Oil Pipelines and Amarillo Field Attract Growth
Plains Pipeline Company expands a four inch line and more six inch miles to Amarillo as Panhandle field activity surges. Texas Co No 3 Burnett continues to draw oil men with a two foot pay zone finishing at about 60 barrels per hour. Gas from a prior shut in has broken loose and awaits control. New wells and locations proliferate as daily visits from prospectors increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
The
Texas Co
Burnett
Section 108
Block 5
Carson County
Gulf Production Company
Burnett No
Silk Et al
Texas Company
M. C. Burnett
W. T. Waggoner
McConnell
Jack Crosby
Gray County
W. H. Holmes Et al
Morse
Saunders
H. F. Wilcox
Worley and Reynolds
Wilson No
Hutchinson County
R. G. Barnum
Johnson No
Cockrell
Whittenberg No
Tex-O Oil Company
Johnson
BE. T. Tumlinson
H. T. McGee Et al
Smith Capers
Panhandle Refining Company
Perkins
Plains Oil and Gas Company
Barnum well fire to be fought Monday on gas field
In Hutchinson county the Barnum gas well has burned since a lightning strike late night. A local expert plans to use nitro glycerine to suppress the blaze and resume drilling with a new derrick. The 30,000,000 cubic feet gas in the well feeds the flames and draws visitors from nearby areas toward the northeast near St Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Torpedo
Bar- 1
Hutchinson County
Barnum
Lightich
Iuto
St. Francis
Approval of Fillmore Street improvement hearing notice
City of Amarillo approves engineer statement for raising filling and guttering of Fillmore Street from Sixth to Twenty Street. Vested plan includes brick paving on concrete, bids from Paving Company accepted, roll statement shows assessments totaling 27756.64, hearing set July 1924 at City Hall with abutting property owners and railways invited to protest or object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rence
Fillmore
Hearng
Amahas
Fillmore Street
City
Sixth Street
Twenty Street
Plaing Paving Company
City of
Illo
Ata
Amarillo
Texas
Ives
Funeral set for John D. Carter in Amarillo
John D. Carter died Friday after a long illness. The body lies in state at Griggs Funeral Parlors from noon today. Funeral at Polk Street Methodist Church tomorrow at 10 a.m. Burial at Llano Cemetery. Knight Kadosh service to be held at Griggs at midnight. first in Amarillo. Survived by daughter Mrs. T. E. Johnson, son Preston A. Carter, a brother R. E. L. Carter, and a sister Mrs. E. T. Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Carter
Griggs
Polk Street Methodist Church
Stanley W. Hayne
Llano Cemetery
D. S. Harrington
Ed O’bryant
J. B. Gibbon
J. Y. Groves
C. L. Bowman
E. L. Taylor
Mr. Carter
Otto Peltz
Panhandle Scottish Rite Association
Amarillo
Fort Worth
T. E. Johnson
City
Preston A. Carter
St. Louis
R. E. L. Carter
E. T. Browning
Kansasity
City Briefs: Arrests and Visits Across Texas
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bostwick were arrested by sheriff's deputies and are detained in Slaton on a forgery warrant. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hill and their son from Fort Worth are staying with J. W. Hill and wife at 901 Jackson Street for about a week in Amarillo. Judge L. Gough and M. D. Ramsey attended a grain farmers' meeting in Crosbyton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bostwick
Sheriff's Department
Slaton
M. C. Hill and Son
Fort Worth
J. W. Hill
Jackson Street
Amarillo
L. Gough
Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
M. D. Ramsey
The
Grain Sorghum Growers’ Association
Crosbyton
Miss Jewell Heaton Heads to Chicago Exhibit
Miss Jewell Heaton departed last night for Chicago to oversee the art exhibit at Northwestern University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Heaton
Chicago
Northwestern University
Craddock Family Arrives for Summer Visit in Town
Mrs. F B Craddock and her daughters Mattie and Ruth of Denton have arrived to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs W F Craddock in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Craddock
Mattie and
Ruth
Denton
W. F. Craddock
Panhandle oil field drilling report lists multiple wells and activity
An authoritative panhandle oil field review catalogs current drilling and completion activity. Entries cover numerous companies and wells with statuses such as drilling depth, rigging up, spudding, initial production, and casing work across Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, and Wheeler counties, including Texas Company, Gulf Production, Panhandle Refining, and Amoco style operators.
Mrs Walter Jr Leaves for Albuquerque Visit
Mrs Paul Walter Jr. departed Friday for Albuquerque New Mexico to spend the summer with her mother Mrs Mabel Garley. She was accompanied by Constance Walter who paused in Amarillo on the trip home to Santa Fe New Mexico from Smith College Northampton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Walter Jr
Albuquerque
N. M
Mabel Garley
Constance Walter
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Great Gospel Morning and Night at Eighth and Taylor
A city resolution directs notices and hearings on property improvements and railway assessments in Amarillo Texas. It outlines publication in newspapers, possible mailed notices to abutting property and railway owners, and states the measure becomes effective after passage approved by Mayor Eugene B asdel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Gospel
Christian Church
Eighth and Taylor
Amarillo
Texas
Tee Te
Eugene
Blasdel
Unclear drilling progress at multiple oil wells
A fragment notes Union Petroleum and Supply completing Michelson No 1 drilling at 265 feet while EBL Woodley and Powers No 1 are drilling at 1400 feet. total reported gas volume or depth totals 100 million feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erly No
Spurlock Et al
Smith-Capers
Twin Six Oil Company
Kingsland No
J. W. Wilson Et al
Whittenberg
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Deahl No
Watchorn Oil and Gas Company
Cable N. 1
EBL
Woodley
Powers
Union Petroleum and Supply Compleve
Michelson No
Loyal thanks for support in circulation drive
Elizabeth Tolleson expresses gratitude to friends for loyal backing during a circulation drive. A separate line notes steam flows into the atmosphere at 650 feet per second as a scientific aside.
Local Guardsmen to Spend 2 Weeks at Fort Crockett
The Headquarters Company of the 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard based in Amarillo, led by Captain Otho Thompson, plans its annual encampment at Fort Crockett in Galveston from July to 19. The unit seeks recruits to fill the quota, framing the encampment as an all expenses paid vacation with pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Crockett
142Nd Infantry
Texas National Guard
Amarillo
Otho Thompson
Galveston
Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Logal
Carter
Moore County
Masterson No. 1
Section 46
Potter County
Amarillo Oil Company
Warrick No
Roberts County
Engel Et al
Sedrick
Wheeler County
Angus Et al
Emler
Pulaski Oil and Gas Company
Shelton
Schenck and French
George
J. O. Whittington
Williams and Laycock
Bethlehem
Amarillo Letter CO
D. Sears
Mer
W. 6Th St
P. A. Zehringer
American Warehouse Co
R. F. Jones Seed Farm
Paducah, Tex
Jack Hall
Happy Black Orchestra
Dayton Bicycle
America
the National Cycle CO
Aih
Elizabeth Tolleson
Marcel Waver
Marcel
Spencer-Nunn
Edison
Brunswick
Starr Talking Machine
Victor Victrola
Columbia
New
Polk St
Amarillo Music CO
D. V. Wray
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