Birdsong urges cleaning up North Fannin Street
J A Birdsong Kell Milling urges Vernon city officials to address long neglected North Fannin Street and other north side conditions. He notes the area has been a dumping ground for years and calls for immediate street grading and removal of mud holes, criticizing the Street Committee chair for delays.
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Birdsong
Fannin Street
Mason
Pannuin Street
Vernon
Wilbarger
Main
J. R. Jones
A. Ratliff
Street Committee
Arkansas
Geologists eye Wilbarger for potential mother pool
W I Willis of Wichita Falls says Wilbarger County may hold the so called mother pool as three geologists predicted a rich strike north of Harrold. The Moonshine Hill Oil Co with $30 000 capitalization holds a 160 acre lease and drilling will begin immediately after wells were taken over from the Cobb farm.
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Omen
Wilbarger County
W. 8. Willis
Wichita Falls
Willis
Vernon
Moonshine Hill Oil Company
Motor Car Service on Frisco Line Discontinued
The motor car service between Vernon and Snyder on the Frisco road ends effective Saturday. It was added months ago to connect through passengers to Oklahoma City and St. Louis. The car operated Vernon 8 15 a m to 5 55 p m return, but a new through train from Wichita Falls cut that traffic, prompting the shutdown.
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Frisco Road
Vernon
Snyder
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Wichita Falls
Urged To Can Vegetables By Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Chmie Wilcox, home demonstration agent, urges housewives to conserve the abundant garden harvest. She offers to send canning bulletins from her Library building office or to talk with families at home if needed. She deplores waste when canning could preserve food.
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Miss Wilcox
May Return to Vernon After Health Decline
John Kay of Shawnee Oklahoma, long‑time resident on A. M. Hiatt’s farm north of Pease River, visits Vernon and plans to move back to Wilbarger County soon due to declining health. He traveled by wagon from Shawnee and avoided the Red River toll bridge washout by detouring via Park Burnett. Kay says crop prospects appear better locally than in Oklahoma.
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John Kay
Shawnee
Okla
A. M Hiatt
Pease River
Vernon
Mr. Kay
Wilbarger
Oklahoma
Red River
Electra- Frederick
Parkburnett
Kay
Unseasonably Cool Start to Summer in Wilbarger County
Temperatures dropped to 51 degrees and then 41 as the first days of summer brought unusually low readings. Pioneer residents recall colder months in Wilbarger County during Jane with the recent spell marking the lowest monthly reading in years.
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Wilbarger
Wilbarger County
Real Estate Boom Indicated by Local Transfers
Local citizens purchase homes and plan new builds signaling population growth and a coming building boom in Vernon. Transactions include R G L Pillai selling on North Lamar to Z A M McDonald and W C Hawkins acquiring East Wilbarger lots with Rogers & Jackson and Blackwood Larimore & Oats handling deals including Hub Caltey acquiring the Hl L Perkine place near the pump station.
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Ord
W. C. Hawkins
Wilbarger Street
B. Daniel and
R. Mere
Blackwood, Larimore & Oats
Hub Caltey
Hl. L.perkine
Huff family heads to California for permanent move
W. M. Huff departs Sunday for Santa Agni California to join his family. They moved there eight months ago mainly for Mrs. Huff’s health, which has improved enough that she expects to stay permanently and the Vernon family may not return.
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W. M. Huff
Santa Agni
Calif
Vernon
Market Leaders at Fort Worth Sell Grade Cows for 10.50
A shipment of fifty grade cows from Vernon area farmers topped the Fort Worth market last week. Sold at ten dollars and fifty cents per head, the cattle were bought from farmers who grazed them on wheat fields.
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L. Eh. Johnson
J. J. Crawford
Fort Worth
Vernon
Crop Prospects Boosted In Wilbarger County Harvest Drive
Wilbarger County reports best crop prospects in eight years despite heavy rains causing some damage. Farmers plan replanting, focus on raw production, while Taulk community leader Mr Priddy expects cotton to outproduce replanted crops. Oak Stewart of the Elf Cafe coordinates a free labor bureau placing Wilbarger boys in harvest work, seeking employers to notify him.
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TB. Priddy
Taulk
Mor Priddy
Veron
Tlere
Worms
Mr. Priddy
Janes
Stewart
Elf Cafe
North Matnetreeh
Die
Howard Purchases Kerr Property on North Bowie Street
A. P. Howard buys the J. W. Kerr place just north of his reference on North Bowie street. Dr AJ TY Howard plans to remodel the house into a model bungalow. The deal closed Saturday and was handled by YW. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJ TY Howard
Bowie
W. Kerr
Will
YW. Smith
Shive Family Plans Long Beach California Summer Trip
Mrs Y UW Shive and daughters Olive Harriett and Mary Myatt and son Tom Jr with J St Napier Jest leave this morning for Long Beach California to spend the summer. Mr Shive will join later.
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Y UW Shive
Olive
Harriett
Mary Myatt
Tom, Jr
J. St. Napier
Long Beach
California
Mr. Shive
Oil drilling blocks secured for sections 75 and 121
Vv. EO Stampfli and partners closed a deal Friday to drill on section 75 north of Harreld, while the Interstate Refinery secured a location on section 121. Companies will begin drilling operations immediately, with details on site actions forthcoming.
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Vv. EO Stampfli
Harreld
Interstate
Record harvest outlook as Wilbarger county farmers prepare
Wilbarger county farmers ready for what observers say will be the largest grain harvest in county history. Wheat acreage reaches about 75 000 acres with yields possibly 30 bushels per acre despite rains winds and hail. Barley acreage is unusually high as land shifted from cotton to feed crops and farmers plan baled straw storage to ease future shortages.
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Wilbarger County
Vernon
Wile Barger
J. FB. Stark
Mletcher Sisters
Mont King
Lou Byars
J. R. Messick
Pope Oil Company uncovers three skeletons at Harrold site
The Pope Ol Company found three skeletons, two full grown and possibly a child, four feet underground in a slush pit on their Harrold location north of Harrold. R Gatewoo, vice president, notes a house once stood there and reports efforts to solve the mystery with work continuing on twelve-hour shifts after temporary halts. J B Pope of Fort Worth, company president, and W W Durbin of Denton visited Harrold recently.
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Pope Ol
Ford
Harrold
R. Gatewoo
Harreld
J.B. Pope
Fort Worth
W. Ww. Durbin
Denton
Ver DO
Vernon Post Surgeon Reger Visits From Dallas Depot
Captain Hr. J. Reger, post surgeon at the aviation repair depot in Dallas, was in Vernon Saturday on business. He enlisted in Vernon and first served at Call Field, Wichita Falls, and expects to return to Vernon when relieved.
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Hr. J. Reger
Vernon
Dallas
Dr. Reger
Call Field
Wichita Falls
Oil men seek next sensation in Wilbarger County
The Wichita News Tribune reports Wilbarger County oilmen probe west of Electra for Piper sand extensions. Major firms test south of the railroad with standby gear, while new companies acquire 200,000 acres and invest heavily to drill deep wells near Harrold, Elliott, and Morrin.
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Wilbarger County
Wilbarger
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North Fannin Street
J. A. Birdsong
Fannin
R. Cobb
Mr. Willis
B.T. Snanth
Burkburnett
Cobb
Mr. Smith
Germany
Deutschland Unter Amilies
R. GL. Pillai
North Lamar Street
ZA. M. McDonald
R.gs. McConithe
South Main Street
A. J. Carpenter
R. DD. J. Killough
TH. Em. Bach Man
Killough
Rogers & Jackson
Bo Priddy
Free Employment Bureau
EL Care
Wood
Stewart Oat
Imeonhye
Mr. Stew
Art Saide
Wilburger County
A. P. Howard
J. W. Kerr Place
OIL Company
Captain Reger
Electra
HH. A
The
Wichita News Tribune
Ures
Texas Company
Barger County
Whita County
Golden San “Apex Ol Company
Pope OU
Baterday
Minnesota Southern
Tam
Ins
Sam Kelly
Moonshine Oil Company
Christian Church Here
Elf
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