The Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 28, 1926 Page: 4 of 12
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A Grand Canyon Marvel ^sHOWN°ON SCREEN
HERE NEXT FRIDAY
"Tht' He-creation of Brian Kent,"
one of Harold B Wright’s moat popular
hookt>. has just been translated to the
screen by Principal Pictures Corpora-
tion It is estimated by Mr. Wrigh
publishers that of 56,000,000 peoi !e
who have read his books over 2,50i
);•
World's Premier
Scenic Region
Suddenly Pro-
duces a New De-
velopment of the
Greatest Eco-
nomic Interest to
the Entire Na-
tion.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER
Grand Canyon of the Colo-
I I ^ I rado River, widely regarded
as the world’s roost imposing
natural wonder, has suddenly
taken on a new and startling
Interest.
A few years ago, when It was as
Inaccessible as the North Pole, John
Wesley Powell won fame by making
the first trip through it A little later
another adventurer conceived opening
a trail from the canyon’s rim down to
the river, a mile below. It seemed
grotesque, but the impossible was ac-
complished, and its accomplishment
has made the canyon’s innermost won-
ders accessible to thousands of tour-
ists each year They come from all
quarters of the world every season in
greater numbers to traverse the
Bright Angel Trail. That trail is
truly ft monument to the daring and
devotion of its builder. He worked
at it for ten years, almost without help
or financial backing, at one period
spending almost half a year alone in
the vast gorge. But today Ralph
Cameron, builder of the Bright Angel
Trail, occupying a seat in the United
States Senate voted to him by the
people of Arizona, has his reward
Greatest Artificial Lake
But the conquest of the canyon had
hardly been realized when the engi-
neers discovered a new use for it At
Boulder Canyon. Arizona, the greatest
dam in the world, a third of a mile
high, should impound a lake which,
spreading over a great area in Arizona
and Utah, would be, next to Lake
Michigan, the largest fresh water body
entirely within the United States.
Harnessed to mighty turbines, the wa-
ter, falling hundreds of feet, would
produce a power greater than Niagara,
and irrigate an area several times that
of the Nile Basin, which served for
uncounted centuries as granary of the
ancient world
The -Boulder Canyon dam has not
yet been built, but the people of the
Southwest are as confident of Its con-
struction as that the Colorado will
continue to flow between its giant
walls.
Now comes a new chapter in the
romance of the Colorado. The In-
trepid "wildcatters” of the oil indus-
try, scouting for new sources of petro-
leum, have brought in an oil well right
in the canyon! Drilling from a nar-
row shelf at the gorge's bottom, they
have overcome unbelievable obstacles.
Perpendicular walls of rock grimly for-
bade construction of road or trail to
transport machinery and supplies.
Prom the river a succession of rock
walls rise in gargantuan terraces to a
height of 3,000 feet
The “Great American Desert”
The little Mormon town of Moab,
eighteen miles up-stream, is the near-
est supply base. Hut Moab is not a
railroad town; a drive of forty miles is
■till required to reach the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad. Galt Lake City
le 250 miles away, to the northwest.
Standing at the foot of the derrick
which marks the site of the new oil
well, one’s back is fairly against an
100 foot cliff, which is matched by an-
other Immediately across the river.
Looking up, one Imagines that if he
could ellmb one of these walls he
would be "outside." But, trying this,
he finds himself on a plateau or ter-
race, with another cliff a little way
ahead. To climb this, in turn, would
only bring him face to face with still
another cliff, and so on till he had
mounted full 3,000 feet from the river.
Not only must this succession of
Cliffs be mounted, but to traverse the
pock terraces, gashed and torn, is only
less difficult. And finally, the ascent
to the outer rim accomplished, one
confronts a waste of ridged, seamed
and boulder-strewn desert, endless
aave for distant mountain peak*.
Manifestly, the oil "wildcatters’'
«M not make roads, so they built
Just Room for the Derrick
a flat-bottomed boat and floated down
from Moab. It was a daring perform-
ance. for the stream twi3ts constantly;
unseen rocks and shifting bars add to
its difficulties, and the canyon’s per-
pendicular walls threaten instant
wreck.
But it was done. Materials were
brought, a derrick reared, machinery
placed, a camp built and drilling be-
gun. Now, with oil flowing from a
depth of 2,035 feet, the Crane Creek
well is suddenly the wonder of the
whole intermountain country.
A Maze of Difficulties
Just about a year from the begin-
ning of drilling the well began to flow,
with every indication that when the
drill goes somewhat deeper into the
producing sand it will be an Im-
portant producer. For the present,
drilling has been suspended, awaiting
provision for taking the oil aw’ay. It
is doubtful if In all the history of the
600,000 wells that have been drilled in
this country, lar/rely in regions diffi-
cult of access, any one has ever pre
sented such a category of obstacles as
this canyon well in Utah. How the
oil will be transported to a refinery is
still sheer guess work, but a way will
bo found, for the ingenuity and re-
sources of the oil engineers have
never failed.
The "bringing in" of this well Illus-
trates the difficulty of petroleum de-
velopment. Convinced that the geo-
logical structure was particularly
favorable, the projectors determined
to gamble $75,000 on drilling. Before
they got oil they had spent more than
twice that.
For years wells have been drilling
in various parts of the state—fully
200 in all—at a cost of probably
$5,000,000, and this canyon well is the
first real producer! It is only by dint
of such persistence in coping with
natural obstacles and financial hazards
that the country’s supply of oil is
maintained The first oil well In
Western Pennsylvania became a pro-
ducer at the depth of 69Mi feet. Nowa-
days wells a mile deep are not uncom
mon, and they have gone down as far
as a mile and a half.
Every Well la a Gamble
A large proportion of wells produce
nothing whatever and represent total
loss. It was recently estimated that
in the last twelve and a half years
$1,200,000,000 was sunk In wells which
were failures. Despite every effort of
science, engineering and long experi-
ence, and notwithstanding the stupen-
dous depths now reached, 25 per cent
of wells la,st year were dry.
The "wildcatter” is the Columbus of
oil. He is to petroleum, to gasoline,
to the fuel supply of the country’s
20,000,000 automobiles, what the old-
time gold prospector was to building
the empire of the far west. He is es-
sentially a gambler; good loser or
good winner. The lure of enormous
winnings keeps him tirelessly search-
ing, and sometimes he finds his re-
ward. But in the aggregate, offsetting
all winnings against the total cost of
this engrossing gamble, it Is not im-
probable that all the oil that has been
taken from the soil of this country
from the beginning cost more than its
producers got for it
A World In the Big Game
But their huge gamble Is the basis
on which the whole industry rests
The ice-bound Arctic and the fever-
festering tropic jangles alike attract
the hardy "wildcatter," To them the
world owes Its newc-st and best in
transport by land, tea and air. They
help light its homes and streets, pro
vide an astonishing share of it* power,
furnish an endless list of necessaries
which are by-products of petrolmiP
Ths "wildcatter* 1* well nigh the
Atlas of this modern mscb«.^tu
world.
ooo of that number are screen trails
lution was greatly aided since it
personally supervised by the authdr
himself, and bears Ills stamp of appro-
val as truthfully carrying to the cine-
ma the message conveyed by this won-
derful story.
Because of public demand to see
this story laid in the Ozark mountains
and featuring a thrilling and inspiring
reformation of a bank clerk by means
of great love and self-sacrifice, Sol
Lesser, president of Principal Pictur-
es Corporation, decided that “The Re-
Creation of Brian Kent” should be
the third of the nine screen transla-
tions to be made by that producing
company of Wright’s novels.
Harold Bell Wright, who before he
became an author, was a preacher of
international prominence, was the final
judge in selecting the cast which was
to impersonate the characters In this
great human interest story. As the re-
suit of the screen version of “The Re-
Creation of Brian Kent” is enacted by
[players whose own characters and phy-
sical presence were the primary cause
for their being chosen.
The truly all-star cast includes:
Kenneth Harlan, Helene Chadwick,
Mary Carr, ZuSti Pitts, Russell Simp-
son. Rosemary Tlieby, Roy Barnes,
and Ralph Lewis.
“The Re-Creation of Brian Kent”
from the story by Harold Bell Wright
will be presented by Sol Lesser as a
Principal Pictures Master Attraction
at the Kings Inn theatre on next Fri-
day only.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Kleberg County- Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to sum-
mon Gonzale Hernandez by making
publication of this Citation once In
each week for four consecutive weeks
previous to the return day hereof, in
some newspaper published in your
county, if there he a newspaper pub-
lished therein, but if not, then in any
newspaper published In the 28tli Judi-
cial District; to appear at the next re-
gular term of the Criminal District
Court of Kleberg County, Texas, to be
held at the Court House thereof, in
Kingsville on the first Monday In Au-
gust A. D. 1926, the same being the
2nd day of August A. D. 1926, then
and there to answer a petition filed in
said Court on the 12th day of June A.
D. 1926. in a suit numbered on the
deoket of said Court, No. 169A, where-
in Maria Garcia de Hernandez is
plaintiff and Gonzalo Hernandez is
defendant, and the cause of action
being alleged as follows: That plain-
tiff has resided in Kleberg county for
six months and in the state a year;
that she was married to defendant on
December 20, 1924, and lived with him
until May 15. 1925; that defendant
was guilty of such excesses, cruel
treatment and outrages toward plain-
tiff of such a nature as to render their
further living together Insupportable;
that he failed to support her; that he
became intoxicated frequently; struck
her; kept company with other women,
etc., as wrill more fully appear by plain-
tiff’s original petition on file herein,
to which reference is made, plaintiff
prays for divorce, costs of suit, etc.
Herein Fail Not, but have you be-
fore said Court, on said first day of
the next term thereof, this Writ, with
your return thereon, showing how you
have executed the same.
Witness my hand and official seal at
my office in Kingsville, Texas, this
28th day of June A. D. 1926.
H. W. Bludworth, Clerk.
Criminal District Court, Kleberg
County, Texas.
By Aremcuta Rhew, Deputy.
A True copy I certify,
W. T. Moseley, Sheriff.
Kleberg County, Texas.
By G. F. McCullar, Chief Deputy.
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