Deep Rock Well Shuts Off Water After Deepening Operations
In Culberson County the Deep Rock Well remains shut off as casing from 1115 to 1170 feet is set and the hole is bailed of water and muck. With planned total depth near 1570 feet, several days are expected for cleaning before testing and deciding future operations.
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Culberson County
Reeves
Humble McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Jeff Davis County
R. R. Cox
Star Mountain
Dixie
Pecos County
Primary Election Officers Selected
At a County Democratic Executive Committee meeting on June 19, presiding judges for Reeves and Loving Counties voting booths were appointed. Ballots prepared and plans for the upcoming primary election outlined. M. W. Collie to preside at the Court House booth, Chas Young at Syndicate Building, Tom Wright at Porterville, W. B. Collins at Toyah Precinct No. 2, James Walker at Saragosa Precinct No. 4. Regular Democratic Primary set for July 24 with named officers in charge.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Reeves
Loving
M. W. Collie
Court House
Chas Young
Syndicate
Tom Wright
Porterville
Loving County
W. B. Collins
Toyah
James Walker
Saragosa
Orla Post Office Reopens Tied to oil boom in town
The U S Post Office at Orla reopens after years closed, with R M Alexander appointed Post Master on June 23. Orla’s population ebbs and flows tied to past sulfur mines and present oil development spur the renewed postal service.
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U. S
Orla
R. M. Alexander
First Telephone Could Be Used Today Says Bureau
The Texas Public Service Information Bureau notes the first telephone was built half a century ago and that sixty four receiver types and ninety six transmitter types have followed. Modern phones surpass early models though they share the same fundamental principles. Forty years after invention Bell used a replica to talk across the continent.
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Texas Public Service Information Bureau
Alexander Graham Bell
Potash Bill Approved by President
President Coolidge has approved the Sheppard Hudspeth potash exploration bill authorizing a five year program with 100000 dollars a year. Most activity is expected in Western Texas Eastern New Mexico and Utah forming the world’s largest potential potash field. The act will be jointly run by the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to curb foreign monopoly.
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Washington
Coolidge
Sheppard-Hudspeth
Sheppard
Texas
New Mexico
Utah
Secretaries of Commerce and Interior
Hoover
Congress
Hudspeth
House
Slack Birth of a Large Baby Boy
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Slack announce the birth of a ten and a half pound boy on Friday June 25 at their home. The family welcomes the new baby as the older siblings and friends extend warm congratulations and good wishes to the proud parents.
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Kenneth Slack
Younster
Residents Take Short Trips to Nearby Cities
Mrs Clarence Bell left Friday afternoon to spend a few days in Carlsbad New Mexico. J S Wilson left Wednesday for Carlsbad where he will visit relatives and attend to business. Mr and Mrs Roy Morrison left Sunday for Vernon Texas where they will visit with relatives. J S Fitzgerald and mother of Shreveport Louisiana spent the week end in Pecos visiting Mr and Mrs Chas Fitsgerald.
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Clarence Bell
Carlsbad
New Mexico
J. S. Wilson
Roy Morrison
Vernon, Texas
J.S. Fitzgerald
Shreveport Louisana
Pecos
Chas. Fitsgerald
Enterprise Buys Building For Permanent Home Site
The Enterprise, Hubbs and Bell, have purchased the building housing their office from R. G. Middleton, securing a permanent home. The move follows modernization since May 8, 1925, with new machinery and plans to boost Pecos growth. The paper aims to expand town development and expects Pecos to reach a 6000 population in ten years.
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Enterprise
Firm of
Hubbs & Bell
Pecos
R. G. Middleton
Gusher
Carlsbad
Bill Coudn
Monahans Girl Weds in El Paso
The Monahans born Miss Winifred Terrell wed Ber nal Slight of Alpine at the Terrell home in El Paso. Rev Neal officiated as guests and bridal party posed for photos before a police court incident over the hot day. The couple plans a Cloudcroft honeymoon and to reside in Alpine with out of town guests from Wichita Falls Carrizozo Fort Stockton and Alpine.
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Ward County News
Winifred Terrell
Monahans
Bernal Slight
Alpine
Joseph Terrell
N. San Marcial St. el Paso
Neal
First Baptist Church
James Terrell
Miss Terrell
Freda Gibson
Marjorie Cross
Raymond Garnett
Wilbur Youngblood
John Target
Pittsburb Pa
Cloudcroft
Maurine McDonald
Wichita Falls
William Terrell
Nig Bennett
Robert Slight
Carrizozo
Vick Winter
Fort Stockton
Alamo Golfers Take Midland Invitational Challenge
Pecos sends eight players to a Midland golf tourney on Sunday July 4 as the Alamo Club seeks to defend its honors against the host team. Pecos has two prior wins over Midland at Fort Stockton and at home, and hopes for a third victory.
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Pecos
Midland
Alamo Club
Fort Stockton
Committees Appointed For the Celebration July Twentieth
The Pecos Valley in Texas plans a July 20 celebration honoring Hudspeth Dam with a large program. A general committee and Pecos Ward County groups will organize district activities, floats, and attendance. Clarence Bell of the Chamber of Commerce chairs Pecos duties with named members handling barbecue, grounds, transportation, wood, and supplies. The Alamo Play Ground was chosen as the site. more committees will form as plans develop.
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Pecos Valley
Texas
Hudspeth Dam
Claude B. Hudspeth
J. M. Simmons
Buena Vista
Pecos County
Claude Martin
Imperial
J. J. Landers
Grandfalls
Ward County
J. H. Miller
Barstow
Lon D
Pecos
Clarence Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Collier
Julius Eisenwine
Harry Anderson
Albert Sisk
R. N. Couch
Alamo
J. FB. Fisenwine
A. A. Kinney
W. W. Dean
J. W. Moore
Victor Henement
Eisenwine
West Texas
Bon Ton Opens For Business This Week
The Bon Ton Filling Station is now open for 24 hour service, a modern spick and span station built by R. G. Middleton and leased to H. C. Zimmer. Ronald Roberson handles day shifts and Red Brown serves night hours, featuring Peirce Oil and Gas. The Pecos station taps tourist trade from the Bankhead and other highways, with success predicted.
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Bon Ton
R. G. Middleton
H. C. Zimmer
Ronald Roberson
Red Brown
Peirce Oil and Gas
Bankhead
Pecos
Married at Barstow Mrs Susan Payne and R F Grissom
The informal wedding of Mrs. Susan Payne and Mr. R F Grissom of Pecos took place at Barstow on Wednesday afternoon with no guests present. Both have long ties to Pecos and Grissom is a County Commissioner candidate and partner in the firm Glover Grisson. Felicitations are extended by many friends.
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Susan Payne
R. F. Grissom
Pecos
Barstow
Grissom
Glover & Grisson
Mrs Finley Returns From El Paso Vacation Trip
Mrs. G. B. Finley came back Tuesday from a vacation that included El Paso and Cloudcroft. She traveled with her sister Mrs. Haber of Dallas and Mrs. Sheen of El Paso, who will visit this week.
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G. B. Finley
el Paso
Cloudcroft
Haber
Dallas
Mrs. Sheen
Reeves College Opens In Pecos This Summer
Reeves College will start in Pecos this summer with classrooms in the High School Building hosting several hundred students. The Texarkana Business College will manage a broader curriculum including geology and petroleum engineering, plus business and technical courses. The city was chosen after a wide survey. local rooming and community support are urged to accommodate students from across the country.
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Pecos
Reeves College
Texarkana Business College
West Texas
New Mexico
Pecos People Find Trip to Carlsbad Cavern Worth Undertaking
Pecos residents praise the Carlsbad Cavern outing as highly entertaining for weekend guests and for personal enjoyment. A party of eleven returned expressing complete delight after traveling via Van Horn on the new highway, noting easy paths and the cavern's grandeur.
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Pecos
Carlsbad
Earl Bell
Falbey
Ken Regan
H. B. Prickett
Ralph Sparks
Mable Beauchamp
Wallace Lee
H. N. McKellar
J. FE. Essenwine
C. E. Armstrong
van Horn
Texas Gains in Electric Power
Texas utility plants produced 109,796,000 kilowatt hours in April. Water power contributed 374,000 kWh while fuels yielded 109,422,000 kWh, mainly from natural gas and fuel oil. Output rose thirteen percent from April last year.
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Texas
United States Geological Survey
Old Army Telephone Now Privately Owned
The old military telephone line extending from Laredo to the lower Rio Grande Valley has been rebuilt by Southwestern Bell Telephone and service over this line is now excellent. The Bell System acquired the line recently and began to restore it. The line had been operated by the army during government ownership for intervals over a number of years.
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Laredo
Rio Grande Valley
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Bell System
Army
World War Veteran John Cook Dies From Wounds
John Cook 33, a World War veteran and lumber mill worker at Heafer Arkansas, died at Veterans Hospital No 88 from bullet wounds inflicted in a rent dispute with Hank Hill three weeks earlier. Hill is jailed in Marion and faces possible murder charges. Cook leaves a wife and four children. his body to be sent to Turrell Arkansas.
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W. R. Cook
Pecos
Arkansas
John Cook
Heafer
Ark
United States Veterans’ Hospital No. 88
Hank Hill
Cook
Memphis
Hill
Crittenden County
Marion
Claude Cooper
Cooper
J. J. Collins
Turrell
Texas Facts Highlight State's Growth and Heritage
Texas, vast and diverse, supports tropic and temperate crops and fruits. It hosts one of the two female governors, preserves historic missions, and contains the nation's only fossil fish deposits valuable for ichthyol. Natural gas use ranks high, second only to one other state.
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Texas
United States
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Schooler
Schooler Weil
Lockhart Allen
Lockhart
Allen
Humble Kloh
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Grisham Hunter
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Old Army Telephone
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