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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
Well Northeast
Of EaStIand Is
In The PaySand
Gas From Albers Well Is
Cause of Company Drill
ing At Night.

Eastland, Tex, July 2I.-After max
. ing 500 barrels Of oil daily out of lime
( for two or three weeks. the Eclipse Oil
company has at last reached the pay
sand in its well on the o. J. Cotton
: tract and it is very likely that a
larger production will be Forthcoming.
This well is situated four miles north
east of Eastland and has for a num-
Der Of weeks Feen drawing much local
interest.
The Empire Oil and Fuel company
is drilling at 725 feet in its hole on
the Peoples tract. It also has two
rigs up on the E. R Allen tract and
expects to begin drilling at once
The West Virginia Oil and Gas
its hole on the 3. F. Cotton tract,
four and a half miles northeast OF
Eastland- The well is located several
hundred feet west Of the Rickard-Iex
gusher on the same tract
The Humble company's McCord
well, two and a half miles northeast
Of Eastland, is making a heavy flow
Of gas at a depth of 1850 feet
The AIbers Oil company is getting
1900, 900 cubic feet of gas from It's
well on the ]. ". Turner tract, at a
depth Of $3.50 feet The heavy flow is
rather Gang GTOus anu the OPNA e-AAA ?
are trying TO protect the wells Of
other operators by drilling at night
The Guegenheins are drilling Al
$3.50 feet and the Rickard-Tex COM
pany is drilling at 1910 feet on the
Baker tract Both wells have show
ings OF oil on top Of the lime
The States Oil corpo- atoms Turner
is making 1000 barrels in an uncom-
pleted condition This is an offset 10
Humbfe's McCord we'll
The Ranger-Rock Island oil COM
nanv is making oil on top of the lime
at a depth of 1924 feet on the Wright
tract
Root Hupp and Duff have fish
ing job on the c Z. Connellee tract
seven miles northwest of Eastland at
a depth Of z160 feet
The Sinclair Oil company is drilling
in soft lime at $3.50 feet on the Dee
Moss tract and the Rickard-TeX IS
pulling big pipe up at 3240 feet
The Great Southern Oil company
is fishing for a lost bit in its well on
the Baumgardner tract, drilling will
be resumed as soon as the bit is 10
Gated The well is now at depth Of
$500 feet
The Gulf Production company has
fishing job in its well on the J. W
Ray land, seven miles northwest OF
Eastland This well is drilling at
depth Of 3515 feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
CUT TEACHING
F ORCE Of CITY
Number Reduced to Enable
Municipality to Raise
Salaries.

Only eight prospective vacancies
exist in the list Of 800 teachers who
were elected for the coming years
work by the city school board, accord
ing to city superintendent OF schools
A. H. Hughey. Most OF these vacan-
cies are in special work There is
some slight uncertainty about the
same number Of others. which Will
not be removed until later in the sum
mer.
In decreasing the number Of teach
ing positions in the El Paso schools
by about %. and by this means help
ing to meet the increase in teachers
salaries, which totals about $4,000
for the netx year. the board elected
about 800 teachers out Of last years
list Of 325.
teachers positions on file with su-
perintendent Hughey. many OF them
being from teachers with long expe-
rience and high qualifications. From
this list those to fill the positions
that will be vacant will be chosen
Residents OF FL Paso who are quail
fled win be given first choice over
nonresidents.
Superintendent Hughey and his as
sistants are busy at work in getting
the school buildings into shape for
to have them in better condition than
ever before at the first of September.
the superintendent states.
The distribution Of the great num-
Der OF books that viii be furnished
free by the state under the free text
book law is also causing a great deal
81 work that has not been done be-
fore.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
.DESDE MONA IS
IN BOOM s GRIP
Formerly Quiet Town Is
Now damned With Wis
itors and Freight.

Desdemona. Tex, July 1.-The once
small lazy town of Desdemona has be-
come a regular beehive Of activity
since the oil pool has been proven.
People are leaving Ranger and East
land to center their activities in this
pool where many wonderful producers
are being brought in. It has come to
the point that many people do not
know whether or not they will find a
place to sleep or something to eat
Much drilling material is arriving
daily which proves that extensive oP-
erations are really just beginning.
Many wells are on the sand while
many others are drilling steadily and
expect to reach the pay sand at any
moment. However. operations in this
pool are seriously hampered because
Of the insufficient storage facilities.
After the oil is stored there is no way
to run 1t TO q refinery. This situa-
ton will be relieved to some extent
when three pipe lines. which are be-
ing rushed to the field are completed
In the Olden field the Magnolias
Connollee No. is drilling at $3.50
feet and is nearing the producing
stage. The same company has another
wei nearing LlG COmpltllOl stage
This is the W A Harris, which is
drilling At 5000 feet.
The Sun company made a new loca-
ton in Stephens county on the Cody
tract
The Prairie OIL and Gas company
has q showing for a big producer in
its Cunningham No. l, in the northern
part Of the county. Operations have
been discontinued pending the com
pletion Of pipe line connections.
The Sinclair company is spudding in
a well south Of Caddo on the Lee tract
and another north of Caddo on the
c. D. Brown tract. The company has
4 new location on the Cody tract
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
REPORT COMPETITIONS
In OKLAHOMA FIELDS

Tulsa, Okla, July 2l-The Sinclair
Oil and Gas company has completed
its seventh well on the L X Walker
land. section 1924 west, CARRIER dis
trict. 1t is making 200 barrels daily.
A 500 barrel well, in the Kelleyville
district, Creek county, was brought in
by Skelley & Russell on the AIittle
land. the northwest quarter of section
11-15-10. It got the pay at $500 feet
and is considered the best completion
in the district.
". G. Skeiley has completed a
fourth well in the southwest quarter
Of section 24-24-9, Usage county.
which is producing 200 barrels Of oil
daily
The Gypsy Oil company and others
have completed their No. 4 in section
1918, Usage county This well is
making 1000 barrels daily production.
The Imperial Usage Development
company has a 500 barrel well on the
McCarty land. the southwest quarter
Of section 1891, Usage county
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21

I'D it ever occur to you why it is
u that the engagement ring IS al
ways worn on the fourth finger Of
the left hand?
This custom seems undoubtedly to
owe its origin to the old belief that
to this finger. and to this finger only,
comes a special nerve or vein that
runs directly to the heart A Roman
writer alludes to this belief IN the
following words;
Because of this nerve. the newly
betrothed places the ring on this fin
ger, as though it were a representa-
ton Of the heart"
The left hand has always been con-
sidered the proper one on which TO
wear an engagement ring. although
there may come a time when women
viii object TO this custom because the
left hand signifies subsection.
The custom OF bestowing a ring at
the time Of an engagement has been
traced back to Rome in the second
century 3. c. Plain iron rings were
first used for this purpose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
~ UESTIOWS
& = AND
< 4 MS w E. RS
WHAT color in diamonds is
rnnsf rnIunhlc.-H "


a Diamonds are found with a
wide variety OF coloring. but those
that are virtually colorless. but which
are spoken Of as being blue-white. are
most valuable.
@. What are the principal Ian
guages spoken in switEerland.-M.
HI.
\. French. Italian and German arr
the chief languages spoken in Swift
erland, each preuOmiating in sections
bordering the resDee tive countries
. O. What action has the government
taken toward fixing the status of the
cats-T. II. ID.
A The department OF agriculture
has pronounced the house cat an en-
envy OF mankind and has recommended
its determination II expresses the
opinion that the cat destroys more
wild birds and young poultry than all
their natural enemies combined. that
il oes not even keep the rats away.
that IL spreads disease, that it does
much harm and little good
@. What is the American school
furihest north .-U. C. c.
A There is an American school at
Point Barrow. the point Of Alaska
which projects furthest into the Arc
tic. Tne pupils are Eskimo and the
teacher is firm the states. One steamer
z year reaches FO-Ql BdIrOW. AT OLner
times access IS possible only by long
journeys by dog sled.
Q. can crippies move more freely
in water than elEewheref-A. S.
A. The specific gravity OF water
and the human body is virtually the
same. A body in the water IS sup
ported BY equal pressure at all points.
1t is more likely to be at ease than
under other circumstances. Il is
therefore fore likely that ii may move
without pain So cripples are often
given their exercise in the water.
(And reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The FL Paso
Herald Information Bureau. Frederic
J. Haskin. director. Washington, D. c.
Give full name and address and en-
close two-cent stamp for return post
age. Be brief. All inquiries are con-
fidential. the replies being sent direct
to each Individually
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
NEW MEXICO GETS LARGE
SUM FROM OIL LEASES

Santa Re. y. ". July 21.-The state
OF New Mexico is profiting by the
drilling for oil. even though oil in
commercial quantities may not be
found. The state land office an
nounces that since Dec. 1 the receipts
from oil leases on state lands have
reached a total Of $4,000. Fifteen
three ton trucks have been received
at Los Lunas, the distributing point
for the state highway commission.
These trucks are to be distributed
throughout the state to the forces
working upon federal aid roads. The
trucks are Of the type known in the
army as aviation trucks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
Ell PASOANS VISIT SAND
In TULAROSA BASIN

Tularosa, y. ". July IA party OF
oil prospectors have arrived in Tula-
rosa from e. Paso in the interest Of
the Southwestern-Tul Basin OIL
and Refining company, whose head
quarters are in FL Paso-
F. ". Snyder a geologist Of Ranger.
who is now residing in Tularosa
showed the party over the basin and
holdings OF this company.
Arrangements have been completed
for the early drilling OF a deep test
wei on the holdings. II Is said.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
LAND OFFICE RECEIVES
SIX 600 FOR

The state land office of New Mexico.
located in Santa Fe, has received
about $4,000 for oil leases on lands
belonging TO the state Other apph-
cations for similar leases are pending
and which. If allowed, will materially
Increase the total
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
By MoGENE BURCH 9

Interesting inscriptions appear on
certain rings that were worn in the
1irst century 3. c. in Greece. One Of
them reads: TO her who excels not
only in virtue and produce. but also
in wisdom And IN another is the
single word Honey" It seems strange
enough 10 find this term of endear-
ment $50 Frequently used by the ne
groes) on a ring from classic times
IN betrothal rings Of old English
origin we find some Of the following
'posies-"
Ny promise past shall always last.
I fancy none but thee alone.
Ny love Is to none but you.
I To live in love I love to live
Ny love is fixt, I viii not range.
l like my choice too well to chnge.
The inscriptions on rings OCCASION
ally seen, which appear TO be a med
ley Of meaningless letters. are often
the makeup OF two names interiocked,
such as George" and Marion
GnEoOiRrGaEm
the one reading to the right and the
other TO the left.-Copyright 1913,
Thompson Feature Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
COAL CAR AFIRE.

Children playing around a coal car
on the Z. p. & S. W. tracks near
Fort Bliss are thought to have set
the car on fire Saturday afternoon
about o'clock. The blaze was ex-
tinguished by firemen with chemi-
Gals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
POLICE RECOVER WATCH.

A watch valued at SIS was recov-
cred by the police Sunday afternoon.
It was stolen from a house on Fast
Missouri street. a Is year old boy
WAS arrested
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21

this well viii be drilled in about Au-
gust / The company has completed
five 1900 barrel tanks and is so stu
ated that It can connect with a pipe
lire in q hours
This conpany's holdings in this
tract consist Of ten acres. The rotary
drill Is TO be started on well No. ?
right away. The plan IS to drill six
wells on this tract.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
RANGER BURK CONSOLIDATED
WELL IS DOWN 1850 FEET

The Ranger Burk Consolidated OIL
company reports its wen in block II,
subdivision Of block SIS Of the
Evans tract in the northwest Burk-
burnett field in Wichita county. Tex.
as down about 1900 feet and ready to
set the casing. It is expected that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
ELDORA COMPANY EXPECTS
10 DILL Il WELL TnnAN

C. o. Vernon. president Of the FL
dora Oil company. has wired that the
company's well about half way be-
tween Burkburnett and Electra oil
in Wichita county. Texas. will be
drilled in today. Many FL Pasoans are
interested in this company Its hold
ings consists Of so acres near the
location of the well.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
SILVER BURK WELL
ON SAND AT 1SeS FEET

A telegram received by Tom John
son Saturday morning from A +.
Moore at Wichita Falls states that
Silver Burk. located in block a is on
the sand at 1928 feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21

TENHE scissors test shows you that the
NOrwaIk Tube is different. Ii shows
you that it does not rip as other tubes.
The NOrwalk Tube proves to you that
the Norwalk Casing is your tire. The Nor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-21
The Scissors
Test

Take sample
i piece of tube "a
in.by3in. Stretch
to 9 in. or three
times its original
length.C on the
edge with scis-
sOrs. The cut
should not be
more than Ils in.
across the sam
H pie. If the strip
tears apart the
rubberisinferior.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17

sntsral Ern66any, CoSqInSla IUniver-
stGy, New Observation-Disclosures Division
Of SECn60micB ard HStofy, Car
negte EndOwIncnt for international
&aPeace. q 81
Whoever has recently talked with
Europs4ns has often been conscious of
s eertain latent, depression on their
part which is not due TO disorganized
industry. public debts. ravages Of war
or dread OF revolution. Over the en-
tire future there seems to hang the
shadow of another world war that 70
possible and even probable and the
opinion prevails that, IL 1t should
come. Il would be more avage and
destructive than the recent one. As
the imagination paints the coming
struggle. It will be modern in Its
fghting instruments but prehistoric in
IT'S practices. It viii improve on the
guns. shells gases, aircraft, tanks and
submarines and will use them in the
spirit OF the Neanderthal man., throw
ing justice and humanity to the winds
wherever this will increase the chance
Of succem. It will. be bloodier than
the war that has "bled the nations
white and will add women and. ohil-
dren unreServedly to its victims. Cities
that It has touched will look like the
villages that stood in the track of the
Hun and IL this sounds like the phan-
tom Of an alarmist imagination, one
has only to recall whs1 war has &C
tually done and make allowance for
It's increased power and will to do
devils work. The savagery that has
gone to such lengths already will, not
balk at going farther, sis success re-
quires it. and the means of going
~ArpNh f0 NkhAN -il1 hA.sof HE hand To
know that such q war were soon COM
ing might drive mankind to despair,
and finding it probable within a dec
ade or two fully accounts for much
half-conscious depression.
Is such a fate really In store for the
youth and childhood Of today? Does
any country desire such q Wal and
intend to begin it? Not IL it wo lid
have to he fought on ever terms.
ton for the contending armies and for
civil populations within the fighting
zone. In. the immediate future, In
any case. general fighting will have
to be suspended, but how long will
this immunity last? After the Ma
ooleonic wars there were a hundred
years Of comparative peace, blu he
would be wildly sanguine who should
nok for any such period now, and1it
L 10 o0Ae W soy SAA0L- n "a JS"Ao VI
less may precipitate a greater Arma-
geddon. 1t may come at about the
time that the toddling little child OF
today is of full military age o. 1t
ma come earlier and take the child's
father and his older brother.
There are substantial grounds for
an opinion as to the events of the
next few years and a few OF then,
are self-evident: (1) A warlike ma
.son under the sting, of defeat will be
eager to recover it's territory and its
power; (2) If it has undertaken to
pay a crushing indemnity, it will be
eager to throw off that burden and
place It on its enemies. Dollars
cefve than to give: (5) 1t can hope tc
accomplish this IL it can build up a
lighting league of nations: (4) When
a strong combination Of this kind ha.
been formed in a war will de.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
N. VIII IaERE N 4 GREAT l IRlNllGEDDON?

pend on quick action The expert
igunnnAn has hissvtctim at his mercy
because he can shoot, him before the
other can fniHha fumblings with HE
gun. and so has. q state that. in its
entirety. Is like the 8unrnan while lite
enemies are like the tenderfeets II
Germany Al. her present mood n ever
will do It unless her whole attitude
and character change.
AZ distinguished Bavarian. recently
wrote that the terms imposed. on
Germany make another war certain In
the near future. and, 1t will be far
more terrible than the recent one
|Hindenburg calls Germany "a giant
who has; been thrown down, but not
disabled" and says that he only
tosrfse and take his revenge" Before
the peace treaty has been ratified
there have heens signs ,thatF.the giant
Is beginning to make some prepare
ton for the rising and 1t lie not alarm
ism but the plainest of common sense
which declares that the security OF
western Europe depends on the pos
session Of power enough to prevent
it. That means a. defensive league toe
strong and too firmly united to be
attacked.
Germany will not enter on q
struggle that would obviously mean
humiliation for both Of the 'c6ntend-
ing forces. She will try to make us
sure Of a quick victory as she thought
she was when she attacked France
and Russia under, the impression that
Great Britain would be neutral and
Italy probably on her side. II neither
army has the start of the other-ii
the two rush into the field in Ma.
poleonic fashion-both of them will
march, to destruction about as GER
tain1y as though they were plungine
from opposite banks into the Niagara
river just above the Horseshoe fall
is a hasy picture of such fate in
store for their children IL not fol
themselves and very few who see II
at all locate it's coming at any dis
tant time, since long waiting would
weaken the will to fight and
strengthen the will to work, trade
and thrive by the. arts of peace. II
is. therefore, within the score : OF
years that are directly before us thai
the greatest peril lies. (
After Russia had Withdrawn from
the war and America had come into
it. a Japanese statesman who was ir
this country said to an American
friend: you will beat certainly in
the end, for you have the greater re.
sources; but it will not, be within two
years, or any. small number, 70,
Germany will control Russia, from
this time on" The! prediction. wa.
not verified as to dates. for the wa,
was finished in two years from the
time when it was uttered and Ger
many failed then to control Russia
What the japanese counted on-that
Russia would soon figure heavily or
the German side while America wouit
be slow in counting on the Allied sid
was the reverse of what happened
Germany had: not time to grasp ant
use the forces Of Russia before Amer.
lean power decided the contes'
against her. But what issthe situation
nowl There is now time for Ger.
many to do what she then left un,
done. She cen gather in vast re-
resources, both material and human
from the states made out Russian ant
Balkan lands. Economic control
political influence, command Of sup
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
~, - .tJ,
GRAIN TABLE.
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
LIVESTOCK.

South st. Paul. Mimi, Noy. IT,
Hog receipts 5000; 20c higher. range
SLABS @$14.55; bulk $14.4O;
pigs $1,000 @$14.50.
Cattle receipts II, 900; killers slow
and Csc lower; fat steers &6.25@
1880; COWS and heifers $6.25@,$10.-
So; calves steady; $5@$17.50: stock
|ers and feeders slow. Csc lower, s5@
C$12.
Sheep receipts $500; steady; lambs
$5@$1425;5 wethers 5.50@$9.5O;
ewes $1.50@37.50.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17

Minneapolis, MINI, Nov. IA
new top price on the was set for
No. 1 dark northern wheat today.
1910 being paid for choice, or five
cents above previous high and within
|30 cents Of the highest level for cash
in the local markets during early war
time trading.
Corn futures moved up / 1902 1-2
cents. with December at the lead.
Barley again made ready response to
strength in leading markets. futures
bullying sos $50 after, small early
decline. p
Cash: +
wheat-No. 1 dark northern 1906;
No. 2 dark northern 1896; No. 2 nor
thern $2.S5: No. 3 dark northern
{2.s5 @2.97 No. 3 northern $2.s2 Is;
durum, No. 5 amber 1928 to ,2.29;.No.
1 amber $3.50; No. 2 mixed $2.37; No.
mixed $2.29; winter wheat sample
Corn No. 2 yellow $50.
Oats. No. 8 white So 7-89to 10.
Rye, No. 2. $1.34 la; NO 3,,-$1.3S.
Barley, sample grade $3.50.
Flax, No. l., $3.50 to 4.96.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
MMAIli

New York, Nov. 17.--Copper, quite:
~electrolytic spot and last quarter 20
1-2 a 20 Sd. Il +
from firm: No. L northern $500:
No; 2 northern $1,000; No. q southern
Anttmony $3.50. .
Metal Exchange quotes lead easier;
spot and December 1896 bid; Ses.S5
asked: zine easy: East st. Loufsade-
liver spot $7.S5 bid; $500 asked.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
I. NEW YORK

New york. Nov. l7.-As the stock
market session progressed selling. Pc
came more urgent being impelledsPy
further liquidation of weakened &C.
counts. General motors continued ~
erratics course, losing II points. raliy-
ing six and then dropping back again.
Crucihle steel was the weakest Issue
III the entire MIST, losing ID joints:
Union Pacific; displayed CONSISTENT
strength, extending It's gain to 4 is
points. S~evera1sof the food and metat
showed marked hrnness.
OF. this advantage q forfeited belore
noon, however, fresh weakness in Tor.
ieiHn exchange and u 3perscent for call
money playing into the hands OF the
short interests. .@sass M,
The strength OF Investment rails
notably Union Pacific, was the only
importanttofKsetsto 3ansotherwise heavy
tone at the opening Of Stoday's stock
market Prominent features sof last
weeks severe l~iquidating movement
reflected further pressure due probff
ably to renewed selling for both &C
counts. The motor division reacted
two to four points, oils dropped: n
to three, steels one toetwo.Rand equip
ments ono to three: Active s~pecialties.
including tobaccoA also Gagged. Trad
ing was dull in contrast to recent ex-
cited sessions.
Irregular rallies attended the mid
session but these were lost on news
that the Southern Pacific company
had lost the decision in the faInoNs
oil lands case. Southern Pacific sfeIl
five points and other leaders two to
five. st14gs%
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
COTTON

New York, Nov. 17.-Cotton futures
closed steady. December $36.88: jan!
uary $3.50; March 1891; May 1865;
July 31.75.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17
GRAM n FLOUR.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 17.-F1our
25 cents higher, in carload lots
barrel in s8-pound cotton sacks. Ship
ments S4,124 barrels.
Barley 1.16 to 1.3s.
Rye Nc. q. 1884 to 1894.
Rran 80 90. .r. . a