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It Picks UpBy :f bve ryth/ng Report-The Roving Reporter emildall nay aJid all night -bat' ably never could write as htiiaAri*^ ana as interesting a document .id ;• he received today from Zlmmerla, wife or a veteran drill- er. The R. R. wishes to lhank M^‘7^ , Zlmmerlft for the fascinating tide which Is being1 published to-day in this column, and at -th';;-/: same time he wants to Invite otKei1^; oil field residents, both men fttidl women, to write their experiifl^i^ij’ ★ * ★ ^Mr* Zlmmeria tells, among others; tilings, how she and her husband and other Americans were bom- • ?';• bafded in a Tampico hotel, duririg' the VUla-Carranza fighting.Mrs, Zimmerla's article follows: ’ • Thank you very kindly lor .glvttig-l-the women of the oil industry % chance to voice their sentiments; 2 I was born and reared In the state '[ of Pennsylvania. Good old Penh-sylvan la. Practically all my life has -,:i been spent in and around oil fields, i. mostly boom towns. *I went to live with my sister In West Virginia. She was married , to an oil man. She operated one// . of the largest oil country boarditig -houses In that-state. We. fed hun- - f dreds of hungry oil boys .each day,', and there wasn’t a bad check artist ■ among thsm. Finally, my sister aiid her husband moved to Illinois and. I entered a training school for nurses , in the city hospital In Falrmount, West Va„ and there I came into■ contact with the tragic part of the • oil fields.-k -k -k ,Because each day some one would be brought In—burned,' from gas, or brokeji to pieces from oil field accidents. Well, when. I.-.,;, finished up there, I decided I had to see my sister. So I packed my grip and look a trip to Illinois. While I was visiting her, I . met a man that I decided would,make a very good partner for life.★ * ★Well, in March, 1900, we were married, and we have been, packing grips and taking trips ever since,. We lived in Illinois until 1912. Then we moved to Okmulgee, Okla., in. i June, 1913. We left Oklahoma and : went to New York and sailed from there in a Ward liner for Tampico,; Old Mexico. We were sent there, by i the Pierce Oil corporation, and to t tell you that it was an Interesting t trip would be expressing it mildly.; We were eight or nine days on the water and saw schools of whales, porpoises and also Dying fish,; and every minute of my stay in Old Mex-1 Ico was of very much, interest; 'C. 0. had charge of two oil camps there, both located on Panuco river. -1 could sit on my camp home porch and watch the wild deer and wild hogs, also tiger in the distance. And wild pan’ots were so. numerous you could riot hear anything else - but their noise. I had a pet deer while I was in camp, and such a pet. It would lay around on the porcli just like, a cat. ...I was very much amused one day When a little Mexican girl came arid gave me a bouquet of flowers, arid f I gave her an American penny. She i. went away and just .in a little while ? I looked out and there. were- six j. little girls with flowers for me, so a it cost me six cents more.' ★ ★ ★The native all lived, In little bam-! boo huts, and you could see the ' children, the pigs and chickens all laying around together. They did their washing on the river bank, and , used the river for a bath tub. Our i way of transportation there being ' horses and motor boat, we had lots■ of fun riding through the jungles ' and watching the wild life. We . had three Chinamen In camp, to do , the work. I had always heard that ' when a Chinaman died that their ' friends would put a bowl of. rice ontheir graves, so one day I asked oiu* cook why they did that, and he answered, “Allee samee Melllcan. Chinaman no eatee lice. Melitcan no smellee flowers.”★ ★ ★Well, by this time the war between Carranza and Villa was getting In full swing. I went bach 1 to Tampico, as It was. not safe for a woman to live in the camps any longer, I stayed In the Southern hotel ten days without going outside.At one time wldle a battle was being fought just outside tlie city limits (men, women and children all went to war) and after tills particular bailie they made a long ™ row cf the dead men, women andSee THE Bull Wheel, Page 12
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Pampa News
Pampa, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1939
Page 13
Full Page
Clipped by
William S.
NA, 28 May 2024
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