Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 204, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 23, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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HKECKENKIDGE STEPHENS COUNTY. TEXAS WEDNESDU FUIKI 23 1921
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C VDKTS ST KT1NG HOME
KILLK1) HEN PLANE CRASHED
UPON PJilNN FIELD NEAR AUSTIN
The Aorialr Pre.
AUSTIN Feb. 23. Cadets E. E. Allen and Virgil
Beach were both instantly killed today.
They were of Kelly flying field near San Antonio.
They met their deaths when their plane crashed upon
Perm field a mile south of here.
At the time the cadets were taking off for San
Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO Feb. 23. CadetsAllen and Beech
killed today wore leading a seven ship formation. They
left Kelly field early today for a practice flight. Then-
bodies and the ship were badly burned. Allen's home was
in Columbus Georgia and that of Beech in Nashville
Tenn.
OIL MEETING
IS FOUNDATION
FOR MUCH WORK
('. M. Caldwell who returned yester-
day frotn the Port Worth Oil operator
conference. shIiI Inst evening that It
was n mn-tliK full of cutlm-lnum anil
ilctcruiliintfaiu. Several hundred wore
ta attendance nil the oil flehls of tht
state being repro-entetl.
Tin- first ami principal efforts of
tin- permanent organization will U to
thuiirt legislation (tending tlir.t would
Ii'y it tux of one cent ier gallon on
Texas gasoltne ninl three eents per
barrel on Trans oil. A committee to
fight tliis legislation wrts sent to Aus-
''"
It wiik cleiirly shown in the meeting'
wild Mr. Caldwell that the United " . .... V . '
States timsiiiii.iI more oil than It pro-j11" m lmt n"uIe !t lwnl 0 s"l'l'l.v
iliunl Li-t er. mid it won stilted tlmti""' "is-dol Improvement-; hut Itreck-
tlie Sta.ul.iri! Oil Co. wns r.-iKiiixilile enriilgi- will he turning the first served'
for the mvut decline. Heartily. thc!U(. tl them I
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(iimnil- of mill tiintiiietit ml states. In
securing s id. lice that would prevent
moiiojH-ly lu the oil ludu-try
Muror II V Suyles ami City Attor-
ney C. O Hamlin add their .-tithui-a-tlc
appro al of the hig oil confer-
ence at K.-rt Worth. Thi-j -ny it wa
iiiu in ix-p inun sran 10 iiiu-ii. nuti
.-mi hut result in much U'lieftt to tii'
Indi'tM-udeut uiMTtiturs of the arloiin
fill t tlllllu 4t 111V.I kl 1
After electing J. 1) I'aruell of VieliV
tin Vill 1 r.ll.iv mt.l I 1 I-..T.1.
welt of Urrckeurldge a? genurul Ic
preslilgL the pcrmaueiit orgiitilziitlou
liHluitwJtwenty-fho vice presidents
mid twenb-flve covernoi un ursai-
l&itlon for (tieli individual ell flehV
Thes ar to Investigate locally condition-
and operate through the guu-
eml offlcera. In the itreckenrldge
field II. A I.eaverton wa.- made vice
president ami Cleve John-on. II. ir.
Kurr and I. 11. Cooper governors'. At
Caddo Hay Wllltiighum wu- chiien
lcc preshlent and S r Swensou gov-
ernor. Other IikmI fields are to np-
IHtlnt governors and vice pre-slilent".
The honor of cerrlug as chclrmnn f
the meeting at Fort Worth went to
Judge C. O Itatemun. C. I). Hamlin
acted us mi relury
MOREC llILD REN
APPLY DAILY
FOR SCHOOLING
As an indication of the ImTwi-liig
schiKil attendance tliere or fnuit half
a down to twitdoien iippllcuiiLs for
adml.vJiiu every Motidajr and Tue-dny
sionilugs. wax the stitsiiient of Su-
lerinteiidet!t Hall who was examin-
ing and classing a nnwber of ntipli-
nintx when the American representa-
tive was in Ida office tlay
"Of rour-e r-xwa la alremly congest-
ed mid it U dUficiitt ( admit other
hlldrvu hut they uiut In- niken care
of some ny . ' saiii tin- siiM-riitriMt
Ctlt. "IIoeer. a lltth- relief w ill
come Thursday when fue fourth an-
nex huUniug on the grotituls will be
completed and reu.ljr tor .K-cupaHcy.
Normally Ir would atiMiiuiKMlMte ItH)
chttdrun; bur like tlte i li.-r biilidiugit
It will l roiiirel u are fur more
than that
OUIK Cl.rit TO HI! UKIKI)
TONKIHT AT HKjII M'HOOL
The dice Club fruut the John Tarle
toil Cullusa of .Stophtsa;iU-. will pre-
fvtii ItH entertainment at the Hit;h
rn-liiMil amlltorliun at J o'cIik k to-
night. Uatlltee wis give nfor the
chtldivu at 2. .'hi this afteruo.HU
John Tnrleton College at Stuyheii-
llle Ls a oninrtt of the A. & M. Co'.-
lege and tills Cdee Club iius a stale-
wide reputation a.- one of high order
In entertainment Tlie pra-ciitutlon
J:cre pronit-es u rare treat for ItrHlt-
eurldsv citizens;
A1JJKGKI) WIFrJ DCSKltTKK
AKUANUKS I.1I5EHTY I5V W'lKK
A. W. Tliomax. detained here by the
shcrif on cbanre of wife ilertlun In
Ohio and who was to have been start-
eil to tliat state tonight was tills af-
ternoon rvleiy-ttl on bond arrange-
ments (or this yet Ion having been
made by wire.
TELEPHONE IS
TO BE WAKEriED;
WORK IS DONE
The llrerkeurhlge Telephone commit-
tee to DallHi In the Interests of lietter
service her got the promixe of what
they n-ked for after a very conllnl
bearing hy (ienenil Suiiorlnteitdent
linker who promised to ilo more tlmn
even llreckenrldge hml contemplated.
He views It ait one of the lending cities
of West Texas uuil Is going to give
it service accordingly. Tlie company.
lie told the committee has hcen hnn-
dleupped for lack of equipment which
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.. .'- nt. in uinruiil lil.li .111 UU I 111-
lt -inn- week- ago Is due in now1
mii da It will gle mi additional
wnliv of 1.TO phone. He ngretil to
Ittimif. lately Install toll stations In the
leading hotels of the city and desig-
nated the Miller. Peiir-on Snger. Com-
mvri u ( Cubiulal
.tmiKHti.m. Tlil will
for Immediate
:reatly relieve
the lougetttloti at the telephone; office
ami lui"'eu rnIK
A special engineer wiw ortloroil hy
I lie sjiwrhiteudent to at owe visit
llU-cckuttrhigu mid uuika u Survey of
he field nnd Its ueutb. Another re-
Lt-eatatlve Is to eome to detect the
'rutfblt wlileli have deloyil or inter-
ptnl the service. These citu he i-ent-
cdhil. ho told the eummlttce. mid
would le.
The committee tluit vlMitetl linker
incliiiHil Mayor Sayies. City Attorney
C. O. Haudlti. Cleve Johnsoii. Harry
Aides mid T Udgar Juhusan. named
nt u Meeting of the Clumber of Com-
m. n e
The vlult is resultant of improved
ervUe nou mid an acquaintance that
imiuU tlie Telephone company to an
appreciation of the needs of the city.
MERCHANTS ASK
LOWER RENTS
AND WAGE CUT
The outstanding feature of the meet-
lug las; night of the Itstatl Merchants
Association were propo-al for reduc-
tion lit rentals In the city and a pro
portionate reduction of the wage scale
by the unions. To this end the meet
ing tn-triHted Its secretary. Mellaril
Hudson to address letters to the own-
em of reulul proiierty asking reilue-
tiomi in their prices ami to the vari
ous union- uakliig them to .-on-lder
nsliirtlon in scale to comport with the
rendjiMtment taking place lu bu-lm-.
l"he letter rite that grocery prin-ea
hTe fallen from 20 to 2fi pertvnt ;
dr gusl- irom 'Si to BO percent ; lum
ber ii; ruxiumtely "() percenL It
uiilil- Hit. the property owner who
iL.ilntulii- his high rentals "Is not do
ing Id- mil duty in helping to restore
our i lt to a normal imsl-" It says
tli.it Hit- "AsMK'latl.iu goo- on r.iunlli
a- i oinIemuiiiK the proiierty owners
ho are mit willing In .-land their
part of tli burden ue. i .iry to lia-tni
the r.-turu to normal . .iii.llt toils "
Sin n ki.-i hould come "witliout fur-tbt-r
a tloii by the citizens who must
have homes ami limduesw hoiifres" it
cuiu I.uii-s
Tlh- letter to the unions of the city
urg"- it us tlieir duty to meet condi-
tions that demand the Iuw.iritig of
wages b'nch uetiun thoy huld to be
"one Mj'iuhitt of the high rents prob-
hu within the city." A reduced la-
Itor scale would Imiuce "gretiter build-
Ing activity ami provide lMjth employ-
lueut and houaiiig uinimmodatioiis
It utt.- forth that iaih meiuls-r of
the AsstK-iatioli Is directly inteieaum
In the welfare of eiory individual of
the city nud deeini iU action fair to
alk
-Iiwer merelvindlse prlivs lower
rents mid lower wage scales must go
lund lu liand" L the Aoetatleu'a
view.
This lubject oecuplwl the whole
time of the meeting last night.
iVETERN)ED
IN RAILROAD
WORK OF SOUTH
Br Tha Atsoettttil rmi ' BT T1" Assoetattd riws
I.I H ISVU.I.K. Kv. ivi. 21-Mil-' WASHINGTON. IVb. 2:S.-Kcpro-toll
Uatililltl StnlMi.i.roniliitni r..li.-...l if'uintiv.-s ol' 100 Notional mill llltcr-
man. dUil last night :it hi- turtiie
here. ugel .". years
Milton Hannibal Smith w is for
thlrtv-flv ywirs chief niM-mtii nf-
flcer of the I.lmNllle mid Nu-lnlll.
rnllroad. which he helped make one of
the yrlneipnl railway systems of the
South. imuiliR und operating mure
than o.ooo miles of tnickiiite. Tlw
principal lines of the minpaity extend
from Cincinnati throush Loui-idie.
Nashville. Itlrmlngham. Moiitg.jiuery
and Mobile to New Orleans; from
CttK'luuatl to Atlanta : uu.l fmni Nash-
ville to St. I-onb.
lie was born lu Oreen County N. Y.
Sept-mU-r 1'-'. 1S.U His father a
farmer a short time later removed
with his f'liuily to Chautuuipia Coun-
ty N". Y.. and then to Illinois where
the boy grew to manhood.
In Loul-ville where Mr. Smith
icnd hLs home he was known by
lght. at least to almost every resi-
dent of the city. He was known for
his kindness and was held In high es-
teem by the employees of the road
none of whom. It is said was ever re-
fu-ed a Ionn mid his per-mml aid lu
ithe time of distress. In contrast with
this kindly spirit toward the men un-
der him was the determination with
I
I wart
which he fought ev.ry effort of the
employes to force him to deal
with them as an orpiuixed body.
lletlcent to the extreme about lilm-
lielf and hi- pir-onal affairs mauy
of his hi ti ma to friends knew little of
his history and. it l -rated tln only
interview any newspaper tunil ever ob-
tained froi; htm was "I hare nothing
to say."
SAP AN MAKES
AMENDS ASKED
IN SHOOTING
Ey Tha AoctateI Pros
WASHISOTOX. l-'eb. .. The iu-
ttldont of the fatal sltooiltiK-.o - l.lett"
tuumit liugdon of the American navy
by a Japanese s-eiitry nt VhuUvustok
Iftst motitti. la regttnletl by offlclnla
todny as definitely closed except rk
to returatioue.
Tlte deelrioii Is due to action by the
Japi'iiet-o govermuent in pushing thoe
responsible fgr the tragedy nnd re-
neweil official expressions of ri"gret
conveyed in n recent reidy to the Am-
erican note ttiiordlug to Secretary
Colby.
PROPOSE DRIVE
FOR NEEDED
CHARITY FUND
ISreckciuidgo Feb. 22
Kdltor American:
l' reliably no other toiru In Tt-xa-lias
fo ranch charity work n doa our
own city. AH about lu tenta and
shacks tlieru Is aickuoss puTrrty nl
want hitch a- to touch the huart of
any one who cure for autferfa: hu-
iimjilty. Hoggtitg and soliciting fntiiut on the
streots Irns been ftrbUUn by the dry
Ccnuiibntou. ami tboto who need help
are referred to the I ulteil Chnrltle-
s-ociatlon The exeeurlve board of
tula organisation Is mmpoMil of the
men whMe nauten npiiear at the end
of this notice.
0n Thanksgiving day lt2t a mm
uhIrii for fuiHls witl) which to carrx
on thw work was -tirtnl. dnlj it
few men Were seen but fimn these
stuue $2.KH) was stciiml. llowcier
the many culls for help during the
winter wont hi have about esliuusl.il
his fiiuiL und the executive commit
tee ha- '. Thursday r-Ybrtuti' 21. a-
u day in w hi h the bu-jiu s men of
the Ity will Ik- gien uu iiiHirliiiiilx
in a i-t in Hit- wor... I' a IiIm-i.iI mi.
triliutiun. Kneli firm r indlMdual
suhst rlblng will he gixeu a card signi-
fying titer hare contributed to the
I'nltcd Charities fund and will th. re
by be protit.-t.il from any jsr-oiis who
Uilgtit cut. r th ir place of buslii s
seeking in I p. Sili-li uerMin- call In-
referred Co the CJiir'.tn.s Uo.ird ami
gut aid.
Five tennis of ladles wtll visit every
business ltuuse Thursday and it is
hop.il every house and Itulhlduat will
contribute.
Signed.
A. J. MOltUAA.
C. K. LINDSKV
ui.i:nn IIPTTON.
WI. JIAKKIt.
UICL'U CI MlllK.
J. M. lUWUEltFUUD
It. Ji. LEACH.
CAPT. DK1LVNAN
ItEV. JIAHAN
Executive Committee.
UNION LABOR
GATHERS TO
PLAN PROGRAM
national tmious nfflllated with the
Aiueiii-mi l-'edenitlon of Labor gath-
ered hi-n today lu extraordinary con-
feivmv for the purim-e of organizing
o mcvi attacks upon union labor.
The conference called by l're-iilcnt
S'nuiuel (lomiars. Is considered of ep-
ochal Imtiortaiice and one of a very
few of the klud held lu the history
of the Ketlemtloit.
The first busllicss today was the
presentation by the executive council
of a "bill t.f rights" mid recoiiinientla-
tioiisi. for a labor progrntu.
CABINET IS
EXPECTED TO
STAND AS PUT
Djr The Assoctited Picts
ST. Al'C.l'STINl-: Keh. 2:!. ITe-l-dent-el.it
Harding Is considered today
other Immediate appointments he will
need to make and working on the pre-
paration of ids inaugural address.
Only n few formalities remain for
the final ctoft of his -election or his
cabinet. The elimice of any change lu
the cabinet iktsoiiiicI ns announced
yesterday Is remote.
Formal acceptance has not been re-
ceived as yet from Deuhy ll.Mivcr and
Davis -lmed re-ix-ctivcly for the navy
commerce end labor.
Published reports that Ilooier might
decline are not credited by Harding
and his iidiisers.
Another selection that Is understood
to Iwve beeu decided upon is that of
(ieorge U. Christian. Jr. as secretary
to the president. Christian has bed
Harding's secretary since he entered
the -eimtc six ytnrs ago. a graduate of
Penn-ylvania inilitury college with the
degree of civil engineer. He has luvtl
a neighlmr of the Hiirdings lu Marion
for years.
LDEAD ENGINEER
IN KATY WRECK
HAS SON HERE
Uf lis Associated Fress
11R.VI.SOX Tev. Feb. 2:!. The bod-
ies of IL V. Mayes and It. It. Dickey.
euKlneiuen killed yesterday when the
Texas Special was derailed five miles
north of Waco were brought here to-
day for bn.-ial.
Xev.s of the death of Engineer
May. s was received here yesterday af-
ternoon by Robert Mayes a son man-
ager of the Cnine-Acton offices who
left hi-t night for Deiiison to meet the
Issly.
It. W. Mayes had been an engineer
running on the M. K. &. T. for a iiuin-
ler of years and was In Id in high es-
teem by bis fellows of the railroad mid
by citizens ot Deiiison among whom
he was un active force In civic affairs.
The news of his end come as much of
a shock tc his son here who at n
preimrvd to join the bereaved family
In Denlson
COOPERATIVE
MARKETING IS
PUT THROUGH
Bf Tb3 AsmUUd Pitts
AUSTIN. Feb. 23. The house bill
providing for the organisation of co
operative marketing asis-iatious fi
nally imwhiI the senate today.
The boiiMf emergency bill also ovcr-
ivnif delays ami pascu the seuate
with an Miiicuiliueur providing .2()()0()
for renilrs to the governor's man-ton.
vi.u:(;ki li.mukk pkici:
riXINtJ KESTKAINT
By Tha AsucUtcd Press
ST l.i l IS. Feb. 2:5. The govern
ment IihIim a-kiil u permanent iujutic-
linn rest rii iif):ig i In- Southern Pine as--iM
i.itiiiii 1 1 mil .illeged aetUities ill
fiiu IiiiiiIht pin is.
Aboot sixty lo.-poratiotis mid sixty
iudlviduals are named in the suit un-
der the directum of Attorney fjenural
Palm. r.
1I0U) hLM)A LAW
PKOUIIJITS PICTl'HCS
Bf Tho Associated Press
Al'STLN. Feb. 2S. A.-ociute Judge
HawkloH lotlay agreed with the ma-
jority of the court that the operation
of Sunday pi' tore shown is a viola-
tion f the law.
Tae agrieiuiut was reaclitsl ill uu
opinion oil a mot km for rehenriug of
the case of J. J. Hcgiumi which was
overruled.
J. C. Crane Jr.. ef tlte Orune-Actuu
Co iii-iir.uit e. is back from a week's
-lay at W'U lilta Fulls where they
I have au oftice also. He ays that Wich-
I ita Fulls is a good business nlace. but
I Uot as active us ijreckeurldge.
TOO UK; A PU'KAUK
FOK OM) .MAN (iOOUUIN;
lli-2 II NCS IT TllONi:
.1. N. (Jiimhvtsi owner of the
farm on wltlili lhe Wilkir-lVrhlns
lease Is and fiotu the welts on
wlilili l.e rcrelics mi eighth' of Hie
oil. is used to gu-licr- but u big
one like the 7 make- even hlin de-
niatid the news in sirnll chunk-.
"Thai- enough." wtw his cxrLi-
niatlou yc-lcrdtiy wlien culleti tin
by the driller of ? and told that
the well was making at Ibe rate
of 17.000 barrets at lhat time. The
ti'lcplioue rcri'ixer went up with :i
snap. What Cooiluin did at Hie
other end of the tine lie has Hot
told.
Mr. Perkins of Wnlkor-l'erldim
lease. Is a real esfate and oil man of
Wichita mils. He came here onrlv
11 the development of the field m.d its-
rticlatcd In the (ioislwin lease and
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Cl'lllV Ollll-l Vllll'tlFl l-t llll llL.t -R
Walker. It whs a most profitable
I step. Ills stteeesM had a large part In
the Influx of Wichita Falls people to
Iircckctirldgc. himdrtsls of whom have
come here and intide heavy Investments
in business ronlty mid oil enterprises.
Mr. 1'irkliis is here today.
The Texas Co. pipe line pumped
from ground tanks of the 7 during
17 hours je-terday J.oOO barrels of
oil. while the (iulf ran in the
same time 115000 barrels from the
steel tankage. The total of 22.500
barrel- In 17 hours figures tinprox-
imatelj 2D:i7t; barrels for 2 1 hours.
That rate of production would nicmi
!ssi.i2 worth of oil per day or SL-
7tS2"(i() worth In 30 days. Heretofore
the million dollar a month well has
been considered tupping the heap lu
the llreckenrldge field at ! ."' i er
barrel. The figures on the W.ilkiv
PerHiis are nt S2.(K per barrel hiuI
the field evidently set to much more
than make up for the dtffereii.i- in
price of oil by turning out greater
.ptautity.
LAYING PIPE"
FROM RIVER;
MORE ARRIVES
Five more cars of piping for the
water line to the Clear Fork was re
ported In the P.recketiridge yards this
morning. Ten were pji route betwceo
Fort Worth aud the polut; seven be-
tween Sapulpu aud Fort Worth mid
three between iyrniiagham nod. SapuM.
pa. if Is rolling in tw rapidly as the
contractors cau string: it along the line
to the river.
Arrivals this morning from Crystal
Falls reported that jevernl forceu of
men were busy on the line of the wat-
er service from Clear Fork laying big
pipe hud making good headway. It
was stated to those who impiir.it that
orders were to crowd ahead with nil
speed that could be got.
OCEAN TO OCEAN
FLYER REACHES
DALLAS TODAY
Br Tho Assoeiatrd Press
DALLAS. Feb. 2S. LI. uteri Hit Will.
Coney transcontinental aviator biui'lt
ed here in 12.15 todu. J I
21 HOIKS UlilJiX
P.KOXTK. Tex. after 24 hour delay
with a disabled engine on his ocean
to ocean flight frimi California lieu-
tenant Wui. Coney took the air for Dal-
las at !::!() today.
IPHOLDS PKOIIIHlTiON
lW OF Tim STATS
By Th Associated frets
Al'STIX. Feb. 23. Overruling the
motion fur rehearing In the ca of J.
W. GHuiore. of Collin county. Associate
Judge Hnwkln. W memli r of tin
criminal appeals court toiiv uplie'.!
tho former majority opinion of t'je
court holding lon-tiiuli n ! the si
called trin-jxirtiitii'ii t iltu of tin'
Dean prohibition I u
Oiluiore bail apfli' ' to
urt for
a writ of Iwilu'.i- oihi- ii i 1.
coiwtitutioimlit o( Uu- ti.iinu
:i- t 1
COLONIAL SOCIAL
IS Ml I II LN.JO
I.
A (.corgi W.i-I'iiiiioii -" Ml witn
colonial periiul 10-itiin ul piitK
INttiou of many per-on- w 1-. -jreatl.s
t'tijoyed at the t'lirl-tun . luinh lu-i
night. Tlie proRr.nu an lu led u eon
ersation choru-" a -olo l Ir Mir
shall reading bv Mi- ('lump uiii-b a'
M-lwtlon by Mr. and Mi- I mi. 1 wood.
reading by Mis K.11 111 .e. a ....ii.rted
number by the tjtdies Aid two r el
ot comeily from the picture 111 ictiliie
tho evening concluding with nt1 lev .'
dainty retrcshuieiit.- proiidul by the
Thrift Grocery Co. a- It- part in the
oceurJou.
DISCUSSLNfi KVA Isl(
OF STATE IIK.LTir L.W
Br TUe Associated Piess
AUSTIN. Fib 'SA Tin pnbl . b. .ilth
committee f siii' iinl i u-e mot
today In Join' - i n t U u njtu
meats for mid a: u.-t i'n til ni-n.
the present law at uneaforeafale points.
The bill was prepared by tlie ttate
board i-f uudiuil examluers.
LOUISIANA GOES IN DISCARD;
FLUSH TO 29376 BBLS.; PIPE
LINES EXPECTING OTHERS IN
Texas and Gulf pipe lines are loaded with the oil from
the great Walker-Perkins No. 7 gusher in the Goodwin
tract northeast of town a mile reported by Mr. Perkins
this morning as making at the rate of 19.3U0 barrels per
day.
The Humble pipe line today announced that it would
lend assistance in handling the tremendous output of the
well except for the fact that it expects to have three big
new wells in on its north side line at any time. These are
a John Hoffmeyer lease well and two wells of Cooper-
Henderson on the Walker-Caldwell all in gusher area.
ine latl.er-I"erkliis o. 7 ni-ule up.
ti a flu-It of approximately 2!UHM
Imrrel-- lu its flr-t 21 hours. The flow-
today Is impeded with the imiafiiiing
and movement of sand and -h.ile in
the lower p'irt of the hole nee. s.ril.
attending the output of -o eiiortuou-
1111 amount of oil and the uiilllug of
tlie tremendous volume of ga- that i-
lifting it.
-Many men and teams continue at
work on the lease rushing the making
of ground storage and the erection of
Steel taultage on which ttiey have
In en employed ltne the well broke in
with its lirst evidences of unprece-
dented production. The l.irter Is the
bljcse-t the l'.r keurldge fleli! ha- hud
from any well by uio.v thin double
ii'itl a -eii-ational feu tun in ionn-c-tion
th'-rewith is that it e.nue on n
proven lea-e whhh it li.nl Nvu U-llev-'d
had -ecu It- be-t output troni pi ior
gii-her-. .1- high 11- 1211111 hi'l-. lln1i
1" ' dei'oii-li itlmi proMil. d o the
gnat rt'-oiiricfuliie n' the fit 'ti i-
a big one.
"It proves my contention that there
will be drilling here for twenty j ear-
ami that they will keep slipping on
these great wells ecry once In .1
while'' declare.1 a seasoned operator
who looked at the well this niofniii';.
"When any of them come uroum! talk-
lug about u 'drilled up field' pull this
me on them and there are Ruing to be
plenty more along In the mxt few-
week.- to add tu the proof. The field
hr'littTe nearer drilled up today tlian It
was a year ago. when there were but
two wells drilled out on this north
aldo."
ThottMUid? have thronged to see the
Walker-Perklu.s 7 since yesterday. The
rig lias been roped off mid i-itors
are kept at a distance assuring safety
from carelessness that might result in
fire. The ground 1- -oaked . it U 011.
treaniK'of which ran away Into pools
mil waterways before the control
head the tank line- and the pipe line-
were able to coordinate effi. iditly.
Some of tlte ground Linkage ier
flowed III spite of th.- le ! oiforr.
One uutghboring farmer gallic red HiK)
hnrrebj"' of oil which got over on his
place. Others have picked up many
barrels of escaped liipilu north $2
per lwrrul.
On tho streets the well lias beeu the
source of talk since yesterday after
noon. With other large produitiou
expected in during -JJie next few
weeks It !iaa fcur-od to g-ilvaninf oil
men ami iitvugtora Into new high activ
ity following tho sluggWli perkxl re-
stilUnr uboii hortagi of drilling wa-
ter and marketing uncertainties which
were miiavtd kuit week and caused
the drilling' n that Is now resuming.
Ai-l-tlue; the uplift is news of a well
undoubtedly made 011 the Htribiing
I ne and meaning niueh in proving u.
the f'ir imrtliwc-t an-ii ot the lUvck
eaiiiige field uews that the Ibc? on
itpe extreme west I- uioi thaii hold
IV up and belier.d now to bo as-o. i-
't d with the Stribliiig .irea am'
.-w-from the northeast of dally gain
1 ii activities and prodtt. lion there
iiii the true sand- of the Soutli Iteti.l
I I 1 1 ought into grealei- and ureiit. r
I 1 in in li.huuciug tlie Itreckeliridge
INOfUKK PKKKINS ON TOI
SHOWING i:i(i LCK-bL
Walher-Perl.in-. No. cleien about a
I half mile soutli of tlie No. 7 made u
' -pray of oil in 11 lieutl this meriting anil
1 this afternoon .-hot a column uf oil and
ga- well oier the crown block.
Till- well 1- sitting file inili at 3100
feet. It Ii.t- i-lmiMi oil and gun fnrai
thu rapping for scleral ?.i and look
like uuothcr big one on the iuirthuut
Bide. -It will probably lie drilled in tlte
1 ihl of the wiik.
lit port rum nl of a gtuher tTrttkil In
thi- afternoon 011 (lie iirtheat iva re-
Miltjr.t fru.11 the cleicn's lsuwiiig.
Tlie Y ivldrh wu lo Itave been i
t!u tin ruing is clran'nig hole und may
I Hot get to It UIHII tomorrow. iw.il
' 10 fnt of caiiugs ivrre found in Hie
bi.ttuui caiiM'il by the herfij oil out
as prcs-
put and mil I Ins o( the bi
sure.
Th. firt honnltal in America wast
in IViuisvivauia in 1751.
urea to that of the greatest extent and
highest In prolific production ot high
gravity oil in the world. Hotel lobbied
mul streets today bad more erowdsi
and more Investment and development
iithu-la-m than at any time since the
holidays. All hotels reported the re-
eipt of many telegraphed reserva-
lions uio-t of tho-0 attributed to the
news of the 25000 barrel gut-her out-
doing the best In the country to date
Louisiana lo-lng to llreckenrldge the
horiirs It held for a period lu which It
took from Stephens county which pri-
or to Homer had the bigge-t wells ot
eipially high gravity In the world with
production around D.000 bids. blnco
mertnpped by a number of llreckeu-
Idge producers.
DKII.L1NG IN SOON
Itn-ck Itoudeil Oil Syndicate Is ev-IK-i-rnig
to drill lu on Its lease Mitith
of the city the latter part of the week
'ibis well has outlook for a good one.
Connection with pipe Hue Is being
made. ICcadiuess .to drill in has been
in ide for some time but clearance of
the oil situation awaited.
DKILL IN GOOD WELL
'Hie P.radley Oil Co. completed drill-
!ng of Its forty acre lease in section
I !. a mile and a half south of town
(his week with bringing in of Its No.
4 well. The latter Is .-aid to be thu
lnst completion oi the four on tho
proiierty all of which have been ery
satisfactory in production. The No.
-1. drilled In je.-terday. Is showing for
possibly a tlioii-aud barrels and is a
-trong one for the south side when.
long life is more of a characteristic
than large initial production.
SHOKTEXINC TIIEIK 1IKESS
Trimming down of townsite derricks
lo conform with the recent city ord-
inance has begun. Several blocks are
losing the tall ones anil will .soon ap-
lieiir In new short skirts as It were.
Ibmrdliig is al-o coming from some of
the derricks which clo-ed in for the
pnrpo-e of le-.-ening fire danger dur-
ing drilling in and shooting iierlods.
The ordinance requiring the removal
of botrdiiig and the shortening of rigs
I- ba-e.1 011 the bleu that n fire danger
will be decreased. It will work satis-
factorily enough until the time when
oil me.-i realize what most of them now
eict tp see big townsite production
from a deeper saint tiuiu jet rcuenci
in the rich field mid the handling of
which will require restoration ot tho
present derrick of standard heighth In
the field. If not the California tail boy
of 111 feet standard height.
TO HAVE A SHOT
The Hale & Holder well on the en.-t
nlde of the city Is to have it shot today.
This well drilled Its pny less tluiti the
usual depth and is believed to havu a
Kood store of oil awaiting the loo.-on-Iub
up that the shot will provide. It
has made sati.-facto.-y pay from thu
time drilled In but more output will
not be rebeuted since the decline In
price.
01EKCUMK HOLE TKOUULE
Manager Muter of Pocahontas Oil
c.ir.Kiratiun reports No. 2 well cleared
if deel ot the bottom and preparing
o dull In. The No. "' has been hung
i for some weeks drilling out tub-
mu t. night in the cement at the hot-
1 i where water was i-liut off. The
.!1 Is now- within a few feet of the
-in I. It l- looked to for good prodtte-
t'.m and may get a gu-her being In
the north -ide Sloane-Illgginbotham
ieiulty if big ones. The persl-tcnee
with whl. Ii the West Virginia lnter-
-t- .-.ml rolling the property havo
-.rood wit 11 it through a variety of
hilling tumbles entitles them to a
large uuasurc of Miccttes.
LOOKS ENCOIUIAGING
On the Seranton-Pittston Stoker
leaae south of tlie Guaranty Drilling
Coutructor Cldlders reports hole down
li'iO feet today. Malinger Simons of
the organisation stated today that tho
rapid progrcbt made with drilling
which lion been under way but two
week. oa greatly enthused the l'cnu-
t:ylaiiii lutirc-ta Uiund the enter-
prise with- result tliat they are hast-
cnlinc pians for vxiutifion of their
drilling operation- immediately In the
South lleud pool. In the Scrauto-piit-ioti
drdlitig It Is of Interest tliat
tli. loiind their lluii 200 feet higher
liian mi the ltuxaiia Hall nnd leiie
l"; praitb-ally free from the floodi
of tli r witn wuizii uiucu 01 iuc oi-a-tr
Urultu:: lu the vlclulty had to bat-
tie with. These bhowiug are accepted
'a- eiy encouraging.
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