anaheim-gazette 1917-09-20

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 OUR FIGHTING STRENGTH According to Congressman Dent, chairman of the House military committee there are now more than one million men on active duty in the United States army and navy. In a report to the House last week he said: "On September 6th, 1917," says a statement, "there were in the regular army, National Guard and Reserve Corps of the army 78,828 officers and 741,053 enlisted men. In the navy there were 141,867 enlisted men, 41,473 Naval Reserves and 14,500 of the Naval Militia in the Federal service. There were 5000 men in the Coast Guard and 6500 in the Hospital Corps, making a total of 209,340. Enlisted strength of the Marine Corps was 29,971; reserves in the service, 1070; national naval volunteers, 704; retired men on active duty, 14. There were approximately 12,000 officers in the navy and 1166 in the Marine Corps. In other words, on that date, the army had, including officers and enlisted men, 819,881, and the navy 254,265, making a total armed strength on that date of 1,074,146 men, all of whom are volunteers. Prior to that time there was not a drafted soldier in a single training camp. The draft law THE CIVIC CENTER PROPOSITION On Tuesday, October 2, the people of Anaheim will be called upon to decide whether or not they shall vote upon themselves an additional debt of $100,000 for the creation of a civic center on the block where the public library now stands, and the erection thereon of a new city hall. There are two propositions confronting the people which will be determined at this election. One is whether we will consent to saddle an indebtedness of $100,000 upon ourselves for something we don't need, or whether we shall build a city hall, which we do need, on the site of the present building without incurring an extra dollar of indebtedness or taxation. The city trustees have for many months contemplated the erection of a new city hall on property now owned by the municipality where the present building and the business block on the corner adjoining it now stand. It was proposed to spend $30,000 on it and erect one of the most beautiful municipal buildings in the Southland. In deference to the demands of the advocates of a civic center, however, the trustees decided to hold up the proposition, to call an election and let the people decide whether they want this new building, which we must have, erected out of funds already in hand, or whether they want to saddle themselves with an additional burden of debt to the extent of $100,000 in order to build it at another place. This is not the proper time to consider unnecessary bond issues. The nation is at war and the government is demanding extraordinary sacrifices of the people in order to finance it. Congress is considering the expenditure of 20 billion dollars for the first year, and no man can predict what In other words, on that date, the army had, including officers and enlisted men, 819,881, and the navy 254,265, making a total armed strength on that date of 1,074,146 men, all of whom are volunteers. Prior to that time there was not a drafted soldier in a single training camp. The draft law was approved May 18, 1917. In addition to this must be added the 687,000 conscripted men now training or soon to be training at the cannonments. It is reported that one thousand volunteers per week are joining the army, navy and aviation corps. In a few months Uncle Sam's fighting force will amount to two million men, and another call for 687,000 will soon be made. In a speech at the Annapolis Naval Academy last week Secretary Daniels said of the navy: "The impulse that has made possible our rapidly expanding navy," declared Mr. Daniels, "came from a speech made by President Wilson in St. Louis on the third day of February, 1916, when he declared, 'There is no other navy in the world that has to cover so great an area of defense as the American navy, and it ought, in my judgment, to be incomparably the most adequate navy in the world." "Following close upon the declaration of the President," continued Mr. Daniels, "Congress took a radical and forward step on its naval program. It abandoned the plan of a yearly authorization of new ships and adopted a 3-year building program. Shortly thereafter, it increased the naval appropriation from an average of former years of $145,000,000 to $312,888,060, and since August 1, 1916, has appropriated for the support and increase of the navy $1,344,184,896, while estimates pending before Congress carry an addition of nearly $600,000,000. The aggregate appropriation in little more than a year, to make effective and impregnable the nation's first arm of defense is, including pending estimates, nearly $2,000,000,000. "I am not publishing a military secret when I say that while the increase in personnel in the past few months has far surpassed the increase in material, there are three times as many ships in commission today as there were six months ago; and that This is not the proper time to consider unnecessary bond issues. The nation is at war and the government is demanding extraordinary sacrifices of the people in order to finance it. Congress is considering the expenditure of 20 billion dollars for the first year, and no man can predict what will follow. Anaheim will be called upon to pay its proportionate share of this stupendous sum, and it would be folly to vote an additional indebtedness upon ourselves for an unnecessary luxury at this time. Government officials and economists are advising against unnecessary expenditures and bond issues, because the need of the nation is paramount, and the burden of paying the government's obligations will be heavy upon all the people. In a short time Anaheim will be required to vote a bond issue for more school room. This will add to the taxation, but it is something we are compelled to have and to pay for. In the face of these necessary expenses don't yoke yourself with an additional hundred thousand dollar debt for something we don't need. The city trustees have sufficient money in the general fund to erect a new $30,000 building on the site now owned by the city. It can be built without costing the taxpayers an extra dollar. Furthermore a portion of the ground now occupied by the municipal building was presented to the city by Joseph Helmsen with the stipulation that it should be used only for a city hall. Should an attempt be made to use it for other purposes suit will be instituted immediately to recover it for the Helmsen estate, and it will probably be lost to the city. OIL WORKERS UNION CLAIM THIRD OF MEN Oil Companies Will Probably Have to Recognize New Union That the organization of the local order of the Oil Workers' Union in the Orange county field has progressed to figures worthy of more than a passing mention is evinced by the fact that the organization now has a membership of over 200 men. The oil correspondent was granted an interview with an addition of nearly $600,000,000. The aggregate appropriation in little more than a year, to make effective and impregnable the nation's first arm of defense is, including pending estimates, nearly $2,000,000,000. "I am not publishing a military secret when I say that while the increase in personnel in the past few months has far surpassed the increase in material, there are three times as many ships in commission today as there were six months ago; and that ships and more ships, from enlarged and ever enlarging ship yards, are coming to afford a place on naval craft to the thousands of patriotic young men who have crowded into the navy since the call." Congress is now considering the authorization of an expenditure of 20 billions of dollars for the first year of the war. Uncle Sam has billions of treasure, millions of men and unlimited resources at his back. Can there be any question as to the ultimate outcome of the war? The steamship Anvil was overhauled by a cutter between Ensanada and Mazatlan last week and eight slackers, who had fled to escape army service, were placed in the San Diego jail to await trial. IN HOLY LONG BEACH The Ministerial association, which is the governing power in Long Beach, has stirred up another unsatisfaction in the holy city, in consequence of which six school teachers—one man and five women—have turned in their resignations, and most of them fled the city. They were caught by a vigilant police squad in a cafe, smoking gold-tipped cigarettes and drinking wine. Think of it—wine in Long Beach—where a man is arrested if a policeman smells bay rum on his hair. Oil Companies Will Probably Have to Recognize New Union That the organization of the local order of the Off Workers' Union in the Orange county field has progressed to figures worthy of more than a passing mention is evinced by the fact that the organization now has a membership of over 200 men. The oil correspondent was granted an interview with the secretary of the local chapter and was told that the organization was coming along very nicely. The organizing is being done along quiet and business lines. It is to be strictly understood that the union is now working along the strike line method. There is no intention to bring any hardship upon the operators if it can possibly be avoided. The purpose of the organization is to work for a uniform 8 hour day and a minimum wage of not less than $4.00 per day. The union intends as soon as the organization work is perfected and the membership built up to as large a figure as possible to appoint a committee of its members to meet in conference with officials of the several oil companies. At this conference the labor problem will be taken up and the matter of getting in a uniformity of hours and pay for all leases in the field will be asked for by the labor organization. L. J. Fial and wife, former residents of this city, but who now live in Kern county, after an absence of five years, were in Anaheim from Saturday to Tuesday on a business mission. Walter and Charles Koehler were recently called to Hollywood to attend the funeral of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Mortyn Koehler, who died at her home in that city of cancer. The West Coast busy completing the large number of purposes of pumping wells. The work institution of about 30 eighteen finished will est number of gas for any one company of producing wells cuts down the operation materially. The longer needed, and required on steam not required with the man is able to look wells pumping on West Coast Oil connec engine for pumping by the Union Tool co. In development we have three wells drilled the week shows all considerable "ditch-ing at 1900 feet." The 1000 foot mark Anaheim Gazette OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The Amalgamated Oil company drilling in the Brea field have No. 2 on the Hualde lease down to a depth of 3175 and drilling is going ahead nicely. On the Anaheim property an adjoining lease, No. 56 has reached 2355 feet and the going continues good. On the Huntington tract near Los Angeles the No. 1 well is now at the 1000 foot mark with the 10 inch casing going in the hole. This test well on the new property of the company is being drilled with the standard tools and the formation changes are being watched very carefully. The Birch Oil company whose remarkable success in the Brea field in the past are not doing any great amount of development work at the present time. Aside from waging a water shutting off campaign the activities of the company along development lines is now confined to the drilling of one well only. The well underway is No. 14 and drilling has advanced to close to the 2000 mark. Owing to the difficulties encountered with the formation the drilling of this well as well as others that have been drilled on the Birch hill is a slow process. The Brea Canyon Oil company have completed the work of moving the rig of No. 30 to a new location close by the former one. No. 30 was started several months ago when unsurmountable drilling difficulties developed at a depth of 300 feet that made further drilling impossible. Rigging up on the new location is underway. The drilling of No. 14 has advanced to 2525 feet. No. 74 is making hole at 1100 feet. The West Coast operating in the old Olinda field has about as difficult a territory as can be found anywhere, and progress is not always on the down hill pull. The Fullerton Oil company drilling in Brea canyon have two wells making excellent progress. No. 10 is now close to 3500 feet and No. 11 is making good headway at 3150. The Union Oil company has a right to entertain great hopes for a well that will bring the Bastanchury property to the front. At No. 5 drilling has reached 4500 feet, the formation continues to show a nice grade of oil sand. It is necessary to keep the well full of water to keep the gas pressure down in order that drilling may continue. All indications are very favorable for a good well. Drilling will continue thru the oil sand. At Bastanchury No. 6 drilling on standard tools has been discontinued at 2160. The rotary is now being installed. The drilling of the Chapman lease well by the Union on property near Placentia continues to hold the attention of the geologically inclined. The conglomerate formation entered at a depth of 227 feet still continues, and at a depth of 1080 feet the same formation is present. It is believed that this is a world's record stratum. The thickness of the conglomerate formation is now better than 850 feet. The drilling is exceeding difficult and very slow on account of the hardness of the formation. Constant danger of twisting off requires that the drilling proceed with great caution. These are busy days on the Graham Loftus lease. Superintendent A. H. Brown has five strings of tools making KNOWS GORDON EDWARDS Ralph McFadden was a classmate at Stanford of Gordon Edwards, whose recent discovery of a new anesthesia is pronounced to be one of the greatest in the history of surgery. Mr. Edwards' new discovery is in use in all the French and English hospitals, and has been the means of saving many lives of wounded soldiers whose cases had been regarded as almost hopeless. Mr. McFadden speaks in high terms of praise of his classmate whom he remembers very well, having been in a number of classes with him. STEREOPTICON LECTURES The people of Anaheim and vicinity will be pleased to learn that Dr. Frederick Monsen of the Extension department of the University of California will give a series of six stereopticon lectures on Episodes in American History and Exploration, beginning on Monday evening, September 24th, at Fremont school. These lectures will be continued on five successive Monday evenings at the same place. Lecture No. 1—Monuments of a Prehistoric Race. The stone age in America. Lecture No. 2—The West India and the Spanish Main. In the wake of Columbus. Lecture No. 3—Turbulent Mexico. Cortez to Carranza. Lecture No. 4—On the Trail of the Spanish Pioneers. Coronado and his remarkable exploration. Lecture No. 5—The Old Santa Fe Trail The commerce of the prairies. Lecture No. 6—Apache War Trails. The last stronghold of a vanishing race. Dealing as they do with the Indians as well as others that have been drilled on the Birch hill is a slow process. The Brea Canyon Oil company have completed the work of moving the rig of No. 30 to a new location close by the former one. No. 30 was started several months ago when unsurmountable drilling difficulties developed at a depth of 300 feet that made further drilling impossible. Rigging up on the new location is underway. The drilling of No. 14 has advanced to 2525 feet. No. 29 is drilling at 2620. The Copa De Oro Oil company have commenced the work of deepening the well on their property in Chino canyon. This well was drilled to a depth of 2900 feet some three months ago and was put on the beam and given a very exhaustive test. The well produced no oil during the three months of continuous pumping. Throughout the test a very appreciable gas pressure was maintained and this caused the owners to believe that after the water was pumped off the oil would come in and a well be assured. It is believed that a deepening of the well to about 3500 feet will get the results looked for. A great deal is depending on the success of this well as it will open a new and vast oil area. The General Petroleum company, drilling a test well on the Carson tract near Long Beach had the misfortune to meet with so many drilling difficulties that progress for the past three months has been out of the question, and at the present time the well has been shut down temporarily awaiting advice from the general manager of the company. A stubborn fishing job seems to be about to close the career of this well. The Standard Oil company has completed No. 33 on the Emery at a depth of 3930 feet. The well is rated small, the production being about 100 bbls a day. It seems that the day of big wells on this once famous property is past. The management does not figure on any more great gushers on the Emery lease. No. 32 is drilling on iron at 3640. The Standard has seven strings of tools running on the Murphy property and development work is going ahead as rapidly as possible. Drilling is underway on Nos. 23, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, and 35, now cemented will be opened up in a few days. At 36 a new location is present. It is believed that this is a world's record stratum. The thickness of the conglomerate formation is now better than 850 feet. The drilling is exceeding difficult and very slow on account of the hardness of the formation. Constant danger of twisting off requires that the drilling proceed with great caution. These are busy days on the Graham Loftus lease. Superintendent A. H. Brown has five strings of tools making hole with speed characteristic of the great oil man. No. 41 is down 3000 feet, No. 42 is drilling at 2925. No. 43 reported on the rotary last week at 300 feet is now 750 feet deep. No. 49 is making good headway at 1400 feet and No. 51 has arrived at the 1200 mark. The Union's Hole No. 18 regarded by all the experts here as one of the best locations drilled has fallen short of the big things expected of the well. Early last week the well made a spectacular showing by flowing over the top of the derrick. It was conceded without doubt that a 3000 bbl, well was in sight. The well was swabbed a few days ago and a very determined effort made to induce the well to flow. The best that it would do was to flow intermittently. The rods and tubing are now being put in and the well will be on the beam before the end of the week. Other wells drilling on the Hole lease are Nos. 8, 15 and 16. No. 8 is drilling at 3550, No. 15 at 3050 and No. 16 is being tested out at 3020. No. 17 on the same lease is standing cemented. The producing wells on the Hole lease are producing a large quantity of very rich casing head gas according to the reports coming from the National Products company. The bringing in of a number of wells lately has enabled the plant to run nearer capacity and the quality of gasoline being turned out is very fine. Anaheim business houses closed their doors at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and remained closed for two hours in order that the proprietors and employees could go to Fullerton and bid farewell to the soldier boys. This included the banks, dry goods stores, grocery stores and nearly all the business institutions of the city. On another page we print a list of the boys who left for American Lake from this district, but a number whose names are not in the list, received or Columbus. Lecture No. 3—Turbulent Mexico. Cortez to Carranza. Lecture No. 4—On the Trail of the Spanish Pioneers. Coronado and his remarkable exploration. Lecture No. 5—The Old Santa Fe Trail The commerce of the prairies. Lecture No. 6—Apache War Trails The last stronghold of a vanishing race. Dealing as they do with the Indians of the great southwest, every American boy and girl and man and woman should be interested in their life and habits, and glad of the opportunity to hear this noted lecturer. Thirty years ago while a member of the United States geological survey he became interested in the cliff dwellers and at once started a study of them. Since that time he has made an exhaustive study of Indian life and has made many perilous journeys to almost inaccessible places in order to secure pictures for his lectures. The price of admission is only $1.00 to adults for the full series of six lectures and fifty cents to any one attending school. This reasonable price brings it within the reach of all. Another interesting feature connected with this lecture course is that any one who so desires may receive credit at the state university. On Monday, September 24, there will be a baseball game at Los Angeles between a nine picked and captained by Billy Sunday, the evangelist, and a team selected and managed by Doug Fairbanks, the movie star. Both these men are former pall players. During the progress a baseball presented by President Wilson and bearing his autograph will be auctioned off. All the proceeds will be used in purchasing sporting goods for the soldiers. W. D. Tremain, son-in-law of J. Seaman of this city, has sent photographs to his father-in-law, picturing how he recovered the aeroplane which carried Bishop and Robertson, two U.S. officers to their death on the Gulf of California 140 miles below the border. Tremaine removed the wings and towed the machine 140 miles with his auto. ADVERTISED LETTERS Sr. Antonio Ariza. The Standard has seven strings of tools running on the Murphy property and development work is going ahead as rapidly as possible. Drilling is underway on Nos. 23, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, and 35, now cemented will be opened up in a few days. At 36 a new location is being made ready. Nos. 37 and 38 are also located and grading work is in order. Well No. 43 on the Whittler has been completed at a depth of 2200. No production figures are as yet available. Drilling is progressing as well as good work and care will allow on Nos. 49, 50 and 51. Rig building is underway at No. 54 and 55. Locations have been marked for No. 56 and 57. The West Coast Oil company are busy completing the work of installing a large number of gas engines for the purpose of pumping of the producing wells. The work includes the installation of about 30 engines in all and when finished will represent the largest number of gas engines in the field for any one company. The pumping of producing wells with a gas engine cuts down the operating expense very materially. The steam boiler is no longer needed, and the close attention required on steam pumped wells is not required with the gas engine. One man is able to look after a half dozen wells pumping on gas engines. The West Coast Oil company is using an engine for pumping purposes put out by the Union Tool company. In development work the West Coast has three wells drilling and the log for the week shows all three have made considerable "ditch." No. 63 is drilling at 1900 feet. No. 68 has passed the 1000 foot mark and going good. Anahiem business houses closed their doors at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and remained closed for two hours in order that the proprietors and employees could go to Fullerton and bid farewell to the soldier boys. This included the banks, dry goods stores, grocery stores and nearly all the business institutions of the city. On another page we print a list of the boys who left for American Lake from this district, but a number whose names are not in the list, received orders late Tuesday night to entrain for the camp at American Lake. Among them are Cooney Mauerhan, formerly driver of the fire truck, Phillie Daniels clerk at Fred Marshe's store, and F. W Vermeulen, proprietor of the Anahiem pharmacy. Joe Hessel left yesterday on a trip which will include Bakersfield and other points north. George Hatfield has received a letter from his brother Leon, who is stationed at Syracuse, N.Y., at a national cantonment. Leon has been promoted to first lieutenant of his company and will in all probability be made captain by the time his regiment goes to France. Chillie Fisher, Charles Carroll, Walt Koehler, Charles Koehler, Charles Handy and Earl Steadman went up to the Steadman ranch at Victorville a few days ago on a hunt. They brought back the limit of 15 doves for each man, 65 jack rabbits and a ferocious wild cat. N.F. Steadman has a splendid crop of Kaffir corn growing on the ranch this year. Mrs. Joseph Helmsen will leave on Saturday for San Francisco, accompanied by her brother, George Cross of Puente, for a week's visit in the North. ADVERTISED LETTERS Sr. Antonio Ariza. Anaheim Canning Co. Sra. Tibursia Aguira. Sr. Agustin Alonzo. Mrs. S.D.Barger. Miss Margaret Bustmante. G.Carlson. J.Caldero. Mr.Michael Clifford. Toreon Cagulla. Frank Carrizosa. Miss Blanche Derby. James N.Dickson. Kathern Drips. Sr.Francisco A.Gallego. Ricardo Garsilla. Mrs.May Handy. Sr.Rosallo Herrera. R.Hernandez. Marvin A.Harte. Miss Hewill. Mrs.Mary E.Johnson. Carl Kreuger. Mrs.Edith Lawrence. J.M.Martinez. Peter Muck. Sr.Livrado Munos. Mr.A.P.Meeker. Mr.J.D.McCarn. Jesus Ortanez. F.N.Robles. Mrs.Albert Richmond. Mrs.Bert Sirran. Mrs.Nellie Tarr. Mauro Tapolla. Mrs.Hattle Weaver. Miss Johanna Vicker. Mr.John Zaske. Juan Zuarez. ON EDWARDS was a classmate on Edwards, whose wife is a new anesthecia one of the great surgery. Mr. Edwary is in use in all English hospitals, and saves many soldiers whose cases has almost hopeless. Knows in high terms whom he re-having been in a with him. LECTURES Aheim and vicinity learn that Dr. Fred Extension departed of California of six stereopticon in American History, beginning on September 24th, at these lectures will be successive Monsoon same place. Documents of a Pre-The stone age in West India and In the wake ofulent Mexico. Cor-Trail of the Coronado and exploration. Old Santa Fe Trail of the prairies.uche War Trails. hold of a vanishwith the Indians AMERICAN LAKE CAMP American Lake, where has been established Camp Lewis for the training of many thousand soldiers of the new Liberty army, is in a section rich in historic lore. American Lake is one of the several lakes in an expanse of level country between Puget Sound and the foothills of the Cascade mountains, to the south of Tacoma. This section is known as American Prarie, the name given to it at the first Fourth of July celebration on the Pacific coast in 1841. Up to that time it was known as Missionary Prarie. The celebration is said to have been the first prearranged patriotic observance west of the Mississippi river. There were not many whites in this region up to 1841. Fort Nisqually was maintained as a Hudson's Bay company post through the early part of the last century and up to 1870. It was at this fort that Captain Charles Wilkes arrived with two schooners early in 1841. This was part of an expedition on scientific research, authorized by the congressional act of May 18, 1836. Under instructions several vessels proceeded into southern waters, and later two schooners the Vincennes and the Porpoise voyaged along the California coast and the Pacific northwest section. In the spring of 1841 they entered Puget Sound. It seems to have been purely a scientific expedition and the several scientists along operated with Fort Nisqually as their base. As the Fourth of July was coming along, arrangements were made for observing the day, and this included a barbecue and program of sports, participated in by marines and the friendly Indians. This celebration Miss Minnie Doty of Riverside was a guest this week of Mrs. Joseph Helm-sen. Frank Montenyohl has disposed of his residence on East Alberta street to Paul Taggart. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burn and little daughter have been spending some days at Seal Beach. If the city jail is not an official jail, what will become of the suit for damages filed against the city marshal for false imprisonment? Mr. and Mrs. Billy Sunday and a party of friends came down into Orange county Monday and spent a few hours at the Chapman ranch. Mrs. R. J. McFadden and little daughter Wilma, who have been sojourning for some weeks past at Balboa, will return this week to their home in this city. FAVORS PARK BONDS Editor Gazette:—I would like to state a few reasons why we should vote yes on the bond election for a city hall and park to be held on the 2nd day of October. I believe any large and permanent improvement should be financed by a bond issue. For instance, in the present case, by selling the old City Hall and the lot on Cypress street, using the surplus in the General Fund and other available assets, we could buy the library block, and later build the city hall with a small bond issue, or by waiting a year or two build out of the revenues of the city; but by so doing we would pay for it all and those who get the benefit in years to come It seems to have been purely a scientific expedition and the several scientists along operated with Fort Nisqually as their base. As the Fourth of July was coming along, arrangements were made for observing the day, and this included a barbecue and program of sports, participated in by marines and the friendly Indians. This celebration took place at the head of Lake Sequalitchew, near old Fort Nisqually. It was on this occasion that Captain Wilkes and a small party walked over to the adjoining lake, and while this lake had no important part in the celebration he named it American. Up to this time the lake bore the name of Spootsylth, which suggests the uncanny reputation it bore among the Indians. They would for some superstitious reason nexer bathe in the lake. Americans are not given to that feeling and do so with impunity. Among the early residents there was some dispute as to how Wilkes came to name the lake, American. The reason apepars obvious, but some recounted the fact that Dr. J. P. Richmond, a missionary in the section, delivered the Fourth of July oration, and he and his wife were with Captain Wilkes when he named the lake. Mrs. Richmond's first name was America, and some have contended the captain gallantly applied it. Anyhow it became American Lake and American Prarie. I believe any large and permanent improvement should be financed by a bond issue. For instance, in the present case, by selling the old City Hall and the lot on Cypress street, using the surplus in the General Fund and other available assets, we could buy the library block, and later build the city hall with a small bond issue, or by waiting a year or two build out of the revenues of the city; but by so doing we would pay for it all and those who get the benefit in years to come would pay nothing. The bond issue will spread over the next forty years and equalize the burden. It is a proposition of all the people, not any special section or clique. It was first taken up by a committee appointed at a public meeting called by the city trustees, said committee represented practically every section and every interest. The options were obtained and are now in the custody of the city clerk and if the bonds are voted $68,000.00 for the park will be turned over to the property owners, the balance will be used to build a city hall. The salvage of the building on the site will be ample to construct the park and maintain it for several years. The question of a park has been an issue for a number of years now this is a chance to acquire one on the state highway, centrally located with an advertising value to the city of the best and highest order, and one that will be a credit to Anaheim. Vote yes on October 2nd. J. J. DWYER. Statement of Condition of the ANAHEIM NATIONAL BANK OF ANAHEIM CALIF. Condensed from Report, September 11, 1917 to Comptroller of the Currency RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ...$167,010.55 Overdrafts ... 165.58 Bonds and securities ... 109,050.00 Banking House, Furniture LIABILITIES Capital paid in ...$ 50,000.00 Surplus and profits ... 6,412.81 Circulation ... 50,000.00 Deposits ... 292,973.51 OF ANAHEIM CALIF. Condensed from Report, September 11, 1917 to Comptroller of the Currency RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ... $167,010.55 Overdrafts ... 165.58 Bonds and securities ... 109,050.00 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures ... 52,000.00 Cash and Exchange ... 68,660.19 Other assets ... 2,500.00 LIABILITIES Capital paid in ... $ 50,000.00 Surplus and profits ... 6,412.81 Circulation ... 50,000.00 Deposits ... 292,973.51 $399,386.32 $399,386.32 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Wm. A. Dolan, Pres. H. A. Krause, Cashier J. W. Duckworth, Vice Pres. J. J. DWYER WM. McLAUCHLIN F. C. RIMPAU D. JESSURUN CHAS. EYGABROAD B. FISHER S. C. HARTRANFT SPEND SUNDAY at SEAL BEACH Open the year round The eud of a perfect day will be greeted with a grand display of SCINTILLATOR FIREWORKS Take advantage of the Indian summer weather Dine and Dance at the Jewel City Cafe Take Stages from Center and Lemon Streets Stage Station.