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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
EMBREE.FULToN

On Monday evening, July 7, be-
cerred the marriage Of Mr.. H. D.
Fulton Of Gordon, Texas, and MiiM
Ethel Embree Of Richmond, Roose-
welt County, New Mexico, at the
study Of the First Christian Church,
the minister, Elder |. N. Jett, offciat-
ing. The bride is the charming and
accomplished daughter Of DR.. K. H.
Embree, for several years the leading
physician Of the southern part Of
Roosevelt county. The groom Is an
oil operator In the Texas fields. They
will make their home in German,
Texas. They left Immediately follow
ing the ceremony for a bridal trip
through Texas and Oklahoma.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

The Texas Crude Oil Co., the mon
arch Of the independent companies,
is producing, dividend paying COM
pany now. Will pay two dividends in
July. A large number of the est
people in Clovis have bought stock in
this company. We can still sell a
block of this guaranteed stock at
$500 a share. You'll have to pay
$500 or more for it soon. New NIX
leo Land, Oil and Cattle Co. 1t
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
Actual Drilling to Commence
Friday by Clovis Oil Go.

Taiban-Tolar-La Lande field is the
best bet in the state of New Mexico
on the chances of securing oil in COM
mercial quantities.
Jack Lewis, chief Of the Clovis Fire
Department, who was ranchman
near Taiban twenty-five years ago
says that he has seen oil on the sur
face of the waters of "Stinken
Springs" on many occasions and that
at that time, before the building Of
the railroad, a geologist from Calf
iornia visited the ranch on the ALI
moso creek near Tolar and told him
that oil would be found there some
day. "Stinken Springs" is situated
between Tolar and Taiban and its
waters give off an offensive gaseous
odor.
In addition to the we'll to be drilled
by the Clovis Oil Company, Chas.
Hart is said to have let q contract to
drill on his $1,000 acre tract south
east Of Tolar and that Oxford Bros.
of Stevensville, Erath County, Texas,
are said to have let a drilling contract
on a block Of acreage recently &C.
cured near the Sandy Morris" ranch
located eight miles north Of Tolar.
The United States Geological Sur
vey reports in bulletin issued June
26, on the possibilities of finding oil
and gas in eastern New Mexico: "The
general structure Of central eastern
New Mexico is that Of an eastward
dipping monocline, but there are local
reversals or dips due to domes and
arches, or anticlines, some Of which
are rather prominent. In Guadalupe
county (adjoining De Baca on the
north) for example, the apex Of one
of the most clearly marked domes il
in the west central part Ct Ip IL, R
10 E. In De Baca county the strata
dip nearly due east in general, but a
few local reverses of dip suggest that
minor domes or arches may be fOunt
when a survey is made"
The Clovis Oil Company's well Il
located in De Baca county and thi'
county is one of the few, thus favor
ably mentioned in the government re
port on structures in New Mexico.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
NEW LAND AND OIL COMPANY

Tho New Mexico Land, Oil and
Cattle Comnany, is the name Of a new
firm recently organized here. The
firm is'comrosod Of J. II. Shepard and
+. J. McCauley Of this place and J..
v. Bieler of Portales and the com
pany will have offices at Clovis and
Portales, with Mr.. Bieler in charge Of
the company's business at the last
named place. Mr.. Shepard has been
actively ingaged in the same line of
endeavor here before and his ability
is well known. Mr.. McCauley is par
ticularly we'll known in railroad cir
cles and the combination should be a
strong one.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
BACK FROM BURKBURNETT

R. NJ. Bishop returned the first of
the week from Burbkurnett and
Wichita Falls, where he has been for
the past week or more. Mr.. Bishop
says that while he was there he visit
ed the Burk- -Eastland Company's
well. He says a combination of cir
cumstances such as a lack of water
and other things has delayed the well
but it looks to him like the company
should get well as it is now COM
pletely surrounded with producers.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

All regular services next Sunday
morning and evening. Bible School
at 9:45 a. m. Communion and preach
ing at IL. Junior c. E. at 8 100 p. m.
Evening worship at s:l5. An effort
is being made to organize the Inter-
mediate Endeavor Society to meet at
700 each Sunday evening. DR.. Har-
ry W. Burton was present on last
Sunday evening and preached an in
teresting sermon to an attentive audi
ence. In. JET, Minister
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
MARKETS FIRST WHEAT

The first wheat of the new crop TO
be marketed in Clovis was sold by J,
d. Keen, who had a small patch Of
only eight acres Just south of the
Santa Fe tracks at the edge of the
corporate limits. 1t brought S2.O2
per- bushel and wss graded as No. 2.
The yield was somewhere near twen-
ty-fve bushels per acre.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
JUST WATCH US
IF OIL is STRUCK

Oil may or may not be struck in
eastern New Mexico, but one thing
is certain there is going to be a
test and things are going
to be active along this line for the
next sixty days. All eyes are turned
this way and if gusher should be
struck, just watch Clovis grow.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
CLUB PICNIC

The Clovis Boys and Girls Club
met with their leader, Miss Dunlap,
on the Court House lawn Tuesday
evening for a picnic. Games were
played, after which cookies were
served by the cooking girls and lem
onade by the leaders of the other
clubs. AS a closing touch, jokes and
riddles were told, then all departed
for the night, feeling that all were
well pleased with the time spent dur
ing the summer with club work.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
FOUR DROWN WHILE wADINc
IN CREEK NEAR AMARILLO

Amarillo Texas, July 7.--Marvin
Strickland, wife Of prominent
Amarillo merchant, her two fr,oll
children and her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Robert Strickland, were drowned
while wading in a creek near here last
night, One Of the children was caught
in quicksand. Other members Of the
party attempted to rescue the child
anL wero lost in the sand
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
rs BUSHELS PER ACRE

Geo. Goodwin, who lives four miles
north Of Claud, has just finished
threshing his wheat and the yield was
twenty-five bushels per acre. II
tested sixty-one pounds to the bushel.
This Is just one of the number Of good
crops over the county.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
HELD SUCCESSFUL
REVIVAL 1T PORTALES

|. N. Jett, pastor Of the Christian
Church, returned the latter part of
last week from Portales, where he
conducted a ten days revival meet
ing. The meeting was vrey success
full and there were several additions
to the church.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
NU-MEX RIG HAS
ARRIVED AT PORTALES

: The Nu-Mex Oil Co., who will
: drill a deep test we'll for oil
: south of Portales, has received
: its machine and actual drilling
: will commence just as soon as
+ the necessary construction work
: can be done and the machinery
: is on the ground. Clovis people
= feel an especial interest in this
= project on account of its being
: so near by, and there is little
: doubt but that everyone in this
= section would be benefited by a
= gusher coming in there.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

The El Paso Morning Times, the
Southwest's One Big Newspaper, is
now on sale at the Post Office News
Stand every morning. All the oil
news from home fields. All the gen.
eral news. A clean reliable newspa-
per, not dated ahead, but as late as
any other. For premium PROPOSE
tions, see H. W. Burton, travelling
representative at p. o. News Stand
or Reodoria Hotel for a day or two.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
HOME FROM NATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL ASSN.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Bowyer and
children returned the first of the
week from a vicit in Illinois. Mr..
Bowyer also attended the National
Educational Association at Milwau-
kee while away.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
NAMED EDUCATIONAL
DIRECTOR FOR STATE

f. W. Bowyer, superintendent of
the Clovis city schools, was elected
educational director for New Mexico
at the National Educational associa-
tion convention recently in session at
Milwaukee. ~
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

Oscar Justus, who now lives at
Pharr in south Texas, spent several
days in Clovis this week looking .fter
business and shaking hands with old
friends. Oscar thinks the southwest
Texas is great. He says there is no
winter there and enormous crops are
raised from irrigation from the Rio
Grande.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

Have two tracts Of 800 each,
priced right, or will consider as part
payment a wagon yard in Clovis or
Texico. New Mexico Land, Oil and
Cattle Co. 1t
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
WHEAT PRICES

; New wheat is this week bring
ing in Clovis $2.O2 per bushel
for No. 2 and S2.O5 for No. /.
, These prices are standardized
by the government and will not
} fluctuate.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

A bunch Of Registered Hereford
Bulls, classy stuff, priced for quick
sale. New Mexico Land, Oil and Cat
tie Co. 1t
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

800 acres, 100 in cultivation, 5
room house, sheds, well and wind uill,
Is12.50 the acre. Terms. New Mex
leo Land, Oil and Cattle Co. IL
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

1900 acres, oil lease S209 the
acre. This is a good one. New Mex
leo Land, Oil and Cattle Co.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10
BAND CONCERTS AGAIN
EACH SATURDAY NIGHT

Arrangements have been made to
have the public band concerts each
Saturday evening until September 1st
by Johnson's Concert Band The con-
cert will start at 500 o'clock each
Saturday evening and will last Cor
about one hour. These concerts have
been "a attractive feature and there
was much disappointment ew
weeks ago when it looked like they
would be discontinued. Following is
the program that will be carried out
Saturday evening, July 18th:
First Part
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

Get our prices on oil lands in Quay
county, in and around Tucumcari.
New Mexico Land, Oil and Cattle
Company. 1t
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

800 acres for $2250. Small cash
payment will handle this. New Mex
leo Land, Oil and Cattle Co. 1t
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-07-10

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The Washington times., 1919-09-17

The soldiers of the First
Division won t go hungry
today. They have been
too well supplied with
goodies by the Washing
ton welfare organizations.
Here's a summary of what
they have before begin :
ming the parade today.
Coffee and sandwiches,
supplied by the Red Cross
from their own trucks and
rolling kitchens, each of
the 25,OOO soldiers to re-
ceive his share.
Sweet chocolate and
chewing gum, several
cakes of chocolate and
several sticks of gum, sup
piled by the 7. NJ. C. A.
Lots of good smokes,
the famous "KC'' sort,
together with matches with
which to light them, sup
piled by the knights of
Columbus.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

The parade stretches IN
column for marching more
than five miles.
Part Of the armament
consists Of 1,02s auto
matte rifles and machine
guns, 17,4O4 rifles and bay
nets, II one-pounders, 50
trench mortars, and "a
guns of heavier caliber, IN
cluding the famous French
EOS" Two hundred
caissons are required with
the big guns Of the artil-
lery.
The transportation is
drawn by 1856 horses and
1855 mules. The motor
transport includes 125
touring cars, $40 trucks,
336 motorcycles, z signal
and wireless trucks, and
IA gaseline-driven trac-
tors.
If the rifles alone ear
ried by the division were
laid IN a line, butts to
muzzles, they would ex-
tend for more than nine
miles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26
Note the elab-

flames presented a beautiful sight
Many a friend and acquaintance Of
"Cashup' Davis shed tears of regret
as they witnessed, from afar the
Obliteration of the structure which
had marked but another shattered
dream of fortunc
The body of James S. Davis now
lies peacefully in cemetery to the
west of Steptoe, but his memory is
still fresh in the minds of many pres
ent day citizens
Six children survive the sturdy
pioneer Charles Davis occupies
the old home place just northwest
OF the butte; Edward resides near
ColfaX and James Jr. in the east.
T. A. Davis resides i'll Spokane. One
daughter, Lottie, is now Mrs. James
Lindley. Of Enterprise. Oregon, and
the other, Mary Anne, now Mrs
George Martin, resides in Spokane.
Another son. Frank Davis, who re-
sided on a farm three and one-halt
miles northwest of Steptoe butte,
near Cashup station. succumbed at
Rochester, Mimi. just recently.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26
PIONEER "REMINISCENCES

A recent visit to the old store
room and dance hall at pioneer Step
toe Station by group of early day
settlers, headed by George II. Nc
Croskey, a now prosper Gus farmer.
was The occasion for the relating of
many pioneer "reminiscences, with
out full enumeration of which a
history of the early days of Whit
man county would be Incomplete in
deed. a boy Of / s years of age when
he first claimed Whitman county as
his home. Mr.. McCroskey was fully
alive to all that was Transporting il
the new country, and accumulated
a vast store of interesting and va!u-
able historical data, much of which
is woven around the interesting ga
reer OF 'Cashup' Davis, his famous
stage station and Steptoe butte.
Still discernible, though made al
most invisible by the storms of near
~ 40 years, a sign on the old stage
barn on the Davis place AT steptoe
station recalled to the mind of AIR.
NcGroskey the battle waeed from
1880 until 1856 between Spokane
rails and Cheney, with the county
seat Of Spokane county as the prin-
c'pal bone OF contention. GO to
kaminskey & Sons Cheney, is the
Ola sign painted in large letters on
the west side of the barn. Innocent
though it seems, pioneers who recall
the bitterness the strife and the
general furore that attended that
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26

August T. 1879. At that tina !,
was no railroad nearer thas 'ae's
land except three mile stn.. sOlI
The Dalles. 0a
The father took up a homes.
three miles south of steptoe n
With little capital the men,h. Ivy
the family worked at odd ioh, !
OF the boys doing contract wo,s
the railroad, which was thon
construction. With their
earnings they purchased rai,0',
land paying from $3.50 to ~
per acre. 4
The seven boys in the family :,
survive the deceased parents y
are the owners of some 10 Ooo -.
of the choicest farm land in Eas,as
Washington, most of it in Whitms,
county, and all have gained i,
stantlaI competence through tbo,
pioneer and never waning faith |,
the great Palouse country.
OF the 10 children of the Mcc,..
key family eight are still liyi,
these being J. F.. of OakeQd.t
George II. of Pullman, j. II !
-, VI
Sprague, Robert L, Fred, Milton s,a
Virgil of Colfax, and Lucy NJ M.
F. Nj Hoag of Spokane.
The following reminiscense n
early day events and conditions a.,
from the memory of George H M
Croskey, one of the older broths,,
who knows perhaps. as much Of ps
neer history of the Inland Empjrs .,
any living person.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26
PIONEER bad MEN"

There We're many bad men IN
the early days of the Inland Empir
and it would require considerable
space to do justice to them ALI but
Hank Vaughn, of Pendleton, was no
doubt the most notorious. Any tow
that he CHANGED to visit would soon
be aware of his presence, but for all
his shortcomings he had some ad.
mirable qualities. One day he was
coming to Spokane from Pasco. At
Sprague a couple of cowboys, little
under the influence of liquor, board.
ed the train, wearing the regular
leather pants fringed with looS
fringe down the legs, broad brimmei
hats, deck of cards in one pocket
and a bottle of booze in another
and, from OUTSIDE appearance, gen.
orally typical tough men When the
conductor came around to collect
fare, they swore they would pay
none and asserted, Furthermore,
that there were not enough conduct
ors on the entire Northern Pacific
to put them off the train. The con,
ductor argued the case, but the more
he talked the louder and more IN
ruly they became. The conductor
being a small and not very husky
man, was completely nonplussed.
Hank, about that time, was
aroused from slumber in the other
end of the coach. Raising up ana
sensing the conductor S predicament
he went to his rescue, and took each
OF the would be bad men by the KNAPP
OF the neck, led them to the door
and kicked them off the train, ias
Northern Pacific, approaching tns
services rendered, presented Hank
with a pass for life,
Another one, different from the
rough and ready type, but the iuo''
noted all around crook and conf
dence man, probably, who ever Cams
to the Northwest, gentleman =
appearance, a regular Chestertlele
was Arlington Buckingham WauS
worth. lie came to Spokane Fans
in 1883 from Chicago, posing as -
eastern capitalist wishing to organ
ize big bank at Spokane FANS WIZ
branches in all the important toNr.
within a radius of 100 miles OF niois
Spokane, at that tin2e wishins 4
the help she could get, took MN :
with open arms, ( He pofio" y,
money from nearly (every0ody , wins
he could wind up hisA business a,'@
in the east and tralhsfer MS IN No
west, as he stated. lie lived on W
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26

crate setting, Cashup's parlor, typica
relic of pioneer days with interest
and pride.
Business at the stage station was
good, and "Cashup'' prospered. Then,
in 1888, came the Northern Pacific
railroad. The crowds at the station
began to dwindle and interest Jagged.
The owner braved the reverses for
several years, but longed for the
crowds of the stage coach days and
began looking about him to devise
ways and means of again attracting
the people of the countryside
The story is told that on one after
noon, when business was at stand
still and the once lively resort was
devoid of merrymakers, "Cashup
stood on the back porch in a melan-
choly mood, as he reflected on the
days that were past OF sudden he
became imbued with the big idea.
He saw visions of a thriving bust
ness. of great throngs, of unallOyed
happiness. No sooner conceived
than the idea was prosecuted with
characteristic vigor.
"Cashup' at once purchased Step
toe butte, the lofty barren hill four
miles east of his stage station, from
the O. r. & n. company. He would
build on the very summit a resort
that would attract hundreds of
pleasure seekers from all over the
growing new Northwest.
So thoroughly did "Cashup' he
lieve in the possibilities Of his new.
born scheme that he spent his for
tune with a lavish hand Every
thing must be of the best. First.
a winding road was constructed up
the west slope, leading to the top.
Soon a small army of carpenters was
constructing spacious building on
the summit of the butte, 1900 feet
above the level of the surrounding
country, while the people looked on
in amaZement
In 1888 the structure was com
pleted On the lower floor was
spacious hall and dance pavilion,
with a stage and dressing rooms.
surrounded by gallery, also kit
chen and private reception room.
The second floor was given over to
guest rooms, and the structure was
surmounted by cupalo, IA feet
square, utilized as a reading room
and observatory. Here, 3640 feet
above sea level. and over 1900 feet
above the surrounding country. a
large telescope was installed. afford
ing a vision OF $50 miles over the
now productive hills unfolding as
rolling pillows in every direction.
Large parties of excursionists and
sightseers visited the resort and used
the large hall for dancing Bur the
rapid development Of the new coun-
try made available many other at
fractions for the pleasure seekers.
and "Cashup's' fortune waned. with
his business. under the competition.
"Cashup' lived on the butte until
his sudden death I'm 1895. From
ram -sr,g,, tl,- ,-l.... - -.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26
BY KARL Z. ALLEN


"I'll give you $3.50, cash up.
In this manner of speech, with his
characteristic give il or leave it alone
air, did James S. Davis, early pio-
neer of Whitman county, barter with
the early day traders when a vast
expanse of bunch grass covered the
hills which now place Whitman coun-
ty in the front rank of cereal pro-
ducing counties of the world. The
price offered varied with the value
of the article bargained for, as ap-
praised by the critical eye and keen
acumen or Mr. Davis, sometimes the
wording varied but always did the
offer include the words, cash up"
Cold cash, in those days, was at a
premium, and Davis was one of the
few men who were in a position to
demand closer prices by reason of
their good fortune.
Thus did James S. Davis, leading
character of this sketch, come to be
known throughout the new North
west of 43 years ago as "Cashup"
Davis. a pseudonym which chung
with him until he died, alone and
unattended, in his famous road
butte in 1895.
Coming from the east and up
from San Francisco 40 years ago,
Portland was thought to be as far
as the immigrant could go in search
of the green fields just over the
hill" but upon arriving there vast
acres, much of ii unexplored, un-
folded further on-the Willamette
valley to the south, and the upper
country" comprising all the land
east of The Dalles and the Columbia
river gorge, where the mighty river
The upper country" extended from
the Cascades to the Rocky noun
tains, including all the territory
drained by the Columbia and, Snake
rivers.
Taking the river steamer wild
West" from Portland, one could hear
his first vague rumors of the lay of
the new land, modes of transporta-
ton, towns, road houses or inns to
accommodate the weary traveller in
his search for gold or a place to call
his home. Walla Walla, Boise and
Lewiston were the principal cities,
with many road houses or taverns
on the old Mullan road from Walla
Walla to Fort Benton, Mont, on the
territorial road from Walla Walla to
Fort Colville, and the immigrant
road from Umatilla Landing to
Boise
This new country became known
to the settler not so much on ac-
count of the opportunities it offered
then woefully underestimated, as be-
cause of the fame and notoriety of
the taVerns and the big men of
the various sections comprising it..
The big men, OF the new west
in those days were steamboat cap
tafns, hotel or road house proprie-
tors and stage drivers Among the
latter were Felix Warren, on the
Walla Walla and Lewiston route,
and from Walla Walla to Keton
Utah, who boosted of his exploit OF
hitching six unbroken horses to a
stage coach in the main stree. II
Walla Walla, and turning around
without any difficulty Warren is
a brother OF Joe Warren, Seattle's
present chief OF police, and is now
conducting a stage line in British
Columbia, although in his seventies.
Another we'll known man was George
Renshaw. known all along the ter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26

Note-For the historical facts
contained in this article the writer
is indebted to George II. McCroskey.
DR.. E. Mcguire and j. S. Klemgard.
DR.. Mcguire came to Whitman coun-
~ from Baltimore in 1877, Mr.. Nc
Croskey from Tennessee two years
later and Mr.. Klemgard from Walla
Walla in 1882.