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gteechimrtfoge American
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VOL. f No. 99.
BKECKENKIDGE STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS FKIDU. OCTOBER 22 192ft.
TOM U BAXTER Owner-Editor
DANGER OF LOCAL OIL SURPLUS INDICATED TO BE OVER
T
ON TOWER
TW oil field nin ii. driller. nMrjrir
pumper nit of the outfit. I- tnni.l to
the hardship of new town m.ui
town aid old towns making fhto n. w
town.
It I hi tn take It a It lays uli
pirt of rl p Job. wvt. nur and ofin r
le fur a reasonable time
Tlu lenclli of what he may rutwtueT
renonnb!p rill depend upon how ih-
town ' fit is-rfonn.
If It want to help ttelf n welt a
he helped h i the- latl they arc fuck-
ing for. Itl tny will lie a long n
needed even if that Ii forever.
His will Ih to help and hU wish
anil It take some choking to stop IiIb..
but It Cfcii ! clone. The nielhiMl I
simple. c:uick. It Is Kjx-tkil 1-nd-l-f
f--r-e-n c-..
That Miit ls shown on tin pari f
the town. If it has no Inclination f
reciproc-uo hU effort to make up as I
ran for the hardship lie Is willing to
nnilergn tin- makeshift bed anil the
makeshift shelter he put up with thv
mud and corruption he live in. the
torture he put upon hU stomach In
Irnprovisssl overworked tilting place
Then he Is reaily to throw hN hooks
Info it leave at the Ilrst opportunity
put a hlackmnrk up against It every
other place he gm's and see it con-
tentedly into the hand of wrtil
rater .lli along the Hue of the Jot) all
without compunction.
The damage possible from the
spreading of nch spirit In an oil ttold
U something more than IncnlcitliibV.
It Is due to flck a Ions as life
runs ind thereafler
ancient history.
All avoidable. Only a little demon-
Ktratlou of wth to slv the other fal-
low an even break and then is uoth
Ins of that kind. On the other licml.
everywhere the glint hand the go"!
word and She recommendation tltat It
! t' place of place to go.
How much better than the other
way. And true In so many walks of
life thnt there are none who can real
ly x.iy tLe tdioe does not fit: the .ame
principle applies in their case.
Give- the siian who comes along to
wort ami develop value for the com-
munity j little bit of the profit and
it is no longer his work cage bvHM
home.
HU Interest Is personal. Itewunl
ha been Riven Ids efforts. Sidewalks
have been put down for his comfcrt.
Us-anse his work brought about the
t wn growth tlmt made tlie need of
tlie Mdcwalk.
There is In that an arcnmp!isimeiJ.
ji peiTotial achievement something the
Individual ban had a big part In; n
heap bigger than xtaiids out on the
mi r face.
A litre is Improved maybe paved
l-ctter houses go up lietter eatlns and
l(xldns tlai-cs come light takes the
place of djrkness on the side tralU
pt night pi.llci! protection for nl-
Iiome an'i family comes about Junfc 1
cleared i.way and the tiAvn mnde
sightly and easy anil cleanly to get
sl.ouf for the wife anil the vhfldivn
and the man.
H'ho.d facilities are increasisi tire
protwtion Is provided the town spirit
calU for and work for and get
luiidins as -alert awnke to tMe :n-
terekbt C the people htriving to
pleas and aueceedlns all primarllj.
tecausi of hi pioneering and willli'C-
nes to undergo the first hardships t.t
the field which could not lie avertisi.
And 'he Improvement are the ipoii-
nment to the piln that his work una
brought to the community.
Will be shout the praUes of uch
h responsive ctimmunity ; will he stand
right by It through thick and thin
evr after; will he lei! others all user
the eouiiT) that it Is the place of
places to tie to to work In to Invest
In to ! part of?
Would you under the same elrcum-
tances' And Un't It worth the while of any
town to try and get tlmt spirit of co
operation?
Ami di jott know now why the Am-
erican and numerous Itreckensidge
rltlims keep up insistent digging for
lietter things iu sidewalks iolU. pro
tection lighting nre protection ami
bther erv!ce.
It U 'uiliig to the men ot t(ve Held
and the town should hustle fo give
a full measure. 3et In line awl help
with lur delivery.
Noon day hold-ups dou't Interest tU
American.
They're altogether too eomiao I
rroHBd that hour of the day.
- Try a Mrrvlcr car tlie freight pfSc.
tclcsrnp'i oce Just punch lb- ls.
naywhere itt the IsMird iu facr kid
awl Jtet th same results.
........ i... .. f Kifhwrlnnt.vltll
. Urkannan and a couple of giljiVv development.
nui ii- x- .. ....- ---. .
wMcU ren't at all romantic in tin.'
daytimo takes night to shine Vm up.
Keally the daytime hijacker trust
m raat novice. He makes the game
MBoa and will hare It all out of
faSi 11 thnB he knov"'- L"rk!
like overtlajc and scabbing too. Cut
It t before tfce orgaBiJatlon tikes
f0-
PIPE LINE LOOP TO BE FINISHED
IN TEN DAYS; LOADING RACKS ARE
.IN SIGHT; MUCH
If U li'iittml tiwUiv tl.af the Tem i
Prairie pipe lln loop info Rang
will ppilmltly ln )-iiniplefeil w 't lull leu
itajo r Irs- wliiih will relieve til- oil
snrplm lth whli h the Hreckenridge
Ibld hti Ix-en threatened.
OHlciai of the oil and cat depjrt
nient of the railroad commission who'
have been absent from the city until I
today to oiifervm-e at Austin with re- '
mini to MiIh ami other mutters In rhe '
field do mt Indicate iiy their attitud-'
lnc-e return tlmf lliey anticipate pro-
d net hoi v hlrli the pipe lines will lie
linn hie to bundle
In view of the fact thnt they have
liosifive instructions tltat in the event
of wnt of oil at any property. Py
reason ( Inalilllfy to set lto the pipe
lines r from any other cause thev
are to Immediately close In such wells '
as wat it being made their attitude!
teshiy r.nher iiiillcntes that they know !
all the oil will he handled.
ikkii in i ne ran man are Know u in
have applirutloiiH from concerus who
desire to enter the field for oil and
who will estahllsh Ioaillus nicks here
lloth of the railroads also are pre-
paring ti- handle oil business and it is
known thnt they are coins to have
actual M-rvIce to offer within very
short time
Several concerns with wells ap-
proachti's the sand are known to hav;
been advised today by two of the pipe
lino companies that their oil will be
taken fare of as soon us broush: in.
Onlv one company to far as known
1ms advised nny producer to delay
drillins in. This advice was extended
ii a matter it!'" m(-' lomiiany tu big production area
yesterday and accepted one well noar-
ins the -find heiug shut down today.
The same pipe Hue compuny has ad-vl-isl
oilier oiH-ratora during the weak
that Ms lines are loailed and that
while it will do the bet it can to take
"are of oil offered and may be ib'e
to tlo so at any time by reason of siib-
shllns of -ome of the wells on Its lines
to settled production from Hush. Just
at preseet Ir Is carrylns all It can and
cannot give iiosltlve assurances at
early acteptnnces. This ctinipany has
also advlnsl tluit oil oiwrators he urg-
ed to put in all the tankage they can
get as n proi-er provision aga!ust
emergeney
riK line companies were repr-ifo
rented III the conferences at Austin le-
tweetr'thc railroad commissioners and
tliij deputy oil supervisor from thl
city anil also were present in the
meeting with the member of the
delegation from the eommltlee of sev-
enteen which went from here to Aus-
tin. What the pipe line represent-
tlves ultimately advised the I'.immis-
sion with regard to the situation here
is not I nowu. hut there appear to Ik-
good reasons for the belief that they
gave a iMirances that were acceptable
a to the pressure they would put on
the Tor't of increasing their service
Into the eitr and .Stephen county ami
that the evlilenee of good faith which
they wei able to present satisfied the
commission that there was going to le
no dm i;lc situation here that the oil
would be t.ihen cure of am! closing in
not liar" to be resorted to. This can
not lie presented as fact but thcr 1
excellent warrant today for swell de-
duction. NKU SYNDICATE CKOWD
The Henry IS. Clark Syndicate No
1 have their rig up and are moving
tools onto the ground today. They
will he spudding In soon. It Is a juc-
well pr.iiHisItloii on Hlock (!- thre
hl'M'ks west of Hloek 7 which iinu
In yesterday as a good producer. Drill-
ing contract ha ticen- made with
Messm. D S. Kirk and B. I'. Pear-no.
of Abilene drillers of thirty years x
rsTlenre. who are limbing a tmnkeV
job puffins the oil Into the pipe line.
Henry It. Clark of Tt. Worth In
charge of the enterprise has ha I
many years experlemv iu tlie vanou
nil Held ot thi country owning many
leasiw In Mime lifty counties of this
state jdine and specializing In .Ste
phens property. I'nlts at $100 wich
are offereil in the block.
SICCESMTL 01'EKATOIS.S
Tlie Hisskenrldge School Block Syn-
dicate Is moving rapidly with prepara-
tion for luiniisllnte drilling of the
pro'rtv just nnpilred. Contract. fir
all wort will be closed at onc'. Com-
plete "flog of rasing Is on the way.
Thne dins-ting the new syndicate ar"
all old In oil operations. H. L. Tuck-
er and It. I. Dewees of the organiza-
tion jc also ot the King Eight Oil
Co. of Ft. Worth and Burkburnett and
their personal rppllcatlnn to Its nffalrs
In much measure responsible for tti3
dividends totaling 130 per cent which
have been paid In a year of nperatto.i.
Thoy proiMise the saniu sort of raan-
ageineni tit their Itreebrnridge enter
prises tunij are on the ground tu nr
that If is gir-n. T. C. Jfoore ind C.
A. Freniii also have excellent repu-
tation for Hiiece In their oil enter-
prise elsewhere In the mate nnd ar-
now engngcil In the drilling of block
I2 In this ilty. The Bretkenrldge
School Block Syndicate I In the big
north side guher area ami bsiked
uimn a very highly promising piece
of propt rty.
EXI'KCT Tl C03IK HERE
F. S. 3Illler I here from Leu An
geies in the interests of a group of
oil operator with whom h? iias Ihsii
. j
r jis-K-iatcsl in urange ami rvern -otm-
It U their present
expecta'Ior. that they will tlmi oppor-
tunity lo engage Jn lease development
Jn Stephen county
JIAKING GOOD RUN
ninck 31 set their ten inch cning
last nigh- at lKKi feet. This proper-
ty Is ntit the 3lethodist church blcvcK.
Excellent progress bus been made with
thl drilling and with a highly satis-
factory job done In getting the tec
BETTER OUTLOOK'
The oil surplus Hiiuatimi Is ery
much easier and the indications
excellent that the steps t.ihen to-
ward tank farm relief the rail
upon the railroads which Rot re-
.spons" in prompt assurance of
plenty of rars anil trachaj;e to
handle tlie surplus oil and niiirli
more the prompt response of op-
erators of the Held to rail to set
together shipment in of much
storage tanhage and the activity
in the Held of a number of inde-
pendent Tenners who want to p.it
in loading racks and a city gath-
ering line together with increas-
ed attiiity in ronslnirtimi on the
part if the established pipe lines
hae all been highl effective in
relietms a tense situation whim
now app-ars in the way of quick-
ly working out of (he danger
one.
Inch In they are on their wny down
today with plenty of visor and the
expectation that they will have a fast
ran to the Hnlsii after a few days
with th" ixtreim? hard country now
not far nhead.
HAI.L SETTIJvD a.OOO
The Hull No. t of Wnowden . 3Ie
Sweeney the sensational feature of
tlie week In new development U todny
erecting steel for four additional tanks
of 1.000 barrel each. This will make
a batter' of eight nne-thnuFand barrel
tank's on the ground. The fourth 't
the ilrst four tanks waa completed
thl morning and Is receiving oil
r 1 frwn f.iVS-nil Hn .n. .it.. ......I ll .. t
""'' .".i-cs ui- -wiiiiij-u on i in i-
ditlonal four tank and will nish them l
to completion In a few days. Thus j
far thu property has been abl- to I
iiaiiuie an 01 it.s oil exieilent cure
liavlng iM-en taken of the output d
spite tli tremendous heads which the
well niride at various tlnnt during
the llrs; tiny of Hush production. 'IV
dav it I considered that the Hall 1
ilolng a settled production of arorthd
live thousand barrel. Since Snndnv
it has made nt different times niiiili
iit the wile of double that amoni:' of
production per day and has on me
I of these been rated in high ns l.'.OiV)
barrel. The nearness of the propevrv
the oily. Immediately on the
nortn
fibtis
outskirts gave opportunity for
people fo go see the gnslier.
of thm came back with large
of the production being made
ami
these- vere ailvanctHl a few notches ity
those fo whom they were told. In con-itene-
the priMliictlon of the Halt
around (own has been much Iu ceres
of that ar the well. With all of which
the fact remain that It I a wonder-
ful producer and the biggest of the
week In a group of several big one.
There If uIo no question but tint if
elevate the north side hill strip to
very prominent position a piwsiMv
the biggest production area of the Held
an opinion that the Hall has ni.nl-
vpry convincing among the number
who have contended over a consider-
able tieriod that fid would he rh
ultima ' statu of the particular are-i
IN NEXT WEEK
Gilbert S. Johnson Co. of Ft. Wnrt'i
exteet to bring. In the No. '2 well mi
the Lewis Oil &. C.as Co. Johnna !)
acre lease north of the city and IL'iW)
feet south of the Hall No. I early
next week. They are down 27."iO fe't
tislay. Gilbert S. Johnson I exp.sfu.l
In thl evening from Ft. Worth to re-
main UiiM! completion of the well. It
I cxp-cted to make a good onej ciiu-
slderable excess lu production over
the No. 1 well of the lease which ha
been doing n round "00 barrel settf'tl
production since brought in belug
looked tor by oil men.
TAKE OVEK URASF.
No. It well of the Lewis Oil Jk On
Johnson lme north of the eity : re-
pnrtisl clown 221)0 feet today anil go-
ing good. Drilling of this property
nas netn uik-en over by the Gllliert S
Johnson Co. organization. The work
is In chu.-ge of Fiirl S. Jnhn.-on. whose
experience ns an oHrutor in Stephens
county and elsewhere in the Texas
fields Is backed up by a recor 1 of
much .success In the Kern county and
other California field.
OIL QUOTATIONS
(Furnished by Hrf-ckenriilge OH
no
Hid
Asked
i:m
1200O
113 00
110 oo
Hreck. O i G.
Block f
Block II
Block 11
Hankers & 3Ierehant3.
Breck. I-ank & Trust:
Central lit v. Co.
c. h. & re. c.
Comanche Northern
Gladstone O. & H.
Graham Oil SymL
Guaranty O. & G.
Invader of Texas
Jack Pot
Lucky Widker
Rex Oil & Ga
Sugar I oaf
Scott O. & R.
Texas Jlrtors
Triangle Syndicate
Walker Caldwell
Y. 31. C. A.
1.30
103.00
110.00
110.00
.70
100 00
200 00
5.00
2.00
1 13
100.00
123.00
.ot;
73.00
73.00
1UX1
lJs)
120
20.00
110J)
.12.00
110 00
a(
123.00
213
1.30
12.MK
l.t-UiO
r'
12.1 (HI
110.00
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1
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1-10
I-TO
22.30
110.1)
37-10
110.00
DRILLING IN 6.1
Block c: of the Jfdge G. O. Hate-
man interests I. expected to go into
tlie sand tomorrow- night. Prepara-
tion ara Uing completed for the lln.il
care of the property.
ON TWO LOCATIONS
The Livingston Oil
erecting two new rigs
MERCHANT'S SLAYER RELEASED ON
ils . K iOMvlllsmil. riim . "
-i
MeeflriS of the committee of three
fimil tli" rtmmittee of .seveuteen and
l he ifv i nmmi.ssioliei's today for tie
jiirixs. f dlseusslns adtspiate pro-i
lei-tlon of tlie city from oil storage re-'
sultisl In the decision that the eree-
'Ior of nil anil sa savers on town
blot ks in place of How tanks would
-Prve tle purpoe.
i doptlin of provision for oil and
1 sas savers and the. curry Ins of pa
fumes not less than forty feet above
the surface for discharsu. In a forth
'omlns eif;. ordinance was nsreed up-'
on. tlie hlep displaclns the previoiul"
field plan for the removal of nil oil
from 'he city to a tank farm. '
I f!as discharged forty feet above tlie
I surfiuv. It is held will minimize the1
l:inser of lire from oil In the citv.
Provision against lightning and other
muses of tank ilres will Ik conslif-r-
Tlie reprrsentatlves of the rnnttnlr-
tee w-re C. M. Caldwell. Judge W-ill
and County Attorney C J. O'Connor !
CWCO 1COAI) IS NOW
ACTl'AIJA' IN TOWN:
TKESTIiJ IS FINISlini)
The C &. N. H. It. It. trestle Is norms
the crek today with steel down and
the ro.ul may llnally lie said to be in
town. It Im now to cro the slush
pit of tile .le-Si-I.ee oil block and get
It rail over the two blocks between
there and If depot which is- rapidly
nearing completion. The ilnNh of the
tr.u-Mayin; may be made tomorrow.
It was said today that very likely
there would be oyosolng of tlie trtli
Into fowi with the flrst train early in
.... Wu-b
SEI.I-S HOTEL
A de-il was consummated this morn-
ing wth-tihy Mr. I.. C. Kirkpatri.'
bistjnie tlie ownefof file Andrews Ho-
tel on Walker street taking posses-
sion tomorrow. Mr. 31. C I'.i liner
former owner during her management
built up a very large and desirable
nntrniipce 3Irs. Kilpatriek the new
manager comes from Wichita Fails".
She has hud large experience' in the
conduct of hotel and will no doubt
carry on the high plane of sotvIm es-
tablished by her predecessor.
OUEEK AN DIYWI.EIt'S
1'IONEEK fiini AT
THE NEW AI.IIAMI'.ICA
Greer and Lawier'. Pioneer Girl
at the now Alhambra theatre are mak-
ing a reputation to be envied by their
clever performances. This Is the best
company cer. seen here and time It
1 appreciated by Hreckenridge best
citizens Is proven each night by larger
attendance
The uh.y last night was much better
flmn Monday's play and tonight they
prond. a better comedy yef. "Too
Much .Married" I the title. All new
vaudeville will be Introduced during
the action of the play. Including funny
Hob Grs-r. Karl Stanley Alack ind
West and the other favorite. The
p'cture machine is expected to hi
ready today or tomorrow with all
Ilrst run feature picture.
The management will presenr onlv
the verv best In musical comedy and
high cias pictures changing Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays making
three eliinses each week. Picture to-
night is Habe Until in "Over the
Fence." Picture starfs (i;.T0.
rick timbers for both having been
complied thl week. Tld organisa-
tion I crowding right along. It ha
excellent h-i.se holding. north of town
Tools are on the way and spudding t:i
of both well will be made shortly.
ERECTING DERRICK
The Aro OH Syndicate have their
board on the curb thl morning for
tlie llrt time. They have a one welt
proposition on a ten acre tract In the
"million dollar district." northeast of
the GiMiIwln anil the Wulker-Perkins
tracts tii-rtlicas? of the townslte. They
have just started building th"Ir der
rick. . G Maione i the local sale
agent with ollice in the basement of
the First National bank building.
GETTING DERRICK IT
The D & It Syndicate Is erecting
derrick on Its property northeast of
the city. Wli hlta Falls anil other
northern let Id lur-rest are expes te-i
here next week to wlfnes spudding
In. A string tools I u the jj r.j
the property
iiWOODS COMES TO
DEPARTMENT FROM EASTLAND; IS
!IT0 HAVE CHARGE
D. r. onls. oil and ga supervisor
of Easriiiuil countv for some time ls
had Stephen c-nunty aihled fo hi dl-
rect suisivlaion. HI headquarters 1 jrr- WiumN as supervisor in Last-
wlll lie iu till eity with hi division I land coiuity lias won much eommenda-
of tim. between Hastbind and Ste-I "' 'ram both the ope-niior and pub-
. lie Tor the excellence of his admio-
""ni'" istratlon. He 1 a widely exiiecieiiccd
D. C. 3IorrI deputy supc'rvlsor 0p. man. In the Texas tlebl as well as
heretofore stationed r.t De Iosin will i thoe of California and Oklahoma and
be in tne Hreckenridge office with W tlu high .onlideiice of ;
- - ro. i . mission. Mr. 3Iorri.s comes from Iw
.Mr. Wodn. Ie Ellzey deputy -1 rj?orj auj very blshly rt-ommoncIel b
pervisor who has looked after both the commission and tlie pnbllc he has
Stephen and Eastland county work. ' dealt with in the southern territory
is traasleried to Cisco us hi head- The denr-Mure of 3Ir Ell7-ey 1 a mi--
quarters i lace tef 0f much regret with numerca-
I ITie above new alignment In the oil friend. be lias made In Jh Hrecken-
l and gas department was announced ridne He'd The ciiauge Is agreeable
I Corporation Isfrom Eastland and the retnrn of 3Ir
delivery of .ler- Ellzey an 1 3Ir. Straughn from Aa - J
today tirr.ii the arrival of 3Ir. Wocsls
ZZr
It is learned that tlie District
Attorney's ollice is calling for rm-
panciaiciit of a grand jury for con-
tinuous session and tltat this wit!
be provided for at once.
The object is to enable much
more rapid and thorough handl-
ing of criminal matters in tlie city
and county than has heretofore
been possilde. It is the belief
that with such sen ire as is pro-
posed a big dent ran he i(uickly
ni.ule in tlie popularity of hijack-
ing liquor selling and other Solu-
tions of the law. inclusive of gas
line and general street offenses
some of which are no less a threat
to the public welfare than the hi-
jacker. Indictment returned by
the continuous session grand jury
would llnd immediate court ac-
tion. It would he possible to make
indictments with such frequency
and pursuit of the suiiVrt fruit
one ellense to tlie int on iiie pair
of an. given indhiudldaii-d that
it Is believed there would be early
wearine. on tlie part of some of
these and relief of tlie public fmm
nuisances which now have breath-
ing spoils between grand ury
calls.
WIDELV KNOWN TEXAN
ENGAGES IN ASSISTANCE
OP WATERWORKS I'KO.IKCT
Captain W. S. Lowe widely known
In the state arrived yesterday from
Dallas and Austin to make ids b-ud
quartern It Hreckenridge for a period
Captain Lowe lias made invesrmci
iu the Hreckenridge Waterworks 'V
and in audition Intends to gUe o its
aair.s tie advan'ges of Ms peri ii.il
acquaintance iu Investment cinle He
I leav'ng tmamrnw for Slirevepot'
where be lias friends who have ad
vised liha of acquaintance with tin
I'reekeiiridge enterprise and desire to
have a jwirt In it. Iu Houston. Captain
I.owe will also place some of tlu-
stock of the company among anchte
who recently participated with Idut
In the nutation of a very successful
autumoLilc enterprise Involving two
and a half million dollars. Captain
Tlowe I nn old time friend ot Secre-
tary Peterson of the Waterworks eeni-
Imny' .itul'Iian therefore donbte inter
et in Kinx-e of the enterprise. Cap-
tain Lowe wa three year in tlie
Philippines and for twenty-live yean
enjoyed distinction in government and
state service. His family is at pres-
ent at their summer home in Long
Beach. California from where he
came here but will shortly return to
Texas.
LOCAL PERSONAL
3Ics. Harry Parker arrived today
from Whitewater to Join her husband
who I engaged In the field here.
It. F. Scanlon came In today from
3llneral Wells. He reports the nuin
ber of Breckeniidgfcr people now lo-
cated theic to Imj getting along -'.xi el-
lent ly.
B. A. Adam leaves tonight for Ti m
pie and Dallas. At the former place
lie will attend a meeting of the exmi
tlve no ml of the state federation and
nt Dallas expect to close arrange-
ments for receiving direct complete
eleetlou leturus In Hreckenridge
113131V
TO '
HUNT C03IES HACK
V"; I'OPl.UVR BONER IN
CHARGE OF ATHLETICS
i-
Jlmni.. Hunt of Shrrveport ha re-tm-neil
to tlie e-ity ami Is taking ehurge
of the athletic department ut the V.
31. C. A. It i a fact that gives oc-
casion for much pleasure among many
Iu the lsreckenrhlge Held who know
the hoer and who are famllbu- with
the goo.1 work he did during an en-
gagement he had with the "Y" lust
winter when he won much loc-al pop-
ularity. Jimmy Hunt has wide repu-
tation throughout tiie country as a
fast man witli the gloves anil .is an
excellenr Instructor. If Is now exjns t
ed that be will be able to show in the
latter work nt the "Y" during this
winter the present plan being f pro-
vide fie" classes which will be under
Id dlrcs tion and which will be a very
decided added feature of nftra.-rlnn
In the installation of which and the
bringing of Hunt to the general atb-
leflc W -rk nf the organization. Secre-
tary Ilmigcrford laru ious-atula-tlon.
THE OIL AND GAS
OF TWO COUNTIES
.
' tip. 3Ir Siraugbn
resignation wa
by ihe trnmmls-
ne-cepteel with regret
sion at Austin he retiring to give His
nt lent ion fo rtcronal oil fnterests.
home I.
Cisco iml Ioc-ation there more -v-ccpi
- ( able-
to him. however as uis
JA1L amt' m "HUJt
BKU1HM m MLLLU bAYb Mifc IS
STANDING BY HUSBAND TO LAST
C. C. 3LG1II. charged with the kill-
ing of H II. Simmons at Frankell jn
Tuoda- night was arraigned before
Judge ''ustleman this morning and r.d-
mltted to bond iu the sum of $-1000.
.MrGIll and Simmons were brothers-in-law
running a general merchandise
store at Frankell. According to the
statement of the defendant' they unci
had frequent trouble principally of a.
family nature. .McGUl state that
Simmon tried to separate him and hi
wife bv telling various stories and
that fiier was also controversy over
business affairs.
The sit mi i Ion came rn the point
where threats were made on the llf
of the clet'eiidaiir. ticc-ncdlng to his
Htory. in saying that Simmon ha I
Isiught a gun. slept with ir under the
head of Id pillow In the store .md
fold 3tiG.Il If there w.i an iimr.'
trouble he "would get hi goat
Tlie final trouble aros(. hist Tueviln
nlghf when If seems to have been n
case of whli'h one secured his gun
Ilrst. 3IiGill was fastest and i - lid
NEW PUNCH PUT IN OFFICE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY BY NEW LAW ENABLING
QUICKER ACTION THAN HERETOFORE
Assist mt District Attorney Cln'icle
3fcCa!ci i swinging into the work ot
his new ollice in the style of a vcici'an
of the service'. With several years of
both state and federal experience buck
ot him lie is familiar with every de-
tail of the work before him an out-
lined by the new law oC the special
session of the eglslninre.
Especially Interested I the attorney
in the hijacking which lias liecomj so
prevalent iu and around Hreckenrblge
and he la lending every assistance to
both tlie city and county olllcors to
ward i c'liupaigu to hunt down am! i
capture tlie outlaws of nia-l and gun .
Within the last twenty-four ImiirJ
three h'ie fallen victim to the mvhS
of the Iiw. and It 1 understood t!u j
surveillance Is being had over other
who in..- feel the weight of tin law I
upon tin ir shoulders at nn. moment.
This i.rrirnonti commissioners met
in Jud;c Hafcnums court for tin- pur
pose ii empaneling n liinml Inrv
ARRIVALS AT THE
HOTELS IN CITY
DURING THE DAYi
Miller.
Dan II. Levy. Jack Reubens. New-
York city; K. I Anderson Omaha;
L. E. .Malnpriele 3IInneaiolls: Mrs
i:. He.kei. Eastlnnd: E. It. Rn-huril
sou Cliieago; H. r. Stunrr Betiumunt
Hosle Hachanu. San Rrnnc Isco ; J. R.
Cnldlus Iai. ; Grace Lewis Dora Lew-
is 3Ianguh. Okln.: John Lee Jr.. Sun
Francisco; A. It. Johnson. Guy Wade
T. D. Kennedy. Wichita Falls; Chas.
Rothauin. G. 31. Green. Roswell N
31.: S. G. Seiple. J. K. Chnmhor. Ft.
Worth: J. D. Ireland Sherman; L
G MoK.-lvin. 3Ioran
Coinmcrrtal.
J. If. 3Ii"Cnlden. J. P. Evans Shr-ve-porr
; G If Jackson. J. A. Jiorpin. Ft
Worth: II. 31. Hitter. S. It. Parellnd.
Cisco: W L. Howani anil wife. 'al-
lev 31111s: W. it. .Memlitli C. A. Craig.
Dallas: W R Stelrley wife tn'l
daughter. Desilemomi ; C. 31. ESdgetl
L M. Giillekcn. ti. E. Peters Hanger-Ij-e
3lallen. Hot Sirings Ark.: C. E.
Cliatlln. A. E. linrgin. A. T. Hue i.ls-
co: Joe Willinms. It. E. llinnm. Sey-
mour; T. 1 Terry. 3IineraI WelU
Oil Register.
A. L. Kemper. T. J. 3forri. TtiLo :
Howard Bean. Arilmore Okla.; II S.
Gordon. Wichita Falls: Fred Arne
Jack L. Niched. Ft. Worth.
Belmont.
Mr L 31. Bucklln. Turio. ri. Sn-
miii Starr. Butte. 3Iont. : J. 31. llono-
luiii. Dallas: fleo. A. Burrl. 3Irs A.
.
rlsiuore. El Paso.
Sheltciii.
'has. J Graunlnv. 31. C. Conev. II.
Grimm. Ft Wortti; B. W 3Imin. It
Wnml Hanger; G. F. Ore. MlneriM
Wells: A. W. Owen and wife. I.ong-
vlew: W. L. 311kerson. Tyler; T. Hur-
ry 3IcDoimId. DalLis; C. W. GurlanJ.
Bowie: W. II. Gn'r. .Mlneota; Artlmr
Heatlier'v. Oklahoma City Okla.:
Dura Lewi. Grace Iwls Mangiuu
Okla.
Andrcwa.
Ida Jnhnson. Kansas City. 3Io. : Pat
Hussay laiwrenceville. 111. ; J. H.
Slmms. 31. N. Fnlrhurst. Dallas: II
I. 3IcCan. Ft. Worth; C. II. 3IolTct:.
Ranger.
LOCAL
Wayne George
3Irs. Jolin
left tust
weeks Jn
nlglit for a visit of a few
Cleveland her former home.
3Ir ami 3Irs A E Speliacy arrive 1
thl morning from Erie. ia . cxpet t
In! ing to amain. 3Ir Sjiellacy 1 an oi!
t broker ml ha arranged to enter in
buriuwi lb the city
$5000 BOND
" ;rT .
to have lirrcl three shots into the body
of Slmr.'ons.
Immediately after the shooting .Mc-
Gill go. on the night passenger train
and wiit to Hanger where he gave
himself up to the authorities being
returii"d here Wednesday morning.
He has since been in custody ot the
county otlicer. Simmon wa taken
to Hanger on the same train that 11c-
Gill wiu truiclcd. Simmons died soon
after .aching the Hanger hospital.
ilcGill !- married ha a wife and
one child ot his own and eight step
children hi family residing on their
w0 acre tarui near I)e Leon. JIcGHR.
wife is a sister to the man who ws
killed. When questioned this morning
by an American representative shir
said : -
"Of course if i awful that my
brother should have been killed and
espts-hill" by my huslmnd but I uiu
sure m husband is in tlie right and
I sh.sii jtand by him to the very lust."
31' Gill claims he shot In self de-
fense and that If he had been onlv a
second biter he 1 sure Simmons: would
have Mlled him. Abiys & 3Iay.s arc
artoniei tor the defendant.
which will be called into sVssion next
Mouda . morning to consider a mas
or aci iimiilatecl evidence which the
district end county olllcer have been
g.iflieri'g during thirty days or more.
Atton.ey McCalcb's work will be
conliiied entirely to Stephens county
and to the- worlr of the Ninetieth dis-
trict court. Tills. court when origin-
ally created had Jurisdiction only over
civil cases but it po'wers Celug u'-
ereaseel at the session of the legisla-
ture If will from now on. sit in crim-
inal eases also. At the last nieetlug
of the grand Jury tiiere were between
lifty and sixty cases of felonious na-
ruiv returned by the liuttiisttortul body-
to Judg' Kley's court which will now
be transferred to that of Judge. B.ite-
maii of the Ninetieth for hearing only
two of tneiii coming to trial ut the last
session of the tribunal.
Artonie- Mci'aleli 1 lu Hanger this
iifternoti" investigating the circii'n-
sfances relante to the killing ot H
II Simmons at Frankell last Tues-lav
evening wlthwhbhC C 3lcGlll now
in loi it nstocly Is charged
HIJACKERS AND
HOTEL THIEVES
FIESTA NIGHT
3Ieioiilii;lit fine and hijackers enjoy-
ing tlie Lalmy evening.
Their entertainment cost C. T. Car-
roll an oil field man living across ;he
reek SOo and hi watch about It Ian
night o't the bridge. Two nieni step-
ped out eud Carroll stopped his car
instead of stepping on the accelerator
when tlu-ir guns glistened lu front or
him.
Indoor Sport.
At a looming house near the .To-Se-Lee
block back of the Ice factory Ed-
ward Howell lost Ids pants anil a
purse thtieiii containing $100. Four
either men in the house lost trouseis
and .-onieuts aggregating about 40
more. Some one awakened and tne
thieves isistpouisl calling on crinil
lodgers. Hack eif this house two men
were reported held up ami robbeil o
rhelr money about $''A) Wednesday
uight. Ic is thought the three masked
men who did tills job carried out the
indoor sport program last night. Aw
emptied purse belonging to Howell
found bac-jc of the house Is accepted
as indicating that the; thieves ji'ade
their entry by a rear door.
Saw Himself Touched.
J. H. Key employed at the W. F .
R. ic Ft. W. depot iad tlie novel ex
IH-riere-j of lying In his besl last night
and witching u man go through Ids
iMs-heis laKing ins small cnange
amounting to something like S3 cent
Key is n small man getting up Inta
years and tlie robber was a large young
man. Key declaeel lie was afraid tu
make any noisA for fear the robbe?
would aUuek l.iin. Fortunately for
him before lie went to bed he secreted
lib pocket book containing the ino?t
of his money. In a llnur sack wber
it was not funnel bv the tiiief.
Ilizonner's OHire Too.
Some tnt brjke Iiito the 3raycr's
ofBce in the Guaranty State building
last night and stole n shotgun unci
Mime l-mips. The shotgun was orie
taken by eity otUcers about u month
ago in a raid made on the south fhtu
I ot town. The glass In the front door
was broken out evidently from the lu-
slelen as this niornlns the broken
pieces fere all founil in the hall. How-
ever. I:l lead of turning the spring
link fro.n the inside and coming out
through the door. It was evident trim
mud on the wincfow frame that tb
thief raw led
w 1th h loot.
raw led out ttirough the window
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