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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
6
A ranch tale in which Transley clashes with Grant representing Landson over hay cutting in a valley. Grant warns of Sandon and legal rights, while Transley asserts his authority and prepares to proceed. The scene shifts to night as tensions simmer and plans halt for rest.
Transley leads a hay cutting crew of 2 000 tons heading to Y D ranch HQ. He is a skilled manager of people and events. Foreman Linder is capable but modest. George Crark, an unreliable figure, flirts with every woman. Transley dines with Y D, his wife, and Zen, Zen seeks marriage. Y D orders Transley to cut South. Crark makes a pass at Zen and is rebuffed.
In the chapter continuation, Linder and Transley reach a valley scene near a river where a rival haying outfit has already set up camp. The party observes the landscape’s vastness and the ford, then settles their own camp near the chuck wagon as their crew prepare a late meal and await the signal to begin work.
In a rural morning scene Zen weighs Transley’s bold charm and the lure of camp outs with a democrat, while her parents discuss riding over to Sout Fork this afternoon. The dialogue hints at pride, training, and growing up under Transley’s influence.
Zen debates marriage and freedom amid ranch life and rough characters. She recalls horse racing bravado and tests her courage with Linder and Transley as potential suitors while balancing family pride and survival on the frontier.
The readable fragment mentions a county seat and a reference to Saturday, with incomplete surrounding details. Names and specifics are unclear, but the piece reads as a brief public note or diary fragment about a local governmental or civic moment occurring on a Saturday.
Wholesale and futures markets show mixed shifts across livestock, meats, fruits, vegetables, dairy and cotton. Hog prices hold near week-ago levels while beef steers, veal and lambs move modestly. hay and potatoes see firmer values in several markets. Butter and cheese trend unsettled. cotton futures hover around six cents with summer values near established ranges.
Luling Texas work on the Magnolia Petroleum Company pipeline from Luling to Beaumont has begun with pump stations planned at Luling Schulenburg Sealy Houston and another between Houston and Beaumont. The eight inch welded line now reaches Flatonia 33 miles from Luling and the entire line is to be completed and in service by August 1.
In Guadalupe County extension United North and South Oil Company, Inc. completes A. J. Bakerwell No. 7 near San Marcos river at Luling. The well yields 10 000 to 12 000 barrels daily and suggests field connection across the river.
Frank T. Pickrell of the Blelakeil Company completed two additional wells for the Big Lake Company paving the way for two ten year oil and gas lease agreements totaling 28 sections of University of Texas lands in Reagan county. The deals were consummated with the state through the general land office.
Figures from the Texas City Terminal Railway Company show 4,179,817 barrels of oil handled at the port of Texas City in April by 34 vessels. Eight inbound handlings totaled 314,224 dollars. outbound oil valued at 65,508 dollars.
San Antonio report says Mexico will suspend production and export taxes for Aguila Petroleum Company. Officials cite labor troubles as the cause, noting workers' strife has reduced output at the oil firm.
Butcher cows and sheep sold slowly amid a market holiday while other classes performed creditably. About 4,500 cattle and 1,000 calves, 600 hogs, and 8,000 sheep were handled, with 600 cattle receipts not included in this market. Steers and feeders traded from 6.26 to 7.00 dollars, mostly steady. fat cows averaged 10 to 11 cents. Yearlings and bulls remained unchanged amid lighter receipts.
On May 22 Texas shipments included 157 freight and 10 express cars of fresh vegetables and 93 cars of onions, plus 12 tomatoes and assorted produce. Moxco sent two cars of tomatoes while Louisiana shipped 16 cars of potatoes and Imperial Valley California sent 9 cars of cantaloupes.
Orange Tex H J Luthher Stark declares he will not resign from the board of regents or from the stadium drive amid ongoing criticism after recent shootings involving ex-students of the Texas University. He remains optimistic his position will prevail.
Harle Humphreys, a Black man from Huntsville, was executed at the Texas state penitentiary for murder in Falls County. He confessed to the crime against Lee Frazier, committed on January 13, 1923, shortly before the electric chair was loaded.
Seventeen persons including two women were sentenced to death at Zhitorak Ukraine for banditry. The ruling underscores wartime security efforts as authorities pursue alleged criminals in the region near Kiev during the conflict with Russia.
In the Mexia fault district a dense field of derricks has appeared over the past days. The scene shows a strip of activity between competing producers and offsetting producers, marking a tense buildup in the region.
Beaumont Tex The Sun Company prepares to install two new Jocw flows at Bligh Island with one site east of the Beaumont road and the second near Cuda No 2.
After delays, sidetracking begins on the Diamond No 1 Doering four miles south of Allas Texas. A final test may occur during the month with a likely second well drilled nearby.
Markhamfield Thursday reports the Blud Tidings that the Lycode Oil Company's Gray well maintains initial flow of 2000 barrels per day with a 26.1 gravity, fresh crude free of salt water and basic sediment.
Beaumont Texas reports a continuous steel tube 210 miles long will be laid this summer between natural gas fields near Shreveport Louisiana and Beaumont Texas without any coupling or screw thread connections.
Lightning struck an 80,000-barrel oil tank owned by Humble Oil Company at the Oil Tank Farm near Mildred in the Corsicana deep field last week. The tank was full when the blaze started and was destroyed.
The Rountree Lee Olt Company drilled a dandy shallow well No. 2 Rountree-fea in Rockdale Milam County. The well appears to be a strong producer promising energy output for the site and company.
Hearne section to spud in on the Wilkerson farm three miles east of Hearne on May 30 for the first test wall. Local organizers promote the event and estimate participation from nearby residents and workers.
A plane piloted by Burt Pidcoke of Houston struck the rear of an automobile on the east bench near Galveston. J M Padgett, 24, of Fort Worth, died. Four other occupants were slightly injured as visitors to the bathing girl revue were affected.
London socialists including Lady Cynthia Mosley wife of Oswald Mosley and daughter of Marquis Curzon attend a Harrow gathering Saturday. The event highlights the Mosleys’ prominent role in the party and its conservative social circles.
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