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MExIA-W0RTHAM REGION

WoRrHAM. Tex Tr.pstooter
Reilly is sett.as a rvift pace for oper.
ators In the Mexa-wortham ield. 1t
Is reported that he had Just com
pieted the purchase OF another forty
acre lease out of the Stuobs acreage
just south Of town. The Trapshoot-
er's purchase is considered another
big boost for this w~einSnown tact-
Mr.. Reilly states thai he is about
ready to spud in on his block Of acre
aga located about midway between
tho Bounds and Purfoy wells. Both
OF these tests are on the sand and they
are expected to ON in most any day
for big production Reilly claims that
his well is on top OF the best looking
structure OF the field.
Southeastern Kaufman county Is
also coming into the limel.ght on ac-
count OF the Trapshooter's recent pur-
chase of 5000 acres at Mnbank. This
district was passed on by Mr.. Reilly's
biologists before the purchase was
made This ~3.oo0-acre block belongs
to Trapshooter Development company.
of which Mr.. Reilly is trustees. A
test well wilfbe started Just as quickly
as possible. mar the center Of tho
block.
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BIC LITTLE DEAL WTHPLENTY
OF ACTION IN NEW PROMOTION
''usrre May Be Judged by Past IN Texas Oil Work,
Says Mexia Extension Syndicate in Bidding
for Favor; First Well Already Drilling j

MEXIA, Tex. Feb. 25.-O1 booms
nke poverty. acquaint men with
strange bedfeliowp. The trustees
of the Mexia Extension syndicate,
C. l. Anderson and NJ. w. Hoover.
". D., are recruited from widely diff
ferent fields OF human endeavor. but
they find mutual interest in the old
business. and each has an unsuiiied
record and a long list OF accomplish
ments to his credit
Charley Anderson. Master Driller.
Twenty-three producers out of "a
wells. is Charley's record with a
company on the Gladiolus lease As
4 record OF charley's luck and good
management tho Stockholders OF
his company received 700 per cent
in dividends Up In the northwest
Burk-wasgorer field Charley punch
I'd down "a holes and brought In
two dozen producers. Tho 500 per
cent dividends paid the Stockholders
Of the Seay-Farris interests were
made possible by Charley's almost
uncanny foresight. While with the
Sammies OIL corporation he drilled
nix fine wells. Tho Weona company.
whose stock sold on the open mar
'ket for as high as eight to one, en-
ployed Charley Anderson as their
..so wells for the Munger-verschoyle
interests that enabled them to pay
400 per cent profits
Doctor Hoover.
NJ W. Hoover. NJ D.. Is a practc-
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could be made come In right now
IN do IT. .
While Reilly was at the traps
that day two-thirds Of the purchase
price of the lease was subscribed
The nucleus OF the worid-famous
Trapshooter on company was
formed.
ReiIly's friends at Wichita who
knew him from boyhood swarmed
around him. He was one of their
very cwn-striktng out into the
fields Of adventure with their faith,
confidence and love at his back
Completing his organization. Reil-
ly donned the rough clothing Of the
oil fields and set out for Ell Dorado
to 1--we out the accomplishment Of
his dream.
The next month was hectic. The
derrick was reared for tho FIRST wei
and the tools moved to the ground
Reilly was everywhere at once His
every move was tempered with de
lfberate judgment. his execution
swift and accurate
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But that vas not an E. A Reilly
did that afternoon Not only was
he deadly with his repeating Park
err. but also with his remarkable
mind While tho members OF the
club disported themselves at their
favorite pastime, this man, though
Joining them in play. laid the %
nerstone Of one of the greatest for
tune-buiiding Industrial structures
known TO all history.
"Rsiliy, how can re mako somo
money with you in ol2" The ques-
ton came from a prominent busi-
ness man of Wichita while the MEM
bers of Squad No. 4 were watching
the others at the traps
I'll tell you" replied Reilly. Il
have just succeeded in landing a
lease OF so out near FL Dora
do. I believe that under that lease
are millions Of dollars worth OF
Oh. I am forming a company for
tho development of this property
and IL you want to make more mon
ely with me than you eEer thought
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1000 barrels per day.
1t was Trapshooter Rally who
blocked out the acreage for the IA
mous Cain discovery well at Pierce
junction for the Snowden-Mc-
Sweeney company. This well came
in enc OF the largest producers in
the great Coastal fields or Texas
The life OF Trapshooter Reilly is
filed with success. He is a man OF
mighty effort and startling result.
Like q blazing meteor he has dart
cd Gro the industrial armament
Of this country and in his wake are
achievements that history win re-
cord for centuries.
The deeds of this man have been
heralded through Europe. South
America nj the Orient. A host OF
men have spent their life's energy
attempting to equal his record
and have failed.
He is one Of the great national
characters OF the United States, but.
withal. a humble citizen. a con
scientiou5 worker. a wholesome
man
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iy's stockholders from this enter
prise have scar cely ever beea
eQuaIled in the Industrial annals of
the world. E.. A. Reilly became the
hero of oil not only throughout the
states OF Kansas. Missouri and Okla
homa, but throughout the world.
Trapshooter Reilly rested for six
months. But retirement from 40
tive effort is not in the lexicon of
the man. ~
In 1918 he came TO Texas and be
a a development program in
Pecos county. After accommodating
2lb-OOo acres he drilled n wildcat
well with funds principally his own.
The well was one of the driest
busters in the history of petroleum.
With a laugh, Trapshooter Reilly
tipped his hat to the derrick and
four days later was in Stephens
county. Texas.
A few months later It was Trap-
shooter Reilly who made the ioca-
ton Of the Wick well drilled near
Ivan be- the Kentucky company.
The Wick came in at the rate Of
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vhie asleep. Her father went to her
room and awakened her. She said:
ION. father. I just dreamed we had
an oil well on the old Holt place
and on was coming over h top OF
the derrick"
The father was SO much Impressed
by the little girls seriousness that
he put on his clothes, too e lantern
and asked her IL she could show him
10 place where she had seen the der
rck and She led him midway between
a largo oak tree and q barn
Ten years passed
The dream Which had aroused a
great deal OF inteer ten years before
had been forgotten Ey everyone except
Mr.. Williams
Then came the discovery of the
great Mexia field and Nj. Williams
fought moro and more seriously about
one dream which his little daugter
had had. but still he said nothing of
It One Day some men came to lease
his land. They were DR.. NJ. w.
Hoover of Corsfcana mad Charlie An
derson- a driIler, trustees of the Me1ia
Extension on Syndicate. They SO
cured q lease ON hfr. Williams farm,
but he newer mentioned a word u
ting fne transaction about he dream
The syndicate had it's BIOLOGISTS
on the lease and one day DR.. Hoov-
or met Mr.. Williams and taid to him
'~wen. Mr.. Williams. we have made
q location for a well"
where did you mako ftr' Mr.. Wfi-
iiams asked
-on h old Holt place about half
way between that big oak tree and
barn"
And then Mr.. Williams told DR..
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Bangi
The clay-bird was shattered into
a hundred pieces and dropped IKE
black hail out in front Of the traps.
The gun club OF Wichita, Kans-,
was at play. It was Saturday aft
ernoon in the early summer of
1917.
Squad after squad took its place
at the traps during the waning
hours Of the day and tho reverberar
ton of the guns could DO heard for
miles across the hills and dales.
Next" shouted the head scorer.
as Squad No. 5 left the traps TO
make room for No. a. members OF
which had been lolling on the
benches t the rear.
Among the members of Squad No.
4 was Eugene A Reilly. one Of the
best tapshooters of the state Of
Kansas and a native OF Wichita
On this particular afternoon Rel-
iy hung up a straight 50-the goal
Of all devotees Of the gun and clay
bird.
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OIL SHOWNGSF0UND IN PURDON
TEST LATEST TEXAS SENSATION

and directly north Of the great Mera
pool
IL was stated al thu offices OF tho
Security, Producing and Drilling com
Many In Fort Worth n few days ago
iarr rszz-sss of Developments nj thu
pr-<,ent depth of this web. the fnten.
ton Is TO explore the deeper sands and
10 70 down to the Woodhine sands
the largest production Is likely
TO be found
Before entering the Me4at fed tho
company had been operating IN Okla
homa where It has some production.
II has plans under way for an lnten-
live development campaign. particu-
larry in the Mexa territory
The company Is differed by capable
experienced oil and business men.
John S. Akin. president. has been
closely Identified with the oil indus
try in Texas and the MdContineut
deid for the last 20 years and bears
an enviable reputation as n suresss-
full business man and oil operator
c. H. Carson, the vice president has
been interested in the oil business In
Texas for about i5 years and was one
of the two discoveries Of the Mark
ham field L. A DuvaIi Is secretary
OF the company.
For many years he was engaged in
the banking busincs3 In Idaho. and
before ecoming 10 Texas was manager
of the Shockley Service Sales corpora
ton at Casper. wyo. Many or Mr..
Duvali,s old Casper friends win there
fore be pleased to learn OF his success
In the oil business in Texas
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ooo- In fact. this sum was faten
swallowed up in the gigantic prof
its that came The consideration
for the sale Of a one-half interest
In the properties of the Trapshoot-
er Oil company was $4,000 in cash.
500. 900 out of tho first on to be
run from the wells; and three adj
ditional wells to be drilled on the
lease by the purchasers without
cost to the Trapshooter on com
pany.
A few weeks later the first Trap
shooter well came in with a flush
production Of about 1000 barrels
per day. The second wen COM
pleted on the lease gagged 1900
barrels per day; the third, 5000 bar
reis. and the fourth, $4,000 barrels
per day.
AT one time the .Trapshooter lease
was producing a total of 80. 900 bar
rels of oil per day-or three-fourths
OF the entire production of the
state of Kansas
The PROFITS which accrued to Reil-
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2~l1-nLNTAn- lie DtLnE 6lltuL
the cue in Billiards. he win ex-
plain. And then. hen say. where's
your weli7-
For moss everybody IN this little
Texas town. from the genial Col. Al
bert z. Humphreys, with his millions
and millions taken from the black
sand OF the Mexfa field. on down TO
the towns messenger boy. has an t-
terest In n or more OF tina pools Of
liquid gold. beiching forth the never
ending shower Of golden dollars
iso 900 barrels of the finest crude
ever turned out In n day.
Mexia is on mad.
And wen Atsxda should be-
For here centers the worlds won
der on field. Here history is being
made-history which paies tho stories
Of Cripple Creek gold. and Alaskan
bullion, and California "slush- into IN
significance
Here mi1lionaires are being pro
duced over night. from the field with
the gushers roaring; the wells like
trees In a mighty forest
Here Jules Verne might dream
again and the tales OF the arabian
Nights be told in n modern getting.
This 1921 fairy tnle-a story come
true-opens two years ago. Mexis
was q spot on the map of Texas them
a little town on the Texas plains. I'M
known and uncared for
A train whistled past tho tiny wood
en- shack the tovwn called n depot
Now and then n tourist stopped at the
village garage. And then
A 2co-barrel-a-day on veu came IN.
That well belonged to Colonel Hum.
phreys OF Denver.
With the vision and foresight which
has already made him n man OF
wealth. Colonel Humphreys. with his
equally independent partners, Lyman
Brown. Carl c. Schuyler and c. f.
Clay. had put their own money into
the field.
on was not a stock proposition with
Colonel Humphreys.
He believed in Mexia-se knew
: his stun" in the language OF those
who followed him.
That day Mexia WIS placed on the
oil map Of the nation
BY airplane Colonel Humphreys
few from Denver to see his dream
the little 2o0-barrei wen.
My faith has been justifed-ou b
here" the colonel said. And 30 OPP
erations were increased. Wells. on a
larger scale than ever before attempt
ID in the Mexia strata were sunk
Today these wells-50 Of them ars
already completed into gigantic gush'
ers-are giving out 10000 barrels Of
oil a day.
Colonel Humphreys did not trust &c
subordinates. He stayed on the 3ot
himself.
Mexia was being built over nigh,
in hose days. Rough pine board
shacils housed millionaire and tramr
who worked In the ever increasing
pools Of oh 20 hours of every calen
dar day.
Colonel Humphreys was a victim Of
the "nu."
Scores and scores of others IN tn,
ffttlo oil town were also stricken Or
his bed. in the hastily constructed
hospital Colonel Humphreys utteret
a prayer.
'oh. spare me- he pleaded. IF
lfve-if my friends and co-workers ar,
spared 1 pledge that I VIII give II
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ing physician Of corsicana. Texas,
and. although the Doctors days have
been filled with his labors in minis
tering to mortal aches and pains. he
has found time to acquire an inti-
mate and detailed knowledge of the
oil business. With Charley Andor-
son.. Mr.. Hoover. formers the board
OF trustees of the Mexia Extension
syndicate. and his science. blended
with Charley's experience and luck,
augur well for the success of the en-.
terp1sa- Their first weil is already
down approximately 1.soo feet
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DREAMED OIL,
MAY GET RICH
Little Girls Expectations OF
Holt Farm Have Come
True in Part.

MExA Tz-Do you believe in
dreams7
Whether you do OF not. you must
admit that he visions tAat sometime
come to tho -subconscious mind OF a
fieeping person ave a great degree
OF reality.
For Instance
O. e Williams i've or q farm south
east of Moxia His firm included land
purchased from q man named Holt
and known as the ''old Holt place"
Mr.. Williams has n daughter. Ina
ffary.
Ten years ago when Miss Williams
was Il years old, there was no oil Elk
cfteruent at Mexta or. in fact any
where in North Texc-
About midnight one night ten ycars
ago. Ina Mary was heard laughing
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Eastland County Region
TUNED Irfo Boom Dis
tnct by Strike

Back in 1911, . tiny village sum.
bered on the banks of a sluggish little
creek IN Texas The village had its
general store. It's bank, its harness
shop. its combination blacksmith shop
ard garage. while n striped barber
role. giving n touch OF coior to the
dun one OF the main street, indicted
that location OF the only barber shop
the town boasted-
Tbs little village was fn Eastiand
County, Texns- II was called Hog
Town The creek that ran near Il
was called Hog Greek. Those were
lean year. for the farmers there
abouts During the long months of
drought they drove their cattle and
hogs for miles to water them in this
murky little creek. which seldom nm
dry. Thus II was that the creek came
to be known as Hog Crock"
Those were not poetic naraes. but
they sufficed. because the people there
with n exception. yer not dream
ers of dreams or builders Of air cas-
ties. They could SEQ no future for
their own and so they were content
to let it be known ms Hog Town
Tho Man With n Vision.
There was n man In Hog Town who
stood apart from his fellow townsmen.
He pursued the humble calling OF
presiding ovcr the destiny of the tiny
barber shop that stood behind the
ga~udily-painted sign On the main
street His name was carruth- ]. w.
Carruth. and he wsts n barber
]. W. Carruth was not n barber
from choice. but from necessity.
While his hands wcre busy with tho
razor and scissors, his mind was far
from the environment of that little
shop For J.. w. Carruth was a nan
with n vision. no was n dreamer of
dreams. no wes n builder Of air cas-
Ties
Years before Carruth was attacked
by that violent disease known as ION
fever" He had studied the oil bdsiness
every possible moment He had talk
ed eagerly to every oil man he could
find. He had visited oil fields as often
as he could. Ho had become \ stu
dent Of tho oil business.
Folks In Hog Town believed that
Carruth was 3r.st n little bit crazy.
II you remember they have said the
same thing about Thomas Edison.
ana abo1t Henry Ford. and about 9TH
ers who were guided by n vision.
]. W. Carruth. as we nave said- was
a barber by necessity-an on man by
choice. His heart and his soul were
in the OIL business However. in the
barber trade. he was a skilled worker
and his nimble hands made few slips
as they carried tho giittering razors
around the chins of Hog Town citi-
zens, although his mind was far away.
Carufh Studies on Business
Twenty miles northeast of Hog
Town was an Oh field It was a shall
low field IN the vicinity of strawn,
Texas. The weris at strrwn did not
produce much oil. but It was oil. and
they were real on wells That was a
sufficient magnet to draw Carruth
away from his shop many. many
days.
His business was frequently neg
iected, and many a Saturday night
when the worthy burgers of Hog
Town wanted their weekly shave they
found h door Of the barber shop
! locked and h interior dark. Carruth
would be miles away going home after
a day or several days spent just rid
ing around the Strawn field. convers
ing with the oil men there and look
ing over. the territory between Boz
Town and Strawn. Many a morning
saw Carruth driving is old gray horse
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SIX STRUCTURES IN
KAUFMAN COUNTY TEX.

MErx1A, Tex.-CoEonel A. E. Hum.
phTcys was host recently to over 200
citizens OF Terrell. who came to Mexia
on a special train to invite the Colonel
to visit Terrell and help develop the
wonderful oil possibilities of Kaufman
county.
In his address of welcome Colonel
Humphreys made statements that
thrilled everyone present and especi-
ally those Of East Texas.
1--WE have sx structures In Kauf-
man county. said Colonel Humph.
reys. land we viii spend. If necessary,
in that county $1,000. 900. Without
boasting we have the money to do IL.
And we r not afraid to do It When
we go to Kaufman county It win be
to drill on and drill on and dril on
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Hoover about h drcaIn which had
come true in part. and which may
come true in whole. when the well
of the Mexia-Extension Syndicate.
witch is now down 1900 feet, is com
pleted to pay depth
But that's not the whole story.
In December. 1922. Miss Williams
had another dream and In that dream
she saw thirty-six derr.cks in the vi.
cinity of the Williams home. At
present there arc six derrfcks up IN
this vicinity and many locations have
been announced by some of the largest
companies in the field. so It seems
probable that within tho next few
weeks this second dream of Ina
Mary's will be fulfilled
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SSO,O0O,O00I IN RICHEST |vENUP
BY MEXIA FIELD IN TWO YEARS
Daily Production Mark Near 100000 Barrels and
Still Growing as Result Of Development;
Colonel Humphreys Starts 1t All

Mexia, Texas-"How do you pronounce it,"
That's the first question the visitor to this 5000 popula-
ton town-the golden nugget in the heart of the barren Lone
Star state-asks.
The answer, the first banker, or "roughneck" or "feld
scout you meet on the oilsoaked main street will tell you is
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WORKMAN WELL READY TO BITE
into SAND, PROSPECTS G00I
Especial to The Tribunel

Q Tr1bune1
a hard gray lime rock. a rattafl was
Sent through this rock to s.os5 feet
and after the cement hardens they
win drill In tn well
The j. ". Crruth on company has
many shareholders in this vicinity.
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WORKMAN. Tex. Feb. 25.-Strcng
showings Of oil and gas were report
ed today from the well Of the J. w.
Carruth Oil company on its 1~.o05.ncre
lease six miles south and a OF here
at 3.035 feet The drill encountered
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/. Two girl students at svarthmcre
college lost n bet and a hard.fought-
fight when they failed to eat 100 raw
oysters zach at n sitting. One girl
ate 50 and the other so.
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told them about the escaping gas that
raised the casing in the well
The New York herald., 1922-03-31
TOO LATE, SAYS LEWIS,
TO HALT COAL STRIKE
Union Heads Statement Dis
peIs Hope of Peacemakers.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 30.-Inter-
national President John l.. Lewis OF the
United Mine Workers declared here to-
night that the time Is now too short for
a satisfactory agreement between
miners and operators to avert suspen-
sion Of work by the union men at mid
night tomorrow.
With this statement the last apparent
hope OF averting a shut down in the
coal industry disappeared and it ap-
parcntly puts q auietus on the eleventh
hour effort of the House Labor Com
mittee 10 have President Harding issue
an invitation for a conference to-nnor-
row of operators and miners.
'orhe miners have been and are willing
70 respond to any invitation issued BY
President Harding" said Mr.. Lewis.
las 10 hating the strike. the time is
too short to reach a satisfactory under
standing even IL the operators are will
ing TO meet, which ! understand they
are not.
"In my judgment the operators are
determined TO force a strike. Powerful
non-union interests are exercising in
fluence In every possible way to insure
a fight so that they may reap finan-
cial harvest by operating during the
strike"
All prelmlnaries for the suspension
OF work fave been completed at the
unions international headquarters here.
The New York herald., 1922-03-31
SILK BuSing Limited.

The local raw silk market IS quiet and
its prices have advanced and are held
firmly under the influence of a stronger
tone in tho Yokohama market. according
10 n. i. Gwalter G. Co. Inc. but buyers
are reluctant to accept the changed situ-
alton. Purchases are being limited 10
pressing needs. The broad silk situation
Is complicated by large stocks OF mer-
chandise being sold at cut prices and
drastic curtailment OF mill operations are
announed in some quarters. The ribbon,
business shows Improvement and knit
ting mills are said 70 be nearing the
point at which increased orders will
force them - reenter the market for
fresh supplies. The Milan market is
reported as unchanged, with prices nom
inal. The Yokohama market Is frmer
and moderate business is reported at the
pegged level Of LEO yen for double
extra grade and $50 yen for tram stock.
Quotations on the Bourse have improved
and stocks OH hand remain unchanged az
H.. 900 bales. Tho Canton market is
quiet and the Shanghai market continues
featureiess.
The New York herald., 1922-03-31
INTERIOR RECEIPTS.
URGES ACTION BY BAR
IN BANKRUPTCY CASES
w. w. Orr Wants Union With
Credit Men in Reform.

The committee on commerce, trade
and commercial law OF the American
Bar Association held its second public
hearing yesterday at the Merchants As
sociatlon headquarters in the Wool
worth Building. W. W. Orr. represent
ing the National Credit Mems Associa-
ton. urged closer cooperation between
the New York State bar and credit
mems organizations, seeking to have
members OF the bar take action relative
TO alleged Illegal practice Of the law In
the adjustment OF bankruptcy matters.
In discussion OF the failure OF the
Federal Trade Commission TO give ad-
visory opinions on the Sherman act
Julius Henry Cohen. q member Of the
committee. asked 'If you cant get
two members OF the Cabinet 10 agree
on such questions how can YOU expect
the members OF the commission to do
soo"
Taking up the proposed arbitration
court 10 settle commercial controversies
C. l.. Bernheimer, chairman or the COM
mittee on arbitration of the New York
state Chamber OF Commerce. suggested
an act empowering the Government 10
enter into contracts containing an ar
bitration clause.
The committee will continue in ses-
sion to-day.