Wheat Well Promises as New Texas Drilling Expands
New locations push oil field activity in Loving, Culberson and Reeves counties. P. V. Petroleum Co. reports the Wheat Well flowing gas and oil with muck cleared. others like Lockhart, Grisham and California and Pure Oil are drilling or fishing at depths around three thousand feet. World Well and Hunter Grisham Deep Rock plan spudding in soon as companies seek acreage and tests proceed.
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P. V. Petroleum Co
Lockhart & Co
Loving County
Grisham
Sun-Gulf Co
Delaware
Culberson County
Kent
Pure Oil
California
Standard Oil Co. of
Calif
Reeves County
Lockhart
Texas
Western World
Southwest
Hunter-Grisham Deep Rock Oil Co
Shaffer Oil Co
Oklahoma
Block 58
Township 7
San Martino
Dixie Oil Co
Cattle Shipments Boost Pecos Pasture Prospects
Port Daggett of Dagger King Cattle Commission Merchants shipped 37 carloads into Pecos and vicinity to pasture on L. W. Anderson land and nearby ranches. About 1 480 head, with 13 carloads at Saragosa and 24 near Pyote, amid generous rains and lush grass. Henry Fisher notes cattle from Mexico will bolster ranges in West Texas. The region shows the best feed in years and hints at a ranching revival.
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Pecos
Port Dagget
Dagger & King Cattle Comission Merchants
Fort Worth
L. W. Anderson
Saragosa
Cntire
Henry Fisher
Carlsbad
New Mexico
War Finance Corporation
Mexico
Sierra
Blanca
Valentine
West Texas
Motherly quip on powder puffage scene with boys and girls
A playful exchange where a mother asks about the children and a respondent jokes that the girls are powdering while the boys are puffing, highlighting a lighthearted family moment.
J A Hold First Meeting of PTA at High School
The Parent Teacher Association held its first meeting of the school year in the High School Auditorium. Mrs. Oram Green presided, officers were elected including Mrs. Hugh Roberson as president, and plans included magazine subscriptions, a $5 cash prize for perfect grades, and a goal of 100 percent student performance.
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Parent
Oram Green
Mable Beauchamp
Jin Camp
O. C. Weatherby
Marvin Cowan
John Baker
Loving Cup To Win New Church League Championship
The Loving Cup, a 16 inch tall tribute with silver bats and a Terpsichore frieze, will be presented to the Christian Baseball Team of Pecos Texas as Church League champions of 1925. The trophy remains with the holders until a three year pennant victory, and a silver batting trophy will be awarded to the league’s top hitter.
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Manahan
Church League
Terpsichore
Psyche
Church Baseball League
Peecs
Texas
Mint Cafe
Chas. Manehan
Race riot near Moorhead erupts after tent show
A planned robbery by two would be Pancho Villas sparked a clash between black and tan factions Tuesday night. Dan Magrew fired a popgun, injuring one assailant and sending the attackers fleeing. The injured man improves while the attackers are at large. Peace returns to the Moorhead area with no noncombatants harmed.
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Pancho Villas
Dan Magrew
Moorhead
Cars on display at Syndicate Building by H C Zimmer
H C Zimmer presents a showcase of Studebakers Chryslers and Chevrolets on the Syndicate Building’s first floor. A broad array of models promises affordable options for all buyers from clerks to merchants highlighting luxury comfort and modernity.
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Zimmer
Mrs. Hall Returns to Pecos in Land Sale Push
Mrs D A Dodds Hall came back Wednesday from a lengthy business trip through Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas and Wisconsin to reconnect with land selling networks. She aims to mobilize agents in Texas to attract buyers for agricultural land in Pecos country and plans to escort farmers to purchase farms after October.
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D. A. Dodds-Hall
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Edgy Challenge Hurls Mock Threats at East Side Fans
A rowdy call to a baseball game at Alkan Park invites East and West side workers to a staged fight in a prewar style taunt. The note targets Orientals and other groups with incendiary language, promising a clash next week as the Gas House Gang seeks to prove itself against pencil pushers.
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No Man’s Land
Ball Park
Gas House
Alkan Park
Girdley Acquitted in Federal Court in Pecos Division
U S District Court in Pecos adjourned after a trial of B C Girdley former Midland National Bank cashier on embezzlement and banking law charges. The jury found him not guilty after defense by Jno B Howard and G Bussell. Judge Charles A Boynton presided with U S Attorney HB Gamble and staff present.
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U. S. District Court For
Western District of Texas
Pecos
B. C. Girdley
U. S
U. S. Attorney
N. J. Morrison
el Paso
Scott C. White
H. Woelber
E. G. Doty
J. N. Phillips
Joe Caroline
W. W. Dean
J. W. Brooks
Jno
J. Bush
T. B. Harri S
F. P. Pigman
W. A. Estes
W. M. Casey
J. R. Sales
A. F. McKee
N. E. Fielding
A. W. Stanley Paul Slater
T. E. Anderson
Irritating Necessity in Crowded Scene
A man in a crowded setting reflects on dignity as an unseen burden while experiencing back itch and public discomfort. The fragment names Trrluth Werald as a figure in the scene.
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Trrluth Werald
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R. N. Couch
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Butler
Cadman
Secon P
Irene Prewit
Foster
Weatherby
H. C. Zimmer
John Hall
Girdley
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