anaheim-gazette 1918-07-11

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 DEATH ANGEL SUMMONS A PROMINENT CITIZEN Judge Frank Shanley Dies at His Home Early Yesterday Morning. Although it was known for some months that he was in failing health the friends of Judge Frank Shanley were shocked yesterday morning to learn of his death. He died at his home on South Lemon street at 7:40 o'clock, Wednesday morning at the age of 74. Judge Shanley came to Anaheim 20 years ago from Pittsburg. He was for many years engaged in the mercantile business at Pittsburg, but sold his interest in the Pennsylvania city and came to Anaheim, where, he declared, he expected to spend the balance of his days in retirement. However he took a prominent interest in affairs. He was a stockholder and director of the First National bank, and at the time of his death was vice president of the American Savings Bank. He also served as justice of the peace of Anaheim township. Judge Shanley has been for a number of years one of this city's most prominent citizens, and his passing will be regretted by the entire population. He leaves a wife but no children. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Backs & Terry, but no announcement could be made yeter- OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The recommendations made to the oil companies a few days ago by the federal oil inspection board were received very favorably, and without a doubt every concern in the field will lose no time in adopting the new wage schedule, and will comply with all the suggestions to the letter. The wage scale and classification provided for by the federal oil inspection board is regarded as a great step forward in the oil industry. The standardization of wages and the classification of the labor has been a great need ever since the oil industry started. It is believed that the new schedule as suggested when adopted by all the oil companies will add a new and great efficiency to the industry in that it will prevent any dissatisfaction from arising on account of the difference in the wages that the companies have been paying heretofore. That the oil industry will not suffer from want of material to carry on the drilling work is fully recognized now. Representative of the greatest oil well supply house in the world has just returned from an eastern visit where he had an opportunity to look into the matter of the oil well supply situation. The representative was amazed at the great output of the Pittsburg steel mills and was assured while there that California oil operators would be taken care of. While the government is keeping an eye on the output of the steel mills the oil industry will not be curtailed on account of the importance of petroleum to the winning of the war. It was thought some time ago that the government might curtail wildcatting. At NO "RECESS" IN THE TRENCHES If congress votes a recess of 30 or 40 days for no other reason in the world but that members may go home to take a look at their political fences, somebody was dealing from the bottom of the deck in putting that "politics is adjourned" dope over the country. "If politics is adjourned," there is no occasion for a single congressman of any party leaving pressing duties in Washington and going back to his district. And if they are not "adjourned," then some districts in California and elsewhere have been goldbricked. Signs are not wanting that even the president is averse to a recess, but Democratic Leader Kitchen, who is notoriously opposed to about everything in the way of war measures that the administration wants, says the recess is sure to come, and demands it. There never was a time, perhaps, when so much important general legislation was awaiting action. War measures have had the right of way and other matters had to wait. Even the conservation measures, important as they are as part of the war program, are hung up in committee or on the files, and such questions as the California oil situation and others of equal moment must await the political convenience of members of the house. If the work can be cleared up by October, then it might be that the recess would not be subject to criticism. But now is no time for it. The election will not mean much to the men in the trenches. Another campaign is engrossing their attention and it ought to do the same for congress. NEW REGULATIONS Numerous inquiries are being received at Washington concerning the dispatch sent out some days ago outlining the stand taken by the war industries into the matter of the oil well supply situation. The representative was amazed at the great output of the Pittsburg steel mills and was assured while there that California oil operators would be taken care of. While the government is keeping an eye on the output of the steel mills the oil industry will not be curtailed on account of the importance of petroleum to the winning of the war. It was thought some time ago that the government might curtail wildcatting. At this time however it is not thought that Uncle Sam will interfere with any one who has oil lands of any possibility. The oil is needed and a few chances must be taken to develop new fields. At the present time some 40 oil companies are operating in the fields of Southern California and more than 100 wells are drilling. The production is holding its own at close to 60,000 barrels a day. The Union with more than 400 men on its payroll and operations going ahead on nine different leases is leading the great development campaign now underway in the Brea field. The Union besides doing the major part of the development work is paying considerable attention to experimental work in connection with both the development and production of petroleum. While this is not a special characteristic of the Union or any other of the gig oil companies, nevertheless this old line company has at the present time four projects in teh experimental stage and it is understood some great and good results will be announced in the very near future that will be of particular interest to oil operators throughout the state. At Stearns 55 the Union has a two cylinder steam engine driving the rotary drill. Over 3000 feet of hole has been made, and thus far only one twist off has occurred. The two cylinder engine with the fly wheel absent seems to be especially easy on the pipe and the drilling of this well has been remarkably free of fishing jobs. The engine in a few weeks time is announced a success and a number of other big companies have placed orders for these engines with Union Tool company of Torrance. At the Union's refinery at the Naranjal lease a small absorption plant has been constructed. The idea is to test out and compare the efficiency of manufacturing gasoline by the ab- NEW REGULATIONS Numerous inquiries are being received at Washington concerning the dispatch sent out some days ago outlining the stand taken by the war industries board on the economy of news print paper. On and after July 15 according to advices by the board, publishers will not be allowed to give return privileges on unsold copies, free copies must be discontinued, the "sampling" of residences will not be permitted and advertisers will be allowed to receive only a single copy of each edition. No copies may be returned from dealers, agents or others at either the wholesale or retail selling price. Free exchanges between newspapers must be discontinued. It will be against the orders of the board if more copies than can readily be sold are forced upon any newsdealers, agents or newsboys. It is the hope of the board that this stand will be thoroughly understood and complied with. George McPhee was in town this week overhauling and readjusting the scales at the Anaheim sugar factory, preparatory for the coming campaign. He has now completed the Anaheim and Los Alamitos factories, but has three others to attend to. It was just a year ago, while engaged in this work, that he was bumped into and seriously injured at the intersection of North Claudina and Center streets. At the Union's refinery at the Naranjal lease a small absorption plant has been constructed. The idea is to test out and compare the efficiency of manufacturing gasoline by the absorption method and the compressor plant where natural gas is used. The experiments will be watched with great interest as the results may mean the discarding of the compressor plants for the absorption method of extracing the gasoline vapors from the gas as it comes from the well. On the same property the National Dehydrating company has been permitted to erect a small plant and to carry out some experiments with new methods of cleaning oil. The plant is much smaller than that used by the Petreleum Rectifying Co. has its work when completed will attract a share of the attention of operaors who have large quantities of wet oil to clean. On one of the drilling wells a Los Angeles concern has been allowed to install an electrical device to art as a warning or indicator of the position of the water in the boiler. When the water drops to a low level this automatic device warns the tool dresser in charge of the boiler that his "kettle" needs attention. The same warning is given when the water gets too high. The device is expected to save boilers from being burnt, and the loss of time caused by boilers filling up with cold water and driving the steam down. The Union drilling on the Bastanchury 5, one of the deep wells of the field is down to original bottom again. Pipe trouble developed at 4585 some weeks ago delaying progress on the well. The well is now cleaning out and it will be only a question of a short time until the drilling will be resumed at 4738, the original depth. The Union is continuing the development of the Graham Loftus lease with the drilling of four wells. Work was commenced on this property six years ago and the early years of development work here saw some of the biggest producers in the Brea field put on the beam. The lease is holding up fairly well in production with about 40 wells producing. Nos. 49, 51, and 52 are now drilling. No. 49 is in the blue shale at 2560, 52 is making hole at 300 feet and going slow on account of hard conglomerate, similar to that struck in the Chapman well. No. 51 is making drilling progress at 1550 in brown shale. The Meyer lease well at Santa Fe Springs continues to present drilling difficulties that would discourage the operator who has not bucked up against every thing that the drilling of oil wells produces. After standing cemented for three weeks the well was opened up for drilling. The sand is running into the hole so rapidly that little drilling progress can be made, and it may be necessary to cement again. At La Merced the Union has No. 2 in the oil sand and drilling at 2700. The well is showing up fine and will be completed in a few days. A big producer is expected. The expectations being based on the excellent showing the well has made the last 100 feet of drilling. No. 7 a new well is building rig. No. 10, also a new well has a rig built and is being rigged. The Liberty Oil Company spudded in its initial test well early in the week and drilling is going along very nicely. This well is being financed by a number of local oil field mon and is starting out under very favorable circumstances. The Liberty Co.'s Newport well is situated close to the Standard's Irvine No. 1 and should duplicate any success of the Standard. This company has a 30 acre lease with options on adjoining property. The Olinda Land Co. is making a good record on two wells now drilling in the old Olinda field. No. 19 after getting away from a long fishing job is making hole at 2200 feet. No. 21 has made some 600 feet of hole and is going very nicely. No. 21 is benign watched with special interest on account of its being located by Dr. Stark one of the foremost geologists of the state. The Providential Oil Co.' operating in the eastern end of the Brea field has completed the work of abandoning its No. 5. This well was drilled to approximately 3000 feet. At this point fishing jobs and pipe trouble developed that made the continuance of drilling impossible. No. 1, one of the company's early producing wells is being deepened. The Standard is speeding up the development work on the Murphy. This week's report shows that 8 wells are drilling and that hole in each one of open hold and has decided to let it stand for a time. It is understood an attempt will be made to interest additional capital before the drilling is resumed. This should not be hard to do as the well is located in what now appears to be a possible oil bearing territory and the hole thus far drilled is in excellent condition. SHOWER BATHS FOR CHILDREN Low Wash Basins and Little Shower Baths Adapted for the Use of the Tots. CHATEAU DES HALLES NOW CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL One of the Most Complete Establishments of Its Kind in France, With Jolly Playrooms and Toys to Amuse Patients. Up in the mountains, where the snow falls early and lies deep, 80 miles from Lyons, is the little French village of Les Halles—a story book village, with its massive stone church standing sentinel over two long rows of trim, blue-gray plaster cottages. And a mile farther on is the Chateau des Halles, where your Red Cross has established a home for 200 sick children. Mangini built the chateau. Mangini was the man who built the railroad along the Riviera and many other railroads in France. And thirty odd years ago he built this castle up in the mountains for his country home. At La Merced the Union has No. 2 in the oil sand and drilling at 2700. The well is showing up fine and will be completed in a few days. A big producer is expected. The expectations being based on the excellent showing the well has made the last 100 feet of drilling. No. 7 a new well is building rig. No. 10, also a new well has a rig built and is being rigged to start drilling in a few days. No. 8 after drilling to 1900 feet is being delayed by a fishing job caused by the parting of the rotary pipe. Washing over is now going good and is making headway. The Valley View well is hung up with a fishing job at 1450 feet. This well when completed will mark the extension of the Baldwin Hills tract and is being watched with interest. The Union is making all possible haste with the fishing and hopes to have the well drilling again before the end of the week. The Amalgamated is having a great run of drilling luck at its Durfee well. During the past week over 60 feet of hole was made with the standard tools. The well now shows 1940 feet in the brown shale. A string of 8½ casing is being carried. The Amalgamated's Anaheim lease well No. 42 has been successfully cemented at 2847, and cleaning out is now under way preparatory to the resumption of drilling. With the completion of this well it is expected that the Amalgamated will start more wells and add to the new development work that is starting in the Brea field. The Brea Canyon company drilling on its No. 29 has struck a sandy shale formation at a depth of 4075. This is the first indication of a sand since the well commenced drilling. No. 14 now producing and situated less than 1000 feet away came into the oil sand at 3600 feet. The Brea Canyon's 29 will probably be one of the Brea field deep well when completed. The Columbia Co. drilling on the Orange lease at Brea has made some notable progress on the drilling of two wells during the past week. At No. 7 cable tools are making hole at 2500. No. 8 after battling with some of the hardest formation ever encountered in the Brea field got away from be made, and it may be necessary to cement again. The Standard is speeding up the development work on the Murphy. This week's report shows that 8 wells are drilling and that hole in each one of them is being made rapidly. No. 31 is drilling at 400¹ and carrying the 8¼ casing. No. 34 is drilling by some pipe at 4005. No. 35 is standing cemented at 3344. No. 40 shows a successful shut off of water and is resuming drilling at 3433. Nos. 41 and 43 are drilling at 3336 and 3350 respectively. No. 44 is undergoing a pumping test at 2946. Nos. 46, 47 and 48 are drilling and have from 2200 to 2600 feet of hole. No. 50 a new well is building rig. At Whittier the Standard has five wells drilling and three wells are being tested out for successful shut off of water. The Standard is staying with its Coyote 2-9 well in the Brea field in the hope of making an oil well out of the project. The well was drilled to 4500 feet and thoroughly tested out. Coming back up a series of cementings and tests were made. At the present the well is being tested at 4254 feet. At a depth of 2511 feet the Standard has set a string of 10 inch pipe in at well on the Kreamer tract. The water string has been set in a very favorable formation for a successful shut off and the drilling of the well should be able to continue as soon as the cement runs. The Standard's well on the Irvine ranch is making hole at record rate. The past week saw 500 feet of hole drilled. The present depth is 2220. The contitions are favorable ant indications are beginning to point success. It is understood that there is very little chance of failure to get oil, but that the engineering problem of handling the water is the big thing in the development of the Newport field. The Tri State Oil Co.'s deep well at La Habra has discontinued drilling at a depth of 5595 and is now being completed the work of abandoning its No. 5. This well was drilled to approximately 3000 feet. At this point fishing jobs and pipe trouble developed that made the continuance of drilling imposisble. No. 1, one of the company's early producing wells is being deepened. The Standard is speeding up the development work on the Murphy. This week's report shows that 8 wells are drilling and that hole in each one of them is being made rapidly. No. 31 is drilling at 400¹ and carrying the 8¼ casing. No. 34 is drilling by some pipe at 4005. No. 35 is standing cemented at 3344. No. 40 shows a successful shut off of water and is resuming drilling at 3433. Nos. 41 and 43 are drilling at 3336 and 3350 respectively. No. 44 is undergoing a pumping test at 2946. Nos. 46, 47 and 48 are drilling and have from 2200 to 2600 feet of hole. No. 50 a new well is building rig. At Whittier the Standard has five wells drilling and three wells are being tested out for successful shut off of water. The Standard is staying with its Coyote 2-9 well in the Brea field in the hope of making an oil well out of the project. The well was drilled to 4500 feet and thoroughly tested out. Coming back up a series of cementings and tests were made. At the present the well is being tested at 4254 feet. At a depth of 2511 feet the Standard has set a string of 10 inch pipe in at well on the Kreamer tract. The water string has been set in a very favorable formation for a successful shut off and the drilling of the well should be able to continue as soon as the cement runs. The Standard's well on the Irvine ranch is making hole at record rate. The past week saw 500 feet of hole drilled. The present depth is 2220. The contitions are favorable ant indications are beginning to point success. It is understood that there is very little chance of failure to get oil, but that the engineering problem of handling the water is the big thing in the development of the Newport field. The Tri State Oil Co.'s deep well at La Habra has discontinued drilling at a depth of 5595 and is now being completed the work of abandoning its No. 5. This well was drilled to approximately 3000 feet. At this point fishing jobs and pipe trouble developed that made the continuance of drilling imposisble. No. 1, one of the company's early producing wells is being deepened. The Standard is speeding up the development work on the Murphy. This week's report shows that 8 wells are drilling and that hole in each one of them is being made rapidly. No. 31 is drilling at 400¹ and carrying the 8¼ casing. No. 34 is drilling by some pipe at 4005. No. 35 is standing cemented at 3344. No. 40 shows a successful shut off of water and is resuming drilling at 3433. Nos. 41 and The Columbia Co. drilling on the Orange lease at Brea has made some notable progress on the drilling of two wells during the past week. At No. 7 cable tools are making hole at 2500. No. 8 after battling with some of the hardest formation ever encountered in the Brea field got away from it at 2300 feet and is now drilling at 2400 and making excellent progress. Previous to the present depth the well was using as many as 8 and 9 rotary bits a day in order to make any progress at all. After testing out the condition of the hole at 3900 feet the Copa De Oro oil company is satisfied with the findings and the drilling of the well is now continuing at 3950 feet. This depth shows hard sand, the oil colors are strong and the gas pressure continues to increase as the drill goes deeper. The General Petroleum is now confining its Southern California operations to the Montebello field and is making a great showing with four wells drilling. On the Alvitre No. 1 is down close to 2000 feet. No. 2 has the rig up and is being made ready for drilling. On the Ralph property No. 1 is drilling at close to 2500 feet. On the Stone and Cruz leases wells have been started and some good drilling records are being made. The Gold Seal Co. drilling in the little Brea canyon has suspended drilling temporarily. The company has drilled a couple of thousand feet of drilled. The present depth is 2220. The contitions are favorable ant indications are beginning to point to success. It is understood that there is very little chance of failure to get oil, but that the engineering problem of handling the water is the big thing in the development of the Newport field. The Tri State Oil Co.'s deep well at La Habra has discontinued drilling at a depth of 5595 and is now being tested out at different point. It is understood that at 3700 and 3900 some very good showings were noticed. These are now being investigated. The Olinda field is the scene of considerable development work now being carried on by the Petroleum Development Co. This company has just put two wells on the beam, has two drillig, spudded in on a new well and is building a rig for a fohrth. No. 84 is drilling in sandy shale at 1554. No. 85 has struck brown shale at 595 and is going fine. No. 86 spuds in and starts drilling today. At No. 87 a new rig stands completed. No. 88 is rig building. A grade is being made for 89. Two locations have been made for additional wells, Nos. 90 and 91. "Wheat is needed in the front line trench over there. Let potatoes serve as the home guard over her." Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Stock have received word from Mrs. Bernardino Stock, wife of Lieut. Rinehold Stock, that her husband, is supposed to have left for France about the first of July. The last word received by Mr. and Mrs. Stock was that he expected to go over in a short time, but he is now probably on French soil. few days are big, jolly rooms—just what is need to efface from the little ones' minds the memories of those iron days behind the German lines. The big play room is strewn with rocking horses and wonderful smile-enticing parrots and other toys carved by the wounded pollus. And so you stray from room to room, and everywhere you find new evidences of this watchful care. And then you reach the bathrooms. This chateau was built by a man of wealth. Its plumbing was excellent, and yet it has been stripped out and replaced with little, low wash basins and little shower baths that the children can use more comfortably. That is how your Red Cross thinks and cares for France's children. HER WEIGHT IN GOLD. An Aviator's Letter Tells What a Red Cross Nurse Is Worth. "As for the American Red Cross—well, I could never in a thousand years express my appreciation and admiration of those American women. I worship them, I guess all the fellows do. The first day I came into camp—and my morale was right low; I'll tell you about it some time—well, I went into the American Red Cross, and there, standing behind a nice clean counter, was a little round faced Red Crossle. She was just beaming on every one. Imagine! I never came as near making a fool of myself in my life. I felt like throwing my arms around her and weeping for joy. As it was, I managed to salt up my chocolate a bit—only a drop or two that I couldn't help rolling off my cheek. "If I ever paint an angel it will look just exactly like that little Red Crossle. They would be worth their weight in gold if they did nothing but just be here." SIGHTS AT SEAL BEACH Seal Beach's second annual bathing suit parade will be held Sunday, July 14th, and preparations are under way calculated to make it the event of the summer resort season. Cash prizes aggregating $200 will be given in addition to several cups and at least 40 entries will be made. The Rollin, Fairbanks, Lasky, Universal, Christle, Arbuckle, Mack Sennett, Triangle, Sunshine and Peralta studios will be represented. Among the individual entries are Mildred Lee, Edna Gregory, May Eccleson, Ethel Tears, Miss Carpenter, Priscilla Dean, Dorothy De Voe, Babe Daniels and Edna Goodrich. SAN BERDOO'S BOOZE LAW IS HELD LEGAL BY COURT First test of San Bernardino county's bone dry prohibition ordinance, which pioneered the way in penalties and imprisonment for transportation of liquor consigned to dry points, resulted in an appellate court decision that the measure is legal. J. Williams, under sentence of $500 and 180 days in jail, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from the custody of the San Bernardino officers. The appellate court in Los Angeles heard the application for the writ and refused to grant it. Attorneys Paul Schenck and Richard Kittrelle represented Williams. The appellate court held the ordinance constitutional. Williams operated a blind pig across the line from Needles to Blythe Junction, in try territory. In that the ordinance was adopted by the San Bernardino supervisors was without precedent and departed from the ordinary anti-booze measures, the decision is important. Riverside, Imperial and Orange counties copied the San Bernardino was driving was struck by a Salt Lake freight train. Price was 60 years of age and unmarried. An inquest was held-at Whittier today. Price was a partner of D. C. McCoy of Fullerton in the truck business. He has been working for the Dutch Shell Oil company hauling gravel between Whittier and Montebello on the Whittler highway. The train was coasting down grade and it is presumed Price did not hear it approaching as he neared the crossing. FORMER ESTIMATES TOO HIGH A reduction of 40,000,000 bushels in the prospective wheat harvest was shown Tuesday in teh department of agriculture's July forecast, which is 891,000,000 bushels, compared with 931,000,000 bushels forecast in June. Deterioration during June reduced the prospective winter wheat crop by 30,000,000 bushels and the spring crop by 10,000,000 bushels. The corn harvest promises to be the largest on record, with a total of 3,160,000,000 bushels, as forecast for the first time this season by the government. The acreage is almost five per cent smaller than planted last year, the total being 113,835,000 acres. Record crops of barley, rye, sweet potatoes and rice are indicated, while forecast of the oats, white potatoes and tobacco crops show they probably will equal their records if they have good growing conditions. Only half as much wheat remained on farms July 1 this year as was held at that date last year, and the quantity was about one fifth of the average holdover of the five years from 1912 to 1916. Production forecasts of the various crops estimated from their July 1 conditions, follow: (Amounts in millions of bushels) FUMIGATION MEETING AT SANTA ANA Experts From the University Will Give Valuable Advice With regard to the fumigation of citrus orchards, E. H. Paddock, local inspector, issued the following statement: There seems to be an idea or report out, from where I cannot state, that the fumigation season will open this year about the 15th of the present month. This impession is erroneous, as the condition of the scale at that time will not be as perfect as possibly fifteen days later. The fruit also has shown a very heavy damage resulting from a minimum dosage from experimental work which was done the first of the month. The strongest dosage you may expect to use at the beginning will be the 75 per cent schedule, and that will be strong enough to kill the black only, provided the black is then in ideal condition. Last year's experience showed that that dose would not get the red, so if you have other than black it is advisable to wait until a heavier strength may safely be used. Everyone interested directly or indirectly in fumigation or pest control is urged to be present at the FUMIGATION MEETING to be held by the University of California at the Chamber of Commerce in Santa Ana, July 16th, 2 p.m. Extended discussions on various phases of the work will be given with the hope that new ideas may be evolved which will prove helpful to both fumigator and grower. Some very good information on the new "liquid gas" method will also be given to the public there for the first time in Orange county. Don't forget the date, and if possible make it a point to be present. FULLERTON MAN KILLED BY R. R. Food will win the war He who wastes a crust of bread prolongs the war don't waste it!