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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1923
Page
6
The piece argues against leasing the Texas prison system to a private operator, deeming it a profit-driven move incompatible with humane correctional goals. It urges modern penology to emphasize reform, humane treatment, inmate work for self-sustainment, and state responsibility over revenue from confinement.
Tokyo announces Masako Hanihara will resume immigration negotiations with the United States. The piece notes long standing friction and Japan’s population and food challenges while outlining barriers to cooperation on emigration and related issues.
The Strand hosted the Ukrantin National Chorus delivering Russian and Ukrainian folk songs plus operatic numbers. Mexican pieces in Spanish such as Perjura and Lao Paloma Wlaneca pleased the crowd. The ensemble sang with organ like control and perfect unity under the director’s baton, earning enthusiastic encores.
A Laredo lawyer, Judge Thonas If Ward, former Pearsall county clerk for four years and then county judge for eight, arrives in Laredo with his wife and three children to make the city their home. He is a well known figure in Frie county and is brother to J W Ward, the local insurance man, aiding his welcome.
Radio No 1 drilled on the Edgspeton Jease in the Northeastern extension of Aviators Field Webb County came in yesterday producing about 200 barrels of oil per day. The new well extends the field northeast and signals active drilling with several wells expected next week near the sand in Aviators Field.
The Ward Waters Trio performs Monday evening at Safelock in the Laredo Library. Tickets are on sale at Wildrow's and City Drug Store. The program includes Whistling Duet, The Kiss Waltz, Sones My Mother Sang, The Repeneration of Skinner, Nylophone Solos, The Possum Trot, Old English Songs, The Span of Life, and a Goodbye number with the company.
Condolences flow from Laredo friends of Hon Lynch Davidson former Texas lieutenant governor upon the death of his mother Mrs Laura Cecilla Lynch Davidson at age 75 in Houston. The obituary notes her as a grand Southern woman valued by all who met her and describes her peaceful passing at her son’s home early this week.
An old printed claim promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as pleasant safe and reliable for coughs and colds. It appeals to mothers of young children noting it contains no opium or harmful drug and has long been used in households with good qualities known.
In Webb County fields wells are described as coming in with oil production ranging from about 75 to 350 barrels per day. Notable wells include Alonzo No 2 in Aviators field around 150 bpd and Carnahan Nos 13 and 14 in Ojuelos grant around 300 and 200 bpd respectively.
Local views note a March change in the deputy collector visit to Laredo from late February to mid March. Ward Waters Trio to perform Monday evening with tickets at Windrow's and City Drug. Concert by General Amaro's headquarters band slated 8 to 10 pm at Martin Plaza. Oil fields in Laredo district accelerate spudding with wells soon in strings. paving contract let for March start. District court adjourns, Webb county terms shift to February and February 5 start in Dimmitt Zapata Webb sequence.
Webb county reports a surge of drilling with several wells completing and more spudding in. Wells Alonzo Jr 2 Radio 1 Olsan 6 Garnahun 12 Carnahan 14 and Paulton 2 came in yesterday with others due today or tomorrow. Investors from Tulsa eye prospects in Webb county with optimism about big oil production in the Laredo district.
Jacob Klee a Cincinnati native living in Frankfurt am Main Germany acts as foreign representative for the Texputa Pipe Line Schott Oil and Mirando Oil companies. He arrived to attend company meetings and said Mirando crude tested by foreign refineries is superior and will be shipped from the Gulf Coast to Hamburg. He believes the output can be sold abroad to replace Balu Russian oil. He recently bought Countess von Erbach Puersten Castle in Frankfurt and plans to stay until his children are educated.
Judge Drew Pruitt, after ten days here, has chosen to locate with us and will occupy offices in the Alexander building. He is a lawyer with twenty years at Port Worth and ten at Los Angeles plus three years at Breckenridge and Mexia, specializing in corporation and land law and oil-field matters. The judge and his family plan to move to Laredo by February and he has joined the Chamber of Commerce to participate in local development.
The Amaro headquarters band under General Amaro will perform Sunday evening from 8 to 10 at Martin Plaza. The sixty‑member Mexican military ensemble invites Laredo residents to attend, with soloists and selections from Verdi, Bizet, Saint‑Saëns, and traditional Mexican airs on the program.
Modern 6 room brick cottage with screened sleeping porch and detached services house on large lot near the Post Office. A second two story brick residence with 14 rooms and brick garage offers space for a future apartment on a corner 24 percent lot. HAL HAILEY at 235 Joseph Bldg. phone 476.
W S Durborrow 82 died in Palestine after a trip to the hospital. Telegram says he passed away early today. funeral set at 4 30 p m from Jackson Chapel with interment in the city cemetery. Remains enroute to Laredo with his son for burial.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church meets at 6:46 PM at the church. The Senior B Y P U meets at 6:30 PM at the Baptist Church. The Christian Church society meets at 6:45 PM in its church.
A poetic snippet speaks of green woods and springs while local items report residents moving to the Heights, travels to San Antonio and San Luis Potosi, and society events. Notes on meetings and social gatherings include the Tuesday Music and Literature Club officers election and Alpha Club at the Latin-American Club with varied attendees.
The Weenesday Auction Bridge Club hosted a Valentine themed gathering with guests. Elizabeth Leyendeedecker distributed heart shaped tokens and flowers including scarlet geraniums roses and ferns decorated rooms. Prizes included lingerie for Mrs. F. W. Mally and a gold edged celery dish for Mrs. Robert McComb.
Salvation Army fundraiser teams in Laredo and Webb County compete to win the roving cup by raising funds for the charity. Captains push hard, report good progress, and say supporters welcome the effort as the drive grows more intense toward the finish.
The Status Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans via the Telephone Co. calls for tonight partly cloudy and colder. Sunday should be generally fair with continued cool conditions.
Observations at Fort Mcintosh report a max temperature of 87 degrees and a min of 62 degrees. Winds are from the southeast with clear skies.
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