anaheim-gazette 1917-08-16

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ... $ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter MORE HYSTERIA Somebody with a fertile brain has given birth to the idea that business houses could help the nation win the war in which we are now engaged if they would discharge all their delivery clerks and force customers to carry home their purchases. In a recent article the Commercial Bulletin says: "Your country needs the men and money now being wasted in needless delivery of goods. These men and this money can be released for vital service if you will help. Lighten your country's burden by carrying your own." We may be dull of comprehension, but we fail to understand how the nation is to be benefitted by the discharge of the delivery clerks. Most of them in Anaheim—and we presume it is the same elsewhere—are boys who are trying to provide for themselves and lift the burden of their support from their parents. If there are any within the military age, the government will get them whether they are discharged or not, provided they are physically fit. Most of the purchases of provisions are made by the housewives through the phone. Is it the patriotic duty of these ladies to walk a mile or so to the meat market or the grocery store? OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The Amalgamated Oil company have cemented Hualde No. 2 at a depth of 2894. The well was cemented with the Perkins system and a good job is reported. The cementing of Hualde No. 2 means that the Amalgamated will start drilling on the Anaheim lease at well No. 56 this week. A string of tools doing redrilling and cleaning out work is still being run. A number of the operators are running cleaning out tools and redrilling and cleaning out old wells to good advantage. The Brea Canyon company is making very satisfactory progress on the two wells drilling on the Brea Canyon property. No. 14 is drilling at 2190 feet and No. 29 is cleaning out and redrilling at 2700 feet. A grade has been made for No. 31 and will be the next well to start drilling. The owners of the Copa De Oro wild cat well are continuing the pumping on their well with no results of encouragement. The well is making only water and the only factor that leads to any hope of making a producer lies in the fact that the well maintains an appreciable gas pressure. The well will continue to pump until an exhaustive test is made. The Columbia Oil company have succeeded in getting the tools out of No. 26 cleaned the well and put it into good condition and a few days ago the well was flowing at the rate of 2000 bbls daily. The well was finished at approximately 2900 feet and reveals the possibility of good sand at this depth. The Standard Oil No. 41 on the beam and will test the well showing up fair and the test will reveal No. 47 is also being No. 48 is drilling a standing cemented. At close to 1600 feet, at approximately a 52 a rig has been set 53 a rig is in process. The Standard is showing on the San No. 1 is drilling at ing good. No. 16 is 600 feet of hole to 15 a grade for a th made. The Standard is rent success on theerty with developing four wells drilling, win property and oil lease. Baldwin No. 2700 feet. Baldwin No. 2450 feet with the 4 has passed the 244 ing down rapidly, cemented at 1770. A few days ago is now. On the Temple ported started drillin 500 feet of hole is having made over 1 Temple No. 3 is a m The development property near Long with any encouragement and thus far. The property is now 35 no showing of oil Oil company with by ranch not far far location are down have struck nothing any excitement, l that the water front become a producing is the same elsewhere—are boys who are trying to provide for themselves and lift the burden of their support from their parents. If there are any within the military age, the government will get them whether they are discharged or not, provided they are physically fit. Most of the purchases of provisions are made by the housewives through the phone. Is it the patriotic duty of these ladies to walk a mile or so to the meat market or the grocery store and carry home, perhaps a sack of potatoes or a sack of flour? Or to stop at the ice dealers and take with them the daily ration of ice? Would the head of the house be helping the nation win the war if he carried home on his back a bale of hay for the family cow? The Commercial Bulletin says the country needs the money and the men now wasted in needless delivery of goods. Does the writer of that article believe that the merchant who saves the wage of a delivery boy by discharging him will turn that money over to the government? Will some one of those hysterical economists please explain how the government will benefit financially by depriving these boys of their small incomes. One of the arguments advanced in support of this recommendation is that the boys can be usefully employed in other pursuits. Every industry in this region is reporting that it has ample help. Besides there are many idle men. You will find them on the streets every day, and you will find scores of them camped along the railroad tracks. If there is a shortage of labor anywhere the economists should demand that these men be drafted into the work. It is not necessary to destroy a service that has become a necessity and for which the people are perfectly willing to pay. No patriotic person will refuse to make sacrifices when the presecution of the war can be aided thereby, but it will be difficult to make the people understand that the government can be benefitted by the destruction of the delivery system. We should avoid hysteria. ORDERED TO THE WAR California's national guard will soon be on the way to France. An order was issued at Washington Tuesday designating the units of 2 states as the Forty-Second division, which is to be sent abroad immediately. This is The Columbia Oil company have succeeded in getting the tools out of No. 26 cleaned the well and put it into good condition and a few days ago the well was flowing at the rate of 2000 bbls daily. The well was finished at approximately 2900 feet and reveals the possibility of good sands at this depth. No. 28 and 29 are drilling. No. 28 is close to 2900 feet and No. 29 is approaching the 2500 mark. Very hard formation has made the drilling of these two wells very slow. At No. 30 a new location, a rig is being built. The Fullerton Great West Oil company are cleaning out well No. 2 with the hope of materially increasing the production. The company has Nos. 1 and 2 in good condition now and the wells are making a nice production, free from water. The General Petroleum Oil company drilling on the Carson tract along the water front are about to break the state record for continued fishing. A couple of 12-inch bits lost in the hole two months ago has put up one of the worst fishing jobs ever attempted in this field. No progress is being made and it begins to look as though the long job will end in failure to recover the bits and the hole already drilled will be lost. The Standard Oil company's new producer on the Murphy lease is one of the biggest wells in the local field and comes a close second to the greatest well brought in the Whittier field during the past year. A report from the production department late last week placed the production of the well at 6600 barrels and the gas accompanying this great flow of oil measured 15 million cubic feet. This great find was completed at a depth of a little better than 4000 feet. A well brought in last fall making better than 7000 bbls is holding up very closely to the initial production and places the Murphy property on the map as one of the greatest oil producing properties of the state. On the same lease the Standard has No. 23 drilling at 3700 feet. No. 29 has been cemented at 3500. No. 31 is also cemented the depth being 3533. No. 30 is drilling at 3400 feet. No. 32 is making hole eries in the fact that the well maintains an appreciable gas pressure. The well will continue to pump until an exhaustive test is made. The property is now 35 no showing of oil lake Oil company with a by ranch not far from location are down have struck nothing any excitement, let that the water front become a producing nitide if oil is found. The Birch Oil company upon a very successful development work on a drilling well that considerable difficulty is now making new at 1825. No. 5the beam again and rate of 130 barrels has been giving co since it stopped months ago and it necessary to keep order to get any prods are now in therof the well being pumping is attended difficulty. The Birch about to bring thereto a close with very Wells No. 9 and I tested out and show water than former ing more oil than it is rather hard to a The drilling of it has been completed company and put o well is not showing showing made before warrant. Previous well showing of o that made the well ing. The well is o borhood of 60 bbl pretty high in water seems that the te east line of the B too much water forming thing like a good o in that vicinity ha she same success as though a pretty fath water is a con efforts to shut it al most part failed well will be tested Should the Union fall below expecta ORDERED TO THE WAR California's national guard will soon be on the way to France. An order was issued at Washington Tuesday designating the units of 2 states as the Forty-Second division, which is to be sent abroad immediately. This is the first division formed of national guards and is designated the "Rainbow Division," because of the large number of states involved. The 119th regiment is made up of California and South Carolina national guard engineers. What numbers the Califorina regiments will bear has not yet been decided, and of course it is not yet known when the division will start for Europe. PINEAPPLE FOR THE ARMY It's not going to be all "hog and hominy" when it comes to eats in the national army. Orders have been placed by the war department with five Hawaiian pineapple packing firms for a total of 1,687,500 pounds of canned pineapple, the government buying direct from the packer and saving considerable thereby. Delivery is to be made late this month aboard a government vessel at Honolulu. The pineapple will be shipped to the Atlantic coast via the canal. Street Superintendent Sackett had his early squad out Tuesday morning giving the gutters a dose of cleansing fluid. Mr. Sackett says the new street sweeper runs like a top. A Good Time TO BUY SUGAR The Price advanced once last week and twice this week and going higher. EDMISTON'S GROCERY Anaheim Gazette The Standard Oil company have put No. 41 on the beam at a depth of 3276 and will test the well out. The well is showing up fair and it is hoped that the test will reveal something good. No. 47 is also being tested out at 2440. No. 48 is drilling at 2096. No. 49 is standing cemented. No. 50 is drilling at close to 1600 feet. No. 51 is drilling at approximately a 1000 feet. At No. 52 a rig has been completed and No. 53 a rig is in process of construction. The Standard is making a good showing on the Savage lease. Well No. 1 is drilling at 1200 feet and going good. No. 16 is drilling and has 600 feet of hole to its credit. At No. 15 a grade for a third well has been made. The Standard is meeting with excellent success on the Montebello property with development work, having four wells drilling, three on the Baldwin property and one on the Temple lease. Baldwin No. 2 is drilling at 2700 feet. Baldwin No. 3 now registers 2450 feet with the going good. No. 4 has passed the 2400 mark and is going down rapidly. No. 5 is standing cemented at 1770. No. 6 spudded in a few days ago is now 600 feet deep. On the Temple property No. 2 reported started drilling last week with 500 feet of hole is now 1600 feet deep having made over 1100 feet of "ditch." Temple No. 3 is a new grade. The development of the Dominguez property near Long Beach has not met with any encouragement for the Standard thus far. The initial well on the property is now 3550 feet deep and no showing of oil lat all. The Union Oil company with a well on the Bixby ranch not far from the Standard's location are down past 2800 feet and have struck nothing that would cause any excitement. It is a good guess that the water front territory will not become a producing field of any mag- Union's third attempt to get oil is not looking very strong. Myer No. 3 is now 3300 feet deep and nothing is in sight that looks like oil. It seems rather unfortunate in a way that the Union's attempt to develop oil away from the proven territory of the Southern California oil fields is not meeting with any more success than it has. For most part the Union has been conservative in the development of the Southern field and has let other concerns go ahead and do the pioneering work. Only during the past year has the Union done any outside development work, and the failure to get a well at Dominguez and at Myer cannot help but put a damper on wildcatting. The writer would have liked very much to see the Union get good wells on both of these properties and thereby lend encouragement for further pioneering. The management of the West Coast Oil company announce the completion of well No. 63 in the Olinda field. The well is doing 200 bbls. The West Coast have drilling No. 63 at 1400 feet, No. 68 at 500 feet and No. 74 is close to 1000 feet. The Santa Fe Oil company developing the Olinda field have made a very satisfactory showing during the past week. No. 76 is drilling in shale at 2950. No. 77 is showing good progress the depth of the hole now being 2372. No. 78 is going along nicely at 1974. No. 79 is drilling at better than 700. At No. 80 drilling has progressed to a depth of 644 with no mishaps. No. 81 the new location has a rig in course of construction. Thos. Strain is making good progress in the redrilling of his Brea ranch well and will drill out the cement this week and test the hole. The well was id fire gun, he will attack three land batteries stationed at various points on the water front, and the batteries will reply in kind. Last Thursday's battle proved realistic to the extent that the airplane was damaged $150 by a shot from one of the land batteries. On Saturday afternoon, August 18th Prest, who is a product and under the management of the Riverside Aircraft company has arranged to give a special flight. The evening air battle will be featured with a magnificent display of fireworks in harmony with the military spirit. On Sunday, August 26th the Los Motorcycle club will have its 9th annual picnic at Seal Beach, and there will be big doings. $150 has been hung up in prizes for the different events. There are 3000 motorcycles owned in Los Angeles alone, and more than half of them will be in line at Seal Beach for the picnic. The club run will start from the club house at Jefferson and Figueroa streets, Sunday morning, August 26, at 9 a.m., proceeding directly to Seal Beach. If it is true that we are punished by our sins and not for our sins, it is also true that those ranchers who do not buy their bean cutters and bean blades and other farm machinery now, will pay more shortly. Wickersheim Implement Company. Last Friday was the birthday of Mrs. H. O. Henderson, and more than fifty members of the Eastern Star lodge gathered at El Ritiro and gave here a surprise. A splendid musical entertainment was rendered, Mrs. Henderson herself joining in with some vocal solos. On behalf of the lodge F. C. Krause presented Mrs. Henderson with a handsome present. The development of the Dominguez property near Long Beach has not met with any encouragement for the Standard thus far. The initial well on the property is now 3550 feet deep and no showing of oil lat all. The Union Oil company with a well on the Bixby ranch not far from the Standard's location are down past 2800 feet and have struck nothing that would cause any excitement. It is a good guess that the water front territory will not become a producing field of any magnitude if oil is found at all. The Birch Oil company have entered upon a very successful campaign of development work on the hill. No. 14 a drilling well that has been giving considerable difficulty in the drilling is now making new hole and drilling at 1825. No. 5 the famous No. 5 is on the beam again and producing at the rate of 130 barrels a day. The well has given considerable trouble since it stopped flowing several months ago and it has been found necessary to keep the well agitated in order to get any production at all. The rods are now in the hole and the depth of the well being close to 4000 feet, pumping is attended with more or less difficulty. The Birch Oil company is about to bring their water campaign to a close with very successful results. Wells No. 9 and 12 are now being tested out and showing very much less water than formerly. No. 12 is making more oil than before, a fact that is rather hard to account for. The drilling of Berkenstock No. 2 has been completed by the Union Oil company and put on the beam. The well is not showing up as good as the showing made before completion would warrant. Previous to finishing the well a showing of oil was encountered that made the well look very promising. The well is doing in the neighborhood of 60 bbls. and is running pretty high in water and emulsion. It seems that the territory along the east line of the Brea field contains too much water for the getting of anything like a good oil well. Operators in that vicinity have met with about the same success as the Union. Even though a pretty fair well is secured the water is a constant menace and efforts to shut it all off have for the most part failed. The Union's new well will be tested out. Should the Union's Berkenstock well fall below expectations after being shown, Strain is making good progress in the redrilling of his Brea ranch well and will drill out the cement this week and test the hole. The well was cemented at a depth of 4000 feet, and indications previous to the cement warranted something that looked worth while. The Strain well has been drilling and being worked on for the past five years at an expenditure of $90,000 and it is hoped that a producer will reward this tremendous outlay of money. MASON THEATRE Oriental Splendor and Richness Shown In "Lady Barnacle" The rich and colorful life of the palace of an East Indian Maharajah is reproduced in "Lady Barnacle" the Metro wonderplay starring dainty little Viola Dana, which will be seen at the Mason theatre tonight. Peacocks on the lawn and sparkling fountains add to the richness and beauty of the scenes. Director John H. Collins has taken great pains in securing beautiful locations for this picture, and some of the scenes are remarkably similar to views of the Taj Mahal in India, said to be the most beautiful building in the world. As Lakshima, the little heroine of "Lady Barnacle" daughter of a Maharajah, Miss Dana wears some magnificent jewels. Others, uncut, she takes with her when she runs away to follow her Hindoo sweetheart across the seas. Bolt upon bolt of handsome East India silks are shown, the father of George Morling (Robert Walker) being the head of a great silk firm. Contrasted with these luxurious settings are scenes in the most Puritanic and straight-laced New England homes, where Lakshima is brought for protection. The little Hindoo maiden causes a sensation in the New World, and incidentally, is the heroine of an absorbing photoplay. There will also be a Drew comedy, "House of Cards" Last Friday was the birthday of Mrs. H. O. Henderson, and more than fifty members of the Eastern Star lodge gathered at El Ritiro and gave here a surprise. A splendid musical entertainment was rendered, Mrs. Henderson herself joining in with some vocal solos. On behalf of the lodge F. C. Krause presented Mrs. Henderson with a handsome present. Jack Fullerton who worked in local newspaper offices a year or so ago, returned to his old stamping grounds the first of the week. Jack has been in Utah and while there married one of the Morman state's fair daughters. Work began Monday on the Hartman building at the corner of Olive and Center streets, on the site of the old opera house. Contractor Brougher of Los Angeles, has charge of the work. A drawing of the building can be seen at the C. B. Berger company's office. It will be an ornament to that section of town and an addition to Anaheim's beautiful architecture. An alarm of fire Monday summoned the department to the corner of Cypress and Los Angeles street where a Saxon automobile near the Pinal Dome filling station, was found to be on fire. The case was helpless when the engine reached the scene, the car being destroyed. Prof. Delbert Brunton, former principal of the Fullerton high school, and later holding the same post at Orange, has successfully passed examination at the officers' training camp at the Presidio, and is now Captain Brunton in Uncle Sam's army. Farnk Anderson of Placentia, will leave the first of the week on an extended business trip to San Francisco and other northern points. Mr. Anderson has large landed interests which he is trying to dispose of so that he may devote all of his time to his orange grove. Among a batch of newly-made officers at Vancouver barracks, announced yesterday, the name of Ernest Claibaugh of this city appears. Ernest has been training at the barracks for months and has received a commission as second lieutenant in the engineer corps. seems that the territory along the east line of the Brea field contains too much water for the getting of anything like a good oil well. Operators in that vicinity have met with about the same success as the Union. Even though a pretty fair well is secured the water is a constant menace and efforts to shut it all off have for the most part failed. The Union's new well will be tested out. Should the Union's Berkenstock well fall below expectations after being tested out it begins to appear as though the deep Bastanchury well No. 5 will offset the disappointment. Bastanchury No. 5 is now drilling in oil sand at a depth of 4370 feet and the conditions are very encouraging, and it is the opinion of the writer that the Union will get something real good there. Bastanchury No. 6 is redrilling at 1900 feet. The Union is making preparations for the abandonment of G. & L. No. 12. A crew is at work pulling casing an salvaging as far as possible. No. 40 is being cleaned out at 3390. No. 41 is making excellent progress drilling, the depth now being 2900 feet. No. 42 is standing cemented at 2900. No. 49 is being rigged up for drilling and at No. 51 a new rig is almost completed. A grade for a third well, No. 43 has been made. Probably at no time since the development of the Hale property started has there been as little work under way as at the present time. Two wells are drilling and three wells are standing cemented. No. 8 is drilling at 3500 feet. No. 18 is making new hole and going good at 3500. The Union is making very satisfactory progress drilling on the La Merced lease at Montebello. La Merced No. 1 is reported at better than 2000, and No. 2 is close to the same figure. On the Myer lease near Whittler the AT SEAL BEACH Next Sunday will come the final appearance of Prest, the demon aviator at Seal Beach. Last Sunday he dropped Wayne Abbott, the parachute artist from the height of 8,000 feet and then continued on upward to a height of 18,000 feet, the unofficial record. Next Sunday Prest will appear in two great airbattles, with his military airplane, armed with bombs and a rap- Anderson has large landed interests which he is trying to dispose of so that he may devote all of his time to his orange grove. Among a batch of newly-made officers at Vancouver barracks, announced yesterday, the name of Ernest Claibaugh of this city appears. Ernest has been training at the barracks for months and has received a commission as second lieutenant in the engineer corps. Walter Knox, whose leg was broken when he was run over by an automobile on Broadway some weeks ago, has recovered and is out again, carrying papers, delivering washing, and making himself generally useful. Walter is a great kid and we are glad to see he is all right again. The Anti-Storm Water League will hold a meeting at high school auditorium on next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. An invitation is extended to the public to attend. Young lady employees of the Crawford Marmalade factory gave a banquet at Marmalade Hall No. 3 Friday and spent the afternoon with music and fancy work. One hundred people, many from neighboring towns enjoyed the Yeoman dance Monday evening. The marriage of Miss Florence Lacy and P. L. Bradford was announced to take place yesterday at a reception given by Mrs. N. Frank Morse of Placentia Friday. A large number of friends of the bride were present and a musical entertainment in which Miss Lacey and Mrs. E. W. Hauck participated. The bride-to-be received numerous presents. MASON THEATRE TODAY Winsome Viola Dana, in "LADY BARNACLE" FRIDAY CATHERINE CALVERT, in "The House of Cards" A photoplay with a message to every woman. SATURDAY—HELEN HOLMES, in "MEDICINE BEND" It's a Thriller SUNDAY and MONDAY HENRY B. WALTHALL in "Little Shoes" Mr. Walthall's marvelous acting touches your heart strings. Also good comedy every night. Always 5c and 10c. THE BELL SIGN is a symbol of long distance telephone service available for your use in communicating with any city or town on the Pacific Coast. TRY “LONG DISTANCE” and see how quick, convenient and economical toll service really is. Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY FOUR MINUTE MEN Judge Z. B. West, chairman of the county council of defense has recommended to the state council that Clyde Bishop, Walter Eden, S. M. Davis and H. C. Head of Santa Ana and W. R. Garrett of Orange be appointed as Four-Minute men for Orange county. The judge got a letter from W. V. Cowan of the state council, asking for recommendations. These men are to be organized to give brief addresses, four minutes in length, all over the county along wide-awake, red-blooded American lines, described in the letter to Judge West as "war publicity." They will speak at moving picture shows and other gatherings of all kinds. A county chairman will be appointed. VACCINATE THE HOGS Three quarters of all the swine that contract hog cholera die, where vacancy and then it goes into the markets and buys from the people what it needs. The people supply the government with money and the government with this money buys from the people what it needs for the war. There are three sources from which the United States can draw the sinews of war. First is the fixed property of the nation. This represents our farms, factories, mines, railways and all other property including accumulated savings. From the corpus or body of none of these, except the accumulated savings, will the government obtain war funds, and even from the accumulated savings it will draw a relatively small portion. These accumulated savings are invested in industries and business which are necessary to the country's welfare and prosperity and it is only that portion of these savings which are seeking investment that the government will receive in exchange for bonds. The second and the great source newly-made officracks, announced of Ernest Claypears. Ernest has barracks for received a commission in the engineer leg was broken by an automobiles weeks ago, has not again, carrying washing, and making useful. Walter are glad to see Water League will high school auditorium evening at 7:30 am is extended to classes of the Crawford gave a ban-dall No. 3 Friday noon with music. mole, many from enjoyed the Yeo-evening. Miss Florence Ford was announcer-day at a reception. Frank Morse of large number of were present and sent in which Miss V. Hauck partici-ble received num- three quarters of all the swine that contract hog cholera die, where vaccination against it has not been practiced, yet these heavy losses are entirely preventable. An appeal to the farmers of California to cooperate to the full i prepreventing the great losses which result every year from this entirely preventable disease is made by the committee on resources and food supply of the California state council of defense. Nine times out of ten when a hog dies in California, from disease it is from hog cholera. If the disease has only just started in a herd, ninety-five per cent of the herd can be saved by prompt vaccination. This will cure only a small percentage of animals that are already sick, but if a sound herd is vaccinated there is not one chance in a hundred that any of these animals will die from hog cholera. Lack of control of hog cholera is still a big factor in limiting production of swine. Full information as to how to prevent the disease from getting int oa herd and as to how to limit its spread can be obtained by writing to the University of California College of Agriculture. FINANCING THE WAR The United States is financing itself in this war by loans and taxes. It obtains funds from the people, some by taxation and some by the sale of bonds the second and the great source from which the government is to derive its war fund is the wealth produced during the war. Part of this it will obtain by taxation and part in exchange for bonds. The annual production of the United States, from its farms, mines, factories and other sources, amounts to fifty billion dollars a year and out of this fifty billion dollars will come the funds, part from taxes and part from the sale of bonds, with which the United States will finance itself during this war. By taxation this generation will pay its portion of the cost of the war. By the sale of bonds the next generation is called upon to pay its portion, and this last portion will be paid from the wealth produced after the war. By this method the capital of the country, its sources of income and wealth, are unimpaired. It is only the yearly increment of this property that is called upon to bear a portion of the cost of the war. Thus despite the waste of war and the destruction of property involved the country may emerge from the conflict stronger financially, more efficient and even wealthier than before. What the government receives it receives from the people without impairing the sources of wealth of the country, and passes back to the people in exchange for the productions of the country. It is in a way only a shifting of credits.