Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-06-12


McKittrick, Cal, May %.
Jims,sssats, JedeEnon. Texas.
: Il shaxe. been ,sopswlaat busy,
bot haze not foFHOtsen .you, The
Jinpo you 1sDtI. me>were snxe
xu3cemA. buts " 90 With ~
littla mote, / sent you Ma grab,
bed, up hy16e bar in the bank
house and my; nephews did not
get - sc what said about
thAm and lAeir oouutry. IfS9d
have : copy, pleaSe send tito
Dick Johnson. He is the small.
est. of the four::. is only 6 feet ,
inches and weighs l96 pounds.
They all went to a barbecue
and Charley. the baby boy went
in a foot race, but they rung in
a professional, and be only got
second. He is a driIler; is six
#. six and weighs 2S6 pounds,
and is as FOLLY as he is big The
giant cowboy of Nevada is six #.
ten, and Jack johnson looks like
a boy standing beside him. He
is the largest Ofythe four neph-
ews.
Well, word about Cos. Hiram.
California is proud of him; Pll
send paper with very good
picture of him. Wish | could
send a tip so the readers of the
Jimp could look at the native
boy. l wished to send the paper
containing his argument uphold
ing the act of the representative
body of California, Now it is
serious matter ON the Pacific
coast, and q law in the matter
has long been neglected, and
they feel grateful to hear men
like Mississippi's representa-.
tives voice their views. 800.
In conversation | claim that
Texas and Louisiana will uphold
their act. It.wou!d never do for
Japs. to hold our lands. They
would poureiu, here in. such mum.
bers that we would be lost among
them. We wish them well, but
in our midst to sap our liveli-
hood from US, and one has but
to familiarize themselves with
them, to see it as the people of
the Pacific coast see it. You
know I have always said keep
our hands off Mexico, but, if
Mexico has, or is inclined to
secede to Japan, we should see
to establishing a form of govern.
ment there that is American,
for it would never be safe for an
American republic to be jeopor-
disc with a'natural enemy, with
a base of supplies at our door.
They claim to be the "sepohis,"
with is a tenacious, war-like
race 1t would never do TO have
them at our door. Well, you all
have made up your minds in this
matter. ~
Now, l have been here some
thing over a month and have
been several hundred miles over
the country. Two of my neph-
ews have automobiles. They
have been very kind to take me
around in their autos, which is q
fast way of looking at things.
The great .Iakeview gusher,
which flowed one hundred and
sixty Thousand barrels per day,
and during years time never
less than sixty thousand barrels
per day. 1t was the wonder of
the world. The immense lakes
it formed is necessary to see in
order to realize its immensity.
For q hunred miles you can stop
and count from almost any point
from five hundred to thousand
derricks. 3 The boys are now
putting down new well-have
gone down some tive hundred
feet. Wells vary in depth in
this oif-tield from l, POO -tn4.Q00
feet. This ia a barren desert, if
there ever was one. Water is
pumpedvfrcm five 10 twenty miles
The oil principally is pumped
over the coast range of noun,
tains one hundred miles. The
oil interest and it's associates is
something immense.
In my boyhood this part of
the valley was called the dead
hills" and | don't think anyone
ever passed over it the second
time. 4
The Oldest one of these boys
sold SO acres for a thousand
dollars an acre. Do you think
you are walking around over
any thing like that in old Marion
counts. Well, | wish | had some
of your good vegetables for sup
per. They are shipped here
from Los Angeles scarce, and
not tirst.class. v"..s,-,
believe if YOU had some of
these rustlers there, they would
find something, but it takes
honey to move these fellows.
They are the best posted men |
have ever met.
l may leave here any time, but
my mail will follow me. From