Mexia, Texas Tuesday March 14 - 1922 A fine bright cool morning and at 9:10 A.M. term off with Heath Robinson for Mexia. We arrived via Texas Southern at 12:10. Had lunch at the Drum Phelps Company and one P.M. we are off in a new Cadillac for the oil fields. For position of wells see large blue print map. Last year Mexica was a place of about 5000 and now it has probably 15,000 though 5000 more people are scattered over the oil territory. All appears to be grand emporium, every thing new, nearly a level is painted, and not building will last for a few years at most. There modern trucks, housing humanity; our many tent houses, corricle huts with a tank on the top. Road terrible and impenetrable on rainy days. It is no place for a civilized man, only for the young bunk or the almight