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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
Ocean Company
Well Making 800
Barrels Daily
Dnllers Believe the Pro-
duction Will Increase
at Greater Depth.


Eastland. Tex, Sept. 1o.-One thou
sand feet east Of the Poteet No.
OF Root. Hupp & Duff. the Ocean Oil
company's test on the Brooks heirs
tract began flowing Wednesday eve
ming at a depth Of $500 feet. The
well is making 600 barrels Of oil
daily and the drillers believe that the
production will increase as the drill
ing progresses.
The Southwestern Oil and Develop
ment company is ready to set the six
inch casing in its well. situated mid
way between the Ocean Oil COM
pany's test and the Poteet No. 4. So
situated. il seems impossible for this
well not TO be a good producer.
The states oil corporations test on
T. Y Butler tract, mile and half
east Of the Ocean well, is flowing at
the rate Of $500 barrels per day. This
well at first made 125 barrels per
hour but has increased its flow TO
200 barrels per hour
Offsetting the Poteet No. 4, the Nc
Donald oil company's well on the
Barnes tract should strike production
at any moment
OIL and Gas shown.
Hivick has a showing OF both oil
and gas In his well on the Sue tract
Preparations are being made TO COM
plete the we'll
The Sinclair Gulf company's No. .
on the Vaughan tract. in the south
Caddo field. Is IS feet in the black
lime at q depth Of 1886 feet The
Grillers are expecting to reach the
pay sand at almost any moment.
Three miles northeast Of Eastland
the Empire on and Fuel company's
well on the Peoples tract began flow
ing from the upper pay Thursday
evening No estimate has vet been
made Of the production. but the drill
ers believe that IL may equal the PO-
I teet No. 4. which Is making 5000 bar
rels per day. and which is situated
only one mile north OF the Peoples
tract.
Wen Makes $50 Barrels.
On the Lewis tract four miles north
west OF Desdemona, the Haml well
Z is now making $50 barrels per day.
/ The well is good for 1909 barrels. but
( is pinched down owing 10 the lack Of
sufficient storage facilities. This
[ well came In few days ago extend
{ ing the Desdemona field 10 the north
west.
The Great Southern OIL eompany's
/ test on the Baumgarans- tract has
completed its straight roaming lob
ana Is setting the five inch casing al
a depth Of 34S0 feet. The well IS
flowing 500 barrels by heads
Two miles 20 the north OF Eastlaud
I the Folsom Petroleum company has
encountered a big gas flow at a depth
I or 1910 feet in its well on the Hawk
! tract
The Texas Crude Oil company's well
/ on the Sue tract is steadily ircrsa ef-,--
! It's production Il is now maxine
around $50 barrels OF oil per day. THE
wen was given a second shot last
Ross and Goss. Afascho and Maxwell
lsolsnu, the Royal Duke and the Texas
Crude OIL company are drilling on m
hawk tract in the vicinity OF the Fol
som gasser-
The Hivick well and the Invader
Dil compauy's well on the sue tract
Dotn nave Sood showings OF oil and
sas ana are making arrangements 70
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
Texas Pipe Lines Gary
2,570,000 Barrels of Oil
From Ranger in July

During July last pipe line deliveries
from the Ranger. Tex. field was p
$40. 600 barrels and 223.s4O barrels by
rail The number Of tank cars OF
crude oil shipped was 9sS. More than
half OF this was the sun company's
oil to Sabine. Pass, Tex. and that was
SIS cars
The GuIf Line company handled
10000 barrels during July through
its eight inch line TO IT Worth The
Texas company ran SO, 900 barrels
through its line TO Dallas. The Prairie
Pipe Line company took care Of 1.0S0,-
600 barrels.
There are 5000. 600 barrels OF oil
in steel storage in the Ranger dis
trict. and most OF this is with the
Prairie Pipe Line company. The avail
able storage in the district is given
at 15fO.0 900 barrels
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
SAYS BURKBURNETT FIELD
Is CONSTANTLY EXPANDING

Austin. Tex. Sept. 10.-Judge R. H.
Ward. OF san Antonio. but who has
been making his home temporarily at
Wichita Falls, was here comforting
with the attorney generals depart
ment. Judge Ward Is now general at
torney for q large oil corporation with
headquarters at Wichita Falls
Instead Of showing any signs OF
contraction, the oil field at Burk-
burnett and in the northwest extern
sion shows signs Of greatly expanding
and wells are almost daily being
brought in from new territory in that
portion OF the state, he said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
By BoGRNE BURCH


new ONE. and everybody knows that
before you goes to put bees in a new
'ome you must knock three times on
the top OF the i've and tell EN- same
as you tell EN- when anybody dies in
the 'ouse. II you don't they'll be
sDiteful and for bees is understand
ing creatures an knows what you
say TO EN-"
She further explained that in De-
vonshire there is a superstition that
any bee ives" belonging to a de-
ceased person must be turned around
the moment the corpse is carried out
Of the house Once in Collumpton
this was not done. But Just as the
corpse was placed in the hearse some
one remembered IT and called out:
Turn the bees" A servant who had
no knowledge OF such a custom. lifted
Up the hive and laid It down on its
side The bees. thus invaded, in
stantly attacked the horses and rid
ers. The horses galloped Off. and a
general confusion took place. hats.
flowers, parasols and many other
things being lost.
In Yorkshire bees used to be
thought able 10 tell the exact hour
which the Christ Child was born. The
country people would listen at the
hives on Christmas eve until they
heard a humming noise, and then they
would know that that hour had come.
II one must find a source for all
the varying ideas about bees and
hives IL can only be the mysterious
activities and habits surrounding the
life Of the bee.
Because the bee worked industri-
ously and cleverly for the peasant.
and asked no wages, the peasant felt
himself q debtor to the bee. out of
this relation rose a sort Of feeling
which prompted him always TO tell
them OF events in his own family
and to consult them in regard to
many things beyond his own knowl-
edge Copyright. 1919, Thompson
Feature Service)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
FINED s.;
SAYS HE Will, Appeal. CAS-

J. ". White. a conductor. was fined
50 in corporation court Tuesday after
noon by judge Charles Pollock.
charged with disturbing the peace.
The man is alleged to have kicked the
glass out Of a street car door in an
with the motorman regard
ing a transfer. He gave notice.
through Tom Lea. his attorney. that
he viii appeal the case.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
TEXAS COMPANY To DRILL
70 WELLS N IOTTSTAN

Waco, Tex. Sept 10.-A sample Of
oil from the Lake Oilicompany's well,
situated six miles from Vivian. La
has just been brought here by F. n.
Compton, president Of the Lake Oil
company. The wen was completed
az a depth Of 2445 feet
According TO Nr. Compton, the
Texas company is preparing 10 drill
80 wells on its holdings in the vicin-
ity OF Vivian, Ia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
5000 Gallons
Gasoline BLOze,S
UbAtMar lin
Explosion Causes $4,000
Damage to Gulf Refining
Co.; Oil Burns Up.

Marlin, Texas. Sept 1o-With a
blaze OF fire and a terrific explosion
that was heard five miles. a 5000
gallon tank OF gasoline being unload
ed at the Gulf Refining company's
plant here last night exploded. caus-
ing a loss OF approximately 5000
to the oil company's property and do
ing considerable damage to adjoining
buildings. a 10000 gallon storage
tank with It's contents OF crude oil
became ignited by the explosion and
Will be a total loss.
Back fire from a gas engine used in
pumping gasoline from tank cars was
given as the cause Of the explosion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
LOOKING FOR LEASES.

Reports from Artesia, y. NJ. quote
a representative Of the Carter Oil
company, said TO be a branch OF the
Standard on company, as stating that
that company viii drill its first well
east Of the Pecos river from Dayton.
n NJ. II leases can be obtained. The
Carter company thus far has not be-
gun drilling altho- Oh It is said TO
hold leases on 10000 acres.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
LIGHTNING DESTROYS TANK.

The East Coast company had a third
steel tank containing So. 900 barrels OF
OIL at Panuco, in the Tampico. Mexico
on Ile-ds, destroyed by lightning week
Delore last This IS the third tank
Of this concern so DESTROYED durinr
the mast summer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
WORK on DERRICK STARTrD

Corsicana, Tex. Sept. 1O.-The Cor
Tex, OH company has started con-
struction work on a derrick for its
$500 foot test 10 be sunk in the south
ern suburbs OF COrsicana. Drilling
viii begin al an early date.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Lle Buckner ven on Bitter creek,
near SweetwaGer. Tex, has reached a
depth OF about 1900 feet. Other than
some caviug, which was overcome, no
difficulty has been experienced by the
driIlers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
SOUTHWESTERN COMPANY
SHOOTS LIS n annING N

The Southwestern OIL company has
shot fits 1Iadding No. . well on the
Madding lease IN the Desdemona. Tev.,
field at 1880 to 2720 feet. Immediately
it began TO produce coo barrels. The
same concerns No. ! Madding is pro-
ducing 1900 barrels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
DERnTCK IS FxPECTED.

The Texas Arizona Petroleum com
pany has an S4-foot steel derrick
which is expected to arrive some time
this week in Desdamona. The COM
pany has 10000 acres Of oil holdings
in Texas and Arizona
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Tuiia, Tex. Sept 10.-In Svisher
county. the Happy OIL and Gas com
pany's test Is at a depth OF 800 feet
The drill is in quiclSsa1d. Drilling
has been stopped 50 that the casing
can Be set
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Sherman, Tex. Sept 10.-The South
mayd Oil company, recently organized
at Southmayd, is preparing TO drill a
first test on the company's acreage
The holdings OF this company consists
OF approximately 10000 acres, in this
vicinity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
DEL TEX WE'LL BROUGHT N.

The Del Tex OIL company Is re-
ported 70 have brought in a 5000 bar
rel well on the B. L Dabney tract IN
the Desmemona, Tex. field.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Waxahachie, Tex. Sept. 10-The
Shamrock OIL company has purchased
a lease OF "a acres OF land in the
Homer. Louisiana. oil fields II is the
purpose Of the company to start de-
veIoping this property at an early
date.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

George L UIrick. president OF the
Exchange Bank Of @ rrizSzo. n NJ,
was chosen president OF Sssa New
Mexico Bankers association at Al
buqurque. in that state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Decatur. Tex. Sept -1O.-Offices for
the Burk- Waggoner, Keystone Jones'
Rector, Lillard, Jones and Riddle Oil
companies have been opened in De-
catur during the past week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
WILL DRILL FOUR WELLS

The Home Oil and Refining COM
pany has contracted TO put down four
wells on 800 acres in Stephens
county, Texas, belonging TO the Con-
sabine Martin Oil syndicate. The
owning company itself is TO put down
an additional wen. The holdings are
northwest Of CaddO and northeast of
breckenridge
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

Warren Wagner has finished his
four inch pipe line from the Des-
rdemona 10 German, Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

A y English woman was telling me
n the other day how her son had
been stung by bees And is It any
wonder?" she said. He never told
them he was going to put them in a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10

BIG BOB SELLS HOLDINGS.
The Big Bob Oil company has sold
its holdings in block 81 OF the Red
river valley lands Of the Waggoner
pool in Wichita county. according TO
reports received from Wichita Falls
The consideration was $4,000. which
includes four producing wells.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
'LEN|N'S SOVIET PLAN
FOR VIENNA EXPOSED
Documents Show Sixty Million
Kronen Expended to Bring Ger
man-Austrian Revolt.

LONDON, July Is Correspondence
of the Associated Press).-The extent
of the propaganda of the soviets in
Vienna to bring about a revolution
in German Austria is shown by an
article in the Berlingske Tidende of
Copenhagen. This paper learns from
Vienna that according to a report
made to the Austrian government by
the police of Vienna, which is based
on secret documents recently found at
the Hungarian embassy in Vienna, the
Hungarian ambassador expended no
less than 6o.0o0,oOo kronen for the
purpose of bringing about revolu-
ton in German Austria.
The documents further show that
Nikolai Lenin, the Russian bolshe-
vik premier, had appointed the Hun
garian bolshevist. Bettelheim, as
party dictator in Vienna; that an ex-
tensive arming of the proletariat and
the murder of high state officials
were planned and that the state bank
was to be entered from the embassy
through the sewers.
Sixty million kronen. the report
added. were to be expended in bribing
the police. A---
Evening star., 1919-07-27
The Gist of the Treaty With Germany
8. The Military, Naval and Air Clauses.
BY NEWBOLD MOVES.

the German navy, once second
comes a negligible quantity in
maritime power. She may have in
commission two months from the
day the treaty comes into effect
six battleships of a small type,
six light cruisers, twelve destroy
ers and twelve torpedo boats.
This fleet, approximating a gross
displacement of 216,0oO tons, shall,
except where a ship has been lost,
have units replaced only at the
end of a period of twenty years
in the case of battleships and
cruisers and fifteen years in the
case of destroyers and torpedo
boats, counting from the launch
ing of the ships. Germany may
have no dreadnaughts, no pre-
dreadnaught battleships, no ar.
mored cruisers and no submarines.
The treaty provides that all
German surface warships not in
German ports on the day the
treaty comes into effect cease to
belong to Germany. Those in
neutral ports go to the allies. The
fleet interned in compliance with
the armistice were to have been
finally surrendered. The surrender
of eight battleships, eight light
cruisers, forty-two modern de-
stroyers and fifty modern torpedo
boats to the allies is further stipu-
lated. The treaty provides for the
disarmament and treatment as
merchant ships of thirty-two
auxiliary cruisers and feet auxili-
aries.
Such of Germany'S great fleet
of submarines as the allies want,
together with salvage vessels and
docks, they are to take. The rest
are to be destroyed and Germany
may never build or acquire sim
gle new submarine, even for COM
mercial purposes. A specified and
strictly limited quota of naval war
materials, including torpedoes and
mines, is laid down for Germany
for the future, and all in excess
of this amount must be surren-
dered to the allies for ultimate
destruction.
Germany must sweep certain
specified areas free of mines in
the North sea and the Baltic. The
manufacture of naval war mate
rials in Germany for export is pro-
hibited.
The naval personnel is reduced
from $4,000, with a reserve of
10000 men, to a total personnel
for the fleet, coast defenses, signal
stations, administration and other
land services of $4,000 No more
than 1900 of these may be officers
or warrant officers. No naval or
military reserve corps may be or
ganized in excess of the above
strength. The clauses covering
army enlistments are duplicated in
respect to length of enlistments in
the naval terms. No officer or
man may receive training subse-
quent to discharge, nor may the
personnel of the merchant marine.
Evening star., 1919-07-27

~ HE two preceding articles
of this series have covered
those parts of the treaty
Il with Germany which dealt
with the political clauses
for Europe and German rights and
interests outside of Germany. The
outlines stipulated for the political
reorganization of the old world and
the methods adopted to put an end
to Germany's dream Of Deutschland
uber allies have been considered.
Today's article will set forth the
measures taken by the allied
statesmen. acting under the ad-
vice of the military leaders who
had effected Germany's defeat in
the field, to prevent Germany from
again attaining to menaclnS
stature as a military force.
1t is carefully pointed out in
part V of the treaty, which COW
ers the above indicated clauses,
that the enforced reduction of Ger
man military, naval and air forces
is stipulated with the object of
facilitating the initiation of a gen.
eral Limitation of the ornaments
of all nations. After this pre-
amble the law is laid down to
Germany in this wise:
X x X X
Germany's entire army, includ-
ing officers and men. is not to ex"
ceed 100000 effectives after March
81, 1920. This force is to be used
solely for maintaining order with
in Germany and controlling the
new frontiers of that nation.
There shall be, at no time, more
than 1000 officers, including those
serving in the ministries OF war
in the German states. The seven
divisions to be formed from these
100000 electives shall not be
grouped under more than two
army corps headquarters STATS.
And the great German general
staff. generally regarded as the
backbone of German militarism. is
dissolved, never to be reconstruct
ed in any form.
1t is interesting to note that
the peace establishment of the
German army in 1914 was 36.0S8
officers and 769,93S men. There
were twenty-five army corps.
The problem of preventing Ger
many from establishing a much
larger force which would be avail
able if needed, through the ex-
pedient of short-time enlistments,
semi-military organizations and
clubs, military schools. societies
of discharged soldiers, service in
foreign armies, etc, has been effect
lively solved. Universal compulsory
military service has been abolished.
The new German army may only
be constituted and recruited by
means of voluntary enlistment.
Under the old regime every Ger
man, with the usual exemptions,
served two years in the ranks and
five in the reserve, and was liable
for service between the ages OF
seventeen and forty-fve. This gave
Germany a vast store of efficient
Evening star., 1919-07-27
NEW MINIMUM WAGE
, FOR WOMEN A RECORD
Effective November l, It Provides at Least
$3.50 Week for Employees In
Mercantile Houses.

pleasure Of their employers. The en-
ployers in Washington, through the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, however, have assisted in the
passage of the minimum wage law.
The result has been that a genuine
Result of a Compromise.
The girls at first insisted that the
minimum wage should be SIS week.
The employers offered $3.50. The re-
suit was a compromise. The wage
finally agreed upon was not accepted
without a struggle, however. The
negotiations lasted two months and
there were ten meetings held by the
conferees. The cost of living in
Washington was thoroughly investi-
gated. The employers sent question
naires to employees and presented ad-
vertisements of goods to prove their
points. On the other hand, represent
atives of the minimum wage board
made an investigation. making actual
purchases.
The budget represented in the mini
mum wage established by the confer
ence fixes $3.50 for board and room,
81 for clothing and $500 for sundries.
The sundries include laundry. health
insurance, savings and life insurance,
dHRuSelnentS, vacation, cnurCh, CHAR
ity, organization dues. self-improve-
ment. car fare, etc.
The minimum wage board is en-
titled by law to call for all pay rolls
where women are employed. Tran
scripts of the weekly pay rolls in 100
establishments were obtained, en-
ploying in all 1909 women. These es-
adjustments were representative of
all kinds of stores, Of the total, 1909
women, one-tenth were rated at SIS
week or less; one-quarter at $40
and under, one-half at s12 and under,
and only ne-quarter at SIG or over
The most frequent rates found were
$40, s12 and SIS week. Actual earn
ings. however, average considera bly,
below these figures, for few of the
women. comparatively speaking, made
full time week after week. Z
The investigation conducted by the
minimum wage board showed that
in February and March of this year
over half of the woman employees in
stores in the District were receiving
$12 or less week. wage obviously
below that necessary to meet the cost
of living for a self-supporting woman
Evening star., 1919-07-27

Free passage into the Baltic Is
assured to all nations by the ex-
pedient of prohibiting German for
tifications covering the entrance.
No new coast defenses may be
erected and the stock of ammuni-
ton for existing defenses is strict
ly limited. For a period of three
months from the coming into ef-
feet of the treaty German high
under the limitations and super
vision of the allies.
So ends Germany's dream of
naval supremacy. Spurlos YER
senkt.
The air clauses of the treaty
prohibit the including of military
or naval aircraft in the armed
forces of Germany. With an ex-
ception of 100 seaplanes. to be used
exclusively in searching for sub
marine mines, and a spare engine
for each craft, all of Germany'S
military and naval aeronautical
material is to be surrendered to
the allies when the treaty comes
into effect. Manufacture or impor-
tation of any aircraft or parts
thereof is forbidden Germany for
six months after the treaty comes
into effect. The allies are to enjoy
full freedom of the air, transit and
landing in Germany, until they
shall have completely evacuated
that country. The personnel of
Germany's air forces must be
demobilized within two months
of the day the treaty comes into
effect, with the exception of a
total of 1000, including officers.
X
For the purpose of controlling
the execution of the military, naval
and air clauses of the treaty inter-
allied commissions will sit at the
seat of the central German govern
ment. A qualified representative of
Germany will be attached to each
commission, which will have free
access to all parts Of Germany.
The upkeep and cost of these COM
missions of control, in their work
of seeing to the complete execu-
tion of the indicated terms of the
treaty, is to be born by Germany.
All information or documents re-
quired by the commissions in func-
tioning are to be furnished them
by Germany. Three months is
given for the modification of Ger
man laws in conformity with the
treaty, and Germany undertakes to
give every facility for any investi-
cation which the council of the
league of nations may consider
necessary.
X X X X
These are tie main features of
the military, naval and air clauses
of the treaty. fThe next article of
this series, to appear in The Even
ing Star of next Wednesday, will
deal with the clauses covering
Reparations.