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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
DeSden1Ona Has
10 COMPETITIONS
In Short Time
Hamie-Lewis Well Is 1900
Barrel Gusher; Humble
Well Extends Pool.

Desdemona. Texas. Sept. 17.-six-
teen competitions were made in the
Desdemona pool in the last ten days.
OF these the largest is the J. E.
Hamie-Lewis well, three and one-half
miles north OF the townsite. It is
gushing 1900 barrels, proving much
new territory.
The field was extended little to
the northeast by Humble Oil and Re
filming company's Rushing No 1. The
wei is only producing 10 barrels
daily II is two and one-half miles
northeast Of here and one-Quarter
mile north Of the Skelly-Sanker An
derson well.
other compilations in the Desdemona
pool follow
Humble Oil and Refining company's
Dick Gray No. 3, 10 barrels
J. Crosbie Putty No. 5, 50 barrels
Magnolia Petroleum company's Ter
rel No. 10. 30 barrels.
Del-Tex Oil cOmpany's Dabney No.
I, % barrels.
Bosque on oompany's Davis No. ?.
Gallagher Lawson ct al Dabney No.
1, $50 barrels
J. Hamon Jones, Is barrels. lot
No. g.
Magnolia Petroleum company's Nc
Arthur No. 1, $50 barrels.
Comanche County oil company's
Terry No. .. 500 barrels.
SkeIly Sankey Hogg No. Z. 500 bar
rels
Sinclair Gulf company's Hogg No. S,
plugging to abandon
Waxahachie oil company's Thomas
No. 8. abandoned
Same company's Thompson No. /,
abandoned.
Mid Kansas oil and Gas eompany's !
Davis No. ]. 1000, 900 feet gas
Humble Oil and Refining cOmpany's
Ellison No ., $500 barrels.
Tex-Penn Oil company's CrOWell No.
g. 80 barrels.
Moscho. Hightower and Cogdeu /
Rushing town lot No I. 1900 barrels. Z
Texas company's Groce No. Z. 1000 I
barrels
Writ Franklin ct al No. /, Lacey Z
No. !. 40 barrels Of oil and 100000 /
feet OF gas.
skeiley-sanzey Ende No. ?. 10000 /
700 feet Of gas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
FOUR RIGS NOW DRILLING
IN THE HOLBROOK FIELD

In the Holbrook, Ariz.. field it is
stated that four rigs are actually
drilling and two more wells will be
under way at an early date The
Wind River company has taken W
the drilling operations on the Hob
Wind river well and is down about
250O feet. The Holbrook Oil company
is drilling and is in what is called
the CoconinO sandstone. The Adamana
Oil and Land company is down about
1900 feet, but is temporarily held up
on account Of a broken crank shaft
Tie Black Canyon syndicate is said
to be making good progress with an
oxen core drill
The Zuni oil company is erecting
a standard rig. which is expected to
be in operation soon The Apache Oil
company is the sixth concern. which
is expected to start operations in the
Holbrook field. Il had not been en-
tirely financed at last account.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
Really Removes Roots
Of Superfluous Hair
CPheIactine, the New Wonder-Worlzer)

Without doubt the greatest thing yet
discovered for hair-disflgured womankind
Is the wonderful phelactine method Il
has none Of the Disadvantages OF electrol-
ysis OF dedrilatories and, best Of all. It
removes the hairs entire. roots and ail!
Il does this instantly. leaving the skin
so smooth and soft that no one can tell
The user was ever the possessor OF a
moustache OF other hairy growth
Ehelactine g. non-odorous. non-irritat-
ing, and SO harmless a child could eat
g without any ill-effect- A sticl. OF this
remarkable substance. accompanied By
simple instructions. can be obtained at
any drugstore. what woman would not
be delighted after seeing those ugly hairs
come out-including the roots-wlth her
own eyes f-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
WELLS LOCATE
COLUMBIA POOL
Two Good Gushers Come
In in District Adjacent
to Houston.

Houston. Tex. Sept. 17.-West Co
lumbia got two more good producers
last week: Gulf Production company's
No. / Ayers, 1000 barrels and Humble
OIL and Refining cOmpanys No. !
Japhet, 1000 barrels.
y peculiar fact about the No. I
Leschner is that it is only 1000 feet
from the No. . Basset Blakely well,
known as the discovery well. which
came in last April, making 100 barrels
per day Operators thought the dis
covery well was a good producer
when. drilling around il, they got
only busters. The real pool has just
been tapped by the Leschner. opera
tors now believe. Companies are
planning to drill extensively in the
vicinity Of the new well Gulf Pro-
duction company and the Texas COM
pany are already on the job Of Dor
ing down to the new pool.
The Circle Oil company tapped an
artesian water supply, tire miles from
Blueridge in their No. I Meyers
The United Petroleum cOmpany-s
No. . Fisher. which has been dry FOR
the last several months surprised the
company a few days ago when il
began TO produce so barrels again.
The well is at Bankers Hill
Operators predict that Stratton
Ridge in Brazoria county viii be the
next big producing section Big com
panies are boring in the field there
now and watchers Of the field may
learn something interesting a little
later on.
West Columbia produced $685. bar
rels last week. the same production
as the week before.
Hull field produced $500 barrels last
week, which is smaller production
than the week before Gulf PrOduc-
tion company's No. 1 Thomas in this
field has been completed and is
pumping $50 barrels
Goose Creek competitions follow:
Gulf Production company's No Il
Stateland. $50 barrels; Texas COM
pany's No. Is Eisenhour. IS barrels;
E. +. Simms and company's No Is
smith 400 barrels
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
DUKE OF DUBLIN COMPANY
BRING IN ITS SECOND WELL

The DUKE o. Dublin on company-s
VOgel No. in the northwest Burk-
burnett field in Wichita county, Tex,
has been brought in and is said 10 be
good for 1000 to 1900 barrels This is
the second producer this company has
brought in on this tract The third
well on the same tract is expected o
be brought in within a few days.
A good many FL Paso people are in
rcrestad IN This comnanv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
|. X. |. GETS
A GUSHER WELL
Only a Foot in the Sand,
Oil Comes With a Rush
Third Well Starts.

Wichita Falls. Tex. Sept. 17.-While
bailing out well No. > Of the I. y. L
Oil company Monday afternoon TO as
certain II the casing was tight. the
well unexpectedly blew itself in. While
only one foot in the sand oil men es-
innate the well IS good for $500 bar
rels.
Tanks are being rushed to take care
OF the oil.
The derrick for well No. ; on the
west end OF the three acre tract is be-
ing erected.
Drilling VIII start on this wen i'm
mediately.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
SEARS WELL MAY MEAN NEW
POOL In TAYLOR COUNTY

According 10 an Abilene. Texas, re-
port the Sears well Of the Security
Banking and Investment company Of
Fort Worth. located seven miles
northwest Of Merkel in Taylor county.
is thought to be a possible new pool.
Little is known by outsiders about
the well as no visitors are allowed
around IL, but ii is said that oil was
struck at about $500 feet, when a 80
foot cavein occurred, It is maintained.
however, that oil was within 100 feet
of the top last Saturday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
NEW MEXICO COMPANY LET'S
CONTRAST FOR TEXAS WELL

The Citizens Oil and Gas company,
capitalization S200, 900, is a New Mex
leo corporation composed Of Indianola,
Miss. people. and has contracted to
drill in section 80, block >. H. & G. y.
survey, near Dixieland station on the
Santa Fe railroad in Reeves county,
Tex. according TO y. F. Chapman, one
Of the directors Of the company now
in FL Paso from Indianola- The com
pany has 100 acres leased in the
vicinity OF the holdings mentioned
and $50 acres in leases near Dayton,
Eddy county, y. VI.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
Howard County We'll
Now Down 900 Feet

The General oil company has we0
which is said to be down about 500
feet near Big Spring in Howard cOun-
~. Texas. This company has no.
900 acres in Glascocl1. Ector and How
ard counties II announces that IL
viii soon increase the capacity Of its
refinery at Wichita Falls. Texas. to
5000 barrels Of crude per day. The
company has production in Burkbur-
nett and three wells drilling in the
Burkburnett extension territory and
one we'll at West Columbia, all ln
Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
Eastland County Has
Worlds Biggest Gasser

According 70 the Desdemona
Texas, Oil News the Harrell wen in
Eastland county. Texas, is the big
gest gasser in the world That paper
claims that Wen was producing 49,
000, 900 cubic feet OF Gas a day when
il was capped and that Il is now fur
nishing sufficient gas to supply more
than 200 boilers IN the county,.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
SENATOR DUDLEY BUYS TEN
ACRES IN EASTLAND COUNTY

State senator r II. Dudley. OF FL
Paso. is reported TO have acquired a
10 acre holding IN the !. o. Tucker
tract in the David S. Richardson sur
vey in Eastland county and about
seven miles northwest OF Desdemona.
Texas. townsite. II Is not known here
yet whether the senator intends drill
ing on this land or not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17
Ell PASO MAN BUYS FIVE
ACRES IN DESDEMONA FIELD

L. Kell, OF FL Paso and Desdemona.
Texas. who is here on business, stated
Monday that he and three associates
had bought five acres in the l. T.
Johnson tract in the David S. Richard
son survey a mile west and a little
north OF the town Of Desdemona- He
said their first well had just spudded
in Mr.. Keu has opened a brokerage
office in Desdenona-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17

BrOWnWood. Tex, sept III
strong gas pressure and some oil has
been found in the Janeilen Oil COM
pany's Mcgee well. IS miles southwest
OF Brentwood. This indicates that
the well will probably be a good pro-
Queer. II II only produces gas the gas
supply OF Brentwood viii be en-
larged. The well will be drilled in
within the next few days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17

Just as soon as you feel the effect OF
the 0Ialarial Germs after being bitten
by Malaria Mosquitoes. IL is advisable
to take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC TO destroy the Germs and re-
move the Impurities. Pleasant TO
take. soc per bottle-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17

Bonham, Tex. Sept. Il. - land
owners OF Duplen, Is miles north OF
here have decided TO drill for oil in
that region At a recent meeting the
landowners decided TO pool their is
sues and secure a competent driller.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17

The Kelley Greene Oil company Is
reported to have a 500 Darrell well in
its Ledbetter No in Stephens county.
Texas. after being shot with $40
quarts OF nitroglycerine. The depth OF
the well is $500 feet
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19

game, senior. II your first throw Is
higher than your second. then you go
free. VIII you throw now7 shall be
glad when you are gone"
Tore rose swiftly to his feet. draw
Ing near the table, his eyes burning like
flames. his cheeks flushed. For n mo-
ment he stood with the die rattlIng in
the box, which he shook slowly back
and forth.
"One throw" he whispered. "One
good throw, and drink many another
good bottle of red wine. kiss many
another pair Of red lips, I live on in
my gay little existence. One good
throw. AIR
He had thrown.
at Is the acel" cried Tore with
suddenly up-fung head. my lady of
chance Is kind to me, senori"
you have another throw" De la
Guerra reminded him. "The ace can
not be beaten, but 1t may be ted"
Now Tore scooped the die up in his
box and with no moment of hesitation
turned 1t out upon the table. Again
Tore had thrown an acei
ITy dSulu, Shlu lie III 6ueTTd Crisp
ly. "It Is growing late"
With curse Tore again caught up
the die, again 1t ratified in the box
agnin 1t rolled half across the table.
"a fourw he gasped.
"A four is not bad" De la Guerra
reminded him. at may win. Again.
senor."
fourf IF he turned three nevt
time. or n deuce, he was saved. II the
die showed an ace again, a six or Ave,
he was lost!
Again he took up the die. again cast.
This time his hand. holding the dice
box, followed close to the rolling cube.
''It is the six." said De la Guerra
sternly. "You were about to touch II,
senor"
Tore threw down the box. He had
lost-agalnst himselfl But his head
flung proudly up. "And now" he cried.
"where is my lame horsef 1t is late, as
you say"
He bowed and went out into the pa.
ito, where Gaucho and half dozen Cf
the cowboys were waiting. De la
Guerra sighed.
''He is brave man." he said gently.
"Ah, well, he has one chance In ten
thousand. Well, for n brave man"
Then they heard the galloping of sew
eral horses headed toward the border.
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19
Dice ,y ~
Destiny 5; @S2|!2I.;''
o. .s......, df9qotNav

the men about him, to Juarez first, to
them all. Juarez shook his head
slowly, his lips compressed. his eyes
on the floor.
''There Is no longer anything for
me to fight for" he said slowly
Nothing but deathl 1 can find that
any day upon the other side of the
border, senor. I think-that you are
alone!'
"Cowards! Cowards ALI" jeered
Tore. Then he turned again to De
la Guerra. "Whut chance do you of.
fer me. senor?"
eve shall speak of that when the
others are gone, when you accept It,"
returned De Ia Guerra sternly. 81
simply give you my word that l shall
give you what the Americans here call
an even break You haven't that
now"
"Your word. senor."
my word" gravely.
"Bueno." cried Tore gayly. That
is all that 1 ask. Adios. my little
towards" De smiled at Juarez and the
rest. Congratulations upon the
game. my kinsman." bowling to De la
Guerra. And he tossed his revolver
to the table.
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19

Cream separators. ensilage cutters,
trucks engines and operated. One
truck is equipped with complete farm
lighting plant. and this is used to pro-
vide lights for speakers stand and
current to project motion pictures.
Experts figure that the farmers
haulage and transportation problems
are quite as important right now as
the production of crops. This na-
tional motortruck development tour
Is designed as practical means OF
proving motortruck efficiency to the
American people.
Each manufacturer concerned In the
run is driving his truck to the farm.
| er's door and demonstrating Its ability
to perform over every type Of road
and under every condition In soft
fields. In other words, these build
ers are not merely proclaiming the
value of their commodity but are prov
ing Its sturdiness and worth by actual
demonstration.
The need of power wagons on the
farm is evidenced by the number al
ready owned and operated by Ameri-
can farmers. The potential market for
motortrucks in the farm field has not
until recently been given appreciable
attention by the big truck builders and
distributors. They have put forth
practically no effort to supply this
field. but the farmers need of motor
lied help In the absence of man power
has forced him to buy.
"Few farmers will argue against the
value of the power wagon in their
homes" says Official Lecturer Kroh
"What they need Is intelligent instruc-
ton as to size, power, body and tire
equipment, and cost of operation.
1.-THE evolution In the methods of
production on farms from the hand
planter, cultivator, the scythe and
strike to the more modern machinery,
such as self-binders, ETC., drawn by
horses and later by tractors was a
perfectly natural trend of progress.
Just as natural is the evolution from
the pack on the back, the camel,' the
OK cart, and the horse-drawn vehicle
to the power wagon to solve the farm
er's haulage problems.
..From 1850 to 1900, when the old
hand methods of farming were in
vogue, farm values In America In
creased from $4,000. .0OO. 900 to $40, ,OOO,-
OOO, 900. From 1900 to the present day,
when the more modern methods have
been in vogue, farm values have In
creased from $4,000, 100000 to $751;
OOC, 100000. This is due to the abil-
ity of the farmer to cultivate n wider
acreage more extensively and market
his commodity more advantageously
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19
Union of Women in Spain

There has existed In Spain for near
,y year feminist society organized
under the name OF the Union of the
Women of Spain. The society is work
ing for the education of Spanish wom-
en-, the Improvement. of their econom-
ic status. and the obtaining of private,
civil and political rights for them
equal to the ones which men enjoy.
There is great deal to be done along
these lines in Spain since married wo-
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19

men have not control of their proper
ty nor control of their children. There
is at present almost no provision for
the education of Spanish girls In any
class of society.
The Union of the Women Of Spain is
working along the usual propaganda
lines. organizing branches and meet
ings, distributing literature and ar
ranging educational courses for wom-
en-. The president of the society is
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19

RGANIZED as the Nation
al Motor Truck Develop
ment Tour" IA fleet of
about 20 trucks and pas
senger cars is on n 5000
mile journey through six
middle western states. The
object of the enterprise.
which Is the first of Its
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19

ana also, OF course, In part to the mat
ter Of supply and demand.
From 1899 to 1900 the population of
the United States Increased 81 per
cent. and even with improved meth
ods in these days 1t was only possible
to increase the production of food
stuffs 10 per cent-hence the in
creased cost of living.
In 1880 40 per cent of the popua-
ton of the United States lived on
farms. 1t was necessary then for
each farmer to produce only sufficient
food for himself and mere fraction
of another family. Today over 10
per cent of the population of the
United States lives In the densely pop
ulated cities. Each farmer must pro-
duce enough for himself and two ad-
ditIonal families in the United States.
not taking into consideration starving
Europe.
THE power wagon manufacturers
Of America are face to face with the
fact that 1t is their duty to learn
quickly the needs of the American
farmer and produce and equip a ma
chine that will most efficiently and eco
nomicalIy serve his needs.
1.-The United States department of
agriculture In 1918 made very thor
ough survey of truck operations In
the rural districts. They found that
the length of hauls by motortruck
averaged lib miles. as against 0
miles with team and wagon; that 3.4
round trips were made per day with
the motortruck against 1.5 round
trips with the team that with the mo-
tortruck wheat and corn have been
transported to market at Is cents per
ton mile. as against 30 cents per ton
mile for wheat by team and 3S cents
per ton mile for corn by team.
These facts would indicate that In
point of time and miles covered the
motortruck is practically four times
as efficient as the horse and wagon.
And Of course 1t Is self evident that
the time saved enables the farmer to
do more perfect job of preparation.
planting, cultivation and harvesting.
"The efficiency of motortrucks and
the broadening of their field of opera
tions has been increased more by the
development of pneumatic tires than
by anything that has come to the In.
dustry In years.
"Pneumatics materially Increase the
life of the truck, reduce operating and
repair bills and give much greater mile
age on gas and lubricating oil. They
afford traction and enable the truck
to negotiate mud. sand and snow on
and Off roads when solid tired trucks
would not operate. Their cushloning
qualities permit increased speed. Over
rough roads this cushioning quality 10
of inestimable Importance when the
shrinkage In live stock and the damage
to perlshable merchandise Is taken
into consideration.
at Is pneumatic tired trucks, there
fore. that are being taken to the farm
ers on this tour. Undoubtedly the
demonstratiOn-over every type of
road that the farmer in America comes
In contact with and hauling every con-
ceivable type of merchandise produced
in the agricultural sections-will 20
far to eliminate any fear that may
still rest In the minds of the farmers
that the motortruck is not a sound
economy In farm transportation.
The Ordway new era., 1919-09-19
CHAPTER XIII.
A Game Of Dice.

"Now. Senior Tore. you shall have
gamblers choice y
The tall candles burned steadily In
the massive candlestlcks. the little
yellow plumes shining reflected in the
polished woodwork of the walls. Senior
de Ia Guerra sat In his favorite arm
chair at the great mahogany table,
his white. aristocratic hand tapping
Idly upon Its glistening top. Stan
way, standing at his side, watched
curiously both De la Guerra and the
smiling Tore.
'T am waiting. senor." returned
Tore gravely.
II have assured myself" went on
De la Guerra In the same even tone.
'that Pedro and Celestino and the
yaquero who was shot here in this
room will live. have let all of your
men go. excepting Captain Juarez.
Senior Stairway" turning little In his
chair, Twill you be SO kind as to tell
the captain that 1 should be pleased
to see him7"
Stairway left the room promptly, re-
turning almost Immediately with the
rebel captain at his heels. De la Guer-
ra rose. bowed courteously.
"Senor captain he said. II am
going to wish you pleasant ride
across the border"
He snapped open drawer of the
table, drew out packet and tossed 1t
upon the table top.
"Will you examine 1t. senorr'
Juarez, frowning. a little suspicious.
held back for a moment. Then under
the amused eyes of Tore he stepped
forward. took up the packet, opened
It, stared incredulOusly, and fell back
with little gasp.
De la Guerra smiled.
american banknotes," he said easily.
"You will find that they amount to five
thousand dollars. For your needy coun-
trymen. senor. You see. l have never
yet refused-pardon me, senor-alms
to beggar! Senior Stairway, will you
be kind enough to show the captain to
the door?"
"Now, Senior Tore" resumed the old
man when Stairway had returned. 81
am to give you your gamblers chance.
1 have learned that month ago you
killed man In San Antonio. Now"
leaning forward little. "are they look
Ing for you along the border? Have
you good chance Of getting across
without being shot7"
Torres cheeks grew a little pale. He
returned De Ia Guerra's gaze, however,
and answered steadily:
81 should have. perhaps, one chance
In ten thousandw
Good! I thought SOP
The old SpanIard slipped his hand
again into the table drawer and the
thing he brought out this time he hand
ed to Tore.
Here is your chance. senor." he said
sternly.
1t was diceboxl
"What do you mean7" snapped Tore.
II mean this: You shall shake the
dice you love SO well, and the stake
high enough to satisfy even you! If
you win, there is another packet of
ready for you. and horse
to carry you us far and as fast as you
can wish to go. II you lose-there is in
the stable lame horse which you are
to ride across the border!"
The dusky red ran back into Torres
cheeks.
with whom do I shaker" he asked.
n little hoarsely. his fingers growing
white about the box.
with the bitterest enemy you have"
retorted the old man with dignity. s.Do
you know who 1t is7"
your" queried Tore. with snarling
emphasis.
yourself You shall cast twice, with
single die. The ace is high In this