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The Fort Stockton Pioneer
VOLUME XIV
FORT STOCKTON, PECOS COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 4, 1921.
NUMBER a& 7
THIS WEEK’S WORK OF THE OIL OPER- TROY WELL WILL START WORK AGAIN- CROWN SYNDICATE IS TO DRILL—
ATORS IN THE PORT STOCKTON FIELD OIL OPERATORS THINK LOCATION GOOD BURK RANCH MAY BE SCENE OF WORK
FWiwer.Hale A Lamh an* drilling in | conviction that intelligence, supple Advac* war received yesterday by J. >h<»rt of b*-inir ideally located for the A wfrwnutivr of the Crown 041
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limestone around the 1 ,&M-fuot level,
in their well on ac tion 24. him k 2**,
university lands.
The Rower, Hale. l.j»mh & F'ndie*»
well, on section V.I2, G. C. & S. F
railway survey, is holding the atten
ti«»n of the drillers this wwk with a
Ashing job.
The Humphreys company, drilling
the David well on the Sherbmo ranch.
Section M>, him k < 4, G. C. A S. F.
railway survey, is busy thin week
setting casing to the bottom and with
ment«*d with energj and indomitable
iterseveran< e. would prove the exist-
ence of a large pool of oil underlying
•hi* jt«" tion of the country and he an
tiiipates that the well now drilling
t«> the southwest of Fort St»a ktoti will
stand forth as a substantial criterion
in vindication of his judgment.
the securing of another and heavier
W. Grant, manager of the (.rant Oil drilling of an oil well; and work «ac syndicate with headquarter* at l^os
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apparently almost positive in their rra^ survey of the Fort Stockton field
convictions that the* word fail was rn(i closed a deal for acreage with a
without pla e in their reckonings, view to engaging in drilling opera
Hence, it was sorely trying to super-1 tions and only yesterday. <1. W. De-
intendent Graham to learn that it was Land, the managerial member of the
necessary t<* hold plans in abeyanc e syndicate, wired from Pasadena. C*1
until hia associates could secure re if*mia. to H. T. Odneal “Am retum-
lief from their |H*cuniary emharnss- ing to Fort Stockton next week to be
I he men who sup; lied the money merits; an.I contractor Humphreys gm drilling.'
the drilling of the- Troy-Graham well,
located on sec tic*n 2tl, block 140, T. A
St. L. railway survey, have effected a
reorganization and are necw perfecting
plans to resume work cm the Troy
well, and put it on down to a depth
that will absolutely prove up that
machine to take the place of the nnr'''wn,,,l to ,h‘* drilling of the Troy "ho bad charge of the drilling, says “It has not been definitely decided,
which he had secured for the starting !Wel1 to "* I,r**s<,nt depth *»t 1,135 feet j that the one thing whic h lent surcease so far as my information goes.” says
------- , - ■ . . .... .. i of this well but Whi.h he ,S com hav,‘- Ht no t,MU'* »«*«lwned in their to Graham's turbulent feelings wna the Odneal, “just whe n* the Crown com
the conclusion of that job, drilling will |10||,h1 to n.|t.as<. t*.,auHt. ()f the owners fai,h* and on,7 temporarily suspended Tact that the last few feet of drilling pany will make its first drilling lo-
resumed. having engaged, prior to granting
Grant No. 6 the old Oregon Texas Humphrey, the use of the machine to
Drilling syndicate well drilling on «" • w*,! fo[ olth,er *ht‘
section 10, blea k 140, T. A St L. rail hrst * thl" ",on,h Humphreys has
way survey, is working in limestone
at the depth of 1.1K0 feet. The Grant
Oil corporation now has charge of op-
erations involved in the drilling of
this well, which is being put down
with a standard rig. with thoroughly
qualified drillers handling the tends.
Manager Grant of the Grant. Oil cor
No. 1, which he contracted to drill on
section 15, block C3, E. L. A R. R.
railway survey, and he says the future
of th«* well looks as gcaal to him now
as it did the day he* started work. To
what depth I.use No. 3 will be drilled
is problematical and Humphreys, as a
matter of fact, has no definite advice.
poration, is in receipt of a wire advis- j *dher 'han drilling will he* continued
ing that the organization of a now JUhI as I°nIT as the men who are fur-
company is on the* verge of consumma nishing the finances feel sufficiently
tion. with the* object in view of taking encouraged to go ahead,
the contract for the completion
work las ause of financial exigencies
over which they had not the* slighest
•ortrol. Those of the* company who
an* Me under ordinary circumstances
to fiicet with their every obligation
promptly are Wyoming cowmen and
bankers who, without being granted
time to cope with the emergency,
found themselves, as have thousands
of others, suddenly called upon to
liquidate loans which they were illy -
prepared to meet a happening that
necessarily involved every venture* in
which they were in any wise interested
and, in every instance, caused a tem-
porary suspension of all work of eith-
er constructive or speculative nature.
developed a splendid showing of oil, I cation.but from what I have bee n told
and eradicated from the mind of Gra ] I am of the opinion that the work will
ham every vestige of doubt which he start at some point in bloc k 11, H. &
may have entertained relative to the G. N. railway company survey.”
eventual worth of the well. ! J.W. Ward, a self-acclaimed geolo-
The Troy well is just a mile east of gist of long years’ experience in the
'he shallow producing wells of the I oil fields of this country and the tan- ious gas and a seepage of oil at the
Grant Oil corporation, and in the opin- adian provinces, is indirectly con depth of 315 feet. This well is now
ion of some of the many geologists earned in the promotion of ac tivities said to be standing with about 40
who have made a study of the* F'ort j upon the part of the Crown company feet of oil of a rather superior grade.
busily engrossed in the compilation of
an elaborate report for the company
with which he claims identification
and, in a manner, it is pleasing to
learn that it i« going to be stub an
exhaustive treatise there will remain
but little to add of an informative na-
ture for the enlightenment of the
world at large regarding the superla-
tive oil potentialities of the Fort
Stocktoa field a virgin area, the sur-
fs-e of which has been hardly
scratched, even though development
work has h«*eri energetic ally promoted
for the past twelve months.
Information, not subject to verifica-
tion at this time, is to the effect that
the* Crown company will take up the
work of drilling in an old well on the
Burke ranch which was drilled for
the* initial purpose of securing stock
water hut was abandoned when the
drillers encountered a flow of obnox-
Stockton field, it is quite probable that and it is quite probable that his
the source of the oil which is finding
an escape through the Grant shallow
wells, is not fur removed from the
-,'roy well location. As a matter of
fact, the* geologists who made the loca-
| tion for th«* Troy people, delivered
over
of the* w< l! on section 18, block 140, T.
A St. L. railway survey, started some
time ago by the* Folk Prospecting
company and drilled, by that company,
to the depth of 1,100 feet, where work
was brought to a halt, as the result
•f the financial emharnssment of the*
promoter*, just after the drillers had
entered into what is said to have been
Superintendent Eddleman, connect-
e*d with the* Detroit Oil company, a
Las Cruces, New Mex., organization
of business men interested in putting
down a well on section 102, block 10.
H. A G. N. railway survey, has moved
in an Okell rotary drilling machine on
section 28. block 10, with a location
about two miles to the* northwest of
The Troy-Graham well, it is pretty j themselves of the pronunciamento that;
generally agreed among the oil oper- i the drilling site has many features
atom who are familiar with the Fort p<* uliarly commending it to the* at-
Stoekton field, is but a little, if any. I tention of oil operators.
ports upon the attractiveness of this
territory, from an oil-yielding stand-
point, hud no little to do in the* matter
of determining the Crown company to
engage in work here.
At the present time* Mr. Ward is
and it is thought that deep drilling
will result in the hit tapping an oil
yield of commercial value*, even though
the location is not one originally chos
en by an eminent squad or squadlet.
of oil geologists as an ideal site for
a standard derrick and a cook-shanty.
DAM ACROSS COYANOSA DRAW-FERTILE
LANDS MAY BE MADE IRRIGABLE
PECOS COUNTY FARM DEER SEASON OPENS
BUREAU ORGANIZED WITH PRE-SEASON RUSH
a small yie*ld of oil that makes the fu-1 the Bower, Hale*, Ijtmb A F'indiess
tun* of the* hole look highly promising.1 well. Hole has already been made to
____ the depth of 12.r* feet, and while this
The task of setting easing to the* is Eddleinan's first experience drilling
8,000-foot level is about at an end in with a rotary rig. he is particularly
the Twin Cities Oil A Gas well on well pleased with the way it bores into
the Kokernut ranch, near Hnvey, and the ground, and is rather persuaded
double tour drilling will soon he un-, that he will In* able to make* unusually
der way. Manager Smith has ex- fast time with it. A 12-inch hole is
perienced many vexations in the drill- being drilled and it i* not expected
ing of this well, hut optimism fairly that it will prove necessary to set any
exudes from him and he has the fac- casing at all until after the making
ulty of inspiring one with almost un- of at least 500 feet of hole, as it is
limited faith in the eventual success j claimed for this particular type of
of the operations. Mr. Smith started machine, that it i* capable of mudding
work in the field laboring under the 1 off any ordinary water vein.
NEW CORPORATION
IS NEARLY READY
FOR BUSINESS
The Agri< ultural Live Stock Finance
Corporation, which will conduct Its
business in Fort Worth, and to which
Fort Stockton and Pecos county citi-
aens subscribed 58 shares of the
capital stock last week, is rapidly get-
ting ready to begin operating.
The charter for the corporation has
been applied for and it is confidently
expected that by Tuesday of next week | h. Fuqua. Amarillo; Ix*e Bivans, Ama-
have been granted by the time appli-
cations are in and approved by the
discount committee.
Director* Selected.
Directors selected w-ere: Elmo
Sledd. Jule G. Smith. Ben E. Keith. B.
S. Anderson, J. T. Pemberton. J. S.
Todd, Tom B. Yarbrough, C. H. Pat-
tison. A. E. Thomas. L. H. McKee,
Willard Burton. E. G. Rail, John
Sparks, all of F'ort W’orth; B. T. Ware.
Amarillo; R. L. Ball, San Antonio;
Frank Kell. Wichita Falls; W. W.
Turney, F'l Paso; L. A. Schreiner,
Kcrrville; M. L. Mertz, San Angelo;
0. R. White, Brady.
The advisory committee follows: W
The oil drilling operations which | scenic highway connecting Fort Stock -
have been under progress here for the ton and F°ri Davis.
__. ___. , . ■ . | The dam-site referred to has been
past year have accomplished much i . . „ .
most carefully studied by the State
in conclusively showing that the water n,,ard <,f Water F'nginoers and pro-
resources underlying a large ar**n of nounced perfectly feasible; and the
this county are practically without i topography of the country in that vi-
limitations and that naught more is ‘’'nity is fU(‘h that il *■conservatively
estimated that from 25,000 to 35.000
ne«*ded than the exercisement of
ordinary intelligence hacked by suf-
ficient capital to work
metamorphosis along
lines. That artesian
acres of lands of wonderful soil fer-
tility would h«* suhjc*c*t to irrigation
the waters that could he im-
a marvelous from
agricultural! pounded by the construction of a dam,
. I which would entail a cost ranging
water im-jfrom j50 000 to $75,000.
gation. supplemented by shallow well
Sometime ago H. T. Odneal, who
pumping units will, in the course' controls about '*.000 acres of land in
or time, be method* employed to the vicinity of the* Coyanosa Draw.
turn semi-arid grazing lands of ha<J a turvt'y mad<‘ th<> Boardlof
., , .... Water F^ngineers and was granted a
comparatively small value into pro- p,.rmit, fol,owing application for same.
ductive crop lands of almost inestim to appropriate waters from Coyanosa
everything will be ready for the trans-
acting of business.
At a meeting of stockholders in F’t.
Worth Monday a directorate of twen-
ty-one men was chosen, and an advis-
ory council of thirty to forty men also
•elected.
In selecting the directorate, stock
holder* placed a majority of Fort
Worth men on the board because of
their accessibility and ability to at-
rillo; R. B. Masterson, Amarillo; O.
L. Slayton, Lubbock; J. E. Whaley.
Gainesville; W. B. Poindexter Cle-
burne; W. B. Pyron, Wichita F'alls;
A1 McFadden, Victoria; Carl Wor-
sham, Henretta; R. A. Underwood,
Plain view; W. T. Waggoner, Electra;
W. L. Aldwell, Sonora; William Rev-
an, Menard; W. H. Cowden, Midlo-
thian; J. G. Childers, Temple; John
T. Scott, Houston; Rufus Scott, Paris;
tend meetings without having to travel Sam iSHacS( Amarillo; B. S. Walker,
long distances.
In this board is vested all the
power and authority necessary to
function.
The directorate will name also a
daily discount committee comprising
a grain man, livestock man, hanker,
fanner, fruit man and men from any
other lines of business which the
corporation reache*.
Committee Meet* Daily.
This committee will meet daily with
the president and general manager to
pass upon applications for losns.
Applications for loans will be ac-
cepted at once, t^e directorate an-
nounced, adding that the charter will
Breckenridge; C. C. Littleton, S. P.
Burnett, E. B. Spiller. Willard Burton.
John King. L. J. Wortham, J. II. Al-
lison all of F'ort Worth; W. L. Clayton,
Houston; R. J. Kleburg. Kingsville;
E. A. Pressnell, Alice; C. T. Herring.
Amarillo; H. L. Kokemot, San An-
tonio.
The organisation of the Agricul-
tural Live Stock Finance Corporation
is already having a healthy influence
on the live stock industry. Cow buy-
ers visiting Fort Stockton this week
are offering five dollars per head more
for steers than they have been bring-
ing on the market for months.
SERVICE AND SECURITY
Are the essential requirements of
a banking connection. You are
assured both of these if you
are our customer.
The First National Bank
Fort Stockton* Texas
able worth, is a fore-ordained cer
tainty; and, too, it is equally certain
that th«* day i* not far distant wh'.*n
then* will be constructed one or more
wonderful reservoir dams to conserve
the rainfall that is now permitted to
escape the rendition of full service o
th** citizenry of Pecos county, for no
Draw for irrigation purposes.
Since the issuance of the permit,
Odneal has, from time to time, made
efforts to interest various companies
in the construction of a dam adequate
to hold in thrall water sufficient to
supply the requirements of the land
subject to irrrigation; and has been
reason under the shining sun other just recently granted an extension of
than that no efforts have been put
forth to hold it under leash.
There are, in the county, several
points peculiarly adapted to the con
struction of dams for the purpose of
creating reservoirs for the trapping
and retention of surface waters sub |
eighteen months’ time for the comple-
tion of plans contemplated.
With the life of the permit extend-
ed Mr. Odneal has. with renewed zest,
entered into negotiations with parties
in California and he is quite hopeful
that the interest they an* manifesting
ject to release for irrigation purposes, will culminate in ateps being taken to
one of the most favored of which is finance the construction of a dam and
spanned by a bridge over Coyanosa j irrigation system that will prove of
Draw, about midway and along the great worth to the county.
NEW COMPANY ENTERS FIELD-TAKES
Pursuant to call by temporary chair-; Th<‘ opening of the deer season Nov.
man. G. L. Moody, a number of farm-1 brought out a pre-season rush of
, , _ hunters from long distances, and on
ers and stockmen met at the Court |ast Saturday and Sunday numerous
House on November 1st, at 8:00 p. m., hunting parties were seen in F'ort
meeting called to order by the chair Stockton enroute to the Chisos and
and the following business transacted: Davis mountain country, where they
The chair explained at length the entertain high hopes of gratifying the
purposes and object of the meeting! < all of the wild.
and necessity of organization of the; A number of our local Nimrod*
agricultural and live stock interests «■««* could not resist the temptation
under the Texas Farm Bureau FVder- *nd went early for the first shot at
ation, and after discussion by meni- the fleet black-tail. So far as we
hers present, a motion was duly pro- * have been able to learn, John Be" .
sented that the chair appoint a nom-
inating committee to nominate officers
and a board of directors for the Pecos
County Farm Bureau, whereupon in
pursuance thereof, the chair appointed
Burney Ligon, H. C. Petty and It. D.
Rlaydes upon said nominating com-1
mittee.
Upon report of said committee to!
nett and H. L. \Vi:ifield aic among
the lucky and according to street par-
lance felled a fourteen point buck.
For fear some one may forget: the
deer season is from November 1 to
December 31, the limit being three
bucks per season. Rattling horns are
now permissible under the law.
The latest hi regard to shipping
the nsst-ml 'y, same was bv motion duly tfame as follows: It is lawful to
ship game from one county to another
without making a shipping affidavit,
provided it is carried in a private con-
veyance (such af» an automobile) but
it must not he sent by common car-
rier without making the affidavit as
prescribed by law.”
adopted, and the following named per-
sons chosen upon said Board of Direct-
ors for the PecosCounty Farm Burenu,
to-wit:
President, G. L. Moody, Vice-Presi-
dent, J. L. Trent; Secretary-Treasurer,
Joseph Schlegel, and O. G. I^arson, J. ___
M. Minion. Adolph Niem.nl> and i ATTENK FUNERAL
Burney Ligon.
The county bureau being thus organ -1 *^r* an‘| Mrs* *l°* { amP an^ EWi.
ized, the members present went into j *s'* ^* lure motored to Pecos Tues-
the discussion of the organization of attend the funeral of Eld.
an alfalfa pool upder the Texas Farm Homer L. Magee, who had been pastor
Bureau Federation, all present being , °f *He First ( hristian church of locos
heartily in favor of its organization ’ ^or fourteen years. FJd Magee had
and urged prompt action to put into heen a sufferer from tuberculosis for
existence and working order such an 1 many years, and his passing was not
organization. Upon motion made and | unexpected. F.ld. Holsapple, of Waco,
carried, the chairman, G. L. Moody, | conducted the funeral services,
was authorized to appoint a nominat
Remember that tomorrow* night the
American Legion is presenting another
lyceum number. These are excep-
tionally high class. Don’t miss it.
ing committee, to nominate and report
upon the organization of the alfalfa
pool under said State F'arm Bureau
i Federation, whereupon the chair ap-
OVER OREGON-TEXAS HOLDINGS .';.mm^Tw
__ Schlegel, which committee reported the draft a tentative alfalfa pool contract
Th, Trrrv ILut, .ypdiv.t,. an or-1 dice to that which the future hold, in '"""T*"* 'f ™'n,^r’u... upon “Jd, ^ W •« the "*x* "*'*rt,n<r
in, i.in I.nu,, ) | .. - hoard, towit: F. S. Wilson, J. L.1 for consideration, upon which com-
ganization composed of and financed ^_')re4 Trent, J. L. Mitchell, 0. E. Danielson, mittee the c hair appointed J. M. Bm-
’ ** * ’ * ’ ' ’ ion and R. D. Blaydes to act with the
long it maintains ita nrcsont ; Mark Rwv<*»- S,m W"""<*• •»
and taken over the holdings originally
possessed by the Oregon-Texas Drill-
ing syndicate, which includes the well
and standard rig on section 19, block
140, T. A St. L. railway survey, lo-
cated a quarter-mile east of the Grant
shallow producers.
Identified with the Terre Haute syn-
dicate are A. G. Coppenharger and
Dr. Seymour Thompson, men who are
destined to become as potent factors
in the Fort Stockton field as they
have been in any of the other fields
to which they have given attention;
and from T. Mayer, a petroleum en-
gineer who has given to this field no
little attention for the past few
months and whose services have been
secured by the syndicate, comes the
merited place in the spotlight.
which juncture. upon motion duly
Th, Or,*on-T«a, well will nuw b. m,df* 'he »dO|>Uon of ,u,h report on
drilled to a depth in the neighborhood
nominations was deferred, by vote,
t * nnn 4 t* ,nu.. ^;i I until some future meeting to be ealled
into at a higher level.
LOCAL RANGE ITEMS
Iiewls A Brown shipped to F'ort
Worth the 28th, two cars of calves.
Oscar Cain shipped, F>iday of last
week, from the Fort Stockton yards,
eight cars of calves, which were billed
to Fort Worth.
E. W. McKenzie and E. L. Brown
were each on the Fort Worth market
assurance that the company has am- j with calves the first of the week, Mc-
ple capital to carry to completion the Kenxie having two cars and Brown
plans contemplated.
Mr. Mayer, who will officiate as field
manager, is now busy directing a gen-
eral overhauling of all the machinery
and derrick equipment, and anticipates
that everything will be in first -class
working order ready for the resump-
tion of double-tour drilling, hi two or
three deyi.
At the preeent time the well ie
down to a depth of 1,130 foot,** **7*
Mayor, “with a great showing of wot
gee and a good showing of oil from the
Mtminone Hass. Its close proximity
to the Omni Miracle gusher only a
distant—practically ao-
Upon motion duly made and carried,
chair in such matter.
Upon count being taken of the ap-
plications for membership in the
county organization, forty-three names
were found to be enrolled.
Meeting adjourned.
R. D. Blaydes,
Secy., Pro. Tem.
one car.
H. F. Stephenson shipped a car of
calves to Kansas City the 31st, also a
ear to East St. Louis.
John M. Odom was a shipper Thurs-
day of three care of calves which
went to Fort Worth.
THE
FIRST STATE BANK
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS,
$25,000.00
- $25,000.00
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