El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-15
Lease Contest
Cases On PeCOS
Court Calendar

Pecos, Texas. April 15.-Alore than
90 cases OF contested leases are on
the calendar OF the district court
which opens Monday in Pecos All
OF them have originated since the
Ben wen proved that there Is oil in
the Pecos valley and the majority
OF them were started by land own
ers. who claim the holders OF the
leases have violated their agreements
by failure 70 develop properties &C
cording to the terms Of the leases
Many Of the leases contested were
given several years ago when Pecos
was the widest OF wildcat territory
and in numerous cases the present
valuations placed on the leases in the
bills filed by the land owners rep
resent Increases in valuation OF from
1000 to 5000 percent.
Pecos's newest building Is to be
eight feet in width. and is TO stand
on the site OF the first postoffice of
this town The rush for office space
mere has been so great that a New
orleans concern has rented the town
band stand and built an enclosed Of
ice on It. and others looking for
business space have utilized many
places unoccupied for years. Arnold
Park & Jones, a real estate firm. had
rented corner building. and on in
yestigating their property found that
there was an eight foot space be-
tween the rear Of the building and
the alley It is on this space that
they are now building a stucco
building which they viii use them
selves The building viii be 50 foot
deep.
FL Pasoan Plans Development.
Lee Glascock. Of FL Paso. is plan
ming 70 develop his holdings 70 and
is miles northwest OF the Bell wei,
in block S.. township g. George John
son, OF Fl Paso, IS here ard plans
TO make location in this tract this
week The Texas & Pacific Coal and
OIL company, has a site in section II 4
Of this block. The Glascock well IS ]
to be directed TO the 1000 foot level. !
The rig for the Carlock wen has
on the site made by Dr. Hugh 4
H Tucker. geOlogist Wednesday in I
section 10, block 3. H & c. y. rail- Z
way survey This well expects TO be I
spudded in during the latter part Of 4
the week.
The BeIl-Reeves wen IN section IS. +
just northwest Of the Bell discovery {
wel, has resumed drilling and is now
down 155 feet.
Work on the Abner Davis well has
been halted, and Mr.. Davis has
new rig
President W J. Epley. OF the Toyah
valley Sulphur company has re-
turned to New Orleans after an in
spection Of the company's properties i
In the local field. This company has
The Orla station OF the Santa Fe to
IS lands in eastern Culberson
county. I
Structure Like Bell Wen.
Blue structure similar 10 that
,ound in the Bell well is shown by
he log OF the Citizens oil G. Gas
company wei in Scrap section Il
II the Bell wei block. This drill
has penetrated $50 feet into this
shale. which was found TO be from
i72 TO 452 feet under the surface.
The Bell wells showed 500 feet Of
his kind OF structure
Two new wells are going down on
block 2. on which the discovery well
q located P C. Chapman and n. F.
Chapman. OF Fl Paso. and r B.
Griffith and Ira J. Bell. OF Pecos.
rave formed a syndicate which viii
irill on 80 acres OF Scrap section 76.
Ind on 10 acres IN section 20. located
500 feet north Of the Bell well
Lee Newman.
tenement Specialist-Ph- 460f--Adv-