Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1915 Page: 1 of 6
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New Territory Three Mile# from Gty on New Year'* Creek
Will Be Exploited—Chappell Hill People Organize
Company and Still-Another Is Prepared to
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LOAD OF CASING ARRIVES FOR WELL NO. 1;
INTEREST IS HINGING ON DEVELOPMENTS
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Stammann WeU Progressing Satisfactorily, Hard Uyers of
Rock and Gumbo Having Been Struck—Washington 1
County Oil and Mineral Company Is Trying
to Secure Small Foothold Close to Both
Dtase WeUs, It IlKnown Hare* ^
Developments in the oil situation here are following in quick
succession. Three new oil companies, backed by Brenham and
Washington county capital, are being organized and another lo-
cal company is endeavoring to secure a foothold on a small acre-
Age m dose , proximity to the Stammann well and wells Nos. 1
and 2 of the Brenham Oil Company.
One af these companies is being organized for the purpose of
developing the territory in the immediate neighborhood of New
Year's Creak and will be capitalized, at either $15,000 or $30,000.
Those behind the movement have secured leases on 1,800 acres,
the tract being situated three miles from Brenham on the Inde-
pendence road. .:
WANT FOOTHOLD NEAR .WELLS.
It is known that the Washington County Oil and Mineral Com-
pany is trying to arrange a deal for about a twenty-five acre
leaae within 900 feet of well No. 2 on a tract owned by S. J. Hind-
man. It is the intention of the company to bore a well imme-
diately if the deal is put through.
Another company is being organised in Chappell Hill, J. B.
Hartfield and F. O. Perscott having secured leases on a couple
of thousand acres understood to be in the neighborhood of Chap-
Dell WW The company has been organized as the Chappell Hill
Oil and Gas Company. It is said: Its'" promoters are trying to
buy leases in the vicinity of Mill Creek, where the proven field is
located but it also is reported the company is holding back to
await further developments in the oil situation there. /
THIRD COMPANY PLANNING DEAL.
A third company is arranging a.deal for the purchase of acre-
age in the immediate vicinity of the wells already sunk on the
Mill Creek field. It intends sinking a well as soon as possible,
after the deal is consummated and is being promoted by local men
and outside capital. .' ,
Except the work on well No. 1, which has been reamed out, no
special developments have occurred since Thursday evening on
. the proven field. A carload of six-inch casing for the hole
reached Brenham today, and it is believed the casing will be set,
the well washed out and bailing ready to be begun by Sunday
morning at the latest.
austro-germans
begin attack on
serbian forces
400,000 Men with Heavy Ar-
tillery Started Offensive
from North and West.
GREEK SUPPORT IS
NOT FORTHCOMING
Anglo-French Troops Hurry
from Salonika to Assist
die Serbians.
London, October 8.—The long
threatened Austro-German offensive
in the Balkans with the added men-
ace of Bulgaria, has begun in ear-'
nest.
Almost simultaneously with the
rupture of diplomatic relations be-
tween Sofia and entente powers an
Austro-German army, estimated at
400,000 men, with an enormous
weight of heavy artillery, started to
attaick Serbia from the north and
weBt and, according to the Berlin
official report, crossed the Drina,
Danube and Save at many points and
firmly established itself on the Ser-
bian side.
The Anglo-French troops, which
were landed at Saloniki with the tacit]
consent of the Greek government,
are being hurried northward to as-
sist Serbia, and, if possible, keep the
Bulgarians from capturing the 8a-
lonlkl-Nlsh railroad, the only source
by which the Serbians can be fed
with munitions of war.
The hoped-for support from Greece
has not been forthcoming, King Con-
stantine, by the dismissal of Pre-
mier Venizelos, having shown that,
while his country sympathises with
the cause of the allies, he is not pre-
pared to go against the central pow-
ers or to fulfill the obligations of the
Greco-Serbian treaty of alliance,
which provides that one ally must
go to the assistance of the other in
the case of attack.
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Awaiting Developments-
Everything in the oil situation
seems to be hinging largely on the
ts hi well No. 1 and the
nn well, work on which is
progressing ktlsfactorily. The Stara-
mann well, is at a depth of more
500 fegt and altogether about
135 feet of rock has been penetrated.
Drilling is being retarded slightly by
a "hard layer of gumbo, almost as
hilrd as rock, which holds good indi-
cations.
There has been no "rush "by lo-
cal lease, holders to sell their wrtwr-
al and royalty rights to outside com-
panies. It is believed good prices
can be obtained and many offers
have been refused.
Well No. 2 is holding up good and
it 1b possible in a tew days to tell
exactly what is its capacity. To all
Indications it seems to be improv-
ing each day. The splendid quality
of the oil, almost unexcelled in the
State, will make its. marketing an
easy matter. The Brenham Compa-
ny is still tackling the pipe line prob-
lem, but it will be some time before
the mains can be laid.
Until well No. 1 is brought in and
the results known in the Stammann
well, there is another comparative
of "watchful waiting" on the
of the public. The oil operhtory
the local co4tt9anies are taking
g1ddings to play
local high today
Line-up of Brenham Team for
Game at Firemen's Park
Announced.
This afternoon's football game be-
tween the Brenham and Giddlngs
htgh schools will be called at 5
o'clock at 4he Firemen's park. Ad-
mission, twenty-five cents.
Following is the Uiie-up for the
Brpnham {earn:
Baumgart, center; Lipscomb, left
guard, Ted Morriss, right guard;
Campbell, left tackle; Styles, right
tackle; Hardy, left end; H. Williams,
right end; Baker, fullback; Swain,
left halfback; Niebuhr, right half-
back; Buck, quarter.
TO PE8NION MINISTERS
Bock Rivec, Conference Adopted
Plan for Raising Fund.
Chicago, October 8.—A plan for
raising 1500,000 as a pension fund
fox ministers of the Rock river con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church was adopted at the confer
t>nce here today. Under the plan
thi.1 churches promise to endeavor to
raise thi-emount niecessary and each
preacher requested to pay a cer-
tain percentage of his salary into the
hind.
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o important deal
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arranging
up to this irom!"? ftp as is known
has been consummated.
$400 in taxes
pad first day
Tax Collector Also Receives
Instructions on New Law,
from Comptroller.
County Tax Collector R. V. Hoff-
mann collected $400 in taxes and is-
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sued fifteen poll tax receipts Thurs-
day, as soon as the Tax Assessor's
report was approved by the Commis-
sioners' court. The first day last
year, he collected only $52.50 in tax-
es and issued one poll tax receipt.
City taxes are also due and citUfens
are urged to pay promptly.
Tax Collector Hoffmann has re-
ceived the following communication
from the State Comptroller:
"No tax collector can issue poll tax
receipts, under the Terrell Election
law, without an order, where the tax
payer does not apply in person for a
poll tax receipt.
"Under the law no one'B father
can pay for his son, son-in-law, fa-
ther-in-law, brother-in-law, brother
or cousin, without a poll tax order
authorizing him to pay same duly
filled out and certified to.
"The same law applies to a wo-
man in paying the poll tax for any
person, whether related or not.
"The law states positively that the
collector shall not deliver the poll
tax receipts to, the person paying
same, but must mall the poll tax re-
ceipt direct to the party forjjrhom
the receipt is intended." W.
phillies capture
first ball game
in world series
Defeat Red Sox by Score of
Three to One in Fast
Game.
Handicapped by a wet diamond on
their home grounds, the Phillies won
the first game in the World Series
today over the Boston Red Sox by
a score of 3 to 1.
In the fourth inning Philadelphia
scored one run and the games re-
mained in that state until the first
hall' of the eighth when the Red Sox
Scored a run, which made it a tie.
In the last half of the eighth Phil-
adelphia scored two runs which made
it 3 to 1.
Runs Hits Errors
Philadelphia 3 5 1
Runs Hits Errors
Bqtton 18 1
Umpires for Phillies National,
KJem and Rigler; for the Red 8ox
Americans, Oloughlln and Evans.
Record Crop Made in Wheat,
Corn, Oats, Rice, Tobac-
co and Hay.
militarymeeting
at schirmacher's
at eight tonight
Recruits and Others Will
Meat to Arrange Organ-
isation and Other
Plans.
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With a total of twenty-four men
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enlisted in the infantry company
that is being organized here as a
part of the Second Regiment, Texas
National Guard, Major Theo. Schlr-
macher has called a public meeting
tonight at 8 o'clock at Schlnnacher's
drug store in the interests of the
movement.
Seven more men have enlisted
since Thursday and indications are
that many more will be enrolled to-
night. The latest enlistments are O.
L. Beaumier, S. L. Williams, C. W.
Pttachniann, Louis B. Kirk, George
Buroh, Cary Lockett and H. W. Arp.
Major Schlrmacher impresses on
all the recruits the necessity of at-
tending tonight's meeting when or-
ganization possibly will be arranged.
The question of an armory also will
be taken up. All the men who al-
ready have enlisted are urged to
bring some friend to the meeting.
ARE-U-ZUNTAS IN LIME LIGHT
OojmpAre Girls Will Give Candy Sale
October 16.
Will Sloan and Harold Wllliami
have gone to Austin for a short stay-
Now the Are-u-zuntas are back in
the limelight again. This time
they're going to give a candy sale
at Schlrmacher's drug store, Satur-
day, October 16. It's for the benefit
of the camp fire circle and the Ai-
yukias are all invited, too.
If a girl can cook good candy, sh-j
gets a "bead", and all of them have
been practicing lately.
Schooner Wrecked in Gale.
Mobile, ,Ala., October 8.—A cable-
gram received today from Captain
Borden at Montego Bay, Jamaica,
stated that the American schooner
Tofa was wrecked in the recent gale.
The crew was saved. The schooner
was owned In Mobile.
Hank Clerk Accidentally Killed.
El Paso, Texas, October 8.—New-
man Fowler, a young bank clerk, ac-
cidentally shot while hunting near
Marfa Tuesday afternoon ,died at
noon at Valentine according to a
message received by Walter M, But-
ler, assistant cashier cf the First
National bank.
greatest harvest $45,000 decrease
in world history shown in report
for united states of tax assessor
Total Valuation of Count/
Property Given as
$11,141,316.
PROPERTY IN CITY IS
PLACED AT $1,842,130
Commissioners' Court Orders
Special Tax for School
Improvements in Ber-
lin District No. 5.
County Tax Assessor Wendt's re-
port, showing a decrease of practi*
cally $45,000 in total assessed valilrt
ations In Washington county com*
pared with last year was approved
by the County Commissioners' court
Thursday.
The Commissioners also canvassed
Saturday's election in the Berlin
school district No. 5.
Mr. Wendt's iSfacg shows a total
of $11,141,316 aaMSMa valuation ot
.all property In the county, compared
with last year's total of $U,187,029«
vfost Important Itenyi-
The Oiost Important items of thS
report bring out these facts:
Acres assessed, 881,330; value,
$5,630,665.
Value of city property, $ 1,842,«
130.
Horses and mules, 10,624; value,
$486,895.
Cattle, 11,347; value $121,035.
Hogs, 7,379; value, $19,505.
Carriages, autos and other vehio*
ies, 5,060; value, $144,885.
Goods, wareT"Snd mercttandTse;
value, $371,460.
Tools, implements, etc.; value,
$2.16,155.
Money on hand or on deposit.
$573,605.
Miles of railroads, total 53.69;
value. $524,183.
Value of rolling stock, $152,541.
Intangible assets, $786,792.
Telegraph and telephone lines,
115 miles; value, $37,190.
Canvass Berlin Kleetlon.
The Commissioners' court before
adjourning canvassed the results ot
the school election at Uerllu, held
Saturday to determine a special tax
for Improvement purposes. Twenty-
two votes were cast in favor of the
special tax and eleven were opposed.
The Commissioners' court ordered a
twenty-cent tax levy on $100 valu-
ation assessed on property in the dis-
trict.
Washington, October 8.—Ameri-
can harvests this year will be the
most valuable ever produced. With
the wheat crop exceeding a billion
bushels the largest ever produced in
one season by any nation, and a corn
crop which also may prove to be the
largest ever known, the government's
October crop report, issued today an-
nounced preliminary estimates which
indicate ricord harvests of oats, bar-
ley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice, tobac-
co and hay.
Corn still 1b king of crops with In-
dications of 3,026,159,000 bushels.
While that Is 98,000,000 bushels be-
low the record of 1912, the final pro-
duction may more than make up the
deficiency. The higher prices this
year assures the most valuable corn
crop ever grown. At prices to farm.
I era prevailing October 1, the corn
crop is worth $2,188,000,000.
Wheat prospects Increased as the
growing season progressed so that
today's preliminary estimate of pro-
eduction was placed at 1,002,029,000
bushels. Wet weather at harvest
time, however, reduced the quality of
winter wheat so that much of It will
not be available for milling purposes
and will have to be used for feed.
At prices prevailing October 1 the
farm value of the crop Is $910,844,-
000, considerably more than ever
was paid for a wheat crop before.
September weather was particular-
ly destructive to potatoes, causing a
reduction of 37,758,000 bushels or
10 per cent In the forecast of pro-
duction. Tobacco also suffered from
unfavorable conditions, which caused
a decrease of 21,196,000 pounds in
the production forecast. Tobacco,
however, promises to exceed the rec-
ord crop of 1909 by 43,000,000
pounds.
Oats will exceed the record crop
of 1912 by almost 100,000,000 bush-
els. Barley will exceed Its record
by 13,000,000 bushels; sweet pota-
toes by 5,000,000 bushels; rice by
500,000 bushels, and hay by 8,000,-
000 tons.
Building New Home.
Fritz Hugo of Mill Creek Switch Is
building an attractive new home on
his farm. The material for the
structure was furnished by the Bren-
ham Lumber Company.
celebration of
german day by
kenney people
One Thousand People Attend-
ed Big Barbecue and
Heard Good Speakers.
The citizens of K-snney held a bis
celebration yesterday in observance
of German Day, and fully one thou-
sand people were In attendance from
various points, a large crowd going
from Bellville. Among the attend-
ants from Brenham were Frank
Wood, Jr., and Hugo Brandt.
Several tasks were made by good
speakers, on subjects relating to the
significance of the day. At noon an
excellent barbecue dinner was served,
and in the afternoon there were
games and other amusements .every-
thing possible being done by the
i f ',j>jp*. • A -•
committee In charge to assure the
attendants a general good time. The
festivities closed with a dance at
night.
State Confederate Reunion.
Hlllsboro, Texa«, October 8.—The
State Confederal.} reunion began Its
last day's session here with many
speeches including one by General
K. -VI. Van Zindt of Fort Worth. A
grand parade of nil fx-Confoperates
took place this afternoon with Gen-
eral Felix Robertson, comminding.
THEY SOMETIMES HOWL,
f When you step on a mail order
man or woman's toe its painful to
them. Some of them suffer iin ni-
lence. Others howl loud and long.
In both instances, however, a cure
is pretty certain. It simply wakes
them up and they think.
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Shepard, Nelson M. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1915, newspaper, October 8, 1915; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth490507/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.