The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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BY BRET HARTE.
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i The Wells of Southern California
Are Fair Producers.
Only Drnwlinrk I* the Sperulnthc
Fever Which They C hum- mid
Which Impoverishes Muu>
> in nil luieatora.
[Durir.c the flrft day's' fight at GotlypbnrR an old man in a s a,low-talk d coat
and bi'ti rtd iylii,.:<r hat came F'talklr.s ... the field* from the town and nuu
his ..rnearance at Col. Stone's position. With a musketto Wi tondand ammunition
Ir'i !:, t, this vu.erable cltli r asked Col. Wlsur's permission to tight Wi-i r
dr.. t. ti him to bo ov. r to the Iron Brigade, where hi- would he sheltered by th. woods,
hut the Old mail Insist, (i on going forward to the skirmish lire, lie was allowed to
do so, and continued tiring until the skirmishers retired, when hi w.is the last """
to leave, lie afterward {outfit with the iron Brigade, where he was three times
wotn .led. Tills patriotic and heroic cltlnr. was Constable John ltutns, of uettji.
burg.)
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(lave you heard the story that gossips t<ll
Df Burns at Gettysburg?—No? Ah, well:
Brief is the glory that hero earns,
Briefer the story of poor John Burns;
He was the fellow who won renown—
l'ne only man who didn't back down
When the rebels' rode through his native
town;
But held h'.s own in the fight next day,
\Yhen all his townsfolk ran. away.
That was in July, sixty-three—
The very day that Gen. Lee,
flower of southern chivalry,
[. ill', d ar.d bt uten, backward reeled
a'roni a stubborn Altade and a barren field.
I might tell how, but the day before,
John Burns stood at his cottage-door,
Looking down the village street, ^
vV'here, in the shade of his peaceful vine,
1 le lu-ard the low of his gathered kine,
A.nd felt their breath with incense sweet;
Or 1 might say, when the sunset burned
Phe old tarm gable, he thought it turned
The milk that fell like a babbling flood
Into the milk-pall, red as> blood!
r. how he fancied the hum of bees
\W-re bullets buzzing among the trees.
But ail such fanciful thoughts as these
Were strange to a practical man like
Burns,
Who mi:, i d only his own concerns,
Troubled no more by fancies fine
Than one of his calm-eyed, long-tailed
Quite* old-fashioned and matter-of-ract,
Blov t 1 argue, but quick to act.
r'hat w the reason, as-some folks say,
11 fought so well on that terrible day.
And It was terrible. On the right
r igt d t r hours the heavy fight,
Fhund red the battery's double bass—
Diflicult music for men to face;
Wiiile oti the left—where now the graves
Undul it Uke the living wav< s
Th it all the day unceasing swept
.to the pits the rebels kept—
tiound shot plowt d the upland Rl■>**-•
- ••, with bullets1, reaped with blades*
Sh ittered fences here and theie
Tossed their splinters in the air;
Th- v. r v trees w re stripped and bare;
barns th it once held yellow grain
v .• iped with harvests ol the slain;
H cattU bellow* d on the plain,
The turkeys screamed with might an<
main,
A> <1 brooding barn-fowl left their rest,
W 'llv strange sheila bursting in each nest
lust where the tide of battle turns,
Erect and lonely, st >od old John Burnt.
11 iw do j ou thii k th< man w is di ss d?
Hi v. ire an ancient, long, buft vest,
Yellow saffron—but his best;
And. buttoned over his manly breast,
Was a bright blue coat with a rolling
collar,
Ai i". large gilt buttonsi-s-lze of a dollar—
"With tails that the countryfolk oailea
He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned
hat,
White as the locks on which it sat,
N, v r had such a sight been seen
Fur forty years on the village green,
gli ,. old John Burns was a country beau,
And went to the "iiulltings" long ago.
Close at his elbows all that day,
V*t t ans of the Peninsula,
Sunburnt and biard< < harged away#
Ar.d striplings, downy of lip and chin
Clerks that the Home Guard mustered in-
Glanced, as they passed, at the hat ha
wore,
Then at the rifle his right hand bore;
And hailed him, from out their youthful
lore,
With scraps of a slangy repertoire:
"How are you, White llat?" "I'ut her
through!"
"Your head's level!" and Bully foryoui
Called him "D.u'.dy"—b. ggt d he'd disclose
The name of the tailor who made his
clothes,
Ar.d what was-the value he set on those:
While Burns, unmindful of jeer and scoff,
Stool; there picking the rebels off—
With his long brown rifle and bell-crown
hat,
And th. swallow-tails they were laugh-
ing at. (
'Twasr but a moment, for that respect
Which . nth s all courage their voices
checked;
And something the wildest could under-
stand
Spake in th old man's strong right hand,
A lid his corded throat, and the lurking
frown
Of his . \ brows ui der his old belt-crown;
Until, as they gazt d, there crept an awe
Through th. ranks in whispers, and some
men saw,
Ir. the -antique vestments and long white
hair,
The Past of the Nation in battle th're;
Ar.d son;e of tin soldiers since declare
That the gleam of histoid white hat afar,
Bike the .rested plume of the brave Na-
1 varre,
That day was1 their oriflamme of war.
Thus rat? ; the battV. You know the rest;
How the v bels, beaten, and backward
pressed.
Broke at the flr.al charge and ran.
At which John Burns—a practical man—
Shouldered his rifle, unbent his brows,
And then w< nt back to his bees ai.d cows.
[Special Los Angeles (Cal.) Better 1
IT was remarked reeently that,
there is hardly a poor w.orhiug
woman in Los Angeles who has
aot lost more or less money by in-
festing in oil well*. While facts are
ixaggerated in this statement, it re-
uaiiis true that the petroleum craze,
n its seasons, more thoroughly than
tny other enterprise in southern
California, drains the pockets of
urge numbers of citizens who can
11 afford to lose their small savings.
,t is undoubtedly true that the poor
people of this state are wretchedly,
sordidly poor; and the remembrance
)f better days and a hope of udding
,o u depleted income causes many
io listen with over-willing ears to
imooth stories concerning the oily
product. There are still unwary in-
dividuals who seem not to be eou-|
tent unless they are risking burning
their fingers, but the petroleum in-
iustry is now reduced to a very safe
working basis. A radical though ,
gradual change has been taking'
olace during tlie last six months in
methods of conducting this business.
Instead of the eagerness formerly
displayed to secure the oil in tanks,
care is now being directed toward
arranging for better transportation
to such market as existed and in-
creasing that market. For, although
there was an increase of 50 per cent,
in the oil product of California last
year over that of 1900, the decline
of 37.7 cents per barrel, resulted in j
a loss of about $2,000,000. This has
caused a decline in the amount of
development bci. mhde. In May,!
there were 1~ r and 533 w.ells j
drilling, while in June there were
113 rigs and 520 wells drilling. This
is a greater reduction than at iirst ,
in* extent, and this fact has pifen •
wide spread impression that it U all
loo btftvy, This i*< a mlstak# M
there are all grades of oil i the
state. In fact, near Newhall. are the
white wells where pet-feetl.v cdenr
kerosene, ready for illuminating
purpoM-s, has been found. This ter-
ritory is. so far, supposed to be lim-
ited. being confined to a portion oi
placenta canyon.
The first well was drilled at a
large expense owing to the quality
of the rock formation, but after
months of hard labor the operators
were rewarded by a tine floor; in
fact, for n short time, the well was
a gusher, throwing a stream 100 feet
into the air a 400-oarrel tank was
filled in 24 hours. They tried boring
deeper, but the pipe deflected and
the flow was "smothered."' It is
thought that the removal of the pipe
and redrilling in a straight line will
bring oil in p.aying quantities again.
It filters through the rock in some
way until it is distilled, and i> w rth
i from four to five dollars per ba*'-
1 rel on the field. The smell of na-
| tural gas meets one at evcr\ turn in
Plaeerita canyon, and in son- | • •-
I tions of the state there are pi>\iusr,
flowing gas wells. 11 is probable
; that the Los Angeles fields have pro-
duced more oil than others in the
state, although the greater portion
of the product has been of low,
grade, and most of the wells must
be pumped at considerable expense.
One skeptic who believed that there
were no flowing wells in the city was
invited to look at a gusher when the
cap was removed, with the result
that a new $."0 suit of clothing
was ruined. In oil more than in any
other industry one must look for
tho unexpected to happen. Most of
the wells produce in large quanti-
ties at iirst. but a woman who lives
in the midst of some wells, near
West lake Park, stated re cntly that
some of the w.ells at the rear of her
residence formerly furnished 05 bar-
rels daily each. Now it is nee. -.try
to pump 05 wells t<3 obtain that
amount of petroleum.
In 1SG3 a well costing $05,000 was
drilled on Hoover street, but the busi-
ness was not pushed.
The California product • from
'wmm
So Tn*te for Apple®.
The teacher was trying to help the
bov. "Now come, Johnnie," she said,
"w hich is greater, tw o-thirds or three-
quarters?"
The boy did not know.
"Oh, yes, you do," said the teacher,
hopefully. "Which would you rather
have, three-quarters of an apple or
two-thirds of an apple?"
"Two-thirds," said the boy on a
£UCSS.
•Oh. no,' said the teacher, hopeless-
ly "w by, two-thirds would be less than
three-quarters."
"I know it," said the boy, promptly,
"but 1 don't like apples."—St. Louis
Star. ___
Kmlinr mining.
"Has either «f ever ' p>'n ,ilnr"
ried before?" asked Ilu> license clerk
as the li'!ulin|*innn and the iugenue
appeared at the>\vindow. ^
"I've been married three times,"
said the gentleman, "liirdie, how
many times have you—"
"Oi'ar me! llow awkward," she ex-
claimed. "1 counted them this morn-
ing and had a list, but but I must
have left it at the hotel. I'm so for-
getful."—Chicago-Record-Herald.
K\«mple.
"You ought not to smoke right be-
fore the children, Henry," expostulated
Mrs. ( hinner. "Can't you see you're
setting them a very bad example
"Oh, that's all right, my dear," re-
plied her husband, easily. "If the) fol-
low your example of carrying pins in
their mouth they'll never live l°nf
enough to be harmed by my example.
—Syracuse Herald.
The !,**• of Two Kvllw.
"No," said Willie Washington, "I am
not going to protest against any
methods of taxation. What s the
use ?"
"Well," answered Miss Cayenne,
•'Perhaps you are right. \ou would
rather let them tax your property
than tax your mind."—Washington
Star.
Trouble* of Those \Vli« Try.
They tell us Just *o do our best
And l t- i xtiiii- from woe;
TI., think'* we think are best the rf '
May not see that way, though;
The hero may be prone to blow
About poor lights he's fought;
The g« ntle poet may r.ot know
His masterpiece from rot.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
roll SUAltESPEAIl.R.
Well, llnrtlly.
"Is this your Iirst love afTair," he
nsked, tenderly.
The up-to-date feminine representa-
tive of this progressive age looked st
him scornfully.
"Heavens!" she exclaimed, "I'm al-
most IS years old. What do you think
I've been doing all my life?"
"1 mean," he corrected, hastily, "is
this your iirst for this year?"
"You must think I'm slow," she an-
swered. "This is the third."—Chicago
Post.
A (* od Thermometer.
The vi ry best therm- meter,
Ar.d one quite sure to please,
Mi; ii>ur. . temptraturs
Of scv. nty dc gr es.
| ^Philadelphia Record.
ii \i> it nt tiu:iie.
OIL WELLS IN THE WATER AT 8UMMERLAND, CAL.
GUMNLR WHO CUT A FUSE.
S'ormer .1 :>nl 1 oi-'s l)«ii«erou >lelli(Ml
ot Ki'dnciiiK the Time o£
u UOI>II)NHCU.
"C.-tpt. Burnett's ortillavy shot nt
I'liickamaugn," sai.l Comrade A. C.
l)obbs, iu Hie Chicago Inter Ocean,
"was a remarkable one, but the
navv lias a gj^oo.l record in that line.
On the ;!il of May, 1S04, while the
iirniy of the James, under Gen. lint-
], \\;is assembled at Fortress Mon-
roe on board transports awaiting or-
ders in proceed up the river to City
['oint t1 n. 1 liermnda Hundred, t!ie tug
Charles Cliamberlain, which had been
ilifrd up as a gunboat, was ordered
t , proreed up the river in advance
of tlie fleet, and, after passing row-
lint ton l'oiut, to drag the river for
torpedoes.
" The tug was manned by a crew
from the New York naval brigade,
under command of Lieut. Harris, of
the navy. About noon, on May 4,
when between Fort l'owliatton and
Harrison's landing, we saw on the
left bank of the river and about half
a mil. inland, a confederate signal
station or tower, on which a signal
otlicer was operating with his Hag.
The crew were called to quarters,
and a shell from a six-inch l'arrot
ritle was sent in the direction of the
waving Hag. This exploded before
reaching its destination, and another
shell, with a longer fuse was rammed
home and tired tit the plucky signal
ofticer.
"This officer stood on the tower in
plain view anil kept his signals going.
We knew, of course, that he was re-
porting to his superiors, and the sec-
ond shot was aimed with the great-
est care. It struck the tower, anil
man and tower went down together.
This was really the first shot lived
iu the memorable James river cam-
paign.
"There was on board the tng or
o-unboat a brigadier general and his
JstatT. and all were on the bridge
watching the effect* of the shots on
the tower. Just after the second
charge had been raniunxl home, and
before it had been fired. Lieut. Har-
ris told Dunbar, gunner's mate, to
prepare another shell with a thirty-
second fuse. Dunbar had been a Tain-
many Hull janitor, but he thought he
had mastered the art of gunnery.
When lie received Harris' order as to
a shorter fuse he hud just come out
of the magazine with a hammer and
cold chisel in his hands, and he was
ready for business.
"lie officiously caught up a shell,
sat down on the deck with the shell
between his knees, and proceeded to
appears, for of the 80 wells drilling
in the Kern river field 50 were sus-
pended, leaving -4 in operation. In
tlie MeKittriek-Kunset fields, of the
107 drilling 118 were suspended.
The same state of affairs exists
more or less in other portions of tlie 1
state. However, the increase, in
June, to 1,030 barrels per day, frnni
625 in May, in the Carreaga and
l'ullerton fields has kept tip the gen-
eral average. There is talk fit ex-
tending railroad lines in different di-
rections in order to tap the oil lands
now nearly inaccessible to market.
California is justified in being |
proud of her newly-ucquired fuel
wealth. Conl and wood have always
been scarce and high and the dis-
covery of an abundant supply of
petroleum has rendered the heating
and cooking problem easy of solu- I
tion. It was estimated that the <
yield in 1000 was about 4,000,000 bar-
rels an din I'JOl nearly twice that
utr-.r.;
y
m *
WHITE OIL GUSIIEH, NEWHALL.
CUT THE FUSE WITH CHISEL AND
HAMMER.
cut. the fuse with chisel and hammer
The friction ignited the fuse, ana
Dunbar, hearing the sputtering of the
powder, threw the shell from him and
it exploded, smashing some of the
cabin woodwork and spoiling a lot
of muskets ami cutlasses on the aftei
deck. When the shell exploded the
officers on the bridge around the pilot
house thought the confederates had
opened on us from a masked battery,
and in their excitement failed to see
the results of our own gunnery."
Strength of a Hallway Ermine.
A railroad engine may be rovighlj
said to be equal in strength to
horses.—JingineerAiaj; Magaitl&s*
amount. Twelve oil refineries in the
state are using at a rate of over
1,500,000 barrels of petroleum per
year, the total amount of distillates
being over 170,000 barrels, and the
refining business is in its infancy.
It has been practically proven that
the supply is well-nigh inexhaustible,
and manufacturers will no longer
hesitate to make needed changes in
their furnaces.
I 'nt il comparatively recent times,
petroleum has been almost ex-
clusively used for illuminating pur-
poses, and the public has been slow
in learning its value as a lubricant
nnd fuel. Oil at one dollar per bar-
rel is equivalent in cost to coal at
$4.50 per ton. Coal in California is
worth from $7.50 per ton, up. A
large quantity of the output is not
Busceptible to refining to any pay-
that found in the east in that it con-
tains, as a rule, asphalt instead of
paraffin. Since the earliest times the
Indians used it for various purposes*
and the Catholic fathers employed
asphalt in roi fting the missions.
During the time of the early oil ex*
citemcnt in Pennsylvania there was a
great ileal of wildcat speculation in
this >tate, large sums of money being
sunk. Oil is found in different strata
representing different ages- of the
world. The productive strata are ol
sandstone or sand underlying bodies
of shale. The most productive wells
are about 1.000 feet deep, or even deep-
er. Their "life" varies. At Summer-
land some run down only l'J5 feet. And
I this point is one of the most pictur-
esque of all tlie oil fields. The town is
a settlement of spiritists and is sit-
uated on a narrow strip of land be-
tween the ocean and the mountains,
the latter approaching very near the
shore line at this place. Nearly the
whole territory out into the sea is cov-
ered with wells. Tin e et an wells
are most interesting to vi> il ors. Some
run to a depth of 350 feet, but ~00 feet
is a fair average. Whar\es run out
into the water and are surmounted by
derricks.
i These wells pay pretty well, for al
though the quality is not especially
! good or the output great, the cost ol
drilling is small and a well may be
pumped for ti n dollars per month. Jt
! may be loaded directly into \esscls
| from the wells or be shipped on the
trains while run through this field. A
bituminous belt extends along the en-
tire Pacific coast from some point in
Mexico to Alaska. In transmitting
I solid asphaltum from the mountain
mines of Santa llarbara to the coast
refinery, naphtha is u>ed as a solvent
After reaching its destination the
naphtha is pumped back through the
pipe to the mine and is ready for an-
other journey with another load of as-1
phaltum. Oils in the .-tate vary from
eight to over 50 specific gravity. The
cost of wells varies with depth and
formation of the ground. The cheap
est are at Summerland, where $300 will
put dow n a well 150 feet deep and fur
nish the equipment. There are welli
costing tip to $ 000. In Los Angelei
ti i varies from $500 to $3,000, the
rise in iron work having increased th«
| price, particularly of casing. Oil wai
first found in payingquantities in Yen
I t-ura county. It has been produced and
' refined there for 25 years. Oil bearing
i sand is found, alternating with shale
J if the 1 a11«• r be soft there is little an
noyanee from water. If hard shale
• the water is not easily shut off. A well
in Tar creek is over 000 feet deep. It
at firs-t produced 300 barrels per day.
i now about 50 barrels. Hut the product
I of the white wells near Newhall il
I most valuable of all.
EDWARD JULIAN.
"Ohl I just dote on Shakespeare,"
onfessed the young woman.
"Shakespeare?" snorted the young
inn with the cynical countenance.
Why, I read his plays the other night,
nd all that he ever done was to
t ring together a lot of quota! "—
ouisville Courier-Journal.
Snmi- Old Story.
Now is the maid sent by her sire
To mountain, wood and shore,
Where she wi .1 very soon acquire
Eng ig:( m< nt niri by tbi scor*
—Chicago Dally News.
A Shirty Man.
Father—There goes Mr. Plutor, one
□f the r.< in .-:t men in London. When
tie came up from the country he had
only one shirt to his back, and now
he's got millions.
Son—Lor, father! what does he do
with 'em—he can't wear more than
one at a time, can he?—Ally Sloper.
Ural Cautr Within Hench.
Church—I overheard you quarrel-
ing as i passed your door the other
day; you should remember that no
gentleman ever quarrels with a wom-
an without good cause.
Gotham—1 had good cause.
"What?"
"The woman I was quarreling with
is my wife."—Yonkers Statesman.
I.et 11 iik if or Down Enay.
"But is she pretty?"
"Well, I don't believe in talking about
a girl's lo«ks behind her back. Her
father's worth about $2,000,000 and
they've taken her to Europe twice
without bringing back any titles, so
you can form your own opinion."—
Chicago Record-Herald.
Haa Him Well In Kami.
Clara—Half the time he says he
doesn't know whether I love him or
not, about one-quarter lie hopes that
I do, and the re>st he thinks 1 may,
and in addition he is nearly always
utterly miserable.
Maud—Well, I'm glad you're making
such a success of the affair.—Tit-Bit*.
Cut Kate.
Witsor—What did the surgeon
charge for performing the operation?
Kidder—Well, you see he and I be-
long to the same lodge, and he made
a cut rate for me.—Chicago Amer-
ican.
The Only One.
-Are you sure you can support a
family?"
"1 only vut the girl.H—Judge.
First Low Com.—Ah! drunk again—
I can it in your face.
Second Low Com. Dear me! First
time 1 cut knew my face was a look-
ing-glass. Ally Sloper.
A Stny-nf-llomo.
The impecune mused: "H> sea.
Or to the mountains, shall 1 go?
« r v ill i hit me pe u elully
To suim* quali.t rustic place I know?'
Ala.-! tor inu.-lngs mu«-od In vain;
H thought ti., trouble 'twas to pack.
And putting up his cash again
Rj malm d In top ti or, hall room, back,
-N. V. lli rald.
A llnrlter'a Woeful Work.
Dilkins See here! That hair-cut
you just gave me has made me look like
an ape, or a baboon, or some othei
frightful creature.
llarber—Really, sir, you make von
gread meestake.
Bilkin No, 1 don't. I hadn't been oul
of your shop five minutes before three
different fellows offered to introduce
me to their best girls.— N. V. Weekly
The I)nnu<*r Line.
"I want t<> take out some life in
Burance," said the caller, "unless yot
consider my occupation hazardous.
"What is your occupation?" asked
the agent of the company.
"I am an automobile driver."
"That's all right. We only draw thf
line at people who live along the
streets you travel over."—Chicagf
Tribune.
A ppreclal eel at La at.
"What did you think of my gradua
tion essay?" asked Marguerite.
"It made me very proud of you," an
swered her father. "I felt that I had
not previously appreciated your trua
worth. You don't know how interest-
ing and sensible that essay made youi
everyday conversation seem by com-
parison."—Washington Star.
In Search of Information.
Old (ientlemun—So you think my
daughter loves you, sir; and you wish
to marry her?
Dudeleigh—That's what I called to
see you about. Is there? any insanitj
• n your family?
Old (Jentleman—No, sir; and there'i
not going to be any.—Tit-Bits.
Commercial Poetry.
Life is real; life is earnest;
L< t thc-n Improve the chance
To invert $1.20
Ir. a nobby pair of pants.
—Baltimore American.
AMPLE HEASON.
Kind Lady—What made you burst
out crying like that, little man ?
Little Man Oo oo you'ie just sat
down on my jam tart!—Ally Sloper.
Neceaalty.
With beef and corn so very high
That worry mars our slet p.
We'll *oon eat terrapin and pie
Because they're rather cheap.
—Washington Star.
Direct from the lloof tiarden,
"And so poor old Mr. Pusaymaudie*
of dropsy."
"Yes. I was at the funeral."
"In..?I'll? How was It?"
"Swell."—Chicago Record-Herald.
Had Shown Good Seme.
Hewitt—That rich old fool wouldn't
let me marry his daughter.
Jewett—Well, he may be rich, ant)
old, but he'a no fooL—N. Y. Tiuie«.
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