El Paso Herald from El Paso, Texas • Page 7

EL PASO HERALD RUSH PIPES TO CARRyjlDIICT Littleton Well at Ranger Comes in With Yield of 3000 Barrels. Hanser. Texas, Sept 15. With ths drill three feet In sand encountered at a depth of 3485 feet the Texas company's J. Littleton No.

3 Is making a daily production of MM barrels. The company is nastening its three inch emergency line to connect with. Its eight inch pipe line, owing to the lack of sufficient storage facilities at the new well. Three 1500 barrel PHILLIPS ILL FLDWGDES IIP The Production Is Increased to 1000 Bar- rels a Day. Breckenrldge.

Texas. Sept 15. Lone No. 1 of the Phillips Petroleum company has increased its flow and is now producing 10 barrels of oil daily. After being shot at a depth of 4511 feet, the Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil company's Gaston No.

3 is standing with the hole half fall of oil and water. siock tanks aro nearing completion The Texas company's Pierce fto. z. near this welL situated southwest of Caddo in a new The Leon Oil company's Allen No 4 territory, is making 109 barrels of oil Is making 300 barrels from the black! per day. lime at a depth of 3300 feet.

The well Southwest of Caddo the Herrington is located Just across the road from: No. 1 of the Gulf Production company Tfia Mta-lvansas Uii company wen the Littleton No. 3. On the J. E.

Butler tract, the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil company's No. li la completed at a depth of 3488 feet. No. 2 Wrtcht is making 45 barrels. This well was cleaned out after a shot denth of M56 feet.

the producUon of the well is. but it is Jtte-rfleW thTTexas K.nvrf tn Mi th nrnduction of The 5- -1 Satterlleld or tne iexas other wells on the tract. "c0 els of oil dX Thlftest and Empire i11 Root. Hupp and Duff are fishing for Rwnn the I w.e tAe.jp?e?le"-.trJct- Poteet Making 600 Barrels Chi The Black Line Ranger Field Shows Better Production in New Wells Brought In. Ranger.

Texas. Sept. 15 The Po teet No. 1 of Root. Rupp and Duff Is making 600 barrels of oil from the black lime.

The operators state that they believe the flow of this well will increase as did the flow of their No. 4 on this tract. The Magnolia Petroleum company's Marshall Collins in Stephens county i flowing 250 barrel of oiL The drill ers are cleaning out the hole after a shot given it at a depth of 3485 feet. Though bridged the well Is flowing by heads. It is expected to increase its production when cleaned out.

The Texas company has a good flow In its well on the J. Littleton tract. No estimate has been made as yet. The black lime formation was encoun tered at a depth of 3390 feet and the drill is now at 3395 feet and still progressing. mere is a gooa snowing oi ootn on which is making 100 barrels of oil from the top to the lime at a depth of 33S0 feet.

Barclay et al. J. TV. Turner well No. 1 Is nearing completion.

The well is In the lime at a total depth of about 3050 feet. This test Is an offset to the Albers Oil company's famous Turner well just across the road from the well known Perkins well. In the south Caddo field. R. Q.

Lee No. 1 bas a showing of oil in on top of the lime at a depth of 1-61 feet. The drillers are pulling the big pipe. Carev'oools. Manhattan Oil company Moon No.

1, abandoned as A dry hole. Texas company R. F. Brown No. 1 pumping 25 barrels.

Texas company, Brooks No. 4. making 750 barrels at a depth of 3185 feet. Snowden Brothers, et aL. Ackers No.

drilling at a depth of 3300 feet, making 130 barrels of oil daily. Magnolia Petroleum company. Frost so. arming at sztxi leei. manins 30 barrels.

Welmer et al Boles No. 1. completed The McGlothln well of the Sinclair lis pumping 10 barrels. nlf 4 fUhlntr TtlT 9. lOSt I Anotbtf 1O0O UOTTC! C1L bailer.

Oklahoma Producing and Pennock Tie. B. L. Danley No. 2 of this sameiOil and Refining company, wanson company is drilling at a depth of 3390 No.

6 making J000 barrels of oil dally, feet with no showing of oil at Its! Oklahoma Producing and Fennosk present depth- The No. 1 is produc- Oil and Refining company. Swanson mg around ivev parrels NEW DESDEM0NA WELL No. 5. making 50 barrels of oil per aay.

Pierce OH corporation. Burke No. 1 trvine to reset casinc at a denth of YIFlTlS 4IHHI BARRELS '345 reet. making io barrels oi oil. IlbLUd BARRtLO LoDe star Gas company, HeaUey N.

Desdemona, Texas, Sept. 17. The Humble Oil company has completed its No. 7 Ellison In the Desdemona field with a daily production of 40 barrels. This company has two other good producing wells on this tract, Jnst south of Desdemona.

The Sterling Oil company's No. 2 Vaught is producing 400 barrels of oil dally from the top of a pay eand encountered at a depth of 3557 feet. The tools are still in the hole. This well is on the outer edge of the Vaught tract. North of the Sterling's Vaught No.

2. In the Gorman district, the CroweU. Feagln and Gant well on the Cypert tract is making iO.OOO.OOO cubic feet of gas from a sand encountered at a depth of 2488 feet. Operators are watchlnir this test with Interest. In dications are that it may develop Into makine 1000 barrels.

Sinclair Gulf company. Long No. S. drilling at 3330 feet, light showing of Dotn oil ana gas. Magnolia Petroleum company, Morris No.

1, shot from 3840 to 3844 feet, bole full of oiL Brown Oil company, Jones No. 1. drilling at 2225 feet, hole full of water. Cunningham et aL, Evans No. 2.

shot, making 200 barrels of oiL Texas company. Grosclose No. 3. temporarily abandoned at 1293 feet. King Midas Oil company.

Harris No. drilling at 2430 feet, half a bailer of oil in hole. WICHITA FALLS PRODUCTION CUT DOWN DURING THE WEEK The production of north central crnnA nrodncer as the nay sand was I Texas oil fields for last week was encountered 200 feet higher than the about 247,000 barrels dally, practically rnnal ntt-v (tanA In itS VlclnltT. In new territorr two miles north of Desdemona the Magnolia Petroleum companv has Us II. Hobbs No.

1 standing full of oil at a depth of 2934 feet, at which depth the drill passed through the pay sand, bmce this well has not shown a flow. It Is likely that it will be pumper. LOOKS FOR TERMINATION OF FREIGHT CONGESTION Edward C. Miles, an assistant dl trn.ml rtf the railroad admin istration, has assured representative XJinham that he is confident that by Oct. 1 there win be a "very substantial arid gratifying Improvement In conditions" In regard to freight congestion In the Texas oil fields.

The plan is for the Ft. Worth and Denver railroad to help out the X. K. T. in rlMnlni.

nn the accumulations of Oil in the Burkburnett field. The latter road claims that under present con ft is able to handle into Wich ita Falls and Burkburnett a mini mum of 120 carloads a day and 12 tank cars out. At this rate It Is expected that the congestion can be relieved In 30 days. With more locomo tives the congestion can be cleared quicker. New trackage facilities are being supplied also.

AFTER YEARS OF TRIAL OIL IS FOUND IN OKLAHOMA Tnlsa. Okla SdL 15. In Lincoln county the Jennings iceH in section 19-14-5 has a showing of oil in two sands, the first encountered at 1600 fest the second aat 1300 feet. Drilling' was stopped when the second sand was encountered and the well Is being cleaneu oat. It is making about 40 barrels or oil at present.

A large number of companies hold leases to land in this vicinity, but until the discovery of oil In this well nothing promising has been en countered in this district, although drilling has been going on off and on lor a numoer or years. SHOOK WITH NERVOUSNESS A Lady Wu Flat On Her Back With Terrible Spells, Bat Her Htu-band Got Cardui, And Now Sbe I Grateful. McKinney, Texas Mrs. Mary Stephenson, of this place, states: "About a year and a half ago I was down in bed for six weeks, not able to sit up. I was flat on my back and had terrible spells Why.

it looked like I would die. At times I didn't know! anything. I would get nervous. I couldn't bear anyone to talk to me, I would Just Jerk and shook with nervousness across my back was so sore and ached me all the time. I would have a dizzy feeling.

Mv limbs ached me and I would get numb and feel so weak I said to my husband I knew Cardui' was good and I believed 1 had best! The fishing Job has been completed. Northwest of Putnam the Peak shallow test well was given a shot Sunday afternoon at a depth of 1753 feet. It Is now cleaning out. The drill had reached a sand which Indicated that a good flow might be expected before the drilling stopped. The Harrell gasser of the Texas company which Is making 150.000.630 cubic feet of gas dally may become a phenomenal oil well.

Each day a larger showing of oil is coming from the hole. The well sunnlles fuel for about 330 boilers at different wells drilling In its neighborhood. UseTS Of Pipe Lines Pay $5,601 ,693.60 In Taxes To Government The federal government received 55.601.C93.6O during the 1919 fiscal year which ended June 30, from users of oil pipe lines as a result of the 5 per cent tax levied In the war revenue bill, known as a transportation tax. The treasury department collected 5 per cent of the rental paid by owners of oil wells to transport their oil to the refineries. The sum collected is 3i.lC8.3CS.99 In excess of the J1.433,3;:.6t raised during the year 191S fiscal year.

In all the pipe lines have paid 1T.035,-013.21 toward paying the cost of the war. It is known that a very large percentage of the 1919 taxes were paid by Texans, but at the treasury it was said the exact figures for Texas will not be available until commissioner Roper of the internal revenue department submits his final report to secretary of the treasury Glass. HARROLD HAS (GET GOOD ILL PRODUCER! Oi TANK SITE Big Four Company Has Line Connections For Its First Well the same as the previous week. The Wichita Falls territory had a falling off of about 2500 barrels a day and there was a gain in the Pleasant Grove section in the Ranger field of about the same amount The principal producing fields and their average dally production for last week follow: Burkburnett, 84,500 barrels: Electro, 10,500 barrels; Iowa Park, 650 barrels ty 40.750 barrels and Desdemona. it.

5000 barrels. producing companies, with the average i pntJj the daily production of each: Texas com- drill In- VUUUSI.II.U Willi 111 Texas company was to be completed Monday. W. B. Mandeville has wired from Wichita Falls, Texas, to a McDowell, president of the Big Tour Oil ompany, in El Paso, that Big Four Well at Vernon Strikes Pay Stratum at Depth of 1600 Feet.

Vernon, Tex Sept. 1C. Bight bun dred feet of oil Is standing In the well on the Zelset farm south of Har rold In Wilbarger county. The well will be completed within the next few days. The oil bearing sand was en countered In this test at a depth of 1C00 feet.

Northeast of Harrold, the Pipe well on section 41. block 13. Is nearing the oil sand and the drillers expect to strike the sand within the next ISO feet. They are now drilling at 1S50 leet. ine American Eagle Oil company Is rigging up in section 49.

The' Vernon Oil and Development company test nas been spudded In Operations were delayed at this com. pany's site, owing to the delay In the receiving of a shipment of material and tools. Byars Farm OU company is drill ing at sou reel In section 69. The Home Oil and Beflning com pany is underreamlng the inch casing and drilling at 1350 feet in their test on section 35. The Twin Six Oil company's test on section 75, block 13.

is drilling at 800 feet. On this same section and block the Liberty Oil and Development com pany wen is drilling at liso feet. Wilbarger County Oil company's Carter No. 1. west of OJelL will be spudded In this week.

me west vernon oil company Is drilling at 400 feet in section 91. The Neil-Hamilton well is drilling again after having been closed down for a number of days, pending the ar- rival of more tools. This well Is situated near Doans. Guyer-Trosler are drilling at 1010 feet on subdivision 111. Waggoner colony ianus.

SALT WATER APPEARS IN WELLS IN RANGER REGION According to an Eastland. Texas, report the States Oil Cftrporatlon's T. T. Butler well a mile north and a little east of the PJeasant Grove church In the Banger field. Is now flowing 2500 to 3000 barrels of salt water and practically no oil.

The well Is 3495 feet deep and Is said to be less than 10 feet In the sand. It Is also reported that the Sammies 011 Corporation's Thorp well In the Gunslght district In the southern part of Stephens county. Texas, is now flowing nothing but salt water. This well is In the shallow sand at around 1800 feet in depth. SUNSHINE COMPANY INSTALLS OIL ENGINE AT PECOS WELL; The Sunshine OU corporation Is having an oil engine Installed for drill-! Ing the Laura well about six miles from Pecos, Texas.

Drilling was suspended for several weeks so as to make this change. It is also reported the engine had arrived for the Victory well of the same company, located In Ward county. Texas. It' had not been installed at last report from Pecos. Magnolia Company Makes Find at Shallow sand With Harris Property.

Eastland, Texas. Sept 15. Flowing by heads every hour the Joe Artl zonne test on the Kincald tract is i venr nromislng welL The well is two miles north of the Brelsford well, a small producer, and mile south and 'west of the Great South' ern's Baumgartner, a ISO barrel per day well. With the ten Inch hole with M0 feet of oil in It. the Magnolia T.

W. Connelle No. 8 bas been completed. The well is a mile north of the N. B.

Harris No. 2. The sand from which the Connelle well is producing was struck at 1404 feet, a considerably less depth than at which the sand was struck In the Harris welL Ths Maimolia Petroleum company purchased the tract on which thu well is for a tank farm site. When wells surrounding the site began showing so excellently the Magnolia decided to drill They did so, bringing in the No. 8.

The Old Homer Oil Pool In Louisiana Is Extended Shreveport, Sept. 15. In the southern part of the old Homer shallow oil field, the Rowe OH company has a well capable of producing 000 barrels from a depth of 2100 feet. Owing to the shortage of storage facilities the well is being pinched considerably below Its possible production. The discovery well on the east edge of the shallow pool is making 1300 barrels per day in its pinched condition.

This well Is owned by the Standard company, estimates the well is good for 7000 barrels. Much activity in this district has resulted in a rusn for acerage and conseauentlv has raised the nrlcea sky high. The Homer shallow field now has 40 shallow producing wells, which are producing a total amount of about 4900 baarrels daily. TO REFINE OIL FROM MEXICO IN EUROPE It Is Stated that the Brltlnh VT lean Petroleum company, the foreign marketing organization tor tne Mex ican Petroleum company, is to build oil refineries in Europe. This will call for Increased shipments from the Mexican oil fields of the producing company named.

I'iDe lines are more important in tne Tamplco, Mexico region, than new wells because many of the big wells of the various com panies in tnose fields have never oeen allowed to produce the max! mum. zoVe Oil COMPACT racilnp. TO DnlLL, IX REEVES COUXTV A Pecos. Texas, report Is that the uu company, an Bl Pao on-cern. Is preparing to drill on block 41, section 32, In Beeves county, Texas.

The company is said to be securing leases on several hundred acres in that section. POUR WELLS AT riTJinnv Corsicana. Texas, Sept. 15. The El- NEW YORK COMPANY SPUDS IN well in pprnn rnnNTY i- t-.

dorado Oil comoanv's well Vr In block 97. nnrthvf i Purdon. will begin drilling in.r i t. ituui i. mg circle yfu I 13 Eod 'or from company, of New York, has snnddod qernca is completed, 11t nf vrauirraj a Day.

ine Weil in its final Well on the nurr.ll nnjr now. Women Are Talking About Our Values In utumn The Best Values In Town! The Best Styles In Town! FTER all is said and done it is plainly evident Aat our Autumn hats are sellinz in greater volume than ever this season and we have developed the super-value in our hats at $7.95. The selection is as complete as any other in the city at any other price and Eastern shops are selling these same hats for $10, $1230 and $15. We can undersell because we made our purchases early, velvets, plush, duvetyn, velour all shapes all colors 7 Ei all types see them here tomorrow at Other Hats at $10, $12.50, $15 to $45 Telephone 6800 Shop By Mail i i 0 pany. 22,000 barrels: Gulf Production company.

18.000 barrels: Magnolia Petroleum company. 1S.500 barrels; Humble Oil Refining company. barrels; Texas Pacific Coal and Oil company. 12.500 barrels; Prairie Oil and Gas company. 8,350 barrels; Sun company, G.50O barrels; Gllllland Oil company.

4.000 barrels, and the American Reflnnlng company. 3,500 barrels. SM00TS BILL AS AMENDED Lost Tools Are Recovered In Jim Ned Company Well Coleman, Texas, Sept. 15. On the Blbrell ranch, four miles from tha C.

S. Thomas -well, the Jim Ned Oil com panys 'well is flowlntr by heads. RECOGNIZES "PLACERS" i The tools which were recently lost In The Sraoot hill Drorldlnxr for the (easing of U. S. government land containing oil, gas, coal, sodium and phosphates, and which passed the senate on Sept.

3, recognizes the validity of claims already located under the placer law. The consensus of opinion is that the rights of locators of "oil placer" claims is they are ordinarily termed, are protected better under the povision of this Smoot bill than under the old law. There has always been a serious question as to their status In the absence of an actual discovery of oil or gas. This provision of the bill, -which Is embodied In section 36 was the amendment offered by senator A. A.

Jones, of New Mexico. He introduced it at the urgent request of people of New Mexico, where many thousands of acres are located as placers." If this bill with this provision becomes a law, the present locators can go ahead under the law regarding "placer" claims. In other words the Smoot bill recognizes the placer locations for oil and gas as "vested rights, so to speak. QUADRUPLE OIL C0MPANTS WELL FLOWING BY HEADS TVichlta Palls. Texas, Sept 15.

In block 08, the Quadruple Oil company's well which has been flowing by heads for two days with a heavy gas showing Is estimated as being good for 2700 barrels. The Texas Land Oil and Refining company has purchased a two-acre tract from the Wichita Falls SI a ton Oil company for the consideration of 3450.0M. This nronertv Is in the Laner surrey and has a well on It which is now making 3200 barrels dally. GENERAL COMPANY SPUDS IN ITS FIRST DEEP TEST the hole hare been Operators have been watching the Jim Ned and Thomas wells for some time as the portion of Coleman county In which they are located has not been considered a favorable location for oil wells. These two wells open an entirely new field, northeast of Coleman, which promises some very good producers.

Judging from the two wells already flowing. For three months the Thomas well was shut down and when It was opened up for bailing last week it was full of oil Both wells are below 3000 feet. Near this territory the Pel1 P001 13 producing at 1600 feet MERRILL COMPANY AT GRAHAM RESUMES WORK Graham. Tex, Sept 15. Eight miles northeast of Graham the Merrill OH and Gas company's Hunt No.

1 has completed a fishing Job and stralgth- cucu a. wijapaea casing, urullng has been resumed at a depth of 458 feet. The Mattlc Garvls Steen No. 1 Is completing an underreamlng Job. The unuera nave unaerreamea through lwl feet of very hard limestone at a depth of 1400 feet.

They aro now prepar. Ing to set the casing. A considerable snowing of oil was encountered at 300 feet. This was cased off and the well win be drilled to a depth of 4500 reel ir necessary. COMPANY ACQUIRES LEASES ON LAND CLOSE TO MARATHON In Its final well on the Harrell ranch in that county.

The C. Menzle wn In the same county resumed drilling from below 3000 feet last Friday. Reaming out had been going on in this well since Aug. 20, when It was claimed that an oil sand had been drIUed in 10 feet. OIL IN WELL 15 MILES FROM DESDEMONA PRODUCTION A showing of oil in the black lime at 4015 feet Is the report of the Four wells are already drininjr in the neighborhood of Purdon.

The Cora lea na Deep Well company's test east of Corsica na has been bailed oat and the drillers are preparing to test out the well A good showing of oil and gas have been encountered In the hole. The coming from the Corsieana sand was I SOU DAItllELS A DAY. The Gulf Production company's ward No. well, located about two miles north of Breckenrldge in Stephens county. Texas, is credited witn go oarreis dally after flowing for several weeks.

It Is three feet In the sand and is 3X10 feet deep. It is a mile and a half from the Acker well of Snowden and McSweeney, which, according to latest report, is making about 100 barrels, but Is to be shot to determine the value of the sand WBLI. IIAS SOO FEET OF OIL. Vernon. Texas.

Sept. IS. Eight hundred feet of oil Is standing in the wen oeing sunk on the zelset farm STRIKES SALT BED. south of Harrold, section 19. block Tyler.

Texas. Sent. 15 The Brooks! 13. The oil eand was encountered at iwt iucl is uie i in ni i i Taney wen on the R. North tract 7' Ti" Of days and The Marathon OU company with offices In Joplin.

Mo, Is a new concern which has acquired a lease for oil and gas on 200.000 acres In Brewster county. Texas, out from the town of Maratnon on tne c. H. s. A.

railroad. The company Is offering leases on Gsrden dir. Texas. Rent ls.Th gffS-0? SJfJSTlf S1S.H2 JnreihdirpdiVtricot.n ezirshi derri s- known as the Neal No. I.

The der-1 The ireoloelcal mans show ride is readv and th enirin flnd v.Mi... i boner have been placed. iat Ranger and Hueco Basin. Big Oil Company Is Formed Here To Develop Tampico-Tuxpam Lands try It. He got me a bottle of Cardui.

and when I had only taken one-half bottle of Cardui I felt stronger. I took a half a dozen bottles altogether, then in two weeks after I began taking I was up. In three I was doing my work. I praise Cardui for I believe It saved my life and I am For evr 40 years Cardui has been f-'i ig weak, sick women bak to ith aw strength. Try it.

Adv. THE Two Republics A company, an organization composed of some of the most prominent men In El Paso, Arizona and Mexico City, has been formed. The combination consists of a merger of several large holdings In the oil fields of Taraploo-Tuxpan, state of Veracrnx, Mexico, and the ground work for It began In February of the present year. The new concern has a combined acreage of 45,334 acres all in the proven fields and adjacent to the great oil geysers now producing from SO to 260,000 barrels per day. In selecting these holdings for the merger care was exercised that deeds to all ownerships antedated 1917, the year tlie present oil law of Mexico Development Only about one fifth of the capital stock win be offered the public at par, but the escrow stock will not participate In the profits until the active stock has received 100 percent In uiviaenas.

Allowing ten acres the newly merged company with its Texas. IS miles from nrodnetlon in the Desdemona field. It Is the only wen in that section that has developed any appreciable showing of oiL It was shut down awaiting further orders. FORT PHANTOM HILL CO. DRILLING AT 194 FEET Abilene.

Texas. Sept. 15. The No Scott of the Fort Phantom Hill Oil company, situated IS miles north of Abilene Is drilling at ISM feet. Oscar Parker No.

1 is shut down temporarily on account of a broken stem. Allison and York's No. 1 Hamilton and Hall are both shut down waiting for casing. CISCO WELLS PltOGIlESS. Cisco.

Texas. Sept. IS. The Humble Oil and Refining company's well In section SO, No. 1 Schoor, is fishing for a lost bailer at a depth of 3110 feet Texas company's No.

1 BxalL Dump ing 80 barrels of oil at a depth of Gllman et at. No. 1 Ward, section 7S. drilling at 1400 feet Smith and Uoss expect to spud In their well on the Davis tract the early part of the week. Humble.

No. 1 Quallis. fishing at a depth' of 3030 feet total depth of the hole. 3183 feet No. 1 Brittaln.

south west corner of the northeast quarter or section 41. drilling at 14S0 feet New Domain OH and Gas comnan-r. section 75, No. 1 Ward, underreamlng at a aeoin oi ijso leet. The Gulf Production company's Ray No.

1, section ST. fishing for lost tools at a depth of 3S05 feet with IMO feet oi on in noie. FIST) OIL IV JONES CO. Merkel. Texas.

Spt 15. In the Sears well of the Security Banking and Investment com'pany, near Merkel, about 150 feet of oil is standing in tne noie at a depth of about 2550 feet This well Is in Jones county. Just across the Taylor-Jones county line, and it contains the first showing oi ou yet encountered In Jones county. Though the showing Is very small It Is of vast Importance to Jones county since It Is eltuated so great a distance from any other production The drill Is on the sand and the drillers are now underreamlng for the eight and one quarter inch casing. GET SHALLOW-PAT.

Brownwood. Texas. Sept 15 Elght-n miles west of Brownwood. the Macee well Is soravlnir oil and mak --an I Ing 3.000.000 cubic feet of gastfrom ritk it, a deoth of 13S0 feet This Is one of 45,334 acres will have room on its noiaincs tor 4.523 wells, all In a sec tion where there has been less than live percent of failures. Ninety eight percent of the holdings of the merged company ars In the Tuxpam field, while two percent are near the Panuco river, southwest of Tamplco.

A standard and rotary combination outfit with complete camp equipment is now on the ground and more drills will be added shortly. This Is one of the largest oil companies ever organized In the state of Texas with purely local capital. ine omcers oi une two Republics! was nrMnnlntsit The capital stock of The Two Re- Development company are at room 711 publics Development company has Mills building where Messrs. D. been placed at Jlo.K00.000.

while a Peacock and T. Ross are in rhr. unices are to oe re opened shortly sunev of i more than 340,000,000. assets is said to be i in Tampico and Mexico City. everal wells belner drilled In hls vl Mnlv bv the Magee rteooie.

The well situated In the ns field from which Rrownwood receives It t-as supnlv. The new well not onlv Indicates that It may become a good oil producer, hut It extends tbe eas field It Is one nf the bt shallow wells In the field at present OIL Text. Sent IS Tbe Wappv Oil nd Gn carnnanv's wellj Vo 1 at TTannv bas encountered llrht sowtne n't tit than 500! feet Tirlllinir helper continued be-: raus this ban been deemed too) stll consideration. The Pit Tlitro Cl'T romnanv t. Irtfr tt 1 InMt ra1w-'at a rfenth nf T.n feet Tlriitltt in r.

lit nre A ntiruhe- n' n. rrM ts have been encounterd in this well i bed at a (then will be nmnleted mn nr MM T.AT 1 II A ha, ha a i moved to a new site. Drillers are al. SJ reaay at worK. mere nas oeen some evidences of gas.

Activities In leases continue in this county and several thousand acres in other sections of Smith county are under lease. TO DRILL NEAR WACO. The Belrose On company, of Chicago, Is planning an intensive oil development campaign southwest of Waco in McLennan county. This con cern has bought for 357,500 the South mosque petroleum corapanjrs sao acre tract with 10 producing wells on It The land Is 11 miles southwest of Waco CASING PULLED FROM WELL. Graham, Texas.

Sept 15. The Tlm-mons No. 1 of the Cosden company is pulling its eight-Inch casing at a depth of 1900 feet Progress on this well has been hindered because of collapsing trouble. The lower SOO feet of the casing will be replaced by new and heavier casing. PLAN DEEP TEST.

Bellevue. Texas. Sept 15. On the Campbell property, four and a half miles northwest of Bellevue construe. Hon work Is going forward rapidly on the derrick.

Drilling will start as soon as the derrick Is completed. ibis test Is to be one of Clay county's deep tests. TO DRILL JIORE TESTS. San Angelo. Texas.

Septa 15. The Allen Oil company Is contracting for three more tests in the vicinity of Marathon. Brewster county. Six other wells will be started In the neighborhood of Alpine at an early date. REFINERY AT SWEETWATER.

Sweetwater. is to have a refinery, according to reports. It Is to be built by the Rango Refining company and It is said that material is being placed on the ground for than purpose. SNYDER ASSOCIATION TO DRILL. Snyder.

Texas. Sept 15. The Snyder Oil association will start con struction work on the derrick for Its well near here Monday. The derrick buUders are already at the location. WILBARGER WELL HITS OIL.

A Vernon, Tex, report is that oil Is standing 800 feet In the 1S00 foot deep Zelset farm well south of Har. rold In Wilbarger county. CRUDE OIL RISES. Pennsylvania crude has taken a Jump from 34 at 3135 a barrel and oil operators all over the country are looking upon that fact as reflecting an extremely strong trade condition. Some optomistlc operators think there will soon be advances In other oils.

No time Is set for any probable aernuMCQ. however. According to Wall street dispatches, the principal oil stocks showing strong in the markets and last week there was only one of the leading Issues that did not show an advance over the week before. OIL IN JONES COUNTY. The first oil struck In Jones county.

Is reported in the Sears weU of the Security Banking and Investment company. The report is that the oil is standing feet in the well. which ts feet deep, to be on the sand. Anyone Now Can Have Pretty Curls and Waves Here's a hair curling secret tba? deelaeJir -worth UH" At bedtir--avply a little liquid sumerine era a eleu teoth brush, orawtet this the hair rrem root to tip. In ha tsor--tnt waea you look In your mirror -will be uteotehed aad dellghtM -9 f.r 1 your hair ha In as beautiful i- as you've ever wore.

The wavlneaa wi look so natural no one will guess It i artificially acquired. Ton can obtain liquid sUmerine at drug store and a few ounces will last a long time. It Is neither sticky greasy and is phtasant to use. It doubly uaefal because of also ter as a beenficial dressing, keeping the en -ift. -i'lrv and lnstroua.

Aiter fie t- It Is said you will never fro back to the barbar cs curling iron- aav. 'The Next Bh Oil Field" ACTION PERSONIFIED! 'A399S 110 BLUE COLLECT 170 H.L. Los Angelea, Calif. h. b.

Mcdowell, EL PASO, TEXAS DRILLS AT ABILENE. Abilene. Texas. Sept 15. The Fort Phantom Hill Oil company's test, north of Abilene, has resumed drilling.

A car of fuel has Just been received. Lawn Mower sharpened. Allen Arms Cycle Co. 404 N. Oregon St Adv.

Corliss at Co. buy Liberty Mrs. Clark's Cafeteria. 303 Mesa. Adv Manning Co.

Brokers Member El Paso Stock S02 Martin HIdff. We olleit your buy and bcII order. Officers: President. W. H.

LORETZ Vice-President. J. L. STEWART. Sec'y-Treas.

J. H. GRANT. Directors: h. b.

Mcdowell, j. 0. crockett, f. n. brown.

sr. w. e. warren. Geologist: F.

W. SNYDER Sept. IS, 1919 Sea BoarcL Air Line Car 45503 left here yesterday containing complete rig and rig timbers and derrick timbers for SOUTHWESTERN-TULAR0SA BASIN OIL BEFLNING well No. one. Outfit "billed via South-thern Pacific to El Paso and Southwestern to Tularosa.

Rig has Ross and Seeley rig irons and double clutch type designed for four thousand five hundred feet. TELL the world that our company will he the FIRST to reach the oil sands around El Paso if others don't hurry. Speed and Action is our motto and our middle name is Signed 0. CROCKETT GET THIS STOCK AT 51.00 WHILE YOU CAN TULAROSA TERN BASIN OIL REFINING CO. (NO STOCKHOLDERS' LIABILITY) Organized Under tne Laws of New Mexico.

Capital Stock $300,000. FuDy Paid, Non-Ajieuable. 108 Sheldon St. EL PASO, TEXAS. Phone 1314.

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