The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26

MBXIA. Texas-Mexia (named
for General Mexia, a Spanish officer
and pronounced May -yah") }
among the newest of the boom oil
towns. only short time ago was lit
tie more than n name. Today IL IL a
populous, hustling community
everybody as busy as a boy killing
snakes. Full speed ahead Is the
word, and not only among those
owning oil land and oil wells, but
owners of stores. hotels. cafes,
laundries and newspapers have sud
denly found their facilities entirely
inadequate. New stores, hotels.
cafes, rooming houses, picture
houses and news plants have been
built, but they cannot take care of
all the business. In the last four
months building passed the $1,000
OOD mark. and new structures are
being projected daily Every incom-
ing train is packed. Obtaining a
room is Ike n game of hide and
seek. The hotels and roominE
houses are small affairs and without
baths. Streets and sidewalks are
always Jammed.
While newsboys elsewhere yell out
Man Murdered by Burglar" or
Million Dollar Mail Robbery" here
they are shouting: Colonel Hum
phreys TO look over Ellis County,"
Smith No. 2 brought I'M" Zones
No. 2 20.000-barrel gusher!" "All
about new Currle field" They are
yelling out big oil news from early
morning until late at night and Of
fering the every latest" oil maps.
Metropolitan Rents.
The upstairs of practically every
building is given over TO oil business
OF some kind. The Ross & Green
building Is held exclusively for oil
operators, as the Humphreys build
Ing, used exclusively by Col. A. f.
Humphreys, the new DILL Croesus.
In the Ross e. Green building small
squares are parked off as offices and
not an inch Is wasted. There are
offices in the hallway. offices on the
Mezzanine floor and offices within
offices. Mr.. Ross refused an offer
of $1,000 a month. IL months rent
In advance. for his office. which
takes up the lower front OF the
building.
"Good-by, then. Two fools have
met" were the parting words OF the
applicant.
Two long lines Of men and wom-
en- are formed all day at the post
office TO call for letters and money
orders. The windows are back 80
feet inside OF the building, but the
two lines always extend to the door
and out on the sidewalk. On Satur-
days there are still longer lines in
side and outside the banks, where
oil workers and others line up 10 get
their checks cashed.
The bank employees are the hard
est workers here. with thousands of
strangers trying to cash checks. And
despite precautions, bad check
now and then gets by.
SIX Army Goods Stores.
Mexia has six army goods stores,
women BARRIERS. and domino parlors.
one sign reads: "Dominoes and
ooIt Drinks"
The Mexia Daily News turns down
more advertising every day than II
runs. as II has not the facilities for
taking care OF more. The force
works from early morning until
midnight In order TO get out the pa
per. The News receives a telegraph
service which covers world events,
put everything Is subordlnated TO
Dig oil field news. Every day its
eight column head tells OF the big
sest development Of the day In oil
news.
The town has at least one hum
cred cafes-among them Mutt and
Jeff," THE Gusher," "Snappy,"
Happy" Nifty" and unique"
Negroes of Mexia have became
fAaasnjy Wealthy Through OIL Most