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BROWNWOOD 'BULLETIN MAYf.13 lfl9
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WL HELD NEWS AND GOSSIP
WHAT
THE VISITING DOHERTY
Li
EARTY THINKS
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"While no organized' effort was made
to
obtain an xpression of opinion
from the indiviluals comprising the
j - i t
party tkat spent Monday3n or city
it has transpire todayjiiwt Uie;en
ral impressionmade upon our visi-
tors was very 'favorable to Brown-
wood and the lact that expressions
were made without endeavoring to ex-
tract an opinion ofcld appear to "add
weight to the generally favorable im-
pression of conditions in Brownwood
taken away by these gentlemen.
lii conversation with the secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce! one
siember of the party volunteered the
statement that he was most agreeably
surprised at the neatness of the city
and the beauty of the residence sec-
tion as well as the substantial quality
or -its business houses.
-Another member was most enthusi-
astic in his remarks. He said: "This
is by far the prettiest little city we
have seen on oiir trip. The approach-
es to the city by rail are very neat
and tidy and the station itself is a
thtn to be proud of. J have not seen
a squalid spot in or around the city
so far and it must be a charming
place to live in."
A third statement was to the effect
that "without desiring to appear com-
plimentary I must say that Brown-
wood astonishes me I had bo idea
we would see such a. pretty little city
and I am free to say hat if I were to
-lnre St. Louis for any reason I would
make a bee-line for Brownwood."
A note of discord was introduced by
ai-other' member of the party who
said: "You have a really beautiful .
little city with wonderful possibili-
ties. Wish I had more time to take it
in but your hotel accommodations Hre
sadly insufficient and the accommo-
dation you already have is not made
tiie most of by any means. I am
afraid were I to arrive hi BroWn-
wood and be obliged to put up with
the accommodation offered now; I
would seize the first opportunity of
gtling away to some less desirable
pkee but where hotel accommoda-
tions of a more desirable character
are available."
-. The general impressions of tine
ttllELL DISCUSSES
G
BUSINESS IN Mi!
SATS IT IS OXE OF MOST HAZARD-
5 US BCSIXESSES SCT MOST
ATTRACTIVE.
-Discussing the development of the
oil and gas Industry during the past
fifty or sixty years; J. C. McDowell
iead of the several Empire companies
who was a visitor in Brownwood Mon-
day -with the Doherty party said a
few days ago:
"The growth arid development of
the oil and gas industry is a product
ef the present generation and are en-
tirely within my lifetime. Although
the first well drilled dn Oil creek
Pennsylvania in 1858 'Is generally lixr
ed as the beginning of the industry.
IT
OF PETROLEUM
It actually began six or eight years J "It is a hazardous business to un-
prior to that time the first refinery ' dertake With small capital. The. re-
consisting of a two-barrel still operat- j lining branch undertaken alone is
ed in Pittsburg by-Charles Lockhart j much more hazr-rdou -. 4 nan the pro-
fa 1854 on oil procured from wells i
drilled for salt near Terrentura but
the successful completion of a pro-
ducing well by air; Lockhart in
really started the Industry in a way
to attract attention and the man is
still living in Pittsburg who purchas-
ed the first tract of -land for the. pur-
pose of drilling thereon for oil and
his operations were' extremely suc-
cessful "i
"The business has grown with ac-
celerated speed. In 'about the year
1882 it reached a magnitude of nearly
100.000 barrels per day nd while ithe
consumption was quite limited Hhe
National Transit company affiliated
with the Standard oil company cpn-
Btrncted In the year 1892 built '67
still tanks in Bradford region; baying-'
a capacity of 37500 barrels eikch aa'f-
J6 fi I
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
V'
We hare mjm rery attractive efferlHgs In leases and royalties cot.
fertag every part ef Browa cbhhIj- If job are looking Jfor invest-
SEE US WRITE US TELEPHONE tS
ELLIS & C ARPENTER
Rai Estate ad kMUTMice - Phohe926
OF THIS CITY:
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complimentary
whole party were however most fa-
vorable to Brownwood. Appreciation
was expressed by many of the fact I
that the citizens did hot make a- bur- I
ften cf the visit oy pressing attentions ;
on the party every member .of iwliich i
was tired after a whole week spent1
in Pullmans and continuous changes
and the visit to Brownwood was rest-
lui. They went away with a sense of
having met real hospitality at the ;
hands of the citizens.
lleferring to the hot water well on
the Knox Andrews farm a visitor from
SL Louis stated that he had developed
a similar well in the suburbs of St j
Louis though it was a cold water well
and required the use of artificial heat !
which made it a more expensive pro-
position. He said the best way to de-;
velop this well was by the 'use of local jJ
capital and that the water should 'by l
all means not be permitted to get into
the hands of any one party. It should
be held for the ''greatest good of the
greatest number" by pome "holding
company tnd sold to individuals who
might wish to put up baths or use it
for sanitaria. This gentleman was
most enthusiastic as to tlie possibili-
ties of the well and said that the well
he developed would have been a tre-
mendous tiling for St Louis had it not
gotten into the hands of one party
who exploited the people to such an
extent as to seriously injure the pro-
position and practically kill it as .a
public utility. Before this condition
was arrived at howver the well was
the cause of building up a practically
new community to which an electric
car line had to be laid and if the pro
position had been properly handled it
might have been a great source . of
wealth to the whole city; as it was
hoV.ever he feared nothing would re-
sult until the well reverted from some
cause to' some one who would handle
1 it with more intelligence and discre
tion.
tliey were filled with surplus oil as
fast as completed. The oil trade was
amazed at this enormous surplus pro-
duction while today the Empire Oil
& Gas company a Cities Seryice sub-
sidiary ot which I am president has
a production of more than equal to
the filling of 37500 barrels each day
and the total production of the United
States is now approximately one mil-
lion per day and thefjdustry is still
erowinc. and investments in it are
(vastly more popular "tfjfiu In the ear-
Jlier days of the business.-
"The requisite elements of success
in tne on anu gas business aru su-
preme optimism unfailing cruirnge
persistent effort some brains and a
long purse. Perhaps more undertak-
ings have failed for jack of capital
than for any other reason;- '
Four Branches
"The oil industry divides itself nat-
urally into four branches producing
transporting refining and marketing;
ai'd to engage1 in it most successfully
and safely it must be carried on as a
whole and in a large way. One may
engage in producing oil with no more
chance of success perhaps than in
any other branch of the Industry be-
cause though others engaged 'in- all
branches of it the producer can usu-
ally although not always find a c.ih
market for his product;. aid yet for
every successful producer there are
a dozen unsuccessful.
ducing orancli; for a. reimery wttnouc
oil is junk arid the- producer will not
contract to sell his oil except on very
short time contracts. If at all for the
pipe line will take his oil as produc-
ed at tlie market price without any
time contract leaving him free to
sell his producing property any time
to any purchaser; and many large
companies find Unnecessary or desir-
able to purchase producing proper-
ties from time to time to secure a
supply of crude for their refineries
and consumers. A producing proper-
ty with its oil under contract to some
refiner is out of the market; conse-
quently a refinery without its own
production or the production of afil-
Ha'ted companies is in an extremely
precarious position and may be junk
at" any time on short notice "
Men's Straw Hats
NEW AND CORRECT
There's comfort these
first warm days under a
straw hat; style- too in
the new shapes. ' If you
come here for your straw
you can get just what you
want for we have every-
thing desirable the market
affords. Sailors in smooth
and rough braids Bang-
koks and Panamas in all
the correct shapes and
different dimensions'
trimmed in' the latest
styles with both plain and
fancy bands. The fresh-
est brightest snappiest
styles ever produced. You
are sure to find here the
hat you want and every
one of them the best that
your money will buy
Looney & Robertson
Where Most Men Trade
E PRESIDENT IS
II II FULL
.r.
o. Mcdowell st whiles ad
FALLS AT SAXTA PK STATION
IX JJJJOWNWOOI) 3I0XDAY.
Stuiiibling over a rail -as ho attempt-
ed to step from the ground to the
platfornfat the Santa Fo .station yes-
.erdny'afternoon J. C. McDowell pres-
ident of the Empire Companies; sus-
tained painful injuries about tlie face
although nothing dangerous resulted.
Mr. -McDowell Is traveling with tho-
Doherty special train and made a
speech at a luncheon in Dallas today
for the. Eastern bankers and brokers
who have been tlie guests of the Cities
Service company holding concern for
theEmplrein the trip over-the prop-
erties. ' 5-i5'4 -y-yJ
3SLKS OF GORGEOUS COLOR
hti?uerjot Collection Exhibited In New
York Declared to De a Marvel
of Preservation.
V'hat ls perhaps the most wonder-
1 exhibition of old French silks In the
world Is to be seen" In the library ot
the International Buyers club at 1U0
Wfpt' Forty-second street New York
Miys Scientific American. The col-
U'ftJon comprises more than 700 speci-
mens of silk manufactured by the de-
fH'tiilunts of the Huguenots who set-
tled lo Spltnlllehls nntl Bethnnl Green
London lifter the revocation of the
dlet of Nantes In 1GS5. it hnrf lately
fonie Into possession of the Interna-
lonal Iluyers club and Is said to bo
the most valuable of Us kind In the
world.
The fabrics of the collection rfVc as
dnmblo suid the colors as lirlllllint as If
they were turned .from the looms yes-
terday. The disintegration of tlie .silk
fabric that one sometimes Sees in Chi-
nese mandarin coats .has. not taken
place. Indceed the old French silk
workers did not devclop tlielr nrt from
the ancient Chinese who Jealously
iruardod the 'secrets of their era ft.
The stlk industry was 'orlglnuted In
the western world by two I'erslnn
monks who had resided In Chliia and
who In about fifiO brought to Constan-
tinople the eggs of the silk worm in
a hollow bamboo tube."' "Fron these
contents developed the silk industry of
Europe.
There is an elusive delicacy about
the French silks that quite defies de-
scription. Many-. of the French pat-
; ferns arc quite up to date and are srffii
to be In line .for any revival of styles.
Tills is particularly true of the tiny
patterns in checks blus. red. green and
brown In fields of whife silkv all 'of
.which are itdfiptod to cravats. The
Gorgeous colors are shown 'In t he silks
of uphol8tcrie.s: the most dnllenre and
evanescent in those evidently .Intend-
eil for women's apparel or draperies.
Wondefful dyes the-French weavers
-used vegetable dyes that Increase In
.(heir beauty as the years-go by Gold
pure ycllnw bH Ilia tit Isolds' Is shown;
;n;hlte ivory lloshcornl; turquoise di-
rlcot ocean green ashes of tose'
chnrtreuBe. Honey' mjfijle geranium
scarlet: cardinal garnet 'ntfd(r a thou-
satid Mijherv;t Ints that would l)e bard
to inacl'ladiiy -even when we have
:J2.'l')ibadc'ibf navy'" blue alone. v
Tlie strength and durability of the
sllki In this collection some of whleh
are hundreds-of years old. suggest that
with reasonable enrethey are proof
against disintegration of the ngtis.
There Is not n cracked worn or thin
sample amonk them. The brilliance of
heir dyes soma" of whose fbrmulns
are " at. present Idst to the world Is
evidence; tjm't the wprld may' never
-bo forced to be completely dependent
upon anyone jiation' for its dyes and
that the forgotten' lore In the art of
dyeing fabrics reveflls the varied fu-
ture that may bo revived under the
flpyr of necessity.; -; '
MIR
INJURED
EFFICIENT ABOVE ALL THINGS
Human Ingenuity Has Never Con-
structed Machine of Greate Per-
fection "fhan the' Shears. .
Bequrring to the very high efficiency
of shears lillhouuh the use ot the
! word "pair" Is correct when one re-
mouthers .that each blade Is nil old
English "scemM or cutter tlie Inven-
! tor must hnvejbeon; it practical me-
rchant. He was probably one of the
1 earliest of htvetttbrs because rimnng
iho pictures on the walls 'of the mes
tnbn. or tomb of TL at ancient Motu-
i phis';' s'lienrs nrc-pjvtui'Pd for clipping
Wioj. from slH'op nhd. jroats. The de-
ceased Ti must have been a . person
of much Imimi'triiice in the -Fifth ily-
j nasty (2ajMl JJ. C) ftltlibiiKli he mdd-
! es.ll.v described himself as "Keeper of
1 the Pyramids." . ' " .
Therefore shears were In familiar
' use ijitK! years ninS ami their general
form has not been Improved upon.
This Is due to the utio engineering
prlneijile Ueltlnd the shears. .
The Invention "wiiujii.-nppenr to have
sprung feii-ilt'iihred Into the world. Ul;e
XlJnervn fKim tin h:-uin of Jupiter
imagination 1 v required to picture the
nrtinirsi.tini) with Vhich the fb-st user'
of a pnlr of sthciinj .contenipir.ted the
perfect inn of the wvh-e rendered. Al-
though he probably U1 'not recognize
the fact ilip oJiiclency of the shears Is
09 940 pesr ceiit perfecilon.
Classifying the Apartment.
The - apartment in siUb of wide
pliyslcrtl dliTcrciiceW. liplnngs to t)ie
same family as the lead razor and the-
wooden nutmeg. It Is hnllf to get rid.
of; and the persons. who acquire one
usunljy find -thrif.it lM't what tlny
thought It was; lit (he popular mind
the apartment .beinijjg to the great
family of homes. and can easily be
made Into n true home by the addition
of n rubber plant mid nu enlarged
photograph of the Colosseum. This Is
as much of-a fallacy as to think that
n bluejay cw be mane Into n bluebird
by giving him a bbieblrd house to nest
In. The blr.ejny belongs to the crow
family; and while his plumage may.
please the esthetic senses for a time
his raucous screams' and his bullying
pugnacity will inevitably offend every
one. The wise man. In acquiring an
apartment views It as a branch of the
wooden nutmeg family snd determines
to pass It on -to someone else with aM
possible speed. Judge.
Some Watch I
"While the lutest thing In walfhe 13
the thin round or acta go n gold time-
piece. Capt Martin. Van Humi Hates.
Avho died at bis home in Seville. Ohio
wore a watch that weighed four
pounds. It was set ylth tllnmonds and
a delicate set of chimes pounded the
hours as Hie watclire.sfcd In bis vest
pocket.. It was a gift from Queen Vic-
toria. . t
It tuny bo explained that the man
who wore-the four-pound watch was a
famous giant. He stood 7 feet 4 Inohc
and weighed 3S0 pounds. He was born
in eastern Kentucky1 and served as a
soldier In the command of Gen. John
Morgan the confederate cavalry lend-
er. Tie Inter toured the world with a
circus with his first ufe. Annie Swan
who was S feet tall:
Evening.
Thus my wife and I'iinve begun life
together. I think that most of our eve-
nings will be spent In the room dedi-
cated to a kind won! for life universal.
No matter how closely- the waning
forces of existence within or without
have pressed upon us elsewhere when
we enter there we-enter peace. We
shall bewailed. In from all darkness of
whatsoever .meaning"; our better selves
will be the sole guests of those lumin-
ous hours. And surety no greater good
fortune can befall any household than
fo escape an ignoble eveulng. To attain
a noble one is like lying calmly down
to sleep on a mountain top towards
which our feet hnve struggled upward
amid enemies all day long. James
Lano Allen.
DAILY HEALTH TALKS
The Troubles Women Have
BY L.MAC LEAN M. D.
Probably no man in America was ever
better qualified to successfully treat the
diseases peculiar to women than Dr
Pierce of Buffalo N.'Y. The cases that
come to him run into many thousands
giving him an experience that rarely
comes to any oho man. Dr. Pierce found
that in nearly every case there were certain
vegetable growths whicli rarely failed to
givc prompt relief in those feminine dis-
orders from which so many women suffer.
Ho combined these roots and hcrb3 into a
temperance medicine that ho callod Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for that is
precisely what it was. This medicine is
sold in both.liquid and tablet form by drug-
gists everywhere". Favdrito Prescription
is a distinct remedy for women aud acts
directly upon thp organs that characterize
the sex. It is not necessary to take a long
course of treatment with this standard
I .mn A ntnnMi. .trl.1tr lmL"1 ftl Tf
headachy nervous despondent woman
wun regular or irrcguuu puma nu iium-
ninc; disorders that come" in youth or
middle age is pretty sure to find in Dr.
Piercers Favorito Prescription tho exact
remfcdy that her condition calls for and
to find it after a very few doses arc taken.
Why women should allow .themselves to
stay sick when a very little money spent
for this remedy will probebly raako them
well is-something no one can explain.
All women who suffer from feminine dis-
orders are invited to write the Faculty of
the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo N.Y. forircc
confidential consultation and advice bo
charge being made for this high profession-
al service. This will enable every wofnnn
to benefit by tho advicc.of tho distinguish-
ed corps of physicians which Dr. Pierce
has gathered about him in lm celebrated
Buffalo institution.
When' -constipation is present with
feminine disorders Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Points should be taken along with Favorite
Prescription Try .them nowl
NOT -FOUNDER OF "OLD E-L!"
Elihu Yaie Merely Helped Famous. Col-
lege to Get Started on It3
t- Glorloup Way.
F.lIhu Yhlo .was njnt fhi; founder of
Yale co.llege. tn spite of the beliefs of
ninny people. Iiut he did make the
proposition of a college possible
through a gift of. money and books.
lie was iiorn In New Knglnnd.- pos-
sibly in Boston and went to India
when be was twenty-two. Intent on
mnkjng a fortune. Me succeeded. He
frjund employment with the great East
India company rante to bc governdr
of the British settlement In India.. mar-
ried a native wnn'an of ranknnd with
his fortune left for England when he
was. fifty to enjoy the rest of his life.-
(Vs he had no son to Inherit-Ms
wealth and as ho remained truly Amer-
ican In feeling he sent to Coifnectlcut
to a relative to come and live with him
ns his principal heir. Dummcr. one of
the most active workers for the pro-
posed colleges in -ow England wrote
asking for gifts and Yale sent back
books. Cotton Mather cleverly suggest-
ing that the nev college might be call-
ed "Yale College." which he stated
would be better than the names of sons
or daughters. Yale liked the Idea. and
sent over East Indian goods to sell the
amount of which exceeded his expectn-
Uons S3.0QO being realized for the
hew college.
Ills tomb bears this quaint Inscrip-
tion: -
"Born. In Anierlcn in Europe bred
In Africa traveled in Asia wed."
An Overpaid Threepence;
Six cents overpaid Into the. bank of
the Doi'er rate collection department
has proved a costly mistake says an
English exchange. The government
auditor declined to sign tho audit and
nearly three months were spent by the
office staff going through the whole of
the rate accounts but the overpaid
threepence was not traced. Eventual-
ly an appeal had to be made to the
auditor as the work of the depart-
ment was being seriously held up. and
the accounts were passed subject to
tho consent of the overs'w. which ;
has been given. It estimated that It j
cost several hundred pounds ende'aror-
In:: to trace this overpaid threepence j
SI
If this
T
be rheir year. .
If you be one of them let your mind turn to a
larger more luxurious cat a Maxwell equipped
with every" modern device better looking better
riding.
. Give your pride the treat it has looked forward
to. Get a self-starting demountable rim automobile. .
Get a car that expresses yourself. ' ; .
A Maxwell costs no more to run or maintain. It
gives you many extras in comfort and ease ef mind;
Many of the richest men in' America drive
Maxwells.
They appreciate the 300000-air-alikc idea behind
the Maxwell. They- know that a: chassis which
has withstood a manufacturing "run" of 300000 in
5. years without radical change mans a perfection
: in motor car development. u t
: If your pride could talk it would .say: ;. r
Get a' Maxwell."
J.F.
Phone 90S
.67948 Animals Sent-Overseas; "
in. a stutement made.by the wnr .de-
partment li appears that since the
United States entered the war and . to
January 11. 1910. this government
shipped Overseas from this country
I5T.U48 animals which Included 5.4Sn
cavalry horses IM.HOG draft horses 28-
draft mules and 975 pack mules
'i'lie total niimbec of animals lost -en
ruiite overseas so far reported Is COO
Horses and mules or less than 1 per
cent of the total number of animals-
shipped. 't! '
SPECIALS
AT NORWOOD'S
Lisle Hose extra good quaKty?.with
seams in back or without seams colors
of black and white regular 50c values
at " - - 35c
Fifty dozen Merceirized Socks for baby
at r - 35c
Infants' Hose white mercerized at 25c
The best Silk Lisle stocking that money
can buy at - - - 95c
White and black Hose for ladies at - T5c
BURT NORWOOD
is to
?et a
be your year
Maxwell
HERE are untold numbers in America who
have felt Old Man Opportunity slap them on
the-back in the last four months. This is to
More mitti per.gallon
More mi let oh. tires
Brownwood Texas
4OP405iSbuttt Broadway
UACJf LIFE'S BiAT
drifts at times gracefully onitie suk
kissed waves in eddying nookstvhere
the birds sing and the flowers bloom
then on. the storm tossed sea where.
the billows roll-high while the seafoam
threatens the end jof all. Pat your )itz
boat at onchor in your owrihoriie
built by HENRY- JIOUNT Architect;
Bulletin Building.
..The First (PresIiyferriiR Swwlij!
schdOl will have a picnic outing on
Friday evening at the Coggin Park.
CscsMber? at Looney'.s 12 5;-a..
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