Lockhart Allen Strikes Oil Still Above Pay
The Lockhart Allen Well struck oil and steadily filled the hole since Tuesday, topping the Delaware sand at 4,217 feet with strong tests. Drilling continues, with a 1,235 foot depth on Thursday night and 2,200 feet of high gravity oil in the hole. the gas pressure is low but expected to rise after pay sand is penetrated. The find excites locals and scouts, with the Wheat Well as a benchmark. the field’s potential appears strong as preparations and leases react to the promising show. Knights of activity surround Winkler County wells including Westbrook, Deep Rock, World No. 1 Biggs, Plymouth, Pure, and Grisham-Hunter, all progressing with casing and tests.
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Lockhart Allen
Trans-Pecos
The Texas Highway Association and Its Purposes
The Texas Highway Association formed by Texas citizens and business leaders aims to build a connected state highway network tied to county roads, linking commercial centers and agricultural areas. It pledges to study financing, aid legislation, publicize road programs, and seek an equitable plan that balances costs among current and future users while inviting broad public cooperation.
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Texas Highway Association
Texas
State Highway Commission
Commissioners Courts
Senate
House of Representatives
Texas High Association
Wife Aids Escape Attempt Hidden in Corn Flakes
Mrs Brisbin tried to help her husband escape from jail by passing him food boxes. A box of Corn Flakes contained twenty four hack saw blades and a note, sealed with molasses. The incident led to a potential five year penitentiary sentence if convicted under Texas law.
Three Men Hurt As Car Hits Tractor Near Quito Wells
Three Midland men Dick Tate promoter Ray Moran and Holt Joel were bruised and cut when Tate's Buick Roadster struck a tractor left on the highway near Quito Wells Sunday about 1 am. They were brought to Pecos by a freight train at 4 am and two returned to Midland Monday. Joel was taken to Morrison Sanitarium. others had superficial injuries. The crash wrecked the car and left the tractor unlit. the victims plan legal action for alleged road negligence.
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Midland
Buich
Quito Wells
Pecos
Dick Tate
Ray Moran
Holt Joel
Morrison
Tate
Lee Windham
Tri-State Flood Control Project Comes to Congress
Amarillo reports third annual conference pledges cooperation to secure federal aid for a tri state flood control and irrigation plan. The scheme diverts Canadian River water for irrigation across New Mexico and Texas, protects Oklahoma from floods, and seeks a Texas survey completion and cost division agreement. Representatives from Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico outlined aims and sought swift congressional action.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Congress
E. E. Blake
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Commission of Drainage, Irrigation and Reclamation
Marvin Jones
John Morrow
Lee Satterwhite
Texas House
John A. Norris
Texas Water Board of Engineers
Wey
Panhandle
New
Satterwhite
R. J. Freeland
Sur
Upexico
New Mexico Mountains
Blake
Pecos Couple Quietly Wed in California Ceremony
Cecilia Stratton and Donald Bell married Oct 30 in Santa Ana California at the First Christian Church parsonage. Stratton, daughter of Fort Worth residents, recently finished at the University of California. Bell, son of Ira Bell, left the University of Illinois law course to help in the oil business and now works with Associated Oil in Watson. They will reside in Long Beach California.
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Pecos
Santa Anna
Calif
Cecilia Stratton
FE. LI. Stratton
Ft. Worth
Donald 8. Bell
Ira J. Bell
First Christian Church
Bell
University of California
University of Illinois
Associated Oil Company
Watson
Long Beach
Ness
Harroun and son visit Pecos on California trip
W. H. Harroun and his son Dan spent a brief stop in Pecos on Thursday while returning home to Malaga New Mexico from California.
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W. H. Harroun
Dan
Pecos
Malaga
N. M
California
Western World Has Representative Here
P J R MacIntosh Western World staff correspondent Fort Worth oil and mining publication is in Pecos to cover the Lockhart Allen Well. He notes Pecos already shows oil potential and hopes for a nearby real oil field. The Western World, World Publishing Fort Worth, is linked to World Oil Company led by Chester R Barker, with wells in Reeves, Wheeler, Shackelford, Jones and Eastland Counties.
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P. J. R. MacIntosh
The
Western World
Fort Worth
Lockhart-Allen
Pecos
Mr. MacIntosh
Chester R Barker
World Oil Company
West Texas
Reeves County
Wheeler
Shackelford
Jones
Eastland Counties
Officer O'Neil Hires New City Laborers
A city report notes Officer O'Neil hires laborers as winter brings a wave of wandering youths into city streets. One teen with a small weapon is detained while other boarders, including a bell hop and a tearful runaway, illustrate rough street life and rougher paths back home.
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O'Neil
Red O'Neil
Hotel Easterbrook
Mexico
Maggie
Texas Louisiana Co Surveys Line to Barstow for Power
Texas Louisiana Power Company sends George Finley and crew to survey a route to Barstow for a high voltage line. The preferred river crossing is being determined as Barstow finally gains electric service after earlier plans. Survey complete, pole setting and wiring to follow promptly.
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Barstow
Texas- Louisiana Power Company
George Finley
Filling Gap Work Starts on Bankhead Highways
Start Monday as a large crew of Mexican laborers began dirt work for the Bankhead highway gap known as Bar-Stow Gap. Armstrong & Armstrong of San Antonio hold the contract for Unit One. Hudman of Van Horn leads operations from the Pecos side, with 100 straight days anticipated for dirt work and a plan to raise the road 6 to 10 feet for better drainage and dry riding.
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Bankhead Bridge
Bankhead Highway
Bar- Stow Gap
Armstrong & Armstrong
San Antonio
State Highway Department
Hudman
van Horn
Pecos
Ward County
Reeves County
Barstow
Quito
Federal Highway
State Highway Commission
Fred P. Holt
Armstrong
Thas
New Mexico State Line
Fort Stockton
Gin Office Safe Robbery Report Sunday
Authorities report the Electric Gin Co safe broken into during the night or early morning, six five dollars in currency and silver plus items stolen. A heavy instrument battered the safe, a compass set missing, and officers seek clues linking to a similar Power Company job, suspecting a hobo crime with ongoing searches for a suspect.
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Electric Gin Co
Power Company
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Westbrook
Westbrook Flowingz Oil
Winkler County
Loving County
Biggs
Lockhart
Plymouth
Pure Drilling
Grisham-Hunter
Grisham- Hunter
Cutcheon
Sun Drilling
Sun Well
Dry County
R. M. Hubbard
Tri-State
Cecialia Stratton
Donald Bell
Hotel
Easterbrook
Texas-Louisiana Co
Hadman
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