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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
COLUMBIA, no.

M- and Mrs. Hush Stephens os jefferson city
were the guests q Mr- and Nrs. + W Ste
Mrs. r Z. wiIsrn of Kansas city IS 4 sues,
at The home q Doctor b. a Watson.
guest OF Mrs. Walter Williams.
Mis-, - r. r. CahGsn JT 81 Fre1s5ekt9Sn 8, l;
parents. Professor and Ms NJ l. LipscQmb.
city are the guests OF Mrs A. e D-uElass
Mrs Laura Anderson II St Louis was here
Miss bird I,ocIs, srriiy,i wednesday from Mex
ieS 20 visit her aunt Ms a % M@Tia;lans, ~,
from New York. New Haven conn. and Jack
sonyIIle. Fla. where he has been fo= several
Mzs. AleHanser, Martin and son Percy d-Faart-
ton. 81 Louis county
Mrs. J 5 MoEs. accompanies, by her sons.
Las Vegas. y. n; vhs-- they have been so
Doctor and Ms. W 7. Moore dsrarted Tues
day for Msrca:a. Mich. where they will take
cot,sgs aI.d be Joined by Professor and Mrs
miss Carrie ,samps.n departed Wednesday to
Miss EsteIIe Watson returned Wednesday from
Edwa5tsyilIe. m. where she was the guest Of
Mr.: 10 Mos of Hico. Tex. arrived IN Colum-
b,a Wednesday TO visit his mother. Mrs. J. ;.
NJ. Everett 2. Rass arrived wednesday from
Irene Bas@ on East BrCadTay;, -. - A..
MeSsTs- G y and = T Rollins were N Mo-
Miss F1oTsnce Poor ot Boston viii arrive this
week to visit her parents. Mr- and Mrs. F. W
Professor 9. T Iohnson. who has been visit
ing at his home IN West VirElnia. returned %
Columbia Wednesday and VIII teach IN the
university summer school
Professor H ]. Waters has returned from CO.
Miss Marie Fleming. accompanied by her aunt.
Mrs A. r. Fleming who hss been visiting here.
Departed Monday for Colorado. 10 spend the re
mainder Of the summer
Mrs J. a, Hudson aud sons James and VII
ton; rsturns.t this week. after visit TO friends
Sir. ana Mrs. Whitney Layton are guests OF
Doctor Pope Neaman and family. west % town
Mr. shannon MFu~ffnw lpVnrtel sunday Tor
Montana. 10 engage IN business.
The Reverend W W. ElwauC departed Mon
dav for Richmond. Va. 10 spend the remaining
Master Edgsr Fleming departed Monday TO
visit friends in Carroliton.
Judge Caldwen isaman of Colorado vas the
Ms r I. Mitchell and little son. Ernest. re-
turned saturday from C'arrolitOn. where she has
been the guest q relatives.
Mrs, A. II johnson returned from Carrolltgn
Satilrc1y afternoon accom- panied by Der little
nephew and nice John and Elizabeth Hudscn
er. returned Saturday after a several weeks
visit 20 Fayetteyille. Ark
Mrs., Dave Guitar has returned. after 4 trip
Mrs, Patterson and Mildred MeBaine returned
Saturday from Huntsville where they have been
the guests OF Mrs. Hammitt who. with her
ehi,dTsni chi, , aeeompanled them 20 Columbia ana
VIII visit her for some time.
Miss Mary Talbot q Fayette Is the guest OF
he cousin Ms F w Niedermeyer-
Several camping parties have left Columbia
Patterson McEane. Harry Brosdhsat- Sdnev
Stephens and Charles Hamilton ~ -. Louis left
The members of the HucklsberTy Finn Club
which was organised here recently. LEFT Wednes-
CAV for 4 few days camping thin Those COM
pstsin< the party were Misses MGdaiine Brat
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
ALTON, ILL.

Niss Isabelle Norton has returned from BoO.-
MlS. Iathv waEEoae- IS entertaining Miss Edna
Andrews Of Macedonia. Ia
Mts. II. Al Hawley departed Monday for Colo
Mrs Frank Lewis has returned from Chicago.
Miss {. W MehaeTt has returned to Franklin.
Ind. after visiting in Upper Alton:
The Misses Mack axe entertaining Miss Ethel
ss s g Grace ~e Mxdams ST Las ao returned to wichita
Eas-. after being the guest Of Miss Bessie Mo-
Mr. and Mrs. BENJAMIN. Foster of Jerseyv1ns
were guests o Mr. and Ms ! T Atchison in
Mrs joseph Cousins is entertaining Mr. and
Ms. II. VI. Schwcppe and daughter. Miss An
nstts SehWspn- dspSTied ~ EriIay Lay, Tor or saensms
Doctor and Mr. Fred Glassbrenner enter
Ms Fl ., ssott IS ,lS enssrtainins MT. and Mr..
\, L Hagen ct Quincy. m:
Miss Anna Tagsart entertained Saturday even
ing at her home in Manning street. Upper Alton
Mrs. Daniel Kuhn has returned TO st. Louis
Mrs Harry Churchill has returned from = fort
nights visit in Carroliton. III -,
Mss MarEaret Quinn has gone TO Dubuque. In.
NJ. and Mrs Charles Moorhead Of ST Louis.
Miss Ethel Mitchell has returned 70 81, Louis
Mrs Jennie Wilkinson has returned to ST Louis
after visiting Mrs II. C, McPike-
Mrs. r. = y Kline has gone to cariinviis
Miss Louise CfaWs0n left Monday for Chicago.
The Misses Winter have gone TO Mount Glenn
Miss Helen Burke Of Cariinviue was visitor
in Alton last week.
Miss Grace Warner has returned to ST. Louis.
after visiting Miss Annie Booth in Alton
Mrs Mary r. Guthrie has gone to Toledo. O..
tC visit relatives.
Mrs. william Powell has returned to Denver.
after a visit in Upper Alton with Mrs. C 3.
Johnson
Mss Emma Lochman OF St, Louis is visitor
In Alton.
MISS Edith Chuds o, St Louis is a visitor IN
Upper Alton.
Mrs. Flora ouarton has gone to Hamilton.
Ontario. for the summer.
Miss Eeth Chitteuden is entertaining Miss
Francis Walker OF ST. Louis
Miss Lillian Root departed Saturday sor MID
way. British Columbia. where she Will be ths
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Root
III. after visiting Mrs. HermOn Cole OF Upper
Alton.
Mr. and Mrs John n. Drumnond. Jr.. OF 81.
Louis visited in Alton lass week
West OF Louis
Mrs Martha Dennison OF Janesville Wis In
the guest OF Mrs. Kendrick in Upper Alton.
Misses Sarah Hudson and Mary Sparks have
gone 70 New York for the summer
Mrs. Fl VI Chittenden entertained the Brown
ing Club Monday Afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clement Of 81. Louis a-s
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Clement In Alton
Miss Agnes Mueller has gone 10 Houston 5S1
Tor a month's visit as the guest OF Mrs. Emma
Miss Helen Bprhridgs is spending the summer
from Louisville. Ky.
.. Ms. Alice shaEkey has gone to Pistsburx. Pa.
Mrs William Penrose has gone to Lax. Mime.
tonSa. MINI. for the summer
~. hrs. IIacy X Thomas Of Little Rock Ark ts
'He guest OF MIS- T. p Terkes IN Upper Altoo-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
JEFFERSON CITY, NO.

Former Governor and Mrs L Y stephens, de-
pfted Friday for the coast of Maine 10 spend
I'd heated term. They viii be Joined in August
II Miss Katherine McHenry viii accompany
GSyerrOr and Mrs. stephens
FORMER Governor and Airs. W J. Stone spent
"a kew days at the Madison Hotel this week.
:, Er. and Mrs. Hugh stephens spent a few Gays
l2k EeeT win ltz S,T I91 i ;55ii I 51iS-''S' MI -
th'M r Nv Va Ssna H. n N Mo liz ben visiting her
tb Mnsion. returned last week to her home in Kan
sir Irs. J. Il. Edyu Of St Louis IS visiting her
ols Eiss Anna Lou Caldwell Of $. Louis. who has
Ib{n visiting Miss Halle Carstarphsn. has re-
ere Eiss Mary Danhan Of Columbia. an aec.-m-
. the iss Ruby Reynolds Of sedalia. who has been
w. Pr F. 3 A4trooqs departed .ueslay ios Eer
fri Ers. J. I. Helnr.gks and children departed
eSsb esa1y Re, i'g sa- Ms AZ T5,r w S' staf Nrr
ED H4inr.cks accompanied them - fa- rs Pueblo
Poi kiss Jean Iizhtnsr. q Chicago IS visiting her
en- Mrs. Harry. SleITE and children Of Texas are
sta vstiRg Eelatiges here and VII spgad some % tine
fl C1Gy in CiiIawag.
NJ. and Nss. v. .Iiam Basza;t departed satur-
li day night :2r Paris No. 10 spend 4 few weeks
M M WI r.. ths formers parents a.
aIt. eIt family OF her uncle NJ. Waller Bolton.
~ Mss susie Coulter departed sunday Tor visit
ed. Miss Maud see has returned from visit with
-htss Mahle Ilnk7rtgl IN ha-saS City
R acsl Mss william Mna GoPs Es,t Of St & oph Rsd is a s % q
sal the same city is stiu the guest OF her sister.
the Mr.. and Mrs George Eoszman oc St Louis are
roCguests Of the families u Messgs. jos. Stamph!
AS Mrs. 6. Ii. Scfulte has returned from n Jew
lONoays' visit with her sister ~ sweet Springs
she Mrs T C. BgTk-art returned Mz4nes-ty tI2f'
an Mr. J. a Mevcy departed Monday FOR Mlchi-
on gan 10 spend his vacation on the lakes
is NJ George COP. Of = luis spent 4 few days
l., mel win Mise F-S and m n gez Ityis1r, t,s
ISAnt0inette and Her SON ate the usual number
onldiscUSsed ices AID cakes We're served
solsundsv scb5gI of C;raIe Tpise7r5i t-rrsb .,sy.
~ lsunday school OF the Baptist Churei save pic
thinic ana on The following dsv the PFsstvterig9s
Twas the Netbo53ists ana Christians 70 finish UI
1She week Each az these piCrics was very -ieas-
be,VTere served on the banks u the Morsau-
-, Mrs J. 1. Thorpe is entertaining her aunt
or Mrs J E Morris and IIttle dauEhteE have gone
he Miss Carrie Carver Of Fulton. who has ben
visiting her sister. Mrs. Joe Maus. returned home
wh Mrs ]. $. Sullivan is spending this week in
TO met TUESDAY with Mrs J. Il Cgttan to arrange
an season under the direction Of the Reverend J.
ho1I Heudy a verr talented leader whose ius.Tuc-
Btlons on art. sculpture and noted paintings Vas
z-ocf the greatest benefit- The club viii continue
sin Mr. W r. nan and family departed Sunday
aIcrnorning for their future home in Indepeldeace.
from which +l,ay came here several years ago
llt Doctor George Tainter and family have re
Of turned from visit to the formers parents in
- Mrs william Roe.ter Of St. Louis arrived
~ y, "Wednesday to visit her parents. ME. and Mrs
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20

in Chicago. after visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ly-
Mrs. Robert Buchanan and Mrs. Walter =.
woodward q II. Louis were the guests This week
u Mr. and Mr.. + = Br-wiaEt1n
Miss Etael Adams. ~ hb vas -he guest Of Mrs.
Harry L-Ean. returned 70 her home in quincy
Tuesday
Mrs, 2 G0rin os louisiana Mo- i< visiting
her sister. AES- illilm iyues. Broadway
Miss Dora MlhvEli- departed "Wednesday for
Kansas City
Mss ". IA oweuby returned to her hosn. In
Salisbury THURSDAY. after a visit 10 Mr.. and
Mrs ". Il EulEIs.
MJs. = J. Roy and little daughter. sydney
have returned from - visit in Louisville. Nv.
Miss EslEa W1EEeI - visiting Ia CITshaEa. III,
Mrs Fred Clarke mas returned from Nisls IL
MisSts Cav and NAY JgruirEs % NalnE!y. who
have been visiting AisS ETusl!ue G-TEaI. returned
hnus MauIav.
Miss Helen Harris OF chicago. who has been
the guest Z Miss GeE-yIege McCaEn. returned
home Tuesday.
Miss sara Shepherd IS visiting IN 8. Louis.
Miss Ida D1hyuS ~ ss'lsihna + the sucst %
her EEauLUytaeT. Mrs. D n Dulsa.-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
AiOBERLY, NO.

The ladies' Of the Central CarIstian Church
gave reception Friday evening from tiil Il
al the home u Ms. Pat Mcdonald On West
Coates street.
NJ p. !. o'Lsary. one Of .Aloggerly's social
leaders. deI-sEtsd this week for 81. Louis
spending the week with Miss AIyrna Kent.
M r L Gross deI2Eied last week fer
dauEht;r Mrs William Bcunslf
sCaeG S5S"5 6y Gi EoGTG RfoSs sp at Me # I axe
Tuesday evening Among the IneTTyIssshsTs y ere
Lena Ingram. stella Daniels. Mary Lowell Ma
gram. Frank Miller. Charles Kelly and Lowell
Aiz- Mortimer &. Levy of St Louis spent Sun
NJ. J1sepa y, Mullen has returned ffom a
Mr. J : Ha5Ian and Mrs. Harlan Departed
for Philadelphia and other Eastern points last
A,r. Max Isowensiein and daughter. Fay. are
Mss Jack FTsenan has returned 10 her home
IN Ssdala. atse- q visit with her parents. M
Airs. Frank R6beTts5n and daughter; Bessie.
are ssendi.s isT & GAYS & a. u. lsan1gigh 9pLnSS
two weeks stay at ENcels.gr springs.
Miss Mae Aadrae entertained the g G Club
Thursday evening. The club i composed OF
Misses Ruby and F,fde Dvssey; Myr1a Kent.
Jessie McCanue, Julia Harvey. Myrtle JeffTeys.
Ida CoWan, Nae Andrae. Minnie Guy and MIS-.
Ms ". D williams entertained several young
folks at her home IN Reed street Thursday even
Mrs J Il. BabcogS and daushier May. nave
returned from a yIslt 70 friends in Macon -
:.
Bertha Trirlble, has just returned from three
weeks visit 10 their son, ". g Van Cleve. OF
Springfield. Mo.
Nessrs. Harry McCabe. Earl Nuid VIII Martin
and Misses Iayms Surbcr and FTata Levy were
entertained BY Miss Claudia Hendricks Monday
evening.
Miss Lena johnson of Toneka. Eas.. IS the
guest OF Mrs II r TeTrih and Miss Edna
Gounce.
Mr.. and Mrs. r C. Garden and daughter.
Katherine. departed Friday TO spend month at
Col rado springs and Manitou
ErF. Harge Pitcher gave Ganclng party Mon
dav evening for her daughter. MarEaret- The
ut-Of-tuvn guests were: Miss Everine TeT-iil
ard brother. James of Denver. Colo; Messrs.
John Hicks and joe Gold OF Ss,lalia Miss Cudur
Of Kansas City and Miss Bessie Seaton Of
Qulncy-
Mr. and Mrs Fred Sharlach heve returned 20
st Louis after "A visit with Mrs Sharlach's
parents Afr. and Mrs- q. z. Beatty
Professor Arthur Palmer and Mrs. Palmer of
Terrell. Tex. are spending the summer with
Professor PalmeT's PARENTS. Mr. and Mrs Seth
Palmer
Misses May and Cay Jennings have returned
fruru q visit 70 Hannibal and Paris.
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InIIsIANA. DO.

t- Mrs. F. A MayhaIl and sen are guests o. rel
Mrs. William Reels is enjoying two weeks
aneyaeation with friends in CIicaEo- g., .L. .-- ~,
eveA G CAM and farnily. -. NJ ,.,u-,
nom noi mr. are A vIeitSg Is ia his t'i CITY
Mr "a and & Mrs .: y; n iyi9 y.snIsr iSt iO
toF Mrs Homer GInley Of Barton County is visiting
me Miss Ida Galloway Of Pennsylvania IS visiting
amber cousins. Misses Emma and Kitty Culver;
tpeh 1 seRaa aRe s DAYS at Piasa BUNS the past wse
eid5es t5e dsgs R2Ee69 o M ana smh % Ssd family
90 IN New London. after pleasant visit with Miss
friweeks' visit with relatives in Pennsylyania-
.nel Miss Margaret Dunphy OF Bloomington is visit
led Mrs. Eliza Lansdowne departed Monday for
theisit with her son, Doctor Frank Lansdowne, and
VIC Mrs JACK Medsris is visiting at Cincinnati Ia
uirfssiie Kize5. and family at Lincoln Ne6 r.--
M M Yer where she win visit her son. Harry;
the Mrs. John McCombs and daughter Miss Ella
grpf jackson, No. are the guests Of Frank Skep-
= Mrs. J. c. dickinson and children IN St.
in Louis for a two weeks visit
@ M the ee5a Asss e M a9 &RpfhSfa M Murphy Of H.
,F1,Sr5 DIT + r Logls s ana sif s [4n55oe Cir
sins Mrs. D. S. FagG and daughter. Miss Myrtle.
10 Samuel Sparrow returned Wednesday from
!s1o Mrs. Matt at C. Reynolds and Mrs c w Bright
a1 St Louis were the guests OF Judge and Mrs
lar Miss Anna carkener has returned to her home
'uTSsIs SsIstsT. a:S Mrs. G. c BHffum D's'
pie Mrs J M Foster Gf Mashington. D G; is the
rnzuest of her brother, A T Huddleson and family.
6aI Misses Kate Murphy. Lizzie Cullen and Mary
y Butler returned Tuesday from st. Paul where
Arehey attended the National Teachers Association.
1t Mr. and Mrs. T. e. Rule Mr.: and Mrs; g NJ
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schroeder, MI. and
Mrs H. Schroeder CT St. Louis. and ]. H. Behr-
. tnyer left Wednesday on steamer Sidney for the
ingound trip to Burlington.
res Mr.. Edwin Greenberg and sons. Herbert and
-,oEddie, Of New York. were the guests Of ]. L.
Preston and family this week.
20 Miss Anna Zuzak. daughter OF Mrs. Caroline
grEuzak. and Mr.. Isaac Haas Of stsnberTy We're
3 married a the home of the brides mother
GU "WEDNESDAY evening. the Reverend Doctor Spitz
5f ST. Louis officiating. A wedding dinner was
Iserved the West House. which was followed
- was attended by a large number
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
KANSAS CITY, MO.

dol Miss Zoe Izah Ford and sIr Otis D. Allen
sidence 10 500 East eff street T s ~ si5s II.
sexteuT at home August 1s at No. S5os East Twelfth
ishewinney were married Wednesday afternoon at
lsmshe residence Of the bride The Netherlands by
oiof Sristan cRurch The bridal tour includes
7 Mrs. Cameron Mann is the guest Of Mrs. Henry
: sur Miss Georgia Montague Of Marshall No. is
ITO ne guest Of Mrs. George n Barton
- laughter. Elese Fairfax. of No. 240i Brooklyn
usOaa whrS w @ W Sf 5 sst AgEsf for for Ssm S
yogork. They viii spend two months at Buzz
TEL, Mr, s: Green is the guest OF ME; and Mrs
tjcsss been visiting her mother viii return with
49, Mrs, Kirk Askew Is visiting Miss josephine
Angen in LeavenwoTth
hefhseiir new % home. No $sl2 summit street.
an,f 5he LONDON co2nmonWeaith vas 's me aEs
sabaEi wee.t Of Doctor and Mrs. 1 NJ Ridge.
Rgxa$ celebrated July Il 1T the hce Of the brides
e East M EeRea6 Ra Es Street, Crank Thomas Davis No
Ina Mss Ada Markland sheffield. en- route to her
Il ShE krempler on Lnwood boulevard, Miss Shelf
" and Mrs. Chester A. snider are spending
" :, Mss Alma GoseiIn, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
: greseie married last Monday morning in the Ca
of sIrs. J. NJ. C1irtice. Miriam and Miss Jennie
ssiisspfngs and other points;
RIO Miss Clarence StaigsT sister Of Arthur Staiger
gfNnd James Smith were married Thursday and
forTiA be at home 10 friends at Glen EyTir Farm.
- oIfh Of the city.
4 B4rs John FenneIy. accompanied by her guests
a&s Laura Fauntleroy and Miss Sadie Duer
sogrtney. will depart the last OF the month Tor
SEada-
lF n NRE. and Mrs. William J. Stowe. acconnanied
peoy MIR. and Mrs. George T Vance and children
9heIeff last Tuesday night Tor Sylvan Beach Mich.
iThI 3frs- James G. Stream and children Of Armour
r. EfiloJ4svard departed July Is for Atlantic City.
d Hsater they will go TO Crystal Lake in the Blue
A2idEe Mountains
Mrs H. P Wright and family departed Thurs
80 Hay morning for Lake Aiiltona, near Alexandria
rsi1n. where they viii remain until September.
Ma Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Nicholson departed Thurs
Jay for San Francisco and Vancouver.
a n Ar. and Mrs. Henry D. Ashley and family de-
6saFted Saturday night for Nantucket TO be gone
Nntii September
& j Miss Pearl Derry departed Tuesday for Boston.
p he viii be gone two months
n Afr Frank F. Groves Of HYDE Park retuned
;askohday from nine months tour Of Egypt,
sss ,nsr-sacs ~ sStss Hr.6ci IIs-tet. ana NJ
4 nytoba W Brewer was soiemnized Monday night
4 she family residence.
RSetoT and Mrs. r. v. Anderson departed
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popular Young ladies' from CarroIltou. nj, are
spending a few days At Chautauqua.
MIS-. J. &. kupfeTle and daughters. Misses NIL
dVed and Esfrue, occupying their cottage,
the White House" The Misses Kupfe-1a are
entertaining Misses Ruth Robinson. Edith john
son. Florence and Mabel HCevei. all OF St Louis.
Misses Lucille Martin and Hazel Mayo OF s.
Louis are guests of the Bringhursts 1t the Log
Cabin
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20
CENTRALIA, ILL.

a., me h @ Reverend and Mrs C. W. Rier, and fam
make their home SSAiHs'' "nere tney VIII
Mrs. Arnold Kohl and daughter and Ma. II
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
RICH IN PETROLEUM.
The Wells of Southern California
Are Fair Producers.
Only Drawback Is the Speculative
Fever Which They Cause and
Which Impoverishes Many
Small Investors.
Especial Los Angeles (Cal) letter.

Especial Los Angeles (Cal.) letter.
IL WAS remarked recently that
there is hardly poor working
woman in Los Angeles who has
not lost more or less money by in
vesting in oil wells. While facts are
exaggerated in this statement, it re-
mains true that the petroleum craze,
Ii its seasons, more thoroughly than
any other enterprise in southern
California, drains the pockets of
large numbers of citizens who can
ill afford to lose their small savings.
1t is undoubtedly true that the poor
people OF this state are wretchedly.
sordldly poor; and the remembrance
OF better days and hope of adding
to a depleted income causes many
to listen with over-willing ears to
smooth stories concerning the oily
product. There are still unwary in
dlvlduals who seem not to be con-
tent unless they are risking burning
their fingers, but the petroleum in
duStry is now reduced to a very safe
working basis. A radical though
gradual change has been taking
place during the last six months in
methods of conducting this business.
Instead of the eagerness formerly
displayed to secure the oil in tanks.
care is now being directed toward
arranging for better transportation
to such market as existed and in
creasing that market. For, although
there was an increase of so per cent.
in the oil product of California last
year over that of 1900, the decline
of 37.7 cents per barrel, resulted in
a loss OF about $2,96O,OOO. This has
caused decline in the amount of
development being made. In Nav,
there were 122 rigs and 533 wells
drilling, while in June there were
113 rigs and 529 wells drilling. This
is greater reduction than at first
appears, for of the 80 wells drilling
in the Kern river field Sc were sus-
pended, leaving "a in operation. In
the Northumberland fields, of the
167 drilling lis were suspended.
The same state of affairs exists
more or less in other portions of the
state. However, the increase, in
June, to 1,030 barrels per day, from
CPS in May, in the Carreaga and
Fullerton fields has kept up the gen
eral average. There is talk of ex-
tending railroad lines in different di-
rections in order to tap the oil lands
now nearly inaccessible to market.
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months of hard labor the operators
were rewarded by fine floor; in
fact, for a short time, the well was
gusher, throwing a stream 100 feet
into the air-a 400-barrel tank was
filled in PA hours. They tried boring
deeper, but the pipe detected and
the flow was "smothered.' 1t is
thought that the removal of the pipe
and redrilling in a straight line will
bring oil in paying quantities again.
1t filters through the rock in some
way until it is distilled, and is worth
from four to five dollars per bar.
rel on the field. The smell of ma
tural gas meets one at every turn in
Placerita canyon, and in some por.
tlons of the state there are paving,
flowing gas wells. 1t is probable
that the Los Angeles fields have pro-
duced more oil than others in the
state, although the greater portion
of the product has been of low
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talns, as rule, asphalt instead of
paraffin. Since the earliest times the
Indians used it for various purposes,
and the Catholic fathers employed
asphalt in roofing the missions.
During the time of the early oil ex-
citement in Pennsylvania there was a
great deal of wildcat speculation in
this state, large sums of money being
sunk. Oil is found in different strata
representing different ages of the
world. The productive strata are of
sandstone or sand underlying bodies
of shale. The most productive wells
are about 1000 feet deep, or even deep
er. Their life" varies. At Summer
land some run down only 125 feet. And
this point is one of the most pictur-
esque Of all the oil fields The town is
a settlement of spiritists and is sit.
uated on narrow strip of land be-
tween the ocean and the mountains.
the latter approaching very near the
shore line at this place. Nearly the
whole territory out into the sea is COW
cred with wells. These ocean wells
are most interesting to visitors. Some
run to a depth of $50 feet, but 200 feet
is fair average. Wharves run out
into the water and are surmounted by
derricks.
These wells pay pretty well, for all
though the quality is not especially
good or the output great, the cost of
drilling is small and a we'll NAV be
pumped for ten dollars per month. 1t
NAV be loaded directly into vaSsols
from the wells or be shipped on the
trains which run through this field,
EDWARD JULIAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
Embarrassing.

HAS either Of you ever been mar
ried before?" asked the license clerk
DIS the leadingman and the ingenue
appeared at the window.
1--we been married three times
said the gentleman. Birdie, how
many times have you
Dear me! How awkward" she ex-
claimed. 81 counted them this morn
ing and had list, but-but I must
nave left it at the hotel. I'm so for
getful. "-Chica Record Herald.