MEDrOTIP- mm TRTBUSE, MEDFORI), OREGON. FRTTUt. VERRI'ARY 27. M.
PATJE THRE1
How Farmer Fowler Fooled
the Expert Oil Geologists
Kight months aso there was an
ordinary little western town of u few
thousand population Just south of the
Oklahoma border, culled BiirkltunuMi
with the accent on the burn. The
town pump had been banished only u
Bhort time and the popular omdotv
sport was still going down to the sta
tion to watch the train come in. There
was one main street, with a row of ;
mnll stores, and the garage where j
the rural Fords earn; in for the fre-j
(iient rejuvenation made necessary i
by the local Impress, in of what con-J
stituted a road. Its people were typ-
ical of the region big-hearlcd west-
enters who had braved a long succes-
slon of droughts and sand storms j
without losing their faith iu north i
Texas.
On July the placid courso j
of the small town was suddenly
changed, and with it the lives of its
people and cf others outside, to the
farthest parts of the country. Today
you would never know there had been
a town there. The place is stripped
of everything but the barest neces
sities, which means solid earth to
drill in, a shelter to sleep in you
may find half a dozen peoplo lying on
planks in a seven-by-nine tent and
a "joint," where you can eat when
you have to. ,
A Forest of Derricks
For the rest, it is a forest of SO "or
90-foot derricks, called "rigs," in the
'afore-mentioned patois, . with essen
tial shacks, or shelters, or tents,
spattered among them. Mixed with
the. heavy, monotonous grinding cf
the rotary is the hissing of the steam
from hundreds of boilers, the shouts
of the workers on the rigs, the grunts
of trucks and autos, laboring over the
rough ways, into the pipe lines from
200 wells pours a stream of liquid
gold on Us way to be exchanged for
the -solid metal of national currency.
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A million barrels a month means $2
2fi0,uu, and nearly all of it goes into
the pockets of little men.
The author vl the midden change
in the destinies of Hurkburnett ia a
former cattleman named Fowler,
burins the three years of drought
which Texas, in common with most of
the southwest, had passed thru, he
hud seen his grazing ranges burn up
in the fierce heat of the winds, his
crops of wheat and cotton fail, and
his assets dwindle,
foiuleiniicd l,v ietlKists
Tt, th(1 WHHl or lhe lown lhfirt WRru
rk.h oM ne!tlSi u!lli to the souUl there
were shuMuW wellH. Hllt the uig com.
Jmnies hiU, betJ, over tne Broum wlth
,h(iIl. hiirh-orice.i geologists, and con
demned it and that is where the oc-
topus failed. There was not, in fact,
a single surface indication that oil
was there. Hut Fowler was sure that
ihcro was oil under Hurkburnett,
whatever anybody said, and ho deter
mined to gc down and get it. It was
"wildcattlng" of the wildest, of
course, but after three years of ruin
ed crops u man gets reckless.
The first thinir to do. since lie had
no capital of his own, was to form a
cuinimnv, but this was not an easy
lliinir to do, tor not only was monev
scum alter the had years, but his
neighbors did not share his optimistic
belief in the treasure beneath their
feet. Fowler was not an easy man to
refuse : it was claimed that his
methods of sellinir that stock border
ed on those of a hiuliwn vtnan. Hut
there are many today who wish he
hud "treated them I'ouuh," and made
them buy. As M was, people finally
irave him the luouev, $1'J,IMMI. to net
rid of him, and he started drilling on
the northern outskirts of the town.
50O0 Han ds ti Pay
On the crucial dav n'readv referred
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Good Housekeeping Institute, conducted by Good
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carpet.
PAUL'S ELECTRIC
to, the Fowler well 'Vame in." flow
ing better than .3(100 barrels a day,
and uncuveriuir a pool that U con
ceded to he unusual. The fir-t dav's
output paid lor the well. More than
that, it made of the entire town u po
tential oil field, and it made of everv
uwin who owned a house lot there a
potential oil man.
3RYANT WASHBURN GETS
LAUGH IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Hrvant AVashburn. the popular far
ceur of pictures, kept the audiem e
at Lihertv theatre in unit's ot laugh
ter inis unernoon in ins miesi M-reen i i;heen and leailiiiK local men in order
coined v. an adaption 1mm the ia-; to map out a definite plan of proced
nums si a lie play "It Fays to Adver- juro for tne campaign. The first com
lise" which was one of the real sue-; ..., tn hfl ,ieciitl ,imm wni i, n
cesses til
iew seasons nacK ami
which is essentially u comcdv uf
voting business America mid as such
it strike a hiith water murk in the
line of pictorial humor. Sueli situa
tions as the hitting upon a successful
advertisintr sloirun "Thirteen Koun.
I'nluekv fur Dirt." the scenes in the
theatre of the college town and the
manner in which the, voting men make
tiooil in their enterprise with prac
tically no capital back of them have
rarely if ever, been paralleled on the
screen heretofore.
All in all "H Pnvs to Advertise"
is one of the most enjoyable pictures
that has ever been shown at the
Liberty Theatre. It has oriainalitv,
comedy and is well played and photo
play fans can demand little more than
this.
It will plav throtiL'h Saturday night.
SALEM HOP GROWER SELLS
3 YEAR CROPS ENGLAND
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. Henry
Hents, a hop grower of Aurora. Ore.,
today signed contracts whereby he
is to deliver his entire crop, umouut
intr to about .f-iB.UUQ worth of hops,
to Strauss and company of Knirland.
The contracts cover the years. 1920.
and 1!)22 and is the largest
made here this season.
CallfcVnlans at the .Medford Include
John Jornlemon of Los Angeles, A.
O. Nelson of Oakland, and C. 11.
Krancee, E. B. Kinhead and 'IT. S.
Uagan ot San Francisco.
JOIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(Continued from Page One)
of the fourth week of! inten.sive en
rollment work. The prospect list will
include the names of all persons in
Medford who may be considered as
prospective members of the new or
ganization, and after its completion
it will be Inspected by a committee
to be known as the "weeding com
mittee," who will carefully scrutinize
the names so that there will be none
but live prospects to be canvassed by
the team organization. The objective
of the Medford campaign will bo a
membership of 400, and the raising
of a working fund or budget of $10,
000. Kroni this revenue of $20,000
the activities for the ensuing year
will be financed.
Installation Work i
Following the preliminary work,
an installation Bluff; from the Amer
ican City Bureau will come to Med
ford for fcur weeks and assist the
Chamber or Commerce in Installing
a standardized system for the future
conduct ot the organization! -
Then for a period of three years
the Bureau will provide a consulta
tion service, the mil use of Us .re
search division at headquarters and
return visits of its stuff members to
advise in the carrying out d the pro-!
gram of work and other activities of
the chambor.
Director lheen today explained
that the headquarters will he the cen
ter of the organization which will be
necessary. Here the "machinery"
will be built up and it will be the
place of many mcrings for the con
sideration of plans and policies in
connection with the enlarged activ
ities of the chamber.
Name Committees
The ,Tganization of the campaign
in Medford will require the- naming
within a few days of several commit
tees from among local business and
professional men A study will be
given to figures from other cities to
determine what shonld be finally de
cided upon in the way of a tentative
plan of organization
A conference will be held within j
the next day or tc- between Director
advisory committee who will elect an
executivo committee to servo ns a
supreme body to pass upon all phase
of the campaign that may develi.-p
during its progress.
Outlook Is I'romlsinir
Kvidence of unlimited optimism as
to the outcome oi' the campaign ishe country
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With Liniments and Lotions
If fOM are afflicted with Rheu
matism, why waste time with lini
ments, lotions and other local ap
(plications that never did cure
Rheumatism, and never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away,
tot you never will succeed. Try
the sensible plan of finding the
cause of the pain. Remove the
cause, and there can he no pain.
You will never he rid of Rheuma
liitn until you cleanse your, blood
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apparent among those iu charge of
the expansion and reorganization
movement.
".Medford has every reason ti. ex-;
pect that before a month has parsed,,
there will be here a widely rerouniz-
ed Chamber of Commeive. built solid
ly and in accordance with a definite
program." said Director lihetu loday.
"We all know thai we camioi
iiuui li organ iz ai ion with individual
ity. We are told by our national lead
ers,-(,'ae and all, that we will be doing
our duty not alone to Medford and
the state but to the nation iist'U,
when we organize t his community
along lines of the greatest efficiency.
"We believe t hat what, is being
done in Medford ;s the very be.;t
thing that can be done, tin it rt-Ms
largelv the demands of our national
life. He must be strangely placed in
relationship to his ci.-untry who can-'
not see lime and everywhere (hat me
('number of Commerce will be aide to
speak the .voice ot the people, is t lie
way the thought was recently ex
pressed by William l'. Uediielil.
"A Chamber of Commerce repre
sents the business ami civic senti
ment of a community, liuilillni; one
is talcing a step towards the organi
zation of the nntii.M. When business
and professional men ami women
build a Chamber of Commeive they
build for their community as well as
of the germs that cause the dis
ease. S. S. S. has no equal as a
blood cleanser, scores of sufferers
say that it has cleansed their
blood of Rheumatism, and remov
ed all trace of the disease from
their system.
Get a bottle of S. S. 5. at your
drug store and get on the right
treatment to-day. If you want
special medical advice, address
Medical Director, 4 Swift Labora
tory, Atlanta. Ga.
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surface litter. The tremendous volume of air rushing
through the fabric and up into the nozzle, picks up the
loosened surface litter and whizzes it on through to tho
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the wishes of the operator. The surface conditions of the
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NOW
PLAYING
It's a
Brand New
Show Today.
"The
Illustrious
Prince."
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"it Pays to
Advertise"
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ciiilinir " It Pays to Ail-
rtisc is i'lttu led to
'siren million dollars
worth of stock in Mr.
asliliiirn's " l:1." Soap
imliickv L'ordirl. Bitydivi-
iids in l;tii!hs.
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, 1 mil n&w connected with the Dally
! Taxi Co., and will bo glad to accom
modate all my former customers, as
j well as tho general public.
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