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PAGE SIX
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWL
Sunday Morning, December 20, 1942
Tom I armont Danrh Next Kansas Crane County Wildcat Holds
Tom Largent Ranch Govegnor 01 1
Site For Wildcat Compact Head
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 19 —
Oil Interest in West Texas
•M level.
Reporter Circulation Oddfellows Meet
Roy Lee of Dallas, trustee, aban- Employes Entertained Sunday, Tuesday
doned within a few hours two wild-
Sunday Mornin
Announcement of a wildcat test
on a 1,400-acre block four miles
north of Merkel by Merry Bros. &
Perini of Abilene this week fea-
tured oil activity of the area.
The 3,000-foot Swastika test
wHI be Merry Bros. & Perini et
al No. 1 Tom Largent. Loca-
tion is 660 feet out of the north-
west corner of block 37, DeWitt
county school land. Rhodes
Drilling company of Abilene has
contract to drill the well with
An acid treatment of 1 000 gal-
lons failed to make a producer of
the Butler & Home No. 3 Hudson,
s west offset to the No. 2 Hudson
and 380 feet from the west line snd
650 feet from the south line of sec-
ticn 3, J. A. Nabors survey No. 9.
A show had been obtained from
2,515-18 feet. The well was aban-
doned after it filled with water.
Butler & Home 3-A Reddin. 400
feet from the south line and 580
rotary rig. I feet from the east line of section 4,
No previous wells have been drill- J A. Nabors survey No. 9, was
ed in the immediate area The abandoned at 2.563 feet.
nearest test was drilled by Merry
• Bros. & Perini on the Collins land
a mile to the east last year. In that
test an odor was obtained in the
Swastika, but the well was aban-
Verdict was due this weekend on
the S B Robert* No
Strand
doned.
Two new locations for the Red-
dm field in northern Taylor county
which has, given Haskell county its
first activity in many weeks. Drill-1
ing at 3.400 feet, the well was near
(UP) — Gov .-Elect Andrew F
Schoepple of Kansas today was
elected chairman of the interstate
oil compact commission to succeed
Gov. Leon C. Phillips of Oklahoma
Schoepple’s election was without
opposition. Phillips stepped down
from the oommission chairmanship
after three terms.
Other officers elected were:
First Vice Chairman, J. C. Hunt-
er, Texas; Second Vice Chair-
man, Clarence T. Smith, Illi-
nois: Secretary, Charles Orr,
Oklahoma.
Commission headquarters will re-
main at the Oklahoma State Capi-
tol in Oklahoma Citv with Orr, who
was re-elected, in charge.
The commission’s new executive
committee will include Schoepple
Hunter, Smith, Hiram Dow, New
By JOHN B BREWER
SAN ANGELO, Dec. 19. — Pros-
pects of oil production from the
lower Simpson middle Ordovician,
m Gulf Oil Corp. No. 1-A M Daw-
son, southeastern Crane county
wildcat 4 1-3 miles west of Permian
lime production in the McCamey
field in Upton county, held most
attenton n West Texas ths week.
Geo. P. Livermore, Inc., and E. M.
Wahlenmaer No. 11 Mrs. Frankie
Thompson, scheduled 7.000 - foot
wildcat. In Schleicher county, topped
inal Sand Hills - Ordovician field,
had passed 5,252 feet in lime.
Livermore - Wahlenmaier No 1
Thompson in Schleicher county,
section 75-TT-TCRR, had drilled
below 6.345 feet in shale. With ele-
vation 2,207 feet, it topped the
Strawn lime of the Pennsylvanian
at 5.920 feet, according to some and
at 5,925 by others' pick. The Strawn
lime is the formation from which
an oil well and four gassers pro-
duce in the Page field 15 miles
south and slightly east
Pure Oil Co No. 1 H T. Odneal
in Pecos county. C NW NW 42-40-
the Strawn and Shell Oil Co., Inc., 10-T&P. south offset to Pure No. 1-
No 1 Leaverton, northwestern A Texas Pacific Land Trust, opener
Games county wildcat, cored more of the Chancellor Delaware pool,
Mexico, and Gov.-Elect Robert S
Kerr of Oklahoma.
the expected pay level. Location is The meeting ended on a harmonic
660 feet from north and east lines ous note with the commission
of northeast quarter of southwest 1 pledging full cooperation with Har-
was announced by Butler & Home __ -__________4_____.. ..........
Drilling company, as two wells in ' quarter of section 5. block 5. H&TC | old L. Ickes, petroleum administrat-
the south edge of the pool were | survey,
abandoned Location for the But-
ler * Horne No. 2 Reddin is 1000
feet east of the No. 1 Reddin. and
or for war. It suggested in a reso-
for Butler A’ Horne No 4 Hudson.
1.000 feet south and east of the No
2 Hudson.
E. L. Wilson, Merry Bros. &
Perini No. 3 Mashburn, in the
Wimberly, made three million
lution "that the high degree of ef-
ficiency needed to win the war
would be helped if the petroleum
administrator will call to his as-
Wildcat Stands
feet of gas from 2,165-75 feet.
The gas was to be killed and
drilling continued. The well is
330 feet out of the southeast
corner of M-acre unit of lots
85-86. Mock 126, DeWitt county
school land.
sistance in greater degree the ex-
| perience and efforts” of various
state regulatory officers.
TEXAS TO COOPERATE
Col Ernest O Thompson, chair-
man of the Texas Railroad Commis-
2,000 Feet Oil
COLEMAN Dec. 19.—(Spl.)—In-
Abilene Reporter-News circula-
tion employes of etty District 3
were entertained with a Christmas
dinner and theater party by Mr
___. _____.. No. 1 and Mrs Morris Oliver Thursday
Margaret Gray, C sW sw 275-97- night. Oliver is District manager.
Christmas presents were present-
ed the following guests: Johnnie
Wilkerson, Mr. and Mrs Palmer,
cats in Borden county and one in
Ector county. In Borden county, Lee
No. 1 J. A. Phillips, C SW NE 15-
32-3n-T&P, quit at 4,220 feet. 20
feet put contract depth.
H&TC, was plugged at 3,214 feet
Neither was credited with any
shows.
Lee No. 1 Josie Fay Peck in Ector Pat Ryan, Billy Price, Billy Mer-
county, C SW SW 2-42-4s-T&P, rick, Henry Hunter. Cecil Hutchens,
was abandoned at 4 823 feet after Raymond Clark, Murray Page, Bil-
recovering porous lime showing sul- lie Rae Nichols, John Pittson, Ed-
phur water from a core from 4,812- gar Wittie, Kenneth Sylvester and
23. I Frank J. Pruitt, Reporter News cir-
Barnsdall Oil Co. No. I H. D. culation manager.
Heath, scheduled 7,500-foot, rotary
wildcat in Yoakum county, six miles drilling mud on a one-hour drill-
northeast of Plains, spudded 320. stem test from 7,698 to 7,738 feet
feet in redbeds and ran surface pipe, and cored ahead. Location is in
It is in the C NE NE 315-D John the C sW SE 458-G-CCSD&RGNG,
H. Gibson.
four miles southwest of the Wasson
field.
Abilene Oddfellows lodge Will
meet at the hall. 181 1-2 Chestnut,
Sunday afternoon at 2 for practice
in the initiatory degree. Secretary 1
U. S. Hamilton announced Satur-1
day. t
Work in the initiatory degree will
be given Tuesday evening at 8, the
secretary added. "All members of
the lodge are especially urged to at-
tend this session," he emphasised. „
Russian
Huns in
1942
„- „ ,-__Deep production possibilities in Sterling county wildcats seeking
lime showtag some porosity and was abandoned a failure at 5.293 Shell No. 1 D N. Leaverton, north- Ordovician production, Ohio No. 1
scattered oil staining and oil bleed- feet after shooting and acidizing, western Gaines county wildcat, were L. T. Clark * Sons, C NE SW 6-A-
Skelly No 1 Eugene Grove, sec- improved by the coring of more GC&SF, had drilled past 6,354 feet
tion 4-3-H&TC. Pecos county gave lime between 7,640 and 7,738 feet in black shale, and Col-Tex No. 1
indications of becoming one of the showing scattered porosity, oil W. N. Reed and others, C NW SW
largest producers in the Abell or-staining and oil bleeding. It re- 8-30-W&NW, below 4,645 feet in
dovician Ordovician pool by flowing covered 150 feet of oil and gas-cut lime and shale.
43 barrels of pipeline oil the last ----------_______________________------------
hour of a 10-hour gauge. Bottomed -
Ing.
Interesting locations included a
quarter-mile southeast outpost to
the Abell Ordovician field in Pe-
cos county by Humble and a sched-
uled Tubb pay (Clear Fork) test by
Shell a quarter mile west of the
Tubb discovery in the Monahans
pool in northeastern Ward county.
at 5905 feet, in Ellenburger lime,
It has been treated with 2,000 gal-
lons of acid.
150 feet of oil and gas-cut lime and shale.
Drilled "tight," Gulf No 1-A M
Dawson in Crane county plugged
Humble staked No. 3 T R Par-
back from 5.505 feet in dolomite ker and others quarter mile south-
reportedly to 5.207 feet to shut off east of No. 1 Parker, which extend-
sulphur water encountered in the ed the Abell Ordovician field a
Ellenburger. It cemented 7-inch quarter mile south Location is 520
casing at 5.287 feet and will gun from the northeast, 1.972 feet from
perforate it opposite a lower Simp- the northwest line of section 6-3-
son zone, probably the "brown" | H&TC, Superior Oil Corp. of Tulsa
sand which showed oil in amount’staked No. 1 Cordova Union Oil
promising productton Top of the : Corp., scheduled Ordovician test in
Simpson was picked both at 5,160 the south corner of section 3. Frank
and 5 170 feet and top of the Ellen- Phelps survey, 1 3-4 miles southeast
burger at 5,305.
— of the southwest part of the Apco-
sion, declared that Texas considered |
W w. Wise and Merry Bros & Ickes' orders hereout as orders from
Perini No 1 W. L. Butler, north-the President as commander-in-
east outpost for the Wimberly, in | chief Thompson declared the Texas
block 138, J. Winters survey, was commission was prepared to abide
drilling at 1,765 feet i to the letter by Ickes’ recommenda-
GIVE HIM
4
Abilene Printing & Stationery Co re
Store 1038 N. 2nd & a
STATIONERS %
Complete Office Ouefinen s’
Factory (Printing Plant)
1214 N. 2nd Sues 30
See U. For Good
Printing at
Reasonable Prices
Printers far West Texas Since 0
1882
little village
mass of smoulder!
ruin as the youth
little Russian boy
try to get his b<
termine where his
bOn.
Slowly he picket
of landmarks and
the home of his m
and two older bro
been in a neighbo
fat days and was
when the Him pla
head to drop their
and destruction on
hapless village.)
Yes, there was
his home. He sta
uOelieving eyes. H
and destruction 1
what war meant. B
met his eyes was s
ent—something th
home to his brain
nation for revenge
“Iris mother and
That was back it
ingrad.
Today that Russ
egn citizen. He 1
merian, former
ash Cossack in the
elder brother, Ped
again at Stalingra
Gulamerian, w
three years of re
him, trained in
The test was said to have con- Warner Ellenburger field.
firmed structural position Indicated Shell started No. 3 Sealy-Smith
by a geophysical survey. It has Foundation in the Monahans field
elevation of 3,348 feet and is 1,980 in Ward county. 330 feet out of the
feet from the northwest. 660 feet southeast corner of the northwest
from the southwest line of section quarter of section 38-A-G&MMB&
10-6-H&TC. It is eight miles north A. The scheduled 5,700-foot test
of Skelly No 1 Richardson, recent will be a quarter mile west of No. 3.
5.743-foot failure, which logged 568 opener of the Tubb (Clear Fork)
tion.
Results of
dications that the W. C. Ray No. 1.
Ellis Estes & Murray of Coleman, liamson. 660 feet from north line studies have revealed, said Thomp-
is going to be an excellent well is and 1,980 feet from west line of son that Texas could increase its
seen in the fact the hole is now section 31, block 18. T. & P sur- . . ________. ______- _
filled with 3.000 feet of oil and is vey, south Noodle field, was drilling much as 400.000 barrels if the de-
producing from a sand at 3140-41 I ahead at 2.826.
feet. Condor Petroleum corporation No.
The seven-inch casing has been 1 J. T. Warren estate, 2,530 feet
lowered in the wildcat to3.125 feet from the north and east lines of He declared that the additional
The well about three miles north- block 133. J Wm. Page survey 123. crude would be sufficient to satisfy
west of Coleman, is in J. P Mc-was drilling ahead at 2.567 feet.
Cardinal Oil company No. 2 Wil-
recent engineering
daily production of crude oil by as
mand arises and transportation fa-
cilities are made available for its
movement.
feet of Simpson and showed a small
amount of free oil in the Ellenburg-
er. topped at 5,465 feet, 3,124 feet
below sea level.
Clean Survey 687 and is 520 feet1
from the south and 900 feet from
anticipated demands as measured
• • • by the petroleum war council for
Fain-McGaha No. 2-B Perry west the third quarter of the approach-
the east lines of the W C. Ray offae: to the No 1-B Perry. 990 ing year,
tract of land feet from the south line and 1.320 REDUCE ROYALTY
feet from the west line of block 4.| Thompson asserted that should
Lone Star Gas company of Dal- Grimes county school land league the demand arise and transporta-
las has topped the Caddo lime at No. 124. was drilling st 2 393 | tion facilities be made available for
1,635 feet in its Georgia Jones No Eight-inch casing was being un-the additional output of crude oil.
1 well, near Santa Anna and is derreamed at 2.110 feet in the adjustments in refining would be
Marr Ann Fisk Survey 630. West No. 1 Hensley, 780 feet east
Aneac Gil Corporation of Cole- and 330 feet south of southwest | some of It has a sulphur content
man is drilling at 300 feet on its corner of lot 6. Grimes county Not all refineries are able to use
Morris C-9. in David Breeding Sur- school land. in the Merkel field sulphur crude he. soimiedout sure
vey 728: and is drilling at 1 685 feet Surface casing was being set in sing thlit treatment of the oil
on its Morns No 42 in the L. H the Anderson-Prichard No 2 Sealy-and adjustment of refining sehed-
McNeil Survey 334 1 Smith Foundation. 1980 feet from and adjustment o: relining senea
north line and 2 130 feet from west
line of section 121 block 2 GH&H
survey and 1.100 feet southeast of
the discovery.
Magnolia No 1 Tucker in south-
western Crane county. In section
20-1-H&TC. which missed Simpson
pay discovered by Magnolia No 1
D K. Glenn, quarter mile to the
southwest, had drilled below 6.955
feet in shale and lime Gulf No. 1
W. A. Estes Crane county wildcat
C NW SW 2-B28-psl. 3 1-2 miles
west and slightly south of the orig-
pay, the second producing zone in
the pool No 1 Sealy-Smith, the
first well is West Texas’ deepest
producer from the Ellenburger.
Humble No. 1 Newman. Scurry
county wildcat in section 258-97-
H&TC. nine miles northwest of
Snyder, had no shows in the Ellen-
burger in coring and drilling to
8 300 feet It topped the Ellenbur-
ger at 8175 feet, 5.874 feet below
public domain to one eighth.
To further full national co-opera-
necessary to utilize it fully, since tion with the petroleum admin-
PITTSBURGH PAINTS
WALLPAPER
MIRRORS
State’s Crude Oil
Production Higher
HOUSTON, Dec. 19— UP) — Unit-
ed States production of crude oil av-
eraged 3.904.465 barrels daily this
week the Oil Weekly estimated to-
day The output was up 46 490 bar-
rels over average daily production
last week
The eight prorated states, which
account for approximately 87 per-
| ules would solve the problem
The commission approved Con-
gressional action of Congress in re-
ducing royalty on oil produced on
| istrator for war, the commission
suggested that legislatures in oil
states without regulatory bodies
adopt statutes creating such author-
ities This also would eliminate
necessity for having regulation ad-
ministered within the states by fed-
eral authorities, the commission said
in its resolution.
GLASS OF ALL KINDS
SWINNEY
Glass & Paint
1166 No. 2nd. Ph. 9129
Ballinger Schools
Lose Two Teachers
To Armed Services
mcee
cent of the nation’s production in-
creased their output to 3 372 750
barrels per day from 3.316,300 daily
the previous week and went over
their combined quotas of 3.345.719
barrels daily assigned by the office
of petroleum administrator’s sched-
use of needed production for Decem-
ber
BALLINGER Dec 19.—(Spl.)-
Two recent resignations have cause
Production Orders
Are Due Next Week
AUSTIN Dec 19 - UP)—Texas’
oU production orders for January
probably will not be issued until
next week railroad commission of -
fices reported here today.
With commissioners having an-
nounced that they consider PAW
directions on production tanta-
mount to military orders. It was ex-
ed a total of four vacancies in the
Ballinger schools Supt. Nat Wil-
liams announced Saturday.
As the schools closed for the an-
nual holiday season Gurthal Gilli-
gan band instructo for the past
five years, and M. W Elkins, as-
sistant football coach, mathematics
instructor and physical director re-
signed.
Miss Mary Wade science teacher
previously resigned and the posi-
tion of typewriting and bookkeep-
ing instructor has been vacant
practically since the beginning of
the 1942-43 term
Gilligan and Elkins are to become
ground instructors at Army air
schools: Elkins goes to Harman
Training Center, Bruce Field, and
Gilligan goes to Sweetwater.
AND
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GIFT TIES
A swell selection of Botany Wrinkle Proof
Ties and Wembley Nor East. All patterns,
all colors, a needed inexpensive gift.
$1.00
SILK PAJAMAS
Luxurious rayon silk pajamas in colorful
stripes and fancy patterns. A good selection
of sizes.
$5.00
blocked his path. Bloch explained
he was heading home to see his wife
SMART ROBES
pected Chairman Ernest O Thomp- but Kropik marched him back tr
son would receive those Instructions the hospital where it was ascertain-
from Deputy PAW Administrator 1 DOPA where 11 was ascertain.
It will be almost t’h e some Merry
LESTE
FAMOUS
Pay
Weekly
E. DeGolyer. Both Thompson and
DeGolyer are attending the meet-
ing of the Interstate oil compact
commission at Oklahoma City.
ed the patient was all right except
for a cut on one .eg and a bruise on
his chest.
Christmas so often enjoyed in the post
Gleaming satin robes in a variety of weights either
lined or unlined, wide choice of patterns and colors.
$5.95 to $12 50
Hospital Patient
Foils to Escape
CHICAGO Dec 19——Fellow
patients gulped when Joseph Bloch.
47, seized two pillows and sailed out
a third story window of the Cook
County hospital.
Climbing from a snowbank, he
discarded the pillows, brushed him-
self off and spec down an alley, the
tail of his short nightshirt stand-
ing out in the breeze
Dr Frank Kropik, hospital dentist, |
Sporting Goods
Bicycles And
The Home
Of Toy City
DUB WOOTEN CO.
1075 No 2nd Dial 3661
Through The Want Ads
Phone 7271
.. . . there will be perhaps a vacant
place at the dinner table but it will be
with pride, not,sadness when we think
of those far from home.
To the many wishes that
come your way we would
like to add ours to wish
you a truly Merry Christ-
mas.
GABARDINE SHIRTS
Soft gabardine shirts with two roomy pockets, matching
pearl buttons. In green, grey, maroon, ton, brown!
$2.95 - $3.95 - $5.00 4
STERLING BUCKLE SETS
Brilliant sterling silver with elaborate engraving Sets
consist of buckle, two keepers and tip Some with gold .
overlays.
$7.50 ond $17.50
"Sweethe
piece dres
novel chest
Pay
Weekly
“10 Percenters”
ALL—Every regular employe
of the Dr Pepper Bottling
Co is a member of the 10%
Club!
DR. PEPPER
at
OrPepper
We Stint Harf
A Good Selection
0/ Gifts 'or
the Man in
Service!
SPUR CLIP
The tie clasp that’s indicative of the West. The sterling
silver spur has a tiny revolving rowel. Several different
styles.
$2.50 - $5 00 - $10.00
Lester’
Pey We
Clock
BOTTLING CO.
H. J. MORELAND, Owner
Abilene, Texas
BELTS
Genuine cowhide belts with unique hand tooled designs.
Western styles for western men! Belts complete with
buckles or to go with the sterling sets.
. 8 $1.00 to $5.00
Thottonb
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