Oil and gas strikes drive activity in South Wheeler field
Shamrock June 6 Special to The News reports oil and gas finds across the East Panhandle South Wheeler field with Whittington No. 4 Williams at 2092 feet producing, gas showing in Nicholson wildcat at 2090 feet, and numerous wells drilling or preparing to spud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Shamrock
Wheeler County
East Panhandle
Whittington No
Williams
Whittington Et al No
Nicholson
China Flats
Texhoma-O'Brian No
Vaughn
Kreys
Three N Oil Co
Williams & Laycock
Discovery
Whittington
Porter
Globe Oil Co
Best Oil Co
Tindall
Texhoma-O'Brian
Jackson
Angus
Emler
Shamrock
Former geologist predicts great field near Amarillo
J B Dickinson of Dallas, once a Tulsa oil man, forecast a vast oil field within fifty miles of Amarillo to be developed in two years and a population of at least 100000 within five years. He cited the Sweetgrass Arch anticline stretching from Canada to old Mexico and said wildcatters will drill along it, boosting oil output and local bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. B. Dickinson
Dallas
Tulsa
Dickinson
Plains
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Sweetgrass Arch
Canada
Old Mexico
Tulan
Forests Cover Two Fifths of Russia
A report states that forests occupy two fifths of Russia's total land area, highlighting vast wooded regions across the nation and their ecological significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Oil Briefs Spur Pipeline Extension and Drilling Rush
A four mile extension of the Pantex pipeline into new south Hutchinson county is to reach the Dixon Creek well on the Smith ranch by Monday, moving 7,000 barrels of crude to the Amarillo refinery. In Lea county New Mexico and along the West Texas line, leases near active wells are rapidly changing hands as major operators buy acreage for protection amid a vigorous drilling push. H F Wilcox Oil No 2 Coombs near Pam pa shows rising gas flow at 2840 feet and ties to its No 1 oil producer, while workers build an eighty thousand barrel steel storage tank on the Wilcox lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantex
New South Hutchinson County Pool
Dixon Creek
Smith Ranch
Amarillo
North Lea County
New Mexico
West Texas Line
Devils Race Track
H. F. Wilcox Oil No
Block 8
Pampa
Gray County
Wilcox
Shedden Well Near Sayre Oklahoma Shows Favorable Drilling Indications
Shedden et al No 1 Hostetler, section 34 9 25 Beckman county near Sayre Oklahoma, is drilling in sandy line at 38790 feet with favorable indications for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shedden Et al No
Hostetler
Beckman County
Sayre
Okla
Plans to link six towns with Sayre gas field
Plans move forward to connect sixteen southwest Oklahoma cities including Mangum Altus and Frederick with the Sayre gas field. Tulsa financial interests negotiate for franchises in towns affected by the proposed pipeline construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Sayre
Mangum
Altus
Frederick
Tulsa
Southeast Torrance County Play Sparks Nearby Talks
In Southeast Torrance County near Doran a new play is underway as shallow showings persist in the area. Local officials report the activity is centered around a limited engagement with potential for wider attention if conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrance County
New Mexico
Doran
Gas plant owner seeks contracts near Pampa Texas
W. L. Woodward of Santa Anna Texas seeks gas contracts in the Pampa area for the installation of a gas distributing plant in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Woodward
Santa Anna
Texas
Pampa
Phelps Drilling Near Cedar Lake in Gaines County
Phelps Exploration Company drills at 800 feet south of Cedar Lake in northeast Gaines county between Seagraves and Seminole, outlining site location and company activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps Exploration Company
Cedar Lake
Gaines County
Seagraves
Seminole
Pipe line extension linked oil fields across New Mexico
Reports indicate Humble Pipe Line Company extended its tide water Reagan county line from the Big Lake oil field northwest to the Pecos Valley oil field in eastern New Mexico. The area is now served by two local lines feeding the Santa Fe railway at Artesia and Dayton. Anderson No 1 well, nine miles south of Pampa in Gray county, is running casing below 2800 feet to shut off a 10,000,000 foot daily gas flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Pipe Line Company
Reagan County
Big Lake
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Santa Fe Railway
Artesia
Dayton
Anderson No. 1
Pampa
Gray County
Gulf No 2 Perkins Oil Well Opens Hutchinson Field
Gulf No 2 Dial Perkins et al section 2 block 1 located one mile southwest of No 1 well north of the Canadian river in Hutchinson county stands at 1800 feet with 89 gravity oil at 2800 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial) Perkins Et al
Canadian River
Hutchinson County
Panhandle Refining well standardized at 2600 feet depth
Panhandle Refining Company's No 1 Perkins, northwest of BSW in section 90, block 4 percent, north Hutchinson county proven field, is standardized at 2600 feet after drilling to the present depth with rotary tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Refining Company
Perkins
North Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County wells show salt water, gas flow at depth
Dixon Creek No 2 Smith near section 11 Hutchinson county drills below 2400 feet with cable tools started April 25. Amarillo Oil No B 2 Bivins in section 90 block 46 southwest Hutchinson reports considerable salt water. Danciger Bros well in section 85 block 8 shows ten million cubic feet of gas per day flowing from a 2760 foot hole with rotary tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Creek No
Smith
South Hutchinson Pool
Amarillo Oil Company
Block
Hutchinson County
Danciger Bros
Pampa
Gray County
Cobb-Davidson Petroleum Drilling Near Hutchinson County
Cobb-Davidson Petroleum Co reports active drilling at 1500 feet with rotary tools in section 13, block Y, Hutchinson county, labelled Whittenburg area southwest of northwest quadrant. No further details on depth or well status provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb-Davidson Petroleum Co
Whittenburg
Block Y
Hutchinson County
Amarillo Oil No 1 Wary wick test yields eight bbls per hour
Amarillo Oil Company's No 1 Ware wick NW4 of section 16 block B 8 Potter county recorded an eight hour test showing eight barrels per hour. The brief note notes the well output during the eight hour test as a preliminary production indicator for the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Oil Company
Warewick
Lubbock Plans Bond Vote For Water Sewer Mains and Charter Changes
Lubbock voters will decide July 2 on bonds totaling 250000 for water and sewer extensions plus 60000 for current pay. The measure includes charter changes to establish a city development board for the chamber of commerce and to create an all time mayor with a living salary. City officials expect nine miles of water mains and fifteen miles of sewer mains add ons, expanding capacity for about 80000 residents and 21000 users respectively. A one million gallon reservoir is planned to boost daily water output from two to over five million gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Martin S. Ruby
Harry N. Roberts
Walter
Posey
Chimneys On Autos Proposal From Yale Expert
In New Haven, Prof Vandellies of Yale proposes exhaust pipes atop cars to vent gases upward, claiming a tall chimney would improve street safety for pedestrians and drivers. The idea contrasts with a shallow oil well in Eddy County, New Mexico, rated 60 barrels daily and extending the Pecos Valley field toward Reagan County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Vandellies
Yale
Wrather Construction Units Erect Refining Plant Near Shamrock
Wrather Construction Company began building a $60,000 refining plant at Lela on the Rock Island railway just west of Shamrock. Completion is forecast for early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrather Construction Company
Lela
Rock Island
Shamrock
Caraway Heads Clarendon Country Club For Year
Clarendon June 6 The Clarendon Country Club reelected Odos Caraway as president with E A Simpson as vice president and Fred Chamberlain as treasurer while W W Taylor remains secretary. New improvements include a wall a pier a diving tower Bermuda grass on terraces and a lake fishing season reopening yielding good catches for local anglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Clarendon Country Club
Odos Caraway
Fred Chamberlain
W. W. Taylor
Holmes Kennedy
E. A. Simpson
Son of W. L. Coble Buried This Afternoon
Funeral services for ten year old William Thomas Coble will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs W T Coble 1816 Polk street Rev G L Yates pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate Active pall bearers are William Word Charles Word Herman C Pipkin Jr James N Beasley Jr Harry Gardner Jr and Richard Johns Honorary pall bearers include P H Larmbergin C T Word B W Gorgan Judge Bishop and Ray Wheatley Burial will follow in Liano cemetery under Griggs Undertaking Company direction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Coble
Polk Street
William Thomas Coble
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
William Word
Charles Word
Herman C. Pipkin, Jr
James N. Beasley
Harry Gardner, Jr
Richard
China Flats Well Shows Oil and Gas in Panhandle Field
China Flats No 1 Oscar T Nicholson at Shamrock six miles east in Wheeler county shows oil and two million feet of wet gas at 2090 feet. It stands as the week's leading Panhandle well. Casing is underreamed to shut off gas and drilling toward pay depth is expected early this week. Local oil men drill. land owned by Oscar T Nicholson, a Hamrock banker and former Potentate of Khiva Shrine Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittington
Pool
Golding
Humphrey
Oscar T. Nicholson
China Flats
Shamrock
Wheeler County
Panhandle
Nicholson
a@hamrock
Khiva Shrine
Largest turbine at Niagara Falls unveiled
The largest turbine ever built was installed at Niagara Falls. It is claimed to perform in one year the same amount of work that would require 9,000,000 men to accomplish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
West Texas College Aids Public Teacher Placement Effort
West Texas State Teachers College at Canyon reports efforts to meet rising demand for trained teachers across Texas. The teacher placing committee lists graduates ready for kindergarten through high school, highlights preferences for married couples to lead multi teacher rural schools, and notes strong demand for singing teachers and personal applicant presentations. Multiple Panhandle superintendents have sought graduates for positions in towns from Farwell to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College of
West Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Farwell
Halletsville
Honey Grove
San Antonio
Coleman
Texline
Perryton
Canutillo
Panhandle
West Texas
W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo
Floyd Golden
Miami
W. H. Younger
Tulia
H. J. Buckner
Friona
R. L. Speight
Littlefield
C. H. Dillehay
Hereford
C. R. Roberts
D. BE
Dean
Mclean
W. A. Graham
EB. L. Hunter
Claude
J. EF. Nelson
Clarendon
J. W. Reid
Teachers College
Evert Adams
Whitedeer
Hale Center
J. B. Adams
L. Y. School
Bailey County
Arthur Baer
Merizon
Bryant Baker
Mineral Wells
Mineral Wells High School
J. O
Floydada
Post
Nell Galloway
Petersburg
Kristiena Lane
Lamesa
Zelma Livingston
Talpa
Blackwell High School
Gladys Lowry
Higgins
Annie Mae McClure
Happy
Louise Magee
Quanah
Littlefield High School
Eric Ming
Wellington
Collingaworth County
J. T. Reynolds
Navasota
Alpine High School
Bonnie Rinker
Vernon
Elect
Vera Fox
Stone School
Randall County
Ith
Muleshoe
Sarah Park
Jewell Greenfield
Lillian Atkins
L. L. Rose
Floyd County
Radio relays aid Alaska fishing fleet in far seas
Tacoma June 6 Amateur radio relay teams from the American Radio Relay League aid the Alaskan fishing fleet as it sails from the Pacific Northwest. Receiving and transmitting gear keeps vessels in touch with home ports via relay stations, with code broadcasts for crews unable to install transmitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Washk
Pacific Northwest
American Radio Relay League
Musical Association Meets at Goodwell
Tri- County Musical Association of Hansford Texas Cimarron and Texas counties Oklahoma will hold an all day meeting on Sunday June 7 in the Goodwell college auditorium Guymon Okla Groom of Hansford county chairs the event Texas county leads with Mrs B F Ellis Hooker as chairman and Mrs A F Burch local chair The counties expect sixteen numbers from each including solos duets trios and choruses Some churches are dismissing to allow attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guymon
Okla
Tri- County Musical Association
Hansford County
Texas
Cimarron
Oklahoma
Goodwell
College
Groom
B. F. Ellis
Hooker
A. F. Burch
Texas County
Old Timer Is Back After Remedy Promise
A letter claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured long standing stomach and intestinal ailments after doctors failed. The writer says food digestion improved, gas stopped, and energy returned, noting the simple preparation removes mucus and inflammation. The ad promises money back and cites Randall Drug Co. and druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philaelphia
Mayr
Randall Drug Co
Drum Corps to Enter Music Meet at State Exposition
Drum corps will compete in music contests sponsored by the State Exposition on September 26. Cash prizes totaling 1260 dollars are offered to winners. Today will be designated as music day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tr. State Exposition
Dave Derden
Forty Girls Stricken Ill at Club Convention
At Webster Massachusetts on June 6 more than forty delegates attending the state girls club convention were stricken with illness after a dance ending the evening. Doctors were available and nurses were summoned as heat and excitement are blamed, with some cases showing ptomaine poisoning. Emergent calls overwhelmed authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Webster
Mass
New South Plains Law Firm Formed in Tahoka
Special to The News Tahoka June Judge G B Lockhart of Tahoka and Tom Garrard of Austin form a law partnership. They will open an office in Lubbock soon. Garrard has been assistant attorney general representing the state before the Court of Criminal Appeals. Lockhart is noted as a leading west Texas lawyer and will stay in Tahoka for now, planning a possible move to Lubbock next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
G. EB. Lockhart
Tom Garrard
Austin
Lubbock
Garrard
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pecos
Midland
Judge Lockhart
West Texas
England approves cable authority for marriage abroad
London reports the British government has officially approved marriage by cable. After paying cable charges, foreign office will authorize officers abroad to wed couples whose banns were published for three weeks in a British register office. A bride who left England to join her fiancé in South America found the authority waiting on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
South America
Plainview Graduates Decide College Paths
Plainview High School reports 68 graduates with about 75 percent planning to attend college. Most will enroll at Wayland College, with named students headed there including Caribel Abbott and Ruth Hamilton. Others plan for College of Industrial Arts, Kidd-Key College, Baylor, and a mix of state teachers colleges and universities. several have not yet chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Plainview High School
Wayland College
Caribel Abbott
Frank Barnes
Sam Barton
Ruth Hamilton
Weldon Garner
Lucile Mitchell
Newton Wayland
Juanita Largent
Dorothy
Wadell Kincaid
Elizabeth Williams
Bertha Reese
Marie Luna
Wilma Halsey
Louise Fuller
Frances Elaine Speed
Virginia Wayland
Texas Woman's College
Fort Worth
Catherine Reinken
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
de Alva Miller
Helen Looper
Kathryn Davis
Kidd-Key College
Sherman
Betty B. Bledsoe
State Teachers College
Canyon
Alma Jay
Draughon
Business College
Harriet Vanderpool
Pauline Harp
Juanita Johnson
Baylor College
Belton
Alcott Kirk
Texas University
Austin
Grace Bullock
Abilene Christian College
Fay Orwell
Lester Wright
Baylor University
Waco
Clara Jewell Foster
State University
Walter Diggs
Lois Lipscomb
Edna Faye McVicker
Billie Scranton
Jo Scott
Rutha Mae Rogers
Verna
Vertie
Pool
Josephine Hall
Rosa Bell Rosser
Chas
J. C. Boyd
Robert Tull
Earle Boswell
Jeniece Stockton
Frances Marie Luna
Helen Martin
Jessie Lea Mauk
William Lyle Thomas
Secretaries May Meet in Lubbock
The Texas Commercial Executives Association may hold its annual meeting in Lubbock next year. A. B. Davis of the Lubbock Chamber invites the group after the 1925 Marlin gathering, with 25 executives seconding the invitation from West Texas and other regions. The board will decide dates and location in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Commercial Executives Association
A. B. Davis
Mr. Davis
Latbock
West Texas
Texas
Paul Vickers
Midland
Maury Hopkins
Plainview
V. Vernon
Amarillo
World's Largest Belt Made From Vast Steer Hides
Nearly 700 steer hides were used in crafting what is described as the world’s largest belt. The project involved extensive leatherwork and exposed the scale of the fabrication effort behind a novelty item.
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Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association
J. A. Wikoff Clayton
N. M
Phebe K. Warner Chiude
A. R. Davis
Raton, N. M
Lee Satterwhite
House of Representatives
Nellie Bartlett Dalhart
Eula Weston
Tourist Bureau
E. £. Jackson
Colorado Springs
F. A. Young Bowie
South Wheeler Field
Hone
W. ©. Wells
Eddy County
Caraway
W. 1. Coble
West Texas College
Alaskan
Music Association Meets
Music Meet
NEW South Plains Law Firm
S.S
the Temple OF Cheer
Polk Street Methodist Church
Eighth and Polk
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