The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XL.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920
NUMBER 34.
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IN PROSPECT FOR
J. P. Simpson, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has been
quietly working for some weeks
with the object of getting started
a housing company for Jacksboro.
The need for new residences has
been very evident during the past
year, and with the very encour-
aging start he has received, the
secretary states that he has every
reason to believe that * the move
will be successfully launched in
the near future. The success or
failure of this movement rests with
the business men of Jacksboro
and from all reports they are go-
ing to stand behind it for a great-
er town in 1920.
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The prospects for the year 1920
are extremely flattering from ev-
ery viewpoint. The farmers are
assured a. thorough season to
start the crop year with, and it is
confidently predicted that Jack
County will harvest one of its
greatest crops in 1920. Cattle
have done well, and without doubt
next yea* will find grass plentiful,
and the cowmen prosperous. Oil
prospects are better tha^ they
have been for several months, and
everything indicates renewed ac-
I tivity in that line, with many new
tests. Jack County is conceded to
Lbe one of the very best wildcat
bounties in the State; and this
field has teen un-reservedly ap-
proved by the geologists of all the
leading companies who have ex-
amined the field. Crude oil is
soaring, and production is far be-
hind the demand.
Jacksboro will double her popu-
ward will have been made. The
town will be improved from a san-
itary standpoint, and the homes
will be made far more convenient
and comfortable for the occu-
pants. The cost will not be dut
of proportion to the benefits re-
ceived.
We had hoped some method
would have been found to pave the
public square, but so far, nothing
has been suggested that has been
acted upon, and nothing seems to
be under consideration. This is a
problem that is almost altogether
up to the citizens, and not to the
officials, as the greatest problem
to be solved is financing it.
Jacksboro needs a steam laun-
try. Some of our local people can
handle the deal. Why not put one
over. It will pay. We also need a
rock crusher, a bottling works, a
larger ie? plant, and some other
lines of business;
GENERAL PERSHING’S OWN STORY
IF OPERATIONS OF AMERICAN
TROOPS OBI IE WORLD WAR
Commander in Chief of Expeditionary Forces Submits
Special Report to Secretary Baker—Fate of
Central Powers Decided by Work of
the United States Army.
FOCH ADMITTED ALLIES WERE FACING DEFEAT
First and Second Divisions, in Cvhipany With French Moroccan
Troops, Attacked on July 18 Without Preliminary Bombard-
ment, Smashed Through the German Lines, Overwhelmed
Both infantry and Artillery, and Cut the Enemy’s Communica-
tions, Compelling a General Retreat From the Marne and
Starting the Military Collapse Which Forced Germany to Su$
lor Peace.
OIL SITUATION IN JACK COUNTY
1920 VERY ENCOURAGING.
MANY NEWTESTS WILL LIKELY
BE STARTED IN VERY SOON
NEW TRAIN BETWEEN
BRIDGEPORT AND GRAHAM
PLANNED BY ROCK ISLAND
The R-ock Island will install an
additional train between Bridge
port and Graham Monday, Jan. 26,
making connections with trains
Nos. 23 and 24, which operate be-
tween Port Worth and Kansas
City.
The new train will be put on at
the request of the GrahamyCham-
ber of Commerce which asked that
a new train be established that
lation in the next twelve months ifj would make connections atBridge-
the business men hold to their in- port with trains operating between
tention to make an aggressive this city and points in Oklahoma,
fight for it. The year just closed j on account of the unusually heavy
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has been one of great prosperity
for Jack County, and notwith-
standing the/ cry qf high cost of
living, there aTe but few men in
Jack County who have not pros-
reh far beyond their expecta-
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tions.
With a splendid building pro-
gram on foot during 1929. we, will
see many new people located in
Jacksboro, and a greater *volume
of business than ever before trans-
acted by its merchants. During
the past year Graham has grown
from abont 2500 to 4000. There
, are 800 children in the schools at
Graham. Tt continues to build.
What this town has accomplished
by its courage and enterprise
Jacksboro can accomplish during
1920, and with the matter of new
houses financed so that the man of
ordinary means and income can
pay for one, we shall have many
more permanent citizens in Jacks-
boro.
Dnring the past year we have
started a sidewalk campaign that
is well under way, and several
thousand feet of cement sidewalks
are under construction. The re-
sult is that property in that /sec-
tion of town has already become
more desirable and the demand for
houses near the sidewalks is great-
er than in those sections of town
Where people have to wade the
mud.
“ puts in a sew-
for
for-
jig
passenger traffic now being expe-
riened between Port Worth and
Graham.
The new train will make con-
nections with train No. 24 wh'ch
leaves this city, northbound, at
8:15 a. m., and arrives in Bridge-
port at 11:10 a. m. It will anchor
at the station at Graham at 1:30
p. m. The new train will leave
Graham at 4:30 p. m., arriving at
Bridgeport at 7:30 p. m., making
connection with No. 23 which will
arrive in this city at 9:10 o’clock
in the evening.—Port Worth Rec-
ord.
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MINERAL WELLS AFTER
THROUGH TRAINS TO
WICHITA FALLS
Mineral Wells, Jan. 17.—The
local Chamber of Commerce has
originated a move to secure
through train service daily to
Wichita Falls. The plans propose
the running of trains over the
Wichita Falls Southern to Olney
thence over the Gulf, Texas &
Western to Mineral We*lls.
Washington.—The final report of
Gen. John J. Pershing as commander
In chief of the American expeditionary
forces in Europe was made public by
the secretary of war. Gen. Pershing
says in effect, although not in terms,
that the American army won the war.
“It was this spirit of determination
animating every American soldier,”
says General Pershing, referring to the
Meuse-Argonne battle, “that made it
impossible for the enemy to maintain
the struggle until 1919.”
The report in its more Important de-
tails is as follows:
In order that the reasons for many
Important decisions reached In the
early history of the American expe-
ditionary forces may be more clearly
understood and the true value of the
American effort more fuliy appreci-
ated, it Is desirable to have in mind
the main events leading up to the
time of our entry into the war.
1914—Although the German drive
of 1914 had failed in its immediate
purpose, yet her armies had made
very important gains, German forces
were in complete possession of Bel-
gium and occupied rich industrial re-
gions of northern France, embracing
one-fourteenth of her population and
about three-fourths of her coal and
Iron. The German armies held a
strongly fortified line 468 miles in
length, stretching from /he Swiss
border to Nleuport on the English
channel; her troops were within forty-
eight miles of Paris and the initiative
remained in German hands.
In the east the rapidity of the Rus-
sian mobilisation forced Germany,
even before the battle of Marne, to
send troops to that frontier, but the
dose of 1914 found the Russian arm-
ies ejected from East Prussia and
driven hade on Warsaw.
The entry of Turkey |nto the war,
because of the moral effect upon the
Moslem world and the Immediate con-
staat threat created against allied
communications with the Far Egst,
Jed to an effort by the allies la the
direction of the Dardanelles.
Allies Helped by Italy.
1*15—Italy joined the allies in May
and gave their cause new strength,
but the effect was more or less offset
when Bulgaria entered on the side of
the central powers.
The threatening situation on the
Russian front and in the Balkans was
still such that Germany was compelled
to exert an immediate offensive effort
in those directions and to maintain
only a defensive attitude on the west-
ern front. German arm^ achieved a
striking series of successes in the vicin-
ity of the Mazurian lakes and in
Galicia, capturing Warsaw, Brest-Li-
tovsk and Vilna. The central powers
overran Serbia and Montenegro. Mean-
while the Italian armies forced Aus-
tria to use approximately one-half her
strength against them.
In the west the French and Brit-
ish launched offensives which cost the
German armies considerable loss; but
the objectives were limited and the
effect was local. The Dardanelles ex-
pedition. having failed in its mission.
drive in Galicia that proved so dis-
astrous to Austria.
Roumania, having entered on the
side of the allies, undertook a promis-
ing offensive against Austria. The Brit-
ish and French armies attacked along
the Somme. Germany quickly returned
to the defensive in the west, and in
September initiated a campaign in the
east which, before the close of
proved unfortunate for Russia as well
as Roumania.
Spring of '191T-- ^tabling on the
eastern front the forces considered
sufficient for the final conquest of Rus-
sia, Germany prepared to aid Austria
<n an offensive against Italy. Mean-
while the Russian revolution was welt
under way, and hy the mid-summer
of .1917 the final collapse of that gov-
ernment was almost certain.
The relatively low strength of the
German forces on the western, front
led the allies, with much, confidence,
to attempt a decision on this front:
Since the holidays on account
of bad weather and bad roads op-
erations have been hampered in
the Jack County oil fields hut with
the coming of better weather there
is promise of much additional de-
velopment in Jack County. A car-
load of material for the McGregor
well on the I. C. Christian farm
about three miles, south ot Vine-
yard has been on the siding over a
week waiting for better road
weather to permit its being un-
loaded and hauled to this new lo
Nation. This test is to be 4500
feet unless oil is found at a lesser
depth, and will be drilled to test
oui the territory near Vineyard
and Joplin in the neight orhood
wLe’e the Hutson-Jaekvn test
was abandoned because **arted
with too small a hole.
The Frank Oil Company is un-
der contract with the Worthing-
ton interests to start a deep test
on a four thousand acre tract
which lies north of Jacksboro, be-
ginning about three and cne-half
miles from town. This company
has a steel rig at Gorman which is
to be shipped to Jacksboro for
this test as soon as the weather is
somewhat settled. Tliere is a ru-
mor that another test will likely
be made just west of this tract of
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ill
but the losses were very heavy and
the effort signally failed. The failure (land on the holdings of the Worth-
caused a serious reaction, especially
on French morale, both in the army
and throughout the country, and at-
tempts to carry out extensive or com-
bined operations were indefinitely sus-
pended.
Sank Millions of Tons.
In the five months ending June 30
German submarines had accomplished
the destruction of more than 3,250,000
tons of allied shippfhg. During three
years Germany had seen practically all
her offensives except Verdun crowned
with success. Her battle lines were
held on foreign soft and she had with-
stood every allied attack since the
Marne. The German general staff
could now foresee the complete elim-
ination of Jtnssin, the possibility of de-
feating Italy before the end of the
year and, finally, the caihpnign of 1918
against the French and British on the
western front which might terminate
the war.
It cannot be said that German hopes
of (laal victory were extravagant,
either as viewed at that time or as j
ington interests. The southwest-
ern part of Jack County is also
Chamber of Commerce. This de-
partment for the present will be
handled by the regular secretary.
Drilling' Report.
Great Plains Oil & Gas Co. No.
1, Green Bros, shut down at 1970
:!eet.
Hutson-Jackson wells oh Myers
and Lindsey ranches abandoned
because the holes started were too
small for deep tests. Myers well
abandoned at around 2,000 feet;
Lindsey well at 1010 feet.
McKenzie, J. W. Knox, No. 1*
2% miles east of Jacksboro, pull-
ing casing at 2200.
Bennett Oil Corporation, J. W.
Knox, No. 1, 4^ miles southwest
of Jacksboro, shut down at about
400 feet.
S. B. Felt, Dr. Younger No. 1,
14 miles noYth of Jacksboro, aban-
doned at 1300 feet because started
with hole too small for deeper
drilling.
Southern States Oil Co., Cherry-
homes No. 1, 8 miles east of Jacks-
boro, 1900 i feet, shut down wait-
ing for fuel oil, ' ” 1 ' 1 -, yt
Sapulpa Refining Company, El-
inor Oliver No. 1, 4^ miles south- ?
west, of Jacksboro, 1800 *■
lapsed easing; fishing job:.
Cosden Oil & Gas Company,
C’herryhomes No. 14 miles north-
east of Jacksboro, fishing at 3910
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Cosden Oil & Gas Company,
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being mentioned for several tests., stewart N#_ , 15 mileB northwest
with crude oil jumping up every I f Jacksbor0| drilling
few weeks, with Jack Qounty ap-i^^
3,000
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proved by all of the geologists!
who have inspected the field, and '
with rentals being paid by all of
the companies having holdings in
the County, and with these per-
sistent rumors of new tests to be
started during the coming year,
the prospects for aetive develop-
ment work in the county during
1920 are very flattering.
N. H. Truett, formerly secretary
of the Oil Department of the
Jacksboro Chamber of Commerce,
spent the holidays in New York
and while there accepted i posi-
view«d in the light of history. Finan- j tion in that city, tendering his res-
eial problems of the allies were diffi-; jgnation effective Jan. 1, to the
cult, supplies were becoming exhaust- j
ed and their armies had suffered tre-
mendous losses. Discouragement ex-
isted not only among the civil popula-
tion but throughout the armies as well.
Such was the allied morale that,
although their superiority on the west-
ern front during the last half of 1916
and during 1917 amounted to 20 per
ctent. only local attacks could be under-
taken. and their effect proved wholly
insufficient against the German de-
fense. Allied resources in man power
at home were low and there was little
prospect of materially increasing their
armed strength, even in the face of the
probability of having practically the
whole military strength of the Central
Powers against them in the spring of
1918.
This was the state of affairs that ex-
isted when we entered the war. While
our action gave the allies much encour-
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Archer City, Jan. 17.—-The oh -
activity in Archer County is rap-
dlv assuming the aspect of a stam- l|-
pede. A few weeks ago the gener-
al impression in touch with devel-
opments was that it would be nec-
essary for a new well or two to
come in for prospects to brighten.
But recent purchases and con-
tracts entered into assures the
drilling^ several new wells in lo-
calities that have not had teste,
potamia the allied operations had not
heen successful. Although the British
1 Sleet bad established its superiority on
| the sea, yet the German submarine j
The Wichita Falls Chamber of! blockade had developed Into a serious
Commerce through its traffic man-i menace a"'^II?,Pp,ng' ,
° . I Russia Still Powerful.
ager is working on the project and lttt—Germany no doubt believed
the influence of the West Texas <hat her advantage on the eastern
Chamber of Commerce has been I l ront at the J,osf of.,01,6 again warI
j ranted an offensive in the west, and
enlisted. A conference has been! attack against Verdun wai ac-
was withdrawn in January. In Meso- I a''ernfnt- *fl,s 'XdS temporary, and
«... Ta review of conditions made it appar-
:trranged to be held at Abilene on | eordlngly launched in the spring of
Jan. 22, at the annual meeting od 19,„G- BV waf1n?t
^ 7 i,n<* early in June, aided at Th# same
the vv est Texas Chamber of Com-j time by the threat of an Italian offen-
tneree. me in the west, she began the great
ent that America must make a supreme
material effort as soon as possible.
After duly considering the tonnage pos-
sibilities 1 cabled the following to
| Washington on July 6, 1917:
“Pluns should contemplate sending
! over at least 1.000.000 men by next
! May.” A general organization project,
j covering as far as possible the person-
j nel of all combat, staff and adminis-
trative units, was forwarded to Wash,
ington on July If. In this I stated:
Needed 1,000.000 Men. ' |
"It Is evident that a force of about I
1,000.000 is the smallest unit which in j
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which already has strengthened
leasing in these particular parts of
the county; while favorable re-
ports from other wells drilling
have created confidence in hereto-
jfore considered wildcat area. I
Inquiry at the Archer Realty
j company’s office, who recently sold
jthe lease on the Cowan ranch to A.
jJ. Bellport Jr. of Wichita Falls,
discloses the fact that the Royal
American Petroleum company has
purchased a part of this block of
acreage from Mr. Bellport for th®
consideration of $100,000 and the
drilling of a deep test thereo*.
iThis company has made its loca.
I tion on R. Carso» survey No. 157
I and signed contract to begin oper-
ations within the next thirty days.
I Embargo Will Cut Supply of Print
Paper. t
Washington, Jan. 20.—Americas
newspapers in the MiddleWest ap-
parently will be 40 per cent short
|°n their supply of paper, the State
Department announced today, ai^
;the result of an embargo placed
jby the Canadian Government os
• all shipmnts of news print paper.
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The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1920, newspaper, January 22, 1920; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729771/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.