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ELECTRA, WICHITA C^UN^Y* TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER Id, 1926
Number 114
"ilNEW OIL FIND ON
OIL GOSSIP
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LEGION ELECTS
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A NEW ELECTRA VOTER
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CARL BIGGER RETURNS
WILL EDWARDS
VISITOR IN CITY
Ross D. Schleigh Is Re-elected
Commander of the Electra
Post
for
are
now
Wife of the Rev. Mr. V/. C. Garrett
Firmer Electra Preacher, is
Dead In Amarillo
ANCELL RANCH
SOUTH OF CITY
LOCAL ATHLETIC FIELD TO BE
SCENE OF REGULAR FALL
FOOTBALL FEUD
LEGION AND AUXILIARY TO
OBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY
CATHOLICS WILL
RAISE FUNDS FOR
NEW BUILDING
ELECTRA MAN
BUYS NEWSPAPER
and
will
the
of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Patterson of
Highland Heights have a little son at
their home, George Carr, who arrived
at six Thursday evening.
ELECTRANS WILL ATTEND
STATE B. Y. P. U. MEETING
MISS MORROW IS
. ENGAGED TO WED
• By Mrs. N, D. Cooper
Oil Editor The News
ELECTRA GIRL A POPULAR
STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY
300 BBL. WELL
. IS LATEST FOR
SUNSHINE HILL
'TWENTIETH CENTURY.
MISS JEWELL RATLIFF TO
GO TO BUCKNER’S REUNION
COMMUNITY MEET FRIDAY
Mrs. Mattie Birk
Mrs. E. R. Keller
Mrs. Olera Schlemeyer.
VISITING IN WICHITA
. .triton,
Ui-i is
'* h >dist
quarter;
, quar-
Carnahan, however, wi 1 not be
enbacker motor sales room on North
Waggoner street from 5:30 to 8:30
p. m. November 2, for the benefit of
the building fund.
ELECTRA BOY
STARS ON TEXAS
FOOTBALL CLUB
WICHITA FALLS AND ELECTRA TEAMS
MEET IN ANNUAL INTERSCHOLASTIC
GRIDIRON CLASSIC HERE SATURDAY
Grandfield
game from Wai-
much, according to Coach
his injured knee received
last year failed him again early this
extent that not
the
men
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Morrow an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Garce, to Mr. Victor Clif-
ford Hunt of Lo§ Angeles, Califor-
nia. The wedding will be in Nov-
ember
producer on G. B. An-
eells, Sr., south pasture tract, three
fourths miles south of the Geo. E.
AncelL Jr., ranch house and four
miles southwest of Ancell headquar-
, The well is re-
• - _ — - a
day from a 1700 foot sand, although
Frazier and Hammond No. 1, J. H.
Marriott, in section 26, block 13, H.
& T. C. survey four and one half
mi'es northwest of Electra, have a
derrick up and machinery on the
ground but have been delayed by
bad weather. They expect- to spud
in this week.
Red River Oil company No. 13,
Bywater No. 2, three and one half
miles northwest of Electra is an old
hole to be- drilled deeper. Derrick up,
pit ready. Will begin cleaning the
hole this week.
J. J. Holcomb, Electra oil opera-
tor and contractor, sold his drilling
ByArthur Brubane _
Armistice Day will not go unob-
served in Electra
Plans were announced Tuesday for
the holding of open house at the
K. C. hall ©ver the postoffice build-
ings at 8 o’clock on the evening of
Armistice Day. The Legion
the Legion Women’s Auxiliary
present a program and serve
famous war-time refreshments
hot doughnuts and coffee.
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ELECTRA MEN
HONORED BY
ODD FELLOWS
Election and installation of offi-
cers was held at the meeting of the
Wichita County Association of Odd
Fellows and Rebkahs'at Odd Fel-
lows Hall, Wichita Falls, Wednes-
day night, with approximately 200
members inattendanee.
J. A. Moore of Burkburnett was
appointed chairman of the program
committee; Marvin Dees of Electra,
chairman of committee on by-laws
and constitution; W. P. Lewis of
Electra was elected president; W,
B. McNeely of Wichita Falls, first
vice president; Mrs. A. D. Butcher
of Iowa Park, second vice president;
Guy Ragland of Electra, secretary-
treasurer; G. J. Beard, chaplain. In-
stallation of officers by Marvin Dees,
assisted by T. J. Martin of Wichita
Falls.
An excellent program was given,
and refreshments were served.
It is said automobiles
keep half the voters away
from the polls, and “ab-
sentee balloting’' is sugges-
ted.
Also, “Golf keeps men
away from the churches-”
The remedy is to make
politics as interesting as
motoring, religion as in-
teresting as golf. With
Henry Ward Beecher in a
big church, or Billy Sun-
day in a revival tent, the
caddies, not the clergymen
would complain.
Ross D. Schleigh was re-elected
Post Commender of the local Claude
McDonald post of the American Le-
gion, at a meeting held Thursday
evening in the reception room of
Dr. Weller’s suite of offices.
Other officers for the coming year
are Ben Eskridge vice commander;
A. I.-. Hoffer, post adjutant; W. B.
Hicks, sergeant-at-arms; Dr. R. E.
Weller, finance officer; Frank Bar-
rett, chaplain; and Steve Rum ore.
historian. An executive committee,
■consisting of five members will be
appointed at the next regular meet-
Jack Ligon, Jr.s made his appear-
ance at the Ligon home on West
Ida Avenue, Sunday morning, Octo-
ber 3rd, and in two short weeks has
annexed unto himself a circle of de-
voted friends—-another instance
the power of personality.
CECIL COOPER RETURNS
Cecil Cooper has rturned from
Woodson where he has been employ-
ed on a drilling crew.
Max Moore of the Moore Filling
station on the North Electra high-
way and Eric Moore of the County
Line community went to Dallas for
the Vanderbilt-Texas football game
Saturday and visited with their
brother, Murray Moore, famous Tex-
as University athlete and line cap-
tain. Moore was the only Longhorn
who battled through the entire game
without relief. The Longhorns lost
7 to 0.
Mr<. W. C. Garrett, "wife of Rev
W. C Garrett, pastor of the Second
Baptist church of Amarillo, died m
that city recently, following an op-
-- She underwent
5.
a
at
Bridwell and Heydtipk No. 1 fee
in the Clark pool Sunslime Hill was
drilled in Saturday morning and is
swabbing and flowing at the rate of
300 barrels a day from the Clark
sand which was topped at 1838 feet.
Bridwell and Heydrick No. 1,
Wrangler, an offset to Clark and
Campbell No. A, east of the discov-
ery pool and farther up on the hill
is drilling below 1560 feet.
Bridwell and Heydrick No. 10,
Francis Saunders, 200 feet south-
west of Stidham and Thrasher pro-
ducer, is drilling in hard lime below
2150 feet.
Mrs. J. M. Tanner, who was a dele-
gate from Electra to the state ex-
ecutive meeting of the Baptist W.
M. U. at Dallas Tuesday and Wed-
nesday of last week reports a good
meeting and plans having beta made
for the state meeting at San Anto-
nio. November 17. Mrs. 1 armor
and Rev. and Mrs. Francis will
tend the San Antonio meeting.
By Mrs. N. D. Cooper
Oil Edtor The News
The finding of oil in the Apple
and Brandberry No. 1» G. B. An-
cell, Sr., ranch, in section 10, block
7, H. & T. C. survey is the latest
thriller for Electra oil circles.
The new well opens up a wide scope
of territory between the Griffin
J! ranch pool on Wichita River south
J Electra field as well as causing wide
i ' on the area between
Continued growth of the member-
ship of the Electra ' Catholic
( Church has inspired leaders of the
football denomination here to plan for a
larger building., Leaders of the
church have for some time been con-
fronted with a building problem and
the first of a series of benefits is
two to be given November 2, the proceeds
of which will go to the building, rig Monday to the Globe Oil and
fund.
Mrs. George T. McGann, promi-
nent member of the church heres an-
nounced plans Tuesday for the giv-
Carraway, of ^speculation
here and the new Murehmson ram
well in Waggoner pasture section 51,
block 4, H. & T. C. survey, approx-
imately ten miles west of the An-
cell well..
The new
Coyotes
shown anything to boast about. They
ha^e lost consistently,
with the Lawton high school club,
the
a
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Owen are
home to their friends at 107 East
Wharton. Mrs. Owen formerly lived
Electra and has returned here from
Dallas since her marriage to C. E.
(Slim) Owen, which took place re-
cently in that city, at the home of
her sister.
counted on
Reese, as
Senator
Arkansas, wants the Uni-
. ted ^States to dig up and
- /bring to America the bod-
ies of 30,000 American sol-
diers buried on French
-soil.
He says Europeans hate lets ranch house.
us so intensely that he i JiAWk
saw insulting lines scrib- water trouble because of faulty cas-
Wss Jewell Ratliff will attend the
annual alumni of Buckner’s Orphans
Home in Dallas October 16 and 17.
Students from all parts of the Uni-
ted States gather at the Home at
this season, during the Fair, each
\ ear, the number attending some-
times reaching 1560.
Miss Rathffe who makes her heme
with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. LeBus,
began' her musical education at
Buckner’s home, and has since gamed
vreat proficiency w her art.
RETURN FROM DALLAS
Mrs. K. M. Tarlton and daughter
Audrey have returned from Dallas
a here they attended the Texas-Van-
h-rbtlt game, and visited with Opal
their daughter and sister,
a -tudent in the Southern
University, Dallas.
Big Bill Edwards of Denton, ed-
itor, civic leader, political chieftain
and District Governor of Rotary In-
ternational. paid a high compliment
to the activities of the Electra Ro-
tary Club on a visit to this city Fri-
day. Mr. Edwards, one of the state’s
most prominent Rotarians, was a
guest of the local club at its regu-
lar weekly luncheon at the Marriott
Hotel.
An unusually good attendance greet-
ed the district chief of Rotary, all
but three members of the local club
being present. The three were on
jury duty in Wichita Falls.
Mr. Edwards, in an excellent half-
hour address, paid a high compliment
to the excellent manner in which the
club has co-operated with the pro-
gram of work and activity as out-
lined by the international organi-
sed on the white crosses!
above the graves of our
soldiers.
at 600 feet,
R. T. Macey, B. H. r \
Johnson Douglas and Hart, a quin-
tet of Electrons, have recently
brought in a nice little semi-wildcat
we'I six miles southeast of Electra,
three miles southeast of Newtown in
South field. The well is on the
southwest quarter of section 2, H.T.
& B. survey. Location has been
made for a second well to be drilled
soon.
Wo take this means of thanking
all the ladies of Electra who as-
sisted in the Woman’s Benefit Asso-
ciation pageant staged at the Tex-1 university.
as-Oklahoma Fair, on the night of
October 7th, as it will be impossible
for us to thank each one individual
ly-
The annual fall feud between two
families of the animal kingdom will
break afresh here Saturday after-
noon when the Wichita Falls Coy-
otes and the Electra Tigers meet in
the great interscholastic
classic of this section. »
Marking the opening of the inter-
scholastic league for both teams.
Bitterer Geven than the feud of
West Virginia hill-bi lies, the 1
teams will go on the field keyed to
the hardest battle of the year. The
game marks the opening of the in-
terscholastic league season for both
teams.
Coach Bud McCallum of Wichita!in® of a chicken dinner at the Rick-
Falls will have one of the greatest
teams in the history of the neighbor
city high school on the field, when
the Coyotes don their fighting garb
for the game. Regardless of what
sport writers say, and regardless of
the showing the Wichita Fal’s team
has made so far this year, the Coy-
otes have one of the greatest foot-
ball machines the Faith City has;
ever known. In addition to its great >
physical strength, smoothness of play1
on the field, chicanei y and general-1
ship, the Coyotes this year have a
fighting spirit which would do jus-
tice to a college or university squad.
Hard luck stories are beginning to
pour forth from the Coyote camp—
presumably to spoof the Tigers into
believing that the game will be a
push-over. These tales rival those
of the famous Doc Stewart who, on
the eve of every game, bursts forth
with tears and tales about the con-
dition of his men. Some have foot
injuries, others are pained with bro-
ken ribs; still others have sprained
ankles. And lu and behold, the crip-
pled men always recover miracu-
lously a few hours before the game
and are in the line-up as usual.
So when the Wichita Falls news-
papers speak of Tank Horton, let-
tering end, in a hospital tone of
voice, do not be misled. One W. F.
sports scribe savs: ‘“There is some
probability also of Tank Horton, let-
tering end. to be back; but his in-
jured knee will make him see little
or no service m the Electra game.”
You can bet your farm Tank will
be in the game, despite this sob
stuff.
Hobbs, letterman of 1924, is over-
coming a foot injury, we are told.
Pmney’s shoulder injury is still both-
ering him, the newspaper continues.
And the alarming thing about it all
is. the yarn continues, is that there
are no second stringers to take
the places of these three men should
they be unable to get into the con-
test. Now isn’t that a shame! Pos-
sibly the places will be vacant when
the team takes the fie’d, but more
than likely, Mr. Horton, Mr. Hobbs
and Mr. Pinney will be at their reg-
ular positions. :
Jim Reese is not allowing his Ti-
gers to gulp down this dose of trick-
ery, however. He is telling them
that they have a fighting chance to
win—and nothing more. This is all
any team has.
“If the Tigers can get the old
fighting spirit, they have a chance
to win. There is no doubt but what
the Coyotes outweigh us, man to
man, and with many old lettermen on
the club this year, they have a ma-
chine that whl be hard to beat. The
weekly newspaper, at Pilot at 1640.
-----, .— - Denton. Mr. ’
G unstead will assume ownership of
the paper November 1. Mr. Gun-
stead and his family will leave this
city m a few days to’ get their new
home at Pilot Point in readmess.
a re
Johnny LeBus
Louis Kent at half give the Tigers
two seasoned backs who -should stack
up pretty well with the rest of the
conference. Among the new men
in the red and white uniform, Sar-
gent, weighty 190-pound tackle; Gil-
lum. fait and heady youngster at
fullback, and Cloninger, speedy and
versatile end and end and ha f, all
fall little short in their performances
thus far. Davis, Smith and Foster
furnish further line power that has
made the Tiger line hard to pierce
all season. The liger offense has
seemed somewhat weak.
zation.
The Electra Club is one in three
of the thirty-three clubs in this dis-
trict he has visited which has
departments in operation and all
committees actively at work,
Edwards said.
Albert E. Myles, president of the
Wichita Falls Rotary Club, also was
a guest of the luncheon. Mr. Myles
smiled a broad smile when one of
the Electra Rotarians, unaware of
the presence of the Wichita Falls
man, told of the severe drubbing in
store for the Wichita Falls Coyotes
when they meet the Eeiectra high
school Tigers here Saturday after-
noon in one of the most important
district games of the year.
Production Company of Amarillo.
The rig is on a wildcat test eight
miles northwest of Vernon. Mr. Hol-
comb expects to devote his time to
the lease end of the oil game for
the present.
Cecil G. Cooper, driller for the
Prairie Oil and Gas Co. on a well at
Woodson, visited with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Cooper.
Staley, Hester and Hawkins, Wich-
ita Falls operators, have derrick up
and slush pit ready for a new ro-
tary test on S, S. Marshall farm on
Red River. 13 miles northeast of
Electra. This well will be 1000 feet
north of the C. E. Taylor well drilled
to 1700 feet last spring.
E. L. Gallinger pioneer oil opera-
tor of Electra is not doing any drill-
ing at present, but has some impor-
tant deals for acreage pending.
C. O. Grove has recently done some
clean-out work for the Ridgway Oil
company on their Powell lease at
Fowlkes. His spudding machine is
now bogged in the mud. He plans
to move to the Texas company lease
where he will clean out some old
wells.
C. P. Sheldon spent the week end
with his family here, but left for
Archer county Monday night. He
expects to resume operaton on his
II. C. Obenhaus No. 1 well north of
i Sunshine Hill this wcc-k.
i R. II. Cook ct al No. 1, Throckmor-
Miss Norma Andrews of Electra
is one of the most popular girls at
the University of Texas and is a
pledge in the Kappa Kappa Gamma
sorority, according to a news dis-
patch from Austin recently. Miss
Andrews is the charming daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Andrews
of his city. She is an accomplished
musician and appeared in recital
here under Professor Paul Goetze a
few weeks before leaving for the
and ending with
tea'll. They took
tera. Okla., 19-0, at the opening of
the season.
Jim Reese’s Tiger line-up
five letter men from last year with
a possibility of a sixth being back
fnr a league competition. Letter men
LITTLE CARL THOMPSON ILL ’include Brown, end; Coolidge, center;
Carl Thompson, little son of Mr. | Kent, halfback; LeBus.
and Mrs. Thompson of the Rex Cafe p Avens, tackle, and Carnahan,
is reported quite ill at his home. « *er. C * '
Mrs. David M. Carter of New
Orleans, La., is a guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Lear. Mrs.
Carter expects to spend several
weeks in Electra, of which city she
was formerly a pioneer resident.
JOE STEWART ILL IN NOCONA
Raymond Stewart is attending his
father, Joe Stewart of Nocona, but
formerly of Electra, who is very ill
with pneumonia at the Wichita Gen-
eral hospital. Wichita. Falls,
ing, which is Thursday night, Octo-
ber 210
Plans for a home in Electra
Legionaires and ex-service men
rapidly developing. The subject -----
under consideration is the selection
of a suitable site. Members of the
post have adopted the slogan, “A
Legion Home for Legionaires” and
a drive is now under way for mem-
bers, the contestants being those
who were present at the last meet-
ing, which by the way, was well at-
tended. It was agreed that the
member so present who brings in
the fewest number of new members
during the weeks of the contest,
which will last about a month, will
be obliged to treat al! the other
members who were present at the
meeting, they having automatically
become entrants in the race for new
members.
the breaks are with them, but we
certainly are not looking for a set-
up” Coach Rease says.
Forty-five men reported to Coach
Bud McCa lum when fall training
season opened. Barely twenty an-
swered Coach Reese’s call. Wichita
Falls, we hate to admit, has a few
more citizens than Electra, and
consequently has more football ma-
terial to choose from.
1 he lop-sided scores which have
been thrust upon the Electra Tigers
during their practice games this
season have indicated the weakness
of the local dub. They really won
one game against the tiny Chillico-
the club. This was on y a push-over,
the score of which was something
like 40 to 0.
But neither have the
ing seat has delayed the actual com-
pletion of the well.
The nearest production is the
C-riffin Ranch, Panhandle, Gulf Pro-
duction company, producers on Wich-
ita River 4 miles souheast. The near-
est production to the north is nine
miles to the South Electra field ani
about 8 miles to the Beaver Creek
area on the east.
This was the lirst well drilled on
that tract, although other wells have
been drilled during the past few
years on other portions of the An-
cell Ranch, getting no production.
A number of new locations will
probably be made at once. Jere B.
Barnes et al, Electra operators, are
i igging up for an offset well, 300
feet diagonally to the northwest from
the discovery well. The Barnes test
veil will be drilled with rotary tools.
MRS. GARRETT DIES i
Dale Oil and Refining
No. 16, Burnett, on the south haff
section of J. F. Torry survey, off-
setting the Cook-Throckmorton well
has casing set on a likely sand at
1600 feet.
Brownlee and Dyson No. 5B, AI-
lingham, section 32, H. & T. C. sur-
vey, 2 miles south of Electra was
spudded in last week, now drilling
Carl Bigger of Electra has re-
turned to Shreveport, La his former
home. While in Electra he has been
in the empho, uf the U S Torpedo
C ompanj
year to such an
much hope for his return to
squad was left. Of those
Avens rates as one of the best
tackles in the district, while Cool-
idge as center and Brown at end
no slouches for anybody’s team.
at quarter and
Oration for cancer,
the operation Tuesday, October
Mrs. E. T. Groves of this city,
close friend of the family, was
the bedside when the end came.
Rev. Garrett was pastor of
First Baptist church of Electra in
1913-14. He and Mrs. Garrett en-
deared themselves to many Electrons..
They have held pastorates and mis-
sionary stations in some of the most
important places on the plains and
panhand’e area of Texas since leav-
m Electra. Rev. Garrett was for
some time missionary of the Palo
Duro association, being the first
Baptist missionaries in that section
to use an automobile in his work.
He covered a territory of more than
100 square miles. Mrs. Garrett who
often accompanied him in his work.
wasean efficient worker in organiz-
ing missionary societies, Sunday
school classes and childrens work in
the churches.
Funeral services were held in the
Second Baptist church of which her
husand has been pastor for two
years, Sunday afternoon, October 10,
with all the other Baptist pastors of
that city taking part in the services.
A large cortege of sorrowing friends
accompanied the funeral party to ue wm nara w oeau iilu
the train which carried her body to Tigers may vrin if they fight, and if
Waco, her childhood home. The last • ■ . . . . .
sad rites were said at 7th and James
street, Baptist church at Waco, on
Tuesday afternoon, October 12.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
vived by two sons, Jesse H. Garrett;
tudent pastor Seminary HilL Fort
Worth and Hume Pender Garrett,
principal of one of the public schools
of San Angelo; two sisters. Mrs. A.
Mussett of Fort Worth and Mrs.
F. H. Smith, Waco.
Mrs. Groves of Electra accom-
panied the funeral party a; far
this city.
The community meeting planned
for Sunshine Hill last Friday night
was postponed on account of rain
and shad roads to Friday night of
this week. According to plans nf
I the Mercantile Bureau, the enter-
tainment to be offered Friday night
Mis. J. W. Mallone is in Wichita will be unusually fine. Eeryone is
Falls, the guest of her parents, Mr. i invited to attend,
and Mrs. D. S. Aynes. |
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ELECTRA CITIZEN
Fred Gunstead, for several years
foreman of the mechanical depart-
ment of the Electra News, and well :
known to Electra business men, has [
purchased the Pilot Point Post-Sig-1 ton, southeast of the city* is driving
Point, Texas, near Denton. Mr. I
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