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Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-06-12


On last Friday evening Mrs Chas.
Welteroth delightfully."- entertained
ten couples at 500" The occasion
was the third wedding anniversary
OF Mr.. and Mrs Welteroth and was
given ar the home OF her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jaycqx The rooms
looked most attractive with a pro-
fusion OF house plants and cut flow
ers. The evening was spent i'm pro
gressive 500. highest houors going
to Mrs p F. Green and MIR r W
Williamson The hostess. assisted
by Miss Enelehart. served delicious
ice cream and cake
Tuesday evening Mrs G.. G.. Fraser
and Mrs George Gillespie enter,ain-
ed twenty-five OF their friends AZ the
home of Mrs Fraser The 'cvenne
was spent in playing bridge. Mrs
Harvey Hurlebaus winning highest
honors Mrs Fraser's coy little
home looked lovely throughout. pink
and white being the color scheme
used. Great banks of pink and white
roses were placed nj each table. At
the conclusion of the game dainty
refreshments were served This is the
first of 4 series of parties to he given
by these ladies. the next one will be
held Thursday evening. followed by
an afternoon affair on Monday.
Ia
At meeting of the Civic club heid
Tuesday afternoon. the program. i'm
charge of the music department. was
as follows:
Nocal-"Any Place Is Heaven II
You Are Near Me" Herman Lohr
! Encore-"The Bubble" .......
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
STATE CONTROLS PETROL.
French Government Will Save S9,-
 000,000 Yearly.

A big innovation will become a law
 III France. Tobacco has been a state
 monoply since the days of Napoleon l. Now, for the first time, petrol and
 mineral spirits will fall under gov ernment control. M. Klotz, finance minister, has submitted to the minis terial council, held at the Elysec pal acc, the bill for the state monopoly of petrol. The minister in no way laid down any principles of doctrine in this important question, which might be quite as much an economic factor as fiscal measure. but based his arguments on the experience gained during the war. The importing deal CTS entered into an engagement with the government to supply to the army in the field and to the civil population the quantity of petroleum and min eral spirit absolutely required, but in order to fulfil their contract these merchant importers were forced to appeal to the state for assistance. The general petroleum committee at once took the necessary measures in order to assure the supply of France in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10

these products, which were of so much importance for the military opera tions. Civilians were in consequence
 almost deprived for some time of pc
 troleum for private use. Hence, in consequence of the measures taken in various ways, the French importa- [ tion trust of petrol and mineral spirits was founded in the beginning of last year.
 The bill is therefore to empower the state to continue to intervene by ere ating d special office, in touch with the finance ministry, to import into l France all refined petrol, oil and min
 eral spirits. This importation maintained as a monopoly would return about $5,000,- = | 900 year The monopoly would,
 however. leave free the process of re-
 finlng the petroleum and the whole sale trade, but M. klotZ IS examining
 at present steps to enable the state to share in the profits resulting from these operations. It may be said, in
 order to underline the importance of
 this reform, that, the commissariat-
 general for petrol, under Senator
 Henry Berger, has realized savings
 for the state in less than a yeai amounting to 5000 000-London | Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
OIL LEASES ARE BEING TAKEN ON
 REDF|ELD l AND
Rights to Drill for Oil on 29S Acres by Little Rock
 Man.

All the oil leases are not being talk en only III Texas, Louisiana. Okla. homa, Kansas and Southwest Arkan- sas. This is indicated by the record ing here yesterday of several oil leases on land mead Redfield. Some months ago several hundred mineral leases were taken on land in this count, and many of them still are in effect. The renewed interest in oil due to the increased demand and the new development in many sections. is revolving plans to drill for oil in this section
 A New York company has arranged to drill five wells in the western part of Union county, one of the rigs be- ing erected this week, according to re- ports from Fl Dorado. In Ouchita county drilling operations are in pro- gress, and reports from there tend to create the belief that good showing has been made. One we'll is said to have been in the sand when an acci- dent occurred, necessitaing delay in bringing it in. It is believed that when the hole is cleaned, oil will come.
 The, three leases recorded here yes- terday were taken by Samuel Gers man of Little Rock, who has obtained mineral rights on 80 acres owned by L. c. McNeill, 80 acres are owned by c. c. McCarty, and 38 acres owned by Mary J. Martin. In each case the consideration is given as S1, with the agreement for one-eighth of the oil found, and $200 for each producing we'll. The leases are for five years. but are void if wells are not drilled within two years from date.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
More Than 1,132 Wells Drilling
 In West Texas
Continued from Page One

tlons from the Ranger pool, in which there are no less than distinct pro- ducing fields, in counties that are all connemted up, and in the district where it is impossible for a traveller to ever be out of sight of drillino out fit.
 There have been 155 dry holes drilI- ed in the West Texas district down to the present time These are wells that never showed any production and are not to be taken as the number of producing wells of the field. A good many of the wells that had at one time production of oil or gas in commercial quantities, are become productive, cd productive of scuh small amount of oil or gas that they are not profitable to operate.
 342 Producing Wells.
 In the same district there were 342 producing wells at the time the fig ures were made. with a daily produc- tion of about 120,00O barrels of oil a day Practically all of this produc- tlon is from the Ranger pool, the Des- demona pool in Eastland, Comanche and Erath counties, and the Caddo and Breckenridge pools in Stephens county. Other producing fields are in Brown county, Coleman county, McCu]loch county, Palo Pinto county, and Shackleford county.
 On the showing of wells at the time of completion, therefore, it is easy to see that 68.8 per cent of the wells drilled in the fields of West Texas are productive. From the fig ures given, it is also seeen that the average daily production for wells in the whole district is 379 barrels. This average is naturally reduced by the small production from wells in the Strawn and Moran fields, as well as the Coleman county district, and fuh- ther by the fact that it represents a general average of all wells, embrac- ing those that have bee ncompleted from the first days of the fields.
 This, in brief, is the story of the new West Texas field: 6S.8 per cent of the wells are commercial producers,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
New States Well
 Makes 1000 Barrels

Eastland, Texas, Aug. S.-The w. H. Turner we'll of the States Oil corporation has been completed and is making about 1000 barrels of oil a day. A number of wells are now going down on adjoining tracts and within few weeks there will be as many wells in this vicinity as there are in the Pleasant Grove church. yard vicinity. An offset of the Turner No. l was drilled for gas and brought in at 1850 feet recently. This we'll will be used to supply gas for the wells drilling in that vicinity.
 The McCord we'll, just across the road from the Turner, is still going. down, having shut off the gas encoun- tered at about 1900 feet. This is a Humble we'll.
 The States people are also building a ri gnow on the P. P. Barber tract, and will be ready to spud in within the next week. This well is but a few hundred yards west of the Fur ner we'll and about one mile due south of the Balentine.
 Drilling has been started on the Myers tract, which lease is also own- ed by the States people, Two wells are now being drilled on this tract, which adjoins the P. P. Barber tract
 The w. T. Davis No. l of the Sin clair is still reported to be making about 1,200 e 1,40O barrels day. This well '-as brought in Monday afternoon. This tract is about two miles north of the York survey.
 The Dempsey well of the West Texas company is to be shot today in an effort to increase the flow of oil.> The Bryant No. 1, of the same com pany, is spudding in at about 300 feet.
 A location has been made this week by the States on the w. H. Ray tract in the extreme north part of Eastland county. If. we'll is brought in on this tract several miles of new oil territory will be opened up. Several shallow gas wells have been found in this vicinity recently.
 Use The Graphic classified ads F1ox, Io tho xuo,1y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10

The Livingston Oil company corpor- ation is reported to have paid $110,- 900 for 10 aches out of Block IT, Greenwood subdivision of the Evans Survey, Block 818 Development work will start at once. The con- pany is receiving pipe for it's line from Burkburnett to Devol, Okla.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10

with daily average production of 370 barrels per well. Drilling Wells, Dry Holes and Pro4
 ducers.
 The following table Is of interest as showning the number of drilling wells, number of dry holes, and num- ber of producers in each of counties in the West Texas district: COUNTY Prod wells Dry Holes Drilling wells
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10

Use The Graphic classified ads They do the work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
' MACHINERY ARRIVES

RinssSa nsszas, Aug. e.-The drill Fsd \ n for the Riley ranch hloadedI dIermott Saturday and ltsena as% m;,d and placed at the To- (tlact A,a.es nas north of Snyder. ! to ealls for continuous
 'ske a thorough deep
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-10
All MAKING 1900 BBLs.

've,a, pena.. Texas, Aug. 9.-The |sdarap from the Ranger ky et was a the Gholson No. 8 |sct ss ee al, T; just north of the Oil z, cora sne Texas and Pacific ! lous.m 's making 1900 barrels |,s;aS5 ,S4S feet. t'sef sand at a TITO N
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
THE WEATHER
Friday cloudy, colder; Saturday,

men around him in the Uttered and
noisy hall that was the scene of the
all-day gatherings.
"But as they do it they state they
are unable to operate many of their
mines under it, 1t would be foolish
for us to attempt to make an agree
ment unless miners are to be given
work.
"Our position is unchanged. We
hold the United States government
cannot break it's word. The pledge
of Secretary Wilson to grant us a
81 per cent increase must be re-
deemed. In my opinion DR.. Garfield
and the cabinet have committed the
most colossal blunder in the history
of our nation. They are blindly fol-
lowing an academic theory, without
regard to justice to the mine workers
or effects on the people of the United
States.
Responsibility for the crisis now
confronting the nation must be with
those statesmen using the powers of
government TO oppress and deny JUS
tice to a great element of it's citizen
ship directly concerned in industry.
81 cannot believe the people of our
country will indorse such a policy of
oppression and repression, which
means continued industrial chaos and
intense suffering on the part of the
mine workers and our citizenship"
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
WAGE QUESTION
HANGING FIRE
No Strike Vote Taken or Ord
cred by Railroad Brotherho0ds
During Cleveland Conference
Committee to See Hines.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 27.-The
meeting of 500 general chairmen of
the four great railroad brotherhoods
which convened here last Monday to
consider an offer from Director Cen
eral of Railroads Hines of time and
one-half for overtime in slow freight
service provided all arbitraries and
special allowances were eliminated,
ended late today with the adoption of
resolution to send committee, rep
resenting all four organizations, in
Guiding the four chiefs, to Washing
ton to confer with Mr.. Hines on the
offer.
A telegram has been sent asking
for conference on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The convention accepted Mr.. Hines
other offer, the proposed "held-away
from home terminal" rule, which
means that pay of train and engine
crews will automatically start at the
expiration of 16 hours from the time
of release at away from home termi-
nails.
No strike vote was taken or ordered
during the conference, according to
w. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen.
The director generals proposition
to put into effect time and one-half
for overtime in slow freight service,
based on a speed of less than IL 1-2
milse per hour, provided all arbitra-
ries and special allowances now in
various working agreements are abol-
ished, was neither accepted nor re-
iected, but instead a resolution was
adopted authorizing the four chiefs
executives and subcommittee of each
organization to Immediately meet the
director general for the purpose of
determining just what his proposition
meant and what arbitraries and spe-
cial allowances must be abolished in
order to receive time and one-half for
overtime.
A record vote was taken on this
resolution, resulting in it's acceptance
by the engineers, firemen and con-
ductors, while the Brotherhood of
Trainmen rejected it by large ma
jority, the vote being as follows:
In so far as membership represent
ed by the general chairmen present
was concerned: Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers, for 53,601,
against 4,280; Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen, for
62,455, against 1892; Order of Rail-
way Conductors, for 32,027, against
2,114; Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
men, for 19,499, against 106,724.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
FARMERS WEEK WILL BE
INTENSIVE SHORT COURSE

Fayetteville, Ark, Nov. 26.-Farm-
ers' Week at the University of Ar
kansas December 15 to 20 will be for
anyone interested in agriculture. Into
the few days of this midwinter meet
ing, which, this year, is held before
Christmas instead of after, will be
crowded many lectures, reports, meet
ings, demonstrations and entertain
ments for thsss1snefit of the farmers
Of the state, their wives and children.
These series of meetings will be, in
reality, according to Dean Martin
Nelson, an intensive short course.
Dean Nelson does not say that the
1919 Farmers Week will be the best
one ever at the University, but he
does say that he hopes it will be, and
that from the point of view of noted
men to be here, it will be the best.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
FACULTY MEMBER HONORED AT
POLITICAL SCIENCE MEETING

Fayetteville, Ark, Nov. 26.-Dr. D..
Y. Thomas, head Of the department Of
history at the University of Arkansas,
attended the convention of the Ameri-
can Association Of Political Science,
held in New York, November FL and
%, and was guest at the banquet of
the executive committee, at which
Viscount Grey, British ambassador to
the United States and other foreign
personages were present. The asso-
ciation discussed the railroad prob
lem and that Of other transportation
facilities.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
COAL FACTIONS
END CONFERENCE
.hruutly Break Off Negotia-
tions--No Decision Reached
Miners Claim Sec. Wilson
pledged 81 Per Cent Raise.

washington, Nov. 27.-An abrupt
,nd came late today to all attempts to
.sttle the nationwide coal strike by
peaceful agreement.
Miners and operators spent bleak
thanksgiving afternoon in embittered
debate over the government proposal
IL ra IA per cent wage increase made
last night by Fuel Administrator Gar
field, rejected it and every other pro-
nosal that was forthcoming, and then
dissolved sine die.
Participants went home tonight, and
where the break left coal strike con-
|ditions no one of them, miner or op-
orator, would say. Likewise in Off
|cial quarters there was silence.
Acting President John L. Lewis Of
|the mine workers, though refusing to
/ saw one word as to the strike itself,
(which theoretically was called off in
obedience to federal court injunction
holding it violation of the Lever act
|for wartime food and fuel control,
|eored the government roundly at the
conclusion of the conference. So did
William Green, secretary of the mine
workers. Operators, though accept
ling the government proposal definite
" in a letter of explanation to DIR.
Garfield, which they made public, in
timated that the government refusal
DO allow price increases would bear
reconsideration.
It was behind closed doors that the
koal situation reached it's climax to-
day after involving the full attention
f the federal government for two
lays previously. There was much
heated oratory, but T. w. Guthrie of
Pittsburgh, acting chairman of the
operators committee, described the
parliamentary procedure succinctly as
he came out. The operators, by pre-
eranged plan, notified the miners
eale committee for the central COM
Retitive field of their acceptance of
b. Garfeld's plan.
This the mine workers promptly
Foted down. In turn, the miners put
orward counter-proposal, that Sec
|etary Wilson's suggestion for a 31.66
er cent wage increase be granted,
nd this the operators fatty refused.
q the third time the operators re-
ewed their formal offer of arbitra-
aon, and this the miners voted down.
UNANIMOUSLY an. adjournment was
oted.
Inc operators are pretending to
Sept DIR. Garfeld's proposal" Mr..
sWis said, manifesting scorn and in
'gnatlon as he called the newspaper
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28
MEXICO'S REFUSAL
GREETED SILENTLY.
Washington Ponders Carefully
Over Delicate Situati0n-Car-
rama Claims Jenkins Had
Chance to Make Bail.

Washington, Nov. 27.--Mexico has
replied with an argumentative diplo-
matte refusal to the American gov
ernment's demand for the immediate
release of William o. Jenkins, the
consular agent imprisoned at Puebla.
The official note was delivered here
today but not made public. There is
no reason to doubt that it agrees with
the copy given out last night by the
Mexican consul general at Ell Paso.
No comment was Forthcoming to in
dicate how the State Department re-
CARDS the answer to what was con-
sidered one of the sharpest warnings
yet sent to Mexico, and neither was
there any indication Of what the gov
ernment's next step would be.
The Mexican reply, which, accord
ing to its text, was prepared at the
direction of President Carranza, ar
CUES in the main that the Mexican
government cannot order the release
of prisoner while his case is under
adjudication in the civil courts of one
of its states, and contends that the
American governments demand for
the consular agents release had no
foundation or precedent in interna-
tional law.
Some new angles of the Mexican
viewpoint on the jenkins case, hither-
to unpublished in the United States,
are revealed. The tendency of the
Mexican argument is to separate the
Jenkins case into two phases: First,
the situation in which the consular
agent was kidnapped by bandits and
held for ransom, and last, his subse-
quent arrest and Imprisonment by the
civil authorities of Puebla on a
charge of having "connived" with the
bandits. The note at hand deals with
the latter phase exclusively.
1t points out that Jenkins was first
held under what is known to the
Mexican penal code as preventative
Imprisonment" This provision covers
situation in which person is sus-
pected of completely in a criminal act.
He subsequently was held under a
provision covering formal" imprison-
ment, which under the Mexican penal
code applies when magistrate be-
ieves there is sufficient evidence to
establish that crime has been COM
mitted.
The note says jenkins has an OPP
portunity to be released on bail in
the sum of one thousand pesos, the
equivalent of $500 in American money
if reckoned in coin rather than Mexi-
can bank notes, and that. Jenkins
has refused to avail himself of it,
although he has been requested to
do so.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28

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The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-28

FOR SALE-Used five passenger
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Smyth Motor Car Company, 24tf
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-11
THE ROOSEVELT 7 A

The estate left by the late Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt is said to amount to not more than half a million
dollars in value. To most of us half a million would
seem like a very satisfactory amount OF wealth. But In
the great business world, and among the men with whom
Roosevelt was at liberty to mingle at will, while half a
million is not poverty, it is very far from being riches.
A man who has a million is no longer considered
wealthy. He must have many millions to qualify in that
class. =
Roosevelt was not a poor boy president. He be-
longed TO a family which, while not wealthy, was we'll
TODD. and he inherited an estate which. for those days,
was considered comfortable. During his busy life he
has added something to his early possessions, and on hiu
departure he has left suitable provision for all dependent
on him. That. in substance. is the financial history OF
the man who. because of the position which he held, had
exceptional opportunities for acquiring wealth had he
chosen to sacrifice his own integrity and self-respect 10,
money.
There are men. Of little and corrupt minds, wnc
can conceive Of nothing honorable in others, and who
are IN the habit of asserting that public Officials. with.
out exception. hold office solely for what money they "a,
make, regardless Of duty and principle. Roosevelt wa,
one OF mulutudes Of public men Of whom the contrary Il
true. He lived plainly; he worked hard; and he was u
thoroughly devoted to the public interest that he hat
little time left for the mere collection Of dollars.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-11
orxsp FoRKa HERALD. SATURDAY., JANUARY il, 1918.

gathering In reinforcements from the outside. and were
able to recapture some OF the important positions which
they had lost. AS these lines are written. on Friday eve
ming, the Ebert government seems to be still in the
saddle. but its seat is most uncertain.
T.. '''
The situation in Berlin is following rather closely
the course Of events in Berlin Immediately after the
downfall Of the old autocracy. The kerersky govern
ment. found itself confronted by the Eolshevik element,
and undertook to compromise matters with it. Com
promise being Intellectual Kercnsky tried to apply firmer
methods. He had delayed too long and vacillated too
greatly. and his government was doomed, as all orderly
government was doomed in Russia for the time being.
The Ebert government has tried to compromise with the
radicals. The radicals know nothing of compromise. It
remains to be seen whether or not Ebert and his asso-
ciates have waited too long. 1t may be, in fact, that
at no time have they been able to command sufficient
force to make their government a success.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-11
CHILEAN REFUGEES,
FLEEING TO PERU

Lima. Peru. Jan. 11.--Steame-s
reaching Peruvian ports during the
iast two days have brought more than
1000 refugees from Chile. It is esti-
mated that the>total number of people
who have sought safety in Peru since
the crisis between Peru and Chile
arose is between five thousand and
ten thousand.
Chilean troops reported to be in
complete control Of the provinces Of
africa. !Tacna and Tarapaca. on the
border between Peru and Chile the
dispute over which has resulted in the
present delicate situation between the
two countries.