The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1927 Page: 2 of 8
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T1IE BIG LAKE WILDC AT
APRIL 2, 1927
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WEST TEXAS
OIL NEWS
WEST TESTS Oil NEWS
PECOS CO. Oil NEWS
{From the Fort Stockton Pioneer >
Ouinhv, Cray N*>. K
<|uartn hyImui 24M, drilling at
least.
Texun Oil & Land (’«•-. \<>
I formerly TrxonKimbcrlin, pump*
iit^ .it I VON) fevt.
Kilby 11 utitli I** • 0. has made *
new lot atom on section 12 V. block
10. tl. &- C. N. Kv. survey.
Omnhy. Bennett No 2, comp let
ritt.smm t oi m a
I he oil activities are nearing Pre-
sidio and as evidence of that tael
many scouts oj large companies are
m Presidio at the present time,
j ", 0 |o, 12, 17 and 19 block 105,1 Several weeks ago oil was not j
V\in P. Howard survey I he block thought of in Ft. Stockton, t oday
i >> A ate* X'
I. H 4 «•. N
citing H inch
C.l fishing job Wednesday night and
resumed drilling at 1500 fret.
i.iosby l>iil!u>
•eelloll 70, Mock
survey, 88W h‘rtt
tug
The ( aiilornia t o., Curdavu No.
I. section lit block I Vl, l ■ & St. I*.
Hv survey, drilling in anhydrite at
0 il> |w|.
Dropplcmun Drilling < <>., Whili
No. I, -eition 7, block >1, I A I
By. survey straightened crooked hole
and til tiling at lt»2 feet.
Cromwell K milter I in, Hlatkman V
I. section 2 V, block t II. & I. < lb
survey drilling in salt at l.ltti l«*ct,
lopped salt at 890 feet.
Arkansas fuel Oil ( o. setrtiou to,
idoi k I7H, T. C. Kv survey, which
spudded the first of last week, is
shut tlown at f8i> toet to repair
boiler,
Kirby-Humble, Khinstrcin No. I.
section VO. block 2, II 4 1. (•• Kv.
survey ili tiling in lime and anhy-
drite a* l.t»25 teet, Ten inch casing
set at lJt4T> feet.
Hem-dum-Trees, No, I, seition >»>.
block rt. II 4 (.. N Kv survey, ttv-
ing to raise rasing under re timing ai
U50 tis*l. Though the well is mak-
ing a tremendous I low of suiphui
water, it will be drilled to the i.»4Ml
loot level
jiM- II Mootc .«wt‘i •'--*>< la/..
hatrt X P*tnr«wi, on the ) orf *sio< l-
ion <)iI X I .mil t L .Mm.- in tr
the Vales discovery trrrrlorv ,ir-
wr inging to make new lot allot! and
start a nrw bole.
The Mid Kansas V ee> N,' l, whn !i
was pul net tile guage lor the first
Time, the fust part of the week, like
its (irislo mam. V airs Nil | No 2
and No l account 2 continue* to
tluw, with eat h test from a pay sand
over Ml lert m thn kness.
Hurll & Hagan, Insurance No. I,
section ff), block 0 W . (• * 4 s
t Kv survev when la*l srrk ia<i
-intent lit Miul off the Mater, resum-
’d drilling Lr»i ,»( [he wick, only to
have water break through t!»e cement.
Drilling m water continued at depth i
id 1885 I eel in anhydrite
l-eo Ilcn*haw |r , 4 t •« , who re-
> e.itly sold to the fe vas t <> 120
u rea »nd a number of produi m/
wrIU hi Hr own county for $2.(**(
(gw), has made a lo atiiwi in Pecos
1 ounty on section Wl. hlix k i, I 4
D N ity survey Ibis is the first
•a-tivily of this company oner its
recent sale
John Trent, wh<> ..wits m Irr more
than 10,000 acres m iVi-os ciruritv.
may ha it as rich as lr.» V ate* d
any of the yell* to t«r dniied on the
land* *itrrtuintrig him come m The
Devonian, the Dixie, lini Mott. the
Altitude Oil ( Kitipany, are four of
the location* around the tract The
lca.se on the Trent ranch has chang-
ed hands several tune*
The Simmon* Oil Co of Dallas
has purrhaneil lease* on section* t.
n south of section *‘>2, where Duin-
by No I Bennett is lotated, and ad-
join- on the ea*t blm k I 12, I 4 St.
I. Kv. survey, which the Phi Ini v
()i| Co. recently loused. file Sim-
mams Co. will diill two shallow
tests lit) blin k 105.
The M'd-Knnsas ()il 4 <-as t.o.
and the Transcontinental Oil Co.
wlmh brought in the discovery well
m the \ ales territory, have made
bullion- for three more joint tests
in eastern Pecos countv, southwest
ot the late* discovery pool, oj, ’he
smith I .is lor ranch section .’>d block
t. ( 4 > K. Kv. survey. I be
tools are being moved to tin- location
for the fit si well.
\ hog with two heat Is was butch-
ered at Iterkelv Springs, West \ ir-
vini i, rei ntlv lln main heait w.i'
uni mill in s /e. shapi- and form. I he
other was about the si/e of a hen
heart, had the same characteristic*
Conner ti d at the same place a- the
larger heart, and lay at the Mile id
the larger organ.
Spring!ielil i* the name of forty-
nine communities in the l nited States,
five in Panada, and one each in
Actresses can only appear at onlv
two theatres in Tokio, Japan.
Anti Tree/e lor vour radiator*.
Mot tin imos.
this city is the center of laige activ-
ity, Many well* have been drilled
and the majority have been produ-j South Africa ami New Zealand.
i*er».
Recently the Monroe Hr os. ob-
tained [lermission to drill for oil on
the I I Pahellott Hunch near Ojinaga.
This was the first concession to drill
for oil granti-il in the Stute of ('.hi-!
huahua.
forty-eight thousand acres of j Wildcat ads get result',
land in the northern part ol Pro-
-idjo I cimtv has been leased and the
drilling will begin in the summer,
the leaser* stute.
Manv scout* have been in Presi-
dio recently and all of them say
oil i- nearly certain to be found in
II H Mu tm.in ol Port Worth and this locality. The formation -eem*
| \ lohnson of TulsT ihi r*dav
closed a ten year «ollHl)t*re;,|l |e <*e
mi a Idoi k of l.ftOO acres in P*- >-
,,u• : \ ! s: cl v out of the AI e»on
,i d ( .union ranches, ami awarded
, i M ifi .ct (o ( ope 4 Arnold <d "'.in
Vnji.nio to drill a 3,500 foot test
The location is in the northeast
to be the kind the companies arej
looking for and no doubt several t
well* will Im- dug at an early date.
Prior to the Mexican revolution, j
Kandolph Hear«t and Mr. ''inith ol
I ul-a, and associates, dulled three
test wells across the river from Pte*'
-td'o in the vicinity ol l a Mull
1 lieu No. A well had a good -flow
W IS
idio. This was stop*
the revolution
quarter ol section 18, block I «H.
|t Kv. ( o. -urvev about J 1-2 mg of oil and gas and w i* within
mills southwest of the > ales pool, j 8 miles of Pri
Building of the derrick will Mart a* ped on account of
soon as the title is approved. and was never completed
Mid Kan*i• Yale* No I. No 2, In JuK, 1926, Henry I
and No I Account 2. *till shut in ertv. indejiendent oil operator
awaiting completion id more stor- , New Aork (.ilv. acquired
age If relieve pressure they are
allowed to flow one hour each day.
To date three SS.OOiV-harrel steel
tank- have l*een completed neat
thrs. wells and thr fourth i' under
construction Work of laying the
pipe line from Met aniey to the
Sates dome, bv thr Illinois INjh-
l ine t o., is well under wav, and it
i« expected that within the next few
week- the record breaking A ales
gusher* will be turned loose to flow
to their fullest capacity.
NOTH! Ol INTENTION TO IN
< OK Poll ATI
Putdii not ice a» rrquired |>v \ r 11-
i le 1 Ait?, Revised Statute*, 1925, t»
hereby give ; that thr copartnership . ,
Her v & M w en aged k : m< 1 « 1 1 *h« 1 \,r
... .i.................... i........... ... a... rut ■ !’ happn - that the K. t. M
embraces the
I b ar-t Smith
I f.iugli
of1
hat is1
said to be thr largest oil Irc-e in
tin world, the state of ('hihuahuaj
and about half the area of four otli- j
cr states in Mexico. Mi Daughterv
launched half million dol'-ir pro-1
gram l.x employing 25 gn limi-l-
and assistants vnth A2 aul-»mi’bile»
and made a -urvry of their ! ind
com | let mg this program th- f' *t
of thi- year.
I hi» groupe of geologists enter- j
id Mexico at the port of Presidio
and als.i at Lerndo anil brought out
hiinifreds of fosil sjM-eimetrs. -'ine!
of which are very rare.
The Kansas Pity, Mexico and Ori-
ent railroad had their geologists
woik yiit an area twenty kilometers
wide from the river here back 100
R
omembe r
tilings
M i- for the million
sin- gave me,
0 mean- that I owe her all I
ow n;
1 i- foi the tear- 'he 'lied to
save me,
II i- for the band- that made
a home:
f is Ini her eves with love-
light shining.
K i- I"i t iglit -lie II al w av *
he -
Put them all together, they s|h‘I1
MOTHER
\ WORD III \l Ml AYS TUP
WORLD TO Ml
Sunday .May 8th i' Mother -
Day lemrmher her with some
present. A nice box of candy
is always acceptable. A\ e are
placing order- now for the fin-
est chocolate* and mixed con-
fection* put up in attractive 1
to 5 pound boxes. f let your
order in NOW for delivery
Mother"' Dnv.
contracting business in the
counties of Reagan, l pton. Crane,
and 'ither counties ui the Slate, after
due publication of this notice, intend
to incorporate under the law- of th>*
'talr ,i ai- i the name of llcnrv 4
Halland."
Tin- the 2 lid day of March, 1927
29-1* HP..NKA 4 HOI.I AND
It you had your life to live over
again, how would vnu live it J That
question has i.h'i ureil to * ,.( > man
and woman at some time n d must
eternally reoccur. It t* a que-ium that
'an never la* answered in life Hut
for
4 o
to motion picture*, in *"hau*t’
uiManir an an-wei i« provided. Old
Dr. Y au-t *ol|» In* *ou| to Air devil
in exchange for hi* youth, a youth
in which he lived *o|e|v for knowl-
edge, and youth make* tin- Metro
Lrotdwvn Mayer a fascinating pic-
ture It will lie shown our ni^-lit only
at thr t hrvstal. winch will Is- I ndav
V pid the Mth
A will rotisrsting of twentv-five
word*, exclusne of signatures, dis-
posed of property valued 'at more
than $1.01*1, It wa* written on the
hoc k ol a brid«r wore card b* a
Mmneola, New Aork, woman.
Hoosi for a Rigger, IW-tter Hig laike.
happe
il road lease
area upon which the
te-t wells were made.
I here i- every indication oil will
Ik* found in this locality and soon
Presilii will be the headquarters of
manv oil men npr*rating in this \ i-
ctnilv Border Nrw-
\ Texas woman has asked new.*-
j»a|*«*rs to adverti-c f'*r hrt husband,!
last heard from when lie enlisted in
tfu* l.onfrdrrate army.
'hoe- that retail for $12.1 > a pair
m Australia, the land of cattle, may
In bought for * i liO in London »*r
> 7 80 in the I tilled States.
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When lieautiful M ARA ASTOR heads the cast wiith I.I.OAD
III (HIPS, you know the screen can give no finer combination
of sheer acting force.
High Stepper*. Fancy Steppers, Past Steppers. 'The whole
cakewalk of modern young society told in a drama that whip-
nut a -lotv rrakling with the crispness of vnuth, flu-hed with
life and love hurtling past the danger signals while the
bill mounts tor tin* final reckoning.
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Win did Eve bite the apple? Win did Helen ol I rov go with
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W hv did A era spurn Nor din - love ami then mi— it after it w as
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pfleles.
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night. we all remember Mai/ie, -o -In need- no introduction.
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1927, newspaper, April 2, 1927; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633708/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.