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With a Mission—
without a Muzzle!
Che ©Iney Enterprise
$1.50 the Year
and worth it, too!
VOLUME IX
Published by R. Shuffler, at Olney, Young County, Texas, Friday, February, 7 1919
NUMBER 42
GRAMM WELL
IS A BIG PRODUCER
Reliable information comes to us
that the Graham well, near Murray
on M. K. Graham’s land, came in
Monday and is a producer.
Rumor has it producing at the
rate of more than.- three thousand
barrels a day—150 barrels an hour
—but this evidently is not true, for
parties who have been to the well
since it “came in” have failed to
see any oil. *
It evidently is a fact, however,
that they have entered the oil sand
and it is practically an established
fact that when it came in the oil
spouted higher than the derrick. It
was immediately shut down, the
drillers being prepared for this in
advance, and nobody knows any-
thing definite about it.
Graham people are positive that
they have a good well. We hope
they are right, for a producing
well anywhere in the county will
mean a wonderful lot of develop-
ment all over the county, and will
bring untold wealth to the whole
county.
\ The Enterprise Editor is not
easu>^ excited about these reported
gushers,, as we cut our eye teeth
some several years ago when the
Miller well “gushed.” This same
Miller gusher turned out to be a
six or eight barrel well, and since
then we have been prone to dis-
count these oil stories.
When anything positive or def-
inite can be found out about it,
The Enterprise will tell you, but
until such a time comes we are not
going to “tear our shirt.”
There are plenty of reasons why
the drillers would not bring in a
good well down there if they could.
They have no provision for taking
care of production, and it is too
valuable to waste, for one thing.
We predict that it will be three
months or more before anything
definite is known about the Gra-
ham well.
GRAHAM WELL IN
YOUNG COUNTY SPRAYS
OIL OVER DERRICK
The Graham well of the Texas
'Company, west of Graham in
'Young County, got beyond control
Monday and for a short time spray-
ed oil over the derrick, according
to reports from Graham Tuesday
morning. It was later brought
under control and has been shut in.
This is the second time this well
has broken out and shot oil over
the derrick. No estimate can be
placed on what the production
might be. The well has not been
completed and indications are that
it will not be brought in for some
time as there are no facilities near
for handling the production. Little
was known of the blowout Monday
until a telephone message from a
nearby farm said the well was be-
yond control. Persons who visited
the well later said the derrick was
dripping with oil and the ground
was oil soakpd.
Reports say the Roxana well
south of Graham is hard to control
and is likely to break out like the
Graham did Monday. Several
times it has showed signs of break-
ing loose and has been spraying oil.
The Timmons No. 1 of the Cos-
delta Oil and Gas Company, six
milVs southwest of Graham, is re-
ported to be drilling at about 400
feet.—Star-Telegram.
ADVERTISE
The constant drop of water wears
away the hardest stone.
The constant gnaw of Towser
masticates the toughest bone
The constant wooing lover carries
off the blushing maid
And the constant advertiser is the
man that gets the trade.
Don’t ever think that printer’s
ink is money to the bad,
To help you pail a roll of kale
there’s nothing beats an ad.
fou can’t fool people always,
they’ve been a long time born
pd most folks know that man is
low who tooteth not his horn.
In securing the 4 4 dry ’ ’ camel the
[nation is making an interesting ad-
Idition to its menagerie. It already
fpossessed the Democratic donkey
and the G. Q„ P. elephant, and now
only needs a1 box of monkeys to
complete its collection. Perhaps
the I. W. W’s. will favor.
INJUNCTION INVOLVES
WICHITA OIL LAND
A temporary injunction was ob-
tained by W. G. Burton and others
in the Sixty-seventh district court
Monday to prevent S. L. Fowler
and others, composing the Fowler
Farm Oil Company, in Wichita
county, from -disposing of their
stock in the company and to com-
pel them to fulfill a contract alleg-
ed to have been entered into by
Burton and others with Fowler and
others whereby S. L. Fowler and
his co-partners agreed to sell to
Burton and his partners all their
holdings in the Wichita county oil
fields.
The petition alleges that S. L.
Fowler and his partners had
agreed to sell to Burton all their
holdings for $20,000 cash and have
failed to do so, and that because of
their failure to carry out the con-
tract the plaintiffs have been
damaged to the extent of $750,000
and that the holdings of the Fowler
Farm Oil company in the Wichita
county oil field are valuable.—
Fort Worth Record.
CITY IS OPERATING
WICHITA STREET CARS
King Albert of Belgium, is back
in Brussels, on his native carpet, so
to speak.
Wichita Falls, Feb. 3.—The city
of Wichita Falls is operating the
street cars here pending settlement
of the controversy between the
company and its employes which
resulted in a strike being called
last Thursday. The men returned
to work Saturday afternoon, but
they again became dissatisfied and
gave notice that unless a contract
was signed by 10 o’clock Sunday
they would quit at noon. In the
meantime the mayor intervened
and arranged for the city to assume
control for thirty days, or pending
an adjustment of the differences.
Recognition of the union is involv-
ed.
ALL OFF WITH THE '
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
John Barleycorn will soon be
buried and Aqua Pura will attend
the funeral.
France, England and the United
States will speak in firm and equal
voices at the peace conference.
-o-
It evidently is the opinion of the
Senate that James Monroe had bet-
ter come back and look after his
doctrine, which appears to bp in
some danger of collapse.
It now appears that the world
must give up the League of Nations
Senator Reed says he will 4 4 never ’ ’
consent to it. England wants it,
but Senator Lodge objects. France
is for it, but Senator Knox inter-
poses his veto. The day’s news is
full of cumulative evidence that
the idea of nations banding them-
selves together as 4 4 trustees of
peace,” in President Wilson’s
phrase, is sweeping triumphantly
through Europe. But Europe for-
got Missouri. The Senator from
that State, in his finest police court
manner, serves notice on the world
that he will talk himself into his
grave before he will permit the
ratification of a treaty bringing
the U. S. into a League of Nations.
England and France and Italy and
all the others must now see, there-
fore, that they will have to get on
without the United States. Perhaps
however, they will merely decide to
get on without Reed.-—New York
Evening Post.
The refrain, 4 4 The Yanks are
Coming,” is not now a signal for
the rattle of musketry, but a rattle
of the dishes.
AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES
THROUGH WINDOW
Last Saturday night at about 10
o’clock a Dodge car driven by Nat
Price plunged upon the sidewalk
and against the steel post of the
window of B. S. Doty & Co’s, drug
store, breaking two large glasses
and knocking the iron post out of
position. Young Price started to
back the car and by mistake threw
the machine in low gear, starting it
forward with all the power it was
capable of. The car leaped forward
upon the sidewalk and into the
plate glass window before the
driver had time to reverse the
engine or throw on the brake.
At the time of the accident many
people were in the store and on the
sidewalk, and it is a wonder some
one was not seriously hurt. As it
was no one was hurt and the auto-
mobile was damaged but little.—
Graham Leader.
Life is leased to man .without his
permission, and without his per-
mission is taken away.
Both parties are on the lookout
for good presidential timber. It
must be good, in order eventually
to fit well in a cabinet.
Also Make Your
Wife Happy
By buying one of the following use'
j§ful House Furnishings.
FEBRUARY the house cleaning month. If you will help your wife clean house for
three days, we guarantee you will suggest to her the purchase of some greatly needed
piece of Furniture. Make your wife happy and your home comfortable. The list be-
low contains home comforts that you should give your wife.
Iron Beds
Art Squares
Linoleum Squares r
China Closets
Deufolds
♦
Princess Dressers
Library Tables
Dining Tables
Kitchen Cabinets
Oil Stoves
Granite Wear
Springs
Curtain Rods
%
Rugs
Lace Curtains
Mattresses
Art Squares
Dressers
Bed Springs
Shades
* • Porch Furniture
Buffets
Steel Beds
Linoleum
Rocking Chairs
Comforts
Dining Chairs
Blankets
Cook Stoves
Dishes
Heating Stoves
Lamps
High Chairs
The Jno. E. Morrison Corny.
Coffins and Caskets. We Have a Licensed Embalmer.
OIL DEVELOPMENTS
IN YOUNG COUNTY
The past few days have been dry
and pleasant enough to give some
hope for road conditions to be im-
proved sufficiently for the renewal
of oil development activities in this
county by the begnning of next
week. Over thirty carloads of pip-
ing are in the yards-at the depot
awaiting removal to the wells of
this section when the roads will
permit heavy hauling.
Work on the derrick on the
Johnson, Keen and Stewart loca-
tions is progressing nicely.
The Lisle well is to be shot to-
morrow or next day if road condi-
tions will permit the hauling of
exposives. C. W. DeFreest, of Los
Angeles, California, the operator
who has charge of the Lisle well
and several others in this section,
arrived in the city last night and
will remain until after the Lisle
well is shot.
Out at the Goode well they are
still fishing for the two sets of tools
they lost in the hole ten days ago.
The rig at the Blair-Hughes well
is undergoing some changes and it
will be next week before work will
be resumed here. They are now
near the 1,600 foot mark.
The Arnold well is now drilling
at 3,700 feet.
The Graham well is in the sand at
3,900 feet.—Graham Leader.
The following report on the vari-
ous wells in Young county in taken
from Wednesday’s Fort Worth
Record and is correct with the ex-
ception that Texas Company’s
Graham is in and is a well.
Texas Co., Arnold No. 1; shut
down at 3,575 feet.
The Texas Co., Graham No. 1;
shut down at 3,925 feet.
Empire Oil & Gas Co., Liles No.
1; drilling at 4,000 feet.
Roxana Petroleum Co., Goode,
No. 1; fshing at 4,025 feet.
Cosden Oil & Gas Co., Timmons
No. 1; spudding.
The Texas Co., Blair Hughes, No
1; drilling at 1,600 feet.
Manhattan Petroleum Co., John-
son No. 1; moving in timbers.
Watson et al., Kline No. 1; tim-
bers-.
BATHING SUITS AND LOVE
THEME OF ‘VENUS MODEL’
Another link will be added to the
Chain of affection which binds
Mabel Normand to the hearts of the
public when the vivacious little
Goldwyn star comes to the Queen
Theatre in “The Venus Model”
Monday night, Feb. 10.
There is the simplest of all rea-
sons for this. Mabel Normand sur-
passes all other favorites as a
comedienne of a different sort, and
in “The Venus Model” she is
given the opportunity to do the
very things in which she has no
equal.
She is Kitty O ’Brien, an humble
worker in a bathing suit factory,
who designs a fetching swimming
costume which revolutionizes the
waning business of Braddock &
Company and gives her the posi-
tion of chief designer. It is 4 4 The
Venus Model.” But with success
comes trouble. Kitty befriends a
little girl whom she protects from
her ne’er-do-well father and is
forced to pay the man money in
order to keep the child. Her em-
ployer is away for his health as a
result of worry over his pleasure-
loving son and Kitty wants to
awaken the young man to a sense
of his responsibilities. A letter she
writes does this.
He conies to the office and is
given work by Kitty, in ignorance
of his identity until she extricates
him from a difficulty involving
some compromising letters. She
makes a business man of him, but
refuses to listen when he declares
his love. Kitty thinks that she is
unworthy. Her realization of the
truth comes when Paul attacks the
little girl’s father when he is bear-
ing the child away. As Paul lies
wounded Kitty knows that she
loves beyond all thought of herself.
Braddock, Sr., returns and Kitty
tells him of the wonderful young
man who has helped her at every
turn. Sadly the old man says that
he wishes bis son were such a boy.
Whereupon Kitty summons the
new worker and Braddock takes
his son to his heart. Then Kitty
cannot hold out against Braddock’s
entreaties that she become his
daughter. . ,
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Shuffler, R. The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1919, newspaper, February 7, 1919; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105899/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.