Laredo Weekly (Newspaper) - August 24, 1928, Laredo, Texas 1 r ft Wk r LViv IF i i L f F v T V L t I V H il J I V j 4 I H M F r i f T i j Hi V H l L i r f f I 1 I i L tf F 4 i I I i T i r I I I V I OK LA CITRUS BERMUDA f A Laredo r j Published By LAREDO LAREDO 1 r H J v f L 1 Webb August ri Subscription Two Dollars a f t H i t r tV i A t i l T H i J i i OF ONION SEED BARDIE PIONEER IN GRADING OF CATTLE SANDERS GETS THE BRIDGE JOB BYRNE WELL FLOWS 300 DUVAL Down Four Blocks on i r i I V L 1 18 Blocks on Gua and All Were I T I F Puc Receives Large Amount of His Herd of Herefords on Ranch in Webb County Was Mecca Seed for Reid From Canary f for Many Cattlemen in Subject of tuting Thoroughbreds for Old urn of this when seed from V I f ca ttl V one or from Tuesday August to Tues August he put blocks of street paving 18 feet wide streets of Laredo with the with the Christ highway to the f s 1 In addition to down the paving that connected with the Webb county payed toad to the Zachry also put and opened to traffic eight blocks of paving on Meadow Avenue toward a with the Zapata the tracks on A shipment of pounds I The death of Hardie Jefferies on August 16 removed of Bermuda onion from a man who had done his share to elevate the trom Canary j re L r it been industry of Southwest Texas from its oldtime condi hat where cattlemen gave attention to the betterment Jefferies ed in Laredo for the Reid Teneriffe Onion Seed re of their by raising thoroughbred presented in this city by Dan was one of the pioneers in this section in demonstrating the i r e This I 1 F f h I V just over Meadow Starting paving work on Tuesday August Zachry four Weeks on end of Market street to a the to the eastward and then eighteen of the nineteen blocks on Guadalupe street to a connection with the same leaving only die block between the end of street on the west a connection the new bridge is not yet completed to be This bridge On Saturday afternoon the 22 streetson Market and were opened to or in four days after On Sunday the sprinkling of oil Avenue was made and on Monday the of 48 eight blocks of that in fact it was opened in 36 hours paving work The paving of the of F a with the Chacon Creek bridge and the Zapata highway proceeded right and by f over is sufficient seed to furnish onion plants for about As onion farmers now preparing their or beds it is expected that most of that was this seed will be sown in the practicability of substituting the thoroughbred for the long On ranch in Webb county just west of Webb Hardie Jefferies had a herd of Hereford his pride and he devoted his time and atten tion to the raising of thoroughbred Hereford Several seedbeds from about September Ile exhibited in Laredo a thoroughbred Hereford bull that thousand dollars at the Dallas Stat 5 to there to remain make sturdy young I an dlater he exhibited the offspring of that fine animal to be transplanted to the open to interested stockmen who camg to his ranch from various i topping ah A on Meadow fields about the middle of L B I It is expected that about 500 to acres will be set r out plants in 1 i although that amount of acreage may be either smaller or according to future market portions of the During the Washington Birthday Celebration in Laredo in Hardie Jefferies had a pen of three fine Hereford bulls o the animals ranging in age seven nine and thirteen that gave visiting cowmen nnd others an opportunity to inspect real thoroughbred and the difference afternoon were speeding southward note the difference in of these highgrade animals over the oldtime cattle that roamed the ranges Jeff eries devoted much time and attention to his always being on the job to look after their He was proud of his herd of and had just reason to be Courtesy was an innate part of Hardie and every cowman Texas that knew him highly respected him and held him in the highest He attended numerous fat stock shows in Texas and Kansas City during the past years and there met the leading cowmen of the and Head of Laredo Poster an opportunity to keep in close touch with the grading of i What he learned proved of advantage to him he applied his knowledge to the building up of a herd of cattle that fame not only for Hardie but for Webb county and his ranch as Withal he was a man that was lost another pioneer a community for he was a booster for everything that business man on conduced to the betterment and of his GALLAHAN DIED Succumbed Monday to Heart to me his latest work he teat his former r f h Well Known Oil Operator and ii morning when Joseph Gal 65 years and a native Corpus died at his 1320 Corpus Christl following a heart Prior to the time of the fatal attack he was in apparent ly good spirits and had driven his car home with his family just a short Mrs Gallahan was awakened by the gasping of her husband shortly t wr i i after midnight and immediately of Firm I P j i t rimi y I summoned medical but he 1 oclock Mon CONTRACTOR ON r Succumbed in Died Suddenly His Stm Antonio Home i one the 65 il t well known J I contractor of San and I to all his friend away at day morning without regaining f Joe as he was f i operators of the and owner onion farm in o 4 f f 1 district member of the firm of Walsh L T r l which did the 5 was struction workon the Robert northern portion on streets of Ohio t l August according tp received ty friends in i f Deceased came to Laredo first F r b a i on day j was president and general manager of the Laredo Poster Adver He came to Laredo 1898 after from This spirit was responsible for his exhibition of thoroughbred Hereford cattle here during the 1928 Washington Birthday Celebration he said it would prove some good publicity for Laredo and Webb county and he wanted to do some boosting in that r On last Friday afternoon at 5 oclock the mortal remains of Hardie Jefferies was laid to rest in the city cemetery of the funeral being held under Masonic He had come to Laredo when a mere boy of four years of and for over fifty years had made his home in Webb He will be missed by all who knew Builder of Two Bridges and Overhead Pass Lands Job for Installing Old on his bid of was awarded the con tract by the city Council on Tuesday evening to remove the old iron bridge which was form erly over the Zacate Creek con Market and Iturbide streets and install it on Sanchez and Gustavus streets over the Zacate In being rebuilt in a way the old steel bridge will have a reinforced concrete flooring and be The only other bid for the work was that of Henry Zachry for Sanders recently completed the streets bridge and the overhead pass on Meadow and is now at work widening the Matamoros Guadalupe streets bridge OByrne and Associates Bring in Wildcat Well in 250 Duval Magnolia Buys Associated Callaghan Starts 2 Well in Section 440 Webb AMONG THE DEAD Well Known Business Man Director and Musician Died Suddenly Monday DELEGATES TO COURT READY TO START r Names of Delegates Selected j Twentyone Weeks of Court at a painter and soon San Antonio 4ast a contracting painter where on w onions r of the Robert Lee where he had since f 1 T his as he had married well known 1892 Some years ago he made his tlie con organized the Laredo Poster Advertising and devoted attention to that known as one of the was visited several times on buisness and L n f was he one of f of the Mirando Oil Saturday 1 m mm in this section of having followed that Corpus in San in in Mi h r L L j f j e in j j i r f 71V1 was also associated J f I I1 t i i f con since young manhood and even after he moved to Laredo thirty years For many years and family made their home on but recently they moved into their handsome new home on Corpus Christi He was married in Browns ville in 1802 to Miss Rita and is T survived by his three John Robert f f tr r of land Joseph and j one Miss Jennie Antonio that do I all of one f 3 ij i Apples Burden Bushes Near Atascosa Creek it tate are 1 i j alt bi visited the L I I ook antma after his visiting in was of arid I A Vetters of Corpus of grass and other In other pUces the B s the dry fc f I n h M i n n m t H f ff orthe country W 1 v A A The funeral took place on Tuesday at 5 torn the home oil church tinker the aus Knights of Golum j By Webb County Democratic Convention on August Begins With the Term in Carri zo Springs September I j is a list of the The mills of justice will be del selected at the Webb gin to grind throughout the 49th Judicial District again one m next The second keen shock of the week came to Laredo people on Tuesday morning when the news gamed circulation that Aloysius Joseph aged 46 a native of San An tonio and well known business theatrical director and musician had died suddenly at his home on Santa Maria Ave L nue Monday night at about 11 oc Death was due to an attack of acute indigestion by gas on the stomach and carne soon after the return of from StPeters where he had conducted choir rehearsal in preparation for the funeral of Joe Gallahan on the fol l own g Aloysius Joseph was a son of arid der Not zon nd b was orn n County Democratic convention held in this city on August 4 to represent Webb county at I the various Democratic conven tions to be held later To the State Convention at Worth September 25 Peter Hal Ame dee Justo Robert Albert James Martin and Joe To the Congress District convention at Uvalde Septem ber Robert To the Fourth Supreme Ju District Sari Antonio convention at September 25 river R r r r I To the 49th Judicial District convention to he Sanchez and Ray h i To the 27th District Senato rial convention to be called B Ley en Mo Edward F I l T wee k fro tember District Judge District Attor ney John Vails and Court Wilcox will be kept busy for twentyone con b Court begins on Monday September at Car rizo Springs for a term of three weeks in Then there be one week of dis L court in Zapata followed by two weeks of court at Hebbronville for Jim Hogg Laredo and Webb county I f then comes in for two conse cutive terms of district A n J the first totaling eight weeks I I and the seven one tered business for hi San Antonio on June being over 46 years of age at the time of his He was educated in his native city and also became a musician of great both as a violinist and and in time he develop ed histrionic ability that made him a favorite iri amateur plays or as a theatrical As such his ability in Laredo was well for some of the best local theatricals ever pro in Laredo were directed by Entering the immigration set vice in San Not zon finally was transferred to Laredo for service with that de eighteen years He became thoroughly versed in immigration regulations and was considered quite an author ity on the After resign from the immigration serv was employed at the Border Gas the old Milmo National Bank and finally cn If by unse h cr I r prickled if h time ft are tunas 1 J bus and i jjC m not I beautiful floral tributes I the high esteem in was held in where he had To the 75th Representative District convention to be call M r ed and community bushes drooping burdensome H r S I S these Irt iHe 01aeti made his home for many Member Laredo Council STOCKMAN KILLED WHEN BARN DOOR FALLS ON HIM vW r Columbus wealthy stockman and f se tunas were e mdn f SMJ out ku h at one r I I 1 three ions i r 1 m mi IV r JVv 1 n T LV I H V 1 j W 4 1 m V w ih V j y r 4 K Grand juries will be for each of the two Franklin Life Insurance and from this concern he won f I L VJ fcX 7 court following the engaging in the real estate busi other with only Sunday a n j representing the f chosen 4 t t t f m I terms to be held m Laredo and the medal for heaviest sales of it is expected that much insurance in his district in ness will be disposed He was a fourth degree Knights of Columbus and member of other Catholic all of which Death of 1 tf Well Byrne widely known writer and novelist was t v j United Claire orn He is survived two Margaret and Glare six Claude and m Pauline Josephine he served in official capacities native of Brownsville and widow of the late Judge James died at the hospital at Tuesday night at A telegram was received Monday by her Joseph announcing her condi tion was He left imme for arriving and was with the time of her Miles three Wil liam Nelson of J nio Lockwood of San C Tare of San m sr fff Antonio and two of Kansas and of San The funeral took place from 1 L Peters Catholic church Wednesday f L mo ring at the aus pices of the Knights of Active pallbearers were Ley f i Samuel 1 r m m km A Thomas w fiS i paper T i J J The new OByrne field in Duval County in Section 250 will soon become a busy f The principle owners of the 110 acre lease where the discovery well is located are Jim and associates together with OByrne and Schoolfield and The well was drilled under contract by Putnam of Pearson will assume the development of the lease according to announcement made in day by Jim said that the lease would pnt immediate attention and that the Magnolia Petroleum is already building pipeline connections to take the The main pipeline of the Magnolia from Mirando to Luling and Beaumont passes through the west side of Section With these favorable conditions there is reason to look forward lo the OByrne field getting off to a big OByrne has brought in a 300 barrel well in the northwest part of Duval County in Block 19 Sec Casing is set m cement at a depth of 2336 feet with top of the sand at 2339 and the bottom of the hole at Drilling was stopped with the bit still in the th that oil 2348 Considerable excitement This well is in wildcat territory and means tnat a new field is added to the Laredo district and the name of Pool will be attached for the persistence of the man who has been backing his judgment in this part of Duval County for more than a year during which time he has been the leading figure in tke drilling of several wells all of which had more or less oil and gas in at not in quantities bringing in as commercial to However rhe opening of the OByrne means that considerable activity will start due to the many small owners in the The well was drilled by Cezeaux Putnam of This firm or some of its members have been with every one of the half dozen wells drilled in the territory around the well Another deal of much interest to oil men was consum mated this week when the Magnolia Petroleum Company purchased 35 oil wells and 3 gassers from the Associated Oil Followin leases of the Associated are in the sale Lopez Lease in Las Animas Winch Fariss field of Jim Hogg County Block 44 in Jim Hogg County Black Panther Lease and Lease in Mid Webb County Lease m Mirando Pool district of Grant Webb With this big purchase Magnolia now owns the big gest part of the escarpment pools south from Mirando City to the Zapata County line and they are gradually taking every 1 that laced ease mat is placed on the The Houston Gulf Gas has installed a new 40 gas engine in their power in the Ran dado field of Jim Hogg County where they have nearly a score of producing Cole Petroleum a depth of 2158 feet in their 64 well on Wednesday This well is located in ock 3 Section 412 of Webb County in the Cole 1 de la Garza in Block 47 Section 43 of Webb County is drilling having last Newton Drilling 3 Bruni in ock 56 Wed s Grant of Webb County in field wa at 2170 Sun Oil 3 in Share 5 Las Ani mas Grant of Webb is Killam spudded his 19 and 21 in Block 64 of Grant of Webb County Both wells will be drilled to the sand within another week and ready to set Petroleum Company spudded their 7 The well is located in Share 5 Magnolia on Las Animas Grant in Magnolia has abandon ed their 6 Bruni in Block 65 Grant at a depth of 2552 The is a derrick and the 8 is both in Block Holsworth has returned to Laredo after a two or m three years absence and has started a well in the Reiser field of Webb the 1 in Block 3 Section Jewell spudded his 1 Gutierrez The well is in Block 8 Section 857 of Webb County to the north and east of the Sturm 1 in Section 701JAof Webb County north of the Cole is drilling at 2480 Harry has abandoned his I Benavides at a depth of 2550 The well is in the center of 564 of Webb County north of the Cole Considerable interest is manifest over the starting of the 2 Callaghan in Section 440 of Webb County by the Cal laghari Land Pastoral well is in the same section where the 1 was drilled as a water well and picked up a hish gravity oil sand somewhere between 600 feet and 680 a i Continued on Page SUBSCRIPTION COUPON Pin a Two Dollar Check to this coupon Laredo Country for a whole Write Laredo Drawee Please your paper for one and get all the your name and from r f v r I v f
