The Grangeville globe., 1922-01-05

has not been done so far with his
company. His properties have yielded
in one district alone, thirty million
barrels; in another, eighty millions the
past five years, and they are now
shipping two hundred thousand barrels
day.
Now whom are you going to believe; !;
a man who has delivered the goods, or
men full of expert explanations and
theories Mr.. Doheny's statements are
plain to me even if they are diane
trically contradiction of the express
sions of our learned professors. A
school boy can grasp the meaning of
this interview and profit by 1t. The
point / wish to get at is this: have
been watching very closely the trend
Of events on Camas prairie and vicin-
ity for the past twenty years. 1t is
common knowledge that we have on
the McBoyle rance, near Grangeville.
a spring Of water that 10 useless be-
cause of oil seepage-heavy crude oil
at that-another op the Edwin Mel
son ranch, few more in the vicinity
of Rocky Canyon, indications Of coal
in that canyon and also Lawyers Can
yon-all in basalt formation. We have
knowledge of the numerous abandon
ments Of wells drilled all over the
Prairie for water because of the es-
cape of great volumes of gas. These
wells have been drilled upon ranches
Of well known farmers, and can be ver-
flied. Our whole Prairie has basait
everywhere.
The recent developments and dis
coveries in the coal mine near Grange
vile indicates the presence OF reser-
voir Of oil nearby.
I have never heard Of a college pro-
fessor ever finding oil or a big mine
except in movie pictures / have nv-
ed in the Coeur d'Alenes in the early
days and know the history Of nearly
every producing mine up there. They
were nearly all of them discovered by
accident, or chance, and unusual de-
| velOpments. The big oil fields of Texas
Oklahoma, Montana, and elsewhere
were discovered the same way. The
fellows who found them graduated
from the school of hard knocks, hard
ship, and hard work, and they have
no diplomas to show for it.
A recent item in the daily press
states a hole drilled for Oil I'm Mon
tana at 750 feet struck such a tre-
mendous supply Of artesian water that
| the great volume washed out large
portion of railroad track near the well,
and this supply Of unlocked for water
| in this arid portion of Montana will
make that section blossom like rose
and will be of more value eventually
than an oil well. What would well
like that do to the average farm on
Camas Prairie? I see three crops of
alfalfa, and orchards that wo I'D rival
the Yakima valley-our own rainmak-
ers.
The writer when a boy, accompan.
led his father to the oil fields OF
Pennsylvania during the boom of 1879
and to his best recollection conditions
there were the same as on this Prairie
If these indications of oil and coal
all over the county mean for anything
It is now up to some one or some body
to take the initiative and find ont
Talk, expert explanations and theoriz
ing will not get you anywhere The
writer is not interested directly or q
stOckholder in any scheme to promote
or lease any oil or coal propositions
here
He is not prophet or a son OF O
prophet but will wager his head fol-
a football, that IL one-third Of tht
money that has been put into fake OF
companies outside of our state by
Camas Prairie spectators, had beer
spent In sinking few 2500-foot holes
into the bowels Of old Camas Prairie
that we would now be in the midst o
a boom that would have put more pei
and zip into this country than TIN
gold rush of 1S64-5 or the Buffalo
Hump excitement
The writer honestly believes that al
signs point to success to any man o
men who will take the steps to develop
those indications lay aside all exper
! advice and use common sense and rea
son.
If I have made statements that ar
not true am open for correction.
have been prompted to write this 8
those who do not know OF the facts
can understand and comprehend tn
real significance of 1t all.
IF I had the wealth of n Carnegi
I would not he writing this but drill
ing a well on Camas Prairie.
Here's hoping that 1922 will ushe
in new epoch for Idaho county an
its people-somebody start something