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FRIDAY JUXE 30. 1922
TEXAN'S INCOME
IS $66 A MINUTE
Colonel Humphreys Gives John D.
Run for His Money.
UCCESS GOMES IN A YEAR
el, Who It Now the Largest
Jucer in the Mexia Field.
plisrud or Developed His
Income Within the Short
Twelve Months Is Pro
ducing at the Rate of 22,000,000
Barrels of Crude Oil Yearly.
Col. A. V.. Humphreys of Moxin,
Tew, promises tu give John I). Rocke
feller a "run for his money The
colonel, a year ago needing money to
develop his ilrt well, now Is getting
an Income of .$;h.(aMm)0 yearly and
hasn't reached his limit.
The Humphreys Interests In the
Mcx.u wells- today are producing near
ly four times the crude oil dally that
Is being produced by the entire stato
of Pennsylvania.
The United States geological sur
vey gave Pennsylvania's production
for the month as ;"MUK0 barrels, or a
total of 7.nki,(M)0 barrels for llrJl.
According to 'Colonel Humphreys,
the oil actually run to storage and tho
ank car shipments from his company
o 24 hours endlm? at seven
ntly amount-
ore
V.
actually
Income $100,000 a Day.
"Within sixty days the company's
production," pa hi Colonel Humphreys,
'will be 100.000 barrels daily, and
within four months it should be above?
l&UXM) barrels. The oil aciu.ii'y
moved from mir wells for every day of
the new year has been more than oO,-
0(H) barrels, with several Inside pro
ducing wells 'pinched In. "
The income for the Humphreys in
terests today Is at a rate of approxi
mately $100.000 every 24 hours, more
than $.1.000,000 every 30 days, or more
than $ad.000,000 yearly.
To realize more fully just what tre
mendous Income this Is, just Imagine
that for each hour of the night ami
duy you were receiving $1.000, which
Is more than $GY every minute. One
scarcely could blame the colonel for
taking a few weeks off for a trip to
Cuba, the Panama canal and a tishing
trip on the coast of Florida.
He had accomplished or developed
all this income within the short space
of twelve months. A year ago tho
colonel was bending his energy and
that of his then small organization to
obtain leases covering the structure
on which he now Is getting this largo
production. His work was so well
done that today, as the structure is
being defined by the bit of the drill,
he owns more than SO per cent of tho
producing area of the Mexia Held.
Price and Prcductlon.
From the business side of the pro
ducing end of the oil industry the
Important thing is that of knowing in
adance Just what you may expect In
the way of price fr the crude pro
duced. This Colonel Humphreys has
fixed to the extent of :13,W0. M bar
rels, which be sold t the Standard
and Sinclair interest at a fixexd pri - 0
of .Sl.fr) a barrel. That will amount
to nlmot $.() ta-o.!Ho at the present
rate of production.
In addition to that ::t.nMN bar
rels, the colonel has contracted to de
ller to the Pure Oil company a u:ul
liiiiin of J0,(ki barrels daily, which
gives an additional oiitltt f r more
than T.U'O.chx harre! of crude thH
)cur. And It's all at a price not less
than $l.r0 n barrel.
Preparations ai" under way to care
for this oil. Ti e Prairie Oil & Cn
company, lite Sinclair Crude oil Pur
chasing airoicy and the Humphrey.!
Pine oil Line apany have un
der construction i. nkage to stom
mole than h k .Oto barrels of crude
The Pure . .1 company i sh':pp'ng br
tank car to the tlusf coast an average
dally of l.tHi l.:;rielu. There it is
loaded !n I. ucrs, shipped to MarcmJ
Hook. Pa.. Mid put i; storage.
Save Day Buried in Tobacco 15 Days.
Fifteen dats after It had been harled
tnder a stack of tobacco, a d(.g ..
longing to T. J. Hiuner. of WUmore.
Ky.. was rescued nnd revived. The
dog lay on the leaves of o pile of
Jvbacco and nai covered!.
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TREES GIVEN EXPERT Cdc
Body, of Pubüc-SpIrltJd LosAngsles
:Men Recognize the Impor
tance of the Work.
Recognizing that the average citi
zen, or average laboring man, knows
IP tie or nothing about moving trees,
a group of Los Angeles men have or
ganized a company which has for its
purpoe the transplanting of trees,
and the removul of trees and stump
about the city.
The tree and stump company Is i
decidedly mobile organization. IU
men travel In automobiles, carrying
their tools and tree-moving machln
ery In trailers behind the cars. Thus
equipped they are prepared to go
quickly to any location about the city
wherever their services are required.
The mechanical appliances of tree
transplanting, and tree and stump re
moval, are few nnd simple. There Is
nn abundance of block-and-tackle
equipment for the handling of large
heavy trees, and a compact windlass
! of special design Is used for pulling
trees out by the roots.
When a tree Is merely to be re
moved, a stream of water played from
a hose Is used to dislodge the earth
from the roots. If the tree has to
be moved any great distance, heavy
wire netting Is wrapped about the
rootR to hold the earth Intact. This
Is then re-enforced with rope, and the
tree Is Jacked onto roller doll Irs for
transportation. At Its new location
the wire netting Is removed, and
blocks and tackle are used to hoist It
Into position. John Edwin Hogg In
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
NEWCOMERS WANT TO KNOW
Questions Intending Residents Will
Ask Before They Decide on
Locating In Any Town.
Questions that people ask about
your town before they decide to make
j It their town:
!' Attractiveness: Shall I like the
town Its "atmosphere?" Poos It have
the beauty of shaded streets nnd
her beautiful feature's? Is It a quiet, j
my, airy, weii-ngineu townr uoes
have attractive public buildings and j
omes? Is it well paved? Js It clean
hn every sense?
Ilealthfulness: will my ramuy ana
I huvo n reasonable chanc to keep
well In that town? How about Its
water supply? Its sanitary system?
Its methods of milk Inspection? Its
health department? Its hospitals?
Is It without any congested district?
Education: Can I educate my
family and myself In that town? How
about Its public schools present and
future? Its Institutions of higher edu
cation or of business training? Its
libraries? Its lecture and concert
courses? Its newspapers? Its postal
facilities?
People: Shall I like the people of
the town? Are they "home folks"
without false excltnivonoss? Are they
neighborly and friendly? Is the town
free from factionalism?
Recreation: Can I have a good time
In that town I and my family? How
about the 1 heaters, museums, gym
nasiums, parks, ete.? Are Inviting op
portunities for pleasure drives afforded
by well paved streets? L. N. Flint,
Department of Journalism, University
of Kansas.
Railroads to Plant Trees.
A tree planting campaign will bo
started all along the Itock Island lines,
the American Forestry association an
nounces. Tho plans as worked out In
clude tree planting suggestions and
beautlficatlon plans for the stations
nnd tho homes of tho employees of
that railroad. The Kock Island Maga
zine, the association says, will an
nounce the outline of the work In the
next Issue of that publication which
goes to all Its workers. "This Is one
of the most constructive programs yet
presented." said Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Forestry as
sociation. "The plans hook up with our
educational campaign for studying
trees now being Introduced In the
schools through our national refer-
j endum for the choice of a tree n:ot
j typical of America. The association
I will send free tree-planting lnstruc
I Hons to any who ask."
Fcr Memorial Park3.
Members of Company C. 101th Kn
giheers, are planning a memorial tree
planting In Stacy Park. Trenton. New
Jersey. A tablet is to be erected In
the center of a cluster of six oak trees,
to be planted to mark the memory of
the six Trenton members of the or
ganization who were killed in action,
says the American Forestry Magn
rlne. Another planting of ISO oak
tres along the Lincoln highway Is
also arranged for. to perpetuate the
memory of the 1 .soldiers of Tren
ton and Mercer County, who died inj
the war. The American Forestry As- j
oclatlon Is registering all memorial
trees In a national honor roll.
Had Done That.
I Tin not quite sure abont your wah- J
! Ing machine. Will you demonstrate
it ngaluV" .
"No, madam. We only do one week's '
wstlüDg." Louisville Courier-Journal.
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OLDEST GHOST
ABOUT TO STIR
Every Twelve Years Since Span
ish Invasion Body of Mur
der jd Priest Appears.
WON'T STAY INTERRED
Spaniard Killed by Indians In New
Mexico Who Feared He Would
Cetray Them to Spanish
Invaders
Islet a, N M. Here reposes at pres
ent the oldest and most persistent
ghost in America. This might be In
scribed In the Utile adobe church
here.
Long ago, at the time of the first
Spanish Invasions of southwestern
America, a Spanish friar was cap
tured by the Indians. Although kept
as a prisoner for a time, he later won
their confidence and as years went
by was admitted to their peculiar re
ligious and political circles.
At last the rumor reached the tribe
of the advance of Coronado in search
of treasure. The Indians feared
treachery on the part of their Span
ish friend and one night he was
stabbed to death by one of the more
skeptical members of the tribe.
The medicine men were horrified at
the crime, for not only had they com
to respect the Spaniard's Christian
teachings, but had made him a par
ticipator In their own religion. And
above all, they knew what might be
expected of enraged Spaniards If they
should discover the crime.
Buried Near Altar.
The . priest's body w as hastily
wrapped In a sheet and without any
prayer or ceremony burled deep In
front of the altar In the little Chris
tian church In Isleta.
Coronado's men never learned of
the crime, but a few years later u pe
culiar mound appeared In front of the
altar In the little church. The horri
fied natives observed the mound was
exactly the length and width of o
man's body. Soon the hard earth floor
cracked and one morning. Just 12
years after the burial of the priest,
his body was discovered lying face up
,ward above tho spot where he had
been burled.
On examination it was found that
the body was soft, as though the
His Body Was Discovered.
priest had been dead but a few days.
and the wound In his back was clot
ted with fresh blood. There seemed
to be nothing to do but to bury him
again. This they did and were care
ful to press the earth down very
firmly.
It was no use. The crack re
appeared and widened and at the end
of another 12 years they found him
lying there again. And as before the
body showed no sign of decomposi
tion. Ghost Appeared.
This went on every 12 years untU
1012. Then when, according to habit,
the ghost appeared, the old nieu called
a council. The governor was seut for.
ns well as the priest of the parish ano
the archbishop of Santa Fe nnd a vis
itlng ciwdlnal from Home. They al'
came and a paper was signed to tl
effect that they had seen the body
Aga hi It was burled, but this time it.
a heavy oak casket, and over th
grave, ami een over the whole floo
of the church, was laid and nailed i
heavy plank floor.
Plank floors are not common In lit
tie adobe churches in this region, an
this is the explanation of the mo
truthful man In Isleta. Pair now
plalnJy visible, there Is a bulze In tl
planking the size of a man's ho
and the nails In the floor protrude !
Apparently the ghost Is tr; 'r.p u
come again to Isleta. and the towns
IH'ople are looking forward apprehen
sively to 1921.
Release Wounded Eagle.
Huntington. Pu. An eagle, wound
ed seven weeks .igo near here, has jusl
heeli r-'eused from the highest leak
of th? Allegheny mountains. The
cost of Its food was the reason for
giving It Its liberty, the bird eating
three jkounds of beefsteak dally.
The bird, since It was hurt, has
been kept In a cage and cared for by
game wardens. The eagle was wound
ed by a farmer who was "tired of gee
lug It hanging around hU (arm.
Hw did ym neighbor's
last bantam toe ton-mi out
ROB ABLYyou know
at least one car-owner
who is always on
the look-out for the
cheapest tires he can
find. He likes to get them by mail
or at a sale or at some place
where they have big red bargain
signs over the door.
It would be fine if he could
get "the edge" in every tire
trade
But the dealer can't afford to
let him have it.
Even if a man saw any slight
percentage in tire shopping at
ail it disappeared when
Usco ' brought the
down.
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ROYAL FLUSH PROVES FATAL
With Perfect Hand and Thirty Cents
in Pot Prayer Collapses in
New York.
New York. Philip Pronner, age six-
ty-scven, a retired tailor, sat In a fam
ily poker game with Mathew Kantro-
wlti, Ills nephew, and Benjamin Levy,
his son-in-law, at the nephew's home.
Brenner dealt. There was 30 cents
In the pot. Ktvntrowltz tossed m an
other dime. Levy raised lo cents,
Brenner peeped at his five cards and
eleasetl a dime. Nobody drew cards.
Suddenly the cards fell from Bren
aer's hand, and he tlld under the
able. Jocph's hospital announced
Irenner dead of apoplexy. Tht medi
al examiner of Queens, who also was
ailed, attributed death to excitement
ver the ranN I ! eld.
The nephew and son-in-law cx:!i)
ned Brmner's h:md where it fell
he table. The cards weie the v.
ilng. quefn, Jack, and ten of hearts
i royal Hush the highest hand h
dhle In a inker pune.
Horde Opens Door With Teeth.
Chester, Pu. When a stable hen
aught fire, an old horse walked
to the door, slipped the bolt with his
reeth, and walked out of the reach
.f the Harnes.
The building was owned by John S.
Lyndell, who was overjoyed to hear
als old friend neigh a welcome. Nc
ther animals were iu the ham.
The Flowered Chlntx Made Up Into
WtJtrabli Bummer Frock.
An out-in-thc-opentlrc The dealer
sells you confidence, not price. He
wants you satisfied with performance
and value. The only way he knows
to get your business is to de
serve it.
This is the "Usco" idea.
Compared with the
ten-minute thrill of
the bargain appeal,
the "Usco ' is ju$r
plain common
sense
the
price
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stands for the best things in life,
in the town and country homes.
It advocates improvements, bet
ter roads, better schools, better
churches, and the greatest politi
cal freedom and honesty in pub
lic aff airs. The Courier has not
and does not hesitate to assail
men or methods that stand in the
way of the greatest good to the
greatest number. Every progress
sive family in the county should
be a subscriber. Yours is needed
now. Send it in. Do it now.
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O' the realties and dlillcultles of
married life, of the silence of raising
and educating children, nut one Amer
ican girl in a thousand Is ever taught
anything. No doubt the bright onei
learn from experience. No douht many
of them are brilliantly successful
wives and mothers in spite of every
thing. But America leads the world In
divorce; It has a very hlh Infant
death rate, and It also, we are told,
has the worst home cooking In tho
world, says the Los Angeles Times.
Would a four-year high school course
In the business of being a wife remedy
these things? Students of the subject
seem to think it would help.
Mrs. W. P. Kirk wood of St Paul. In
a talk the other day to dub women,
said that " tho right kind of mothers
are of the stuff that patriots are made.
"Mother huve lately bon fuased over,"
she aldf "praised and udvlsed until It
Is hard to Judge whh-h has suffered
most, the child or the mother. I be
lieve the average Intelligent mother Is
doing her bet to bring up her children.
Site has the big task now of rearing not
only sons, but daughters for citizen
ship. Jit her find a iur.lv. &nb!u
&ti cinple way.
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HOW CO YOU SAY IT?
By C. N. LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
AGGRAVATED' AND 'PROVOKED'.
44T WAS so aggravated that I almost
A becaine 111," said a woman to
whom something vexatious had hap
pened. S'he way guilty of an error of
speech which Is quite common, and
which Is condemned by all authorities
on English. The word "aggravate" is
derived from a Latin word nu-anlng
'to Increase In weight," and In Kngllsh
usage should be employed only to mean
"to Increase In gravity or &everity, to
become worse." Therefore, It In cor
rect to My that a disease or a misfor
tune mny be aggravated, but not the
person who has the dl venae or Is sub
ject to the misfortune.
Bur this la drifting somewhat from
our subject. It Is to bo borne In mind
that "aggravated" does not mean end
enould never be used In the sense of
"angry," "vexed." "exasperated.- -irrt-tated,"
etc. In the sentence with which
thls'artlcle began any of these four
words, or a word of similar meaning,
thould be substituted for MaggravaUdV
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