The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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HOW BEAR IS BOSQUE COUNTY TO. OIL DEVELOPMENT?
Hie map or skytch .which you s^o
Wore you is to help got you oriental
with reference to actual oil produc-
tion. A glance at the map shows that
wo an in a so called “oil trend.” If
we had a geological map of this coun-
ty before us it would also show the
same thing and giro it a name. It
would show the meeting of two great
oil strata*—the one coming from the
coast and the other coming from the
North-west and having an pverUp-
ference in the surface of the land m
the eastern part of the county and in
the western part. In the one it is
Wore or less rolling while in the Wes-
tern part we have numerous so-called
upheavals. Little mountains up by
themselves, some in a regular trend,
us for instance the three sets of twin
mountains which run in a general
North and South direction from Wal-
nut Springs, Texas, through Meridian
and Clifton has the third set. To use
this area at an example and it is re-
peated elsewhere—we find numerous
group behind Mm who share his views J dollars
This county' should appreciate
work he has done and is doing.
For the past two years I have been
devoting my time to blocking acre-
age in the Western part of the coun- my family, but to the new people wh
ty and to calling on the oil fraternity
to secure assitance in getting devel-
opment. I have assembled some 60,-
000 acres in lease form and in an area
which I believe will be the largest oil
producing area so far found in Texas
ping formation. You seo quite a dif- and an oil wMch will be a Mgh grade
sweet” oil
We have two trunk lines for carry-
ing oil; one in the South-western, part
and owned by the Humble people and
one across the North end owned by
the Magnolia people. We have two
good railroads, a good highway, and
good crossroads with plenty of water
and fuel. In addition we have two
high lines running through the county
in a manner as to care for any needs
we may have for electricity. The Tex-
as-Louisiana Power Company which
has district headquarters at Clifton,
promised co-operation in
showings of shallow oil and outcrop-1 Texas, has
pings of coal much aa they have in every way.
Pennsylvania. Following out this In addition to Mr. Martin of Mor-
trend we have at the Northern limit gan, Texas, and the writer Dury L.
which will assist us in our quest for Helm of Clifton, Texas, there arc
oil a well which was put down by
Benedum and Trees of Pennsylvania
in about 1919. This well was esti-
mated as good for 1,250,000 cu. ft. of
gas and about 10 to 20 barrels of oil.
I am informed work was stopped due
to the fact that some land owners
would not lease their land and due
to the fact that some of the people
who had leased were greedy enough
to want more than their share and
sued or threatened to sue for their
leases. This well was just -across the
county line and in Somervell county.
Thence in a general South-east direc-
tion s test was put down just south
of Walnut Springe, Texas, in Bosque
county. This well had the sands and
black lime at about 1200 feet and
again at about 1800 feet but evident-
ly was on the “Fault” as the rocks
on the surface at this point slope
both ways as well as other indications.
This test in Bosque was probably
some ten miles from the Roger*
well. Now coming down all the way
to Clifton we And showings of oil in
wells and some as shallow as 80 feet.
Mr. Claude Martin of Morgan, Tex-
as, has probably done more work
toward getting oil development in this
county than any other man. He has
put down two deep tests in the past
few years near Kimball Bend in the
North-east part of the county. He be-
lieves in Bosque county and has a
some of the best men in Texas help-
ing with the work of interesting cap
ital in drilling here.
The majority of the oil companies
seem to think that the condition of
the oil industry at this time or for the
past several months has or does not
justify development just at this time.
We look for development some time
soon after the first of the year if the
condition of the industry in general
continues to improve and the plans
we have at present do not fall to
materialise.
This is near the end of the year.
Let’s take stock and see what we
have accomplished. I am posoitive
that practically every oil company of
any importance knows of the work
that is being done here and some of
the companies are checking it occa-
sionally. The Magnolia Oil Company
of Dallas, Texas, has made an owner
ship map of this county with the as-
sistance of Chas. K. Word and Mack
besides
two years of untiring work—in block-
ing losses and calls on the fraternity.
I believe that most of the people
in this countyju-e famijjar with me or
are property owners here I will give
the following brief statement. My
people came here from Kentucky. My
father was a farmer and a mill oper-
ator here for years. I was born here
and educated here and at A. A M
when I was graduated aa an “honor
graduate” and a Distinguished Stu-
dent in 1916. I served almost 'five
years, in the Regular Army and was a
1st Lieutenant at time I resigned. I
volunteered before I was 21 years of
age in order to keep other people
from going who were more valuable
at home than I and to help repay
the State that had educated me. I re-
fer you to almost anyone you care
to ask who has lived in Bosque county
for 25 years or more for references
as to my character.
Perhaps you may wonder why I
should be so interested in the work of
developing Bosque county. I owe what
I have to the co-operation of the peo-
ple here. I owe my ideas and stan-
dards to what you have taught me.
I will serve and am serving you as
truly a8-I did in the Army. I know
that if I make you money I too will
dfawn lease will cause you no trou
hie whatever and may mean a hugs
profit to you—even wealth. If
wanted to learn how to plow
would consult a man who was familiar
with this kind of work, so if you want
correct information on any lease then
consult with a man who habitually
handles this kind of instrument, not
a man who casually glances at it and
gives you his free opinion that it is
so and so when he it not at all famil-
iar with it. I use the latest form leas
es as they come out, all bring fora
88, which I believe are standard.
I am in this thing to the finish if
you are with me as I believe you are.
I appreciate the many kind things
which you have said and done and
want your future co-operation. When
I ask you for anything it is for your
benefit as a citizen and property own-
er of Bosque county.
Friends, this undertaking we are
on is a serious matter and one which
requires a great deal of hard work,
and it will take thousands of dollars
in addition. I must have solid blocks
of leases. When you want to keep out
a few acres you automatically kill
what chance you or your immediate
neighbors may have of getting a well.
We are not in the leasing business
we want production of crude oil. It
is the only permanent source of in-
share in the reward. If not directly ■ come. If anyone offers you more for
then indirectly. I know that about your royalty than your land is worth
two-thirds of the farms in Bosque it is up to you whether you sell some-
county are mortgaged and see no oth
er way to pay it off unless we expect
to live two or three hundred years.
I want this county to have everything
God placed here for us. We get noth-
ing by wishing but we do so by faith
and working toward our goal and by
teamwork.
.1 believe that with a little more
co-operation from the land owners
who have not joined us so far and the
same co-operation and well wishing
from the ones who have joined in
with me thqt in the coming year we
will get production. When I ask for a
lease it Is not an imposition on you.
Your lease is valueless at tMs time
thing which you do not know whether
it is worth a dime or not until you
actually have production. It is nearly
something for nothing—no it isn’t
this but it does make up for some
poor crops which we have had. If you
want to make money out of leases
go where they have production and
try your luck there but not some
place where you cannot give a lease
away. When you talk to your neigh-
bor about leasing or renewing a lease
talk favorably—it is very little after
all. A man or group of men who will
risk $50,000 on a 20-inch hole in the
ground deserve large profits if they
hit oil
To protect the interest of the coun
and will continue to be until some one
, develops it for you. If he makes your ty I am going to invite a number o'
Bertelson of Meridian, Texas, and the,land worth 100 dollars for a lease per!people to join me in an oil associa-
writer of this. The engineer they sent acre he haa automatically made your
down was indeed a wonderful map 1-8 royalty worth about four time3
this amount and without any expense
to you. If you think that a lease
clouds the title to your land, think
what a deplorable condition most of
the land in Texas is, for a lot of it ia
leased. Write to the legal depart-
ment of any responsible oil company
and they will tell you that a properly
tion which will investigate any and all
people who propose to operate here;
check over the kind of lease used, etc.,
etc., and try in every way not only
to get development but to have every-
one working together. Remember
“United we stand but divided we fall.’’
I will be with you again soon and
stronger than ever.
Dury L. Helm.
man and has done us a piece of work
which is worth thousands of dollars
in helping straighten out our land
lines. The average man cannot appre -
ciate this due to his lack of experi-
ence with the records at the County
Seat. I cannot say how much money
has been spent, but several thousand
HILLSBORO DEPUTY
RECOVERS CATTLE
Hillsboro, Dec. 20.—The Hillsboro
sheriff’s department is getting a rep-
utation for being quick in finding lost
articles and getting their man.
Last Friday night Ed Ramsey of
Covington had six calves stolen. The
loss was not discovered until 10
o’clock Monday morning. The sheriff’s
department was then notified.
Deputy Sheriff R. G. Wilkerson Was
put on the calves’ trail. He is noted
for getting what he goes after. So
Tuesday he found three of the calves
in Fort Worth and the Johnson coun-
ty authorities helped him locate three
in Cleburne.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Valley Mills, Bosque county, Texas,
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IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday School at 9:80.
On account of the extreme cold
pCHMay, the pastor postponed his
farewell sermon to Sunday morning
The installation of Rev. Obenhaus
will therefore take place Sunday sf
ternoon at 2:80. Rev. W. Bewie of
Waco, a former pastor, will preach
and install the new pastor, assisted
by Rev. Bartling.
Rev. Obenhaus will preach.his in-
itial sermon on Jan. 15; German in
the morning and English at night, at
the usual hours, 10:30 a. m. and 7
p. m.
Rev. A. Bartling.
ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE
“One of every five persons in the
United States owns an automobile,”
according to figures printed in Bar
ron’s Financial Weekly. “A world
survey shows a car to every 66 per
sons,” reads Barron’s. “About 95 per
cent, or 27,050,267 of all cars regis-
tered were of American manufacture.
Canada and Hawaii rank second to
United States in proportion «$. popu-
lation owning automobiles, with one
in eleven persons. New Zealand has
1 for every 12; Australia and Den-
mark 1 to every 17; United Kingdom
1 to every 48; Argentina 1 to every
45, and France 1 to every 46. India
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9:45 i
Morning WornWp 11
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with 1 to every 8,898 persons, has the
smallest proportion among the first
26 motorised countries.”
P. T. A. NOTES
The next regular meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association will be
in the high school auditorium Wed
nesday afternoon, January 11, at 8:15
Every parent and friend of the Clif
ton public school is urged to be pres-
ent.
Program:
15 Minute Program, Third Grade.
Topic—“Thrift.”
Leader—Mrs. L. E. Tennison.
Business.
—-Publicity Committee.
used is China at
social, religious, and military func-
tions, and at births and funerals. Red
firecrackers are for the common peo-
ple, yellow for the aristocracy, and
green for the officers of the law.
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OLD AGE PENSIONS COMING
Conditions, too, are steadily shap-
ing themselves for the introduction of
“old age pensions” in this country
juptas they have long existed in Eng-
land and other European nations. In
one or two Southern legislatures last
winter, we believe, measures were in-
troduced looking to old age pensions,
and this reform will come more
quickly than almost anybody real-
izes, because the ground haa already
been well prepared for it. We refer
to the fact that in every state now.
some thousands or ten of thousands
of old men, Civil War veterans, are
now receiving government pensions,
and these pensions in recent years $27,600 due Clarence Darrow, who
headed the defense counsel during the
Leopold-Loeb trial, and $15,000 and
$10,000, respectively, due to Benja-
min and Walter Bachrach, who assist-
ed in the defense.
have increased rather than decreased.
Yet in a few years these old soldiers
will practically all have passed on,
you »nd when that time comes, the states
you will no doubt decide that just aa much
money as they have been spending
for veterans’ pensions may be worth-
ily spent on the aged poor, even if
the recipient were bom too late to
serve in a war.
Furthermore, the growing human-
ity of our people frill quickly recog-
nise the fact that an aged woman
deserves a pension just as much as
any soldier who ever lived. We have
before us now a letter from an old
woman, 76 years old, who haa worked
hard Ml her life, and whose husband
died two years ago. As she writes:
“He was helpless and sick for over
two years and what little money we
had, had to be spent in medicines and
nurses to keep him comfortable. Now
I am in a destitute condition and do
not know what is to become of me,
as I am not even able to pay up his
funeral expenses. I have only a little
home and if I sell that I will have to
go to the poorhouse—a thought that
makes me shudder. I have worked all
my life and to be on charity now at
76 years is too hard.”
In contrast to this method of treat-
ing our aged poor in this country, it
is gratifying to recall a picture that
still lingers in our memory from a
visit to Denmark fifteen years ago.
Across the street from our hotel we
noticed the longest line of old people
we had eyer seen together—all white-
haired, some crippled, and many with
sticks or crutches, but yet without the
abject, cowed, broken-spirited and
heart-broken look of folka who have
been forced to beg aims or driven to
a poorhouse. They were old men and
women receiving their “old age pen-
sions,” not as charity, but as a duty
owed by the government to the old
who had long lived and labored as it*
citizens. In fact, they had no more
reason to think of their old age pen-
sions as charity than a child thinks
of its public school as charity.—Edi-
tor Clarence Poe, In The Progressive
Farmer.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Notice is here given that there will
be a stockholders meeting of the
First National Bank In Clifton, Texas
at their banking rooms on January
10th, 1928, (at 2 o’clock p. m.) which
is the second Tuesday of Januray, for
the purpose of electing directors for
the ensuing year and such other bus-
iness as may properly come before
them.
R. R. Waldrop, Chairman,
tfc THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RICHARD LOEB IGNORED
IN HIS FATHER’S WILL
New York, Dec. 80.—Albert H.
Loeb of Chicago, who died in October,
1924, after his son, Richard!, had been
convicted of murder and sent to pris-
on for life with Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
left a gross estate of $3,233,360, a
transfer tax appraisal revealed Fri-
day. Hia wife, Anna Loeb, was named
sole beneficiary.
The will made no mention of hia
son, though it was drawn up five
years before his conviction.
The debts and administrative ex-
penses, totaling $1,620,543, included
In the Pretoria district of South
Africa, it is not uncommon to see pig-
sties and stables made of marble
cemented with mud.
Arrows peifhting north have been
painted on thirteen lighthouses on the
east coast to guide aviators.
The best of workers gst out of
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Bilious Fever and Materia
It kills the germs.
T. C. Coston
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office, Downstairs in Brooks building
Next dppr to Corner Drug Store
telephones: Office 80; Residence 78
Jas. M. Robertson
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
MERIDIAN —o- TEXAS
J. T. Hill Dray Line
Freight and Transfer Hauling of AO
Kinds. Baggage Called Far
and Delivered.
Day Phone 287. Night Phone 256
Clifton, : Texas
D. J. THOMAS, Jr
—Phone 51—
Waco Daily
Comeil O. Brown
Chiropractor
OFFICE HOURS
For Clifton
AFTERNOONS:—
* Wednesday—8 to I.
Saturday-8 to 6.
FORENOONS:—
Monday—8 to IX
Thursday—9 to IX
Sunday—8 to IX
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928, newspaper, January 6, 1928; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775086/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.