El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-22
Ell PASOANS MUST WATCH WEST
TEXAS OIL FIELDS CLOSELY

livery citizen Of FL Paso hopes that Toyah and Peeos
Il win both become eenters Of the eounr greatest oil
production areas 81 Paso hopes this ardenty as any
person In either Of the two west Texas towns that are
nov humning with the activities Of oil scouts. Nothing
would please FL Paso than every person with
investments in Peeos and Toyah reap 1000 percent har-
vest for If they did would profit along with them
The people Of both Pecos and Toyah hope that FL Paso
VIII be ready their needs in the event their needs
get beyond the point where thy be satisfied at home
As It is Fl Paso isn't doing that probably mssure be
she can't Tools Of every description are needed IN
the two oil excitement towns, well as other supplies
Fe-t Worth Is three times far away from Ioyah as Fl
Paso Nevertheless Fort Worth Is going after the bust
Dallas Is three times far away from Peeos as Fl
Paso IS but Dallas IS going after the business there When
Toh wants tools and supplies she has 70 send TO Fort
Worth California after them and the delay week
and sometimes two and three weeks, and oil don't
like long delays. They service What they get
IN = Paso they buy here and order shipped by express
The is true Of Pecos for 1t is only little than
six hour from Fl Paso to these two towns.
When 81 Paso sent IS business recently to inves
gate the oil situation in Toyah and Peeos Dallas sent 1856
Where Fl Paso sent special carload Of investigators, Dali
las sent special train load.
What Toyah and Pecos believe to be indifference on our
part is not altogether that It is Much Of inab
ty to west Texas particularly in her oil needs, is
due the fact that Fl Psso herself can't get all Of the
service she needs from eastern points Neither get
the rates that enable her compete fairly with north
Texas towns Even San Antonio although not connected
directly by ra and twice as far from Pecos and Toyah
Fl Paso is trying to find way to penetrate that part Of
the county.
An Of this means that we must be alert to developments
fully IN territory if voald prevent other cities from
coming in and taking business away from Us.
Nobody wants to the small investor lose his money
e Paso does not want to profit Temporarily BY oil boom
that Is destined to subsde and leave lot Of wrecks
hind It After every angle of the TOyah and Peeos stu
atoms has been into the chamber Of would
do vel to pass It If it looks though the oil game
offered fair chance for legitimate chance taxing FL Paso
should partake N that game and not expect to wait until
It becomes Gnch and Dallas and Fort Worth have
Snateheo a great opportunity away from
The Fl PaSo business who have visited the fields
ean enhEhten the chamber Of enough perhaps
to enable this organization to render valuable opinion
One might infer from tAs conviction Of that Arizona
prohibition officer white slave charge that It would
be good idea 70 send inspector with enfoToers Of the
booze law to enforce the Mann act.
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With vstsr and more power, the southwest viii
sutsp every other section Of the United States IN ten
years
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Our attitude toward The salaries Of orr teachers iud
Gates that do not ere whether school keeps not
Essen in German meats eat no wonder the boshs7iIs
captured II.
One seldom hears Of 3 fat nan clipping