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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
Out OF Town isiiors.

Miss Mona Lee and Miss opal Upton.
Of Alamogordo. are in Fl Paso. the
guests of Miss verna Altman for the
week end.
a group Of officers Of the AIassa-
chusetts state national guard who ar
rived in FL aso Friday. were the guests
of army officers and the chamber of
commerce during their stay here. The
officers in the party are Maj. Cen
Walter F. LON bard Mai. Cen Fred
erick F. Tiarce. Brig Gen +. Leroy
SWee tser, MAI II. 3. Perkins and
Capt. F. r Redmond
Martin T. Crimmins took them over
the city in Burt Ornd0rffs automobile
and they visited the sixth infantry
camp where the band played a con-
cert for them and the officers held
an informal reception at the officers
club Then they went TO the 10th in
fantry camp. where they were enter
tanned in the same way Capt Grim
Minis entertained them at luncheon at
Coucha's. a feature of the luncheon
were musical selections by Miss Anne
Lee RiN- In the afternoon the visit
ors were taken to Juarez by secretary
Malcolm Fraser Of the chamber of
commerce and in the evening they
were the dinner guests Of the officers
of the 18th infantry at their camp.
The party have been attending the ma
tional guard convention in san Fran
cisco and are on their way home.
Xmas Cards engraved with your own
H.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
THANKSGIVING BALL ITEM.

Ball or any other ball for that matter
if your feet are afflicted with corns- A
bottle Of Whites Guaranteed Corn Cure
-25c-wil put you on an equal foot
ing in the social world with the clev-
crest devotees Of terpsichore Scott
White & Co, safety First Druggists.
Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
The Aruu.

Lieut. Ben F. Ristine. inspector-iu-
structor Of the New Mexico national
guard. has been here 10 take his an
nual physical examination at Fort
Bliss He Joined the Liberty Bell par
" at Deming and accompanied the
members here Tuesday staying over
for his examinations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
CHRIsTNIAS At TIE NEW SHOP.

Holiday stocks are arriving daily
and we want FL Paso women 10 get
acquainted with our new store and way
Of doing business
We give advance notice that II is
here that Fl PasO women will find
gifts for men-gifts out Of the Ordi-
nary. Commercial office supply Co,
= W. Mclean. Mgr. 2O9 Texas.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
FL PGsoans Returning.

Mrs L c. Boswell and her little
daughter. Nondace Lenore Boswell
have returned from visit TO Big
Springs and Dallas. Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

We have just received a few Japanese
hand-embroidered silk Kimonos. silk
lined. in pink or pale blue for the baby
OF little girl They are Just Like
lIama-s.~ and so cunning; S4.I5 and
$3.50. according TO size
HEACH'S ART SHOP.
CITY National Bank Bldg Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

Superfluous hair < moles removed
Grace A. Benson. DermatoloEist Hol-
Ienbeck HoteL-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

TOURISTS Will find our shop COM
pletely stocked with Mexican curio
and souvenir goods Of every descrip-
tion. our prices are no higher than
those in JuareZ shops and you save the
duty. We've paid that for YOU.
BEACH'S ART SHOP.
City National Bank Bldg Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

Personal Engraved Xmas Greeting
Cards: we have taken over the line
formerly handled by the Fred J. Field
man studio Fl Paso Book Co, Mills
Bldg. It's Handy.''-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

Inspect our stock Of genuine Navajo
Rugs.
BEACH'S ART SHOP.
City National Bank Bldg. Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
Result shown In Report,

cards. TO lose which means going with
out bread until the next distribution.
unless some kind friend consents to
split his small store.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

A dollar saved by buying goods pro-
duced elsewhere is a dollar thrown at
your neighbours birds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20


most a crisis the government. notwith-
standing its boosted efficiency, is more
to blame than anything else. Instead
of confiscating and distributing all
foods in the same manner as grain
and flour was treated last winter per-
mitted the agrarians and the specula-
tors TO have their own way and to
drive the price up higher from week
TO week
The scarcity OF pork was originally
caused by the government, which
year ago. when it seemed doubtful
whether the grain and fodder stocks
would be sufficient until the next mar
vest, advised the farmers to kill most
Of their hogs and to salt or smoke the
meat This was done. but the authori-
ties. instead Of confiscating the meat
supply, permitted the agrsrians ami
spectators to corner it and to make
MILLIONS by creating an artificial want
In the same manner lard and butter
were kept from the market until they
brought four and five times their for
mer prices
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
EVEN COWS CARRY
WARTIME BURDEN


Continued from page 1, this sectiOn)
yoke like the farm women bearing
their panniers Of carrots
rs that usual-tO yoke milk cows
for burden2" was asked
Yes. in wartimes even the cows
must carry their share" was the reply.
Result shown In Report.
The result Of the women's work IN
gathering the crops is told in official
reports Of the ministry Of agriculture,
which. although incomplete at this
stage Of the crops. shows an exception
ally good general condition The acre
age in wheat has been only u percent
less than last year, notwithstanding
considerable section OF farm land in
northern France is now Overdun by the
enemy The acreage OF rye is about
the same as last year. and Of oats
little short OF last year The vineyards
have fallen off somewhat. not through
the women. but because Of wet sea
sons and a pest This is offset by two
exceptionally good crops. potatoes and
forage for horses and cattle. Both OF
these latter crops are of great advan-
tage to the fighting forces, particularly
the forage
I'll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

itched 50 badly that I
scratched them and they
would bleed and become big
sore eruDtons. Then ny
'face and neck began 20 get
rough and scaly. and ny facs
was disfgUed-
Il used SalVe and
face creams Of different kinds
,-ss T,.,--- ,-rr--. H.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

read about Cuticura Soap and Ointmeus
and got some. washed with the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Ointment after
wards, and in a short time I was healed.
Signed Miss Edith Pruett. Big Ridge.
n. c.. March 30. 1918
Sample Each Free by Mail
With SIP. skin Book On request Ad-
dress postcard '-Cutirura, Dept 7, BOs-
ton Sold throughout the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
To Extend Bread Card System.

It is generally expected that the
bread card system which worked so
well last winter Will now be extended
to all the principal foods. Authorities
do not agree as to who invented the
bread card. but the mind Of Gen Count
Won MOltke, who was chief of the great
general staff in the early days Of the
war. is credited by many with the idea
Cen Won Moltke wa stold one day
that the British had promised to starve
Germany We will not give them any
opportunity to do this" he exclaimed.
He went to his room and roughly
worked out the system Of the bread
monopoly including the curious little
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

Xmas Cards engraved with your own
name, etc FL Paso Book Co, Mills
Bids Its Handy. ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
SMALL RED BUMPS
DISFIGURED FACE
ItChed Badly. Scratched Them.
Became Big Sore EruptiOnS.
Rough and SCaly.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

First I noticed On my face and neck
little bumps They were small and red
and festered. and they began &c itch They
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
Socialists Protest.

The Socialistic newspapers, and also
the liberal press, protested against this
extOrtiOn as early as Iast winter, but
the government did not see fit to act
as il did not want to offend the agra
rians whose political power is prob
ably greater than that OF all other par
ties
Since the harvest began in July mill
lions OF hogs have been raised, as there
is an abundant supply Of potatoes, but
still the pork prices kept on rising and
the government did not attempt to act
until it was compelled to do so by the
threatening attitude Of the Socialists
Beef became somewhat scarce be-
cause many of the smaller farmers
were forced to reduce their livestock
for lack Of fodder This fact was also
used by the 2ristocratic and other large
landowners 10 make large extra prof
its. They kept their cattle until its
value rose to figures never dreamed or
before.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
Government Takes Notice.


lie that the greed Of the agrarians
and spectators has 10 be checked by
drastic measures once for all, and the
confiscation and equal distribution OF
all foods at minimum prices must De
resorted to even if it hurts the mighty
"Junkers"
According TO official statistics the
supply OF breadstuffs on hand is SUI
ficient for at least fourteen months
and the scarcity OF lard and fresh pork
will end as soon as the killing Of the
hogs raised since July and August De
gins
In a few weeks, as soon as freight
trains are running through SerT1a ana
Bulgaria to Constantinople, cattle can
be brought from AnatOlia and ARABIA
will be able TO furnish q large number
Of sheep. Bulgaria is able to SEND
much fodder and some hogs, but no
The opening Of the road to COnstan-
tinopIe VIII also bring large supplies
OF coffee and tobacco, as we'll as OF
other necessities which could not be
obtained for many months.
Among the things for which maxi
mum prices in various guises have al
ready been established are bread po-
tatoes. pork. milk, butter, coffee, tea
cocoa. bucl1Wheat, millet. marmalades'
honey, vegetables, fruits and sauer-
kraut-
now than a year ago. because the crops
OF 1915. despite the larger acreage
were terrible cut down by drouLn-
Potatoes alone turned out well Inc
potato may save the German natloh-
Many OF the best brains in Germany
are now working on the question OF
substitutes for foods Every edition or
The newspapers contains advertisements
of imitation marmalades and imitation
eggs
of imitation rats an4
fatty foods This is perhaps the graF-
est problem of all. The maximum price
for butter IS 81 cents pound ana Wneh
one. realizes how much less money cir
culates in Germany compared Win tne
United States II is seen that TINS puts
the ordinary spread for bread out OF
reach OF all except the very wealthy
Lard is also almost impossible 10 oo-
tain. ..
bug" Just what the ultimate value OF
this discovery is has not yet been de-
termined-
prof. DeIbrueck, the noted chemist
is the head of the fat research depart
ment of the government and ne Is
working on the butter bug
As has already been told. lieuten-
ant who in civil life is a ferment eX-
merit. saw a curious growth on the sou
Of the trench where he was staJlone.i
He collected this fungus and forward
ed it TO Prof. Delbrueck- From II
yeast. OF ferment, was obrained Wnlcu
is able to turn sugar into tat sugar
made from beets is still cheap IN Ger
many. The fat obtained - not yet
edible and this is the problem on which
Prof. .Delbrueck and his assistants are
now concentrating their energies
To Extend Bread Card System.
Il is generally expected that the
bread card system which worked so
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

ager for Sir Johnston Forbes
- Robertson. arrived in FL Paso to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20
BLAME FARMERS
FOR HIGH PRICES
Germans Aroused Against
Rich Farming Glass of
the Country.

Continued from page 1. this sectiOn.)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
AXES DISCOVERY OF PETROLEUM CELEBRATED AT OIL CITY,

rel and the price OF export oil in New
York, barrel included. was sll a bar
rel.
In 1873, the first year after coopera-
tion began. the production Of oil
reached nearly 10000, 900 barrels. the
consumption $500. 900. The price e
crude oil fen to S1.73 a barrel and the
price of expert oil 10 $3.50 a barrel.
As the supply increased the price de-
creased.
Pennsylvania produced all the
petroleum in the country up to 1875.
Ohio's development began in 1875 and
the same year marked the opening OF
the oil fields OF West Virginia and
California. Colorado came in in 1857,
Indiana in 1859 and oklahoma in 1891
producing thirty barrels in that year,
and rising to the total of 90, 900, 600
barrels in 1918.
The midcontinent fields became so
prolific that the ove%rproduction af-
ferted the market seriously, but with
none Of the generalization that at
tended overproduCtion in the earlier
days. The development of the indus
try 10y the Standard oil Company
brought with ii an expansion OF the
methodicll system that took the place
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the early part of 1855 to see II he
could devise "A plan to- get the oil in
larger quantities. Mr.. kier had adj
vert!sed the crock oil" extensively
with a fac-simile of a State bank note.
II is believed that only one Of these
is in existence. II is preserved
in the Drake Museum AT T.tusvllle.
The conductor spent a year at this
work. Meantime a sample - the oil
had been sent to rrof. Silliman "
Yale for analysis. lie pronounced IL
To 10 valuable for lghting purposes.
The oil then used chiefly for illumina-
tion was whale oil.
After studying the methods en-
ployed in drilling salt wells Drake
rigGcd up a derrick and a drill that
was intended to bore for oil. His dit
ticulties began at once. He couldn't
ge' anybody to work for him on what
wa. regarded as a crazy project, one
helper after another deserted h m, and
he was finally obliged to resort To sub
terfuge and say that he was drilling
for salt.
ON August 81. 1889. his drill had
penetrated to Il depth of s~iXty-nine
feet when he struck oil. 1t rose imme-
diately t. within ten feet Of the sur
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face. Curiously enough the drill had
been driven into one OF the prehistoric
oi, PITS that are believed 10 have been
dug ages ago by the progenitors OF
the Seneca Indians,
This was established by the pres
enCe Of a Enarled and knotted oak
tree. whose age was determined by its
concentrlc rings To be at least two
hundred years. II grew in soil forty
feet thick, which must have taken
centuries to accumulate and cover
the mouth Of the pit, Investigators
began eXcavatinG and came across pet
rincd t!mbers, Il which notches had
been cut with stone implements, Anti
uuarians agreed that this was prob
ably the work of the mysterious mound
builders. The pits were invariably
near seepagcs OF petroleum,
The news of brakes discovery set
English authorities at work. An in
tcrcsting record was found, n letter
written in 1927 by a French mission
any who visited the western pennsyl-
vania wilderness in that year and
found the Indians collecting oil from
the surface # water in pits. They
soaked It up with the wool of a Sleeps
pet and squeezed it out into stone
vessels. II was used to cure skin
Diseases and rheumatism. Taken in
wardly It was supposed to KIN a SER
pent in the lntestlnes that caused alb
domlnal pains
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of a Ptsburg druggist Who claimed to have discovered petroleum ten years
before Drake.

ing Of brakes well the oil industry
was confined to oil Creek Valley and
the upper Allegheny River. In 1865
tremendous excitement was caused by
IA big strike at Pithule, four miles in
land from oil Creek. Up to that time
i was believed that petroleum was
obtainable only close by the banks Of
the running stream. Pithole City was
built in fifteen days, The first we'll
produced $50 barrels a day and the
oil was sold at IS a barrel.
This strike was not made 10y patient
prospecting and hard labor, as in the
case of Drake, \. stranger claiming
to possess powers of d|ivination Of
icred for a fee of $50 to revea. the
presence of o, within tw~enty-four
hours. He was engaged by Thomas
II. Brown and with "A forhed witch.
hazel twiE held in front of him he
walked four miles in n circle, grad,
ually narrowing the circumference.
farm, six miles from the Allegheny
River,
Three hours after he started the
hazel twig turned in his hands and
fell to the ground. lie directed the
prospectors to drill at that point, which
they did, oil was struck AT 400 feet.
Finding 'oil sands with a hazel tw.g
became a regular business, 1t was
succeeded 10y oil seeking by spiritual
istic mediums,
In the summer Of 1858 Jonathan
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Drake knew nothing Of all this. He
had accomplished what he set out TO
do. His well, or oil spring. as II was
called, produced ten barrels of oil 4
day at first and then gradual ran up
10 forty.
The news soon spread and then be-
gan the rush into the oil regions.
Town after town sprang into eN-
istence. The development ~ the IN
dustry created oil City and Titusvil!e.
They have survived and thr!ven, hut
other " have disappeared utterly.
Petroleum Center ,scNon miles from
oil city, came into existence in 1861.
Il was n busting. wid" awake place.
with scores Of fine buildings. and it
attained Importance as the central
point Of distribution in the IrnaSyl-
Nania field. 1t had five thousand in
habitan,s. II lasted until 1873 Now
there isn't so much as a brick or stone
10 mark its site.
Eghert Farm. Pioneer and Columbia
Farm. once prosperous oil towns, are
only memories. The old men in the
region can recall them. but even their
names are forgotten 10y the younger
generation.
In the four years following the sink
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of the un~organized, hit or mss policy
Of the refiners and producers before
they went into team work.
Reference was made by the speak
rrs at the celebration on Friday to
the statement that Drake was not the
p.oneer and thai the credit really be-
longed to Samuel NJ. Kier, a Pitts
burg druggist, who found oil at
Taventum on the banks OF the Ale
gheny River as early as 1910, but 1t
has been proved Conclusively that
Kier pumped up oil mixed with brine
in a well he had drilled to get salt.
He was not after oil at az ard when
il cane 10 the surface it was at first
regarded as a nuisance. brakes wei
was drilled for the specific purpose
Of getting oil.
He came to the oil regions at the
instar g of James NJ. Townsend, a
New haven tanker, who knew him.
to be of an inventive turn Of mind.
The Pittshurg druggist had SKINNED
several gallons of oil from the sur
face of the creek and then got IT in
greater quantities by pumping the
salt wells. lie exploited II as n lini-
ment for sprains and bruises. lie in
terested Mr.. Townsend and the Penn
sylyania Rock oil Company was
| formed in New York.
Townsend had great faith In
brakes ability and rcsourCcfu.ness
and isiuced him to visit Titusviiie in
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Watson Of P~lea.antville. six miles
from oil City, engaged William +.
James, a medium, to locate oil sands.
watson was a spiri;ual!st himself and
claimed to possess partly developed
med!umistiC powers. James was a fun
iiedsed medium. and when he fell into
a trance was CONTROLLED by Mountain
Bear. a Seneca Indian chief, who must
have been an oil expert in his life
time.
In m Of these frances the Indian
spirit, speaking through the medium.
announced that he would guide Wat
son To a point where oil would hc
found In abundance. James. with his
eyes closed. led tho way from tho
Watson home to a spot half a mile
distant. where he stamped on the
ground and then fell down. He in
diCated 10y signs. being apparently IN
abe to speak, that he was at the
place whore a drill should be driven.
y well yielding 200 harre,s a day
at the beginning a. the result. Its
flow gradually increased. Watson gave
il the name Of the Harmonial Wei.
but To all the country roundabout II
wac hHo"H as INV sI'i''u'I'St wei
The spirit Of the old Indian chief
vas not always infallihle. He struck
almost as many dry wells as flowing
wells. Jonathan Watson used 10 take
Il hand II = in a while by working
himself into a sort uf sem%i-tranCe. hut
he couldn't keep up with the pro-
fessioual invoker Of spirit aid. Never
theless the SUCCESSES o~utwcighed the
failures and Watson made more than
a million dollars. Some of the local
historians place his wealth at two
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van 'Iv'' V"'C'I>en '"' iu'" VI CIV
'"- "' '"'""S" p.l'S ~ storage TVS
,'N''l or 'ahh' ine nrs' Ilpe me,
I'VE mics l"mE' was sPeca'iE i"I'""'u
'H ''"''S. ''""'S''ls WI" ''"" 'o'"
~i''N''I '' 'n' way IRON. SIn I" go" "
GAY ~"'H',"""'',N t'N"'''"' L"''' was
4 E'''' "'"' ' N"I'h'e' MANY pipe
''''> W.T." u'>'r"No' anu ''hs "l 'h"u-
S'ndS w -'''"'S W on ran 10 waste
''' '"' nc" system VI lr"nSi"'."-
non ""h' ln'f' are NO" H'''"p mics
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Pittsburg Druggist First
Utilized Substance
Found on Brine as
Cure for Sprains
PA

Scientists from all tho principal cit
les and from Europe visited the
Cherry Grove district and declared it
t" ho the fountain head OF an tho oil
fields. Operators became charmed ut
the overproduction The oil in stock
cr September 70. I>>@. reached the
enormous total OF 3o,ooo,oco barrels
An the predictions "f the Eco.oG,s SITS
proved false. Cherry Groves decliun
was as rapid as its rise. by october l
ii had collapsed completely and the
famous $40" wls fcchly yielding hl,t
a barrel Of oil Il day.
soon after the death Of Drake it Mas
proposed that a monumnut Toe erected
IN his honor. In July, 1900. 1t Wa. an
uouuCcd that 'as the result II a secret
cift' +; had been found possible to
start the erection Of a monument in
WoOd,awn Cemetery The name OF tho
donor was not made puhtic by his ~.
press wis.,. and II "a rot uutl after
his death five years later that the
rame was filed in or the shaft IN tho
blank space in the Inscription, Tho
name VAS thUt Of the late II. IL.
Rogers.
II is impossible here to do more than
al,ude To- some of the result of brakes
discovery. The derivatives and by
products nf petroleum have become 50
important that tho worlds progress
would halt Il the manufacture ceased
ur even was delayed for any consider
able period,
Without casolcnc tho airShlpS in tho
wal could not lee operated submarines
could not be driven On their undcrSca
search for prey, automobile, could not
he operated Petroleum is the base NJ
the fuel oil for the steamship, the loco
motive and the steam hoilcrs in the
mills. Tho luhriClt.Uc CO... made from
II keeps them runni'S
White mineral oil used for medicinal
purposes. the parntline fov the sperm
candle. tho oil for harness the polish
for furniture, Kerosene for Lighting
and the admiNture with coat in the re-
torts for enriching iIlumiaattug gas
these represent less than "A huudredth
OF the uses OF the derivatives.