oc-plain-dealer 1921-11-29

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS What is the world to them, Its pomp, its pleasure, and its non-sense all, Who in each other clasp whatever fair, High fancy forms, and lavish hearts can wish?—Thomson. Advice to mail bandits; Keep away from the marines, unless quick passage into eternity is desired. What could be more out of place than to treat the Arms Conference and its work with levy and flippancy? Should the world catch fire, it will not be because of anything that Congress has done to start the conflagration. Do not let the dust gather on your dictionary. Consult it often. This is the only way to acquire precision of speech. If Congress only had acted upon the tax-revision measure with some of the celerity with which President Harding signed it! They have bandits and kidnappers away down in Patagonia. Thus do the concomitants of civilization spread from pole to pole. One of the unhealthiest and most hazardous of activities is the robbing of mails since United States marines were placed on guard. The Anglo-Japanese alliance has about had its day, and nobody realizes this better than the astute gentleman at 10 Downing street, London. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS BIG PRODUCER Recently published figures on last year's crop reports for Southern California and the state as a whole are highly creditable to the eight southern counties for which the report was made, and, as the Riverside Press says, rather effectually refute the allegations of some northern jokesmiths that the tourist crop is the chief industry of the Southland. In the eight southern counties are 4,827,390 farm acres out of the total of 29,365,667 for the entire state. This is 16.1 per cent of the whole. There are 1,022,706 irrigated acres in the South out of a total of 4,095,-247 irrigated acres in the state, or 25 per cent. It will thus be seen that not less than 25 per cent of the farms of the state are in the eight southern counties. These figures should be borne in mind in comparing values of farms and their products. The total value or all southern crops was $185,898,487 as compared with $587,600,391 for the entire state; of 31.12 per cent. The South produced 19,850,093 boxes of oranges, or 91.3 per cent of the total state crop, and 6,359,944 boxes or 97 per cent of all lemons. The walnut crop was 94 per cent of the whole or 48,801,574 pounds. The lead in sugar beets was 65.1 per cent, the total southern crop being 434,178 tons. The South produced $108,018,-439 of the state's $270,910,689 of the state's $270,910,589 fruit and nut crop, 39.9 per cent. The North leads in the production of cereals, hay, grains and seeds by large percentages, but the South produced practically a third of the vegetables, the output being a little over $15,000,000. The North leads in livestock, the South having 21 per cent of the whole. Cypress The Plain Dealer In the getting ter the meteoric finance, J. Sarger the soil would The present and the past moaning, the low price he high cost oo be laid at the declaration. We hear tion, of trusts and sift the hear-sharp organizations area are not of the r Take the graffles. We count of the big grain the war. Much prices was laid in the events of pear that the big men in any way, sha If there had been the market wow with the big hot able-profit instill loss. The big ma game of kniffl would wish to se big mills had be feected we could game, but— The producer was the one to hurt. The big ma one another had lowest price post was forced to se production. Truth not organized that had to have the selling price. Now with the big men count downward mark out from under. There was st reckon with an sumer. The cons less than enough That sounds unlhe less it's a market kept They have bandits and kidnappers away down in Patagonia. Thus do the concomitants of civilization spread from pole to pole. One of the unhealthiest and most hazardous of activities is the robbing of mails since United States marines were placed on guard. The Anglo-Japanese alliance has about had its day, and nobody realizes this better than the astute gentleman at 10 Downing street, London. The North leads in the production of cereals, hay, grains and seeds by large percentages, but the South produced practically a third of the vegetables, the output being a little over $15,000,000. The North leads in livestock, the South having 21 per cent of the whole. BUTTERWORTH NO. 2 HAS 34.5 GRAVITY Santa Fe Springs At the present time there is no well in Southern California for its depth is producing the quantity and quality of oil that the A. O. Co.'s Butterworth is producing. At 4682 this well is producing 297 barrels of oil running 34.5 gravity. Butterworth No. 2 is building rig. The Amalgamated added two new properties, the Guardio and Tsepepe to its holdings and will develop them in the near future. The Chansler-Canfield Midway has a rig up and is about ready to start drilling. The well is located across from the Union's Bell and will be known as Santa Fe Springs No. 1. The Central Oil Co. could not resist the excitement under way at Santa Fe Springs and is starting a well on its 6-acre tank farm. The rig is going up now. The Nevada-Ventura Oil Co. struck hard drilling at 700 and at a 1000 feet is not out of the hard sand and boulders. The Scientific Oil Co. had a streak of luck. The bit lost in the hole at 1450 has been pushed aside and drilling is now going on at 1490. The Standard Oil Co. jumped in at Santa Fe Springs two weeks ago and is going strong. Drilling on the Brownrigg-Kellar is now close to 1,500. Los Angeles Trust and Savings No. 1 is built. Sanchez No. 1 is built. Pacific Clay Pipe No. 1 is built. The boilers have been set for Wolfskill No. 1 and a location made on the South Whittier Community. The Union Oil's Bell No. 1 continues to perform wonders. This great well now unquestionably the greatest thing in the western petroleum world is flowing 2600 barrels of 32 gravity oil daily. The flow nipple was increased from 3-8 to 5-8 and the production almost doubled. On the Bell property the Union has No. 2, 3 and 4 building rig. Rigging up is about completed on the Flood. Alexander No. is building rig, Sanchez 1 is building rig, and the boilers are being set for Farwell No. 1. On the Meyer lease No. 5 is close to 5000 feet and shows only a hard sand. Meyer No. 4 drilling at 4220 is also in hard sand. Right at Los Niosos the Petroleum Midway is building a rig for what will be known as Community No. 1. 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Sargum Sprout, a son of the soil, would like to remark: The present so called hard times, and the past months of money tightening, the low price of products and the high cost of necessaries, can all be laid at the door of lack of organization. We hear so much of organization, of trusts and unions; when you lift the hear-says down, the real organizations are few, and the unions are not of the rock ribbed kind. Take the grain business of Los Angeles. We country folk heard much of the big grain organization during the war. Much of the boosting of prices was laid to the combine, when the events of past years has proved that the big men were not organized in any way, shape or form. If there had been real organization the market would have been stable with the big houses taking a reasonable-profit instead of operating at a loss. The big men have had as pretty a game of knitting each other as one would wish to see. If the brokers and big mills had been the only ones affected we could have enjoyed their game, but— The producer, the grain grower, was the one to get bumped where it hurt. The big men while cutting at one another had to buy at the very lowest price possible, and the grower was forced to sell below the price of production. True, the growers were not organized and the weak sisters that had to have money, kept pulling the selling price down. Now with the proper organization, the big men could have regulated the downward market so as to let all get out from under. There was still another angle to reckon with, and that was the consumer. The consumer actually bought less than enough to fill his needs. That sounds unreasonable, but never the less it's a fact. The tumbling market kept the consumer scared MORE PRE-COOLING FACILITIES NEEDED Greater pre-cooling facilities are an outstanding need of the citrus industry. The present season has demonstrated that thru better distribution made possible by pre-cooling plants; thru better condition of pre-cooled fruit arriving on the markets; and thru ability to carry over fruit thru strikes and car shortages, the orange growers possessing pre-cooling adventures have made and saved many thousands of dollars. This is the view of L. D. Palmer, manager of the Orange-co-Fruit Exchange after a careful study of the pre-cooling question the last few years. "Not only is pre-cooling/of the highest value during strike and can shortages but we have had demonstrations of its efficiency in preventing decay and bringing the fruit to market with a minimum of deterioration," said Mr. Palmer today. "One of our local houses which trucked fruit to La Verne for pre-cooling found that in spite of the expense involved, the pre-cooled fruit, because it arrived in better condition, netted the house more than fruit shipped direct during the same period. "The Santiago house has had its pre-cooling plant in operation for several years and has secured most satisfactory results. The advantages of this method of handling are now so well established that it seems to me the growers of this district should give serious consideration without delay to enlarging the pre-cooling facilities of the district. I believe that such an investment will return large dividends." "The present situation is in point through the use-of-pre-cooling plants, during the period of the threatened strike, we were not only able to continue picking and packing, but were also able to maintain an even distribution to the markets of the country which is highly desirable to the trade as well as our shippers. "After the threatened strike had been settled the pressure from the growers to immediately clean up the remainder of their crop, was very great, and it was only thru the use of pre-cooling plants, even though it was necessary to haul some of the fruit 40 miles, that we were able to accomplish this. We were then in a position to maintain the proper distribution and prevent an absolute famine of California oranges in the eastern markets which otherwise would have occurred from the time Valencias cleaned up to the arrival of northern navels and" La Habra Items LA HABRA, Nov. 29.—(Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Thuet and son, Johnnie and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Thuet motored to Lake Elsinore. Also Little Miss Nona Marie Thuet. We think anyone was game enough to go swimming. Mrs. S. Dayton had (some) of her children home to a big dinner. Those included were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thuet, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hersey, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green of Atwood and Mrs. William Dayton of La Habra. which is not desirable from the standpoint of our California co., industry, as we believe the jobbing trade and consumers should be able to purchase California oranges every day in the year. Our results, we believe, have fully justified this action. This is not the first time this procedure has been followed by us, it having seemed desirable once or twice in previous seasons and it would seem to us that if it is found profitable to truck fruit 40 miles to place in pre-cooling plants in other districts it would be more profitable to have them in our own district." was forced to sell below the price of production. True, the growers were not organized and the weak sisters that had to have money, kept pulling the selling price down. Now with the proper organization, the big men could have regulated the downward market so as to let all get out from under. There was still another angle to reckon with, and that was the consumer. The consumer actually bought less than enough to fill his needs. That sounds unreasonable, but never the less it's a fact. The tumbling market kept the consumer scared stiff. He figured tomorrow the grain of which he was in need would be lower in price, so he purchased and fed only enough today to last over till tomorrow, always skimping till the bottom was reached. So the lack of organization has injured produces, middleman and consumer in the grain business and most all other lines can be compared to the above. If the producers will not get together, and the big men refuse to, then its up to the consumer, and there is a big movement in that direction. We have the Southern Calif., Dairy Assn, that has a feed distributing branch, also the Poultrymen's Cooperative Association. If the consumer and producer ever get on working terms, Mr. Big Man, your name is "Pants." Yours, SORGUM SPROUT. Wm. Trapp, Jr., Cement Pipe, 197-R-4 ANAHEIM FEED & FUEL COMPANY Hay, Grau, Seeds, Poultry Supplies Fertilizers, Wool, Coal, Sprays and Insecticides Public Weigh Masters 15-ton Scales Anaheim California ENclosed Nov. 2 Your Chest means to you. Ordinarily, doctor bills possibly an operaare heaped up against your you back several months in your policy for your protection? Company manager Anaheim, Calif. CONDUCT TESTS FOR ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY In order to nominate two candidates for vacancies in the U.S. naval academy at Annapolis, Congressman Phil D. Swing of the 11th congressional district, has requested the civil service commission to hold a competitive examination in Santa Ana Dec. 31. Similar examinations will be conducted the same day in El Centro, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino. Applicants for appointment must be citizens of the U.S. not less than 16 years old and not more than 20 years old on April 1, 1922. They must be physically sound, of good moral character and of industrious habits. The appointments must be made on or before March 4, 1922, the nominees to quality in June. Eligible candidates in the 11th district are requested to notify Congressman Swing, who in turn will furnish an introductory letter to the applicant, the letter to be handed to the examining board prior to the examination tests. DON'T DELAY Secure Your Victrola Early for Xmas A small payment down will hold until Xmas Eve the Victrola you select. VICTROLAS at $25, $35, $75, $100 $150, $225 and $275 Monthly payments as low as $5.00. Anaheim's Exclusive Victrola Dealer PASS THE BOOK protecting your home with a BURGLARY, THEFT RICENY Policy; policy covers your JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, FURS, OTHING, HOUSEHOLD GOODS and all other PEREFFECTS. Write or phone for further information. 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