The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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UME XXVI
DEVINE, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 20,1921......
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NUMBER 14
LEADERS FROM BOTH NEW RIG MOVED IN SATUR- TAFT-TEX WELL SHOWING
DUSES MEET DEFEAT DAY TO MORRIS HILL OIL SAND
WORKING AGAIN FOR DAM- ANOTHER BIG WELL ADDS BUSINESS HOUSES ASR FOR
MING FRIO RIVER . ONE MILE TO FIELD NIGHT WATCHMAN
ristia
Every,
tion.
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Ishington, D. C., July 13. Sollock. Gorbett, Isbell and John Roberson. manager Taft
next Congress s going to Thompson, with their big trucks Texas well, at Chicon Lake, ac-
totally different institution hauled down a drilling outfit, companied John Kempff, of the
i the one that is now per- from the Haeglen place, near Lake, were callers at News office
sweating and wrestling Hondo, Saturday, to the Noonan Saturday. Mr. Roberson is a
the bonus and tariff tangle lease, two miles west of Devine, ‘L exas man but has spent ten
these sultry woeks of a on the N. E. foot of Morris bill. years in the Taft California big
lington summer.According to the state geologist, oil field, and came here to look
at much already is assured this is the best oil structure in after the Taft Texas contracts,
evelopements to date, re-- Medina County, and Judge Noon He informs us that they had
less of what the whimsical and his associates have been struck paying sand at 375 feet,
decides to do in November. for several months to get a well and were still drilling, now at
e leaders of the present con started. The derrick will be up 400 feet in the sand, and that
, who have been attacked this week and the well spuded in he was sure of a paying pumper,
aders of other Congresses in a few days. The strike at They will go on down however
m have been,are going. Chicon Lake, almost directly in to see what is below. Mr. Rob-
. orUmeare already gone, path from the best part of Som- erson says this shallow depth
far figures around the leg- erset field, has greatly encourag- with a 6 or 8 barren well is much
ire, that have been here, * -*=== = -", * +ct - * o= —" 2---------.......
het two decades will dissa-and they believe they will strike 1,000 or 1,500 feet. They had seemed unavoidable
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primaries yet to come; twelve miles west of the Somer- tilles wells, which are shallow signed up for the‘Shut In” pro ed
will in all probality feel | set field, proper. --— “ 4 ******----DesAt- * " 4 - -
of popular displeasure in
mber, and stil others have
"out via the retirement
1 The people of Sabinal and , Somerset Tex., July 17.—Pe- Between thirty and forty nam
Frio C anyon are at work again troleum Venture Oil Co’s No 1. es, heads of business concerns,
on the project of damming the Gernand & Boynton (old Collins and probably representing every
iloat the Shut In" where the lease) is.’ coming in through business house in town, signed .
Erio Mountains come together, 1750 feet of mud with 46 gra- a petition circulated one day this
as they do at the Big Dam in vity oil, probably the lightest oil week asking the City Commis-
Medina county, and, where a ever discovered in Somerset and sion to rescind its action in re-
dam can,be put in that will store all indications point ot another gard to doing away with the
about the same amount of water big well in the southwestern ex-nightwatchman. Mr. Briscoe,
as does the MICO dam, and The tension. It is expected the well who was against the move to .
News hopes it will succeed. The will flow as there is a strong do away with the watchman, has
more of these projects we have head of gas “ The well began the petition, and is making ef-
in the country the more likely coming in early Sunday, forcing forts to get the commission to-
WE are to make a success of our the oil up through the mud. Ed gether to pass upon the matter:
project, which is not paying half Leach is drilling this well for but as we write this, they have
it could pay if it had notbeen Pickett and Fairchilds, of Den- had no meeting. It was learn-
handicapped by the war % the ver. * ed that Mr. Crutenfield, who has
T e death of Dr. Pearson, the recei- The Petroleum Venture com- always been opposed of using •
ed the promoters, or this well; better than a larger well down vership, and other things that pany’s well is one mile due south the money that way, would not
We have of the Ed Leach No. 1 and is be- change his vote; out it is believ-
about three miles N Wh of the Jungmann track west aide Chi-not subject to the " oversows lose formation and i expected pweorh h .Y" the largest
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dom has an off year in pol-
witnessed so many upsets
hanges as this year. The
aid plans have gone away,
political shots have come
was struck north from Devine, about two The Sabinal Sentinel says about tion cannot be stimated at this 200-OPOM
at. and about miles south-east from the Chris- 25.000 acres of lanA hue 21...%. 4 WHAT A BOUT AUDITORIUM
This well’s being watch J WE DON’T KNOW
WAR p-rja closely by operators in the ANAE PE2PSRCPR
producers. It is perhaps msix position, it is a tremendous field, as it will prove up a lot of
_ miles from the Garnand well at proposition to finance, but we new territory and apparently
COURT Lytle, which is also classed as a hope it may succeed. tapped a richer oil sirtum than
COUNTY CONT light producer, hits been under --— any yet found.—s. A. Express.”
In the cuane of Adams Co. vs Run or rNt Note infour W. GRAVEL MEALING TOUBECIN Tuesday
Juan Pena, on trial when we further news from the Taft Tex.: NORTH FROM TOWN Thunkt, tions down nearer the earth
went to press last Friday, the 22 1= MRS, HAASS DIED SUNDAY than those already submitted."
M OLD SHORNNSONNER ‘ haulinsthas abou: teen. complet
Mrs: Sallie Redus vs. Wiley 9! -Y red to the
Every now and then some one
asks us when the new school
auditorium is going to be built;
but we don’t know not until the
board gets plans and specificat-
tions down nearer the earth
One local builder looked over
=wee set 1 “aiee
r, who has seen 26 years’ Briscoe andMoroi hair inter ner buildings, and it can not be for San Antoliio are always go-- grandchildren, and three broth-
ce, is retiring. He will try Beanconversion 25922MA 1 an replaced with anything but ing via the Pearson - road to ers, Henry, Wiliam and Herman
ome back to Washington,
igh the Senate.—S. A. Ex-
and 140 replaced with anything but ing via the Pearson road to ers, Henry, Wiliam and Herman
est in I1Cos At cost brick according to ordinances the Chicon Lake, and then east Renken, all of San Antonio. The
bushels corn. Dismissed at Cost Devine, which have been in ef- to Lytle via the old Lytle funeral was held at 10 o’clock
of defendantT A fect for a dozen years, making cemetery; it is about 13 miles Monday morning from the cha-
Devine News saw this sev a Adams National Y this entire block, the north half but over hard road the most of pel of Hagy & McCollum, after
Aan.a Crawford, Wilson, et ux suit on of the Post Office olock and the
note. Continued until next south half of Adams Co. block
term of court. o fire zone, with nothing new
mamm tenRio-manum .*----
new The women tiff by default.—Hondo Anvi-Her been given for violating this or
_ dinance; but that the matter is
eeks ago and called at-
to the way the old stand
, and reactionaries were
he young men are turning s
Id politicians down every"
s. Watch some more of -
5 go next Saturday.
G. N. DATA REGARDING
ROAD’S STATUS
—
juston Tex. July 15—Lia-
es of the International &
: Northern Railroad Com-
‘s receivership amount to
0,680.17 and assets of the
vership egpregate approx-
ely 3,250,000, according to
nplete report filed in federal
: Saturday by James A. Ba-
receiver.
is does not include liabili-
and assets of the railroad
- to the receivership which
begun in August 1914. An
THE SOUND OF THE HAM-
MER IS HEARD IN TOWN
Mrs. J. R. Evans is having
some improvements made OD
her hone on South Teel Street;
Mayor Thompson’s new home
is having the roof put on: the
new Catholic $13,000. building
is nearing completion and A-
dams Co. and D. M. Howard
have erected small iron cad
buildings on south of the brick
market and drugstore in
Office block.
due to come up and that either
the ordinance must be repealed,
or all buildings recently erected
in violation of the ordinances
torn down. The News is not
agitating this, but 1 thas been
repeatedly stated to the writer
that the matter will be tested, in
the courts, if necessary.
About te nconverts were re-
ported from the Biack Creek
meeting and were baptiz-
ed in the Baptist church in De-
Post vine. Tuesday night, by Pastor
D. R. Dunham, or Moore.
the way. Guards have been which the body was sent to
taken off the. Moore road, and Hondo for burial at 4 o’clock
cars are making it on the main Tuesday afternoon. S. A. Light,
road, about four miles gravelThe News joins Judge Haass
will soon be in fairly good condi and family’s "many friends in
tion for traffic. W deepest sympathy, in their hour
1—----- 7. of bereavement and sadness.
MOORE PASTOR BAPTIZES 16 , wot—0----.
MOORE PASTOR BAPTIZES 16
CONVERTS HERE
Pastor Dunham of Moore bap
tized 16 converts of the Moore
church at Devine, Tuesday night
a number of Black Creek and
Moore people being present with
a part of the Devine congrega-
tion also present.
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Louis Ward and two sisters of
San Antonio spent a few days
with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Fullerton this
week. 9-8012.1*
OPEN AIR MEETING STILL
GOING ON /
Rev. E. M. Lewis continues to
preach each evening at the lawn
and on Sunday night, it was
claimed that more people heard
him than were at all the church-
es in town. 2 te
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Melton and
Misses Alice Kate and Octavia
West and Mr. Dewitt Morgan
visited Pearsall, Monday after
noon.
am sure the people of Devine
would like to see ft built, anda
plain substantial building, that
will seat 500 or 600 people, with
out any extra frills and flounces
will suit them. . Sometimes
comfort and money are sacrific-
ed for beauty; it nas been done
in some buildings in Devin; oth
ers have been built more substar,
tial for less money. 1 9
7 report was filed showing
403.36 unpaid indebtedness
le International and Great
hern incurred prior to the
vership and $157,500 addi-
il in equipment notes. A
report showing the rail-
I contracts and leases were
filed.
le reports were filed be-
e of the approaching public
ion of the International &
t Northern: V
o-Or T Or
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-Or Or for
She ■
OF IOI
ARMENIAN ORPHAN RELIEF
NEXT TUESDAY
Mrs. H. A. Milier, wife of a
former superintendent of Devine
schools, has been in Devine two
days recently in behalf of Armen
ian Relief but matter mailed
this office reached us after we
had gone to press last week, and
she has named Tuesday, July 25
as the day when the various wo-
men’s organizations and Sun-
lay Schools, will collect parcels
of clothing from the homes, by
having some one call for them.
Any clean garment, that is ser-t
viceable, that can be spared,
will be gladly received and for-
warded to the gathering station
to be shipped to those foreign
sufferers.
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FOUND TWO DRUNKS ON
ROUND OF COUNTRY
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EN TO BASE HOSPITAL i
orge Zimmerman, who has I
in training at News office L
most a year, had a third "
k of apendicitis early Mon- 5
at Rose Lodge. Dr. Cohran
called and reccommended
he go at once to the hospi.
And he was carried up by
DuBose, in his new Chevro
George is in rather deli
health in a general way
lis friends are arraid he can
niccessfully stand an opera
just now. The Veteran’s
is looking well after his
orts and have been making
allowance for his expen-
tre, footing all the bills; and
te, working only a part of
was progressing nicely 8
training: was helpful to sr
eHice and will be misgedin
ways than one We hope
may soon be about again |
o
and Mrs
from the
and repo
HA
New York, July 15.—Dr. Rob-
ert. R. Herrod of Switzerland,
director of the international Te-
mperance Bureau, who has been
in the United States investigat-
ing conditions under the pro-
hibition law, saw only two
"drunks" during a tour of the
Nation, hed eclared today before
sailing for home. One of these
was in New York and the other
in Butte, Mont.
Why walk all over town hunting for what you
want.
Just call No. 54 or come to Our Store first, for
anything in Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats,
Caps, Notions and etc.’
We give you Quality and Service and don’t
charge any more than the other fellow.
1 Dr. Herrod who will report to
A the government of Norway, Swe
" S den. Finland, Denmark, Jugos-
lavia, Bulgaria and other coun-
tries, declared that on the whole
The he had found social and str
• life in America “a hundred tim-
I es cleaner and more decent than
1 in Europe". The Bowery in
New York compares with White
1 chapel in London as heaven com
pared with hell, he said.
AVAR®
Mrs Sallie Littleton is home
. from a stay of several weeks in
I San Antonio, and at this writing
L is thought to be slightly improv
o ed. Her son is here from Cop.,
h eras Cover and assisted in bring-
ing her from San Antonio to
Devine in a car
D
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Mr. and Mrs Henry Frazer
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t Mr. and Mrs. J. M.Coker”
his week.
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W. L. DuBose & Son. The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1922, newspaper, July 20, 1922; Devine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1660678/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.