Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 23, 1920, Page 2

Almost Innumerable Occaslons’ Wi AII Work Is"Suspended and Time Spent In Plelwn. { — "‘ *{'most . fashjo “'.l‘h!s newly made mmlonalre is an ‘uticouth fellow. ooy “°uSo0 he’Is; “Yet he, frequents the “That’s, wi he 1s:s0" bddkward ‘In “acquiring a Russian’ people observe "‘°“’“"" Dolish. The ;mere :contemplation of a all religious holldays—five: at ~Christs mas, ten at Easter, three:at Carnlval; ‘and almost every: week one extra day, | when an anniversary..of some saint Is /} celebrated.. On these:days eyerything 1 18 closed, and :nohody. works. ‘The:six | w= wéeks of fasting' preceding: Easter are || ‘strictly observed by.everybody, and the: Elnnn Mnlllon Barrels Per quih Are Produced in Yo Gwmhc Fleldz (e CONDITION IS FAR ¢ - +BETTER THAN EVER Estimated That Fields - Will Nearly Double Output of Last Year (By Ralph H. Turner) (United Press Correspondent) City of Mexico, July 16, (By:Mail.) | —There is an odd paradox Xbout the Mexican oil situation which today ie being especially well illustrated. " This paradox exists because there are two phases to the ‘‘problem” of Mexican oil, first, the angle of politi- cal bickering which is carried on in Mexito City between emissaries of " ‘the American oil dompanies, and the Mexitan govérnment; second, 'the ‘business of producing and transport- ing the oil in the rich Tampico dis- trict. ' The first phue today offers the spectacle of a deadlock between the -.-ofl epvoys in Mexico City and the government officials. After a series of conferences in which' “demands” and “ultimatums” were said to have figured prominently the settlement of the oil controversy in its legal and political aspects, i3 just as remote as it wes under the Carranza regime. But in contrast to this siutation, which would seem to indicate that petroleum affairs were in a very bad way, the men who actively produce the oil in Tampico fields have just established a record for petroleum shipments of more than eleven mil- lion barrels a month. So whatever the merits of the American oil men’s contentions, the nct remains that today the produc- ing and exportmg end of the Mexican oil industry is in a more flourishing conditjon than at any previous per- iod. During May, the last month for which’ official figures are available, twenty companies shipped 11,200,123 -barrels of crude petroleum and its products’ from the ports of Tampxco, Tuxpam and. Port Lobos.. .This :is the' greatest amount of petroleum ever exported from Mexico. ' The former record, established in March, was exceeded by nearly one, million barrels. Leading the list in May’s record exports was the ~Huasteca Petroleum * company, controlled by E. L. Doheny of Los Angeles. El Aguila, 'the big British company, ranked second with the Standard- Oil company of New Jersey third: With production continuing at the rate which has been set :today, iit.is estimated that .. Mexican -fields will produce 'this" year a" total of 140,- 000,000 barrels, as against 88 million in 1919. These figures record the . Temarkable growth of the Mexican oil industry, despite all the charges and counter-charges which are made || with regard to Article 27 of the con- stitution, taxation and other subjects which ‘'have provided international controversy for the past three years. Increased.. shipments . abroad. have been made’ possible by. ‘the laying of new pipe lines and the estabhshment ities for getting the oil . Production, however, is stil] in excess of the capacity for handling it. Mexican experts declare tlllt thé petroleum production - for 1 ..one-third -of. the output (it is now. esti- mated at one-fifth—were: there ‘ade- quate facilities.for shipping: the oil. There are neither enough tank ‘steam- _ers nor. pipe lines. :Atnthe” present time it-is:/said ithere are: fagilities for moving 220 millio ‘rels annually ‘arid’ enough ‘tankers’ in ' trade with Mexlco to carry away’ agent for the Unit’ general adviser to the Pprovisional government “One'fifth of all'the tankers in the| world are operating in and out of Mexican ports, but combmedl tank. fleets o ‘ <ountriés’ were'” ‘Mexican service, the productive capacity of the Mexican fields, supplemented ‘by some additional -pipe lines, would be easily équal ‘to ‘the “demand upon them. A:few: additional pipe lines ‘would etisure'full* ¢argoes for (the COMING EVENTS :uly 4 to Aug Yi<~Union tent Moo;- fng- by Evangelist C. F. Weigle. July: zl—zs—nedputh-Vawter Chau- .tauqua, v oo - July 26-28-4-County 'l‘eacherl' ex- “maination of Bemidji. ‘" “Beptember: 8-11-~Minnesota ‘State fair . Sept. 15, 16, 17—Beltrami County more devout :do not even' eat &ggs:or’ drink milk,:and do not use sugar; be 'cause it is refinéd :with blood. The| last three days:of Holy week are stil) more respected, for no:food at all Is consumed. For Easter Sunday,‘very’ large cakes, sometimes ‘threé ‘or ‘four feet “high, are cookeéed with" beautiful” ornaments’ on ‘the 'top, ‘and” eggs skill- fully’ painted. Both ‘cakes’ and eggs, ' with other eatables; ‘are brought” on Easter eve near the church and plnced all about “on‘the ‘ground. “'After “the midnight mass'a procession of prlests and choirs' comes ‘out ‘and walks' around the church, blessing all 'the food, which is arranged betore them es in a market. Easter Sunday and the two follow- ing days are dedicated to paying vis- fts, Every man calls upon his aev juaintances. Visitors are obliged. to, eat and drink wherever they happen to ‘go, otherwise they will offend the evening,. Al was crowded, but. no. Junt after the ‘train amp ina strnnger j appeared I the store and asked: where Mr, ——— was to. speak that night. 1 replied that he was to have spoken the night before, but added, “The big boob didn’t come.” Just then one of the leading women of the.town came in and recogulzed the man as;the speaker who, had been expected ‘the night before. Needless to say, I:soon found work. in the back of the-store which needed immediate attention. The Light in the Window. The transport had entered New York harbor. ' On board was one lone col- ored soldier among the homeward hound. As the ship passed the statue of liberty there was absolute sflence, when suddenly the dusky doughboy broke the quiet by remarking: “Put your light down, honey, I'se home.”— The American Legion Weekly, The evening: faultless hen i ‘ought ‘to give Ihlm some ideas: of; deportment.”—-Blr‘ SHOP EARLY | winners | Can Vou !ulld a Bw Mouu? 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