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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
1
Housewives in Wilbarger County rush to preserve the bumper harvest with jars and rubbers for canning and pickling. Gardens require little watering this year as beans potatoes cucumbers and beets drive a record preserving effort across Vernon and surrounding areas. Community canners and many individuals operate steam canners to stockpile food for emergencies.
Pope company restarts drilling on the Pope well north of Harrold after a delay due to a shortage of 1Winch casing. A supply arrived two to three days ago and drilling continues at about tno feet, with expected sand within the next hundred feet as formations resemble those on the Sumner and Piper farms.
Roberts, fourteen miles north of Vernon, believes his corn could yield fifty bushels per acre if a single additional rain arrives. He reports a heavy rain Tuesday in the county’s north part, with hail earlier near the Pease river not affecting his field.
Wade Perkins leaves Vernon to take a head miller post at Harvest Queen Milling Company in Plainview after previously working at Burress Mill and Elevator in Fort Worth. He formerly belonged to Kell Milling in Vernon.
S H Johnson of Dallas named cotton classer for Vernon. He has ties to Clayton & Anderson and is Vernon born. Walton Poteet of A Y M College in Vernon Friday urged cooperation with local buyers to improve pricing and market access for long staple cotton from Oklahoma and Texas.
Frederick Oklahoma reports filings in Tillman county stating the Texas Chief and related wells lie on land in township 5 south range 4 west Indian Meridian. The claim, filed by R A Caldwell as attorney for eight men forming Calumet Placer Mining Association, names Cass T. Lockwood J C Walton Fred M Joyner Thom H Heiney J Alexander W R Walter Nott and B D Stone.
The Moonshine Hill Oil Company on the R Cobb place reports four oil sands at depths of 400 630 900 and 1460 feet while casing at 1750 feet. Secretary W 8 Willis says the first sand was at 400 feet and expects deeper sands soon as nearby leases rise from zero to 100 dollars per acre.
Daniels Oil Company drillers report reaching 1000 feet on the Burkburnett site. B Daniels of Vernon serves as company president as operations move rapidly forward in the field.
The St. Louis and San Francisco Railway reports a Vernon payroll of 3000 dollars for July 1, reflecting increased staffing after shops moved from Bessie Oklahoma to Vernon and more men were hired due to heavier traffic. Enid residents relocated to Vernon, with six to eight shop positions added and two extra depot workers.
W. C. Brackett of Kansas City left for home Wednesday after visiting his old-time friend J. A. Birdsong in Vernon. He traveled around the nearby countryside and praised Vernon and Willarger county for their citizenship. Both Birdsong and Brackett formerly lived in Sherman. Brackett passed through Sherman and Whiteshore on his return.
Peck resigns as manager for Wm. Cameron & Company in Vernon after twelve years at the Vernon lumber yard. Pret Gardner of Chillicothe to succeed him. Gardner has led the Cameron yard for about six years and may not move his family to Vernon. The Texas Crescent Oil Company plans to drill on section 24, block 1, H, & TLC, with two thousand feet depth and oil prospects in the Electra field vicinity.
The Staley Farm Oil Company reports par value of £50 per share, stock capital of £125,000 divided into 2,500 shares. It aims to drill two wells to depths of 1,000 and 2,500 feet on 431.9 acres twelve miles east of Vernon.
G. O. Wrod of Wichita Falls sells a five inch lease Tihoek to the Texas Production and Refining Company for 570,000. The firm, led by Fred Smith, plans a 3,000 barrel daily output with a 5,000 barrel daily refinery train near North Fort Worth, adjoining the refinery of a prominent Amarillo associate.
Eddie Collins, formerly with the B. and W. Drug Company, returned Wednesday morning with a discharge after several months in France. He served in the Ninetieth Division and reported for duty on Christmas Day 1917, with discharge occurring on Emancipation Day in June.
Cotton in Farmers Valley is progressing slowly and late says Mr. Rushing who was in Vernon on Wednesday. He notes repeated replantings due to hard rains washing out seed or covering gauze plants, but believes the crop now is large enough to resist further washouts.
Frank Spraching, of the Seventh Division, has been discharged from the army and returned home Tuesday after several months of service in France.
H Hunt sold ten acres a mile and a half southwest of the courthouse to Dixie Wheeler for 1500 dollars in a deal arranged by Vernon Realty. Wheeler plans to occupy the property as a home and will move at an early date.
James Gafford dies from blood poisoning after a Crowell shooting affray on June 28. He had been out on bond of 6000 dollars in Senator W S Bell’s death case. Mrs Gafford and her son also faced bonds as investigations tied to the fatal night in front of the Mderne Theater.
Wheat in the Talmadge country yields well with about 200 acres of grain near W. M. Thompson. Mar. Phompe son nears completion of harvest awaiting a thresher. Expected average is twenty five to thirty bushels per acre amid wet, improving grounds and weeds.
Government and local leaders urge residents to buy coal now for next winter amid warnings of a severe shortage. Dr. H A Garfield, U S Fuel Administrator, predicts a drastic fall in production and thousands of men returning to Europe.
Ferry Howard and P L Sneed received carrot horses Wednesday morning from San Antonio. Mr Sneed bought them from the Government. The aerials were bought by the Government to be used in the artillery but are being sold at public auction since the armistice was signed.
Morgan Pool son of Mrs Eugenia Pool arrived Wednesday morning after discharge from the army. He served in France with the 64th Infantry Seventh Division.
The city will open sealed bids by 2 p.m. July 21 for paving about 50 000 square yards with Biunlithic asphaltic concrete one course reinforced concrete and brick. A $1 000 bid bond is required. Plans are at the city engineer office. The project covers West Paradise West Main West Texas West Pease East Wilbarger and East Cumberland to extend nearly five miles of pavement.
Liberty Oil and Development Company restarts operations after a days long halt caused by lack of easing. Drilling at about 800 feet with two shifts, housing to 750 feet, expects to hit a sand near 9000 feet. Texas Company reports a nearby well four miles west at 2100 feet swabbing 250 barrels per day. The Liberty drillers aim for 2260 feet and sand pickup, locating east of Harrold north of the Piper tract with several heavy producers nearby.
Warren reports a cotton stalk with one bloom on his Vernon land east of town, an early experiment as the crop grows through the field. Several stalks reach half waist height, signaling the season’s start for local growers.
The Kansas City Petroleum Company is rushing the erection of a derrick for its well on the J. P. King place about a mile south of Kingola as virtually all materials lie on the ground.
Work begins on a five room house with bath for W B Gandy on East Wilbarger street. H H Jones holds the contract for the residence and promises modern features.
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