The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fort Stockton Pioneer
volume XIV
FORT STOCKTON. PLCOS COUNTY. TEXAS. JUNE 3. 1021
NUMBER 10
HEAVY MACHINE TO FINISH TROY WELL-
HOLE IS MAKING STRONG FLOW OF GAS
Now that the matter has been
amicably threshed out and set-
tled the Troy well, it is expected
by the manager, will be drilled
into oil in an expeditious man-
ner.
From the day of “spudding
in” those who have been identi-
The manager of the Troy well,
J. C. Graham, who is somewhat
exuberant over recent showings
of oil in the hole drilling on sec-
tion 20, block 140, T. & St. L.
railway survey, is just returned
from a conference with some of
his associates at Amarillo, held
for the purpose of arriving at a f je(j with the drilling of the Troy
definite conclusion as to wheth- well have been well pleased with
er it were better policy to re- the possibilities attending the
place the light machine, with drilling and at this time a spirit
which the company spudded in, j0f optimism abides with the
with a heavy star machine and manager and operators to such
drill to the depth of its capacity ,a degree that those who have
and then, in the event oil is not j kept informed feel almost cer-
entered into in commercial quan- tajn that the well will be brought
ti* b,, discard it and erect a stan-i jn a Kood producer.
'*3 derrick, equipped for the j . . . , , .
I drilling that may be neoeJ A contract has bee" entered
‘ J ere the work is completed, into between Dave Humphrey a
the summing up, because of! practical drilling contractor who
familiarity with conditions, 'hadI morei experiencedrilling
i p opinion of the manager had 111 'tie hurt Stockton fie d
little to do with the final de- i anv
Aion to at once install a star
achine and continue drilling , - , .
/ith it to the utmost depth prac- tl®na b®.pushed n dt « g-
icable. ably and rapidly.
( The splendid showings of gas Resumption of work in the
ind free oil, which were recently Troy hole will not only, eventum-
tncountered in the hole, have ly, prove up that particular lo-
jqonvinced the manager, almost cation, but will have a stimulat-
/beyond a reasonable doubt, that ing effect in prompting others
j it is not going to be necessary to get busy and start work on
/ to make more than 700 to 800 plans that have been under de-
/ feet of additional hole to enter liberation.
j into the heavily producing sands, This is the initial step in the
/ and as he is exceedingly anxious revival of active drilling opera-
f to resume drilling he feels that tions in the Fort Stockton field,
it is not necessary to suffer the and it presages a follow-up that
delay that the shipping in and will take place with a somewhat
erection of a standard rig would irritating cautiousness and con-
involve, when the installation of servatism, but promoted by men
a star machine will accomplish and companies with ample finan-
the desired ends and circumvent cial resources to “hit the ball”
further exasperatiug waits. and finish everything they start
The Troy well is now down to w ithout the annoying delays that
the 1,125 foot level, where work a lack of capital entail. Of one
stopped a short time ago, and thing you may be certain: the
has been held in abeyance pend- Fort Stockton field is going to
ing the getting together of the'be developed to the extreme,
men identified with the com- Just how long it will be ere this
panv, who were not unanimous- country is thickly studded with
A COUNTRY WITH MARVELOUS RESOURCES
STEADILY MARCHING INTO ITS OWN
THINGS OF PASSING INTEREST IN
THE FORT STOCKTON OIL FIELD
When the attention of the tive; but r.ow that they are go-' The Pinal Dome Oil company, chine on section 18, block 140, T.
sight-seer, the vacationist, the ing concerns their cost was inf in- drilling with a standard rig on ■ & St. L. railway survey, reports
health- or pleasure-seeker, tired itesimal compared with the won- the Devlin ranch, section 208, ;'ery pleasing showings in jtB
business man and sportsman, are derful values they have created;; Burleson survey, northeast of 'veil, which is now dulling at the
properly directed to West Texas and the cost of their mainten- Fort Stockton eight miles, with
there will ensue a veritable he- ance by the farmers is a mere the drill in redbeds at the 1,650-
gira from the sorely congested bagatelle.
industrial areas of the East to There is an appreciable vari-
certain districts of Texas, that ance in soils, ranging from the
while little known to the people light gray adobe to a black,
at large, have an irresistible ap- sandy soil, with the adobe pre-
peal to those fortunate few who dominant. Whatever may be
foot level, is engaged in under-
reaming.
The Texas-Top Oil company,
operating a standard rig on the
depth of 960 feet. This well is
destined to be drilled to at least
2,000 feet, if oil is not entered
into in commercial quantities at
a higher level, an event manager
Mason feels quite sure will take
place, basing his conclusions on
Baker-White ranch, section 11, the recent highly favorable
are acquainted with the enchant-
ments abiding therewith.
There are many districts par-
ticularly attractive, but that one
the component parts of the soil,.block Z, T. C. railway survey, is showings, as the drill has been
however, its fertility is unsur- engaged with a fishing job, w’ith working from the 730 foot level
passable, and after the seed-bed the hole down 2,750 feet, a on down, in limestone that is
is properly prepared and the brown limestone showing in the; black with oil.
which rounds into form with seeds planted, prolific production last cuttings,
more diversified features to ex- is assured if an adequate supply
cite the interest of the people of water is furnished the plants, j Bower, Hale & Lamb, drilling
from everv walk of life is envir- On irrigated lands, with soils with a 28-Star machine on sec-(for Bower, Hale, Lamb & b m-
oned within the boundary lines akin to those here, and with a tion 24,block 26, university lands, diess, on section 592, G. C. & S.
Contractor
drilling with a
Penney, who is
30-star machine
I
of the county of Pecos, an em- climate most admirable, it is pos- have made hole to the depth ot
pire within itself, of which Fort sible to grow all of the things 11,150 feet, with work suspended
Stockton—a truly model Ameri- of the temperate zones and some in a shale and rock conglomerate,
.wiv other one man; and with lean town, exemplifying all that of the products peculiar to the while some new’ flues are being
Humphrey in direct charge of is best in good citizenship and tropics. This is a w’ell-favored placed in the boiler,
the drilling the Troy well opera- community life—is the capital. berry and vineyard section, and —
li ming a.___ l- ......i—i Pecos county, containing with- eur-t' mg in the vegetable; Edwin Mitchell, lease broker,
in its boundary lines an area of kingdom matures quickly and says that there have been more
5,536 square miles or 3,541,840 has a savor distinctly pleasing to lease transactions made by his
acres, is four and one-half times the palate of the epicure. office during the past ten days
the size of Rhode Island, three- The principal farm crops are than ever before in a like peri-
fourths the size of New Jersey alfalfa hay, cotton, alfalfa seed, od of time. This is one of the
and two-thirds as large as Mas- wheat, oats, milo maize, kaffir straws indicating the attention
sachusetts. ;corn aiid broom corn, in the or- being given the Fort Stockton
The population of Pecos coun- der named; with alfalfa ranking field by the investing public,
ty totals 4,000, or an average of i all other crops as a money pro- —
less than one person to every1 ducer, as it grows prolifically, The Pinal Dome company shal-
square mile, which makes the with cuttings varying from five low well on the Devlin ranch, sec-
area enclosed within its lines ap- to six, producing an average tion 1, Burleson survey, w’ith
pear rather sparsely settled when yield of five tons to the acre, hole made to the depth of 203
compared with that embraced in Cotton is second in importance feet, is devoting time to straight
the state of Rhode Island, which to alfalfa and as the fleecy staple reaming. It is anticipated that
ly agreed as to the better steps
to take relative to the type of
drilling equipment to install for
the continuance of operations.
is called upon to support, on an is adapted to this soil and cli-
average, 334 people on every mate many growers favor it be-
this well will strike shallow’ oil
in a quantity to supply all fuel
states of Rhode Island, New Jer- amount oTwater,
sey and Massachusetts contain The major part otLihe three
a population averaging 322 peo- and one-half million arVes in the
pie to the square mile. county is devoted to the grazing
A cursory reading of the above of cattle and sheep; and when
figures will rather tend to per- one learns that the valuations
drill rigs is a thing that none
knows, to a certainty; but it will
come to pass and, quite probab-
ly, surprisingly soon.
ATTENDING SUL ROSS
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. McKenzie
BUYS INTERST IN
PICTURE SHOW
Don Rooney bought last week
motored over to Alpii r todav to lbe interest of Gus Dunn, in the
attend the first /radnation oxer- ^«rt Stockton moving picture
show’.
Before leaving for San Diego,
Cal., last week, Vernon Rooney
... w „ . ... ... sold his interest in the picture
Mw« McKem.iy and Mis. Nina ,how to aayton Williams.
cises of Sul Ross Normal, from
which their daughter.Miss Mary,
will graduate Saturday morning.
Belle Caldwell of Alpine, consti-
tute the 1921 graduating class
of the normal.
NEW WESTERN
UNION OPERATOR
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hutchison
came in last week from Sulphur
Springs, Texas. Mrs. Hutchin-
son has accepted the manage-
ment and operatorship of the
MEET AFTER 36 YEARS
James Rooney and family en-
joyed a visit the first of the week
from Dr. W\ L. McFarlane and
w’ife who were enroute from New
York City to Los Angeles, Cal.
Dr. McFarlane was a son of
Capt. McFarlane, who was an of-
ficer here in the old post days.
This was the first meeting of
Mr. Rooney and Dr. McFarlane
square mile, while the three cause it requires a very limited necessary for the standard rigs
in its vicinity.
Ben Vande Berg, of Sioux City,
Iowa, owner of section 6, block
11, H. & G. N. railway survey,
is here this w’eek making care-
ful investigations relative to the
oil situation in the county. Mr.
Vande Berg is an old time friend
of John Lutz of the Buenavista
neighborhood, and is enjoying a
pleasant visit with the latter.
The Federal geological report
for April shows that Texas
dropped to third place in oil pro-
duction for the month. Cali-
fornia produced 10,170,000 bar-
rels, Oklahoma 9,552,000, and
Texas 8,925,000. Texas’ loss of
first place may be attributed, in
a measure, to the temporary sus-
pension of pumping of the Mir-
acle w’ell.
Highway Scene Near Fort Stockton
suade the superficial mind that
the people of Pecos county must
be, in very truth, hardy pioneers
suffering the deprivations of all
the creature comforts of this ad-
..X4 i vanced at»e* forgetful that the
Western Union Telegraph office j Thov*’ %hVrtv- i telephone, rural mail delivery,
of Fort Stockton. in place of Mr.|sj when each a ‘he automobile and the aiiplane
b. P Ramsey, who recently re- bar^{oot iad not vet in hia teena. h«ve m,ad,e next ‘!p«r "e.ghbora
signed. Thouirh time * had not dealt °* !)eoP,e living miles apart; and
Mr. Hutchison, who is said to I gently with the boyhood haunts'the i/0,aftef* insular li{e ^
be an accomplished musician, will j Qf the visitor, he still recognized forefathers is a matter of
make an effort to organize the a number of familiar landmarks, history’ Io°’the d,rt h»Khwa>’«
talent of our city into a band. among which were the old “Kay-
We understand Mr. Ramsey, lor store,” the guard house, of-
will now devote his entire time ficers quarters on the line and
to his ranching interests in this the ever-faithful, bubbling
county. I springs.
Your Financial Needs
You cannot forecast with certainty what
your financial requirements will be at any
future time, BUT—
You can forecast that the right kind of
Banking connections will assure you of
being able to meet those financial re-
quirements as they arise.
The First National Bank, ever since its or-
ganization, has been building a service to
care ffroperly for the financial needs of
its customers—
The First National Bank
Fort Stockton, Texas
throughout the county are a
marvel to the auto tourist and
when he has participated in the
pleasures incidental to traveling
continuously, mile after mile, at
a rate that causes the speedom-
eter to register from 30 to 50
miles per hour, he gives no furth-
er thought to scant numbers of
ranch houses and farm homes
along the route, as they enter
his line of vision with a frequen-
cy that will compare quite fav-
orably with his travel experi-
ence along roads that were un-
pleasant, even though the way-
side was dotted with numerous
farm homes that might have lent
a charm had the rough roads
not required a vigilant eye.
Irrigated Lands
A total of approximately 21 r
000 acres of land are under irri-
gation in Pecos county, the gross
value of which is estimated at
$7,000,000.
Four irrigation plants are
maintained, which adequately
supply water to the lands under
cultivation, thus insuring to the
farmer certain growth of plant
life, regardless of what climatic
conditions n*y prevail during
the crop seasons.
The cost of construction of the
irrigation systems etemtifi when
first broached, almost prohibi-
The Polk Prospecting com-
pany, operating a national ma-
, In a letter to the Chamber of
I Commerce, asking for some spe-
cific information, Mr. E. Talbott
j Glass of the Federal Land Com-
panv, Baltimore, Md., says: “We,
total, approximately, $10,000,000 aiif up jn this section, have the
covering 63,000 head of cattle highest regard for Pecos Coun-
and 66,000 head of sheep one ty.” Truly, the eyes of the oil
gains a conception of the w’on- world are centered upon Pecos
derful resources environed in the countv; and it is a certainty that
boundary lines of the imperial just so soon as financial and in-
commonwealth of Pecos county.: dustrial affairs assume a normal
County Capital i condition development work that
FORT STOCKTON, the coun- will involve the spending of
ty seat of the county, enjoys the thousands of dollars will take
unique distinction of being the p]ace<
largest town, in the largest coun-j _=_•
ty, in the largest state, in the
best country on earth. It is lo-
cated almost in the center of the
county, on the Kansas City, Mex-
ico & Orient railway, 440 miles
southwest of Fort Worth and
325 miles southeast of El Paso;
and 85 miles north of the Mexi-
can boundary line. The traveler
may reach Fort Stockton, on the
“Orient,” via San Angelo, from
the east; or via Alpine, from the
west. The auto tourist will find
the highways leading into Fort
Stockton—the “Old Spanish
Trail,” and the “Jefferson Davis
Memorial Highway,”—much bet-
ter than the average roadways
and always in condition to travel
over with reasonable speed.
Around Fort Stockton, the
commercial, industrial, educa-
tional and social pivot of the
county, revolves life in its every
delightful phase—life that is di-
versified by the activities of red-
blooded, big-heated cowmen,
who graze herds running Into
the thousands, on ranches larg-
er in area than many small coun-
ties; steady-going, industrious
sheep-men, with their immense
flocks; alfalfa growers, who cut
and market four to six crops of
nutritious, high-price^ hay every
year: and the farmers who grow
a rich variety of crops on soil ae
•er ■
F. railway survey, has made hole
to the depth of 330 feet, with the
drill in a blue shale, after having
pqssed through about thirty-five
feet of limestone. A 15-inch
hole is being drilled and will be
carried to the 500-foot level. The
contractor is having no little
trouble with the boiler and drill-
ing will be held up for a few days
until a new boiler, which has
been ordered, arrives.
The Twin Cities Oil & Gas
company, drilling on the Koker-
not ranch, near Hovey, has drill-
ed to the depth of 2,200 feet,
with the bit working in pyrites
of iron and granite. The drill-
ing in this stratum is so hard
that only ten to twelve inches
are drilled in the course of a tour.
The formation is very pleasing
to manager Smith, however, as
he is of the belief that this strat-
um is the cap rock of the Tam-
pico field, and once it is punc-
tured oil w’ill be entered into in
super-abundance. It is true,
though, that if the stratum is
300 feet thick the company may
be a year, and a day or so, drill-
ing through it. Manager Smith
is of the opinion that the layer
of granite will not prove to be
more than twenty-five or thirty
feet thick and if he is not in er-
ror the Kokernot ranch well
should come in during the next
sixty days.
FEDERAL LAND BANK
OFFICERS VISIT HERE
M. H. Gossett, president of the
Federal Land Bank of Houston,
and John C. Cowan, chief ap-
praiser, spent Monday in Fort
Stockton.
The object of the visit of the
Federal Land Bank officials was
to inspect the irrigated lands of
Fort Stockton Water Improve-
ment District No. 1.
After a conference with a
number of the farmers in the
district and an inspection tour,
the officials expressed themselves
as being satisfied that the dis-
trict was entitled to participate
in the Federal Land Bank loans
and recommended organization
at a later date, as required by
the Federal Farm Loan act.
D. H. Heierman, J. B. Arm-
strong, Frank Sharpe and Post-
master W. P. Tharpe of Imperi-
al w’ere business visitors in our
city Tuesday.
THE
FIRST STATE BANK
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS, -
$25,000.00
- $25,000.00
THE BANK
..OF...
FRIENDLY SERVICE
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