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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
3
A Boston debutante and a Western outlaw star in The Orphan are joined by The Deadwood Coach in a double feature at the Fair Theater. Mulford crafts a seamless plot that sustains belief, delivering two notables in one program. Tonight is the last showing.
Mr and Mrs Morrison Boyd honeymooning while touring America in a Maxwell coupe stop in Amarillo for a 37500 mile trip covering every state Cuba Mexico and Alaska. They left Baltimore Feb 18 and travel through Florida the Central states Brownsville Santa Mexico Oklahoma and San Angelo heading toward Trinidad Colorado via Mount Capulin New Mexico to photograph an extinct volcano. Boyd logs routes for the American Automobile Association while at the Amarillo Hotel. Oasis Swimming Pool now open.
The Bill Eustace band will perform at Polly Garden in the Hotel Palo Duro and be broadcast over WDAG tonight starting at 10 30 p m. A special wire will carry the dance music to the station until the final number on the 263 meter wavelength.
Judge Kennedy ruled Sinclair and related parties were not to blame for seeking compensation on vacated holdings. He dismissed government fraud charges, called the lease favorable to the government, and said legislative power may delegate handling of government property, noting little material damage in the resales scheme and no clear evidence of a financial hasson between Sinclair and Fall.
Sealed bids due at 10 a.m. June 23 1926 at Cleo School House for labor and materials to build a four room one story brick and tile school. Plans from Peterson and Haynes Lubbock Texas. $1000 certified check to Geo Burch chairman accompanies each bid. Board may accept or reject all bids. Dated June 2 1926.
A note on crops shows the cocoanut palm plants require a decade before producing a harvestable yield, delaying profits for growers and affecting cash flow for those investing in long term orchards.
Mrs. Mary Sue Eakin of Conway died after boarding the Rock Island train at 1:30 PM while returning home from Amarillo. She had been discharged from a local hospital and her body is at Griggs Undertaking. Funeral plans await relatives in Missouri and West Virginia. burial in Panhandle. Surviving: husband W. G. Hak in, son L. P. 16, daughters Opal 14 Louise 12 Ila 10. age 37. Baptist church and Royal Neighbors member.
Globe Oil Co. No. 1 Williams and Laycock SW of section 20 Wheeler county is rated as a 100,000,000 foot gas well at 2086 feet. Three N Oil Co. No. 1 Williams section 9 Wheeler shows 75 barrels of oil in first pay near 2100 feet and drills hard lime at 2215 feet with 15,000,000 feet of gas daily, largely cased off.
The Dagbladet reports the small cutter Sjoeliv of twelve tons with nine crew, including Captain Nils Woolan, carried Amundsen party to King’s Bay after a poor catch. They sought shelter from a wounded walrus hunt, fed on seal beef, cider and eggs, and anticipated departure of the Heimdal relief ship while crowds cheered the arrival of the Sjoeliv and Amundsen explorers.
V N Souligny of Souligny Bros Ponca City Oklahoma has closed a contract with J W Wilson drilling contractor of Panhandle for completion of the Souligny No 1 Johnson in section 1 B Tomlinson survey southwest Hutchinson county The Souligny well is a 7 000 000 foot gaser at 1200 feet and has been shut down for almost a year Wilson will start drilling next week and will rush drilling to the big pay expected at 3000 feet Mr Souligny returned to his home Friday
More than 300 African American residents and 30 White attendees joined the ball park celebration for Emancipation Day. Most Amarillo Black residents traveled to Clarendon for the day. Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Worth, who died Friday, are set for 2:30 Sunday at Polk Street Methodist. J S Edwards of Edwards Studio returns from business trip and brief vacation to Colorado Springs and Denver.
Lee R. Williams of the William Sign Company has left for Chicago on business and will visit relatives in Wabash Indiana.
Mr and Mrs FE P Horn of 606 Mon... were joined in marriage in a quiet ceremony. The couple will reside in town and plan a family wedding reception next month.
Roe street couple welcomed an eight pound son born June 18. T. F. Turner departed for Fort Worth on business. Mr and Mrs Joe B Dooley and child ren traveled to Shreveport IA to visit relatives. Relics from City Light and Water window display prompted offers to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society.
A Roman newspaper competition drew fierce devotion from Fascists. The winning line said Fascism is the spirit of the free communities of Italy under Imperial Rome. Minor prizes praised Fascism as utopian and spiritually rewarding.
Geo E Montgomery, owner of oil lease interests in Johnson ranch south Hutchinson county, returned from Houston after talks with Prairie, Pure and Vacuum Oil on settling the Panhandle suit Johnson vs Montgomery. Settlement would start five wells on the 17,000 acre lease, with court action to be decided at a special term in Panhandle. Also notes Canada’s population and school attendance figures.
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