anaheim-gazette 1918-09-12

BIG BRAINY MEN SUCCESSFULLY HANDLING ORANGE COUNTY EXTENSIVE OIL INDU Eminent Geologist In Employ of Olinda Land Co.—Wells Put On Beam 15 Years Ago Still Producing Nicely—Brea Field Due For a Period of Great Activity—Union Expected to Bring In Some Great Wells By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER In spite of the fact that drilling supplies have advanced from 50 to 100 per cent during the past year, that the increased cost of labor is fast becoming one of the big items in development work, that casing is scarce and hard to get, and that the day of the gusher has passed, the operators do not feel at all disheartened and are plunging into the work with the old-time vigor. Fifteen hundred men are working on the drilling wells, the pumping wells, the refineries and the gasoline plants in the Southern California field. Every man on the job is intensely interested in his job and all are working together as a unit to produce and save every drop of oil possible. The oil industry of this state is being handled by some of the biggest and brainiest men in the country and under such successful management the idea of the government taking over the industry is idle talk. The oil operators are men of the highest type, experience and equipment pledged to give their best interests to our country in this critical period of the nation's his- all. On the Alvitre lease No. 1 is making hole at 2,200 feet. No. 2 is about ready to drill out the cement at 1,695 feet and resume drilling. Cruz No. 1 is drilling at 2,150. On the Garvey tract the rigging-up work is about completed and drilling will start soon. At Ralph No. 1 the drilling is going right ahead with 2,850 feet of hole made. On the Stone lease No. 1 is drilling at 1,800 and making fast time in the shale. The General Petroleum having five wells that are about to start on the completion stage should be able to develop an appreciable production in the new field and prove up considerable new territory in the southern part of the Montebello field. The completion of the Copa de Oro Oil Company's well in the little Brea Canyon district has developed some very peculiar conditions, so peculiar that the management has asked a geologist to study the well. This well was drilled to a depth of 3,980 feet. The hole was cemented off at 3,809. Previous to the cementing the well showed a good strong gas pressure. standpoint of oil laying is now very easy possible to get any near these two wells. The Standard Oil way by starting on and if a big well is be compelled to say for the Standard Oil under the ground locations for oil we The West Coast three wells drilling field and is making all the wells. At N ing nicely in the b side-tracking some at 1,247. No. 79, a equipped with the will start in a few tice of the West first thousand feet completing the well tools. The first th Olinda field is co drilling and the re drilling. However mark is left the form becomes so hard th practical on account of twist-offs and The Union Oil Company's well is held job. Two strings o feet 4s causing a management were well completed on a tacular showing m weeks ago, and th The oil industry of this state is being handled by some of the biggest and brainiest men in the country and under such successful management the idea of the government taking over the industry is idle talk. The oil operators are men of the highest type, experience and equipment pledged to give their best interests to our country in this critical period of the nation's history, so why argue or ask that our Uncle Sam be burdened with a business that is being carried on under the highest efficiency and economy. September is opening up strong on development work throughout the entire southern field. The latest figures show 115 wells drilling. The production of the field has been steadily climbing till it has now reached the 72,000 a day mark; 715 wells are now producing. A year ago the production of the southern field was only 44,000 barrels a day, and 679 wells were producing. The addition of 26 wells, the redrilling and cleaning out of a number of the old producers has added 30,000 barrels, almost doubled the production. The southern field is now making a little better than two million barrels a month. The proven oil acreage of the southern field has grown to extend over 5,000 acres. Wild cat work now being carried on may increase this figure at least a thousand acres. It is almost safe to say that a new field will be opened up at Balboa and Newport. East of Brea is also looking very promising at the present time, a few weeks from now will show up a lot of new territory heretofore considered of little value. At a depth of 2,763 feet the Amalgamated Oil Company has set the 8½ casing in a shale formation that will assure a perfect water shut off. The well has been looking rather good during the drilling of the last hundred feet and the opening up and the continuance of drilling after the cement has set will be watched with some interest. The Amalgamated has had a lot of success in the drilling of the well, few fishing jobs delayed the work, and exceptionally good time has been made. The Brea Canyon Oil Company's deep well No. 29 is still being held up with a stubborn fishing job. At a depth of 4,127 feet a string of tools were lost in the hole and fishing for the same for the last two weeks has not proceeded in getting anything out new field and prove up considerable new territory in the southern part of the Montebello field. The completion of the Copa de Oro Oil Company's well in the little Brea Canyon district has developed some very peculiar conditions, so peculiar that the management has asked a geologist to study the well. This well was drilled to a depth of 3,980 feet. The hole was cemented off at 3,809. Previous to the cementing the well showed a good strong gas pressure. The gas disappeared entirely. From time to time appreciable colors cheered the owners, and no one doubted that the well when reaching the 4,000 foot mark would be an oil well. The geologist will attempt to solve the mystery of the gas, and make a study of the formation with reference to the advisability of drilling deeper. The consensus of opinion is that this well should not stop now but go on at least 200 feet further. The Olinda Land Company's wild cat well in the eastern end of the Olinda field is now drilling at 1,350 feet. This well, No. 21, was located by Dr. Stark, one of the most eminent geologists in the state. The stake was set after many weeks' careful study of the geology of the region. Success on this well will be a distinct boost to the geologists as it is located some distance from producing property and will add a very extensive area to the Olinda oil fields. The Olinda Land Company's No. 19 is making good time drilling in the hard shell at 2,740 feet. Five hundred feet more of hole and this well will be completed and will add to the already nice production this company has in one of the oldest fields in California. Speaking of old fields the Olinda Land Company put wells on the beam 15 years ago that are producing today; many of these wells have not fallen off very much in their daily output. Water conditions in these old producers are very satisfactory, a lasting tribute to the tamping system of shutting off water and the drilling of wells with one string of casing instead of three and four that the operators are now compelled to use. The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in getting the cement to set. The method heretofore used by the Olinda company obviated new field and prove up considerable new territory in the southern part of the Montebello field. The Union Oil Company tanchury well is held job. Two strings ofe feet 4s causing a l management were he well completed on a tacular showing m weeks ago, and tha as somewhat o f However this comp luck fishing and tha stay in the hole y drilling in the blue e and as yet is shown o f oil. On the Graham-I-Brea field the Union three wells drilling some good results. 3,100 feet is in blu drilling is advancing has come into a str at 1,970 feet, caus slow its progress so making hole in th e feet and some very made. The Union has man management of its ty in the Montebello Kammerdiner who agmated Oil Comp work for six years l for the past year th e hole lease proper field superintendent Montebello holding regarded as one o f operators in th e s management th E should bring in sor in its new field. Joe Rupp, former o f the Union's La J to be transferred where he will look o f some wells for L Simi Valley. Rupp and has made good Hole lease in he Br ing up up the work ar work at Montebello terized with great s ing in o f a large n ducing wells for th pany. At a depth of 1,9 Petroleum Oil Com sand that shows th e well commercial th e oil is a little he The Brea Canyon Oil Company's deep well No. 29 is still being held up with a stubborn fishing job. At a depth of 4,127 feet a string of tools were lost in the hole and fishing for the same for the last two weeks has not succeeded in getting anything out. This is the first mishap of any consequence that has happened since the well commenced drilling a year ago, and the jolt comes hard right in the finishing-up stage. At No. 28 a side-tracking job caused by the loss of a couple of joints of casing is delaying progress on the well somewhat. However it is figured that a few days more and the tools will be running free and making hole again. After a year of side-tracking, redrilling and fishing and other delays the Fullerton Oil Company is now making new hole on its No. 11 in the Brea field. Drilling is now going ahead in good shape at 3,268 and should make some good time. At No. 10 drilling and side-tracking is going as fast as can be expected considering the hole and drilling conditions. The tools are working at 3,350. Two years ago this well was considerably deeper than it is today and illustrates some of the drilling difficulties one is compelled to buck up against in the Brea field. The General Petroleum is making some very good drilling records on all of its leases in the Montebello field. The company has operations underway on five different properties and prospects are beginning to look good on The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing of the Standard Oil Company's Kraemer well and the Union Oil Company's Chapman lease well. At 2,570 feet the Standard's Kraemer is drilling in a shale that is carrying quite a bit of oil which gives the well a very promising outlook. The Union's well on the Chapman property is drilling in a nice grade of shale at a depth of 2,600 feet. It is understood that this well has shown oil in some very substantial quantities and that the project will be an oil well is past the speculation stage. Both the Union and Standard are entitled to wells in this part of the Brea field as it is practically wild cat territory and up to within a few months ago the properties were not considered very valuable from the The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in getting the cement to set. The method heretofore used by the Olinda company obviated all these difficulties and cut down the expense of drilling wells three-quarters of what it is today. Knowing that the one string of casing and the tamping method for shutting off all water has proven so successful the operators as a war measure for the saving of casing, should be allowed to return to this procedure. The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing of the Standard Oil Company's Kraemer well and the Union Oil Company's Chapman lease well. At 2,570 feet the Standard's Kraemer is drilling in a shale that is carrying quite a bit of oil which gives the well a very promising outlook. The Union's well on the Chapman property is drilling in a nice grade of shale at a depth of 2,600 feet. It is understood that this well has shown oil in some very substantial quantities and that the project will be an oil well is past the speculation stage. Both the Union and Standard are entitled to wells in this part of the Brea field as it is practically wild cat territory and up to within a few months ago the properties were not considered very valuable from the The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in getting the cement to set. The method heretofore used by the Olinda company obviated all these difficulties and cut down the expense of drilling wells three-quarters of what it is today. Knowing that the one string of casing and the tamping method for shutting off all water has proven so successful the operators as a war measure for the saving of casing, should be allowed to return to this procedure. The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing of the Standard Oil Company's Kraemer well and the Union Oil Company's Chapman lease well. At 2,570 feet the Standard's Kraemer is drilling in a shale that is carrying quite a bit of oil which gives the well a very promising outlook. The Union's well on the Chapman property is drilling in a nice grade of shale at a depth of 2,600 feet. It is understood that this well has shown oil in some very substantial quantities and that the project will be an oil well is past the speculation stage. Both the Union and Standard are entitled to wells in this part of the Brea field as it is practically wild cat territory and up to within a few months ago the properties were not considered very valuable from the The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in getting the cement to set. The method heretofore used by the Olinda company obviated all these difficulties and cut down the expense of drilling wells three-quarters of what it is today. Knowing that the one string of casing and the tamping method for shutting off all water has proven so successful the operators as a war measure for the saving of casing, should be allowed to return to this procedure. The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing of the Standard Oil Company's Kraemer well and the Union Oil Company's Chapman lease well. At 2,570 feet the Standard's Kraemer is drilling in a shale that is carrying quite a bit of oil which gives the well a very promising outlook. The Union's well on the Chapman property is drilling in a nice grade of shale at a depth of 2,600 feet. It is understood that this well has shown oil in some very substantial quantities and that the project will be an oil well is past the speculation stage. Both the Union and Standard are entitled to wells in this part of the Brea field as it is practically wild cat territory and up to within a few months ago the properties were not considered very valuable from the The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in getting the cement to set. The method heretofore used by the Olinda company obviated all these difficulties and cut down the expense of drilling wells three-quarters of what it is today. Knowing that the one string of casing and the tamping method for shutting off all water has proven so successful the operators as a war measure for the saving of casing, should be allowed to return to this procedure. The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing of the Standard Oil Company's Kraemer well and the Union Oil Company's Chapman lease well. At 2,570 feet the Standard's Kraemer is drilling in a shale that is carrying quite a bit of oil which gives the well a very promising outlook. The Union's well on the Chapman property is drilling in a nice grade of shale at a depth of 2,600 feet. It is understood that this well has shown oil in some very substantial quantities and that the project will be an oil well is past the speculation stage. Both the Union and Standard are entitled to wells in this part of the Brea field as it is practically wild cat territory and up to within a few months ago the properties were not considered very valuable from the The tamping system closes the hole all the way up, shutting all water off direct at source, and not allowing to run down to lower levels and press against the cement bridge, eventually cutting in around it and letting water into the well. Many formations to not take the cement well, and in many cases operators have difficulty in gettingthe cement to set. The method heretofore used bythe Olinda company obviated all these difficulties and cut downthe expenseof drillingwellsthree-quartersofwhatitisnow.Knowingthattheonestringofcasingsandthetampingmethodforshuttingoffallwaterhasprovensosuccessfultheoperatorsasawarmeasureforthesavingofcasingsshouldbeallowedtoreturntothisprocedure. The Brea field is due for a period of great development activity. The prediction is based on the excellent showing oftheStandardOilCompany'sKraemerwellandtheUnionOilCompany'sChapmanleasewell.At2,570feettheStandard'SKraemerisdrillinginashalethatcarryingquitebitofoilwhichgivesthewellaverypromisingoutlook. The Union's well ontheChapmanpropertyisdrillinginannicegradeofshaleatadepthof2,600feet.Itsunderstoodthatthiswellhasshownolifinsomeverysubstantialquantitiesandthattheprojectwillbeanoilwellispastthespeculationstage. BoththeUnionandStandardareentitledtowellsinthispartoftheBreafieldasitispracticallywildcatterritoryanduptotwithinafewmonthsago,thepropertieswerenotconsideredveryvaluablefromthe ESSFULLY THE COUNTY'S OIL INDUSTRY standpoint of oil lands. However, leasing is now very active and it is impossible to get any property anywhere near these two wells. The Standard Oil Company led the way by starting on the Kraemer tract, and if a big well is brought in we will be compelled to say that it is possible for the Standard Oil Company to see under the ground and make successful locations for oil wells. The West Coast Oil Company has three wells drilling in the old Olinda field and is making a good showing on all the wells. At No. 62 drilling is going nicely in the blue shale. No. 69 is side-tracking some pipe and drilling at 1,247. No. 79, a new well, is being equipped with the rotary and drilling will start in a few days. It is the practice of the West Coast to drill the first thousand feet with the rotary and completing the wells with the cable tools. The first thousand feet in the Olinda field is comparatively easy drilling and the rotary enables fast drilling. However after the 1,000 foot mark is left the formation changes and becomes so hard that the rotary is not practical on account of so much danger of twist-offs and fishing delays. The Union Oil Company's deep Bastanchury well is held up with a fishing job. Two strings of tools lost at 4,738 feet 4s causing a little anxiety. The management were hurrying to get this well completed on account of its spectacular showing made a couple of weeks ago, and the fishing job comes pump test making some 300 barrels at a depth of 3,101 feet. This well will probably be drilled deeper. Progress on No. 45 is being delayed on account of having to side-track some drill pipe. No. 46 is drilling and putting 8¼ inch casing at 3,213 feet. No. 47 is making hole at 3,205. No. 48 is standing cemented at 3,222. No. 49 is drilling in the brown shale at 3,132. No. 50 is making hole a little slow in hard gray sand at 2,920. No. 51 is rigging up. No. 52 is rotating at 1,200 feet, having made 700 feet during the past week. No. 53 is building rig, and a grade is being made for No. 54. From well No. 1 to well No. 25 is the record of the Standard Oil Company operating in the Baldwin Hills in less than two years' time. Eighteen months ago this property was not producing a barrel of oil, today the output is better than 15,000 dally. Most of the oil produced is comparatively light, oil remarkably free from sand and water. During the past week two wells have been completed and put on the beam. Baldwin No. 10 completed at 3,001 feet, is now making 500 barrels production. No. 14 completed at 2,732 feet, is pumping 400 barrels a day. While these wells are not big gushers they are making a steady production of good gravity oil and will be long-lived wells. No. 7 is drilling at 3,051 feet. No. 9 is making hole at 2,155. No. 12 is drilling in the sand at 2,300 feet. No. 15 has been drilled to 3,025 feet. It is now being perforated and will be on the production in a few days. The well gives promise of being a good onee. No. 16 is making hole at 2,779 feet. No. 18 is making hole in the shale at 3,200 feet. No. 19 is drilling at 2,798 and is showing gas and oil in very encouraging quantities. At No. 21 over 800 feet was made with the rotary during the past week. No. 22 is rigging up,24 is building rig and 25 is setting boilers. At No. 23 the water string has been cemented at 1,893. On the Temple property the Stah- CHEAP FOOD THING OF PAST—GONE FOR GOOD! The era of cheap food is over, declares Clarence Poe in the Review of Reviews. High prices, due to the prevalent trends, has increased than other economic indicators. 1. Food coats A recent reauction shows off towns of census majorities England gation in the runners. 2. The West Coast half its image is nearly 300 piles nearly farmersly to the England has been elemental past. 3. Another low price for forested land no longer exists labor he and she pressed as early as 1890 in the $13.94 a year North; changing of laborods amends. 4. The makes him to cover have to pay. 5. An increase to 1910. ANAHEIM GAZETTE drilling. However after the 1,000 foot mark is left the formation changes and becomes so hard that the rotary is not practical on account of so much danger of twist-offs and fishing delays. The Union Oil Company's deep Basstanchury well is held up with a fishing job. Two strings of tools lost at 4,738 feet 45 causing a little anxiety. The management were hurrying to get this well completed on account of its spectacular showing made a couple of weeks ago, and the fishing job comes as somewhat of a disappointment. However this company has had good luck fishing and the tools should not stay in the hole very long. No. 6 is drilling in the blue shale at 4,475 feet, and as yet is showing very little sign of oil. On the Graham-Loftus lease in the Brea field the Union Oil Company has three wells drilling, and is getting some good results. No. 49, drilling at 3,100 feet is in blue shale and the drilling is advancing rapidly. No. 51 has come into a stratum of hard shale at 1,970 feet, causing the rotary to slow its progress somewhat. No. 52 is making hole in the blue shale at 1,400 feet and some very good time is being made. The Union has made a change in the management of its La Merced property in the Montebello field. James Kammerdiner who headed the Amalgamated Oil Company's development work for six years in the Brea field and for the past year superintendent of the hole lease property, has been made field superintendent of the Union's Montebello holdings. Kammerdiner is regarded as one of the most successful operators in the state and under his management the Union Oil Company should bring in some great producers in its new field. Joe Rupp, formerly superintendent of the Union's La Merced property, is to be transferred to Ventura county where he will look after the drilling of some wells for his company in the Simi Valley. Rupp is a pioneer man and has made good. He developed the Hole lease in he Brea field, before taking up the work at Montebello. His work at Montebello has been characterized with great success in the bringing in of a large number of big producing wells for the Union Oil Company. At a depth of 1,940 feet the Liberty Petroleum Oil Company has struck an oil sand that shows enough oil to make the well commercially profitable. As the oil is a little heavy and might have to be steamed to facilitate pumping on the production in a few days. The well gives promise of being a good onee. No. 16 is making hole at 2,779 feet. No. 18 is making hole in the shale at 3,200 feet. No. 19 is drilling at 2,798 and is showing gas and oil in very encouraging quantities. At No. 21 over 800 feet was made with the rotary during the past week. No. 22 is rigging up,24 is building rig and 25 is setting boilers. At No. 23 the water string has been cemented at 1,893. On the Temple property the Stanhard has three wells drilling. No. 6 is making hole in gray shale at 2,945 feet and is beginning to look good. At No. 7 a depth of 2,300 has been made, the formation showing gray sand. No. 8 is making a water test at 1,900 feet. "INTERDEPENDENCE DAY." "Don't Tread on Us," the First Motto of an American War Flag Revived by British at Fourth of July Commenting on the joint celebration of the Fourth of July in London by English and Americans alike, the London Times of July 5 said: "It is recorded that the first flag ever hoisted on an American man-of-war bore the motto: 'Don't tread on me.'" The warning was addressed to the blunderers in England, who tried to break the spirit of liberty in the American colonies nearly a century and a half ago. On July 4, 1776, five months after Capt. Hopkins raised that flag in the Alfred, the continental congress formally declared the United States independent of Great Britain, and from that time to this the Fourth of July has been celebrated in America and by Americans everywhere as the most sacred day in their calendar. "Yesterday all London flew flags, and their message, addressed to a different enemy of liberty, was 'Don't tread on us.'" In the fight against the destroyers of the principles and ideals which today are cherished alike by the new world and by all but a part of the old, Anglo-American peoples have found a new and lasting unity; and because the American national festival is the expression of continued loyalty to those principles and ideals as well as because it is the birthday of a kindred nation, the whole of the English-speaking race joined with zest and earnestness in yesterday's celebration. "Wherever one turned in the heart of London the American flag met the sight. Often it streamed out on the breeze side by side with the Union..." CHEAP FOOD THING OF PAST—GONE FOR GOOD! The era of cheap food is over, declares Clarence Poe in the Review of Reviews. High prices, due to the removal of several influences which have heretofore kept prices of farm labor at an unreasonably low level, have permanently set in and our problem in the future will be not to get cheaper food, but enough food. Mr. Poe repudiates the idea that high prices mean that the farmers are profiteering. On the contrary, he says, "the prices of farm products must stay high as compared with former prices for these products, simply because the consumer has heretofore paid the farmer less than a living wage." It is impossible to grow enough food any longer under conditions such as... Hole lease in he Brea field, before taking up the work at Montebello. His work at Montebello has been characterized with great success in the bringing in of a large number of big producing wells for the Union Oil Company. At a depth of 1,940 feet the Liberty Petroleum Oil Company has struck an oil sand that shows enough oil to make the well commercially profitable. As the oil is a little heavy and might have to be steamed to facilitate pumping, the drilling will continue to the deeper sand. At a depth of 2,600 feet a well is expected that will produce light oil in quantity. The cementing of the well at 1,870 proved very successful. Before drilling was resumed the well was balled down, tested out, and found to be bone dry. The state o. k was secured and the management are now on their way to fortune. Billy Wigle is field manager for the Petroleum Company and is one of the best informed oil operators in the state today, and under his management and direction the Liberty Company should make some great drilling records and bring in some big wells. On the Murphy lease the cream of the oil property of the southern field, the Standard Oil Company is rushing development work as fast as possible. Thirteen wells are in the process of drilling. A grade is being made for the 54th well on this famous property. The production is now approximately 30,000 barrels a day, almost half of the entire production of the Southern California field. Drilling operations today includes No. 31, standing cemented at 4,007. No. 35 is water testing at 3,408 feet, also No. 40, and No. 43, at 3,643 and 3,555 respectively. No. 44 is on a world and by all but a part of the city the Anglo-American peoples have found a new and lasting unity; and because the American national festival is the expression of continued loyalty to those principles and ideals as well as because it is the birthday of a kindred nation, the whole of the English-speaking race joined with zest and earnestness in yesterday's celebration. "Wherever one turned in the heart of London the American flag met the sight. Often it streamed out on the breeze side by side with the Union Jack; sometimes flying from a single flagstaff, the symbol of a great concord. "Over the mansion house, above the Guildhall, on the Royal Exchange and from scores of offices and warehouses in the city, the two flags waved, giving to the city that touch of gayety which has been, perhaps, too seldom seen since the war began! From the western entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral they signalled their message. Fleet street and the Strand were bright with their color. They floated together over the law courts, the national gallery, the war office, and the rest of the government buildings in Whitehall. On the admiralty "Old Glory" had for partner the white ensign. From the flagstaff on the Victoria tower of the palace of Westminster the American and British flags blended their colors. They flew together above Buckingham palace, they flew together, also, from many a window in the humbler homes of London. Here and there the flags of other allies mingled with the twin emblems of the two Anglo-Saxon peoples, emphasizing the wide international aspect of the celebration. "In the streets scores of vendors of PREVAILLED IN THE PAST, MR. POE CONTENDS. The cost of making farm crops has increased in larger proportion than other costs, as a result of social and economic changes. These changes, according to Mr. Poe, are: 1. The ratio of food producers to food consumers decreases each year. A recent bulletin of the Census Bureau shows that in 1917 only 51 percent of our population were living in towns of 2,500 or less, and the next census will probably find us with the majority of our population urban. In England and Wales, a recent investigation showed an actual decrease in the rural population from 8,300,000 to 7,900,000. 2. Free, or virtually free, land in the West has passed forever. In the half century from 1850 to 1900 America's improved acreage increased nearly 300 per cent and the total acreage nearly 200 per cent. The western farmers sold at prices, ruinous not only to their own interests, but to New England and the South as well. This has been, perhaps, the largest single element in forcing down prices in the past. 3. Abnormally cheap negro labor, another great factor in the disastrously low price level, has also disappeared forever. After Appomattox 4,000,000 negro slaves were set free. Their labor had no standard normal value and their low standard of living depressed southern crop values. As late as 1890 the average wage of male labor in the South Atlantic states was only $13.94 a month against $24.72 in the North. These conditions are rapidly changing, due to better distribution of labor and better educational methods among the negroes. 4. The increased mobility of labor makes imperative prices high enough to cover the higher wages that will have to be paid. 5. Another important change is the increase in tenant farmers. From 1880 to 1910 they increased from 25 to 37 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank Shanley, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Guaranty Trust & Savings Bank, a corporation, the Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Frank Shanley, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against said deceased, to file their claims, with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange, or to exhibit the same, with the necessary vouchers, to the said Executor at its place of business for such purpose in the said County of Orange, to wit: No. 311 First National Bank Building, in the City of Anaheim, in said county of Orange, State of California, within ten months after the first publication of this notice. Dated this 23rd day of August, 1918. GUARANTY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, A Corporation, of Los Angeles, California, The Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Frank Shanley, Deceased. Date of first publication, August 29th, 1918. LEONARD EVANS, Attorney for said Executor. No. 311 First National Bank Building, Anaheim, California. SALE OF STREET SWEEPINGS Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned Clerk of the City of Anaheim, at his office at the City Hall, East Center Street, Anaheim, up to Thursday, September 12, 1918, at 8 o'clock P.M., for the street sweepings to be hauled away within every two days after the sweeper has gathered it together in several locations, and the manure at the city barn. The successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract or agreement to faithfully remove the sweepings within the time specified. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, EDWARD R. MERRITT, 8-29-2 City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. SANTA FE TIME TABLE (Corrected to Date) NORTHBOUND Lv. Anahelm Ar. Los Angeles 6:19 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 10:10 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 11:58 A.M. 12:50 P.M. 4:00 P.M. 4:50 P.M. 5:43 P.M. 6:30 P.M. SOUTHBOUND Lv. Los Angeles Ar. Anahelm 8:00 A.M. 8:52 A.M. 9:00 A.M. 9:50 A.M. 2:05 P.M. 2:52 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 6:42 P.M. 11:59 P.M. 1:03 A.M. in the South Atlantic states was only $13.94 a month against $24.72 in the North. These conditions are rapidly changing, due to better distribution of labor and better educational methods among the negroes. 4. The increased mobility of labor makes imperative prices high enough to cover the higher wages that will have to be paid. 5. Another important change is the increase in tenant farmers. From 1880 to 1910 they increased from 25 to 37 per cent. The tenant farmer has no inducement to stay on the soil if he is not getting a profit out of his labor. 6. We are beginning to realize that, although cheap food may be necessary to maintain the standard of living among organized urban labor, it must not be so cheap as to interfere with the standard of living of the rural laborer. With increased crop prices, Mr. Poe urges the necessity of a sane program of rural development, including better education, better marketing facilities, provisions for longer leases for tenants and easier credit for prospective purchasers. If farming is not made sufficiently profitable to hold labor from the high wages offered by city and factory, he says, then labor will desert the farms, reducing the ranks of food producers and the quantity of production, until the pendulum finally swings back to the point where prices will be forced to pay rural labor as well as urban labor. Miss Martha Walther, of Orange, who has been spending the past few months in this city, is now making her home with her brother, Herman Walther, of the former city. Dental Trust Must Go Amendment to Dental Law Breaks Power of Combine and Safeguards Interests of All More than 125,000 Californians have asked to have the Dental Law amended. If you knew how the present Dental Law operates you would realize that never has there been greater reason for change in a law. Dental laws are made at the command of a combine of political dentists for their own profit, under the excuse, "protection for the people." This permits them to fix high prices, and hold them high, by regulating competition. High prices make a luxury of dentistry and put it out of reach of eighty per cent of the people. This amendment brings dentistry within reach of all the people. It secures the services of highly skilled dentists, under the excuse, "protection for the people." This permits them to fix high prices, and hold them high, by regulating competition. High prices make a luxury of dentistry and put it out of reach of eighty per cent of the people. This amendment brings dentistry within reach of all the people. It secures the services of highly skilled dentists, permitted to charge reasonable fees. It permits dentists to give openly to the public information the people should have about the care of their teeth. Yes! I have personal interest in this measure. The Dental Trust seeks to ruin those it cannot control, depriving the people of fair prices which come only through competition. Huge sums of money are being used to cloud the issue, so that the interests of the people may be made secondary to the profits of the dentists: This is your fight to make it possible for people of moderate means to save their teeth. End this autocracy. The Dental Amendment will be No. 21 on the ballot. VOTE YES