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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1925

Page

9

Carlsbad Caverns Greatest in World and More

Carlsbad New Mexico describes the Caverns as world famed with vast underground vistas and new trails funded by federal money. The piece notes other nearby caverns, prehistoric sites to be explored by Dr Neil M Jud, and Carlsbad as a growing tourism and irrigation hub near the Pecos River with oil development expanding.

Elsbad N. M Carlsbad Pecos Valley New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns Providence Carlshad Dante Uncle Sam Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce America Guadalupe Mountains Tut Egypt Neil M. Jud National Museum Bureau Ethnology Gome Canada Old Mexico

Dixon Creek Well to be put on pump at once

Dixon Creek Oil's No. 1 Bmith in Hutchinson. 2 1/2 inch tubing to be used. projected to flow as natural when hole size reduced. Reported 225 barrels in under six hours. No. 8 well drilling at 600 feet. Carlsbad chamber of commerce promotes the town and invites visitors to the Pecos valley summer.

Dixon Creek Oil Company Block Y Hutchinson Pump &T Dixon Creek No. 8 Smith Men Oil Company Carlsbad Iisbad Chamber of Commerce West Pecos Valley

Test dril near Shamrock reveals new well and sales shock

A new well near Shamrock in Wheeler County is slated to begin completion tests after surface indications reviewed by L B Trout, with drilling suspension noted at 1850 feet. The project ties to the Nicholson ranch and a Wheeler County discovery, adjacent to the China Flats area via the Rock Island line. Separately, Shamrock Oil Co properties in the Panhandle and north Texas sold to Prairie Oil and Gas Co, part of Standard group, marking a milestone for Wichita county operators as Marine Oil Co dealers divested $3.5 million during the Burkburnett era, with Prairie purchasing 5000 acres in Moore County for 2.3 million.

Block Wheeler County Union Petroleum Company Union Company L. EB. Trout Marland Oklahoma Texas Nicholson Ranch Big Cave J. O. Whittington and Associates China Flats Rock Island Wheeler-Collingsworth Shamrock Oil Company Panhandle Field North Texas Prairrie Ol and Gas Company Standard Group Pioneer Oil Wichita County Marine Oil Company Burkburnett Wichita Stephens Panhandle Sneet Masterson Moore County Prairie

Gray County Test Has Oil Showings

Oil shows are reported in Anderson No 1 Bradford section 124 block B 2 Gray county ten miles southwest of here after 15 000 000 feet of gas daily at 2600 feet. Clark et al No 1 Coombs NW of section 87 block 8 fights a cave in at 2846 feet while a showing of oil is noted. Acreage blocking for drilling contracts is under way to the south and west of the city with no contracts closed.

Carlsbad United States Rey Center Pocps Artesia Carls News PA Anderson No. 1 Bradford Gray Country Here Clark Et al No

Wells in Wheeler county pool reach 1300 feet depth

Three Wheeler county wells show gas and oil potential at depth with casing through a large cave area. No. 8 Laycock reports oil at 2200 feet. No. 1 Krey is drilling 10 inch casing at 1850 feet. exhuma O'Brien No. 1 at 1350 feet. Whittington et al No. 1 resumes at 1860 feet Monday.

Wheeler County Laycock Krey Exhoma O’brien Jackson Whittington Whittington Et al No Nicholson Whittington No Porter Globe Oil Co Williams Nobles Oil Co Texhoma-O’brien Martin Rook Phillips Mary Edgar Amarillo J. M. Tindall J. O. Whittington

Kansas City Boosters Schedule Parade Through Town

The Kansas City Boosters making their thirty fourth annual trade extension trip arrive at 7 25 next Thursday night and depart 4 30 the following morning traveling via Santa Fe to Fort Worth and Denver. They stop in Kansas and Oklahoma towns en route enter Texas near Gainsville and parade through the principal streets led by a Kansas City band.

Kansas City Dalhart Santa Fe Fort Worth Denver Kansas Oklahoma Texas Gainsville Saint Jo Nocona Henrietta Witchita Falls Seymour Haskell Stamford Anson Abilene Merkel Sweetwater Snyder Post Slaton Lubbock Plainview Amarillo

Development at Capitan Terrace in Lea County New Mexico

Capitan Terrace development on the Devils Race Track fault in Lea County New Mexico is progressing with crews from Amarillo Tulsa and California spudding and rigging cable tools in several townships. Geologic reports promise promising results and a scramble for leases in the area near Tatum about 45 miles northeast of the Pecos Valley proven district.

Lovington N. M Capitan Terrace Devils Race Track North Lea County New Mexico W. H. Holmes Amarillo J. D. Ward Tulsa E. A. Ross Tolton & Croft Kansas Standard California Tatum Pecos Valley

Saxophone School Ad by Dave Derden in Music Teaching

Dave Derden offers instruction in saxophone and all band instruments with contact at 1785 J phone. Local reader notices music lessons for beginners and advanced players seeking expert guidance.

Mrs Scott Invites Friends to Weekly Social Dancing

Mrs Scott cordially invites friends and pupils to attend social dancing every Tuesday and Friday night at Scott's Dancing, 714 Taylor St. Phone 005.

Scott Taylor St

General Passenger and Freight Agent Goes With Special

General freight and passenger agent in Amarillo will travel with a Mineral Wells train. He recently was elected president of the Rotary club. Dickey's Eye Water relieves sore eyes and doesn t burn. All druggists 26 cents.

Edwards T. B. Gallaher General Amarillo Mineral Wells Rotary Club Dickey Ady

Electric Service Quality and Costs in the City

The article discusses how behind the visible wiring and generating machines lie engineers, money, and vast investment. It claims electricity costs remain the only major service item lower than in wartime, while most other prices rose 40 to 100 percent. It highlights industry efforts to cut costs and improve service quality, with the City Light & Water Company as a reference point.

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