Gas pipeline race ties Houston and Galveston interests
In Southwest Texas Seagraves & Moody of Galveston and the Houston Oil Company contest to pipe natural gas from Live Oak County to Beeville and along the Southern Pacific line through Victoria to Houston and Galveston. Seagraves & Moody, who have a gas field deal with Pratt Hewitt Co. at Refugio County, plan to lay pipeline via Victoria once three more wells are finished to ensure supply.
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Victoria
Tex
Houston
Galveston
Texas
Seapraves & Moody
Houston Oil Company
Live Oak County
Beeville
Southern Pacific
Seagraves & Moody
Texas Leads in Oil Refineries as Industry Grows
The United States counts 2,832,532 barrels daily capacity across 547 refineries, up 138 percent in seven years. Texas has 123 refineries with 531,780 barrels daily, while California operates 67 plants at 674,720 barrels and Oklahoma 96 refineries at 851,750 barrels, ranking third in capacity.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Mines
Texas
California
Oklahoma
Buchan and associates well adds to Laredo oil field
In Laredo Texas the No 1 Buchan and associates well on survey 266 south-southeast of Henne Winch Fariss No 5 reached 2000 feet. Initial flow showed 1000 feet of oil in the hole, later swabbed and cleaned and now flows about 600 barrels daily. Production is rising as they prove an extension 2090 feet south.
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Laredo
Tex
Jim Hoge County
Buchan and Associates
Henne, Winch & Fariss No
Stratton Ridge Oil Drills New Well No. 15
Stratton Ridge Oil Company spudded a new well at Stratton Ridge named Tolar-Dannenbaum No 15. It is their third well in the area, the first abandoned and the second completed flowing about five barrels daily.
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Freeport
Tex
Stratton Ridge Oil Company
Stratton Ridge
Tolar-Dannenbaum No. 15
Water Well Produces Oil In Texas Farm
A. J. Swanson cleaned an abandoned 40 foot well on his Telferner, Texas farm and found it nearly full of oil. The oil seeps in with water from a gravel stratum and is heavy with basic sediment.
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Floria
Tex
A. J. Swanson
Telferner
Goose Creek wells yield oil at Gulf Production fields
Goose Creek Texas firm Gulf Production reports two small wells completed this week. Chapman-Bryan No 8 is producing 150 barrels per day on the pump and Wright A-21 is pumping about 30 barrels per day from a depth of 2432 feet.
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Goose Creek
Tex
Gulf
Chapman-Bryan No. 8
Wright A-21
Swink Wildcat Gas Test Near Richland Texas
The Sun Oil Company’s Swink tract test southeast of Richland is producing about 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. Deeper drilling is under way with the aim of finding an air flow.
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Corsicana
Tex
Sun Oil Company
Swink
Richland
Well On Texas U Lands Group 1 Well Drills in Reagan County
Texan Oil and Land Company reports its Group 1 No 3 well in Reagan County Texas VA Lands reached 2923 feet on Thursday and flowed 100 barrels per hour initially followed by 85 barrels per hour with pipeline oil.
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San Angelo
Tex
Texan Oil and Land Company
Reagan County
Texas
Gas Flow In Olander Well Near Rusk
Alto Texas report says considerable gas flow at 1100 feet in the Olander well five miles east of Rusk. Head driller Ide R Hull records the flow observation.
Wortham Gushers Total 72 in Wortham Field
Addition of Thursday's gushers to the Wortham field raises the total producing wells in the pool to 72. Wortham, Texas, records the ongoing oil production update.
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Wortham Gushers
Wortham
Tex
Hoover Offered Agricultural Post to Remain at Commerce Dept
President Coolidge offered the post of secretary of agriculture to Herbert Hoover, but Hoover replied that he preferred to stay at the Commerce Department, declining the new assignment.
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Washington
Coolidge
Agriculture
Hoover
Commerce Department
Tammany Chieftain Foley Dies at 74 in New York
Thomas F. Foley, 74, veteran Tammany Hall leader and longtime political sponsor of Governor A. Smith, died at the Rockefeller Institute Thursday from pneumonia. The obituary notes his prominent role in New York politics and his affiliation with Tammany Hall.
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Tammany
New York
Thomas F. Foley
Tammany Hall
Smith
Rockefeller Institute
Plan Now Repairs to Hotbeds and Cold Frames
Scarcity of labor and high material prices push vegetable growers to plan repairs for hotbeds and cold frames. C. H. Nissley of New Jersey State College urges winter maintenance, painting, and homemade putty to extend sash life and reduce spring rush costs.
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C. H. Nissley
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Dried Buttermilk Used in Egg-Laying Rations
Dried buttermilk, though costly, boosts egg-laying feed value. Town State College recommends a mash using 80 lb dried buttermilk with corn oats bran flour middlings bone meal and salt, plus optional adjustments when prices rise.
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Town State College
Order Chicks Early This Spring
The poultryman who wants chicks for next spring should seek a breeder with good quality stock. Delays cause shortages or late batches. Order early to receive the desired chicks.
Trees Need Sunlight Branches Guideline from Pruning Guidance
The guidance describes how branches headed back or stubs sent out sprouts in summer with dense foliage, preventing sunlight entry to the tree interior. It notes that complete removal should be avoided, and if necessary a full cut back to the parent branch is generally good practice.
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Sunielter
Rural lender profile hints in agricultural discourse
A fragmented farmland piece notes that a successful rural lender should be a good farmer and uses aphoristic lines about farming, self sufficiency, and industry. It mentions themes of crop quality, mite treatment for poultry housing, and the link between soil, water, sun, and plant performance.
Late Market News Report from January Market Week
A US Department of Agriculture market summary covers fruits and vegetables with potatoes unsettled in city markets but firm at most shipping points. It notes New York round whites prices, cabbage declines in eastern markets, onions and apples steady to firm, and various dairy and meat price movements in Chicago and New York. Stock figures for cattle, hogs, veal, lambs, and wholesale meats are listed, with dairy butter unsettled and storage holdings around 64 million pounds. Cotton prices and futures in New York show modest gains for the week.
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New York
Rochester
Northern
Chicago
F.o
Florida
F.o.b. Rochester
Astern York Imperials
United States
Philadelphia
Boston
Arif
Wisconsin
Texas Fruit and Vegetable Shipments Report
Texas shipping stations moved fifty three cars of produce on Wednesday. Grapefruit, mixed vegetables, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, spinach and cabbage were listed in various car counts, with minor imports from Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico. Spinach markets in South Texas showed strength as wire orders quoted $1.15 to $1.25 per bushel, while other prices appeared for beets, carrots, and cabbage locally.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Bahama
Cuba
Texico
South Texas
Winter Garden
Sin Benito
Fes
New Orleans Rice Market Quiet With Prices Steady
In New Orleans on market Friday fancy Blue Rose held at 63/8 to 416 8/8 and buyers limited to immediate needs. Fancy lion duras showed fair demand but holders asked fancy premiums. Small lots offered at 74447 4/Se amid light export interest for fancy Blue Rose and broken grades. Holland and Belgium bought small lots of brewers grades for prompt shipment. Futures dull and unchanged.
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New Orleans
Holland
Belgium
Fort Worth stock market opens steady then weakens calves
Cattle and calves sold on a steady basis in opening rounds in Fort Worth Texas Friday, but calf trade weakened as the day closed five cents lower. Receipts totaled about 2,200 head of cattle and 600 calves with mixed shipments and high quality lots noted in the day’s offerings.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Women Slayers Electrocuted in Burrate Drug Store Case
Three men were electrocuted Thursday in Stug Sing prison for the killing of Mrs Mae Bigham during a holdup at Burrate drug store on November 11 1928. The condemned are Harry Malcolm Albert Geary and Edward Smith.
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Ossining
Stug Sing
Mae Bigham
Burrate
Harry Malcolm
Albbot Geary
Edward Smith
Whitson Sarcophagus Nears Completion in Washington
Work on Woodrow Wilsons sarcophagus in the national cathedral at Washington progresses toward completion with the final touches being applied.
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Texas U. Lands
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Gosh
Tahen
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Washington, D.C
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Fort Worth Stock Market
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OUR Comic
Mickie
Them
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Wamalen
Wen
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