anaheim-gazette 1918-02-21

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 HOGS AT HOG ISLAND One's patriotic choer and righteous wrath begins to mount toward the explosive point as he reads of what has been done to the government—which means to the people of the United States who are taking the bond issues—by the band of profiteers at the Hog island ship yards. Hog island is in the Delaware river, hard by Philadelphia, and it seems to have been agreed upon as an ideal site for one of the three great ship yards decided on by the government. But at the very outset it is alleged that the land was sold for more than twice what it is worth, and the government's agents paid the bill. Now comes the allegation that the construction of the yard will cost about $42,000,000 instead of $21,000,000 originally estimated. Washington is rent with scandal, the government's ship building corporation may cancel the contracts and take over the work, while the president has ordered the attorney general to dig into the whole nasty mess and if there is any way to go after the profiteers criminally, to do so. Fortunes were founded during the civil war by individuals so disloyal as to hold up the government in its extremity. Again in the Spanish-American brush the same sort of scandals came to the surface, and perhaps in a war on such a tremendously Egypt, those suffering from the lean years of their wars turned to the abundance of America. But in this country war had now been declared and the prospect of trouble on the subject loomed large to the far-seeing. There was plenty of food—for this country's 100,000,000 people. But a survey of world conditions brought home to those in authority the fact that we must cut down our normal consumption of certain foods if we would supply all that was required by our associates in the war. And therein lay the difficulty—to make the nation at large see and feel the vital necessity of conservation. Americans were accustomed to eating as lavishly as their individual means would permit. Although the country was at war, the struggle was actually thousands of miles away and comfortably remote. Food conservation is one of the things that is different. It is a daily duty without a spectacular feature. It is a self-denial of a less interesting type. In fact, one hesitates to complain of it as very much of a deprivation lest he seem to merit the charge of greediness. But it is just that which the food administration is asking you to do in wise moderation for the sake of your country and the nations across the sea, for the sake of victory. And you must do it—if not from patriotic or humanitarian motives, then from a realization of the need of self-protection. If you keep on eating and if every one else in the United States keeps on eating just as fancy dictates, there is going to be a sad day of reckoning. There will not be enough food to send to Europe for our soldiers and the allies, and if they starve or suffer too deeply, Germany's chances for victory are exactly so much increased. Just what would be the result if the Toucan allies should win is not... may cancel the contracts and take over the work, while the president has ordered the attorney general to dig into the whole nasty mess and if there is any way to go after the profiteers criminally, to do so. Fortunes were founded during the civil war by individuals so disloyal as to hold up the government in its extremity. Again in the Spanish-American brush the same sort of scandals came to the surface, and perhaps in a war on such a tremendously enlarged scale as that in which we are now engaged, it is only to be expected that greed will get the better of gulleless patriotism. But whoever they are, and regardless of their standing, the plain folks of the land will hope that the really responsible individuals will "get theirs" and get it in such measure as will make an end of that sort of thing during the present emergency. By that we do not mean to impute responsibility to all of the list of eminent and wealthy men now said to be concerned in the American international ship building corporation, for we know it frequently happens that scamps take advantage of the very fact that they are associated with respectable men. But when the responsibility is located, we are hoping the punishment may be something else besides the loss of the expected profits. DAY BY DAY IN THE WAR The time has arrived when excitement over the spectacular features of our entry into the war must give way to the stern, uncomfortable day-by-day duties which every patriotic American must endure if we are to continue on to victory. The real significance of food control is one of the subjects which have been little considered and little realized by the great majority of people. The work, the very basic principles, the reasons for existence of the United States Food Administration have not come home yet to the many. To them this department of the government seems but a means for securing cheaper and more abundant food. The food administration was, in point of fact, created in order that the problem of provisioning those nations fighting against Germany might be met wisely and adequately. It seemed impossible that food should ever be exhausted. The war would be a short one, every one WELCOME TO THE MAN WITH THE PUNCH Santa Ana Register:—The Innocent Bystander, writer-upon Orange county politics, is making his welcome appearance again in the columns of the Anaheim Gazette. That is a sure sign that spring is here and that the primaries come in August. There is a punch to the Bystander's output and political sagacity instead of ink is used to pull the proof. EXEMPTION CLAIMS HEARD BY DR. BALL Many Who Made Appeal Denied and Placed In Class A1 Cases brought before Dr. Ball Monday night were almost without exception those of men married since May 18. All were dependency claims and were heard in private. Of the entire number heard, but three were for agriculture. The results of the findings of the district board were as follows: Rene Connour, Los Alamitos, taken under advisement; Ross Damon of Los Angeles was absent; S. J. Tuf- To them this department of the government seems but a means for securing cheaper and more abundant food. The food administration was, in point of fact, created in order that the problem of provisioning those nations fighting against Germany might be met wisely and adequately. It seemed impossible that food should ever be exhausted. The war would be a short one, every one agreed. There was sufficient territory not involved. It was not one of the things about which people were worrying. Then the shortage came. Millions of men had been taken from the work of producing food. The fields were left untilled or were less intensively tilled. War went on and the store of foodstuffs was falling low. The cattle were killed at such a rate that it was equivalent to consuming the livestock capital. Miles of once fertile land were waste within the war zones. Exports and imports were involved and lost in the criss-cross purposes of war. Ships began to be scarce and the lanes of the seas were haunted by submarine highwaymen. Prices began to rise amazingly. Certain commodities were impossible to get. The records of food control in England, France, Italy, Russia and Germany will make interesting history in the final telling with their appalling part in the breakdown of Russia and the reverse in Italy. Even the neutral lands of Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Switzerland have an elaborate system of rationing. And so, as in days of old, the famine-stricken stretched out their empty hands to the rich storehouses of Placed In Class A1 Cases brought before Dr. Ball Monday night were almost without exception those of men married since May 18. All were dependency claims and were heard in private. Of the entire number heard, but three were for agriculture. The results of the findings of the district board were as follows: Rene Connour, Los Alamitos, taken under advisement; Ross Damon of Los Angeles was absent; S. J. Tufree, allowed C-4; Joe B. Ricker, of Fullerton, denied claim and placed in A-1; John A. Stoddart, allowed 3-B and J-3; Carl Zimmer, allowed J-3; L. J. Keeley, Anaheim, denied C-4, allowed J-3; L. C. North, Anaheim, allowed C-2; Ray Minnix, Perris, allowed J-3; Wm. E. Cramer, La Habra, allowed B-3; W. S. Thompson, Huntington Beach, allowed C-4; J. M. Topkins, Fullerton, denied, placed in A-1; L. N. Wisser, Anaheim, denied, placed in A-1; P. M. Snyder, Sunset Beach denied, placed in A-1; L. E. Belden, San Gabriel, denied, placed in A-1; J. M. Pederson, withdrew claim, placed in A1; C. I. Henderson, La Habra, denied, placed in A-1; E. C. Marshall, Los Angeles, denied, placed in A-1; R. B. Easley, Fullerton, denied, placed in A-1; J. T. Blaeholder, placed in E-1; O. G. Taylor, Shale, California, withdrew claim, placed in A-1; O. E. Jones, Santa Ana, allowed A-4; R. G. Hemeker, was absent; F. M. Anderson, Fullerton, case taken under advisement; H. D. Brunsdon, Placentia, placed in E-1; Emmon Kozina, denied C-4 and allowed J-3. The farm tractor's thing: "Farm artillery," people call it, and that's a good name for it. The idea is to "shoot food at the kaiser." ANAHEIM GAZETTE OIL FIELD NOTES BY ELLWOOD J. MUNGER One of the most encouraging developments in the oil industry of the Southern field is the finding of some very good oil indications at Huntington by the Amalgamated Oil Co. This company's well just outside of the city of Los Angeles has reached a depth of 3025 feet, the formation has changed from brown shale to a brown sandy shale and the new formation is showing some very substantial oil colorings with considerable gas. This change in formation has been looked for and now the Amalgamated has every reason to believe that an oil well is soon to be located. Tals Co. is rather conservative as to wild cutting and success in getting a well in this locality will mean a broadening of the policy heretofore followed. At Brea the Amalgamated has Huide No. 2 drilling at 3418. The well is going down rapidly and beginning to look good. No. 5 on the same lease is rotating at 2200 feet. On the Anaheim property No. 42 is rigged up ready for drilling. The Brea Canyon's No. 14 now drilling at 3500 feet is showing up very strong and promises to be one of the best wells brought in in this field during the past year. At 3500 feet a long stratum of oil sand continues. The well will be drilled through this sand and then put on the beam. At No. 29 a little trouble has developed with the 4¼ pipe necessitating shooting off and side tracking. However this is only temporary and the drilling will be going right ahead in a few days. A couple of weeks ago the Fullerton, Oil Co. had five strings of tools lost in 1509, No. 55 at 1120, No. 56 at 972 and No. 57 at 887. The Savage lease operated by the Standard has No. 12 drilling at 2642. No. 14 is being tested for water at 3367. No. 15 is being rigged up for the standard tools and will be drilling again in a few days. At 16 operations have been suspended temporarily on account of having to wait on pipe. The Standard is not entirely discouraged over the results obtained in the drilling of Coyote 2-9 in the east end of the Brea field. This well was drilled to a depth of 4250, put on the beam and pumped water. It is the intention of the company to come back up now and test out some of the upper sands that showed oil when the well was being drilled. A small well will probably be obtained. Work commenced this week on the building of the rig for No. 13 on the taldwin lease of the Standard at Montebello. Besides the new well located there the Standard has No. 4 drilling at 2565, No. 5 at 1770, No. 10 at 2647, No. 11 at 2742, and No. 12 at 1941. No. 8 is being tested for water at 1990 On the Temple property adjoining the Baldwin lease No. 4 is drilling at 1220. No. 5 is now standing cemented at 1810. The Courier well one of the wildcats of interest in the Pomona valley field is to be drilled deeper and put on the beam. Some time ago this well was drilled to a depth of 3000 feet. Pipe trouble developed, the well was shut down and 230 feet of hole lost. An attempt will be made to drill up some pipe in the hole and get the well down to the three thousand foot mark where a fairly good showing of oil was found. The inability to make a successful shut off of water in the Strain well at Placentia has placed the project in the rods and tubing is put in. No. 81 is drilling in the sandy shale at 2772 and is close to the finishing stage. No. 82 is drilling in hard conglomerate at 800 feet with progress a little slow. No. 83 is rigged up and will be started drilling this week. No. 84 is a new location with rig building well under way. The Santa Fe is one of those companies in the Brea field that keeps development work going strong and in the most efficient manner. Jake Collins one of the oldest and best oil men in the state is at the head of the field department here and that seems to be responsible for the excellent showing the company is making. BEET HEARING AGAIN After a three-day lapse in which no evidence has been given, the sugar beet hearing was commenced again Wednesday before the commission appointed by the food administration. Attorney Clyde Bishop, William Webster, F. D. Plavan and others left Santa Ana early in the morning to be on hand when the hearing opened. As the matter stands to date, the growers seem to have considerably the best of the hearing, although the factories have had attorneys on hand at every turn. This is indeed peculiar in many ways, inasmuch as the factories did not see fit to enter any agreement as to the results to be obtained at this hearing.* When the growers were attempting to find a mediatory commission, the factories could see A couple of weeks ago the Fullerton Oil Co. had five strings of tools lost in two wells, a situation that would have discouraged the oldest operators in the field. The company took the difficulty as a necessary part of the oil business and has got both wells in shape for sidelracking and drilling by the tools. At No. 10 redrilling is going good at 2890. At No. 11 the pipe is being pulled and redrilling will be able to commence in a few days. Nos. 13 and 14 are new wells and have the rigs built. The Fullerton Great West, one of the smaller companies attracted to the east end of the Bra field some three years ago is making preparations to abandon one of its wells. The abandoned well, No. 3, was drilled to a depth of 3600 feet, made a small production for a time and then developed water. This company along with a number of others are quitting the east end of the Brea field on account of the serious water trouble that has developed and the difficulty found in making lasting and successful shut off. A number of the wells in this part of the field has been cemented as many as three times. The work done on such wells does not pay for the small production obtained, and even then the oil has to be cleaned before it will be accepted on the market. Besides the drilling of two new wells the Olinda Land Co. is making a very determined effort to increase the production of a number of its old wells by redrilling and cleaning out. No. 2 one of the oldest producers has been deepened 900 feet and the results were very gratifying. No. 19 a new well, drilling on standard tools is down 1100 feet and drilling nicely. No. 20 is a new location and will be given attention at once. Operations of the Standard Oil Co. in the Whittler-Fullerton field have been able to take on a stronger turn this week on account of the deliveries is long stratum of oil sand continues. The well will be drilled thru this sand and then put on the beam. At No. 29 a little trouble has developed with the 4½ pipe necessitating shooting off and side tracking. However this is only temporary and the drilling will be going right ahead in a few days. The inability to make a successful shut off of water in the Strain well at Placentia has placed the project in the undecided class. A small fortune has already been spent on this well and there is a question as to whether the expenditure of more money and the doing of more work on the well will be worth while. At present the well is shut down awaiting the decision of the owner. The West Coast Co. operating in the old Olinda field has run up against some real hard stuff in its No. 74 well and is making slower progress than usual on account of the hard conglomerate formation struck at 2250. The well is 2275 with conglomerate continuing. No. 53 is cemented at 2575 and will be tested out soon. No. 68 is sidetracking and attempting to drill by some casing at 2557. The Union Oil Co.'s Hole No. 15, the last well that will be drilled by this company on this once famous property has been brought in and is making better than 500 bbls. A much smaller well was expected, and the good results may lead to some more work being done later in the year on this property. Hole No. 15 was completed at 3650. On the Naranjal lease the Union has just completed and put on the beam No. 6 at a depth of 3320 feet. The well is making 150 bbls. No. 7 cemented at 3100 feet is showing some water and may have to be re-cemented. No. 8 is drilling in blue shale at 2960. No. 10 is fishing for drill pipe and will be delayed temporarily. No. 11 is rigging up for drilling. No. 12 is drilling at 700 feet. In a few days the Union will commence drilling on the old Stearns lease adjoining the Olinda field. No. 55 is building rig and materials for a rig are being placed on the ground at No. 40. The Stearns property was one of the first to be located and developed by the Union on entering the local field and during the rest three years As the matter stands to date, the growers seem to have considerably best of the hearing, although the factories have had attorneys on hand at every turn. This is indeed peculiar in many ways, inasmuch as the factors did not see fit to enter any agreement as to the results to be obtained at this hearing.* When the growers were attempting to find a mediatory commission, the factories could see nothing but the Federal Trade Commission, a body whose verdict would not have been returned till some time next year according to reports. The factories refused to be bound to anything the present commission would find, and evidenced no interest in the matter. Immediately however, on the appointment of the commission, a different attitude presented itself. There is considerable interest. So much so in fact that John D. Fredericks is most conspicuously on hand whenever, there is a chance for a beet grower to present figures that may mean a new elase on life. The commission now probing the beet question is regarded as a set of men far above the influence of either the factory or the local food administration. That they will return a fair finding of the costs is hoped and looked forward to with expectancy by the local growers. In the meantime, a great many farmers are arranging to plant beets, with the end in view that the boys in the trenches and our allies shall be supplied. They do this with the full realization that they may lose again as they did last year and that the profits to come from the sugar will go into the hands of men who have never spent a half dozen hours in Orangt county. And while the beets are being planted, the local grocer and the clothing store man and the implement and hardware dealer wonder whether CLASSIFIED WANT—Anaheim property, or small grove or vacant close in—for this choice modern bungalow at El Centro—$3000—rented at $30 a month to same party ever since built. C.B.Berger Co. DRY WOOD FOR SALE—Orange or walnut. Stove or fireplace size. C.Otto Rust. 2-14-4 Operations of the Standard Oil Co. in the Whittier-Fullerton field have been able to take on a stronger turn this week on account of the deliveries of pipe and a little loosening up of the pipe situation. A number of wells that had been standing shut down are now drilling and will be rushed to completion. One of the big finds of the week is a 1300 barrel well brought in on the Murphy property. This well, competed at a depth of 4050 is making 1300 bbls: of high gravity, clean oil, and is flowing so nice and evenly that the well is scheduled for a long life. No. 26 is drilling at 4400. No. 31 is drilling out cement and going ahead at 4007 feet. No. 33 is drilling at 3800. No. 34 at 3804, and No. 35 is being tested out for water at 3277. No. 35 is standing cemented at 3630. No. 39 is also cemented, the depth being 3291. No. 40 is drilling at 2795. No. 41 has resumed drilling after standing waiting on pipe and has 715 feet of hole. No. 42 is drilling at 2809 feet, and No. 43 a new location recently made is being rigged up for the rotary. At Whittler the Standard Oil Co. has six wells drilling and the record for the past week shows up remarkably well. Not a fishing job has marred the week's operations and every well is making hole rapidly. No. 50 is drilling at 2350. No. 53 at 1354, No. 54 at delayed temporarily. No. 11 is rigging up for drilling. No. 12 is drilling at 700 feet. In a few days the Union will commence drilling on the old Stearns lease adjoining the Olinda field. No. 55 is building rig and materials for a rig are being placed on the ground at No. 40. The Stearns property was one of the first to be located and developed by the Union on entering the local field and during the past three years no new wells have been drilled on it. The Stearns property is noted for its big, light oil wells, and the demand for a refinable oil has caused the company to resume drilling on this property. On the La Merced lease at Montebello the Union Oil Co. has cemented No. 2 at 2284. No. 3 is drilling in the blue shale at 2650. No. 4 is temporarily delayed with a fishing job. No. 6 is drilling at 2450 in a very hard gray sand that is making progress a little slow. The Union's Valley View well east of Montebello field is making rapid headway despite the hard gray sand formation encountered at 1400 feet. The location of this well is considered to be very good and the getting of a well in this locality will mean much for the future development of the Valley View region. The Santa Fe Oil Co. drilling in the Olinda field announce the completion of No. 78 at a depth of 2906 feet. A wide strata of very fine appearing oil sand was passed thru and the company has every reason to believe that a good well is in sight as soon as the... We KNOW we can serve you WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN SERVE YOU WELL AND TO OUR MUTUAL ADVANTAGE. BY USING THE CHECKING SYSTEM YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES AND WHO GETS IT; YOU HAVE A RECEIPT FOR EVERY EXPENDiture. IN ADDITION YOU HAVE THE FRIENDLY INTEREST OF OUR BANK AND ITS OFFICERS —A BANK ALWAYS ACCOMMODATES ITS CUSTOMERS FIRST. FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. The First National Bank Of Anaheim OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS C. E. HOLCOMB, President Frank Shanley, Vice Pres. Samuel Kraemer, Vice Pres. A. S. Bradford. Edgar J. Hartung, Cashier. M. C. Goff, Assistant Cashier. C. A. Boege, Assistant Cashier. or not there will be enough money received in this section for beets to allow their receiving any share of it. A. U. W. CO. LEASES LAND TO STANDARD OIL CO. Fifty Acres Adjoining Yorba Cemetery To be Drilled on The following business was transacted at the meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Union Wa- A. U. W. CO. LEASES LAND TO STANDARD OIL CO. Fifty Acres Adjoining Yorba Cemetery To be Drilled on The following business was transacted at the meeting of the board of directors of the Anaheim Union Water Co., Saturday: On motion duly seconded the request of H. A. Dickel for a connection with the Sycamore St., ditch was referred to the ditch committee. On motion duly seconded the board agreed to lease to the Standard Oil Co. for drilling purposes, about 50 acres of land adjoining the cemetery at Yorba, and the president and secretary were authorized to execute the agreement when o.k'd by the oil committee and Attorney McFadden. On motion duly seconded the proposition of property owners to pay one half the cost of a pipe line through the property of Mrs. R. J. North, was accepted. The superintendent reported that it would take 810 feet of 16 inch pipe to replace the open ditch on N. Palm St., and on motion duly seconded the Supt. was instructed to proceed with the work as soon as right of way had been secured. Request of R. H. Fay to have the crossings on the Katella ditch lowered was referred to the ditch committee. Question of allowing the city to use part of the office for a voting precinct was referred to the secretary with power to act. Communication from L. S. Hall regarding leaky pipe line on East St., South of Orangethorpe, was received and the Supt. instructed to repair the leak as soon as possible. On motion duly seconded application on file for transfer of stock were allowed. Communication from Anaheim city agreeing to pay one fourth the cost of replacing the open ditch on S. Sycamore St., with a pipe line was received and referred to the ditch committee. Reports of the St. Helens Petroleum Co., the Amalgamated Oil Co., and the Hurley-Smith Co., for the month of January were received and filed. Communication from Leroy Johnson regarding a new wier box at the corner of his property was referred to the superintendent. PREACHER GOES TO PEN H. D. Stanley, a preacher, was Tuesday sentenced to a year in the county jail. Sentence was passed after he had pleaded guilty to giving a $2.50 no-fund check to the California National bank at Santa Ana last December. Stanley seems to have a weakness for bad checks. His record, as produced by Deputy Sheriff Maxwell through the fingerprint system, shows that he has been in trouble elsewhere on account of that weakness. In fact, he was on parole from a northern penitentiary when he dropped into Santa Ana last December and gave two bad checks there, one to the California National and one to the Orange County Trust & Savings bank. At those institutions he established his identity by producing a circular with his picture upon it, showing that he was conducting a revival in a tent at Monrovia. He signed his own name to the checks, both of which were returned as worthless. NASH CARS NASH TRUCKS DO YOU KNOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS DAILY USING IN FRANCE AND AMERICA, AND HAVE ON ORDER WITH THE NASH FACTORY APPROXIMATELY 8000 Nash Trucks ONLY MERITED WORKMANSHIP AND REAL INTRINSIC VALUE SUCH AS NASH PRODUCTS COMBINE BEGETS SUCH A DECISION FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S DISCRIMINATING ENGINEERS. 8000 Nash Trucks ONLY MERITED WORKMANSHIP AND REAL INTRINSIC VALUE SUCH AS NASH PRODUCTS COMBINE BEGETS SUCH A DECISION FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S DISCRIMINATING ENGINEERS. Wickersheim Implement Co. AGENTS FOR NORTH ORANGE COUNTY FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA Help Win the War By Buying War Savings Stamps If you are going to do YOUR part to bring Victory nearer, you must start buying War-Savings Stamps today. Decide now to cut down on unnecessary things and lend what you save to the government. War-Savings Stamps are on sale wherever you trade. For Sale Here For Sale Everywhere F. A. Yungbluth Anaheim Cal.