The Daily Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 188, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 4, 1931 Page: 7 of 8
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THE HAUL I riuoU”
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Woods Is Manager of New Humble Oiffical
ible Station Which Opens For
liness Monday At Wooster
^ods is manager of the [ _
retail gasoline and [ Snare* His Fortune
katson located on the
Beet road which opensj
k Monday.
Ids his been a resident
ition for a number of
ding was erected by >
id general contractor, j
ibing company did the ’
work for the station.
’ station which is open-
ly ix-known officially
; station1 No. 242. Ser-
ved there will include
plumbic gasoline and
oils, ear washing,
bd greasing work. Ac-
|rcs and tubes will also
rib stock.
station -jia^IiK^ted at
*t is conttrabetl along
r to sta-
ke idea of service to
r in evidence. Com ||
the new station has\J|
.ted only a short time.
% SA
Sound
Devices
At Texan
Optimistic Over
31 OiiOutlook
W. S. Farish, President
Of Humble Company
Airs Views On Oil
Conditions
■ing^cort indispensable akl of state and f out datigormtsly Increnwd ste fc*-
i Oaistandin* fratat. , ftederal conservation authorities, j of gasoline. Crude producers, like-
"Thc OUptiMlnr" awqmpfiw-tdid sucyecd, under the order-* «f j wise, continue to bold production
nwnt of the oil industry in 1930 j the .state officials, In holding | to market demand, in spite of the
lims been the xueeeM of produe -crude prcxluction below crude con jefforte of a few to break down
jerk, in copperation with federal sumption fo* the year 1930.’ r i proration. A* a result of these
jwW Siiut* eonaervatien agencies,; “(krtgntly. reftneys are limit*]two policies, the statistical posi-
[itr preventing proouction of crude ing crime runs to a volume whfdi, j Uon of the whole Industry la tm-
ofl In caress of demawi Produc- if the effort continues, will permit) proving rapidly. If proration con-
era of crude'oM, h virtue of great j the industry to go into the con-i tinues to hold and if the threat
effort on their a#h part and tin jaunting season next spring with-j of failuie of proration can bej
“It is obvious as hardly to re
beginning ,,QfJalking
estem Electric.....Com-
ept up a research in
now has perfected the
.Noiseless
sa which has beep
theatres all over the
Now -Ghariftsefs-©avis, New York
manufacturer and former peni-
tentiary inmate, once called “tho
World's richest convict," will have -
someone to share his million-and
one-half fortune. She is his
bride, the former Mrs. Aldene
Carls, Los Angeles divorcee. They
invention produces ). married .secretly Nov.-39-, at Palnr
able to everyone and ■ Springs. Caj. and are believed to
rybu can hear a pin] bo continuing; tfieir honeymoon’’
hd not intended for j trip in Hawaii. Davis was, coh-
is eliminated by the j victed of shooting a detective
aramount Publix has who remonstrated with him.
first production over -■ - ••••" = . _
creation. This show! Mr. and Mis. J, P. iyree are
Lowe
Merton. A picture so j
supreme in its action!
that it is beyond mere
express. The Texan
. gone to considearbie j
perfect installation to j
picture, The eng
bf the Western
pays that the
| Jefferson Theater at
are the only two thea-
entire state equipped i
Sis new Production,
er, production engineer
ans, says that, through
ation of H. E. Wirth
jYstrom, Western Elec-
trs, he war able' torj
equipment to handle
j picture. At a special
the picture Friday
said that all claimed
tore is not too much
jmd is perfect in every
hum or whirring is
president of the Humble Oil ana
Refining Company, “that the year
1930 has .betenunprofitaMe for the
oil industry, as it has for almost
all othor industries; and this Is
true,in the case of oil in spite oi
the fact that it has enjoyed ar.
increase of approximately 5 pet
cent over the previous year in
the consumption of its major pro-
ducts—gasoline. The consumption
of all oil products shows no in-
crease over the year 1029, but it
did hold ite own, whereas, the
average industry had to cSntend
with shrinking demand for its pro-
ducts fast year, Us compared With
1929; ' ' ‘
“It may well be asked why an
established basic industry like oil,
nationwide in its scope, has been
unable to carry on at a reasonable
profit during a year when its raw
material was abundant and reia-
iively cheap, its« manufacturing
cost's reasonably low, and its prim,
cipal-product demand .larger than
the banner demand of 1929,
. “the main reason the oil in-
dustry made no better showing
'to 1930 is that refiners overpro-
duced gasoline last winter and
spring to the extent that a de-
pressingly large surplus of fin-
ished gasoline- has been on hand
arm ready-fer market threugbsut-
the entire year. The. influence of
these largp gasoline stocks to de
press prices has, been augmented
effect on the year’s base
effort-
among distributors of gasoline for
increased volume, which has re-
sulted in the continued increase in
the multiplication of distributing
facilities beyond all reason and
in correspondingly higher market-
-mwnlly ap l dofini<i’'lt
ed, then, in time, improvement end
stabilisation of^rttne <4i and whole
sale refinery product values must
Inevitably Miner. ---------- ----------
“I believe that the long and des-
perate effort of the petroleum In-
dustry to establish ratable and we will
equitable production of crude oil, products
to the end that the supply shall balance between
not exCtOU- tiic deinsllu, ,u. rtacij j mand .
accomplished
* olflw suceea
t* all but an
I hope the fruits of
this effort may begin to
•red by thw
year 1981; 1 know that
carry our cooperative
final success, with
industry daring
receive:
• fair
m
y
m
NNouNciNG The Opening
Of A New Humble Station#
^EJr To Humble Oil & Refining Co.
fr)S TO SHOOT ~
[ROUGE, La.. (UP)—
' He team th*, kftdis-
Universlty has ache-
ifle matches for the
•comers on the cored
Cornell, Carnegie ln-
NortMwestem.
—AND—
A. V. WOOD, Manager
AIL ELECTRICAL WIRING and
FIXTURES
Installed By
(V:? #•'»“<
J.M. PARNELL, Proprietor
Phone 240 Goose Creek
READY TO SERVE YOU
UTH THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS IN GASOLINE
AND MOTOR OIL
Tires, Tubes and Accessories
Cars Washed, Polished
and Greased.
nirteous, Smiling Service—Drive in for water and air—it's
-Free and a Courteous ^tendant wHl mrve yon—
HUMBLE STATION NO. 242
A. V. WOODS, Manager
At The Bend on the Mai£«t Street Road at Wooster
NUMBER 242
A. V, Woods, Mgr
AT THE BIC BEND ON THE MARKET STREET ROAD AT WOOSTER
OPENING JANUARY ;TH, 19)1.
V -~speed~'in every drop of Flashlike Gasoline.
This station repfesents the most advanced gums clean'-reduces crank case dilution—
ideas of the industry for the convenient and unjform jn cleanliness, purity, and quality.
2^ efficient servicing of automobiles. \ — ------- , ,
„ , . J£. . If your motor knocks v#-#
The latest types of oiling, grcasingf and fuel v. , , / , l* l .
v # If your car has one of the new hignKU>mpression mo*
dispensing equipment assure prompt service. ^ your motor knocks from ^ have yoOT
Washing and greying racks are conveniently ^ with Ae ncw FlashlikcEthyl
placed, yet unobtrusive. Station mana^rs tilc urcatiy increased powcr. speed, arwJ smoothn^i
check over each car carefully after washing of operation which this special fuel afford. All the
or greasing. Every detail of service is careful- power, “zip” and “go” of Flashlike Gasoline, plus the
ly supervised, to assure your satisfaction. added energy and smoothness of Ethyl Compound. It
Heye^you can obtain Flashlike Gasoline, will absolutely prevent fuel knocks in higlucompn*.
long-life Velvet Motor Oils and Greases-" Sion motors. and make any motor run better and
and crank case, universal, differential, trans- ^ Ionscr- Trvout *>***• -
mission, and chassis lubrication service. Also HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY
air for your tires, and water for your battery
and radiator.
Visit this station today. Have your car serv-
iced with Humble Products—enjoy die added
motoringsatisfaction which comes from using
them. There’s easy starting—power-pick-up
;»i
f •^GASOLINE
“It Stops
That
Knock"
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Rogers, Chester. The Daily Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 188, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 4, 1931, newspaper, January 4, 1931; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020047/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.