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THE ALBANY NEWS
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Published Kvcry Thursday
(hstahlishpii /(S'A'.VI
$2.00 Per Year In Advance
Volume LIII--N0. 26
Albany, Texas
"The Home of tf:e Hereford
Mar eh 31, 1938
Whole Number 4511
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iGrazin' I
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About.
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R. Y. Black In Heavy Rainfall
Race For Co Shuts Down Ifells
" Treasurer
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\\ , tai""d thi w. ek off with a
11101 c ''I'llre I eeliim aftcr !I"' 11 Ml
rain ; w hich loll over the week end. |. ^ , |:[
W ith the city take nearly foil *#d mm, of Mor&n for better than
a gen>Tou.- apply "I l or k w a ■ i Al y - a -, 11 n t ■ 'In N1
all aver tin county, a good 1 ' "" to • > mm.. I • .<mii<l.>< > fo
in tin' ground anil grain crop ' • ,,, • , • , ■ -
finest ever (frown in the W. t, who] t!.. It.
Wouldn't be .sitting on top «. 1 ,,-y July.
World'.' Hob Iilack 1 on.' 0! tin 1"
I I I * I 1 i | ktinwit 111.11 in Shackelford county.
And Albany 1,. till golm.' tor ||, W;l r,.,| m .■ ■,■ |,h,• ■ 1;
ward with her buildnip progtain. ■ r 11 ] t. yr there vvle ■ i
ltu V\ . lib Motor company' •-• w , t,| A jt|,, p.,, . • , 1 r, M
brick building 1 g."titig l 'r,'.vi mil Mr John II. I: n k. II' ■> ■
near finished; ' lub t .it.' un.l.'i <() Moinn tw.■ 111\ 'wo y.ar ico,
going some improvemen , and two 1(),j 11, r workine tier. two \< •;r
new resident'. arc replacing the en'ered tin dt bo n> • hu bin
old Harstow home. lie I lodge , ,| f 11.. opi ■ ra t •. I ->.i drug
home, one of the l ine, t .11 Albany, un(j| . w„ s, ,,
will be ready for it . occupant' Dining thi t 11 . Mr Black ha
real soon. No doubt but what We ,|W-IX been ,nt. • I i> 1 •>.
are just . tailing a real building rIxml and county a, V. ' lb
program here. | w a - th r>i t .. 1. ■ t.. > for tie <a >
1 of Morati, being elected a. alder
( iti/elis of Albany a 1.■ reminded . w d > n 1 hi- < ' \ w ' ■ > ■1 rpo 1 "i
that an election is to l hebr at •,| ||,. al.-o .-rve.l ix >. ar a
the city hall next l ie .lay for the tin .-. of :hc M01 in >. hoob
purpose of electing two aldermen. \|,- |i|,u'k ha alvv ,y been
I erm. ol A. M Uu. and .1 . Mil oai'iila' 'ar m 1 >■ i . roar'.
ler expire tit thi tine but tiny ^nj hHpful e-pecially :.i ' h <. .
have consented to allow h. .1 r■ • *-.I The . trait hav. m adc for
names submitted for reelection \ ; .. , very large 1 imbei of pi t-
far a we know, no other nane ... ,| friend
have been offered for the tick. |-'i ,1 | of Mr III i k over tl '
Hut til' .e two gentlemen lie I', fill , , j.,.j I. lie well 11 1.111 • . ,1
civic-minded citizen.- and w. ,| ,.1 ,n,, the .lite of tie .r
110 reason why they wouldn ' lie' flr(. , , ,r,.r >,, f. , f ,
alright for another term in of 11«-< ! • on of lie v'ei II
* j that 1. making the i-ae
We have been |vl iahly ' 1' ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ t ,. . >. .
that a big 1 ham tore • en-' 1 tig , , a ,• . . rv
its eye on Albany with a .-w o| ■..,.
locating a . tor, here. The .-\<. •
sive tax placed on the unit- of ■ .><, . in- , t ■ • r, i
chain ; tor' dro\. \. 1; 1..
AIbany only a few nun' . .. \. «
'new comes another with the an Mr. Black's candidacy yo
nouricement that i: will e tabli 1 a ,|, • t • • p.. 1, J
do/., n f" w
'lev, ,1 nd Al
While
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been 1. ■ ainieil
I'll inter, t dire
•Shackelford «
Cat Tails — They
Make Season's
Best Tale
\ common black hou <• cat am!
• j- i \ 11 ■ onlina\ « « r
1.1. 1« i 1 in 1 *11 1 injr, unwantc l
• ! ; 1 -1 f:I ) ;t! Mill "illii about 1 he
Lake Oilier Gets Crawford & Brown To Drill Southern
Biggest Boost Throckmorton Test On Matthews
1
In History
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*V*i* 1 al .
O the u|,
iIdeal ,
I' Albany there i a feline
1 d liferent beca U. I of
|,,u'ir « '• :i" I IK. Oilier, VIbany' water .aip-l
1 ' matter for 'lie .-a on pjj f„,. niany year p-, t, caught
.... gr.:itc"t amount of water that
'b ep ' • ol J." I \o 1, everal month thi: old cat run jmo (h(, at any
^ 11 'I 1 • • '11 1 ' n • a hou* fi the bu - im a < a
J. C. Watson
Club Speaker
on. time 'oce its con-truction.
\ f - railroad In. n- nl ^ , |l.Vl., „nlv o„ i,;eh.. \ hug,
up
lie, abodi' at III.' Gulf be|ow 11,,. p,Hway 'lues,lay morn- C!ub memb
Koy I,. Oawford anil Harvey
W llrown, of Fort Worth, announ-
'..I here this week that they had
i . lo. . .I contract with L'ngren &
I-lazier, Abilene contractors and
producers, for their No. 1 test on
the .1 A. Matthews "Lambshead"
1,inch, in Southwestern Throck-
rowd of Luncheon morion county, on the regional
and their guests trend Northeast from Avoca in
\\ li her all IioIiIm d , ,, w|)(l|1 YVa er Sup> i 111.-11 den• irr.-et.-1 .1- <' Watson, member of Northeast Jones county.
' raw 1 11 on /.on, w I 1 p ri" 11 a ed
Ml t.„ Moore po two e 11 ■ Wits'
. el ,• 1 ran ed att.-n'ioi |.nv Matthew • ma.le tin report. th<* ex.-cutivi taff of the West-j Slated to tent Palo Pinto lime at
loit ' pri; ■ « n i ng tab -in With only a very short apply of <"etitr:il Texas nil & (ins Associa-j 3400 feet, the new location is
in thi part of TeXa , and produced ,,:l, cat tail remained m be dig |n |ake li~t Week . iti Itiort, a. he appeared before them| near the Clear Pork of the Brasoa.
ince lal 1. ,,, . ,..,j when M A. Stewart, ettl „ any ,piv ,|,.lt prora-|Tuesday on bis first official visit river, in Westerly Northwest side
DeGraaier lated to test Kl pjoye of 1 he oil company, found ti mitht go in effect This week to Albany. Mr. Watson outlined of the N. Thompson survey, ab-
kmbergei I line at I 100 f, et
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"I' \lbati> ind „ |. „f ||„. office. n)(,r month, I undijrslanding attitude toward the
,w" !l !'' N<" l!"'x I'"" Sci'-nt 1 t could find a .subject \ithough the water ha run over'oil industry, and its appreciation
' A 1 '• • '••' • I" r-'> !u and di c 11 ioi ., |„way in previou. yeai . it [ of the work being done by tho' outside corners, and the Crawford
tit ntal <>il Co. No. 1, a 00 Cook Ih„ heritage tbe baby kittens ^ ,lrVi.l. higher than the A aociatlon. At present there are'& Hrown block of 3,000 sent
: 1,1)0 !> • ' it , ."I from their mother ; i en! mark Tin dam «a built member enrolled in Albany, rovers the North portion and ad*
I so 111 • otr pri tig r. 1 \ i t , j 1, i 11 w-1 \' in ed 2X which include 100 per cent mem- joining surveys on the West
0, i: I K i; , in a try for re ■ r ■ '
t'or 1 < nk I '00!
tion mitfht
Mi labby We,|nc,day morning h|,l(lt,h. j,.f nance „fjthe program of his organization,
T. V.. a I., survey 15(13, with a brand ne# family nestled ,t.nl (lf vvater for the long eum-j and complimented Albany on its
tn.-r months.
struct 255, near tho mouth of
Paint Creek. The N. Thompson
survey has the superior distinction
of having 2fi separate and distinct
n' er Nort hw.' ' Quarter
• 111 u 11 • 1 t* 11 > 1 |ini i« .i j i««. •
«>• .■ 1 mother rxcopt a nM.|1(, in ,m<l during lh« h.iship amonp the employees ot Drilling on thi.s new test is
1 1 'rein ■ a color. \ not her ,-„||owin>: y.ar the lake wa- filled three firm operating out ot A1-' fipheduled to start within ten daya,
■ a w • only t() , p,.(. , ,,, |,.\ ei. which eight baiiv; lio. er & Pendleton, Inc.,' weather permitting. This location
pc-i ot . expecting tie Sttawn
I"! "II '00 f.
tat.
to it present ... .
b>, .• 1 ' !• • - . gtl of in or ,1.. higher Mian it former cap George Ctillihan and Groover & -s about 3 miles Southwest of
ary -a I. ,tv Ho. ■ It i.- planned to raise the Jones & Stasney No. 1, C. T.
^ 1 1 ' " I' "so Is i 11 e i w.ii mi 'r,in;% ;,nd water hole through member hip to at least aOO, since j Urockman deep test, which is dfill-
( harter Oil & Gas No. 2, \. J. every way, and th.^-eby. |(1|t t||(. COUnty were filled to over-l Watson pointed out, everybody j jnu at 500 fee^ jn Comanche In-
■ tale ,.f their early di flowing and 'ockmen will hav. ' Mbany. regard].' - of hi busi- dian survey 95 in Throckmorton
center l a • 1 .at rc« R Williitms The odd family is on dis-L^ lt.a„f ., water shortage fori nes.- or profession, is directly orj county, on a block of 4,000 acrca
Survey 2, 440 feet location North pjay the warehouse, but Par- „.v,.r;,| months. Hubbard creek,! Indirectly interested in the oil, leased by that firm of Albany geo-
^ 1 '"\.iy Id; 1 , >,.:ir ;■1 111 for the ii.;, ,j |,,ii',|erii • the city on tin- out h bti in.. Watson urged that Al-1 loffists off the Brockman, John T.
('reek Sand a 20 barrel well, open , ;.uth ;iny Ownership of the eaWwt. ,.„M. it; highest markjbany set a pattern for the otherj 1>avis m. H. Gentry Heirs, H. C.
1- - full right I., ion - to' . Sep', mber l!'::2, wlnn water town in the region by reaching Herron and J. A. Matthews
\ d i tl,. end "I r:in,r 11, ;n-iy up to bri Ige tin paota at the earliest po-sible ranches. This well is contracted
Stagnai'i w : 1'. r h„le w .1, t!e i dat. t0 Groover & Hose of Albany, and
cleaned out, e fast tine ^ '!|e do ,• ol this speech, j„ ,.v,.nt jt fails in the Palo Pinto
\ .1 udg- Homer 1:11 uliliti, president ]inu. horizon at. possible 3200 feet,
I) ot tli. chamber ot commerce, ap-, jt wj11 he carried to the Hond
)iointc«i .lot A. Clarke and A M. sorios.
How. Ic\ to head a membership
Goes Under New . and .-..-ked that they ap
nil!' ;i 1! < ■ \V pool
horizon that has blanketed larjj
ar- 1 i; 'he territory l'a t of Ian
d.-r
0
tit of foil!" odd t:
March Rainfall
Makes A Ne w
Hit'h Record
Work Begins On
Hill Top Station
Management
point ax others lo assist. Clark.
V not her active wildcat on the
trend Nortbea t into Throckmorton
1 i:d
■a -h \ • he; drafted \N . I
i- Humble Oil & Refining Co. -
Whit. .V Duncan N'o. 1, Reynolds
JVSici"
ie
1 N wi I \ .viii'l- • ■ A- ^1- i-1 -• cattle Co., in Comanche Indian
\V. E. Dawson, W. Graham Webb,
n. II .
I-'. W Mexandcr t
I (| Jr.. and .1 adge Ho
All.an
to complete
Miiv.-v St with (Jreen & Owens
i
n.ler
111IIi111
contractors, drilling at H00 feet
with big machine for a Palo Pinto
(tl'i.l: o<
for it m
the lie li t
the\ w els
have ne\boo t
Utile they paid
cash, w e lievi 1 b
igllt them a- long
■ best local advert
Waco Boosters
Visit Albany
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No
*>r 1 he Nt \\ ever hud. Local .'io
it: U ''li • ' - ■! I ill r\< .1 ' ■ 1 |
not ad\ * rt 1 ■ iv a lontr a ' ' \\
store wa !i * 1"•1 <'laimi'd ' • \ ould .
not meet thai <>r• of com}i<" on u
and it rondorcd adwr* i inti: wnr:h- , ^ .
Ie v 'I'M nt' ! a\ i • o* ni}iro\ • 1
adverti ;njr ace that ton- mo'-'d
aw as.
fail
W I s I t 1 . ' •
•. A of workmen hi-j
oh 'I a« day for ' I
and tli'v ar- a
actual cOii.-'rucMOn woi
\ i
11 fjit ot t!!•• new ownet
A prii 1 A !.<'W I iii« of pri
1 o, will mark a
\ ice .-'ation.
i:ive of the county,
Ma been a. -otMiled with
A large number of the oil a-( (o ^ fop(_
atoi in Mbany weie present at
.gh \\ ■
.
I i day n.of
V
I • \a
Mai'
11 0:!. <)hl
lil in I !><)■'..
.■ord which
rial
-t.a- par \
Some of oili iii bant ak b
can e mo. ' ery I. ,.|y know t •
are doing I.a " • 1 \Il.a; y
tiler, i no u.-e a -., ids •
Pi ople dot ■ go p| i ' w . t
ar.- in" • I
1"
mad. in.- lour da;
cial train routed .
Ill fc-SK. IM i: ;
th. Vi it h, i. Ft
Pel Intel Of t
I- I Rob. r .
at a rapi
• oinnemt'
1 ( Fo
\1 K \'\ \
he « urb.s
hp jnclml
.•'rank II. Pethvbridffe, of Al-
i i ct !• '.••, • 1" in" of v> nom , , • ^ '
, i bany, has leases on a f>,000 acre
• 'I.''Mil" I- ot t M lo. ... « lamoet • '
tiiock on the K. I . Lt-e ranch, 6
M * • t .1 in hi -■ : 11 w ; I \ take.
, , mile'. Southwest of I hrockmorton.
• • !' a■ l in preni" .'.^ a11\ t i.injr . , ., , .
, , ( ontmental Oil ( o has closed
. ii. iicl . al to ihe oil industry, i - ,, , . ^
I At • ■ ! '"i . | leases on a block of 5,000 acres
, ■;11 ii to i . a.-oii that the oil men. < „
" .i South of the town of 1 hsockmor-
o ild oi 100 pel ' ent memoi i .
1,1 know!; i." i ton, and Humble Oil & Kefinine
, I:.. Ik -j mninjf ol the new liscal ' ®
Oh.!::..: > II n ' • > , ( o., haw leased two blocks South-
\, • hou Id Ma \ r no one out ol
cast and South of I hrockmorton
orward occup>dng the l„„i, n-M to the ^ ^ M
" " 'V \ ' -'■> ■ M' present at this Moutray Oil Co. No. 1, H. C.
"" , w,.r, \\ p \ewcll, J. P. Herron, has moved a spudder in
'' Ham , IK F Morri-, C. P. Crutch- for a 1,000 feet test through the
' 'v ! .- ,.|,| y\ K Wood. \. M How. lev. shallow series sands. 750 feet from
' ' >,r'Hl'" ' • x |j ,| < allihan West and 1500 feet from South
' ,. 11' c,;iwi.-k, 'mi Nancy li". of T. K. & h. survey 1607,
|. „, i ■ i, on, Mi about S miles South of Throek-
M. C. Stewart i.
lo M '.li - ^ 1 !"W1
• I I |i M. I. ;e ' ol Mor;
■xpected t
,.,d( \V III. da V by a
'I be
F
d
I'' Met'
V -news S thscription
'fly One 1 inies
-oil,
,, -> morton.
nd The \. W. Walker 1,000 feet
(■; i: I d' . te a mile South o Woodson on
\ I. i Dickie Rros t a itch, ha been held
ip I", itl. r. hi." . ■ ■ hut will
in . be ;arte.I as oon attorneys
f. ■■ d 'I . and
' ill be ; I tea for
t 'liirock or;on.
Mrs. Henry Schroeder
Buried Sunday
On
il yo
a ben"' re
ml1
adn
tha'
got
w
No
don't
New Shop Opened
Here 1 his Week
VIS' I II I IS s. . I' ...
II! RI I OR WI I K rNi'V
Hill Hill, 'id ■ ' 1' v I
Jlt | iibbock, a al M Dor 11 11,
uhlilei in li ; vlor 1 'tii* ' r ity i'
Waco, were Week ellll gue-t itl Ml
the home of their parents, Mr. and visited with friend and relati
jH, \\ | Hill. i in Stamford Sund.av.
I Man
New Rt
Creek
u ord
ii , out tne
did not com
i: h ruin U
full run
• until tl
( r nd Jury Dismissed
Last F riday
^ OFI'ICI M.
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R ANSACTINO HUSINF.SS ], \v. C | . ,,
■ > (> wf. id ai d liar. W. ,1 !i. Overfelt, Carl Nehoi
11. oil men from I n \V. r h, I eh, .nd P. F. Meil of
1 . ■ 1 • rv e . v.' v held
\ - N ■ lay, Mai eh . at three p.
I'm M 11.'a U S' roeder.
i .a l iiiony v... con.I;n ted by
Rev. II. A. 'I raugoti at the
.• M II ait Ti ay I .at lieran cliui h of Al-
bany, vvi'h interment in the l.uth-
• it • t e 'at; i lo elan cem.iery x mile northeast
c,• , ,!' • . ..nt of Albany.
Mi . lb nry S< 11 'i ! - was born
II Mary Sell'-. , \pri! 26,
IM'S. iii I.incolii, I,.-, county,
I ■ x Fur the U ' • ii rt of her
land no* the De- life, she was a devout member of
I 1 r \.i Tii'.ity I .utile! an C'htn'ch.
I- i |-i don • I illness,
• ' i Wii attributed to a
"heart ailment.
S a rvi vor a re lier i ti sb-. d and
Nt V StiBSCRIBF.R daa.rhtee, Kuth, age 17,
i I i Ie, .!e 7, a lid I • ■' h, age 0;
o • I th. r, Mr I -cm rfchk
\ *. ord r o I of Ml. a y ; ei bro ' -'t's, f|*-9
; of tip v th the news fron th- of Albany and two or Royalty,
II. ids' T- and one o Pori ^rthtir:
. i o '.n. ■ . ■ i . i,i lh amor.; uid T'or'
A' . i'e in". Arthur.
r i.- fin fo Pallbearer* were IfolieH H ird-
M,. i v - - i bid' Mi II. N. rick, Hill Brewer, Natliati Slvr-
\, ll.id" I ' r'ey Hill . Calif.; red, Hill Noah, Bill Kinder and
^Ir \\ D. Ki'Vi '1 . Fort Worth, Walter Zenkner.
Ti
f'v ; r. '.ran .'U'tiliL' bu.- '■ ill Vlbai I'e I T' 'din, Haird and Farl .li
th week. Uiib ne route.
H i Hex Hubert and K. C. Flem- The News ext nils condolence to
ng, Albany. I the bereaved family.
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