The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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The Marion County Courier
Covers Marion And
Pr.rt8 Of Cass And
Harrison Countie
And Official Organ of the NJarion County Agricultural Association
Issued Every Friday
Jefferson, Texas Friday. April 21, 1939
VOL. 2- No 50
III EAST END; TWO MORE WELLS
SPUDDEO III THE PAST WEEK
Interest in the oil development in the East End of
Marian county has gained momentum this week with the
reports that leases and royalty prices have advanced
quite a little, and that people from different parts of Tex-
as, Louisiana and Arkansas have been in looking over the
territory and some baying. In fact several deals in both
leases and royalty have been reported this week.
The Fitzwater & Son, Terry No. 1, has set 8-inch
casing and reports state that due to the fact that the East
End section requires lots of care in drilling, these people
have used extra precaution in cementing casing and will
be ready in a very few days to drill the plug and test the
Nacatosh sand, where they found a well saturated sand
and took a 9-foot core before decid'ng to set casing and
test.
John A. Hughes, Taylor No. 1, seven miles from
tewn, spudded in lastThnrsday and are setting surfacing
casing today (Thursday), and have their drill stem and
other machinery in A-l shape to test all showings en-
countered as they drill to Blossom sand.
Fitzwater & Son moved in their rig to their Mary S.
•mean No. 1 last week, and spudded in Saturday and are
now goin* over evary p ut of thair m lohinery before they
net surface casing in a lew days. Mr. Fitzwater is one of the
most confident man we ever found regarding the oil in
this section, and is qirck to state that he believes he will
have two of the best wells in all this country at his Terry
No, 1 and the Duncan No. 1.
Jim Parsons, who has several hundred acres
around his Burton No. 1, says the rig is being torn down
preparatory to being moved here and that the work of
setting up will be pushed as rapidly as possible so that
AMERICAN LEGION
DISTRICT MEET TO
BE HERE IN MAY
The ladies of the American
Legion Auxilliary met Tuesday
at the Legion Hut on North
Broadway to select the commit-
tee to arrange for the District
meeting of the American Legion
to be held here next month and
to discuss the sale of poppies on
Poppy Day, which comes on May
27tli.
Announcement was made that
the Legion and Auxilliary will
enjoy a joint meeting at the Hut
May 4.
Members present were; Miss
F>a Todd, and Mesdames Ethel
Brown, J. W. Moody, N. Me-
Bride, J V. Whelan. Opal Wood-
ruff and George Colvin.
BAPTIST MM
DRAWS LARGE
UK DAILY
Kev. T. R. Morris, pastor of
thfe First Baptist church, states
that each service has drawn a
large crowd since the revival
meeting started last Sunday,
and the sermons of Dr. Bailes,
of T.vler, who is conduciing the
services has been untold value
to those present each morning
and evening.
Everyone is urged to take time
from their business and attend
these services during the rest of
the meeting.
A.
1.1 SETS
PAUL HIUEID
NOW AT FULLER'S
The many friends of Carl Wil
liams and Paul Benningfield will
be glad to learn that these two
young men are now with Fugler
Bros., where they will be glad
their friens call and see them
for groceries and fresh meats.
The ninny friends of John H.
Faviell were gla 1 to see him on
the street again after being con-
lined at homo for several weoks
due to injuries sustained in a car
wreck.
they can spud in and get going.
Mr. Parsons has just returned from Dallas and
Greenville and says that the_East End section is being
talked about quite a bit in those cities.
A. J. Vestal, who has been active in this section
for several months, tells us that the recent reports about
the number of barrels of oil the Bell-Vestal, Carrie Mose-
ley No. 1 would make when placed on pump have varied
but that one of the leading scouts for a major oil company
was with him while they were bailing this well a few days
ago and was enthusisastic about both the oil showing and
the high gravity content. Mr. VestaI said this scout felt
that with just a little more work the well would be good
for a real producer.
W.
John A. Hughes announced Thursday that he had
set surface casing on his Taylor No. 1 and that he was
just about read> to go after all sands that have been
shswn by the logs of all other wells that have been drill-
ed in the East End section.
Mr. Hughes came to our city a little over two years
ago to practice his profession as an attorney, and soon be-
came interested in the reports current about the shallow
oil sands along the Texas and Louisiana state lines and
immediately began a study of the geological survey of
that part of the county and the more he studied the oil
possibilities the more he was convinced that there was a
shallow oil field in that section and started in buying
leases about a year ago, until today he has over 900 acres
around his Taylor No. 1 and several hundred acres leased
over a large territory in that part of the county, going
nearly to the state line.
Judge, as his many lriends famiarly call Mr.Hughes
says he really believes that he will be able to bring in a
good well, and that he thought so strongly about this fact
that he purchased his own drilling rig so as to drill all ov-
er his different leases without having to bother with con-
tracting the wells, so that he could take his time and test
the various sands, as the driller came in contact with them
thereby not passing up any chance for a well at any depth
and he intends to stay pretty close to the job personally
at all times.
The fact that he bought his leases, then bought a
rig. and lias invested many thousands of dollars in the
East End section has a fine influence upon that pnrt of the
county and will go along way toward speeding up the de-
velopment of a shallow field.
Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Cliartierj W. A. Ballard of the Perkins
are the proud parents of a ten Bros. Co., Dallas, visited P, L.
pound boy—bom Wednesday at Bass at their
the Kalin hospital, Marshall. Tuesday.
local store here
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Business is "rotten " in Jefferson. No use to deny it because everybody knows it. I fig-
ure the main reason is because prices are too hiyh. Maybe I am partly to blame by
helping hold up prices. Anyway, I will "break the jam" in our place if low prices will doit.
For one week=Aoril 22 to April 20 I tn
April 22 to ^
to offer for s
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Bradshaw, R. G. The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1939, newspaper, April 21, 1939; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293118/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.