anaheim-gazette 1922-04-06

OIL FIELD NOTES Huntington Beach production continues climbing. New wells are coming in at the rate of two and three every week, and now the daily average production is close to 2000 barrels. A few days after the Shell company of California became the owner of the holdings of the Union Oil company of Delaware, a 1000-barrel well was brought in on the Ashton lease. The Golden Dome Oil company will resume drilling in a few days. Drilling was stopped at 3007 feet and preparations were made to put the well on production. Nell Anderson has taken hold of the Edens syndicate and Huntington Signal in a manner that insures immediate results. The rotary is drilling the Edens syndicate deeper. Segundi Guasti, the wine grape grower of San Bernardino county, has got into the oil business at Huntington Beach. Guasti has taken over the Huntington Beach Royalty well and will put it on production. The Interstate Oil company has gone into Huntington Beach with the intention of developing the properties of the Bolsa Chica and the Vista Del Mar companies. J. W. Jameson's work as a private operator at Huntington Beach is beginning to attract attention. Jameson leased property several months ago in the northeast side of the field that was not looked upon with much favor. The Rio Bravo No. 1 proves Jameson's judgment. BEDQUILT BALLOT The $10,000,000 soldier bond act will occupy position No. 1 on the ballot at the California general election on November 7, Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan declares, announcing the numerical order in which propositions such as initiative and referendum measures and constitutional amendments will appear on the ballot. The Wright prohibition enforcement act will be the second proposition on the ballot and the proposed constitutional amendment relative to the exemption of soldiers from taxation has been assigned third place. The remainder of the twenty-five measures already qualified for the November election will appear on the ballot in the following order: Land settlement bond issue. State housing act. Title insurance amendment. School district amendment. Amendment on annexation or consolidation of municipal corporations. Municipal charters amendment. Initiative on publicly owned utilities. Initiation on regulation of publicly regulated utilities. State budget act. Amendment to increase salaries of justices and judges of higher courts. Amendment on taxation of notes, stocks, bonds and mortgages. Amendment relative to fixing the rate on taxation for state purposes. Title practice measure. Amendment on the use of water from streams outside of the state. Amendment on the joint construction of public works by municipalities. Water and power development act. Osteopathic measure. Amendment prohibiting the creation of irrigation districts by special law. Absent voting amendment. Amendment on deposit of public that month $10 ports coming in. And then therer and to ind other way. In $211,000,000 we $237,000,000 rent year open ward trend, but for January an than for the Both months imported $217, while for January el $209,000,000 February, $214 For the eight t 1922, ended R $1,623,000,000 increase of abe pre-war fl volume the im marked. And goods which estimating the ports in display and lessening American labor. Rarely does stant. Its move for a short time by a decided moving finger and having w horizontal line it that it is d direction. With law still operat and Aslatic dra organizing, th upward. In s witness a steet from month ta age of 1920-21 overshot—unmounted and posts. That gtective tariff be enlisted ad before the end duxtial lines. J. W. Jameson's work as a private operator at Huntington Beach is beginning to attract attention. Jameson leased property several months ago in the northeast side of the field that was not looked upon with much favor. The Rio Bravo No. 1 proves Jameson's judgment. The Standard Oil company started the week at Huntington by starting four new wells. The Richfield is scheduled for a big increase of new production with the completion of the Amalgamated Oil company's Kammerer No. 1 and the Merchants' Petroleum No. 3. The Union Oil company's famous Morse 3 is holding its record for the biggest producer in the west. All hope for Garden Grove getting on the petroleum map of southern California has been abandoned. The Standard's Chaffee well is now at 5,515 and is not looking any more like an oil well than it did when the rich builders started laying the foundation for the rig. SANTA FE SPRINGS IS STILL A QUESTION What are we going to get at Santa Fe Springs? That is the question that operators both big and small are asking about the field that a few months ago looked like a second Elk Hills. Some oil men are saying that it is going to be a one-well field, others say that the sands are being passed up, and others are saying that a lot of dry holes are going to be drilled. Santa Fe Springs will come out all right. Like every new field discovered certain things have to be determined before successful development can hope to be accomplished. Huntington Beach, and Long Beach, passed through the same period of uncertainty and discouragement now facing Santa Fe Springs. A field that has produced the biggest high gravity well in the West, the Union's Bell No. 1, is certainly capable of producing more wells like it. The Amalgamated Oil company will show the doubters something about Santa Fe Springs when Delugge No. 1 goes on production. This well at 3900 showed up better than any of the wilds rate on taxation for state purposes. Title practice measure. Amendment on the use of water from streams outside of the state. Amendment on the joint construction of public works by municipalities. Water and power development act. Osteopathic measure. Amendment prohibiting the creation of irrigation districts by special law. Absent voting amendment. Amendment on deposit of public moneys. Unlawful practice of law measure. Amendment regulating appointment of judges pro tempore. Jordan declared that measures that qualify between now and August will be added to the ballot in the order in which they qualify. DELAY DEMORALIZES From whatever angle the subject is considered, the delay in tariff legislation is demoralizing to industry. The fiscal year 1920 was the record year in our import trade. That year we imported $5,238,000,000 worth of foreign goods, a volume which spurred the ways and means committee to pass the Fordney tariff bill last July. The following fiscal year, 1921, there was some let up in the volume of imports, but not so great as was indicated by the decrease in total value because there was a decided slump in prices due in part to falling exchange and in part to lower production costs in Europe. That year we imported $3,654,000,000 worth of goods, or nearly twice the pre-war average. The decrease was somewhat rapid from month to month and the fiscal year opening July, 1921, recorded something of a momentum of this decrease. Beach, and Long Beach, passed through the same period of uncertainty and discouragement now facing Santa Fe Springs. A field that has produced the biggest high gravity well in the West, the Union's Bell No. 1, is certainly capable of producing more wells like it. The Amalgamated Oil company will show the doubters something about Santa Fe Springs when Delugge No. 1 goes on production. This well at 3900 showed up better than any of the wilds so far drilling in the field and will make a second Bell. The General Petroleum's Springs No. 1 showed plenty of oil at 3900 feet, but carried too much water to make a good producer. This water is to be shut off and a big well brought in just across the street from the Union's Bell gusher. The Standard Oil company has three wells on the eve of production all of which have shown the necessary evidence of being all that can be expected. The Brownrig-Kellar, at 4700 looks very good. Helper No. 1 looks like a well at 3745. The Wolfskill is showing lots of oil at 4400, and the South Whittier Community is looking very promising at 3900. Sanchez No. 1 had a nice showing at 4128, where the 6 1-4 was set. Drilling at Bellmont on the B. & M's No. 1 has passed the 4100 mark. The outlook for a well is still hopeful. At 3980 a couple of feet of oil sand was drilled through that showed up rather good. Drilling is now in tough brown shale. If they didn't set up men of straw to knock down most men never would be in a fight. If there weren't so many automobiles, so many of them wouldn't be stolen. ANAHEIM GAZETTE that month $178,00,000 worth of imports coming in. And then the needle began to waver and to indicate a movement the other way. In November we imported $211,000,000 worth, and in December, $237,000,000 worth of goods. The current year opened with a slight downward trend, but the value of imports for January and February was greater than for the same months last year. Both months of the current year we imported $217,000,000 worth of goods, while for January of 1921 we imported $209,000,000 worth of goods, and for February, $214,500,000 worth of goods. For the eight months of the fiscal year 1922, ended February, we imported $1,623,000,000 of foreign products, an increase of about 33 1-3 per cent over the pre-war figures. If measured by volume the increase would be more marked. And it is the volume of goods which is to be considered in estimating the effect of foreign imports in displacing domestic products and lessening the opportunity for American labor. Rarely does a graph remain constant. Its movement at a certain level for a short time is generally followed by a decided trend up or down. The moving finger of our imports writes, and having writ for two months in a horizontal line we may depend upon it that it is due a flirt in some other direction. With the Underwood tariff law still operating, and the European and Asiatic drive for markets rapidly organizing, that direction is logically upward. In short, we may expect to witness a steady increase of imports from month to month until the average of 1920-21 is reached, and possibly overshot—unless the guard is speedily mounted and stationed at the proper posts. That guard is made up of protective tariff schedules. They must be enlisted and assigned to duty before the enemy has invaded our industrial lines and put American pro THE MODEST MODISTE One of the New York shops devoted to creation and sale of styles has closed its doors. It was noted for the cost of its products to the consumer, and for the absurd paucity of material it supplied. Prices were not based upon material used, but apparently upon that which might have been used, and wasn't. It belonged in the class of shops which were as difficult to enter as society, and in which the ordinary mortal could venture only by risking a snub either from the footman at the door, or the superior souls within. The footman has been dismissed, and a representative of the sheriff has taken his place. Somebody has ascribed the failure of this concern to prohibition. While it is true that a strictly sober head of a family would be likely to object to the bills, and also to the garments represented by enormous totals, the explanation is far-fetchd. There are other reasons that may be cited. Among these is the fact that after a prolonged spending spree, people are getting back to a commonsense basis. The individual made suddenly rich by war either has run through the golden pile, or has been taught by scrutiny of big bank statement, that the end is in sight. Many tradesmen who cater to the New York rich, and scorn the business offered by others, have failed because the New York rich are notoriously bad pay. Not only do they run up towering bills, and then go to Europe for a season, but the rendering to them of an account is a deadly insult, causing their patronage to be withdrawn, and used as justification for refusal to pay at all. To sue one of this class is to alienate the whole class. So the caterer to idle wealth fires the help and quits. Considering commercially this failure is not important. It is a mere indication that people are learning to Resolve Open and Nation The Anahyd Small subject is off legislation. The third year in we immeditated foreign currents to pass July. The there was imports, implicated by because prices and in Europe $3,654, nearly The deold from fiscal year and some decrease, law still operating, and the European and Asiatic drive for markets rapidly organizing, that direction is logically upward. In short, we may expect to witness a steady increase of imports from month to month until the average of 1920-21 is reached, and possibly overshot—unless the guard is speedily mounted and stationed at the proper posts. That guard is made up of protective tariff schedules. They must be enlisted and assigned to duty before the enemy has invaded our industrial lines and put American production to rout. The situation is further reflected in our export trade. During the eight months period 1921-22 we export something less than $2,500,000,000 worth of goods, or less than one-half the exports for the same period of 1920-21, but 46 per cent greater than for the 1913-14 period. Here again the values do not tell the real story, since export values have likewise fallen and the disparity in volume of exports, 1921-22 and 1920-21 is nothing like as great as the value disparity. A great many export commodities show as high as a hundred per cent increase in volume, while the values show a decrease, the two periods considered. Nevertheless, there are decreases in certain lines, particularly in manufactured goods. One of the reasons for this is that manufacturers are marking time. They want to know what congress is going to do about the tariff and they must know before they can take steps to meet the situation. Another reason is that Europe is not buying so much because she is manufacturing more than a year ago. If you are a man of "vision" you'll be careful not to see what doesn't concern you. Notice is hereby given to the electors of Orangethorpe School District, County of Orange, State of California, that an election will be held on the 29th day of April, 1922, at which will be submitted the question of voting a tax to furnish additional school facilities, namely, the erection of a school building. For this purpose it is necessary to raise $6500. The polls will be open at the public school house of the above named district from one o'clock P.M., to five o'clock P.M. The officers appointed to conduct the election are: Mrs. Agnes Cookson, inspector; Mrs. Bertha Schulte, judge; Mrs. Augusta Hiserodt, judge. J. M. McDUELL, E. F. BLOODGOOD, HERMAN ALLGEYER, 4-5-4t Board of School Trustees. VOTE FOR VOTE FOR DFREY J. STOCK FOR CITY TRUSTEE Election Monday, April 10 The public belie Dodge Brothers more than seven that they are repr You are invi provements and CHA 210 S. 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