a race as to which well will be finished first. No. 4 is drilling at 1600 and a grade has been made for No. 5. On the Temple property No. 1 continues to maintain her initial production of 500 bbls daily. A grade has been made for a second well, No. 2. At Dominguez the Standard at No. 1 have reached the 2000 mark and are going right along. It looks as though the well will be carried to completion without any further mishaps. The Standard continue to develop the oil interests of the Emery lease with three wells drilling. No. 31 is at 3878, No. 32 at 3600 and 33 is drilling at 3300 feet. The Standard has completed No. 21 on the Murphy lease at a depth of 4062 and will test out the findings. No. 23 stands cemented at 3600. Drilling at No. 27 has reached the 3400 ft. mark. No. 28 is down 3380 and making a good showing. No. 29 is drilling at 3400 feet. No. 30 is standing cemented. No. 31 is drilling at 3490 and No. 33 is drilling at 2900. Two new locations have been made on the property, a completed rig is up for No. 33. At No. 34 a new rig is building. At Whittier the Standard is not letting operations lag. Drilling is going ahead on five wells and No. 46 has been completed at 2410 and is on the beam, doing 200 bbls of oil a day. No. 42 is standing cemented at 2192. At No. 47 drilling is going nicely at 2400 feet. No. 48 is also drilling, the depth being 1700 feet. No. 49 is close to 1500 and drilling. No. 50 has reached the 1200 mark and going nicely. A location has been made and a new rig is u pat No. 51. Grades are being made for two more additional wells, Nos. 52 and 53. Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite MOTOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE MARINE CORPS When Congress, at its recent session, authorized the purchase of two armored motor cars for the Marine corps, at a cost not to exceed $10,000 for each complete car, the headquarters of the corps had already begun its search for the armored car designed for use on expeditionary service. Quad trucks in the Haitian and Santo Domingo operations had proved that motor driven machines were suitable, under favoring conditions, for campaigns in tropical countries. The chief limitations imposed by such service were incidental to the notoriously bad roads and trails found in both those theaters of operation, and heavy rain and trails, impassable except by foot through the zinc half way up the cell to admit the solution. Put the dry cell into a fruit jar and fill to within half an inch of the top of the jar with rain water." According to a letter received by a Santa Ana man from Congressman Kettner it is stated that because of the fight made by Los Angeles against the San Diego cantonment at Linda Vista, that camp is to be of canvass and only for the National Guardsmen, the cantonments being placed in other states. The first plan, was to build upwards of 2000 wooden houses at the Linda Vista site, but that plan has been changed and the soldiers will be housed in tents. ONLY 25 PER CENT WILL BE ACCEPTED Three-Fourths of the Men Training at Officers' Camps Will Be Rejected Elmer Worthy of Santa Ana, who is at the officers' training camp at the Presidio, writes that at least 75 per cent of the men will be sent home. Writing to a friend, he says: "We get up at 5:30, keep busy until 12:15, and in the afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30, and then retreat at 5:30—and then they assign us about four hours' study work for the next day. "The first month I did not work very hard, but they are giving us quite a bit more to do this month. However, I enjoy it as they give us a variety of work. We cover lots of ground in a short time. The officers in charge of us make us step around all of the time. We have two officers as instructors for my one company of 185 men. They keep a card for each one of us and put down everything—good or bad—that we do. According to present orders they intend to take only about fifty out of each company, or about twenty-lve per cent, and put them to work training the 500,000 conscripts. They say that they will take a few more, but don't say how many—and use them as 'additional' officers to help train the 500,000. The remainder will then be sent home, they say. "So far this is the only objection I have to the camp. That is, that after a fellow spends three months here he may be sent home and not be put on..." NOW IS THE TIME To have your auto top rebuilt and recovered And your slip cover made for your car We are the people who can do it, and do it RIGHT We can rebuild the top into a Victoria, French, or any style you wish. We can put plate-glass in your side and back curtains and do your upholstering. A.J. BACKS Phone Pac. 335W 112 W. Chartres Street Anaheim, Cal. Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite 1, Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim. Three days Only Thursday, Friday and Saturday Buy 50 lbs FLOUR and Save 25c Come in and see us this week. A full line of Groceries and our Prices Are Right! EDMISTON GROCERY NEW GRAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 6-7 BIG DOUBLE PROGRAM Clara Kimball Young IN "Love's Sunset" AND BLUEBIRD'S FAMOUS STAR Dorothy Phillips IN "Fires of Rebellion" OR "THE WORLD AGAINST HER." AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL PICTURE SUNDAY, JULY 8, ONE DAY ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL TRIANGLE STAR BESSIE LOVE IN "Nina, the Flower Girl" THE DEAREST CHARACTER BESSIE LOVE HAS EVER PLAYED YOU'LL REMEMBER NINA FOR MANY A DAY. ALSO A GOOD KEYSTONE COMEDY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JULY 9-10 THE TRIANGLE FINE ARTS PRESENT WILFRED LUCAS IN "A LOVE SUBLIME" THE DEAREST CHARACTER BESSIE LOVE HAS EVER PLAYED YOU'LL REMEMBER NINA FOR MANY A DAY. ALSO A GOOD KEYSTONE COMEDY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JULY 9-10 THE TRIANGLE FINE ARTS PRESENT WILFRED LUCAS IN "A LOVE SUBLIME" THERE ARE A HUNDRED THRILLS TO THE SQUARE INCH IN THIS PLAY AND A GOOD TRIANGLE COMEDY WITH IT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JULY 11-12 THE TRIANGLE FINE ARTS PRESENT ENID BENNETT IN "The Little Brother" SHE HAS TO BE A BOY BECAUSE HER BROTHERS DESERT HER AND SHE HAS TO GO OUT ON THE STREET AND SELL PAPERS. THEN A MAN COMES ALONG AND THINGS CHANGE ALSO A.SPLENDID KEYSTONE COMEDY For All the Above Attractions 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY, 7:30 AND 9:00 SUNDAY MATINEE 2:30 PRICES 10c any seat Children 5c active duty. A lot of the fellows were pretty sore after they got here and found out what the plans were and many went home, and every day some fellow resigns and goes home. "They are giving us another physical examination here and quite a few are kicked out on that. Then; also, if an instructor over us doesn't like our looks we are asked to pack up and move. But our instructors treat us swell on the whole. They treat us as if we were their equal and not as if we were a regular soldier. We get good eats and good quarters and $100 per month with board and clothes thrown in." USEFUL INVENTIONS Pistols were invented at Pistoa, Italy, and were first used by English cavalrymen in 1544. gasoline-electric generators, which they carry on by the overhead trolley system. A recently invented motor for many uses about a farm is small enough to be carried in a wheelbarrow and will run with either gasoline or kerosene for fuel. Gasoline locomotives have been invented in England that are safe to use in coal mines, their ignition taking place within tight boxes and their exhaust through water. Hollow tile building blocks patented by an Iowa inventor are provided with dead air spaces that prevent the entrance of water, or even moisture, through the cemented joints. A safety lock for automobile robes, coats and parcels is a nickle-plaited steel clamp, 3-4 of an inch by 2-1-4 USEFUL INVENTIONS Pistols were invented at Pistoa, Italy, and were first used by English cavalrymen in 1544. A mowing machine to be attached to the stern of a launch to clear waterways of vegetable matter, is the invention of a Frenchman. A front bicycle wheel, equipped with a suitable handle and a cyclometer, is now employed in a number of the national forests of the West in measuring trails. A scoop for grocers that weighs its contents by pressing down an indicator along a scale on the handle has been invented by a California inventor. A talking machine using the usual records that an Englishman has invented has a specially designed horn and compressed air is utilized to amplify the sounds. In experimenting with soap bubbles an English chemist developed an apparatus that blew them large and substantial enough to be used as backgrounds for photographs. Experimenting with overhead currents to increase the growth of plants, British electricians have made oats produce about 50 per cent more grain and 85 per cent more straw. Cars have been designed for an electric railroad in Ireland to be run by Hollow tile building blocks patented by an Iowa inventor are provided with dead air spaces that prevent the entrance of water, or even moisture, through the cemented joints. A safety lock for automobile robes, coats and parcels is a nickle-plaited steel clamp, 3-4 of an inch by 2 1/4 inches when closed. The lock is opened by a combination. A material known as super-glaass used in making automobile windshields is made by welding a layer of transparent celluloid between two sheets of plate glass. If struck by a heavy object superglass will crack, but the occupants of the car will not be injured by flying glass. A Nebraska man after eleven years of experiments, has invented a device that enables a user of a party telephone line to identify any other subscriber who may be listening to his conversation. A new electric screwdriver has been patented which is said greatly reduces the time required in screwing and unscrewing. June was the banner month for marriage licenses in Orange county, the number issued by the county clerk's office being 166. May had broken all previous records with 163. A year ago the number issued in May was 103, in June 156, July 137, August 156, and September 161, which was the highest previous record. Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite 1, Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim.