The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-13
w. j. AILBURN RECEIVES
APPOINTMENT FriUii GOVERNOR

w. j. Milburn. president of the
Homaokla Oil Company Of Abilene
and Tulsa, has just received notice OF
his appointment by Governor Hobby
as one of the delegates from Texas to
the fifteenth International Congress
Against Alcoholism to be held at
Washington D. c., Sept. 2l-26, 1920.
Mr.. Milburn mas also just received no.
tice from Washington that he has
been selected as representative Of Ok
lahoma on the National Prohibition
Testimonials executive committee,
composed Of one member from each
state. Some of the other representa-.
tives are c. p. Bryan brother of w. j.
Bryan, Nebraska Governors Mlliken,
Maine Brough, Arkansas; Bamberger,
Utah; Allen, Kansas; Judge c. A. Pol
lock, Ex-senator Shafforth OF Colo
rado; Hon. ]. II. Davis of Texas, Bish-
ops Hunting Of Nevada and Leonard
Of Washington, and others who have
been actively identified with the long
fight for national prohibition.-Abilene
Reporter.
j. L. Milburn, Of the Statistical De-
partment OF the Empire Companies,
has compiled the following statistics
published in the Empire" of last
week:
Late statistics show that there are
about 100000 passenger automobiles
in the United States or about one for
every IA persons. Statistics for the
world would indicate there Is one pas
senger automobile for every 2,lS0 per.
sons. Ii England there is one auto.
mobile for each 265; in France one
for each 400 persons; in Germany one
for every $50 persons. There are only
about $4,000 passenger automobiles
in all Europe, or one for every 1925
persons.
The total production Of electricity by
public utility power plants in 1919 was
3s,900,00O kilowatt hours. This pro-
duction necessitated the consumption
OF 35.00O,O0O tons OF coal. ll,O50,OOO
barrels of oil and 2l,700,O00 cubic feet
of natural gas. There are more than
1000 central stations companies in
this country, employing over 100000
men. These companies have more than
$1,000 miles of high tension transmits
sion lines, serving in addition 70
thousands Of industrial plants, more
than 100000 homes with light, also
giving light and power service tc
more than 100000 business estab
llshments. Over 100000 electric mo
tors were used in the United States
at the close or 1918.
There were 637 business failures
during the month of July as compared
with 623 in June. The liabilities OF
the failed concerns were 22 million
dollars compared with 33 million dol
lars the previous month.
Corporate financing during the
month Of July amounted to a total Of
2l6,OOO million dollars compared with
1854 million dollars the previous month
and 34S million dollars in July Of last
year. or the total, about nine million
dollars were used for refunding, the
remainder representing new capital,
The Panama Canal was constructed
AT q cost Of approximately 31s million
dollars. Traffic through this canal for
the fiscal year ending June 80 were
e,47s commercial vessels OF s,545 thou
sand registered tons Tolls collected
were $500 thousand dollars. operating
expenses $3.50 thousand dollars, leav'
ing net earning OF 2,l50 thousand
dollars.
Crude oil production during June
amounted TO 81 million dollars com
pared with the same amount in May
with less than 80 million barrels in
June OF last year. Stocks OF domestic
crude petroleum held on July by
pipeline and other marketing compa'
nies totaled l2i million barrels com
pared with l25 million barrels month
before and l34 million barrels year
ago. Deliveries into consumption dur
ing June totaled only 35 million bar
rels compared with 81 million barrels
IN May and 81 million barrels in April,
Imports Of crude petroleum for the
first six months Of this calendar year
were SO million barrels compared with
less than 25 million barrels for the
first half OF last year Exports for
the first six months were 3,063 thou.
sand barrels compared with l,45l
thousand barrels for the first half OF
1919.
An idea Of the increase Of the crude
petroleum production in Mexico may
be had from the following table:
Year, Bbls. Of ~ Gal.