anaheim-gazette 1918-04-25

OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The leasing of what may turn out to be very promising oil lands is one of the most important features of the oil industry in the Brea field for the week. The rapidity with which leases are being closed up and the taking of options is moving so fast that the action has become very noticeable and bespeaks a tremendous amount of development work for the near future. A year and a half ago the development work commenced by the Yorba Oil Co. at Yorba Linda caused a rush to be made for the leasing of large acres near the well. The failure of the Yorba well caused the excitement to cease as suddenly as it started. Aside from the work being done by the Olinda Land Co. little or nothing has been going on in the way of development since the advent and passing of the Yorba property. A few months ago the Union Oil Co. started drilling a well on the Chapman property midway between Placentia and Richfield. Owing to the difficult formation the well got into right at the start little attention was paid to it until just recently. The formation has changed from the hardest conglomerate to shale, and now the well is attracting its share of attention and being watched very closely. Further east the Standard Oil Co. has located a well on what is known as the Kraemer property. The well is drilling on the rotary and a depth of 1200 feet has been attained. The geologists are beginning to get a line on the formation and a real interest is being manifested in the drilling of the well. The fact of the matter is that if two wells very gratifying and state that the production is keeping up strong. The production standing up so well is certainly a very encouraging condition for the company after suffering so many reverses on the two wells now drilling. The Fullerton Great West company is making considerable effort to put its property in the very best condition. Well No. 1 is now making a nice little production of fairly clean oil. No. 2 has been cleaned out and put on the beam and is good for 20 bbls a day. No. 3 drilled to 3600 feet a year ago has not proven a success and abandonment work is underway. One of the biggest finds of the month thus far is the big well brought in by the Red Star Co., a Doheny interest at Montebello. This well was completed at a depth of 3000 feet came in the later part of last week producing at the rate of 5600 bbls a day. However the well soon sanded up and quilt. On getting the well opened up again the flow was resumed, but not on quite so large a scale. The well has settled down to a production of about 3000 bbls. After having landed a string of two inch casing at a depth of 675, drilling has been resumed on the Tri State Co.'s deep well near La Habra. As the drilling is proceeding inside of two inch casing the hole made is only 1 3-4 inches. The well is one of the deepest ever drilled in Southern California and is about to be completed and tested out. A few recent showings is leading the management to hope for a well as soon as the drilling is discontinued. This well was started in 1911, and has attracted attention fro mthe start. The West Coast Oil Co. drilling at Olinda are having a large share of the well is attracting its share of attention and being watched very closely. Farther east the Standard Oil Co. has located a well on what is known as the Kraemer property. The well is drilling on the rotary and a depth of 1200 feet has been attained. The geologists are beginning to get a line on the formation and a real interest is being manifested in the drilling of the well. The fact of the matter is that if two of the biggest operating concerns in the state figure that if there is a possibility of oil being found in the eastern end of the Brea field others are willing to take a chance. This fact accounts for the tremendous leasing activity now going on in a locality a year ago considered as having no oil possibilities at all. The success of the Standard Oil Co. on the Kraemer tract and the Union on the Placentia property will mean a new and greater activity for the Brea field and bring the development industry up to what it was two years ago. At Brea the Amalgamated Oil Co. have made great progress on two wells drilling in the Brea field. No. 5 on the Hualde lease is now drilling at 2800 feet and some 200 feet of oil sand has been pierced. The well is looking stronger every day. No. 42 on the Anaheim Union lease is rotating at 1640 and is going down very rapidly. At Huntington the Amalgamated is drilling at a depth of 3519 feet. At this depth the well is showing a very hard white shale with no colors or oil showings. While the well is getting down rather deep the possibilities of getting an oil well are not to be discounted by any means yet. The chances will be good from the present depth to 4000 feet. The condition of the hole is good and no trouble looked for as drilling continues. The Brea Canyon Oil Co.'s well 14 is fast becoming the pride of the Brea field and when completed will no doubt be the biggest well ever brought in for the locality during the year. At a depth of 3715 a very high grade of oil sand is continuing and just where it will end is a matter of conjecture. The sand was struck soon after leaving 3400 feet. At No. 19 the drilling by of pipe is going ahead as rapidly as possible and some new hole will be made soon. The West Coast Oil Co. drilling at Olinda are having a large share of good luck in the way of drilling. At No. 63 a depth of 2580 feet was reported and the formation is brown shale with the 6-5-8 casing being carried. No. 68 is standing cemented at 2149, a little better than 100 feet off the original bottom. No. 74 is drilling in a fine grade oil sand at 2400. The Columbia Oil Co. is still battling with a very stubborn fishing job that on account of its long duration it is beginning to interfere with the completion of the well. At a depth of 3000 feet the fishing job developed and three weeks of steady fishing has not produced any results. No. 30 drilled a number of month ago to a depth of 600 feet but allowed to stand until 29 was completed has resumed drilling. On the Orange least at Brea the Columbia have No. 7 drilling at 2350. No. 8 is making a little progress lately and is now rotating at 900 feet. The activity of the Standard on the Murphy has been marked during the past week. No. 31 is drilling by pipe lost in the hole, and the redrilling depth is 4007 feet. No. 34 is also drilling by pipe the depth being 4005 feet. No. 35 is testing for water after being cemented at 3334. No. 36 is drilling at 3993. No. 38 is testing for water at 3548. No. 39 is held up with a fishing job at 3735. No. 41 is drilling at 2985. No. 42 is also drilling the depth being 3390. No. 43 is standing cemented at 3205. No. 44 is rigging up preparatory to commencing drilling. Nos. 45 and 46 are recently located new wells. That the Standard is to continue the large amount of development work now underway at Whittler is proven by the fact that early in the week another new well was located and to be known at No. 58. No. 53 is testing for water at 2082. No. 54 has been cemented at 1818. No. 55 is also standing cemented at 1996. No. 56 is drilling at 1647. No. 57 is standing ceil two inch easing the hole made is only 1-3-4 inches. The well is one of the deepest ever drilled in Southern California and is about to be completed and tested out. A few recent showings is leading the management to hope for a well as soon as the drilling is discontinued. This well was started in 1911, and has attracted attention fro mthe start. The West Coast Oil Co. drilling at Olinda are having a large share of good luck in the way of drilling. At No. 63 a depth of 2580 feet was reported and the formation is brown shale with the 6-5-8 casing being carried. No. 68 is standing cemented at 2149, a little better than 100 feet off the original bottom. No. 74 is drilling in a fine grade oil sand at 2400. The Columbia Oil Co.is still battling with a very stubborn fishing job that on account of its long duration it is beginning to interfere with the completion of the well. At a depth of 3000 feet the fishing job developed and three weeks of steady fishing has not produced any results. No. 30 drilled a number of month ago to a depth of 600 feet but allowed to stand until 29 was completed has resumed drilling. On the Orange least at Brea the Columbia have No. 7 drilling at 2350. No. 8 is making a little progress lately and is now rotating at 900 feet. The activity of the Standard on the Murphy has been marked during the past week. No. 31 is drilling by pipe lost in the hole, and the redrilling depth is 4007 feet. No. 34 is also drilling by pipe the depth being 4005 feet. No. 35 is testing for water after being cemented at 3334. No. 36 is drilling at 3993. No. 38 is testing for water at 3548. No. 39 is held up with a fishing job at 3735. No. 41 is drilling at 2985. No. 42 is also drilling the depth being 3390. No. 43 is standing cemented at 3205. No. 44 is rigging up preparatory to commencing drilling. Nos. 45 and 46 are recently located new wells. That the Standard is to continue the large amount of development work now underway at Whittler is proven by the fact that early in the week another new well was located and to be known at No.58.No .53is testing for waterat2082.No .54hasbeen cementedat1818.No .55isalsostandingcementedat1996.No .56isdrillingat1647.No .57isstandingce The Brea Canyon Oil Co.'s well 14 is fast becoming the pride of the Brea field and when completed will no doubt be the biggest well ever brought in for the locality during the year. At a depth of 3715 a very high grade of oil sand is continuing and just where it will end is a matter of conjecture. The sand was struck soon after leaving 3400 feet. At No. 19 the drilling by of pipe is going ahead as rapidly as possible and some new hole will be made soon. That the Copa De Oro is about to get an oil well is fast becoming a very promising possibility. General Manager Butler was in Brea a few days ago and showed some sand taken from the well at a depth of 3745. The sand is of fairly good grade and gave evidence of getting better as the well is deepened. At this depth the gas pressure has increased until now it is a factor to be reckoned with in drilling the well. The quality of the sand and the strong gas pressure now present puts the well up in the best condition it has ever been since drilling commenced. The Copa De Oro is deserving of success in that it pushed out from the proven field and is making an attempt in increase the oil bearing area of the field. The Fullerton Oil Co. is making very satisfactory progress in the redrilling of No. 11. A few weeks ago this well was hung up with three strings of tools in the hole and the outlook was rather hopeless. However the management have succeeded in swedging out the casing and have drilled by the lost tools to a depth of 2964. At No. 10 the work of swedging out, side tracking and fishing is continuing. The Fullerton Co. report the output of the producing That the Standard is to continue the large amount of development work now underway at Whittier is proven by the fact that early in the week another new well was located and to be known at No. 58. No. 53 is testing for water at 2082. No. 54 has been cemented at 1818. No. 55 is also standing cemented at 1996. No. 56 is drilling at 1647. No. 57 is standing cemented at 1900 feet. At Kraemer No. 1 in the Brea field the Standard is making exceedingly fast time. At the beginning of the week a depth of 300 feet was shown. The well now registers 1200 feet with shale and boulders the prevailing formation. On the Baldwin Hills tract at Montebello the Standard is making a big showing. On this tract five wells are drilling, three have been cemented, rigging up on a new well is almost completed and the building of a rig on a second new well is underway. No. 5 is drilling at 1770. No. 4 is standing cemented at 3350. No. 8 is drilling at 2819. No. 9 has been cemented at 2135. No. 10 is also cemented the depth being 2227. No. 11 is drilling at 2771. No. 12 is making hole at 1941. No. 13 is drilling with 2200 feet of hole. At Chapman the Union Oil Co. is now making hole at a rapid rate on a well that up to a few weeks ago was the slowest drilling well in the district. Drilling is now going on at 2400 feet in the shale. The Graham-Loftus lease of the Un- ANAHEIM GAZETTE MADAME HELENE CAFARELLI, Soloist with Cimera's Band at Chautauqua. ion is being developed with from four to six strings of tools running. At the present time four wells are drilling. No. 43 is making hole at 3320, No. 49 is rigged up for circulating having some 1800 feet of hole. No. 51 is redrilling on iron at 1233. The Union is making an effort to improve the production of all the wells on the Graham Loftus as far as possible and this redrilling was granted. SUPERVISORS DIVIDE GENERAL ROAD FUND Petition .Asking .Abandonment.of Streets at Cypress and Buena Park Filed At the last meeting of the board of supervisors the county auditor was directed to transfer $812.69 from the general road fund to Los Alamitos road district fund. $282.86 to Anaheim road fund. $251.27 to Bolsa road fund. $1441.69 to Newhope road fund. $18.26 to Trabuco road fund. $28.55 to Yorba road fund. Demands on the county of Orange on the hospital and county general fund for the detention home were allowed as read. The application of the El Tovar Rancho Co., et al, for a permit to lay pipe lines and maintain stand pipe, was granted. A spraying license was ordered issued to W. M. Vogle, on recommendation of the horticultural commissioner. The hearing of the petition of Albert Pryor, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of Victoria Boulevard, San Juan by the Sea, was set for May 21, 1918, at 10 a.m., notice to be given as required by law in Santa Ana Bulletin. Deeds for rights of way from E. T. Yorba, et al, Sam Kraemer and wife, and Mrs. F. I. Dominguez were accepted and ordered recorded. The hearing of the viewers' report on petition of J. H. Morningstar, et al for a county road in Fullerton road district, was set for May 8, 1918, at 2 p.m., notice to be given as required by law in the Fullerton News. The petition of Henry Vander Leck, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of McKinley avenue in San Juan road district was granted. The hearing of the petition of Hugh USE TREE PROPS AND SAVE THE FRUIT GIBBS LUMBER East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. cident to a group who were gathered about her, listening to some of her interesting stories: "He was brought to my ward on a wheeled stretcher by the orderlies, a mangled and torn mass of humanity, that at one time had been a strong boy of France. The wages of war were placed heavily upon him and even I, who had by this time grown accustomed to the horrors of the work of the Huns, ground my teeth and clenched my fists as I looked and wished in my heart that my own beloved country with its power and strength would step in and stop, or at least return to the aggressors some punishment for this waste of God's handiwork, human life. "We were not in the war then, and yet in the air all about me I could feel the strength of the call 'America won't you help us?' Yet not once did I hear it from a soldier's lips." Several days later, a convalescing patient from another ward visiting a member of his company in my ward, saw this boy of whom I speak and recognized in him a chum from his home village. My patient asked his friend, who was so much better than he, to write to his mother. When the visitor left the ward he called me and with tears in his eyes and quivering lips, he told me that the boy's home village had been invaded by the enemy, that his two sisters, one a girl of 14 years and the other 17, had been taken by the Germans, where, no one ion is being developed with from four to six strings of tools running. At the present time four wells are drilling. No. 43 is making hole at 3320, No. 49 is rigged up for circulating having some 1800 feet of hole. No. 51 is redrilling on iron at 1233. The Union is making an effort to improve the production of all the wells on the Graham Loftus as far as possible and to this end redrilling and deepening work has commenced on No. 15, an old producer. More wells will be redrilled and cleaned out as soon as the work can be attended to. On newly acquired property known as the Slaughter ranch at Montebello the Union have rigged up a well and will commence drilling this week. La Merced No. 2 has been cemented at 2329 and is standing. No. 4 is drilling in the oil sand at256 8 and is looking good. No. 6 is also in the sand at 2759 and gives promise of a good well. At the Meyer well near Santa Fe Springs they are getting it back into good shape again and will be in condition to make new hole soon. The redrilling is now at 3263. The work is going ahead nicely. The Union's Stearns No. 55 drilling with the rotary has made 600 feet of hole. Owing to the extreme hardness of the formation the drilling is going very slow. THOSE FRENCH NAMES Persons unacquainted with the French language find it difficult to pronounce the names now appearing in the war dispatches. Here is a list prepared by Louis Sentous, French consul at Los Angeles: Lens—Lang. Doual—Doo-ay' Feuchy—Feu-shee. Givenchy—Gee-von-shee. Monchy—Moan-shee. Cherisy—Shair-ee'-see. Croisilles—Krwah-'seel. Bullecourt—Bull-'koor. Cambral—Kam-bray' Bapaume—Bah-poam'. Irles—Eerl. Hamel—Ahm-ell'. Albert—Ahl-vair'. Maricourt—Mah-'ree-koor. Combles—Koamb. Doulens—Doo-lang'. Bray—Bray. Peronne—Pay-ronn'. and Mrs. F. I. Dominguez were accepted and ordered recorded. The hearing of the viewers' report on petition of J. H. Morningstar, et al for a county road in Fullerton road district, was set for May 8, 1918, at 2 p.m., notice to be given as required by law in the Fullerton News. The petition of Henry Vander Leck, et al, to vacate and abandon a portion of McKinley avenue in San Juan road district was granted. The hearing of the petition of Hugh LaRue, et al, to vacate and abandon portions of certain streets in Cypress Park in Buena Park road district, was continued to May 8, 1918, at 2 p.m. The hearing of the viewers' report on petition of O. E. Gunther, et al, for 40 foot road in Olive road district, was set for May 8, 1918, at 2 p.m., notice to be given as required by law in the Orange Daily News. The petition of John H. Pope, et al, for 60 foot road in Newhope road district was laid on the table. Wm. R. Coleman, constable of Santa Ana township, was given a leave of absence from the State for one month from May 5, 1918. Supervisor Leck was authorized to expend in excess of $500 and not to exceed $1000 for construction and improvement of the Fairview-Huntington Beach road in the Fifth road district. A petition was presented for the formation of the Olive Lighting district an dite hearing was set for May 14, 1918, at 10 a.m., notice to be given as required by law. PREACHERS TO ASSIST IN MOBILIZING BOYS An Army of 37,000 Young Men Wanted in State for Farm Labor The cooperation of clergymen in the drive to enroll 37,000 boys between the ages of 16 and 21 years in the U. S. Boys Working Reserve, the campaign for which opened last Monday, is sought in a telegram received by the state council of defence from Secretary of Labor Wilson. In his request to clergymen that they aid in getting every able bodied boy to enroll himself for farm labor work during the coming summer, Secretary Wilson says: "Clergymen of every denomination can materially aid in preventing a farm labor shortage in California this summer by calling attention in their church notices to the U. S. Boys Working Reserve and the campaign to enroll 37,000 boys in that organization member of his company in my ward, saw this boy of whom I speak and recognized in him a chum from his home village. My patient asked his friend, who was so much better than he, to write to his mother. When the visitor left the ward he called me and wished tears in his eyes and quivering lips, he told me that the boy's home village had been invaded by the enemy, that his two sisters, one a girl of 14 years and the other 17, had been taken by the Germans, where, no one knew, and the mother in frantic grief, had watched those daughters being taken off. A short time later, she died. Meanwhile, the boy was waiting every day, hoping to hear from mother or sister. We had a Swiss orderly, speaking French fluently and in a little while we were able to tell the soldier that his sisters had escaped to Switzerland and his mother had succumbed to a heavy cold. Not until he was fully recovered did he learn the truth and then only one desire was left him, to fight until the end. He returned to service in the course of time and in a letter which I have, he speaks of twice being decorated for bravery and being cited in the Orders of the Day." RIVERSIDE CITIZENS GETTING OVER-ANXIOUS Want Orange County to Complete Canyon Road Without Delay With the summer season approaching, residents of Riverside county are becoming anxious as to the opening of the road through the Santa Ana canyon. The associated chambers of commerce of Riverside at its meeting last week passed resolutions urging the board of supervisors of Orange county to have the road thrown open at the earliest possible date. The resolutions recite the action of the associated chambers of commerce of Orange county and the board of supervisors in conferences in 1913 and their promise to put the canyon road in such shape that there would be no interruption of traffic such as has oc- Cherisy—Shair-ee'-see. Croisilles—Krwah'-seel. Bullecourt—Bull'-koor. Cambral—Kam-bray'. Bapaume—Bah-poam'. Irles—Eerl. Hamel—Ahm-eil'. Albert—Ahl-vair'. Marlcourt—Mah'-ree-koor. Combles—Koamb. Doullens—Doo-lang'. Bray—Bray. Peronne—Pay-ronn'. Corble—Kor-beq'. Amlens—Ah-me-ang'. Villiers—Veel'ee-ay. Marcelcave—Marr-sel-kahv'. Demuin—Day-moor-aing. Mezieres—May-zee-alir'. Chaulnes—Shoa-nay. Rosleres—Roe-zee-alir'. Nesles—Nehl. Ham—Hahm. Moreuil—Moe-ruhl. Hangard-en-Santerre — Ong'-ard-ong sawn-tair'. Harclcourt—Ar'-see-koor. Roye—Rwah. Grivesnes—Gree-venn'. Montdidier—Mong-des-de-ya'. Bussy—Beurh'-see. Lassigny——Lah'-see-nee. Ressons——Ray-song'. Ribecourt——Ree'-ba-koor. Noyen—Nwah-yoang'. Channy——Shoa-nee'. Compelgne——Kom-peh-aing'. Soissons——Swah-song'. La Fere——Lah-Fair. Arras——Ah-rahs. St. Quentin——Sang-kong-tang'. Scarpe——Scarp. Ancre——Ahnkra. Somme——Somm. Oise——Wahz. Alsne——Aln. Guise——Gweeze. In his request to clergymen that they aid in getting every able bodied boy to enroll himself for farm labor work during the coming summer, Secretary Wilson says: "Clergymen of every denomination can materially aid in preventing a farm labor shortage in California this summer by calling attention in their church notices to the U. S. Boys Working Reserve and the campaign to enroll 37,000 boys in that organization in your state. Every clergyman can conscientiously support his enrollment campaign and they can particularly emphasize the safeguards which are to be thrown around these boys during their work on farms during the summer and which will have every possible influence for good. "Unless every available source of labor supply is mobilized to increase production this year, the war will be prolonged. One of the best single untapped labor sources is the magnificent army of young men who are not yet old enough to enter the army but who are old and strong enough to do the work of men on the farms. "You can further aid this patriotic undertaking if you can find it possible, by sermon or otherwise, to rouse the patriotism of the boys and men of your congregation and to direct it into this channel of national service." 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