The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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®Jj£ 2tia £al\c HHHIdraf
•ME IV.
RtFINERY SOON TO
BE IN OPERATION
(Big Lake News and Oil Review Absorbed by Purchase March 1,1927)
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 3, 1929 1
No. 47.
I 1 f111i■*I»i11j• touch*** arc rapidly
I'* i pul mi tin* Rig l.nkt* R**fiii«
*>' ami hy the «*n<i of unojher ten
1 '* pc ind they will have fire in
t!»*■ huge boiler* and strum up for
•' irv-out. At least that i* the wav it
l""k* to a stranger in the refining
bu-iness and what the operators in
' barge think of the prospects.
^ itbin the past week there has been
a lemarknble improvement in the
• ituation an J work ha* been done
and i* ati 11 being dorie.
^ csterday when the old If ildcnt
visile t the site the two big stand
pipes which have hii elevation of
some forty-five feet from the
ground, were being fastened down.
I he engine or boiler house was
nearing completion, and pipes were
laid all over the ground* and1 in the
vat* and condensers, rte. The fact
of the matter is that the If ildcat
could see no necessity for half the
pipe* and roiles which had been
laid hut was told that all were nec-
essary to such a plant as they are ;
installing in Big Lake. Everything
Air "Hitch Hiker*' ]
LIONS TAKE UP OIL ACTIVITIES ON
HIGHWAY PROBLEM UPWARD TREND
Cupid's Bow Gets Clara
1 he matter of changing the high
wav which run* south of big Lake die neighboring rountv to Reagan
I here i- 'oiisidciahle activity
Irion county i* getting a nice play
in shallow wll. and deep well*.
The Irion t o. well southeast of
Mertzon ha* -rttled to a '>0 barrel
pumper, sit• ,id\ and r.o water.
Mrs. l.ucirn ZacharofT of New
York, who plans to go clear across
the country with her husband as
tin- first airplane "bitch hikers" in
history.
CIVIC NERVE
IS NEEDED TO
COMBAT TRAFFIC
mu! occupies a portion of the cent
elery and run it out two or three
block* on Main Street and thence
hack into the load now construct-
ed. was taken up at thi1 Lions lunch*
eon Tuc-dav. This will return to the 13;^ f,*.,. w „,axitv oil sweet
cemetery a pood strip of land which Several w.-ll* arc (billing to the
is very much needed now and will MiUt|, a,„| „lir,|iwwl. due to this
lie much more of a necessity later • dj„.mrr>. 11„. ,,|n\ is .Men i ig
on. It will al*o ; lit the > m,!ei\ MO thwes! through Irion and Rea_an
up against the county well u.tj give, t.ountie*. l.-a-icg i* turning in thut
those who dc-ire a belter opportuui- j cr(.f.|jor,
ty of beautifying the lot* upon j p (! \ Hj.,,,,* w;i|
whirTi thei. beloved ones are Laid ((|rij| -y "I feet deep hole in sc
to rest. County Commissioner Talley
suggested the change and will use
his efforts in getting the chunge
made and the road graded by the
county.
This would, of course, make two
lion twenlv. Washington RR lands
nothensi of Barnhart seven mile-*.
Rig is up now and rigging will Ik-
gin at on< e. The American rig
heavy and constructed to drill to
ten thousand feet—was erected by
right angle turns within the city ^avy Sinnmm Big Lake rig con-
hut people are not supposed to run (rjM.|or w)m vva. ,l,P orl|y one thai
T, A. KINCAID IS
MADE PRESIDENT
BI6 LAKE SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN SEPT. 3
I he Itig Lake .schools will open
for the 1929-30 session in just one
month fiuni now. It is planned to
upen on Nrplernber the -rrond hut
on account of ihul bong Labor
Dav (le v may not open until the
dav alter which will he Tuesday.
\s slated before in tin's* column*
there will hr a change in tin super-
intendent v as well a* tin- principal.
I’rof. Newton hn~ been promoted
fioin principal to superintendent
and I' iadgei l anucrv will In- pnn-
! cipal taking the place of Mi. New
ton.
I lire Big lake school* have made
| rapid strides under the supeiin-
| t< ndeney ol Fiof. Craven* who re-
cent I y resigned us super intendent to
I cnlei otliei ii*-l * of work
lb- was instrumental hi the
Hy E. E. Ifuf/y
Boldness, or at least lack of the
i* being whippet! in shape to start j unprogrcaaivcnes* built up hy hah-
the fire* and the machinery in op-
eration for a tryout hy the tenth or
twelfth of this month. Of course
there ha* been a lot of work done
but theie remains to he a lot more
it, is neces.-ary in outfitting the
modern community to co|>e success-
fully will) the automobile.
Seattle, Washington, has remov-
moved a traffic banier at what at
to he done beforr The machinery is : firsvt might seem a teimerwlious cost.
started, hut there is a big crew of
men doing that work. After all ma-
chinery is placed there will he a lot
of cleaning up to be done, and they
yet Ire one- and one-quarter million
dollar expenditure is a cheap price
for trafiio benefits resulting.
A quarter-mile long street has
exjiert to start out with everything as b<«ii created there, a project that re-
nearly perfect as it can be made so j ,|Ujred the cutting through of four
that there will be as little trouble j block* occupied hv buildings, most
after the fires are built and the ma- , 0f which were several stories in
rhinerv put Vn motion as is possible. ^ height. Today cars flow freely ovrr
\lr Roy McKee. expert engineer a 5bfool width of smooth pave-
in ' ^Tge. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was j merit, which connect* nkcly with
on ground as usual and showed ' other main thoroughfare*.
7hr IT ililcut around. Practieallv ; This street, called the Second
all pipe connections have l*ern made Avenue Extension, permits Second
and the earth and nir is netted avenue to continue on through to
with pipes the boilers are ready H' older diagonal sections of the city,
go and everything else i» being put j Travel has liecn speeded up ,r’
int shape Tor operations as rapkb j niarkaldy.
Iv a* possible. There is a good crew ( The 0f acquiring the needed
of men at work and they are not j property, including property dam*
shirking the job either--they are j consumed 77 per cent of the
at a speed which will "i.Wiger | hfld |hp fo rtav lhrrP. Now he
ives within the nly limit, and is ^ r,.warded hy having all the
believed to he « worthwhile change. ^ hp nm Jo ^ his> rrrw> of
| men, having some of the beat rig
I builders in Texas with him. some of
' them beim: in the game for fortv
I years. When he builds a rig with
one crew it takes two crews to
wreck it.
! In Reagan county there i* some
Croup No. 1 Oil Corporation’s j leasing, mostly majors taking ten
(Texon) No, l-B Lniversity, in j year lease- Ihie to the deep well in
Reagan County, the world’s deepen! j Texon field inauv eompanie* an
prodklcer, continued its two-dav in- I oil men se* that this i* going to put
crease with the 24>hour period end- Weft Texas on the map and there
ing Thursday morning. «re several deep wells planned for
DEEPEST WELL
COTINUES GAIN
EjftD OIVTtl Tliir j huibfing of the splendid High .School
I (Jit 01A IM I IlflL which i* second to none in the State
Oil production for the period wa*
2.71 1.20 barrels, compared with
2,712.50 the day Fieforc, which was
Reagan and adjoining . ounties.
Due to •unmitr month* and niosl
oil men on vacation there i* hut
25-barrel increase over the day j little* speculation in ““an •' • i._>• I• >
l>cf«>rr that, and approaches the last 1 novv ^’u* I*1'*' all *\p*- t to get bu«\.
peak «et July 22 of 2.725 harrals. I T NV Suitlemyer
Total recovery since the well started)
flowing last December I from j
8,523 feet in lire fourth pav i*
50R.2flf>.(NI barrels.
Ca* for the period endirti* Thurs*
Sam Ashhurrr, staff correspond-
ent of the San Angelo Mornirt"
rimes write* lip the Del Rio >herp
and Coat R«is:-r<-' conventiott a*
follows:
T. A. Kincaid was named presi
dent of the Slu-ep a-ul t**>at Rui*et*'
Association foi III* -ixili term by hi*
fellow floekmasters, at the clov <d
the business of the fourteenth an
nual convention today, the honor to
Mi. Kincaid coming. Iiy an tarna-
tion and without opposition.
Brady gd* the 10.30 convention,
it* campaign headed hy Raleigh
White, James Brook, ( intis Nor-
man und others making it* *clec
in .i town no largci than Rig 1-ikc.
I In- equipment i* th- equal ot
many of the larger cilv school* In
fact everv citir.en of tiie county bus
or -Jioiild have a civic pi ide in Oris
splendid educational institution.
I’rof. Craven* has built the school
up from no credit* at all wh»*n he
h gau hi* adrnini*tration until it
row ha* 13' . full credit* with thr
higher schools of the State. I he
credits allowed are as follows:
English 4; Algebra 2: (k-ri'-r I
Science I ; ( herni*'! \ 1 ; Physical
Ceomrtrv 1; t ivic. i; Home Eco-
nomics I' or « total of 131/j
unit* of affili.tted c- •!>t . The*--
credits have been *»—need in in*t
two vears whiih slmw* the rapid
j tion over San Antonio, the rival 1 advancement.
|citv for the homo an easv vutory While Prof Craven* did well and
Mr. ami Mrs. Edgar Heel on and
John Christv are at home fionr a
t vi*it with* home folk* at \n Sd-a
| The' *av the crop* ,irr- fine in that
j dav mornintr ganged 25,208.0001 P«,1f ”f Ar «-oUntry w.tl. ahu.ulancc
cubic feet, compared to 2.32H.OOO of fn"' 'n'<, '■rgflaMr*. While thev
the dav before and the las. peak of I "77 .7*“,.? rPHi,,,,n HH‘
1 25.EVMHhi cubic feet, made July 1 1 M,] w,,h f,f,v
and equalled the following dav.
rapid
working and making
progress.
Mr. McKee i* leaving nothing un-
done tor the comfort and conven-
ience of his workmen and lreside*
furnishing plenty of ice water has
recently installed a shower hath
for the workmen—where they ran
go after work hours and refresh
themselves with a nice shower
bath, dres* and go out “in society.”
Big l^ke people have good rea-
son for rejoicing in this enterprise
which will add many dollars to the
pay-roll of the town and has al-
ready added many dollar* to the
town in the way of wages in the con-
struction of thr plant. WTirti the
plant is in operation the.rr will he
much more opportunity for rejoic-
ing and that will not be much long-
er now—just about ten or twelve
daw.
One good citizen of the town told
The Wildcat recently that wlrcn
this enterpri-e is started up he in-
tended to grt drunk and take in
“both sub-s of the street” and cel-
ebrate with Rov McKee the under-
taking which will mean so much to
the town. There are several other
who would like very much to do
likewise hut will not have the op-
portunity since the necessary in-
areidienl* for such a spree will not
be available. There seems to have
been a dearth of wet goods in Ri"
lake for thr past several week* and
few are fortunate or
t(*lul money outlay. The actnal pav-
ing operations and the placement of
sewer and water mains absorbrd
but 13 per rent of the total cost.
This high cost of pro|K-rtv con-
demnation and acquisition, illus
trates the need for regional plan-
ing work in growing cities, where
through the establishment of set-,
hack building lines, and other fore-
sighted requirements, considerable
money and difficulty in the future
will Ire avoided.
Slashing through a street in the
fashion of Seattle obviously requir-
ed no little civic nerve. Yet most of
the large American cities must take
similar steps, for the automobile
registrations are growing and half
wav measure* no longer bring anv
real relief.
Chicago is bridging the Chicago
river wherever a bridge is practical.
Washington. D. C., is widening
streets. New York City is building
an elevated high wav and many,
mam other cities needing modern
traffic facilities are doing nothing
but planning.
There is more of the spirit of
Seattle needed. File Second Avenue
Extension was completed almost lie.
Fore the rc*t of the world interested
in such projects knew that it was
even l*ri"g contemplated.
J. K. Holt has hern employed
to dee|>en the well at the home of
rmfoMu "ate W K and ii now goin"
more relatives in
attendance. The fatted ralt via* kill
e f and with the abundance of tin-
other good thing* to cat all mail
tnerrv. The reunion wa* held on the
hanks of the l-eantiliil San Saha
A new |>cak of 2,730 barrels of
oil and an increase in gas to 25,•
103.000 cubic feet was the record
of'Group 1 Oil Corporation's (Tex*.
on) No. l-B l niversity, in Reagan j Rivrr v',"‘rr ” K001’
County, for tire 21-hour perio-i end-
ing Friday morning.
In setting thr new oil peak, the
woi Id’* deepest producer increased
it» last high point hy five barrels,
the last being 2.725 barrels made
Julv 22 and made the fourth
straight increase of the week. Dur-
ing the 24 hours previous to the
record period it flowed 2,714.28
karri* and 2,712.50 barrels the dav
before that.
Ibc last high peak for ga*. 25.- •,
430.000 cubic feel. Julv I and 5. i-
heing approach'd hv an almost
daily in< tease in gas.
Total recovery from the deep
well »inre it stalled Mowing last
Decernl»er 1 from 8,523 fret in the
fourth pav wa* brought to 510.- :
936.90 barrel*.
The final act in tin- convention
program wa* a meeting of lire e\r
( ulivr committee held Tridav even-
ing at 7 oYlo* k in the Kiewi II hold
at Del Rio,
Attendance at the hu*iness meet-
ings was good and the citv of Del
Rio ■ii'*- ‘plendid eutertainm-nl t"
it- ihoilAn id* of visitor*, tnro who
came in hi"h powered automobile*
an who » lid when asked vvhn! thev
thought of the Farm Relief bill: ‘‘I
don’t know anv'thing about ii 1
I hen llu v < biob from ihcir c/ri*
walk into the hotel, a-k tie (link if ,
he will cash lle-K ch'-i k for a little)
spending riioio v and offer a check ,
f«»r ^100 <>r so.
Al! the old officers of |hr organ- w f
i/ntion were r*■-elected without up-
po*ition, hut three new name*
were added to the executive com-
mittee. Tlirw include A. 1). Brown,
of **andei*on. Janie* IVrill of Har-
per and Beial i Bryson of Co-
manche.
made rapid *lridi-s it i* believed
with the form■ Nation which i* now
reads upon which to build that
(Superintendent Newton ".ill do c rn
l>etler than did Mr. ( ravens He
will he ablv a«*i*ted hv F! river
Tannery who ha* made himself fc'.r
and li«* done *ome *id'* did week
'in the school, for the jj.i-t year.
I here is every indication that the
school* of Reagan county -ill con-
i tiriue to imtoovr and tliat (Ik- at
tendance will hr even larger than
i in tftr pa«t.
F
Child*
Rig Lake
occupy flic
R-< . arid Mrs. lame
of Blown woo ; ore jn
Rev. Child, will
nnlpit at the Rapri*t church duriuv
the month of Augtr*t, while ||ie
"asfor Rev. O D Henley and f.mr-
ilv are away on tFieir vacation. Mr
and Mr* Chil-fA are at home at tFte
Baptist parsonage.
enough to connect witlTthe prop- ‘•ol*rn *° ''',lrr _whhh,. v'il1
1 1 furnish plenty of water for all pur-
^N>*e* on hi* place, and to the three
partv.
CHILD Sl’STMNS BROKEN' LEG Tent house* adjacent therein. It is
.—- | expensive hut will F>e a saving in
Cfc^inr. the little seven-vear-old the long run since he will uv quite
daqr^P of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. * hit of water on his orchard and
Cuf.ee, Fowl the misfortune of grt- l*wn« H*“ ha* placed a large wind-
ting one hone of her right leg hrok- 1 m'R R*11 "n elevated lank
rn |u*t Fielow the knee Wrdnes*lav which will also l»e of g*reat lienefil
while playing with other children. •" °f f'rr
The boor wa* set ar>r put in a
plaster ca*c and she is retting along
nicely. ^»th n« complications *he
will soon he as »pry „nd blithe a*
usual.
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The Mrthodiat ladies will serve
the Lion’s Club next Tuesday with
fried ehM-keti, hot biscuit and choc-
olate pie luncheon.
Claud Kilev and his two daugh-
ters, Aliases \laF*el and Harvey, are
on their vacation visiting relative*
in east Texas. Jack Waters is fill-
Mr. Riley * g!«<r a« (iNi4*l>lr sml
night watchman during his absence.
Carbon Paper - -all siaao -at Wild-
cat office. It ia the good quality and
prkwl right.
Mr. Kim ai ' in hi* speech of a«*-
eptaiicr urged the memFiers to give
i tluuiKht to marketing conditions
a* well «* the tariff, citing that
much had hern said during the hours
of the business *es*ion* relating to
the tan iff but little relating to
marketing. Hr empliasi/rd it an one
of the large problems confronting
at thr industry.
Mr, Kincaid wn. tdaerd m nomi-
nation hv Roger Gill** the second-
ing sfK-edi being hv Claude Hud-
S|Kth. Rogri (.illi* wa- ninile fir*f
vkie-prrsidrnt on motion of A.
Broome of sav Angelo. V. A. Rrown
of Ro« k«pt ing* i, thr w nml vicc-
p resident.
Thr convention citv contest rest-
ed largrlv with Rradv from the out-
*♦1 the • it\ providing an orchestra
ami fun ishing quite an entertain-
ment program during the conven-
tion Roseor Runge of Mason plae*
led Rradv in nomination, being sec
ooded hv ( < Releher. Nomina-
tion of San Antonio was by J, A.
I Halle ar* I seconded F»y George W
) Sander*, president of tire Old Driv-
ers’ As*oi lalion. There were ninr
vote* accorded Sn Antonio a"d
the remainder went for the capital
of McCulloch.
Some minor change* were made
in adopting a new constitution.
Reading of the resrdutions
brought greatest applause with that
extolling J. T. Robison, land rnm-
mr—ioner. the resolution* being
I rend Fix lame* Y'/tmell .... J p. . .
* **V * * •**#«« MS#p(* •
I Ciilliw.
B. M. Halliert of San Antonio
made the report for the < Frevon pub*
licitv committee, indicating progre*.
of the work and a greater demand
for cbevon.
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1929, newspaper, August 3, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633701/m1/1/?q=matagorda+county: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.