The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 37TH YEAR, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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HE DUBLIN PROGRE
A well titled farm, a tew Jereey cowe and a flock of standard bred chickens are w<wih*eoee-» a community than an oil gusher.
PH YEAR - NO. 13
DUBLIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925
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iUBLIN FIELD
TROJAN WELL _N0W__ STANDS 3,200 FEET IN OIL
Casing and Tanks Being Set; Well Will Be Finished Last of Week
EIGHT PAGES
PLAY
WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN IS DEAD
Heart Stops Action While Asleep.
Dayton, Tenn.. July *6.—(William
Jen nigs Bryan, three times a candi-
date for tfie Presidency and (or thir-
ty years a dominant figure Is nat-
ional politics, died here this after-
noon.
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon he
lay down for a nap.
Later a servant discovered that he
was dead. Heart disease had claim-
be slept
man who had won and held
the title of "The Great Commoner,”
and whom many predicted would
again emerge Into the political lime-
light as a candidate for the presi-
dency on tho religious issues raised
by the Dayton evolution trial, pass-
peacefully. apparently worn out
by the strain of the recent dramatic
events here.
Last Words On Bible.
He had stayed on after the close
of the Scopes trial, in which he was
11 an attorney for the prosecution, to
I fill some speaking engagements.
By an odd coincidence, his last na-
GEOLOGISTS’ PRE
DICTION i MAY BE
PROVEN SOON
Over a year ago, to be axact in Its
Issue of January 4, 1924, The Pro-
gress published a short geological
survey of Erath county In which Mr.
B. L. Cooper, local geologist, pre-
dicted that Erath county would some
day be one of the largest oil produc-
ing counties In the state and now It
would seam that with the excitement
caused by the Trojan well and with
almost positive assurance that other
wells will be drilled this prediction
may become a proven fact.
For the geological Information It
gives a reprint of the article by Mr.
Cooper follows:
"A great many have asked my op-
inion In regard to the prospects of
oil In Erath County, so I take this
means of publishing my opinion as I
have some knowledge of geology and
I will base my opinion on that as
geology Is practically all we have to
go by to determine whether a certain
country Is likely to produce oil.
"In Texas. Pennsylvania, and Ken-
tucky, oil Is found In the upper part
of the strata of the Devonian age. la
tlonal utterance bears the title "The' Michigan end Canada the lower De-
"Tke Bible Is Good Enough for Ms." j vonlan
The interest aroused by the discovery of oil in the
Trojan well on the Scott Ranch five ind one-half miles
southwest of Dublin, now stands 3,200 feet in oil will like-
ly reach a climax Saturday, when Otto Prassell, president
of the company expects the test to be finished. A. J.
Brown, drilling contractor, informed the Progress late
Wednesday that he would start setting casing early
Thursday morning and that he would have storage tanks
on the site ready to take care of the overflow oil. In the
interview with Mr. Brown, said he believed the oil would
flow over the top of the derrick when the casing was set
and the fluid now in the hole was drawn off.
Various geological opinions given out during the
week are to the effect that the Trojan well is the discov-
ery well of a large field which will be fully opened up
within the next sixty days. A number of drilling con-
tarcts are now being fugured on awaiting the final test
of the Trojan well and will be closed Saturday if that well
comes anywhere near the expectations held for it.
One advantage which operators ire not failing to
overlook in this field is the proximity of the Humble Com-
pany’s pipe lines which lie within a half-mile of the Tro-
jan well. This would make the transportation of the oil
in this field an easy matter.
Hundreds of strange faces from all parts of Texas
and other states can be seen here on the streets daily,
since the announcement of oil in the Trojan well. This
well is the big attraction in this section of the state and
kswtm AAmmiv fmYtvt ill AfiH TliP MV
T. P. & L. MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS
Texas Power & Light Company had
a crew of eight men in Dublin last
week rebuilding lines on Davis street
and also making several extensions
on account of consumption of elec-
tricity by electrical ranges which
have been recently installed In homes
over the city. The company Is ser-
iously contemplating rebuilding their
lines southeast of Dublin.
Mr. W. P. Murphy, District Man-
ager, wag over from Brownwood this
week looking over some business re-
lative to the improvements which the
company Is making here.
PROGRAM WILL BE
GIVEN!
It la an article In iColIlre'a and a part
of a debate with Leonard Dadwln, son
of Charles Darwin, on the issues of
the Dayton case.
* The final clas of Bryan's eventful
life was the religious debate with
Clarence Darrow, agnostic, and de-
fense counsel for Scopes, under the
treea near the courthouse here. In
that debate, reporters believed Bryan
had been, badleey worsted—-"shown
i» some had put It In their account
! the stirring debate.
Of Battling.
of that stand years of bat-
always—at least politically—
losing aide.
reporters here, the memory
still fresh of his appearance on
rostrum at tbs Democratic con-
a year ago to be Jeered by
i party he bad led.
"This may be my last appearance
__j you." he said. And when that
l chewed, he held up a band, nnft-
and shouted:
at cheer, I may change my
L"—Fort Worth Record.
™owion*r*hr lower" coal oil men have* been coming from aU directions. The pay
RE
TO OFFICE
J. M. Smith returned home
from Hubbard where be at-
I the State Association meeting
Harp Singers. Mr.
us that the meeting
ided and was aplend
by the cltlsens of
selection of next years
was lift In the hands
committee: James
T. T. Daniel, JMIUs;
year were r
«> 3, U. BuM
H. D. Ratliff, vice
.. Worth; D. M. Vln-
Masure; In Virginia In thesub-Cer-
bonlferous and In California in the
Miocene Tertiary.
"Now as oil has been produced In
each of these states in the formations
mentioned above, that leads ui to
look on or near the surface If we
expect to find oil.
"At Desdemona, Ranger and Breck-
enridge we find the upper Devonian
crops out on the surface, however.
In places we find the surface of these
localities covered with the Permlan
sand* of the Permian period of the
Corbonifersus age or more properly
speaking the Permian cornea between
Mesoaioc and Puleasolc eras. R does
not belong on the surface of the De-
vonian age but In these parts at least
we find it there.
In Brath county as far aa I have
seen, besides the Permian we have
also a thin lap of <hs Oomanchean
Cretaceous lime, however, this ltme
tor chalk Is only s few feet thick. In
tact you frequently find oot-crop-
plnge of the Devonian. If this Co-
bianchoan Cretaceous and Permian
formation, say was two thousand feet
through we could hardly hope to
drill through that and then go deep
enough Into the upper Devonian to
get oil. but as the Comanchean Cre-
taceous and Permian 1* only a few
feet through, they are not In the way.
nor does It lessen our chances tor oil
in Brath county any more than In
Stephens county.
"Oil la found In gently folded
strata, The most productive portion
seems to be along n line of anticlines
becaasa there we may expect largo
assures and also, perhaps, because
the oil working upon the surfnes of
wnter Is apt to accumulate under tho
eaddlo of «ko strata.
“Ry experience In oil Aside In our
wo «nd tho meet llksly place
cross of two an-
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sand was only penetrated a very short distance so it is
difficult to estimate the possibilities of the well and the
new field it has opened for development. But buying
and trading in leases has held the center of the stage
since oil was discovered in the Trojan well witii several
of the large companies active. In fact Dublin is rapidly
assuming the appearance of an oil center and it is pre-
dicted by many that the population of the town will be
doubled many times within the next few months but that
will largely depend upon the development of the field.
Everyone is optomistic and the future looks promising
with Dublin holding the center of the stage in what, has
every appearance of making one of the largest fields in
the state.
This well was first made possible through the efforts
of A. J. Brown and E. P. Knotts, formerly of Shawnee,
Oklahoma, who associated with C. 0. McCue and Roy
Bracewell of Fort Worth, came to Dublin something over
a year ago and after several weeks of strenuous work
succeeded in blocking enough acreage to warrant drilling
the test. Messrs. Brown and Knotts retain considerable
acreage surrounding the well which appears as though
they will be amply repaid for their efforts.
DUBLIN ON A BOOM;
GOOD SHOWER AND
SHOWING OF OIL
, BENEFIT OF
"D” CLUB GYM
Miss Fay* Mahon's folk dancing
class will give a program next Tues-
day at 8:15 o’clock p. m.. at the
school auditorium; proceeds will go
to the “D” club on the gym fund.
Besides group dances, duets, folk
dances and solos by the little folks
In attractive costumes the following
numbers will be given: vocal solo,
Mrs. O. O. Gain; humorous reading.
Mavis Warrea; vocal solo. Mr*. D. R.
Franks: violin solo. Frank Edmonds.
TARLTON ANNOUNCES
COACHES FOR 1925 26
LEASE LAND FOR
DRILLING CONTRACT
It la to be feared that In the ex-
citement now prevailing over tho oil
situation In and around Dublin, mnuy
people who own land in this terri*
toir art overlooking the fact that
inataad of leasing their land for com-
•{ IT. A.
O. B. Varnoll,
, of Cts-
. "These
I a course of from n<
r-rx
northwest to south-
.V < V :r
DUBLIN BOYS GO TO
PASTEUR INSTITUTE
John Tarleton announces’a strong
athletic staff for the coming year. It
Is composed of W. J. Wisdom, head of
the department; coach of football and
basket ball and director of tennis;
Roy Hudspeth, graduate of John
Tarleton College, coach In baseball
and assistant la football and basket-
ball. and O. H. Fraater, graduate °f
Baylor University, track coach and
freshman football and basketball
coach.
Head Coach Wisdom la In Chicago,
attending a coaches' school at pres-
ent. while Assistant Coach Hudspeth
will enter the Rookne football school
In AagusL
Mies Laura Fatimas, mho haa been
absent on leave for the last year, will
return to Tarleton sheet September
1 and resume her dstlee as director
of physios! training of women. Misa
Oilman has been taking her degree
of master of arts in the University of
Taxes.
Dublin Is In a very festive uiood
this week. Just think of It, a show-
ing of oil in tho Scott-Prassel well, a
good shower; these are things to
make us all happy. The finding of
oil in this territory will be a boom to
all and the shower was such that it
helped the crops and cooled the sir
so we could have a breathing spell
between thrills. Not since the days
of 1919 and 1920 have we had such
a splendid outlook in the oil game.
Early Monday morning the news
spread that there was a showing of
oil in the Scott-Prasael well Car
•after car filled with our citizens went
out to view the wonderful sight and
many came hack with samples of the
oil which proved to ho of high grav-
ity. Just how much oil there la in
the well remains to be seen hot all
ire optomistic regarding the outcome
and leailng la active. The Soott-
Praasel well was spudded In more
than a year ago. there being no
clashing of cymbals or beating of
drums. Just a few men who had
faith in this territory as aa ot! pro-
ducing region began operations wilh
A J. Brown aa drilling contractor
There was no spectacular advertising
no selling of stock, no four flashing;
It was Just a handful of determined
men who pushed the well to comple-
tion despite the numerous obstacles
Mr. Otto Praaael tho president of
the Trojan Oil Company was In Dub-
lin Monday and said he was sure
that the mother pool ot tho Desde-
mona-Ranger field bad at last been
found and that he waa confident that
thla well waa the opening up <-t the
greatest oil field In the stste of Teva>
... ..i
On last Friday F. L. Jackson. El
more Hallmark, Allen Gray and Als-
ton Blrdette went to Austin for
treatment at the Pasteur Institute.
All of these boys had been either bit-
-------- ------_7 .... ten or licked on the hande by a hull
mercial purpose, for a period oMtvoj^ ^ ^ „„ kMpi„r *
years for a small sum, It would be .knms ,vvnn-
better to pool their land an got a
HARP SmGERB MEET
AT TEXARKANA
IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOCAL DAIRY
In keeping with his desire to al-
ways have the best equipment for his
dairy, Mr. Leonard Hancock, prop-
rietor of Wancock's Dairy haa re-
cently completed some improvements
ta the nature of closed barns with
cement floors. Mr. Hancock ta a
progressive business man and con-
sistently Improves his equipment to
keep pace with hta growing business
The hard of Jerseys kept on this
dairy farm are always under close
inspection.
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well drilled somewhere in their vic-
inity rather than have the territory
checkerboard with small lews.
Having a wol ldrilled would prove
the territory, and ownera would got
action on their stuff and If oil waa
found on the land royalties would be
worth far more than the amount re-
say, a mat of anticlines and cross an-
ttellMa «tth T
, 1
fire station. The dog showed symp-
toms of hydrophobia and was caged
and taken with the hoyn on the trip
to Aurtln. On the wny It died at
Adam grille and Am body waa taken
on to Austin for examination which
showed It to be affected with Re
rabies. AU the boys returned to
Dublin
who started taking the treatment at
the Pasteur
On the ‘
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soma day,
l up, oae i
mmfww
decided by th
iybe the he**.,
Texarkana. Texas. — Th# sacred
Harp Singers Association of Tenia
Arkansas. Louisiana, and Oklahoma
met at here In annual convention
Saturday morning and will continue
through Sunday. Texarkana la the
permanent meeting place of the asao-
ctat Ion B. B. Moore and 1. D. Lin-
goM, both of Texarkana, are presi-
dent and secretary, respectively.
began at 8:80 o’clock Sat-
urday morning and continued until
TELEPHONE COMPANY
IMPROVING LINE HERE
Mr. 0. M. Wllkerson, manager of
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company of this place has been very
busy this week making Improvemen n
In the company’s lines. A 50-palr
cable is being extended from Black
Jack Street north on Grafton to
M
<.
iill
hour for
Oae leader ta W. E.
i art!
quits Street besides t
Improvements being
parts ot tha city,
doubled hla force II
the-
_ order to
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