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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
EIGHT DISTINCT
OIL SANDS IN
SAN Juan BELT
Fields in Southern Utah Give
Promise of Remarkably
Large Production
biologists Believe Other Strata
OF Petroleum UnderIie Those
Already Discovered

Although California has startled the
world with a remarkable record of
great oil gushers during the last few
wears, and has unQuestionably attained
supremacy with the vast production,
it is worth while TO glance at the pos
sihilities OF a neighboring state. which
promises to add another chapter TO the
development Of western oil fields. The
san Juan field in the southeastern part
of Utah is rapidly creeping into recog-
nitlon- The oil fields cover the land
on both sides Of the San Juan river.
The great cash in the earths crust
that the San Juan river has cut is
remarkable a. geological expose
Everywhere there are 10 be seen inter
esting formations. Oil streaks so feet
deep have been barred. severed as with
2 knife, and for great stretches pc
troleum oozes from the sides of the
rlVer gorge undoubtedly indicating
large supply.
Extensive erosion into the formation
gives definite idea of the location and
thickness Of several oil sands The
hrst sand is called the Goodridge sand
and comes to the surface at about the
center az the field. sloping gently to
The southeast. In the Goodridge
town site this sand is cut at about
25o feet, where ii produces oil in abund-
high as 500 barrels per day. Since these
wells are only about 1000 feet from the
point where this sand crops at the sur
face. this production is unusually good
and shows that the sands are thorough
iN permeated with oil.
Other sheds under the Goodrfdee are
The Mendenhall sand. encountered at 4
deprh Of about 500 feet, and the Hona-
krr sand. encountered at a depth of
about 1000 feet. The depth of these
SANDS varies In various portions of the
Hfid, depending on the slope of the for
nation and also the erosion.
A. one place where the river cuts the
G9odridge sand it is more than so feet
tnlck- Lying directly under the Good
riQse sand and separated from it by
only few feet Of hard sandstone is
another Oh sand equally as thick as
the Goodridge and equally as well sat
urated with oil. Altogether .geologists
nave found eight distinct oil sands
where the river has cut the formation
aggregating more than 300 feet in
thickness. tt is estimated from the
geological age Of the rocks that two
or three additional oil sands exist be-
low these already known. which will
prohaoly produce equally as well as the
upper sands and possibly better.
There are five wells in the field
which produce oil in commercial guam
THY Two Of these are on the Good
ridge townsite. belonging to the Oil
Company Of San Juan. Two are Just
north Of the Goodridge townsite, be-
longing 10 the Arcola oil company, and
the other is the Galloway well in
Johns canyon, II miles on an air line
northwest from the others. No. / well
on the GOodridge tOwnsite is 220 feet
deep. 1t flowed over the casing con-
tinuously for FIVE days after coming
in, the flow being estimated at 500 bar
rels per day.
The San Juan oil is 3S to 81 gravity
and is Of parafine base II sells for
from s. TO $3.50 per barrel
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
SANTA FE COMPANY
BRINGS IN GUSHERS
Two Wells Flowing 1000 and
$4,000 Barrels

Two more gushers were brought in
by the Santa Fe company last Monday.
Well No 8 on section 36-3122 began
with a TOW of 10000 barrels and has
steadily increased. 1t Is now flowing
more than 10000 barrels. In No. on
section 14-32-33. adjoining the big
Regal producer Of the Union Oil com
pany, the Santa Fe brought In another
producer which for several hours
gushed over the derrick the stream
of oil. sand and rocks finally wearing
away the crown block. Although not
sanded up the well has subsidized some
what and according TO a report received
is flowing about 2.40O barrels The
well is between 2.400 and $500 feet
deep. The No. wen on 36 is among
the gushers of the Santa Fe and Ameri-
can oilfeids. 1t is about 1900 feet
deep
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
OILMEN RUSH TO
LOST Hills FIELDS
Districts Outside Limits OF Land
Withdrawn From Entry by
Executive Order
[Speeial Dispatch 10 The Call1

BAKERSFIELD. Oct. "A general
movement on the part of oilmen from
all the local fields. assuming almost the
proportions OF an exodus. has been GO
ing on for the last few days TO the Lost
hills district. Each day brings add
tional confirmation of the genuineuess
OF the strike. but ii appears that the
late eomers will find few reserved
seats.
1t is said that the Lake shore we'll.
on section 30-2S-21, where the strike
was made. was brought in and capped
four months ago and the wise brigade
proceeded to corral all the prospectivs
oil land In sight The district Is lust
outside the limits OF the lands with
drawn from entry by executive order
and is mostly patented under soldier
warrants, and thus affords the oil
seeker and boomer an opportunity TO
obtain an undisputed title by pur-
chase. 1t is said that the Associated
oil company already owns 10000 acres
OF the choicest land in the district.
CLASHES OVER POSSESSION
Armed men from the Midway fields
are on the ground and a number OF
occurred. Seven portable rigs have
been hauled into the district within the
last few days and put In operation.
There is still a great deal OF govern
ment land open to entry in the terri
tory.
A prominent Gilman who returned
here today said.
They have the oil in the Lake Shore
well. l saw it standing to within 70>
feet OF the top of the casing. I was
told that the well had been pumped at
the rate of ESQ barrels a day with a
hand pump. We walked along the
outcroppings. finding numerous blow
outs. and gas'was frequently found by
digging down into the sand a little
way and lighting a match"
VISITORS FOR COALINGA
The party Of oilmen from the Amer
lean mining congress, who have been
visiting the Westside fields. left today
for Coalinga. Among the party were
DR.. J. A. Holmes director of the United
States bureau OF mines; e. r. Buckley.
president of the American mining con-
gress; R. W. Brock, deputy minister of
miness Ottawa, Can; W. c. Menden-
hall of the United States geological
survey; NJ. Anderson. oil expert of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and s 3.
Christy, dean of the school of mines,
Berkeley. CAL
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
MEETING OF w. G. T. u.
IN WESTERN ADDITION

The annual meeting Of the Western
Addition Women's Christian temper
ance union will be held at 2:s0 o'clock
this afternon in the Hamilton square
Baptist church in Post street near Fill
more.
Every member is expected to attend
as important business will come before
the meeting. The president, Mrs. A. C.
Bane, will preside.
The Central Women's Christian
temperance union will meet at 2:3o
o'clock this afternoon in the Trinity
Methodist church, Sixteenth and Mar
ket streets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

AMENDMENT NO. |
Preston Secures Adoption of
Resolution Raising the Tax
on Bank Stocks

SACRAMENTO, Oct. AFTER a heat
ed debate on the floor of the assembly
this morning Preston succeeded in Sc
curing the passage of an amendment to
constitutional amendment No. l, as
fathered by Senator Curtin and passed
yesterday by the senate.
Preston then announced that he had
several other changes TO suggest which
he believed would kill the several "jok-
ers" as they at present appeared in the
amendment.
The resolution adopted raises the tax
on bank stocks from one-sixth OF l per
cent to i per cent even.
Preston's action was the result of a
meeting of the judiciary committee of
the assembly, which decided that 1T
was not in the power of the governor to
state Just how much or how little of
proposition should be considered once
the legislature was called together in
extraordinary session. Coghlan re-
fused to participate in the committee
vote which was unanimous.
Hot shot was poured into the state
railroad commission today in the sem
ate when that body adopted a resolu-
ton presented by Caminetti of Amador
county in which the failure of the
commission TO conduct an investigation
into the heavy increases in the rail-
road rates ana WeiS-r drSO & ". SA-
press rates in California January l,
1909, was deeply deplored.
Caminetti showed that he had not
forgotten the fight waged at the last
regular session against the railroad
corporations which imposed heavy in
creases in traffic rates upon the people
of this state.
While Caminetti and his committee
were defeated at the last session when
they wanted the senate to appropriate
$4,000 for the investigation by q, hold
over committee. he succeeded In having
the senate demand that the railroad
commission should make this fnyestiga-
ton and endeavor to get the rates
down to the old mark, as has been
done in other states of the west.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Rally at Oakland
TSpecioI Dispdfch 10 The Call

OAKLAND, Oct. A mass meeting
was held under the auspices of the
BELL -Spellacy club of Alameda county
at Maple hall, Fourteenth and Webster
streets. tonight, when democratic prin-
ciples and the issues of the present
campaign were discussed by prominent
members and others affiliated with the
organization. ]. Walter Smith, vice
president of the club, presided.
The principal speakers were Barclay
Henley, candidate for railroad commits
sioner from the district of San Fran
cisco; John Gelder of Oakland and
M. NJ Barnett of San Francisco
Henley and Gelder called for united
support for Theodore A Bell, and said
that the presence of the insurgents in
the ranks of the republican party pre-
dicted success for the democratic plat
form in November.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
RICH OIL STRIKE
IN LOST Hills
Rush to Devils Den District
Surpasses Last Years to
Elk Hills

An exceptionally rich strike which
fleld has been reported at the extreme
southwest end of the Lost Hill range.
Oil of p gravity has been found in
wells 500 feet deep. Vague rumors Of
some time past, but the present report
Is from man who visited the wells
and saw the oil tested.
At least four productive holes have
been drilled with light porta BILE rigs
and cased with stovepipe casing. All
these wells are approximately 500 feet
deep. Ten more rigs are in the field.
Among the operators are the Asso-
c1ated, Martin & Dudley, the Lake
Shore people and two or three others.
from the swamp. It's well was drilled
about 500 feet deep, and the oil rose
40 feet from the surface.
FEyERISH INTEREST
Interest In the whole DEVILS Den
district has Ieaped forward until in
the last two days it has reached
almost fever heat. Due to the fact
that the old locations in the district
were chiefly made by parties from
Visalia and other cities and towns to
the north, the excitement grew more
rapidly there than here. In the last
few days, however, hundreds of Kern
county oil men have either visited the
Lost Hills in person or have sent ennis
saries there to report, and men return
ing from there yesterday evening de-
clare that the rush surpasses the rush
to the Elk and Buena Vista hills last
spring. One man reported no less than
$50 teams en- route to the vicinity of
the Lake Shore strike, some of them
loaded with well drilling materials.
LAND TAKEN UP
Most of the land In the district was
located before the withdrawal orders,
and on much of it the assessment work
has been done. These claims are being
taken up eagerly by operators, and
preparations are going forward to
among the first to get busy in the
new field, and yesterday several teams
were sent out with materials and drill
ing rigs. At least one Ideal rig was
sent out. This is one of the heaviest
rigs made, which indicates that the
Associated has hopes on the shallow
sand struck in the Lake Shore.
The Devils Den district is 16 or II
miles from the Coast range hills to
the strike of the Lake Shore. and
from the southeaste end of the dis
trict to the northwestern end is ap-
proximately 40 miles.
TRANSPORTATION RESTRICTED
Distance from the railroad and the
lack of transportation have held back
the development of the territory. but
the Associated and Producers trans
portation company's pipe lines have
been built through the district in
the last few months and this fact
furnishes some stimulus to the pros
pectors. The Lake Shores strike Is
about % miles from the railroad at
Wasco. and the road is fairly good at
this time of the year. Water is scarce
west of the swamp, but just this side
it is abundant and of fhe hest quality
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
CONTRACT FOR OIL
SUPPLY is SIGNED
UniOn-Independent Agency En-
ters Into Agreement
TSeecial Dispateh 10 The Call

BAKERSFIELD, Oct IL P. st.
Clair, acting for the Producers trans
portation company. and ". S. Porter,
on behalf Of the Associated oil COM
pany, signed q contract today between
the two big marketing concerns, nego-
tiations for which have been under way
for the last three months. The contract
Is 70 run for a period of three years and
provides for the marketing OF prac-
tically all the crude oil produced in
California.
The Associated is made the market
ing agency for the vast surplus oil now
above ground controlled by the Union
Independent agency, but all contracts
entered into by the Associated are to
be assigned 10 the Union-Producers
company until the sales of the latter
are equal 10 the sales OF the Associated
The Associated is to receive a commits
sion OF 10 per cent on all sales Of such
oil While no specific price is mem
toned at which oil may be sold. each
concern binds itself TO use fits best en-
deavors to obtain the best possible
figure.
Other features OF the contract. in
brief, follow:
The Associated oil company is to
retain ell its present business and
the Union-In6ependent agency is
10 retain all its present business,
the contract pertaining only TO new
business.
All rev business secured bv the
Associated is to be assigned to the
Independents until such time as the
sales Of the latter equal the sales
of the Associated, after which the
contracts are TO be divided equally
between the two companies.
All contracts obtained by the As
sociated as marketing agent for
the combination are TO be submit
ted 20 the Union independent
agency for APPROVAL before execu-
tion, and upon approval the con-
tracts undertaken by the Associ-
ated are to be Immediately as
signed TO the Union-Independent
agency.
All deliveries of oil, wherever
practica bic. are TO be made through
the facilities Of the Union-lndepen-
dent agency (otberwise the Pro-
ducers' transportation companys
pipe lines and the tank steamers
Of the Union oil company.
The Associated oil company, in a
separate contract, agres to purchase
from the Union-Independent agency
any oil necessary for use in its own
business. or which it may need TO I'LL
its contracts as purchasing agent for
other concerns, in Xecess of its own
production
Each party to the contract submits
memorandum showing the contracts
now held by il, and this memorandum
viii form the basis for the division
sot future business
No reference is made in the contract
10 oil companies now outside of the
contracting parties, and it is presumed
that they viii be eligible to member
ship in the independents organiza-
tion as heretofore
A meeting Of the independents agency
directory viii be called at once for the
purpose Of formally accepting and rati-
flying the contract.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
OF FRESNO
HEAR BELL TWICE
Democratic Candidates Speak at
Courthouse Park and at
the Fair Grounds

FRESNO, Oct. 4.-Theodore A. Bell,
democratic candidate for governor,
spoke to crowd of more than 500 per-
sons this morning in Fresno at Court
house park. Bell was introduced by NJ
F. Tarpey and was enthusiastically re-
ceiyed
The Napa mans speech was preceded
with one by Timothy Spellacy, Bells
running mate.
After participating in a parade this
afternoon the candidates went to the
county fair grounds, where Bell made
q second speech.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
TRANSPORTATION RESTRICTED
MANCHURIA MIDWAY
STRIKES OIL SAND
Company Expects to Bring in
Well in Two Weeks

The Manchuria Midway oil company,
operating on section 26-31-22. drilled
into the sand night before last and has
gone through more than 40 feet of the
streak with a considerable showing of
oil. The company is operating in the
north Midway fields, just north of the
American oilfields companys gusher,
and is thought by most experts to lie
within the gusher belt. The company
is going ahead as fast as possible and
expects to bring in large well within
the next two weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Census Returns

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-Populatfon statistics
as enumerated in the thirteenth census were
made public today By the census bureau for the
following cities:
Harrisburg, Pa. "a. ts6. an increase Of i4.Ofe
or q o per cent over 50. 1877 IN 1900.
Newport. Ky, $4,000. an increase Of 20os. or
IL per cent over rs ,301 in 1900.
Jacksonville, Fla. 81. 69e. an increase OF %
2T0. OF 10S per cent over 2s. 429 IN 1900.
Topeka. Kan, 1854. increase OF 10.0ze,
or 90 per cent over 90. sos In 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
AIR COMPRESSOR
STARTS Big FLOW
Pennsylvania Company's Well
Yields More Than 400 Bar
rels of Oil Daily

The new Pennsylvania petroleum
company recently installed an air com
pressor on its holdings on the Cat can
you lease in the Santa Maria fields,
and. according to last reports, the COM
pany's well has been made to flow more
than 400 barrels day. The well prom
ises big, and the flow is expected TO be
considerably larger in the near future
The lease is located one mile north
east of the famous Palmer gusher.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
UNIVERSITY MAN Is
VISITING OIL WELLS

BERKELEY. Oct. 4.-Prof. Samuel b.
Christy, head of the department of
mining and metallurgy of the univer-
sity, who has been in the south attend
ing a convention of the mining con-
gress, is now bound for Berkeley by
way of the Coalinga oil fields, where
he will spend a few days. He will also
visit the aqueduct tunnel which is to
supply the city of Los Angeles with
water.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
MAN FATALLY SHOT BY
SON PLAYING "INDIAN''

SHABBONA, ILL.,, Oct 4-Joseph
Nolan, editor of the Shabbona Express
and the Lee Ull.) Times. while playing
Indian with his year old son today
was shot and fatally wounded by the
child
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

5wINDLERs' VICTIM MISSING-william Duff
William Jones. william Hilton and William
Drews the four bunko men arrested for
fleeing Charles Nash of Trinity county out Of
$3.50. may go free on the charge, as the
complaining witness has disappeared The po-
lice are trying to locate Nash and have him
to appear against against the men.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

A small wall card has been issued by
the traffic department of the Northern
Pacific, bearing the map of the line
and also large halftone impression of
a Mallet locomotive, such as is used
on the mountain divisions.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14

The man who marries happily may
be said to be transported for life.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Well Worth the Effort.

The rind is bitter, but the core Is
sweet. The memorizing of Latin
grammar and the thumbing of a Latin
dictionary are the rind. The riches of
a great literature are the core. The
frksome tasks of the school boy and
The collegian are the small price he
pays for something that can be the
recreation of his mature years, the
constant companion and solace Of old
hge, says a writer in the Chicago
Tribune. But the price does not seem
small while it is being paid. The stu
lent who knows only English, an al
most grammarless tongue which has
freed itself from the trammels of con
jugations, declensions and genders, is
appalled, by the ~intricacies and COM
plexities of a highly infected Ian
glage. The enthusiasm with which
he may have begun its study is likely
to be converted into disgust. But
there could be no greater mistake
than for one who has got nearly
through the drudgery to lose the re-
ward by letting all that he has la
%boriously learned slip away from him
when he becomes his own master.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
HAD JUST CAUSE FOR PRIDE
Man Determines to Take Vain VIE
Down a Peg and Is
Shut Up.

The man admired his wife Just
about as much as a mar can admire
a wife; nevertheless, when he saw
that she was devoting more and more
time each day to mirror gazing he de-
termined to take her down a peg. Said
he brutally:
II wouldn't be so stuck on myself II
/ were you, just because people hap
pen to notice you when you 60 out.
1t isn't you they are admiring, it's
your clothes. l heard a bunch Of
women say so just the other day."
For an instant the shock to the
woman's vanity was overpowering;
then quickly recovering she said:
I'm that case l am prouder than
ever. Nature is responsible for me,
but l designed the clothes myself"
And then the man shut up.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Were Well TAUGHT.

The children of an infant school in
Wales are taught very much by signs.
The hand Of the teacher sloped sig
nifies %"oblique;" the hand held fiat,
horizontal" the hand upright, "per-
pendicular." One of the Welsh bishops
was preaching one day in behalf Of
tie school, when, observing several
children whispering together. he. held
his hand upright in a warning man.
ner, meaning thereby to impose ST.
fnnce, on which almost the whole
school. in the midst OF the sermon,
shouted out, Perpendicular"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
A NOVEL COOP SAMARITAN
He Carries on q Great Work Among
Criminal Glasses Under Cover
Of Silence.

Somewhere in this broad country
Of ours there is a man quietly and
silently working among the fallen and
degraded ones Of earth and accom-
plishing wonderful results. He Is q
man of stern initiative with great
courage Of conviction and the meth
DDS he uses in doing his work are
simple and essentially logical.
For years he has been moving
among criminals Of all descriptions,
raising them to a respectable posi-
ton and starting them again along
the path of virtue. His method. a
little peculiar, is very simple. He
meets the criminal on his W level.
extracts a confession from him, gets
his confidence and treats him as an
equal For drug f1ends, drunkards
and that class Of criminals be OBJ
tains medical treatment. establishes
them in good physical health. gets
them a Job and places them on q
footing level with the active. self
respecting world. They respect this
treatment and treat him square in
return, and seldom ever do they go
back to their former life of crime.
This kind of work our novel Good
Samaritan considers recreation and
adventure. and the good works he
has done along these lines can never
be estimated. Seldom does he fail in
converting a case and the most
unique side Of his methods Is that
he entertains these poor fallen ones
at his home with all the honor and
respect due to men and women OF
honor and good reputation. The drunk
ard, drug fend, safe cracker. Mag
dalen and professional crook are all
represented among his converts.
The strangest thing about this
man is that he refuses to let his
whereabouts or identity be known to
the general public. He prefers to
work silently and unknown to fame.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14

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The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Habit.

Habit is the deepest law of human
nature. 1t is our supreme strength.
If also. in certain circumstances, our
miserab,est weakness. Let me go once.
ccanniTg nv way with any earnest
ross of outlook. and successfully ar
irving, my footsteps are an invitation
to ne a second time to go by the
came way: it is easier than any other
way. Habit is our primal fundamental
law, habit and imitation; there is
nothing more perennial in us than
these two. They are the source of all
working and all apprenticeship. of all
practice and all learning in the world.
Carlyle.