The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 255, Ed. 1, Friday, April 25, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. IV. No. 2.".
NEW WELL OPENS UP POOL
THAT MAY EQUAL THAT
OF THE CURRY DISTRICT
'It It tho belief of 11 iuiiiiImt
of oil inuii wlui lmi Imtstlgnlcd
Hi" nroit nilJiKfiil In Hi. new well
In the I'llllos fluid Mini the In lug-
I ni: In of flic ("IIIi'iiImc Xt. 1
iiiiukH tliu oM'iilni; of a pool dcv
lined I ihnl t'lin) In (ill pin-
ilurtlnii" (ilcnii IIhhm'II declined
this morning In hicaklng of it
Mt 10 the well jeMoitlnj by
hlm-elf M. n. Daniels J. U.
'I'luimponii C. IS. Mm tin .ludgo
'P. Howies nml Judge '3. Illek-
iiinti mill niiiiK'ioiiN others Inter.
stcil In tho new tllMotery
Tlic new wi'll. Mr. 1 tunnel I Mid
I pinking approximately 1Boo bar-
rols of oil per dny of which ninoiint
not more tlmn l.ooo barrel win
being saved when tb. well enmo In
The Immense .'Oh pr ssife cnue
TAMMANY HALL !
HEAD IS DEAD '
IN NEW YORK!
Mr Iht AttwIttMi TriM.
NUW YOUK. April 26. Chnrlet
1 Murphy leader of Tamilian) Hull
tiled at hi relilenco nt ! :io o'clock J
IIiIh morning. II" mirceeded the
inio niciinni urtmiT hb i-iii.-ii
tho country' most famous political
organization.
Murphy watt bom In Now York.
Jtitiu 20th 1868.
Acuto Indigestion waH tho cauio
of lila death.
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FUNERAL HELD
THIS AFTERNOON
FOR MRS. BLACK
Funeral services are being held
Oil afternoon nt .'1:30. in tin. Kind
OhrlHtlan Church lor Mrs. Sarah
lllaok. who died Monday In Cali-
fornia One of tho Inrgoat floral offering
ever aem nt a. funeral bore wa
banked about tho casket and altar
of the church many floral tribute
liaviiiK been given by many proiul.'
lKint citizens and others here who
know hor. A crowd that filled the
church attended the service.
Decenscn wa of ono of tho mot
prominent fnnilllo In this soctlon
of tho slate and wa known far and
wldo for her nets of bonovolonco and
helpfulness. Sho wan a charter
member of tho First Christian
Church hero and tho Borvlcoa wor
conducted by F.Ider llandolph Clark
and Nov. 8. J. Shottlcsworth. who
eulogized tho life nnd works of do-
cont'd In beautiful tonni.
Uurlal wan tn Hast Sldo comotery
under direction of M. P. Klkor of
tho Thompson undertaking company.
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LEAVERTON IS
NEW HEAD OF
THE LIONS CLUB
H. A. I.cavorton va. today olect-
ed president of tho I.loiis Club with
Murray Olll first vice president J.
I). Hnndofer Jr. second vice presi-
dent Morris Hlogel third vice irnl.
tlent Curl Kerguson socrotnry Troa-
Biirer Ira Sinlser Talltwlster.
Tho urogram of entortnlnmont
wan furnished today by momboM of
tho Hurley Sadler Shown troop wbo
woro received with much applause
by tho I.Ioiih. Sadler hluiHelf mado
a brief talk at roiiuest of tho Club
nnd Bpoko ol work with tho West
TexaB Chamber of Coinmorco and
with local organizations such n. tho
Lions Club In nil towns whcio ho
piayB.
M B. Daniels and J. E. Hickman
were named a commlttoo to direct
the Club's part of tho reception thereby nddlng 1 11 com 0 to local con-
at the Elks Club hoitso next Tuesday! corns wbo aro residents nnd pay
for tho Women's Federation Con- tnaca and aid civic and commercial
ventlon I enterprise.
enormous waste of oil nml makes
It dlfflrult t" fine fur tin output.
Storage vni In mi. ended an nip
Idly iih pohhII)Ii' laii' xlirilay after-
noon and it was thought would be
rotnplct. 1 some time durliiK the
night.
Twenty wpIIb arc reported drilling
In the Tulltm poo! at thin time anil
n number of new locations are ox-
pertrd to he made within the next
few data offsetting the new well.
The Uwensondnlo Oil Company
and the Itnchelle Oil Company It Is
iimlemtnod will drill on their hold-
ings In the TuIIobb pool an noon as
arrangement can be completed.
Mob ltalney I also starting two
or three well In lliln vicinity.
The TiiIIom pool Ih north of Cad-
do about thlrtv five minute drive
fiom Ilreckonrldgo.
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Anolhcr Racing
Balloon Goes
Down In Slonn
B7 tk AimcUU4 Ttttu
KANSAS CITY. April 2C Anoth-
er of the bpvpii balloons entered
In Hi. National Humiliation race
from Mui Antonio wan couutod out
early today when the Army entry.
uie n-ii won forced down hv an
electrical storm nenr Saint AiiHKnr.
Iowa leavliiK three entries In tho
riiunluK.
Tho S-14 traveled 1200 iiiUob.
Major Norman Pock pilot and
Lieut A. Gray nldo woro uninjur
ed.
Ooodyonr No. 8 It was roported.
pansi'd ovor Volga City Iowa about
lino mllofl from San Antonio.
OtliurH Mill In tho air nro tho
Ilonejwoll Kansns City Coopurntlve
Club entry and tho Detroit enter-
ed by tho Detroit Aviation Society
and piloted by dipt. II. K. Honey
well and Herbert Vniitliailou nupec-
tlvoly. IHTM'Qin:. Iowa. April 2G. The
balloon piloted by Lieut Herbert
Vonthnden landed tn n field five
iiiIUhj BOuthwoBt of hero early to-
day. The balloon was forced to
land after belim trapped In threo
ejeetrlcnl storms.
It had travelled about 1.000
mile undamaged.
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New Ordinance
Would Reoilate
Tent Shows Outi
The City Commission has on-
acted an ordinance calculaint to
prohibit the showing In llrecken.
rldgo of any traveling clrciM. wild
0(it show dramatic comody ropro-
sontatlon nnd other tontod attrac
tions within tho coporato ll'iilN
of tho City of Ilreckonrldgo.
Tho ordlnnnce i.eek to prevent
tented attractions by means of rogti
latlon. proscribing that a tent or
temporary structure) for such nttrac
tloiiB shall not ho erected within
300 foot of any church private res.
Idence or school building and pro-
viding n penalty of a flno of from
$G to J200 for each violation and
that onch day shall constitute a vio-
lation. It Is doclnrod that this ordinance
I was enacted because the Supremo
Curt reconlly declared unconstitu-
tional tho ordlnanco enacted n year
or two ago to prohibit carnivals
from showing In Ilrockcnrldgo alao
to glvo protection to local thoatros
mnnngomont who hnvo oxtenslvo In
vestmonts in bulldlur; musical in
strumon .' paid orchestra oxpon
kIvo seating and high class piograms
an 01 which nro considered a.i a
nieaiiB of putting Ilreckonrldgo In
tho class of much larger cities In
quality of amusement places and In
that theso also attract many visitors
to tho city from other comunltles
BRECKENRIDGE
SUDDEN DROP
IN OUTPUT MAY
ADVANCE CRUDE
Decrease In Kttns Of Past Week
21000 Hands Over Pre-
vious Week.
.Special to the Ainetieiiu.
TOUT YYOUTII Tcmih April
".". A decided tlrop In oil pro-
duction In the fulled Slates to-
tnliiiK mine Hum IM.OOO burivls
ilullj iiii'ii(!i's for tliu fuist week
In the faro of a prediction by ex-
pel ts that this eni's eoosiiiup-
lion ilciniiiid wilt liiwe at leiint
ten per cent Iiiciviim" ulves n de-
cided oplonilstle sphll to llue-e
xlio luno been wlshlnj; for iiiiulli-
er ndvniire In ciiulo oil.
This i! I (HIO Imi-ivk dally in it-
aje ilti ii'nsi N shown In the ie-
pott (or the tvk ndlng April
It) over the week which ended
April '2.
California pioductlon was ulven
an Olfi.HOO hatreU a decrense of
'1200 barrels over tho Inntlttitu
flBiiroa for tho week before. Pro.
diictlon enst of tho Hodden waH es-
timated at 1287050 barrels a de-
crease of fi.SOO. The Institute dlf.
fers with iiiactlcally every news-
paper and trade Journal estlmato
in nsMlKnliiK Oklahoma and Wyo-
mine. Montana decreasej though all
showiiiK reports whlc'i are reaily
(Continued on Pace !.)
HICKEY'S TRIAL
SET FOR MAY 7
JuiIkc C. O. Hamlin JiiiIko of tho
Ninetieth Dlstilct Court has set May
7 a tho date for the trial of V. A. I
Hlckey charKed with murder In
connection with tho death of C. II.
H row 11.
llrown died from Injuries received
In a Pipe Yard hero after a quarrel
between himself and Hlckey
Hlckey was this afternoon still
In Jail tho court thus far having
set no amount for ball.
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BRECKENRIDGE
MAN SERIOUSLY
HURT AT ALBANY
AMUNY April 21.- Pounding a
corner a mile south of Albany with
too much speed may coat Ollle
Skagga of Ilreckonrldgo his life.
Sknggs with another inuu was turn-
ed over twlco In a touring car. Ha
suffered a badly sprained shoul-
der and bruised nnd crushed cheat.
His companion was not hurt beyond
minor cuts ami a few bruises.
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"Junior Brothers'
?'
Circus Promises
To Be Big Affair
It was announced today that If
tho weather penults tho High School
Juniors will stnge tholr big enter-
tainment nt 7 o'clock tomorrow
(Saturday) evonlng. Tho title
"Junior Ilrothers ClrciiB" hns boon
given tho nffalr.
Tho main show will conslnt of a
first clas3 negro minstrel supported
by tho Mnnsflold quartette) and threo
choruses. Thoro will also bo a
wrestling match and a wild animal
show
Thoso not desiring to pay 2C conttt
for tho main show or 50 cents for
tho wholo nffalr may see the sldo
vthowB for smaller sums It Is an-
nounced. Plenty of mmbIc Is promised.
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IIIOII SCHOOL HAND .MAY 13NTEIJ
COXTKST AT IIUOWXWOOI) TUX.
Tho nrockonrltlgo High School
band may ontor tho West Toxas
Chamber of Commerco Convention
to bo bold at Ilrownwood next
month.
Though organized only about threo
months tho band under Its ninBtor
Mr. Frazler Iibb made remarknble
progress. Practice on Bpeclal
plecw is being dono with tho vlow
of going to Brownwood to competo
In the contoata with many bands
there.
STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS
Not In Their
Class Kor Kacin'
The day was dark and muikj
but the iJieclu-uildge shine pal-
loi wheie thlee iIuhI.j darkles
labored Intermittently oor mudd
boots was filled with an optiinism
us fine as any eer oiiKendeted In
the sunny southland. The uegio
Is fBHcnilalb an optimist. As long
us h has rood and shelter and as-
soelntlou with others of his kind
he Is nbt uffllcleil with 11 predl.
lection for woiry.
Kill some of the race are piono
to boast of their exploits on track
and In field and this iiioniln
one of the three Africans told In
ilctuie8iiie laiiKUnKe of IiIh un-
romiillshmentB on the race truck
where. It Reemeil nccordliiK to his
own Ideas Harney Old field was
a pilfer and Do I'altnn a cheap
skate from tho hinterlands. It
was he who was the nice track
kliiK mitl all others were out of
the run til up.
"Ah iiiaiio an rund'd 'nd twelve
miles p' liouali on dm lleaiimont
track" he declaied.
"I'll huh" nooded the second
as ho twanged a ihlne towel with
a musical sound.
"Ah can mali'O sebont.v.fivo
miles an liouali in that l'o'il I
got now. It's 'iiulppeil wld rac-
in' Koahs and ovad head valves.
Iluhleavo me boh dot am a step-
pin baby."
"Dat sho' nm" nsnented tho
third or thu rlo.
Hut as tho speaker left the
shining emporium that attitude of
those left underwent an I in medi-
ate change.
"What fob tint boy wanna llo
llk0 hat?" was tho Inquiry mnde
ns soon as tho visitor was out of
earshot.
"Ho konw nobody's gonna b'-
llevo him."
"Ho toll nmout how ninny Opi.
mans he kill In tho war. 'Cord-
In' tn him ho l;ll' mnh dan any-
body else ovah thenh and I hot
b0 didn't kill nono ntall."
"Kvah thing ho got he think
bos' of Mill."
"His cab run fastahthan any
otha car In town. Ho bent any
t'ody In any kind of n game. H
Jos' natchully a llttlo outtn nuiib
class to heah his side of It.
"Dat hoy sho' do loco slssolf."
MAN FOUND
WITH CHOC IS
FINED AS VAC
Chief Crlmsinger nnd Policeman
O. T. I.IIob yesterday arrested u
man whoso nniuo was given us M.
II. Moody In the second block South
of tho postofflco who wns dcclnrod
to huvo been caught In tho act of
filling bottles with choc boor. Tho
officers report finding about thirty
gallons of choc at tho place.
Moody was fined $25 nml cost
on n chnrgo of vagrancy. Iri city
court.
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Hiram Johnson
Trv rull P.nii4.ilrii
av yiui wuiiimiDii
Bf the AMncUtrd Vrtu.
CLKVHLAND April 2C Sonator
Hiram Johnson will closo his cam-
paign for tho Ilepubllcan presiden-
tial nomination In a speech nt To-
ledo tonight It was announced Jiore
today.
Johnson will then return to Wnsh.
Ington tanking no campaign speech
us In Indiana noxt week.
Falluro of his volco and a run-
down physical condition provonted
tho Indiana campaign it Is doclnrod.
0
BRECKENRIDGE I.O.O.F.
MEMBERS REPORT GOOD
TIME AT ELIASVILLE
A group of Ilreckonrldgo Odd
Follows nnd Hoboccas fifteen or
twenty In number were presont at
nn "Odd Follows Supper" given last
night nt Ivllnsvlllo according to
It. M. Payno who attended tho meet.
Ing.
"Wo drove ovor In flfty.flyo mln-
uteB and back In slaty mlnuto ar
riving In Ilreckenrldgo Just be
foro tho rain began falling" Mr.
Payno stated. "Thoro was n largo
numbor of Odd I-'oIIowb present and
a number of flno speeches wer
made.
FRIDAY APRIL 25
INCREASE SHOWN
IN STEPHENS CO.
OIL PRODUCTION
Many New Locations And Larpe
Number Of Wells Are
(Soinj? Deeper.
The llreckenridge field saw an In-
crenso in production as well as n
number of new locations during the
past week. The pipe line reports
show 11 total dally aveiage of 20-
COO barrels the past week compar-
ed with about 20000 the week
ptevlous.
One feature characterizing the
drilling report for this field the
past week Is that a number of oper
ators aro shown to be rigging up
or beginning drilling for deepening
holes particularly Is this noticeable
In the Curry pool six miles South
west of Ilrockenildge where the
biiuglug in of the Magnolia Com
pany's Hi own No. :: lust wtek prov-
ed that there Is a sand 7(50 fuel
below tho pay stratum pielousl
known in tho moro than 200 pro-
ducers In that fluid. At least a
dozen wells nro already being deep
oned In that area with tho view of
adding nnotber pay sand to their
production records.
Tho following new locations nro
reported:
Texas Compnny No. A-10 l'nrks
section HltfiO T. k V. survey; J. It
Klilsnn ot al No. 1 J. S. Crowlo
estate section Hit block fi T. & V.
survey; Empire (Ins & Fuel Co. No
7 J. S. Wallace section fi. block 0
T. R- P. survey; Prairie Oil & Ons
Co. No. 1 Stoker section 18 block
S S. P. survey deepening from
old Curry Pool pay to 11000 pay.
The drilling report for tho week
(Uinws tho following activity:
Curry Pool Oil Co. (formerlj
Sprntt feWlsdom) No. 1 Williams
ring. Vritten & T.ncoy No. 1 Cun
nlnghnm drilling nt 2500. HiivIk
& Melntyre No. 1 Hudspeth loca
tlon. Cray ol al No. 1 Ward try
Ing to shut water off nt .'I11U
nilasvlllo Pool Syndlcnto No. 2
Douglass 1 tinning 0-inch casing nt
2000. Ivan Petroleum Co. No. 2
Martin drilling nt SCO. Klllinn
Production Co. No. 2 llrown. rig
I.lttln & Ornhani No. 1 Walker
Caldwell drilling nt 2085. I.inor
fluorln No. 2 llrown rigging up
Marchbanks et al No. 1 Hudspeth.?
rigging up. Mid-Kansas Oil ft Ons
Co. No. 12 nccount No. 1 O. W
Hill drilling nt I2H; No. 12 J. W
Hill drilling nt IlOfiO; No. in J. W.
Hill drilling nt 8H0; No. 2 l.eo rig-
ging up; No. 1 account No. 2 Lowe
fishing for tools nt 2020; No. 2
I.owo building rig; No. 11 lllclinrd-
Hon. drilling hy casing nt 3isn.
Monro ot al Williams drilling nt
fi00. Plerco & Nuttnll No. 1
Crudglngton drilling nt 2G00 water
trouble. Prairie Oil & Oiib Co. No.
U. Atkins fishing for tools nt ?-
fill. I.nuilroth Production Corpora-
tion No. 2 Mooro. rig. Humble Oil
& defining Co. No. 2 Jones rigging
up to drill to deep pay nt til 71;
No. 7 Jonos drilling nt 2005 water
trouble Kas killed. Hallo & Knight
No. 1 Dodd rig; No. 2 Jones drill-
ing nt 2000. Fostor & Iloeser No.
2 J. V. Oardonhlro 32211 moving In
tn()l8 w Ur 0 (pop mv
Kmplro
Ons & Fuol Co. No. 7 Wallace lo.
cation. Corts & Kolloy No. 1
Parks drilling nt :i!l30. Chrlstlo
llros. No. a Humphreys drilling at
11710. Carter No. 1 Langford drill-
ing nt 1270. lluckoyo Dovelopmont
Co. No. 8 Walker running 10 Inch
casing nt 2080. llrown & Co. No.
4 J. W. nrown 320G moving tools
will drill to doop pay; No. 1 MpCIou.
ny shut down for orders at 3.171
water trouble. linker & Kdson No.
1 Crowley Bpuddlng.
Atlantic Oil Production Co. No. 0
Dunlnp plugging off wntor at 4382.
(Continued from pngo 2.)
Stick Candy Found
Who lina lost a package of Bwcots
D. F. Yarbrough at tho Dillingham
& Aloxandor uptown plant Is anxi-
ous to know for bo hns closo to
fifty pounds of stick candy diopp-
ed right In front of his door last
night.
He's nnxlous to know who the
unfortunnto ownor was supposed-
ly ono making a dcllvory from n
wholesalo houso to a retail estab-
lishment. Tho carton of candy
was noticed in tho stroot In front
of tho Ico storago plant.
1921.
"RAIN WORTH A MILLION"
FALLS OVER STEPHENS
COUNTY IN A FEW HOURS
Will flreittly Aid Wheal Crop
Thousands Of Young (Jrasshoppers That Threatened
Crops In Various Sections Of County.
"This rain x wouli 11 million
dollars to Stephens count)" .1. ('.
Pntlei'Miii couol) liiriii deuioiitrii
tlon iiecut dcibM'cil loda hi
.speaking of tho much needed pie-
elpllallon which tell generally
incr this section beginning shuiily
nl'ler iiiidnlglil ami continuing In.
icimhU'iitl) thiotigbiiiii the day.
"Tho ralulall cnmo nt 11 must
oppoittiiiK time" Pnllei'sou lidd-
ed. "Small grain 01 ulildi theie
Is 11 large iicreagc this ear was
beginning m suller lor Inek nt
inolstiiiv and It was neoi'ssni thai
fin mors hao rain at ouco If tliu
ci ops vtcio to bo saved.
At it Into hour this nrteruooii
1.7 Inches of rain had fallen in
llivekcnridgo nccoidlng to tho
water gaugo at the Wnlkor.Ciihl-
well Water Compaa.i's pump sia.
PART OF SADLER
SHOW PROCEEDS
rPO ATD BAND
The Lions Club through Its hoard
of diiectors has decided to foster
the Hurley Sadler Shows for the
remainder of this week and next on
a percentage basis of ten per coat of
the proceeds with 11 minimum to the
club of $fi0 the proceeds to go to
the High School hand fund.
The club gave ?D00 In cash and
borrowed $G0O more to purchase In-
ttruments for th( band sometime
ago nnd it Is to tills fund that pro-
ceeds from the Sadler nltrnctloiiB
will go.
. I'lon Ira Siulpr aud-W.-M. Smith
from the commltto named at tho
luncheon of the club today to hnn-
iie uotnus or tho show arrange.
mont.
Trash Eire
Flro Chlof Sinnlley was called out
Inst night to put out a trnsh fire
.vhlch hnd become dangeioiiB when
high winds a rose preceding the rnln
which begnu falling shortly after
inldiilght.
"It Ih dangerous to leave trash
burning ntter nightfall nml worn.'
tlll to leov0 !t burning after re.
tiring" Chief Sinnlley said today.
'Furthermore tho fire department
roseutB being nntled out in the mid
die of tlirt night to put out trnsh
fires that could Just as well bo
put nut by tho parties burning the
rubbish before retiring to their rest.
It Is unfnlr to the department to ex-
pect thom to answer elln mat nro
tho result of pure negligence on the
part of Ilrockenrldgo peoplo nml w
nro nsklng that nil citizens of tho
city refrain from neglect of this
ehnractor In tho future."
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THE WVTTIER
Tonight thui howers nnd
cooler. Sntu .uiHPttlPtl and
strong southei'ily winds nnd squills
coming northwest.
Nature Does Her Part
In City Clean-Up Work
Ah If nnturo realizing the need
of n thorough cleanup of dirty
streets and alloys In llreckenridge
decided to do hor pnit clouded
skies nnd flashing holt of lighten
ing preceded n downpour of rain
early this morning that flooded
storm sowers washed tho streeta
nnd carried nway much dobrln from
th0 confines of Ilreckenildgo.
While tho prcclpllutlon will do-
lay tho clenn-up temporarily work
will bo continued as soon as possi-
ble. Early this morning It was
thought porhnps the Bkls would
cloar bofor0 afternoon so tlfo work
might bo resumed but towards mid.
day tho skies wero still ovorenst
with llttlo Indication of nn linme-
dlato chango ot weather.
"ltogardloss of tiro fact that
PRICE FIVE CENTS
And Has Probably Destroyed
Hon is login ded 11 being ery ac-
inic. second good tesiilt of tho
ralulall will be (ho diounlug ol'
millions ol' joung grasshoppei's
Jusi liatchiug out in tho pustuics
nml low lauds or Stephens fount)
according to .Mr. Paliersnn nml
this uiieiiuisiance will mor(l than
oflset the disailMiulages of an ad-
ditional riiltlwillnn nt tho laud
which will be ieiiiiied us 11 re-
sult of the laud being packed by
pieelpllalloii.
'Tim lain will bo u boon to
crops nlieady up and gi owing"
.Mr. Patlerson said. "Soinn rot-
Ion is nlieady up; much of it Is
planted nnd some remains yet to
bo planted."
Some hall fell In a few seel Ions
of (he count) but 1111 seilous dam-
iigci Is lepoiled.
THREE KILLED
BY STORM IN
TR AVIS COUNTY
Hr l!i Awltnl rru.
Al'STIN April 20. Fritz Ilenkel
nge fi wiib killed nnd his lO.year-
old sister probably fatally hurt
while the paieuts Mr. nnd Mrs.
Fritz Henkel wero Injured when a
wlndstorin destioyoil their farm
Iioiibo near Colton In TravlB conn
ty early today.
A negrpsB wnB roportod killed
and several Mexican lahoiura Injur-
ed in thu Banip vicinity.
OO
New Well On
Douglas Lease
Near Completion
The Van Hnmme No. 2 well on
the Dnuglnss lease north of llreck-
enridge in the nilasvlllo pool Is
lemly to be brought In with excel
lent pioKpert of becoming a good
. inducer. Dr. A. II. Hlftmau cun-
HUltlng geologist of Snu Francisco
hns been watching the well for sev-
eral weeks am) stalon that It I.h
3326 feet deep with a strong flow
of gas and the oil Is rising In tho
well and li now about 1000 feet
above the bottom. Tho well will
h- completed upon the arrival of
the principal owner of tliu lenso
Clia. A. Van Damme now onrouto
from San Francisco.
.... 000
Mellon Proposals
Rejected By Senate
nt tho Annclilfd rrei.
WASHINGTON. April 26. Tho
proposal of Secretary Mollon de-
signed to check cupltal loss deduc-
tions wr.s rejected by the Senate
without a record veto.
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Thursday was to havo tnnrked tho
clOHlng of the clenn-up n originally
planned work will bo continued un.
abated until the city is purified In-
side and out" Cllenn HiibsoII chair-
man of tho clonu-up declnred this
morning.
"Tho cltlzonsblp of nrockonrldgo
seem Just now boglnnlng to roallzo
fully tho Importnnco of tho clean-up
movoment nnd nro worlclng In oar-
neat for tho success of tho drlvo.
"Hveryono Is buny and all seom
ready and willing to do all In their
pow'or to clean not only tholr own
premises but to assist If uecessnry In
cleaning thoso of their nolghbors.
"Ilreckonrldgo pooplo cognizant
of tho condition ot their town nro
nnxlous to romedy defects and all
nro working to thnt end" Mr. Hiib-
soII ald.
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Trout, Horace I. The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 255, Ed. 1, Friday, April 25, 1924, newspaper, April 25, 1924; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth122665/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.