Evening star., 1925-08-19
WESTERN OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

flee was at his disposal for the hap-
tismaI ceremony. There it was duly
performed. Mason Lathrop is one OF
the real figures in the world of mo-
ton pictures at Hollywood. a former
editor in Waterbury, Conn, his re-
views of the newest creations in
Movieland are considered by pro
ducers, directors and stars as authori-
tative criticism.
Speaking of the movies, it's much
harder TO get into the big studios than
it is to get into the White House.
In fact, none but the highly privileged
few ever does get in. Exalted IN
fuence is necessary to obtain the
coveted cards of admission, and these
are given reluctantly and rather con
endingly. Once upon a time
every tourist that came TO Los An
geles. and his name was legion, had
his heart set upon a closeup OF Mary
Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria
Swanson and the other luminaries in
the movie heavens. In most cases he
realized the dream. The thing be
came a nuisance, the studios were
oVerrun with visitors and the bars
were put up. The reason is that the
business of making" a picture and
shooting" a scene is so delicate and
complicated, for all concerned. that
the maximum of concentration and
the minimum of interference are
| necessary. BY masquerading as
| friend of Will Hays this observer
managed to get behind a few Of the
scenes in Hollywood, but was mace
| to feel that he was in the way most
of the time-as he probably was.
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California is such an elongated and
populous Commonwealth that it main
tains a branch capital at Los Angeles
10 look after the interests of southern
! California a little more closely than
| is possible at Sacramento. Coy.
Friend W. Richardson spends several
days a month regularly there in quar-
ters that occupy many floors OF d
downtown office building. The gov
ernor is a country newspaper editor
by profession and the perennial pres
| ident of the State Editorial Associa
! tion. California rural journalists
swear by him and are the principal
source of Richardson's political
strength.
When Brigham Young came 10
Utah at the end of his long, long
trail, nearly so years ago, he said, in
IL
Mormon annals: This is the place
The spot is appropriately marked in
the Sierra foothills that are now
within the city limits of Salt Lake
City. The Deseret News, organ OF
the Mormon Church, has launched a
campaign to make "This is the place
the official slogan of the State. 1t IS
to be used in drive to tell the world
| of the scenic, industrial, agricultural,
! social and educational resources of
Utah. Copper is the States great
staple. At Bingham, seat of the Ctah
Copper Co., more lowGrade copper
is blasted out of Mother Earth every
day-something like $4,000 or 10000
tons-than the entire daily eXcaFa-
tions made for the Panama Canal.
1t seems tall tale, but is one of the
things the Utah booster reels off reg
| ularly and glibly.
In Oklahoma there's a Sinclair oil
well that is called glutton. Situated
| in the Garber-Covington field near
| Enid, the well, IN the vernacular OF
the oil trade, has lost its circulation
and is giving no returns. That means
| that everything rushed into the tube
| of the rotary drill Is vanishing. In
an effort to strengthen the walls of
| the hole, which is down 2,071 feet and
| IL inches VIDE, ana permit dflIllnS
! to proceed, an almost endless stream
of various substances has been poured
! down the stem, only to disappear
| completely. To date the oil well has
| Tapped up the following provender:
Fifteen barrels of crater compound, l
| bale of cotton, $50 sacks of cement,
| 500 sacks of cement and lime mixture
| 20 barrels OF iron oxide, 200 pounds
of beans, 700 pounds of oats, 10 loads
| of straw.
Despite the feeding of the brute.
| 1t refuses to gush.
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