Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-29
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE SOUTHWES1 II

j. S. Brown came down from Oil
canon Wednesday, where he has had a
men drilling for oil with spring pole
since early last fall and brought
sample of oil that surpasses anything
heretofore found in the county. The
well is now at depth of 450 feet and
the " lter stands within $50 feet of
the top. At a depth of $50 feet the
water seemed to find crevice and
run off. The tools and cable shows
that the oil rises to that height and
flows off with the water, as when the
tools are lifted the cable is saturated
with oil up to the water mark The
grade is found to be very high and the
oil contains a parfine base and will
no doubt sell for a good price. MIR.
Brown is making necessary arrange
ments to shoot the well and may do
so tomorrow. The texture of the oil
sand is very hard and since it pro-
duces the amount of oil it now does.
after the well is shot there is no doubt
but that ii will produce at least fifty
barrels per day.-Pagosa Times.
Those interested in the oil company
In all probability Mancos will lose
one of its most worthy and progress
sive citizens in the person of Frank
Stubbs, now that he has sold his saw
mill interest While it Is true, he
owns one of the best and. perhaps.
the most valuable ranch properties in
the county, II is also true that he has
too long been in the whirl of bust
ness life to settle down as ranch
man 1t is said that he will 20 to
either Washington or Oregon and
| again enter the lumber business. VI
| course, to compete with frs in those
immense forests, his transactions
must be on a much larger scale than
he has ever undertaken, but with his
| ripe judgment, present capital indom-
liable courage and honorable dealing
with all men Gas has ever been his
course here) he will prosper far be
yond his expectations. - Mancos
| Times.
| which will soon begin operations on
the quartzite, met at the court house
| Wednesday evening and elected Off
GERS and board of directors Mr.
|
| general manager Mr.. Rosself. treas
urer; Mr. Weeks secretary; Buckles.
| Archuleta, Rossell, Bender, Studebak-
er, Smith and j S. Hatcher were elect
| ed 2 board of directors. 1t seemed to
| he Tie general opinion that the well
should be sunk at Sunetha. which
Will be an ideal spot. Mr.. Buckles
says there is $1,710 already subscribed
and before work begins there will be
about 81 500 in the treasury. ry.--Pagosa
Times.
| Dave Lewis was in town Tuesday
ana assured us the prospects of the La
Plata never looked better than they
do today. There has been ample wa.
ter all season. The first crop OF al
falfa is now being cut and is exceed
ingly heavy. King David will himself
have over 100000 bushels OF wheat
and 1000 bushels OF barley. and be-
lieyes fully 10000 bushels of wheat
VIII be harvested this year In that val
ley. all of which will probably be mar
keted at the Pennington roller mills
More new residents have settled in
the valley during the year than dur
Ing any previous six years. and are
mostly people OF some means who be.
sides this years income have moder.
ate means with which to make imme-
diate necessary mprovements.-Farm
ington Hustler.
So you quarreled with your wife,"