| Show ii in it till it 1 ill ill duill I 1 it it nil 1 1 11 till it till ull III I 1 ili hullt III rin I 1 ili III III ifil III 1 I I 1 IM 1111 antl it it THE T E EDITOR AND CAMERA GOES VISITING SCENIC surrounding COUNTRY Z lUnt llo I 1 VIES V I 1 ES W WITH I 1 TH OTHER wonderlands wonderlands WONDER LANDS OF THE STATE WONDERFUL TRIP TO THE CA CAI I 1 NEVILLE caineville OIL FIELDS j im III ill 11 11 ll I 1 1 I 1 I 1 m if III 4 how does it look to you vou 1 did they get oil will they strike it wont it bo be a gusher will it be a th thousand OU bar el wella A ol 01 I 1 what depth did they reach will they have hano to go then thousand feet such questions and several hundred more of them were fired at the poor editor when he returned from his trip to caineville Cai Cal neville the little place situated miles and miles from no whore where and which became famous in f spite of it all when tho the ohio oil company a strong and mighty bruL branch tich of tile the still stronger and mightier standard a r d oil company went to work and started to drill for oil in tho the little red desert adjoining caineville Cai neville and as to those questions asked pardon us dear readers when wo we call them what N hat they are foolish questions for even those on the inside side probably could not answer them and if they could th probably would not that they the expect to find oil in gre great or at t least in good commercial quantities there cannot be any doubt first firs t because t the he foremost geologists of the united states are of the opinion that enormous oil basins are under underlying lying the formation and second bebau because se tiley they already spent on the proposition moro more money than ann any single individual in our city is able to spend probably will have to spend a good deal more benoie beffi e they aro are sure whether or n not ot it is a profitable investment and they would n not ot spend it in such a way and such a c country it if they did not expect to st strike rike it as they axe are not in business for their The health alth for tun fun or for ch charity arity but lt it is a gamble they wont know before they have it they ar arz holding a good hand and are calling nature playing against them in a very short time jn in less weeks than it took them ar months so far they are drilling they will know i ince january whether nature bluffed them it goes and it if they win the lor a big pot whole surrounding country will win with them this is the reason why everybody is so much inter interested 1 ted in the game and is asking such f foolish questions the trip to ca caineville Cai neville and tho the oil fields is a strenuous but highly interesting excursion we ve made it in in company with A L manning V H and axel N nielsen all more 0 or r less having land interests in th that at country it is so highly interesting not only for the scenic beauty beamut y of the prospective ne new w oil country but also lot lor tile the reason that it te teaches aches tho the ot of things that layman a whole bhole lot with drilling for oil coincident ire re said axel it sure is an eye opener and not to castany cast any bad reflections he of t the he sort mean an ey eye e opener in the tim times es N when hen that were ere in vogue e the ibe water was on only ly the chaser and bot the whole N hole durn d urn drink As s to the scenery scene ry the fil first s t lap as la lar r al about out as loa is known to go 90 per all they cent of 0 our population know now the bea beautiful dutiful view irom the glenwood dufva dugway down to the splendid valley alley of ours they al all know the splendor x of th the mountain gorgeous to F northeast i oads loads ic leading the wayne vayne co county anty southeast and a nd to des deserted r te old ex experiment peri mein farm now tho 1110 reservoir and the val valley ley that gives shelter sli elter and food to thu the people of burrville Burr ville and koosharem Koo sharem tho the scene cli changes anges anon auja the county S seat ca t oj of aea leaches clies loa spreading out wayne county joyfully having a sow very fine on tile the plateau elegantly Imil buildings dings ha ahe best of them tho the loa equipped store of the and bes t of its kind the largest coop co op ast tf of d this store to fill the A fiort debt at and ou oo it goes olivver with gass lyman lym aai to bickus Bi ckuJ tho the seat beat i school hool a 1 of I wayme wa countes coun tys high and good hotel aily ably conducted bv byoir mr and tt the 0 well E hanks arfi ftp walter store htwe ot of 41 cee c people c mer isler ota tripped is the luttle LUt Jle with its 98 people JU jj decoud largest place I 1 in n wayne county yua aa old rival of we county vat sat joa J oa d leads in n a up to tile road roa direction but fro straight hL east ana liero bere on it turns continues a in to caine tile the formation ville the belencire too belen enery CIrY changes is if different but nothing very bicknell and araking Ari king it is seen between torrey the maturah supply 6 for zhe ho oil country coun tri and laell fitted to je that on oil account of tha t good d supply ft of goods that can be round found at the wayne alayne umpire the pi place up of bishop 10 1 L the roada from loa 1001 oat at aro are recently rr ri paired ind and in very khod condition raw prow torrey tile the way leada down bill IH ta i ruita faulta that wonderful little olafe in between h high agh rocks wit wind id nd lud so w ell protected against ind and weather tr that it developed to r G little california there art are only 1 wen verl famil jey living th tho valley 1 js g hardly largo large euc ugh for wore inore ot 0 them the Is nice the 0 o air la ig balmy and filled with the and invigorating odor of ripening ripening fruit of which tho the ore orchards bards flavo vo an abundance apple coara rii 11 ams prunes apricots ap ricote pea peaches chess and grape crapes grow and bear wonderfully W aro there a better batte r out outlet let and it ft nearer barer market tor for the fruit people there cro ought to bo be well f fixed but B U t as things 6 are st it is hard to make ake money nm of the fruit and d one of 0 the fruit growers pr told us ug that last season reason be ed n about a hundred bushels of apri li k e I 1 X 14 gi 41 4 N 4 A r 4 4 A 77 M 4 aff V Z tow X A A 1 A al el F f A V M 04 ir 1 I I 1 71 X ka V wea 4 ZI Z ae 4 15 7 ak I 1 lr lil 0 V 4 jw api ra A 0 4 03 A 1 at gp 4 A aeo 2 y 1 cots to the swine because he could i not sell them in fruita our p arty remained over night and judging from the f family of al V oyler who kept us over night the people of fruita are the most hospitable mr oyler is the largest fruit grower of this place and he is enterprising enough to trip make ite some money bonev out of it having a sturdy auto truck in which lie to brings the products of his orchard as far as to Ri richfield clifield to visitors his orchards are open at a t any time and after negotiating the rough roads roada the juicy and aromatic apples and peaches tas to still better than they are did we say rough roads they are velvet compared with ay at smooth as what nhat the oil held field explorer finds on the way from there to caineville Cai neville in the center of tho the group of pic tores heading this article is a photo or of asir eylers bouse with a foothill foot bill and a high rock of red sandstone in the bac background aground kg round tho the rock according to measurements taken by a government sarv surveyor lg 19 nearly feet high and is covered on the side bido opposite the oyler residence with indian hieroglyphics this ardc rock k gives a little foretaste fore tore taste of the road ro ad leading from here to Cal neville shortly after leaving behind the list last fruita orchard other rocks of the same saine charl character Leter loova loom up still higher still picturesque LID and d this continues more inore the sandstone sanda tono monsters on tor ro r miles both sides aides of tho path that th at only by severely str stretching etching tho the imagination called road I 1 and nd coming frequently lie be can that there each eacel other SO fao near overturning tile the vehicle ot of is no danger for should it tip through c 10 going could not fall I 1 it t would lean over v er it left tho the against the rocks to only the lower in tho the pictures or right and that next n ext to it hand corner loft left give tho gentle reader just ju st a fair idea ol 01 0 tile the ungentle road eroded the road is IB in some places formed that big hole holc a s are so deep negotiate tho the flivver had bad to which going through the ohio oil com pany using this road for shipping supplies to the camp has erected con cret dams sideways of tho the ero erosions for the purpose of holding the flood waters in ili tile tho holes so sand and boulders can settle therein and eventually build it up tip one of 0 these concrete dams is seen on oil tho the photo in ili the upper right hand corner in looking at t dear ladt lad fee fis please dont blush over the man sitting behind it and putting on oil his socks bocks after an adventure we had in one of the water holes as so wonderfully depicted in the photoes on the upper left and lower right light vi was at the w wheel heel when we came to the hole ho he thought 0 he o rould bould manage to go through but it was deeper than expected t the be engine became wet and stalled there was no other help but disrobe bravo brave tho the water lift the trusty flivver out ot of the deep until the crankshaft was waa out of the water c crank ran k the car and go on the experiment was but al 11 mr manning vi mr tuft and d vie vic 1 I mr nielsen had to lay in the sun for hours to get dry again at any rate wo we in our trusty tin lazzlo fared much better than a party consisting of cyrus mcmillan nn james carron and leruo ogden whom we met returning from Caine villo between that water holo hole and notom lotom and we related our adventures laughingly remarked that their powerful buick will nill tako take them through in good shape we heard the following day that thoy they got stuck bonse than we and as they could not lift tho MID heavy car like wo we did our little lizzie thuy thoy had to knock a holo hole in tho the concrete darn dam to create an outlet tor for the water before they could continue the trip this operation took them several hours and jim had to stand in the water by the hole to onrushing boulders and tile the rem remove ove masses of sand which clogged the hole three cheers tor for miss lizzio of 0 the tin family the stretch between those gigantic sandstone rocks paved with quicksand juick sand and boulders intermingled with big holes is called the capitol wash A good name for the road was washed out by waters i lushing down from Ill liners ners mountain and eating their way through the sandstone this process went on tor for centuries until a i road was carved into the rocks many hundreds of f feet ce t below tl tho to summit of tho the peaks to the right and left and it is the same today as it was centuries ago after a heavy rain on oil top of the mountains tho the waters aters rush down to the wash with vehement force filling old erosions ero with sand and boulders and creating new erosions ero just 1 last a st week such a hood flood came down the capitol wash and made the so called road impassable for or days wo we left fruita about 7 in tho the morning and arrived in calno ville about noon time the distance between two places as tho the crow nies flies is only about fifteen miles but it took us five houra houff to cover it judging from the official census reports Cai caineville Caine neville villo is a fast growing community the village had a population of 38 people in 1910 and the census of 1920 gives tho the town a population of ga ca which means an increase of fully 76 per cent it is a pity that there Is no census taken of flies and mosquitoes they are arc moie numerous there it seems than on oil any place on earth looking into one of the houses that stands blands a little aside from the main thoroughfare we saw a 0 family eating their noonday lunch and ono ol of the party remarked that father mother a dozen of kids aud and live five million flies are feasting on the same foot food to which another one replied you sized it up correctly except that you ou underestimated the number of tile flies it is about an hours ride from cantville neville Ca to the camp in the 1 I little ittle red desert it is a real desert not even sagebrush grows there the heavy trucks and vehicles going to the camp since they studded spud ded in have cut a kind of a road into the sand every rainstorm changes the trail and if the dirty devil river flowing on an the foot of the hill bill hows flows over what oue one would call banks but which is hardly distinguishable distinguish ablo in ili that neighborhood there is no chance I 1 of pulling up red dark clark the man j in ili charge bharga of one of the companas comp anys trucks knows it he tried it the he adly diy previous pi evious to our arrival thero there anil and when we passed him on the other side of 0 the dirty devil he wa was busy taking the engine apart and n er up again acain titer alter the truck had sunk in tho tap quicksand inick sand anti and water right oner oer tho hood and siv sit lio horses rss had been having a hard time tim to pull out the continued on page eight trip to caineville Cai neville continued from page 7 truck and when red tells the story he chuckles because mac the new driller was with him when lie he drove up to the camp in night time and not having room enough in the truck to stretch out and take a few eyes full mac made himself comfortable on oil the hood holding tight to the windshield brace and slept soundly until the water went over him and aNak awakened ened him the photo in the middle of the upper row gives a good idea of the camp in the foreground to the right stands the derrick SS feet I 1 high so the drill stem can be easily lifted out of the depth when the bailer is sent down to bring up the material pounded out by the drill the sleds are housing the drives and transmission lines two boilers f furnish anish the steam power ono one of the boiler has been taken from the second derrick the ohio oil company has erected about two miles north of the first one it was taken down to hasten the work and the drill is kept going now day and night 24 hours a day those who ought to know kno and claim to know if nothing unforeseen happens inside of the next thi cc mecks cek it i ill il be a cert certainty tinty hether ga gas oil or oi a dt dry y liolu 1 is encountered F E smith a n man comparatively young but of wide experience in his chosen line is directing the work two driller drillers dr illers osborne and murray mcmurray two tool dressers leoer lefler and levi red the jovial and well beloved truck driver and a few hands are arc assisting him they all are arc extremely fine people answering courteously all questions asked as far as general and so sound und business policies are not prohibiting hi a reply and meeting innumerable foolish questions with ird a joke and placid smile here is an in stance instance the bailer la Is coming out of 0 the hole filled with water and reddish and grayish sands the spectator watches how it is poured out and the following dialogue between him and tho driller ensues Q how do you spell bailer A 1 I guess have to ask the officio force Q how is it you dont know A oh you see drillers drillars dr illers and office folks are always on the outs the other day an office man mail came and asked the driller in what formation the drill was in in the strata answered the driller pronoun pronouncing cin the a as in able you mean strata sacred the driller pronouncing the a like in ill f far a r no I 1 mean strata if I 1 meant strata I 1 was in the office it is not the purpose of this thia article to go into technical particulars wo we modestly |
