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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1923)
Tuesday, October lfi, 1923. TTIE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVEN - OUEST FOR OIL iciAnDiniminr i IU VVUIILU uyiUL PAN l"llAi:SC(J fill If (AM) "Hlnco tlt , wind always blown. Tooking forward to the day whim thu now-dilla lor'ni mid-, annul , be. dug American petroleum field, will mil to!ou'' "'0 creeks und rivers freeze, but produce, oil In sufficient commercial tl,H lee hrenkH under ji teuton trnclor, quantities lo meet thu cvcr-lncrcusliiB wl,lt'l muses troiible In .getting demands the rilandard Oil I'ouipairy (California) today la drilling wildcat Wells in the l'hllipplnes, Alnkn, Kc - uador, Colombia, AiKentiuc, Montana, jexas, und I'alllornitt, according to reports Issued hero by the cmniiniix 'i officliils. The company is am nilinc. millions upon millions or dollars on these wildcat wells, and Its oil-senrch- Ins crews arc siifferinj- hardships said to be ellal uny pioneering ef - forts in the hiutory of modern busi ness. ' Although the California oil supply louay exeeedn local demand, this muy uu uu more uiun a .momentary phase, ounuani uu company oNieiaia atalo. and thu nue.st tor new oil" fielda BueBrfB without .coHsation. The do- termination lor u world-wide Hearth for new oil fields, vas mad.: I.y tin- Standard tcverut '.yearn ngo durin'i; inuLiii pcriou wnen tne i niteti m,icg iacea an ji-eiual petroleum shortage, und the lumporury excess of on win in no wux UUerlt'ie with the t well fortuulati'd dcvelopnient plan, Kcu.ulor: A total or LM,7(0 uere3 officials of thu company here assert, under leuMe. JnilllnK of ono well com Since " thu early t part of 1!IL'1, ul- m-Piu-ed October 5, I'JL'. niOHt three ye.iifl' uko, twenty-ono ! Colonibhi: A total of'2,i70 ueroa Standard Oil men havo been drilling uiu,t'r h'-a'. and a.7:'0 uerea owned for oil at Lioudou I'eiiinsuliu on thu, 1,1 fLC- wil-11' l'om nu.UOU to SUO.UtiO laland of J,u.on. in the I'hlllppines acrt'a controlled through a aubsimtry protip. Kor nearly 'three years these I company. Two wells aru beins drilled. twenty-oiiH huvo bet-n drillfiib' Ineea-' n f the latest oil' fields to be santly without producing u drop of jhroupht in in Otlitornla as the result oil, Wit the operations will ho con- of wildcuttliifc' on the part of the Stan tinued as instiranyo uguiuat tho fu-!dari1 iB t,u' Wheeler Itldgo district, in ture, ugiiiust tho day when the uup-ltn olut'd section of Krn County, ply of old lino fields play out. -Some or tho difficulties and obstacles The pioneer oil drilling work in f eneounU-red by the Standard erewj the rhilipplnerf has been fraught with l" ,n" Wheeler Itidge In their pio-Jteart-tireakins hardships, involving ! "t, rJn" efforts aro comparablo with tho building of roads virgin roads !,hoso overcome in Al.u;ku, South through dens tropical Jungle, jho' America and the J'hillppliiua. 1'Tvo hauling of foodstulls from the mout h w',,a aro .w producing In thia vlr of the ragsiinghan river to 1 lie Stuml-!'11 ''"''I, one well Is being drilled, ard Oil camp by carabaoa (water ,,,llt rigging for three moru are nenr' buflHln), and the . drilling of wells '" completion. Iloads were cut in caving formations which forced j'hrough the solid rock of mountain the abandonment of the first well iKTndes and the neurest water sup after nearly a year's continuous work. ' ls Hl-'ven and a half miles awav. I'.oad building In the tropics, whero 111,0 moi'L' ,hai1 2-nu feet below the there in an annual rainfall of 1 50 1 'Pt'ntting base on Wheeler nidge inches to control, offered pi ly for en-j 1,1 Alontiuiu, the Calllornia Com ffiiK'erlng ingenuity und persistence. Ta,,V a standard subsidary. Is wild the Standard Oil engineers in the kilting In tho vicinity of Shelby, Philippines report." Tho men were thawmut. and Cat Creek, und'in Tex compelled to cut down trees pull uplas t,U! California Company is carry tree slumps, bridge rivers, only to 1 h,K 011 " Ptoneeiing work neur the find their road a quagmire after Hie ftrot heavy rain fall. In between times the crews were compelled to police the native carabao, deer, wild pig. and the roving baud of monkeys which infested tho virgin forest throtjuli ' which the roud was being constructed. The drilling slteU lioudoc Is about seventy-five miles from tho Manila railroad, but the twenty-ono men are kopt in touch with thu events of tho world by wireless. Typhoons,: high "tides and strong currents which have tho company's motor launch, Califor nia, out lo seahaye bumpered drill ing operations, buVTITeMvork gbii "oif With no accidents to mar .the record, officlala report. ,I'rom the intense heat of the trop ics to tin; frozen und barren regions of AJaska Is quite a jump, but while Standard crews toil in the (ropfcal sun olhec Standard crews are battling the snow, sleet and ice1 in hunt from Port age Bay, northwest of Kanutuk, on the Khclokof Strait; Alaska. Tho big problem facing tho Alas ka crewii was the'bullding of roads to Insure adequute transportation facili ties for tho drilling' equipment. Time .was required lo build roads, and flip continual rains during the full wash ed out the road .work over nUrht, chunged the course of- streams, dea trojed bridges, formed - bog-holea In the tunda-covered lowlands, and made the mountain grades slippery and impassable. When the Standard first rigged out Its Alaska outfit, it swit in the usual California housing equipment, but with double floor material for the several house:) generally mnking up camp facilities. Jl was found neces sary, however, to consolidate the camp housing into a single building. This com id nation coidthou.se, bunk house, etc., wan built Into the side of a hill to prevent the gales from blowing It away. . . When November snows fell and oooooooooooooooooooooooooo For Sale POTATO BAGS .lll.it Hecclvcil ( Swelal T'housand BaKS which Vlll pass Oregon latw for Inter stale Shipping. V A N T K I) Apple I'icUers and PacReis Cull Smith & Frees . VMS S22 I.-.I7 Jcfleiroll o o ( pOODOOOOOOOOOSOUO'l'IOOl OOOO i TAXI .Service I'JtirloKcrl C'arg CM A. v M AIN 44 everything b.-au to fr.cz., obstacles 01 nnoiner Knit were encountered, one f (he Standard's Alaflka pioneer slates. j.Vdverse weather condilious delayed the. actual driiline operations from jAuBust. in;:, until January 1921. . report on on prospecting in Alas ka, written by on. of tliu tituudardl men, says: jthrousii us well nu dunieir of In. 'jurlng ti nuuhine, especially Vile ! radiator, nlnco It taken ihu brunt of i lcc-breukllir. To ull of this (hero uro "'any oinor nniu-tipg una nuiHiicnps. i1'" ouu' occasion a. IiiIiIku washed u'uy. and, In crossing, th water was " "'K'!- -'1"",8 ""' engine lo snip, ii: WH 1 necessary to remove Hi Baaollne-tank and "crank out' with !tt "ur '" flywheel holes. Thlu op erution took ihreu days of hard work In ihu wuter," in February 18 IS, a putty of sev-, i'n HUndurd .,Olt ireoIoyifdH ami re iseareh men tailed out of Sun Kran cisco bflund ittr Nouth and Centra Aim-Wean ports. Tlila party has been greatly uuynitntcd frinn timtt to time, .imr reacareh work Is hi-lug done In various Central and South American 'countries. In boiiio of which land has been acquired" by the Standard iiinmary of this work, .today, shows: us it standii town of t'olorudo. the cold Youyeamotor that starts RIGHT AWAY if RED CROWNS in the tank Vaporizes rapidly one spark is ENOUGH fbr 100 power. USE RED CROWN for comfortable winter driving' STANDARD Oil COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) iMwhtih OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE AT THIS TELGCftAN. I'lf PER.R4PS YOU'WoKo FOUNTAIN Pert.. You; A"DXlTION TO BCINCJ l'niiioiis Aiiplu Stall In Mniiliiii llns . t IMKiijincam.1. . l.(l.M)l)N. (INS) A famous lund nmrk for Over n hundred years has vanished with the dtsappearaiico of a tiny apple stall fro inthe front of Lincoln's Inn, tho heudqiiartcra of London's lawyers. The stall was a family one, und has seen lour Kcuerntions, all of whom used to sU in tho same manner, muffled ut in Winter and Hummer, hut with the .death of the last of the line there is now no ono lo carry on tho "business." One of the conditions of their lone, tenancy was that there sho"IH h" no , cMVTiaR- i-- 1 I I I Remember? It icn't'Such a far stretch iot memory to recall the day when you had to wait for a long, clear, cpkT spell of weather before you could have sausage. Today?'. . , . . . ; . ; ' No wait for weather or seasons.' Just telephone your meat dealer. The delightful tang of October days is made more zestful-by a breakfast; of Brookfield sausage, made from the choicest morsels of carefully selected pork, blended with spices. ... , That is but one of the services that Swift & Company renders making available to you numerous products of the highest quality, when, where, and as you wish them. : This has been made possible by tho development, during more than a half century of service, of 23 packing plants adjacent to the best producing centers, hundreds of branch distrib uting houses, one of them near you, and several thousand refrigerator cars which carry tho meat to your dealer in tho best condition. Volume production enables Swift & Company to offer you this service at an average profit from all sources of only a fraction of a cent a pyound. Swift & Company, U.S.A. By Congo tjreiTIM. OUT 1' ONLY AOMirfclNO. Mt WtL NOTICe' THAT. IN BEt-F- eiUSfOrr' -, jshoullnir to advertise their wares, hence l he popular ntiino they ro jceived of "the silent old women of 'Lincoln's Inn." . Tlie present status of the marlt keeps rcmfndlntr us of that old ex pression, "typical .Ucrinau. thorough ness." . our secret, uiubitluu is to uot rich enough to wear ' last wtnter'a hat without feeling self-conscious. We know eight women who feel superior to ull mnles, and every ono is mad been use she isn't a man. Farm in Prosperity Is Vision of 0. A. C. Dean Present Indications point to a ris ing tide in farming conditions nil over Urn United Htates, according to A. II. I'ordley, deull of tho school of usrl culture. Although III lending agricultural eraffo decrease of 28 per cent In de colleges of tho coirntry rnport nn av gres students in agriculture. Poaji Cordley sees uu need for alarm over tho situation. The. ligrlcultural de- I prcsalon of tho last two yeura, the continued propaganda to the oft'ect effect Hint tho tinner is the "under I HEAD STUFFED FROM ' CATARRH OR A COLD I Says Cream Applied in Nostrils t Opens Air Passages Right Up. Instant reliefno waiting. Your clogged nostrils open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can limitho freely. No more hanking, BiiufHing, blowing, hesilarlie, dryness. N'o ittuggling for breath at nigliti your cold or catarrh iliKsppenrs. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Bnhn from nur druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, heat ing erenm in your uostrils. It la-netrates through every sir psssagn of the hcud, snotties the itiunmcd or swollen mucous membrane anil relief comes instantly. It's just line. IVm't slay stulfed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh. FOR LADIES FOR MEN The Toggery Andrews Bros. t:y:Y j ffotenrmf "k T ! -WW ' dog" have caused this condition, he lellevrs "KiriuiiiK conditions are surely on the upward trend," snva ia?nn Cord lev. "The nation has parsed a iow point hi agricultural riepresalon, lind prices for farm products uro rising while thu cost or farm commodities la r..iiii..r 'elm Hlii.l...it u'lm flni: not allow his future to bo Influenced too much by present conditions la mak ing a good Investment in common sense, because agriculture Is a bash: industry, and In tho long run it must lie profitable. We are approaching a Don't Forget If It Is Axles - Shims - Valves ' . Fan Bells - Springs - Tistons Gaskets - Bearings - Piston Pins Brake Lining - Piston Rings You Will Find It In Our Automobile Replacement Parts Stock Leighton's Welding & Machine Works MraUaM.'JUntlW Effective October 2, the Ford Motor Company announces the following reduced prices on all Ford Cars and Trucks: Runabout - - $265.00 Touring Car - - 295.00 Coupe - - - 525.00 Four-Door Sedan 685.00 Chassis - - - . 230.00 Truck Chassis - 370.00 All Trices F. O. D. Detroit Uies r.re tho lowest pi ices in all Ford history. With the recent changes and refinements that have heen niuic in every hody type, Ford Cais now offer new values in motor transportation. Espea'sJJy is this true of the new Four-door Sedan with its streamline body and maviy added conveniences. The Fordson Tractor The j -lice cf the Fordonn Tractor lias been in cieafird $25.00, making the present price $420.01) I'.O.H. Detroit. Yew caw lukf ttifaitst'tiipf cf these new pricei llumgh the lord Weekly Purchase 'i'i rnilKINH MOTOR COMPANY I'Iimiio HI. 'til It.irh lililg. period of agricultural prosperity, nd when it conies, it will bring Increased opportunities and demand for trained leadero." A statemont mndo this week br Senator Arthur Capper, wheat belt publisher anil chief of tho senatsj farm bloc, corroborates Dean Cord i,.v'n iieiief as to tho upward tended cy of agriculture. The Income of farm ers this year will be a billion dollars over last, tho sonator predicts, ana although conditions are still not what -they should be, progress in rapidly being made, and tho vast majority of , farmers urn feeling bettor. - i QUICK STARTING with no wrifm Alter Midnight Call I oley Bold ft I
