anaheim-gazette 1917-08-30

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 OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER That the Union Oil company will continue with the great development campaign started at the opening of the year is indicated by the location of additional wells in the local field this week. On the Naranjal property west of Olinda the Union set stakes for Naranjal Nos. 11 and 12. On this property four wells are now drilling. No. 6 is being tested out at 2800 feet. No. 8 is drilling at 2600 feet. No. 9 is making hole at close to 2800 feet. At No. 10 the tools are operating at a depth of a little better than 1800 feet. The Union's deep well on the Bastanchury lease is taking on a very encouraging outlook. The depth is now 4400 feet and the formation is oil sand. The hole and pipe are in excellent condition so that further drilling may continue. The redrilling of No. 6 has been completed and new hole is now being made at a depth of 2100 feet. The drilling of the Bixby well at Long Beach has taken on an encouraging aspect and the writer believes that something good is just down a rigged up. At No. 53 material has been placed on the ground for a new rig. The Standard enjoys the distinction of having the deepest well of any of the operators in the Dominguez-Long Beach field. The Dominguez well has reached a depth of 3750 feet and nothing thus far has offered any encouragement for the continuation of drilling. However the Standard has the hole in good condition, the pipe is free and drilling will be continued. The Standard Oil company is leading off at a fast pace in the development of the new Montebello oil field. The work was started for the week by putting on the beam Baldwin No. 2 with a production of 600 bbls. No. 3 is drilling at 2700 feet. No. 4 is still standing cemented, as also is No. 5. Drilling began on No. 6 last week, and has advanced to 1600 feet. A grade is being made for No. 7 and a stake has been set to mark the location of No. 8. On the Temple property No. 2 is standing cemented and No. 3 is building a rig. The Amalgamated Oil company announce that drilling has commenced on the Huntington tract east of the city limits of Los Angeles. This new tract recently acquired by this company comprises some 200 acres and is believed to have great possibilities of becoming a productive oil field. The Amalgamated is drilling the first well with standard tools thus enabling the operators to watch the formation closely and run no risk of drilling by any oil sands. Opinions are divided as to depth that oil will be struck on this tract. Some figure that it will be necessary to go at least 3000 feet, while others figure that the sand will be struck around the 2100 mark. In the Brea field the Amalgamated will commence drilling at No. 2 on With the permission and gas commission company is being peeled oil string of 8¼ carats wells here. There will be a considerable pany or to any other time on account of the difficulty to get. The Santa Fe Oil in the Olinda field tools running and is No. 76. This well is drilling at 3117 feet very good. No. 77 lying at 2451. At No operating at the 2100 drilling at close to it is going nicely at work of getting No rigged up, is being count of the inability irons on the ground materials and the in keeps the oil operator seat a good deal of. R. Y. WILLIAMS TORN R. Y. Williams, he has been offered to torney for the Sam development company, Anaheim Union Water, the Santa Ana Valley company. He will succeed Keech, who was in station some weeks. Fe train running in as he was crossing Williams is dean of ty bar, and stands among the leading state. Applications of the water companie of other attorneys f The drilling of the Bixby well at Long Beach has taken on an encouraging aspect and the writer believes that something good is just down a little deeper. At a depth of approximately 2900 feet the tools are now cutting through a shell formation. As shell generally overlays the oil sand there is hope for the sand being under the shell at Bixby. However if oil is found it will undoubtedly be in a small quantity and heavy. The Union is having a little difficulty in making record runs in the drilling of the Chapman well at Placeia. A long streak of extremely hard conglomerate has made the drilling a little slow. The rotary is now operating near the 1000 mark. The Graham Loftus lease is experiencing the old time activity of four years ago when seven strings of tools were being operated. Today the Union has five wells drilling and a rig for a sixth well is being pushed to completion as fast as possible. No. 40 has been shut down temporarily. No. 41 is in the oil sand and drilling at a depth of 2900. No. 42 has been drilled to a depth of better than 2900 feet and is being tested. At No. 43 a new rig will be completed before the end of the week. No. 49 is rotating with 1100 feet to its credit. No. 51 spudded in early in the week and is rotating at 500 feet. On account of so many wells being shut down waiting for the cement to set, development work on the Hole property does not show up very strong at the present time. Hole No. 8 is drilling at 3600 feet and is looking good. At Hole No. 18 the tools are operating at 3550 in the oil sand. No. 19 is looking exceptionally good and in the opinion of experts this well will be one of the biggest wells in the local field when completed. The Union drilling at Montebello reports a very successful week's operation. At La Merced No.1 the water string of 10-inch pipe has been cemented at 2200 feet. A showing of oil was noticed previous to the cementing and it is believed that the pay dirt is near. The Amalgamated is drilling the first well with standard tools thus enabling the operators to watch the formation closely and run no risk of drilling by any oil sands. Opinions are divided as to depth that oil will be struck on this tract. Some figure that it will be necessary to go at least 3000 feet, while others figure that the sand will be struck around the 2100 mark. In the Brea field the Amalgamated will commence drilling at No.2 on the A.U.W.Co property. No.2 on the Hualde property has been drilled to 2900 and will be tested out before the end of the week. The Brea Canyon Oil company are drilling on No.14 and have the well down 2340 feet. No.29 is being redrilled, the work having progressed to a depth of 2200 feet. No.30 started some time ago met with difficulties early and was abandoned. The rig is being moved and drilling on the new location will commence in a few days. The biggest well brought in on the Olinda property has just been secured by the Columbia Producing company. No.26 has been finished and is flowing at the rate of 2000 barrels daily. The well is approximately 3000 feet deep and is the biggest and most unexpected find that has been made in the Olinda field in a good many years. The big well is under perfect control and making clean oil. The Columbia has two other wells drilling, No.28 is around the 3000 mark and No.29 is drilling at 2660. No.30, a new location recently made has a rig in progress of construction. The Fullerton Oil company drilling two wells in the Brea district is showing a good record on the wells. No.10 is now 3457 and going good. No.11 has passed the 3100 mark and the drilling is going ahead nicely. No.12 the famous test well seems to be standing at the 60% mark on oil. This well was put on the beam six months ago, making pure water at first. A few colors appeared and this coloring has increased until now the well is making 60% oil. The West Coast Oil company, whose development of the Olinda field has always been watched with considerable interest has three wells drilling, and the past week shows marked progress on all the work. No.63 is drill- operating at 3550 in the oil sand. No. 19 is looking exceptionally good and in the opinion of experts this well will be one of the biggest wells in the local field when completed. The Union drilling at Montebello reports a very successful week's operation. At La Merced No. 1 the water string of 10-inch pipe has been cemented at 2200 feet. A showing of oil was noticed previous to the cementing and it is believed that the pay dirt is near. At La Merced No. 2 drilling is going nicely at better than 2000 feet. The greatest oil well ever completed in the Coyote district is No. 32 on the Standard Oil company's Emery lease. This great well is making a phenomenal record and if the production continues to hold out as well as it has during the past week the greatest well in California will be located in Orange county. Murphy No. 32 came in ten days ago doing 6,600 bbls daily. The production continued to increase and almost doubled this figure. Last Friday the well produced 12,500 bbls. At the opening of the week the well was doing better than 10,000. This tremendous flow of oil is accompanied by a great volume of gas measuring 20 million of feet. This well was finished at 4070. On the same property the Standard has No. 23 drilling at close to 3800 feet. This well will probably be the next one completed, and as all the wells on the Murphy are good 23 will not prove the contrary. Other wells drilling on the Murphy are No. 29 at 3600, No. 30 at 3400, No. 33 at 3000, No. 34 at 1800 and No. 35 at 2000. At Whittier the Standard has five wells drilling. No. 47 is drilling at 2450. No. 48 is making hole at 2100 feet. No. 49 is drilling at 1800 feet. No. 50 is down 1600 feet and No. 52 is drilling at close to a 1000 feet. At No. 52 a rig has been completed and was put on the beam six months ago, making pure water at first. A few colors appeared and this coloring has increased until now the well is making 60% oil. The West Coast Oil company, whose development of the Olinda field has always been watched with considerable interest has three wells drilling, and the past week shows marked progress on all the work. No. 63 is drilling at 1640 feet. No. 68 is at the 900 mark and No. 74 is 1808 feet. The West Coast Oil company has completed the construction work on a second dehydration plant and has put the plan in operation on what is known as the second 100 acre tract in the Olinda field. A plant installed on the first 100-acre tract was completed a couple of weeks ago and is running smoothly. The electrical method of cleaning the oil is fast taking the place of all other methods formerly used in this field. The Tri State Oil company is continuing the drilling of the deep well at La Habra and is now 5130 feet deep. Indications and conditions at this great depth are good enough to warrant a continuation of drilling and the work will go on. The hopes of Thos. Strain the farmer who entered the oil game by drilling a test well on his orange ranch south of Brea has been greatly increased. After working from time to time on a well for the past four years the well is showing something that warrants further attempts. At a depth of 4000 feet a cementing job was made and it is believed the water has been shut off. The well was put on the beam a few days ago and a good showing of oil was made. Some $90,000 has been expended on this well. Clyde Webb who emitted vital corps is now stationed in city. Clyde says he does that at five in the most cool and damp to rollers and start drilling... Anaheim Gazette With the permission of the state oil and gas commissioner the Calokla Oil company is being permitted to pull the oil string of 8¼ casing from three of its wells here. The saving in casing will be a considerable item to the company or to any other concern at this time on account of the high price and the difficulty to get delivery. The Santa Fe Oil company drilling in the Olinda field has five strings of tools running and is about to complete No. 76. This well is now in the shale drilling at 3117 feet and is looking very good. No. 77 is in the sand drilling at 2451. At No. 78 the tools are operating at the 2100 mark. No. 79 is drilling at close to 1000 feet. No. 80 is going nicely at 1100 feet. The work of getting No. 81, a new well rigged up, is being held back on account of the inability to get the rig irons on the ground. The scarcity of materials and the inability to get them keeps the oil operators on the anxious seat a good deal of the time. R. Y. WILLIAMS APPOINTED ATTORNEY R. Y. Williams, Esq., of Santa Ana has been offered the position of attorney for the Santa Ana River Development company, embracing the Anaheim Union Water company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company. He will succeed the late E. E. Keech, who was killed at Northam station some weeks ago by a Santa Fe train running into his automobile as he was crossing the track. Mr. Williams is dean of the Orange county bar, and stands well to the front among the leading lawyers of the state. Applications were received by the water companies from a number of other attorneys for the position, but CROP REPORT The state commission of horticulture has issued its monthly report of conditions of the fruit crops of California. It is dated August 4. From it we take: Apricot harvest finished in all counties but San Luis Obispo and San Diego; the former with 80 per cent of a crop, the latter with ten. Cherries all harvested. Berries about half harvested; Alameda, Nevada, Sacramento, San Benito, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Stanislaus counties from present indications will have a full crop, or 100 per cent. Almonds The output of almonds for the state will be about 59 per cent. San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties will have a full crop; Contra Costa, 70 per cent; Sutter, 65 per cent; Sacramento, 60 per cent; Yolo, 50 per cent; Tehama, 50 per cent; Butte, only 15 per cent; and Solano only 10 per cent. Apples California will produce 90 per cent of a normal apple crop. Santa Cruz, which produces half the apples of the state, reports a 100 per cent crop. Kern, Lake, Mendocino, Sacramento, San Benito, Santa Barbara and Sutter counties also report 100 per cent crops. Sonoma has an 80 per cent crop; Monterey, 75; San Bernardino, 95; Nevada, 80; Los Angeles, 85; Humboldt, 80. Figs Figs are California's heaviest averaging crop this year, 97 per cent of normal, the state over. In figs, Fresno county, producing 53 per cent of the total output of the state, reports a 100 per cent crop. Other counties reporting a full, or 100 per cent crop are: Butte, Colusa, Madera, Merced, Tehama and Tulare, Stanislaus will have 110 per cent; Yolo will truths, twisted words and misapplied moralities. Lloyd George, in a recent speech in Glasgow, drew a clever parallel between present pacifist efforts and the pacifism of ancient Rome when it was menaced by barbarian armies. "You can have peace at that price," he said, "but do you know what that would be? The old policy of buying out the Goth, who eventually destroyed the Roman Empire and threw Europe into the ages of barbarous cruelty. "That policy has it undoubted advantages. I can hear the echoes of the pacifists of the day in the Roman forum dwelling on the fact that if they only buy out the Goths at a small price compared with the war, a little territory and a little cash, the Roman youth will be spared the terrors of war and their parents the anxieties of war. People of all ranks and classes would avoid the hardships of war and be able to continue their lives of comfort and luxury and ease. "The pacifists of that day, when they made their bargain, thought they had avoided bloodshed. They had only transmitted it to their children." The Goth took his peace-money and withdrew. But he came again, with sword and fire. And Rome fell. It will be the same with the non-Prussian world today if it makes peace before their autocratic power is broken and democracy is made safe for the world. THE LAND SHOW The San Francisco Poultry association has waived its annual meeting this year to exhibit in conjunction with the California Land show to be held in San Francisco October 13th to 28th. The decision was made by the executive committee of the poultry association. A torch for use by soldiers in the trenches and in their dugouts—so simple that any child can make it—is the invention of Mrs. Edward Gushee, wife of a New York physician. Mrs. Gushee and a staff of girls and boys are making these torches by the hundreds and intend to send them to the front. To make one of these torches, take a newspaper and with a ruler tear it into strip two columns wide. Place six of these strips, one on top of the other—or tear six newspapers at once if you find it easier—roll them up, leaving a small hole through the center in the roll with cotton string; boil it in paraffin for 20 minutes, and let it cool. This makes a candle which can be lighted with a match and will burn without smoke for three quarters of an hour. It gives better light than an ordinary candle, quite enough light for a soldier to read, write or sew by. Thirty members of the W. C. T. U. were entertained Wednesday by Mrs. H. J. Fay. The society is now working in behalf of the soldier boys. Clyde Webb who enlisted in the hospital corps is now stationed at Arcadia. He is chief clerk to Sergeant Floyd Hatfield, formerly of this city. Clyde says he likes it fine, but that at five in the morning it is rather cool and damp to roll out of the feathers and start drilling. Walter K. Robinson was in town yesterday from Trabuco. He is negotiating for the sale of his 1200 acre ranch at that point, and when he gets the dinero is going to invest in government bonds. A torch for use by soldiers in the trenches and in their dugouts—so simple that any child can make it—is the invention of Mrs. Edward Gushee, wife of a New York physician. Mrs. Gushee and a staff of girls and boys are making these torches by the hundreds and intend to send them to the front. To make one of these torches, take a newspaper and with a ruler tear it into strip two columns wide. Place six of these strips, one on top of the other—or tear six newspapers at once if you find it easier—roll them up, leaving a small hole through the center in the roll with cotton string; boil it in paraffin for 20 minutes, and let it cool. This makes a candle which can be lighted with a match and will burn without smoke for three quarters of an hour. It gives better light than an ordinary candle, quite enough light for a soldier to read, write or sew by. Thirty members of the W. C. T. U. were entertained Wednesday by Mrs. H. J. Fay. The society is now working in behalf of the soldier boys. Clyde Webb who enlisted in the hospital corps is now stationed at Arcadia. He is chief clerk to Sergeant Floyd Hatfield, formerly of this city. Clyde says he likes it fine, but that at five in the morning it is rather cool and damp to roll out of the feathers and start drilling. Continued from page 1 Bernardino, 95; Nevada, 80; Los Angeles, 85; Humboldt, 80. Figs Figs are California's heaviest averaging crop this year, 97 per cent of normal, the state over. In figs, Fresno county, producing 53 per cent of the total output of the state, reports a 100 per cent crop. Other counties reporting a full, or 100 per cent crop are: Butte, Colusa, Madera, Tehama and Tulare, Stanislaus will have 110 per cent; Yolo will have 80 per cent; Yuba, 90; Sutter, 60; Los Angeles, 75. Peaches State average, 88 per cent of normal. Fresno, the largest peach producing county, reports a 90 per cent crop. Tulare, the next largest producer will have 100 per cent, as will Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus. Madera reports 120 per cent; Sacramento, 105, and Kings county reports 95. Pears State average for the pear crop is 87 per cent. Sacramento, the biggest pear county, reports a big crop, 120 per cent. Napa county will have 110 per cent. The following counties report 100 per cent: Colusa, Kern, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada, San Benito, Solano, Sutter and Yuba. Alameda reports 80 per cent; Butte, 20; Contra Costa, 70; El Dorado, 65; Placer, 50; San Joaquin, 90; Santa Clara, 65; Sonoma, 90; Tehama, 50; Yolo, 75. Plums Plums average a little better than half a crop throughout the state. Of the larger plum growing counties: Placer, growing more than one-third of the state's output, reports only a 35 per cent crop. Santa Clara will have 72 per cent; Solano, 75; Sacramento, 100; Los Angeles, 80; Tulare, 95; Yolo, 80. Prunes The prune yield of the state will be about three-fourths of normal. Santa Clara, which normally produces 55 per cent of California's supply of prunes, this year reports a 72 per cent crop. Sonoma, next in order as a prune producer, will have 70 per cent. Of the other commercially important producers Butte reports 60 per cent; Napa, 100; San Benito, 76; Solano, 75; Tulare, 100; and Yolo, 90. Walnuts Average output for the state is about 83 per cent of normal. Orange country's output will be cut down to their autocratic power is broken and democracy is made safe for the world. THE LAND SHOW The San Francisco Poultry association has waived its annual meeting this year to exhibit in conjunction with the California Land show to be held in San Francisco October 13th to 28th. The decision was made by the executive committee of the poultry association at a recent meeting and the reason ascribed was a desire for complete cooperation in the big land exposition. The poultry show will occupy a special department which has been set aside by Edward H. Brown, general manager of the land show and plans for decorations and architectural arrangements are to be taken up this week by the committees of both organizations. There will be demonstrations to prove California' great resources as a poultry, pigon, rabbit and game producing state and a rotation exhibit will be installed covering the etnire field of supply and so arranged as to fully occupy the entire 16 days session of the land show. Special features will be introduced and there will be judging contests, egg laying and other events of interest. Reservations will be made through Robert V. Moore, secretary of the poultry association, who will make his headquarters at the land show, 510 Mills building, San Francisco. Other members of the San Francisco Poultry association's executive committee are Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn, T. B. Woodhull and E. J. Talbott. Generous space has been assigned to this exhibit by the officers of the land show. It has been estimated by the officers of the land show that with 40 or more counties exhibiting the visitors will find much enlightenment and enjoyment in the industrial exhibit which will occupy 100,000 square feet of the 200,000 square feet of area. The visitor will find on one side what the soil produces, on the other how to produce under the best, easiest and most economical conditions. Leading manufacturers know how closely allied to the success if tilling the fertile valleys is the means employed, and more than 50 of the big concerns of the west have already reserved big space for their exhibits. The land show will not therefore be confined to exploiting the state's re- Clyde Webb who enlisted in the hospital corps is now stationed at Arcadia. He is chief clerk to Sergeant Floyd Hatfield, formerly of this city. Clyde says he likes it fine, but that at five in the morning it is rather cool and damp to roll out of the feathers and start drilling. Continued from page 1 N. J. Sanchez, Fullerton. W. B. Little, Fullerton. B. H. Birembaum, Anaheim. John Kozlowski, Anaheim. E. G. Stilwell, Fullerton. Lee Maddox, Brea. Philip Lae, Fullerton. Samuel B. Bruer, Fullerton. W. L. Wilcut, Modesto. H. K. Lee, Santa Ana. E. L. Danker, Anaheim. E. A. Bishop, La Habra. H. P. Brewer, Fullerton. J. P. Trapp, Buena Park. Selim Shoneka, Seal Beach. J. B. Parks, Le Habra. Burnie Avrit, Anaheim. F. A. Atwill, Los Alamitos. R. B. Perry, Fullerton. L. L. Fuller, Fullerton. H. A. Maigre, Fullerton. H. J. Howard, Anaheim. J. J. Coenen, Anaheim. Peter LaPorte, Fullerton. R. E. Wiley, Fullerton. Kyle Howard, Huntington Beach. Charlie Lindley, Anaheim. M. E. Ford, Fullerton. I. D. Davidson, Buena Park. R. A. Gillison, Huntington Beach. T. O. Barrett, Fullerton. F. W. Vermulen, Anaheim. H. L. Rose, Buena Park. J. J. Panchon, Placentia. E. S. Dysinger, Fullerton. Andrew W. Moodle, Fullerton. L. E. Millings, Huntington Beach. Clara, which normally produces 55 per cent of California's supply of prunes, this year reports a 72 per cent crop. Sonoma, next in order as a prune producer, will have 70 per cent. Of the other commercially important producers, Butte reports 60 per cent; Napa, 100; San Benito, 76; Solano, 75; Tulare, 100; Yolo, 90. Walnuts Average output for the state is about 83 per cent of normal. Orange county's output will be cut down to 75 per cent. Los Angeles will have 95 per cent; Ventura, 75. Santa Barbara reports a crop above normal, 115 per cent; Alameda, Colusa and Contra Costa, 100. Olives Butte county reports a 65 per cent crop; Los Angeles, 25; Riverside, 30; Tehama, 50; Tulare, 65; Sacramento, 50; Fresno, 100; Madera, 65; San Bernardino, 35; San Diego, 40; Santa Barbara, 70; Yolo, 75; Yuba, 80. Oranges Los Angeles reports a half crop; San Bernardino, 20 per cent; Riverside, 13; Ventura, 15; Tulare, 65; Orange, 80; Santa Barbara, 90. Lemons The state over, lemons average 39 per cent of normal. Los Angeles will have half a crop; Riverside, one-fourth; Ventura, 10 per cent; San Bernardino, 10; San Diego, 60; Orange, 70; Tulare, 95. Grapefruit Santa Barbara reports a full crop of grapefruit; San Diego, 90 per cent; Butte, 25; Los Angeles, 75; Riverside, 78; San Bernardino, 75; Tulare, 80. ANCIENT PACIFISTS History never really repeats itself, but it comes near enough to make its lessons mighty useful. There have been pacifists in all ages, muddling the fate of their countries with half- Free Christian Science Lecture By Paul Stark Seeley, C. S. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass., at Anaheim Union High School Auditorium Friday, August 31st, 1917 at 8 o'clock P.M. Fish Barbecue and Clambake With all the Trimmings at Seal Beach. Labor Day MONDAY SEPT. 3 MUSIC. DANCING. BATHING. FIREWORKS MAKE NO MISTAKE The annual picnic of the Big Four Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Auxiliaries is at Seal Beach, SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 Take stages from Center and Lemon Street Stage Station. extensively, but it will show how operation may help solve many questions of the future. Though intelligent application of new and tested mechanical apparatus, the progressive farmer will learn how to conserve himself as well as his products; how to deal with the perplexing problem of help, how to live better and more comfortably and how to make the most—monkey as well as produce—out of the 17 YEARS TO GET PARK Judge Will G. Steel, of Oregon, who is known locally as the Father of the Crater Lake national park, told this story at the recent national parks conference in Washington: Forty six years ago I was a farmer's boy in southern Kansas and attended school five miles distant. My lunch was carried in a newspaper. One warm Poultry association annual meeting conjunction with show to be held October 13th to 28th. Due by the execu-poultry associating and the realire for complete land exposition. Will occupy a which has been set Brown, general show and plans architectural arre taken up this weeks of both or- will be demonstrata pigeon, rabbit state and a rota-staled covering supply and so ar-upy the entire 16 and show. It be introduced ing contests, egg is of interest. Made through secretary of the wo will make his island show, 510 Francisco. Other Francisco Poul-tive committee D'Evelyn, T. B. Abbott. Been assigned officers of the by the officers with 40 or more visitors will sent and enjoy exhibit which share feet of the area. The visi-side what the other how to test, easiest and easiest. Know how success if till- is the means than 50 of the last have already their exhibits, not therefore be the state's re-extensively, but it will show how cooperation may help solve many questions of the future. Though intelligent application of new and tested mechanical apparatus, the progressive farmer will learn how to conserve himself as well as his products; how to deal with the perplexing problem of help, how to live better and more comfortably and how to make the most—money as well as produce—out of the land he possesses. In the mechanical educational display there will be a direct appeal to the farmer and housewife. There will be actual working demonstration, for instance of various lines of machinery milkers, separators and modern barn equipment. Dairymen will find in these many valuable helps toward expediency. The comforts of the model farm will be shown in the newest methods for ice making, for refrigeration, for condensed electric lighting plant for the equipment of libraries and for the protection of the house against fire. The matter of modern transportation will offer many suggestions to the remote resident of farming districts. There will be a complete display of automobile trucks as well as touring cars and the city dweller as well as his country brother will find much to learn about making use of, for pleasure and for business, the very superb roads which California provides her population. ORANGE PACKING HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE Twelve Thousand Dollar Blaze in Our Sister City One of the old landmarks of Orange was destroyed and losses amounting to $12,500 sustained Monday night when fire leveled the packing house of the Foothill Valencia-Growers association. Beyond the fact that it followed a mysterious explosion, the origin of the fire is unknown. The losses are principally covered by insurance. The fire was the largest Orange has experienced in recent years and not only the desperate work if the fire department prevented a much larger conflagration that would have wiped out the entire packing house and man- 17 YEARS TO GET PARK Judge Will G. Steel, of Oregon, who is known locally as the Father of the Crater Lake national park, told this story at the recent national parks conference in Washington: Forty six years ago I was a farmer's boy in southern Kansas and attended school five miles distant. My lunch was carried in a newspaper. One warm day in May or June I sat in the schoolroom eating the contents of that paper. When through I scanned the columns, reading the short articles, among which was a descriptive of a sunken lake that had been discovered in Oregon. It was said to be 5,000 below the surface of the surrounding country, with vertical walls, so that no human body could reach the water. In its center was an island 1,500 feet high, with an extinct crater in the top. In all my life I never read an article that took the intense hold of me that that one did and I then and there determined to go to Oregon and to visit that lake and to go down to the water. I had two brothers in Portland at the time. Two years thereafter I went to Oregon with my parents and we were met at the steamer landing by my brothers. Before getting over the dock I asked them where that sunken lake was, and found that they had never heard of it. It was seven years before I was able to find anyone who had ever heard of it. Then I was told that there was something of the sort in southern Oregon, but my informer was not sure. Nine years later I found a man who had actually seen it, and gave me a good description of it, that greatly increased my desire to see it. However I was not able to get there until the summer of 1885, when we made the trip in company with three friends, arriving there in July. Crater lake was discovered by a party of 22 prospectors, led by John W. Hillman, then of Jacksonville, Oregon, June 12, 1853, and named Deep Blue Lake. Mr. Hillman was the last survivor of this party and died in Hope Villa, Louisiana, March 19, 1915, in the 83rd year of his age. While standing on the rim of the lake in 1885 with Prof. Joseph LeConte, the thought occurred that no point around this wonderful cauldron had the hand of man yet desecrated when fire leveled the packing house of the Foothill Valencia-Growers association. Beyond the fact that it followed a mysterious explosion, the origin of the fire is unknown. The losses are principally covered by insurance. The fire was the largest Orange has experienced in recent years and not only the desperate work if the fire department prevented a much larger conflagration that would have wiped out the entire packing house and manufacturing district along the Santa Fe tracks. Situated in the center of closely grouped buildings that included the Spencer packing house, the McInnes packing house, the Santa Fe station, the Harper packing house, the California Fignut factory, the Arthur H. Pease warehouse, the new Foothill Orange Growers packing house and Lundblade and Nystrom's warehouse, the flaming building threatened destruction to the rest with the possibility that if the fire spread to the Santa Fe station it would go on through the adjoining lumber yard and into the residence district. D. P. Goodrich, Santa Fe telegraph operator, was the first to notice the blaze and turn in an alarm. He was leaving the station when he heard an explosion and felt the concussion, which appeared to be that of spontaneous combustion. As he turned around the whole interior of the building was in flames. Old and dry as tinder, the packing house burned like paper. Before the fire department arrived the roof had fallen in and the fierce heat was beginning to tell on the walls of the adjoining buildings. Only twelve feet separated the burning building from the McInnes packing house and the flames were already bridging the gap Across the tracks the Santa Fe station was blistering under the intense heat.