The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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BIO LAKE. TEXAS. SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. lOaii
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LOCAL DRILLING REPORT
No. 3, (’.rocket! County.
1 exas, drilled to 27<H) feet, deepen
hole in progress.
Humble No. 3 i* plugging lim k to
shut off water. Well is producing
around 75 Bids oil and 25 Idds.
water.
Hum Id e Sporp, S. K. 2 miles of No.
1. Humlde or helter known as World
No. I, is drilling below 2 l<M) feet.
Wade Bryant and Cromwell Well
1500 feet. Kast and little South id No.
I World Well, is drilling lie low
2100 feet, chances most favorable for
both these wells to be producers.
On S. K. a few miles is Shannon
No. 2 shut down awaiting officials,
said to resume drilling about Feb.
1st. depth hole 1000 feet.
Cook No. I. See. I I, lllk. 2'h I’ni-
versily lands, (.‘rocket! County, Texas,
is pulling pipe. It i> not known if
will deepen this well or not, plans
are contemplated to deepen it is un-
derstood.
Bed Ball. Sec. 5. Mlk Cniversity
lands, Crockett County is drilling
helow 2500 feet, several showings
encountered in these wells. Bed Mull
and Cook No. 1.
Cook No. 2. Sec. 50. hlk. W. \..
Crockett County, is drilling below
1500 feet.
Magnolia Shannon i- drilling be-
low }!(>(l feet.
Scenes at Inauguration of New York’s Mayor
T
Brown of San Angelo
Will Build In This City
Structure on Main Street Across from
(mirage to be brick, (loncrete h loor
Cover I wo Lots 70 feet Deep.
Ibick
B I . Brown, drv good* inert hunt
tarrti!sli>.-ai Finaiiv a«**«t bv
wns .1 Big I .ike visitor yesterdav.
Mi. Brown informs the Wildcat
that lie will begin the erection as
- i is plans rail be made and cou-
ld of a brick building cover-
Joe II. Moore Motor (]o~
“L Uvlj
In the uliove iildures are shown the official itmii|i at «ti** Iriuiigiinillou <>f .hums .1. W alker as mu > .r I N.-w
York, when lie was shaking hands with tits predecessor. Mr. Ifylan; and the police m.,tor cycle escort of hU ' or
lined Up outside the city halt.
11.1 - I
in;j two lots seven ts tret deep u< r
tin s|ns | v»esi o| the Bri< k Garage.
I'lli- will probablv. Mr. Blown slates,
be > nl into two rooms which still be
Tot rent Ibis is .■ corner lot and in
a good location and it i» believed will
be revenue
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Ban! Doran left the
earls purl of the week for I I I’aso.
Republic Todd, See 17, Blk. \V.j,>aul is the | npulai and arrommodat
, Crockett County, Todd ranch !mR l,roPr1,rlor "f ,t": Tt!X“* !lo,rl
feet, standing ,n< president of the Big Lake < ham
Iter of < ommerce.
Miss Louise Springer of Abilene
Business < ollege. and Miss Doroths
Cravens of Mert/on who has been
X.
lands is down 22
300 feet oil, fishing for bailer.
Cumberland Oil Co.. S. W. G/onn,|
shut down for orders.
Bill Shafer is preparing to drill
deeper. . studying music in Abilene, came in
Armstrong Stover is repairing rip Saturday on the motor bus to visit
and building hull wheel. : f,i,me of Mrs. Coates and Mis.
I PTON COUNTY | Longino.
Baker—Republic, Sec. B, Blk. 35. ,
HTCBv Co. is pumping around W L l,arv'‘v '»'les c«me m from the
bids oil daily ccos country Monday and has re«
Texas Co.. 51, Blk 35, IITCBy Co. l,i- *ork •" «»>«■ Bo/eman
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BIG LAKE WINS
COURT HOUSE SUIT
\ttnrncv Edwin F. Vanderbilt re
eeived .i wire from I I Paso yesterday
to the effect that the soil in the Court
"I * i'il \ppeals there had affirmed
the decision of the distriet court in
Beapan county relative to the con-
test nl the election which removed
the eoimtv seat of this county from Bie exception of the extrerm* s.niihern
Stile- to Big Lake.
1 he Joe. II Moore Motor Co., Inc.*
tins week finally dosed the deal for
. the building, material, cic. ami are
now in full po-si sinn as owners.
Mr. Moore informs the W ildcat
editor that extensive improvements
on the building and interior arrange-
mint- tu make this a model ford
with every ford
iait‘d probably
mi the f ir -t <>f I cbruurv and not
later than the l()th nl the mouth.
When the denizens of Texas awoke
last Saturday morning they discov
errd the earth - surface covered with
a blanket of -now. While the ground
was already covered it continued to
snow all dav Saturday more or less
heavilv in this section and conlin-i , . . , . .
ned into the night Saturday. Practi-1*""1 ,he rour« ,,0,w*
‘■ally every portion of the state with
I I N LI
III 1(1
portion
lev had
lowei B io (ii anile \ ,cl-
less snow. The
is drilling below 7B0 feet salt top at i ,,ru? Slore- Hnrve> “ i»'jaL
575 feet | good tdlow, and we are all glad that
i ' Kirby" is drilling deep test. Hot ,M* d,,,'idnl *° M
\ tom bole is 2700 feet. j Ed kopp of the f rick Reid Sup-
\ Dixie Co. Burleson lands, N. E. j H> Company ol lb-si was in Big
\ of 'Baker Well is drilling below 70O| Cake Saturday and registered at the
' (•rtPNBNhpntered top *;,|t 575 feet. Texas Hotel. He was enroute home
Independent Oil 1*0., Sapp lamb, j '<• Best from Cisco where he had lieen
drilling. 0,1
Marland on Windham lands
-on
northwest Baker is rigging.
Plateau Oil Co., Hurdle switch is
drilling helow 2125 feet. I wo nice
showings of oil found. I hey are
drilling in hard lime and should hit
the pay around 2170 leet.
Zoch et «l. South Plateau Oil Co.,
Sec. 40, A. B. Blk Hearnc survey, is
dr'Bir.g below 12(H) feet, top salt
BOO feet.
Irion County has three wells stand-
ing all shut down at present.
Due to snow and had roads most
all wildcat wells in this vicinity—
Crockett, Reagan and Upton are shut
down awaiting roads to clear up so
that material oil, etc. can he had to
keep wells going.
Considerable activity during last
10 days in acreage trading in Rea-
gan and Crockett Counties. Some
nice deals have been made and sever-
al blocks let for drilling contracts,
owing to fact that contracts have not
lieen closed further facts are not
made public.
Gulf Co. made location on Pecos
river below Rankin, in Crockett Co.
about 20 miles Sec. 1 I & CN Ry Co.
K. B. Daniel wa- a business visi-
tor in Texon Wednesday.
Judge W\ A. Wright, prominent
San Angelo attorney, was attending
to business matters in Big l^ike
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Judge J. W. Hill was a Big Lake
visitor this week from San Angelo
looking after the interests of clients
here. He is a prominent attorney.
Mr. and Mr-. K. I). Harrison left
the heaviest being in the country -nr-
rounding Big Lake for i distance of
probablv fifty miles where the snow
leached the depth of from twelve to
fourteen inches. Othei places over
The parties bringing the suit haw was of varying depth., probablv
Iiltcen day- m winch to file a motion ., i..... . , 1 .
for rehearing, but Mr. Vanderbilt be-
lieves should such a motion he filed
it will he rejected.
Big Lake people arc now confident
a- they have been since the election ,[u. „iMlc report from an inch on up.
some months ago, that the matter ;s |, wa, vrry ,.0|,| an(J ,hc ground
nov* -.Tit let I aiwl nitims up* no* mi* fro/rn, to ihf *nov% rnnuined
planning (lie rvrrlion of a $4.>,000 upon th** ground mid V\
loiiil house iii log Like. ^ ^ much of it v«l remained on the
I lie editor talked wilh County ground in the vicinity of Big Luke.
Judge Pittman yesterday and hr Sunday broke bright and .dear
states that plan- an-now being drawn wi||, y,r „un s|lltli ,g biightly and
and that the building will orobaldy niunv quickly improvised snow sleds
lu* something similar to tire court brought into use during the day.
fiouse at (.‘dorado Lily. An order Jov riile- and snow hailing was the
w.il probably he is„rd for a bond or,|,.r Gf ,|ir ,j,iy ilM<j ,|lr |rt,„.r
election at an early dote. Ibis bond continued throughout the week as
issue can not 1h* for more than $50,- ,|ir snnw w|nU|y melted. Tuemlay it
(MX) hut it is understood the remain- reported the snow had practically
der will he taken rare of with county disappeared from Bankin on west and
warrants. while there wa** yet two or three
Arrangements cannot he perfected inches remaining on the ground
to start work on this structure before gig the streets wm-
late in March or early April hut it ( muddy and rivulets running with
is planned to push the work, once1 wa|rr everywhere.
w«7k for Fort j9,arled* lo completion. It is hoped' This snow was the most general
.. . ■•■Iil.i.i it.,- bi.il,fin<r whi.t. i* badly! 0Vcr the state in the past s«-veral
bearing property Irom hou-.1 in accordance
the time (lie building- .uc ccinpleted. 'cipurement will f>c
Mr. Brown i- a good Lu-ine-- man
and ves a great Inline for Big Lake
i • and being a good business man t-
i getting hi on the ground floor with \\ \|
a -ulistantiul investment winch will
i firing in rich returns when the town
grow* into a little cilv along about
:be latter part of tbi- \ at.
This new structure m addition to
the building ot the city. 1.1. Benson
put an
impetus in things aiou id Big Lake
which will develop even more budd-
ing. It looks like a In • var foi the
town ol Big Lake till- l«»2C>.
OIL OPKKATOR,
i BOM I I WolU'll
I. Sparks rattle over from Pecos
the latter p.ut ol last week, starting
on his return trip Sunday, lie wa»
over oil a business tlip. Mr '*,j,aiks
has interest- in the O Bnllx Stack
el als, well six miles north of town.
Win. Little, ol Tort Worth, who L*
heavily interested in the oil gaiitr
in tlii- section, i ante in the latter part
of la-t week to look after his inter-
r-is here. That Mi. Little bus faith
in the future <d this section is e.vi-
deiux’il b\ the fact that ho is now
drilling six or sexen wells ami ion -
template- spudding m severul mom
in the near future.
Mr. Little lias been ill bad health
I in -ome time ;md bis many friend*
here and elsewhere will be glad t«»
learn that he is greatly improved at
this time.
Producing < )il \\ (‘lls C )utnumlx*n*d
l)u*U-rs, \ LA t« 84, in ILkiity-l wo
West Toxa^ Onintw*^ Dnnng
the forepart of the ...... .... .„... . .. . . , .
Stockton where Mr. Harrison will lh*t1 H1* bl1,‘19
look after business matters and Mrs. I W,M for, upam y
Harrison will visit at the home of her w,thm m or e|gh) ,nonths-
parents, Mr. and Mr-. Booncv. I « niirni IIA
Stanley S Stinson returned M«.«■■ LABOR SURPLUS
day from Indiana wfiere tie was re-
c rntly called on account of the death IIJ Cl |J ANfsPI (1
of his mother. Mr. Stinson is wilh •»* Oflly flllULLU
the Humble Oil ami Pipe Line Lo. According to the San Angelo Stand
and is one of the most popular and nr,| arr (ln estimated 3(H) un-
gentlernunly scouts in the field. All employed in San Angelo as this time.
years and stockmen and farmers in
every direction are lejoicing. It
will put such a season in the ground
In thirty two West Texas counties,
principally south, west and north
west of San Angelo, IJ3 producing
oil wells were drilled in l‘/25 as c om
pared with eithtv four dry holes,
fiftv of which were plugged, accord-
ing to statistics gleaned from the an-
nual report of development in the
State from (lie oil and ga* division
of the lexa« Bailroad (Commission.
Two hundred and sixty-time no-
tices to drill, forty-one notices to
shoot and seventy-eight notices to |
plug were received by the commis-
sion. the greater minil»*r through
John Hoffer, district supervisor in
charge of approximately forty coun-
pui sum a se ason m me giouoo ,j H i|h head.pjarlers at San Ange
has not hern had at tins time of j u> Xwrtltv.|||rrr „f thr WI.,U show
the year for the past several vears. i ,
The small grain crops will he ....... wprp
in quantuw- sufficient to re-
Twenty of them were in Bea-
Mr. and Mrs. John Cromwell of
Santa Bita were visitors in Big Lake
Friday and called at the \\ ildcat
office and watched the No. 1 l Lino-
type machine and the hig cylinder
newspaper pres* in operation. They
are parents of (airl (i. Cromwell who
brought in Santa Rita Well. I hr
rldev Mr. Cromwell looks after thr
tools and other interests of his son.
who is one of the busiest men of the
oil field.
RANKIN HOTKI.
OPF.NS FOB HI SINF.SS
who know Mr. Stinson deeply sym-
pathize with him in the loss of his
mother. He states there was plenty
of snow »II the way from Indiana to
Big laike. He took up his duties
with his company immediately upon
his return.
Joe Conger of the Gulf Oil and
Refining Company was in Stealing
City last week end visiting Mrs.
Conger and the baby son, Joe* Jr.
Tom J. Cody, manager of the Big
Lake Furniture Co., went to San
The Standard says:
“With an estimated 2(H) to 300 men
. - . . - in the ground in January and
out of work in San Angelo there is wj|h ,urh |)rig|)t UtT a |„>UM,i.
Irrinlly benefited and the weeds will. ,wo jn M^ulloeh Csumlv
come and make splendid early graz i . ...
, , , ‘ i . ami one in Kunneis county,
mg for the* cattle, sheep and goats. i i i
, , , , 1 r Beagan county easily led the area
It has (wen a long time -nice the . . ..
, . ... r , , j in priidtii mg oil wells with sixtv-
iiec.ple of lexas as a practic al whole 1
1 , . , 1 iii eight. Mitchell county was next with
started out with such n splendid sea-
a surplus of labor, the condition !*•
ing more aggravated since the fir-t
of the month. Included in the num-
ber of the unemployed are bric klay-
ers, carpenters, painters and common
laborers, with the heavy end of the
labor surplus being represented l»v
the unskilled man.
“A local enterprise, now construc t-
ing its place* of business, just to see
ful harvest of crops, both on farms
and ranches, as they will this season.
Angelo Saturday evening for a visit how many men would apply for work, ^ Wednesday afternoon bv his
G. L. Hettilyou was in the Wild-
cat office Wednesday and ordered
.11 Ollier wcciut-soiix min uiiki™
4.* Vhi» Wildcat changed from Best to
\ .lankin.
ith hi- mother, Mrs. F.mmn Bright,
over Sunday. Tom i- a fine fellow,
a good business man, and has many
friends wherever he* is known.
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. ^ oung and lit
tie son are expected home* today from
a business trip in California "
asked that each man seeking a place |,ro|h,.r
with it sign a register. Ibis week
alone 150 name* were placed on it.
This is a season of the year at
which building operations are hv far
.....( lr«s active than they will he along
Dr. the fir-t week in March when the
with
was next
thirty-four. Crockett and McCulloch
each gained two producers mid (,la»s-
lock. Howard, Runnels, 'scurry.
I valde and I pton counties one each.
_____________ ___ The figures for the 177 counties
PATTKRSON C.OKS TO 'I"' *>f ll,r ,2"’2 'n ,r‘a".wh,‘'h
ANGELO SAMTAHiUM ■ 'J’T* w"9 "ll
I 733 notice* to dull, l.nl I notices t<>
Charlie Pattenon, with the CellH*** ’n'‘
Refining Co., who ha* been quite ill j 'MU' <,rV’ 1’7,<
with a throat trouble for the past few! n,1‘ ' ‘ ^n',
day* w.,s accompanied to San An j IJ;* record of development m LL-
i... \\ ,.,1 I,-*.,* countirs 111 »ii i vs Ii it ii
received fed-
I notice to drill, I no*
notices to drill, one diy\
2 notices to drill. 2 notices
Young is connected with the ( rockrtt spring ‘■onstruction work will l»egin
Drilling Syndicate and it is under- to absorb in the normal course of
stood has made* arrangements to re- tilings a good deal of labor that is
surne operations on the No. 2 Well now inactive.
of that Syndicate on the first of
February.
Mr. and Mrs. Anlone Theis left
Mr. Hettilyou has recently I Sunday 1 <>r Dallas where Mr. Theis! York. Sonic- of them are not «cek-
1 mg wc*i k but are merely “wintering
now
Many of the carpenter* and bric k
layers are new to the city, having
conn* here from as far north ns New
not
W Patterson. aUol "P**1* regularly
with the Gulf Refining Go. l h«*\ * "|»*'
went over on the Orient where the, rewsft r
former was placed in a sanitarium. 1,1 P
Both of these* gentlemen have;
many friend* among the oil fraler-!
nitv as well as those in other walks j **» P'«f- 2 Ary 1 ,
of life who will regret to learn of Cullwraon- t notices to drill I
his illness and who hope that his re-1 no*!r™ »° P1,^ ' dr>* 1 P1^1'
covcry will Ik* complete and soon.I Loncho- 2 notices to plug. 1 pro-
They are both jolly, good natured ? dr>( 1 P,UWW,‘ , „ ,
“scouts” and have many friend* , <-r«*c-krft—1‘> nettor* to dnH, 1 "<»•
wherever they are known. | lice to ihoot, 6 notice* to | i 2 pro
ducets, 1 dry, t plugged
Howard 3 notices to drill, J no-
tice to -hoot, I producer.
Irion (> notices- to drill, J notice**
to plug. J dry, 2 plugged.
Jeff Davis J notice In einlf
Kinnev I notice to cfiilf.
Kimble I notice to drilf.
Mitchell 55 notices to drill, 22
notice* t<> shoot, 5 notices to plug.
31 producers, 7 dry, 2 plugged
McCulloch 5 notices to drill, T
notice to shoot, 1 notices to plug, 2
producer*. 2 drv 2 pie.....* ° aa,
u -..and 1 r.ol.ct* lo dii.L
Martin I notice In plug, f plug-
ged.
Preside I notice to drill,
Pecos l<> notices lo drill, 1 rus-
tic- to «hoot, 3 notices to plug, 6
drv, 1 plugged.
Beeves I notice to drill, I notioe-
to shoot I notice to plug. I dry.
Runnels I notice to drill. I no-
tice to plug. I producer, I plugged,
1 gas.
Reagan 10-4 notices to dull, fi new
tic-* tu shoot, 2H notices to plug, («8
prod in et s. It) dry. 13 plugged, 2ft
gas.
'telling II notices to drill, no-
tices to plug K. dry 7, plugged ft.
S- urrv (i notices to drill, (> no-
tices to shoot, plugged 2. producer*
J, 3 dry.
’siitton I notice lo drill.
Turn Green (* notices to drill, 1
notice to plug, 1 dry, I plugged.
I valde 3 notices to drill. 3 ncr-
tier* to plug, I producer, 3 dry, 1
plugged.
I pton (t notices to drill, 2 nc»-
licrs to plug, I producer, 2 dry, l
plugged.
V/d Verde 2 noticr* to drill, I
notice to plug.
ard 2 notices to drill
put up a hotel in Rankin, known a* j goes on husines*.
the Rankin Hotel, whic h wa* opened
for business Tuesday night with a
full hou»e.
The hotel is not yet complete hut! hi* company. Mrs. Gresham is a
will he in a few days, and the pro- ! very charming little lady and made
prietor is very hopeful that he will many friends during their stay in
have all the business he can handle.; Big l ake who will greatly nu*« her.
Mr. and Mr*. M. Gresham left Turs- Others t ame here for work and need
day for Nocona. Mr. Girsham is an it.
oil scout and is transferred there by
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Carroll left Edward* 1 notice to drill.
Wednesday for their home in Bryan Ector I notice to plug, I dry, 1
after a visit of several wreks in Hij; plugged.
Lake the guests of Mrs. Carroll s Gar’* l notice- to drill. I notice
The riersonnel of the unemployed j sister, Mrs. H. B. Eden* and family. | to shoot, 2 notices to plug, 3 dry,
bmtgm daily
old ones bo out, but week in and j while in Big Lake and Mis Carroll Glascock t notices to drill, 3 iio
.1 * * ' * of!
plugged.
\c-w one* rotme and The ( nrrolls made many friend*' 3 plugged,
hut week in and while in Big l.ake and Mr* Carroll j Glascock
week out the number remain* about; was the recipient of a numlver
the same i courtesies in her honor.
W. D. Hudson Jr., came* in Sun-
day from Tort Worth and i« again
with the Bozeman Drug Co. VI »ll
is now a full fledged graduate phar-
m a cist and is congenial and n good
fellow, always courteous and oblig-
ing. He will have charge of tho
store during the absence of J. F. C»-
vett, who will leave this wet-k or
next on a short vacation. Mrs. Hud-
son and little daughter will probably
come over in a few days to join her
lic-e* to plug, 1 produier. 3 dry, 3 husband in making their home in Bifl
Lake.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING MONDAY NIGHT - EVERT CITIZEN INTERESTED IN BIG LAKE SHOULD ATTEND
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1926, newspaper, January 30, 1926; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633828/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.