oc-plain-dealer 1921-07-21

AUTO CLUB CITES SPECIFIC FAILURES The Auto Club of So. Calif. cites specific failures of state highways on the Grapevine Canyon Highway, the Ridge road, the Los Angeles to Ventura Highway and other points in support of its contignion that the construction policies that have pervailed are inadequate and should be changed. The club states that more than one fourth of the state's highways have, thus early, broken down and are in need of reconstruction, and that practically none of them are as long lived as the bonds that will pay for them. Tremendous increase in traffic requirements, amounting to more than 500 per cent, and untried conditions, are responsible in large measure for the failures, according to officials of the Auto Club, but they urge that, in the light of the numerous and pronounced failures disclosed by extensive engineering studies, the state policy should be changed to provide wider, thicker and stronger highways and adequately prepared foundation. The following specific points of state highway failure are given by the Auto Club: "On the portion of the state highway between Los Angeles and Ventura that section from Universal City to Springville thru the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Clara River Valley, a distance of 46.67 miles, has conspicuously failed. This road has cost on an average of $34,890 per mile exclusive of bond retirement payments and depreciation. A total of 23.06 miles have been reconstructed. The Club's classification shows 27.78 miles poor, leaving 4.772 miles in need of immediate reconstruction and 12.79 miles classified as fair but which will soon need to be reconstructed." "This road was one of the first to be constructed, being finished in the year 1915. It was to be expected that some failures would occur in such initial work. A considerable portion of the road was built over adobe soil and it has been disclosed by the investigations of engineers that the swelling and contraction of this kind of soil is unfavorable to, the success if thin concrete pavement. The state, however, in the fact of this experience, continued until the end of OUTLINE STEPS FOR SETTLEMENT OF CASE Procedure for an amicable adjustment of the case Mrs. Lionel Roberts of Balbon, was presented in a letter written by Attorney Clyde Bishop to Dan V. Noland, attorney for Mrs. Roberts, according to the statement of Noland today, following receipt of the letter. Bishop advised the attorney that no matter what the final result of a damage suit might be, should one be brought, the court records would not be cleared. He told Noland that if clearance of the records was what he sought that he (Bishop) believed this could be done by establishing before the city recorder the facts as he claims they are. Should Nolan present proof convincing the court that an error had been made, the plea of guilty could be withdrawn and the case tried or dismissed. Bishop said. Mrs. Roberts was arrested under the name of "Cesell Bruner" at Santa Ana a few weeks ago during a raid conducted by officers of that place. 2500 ACRES DELTA LANDS NOW OFFERED That 2500 acres of land in the San Joaquin delta below Stockton were held back from the selling campaign of last year and have been placed on the market, is an announcement of E. L. Michot, who specializes in the sale of this land. In the campaign referred to in the foregoing, 30,000 of this land were disposed of for $8,-500,000 dollars. The soil is of soft peat origin and is remarkably productive. The land now placed on the market is said to be the best of the entire tract. The county assessor and others have stated that its value is not less than $500 an acre and people on the ground say it will be worth double that amount. The tract is within half an hour of Stockton by launch. The produce is shipped to the San Francisco bay district by river boats. It is said that in some exceptional cases farmers have been able to pay in a single year the cost of their land solely from the proceeds arising from the sale of the crop. The soil of this tract runs to a marvelous depth, in instances as far as 50 feet; and because of the ex- "This road was one of the first to be constructed, being finished in the year 1915. It was to be expected that some failures would occur in such initial work. A considerable portion of the road was built over adobe soil and it has been disallowed by the investigations of engineers that the swelling and contraction of this kind of soil is unfavorable to the success if thin concrete pavement. The state, however, in the fact of this experience, continued until the end of 1920 to put four inch concrete pavement over the same class of sub-soil and is now building five inch pavement without changing foundation specifications. Extensive failures have resulted in many portions of the state. "The State Highway Commission experimented along this route. Near the westerly end 3000 feet of six inch concrete, reinforced with wire mesh was laid. This 3000 feet of highway is in perfect condition today. While the figures supplied by the Commission do not give the exact unit cost of this experimental work, it is known that the cost was very little in excess of the average cost of the other portions of the road. "Failure of the road from the foot of Grapovine Canyon north toward Bakersfield is extensive. The slab has broken down into the sub-grade and the road is falling so rapidly that two maintenance crews are continually employed in making repairs. Traffic is forced out and the motoring public subjected to inconvenience and expense. The road has broken down so badly that heaps of it are strewn along the right of way and reconstruction work continues. In some places reconstruction work has failed and the road has been repaired again." BOLSA CHICA SPUDS IN ON LEASE No. 2 Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 the Bolsa Chica Petroleum Corp. spudded in well No. 1, lease No. 2. There were about 150 invited guests. Violet, the daughter of Hugh Grant, secretary and treasurer of the corporation, unfurled the flag which started the machinery going. Miss Grant was the recipient of a very handsomely engraved watch, inscribed with the date of the corporation's actual drilling operations, presented by Mr. F. J. Abbott, general manager. Drives From Factory to Calif. in 11 Days With a record of 2,597 miles in 11 days, Frank E. Wall, a prominent Indianapolis merchant, accompanied WRONG END WALNUT SCHEDULE REVISED That the ways and means committee revised the walnut schedule at the wrong end, is the information telegraphed to Congressman Osborne by Carlyle Shorpe, general manager of the Calif. Walnut Growers' Assn. After fixing the schedule a week ago at 2 1-2c per pound on unshelled and five cents on shelled walnuts, the committee, after considerable urging, consented to an amendment of the schedule and then proceeded to do the amending by increasing the tariff on shelled walnuts from five to seven and one-half cents, leaving unshelled walnuts with a tariff of only 2 1-2c per pound. "This was a great surprise to the walnut growers." Mr. Thorpe says, "because the committee at the same time increased the almond schedule to 4 and 12 cents. It is Mr. Thorpe's opinion that walnuts and almonds should be on a parity, especially because the production of walnuts is greater than the output of almonds. He urges every walnut grower in the state to telegraph his congressman and senator, vigorously protesting against the proposed tariff sched- Miss Grant was the recipient of a very handsomely engraved watch, en-scribed with the date of the corporation's actual drilling operations, presented by Mr. F. J. Abbott, general manager. Drives From Factory to Canal in 11 Days With a record of 2,597 miles in 11 days, Frank E. Wall, a prominent Indianapolis merchant, accompanied by his wife, drove a brand new Studebaker Light-Stx coupe roadster from the South Bend factory to Long Beach, Calif., according to information just received by Harry D. Riley, local distributor of Studebaker cars. Considering that it was a brand new model, the time record of 11 days for the 2,597 miles traversed is looked upon as remarkable. Rain and mud were encountered for the first few days of the trip and at times slow progress had to be made. Due to the floods in Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Wall were forced to deviate from the National Old Trail route and take a southern route that led them thru Texas. Here they encountered almost impassable roads, the gumbo being so deep that at times the car was almost up to the hubs. AUTO PASSENGER TRAFFIC HEAVY Auto passenger travel neared the five billion mark in 1920. Fully 4,932,000,000 persons were carried by motor car during this period, as compared with the 1,234,222,889 revenue passengers of the railroads. Motor trucks hauled 1,200,000,-000 of freight, or nearly half the amount carried by rail lines, which totaled 2,504,000,000 tons. The growth of the auto business has not been competitive with the railroads, however. Much of it is tributary, as in bringing both passengers and freight from farm to traintrain and in suburban service to cities. Another large field for highways transport when not directly tributary to railroad is the travel from point to point over short haul distances when there is no other means of communication. LITTLE CHANGE AT INTERSTATE LEASE Newport Little change took place on the Interstate's holdings at Newport during the past week. It is the intention to drill out the cement at Norris No. 2 before the end of the week. A successful shut off on the water here means an early producer for the Interstate Oil Co. Encouraged by the fact that they were the first ones to make a successful shut off of water in the Newport field, the Long Beach Consolidated offices are anxious to make a production test. The well has been cleaned out to 2818 and will be tested out this week. The Engineers Oil Co. is a new concern to the Newport district. The Engineers Oil Co. is not a new concern to the northern field where it has a number of producing wells. The new operators at Newport have acquired three very promising properties and it is the intention to drill on one of these properties at once. The Standard Oil Co. acquired quite an extensive acreage at Newport some little time ago and it now understood that actual development work on some of these properties is scheduled to begin soon. THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DE ALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Falkenstein BETTER VALUE 800 Yards Pure Silk Creation THE WASH GOODS SECTION OFFERS THE BALANCE OF A SPECIAL PURCHASE OF Romper Cloth at 15c a yard —Without doubt the greatest value we have offered in years. 32-inch Romper Cloth in pretty stripes. A limited quantity left, 15c per yard. Madras Shirtings at 39c yard —36-inch Madras in beautiful stripes at a price less than ½ its price of but a short time ago. Dress Ginghams, 13c and 19c yd. —This offer includes our entire stock of 27-inch Dress Ginghams. Hundreds of pieces in as many different patterns. All standard grades and reduced for the sole purpose of making room for enormous Fall shipments. $1 —One of the most Silk Section. —All Silk Crepe lent grade speciall Week. 40 —One of the most here at a very sub range includes b navy and black. Yard Wi Another wonder Madras Shirts at 99c yard —36-inch Madras in beautiful stripes at a price less than ½ its price of but a short time ago. Dress Ginghams, 13c and 19c yd. —This offer includes our entire stock of 27-inch Dress Ginghams. Hundreds of pieces in as many different patterns. All standard grades and reduced for the sole purpose of making room for enormous Fall shipments. 45-in. Imported Organdie, 89c yd. —Organdy of beautiful quality and permanent finish in white and colors has been reduced to this new low record marking. 300 Extra Large Bath Towels —Just 25 dozen Towels to be sold at 39c each. —Towels that you would gladly pay the regular price for, for they are extraordinary values even at their usual markings. At 39c they are remarkable. 39c Women's Knit Union Suits 95c —Knit Union Suits of nationally known quality in all the wanted Summer styles, are priced for this Better Value Week at 95c. Extra sizes $1.09. FINAL REDUCTION Coats! Dresses! Block! EVERY SUMMER GARMENT NOW REMAINING IN OUR STOCK FINAL REDUCTION Coats! Dresses! Blo EVERY SUMMER GARMENT NOW REMAINING IN OUR STOCK FORMER SELLING PRICES AND WHOLESALE COSTS HAVE NOT ERED IN THESE FINAL MARKINGS! SEE THE WINDOWS FOR S PARTICULARS. Capes Now $9.75 —This includes your unrestricted choice of any Knitted or Jersey Cape now left in our stock. Voile Blouses 95c —About 100 Voile Blouses that have sold for much higher prices are to be closed out at this remarkably low price. Voile $3 —Dark and white about 25 in all Friday and Sa Perky Peggy Bungalow Dresses, $ —a large shipment has just reached us in time for these last days of Better Value Week! in beautiful plaids are presented in this well known make at $1.95 Each. Falkenstein's stein's VALUE WEEK Black Crepe de Chine $1.39 Yard —One of the most remarkable of the season's offerings from the Silk Section. —All Silk Crepe de Chine in every conceivable color and of excellent grade specially purchased and featured for this Better-Value Week. 40-inch Charmeuse $2.65 Yard —One of the most favored Silks of the coming season is offered here at a very substantial saving from regular prices. The color range includes brown, henna, taupe, Pekin blue, Copenhagen, navy and black. Yard Wide Chiffon Taffeta, $1.95 —Another wonder value for this week's selling! 36-inch Chiffon $2.65 Yard —One of the most favored Silks of the coming season is offered here at a very substantial saving from regular prices. The color range includes brown, henna, taupe, Pekin blue, Copenhagen, navy and black. Yard Wide Chiffon Taffeta, $1.95 —Another wonder value for this week's selling! 36-inch Chiffon Taffetas in a splendid range of popular colors at 'way less than its usual price. AGAIN!—READY TOMORROW! Pure Silk Pongee at 89c Yard —An additional shipment will be ready Friday morning. 500 yards Pure Silk Imported Pongee of wonderful quality at 89c yard. Yard Wide Bleached Muslin, 15c yd. —Soft finish firmly woven Muslin for underwear and household use. Women's Silk Stockings $1.00 —Black, brown and white Silk Stockings are offered at a mere fraction of their former selling prices. The fact that they are broken lines and numbers to be discontinued are the only reasons for this exceptionally low price. ACTION SALE Blouses OUR STOCK MUST GO! Blouses OUR STOCK MUST GO! S HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDDOWS FOR SOME OF THE Voile Dresses $3.95 —Dark and white Voile Dresses, about 25 in all, to be closed out Friday and Saturday. Presses, $1.95 better Value Week!—Gingham Dresses each. Anaheir Califor