The Deming Headlight from Deming, New Mexico • 1

Fof 39 Year Drinorratte ia Iol Volume 30, Number Tbirtf-om Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, Friday, April 14, 1922 Official Paper of Lui ConBty ad the Cltp of Demla CODY HOSPITAL DEAL CONCLUDED EXPECT TO FIND OIL AT ANGELUS Chautauqua Boosters Add to Funds of the Basketball Team Receipts from the sale of tickets and admissions paid at the doors during last weeks chautauqua were sufficient to meet the guarantee and all expenses and to leave a little money over for the girls of the basketball team, but it was the unanimous opinion of the committee that had charge of the affair that what was left for the girls did not recompense them any degree for the work that done to insure the success of tauqua, and an additional sum 4 10 was collected which was tume O. the treasury of the girls ct for the 1922 chautauqua is In the hands of M. S. Nord, pr it of the commitee, and it is expt that the required number of gu. irs will be secured in the next ys, which will insure another th chautauqua for next year.

It was the opinion of everyone who was able to attend the chautauqua this year that the program was a good one, and the patrons of the entertainments were given the assurance of Dr. Armitage, Chautauqua director, that next years talent would be on an even higher scale than that presented by the Radcliffe company here last week. Fire Burns Business Block; Wipes Out Brechbill Home Fire that originated in the room containing the electrical equipment of the Western Union Telegraph office last Friday caused considerable damage to tha interior of the building before it could be brought under control, but the determined efforts of the fire department enabled the men to confine the fire to the telegraph office. The Bruner tailor shop and the offices of M. S.

Nord were damaged slightly by smoke and water. The telegraph service fn the uptown office was interrupted until Tuesday of this week, when C. E. Beckley, the local manager, was able to resume work in the Pine street office again. During the time the office was closed all telegrams were handled through the Southern Pacific office at the station.

The residence of N. J. Brechbill on South Platinum avenue was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon, when fire is supposed to have started from an oil heater that was being used in one of the rooms. The wind that was blowing at the time, accompanied by clouds of dust, made the job of fighting the fire a difficult one, and it was only through the most strenuous efforts of the firemen that the flames were kept from spreading to the surrounding houses. FLORIDA WELL IS O.

K. SAYS WILCOX FORMER DIRECTOR ASSERTS NO NECESSITY EXISTS FOR DRILLING NEW HOLE Exception is taken by W. W. Wilcox, former vice president and director of the Florida Oil to statements made in The Headlight of April 7, in which it was said that the Florida Oil Co. planned to drill a new hole on their land northwest of town.

The reason that Mr. Wilcox makes this statement at this time is because he feels that it is due to the business men and citizens of Deming, from whom he collected about $800 for the purpose of clearing and straightening the present hole the Florida well. Mr. Wilcoxs affidavit follows: AFFIDAVIT W. W.

Wilcox, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That the condition of the present hole of the Florida Oil Company is as follows: When I stopped the last drilling done in the present hole, the hole was 1496 feet deep; that we are 30 feet by the top of the obstruction, with a perfect hole, and no obstruction whatever at the time we stopped drilling. The only reason for stopping the drill at that time was that we were drilling down by the side of the obstruction, and on the advice of Mr. Poland, the former driller of the Angelus well, who has had 30 years experience, that we had better stop and set pipe to keep this obstruction from falling in on us. The hole is perfect and there are no obstructions at this time, and, according to Joha Clarks log of the well, we are only 65 feet from the oil that was struck, which a great number of Deming business men and citizens saw with their own eyes. W.

W. Wilcox, Former Vice President and Director, The Florida Oil Company. Subscribed and sworn to before nfe this 12th day of April, A. D. 1922.

(Seal) H. Dial, Notary Public. My commission expires, November 12, 1923. Mr. Stockholder: Why start a new hole now, without first testing the old hole out, when it is possible to put Deming on the map by drilling tl.e present hole 6 or 109 deeper.

Maundy Thursday was celebrated last night by a large number of the Scottish Rite Masons with a banquet at the Manhattan Cafe. Deaf, Dumb START NEW WELL FOR FLORIDA CO. STAR RIG WILL BE USED IN DRILLING NEW HOLE ON LAND NORTH OF TOWN Preparations for sinking the new well on the land held by the Florida Oil Co. were started Wednesday when the new well site was chosen a short distance from the present hole and the work of getting the rig in place was undertaken. The rig is a Star, and it is expected that the companys drillers will spud in within the next few days.

Frank W. Taylor, in charge of the drilling operations, reports that the sale of the leases on the companys land is meeting with the most encour-aging success and that local investors, as well as those at a distance, are eagerly snapping up the leases on the long payment plans that have been adopted by the company. The capital required to launch the drilling operations is already practically, assured, and the work of sinking the well will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Mr. Taylor and those associated with him have been greatly encouraged by the reports that have come from the Angelas well during the past week, and a successful result at the Angelus well will do much to encourage those "who are interested or may become interested in the operations of the Florida company.

ENCHILADASUPPER FUNDS HELP FURNISH RECTORY Receipts from the enchilada supper given by the ladies of St. Luke 8 guild two weeks ago realized a handsome sum, which has been devoted to the improvement of the rectory, and the ladies are very appreciative of the assistance that was given by the other members of the church, and also by a number of other friends who lent their aid to make the affair a success. SWIMlNGPOOL TO OPEN MAY 15 Plans for the opening of the swimming pool for the coming season were discussed at a meeting of the Community Service that was held at the offices of Fred Sherman on Tuesday evening, when it was decided to open the pool about May 15th. Arrangements are being made to have the pool cleaned out, fresh paint put on the entire plant, and to overhaul the equipment, in which the committee will have the assistance of Tom McCarty, water superintendent. The sale of the tickets for the pool will start within a short time, and will be carried on by the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls.

Every boy or girl who sells $50 worth of season tickets will be given a free ticket as a reward. There will be three classes of tickets this year, the family tickets costing $20 for the season, and that will be transferable between members of the family holding them; the adults season ticket, costing $10, and the school boys and girls tickets, costing $5. 1 Another innovation that the Community Service intends to institute will be the appointment of several caretakers, to be selected from among some of the young men of the town who are seeking to educate themselves and who will thus be able to accumulate some money during the summer season to pay their tuition fees during the winter. Life preservers will also be placed at different points around the pool nd every precaution will be taken to prevent accidents to any of the swimmers. MRS.

GEO. RATHBURN DIES Mrs. Geo. II. Rathburn died at the home of her mother, Mrs.

W. A. Scott, South Silver avenue, on Monday morning, after a brief illness and was buried Wednesday in Mountain View cemetery, funeral services being conducted at the Methodist by Rev. J. H.

Walker. Besides her husband, Mrs. Rathburn is survived by four small children. Her sister, Mrs. C.

T. Creamer, arrived here Tuesday morn ing from her home in Oklahoma City, and is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Scott. Mr. and Mrs.

Rathburn came to the Mimbres Valley last December and had leased one "of the II. II. Jacobs ranches west of town. YOUNGS ENTERTAIN SISTER Dr. and Mrs.

G. II. Young have bad as their guests' for the past week Dr. and Mrs. F.

S. Law, the latter being A sister of Dr. Young. Dr. and Mrs.

Law make their summer home in San Diego, where the former has' a veterinary hospital, and spend their winters at Yuma, where Jie has a large ranch. They left yesterday for Phoenix and Yuma, where they will remaiii for a few days before going on to the coast. TEACHERS CHOSEN FOUR MEMBERS, OF FACULTY TO RESIGN AT END OF THIS TERM OF THE SCHOOLS Four of the teachers employed on the faculty of the local schools have notified the board of education of their Intention to resign at the end of the present school year, but all of the others are expected to remain and have been selected by the board to carry on the work of the schools next Year. Those who resigned are Miss Esther Edgar, Miss Marguerite Harris, Mrs. Forrest Fielder and Miss Lucy McGirr.

Those who were rc-elected are: High School B. W. Wheatley, D. A. Muir, F.

L. Trine, Leora Foster, Helen Harrington, Eva M. Wilson, Dorothy Haynes, Lola S. Foulk, E. Marie Stevens.

Junior High Katherine Shepard, Louise Gauss, Lola Anderson, Charlotte Gordon. Grades Mrs. M. E. Clark, Lucy Cobb, Nola Owen, Ruth Measday, Mary Cobb, Bess Colvin, Mrs.

Mabel Smith, Mrs. A. F. Falkenberg, Mary Kellahin, Anna Jacobsen, Eula Holstein, Rissa Witten, Mrs. A.

G. Smith, Irene Hayes, Mrs. Bessie May, Neita Hollenback, Clarice Whitehill, Grace Cover. Prof. E.

D. Martin, city superintendent, was re-elected to his present post some time ago. EPISCOPAL RECTOR TO HOLD SERVICE TONIGHT Rev. Lawrence A. Shermcr, the new rector of St.

Lukes Episcopal church, arrived in Deming yesterday and was welcomed by a number of the members of the congregation. Mr. Shermer will hold services at the church this evening and cpecial Easter services will be held on Sunday, to which an invitation is extended to everyone who is not attached to any other church. READY FOR PLAY BY SENIOR CLASS The members of the cast that is to present the senior class play, A Strenuous Life, at the Rialto Theatre tomorrow evening are all ready for the rise of the curtain, and the indications are that the play will be the most successful ever given by any of the high school classes. The play abounds in dramatic and comedy situations that call for the best the pupils can give, and they have a thorough understanding of the fine points of the play.

The cast follows: Tom Harrington, a college senior and football captain. Carey Pontius Reginald Black, his chum Kenneth Stump Byron Harrington, his brother, Benj. W. Wheatley James Roberts, a freshman, Marshall Kelly William Everett James, a new professor from Stanford Wm. Cox Dan Davenant, a miner from the hills, Henry Ward Professor Magee, director of the gym, Leonord Marr Nugata, Good, honest, intelligent Japanese schoolboy Ruth "Hon Dawley, a collector Leonard Marr Mrs.

Wiggenlon Wiggins, the landlady Mary Burr Marian Davenant, Dans daughter, Wandra Pollard Ruth Thornton, Mrs. Wiggins niece Mary Kelly Dulcie Harrington, Toms sister, Mary Dotson Mrs. Maguire, familiarly known as the widow Ruby Harrison Three Freshmen. Act I Reception room of Mrs. Wiggins boarding house, near the University of California.

Act II Same. Afternoon. Act III Same. Evening. Time: The present.

Place: The college town of Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco. LITTLE MARCUS DeLAUNAY PLAYS A FAST BALL GAME Friends of little Marcus DeLaunay, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeLaunay, will be interested in. knowing that he is making a firct class ball playeron the diamonds of his present home town of San Jose, Calif.

In a game between St. Marys team, on which Marcus plays, and th St. Josephs team, Marcus wtm honorable mention in the San Jose Mercury of last Saturday as the crack first sacker of St. Mary's. The other boys with whom and against whom he was playing averaged 15 years.

SUBSTITUTES FOR HARWOOD J. I. Harwood, local manager of the Rio Grands Oil is confined to bed this week by illness and his place here is being filled temporarily by M. M. Bludworth of the El Paso office.

McC.RAW PREDICTS DRILLERS ILL BRING IN WELL IN NEXT THREE WEEKS What I have seen at the Angelus oil well during the two days I have been out at the well has convinced me that we will strike oil within the next three weeks, and when I put that time limit on it I am allowing the drillers plenty of margin, declared J. A. Mc-Graw, one of the board of directors of the Angelus Oil Mining Association, who spent Monday and Tuesday here inspecting the work at the well and the progieas that lias been made there since the crew notified the board that all of the obstructions in the wgll had been passed and that the drill was going dow-n rapidly through a formation- of the most encouraging nature. Mr. McGraw is supported in his opinion by the drillers, who assert that the prospects for speedily bringing in a well of commercial size are excellent.

Before going out to the well Mr. McGraw stated that his company was convinced that there is oil in the Mimbres Valley and added that, if they failed to strike it in the hole that is now being drilled, they would find it somewhere else. Following his visit to the well, he stated that the outlook was so bright that they would go on down at the present site until they found the oil. The company was recently reorganized and is now operating under a deed of trust, and the finances of the association are in excellent shape and no units in it are being sold. Since the beginning of the operations at the Angelus well the association has spent $90,000 on the work and does not owe anything but the current monthly bills, and Mr.

McGraw said that the members are not in any sense daunted by the obstacles that have been encountered since the work was started. As soon as a decision is reached at the Angelus well it is the intention of the association to drill on another tract that has been leased north of town. RAMSEYS BUILD APARTMENT HOUSE IN GLENDALE, CALIF. Mr. and Mrs.

Geo. W. Ramsey, formerly proprietors of the Baker Hotel in Deming, an now erecting a fine apartment house in Glendale, according to a letter received hero from the laiters mother, Mrs. L. A.

Johnson. Mrs. Johnson adds, When I want to read something good I get out my old Headlights, for I save them all, and read them over, especially the political editorials and OLearys Coiner." TURNERS WERE HOSTS Mr. and Mrs. P.

W. Turner were hosts on Tuesday evening to a dinner party at the Manhattan Cafe, the guests being A. W. Pollard, J. C.

OLeary, R. L. Miller and Ralph A. Lynd. Mr.

and Mrs. Turner left the same night en ru.e for a trip that will take them up the Pacific coast into Canada and back Chicago, but they will return to Deming during the summer to arrange for the start of important development on the Turner ranch at Myndus, plans for which are nowr under consideration. New Federal Judge To Be Named in State As result of the passage of the bill authorizing the appointment of 24 more federal judges, New Mexico will be given one of th? new judges. Senator A. A.

Jones succeeded in having an amendment to the bill passed, authorizing the holding of federal court sessions in. any incorporated municipality in the state. Senator Bursums amendment asking for a judge for New Mexico was lost by a tie vote of 32 to 32, but Senator Dial of South Carolina changed his vote and the amendment was reconsidered, the vote resulting in the appointment of a federal judge for this state. There are already signs of keen rivalry for the appointment, among the names mentioned being those of Judge David Leahy and Marcus B. Thompson of Las Cruces, but expert political dopcsters favor the belief that the plum is most likely to go to Governor Mechem at the conclusion of his term in office.

EASTERN STAR SEWING CLUB The members of the O. E. S. Sewing Club were entertained at Masonic hall on Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. J.

J. Jacobsen, Mrs. J. A. Somerille and Mrs.

Hattie Nunn, who served dainty refreshments during the afternoon. The regular business session of the club was held. MILL OPEN CHILI KITCHEN Mr. and Mrs. A.

DeBaer have rented the premises just west of O'Learys place and will open a chili kitchen as soon as they can install their fixtures. J. A. MAHONEY WIRES LOCAL JUDDERS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BUYING BUILDINGS News of the completion of the purchase of the Camp Cody hospital buildings from the government were received here at the end of last week from J. A.

Mahoney, who has been in Washington, D. representing the chamber of commerce in the deal and who has spent the greater part of the past two months in negotiating the purchase of the property. No other bids Reside that of the Deming Chamber of Commerce were submitted. Mr. Mahoneys telegram did nob contain any particulars beyond the statement that the deal had been successfully concluded.

In addition to the purchase of the hospital buildings the chamber of commerce is now negotiating for a half section of land, to be used as a hospital site, farm and gardens and for recreational purposes when the plant is fixed up, and these arrangements have now progressed so far that the deal for the land is regarded as assured and practically ready to be completed. As soon as the entire deal for the buildings and the land has been concluded the property will be turned over to the nursing sisters who are to launch the hospital here for the care and treatment of tuberculars, and the work incident to putting the entire plant into shape' for the reception of patients will be started. That this will take some time is the opinion of those in closest touch with the project, as it is said to be the plan of the Sisters to equip the hospital in the most up-to-date manner and also to lay out the grounds before bringing patients here for treatment. A supply of water for the use of the hospital and of the hospital farm will also have to be secured, but this is not expected to delay the work to any appreciable degree. Mr.

Mahoney, who left Washington at the end of last week, spent several days this week in conference with the heads of the order of nursing sisters at Notre Dame, discussing with them the details of the entire project and preparing, as far as possible, to launch the necessary operations with the least possible delay. The transaction, both as regards the government buildings and the land on which they stand, has been carried on by the Deming Chamber of Commerce, as that organization had been in close relationship with the authorities at Washington, and also with the owners of the property that was leased to the United States, but as soon as the details have been settled the chamber of commerce will turn the entire property over to the Sisters who are to open the hospital. Mr. Mahoney has been devoting several weeks to the business in Washington and has carried out the negotiations in a manner that has won him the warmest commendation of everyone connected with the deal, and it is admitted that it is largely through his efforts that the affair has been brought to a successful conclusion, in the face of a number of obstacles that were thrown in the way and that threatened to delay it indefinitely. Changes on Staff of Murray Layne Co.

In the transfer of the headquarters of the Murray Layne Co. from Silver City to Demirg, a number of changes were made in the personnel of the local establishment. Bruce Woodard has gone to the coast, II. M. Sibley is on the road for the company, covering southern New Mexico, and eastern Arizona; and four men, Otis Cransford, Thos.

Russell, W. H. Weekes and Salo Schultz, were brought down from Silver City to the Deming office. E. A.

Layne, one of the partners in the concern, will spend a good portion of his time in Deming. ATTENTION, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR All Sir Knights of McGrorty Com-mandery No. 4, Knights Templar, and all sojourning Sir Knights, are requested to assemble at the asylum, in full uniform, at 10 oclock, on Eastei Sunday morning, to attend Easter services at the Presbyterian church. It is hoped there will be a good representation. Geo.

D. Robinson, Commander. Edw. Pennington, Recorder, DuCOURT COMES B. F.

DuCourt is back again in his old job in the Santa Fe ear department, after spending some time on the coast. Mrs. DuCourt will return to Deming within a few weeks to make her home here again. Mr. DuCourt states that Doming and the sunshine look good to him after the wet winter in Ixs Angeles, and he even has a friendly feeling toward a Deming sandstorm notv.

FAMOUS PLAY TO BE AT BROADWAY HEART OF MARYLAND PRODUCED ON EXTRAVAGANT SCALE FOR PATRONS The Heart of Maryland, an elaborate film version of the famous stage play of the same name by David Belasco, will be shown at the Broadway Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20. The screen version, on account of the greater scope of the film will surpass the stage version in many respects and equal it in all others. Catherine Calvert, the Vitagraph star, heads an all-star cast in the role of Maryland Calvert. In her notable company are Crane Wilbur as leading man, Felix Krembs, William Collier, Ben Lyon, Bernard Siegel, Henry Hallam, Warner Richmond, Marguerite Sanchez and hundreds of minor characters. The picture has been nearly six months in the making.

It has the advantage over the stage production of showing thrilling scenes in the great struggle between the North and the South that only could be produced on the screen. The entire company went south in order to get the proper scenery and atmosphere for backgrounds and was fortunate enough to enlist the sympathy and therefore the help of real southerners. The picture has been made on a tremendous scale, and no expense or time was spared to make the locale and costumes exactly as they were during the Civil War, even to the extent of restoring 'dilapidated buildings and getting old Confederate uniforms and costumes out of cedar chests. MRS. F.

WEHMHONER DIES AT HOME IN EL PASO Mrs. Matilda Wehmhoner, the wife of Fred Wehmhoner, died at her home in El Paso on Monday evening, at the age of 61, after an illness that had extended over a protected period. Besides her husband, Fred Wehmhoner, the deceased is survived by six of her children. Gust Wehmhoner was summoned to the bedside of his mother on Sunday and remained in El Paso until Wednesday evening. Mrs.

Wehmhoner had resided for several years in Doming and had formed a wide circle of friends who will regret to learn of her death. 0 and Blind.