The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 2

iUxta Saily PAGfc 2-tHtmsbAY. JULY i. ifm-MKXfA. TKKAS Pntvtrdav. Dccenil.i 17, Mexia Makes Record In Week Just Passed or THE KIKVfcN KlRVEN', Pec.

Whatlev we'll one and one-half miles northeast of Kirven has? derrick up am! is cxectcd to spud ifi Thursday. Bonher well two miles north of from Kifveii is 2800 foci and is drilling in the Austin Chalk. The Perry well four miles north of Kin-en is drill around 300 feet and has a night and day shift. The King Well three miles southeast of Kirven has lumber on the 1 ground for derrick. The Snalum well four and one-half miles northwest is drilling night and day and is now below the 700 foot mark.

The Pitts well is drilling in. The Purifoy well west of Kirven has drilled through the Austin chalk. The Steward's mill well east of Kirven is down 2000 feet. The Abner Davis Radioscope well six miles south is down below the 2000 foot mark. Derrick up on Sheffield farm tour and one-half miles south of Kirven.

Jackson well four and one-half miles north of Kirven spudded in last it is understo.od. Derrick up on Dr. Young farm four and one-half miles west of Kirvon. TEHUACANA SURPASSES MANY TOWNS IN ITS RAPID Just a few weeks ago, Tehuacana was a very small village known only by a few who knew that it had one of the oldest as well as the best Colleges in the lone star state but today we are right in the midst of the big oil activites with derricks beinig built and wells spudded in right at our door, which are being drilled on night and day, and show every indication of being wells, that will rank with the other big gushers in the field. Many new business houses as well as new residences are already completed and many more under construction, all filled with various lines of trades and the little city on the hill is beninning to share its part of the oil boom in this vicinity.

The Bound's wells is expected to come in ac any minute and should this prove to be a gusher much activity will prevail this vicinity, and those that have already cast their, lot with us will share the proseprity. I Tehuacana Times. SANKEY FORTUNE OF HALF MILLION TO ONLY CHILD FORT WORTH, Dec. Ruth daughter of John S. (Jack) Sankey, prominent local oil man who was found dead in his office in the Metropolitan Hotel, has been bequcathcr the bull: of the Sap-key estate, valued at according his well, field lor probate this week.

Under the ter-iis of the will, this Lena Fa.ve is fnven his mother, Mary I. Sankey ol' Lcs Angeles, $25,000, and a and r.stcr ITnrry S. Srnkey and Mrs. Nellie J. Matthews both of Los Angeles, aro g'vcn like The remainder of the estate goes to his daughter by a "onner It is requested in the will that the cash settlement be made as soon as possible, and that should there not be a sufficient amount of cash on hand to meet these gifts, a portion of his l.ok.infi.3 be of thai t'u $100,000 can be distributed.

F. Pr Lieuallen is named trustee ol the daughter's and will can- for her maintenance tin'! 1 she becomes 21 when the estate wll he turned ovi-r to her. Lieuallen was named by Sankey a exemitor of the will, which was signed by W. M. Short, S.

B. Cuntey and S. B. Cantey an wittnesse.s. Classified Ads bring results, We Weld Anything But A BROKEN HEART and THE BREAK OF DAY Pon't throw away any castings until you sue us.

We weld car frames and cylinder blocks. We burn carbon without taking the head off your car. 0. K. Welding Shop At Tom Robinson Shop (COXTIXUKH FOKM PACK ia crude daily.

Also, this week an ill Mexia crude. llcrcli.r.ire been listed in market reports bottom of the column. lieinu' pai'l. The increase In oils 1 dnllar per barrel or an advance of tl.ii-iy thiee per cent has placed Mexia hiuher in the find indicates something of the scramble now being mad' for the output nf this field. Seven new producing "ells and one big passer have been addi to the field's product ion in the past seven days, which is a record in itself.

The highest week nn to tli" present paw an increase of six. which is one less than the present week. The initial flow of these seven new gushers ranging from 2-10 ban-els to a 1000 barrels hourly, by fruau'e tests, amounts to a flush production of practically 70,000 barrels. The week's wells are: Humphreys Adamson 2, flush Humphreys-Thomas 1, flush G.OOO. The Humble-Thomas 5, flush 10 000.

The flush 10,000. The Humble Thompson 1, flush 7,000. The Owen-Wood Oil Company's Abner 1, flush 15,000. The Simms Petroleum T. Carter, flush 8,000.

The Seay-C'ranfill gnsser, 25,000 cubic feet. Deals announced: Captain A. J. Coyle verified rumors that he had sold sixteen acres on the Carter lease with the Coyie et well. The deal mride to the H-iskeil interests are IKW i nu fd in a heavy (li'iilinu- cai'iiniiun.

'me eonsiderntion was 1 as the rumor indicated. Fi'ed and F. C. Carter sold to Chas. F.

Noble of Tulsa seven and a half arces on the Thompson tract, I with the Earnest Jones drilling well. It is understood that the consideration was in the neighborhood of SSnO.OOO and represented the Interest figure involved in any deal in the field considering the acres transferred. MUCH ACTIVITY IN WILDCAT LEASING WAXAHACHIE, Dec. leases in the vicinity of the well being drilled by the Dallas Gas and Fuel Company between Waxahachie and Midlothian are jumping steadily in price. Some of these have recently sold ns high as $20 per acre.

The depth that has thus far been reached by the drillers is believed to be something more than 1700 feet, although they have made no announcement. The company's contract calls for a depth of 3,000 feet if necessary. A phenomenon that has caused considerable interest upon the part of persons interested in oil development in the last few years has been the presence of oil in a cistern about 30 or 35 feet deep, at the E. T. Rea residence, three-fourths of a mile northeast of Midlothian.

During the recent drouth, and since then, there has not developed the usual amount of oil for a long while the cistern would make from two to three barrels of oil per day. It was 1 a seepage that aroused interest of persons throughout the country. Moved to 708 East Sumpter Street between Ross Avenue and Red River Street, with Ramsey's Grocery. Fresh Meats, Fish and Oysters Hot Barbecue Every Day Houser Manager WE HAVE A YARD NEAR YOU Speed artists in Quality and Service GLEM JOHNSON LBR, CO, Xm Sa 1 $45.08 Suits on Sale at $37.50 $40.00 Surfs on Sale at $32.50 $37.50 Suits on Sale at $30.50 $35.00 Suits on Sale at $27.50 $30.00 Suits on Sale at $22.50 $25.00 Suits on Sale at $79.50 Plenty of sizes, colors and kinds to fit and suit you All Boys Suits On Sale at Great ly Recnced Prices Commerce Street.