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WEDNESDAY SEPT 25, 1929. THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR SECTION ONE PAGE TORE AIMEE BRANDS US. AGENT Senate Sifts Navy Lobby th Ren Buenaventura River alone. The committee feel that this, is a project of major Importance to the territory which Is embraced within the proposed irrigation district The committee has given considerable time and thought to tha problem, and a recommendation to form th district represents the best Judgment of th committee, provided in general it formation and activities will follow the outline of Policies and objectives herein set forth. The committee will welcome th thought and consideration of all public spirited citizens of the district in the se.uring if possible of the necessary and adequate sup.

ply of water for the whole district which appears to be ao necessary for the purposes of future growth and development of this portion of Ventura County. Respectfully submitted, LEONARD R. BARR G. A. RANDALL L.

C. DR APE A MUKTAR WILLETT W. S. DUNSHER "GIRD P2RCY A. L.

DROWN "JOHN D. BURNHAM W. PETIT." lias Made Good with ILUOmi Ba Same Price for over 38 years 25 ounces lor 25 Pure Economical Efficient MILLIONS OP POUNDS USED BT OUS COVESNWENT Pf Hotel Worker Dies At Door of Home Home IB V. f. L.

W'lr la Tki filar) LOS ANGELES, Sent. 25. Frank Linden, hotel employe, was shot and killed by a department of justice agent at Lebec, California, Monday, according to word reaching her Tuesday. The report laid Linden was mortally wounded when ha resorted to firearm to prevent the agent from entering his residence. (l)y 1 P.

Wlr Th Htir) LOS ANGELES, Sept 25. A I-meo Semple McPherson Tuesday branded as absurd" charged by Rev. Dawson McCullough, acting pastor of a Detroit church, thst Mrs. McPherson's appearance on an evangelistic tour was so expensive that the ehurch mow is in financial difficulties. Of course we had our hair washed and of course we had our tails manicured," the evangelise said In answer to one part of Rev.

McCulloughs complaints that of an unpaid beauty shop bill for $40.50. "However," ehe added quickly, there were four women In tho party end the hotel bill fame to $500. I paid the bill myself and I have the receipt to show. Mra. McPherson denied that her Four Square Revival campaign in Detroit was responsible for the condition of the ehurch as alleged by Rev.

McCullough and some members of his flock-She said thst Rev. William Watson, 22-year-old evangelist of her organization, now was rushing to the "rescue" of the Detroit ration. (Hr V. P. Wlr.

to Tfi irl WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.Th congressional lobbying activities of William B. Shearer, big navy propagandist in th recent cruiser bill fight wai made the aubject of inquiry Tuesday by the senate investigating committee. Homer Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Company, revealed in answer to questions that Shearer had been paid $3,500 for propaganda work during the time in 192u and 1927 that congress was considering "th six $ruissr Close questioning of Ferguson developed Vice-President Palen of th Newport News corporation had loaned" Shearer 12.000 In 1928-Ferguion denied th Shearer expenses were to influence "big navai legislation," but admitted that when th propagandist was employed "we talked about merchant marine legislation in congresj and th six cruiser bill. Referring again to the loan, Ferguson disclaimed knowledge that it was a mero although he said Shearer had not paid the notes.

The money was taken from the "American merchant marine" fund of the corporation. Testimony earlier in the hearing revealed that Shearer had been paid other monies from this fund. "In 1928 Shearer came to me and told me he could help on the 15 cruiser bill fight here, aaid Ferguson. I told him to stay ewey from Washington. "I never dealth with Shearer, he said hotly.

Palen dealt with him. I told him he got Into this mess and he would have to get out of it. I told him I didnt want Shearer on our payroll any longer because I didnt want to be responsible for what he did. -Shearer wanted $1000 a month then. That was in March, when Palen wanted to pay him only 8500.

"I Hd Palen to pay him 82500 more and get hi receipt and get rid of him. Shell and Associated holdings would be administered according to sound principles. J. A. Freear, general superintendent of the Boles Chica, told of testa made on pinching In wells, indicating that the gat flow increased after a certain point.

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identified figures submitted by his company. T. E. Swigart, Shell production superintendent, gave a general description of th Avenue structure and said that the field always has been conspicuous for heavy gas productions. It is greatly unlike any other field in the state, ha add.

ed. It had initially a larger gaa volume than many other fielda, he told the supervisor. Lloyd on Stand Swigart said much study has been given to back-pressuring. In general this has been found successful with new wells but not successful with older ones. He told of three major and one minor proration programs in which the Shell company has Joined locally.

As to the plan proposed by Mr. McDuffie, he said he was not certain that in Ventura Avenue It would result in the greatest ultimate output of oil. If it were put into effect he felt that a considerable area on top of th structure would not be drained. Swigart gave much information regarding repressuring operations in th Long Beech and Dominguez fields. E.

W. Masters, chief production engineer for the Shell, and A. S. Ilayas, General Petroleum's petroleum engineer, identified exhibits. F.

tV. Hertel, Associated geologist, and others indicated the locations of gasoline plants on maps submitted as exhibits. Representatives of all the companies were instructed by Supervisor Bush to submit detaileJ figures showing production, on each of the various lesses operated. Ralph Lloyd gave a brief history of the field and told of the gas pressures that always characterized it. II.

said there was grave danger in too rigorously shutting In the gas. Since the field is held by so few owners, he expressed the view that new development could be kept far back from the apex of the dome and a low gas ratio thereby maintained. Questioned about the proposed big companies, contract, he expressed disapproval, but further discussion of that subject was postponed to today when th contract is to be the main theme of the hearing. John Westlund, appearing as attorney for the Chamber of Commerce, told of the development in Ventura by private capital and by public utilities which would be adversely affected if a too drastic shut down were ordered in the field. GAS-OIL RATIO HERE IS LIGHTER (Continued from Page 1, Sec.

1) Under auestiong rrom Ralph Lloyd, he admitted that the history of the Santa Fe Spring field, where town lot drilling has been practiced, indicated a rapid decline from flush production. He said, though, that, properly regulated, the newly found deep rones might be saved from this rapid decline. Showa High Ratio R. R. Templeton, assistant general auperintendent of the Pacific Western Oil elaborated the suggestion previously mads by Mr.

McDuffie that the atat allow only walla to produce which showed the best ratios, to meet the available outlets for gas. He said the oil gas ratios are very inefficient, due to many causes, some of them mechanical troubles. He analyzed the figures of the various companies, showing that the Associated now has a number of well producing at as high a ratio as the General Pe- troleum one ts high es and the Shell 11 above with one a high ss The Pacific Western, said Tern-! pleton, has four wells with a bet- ter than ratio. He said i that on August 31 the company ahut in all producers except two which show a more than 5000-1 ratio and that the two were only 1 as high as fiROO-l. I Inefficient Operation I In light of a proposed contract of the big companies for cooperatively operating the field, he said, these wells were later opened up because, in hie view, the contract place a premium on inefficient operation.

The schedule embodying the big companies plan, as previously introduced by Mr. Jensen, he analyzed at length. By applying the formulate suggested by Mr. i McDuffie, he said, 49,053 barrels of oil would be produced on the Avenue with only 128,000,000 feet I of gas. By the big companies plan.

he maintained, less oil would be produced with the same gas output. Templeton asld the ratio fixed for Ventura Avenue necessarily 1 would have to be higher than the one at Santa Fe Springs. Sir. Jensen pointed out thst the plan of admin. sterir.g the law at proposed by McDuffie would in any event affect only 10 per cent of the Avenue field, inasmuch as the I The agent wished to question a girl who had been living with Linden and hia wife, it was said.

According to word received here, Linden wax shot by Agent A. D. Moody. It was said two San Bernardino officers accompanied (Moody to Lindens home. rights there are sundry vested rights in th water aystem of the Ventura River and In the water ahed involved.

It Is not th purpose of the committee and the committee feels it should not be the purpoa of an irrigation district, to interfere with any of these rights; but, rather, to develop additional water for th district involved, and to provide a distributing system for all th water, which will at all times recognize and maintain present vested rights. It is not the purpose of the committee, and should not be the purpose of the Irrigation district to interfere with present corporate or other agencies engaged in distributing water and owning large or small distributing systema. If the district can afford a cheaper er better method of doing this for the present area now served, it is the feeling of the committee that agreement mutually advantageous to the district and the organizations referred to can be arranged, and to th satisfaction of all parties concerned. Venturas Rights -In particular, the City of San Buenaventura now has and owns a comprehensive distributing system, which, together with its property rights in th water of th Ventura River, constitutes a going business concern. Th committee does not feel that if a district is formed, said district could legally take over, or in any way Interfere with this lystem, ithout the consent and desire of the people of the City of San Buenaventura; nor does the committee fee! that an irrigation distric' if formed could in any manner the taking over of the corporate distribution system of water now carried on by the City of Fan Buenaventura.

In contemplating this articular water system, the committee is of the opinion that the City of San Buenaventura should always retain its present control an-) management, a management which has been entirely efficient and hut the committee doe feel hopeful that the improvements which may he assumed and undertaken by th irrigation district will provide for the water system of the City of San Buenaventura, additional necessary water to be used by tha municipality as its growth continues, and that by undertaking the investigation necessary to determine a comprehensive plan for tha whole district, and that later, if the voters of the whole district agree upon some euch a plan, many unnecessary troubles and annoyances will be avoided, and a much greater quantity of water can be secured for all of the people of the whole district, and for the people of the -municipalities of the San Buenaventura and Ojal, all at a much lesser cost and expense than if the work were undertaken by the City of San Buenaventura alone, or by th people of the Ojal Valley alone, or by the people of the Santa Ana Valley and the Valley of WATER DISTRICT PETITIONS OUT Happy clothes mean a joyous season When cleaning service is in reason. Mr. Before and After We pride ourselves upon the modesty of our charge as well as the quality of eur work. Spotles Cleaning Permanent Dyeing Tailored Pressing. (Continued from Pag 1, Sec.

1) the district, because the committee is of the opinion that any plan I proposed to the people of the ter-I ritory should be comprehensive, should be recommended by eom-1 petent engineering and legal authority, and should be carefully considered and discussed by the people of the district. Cost To Bo Light The formation of an irrigation district in this territory would provide this necesi-ry governmental machinery, and the expenses involved would be raid by every amail tax levied upon the property in the district, thus affording a means for the accomplishment of the primary objective we have in mind, together with what seems to the committee to be the fairest and most equitable manner of paying the costs and expert of tha preliminary investigation referred to. If it shall be found that it is not possible from an egineering standpoint, or if for any other reason it shall be found that the earn 6 MORTGAGE SECURITY The Modern Way Buy 6 Gold First Mortgage Participation Certificate for generous yield and old fashioned mortgage security. By modern application of tested principles have created the highest type of mortgage investment. Call or write for details.

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