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CARRl'.0,0. LINCOLN COUNTY. NHW MHXICO, FKIUAY. OCTOHI5R 24, V)V)
NUM1IKR 43
HEW MEXICO OIL NEWS
The McOuc oil well, near Tu
cumcari, struck a pocket uf u as
last week at 2,300 left which
caused oxcltiiicnl tu run high.
Mr. McGcc, who is a geologist of
note, said there was no need to get
uxoited, as striking gas was but
an indication that oil in quantity
would very likely be struck later,
lie intends to sink about 1 100 feet
deeper, and will be disappointed
if he docs not strike oil before
Christinas. The drill is now in
what is known as the Peusylva
ilia formation, which he r-stiinatos
to be about 800 feet thick.
Tuoumcari N. M. Last April
McGee decided to make a location
and started drilling backed by
Capital from the Texas oil fields
and has never asked this vicinity
for one cent. His company, rely
iti; upon Mr. McGcc's judgment,
have never lost faith in him and
money has always been forth
coming to meet the heavy expense
of sinking a deep test well in
wildcat territory. The best rig
obtainable was placed on the lo
cation and no expense or induce
ment was spared to secure expert
drill operators from the Ranger
Held to do the work which has
been done witli speed. Today
thuy are again potiudiug away in
the Pennsylvania formation witli
chuuees of striking oil or gas at
any time. Investors are here
from everywhere with the utmost
confidence ill the outcome.
A long as the lime formation
is prevalent it is not expected to
it tit! oil but there is 11 possibility
of gas, but when sand is struck
the chances are that oil will be
found. At present those in
uharge of operations are quite
hopeful. They have taken
Chances in opening up this new
lield and their efforts are deser
ving of success. It means much
to them hut more to Tuctuncari
ami (Juay county if oil Is found
in paying quantities.
The real estate offices arc being
visited by those who believe oil
will be found soon. All cheap
lots have been contracted for in
the desirable residential part of
town, while residences are being
sold to those who expect to make
this their home. Prices on town
property are climbing skyward
while farms east and south of
town are being leased at prices
ranging from ten to twenty-live
dollars per acre.
The rumor of oil at Tucumcari
has caused those interested in the
Hondo oil Ileitis to speed up.
The big oil drill recently shipped
from California is being hauled
to the well site, close to I'icacho.
Qscuro, in the uothcru part of
the Tttlarosa iiasiu, and eighteen
miles south of Carrizozo, expect
tu tap an oil pool within u few
months, with good luck. The
opinion of the geologist who ex
amined the surface formation pro
iiUtinsQil It favorable for oil.
The drill will prove whether the
geologist was right or wrong.
Nearly erery week now aeon
(m of oil production in New
MSpieO, or of wurts striking the
oil anuria, gut, tie.
tl Is vity likely that oil will he
frjtlHtt tfl Keriuus (tarts of New
Mftik $5jnre- very long. The
rtpjrla Cud investigations of
flltHlcfpijSjniiil well-known geolo
gists OatjK that opinion. ,
Qltr display of comforts, blan
keUi ulc. is the most complete in
OfirffilUii). H Will pay you to
iSiTUale. UarrUtJid Trodii
It
The Red Cross Campaign
Local Chairmen. K'cmcuiher
that the school teachers of your
district arc at your disposal. All
the members of the American
Legion will help you. The Red
Cross Magazine subscriptions of
SI. 00 each during the drive and
membership fees of SI. 01) each do
nut count on your quota. If a
man donates or subscribes S10.00
to the campaign and wants to
join the Red Cross and take the
magazine, you should collect $2
more. 'All that is required of
you is your best efforts. lCulist
as many workers as you need.
Don't stay out of the campaign
because you think you lack cer
tain ijiialillcatious. Remember
what the old Spartan latlv told
her son when he wanted to stay
out of the battle because his
sword was too short, "just take
a step forward," she said," ,11ml
make up for the length of your
blade," so just put a little more
energy Into the thing and you
will make up for what you think
you lack.
School Teachers. - Sec the lo
cal chairman of the Drive and
place your services at his dispo
sal. Do not confine yourselves
to the work of getting members
for the Junior Red Cross, you are
wanted also in the "Dig Drive"
Read the literature that has
been scut to the local chairmen
for distribution. If you failed to
get copies call on them or write
to the county chairman. Think
on the matter, write for sugges
tions and rcmcuhcr that you are
on the ground and your sugges
tions to the local chairman and
to the county chairman, will be
appreciated. If you are filling
your job clear lull, people arc
looking to you to sec what you do
in these matters and they will
listen to you.
The American Legion. Dur
ing the time, you were in the ser
vice there was liardl y a day, or a
condition under which you drilled
or fought, hut that you could
turn and from where you stood,
see the Red Cross Flag Hying or
the ambulance with its Cross on
either side and a man at the
wheel waiting to take care of you
if you needed care. Now you are
back in Civil Life and the op
portunity is given you to show
your appreciation of what the
Red Cross did for you and for
your comrades and your apprecia
tion of what it was ready to do
for you but it so happened that
you did not require.
Now you are Hiked to contri
bute to the Red Cross and alto,
rmueinber the also, help put
thit thing over. Dnu't let any
body lomljyou in work like this,
A man who has worn the unilorm
of the United State should never
be (omul anywhere but in the
"Pint Wave" of a campaign like
thit. If you want information
hk to what il it best for you to do,
write for it. If you can make
suggestions that will help, make
them to the County Chairman or
to your local chairman. Kind
out who your local chairman is.
Is Promoted
II. S. Kalrhnnk, who hag been
trainmaster here the past ten
yenre, has boon promoted to su
perintendent of the western divi
sion with headquarters at Don-
!;lus. James Nath succeeds Mr.
'nlrbauk here and has already
astumed his duties, while Mr.
Fairbank has gone to Douglas to
assume his otl'tcc. Mrs. Knlrbank
and sou expect to leave boon after
the first tu make their home at
Douglas,
CAMIZOZO SCHOOL NOTES
hUl'T. It. II Clll.lt.
The total enrollment, up to the
end of the October school mouth,
is 388, an increase of about 40
over the mouth of September.
Three of the rooms of the dis
trict have over 40 pupils in each
room,
On Friday afternoon, Oct. 24,
all the rooms of the city schools
will have exercises in honor of
Theodore Roosevelt, one of the
out-standing presidents of the
United States. Roosevelt, the
honest ami brave statesman, the
warrior, the explorer, the natural
ist, the lover of nature anil the
great outdoors, the wielder of the
"big stick" against entrenched
wrong, will lie Honored next en-
day afternoon by millions of
American children.
During this week and nexl
week, the school 4 are conducting
a drive for membership in the.
Junior Red Cross. Already a
large percentage of the pupils
have taken memberships, twenty
five cents each, and have put
quite a bit of money into the
'sacrifice boxes". The money
which goes into the "sacrifice
boxes" is what would ordinarily
be spent for1 candy, chewing gum
and oilier little luxuries dear to
the small boy or girl. Miss Hol
land's room bought a bushel of
pup corn in small sacks and read
ily sold it. The proceeds went in
to the Red Cross fund. Mrs.
Carlisle's room made a lot of
candy anil sold it at a good profit
in a very few minutes, putting
the proceeds into the Red Cross
fund. Other methods will be
followed in the next few days
ami the Carrizozo schools arc
going to c-iitribiite a very neat
amount to tile Red Cross, "The
tlreat Mother of Mankind".
The following incident occurr
ed in the experience of the writer
of this column and wilj soon ap
pear in a hook to be published by
a college professor in one of the
state institutions of New Mexico.
The article will appear as fol
lows: "I am reminded of an in
cident in actual business life that
came to my observation. One
Saturday morning, 1 stepped into
the office of a friend .1 railroad
official, in Pueblo. The latter
remarked that he watt feeling
'"jluc" that morning. When
ashed the cause of his depression
he replied something after this
fashion. 1 have a very deat
friend a real pal -working under
me; he Is faithful, honest, true,
an efficient man in the work re
quired in hit position. He is re
ceiving $2500 a year. A position
hat become vacant paying $1000
per annum, This "pal 0' mino'
expected to be promoted to the
place. I wanted to put him there
but could not. And why? Just
one reason; he murders the I5n
glish Inugtiagu. When 1 am
away lie mutt meet and deal with
big men, the "higher ups", college-bred
men, men of refinement
and culture, men with power of
exact expression; he must discuss
business with them, take them
out to luncheons, and be on an
equal footing with them a man
among men. He cannot 111! the
place just because of his lack of
a good high school education."
The following is also a true
story in the experience of the
writer: "A few years ago, while
tuachitig in La Junta, Colorado,
I was one day passing the office
of the railway division superin
tendent. He cull mc into his of
fice and said he had just received
a telegram from hcadquuturs.
He showed it to mc and the sub
stance of it was this: "lha, other
things being equal, whenever
anyone applied for a position ul
any place along the Santa Fo
system, give the preference to
high school graduates," This is
another bit of evidence that edu
cation makes any man a still
better man.
Only A (his Pocket
Those who wont to Tucumcari
from this point to Investigate
the oil excitmeut in that dis
trict have returned. They stated
they saw no oil, and learned that
110 oil came from the well. A
pocket of gas was struck however
which caused the exriluu ill. Mr.
McGee and the people generally
regret the report being circulated
by some iiiYcspniisiblc person, as
11 false report injures the oil busi
ness, and the to.vu itself. Those
engaged in buying mil selling
lauds, lots and oil leases, are re
ported to have done 11 "hind ollice
business" for several days, until
the truth became known, It is
believed however, that nil will be
struck in the well within a short
time, when the drill is about 1000
feet deeper.
Mininj; 011 Reservations
A law was passed by congress
last June authorizing leasing,
locating and developing of tin
alloted hinds 011 Indian reserva
tions for minerals. The secretary
was empowered to formulate rules
and regulations governing such
leases and the time set for enter
ing these lands is 12 o'clock 111,
oil Saturday, November 1, V)V).
About twenty-two townships
have been illsignatcd by the de
partment which may be entered
on the Mescaloro reservation,
just south of us. This area,
about half a million acres, is gen
erally supposed to contain some
very valuable mineral deposits,
ami there will probably hen great
many prospectors to take advant
age of the opening.
Distinguished Visitors
m V
Paul Ginther and Victor A. Ca
brera, of HI l'.iso, arc visiting in
Carrizozo this week. Mr. O hi
ther, It is said, has the reputation
of building the most modern ho
tel in the tcpuhlic of Mexico, the
one at the Santa Rosalia hot
springs. Kach room is equipped
with tt telephone ami other mo
dern fixture. He also has the
distinction of Introducing the
first traction engine to Mexlro,
and are used in many mining dis
tricts 111 the republic, lioth gen
tlemen may remain in Carrisoso
ami vicinity several days,
Preparing to Drill
Preparations to drill for oil at
rtcuclin ure well under way.
The derrick timbers are on the
ground and the drill tools also.
The derrick will bo erected at
once, tlie boiler sot ami every
thing will he ready for spudding
in within sixty days or less.
The company is building a
large hunk house to care for Its
workmen. Tents are now used
by the workmen pending the com
pletion of the bunklioitse. The
title of the concern Is the Nation
al Kxploratiou Company and is
lliiauced by a combination of sub
stantial oil men in New York.
The company has leases 011 75
000 acres of land in the Plcacho
Tiuiiic country and is under con
tract to sink six wells, the dates
scattering along throughout the
coming year.
New Records received weekly.
Hear the Now Kdisou. The
Phonograph-with a soul. Cnrri
zozo Trading 'Co. It
EX-SERVICE MEN'S COLUMN
1. I am an ex-service man and
have served in the United States
Army for four years and nine
months. My folks are in Huropc,
The last letter received from them
was on February 2, l'ito. Kind
ly advice me lit the Hx-Scrvico
Column how to communicate with
thorn. S. 1). Denver
Answer If you will goto the
ucarust Home Service Section and
ask them to send ail inquiry for
you hack to your family, they
will forward the message to the
Foreign and Insular Division of
the Red Cross, the Headquarters
of which are In Washington, I).
C. You must give an accurate
an address of your family as pos
sible, and through Red Cross re
presentatives, your people will be
located if possible. There are a
few countries with which com
munication has not yet been
established, but as you did not
state what country your people
are living in, we are unable to
point out definitely the communi
cation situation.
2 Have recently been dis
charged from the Army, after
two years' service, and under
stand nan secure information from
you regarding Government lauds
that have been opened for home-
stcadiug to discharged soldiers.
Will you please send such infor
mation as you have for distribu
tion regarding this? Thanking
you for any interest taken. F.
H. II. Las Vegas, N. M.
Answer. Honorably discharg
ed service men can take up home
steads and are given credit for
the term of their service on the
three years residence period re
quired 011 homesteads, provided
however, that thuy must main
tain a residence of at least one
year on the land. This applies
to men who nerved on the Mexl
can llordnr as well as those who
served in the war with Germany
If a man was wounded, heobtains
credit for his wliole term of en
listment. If you had two years
service, you would be able Intake
up a homestead after one year's
residence, which means that you
would have to live oil it actually
only seven mouths. If you write
l'i the General Laud Ofllce, De
partment of the Interior, Wash
ington, D. C, and ask for a Cir
cular S41 you will get complete
information under the title of
"Suggestions to Homesteaders
and Persons Desiring to make
Homestead F,utries." Ask also
for Circular No. 041 which ex
plains fully the status of ex-service
man in this respect.
3 The Vocational Doard Iiiib
led-ma to believe that I can go to
school at Government expense,
because 1 have been wounded in
the Argonne, hut I also under
stand the compensation which 1
am now getting will he cut off if
I go to school. If you can toll
me about this, I will lie very
thankful. F. 10. 15., Denver
Antwer.- -While it it technical
ly true Unit compensation is stop
ped during the period that a man
is in training, under the Federul
Hoard, for vocational education,
he receives an amount of money
through the Federal Hoard al
ways equal to his compensation,
and generally greater. The dis
tinction Is that the money comes
from a different fund.
4. Just beforu the battle of
Saint Mihiel 1 sent my extra hug-
gage to the rear with the regi
mental baggage. It never rebell
ed Cllevrcs, and I have never heard
of it since. I understand some
of the lost baggiige has bcii
brought to the United Stales and
I have liouus of locatimr mine.
Will ypu help mt in thit? O. A.
J Salt Lake,
Answer. About 150,000 ptews
of lost baggage belonging In
members of the A. If. F, have
been brought to tlie United
States ami are now at theOovcTu
incut docks in Hobokciii New
Jersey. You should write to the.
Lost liaggagc Draucli, Ptor No,
2, Hobokon, New Jersey. If It
can he located, it will he shipped
to you at Government expense,
5. During my Army sorvtee,
my home was sold for tuxes. On
my return, I was forced to pay
interest penalty and advertising
costs 011 the taxes that became
delinquent. What are my rights
under the "Civil Rights Hill?" P.
S. M., Raton, N. M.
Auswer.The law you rofnr to
is the "Soldiers and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act," approved March 8,
l'llH. Paragraph 4 of Section
500 of this Act, provides with le
feruuee to Soldiers' and Sailors'
taxes, that "whenever any tax or
assessment shall uotV paid when
due, such tux or assessment due
ami unpaid, shall bear interest
until paid, at the rate of six par
centum per annum, and 110 other
penalty or interest shall ho in
curred by reason of such non-pay
ment." See Mrs. Kiiiina T. Ko
i;ul, your Red Cross Home Service
Secretary in Raton, who has n
copy of this law. Cull the atten
tion to the provisions to the. tux
authorities, and you should have.
no trouble in collecting back any
over-payment, If necessary how
ever, consult a reliable attorney,
calling his attention to the pro
visions of this law,
0. I am a returned soldier, and
I would like to know some points
on the insurance we carry. I
took out a policy for 510,000.00.
Will our present rate of premiums
he the same or will our payments
per month be increased? Should
I decide to lake 32,000,00. $3,000.
00 or $5,000.00 what would the
rate be? J. V., Dawson N. M.
Answer. The insurance which
you took out during your service
was yearly renewable term In
surance. This means that you
arc getting it at actual cost, ami
that your contract with the Go
vernment Is renewed every year.
For this reason the premiums are
increased slightly every year,
because of your increase has been
arbitrarily set as July 1st. On
July 1st, l')20 you will have to
pay about ten cents a month more
than you arc paying at the pre
sent time. You are belli); sent
under separate cover a Priiiutun
Rate Hook, which will explain
how much your insurance will
cost according to your age, and
the amount which you wish tu
carry.
7. I have just recoivtun fetter
from an ex-soldier, who lost the
two first fingers of hit right
hand. After he was disahargQd
from Fort Russell last April, he
had to go to Ireland to look after
hit interests in a farm of hind, to
he wrote me to know if he wore
entitled to a bonus in Ireland
from this country. After he loft
here, I reccivetl a chuck from tlie
Treasury Department fur hi in for
$30.00 which he was to rcceivu
monthly. I returned It to the
Treasury Department, and gave
them his address in Ireland. Ah
yet he has not received any, and
it is five months now. Would
wish to know for him if he gola
it lu Ireland. A minus Friend.
Independence, Colo.,
Answer.-The fact that yOllr
friend is in Ireland will make tiff
difference in his compfiuSaUOin
Since you have given tho Trea
sury Department his add r ass, lie
will eventually rcccivo ail tiiO
chocks. Some mistake litis pfD
bably boon made, and lit udiif9H3
UiaB perhaps beeu lost.
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