The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1919 Page: 9 of 12
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THE 0L3STEY ENTERPRISE!—100 Per Cent American
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ARMENIAN RELIEF
SHIP CARRIES MOST
EVERYTHING
Good Tires Speed
Deliveries
No car is better than its tires.
And time lost through tire troubles cannot
be replaced. *
Good tires are the best practical guarantee
of your car’s continuous and economical
service.
United States Tires are good tires—the best
tires our 76 years of experience in the rubber
business have taught us to make.
You have your choice of five different
types for passenger car or light delivery use—
‘Nobby’, ‘Chain’, ‘Usco’,. ‘Plain’, and the
famous ‘Royal Cord’.
There is also the ‘Nobby Cord’ for heavy-
duty vehicles, as well as the Solid Truck Tire.
Among these good tires you will find
exactly the treads best suited to your car and
your driving conditions.
Our nearest Sales and Service Depot dealer
will gladly point them out to you.
United States Tires
are Good Tires
The dainty meal is the meal that is
Y appreciated. When everything is serv-
ed just as it ought to be—in a neat,
dainty way, in quiet peaceful surround-
ings—when the food is clean and whole-
some, and when the service is courteous
and prompt—then and then only is a
meal really enjoyed. You’ll enjoy every
meal you eat here. Home cooking,
pleasing surroundings, and courteous
service.
COLLINS CONFECTIONERY & CAFE 1
M. A. (Shorty) Collins, Proprietor |
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New York, Feb. 4.—Everything
from needles to two ton. trucks, in-
cluding ‘ ‘ cootie’ ’ exterminators,
were carried on the relief ships,
Mercurius and Western Belle,
which have just sailed for Constan-
tinople. Two million and a half
dollars worth of foodstuffs and
other supplies are now on the way
for relief of the destitute Armen-
ians, Syrians, Greeks and Jews,
who ever since 1914 have been shut
off from help.'
The Mercurious, which was an
ammunition carrier during the war
will race across the Atlantic with
the Western Belle, a new vessel of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
and will contest every mile with
her rival for the honor of landing
relief goods first. The Western
Belle is on her maiden trip. She
had been intended for carrying
supplies to the American army, but
now has been released by the gov-
ernment and placed at the disposal
of the American Committee for Re-
lief in the Near East for this trip.
The ‘ ‘ de-lousing ” machines are
an important item in this cargo.
They will be used for combatting
the insect life of Asia Minor, parti-
cularly the “cootie”—one of the
chief enemies of the relief workers.
Poubtless the only milk supply
available for thousands of children
and infants in the Near East will
be the 5,000. cases of condensed
milk, which the committee was
permitted to send these ships by
special license of the Food Admini-
stration and the War Trade Board.
Among the thousands of other
items on the list of cargo are 200
tons of coal, 35 two-ton motor
trucks, 13 ambulances and 24 tour-
ing cars with, parts, oil, etc., eight
million needles, 100,000 paper cups
200 sewing machines with cloth,
thread, pins etc., and 32,983 pairs
of shoes, besides a complete assort-
ment of every kind of foodstuffs
and wearing apparel.
The steamer Pensacola, which
was also turned over to the com-
mittee by the navy department
will sail shortly carrying more sup-
plies and a larger party of relief
workers than has hitherto been sent
over by the organization. To fi-
nance these expeditions, the relief
committee is conductng a nation-
wide campaign for $30,000,000.
A SOFT SNAP
On account of the automatic re-
lease applying to the train men of
the Katy, when the crew arrives at
Wichita Falls at noon from New-
castle they are allowed pay for one
hundred miles and over time, and
when they get back to Newcastle
that evening they are again allowed
pay for another one hundred miles
and overtime, the effect of which
is that each man draws pay for
about two and a half days work for
each day worked. For his day’s
work the engineer gets about $18,
the conductor $15, and the fireman
and the two brakemen from $11 to
$12 each.—Archer County Ne>vs.
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One evening a prominent man
who had married his stenographer
went to his room to dress for a ses-
sion of the lodge. A few minutes
later he was heard calling at the
head of the stairway:
Minnie, dear, ’ ’ said he in a
kind and gentle voice, “can’t you
come here just a minute?”
‘ ‘ I suppose I can, ’ ’ indifferently
answered Minnie, starting for the
stairway. “What do you want?1
There is a little ripped place in
the shirt I want to wear to the
lodge tonight,” returned hubby.
‘‘Can’t you sew it up for me ? ’ ’
‘ ‘ Of course not ’ ’ was the prompt
reply of wifey. “I will get Jane to
do it. You seem to forget that you
married a typewriter, not a sewing
machine. ” .
er” meaning that absolutely no oil
is encountered.
A “wet hole” is where the
driller is bothered with water to
such an extent that the drill has
little force. The plan is to case off
the water.
Salt water is aslo encountered in
practically all deep oil wells, either
above or below the oil strata. This
has to be plugged, if penetrated be-
low the oil strata, or cased off, if
occurring above. Salt water has
disastrous effehts on an oil well,
tending to dry up the flow. Handl-
ing the salt water is one reason why
drillers have to go slowly when fin-
ishing a well, particularly in“ wild-
cat” or unknown territory where
there are no logs of, adjacent wells
to go by. The drilling of oil wells
is essentially the same as drilling
artesian wells, most of the problems
being identical in each instance.
Ever consider, Mr. Farmer, how
easy it would be to locate a few
customers for your eggs, - poultry,
fruit, etc., with a want ad?
“It’s difference
said Mark Twain, 1
horse race. ’ ’
of opinion,!
‘that makes a
TERMS USED IN OIL FIELD
You read over the advertising in
this paper just as you read the
other pages of news. You accept
it with' perfect assurance because
you know that every store is pledg-
ed to the returnabiltiy of all mer-
chandise and" that no. store would
be foolish enough to make state-
ments it could not live up to.
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When you patronize a merchant
who practices honesty in his ad-
vertising and always sells the qual-
ity he offers through his printed
announcements, you acquire con-
fidence in him and his goods.
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i THE DAINTY MEAL
SENSE OF TASTE FAILED
A good one is told on a couple of
vigilant Wichita policemen who
spent part of a day trailing a sup-
posed bootlegger.
A stranger made the rounds of
a number of business places carry-
ing a suit case and the two police-
man thinking he might be dispens-
ing wet goods shadowed him and
trailed the stranger to the depot
The fellow tossed his grip onto a
baggage truck • and walked inside.
Noticing something running from
the grip they supposed that he had
broken one of the bottles. To clinch
their suspicion one policeman step-
ped up and dampened* his finger
from the grip and softly said
“whiskey,” while the other follow-
ing suit said “it’s gin.” When
the man returned to get grip after
purchasing a ticket to the Chilli-
cothe oil field, the policemen de-
manded that he open the grip, and
when he did so, a trim little poodle
dog stood up and shook himself.
The policemen’s sense of taste
betrayed them and now they have
worse than a dark brown taste.—
Chillicqihe Valley News.
Collier’s Weekly has a staff of
top notchers. Qne of these top
notehers in the current number of
the Weekly says that Europe needs
3,000,000 bales of cotton without
delay. Another top notcher who
writes for the Weekly quotes Ed-
ward Nash Hurley as having said
that the big question uppermost
now is the best way to provide
cargoes for American ships. If
Europe needs 3,000,000 bales of
cotton without delay why the nec-
essity of providing cargoes for
American ships. Is there a ton-
nage shortage? No. Is there a
“Spudding in a well” means
simply starting the hole, or parry-
ing it down to the first hard forma-
tion, usually some 50 or 100 feet in
depth.
When you say a well is “still
fishing” or “on a fishing job”
that means that some of the drillers
tools have, become disconnected in
some- manner and lost in the well
and that the driller is engaged in
‘ ‘fishing” for them. Various tools,
some of which are made in Texas,
are used in recovering the lost
material. There is a particular tool
for each particular case. Some are
designed to slip over the dislocated
portion of the stem or bar, others
to grapple it. Sometimes it be-
comes necessary, as when the top of
a lost stem is leaning against the
side of the casing, to let down a
contrivance and take an impression
in a material similar to wax, of the
position of the tool. Sometimes
they fish for casing.
“Swabbing” consists of drawing
oil from a well by means of a long
bucket with a valve in the bottom
which automatically closes with the
weight of the oil when the bucket
begins to rise. The bucket is practi-
ally the same diameter as the cas-
ing and is made to fit snugly by
means of rubber or some such
material, creating a considerable
suction. ^
The idea for swabbing is to get
the oil in the strata of a new well
to begin to flow into the hole, open-
ing channels in the oil-bearing
strata, creating a cavity at the bot-
tom of the well and in short, devel-
oping the flow. This practice is
quite general in the fields around
Wichita Falls.
“Crude” is the common expres-
sion for oil just as it comes from
the ground.
“Casing head gas” which some
wells produce, is gas saturated with
the volatile constituents of crude
oil, or, in short, gasoline, as this can
be obtained flrom ‘dry gas’ such as
other wells produce.
“Cable tools” or “standard
rigs” or the plunging variety of
drills are generally used in the
West Texas field, rather than
rotary drills, which are used almost
altogether in South Texas. If there
is a hard formation close to the
surface of the ground, the rotary
drill can not.be handled effectively
as it wil l not have sufficient weight
to get results. In certain forma-
tions, also, a rotary is likely to
plaster the sides of a well with mud
or ‘ seal ’ it, ko that the oil could not
flow in, even if passing through oil
strata.
“Under reaming” is drilling in-
side the casing with a special tool
that makes flares or reams out the
hole just where the casing ends.
This is necessary where a slanting
rock formation is struck that would
tend to turn the drill to one side,
and thus form a crooked hole.
Along the same line, “a flat
hole” is frequently a source of an-
noyance to drillers. When a hole
starts flat instead of round it is
sometimes very difficult to secure a
raw material shortage under Euro-
pean skies? Yes. Load the ships. * cylindrical shape.
—-h ort Worth Record. j a dry hole is known as a
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HOME-BUILD IT WHILE YOU CAN
Do your planning early. See our
attractive designs and select your ideal. _
Get our figures on the cost-to-build, and
you’ll realize that Building Costs are
lower than you thought
Best get busy while the market is in
its present condition.
MORRISON-SMITH LUMBER COM’Y.
Quality Lumber
Cleaning and Pressing
We make old suits look like new
ones. And we are equipped to do all
kinds of repair work, cleaning „ and
pressing in exceptionally short time
and at astonishingly low prices.
Let us tell you how little it will cost
you to put those old clothes in good con-
dition before you decide to throw them
away.
Why not keep one suit here, so that
you can drop in any time and always
have a suit that’s nicely cleaned and
pressed and ready to wear?
Jack Wynne, the Tailor.
Save Money, buy the Best
Automobile owners cannot be too care-
ful as to the quality of gasoline and lub-
ricating oil they put in their cars.
It is not wise to stop your car at first
one filling station and then another.
This gives you mixed grades of “gas”
and oil and plays havoc with your
engine.
We handle only the best grades of gas-
oline and oil. And our prices are lower
than you have often paid for cheaper
grades. Get into the habit of calling
here regularly and notice what a differ-
ence it will make in the way your car
runs. Quick ^.nd courteous service will
meet you every time you stop here.
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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/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.