White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-19
DISSERTATIONS
or PESSIMLS7

The old-timer and former editor cf
the White Pine News. Samuel c. Pat
rick, is now at Salem, Ore, according
TO advice received by friends here.
and is as usual a busy man. He is
assisting in getting out o special
Christmas edition OF the Salem States
mar and that Is sufficient warrant that
il will be some publication.
When the word Of Pats new venture
reached Ely, however. the pesrimist re-
marked:
We'll. ] hope 1t is q great success.
but IL reminds me of the occasion just
a few years ago when Patrick met a
number of friends in an Auitman street
hosiery and after passing around
government literature. Of which he had
an armful, he endeavored to interest
his audience in the great WORK of
planting war gardens with the view
of helping u overseas boys.
Everyone should take an interest
in this work remarked Patrick. i
am going TO start in at once. have
some seed and am going 10 employ a
chinaman TO plant a garden on the
lot adjoining my home
Say. Pat remarked Frank Root,
III you are on the square with the pub
lie why don't you go III n plant the
garden yourself and send the China.
man down to run the newspaper
Among the Interested visitors 10 the
nlipah oil wells Friday was Michael
Horatio Breen. the eminent fusel oil
expert from Skanlateles and Wap-
pinger Falls. y. Y. The latter is the
place made locally famous by one c.
D.. Vautrin. commonly known as
"Frenchy,'f who upon his return from
"a visit to New York was asked II he
saw Wappinger Falls while there and
replied that he didn't go to a single
show all the time he was in New York.
Upon the return from the oilheld he
asked by a New reporter for an
expression of his views. and kindly ac-
Guessed.
AT the outset" said Mr.. Breen. =
will soy that l hardly feel qualified to
express en- opinion uron this particu-
lar character of product, as my pro-
fessional activities have been largely
confined TO testing oils OF the fusel
variety. However, the oil which
saw on my recent visit possesses GER
tain positive oleginous qualities which
are invariably found associated with
fluids OF that nature; from this ] ar
rived at the definite conclusion that
the product under immediate examina-
ton was an unctuous combustible sub
stsnce In liquid form.
I'm 1t closely resembles
that of the KurtZ-Bulger class, but
this can not be determined without a
test, which unfortunately we were
not at the time able to make. ! was
~courteously allowed access to the drill
house. and after a close scrutiny ! will
say without fear of successful contra
diction that the well as a hole is an
unqualified success. ] was Informed
that the gcmect intended to
"roam'' cut the we'll from eight-inch 10
10-inch in size, If this be done the at
tendant result will be 10 make 1t larger
and consequently a greater success In
The respect I have mentioned before,
and this viii increase proportionatley
as depth is attained. In passing over
the ground ! noticed the area con-
trolled by G. L. Foreman and associ-
ates, end while | dill not give II close
examinaiion I feel safe in saying tina,
on this tract n well of fully as great
IL not greater. imension than any
examined can be successfully sunk
| and / firmly believe that greater deptt
| might be attained.
i had itended making IA descent oil
, the Consolidated well for the purposs
of closely inspecting the bottom. and
| while his would awe been compare
lively easy ! found that owing to tn
absence Of the cable. which had moi
yet been installed, the consequent nee
essary ascent would probably have
been attended with some difficulty, 81
] felt amply repaid to forego the pleas
ure.
Taking IL all together | feel amply
repaid for my trip. especially since
through the generosity of your follow
townsman. Thomas Chambers. i>
stipend suffered no diminution during
my temporary absence"