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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31
DEEP TEST PLANNED
NEAR BIG SPRING

BIG SPRINGS, Tex, Jan. 90
A large block of acreage secured by
the Marland Oil company, IA miles
southeast OF Big Spring. is scheduled
for a deep test soon. Location has
been made on Section 159, in the w.
Il. Settles ranch. Goodman and
Henshaw who sub-leased some of this
tract from the Marland company, have
completed arrangements to have Dan
Lewis, an Independent oil operator
and driller. from the Westbrook field
TO make this test.
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BIG SPRING TEST
REACHES 1000 FEET

BIG SPRINGS. Tex, Jan. 3d.
Drilling on the well ON the T.. w.
Douthit ranch, % miles southeast of
here. is going forward steadily. The
drilling is now going on below, the
1000-foot depth. Fred Carney is in
charge Of drilling operations. This
is considered most important test
and oil men are keeping an eye on it.
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TAMPlCO TO ISSUE
PERMITS FOR WELLS

TAMPlCO, Mex, Jan. 3O.-After
lapse of several years. drilling per-
mits will again be granted By the
Tampico Petroleum agency without
prior consultation with the Petroleum
Bureau in Mexico City. The only
exceptions will be in cases of wells
which in the judgement Of the agency
might be considered offsets and there
for come under the provisions of the
recent regulation relative 70 the i'm
moderate exploitation Of pools.
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DRILL DEEP TEST.

BIG SPRING, Jan. 30.-Slosn
and associates have rig mp and are
preparing to start deep test for oil
on the Otis Chalk ranch. about 2l
miles southeast of here. Location Is
on section 11S. block 20. w. and n.
W. survey. This location is about
midway between the Deep Rock on
company's Lyman No. ! and the Fred
Hyer II. r. Clay No. ]. The latter
well is now on the pump and pro-
ducing regularly from an oil sand
around 1000 feet.
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FISH FOR BAILER.

BIG SPRING, Jan. 3O.-Ihoatt
and Henshaw's O'Daniel No. l was
fishing for lost hailer last week.
Since having been given a 642-quart
shot of nitroglycerine. it has been i'm
possible TO successfully clean out this
we'll, so that it could be placed on the
pump. While it is considered good
for from 50 10 100 barrels of oil
daily, it may do better when pumped.
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MARYLAND DRILLING
WELL IN GLASSCOCK

BIG SPRINGS. Tex, Jan. 30
The work of shutting off water in
the Choate and Henshaw Neal No,
1 on the A. ID. Neal ranch il Glass
cock county, has been completed and
drilling below 1900 feet is in progress.
This test is in the center of a large
tract of land leased for oil develop
ment by the Marland Oil company.
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SCOUTS CENTER
ATTENTION ON
DEEP Tests

ARTESIA, y. NJ, Jan. 30
Operators in this field arc closely
watching the No. 1 test Of Lockhart
Brothers in the North onc-half of sec
ton IL, block 81, Twp. I, Loving
county, Texas, four miles south Of
the New Mexico line. An excellent
showing was obtained ut 3145 feet
this coming from the Delaware Noun
tain sandstone. 1t was from this
formation that production was OBJ
tanned in the Wheat well near Peeos,
Texas, at 1900 feet.
Three additional feet Of pay sand
has been picked up in the No. 6
well of the Twin Lakes Oil company
in the southwest quarter of Section
2S-1S-2S. at n depth OF 1896 feet.
This deep test is swabbing 60 barrels
daily and will be drilled to 29OO feet
in an effort to increase production.
SPUD-IN TEST.
Drilled to 2540 feet the No. G
well Of the V. X. +. Oil company
in section 1I-1S-2S, after being shot,
is a 100-barrel producer. This pro-
duction is coming from sand topped
at 2150 feet. The No. test of this
company, located between the No. 1
and . producers is being spuddcd in.
In section 2S-1S-2S. the Ohio Oil
company's No. q on the Toomie. Al
len lease has drilled into salt water
at 1920 feet This will be cased off
and the hole carried down.
FIND GAS SHOW.
Holeman and Ritter, in the northeast
Of the southwest of section 1S-1S-2S
are drilling in their No. 1 well. Two
million feet of wet gas was passed
up in this hole at 1850 feet.
In the southeast corner of the south
east of the southwest Of section 16-
1928, the Hassenfuse, Donley and
Compton No. l test gives indication
of making a good well, having picked
up the red sand at 1870 fee. seven
feet higher than found in producers
in the same area.
Flynn. WEIGH and Yates are erect
ing standard derrick in the center
of the southwest of the southeast oil
section 21-1S-2S, to drill deep test
to 1000 feet. This location is south
of the Dome Oil company's lease,
considered one of the best pieces OF
production in the field. This com.
pany have also made location il
the northwest corner of the north
east of the southeast Of section 21-
1898
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OIL ROYALTIES ARE
LOWERED IN MEXICO

TAMPICO, Mex, Jan. 30.-As the
result of repeated petitions of con-
cessionaries exploiting the 'subsoil Of
federal zones, the amount of royalty
they must pay to the national treas
uIy has been decreased from 40 per
cent 10 so per. cent.
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TEST NEARING PAY.

BIG SPRING. Tex. Jan. 90
Drilling is GOING forward steadily on
Choate snd Hcnshaw's A. ID. Neal
well No. / in Glasscock county. This
test is now more than 1900 feet. An
oil sand is expected 10 be encount-
sred around 200 feet.
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MARYLAND DRILLING.

BIG SPRING, Jan. JU.-Another
est well on acreage controlled by the
Nsrland OIL company was spudded in
asst week. This test is on the Colder
ranch in Glasscock county and is To-
|fated about seven and half miles
Southesat Of the Choate and Henshaw
a. ID. Neal No. !. 1t is on line be-
tween the Mitchell and Howard coun-
BY oil fields.
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SECOND POOL
IN RENDADO
PROBABLE
Simms and E. L. Smith Test
Finds Oil Showing
at 1900 Feet.

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 30.-From
present indications it would seem that
the Randado Basin, Jim Hogg Coun-
~, is in line for the second oil pool.
A good sand showing both oil and gas
at the depth of 1900 feet was cored
in the Simms Oil Company and L. j.
Sxith Oil Company No. test, located
on block /. survey 233. This location
is Just west of the original discovery
gas well of the j. W. Pippin interests
and > IL miles southeast of the re-
Gently discovered Randado pool. The
Simms Oil Company have under oil
aud gas lease some 10000 acres in the
Randado Basin with this test near the
center Of its holdings. The officials
Of the company are confident of max
ing producing well in this test and
plan large drilling campaign in the
near future.
johnson and DeTray during III.
past week completed one Of the la rgest
gassers in the Carolins-Texss netd.
Blowing in while bailiug. from the
depth of 2lsO feet. the well sauged
approximately 10000, 900 cubic feet Of
gas.
on BLOCK T.
This sasser is located on block 4,
survey 1912, of the NJ. Vela ranch
aud is a direct offset 10 the dry hole
drilled BY the Lowry Oil Corpora non
some two years ago.
The Simms Oil Company took over
portion of the ". W. Jones ranch,
Jim Hogg County and is planning a
deep test which will be located on the
eastern portion of share >, Las Ami
mas grant and about three miles east
OF the Henne. Winch and Fariss pool.
L. r. Marts IL testing his deep test
located on survey 1917 Of the Reiser
field.
The Texas Company r. fishing for
part of drill stem at the depth of 1900
feet in No. 2 located in the Jennings
field. Zapata County.
Kitselman and st. Adams completed
No. "a. block s. survey II, Las Ami
mas grant rs a gasser gauging 40
100000 cubic feet.
Keeling ct al is moving GU tools
for test on block 4. survey Is. Mari
ano Arispe grant. Bruni-Cole field.
The Andrews Petroleum Corpora
ton resumed drilling at the depth NJ
$3.50 feet in No. located on survey
267, Randado pool.
TEST FOR STARR.
Rutledge ct al No. . Kelsey ranch.
Poreion 70, Starr County. is reported
as encountering n sand that showed
indications of oil at the depth of 1910
feet, preparations are being made 20
set casing and make a test.
The Rydal-Rycade interests spudded
No. . test located on the fedora
Vella land in Jim Hogg County.
Benedum and Trees, the largest
wildcat operators in the country, have
become interested in this territory and
now plan to drill one or more deen
tests. The present plans are TO drill
on the w. =. Allen and Wormser
Brothers ranches. Jim Hogg County
and Brooks County. The area under
consideration is considered most ia
vorable and will be watched with con-
siderable interest.
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sPUD IN WILDCAT.

SPUR. Tex, Jan. 30.-The Deep
Rock Oil Company OF Fort Worth
spudded in No. ] on block 2, survey
SO. % miles southwest Of here. The
test is in Cara County.
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DISTRICT OUTPUT
DECLINES IN WEEK

Output Of the San Antonio district de-
clined 1850 barrels during the past week
Following Is the report by fields:
NORTH TEXAS.
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To HOLD
COASTAL CRUDE
: I EADY
Operators See But Little
Chance for Advance
in Prices.

Speculation as to what will be
the outcome Of present development
around recently proved salt domes is
common among coastal operators at
this time. There can be little doubt
about the coastal section being in for
a period Of increasing production, but
to what extent is a matter Of interest
ing conjecture. To suggest any figure
for peak during 1926 would be MAX
ing a conclusion without facts to back
it up, for no one can tell what the
different domes will do except as they
are drilled. The fact that production
will increase however. is sufficiently
important to have n direct bearing gu
the general situation. Those who
might have been hoping for r change
in the price of Gulf Coast oil see moth
ing encouraging in the present out
look.
Although it is not known TO what
extent coastal storage is being drawn
on at this time, it is believed that a
few companies are taking crude from
their stock tanks. The amount cam
not be very large. however. During
1925 coastal storage varied very little.
i'll fact for several years there has
been no wide margin between the out
put and consumption Of coastal crude,
During last year, especially, consump-
ton and output held close together.
resulting in a steady market for Gulf
Coast,
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MARKET STEADY.

Figures on the amount OF coastal oil
IN storage now vary, between 10,
100000 and 100000 barrels. With
increasing production and even ~
much as 100000 barrels of oil in
storage tanks. the chances are that
the market will stay where it is. Ii
there should be a sudden big strike
of coastal oil, the market would not
hold. because at least one Of the. three
major companies in the coast district
is now loaded with all the oil it can
profitably handle.
Fortunately, of the several salt dome
districts recently proven for produc'
tion, Boiling is the only one that will
be developed rapidly. Also Boiling oil
so far has shown to be similar TO that
found in the Mid-Continent. rather
than in the Gulf Coast. No price has
been posted on Boiling yet. but one
big purchaser is known to have con-
tracted with The Texas Company fol-
100000 barrels at S1.75. Carrying
charges amount to 40 cents. making
the total cost of the oil delivered at
the refinery, amount TO $40.
1t is said that so far. Boiling is the
only field Of its kind known. In many
of the coastal districts light oil has
been found. but not in amounts equal
TO that at Boiling. nor of the character.
Boiling crude is high in gasoline con-
tent. and very low in lubricating
value.
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SPINDLE TOP WELL

At Spindle Top the Lillian Oil COM
pany got 75-barrel well in its Ter
rell No. >, at $50 feet. W. 3. Flynn
abandoned his No. Gladys, though,
at 1900 feet.
Acorn Oil company reported the
only we'll from Batson, and that dry
hole. Parrafine IS was abandoned at
60 feet.
The Texas company's Fee 2T0, at
Sour Lake was worked over for pro-
duction Of eight barrels from 2100
feet. and the Primrose Oil company's
Finklestein /. also workover,
pumped II barrels from 1850 feet.
Yount Lee Oil company's deep well
at Sour Lake is still holding up to its
initial output. and the company has
announced that it will probably keep
two rigs running on other tests Of its
lease, having in view the deep horizon
from which the present production is
coming.
At Hull, the Mecom Oil company's
Taylor 3. workover, was dry at
1850 feet. Yount Lees Merchant II,
also n Hull workover. was failure
1T $500 feet. The Gulf got q well in
its Phoenix Development company
G2. good for 300 barrels at 1910 feet.
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LIGHT OIL.

In fact that expense of making lube
oil from Boiling crude would be too
great TO justify it in any event. Thus
we find light oil field, apparently.
i'll a district where heavy oil has
predominated heretofore. The Texas
company well is right against the
dome, however. and it may be that
as wells are drilled further out, oil
of coastal grade will be discovered. At
this time, though. Boiling cannot fig
ure as a factor in the coast market.
About n half dozen wells are now
drilling at Boiling and as many der
ricks are up. with several more loca-
tons. The next month or two will
reveal the worth of the field, as we'll
as whether it will be light oil field
or eventually one Of the usual type
in the Gulf coast.
Compilations in the oil fields during
the week were of routine nature with
almost as many failures as producers.
Goose Greek and Sour Lake showed
up with no dry holes. but the rest OF
the fields failed to make such re-
mort.
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Uncluding Illinois. Indie
ana. Kentucky Penn
syiYania, Ohio. West
Virginia and New
Yoris) ..............lo o,5oo loo.SOo
PRODUCTION SUMMARY.
East OF Rockies .....l,2s5,s00 1,si5.6S0
United States .......1.s47,1oo 1,s2s.s5O
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-30

either on the backward or forward
swing; that rhythm of the swing
must eliminate In perfect timing
when the club meets the ball ; thai
the body must keep a perfect bal.
ance all through the swing that nc
successful stroke can be made by
babying the ball and that more
than 90 per cent Of II good game Is
played by that part of the anatomy
located above the eyes.
The most important thing to
know is that the length and ac-
curacy of the shot depends on the
facing and speed Of the club head
for a foot or more back of and
through the ball. Take any
straight line anywhere there is
room enough to swing a club.
Imagine this line of flight pointing
toward the hole. Make q mark on
the line at a point where there is
at least a foot or more back of and
In front of the mark. Sole the club
on this mark, with the face at ex-
actly right angles to the line of
flight. All that Is easy. Especially
easy to understand that a
board at right angles to the line,
brought straight forward on the
line and hitting the ball Will force
the ball straight along the line.
That is exactly what 1t is necessary
to do with the face of the club.
the club, slowly at first. and
try to keep the face AT right angles
for a foot or mor of space in the
middle of which the ball is sup
posed to be. And absolutely an
Choir the knowledge that the swing
is Incorrect if the club head goes
over the line at any point. That Is
simple lesson that the majority of
golfers do not know.
%. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-30
ODE
Watch Night

By FRANK L. STANTON
In Atlantis Constitution

a HAPPY time twas round abou
~ With peace and Joy 70 win
We watched the Old Year goin
out,
The New Year comm in.
A glad experience meetin'
A halleluja throng,
Amazin grace was in the place,
The shingles shook with ong
We saw the Old Year goin',
And gave 1t heart and hand,
And told the old, sweet story
or home and Promised Land.
The troubles and the trials
That tried us through the year,
Twas good to tell EN- over
And shout the victory there
To meet, and know each other
There with the lifted load;
feel that friend and brother
Travelled the self-same road.
We told 1t in the singin'
And in the joyful word,
as the song went ringin'
I know the angels heard.
Oh, there the New Year found us
We heard his glad bells toll,
But the light that shone around US
Was the light OF soul TO SOUL
There was Land of Promise:
We heard the New Year say;
1T isn't far to heaven
To hearts that know the way"
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~
the car. The garage mans eyes
glistened. He laughed.
"All right, sir" he agreed. "We
won't forget the dog. Just the DO
'liceman we want here at night. Too
many tough tramps pounding the
railroad ties these days. Put him
on our pay roll, sure. But look
here to the car owner, but sweep
ing his gaze to include the others,
do you mean all this, just when
I'm needing you so much, or is ii
only for an hour or two to straight
en- yourself out?"
Far as I'm concerned, I'd like
to stay quite a SPELL" declared the
woman. Il want to rest. Been 90
ing steadily now for most nine
weeks. Start the New Year right,
and mebbe it'll stay right"
THAT will do for me, too con
fessed the girl, with a smile. "Tray-
cling is all right, but not when you
have TO do it on a shoestring."
The owner nodded. ME, too.
That was my last twenty-five cent
And you can guess what
nine weeks have been, starting on
$40. And, oh, well, you may as
well know it all. ! was sold out
back in Idaho. and only saved this
old car and the $40 from the
wreck. Seems like this is time to
start the New Year right
ia 1926. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-30

Unless the choice has been guided
by an experienced professional, il
is doubtful if any golfer short OF
The star class has a set of clubs
that ft him. The wrong choice OF
clubs in itself forms a permanent
bar to anything beyond mediocre
skill. One might as well attempt
a foot-race wearing shoes Of differ
ent sizes and neither of them
fitting.
The first arbitrary point by which
to be guided in the choice OF clubs
Is the nature Of the swing-up-
right, semi-upright or fiat. There
are many shades of difference in
the three divisions. Oftener than
not 1t happens that no club can be
found, hand-forged or not, that ex-
actly fits. But the experienced
club-maker can make the final cor
rections, just as does the tailor In
the last fitting of q suit of clothes.
Clubs are made in fat, medium and
upright lies TO correspond roughly
to the three swings. It does not
follow, however, that a club with
a fiat lie viii fit the fiat swinger.
A fairly upright swinger, for in
stance. must have clubs with rather
fat lies if he is short in stature or
stoops ~abnOrmally in his stance.
There Is a range of a foot or more
also in the reach of the player or.
the distance they naturally stand
from the ball.
In general, and until the average.
player is ready to graduate into the
near-star class, 1t should be the rule
that every club should be soled
fully In making q natural swing.
If the sole is straight, this means
that 1t should touch the turf for thel
full length. For any shot that theI
average player has any chance of
negotiating, 1t Is wholly wrong forI
q club to be soled with the toe upI
and off the ground. Good p%atternsI
of wooden clubs now are madeI
with curved soles and which will
have the face in proper position mol
matter what the swing. Flat soles
are better for iron clubs however.
The face changes if the toe or heel
Is cooked up and allowance must bel
made for direction. But why com
plicate a very hard matter by going
"agin natur" in selling the club7
15-Value of Preliminary
Knowledge.
1t Is a real pity that the beginner
1t golf cannot first go through q
curse of instruction that will show
lim the value of a correct swing be-
fore he ever hits a ball. 1t would
make him a better-than-the average
before ever he has played a game.
t would cut off years, perhaps q
lifetime Of futile efforts to master
something of which he knows moth
ng not even the knowledge that
le cannot teach himself but must
70 to another for instruction.
1t Is the sheerest folly to copy
my goIfng form until 1t Is learned
hat the club must be at right
to the line Of flight while IT
s In contact with the ball that at
10 time until the player Is ready for
oms of the strokes Of advanced
tolf can the club go over the line
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-30

pied by four different girls within
the past four years. Each Of them
had been married before the year
was up. They had called it the
lucky chair"
Each girl wanted to work at that
desk because 1t was such a lucky
chair, but they offered it to Daisy.
After all that had been unselish
on their part. They had all more
or less wanted it.
And then that New Years Day,
after she had been sitting in The
office chair only for the past two
months, there came news Of {;
friend Of hers who had gone ava!
to sea when Daisy had been o
young girl. Daisy had been full Of
romance about him in those DAYS,
but she had heard since that he
had been married, and now she
wanted to be married. too. The ro-
nance of her life had gone, she felt.
But she wanted, along with the
daily arrival of additional gray
hairs. a house. rather than a room
OF her own.
But that New Years Day she
heard from him. He had never been
married. He was coming back TO
her. He had Travelled everywhere
and he still thought Of her. He
supposed she didn't look quite as
she had, but then, he explained,
neither did he. Oh. that was COM
forting and understanding.
Daisy felt young. young and like
the new, New Year.
That blessed. blessed lucky
CHART" How wonderful the girls
had been TO let her have II.
(0 1926. Western Newspaper Union.1
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Wonder RaiIUoy

The Buenos Ayres and Pacific
railway Is probably the most won
derful in the world.
Though the two termini. Buenos
Ayres and Valparaiso, are tropical
towns, the line, owing to the i'm
mense elevation it attains In cross
ing the Andes. runs for hundreds
of miles through a region of eternal
snow, and Is frequently blocked by
avalanches.
Amongst its wonders is a spiral
tunnel that cost 100000 to build.
a natural bridge of rock, and a
string of 11S steel bridges linked
together by short stretches Of solid
permanent way.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-30
CALIFORNIA GOES TO
MONTANA FOR cow

Bozeman, Mont California is
coming to Montana for its dairy
cows. During the past few months
from - to IS carloads of good
dairy cattle from Montana have
been added to the herds of dairy
men supplying the whole milk
market of the large cities of
southern California. 1t appears
entirely probable also that the de-
mand for Montana cattle will in
crease in the next few years MAX
ing this an important factor in the
future development of dairying in
this state, advises ]. o. Tretsven,
dairy specialist for the Montana
extension service.
The present demand is for cows
that are with calf or that have
recently freshened. Cows + de-
sired which conform color and
general characteristics to the
breed they represent. The age of
the animals is not of prime i'm
portance since they are used pri-
marily for milking purposes and
are usually disposed of as beef at
the end of the lactation period.
Discussing the new source of
revenue open to dairymen of the
state, Tretsven says: Should this
market for dairy cattle continue.
it will be a great help in the de-
velopment of the dairy industry
in the state. According to buyers.
and others who have investigated
the demand for dairy COWS for
market milk purposes in Califor-
mia, it is believed that there will
be a growing demand for cows
many years to come.