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The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
Canning Factory for Mens..

Mena.-The Canning, Shipping and Manufacturing Company of Mena has ordered machinery for canning plant and broom factory to be established in this city. The outfits are expected to be delivered in May. The canning plant will have capacity of 10000 cans daily. The farmers in the vicinity of Mena have agreed to plant this sea son 200 acres in broom corn, eighty in potatoes and fifty in tomatoes. The operation of the broom factory will be commenced at the close of the canning season.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
Farmers Pipe Causes Death.

Fayetteville.-A. B. Maupin, farmer, was blown to pieces when several sticks of dynamite, which he was carrying in basket, exploded. Maupin WAS en- gagged in blowing up stumps on the J. E. Most farm, two miles south of Praire Grove. It is believed that a spark fell from his pipe and ignited the fuse in the basket.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
specitl Term for Three oas,.

Conway.-A special term of the circu;t court will be held in Conway March la to indict Sam Smith and Emmet Farme, on two charges of burglary and prana larceny and Henry Chapman for grand larceny and accept pleas of guilty ana sentence them to the penitentiary.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
Plans for Carlisle Fairs {

Carlisle.-The fifth annual Central Arkansas Fair Associ be held at Carlisle during week in October, beginning 17th and closing on the 21st
 The board of directors all engaged in agricultural as farmers, planters, stock trymsn and dairymen. n list has been enlarged and complete than in former corn and rice display ought u 0(l! be leading features. Ter dollars is offered for the best bushe1 of field cor ard $50, divided i9to three purses of $25, $15 and $10, will be given for the best and most artistic display of rice in all it's forms.
 especial efforts are to be made to have the very best agricultural, horti. cultural, live stock, poultry, culinery and textile displays ever shown here. The racing feature, which was highly praised last year, will probably not be excelled in the state. The track is now almost perfect, and will be kept in good condition
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
The Carlisle Independent.
 ERNEST ELLIS, Editor. 0ARkfSkE . !. ARkANSAa NEWS IF THHE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through out the Nation and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.

A favorable report on the SC <as, bill for the admission of Arlzes .s an, New Mexico to statehood W .s x.oto, by the senate committee an se1 ritories Friday.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17

ceSSor. It IS only human nature that the speaker should prefer to be sue, ceeded by man who will do as he has done, man who believe in the rules of the house as they exist and who is not given to what the speaker calls radicalism. There are some men sn the east, in the middle west and 9 few in the far west who probably will stand by the speaker, and it may be that they can decide in caucus the question of the successorship, but if they are not numerous enough to do this they can by throwing their votes one way or the other control the choice as between two men.
 The supposedly wise ones among Republicans say that if the next house shows a party majority the man who will succeed the speaker will be a moderate" and that probably the rules will be amended to some de gree, but not nearly enough to suit the insurgents and yet enough per. haps to displease some of the regulars who think that the rules are just what they should be-
 Of course all this speculation about the speakership in the next house and all the plans that the Republicans are making and all the schemes that In. surgents and regulars are entering into. depend upon their party's sue cess next November. The Democrats say that all the preliminary work that the Republicans are doing will be wasted effort
 GEORGE CLINTON
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
Trappers Are Successfn,

Parthenon. Sam Watson and Georoa Thomas, two trappers, captured in the;, traps near Parthenon, Newton countv in one week, five wildcats, four skunka three ,possuns and two ground hogs
The Carlisle independent., 1910-03-17
Well-Known Arkansan Dead.

Little Rock. -J. F. Hanon, known throughout Arkansas as "Mikeo Ha- aOp. died here.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

| National bank at Cortcz Colo. r. ].
Hun, formerly q banker, but now one
of the operators of the district. Is the
secretary, and only paid officer In the
company A. l.. Ruplce, the pionce:
oil man of the district. Is the treasurer
u. G. i5rice, who sunk tho Arcola we'll.
and who has operated in the district
since it was first opened up, is the gen
eral manager.
All the officers compose the board Of
directors. AS there is but one snlaricd
POSITION the other officials, arc deter
mined to soon place the company on a
paying basis. Under the management
of Mr.. I9rico. who succeeded in bringing
IN the first commercial well in Utah,
and in n district that he IS well nc
auaintcd With. there are many reasons
for the conclusion that the South Side
OIL company VIII be one OF the coming
companies in the field
Most of the stocl: OF the company
thus far has been subscribed for by
persons in the field or n, Fluff An
allotment of 10000 shares has been
placed on the market on account Of
the interest taken In this company the
stock is selling fast at 10 cents n share.
With small refinery there is no doubt
but that this company could soon be
in II position to pay dividends.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN RIVER.

an analysis that showed the oil Of
nearly five times the quality of Call
forna oil.
AS the demand for oil increased and
the price has moved up. 1t has only
been in tho past five years that it was
possible TO develop the San Juan field
The grade of oil it is declared will con-
tinue to grow in demand.
One of the latest achievements OF
Mr.. Ruplee and his associates is the
laying out of the town of Mexican
Hat. This is fast growing into a
thriving community 1t already has n
bunk house, restaurant and store. If
they are but tents at present.
Work has already started on water
works for the town. A shaft will be
sunk on the river bank at Raplees
big supply camp. This shaft will be
sunk in the solid rock about IL feet
below the river bed. From this a tun-
mel will be run out under the river
1t is the intention to then drill holes
up through the rock to the gravel and
allow the waters to pcrcolate through
these holes into the tunnel. This will
take out n large amount of silt in the
water.
From the shaft the water will be
pumped upon a knoll near Mexican
Hat rock. Here q large settling tank
will be placed which will give pres
sure of SO feet into the town.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

Utah.
Paraffine Oil company. San Juan
field, il j. Rrunk manager. Buff,
Pacilic-san Juan Oil company. q.
y lTti1n, pres.aeat, Fillmore & Ellis
streets, san Francisco.
Redwood oil COMPANY. San man
neid, {; =. Ricketts, secretary. 65l Phe-
ian building. San Francisco. Cal
Red Wing oil company, San Juan
field, g; L. Ricketts, secretary, 65l Pie
IAN building. San Francisco. Cal.
san francisco & San Juan Oil COM
pnny, Col. a. G. Ellis president, Trib-
une building, Salt Lake
oa south Il Side Oh company, snn Juan
field, I. G, Brlce manager, Bluff, Utah.
Twenty-onc OIL company, san Jnnn
held. r. L. Falls president. 250l Tcle-
graph avenue, Berkeley. Cal.
utall-Aztec Development company.
san Juan field, w. a. Jackson mana.
ger. Bluff. Utah
lntes- Mccain on company. san
Juan field. care of Yates McClain
Realty company, Colorado Springs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
GLOBE WELL-DRiLLlMG co.

A MONG the recent firms to enter
~ the San Juan oil fields is the Globe
Well Drilling company lOi east Second
South street. Reno, New This COM
Fany entered the field by way of
Thompson's late in November and
early in December had its rig
up and in operation. This COM
pany is doing nothing hut con-
tracing business and already 1t
has large number of contracts. The
management expects to put in u larger
machine as soon as the business will
any day.
The Globe Well Drilling company has
No. Keystone which is capable of
going down 1000 feet. II necessary
From the way business is increasing
it is probable that another machine will
be put in the field by this company
early in the year.
All the machines in the field are of n
portable type, neccssitatcd by the large
amount of assessment work required
to hold the ground. In the past GO days
a number of larger machines have come
in and deeper work may be expected in
the future.
J. r. Nash, field manager for the
Globe company, has had considerable
experience in drilling in other fields.
For several years he has devoted his
time to drilling, especially in the oil
fields. With him the work is a science
and under his careful management
number of good wells in the district
should be brought in.
The COMPANY Is now working on n
contract for a 1,00o-foot we'll for the
Redwood Oil company ground. The
company also has contracts for wells
with the Old Gibraltar Oil company
and the Pacitic-San Juan OIL company.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
A. l.. RAFLEE.

r AR out on the San Juan oil fields,
70 miles from the town of Bluff
IN san Juan county, there is being
built Il snug home on a low nat that
hanks the San Juan river 1t Is being
equipped with a bath room, hot and
cold water. sewer, lights. and will have
eight rooms, Il large screened porch
IN front ana another screened affair
equally as large in the rear. There
will be an office, large dining hall.
bed rooms with everything up to date.
This modern dwelling IS being built %
miles from the nearest home and In
fact Is more modern than any dwelling
within leo miles. This is being built
by a. l.. kaplce one of the pioneers
OF the district and shows decidedly
his methods and faith in the place
where he has spent II years of his
life,
Any man who could succeed in rails
ing money for large placer plant
on the San Juan river and in making
good. could certainly be successful In
interesting capital in an oil field as
promising as the San Juan territory.
Attracted by the rush for placer gold
properties. where the OF! fields now
are, Mr.. Raplee mnce his way there
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
DIRECTORY OF UTAH
OIL COMPANIES.

The following Is a partial list Of
Anderson OIL & Development COM
pany. San Juan field; Henry A. Jacobs,
secretary, 4S7 Monadnock building, San
Francisco, Cal.
Arcola Oil company, San Juan field.
owned chiefly by Lime Creek Oil COM
pany of Victor Colo.
Aztec Oil company, San Juan field,
p. j. Cadogan, secretary, SIS Crocker
building, San Francisco. Cal.
Associated OIL & Land company, San
Juan field p. A. Clark manager. Bluff.
Utah.
American OIL & Refining company.
Emery field H. y. Pitts manager. 3l2
Atlas block.
Buckeye Oil company. San Juan field.
James McWilliams, manager, Bluff,
Utah.
Berklcy-San Juan Oil company. San
Juan field. H. a. Johnson, president.
care of First National bank, Berkeley.
Cal.
California-Utnh Consolidated OIL
company, San Juan field, S. Il, Snyder.
secretary. 1919 Commercial building.
Kansas City. Mo.
Chicago Exploration company, San
Juan field. II s. Derby. secretary, 157
Railway Exchange building, Chicago.
Illinois.
columbne Oil company. San Juan
field. Harry Lightc secretary, $40 Main
street. Montrosc. Colo.
Connecticut OIL company. San Juan
Geld. w. a. Sherman president. 3o9
Fist National Bank building. Oak
and. Cal
Dolores & San Juan Oil company.
tAnr'os Anderson. president, Phclan
building, san Francisco. Cal
Eastern Stnr Oh company, 1919 Com
NJ rcial building. Kansas city, Mo.
hnGrold Oil company. Rangcly field,
George Mulrey manager, Vcrnnl, Utah.
Goose Neck Oil company, san Juan
il"E', Or. L Lee Harrison, secretary,
H. A. Long building. Kansas City Mo.
Juno san Juan Oil company. San
LGhn field. r. F. Well president, BOG
1hrpIle!c luildng, San Francisco, Cal.
Ni1uiiko OIL company. San Juan field,
I. wells p"csid>nt, 800 Chronicle
mhd'na, san Francisco, Cal
t>lNG Houston Oh & Refining com
in7H !'an Juan field. w. G. Houston
lfUl,nsat, Boulder Coo.
1ng Conc OIL company, San Juan
lr ". DE- J, l.. Coleman president and
9h'i ser. Montrosc. Colo.
lN8eN & san Juan Oil company,
I'm Iuan !icld. a. II. Spencer mama
49, ElHtf Utah.
A.4t-l NiEEE vi COl1lpnny, San Juan
:Hlr :ctuI, C,ilo.
@iNnicntnl Oil company, san Juan
4h. w. a. Jackson manager, Bluff,
@Nrshall OH company. san Juan
"a. GEORGE D. Toy president, Ill
Mott5pmcry street, San Francisco,
Mohawk OIL company, San Juan field,
@dneS McWill'ams manager. BLUM.
%aNaio Gil company, San Juan field.
i,r. Arthur H. Wallace secretary, $685.
rM' National Bank building, Oak
land. Cal.
Norwood & Bluff city Oil company.
san Juan field, j. NJ Phillips secre-
AIRY. Norwood, Colo.
~ company of san Juan. San Juan
ciH, Col ~. c. Ellis president, Tribune
hu.!dinS. Salt Lake.
c$cen {; San Juan Oil company. San
J0an field, Charles Zeimer president,
ogden, Utah.
OLD Gibraltar Oil company. San Juan
nrela. care Of Hudson Shoe company,
stoskton. Cal.
Pinnacle oil company San Juar
!cld, Charles S. Merrill secretary,
Ue"s"lev, Cal.
Piedmont Oil company. San Juan
Icld. c. w, SHILLING general agent, 2014
Center street, Berkeley. Cal.
Pioneer OIL md Development conf
pany. L, II. McN1oran manager, Bluff,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
THE. LONDON AND SAN JUAN.

n NE of the latest companies in the
~ oil field to strike oil in what Is be-
licved to be a large quantity. Is the
London & San Juan Oil company of
which a. II. Spencer is the general
manager. The company struck 80 feet
of well saturated oil sands at a depth
of 1870 feet. When the tools reached the
depth of the sand at $50 feet they were
lost, at time when Mr.. Spencer de-
clares an excellent well was being
made. AS soon as the tools are removed
and the we'll shot It Is believed an
other well rs good as the Arcola will
be brought in
The company has some of the best
land in the field. 1t has five. groups
OF claims making total OF 1.76o acres.
Each group Is located in q different
part of the field. The company stands
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

in 1893. He put in the first placer mill
and when the boom died down turned
his attention to oil. 1t was on this
same strip of territory where Mr..
Raplce is now building his home He
has 10 acres of land in this plot that
he will put into an orchard. and he
intends making the place a big supply
camp.
Many of the claims located by Mr..
Raplee have been held for years. I'm
til he secured the assistance of others
he was one of the largest individual
holders in the district. Through his
strict business methods and genuine
push and energy Mr.. Raplee has be-
come one Of the most prominent fig
ures of the district. His home in Bluff.
Utah. is Il sort of headquarters for the
oil men. visitors and all. His camp
on the San Juan below Mexican Hat Is
also Il Mecca or travellers.
OILED MACHINERY.
When Melvin Dempsey sunk his
shaft in the oil sands and found oil,
Mr.. Rap!ee would trudge across the
country and get the fluid to oil his
machinery and start fires with 1t was
not long after this that he decided
that oil was better than gold. in spite
of the fact that he was taking out
thousands of dollars Of placer gold in
ground near his camp that yielded 81
to S. a yard in places On account
of the oil in the gravel the placer min
ing was hard and expensive. The
men of the district then turned their
attention to the oil.
The rcmotcncSs from civilization.
tho long distance from railroads and
the poor freight facilities, as well as
the lack of development all retarded
progress in bringing the country before
the public. Undaunted Mr.. Raplee con-
tinued working out the problem, until
now he is recognized as an authority
on the district.
Mr.. Raplec was first attracted to Bluff
II years ago by the placer excitement
along the San .Iuan river. Prior to
that he was well schoolcd In mining.
having located at Telluride, Colo, in
1876, where he spent the following
three years From 1879 to 1893 Rico
was his home. When the price of
silver went down during the panic of
that yenr, he. like many Others sought
gold mines.
Mr.. Raplec has left an indelible mark
on the oil field. Through his efforts
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
BENJAMIN D. HARsHBERGER.

IT is seldom that an office seeks a
man, but such was the case with
Benjamin d, Harshberscr Of Rlun,
Utah. representative from san Juan
county, and one of the few Democrats
who will find seat in the house Of
representatives this year. The office
had many reasons for seeking MIR.
Harshberger. Among them are that
the installation of the waterworks for
Bluff were in great part due to him.
he was the father Of the idea Of put
ting in artcsian wells around Bluff
and the first to put the idea into prac-
tise. he has been one of the strong
promoters of the dry farm industry
of San Juan county. which will some
day be the largest field in the state,
and he Is Stll one of the large own
ers and operators in the san Juan
oil fields
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

THE oldest business house III san
l Juan county is tho San Juan Coop
company. which was established IN
1882 at Bluff and remains to ms oay
the leading establishment Of the county
and tho Quitting point for the oil
fields. Although 100 miles from rail-
road 1t is more progressive and up-to-
dato than many place within a
stones throw of a railroad This store
Is a great source of news of the oil
fields and on account OF the men behind
It Is looked upon MS the most reliable
institution In the country.
Bluff Is the oldest city In the coun-
ty. Per capita 1t Is the richest city in
tho state. 1t Is surrounded by world
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
DATE or DISCOVERY.

Az near as can be learned, the oil
seeps along the San Juan ut the ex-
IRENE south of the present oil fields
became first known to white men In
1882. In August of that year Cass
Hite, Ernest b. Hyde ana a. r. Van
Arsdalc were returning by IL short cut
route from the reservation to the south
of the river, after being warned to
make haste. as the Indians were on
the war path. When Hyde asked what
caused the odor along the river banks
Hite informed him that 1t w:Is petrole-
UNI.
A year later Hyde returned with his
brother Frank and made the first Local
lions. I.,cy were allowed to lapse.
Then e. L. Goodrich organized an
expedition that iloatcd down the San
Juan river from Durango. Colo, to the
Colorado river, 100 miles below the oil
fields He passed the seepages where
the bridge now stands below the camp
that bears his name, but found large
sccpages in Johns canyon, where IS
years slter he put in his first rig. tho
first to be used In prospecting the field
The first man to find oil in quantity
was Melvin Dempsey. Cherokee In
dian, who claimed Michigan as his
home state. He was well educated
and good prospector. He went into
the district in the boom days OF 1891
when it was believed that the country
would develop large gold placer prop
critics. Among the others who went
there at that time were A. L. Rapltc.
Thomas g. Bricc. Charles CT odman,
Rob Marshall, Henry Dunn, and n
number of others
FIRST FINDS OIL.
When the boom died out. Dempsey
turned his attention to oil. a few hum
drcd feet from where the bridge at
Goodrich now stands he sunk shaft
come 10 feet deep. Charles Goodman,
who was interested with him, took n
picture of Dempsey pouring out the oil
from this shaft.
so heavy was the flow of oil at the
bottom of the shaft that the last shot
was never fired Tho miners were
afraid to venture into the pit. This
shaft is seen to this day. although the
high waters OF the river have almost
filed up the hole with silt and several
m.rnows can be seen swimming in tho
water.
Remembering the, fine appearance of
the seeps at Johns canyon. Goodrich
returned to the field in 1901 This time
he brought With him rig, Backed
by Col. A. c. Ellis Of Salt Lake, he
put in the rig way down the canyon
from the present townsitc of Good
rich. 1t must have cost several thou
sands of dollars to put in this rig. as
It was necessary 10 build a trail. At
a derth OF so feet low down on the river
banks oil In quantity was discovered.
On account of the drill being almost in
accessible, 1t has never been removed.
but by degrees hiss been dismantled
to furnish supplies for other rigs III the
field.
Goodrich then left the field for the
wilds of Oregon. but returned in 1907
with new drilling machine which he
put in close to the townsite of Good
rich and brought in the first we'll in
the present field In 1905 Col Ellis
sent n still larger drilling machine
into the field, and since then many
have found their way to San Juan.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
BLUFF CITY, SAN JUAN COUNTY.

a good chance of getting oil on each
part of Its property.
The company is well equipped with
a No. IS Star drill. a. II. Spencer, who
Is also vice president of the company.
Is n practical operator and understands
the San Juan field
The officers of the company are all
practical men. Jesse j. Macdonald IS
consulting mining engineer; NJ. NJ.
Spencer Is The secretary and treasurer;
]. @. Macdonald, director. is vice
president and general manager of the
United States Reduction & Refining
company OF Colorado and Is also the
mayor of Florence; w. T. Macdonald.
another director. is mctallurgist for tho
Utah Copper company: C. D. Spencer
and a. C. Macdonald are the other di-
rectors. The principal office of the
company Is at Bluff, Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
PRINCIPAL STORE AT BLUFF.

Of resources. To the north, around
Monticello and Grayson, are nt least
100000 acres of dry farm land which
will some day make the county ia
nous.
called upon to settle Bluff and who Is
now resident Of the place Is wealthy.
There are probably about is families
left of the IS called by the Mormon
Church some So years ago. The place
contains probably 65 families or about
800 residents.
The town has just finished installing
its own watcrworks using water from
an artesian well. Around Bluff arc
several thousand acres OF excellent
fruit land. With the advent OF n rail-
road Bluff will be one OF the big cities
Of the southeastern part of the state,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

probable that MS soon as 1t reaches n
broader market as high as $3.50 Il
barrel will be paid. 1t Is said that
the products from barrel of California
oil when refined will amount to from
81 to $40. while SCI worth of products
are figured from a barrel of San Juan
oil. A match cannot be used within
IS inches of San Juan oil, sh high Is it
in gasoline. Analyses show that the
oil contains 12l. per cent scale and
vasellne, according to weight. The OIL
contains SO per cent of light oils. 4S
per cent OF lubricants and only per
cent residuum.
OFFICIALS OF COMPANY.
The officials Of the company are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

Attracted by the placer gold boom
Is years ago Mr.. Harshbcrger first en-
tered the San Juan country. Prior to
that he was interested in mining in
various parts of Utah. He returned
to the San Juan field to stay some
eight years ago. He had recognized
the immense possibilities of the
county and the fact that there was an
oil field in the county. In his quiet
unassuming way he started in to build
up the county, No fancy newspaper