anaheim-gazette 1919-01-09

Oil Field Notes By ELLWOOD J. MUNGER The new year opens with development work active in every district of the Southern California oil fields. Some forty oil companies are starting the new year with big plans for making the coming year the biggest yet in the development history of the Southern field. Operators are getting what they consider a good fair price for their oil production and consumption are pretty well balanced, and the outlook for getting the necessary supplies and equipment for heavy development work looks goods. The operators are looking forward to the outcome hearing now on before the Federal Oil Inspection Board, and the consensus of opinion is that labor and the operators will get along peaceably during the coming year and that the co-operation of these two elements will be the great factor to the coming year's big development plans. A meeting of the officials and stockholders of the Liberty Petroleum Co. was called for January 2 at Anaheim. At this meeting the future of the Liberty Petroleum Co. was the main issue. The Liberty drilled a well at Newport and put it on the beam two months ago. The well is making some oil and considerable water. The matter of redrilling and deepening this well will be decided on; also that matter of drilling another well in search of a deeper sand will be given attention. The Standard Oil Company has just acquired its wild cast well on the Iryx aid could be dispatched a derrick, drilling tools and equipment to the value of $4500 had gone up in somke. The rig will be rebuilt at once and the drilling of the well continued to completion. This is the second fire the Union Oil Company has had in the past two months. The Olinda Land Company's No. 21, a wild-cat well drilling in the extreme eastern end of the Brea field, is beginning to take on an interesting condition and is attracting a lot of attention. At a depth of 2470 feet the shale formation is showing quite a lot of gas. This well was located by Dr. Stark, now one of the foremost geologists of the state, and it begins to look as though his judgment is going to be good. Success here means the extension of the Brea field south and east of Olinda and will open up at least a 1000 acres of new territory for the Olinda Land Company. The Olinda Land Co. has No. 19 drilling in the proven district, the well now showing 2920 feet of hole. At 2900 an appreciable showing of oil was noted and the well continues to look very good. One of the oldest and one of the deepest producing wells in the Olinda field is No. 29 of the Petroleum Development Company (Santa Fe.) This well drilled to 4300 feet 15 years ago, has been going rapidly to water of late, and an attempt will be made to locate its entrance and make a shut off. No. 3, also an old producer, is being redrilled and at 1100 feet is showing enough oil and gas to be a good well. For the present the Petroleum Development Company has discontinued its new work in order to build up the production and get all water wells under control and made to produce oil. The Petroleum Company has met with some very excellent results in the redrilling of old wells, and doubtless this everything going wells are drilling from 2100 to 3400, a new well, rigging-up stage, new locations on started soon after year. After getting an ing job at 4360 feet company Meyer No. 3 and is now down mation here show yet, however, no evident. The well a little dubious, are not very e Seven years ago were drilled on wells were shall inability to comp the great gas pockets contain high pressure to caused abandonment at the time. The well No. 3 failed gas pockets, and ed without any e Oil operators have watched an opment work days are goingfect that the bo nonenal Monteb marked with an theory held by th field is a domes of the production Hills has been satisfaction of anything about the present time a production, and 15 more of eye getting slimmer a dozen or more productive area 3800 feet deep a At this meeting the future of the Liberty Petroleum Co. was the main issue. The Liberty drilled a well at Newport and put it on the beam two months ago. The well is making some oil and considerable water. The master of redrilling and deepening this well will be decided on; also that matter of drilling another well in search of a deeper sand will be given attention. The Standard Oil Company has just cemented its wild-cat well on the Irvine ranch for the second time. Twenty tons of cement were mixed and pumped into the well in the remarkable short time of an hour and twenty minutes. Ten men did the work. The cementing depth is 3400 feet. As to the success of the job the management are feeling a little doubtful, as it seems that almost all of this great volume of cement disappeared into the formation. The well was showing some pretty good looking sand and it is believed that if the water can be shut off a well producing light oil will be brought in. Ot a depth of 3580 feet the Amalgamated Oil Company's Anaheim Union lease well is drilling in sandy brown shale and showing enough gas to give promise of an oil well. The well has been looking particularly encouraging since the 3500 mark and it is thought that a couple hundred feet more will open up a big well. No. 8, the latest addition to the Columbia Oil Producing Company's production in the Brea field, has started flowing by heads and is not making its usual 300 barrels a day. For a couple of months this well has been flowing through the 6½ inch pipe. It was the original intention of the company to tube this well, but was delayed on account of not being able to get the tubing from the east. In the meantime the well came in on its own accord, and up to a few days ago was flowing quietly and consistently 300 barrels a day. The well will now be tubed and pumped. Repeated attempts to shut off bottom water on the Union Oil Company's 4700 foot Bastanchury well has met with failure. The well at one time flowed at the rate of 400 barrels, but the flow was quickly cut off by an intrush of water. The well has been cemented three times, and it seems that the gas works on the cement and prevents it from setting at the point desired. The well is now standing cemented again, with cement placed in metal tubes and lowered through the water and gas area to the bottom. The West Coast Oil Company is drilling three wells and is making some very fast progress on all the wells. No. 62 is drilling in the hard sandy shale at 2380. No. 69 is making hole in blue shale at 2300, and No. 79 is drilling in the same formation at 2023. The West Coast's program for the coming year calls for three strings of tools, and new work will be commenced as rapidly as the wells now drilling are completed. The Kraemer field is now one of the most active of any of the Southern California fields. Five companies now hold property, and it is understood that a number of other companies have holdings as well as a number of private individuals, and are eagerly watching the results from day to day. The Amalgamated Oil Company has a rig almost completed on its 300 acre Ibitson tract and will be ready to commence drilling soon after the new year. The Fullerton Oil Company has a completed rig up and is putting the finishing touches on a modern and up-to-date camp for the employees. The General Petroleum has extensive holdings, and seems to be playing the waiting game, and watching the development results of its neighbors. The Potter Oil Company is holding 50 acres and will probably commence drilling as soon as something adjoining its property shows up good. The Standard Oil Company's Kraemer No.1 is now a good well. Water broke in on the well a month ago and put it out of commission as a producer. The water has been shut off and now the well is better than before. The production is good for 100 barrels a day and is cutting less than 1 per cent. Lock No.1 is standing cemented at 2580 feet, and is said to have looked rather good before being cemented. Anaheim Union No.1 is now the deep well of the Kraemer field. The Stanmarked with an attempt will be made to locate its entrance and make a shut off. No. 3, also an old producer, is being redrilled and at 1100 feet is showing enough oil and gas to be a good well. For the present the Petroleum Development Company has discontinued its new work in order to build up the production and get all water wells under control and made to produce oil. The Petroleum Company has met with some very excellent results in the redrilling of old wells, and doubtless this work will be continued until all the old strippers are remodeled into good producers. The West Coast Oil Company is drilling three wells and is making some very fast progress on all the wells. No. 62 is drilling in the hard sandy shale at 2380. No. 69 is making hole in blue shale at 2300, and No. 79 is drilling in the same formation at 2023. The West Coast's program for the coming year calls for three strings of tools, and new work will be commenced as rapidly as the wells now drilling are completed. The Kraemer field is now one of the most active of any of the Southern California fields. Five companies now hold property, and it is understood that a number of other companies have holdings as well as a number of private individuals, and are eagerly watching the results from day to day. The Amalgamated Oil Company has a rig almost completed on its 300 acre Ibitson tract and will be ready to commence drilling soon after the new year. The Fullerton Oil Company has a completed rig up and is putting the finishing touches on a modern and up-to-date camp for the employees. The General Petroleum has extensive holdings, and seems to be playing the waiting game, and watching the development results of its neighbors. The Potter Oil Company is holding 50 acres and will probably commence drilling as soon as something adjoining its property shows up good. The Standard Oil Company's Kraemer No.1 is now a good well. Water broke in on the well a month ago and put it out of commission as a producer. The water has been shut off and now the well is better than before. The production is good for 100 barrels a day and is cutting less than 1 per cent. Lock No.1 is standing cemented at 2580 feet, and is said to have looked rather good before being cemented. Anaheim Union No.1 is now the deep well of the Kraemer field. The Stanmarked with an attempt will be made to locate its entrance and make a shut off. No. 3, also an old producer, is being redrilled and at 1100 feet is showing enough oil and gas to be a good well. For the present the Petroleum Development Company has discontinued its new work in order to build up the production and get all water wells under control and made to produce oil. The Petroleum Company has met with some very excellent results in the redrilling of old wells, and doubtless this work will be continued until all the old strippers are remodeled into good producers. The West Coast Oil Company is drilling three wells and is making some very fast progress on all the wells. No. 62 is drilling in the hard sandy shale at 2380. No. 69 is making hole in blue shale at 2300, and No. 79 is drilling in the same formation at 2023. The West Coast's program for the coming year calls for three strings of tools, and new work will be commenced as rapidly as the wells now drilling are completed. The Kraemer field is now one of the most active of any of the Southern California fields. Five companies now hold property, and it is understood that a number of other companies have holdings as well as a number of private individuals, and are eagerly watching the results from day to day. The Amalgamated Oil Company has a rig almost completed on its 300 acre Ibitson tract and will be ready to commence drilling soon after the new year. The Fullerton Oil Company has a completed rig up and is putting the finishing touches on a modern and up-to-date camp for the employees. The General Petroleum has extensive holdings, and seems to be playing the waiting game, and watching the development results of its neighbors. The Potter Oil Company is holding 50 acres and will probably commence drilling as soon as something adjoining its property shows up good. The Standard Oil Company's Kraemer No.1 is now a good well. Water broke in on the well a month ago and put it out of commission as a producer. The water has been shut off and now the well is better than before. The production is good for 100 barrels a day and is cutting less than 1 per cent. Lock No.1 is standing cemented at 2580 feet, and is said to have looked rather good before being cemented. Anaheim Union No.1 is now the deep well of the Kraemer field. The Stanmarked with an attempt will be made to locate its entrance and make a shut off. No. 3, also an old producer, is being redrilled and at 1100 feet is showing enough oil and gas to be a good well. For the present the Petroleum Development Company has discontinued its new work in order to build up the production and get all water wells under control and made to produce oil. The Petroleum Company has met with some very excellent results in the redrilling of old wells, and doubtless this work will be continued until all the old strippers are remodeled into good producers. The West Coast Oil Company is drilling three wells and is making some very fast progress on all the wells. No. 62 is drilling in the hard sandy shale at 2380. No. 69 is making hole in blue shale at 2300, and No. 79 is drilling in the same formation at 2023. The West Coast's program for the coming year calls for three strings of tools, and new work will be commenced as rapidly as the wells now drilling are completed. The Kraemer field is now one of the most active of any of the Southern California fields. Five companies now hold property, and it is understood that a number of other companies have holdings as well as a number of private individuals, and are eagerly watching the results from day to day. The Amalgamated Oil Company has a rig almost completed on its 300 acre Ibitson tract and will be ready to commence drilling soon after the new year. The Fullerton Oil Company has a completed rig up and is putting the finishing touches on a modern and up-to-date camp for the employees. The General Petroleum has extensive holdings, and seems to be playing the waiting game, and watching the development results of its neighbors. The Potter Oil Company is holding 50 acres and will probably commence drilling as soon as something adjoining its property shows up good. The Standard Oil Company's Kraemer No.1 is now a good well. Water broke in on the well a month ago和put it out of commission as a producer.The water has been shut off和nowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwell.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthagoandputitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsadayandiscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.ThePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.thePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthewellamonthago和putitoutofcommissionasacproducer.Thewaterhasbeenshutoffandnowthewellisbetterthanbefore.Theproductionisgoodfor100barrelsaday和iscuttinglessthan1percent.No.thePetroleumBarryNo.Iisnowagoodwill.Waterbrokeinonthe Wells.Amalgamated Oil Company has a rig almost completed on its 300 acre Ibitson tract and will be ready to commence drilling soon after the new year. A fullerton Oil Company has a completed rig up and is putting the finishing touches on a modern and up-to-date camp for the employees. A general Petroleum company has an efficient end of its sand formation apparent showing. A two-cylinder rotary on making some fairly hard digging after now close to two still stands ceased still stands ceased previous to this was in sandy shale to look good. On alvlvt General Petroleum oil sand and liseFor past o have been very only o coupled of the Petroleum No.4, an 180o At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding500 barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding55o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding57o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding6o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding7o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding8o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." At Alvitre No.was made at al resume drilling. The McGinnle just completed 2868.The wellding9o barrelsevent.Chevy production of t9lohen lease wishing job at t3hole gave re "bad one." tom water on the Union Oil Company's 4700 foot Bastanchury well has met with failure. The well at one time flowed at the rate of 400 barrels, but the flow was quickly cut off by an intrush of water. The well has been cemented three times, and it seems that the gas works on the cement and prevents it from setting at the point desired. The well is now standing cemented again, with cement placed in metal tubes and lowered through the water and gas area to the bottom. The tools were then run in the hole and the cement tubes broken up. It is expected that the cement placed in the well in this manner will set and shut off the water that for a number of months has spoiled a good well. The results of this different method of cementing a deep well will be known in a few days. Bastanchury No. 6 is drilling in no more encouraging a formation than blue shale at the great depth of 4568 feet and bids to becoming one of the very deep wells in the Brea field. After getting a successful water shut off at 2900 feet the Union Oil Company's wild-cat well on the Chapman ranch at Placentia, will be continued with the rotary. The well looks encouraging. Fire Christmas Eve completely destroyed the Union Oil Company's drilling well at Naranjal No. 9. The well had been standing cemented and was about to resume drilling when the fire changed the program. The driller in charge stated that the electric lights went out and the time the belt driving the band wheel came off leaving him helpless with the tools in the hole. An improvised torch was made and carried into the belt house. The torch ignited the lint and cuttings from the belt, which is known as highly inflammable substance. In an instant the whole rig was afire and before any The Standard No. 1 is now a good well. Water broke in on the well a month ago and put it out of commission as a producer. The water has been shut off and now the well is better than before. The production is good for 100 barrels a day and is cutting less than 1 per cent. Lock No. 1 is standing cemented at 2580 feet, and is said to have looked rather good before being cemented. Anaheim Union No. 1 is now the deep well of the Kraemer field. The Standard has this well drilling now at 2889 feet. Some good indications have been noted. These wells will test out the new Kraemer field on the western front. On the famous Murphy lease now producing close to 30,000 barrels of oil a day, well No. 60 has been located. Eleven wells are in the course of drilling. Three wells are nearing completion and some more big gushers will be announced early in the new year. No. 35 is undergoing a pumping test. No. 43 is 3595 feet deep and is testing out the water conditions. No. 47 is drilling at 3690, and No. 48 at 3931. No. 49 is testing out forwater at 4116. Drilling on No. 51 is at 3440, and No. 52 at 2923. No. 54 stands cemented at 3465. No. 55 is drilling and has 3465 feet of hole. No. 55, a new well, is rigging up for drilling. No. 56 started a couple of weeks ago has 2500 feet of hole a very good record for the time drilling. No. 57 is drilling at 2800 feet. No. 58 is a new location and is being graded, as is also No. 59. At Whittier the Standard has eight wells drilling and is making some very fast drilling time on all the wells. No. 56 is now the deep well of the old Whittier field and is attracting a great deal of attention. The well will test out the possibilities of any deep sands. This well is now drilling at 4285 feet with the condition of the hole good and ANAHEIM GAZETTE everything going nicely.. Seven other wells are drilling and range in depth from 2100 to 3400 feet. Work on No. 60, a new well, has advance to the rigging-up stage. Nos. 61 and 62 are new locations on which work will be started soon after the beginning of the year. After getting away from a bad fishing job at 4360 feet, the Union Oil Company Meyer No. 3 has resumed drilling and is now down 4380 feet. The formation here shows brown shale. As yet, however, no signs of oil have been evident. The well is beginning to look a little dubious, and the management are not very enthusiastic about it. Seven years ago two shallow wells were drilled on this property. The wells were shallow on account of the inability to complete them because of the great gas pockets struck. These pockets contained gas enough under high pressure to wreck the rigs and caused abandonment of the property at the time. The drilling of the new well No. 3 failed to strike any of these gas pockets, and the well has proceeded without any excitement whatever. Oil operators and geologists who have watched and followed the development work during the past few months are going on record to the effect that the boundaries of the phenomenal Montebello field can now be marked with an almost certainty. The theory held by the Standard that this field is a dome, and that the cream of the production is one the Baldwin Hills has been substantiated to the satisfaction of every one who knows anything about the oil business. At the present time five companies have a production, and the chances for some 15 more of ever getting any oil are getting slimmer every day. There are a dozen or more wells outside of the productive area that are from 3000 to 3900 feet deep and none have as much attention on account of its variable production. On its La Merced property the Union Oil Company has three new wells under way. Nos. 12 and 13 are building rig, and No. 14 is drilling at 1300. No. 7 is drilling in the shale at 2500, No. 8 is 2150 feet deep, and No. 9 is standing cemented at 2600 feet, 8¼ inch pipe. No. 11 shows 200 feet of hole. CALIFORNIA APPLES Possibly few Californians recognize the fact that this state is fast assuming a leading place among the states of the Union as far as the apple industry is concerned. The present total acreage of both bearing and non-bearing trees is 77,702; 41,684 acres are in bearing and 36,118 are just config into bearing. From these figures it will be seen that the production of this fruit will be tremendously increased in another two or three years. There are only three other fruits grown in the state which exceed apples in acreage. They are oranges, with an acreage of 161,579; peaches, with an acreage of 123,689; and prunes, with an acreage of 123,588. According to statistics of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, the production of apples in this state in 1917 was 5,592,000 boxes. This production during the same season was exceeded by only the following states of the Union: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, North Calorina, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Washington and Iowa. When the present non-bearing acreage comes into full bearing many of the states in this list will be below California in production. When we consider the fact that practically every state produces more or less apples and that they did it, are still interesting to home folks. This account of one of the little battles won by the Amrelican troops on the Meuse-Argonne front, was written by a British correspondent of the London Times, under date of October 19: "How the Americans took any of the wooded heights is a puzzle, but the story of the seizure of the Cote de-Chatillon, one of the finest operations the American forces have accomplished, is illustrative not only of their deathless valour, but also of the grim tenacity with which the Germans are holding on. This hill is 800 feet high. Thickly clustered with trees and rising steeply it was an ideal position for defense. The Americans on Wednesday attempted its capture. Traversing its slopes yard by yard, they found that the Germans had constructed a machine-gun fortress on the height, and every minute of the 40 hours they spent there a merciless rain of lead poured into them from all sides. A 77 gun was ensconced on the summit of the height and fired steadily on the ascending Americans. "Slowly the Americans, crawling on their stomachs, faced that massed fire of machine-guns and rifles, accompanied by the ceaseless crack of bursting shrapnel and the road of hand grenades. It was deadly work. The trees were all wired together, making an almost impossible barrier. Volunteers faced the fire to cut lines through this belt of wire. But it was decided instead to bring up Stokes mortars. Through dreary mud and depressing rain the Americans dragged these up to their positions and turned them on the Germans." "Soon there was consternation among the enemy. The fire of the mortars, converting the whole side into a mass of shambled earth and men, brought out several prisoners, who..." The Amalgamated Oil Company's Durfee well, a wild-cat in the northeastern end of the field, is in a gray sand formation at 3437 feet, with no apparent showing of oil as yet. A two-cylinder steam engine driving the rotary on the Scott property is making some fast time in spite of the hard digging at No. 2. This well is now close to 2000 feet deep. No. 1 still stands cemented at 2500 feet. Previous to the cementing this well was in sandy shale and was beginning to look good. No. 3 is building rig and will start drilling with the new year. The Doheney-Pacific Company's Pasadena lease well No. 1 is tied with a fishing job at 3270 feet. A drill bit in the hole gave rise to what oil men call a "bad one." At 3820 feet the Five Star Oil Company's wild-cat well is showing nothing better than blue shale. This well has had no signs of oil as yet. On the Alvitre property, No. 2 of the General Petroleum is drilling in the oil sand and is looking like a big well. For the past 600 feet the showings have been very promising. This well is only a couple of hundred yards east of the Petroleum Midway's Red Star No. 4, an 1800 barrel well. At Alvitre No. 1, a successful shut off was made at 3015, and the well will resume drilling at once. The McGinley Oil Company have just completed No. 5 at a depth of 2868. The well went on the beam making 500 barrels of oil cutting 10 per cent. The advent of No. 5 brings the production of this property up to about 1900 barrels of clean oil. The banner well of the property is No. 2, an 800 barrel well, the oil cutting less than 1 per cent. No. 6 is rig standing. The Petroleum Midway Company's Barry No. 1 is about to be completed at 2400 feet. The well is showing lots of gas and oil and looks like a big producer. No. 7, on the Red Star lease, is looking very good. It is drilling in oil sand at 2700 feet. No. In production during the same season was exceeded by only the following states of the Union: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, North Calorina, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Washington and Iowa. When the present non-bearing acreage comes into full bearing many of the states in this list will be below California in production. When we consider the fact that practically every state produces more or less apples and that most of them have at least a small commercial production, we can readily recognize the importance of doing everything possible to improve the standard of the apples packed in order that the keen competition of other states may not result in a poor market for our fruit. HOW THE YANKS FOUGHT Fighting in France is over, but—Accounts of what Americans did while the fighting lasted, and how HUNGER DRAWS THE Famine Conditions Food Shortage approaching famine Point Serious Food Shortage Sufficient Present Food Supply But Future Serious Peoples already receiving American aid Unclassified America's food pledge The advent of No. 5 brings the production of this property up to about 1900 barrels of clean oil. The banner well of the property is No. 2, an 800 barrel well, the oil cutting less than 1 per cent. No. 6 is rig standing. The Petroleum Midway Company's Barry No. 1 is about to be completed at 2400 feet. The well is showing lots of gas and oil and looks like a big producer. No. 7, on the Red Star lease, is looking very good. It is drilling in oil sand at 2700 feet. No. 2, on the Mullholland, is drilling with over 1300 feet of hole. On the Prugh lease No. 4 is credited with an o. k. on the water shut off at 2100 feet. No. 3 is drilling in the hard sand at 2355. The Petroleum Midway Oil Company now has eight wells standing suspended, the future of many of them very uncertain. The suspensions have been made on account of small and meager oil showings and none at all. As yet the Shell Company of California has had no success in the Montebello field. This company has Baldwin No. 1 drilling in blue shale at 2200. Cross Land Company No. 1, drilling in the same formation at 3267, and the Whittier well is down 2750 feet. After spending two solid months fishing for drill pipe the St. Helens Petroleum Company is continuing the work in the hope of getting out. A quantity of drill pipe is still in the hole. The Standard Oil Company is keeping development work moving on the Baldwin Hills with ten wells drilling, and new work started on the 31st well on the property. Baldwin No. 3, the well that came in doing 8000 barrels a day last April, and then dropped to 600 barrels a few weeks ago, is again surprising its owners by going back up to 3500 barrels. The well is one of the famous ones of the Southern field and is attracting attention of government the little nation's first thought was to express her gratitude to the Commission for Relief in Belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citizens. Germany, on the other hand, need not figure in such a map for Americans because there is no present indication that we shall be called on at all to take thought for the food needs of Germany. Germany probably can care for her own food problem if she is given access to shipping and is enabled to distribute food to the cities with dense populations, which are the trouble centers. England, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, all of which have been maintained from American supplies, have sufficient food to meet immediate needs, but their future presents serious difficulties. The same is true of Spain and the northern neutral countries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark—whose ports have been open and who have been able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies. Most of Russia is already in the throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people there are beyond the possibility of help. Before another spring thousands of them inevitably must die. This applies as well to Poland and practically throughout the Baltic re- till interesting to account of one of them by the Amreican House-Argonne front, British correspondent Times, under date Americans took any of it is a puzzle, but seizure of the Cote of the finest opera forces have attributive not only of hour, but also of the which the German. This hill is 800 feet clustered with reply it was an ideal place. The Americans exempted its capture. Tapes yard by yard, Germans had cone-gun fortress on every minute of the time there a merciless and into them from was ensconced on the height and firedending Americans. Americans, crawling on board that massed fire and rifles, accompanied crack of burst at the road of hand deadly work. The tied together, making stable barrier. Volunteer to cut lines through But it was decided up Stokes mortars. Sound and depressing dragged these up and turned them on was consternation. The fire of the whole side into buried earth and men, criminal prisoners, who the bayonet, and, with a spring and a wild hurrah, the Americans fell upon the enemy. But the Germans were brave men. Standing and kneeling at their guns, they fought to the last. Many were found dead on their guns the following day. "The prisoners at the rear were astonished to find that the Americans looked quite humane, and all they talked about was the absolutely wild men with fierce faces whom they had seen behind a bayonet. It was so glorious American victory." CALIFORNIA LEADS IN GOLD Gold production in the United States in 1918 fell to 3,313,000 fine ounces, worth $68,493,000, the lowest in twenty years. Silver production dropped to 67,879,000 fine ounces, worth $67,879,000 at the standard government price of $1 per ounce, the smallest record since 1913, according to the joint, preliminary estimate of Director of the Mine Baker and the Geological Survey issued recently. California led as a gold-producing state. The estimate shows 832,389 ounces, valued at $17,207,000. Colorado ranked second, with 621,791 ounces, valued at $12,853,000. Montana, with 15,341,000 ounces, was the principal silver-producing state, while Utah gave 13,439,000 ounces; Idaho, 10,188,000, and Nevada, 10,113,000 ounces. More than ten billion dollars' worth of minerals were mined in the United States in 1917 and 1918. This was shown by preliminary estimates for this year combined with final figures for 1917, made public by the geological survey. The total for this year was estimated at $5,160,000,000 against $5,011,000,000 last year and $3,513,972,000 in 1916. the money over to the timekeeper, allowing him to make the payments and get the stamps for them. Bopp says that Engle failed to apply $63 that he turned over to him in the way that Bopp expected. Engle was arrested by City Marshal Wood of Anaheim and is in the county jail. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Samuel J. Griffin, Deceased. Notice is hereby given, by the undersigned, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Samuel J. Griffin, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to file them with the necessary vouchers in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, or to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers to the said Executor at his place of business, to-wit, at the office of H. G. Ames, Esq. suite No. 1, Odd Fellows' building, at No. 115½ West Center street, in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange, within four months after the first publication of this notice. Dated this 31st day of December, 1918. SAMUEL C. HARTRANFT, Executor of the Estate Last Will and Testament of Samuel J. Griffin, Deceased. NOTICE OF MEETING OF MEMBERS OF ANAHEIM CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the members of the Anaheim Cemetery Association, a corporation will be held at the office and principal place of business of said corporation, located at Suite 2, Golden State Bank Building, at the northeast corner of Los Angeles and Center streets, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, on Wednesday,the 15th day of January. NOTICE OF MEETING OF MEMBERS OF ANAHEIM CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the members of the Anaheim Cemetery Association, a corporation, will be held at the office and principal place of business of said corporation, located at Suite 2, Golden State Bank Building, at the northeast corner of Los Angeles and Center streets, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, on Wednesday, the 15th day of January, 1918, at 2:30 o'clock P.M. of said day, for the purpose of adopting by-laws, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting. By order of the Board of Trustees of said corporation. Dated this 17th day of December, 1918. A. G. LANGENBERGER, President of said Corporation. MAX NEBELUNG, Secretary of said Corporation. 12-19-4t IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange. In the Matter of the Application of Thomas Crawford, (Inc.), a Corporation, to change its Corporate name to Exchange Orange Products Company. The petition of Thomas Crawford, (Inc.), a corporation, made in its behalf by its President and Secretary, and which petition is also signed by a majority of the Directors thereof, praying that the name of said Thomas Crawford, (Inc.), be changed to "Exchange Orange Products Company," having been filed in this Court, and good cause appearing therefor. It is Ordered and Directed that all persons interested in said corporation or in said matter be and appear in said Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange, in Department One thereof, at the Court House in the City of Santa Ana, said County and State, on Friday, the 10th day of January, 1918, at the hour of 10 o'clock A.M. of said day, then and there to show cause, if any they have, why said application, as stated in said petition filed herein by said corporation, and its directors, as aforesaid, praying and proposing to change the name of said corporation from "Thomas Crawford, (Inc.)" to "Exchange Orange Products Company," should not be granted. It is Further Ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week for four successive weeks in The Anaheim Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said County of Orange, State of California. Done in open Court this 3rd day of December, 1918. Z. B. WEST, Judge of said Superior Court. Dec. 5-5t NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Providential Oil Company, a corporation, having its principal place of business at San Diego, California, with location of works at Orange County, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Directors held on the 2nd day of December, 1918, an assessment of five cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation, payable December 3rd, 1918, to the Secretary of this Corporation at the Southern Trust & Commerce Bank, Trustee for this Corporation, the address of the Southern Trust & Commerce Bank being Third and fourth city of San Diego, County of MENT the little nation's has to express her gratitude for Relief in preserving the lives of citizens. In the other hand, need such a map for America is no present indication shall be called on at all for the food needs of Germany probably can care for food problem if she is shipping and is enabled food to the cities with tons, which are the tron- France, the Netherlands fall of which have been from American supplies, food to meet immediate future presents seri- The same is true of northern neutral countries Sweden and Denmark have been open and who to draw to some degree supplies. Russia is already in the line, and 40,000,000 people beyond the possibility of another spring thou-m inevitably must die as well to Poland and throughout the Baltic re- glons, with conditions most serious in Finland. Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania and Montenegro have already reached the famine point and are suffering a heavy toll of death. The Armenian population is falling each week as hunger takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania and Roumania so serious are the food shortages that famine is near. Although starvation is not yet imminent, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey are in the throes of serious stringencies. In order to fulfill America's pledge in world relief we will have to export every ton of food which can be handled through our ports. This means at the very least a minimum of 20,000,000 tons compared with 6,000,000 tons prewar exports and 11,820,000 tons exported last year, when we were bound by the ties of war to the European allies. If we fall to lighten the black spots on the hunger map or if we allow any portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and bleed will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy inevitably follow famine. Should this happen we will see in other parts of Europe a repetition of the Russian dehacle and our fight for world peace will have been in vain. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Providential Oil Company, a corporation having its principal place of business at San Diego, California, with location of works at Orange County, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Directors held on the 2nd day of December, 1918, an assessment of five cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation, payable December 3rd, 1918, to the Secretary of this Corporation at the Southern Trust & Commerce Bank, Trustee for this Corporation, the address of the Southern Trust & Commerce Bank being Third and Broadway, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, (the post office address of said bank being Third & Broadway, San Diego, California); that any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 18th day of January, 1919, shall be delinquent, said last mentioned date being hereby fixed as the date on which unpaid assessments shall be delinquent; that February 15th, 1919, at 10 o'clock A.M. of said day, and said office of this corporation at 325 Timken Building, are hereby fixed as the day, time and place of the sale of delinquent stock; that, unless the Board of Directors of this corporation pursuant to law otherwise order said delinquent stock to be advertised for sale at public auction at said time of sale aforsaid,and, unless payment is made before,so many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary be so sold by the Secretary of this corporation to pay delinquent assessments thereon,together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. J. A. SMITH, Secretary of Providential Oil Company, 325 Timken Building, San Diego, California. Dec. 5-6t