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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
CENTRAL OIL EXCHANGE WILL
OPEN FOR BUSINESS TONIGHT

The Central OIL exchange. a joint
stock concern. viii open for business
al 20s \. oregon street tonight It Is
to handle oil. copper. Industrial and
other stocks and bonds. Officers Of
the company are Robert Mcintyre.
president: J. L. Stephens. vice presi-
dent; Charles Il. Walker. secretary
treasurer
Associated with these men is j. L
Nysewander. general manager OF the
Wiemar Oil company. as trustee
The Central Stock and Oh exchange
viii handle oil stocks, copper stocks,
municipal and Industrial bonds, also
Liberty bonds Of every issue
The new exchange has been 1tted
with every convenience and facility
necessary to the business.
A prfvate leased wire viii be IN
stalled which viii carry quotations
on oil stocks, bonds. etc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
INTEREST Grows
At ROBERT LEE
Big Gasser Brought in and
Oil Gusher Is Now
Predicted.

Robert Lee. Texas. July 10.-After
4 short lu1 in oil operating activi-
ties. following the closing down of
work at Robert Lee well No. ?. on
account Of lawsuits over leases. inter
est is picking up again and greater
activities than at any previous time
are going forward throughout the
county
The Robert Lee Wen No. ?. on the
Stroud place, has ben pronounced a
big gas well, and is likely 10 blow
itself in at any moment It is esti-
mated TO be something like a 10000
600 cubic foot gas well. and when It
blows in, viii likely bring a big oil
gusher. The well has been cased
down to over 22o0 feet, and a six inch
cap screwed in the top OF the casing.
A great deal of interest is shown by
Robert Lee. people, who regularly
visit the well.
The rig 70 begin drilling at the To-
cation on the John Saul ranch has
arrived at 1Iaryneal, and is being IN
loaded and hauled to the site. Work
preparatory to drilling viii begin i'm
sinking 1000 foot well The location
for this new Coke county well is in
section 3, known as the China tract,
and is about Y miles northwest OF
town.
News came to Robert Lee Monday,
that K J. Shumaker & Co.. were
finishing underreaming u L. inch
casing. and were ready to resume
drilling. their well on the Westbrook
ranch near Tennyson- The well is re-
ported to be 500 feet down. and is IN
der the supervision OF +. A. Burnett
OF Wichita. Kan This well is said
to be among the best located IN Coke
county. as oil has already been dis
covered in the Tenryson territory
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
MORE WE[[S IN
SAND At TULSA
Oklahoma Field Has Rec
ord Breaker in Well in
Blackwell District.

Tulsa. Okla. July 10.-The Midland
oil company has completed its well in
the northwest quarter OF section -
22-11. Usage county. md is getting a
production Of 200 barrels Of oil daily
from the test
c. c. Tibbets has completed 80
barrel well on the Beaver land in
section 4-17-1f. eileen pool This IS
the No. s on the property
The Celestine Oil company's wei IN
the northwest quarter OF section 5z-
25-s, near Pawhusza, Usage county,
has been completed. The well started
off making 1000 barrels from sand
encountered at POO feet and known
as the Bartlesville sand.
In the Blackwell district in Kay
county, the National Union oil and
Gas company has an 1900 barrel wen
on the Nix land in section 1881. Il
got the rich sand at 1888 feet This
well is considered the best producer
in the Blackwell district in 1919.
The ardmore Standard company
spudded in its initial test in section
11-5s-2e The Trinity sand which pro
duces oil in the ArbuclSie fields near
Madiu was reached at 4 depth OF is
feet. At 10 feet water sand was en-
countered.
The Empire company has reached a
depth OF 2345 feet in its second well
in the northeast quarter OF section
24-2s-3w. The operators were ex-
pecting an CT sand at this depth, but
neither oil nor water was encoun-
tered.
The Lone Star Gas company has
completed building q ten inch gas line
to the Gladstone well in section s.
1s-10-w. This well is expected to
produce 20,0e0.000 cubic f-et OF gas.
Coline oil company. in section 81
1s-2w, west Of Foolville. in Carter
county has the rig completed and has
awarded the drilling contract TO Asa
AIichaels.
The Carter on company. IN section
Z 5-1s-10w. made a completion at
depth of 1880 feet. The well is max
+ ing 300 barrels OF oil daily.
The Magnolia Petroleum company.
! in section 34-2s-3w, Fox district. has
Preached a depth OF POO -eet and the
well is expected to develop IN the next
! few days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
Hneco-Ranger
Is Giving Up
1000 Barrels
Ell Pasoans Secure Wonder
Well At Shallow Depth
Start a New Well.

''Hueco-Ranger wen flowed 1890
barrels OF oil yesterday" said teIe-
gram received today by George G.
Franklin from c. = Ezeli. at Ranger,
Texas.
This is the well brought in by e
Paso people this week and is called
the Wonder well' OF the shallow
field IN the Ranger district The pro-
motors did not expect oil at a depth
at 1900.
The Hueco- Ranger company has
spudded in its second we'll This IS
going down Just over the edge Of
Stephens county. north OF the well
brought in this week and within a
mile and three fourths Of the Carey
well, which produced 12.coe barrels
a day when first brought in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
KEYS FIELD IS
FORGING AHEAD
Shows Big Increase in Oil
and Gas Production Dur
inc the Past Week.

Lawton. Okla, July 10.-If the Keys
field continues in its development as
it has been doing there is no doubt
but that it viii become one Of the
foremost fields of Oklahoma The
average amount OF oil produced each
day last week totaled 6125 barrels.
while the gas total average was
$4,000. 900 cubic feet. This is an in
crease over any other weekly June
production.
The Keys No. IS. in section 90
1s-1ow. is flowing at the rate OF 600
barrels Of oil daily and is but u feet
in the sand. The well will produce
at least 1900 barrels when carried
through the sand.
The McAIann on and Gas company
has 500 barrel well in its compile
ton in section 4-2s-10w.
The campbells have a 900 barrel
well in section 9-2s-1ow. This test is
in the sand at 21sO feet.
O. II. Chapman No. 3. in section So
ls-lew, is producing 900 barrels OF oil
daily.
H ]. Parker's No. Fink is pro-
ducing 100000 cubic feet Of gas in
section 59-1s-10w.
Carter Oil company No. Wiley. in
section 5-2s-1ow, is flowing 400 bar
rels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
TO TRY NEW MEXICO
GASOLINE TAX CASE

Santa Fe. \. n. July 1o.-In St
Paul. July Is. VIII be held the hearing
on the petition OF three oil companies
for temporary injunctions against the
state of New Mexico TO prevent col
lection Of the excise tax OF cents a
gallon on gasoline. Hearing will be
before three judges. one Of whom
must be a justice Of a circuit court
Of appeals or of the United States su-
preme court A temporary restrain
ing order against TIE state. issued by.
federal district judge Colin Seblett, is
now in effect
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
UP co THE PRICES

There viii be another increase IN
prices on magazines in a short time.
Even though your subscriptions TO the
magazines you are now taking do not
expire for several months. you ought
TO renew your subscriptions now and
save from Is 10 100 percent Fl Paso
Herald Magazine Agency, Herald Of
fice.=Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
DOWNING DOWN 300 FEET
AFTER Is MONTHS DRILLING

The SabanO on company7s vel, a
few miles south of De Leon. Co
manche county. Tex. is down 300
feet after IS months drilling and
having passed through the hard black
lime. The IS inch casing has been
set. Il is said that showings Of oil
and gas have been passed through.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

D. L. Adams. writing to The Her
aid from Burkett- Texas, states that
the Texas Arizona Oil and Develop
ment company at Burkett, adjoining
the Mitchell field, IS down with its
new well SIS feet The first string OF
casing is in and drilling IS under
way p hours day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
REPORT SAYS MEXICO WELL
MAKES $4,000 BARRELS A DAY

fco, saws Empire company's Darragan
well No. in the Panuco has been
brought in and Is making 10000 par
rels a day. The company has 1900
acres in the Panuco field surrounding
this well. Il is a subsidiary OF the
Cities Service company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
RANGER-R0CK ISLAND WELL
COMES IN WITH 600 BARREL s

Jack Whitesides. EI Paso represen-
tativetative of the Ranger-Rock Is
land OIL and Refining company. has
received news that that concerns wen
in the Desdemona. Tex. field came in
with $500 barrels without being
drilled in. The report from the field
was that It Promised to be a big one
possibly 5000 barrels.
The same company's Parker county
well has a good showing OF gas The
6 SIS casing had been set in the same
concerns Wright No. I we'll and the
drill is going down IN the black lime.
Il is expected that it will take ten
days to go through this formation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

According to reports from De Leon.
Comanche county. Tex, work on the
Rex refinery is well under way and
It Is expected TO be completed BY Sep
TENDER !. II Is TO have an initial ca
pacity OF 1000 barrels Of crue per day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
FREE

FREE The experienced housewife as wei IS the be-
ginner win find unusual interest IN the new
sxyeght page Corn Products Cook Book Beautifully illus
tratedand suggestions galore for preserving etc Il Is
free-wriee Us today for it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

The National Woman's Trade Union
league is demanding an eight hour
day and a hours a week for all wom-
en- workers in the United States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

When the American and French
troops entered Chateau-Thierry. the
only woman to accompany them was
eiist.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10
DON'T
DESPAIR

If you are troubled with pains @
aches; feel tired; hsve headache
indigestion, insomnia; painful pass
age Of urine, you vii find reIiefi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

THE famous Gallery Mirrors
signing Of the treaty
table with its eighteenth century decorations placed
Cmenceaus chair table
representative called alphabetical
his the
there 100 delegates, the ceremony
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

5oEN PRODUCTS REFINING co. P O Box Isf. ..s Ys-E CO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

The worlds standard remedy for EdasJ
liver, bladder and uric acid trouol.s an.
National Remedy Of Holland since 1885,
Tires sizes, All druggists Guzraniss.<
LEX fer the n.nae Cold Hezal oa every &
and @eespt NJ inila,is1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-09

these some were Inevitably vicious
Isui vice had remained for her clear
abstraction. There were such PEG.
pie. and because one was In tho
world for servio. one cared for them.
Even tho Saviour had been kind TO
the woman OF the streets.
Hut here abruptly Sidney found
tho great injustice Of the world
that because Of this vice tho good
suffer NOR. than the wicked Her
young spirit rose In hot rebellion.
1T ian't fair-' abe cried. 1T
makes mo hate all the men in the
world. Palmer cares for you. and
yet he can do thing like this
Christine was pacing ncrvously up
and down the room. Mere conpan.
lonship had toothcd her. She was
now. on the surface at least. iess ex.
cited than sidney.
They are not all like Palmer.
thank heavcnif' ahc said. There are
decent men. My father IL one. and
your X. here In the house. Is an.
other
A, four O'Clock in the morning
Palmer Howe came home. Christine
met him in the lower hall. He was
rather pale. but entirely sober. She
confronted hi-n in her straight, white
gown and waited for him 10 speak
u am sorry TO be so late. Chris. -
he said. THE fact IS. I am all in.
was driving the car out Seven
Mile Run. We blew out n tire and
the thing turned over
Christine noticed then that his
right arm was hanging inert by his
side.
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For the Liver and Bowels

Tell your druggist you want genuine
California Syrup Of Figs" Full directions
ana oose for babies and children of all ages
VINO are constipated, bilious, fcverish, tongue
coa'ed' or full of cold, are plainly printed on
'ne bottle. Look for the name "Calfnrnia''
ana accept no other Fig Syrup"
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down IN. staircase on ks arm. and
sitting with Harriet and X. at the
dinner table. She WIS begging 10 he
hack on duty for Christmas. and X.
lei, that he would have to give her
up soon.
Al three o'clock one morning sid
ncy reused from light sleep 20 hear
a rapplng on her door.
lis that you. Aunt Harriet" she
called.
ITS Christine. May como inr"
Sidney unlocked her door. Chris.
tine slipped into the room. She car
ri.d q candle. and before she spoke
she looked at sidney's watch on the
bedside table.
II hoped my watch was wrong"
.h~ said. II am sorry 20 wak~n you,
sidney. but don't know what 90
do"
Arc you me-
mo. Palmer has not come home"
What time IL itf'
After three O'Clock"
sidney had lighted the ras and
was throwing on her dressing gown.
when he went out did he say"
lie said nothing. We had been
auhrreiinr. sidney. am going
homo in the morning"
You don't mean that. do your
Don't look AS II mean IT,
How much Of this sort Of thing IL n
woman supposed TO endurcg''
Perhaps he has been delayed.
These things always seem terrible In
the middle OF the night. but by morn
ing"
Christine whiricd on her.
This isn't the first time. You
remember the letter got on my
wedding day."
Yes"
Hes gone back 10 her"
"chris,lnei oh. I am sure you're
wrong. He's devoted to you. don't
believe itl'
Believe {, or not" said Christine.
doggeily. that's exactly wha, has
happened. / got something out OF
that little rat Of Rosenfeld hoy.
and the rest know because | know
Palmer. He's out with her tonight"
Tho hospital had taught Sidney
one thing: that II took many people
10 make n world. and that out OF
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women since the world began. she
would learn TO disSemble. 10 affect TO
believe him what he was not.
Grace had learned this lesson long
ago. IL was the A - c Of her knowl.
edge. And 30. back TO Grace six
weeks after his wedding day came
Palmer Howe. not with a suggestion
to renew the old relationship. but for
comradeship.
Christine sulked--he wanted good
cheer: Christine was Intolerant--hc
wanted tolerance: shc disapproved OF
him and showed her disapprovai--he
wanted approval. lie wanted life TO
be comfortable and cheerful. without
a little work and
much play. a drink when he was
thirsty. Distorted tho IL was. and
founded on "A wrong basis. perhaps.
deep in bis heart Paimer's only long.
ms was for happiness: but this hap.
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FITCH up In the blue sky. coming
~ swiftly from the Sunny South.
WoPo Redsail the Hawk and his
oGund-winged wife. They were no
lD0gRr journeying slowly. swinging
- great circles. as they had been
1~tng They were within few miles
- The Green Forest now. and eager
- gst there.
You know that the members OF the
nnWk family have wonderful eyes.
3ney can see . very great distance
Wnils yet 80 far away that had you
- been in Farmer Browns door
y1p1. 70 could not have seen them
- N. they saw not only the Green
VQguut and Farmer Browns House
- TIE Green Meadows and the Old
Hunturs. but all the different things
1D6roin.
There's the big hickory tree by
~ 0miiing Pooir' cried Redtail-
There are The chickens in Farm
- Drown's henyardr' cried Mrs.
uodtaif.
Aud. see. there Is Reddy Fox.
1882 on his doorstep In the Old
Pasture exclaimed Redtail-
&. And there Is my favorite tree.
0our ~ our home In the Green For.
GGey' cried Mrs. Redtail toyously.
And there's our nest. just as we
m IT. shouted Redtail. II was
nfraid that the winter winds might
hnvo blown II down. but there II H.
0uddenly Redtail checked himself
m swung up higher In the sky.
Wihere he made a small circle that
~ might better use his keen eyes.
There's some one In our nest" he
oeruamed. and his voice was harsh
with rage
II DON'T believe IL, There can't be-,
WIN II there would dare do such a
thingy shrieked Mrs. Redtail. as
-. too. began to swing in q small
circle.
Suddenly Redtail snapped his bill
with . sharp click. Its Hooty the
Owly' he cried. ITS that robber.
Hooty the Owl. He and Mrs. Hooty
havs stolen our home" And without
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ny THORNTON w. BURGESS
Copyright. 1919 by T. w. Burgcss)
The Joy That Was Turned to Rage
BIZ CONDO


another word Recital, shot down
toward hts old nest In the Green
Forest. Mrs Redtail close behind
him.
Just above the top OF the tree in
which was their old nest they
checked themselves. glarinr angriiy
down into the fierce. round. yellow
eyes OF Mrs. Hoo,y as she "a, on
the nest. looking up at them. From
nearby tree Hooty himself flew
over and took his place on a branch
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piness must be OF an active sort
not content. which is passive. but en-
Joymont.
Come on out" he said. 1--WE got
a car now. No taxi working its
head on for us. Just a little run
over the country roads. CHI"
IL was the afternoon OF the day
before Christmas night visit 10 sid
ney. The Office had been closed.
owing to n death. and Palmer was IN
possession OF a holiday.
Continued Saturday.
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tagging movements. the indifference
falling Hot tears fell on Hsrriet's
fashion book that lay on her knee.
not only for Anna--for Anna's pro
totyp~H everywhere.
on ssin~y--and in iess measure. Of
course. on k.--fcii the real brunt OF
tho disaster. sidney kept up well
until after tho funeral. but went
down the next day with a low fe
YER.
"overwork and grief" DIR. Ed sald.
and at~rniy forbade the hospital
again until Christmas. Morning and
evening X. stopped at her door and
inquired for her. and morning and
evening came sidncy's reply:
Much better. III surely be up
tomorrow.
But the days dragged on and she
did not get about.
Downstairs. Christine and Palmer
had entered on the round Of mid.
winter gayeties. Paimcr's crowd"
was a lively one. There were din.
ners and dances. weekend cScur.
sions 20 country houses. Tho Street
grew accustomed 20 seeing automo-
biicE stop before the little house at
all hours Of the night. Johnny TO
senfeld. driving Pai:ner's ear. took 20
falling asleep nj the wheel In broad
daylight. and voiced his discomfort to
his mother.
You never know where you arc
with them guys" he said. briefly.
I'VE start out for half an hours run
in the evening. and get home with
the milk wagons. And the more
some OF them have had TO drink, the
more they want 10 drive the ma
chine. IL get a chance. I'm going
to beat IL while tho winds my way"
But. talk AZ he might. In Johnny
Roscnfeid's loyal heart there was no
thought OF desertion. Palmer had
given him n mans Job. and he would
stick by II. no matter what came.
There were some things that
Johnny Rosenfeld did not toll his
mother. There were. evenings when
the Howe car was hlled. not with
Christine and her friends. but with
women Of a different world: eve
nings when the destination was not a
country estate. but n roadbouse; eve
nings when Johnny Rosenfeld
ousted from the drivers seat by some
drunken youth. would hold tight to
the swinging car and say such frag.
ments Of prayers as he could re.
member. Johnny Roscnfeid. who had
started life with few illusions. was in
danger OF losing such ms he had.
One such night Christine put in,
lying wakefully in her bed. while the
clock on the mantel tollcd hour after
hour into the night. Palmer did not
come homo at all. Hc sent n note
from tie Office in the morning:
II hope you are not worried, dar.
ling. The car broke down near the
Country club last night. and there
was nothing to do but to spend the
night there: ] would have sent you
word. but I did not want to rouse
you. What do you say to the thea.
tire tonight and supper afterward?'
.
Christine was learning. She teic.
phoned the Country club that morn.
ing. and found that Palmer had not
been there. But. altho she knew now
that he was deceiving her. as he al.
ways had deceived her. as probably
he always would. she hesitatcd TO
confront him with what she knew.
She shrank, as many "A woman has
shruns before, from confronting him
with his lie.
But the second time II happened
she was reused. II was almost
Christmas then. and Sidney was well
on the way to recovery. thinner and
very white. but going slowly up and
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Continued from Thursday1
sidney arrived . little after sig.
and from that moment the confusion
In the sick room was at an end. She
moved Christine from the stairs.
where Katie on her numerous er.
rands must crawl over her. set iisr'
riot 10 warming her mothers bed
and getting !, ready. opened win
dows. brought order and quiet And
then. with death in her eyes. she
took up her position beside her
mother. This was no time for weep
ing: that would come later. Once
she turned 90 X. standing watch
fully beside her.
II think you have known this for n
long time" she said. And. when he
did not answer. why did you let
me stay away from herr II would
have been such a little time
I'VE we're trying TO do our best for
both OF you" he replied.
Anna was unconscious and sinking
fast. One thought obse&sed Sidney.
She repeated IL over and over. II
came az cry from the depths OF the
girls new experience.
"she has had NO little Of ilfc." she
said, over and over. 80 little. Just
this Street. She never knew any.
thing else.'
And finally X. took IL up.
After all. sidney" he said. "thc
street Is life: the world IL only many
streets. She had n great deal She
had love and content. and she had
you"
Anna died little after midnight. a
quiet passing. so that only Sidney
and the two men knew when she
went away. II was Harriet who col.
lspsed. During all that long eve
years OF small unkindness.s. The
thorn Of Annals incfficiency had al.
ways ranked in her flesh. She had
been hard. uncompromising thwart.
ed. And now IT was forever too late.
X. had watched Sidney carefully.
Once he thought she was fainting,
and went to her. But she shook her
head.
II am all right DO you think you
could get them all out Of the room
and let me have her alone for just a
few minutes?"
lie cleared the room. and took up
his vigil outside the door. And. as
he stood there he thought OF what
he had said to Sidney about the
Street. II was n world OF It's own.
Here in this very house were death
and separation: Harriet's starved life:
Christine and Palmer beginning a
long and doubtful future together.
himself. failure. and an impostor.
When he opened the door again.
Sidney was standing by her mothers
bed. He went to her. and she turned
and put her head against his shout
der like a tired child.
Take me away. H." she said. pitt.
fully.
And. with his arm around her. he
led her out Of the room.
Outside OF her small immediate
circle Annals death was hardly felt.
The little house went on much az
before. Harriet carried back TO her
business heaviness OF spirit that
made IT difficult TO bear with the
small irritations of her day. Perhaps
Annals incapacity. which had always
annoyed her. had been physical. She
must have had her trouble a long
time. She remembered other women
OF the Street who had crept thru
inefficient days. and had Mt last laid
down their burdens and closed their
mild eyes. TO the lasting astonish.
ment Of their families. What did
they think about. these women. M
they pottercd about? Did they re.
sent the impotence that met their