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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
7
The National Safety Council in Chicago issues a road safety guide urging careful driving to reduce the rising motor car accident death toll. It covers speed, passing, signaling, turning, weather, windshield care, and behavior around pedestrians and officers.
During heavy rain drive uphill and let water flow off the top of the car toward the rear. Avoid streams running over the dash hood and windshield as the car dries. This helps minimize streaks on the windshield and surfaces after the rain.
Practical tips for car maintenance cover handling enamel scratches with oilcloth protection, testing tire pressures, locating pliers, and using them as multipurpose tools. Guidance on curtain rolls, grease guns, dirt blocking nipples, and freeing obstructions by driving over rough roads. emphasizes practical, stepwise fixes.
A folding seat mounted inside the cab provides an extra helper for long hauls. The hinged seat attaches to the dash with slides and a hinged bracket, folds flat when not in use, and keeps the extra hand dry in rain or snow. Designed for quick attachment with a welded rod and robust screws. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Austin Texas royal royalty income from University of Texas lands will be deposited to the university available fund under a bill approved by Governor Ferguson. Land Commissioner J T Robinson says the act is plain and he will follow it placing royalties in the building fund rather than the permanent university fund.
Liberty Texas saw I B Pickett Sr honored by the chamber of commerce at a testimonial dinner attended by over 200 friends. The South Liberty oil field's boom followed a 25 year effort by Pickett to locate oil in the area. The first well, Winfree-Pickett No. 1, produced 300 barrels on January 1.
Texas oil handling figures show total movement of 3,121,708 barrels through the Texas City Terminal Company during March. The volume was carried by 58 steamers, tankers and oil barges, markedly surpassing the previous record of 2,742,696 barrels set in September 1924.
Thirty days after the first trace of oil at Lytton Springs the field now has six producing wells and about 18 derricks. Two new wells show traces of oil as the bit pierced pay land, crews racing at full speed to bring producers in. The field extends in a triangle about nine-tenths of a mile north to south and a mile wide, suggesting a proven territory.
Active offset drilling dominates Wichita Falls Tex Development as March reports show 308 wells started across 10 North Texas counties, up nearly 100 from February. The push emphasizes maintaining production over wildcat exploration amid a record spread.
Leasing lands near Edna Texas draws attention as large oil companies place big leases across the county. In the past month thousands of acres were leased to Toushun Oil Gollany the Calf the digeude Roxana and others. Callahan County shows a surge in drilling as locations filed with the oil and gas division reveal the majority of new wells to be drilled here.
The Saxet Company's No. 8 sas well, four miles west of Corpus Christi on the Jovian tract, has begun blowing in after several weeks of landing up. The event marks a notable development in the region's gas production.
Wortham Field in Mexia Texas maintains a daily production of about 70 099 barrels. Most operations have been converted into producers and the field is generally on a settled basis.
Depth around 600 feet reached in the Phumble OU and Refining Company well at Hartburg twelve miles north of Orange. Reports received Friday indicate progress on the oil drill.
Gulf Production Company reports completion of well No 11 Baldwin at Hull with initial production near 2000 barrels per day of pipeline oil.
A deal closed with Donald Clark of West Virginia to start oil operations immediately one mile west of the old Line Garza well about seven miles west of Bastrop Texas.
Lockhart Texas The Sun Oil Company's Gemini No 2 well is producing 88 gravity and 2800 barrels per day, signaling strong output at the Lockhart facility.
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