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rechimrifcroe American
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DAY'S NEWS TODAY
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VOLU.ME I. NU.MHER I"C
KENKIDGE TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 21. 1921
rniCE FIVE CENTS
EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OFFIELD'S OIL RECEIVING MUCH AID
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BIG GAINS IN .FIELD STORAGE;
THREE 55000 BBL. TANKS IN
WEEK; LOCALOILDEMAND STRONG
'irnate firm- mnde today nii'iMio wlili li Iw mnde acqnlreine.-it of.
i i ' Mokar-' rt"il in She field He " leaving thi- evening fur El Po '
.- t..nfa for !h carr Of-lHirt a -hh-T Imvu"- trip for whMi In-
-. - . I ...--...- .. .- tStrt u- Mr .till.. I
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ii" i " nn i it iieXMjt"- nil
jl i nu-it H la wild
I .mi. I.- ik ii .. tin- fimin-
r it l nirh laukacr is avail .
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w mi .iinnUi Tint id tn:ik nml
If' i ' .ll'tioll MPi mlj tlillt ttK-j- could j
git iii ?lii thin n mount if required.
II'tv rapidly --..rice faiUni.- hart-1
I-i n i-i.nl- ami i in ! In. reused. I- In-
h :itn l.v the fi l Miit null 11I'ni
J-ii ii ! nf ntil -iiiruei- "ii it" I'-nw fn
I'li'i-ni oil I'n i- N'l'lfuic Immiill't h
.V. mni l-nrnla limn- Tin- I'latPan liml
otili alMMit two ilioti-mnU Imni-la .ii-i
tiiiil.is.' until a -lirf ilni- hark. li-'i;
tr Ix-tin taklnu mn- uf more u( lf
II th.-iti pn-rinn-lj-
'1 In- .VtX htirri-U now to he mlili-il
w.ii urili-riil y"ti-nlny from tho South-i-ru
Stm-I Cofwtnii tlntl Co. vrhlrli al
ntiti- fturtMl ihlui-ry of flu tank
IUt'-i to the Rri.iiiiil It win xtihl to-
il.n th:M thi jli H.iulil Im flni.-lii-l
nnd h.. rank read I.. rerMTf oil ?
the fir.t of the month. Tlir enmifruc-
tint orpanixatlon .k nly 15 ... is
lai- to nih up .Hrmcity for -V.ihhi '
Imrn i ami Hboiiiit it li.-ippen to luive
flu plate on tin ml for a .V..O1H1 l.rrel
tnik ir I-. tnti- tlmt ir or half u '!'
111 other tank oiKi-rii- In the fn hi
11111 icet them h re in a week' time .if
ti r lrine In thlr order
It. side- the ".urn hniri-l tank -old
t. the riiiti-aii nil. two other .Vi.immI
ltirn-1 tn ilk- were -old durinc the
wit-k ami are (coins up on different
le.l-e Their enitimi I- to be
' "Dl"
phtteil l.y the firt of the month nnd
nilli the I'latrnii tuiik will meari pnl.i
to tin Hforafjp of the field In them- In
tittinci alone nf in."..0(K harreln of oil
RR.iiOO lairruU of uteel tankase -old
nnd erceteil eai h urek Iw not n lartje
r-tlmate mi It regular nvernse oii-
Htnicthm l.ii-lme. which -roold r.i.-an to the ilr'Umi; pniperty of the onmi'ls:-
n total of 200.000 Urreta gain thUaiion In the I.ydon imioI. They nrr
Wiek. 'now diitrn -1lMiut 2700 feet with this
Additional to the aid glveu to pipe well and Koine pmd. LouMitna-Ste-Ilne
w-rrlrc through the lm r. ii-el ! ji 11- pti-kul i-mI territory soutlnvest
field -torase facilltli-.. enablltiK tlu-j Rrrrkeiiridee ami is (imfldent that
I'll1-- Uni fu take the oil nf the field tr.iveitiK to the northwest country
011 wiliil loii-tantly ini-ieai-int; In lth It-v c pun-ion in operations It
effhiemy. Is the Io.-kIIiik raek - h e . w III -tcp Iiito -till bigger production
of the railroad- n hlcli In 11 bo .-tend-j Kc .-nt resulty olitaini-d on the Spulll
Hy growing frmn the t.tndNiln- of oil and Hilt leu-.- in the immediate ricin-
hiinilleil from tbe rm k- to tank ur-
The latter ciintiiuie to iie readilv 1 v .ill
able ill -IHh il.llltll .1- refill'.- de
lre to .t-tHl lli. ill l.i while tie I ill
roiiil- state tb it thiir uhlliry to li.ui
die IhiIIi eaipllr- in unit loads out U
jet to ln put to 11 full test. The) li.n i
ut no time carried full rtipoiiiy if Up
loading raiku for any one day.
t'p to fire thouiMtiil Iwrrela per il-.iv
are readily bainlli-1 ami R la -fated ' been inking three cars of ga.-o-tlmt
doiilde that .amount of oil i-nn lie i "" '"y ft""' the loading mck of
pnlh-d our with no Intrrniptlon with
other hiMlnTA henry tliongh that U.
Anotner fattor In thr mseuient of
the 1 1 Kill oil situation awl one that 1m
growing rapidly In I in iroi-irtame in
the fast Im-rflRMlng ipmuttJlio oil N-
lug liamlleit hv local eoiicwim noine
for tteatnii'nt lure anil soma for hlie
nn-nt to other miIiu. IVayrrs neeklng
oil for biixinet.- of thl- kind have re-n-ntly
l-i-ti here In numlM-r with -mly
tt few of tl-ee aide tu oh tain nil they
want for lhJr retpiireinenta.
MEKTIMi I'OSTI'OXED
SIii ting of Hi- Walker Caldwell Pro
ln.-ti.iii Co. U. have l-H-n hehl In Ft
.Worth Imse Ins a i-.-tn.ne.l miI.J.s t to
later call on aco.mt of thr diiiih
of 'Winston Walker who waa proiul
neiit in Its active orgsmtxatioti
SHH'PLN(i STiaiHLY
The California Hy Pnalwla Co
lng iH-ad ga.liue phmt sonih ..f rh.-
city iiKiihil three car of saaolii.e ti.N
w.ek at Hie fUn. rallnwd loading
rai k The plant I- In full ooei.itiou
and (hipping tealily.
HV TRAINUiADS
Tin' ( bro rallnmil tms had four
follil tiahw in oil out ot thr field fr.mi
It- loading r.i.k- this week. Sei.rui
M.II-1 traloa it empty tank car h.i-1 Tesboma veil ix rwiltw northwist of
t.t'11 poitnl In. wlih many cars report ' w toww with tsmtlniiwl henry pro-
il fnan .lifter' nt i-.lnts a rolling this ;uVtloii of gaa nml Ineraasing showing
way. TlWH far N.th railroads have f i tTum ta ilrti 0f 4ir.O A-t.
leen in rweinr of cirs as fast ns they
have iM-eu neile.l w Itli a surplus cell- HA.M0X DEPOT ADDITION'S
roll on boiidtir transfer imlnrs. Hloek ir ADD .MUCH TO SERVICE
(17 Is still enp.gel this afternoon In
drilling In Tl.c h.N ernntrml it-I A aUdlrfuii U lliig insmcted to
tremeiv lur.l ground in IU eiu.nliu: ' "" ! of the Hnmon itewt. in
and has ln aW- tu make lui: vrry
slow h.adway .with It since yesterday
morning.
TO OPERATE NORTHEAST
Jot Sullivan well known oil opera..-
or nnd promoter retnrnci tula mom-
Ing tu UI headquarter In thU city
tram a Tlu to Sown Renl pool prop
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v.m .'i. i l to tnui- fools running In J
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-...-..-- . -
phr mouth Headquarter for bis np-
'r.i'luii- win remain Inn-.
nn - wimi im-ihi area i--wre iw eon "i
.-.T'IHVI: I l lll'l'lll'll
II.Miri.ksp.amfs wNl in thi- Siwth
It-iHl H.t. onth of thr Sl.Clu-kry
wi-IU. h n-portiil ibmn H9K) f-t. with
h- t-ro-lHit f utrlkin Znl paT alid
--Ii nr In tin- U'ltMi fiait innd Prill
t. or rln- wi-ll l-i lnc doii- hv tin - '
-jm. .r.-- wht.h i-nrriiil Mink -It '
tow ii ti. It- iiih'k ami blR rnnipl'-tiun
in thl- ll TluU tlM-y are koIiib tin-
utile twit in thr South Rpml pool In
I point of snit l eridrm-rd hy the fart
that I.'iJR U t of tlip depth mnde to
dnte has N-n iluui- lm-e thp flnt of
tin- year.
POCAIIONTAh LOOKS GOOD
J. V. Iniinmi and Krne-t Free-
man of the I'lM-iihontn- Oil Coniorn-
mrnlnc from ..
. villj Jlti Wl.-f virclnta. Thny
i( Mu V(( wrf of thp
. lriu ln- for wIlich u .x.
pei-ti-l ther- will l- rciiilImJi the first
luirt of nei wei-k Thl- hiii-e 1ms re-
ii-ntlv l-i'li iiiiii Ii niiwinred In ItH CIT-
t:iiut of iinpoitiiiit oil pn-lui-tloii by
the iIi-m-Ioj.iiii nt of new production on
'both the we-t and the north. On the
-until .mil ci-t it ha- the irn-her Iro-
lui tlon territory of the SlotltlP and
the iUcKiuliotlmm lea-'--. (. J.
Sweii-on ntd ti W I'.chreni" of Ah-
leiie. w ho wnli tiir-ir urt-im fates In Ab
ilene own tin- A ki'i-- tract lene- are
here today to meet with the etirtern
vlniUim.
IN (.0011 COl'NTRV
Fred Fos-ter of the Louislnna-Strpli-en-.
i in tin- city today from n vfslt
nv of he i oiii-i.111.1 Su'phen Owen-
le.i e k'lki- nun Ii cm otiriigement to tills
1- 11. r
THREE CARS (JAS0L1NE DA HA
The T -us i'omimnys big new re-
1 i in r ut I'.irk- Is now running to ea-
luiiit.N nil tests having been complet-
ed and the plant turned Into fettled
operation. The risen mil ran tl has this
the refinery.
IVANS FIRST SI'UDDIXn
Frank Slangle left tills afternoon
fur Iran to spnd in tho first well on
the Iran toAviMite. This Is tho Cotton
(in plant town block leased to the
SI. .V J.. Drilling Co. recently. The
well will be -puddiil In t imorrow
moriilng ami the event la to Iks made
a town affair by the Ivan people.
Several hundred arr expected to lie
out to e the fir-t bit hit tlte ground.
.MOM I CO IXC (7001)
I -ii! no .-. i unn.ii i.. unn
I fvf 1-lnjr w fl r we rlve niIttJ
t.ril of the . Hy. TU.U drilling has
' M.n pepping right along. The .Mogul
in th). . anj simni' rerens now
M-iiiS watih.il with a greilyiil of
iuter.-st.
WILDCATS HOLDIXt; IT
Reports from Albany state that tlte
!k x tt. rontluuing without nlmte -
.- f Hlt wlth wime lm-riiiN In
. -M.wiiiK at iu well on the Polndex
' .r h... near tle Strphi county line
e.i-tern shackelfor-l county. Prep-
..r.n..n fur retnrning to the wejl and
Irlliiutf Into the wand friau the top
( xvhM U. nrMrt.ut nm j wj to iH
.slurring are report is
to be under
way
Mhany leport alo i-rclits the
i-wl'lch i to be con.lucte.1 u cafe and
! ltk tnl for the convenience of
!b tavUiiK nubile. The cotonade of
the depot is being included in tho
new structure and a cement wulJc is
Iwing JaHl to the trucks where the
(un'necrii enter or leav the trains.
The cat) U to bo In clmvgo ot a nex-
perliirptl railroad eatipj noua? wan.
NORTI1E S'I
Tjrr x
'A iT
WITH AN'i
lajiiix
SHAM
ONE
A
. - .
only i-m Itiriif ulu new- nf tin
eanv fromibe northeast field.
wtth report .f tfrf" W T Dnnnell drill
ing In for n gu-hi-r ;it 12.".0 feet In
mp fc.nith Rend pool
iVndlr.c emitlnuatlun. Ir I- liellerril
!"at the "WW an error a- t .h-pth
' (
of the well. It lietn- Ihonrlit iim it U
.
'n tin- 21o.i -mnl nml not at the re
.ported il-pth of I2.V) feet. If tilt
- - -
tlllM
linnM Ih- foiim) i-orni-t It would ri-
ur rl"' """n' " rrjM.rt mi thi'i
lnmrwlc In llw sniw jnwl. whtrji wn
thought to Im drllliliK tit :I.IHM1 ft
"rhvn f "' "wy n "IrlllfW
""' ' f"f ?" jmxlnrtloii tit
- 110 rf- TM "onni'll nhohl hnri
M "Hm" w""1 nt " Iltt! nr? '""i""
than thi- Shnmrock.
Thp DiiiiiipU 1m reported to Imvp
conic In tini-Tppctcilly ye-tenlny uftcr-
mm. the stttid not hellitr looked for
I nml when -itrlipt: ttirowtnf flip tiot.
6ti
ir '
from the hole and putting oil over the 'has .i-vernl Important hill- up for de-
crown hltx'k. iloiiorts today wild tho . Im'te. the Veach bill belns one of the
well lind U-pti brotticht under control
nnd was sbowftiK for an excellent well.
The Donnell It a Xorth Amerlcnn-
Roxnnn Jointer drilled lease between
the lv00 foot production of the Uox-
ana on tltt U SI. I'mtt nnd the Sic-1
riiaren tract Iea.'es of Gilbert John-
on and the South I!nd Slldwny or-
puilzatlmi of ItreekenrhlKP Intere-ts.
It is dlrei-tly outh and we-t of the
Ford a ml Still t wells of the North Am-
erican and Itoxnna which have been
In much prominence recently as new
prmlttcers from depth of around 3100
feet ciirrpxpnmlinc; with the .'t'JOO foot
annil of the Slid Kan-its Hill pinhi-rs
further snttthwe-t.
ASSOCIATION IS
STARTING WITH
EIRjT MTS.STONl
! on suspicion of complicity In the rob-
'Trndp i:xtens"hm7lll be one of the!lor' N K'v- (i"? Kyl''' n former rec-
paramount alms of the Hreckpiiritlgo tor of the Free SlethodKt church here.
Retail Slerehantd AsMiciation" was the
statement this morning of the secre- Tha Associated Press
tary. Richard Hudson. The mpmls'rs SIOL'NT VI-.R.VOX 111. Jan 21.
of this iisaochtthm will sci'k to broiid-.l-oHtofficu Inspectors totlar rallied a
mi the trade territory of Ilreckenridge ' . ... fi.i
l.y making It a more Inviting trade ' '"n ! K!I;L? "" "'" P
center. innately 'Ji.i.OiH) believed to be a part
In addition to the above aim the of the $1S.1.000 obtained in the thewt
itMiochithm will seek to r-orreet any f thirty lone packages of registered
abuses or trail.. In the city wirt n;!ail here last Friday.
P'sldllug in direct cotutctltinu with
permnuptit merchants and protect the .
uiprchants against the wholesalers PKOIM.E YEARNINfJ TO RE
-Piling 10 iiio-e mn einuieii ro siien
heneflts. They will 11 No maintain a!
credit rating system for the guidance
I ..f rl... iiiiKitlmru I
" "-' .-" .-' -
They will put on a campaign for n
I'iiy-up week ami also plan for
another for "Trade at Home" with
other feature- that will tend to build
tin
'The meeting held last night tit
which organization was iierfected was
eutliu.sla.stlc. .Many good talks were
made. It was a representative gath-
ering for 1111 initial meeting. The
membership enrollment to start with
Is" -u. n is expected to go to UK) ac-
tive working members. The ineiuher-
clilp commitlce Is making a drive today-Officers
elected last night wore:
President. O. SI. YaminI: Vice Presi-
dent C. A. Davis; Second Vice Presi-
dent Ed P.accus; Exi-cutlvc board. C.
A. Davis chairman: S. SI. Sager. Fri-d
L. Cllllan. S. Soren-ou W. L. John-on
1 v- vi.. t t-'niwit.-r .i.tm t ui-
i.n. . j. .Morgenstern. X. Winkler
E. J. Denton and Harry Abies.
The association meets again
Tuesday night.
SCHWAB TELLS
ABADIE HE'S
TELLING LIES
The Associated Press
XKW YORK. Jan. 21. -Charles SI.
Schwab appeared before the SNnlsh
iiiigrMiional committee today nml l -
nled tho statemenK made In terV
lmony given yc-tcrdny by Colonel E.
I H. II Alwilie former comptroller of
the United States Shlpjiing Hoard to
the effect that Schwab's personal ex-
penses for Octolsjr 1018 amounting to
$200000 were charged to tho shipping
lnmr.1.
Schwab declared that tho statu-
' monta were "absolutely.
unqualifiedly
laud mnlicli.p-Jy fnl-e". nnd tlmt he
personally pul.1 all hla oxpen-us dur-
ing the term of office as Director
neneral of the Emergency Fleet Cor-
poration. RRECKENHIDGE COUPLE (JIVE
$100000 TO SIM.MONS COLIJ-IGE
Tb Associate Peu
ARILENE Jan.
21. Announceinont
was made here of one ot the largest
gifts yet tendered Simmons College
In this city the amount Indus $100000
and 'iie donors "Judge end SlrA C. SI.
Caldwell of Ilreckenridge.
Announcement of tlie gift wur made
hy President J. I. Sandefer of Situ-
mona coUcro forinnlly nt 9 nieeUg
VMteYdiy
UT (.RANTS FRANCHISE
FOR WATER SERVICE HERE
TO WALKER & CALDWELL
Tho frntH'lil.-c to wrvo tin city
jf Urerkctiridst1 with water hns
Ihimi ntntiil In Mpwrs. H. S.
Walker iind (". SI. Ciililwpll. ncrord-
In? to tut nnnotinrpiiipnt lnnilo hy
Slnyor SnyliM this iiftprtioon. Tilt-
iiiit'Iittiiirp of tin- fninc-IiNi; wnn
miiili- tiMla-.
It li stntctl tlmt tho work of
liiyins pfK will utiirt nt onci-.
t'lH to Ik- hpi1 will Include five
mile of KJ-Imli fivp of 12-Inch
im1 II iiiIIpm lit 0 nnd S-llirh.
'flip Ittstntlittioii of the Hue from
Clmrfurk to tlip city mid tin
plplns will roxt ovpr 71000.000 It
wna stntpd.
SENATE SOON
TO REPORT ON
PENDING BILLS
Tho Associated Press
Al'.STIX. .Ian. 21 Report- on Mil
tlmt Iiavp hpon refprred to commit-
ters of Imth hoii.-("4 It expected to be
the mnln fctiture of the seo-ioni of
tiotli limiK-Iir- today.
TIip tioiiso appropriations commltti-e
foremo-t.
Slo-t of yesterday was taken up In
tllMitx-Iiis thl-) hill which proposes
the rrpenl of the net of the thlrty-.-Ixth
Ipglauiture to erect normal
elmoli nt KInssvlIle
cites.
and Xacojido-
ROBBERS' LOOT
SAID CAPTURED
BY INSPECTORS
Tho Associated Press
SIOINT VEKXO.V. III.. Jan. 21.
Virtunlly U of the $12.1.000 obtained
in the theft of the :ii package- of
registered mall last Friday has been
recovered today In r:UU by postal in
spectors.
()no of for Persons nrrested
RELIEVED FROM HEAVY
RL'RDENS OF .MILITARISM
. T! Associated Press
WASHIXOTOX. Jan. 21. Stag-
gering lmrileus of taxtitloti result-
ing from the world war has caus-
ed people of all nations to favor
world agreement on disarmament
Henry White former ambassador
of France and a member of the
American peace commission at
Piiris declared today before the
house Xtivsil Affairs Committee
which Is holding a hearing on that
subject.
MUCH PROPERTY
NOW RETURNED
BY NEW RULE
The Associated Press
WA.SIHXC.TOX Jan. 21. Apprnx-
next'imateiy SU7.000.(NM) wjrtli of proper-
jty which was taken over by-the alien
1 property ciiMod.lau during the war
has lieen returned to the American
hprn ivlve.j of Germain Anstrlans nnd
others ir was said nt the office of
the custodian today.
The return was made under the re-
cent act of cougre.-s which permitted
women who before the war married
)f . countries or
tlttow nf lL. c)untl1pi( lnce -epA.
)ntM from Austria-Hungary such as
f. s . . ... .
tjMr vrtlrty n tUH ct)Untrs which
I WH ej(M y fm. f)VIrmiuIIt lmIer
the trailing with tlie enemy act.
WOULD PROVIDE
FOR REJECTION
BY PETITIONS
The Associated Press
AUSTIN Jan. 21. Senator Slurphy.
of Harris County Introduced a Jclnt
rci-olutlou of the senate today provid-
ing for the amendment of the constitu-
tion mi that legislative measure thnt
are proposed can 1m rejected by a peti-
tion of twenty thousand elect .
-rjRUTAHTY CHARGED
.Tie Associated Press
AUSTIN. Jan. 21. Charges of. al-
leged brutality nnd mistreatment of
the convicts of the State penitentiary
were brought to the attention of the
M-nate today hy Senator Archie Parr
of Dtmil county who had read nn
article in a Ji.spaper bIbbccI by a
HomtOR ninn.
SEND ADDRESS
AND BUSINESS
TO THE C. C.
To make the Chamber of Commerce
a real clearing house for Information
regarding this city and Its citizen-.
Is one of tint service nluw. of Secretary
Ray II. Leach he state-.
Everyona knowH how difficult It 1-
In this cosmopolitan town of new cit-
izens nnd huslnees. to locate any
particular person or concern. Inquir-
ies nre met on the street every day.
and none are able to nnwer. There
I- no city directory to re-ort to and
the visitor or stranger I- los-t here
nnd without n guide post.
To somewhat remedy this condition
Secretary Leach would have the seek
ers for Information "Ask the Cham-
her of Commerce." II
proposes to
prepare for this hy keeping a file of
cards giving Information on each per
son and businet-s. He Invites every-
one whether he he 11 member of the
Chamber of Commerce or not anil
whether he he a big business man or
a little one. or n field operator or
worker or ju-t a citizen to spare 11
moment's time nnd write on A card the
name address and occupation of the
Individual or concern put it in nn
envelope with n two-cent stamp on It.
and mall It to Ray II. Leach secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce lireek-
enrldge. Sir. Lcnch will file these card. nod
make his office a real Information
service bureau. He asks that all do
this at once so the cards may he In
when he gets In the new I'. ('. home
on February 1. This will he in the
new tier of buildings Immediately west
of the new postoftlce building where
nil comers to Ilreckenridge will find
n. service stntion for those already
here.
THROUGH CAR
FREIGHT RUNS
ARE PUT ON
The Clscp line to day announced a
new merchandise wrvicc In associa-
tion with Texas Pacific this anounce-
ment being as Important on the com-
mercial side of field activities as the
announcement yesterday of through
passenger train service to lie effective
Sunday on this line from Dallas anil
Ft. Worth to Hreckenridgc.
I'ntb'r the new commercial service
effective at one. direct freight cars
nre loaded for Ilreckenridge daily at
Dallas Ft. Worth nnd Ranger. Tin-wears
come through to Ilreckenridge
without being opened. They travel ns
ru-h traffic and from the time of
entering the original train until
switched out nt Cl-co and put on the
Cisco line trnln tlo not leave the train
In which they nro started
In addition to the speed enabled
by the new sarvlce lu getting freight
through the shipper and consignee
have tho further advantage of much
protection from breakage through the
trnnsfcr of part carload shipments
from car to car on a run from the re-
ceiving point. Umler the new service
21 hours nllowx nmple time for ship-
ments from Dallus and Ft. Worth to
reach destination. Arrangemeut of T.
P. anil Cisco line freight schedules Is
In fact expected to reduce this time to
a maximum of around 1.1 hours.
SHERIFF SAYS DAXCE HALL
WILL' NOT BE KEPT OPEN
A dance hnli population of Ivan en
meshed in the sheriff a raid yesterday
have all been mlm.i -n.t . ..r
have all been released and are out
of Jail. Those who were subject only
to fine paid this; while the others
made bond.
Sheriff Head states the danc- hall
1 closed and will so remain. If it
should open again he says he "will
Jock the door to the building." In the
meantime. County Attorney Snm Da-
vis is preparing fpr the legal end of
the contest.
TO BUILD HOSPITAL FOR
TEXAS NEGRO TERERCULARS
The Associate. Press
AUSTIN Jan. 21.brhc Senate com-
mittee of health today reported favor-
ably on the senate bill proposing the
appropriation of ?.TOO000 for the es
tablishment of a sanitarium for negro
tubercular.
LOCAL
Ira Slonr.c is among familiar figures
on the streeta today being here from
.Mineral Well? to look after hlu lease
and other Interests.
A. II. Goldthwaite came in last
night from Abilene on a few days busi-
ness visit.
Sir. and Mrs. J. E. Hlclit of Wiciiitu
Fall- are visitors here for n few
days guests at the Soger Hotel.
W. (.' Dodd of Gorman is among
business Yltor)i today on oil lnwl
GASOLINE EASIEST PROFIT HERE;
PLANTS CHEAPLY BUILT FROM
WASTE MATERIALS; BIG SAVINGS
Casing head cn-ollne plant opera-1 would Inne no need to concern them-tfon-
In tho field are -nun: It- .no-t "lve. about any possible decline In
.otnii'i .f r.t .... . Ih" l'rle r "" "r """"t storage cost
proved economic treatment of produc 1
tlon. Those who have wnti lied the
development of this branch of the !o-
Iral oil Industry nre now predicting
that with the a--I-t.in.e it 1 M . (-
lug from the euniur.ig. tin in lo h
success extend- in the hlghc-t po.-ihii
measure. It will -oon be making .it !mi
percent snving of eonfuit- that vi-.
going to waste In their entirety a few
months ago.
Stulnc I- Inimrnsr
The saving is now making Incre.is. 1
revenue for oil properties of the field
tn the extent nt thott-nnd- of dollar-
per day. In n short lime it 1- pn
dieted that the larger earning- will
have 11 very importr.nt reflection in
dividend payment- while by the 1 1 I
of the year the daily gasoline proilm
tlon of the field shonhl be such a- to
mean hundreds uf thou-nad- of dol
Iars per month additional revenue.
A very Important help to the Iih-iiI
industry thnt is attracting much atteii
tlon nt this time Is In improved appa
rtitus which hns been de-igned hy !'
Drown Welding & Slachine Co. of tl 1-
city and I- finding highly -lii-etssiui
application- 11 1 the absorntioil cn-inu
head gasoline pl-mt of the Pi.1te-.111 nn
Co.
It Is stated th.it tb" P.i-own npperii
tils has ptiabli'd Im-j-ii-ed n-io-r of
ga-olini nt thi- jil. int to th-- i nt
of 20 liancls is-r day. nnd rim 11 i
performing proportiouati ly effl. i.-u
-en-Ice at other plants w here it 11. -found
installation.
Application or tlie Itrown appi-i ?
us as an aiiiiirtomii rearm-.- t. 1.
Plateau plant dottblies- gne ir 1- -.-vere
a te-t tts any ro-ir tnigln l
brought about for the reason thai iln-
plant represented the Inst word in et
flciency as fnginei-rs have been nbl.
to work ii ont to the time of tin
Rrow'u device.
.L. SI. .Illinium rhe I'lntrnn phmt
superintendent himself 11 mpchiinicnl
engineer formerly with the Oulr .11
Port Arthut considered his local pi.inr
complele when he srarted it going but
Is now proposing the Immediate in
stiillatlon of more bent exchiinge-
The P.rown Welding t Sla.-hiiip Co up
pai-attis. designed by C. II. Drown. 11.1
chaulcal eimiiiis-r and bend of the or
ganizntlou. when -ngge-reii ro Mr
Johnson tuer his apprnial for .1 mil
The latter te-iilteil in In- .n-n.i In
to I'r'H-Uenridge getiius the cndit lm
the best yer In lu-ing ln.nl pn. tin
with the addition. -I uilm- ti.it .t 1-
mnde as well as ib igm-l 11 l.onn-
"Hreckeiirlilge fi. hi- are ju-r ii it
piling to the big 11rl1lii1011.il c.nuing-
they are in position to make from the
particularly rich gas which ix fitind
here" snlil Sir. Itrown today. "The
conservation iminmUiIp iHong tills line
Is very large and there are many or-
ganizations that with absorption ens-
inghead plants on their properties
C. C. MEETING
IS CAUSE OF
MUCH INTEREST
I
Till Chnmlior f fVimmplW mprtltu?.
tat the court hni.se tonight invitea the
'i'tten.hince ot all citizens and proniNes
I !' conshleration of water nnd other
Important matters. The meeting is
culled for 7u"J) and it Is hoped will Is-
productive of decision. that it will be
pii-Minie in pronipiiy carry our.
fommeifr on the .rreets todnv hull-
I Kites that there is rcali-nthm of the
Imtsirtauce of the mis-ting mid of the
fact that It .should have .1 large and
roTlrespnfntlvp- attendance. No mn-ting
of call nt any time in the cirv lms had
more street considerariou or occasioned
as much interest.
It is understood that the water altll-
ntion will be among the chief consider-
ations. Another mutter of mnch im-
portance. Ir was atnted by President
Clew Johiisnii thin mornlviK. had been
brought to iittencloti and Trould also be
prcsetiled In-fore the nwt-rmg.
WILL SEE IF
41 HOME BREW"
LEGAL OR NOT
The Associated Press
.CHICAGO. Jan. 21. A anft to tnrt
the constitutionality of the recent con
struction of the Volstead act prohibit-
ing tho manufacture of "nome brew"
was nuu-cI on HIp today at the Fed-
eral Court. 1
Attorney for the plaintiff as-ert- in
their petition that tie- goM-rniui-nt .in-
liot collect both a revenue tax oil li.iiue
made llquoi-n) and aaw-aa a fine fur ll.e
Yliihitlon of tho law forbld'Hus
niajivfacilire.
of oil lessened acceptances or any of
tho-e things. The gasoline added to
their sources of Income would very
I much more than take care of all of
j that.
Tlu? expen-e of absorption casing
head ga-ollne plants? Well now
1 here's the Joke. Efficient absorption
1 lants for this field are mo're a matter
"? the application of genius than of
in ney. There Is hardly a property
11.1 production in the field that has not
'"' than enough odds and ends of
" "'l band easing Uttering the lease
to build It n casing head plan?.
The principal thing is to get the
.11 iterlals together and put together.
V e are proud of the fact and I think
.'ie field has a right to be proud of
11 and It. that the Itrown Welding &
M.ichine shops with the complete !n
sta nations we have made of electric
w.lding and all other mechanical ap-
pi 1.1 net's is able to put anything to-
g 'her in the refining division re-
ipuri tnents of th" field ns well or In
!""l- and other equipment. These fa
ulni-s her" nt home nre a matter of
1 in. h good fortune and a big Item In
K. 1 pi'i; down expenses nnd keeping
"!' ..nnlngs.
Th enslpst profit In the oil Indus-
11 in rids Held Is Its casing head gas-
oi ii. ind. lis I have said the faclll--.
- in here and all the necessary
l-i.
1' in I materials to make instnlla-
i- -.r plant- for recovery of the
in from tlie gas While -omc
tM N now- being made. It la
In 1 : .is compared to what might
I- No nmpany of my knowl--'
hi 1 he field Is as yet working to
' ' ' ip'i-ity 1 1 1:1 1 it could go in the
- oiiu production business with the
-i- it ii. is available. The Plateau anil
1 1 -w oi'iers are bttihling to take care
d il- 1 e5ou n-e as It should be and
no 1- "ill build hut as yet the very
. 1 t Mi Industry Is much in It.s ln-
111 '
V .-re in-tallatlons of the neceM--;'
- p'niits an expensive matter. It
would he another thing but with the
in 1 "ii a omparntrvely simple thing.
1 I witl lie glad to demonstrate Ut
in hirere-red jierson" at any time.
.11 1 wth the materialsSretpilreil pnio
1 illv all available from the scrnp
1 dl the lease with no need for
1 ' 1 g away from the field for el-
' 1 rectors or competent operators.
". imposition reduces to one of aim-
I. requirement on the part ot tho
.1 operator to come uwake and see
wli-it he N missing hy not putting the
plant in. A. for the latter it is only
n question of a little time until con-
s iviitlou laws will find such enforce-
ment as will require absorption cas-
ing head plants In the field with
comprewlou in later yenrs when the
present high pressure wears down and
we hnve a len amenable gas to deal
with."
FUNERAL THIS
AFTERNOON OF
FIRE VICTIM
Tim Piiafe-rif- Ik. Til. ti" tlin ypmntrw nf
Wlnton Walker was removed from
r... .. r:ndrrtikln P-irlos nt
'"' "m.w Undertaking I arlos at
i".clc till nrternoon helng conveyed
to the home of It. S. Walke" uncle
(f tl. ipC.nf.cd nt the corner of Rose
1 1 lf-011..... . .... ... n.i. I 1 ll
""" '-". !. " "y ')
"' SUllf "' "rlt' '""e tnere in or-l
der that the hosts of friends hercl
might view it and pay their last trib-1
tite to Winston Waffter.""
From thi- home the body was con-
voyed to the Christian church nt Wil-
liniiis and Ilreckenridge avenue
win-re funeral services were conduct
-l by Rev. Glenn Hutton pastor ol
the church
A large assembly of friends foil
lowed to the Ilreckenridge cemeteryl
where the remains were laid to real
this evening
The in. iber. father nnd all othel
relatives from out of the city nrrlve
last night and this morning and werl
present ut the funeral.
AMERICAN'S SAVED
Tha Anuclated Press
SIANILA Jan. 21. Two Amrrlcar
Robert Hrezlle and Slack SInlone mil
horis of the wrecked British steaml
I-mIm'1Ih which they pay was bouil
t l-i ai California to Simula were pick J
up on the NIaud of Tarnate near t-'l
iiuir l'liillpp'nes.
I X Tleail and W. A. Taylor
W tithiTford. aro among liusincss t
iisiiipw wliq will ho hero today and
Hor)w
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