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Noted Engineer Elected Head of Inventors' Group Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, who served as chief engineer and personal representative to Thomas A. Edison, has been elected president of an organization to investigate and develop worthy inventions. Hudson Maxim, Sir Edgar Rees Jones, M.P., and other men of prominence are associated with Dr. Hutchison in the venture, which will call upon the combined intelligence of America's inventive genius to help the rising inventor to success. In 1902 Dr. Hutchison was presented with a special gold medal by Queen Alexandria, of England, in recognition of exceptional merit in the field of invention. He was awarded gold and silver medals at the St. Louis Exposition and became associated with Thomas A. Edison in 1910. During the war, Dr. Hutchison devoted his entire time to the government. The projected factory and the projected pumping plant are not constructed. In the process of building up and developing the community, the sequence is: first the power...then more factories, more farms and more intensive cultivation, more mines opened up. From these come more transportation, more people—all demanding more power—and a strong and healthy growth. In marked contrast to the situation a few years back, the power companies of the state today estimate that it will be necessary for them to raise and spend $500,000-000 in the next ten years for new plants and the appurtenances required to bring this power to the consumer. They no longer have to devote time to the missionary work of making converts to the electric motor. Fifteen million dollars can be spent by the Pacific Gas and Electric company on the Pit River, by the Great Western Power company on the Feather River, by the San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation on the San Joaquin or by the So. Calif. Edison company on the big Creek project, without definite arrangements for the sale of the energy. The market will be ready when the power is. Indeed, during the last three years, the demand has always been greater than the supply, and the problem of the future is not the selling of power, but in getting money enough to develop it. In its energy-producing natural resources California has been doubly endowed by nature—it has both water power and oil. But its oil cannot be depended upon to carry out any program of general state development. In a recent address, a prominent oil man of the coast said: "We cannot continue to burn more oil than we produce, and we cannot continue indefinitely to count on even our present production. There can be only one answer to the situation—some one who is burning oil today will have to use another source of energy tomorrow." He might have added, "the only other course is hydro-electricity." The oil companies are not required to keep California supplied with oil. The power companies, being public utilities, and as such having distinct obligations to the public, are committed to the definite undertaking of seeing that California's hydro- HYDRO-ELECTRICITY DEMAND INCREASES WHY A POWER PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA? BY H. G. BUTLER Former Power Administrator for California. The 6,000,000 horsepower of potential electrical energy in California's streams — only one-sixth of which is now in use — if it were completely developed and could be laid down in the New England States, would bring every year, at existing rates, the enormous sum of $1,000,000,000. Developed and used in California it would cost the consumers but half that amount. If the present rate of growth in the power industry continues — and there is not the slightest reason to think that it will not continue—the year 1941 will see the California power streams completely harnessed. It will see also a greater difference between power rates, east and west. Comparing New England's rate with California's, the ratio is now about two to one. But the future power of California, and all the west, will be hydro-electric, and in New England and the east steam-electric — steam generated from fuels constantly increasing in cost. So in 20 years the difference between the two rates cannot fail to be even more to California's advantage than it is now. But with no change, the California producer will have an edge on his eastern competitor of $500,000,000 per annum in power costs—a sum that would "bridge the bay" at San Francisco 12 1-2 times yearly. He has a proportionate advantage today. The average rate at which the product of the power companies of the state is sold is somewhere around two cents per kilowatt-hour, a figure BRUNSWICH CORD TIME COST PLUS Because we strive to make the finest we have "speeded" our workers to—to the slowness which reflects the ship of a superior product. Each tire we make is inspected individually is 100% before it leaves us. Yet the time it takes to put it there the cost to you. For the Brunswick priced no more than other tires. And Hence there have never been quite or Not every car can boast them. But wherever you find them, you have service—of value given for value re ANAHEIM VULCANIZED 156 So. Los Angeles Phone 259 For Service Car BUY A SHOP —Having a spare with you and miles from home is different So in 20 years the difference between the two rates cannot fail to be even more to California's advantage than it is now. But with no change, the California producer will have an edge on his eastern competitor of $500,000,000 per annum in power costs—a sum that would "bridge the bay" at San Francisco 12 1-2 times yearly. He has a proportionate advantage today. The average rate at which the product of the power companies of the state is sold is somewhere around two cents per kilowatt-hour, a figure that of course is lower than the average lighting rate, which varies; in San Francisco, for instance, it is from 8 cents maximum, to 1.5 cents as a minimum. But the average rate, which is governed more by the price paid for commercial than for lighting power, is the important factor. At two cents per kilowatt-hour the power companies of California can with confidence invite comparison with rates for similar service anywhere. The remarkable growth of the west during the last 20 years has been largely due to just this fact. In that time the population of the United States as a whole increased 110 per cent; in the west it increased 403 per cent. The assessed value of all property grew in the United States 451 per cent; in the west 1341 per cent. The annual value of manufactured products jumped 1070 per cent in the United States and 2096 per cent in the west. During the last ten years, the increase in bank cleargings in the United States was 427 per cent and in the west 1281 per cent. It is not necessary to go far back in the history of the state to reach a time when it was a bold and adventurous thing for a power company to spend a few hundred thousand dollars in a power plant 200 miles away in the mountains, with dams and canals, and its tower carrying a thin copper thread on the product to market. Such development was followed by a per capita activity in securing utility the output of such stories here, and mines which are rich in energy. Sales thereby bring about electric power. Utilities or firms no competi- THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Women Striving for National Club For Their Own Sex in Washington MRS. CHARLES B. HOWRY MRS. GEORGE BARNETT A great national home for women which will be at once a monument to their achievements, a source of inspiration for their endeavors and a clearing-house of information on all their interests and activities—this is the objective of the Woman's National Foundation, which has been inaugurated in Washington, D.C., by a group of social and civic leaders. Mrs. George Barnett, wife of Major General Barnett of the U.S. Marine Corps, who was known during the war as the "Mother of the Marines," is chairman of the executive committee of the Foundation, while Mrs. Charles B. Howry, of Washington, its financial secretary. Any white woman of good moral character can become a member of the Foundation, can have a stake in the national home and a share in privileges by the payment of F.Y.R. if president of the District of Columbia. The site has already been chosen and purchased; the exclusive Northwest section of the Capitol. It consists of nine acres of beautiful woodland, surrounding a historic home. This home is already open for use of members and the greatest fall courses of education. Subjects calculated to advance women's political education will be run under the direction of leaders as Mrs. Maud Wood Pruse interested in the objectivity of the Foundation should come before with Mrs. C.C. Garrison, president, Woman's National Foundation, Connecticut Ave., N.W., D.C. 5-Point SERVICE STATION Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Distillate Kerosene SERVICE STATION Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Distillate Kerosene Benzine Lubricating Oil H. E. ABPLANALP, Prop. Corner Center and West Sts. Telephone No. 727 UNSWICK ORD TIRES T PLUS CARE drive to make the finest tires in the world, needed" our workers to slowness— ness which reflects the master-craftsmanerior product. make is inspected individually Each one it takes to put it there is not reckoned in you. For the Brunswick, Cord or Fabric, is more than other tires. And in many cases less, have never been quite enough to go around. or can boast them. you find them, you hear tales of greater value given for value received. IM VULCANIZING WORKS 156 So. Los Angeles St. Service Car Buy a Spare Y A SPARE Announcing The New A Thoroughbred Four, Completing the Famed Buick Line The Buick Valve-in-Head Engine A Power Plant That Has Proved Itself— BY A SPARE pare with you and wishing for a spare name is different. Think it over! You ice RD, GOODYEAR, GOODRICH FISK AND MILLER INNO & BOCK VERYTHING FOR THE AUTO Angeles St., Anaheim Phone 464 A Power Plant That Has Proved Itself— A Great Car, Prices Make It An Even Greater Value Prices 22-34 Two Passenger Roadster $ 935 22-35 Five Passenger Touring - 975 22-36 Three Passenger Coupe - 1475 22-37 Five Passenger Sedan - 1650 All Prices F. O. B. Flint, Michigan Cord Tires Standard Equipment on all Models See Us for Specifications and Delivery Dates Anaheim Wm Anaheim Bulck Distr WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILE CALIFORNIA Friday, August 5, 1921 The Battery The battery that has received the endorsement of the engineers of the Ford factory and are used as factory equipment. For sale and recommended by George Dunton, the local Ford dealer — a sure proof of real battery value. USL STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE 25 -a standard USL battery for FORDS AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIANS Technically trained and experts in the school of experience, our electricians know how to repair your troubles—no experimenting or guess work. Furthermore, they protect you by using only genuine parts. Factory service station on Elsermann, Auto-Lite, Bijur, Connecticut, Westinghouse and Tillotson carburetors. AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC CO. Phone 155 234 S. Los Angeles St. Anaheim, Calif. Plain Dealer Want Ads. Bring Biggest Results VALVE-IN-HEAD VALVE-IN-HEAD Buick MOTOR CARS Bouncing The New Buick “Four” A Thoroughbred Four, Completing the Famed Buick Line The new Four-Cylinder Buick, here announced, is a thoroughbred—a pedigreed car well worthy of its name. Down to the very last detail, this new model possesses every quality of enduring serviceability, complete comfort, and distinctive appearance that have always characterized Buick automobiles. The advent of this new Four makes the Buick 1922 line complete. It offers to purchasers of a car of this size all the quality and service that go to make up the name “Buick.” The Buick Valve-in-Head Engine A Power Plant That Has Proved Itself— The engine, of course, is of the time-tested Buick Valve-in-Head type. The year-after-year concentration of Buick’s engineering skill and experience in building Valve-in-Head motors assures the highest standard of performance obtainable today. Every other unit is of a quality equal to the power plant. The whole assembly constitutes a perfectly balanced chassis which is of typical Buick construction. The equipment of Cord Tires is merely evidence of the quality which characterizes the entire car. Two open and two closed body types mounted on the Buick built chassis comprise the new series. A Power Plant That Has Proved Itself— tion of Buick's engineering skill and experience in building Valve-in-Head motors assures the highest standard of performance obtainable today. Every other unit is of a quality equal to the power plant. The whole assembly constitutes a perfectly balanced chassis which is of typical Buick construction. The equipment of Cord Tires is merely evidence of the quality which characterizes the entire car. Two open and two closed body types mounted on the Buick built chassis comprise the new series. Even the most casual inspection of the details of design and workmanship will reveal that full measure of quality which motorists have learned to associate with Buick. A Great Car, Prices Make It An Even Greater Value Obviously a high grade automobile—a genuine Buick production—the prices listed below make this great Four even greater. A value such as this is possible only because of the combination of Buick engineering skill devoted to the one ideal of quality, Buick production facilities developed over nearly a quarter of a century, and Buick’s nation-wide distribution and service organization. Prices enger Roadster $ 935 enger Touring - 975 enger Coupe - 1475 enger Sedan - 1650 D. B. Flint, Michigan Equipment on all Models and Delivery Days The Buick Motor Company is proud of the Buick Four. It has the faith of long experience in this newest addition to its line. It places upon it unreservedly the Buick guarantee carried by every Buick automobile produced. That its confidence is well placed is manifested not only by the keen interest with which motorists have awaited this announcement, but also the advance orders placed by distributors, dealers, and the general public. Anaheim Auto Company Wm. Goodrum, Prop: Anaheim Fullerton Buick Distributor for Northern Orange County AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT—BUICK WILL BUILD THEM