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special trains loaded with oil
scouts, prospectors and sight
seers had arrived from
Shreveport and other special
trains were said to be on the
way. Before the day way
over thousands had visited
the well.
The Busey-Daniels well
came in at 2,223 feet, and one
thing that markes its owners
and the oil men believe it will
be a wonderfully rich well is
the fact, so stated, that the
stratum of oil-producing sand
from which the flow is now
coming is 45 feet in thickness,
nearly twice as thick as the
stratum in the Constantin
well, a mile and a half south.
Throughout Sunday the oil was
flowing from the high land
around the well in two direc
tions. One stream was said
to be so wide that a man;
could not jump across it and!
in the opposite direction an
even wider stream of the fluid
was making its way into a
ravine, where men were at
work dammning it up.
The lay ol the land around
the well is such that by dam
ming, an immense reservoir
has been formed.
The gusher is in 31-17-15, a
mile and a half west of the
center of El Dorado. To Ghal
Daniels, the driller and Dr.
S. T. Busey seems to be due
most of the credit for bring
ing in the well, which had
practically been abandoned
by the Mitchell-Bonham Com
pany after two attempts had
failed.
The Mitchell-Bonham Com
pany, it is said, had put down
two holes, both of which
were failures. When the
third well was about half way
down, they ran out of capital
and lost heart. Then Busey
and Daniels came along and
bought, so it is stated, 51 per
rent of the stock of the wei
This they sold in part, and in
small lots, to El Dorado peo
ple and with the capital thus
raised, started drilling.
It,is understood there that
the Mitchell-Bonham Com-:
pany still owns a 49 per cent!
interest in the well and that!
the balance is owned largely!
by Busey and Daniels and El!
dorado people. El Dorado
therefore, through some of its
citizens, is a direct bene
ficiary of the well.
It was only last week that
Daniels took charge of the1
drilling and rapid progress,
was made. Dr. Busey camej
there from somewhere in the'
East. The well is on what is !
known as the Armstrong
tract. It is said Dr. Busey!
paid $10,000 for the lease of
the 80-ore tract on which the
well is located..
Trading in leases came to
an abrupt stop Monday with
the first outburst of oil from
the gusher. Everyone is sit
ting tight. It was expected
however, that with the wear
ing off the fifirst excitement,
trading would be brisk and
that soeonme would make a
mint of money.
Dr. Busey is living there a
the Arcaae Hotel, and his
phenomenal luck as an oil
man brings to mind the fact
that when he went there some
time go he bought the Arcade
Hotel, for the very good rea
son that he could rent no
suitable place to live, and in
stalled his family there.
The town of El Dorado re
minded us of Searcy. The
court house square is in the
heart of the town and the
country is hilly and of a red
sandy soil with no rocks.
When we arrived at the
station we could hear the
roar of the gusher which
sounds as if a locomotive was
“popping off” about a block
away and it was a mile and
a half to the oil well.
We were allowed to go
within a quarter of a mile, or
less, of the gusher and the
terriffic force with which the
gas, oil, sand and water was
sent from the bowels of the
earth 150 feet in the air
caused a roaring noise equal
to ten large boilers blowing
out their mud valves. One
could hardly understand an
other speaking in loudest
tones.
NOTICE OF SALE
For Sale: Feb. 2, 1921,
one lumber trimmer, shipper
Pierpont Paxton Co., Bristol,
Tenn., account of Johnson
Bros. Hardwood Co., Mem
phis, Tenn., to Pharr Lumber
Co., McCrory, Ark. Ship
ment uncclaimed, will be sold
at the Missouri Pacific sta
tion McCrory, Ark., on Feb.
2, 1921, time 2:00 p. m., at
public auction to the highest
bidder. R. C. THOMPSON,
Agent.
Mr. C. Crotzer visited the
legislature in Little Rock last
week.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman’s Missionary
Society met last Thursday
with Mrs. J. P. Taylor. A very
interesting program was ren
dered, each topic being made
more interesting from the
fact of it being told and not
read. May we keep this as.
an example throughout the
year. The solo by Mrs.
Wherry and reading given by
Mrs. Scales, were very much
enjoyed. Delicious refresh
ments were served by the
hostess. Our meeting next
week, Feb. 3rd, will be with
Mrs. John Shearer which will
be Mission Study, chapter six,
“The Golden Whirlpool.
MRS. ROSS JEFFRIES,
Pub. Supt.
Mr. R. T. Cooper left Sun
day for El Dorado.
For Sale: One Ton Ford
Truck complete with bed.
Guaranteed good as new.
Cash or*Liberty bonds. G. W.
BARBER. Adv. ltc.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES, McCRORY, ARK.
(Corrected to Jan. 14, 1920)
The Missouri Pacific Railway Company
GOING EAST: (NORTH)
No.204,Local Passenger, arrives at McCrory.12:ll,p.m.
No.220,Memphis-Hot Springs Special ar. at Jelks... 2:50,p.m.
No.202,Sunshine Special, arrives at McCrory. 5:02,a.m.
No.296,Local Freight, arrives at McCrory. 9:10,a.m.
GOING WEST:' (SOUTH)
No.233,Local Passenger, arrives at McCrory.ll:28,a.m.
No.219,Memphis-Hot Springs Special ar. at Jelks.... 2:23,p.m.
No.201,Sunshine Special, arrives at McCrory. 1:01,a.m.
No.295,Local Freight, arrives at McCrory. 2:19,p.m.
GOING NORTH: (HAST)
No.607,Local Passenger, arrives at Jelks.11:12,a.m.
^o.681,Local Freight, (Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays) arrives at Jelks.10:25,a.m.
GOING SOUTH: (WEST)
No.608,Local Passenger, arrives at Jelks...... 3:15,p.m.
No.682,Local Freight, (Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays) arrives at Jelks. 8:45,a.m.
Jitneys from McCrory meet all trains at Jelks which is
only two miles west of McCrory.
SUNSHINE BILLIARD
PARLOR
Chili, Hambergers, Cigars
Tobacco and Candy
* “A Place for Gentlemen” j
WALTER W.RANEY, Prop.'
DUFFEL BROTHERS
f BARBER SHOP
Courteous treatment to all.
Your patronage solicited.
DR. R. L. FRASER
General Practicioner
Will answer calls day or
night. Phones: Office No.
8. Residence No. 32.
Mr. O. K. Porter is home
from a few days’ visit to the
oil field at El Dorado.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
Courts—Northern District
CIRCUIT COURT—Third Monday in
February and August.
CHANCERY COURT—Second Mon
day in January. May and .-ember.
COUNTY COURT—First Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—Fourth Monday
in January, April, July and October.
Courts—Southern District
CIRCUIT COURT—First Monday in
March and September.
CHANCERY COURT—Third Monday
in January, May and -'ember.
COUNTY COURT—Second Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—First Monday
following that of the Northern Dis
District and Co. Officials
Circuit Judge.J. M. Jackson
Pros.Atty; .John E. Miller
ChanceryJudge AyL. Hutchins
[County Clerk .Roy Mitchell
Circuit Clerk, ....Geo.Haralson
Sheriff and Col., W. N. Wilkes
Treasurer .r..E. E. Blaylock
tepresentative ..E. W. Chaney
Surveyor, .Alex Beilis
Assessor, .Chas. Jackson
State Senator, .Ed Roddy
’pu’t Schools ....J. T. Caughley
McCrory City Officials
Mayor, .Walter W. Raney.
Marshal, r..Frank Shue
Recorder .V. E. Huff
Treasurer, ....Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: R. A. Brewery,.
Geo.Raymond, H.P. Riggs,Jr.,
W. P. Musgrove and T. E. Bye*
Council meets first Mondaj
/light of each month in oflice
of The Home News.
School Directors
McCRORY SPECIAL — J
P. Taylor, Pres.; G. G. M
Crory, Sec.; L. J. Dilhard, •
O. Scales, D. M. Huff and
Walter W. Raney. ,
The McCrory School Boara
meets second Monday night
each month in the ofhce
The Home News.