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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY
VOL. I -No. 87.
HKECKENKIUGE. STEPHENS COUNT. TEXAS. IKIDW OCTOHEU 8. 1320.
TOM U H .TEK Owner-Edltor
WISDOM OF DEEP TESTS SHOWN IN PRES
WORK
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ON TOWEK
Ioes 1 e lire ilevll stick n Ies forked
tongue at us Ince the burning uti of
three men on Tuesday night
Not a M) of It. That t raged only
whetted the appetite of the monste-
Hls next call will Ik? for n full meat
On tho enn side of town is a (reek
In tlm holes of which for several miles
up anil clown from the 'Walker Htreei
bridge are pools of oil.
These pool arc the drainage from
waste oil l-ndlng Its way to the water-
way level from hundreds of wella.
With a little rain this creek lccoiiies
nlive anil the oil moves on top of 'he
running stream saturating Its innk.-..
Everywhere alone the hank It imw
& tine powder (ruin Into which the
dropping of a light In either wet or
dry weaMier will start an instant lire
running quickly to ui-eumulated jmmI
of oil and jumping from one to ho
other of lhee along the several mile
course.
A year apo there was such a fire In
the creek course. For a couple of days
It was cauo for alarm In the city
There was then comparative! no
building nlong the creek course and
there were not u tenth of the veils
flow tn'ifcs and storage tanks In clo
proximity to ami extending In solid
Mocks hack from the creek bed.
The menace a year ago from tin? m
the cree'j bed pools was nothing. In
fact as compared with the uiei.-nc
a. creek bed fire would represeut to-
day. And yet It frightened the com
uiuulty a year ago.
For n couple of days.
After which It "was forgotten.
And nothing done or even suggest-
ed at the time to remedy the situa-
tion. And 1: continues today grown in
Its threut !y a full year of hearty
nourishment with no otlicial cuih ad-
vanced or suggested fir. so far as In
floated thought of.
A Are In the creek lied with n little
wind blowing from the east would he
n remarkable overlooker of opportunl
ty If It did not lick tip all of Breck-
enrldge within an hour feeding upon
It's oil wdls and street and .sidewalk
rubbish tnd tinder construction like
so much shavings.
Mere Is a real fire menace this
creek either with a tire emanating In
Its pools from the dropping of a matci
or from tire running to It or blown
to It froai some part of the town.
Ami In tho town tire menaces are
crowded upon the corners In gas and
oil tanks. Id the streets in leaking p.t
ualiui. In the buildings in poor con
M ruction fur aught hut the warmest
6f summer weather usicge and unsafe
hi high degree for that.
All of It subject to correction It
the application of the same vigor that
In shown In enforcement of the Sun-
day law nnd without the passage cf
a single new law-
All Mint need In? done Is enforce-
ment of cleaning up nbattug nuisances
on sidewalks and streets ami In build
ings ami In public places such an the
creek bod and In enforcement of Kule
31) of ths oil department of the rail-
road commission.
The oil department has promised
to act. It Is a state organization and
ran be expected to carry out its or-
ders The balance of the business lie'.oiigs
to tbe city and county. The ntilcluls of
both arts I'wnre of the justified alarm
that exists among residents In the
city for whose protection and can;
they an responsible as sworn er-
rants. In the creek bed the Immediate
remedy In to put u force of me.i at
work draining the oil pools to a satily
distant place down the creek li re-
quire no engineering nor no great
effort.
If city and county cannot combine
to do It immediately steps should lie
taken by citizens In their own pro-
jection and some manner of organiza-
tion' made to do the work
The ieston carried by the fatal lire
of this week should tie sufficient :o
bring Immediate action. Vet two days
have gone by with no move to clear)
the corner:- and sidewalks anil atrevtsl
of their rubbish nnd luflammauite' ma-
terials uwl gas mains are leaking ell
toivr town in proximity to dwelling
- liotels apartment house ami utluT
buildings just as before the tire.
In m.tny places in the town ther
are leaking gas mains In as el.??
proximity to flow tanks as the leak !u
the main that burned up Kell on Tues-
day Bight nnd terminated In the John-
ton weU lire and the loss of two other
lives. SiH-h leaks are In the heart of
ttie city and as likely of being Jlred
the walu oa Tuesday night.
Alarm Is justified. So le demand
of the most strenuous kind for cor-
reetlea of the situation immediately.
Jiud to will be strenuous action to
SINCLAIR AND GULF FINDINGS ON SMITH TURN MUCH
NEW ATTENTION SOUTHEAST WHILE HARRIS DRAWS
PLAY SOUTHWEST; EL1ASVILLE WELL TO GO DEEPER
The (hanged situation brought about
in the list sfM'ral da.xs In the arei
south a'td east of town and south and
west of town by the gusher tin-Is on
the Jess- It. Smith lease by the Gulf
Mid the Slncbilr.aud the MX) barrel
find In the fit) barrel territory of th"
Harris tense of the Fenshinil on tl.e
southwest is accepted as meaning
that there will be a great deal of Im-
mediate new drilling in these areas.
On the south and east the new drill
Ing isa!rci.dy In evidence as making
good stir" Several new rigs are go-
ing up mit that waj The (lulf Is lead-
SINCLAIR WILL TEST SAND TO 3600
-OUTCOME NOT VITAL EITHER WAY
TO A BIG PROVEN PRODUCING AREA
A statement from a Sim lair of'lcinl
nslny sixes the Information that the
Ulll well of the company at Eliasillle
Is to 1k put down to 3CO0 feet ruder-
reamliiT. it I stated will be carrtisl
tel'iw tie- present six Inch lnudiu';.
The Hill was started as a test of
the Immediate Kliasvllle area. Sin-
lulr has considerable holdings there
ind also extensive holdings elsewhere
In tbe same general vicinity. lest
well will naturally be of xery much
tuture iilii lu the development of Its
holdings.
It continues to be understood tint
lite Hill well to date has been satis-
factory to the Sinclair. There is noth-
ing contradictory from the company
if the statement made some days ago
that the oil and gas showing lu tho
hole warranted exjtectntlon of n thou-
miul barrel well. All that has Hap-
pened Is that a deeper sand Is beUev.sl
to probably exist which tet slmhld be
made fo.- and which If found mitv Ix?
iiuch mote prolific of oil than th.) up-
per sands gone through satisfactory
ind as highly promlsiug of large pro-
luctiou ns they may have been. fJlii-
olalr during the current week. It Is
well to remember found a thousand
barrel well by going devier on t!ie
.fise It. Smith and the (Sulf found a
"i.OOO ba.-rel well to replace one of 1U
barrels y doing the same thing on
fife Smith last Satin-tiny. If in pvtiw i
irai such as the Smith In th? Itreel:-
jnrlilge field a deeiier and morn ju-o-llflc
mi ml may exist and bo wor'n gt-
Ing after. It is certainly worth trying
out lu . new field. Had Sinclair dono
this ou the Smith lease six months ago
It would have had. incidentally k.iih'
hundreds ef thousands of barrels of
oil to tilt good by this time and HUc-
tvNe the fJulf.
X
IN !OK six ih:m)ki:i
The AVtlllam Little .Sloan No. 1 on
Hlocfc 71 was shot last night with 110
ipiarts. The well resiiouiled with pro-
duction which is today showing lor
six bundled barrels. The gas pres-
sure from this well Is heavy and with
the shooting lu last night liecuuio
strongly rotheuble on the north ald
of the veil restriction district.
IH.OCK 30 XS IN
Suowtlcu A. MeSweenoy's Jtall wull
on ItliK-K no about four squares north
of the i.t'hool house and back of the
Cooper-Henderson otllev came In thin
afternoon for what apinurs to be
altout 'KtO barrels. The pay was stmek
at the usual depth.
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i)Kii.i.iN; in isn: onk
WitlkcMVrklns No. S on the tJtM.rt-
wln tract Is being drilled lu this af-
ternoon northeast of the city. ThU
well is looked to fur the usual large
production that lias become establish-
ed on the Goodwin tract ranging up
to ."000 larreN. The tract has four-
teen locutions to drill on whtch rig
are up on practically all.
ii.vijt: fouk a ;ooi) oni:
ifale Nc. 1 of the lamdrcth C'ou-
Itany on the Hale lease south of town
is in with showing for a tine v.-a'i.
This well was drilled In ou Wednesday
witeu they stopped barely In tbe sand
with good gas pressure and oil llow
estimated at 100 barrels per day. It
was th it 'Jeclded to await more fa-
vorable ttmospherle conditions before
drilling deeper In the sand. Low rrrs-
get correction if It Is not promptly
forthcomirg.
Several thousand people in tli.3 city
ore concerned In this because they
arc concerned tn knowing whether the
chances are that they will wake nor-
mally or In a charnel bouse follow-
ing their hour of retirement to sleep.
Ins with these In rig erection tor an
offset to the 1000 barrel well brought
In by P.c Sinclair. Tho latter coiu
puny Is understood to bo prepailin: to
Immediately drill Its other three wells
on the Smith deeper In the. sand nnd
pick iiji the big pay.
There are a number of leases both
' southeast and southwest which luvo
been let stand Ht rest pending develop-
ments ov to enable the taking care of
more premising nnd prolific territory
than this appeared to be but a week
back that now look exceedingly good
and are nttraetlng much attend n
Regarding the nilasllle test tt is
lHiIuted out that regardless of whether
It makes big production or turns dus-
ter. Is more or less Immaterial as le-
garils the general northern extension
of the r.reckenrltlge pool embracing
Ivan. South llend and UllasUlle areas
and Ko more or less Immaterial as to
KUasWUe Itself where the local ob-
ject is to establish a commercial sup-
ply and residence station rather than
an oil producing area. Adjacent to
l'ltasvllte Is an abundance of- produc-
tion established and flowing into the
pipe lines lrom the I-ydon Illtey Tex-
as Mid-Kansas Shankles and other
rumps tvulch have need of a commcr-
cial center cooperating with ltrecken-
ridge end (raham. Hut as to im-
mediate nilnsvillc production it can
be profitably recalled that the Gulf
hail n dry hole on one piece of the
SloVcr and n 11000 barrel gusher ou
the adjoining piece of the same lease
and that at Necessity it had u dry hole
on one end of the McCnuIey and one of
the greatest wells In the history of the
Texas high fields on the other end.
the second well bringing about ?he
great Necessity boom.
Contradiction made publicly yester-
day vof the report that the Sinclair
well at Kliasvllle had showing justify-
ing the continuance' of development m
the well iollowcd an advertisement (f
tho llryant company lu which It was
statist that It had Information that the
well looked like the making of a hou-
sand barrel producer. Mr. Itrya.it in
piotccting Ids reputation for strlc-'y
corrts-t pifscutatlou of facts lu his
publicity went the extreme end of de-
nial vh .-Ing this doubtless us the cor-
rect course to pursue In addressing his
large followjntt of Investors built up
by the care with which he has at all
times advised them within the facts.
sure has since continued and com) le-
tlon of the well remains in abeyance
with ilia production of the well Hold-
ing steady. The Indications favor a
very divided increase with greater
depth.
I
SUGAR LOAF SOON DUK
The Sugar Loaf well On ltlock )! is
today pi'lllng casing and will be ready
to drill In shortly. This well Is ex-
Itectcd to add a good one to the num-
ber of townsite producers and will be
popular the Sugar Loaf organization
having u.cny friends in the Held.
L'Mt KIX'OMK VISITORS
OU operators have received w-imlng
that undesirable characters have been
driven out of Wichita Falls and Hang-
er by recent raiding acthltics and are
headed this way in number. Man
of these iersons have been under sus-
picion is casing and other oil well suit-
ply thieving and It is anticipated are
coming here to begin operations n?w.
Several operators In conference today
decided to follow the policy receutly
outlined by Sheriff Sears and shoot
llrst. lvrsons going on oil properties
of nights will do well to have it under-
stood In advance that they are (om-
iu. NEW OI'EICVrOHS HERE
W. II. Flowers of Tyler an opera-
tor of experience with drilling hIes
In Iaimpasas and Stonewall cou)itl-3
at tho present time. Is here tu take
over soai? highly promising lenses lu
the north side area for Ids organiza-
tion tho National Workmen's Drllln;
& Producing Co. Associated with Mt.
Flowers in this city is B. J. Ander-
son well known grocer and others
who lue strongly advised the entry
of tho company to the Ilreckeurldge
fields. Mr. Flowers expects to close
his leaso this week and to have mate-
rials going to the north side next week
for the beginning of development
falling lu line with the many other -
IIODIES OF DEAD IN
PIKE TRAOEDY UiA E
THE CITY THIS EVENING
Th body of U. I Illgglns .n
of the xletlms of Tuesdny night's
oil well lire will be shipped this
m cuing by the Harrow Under-
taking Co. to Shawnee Oklahoma
where It will be Interred. The rc-imiin-
will be accompanied ou
their final Journey by the father
of tlw deceased. T. .1. Higgliu
who airiu'd here yesterday from
Oklahoma lu response to u tele-
gram sent Tuesday night. The
young man ws unmarried but Is
survived by his parents. He was
held in high esteem by all who
knew him lieie.
9
Funeral services held last even--Ing
ove- the body of V. A Kell
were latgely attended at the Har-
rows undertaking pallors and
many accompanied the remains to
the depot. Although not widely
known in the city the tragic end
of Kell and the heroism with
which he withstood his suffering
called together many who had ad-
miration for him and joined with
his acipialntances and frlen U
who he!c' him In much esteem In
paying the last tribute here.
The body of W. L. I'arslow
another one of the tire victims
will aNo be shipped out tonight
for Illinois accompanied by tha
wife nnd a brother of tins deceas-
ed. Many friends of this esteem-
ed family will join with other
mourner? at the depot in 'partius:
memorial to the dead
GREAT GUSHERS ABSORB PIPE FOR
WATER LINE; FOUND IN LOUISIANA
AFTER FAILURE IN WEST COLUMBIA
H. Learned and W A 1'eterson re-
turned thlr morning from Shrevepoit
where the succeeded In contracting
for the delivery to Hrcckenrldge of
twelve miles of S Inch pipe line for ifc
on the Rreehenrldge Water Work -line
from Clear Fork to the city
Acquirement of the pl'to was said
by Mr. Learned nnd Peterson today
to solve the chief problem they hive
had to contend with recently In Un-
clear Fotd water matter. They went
from here to Houston whore Mieiv !
was 100 miles of pipe said to be avail-
able finding on arrival that the Texas
Cotnp.ni has Just purchased tills en-
tiro amount and had Immediate use
for It In the West Columbia Held
where ihey recently got n 21000 bar-
rel well the Humble a 12000 barrel
and suu'lier company icported )n a
few days ago with a .'tO.000 birrel
gusher. The West Columbia Held sit-
uation prohibited further effort for
perleneed operators who have luteiv
turned north and begun tho pushing of
development lu a manner th.it has put
the area forward with wonderful ra-
pidity in public attention ami .'srisnn.
HAS HIGH STANDING
George II. French oil operator and
associated with strong California ami
Nevada interests now planning fur-
ther development operations lu Ste-
phens (ounty came In today from
Hanger accompanied by Mr. nnd Mrs.
C. II. IVnner of Tonopah Neuida.
Mr. Fenuet Is one of the best known
engineers and geologists of the western
mining country nnd has a very strong
following which places implicit faith
In his professional judgment conse-
quent upon a ntimbei' of successes he
has been sponsor for.
VISITORS FIND PLENTY
Follow'ng n few days visit here
with Fred 11. Foster well known and
successful independent oil operator
Joe Ryan and lhtutny Rurke Cali-
fornia mining men with headquarters
in Sacramento have returned to tho
toast. Familiar with big activities in
tho dcvelotuuent of mineral resources
Mr. Rurke and Mr. Ryan Vere never-
theless unprepared for the tremeuilou
activity they found centered here in
the development of the Ilreckeurldge
fields the extent and xnst producing
wealth of which they declared exceed-
ed the highest reports which luv?
spread ou the coast nud which have
been felt by many there to esaggerate
the real situation here. The return-
ing mining men stated that upon their
return they would be able to affirm
that reports have been
undenlon"
rather tluin overdone Jn n'gar'l to
iireekenrldge and Stephens county
White here they paid particular atten
linn . 41... K.nn.l .&. . T f-
tion to the property of the Louisiana -
SCHOOL LOT 0SL PAYS FOR SCHOOL
ARRESTLI) FOR STEALING
TAINT: .MISSING GOODS
ALLEGED FOUND IN TENT
Last nlaht .1 J. Wooten was nrr.'sr-
ed by th- Constable's Department on
a chars" of theft of p-ilnt and il's
from thi Morris Haiti t Store
W T. Morris the conipmltilug v it- '
ncss states that he lind been missing
paint on jobs for several days and.
iinaiiy ms suspicious centered upon
Wooten. A search of Wootcit's tent
he declmcd resulted in the iccovcry
of some S20 or $"0 worth of the miss-
lug mntetl.il.
FIHE HU)RANTS ARKIE
AND ARE HEING HUT IN
Cl'lY'S lll'SlNESS CENTER
The lit" hydrants for which special
iepiee'itutlres were sent out of the
city a fev weeks ago and ' " -r use I
of qule'c delivery of - h v i se-
cured from mllioads h lv ind
are belir; installed along iiu- liii of
the Landieth Co. water system in the
central b.ninoss stvtlnu of the city.
The hydrants are six In number. They
will afford a great deal of prot s tlmi
In the business district where pres-
sure of oer 100 pounds is avail tile
from the water line. As a tomntmry
lellef "Mic welcome given by business
men to the Installations underway to-
day w in i ronounecd.
OIL EXC!LNGE
Hid Asked
Hreck. O .K. . 1.U0 1 10
HlneU 1' 0."00 10."! 00
C. II. & K. U "..00 -'..
Invaders of Texas 0(5
Hex Oil .. 1100 T.'-tO
Scott O. Ac It. .- - 1 10 l.:0
Walker Caldwell fit) 00 filOO
Y M C A 100 00 10.-00
pl'to lu that part of the country an 1
Shre.epurt was tried with result rf
getting the pip.1. In eonsuuima' leg
the deal L V. Humphrey had the
directing baud.
It wns stated today that closing
of all jficlimlnary steps to breaklu
ground nud putting down line would
l be currlc 1 out with such vigor that
by the time the pipe gets here
will be it-cidluess for It on the part of
pipe line (oustructlou crews. The pipe
is stat" I to be now lu transit with
the rnitroids promising special rush
transportation for It In view of llielr
knowledgi ot the Hreckunridge cltuu-
tlonT In the city there Is groater public
urgency fur Immediate construction
of tho water line than over before. All
realize since tho Johiwon wall lire
the vital need of the 11 ro protection
tlut C'rtiv Fork water aloiiu can
bring.
Stephen lu which they lire Interest-
ed with Mr. Porter. Lnulsl!UU-StJ-phons
production Is holding up evcul-
lentiy ut its No. 1 wull. Ou the No 2
they ar setting the IB1 and on the
No : spudding lu today.
DIG G.VSSKK OUTPUT SOLD
Oklahoma Interests who havo been
here in ((inference with L. W. Watso-i
of the Imiii Siulleate hao closed n
deal wher-.by they come In possession
of the thirty million feet of gas ltelug.
made by tho big Imiii gnsscr ilr. Wil-
son staled today. The details of the
transaction wins not ghen out. Mr
Watson stated with regard tit th af-
fairs it the Ivan Syndicate directly
that the hole was reported down 123
feet today on their lease north of Ivan
in the exceptionally promising ai'i
they Imi entered and that then' 1.
vigorous determination to make a nc i
ord run lu gutting tho hole down ipd'-k- J
ly to the pay. Concc.-niug tic l iu
Svndlcute then' has been a great tl-nl
of interest expressed since tlielr an-
nouncement of eteriluy by reason of
the fact tfiat they are the Gonaliis
gushor ciowd and that their entrv to
the norf h 'lldd Is therefore ot 'a rg .
than nrdlnnry signllicanco.
learned today that Gordon
Dem of
the syndicate Is lu Houston confrriu
with interests who were associated In
the Gouzolus llotatlou and desire a
larger bharo of tho Ivan Syudu it.
than luid been alloted.
t
GOOD YOKIC ON' I1IG WEU.
Walker-Perkins S at C feet In the
sand this afternoon Is lndktited to be
a 2o00 birrel oi better well. In ham 1
( Hug the big one Into production ex
cellent results were had the too's 'h
ling got out three minutes in h-Hmdc
of the flow and the oil being retaluo.1
I ... . - a.
1 with hardly a splash lost.
MORE WELLS (
RICH DISTRICl
I ITS
IUILDINGS ARE CROWDED TO ROOF
Crowi'ed together shaken Oowti.
piled up nud running over that is
about the gist of the school situation
In HrecAcn-tilge.
When Superintendent A. L. Ha'l l -
pan niakii.j preparations for the otsu-
iug of the fall term a month ng) it
looked like the lity might be cilled
upon to furnish accommodations for
at least MlO pupils. Hut ;i'ii with
this huge Increase theie was still
more to come for wltiiiu one mo"tn
...... i... ... . .. . . . .
( tun mi; ueiuin; oi me scoooi icrii
there wire 1100 imitlls enrolled.
Today there are over 1"00 and still
more to lome Her room of th big
buibiin; is crowded to its utmost e i
trndtv aid two of the I.Hal chi.n li
buildings laie l en pn-.M! into si r-
ie f.u- iei-IIow pupil . Hi tbi Hat.
list (hti-ih there Is one iliwi i oi"
i lie prinu'ty grade while Uie Slctho
tllst dun ill an ouuuod.ites a divlsioii
of the thin! grade (jiouml is todi.y
being luoi.in on the southeast corner
of the twelve acre siliool campus tot
.mother four mom building whim
whcii '-oiapleled. will be used for p'i
tunr.v t files. In Hast Ilreckeurldge
a feur loom sdiool building has ju-t
be'cn completed and one teacher in
stall.st taking care of the children np
to the tfth grade east of lionol'
creek. Flans are on foot for the
erection of u building on th soutn
side of town which will probably dt-
velop in the near future.
When school began there was a staff
of olgh.ieti teachers; that has been
Increased until today there are twen
i three instructors also a special in-
structor In physical culture and druw-
Lig DouttiesH several more will Juive
to lie iilded before the winter s mes
ters begin
Vs to organization: that Is on of
Prof. Hell's hobbies. Notwtthsl aiding
the terribly congested condition ev-
erything Is going along like clockwork
With 'in exceptionally able corps o'
asHlstuu s the Superintendent is meet
Ing ev i niergi ncv tint arises in
liploiuiui'- sih and surmounting e
erv (UfTii ultv In a siuprisin in miu'i
One ot tin- lirst pi iblt ins .on'.'.io
nftDM
xsunmiiUM
NEAR FINISHES
?0R TEACHERS
Tote week the finishing tone lies are
being put to the new teacher's dormn-
tory lorn id on tbe southwest i-oru'-r
of U b(K..l cnupu.
It i h two atory struct ore modeni
iu ever respect containing eight bee!
rooms parlor dining room kltcl-e-i.
servant' leom and bath and will fur- j
nUh aet'oiumodutlonii for at least lour '
teen lntrui tors.
In a lew dityn now It will be ready
for oecupbttey It Is the pbin of the
sdiiHil bo-iid to charge a small .-eutal
to take miv ot the sinking fund and
Intere-t of Imestment looking forwird
to pin In ; for the b ill ling in some
thirty or forty eirs In en. illy the
building will lie ruu n the oopra-
e plan the teiuhers going to.' nier
lu hiii'i; hous-k. epcr and imu and
pro rafli g Hie cK'iise between 'i a
m les.
This plan it Is thought will prove
an Hdmirtible solution to the -i hnol
teacher tmblem wlibh N now eniinuit
iurli re and Is being muiiii mil
pii Isiied thiougbout the state Kiea la
the rural sis-Ioii there arc ni.mi t. ik.
where It has been found iiin--put
up 'ember's homes n f the
l'Uildlli';s iu oldei to s.Miiv In
i rs
to
(. i o
'iiu t-
(oMiurr iopiL.v:t
Illusrtuuon of the ppiilariry of one
ex-gov.-rm r ut lcst afforded yesrer
day nft -ruiMtu w lieu Former Gtieinor
ColqU'tt (IlCle to toWtl lie sMl) pvd
but i io wuiiiiiitis on tin u.ij to Hist
if w.sill!t froni ju . il and coil I mils i
. the tion'i pa'-t ot toe fieint Ills
utl.
i i a hi if j - ' i
station and fuel wits teken on. luring
the bri. ; int. r ul the ex goicinir
steppiier out to Mi-lh ids -n fie
immedliti v bei-ime the ceil' r f a
gnmp of frb n.ls nnd a 'Ut ii'miu
i who t 'u.ed in and within th t..
imnuti n wu In ton n do" n m
came to t'c American MJlce with the
iiews fb.t tbe gm rnor w t on the
lorn r d oui-r fo K i ir ni i.d
'' '1 n it . i c it 1 i . ' i in
'arc f r r tL ra " xs s)
iilans work out The Upland nuircul
.n I. n..l nAn hla nnn.n.(..
to the north was his promoilon
:0MING IN MEANS A
'; MEANTIME PRESENT
Ing the school bo.ud this year was not
only th. seiuung of cllicient teachers
tor the local school but the caring
tor then afterward. On account of the
i m optional condition existing in
Hrcvki'iuiiigc special mrangeiuents
were tinwirj- for the tutors. Ae-(ordinglv-
a doinmtory was erected on
the southwest coiner of the campus
which will furnish accommoditlons
for at le-ist fourteen Instructors. In
this building they will have both room
and boaid it being conducted on the
cooperative plan.
As to iniatice Hrcckenrldge Inde-
pendent School District was nevir in
a bette.' (onilitioii. The scholastic en
r.ilini nr lor last year was only 722
bnugimr approximately 814 per stu-
dent from the state. This is only
about half the sum necessary to defrn
the expenses of the year's work. Hap-
pily the school district Is in iioAses-
slon ot a good oil well drilled in on
the north side of the campus prodit'-
mg ih.-.v tvtwecn IKK) and 400 barrels
per di. from which the district re-
iches one eighth royalty or nboiu
M.iO pe. dnv which sum will ery
ailiNpi itely take care of the overplus
expense owasloned by the great In-
fitix of pupils In the school. Todny
'lie fou mil. tion is being laid for the
sis nnd derrick and when completed
"'l No. 2 will be spudded in. Thi?
is oud well Is being drilled closa to
he eenuv of the so.itli side of the
auipus. Later on well No. 3 will be
mt down about the (enter of the west
ide of the grounds. With the haud-
omo returns fiom these wells plan-
ire already being considered for a
lg high school building next year to
io located somewhere near the center
)f the clr.
In the high school department the
milliard prescribed course of study as
aid down by the State Department of
Mucntlon Is being pursued and It is
xpei ted that next year the local high
i bind wl'l be entitled to aillllatlnii
sith the other high schools throiign
mt the slate meeting tills requirement
I ind ghing them recognition in the
tiglier institutions of learning.
ARRIVALS OF A
DAY AT SOME OF
LEADING HOTELS
Morris.
Win. JI. nsiield Duneanville OkU ;
W. W. Chaffee Ranger; It. L. Rjhurt
f. Puttney Los Angeles ; L. W. Wood-
.-tof T..iu Cantrel and wife Goimun.
Colonial.
S It Itugh.-s IIHlsboro JI. E. MUl-
r A. r Husscll. J. Q. Fouche. Dallas :
E.
L. Keller Ft. Worth.
Miller.
Hen Thorp. A. D. Cockrell Dallas;
I ( ' M I ocklln Clias. U. Gerner Ft
W.rrh II K. Page Arthur T. Steln-
1. Ivans i aty. Mo. ; Mat M. B. Cole.
(.s iu' es; ivi Kruger Guy Wade
Wi.luta lulls; Dr. J. II. McCrackln
:. II M Cracken Mineral Wells; W
U. ti.Tn LouisUIle Ky.; Frank Keed.
UK bin lalb; J. W. Hicks Ranger
I' X Civans I.eoray; G W. Chirk
Isio. 1 A. SlrCntrertv. Pi .t .
Peun II II. Porter Deuoh
Commercial.
A. B Culllhau D. H. Kirk Abl-
ene; W J. Stewart Mineral Wells
P. A. Shliby il. II Wright. E. A. Kep
i ili - It J Fiannory Mr. and M-s
Dr Hj t on Ft. Worth; C. A. Love J
L Gibson Hanger; p. H. Lauder Wc-
oria ; J. I Duffy Wm. HIake Wichi
al Falls.
ShcKon.
- J. P. Woolty. Ixmgvluw; Nem No
am TuUm; Floyd Johnson Moulton
ci.is prgman O. Calvin Rco-1 &
Murphv O. D. Wells Hanger; Tho-
I Semraos. Paul P. Turner Ft. Worth
T K Esich. Bnrkburnett; H. J. Wocd.
Wu . O. .1. King. Caddo ; C. II. Stout
I Mnvean S. S. James Eastlanl
J E. Shiph'ird. Dallas; Jesse A. Woof
ten. it in. W. Va ; 3lrs. Hen Gatei
murill ..
Antlrews.
T W Halor and wife J. M Kell7
Huiui.i Falls; Marguerito Klyn Kev
. . -1. Cit-: II. Ilodglns C. K. Joh-i
son u I' Tate Dallas; Allen Jamc
and wife D W Starr Joplln Mo
Oil KAchange.
F II Hi i tarn S gn Ueh 'J'
C iw r Ae'Hngton Texas .1 J
Puff J H Innder It Hincs Wichita
t. n 1 1 . re... .n
rails Ttrxas.
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