Date: August 27 1920

Newspaper published in: Olney

Ennis Operating Co. Claims Gas Sand on the Farmer Lease
Report Strong Flow of Gas and 10 feet gas sand at Depth of 640
Mr. Gordon, local manager for Dr. H.J. Von Hagen, representing the Ennis Operating Company.
He says that they have made a location just 300 feet from the well now drilling on the Farmer lease and will in the near future erect a small star rig and go after this gas sand.
Once before they drilled a big gas well on that lease at a depth of 125 feet.
The derrick was destroyed by fire out ther on this location. Mr. Gordon says this fire was caused by gas from the hole become ignited. The rig was a total loss and had to be built at a cost of thousands of dollars.
The hole they are now drilling is a deep test contract, and Mr. Gordon says they intend to go on down with this well but have purchased a Star rig from Wichtia Falls.

Local Officers Capture Bootleggers with Big Stock
20 gallons corn whiskey confiscated - two men arrested exciting time
The usual quite of a Saturday afternoon was rudely shattered here last week when City Marshal Dinsmore and Constable Rhodes returned to town about 4:30 in the afternoon with two captured bootleggers and a cargo of 20 gallons of corn whiskey captured a mile north of the city limits.
Two men who gave their name as Allred Brothers and hailed recently from Breckenridge, passed through town in a covered wagon about 3:00 Saturday afternoon, and when they stopped at Moore’s Feed Store to purchase a bale of hay for their team Mr. Moore discovered a rare, though familiar odor coming from their wagon. He informed the officers that he suspicioned that the wagon containing whiskey, and said officers, Dinsmore and Rhodes, immediately get busy. They followed the wagon out of the city limits and then arrested the men and searched the wagon with the results as stated. The men were brought back to town and the confiscated booze was locked in the vault at the First National Bank where a large crowd had gathered.
The men claimed that they had found their cargo of booze on a small creek near Breckenridge and they were evidently bound for the oil fields to the north of us to dispose of said cargo. The United States Marshal at Wichita was telephoned and he advised Messrs. Dinsmore and Rhodes to bring the prisoners and their booze to Archer City where he met them and carried them on to Wichita Falls. They are now in jail at present having waived examining trial and being unable to furnish bond.
The men claimed to be brothers, and one of them said his home was in Oklahoma while the other claimed Post City.
The confiscated booze was in one 10 gallon barrel and the remainder in half-gallon water bottles and fruit jars.
Local officials are to be commended for this capture. It is things like the above that make Texas in reality “bone dry.” There have been a good many arrests in this county in the past year of bootleggers. They will in time learn that they cannot hope to ply their nefarious trade in our country.

Tom Ueltschey, local contractor was operated on at the Hamilton Hospital for appendicitis.

Mrs. Sam McCuistian of Henrietta is visiting relatives in olney.

Mr. and Mrs. George Howard from Arizona is visiting his sister, Mrs. M.P. McCracken.

Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Meaders went to Wichita Falls Sunday to meet their daughter, Mrs. John Green of Wolf City, Texas.

b.L. Pate returned from St. Louis.

M.C. Sutherland of Elbert was in Olney.

w.N. Lunn visited Wichita Falls.

Will Benson made a business visit to Graham.

Misses McClure of Loving are visiting Miss Opal Shelton.

Mrs. Alonzo Davis went to Wichita Falls to meet her mother, Mrs. J.C. Pratt of Meade, Okla.

Mrs. J.B. Lasater and children and Miss Flora Rankin and Mrs. Annie May wood spent weekend in Wichita Falls.

Miss Lisabeth Wood of Graham is visiting Miss Geneva Groves.

Robert Sharp of Throckmorton, is visiting his brother, Harrison Sharp.

Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson and family of Graham are visiting her brother, Herschel Jones.

John Dees and daughter, Miss Winnie visited in Mineral Wells.

Jim Robertson and son Irwin from Wichita Falls are here visiting Jack Wilborn and family.

Mrs. Charles True and children accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Watson left for Shamrock.

Mrs. Frank Alexander of Westover, spend weekend visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Spencer.

Roy W. Rutherford and family this week moved to Archer City where Roy is manager of the Bowman Lumber yard.

Joe Flint and John Saye were here from Graham.

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Hemphill and little daughter Novelle, left for Blooming Grove to visit relatives.

Mrs. J.E. Daniel returned from Wichita Falls.

Ed Benson was here from Fort Worth

Jack Marcell and Rev. Burton motored over to Megargel.

Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Shearer have returned from visiting their daughter in Tulia, Texas.

mr. and Mrs. John R. Wilson will visit Fannin county.

Rev. T.H. Burton went to Graham to assist Rev. Franklin in a meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. George Roach visited in Mineral Wells.

Mrs. Ray McCuistian is visiting her brother, Melvin Sutherland of Elbert.

Mrs. John Leach has accepted a position in the millinery department of Stephens, Roach company.

Sam Bird and family returned from a visit to relatives in Arkansas.

Mrs. Exie Ford came in Monday from the North Texas State Normal in Decatur.

J.L. Kilkrease and family returned from Bowie visiting relatives.

Mrs. A.C. Corley and Mrs. Sarah Lambert of Mena, Arkansas are visting their sister, Mrs. A.T. Wallace.

Mr. and Mrs. Howell of Ryan, Oklahoma is visiting this week.

Mrs. Walter Glosson spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. J.E. Courtney of Shearer community.

Mrs. Isbell has just returned from St. Louis buying millinery goods for Stephens, Roach company.

Frank H. Bowron, editor of the Graham Leader, was in Olney on business.

Mr. Baker, a prominent merchant from Anson, spent a part of last week here on a visit to A.E. Lyle and family. Mr. Lyle was for many years employed by Mr. Baker in the dry goods business.

Mr. and Mrs. w.H. Prescott and little daughter, Pauline returned from Fort Worth where they have visited relatives.

Family Reunion
W.J. Ragle and family returned a few days ago from Erie, Okal. where they went to attend a family reunion at the home of Mr. Ragle’s sister, mrs. P.E. Riggs. All the family were present excepting one sister, Mrs. Lewis Downs of Rogersville, Ara. Mrs. Pratt, who formerly lived at Olney, had not seen her sister in 18 years.
The brothers and sisters present were: W.J. Ragle, Olney; g.J. Ragle, Ratlin, TX; M.H. Ragle, Muskogee, OK; Mrs. L.C. Barnett, Lubbock; Mrs. J.C. Pratt, Meade, OK; Mrs. P.E. Riggs.
Other relatives present were the immediate families of the brothers and sisters mentioned, also two little granddaughters of Mrs. J.C. Pratt of Meade, OK; Horace Ragle and family of Graford; Mrs. Earnest Jennings, Lubbock; Mr. and Mrs. Weatherford, Elk Mont, Aal.

R.L. Hardy came in this week from Fort worth to accept a position with L.P. Sackler, an auto top man. Mr. Hardy has been the foreman of the Keller Auto Top co. of Ft. Worth for several years.

Prof. L.Z. Timmons and family left for Throckmorton where he has acdcepted the Supt. of Throckmorton schools.