Three New Oil Companies To Make Deep Tests At Laura Well
The Laura well in the Pecos oil field has faced delays but now Granger Drilling Company and partner firms install a top rotary rig. They promise rapid completion to 4000 feet and have contracted to drill a second well for Ramsey interests. Sunshine Federal Interests own the Laura well with Sunshine Oil as pioneer in the field.
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Laura
Granger
Green
Ramsey
Laura Well
Sunshine Federal
Sunshine Oil Co
Pecos
United States
Mutual Operating Company to Drill in Pecos Oil Field
The Pecos oil field gains momentum as Mutual Operating Co of Los Angeles and Pasadena begins erecting an 84 foot derrick three miles west of Red Bluff on the Texas New Mexico line. Willis Wright states all cash needed for a 4000 foot well is in the treasury and several prominent capitalists join the venture. Other new firms including Portland Pecos Oil Co and Indiana Pecos Oil Co announce plans to deep test the same structure with well funded backers from California Oregon Indiana and Washington DC.
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Pecos
United States
Bukowski
Mutual Operating Co
Los Angeles
Pasadesia
California
Red Bluff
Texas
New Mexico
Donald
Big Spring
Sampson
Willis Wright
Code Ranch
B. €. Kiehl
Broadway
Pacific Coast
C. H. Pease
Arthur M. Hadley
Pasadena
J. W. Fletcher
J. L. Mauldin
One Hundred Per Cent Club
E. R. Schroeder
Portland-Pecos Oil Co
Oregon
Portland
Thos. M. Hart
C. M. Idleman
Harding
M. G. H. Gunther
F. Friedlander
Mutual Operating Company
Indiana-Pecos Oil Co
Willie Wright
Indianapolis
Indiana
Shelbyville
Enos Porter
Ind
Calif
M. L. Clawson
Chas. M. Cooper
W. N. Harding
Ed Selvage
Edward D. Moore
J. Buenagel
Ira J. Bell
Pegos
Washington
D. C
New Postmaster to Take Charge September First
R E Johnson the new Pecos postmaster will assume charge on September first. He will work in the office Monday to learn operations under the current administration. The present staff will stay, with no expected new faces at the windows, a change patrons welcome for courteous service.
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R. E. Johnson
Pecos
McKellar
Merry Wives Club Dines in Honor of Departing Hudsons
The Merry Wives Club entertained at Dr. and Mrs. Jim Camp's home Tuesday evening August 22 honoring Judge and Mrs. W A Hudson who will move to Dallas. Guests included Judge and Mrs. J E Starley Mrs McGreagor and Mr C W Tudor. The toastmistress was Mrs. E L Collings and gifts included a net of silver salt spoons.
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Merry Wives Club
Jim Camp
W A. Hudson
Dallas
Mary Stine
Virginia Runnels
Dorothy Sisk
E. L. Collings
Camp
Besin
J. E. Starley
McGreagor
C. W. Tudor
Shooting Incident Reported in Toyah
J M Scanlan from Toyah reports a Wednesday shooting in Toyah where two men fought over a colored dome. One man fired a chest wound and fled on a freight train. Deputy Sheriff Bob Middleton plans to retrieve the captured shooter from Big Spring later today.
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J. M. Scanlan
Toyah
Enterprise
Bob Middleton
Big Spring
Sheriff's Department
Two Negro Boys Held After Pecos Freight Ride
A telegram from Sheriff Bardwell of Sweetwater asks for the capture of two fourteen year old black boys named Robert King and Otis Amens who fled through Pecos on a freight train Wednesday night. Deputy Jones arrested them at Toyah and Deputy Middleton brought them to Pecos Thursday morning. The reason for the arrest is not known.
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D. E. Bardwell
Sweetwater
E. B. Kiser
Pecos
Toyah
Jones
Middleton
Robert King
Otis Amens
Pecos Brass Band Elects Officers In City Meeting
The Pecos Brass Band formed with Francis Warn as president and business manager Jesse Hardy as secretary and treasurer A second meeting is planned for Saturday with hopes Midland's Mr Blount attending Citizens are invited to join as charter members to prove the group’s seriousness and gain local business support.
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Pecos Brass Band
Francis Warn
Jesse Hardy
Blount
Midland
Busines
Anderson and Connally United in Pecos Marriage
Joe Anderson and Mrs. Rena Connally wed at the Christian church Sunday night with Rev. C. A. Johnson officiating. Anderson, a partner in Shaffer & Anderson, will run the Pecos business while Shaffer handles Carlsbad N M. The couple, longtime Pecos residents, receive best wishes from many friends for a happy prosperous future.
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Joe Anderson
Rena Connally
Christian Church
C. A. Johnson
Mr. Anderson
Shaffer & Anderson
Pecos
Shaffer
Carlsbad
N. M
Anderson
Insurance statistics for 1920 1921 premiums and losses
The statement from W. W. Dean Insurance Agent shows premiums totaling 15443.43 for 1920 and 1921 combined, with losses paid at 30266.28. The first six months of 1922 show a little over a ten percent increase over the same period in 1921.
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W. W. Dean
Meyer Family Plans Move to California for Health Reasons
Mr. Meyer will leave Pecos on Saturday with his family to settle in California hoping to improve Mrs. Meyer’s health. A Reeves County resident for sixteen years, he expects a brief absence and plans to return as soon as a well comes in. The Enterprise notes the departure with regret for a valued Pecos family.
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Wm. Meyer
California
Mr. Meyer
Enterprise
Reeves County
Meyer
Beauchamp Family Visit Heads to Medill and Sherman
T H Beauchamp and his daughter Miss Ruby Mae traveled to Medill to visit Beauchamp's daughter Ms Jim Sharp. Afterward Ruby Mae plans to enter Kid Key College in Sherman for another year.
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T. H. Beauchamp
D Dughter
Ruby Mae
Medill
Mr. Beauchamp
Jim Sharp
Heard Family to Return From Guadeloupe Ranch Visit
J. B. Heard and family along with Miss Marjorie Thurston are expected to return tomorrow from a week’s visit to the ranch home of Green McCombs in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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J. B. Heard
Marjorie Thurston
Green McCombs
Guadaloupe Mountains
What Drillers Are Doing in the Pecos Oil Field Toyah-Bell Well
The Toyah-Bell well in the Pecos oil field has a pump started midweek. The well began to flow, but full oil production will take time as water is pumped out. Oil is separated from water and saved for use as fuel for Ramsey Oil Co No 2 well.
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Pecos
Toyah-Bell
Ramsey Oil Co
Ramsey Well No 2 Contract Signed Near Toyah Bell Site
B Ramsey of the Nashsey Oil Co reports a contract with Granger & Green to finish Ramsey Well No 2 about five hundred feet from Toyah Bell in Loving County. Drilling will begin after the Laura well, with production to 4500 feet using Granger Drilling Co equipment. The project aims to prove the Pecos Oil Field’s potential and follow the Toyah Bell’s example.
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Ramsey
B. Ramsey
Nashsey Oil Co
Granger & Green
Toyah Bell
Loving County
Laura
Toyah
Ramsey Oil Co
Pecos
Granger Drilling Co
Tatum well reaches 1111 feet with oil noted in tests
The Tatum Lease Syndicate of Toyah reports the Tatum well at 1111 feet with black lime oil showing in tests and an asphalt base. Drilling paused for a few days due to a bit issue, to resume by Monday. Owen No. 2 casing separation delays completion. Willoughby No. 1 straight reaming and casing setting completed. Refinery negotiations for Toyah shallow oil proceed slowly with no public details yet.
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Tatum
Tatum Lease Syndicate
Toyah
Owen No
Willoughby No. 1
Progress at the Bell Well Strikes Gas and Plans Deeper Drilling
The Bell well produced 30 million cubic feet daily at 2731 feet on March 17, later reduced by water. Casing was set to isolate the gas, which now escapes between 5 3/8 and 6 5/8 inch casings. Bradenhead gear is en route, and after connection the team aims to drill deeper for a dry hole. The casing rests in hard lime, possibly Delaware sand cap rock. The team shows capability amid unusual conditions, hoping for rapid completion and large production in this major Texas discovery.
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Bell
Fort Worth
Express
Delaware
Pinal Dome
Visitors Find Hershenon Structure Fine In Reeves County Survey
The editor led a party of about twenty seven to the Hershenson well in section 13, Reeves County. They described the dome-like formation as superb, with rocks slanting toward the well. The Hershenson site is near the Hershey townsite, with plans to grade streets and build parks. Lots sell for 160 to 200 dollars, each lot granting a share in the well and surrounding ten acres. The well, drilled by the lot owners, was at about 100 feet in blue shale, using an 18 inch bit and awaiting large casing to cut off water before deeper drilling. The party included local residents and Hershenson relatives.
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Hershenson Well
Reeves County
Geolgst Christner Ada B. T. Biggs
Hershenson
Hershey
Oil well deal offers foot by foot pay in Loving county
J. J. Wheat proposes drilling an oil well near Toyah Bell in Loving county with payments of one cent per foot only after the footage is drilled. The plan, described as fair and new, will be announced in the Enterprise next week with full details and an advertising campaign to follow.
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J. J. Wheat
Torah Bell
Loving
Toyah-Bell
Loving County
Enterprise
Illness Keeps Mrs. Finaum Under Care at Home
Mrs E A Finaum is very ill at her Seventh Street home. Her daughter Mrs R F Kelton stays at her bedside continually.
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E. A. Finaum
R. F. Kelton
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Rotary
Sunshine Federal Company
Anderson-Connally
Insurance Statistics
West Texas
Hershenson Structure
Catron County
N. Mex
United States Department of Agriculture
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