The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1937 Page: 4 of 16
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 19 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
nr-
as—
;4*
h\, •-v'a’''p." V't f
r-- ,i">”,'';;r!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1937
i
|r
i:f;
I
:
Ir
pi-
L '■
L
»>■
i.
HST'. f
fo
PI
Iip
■
'Acid Treating Is Now
Big Business in Texas
Petroleum Production
Dallas. Feb. 24—The business of
priming the nation’s oil and gas wells
with acid to increase production po-
tentials has become, in less than four
years, tho “fair-haired stepchild” of
the oil industry, a survey by.the All-
South Development Council indicates.
Since 1933, first full year of acid
treating on a chemical scale, the
practice has grown in scope in vol-
ume so that the 1936 activity—12,-
000,000 gallons of muriatic acid used
and about 5,000 wells treated—rep-
resents a 600 percent increase over
1933, the council’s report shows.
While the generul impression—and
it was correct, at tho outset—is that
acid treating was devised and used
primarily for “kicking up” produc-
tion from dead or dying wells, the
industry has rapidly advanced far
beyond this figurative “oxygen tent”
role. In fact, for the yenr 1936 more
treatments were given to, and more
acid used on, flush, full-flowing new
wells than on strippers and “tvvo-
barrelers”. Many big companies now
are incorporating acid treatment ifc
part of their original drilling plans on
brand new wells.
Briefly, hero’s the how and why
of this new science, often referred
to in routine oil field reports but
little known to persons not intimately
concerned with oil production: Acid
.—from 1,000 to 20,000 gallons of it
at a time—is forced into a well under
scientifically regulated pressure. It
eats through the oil-boaring lime-
stone, increasing “permeability” by
enlarging and straightening the pores
and thus makes recoverable stores of
oil and gas previously blocked off
from the well-hole by congested
pores or by lime of borderline den-
sity.
Although the process was develop-
ed by two Michigan industrial chem-
ists, who in 1932 sought unsuccess-
fully to stimulate brine production
from subterrean salt deposits with
acid and then applied their idea to
an oil well, Texas and Oklahoma have
been most agressive in its use. This
is due in part to the cost advantage
to Southwest operators arising from
Texas and Louisiana salt and sulphur.
The extraordinary volumes of acid
used in this new industry have made
it easily the nation's principle con-
sumer of muriatic, the cost of acid
alone last year being estimated by
the council at $1,800,009. This repre-
sents, however, a boon rather than a
drain on southwest industry as a
whole, due to the mutual benefits
of this interdependence of natural
resources of the region through the
economy of their availability.
Intra-rcgional railroad freight bus-
iness, at around $0.50 a ton on the
acid, has profited considerably from
this intra-regionnl exchange, loo.
Similar examples of natural re-
sources’ interdependence are the big
part played by sulphuric acid—also
produced from Texas sulphur—'in
the refining end of the oil business,
and by Texas fuller’s earth In refin-
ing vegetable oils produced in the
state.
Use of the acid treating on new
wells is an important factor in con-
versation, the report says, because
it subjects the widest possible area
of a given hole to maximum natural
pressure at the outset instead of
waiting to tap new pools in old wells
after much or all of this natural
reservoir energy has been dissipated.
In scores of applications over the
last three years acid treating has
shown ratios as high as 10 to 1 in
dollar return on actual oil yield—
to say nothing of increased long-time
recoverables and savings in the mat-
ter of wider spacing of wells.
The operation is performed usual-
ly by crews working out of one of
a score of treating stations, most
of them located in Texas, Oklahoma,
and Kansas. There the probably not
more than 100 qualified “treating en-
gineers” in this infant industry, and
no technical colleges as yet have
courses in teaching it, though several
touch upon it. The average treating
expedition is about a 125-mile round
trip, though crews have gone all the
way from Tulsa, Okla., to Alberta,
Can., to do a job.
TROUP WILL BE
HOST TO COUNTY
MEET IN MARCH
The county committee of the Inter-
scholastic league voted Saturday to
hold the annual county meet at Troup,
Thursday through oa I’rday, March
25, 26 and 27, this year. This is the
third time in four years the meet
has been assigned to Troup, last
year the meet having been held in
Tyler and Arp; but upon Troup’s
invitation the meet was brought back
here.
The meet, which will bring stu-
dents and teachers from all parts of
the county except Tyler, will begin
Thursday with the music contests and
continue through Friday with the
literary contests, ending Saturday
*” the ” ’ ’
ETEX MAY REGAIN
IRON-ORE FIELD
Wright City Church NEW WIND EROSION
Will Be Remodeled PUN USED BY ROY
Work will Start within the next
thirty days on remodeling the par-
sonage and the erection of a new
church building for the Fair Chapel
gp;...
■
With electrically-made steel threat-
ening to supplant sharcial-made iron
and coke-produced steel and iron,
Texas may regain the prominence it j Methodist Church at Wright City,
once held as an important producer The contract, a $10,000 one which also
of iron. covers furnishing of the two build-
iron was produced in East Texas | ings, has already been let to an Over-
before and after the Civil War, but| ton contractor.
a lack of charcoal forced the iron j The new building will be a frame
industry into the Middle Atlantic ] structure, 50 by 100 feet, with a
States where there was a abundance j seating capacity of 250 and pro-
of the fuel ne^ssaFy to the proper i visions for ten Sunday school rooms,
processing of iron. j The foundation will be capable of
But with an unlimited supply of j supporting a brick structure, since
hydro-electric power soon tq be avail-! brick veneering is expected to be
able in Texas, where a number of) added at a later date. New church
water power projects are under way,1 furniture will be supplied th rough-
the Texas Planning Board believes! out. and the parsonage will be re-
the all-important fuel industry which | built.
is showing an increased interest in j Officers of the church are: Rev.
the rich iron fields which underlie D. D. McGaughy, pastor; J. M.
East Texas. Claunch, Frank Gessel, L. F. Leach,
This fuel problem developed at a] C. D. Spears, Johnny Roberson, Paul
time when Texas iron was in a great! Harris, R. A. Crawford, Gus W. Ar-
demand. Texas iron was produced! nold, Herbert Taylor, and H. C. Sut-
fev:
with—the--athletic eon testa at the
high school ball park. Volley ball for
boys and girls will be in the gym
■during BatwwUy—— passi-
bly Friday night. The exact schedule
for all contests will be announced
later.
Contour Listing Pays
je experiment station near
S, a pasture plot listed
I on the contour yielded
pearly three times as much buffalo
grass as an adjacent unlisted plot.
Contour listing stimulated growth
bv reducing the run-off of rain, Soil
Conservation Service technicians say.
with charcoal fuel and 10 percent of
limestone flux. It required more than
100 bushels of charcoal to produce a
ton of iron, but the iron was fre-
quently commented upon because of
its extreme toughness and malleabil
ity.
Present iron ore deposits in Texas
differs in type, consequently vari-
ous grades of iron ore can be com-
bined to produce additional charac-
teristics in the finished product. It
all depends on the specifications of
the users.
With electricity for fuel, Texas will
be in a position to produce iron and
steel for domestic use and for ex-
port through the deep water pirts of
Texas. The modern trend in tonage
production, the Texas Planning Board
learned, is toward a multiple of small
areas of consumption, and the state
is fast producing those areas.—The
Rusk Cherokeean.
More Trees—Less Erosion
To halt erosion in gullies and on
steep hillsides, the Soil Conservation
Service plans to plant about 175,000,-
000 trees this year, IT. H. Bennett,
Chief of the Service, reports. Nearly
130,000,000 trees were planted last
year by the Service and the 1937
plantings will bring the total figure
to about 600,000,000 trees in a little
more than 4 years.
ton. board of stewards; Miss Maj'y
Lee Stewart, president of WMS; Mrs.
D. D. MeGanghy, presidept of the
Henderson zone of the Marshall dis-
trict, WMU; Mrs. R. A. Crawford,
pianist; J. G. McKoy, choir director;
Frank Gessel, leader Men’s Bible
Class; and C. D. Spears, secretary
board of stewards.
Increased attendance and member-
ship have made the need of the new
building imperative.
Christian Science Services
“Christ Jesus” is the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon which will be
read in all Churches of Christ, Scien-
tist, on Sunday, February 28.
The Golden Text is: “Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, and today, and
forever” (Hebrew 13:81.
Among the citations which com-
prise the Lesson-Sermon is the fol-
lowing from the Bible: “If ye abide
in me, and my words abide in you.
ye shall ask what you will, and it
shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).
The Lesson-Sermon includes also
the following passage from the Chris-
tian Science textbook, “Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures”
by Mary Baker Eddy: “Jesus estab-
lished in the Christian era the pre-
cedent for all Christianity, theology,
and healing. Christians are under
as direct orders now, as they were
then, to be ChrujUike, to possess the
$5.00 Or More For
Your Old Watch!
sail
Trade m your old
watch for a new
BUL0V
%
RANGER
15 i«w«1t
SMITH AT MT. SYLVAN
Special to The Jonrnal.
Lindnie, February 23.—Roy Smith
of Tyler, a cooperator with the local
Soil Conservation Service project,
whose farm is in the Mt. Sylvan com-
munity, has just completed plant-
ing three thousand pine trees.
The pines are s olocated as to break
the wind on a long sandy field and
act as a buffer to sand now being
blown in the dwellings. This method
of using pine in cultivated fields and
adjacent to dwellings is unique in
this territory.
Large Crowd Expected At
Girls' County Basketball
Meet at Troup This Week
The county meet for girls basket-
ball has been changed from Tyler
to Troup due to the lack of interest
shown by Tyler fans in attending the
boys meet that was held in Tyle”
two weeks ago. The girls are ex-
pected to draw a better crowd at
Troup this week-end, due to the fact
that Troup girls are strong con-
tenders for the county championship,
along with Noonday, last year’s
champion, and Bullard. The games
will start Friday night and continue
through Saturday night, with both
junior and senior teams competing.
Advertise!
The National Youth Administration
employed 761 youths on water pro-
jects in the 15 counties of the Lub-
bock district during 1936. A. V. Bul-
lock, district supervisor, reported to
Lyndon B. Johnson, state director.
A drop of ink makes millions think.
A TEXAS WONDER
For certain Irregularities of the
Kidneys and Bladder and certain so-
called Rheumatic pains. Sold by
druggists or by ipail $1.25. Send for
sworn testimonials. E. W. Hall Co.,
1679 Olive St., St. Louis. Mo. 5tf
Christ-Spirit, to follow the Christ-)
example and to heal tho sick as well I
as tho sinning” (page 138).
REST WHILE YOU
WASH THE NEW WAY
Bring your clothes and soap and
do a restful washing in less than
1 hour. Rent a real machine very
cheap to remove the dirt from
clothes quickly and harmlessly.
Have glossy white clothes. You
do not live too far away to enjoy
this comfort. For white people
only.
Help Your-Self ||
Laundry
1133 K. Kiwi,, St.
Tyler
No Speed Limit
When you cook with A New
RQj>£R GAS RANGE
-v *“ v-.
You can do it faster with a new Roper gas range. “Multi-
Flame” burners give you perfect control and correct loca-
tion of heat. Giant high-speed burner is faster for large
utensil operations. There’s no delay. The turn of a valve
lights the burner and starts the cooking—instantly.
ECONOMY . . . DEPENDABILITY
BEAUTY .... CLEANLINESS . .
COOKING EASE..COOLNESS . . .
ACCURACY . . . HEALTH ....
BETTER FOODS
I
] 1' 1
—j
____—--
Tyler Gas Service Co.
Gas Is Faster, Cheaper, Better
k
0NB338I
phantom
V
Wc will
gladly
reserve
any
watch
select-
ed for later de-
livery.
KT ..
ew
Snappy N
in Bedroom Suites
y YOU WILL MARVEL AT THE QUALITY AND DESIGN THAT ARE EMBODIED
I IN THESE MEDIUM PRICED BEDROOM SUITES
(
i 4-Piece ^X^alnut Finish Suite
PRATT
JEWELRY COMPANY
W. FERGUSON
PHONE 3230
§ 4-PIECE WALNUT FINISH SUITE
• • • • •
This same suit can be had with round mirrow in the dresser for
had with round mirror and the dresser for
* 4-PIECE MAPLE FINISH BEDROOM SUITE. This is a very
large suite built on modernistic lines and is a value.
Consisting of triple mir-
ror vanity dresser, chest
of drawers, poster bed
nnd upholstered bench.
$51.50
$55.00
$72.50
Wi
M
m
*
_
JFFt
H THESE PRICES INCLUDE ALL CARRYING CHARGES—DISCOUNT GIVEN FOR
CASH
LER HOUSE FURNISHING CO.
113-119 S. College
Tyler
Phone 275
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1937, newspaper, February 26, 1937; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth619996/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith County Historical Society.