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Graham Daily Reporter
They All Read It — Therefore A First Cla»« Advertising Medium
VOLUME 6.
GRAHAM TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. 194*.
Gas Well On Vaughn Land
Features Week’s Activity
In Oil Fields Of County
The week’* activity in Young: IP *1*
county oil fields^ was featured by £\|inCtV— 1 WO
tha nnmnlntinn nf u 1(1 (W1 (KkO.fnnt '
Trapped Miners
Believed Dead
the completion of a 10,000,000-foot
gas well about four miles east of j
Graham. E. W. Robitaille’a No. 3-A
Vaughn, section 1, BBBAC survey,
abstract 32, drilled six feet of gand :
topped at 3359 feet and was dipped j
after gauging 10,000,000 feet Of wet
gas with a small oil spray. Pipe '
was set at 3,859 on top of the for-
mation.
Northeast of Bunger one mile,
Burns Oil Company No. 1 J. L.
(Rhodes, a wildcat in the southeast
BARTLEY, W. Va., Jan. j 11—No
hope was held Friday night that any
of the men trapped by an explosion
in the Bartley No. 1 mine would be
found alive. Company officials esti-
mated the death list at 92.
. „ . i Raymond E. Salvati, vice presi-
corner of B. |F» Kutch survey, ab- . _ . __ 1 „ , .
. . . .. ,, .. i dent of the Pond Creek Pocahontas
stract 133, picked up the Marble
Falla formation at 4,091 feet. From
Coal Corporation, who had led res-
issued this statement:
“We have penetrated far enough
. . . _ cue crews day and night in their
4,093-4,125 feet a few oil stains were
found but failed to show earmarks
warranting setting casing. Caddo
lime was .Uo encountered at 3355 ' ^ our thou|fhtR that there
^ ^ TOt* iwas no possibility that the men
depth is 4,123 feet barricaded, themselves (against ex-
South of the Rob.ta.lle gasser n are dead
b. d..d i< ,hW
had barricaded themselves. There is
insufficient air.”
NUME
Much New Production
In Cosden Corporation’s
1940 Plans At Graham
J. Gates survey, abstract 111, a •
4350-foot test, after a brief shut-
down has resumed drilling at 3,000
feet hi shale.
E. W. Robitaille No. ®-A J. C.
Vaughn offsetting the gasser in the
same block and survey, cemented
seven-inch casing at 3371 to test
saturated lime from 3372-4,002 feet.
James Touhy and bthers No. 1 C.
F. Akers, a wildcat in W. McClure
survey, abstract 183, five miles
northwest of Eliasville, is drilling
in Ume at 4,100 feet. A nice show
of 400,000 cubic feet of gas in a
lime at 3,994-4,006 feet, was re-
ported. -r
The rescue squads found 27 man-
gled bodies in the wrecked corridors
600 feet underground, leaving 66
s{ill missing. Only three bodies had
been identified but relatives of the
trapped men sadly started prepara-
tions to buy their kin.
WASHINGTON - Citizens of
Texas are enthusiastically be-
hind the March of Dimes
drive in the ‘Fight Infantile Par
aiysis” campaign. Federal Loan
Administrator Jmse Jones.(right),
tells Or >rge E Allen. Commis-
sioner oi the District of Co’ui.il i«.
Mr. Allen is Chairman of the
"March of Dimes" Committee,
which is a division of the Com-
mittee for the Celebration of the
President’s Birthday, of which
Keith Morgan is National Chair-
man.
Commissioner Alien will be in
charge of the “March of Dimes”
birthday card feature. These
greetint cards distributed
throughout this state, will be
tilled with dimes and mailed to
President Roosevelt at the White
House before his fifty - eighth
birthday on January 30th. In
this manner those who contribute
will join with the President in
the war against this crippling
disease.
One-half of the donations re-
ceived at the White House will be
returned to Texas and the other
other one half will be sent to
the Committee for the Celebration
of the President’s Birthday to be
fumed over to the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis. Every dime will be accounted
for, under the direction of a na-
tionally known firm of audit, r*
FHA Building Has
30 Percent Gain
House Passes
Bill Providing
Defense Funds
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 13.—
Dwelling units numbering 153,496,
About one mile west of Zweifel were constructed under the FHA WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The
production on the D. R. Sewalt program during 1939, Administrator 3264,611, 000 emergency appropria-
lewae, and three and a half miles Stewart McDonald announce^ today.'tion. principally for increases in
east of Graham, the wildcat test of ( Approximately 95 per cent of, army, navy, and coast guard person-
as*L
• K. R. (March No. 1 -Ud Burton in the*, sre -small single-family- prop-
block 99, J. True survey, abstract erties with an average HHA valua- in the House Friday
1940, a 4,200-foot test after a shut tion of about 96,000 or leas. The i The measure, providing funds to
down on account of bad roads and number of new dwelling unite pro- . pay for the additions to the armed
weather is undafreaming eight-inch yided under the (HHA program dur- | cervices already ordered by Presi-
at 2,460 total depth. 1 | ing 1939 is approximately three dent Roosevelt under his declaration
Coaden Petroleum Corporation No. times the entire national production ! of emergency powers, rolled through
1 W. E. Steele, located in the R. in 1938, the year before the FHA House with only a scattering of
Burton survey, abstract 8, about one was established. ,i‘,‘nocs” on a voice vote,
mile aoutheast of production in the In addition, old properties num-” Only one major cffoiftj was made
Zweifel area, is drilling in lime at bering 512349 were improved under to reduce the total, Representative
3360 feet and had a good show of the modernization program of the'Taber, Republican of New York,
gas in a lime at 3340 to 8350 feet. FHA. ) proposing a cut from 318,000,000 to
North of Graham several miles, | Altogether more than 3,000,000119,000,000 in the fund for Winter
on the Mrs. E. Taylor and Bra- ' people were enabled to improve • army maneuvers. His amendment
shears farms, the 2,750-foot sand is thyl* living conditions under FHA was defeated 93 to '50.
receiving a rapid development and during 1939. | Because of the measure’s nature,
at the close of the week three teats The total of new dwellings con- t hte House vote was retarded, how-
were on this prolific pay. The Pan- structed under the FHA program ' ever, as giving little indication of
handle Refinlng-Rankin No. 3 E. during 1939 compared with 118,691 what Congress’ attitude will be to-
Taylor is northwest part of section in 1938, an increase of 30 per cent, ward the $460,000,000 increase in
Plan To Resign
Is Denied By *
Gov. O’Daniel
Voters Have But
Sixteen Days
To Pav Poll Tax
Only 16 more days remain for
Graham and Young county voters
to pay their state and county poll
tax of $1.75 if they desire to vote
in the coming elections.
Tax collector-assessor Raymon
Thompson announced this morning
that 1517 poll tax receipts and 19
exemptions have been issued this
year for Young county. Thia is »p-
proximately one-third the number
usually issued during election year.
In 1939. Jhe tax office issued 3,318
receipts and in 1938, last state and
county election year, 4545 receipts
were issued.
Property owners who were 60
years old the first day of 1939 are
One of the biggest industrial de-
velopments in the Graham area dur-
ing 1939 and one that promises now
to provide ‘..as much interest with
new developments in 1940. as any in
this section, is thst of the Cosden
Petroleum Corporation.
With only one or two producing
wells on oil lease holdings four or
five miles East of Graham a year
ago, the concern now has around
3,00(1 acres in leases and about fif-
teen producing Wells. And on May
25, the Cosden Refinery was opened
four miles East of Graham. An elee-
trif line was extended to the loca-
ting, water line was laid from the
city s Lake Eddleman to supply va-
teri for the venture until a company-
built dam on the lease would pro-
vide a lake, but so far there has
not been enough rain to provide the
lake.
This refinery now handles about
2500 barrels of crude per day and an
absorption unit handles about two
allowed free votes, as are all who million cubic feet of gas daily, pro-
reach the age of 21 between Jan-
uary 31, 1940, and the date of elec-
tion in 1940. Those who became
21 during 1939 must secure exemp-
tion from the tax office. Those
whose 60th birthday occurred in
1939 must secure poll tax receipts
in order to vote in 1940.
Steers Win From
Breekenridge In
Hard-Fougkt Game
nor ODaniel Friday denied he is ^ Craham “A" ba!,k*tba'1 «*•«
planning to resign as the state’s cont,nuH their unb*at*n rceord by
chief executive to accept the preai- **inir out over the “A” tnm from
passed by a large majority dency of a canniag corporation in Br«’kpnri<*K«', S3 to 24, tn a close.
the Rio Grande Valley. . h*fd f°"*ht K,m<“ ,Frid*y ni*ht .. ......... „„ _ ____
In a telephone conversation with The game was fast and clow from No , driUi DrilBug »
_ . _ _ 21 * the otarl mm 4 h Inn \laerc Inn Hin/r
during about 40 per cent
from the crude and about 1 gallon
to the 1,000 cubic feet from the gas.
The whole Cosden project, four
miles east of Graham, employes
about 70 men, besides the execu-
tives. Trucks arrive every hour in
the day to carry away the gasoline,
sold in different parts of the South-
west.
In additicn to its own productiau
the refinery is also now handling
crude from other producers in this
area.
Much r.ew oil and gas production
is planned for in Cosden’s lease dur-
ing this year and several pew wells
are now drilling. Also other oper-
ators are bringing in new produc-
tion in that area.
The tperator is rigging up for n
rotary on the Vaughn D-2. Dudley
is drilling on Steel No. 1 and RalDy
The Star-Telegram from Austin,
Governor O’Daniel said he had never
heard of the matter before.
Rumors that his resignation was
imminent have been floating around
for nearly a month. They became
more persistent after the Governor’s
radio broadcast of last Sunday,
which was devoted exclusively to
the wonders of the Magic Valley.
Governor O’Daniel said in that
broadcast that representatives of an
Eastern concern a few days before
had laid on his desk plans for a
gigantic food canning plant proposed
to be erected in the valley.
The project is still in the fbrma-
1974, T. E. A L. survey, set pipe Total home-financing insurance defense spending asked by Presi- sta6e- but “looks pretty good,
at 2,758 feet after drilling one foot written by the FHA during 1939 (dent Roosevelt and toward the he **id- adding that his only interest
in the pay and is waiting on spud- amounted to $964,000,000 as oom- navy’s request for approval of a ln 't was his deeire to do something
d*r; I pared with $693,500,000 during 1938, $1,300,000,000 new fleet expansion toward the industrialization of
. . .. . an increase of 37.5 per cent. program.
In the ume section to the east, gmaU home mium.payir,K mort-
Trentman Company A Nunneilee including those insured on
No * Homer Bra.he.rs, set seven- ^ ,)ready constructed, num-
inch casing after drilling one foot ^ v#hjed ,t |C69,4(M.,000,
of the sand topped at 2,720 feet and , ag ^ ^ with lw,j273 valued ,t
is preparing to drill out the,',luK ,$473,246,124 in 1936. an increase of
with considerable oil in the hole. ^ cpnt
North of these tests G. A. Bills in
Notes insured under Title I or I
section 1971, T. E. A I- survey, Long moderniiation program numbered
A Ray Oil Company No. 2 is show- M2 84„ and t,uled $233,100,000, as
Ing for a good producer after cut- compared with totaling
ting 28 feet of oil sand picked up $172750^00 in 1938, an increase of
•t 2,750 feet. Pipe was set at 2,750 S(. ^ cent ,t ,hould ^ noted,
however, that Title I was in effect
in 1938 only 10 months instead of
the entire year. On the othyr hand,
this type of financing during the
Telephone Line
Cut In Bombing
In South Finland
, Texas.
Governor O’Daniel also said Fri-
day he has not decided yet whether
he will be a candidate for re-election
this year. *
- slight margin through the: ""d" J m.",™
by
game.
In a game between Graham and
! their Vaughn No. A-3.
Breekenridge ”B” teams played pre- j, i?*T U * boi“ *
„J:__ .....___.U | production warehouse, three quar
ceding the “A'.’ game, the Brecken-
ridge team nosed out by a close
score of 21 to 19.
ters of a mile east of the refinery.
In that vicinity are located four
ing on plans to extend its service
was 19 to 14 in favor of Graham.
Thomas of Breekenridge was high . . .
point man with 16 points and Wilde M„„i, ,
was high point tp»n for Graham
with II points. The largest crowd
of the season attended the two
games.
The Steers will go to Buffalo
“I’ve been too busy with my work'd*^ n'6bt wil1 (»eet Mineral Wells
down here to give the matter any here,
consideration,” be said.
Much of the 3,000 acres of Cow-
den and much acreage owned by
others near this property has keen
proven and makes probable many
new wells to be drilled in that area
Springs, near ^ksboro, tonight for Zweifel of Fon Wortt| „
a game with the team there. The ^ ^ Cogd,n CorporatlOB,
which now operates in Jones, Bee,
Howard. Kctor, Glasscock, Willhor-
ger and other Texas counties. Cosden
has at Big Spring one the largest
refineries in the Southwest.
Tom Smith is general superin-
tendent and John Luton of Graham
is production superintendent in this
area. M. Stevenson is superintend-
ent of the Graham refinery.
to the finals in both the Loving and
Jean Invitation Tournaments,
though the Steers managed to nose
them out on each occasion. Tbp
Graham Independent team will also
play a Buffalo Springs team.
On Tuesday night the Steers will
play Eliasville here and on Wednes-
One mile northwest of this 2,760-
foot production, L. A. Long and as-
sociates No. 1-C King-Wooden, in
section 1966 T. E. A L.- survey, is
still closed in waiting on an official
test. This well iji response to a
2J4kl-gallon acid treatment two
weeks ago in lime at 3,907(14 feet
flowed 72 barrels the first hour and
was shut in for erection of storage
and commission test. '
Tex-Tor A McLester No. 2 L. Mos-
ley, Ben Mosley survey, abstract
2t!22, two miles south of Graham,
Is drilling at 1,600 fact in shale.
Twelve-inch pipe was set at 950
feet.
Southweri of Newcastle four
miles, A. T. Strong and others No.
1 E. C. Stovall, a 4,500-foot wildcat,
section 2946 T. E. A L. survey, is
cleaning out to bottom at 2£47 feet
after a ahut down due to bad roods.
In Eastern Young and in the ter-
ritory west and south of Bryson, the
Danclger Oil Refineries, Inc., No. 1
H. C. Shanafelt is shut down at a
total depth of 4,431 fact with a show
of oil in the Marble Falls from
4,402-20 feet and is watting on fn-
I
HELSINKI, Jan. 12.—Telephone
communications connecting Helsinki
with the outside world were broken
Friday during a bombing of South-
ern Finland by Russian air forces.
* The iViolent attacks came a day
after a Soviet attempt to land para-
__ r .chute troops on the K*relian isth-
last half of 1939 for the first time1 mus wa, reported to have ended in
has been on a premium-paying bas- mag(l death in the air.
Lending institutions are now
qulred to pay a fee for FHA In-
surance.
Miss Phyllis Cloughley, s student
at J)rau$hon’» Business- College In
Wichita 1 Falls, Is spending this week
end with her parents, Mr. and iMrs.
H. R. Cloughley.
vorable weather conditions to start
up.
Cosden Petroleum Corporation No.
1 S. Raley, in W. C. Hill survey,
abstract 1964, on the boundary linos
two miles southwest of Bryson, set
5i-inch casing at 2,876 feet to test
oil sand from 2,880-67 total depth
and la waiting on cemont.
Nelson' Oil Syndicate No. 1 W.
Blount, 176 feet from west and 436
feet from the south lines of J. Po-
itevent survey, abstract 160B, three
miles we* of Bryson la trying to
free frosen drill pipe at 4.360 feet.
Lahti, 60 miles north of the capi-
tal. reported the heaviest damage.
The rgdio station in this important
railway junction war put out of
commission by rhombs. Elsewhere
the damage was not so heavy, al-
though there were some casualties.
Thirty planes raided Turko (Abo). of thr meeting
Cub Scout Den
Four Meeting
Held Thursday
Cub Scout Den Four met Thurs-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
T. A. Wright, with four members
present. Participating in the meet
ng were Junior Nicolett, Jerry
Marchman, Bruce Spivey, and Tom
my Wright. Delicious refreshment*
wsh-e served by Mrs. Wright at the
southwestern seaport through which
much foreign material and many
Yblunteers for Finland are passing.
Paul Deats, Jr.
Is Leader In
S. M. U. Activities
Paul Deats, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. r. K. Deats, 860 Virginia, Gra-
ham, is a prominent loader in stu-
ded$ activities at Southern Methodist
University this year.
Dents holds membership* in Al-
The next meeting will be he|
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock a’
the home of Mrs. P. M Nicolett.
Box score:
Graham—
McClelland, f
Ratcliffe, f ..
Wilde, c ____
Brooks, g _____
Parsley, g
Breekenridge—
Thomas, f ....
Hanul, f ______
Petty, f
Harris, c —
Cain, e .......—
Offield, g
Kennedy, g ..
Collins, g ____
Scout Troop 98
Organizes Senior
Patrol Friday
FG FT T
4 0 8
3 2 8
5 111
0 1 1
.... 2 l' 5i
The Boy Scout Troop 98, super
5 33 vised by the First Christian Church.
: organised a Senior Scout Patrol FYi-
0 16 Hay evening at the home of T. L.
<> Maples, scout master. R. G. Miller
9 0 is assistant scout master.
0 * The organisation includes Jiiamr
0 9 j Hayes, patrol leader! Kenneth
0 0 0 Smith, assistant patrol leader: Dale
..I “ “ “ Iggg
0
are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cole.
Mr» El wood Drum and little castle superintendent, returned Fri-
Haughter. Janis Marie, of Kermit day night from the annual confer-
Mrs. Drum’s parents, enc,, of school superintendents held
at Austin thia week. Dr. Homer
Rainey, president of the University
of Texas, was the main speaker at
the conference, discussing the sub-
ject of "Child Guidance.”
(Ha Phi Omega, national service
fraternity; Tau Kappa Alpha, debate
fraternity; Cycen ifijodr, senior men’s
honorary fraternity, the Y.M.C.A..
of which ho mi president in 1968-
39, and Is president this year of the
Student Council ai Religious Activ
tie*.
0 2 Tebay, secretary; Jack Bates, tress
0 0 urer; Guy Groves, Jr„ reporter; and
“ i Frank Shields, Jr„ sergeant-at-arms
12 0 24 The Senior Scout Patrol is an
~ activity for the member* of the
ATTEND CONFERENCE troop who-are over fifteen jests
Mi** Fannie Ragland, county sup of age. but members of the patrol
erintendent. A. D. Cummings, Olney are not active at the regular troo,
superintendent, and J. R. Hill. New- meetings.
After the election of officers
plans were made to assist at the
Brotherhood Dinner which will hi
held at the First Christian Churrl
Wednesday evening. Plans wen
alao made for regular meeting* th-
second Finds v every month.
After the business had been Mm
ears ad, a game ad “Scoots” wa
played with Dale Tebay **
Mrs. Sherwood Blair od Hand
kamar, the former Miss Betty Mach
Whatley sd Graham, la visiting
friends hers. 4 *■
islands and candy
the members.
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