Injunction Sought Over Salt Water Flow From Clark No 1 Well
Union parish district attorney seeks court restraint against Homer-El Dorado Oil Co and J D O'Brien to stop salt water from Clark No 1 well contaminating Louisiana streams. Hearing may occur soon or at September term. officials report 7,000 to 15,000 barrels daily, with Ouachita river initially unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. O’brien
Homer-El Dorado Oil Company
The
Conservation Commission
Clark No. 1
Union Parish
Louisiana
S. F. Digby
Farmerville
el Dorado Fields
R. P. Webb
Department of Conservation
Webb
el Dorado
Loutre
Ouachita River
Loch Lomond
Salt Water Pollution Tied to Clark No 1 Well
Investigators trace most salt water flooding Bayou Loutre and Ouachita rivers to Homer El Dorado Oil Company Clark No 1 well in Union parish. The well reportedly yields 10,000 barrels of salt water daily, poisoning and killing fresh water fish as it enters Big and Little Bayou Loutre. The Homer El Dorado rig faces sale in a suit against Milo Drilling. future actions to halt contamination depend on litigation outcomes. Authorities from the conservation department are pursuing solutions, and warrants against company heads may be pursued to stop water pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayou Loutre
Ouachita River
Homer-El Dorado Oil Company
Clark No. 1
Union Parish
Milo Drilling Company
Conservation Department
Carbon plants in Monroe field nearing completion
The Louisiana Carbon Company’s carbon plant near Phillips station on the Missouri Pacific railway, started a year or more ago, is nearly finished on the C. P. Hatcher farm. Patterson represents locally, with West Virginia and Tennessee interests and a Shreveport physician involved. Original plans called for thirty burning houses. about twenty four built. Wayne Drilling and Development near completion at Swartz, with Southern Carbon Company expanding its Swartz plant. Several million dollars in Monroe field carbon plant work planned last year faced setbacks from efforts to curb carbon interests, causing many firms to abandon or merge plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Field
Hatcher Farm
Louisiana Carbon Company
Phillips Station
Missouri Pacific Railway
C. P. Hatcher
Patterson
West Virginia
Tennessee
Shreveport
Wayne Drilling and Development Company
Swartz
Southern Carbon Company
Too Many Banks Formed for Easy Credit Warns Comptroller
Philadelphia August 5 Comptroller Crisinger told national bankers supervisors that there are too many banks. He urged cooperation between state and federal institutions and warned many applications aim to create easy access to credit. In London Ulster cabinet meets on Irish peace talks. In Louisiana narcotics arrests total seventy-two with penitentiary sentences in fifty cases and twenty-two awaiting trial. Women figure in nine of the arrests.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Crisinger
National Association of Supervisors of State Banks
London
Ulster
Belfast
Eamonn de Valera
Washington
Louisiana
International Revenue Bureau
Guaranty Bank Opens in El Dorado With Rapid Growth
The Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, El Dorado’s new bank, reports deposits of 446 736 at August 2. A. Collman of Monroe is president. The El Dorado News lauds its fast growth in two months, with an 80000 capitalization and a savings department promoting thrift.
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Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
New
el Dorado Bank
A. Collman
Monroe
Collman
el Dorado News
el Dorado
Arkansas
Temporary injunction targets five alleged whiskey resorts in El Dorado
Chancellor Judge Stevens in El Dorado grants a temporary injunction against five alleged whiskey resorts and places of crime. The resorts face a one year closure unless proprietors reform, per Prosecuting Attorney Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Stevens
el Dorado
Pope
Bastrop Beats Crossett 3-2 In Narrow Victory
Bastrop defeated Crossett 3 to 2 on Bastrop ground in one of the season’s most interesting contests. The win adds a key victory for Bastrop as Crossett fought hard until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Crossett
Ike Davis Wins Contract to Build School Structure
Ike Davis a Monroe contractor won the bid to construct a new Louisian a Training School building. The $57 000 project covers a dining hall amusement hall and kitchen in one structure with work to start within two weeks. J W Smith of Monroe drew the plans. Three bids ranged 57 000 59 700 and 61 000. The 120 boys at the institution will benefit indirectly as officials seek additional facilities for vocational training and equipment. Existing buildings include three brick dormitories a superintendent cottage and a livestock barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Davis
Monroe
Louiziana Training School
Board of Trustees
J. W. Smith
Lasker vows to win back all ships in dispute
Washington officials report British ship owners have agreed to allocate 50 percent direct tonnage between Alexandria and the United States. Chairman Lasker told the House Appropriations Committee that the Shipping Board will reclaim the United States Mail Steamship Company's fleet, despite a temporary injunction, and that the board is pressing to recover boats and prevent further freight losses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
London
Alexandria
United States
Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Nouse Appropriations Committee
United States Mail Steamship Company
Mr. Lasker
House Committee
Chairman Madden
Appropriations Committee
General Counsel
Boy Fatally Struck By Buckshot In Jones Louisiana
Jimmie Russell a 16 year old Black youth living in Jones Louisiana allegedly shot Johnnie Smith a 10 year old Black boy between the eyes with a buckshot fired from a public safety item. Sheriff Arthur Grant initially reported it as deliberate but later called it accidental after investigation at Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Russel
Jones
Johnnie Smith
Arthur Grant
Russell
Monroe
Conference committee to report on Pellagra claims
Washington Aug 5 Preparations of a report by a five member committee are to be adopted before public release. Dr James A Hayne health commissioner of South Carolina said the report finds no scintilla of truth in charges of near famine in the south or Pellagra increasing there to any appreciable extent.
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Washington
James A. Hayne
South Carolina
South
I C C decision on rice rates
The Inter state Commerce Commission authorized shipments of rough rice from California and Arkansas to New Orleans milled at Lake Charles with through freight rates plus 2.5 cents per hundred pounds transit charge. A further hearing was reserved on Texas point rates to Lake Charles and prejudicial rates to New Orleans from Texas interior and Arkansas points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
Arkansas
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Texas
Memphis
Vicksburgh
Atlantic Seaboard
London reports doubt on released Russian prisoners
London relief officials doubt claims that American prisoners in Russia have been released and are leaving the country, saying the report likely stems from Bolshevik propaganda. In Washington a health conference with Surgeon General Cumming discusses pellagra in the South and draft recommendations for action. Chicago notes the state attorney receives word from M E Clinton that Warren Q Spurgin would be surrendered if a larger reward were offered, with Lloyds offering only $2500.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Washington
Cumming
Public Health Service
South
Chicago
M. E. Clinton
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Warren Q. Spurgin
Lloyds
Franklin Parish Test Likely to Bring Oil Near Gilbert
Diamond PD Oil and Gas Association drills two test wells in Franklin Parish near Gilbert on land owned by banker and state senator T. B. Gilbert. Wells reach 2089 feet with tests in three sands indicating possible oil. Company aims to 3000 feet, log complete, willing to share results with interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Parish
Gilbert
Diamond D Oil and Gas Association
Chicago
J. C. Burrell
Burrell
Plans to link Tourism Way with transcontinental highway
The Arkansas Louisiana Tourists Way Association meets at City Hall for its second annual session. W D Trotter of Dermott presides as officers for the coming year are chosen. A key item is securing a link with a major trans continental system, such as the Jefferson and Lakes and Gulf route. Louisiana promoters arrive by train, Arkansas delegates by auto, welcomed by Monroe business leaders.
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Good Roads Promoters
Arkansas
Louisiana
W. D. Trotter
Dermott Banker
S. M. Collins
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
T. Cross
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railway
South
Notice to gas customers on timely payment discounts
Gas consumers are urged to pay on or before the 10th to save ten percent. Bills paid by the 20th will prevent service disconnection. those not paid may have service discontinued without further notice. Natural Gas Co. Inc.
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UNION
COURT
O'Brien and Company
Clark No
Clark Well
Ouachita
Guaranty Bank
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Dia
S. S. Marrus
Masonic Temple
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