Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1930 — Page 3

ISma city MS DWARF ■LASKAN GOLD W Drilled In Sight of Capital Building y fi.org'' B. Roscoe, HA,; g tll ff Correspondent 81.-'U.R) - metropolis which |K* ago wus virgin prairie |H |||Ul th,, brief period of two ( . orl i,. the Klondike of the |K ronl hundreds of guslvrs, ' which t'and shoulder to r with warehouses, schools |Vt'hy possessor of untold wpalili. dwarfing that of Alaskan gold region. era I hat of a rath' ri town, the product I P er toil passed on Dec. I. that time a crowd gath-i 1 ' 1 oil Company's No. 1 Fee I r miles southeast of the 1 K, a ,| ;ll i. brown column rise r the derrick from a 6.■llmle in the ground. K, the ttal for transform - in'o a metropolis, the ’ call of riches only a of which have been I ■ intense Development has been the develop- ( ' oil Ims encroached tip ■ plans of the city builders. two recent wild gushers. • HL r y Sttdik and the Morgan l the city with high- I Hantnialc crude petroleum, i th>- lives of thousands, t Htrrllel was drawn of the t Kpst-in of fable that threat- ; ■o destroy its creator. ■ field has extended con- ( < Hat least one-eighth of the 1

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HrniN Z\ Wlthl " U '“ limits has been lease,] or nros for oil development ts boundaries unknown, the Hehl crept over the hind <f pl( ' e “ r , ’ e living on small ,1',?," i d truck farms southeast of the he t, W "“ H ill'll as |c h Furley ’ A Q rokaw, Mary Sudik, Minnie Lawton. are names ° f "'T ,IU Z IX So '"" llf failing to gain a livelihood from he sterile red clay Bo| , m the city, where they worked as s'nt i" 1 ," n " ’"Pt'roien, but still held the heretofore cheap land Few of them retired when oil riches came. T -hem wealth K ,0 ° IWI to be tru. tln d tll „ v bought new homos and large cars hut continued working. These were the first recipients of the new wealth other than the oil companies. The Indian Territory llhimlnat'ng Oil Company a I Cities Service subsidiary, set the; pace for the first year of develop-1 ment. It was paced by Wirt [.'rank lin and the late Tom Slick, ind - pendent operators. National Prominence By the first of this year the I field, gaining national prominece. 1 brought swarms of oil men and j premoters. The “proven" territory < r pt closer to the city. Residents in the southern part ! of the city saw 122 foot steel tier-1 ricks edging along the industrial j section comprised of sheet iron oil | field supply warehouses Seized with the hysteria <f possible overnight wealth these 1 citizens razed their modest homes. I organized townlot blocks an d j formed companies with the aid of I shrewd promoters. Tcday, 80 wells are drilling! within the city limits. Some of the field's largest producers, flowing as high as 110,000 barrels of oil daily, I the largest high gravity wells in I the world, and a gaser making 340,-1 000,000 cubic feet of gas daily, stand at the city's doorstep. New civic probl ms have (level | opal and are being solved daily. Hcwever, the ban on drilling, re-

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' mains the moot problem of the I ' Zoning laws nnd fire com roll n-ive b set officials with knotty ‘ problems. 1)1 paramount Importance to the ' r" Industry, the Hush field with its ' "By potential average production 'armusly estimated from 700,000 to -.oou.nm, barrels, has been a major: • factor in glutting the world oil . market. The problem of what to 1 'I 1 witii ibis tremendous product 1 has hud revolutionary b: tiring on i the oil industry. Proration Tried 1 As soon as the potentialities of 1 the field were realized, operators 1 applied the proratl. n experiment Iri <1 In California in an effort to • stabilize the oil market that has alien within a year from $1.65 a 1 barrel to $1.B) a barrel. The proration lid has been clamped down I until now only so-callled underpin- ! 'lured wells ate allowed to flow. At the pr l sent, operators admit 'he tied yields its operators and ownets no profit. Sh old the proration lid be removed. th field is eaftable of flowI Ing oil valued at $1,500,000 daily, i Only a gross income of about $150.1000 is allowed from the field in Which equipment, lease and royalty payments constitute a $700,000,000 ! investment. By day the field with its rutted 1 lay roads is a swell cf activity, jtlr at rotary drills, biting more' l than a mile into the earth's crust I in search of productive sands, to-1 aether with the blasts of powerful| engines produce a symphony of I the world's see. nd largest indnsI try. By night, the field, from afar, I foes 1 nts a marvelous picture of twinkling lights, visible at a greater distanc? than tlye lights of the city. o Chamber of Commerce Formed Luxembourg —(U.R) —An A inertcan Chamber of Commerce has just een founded here, with M. Emile: | Yost, local industrialist, as its first I president. The seat of the new' • ngan'zation is the Weitzel Bank.

DRY PROGRAM BEING PLANNED Groups Favoring Present Law Meet to May Out Proceed u res Washington, Dee. 10—(UP)—The task of mapping but a dry legislative policy for 1921 was begun here the opening of the National conference of organizations supporting the eighteenth amendment, composed of representatives of virtually all the country's prohibition groups. Mrs. Ellg Boole, aeatt of the Women’s Christian Temperance. Union, presided at today's session. Her successor as president of the conference was to lie elected as sooa as the group had concluded its other work, either late today or tomorrow. While an effort to evolve strategic methods to combat the activities of militant wets was expected to be tlie major business of the conference, leaders indicated that proposals for a national prohibition referendum and the matter of the grape concentrate now being markleteu by Fruit Industries, Inc:. Call- , fornia grape company, would bn I considered. Wets meeting here in an effort I to frame u platform they could offer as a substitute for the 18th amendment, meanwhile, considering six proposals, ranging from outright repeal to a provision for light wines and beer. The dry conference also was likely to consider the proposal of Rep. Franklin W. Fort. Repn., N. J„ that wets and drys might reach a common ground by putting prohibition to a test through state constitutional conventions instead of a referendum. 0 France has three schools of watchmaking, which each year graduate from 100 to 125 students.

AWARDS MADE i, AT CORN SHOW IN ALL CLASSES! ' | .CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) inches in length. First, Glen Rupert; second, D. Leisure: third, Raymond McAhren; fourth, Ell Schwartz; fifth, Russell Mltche'n. Class H 1 Rest 10 ears any variety other] than yellow, 8 Inches and under in length: First, Stanley Arnold. Class I Best 10 ears any variety other; I bun yellow, over 8 Inches in length. First, Donald Hoile; second, S. Habeggcr. Class J Best single, ear any length, any, variety. First, Rcbert Yake; second, Donald Hoile; third, Glen Rupert: fourth, Edward Merica; fifth, Raymond MeAliren. The SI.OO offered by G. R. Bierly to 4-H Club Boy exhibiting best single ear was awarded to Glen Rupert. The $2.00 offered to committeeman whose township furnished the largest number cf entries in both divisions was won by Franklin 6. Mazelin of Monroe township. The SI.OO offered for the Sweepstakes prize was awarded to William Rupert. The corn show Is proving so great a drawing card that the committee is asking that all exhibits be left in place until 9 p.m. Saturday, December 13th. A gnat many things of interest to corn growers are being brought out by the corn show, but none more inteiesting than tlie fact that ( there is a lot of frozen eel'll mak-' ing for low vitality. That this i should happen in so dry a year is J surprising. No light, but killing; , frosts occurred to stop the flow cfj the sap and as a consequence the! early October freeze ruined a lot of otherwise good seed corn. Mr. | F. H. Hoopengartner, the corn judge says that seed corn testing should be done with great care. Pageant Thursday Interest in the Home Economics Club pageant continues to grom. Word has been received that the president of the Wabash County Home Economics Club expects to be present, also the club women of Decatur have been extended an invitation to attend. Mr. Dee Fryback, chairman of the State Setting Committee reports his committee as being very active and having their work well in hand. Credits The coming talk by Ralph G. Sams, manager of the Intermediate Credit Bank of Louisville, Ken-; tucky, is attracting the attention i of the editors of a number of pap- 1 ers. Louis P. East, assistant editor of the Farmer’s Guide, and' John J. Lacey of the Prairie Farm-; er states they will be present. Sam Guard, editor of the Breeders Ga-; zette says he will have one of his i men present. o SEA DISASTERS TAKE BIG TOLL Forty Believed Drowned In Two Tragedies as Ships (Jo Down Trieste, Italy, Dec. 10. — (U.R) — . Ten persons were believed drowned tcday when the Jugoslavian steamer Topola crashed into a pier n the harbor of Sushak, Slav quarter of Flume, throwing some 200 persons into the water. Two bodies had been recovered, reports received here said. A' choppy sea made rescue work dificult and it was feared the casualties might be higer. Berlin. Dee. 10.— (U.R) —Thirty i persons wore reported drowned; when the gangplank of an unidentified steamer collapsed at a pier in the Yugoslavian section of Fiumo. a dispatch to the newspaper Zeitung Am Mittag from Gageb said today. S xty persons were reported thrown into the water. The majority of the survivors were injured, the dispatch said. Two Centenarians Die Marseilles—(U.R)—The only centenarians in this city, two widows, Madame Selma ' Roedel, 104, and Madame Arakinan Ovokmian, 110, died here within a few minutes of each other. Their deaths follow each other in the death roll of the town hall. 25 Xmas Greetings; lined Envelopes, 98c. Cutshall’s Cut Ra'e Drug Co. 288-ts pDo ;':d' QiBISTMAP\ i yWt'J Shoppino EAety WWai II :

CHRISTMAS Overcoat Sale NOw GOING ON! 41 We have just made the biggest and best MONEY SAVING PVR( HASE FOR YOU on BRAND NEW WINTER OVERCOATS that has been offered in Decatur since 1914. The maker said that the fine fall / weather has left them with the largest stock that they Z.i have had on their racks for years. Hence we took / M / o advantage of this condition and purchased 125 new i coats at a big saving which we are passing on to YOU. $1450 O’Coats $9.88 [ J r $19.50 O’Coats $14.88 M M $24.50 O’Coats $13,88 SS O’Coats $24.88 SPECIAL PRICES On Boy’s 2 ■ Pants Suits f 56.95 Suits $4.38 $7.95 Suits $5,88 $9.95 Suits $7.88 $11.95 Suits $9,88 $15.95 Suits $13.88 All Wool and Guaranteed to Wear—New Models—New Shades—sizes 5 to 20—All 2 pant and vest. ARROW HEAD. MOMTO-W EAR RESIST and Other Cood Brands All 50c and 75c socks 3 Pair for SI.OO Packed in Holiday Boxes—An Ideal Christmas (iift. Hosiery 25c, 50c, $1.1)0 Hats $2.00 to SB.OO Belt Sets .... SI.OO and $1.50 Handkerchiefs .... 5c to 50c Mufflers SI.OO to $3.95 Sweaters 98c to $1.95 Neckwear ... 50c, SI.OO, $1.50 Luggage 98c to $23.50 Pajamas .. SI.OO, $1.95, $2.95 Silk Underwear ... $1 and $2 Gloves SI.OO to $3.45 Sport Jackets $4.95 lotm-T-Myett-Colnjc x CLOTHING AND SHOES J FOR DAD AND LAD - —— — IIM W —CT

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