El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23


and had lost all my appetite and l was
all run down. AS soon as l began 10
take Hoods Sarsaparilla my strength
came back and my appetite returned
/ am now well, do my Homework, and
no longer have that tired feeling"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
to the east and bent on reaching the
mecca of the future millionaires. Camp
City. the scene of the reported oil strike
Two chugging autos bore the load OF
manifest freight in the persons Of c. T..
alias Henry Kelly, Van G. Wilson, Jo-
seph Nealon, B. +. Darbyshire and Louis
Teal. Before the party started rumors
were afloat over the city that Kelly
had offered 500 in good, hard coin
of the realm for an auto to take the
party to the scene of the strike. Van
Wilson provided one chug wagon. an
ether was procured and with provisions
and supply of water the party left for
Camp City. Saturday no one had either
seen or heard from Kelly" but his
friends are expecting him to come in
between now and the May election
Keeps Mum.
H Lake Haynes, jr., travelling freight
and passenger agent of the f. p & g.
where he attended the oil rush of Fri
day. Mr.. Haynes made the trip for the
purpose of arranging contracts for OH
shipping. ne evidently did rush of
business as he refuses information on
his findings. il is said.
w. II. KritZer has arrived in Ell Paso
with a bottle of oil" Mr.. Kritzer is
stopping at Hotel Sheldon and sthe
sample may be seen, felt and tasted Of
by courtesy of clerk George Every
body says it locks like mud.
Eel PasOans at the Scene.
The Ell Paso party which left on the
Golden State limited, east bound, Friday
afternoon, was composed of James A
Murdoch, James Mari, W. Doak, D. D.
Willis. claim agent for the Southwest
ern; r. G.. Mullan, A f. Fegan of the
William Jennings company, engineers
and machinery merchants; H L.
Haynes, travelling passenger agent for
the Southwestern; William H. Kritzer.
a electrical engineer; C. O. Sattler,
chief OF the Southwestern's special train
service: c. E. Elliott. ticket agent at the
union station; R. r. Seeds, travelling
freight agent for the Rock Island; B. T.
Cocks, F a. Adams and Ira Wetmore,
Monterey, n. NJ They arrived at Dog
Canyon at 3:15 and Immediately re-
paired to the we'll
Mr.. Seeds. Mr.. Haynes and Mr.. Elliott.
after spending an hour at the well,
during which they expressed dissatis-
faction, started to walk to Alamogordo,
10 miles north. They reacher Omaee,
where they awaited the arrival of the
south bound passenger No /, due In
FL Paso at 1910 o'clock D. m, but which
arrived at o'clock this morning and
on which the crowd from Dog Canyon
were passengers.
Mr.. Fegan and Mr.. Doak were the
only members Of the FL Paso party who
remained in Dog Canyon. hey were
Joined by a number who went up on
train No. :, leaving FL Paso at GAO p. m.
Hot on the trail of the Golden State
limited. carrying the Ell Paso party.
came II. J. Simmons, general manager
OF the Southwestern, on a special train
in his private car, San Pedro. The well
is located within a stones throw of
the railway track and Mr.. Simmons
train was stopped. He walked over to
the well, shook his head, and walked
back to his train Two minutes later,
he was speeding on north.
The First Reports Cut.
The report of the find was tele-
phOned Friday morning by S. D. Camp,
station agent at Dog Canyon, TO George
Warnock, a hardware dealer at Alamo
gordo, and from Alamogordo the news
was sent to Ell PasO by The HeraId's
correspondent and others, including a
number of E. P & S. w. officials and
employees
When seen Friday afternoon Mr..
Camp stated that H. Whitmore of Dog
Canyon, who watched the well drilling
rig Thursday night. informed him that
oil was seeping from the well.
The FL Paso party who visited the
Sppno of activities Friday of "
an engine, boiler and well drilling rig
standing in a cactus grove one-quarter
of mile north of the railway station
At the well an engineer and rig man
were working. In nearby pool, about
six feet in diameter, a light scum Of
oil-machine oil. some persons main
tain. first used for the engine-was 20
be seen.
The water in the shallow pool has
been used constantly the past four
weeks, under a eco pound pressure, in
an effort to wash the sand. which has
become locked" around the drill stem,
TO the surface of the ground. The wa
ter is of rather dark blue color and
considerable sand is in the solution
This water is the only liquid that is
now coming out of the well-and it is
being pumped in. No gas bubbles made
their appearance during the two hours
the party OF Ell Pasoans waited for
things to happen.
When the FL Paso party left Friday
night on the trip home, the station at
Dog Canyon was filled with settlers
looking over the map to locate "oil
claims" which have not been posted
AlamOgordc Is Calm.
From Alamogordo the following is
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