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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1924

Page

5

Conference Ordered On Camp Site Work

City manager Jeff Bartlett told the city commission to confer with low bidders Brodie & Mackey on West Sixth Street camp improvements including a community house keeper's house four cook houses and a fence. No award was made. Brodie & Mackey lead with bids 5928 vs Talk 6235 and Randall 6270 subject to bond and final specs.

Jeff Bartlett City Commission Brodie & Mackey West Sixth Street Nick Tolk Albert Randall Talk Randall

Boy on Rail Elicits Fearful Wait as Car Advances

A five year old lay on a railroad track listening for an approaching street car. Sam Spillers the conductor halted the San Jacinto line car and told the boy to get off. The child stayed until the car came within about 20 feet then jumped up and ran away laughing, after scaring the conductor.

Sam Spillers San Jacinto

Hill Announces Precinct Meeting Places

Grover Hill, Democratic county chairman, lists precinct conventions for Saturday at 4 pm. Locations include Potter county courthouse, Amarillo City Hall, Brazelton Pryor's lumber yard, Fast Side schoolhouse, Allison schoolhouse in St Francis, Bushland Hill school, JY ranch north of the river, Amarillo Junior High, and Amarillo Sixteenth Street fire station. Daily Globe ads 1c per word.

Grover Hill Potter County Court House Amarillo North Side Brazelton & Pryor’s Fast Side Allison School St. Francis Hill School Amarillo Junior High School Amarillo Sixteenth Street

Oil activity moves toward Oklahoma border

Amarillo Texas April 30 Oil development shifts toward the Oklahoma line from the Carson Hutchinson field as Wilcox Oil and Gas puts rotary tools on the Coombs ranch near Pampa Gray county. The Le fors Texas company well shows 25 million feet of gas and 20 barrels of oil at 2500 feet and will be standardized at 2000 feet or when the big lime is reached. The Wilson ranch location is set five miles north of Pampa and expected to start shortly after May 1. The W H Holmes well twenty miles east of Pampa on the Morse ranch is drilling below 2100 feet with pay expected around 2900 feet and has spurred new district locations. Fifteen miles southeast of Holmes, the Whittington No 1 Laycock near Wheeler county is the largest mid continent gas well and at 2000 feet shows more than 160 900 000 feet of wet gas under high pressure.

Henry Hall Amarillo Tex Oklahoma Carson-Hutchinson Wilcox Oil and Gas Company Coombs Ranch Pampa Gray County Texas Company Lefors Wilson Ranch Section 96 Block 8 W. H. Holmes Morse Ranch Holmes East Panhandle Whittington No. 1 Laycock Block 27 Wheeler County Mid-Continent

Oil worker injured as timber falls in Panhandle field

R. J. Latimer, a Panhandle oil field worker, is in an Amarillo hotel resting after a timber 16 feet long dislocated his hip and bruised his scalp, causing a slight brain concussion while unloading material at White Deer.

R. J. Latimer Panhandle Amarillo White Deer

Bible Class Tonight at Presbyterian Church

Study of the origin and character of the Bible continues at the church during the night service. Members should bring their own Bibles and references, and invite friends. A musical program by the Intermediate Christian Endeavor society is scheduled with refreshments served in the annex afterward.

Presbyterian Church Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society

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