anaheim-gazette 1918-07-25

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 WHAT SAMMY IS DOING TO THE HUN The Huns have entered Paris. After much delay the kaiser made his words good. These Huns, however, were like the good Indians—they were dead. They had met the Sammies on the Marne, and their bodies floated down the river into the Seine, and so passed through the gates of the city. The Parisians granted each arrival six feet of ground, and declare they will generously give the same to every German who enters the city. The souls of the bosches are vexed because the Americans refuse to obey the modern rules of war. When an isolated bunch happens to be cut off, surrounded and are supposed, according to the rules, to throw down their arms and yell "Kamerad," they continue to fight, always cut their way through, and sometimes take their captors with them. This is a violation of the rules of the game, and as the Hun only fights according to a fixed plan, it is demoralizing to him. And they have another cause of bitter complaint. The Sammies are barbarians. They are fighting the Huns with sawed-off shotguns, according to a leading German newspaper, and are creating awful havoc among the dear kaiser's troops. They are "verdamt toufelf" and the editor of the Colony. OIL FIELD NOTES By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The month of July closes one of the busiest and most active period experienced by the developers and producers of petroleum in the Southern field. Forty oil companies are now operating in the Southern district. Some 1400 men are at work doing their utmost to develop the oil resources of the Southland as fast as possible. Two hundred thousand dollars a month is the monthly pay roll required for this great army of men. More than 100 wells are drilling and the materials necessary to keep these 100 wells going will run close to half a million dollars a month. The present output of the Southern field in oil produced has passed beyond the 60,000 barrel a day mark. The value of this oil at the lowest conservative estimate is two million dollars a month. The value of this great output of oil to the nation at the present time in the winning of the war passes beyond the conception of mere dollars. Petroleum lubricates the engines of war, drives the massive tanks thru the Hun lines, hurls the military automobiles over the bloody fields, carries the ambulances filled with the wounded quickly back to the hospital, causes the winged airplanes to soar over the enemy's lines and strike terror to the kaiser's hosts. From petroleum is distilled the fluid known as toluene, the basis of the most powerful explosive known to the scientific world today. A drop placed inside of a half inch pipe, and that incased inside a piece of 4 inch pipe has been known to shatter the smaller container and rip the outer 4 inch covering asunder. Chemists are busy working out the wonders that petroleum has in store for us, and doubtless is 3700 feet o'clock it is in the hundred feet down to where be made as well. This wiance from and success ening of a wthe joining o'and the Mon Over 200 firing in hard made by the The formation a brown shall first encourage far. 2150 fehole and thence nicely. With the c Birch Co. we work on the of Brea. Thi and the prop The Birch operations eightcess of the famed New est oil well f establishment barrels a day devote its emof the wells drilling supply small wells would not eement on thhe At a depth well drilled by the Brea Co hard oil sand an oil sand than 600 mea is one of th interest four oil sand at 200 feet ththe drilling And they have another cause of bitter complaint. The Sammies are barbarians. They are fighting the Huns with sawed-off shotguns, according to a leading German newspaper, and are creating awful havoc among the dear kaiser’s troops. They are “verdamt teufels,” and the editor of the Colonge Gazette expects to hear of them coming at the Germans with tomahawks and scalping knives. Such methods are calculated to strike terror to the souls of machine-made soldiers. The Sammies should be more considerate, and fight at long range. One complaint the Huns have against the American soldiers is that each individual has a thinking machine of his own. He can fight single handed just as well as when he is herded in the ranks. The bosche is merely a cog in a big wheel. He is perfectly useless if separated from the others. The Hun is terror-stricken and helpless unless he has an officer over him to direct him what to do, but the Sammy does his best work when obeying his own sweet will. In teaching the Sammies the curriculum of war it seems the world “retreat” was overlooked. At the Marne battle a French officer advised the American division commander to withdraw a battalion because it was in danger of being overwhelmed by the advancing Germans. “We have given that battalion to you,” said the American. “Those boys don’t know the meaning of the word retreat.” They held the position and the Huns were checked. Despatches report that Sergt. Brown during the battle on the Marne last week, organized a private expedition of his own, visited a number of German dugouts and returned to the lines driving 158 Hun prisoners before him. Single handed and alone, so exaggerated is their fear of the Americans, he had terrorized the bosches into sticking up their mits and yelling “Kamerad.” Brown explained that there were a number of others in the bunch when he started, but they died on the way to the American lines—probably succumbed to fright. Being fresh from a commercial house he was business like in his war as well over the enemy’s lines and strike terror to the kaiser’s hosts. From petroleum is distilled the fluid known as tolueens, the basis of the most powerful explosive known to the scientific world today. A drop placed inside of a half inch pipe, and that incased inside a piece of 4 inch pipe has been known to shatter the smaller container and rip the outer 4 inch covering asunder. Chemists are busy working out the wonders that petroleum has in store for us, and doubtless before the year closes many new and great discoveries will be made that will take their places with other great achievements that is now leading us on to a victory worthy of the American people. The Union Oil Co. after a couple of years of hard work, and the expenditure of a great deal of money is getting the Bastanchury ranch lease up in good condition with the chances looking good for an oil well. At No. 6 the drill is now making hole in brown shale at 3800 feet. No. 5 after being delayed on account of pipe and formation trouble for a number of months is getting down on bottom again,the depth being 4700 feet. A number of good showings were noted on the way down and the final outcome of the well is of particular interest to the people of Fullerton as well as to the Union. Conditions for two good wells are looking very encouraging in the eastern end of the Brea field. At Chapman the Union has succeeded in getting the cement to set and the drilling is now about to resume at a depth of 2400 feet. Some 800 feet of the hardest conglomerate ever encountered any where in the Southern field was drilled thru previous to the cementing, and geologists and oil men are much interested in what may lie beneath this long hard stratum. It is understood that a recent test of the water showed a lot of fluid that looks and smells like oil. The Standard’s Kraemer well three miles further eastward has been drilled to 2500 feet and has been cemented. Previous to the cementing a strong gas pressure was noted and other indications pointed strongly to the getting of a well. The Standard in operating on the Kramer lease has pushed eastward further than any other company and the getting of a well on this property will move the producing field almost in line with man dugouts and returned to the lines driving 158 Hum prisoners before him. Single handed and alone, so exaggerated is their fear of the Americans, he had terrorized the bosches into sticking up their mits and yelling "Kamerad." Brown explained that there were a number of others in the bunch when he started, but they died on the way to the American lines—probably succumbed to fright. Being fresh from a commercial house he was business like in his war as well as his commercial dealings, and demanded a receipt for his prisoners. A negro soldier got separated from his command and found himself surrounded by Huns. From somewhere about his person he brought forth a bolo knife and sailed into the enemy, killing eight of them and making his escape. He couldn't remember the word, "Kamerad," so he cut himself out. Those "barbarous Americans" are handy with any old weapon. Perhaps Emperor Bill now recalls the statement made once upon a time by Germany's greatest statesman. "America is not a military nation," he said, "but the bugle call in that country is fraught with more danger to a foe than all the years of training you have given the troops of Germany." The trial of B. W. Elliott, charged with attempting to kill Onstable Harry Ashley of La Habra, will come up in superior court tomorrow. Elliott has been serving a 60-day sentence in the county jail where he was sent by Judge Howard on a charge of using seditious language. The Standard's Kraemer well three miles further eastward has been drilled to 2500 feet and has been cemented. Previous to the cementing a strong gas pressure was noted and other indications pointed strongly to the getting of a well. The Standard in operating on the Kramer lease has pushed eastward further than any other company and the getting of a well on this property will move the producing field almost in line with the old Olinda field, and cause a great renewal of activities in the Brea field. For the first time in many months the Graham Loftus property of the Union is running a number of strings of tools and the work is going ahead with no fishing jobs. This property is one of the difficult leases to handle and the drilling of 40 wells that have been put down was accomplished with a great deal of hard and persistent work. No. 49 is drilling in blue shale at 2755. At No. 51 the rotary is making hole in conglomerate at 1650 feet. No. 52 spudded in a few days ago has 600 feet of hole and is drilling in blue shale. At La Merced the Union has completed No. 2 and is perforating the pipe preparatory to putting in the tubes. This well has been showing up rather good and the owners expect another well characteristic of the famous new field when this well goes on the pump. At Myer, near Santa Fe Springs the Union is now drilling No. 3 and is down 3745 feet. The formation is a brown sandy shale and the conditions are beginning to look favorable. There NOTES HANGER one of the period ex-works and propose Southern is now in district. Work doing the oil re-fas as posand dollars may roll remy of men. Drilling and keep these close to half. The Southern passed beday mark. Lowest conmillion dollar of this great at the presof the war of mere states the ensasive tanks the military body fields, used with the hospital, ones to soar and strike. ed the fluid basis of the known to the drop placed and that in 4 inch pipe for the small-outter 4 inches are busy that petrodoubtless is 3700 feet of 6¼ pipe in the hole and it is in the best of condition. Two hundred feet more of hole will get down to where some speculation can be made as to the outcome of the well. This well is a considerable distance from any producing property and success here would mean the opening of a vast area and practically the joining of the Standard's Murphy and the Montebello field. Over 200 feet with the rotary drilling in hard formation is the record made by the Amalgamated at Durfee. The formation at the 2200 mark shows a brown shale. This formation is the first encouraging feature struck thus far. 2150 feet of 8¼ pipe is in the hole and the drilling is going along nicely. With the completion of Birch-14 the Birch Co. will close its development work on the Birch hill property north of Brea. The company has 20 acres and the property is almost drilled up. The Birch company commenced operations eight years ago and the success of the venture started off with the famed No. 5 at one time the greatest oil well in the state. With the establishment of more than a thousand barrels a day the management will devote its entire attention to the care of the wells. The increased cost of drilling supplies and the getting of small wells during the last two years would not encourage further development on the limited acreage. At a depth of 600 feet deeper than a well drilled less than 1000 feet away the Brea Canyon's No. 29 struck a hard oil sand at a detph of 4112. That an oil, sand stratum may dip more than 600 meet in less than 1000 feet is one of the geological features of interest found in the Brea field. The oil sand at this point is more than 200 feet thick and will necessitate the drilling of the well to better than Gregg tract has struck a little trouble in the way of pipe sticking. At 2500 feet a string of 7¾ is giving some trouble and may have to be landed. The West Coast Oil Co. has taken the lead of the development work on the west side of the Olinda field and is pushing the work with noticeable speed and efficiency. At No. 62 a new rig is fast nearing completion. No. 68 is drilling in the oil sand at 3095 and has 2065 feet of 6¾ in the hole. No. 69 is drilling in conglomerate at 1165 feet and carrying 1125 feet of 17½. No. 74 shows 3100 feet of hole. The formation here is hard sand. Work has commenced on No. 79 a new location. The Standard has nine strings of tools running on the Baldwin property. Recent locations includes five new wells for which grading for one was already started. Six wells on the Baldwin are making hole, the depths ranging from 1900 to 3000 feet. Water tests are being conducted on four wells and the results are gratifying. Two wells are standing cemented, and production pumping tests are being carried out on two other wells. The production of the Baldwin property is holding up remarkably well. A few wells worthy of special notice are No. 5 making 5000 daily, No. 6, 2200 and No. 14 whose output is 1400. These big producers are making 26 gravity oil free from water. Baldwin No. 6 has been producing 2200 barrels a day for the past five months. Drilled to 4006 feet No. 6 is the deepest producing well in the Montebello field. On the Temple property near the Baldwin Hills tract the Standard has No. 6 drilling at 2085. Over 200 feet was made here during the past week. No. 7 is drilling with 1000 feet of hole. No. 8 a new well is building rig. A record for the week was made at Temple No. 7. This well finished rig fell to the ground. This accident was in a large part due to the man's own carelessness. The second man was killed when he deliberately disobeyed the instructions of his foreman. He was told to place a wedge under a hydraulic jack and he did not do it. The wedge flew from its place and he was killed. The third man was killed when he attached the rivet hose to the gas pipe instead of the air line. The fourth man fell from one deck to another on one of the ships and the fifth was killed by a falling boom. Now, for the first story, the one about the man being drowned in the tank. These tanks are in the side of the vessels. Before they can be entirely closed, two large steel plates have to be rivited to one side. To be killed during the testing of these tanks a man would have to crawl into one of them and stay there while two plates were rivited. When the tank is closed on all sides then water is put into it to test it. The tank is not opened again. If, by any possible chance, a man were drowned in one of them (and in this case it would be main suicide) the body would never be found. Therefore it would be impossible to tell where or how he was killed. Then there is the story of the goggles making the riveters color blind. The riviting guns are operated by compressed air. The furnaces in which the rivets are heated are run by gas. The pipe conveying air is painted a vivid blue. The pipe conveying gas is painted a brilliant yellow. The story is that men, color blind because of their goggles, attach the air hose to the gas pipe. An explosion results and the man is killed. I can say right here and now that I wore a pair of the goggles taken right from the head of one of the workers and they do not make you color blind. Further, the men who At a depth of 600 feet deeper than a well drilled less than 1000 feet away the Brea Canyon's No. 29 struck a hard oil sand at a depth of 4112. That an oil sand stratum may dip more than 600 meet in less than 1000 feet is one of the geological features of interest found in the Brea field. The oil sand at this point is more than 200 feet thick and will necessitate the drilling of the well to better than 4300 feet. At this depth a big well producing high gravity light oil should be the result. The Columbia Oil Co. is going ahead rapidly with development work at Olinda. No. 31, a new well is marked with a rig and drilling will start as soon as rigging up work is completed. A bad fishing job necessitated backing up to 2750 on No. 28 where drilling is now going on. No. 30 is making fast time on the rotary and despite hard formation has 2100 feet of hole. The operations of the Columbia at Brea has met with some good success during the past week. At No. 7 on the Orange the cable tools are now drilling in a hard sand at 2500 feet. No. 8 has close to 2900 feet of rotary hole and is making good progress. At a depth of 3980 feet the Copa De Oro has suspended drilling operations and cemented. Baillings from the well just before the cementing showed a strong gas pressure, and an abundance of good substantial oil colors. The management feel jubilant over the condition of the well and are anxious for the cement to set so the drilling can be resumed. This well now represents two years of work and an expenditure of close to $100,000. The Fullerton Oil Co., whose "stick-to-itiveness" to fishing jobs and other forms of hard luck surpasses anything in the Southern field is meeting with better luck. At No. 11 the redrilling has advanced to 3100 feet and in a few days new hole will be in the making. No. 13 a new well just started a week ago is drilling at 300 feet. At Whittler the Fullerton Oil Co. is going ahead with the redrilling of an old producer in the hope of increasing the production. The re-ment on the limited acreage. On the Temple property near the Baldwin Hills tract the Standard has No. 6 drilling at 2085. Over 200 feet was made here during the past week. No. 7 is drilling with 1000 feet of hole. No. 8 a new well is building rig. A record for the week was made at Temple No. 7. This well finished rigging up, spudded in and drilled 1000 feet of hole. The Temple property is now making better than 2000 barrels daily of 26 gravity oil and the production is keeping up good. On the Murphy lease the cream of the Southern field the Standard has nine strings of tools running and drilling is going ahead as fast as good work and safety will allow. Six wells are making hole and range in depth from 2700 to 4200 feet. Testing for water is going on at two wells. Three wells are standing cemented. Work has commenced on two of the five new locations made last week. IT'S GERMAN PROPAGANDA Now, for a good, swift, well aimed kick at the "yellow dog" spreading stories harmful to work at the Los Angeles shipyards, writes an L. A. man. "Yellow dog" is the name given a person who originates or disseminates stories that hinder war. He is a cynic, a knocker or a plain enemy propagandist. For instance: Before visiting the yards of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. I happened to meet an acquaintance. In the course of conversation I mentioned I was an my way to San Pedro. My friend led me to a corner and what he said was something like this. "You know they're killing men by the dozens down there every day and the people don't hear a word about it. The government keeps it quiet." "Why the other night a fellow crawled into one of the tanks on one of the ships and, along came the testing crew, filled the tank full of water and killed him." I asked him how it was he happened to know about it. He informed me that a friend of his knew a man who worked in the yards. The man who told me that story though he may not realize it, is a "yellow dog." There absolutely no has been producing 2200 barrels a day for the past five months. Drilled to 4006 feet No. 6 is the deepest producing well in the Montebello field. The pipe conveying air is painted a vivid blue. The pipe conveying gas is painted a brilliant yellow. The story is that the men, color blind because of their goggles, attach the air hose to the gas pipe. An explosion results and the man is killed. I can say right here and now that I wore a pair of the goggles taken right from the head of one of the workers and they do not make you color blind. Further, the men who attach the hose do not wear goggles. The intakes on the gas and air pipes are of different construction. On one the hose screws over the mouth of the pipe and on the other it screws in. How a man with any brains at all ever can mistake the pipes is more than I can tell. Besides there are big signs at the mouth of the pipes warning the men that blue means air and yellow gas. The third story, that of conflict between union and non-union workers, is absolutely false. The men at work in the shipyards realize they are working for the government and to help defeat the enemy and there is no strife over labor questions. I talked with men in all parts of the yard and in all branches of work. I failed to find one who would tell me of any difficulty between union and non-union men. The fourth and most ridiculous story is that the government is being cheated out of thousands of dollars. The "yellow dogs" will tell you exorbitant prices are being paid for material and the government is being milked for hundreds of dollars every day in pay for men who do no work. This story can be easily contradicted with the fact that the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. is building ships on contract with the government. The government agrees to pay so much, a lump sum, for a ship. The company loses, not the government, if there is any graft. It is up to the company to see that the work is being done and good material bought at minimum prices. If not it is money out of its pocket. The government does not lose a cent. The next time you hear any of these stories you can brand them as propaganda. You can tell the person who tells the story to you that what he says is not the truth. The United States Shipping Board in Washington has officially recognized these stories as Hun propaganda. At Whittler the Fullerton Oil Co. is going ahead with the redrilling of an old producer in the hope of increasing the production. The redrilling and deepening is now at 2750 feet. No. 4 a new well is in the rigging up stage. The General Petroleum Co. is making a big showing in the Montebello field and is becoming one of the leaders of development work in the new field. Just recently this company acquired a new lease known as the Garvey tract and has already located a well on the property. On the Alvitre lease No. 1 is drilling at 1982 and No. 2 is being rigged up for the rotary. Stone No. 1 is drilling at 315 feet and Cruz No. 1 is standing cemented at 1861. The Liberty Oil Co. one of the newest concerns in the Southern field has forged itself to the front with a brilliant drilling record on its first well. The Liberty is drilling on property adjacent to the Standard's Irvine. During the past week the Liberty Co. has made hole at better than 100 feet a day, and is now down a thousand feet. The well is under the management of W. B. Waugle who is regarded as one of the most capable men in the business today. The Mascot Oil Co. drilling on the people don't need a word about it. "Why the other night a fellow crawled into one of the tanks on one of the ships and, along came the testing crew, filled the tank full of water and killed him." I asked him how it was he happened to know about it. He informed me that a friend of his knew a man who worked in the yards. The man who told me that story though he may not realize it, is a "yellow dog." There is absolutely no truth in what he said. I know because I went and found out. You have no doubt, heard stories about the shipyards. As far as can be learned, this propaganda comes in four forms. One is the story of the man who was killed in the tank by the pressure of water used in testing. A second is that the goggles worn by the riveters make them color blind and unable to distinguish the gas and compressed air pipes. A third is that there is strife between union and non-union workers. The fourth is that there is graft and the government is being cheated out of thousands of dollars daily. All of these stories are plain, out-and-out lies. There is no other word for it. They are dirty Hun-born lies, calculated to injure war work at the shipyards. Let us deal with these four "yellow dog" stories, the most common of the shipyard propaganda, separately: In the first place, only five men have been killed at the yards of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. since the start of work there. One was killed when he stepped on a loose board on a scaffolding and up to the company to see that the work is being done and good material bought at minimum prices. If not it is money out of its pocket. The government does not lose a cent. The next time you hear any of these stories you can brand them as propaganda. You can tell the person who tells the story to you that what he says is not the truth. The United States Shipping Board in Washington has officially recognized these stories as Hun propaganda. So, do your duty with the "yellow dog" and his shipyard lies. MUST INSURE SAILORS The appearance of the German submarines in American waters has caused Secretary McAdoo to issue an order requiring all American shipowners to have insured the lives of the officers and crews of their vessels trading in Atlantic and Gulf waters. Mere fishing vessels are excepted. Heretofore this compulsory insurance applied only to American vessels trading between the United States and various European and certain designated African ports. The rates the treasury charges for the insurance varies from half a cent per $100 of insurance for Atlantic coastwise trips to 15 cents per $100 for steamers crossing the war zone. More than 70,000,000 officers and sailors on American merchant vessels are already under the protection of the government marine insurance. WOMEN IN ENGLAND That women and girls are the backbone of industrial life in England to EAL BEACH ON THE OCEAN FRONT. FIRE WORKS Sunday July 28 Come and Enjoy the Rare and Marvelous Pyrotechnical Display and the Battery of 50 Radiant Scintillators. The Burning of Niagara Falls Dancing Contest every Sunday Evening DANCING PAVILION Open every evening except Monday. EXCELLENT FLOOR AND MUSIC Be sure to visit JEWEL CITY CAFE and enjoy AMERICA'S GREATEST DANCE COMBINATION Facing the ocean "THE GROTTO" With A Real Bohemian atmosphere BATHING BOATING FISHING The activities are on the ocean front day is emphasized in a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gillison of Gloryetta from their nephew, who is in Bacup, Rossendale, England. The letter says. “You would not know England now. All our works are carried on by girls. All the shells we fire at the front are made by girls. We have at Irwell Mill a shell factory turning out 2000 4.5 inch shells weekly, entirely made by girls working night and day shifts. We have girl porters on our railways girl engine cleaners, girl carriage cleaners, girl street car conductors. business be managed in accordance with the principles of the exchange. The movement is being presented before the various fruit associations and at Riverside was explained before fifty prominent orange growers and citrus associations of the Riverside, Corona and Highgrove districts. Here a motion was unanimously passed recommending that these growers and associations take steps looking toward affiliation. At La Verne in the Ontario district the matter was presented before representatives of the San Antonio Fruit Exchange the Q.K. Erhloe and Conveying air is painted with the pipe conveying gas brilliant yellow. The men, color blind because goggles, attach the air gas pipe. An explosion the man is killed. Right here and now that of the goggles taken the head of one of the men do not make you further, the men who do not wear goggles. On the gas and air pipes that construction. On one news over the mouth of the other it screws with any brains at all take the pipes is more well. Besides there are the mouth of the pipes men that blue means air history, that of conflict and non-union work-fully false. The men at shipyards realize they for the government and that the enemy and there never labor questions. With men in all parts of all branches of work and one who would tell difficulty between union men. And most ridiculous the government is being thousands of dollars. Dogs" will tell you ex-sales are being paid for male government is being hundreds of dollars every men who do no work. Can be easily contra- fact that the Los An- dling and Dry Dock Co. ships on contract with the government agrees much, a lump sum, for any loses, not the govern- here is any graft. It is company to see that the dog done and good ma- at minimum prices. If pay out of its pocket. The does not lose a cent. Time you hear any of you can brand them as You can tell the per- sis the story to you that is not the truth. The Shipping Board inunas officially recognized as Hun propaganda. Gloryetta from their nephew, who is in Bacup, Rossendale, England. The letter says. "You would not know England now. All our works are carried on by girls. All the shells we fire at the front are made by girls. We have at Irwell Mill a shell factory turning out 2000 4.5 inch shells weekly, entirely made by girls working night and day shifts. We have girl porters on our railways girl engine cleaners, girl carriage cleaners, girl street car conductors. All our military motor cars are driven by girls in khaki. We have girl ambulance drivers, girl window cleaners, girl elevator attendants, and scarcely anything but girl clerks of all descriptions, girl motor drivers; girl commercial travellers. Our women are enlisted in the voluntary detachment to every hospital and mind you there are hospitals in every district. We have five in Rossendale in the women's naval air service; women army cooks. "In fact, the women are keeping everything going and we are mighty proud of them. They have got the vote now and every one of us would give them it ten times over if it was necessary." OUTPUT OF FERTILIZER PEAT ALMOST DOUBLED The largest and most successful branch of the peat industry in the United States is the manufacture of fertilizer and fertilizer filler. All the plants that produced peat in 1917 also manufactured peat fertilizer or fertilizer filler, the output of which amounted to 92,263 short tons. This quantity is greater by 44,157 tons, or almost 92 per cent, than the production in 1916, and exceeds by 40,530 tons, or about 78 per cent, the record production in 1911. The average price received for peat fertilizer in 1917 at the point of consumption was $7.14 a ton, a gain of 14 cents a ton over the average price received in 1916. The gains made in 1917 were sufficient to make the total value of the output in that year, amounting to $658,500, exceed the value of the output in 1916 by $322,-496, or nearly 96 per cent. The most striking feature of the peat fertilizer industry in 1917 was the extensive use made of peat as a culture medium for nitrifying and other bacteria in the manufacture of bacterial fertilizer. Of the total quantity of peat fertilizer and fertilizer filler produced in 1917, 26,850 short tons, or The movement is being presented before the various fruit associations and at Riverside was explained before fifty prominent orange growers and citrus associations of the Riverside, Corona and Highgrove districts. Here a motion was unanimously passed recommending that these growers and associations take steps looking toward affiliation. At La Verne in the Ontario district the matter was presented before representatives of the San Antonio Fruit Exchange, the O.K. Exchange and the A.C.C.Exchange, together with others interested in the marmalade industry. The new move will not affect the factory which is under construction at San Dimas nor the proposed one at Pomona. In Orange county the matter was presented before representatives of each of the nine orange associations, affiliated with the Orange county Fruit Exchange, as only the orange associations are interested in the proposition. There is a lemon by-product factory at Corona. The matter was presented by B.A. Woodford of Claremont, former general manager of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange and now president of the Crawford marmalade factory; E.G.Dezell, assistant general manager of the Erchange, and Don Francisco, advertising manager. They explained the past history of the marmalade concern, its present activities and the proposed arrangement with the exchange, whereby the various organizations would purchase the stock-of-the-marmalade factory. While no definite action was taken at this meeting, the general opinion of the proposition was favorable and the matter will be brought before the directors of the associations at their regular or called meetings. If you believe in Gypsy prophecy here's a story that will convince you that the kaiser will be on his knees yelling "kamarad" within a few months. The story is that a couple of ladies, relatives of an Anaheim family, were motoring to San Diego, their car being driven by a colored chauffeur. Just below Capistrano they ran out of gas and the machine stalled. While the negro was searching the neighborhood for fuel a caravan of Gypsies came along, and one of the female prophets of course wanted to tell the fortunes of the ladies, who were seated in the stranded car." 1917 were sufficient to make the total value of the output in that year, amounting to $658,500, exceed the value of the output in 1916 by $322,-496, or nearly 96 per cent. The most striking feature of the peat fertilizer industry in 1917 was the extensive use made of peat as a culture medium for nitrifying and other bacteria in the manufacture of bacterial fertilizer. Of the total quantity of peat fertilizer and fertilizer filler produced in 1917, 26,850 short tons, or about 29 per cent of the entire output valued at $256,000, was bacterized. The rapid growth of the peat fertilizer industry in the United States in 1917 was due mainly to the increase in the acreage of land tilled, the more intensive cultivation of crops, the shortage and high price of commercial fertilizer, and the increased application of bacteriology to soil fertilization. FRUIT EXCHANGE WANTS MARMALADE FACTORY Steps Being Taken Toward Control of The Crawford Plant A movement has been started to enable the Thomas Crawford marmalade factory, opened some time ago in Anaheim, to be taken under the wing of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. This step is being taken so that the marmalade factory can take advantage of the big organization's advertising campaigns and the brand "Sunkist" can be used for the marmalade. Fruit growers wishing to enter the new arrangement will be admitted upon a cooperative basis and the whole yelling "kamarad" within a few months. The story is that a couple of ladies, relatives of an Anaheim family, were motoring to San Diego, their car being driven by a colored chauffeur. Just below Capistrano they ran out of gas and the machine stalled. While the negro was searching the neighborhood for fuel a caravan of Gypsies came along, and one of the female prophets of course wanted to tell the fortunes of the ladies, who were seated in the stranded car. "I don't want my fortune told," said one of the ladies, "but I will pay you the usual fee if you can tell me when the war will end." "I cannot give you a positive answer," said the Gypsy. "If your colored chauffeur reaches San Diego alive I don't know when the war will end. If he dies before you get to the city, it will end during the month of October." In the course of time the negro returned with a supply of gasoline and the car proceeded on its way. Two miles this side of San Diego the chauffeur suddenly collapsed and dropped his hands from the wheel. One of the ladies leaned over him and stopped the car. The chauffeur was dead, having been stricken with heart failure. That's all the story except that the Gypsies could not possibly have known that the car was driven by a colored man. Now if you believe in Gypsies you know that the Sammies will have Kaiser Bill whipped to a standstill in October. Charles H. Rockwell has sworn to a complaint charging E. L. Hartwell with grand farceny. Hartwell is accused of taking a motorcycle that was not his.