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Stockholder In the Griffith Oil
company, of which there are a large
tiumber In western Nebraska and at
Alliance, were pleased to learn the
first of the week that the Iowa-Wyoming
company'a No. 3 well In the
Bolton Creek field, eoutaweat of
Casper, has exceeded all expectations
nd will detelop production of aoY
eral hundred barrels a day, accord
ing to the company officials. Two
other wells are drilling and a third
will be started thl sweek. The Grif
fith company has several hundred
acres of holdings In this field, ad
jacent to production. The Chappell
Oil company is spudding in ou hold
ings of the Vlcto-Wyomlng company
In tie same field.
There were thirty-one completions
of oil wells In July In the state of
Wyoming. The new dally production
Is 8,730 barrels, or a gain of 170
barrels. There were only six dry
holes reported, of which fire were in
the Lance Creek field. Of the 662
Tlga up, there were 888 drilling. Two
new gassers on the list of Carbon
county completions and one in the
Poison Spider field were reported In
during the month.
Two great wells were uncorked In
the Salt Creek oil field, with a total
production of 2,600 barrels. Thlrty
fl?e rigs were drilling in tae field the
last of the month, and there were
twenty-seven besides these in place.
Six new producers were recorded
In the Warm Springs, Grass Creek
and Thermopolls region. Only eight
of thirty-eight rigs In the district
-were Idle. The Big Horn basin field
had one thirty-barrel well, ten rigs
standing and thirty-one drilling.
The rapidly increasing Mule Creek
field reported four more wells, which
add 225 barrels to the production of
tae field dally. Twenty-four rigs are
drilling and six more are up. (
Reports from the Osage field Indi
cate that nine completions were suc
cessful and these bring the new pro
duction up to 300 barrels. Lauce
Creek had five failures out of the
Biz wells completed, the one being
good for 200 barrels. Forty-four out
of sixty-one rigs were drilling.
Another Important new field In
Wyoming has been opened In Carbon
county, where the Producers and Re
finers corporation has an uncomplet
ed well that Is flowing hourly- by
heads from a depth of 3.200 feet and
making better than 200 barrels of
oil daily. The well Is located on
section 7-26-79 and lies on a so-call
ed wildcat structure discovered by
tie company'a field organization and
named by the field forces after the
superintendent of operation, R. E.
Wertx, and Is known as the Wertz
well. ,
An important feature of the new
' discovery lies in Its depth, the top of
. the pay being found In a broken for
mation, after the drill had penetrated
about 300 feet In shale. The fact
that there Is a flow of gas with
enough force behind It to lift so large
a column of oil 6,200 feet .would in
dicate that there Is a big body of oil
to feed from. Tae pay sand has been
barely entered and with deeper drill
ing It Is expected that production will
. be greatly Increased. The oil tested
40 degrees on the Baume scale and Is
supposed to be coming from the Mud
dy sand, which Is the producing sand
In the Lost Soldier and Ferris fields.
The Cat Creek field of central
Montana, which was discovered and
first tested by the Franti corporation,-
was still further proved last
week by the completion of a well on
lection 14-15-29 by the Mid-Northern
Oil company, a subsidiary of the
( Midwest Refining company, Walch is
reported as making in excess of 400
barrels per day. This oil is of the
highest gravity known, registering
47 degrees Baume test. The new
. well is three-eights of a mile south
of the Frantt corporation's Ho.- I,
which has been making 350 and 390
barrels dally for the last four months
practically shut In. The new well
found the top of the sand at J575
feet, a difference of 376 feet account
ed for by variation In surface eleva
tion and tae fact that It lies lower
on structure than the Frantt well.
The world's greatest oil well Is In
the Texas company's Abrams No. 1
In the West Columbia field. Bratoria
county, Texas, which was making at
last reports 28.000 barrels a day, re
quiring three pipelines to carry Its
yield. In the first ten days of oper-!
atlon this well Is credited with hav
ing made f 1,000,000 for Its owners.
It Is interesting to note that acreage
in this Immediate district is now sell
ing at $96,000 an acre. Sixty years
ago the owner, one Underwood, sold
the land on which tals well Is located
for 10 cents an acre. In 1888 the
price was $5 an acre. There are
more offers for land In this district
at $96,000 an acre than there were
when it was valued at 10 cerfts or
the Intermediate price.
Word has been received from
Sterling, Col., that the oil well drill
ing there has resumed operations and
will be put down to 4,500 feet. The
well at present Is 4,000 feet deep
and work was started in February
to continue it on down an additional
500 feet. The geologist believes taat
with! nthls depth commercial oil will
be found. A good showing of' oil
and gas was found at 2,1000 feet,
but as the citizens wanted to make a
deep test they decided to pass up
this strata and go to a greater depth.
The well Is being financed by local
capital in and around Logan coun
ty. Colorado. The citizens believe
that oil exists in their county and
are backing their Judgment with
their money.
A representative of The Herald re
cently visited the site of tae well
which was drilled near Potter, Neb.,
west of Sidney, last year. This well,
which was drilled with a standard
rig. was put down to a depth of over
3,000 feet and work was then stop
ped. .
Reports reaching The Herald this
morning regarding the Centennial
well, being drilled sixteen ' miles
south of Torrlngton, Wyo., Just.
across the Nebraska state line, are
to the effect that the drillers are pull
Ing tae castn gon account of a col
lapse of the casing at a depth of
1900 feet. The well had been drilled
to over "2300 feet, according to the
report, when the casing collapsed at
the 1900 foot depth, with the tools
In the hole below the place where
the collapse came. This put the Mole
in bad shape and It Is now necessary
to pull the entire string of casing,
The well will probably be delayed
several months by the accident. It
is very probable that drilling will
be continued later to a depth of at
least 3,500 feet if necessary to go
that deep to reach. the paying oil
sand. The Prairie Oil, ft Gas com
Ipany, a Standard Oil subsidiary, is
reported to be back of this well.
The Wyoming-Northeastern Oil
company, organized by Alliance and
Hemtngford, men, Is placing a $90,'
000 Issue of stock on the market, un
der tae terms of a permit granted
on June 24th by the Bureau of Sei
curl ties at Lincoln. The money re
ceived from the sale of this stock Is
to be used by the company In the de
velopment of 1040 acres of holdings
In the Mule Creek and Hidden Dome
fields lof eastern Wyoming. The
company's well, which has been drill
ed to a depth of over 1400 fot In
the Mule Creek field, will bo contln
ued to the Dakota sand, whica car
ries oil In paying quantities In this
field.
LAKKSlDti
Carl Miller was In town Saturday.
R. A. Cook and family motored to
Alliance the last 'of the week.
Mrs. O. E. Black and son, Arnold,
pent Thursday and Friday In Al
liance visiting relatives.
The carpenter gang of the C. B.
& Q. are In town doing repair work
on the east section house. They are
also Installing scales at the stock
yards.
Herman Purlawsky, Wad s.clerk. at
the Lakeside Merc, was on a vaca
tion a couple of days the latter part
of last week.
Mrs. Ed Osborn nnd llttl- daugh
ter. Viva, visited relatives In Bing
ham Saturday and 'Sunday.
Miss Ruth Lamberscn came down
from Alliance Taursday and went
out to the C. E. Hawkins for a few
days visit with her aunt and uncle.
Her mother accompanied her down
from Alliance and relumed on No.
39 to Antloch on business.
F. M. Hoenshell, roadmaster, was
in town on company business Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. North were
In from their ranch north of town
Saturday. M . ..
Jesse Brlce shipped cattle from
here Monday.
Henry Stoop gave another big
dance at the old Woodman hall Wed
nesday night of last week.
Misses Wilma and Beatrice West-
over were In Thursday distributing
sale bills for the horse sale to be held
at the stock yards Wednesday Aug.
inn.
Mrs. Jake Herman drove In from
the ranca Friday morning.
Martin Rochford and family drove
to Alliance Thursday.
Margaret Cody was in town shop
ping Wednesday. .
Ruth Pollard returned home Fri
day from Alliance where she went
to have a needle extracted from her
hand. , '
Phillls and Olivette Grimes of
Hoffland are visiting frlneds here
this week.
First showing of tailored sailors
and ready-to-wear street hats Mon
day. Aug. 16. at The Fashion Shop
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.Everybody's Going
'" TO THE 1
Dawes County Fair
AND LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION
; Chjadron, Nebraska
August 25s 26, 27, 1920
The Largest Exhibit tf Live Stock in the State, outside of
SUte Fair
Unequalled Sport and Amusement
Program
Write for Premium List and Program
of Sports
Plan tf$w to be There
W. H. DONAHUE, Pre. ALEX SHERRIO. Sec'y.
ty. Nebraska, as 'provided by law.
Tou are further notified that tf
the owners of the record title repre
senting a majority of the abutting
property owners in sue a district,
shall file with the City Clerk witblu
twenty days from the first publica
tion of this notice, written objec
tions to the paving of such district,
said work shall not be done in such
district under said ordinance N. 292
but said ordinance No, 292 shall be
repealed. If such objections be not
filed against such district In the time
and manner aforesaid, the mayor and
council will forthwith proceed to
construct such paving.
In advertising for bids for sue a
paving, the mayor and council may
provide for bids on different mater
ials, and types of construction, and
shall in addition provide for asking
bids on any material- or materials
which may be suggested by petition
of the owners of record title repre
senting 25 per cent of the abutting
property owners In such diatrlc, if
uch petition Is filed with tho City
Clerk before advertisement for bids
Is ordered. On the opening of bids
for paving In such paving district,
the mayor and council shall postpone
action thereon for a period of not
less than ten days. During said
period of postponement the owners
of record title representing a major
ity of the abutting property owners
In sue a district, may file with the
City Clerk a petition for the use of
a particular material for paving. In
which event a tld on that material
shall be accepted, and the work be
done with that material. In case
such owners fall to designate the
material to be used In such paving
In the manner, and within the time
above provided, the mayor and coun
cil shall In any event at its option
reject all bids and Ve-advertlee, If In
Its Judgment the public' Interest re
quire.' '
The streets and evenues abutting
upon said property wltaln such dis
trict, to be paved, unless objections
are made In the manner and form
above stated, are as follows: All that
portion of Box Butte Avenue In satd
city, extending nine feet each way;
both east and west from the center
of said street between the north line
of Ninth Street and the south line of
Tenth Street in said city.
The date of the first publication
of this notice Is August 10. 1920.
A meeting of the mayor and coun
cil of said city of Alliance will be
held In the council chamber of said
city on tae 1st day of September
8 o'clock p. m. to consider such boy'.' .
Jectlons as may be made and filed as
heretofore provided.
Dated this 7th day of August,
1920.
A. D. RODGERS, Mayor.
Attest:
ORACE H. KENNEDY, '
Clly Clerk.
(SEAL) "
Au. 10, Au. 31.
PROMINENT
It will be a great comfort to many
people to know that Mochlr-ed-Dowleh
has been appointed Premier
of Persia, and that Moscar-es-Sal-taneh
Chadlmy has consented to take
charge of the department of foreign
affairs.
These gentlemen are almost as
familiar to us as many of those we
are nominating for public offices In
this country.
What Will You Do With
YOUR' BACK PAY
NOTICE
Notice to the owners of property
within Paving District No. 7 of the
City of Alliance, In Box Butte Coun
ty, Nebraska", tae said district includ
ing and embracing the following de
scribed property, tc-wit: Lots 1 to
9 both Inclusive, Block 3, Second
County Addition to the City of Al
liance, Nebraska; Lots 4 to 12 both
Inclusive, Block L, Nebraska Addi
tion to the City of Alliance, Ne
braska. '....
You are hereby notified that said
paving district No. 7 which includes
and embraces the property above de
scribed, has been created by passage,
approval and publication of Ordin
ance No. 292 of the Ordinances of
the City of Alliance, Box Butte Coun-
When Your Check Comes In?
Many Railroad Man will soon receive very substantial amounts of money as back pay
from the Burlington. Have you considered the wisest thing to-do with this money?
Perhaps you have long wanted something that you never before thought you could af
ford. Perhaps you have, already permitted yourself the pleasure of selecting the desired
article. 1
"What Will This Purchase Pay Me?'.'
Will your expenditure be an ASSET or a LIABILITY? Will is COST YOU MONEY or
MAKE YOU MONEY? These are the questions you should ask yourself before letting your
back pay go. '
It is a very satisfying feeling to collect money that comes to you simply by possessing
other money. That s the secret of present-day success.
Make Your Money Work For You
If you commence the habit of working your funds for your gain NOW, you need never
worry about your old age when you can no longer work for yourself.
Start a good thing by bringing your Back Ray to us and placing it in a 'SAVINGS.
ACCOUNT. We will pay you 5 interest, and the principal is absolutely safe. Do yourself
the justice to talk this thing over with our officers before you make a decision.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
v Alliance, Nebraska . " '
Make Your Plans to Attend the
EBALL
GAME
at the Fair Grounds
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, .1920
Between
HAVELOCK CITY TEAM
and
"Q" TRACK TEAM
The Havelock team has won the Lincoln City baseball club championship with a score of 1000 per
cent. They are the undefeated victors of their section of the state and have been playing exceptional
ball this season. x ,
The Alliance team has been showing gTeat pastiming ability in their games with surrounding clubs,
and expect to put up a stiff scrap to show the easterners how baseball iTplayed out west
Come out Sunday and see these two evenly-matched nines go together.
It is Gojijgto be a Cracking Good Game
T7;e Boys Nf?e4 the Support 'Be One to Show Your Appre
ciation of Their Efforts