Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 202, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN JUNE 8 1918
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OIL FIELD HEWS AND GOSSIP
UlLF ( OAST PltODlTTlO. cation and it was duo to an increase
'production in this field and in the
During the month of May. the Cult Saratoga Held that the month showed
Ttic
biggest do:
coast oil belt produced proximately
2104110 barrels of oil according to
statistics compiled by The Oil Weekly
of Houston and Dallas. While these
figures -are estimates and include oil
produced not oil rim through nie "early
lines they may bo taken as accurate second with a production of lr.T.lT.O
as follows: barrels while Sour Laicc whs third
"The production of Mav showed an wHl1 !l production of 4!iOrU0 barrels
increase of approximately 100.000' Saratoga showed a big increase. Dur-
barrels over the production of the'hl lno month of April its total pro-
nrcvioUB month. However as the! tluctlon was 4." 000 barrels. During
an increase instead of a decline
Kdgerly fields shows the
cllne in production losing nearly
40000 barrels during the month.
'Goose Crock had a production of
1)00000 barrels. Humble was
it is currently reported that Collins
will make a new location nearer the
city for a second test. The Low well
is 1550 feet deep and drilled through
more than fifty feet-of sand at -the
100-foot mark;
0(7 Leases and Transfers
m
month of May had 31 days and the
month of April only had 30 days the
increase is not as great as it wiml.I
be thought at first The initial pro-
duction of the month of May more
than doubled the initial production of
ApnL Much of this new production
came in during the last week or ten
days of the month and therefore had
comparatively little effect on the to-
tal production of the coastal belt for
the month.
"One hundred and fourteen wells
were finished during May as compared
with 111) wells finished during April.
But the 114 wells finislidd during May
had an initial production of 39530 as
compared with .17710 barrels during
April. In May 73 out of the 114 wells
completed were producers as com
pared -with S2 out of the 119 well
during the month previous. -"Goose
Creek as usual led in pro-
th month of May it - was - 5 1250 bar-
rels which considering jhe small
amount of oil produced there was a
big gain. It closed 1ho- month making
more than 5.000 barrels a day.
"Wildcats failed to develop anything
I of Importance during the month.
There were seventeen wildpats -completed
all of the failures."!'
"Who Will Win
ThiBattle?"
Your -kidneys are the fdtcrs of the
body. If thev become inactive and fail
JVOTKS.
Coleman Democ.rat-Voicct Wood &
Wooley on the. Overall trajut are im-
diirrcanilng with forty or' fifty 'foot
Ui cave-in on top of their gas.
r Magnolia and KHzabeth o 3 start-
mi the work of cleaning outplonday.
" Magnolia and Elizabeth jNo. 4 are
reaming at 3.5S7 feet. :
Mitchell No. 2 was puf on the beam
Wednesday at 105 feet " '
The -Empire Company atj 1G5 feet
John- F. -Burke to. the Prairie Oil
Co. assignment south half of SO acres
of the W. T- Hayden survey; .$1 etc.
Levi McCollum to E. D. Touch as-
signment block No. 4 SN&MGRR Co.
survey with exception of 35 acres of
south part deeded to M. J. Damcron;
$1 etc.
VT. t Fitzgerald ct al to Gulf Pro-
duction Co. 115 acres in four tracts:
first. 10 acres northwest corner' sec-
tion 7 E. T. Hy for corner; second
1 acre of land beginning 380 varas
north of the southeast corner of west
.half of southwest one-quarter of sec-
tion S E. T. Hy Co; third 24 acres be-
ginning northwest corner section No
7 E. T. Ry C; fourth east' SO acres of
southwest 100 of section No. S E.. T.
Ry. Co.;- $.'$150.
C. V. Hillman to Thos. J. Collins
two separate leases: first 100 acres
block No. 0 of W. W. Stell ranch f 10;
second north West 79 acres of block
No. 4 Porter M. Cameron survey No.
43 north half of a 1U0 .acre tract of
James Cotton survey Ko. 42 31 2-''
acres- of .subdivision. No. S5 of Kerr
county school land .320 acres all of
the James Cotton survey No. .1. SO
acres of Bernard K. Hoc survey No. 40
75 acres being the south .half of sub-
division 20 Kerr county school land.
!40 acres of land of. Brown county
Irnl-n tlin K.inpli lilt tinH Uu fnrmti
'7 I I tIAMlh irimutnd 'if f tin fHt 1. . r. . I
Myji. This is the second fbit broken """V" V ' - ul"aL
he well spudded in a week ago.r. 1...
Jrigging up
since the well si
. Sun Company No. 1 is
and getting ready to- so. '
The Mutual Petroleum Uompany on
the Bnl.ingto.n hae their yoIl on the
pump anu 11 is matting cigni oarreis
from the shallow sand. j
. Root and Ramsey. Shirmacker No. 1
were drilling at 75 feet Monday.
Robertsons drilling on tile Wallace
I are shut down at 1010 feet
Turner-Henderson "on' .the- Garrett
lost two strings of tools hi. the hole.
The Prairie-Oil & Gas
ated Prairie .No. 1. on
to eliminate the waste matter they are
apt to throw the whole mechanism
of the body out of order thus toxic
poisons can accumulate in the system i tract arc. fishing at 507: Jck. Iiaing
r and be as deadly as snake venom.
Besides causing the minor ailments
of rheumatism sciatica lumbago and
backache neglect of the kidneys is apt : lands block 37 'or Fort 1
to develop into more serious diseases ' school land survey '221
such as diabetes or stone in the bladder juorth or northwest side of
- Rid the body of toSic poisons clean
the bladder and kidneys and cure the 1
twinges 01 rheumatism with Amine
and you win the battle of hie.
Anuric was iirst discovered by Dr.
ricrce-and has bcnelited thonsands ot
sufferers as
nnf int . i )in rnv
TM. W ..n.mVrnMi. fnr OKprs l -I'
00 cents at
No. 2.S; $10
Hewitt Abney ct ux to F. S. Abney
etal. 100 acres of the C. & M. R. It
Co. survey No. 2; $1 etc..
A. L Hull to Levi McCollum: all of
block. No. 4 beginning at soutlioast
corner of S. .; &.JkI-.-li. It R. Co.. with
exception of 35 acres deeded to J. W.
Smith. $240. ' ' . '
Claude Sullivan et ux to Tcniaco
OH Co 5 acres of the northeast cor:
Notes of the Field;
has bcnelited. tiionsands 01 - "
i well as appeased and e&mi-1 P10 W1. 9 1
ravages of the more serious aye een vict?d hy a
The Plains Oil COmpnpvs wells oh
the Camp . lease continues to attract
operators and
number of Vis?
wek. These
send .Dr. V. M
10 cents Jor trial package.
iny goou. onig auurv. ur j.
Pierce Buffalo . Y.
livc-Hs arc holdiiig uj to
i nor of Block No. 22 Kerr county
sehool land; $1 etc
it t i!i.... (. r 1.' tun..... .....1
o' has lo-j uiimj ii .v. 1. iiiiiiiiiiii tiiin.
'lie Aiillor1'1''103 J" ("DIms- aaslKrimeiit"o north- '
6nd counlv''1 ""arter of H. T. Ry Co sur-i
tiul on the;Vey s0 witil exception of east 7'f
Elm creek. I ; -. . i
v. Hauey to .1. it wendricKs et ai.f
assighmeht. 32 acres a part (f the
northeast quarter .section No. 30 H. T.f
& B. Ry. Co.; f 10.
D.;R. Bailey to C. h Hillman and
Thos. J. Collins assi'gninont lease
frontC. E Scott et ux to IX R. Paik-.
leasd from A. A. Moore ct tix to H.-R'.
Ball0 lease from J. il. Dcmpaey et
production due 'to scientific handling
lifter drilling Into the" oil jsand. '
JnKe Haraan is xpectld to4 bqgin
splendid ux .16 I). R. Bailey; $10.
ti.Aj. ...... Vl.n...n..tic.n ii.-ti. pperauons 011 uiu uauui an:i vauuo
Hillman Petroleum Co: to Tli": J.
Collins first lease from It U Phil-
lips et ux to H. J. IJrkr and R. C
Ha'wley. oulh half of . tract No. 2 and
subdivisions -Nos. 27 . and 2S tf Korri
w iiiu nun iijuv iia u j ju.-niii4n.iriw iiiitiv -j t ' - i . . .
I am 45 years old and hav had rlieu- ilracts on.tho line Of Bron and Mil county school land; second li5 acres;
mauvm jiiom an my hh;. lti t-it.nK otinty vntltln tne- net ; few weens of r sonth est of 371) acre tract of lease
?nt wlunAf which wer. en-rcite here for this j from J. L. Williams etj.x to I. W Pip-
some-very b;.d weather which brugh$ .SeveJoiHiiont were diverted to Ranger ' pin & Co.: third all of the land in
on a verv severe atnu. in fact itwasilmd mlditlonal equipment will be se-t lease from W. G. Dow ft ux to If. G.
and T to crmipHied to at.;? r the Hrow.n and Mill.s county Barker and It C. Hawley with exeev-
duties for awhile. I xh.en ln'caa a s?arcn tilt-velopment 1 . ftion.of 1C0 acres transferred to C. F.
fnr a wnnanent cure which I did n t
find until 1 leanvd of Doctor Pion-e
Anuric Tabht?. I liegan takiug tU'm
that I am ciirKl.
"I Wish to sny in conclusion that I
cannot lie loud enough in my prai-e. of
Dr. Pierce's Anuric "T. J. Allk.n.
Hillman and T. J. Collins; fourth..
Thos. J. Collins will have to aban-flcasc from S. 11. Cannon to R. C Haw-
alKiut 10 months ago and am at4su-d Won his well on the W. Low farm i Icy and II. (J. Barker; fifth; all Of the
he the drill lands in lease from A.. S. Jones et ux
Elee to Inability' to rose
anil a long string of cas
forts to save the well hav
ng. All ef- a H. (!. Uarker and R. C
e failed and
Not What You Pay
for What You Get !
But What You Get for What You Pay
Haw ley;
sixth southwest 13!) acres In lease
from Sarah E. Sanders to It G. Hac-
ker and R. C. Hawlev' hoing south west
I half of the Sanders tract savcu school
! Iioubc lot out of the west corner;
seventh all of Uu lands not actually
assigned in lease from W. U Jackson.
J. t. Morgan. h A. Morgan and F. C.
Morgan to II. (I. Barker and R. ('.
llawley; eighth northwest quarter or
II. T. & B. R. R. Co. kcHUm No. 31;)
intli. nil of the lauds in lestsc from C. j
K. Scott et ux to I). It Bailey; tenjh.l
'all of the lands out of the northeasts
quarter of the It T. & B. It R. Co. sur-!
vcy No43: eleventli. all of the lands!
. - . 1 'Jr IV UJlill till V1 HIM JllJI'in
In saying lhat we sell meat cheaper is no sign that wejin lease from u.;s. Cox ot ux to d r.
I f'.Li. t . Pvf nancy tnree-iourtn interest
cut. mutiny liyill uui vvjhijjuih.uio ui 1 w x 111
any sense' of the word. We say that we can sell meat cheap-
er from the fact that we discontinued about $200 extra ex-
pense in the delivery of meals to the retail trade the ex-
pense that we thereby eliminated we added to the benefit
of our customers and doesn't it stand to reason that we can
serve you belter.
This week we are making a specialty of choice fat
Beef Mutton Veal
All country fed and home killed. The nicest and
choicest meals obtainable will be found here. Come around
to see us. Get the "CARRY HOME" habit and you
will not only save you money but at the same time get better
service and you see the kind of meal you are getting.
cThink it over.
Your Business Appreciated.
IJiltlV t.l . 1 1 111 W i 1.31.
. i....:ir.i. ....i if r if n e
imcuin easi iiaij .01 w; acres ui lanu
'survey No. '57 H. T.; & B. Ry Co.
j thirteenth all of the lands in lease f
from 'i . c. iayman et .x to I) it nai-t
ley out of the one-haJr of It 1 & B.
Ry. Co. section No. II; fourteenth. 22
acreK of land a part of the Samuel
Pangs survey No. jOSi the above
tracts in thc.above lease are in Brown
county. The followiiig tracts .arc in
f Coleman county: fifteenth first tract
the east half of southwest quarter of
scqtion 20 H. H. It R. R. Co.; six-
Jeenth second tract west half of
northwest quarter of section No. 20
C H. & ll. It It Co.; $10. .
Chas.
Ratliff Market
osile the Court House.
Opp
OIL SCOUT GO.
Surveying for . OIL.
Scouting for OIL.
Drilling for OIL.
We develop oil lands for YOU.
We soil oil lcasos for YOU.
'We sell oil stocks for YOU-
I. X. TKKRILL Manager
Offices 301 Center Avenue and South-
ern Hotel. Long distanco Phone 0.
Phone: Office No. 778; residence J-G32
BROWNWOOD. TEXAS
Bargain fomilor Wo have placed a
largo assortment of low quarters on
the counter at grpatly reduced prices.
Loonoy -Merc. Co.
Save money by trading with the
firm that sella everything. Looney
Mercuntlle Co.
Wo giiHranU'O every pound of coun-
try butter delivered. Looney Merc
Co. .
We kpII everyflilnif appreciate any-
thing. Looney Mercantile Co.
EAT AT MOOR'S.
tea?
-4 l?'lf
Men Find
Looney & Robertson
Clothes Supreme
A new standard has been
created here for Men's;
Apparel.
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Fabrics suited to all Men's
tastesmodels designed for
Men who care. Styles for bus
iness dress or recreation j
. - .-!''.:
Extreme English models
beltless belters double-breast-ed
panel-back militaire jack-
ets or just plain conservative
business suits sunerblv tailor-
ed ...
$20 W $25
ere cMost dftlen Qfrade
I M if I ' 5
v id qj mmsBss&'"
Lawrence Moore jor
Commissioner from
Precinct No. Three
Tho announcement that Lawrence
Mooro is a .candidate for rb-olectlcn to
the I'onriuf.s'siqncrs court a. repre-
sentateivc of Pn-clhct No. 3 i.4 rc'-eicd
with a . great deal of pleasure by hi
friends thnir.rhoiit the nmiily. and
espocfallyby the citizens of Ward 2
In the city who arc permitted to voto
upon Ihe selection of the third pre-
cinct cortsinlshloner Tn pn-cinct in-
cludea. in .t'-I-l-n ti Ward 2 of bt
rity of Bro..nwond. iVi. following tot-
ing boxes: Jones Chapet Riekcr. An-
derson Zephyr. Blanket and CHo;
Mr. -Mooro has held the office o
commissioner for only one '.erm but
his record has boon such " that It
speaks for itself. When he iok Ihe
office almost two years ago tho funds
for the precjticr vrre overdYaxyn rt?
the extent of $Sit" due to lieavv pur-
chases of steel bridges and slm'h'.r
material. "With this handicap - Mr.
Moore began his work and although
his fund wns very limited ho ha been
ib!o to di niuch grod work on tho
roads and bridges The bridges bought
by his predecessor cost about half
-what they would coat If bought now
jn that the couutv I'as mad a neat
has "won the admiration and endorse-
ment of tho people of tho district
Sale of Rabbits a I
Chautauqua Nets Neat
Sum for the Red Cross
- 4-:'
A pair of white rabbits given tin-the
and
Offrrprl Cnmmitnn Irig sear tight and loose pulleys ot
kj j jerca commission of 7itm l ejv loo) raluo
As Captain in ArmiJ J$i:..0; 1 3xU inch drill bar value
; C r ..J $1:"-'Mi; l s-inclt bit value ?20Jja; 1
: by Surgeon general 'inch'hit the valuo ?10.00: x 4.incll
t jbit of the value of $3.00; 1 large mud
. . .i . . . i ' l
P. Ailiwm ban bwil a!ii-d bu kct of the value of $10.00; 1 mtish
hy the iof fire of the Sure-ii Ct-ncral j bucket of tho vaHte of 1 dirt
oT the War Department that hi .ippli- bucket of the vuhie of $20.00; S00 feet
Red Cross l;st Thursday night
soul ati auction to .1. U. Croye ftjr S
u'c?re jciveii back arid sold aiin; lagt
night. at tho Chautauqua netted the.Modicnl Cor p. -lias lavn i civnstdtTot'
local Roil. Cross 'Vhv rniihits -vrt-ro by (he iadviHory boardi aiid iiiut h is.ativ of $2'U:J. leviel on as the prop
xedd. . to. ' the; foll&wmg persons each offered
cation. jeiYlcred i-;ire time u in the
."r-v steel drill cable of the value or.
$7o.iW; sou feet 3-?lS steel sand line
oiiejgfly.ing them back to be sold
aiiu " :
Dr. Tolman. 42 00: Mr. Sopor $M;
Dr. A. L. ijorberj. $l.m: J. R. Lewis.
$lJ)0; ;i. H. BObert. $1.00; Mrs." A- P:
JOnels.- $"tt)0t Mr. Co.. $t0t;:.Mrs.
Jamea Alonroe . $l.ftw; A. f. ' Button
$1.2.; Osceola Pooler Company. 3.00;
1'X Y. Cibbs $1.00; It G. Ratliff. 2.00;
(I. M. Gilt $1.00; W C. .MctCrnney.
$i.nOV W. V. Powell. $1:00; .1. S. bard-
ner. .50; Mrs. J It Lewis $1.00; Mrs.
Dr. Scott $1 00; Mrs. Tol man. x$ 1.00
Mr. Sopor .2.".. "
A rug' which was nade for and giv-
en to. the Red Cros was also sold to
it G.. Ratliff for $10 then to W. P.
Murpiiiv for $."i and finally to Mrs
Dr. Scott for $2.o0.
in dm
Your money's worth. Looney Mer-
cantile Co; jii iAiM
There aro reasons why our city gro-
cery bhsJnesB Is growing each month.
Looney Merc Co.
EAT AT MOOR'S.
Garden tools of all kinds at Looncy's
the rank ot captain and will vFty of R L. Slovak. C. M. JOlnes and
Unte rueebe lib cuiomissluu.-I'A- aecd to satisfy a judgment
The militant ggncral btato$ that tot; amounting to lour nuncircu six anu
for hU lack of previous military -: - iswn.-jn uoiiars m iaur ui
periende Dr.. Allison would K' i.-cm- Worth Well Machinery & Supply
mended for the rank of Major. He sue- rVompnny ami rwu oi mt.
. . .. . . . ..
cessiuty pnsMeu ue ngni t xjuuiiimion
several months
ago.
Uen 'inder my hand this Sth. day of
Jnne A D 1'ltS.
1 HCGH DAVIS. Sheriff. .
.; Sherlifs Male
Sthte TQxas. COftnty of Rfown;
By irtuo of an order of shle issueel
oiit of the honorable Counti Court of
Tarrant County on the 1st day of
.TUno a. D. 19 IS. by Cba. 11. Rose
elbrk thoroof li the case t.f the Port
Worth? Well Machinery v Knply Co-
versus: F. L. SIovaK et al. 'No
and to' mo a sheriff dim. ted and de-
livered. I will proceed to sell within
the hours prescribed by lau fnr j5l-er-ifCs
Sales on June 22nd. A. D. V.s.
before the Court Hoiihe dupr oi iti
Brown county. in the city of Rrowu-
wopd.j the following dccrlbod pif ."-
erty t vrlt:
1 Mi ulel "A" Fort Woith Well D'i'.l
ing Madhlne. moun'.'d on stc ' w .
trucks iiiachhic fitted With steel Jriv Shoe bargains at Looaeys.
I.c!ons in Voice and Piano.
Miss Ma Blanche Ktheridgc offers
a summer course in voice and piano.
ML-s' Kt bridge is a graduate of voted
in Howard Payne College nnd has had.
special draining In 'uoth voice and.
piaho at Baylor rnivcrsity in Waco
;-nj;i!i(l hi Houston. For information call
; at the strdlo 201) Last Leo street or
dione lt-75t.
Tablewarei big .assortment of both
domestic and imported ware. Phone
or call. Looney Merc. Co.
Save money
firm that ells
Mercantile Co.
by trading with the
everything. Looney
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