Red Bluff loan seen with good chance for state park plan
Dunlap urges making state park at Old Fort and a scenic drive around Seven Mile Hill at Lions Club luncheon. He outlines Texas Parks plans, camp sites under Conservation and Reforestation, and the need for local support to develop historic Fort and landmarks into a self supporting tourism asset. Judge Williams praised for history and agreed to write memoirs of the area.
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Gray
Red Bluff
Old Fort
Fort Stockton
Seven Mile Hill
Lions Club
A. H. Dunlap
State Board of Water Engineers
Texas
Dunlap
State Park Committee
Colp
Comanche Trail
Pecos Delegates Attend Pink Bollworm Meeting
Hal Burnett county commissioner and P R Long secretary of commerce attended a Pink Bollworm delegation meeting in Pecos County yesterday evening. The group plans a drive to secure state and federal remuneration for past expenses. Also at the ranch, Miss Bobbie Louis Walker visits grandparents J T Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Burnett
P. R. Long
Ber of Commerce
Pecos County
Vets to Attend Odessa Meeting of Fifth Division
Alfred Ten Eyck invites a delegation from the Phil Rooney Post to the annual fifth division Texas conference in Odessa on June 21 and 25. Expected events include rabbit roping, golf, trap shooting, baseball, dances, and a Days of 49 program with speakers Josh Lee and Carl Nesbit among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Ten Eyck
Phil Rooney
American Legion
Earl S. Bailey
Odessa
Department of Texas
Legion
Legion Hall
Josh Lee
Oklahoma University
Carl Nesbit
Mr. Lee
City Council approves monthly payment to summer band
The council voted unanimously to pay the band $25 each month during the summer season. Citizens had urged support for a small subsidy to ensure a free entertainment program for the coming months.
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Council Aids
Mid-Kansas Deepens Old Yates Producer
Mid-Kansas Company deepens the No. 10-A Yates to 1070 feet with initial production of 8526 barrels per hour prorated to 4070 per day. Eppenauer Drilling Co. No. 1 White-Baker is drilling below 1480 feet. Humble Oil & Refining Co. works to shut off gas on White-Baker No. 1 and plug back. Cooper et al No. 1 Perry drilling below 850 feet. Winfield-Kimberlin No. 1 Gregg new hole below 1250 feet. Pecos Crude Oil Purchasing Co. No. 1 P. V. Oil Co. drilling below 1250 in anhydrite feed to Mgasey et al No. 1 ty Trust new hole below 970 feet. McClure et al No. 1 P. V. Oil Co. resumes, drilling below 1400 feet.
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Yates
Mid-Kansas Company
Eppenauer Drilling Co
White-Baker
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Cooper Et al No
Perry
Winfield-Kimberlin No
Gregg
Pecos Crude Oil Purchasing Co
P. V. Oil Co
Mgasey Et al
Ty Trust
McClure Et al No
Arthur Adams Family Moves to San Angelo
Local oil operator Arthur Adams and his family relocate to San Angelo this week after years of residence here. He accepts a fine position with Paramount Oil Co. of San Angelo and his friends wish them success and say they will be sincerely missed.
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Arthur Adams
San Angelo
Adams
Paramount Oil Co
Mrs S A Puckett Undergoes Gall Bladder Operation
Mrs S A Puckett, who visited relatives in Fort Worth with her daughter Mrs Hugh Livingston, underwent gall bladder surgery last Monday at Harris Sanitarium in Fort Worth. She is recovering well and aims to return home soon in improved health.
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S. A. Puckett
Hugh Livingston
Fort Worth
Harris Sanitarium
McDonald Observatory Project Delay Stretches Years
Fort Davis reports Dr. Otto Struve and Dr. George Van Biesbroeck say the McDonald Observatory will not be usable for three to four years due to slow mirror production. An 80 inch Pyrex mirror requires over a year to cast and a year more for polishing. The article notes Mount Locke near Fort Davis and lists other high observatories and their altitudes.
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McDonald Observatory
Davis Mountains
Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Otto Struve
George van Biesbroeck
Yerkes Observatory
McDonald
Mount Locke
California
Fort Davistown
van Biesbroeck
Kodaikanal
Tacubaya
Mexico
Flagstaff
Arizona
Jomshnasbeers
South Africa
Ount Wilson
Denver
Pic du Midi
Villies
Feeder Steer Growth Promises Local Meat Profit
A three year old steer fed 70 days on a special ration at the Moore farm gained 350 pounds. Alton Simmons and Dr. W H Moore report dressing out 722 pounds with 40 percent waste. Daily rations included corn meal cottonseed wheat bran and alfalfa hay. Meat sold to the Bread & Butter Store for a special weekend sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Simmons
W. H. Moore
Moore
Bread & Butter
Boundary of Rio Grande to be Set
Washington reports permanent rectification of the Rio Grande may be pursued under the public works act. Congressman Thomason says the Bureau of Budget favors including the project in the emergency construction program. The plan seeks a permanent channel to prevent flood damage and safeguard El Paso boundary issues, with American share estimated at about 5 million dollars.
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Washington
Rio Grande
R. E. Thomason
Texas
Thomason
Lewis Douglas
Arizona
Bureau of Budget
el Paso
Congress
International Boundary Commission
Mexico
Senate
Congressman Thomas
Red Bluff Dam Water Users Seeks $3.6 Million Loan
Judge R H Gray reports final loan decision rests with Reconstruction Finance Corporation directors or the new National Administrator under the Industrial Recovery Act. The Red Bluff group aims to secure a $3.6 million loan with possible 30 percent labor and materials credit, promising big regional benefits.
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R. H. Gray
Washington, D. C
Red Bluff
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Office of National Administrator
Gray
Starley
State Department
Red Bluff Association
R. F. C. Department
Local visitors from Altus and Pecos drop by
Mrs. Geo Hudspeth and her son George Jr arrive from Altus Oklahoma to visit her brother Bob Walker and family. Pecos football star Harrison Heavy Baker was in town Thursday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Hudspeth
George, Jr
Altus
Okla
Bob Walker
Harrison
Baker
Pecos
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Lions
Mlegates
Bobbie Louis Walker
Mrs. J. T. Baker
Mid-Kansas
Genevieve Weldon
Houston
Sweetheart of Texas
University of Texas
New Act Dept
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