part of the lower Pennsylvanian and the upper Mississippian is the most popular theory. And it was pointed out by Dr. W. F. Cummings of Houston, termed the patriarch of the profession, that he put the bend in Texas geology many years ago and that he was not considering the upper members of the series as they are now considered to be a part of the bend. He defended the theory that the whole series is Pennsylvanian and at- tempted to show this by paleontological researches. It was pointed out by Professor Charles Schuchert of Yale University that the underlying Ellenberger lime- stone is the only good place upon which to correlate, and then he raised a ques- tion as to whether the so-called Ellen- berger is Ellenberger all the way north. It was a lively and wit-sharpening dis- cussion that the petroleum geologists had over the bend, the producing forma- tion in the new Texas fields. Meeting Opens With Welcome. Alexander Deussen of Houston, presi- dent of the association, called the asso- ciation to order at 11 o'clock and intro- duced Gilbert H. Irish of Dallas, who welcomed the association on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. David White of the United States Ge- ological Survey spoke briefly, expressing surprise at the large attendance. It [illegible] and see our great display of all the ermer frocks. 2.95 an individual box; regular price ``` **Do not translate text.** **Ignore faint, backwards text** that appears to be bleeding through from the reverse side. **Do not guess** at unclear words. It is better to write "[illegible]" than to hallucinate text. Preserve line breaks using '\n' Maintain original spelling and punctuation. If a distinct word is illegible, use "[illegible]". If a large section or the entire page is illegible/faint, use a **single** "[illegible]" marker. Do not repeat it for every line. Do not add commentary or description. Return a JSON object with a single key "text". ```json {