The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1924 Page: 1 of 10
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activities. Fewer notices "of intention
to-4SV' ^aTe r^en- filed/-than-' at
an^ ‘’period '‘•for! 'many "month*. 4 *
The. -Sanders and BrewoTTCOil
Company' reported the-' sklef :bf „
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to the United ^Production Company;
°* -Houston. *for a consideratkxi ^bf
$ 2 5,000; ..This is offset. acreage to
the 'Byam^Petroleum < 'Company’s
productionJpA'g this/lease has no
£ *— productkm-oh at present, the price
is considered particularly good at
this time.
The T. &-P. Coal; Company wild*
[ cat, located about five miles north-
west of Electra has been abandoned
f as dry at 2,113 feet. This test had
been watched with more" than casual
interest by many- local oil operators.
Intention to drill well No. 3 has
been filed’ by- ’ Electra.. Gulf
Company on; acreage^UiVLe Wil-
liams and Murray farm in the H. B.
Baulch survey in the Watkins pool
which is located about thirteen
miles southeast of Eleetva .-< *
Several Shallow Wells Drilling
The Four States^ Oil Company
within the last week have started
a number of wells on its lease
located on the Grace Jennings farm
in section 12 of the ETf T. Cs B.
R. ft. survey two miles south ,oj
Electra. All of these tests * will
go after the extremely shallow sane1
tohfch is found between 82 and
&0 feet. Wells from, this sand are
generally good for about two bar-
rels daily production,
Harold Birkland has made lo-
cation for well No. 1 which will
be drilled on a 50-50 basis on the
Davis-Wood Oil Corporation lease
on the T. L. Burnet farm in section
9 in the H. T. & B. R. R, sur-
vey. There is some shallow produc-
tion on this tease at present; hut
the new test will endeavor. to pick
up the 1400 foot sand discovered
In this vicinity on the Pierce-For-
dyee lease.
The Buffalo-Texas Oil Company
has made location for its well No.
16 on the L. P. Douglas tract in
; the Day Land and Cattle Com*
1 pany survey two miles northeast
of Electra. This is an offset acre-
age to the Drillers Development
* Company's acreage.
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’ Violators/ ofVThis/ (Ordinance to
be Arrested on and After
.First of «• June
Beginning the first of June,
city officers have been instruct-
ed to arrest every one who
violates..the. ordinance,of dou-
ble parking!, bn. the -downtown
streets.”* For. the last several
weeks, the-officers* have been
must not- park ;cars two 'abreast
and this" lias liad sonie effect.
This ruling has been made
necessary •- because , of . > undue
congestion of* traffic on Main,
C1 e v e 1 a n d and Waggoner
streets. , -
This ordinance has been in
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LOCAL LEGION
WILL ASSIST IN
BONUS FIGURES
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.Information Blanks Being Printed*
and Ex-Service Men. Wfll be
, **•*’- i Given Service Free
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Wednesday of this
fcir^f/eekt’:to Mondftyt Tuesday; and
feiV^dnesday, • June 2, 3 "add 4;
4;he encampmerit will 'be held'
wMaP t,ie sanie placed as-annonne-
fjMjl week, at*. ^larvin’ Chap-
flf-fl on Beaver Creek,,and-those
people: >who have promised -to.
I^^irnish cars for transportation
™y'r1''r' and from the encampment;
p^prsre -requested, to be on hand
oniptly at .the hour, announc-
•• be made on and after the -first
of next month of, all persons
.who do-not observe the letter
l 1. on -Monday morning.
E.v. Scheurer and Steve,
t^iore are in charge of the
oortation for the: encamp-,
and. further information
obtained from them or
of the law.
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g?|/ing at the chamber of
Delegation Will Leave lt§
For Reunion Monday ifff
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||ason Expected
jSi/- Municipal Pool
The following persons will leave
here Mondky, June 2, to attend
the United Confederate Convention,
to he held in Memphis, Tennessee,
next week;.
' Veterans
Col. Ed C. Wilson, W. H; Miller,
E. C. White, F. E. Pitt, W. H. Bal-
lard, J. D. Garner, T. G. Dial,
J. Y. Light, W. J. Glover, J. C.
McCracken .and A. N. Blackman.
Daughters of- the Confederacy
Mrs. Tamar McTIer, Mrs. B. C.
Ellis and Mrs. Sarah McDaniel.
Sons of the Confederacy
R. M. Dillard, Lee Miller, J. L.
•Owens and J. A. Caldwell.
' Forty delegates from Verb on,
fifteen fromw_Quanah' .and fifteen-
from Childress Will also be on the
train carrying Elec'trau delegates.
ELECTRA LIONS
TO STAGE SHOW
FOR ELLIOTT
Will be Presented at New School
House Thursday Night; Benefit
of Elliott Community
BRUCE FRAZIER' ATTENDS v
MEETING HELD IN AUSTIN
Bruce Frazier attended the di-
rectors meeting of the Texas Cen-
tennial Celebration which waB Held
at Austin last week. At the busi-
ness session which was held, twen-
ty-nine additional directors were
elected. Another meeting of all of
the directors wilj be held probably
some time in September when the
place for holding the exposition
and the time, will probably be dis-
cussed. Cato Sells‘was retained as
temporary president and-Lowry Mar-
tin as temporary secretary.
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The first arrests for traffic vio-
lations made by the new motorcycle
officer were made Wednesday. Al-
ready a number of motorists driv-
ing with cut-outs open and speed-
ers have been arrested and assessed
the usual fine of $12.80.
The Lions Club, cooperating with
the community meeting committee
of the chamber of commerce and
agriculture will present a Lions
Minstrel in the auditorium of the
Elliott (Bugscuffle) School House
on Thursday evening, May 29. Pur-
suant to the* policy followed by the
community meeting committee no
charge will be made for th'e talent
and entertainment furnished. A
nominal admission fee of 25c wilJ
be charged ^ and this fund will he
used by the Elliott school In the
purchase of a piano‘for the audi-
torium. Tex Lloyd, the expert skat-
er, who made quite a hit with the
minstrel showed at the Grand, will
be with the Lions at Elliott.
Mr. Asbill, chairman of the Lions
Club committee, in charge of the
entertainment at Elliott is Inviting
all members of the chamber of com-
merce and Electra people generally
to join the Lions Club in making
the Elliott community meeting
success.
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TWENTY TWO MEN
NOW ENTERED FOR
COTTON CONTEST
Time for Making Application Ex-
tended to Augnst 1; Best Five
Aero Tract Judged
Twenty-two farmers have now
been enrolled In the cotton gicrying
contest being- conducted by the
Electra chamber in cooperation
with the Dallas News and "'Texas
A. & M.. College. /Applications of
entrants must be in Dallas by June
1, and those, interested in getting
in the qontest should call.* at the
office of the' chamber at once.
Word has just been received from
the Dallas News Cotton Contest
Editor that the. time of measuring
the five-acre* tracts entered In the
contest has been extended to Aug-
ust 1. This, will give the contest-
ants an advantage In selecting the
best .five-acres.'X’ list of local con
MAGNOLIA LEADS
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
LIONS CLUB LAST
Team From NewtoWn Takes Place
of LeBus Machine Shop Which
Has Withdrawn
With the first round completed,
with the exception, of the iie game
still to be played between the U.
S. Machine Shop, and vthe Texas
Hardware Company-clubs, the Mag-
nolia aggregation is still leading
the ^ procession*■ with an' unmarred
record. Be it said, however, that
during .the second week of play,
the league leaders found it neces-
sary to ,.extend themselves, and
strut 'everything they had in 'their
repertoire, to come out"on the long
end in their two edntests. >
One change has been made in
the make up of the Twilight Lea-
gue, the LeBus Machine Shop en-
try being replaced by a strong ag-
testants up to date href H. S. Mar-«gregation representing Newtown,,
tin, Walter Armstrong, L. D. Lang-
ford, John P. Weisenfels, T. W.
Hill,1 • • Chesley BarbarJck, Frank
Barbarick, Glenn ~H. Haynes, Ben
T. Haynes, W. O. Chester, H. .4
Flusche,' H. H. Haynes, ftaymond
Haynes, J. C. Guyer, Jacob Roess-
ler, John Wilde, .H. C. Thompson,
J. M. Pate, S. L. Strange, A. A.
Austin-, T. M. McClendon and Ed
Payton. •. *
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Electra and Glisson
Will be Paved Next
Contracts are now being drawn
up for the paving of Glisson ave-
nue and Electra street. Actual work
on these two streets will start in
the next few days.
Paving work is progressing rap-
idly on the South side. The Jordan
Construction Company has been
working for the last .few weeks on
South Main street, Dunbar street
and on East .Ida avenue.
CHAUTAUQUA PRESENTS
HIGH CLASS PROGRAM
The Redpath-Horner Chautauqua
\ presented its first program Wed-
nesday afternoon at the tent, which
is located on the lot on Cleveland
avenue across the street from the
Cicero Smith Lumber Company. All
who saw the afternoon and evening
performance Wednesday, were well
pleased with the high quality at-
tractions which have been brought
to Electra this, year. The program
will be completed Sunday night.
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Dollar Day Saturday, June 7
The mercantile bureau of the
chamber of commerce and agri-
culture announces a Dollar Day for
Saturday, June 7. Circulars will be
distributed next week and an un-
usually fine list of bargains will
be featured in the June Dollar
Day.
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Fishing Party to Lake Kemp
A fishing party consisting' of
Russell Scheurer, Ed Schlaffke,
‘Bob' Marriott and *S. B. Marchant
left Wednesday „ afternoon for Lake
Kemp where they will spend the
night and expect to return Thurs-
day evening.
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the new member being sponsored
chiefly by the Empire and Griswold
companies. In the standing shown
below, the Newtown team absorbs
the record- of three straight defeats
which had been charged to their
predecessor, and the win credited
to the same team over the Lions
last Saturday. The exact status of
the precentage of the Newtown
team will be determined by the
Leagufe board,
'Attendance at the twilight games
Is increasing stadily, and the bugs
are being rewarded with some in-
teresting games.
The cool weather of the last, two
weeks has held back to a degree
the attendance at the municipal
pool. However, the few warm 'days
since its opening on May 10 ~have
been especially well attended^ and
all those who* have gone .in swim
ming at the pool this year report
a good time.
The pool last year was remova-
bly/ popular and enjoyed a*'pros-
perous season from the time it
was opened in July. A number of
improvements-have been made this
year. Over $200 in lighting ^.equip-
ment has been installed which* will
perfectly illuminate - the !9pol,x and
all of the giving equipment knd
spring boards . have been put in
good condition. With the approach
of hot weatheriT an even better sea-
son ’is predicted this ' year.
MEMORIAL DAY
PICNIC TO BE HED
AT GUYER SCHOOL
Electra Citizens Invited to Commun-
ity Meeting Friday Aftenioon
and Evening; Program
LEAGUE
STANDING
Team
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Magnolia
5 *5
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J.000
Lina Motor Co.
5 3
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U. S. *Mach Shop
4 2
2
.500
Texas Hdw. Co.
4 2
2
.500.
Newtown
5 ‘2
3
.400
Lions CJuh
5 0
5
.000
New Manager for Carteret
Charles A. Lockhart of New Jer-
sey has just arrived in Electra
to take over the management cf
the Carteret Oil Company which
has some production In this field.
Negro Woman Shot
A squabble between a negro man
and woman Sunday evening over
the possession of a pistol resulted
in the shooting of the woman thru
the leg. According to reports from
the officers, the man thought that
he had killed the woman, as he
immediately left for parts unknown.
It is not known whether the shoot-
ing was accidental or not.
Proclamation to be Issued Next ffreek
By Mayor Designating Clean-Up Days
Mayor Newsum has announced
that a general clean-up day' will
be held in Electra on Friday and
Saturday, June 13-14. At this time
all residents of Electra are request-
ed to cut all weeds in front of their
homes and to clean up all vacant
lots.
Within the last few weeks weeds
in many parts of the city have be-
come unsightly. Curbs In front of
many homes are high with weeds
and the large majority of vacant
lots are waist high with weeds.
Also particular ^attention has been
called to the insanitary conditibn
#aH..®US.e thru-
out ';the, :do^town|; sections 4as..^well
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v Combined with the clean-up move-
ment will be a “stfat the fly,”
campaign. This pest has become a
nuisance within the last 'week or
so of warmer weather. With an
effective warfare against files at
this time and the removal of all
breeding places, much can he done
to eliminate this carrier of disease
germs andi filth. *
All citizens are asked to cooperate
in this * work and with two- weeks
time with a final drive on June
13-14 it is believed that every
weed patch .can be cleaned up, mak-
ing Electra a .spotless "town and a
much more healthful city.
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Electra citizens are invited to
attend a memorial day picnic and
community meeting at Guyer church
on the afternoon and evening vof
Friday, May 30. Due to a previous
engagement it has been impossible
for the Electra Band to furnish
music at this meeting, hut a num-
ber of Electra people plan to at-
tend the meeting, and everyone at-
tending Is sure to have a good
time.
There will he a short program of
speeches beginning about five o'clock
in the afternoon with music and
other entertainment features. Rev.
Byron Hester, Pastor of the First
Christian, Church of Electra, will
speak on the “School as a Com-
munity Center.” Byron T. Johnson,
Manager of the Electra chamber
of Commerce and Agriculture, will
speak on “The Relation of tae
Chamber of Commerce to the
Farmer.” It is understood that
there will also be speeches by
several candidates and prominent*
citizens of Wilbarger county.
WILL DECORATE GRAVES*
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Ladles’ Auxiliary, Legion and Fed-
erated* 'Missionary * Societies
ir
Win. Have Charge'
£ . J
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American Legion;' held Monday; -
-nignt, itv was announced* that tiles'
post was'having information blank®-'
printed, and/that all ex-service men:
of* Electra;*'and vicinity would
assisted in every possible manner*
in their compensation applications.- *
These * blanksJ'are not official, but:
will contain all necessary informa-
tion to be ^placed on the original
application, when forms are received!
here. All men desiring this as-
sistance will have to bring theiir
discharge certificate^ and when
the information blank is properly
filled out, the correct amount of5
insurance to be issued them will
be/ shown on the blank, with all*
other- Information * that will bo re-
quired of the government in is-
suing the policies. <
~ To Meet Weekly *
Beginning next Monday, June Se-
ttle local Post will hold meetings?
each Monday evening, until further*
notice. The meeting for next Mon-
day night has been called by. the?
Post Commander, and the Bonus in-
formation blanks will be available?
at1 this time for all who bring*
their discharge certificates. There?
will be no charge for this ser-
vice, it being the policy of the?
organization to assist veterans im
all matters, without charge of any*
nature; ,
New members are joining the?
post each week now,* and It is the?
hope of the officers- *to show &■
membership of one hundred with-
in the next thirty days. '
Decoration Day
Arrangements were ' completed
Monday night for the decoration1
of all ex-soldiers’ graves hero o®
Friday of this week. Tho Ladies?-.
Auxiliary of the post have arranged:
for the wreaths, and a committee
of Legionnaires will visit the cem-
etery Thursday evening, placing a-
small flag on each United Confed-
erate Veteran, Spanfsh-Americaas
and World V/ar Veteran’s grave*
Friday at 9;3TT o'clock, members of/
the post, with the ladies, will as^-
semble at the Legfon hall, ah<£
proceed to the cemetery, where?-
flowers will be placed on all grave® —
marked with the flag. The Federal
tioq of Missionary Societies of Elec-
tra has offered their cooperation:
in this work, and will furnish-
flowers for the‘decoration. All ex-
service men are urged to be at
the Legion hall promptly at 9:15-
Friday morning, to assist the ladies
in their work.
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J. A. Wise Purchases
Dale and Coffey Bldg.
Announcement has just been made
of the sale of the Dale and Coffey
two story brick building to J. A.
Wise for a consideration of ap-
proximately $20,000.
The first floor of the building
is now occupied by the Peoples
Store and the second floor Is us’ed
as an office building. E. A. Dale
and C. W. Coffey were the former
owners of the building.
No Mail Deliveries Friday
Tomorrow, Decoration Day, being:
a legal holiday, there will he no
city or country deliveries of mail:
from the local postoffice. The gen-
eral delivery and other • window®
will remain closed during the day,,
and only sufficient clerks to han-
dle outgoing and incoming maiL
for the box deliveries will be or*,
duty.
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Banks Close Memorial Dfty '
Both of the banks will be closed!
all day Friday which is Memorial
Day. None of the business house®
however, will close.
R. E. GOODMAN SELLS BRICK
BUILDING TO G. P. RANDALL
R. E. Goodman has? sold his one'
story brick building located on
North -Waggoner street next to
the Grand Theatre to G. P. Rand-
all of Rockyford, Colorado. This
building is now occupied by C. L.
Still, the jeweler. The/.amount in*
volved in the -deal is not known.
Watch the date opposite your
name^ on the jNews and renew your
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MOTOR COP FOR
LOCAL DISTRICT
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^ warning sent out by the conn- <$>•
<§> ty officers. This is the result <S>*
^ of a new county motorcycle <S>*
❖ officer who was added to the &
on Monday, with headquart-
ers at Electra. <$>-
Roy Haiice is the new off- <3>*
icer, coming to this city from <S>-
Vernon. He will endeavor to
check the speeding of motor- <3>-
ists along the county high- <S>-
ways, being responsible for <j>
the enforcement of county ^
,and state laws which have <$>-
<«> been flagrantly violated.
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Baker, Verne A. The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1924, newspaper, May 29, 1924; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892889/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.