TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1921
SALT WATER RUININ6 -
MEXICAN OIL WELLS
iSecretary Hughes Is Unable
! to Give Reliable Data.
BRITISH CONTROL EXPANDS
JToducJnff Fields Believed Xear
; Extinction, but Vast Reserve
t U Vital to America.
; WASHINGTON. D. C. June 14. (By
me Associated Press ) Secretary
Hughes informed Chairman Porter of
the house foreign affairs committee
today that the government had under
taken no official investigation of the
.condition of Mexican oil fields, and
that it was not advisable to make
public such information as . it now
possessed, "which might imply an of
ficial guarantee."
Responding to a request by resolu
tion for a report dealing especially
, ith declining production and its
causes. .Mr. Hughes transmitted a let
ter from Secretary Fall declaring that
interior department information was
not of authoritative nature requisite
to the formulation "of a report to
congress and to the public on a ques
tion so critical as-that of the pros
pective output of oil in Mexico."
Salt Water Rnlna Well.
Although the state department' was
unable to inform the house regarding
the number of wells which had gone
dry. Kear-Admiral Benson, as chair
man of the shipping board, forwarded
a report- by J. A. Phelan. a board ex
pert, declaring that in the 40-square-mile
producing area. 63 rr th. mi
wells had ceased to produce, and that
- ..1 - jimng inose now In
operation. Mr. Phelan stated that
,"not a new oil structure had been
discovered in Mexico since 1916. and
. ' the proved territory, in fact, was go
ing into salt water."
it is generally reported that some
me important nelds that swelled
.Mexico's output in 1920." Secretary
.all wrote, 'are being rapidly drained
; vi ineir on. although reports differ
. ij6iuiiir me extent or the depletion.
Mexican Reserve la Huge.'
. "Mexico contains oil reserves that
have been estimated by this depart
ment at 4.5OO.000.0O0 barrels, but the
present issue ' relates to Mexico's
ability to maintain her production
-from this. reserve at the rate estab
lished in 1920 in response to market
demand. Tublic concern naturally
springs from the lack of unquestion
able satisfaction regarding the re
sults from drilling done and in prog
;res, and the development of new
fields of types that yield the present
.production."
Mr. I'helan reported that the most
.serious factor in the Mexican situa
tion was .that British-owned fields
-were largest producers and sellers,
."control some of the best developed
J territory," and that 'they were "re
sponding to the Mexican political de
; mancis to the detriment of Ameri
; cans."
' "That the proved oil fields of Mex
; Ico within a reasonable period are
certain to go into salt water is a
,' demonstrated fact."' he added, "and
i,this may come sooner than expected."
Total Depletion Predicted.
Referring to the decline In price of
' Mexican crude petroleum at United
Kingdom ports., Mr. I'helan said oil
; was being offered in the fields at 35
cents a barrel, and that this was due
i to the activity of competing com-
panics to drain the proved fields.
. "Xew straws are being inserted
J into the pool, which can only contain
; a certain amount of oil," he said, "and
the day of total depletion may come
.' at any minute."
I Secretary Hughes, in referring to
the various estimates of recoverable
', oil in the Tamplco-Tuxpam fields,
J "the accuracy of which the depart-
TOent could not guarantee." said:
"It appears with respect to the sub
J Jects mentioned that this department
' does not possess information which
it would seem advisable to transmit
or make public which might imply
; an official guarantee.
Information Not Accurate.
"You will realize, I am sure, that
T. It has not been possible for the dlplo
matic and consular officers In Mexico
-' to undertake the kind of lnvestiga
tlon, which is an essential prelimi
- nary to an accurate and well-blaanced
estimate of the situation." The re
' ports which have not been publis'.iea
by the bureau of foreign and do
. , mestic commerce, and which contain
information not already circulated in
r the press, are few in number and are
" of such nature that it would not
seem compatible with the public
interest to give them general dis
' semination."
- The Phelan report, which urged oil
" development in Mexico by the Ameri
can government, discussed the limited
producing area and added:
"Stripped of all speculation, Mexico
and the United States to a large
extent, as well, is depending' on an
oil field less than 40 square miles,
half of which is developed, a field
from which more than 400,001,(1.01
. ; barrels had been taken up to June
' 1. As to the amount still left
. technologists and geologists disagree
1' and judging from previous estimate
prognostications are useless."
- In a table on the Fanuco-Topila. the
Chinampa-Amatlan, Zacamlxtle, Ccr-
- ra-Azul and Alamo-Molino fields, the
Phelan report declared that of a po
tentlal production of 2.S75.0O0 barrels,
the output up to November 1 had de-
creased 600.000 barrels and that on
June 1 the decrease was 2,300,000 barrels.
roll Into battle maneuvers with 15
regular army tanks at Camp Lewis
week from today. The guardsmen
Will fire machine guns and 37-milli
meter guns from moving tanks at
moving tarkets.
TAC0MA OPENS TRADE WAR
Seattle Publicity Men Arouse Ire
of Washington City.
TACOMA, Wash.. June 14. (Spe
cial.) Portland Jobbers will profit by
the action of Tacoma retailers against
Seattle firms because of trade re
prisals brough by this city againat
Seattle because of false publicity.
Merchants in many lines said they
were sending their orders to Portland
in preference to Seattle because Seat
tle press agents sent out Tacoma
news bearing Seattle date lines.
Tacoma druggists voted not to
handle a Seattle newspaper in their
stores. They were the first associa
tion to take action against Seattle'be
cause of news and pictures sent forth
of launching of gecut cruisers at the
Todd Drydock & Construction' corpor
ation's yards here which said that the
cruisers were sent down the-ways in
Seattle. A mass meeting has been
ca:.ed.for tomorrow to take further
action.
Socialist Offers Peace Plan.
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 14
Representative London, socialist. New
York, has offered a resolution to ter-
inate the war with the central pow
ers and to provide for the convention
ot an international conference "for
working out a basis for world peace."
The measure proposes the cancella
tion by all of the allies of their war vice-chairman, in 1908,
LETTERS IN CASE
OF MORRISON FILED
Recwd of Alleged Offers
Restitution 'Complete.
of
DEFENSE SCORES POINT
Pur-
Judsc Rules Out ' Document
porting to Relate Occurrences
at Trustees' Meeting.
With the production by the. plain
tiffs of the original letters written
to the board of school trustees of the
Episcopal church concerning the land
deal involved in the suit against Dr.
A. A. Morrison, on trial berore Circuit
Judge Gatens, tne record was made
complete yesterday so far as alleged
offers of "restitution" were con
cerned. - '
The trustees allege that ur. Mor
rison as secretary-treasurer m
Walnut Grove company sold to the
school board at a time when he was
a tract oi iw
debts.
worth not more than 10.nnn.
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Tank Company Seeks Record.
TACOMA. Wash.. June 14. (Spe
cial.) Establishing a precedent in
the peace-time history of the national
gaurd. tank company L of Centralia,
with its five light six-ton tanks, will
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s special features for today. Although we have tried !
(to provide ample quantities, we cannot guarantee that I
- these feature values will last all day. Just a word of - 1
I - advice come early this morning. . I
for $25,000. Dr. Morrison contends
that the land deal was with full
knowledge of the board, that the
property was worth what was paid
for it and that the school board later
ratified this by spending considerable
money ior tne erection of a scliool
burlding on the land.
Intimated Wrongs Denied.
The letters in evidence show that
on November 3, 1915, C. N. Huggins,
secretary of the board of trustees,
wrote Dr. Morrison saying that the
minutes of a meeting of the board of
May 12. 1912, indicated that Dr. Mor
rison had spoken at that time of deed
ing the board more acreage as per
sonal recompense for "possible
wrongs" done the trustees.
Eight days later, November 11. 1915,
the records show that Dr. Morrison
answered Huggins' letter to say that
on the meeting in 1S12 referred to he
certainly did not suggest or inti
mate any possible wrongs in connec
ton with the purchase of the land."
He did say, however, that be did not
think the board had received a
'square deal" in the matter of culti
vation of trees on the property, prom
ised by E. E. Morgan, president of
the grove company.
More Property Wanted.
On December 1, 1915. Dr. Morrison
wrote to the board proposing to deed
to the board a tract of 79.50 acres,
subject to a 11500 mortgage. It Is
the contention of the defense that this
was to be recompense for the failure
of Morgan, former business partner of
Lr. aiorrison. to carry out a cultiva
tion contract. In proof the defense
points to succeeding correspondence.
On December 16, 1915, the board ra-
plfed to Dr. Morrison's offer, saying
that it "does not consider the net
value of the property sufficient io
justify it in accepting this land in set
tlement of all matters between you
and the board," and suggests that ad
ditional property be deeded to the
board to square things.
Under date of January 3, 1916, Dr.
Morrison replied with heat that be
did not understand what the board
meant by the language of its letter.
"I am not aware of any matters
between me and the board," he wrote.
"The offer made was purely a gra
tuity upon my part. Unless I am
notified of your acceptance before
February 1, you may consider the
offer withdrawn."
Note la Curt.
On February 11. 1916, the board
wrote Dr. Morrison that at recent
meeting no action had been taken on
his offer.
There was no further correspond
ence until March 28, 1917. when the
board wrote Dr. Morrison to the ef
fect that if he still had any "offer of
compensation" to make that the board
would be glad to consider the same.
I na curt note written April 10,
1917, Dr. Morrison Informed the
trustees that "I desire to say that I
cannot make any further tenders to
the board."
Defense Scores Point.
The defense scored an important
point in the case during the after
noon when Judge Gatens upheld an
objection to the ntroduction by the
plaintiffs of a signed statement pur
porting to relate occurrences at a
meeting of the board of school trust
tees at which Dr. Morrison was pres
ent. It was signed by Bishop Sum
ner and others of the board and al
leged that Dr.. Morrison had told in
quirers into the financial interest of
the rector in the tract of which the
100 acres sold for the school was a
part that it was none of their busi
ness. The Judge held that the statement
on the witness stand was the best
evidence of what had transpired at
that meeting, and that nothing had
yet developed In the case making the
document competent evidence at this
time.
Huge Slide Blocks Highway.
MORTON, Wash., June 14. (Spe
cial.) No time was lost in removing
the slide on the National Parks high
way (the Mountain road) after it oc
curred, which was Saturday forenoon
at about 9 o'clock. It was a tremend
ous elide. It covered the road In
about the middle" of the canyon for
a distance of 200 yards; was from 60
to 70 feet deep on the road, and ex
tended up the mountainside for 500
feet. Whole trees were left standing
erect and carried to the center of the
road. The slide was at a point which
overnangs tne raiiroaa.
Moose Delegates Visit Dcuch.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. June 14.
(Special.) About 1500 northwest
Moose and their friends made the trip
by automobile and train to Pacific
beach, Sunday, to spend the last day
of the convention session, official ses
sions of which ended here Saturday
night. No set programme was fol
lowed by the excursionists, most of
them finding plenty to do on their
own initiative.
High Water Prevents Fishing.
WHITE SALMON. Wash., June 14.
(Special.) The high water of the
Columbia, which did about 25.000
of damage to truck gardens, has also
interfered with the salmon fishing.
The Klickitat Indians and those from
the Yakima reservatioh who annually
visit these waters for their spring
catch, because of the flood waters
nre deprived of it this season.
JOB HOLDERS CAUTIONED
Warning Against propaganda Is
Sounded at Washington.
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 14
Government employes who actively
oppose the administration s govern
ment reorganization plan will be dis
missed, the president and his cabinet
decided today. The decision was said
to have resulted from activities of
some employes in spreading propa
ganda against the reorganization
policy.
Specific orders are" to be promul
gated Immediately by department
heads. It Is understood they will be
aimed particularly at bureau chiefs
who are said to have been bringing
influence to bear on congress to pre
vent a readjustment of their particu
lar bureaus.
President Harding Is understood to
have been emphatic in his instructions
that any one using his official posi
tion to tighten his hold on his salary
envelope should be dismissed immedi
ately. At the same time the presi
dent is said to have declared he did
not wish this policy to Interfere with
free expression of individual opinion
OREGON MINES ARE SOLD
Blue Mountain Company Takes
Over "East E" Property.
BAKER. Or., June 14. (Special.)
What is considered as the most Im
portant mining transaction that has
taken place In Baker county for sev
eral years was closed tonight In this
city. The property of the E. & E.
Mines company at Bourne was taken
over by the Blue Mountain Mines'
company. w)HW ETJIJitiblclon a
manager.
The E. & IS.'tfilhes "ni.'le which
have been mwir for irmry -y.ars
the property, at. extnaJoc. Jonat hsti
Bourne Jr., of ;Ortt0n; ;rhf ; H & K.
Mines company is orelii.'l. h th
proving of th value )T "t JIHation
In the saving of values. The new com
pany, It was announced tonight, con
templates some changes in Ihe near
future In the mill looking to Increased
tonnage.
Court riays Auto Speed Trap.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. June 14
( Special. ) Tempting autolsts to
break the speed limit Is not beln
encouraged by Judge C. M. Wilbur.
Frank Lockwood Jr., arrested ycMcr
day on the Dixie hlgnwsy, told the
court today that It was more than ho
could stand when a small auto
brecscd past him and then slowed n
In front. He passed the offending
car and was halted by the occupants,
who proved to be officer. Judge Wil
bur dismissed the case and Instructed
the officers "not to lead others into
temptation."
ava! Base E.pcr Arrive
ASTORIA.' Or., June 14. (Special)
William H. Foster, outside superin
tendent and chief draftsman, and T.
J. McKennon. chief clerk of the force
of assistants to Commander Church
in the surveying and construction
work on the proposed nakal nation,
arrived from Washington, I). C. yes
terday afternoon. M. Shapiro, chief
surveyor, accompanied by his wife,
arrived this morning. The men en
tered upon their duties this mornlns
and actlvo work In tho field will be
gin' as 'i(in ss the necessary crewi
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