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LUBBOCK LtP)—Forty-one years
ago almost any oil man or geolo
gist would give you long odds that
there wasn’t a barrel of oil in the
South Plains-West Texas Permian
Basin.
In 1920, oil was believed to be
associated with structures pro
duced by movements of the earth’s
crust. There were no evidences of
such activity in West Texas, re
lates Bill Kalb, Lubbock Ava
lanche-Journal oil editor, in telling
about the first Permian Basin oil
well.
So dominent was this theory
that the Permian Basin’s first
sustained oil production passed
virtually unnoticed when it was
found in 1921. It took the discov
ery of the Big Lake Field in 1923
in Reagan County to bring atten
tion to the area.
Actually it wasn’t until 1926,
says Kalb, when the Yates Field
gushers began blowing out that the
oil industry was convinced of the
basin’s potentialities.
The Big Lake discovery which
drew so much attention was a
gusher and oddly is now dry. How
ever, the Mitchell County discov
ery, opener of the Westbrook
Field, is still pumping at 25 bar
rels a day from two zones.
The original wildcat was born
out of financial difficulties.
Mitchell County was cattle coun
try which had been hit by the
1917-18 drought. Earl Morrison,
staggering out of the hard times
heavily in debt, told his friend Sol
Kelly, now of Midland, he had an
11,500-acre ranch and was in dan
ger of losing it.
Kelly, not yet 21, was looking
for a business deal. The young
man already was a veteran of the
Ranger, Desdemona, Burkburnett
and Eastland booms. He made a
small pile at Ranger.
After listening to Morrison, Kel
ly offered to pay the notes and
other debts against the ranch for
a half interest in the property,
700 head of cattle and minerals.
After he made the deal, he told
Morrison to get leases on another
20,000 acres, for he was going to
drill for oil.
The partners hired Sam Sloan
to drill and in 1920 bailing tests
showed they had hit oil in the
upper Clear Fork section of the
Permian at 2,440 feet. The well
was unproductive because the hole
was too big and there wasn’t
enough pressure to lift the oil.
The trio moved three-quarters
of a mile east. The new well
missed the Clear Fork and every
body ran out of money. Sloan
lost his automobile and the drill
ing crew lived off the land, run
ning rabbits into pipes closed at
one end to obtain meat.
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THE ^BATTALION Thursday, August 31, 1961 College Station, Texas Page 3
El Faso Mayor Makes
Good As Ambassador
By JACK RUTLEDGE
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (A>)_
The ambassador seems to be prov
ing the point.
The point is President Kennedy’s
theory that U. S. relations in Latin
America could be improved by
naming Spanish-speaking ambas
sadors of Latin descent to posts
south of the border.
The ambassador in Raymond L.
Telles, former mayor of El Paso,
Tex., America’s youngest ambas
sador at 45, and the first one
named under the Kennedy policy.
He is looked on as a sort of diplo
matic guinea pig.
In the few brief weeks he has
been here, Telles has made him
self the most popular ambassador
the United States has ever sent
to Costa Rica. His charm, will
ingness to mix, ability to speak
fluent Spanish, and obvious Latin
ancestry have won grudging rec
ognition even from Communist
students.
On this, the press, Costa Ricans,
and American residents all agree.
“He has the press of Costa Rica
in his pocket,” said an official
of the newspaper “Prensa Libre.”
And in an article, the news
paper “La Republica” said: “He
has all the characteristics of our
Latin American race and the vir
tues and admirable qualities of the
North American people.”
The affection for Telles is in
contrast to the skepticism when
he arrived in May. What has he
done ?
Telles wasted no time in identi
fying himself with all walks of
life. During his first week he at
tended an important soccer game
between Costa Rica and Honduras.
He gave the “kick of honor” to
start the game and received an
ovation. Costa Rica won 2-1,
which helped the atmosphere when
he awarded a trophy to the vic
tors.
He attended Little League base
ball games, entered the social life
with vim, made friends with top
officials, was available to the press,
mingled with the lower class.
A Catholic, he attended mass
on his first Sunday in Costa Rica,
holding his rosary, standing among
barefoot campesenos because the
pews were crowded. The news
spread like wildfire.
The most active communists in
Costa Rica, which has little trouble
with communists, are students of
the law school of the national uni
versity. Telles visited the school,
talked to professors and scholars.
He was such a hit the students
invited him to be guest of honor
at their annual dance.
He even linked himself with na
tional tragedy. A Lacsa airline
plane crashed, killing two pilots.
Telles attended the funeral mass.
The ambassador wasted no time
touring the small republic, seeing
The 14th annual Texas Florists
Short Course begins Sept. 3 in
the Memorial Student Center.
A wide range of subjects has
been lined up for the three-day
program—from state and federal
laws affecting florists to the pro
duction of snapdragons.
The session is sponsored by
A&M in cooperation with the Tex
as Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, Texas Agricultural Extension
Service and the Texas State Flor
ists Association.
Activities get under way the
first day with registration at 3
p.m., followed by an inspection of
research work in progress at the
college.
Talks start at 9:30 a.m. the
second day with Dr. Robert O.
Miller, Ohio Agricultural Experi
ment Station, discussing 1961 mod
el poinsettias. European floricul
ture will be outlined by John R.
Culbert of the University of Illi
nois Department of Horticulture.
Two members of the A&M De
partment of Floriculture, David
Pate and Bill Richardson, will talk
what makes the Ticos—as they are
called—tick. His picture is in the
newspapers almost daily.
And under it all is an honest
sincerity which even the embassy
staff reacts to. “The best boss in
the world,” was the way one staff
member described him. “I don’t
know how he can find time, but
he takes a real and personal in
terest in the staff and their prob
lems.”
“Many of your ambassadors do
not mingle with the people
enough,” said a Costa Rican offi
cial. “It is one failure of your
diplomacy. But your Ambassador
Telles certainly does. He’s known,
too, as the gringo who can speak
excellent Spanish. It helps.”
on new developments in propaga
tion practices and new pot plant
ideas.
Controlling growth of plants
with light, temperature and chem
icals will be the subject of Dr.
Neil W. Stuart of the ornamentals
investigations branch of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. Dr.
A. F. DeWerth, head of the De
partment of Floriculture, will lead
a panel discussion of “Wha't’s
Ahead for the Grower.”
At 7 p.m. the second day, a
smorgasbord will be held featur
ing the widely known humorist,
Cayce Moore of Hearne, as speak
er. Moore will discuss “you —
And That First Million.”
Subjects and speakers on the
final day include “State and Fed
eral Laws Affecting Florists,” Al-
vis Vandygriff, attorney at Aus
tin; “Merchandising Bedding
Plants,” Robert E. Rough of
Rough Brothers, Cincinnati, Ohio;
“Modern Snapdragon Production,”
Dr. Miller; and “Cut-Flower Pro
cedures for Retail Growers,” R. E.
Odom, Department of Horticul
ture.
Texas FLorists To Gather
For Short Course Sept. 3
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