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WANTED--A competent girl for
general housework to live in Albany.
Apply Mrs w S. Carpenter, 54i Main
St. tel. 2l9-W este
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w {SETED-Compet girl for gem
eral hgusework in small family Mrs.
L. AldeH Graves, S12 Elm street.
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, WANTED Board and room by young
man In a private family, centrally To-
Gated Address II. J. X, Box 40, Ben
aington. 30t6'
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WANTE{o-Neat penman, man or wo-
man for hdme work, addressing, mail
ing and taking orders Must have
telephone Write for interview. Dis
trict Mgr, North Adams, Mass p. o.
Box 237. 36t6
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
FEDERAL AGENTS LOOKING FOR
MAN ESCAPED IN SAN ANTONIO

Federal agents in FL Paso are on
the lookout for Antonio Tumania.
who escaped from the detention ward
of the. base hospital at Camp Travis,
near san Antonio. last Thursday.
Gus T. Jones, special agent OF the
department Of justice bureau OF in
vestigation, said Monday he knew
nothing about the man being an Aus
TRAN SPY as one report stated Tu-
mania IS said TO have escaped once
before from the stockade at Fort sam
Houston and to have been captured
in California and brought back
Reports from san Antonio say Tu-
mania was being held on charges Of
false entry into the army. bigamy.
desertion and escaping confinement
He was arrested last May at Flores
vile. Tex It is feared he has escaped
into Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
CONTROL GREAT GASSER
FOR USE OF EASTLAND

Eastland. Tex, Aug. 2s-After
running wild for two months the
gas well on the C J. Harren tract,
eight miles north OF Easuand, has
been controlled by the Texas COM
pany. During the two months before
the company gained control of the
wei 5,0O0000,000 cubic feet of gas
went 10 waste A four-inch line is
being laid 10 this gasser from the
eompany's six-inch pipe line on the
7. H. Lane property. a distance OF
10000 feet. The company is also
laying six-inch pipe from the high
pressure line on the Roper tract
southeast to the HightOwer casser.
about ten miles east Of Eastland.
In addition to the laying Of the new
lines this company is planning TO
give Ranger gas for domestic pur-
poses This company is already sup
plying Eastland, Albany, Moran Parks,
Cisco, Putnam and Abilene.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
REPORTS OF BIG SALES OF
RED CROSS STORES FALSE

Paris, France. Aug 26.-In a state
meut which It is said is issued be-
cause Ok many Inaccurate reports con-
corning large sales Of Red Cross mer-
chandlse, the American Red Cross eX-
plains that the only material which
Eave been sold are certain perishable
stuffs. second hand equipment, sur
plus stocks and articles which are no
longer Of any use in direct relief
work IN either France or eastern
Europe.
The total sales Of such materials
IN equipment. aggregated 30,000.000
francs, while the value OF the relief
materials distributed in Europe dur
ing the months OF July and August
amounted to more than 100000. 000
francs
authorized in France and have been
conducted through the American Red
Cross liquidation board
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
AGREE TO CONSOLIDATE ALL
SINCLAIR OIL PROPERTIES

New York. Aug. Reconsideration
Of an the Sinclair oil properties in
the United States and foreign coun-
tries was agreed upon at a series Of
directors meetings held Monday.
Stockholders Of the Sinclair OIL and
Refining corporation. Sinclair Gulf
Corporation. and Sinclair Consolidated
Oil corporation, viii be asked 70 con-
firm the action Of the directors at
special meetings called for Septem-
Der.
The new corporation viii be known
as the Sinclair Consolidated Oil cor
r0ration. operating under the laws of
New York state
One share Of stock Of the new cor
pOration viii be issued I'M exchange
for each share Of the several constl-
tuent companies. The new company
viii have an authorized issue Of s.
500. 900 no-par value shares. bat as
! 100000 OF Sinclair Oil and 1000 600
of Sinclair Gulf have not been issued
the new corporation VIII have in its
treasury more than 100000 OF the
5,500,000 shares authorized
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
PLAN To DRILL
At HILLSB0R0
VIII Make Thorough Trial
of All Oil Sands at
COV1ngton.

HlIsboro. Tex. Aug. 26.-Casing,
pipe line and the balance Of drilling
tools are on the ground at the Fenton
and Curtis well site. two and a half
miles west Of Whitney. Drilling viii
be started at once.
The Teagers-Feter corporation has
rig timbers on its location six miles
east Of Hillsboro.
The Sanderson Petroleum company
has a new location on the sanders on
ranch, in the western part Of the
county. Work will start on the test
Just as soon as arrangements can be
made This is TO be a deep test
A location has been made west Of
Hi1lsbOro. on the Greer sur -ey. p. N
Gilmore land. by the Bosque PetrO-
Leum company Of Waco. Drilling viii
start on this well within a short time.
The test Of RAIDER ct al. which spud-
ded in several days ago viii be
thorough test Of all sands. This test
is northeast Of CovinEton.
The ROssa-Mckee test, about an
equal distance from HiIsboro. Writ
nev and Aquilla is closed down await
ing heavier drilling tools and on their
arrival drilling operations viii be re-
sumed-
Three carloads Of drilling msteriaI
have been unloaded at Malone by r.
y Cannon ct al Of Colorado Springs.
These parties sink a deep test between
Malone and Hubbard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
Americans Swdrm
To the Oil Fields
In ampico Region

Three thousand Americans are in
Tampico and the Tampico oil fields
Of Mexico. practically all directly or
indirectly interested in oil, according
TO II. B. Guthrie. field manager Of the
Capital Petroleum company. Of Den
yer, Colo. who was a guest Of the
Sheldon hotel a few hours Monday on
ms return from Mexico Mr- Guthrie
said he was a printer on the FL Paso
Herald % years ago.
The Tampico oil fields are the
greatest in the world with the biggest
wells" continued Mr.. Guthrie. "All
that is hindering the Development in
getting machinery, pipe and lumber
enough The Portrero de Llano we'll
No 4. has the almost unbelievable
record Of 1,00O.000 barrels Of CONNER
cial oil.
I have been drilling wells In the
Tampico district Ny own company
has a wei which should be in now
most any day. We have been acquir-
ing leases in that district"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
WAGGONER HAS
NEW PROSPECTS
Many Wells Approach
Sand in Field Full of
Great Gushers.

Wichita Falls. Tex, Aug. 26.-AIuch
attention is directed TO the Waggoner
pool. which. though it has many new
competitions. still has a number of
excellent prospects on the sand The
Sky Line and the Pennsylvania oil
and gas wells in block SIG are stiu
waiting completion. The sky Line
well can not be completed until suit
able tools arrive and the Pennsyl-
vania wen is understanding TO set the
casing in the oil sand
The Charles f. Ertz wen is the
second well on the ". F. George tract
in the south part Of block IS. to
reach the sand The well is cleaning
out preparatory TO completion
The N p. BuTk. No. > Evans. is
standardiZing-
Casing has been set in the No. 1
Taylor Of Minchew ct al. IN the oil
sand at a depth Of 1,640 feet
The Borealis Oil company is watt
ing for tools TO standardize the No.
I Elsea, in block IS.
The Bonita Oil company, No. Tay-
Tor. is on the sand at 1850 feet.
The compilations for the week have
been many and have kept the new
production high Many more wells
are expected TO add to this produc-
tion within the next week OF ten
days. The following competitions were
made in the Waggoner pool in the
Howard Weber. No. , Brannon lease
A. 1900 barrels.
P and P. Oil company, No. 1 Wag-
goner. 1900 barrels.
P. and P. Oil company, No. Wag-
goner, 1900 barrels.
Panhandle Refinery, No. . Morgan,
1900 barrels.
Cline and Norton. No. wagg6ner.
1000 barrels.
Cline and Norton, No. ; waggoner,
1,SO0 barrels.
Cline anr Norton. No. waggOner.
1000 barrels
Cline and Norton, No. WaEgoner,
CLARK. Olson & whaley. No. 1 FL
sea, rig burned down, flowing 500
barrels.
W n Priddy. No. Bashara. 1000
W. N Priddy. No. Bashara. 1900
barrels.
Oklahoma Petroleum and Gasoline
company. No. 1 Taylor, 2.400 barrels.
Southern Petroleum company. No.
1 Elsea, 1900 barrels.
Langford, Staley and Chenault, No.
1 WaEgoner, lease A, 1000 barrels.
National Oil and Gas company, No.
. Nogel 80 barrels.
The Texas company, No Z Fowler,
!, 900 barrels.
The Texas company, No. s Fowler.
1, o0o barrels.
Texas company, No. u Fowler, 1900
barrels.
Tomanian oil company, No. l Tay-
Tor, 500 barrels
Sure Shot Oil company, No. 1 E.lsea.
/ 500 barrels
Waseca OIL company, No. 1 Taylor,
!, 500 barrels
Hin and Roberts. No. Waggoner.
., 400 barrels.
Chenault-Rowe. No. l Taylor, $500
barrels.
Chenault-Rowe. No. Taylor, $500
barrels.
Goodman ct al, No. / Kemp and
Kempner, in the Holiday shallow
field, south Of the B. y. Ferguson
tract completed at a depth OF els feet
with showing Of oil No estimate Of
amount q oil made This well eE-
tends the shallow field slightly to
the south Of production.
The sea board Oil and Gas company +
No I Elsea, 1000 barrels
The following competitions were
made in the Burkburnett tOwnsite ]
pool:
Magnolia petroleum company, No. ]
Il Fowler farm, 30 barrels.
Magnolia Petroleum company. No /
{ Hardin, 80 barrels.
Magnolia Petroleum company No. I
3 Hardin, As barrels.
Magnolia Petroleum company, No 4
II Hardin, s. barrels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
TO INVEST MILLION
IN GASOLINE PLANT

Ranger, Tex, Aug. 26.-The Long
horn Gasoline company is planning
to establish eight plants for the man
ufacture Of casinghead gasoline in
the vicinity Of Ranger and Desde-
mona This company is capitalized
at S5OO,0 The plants will repre-
sent an investment OF more than a
million dollars.
-Four miles north OF Ranger on
the Coffman property, the first plant
viii be located The company plans
TO have this plant IN operation with
in the next three months, it alone
will represent an investment OF $780,
600.
This company IS financed by Ne
braska men together with some To-
cal parties Field headquarters will
be located here and general headquar-
tiers Of the company will be at Fort
Worth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
HOW TO STOP
BEING NERVOUS
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphate
to Strengthen Weak Nerves and
Increase Strength and
NfEor.

According to a noted French SCENT
list, the most effective remedy for
nervousness, insomnia and ailments
due 10 depleted nerve force, IS a form
OF organic phosphate known among
druggists in this country as Bltro-
Phosphate
It is described as a substance which
Is similar in competition TO the phos-
phorus naturally found in brain and
nerve cells and. being easily and
quickly assimiiated, the work OF
creatin nerve force, strength and
vigor beg1ns Immediately Il is taken
into the human system.
There are many reports OF astoulsh-
ing results from its use. scme show
ing remarkable Improvement even IN
stubborn cases OF long standing nerve
weakness As there are many kinds
OF phosphates. care should be exercis-
ed TO procure the genuine Bitro-Phos-
plate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
Alkali in Shampoos
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkalL which is very
Injurious, as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo. for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap and beats anything else all to
pieces. You can get this at-any drug
store. and a few ounces viii last the
whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. about a teaspoonful is
all that is required 1t makes an
abundance Of rich. creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly. and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly. and IS soft. fresh looking.
bright. fluffy. wavy, and easy to han
die. Besides. il loosens and takes out
every particle Of dust, dirt and dan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
DANGER SIGNALS
OF BAD BLOOD

Pimplas on the face. punches In the
neck. sallow and swarthy complexion.
sores, ulcers. mucous patches. copper
colored spots. scaly skin affections.
constipation. inactive liver. dyspepsia
and stomach troubles are common
symptoms OF poisoned blood There is
no remedy offered,today 10 the public
that has so successfully cured these
diseases as Number 80 For The
Blood An old doctors prescription
containing the most reliable altera-
tives known TO medical science
Put up by ]. c. Mendenhall. Evans
vile. Ind, 30 wears a druggist
sold by Kelly x Pollard, wholesale.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
CALLED INTO The CITES

EXCELSIOR, danny newspaper Of Mex
leo City, in its issue Of August 90,
says that an Americans in the neigh
borhoOd of Tampico. Vera Cruz and
OaNaca. Mexico. have been ordered
by their consuls to leave isolated
coffee plantations. mines and other
places remote from centers OF popu-
lauon and concentrate in the cities.
The paper says that no reason is
given for the order. but it is under
stood that the purpose is TO prevent
attacks on Americans by bandits.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
HAMIL WELL DRILLED IN FAR
FROM PROVEN TERRITORY

News from Desdemona. Texas. Mon
day was that the Hamil well four and
a half miles northwest Of that place
was being drilled in The Wen is a
long way from proven territory and
is-looked upon as promising extension
cid. The control head OF the
well blew off Monday and the flow
of oil was reported as heavy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
RAILS PURCHASED FOR ROAD
INTO THE TEXAS OIL FIELDS

4 Washington dispatch says that
the federal railroad administration
has consented to the Frisco railroads
selling 1000 tons OF rails to Jake
Hamon and Frank Keu TO use in the
construction Of their projected rail-
road from Ranger to wichita Fails
Texas This road will also run TO
LAYTON. Oklahoma. The road viii run
Tor 10 miles through the rich oil sec
ton OF north central Texas. This pur-
ais assures the laying Of
track at an early date II promised
construction is carried out
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
LEMON JUICE
FOR FRECKLES
Girlsl Make beauty lotion for
a few cents-TryitI

Squeeze the juice OF two lemons
into bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white. shake well and you
have quarter pint Of the best frselzle
and tan lotion. and complexion beautifier.
at very. very small cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter xiii sup
ply three ounces CT orchard Ehite for
q few cents Massage this sWeely frag-
rant lotion into the face, neck. arms and
hands each day and see how frecklea and
and rosy-w hlte the skin becomes. TeEl
II is harmless and never irritatsa-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Lawton, Okla, aug. 26.-The o. P.
& R. brought in a well with a pro-
duction OF 800 barrels Of oil per day
in the southeast quarter Of the aorth-
west quarter OF section 80, township
u. range Il at a depth OF 2.270 feet.
The drill had gpne but two feet in
the sand when oil began 10 gush
forth.
The Bennok OIL company's No. 2. in
section 2Z-ls-1ew. was completed last
week with a production OF 200 bar
rels OF oil daily.
The McMann OIL compauy's No. s..
in section 32-1s-1w. is making 1Jo
barrels OF oil per day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

CLIM PICKENS has made up his
- mind to join the church and act
better, as he heard something myster-
ious while passing the graveyard the
other night.
Ellick Helwanger spent the past ten
days in Tickville as a guest Of the
jailer. He thought about returning
home sooner, but was delayed on ac-
count of the door being fastened from
the outside.
The noise on Gander creek has been
greatly improved by the timely az
rival Of two larger frogs from lobe
Moseley's pond
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
Ignite Struck
In EIPaSO Well
Dozen 210Feet
Seams of Bituminous Coal
Also Encountered, the
Dnllers Report.

Small seams Of what is pronounced
Ignite and bituminous coal have been
encountered by the drill Of the FL
Paso Oil and Development company at
20 feet in that concerns well up the
Rio Grande valley. six miles north
from the business center of FL Paso.
This news Was brought in by Zach T
White Monday This striking Of the
coal is considered a good indication
Of oil below. II appears that the
seams Of coal came along with black
shales and sandstone The first shales
were struck along about 100 feet and
on down to 200.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
BIG GASSER IS BROUGHT IN
IN THE AMARILLO FIELD

An Amarillo, Texas. report IS that
that section had come in Monday a
30,0OO.000 cubic foot gasser at 900 feet
A small showing Of oil was had sun
day, but the Wei is looked upon as
gasser. The report said that the
force Of the gas blew the tools from
the weH and almost demolished the
derrick.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
FIND TWO SANDS.

Vernon. Tex, Aug 1.-TWO on
sands have been passed through IN
the Waggoner Colony Oil company s
test. This is 10 be a deep test, 50
no time was given to testing the
shallow formations. Work is going
forward very rapidly. no time having
been lost BY inability to get ma
chinery. Drillers state that this well
has every chance for being a good
producer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
LITTLE DRILLING GOING on
AROUND LAMPAsAs. TEX

According 10 a report from Lam
pasas. Lampasas county Tex only
three out Of the Is wells near there
are now drilling. Several new loca-
tons have been made in the west part
OF the county and some spudding in
is expected on some Of them soon The
three wells drilling are the Nelms
Marven. On the McCrea ranch. at
about 1000 feet; the DeFeei well, on
the LeCompte ranch, at about 500
feet. and the New YORK; Syndicate
well, three miles northeast OF Kemp
ner. drilling at about 1000 feet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26
WILL BUILD REFINERY AND
WAX PLANT AT Fl. WORTH

Fort Worth. Tex, Aug 26.-The
Ok-ln Refining company is going 10
erect a complete oil refining plant
with a capacity Of 5000 barrels daily.
on SO acre site, six miles northeast
OF Fort Worth, adjoining the Magno-
liza Refinery tract Construction work
viii be started at once. In connect
ion with the refining plant a wax
plant will be operated.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Gainesville, Tex Aug 26-The
Munster Oil company is setting the
10 inch casing in its well Is miles
northwest Of Gainesville. A survey
Of this property has just been made
reports that northwestern Cooke
county IS favorable for oil operations.
The McEles Oil company's test east
OF Gainesville is closed down at 10U
feet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Waco, Tex, Aug. 26.-The Waco Oil
and Refining company has struck gas
in its well a few miles north Of Waco
The gas is forcing itself through a
great depth Of water. The hole Is
now $3.50 feet deep. The drill is
going through a lime rock formation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Snyder, Tex, Aug. 25.-Fifteen
miles north Of Snyder the derrick is
rapidly being built for the Riley
we'll
A carload Of drilling material has
arrived at Fluvanna for the well on
the Beaver location near that town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Quanah. Tex. Aug. 26.-The Quanah
Drilling association plans 10 spud in
its first test within a few days. -!
the material for the deep test to be
drilled here is on the ground and the
derrick has been erected.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Bryan. Tex. Aug 26.-The Wixon
Like oil and Gas company has begun
drilling on its test well situated -
miles northeast OF Bryan. Thorough
preparations have been made and
work is expected to 60 forward rap
idly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

High-priced harvest hands in kan
sas demanded and received six meals
q day, but were discharged because
they spent so much time resting after
meals that they barely did enough
work 70 pay for their board-From
Leslie's.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

A Big Spring, Texas. report is that
General Oil company has its first well
on the Mcdowell ranch under way and
has the derrick up on the Garden City
tract to the south OF the former. The
same company has a derrick up on
the C. D. Read ranch, Is miles east Of
I4ampasas-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-26

Lawn Mowers sharpened. Allen
Arms & Cycle Co., 404 \. Oregon St
Arizona republican., 1919-12-06
WHAT WHO'S Who
HAS To SAY ABOUT DR..
FREDERICK Y. FISHER

Frederick Vining Fisher, who is now
identified with the United Americans
movement, was born, according TO
Who's Who in America for this year,
at Bedford, Westminster county, New
York, Feb. IL, 1866. He was graduated
from the Centenary Collegiate Institute
at Hackettstown, n. j., in 1885, and
then became a student at Syracuse uni
versity and later at Yale. He was or
dained a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church in 1890. He held
pastorates at Rapid City, S. D.; Reno,
Nevada; Los Angeles, San Jose, AL
buquerque, n. NJ; Des Moines; ogden,
Utah, and from 1912 until 1915 was
manager of the Bureau of Lectures of
the Panama Pacific exposition.
Later he became a member of the
staff of the Affiliated Chautauqua bu-
reaus. He lectured in 80 states upon
the place of the Panama Canal and
Exposition in Program of Civilization"
He is also the author of several books.
The platform of the United Americans,
Mr.. Fisher said yesterday, does not in
volye sectarianism in any sense. The
organization is anxious to enroll as
members in the coming membership
campaign in this state all FLOODED
Americans, whether they be Catholic,
Protestant, Jew, or Of whatever de-
nomination, rich or poor.
Mr.. Fisher last night asked the spe-
cial attention be called to the conven-
ton of the United Americans to be
held today at the School Administra-
ton building, 81 North First avenue
The convention will open at 10 o'clock
| this morning.