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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1923
Page
1
Friday's Daily notes calls for tax relief amid a critique of state and federal overspending. It argues abolition of some offices could lower expenditures and urges pre session measures to cut state costs, while praising Coolidge on tariff policy and Musele Shoals sale.
The president’s address to Congress shows firm opposition to the League of Nations while endorsing the world court as non political. He signals continued opposition to traffic with Russia until Soviet policy shifts and indicates support for the present tariff act citing revenue gains and broader prosperity.
Kiwanis Club met in Laredo with guests Lt Col Wood Captain Just ing and Captain Adkins of the Salvation Army. The program shifted to a Salvation Army fund drive and included remarks by W L Guyler and Howard Moore, plus Ladies Night plans and a defense act resolution.
The Laredo Volunteer Fire Department crossed the border early this morning to Nuevo Laredo Mexico where a two story Plaza Hotel fire raged on the north side of Juarez Plaza. Fire started on the second floor and spread rapidly. the blaze destroyed the building and its contents likely worth 15 000 dollars. The crowd aided in removing fixtures and trunks as the structure burned and exploded part of the building.
An advertisement claims Black and White Ointment keeps skin clear and smooth, addressing pimples rash eczema and breaking out. It touts economical pricing with a 60c size and a larger 5c size package and urges readers to buy from all dealers.
Pola Negri appears in her first American Paramount production Bella Donna with Conway Tearle and Conrad Nagel. The romantic tragedy directed by George Fitzmaurice follows the famed beauty as she loses power to a Cairo desert chief Mahmoud Baroudi and becomes his servant.
Webb County Commissioners Court ordered the County Judge to convene stockmen at the courthouse at 10 a m on Monday December 10 1923 for a general discussion on whether the county should discontinue tick eradication work.
Nueva Oil Co. reports its Nueva No. 1 well in Block 60 Mid-Ojuelos Field, Webly County, producing about 100 barrels per day from a depth around 1 760 feet. The company plans several additional wells after the new year to expand in the promising field. Magnolia Petroleum builds the sixth 55,000 barrel tank at its Miranda City tank farm east of town with No. 5 storing 45 gravity oil from two wells. plans include more high gravity sand wells and continued drilling for Miranda crude in Schott Field.
The Forty ninth Judicial District grand jury finished four days of work and filed its final report. Eighteen indictments were returned including Dan Gutierrez for murder in the fatal hit and run that killed Victorino Suarez at Victoria street and Convent Avenue.
Webb County Commissioners Court invites contractors to submit sealed proposals by 10:00 A M on December 17 1923 to furnish labor and materials for repairs to the county hall including carpentry painting plumbing tin roofing and electric lights. Proposals must be accompanied by a five percent certified check. The court may reject any bid.
Sir Edward Wallington longtime private secretary to Queen Mary is celebrated on his 69th birthday. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal Church turns 57, born in Moundville West Virginia. Rear Admiral Roger Welles U S N born in Newington Connecticut reaches 61. Cale Young Rice famed poet and dramatist born in Dixon Kentucky is 61. William C Lankford congressman from Georgia born in Clinch county Georgia is 46.
A weekly drilling report lists multiple surveys and oil fields in the Laredo district with activity notes including locations, drilling depths, rigging status, cementing, and readiness to spud. Entries cover several companies such as Allsworth Oil, McCree Petroleum, Schott Oil, Jones-Garcia Oil, Laurel Oil, and Texical Oil, across Los Ojuelos Grant, Aviator, and Mirando Valley pools with depths from 700 to 2900 feet and numerous derrick and location statuses.
The report lists drilling progress and counts of producing wells and gassers across Webb county pools including Schott-Miranda City Pool with 124 wells and 4 gassers, Aviators Pool with 31 wells and 2 gassers, and other pools. It notes activity at various No 1 sites with depths and notes gassers in Zapata county fields and a call for information to Mr Fansler at 873.
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