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KLAMATH I'ALLH. OltKUON, Tlll'IWDAV, DEC'EMHI'lt Id, 1M.
Trlco Five Cent
Predict Klamath County Will Be Great 09 Field
AAMMMMMAMAMAAW
Siemens and Associates Fully Confident Gusher
Will Be Released By Next Hundred
Feet of lir
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MUST CONSIDER
IMMIGRATION
sirs WILSON
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Oil nml Rim of a superior quality
liavn tiocn discovered upon tlio Jay
Mannlnic ranch, In Itin valley. Thin
Information U vouclmit for by Cap-
a company to tiroiocute the work to
thn limit.
HUrtfiJ Ijut Year
ai mi juncture iwvo holler, a
tnln J. V. Hlomotta ami Nulll Camp-'ahnopmnn of take county, enter tlio
hell, who havn tiocn directing drill
lug operation mi thin ranch ilnco
Junn, 1019, ami hnth gnntolmcn,
with tholr associates, Goorg Illoom
Ingcamp, Ed Illoomlngcamp, anil
Havo I'dlor, feel Hint tholr poralal-
ncn, confidence, nml flnunclil ex
penditure huvu brought to tlmni re
ward which will tin allured, not only
by them nlnne. hut by tliu p-MipIn of
thn entire comMunlt,
I'ipi-fin A (Juxlirr
At a dnpth of 1695 feet it flno
grade of oil, lm,tlar to Pennsylvania
parafflno oil. linn nladn lt appear
unco, and at thn present tlmo Nell
Campbell, In direct charge, of drllllnic
operation", feel thnt they arn very
near a pocket of gs, and he, with
a crew of wan, It preparing for a
gusher and expect to be aula to cap
the flow ai toon a It appear
111 lmnvntle History
Thn hUtory of tho organization of
the Klamath Oil company, following
Ilia dUrovnry of oil Indication- by
Mr Campbell, partake of thn romnn
tic foundation poaaamsd by moat
atorltt of thn west, wherein, fame and
. fortune. hayo been tho reward of puf
nlatent endeavor and faith In. the
ability of old Mother Earth to ef
fectively aid him who bollnve and
work with loh proper amount of
good, hard nen-n At tho anmn tlnv
It la a practical ntory In ovory de
tail, and while thn auprnme desires
of tho oil company havn not yet been
achieved, ft till thn futurn of tholr
work; ha assumed a bright, roa) red
hue,
Cnnipltrll, the lorAtor
In thn year 1 000, Nell Campbell
arrived hern from hi home In Mln
ncaota, with thn Intention of filing
upon' ft timber claim, Incidentally Mr
Campbell atntea that he wna thn flrat
perann to flto upon n limber claim
In thin city, even preceding Jnmen
Drlscoll who In credited with being
a pioneer of plonoorn In thla regard
Then, aald Mr, Campbell, thn tim
ber boom atnrted. Thla, however, la
only Incidental to thn ntory of tho
dlacovery of oil.
WTilln on u stage on thn way to
' Illy, Mr. Campbell, who had early In
lilt life nlnrned hi leaann In regard
to oil Indications, noticed a aeopngn,
or a aurfaco gaa preaauru, Inveatlgnl
ing inoro closely he bocama satisfied
that tho Indication worn genuine.
Lacking capital to begin drilling op
nrntlona, Mr Campbell stored uwuy
thl Information, anil reaolvod to
drill for oil here a quickly an hu
could command aufflclcnt capital.
War Mopped DrtllliiK
Mr, Campbell filed upon hi tlm
bo r claim, and continued to bo n
rnxldont of till vicinity until 1911.
Then ho wont to Alaska. Whllq thero
hn Intoroatod several wldo-awako
AluHkan In tho proposition to come
horo and drill for oil. Everything was
Mottled Mr. Cumpboll and IiIh
friend worn prepared to proHCCutn
tho work bofora them, wlinn wnr con
dition loomed up, making the com
mencement of work an jmpoaalblllty.
Inure! Capital
Still Huporlatlvoly optimistic, Mr.
Campbell looked about him for other
assistance Ed llloonilngcamp appeal
el to him a a man of hard, common
Mr.konso and progresslvenoss.
ComMiny Organized
Campbell told til story. Ho told It
with so much plausibility, and with'
every evldenco nondod to show that
ho know exactly what ho was talk
ing about, that Mr. .nioomlngcunip
agreed to help him. Immediately Mr.
Bloomlngcamp Iniorostod his brother,
Oe'prgo Mooml'ngcamii, and Cnptnln
J, W. Siemens, and after Inspecting
the drilling alto selected tiy Mr,
story. Mr, Kdlor had been drilling for
water with an excellent outfit, and
Mr, Campbell, who know, said that It
would be Just tho thing for them to
use while drilling for oil. According
ly Mr. Edlnr became a member of
thn organization, and hi drilling out
fit was moved to tho Manning ranch,
In Junn, 1919, they began to drill
Knroiinlrr Hani 8(rnlit
Then, said Mr Campbell they drill
ed along consistently to n depth of
about 800 feet "The drilling to this
depth wna comparatively easy." paid
he, 'but at Interval after that wo
encountered hard going, slowing up
our work to a conaldorabln extent.
mi wo worn poraiaient Finally wo
reached a depth of 1C9G feet. Here
wo stopped Tho water pro-sure at
thl depth la 760 pound to the
square Inch, and wo found It abao-
lutely necessary to begin casing be
fore we did any nioro work. Water
pfouure, you knoV, figures SO
pounds to each SO feeti A Might
mathematical calculation will show
you that 7C0 pounds la Just about
rUht."
fl Ciulriff On tlm Way
According to Mr. Campbell the
company Is now wailing for tho cas
ing to arrlvn from thn east. It will
take about flvu day to case thn well,
and tho nwork can proceed again
"""""" l'rjflm. IVmrnt
At a depth or about 900 feel tho
first satisfactory oil Indications were
found This Indicated a heavy oil
with an asphaltum base. Then at a
depth of about 1000 feel oil sub
stance with mora parafflnn were
found, and thoru has been oil In the
well over since Thn nil at the lat
ter depth teated about CO per cent
lubricating.
At the bottom of tho well u fln
grade of oil wa discovered. The
deeper they drilled, tho better tho
oil beenmu, snld Mr. CamphcJI, inoro
parattinu bolug apparent
In a retort tost at a heat of 1000
or more degroo gas formed which,
when lit, popped so loudly that It
could ho heard nt least 20 feet away
Thla Is considered Infallible evl
denco of superior gnu.
Confident of Sucotm
"At uny rate, startod Mr. Camp
boll, "n expect a gusher before wo
have drilled much further, and arc
making all preparation to cap It
whan It docs comn, 1 cunnot hcu how
we can nils It 1 do not cure to mako
prediction about It at this time, but
I will any fmnkly that I confidently
bellovo that wo are going to rcccrvo
our reward for our work."
When n gusher Is struck, drilling
tool, tho casing, and other parts
of tho oporntlvn equipment aro li
able to bo blown Into tho air thn
extent of thl blow-out I problematical.
Hv- Kept It Quiet
Humor of tho discovery of abso
lute oil Indication havo been cur
rent In corlalu circles for qulto u
white, but It was doomed bout to wait
until what aro considered positive
ovldonces wnro available before "tell
ing tho world" about It. The Informa
tion given In this artclo Is the first
that has boon advanced by the com
pany, and Is dopendablo from overy
angle.
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Other Itlgt Comfiijc
An enormous ncr'oago, perhaps
25,000 acroH has boon leased, and
California oil men have also boon at
tracted to tho opportunities that
soom to bo apparent lioro. It has
boon atnted upon good authority that
a Htandard drilling machine will bo
brought horo by do California mon,
and Mr. Campbell nUo stntoa that
his company will bring In a new drill
ing outfit In tho ovont that tho ono
they nro now using provos to bo un-
MK.V UHOHK FAITH MADK
Oil, KTIHKK I'OHHIItl.K
Captain J. V. SlemonR, presi
dent of tho First Stato & Savings
Dank, who camo to Klamath
county 36 years ago as a trooper
In tho Hecond cavalry. Captain
Hleninn ha acquired n fortuno
In Klamath county, and Is apond
Ing much of hi money In devel
opment of various now enter
prise. '
Ed. Illoomlngcamp, rancher
and capitalist, aasorlatcd with tho
oil enterprise slnco tho forma
tion of the Klamath Oil company.
Oeorgo Illoomlngcamp, Ui
brother, also ono of tho original
Incorporator.
Nell Campbell, superintendent
or drilling operations, who flrat
called attention to tho possibili
ty of oil In Klamath and secured
many of tho original leases.
Dave Edler. tho fifth stock
holder In the company, Lake
county wool grower, at present
a resident of Ilonama.
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Curb on Aliens Neces
sary, Says Head of
Labor Department
More than Half Mil
lion Entered in Year.
(Uy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Oec. 16. Estab
lishment of machinery overseas In
oc-operatlon with forolgn govern
ments through which aliens beforo
breaking up their homes may deter
mine whether they will bo ndmlttcd.
io mo uniieu Htntos and leglslatho
consideration of tho proposals of tho
second Industrial conferonco aro out
standing recommendations In tho an
nual report of Secrotary Wilson.
Tho labor secretary dovoto much
of hi report to discussion of Immi
gration and the expulsion of alien
Four Nations Are
Added to League:
Five Others Barred
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uenhva, Doc. 16 Four now na
tion woro mado membors of the
Icaguq of nations by the loague as
sembly today. They are Bulgaria.
Coata n!caL Finland and Luicm-
nourr. Franco and Auhtralla abstain
ed from" toting for tho admission J
Bulgaria.
Austria was adralttod yesterday.
Tho application of Armenia, Llth
unla, Georgia, Ethonla and Letvla
woro reported unfavorable by tho
committee.
CROWD Oil
m
TO OPEN BAZAAR
NO HEIDWir
IMF III Fl Mill
GATE QUESTION
J
DECREES
r
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR INCERSOLLI
The conference being held hero to
discuss tho advlslblllty of opening
tho Adr flood eaten to alrf tnnd nin.
revolutionaries. Ho assort that ho or " tho California line reached no
alone has authority to order tho ar-!,ct"CIlront at tho final session held
Dovotcc of tho light fantastic,
and other disciples of terpslchoro,
who an disciples, not so much bt-
cnuse the) themacYtc delight In tho
rest and expulsion of aliens ai
though the bureau of Immigration
ha assumed to Itsolf power not only
to mako recommendations, but also
to. make findings.
'The report shows that 633,371
aliens arrived In tills country during
the last fiscal year as compared with
237,021 the year before. Of this
total arrivals-11,795 were excluded
at the ports where they sought to
enter. Of jhdno arriving' 430,001 are
classed as Immigrant alien and ISC
(r.7(T a jnon Immjgrajit aliens. TJe
partures'of aliens totalled 428,063,'
Including 288,315 emigrant aliens
and 139,747 non-emigrant aliens,
making tho net Increase In tho Im
migrant population for the year 193.
514. Japanese admitted numbered 1C,-
I74. a compared with 14,904 the
Dairy Slayer Comoot-
ure Unshaken as Ver
dict Fastens Brand
of Cain Upon Him-
Sentence Today. -
Gllbort T. Ingersoll, convicted slay
er of Henry John Stoehsler, at Dairy,
last July, will race Judge Campbell
late this afternoon to rccclro his aent
enco for tho crime. t
According to "advices from local
sources, the Judge has no latltude'ln
passing sentence. Life Imprisoan-ent.
a recommended by tho Jury, if tho
only sentenco that can bo 'passed In
accordanco with the Indictment
charge and tho verdict.
Tho verdict reads:
We, the" Jury? duly ompanclod
and sworn to try tho Issues In the
above entitled action, find thaV
defendant, Gilbert T.. Ingorsoll,
guilty o fmurdjr In the flrat de
gree., and recsfcw'eodTllIb Im
prisonment.
. If. NYLAN
2R. Foreman.
this morning.
If. D. Newell, projectienglnecr for
tho u. 8. reclamation service, stated
thl noon that both aides had agreed
to prepare reports for presentation
to Secretary of ibe Interior Payne at
Washington, the reports to bs filed
not, later than the middle of Janu
ary, it tho secretary's report Is clean
cut, It will probably bo accepted
final,, but at this time there Is noth
ing which can be accented a asatir.
awfcSwr.llKWtta- wlU not tui rh rwll..tkroi!3i.Ve elovernca of hu
subject of more dlscusslo'n, and por- 7l. ""' WSHttU' '1Vf3fr'.-m'tWm'xn.
haps litigation
Most of tho partlclpans In the con
ference quit last night after a day's
discussion- reached no sottlcaent.
Today a conference wa attended
by representatives of tho Klamath
Drainage district, the Churchill In
terest and Mr. Laird, owner of a
This verdicts -returned late last
evening after the Jury had deliber
ated nearly three V hours ended
one of the fcatfyst , fought trials
erer Held ta.MMsVsJuntyThere wern
.u.u, """; TTlsVi frll""" i mg-
Campbell, they decided to organlzo equal to tho work before it,
function to bo givon In this hall.
Tho music wus especially good, and
every development of tho evening
was thoroughly enjoyable.
Today, at 2 o'clock, tho baraar
propor, Including tho sain of Christ
mas nrtlclcH, began. Thero was a
most pleasing and varied assortment
of articles, and tho croud, which
grew larger an tho hour advanced,
seemed to bo gottlug n great deal of
satisfaction out of tho opportunity to
buy "Jut tho thing they had been
looking for."
No admission Is charged for thoso
23,000 REEF
maiv uhlrl. Iitif liftrmiat iii .,' .
' """ ",w '""Vear beforo. The total number of largo tract at tho lower end of tho
pleasuro In watching others who do.Jupanose departing Is placed at 15,- Klamath lako.
were present at tho Scandinavian ''S, making, tho report says, tho In-'
hall last night, and helped to Inaug-idlcated Increase In Japanese popula-
urate what Is predicted will bo ono'tlon G21. Of thoso admitted 9193
of tho most enjoyablo bazaar porlods woro males and 6981 females.
oter enjoyed b) Klamath Falls real-l Besides the Immigrants turned back
dent. Ileforcnce Is nvado, as may at tho porti of arrival, 2762 were
have been guessed, to tho bazaar ordered deported during tho year on
given by tho Catholic ladles, In which departmental warrant 469 woro
this danco warf tho opening feature classed as anarchists and criminals.
Thl danco also was tho first social I Worrauta for 6000 Immigrants al
leged to be revolutionaries were
Issued during tho year, Mr. Wilson
says, but a ery largo proportion of
them woro cancelled, "becauso tho
IN
COUNTY, 1920
Moro than 19.000 hearf of beef
charges upon which they had been (cattle havo been shipped from Kla-
Issued were not sustained by lawful. math county alnco September 1, and
proof at tho hcurlnxs." In addition to (according to careful estimates of
tho 314 anarchlsts'deported 591 oth-lstockmen. 4000 head still remain on
era nro awaiting deportation, accord- feeding grounds In tho Klamath ba
Ing to tho report sin and Wood River country, to bo
Mr. Wilson soy that during thoimarketod beforo March 1, making a
jear 51ti,no:i aliens took tho Initial 'total of approximately 23,000 head of
known to the legal profession to free
their client, might, possibly be freed.
but the great majority of those who
have been following the case be
lieved that the Jury could not re
turn any verdict but murder In tho
first degree.
The verdict was read to the -pris
oner In the presence of tho Jury, the
counsel for tho state and defendant,
and tho clerk of court. As predicted
by many people Ingersoll dTd not
seem to take the verdict with any
show of emotion. Tho same old Im
pregnable composure remained with
him.
Stanley Ingersoll, the prlsoner'a 12
year old son, cried after tho verdict
was read.
C. M. O'Neill, one of tho defend
ant's attorneys, stated that the caso
would be Immediately appealed to
the supreme court, and that ho
was confident that a now trial would
bo granted.
or llnal stepn toward cttlzonshlp.
Whllo thl In loss than tho record
total of tho ear before, Mr. Wilson
who wish to patronize tho bazaur,iay tho decreasa Is confined to aliens
hut ho or she who wishes to danco Is I" military service and results from
charged n nominal num. tho demobilization of tho army. First
Tonight tho conversazione will bo'l'upt'rs woro filed by 300,106 aliens mutton and lambs from Midland to
held, and thU will be Immensely en-phlle potltlonn for final naturallsa- California slaughtorers. Thero woro
tlon were filed by 166,925 alien In, 33 cars in tho train.
civil life ami R1.97
boef fattened In Klamath county this
Roason.
This Information I furnishod Tho
Herald by Louis Gcrbor, who with
John Allan nnd Decklor & Dixon on
Tuesday shipped a tratnload of beet,
GOUMAN WINS DF-CIStON
OVKIt I-OS ANGELES ISOXEIt
Jojnblo. Ladles, according to tho ud
ortlnomont of tho ladles, should
wear tholr prottlcst gowns.
There will bo Inuiimorabto cnioy-
ablo features, nnd you will find lots
of your trlenda there to enjoy them
with )ou.
Alleged Rustlers
Will Have Hearing
Tomorrow aftornoon at 2 o'clock.
In t United States Commissioner llort
C. Thomas's office, Charles Hood and
Krod Hood, Indiana from tho rosor
vatlon, and W, S. Grobo, n moat deal
er at Chlloquln, will bo arralgnod to
answer to a caargo of stealing three
hoad of govornmont cattle. Tho cat-
tlo aro Bald to havo been stolon on
Noembor' 23, and to havo been'
butchered and sold,
H. M, Manning will apponr tor tho
Indians, Assistant Unltod States At
torney Charles Itoumos and Unltod
States Marshall oGorgo F. Aloxandor
aro oxpoctod to arrlvo horo tonight
ond will handle tho prosecution.
tioldlora.
Turning to tho Industrial situation,
Mr. Wilson urge legislative action
to carry out the recommendations of
tho second Industrial conference pro
posing Joint organizations of manage
ment and employes for prevention
of Industrial disputes and a compro
lionalvo plan for adjusting such dis
putes when they occur. Attention is
callod that during tho year tho la
bor department's division of concilia
tion was called upon to utilize Ita
good offices In mora than 4100 in
dustrial dispute "directly Involving
more than 3,125,100 workera and In
directly Involving more than 3,500,-
000."
'-'Thu department' says' Mr. Wil
son, "stanila for collective bargain
ing. It rocognlzes colleotlva-bargains
aa In tho nuturo of 'gentlemen's
agreements' n contradistinction to
legally and forcible contract. Collec
tive bargains cannot bo rogardod In
tho same category aa ordinary con'
Tho estimates given aro tho re
sult of collaboration between Mr.
Gorher and James Straw, Klamath
county brand Inspector, and there
fore accurate.
Tho tlguros covor beet shipped
this season frqpi Chlloquln, Klamath
Falls and Midland. The exact tally
on beef shipped so far, shown In Mr.
Straw's record Is 19,072.
not agreo to glvo steady employment
to all tho wago earner concerned
nor to any specified number. Conse
quently the workors Included In such
a bargain could have no legal claim
except that they wero actually em
ployed by the other party to tho bar
gain and at his discretion. Thero
would bo no fairness In making such
contracts entorceablo nt law. To per
mit collccttvo bargainings to be legal
ly enforclblo would bo to discourage
tho making of thorn. To loavo their
fulfilment to the good aenso and good
t Ily Associated Press.
roilTLAND, Doc. 16 Joe Gor
man of Portland won a decision
from AI Grunan of Los Angeles in
the sixth round of a scheduled ton
round bout hero last night. Gru
nan kas knocked down and claimed
a foul, but tho physician of the box
ing commission said It was not evi
dent that thero had been a' foul
and tho referee gave Gorman tho
decision. j
ami, iiAnv aiuuveh?
Mr. and Mm. Frank Mondanca
aro the happy parents of an 8W
poundvb"aby girl born at a local hos
pital yesterday afternoon. ' Both,
baby and mother are reported do
ing nicely. Mrs. Mendanca was
MIbs Hazol McCormlck before her
marriage.
faith of each side wnulil nnenurne'e
tracts'; because thoracis no mutuality, their making and thereby promote in-
Tho employer does not agree and can- dustrlal peace."
Weather Probabilities
Tho barometric pressure, as In
dicated by the Cyclo-Stornuigraph,
at Underwood's Pharmacy has
been slowly falling for the pust
24 hours.
Thla forecasts warmer condi
tions, and it wind shifts to the
southern, quartor, probably moro
snow.
Forecast for next 24 heurs:
Cloudy, warmer, followed by
unsettled weather.
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