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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1920)
THE ALLIANCE IIKRALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920. FIYB Hemirigford Page REVIVAL SPIRIT CROWING AND . RESULTS SEEN The store meetings are well at tended and the business talks by Rer. Charles Gray are practical and helpful. The three prayer meetings each day at 10 o'clock are really worth while and Indicate a deep Interest. The evangelist's sermon next Sun day morning will be on the subject, 'Married." Come and hear It. Men's Meeting Sunday Afternoon There will be a big men's meeting Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Cvery man in sight or coming dis tance should be there. Only one meeting of this nature will be held. Why not two or three carloads from Alliance? You are welcome. Don't forget the day and the hour 3 p. m. Sunday. There will be services every night next week, 7:30; afternoon, 2:30; store meetings, 10 a. m.; also prayer meeting In the various homes. There will not be a store meeting or cottage prayer meeting on Monday. has the sympathy of the entire com munity. , On account of a little fire in the primary school building last Friday afternoon, there was no school until Thursday of this week. Mr. Boil of Omaha . arrived In Hemingford Wednesday on No. 41 and is doing the barber stunts at the first chair In the Butler and Grimes shop. ' . - Vern Hucke and Mr. Rohrbaugh are loading spuds this week. The quality In good. Rev. Charles Gray, who is hold ing services at the Methodist church, spoke at the high school last Wednesday morning. ' Alliance visitors Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Wray, Miss Helen An drews and Miss Frances Potter, Mr. Pruden, Rev. A. J. May and Joe Red xnon. The funeral of Mrs. C. N. Burlew was conducted from the Catholic church Wednesday at 10 a. in. A large attendance indicated the num ber of friends she had. The family CiOOD RKSPOXSK TO HVANGKLISrS CALL In the two calls Tuesday and Wednesday nights there were five conversions, which is encouraging. Evangelist Gray Is a man among men and Is a friend to men. His sermons are convincing and although he speaks forcefully the plain unpol ished truth his thought Is of keen interest for the people who do not realize the danger of delaying. ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce that I will 'be a candidate for the democratic nom ination for county commissioner from the First district, subject to the will of the voters at the April pri mary. I have been a resident of Box Butte county for thirty-four years, and believe I am fitted for the posi tion. If chosen, I will serve the people of the county to the best of my ability. 32 JOSEPH DUHON. Gents' Furnishings Notions Jewelry Fine Candies and Cigars W. H. Cory Hemingford Nebraska I Hart-Parr Tractor Brick-and Reo Automobiles Reo and G. M. C. Trucks Distributors for Kelly-Springfield Cord and Fabric Tires G. F. Hedgecock Hemingford Nebraska OIL DEVELOPMENT IN MULE CREEK FIELD Alllanro and Hemingford Men Are ''Interested In Prilling Now (Jo- -Ing on Frenpecta flood The development of oil fields In Wyoming, not far from the Nebraska line and Alliance, continues at a rapid pace. Nineteen twenty prom ises to be the banner year An drilling and production witn the proDRDimy of drilling in several points In west ern Nebraska. One field, close to the northwest ern corner of Nebraska, which has developed greatly during the past year is the Mule Creek, oil field, eighteen miles west of Edgemont. The Wyoming-Northeastern Oil com pany, organized . by Alliance and Hemingford men, Is one company active in this field. The following report of operations In the field, taken frond the Edgemont Express of February 20, tells of their activities and of prospects for oil development in other locations: One Year's Oil Development - February 17 one year ago saw the first big -trucks arriving In town to open up the oil fields that were lo cated In Mule creek, January 23, 1919. On February 0 the rig left here to put In the test well on sec tion 23-39-61. A year before this the Norbeck and Nicholson holdings In Old Woman creek had struck oil, then going deeper had encountered water and shut down. Everything in the oil business had fallen flat. Aa the crowds began arriving In town In February hope glowed anew, but not one of the optimists had the faintest Idea as to what a volume of business the oil excitement would bring Into 'town. Orders for eigh teen cabins, eighteen stoves with dishes and cutlery for each, were placed with our merchants. The rail road and the express companies were worked for material as never before and the pessimists had to own that the country was on the verge of a business era unprecedented in the history of Edgemont. The Allen company, for two years had been prospecting on Sage creek and had spent thosands of dollars in the work. A close corporation In more ways than one, they did the work in a most unostentatious man ner. No one could find out a thing about what they were doing. To in qulries, Mr. Allen, the manager, would change the subject and every one was in the dark, but continuous rumors of oil strikes would not down. i x The Ohio company and the Mid west, with the Glenrock Oil com pany, agreed to put down a commun ity well on section 25 of the Mule Creek field, something over a mile from the south end of the Allen hold ings, and while this was being done a swarm of men and autos were In the - field locating and Jumping claims, causing quite a lot of excite ment In town. . .The field was taken up almost en tirely by" outside people. In fact a party of Edgemont people visited the field in January and although stak ing out claims was In full blast with a large amount of land vacant where production is now assured, they re turned to town without drlnvlng a stake. This was the situation In February when the oil business started In full blast. The well drilled by the Stanley Oreen company was spoiled, at leaat it was given out as a water well and for a time the field locked blue; but the Ohio rompany, whose manager, Mr. Hotelllng, was thoroughly convinced that the field was a winner, put In the rig and drilled away unconcernedly, and In a short time It was announced that iiir u a u sirucK on. a rusn w ine fields occurred and our people who, went there saw for themselves that, oil had been encountered and In pay ing quantities. That made thefleld. ' Tha nhl n11n.il In 1.a I fashion by the Midwest and drills began to run Into the field from Edgemont and from Buck Creek, where these two companies had large stores to draw from. The next order In the workings of the field was the withdrawing of the Duck Creek from their holdings in An telope flats, district south of Mule Creek. This put a damper on some of the weaker men and gave the pes simists a chance to say, "I told you so." Their plaints were short lived, as the Ohio company brought In an other well, also the Midwest. Then the report came out that the Ohio company had purchased at a fabulous price the holdings of the Allen or Argentine Oil company and the deal was certified to directly after. Then began the race for pro duction by these two companies. Meanwhile several Independent com panies bad rigs in the field, such as the Traders, Sterling. Elk River, De Dolt, Van Dusen, Slocum, and the Mount Interests. Some were located close to production and some south of it, but they are all on the right track, and the field is growing in ex tent. With the drilling of eleven paying wells and the completion of the pipe line to Dakomlng other companies started drilling. The Wyoming-Northeastern on section 20-39-60 put In a rig and it is being followed by several others. The Dewey structure Borne twelve miles north of Mule Creek was tested and fome wells drilled, but the pro duction in Mule Creek delayed their completion, the field being spolcen oi n a wildcat, not causing mucu ex citement. ' But this has changed, for the Midwest company is drilling a well on section 36-41-62 and Is get ting down to what is considered a rirh nil denoait. This has caused most, neonle to look over the field and there are now six rigs looking! for ground in this field and there wi.l soon be tome Important news re ceived from Dewey. The Antelope flats country re- rnivd a. net-back when the Buck Creek company turned back their leases and for a time remained a otnanii hook. Then some enterpris ing man started the Black Tail Oil (Continued on Page 8.) 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