oc-plain-dealer 1921-12-24

FORD MAKES OWN PLATE GLASS NOW More than two years experimental effort by the Ford Motor Company in glass manufacture has resulted in completion of the first modern glass house especially equipped to make plate glass for automobiles. The experiments have caused adoption of methods and utilization of devices that radically depart from established practice. True to Ford Factory principles, the conveyor system features glass operations and from the time the glass leaves the furnace until it becomes a polished windshield, it is always moving. Glass is largely made of silica, a high grade quartz sand. The more thoroughly this sand is cleansed of impurities, the finer the glass produced. Hence this sand is stirred in water; as it settles, the impurities in suspension are drawn off. After three such operations the sand is burned to remove any remaining organic matter. Mining the sand with the silica ingredients is called "mixing the batch." Each batch weighs 994 pounds and a batch is fed into the furnace every 25 minutes. This material produces approximately 22 tons of glass every 24 hours. Two general types of furnaces — pot and tank—are used to melt glass. In pot furnaces the batch is placed in pots and three pots are showed into the furnace. If plate glass is desired, these pots are removed and the molten glass poured on cast iron tables and rolled out to the proper thickness. The Ford Motor Company has installed machinery which, for the first time, has made possible the successful rolling of plate glass directly from a tank furnace. The furnace is heated by gas On each side of the furnace proper is a chamber with cross walls of loosely piled fire brick. Travel in California I IN THE DAYS OF THE PADRES Mile after weary mile, the Padres trudged along El Camino Real. They tilled the soil, accomplished engineering feats, taught and preached to the Indians, but much of their work went for naught—the odds against them were too great. Modern California finds the automobile one of the greatest aids to progress. Wonders have been done with its help. The Orange County Auto Club has an information bureau that's very much on the job. Are you a member? Better come in—the insurance protection is fine. AUTOMOBILE CLUB Modern California finds the automobile one of the greatest aids to progress. Wonders have been done with its help. The Orange County Auto Club has an information bureau that's very much on the job. Are you a member? Better come in—the insurance protection is fine. AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY 519 N. Main St. Phone 452 Santa Ana. Merry Christmas At this Happy Yuletide we are again prompted to extend to everybody the cordial greetings of the season, wishing one and all good cheer, health and happiness. Style Shop 105 W. Center St. To Each and Please Accept Our Heatiest Good Wishes for A Very Merry Christmas Bob White Co pany Orange County Distributor Franklin Motor Cars Quaker State Oil. 125 S. Lemon St., Anaheim Ph. 548 PUENTE SYNDICATE WILL DRILL SOON Puente Hills The Puente Oil Syndicate is the latest concern to be attracted by the Puente Hills development, has a rig up and will start drilling soon. The Bardeen Oil Co. continues the fight against the water. The next move now underway is to shoot off the 6-in, put it back and reeement. The International Petroleum Co. has been idle now for about six months and resumes operations. The International's well was drilled to 740 feet. The work is waiting on 14-inch pipe. The Chino Corona United is trying to get two strings the 6 and 8-inch castings out in order to deepen the well. The strings are coming together and making some trouble. Mahala No. 2 spudded in with cable tools last week and now shows 500 feet of 17-inch hole. No. 1 the producer, makes about 35 daily. The Mahala is not discouraged over the outlook. The fact that oil was found on the property has given the Mahala all the boost it needs. No. 2 is expected to be a rig producer. The Pomona Oil Co.'s wild cat test well is now drilling at 3400 in brown sandy shale, the formation carries some gas and oil colors. Little progress seems to have been made on the Pasadena-Puente. The last report on the well has it cleaning out at 1349. Mechanical trouble in the St. Helens Petroleum Garnier at 2280 makes it expedient to move the rig and start a new well. About 400 feet of worn out casing has been pulled out of the hole. The showings at 2300 where the water string was intended to be set were very good and the outlook for a well was encouraging to say the least. The St. Helens will go ahead with a new well and develop the property. WOMEN TO GAIN FROM NEW CALENDAR ROME, Dec. 24.—Women will be very much interested in the meeting WOMEN TO GAIN FROM NEW CALENDAR ROME, Dec. 24.—Women will be very much interested in the meeting next April at Rome of an international committee which purposes to reform the calendar. If said committee can have its way, two points at least will bear directly upon the habits and customs of the fair sex. One of these will be the fixing of Easter and the other will be doing away with present leap-year system. Whether this latter change will affect leap-year privileges will remain to be seen. The primary object of the proposed calendar reform is to make the same day of the month occur on the same date the year around. All that interferes with this at the present time is the existence of 365 days in the year instead of 364, which would be equally divisible by the 52 weeks in a year, and the question of leap-year. POLICE MANHUNT LED BY WOMAN LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—Armed with sawed-off shotguns and accompanied by a mysterious woman, a squad of police detectives and Detectives Raymond, Erven and Hikok of the theft bureau of the Auto Club of Southern California left central police station shortly after 8 a.m. today in great haste and it was reported that they had received definite information as to the whereabouts of J. P. Walters, alias Jake Wendell, the last member of a gang of suspected police slayers, who is still at large. While detectives subjected four men under arrest on suspicion of having slain Patrolman William Brett and Harry Clester to severe grilling, every peace officer in Southern California joined hands with the auto club detectives in one of the greatest manhunts ever staged in the west. Try Plain Dealer Want Ads. Now that the sands in the hourglass another Yuletide season, it is only for harmonious spirit and with sincere to our patrons who have been inst ing the past year. Fortune has been good to us; wonder the door closes on the year 1921 this sources over $3,000,000 strong. Our business relations have been agreeable and your increased path have proved that our service has been preciated and that the officials backed with your confidence. Although we are proud of our fin strength because it better prepares serve you and enlarges our opportunity for making this a greater community good-will is that which we most priz May your Christmas be a happy one trust that in the future we may be a serve you often and in many ways. May your Christmas be a happy one trust that in the future we may be able serve you often and in many ways. Resources Over Three Million Dollars First Natio American Ban ANAHE A Christmas Greeting and an session of Appreciation in the hourglass of time have measured out the days to season, it is only fitting that we lend another chord to the land with sincere appreciation extend Christmas greetings who have been instrumental in our wonderful growth durgood to us; wonderful gains have been our share and as the year 1921 this institution faces the future with re0,000 strong. OFFICERS WM. J. SIEMANN President SAMUEL KRAEMER Vice-President CHAS. A: BOEGE Vice-President HORACE H. BENJAMIN Vice-President and Cashier M. D. CLARK Assistant Cashier L. A. MUCKENTHALER Assistant Cashier as be a happy one and ature we may be able to d in many ways. HORACE H. BENJAMIN Vice-President and Cashier M. D. CLARK Assistant Cashier L. A. MUCKENTHALER Assistant Cashier C. E. HANSEN Assistant Cashier E. ZITZMAN Cashier of American Savings Bank National Bank American Savings Bank ANAHEIM