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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
8
The Ligon Daniels Post of the American Legion will hold a Memorial Day service in Loving on Sunday May 27 with cooperation from other groups. The event begins at ten o'clock a.m. and invites all legion men from the county and visiting members to attend.
The Mutual Oil Company of Fort Worth Texas filed May 9 1923 with the Texas Board of Water Engineers for a permit to divert up to eighty acre feet of unappropriated Brazos River water annually in Young County for mining. The plan includes a Novo 6 H P pump and engine with a 41 ft height and 200 ft reach to be located on the left bank of the Brazos River southeast of Graham. A public hearing is set for June 25 1923 at the Board office in Austin.
The Board of Water Engineers in Texas announces a hearing on May 28 1923 at 10 a.m. in Austin for S L McDowell Wichita Falls Texas to seek a permit to divert up to 100 acre feet of Brazos river water annually. The pumping plant would use a 6 HP engine and a Fairbanks Morse pump with a lift of 100 feet located near J M Johnson survey A-161 in Young County about twelve miles southeast of Graham. Attest: A W McDonald Sec.
Board of Water Engineers of Texas receives a petition to appropriate up to 80 acre feet annually from the Brazos River in Young County for mining. The plan includes a Novo 6 HP pump and engine with an eighty foot lift to divert water from a point 1180 feet from the S E corner of survey No 1 on the river's right bank. Local notice dated May 10, 1923.
By order of the Young County Court clerk Guaranty State Bank of Graham Texas obtains a $600 judgment against Spoonts & Warble Inc and a constable sale is set for the first Tuesday in June 1923 at the Graham courthouse. Two oil well rigs on Spoonts & Varble and W A Ribbleland leases will be sold free of liens to satisfy the judgment plus interest and attorney fees.
Notice to Contractors announces sealed proposals for paving portions of Graham Texas public square. Bids due by 8:00 p m June 1923 at City Clerk office, with 5 percent certified check and bond. plans via City Engineer. City Board may reject bids and waive technicalities.
The undersigned state they bought The Paris Tailors in Graham Texas from H N Evans and will not be responsible for accounts and debts incurred before May 1 1923.
I J R Jackson guardian of the minors Bessie Pearl Jackson James Thomas Jackson Ivy Jewell Jackson Mary Corrine Jackson and Joe Richard Jackson seeks court order to authorize a mineral lease on their interest in 97.5 acres in the E 1 2 of Block 18 Isaac Holman Survey Abstract 180 Young County Texas. The hearing is set for May 31 1923 at the Graham county courthouse.
Sheriff Dan Cambern will sell on May 26 1923 at the Young County Courthouse in Graham the oil and gas mineral lease covering 30 acres on the J A Parham survey section 24 Abstract 1519 with all tools derrick casing materials and supplies to satisfy a 1555.00 judgment plus costs in favor of R C Bowen and Temple Bowen against Spoonts Varble private corporation.
Texas executes sale of an undivided three eighths interest in oil leasehold plus storage tanks rigs and equipment on 35 acre tract in Young County. Sale set for June 1923 at the court house door to satisfy a $3876.36 judgment with 6 percent interest and court costs.
The partnership of B S Doty and L B Scott doing business as B S Doty & Co is dissolved by mutual consent. Scott Long Drug Co will carry on the business at the same location and has assumed all debts and bought all notes and accounts.
J L Warren of Young County Texas executed a deed of assignment on May 7 1923 conveying all property to the undersigned for the benefit of creditors who consent to a proportional share and discharge. The assignee has qualified and creditors consenting must notify in writing within four months and file claims within six months at Graham Texas. Witness dated May 10 1923 John R Roach.
An order of sale issued by the 80th Judicial District directs the sheriff to sell on the first Tuesday in June 1923 the east 25 feet of lots 1 2 3 in block 20 Graham Texas. The property belongs to R E Erwin H A Hale and R F Bullock to satisfy a Whitesides judgment for 4504.50 plus 8 percent interest from March 27 1923 and costs. The sale is at the Graham Court House door.
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad Company declares public auction of unclaimed property shipped from Breckenridge to Rosse and reconsigned to South Bend Texas. Sale set for June 4 1928 at 10 A M at the South Bend depot. Property includes Marion Manufacturing irons wheels shafts and engine foundation components.
The Honorable District Court of Young County on April 26 1923 ordered a sheriff sale on June 5 1928 at the courthouse door in Graham to satisfy a $1444 judgment for Ranger Gas Company. The property is the south 40 acres of J Eddle man survey Abstract No 1728 in Young County including Byrens oil and gas leasehold as of February 16 1923.
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