Daily Gazette-Martinez from Martinez, California • 1

artfttR DAILY GAZETTE MARTINEZ CAL WEDNESDAY AI'Gl'ST 4 11)20 No 132 DR If LAID TO PRESIDENT OF BAY POINT GO With the starting of grading ork this week in Canyon a short distance from here by Contractor M- Suljlvan the first steps were taken for the construction -of the plant of the Oxel Oil refinery of the Petroleum Products Company which is controlled by the McNear Interests Swift Train an official of the McNear Company was a visitor here on Tuesday looking over the site for the plant which will cover about thirty acres of land The initial expenditure of the concern will -be (200000 with contemplated enlargements during the year which will bring the Investment up close to the million mark According to Train the plant will be ready for operation about the 15th of November providing no un-forseen delays are met in the building program For the past sev eral years the McNears have operated the refinery at West Berkeley but that plant will be dismantled and a good deal of the machinery Installed in the refinery near here When operation Is first started between 25 and 80 men will be employed and the chief output will be lubricating oils and grease raw material being shipped In by tank cars and steamers from the fields along the coast McCarthy who has been connected with the plant at Berkeley will have charge of the refinery here when It is in operation and the company plans the construction of several homes in the canyon which will be occupied by the officials in charge The output of the plant will be 1000 barrels of lubricating oil each day The story of the plans of the Mo-Near Company was first told In the GAZETTE two weeks ago chase of the plant which was 'constructed at Buy Tolnt several years ago at a cost of several million dollars for the purpose of building government merchant ships According to the current rumors the oil company plans the acquisition of the plunt to be used as a repair dock for their large fleet of huge oil tankers and also for the construction of new vessels At the present time the Tactile Coast Company Is completing Its contracts with the government and Ins already started work on the building of two oil tankers for th) Associated Oil Company The refusal of Col Rengrave to either confirm or deny the report is taken as a significant indication thnt tho Standard Oil Company may he negotiating for the purchase of the ynrd and that the deal may be closed In the near future That Hip Standard Oil Com-jwwy Is liegot luting for llio purchase of the ltuy Point plant of i tlio Fnrlflc Count Shipbuilding ComHiny In a report which lias I lieen current hero this week as the result of the vlidt of nevernl officials of the oil ronipnny to tlio shipyards recently 1 The matter was taken up with Colonel Hougruvp president of tlio shipbuilding enmpany on Wednesday afternoon and lie declared 1 that ho had nothing to give out on the matter at this time When asked If tlio rumor was correct lie stated Hint he would neither eonflnii nor deny the report From other Information which has been received here it la believed that the Standard Oil Company his been dickering with the offio- lale of the shipyard for the pur WALNUT CREEK Aug The referee in bankruptcy at a public' stile has 'sold at auction all of the lend and holdings of the defunct i Walden Company a suburb of Wal-' nut Creek the Western Mortgage and Guaranty Company of 8an Francisco becomes the owners of: the property originated by the Burgess Company Bonebrake of Brentwood at- tended to business matters in Wal-I nut Creek Friday Bonebrake owns a large acreage of fruit lands near Walnut Creek Mrs A Stephens was In tbe hey cities this week visiting with friends IT Rasmussen of Tasssjara has accepted a position with the Ban Ramon Valley bank Dixon and dnughtor Miss Blanche and Miss Winifred Whitman left Monday for a two motor trip and will visit prominent points in California and Nevada Matsonia Sugar Boat in Storm A freak storm out of season caused the Matson liner Matsonia to reach San Francisco from Honolulu Tuesday with twenty feet torn from tbe port rail on the promenado deck The seas kicked up by a northweatgale did the damage No one was hurt but some of the 250 passengers were scared The storm caused the liner to be an hour or two later than the expected hour of arrival The Matronia brought 82919 bags c' icw sugar and 5000 of refined to the California-Hnwallan refinery in Crockett and 108277 cases of pineapple A Iom of from (10000 to (12000 will probably be auatalned by the contracting Arm of Paul and Saylea who are constructing the local streets as a result of the'lnerease In freight rates which has Just been announced by the railroad companies It was learned here this week At the present time the contractors hare sufficient material on hand to complete the paring of about one half of the Smith street unit which Is the largest section of the Improvement plan and they hope to secure a sufficient amount of material to complete that portion of the work before the Impending car shortage comes when It is said the supply of material will be practically cut off Paul of the contracting Arm stated this week that he had been notified by the Southern Par cldc Company that after the middle of this month nearly all of the flat cars used for conveying material will be in the east for the purpose of bringing coal to the Pacific coast The coal mine strikes hare delayed the delivery of the product to the various parts of the country during the spring and summer months and it is declared that all of the cars that it will be possible to press into service will be required to handle the situation this winter Another cause for the congestion explained by the railroad com-ny Is the lack of new equipment le hundred per cent more freight At being handled now than in 1914 it Is said and during the time that the government controled the lines no new equipment was constructed resulting in an effort to meet the new demands for service with the old rolling stock At the meeting of the Board of Trustees held this week no action was taken on an extension of time for the paving of the Court and Pine street units as no work has been done on that section as yet When asked regarding this matter Paul stated that the inability to secure material was one of the reasons for the delay The work of laying pavement has also been stopped on several occasions by breaks and leaks in the water mains which have been started by the 19 ton roller required to pack the asphaltum In several instances it has been necessary to tear up new work after the black base has been entirely laid Construction on Ward street between Castro and Smith has also been delayed by the necessity of lowering a water line a LICENSED TO WED (In Oakland) George Miller 4 8 and Emma Potter 14 both of Condord (In Fairfield) Justin Ivory Sullivan 21 Live Oak and Effie Rakes traw Johnson 24 of Martinez The lsit solemn rites over the remains of the late Dr Matthew Jo-self Hoey were observed at St church here on Wednesday morning when high mass was sung by Father Kelly Several hundred friends and acquaintances of the deceased gathered to pay their- silent respect to the esteemed young physician and surgeon who pused away at his home in San Francisco on Sunday evening and alter the services at the church followed the bier to St Catherine's cemetery where Dr Hoey was consigned to his final resting place In the family plot overlooking the bay Dr Hoey was born and raised in Martines and after completing hlB hgh school training in San Francisco he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city In 1905 After practicing In San Francisco for five years he was given a government appointment In the Panama Canal sons and In 1910 took np his work in the tropica with Dr Vm Gorgas later becoming chief of quarantine and sanitation bn the west coast His rise in the work was rapid and for several years he had complete charge of sanitation and quarantine in several of the Isthmus cities During his service in the canal zone hla work In suppressing yellow fever won him national distinction and In 1918 he took entire charge of handling a scourge of spinal meningitis which broke out among the Japanese During the epidemic he treated over 700 patients and his success is best illustrated by the fact that he did not lose a case For this service Dr Hoey was presented with a beautiful memorial by the Emperor of Japan In 1919 be returned to San Francisco and was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the 8 Public Health Service and was assigned to Camp Fremont base hospital where he remained until after the war with Germany when he was transferred to the Marine hospital in San Francisco where he was closely associated with Colonel Williams Dr Hoey was well known here among large number of older residents and was highly esteemed by all who knew him Besides leaving hla wife to mourn his lose he le survived by hie mother Mrs Catherine Hoey of this city and the following brothers end sisters: Attorney James Hoey Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West Vincent Hoey Misses Rose and Martha Hoey and Mrs A A Alexander of Oakland At the funeral on Wednesday many beautiful floral offerings attested to the high esteem In which the deceased was held The pall bearers wen: John Kelly Dr I Bailey Dr Watt Dr Prewett McNamara Joseph Tavan Frank A MUllff James Bulger a CONCORD Aug 4 Grand larceny charges faced by William Blocking charged with theft of (12 5 by John Marp were dismissed by Justice of the Peace Jack-son yesterday following preliminary examination Evidence Introduced by the state was held insufficient to warrant holding Blocking to the Superior Court a Lafayette Sells School Building to Thos Ball Aug!" The local school board closed a deal recently for the mIc of the old Rchool bonne here to Rail of Martinez who owns a fifty arre tract of land in this vicinity Housn movers from Concord hero been engaged this week in moving the building to the Dali property A new school was recently completed here ami will be occupied this fall TO a Herbert Damon Jr 24 and Emily Aldoree 21 both of SAME AS 1919 The assessed valuation of Martinos property will remain about the same this year as last according to city clerk Daley Final work on preparing the assessment rolls of the city is being done this week and starting next Monday morning the Board of Trustees will sit as a Board of Equalisation until the 23rd of the month following which the tax rate for this year will be set The assessed valuation last year was (8812215 with a tax rate of (155 At that time the valuation was Increased about (1000000 over 1918 with a reduction In the tax rate of twenty cents ON CAMPAIGN of Pinole candidate for Assemblyman from this county was a visitor here on Tuesday afternoon and gave favorable reports of his campaign in various sections of the county recently addressed a gathering of Railroad Trainmen which was held In El Cerrito and he was later endorsed by that organization On Tuesday he spent the day in the Moraga country and later met residents of Concord He was accompanied on the trip by Antone Flgearo also of Pinole With its dainty fragrance and refreshing coolness it keeps yon comfortable and in the hottest 85o per can happy It was announced Tuesday that the Union Construction Company of Oaklund bad been awarded the contract for the building of tbree tankers each of 8400 tons by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch-Shell Oil Company The Southwestern Shipbuilding Company of Los Angeles was also awarded a contract for three similar vnsscla Tho total cost of the tankers will be close to (12000000 a RICHMOND AugJ 4 Fifteen million dollars per year will be the payroll from Richmond industries for the eomlng year according to an estimate made today by AVallace secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce The estimate Is based upon actual figures In possession showing a payroll for last year of (18-500000 In the next year it la expected there will he over 2000 new homes erected in this city A population totaling 10000 Is represented by families that are now residing in other cities whore the head works are here The Chamber of Commerce Is sending out letters to all out-of-town lot owners and they are numbered by the thousands seeking to interest them In the construction of houses on their vacant lots The plans Include the financing of the buildings Subscribe for the GAZETTE of all kinkIh listed Im'Ioiv: I (iiai'l brown lioltlc 500 TIIKItMOK I IIIKKS pints 2oo I pint 225 I quart 350 Thermos lunrli Kits 475 Martinez THE SOVIET GOVT LONDON Aug 4 The British Government is irritated over what it believes is Soviet equivocation over the British suggestion that the Russians halt at the armistice line of demarcation in Poland and begin peace negotiations It has despatched a note to the Soviet government demanding a yes or no answer whether this government intends to listen to the suggestion PARIS Aug 4 The Foreign Office is advised that the Poles are preparing to move their capital from Warsaw PARIS Aug 4 Polish French and British military experts at Warsaw telegraphed here last night stating that Warsaw must be evacuated within two or three days The government probably will be moved to Cracow Polish experts report tbat the Polish army along the Bug river which was last line of defense retreated so precipitately that they did not destroy the bridges behind them UNION RAISES GAS PRICE The Union Oil Company of California today announced price increases on gasoline at basic distributing points on the coast Beginning today gasoline will be sold at the following prices: Oakland and San Francisco 27c Fresno Stockton San Jose 27 Hi Beat-tie 28c Sacramento and San Diego 27tfc Loe Angeles 27c Portland 29c (including state road tax) Importation of Texas and Oklahoma gasoline to meet an alleged shortage on the Pacific Coast has made the price increases necessary the company said The increases amount to about 8 cents per gallon Charles Relndollar of San Rafael candidate for State Senator from Contra Costa and Marin counties was a visitor here on Tuesday In company with ex-Senator Martinelll of that place Relndollar has been spending several days campaigning In various parts of Contra Costa county and has been meeting with success on all sections He has many frlonds and acquaintances In Richmond who are enthusiastically supporting him for the legislature He will visit In Martinez again In a few days Bisnett Buys Irrigated Farm A Bisnett formerly a resident of Martines has Just purchased a 80 acre irrigated farm In the vicinity of Turlock The deal was handled by A Ricks of this city and Bisnett expects to remove soon to his new home where he will reside In tbe future A TALC Thermos Goods Nothing in our store is more seasonable ac this time Bottles Carafes Lunch Kits etc And they stay seasonable all year round For Thermos is useful at any time anywhere by any member of the family Yes they keep food and drink hot without fire for twenty-four hours cold without ice for seventy-two hours And we're proud to show you the trade-mark stamped on every that shows it's the original world renowned THERMOS A seal toilet necessity Gut help soothe all skin heat rashes Irritations chafing and sunburn Yr have a complete slock corrugated IniIIIm 375 pii't corrugated bottle 425 ipuirl corrugated luiitla flK) i(ii preen liotllo 550 pint nickel ImiMIc 475 (piurl nickel bottle 700 1 pint brown bottle 300 Martinez Drug Co 4 1 I CaSj I POMPEIAN BEAUTY POWDER All tints 50c box Pompeian Massage Cream Day Cream Night Cream Pompeian Bloom Contra Costa Drug Store Opposite City Hall.