Pecos oil prospects lift hopes as explorers visit
Alfred Tinally of Sunshine Oil accompanies executives from Iowa and Colorado to inspect Pecos oil fields while Bell Reeve test nears completion. Toyah Bell No. 2 drills at 2580 feet in a Pennsylvania formation and several wells may reach depth next week pending developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Tinally
Sunshine Oil Corporation
Los Angeles
Laura
Pecos
Carl Tennis
State Savings Bank
Sioux City
Iowa
Ted A. Hogg
Western Syndicate, Ltd
Denver
Colo
J. W. Lutz
Buena Vista
Willoughby
Toyah Bell No. 2
Pennsylvania
Pecos residents urge volunteer rate cuts and utility inquiry
Pecos utility users nearly 350 packed the district court Monday for the special committee’s report on local charges and possible voluntary rate reductions. A Pecos trade mission carried 50 business leaders to Ward county towns last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
District Court
Ward County
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury Department
Washington
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
New Orleans
Bandit Convicts Woman for Car Then Journey Ends
A man who asked to buy old goods from Mrs. W. J. Johnson in Wink Texas turned out to be a two gun bandit who forced her to drive toward El Paso. The trip ended when a bearing burned out from the high speed travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Johnson
Wink
Texas
el Paso
Tom Crum, Jr
West
Cattle Trade Moves Through Pecos and Pyote District
Mixed cattle shipments flow from Pyote to Seminole Texas as L W Anderson sells 300 cows and calves to Alley and Blakey. Buyers from Ebner Packing Co and Sol Weatherby visit Pecos for three loads of cows. A Trans Pecos rain brings water aiding weeds and grass as El Paso rodeo invites Pecos riders and judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Courtney
Port Daggett
Pecos
L. W. Anderson
Alley and Blakey
Seminole
Texas
Pyote
Keesie Duncan
C. L. Heard
Montana Bill
Anderson Ranch
Double Circle
Anderson
Blakey
Alley
Sam
Wichita Falls
Ebner Packing Co
Sol Weatherby
Sweetwater
Buck Jackson
Trans-Pecos
el Paso
Curry Leatherman
Tuffy Alley
Herefords Entered In San Angelo Show
San Angelo cattle scene reports 166 Hereford entries in the seventh annual Fat Stock Show and Rodeo exhibit. Culberson Deal, manager, notes entry deadline February 21 with no late submissions. Officials expect near 200 total entries and enlarged barns to house about 2,500 animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Texas
Culberson Deal
Deal
Rodeo Stars To Be At Abilene
Abilene hosts World Championship rodeo March 1 2 3 with top professionals from Phoenix entering before Fort Worth. Premiums exceed $4 000 for rodeo and boys livestock show. Acts include the jumping horse Black Diamond and the mare Silver Buck Dance. Dick Griffith and Pauline Nesbitt will perform as trick riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Hugh Bennett
Phoenix
Ariz
Phoenix Rodeo
Fort Worth
Dick Griffith
Pauline Nesbitt
Creomulsion Offered For Bronchial Cough Relief
An old remedy promotes Creomulsion as a cough and chest cold treatment. It claims to soothe infected mucous membranes and loosen germ laden phlegm using Beechwood Creosote blended with other ingredients. The ad emphasizes medical approval and a pleasant taste.
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Coughs and Chest Ailments
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a safe, palatable remedy for coughs chest colds and bronchial troubles. It claims the product reaches the root of the problem and offers a refund if relief is not felt, urging buyers to insist on the Creomulsion name.
Pecos High School elects new officers for second semester
New officers are named for Pecos High School classes with changes in all groups except the seniors. Senior leaders include Eu gene Donnell as president and Howard Collier as vice-president, with Margie Pouncey as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Eugene Donnell
Howard Collier
Margie Pouncey
James Wingo
Celia Wells
Lillian Cowan
Eugene Hendon
Lillian Crum
Billy Cole Roberson
Virginia Wray
Shirley Glasscock
Tommy Cowan
J. T. Prewit
Frank Medanich
Catherine Kitsos
Fred Beauchamp
Jerry Duncan
Cole Armstrong
Mary Louise Rader
Martha Ellis
Carl Eddins
Charles Warnock
L. A. Richards
Helen Faye Holley
Charles Williams
Marjorie Jane McCutcheon
Hazel O'Neil
Hinkey Curtis
Pasadena Dog Curfew Bans Nighttime Streets
Pasadena California enacts an ordinance prohibiting dogs from streets from 7 p m to 7 a m daily. The measure targets canine roaming to reduce disturbances and improve safety during late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Public May Look In McDonald Telescope
Tour ing Texans will get a chance to view the 82 inch telescope under installation on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains. Final lens polishing is in progress and the lens will be brought from Cleveland by freight then trucked to the site. Joe Bob Kelton, a Schreiner Institute student, was home for a weekend visit. Ben Colwell is recovering in a local hospital from influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mount Locke
Davis Mountains
Otto Struve
Observatory
Texas
Cleveland
Joe Bob Kelton
Schreiner Institute
Kerville
Oliver Sullivan of the Downs Visits San Antonio on Business
Oliver Sullivan of the Sullivan Motor Co. based in the Downs made a business trip to San Antonio last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Sullivan
The
Downs -Sullivan Motor Co
San Antonio
Pecos River Railroad Company Stockholders Meeting Address
Notice states annual meeting of stockholders of The Pecos River Railroad Company at its Pecos Texas office on March 2 1938 from 10 AM to 4 PM and directors meeting immediately after. G C Parker secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos River
Pecos
Texas
G. C. Parker
Local residents visit, business matters noted. roses for sale
Miss Mary Catherine Couch and Miss Blance Zeeman visit Idalou from Balmorhea and Idalou. Local residents John Coffey Barstow and Mrs Bird Hayes Balmorhea attend to business in town. A London bicycle polo revival and a roses for sale ad from Tyler, Texas, also appear. Trucking to be taught in England by television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Couch
Idalou
R. N. Couch
Blance Zeeman
Idalou High School
John Coffey
Balmorhea
Bird S. Hayes of
Barstow
D. M. Wells of
England
Fault-finders and the illusion of a worse world
A compact critique argues that fault-finders fail to improve reality and instead magnify perceived problems. The piece suggests constructive alternatives and questions the value of constant critique.
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Reeves County
Red Bluff
Barnegat
Pete
N. J
McDonald
Ben Colwell
LDSMO
Southern Select
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Ries
Connecticut
Fanny Brice
Brook
Lyn
Teddy” Roosevelt
South
Europe
United States
Paul Bertin
W. J. Roussell Distributing CO
Pecos, Texas
London
Bryan K. Ray
Route 9
Tyler
the Skyrockets
Colden Oil Corp
West Texas
O. J. Green & Son
MO. J. Ivy
Elliott & Waldron
R. C. Brewster
Brandon
J. L. Kincannon
Grand Theatre
A. E. Pye
Collings-Wilson CO
Cosden
Cosden Petroleum Corporation
Big Spring
C. J. Green & Son
Home Furniture Co
Hudson & Hudson
Attorneys-At-Law
Camp Dean Building
N. R. Huggins
Lewis Sheet Metal
Collie Electric Shop
Bill Collie
Mgr
H. F. Anthony
Lands and Real Estate
J. B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
W. W. Dean
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
Pecos Funeral
Hubbard & Kerr
Bell & Regan
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