Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 40--NO. 30.
DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919.
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THE LUIIOCK-IRIDGEPORT which tells of the appreciation of the
poral in Co. L. 142 Infantry.
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“Good Wares Combined With the
BeSt of Service Here.”
THE MAKERS OF Ol R OIL STOVES HAVE SPENT YEARS
OF WORK AXD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IX MAKING THEM
PERFECT. TODAY THEY ARE NOT ONLY PERFECT BUT AT
A PRICE THAT ALL CAN AFFORD TO HAVE ONE.
resume the work as soon as the ob- phone me at the hotel.
Reunion Joe Wheeler Park, Augs-8 ola.—Bridgeport Lez.
tives of big northern and
companies have been here
1 after a trip over the proposed route. 5
On the trip he was accompanied by 2
a W. Waldo, chief engineer of the
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YOUNG MAN WITH THE BANK BOOK Is. THE BOSS WANTS
TO QUIT SOME DAY AND THE BOI WITH THE BANK ACCOUNT
GETS THE CHANCE. ANYHOW. IT’S MIGHITY HANDY TO HAVE
thorough investigation was made of struction company. and Hugh
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OI R OIL STOVES ARE CONVENIENT, SAFE AXD COST
BUT LITTLE TO KEEP THEM GOING. MUCH CHEAPER THAX
ANY OTHER KIND OF FUEL.
K It is now assured that the oi! W • y Blair, chairman of the exe-
B field in Wise count) will be thorough cutive committee of the proposed
ly developed, and some startling Dalia Wichita Falls interurban line,
| things are looked for. During the arrived in Dallas yesterday morning
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as, and will remain until August 1st
j 1919. He has a guaranteed remedy
j that will kill Johnson and Bermuda
a difficult matter to get them. He
ISE OUR HARDWARE; IT STANDS HARD WEAR.
Work on the Bridgeport Oil & Gas
Company’s well has been held up for
the past week. This well is having
its usual run of hard luck—a string
see me if you are interested
work, in what promises to be the sen-
sational field in oildon. The Mid-
I ed up with a drilling company, and
3000000000000000000000000000000005 two wells are to be put down.
A BANK ACCOUN’T FOR YOUR OLD AGE. STAI T ONE NOW.
grass at one application and does not
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after, he will have no difficulty. The and it costs but a small sum to rid |
your farm of these pests. Call and
will work from this point north.
According to Fred A. Jones of the
construction company, the present
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days. hole. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Report today from the Cottondale ___
past week a number of representa-
Wise Co tin tn Alessenger
The Decatur-Bridgeport Company, ed from Lewisville to a
Good Enough Sulkey Plows, Mow-
ers Rakes and Hay Presses?
If yoa" are, we are in position to
furnish your wants on short order.
The Stock we carry will appeal to
you, and you know the Askey
prices are what you are looking for.
two wells will be raised shortly Duke Dome Oil It Refining Company, '
The land controlled by this company Friday sent out letters to the stock- i
is in Wise county near the county holders in which he stated that the
; lines of Parker, Tarrant and Wise. rig was up and machinery installed
Henry Askey, holding several for the spudding in of Duke Dome's
! thousand acres under lease. east and test No. 2 on the Snodgrass tract,
southeast of Decatur, is negotiating Beginning of operations is awaiting1
with a drilling company to develop fuel connection-. the letter states,
that section, and it is thought that The company recently abandoned
the contract will be closed in a few its No. 1. on another tract, as a drs
I loe Wheeler Park Reunion August 5, 6,
1 The drill in the Lubbock-Bridge-
I j port well on Monday encountered an
11 oil-bearing sand, which looks quite
I promising and the news created con-
l siderable interest among the oil men
I and others who seem to know some-
| thing about the formation in which
11 the sand was found. All express the
opinion that the oil is there, but it
is not believed that any considerable
quantity will be secured until a great-
er depth has been reached.
This sand is said to be at 1,4 00
feet, but the well may be deeper, as
, the figures are not given out and no
tone but those directly connected with
the work knows the exact status of
the well. It is known, howver, that
1 the sand looks good and the drilling
| will be continued until a gusher is
j brought in
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in the Dan country, north of town, flooded conditions in that part of the
negotiations have been pending for country will be taken into consider-
i several weeks, were closed and actual ation and the line of the proposed
development may be looked for in a interurban will be built higher than
short time. Two testers will be put the flood mark Dallas News,
down out ttiere. ___________________
THE STORI OF .MOST ALL OF OI R I ERI RICH MEN HAS
BEEN THE SAME. THEY BEGAN BI PUTTING SOME OF
/ have some very attractive values
in city and farm property it will
pay you to investigate. List your
property with me. Also have
Oil Leases for sale.
West Oil Company, one ol the largest Denton would guarantee Denton I
and strongest drilling companies in county as soon as the guarantee was I
the_northwest, this week had a re- requested. A large number of bus-
presentative here and a contract was iness men attended the meeting,
closed for the drilling of two deep- The construction company is en-i
test wells on the lease held by gaged in a survey of nine additional
Messrs. S. A. Lillard and Col. Frank routes. Mr. Blair visited other!
Johnston. The holdigs of these gen- towns along the line and expects to i
tlement are northest of Decatur. The make further visits before the sur-,
'same company also closed a contract vey is completed. Glenn Stiff is re-1
I with Messrs. Sam Pavillard, judge presenting the executive committee
W - D. Paschall, A. J. Mann. and oth- in negotiating for the right of ways,
ers in the Deep Creek country for He will be in Dallas today.
I two wells. The surveying camp has been mov- j
At the MoSt Reasonable Rates.
Do not go longer without PRO-
TECTION AGAINST LOSS!
Good insurance is the wisest in-
vestmsnt you can make. YOU
HAD BETTER BE SAFE
THAN SORRY!
War Department, Washington, D.
C.. July 9, 1919. Mrs./Eme A. Dun ,
away. Decatur, Texas. Dear Madam:
This office is in receipt of a French j
croix de guerre posthumously award-:
ed your son, Mont Dunaway, late
corporal, Co. L, 142nd Infantry.
Under war department rules, this de-
coration will be furnished to the
nearest relative of the deceased, and
it becomes necessary, therefore, to
determine the name and address of
that relative. Will you kindly use
the enclosed penalty envelope, which 1
requires no postage, and inform this
office as soon as possible whether the I
deceased was married, and if so, the
name of his widow, if she be living;
or if he left no widow, the names and
addresses of his parents or other rel-
atives. Very respectfully,
RALPH HARRISON, Adj. Gen.,
conditions. Some of the country's Prather, one of the members of the
most noted geologists has made sec- committee.
ond and third visits here, and now One of the chief results of the
FRENCH GOVHINMENT HoxoRs
DEED OF A BRAVE SOLDIER BOI
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Mrs. W H. Dunaway, living weit
of Decatur, has received the follow-1
ing letter from the war department, !
DECATUR TEXAS
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1919, newspaper, July 25, 1919; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582110/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .