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THE ALTO HERALD
F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
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VOLUME XXX
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 26, I93t.
NO. 43.
THREE MEW F!RMS
WILL OPEN UP
!M ALTO SOON
G. J. Owens
Died Saturday
Three new business institution:
will open up in Alto in the next few
days.
C. A. Gipson is preparing to open
up a new drug store in the Berryman
building next to the Palace Cafe. Mr.
Gipson stated that his fixtures are
now en route and wilt be here in the
next few days. A great deal of the
Btock has already been ordered, and
he hopes to have everything ready to
open up not later than Saturday of
next week.
Perry Smith, who has been with the
T. W. Williams Tailor Shop for sev-
eral years, has decided to branch out
for himself, and was in Waco over
last week-end where he purchased
cleaning and pressing equipment
that ran into several hundred dol-
lars. He expect? to open up his busi-
ness in the Bynum building on east
San Antonio Btreet, now occupied by
the R. H. Chesnut & Co. grocery and
feed store, they having contracted
for the Arrant building now under-
going repairs. He hopes to be ready
for business not later than March 15.
A new welding concern will open
up in the Mack Service Station build-
ing in the next few days.Jim Holcomb
pnd Everett Upton will conduct this
business. Mr. Holcomb has been
connected with the garage business
in Alto for the past 12 or 15 years
and is fully conversant with all kinds
of automobile work, and Mr. Upton ia
a master welder, having held posi-
tions with some of the leading oil
companies of the south. These two
young business men returned fcom
Houston the first of this weak where
they .had been for the past several
day* sclectir;- new machinery for
their nhop. T!t"y are prepares
open u& a Welding concern In Alto
that will be prepared to take care of
anything in this line for the next
several years to come.
Mr. George J. Owens, age 67,
passed away at his home a few
miles south of Alto Saturday after-
} noon after a lingering illness.
I He leaves to mourn his passing a
^ loving wife, one son and one daugh-
ter, all of whom were at his bedside
'when death came.
Mr. Owens had been a resident of
Alto for many years, and had many
friends who will regret to hear of his
death.
Funeral service* were held at the
family home Sunday afternoon at 3
p. m., by Rev. Bob Smith, pastor of
the Alto Baptist Church. Interment
(was in the, Palestine cemetery being
under the direction of Stribling
Funeral parlors.
T. E. L. Class Meeting
t7,044 LEASE MONEY
TO BE PAID FARMERS
Intersholastic Meet
To Be Held Here
The authorative statement has
been made that farmers who are in
the 7,044 acre block of land on this
side of the Angelina river in and
around Linwood, and which was con-
tracted to the Alto Oil Co., are to be
paid their lease money today.
The money is to be wired into the
Alto State Bank, and as soon as it
arrives, officials of the oil company
at Tyler are to k notified and they
witl immedia^ctnae to Alto and
begin paying %f.
This is the blxit of land that tha
leases expired c March 8, but we
understand nowthat the money is to
be paid at on?. Whether drilling
operations wili 'Kin on the land we
have been unabi to team.
ACREAGE SOUTH
OF TOWN NOW
BE!NG BLOCKER
At a meeting held in the Berryman
& Watters Store Thursday night,
land owners tenatively agreed to
block up about four thousand acres
south of Alto, and T. D. Miller is now
getting up these leases. A proposition
was made to the land owners by Mr.
Berryman that if they would get up
the acreage and place it in his hands,
he would get them a drilling con-
tract and believed that he could get
them more than $1.00 per acre for
their leases, but if this did not suit
'hem and they wanted a dollar flat
for their acreage, he would pay that
{himself and ta^e over the Mock. The
Snajority seemed to be in favor of
retting up the block and let him
handle it to the best advantage, and
Mrs. N. G. Agnew opened her
home, to the T. E. L. Class *nf the
Baptist Sunday School on Wednes-
day afternoon, February 18, from 3
to 5. The class was well represented,
also several visitors were in attend-
ance.
Mrs. Whitehead, the president,
conducted the devotional and busi-
ness session, after which Mrs. Ketlcy
lead the Bible Study. A very in-
teresting feature of the after-ion
wag a test of the memory on Biblical
Wamea. Miss Kinney proved to be the
best Bible scholar.
Marie and Annette Scales rendered i
tnusic on piano and violin and Eliza-1
beth Smith gave a humorous reaaing, I
nil of which was greatly enjoyed. I
The hostess passed Valentines to
each of her guests which were read
aloud, causing much merriment.
Mrs. Harry Madden extended an
invitation to the dining room where
InoBt delightful refreshments were)
served
dime. Just as soon as all of this
,creagc is blocked up, and titles
cleared, Mr. Berryman ttated that
location would be made for drilling.
This acreage will run from the
Wiliiams Fitting Station on San An-
tonio Highway west of Alto around
to the Mallcy Houston farm on the
east of Alto.
Everything is looking fine on the
Davis-Yowetl welt seven miles south-
west of Alto. It was down 2550 feet
yesterday aftemooit. The hard rock
.formation that had been giving troub-
te had been passed through and the
welt is being togged every twenty
feet. Deering Bros., who are driiting
) the welt, are highly optimistic, and
hope to hit the woodbine sand arouM
3000 feet. This is the first welt to oe
drilled, and leases around this prop-
erty that first sotd for $1.00 per
acre, have now gone above $20.00.
There are some leases available at
$7.50 to $10.00, but this is two miles
or more from the welt. Atl leases im-
mediatety around the wetl have been
taken off the market.
Another piece of interesting news
were! "f the week ia that Mr. E. E. W*tts,
of Watts A Thomas of Houston,
The class then adjourned to meet' have taken over the Decker block
on March 18 with Mrs. Malone Arm- No. 2, north by northwest of Alto,
strong.
Reporter.
land just as toon as titles are cleared
[ up will proceed to make location and
,go to driiting. This is the second
btock that has been contracted for by
this Houston firm, and they hope to
get these tittes cleared up and have
The Parent-Teachers are sponsor- on both these to-
ing a lyceum number Thursday
school au-
Lyceum
flight, March 5th at the
ditorium. Admission witt be 10 and
20 cents. Watch for further an-
nouncements.
For Sale
A few frames Sweet Peppers.
E. W. Thurmond.
cations within the next two weeks.
Mr. J. W- Chandler, Jr., is now
worktrg to clear these titles on the
Decker No. 2 block, and it is hoped
to be hble to pay off on some <f
these teases next Saturday, and as
fast as they are cleared, they wilt be
paid. Alt of the money is on deposit
in the Alto State Bank for this pur-
pose.
J.D.Sartain Fitting Station
GULF PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY
AJAX GOLD BOND TIRES AND TUBES
Guaranteed Tire Repairing s<
CARS WASHED AND GREASED
Night Phone 260
Day Phone 259
P. S. in Alto
Tops Honor Roll
A significant fact that brings;
honor to not only Mr. and Mrs. Ctyde
Poare, locct manager? of the Gutf
Public Servicc but puts the town of
Alto in a prominent ptace through-
out the whole of these United States.
This honor and notice comes from
the fact that they sold more Amer-
ican Commonwealth Power Corpora-
tion stock than any other branch of-
fice of this corporation in the United
States, during the month of January,
and it serves in 25 states in the
Union. This ratio ia based upon the
amount of meters in service in the
community.
Only two cities in Texas are
among the five outstanding towns
that were among the leaders, for the
month of January, and Atto is in the
tead of these five, with 460 per cent.
Marfa, Texas comes next with 435.
Washington. La., with 400 per cent,
Grand Rapids, Mich., 359 per cent
and Harrisburg. Va., with 283 per
cent.
When it is considered that there
of tM* wapahy
operation throughout the United
States, and each of these divisions
havf from a half a dona to twenty
towns in each division, it can be seen
that this ia an outstanding achieve-
ment for Mr. and Mrs. Poore, and
one that brings pride to every Alto
citizen.
fy—J
Treating Seed Potatoes
Again:! Diseases
A great deal tf the trouble from
diseases, especially the black rot, in
sweet potatoes an be eliminated by
careful selection if the seed potatoes
and by treatingseed with a dis-
infectant as theym bedded. A good
solution to use for this purpose is
corrosive sublitatc, 1 ounce to 8
gallons of watet This solution wilt
kill the disease p rms on the surface
of the potato^ but cannot reach
those which hte already gone
through the skin and hence it is im-
portant to select the potatoes care-
fully before theyu? dipped. Dipping
should iast from [II t<) 15 minutes.
The dipping ctbe done in barrels
or half barrels Wooden vessels
should be used, s the chemical is
corrosive to mett Tht) solution is
poiaonou* and ti uld not be teft
where livestock r children can have
access to it.
A convenient ly toi dip potatoes
is to put them in tMlAt or hamper
and immerse the. Aysar a few min-
then, ready to
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W. H. y<n^#ton, County Agtent.
Plans are now being perfected by
the faculty of the Atto High School
to take care of the Cherokee County
fnterschotaatic Meet, which is sche-
duled for March 12, 13 and 14. Alt
literary events of the meet will be
[held in Aito, and the athletic events
will be held at Hawks field in Jack-
sonville.
The literary events wilt be handted
as follows: Spelling, Mrs. Joe Mer-
riwether; Essay Writing, Miss Mar-
phalene Stowe; Declamations, A. E.
Danheim; Arithmetic, Mrs. Estel
Doraey; Debating, W. R. Swanzy;
Athletics, Ted Moore and J. C.
Netters.
FORMER EXPLORER
W!LL LECTURE
HERE MOMMY
CONTRACT LET
ON CENTRAL
H)GH ACREAGE
Another welt that should be drilled
within the next 60 days ia that of the
Central High community four miles
north east of Alto.
6000 acres have been blocked up
by farmers in that section, and a
committee of three of it's citizens
placed in charge of the acreage.
They are W. S. Satterwhite, G. H.
Russeil and G. H. Maynard. These
gentlemen met in Alto Saturday
afternoon and ctosed a deal with E.
E. Watts, dritting contractor of
Houston, to drill a weM on this 6000
acre Mock. The contract specified
that a well was to be in operation
within 60 days from February 21.
No particular depth w*. specified,
but it was agreed that the well
should go to th. woodbine sand
"MM)
Pupils and patrons of the Alto
High School will have the opportu-
nity next Monday morning to hear
Mr. E. J. Thawley, chief engineer of
the Gulf Public Service Co., in a tec-
ture on his experiences at the North
Pole.
Mr. Thawley was engineer on ond
of the ships which Byrd carried to the
pote, and was ,selected from among
thousands for the position. White ho
is very unassuming in discussing the
expedition, he seems to consider his
part onty a trifle, he reaily ptayed
a large [tart. At Byrd's recent Dallas
appearance, he catted Mr. Thawley
to the stage, and introduced him to a
vast audience.
The lecture will require something
over an hour, and is very interesting.
He has lectured at several schools
and his services are being constantly
in demand. He addressed the Rotary
Ctub at Jacksonvilte last Friday, and
those who heard him declared his lec-
ture an education within itself.
Christian Church
E. M. Decker and W. D. Armstrong
are now working on another block of
land north of Alto, and hope to have
it compteted within a weeks time, and
just a* soon as titles are cleared a
dritting contract witl be made. This
is Mr. Decker's third block.
Foundu
the metng
Thursday'te
the thirt)Ou!
sary of he
Parent ai
opened wi
Soldiers"
led by H
read the
Bradford
press of
titled "Ti
The scho<
of Miss <
Office space is at a premium in
Atto, and every available vacant spot
is being utilized. William A. Stone
has leased the building adjacent tc .J'-' ^
the Palace Cafe on the east side and ^
opened up an office there. The Yont- j .7*^ ,
Lee Oil Company of Beaumont, are,
now negotiating with the Continental [ "
State Bank for offices in the second
story of the Bank building. They are T
being represented here by a Mr. Mc- P"*"
Cormick. The E. M. Decker interests
have taken offices in the buitding t3
the rear of the Continental Bank
where the Home Benefit office of E.
C. Houston is located. Other offices
are being sought by those interested
in the oit game.
, alH
"Oak TrefJ
Nationai
by Mn !
trnd pt*<9
admire
Machinery ts being moved out to
the WHliam A. Stone location four
mites northwest of Alto. This wetl
should be spudded in within the next
ten days, according to Mr.Stone. The
derrick is already completed and
crews are here to erect the machin-
ery. This location is on the Hen-
dricks farm and according to geol-
ogists who made the location, should
be a producer.
Watch Your Leases
tree, fciios
TorchbcarJ
Tribute (
presidents!
for each *
joumeyc.1]
Birthday
served.
Wei!!
The cof
Hope on
buried on)
People who have tand to lease'afternoon]
would do welt to make careful inves-ithat entit
tigation before ctosjng a contract. Ben Matt
The pian of teasing without specified Ben b'{
time to begin driliing actually re- this secti<^
tards the development of the oil )ng men
[industry. To those who offer money atways '
for leases, be sure and investigate church,
and see if they are also offering to his p
lease the lands of your neighbor as {friends 'a
wetl, for if they are not, it means that white !"'t
the leasing is a checkerboard affair [knew hin
and this means that oil development
wilt be tied up. Better watch these
points if you want to see this county
given a thorough trial for osl. When
you are not sure, it witl pay you to
Confer with your bankers, who witl
give you the proper and safe advice.
—Nacogdooehe* Sentinei.
Meeting
' was observed at
[of Parent-Teachers
on in recognition of
birthday anniver-
ationat Congress of
achers. The meeting
ig, "Onward Christian
e Congress prayer
ounsaville. She also
age from Mrs. Hugh
i<ient, National Con-
)nt and Teachers, en-
rit of Founders Day."
hestra under direction
rendered two num-
re enjoyed. Miss Ada
outline of the history
tion. Mrs. Bolton de
reading the poem
y of P. T. A." This
Ren by Little Miss Mil-
[ age 10, a sixth grade
Conn, school, which
more interesting. The
ich ig a symbot of the
izqtion was outline!)
wether, on a placard,
Tf every one coutd
beautifut work. Mrs.
e the parable of the
by a reading, "The
by Inetl Holcomb.
d to the founders and
'andte being lighted
'itving the program, alt
M)e Cottage where the
" and Coffee were
The Christian Church extends to
you a hearty wetcome to its service
of worship Sunday. The pastor will
preach on the subject of "Etemat
Life" at the morning hour, and on
"Eternal Death" at 7:30 in the
evening. At ti**ry person will ex-
perience either one or the other of
these eternal conditions, may we not
think on these things now! A cordial
wetcome awaits you at t(ie friendly
church, t
^ J. J. Ray/Pastor.
MORE SPEC!ALS
TUTT! FRUTT! LAYERS 20c
ASSORTED SWEETHEART LAYERS...20c
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS. PER DOZEN 10c
COFFEE CAKES. 2 FOR 5 c
ASSORTED COOKIES. PER DOZEN...... 10c
* *
And Other Specials SatMrday
Come and !ook them over. Why bake cakes
when you can buy them at the above prices?
MINTER'S HOT SHOP
.Phone 171 "We Feed the People."
h"own Colored
Pen Passes
^ community of New
' Northern edge of Alto
' their number Mon lay
** has brought grief to
'^munity. We refer to
born and raised its
^ was one of the leati-
community. He was
f'r interested in his
^'"d schoot affairs, and
' deeply regretted by
^irhbors, as well as the
°f this section who
at at
NTERS
New Location
We extend a most cordiat invitation to you to visit us in our new
location on the comer, formerty Gipson'g Pharmacy.
We make no claim to having the best and biggest drug store in East
Texas, but we are extremely proud of the fact that we have a drug
store that is about as completely stocked as you will find anywhere.
It is our aim and ambition to have just what you would expect to find
in any up-to-date drug store, and to be able to accommodate you
when you come here for it.
We buy only in small quantities, and make the selection exception-
ally wide. This gives us the opportunity to have what you want and
have it fresh at alt times.
We wouid like to have you trade with us and witl try at alt times to
keep what you want and if we fait to have it, we witl make every ef-
fort to get it for you.
Brittain's
"The Drug Store on the Corner"
PHONE 26! ALTO, TEXAS
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1931, newspaper, February 26, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214586/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.