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Show HO IS MODEST TAXI FARE IN THIS TEXAS TOWN I Two years ago, the little humdrum I ' Teas towfl of Vlchita Falls was dry- i ! lng up after years of drought. Today il , is a dream city with water and oil. I and money ami plenty of big autemo-biles. autemo-biles. Plain, quiet fcilizens shop tlrls and fa rmers barbers and porters hive found their Inrnme roaring up, into thousands of dollnrs a da Bui II i is a town of violent contracts, where hard luck rubs elbows with Incredible prosperity. It's a, boom iov,n the end of the rainbow and thoroughly well, oiled. Oil Is the sole topic of con- IversatlOD in Wichita Falls and it is; making a new crop of millionaires as1 well as keeping many folks busy' I throwing their dollars down dry wells. For nearly a year Wichita Fall- hat j been u point of convergence for all j sorts of people from all sorts of I places, arriving by train or by auto-' j mobile or creaking into town in the old I fashioned prairie schooner packed With bedding and babies, and with the, inevitable mongrel dog doing rear-, guard duty in the dust abaft the tail gate. A year ngo it was n nice little town of 18.000 inhabitants n year from now it will probably be a healthy young city of more than 50.000 Right now it is confused by the sudden in take of a meal of inhabitants that it i has as yet had no time to digest. The I curbs are Jammed with high -priced I and high -class motor cars, with as I many as seventy -two parked on an av j erase block. Times Square at Forty-, j spcond street after the theatres are; lout is no more crowded than are thc Idowntown streets at all hours of the day. Wichita Falls' taxis haxe no taximeters, taxi-meters, and nobody cares. Money Is the cheapest thing on earth out there to those who have it and fifteen minutes ago is ancient history. With an oil drill Hose to the sand that will mean a great gusher or a dry bole, nobody cars what it costs to get a repair part quick Men cheerfully pay $250.00 for an automobile to get them from the oil fields to Wichita Falls to buy new drills or to bring men to make necessary repairs. One garage has been operating a fleet of six Studebaker cars since early I in the year, twenty-four hours n day. The great speed of Studebaker Riv-Six' and its unvaryiing dcpcndahilit under all road conditions was, of course, of prime importance in choosing it for this strenuous work. But what is more interesting to note, especially to the uninitiated, is the fact that the beautiful beauti-ful appearance of the car. its splendid finish, genuine leather upholstery and such features as 6ilver-faced recording record-ing instruments, were of equal importance. import-ance. There 13 nothing too good for! these oil barons cf Wichita Falls Thej long, low rakish lines of the Big Six have the same Irresistible appeal to! the oil man of the Arabian Nights town as to the Wall Street broker or Rher-i side Drive society leader. The service record and the upkeep j ; expense of the Studebaker cars has been carefully checked up each dav 1 and makes a showing worthy of more than passing interest. Over toads! that have been made almost Impassa 1 bio because of heavy rams and con- - ! WS.MIIi I. UIW Mnuous processions of vehicles car- ' rying heavy supplies to the oil fields these ears, in daily service, average better than twelve miles to the gallon "i gasoline and nearly 8000 miles per set of tires. Nowhere In the country ia a car forced to deliver day in and day out service under such trying conditions as exist in the fexas oil fields. |