The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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•*J)LUME IV.
(Big Lake News and Oil Review Absorbed by Purchase March 1,1927)
bh; lake, reagan county, Texas, august n, 1929
No. 49.
PETITIONS SEEK
UPTON ELECTION
REVIVAL TO START AT
TEXCN AND SANTA
RITA AUGUST 18
The Huge German Plane D. O. X-
ftrv. .?. K. Zimmerman arrived
I county has two courthouse*
•** this lime and is now making an
'flint to Iniild the thiid one—that 1
the citizen* of MH -.amey have I FrW| from MeGre anfl M„ fi||
r7n,,,< 1 ° ,he r,,unl> iud^ °f the pulpit Sunday at the Com,..uni-
'tul ,OUnt> “ ml"' th® ly Chonh at rexon both hour, Me
°Unt> S'M* 10 ,ha' to*n ,n a !will preach on the following »„b-
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probability the election will be call* i ^ {
r*f to see rf the voters of the county | | n
in favor of moving ,he county sh ill
-cut another time. It takes a two* Kvt,lvmu. imitr(| llf.ar l]u>
tliinl* vote to move the county w*t juj message
hut evidently McC.iumy has count- j g.|- p1* n|
-.1 die votes already and feels <*rr ()o( J^
He will
-“I hing* that (.no-
U. S.C. OF C. KEEPS
IN CLOSE TOUCH
W. H. SCHOOLER AND
FAMILY INJURED WHEN
WITH CONDITIONS THEIR CAR TURNS OVER
ll.
rnmenf*
of securing tlie requited numbor of
v ilo to carry the eoirrthouse to that
thriving little city.
following is a rtory son, out
from Rankra and pablishcvi in a re-
cent i**ue of the San Angelo Morn-
ing Times which will be of interest I
to If ihlcal readers and which, has
n-frrence t*> this aforesaid tflwlidli'l 1
preach at Marita liila
every evening ne<t week and at
Tex on both hours Sunday, August
25. Themes for tin* latter date will
be announced later.
The Rev. Mr. Zimmerman slates:
“I wifi lie happy to meet my Ineiid*
at these .*cr
The Dorucr Amphibian Plane I) O X , lunaaiiy's pride, i<
tinme on sea or in inr. Il i« capable of i>’'i v ,ng mu. hundred
and me infer* of crew I jp.ippcti wtiii isdu u.,,i«.s, a ha. a t
or one humireii and fifty iKl
loins Farm BivrtT
„ .. , Mr. Zimmerman is a splendid
Ivankin, Aug. IL- I wo petition.* ,%i|| ||M| on|y ent^rlaiti
. ..llmg for the moving of the llpton j |m, ,,n|jKht«i his audience. Go and
county courthoutr, were presented j |u>(ir j,jm
to . .. II. Lntson, county judge, here j — __________________
today. The judpe reserved his de-1
vision until Thursday.
One petition with 117 names was
presented by fo#ir MeCaurtey citizr.i*
asking that an election fie culled
moving the comity site to McCamcy. j
This wa> offered hy J. W. Urown, 1
Dr. Fisher, E. A. Sturdivant ami
Sam Hall.
A petition by Rankin citizens evi-,
dently prettified in the spirit oi |
hurlesque asked for an Election to
move the county site to the N ranch
.inti in the northwen* corner of the |
counts. It bore 126 mums, stiffir- I
ient also to Force an election.
It i* talieved that the election will
he called on the question a* to
whether the courthouse I** retained
tare, moved to the N ranch or »*> j
Hi'Camev.
STAGE ALL SET FQR
1929-30 SCHOOL TERM
WORLD S DEEPEST WEIL
CONTINUES GAS GAIN
Only seventeen inorr days now Group No. I Oil Corpora!ion's
until the Reagan county teachers fTexon! No. 1-R University, in Rea
will he wending their wav to the va- pan countv. slumped in oil pr’oduc*
i ious schools of the county, fob turn lor the third dnv straight but
lowed hv the yong business men gained m gas gunge for tlie day end
arid ladies of tomorrow. The bwsea jug F'ri'av morning,
will he trained and the children will The oil production was 2.675 bar-
gatlie, hooks and satchels for the he- I r#.ls r(irnpHrrd lh(. flow (lf ,|(f. dav
gmnmg of the year, work which M(tfr (jf 2 7(M) ,l-rrrU nml T,ie-
w.ll to some mean of joy of attain- (Jav^ f)oK of 2 7|0 |)arr,.u ,V rn .
in.' knowledge which will belter lit . , f , ,
. f i,i r i t • oru wn- m ule lor the 21 hours end-
tlirm tor the battles of life and pre- . , . . . „ -,.
, .t • i ii mg vloiftljiv morning of 2. 6i2..h)
pare them to cope with their fellow- . , ^
men who will reach fo the top of arr'
I niti-d Stale* f hainher «,f
with central headquart* j
I ers i Vi : -hi' 'toil D. < .. and w ith
i Siiiitliern Di'isiou hradi|uart‘T>. |o-
! cated fin in leva-, at Dallas, i* a
j ci ri-tant fiicnd a'd help to busi-
ness.
V ith field representatives traveling
everv pa't id the eotmtiv the
N i.mnal < luunbei keep* in i luse
I" e I with business condition* in
' ach locality and stands rea v at all
times to aid in building up hitter
business i iinilitiovs. Ore "f the im-
pel taut winks of the I nited States
Chamber of Commerce i* to lu-lp
bring about laws, iksl wi|| he a |ien-
el it to business and prevent laws
that would wink a hardship on bus-
iness. Thev hav«> proved to lie of a
tremendous advantage in this wav
| many times.
Mr. Anthony Van Puyl. a repre-
sentative of the National Chamber
of Commerce visited Rig Lake this
week and predicts for this city a
steady growth to one of the most im-
portant cities in this part of (In-
state.
Fortner Governor Samuel R. Me-
K- b e of Vebra.ika ha* -accepted
)fcC«r^U«f U,i» al'oul Ml
body.
,,kes and ;t-*ert Rankin sail torn
mand les* than Zvdt.
BIG l ARE REFINERY TO
START AT EARLY DATE
The If iUml rdfwir again vi*iH»l AhiCmie, Texan, Aug. 16- One of
the tli'j: Lake Refinrry yeifterday ami . the surest signs of piogrcwsiveness
found'» »rmd size f erew of men at !citv
found a good sized crew
work at various johs. Tliere lurs
been imu It completes! sii r<- the last
visit and it » shaping np to get
ready Iot the i»-gular run which wilb
turn out the n-finod prodnit.
The big cooling wits and con-
densers were full of water and sev-
eral engine* were at moi*k pumping j Compam is extending and shength-
water thrm^h the pipes andl mains ening its electrical dialUmtion sys-
;ltKf thoroughly cleaning them out--terns hi eight of its prosperous cities
Practically everything is now and towns. The following project*
connected up and the testing pro- already lave been started or work
ce*s to see if all joints and eonneo- | which has been authorized
tions are tight and holding is going j gin shortly:
on. Sterna and water are being run j Extension of distribution .system in
through to t*-*J them a* well as t° i Jay ton to serve new range, fngid-
clean them df all dost end ddbri* airr a,id lighting custonwrs.
which w<»old r^usc the gasoline to
ho
the ladder ol fame and
I sequence gather in the shekel hv the
i handful!* while those otliri* will
j laze aiourid and jns| try to gel hv
thereby lose the npportunitv of
their lives and prepare themselves ;
for ditch-diggers and at small pit- !
tauce which will barely enable them ‘
| to gel Iry through life,
j Roy* ai»d girls, il i* v ssczr oppor- j
j tunity and the «»ne which »»,me# oulv
once in a life-time. Wifi you lake
advantage of it arid prepare your-
j selvrs for the better thing* of life
or will you he trying to “just get
1»\" all the balance of vt*ur life?
Reagan county si boo I* will be in
vo r.i.r.v. i j» n va. avu . r . ,
D1STRIBI T10N SYSTEM ' of teacher* of e-.per.em c am
anility -all and rurii of l firm ns HI
prepared lor thr duty imposed upon
| them and if yon pupils will do vmit
J part there is no reason under the
j sun why this should not he the hare
I ner school year the county ha* ever
known.
The STiJJ<ya has again offered
the schools tlie columns of The Wild-
cut for their weekly school page and
it has been graciously accepted hv
the principal of the High School
He us* en lorvr l by lit-
•v scores of farm ore .t izatkms
>c “wheat and pr. ,i" m u tbs
ii»-rd has been lookiw .'or.
T. I . COMPANY STBENGTHs
FINING ELECTRICAL AND
ity development and growth is thr
incrensc in utilities caslomers, ac-
cording to surveys made hv expert
statiti*vans. And Wewt leu* cer-
tainly is no exception to the rule.
Because of incri'stse power loads
uiw? additions of numerous new
customeirs the Wewt Texas Utilities
Total recovery from the deepest
producer in the wot Id. since it stint-
ed flov* inlu-t December I from
B.523 feet in the fourth pay. wa«
brought In NUt.'hi’l.tki barrels.
'Die ua* cuage for the 21 hour*
ending Friday morning read '.’'.602..
(MM) cubic feel compared with nnlv
25.346.(MM) the prey ion- dm and the
high mark of 25.<i"»3.(Md) i uhi<- feet.
The Vfetliodist ladies will serve
another fried chicken dinner for the
I,ions Club and f.hamher of Gum-
meree at the \leca eafe 1 nesdav at
the noon limn. The menu will la-
fried chi'ken. giavv, potatoes, pea-
salad. hot hi«cuil*. ice dram and
cake with iced tea. Ibev Irwve alsii
arranged to serve others who think
i they would enjoy the above named
1 menu at <i() <-cnt* a plate.
"dupe” to fifl the columns offered.
Let every cuisen o| the town lie
mi hand at the opening date stmI on
every other oerijsiun when it i. pos-
sible to do so and thereby encourage
not only the students hut the faeu!-
I Williams, new president . ...„
Uarnier* Association of England
lhc i» a voluntary organization of
F-ngh-h aarictdiirisu a nq dlttrrs
f >rn iH' \tiH-rt .ti Farm I ard
w liirb ■ ilM 'iiiilul l.y 1'resident Ifcr-
' * t Itoov cr;
NI Mid R l I w > REX ORDID
IN NORTHFAsT I I TON
Wed'iewlav eye ing when Mr. and
Mi* . II. Schooler amt llu-ii huhv
were returning Irorn San Angelo in
their handsome Cackard, rnmething
got wrong with the steering wheel
of tin- cat which left the hi.hwav
and plowed through a wire fence
arid tunic turtle with tin' result
tlicit all three were bod!v hurt Mr.
Schooler suffered bruises and
-kilined places from head to foot,
eighteen stiti l»« s were taken in one
hand and arm and he wii- ureons-
cious for *evr al hour* Mrs.
Schooler wis lirrililv bruised all
ovei lu-r hodv and suffered1 a limk-
ei| ii|i Slu- w.i- semi-consciotl' for
several hours, file hahy iieautiful
ami lovely one-veur-old little Hen*
ricta. -uffcri'd the most serious in-
jury, a badly mangled hand, with
I bruise* and abrasions on her liody
and possibly a fractured skull.
Strangers who were pc ing arrl
II. I). 'Mrnson, who was also re-
I turning from "an Angelo, happened
along pi'ked them up and brought
them lioim. reaching here about 6
o'clock.
Rig lake's two efficient phvsi-
• iai's. Dr. .1. 1. Pattison and Dr. (».
11. Wilier, were immediately sum-
nuied and with the a»*i*tnnee of
frirnd- drrs»i-d the wound* and
o’ wh th'-m ii* eomfortable a* pos-
sible.
The many fiien-'1* ot the fmriily
will hr glad to know that all are
getting aloiiE as well a- could l«-
c\p«x te<l with iavorahlc indicatio'is
thrt all will rcco.rt A iur*w has
l>cen vcuied from Angelo and
ha* charge ol the patients.
The ,o i idem oil lined about 7
o'cli-i k Vl’edneM'lay evening out
about fourteen mile* ca-t oi Rig
lake. Windows of the car were
broken amUItte terf lv completely
N'tiiolished, hut thr cut had righted
itself after the tumbling.
WALTER YOUNG HAS
MODERN RANCH HOME
Rankin. \upu*t lt> \ number of 'Nailer Young is second to tiour
Oil and gas lease* have iiern record- in *nf^ progress among
■ cd m the coi do ns! pail of I pioit Reagan f.ounty s v-oung ranchmen,
county recently with most of ii by This is evidenced in not only lit*'
the Shell. high grarle of strsl he has brows-
I he Shell -|«-n| about iltMl a dav inF in ,,lh |»««tures. but in the eqoip-
foi labor for two veai* in their test- ment of conveniences and the «Ic-
ing of the area north of this city for ! game of the home and surrounding*,
ml Some lease* for which they I The splendid ranch he bought in
Prof. Flttifgrr Tannery. 116* page it j tv and show them that wr are la-- paid $5 and acre are reported now to ^,r Hl,r'nM *''s| °* 6iwn. of Fayette
is hoped ami expected will start with nn^ pushing with all our eu !»,- worth #50 an acre. Mavea, ha* la* n rcmodclen ami
the beginning of the *cho«f and will '"'s' **v^ry effort made for thr tat- Fhe SlieM is reputed to have spent "»ndr attractive until it t* the equal
be of ineatimable tanefit to those lerment and upbuilding of «iu< mote than a half million dollar*
who are delegated to furnish the ',l bools. j in the north part of the county.
hr filthy and not of the very ta*t.
Walks are lieing eonstrm-tnd ta-
tween the huge tanks that work-
men may walk from one to tta
other on Uq> of tliese hanistererl
walks and everything is taing put
in readinesa for the first run which
will he not very long now.
Mr. McKee state* that there is yet
lots of work to be done after the
testing and cleaning i* huie. Tlie
ditches will have to be filled, the
outside works painted, debris mov-
rd, weed* cut and a general clean-
1PV Mill lake place, hut the tagin-
ning of real operation* will not
wait for all of this to he done.
s,,inr of this work will wait and will
Jo- done after the refinery i* turning
mit the refined product ani Rif-*
Enlargement of distribution sys-
tem in Sagerton to serve moveu
driven pump on water well* ansi
lighting customers.
Rebuild and replace 18 line pole*
in Haskell's drsinbnlum system to
care for increased load. This work
includes 15 or more eitv IdiM-k*.
Extension of distribution system
in Knox C.ity to serve additional gin
load and new electric customer*.
Eight block extension* of distri-
bution system in Quanah to serve
new customer*.
Improve and extend distribution
system in Mason to serve range,
Frigidaire and lighting customer*.
Improve distribution system in
Glarendon to serve new customer*.
Extend and improve distribution
stem in San Angelo to care for
Ioike people are given tlie privilege il)(.rra^>» electrical business. Also
refind in llieir |irv% ,,uter main* to care for ad-
ditional customers in San Angelo.
of using gasoline
,>wn home town.
\ two-inch water main ha* been
\iM fi‘>m near thr municipal *«'ft-
i [dan! anri city water i* now
J,, f ;i>ed for all their operations
Gked if they had not spent a lot
T.»fr money on the plant than first
Ann ipated. Mr. M* Kre slated that
thrv harl. Ihe outlay ha* now rrach
rif nearly the hundred thousand
mark “In the neighborhood of
tseotv thousand dollars ha* l*een
>Ald ,,ut for labor alone,” state* Mr.
Vikee, and if one will only go out
and tee jus, what ha* been *orom-
rdotad ta will not douta it ami will
riuiis that the w,*rk hat beers pti*h*
friau the start and that no time
" R. Rarfield, ojierating a fill-
ing station at Teyon, was a business
visitor in Rig l-ake Friday.
ha* taen lost in getting the |»lant
operation.
Big lake people have wailed a
long time to see the plant in opera-
tion hut it was a worthwhile wait
and everv < itirrrn of the town should
give a vole of praise and thanks to
Mr. Mi Kee for hi* untiring effort*,
energy and integrity in giving Big ;
Fake it* fir*t fartory which i* only j
• stall toward b.gfpi slid better
things for the town.
of many « ity hones. Not only lh«*
remodeling of th*- naans, repuper-
ing and r< painting inside and out-
side, hut a ddeo light system hii*
been installed with elegant fixture*,
frigidaire placed in the home, ra-
dio. and of course telephone, arid
everv other comfort and convert-
venietuv conoeivalde, for Mr.
Young want* the hc*l for hi* family
and i* satisfied with nothing l*-*»
than the best. He ha* spared no
trouble or expense in making hi*
iiO < Ii home an ideal one.
N< w hatn*, new garage* and new
fen<c« have taen erected tint* ad-
ding to the convenient** and la-iiiilv
of the home.
Mr. N none stated to thr- writer
that he would leave next week for
Denver to bring home Mrs. Young,
the children and his mother, who
have *pcnt the greater portion of
the summer in Denver enjoying the
d< |i'/litIul i lunate of Golorado Tin-
many friends of Mrs. Young, who
i- prominent in the social life of
Rig I aki and tta surrounding
country, will he delighted when she
returns and will rejoice wrfh her
because of her beautiful new home
Rev and Mrs, J, K, Zimmerman
of McGregor, arrived in Big Lake
yesterday for a visit with Mrs. Zim-
merman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs |.
R Kittrell and family and (heir
many friends in Big latkc and1 Reag-
an county. Bro. Zimrnermau si-
pa*tor ol Bip lake's First Baptist
• hurch for seven years, resigned to
accept the pastorate of a chuirh in
McGregor that he might Im near
\A aco to take course* in Baylor
University, Mra. Zimmerman taught
in tta Big Lake school* and is rat-
ed among the best primary tearheia
in Trxas. They both are very .popu-
lar with an extensive acquaintance.
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1929, newspaper, August 17, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633864/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.