The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 356, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1923 Page: 3 of 14
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?r v v - -s.-::yvZ'.r. TK HOUSTON POST: MONDAY MORNING MARCH 26 1923
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Chamber of Commerce Is
Trip Over Fields Shows
Renewal df Activity iri
All Sections With New t
Areas Being Explored; j
Business Interests Meet
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' Formed; Town Famed
" For Oil Resources Civic
Enterprise and Schools;
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By WAN HUNTER
Lta than an hour out of Houaton
over one of the best atretchM of nd
la thia aectlon li on of the nwat
famoua oil field of the gulf coaat
; It has produoed In 'excaai of 100.000
00 bsmla and a thriving Industrial f-
clty pumble
It was to thla community of roughly
1000 people In three aeparata town
adjaochl that George Lacy affablaf-
ana aorompusnea pnoiograpner 01 1 at y ... .. (
last week In queat of something In
the way of a feature for w had been
told that organisation of a chamber of
commerce was under way and that If
w wanted to aee a good town get bet-
ter wa should aee It .start and then
watch. It grow.
Evidence of progresalvenesa met our
" aye before we had gotten Into the city
proper for we paaeed the new high
school and grammas school modern
structures completely equipped and as
we moved Into the city and noted the
automobile! park alongside busy'
atorea we knew that aomethlng was
going on all the time or we had come
at an unusually busy period of the
day. . Before the day was over we
were convinced that the activity noted
on entering was not exceptional to
the days run.
Wo were shown every courtesy by
members of the Retail Merchants' as-
N soctajlon and other business men and
when we turned homeward we had
tramped miles and miles of oil fields
viewed thriving industries and Inspect
ed civic accomplishments that would
be a credit to any city.
Of course the oil fields around
I Humble and the storage tanks were
our especial Interest for the great fire
there a few months ago had aroused
a curiosity to see the extent of tank
a age when the destruction of only one
of the group ran Into millions. .And
w aaw not one but scores. If It Is
a disputed question we would want
to aee the competitor of Humble as a
concentration point for crude petro
leum.
Clouds overhung the skies during the
morning but showed evidence of
breaking so we decided to go over the
city first. Naturally we turned to
the school system for the first thought
of the leading rltlsens of Humble Is
their schools. Coon we were In the
office of Professor E. E. Bagwell who
somewhat upset our general opinion
of school teachers by throwing a broad
smile to us and welcoming Inspection
of' olaAs rooms at leisure. Professor
Bagwell Is one of the big aeseta of
Humble. His very cordiality and pat
ent Sincerity of purpose bespeak for
him auccess with the youngsters of the
district. All the class rooms of the
new building are neat and erderly and
there was an unusual attractiveness
about the discipline shown by the stu
dents.
Professor Bagwell arranged our toii
through the bulldlna so thst wo would
come upon the best last. This Is the
domestic science department to
which later on will be added a manual
training course for the boys. We
found the young ladles busily engaged
In all the usual pursuits of house-
Keeping even to nursing. One is at
traded to the equipment of the de
partment for there Is nothing lacking.
The same orderly arrangement was
found In the grammar schools and the
ward schools. From Professor Bag
well's books we learned that the High
school classes A with 19 1-3 recognised
units making a graduate admissible
to colleges without examination. Pub
Us schools of the Humble district com
prise the buildings in Humble at
Moonshine Hill at Singleton and the
Begro school of the town. Total val-
uation la now JUO.OOO hut extensive
Improvements likely to be authorised
shortly will augment this greatly
Vlslt th Oil FleWs.
The sklea had cleared somewhat and
convinced that we would not run Into
a gust of wind and rain we turned
toward the oil fields In Lacy's faithful
Dodge. And dodge it proved to be
before we were done. In the peculiar
topography of the section there was
plenty of dodge including more der
ricks than the ordinary man ever
sees. And many of thorn were new
ones too.
Mr. Harrington of the Humble lease
exchange and Mr. Newman of the
Newman OH company accompanied us
to the fields and all helped us to the
Inside of the coming developments. We
soon found that Humble cltlxens were
enthusiasts over prospects and that
Well they might be.
As w went out the river road we
eame upon the United Parkers Oil
company operations on the John
Brown survey where Houston men
are drilling around 800 feet Into
sand found in an abandoned well near
by at 20 feet and which proved to
be one of the best of the field. A. J
Miller who Is associated with J. J
I Bonner In the enterprise was on the
lease and he allowed us to go over
their operations and talk to the
"roughnecks" on the Job. All seemed
an th used over prospects. We. learned
4nat the old well came In IS years ago
for fTO barrels and flowed SS2.000 bar-
rels under Its own pressure before It
was abandoned because of disputes aa
to ownership. Title to the tract now
I clear and the lease will be developed
thoroughly. The scene of this opera
tion Is one mile west of Humble and
while there la production In the vicin-
ity the area as a whole has not been
touched.
River Bank Opsrstlon.
big program outlined for the afternoon..
We-returned to the town proper ana
lunched at McDonald's cafe where we
were Impressed with Uve clean appear-
ance of the establishment and the
courteous service. '
We then moved around the city at
Hesure for a while and met several of
the leading business men. after which
we were off again for some of the
We then approached the San Jacinto larger operations In the oil fields.
river and noted the natural levees Hill But No Moonshlno.
built of white aand. Soon we came Thla time we went out the' cement
upon the extensive operations of the road to Moonshine Hill where we
Traders OH company and later exam- found the hill but not the moonshine
Ined what Is known aa the John A. but Instead found the Texaa company
Daerlng lease. We learned of the fa- j t..ii-
.moua deep test which blew In at 50 '"""
feet for approximately 20.000 barrels a ck nort distance this time
few years ago but was lost when the stopped at the Martin Petroleum corn-
hole collapsed. Strainer now is set nnv lease where we saw a new shal-
at 1700 feet and U barrels of oil Is low' well making 36 barrels of pipe
coming up though It Is so hard to line oil per day. Also a power plant
pump that a huge log has been strung pulling eight wells and learned that
to the lever of the pump house and this company is planning a develop-1
nunareas or pounas of wsste Iron ment camoaian and now haa a new
slugs attached. derrick up for another well. From
On the Cheater OH company lease In I thla lease lookina across southeast.
the same vicinity we found the crew we saw several new derricks.
at lunch but learned that the new Then back down the cement road.
Well being put down Is now 2700 feet to get a ahot at the Humble schools
and that the 2? 00-foot stratum likely at recess and on our way bark saw
will bo encountered early this weak the Rtar Oil corporation s lease and
Oae Weil on the lease is making 20 I power house; also the Humble Oil and
arl. although It haa been produc- I ReRnlng company's lesss snd power
mg tor years uperators of thla lease I slant on our rlrht.
axe very enthusiastic I Crown Oil and Refining company
A crocs the river ws could see the I (White nil rornoration) Is on the left
Texas teompany House lease and the Dan Japhet's lease snd Cseaux s& Mai-
ejrella pumping. Wa were anxious toltln'a new power plant where a num-
get closer view but our time was be- bar of wella were pumping. All these
gtaaiaa; to) fee -United lor Jm4 j I ean.tlpns leaaxa ooiag their jait
I well on this lease soon. They now
hold over 14.000 acres of leasee in dif-
I ferent localities.
J Lavlng thil lease down the Titsicee
road about half a mile east to Arthur
Chapraan'e lease. Th. y are complet-
ing a new well at 20 M feet: have stt
; screen and bailed a good deal of oil
. from this well. I understand they are
I now preparing to put this well on air.
Top Stretch of highway into Humble showing hugs earthen stor age tanks and outline sf building in the background.
Top to bottom (seconU row) Organization committee of the new C hgmber of Commerce. They are (reading left to right) W. S. Jackson
agent of the Southern Pacific linea; J. Grossman dry goods merchant; Fi . e. Peter owner of power and light plant and one of the leading truck
growers of the aectlon; M. P. Ward American Expresa company agen tt; J. N. Newman furniture dealer and ell operator. A well of one of the
larger companlea on air." The flow contains much water but 12S bar rela of oil every 24 hours.
Third row E. E. Bagwell superintendent of Humble district sch oola A ptuggeaWweil an Humble lease. Drilling crew and rig of Miller
and Bonner wait of town. Mr. Miller I seen standing on the left; ot her members of the crew are H. W. Stephenson L. W. Moore T. F.
Clark. Ivan Re Id E. C. Minims and M. W. Parker.
Third row Humble High School showing pupils at recess. Texa s company tank farm and extensive plants.
Fourth and bottom row Street scene looklrtg toward Southern P acific depot showing Humble State Bank. C. Bender eV Sons' saw mill.
lease. We understand they are going
to drill a new one soon. At Mn-
shtne Hill there Is s new well bcins
completed on the Texas Gulf lease by
the L'nited Development company
mjuiaged by E. C. Brain. This wrl! Is
In the sand and they will drill In at
once.
We failed to see the leases of the
Sun company. Bradley Brothers. Lin-
coln Petroleum company. Ixnrke et a I.
West Production company. Mohawk
Petroleum company and Southern Pe
troleum company but on'y had one
day in which to cover the Humble
field and it can't be did In that time.
See Other Industries.
We sllU had to Interview the pro-
motors of the chamber of commerce
which Is being formed to "put Humble
back on the map.' We dropped by the
extensive lumber operations of C.
Bender Sons where we learned that
20 years of cutting had failed to make
an appreciable dent In the vast tim-
ber tracts nesr Humble. Having al-
ajs heard of Humble as an oil field
we marveled at the revelation that
this company had been sawing M.OOS
mere haa been organised and pro- i
cralxoed Ihrouch Tke Poet so we will
to furnish the ofl to grease the wheels
of commerce.
Then we hsd to wait a short time
near the school buildings for recess
so we could get a view of many or
Humble's future cltlxens (the pupils).
Met Professor Bagweil whe was very
agreeable and seemed just enthused
about education for these children as
the operators seemed to be sbout oil.
Then down the Houston -Humble
road. From here we Saw three new
derricks Callahan's Crown and in-
vincible Oil company all lof which are
In new territory. Then turned to the
left down the Tuslcee road to the In-
vincible Oil company lease: wanted to
get a shot at the Hermann 45. lately
brought In; got to see the well ail
right which looks like reel money but
on account of them having It turned
Into a covered pit could not get light
enough for a picture.
.On the way bark to our faithful
Dodge we saw what' st first looked
like an anandoned lease. Cpon ask-
ing about It discovered It was the
famous old Paraffins 40 the past his-
tory of which most of you are familiar
with. On this lesse there are num-
bers of plugged wella. with piper tine;
eu coming out (root uader ike hia
on to the ground: while as far as
wasting Is concerned I don't know
for I saw fresh wagon tracks and
signs where It looked like some one
had lieen hauling it off.
Other Operations.
North of this lease we saw the Oer-
rlcks of the Elwood Petroleum . m-
pany northeast the Texas-Colcunda.
which was bailing oil
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. aw nui 50 scees In thla l.o. hlh h
show ing depth about 1400 feet. Also i says he expects to thoroughly de-
the Texas company's Landslide whereivelP-
there are several good producers and
they are now working over No. 211
landslide Then we visited the Let-20-acre
lease of the Newman Minersl
Deed Oil company. This Joins Parai-
nne 40 on th east and Landslide on
the south. This looks like a choice
lease. There were five wella drilled
on this lease in early days all of
which were good producer. What
looks good is that two of these old
holes are showine considerable oil.
which has to force Its way through
several hundred feet of fllled-ln hole
It lucks like it Is trying to get out of
the ground and from what I under-
steuM It wttl noun have a change for
UM pwnpany la going to drill Ita Oral i
Galena-Signal Lent.
Front (here to Helens -Signal; saw
numbers of good wella but could not
get pictures on aixount of the flow
pits being houses in. L'p the road to-
ward the Koehler. bat before turning
off we saw a new well being drilled
bv the Texaa company on the Burt SO.
Then the Texaa company C. O. and G.
lease: finally on the famous Koeh-
ler lease but was again disappointed
because they had the flow of oil com-
ing Into a covered oil house ho too
dark for a picture.
Back the Humble road to Moon-
shine Hill. We saw K P. Edwards'
two walla yiunplng on the deep sand
' feet daily for that period and could
not even predict when the supply
would be exhausted. We took a shot
at the big mill but clouds had gath-
ered MgHjn and the picture proved too
dull for reproduction. Approximately
23p persons are employed here and
the company operates its awn trams
and other essentials. We learned t-iat
further into the timb.r country Price
Brothers are beginning extensive op-
eratlona Westfleld. four miles from
Humble is the center of cutting op-
erations. When we met the organisation
committee of the chamber of com
merce.- in the offices of the Newman I
Mineral leed Oil company we had
another big surprise for we learned
from them thst truck g-irdens were
being cultivated so extensively thst
transportation was becoming a prob-
lem. Since our visit the chamber of com-
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HYGRAOE
LAMPS
Give Perfect Satisfaction
Distributed by
Bard en Electric Co.
111 Main St.
Preston 290
pass over this feature with the re-
mark that If the organisation shows
the same consideration for visitors ss
the organization committee showed
for Mr. Lack and myself. Humble Is
due for many new citizens. The back
ground of prosperity Is there and the
chamber of commerce Is organized to
crystallize It into prosperity and exv
panslon.
Already we are planning another
trip to Humble soon.
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Woman Delegate Unable :s
To Attend Parliament o
Houston Post Special.
ORANGE Texas. March 25. Mrs. 8. - trt '
W. Sholars was honored by the ap-
polntment as a delegate to attend the. -women's
parliament on beautifying '
public roads to be held In New Orleans
March 28 27 and 23 the appointment
nttving oeen maae oy mayor w. ej.
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Lea. Owing to the fact that Mrs.
Rhnlr haa huan r-nllori tn flaa4aainnl
she was unable to accept the honor j
and haa so notified Mayor Lea who
will make another appointment.
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Buddy Wright Post Holds'"
Barbecue and Smoker
Houston Post Special. ' '
BRENHAM Texas March 25. -
Members of the Buddy Wright post of' .
the American Legion enjoyed a bar-
becue and smoker last night about
50 being present. Talks were made by"'
Dr. R. E. Nicholson A. D. Mllroy B. 1
T. Teague Dr. J. J. Marek. Giddlngar
Stone and Harrison Human.
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Confidence
and pride are reflected in
the face of the hostess '
who serves Banquet
Orange Pekoe Tea.
It has the flavor that
charms every true lover
of good tea.
Direct from the Orient
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We Buy and Sell
Magnolia Petroleum
Humble Oil oV Ref. Co.
Great Southern Life Ina. Co.
Kirby Lumber Co. Pref.
Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.
7 Pref.
Houston Lighting eV Power Co.
7 Pref. 1
United Oil e Natural Oas.
High Grade Investment
Bonds.
DUNN & CARR .
Union National Bank Kdfl.
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