The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 268, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1922 Page: 3 of 12
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SAUAREO FIELDS
BOOSTED AS GAS'
-: ' PRODUCING AREA
n Greatest ' o n Continent
Says Man Discussing
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Oklahoma crrr okia.; Dec 17.
It would OOSt 11000.004 to lar two 1S-
tach Dip llnw and install m
t ; booster stations between Amarlllo
VtTim ut Denver Colo. a dsttanea
' v . of 420 miles. My RJ Q. Barnum.
- f Amarlllo ol operator J who wu is
vu wiiy recently lam ofum
? ' Bamura says ara those contained In
estimates recently mad by onfineara
of tna Mutual oil corporation of Den
er which la Bald to have been the
.. flrat make eitlmates since laving
. : oi m im pip una to tna KOcay mou
f tain "tnetropolis haa bean discussed.
v r - Whether the Mutual win nndertaka
;.. tho project haa not bean made known
". : Mr. Bamum aaya. He announced
v however that at leaat ona induatrial
. ' concern haa definitely decided to lo-
est In the Amarlllo territory and
.' s ha expect several more to announce
- Ilka declalon within the next few
f. weeks. The one la the United 8tatea
v -Zlno company' which will erect i
': smelter. Representative of tee Amer
-. lean Metals company and she New
' ' Jersey Kino company hare looked over
. - the $eld as have acents of several big
Sjlaas-niaJMifacturlns' concern.
94 Amarlllo gas Held i the most
wonderful on the continent says Mr
..Barnum. who asserts that in that
statement many experienced operators
- ' agroa. It covers 1200 square miles;
. contains IT gas wells and Ave oil wells
.: : ana. nas a aauy gas producing capac-
' . lty of 1000.000.000 cubic feet. One
welt ha actually gauged 180000000
veubla feet he says and is capable
of producing more gaa daily than Is
required by any one of the several
Middle Western States.
V: . ' Utilisation of the gas for making
eleomclty for power purposes Is be-
Ing considered by some large firm.
8. J Keese of the Keeae Enrlneerlng
company of Los Angeles who was in
V (Amarlllo recently getting data relk
tlve to gas output costs etc talked
' of the probability of a contract be-
.; Ing made to electrify the Santa Fe
railroad from Kansas City to Albu
querque N. M. power to be obtained
' from gas in the Amarlllo field. He
. said that some surveys had been made
: and some definite figures tabulated on
i the project and also that the com
pony has proposed a plan of continuing
fhe electrification of the Santa Fe
from Albuquerque to the Grand can
yon with Juice derived from coal as a
.i fuel and from the Grand canyon to
- . the Pacific coast with power obtained
from water in the Grand canyon.
. More nearly at hand than this Mr.
' Barnum believed. Is a United States
government project to extract helium
from the Amarlllo gas. Recent an-
alyses have shown the Amarllloan
(says; that the gas contains 60 to 00
f par cent nitrogen which 1 the ele-
( meat of gas that contains helium!
The government has not considered
it feasible to begin the extraction of
helium In that region until the utiliza-
tion -of the gas for other purposes In
' considerable quantities is under way
. for the loss of. gas would be too great
. If It were produced for the govern
ment's use alone.
"Ton can Teadily Understand how
' . much gas would be wasted." said Mr.
. Barnum "when onlyV nine per cent
of tb whole content 'was taken out.
It lb interesting tor xaow that the 91
' per'Oent that Is not lised is the purest
of gas -The government haa $5000000
V at 41s disposal to spend In making
teat for and extracting helium and
I believe that after a few big lndus-
: . trial gas users have been established
" at Amarlllo. the government will spend
a considerable part of that aum In the
Amarlllo territory."
Bamum who admits .that he Is ot
tna Sams' stocic as me tamoua r. r.
. says thai It Is not easy to overesti-
' mats th possibilities of the Amarlllo
district. The proven area is (0 miles
I long and 25 miles wide. Every well
that has been drilled on structure has
' produced gas from the primary pay
sahd. Every well that was drilled off
the structure terminated In salt wa
ter.' Every well that has been deeD
' ened. Wow the fas sand has produced
Tho territory Is capable of produc-
Ing 0 per cent of all the power utll-
. iked ! the United States Barnum as-
aerta. To arrive at that conclusion ho
i becomes . ultra conservative and re-
duces the proven area from 1200 square
: mues to 800 square miles. He then
' figures that each 10 cubic feet of gas
twiii produce ono root horsepower. The
well of greatest capacity iq the field
.- gauged 180000000 cublo feet. The
-1 well ot smallest capacity gauged 10
( tOO.tOO cubic feet. Barnum. says that
ii one wen were aniiea on each l
acres bn the 800 square miles and tho
average production was 10006000 cubic
feet per day and 25 per cent of the
" output utilised gas enough would be
'.. provided to create nearly half as much
. power as Is used each day In the en
tire United States.
. ''Agents of glass concerns. Barnum
; 1 aaya have found tO square miles of as
fin glass sand as exists In the United
' States. It contains OS per cent silica
v . whereas such products as lamp chim-
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A colorful
through wtiloh 'whirl
and ajwlrt tho wavss of
f aloty tho groat
Amorleaa) Motropollo
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fspooo In tho ooelualon '
of Its homallko guaot
roomo.
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at Om ASToa
ko tm km iaW
(Ui Nw VKk.
A raw coatMaacaoa'of
eomort 4 tconomy
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The Big Mill Which Had
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neys require sand of only M per cent
slllci
Within recent weeks the Texas Com-
pany has Invested $200000 in leases In
the Amarlllo territory making a to-
tal Investment of the company there
of about $800000. The Southwestern
Petroleum company recently paid 150-
000 for Jesses. Tens of thousands of
acres are teased to the Gulf Produc-
tion company the Skelly Oil company
the Magnolia Petroleum company and
other Middle West concerns.
Many oil men haven't a doubt Bar-
num says that the Gulf and th Texas
have paying wells In the territory
north of the town ot Panhandle and
near the Canadian river. For several
important reasons among which ire
lack of pipe lino facilities and over-
production of oil these wells have not
been permitted to flow at capacity.
Some operators believe they will make
over 1000 barrels a day. The oil Is
said to be of 88.5 gravity. It is found
on both sides of the Canadian river. In
8k . W.fctt
MOST BEAUTIFUL
of the HUDSONS
Hudson has always been famous for the beauty of its closed
bodies. But even among past creations was none to rival the
exquisite grace luxury and charm 6f the New Sedan.
The entire production of America's foremost custom-body
builder is devoted exclusively to this one model. That not
only assures the finest workmanship but makes possible a
price not equalled among luxurious cars.
On the
All Hudson have the new Super-Six
motor the raott.tilked of motor
achievement of recent year. Old
Hudson owners even' find in it a
charm and smoothness hithertp
unknown.
Amont other model the Hudson
Coach has an unrivalled succett. It
Speedster ...... .$1425.00
7-pass. Phaeton. ..$1475.00
A. G. BURTON
H23 Main Street
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Been Pbdponed for Busine
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HAD $oT ALU
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THEIR. PRESETS
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a' northwesterly trend from Amarlllo
but wlldcattlng Is tending toward the
southeast and In the direction of Ok-
lahoma and North Texas pools.
Gulf Prepares to Drill
In West of Orange Field
United Press Report.
ORANGE Texas Dec. 27. The Gulf
Production company has the work of
constructing a derrick on the Watson
and Grubba 11-acre tract in the west-
ern part of the Orange field In prog-
ress. This well Is to be located on
the southeast corner of the 11-acre
lease which has been held by the Gulf
people for the past 18 months to two
years. The lease Ip question is lo-
cated directly to the west of the Ham-
ilton Oil corporation's Cfteason' 22-acre
lease where a number of wells have
been drilled and where others are to
-t'e drilled In' the near future.
The Humble OH and Refining com
Famous Sup
er-Six Chassis
With the New
Improved Motor
afford all year closed car utility com-
fort and protection with abundant
road performance and reliability and
at a price but little more than open
car cost. For those who demand
excellent car performance with closed
car advantaees at moderate cost it is
of exceptional interest.- '
Coaeh:....;i$lS2S.()0
Sedan ..........$2095.00
HU DSON
Super-Six Sedan
Freight and
Tax Extra
ss Reasons. ' : V v
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pany has abandoned No I Carbello
after having made three ir four un
successful attempts towards develop'
ment. While this company's activities
have ceased temporarily In the Orange
field. It is understood that some new
locations are to be made in xthe near
future.
KIRBY ENTERS LUPKIN FIELD.
LiUFKIN Texas Dec 27. The Kir
by Petroleum company has mads
second drilling contract on 80 acre of
the Henderson tract near ths produc
ing shallow wells.
A previous contract calls for drilling
within 80 days on a 40-acre tract near
the same territory.
A report from a test of Jennings No.
2 showed 11 barrels In fire hours.
SOUTHERN STATES ENTERS
SMACKOVER. .
Southern States Oil has acquired
control effective December II of the
three R. J. McMurray properties In
& CO.
Preston 222
ehe EBMCkaTs. Artu field. ' Three
well as -as) on of the propsrUesL
No. t was the second drilled la the
field. esmlasT la for TS barrels before
ths depth of tho saad was detersnlned
aad Is to ba deepened: Wo. cam in
for TM barrels and Increased to lS.ao
ths third day; No. S came w for M0.
Well No. i tat another tract came to
December IT bad la now making about
M.m barreta. Control also Is ob-
tained of the McMorray pipe line
eonnoctlas' the properties with the
Missouri PselfM . railroad and all on
now on band ' estimated at around
toe.SM barrels. This eontraet win not
increase the present oapltallsatloa of
Southern States OIL
Davidson Suggests State
Operate Orient Railroad
SAN ANOELO. Texas Dec. 17.
Lieutenant Governor Lynch Davidson's
plan to torn th title to ths Texas'
lines of the Orient railway orer to
the Stato for a tins durtns; which the
road would be free from State and
federal regulations will be sons into
thoroughly at a mass meeting here
January when persons Interested In
the road will attempt to formulate
plans for getting It "on 1U feet.'' It
Was understood hers Wednetdsy. -
Congressman Claude B. -Hudspeth.
In an address before tho board of city
development hers explained Lieuten-
ant Governor Davidson's plan and en-
dorsed It.
Invitations have been sent to Gov-
ernor Neff and Stato legislators ot
West Texas and It was believed fol-
lowing tho meeting with Congressman'
Hudspeth that at least IM persons
will attend the gathering.
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DAMAGING FIRES
AT PORT ARTHUR;
LOSS IS HEAVY
Indndiary Origin Indicat-
ed For One of
Blazes
PORT ARTHUR Texas Dee. 17.
Two disastrous fires one of them be-
lieved to bare been of Incendiary
origin broke out In the business sec-
tion of Port Arthur almost simulta-
neously at t a. m. .Wednesday entail-
ing a loss of thousands of dollars.
Ths most disastrous fire almost
completely destroyed the Deutser Dry
Ooods and Clothing store on which
15S.0O0 insurance was carried but loss
will be fully (20000 above this figure
officials of ths store sstlmate. When
firemen answered the call to this
blase the fire chief waa attacked by
an unknown man when entering a
window with a hose. The ebief de-
fended himself with a. hammer but
his attacker escaped.
The second fire broke out la the
hallway of the aecond floor of the
building occupied by Woolworth A Co.
Actual fire loss waa confined to of-
fices on that floor but Woolworth's
stock below was damaged considerably
Bufld Your Port
"THE FASTEST CZ07'GlZ?AXnt2i I ULIPTSXAST
Annual
ALL
STOVES
IVetton 597'
by water. Sachs haberdashery stock
la the bonding also offered heavy
loan by water damaga.
A fnl tnveasJgathM of tho two
nrsa. less than a Mock apart la bo-
lus; made. Efforts to locate tho mas
who attacked tho fire chief hve
been futile so far. It la said he was
knocked brio -a driest but firemen
could not stop to apprehend him after
they had fought paat him without al-
lowing ths fire to gala greater head-
way. Estimates on tho exact damage to
tho two buildings and stocks of vari-
ous tenants must await foH inventory
but ths flrea undoubtedly canoed
heavy damage.
Both Woolworth's aad Haberdashery
concern carried some Insurance en
their stocks but It Is believed damage
will far exceed protection.
LEASE OPINION GIVEN.
United Press Report.
AUSTIN. Texas. Dec ST. The at-
torney general. In an opinion to J.
W. Prancia. general attorney of the
Magnolia Petroleum company held
Wednesday that it would be against
public policy and violation of the anti-
trust taws for a corporation to buy
property in Texas and lease It to ten-
ant! with the stipulation that ths
owner's products shall be sold exclu-
sively on such premises.
In the opinion it is stated that the
Magnolia company contemplated pur-
chasing property at certain points in
ths State and leaae It to tenants un-
der written contraots that such ten-
ants shall aell exclusively Magnolia
products. Tho opinion says the courts
would not uphold such contracts so
restricting the use of premises.
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Legion Opposes Release -.
Of Political PiisW j
PORT WORTH. Texas Te. . v
President Harding aad former Pissi :
dsnt Woodrow Wilson wero stfscfced ' V
for granting aaanesty. to pettesj .. .
prisoners" sa aav address tear toda ?:
by Atvtn If. Owsery aajsoanl eoaa- ' .'
mander of the Aaaortoaa Issrssav - - . ' -
Owsley referred to Senator Borah of v v
Idaho as "eWWntly takhUT tho haaaV .
ershlp of somo L W. W.'s la this cows. . ..
try." This reference was Ss easjsMctSoa ; '
with speeches of Borah reeesrtly at
Boston and Chicago ta which tho hst- . '
ter urged that "poUtieal prlsoswra' ha '
released and that soviet Ba sola hv
recognised. " . . : '
The Legion la "unalterably
to both Owsley sold. "
OUARO CONFERENCE-CALUie.
AUSTIN Tsaas Dse n. The
regulars of tho Stata rangor faros. . " .
under call of Governor Nan will ao- 'J
aemUs in Austla'Thorsday . karalas ;)
for a conference wtth tho execative. ' v ;
st which plana for lawi enforoament '". '"
during tho coming year will bedio.
cussed. Co-operation wlt tho astiooal
prohibition enforcement Offtcers par
tlcularly in an effort to atop ansae'
cling of liquor from Mexico Into Texas
will be stressed by tho governor who
Tuesday hid a conference with Vranfc
M. Cole acting federal prohibition di-
rector for Texas.
ROSENBERG WOMAN DIBS.
R08ENBERO Texas Dae. Tf. Mrs.
W. W. Young an agM lady living
near Booth died Sunday evening. In-
terment took peace In tho Woodman
cemetery at this place Christmas day. '
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