Show SA S OIL ILLS WERE THE THEL GAUSE L LW V who has been nil 11 of ot his Ifo lit I u nl of San who Is at ut the today toda ac accounts counts coulis for the Iho earthquake In 11 a rather Ither unexpected fashion fl Ho 10 declares thal tho hundreds of thousands of barrel of oil 01 that have been from tho California fields und uld the great Kleut How tow of If natural gas 11 which has hal been bell brought lito 1110 for commercial consumption must have hae removed a pressure from the stratus of earth below Han SUI Francisco AWFUL AWIl OF 0 1 I have seen Ken ho declared these oil wells well breaking with a u force nut li to tt Inow the oil II MO 00 feet In II tho all III and then Ihen I 1 have ha e seen this sime oil 01 22 2 to U 17 In 11 gravity showing that It was charged with gas RII kept k t in 11 It I by b the and nd e as I soon Hoon as nN tho natural of at the outer air nil win wU reached l to explain his theory theor thAt was tho result of the draining of ot these oil 01 chasms Ch II Mr 1 stated that all ul the oil 01 fields In California appear to 10 be connected The he oil 01 basin grows deeper to the north from Los LOl Angeles Indicating IndicatIng ing the crust of earth dips way IY and by Its IH own weight nn If pre pres pressure sure Hurt of th oil ni and cai were removed froU below helow Io It NI An SAN l CO COAt At Los IoK Angeles Aug lel the oil 01 li II encountered near the surface RII ace and lil has lIas a high lil h test showing that tho pressure Is II not greal while ut San Han 1 the oil olIs olIse Is e four or live 10 limes Imel as lS deep thaI Is JH near Stockton cast of Sun San Fran Francisco Frn cisco It I has no Hash tash test lesl ns OK it II Ig Ignites h In the ordinary air ni Is IH sur surcharged Ru charged with wil gas III which evaporates un under UI del der the lower pressure of the natural air all very cry readily Im THOUSAND WELLS Altogether concluded Mr lr Blank Blankman man 11 there are now over oel oil 01 and gas wells wels operating In California Ind you 01 can readily see what hala a tremendous they ther have hae taken off on tho roof roofo of the tho caldrons In which the oil 01 has o been collecting through the centuries Of couise I 1 am nm not a n scientist and Ind pos possibly sibly this Idea Ifal It strikes me 10 as S a n possible explanation lon Mr 11 tried all ni morning to In get Into connection by b telegraph with wih his 80 so folks rolf but bul up ul to noon was unable to 10 do doso |