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Wichita Weekly Times from Wichita Falls, Texas • 5

Wichita Weekly Times from Wichita Falls, Texas • 5

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fete us Well ss wa-tiug time lu unliMd ttbiis In lb" imbllc eye and scenrdingly jtbey urn coustruriing a m-w bns- HM-iil u-tilrotn'e to the Tn-aiury over un tbo luiHisiie side of the building n-xl to the White linns-' and hem the hsuilrg and unhiMling of mom-y 111 Is- car-I rlvd ou In a shi-llcicd co-irtyanl loir with ahsrp uhuuiera wstihing us the JOatertun of Vault They have been Mliupljr playing bob of late wlih ill ha okl-tlme way of doing things at lb States Tnaxury meaning' of nhiws tbr Treasury building or Treasury Ik part meat at Washington vhkb la principal "Mnmg box" and Ihr Muutula hid of that steady stream of immmhU nuioey which mnkre Iha mam go la all arta of hup country Tha eieenllre' earthquake that baa boon turning Ihlnga iiqsiy-iurvy In Iba iiiosl Important branch of I'nclii Ruin' business establishment on the banka of tbr ISrimnar art In amm after lres-blent Tuft entered the While Hnuae and there tamo to bat la ronMqnoiice a new aerretary of the Treaaury an ufricbil freah from Chicago whore yon hnow they do (malneaa Just a little Hiiim aterniinualy than anywhere elae In the rountryj The lnailrallnn hr the rattling of ebanleal esnerta of the Tmtaury aimr-ml on by the cry for oronomy Invented wondiwful new maebine that all but revolution lacd the manafaeturo of MMy money whleb la one of the chief aotivltlea of tbo Treaaury lieiartmenL Thenu newunxleil money makera were muuhlnatbui that la do now from rovrmk-d viut git isdutd ba hot exactly Tu the casual obstr-er It hulked like full-fledged Burney la every sene of the work bat for all that the printers at the llureau had virtually complett-d the "green bpeks" and the It wisu't la Iniriaels value bo much aa half made moaey because It larked the elgnlib leant Utile seal ef blue or red that conferred upon each slip of paper the dignity of legal leader t-'aill a few months axo this seal was ant Imiuvso-ed in each bill until It rcgrBcd the I Treasury Jkiildlng sad ronaequcatly tha officials never won-led much b-s: anybody should try to steal cumency i hat in Hh uurompMed sUI- would rut pah muster with auy kmker or Iknen-eyi-d Imslsess man Now how Inver tbiiuk to the ecummilml aw levmbtuaibiu machines shlrb lute been referred In stove the "scnllug" uf the rurrency Is dove lu cuajumilun with the is her operaibms of mamifse tm at the bureau Ili-m-e It Is aimon-pum weallh Ihnf la wbeebil ebuig ih streets of Washingum these days and the official bare devised an elaborate new system uf sab-guard fur the jmuai-r in transit Phrmumt of these ntngusnla I the automobile itself which has a body of steel and wood Mmag t-aoimh to resist almost anything save a dynamite eipbwbm and whleb likewise ha tbe speed to run away from rob hem If something which the eld wagon was larking klumirer Ilia mm or car la currounded wheaArr there lu mom-y aboard by a force of riclu-d gourds with ua the sM-cial Ueeiuen all fonm-r nuu-cummlitinn-d officers of the railed Mate Army and expert revolver shot are la ual-form and each la armed with tbe latest approved type of magulne gnu Two of tbo guard ride wlih the ebauf four on the front seat of the car while three or four occupy positions on seat across the back of the cur site one mounted officer arromimnics the automoldle anting as a sort of smut and holding up street traffic along the nsae of the Mjuy rble" The new money car will carry as iiiip-Ii ss Owiuw on a single trip and Inasnmi-h ns the three faithful horses Tom Ned aud Ire which were lately retired on a pension bad hauled dnring tbo twit li yearn a total uf flfMuuuoOuo it can be surmlMHl what a traiMistriMlua record will be to the credit of the now na well as our pss-r nimu-y hut here-tufisnt spccbil wagiuis have bts-a re-quln-d tu tiike these to the tb-aeral rnstisrhe llniMing whetire tb-y are shipped to postmasters all over the laad Wlih Its own elm-trfo plants la cm-slant oiietstbui day and Bight and Ms of electricity gulag Ui waste so to apeak It will not la reality coat the government anything to supply for the storage lieUvrie of Its newest automobile That means about 1 1300 a year to the good over the present hones as It rambled back and forth on Its abort route wao aa snfolUng object of Interest to I hit liHirints who are all the while Jonmcyiag to Washington from all sns if Ihn country and the guides who idiot stranger about the city could always astonish their barge when they retailed the aniu-Ing totals of the wealth the old wagon had held In Its whole train-loads of money almost aa mack indeed as'misla In tbo whole world today Hut this portablsi landmark of Da old lautea and tbo general rejuvenation crrrarJtfrrrrio fnl'nKf at tbo Tmtaury wa given a that fi?" jJ apparatus Consequently old laid by for a rainy day at any time In the peat' This preaent undertaklag stay not result In such sweeping economies aa did the new wrinkles in money making last year hut It Is folly as interesting and will lie even more slgnineant Kr hap In Its results A particularly up-to-date angle of the aew status of affairs has bee found In the Introduction of gigantic automobile to perform every day the moat responsible Job of raying known to the world All currenry embracing banknotes gold and silver certificates etc produced by the United Mates government In printed nt the money manufactory connected with the a prlnteqr known nn the I'nlted Slate tbirean of Engraving many machines wei displaced and there wan no need Air services of doacus of men and women who had formerly operated these now anperflnous pieces of equipment The net result was that the operating force at tha Treasury Department was reduced to the tune of something like SdO persona thnm was brought about nnrn wongnt about a saving of of oronomy which baa been the akigaa of tbo Taft admlnlat ration As a very first move the new secretary discarded the old workroom that had am red the needs of former secretaries of the Treaaury and had a fine now office fltM up In another port of tbo building and a apnrail new elerator (Hit In for hla apodal use That wka to see to li ihnt no suspil'i'sit char-aefors taka aa un-Jnu fnteri-g In lh proccedlug Ouce Inahlo the Treasury a large pmpnrthitt ef nit tb- pew-iuodu uion i now dcllven-d them yti to a new i vault that has Isi--lr t-ren cumplcit far underground Mw the nris-'lvu granite building t'e-le m-wert uml Urgeid im-my ctirsi i-o-t ib guv-fiuiih-ul I emu thsn '9MIIIM unit of the finest vaults in Him wuihl If ant he finest It Is HI feet in lensib about fowl wide Olid Id feet and Us Interior hai 1'iinni steel ptg- ce-hides each nuulo Just largo enough to accommodate a package eunisiulrg 4000 hank nmes Tim walls id this Riilderraiiouu aofo are of th at lest steel and thu nmnnier door has hH'ha with ftsir romblnaiinus hut tlie main safeguard for Urn burlod wealth IN iln an electric protective system that cost 19400 mid which enmeshes the entire vault In a rhutedrawn network of i-h-rtrie more than mile of wire In all The slightest Interference with any wire at any point will Miund alarms and the ayriem la foaled every 13 minutes day and night to ace that It la In perfect working order ele Mam'a "financial district" ban had! outlay for fording and caring for bore-to give way before the march of prog-' es keeping harness la repair etc Arms la the Treasury In Its Mead! ter all however the most highly ern there has Intely bcsMi iilavd In service i teemed qualiricsUou of this new hors a new money motor currency car i leas money van is that it afford greats sierially designed and comuntned focer ancnrlty fur Its precious cargo the government I'ltlinalcly there will 'Now of course it la very desirable to be two of these hmaefosa vehicles have all the prelection pooslblo when and they are grins la work wonders you are toting such a valuable pereel around town tbe mom so biwaase there is now tnom money fa the strong bog on wheels at every trip than there ever was la the rid days Hut tbe mason why the sails prutsuliuu fur Ibis new portable safe have been imperative la that It la now real inowy which Viw'M'V'iMuV'io'iie'aiire 'tnlMeterkB thousand of dollars la not btrated In the Trenanry but ahbter bad IbelTi maltbuu or hadi Now Rnol Mil entidoyoa oceuinr a building of lUr tm that bo ara going to Invklelho I heir own aomo half a mile away i iLi rfTnnnmy niML snvwav ihs nthlr buir or thdr huge bousvchin-! Hence It bccoraea aocesaaty to Iraas-A need of economy nut anyway They are revising the for the paper money as fast as it Is and llinllng Now this odd print shall it in miNdarv ifli kio niw wfwbinc flusik romrpri inry onr itviiuhh lOwiiw lOf Mwr iihibp wh ih i iui ihrlZrt nr his house methods of handling ncw-nmdu money printed to the Treasury lkirttnent JSStJSUV vWS until It the In huge aa time and labor aavera The money mover Is callable of carrying half ngala aa much maney aa the home-drawn vehicle and la capable of dar la Maced away reserve i much speedier uiwniUun Indeed so vanhs-to lie drawn upon aa needed toimneh more expeditious la It la the do-rvpbmlah the rlreuhiilng Medium I livery of holy hauls that the bureau Kmm time not of mind we kigU 'official are planning la have the new almost any lb Is transfer of raoni-jr vi-hlilo do duslib service aud not ouly had bee made by means of a big wag- deliver the fresh output of money but on hsihlng very much like an oveo also I he nation's lmelsgn slamps You grown "black marie" This somber 'know the Rurraii of Engraving and van as drawn by three powerful white Printing I runs out our postugn stamps ti the "shake np" that ha made the Inner workings of the Treasury almost unrecognisable to the man who was fumlllnr with the methods la vogue his M-vniiitimi 0 winfljency currency art Moreover 'he end 9 limb- Ram muat now keep la reserve arimuwatJLs a' i St Zwo mntter 'at tboui iJST ln rtffM had facility mu-hvs consumer" and improving the system fur storing Hut natbm'a aurplua weallh and be it explained this latter In a new horn of the dilemma for la shifted from the flureau to the Treasury three times a day Iliil you am asking wasn't It real uinaey that filled Ihn old wagon on the trips it made with rlorklike regularity these dusen years past? Well The Electra OU Field One of Great Promise A CREED FDR BOOSTERS AND BUILDERS OF A GREATER WICHITA FALLS per rent on tbo money forested 1PDi nTlfPIIT ysfsrys raa DtrAKifiMi enough houses to anything like supply the demand and that the oil cowmen to their force that the new foundry and piachlno aluipa are aura bring more families here and that others are continually moving to Electra houses of thin deocriisfon will rent for panic are oootlnnally adding more even more than at the present time GETS DONATION TENANTR ADJOINING BURNED TRICT CONTRIBUTE $4440 TO THE BOVS DIS By HAFPV DAY I RELIEVE In Wk'hlfo Falla In tho uewmlmnce of her gcograpblral location In tho beatify and bcaltbfulucM of her hills and dales BROWNING CASE WAS CONTINUED MNEFIIHS REPRESENTED Real Eatata Transfers John Hler to Higgs bun 13 and 14 block HIT $3730 Mrs Adlckcs et al to Ilrblwell bHs 13 19 17 and II Mock It: $1433 Doctor to Rector lot St block 3 True heart sulsUrlaion $330 I JleConkry to Hillings lu9 fuel off of hsa 1 ami 3 block 17 and addition fiuo Volght to Midi Augusta Volgbt lot 9 blurk 3 liurkbnrnett $909 I Volgbt to William Voight block 29 of subdivision of Red River Valley lands $3309 A llcblng to Fannie 1 lotting lot SA block 31 Jsloulrk addition $740 II Wiseman to Wm ralkemeyer lot IS block Electra $39 IV Jackson to Ruling lot 3 block SI $349 Huff to Ktrlnger 1-3 acres on Chance Creek $1 and other considerations Havener lo P-Rl Clair lot 1 A block 319 $3500 Beard to Ik Marlow 9 acres of John A Brett survey $1939 Henderson to HI (ierenwood Iota 3 3 and A bbick 110 $73A It la Planned te Pine the Donation Jn the General Fund of the Dspartimnt lu Hut umhtvehqied unllmltsd power of her railway and the 'commerce of her contiguous leiritory In tho uuaurpasMtbla natural resources of rlimate abundant water cheap natural gaa oil and cool at her dtor la the skill ami Inventive genius of her workmen the public spirit of her business men and tbu resulting tirosiwrUy of her people la the Certainty uf Iter beeumtag the Industrial center of tbo oouthweat an a result of the Intelligent exploitstloa of her advantages hy the Cham her of Commerce I RELIEVE In the glory of her peat and the greatness of her end I believe that tin same aad "get what you go aidrit ef her the spirit that Ifrishly gave iln owe Mood brawn bralnn and money to the uplMilIdlug of this country-still lives la Wichita Falls' sons and daughters and awaits onyl the word rail all Wit-hit Fulls to still greater things which are Is for na On account of the illness of Mrs Fleming one of te principal witnesses for ihp defense a eoaiinu-anco of the trial of Clint Drowning wan obtained In the district court this Morning until tbe next term of court Drowning Is charged with the murder of his brother-in-law John Hunch here a few months ago Tho defendant la represented by Huff nnd Thilllngtuti The trial of llerry end Frank Rambert charged wUh the mnnhr of Ed Ilsrdwb'k I at for Thursday The Ore department Is In receipt of general contribution of $41 made by tenants of tho buildings adjoining the recently burned district on Eighth street la smirecintloa of the good work of the Are tmys In preventing spread of the flames on that occasion The money wun eiqmtbiiied among those preaent atstlie Ire and check forwarded to each to carer the amount of their pro rata of the total How-It Is pinnuod by some of the buys to place the entire amount In the general fund to aid the department in Its efforts to furnish thrir library and club ream upstairs In the new addition to the city lull and to buy additional CENSUS BUREAU Could Not Writs Versailles Mr Elisha 1 flreen of this place' says i could not wrliu aH tha different pains hadwhea I first tried Cardul I rould ecarely walk Now am able to ran tho sewing machine and do my work and COTTON RETORT trred the oil 'gushed ten feet above the casing and -caused much srtlvhy In the oil field filnco the discovery (X deep oil tbe shallow wells are bring put down to the I860 foot sand Waggoner Na ft which whs drilled In Jan 4lh afforded many of the Electra rlt-liens their first opportunity to witness nn oil gusher tho mi wd gushed SO fret la the derrick and afforded spectacle long to be remembered Muck new work Is Mug dona In the way of cob st me ting 'pipe lines tanks etc- and at the preaent time the pay roll of the Producers' Co la about SlH-iNHt ier month and the Cloyco OH Co shout $3300 per month Tbe biggest outlay has been made by the Texas aud Producers Co They have secured some very valuable leases la tha Eleetra territory and are on record of paying as high aa $3100 per sera bona per year for lease giving onelght royalty Tbe quantity of the oil found In the Electra field la 43 and the most valuable refining oil found In the Routh ihnn tho big Kilning companies are very eager to get production In the nefr field and are sparing neither time or money to arrange to take earn of tho production The best posted oil men predict that the Eb-rtra field will be the moat extensive oil field in the Soulh while It may not develop tho great gnsher strata It la thought that the- light grade of oil means a smaller production but an Inexahnstlbb supply Wichita Falls and Wichita county will be noted oil center In a few yearn na every greet oil field naturally pilres a distributing point and the bit will foil tn Wlehita Falla to take earn of the refined products of the Electra fifty flrea) la Wtrtilta Roumy Electra Texas Jan 31-The man who places hla money In real estate la Electra and builds houses for tha purpose of renting Is Investing hla mey la something that la reliable and something that means a greater profit than almoet any other Investment he could make Aa1 Interview with a man who la In a position to know about the matter revealed that comforUbla house boxed weather-boarded and papered and with galvanised ri sterns could ha built for about $13 per room and -a aim nwldeam bit can be bought for from $39 to $73 making an outlay of cost tn a three-ream boa so amount -to $34ML -This class of bouses la renting at the present time for $3 per room or $13 per house- per month That would mean $199 per year 'or aamethlBg-'orer-S3 Electra Texas Jan Comiuir-tirelyfow people are aware that Wirh Iia county la not only one id the richest agricultural counties In Northwest Texas but the rbshest In mlnerata also as shehas at' Electra twenty-seven miles 'West on tha Kurt Wiwth and Denver railroad one of tbe richest oil ffolds In Texas this oil field wan discovered about ten years ago by- Waggoner a rich stockman of that town while drilling deep water well he haring struck nil In fuur different wells In the Immediate vicinity of Klecfra which was sufficient to spoil the water for stock purposes but afterwards proved to be of great financial benefit to hlnf as will bo seen by following the history- of the oil development st Electra The winter of 1903 when )V Waggoner leaned several thousand acres of his reach adjoining Electra on tha Routh to Montgomery A Cole of Fort Worth who contracted wlih Messrs Ctreen A Klllnger to drill an oil well to the depth of 1300 feet thin was the first reel development for oil marie in Electra the showing made In the Montgomery A Cob well Impressed Mr Waggoner A Elllnger to drill a well for him near hla White FAr ranch house a tuut one and a half miles Routh west of the town of Electro tho preaent alto of the great oil developments now being made by the I Tod seers' and Texan Company thin well when brought In at tho 1300 foot atrata made such an excellent showing that representative of the Texas Co who were ou tho ground made a favorable report and tho head men of the Texan Co were soon on the ground and negotiating for a lease on the Waggoner ranch which they succeeded in semiring by paying 935A00 cash and I73JM0 on or before Jam 1-1911 Mr Waggoner has retrieved the latter payment making him a net uf 9100000 for hla lease and a reservation of on eighth of all the oil and gaa produced on said lease After the Texas Co secured the valuable lease from Mr Waggoner they went to work Immediately to develop tbe newly acquired' lease and wit bin few week new derririm were springing up and material moving In the di-reethm of tho new ell gold and since that time there has never been a foil In the operations thousand ef loads of pipe end machinery have been received at Electra and put to work la the development of oil Tho first deep well to be brought In was drilled In August 4 by the Producer! Co on tho Dywatere lease When tho 1 lee-foot sand was eneoun- I BELIEVE the Ireutemlmin transforming power of 0Simistu' I believe that Is a hick of faith which checks tho dcvcbipniuut uf ludividunts ojunciu- ibma aud That skepticism Is Uu wily thing which stands between Wirbltit Fulls and her great destiny And that when pessimism is transformed to iqitinilxiH Wh-blio Fails will maintain her rlgklfol place la the vatiRiiaril of Industrial preen THEREFORE I AM RESOLVED Thai I will avoid and help other lo ewatie the dewh-ning ihiucrvlla-Ing rut of criticism skepticism asd laenla That I will be a booster at 1 That I will Jidn tho Chaniltiir of Coniuu-fce sod mmmI it In Its effurri to build better busier ami more bcsuiiPil city -And I will neglect no opportunity to show my fufih in tho future of Wichita Fallo and labnr'unniiHfogly for Us fulfillment my neighbors tell me the medicine muat be good for I look eo much bet-" pbilned by some of the number who sopio necessary equipment As ex ter" Cartlni is Washington Jun The rensua bureau has annmtnctri the amount of eottoa ginned tn Jan 19 to he He 351113 bales Rea Island Is Included In the report whh total uf 99411 boles Texas ginned 2912444: Arkansas 74R447 Oklabomn 90AIK9 and Louisiana 343917 a apeeifk pain-re-UcyiDg tonic remedy for women- In the 'past 39 yearn It has-oen found te relieve xromen'n nnaecetsnry pafoa nnd female Misery lor wfclck over-a million suffering xrnmea ham successfully used It Try CardM fur your troubbC-It will help you At tbe Bearcat drug stare dlscnaaed the matter with a Times re porter the members of the deportment hare ae desire In pratlt persenak from thrir efforts sad prefer to have all rontriljuiiou go jo he general fond V-' Tbe contribatom to the food refer 'red to above were aa follows: Wichita Hsrware Company Nolan Mercantile Company Dean Huey A Rohlke Carpreter A Company' Leeds Woolen Mills Sfounona Wstere tihn Brea ffirtil) Buninesa Col-Irge and (X Schneider --1 1 i REV ARE nULXEY nsm sianifestcri in tbo futw jrd moac-nu-al set font at the Chicinnati May Mori In Wichita Falla in 191J The Seventh Missionary Department WAS HERE TODAY of the Protestant Episcopal Church In Ccmval Convention 1 ti muia eutt lag held at 1h- twu-ie Ou eveuttr of the Dith was thu wt foriit(ug apcctxcfo evir wituisju-d ty the the Stales of Amcrica kuown aa the Department of tha Southwest composed of the States ef Arkansas Kanoaa Missouri' New Mexico Ok la- of SL Lui- Ttic pfix-iril nr s-jo vested choristers wRb the Itjibnp aud clergy In robes wjs picture king to Alex Rfoghoffer the coal mining esprit was here from Jenny hut Mao-day He Mates that new mines are befog opened at Jermyn and that by the close of tho year they will be turning out more coal than any other mines in the state He also states that the quality of the coni being mined there Is ef a superior quality and that sort kern capita I Ms have become la-tereeted in the Jermyn product and stand ready tn Invest heavily The tnwn is growing rapidly and Mr Ring-hnffer la of the qpinioa that Jermyn has brighter prospects for a great fw-tare than asy muring Iowa ho -has aver kaowa-7-Cnham Leader hotsa and Texan held Its Council in Bt IsmiIa Mo January 17 1A and 19 This body composed of twelve Bisb-epe there bring that many diocese Rev Abe Mulkey the trelMtaowa evangelist aa la the city today being ea route from Elk City Okfo to Fort Worth 1 Mr Mulkey baa Just cloned a revival at Elk nty which he report to have a very successful one both la of Interest and in the number of roerenduas He goes to Frit Worth for the purpose of conducting a Meeting at that ptea- Ed Wilson who lives nn bin fora near tha city conducts a very prodt-able trade ty Angora rata Mr Wllaoa has raised 'a (ante fsmlmr of thcae rata and hla best anlaiala abrqya hare brought good prierw He shipped a rat to Washington today for which ha was paid $39' 1 Cord wood at $3-ri iwr oril Down fo tbo department 57 ek-rgyiucu aeil'wnud $140 pr luMl on irm furmerly ml lay tuen This meeting was the moot by Rwhag Sutuh uf bxrb-y on InteresUag on evor -held bi Uw do-UvicMla St Moure or Burk tm farm poitmoiiL There was great cnibiuF jj-ife EODDY.

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