anaheim-gazette 1917-08-23

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 TO "HIS" SIBERIA If ever mortal was born to be the plaything of fate, Nicholas Romanoff, late czar of all the Russias, owner of estates of almost incalculable value recipient of an income which totaled millions annually, and possessed of the most absolute authority claimed by any civilized monarch, certainly qualifies. Within a few short months his throne is gone, his estates confiscated, his income wiped out and his authority vanished, while Nicholas himself is suddenly whisked away from the Russian capital and is reported to be a prisoner in far Siberia, to which he and his ministers and their predecessors had for generations condemned the luckless patriots whose independence brought them afoul of Russian official action. No other nation has had anything to compare with Siberia. It was a living death, to which tens of thousands were banished, in imagination at least a land of bitter winter and endless toil, from which death itself was the only escape and offered the only respite. And now another political prisoner has traveled the long journey from St. Petersburg to Siberia, and a dethroned czar will at least know the places to which he formerly condemned his subjects whose only crime was a long room rent; and if he is charged with murder, he will be able to prove contributory negligence. In the meantime he is thinking of having the gang engaged in the hunger strike arrested on the charge of trying to commit suicide—a crime which, while not serious enough to merit capital punishment, is yet great enough to earn a term on the rock pile. There is grave fear that the villains in jail in Ellensburg will not carry out their threat. Already four of them have broken away from the control of the hunger strike leaders, and are eating heartily and obstreperously. It would afford the peaceful, law abiding citizens of the Pacific coast a deal of satisfaction to see this strike carried to a successful conclusion. The California Cultivator, which is supposed to be an authority on the subject, says there was nobody home when the state council of defense sent out the statement that a goat would keep fat and give six quarts of rich milk per day on a diet of weeds, table scraps, rusty wire, tin cans and such other refuse as it could pick up on a vacant lot. The Cultivator advises keeping a war goat, but declares it takes feed to produce food. And now comes forward a crazy economist with the statement that birdseed to the amount of several hundred tons is consumed each year by pet canaries. He insinuates that the birds should be sacrificed in order to conserve the seed for human consumption. What next? According to a journal devoted to the shoe industry the Russians must have extraordinarily large feet. A recent order received in New England for 2,000,000 pairs of shoes provided that forty thousand pairs should be number 15, and the majority of the iceberg, only her outer damaged, while her fathers are carried tion in safety. OIL FIELD By ELLWOOD J The results of oil other great industries el and shown in figures than any other way. Entire Orange county for the operations of the sea not in the immediate said field reveals some facts and figures. Now has 33000 acres of and on these properties 83 wells. The field ducing wells making 43,485. bbls. daily, and to 13 million barrels. Oil activities in the been maintained in a manner during the pa spite of the difficult o which the oil operators pelled to labor. The material and the di in the getting of it has drawback to any gigs. The price to w supplies and drilling climbed has been enou but the biggest open field. Also the price a duct has not advanced mensurate with these tions or encourage n enter the field or wa lished operators from catting. Nevertheless it is to note the great prog development of oil a to compare with Siberia. It was a living death, to which tens of thousands were banished, in imagination at least a land of bitter winter and endless toil, from which death itself was the only escape and offered the only respite. And now another political prisoner has traveled the long journey from St. Petersburg to Siberia, and a dethroned czar will at least know the places to which he formerly condemned his subjects whose only crime was a longing for the liberty which now makes him and his family prisoners. Somebody, somewhere, sometime coined an epigrammatic expression about "the irony of fate," but we are inclined to think it was never properly used until applied to what has happened to Nicholas Romanoff. THE LID IN PARAGUAY Just about 381 years after its founding—August 15, 1536—the city of Ascuncion in Paraguay decided to put the ban on gambling. The news dispatch reads: "The local newspapers are unanimously applauding the order of the chief of police which put a stop to all gambling in clubs and societies on July 1. The order includes games of chance of all kinds and assures the disappearance of several large establishments in this city whose sole attraction was gambling." To most people it will come with a shock of amazement that Paraguay should have a city "with clubs and societies" of a character to be called "large establishments." A mixture of marshes and mountains and uncivilized Indians and unnavigable rivers is the average American idea of Paraguay. But that just goes to illustrate the average American ignorance of everything in South America. Paraguay is, it is true, far behind its neighbors, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, in civilization. Yet in 1908 it exported goods to a value of more than $3,500,000. Education is said to be far behind that of the other South American republics; yet in 1907, when the country had a total population of about 700,000 there were 554 primary schools with 41,000 pupils. How far the education of these people progressed isn't certain, but some of them must at least have learned to count—or the city of Ascuncion would not be obliged to take its gambling so seriously. According to a journal devoted to the shoe industry the Russians must have extraordinarily large feet. A recent order received in New England for 2,000,000 pairs of shoes provided that forty thousand pairs should be number 15, and the majority of the order should be 11 size. A CONCRETE SHIP Concrete is taking the place of wood and stone in buildings, but the proposition to construct concrete ships was considered a joke. It appears, however that it is not a joke, and may be yet adopted. The inventor of the concrete ship says his plan makes little if any change in the outward appearance of our modern steel ship, except that the structural part of the ship is of a specially prepared emulsified concrete reinforced with a fabricated network of steel rods that binds the ship together in every part, giving great strength and making the structure one continuous monolith. All decks, bulkheads, partitions, etc., are interwoven together in one continuous mass of steel and concrete. The ship has two hulls and a double bottom; the double hull runs to above the water line all around the ship. There is a space of three feet between the outer and inner hull which is divided every 12 feet, making a continuous number of water tight compartments girdling every part of the ship to above the water line. In the center of this three foot space is a system of fabricated steel rods looking somewhat like a heavy wire fence; the purpose of which will be explained later. This space between the double hulls and double bottom is not wasted, but being water tight, is used as storage tanks for carrying oil cargoes and for storing fuel for the ship's engines, the vessel being driven by oil engines, requiring a much smaller crew than a steam driven vessel and giving more space for freight. The designs and methods of fabricating the steel reinforcing rods is such as to make a ship strong enough to resist the heaviest sort of a gale without straining herself, yet no attempt is made in this plan to build This week the Archaeology company has got stained No.56 of the Anahelian and are making good the rotary. Hualde Neclemented at 2894 and be drilled out before week. No.12, a producing redrilled and clear hope that the product fitted. No.14 the only Birch Oil company property is drilling rig now running close to No.5 has been retarded after a little well is making 130 bbl believed that the success a packer will greatly production. The management Oro whose Chino cany was finished a couple of depths of close to 40 lost hope as yet. They kept on the beam, and only water the gas prince and leads one to belts sand is not far away. The drilling stopped the good stuff and also may make the Copa D. The success the Croducing company has built tools out of the big wreck the constant spectacle exported goods to a value of more than $3,500,000. Education is said to be far behind that of the other South American republics; yet in 1907, when the country had a total population of about 700,000 there were 554 primary schools with 41,000 pupils. How far the education of these people progressed isn't certain, but some of them must at least have learned to count—or the city of Ascuncion would not be obliged to take its gambling so seriously. "As a general rule the Paraguayans are indolent, especially the men," says the encyclopaedia. Which is perhaps another reason why the energetic exceptions to the rule wanted to stop the gambling. For in a world at war the waste of time and energy spent in games of chance can no longer be tolerated. All over the world, as well as in little Paraguay, the lid is being clamped down on all those activities provided by Satan for idle hands. SUCCESS TO THIS STRIKE With whatever fortitude heaven has given us, we shall endure the horrors of the hunger strike begun in Ellensburg, Wash., by 61 members of the pestiferous I. W. W. These rascals were arrested for lustimating workmen in Ellensburg, and having been housed in a temporary prison, were served with food. They declined to eat, and have informed Sheriff Garriison that as long as they are kept in jail, they will keep up the hunger strike. They have let it be known that they intend to starve themselves to death, so that civil and criminal suits may be brought against the sheriff. With extraordinary equanimity, the sheriff views the efforts of the vicious I. W. W. to "get the law on him." He says if their heirs sue him for damages, he will set up a counterclaim for These rods work on the same principle as Maxim's gun silencer, they dissipate, or in other words break up, the force of the explosion, at the same time they protect the walls of the inner hull from being damaged by flying pieces of the concrete; thus a section 3x12 feet is damaged and its cargo of oil is thrown against the force of the explosion, but this of itself helps to cool the hot gases caused by the explosion; each 3x12 foot section is vented at the upper deck with a hatch that open outward to let the explosive gases escape. The torpedo has now done its worst, and the ship has lost a few hundred gallons, maybe of fuel oil, but the damage can readily be repaired in a few hours on arrival at her destination, or even while at sea if necessary, as concrete will set in water without decreasing its strength. It will also be seen that if a vessel of this kind should be damaged by collision or by striking a rock or an wasted, but being water tight, is used as storage tanks for carrying oil cargoes and for storing fuel for the ship's engines, the vessel being driven by oil engines, requiring a much smaller crew than a steam driven vessel and giving more space for freight. The designs and methods of fabricating the steel reinforcing rods is such as to make a ship strong enough to resist the heaviest sort of a gale without straining herself, yet no attempt is made in this plan to build the outer hull heavy enough to resist the explosion of a torpedo; so let us suppose such a ship is struck by a torpedo fired from an enemy submarine; the force of the explosion is so great that a hole two or three feet in diameter may be shattered in the outer hull, and now appears the use for the fabricated rods (or strong wire fence) inside the space between the two hulls. These rods work on the same principle as Maxim's gun silencer, they dissipate, or in other words break up, the force of the explosion, at the same time they protect the walls of the inner hull from being damaged by flying pieces of the concrete; thus a section 3x12 feet is damaged and its cargo of oil is thrown against the force of the explosion, but this of itself helps to cool the hot gases caused by the explosion; each 3x12 foot section is vented at the upper deck with a hatch that open outward to let the explosive gases escape. The torpedo has now done its worst, and the ship has lost a few hundred gallons, maybe of fuel oil, but the damage can readily be repaired in a few hours on arrival at her destination, or even while at sea if necessary, as concrete will set in water without decreasing its strength. It will also be seen that if a vessel of this kind should be damaged by collision or by striking a rock or an wasted, but being water tight, is used as storage tanks for carrying oil cargoes and for storing fuel for the ship's engines, the vessel being driven by oil engines, requiring a much smaller crew than a steam driven vessel and giving more space for freight. The designs and methods of fabricating the steel reinforcing rods is such as to make a ship strong enough to resist the heaviest sort of a gale without straining herself, yet no attempt is made in this plan to build the outer hull heavy enough to resist the explosion of a torpedo; so let us suppose such a ship is struck by a torpedo fired from an enemy submarine; the force of the explosion is so great that a hole two or three feet in diameter may be shattered in the outer hull, and now appears the use for the fabricated rods (or strong wire fence) inside the space between the two hulls. These rods work on the same principle as Maxim's gun silencer, they dissipate, or in other words break up, the force of the explosion, at the same time they protect the walls of the inner hull from being damaged by flying pieces of the concrete; thus a section 3x12 feet is damaged and its cargo of oil is thrown against the force of the explosion, but this of itself helps to cool the hot gases caused by the explosion; each 3x12 foot section is vented at the upper deck with a hatch that open outward to let the explosive gases escape. The torpedo has now done its worst, and the ship has lost a few hundred gallons, maybe of fuel oil, but the damage can readily be repaired in a few hours on arrival at her destination, or even while at sea if necessary, as concrete will set in water without decreasing its strength. It will also be seen that if a vessel of this kind should be damaged by collision or by striking a rock or an wasted, but being water tight, is used as storage tanks for carrying oil cargoes and for storing fuel for the ship's engines, the vessel being driven by oil engines, requiring a much smaller crew than a steam driven vessel and giving more space for freight. The success C producing company has built tools out of big wires constant spectacle well is making speakers producer. An effort to make the well flow well will do is to flop. The management has well put it on production looks good 5000 bbls well. Drilling on No. 28 at a depth 3000 feet. No. 29 is marked and drilling. Notuming the appearance as the rig is almost coarse. The Fullerton Oil Co 10 drilling at 3455 and 11 has passed the 3000 doing very nicely with No. 12 the old stand perimental standpoint 60 per cent of off daily put on the beam several started off making pumps. The Fullerton Great company is following these other operators alone of the Brea field and redrilling producing better production Great West is being very good results are. The General Petroleum are about to buy record for a fishing jerry- Anaheim Gazette OIL FIELD NOTES BY ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The results of oil operations like other great industries can be expressed and shown in figures perhaps better than any other way. A survey of the entire Orange county field covering all the operations of the smaller concerns not in the immediate vicinity of the said field reveals some very interesting facts and figures. Orange county now has 33000 acres of proven oil land, and on these properties there are drilling 83 wells. The field shows 679 producing wells making a production of 43,485 bbls daily, and totaling close to 13 million barrels a year. Oil activities in the local field have been maintained in a very remarkable manner during the past six months, in spite of the difficult conditions under which the oil operators have been compelled to labor. The scarcity of material and the difficulty attended in the getting of it has been a constant drawback to any gigantic undertakings. The price to which all oil well supplies and drilling materials has climbed has been enough to scare any but the biggest operators from the field. Also the price of the crude product has not advanced enough to commensurate with these difficult conditions or encourage new operators to enter the field or warrant the established operators from doing any wildcatting. Nevertheless it is very interesting to note the great progress made in the development of oil and the bringing of producing wells in the fields of iceberg, only her outer hull could be damaged, while her freight and passengers are carried to their destination in safety. A couple of 12 inch bits in the hole have made all progress impossible for the past two months and no relief is in sight. The Olinda Land company continues development operations with one well drilling. No. 58 is close to 3000 feet. No. 2, a former producing well is being deepened in the hope that the production will be built up. The thing nowadays in the oil fields is to get production and no effort is being spared to get all the oil possible from the old holes no matter how long ago they were drilled. Operations on the Tri State Oil company’s well at La Habra continue to meet with signal success. The hole is now 5120 feet deep, the tools are running smooth, the pipe is lose and conditions are such that a much greater depth can be attained if necessary. A late report from the well states that the formation and gas conditions are such that continued drilling is encouraged. A. C. Courier owner of the much talked of Courier well in Chino canyon announces that work will be discontinued on the hole for a time. Mr. Courier has large farming interests which cannot be neglected at this time. Operations on the well will be resumed later in the year. Reports from the West Coast Oil company one of the biggest developers of the old Olinda field are very encouraging. The West Coast have three wells drilling. No. 63 is 1540, No. 68 is 800 and No. 74 has passed the 1000 foot mark with the drilling going nicely. The Union Oil company is operating 17 strings of tools on its leases in the Brea and Whittier fields and is ing the past week, the depth of the hole now being 1350 feet. No. 5 stands cemented at 1350. On the Temple property No. 2 has been cemented during the past week at a depth of 1600 feet. Material is being put on the ground for a new rig for No. 3, the grade and other work having been done. A late report from the Standard's Dominguez well near Long Beach states that the well is now down a little better than 3400 feet and nothing that looks like any indication of oil has been discovered. The Union Oil company, drilling in the same vicinity on the Bixby ranch are down past the 2900 mark and have no encouraging announcements to make. The field along the water front is beginning to look extremely doubtful. A report of the past week's work by the Santa Fe Oil company in the Olinda field shows more than the average progress. The company has four wells drilling. No. 74 is down 3038 feet and will be finished and put on the beam before the end of the week. This well is looking very good. No. 77 is in the sand at 2400 feet. No. 78 has passed the 200 foot mark and drilling is going ahead rapidly. No. 79 has made 880 feet of hole. No. 80 is following close with 860 feet. No. 81 is being held back temporarily on account of having to wait on rig irons. 25th ANNIVERSARY OF NOTABLE EVENT Francisco Torres Hanged by Mob Quarter of a Century Ago Monday was the 25th anniversary of the first and only exercise of mob law in the history of Orange county. About 1 o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1892, Francisco Torres was taken from the county jail and hanged to a tele- climbed has been enough to scare any but the biggest operators from the field. Also the price of the crude product has not advanced enough to commensurate with these difficult conditions or encourage new operators to enter the field or warrant the established operators from doing any wildcatting. Nevertheless it is very interesting to note the great progress made in the development of oil and the bringing in of producing wells in the fields of Orange county. The year opened with ducing wells today it has 679 wells on wells in the course of drilling. Seven months ago the field had only 637 producing well, today it has 679 wells on the beam. There are not many industries in the county today that can show as good a record of progress, when the conditions under which that progress was made are carefully considered. This week the Amalgamated Oil company has got started drilling on No.56 of the Anaheim Union property and are making good headway with the rotary. Hualde No.2 is standing cemented at 2894 and will be read to be drilled out before the end of the week. No.12, a producing well is being redrilled and cleaned out in the hope that the production will be benefitted. No.14 the only drilling well the Birch Oil company has on the hill property is drilling right along and is now running close to 1900 feet. Old No.5 has been returned to the production after a little difficulty. The well is making 130 bbls daily and it is believed that the successful setting of a packer will greatly augment this production. The management of the Copa De Oro whose Chino canyon wild cat was finished a couple of months ago at a depth of close to 4000 feet have not lost hope as yet. The well is being kept on the beam, and while making only water the gas pressure continues and leads one to believe that the oil sand is not far away. It may be that the drilling stopped just on top of the good stuff and a few feet further may make the Copa De Oro a big well. The success the Columbia Oil Producing company has had in getting the tools out of the big well at No.26 and the constant spectacular showings the Reports from the West Coast Oil company one of the biggest developers of the old Olinda field are very encouraging. The West Coast have three wells drilling. No.63 is 1540, No.68 is 800 and No.74 has passed the 1000 foot mark with the drilling going nicely. The Union Oil company is operating 17 strings of tools on its leases in the Brea and Whittier fields and is getting very pleasing results from the development work under way. At Bastanchury No.5 the tools are down 4370 feet in the shale. The well looks good and drilling will continue. No.6 is being successfulfull redrilled, the tools are now operating at better than 1900 feet. At Long Beach the Union is getting along very nicely on the Bixby ranch well and are down past the 2900 mark. No showing of oil as yet. Owing to the extreme hardness of the conglomerate formation in which the Union is drilling on the Chapman well progress has been a little slow during the past week. The tools are now operating at 850 feet. At Graham Loftus No.40 the Union is drilling at better than 2900. No.42 is standing cemented. At No.43 rig building is under way. No.49 was started drilling early in the week and has made 600 feet. No.51 is being rigged up and will be ready to commence drilling in a few days. On the Hole lease the Union is drilling on No.8 at a depth of 3550. The cement is being drilled out of No.16 Nos.15 and 17 are standing cemented. Hole 18 is making good progress on the standard tools, the depth being 3500 feet. The Union drilling on Rancho La Merced in the new Montebello field is making remarkable headway and will have a well in a short time. La Merced No.1 is drilling at 2200. No.2 is a close second with over 2000 feet to its credit. The location for a third well has been made. The Union now has four wells under process of drilling on the Naranjal property. This property has presented a number of difficult situations from time to time that has made drilling quite difficult. The Union has gotten all the wells into pretty good shape and drilling is going good at No.7 at a depth of 2600 feet. Naranjal No.5 is down at better than 1700 feet. No.10 is down 1800 and drilling in hard Monday was the 25th anniversary of the first and only exercise of mob law in the history of Orange county. About 1 o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1892, Francisco Torres was taken from the county jail and hanged to a telegraph pole at the corner of Fourth and Sycamore streets, Santa Ana. The pole stood on the corner in front of the lot on which the business block to be occupied by the Rankin Dry Goods company is being built. Torres' crime was the foul murder of Wm. McKelvey, foreman of the ranch of Madame Modjeska. McKelvey was murdered by Torres because he held out poll tax in paying Torres his wages. The county jail was then located on Sycamore street, between Second and Third on the site of the present city jail. Robert Cogburn, the highway inspector, who died a few days ago, was on duty as night guard at the time the mob smashed in the door and took the Mexican out. Torres killed McKelvey on the night of July 31, 1892, by sneaking up behind him and striking him with a club. Torres fled and was captured at Mesa Grande two weeks later. McKelvey was very popular in Santa Ana, where he lived for a number of years prior to removing to the Modjeska ranch to take the foremanship of the mountain home of the famous actress. The friends determined to avenge his death and quietly organized a mob. Hanging was planned for a few nights before it took place. Arrangements went wrong and the lynching was delayed. The delay was occasioned by Walter St. John. St. John was detailed to lay in wait in a grain shed adjoining the grain mill then located on the property on which the Register now stands and immediately across the street from the jail. St. John was to give a signal to the mob when a certain thing developed. St John went to sleep and did not wake up until the next morning, and the men assembled for the lynching job dispersed. A grand jury investigation resulted, but no arrests were made. McKelvey was a brother of Sid McKelvey who now carries mail in The success the Columbia Oil Producing company has had in getting the tools out of the big well at No. 26 and the constant spectacular showings the well is making speaks well for a good producer. An effort has been made to make the well flow, but the best the well will do is to flow intermittently. The management has decided to tube the well and put it on the beam. The production looks good enough for a 5000 bbls well. Drilling is underway on No. 28 at a depth of approximately 3000 feet. No. 29 is nearing the 2600 mark and drilling. No. 30 is fast assuming the appearance of an oil well as the rig is almost completed. The Fullerton Oil company has No. 10 drilling at 3455 and going good. No. 11 has passed the 3000 foot mark and doing very nicely with standard tools. No. 12 the old standby from the experimental standpoint is making its 60 per cent of off-daily. This well was put on the beam seven months ago and started off making pure water. The Fullerton Great West Oil company is following the example set by other operators along the east line of the Brea field and is cleaning and redrilling producing wells in order to better the production. No. 2 of the Great West is being so treated and very good results are looked for. The General Petroleum Oil company are about to break the world's record for a fishing job on the Carson The Union now has four wells under process of drilling on the Naranjal property. This property has presented a number of difficult situations from time to time that has made drilling quite difficult. The Union has gotten all the wells into pretty good shape and drilling is going good at No. 7 at a depth of 2600 feet. Naranjal No. 5 is down at better than 1700 feet. No. 10 is down 1800 and drilling in hard sand. The Standard oil company continues to hold first place in the development of the oil resources of the Brea field, and has 17 strings of tools busy drilling for oil.* On the Emery lease No. 32 is being tested out and also No. 33. These wells are 3600 and 3400 feet deep respectively and give prom-GAL THREE OIL DOPE . . . . ise of coming good. The Murphy lease is the center of activity for the Standard. No. 27 the big well brought in last week continues to hold up remarkably well in production, the figure being close to 3000 barrels a day. No. 23 is drilling at 3750. Nos. 30, 32, 34, and 35 are also drilling, good progress being made on all of them. Nos. 29, 31, and 33 are standing cemented. At Whittier the Standard has No. 47 testing out. No. 48 is drilling at better than 2100 feet. No. 40 has been cemented. No. 50 and 51 are drilling No. 52 is rigged up and ready for drilling. At No. 53 rig building is under way. The Standard is leading the developers of the new Montebello field with quite a margin. On the Baldwin property the Standard has No. 2 down 2700 feet. No. 3 is drilling at 2550. No. 4 is standing cemented at 2308. No. 6 is drilling having made 750 feet dur- on the property on which the Register now stands and immediately across the street from the jail. St. John was to give a signal to the mob when a certain thing developed. St. John went to sleep and did not wake up until the next morning, and the men assembled for the lynching job dispersed. A grand jury investigation resulted, but no arrests were made. McKelvey was a brother of Sid McKelvey, who is now carrying mail in Anaheim. STRANGE BELIEF ABOUT FOREST FIRES There is an odd belief widespread through the mountainous regions of California in the benefit and value of forest fires, according to the forest service. The essence of this belief, known as "light burning," is that a fire spreading along the ground in the forest does no damage to the timber, but removes the litter and underbrush which, if allowed to accumulate, becomes fuel for a fire that in time will consume the mature timber. Therefore, in the opinion of those holding this theory, occasional fires in a forest are beneficial and necessary. The Indians and early settlers, it is said, always light burned the forests in order to make feed for the deer and the cattle and to clear the brush out of the way, and these fires did the forest no harm, but, on the other hand, did a great deal of good. This theory, declare the experts of the forest service, although a somewhat plausible one on its face, is entirely fallacious, and light burning, if practiced, would do an immense harm to the forests of California and affect adversely the welfare of the entire state. The damage done to the young SUNDAY AUGUST 26th NINTH ANNUAL RUN AND PICNIC OF THE LOS ANGELES MOTORCYCLE CLUB. $150 IN PRIZES Motorcycle Picnic Day at Seal Beach DAREDEVEL STUNTS, STRAIGHTAWAY RACES, NOVELTY RACES. SOMETHING STIRRING EVERY MINUTE. BE THERE TO SEE BIG EVENING FIREWORKS DISPLAY Take stages from Center and Lemon Street Stage Station. growth by a light fire is severe. Fifty per cent of the trees between ten and fifteen feet high are usually killed by a fire running through the forest. Nor is any permanent protection given the forests by the removal of the litter on the ground by fire, for within a few months it accumulates thicker than ever from the immense amount of foliage and young stuff killed but not consumed by the light fire. This material begins to fall soon after the light fire, and in a year or two is often more plentiful than ever before. A few years ago the forest service experimented with light burning on an 80 acres tract in Shasta county, near Castle Rock. The tract which had not been touched by fire for fourteen years, consisted of dense thickets of young trees, mature timber, patches of brush and grass. Fire was allowed to run uncontrolled over it. Part of the litter was consumed and much brush was killed but not burned. Sixy per cent of the young trees between ten and fifteen feet high were killed. Six months later the litter on the ground was just as plentiful as it had been at the time of the fire. Two and a half years after the experiment, the needles and leaves on the ground were fifty per cent more than at the time of the burn. It was estimated that the risk of fire in this tract had Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown of Neward, Ohio, who have been stopping at Long Beach will make a short visit this week with Mrs. L. R. Williams, while on their way to the east. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McFadden entertained the Four-Four club at their Balboa cottage on Tuesday evening. The guests danced in the Pavilion and were regaled with a sumptuous repast. Cards were played and a delightful evening was enjoyed by all. Fritz Ruhman is lying critically ill at his home on North Los Angeles street, and anxiety is felt for his recovery. Lieut. Ernest Clabaugh, who recently received his commission as second lieutenant in the engineer corps, came down this week to say farewell to his family before leaving for somewhere in France. He is a son of J. H. Clabaugh, the Santa Fe agent. The lieutenant leaves today for American Lake, Washington, to join his command. William Hansard is once more on duty in the office of the Anaheim Truck and Transfer company. William used to be an employee of this company, but drifted into other business ANNIVERSARY OF USE OF MOB LAW COUNTY. About 20 of August 20, was taken from neglected to a tele- of Fourth and Ana. The war in front of business block Rankin Dry built. Torres' order of Wm. at the ranch of McKelvey was because he held Torres his then located on Second and the present city the highway in days ago, was at the time the war and took the day on the night breaking up be-him with a was captured weeks later. Popular in San- for a number of going to the Mod- foremanship of the famous determined to neatly organized for a few place. Arrange- the lynching was occasion- St. John was mob when a St. John went wake up until the men as- job dispers-ation resulted, made. Merger of Sid Mc- AT SEAL BEACH to run uncontrolled over it. Part of the litter was consumed and much brush was killed but not burned. Sixy per cent of the young trees between ten and fifteen feet high were killed. Six months later the litter on the ground was just as plentiful as it had been at the time of the fire. Two and a half years after the experiment, the needles and leaves on the ground were fifty per cent more than at the time of the burn. It was estimated that the risk of fire in this tract had been increased at least fifty per cent in less than three years. This erroneous light burning theory has not been entirely confined to mountainers. A year or two ago, the officials of a Sierra power company, it is said, thinking to decrease the fire hazard along the right of way of a large lumber flume, caused to be est controlled fires. A year or two later an accidental fire spread to this right of way, and so great was the accumulation of the needles and debris, the fruit of the light burn, that this accidental fire could not be controlled. It wiped out severa thundred feet of flume, causing a great loss to the company. It would have been much better for the forests of California, declare the forest experts, if the Indians and early settlers had not set the fires they are credited with setting. As a result of fire, there is not a forest in California that contains as many mature trees as the ground is capable of supporting. Of the 1,300,000 acres of lands covered with brush in the national forests of California, a million acres at one time supported dense stands of mature timber. There is evidence at hand that 25 billion feet of mature timber have been destroyed by fire in California, enough to run all the mills of the state for 25 years. There is one region in the Squaw Creek country in Shasta county of 150,000 acres that in the sixties was heavily forested. Today it is chiefly a chaparral desert due to a fire in the seventies. Another fire in this same region on the southeast slope of Mt. Shasta near McCloud destroyed 10,000 acres of yellow pine and sugar pine in the seventies. The timber has never returned. Chaparral has taken its place. Undoubtedly, declare the forest officials, this belief in the value of light burning has been responsible for a loss of millions of dollars to California. William Hansard is once more on duty in the office of the Anaheim Truck and Transfer company. William used to be an employee of this company, but drifted into other business a few years ago. January 1 is the date fixed by the government for the call of the second army under the selective conscription act. It is announced that 750,000 men will be called. PIONEER PASSES Stephen McPherson, one of the first men in Orange county to take up the culture of grapes and oranges, and one of the few men coming to this county in the early seventies who have lived to see the county developed to the point it is today, died Tuesday at his home at McPherson, aged 78 years. Funeral services will be held at Orange Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church. He was one of the founders of the section which bears his name. He was born in New York in 1839 and came to California in 1862, joining a brother at San Jose, where he engaged in teaching for three years, later teaching at Santa Clara and still later in Los Angeles. He came to what is now McPherson in December, 1872, where he and his brother bought a tract of 220 acres. The brothers engaged in raisin grape growing and during the height of the raisin industry the brothers were recognized as the largest shippers in this section. They built a packing house at McPherson to handle this product. USES OF THE LIBERTY LOAN It is a mistaken notion that all of the money raised by the sale of the Liberty Loan bonds which is to be used for war purposes will be an eventual loss to the United States and its people; that it is all to be spent for things used up in war or useless except for purposes of war. It is well to remember that a great deal of the money raised by the sale of Liberty Loan bonds is to be invested in things that will be of great use and value to IN this same region on the southeast slope of Mt. Shasta near McCloud destroyed 10,000 acres of yellow pine and sugar pine in the seventies. The timber has never returned. Chaparral has taken its place. Undoubtedly, declare the forest officials, this belief in the value of light burning has been responsible for a loss of millions of dollars to California. AT SEAL BEACH The feature for next Sunday at Seal Beach will be the ninth annual run and picnic of the Los Angeles Motorcycle club in which it is expected nearly two thousand machines and several thousand cyclists will take part. One hundred and fifty dollars is hung up for prizes. Daredevil Blick Walters will repeat his rapid ride on his motorcycle over the racing coast and there will go straightaway and novelty races. The Pathe Film company will take a moving picture of military maneuvers on motorcycles. In the evening there will be a big fireworks display. The run will begin Sunday morning at 9 o'clock from the club house of the motorcycle club at Jefferson and Figueroa streets and the procession is expected to reach nearly 70 Seal Beach. The whole affair is under the management of George C. Rubach. On Saturday, September 1, the Southern California Railway Brotherhoods and auxiliaries will have their annual picnic at Seal Beach, to be participated in by the orders of Conductors, Engineers, Firemen and Trainmen and an attendance of several thousand is assured. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heinrichs are spending a few days with relatives in Antelope valley. It is a mistaken notion that all of the money raised by the sale of the Liberty Loan bonds which is to be used for war purposes will be an eventual loss to the United States and its people; that it is all to be spent for things used up in war or useless except for purposes of war. It is well to remember that a great deal of the money raised by the sale of Liberty Loan bonds is to be invested in things that will be of great use and value to the nation when peace shall be declared. One thing that most people realize will be of value is that it is going to put this nation in a state of preparedness. While it is hoped and believed that the end of this war will be the ending of all great wars it will be a valuable thing to America to find herself at its close prepared to enforce the just decrees of peace. There may be a twilight zone between the close of this war and the establishment of peace all over the world and preparedness will place America in a position to have that voice in the world affairs that this nation is worthy of. We know that voice will be for peace and justice and freedom. Millions are to be spent in the construction of merchant ships and these, at least those that escape destruction in war, will be a valuable investment. There will be a tremendous demand for merchant ships when peace comes and, whether the United States continues to own and operate this merchant morine or whether the ships are sold to private individuals, the money invested in them by the United States will be no loss to the nation. It may be a great gain to it. In the revival of foreign commerce, in the contest for foreign markets, the United States will no longer be at the mercy of foreign ship owners.