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3treckenri&Qe American
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY
VOL. I -No. 102.
RRECKENRIDGE. STEPHENS COUNTY. TEXAS. TlESim. OCTOHER 20 192'.
TOM U RAXTER Owner-Editor
TOWN NOT DESTRUCTIBLE BY FIRE $10000 DEMONSTRATION
STEPHENS PIPE LINES ARE CARRING 93000 BARRELS DAILY TWO EAST SIDE CONCERNS BURN OUT;
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liASUlM 1ANKIAKSIA1L1U CATCH;
ON TOWER
J I Thompson tool dresser. l 'U-
man who put out the tiro at tin t.t of
the Rrookt'itrldge Investment c'- l r
rh'k dii bhck HS'A SaJuri'.
IilKllt.
Thompson iorformed n linnllr !
fpii-toctlUr Ulid self "acrllhing feat
than did J. W. Kennedy tin- shoot":
v ho savod tlit" city from wreckage
whoa he oi.itgltt utnrp.slii nss It was
llft.sl by n head that luiiilf unexpected
ly In I ho well hark of the Christina
church.
Roth .tave Illustration of the fnd
that the oil field man Is nlwnys aler'
nml ulwnjs on the job. TIkmuhmki
hail gon to l! when the flume bnrt
nt the top of the derrick.
He go: cut and went on tower. No
one needed tell him. Nor did he hae
to do It. He might hare thought some
one ele would attend to It. or he
might h.VLe retleoted that he linit ha 1
n lianl day'. work with that ol 1 girl
bringing her in. and getting up nml go-
ing out In the stormy eolil night none
of Mi shift.
Hut thnt 1 not the way of your real
oil Held man. The appeal to him Is
the presence of a thins to ilo. He
mnt v anil net. 't'hat I the thins
that every well breed him with and
the last one more than nny of tlie
others. Always learning learnlnc to
net on ihe Instant without being told.
Thnt Is why successful oil tiel.l '110:1
rre the fastest umler the hat of any
tribe. All who win mum-ox In what-
ever liii'j of endeavor must have the
ipiallflenlloii the resourcefulness and
initiative to aet on the spur of the mo-
ment nt the second of ne-d. and right-
l. lint hi trade cotnoN the oil Held
man to doelop the faculty more broad-
ly than does any other.
With him It Is n matter of not only
prr-onnl safety but of the Hvrs of
other' rnd the niulrement coiner on
the Instant a It did with Kenned"
enil with Thompson. Hesitation of
it momen. In either case and the panic
would lave Ix-en lost. U. i sotue-
where In the oil field every" day lilt
' some hundreds of possible ways.
Thotnyron'n action of Saturday
nl Klit i.robably wived the city from n
severe cniillagratJnn. A he knew pi
hugged to- ground and lay low in the
ulr In dense volume
ACCURATE FIGURES SHOW 105000
BBL. PRODUCED DAILY-DIFFERENCE
STORED; PRODUCTION LARGER NOW
ESLHK EXPECTS TO CROSS
CONTINENT IN PLANK ON
RKTL'RN TO THE FIELD
The .lull production for Stephen
county la-it week averaged lO.'i.t.NM) bar-
rel of which !:t.(XM) linrr-1 paMsl
fhrougli (lie pipe line the rt turns
from which distributed among -i large
number of producer In plic Hue p.iv
!ierk the thing) which keep the li-l I
going on nml doing in the main the
most of its development work from
actum earning) instead of rroui u-w
iipttttl solicited in different part of
the riMintry. ns Ik the habit with most
ll lleb! approximate $J.t)0O per
day. or S2.27S"it)0 iht week.
Rather t. satisfactory Income for cue
i-onnty iter week with the total hein;
-.welled each day by new production
coming in.
The tines of oil nlmve the lVI.000
barrel given above a bundled through
the plp. line wa wifely taken care of
in storage on prnpcrttc. amounting to
12.000 barrel ier day or S-t.000 bar-
rel for the week. Not n drop of oil
wa wanted notwithstanding the pro-
duction r.ttovo rated capacity of the
pipe litii. which In the emergency
sprung themselves S.tWX) barrel above
uipmify and thl week are doing some-
what h'ttr than that pending the re-
lief th.t I coming with the extension
if the Pn.irle Hue from Caddo and tbe
iniiiplerlou of Hip loop Into Hanger
now a mutter of day.
The rdvance figures of 1 12.000 h-ir-rel
of oil per day last week a pub-
lished In the American on Satitiday
were from etlmates. The II guns of
lO.I.OOO barrel total dally production
for the week and SKI.OOO barrels handl-
ed through the phe line are the ac-
curate summing up of the actual busl-
nos hu'idlcd by the pliie lines and ad-
mit i'-n room for iiuetIon. Tbe pro-
duction rt 10..(MH) barrel esi-iiils the
best previou dally output in the his-
tory of the county and the bet iite-
vlou tlgnres of Diiy other ooumy or
oil g:itlii-rlng district such a Hanger
.md.t tltirrtiiiitifitt iri t li.if ltf lViltl vliV.
throughout the .;. -
oral couniie. in me uisiory 01 on in
lug department. He says the field
certalulv look good to lit tn. not only
the rapidly Increasing scope of opera-
tion but the present Indications of
lMrmaii ncy.
HAVE LOCAL HOLDINGS
RoIk-it I. Chaddlck. of Taft Cnllfor
I Ida arrived last night In the interest
of a wts'ern concern holding couitler-
able lea.seil land In thl vicinity which
they contemplate putting under pro-
duction In the near future He I- go-
ing over the tield today and expect to
begin hi i ration just a soon a- ar-
rangements can be made.
REPORT MUCH DOIN'O
Win. McGinn and Marvin I'.iikw
the forier well known publicity man
and Mr. linlley engaged In leasing mi-
eratlon in tue north Held came In
today from Ellasvllle on brief biislnes..
tuls.Mou They return home tonlghtr
They gUe unanimous report of much
and lncni.sliig activity in the northern
area.
..!.. !...- t.ll.t I jiw tttiln4iitiitt II t
"' 7 . i. . u North Central Texas.
liresuri and much moisture kept It
I'own In ilangerou x'Kets. A lire oi
uny 4z started -In the town would
lu.ve swept quickly. Ilndlng fuel every-
where. In the wind that swirled
through ; ho streets
The town
ELEVEN COMES TIIROUHII
The tJulf on Itlock 11 probably h.is
a two hundred barrel well today as
the result of a shot given this morn-
ing. Until heavy How of gas subsides
however. It will not he possible to get
an accurate line on the hole. What the
hot did determine today however
was that Instead of a gasser the com-
pany doubtless had an oil jirodurur
even if not n very big one. Opinion
prior to that wa the other way the
well helns looked upon a a gascr a
great deal of that coming out but
practically no oil. With the shot this
morning the gas .subsided and for a
while there was no oil. Then the lat-
ter cam In what had looked like a
dry hole with resumption of gas. Thl
afternoon the well appeared to be drill-
ing Itsel" Into much better form.
I'u kIi Kslick well known oil
operator. left this morning for
New York where he will spend
sever il 'ay on oil bulnes. The
return trip Mr. I'sllek now pl-ms
to uiak by airship according to
iiiinofiKoiueiit to fileud here up-
on hi iieparmre. both it a mat-
ter of I'basiire and due to desire
and huiiies need to get back to
his affali In the Held as Quickly
a possible
intei i Ibis morning thnt it was un-
true that a dollar of fSnirzntu earn-
ings had ei-r gone into auothir nri-
MTty. A' the present time there Is no
plan nml' r uiisidi-ratlon for relnv.-si-meut
of l!.e oiuipauv eurniug .I'O
where iv i in tin- eb-vi u hi r. Ill
Ihe lt v. Reports that (touzolus In
forests t's such had engaged In the
purclia and development of leues m
the Ellas-UIe pool or elsewhere were
declared today as absolutely without
foundation and reiuet made that
publication of such statement be given
prominence. The Itreckenrtdge orguu-
lKutlon of the company has been eui-
barras.svil by the report of new out-
side luvstinent. mainly through hi-
illlrle from associate on the outside
who want to know why they have not
been taker. Into other development
which these people In whom they na-
turally a'lvt had the largest contidenis
from the beginning of their Investment
in IlrecKi'iirldge and with whom they
would not only be glad to go Into fur-
ther luviMimcnt Imt would feel Injured
If they did not receive the invitation
from them. Conscnueutly it is em-
phatically stated as the fact should
be tli.r they have entered upon no
new oil'stde development or e.iiilie-
meiit of pioperty.
MANY SMALL FIRES IN CITY IN WEEK
Ilrcfki-pildge is Indestructible house district would probably have
Insurance companies are taking the ot'11 of small avail
minimum of risk here offered In nnv The Hie in the building of origin
known pliue anywhere in the world was dt.vorcd by the family who hail
The I.onl r.nd alt alert public have an I quarters in the place they being awnk-
uuhcatahie hand over the city. i cued by the smell of smoke and run-
Wtth more than forty small Hres "big our with calls for help. They
and one f.lg one. tbe latter this morn- w'ro b.irdly upon the street before a
Itig at :.::;0. found us occurrence with-1 "1:lss )f H'tnies was behind them in
In less then u week the town stand lll building. ltcspoue to their calls
practk-aliv uutmiiiiired. with the m.i-1 was Immediate and splendid work waa
Jorlty or citizens unaware that there """tie hy the neighbor and others who
has been my particular run of llres Uulckly assembled in keeping the
Wlthoir divine protection and the alert I ""'"o to the building. The greatest
public any one of the forty llres would j "--l"!'" t bowever was a big pile of
have had leeway in burning the enure stored sa't at the rear of the building
town. for u by the Ice cream factory.
1 which effectually barricaded the way
I of the liio. """""
' The Ilrcckcnridge chemical etigin
HIJACKER IS SLAIN IN HOLD UP;
TORPEDO SHOOTER DOES KILLING;
AFFAIR IS KEPT UNDER COVER
LOOKS COOD
it. M. Wnlston of I.os Angeles Pall-
forula. Is In Ilreekonrhlge today look-
ing on- the oil Held with vi.-w to
. .i. ... Ti..i...twi.ti celting int the lndutry locally. Mr
ll!-?' ititit.it hi t- ii- -
nml to Ihe Hroekonrlilgo Invi-tnient ' v:nsm nas nan many yitirs i-in-Co.
uiiinagement for having men of the ''' " tbo promotlou and upenit-
'lhomnou kluil. When he saw the
flames nt the top of the derrick nml save Hi- proiiorty nml save the com-
cllmbeil there to put It out. It wna less munlty from a conllagration stop it.
than an even bet that he would come lie did stop it. and then came down
Iiack alive. A Hash Im'Iow and hi re- ami went t.uck to bed. It did not oc-
treat down the derrick would be gone cur to him that he hud done anything 1 1(fore In tlu ortiern country. After
SUSCLAIR HILL
The Sinclair well on the . W. Hill
lease In Ellasvllle about which there
has bee'i much and varying comment.
Is now Oown 340" feet. In black Uiu"
show in; a trace of sand. This Infor-
mation Is Interesting for the students
of logs principally. The well stopped
at .T.""0 feet where It had a cave It
lintlerrocmed through this and let the
six Inch down shutting oft the show-
ing of oil and gas which prevailed at
that depth. It then hail 1." feet of
brown lime something new In this
Held and not known to have been fount
CU-i iMstamo an- i-xt nit hi h
nlmos- positively coulirm report
cttri nr mi the street that a In- 'ele-
ct w is shor and killed b i turpi-
lo -hooter on Sunday uigbr
The hijacker was picked up lr
companions and carried from i'io
seem of the shooting In an .iiitn-
ni .hi! His death I stated to
have ociurred yesterday. Ills
wound was considered uior'iil
when he wa taken from the si cue
of the shooting.
Thy shooting occurred when the
shooter was leaving it well at
which he bail Hred a shot. Two
of tin number who had Iieeti
watehtiig the shooting from -i dis-
tance strangers lingered after the
other.! had left and when the
shooter started away stepped up
to him itnd demanded Ids money.
While one man reached to sen i eh
him the shooter knocked the gun
of tho ether mau from his hand
and yal his own out tiring two
shots Into the body of the holdup
before be could rceover lilt (.tin.
The !:' oiid hold-up man apparent-
ly unarmed ran.
This I the story with the addi-
tion that the wounded man w.i
left on the ground while the shoot-
er wont baik to the well to tell of
the affair. When he returned with
help from the well they saw a
body being put In a machine and
the latter driving uwny.
The shooter naturally Is Mit
hunting appearance in court on
trial for murder. The hold-ups un-
naturally not looking for any fur-
ther eoni.cctlou witli the mailer
which would Involve arrests anil
trials for them. Consequently ill
who know anything about the af-
fair as actual witnesses or Hrst
hand Informants are keeping ab-
solute v silent.
Somewhere there Is probably a
doctor v'ho could give the facts
but It Is stated he Is not In Rreclt-
eurlilge. There may be an under-
taker who can tell although It
is probable the body wa other-
wise d.sposed of.
It is believed however. In clicles
of highly reliable character whip'
more l-i known as to the Identity
of the shooter than Is being dis-
closed for patent reasons that
there 1 no doubt hut that one oi-jacke-
got what was coming to
him o:t Sunday night.
The tire thl morning started lu the
building occupied by the Dillliub.im
Ice Co. stortige plant and the Purity
J ice Cream Co. factory on the east side
of the .'reek at the foot of Curry street
cntiillin: loss of uhoitt $10000 eon-
llneil mainly to machinery tho aental
building lo being small.
The building occupied stood between
the I'rodni or Iteliuing Co. branch and
ihe St-tr l'isjributlug Co. branch loth
storage and distributing gaoIlue -mil
oil planrs. Immediately east of the
building was the switch traeknse of
the Ham in line carrying two i cits of
ga soli lid urd several ears otMttl well
supplies the tank ours within a hun-
dred fe.'t of the burning structure
One of the tank cars was pushed over
the strcit crossing hut the other re-
mained with the llames leaping almost
to It and the luiit from the lire such a.-
to ouiho expansion of the steel of the
tank mid leakage of gasoline from the
seam.
Notwithstanding which there was no
eplo!o l and the tire kept to the
building within which it originated
suppose l!y from a gas Jet left burumg
ami about which leaking ga is pre-
sumed to have collected with ic-nli
of an ixploslon and a burst of dam"
which si-l lire to lullammuble niaterl.il.
Across the railroad track from 'tin
hurnlti-; building are the large oti-
cerns of the National and the Con-
tinental Supply companies. Font's
gua riled these from spread of the llanw
keeping the buildings wet but had the
cars of .t-asolliie In between explode I
all etfo-ts to cheek the llames from
spreading through the supply and wa.e
was sent to the scene of the bluze and
worked as best It could. Its efforts
however were not considered as start-
ling in etliciency uml failed to rate
with the work of the hundreds of will-
ing Imi'iUi which applied themselves
to the jobs with water buckets and
otherwbv. The engine Is not of suf-
ficient sir(. to cope with big tires and
an additional one nl much lur-.-r
tiulpiuenc I an immediate need.
Other fires which have occurred Ii
the city dining the hist week and par-
ticularly since Sunday have been scat-
tered -ill ever the town and due In the
iiuilti to leaking gas connections caus-
ing explosions of neenniulateil ga. an 1
to sudden changes In the pressure i l
the ga line from low to high. Several
ire have been caused by lamps and
here ha been the usual percentage
hie to cigarette smoking in lied but
.n every leeentMnstance until that of
rhls morning and as in that of the tire
in the derrick on Itlock-? ri2-o.'i during
the storm of Snturtlay night Individu-
al effort was present and went Into
successful action in putting out the
flames.- The most of these were. In.
congest'-d rows of shacks wheie a tire
once started would have nothing to
hinder It making a clean sweep. One
saving feature of the tire this morning
was that the wind which blew- most of
the nigh" I.atl died out and remained
behind the scenes until the llames hu'J
burned out with the destruction of the
!at remnant of destructible material
In the I aiding.
ii nd hluuelf uflre.
I exceptional only duty.
Thesj things were secondary iu the I He li.nl rlskisl his life but thtit was
mind o Thompson when he Jumped a part f ihe day's Job. Of such i the
aloft. The drst nnd only thing if I'll stuff that n-al men aw math oil Held
portano there was to put the fir- out. men. ru.l neiks. If n please
KEMP-KELL RAILROAD IS SIGNED
AND DELIVERED FACT FOR GRAHAM
-ELIASVILLE-BRECKENRIDGE AREAS
C.rabani and EIlaNVllle have so ur.
tne extension of the Kemp & Ki-ll rail
road from Newcastle obtaining fr Hie
pnrpise i't Cra hum $'J.'0.ltOO and at
llllasvlll S10O.0OO. The money ill ouch
lustnne lais been subscribed and puhi
Into bank. The line will extend from
Elhmvllle Into llreckenrhlgc ami f r m
KllusvllI- to Sherman in all likelihood.
It devilop Hunt It Is probably a Rortt
Island undertaking under the nam' of
She Kemp A. Kell organization already
operating n road from Wichita Falls
to Newi-ustle. Acquisition of tie rail-
road by Hraham I esteemed a great
Victory by that town and to assure It
future n nil oil supply center. A great
deul of I'llvuueo work ha leon dou
In llnln: up business In the South
Hend Atul Ellasvllle ureas and tho Itiml
comblnatiin between ElUsvllle uirl
r.tHhnni In raising the money Jointly
to get Hie new railroad from New-
mstle eals their ulllance. KIluvlUe
' nml the north country generally ox-
1 testes grout elation over the siietvri
i.f the railroad enterprise and Indices
that It will mean u tremendoutamou.it
of expansion and Increased n"vit:
for that urea iery oon with a climax
when Jbe railroad arrives that will
compare with the Hreckenrldge expert
ence la getting railroad i-ommunlr.itlou
with tlw autslde. The Kell road hasr
k Urge amber iot teams and mrth
cqu!pHifi.-t at Newcastle and has al-
Teady KinrteU Rome of this at w:k.
TU Ualince will go In commlssba
jvlthla thirty days ami tralas into
Its J.T f vt of brown lime It entered an
extremely hard white or gray llm
from which it lias gone Into the black.
The appearance of sand lu this Inclines
the belief that the hole may be coming
ilose to another producing sand tho
Hfth It will have cut on Its way down.
WINNINii ORGANIZATION
The Hreikenrhlge Investment Co.
well of Ihe liaster-Uoyle interests
which mine In Sunday with production
on Monday of MX) barrels looked tjday
to bo good for further pick up on
blocks n.Vi The No. 1 well of the
' company Is now at better than 2s00
feet depth and the No. It ut 17."V). Thl
Flinsvli are pr-milscd In Ies than lx (.mlmnv. t.nu. t( tlu. ni from Cadtlo
months K.-H in un ndtlre to mem- 0Hratlf'M mH.r the direction of W.
tiers of Ihe Mhl-CoUtllient OH & Ha:. .. ittl.. mnr tlmn ii ni.uith
ago. It lai made a splendid recoil
LOCAL-PERSONAL
NEWS NOTES OF
DAY IN THE FIELD
Uober Koyter underwent a sttrgl-.-at
operation -it the Emergency hospital
this mottling.
.7. It. Walker taken to the Emergen-
cy hospital yesterday afternoon for un
oitcr.itlou for upHmIIultis is reported
testing easily today.
.Mr. M. 15. King of the Miller Ho-
tel who underwent a serious operation
at the Emergency hopltal recently I
now reported convalescing and will be
uhlc to return to her home at the hotel
In a few days.
consideration that has been shown nml
have tho lull purisise of reeiproc-i in:'
iu every I issible way. The additional
train s-vice put on beginning Sunday.
Mr. Struppor said had had Its effect
In reducing the crush on the night
tralu but nt the same lime the hitter
as well us the new trains are earn In-'
all they can manage comfortably.
ARRIVALS AT THE BRIDGE DONE;
HOTELS IN CITY TRAINS SOON;
DURING THE DAY DEPOT READY
Association at Its mooting at Wichita
Fulls is limited In iirt as follows;
This line will make Wichita FilU
I lu-llee. the oil center of all North
uml W. si Texas and Southwestern
Okluhom.-. Iioslde providing a coin-J
merclal iimiiit-tlon of great value to
Ihe business men of Wichita EtilU us
well as to the business men of the very
rrogressive and growing community jf
Oraham. For Ciraham I believe their
steps for the Inclusion of their city
on the route Is the mot Important
move wnlch could have been offered
their city and will result in making it
a large oiiiimevl.-il trailing jiolnt."
Kell staled that construction of tue
new nwi. which will be nlxmt 1W
miles hm; nml which will Incli'de tho
now Sout.i Rend pool of Young county
on Its unite will Jart in alsiut thlity
days rtuit that through train service
will le Inaugtirateil within the rext
six inoallis unle.ss untowanl buibUiu
"'ndltloti Interfensl to delay tne
work.
In connection with negotiations with
the burlnes. men of Oraham whL-h
resulte-J In the Inclusion of that com-
munity on the new line Kell stated
that In the course of negotiations with
some twrnty-tlve communities lu con-
nection with railroad projects he had
never d-ult with a broader gaugeJ or
more progressive set of business uten
than the.- of Graham.
with Its work acquiring excellent pr
perty Immediately upon ihtldlng to
undertake development In the field and
getting onto its ground with rlgj. drill-
ing excellent crews anil splendid or-
ganization lu rapid time. The well
brought lu Sunday was done in less
than It) days actual drilling time. The
No. 1 well will lie a close second and
gives excellent promise of making a
good producer In-fore the week Is out.
Joe Rnrron the removal of whose
right eye was necessary yeterduv ne-
cuuse of accident is reported roK'.Ins
easily today after this very delb-ata
operation performed by Dr. Youiig-
hlood.
GON7.0LUS NOT EXPANDING
Goiizii'iis No. 2 well 1 today doing
2.IXX1 liairel. ten feet In the lima and
four feet In the pay sand. The well
will lie drilled deeper In. the sand as
It settles and I counted upon for ma-
terially increased production. There
Is apparently not the chance for It to
get aw.iy from more oil. by comparison
of logs end the Gonzolus people are
littturallv content with the world. The
world U also content with them pro-
nerlv 2i crediting them with a lot of
bustle and so and willingness to make
a strong try on what they had figured
out to bo un excellent eleven acre tract
In the city at a time when the world
was not mad uliout the city as an oil
area. The Gonzolus 2 Is at the pres-
ent tlmo looked upon as likely to do as
well as tbe No. 1 gusher. Coucernlng
their present situation It was author-
itatively stated by leading Gonzolus
CmlHIae Hill" driver of "Kerfs
Car No. Cs" rit-etved a knockout blow
this morning. While blowing up n
casing on Ids ear at the V. & It. tilling
stntlou the rim etime off striking tbe
driver iu the stomach toying blui out
unconscious for twenty minute..
A. Misrrowltz of Ranger Is hen tor
the purpose of embarking in the real
estate business. lie bus been located
Iu Itauger for the past your Iu similar
hnliie and established good patrou-
nge. He siys the real future ot nreoic-
eiirtilge as a coming city has mil yet
been established: that while iu ho
process of formation the real develop-
ment of a iicrtminciit nature Is largely
yet to cume.
6
The Hrst case of diphtheria reported
In the city claimed the Infant child
two years old of Mr. and Mr. Idle.
The death occurred yesterday. Inwr-
mer.f win today illness was of brief
duration. Physicians report the iaso
as the ttit to appear consider It spor-
adic and do not anticipate more than
the tis'inl winter period of this trouble.
Mr. Llle is of the King Drilling Co.
ami with his wife has the sympathy of
numerous friends Iu the Held.
In Judge Castleman's court late yes-
terday (-veiling Mrs. Delia Snilth
pleaded cuilty to charge of -issault
and buttery and wis given a flue of
$-i". Ulilr Dyer oVarged wltn vag-
rancy iul'1 a tine of $10. Gladys Mill
er on a similar ctiarge gave imiuu in
the sum of $Ti().
i
Something of a Pullman train 2s the
night trip out of Hreckenrldge nowa
days on the Damon line. It carries
throe U'ginnliig with this evening the
third lielng put on today leavlnr Ft.
Worth hist night and golug back from
here tousht. A second Pnllraan was
put on jesterday. Still the road tin-li
need for more declared General Pas-
senger Agent Struppor In the city this
morning. Mr. Strapper udded tlu: he
and his road felt very grateful to the
The Ever Ready Service Station. K-
H. ljtgan. commonly known as "Cas-
ey" Ijhbui. proprietor is today open-
ing it establishment In the building
just across from the ll.iss OH Co. on
North Hreckenrldge avenue. Mr Lo-
gan comet: liere from Hiirkbutmett
where he ha a similar business con
cern. Hi has the agency Tor the r.er
Ready oattery. with an IS months
guarantee is u skilled Ignltiou work
man ami ail kiuii oi uuui-j .-y...
lug. magneto generator ami st-irtl'J;?
motor troubles will have his pen-onal
skilled attention.
T)ECLARINU DIVIDEND
The Scott OH St Relining have jut
issued notice that they will pay a divi-
dend to their stockholders November
1. According to General Manager Geo.
KIstler. It Is thought tlds dividend
will reach somewhere around CO nor
cent. This company was org-inlzed
last April has two good producing
people of Hreckenrldse for all of the wells anJ two more now drilling.
Ha lor.
J L. Kilpatriew. Ft. Worth: ". E.
Thnmp in. S. S. Sylvester. Rnuger;
Geo. W. Reading. Wade II. Mullen
Cisco; Arthur It. Hastings Lincoln.
Neb.; 1). Maple W. P. Ilryant. C R.
Keiinon Maud Eastman. A. 1J Mt-I.en-non.
Ranger; M. F. Mossou D. A.
Elsliok Denver.
Miller.
Jo. Herztuin. Sidney G. Kitsworni.
Dayton Ohio: Ed S. Mlelielsnn. V. H.
McDonald Dallas; C. Robertson. In-
dlanapo'Is Iml.; J. M. Kllllan. II. A.
Meyer lulsii ; WTlionipson Arkmisi:
City Ki.hi.. : J. M. Stuppor. W. A. Stid-
derth. J W. Monnoy. Ranger; J. E
Chuuilfiluin. W L Nix. W. II. Hect
Ft. Worth; Walter Hnlin Wlchlti
Fulls; l-hn Vutes. St. IjjiiI. Mo.:
Jo . F Ervin. Mo ; Win. R. Kelton.
G. K. Cas-ey. D. P.. Van Nest liistland ;
It. F. Klucuhl. Moran: II. It. Lucas
and wife Desileniolia : Mrs. J. Mc
Roy Mrs. 15. M. Hurke New OileuiH.
Commercial.
J. 15. M.-tpin uml wife J. N. Hicks
Ranger: 15. W. Paul. St. Louis. Mo.;
W. J. Gnurley. Wentherford ; W. '.
Grittte. I't Worth; Harry Hill. W II
A mils Dallas: J. M. Hogue Ferris;
J. P.. Potter Kiistmnd.
Andrews.
J. It. Moore. Jim Taylor Ft. Worth;
Sum I-ew! W. E. Jolnistou Cisco: .1.
G. (!ur. Carlson; E. P. Hrlndell G'-o.
J. Terrain. I!oton ; Mrs. G. II. Ilnlge
Carlton
Sheltoii.
S. II Taylor and wife I-. C. T.rry.
V. F. P.-ters G. It. Morris. AVtirien
Mncy. H D RUiekwell. Dave T Miller.
Ft. Worch; H. S. Wiggins. J. L. Sulli
van E. C. Rouse. Jed G. Ranklm. Dal-
las; Wm. M. Iloyles Weatlierfin-d
II. U Van Doren lUnger; F. ii. uoyu.
Antler. Okla.; N" D. Gallagher Do
dernona; R. W. Wilson. Houston; Fred
rndurwcsid Denton; G. K. HixIer
Eastland: I-ee Ellzey. Cisco; II. Wald-
man. WKhlta Falls: W II Wilson
rielmrn J P. Wooley. Longvi-'a . Et
ta H. Maruell G-antvIlIe Kaiu
D. Shirk Ellasvllle. E G Pape
I
The lar pile has been driven In the
Cisco Northcasteru bridge aeros
(lotr.oltts i-reek. the rails laid and
guards pit on and today the workmen
ire tilling in the Jo-Se-I.ee sump hole
over which the tracks must cross l.i
order to reach the depot two blocks
away.
It Is expected to finish the work of
traek laying so that tralus will be de-
livering passengers at the station by
the lattei hvrt of the week.
Work otiUthe new depot Is beln
pushed rai'dly towunl completion.
The oth'cos upstairs will be ready by
rite latter piu-t of the week and It I
now thought the entire building will
'te ready for service by the Hrst of the
ruining week. The furniture and fix-
tures are all here waiting In the yards
for liisti.llatiou just us soon us the
Iniililiiu Is icady to receive them.
Today two crews are at work laying
the steel i'ur two more yard tracks cu-
luhle of handling about forty more
ittrs. giving a total capacity of som
Ighty cars for the present.
RRLNGS IMPROVEMENT
MICH NEEDED AT THE
COUNTY CAPITOL HLDG.
i-
G. H. Gay Memphis Tenn. and Geo.
W. Thomas of Shrovoport were In
Rrookenridge yesterday closing a deul
with Stephens county for u sanitary
publle toilet system to le Installed In
the court house. Orders were also
closest Willi the Colonial and Lookelt
hotels for sanitary equipment.
The pruluet Is the Kaustine variety.
uSeil larel in school houses and other
buildings of a publle nature. This
concern puts nut a line of both septb
tanks ami chemical iudoor work ad-
mirably adapted to towns not equipped
with ti Hrst class sewuge system. The
company Is shipping in a carload of
Its output to lie used la IJreckenndge
and as soon a arrives Mr. Thoaias
will retern to superintend the ituialla-
iloii at the court house which when
S-1 eompleWd will lie In eliarge ot a corn-
Park i potent man.
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