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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
3
The San Jacinto Heights Civic Club plans a Thursday night session at 7 30 in the O E Irwin salesrooms 500 Tennessee avenue. Members expect full reports on street marker progress and push a sidewalk campaign to secure carrier mail delivery with 65 percent of sidewalks needing concrete.
Tex Thornton of U S Torpedo Co returns from Farmington New Mexico where two wells 615 feet deep produced 50 to 75 barrels daily. He filled his Cadillac with the oil and drove to Amarillo getting about fourteen miles per gallon. Forty gallons were brought back and the oil is on display at Pool drug store amid heavy snow and ice.
The Woman's Study club of Pleasant Plains north of Panhandle placed third in Texas for conservation of birds in Holland's magazine contest. They won $50 for securing the largest land area as bird sanctuaries, with commitments from R. B. Masterson Amarillo and the 666 ranch for 250 000 acres of the 324 659 acres designated. Mrs. J. C. McCade presides and Mrs. M. C. King serves as secretary.
Austin reports that Galveston taxes were remitted after a reversal by Speaker Lee Satterwhite. The Senate bill passed 81 to 48 with a two thirds majority not required, correcting last week’s ruling. Holbrook authored the bill amid the tax relief push.
Phone 2249.
Bids for a new Albuquerque hospital costing 300000 will be received by the Santa Fe next month as part of the A T and S F Hospital association. A second $350000 hospital is under construction in Los Angeles. The association runs railway hospitals in Fort Madison Topeka Ottawa Mulvane La Junta Clovis Albuquerque and Los Angeles funded by employer monthly earnings. Several personnel notes from Amarillo and nearby towns follow, including staff movements and travel.
The report notes California's National Orange Show celebrating its 15th anniversary in San Bernardino from February 19 to March 1. It attracts over a quarter of a million attendees annually and reflects the event's prominence in midwinter showcases.
Proceedings from the Seventh District Amarillo list motions overruled dismissals and submissions. Cases include Owens v Briscoe County, Anderson v Brown, Molyneaux et al v Amarillo ISD, Mann v Wright, Walker v Dockens, Texas Utilities Co v Clark, Judds v Lubbock Mutual Aid, U S Fidelity v Holcomb. Court references Briscoe Randall Lubbock Fisher Hale etc. Let’s go to The Fair.
Panhandle residents report numerous antique razors still in service or ready for use. Hoarded pieces include razors from 18th and 19th centuries, with makers such as Joseph Rogers and Son, Sellers and Son, Wade and Butcher, Henry Sears and Sons. Names include Hl M Horton, W A Evans, G J Bull, C W Saunders, R M Nash, Henry Fuller.
Former Peabody College for Teachers alumni plan a banquet in the near future, likely in Amarillo, Texas around February 19. West Texas State Teachers College faculty members who attended Peabody include R. B. Jarrett, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook, Anna Hibbets, Emma McCleskey, Mary E. Hudspeth, and Darthala Walker.
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