Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 3, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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in the Oil Possibilities of the Preston
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—Meet Next in Bonham
BRITAIN'S YOUNGEST
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About twenty oil men operating In Grayson and Fannin Counties, to-
gether witli Sherman, Denlson and Bouham newspaper toon, ami Chamber of
Commerce representatives of Denlson and Bonham, met at the Chamber of
Commerce in Denlson Monday evening for a further discussion of the oil pos-
sibilities of the Preston anticline structure and adjacent territory, and more
especially moans of accurately advertising to oil operators and investors in
all parts of the country the possibilities of the field, for the purpose of hasten-
ing development. ,
xirgantzntlon orthe nirnreir o^tlHTfPTTftoTy ror the purpose of furthering
this end, which wns started at a meeting held in Sherman two weeks ago,
was futher completed at Monday evening's meeting with the election of sev-
ei.'l directors and a temporary secretary. Organization is expected to be com-
pleted at the next meeting, which will be held in Bonham one week from
next Monday evening.
P. M. Travis of Sherman, was elected president ofthe organization, which
is known as the Oil Development Bureau of Grayson and Fanuiu Counties, at
the first meeting, was elected director last night, as was H. A. Pagenkoff of
Sherman, member of the syndicate | , . , . .
drilling n test well east and south of ® ®
Sherman : L. L. Shackelford, president, j
of tlx Denlson Chamber pf Com-j
merco: W. B. Munson, Jr., of Deni-| J
hod ; OIh Roberta, president of the
Bonham Board of Trade; A. W. Main,
of Bonhnni of the El Kay Oil Com-
pany. and K, II. Locke, of the Mil-
lers' Oil Company of Oklahoma City.
Dick Gray of Denlson was named
temporary secretary of the organiza-
tion. It is probable another Sherman
jman will be named oiftthe lioanl of
directors.
Th:v keynote of the discussion at
<he nnotiug was truthful advertising
of thr geological structure and the
oil nnd mineral .possibilities of the
district. as opposed to flagrantly un-
tfttthful advertisement *of development
which has not taken plfcc. W. B. Mun-
noii, Jr.. pointed out thnt while the
field had been "butchered" to some
exttnt in the eyes of the public by
the cry of "wolf too often, In un-
founded reports of oil discoveries at
various tents, operators In the district
have not lost the geological structure:
that this is as good as it was In the
ls'giimliig of the present tests. and
that accurate and reliable information
concerning this structure, compiled
from the logs-of drilling wells, placed
in the hands of operators in various
parts of the country will do more to
hasten V development of the field
than ail? amount of publicity herald-
ing unfounded reports of development
that has not really occurred.
As a evidence of the purpose of I
the operators composing the Oil De-
velopment Bureau of Grayson nnd
Fannin Counties to further this kind
of publicity, several of the operators
present volUnfered to furnish tlie
secretary of the bureau logs of their
tests In order thnt articles on the geo-
logical structure of the district could
b« written, and a committee composed
of H. A. PagenkoCT of Shaman, A.
W. Main of Bonham. and Dick Gray
of Denisou wns appointed to see all I
other companies putting down tests in(
the district for logs of their wells.
Another evidence of purpose ani-J
tnating the members of the Oil De-
velopment flurcau was shown when
the matter of financing the bureau
and its publicity work came up for
discussion. Several of the oil company
representatives volunteered to assess
themselves from $1<H) to .$."><>0 to pro-
vide funds for the bureau to operate
on.
Tlie Oil Development Bureau will
begin Its publicity work at once. It
was indicated at In^t night's meeting.
The first step will lw the preparation
< t a Inrjre folder carrying pictures of
all tlie drilling wells along the Preston
anticline and adjacent territory with
a descrip'ive write-up of the compan-
ies and their activities along the anti-
cline. This folder, which will be
sent out when outside requests are
received for reliable information re-
gnrding the < " development situation
in Cra.vson and Fannin Counties, will
lie supplemented with weekly reports
of the work being done nt each well
which will be attached to the folder,
and also supplied newspapers In Gray-
son nnd Fannin Counties. The mem-
bers of the bureau supplying this
weekly information will vouch for its
truthfulness. A c< mmitt -e on censor-
ship will pass en ail publicity put out.
and no report calculated to damage
the field or the reputation of the le-
gitimate operators in the field will be
nlowed to Clrcnlitel
Among those present at last night's
meeting were: I . M. Travis. H. A.
Pagendoff, E. NVrsmnn. Jim Parker,
and Boy Minton of Sherman; Obe
Roberts, C. B. Ingllsh. Jim Ingllsh. A.
W. Main. Edgar WhedUee. L. C. Flrt*
ler, B. Collins and T. F. Carter of
Bonham; W B. Munson, Sr., W. N.
Ernjest Granville Theodore, who has
the distinction of being the youngest
of twenty odd premiers accredited to
the British Crown. Mr. Theodore,
who is premier of Queensland Is now
in London endeavoring to raise a loan
of $15,000,000.
2 aviators fall
to death in
los angeles
ONE WAS TEXAN WHO WENT IT
10,000 FEET TO DO A
MOVIE STINT.
ARM)ctate<1 Prc« Dispatch]
l,os Angeles. Calif., Aug. 3—Ormer
Locklear and Lieut. Milton Elliott,
aviators killed here last night, were
encaged in performing a feat for a
motion picture concern. At a dis-
tance of 10.0(H) feet in the air, Ijnck-
iear was given a signal by the motion
picture director and started In a none
dive. A battle of search lights were
on the machine and fireworks were
being set off from The plane by Lieut.
Elliott. When he was within two
hundred feet of the earth. Lbcklear
was noticed as attempting to straight-
en Ids plane out, lie was,.too low.
however, and crashed to the earth.
Both aviators were instantly killed.
I/wklear Knrwn In Fort Worth.
Aftsoclated Pres* Dlppatch]
Fort Worth. Aug., ftr-Ormer I>ock-
lear. aviator who wns killed In Ix s
Angeles Monday night, made his first
flight:-from the High School campus
here four years ago. piloting a plane
that he and his brother had made
Until war days, Locklear was an nnto-
mobile mechanic. Enlisting In the air
service he was given a pilot's commis-
Tdon In n few weeks at Barron Field.
Fort Worth.
King. W. B. Munson. Jr., I*. B™0*
and Dick Gray, of IVnlson.
Preceding the discussion, which
took place In the Chamber of Com-
merce committee room, dinner at the
Katy dining room was enjoyed.
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health officers
in meeting at
fgalveston
CONFERENCCE ON METHODS OF
FIGHTING BUBONIC PLAGUE
w unotsd , states. w:m
pun clean up work
Will Make Personal Visits to Sections
of City Now Fighting the Rat
Menace—Many Prominent Phy-
sicians Taking Active Part
in the lYoeeedtaga.
Associated Press Dl, patch.l
Galveston. Texas, Aug. 3—Health
officer* from cities along the Gulf
coast. State health officers from ! a
number of Interior States and sur- _
goons of the United BlafcM—:Pnhtfe: protest at the delay that Is hel
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Berry B. Col>h and Ed Jouea were
spokesmen for a number of East
Brockett street property ownetk and
r«sideuta who appeared liefoee th«
City Commission Monday eyenlu to
Health Service assembled here today
for a conference on methods of com-
batting the spread of bubonic plague.
The conference was to open at 0
o'clock.
cartoned Id the saving of East
ett street hy inability of the city and
the K*ty and ff. A T. c. Ballwtti
companies to ag?ee on grades "for thela
crosrtngs of the'atreet. Five Brocket
Dr. Hugh R. Ctunnrtngs, aurgeon wire In the group proa-
general of the United States Public r|}^ They said they believed that
Health Service, had not arrived In was neausing the delay
the city at the time for the openly ^ adJusttKl In order that
of the first session of the conference, Brork#jtt cltlaens, who have
and Dr. A. J. Mclaughlin presided. | four years for the paving of
In addition to a geueral discussion fhplr might not longer be de-
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Mollne. HI., Avm A—W* armed
masked men t«uhM*l the Continental
:v!r ^s-v'rr^u
others ftjto the cashier's office, swept
ISO.OQd into a sack and made their ■;
capo In an. automobile. t
Thejr shot Charles Boler,
when be ran out of his shop
street .to five the alarm.
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Police reacted the scene
dll« wen> leavW nnd a gun
hu<m1 011 the s&ets. The
inad> their escap^ They
for Bock Island.
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of metho<ls of preventing the spread
of bul onlc plague, the health officers
planned to make persoiuil Inspection
of the various sections of the city
where work of rat extermination, fu-
migation, general clean up and other
activities are lw>lng j-arrlcd out under
the direction of officials of the public
health service. - / 4 ;
State health officers attending
conference Included Dr. Eugene
Kelly of Massachusetts; Dr. 0.
Clair Drnke of Illinois: Dr. C
Goddard of Texas. Dr. toreen of
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and Dr. Crumhlns of Kansas/City,
prlved of the Improvement. The Com-
mission heard the protest and agreed
to hasten the ailjustmeot of the dif-
ference with |he railroad companies
at the earliest' date.
While Brociett street was the first
on the list to be paved nnder the
contract now being executed by .the
Kaw Paving Company, the company
has|gone to work on other streets,
pending the completion of the work by
the .Texas Electric Ballwsy In con.
their Hght-of-way. The
railway company has been de-
cayed In Its work hy failure of (he
Katy and H. A T. C. to agree to
the grades established by the city for
their crossings, at Branch and
Campaign Against Rubbish.
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Galveston, Aug. 3.- Today marked «*"' . f"''
the beginning of a well organized cam-1 *
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city of Galveston, dlrecteil by officials .
of the United States public health scr- thp r°mm,M,on
vice with, city officials co-operating.
About forty extra garbage carts are
employed in I he removal of rubbish
from private premises.
streets, v-.
Mf" reptitt of City Manager
approved by
Governor's Race.
Associated Preaa DInp*tch] ( 1
Dallas, Texiw. Aug. 8—IU tunis re-
ceived by the Texas Election Bureau
up to noon Tuesday from 247 counties,
of which 212 lire complete, show Bail-
ey leading Neff by 1.000 votes in the
race for the Democratic nomination
for Governor. Bailey, 151,073; Neff,
140,1041
William E. Thomas.
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WHEAT ADVANCES
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Chicago. Aug. 3—Wheat made a
step advance in price today as a
result of Increased speculative
buying stimulated by European
war talk. In a little more than
a single hour, an extreme ujv-
ward swing of I5e n bushel bad
taken place, March delivery
touching 230 as against 215 at
yesterday's finish.
William E. Thomas, 45 years of age.
died at the family home at 1312 South
Austin street, at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning. He Is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Mattle Thomas, and by two
children. William Thomas, Jr., 12.
ami Ethel. 0; also by his parents.
Mr. nnd Mrs. F. S. Thomas, and four
brothers.
THE WEATHER.
Washington, Aug. 3—East
Texas— Tonight ami Wednes-
day unsettled weather.,
West Texas—Tonight and
Wednesday partly cloudy, some-
what warmer the Panhandle
Wednesdny.
Louisiana —Tonight and Wed-
nesdny partly cloudy, warmer In
Arkansns —Tonight, fair; Wed-
nesday fair nnd warmec
Oklahoma —Tonight and Wed-
nesday partly cloudy, warmer In
extreme east portion Wednes-
day.
mexican fedi
prepared to
l8wercaeii
&naoolat*d Pr.w Dl#«tefc]
/ Mexican. Lower Calif., Aug.
Uary preparations against * th
edTattempt by the Mexican S.;, Federal
government to wrest whtral of Lower
California from Gov. Cantu. continued
today while fnrtlior conferences ;? be*
tww'n tlov. Cantn and representatives
of Provisional President De I* Huet-
tf werj' made In effort^ j.0 compose
tile points at Issue wr.hout hlood<he>l.
,N« afwU'ment baa been made regard-
ing results ol conferences already
held between Gov. Cantu and repre-
sentatives of the provisional govern-
ment.
Comment on military preparations
was refused 1# Gov. Cantu's officers
for strategic reasons, hut United
States army strategists stationed at
Calexlco. who have followed the op-
erations closely, ventured the opinion
that Gov. Cantu's position seemed
almost Invlunerable because of advan-
tages of terrain. Possible weakness,
they said, might develop from the
fact that the point, of attack by Fed-
eral troops could not Im for wast
clearly. ,,
Customs brolteIN 'WWf^flltaltlng to-
day an answer to a request wired
to Mexico city officials yesterday that
no customs fees be demanded by the
provisional government until present
difficulties are adjusted. , Bepresen-
tntlvcs of the provisional government
and Gov. Cantn each have demanded
payment of (Jistoms dues.
Mexican Shot at Dells.
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A Mexican who was shot at * Katy
wrok camp near Bells, east of Sher-
man died at the Baptist Sanitarium In
Dallas, Monday.
A negro who Is alleged to have
done the shooting, escaped.
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i Gov. Calvin Coolldge, of Massachuiietts. made a second speeeh of acceptance when nominated by his goo. Calvin,
. who ayked him to help make his pushmobUc at (Wr home th Northampton, f
Mrs. Anna Lllllard, 94 yean old,
who, according to detectives was the
leader of a band of train robbers cap-
trucd In Paasatc Junction, N. 3. after
a fight in the Erie Railroad freight
yards.. The girl leader was dressed In
men's clothing at the time of her ar-
rest. ' ' v1:'' ■' ' ''\
oku. women
vote for first
W>R« HAH OPPOSITION FOR
UNITED STATES SENATE;
elect LEGISLATURE,
AKHonl«tr<l PfMI DUpstCbJ
Oklahoma City, Aug. 3—Women
voted for the first time In an Okla-
homa State election today when a
Statewide primary was held to nomi-
nate candidates on the Democratic.
Itepubllcan and Socialist tickets.
The principal contest was oyer the
Democratic nomination for United
States Senator. Thomas P. Gore, at
preaent Senator from ( Oklahoma,
sought renomtnatlon and was opposed
by Scott Ferris, representative in
Congress from the Sixth Oklahoma
district. Gore's war record was made
an issue by h^ opponent
Congressional nominees were Uto
being chosen in the eight districts of
(he State, and In the Eighth district
a special election was on to fill the
unexpired term of the late Represen-
tative Dick T. Morgan.
Candida tee were also being choOen
for four seats on the State supreme
bench, the entire membership of the
lower House of the Legislature
(ninety-two) and half of the member-
ship of tjre state Senate (twenty-two
to nominate.) A Corporation Com-
missioner was to tie nominated by
each of the |«rtles as well as«a mem-
ber of the Criminal Court of Appeals
and ten presidential electors. Nomi-
nees for county ^office*, also were be-
ing selected. ,, ,,
The names of a number of Indepen-
dent candidates were before the vot-
ers. The Farmer-Labor party
named ten presidential electors.
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monts Into the line and It la
a terrific attack Mil be launched
for the pa
before an |
On the northern' sector. I
tMfcff fc1*0 advance
ed the region at
hut 60 miles from
regiments from the
right wing of the advancing .
vlki line, and be*e, too, freah
Sft|/tttlng h rough! ■ |
Is planned to carry the drfve
nearer this city
the earliest date set by the
plenlpotentlsrles for reaching a
Ion relative to an armlstloe with
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I-ondon, Aug. 8—A
vlet has been formed In the parts
Poland that have been occupied by
Soviet troops, according to a wireless
message received here from j
today. f:t>i '
'Julian Mssklevsky Is chairman of
the new formed body, adds the da-
spa tch.
The hew Soviet has issoed a mani-
festo to the laborers of Poland, eg-
, hortlng them to rhie against Plland-
sky's bourgeoisie, land owner govern-
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The manifesto deflares (hat a stable
peace between Russia and Poland to
only possible through Soviets of the
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Moscow. It says the
tlon left Baranovltchi for
MonAay to present to Ita
the Soviet demand that
delegates be given
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