San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1936 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 28 Term*: $2.00 Per Year, In Advance
8INTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXA8, THUR8DAY, JULY 23, 1936
NUMBER 28
NEW WILDCAT WELL IS DUE TO SPUD IN SATURDAY
First Effort To Bring in Plymouth
D-2 Welder Monday Fails; Work Is
Started on Recement Job at Once
San Patricio county’s newest wild-
cat oil test is rigging up this week,
and in all probability will spud in
Saturday. It is the L. A. Douglas
et al No. 1 Hulda Konze, located
three miles west and a mile south
of Sinton on the farm occupied by
A. J. Waddell. . •
The derrick for this test jvas
completed last week, and the drill-
ing machinery was moved on this
week. It will be drilled by the Ro-
wan and Hope Drilling Co. It is
in the Same neighborhood and about
County Court
Session Over
Free Attractions Popular at Centennial Exposition
Disposing of several important cas-
es, the final week of the July term
of county court closed last Satur-
day,
The second trial of a forcible de-
equidistant from tests made sever- J,ainer SU'L Giat of Ollie Atkins vs
al months ago on the Whitehurst.J- R- Morgan, was heard Friday
farm and the Jack Sanders farm. ani1 Saturday with the jury finally
, a - , .... , . 1 bringing in a verdict in favor of At-
After sticking the drill stem at, the plaintitf xhe jur 9it.
5,200 feet and being unsuccessful Htl„ „„ th!a „ooC^,ac nf
In dislodging it, the Joe Lundin,
Rowan and Hope No. 1 Welder,
ting on this case'Avas composed of
J. I. Giles, Sinton; Elza Sisco, Sin-j
, ., . , , , (ton; H. A. Gilbreth, Odem; R. E,
west of town, has sidetracked and; parke Sint MerrlB Manship,
is again drilling ahead at 3,900 feet. Aransag pagg> an(J R w Boat.
The Plymouth Oil Co. No. 2-D
Welder, which has been watched so
closely for the past month by Sin-
ton citizens, proved a disappoint-
ment this week when the first ef-
fort to complete it resulted in a
wright of the same city.
The case, which had been ap-
pealed to the county court from the
Justice of Peace court in Taft,
was tried twice last week. The first
, time the jury could not agree and
flow of salt water. The location is,was dismissed. The second hearing
just a little over a mile from the
northeast city limits, and a week
or so ago showed six feet of satur-
ated sand on a test. Casing was
started Friday. At the conclusion
of the case Saturday, the jury, was
out only a few minutes. As the
result Atkins was granted a writ
cemented and liner set, but yvhen;0f restitution and possession of .the
This goat with gilded horns
and nonchalant ways walks a
slack rope nightly at the Texas
Centennial Exposition in Dallas
as part of the five acts of big-
time vaudeville presented free.'
Little Miss Mary Joan Heit-
ecker, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
took to Rube Curtis immediately
at the Texas Centennial Exposi-,
tion in Dallas. The clowns are
part of the free entertainment.'
, This mechanical man, one of
three at the Texas Centennial
Exposition in Dallas, blinks his
eyes, lowers his jaws and dis-
courses on the history of labor
in the Federal Exhibit Hall.
Odem Test
Well Down
1,500 Feet
Sinton’s New Theatre
Is Nearing Completion
Democrats
Will Go to
Polls Sat.
Sin'.ou uni Sun Patricio .county
Democrats 'will go to th- polls Sal
nrdjy and cast their'votes fdf the
I party's nominees to tun in the No
| vember general elections.'! As has
; l;e<-n the i ase in tile pa> i ':ory
I m the primary ;s pract,■■lily- tatit i
j mount to elei taou.
| Mr ami Mrs Av V ■ ,!,v •
.shown an anmz.ng t(*u.M;y. till, j y me
!ai fa, :n poljt:. ; at cohe-irti^d.
j They may o ■ do: hi a id; of'‘kink
ing about i ar.,->!l? la, -oilt
t they .•(•ruinly b.<»••• not 'j--;i get-
•r.g hot an-I-*.-' tr..> collar about ‘ho
mniter. \ JibUtrcTSfis an i ob
servers -'at - that' this has been
thequu'-'t election year J.h-»y hi",-
ever t-xperien, ,-i
Despite the la k of -sidewalk
comment ani the- placing of the
usual election wagers, no doubt, a
largo per.vntae - of the citizen,- will
exercise th*if -n reign r:gh' -
Returns Will Be Arrouncei
the plug was drilled, water was
all that showed. The job will be
recemented and the casing perfor-
ated a little higher in an effort to
make a producer.
f
; property involved.
In
Although dduy--:! about 15 days
"jduring the past .--lxweeks by unu-
The Kirby Sharp et al No. 1 An-
tn*e P. McGloin is making good D!°-jually heavy rains, ,norv indication
the case of the State of Texas gress and drilling at 1,486 feet. This' woul(j t0 the completion o.
vs Buster Nelson, the defendant important test is just a mile and a■ mall Bros.' new Rialto by the nild-
was found guilty of swindling on a half due east of Odem in Section nf ^UKUSt \ L.a[a opening for
j bogus check and fined five dollars j 33 and is being drilled by the J. &
Heep Oil Corpotation No. A-l ■ and costs, jc. Drilling Co. of Refugio.
Welder, a work-over near the B. &• The case against Felix Aresmen-| Surface casing was set on the
des, charged with aggravated as- well to a depth of 709 feet July 18.
sault, was continued until the Sep- Plan3 call for a 6,000 foot test,
FHA Official Visits
In Sinton This Week
M. stock pens, is preparing for a
“squeeze job” after failing in the
first attempt to get production.
Benedum and Trees No. 2 Weld-
er, three and a half miles northeast
of Sinton, was abandoned last week
as a dry hole,
In the Plymouth field: Centen-
nial Oil Co. No. 1 State of Texas
was flowing into the pits. It was
drilled in the river bed and the
sand encountered at 5,611 feet.
The same company’s No. 2 State
of Texas was recemented and drill-
ed to 5,615, after failing to produce
due to high gas pressure.
Sun Oil Co. No. 1 J. R. Rosson
is washing in at 5,690 feet. It is
located in Section 35.
Sun Oil Co. No. 1 Rountree is
South Texas' newest theatre is be-";
ing planned.
R. R. Gibb, County Agricultural
Agent, calls attention to the fact
that July 31, 1936, Is the last day
on which sorghum or Sudan grass
may be planted on retired acres in
| order to qualify for the soil build-
drilling below surface casing. This,ing payment,
well is located in Section 34. | The regulation, in full, reads as
Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. 8 has follows:
tember term of court.
Gibb Says Sorghum
and Sudan Must Be
Planted By July 31
should commercial production not
i Thomas H Jarrell o! San Am;
Now that the roof has been fin- io. executive assistant to » a
ished and a major part of the work trict director of th- Fed -ra. n, is
to be done is inside, inclement ii>K Administration, was in S.ntoo
weather can hardly prevent the re-; Tuesday on his way to,Corpu.; Chris-
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be encountered before that depth, tnaining construction from progres- tie While here he conferred with
Starting about 3,500
cores will be taken.
The only other test
feet regular
that has ev-
, sing on schedule. The two Fair- local lumber dealers and -hamier
I banks Morse diesel motors are be-. of commerce officials.
ing installed in the basement to
Mr. Jarrell is spending aioi of;
er been made in that immediate fmnjgjj plant with its own elec-M'is time now in Corpus Christi
territory, was the Cosden well three-
quarters of a mile southeast of the
Kirby Sharp location. It was only
drilled to a depth of 4,705 feet.
trie- power, A representative of since so many FHA loans are oe-
the Carrier Engineering Co. is in ing made to build homes id that.
Sinton this week installing the .city. Last week he sent $24,000
theatre's refrigeration system. He w-orth of loans to the San Antonio
says that this is the best that has' office-and the week before $22,000.
| ever been used in a show of this This means a great deal of new
size in the state. j construction for Corpus Christi and
Jack McCollum, local theatre'will help considerably in the b.ouv
manager, received word Monday, lug problem there.
First Bale Brings
PremiumPrice
—- [that the seats for the new show-j Many questions, which might puz-
San Patricio county’s first bale, house had been shipped from the; zle Sinton property owners, were
of 1936 cotton was sold last Friday factory. They are of the most corn-
set surface casing. It Is located in
Section 25, 4th Addition of Taft
Ranch lands.
In the Taft field another produc-
er has been listed. It la the Humble
Oil and Refining Co. No. 4 J. W.
Mayo. It was bottomed at 3,978
feet and Is flowing 150 barrels a
day.
The Conroe Drilling Co. No. 1 G.
W. Pullin Is drilling in hard shale
at 2,520 feet.
O. W. Killam No. 1 Joseph F.
Green Estate is drilling below sur-
face casing. This is the most in-
teresting well in the Taft field.
It Is about two miles southeast of
production in that area.
"One dollar per acre for any Sor-
ghum or 9udan when seeded be-
to Joe Roddy of Corpus Christi at
the premium price of 14 cents. It
classed as middling, which was ex-
ceptionally good considering that
the bale was picked and ginned
tween January 1, 1936 and July 31, * while pretty wet.
1936, and^ all the crop is left on The bale weighed 524 pounds and
the land. was raise<j by Lloyd Neumann of
Farmers should be advised tha t- Odem. It was ginned in Sinton on
cowpeas or soybeans may be plant- J Monday afternoon, July 13, at the
ed anytime In 1936 so long as ajC. Gerdes and Sons Gin, and was
full two months growth can be ob- on display until sold in front of
talned
Producers should also bear in
mind that the regulations govern-
ing the rate and conditions of pay-
ments absolutely prohibit the har-
vesting of any crop from retired
acres In 1936.
the Commercial State Bank,
This hale was not Only this coun-
fortable type, featuring a leather
air cushion and a handsome velour
back.
Af. E. Revival
Closed Sunday
The two weeks revival at the
Methodist church came to a close
Sunday night. In every way it
w-as a successful meeting. Eight-
. . « . . . .. , , , i teen members were received into
^ b!!6ithe church, ten on profession of
faith and eight by transfer of let-
Portilla Company to
Drill In Victoria Co.
Jim May, field superintendent for
the Portilla Drilling Co., will move
with his family to Victoria, where
they will make their home in the
future. A. new drilling rig has
been purchased by the local com-
pany and it Is setting up in Vic-
toria county.
Mr. May will continue to super-
vise the work Of the company’s rig
here which is drilling at present on
the Plymouth Oil Company's D-2
Welder.
Dr. Ewing Will Go
to Mississit'oi Sat.
Many San Pat People
Attend Short Course
A large party of San Patricio
county farmers and club women
left last week end for A. and M.
College to attend the annual sum-
mer short coarse there this week.
They were accompanied by County
Agent and Mrs. R. R. Gibb and Miss
Apolline Cobb,, Home Demonstra-
tion Agent.
Preparations were made at Col-
lege Station to entertain 8,000, the
largest attendance in the history of
the short course being expected.
A party of local ladles plan to stop
in Austin enroute home to visit
the new Home Economics building
at the University of Texas.
for the entire state, with the ex-
ception of the lower Rio Grande
Valley. It was not until late last
week that first bales were ginned
in Nueces, Live Oak, Jim Wells
and Bee counties.
A bale of cotton was ginned at
the Shell gin in Gregory Monday
by Bryan Harrell. This farmer al-
so picked his second bale Tuesday.
It was ginned at the Hunt gin in
Gregory.
answered by Mr. Jarrell, and he
said that he would be glad to stop
over here at any time and talk to
anyone interested in securing i
loan through FHA- If auch a per
son will Just call by the local cam
her of commerce office, a meeting
will be arranged.
Several houses have,been built
so far In Sinton through the FHA.
and several more contracts have
been approved and construction
will start soon.
are sMcel •> 'omo ’> td»n S.i’ur
day nigh- fo- the re.-aif. rather
than phoning -he chamcar of, com-
merce, since the wire to that of
fire will b-> busy a!, even;nr ge*
ting the : •' am-.
Aransas Pass Gets
Its First Producer
Mrs. Dawson Attends
Funeral of Mrs. Wood
;ht some
A|i"tvh?
t, Helped
Dr. F. S. Ewing will leave Satur-
day for Tchula, Mississippi, to join
Mrs. Ewing and son, Bill, who are
guests of Mrs. Ewing's parents,
and will attend the wedding of Miss
Frances Hammett, which will oc-
cur at that place next Sunday. Miss
Hammett is a sister of M». Ew-
ing, and ha* jjpent the paat two
and. *t- ________
_™_Jfk» Klngs- wa* classed as
infill staple.
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Bryan Harrell Brings
In First Gregory Bale
Glenn McKinney
Building Residence
Construction started Monday on
a dwelling, four rooms and bath, for
Glenn McKinney. W. A. Gerdes is
the general contractor.
The new residence is located on
George street on the lot adjacent
to the newly completed home of
Mrs. Georgia Shilling, Mr. McKin-
ney’s sister. It,,,should be complet-
ed in about sii weeks.
L. R. Parker Will
Erect New Home
The first bale of cotton for the
Gregory community was brought In
and ginned on Monday of this week.
The bale was raised and picked
by Bryan Harrell and ginned at
the Shell Gin at Gregory.
The bale weighed 480 pounds and
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The L. R. Parker residence on
George street Is being wrecked this
week under the supervision of G.
E. Archerd. The material will be
used to build a second story to the
garage which will be arranged In-
to apartments. A new residence
will be erected for the Parker home
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ter.
Rev. S. C. Dunn brought somj
very forceful sermons. A|
heard him were no doubt,
by his gospel messages. He was
very distinct, forceful and deeply
spiritual in the content of his mes-
sages.
The pastor and church were high-
ly pleased with his services. We
are in hopes we can use this Godly
man again in the future.
Irving Dietz of Corpus Christi
was our song leader and soloist
and he did it well. We appreciate
this Godly, consecrated young man.
All enjoyed the messages that he
brought in song and the fine spirit
of leadership he manifested.
Our good orchestra led by Bro.
Walt Martin was at its best. We
have never had better music. We
appreciate and than Bro. Walter
and every member of the orchestra
for their fine contribution.
As to the choir it was the best
yet. The presence of such a large
choir amd orchestra each night,
rendering such music, would be an
inspiration to any preacher. We
appreciate and thank Bro. Walter
in the choir, especially those of the
other churches.
The tone and atmosphere of the
revival was the vei;y 'best from be-
ginning to end. A fine spirit of
cooperation of all churches prevail-
ed. Wo pray that all received a
blessing.
F. P. BISHOP, Pastor.
Mrs. Gertrude Dawson returned
Monday evening f rom Ballenger,
where she was called Wednesday
of last week on account of the
death of her cousin, Mrs, J. P.
Wood, with whom she made her
home during her girlhood. Mrs.
Wood has visited in the Dawson
home in Sinton on numbers of ac-
casions and has many friends here
who are grieved to learn of her
passing.
After many discouraging delays,
the Buckingham Oil Co No. 1 Me
Campbell,' three miles northwest
of Aransas,, Pass, was brought in
early this week for a producer, and
Tuesday was flowing an estimated
80 barrels of oil a day into the pita.
This definitely puts the coast city
into the oil play, which has meant
so much the past two years to oth-
er 9an Patricio county towns.
It was flowing through a seven
I sixty-fourths inch choke. This
! well has tremendous gas pressure,
both on the tubing and casing. A
separator and a, 500 barrel storage
tank were being erected,this week.
The well itself is actually in
Aransas county, being Just over
the San Patricio county line. But
a second well being drilled in this
area by the Atlantic production
Co. is located in San Patricio coun
ty.
Work oil the Buckingham discov-
ery well went on for many months.
A good test was made about sixty
days ago, but drill stem trouble at
that time called for a sidetracking
job. and a redrilling to the produc-
ing ddpth of 6,551,
Sinton Scouts In
Camp at Kerrville
A troop of Sinton Boy Scouts, in
Care of Tom Ivey, Scoutmaster, left
on Sunday morning for Kerrville,
where they will camp for a week
at the Westminister Presbyterian
Encampment.
Clifford Williams
Operated on Tues.
Clifford Williams was getting
along as well as could be expected
Wednesday following an emergen-
cy appendicitis operation performed
Tuesday evening.
He is in the Taft Hospital, and
although his condition was des-
cribed as serious, It was not crit-
ical.
Neighbor—I wonder why your
new baby brother cries so much?
Bobby: Oh, I guess you’d cry
too if all your teeth were out and
your hair all off and your legs so
weak you couldn't stand on them.
SAMPLEJMLL0T
On another page will be found
a Simple ballot the like of which
will be given to you to vote on
next Saturday. For obvious
reasons the sample ballot only
shows as far as the County of-
fices, leaving the precinct offic-
ers off.
The election in Sinton will be
held at the Ward School House
in the east part of town.
If you have a Poll Tax Rec-
eipt, or if you are exempt from
paying a Poll Tax, go to the
polls on Saturday and vote for
your favorite candidate, then
your conscience will be clear,
whoever is elected.
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