CA1459

Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas, 3/12/1916
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1459)


WICHITA DAILY TIMES, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS

Page Four
Sunday, March 12, 1916  -  Part Two

REFINERY MAKES NEW TOWN, AVIS

JACK COUNTY VILLAGE NAMED
FOR WICHITAN AT HEAD OF PLANT

SINKING DEEP TEST

Considerable Shallow Development Also Under Way on Jack County Tracts


    Since the Avis refinery has begun operations in Jack county, the town of Avis, given that name in honor of J. D. Avis of this city head of the refining company, has begun to make a noise and promises to become the most important center in Jack county. The Jacksboro News published at Jacksboro now contains a special department given over to news from the new town. The following items are reprinted from a recent issue of the Jacksboro paper 
    Avis, the rag house village, in the heart of the Jacksboro oil fields, has been lying dormant long enough, and as the time of the your for the grass to rise has come, a new inspiration has been imbibed and we feel, although we are, to a certain extent, isolated from the rest of the world, we deserve recognition, at least by our nearest railroad city. We are, however, extremely fortunate to have water service to Jacksboro and by this means we are enabled to keep in touch with the proceedings of this peace spirited nation of ours. 
    Avis within itself in a unique character for it is the only place in the world today that operates the Wells Process of refining oil. However, we can not, within a few months' time, boast of this distinction, for the Wells Process is becoming widely known and, in fact, is being installed in several other places.
    It is the general opinion of strangers when they come in sight of Avis, that they will see a field of gushing wells and that the Avis Refining Company is operating the same. This is also a mistaken idea for the Avis Refining Company is a refiner and not a producer.  We like to have you visit Avis and the refinery, and take special interest in showing and explaining things of general interest. 
    While the refinery is at present securing its crude oil from another source it is expected in the near future that production in this field will be sufficient to meet the needs of the refinery.  A deep test is now being sunk here and other wells are to be started soon. There is considerable shallow development in progress and the near future promises to see a great increase in activity. The great refinery acknowledged to be the most complete plant in the southwest giving employment to a number of men, the increasing activity in the oil field in this section is bringing more men here and the town of Avis promises to become one of the most important oil centers in Texas. 
    Avis can also boast of one of the newest and most up to date school houses to be found in any Inland town. This brick building is Indeed a credit to Avis and to any village of twice its size.  Electric lights are now being installed and when completed, will make a decided improvement over the antique method of oil lighting.
    Ben Briswold who at this place represents the Capitol Oil & Gas Co., of Fort Worth, left Sunday for the Petrolia oll fields.  He is to meet J. H. Sanderson, president of the company in Wichita Falls and from there they will go to Petrolia and to locate a place for another oil well.
    S. S. Pugh, representative of the Pre-Historic Oil Co., has gone on an extended business trip to Louisiana and will visit his family in Oklahoma before returning.
    D. P. McConnaughey, secretary of the Wells Process Co., and who is now at this place attending to the business interests of the refinery left Sunday for Dallas. He expects to be gone about two weeks.