The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, AUG 6, 1916
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
MACHINERY FOR DRILUNG
OIL WELL ARRIVES.
ON COLLEGE PIANS
TO STORM DUBLIN
he bag oho
be hoped he
If*a profitable oil
w£#ld Erath cout
th*\|ront to exploi
and, to ua#
Prof. James Cox, f’rank White an
ibfcrs perfected plans this week to
orm Dublin and capture the bless*
1 town,tut- inhabitants id
utaHtaap arranged that
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Ml!i :fev£flPreanilllB banners
ai i>'ni*m8rWv*$o to Dublin in
bb4n«rlMptae the mayor there,
Ml WldSKtn prisoner while the
SUe Selected for First Well on
_ J. P. Syler’s Farm. _
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the two McGhees on top to .mint
the way.”
The Siler farm has sines had
hundreds' of visitors from Tit and
nogaf. Tib-ey saw a couple acres
of %tlon trampled down Ly teams
and crushed down by twenty-five
loads of m^chirfery and lumber,
and many cxclaimations were made
such as, ‘‘‘What did they pay you
for it?” “I’d charge ’em $100“ “I‘d
charge $160."’ Mr. Siler’s re-
ply was, “Dammit, tho cotton was
no account, and l charged ’em onl:
a thousand biiihels of tha
Sylsr made eight good fri<
he made this utterence,
Tuesday, August 3, all ihe wagon)
obtainable, with Joe Dockhart boss-
ing the procession, were engaged in
hauling machinery to the J.P.Syler
farm, four miles and sevdn eighths
south of Stepbenville, whetia rig
is to be sefl up and a well filled
vvith the hope that oil will m found
ttht machinery is all very "^fieayy
and of a standard make, the drill
and its stem alone weighing 7000
in taken from the patch in Erath coud'pounds. There wjsre about qightecd
jty and gets to a mouth in Denver! wagoj^MKlt of heivy lumber to
on it becomes a costly luxury* /■ be usBpn the derrick. Quite a
CAR OF MELONS COSTS $$248.1
Dr. Oxford,
drive the stake.” Dr. Oxford grav-
ely struck the upright Stake a
heavy blow’, and exclaimed, “Bless
God, Let it. come. Amen.”.
The mystic ceremony was then
over, the gentlemen retired, and
practical oil drilelrs are now In
task is not a small one to be com- charge directing the erection of
pletod in so short a period Of time, tjie derrick and the settiul; up of
'Pile Messrs. McGhee completed (he machinery,,
the task of securing leases Jgst wee Col. McGhee has a nation wide
in the Alarm creek country, there- reputation ^s an oil geoolgist, andJ
•T TilT%3 Vi? •
GOOD RAIN AT SELDEN
( H. D. Kay frbo lives rifear Selden, \
and' H. E Webh. who lives twelve '
fore they located their fir&l drill as he has never yet failed in
l/ITH a management composed of men who are intimately identified with the interests and development of
Erath County and who are your personal acquaintance and associates, we invite you to a closer, every-day
atipnship with this bank.
J^yK(t.are very certain, that our methods of doing business are fair, and our daily recognition by the public as one of our many successful fin-
qgMitutions of the city is amply sufficient to clearly indicate that our reputation for conservatism and liberality has been well earned. •-
Farm and ranch property for sale on easy payments—no commission. We own the land.
CAGE & CROW, Bankers, Unincorporated
OIL DRILLERS TO SINK
WELL NEAR HUCKABAY
Mr. Tallent owned three farms
STEAM. I near Sisk, two of which are free
! of debt. He was in debt to some
quired to! extent, and had talked of Belling
and much nil his stock to enable him to pay!
out. His wife has been an invalid
, and for eight
years was bed ridden. During the
past two years she recoyered to j
such an extent that she could hob-j
bio about home on crutches. Sev-J
oral days before he took his life,
e asked her to make t tie trip to j
with him. Mr. 'Bailout
to lose an important was regarded by everyone as a!
This nui-jman of probity, and was well liked ■
by all. He was fond of joking with j
his friends and was always glad to J
have some one at his home as his|
guest. Although his wife could^
not perform any of the household
work, which devolved on Mr. Tal-|
lent and other members of the, fam ;
ily this did not deter him from,
loving to havo his friends
['Ihe handling of coal and wood used, for sixteen years,
| The noise made by the janitor'
' when a coal stove is filled or the
j coal in the stove is stirred up, us-
1 ually during an important speech,
! i'i: when an important witness is
1 I' stifying.iq always unpleasant, and !i
I causes one to lose the thread of an j Stcphenville
Messrs. Edward Hart of Bos-1 argument, or
! expresison of a witness
! sance and thq, great <
>rk the past j keeping up eighteen si
] - ■ i ed (tie county commissioners to in
• L.H.Holt of Stepbenville, i atoll A steam' heat ing plant at i
Mr Hart told a Tribune reporter rost of about $3500, and the mach
that he was in Boston when hejim‘r> r°i' this plant was unloads
first heard of the Erath county nil [:l1 ll“' court, house Tuesday, Angus
field and he at once secured as- •* I he apparatus will be installs
i___ faking lcas'“s in that section. } I he
past week they have secured sev-
eral thousand acres, and are arrang
ing to put a rig in the field as soon
as suitable acreage has been ac-
quired—about 25000 acres being de-
sired
ton, l'hilmore Sherry and F. T. Lo-
gan, representatives of this rnin-
paivy, have,been at wo
■week, being escorted by John W.
Gray and L.l
bought at our store are of standard brands, and are
always pure.
We invite your patronage assuring you that what
you buy from us, in this line, as well as in Jewelry,
Silverware, Cut Glass, etc, are the best quality to be
found any where.
<i«}*ni« —and came hero to inves-
tigate the field. He found indica-
favorable that ho began
., ''kWIMMe, and will sink a test1
as sufficient
Iialfe bi^Bkcqunod In justify (lie
' caP',nl. He is ex
eeJBB™''11 impress'd with this
secflMrof Tfexas, and believes oil
in great quantities will he develop-
•ed here, and that this section will
b,. revolutionized by the develop-
ment of latent resource*. He left
Slephenville Wednesday for Chica-
go to purchase oil-drilling machin-
ery, leaving several men hero to
continue taking lea^s, so that on
his return everything will be
ready to go to work. It is believed
rich nools of oil are under the
come
to sec him and to eat at his table.
H.o was generOus "hearted to a
fault.
His sons and daughters are Latta
Tallent, Vernon; John Tallent, of
Brownwood; Ernest Tallent, Sisk;
Tom Tallent,- Mrs. Fannie Rose,
Oklahoma; Mrs. Bessie Frost, Ver-
non; West Tallent and Miss Ajice
Tallent, 16 years old, liveat home.
JOHN TALLENT IS VICTIM
OF SELF DESTRUCTION
either in medicines or in the various other
lines we carry will ever be offered you
John Tallent of Sisk is dead. He
walked calmly through his home a
little before 4 p. m. Tuesday, Aug.
3, passed to Ihe hack yard, fired
a ball from a 44 Qolts’ revolver,and
all was over. The bullet entered
the edge of his hair above the riffht
temple,and passed through the head
emerging on the other side at the
edgo of the hair above the temple.
Mr. Tallent served here- on a
jury last week, and seemed to be
in a happy frame of mind. He Jok-
ed and t alked as usual, and even up
o the time of the rash act he did
nothing to make one beilevo he was
tired of thia world.
THREE ADDITIONAL WELLS
TO BE DRILLED
In addition to the oiT* prospect-
ing well on the J. P. Sylor farm
three other rigs will be landed in
this section as soon as bodies of
land can be secured in blocks Suf-
ficient to justify the enormous Ex-
pense. The McGhees are oil de-
velopers—not spepulatora.
Rexell Store
50 pairs slippers 50c Keith Broa
C6 pairs slippers 26c. Keith Bros.
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1915, newspaper, August 6, 1915; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881305/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.